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Vandals
bash rural
mailboxes
By LARRY HITCHCOCK
News Editor
Most folks in southern Houston
County live in Perry or small unin
corporated communities scattered
around the area.
But there are many who live in
rural areas “in the country” as
city folks would say.
They live there because they
want to. They enjoy the peaceful
evenings, restful lifestyle and gener
ally crime-free atmosphere.
Their homes are usually located
off the road, so the sounds of pass
ing traffic won’t create a distur
bance.
There are times when crime
invades that idyllic lifestyle and liv
ing away from the road can cause
problems.
Such was the case in the early
morning hours of Jan. 14 for about a
dozen rural families in the Elko-
Grovania area of Houston County.
“Sometime after midnight, a per
son or group of persons apparently
cruised Elko Road, Grovania Road,
Klondike Road and Pitts Road and
destroyed between 10 and 12 mail
boxes,” Linda Edwards, rural mail
carrier on Route 1, Hawkinsville
(the rural route that covers the area),
said.
“There were three mailboxes
destroyed on Grovania Road, five or
six on Klondike Road, at least one
on Elko Road and one on Pitts
Road,” Edwards said.
Most boxes were battered by a
club-like stick or baseball bat,
Edwards said. All but the one on
Pitts Road were knocked to the
ground.
“It’s a federal offense to destroy a
mailbox,” Edwards said. "The onlv
Dogwood Festival plans auditions
for area entertainers on Feb. 25
Are you a singer with a good voice, a member of
a singing group or a band or a solo instrumentalist
who would like to get some experience performing
before a large audience?
If so, Karen Nikitopoulos, chairwoman of the
Perry Dogwood Festival, would like to hear from
you.
"We need good, talented individuals or groups to
help us make the Dogwood Festival a success,"
Nikitopoulos said. "We would like to have live
entertainment going from noon until 5 p.m. at
Family and Friends at Rozar Park Day on April 2.
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This rural mailbox was one vandals destroyed last week.
problem is that unless you catch the
people in the act, it’s almost impos
sible to obtain a conviction.”
A spokesman for the Perry Post
Office said Post Office directives
say persons convicted of destroying
a mailbox could be fined up to
SI,OOO and face three years in jail.
“However, the Post Office usual
ly turns such cases of vandalism
over to local authorities.” the
spokesman said. '"lf mail is
destroyed or stolen, however, we
view that as much more serious and
federal prosecution will be pur
sued.”
The vandals who damaged the
mailboxes Jan. 1 4 apparently rode in
cars and struck the boxes while still
in the vehicles. There were no foot
prints found.
Replacing mailboxes is not
I know there are plenty of talented entertainers and
musicians who would like to showcase their talents
and this is their chance."
Nikitopoulos said auditions will be held Feb. 25
from 9 a.m.-l p.m. at the Community Center. "We
won't have musical instruments available," she
said. "Performers should bring their own
instruments or provide a tape of their talent at the
audition."
Persons or groups interested should contact the
chamber of commerce at 987-1234 to be put on the
audition list.
cheap. Edwards said. "A small mail
box costs $ 1 5-520." she said. “The
larger ones that rural families prefer
could cost SSO or more.”
As one victim of the vandals
said, “It's too bad some people don’t
have any more regard for other peo
ple’s properly than that. If it’s young
people, you would think their par
ents would teach them better. If the
ones who did it are older, they ought
to be found and made to pay for the
damage.
“I almost feel like someone
broke into my home. It’s like an
invasion of privacy." she added.
Some of the victims reported the
vandalism to the Houston County
Sheriff’s Department, but were told
that unless the vandals were caught
in the act. catching them would be
almost impossible.
Lanier workers may get TRA help
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