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HOGANSVILLE, GA
PERMIT NO. 35
NO. 5
HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA - THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 2003
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Busy
Bowl
N GETER
he Hogansville Police
)artment was busy over
Super Bowl weekend,
ring two DUI arrests.
On Saturday, January 25,
webT Pproximately 8:30 p.m.,
cers stopped a 1996 Ford
l e r c i; get that was headed north
Highway 29 after notic-
the vehicle crossing the
ter line.
qy effe After turning onto
dy con ;hway 100, reports state
: Jimmy Lee Hunt, 38, of
te sale. gansville was stopped as
crossed the center line
again.
f Hunt told police that he
h't have a license.
m, ':fAt this point, an odor of
!alcoholic beverage was
St ut the person
'_A The driver told police
4 his license was revoked.
refused to take the aico-
heck test.
!Police said Hunt had a
ny Probation warrant on
I.
He was charged with
, on a revoked license,
to maintain lane and
He was transported to the
in Grange.
January 26
1 a.m., offi-
Stopped a Hogansville
and charged him with
Reports state that Lamar
48, of 18C Head
driving a 1994
Grand Am, was
for having no tag
Officer Edward Lee stat-
asked to step
Allums was
on his feet and a
of alcohol came
was transported
the Troup County
other news, Peggy
of 509 West Main
told police that
8:30 p.m. Saturday
8:15 Sunday morning,
her mail-
this incident remains
investigation.
Omb Threat
Sought
'Y Lawmen
County investiga-
are asking for your help
the person that
in a bomb threat to the
on January 23rd
).m.
a thorough search
courthouse, it was
prank call.
also need
in locating the per-
that entered the coun-
between January
r 21st. value
have any informa-
about these or any
are asked to call
at 812-1000.
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Now That's Cold!
FLAG00
BANK
By Bryan Geter
BRRRR .... IT'S COLD - a rather cold streak came through this community last Friday
as the temperatures dropped into the single digits. At 9:20 a.m. Friday, the temper-
ature at the Flag Bank on High Street in Hogansville was six degrees. One man
said at 5 a.m., the same thermometer read four degrees.
By Bryan Getter
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - Karmarcha Martin brings the ball down the floor against
Greenville on Friday evening as Lady Patriot Dereka Brown defends. ,,Details, 2A
City Lifts
Outdoor
Water Ban
Wash Your Car, Water Lawn:
It's Finally Okay, Say Officials
• In other business,
By BRYAN GETER
It's okay to wash your car
or water your lawn in the City
of Hogansville as well as all
over the state after the
Environmental Protection
Division (EPD) lifted the
water ban last week.
Hogansville City
Manager David Aldrich
brought the matter before the
council last week, saying the
EPD has lifted the water
restrictions.
He said he thinks "the
city will be fine by lifting the
local total ban."
The state restrictions
went into effect on July 11,
2001.
The EPD removed the
restrictions because od the
abundant rainfall since mid-
Aldrich said he has met with
the Department of
Transportation concerning
the caution light located at
Maple and E. Main Streets.
Aldrich said the DOT
came "the same day we
called them and they report-
ed the light is functioning as
it is supposed to function."
"Any time a car comes up,
they said it will flash on Maple
Street," Aldrich said.
Councilman Charlie
Frank Martin had concerns
about the accidents that have
occurred on the railroad
tracks in the city.
The most recent was last
week.
He said in the last five
years, the city has had three
deaths caused from train
accidents and three more
o, ber. _ person who have been run
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reservoir is full at this time.
"We have plenty of water
coming in and plenty going
out," he stated.
Hogansville's peak
capacity is 990,000 gallons of
water per day. Aldrich said
the city uses approximately
half that amount daffy.
For efficient use of out-
door water, the Georgia
Department of Natural
Resources recommends:
water early or late and not in
the midday heat; avoid water-
ing on windy days; and give
the vegetation a good soak-
ing to encourage good root
systems.
"That is too many acci-
dents for a city the size of
Hogansviile," he stated.
Martin asked if the rail-
road could erect a fence along
adjacent Highway 29 to deter
people from crossing the
tracks.
Aldrich said he would
make contact with the rail-
road on the matter.
Former Councilman Ezra
Whitmore thanked the city
council for pursuing the mat-
ter of getting a traffic light
installed hopefully this year
at the busy intersection of
Bass Cross Roads and Hwy
54 at 1-85.
Underground Utilities
In Cards for Creekside?
By BRYAN GETER
Patrick Gehren, an attor-
ney representing Southern
Synergy Land Company who
owns the propertyat
Creekside subdivision,
appeared before the
Hogansville City Council
Tuesday evening for the sec-
ond time this month asking
the city to pay $20,000 they
had discussed at an earlier
meeting.
The city has an ordinance
stating it would pay $20,000
for the overhead utilities at
the subdivision in the first
phase which includes 60
homes.
The owners want under-
ground utilities because it is
more attractive to home buy-
ers and are willing to pay
$36;000 for underground util-
ities which will cost approx-
imately $56,000 - $58,000 for
phase one.
'"We hoped the city would
do its part to pay for under-
ground," Gehren said.
Gehren said the cost for
the underground utilities is
more than his company had
thought, but are willing to pay
the extra.
Gehren said plans for the
Creekside project were place
before the ordinance was
passed.
Under the proposed deal,
the developer would have to
pay an estimated extra
$36,000 for the underground
utilities.
Gegren said now the
developers have agreed to
pay the cost for 60 new water
taps up front at a cost total-
ing $27,000..
!'The city will benefit by
having a better subdivision,"
Gehren said, "and once the
underground is in, there will
be lower costs to the city."
The city will be responsi-
ble for the cost of the instal-
See CREEKSIDE, Page 2A
Pre-K and First Kindergarten to Hold Registration
February 13, 2003 from 8:30 a.m.
until 7 p.m.
* Pre-K - (must be 4 on or before
9/1/03); required document.s are cer-
tified birth certificate; copy of
child's social security card and
proof of address.
* Kindergarten - ( must be 5 on
or before 9/1/03); required docu-
ments are birth certificate; immu-
nization form 3231; eye, ear and den-
tal check form 3300, social securi-
ty number and proof of address.
Students currently enrolled in
Troup County public or private pre-
k programs must register for
kindergarten.
Students who register for pre-k
after February 14, 2003, will be
placed on a waiting list.
Students who register for
kindergarten after February 14,
2003 will be assigned based on avail-
able seats in their zone.
, Schools 2003-2004
kindergarten regis-
will be held at Hogansville
West Point Elementary
troup County Parent Center
at 3157 Roanoke Road.
An Additional site is the IYoup
County Health Department located
at 107 Medical Drive in LaGrange.
The dates are February 10-14,
2003 from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.;
Tuesday February 11, 2003 from
8:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.; and Thursday,
