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59, NO. 5
HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA - THURSDAY, JAN. 31, 2002
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- Ms. Joycie Brown, HES reading coordinator, reads to Mrs. Mindy Dukes first grade
lab students on Monday. Pictured with Brown are (L_R) Ryan Bowen, Lizzie Arrington, Onevious
Terrace Goens, Antonio Mitchell, Ms. Brown, Hunter Worley, Sarai Vidal and Neisha Reed.
Needed
Hogansville
lernentary School is
for volunteers to
15 to 30 minutes a
eek to help students to
'q'his is a gift that dll
ist a life time," Joycie
,rown, school reading
said.
For more information
Nancy Taylor or Ms.
,rown at (706) 812-7990
fax at 812-7996.
By an/an
GREAT START - Mrs. Leslie Howard's Fourth Grade extension enjoys and learns
more on how to read during class Monday rooming. Pictured above are students, Alex
Hardaway, Jonathan Harper, Ms. Howard, Jalisa Bussie and Kylie Vermeer.
Tackle Cursing, Wine-Toting Walker
Geter
HogansviUe Police
had a busy week
includ-
;and dis-
COnduct.
Monday morning,
men, Rundee Donta
ton and Frederick
ar and one
Mary Jean Grissom,
Short said he
Outside to see: what
was going on, saw the trio
walking across the railroad
tracks and told them to
stop.
But the officer said they
began to walk faster, going
by several businesses.
Short said he kept yelling
for them to stop as he ran
across Highway, saying he
was a policeman.
Short said they had their
hands in their pockets and he
told them to "take your hands
out of your pockets and sit on
the ground."
Then he told Glanton, 23,
of 314 Boozer Street, that he
was under an arrest for pub-
lic drunkness.
Short said Glanton was
using loud profanity and had
a bottle of wine hanging out
of his coat pocket.
Glanton then ran and offi-
cers then gave chase.
After Glanton was tack-
led about a hundred yards
away, he still was using pro-.
fanity and was very belliger-
ent, reports stated.
He began to kick the offi-
cers and tried to bite one offi-
cer before he was hand-
cuffed.
Glanton was taken to the
Hogansvflle Police Station,
where he continued to be bel-
ligerent and loud, using pro-
fanity at the officers.
After refusing to be quiet,
officers added a disorderly
conduct charge to Glanton
and he was transported to the
West Georgia- Medical
Center, treated and then
taken to the Troup County
Sheriff's Department.
City Says
'No' for
Rate Hike
Council Won't Raise Fees
For Electric Customers
By Bryan Geter
The Hogansville City
Council voted Tuesday night
to keep the electric rates the
same for residents even
though it's facingan increase
itself.
The action comes even
though the Municipal
Electric Authority of Georgia
is raising its wholesale elec-
tric rates up by three percent.
Councilman Jimmy
Jackson requested the coun-
cil let the city absorb the
costs and then re-evaluate
the increase in July.
Cities that do not pass the
rate increase alone usually
ends up subsidizing them
Councilman Charlie
Frank Martin said he doesn't
see how the city can avoid
passing the rate increase to
the customers.
He noted the increase is
from MEAG and the city can
absorb it.
The last increase was
about a year ago.
City officials said the
average customer pays about
a $100 per month in electric
bills so the increase would be
about $3 more.
• In other business, it was
announced that a public hear-
ing will be held on February
18 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the
proposed comprehensive
land use plan.
If approved, it must go
..wi money aout of the befor the State m
general funds, of Community Affairs where
Councilman Jack Leidner
said, "If we don't raise the
rate by the amount of the
increase, the folks that hold
the bonds may force us to
raise it later on, saying we
are not operating profitably
enough."
it will be evaluated and then
sent back to the council for
final approval.
*The council appointed
Bill Stankiewicz to represent
Hogansville on the West Point
Lake Development
Authority.
4 Cans of Snuff Enough
For Shoplifting Charge
By Bryan Geter
A Hogansville man,
Phfllip Stel]hens of 867
Corinth Rod, was charged
with shoplifting on Sunday
after allegedly taking four
cans of snuff from Igles
Supermarket on Hwy 54
totaling $25.
Mack Baird, an employ-
ee at Ingles, told police that
he had seen Stephens put two
can_s of snuff in his buggy.
Reports states that when
Stephens walked outside,
Baird stopped him and asked
him if he had those two cans
of snuff.
Stephens said he had put
them back on the shelf.
When the two went to the
shelf to check out Stephens
statement, four cans of snuff
were missing, Baird told the
officer.
After police patted him
down, two more cans were
found on him. Stephens said
he got them at the Piggiy
Wiggly.
After calling the Piggiy
Wiggly store, Baird was told
that they did sell that prod-
uct, but none were sold that
particular day.
At that point, Stephens
was arrested and taken to the
police station.
In another incident, Tina
Hendrix of Money Back
located at 1831E. Main Street
told police a white male driv-
ing a red Honda with a yel-
low racing stripe pumped$13
worth of gasoline and drove
off without paying,
,000 Donation Helps Revive
" Work for City Hall
Geter
The renovation of
City Hall is
on track after a local
Callaway Foundation for a
grant but was turned down
last week
Then property owner
and resident John H. Jones
said he would give $5,000
give the • toward the project if the city
week. would use the $10,500'wind-
to the old Royal
- which is now city
was ready to began.
then it was discov-
the building had a lead-
and it needed to
before the city
get started.
cost for the paint
hsked the
fall" that was received for
selling a small parking lot to
a lawyer earlier this month.
Suzanne Cook, former
mayor, gave $1,500 toward
the project that she had
raised for the project.
City Manager David
Aldrich said the additional
$4,000 could he transferred
from various funds.
Hogansville has already
collected $91,000 from two
state grants which is need-
ed to restore the facade of
city nan.
One grant was a $16,000
Heritage grant and the other
was $35,000 from a drive
Senator Dan Lee spearhead-
ed.
More than $20,000 was
generated from the annual
Hummingbird Festival last
fan.
Patton Construction of
Atlanta has been given the
"go ahead" to start work on
the Phase One construction.
Aldrich said the work
should start in late February
or early March.
ev=W=.
HELP -
Discovery
that the his-
toric Royal
Theatre
building had
a lead-
based paint
threw a
monkey
wrench into
the ongoing
renovation
plans. But
thanks to a
$5 ,000
donation
from John H.
Jones, work
can soon
resume.The
structure
now houses
the dry hail
