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By ANDY KOBER
Hogansville City Manager
James Woods reports that a
recent visit from a USDA repre-
sentative could mean that fund-
ing is near for a new sewage plant.
THE project has been dis-
cussed for a number of years and
most recently an agreement was
tentatively made to handle waste
water from the Meriwether
Industrial Park, provided the new
sewage plant is constructed.
Woods said that after the
meeting he felt "very positive"
concerning the city's chance of
getting a combination loan and
grant to fund the project.
More definitive information
could be available as soon as July
1.
Council member Jack
Leidner called the funding the
"last piece" needed to go forward
with the project.
The project would ultimately
increase the'city's capability to
handle waste water from the cur-
rent 650,000 per day to 1-1/2 mil-
lion gallons per day.
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ByANDY KOBER
TALKING
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player stands at the pitcher's
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his coach during a recent
Donald Cou~son Stacey Echols
Jerry Hammett Ashley Keith
By TONY:B. LOWE 13 and 14 year boys'
baseball league,
The sound of "crack," "strike," that include a total
"foulbaU" and "keep your head up" of around 140kids.
is a sign that baseball season is fast The Hogansville
approaching, teams are as fol-
The Troup County Parks and lows:
Recreation is preparing to open the T h e
2013 season on Saturday, MarchB 1 u
23rd in LaGrange. Wahoos, a 4
The Hogansville Parks and and5year
Recreation Department teams sea- old
son start days are staggered, but team coached
they are also fast approaching, by Marcus
This year, department will be Rakestraw, will
field nine separate teams that range open on Monday,
from 4 and 5 year old T-ball up to March 25th at 6 p.m. in Hogansville.
10tol2year old girls fast pitch and The Bees, a 6 and 7 year old
Coach
Pitch team led by Michael
Taylor, will open on
Tuesday, M ch 26 at
7 p.m. at the
Hogansville Sport
Complex in
Hogansville.
The Sand
Gnats, a 6 and 7
year old Coach Pitch
team led by Jeremy
Bartlett, will open on
Monday, March 25
*Vat 7 p.m, at the
Hogansville Sports Complex in "
Hogansville.
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By .TONY B. LOWE
Willie Harold Johnson, former
mayor of Hogansville, passed away
Saturday morning at West Georgia
Health Center.
Locally, Johnson distinguished
himself as the first African
American to win and serve as the
mayor for the city.
As a Hogansville original, he was
fondly called "Mike," "Mr. Mike,"
and "Mr. Mayor" by many who knew
him well, but to his family he was a
husband, a dad, and a granddad.
Johnson served as Hogansville
in different states and countries.
While Lucy and Julian, the oldest
and youngest child, were both bern
in Georgia, Stanley was born in:
Japan.
After high school, Johnson
enlisted in the U.S. Army and served
during the Korean War to the
Vietnam War.
In fact, he served one active com-
bat tour in Korean, and two active
combat tours in Vietnam.
His service to the nation spanned
from racial segregation to full racial
integration.
Johnson had proudly explained
The Troup County Sheriff's
Office and Hogansville Police
Department arrested four people
while seizing drugs at a
Hogansville motel
Shortly before 9 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 9, the Hogansvilie
Police Department was request-
ed to provide assistance to Troup
County Sheriff's Deputies• seek-
ing a wanted person.
Officers Devin P tillo and
Brett McLaughlin responded to
the call, located at the Garden Inn
and Suites on Bass Cross Road.
Upon arrival, law enforce-
ment officers began questioning
two men spotted in the parking
lot and a third man seen in front
of a room.
During questioning, officers
allegedly learned that.a girlfriend
of one of the men was in one of
the rooms. When officers went to
the room they found two women
-.in the room.
TWO deputies and Officer
McLaughline reportedly entered
the room and began searching it.
According to the report, one
of the officers found a cigarette
box in the bathroom which con-
tained a chewing gum package.
That package reportedly con-
talned two small plastic bas ,,
which held, suspected metham-
phetamine and suspected mari-
juar
Also allegedly found in the
room were scales and a smoking
utensil.
Donald Courson, Stacey
Echols, Ashley Keith, and Jerry
Hammett were arrested and
charged with possession of
methamphetamine with intent to
distribute, possession of marijua-
na with intent to distribute, and
ssion of drug related
objg .
In addition a warrant from the
U.S. Marshall's Service was
served on Echols.
ByANDY KOBER
issues with roofs, flooring, plumb-
ing, electrical, heating and air con-
Mayor from 1995 until 1997.
Mike was born in 1-933 tothe late
Mary "Mac" Johnson of
Hogansville, where he was a life-
long member of St. Mary United
Methodist Church and a graduate
from West End High School.
Because he tirelessly served his
family, church, community, and
nation, his life can be summed up
with one word - service.
William Harold Johnson
. After marrying Miss Annie W.
Russell, his high school sweetheart,
his young family traveled along side
him around the world.
The family often joked about
how dren were born either
that he served in the U.S. Army's T h e
last all black unit, the.95 : an-.tcy -. :1 DASH .... pro-
Battalion, Company "B"- Fo/'t [-:gram :in
Campbell, Kentucky.. [ LaGrange is
After almost 22 years in the | s e e k i n g
Army, Johnson retired at the rank I: homeowners
of Specialist-6 in 1973, and_accept- /.i- n
ed civilian employmem, t te: [=. Hogansville
Veterans that need help improving their
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In addition,
ditioning,
windows,
exterior sid-
ing and
handi-
capped
accessibili-
ty.
structural issues
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