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Spring Arrives, Weed-eater
By CUNT CLAYBROOK
Ah, spring...
The gr~ss and weeds are
growing an2i40ts of folks are
looking for n~w lawncare
products.
At first glance, that might
have appeared to be the rea-
son that somebody stole Joe
Williams weed-eater from his
Hogansville residence at 300
Ashew Ave. on April 14.
But that obviously wasn't
the case, according to a police
report dealing with that inci-
dent: According to that report
filed by an officer dealing
with the complaint, the
alleged thief pawned the
weed-eater.
"Warrant procedure
advised," the officer report-
ed after Williams said he
knew who took the weed-
eater.
In other Hogansville
police news in recent days,
according to reports:
*Jimmy Weeks of JDK
Properties reported that
somebody broke into a house
at 171 Lincoln St. sometime
between April 15 and April
17 and stole a dishwasher.
"There was substantial
damage to the kitchen and
bathroom causing water
damage completely through-
out the home unit," accord-
ing to that report.
.Two Montgomery
teenagers
possession of less than
ounce of marijuana
police stopped the 1994
Probe they were riding
southbound on
"for failure
Charged, according
that report, were
Edward McVay, 18, of
North Field
Montgomery and
Jhermi Dixon, 18, of
Lilly Lane, Montgomery.
*William Woods, 62, idel~
tified as a clerk at USA Gas
at 1339 East Main St., was
charged on April 16 with sale
of alcoholic beverages to a
person under age 21. woods
lives at 312 Pine St., accord-
ing to that report.
City's Housing Boom Surging Again
By CUNT CLAYBROOK
The HogansviUe housing
boom is actually under way
after several months of seem-
ing inactivity while develop-
ers of three new subdivisions
were getting the infrastruc-
ture in those areas ready for
construction of new homes.
On Monday, a bulldozer
operator was doing some
clearing work along the
entrance drive into The
Villages at Huntcliff on
Highway 29 near the shop-
ping center that is home to
the Piggly Wiggly and other
retail shops.
There has been little
activity in that planned sub-
division in several months
other than some work on the
sewer system that will serve
the dozens of homes planned
av oim ~
MOVING THE EARTH - This bulldozer operator was busy
cleaning out the debris along what will be the entrance-
way into the Villages at Huntcliff, a new subdivision on
Highway 29 in Hogansville.
in Huntcliff, a project of
Hogansville developer John
Arnold.
And there are five hous-
es going up in Mallard's Lake
Subdivision, another Arnold
development on Collier
Street, City Manager Randy
Jordan told the Hogansvile
City Council at a Monday
night meeting.
There have also been
about a half-dozen building
permits issues for new home
in Shallow Creek Subdivision,
near the southern city limits
issued in recent days, Jordan
said.
Hogansville Men Hurt in Meriwether Wreck
By JOHN KUYKENDALL "
Two Hogansville resi-
dents were injured in a sin-
gle car accident in
Meriwether County on
Sunday, April 11.
Raemond M. Daniel, 30,
seriously injured ~ the
accident, As of press time, he
was still recuperating at West
Georgia Medical Center in
LaGrange.
Laquetis A. Wooard, 23,
of Hogansville was also trans-
ported to the hospital, but had
been released as of press
time. Both men were trans-
ported to the hospital by
Meriwether County EMS.
According to reports fried
at Manchest~ State Patrol
Post 34, Daniel was driving a
2001 Oldsmobile Cutlass
north along Georgia
Highway 100. A deer entered
the path of the vehicle in a
curve.
Daniel swerved to miss
the deer and lost control of
the vehicle.
The car left the roadway
and traveled approximately
250 feet before striking the
east ditcl~ The ear then trav-
eled about 75 feet and over-
turned several times eventu-
.ally coming to rest on its top.
City Council Will Return to 7 p.m. Meeting Time
The Hogansville City Council ~fill go back
to meeting at 7 p.m. on the second and fot~h
Monday of each month.
City Councilwoman Jean Crocker recom-
mended the change at this weeks' Monday
night meeting, saying people had been telling
her that they get off work too late to make
the 6 p.m. meetings.
The council went to 6 o'clock meetings
during the winter, when the shorter days had
darkness coming early.
Crocker said when suggesting the time
change that perhaps the council should
change back to the earlier meeting time this
fall when Daylight Saving Time ends, then
switch back to 7 p.m. meetings again next
spring.
Her council colleagues seemed to agree,
most saying the meeting time didn't matter
to them.
Reservoir Security Will be Increased Here
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with LaGrange officials
about the possibility of
Hogansville buying its water
from that city in the future.
But there have been no
offers and no proposals and
"there is nothing in writing,"
the city manager told his
bosses.
He explained:
Hogansville has a "package
water treatment system and
it can't be expanded. They
only thing we could do (to
increase capacity) is build
another just like."
Given that constraint, "it
might be cheaper for us to
buy water from LaGrange,"
he said.
Hogansville has ample
water capacity for its current
needs and there is even some
to spare, meaning the city
could furnish water to a new
subdivision near Grantville
but long-range it might be
cheaper to do a deal with
LaGrange, Jordan believes.
He emphasized that there
is "we're just taking" and nei-
ther city has made a propos-
al regarding water for
Hogansville.
On yet another water-
related topic, City Attorney
Dan Lee told the council that
it is unclear at the moment
whether Hogansville will be
able to refinance its $1.2 mil-
lion in debt to GEMA, a state
agency that can loan money
to finance water and sewer
projects.
At first GEMA said yes,
then officials there said no,
that Hogansville's financial
condition is too good for it to
qualify under GEMA's exist-
ing guidelines, Lee said.
But the city has submit-
ted audited water and sewer
revenue reports that might
convince GEMA it does
indeed qualify for that
agency's low interest rate
loans.
The city could save some
$95,000 or more a year on
interest alone if its indebted-
ness to GEMA were financed
at a new rate of about 3.2 per-
cent compared to the 6 per-
cent being charged on the
existing loan, Jordan said.
Sportsplex Dedicated in Monday Ceremony
Ctmtinu~i From Page 1A
and new restrooms and a
huge paved parking lot and
resodding of all the playing
fields were also among the
improvements.~
Todd Tentler, the Troup
County parks and recreation
director, said the facility will
serve the youth of
Hogansville and the county
for many years to come.
"This is a great facility
for the citizens of
Hogansville to be thankful
for," said Troup County
Commissioner Buck Davis.
Hogansville Mayor
Wilson St. Clair, who served
as a youth league baseball and
football coach and official
from 1955 into the early
1970s, said he is "back in the
bleachers today" rooting for
his grandson, who will be
among the hundreds of
youngsters who will enjoy the
new facility.
If it wasn't for youth
coaches "spending a lot of
with these kids," things could
be a lot worse, he noted.
"We really need to appre-
ciate them for all the time
they spend with our kids" as
well as the banks, body shops,
attorneys and others in the
Hogansville area who have
sponsored and supported
recreation league teams for
so many years, he said.
"It's just going to get bet-
ter" for the city'syoungsters,
he said.
The three longtime
coaches and supporters from
Hogansville who were salut-
ed and whose efforts will he
memorialized with a plaque
on a concession stand wall are
Sara Jenkins, Tony
Williamson and Richard
Woods.
"Their dedicated service
has enriched the quality of
life for youth sports partici-
pants in the City of
Hogans~qdle and Troup
County, G&" reads an inscrip-
tion on the plaque.
The three coaches and
supportershave spent more
than 80 years in that endeav-
or and Williamson is still at
it, coaching his grandson,
Dillon Johnson, who is on a
coach-pitch team. Wflliarnson
also is continuing his work
with 11 and-12-year-old
recreation league football
players.
