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Living veterans are welcome and
Hogansvilte American Legion Po;s'~.. are encouraged to buy their bricks, a
152 is asking townspeople and others in ",~P0kesman for the fund drive said.
the area to help support construction of *'But an even better way is to also
new memorial to all Troup County vet- buy a brick in the name of a veteran in
erans from all eras and all of the coun- your own family, a friend or neighbor.
try's conflicts. A veteran who has served in more than
The local post is helping the Troup one branch of the miliary can buy bricks
County War Memorial Committee raise commemorating each branch in which
funds for what is described as a "beau- he or she served.
tifuliy-designed \Vail that will be erect- Bricks will be sold for S40 each and
ed on a prominent spot outside the can make a cherished name part of a
Government Center in LaGrange." lasting tribute. The only prerequisite is
One way for everybody to partici- that the individual names On a brick
pate is to buy a brick paver in honor of must have served in the military. The
"your" veteran, time in service could have been as short
The special bricks will be inscribed as a single day and need not have been
with the name, rank, dates of service during a period of conflict, sponsors of
and branch of service of the man or the fund drive said.
Sheriff Asking for Tips on Recent
The Troup County Sheriff's Office
is asking for help in locating several
items that were taken in recent burgla-
ries in the county.
The top item is a John Deere Model
L130 Riding Mower that was stolen from
West Georgia Farm and Ranch.
The mower was apparently taken
after 6 p.m. on April 30 and before 7:30
a.m. on May 1, the sheriff's department
said in a press reIease.
Investigators are also asking for the
public's help in locating a Ruger 9 mm
semi-automatic handgun that was taken
during a May 6 burglary Oil Almond
Road.
A suspect in that case that was arrest-
ed and charged admitted to selling the
pistol in the southern part of the coun-
ty.
Tommy Thrower, who has k mg
active in veterans affairs in
Hogansville area has said t hat
Memorial Day and Fathe rs
approach, veterans and their
should consider it a special pri vilege
"Pave the \Vav" for a Troup
Memorial by buying a brick f or
eran.
A table will be set up at the
Day Ceremony at Calvin Hipp/
Memorial Park in Hogans villa
Monday, so that those attend .ing
buy their bricks then.
That ceremony begins at 9:30
at the park near downtown Ho{
• For more information o': to
chase a brick, call the America ~n
in Hogansville at 706-637-574,2
Thrower at 706-637-6226 or E(~I
at 706-637-9404.
Drivers
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if they're going to be on the
state's highways.
That's because local law
enforcement officers will be
keeping their eyes out for
those violating the state's
seat belt law as well as those
driving under the influence.
Sheriff's deputies and
local police officers ~11 join
the Georgia State Patrol in
trying to keep the state's
roadways safe during one of
the country's most danger-
ous weekends.
In Georgia, the Memorial
Day Weekend is part of the
"One" Hundred Days of
Summer H.E.A.T. initiative
launched by the Governor's
Office of Highway Safety to
raise driver awareness about
the deadly consequences of
~"spe~,~pa~ ~ving arid
failure tol~e safety belts ~d
Child re~traihts.
In a recent nationwide
survey, it was determined by
the National Highway
Traffic Safety
Administration that 59 per-
cent of passenger vehicle
occupants killed in crashes
across the country were not
wearing their seat belts.
High visibility enforce-
ment like "Click It or Ticket"
have been proven effective
in increasing safety belt
usage, so across the state offi-
cers will be continuing to
ticket people not buckled up.
"Wear your safety belt
every trip, every time - and
encourage your pas. sengers
and teens to do the same - or
risk getting a ticket during
the Click It or Ticket
Mobilization May 24 through
June 6, 2004" is the advice
from Bob Dallas, director of
the Governor's Office of
Highway Safety.
Police Busy
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ing, the officer who handled
that incident reported.
• Warrant procedures
were advised after an offi-
cer responded to the Shell
Mart at 1845 East Main Street
where the owner, Sobel
Kasamhal reported that two
men paid for only one ciga-
rette lighter, but made off
with two.
• Karen Moon of 601
Askew Avenue told police
that on May 11, somebody cut
two tires on her vehicle. She
said "the tires were valued at
a total of $500.
• On April 1S, Michelle
Reeves, 23, of611 Elm St. was
ticketed for a child safety
belt violation and driving
with a revoked license after
a police officer stopped her
1990 GEO Prism in the 200
block of Boozer St., accord-
ing to a report dealing with
that incident.
Two children in the back
seat and one child on the lap
of a front-seat passenger did-
n't have child safety seats or
seat belts, the officer who
made that traffic stop report-
ed.
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