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PERMIT NO. 35
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Cops Begin
Crackdown
Near Club
County, City Combine Forces
With Nearby 'Road Checks'
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- 25 middle school students from Troup, Mertwether and Harris counties enjoyed a disciple camp last week
VKda near Mountville. Pictured above are the students enjoying an "egg throw" competition. The students are Andrew
Charles Black, Michael Smith, Mario Rainge, mark Gates, Quancez Dennis, Kym Parham and Jamison Gavin.
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Boys Enjoy 'Camp D00ciple'
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middle school boys from Troup, Meriwether and
counties enjoyed a weekend of learning, games and dis-
at Camp Disciple held at Camp Viola near Mountville
r 18-21.
camp encouraged the boys to consider their purpose in
to make good decisions.
The sessions were on abstinence; the harmful effects of tobac-
Bible study.
were divided into teams for competition in has-
ultimate Frisbee, egg tossing, an allti-tobacco
and a Bible qui
Camp Disciple was sponsored by Shepherd's Sword, a non-
Christian Ministry, serving youths in the
area.
Counselors for the camp were Maurice Arnold, Jairo Gay,
Manley, Jimmy Merideth, Merv Waldrop and Darren
Anthony McKee was the camp's cook and the director was
;the camp were Morris Bryant, Desus
Demitrius McLaughlin, da_mal Copeland, Jamell Aiken,
Dennis, Torran Neal, Kym Parham, Christian Jackson,
Mario Ralnge, Robert Bord, Michael Smith, IYavis
Corderius Shepherd, Charles Black, Duriel Davis, Andrew
Senerio Thomas, Natarious Richardson, Marc Gates,
Hill Detron Blackmon and Timothy Prather.
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INSPIRED - Jairo Gay, 21, assistant pastor of the St. Paul
Methodist Cljrch in Pine Mourdain preaches the Word of God
to the campers during Friday morning's devotional time.
By Bryan Geter
After two -weekends of unrest
in the parking lot of the
Celebrities club, police have
started Saturday night road
checks nearby.
The Hogansville Police
Department and the Troup
County Sheriff's Department set
up road checks Saturday around
x30 p.m., hoping to deter any
problems before they occurred.
Celebrities is a private club
located at the Hummingbird
Station on Highway 54 near 1-85
in
The HPD and the TCSD work-
ing together set up two road
checks on Highway 54 and one
on Bass Cross Road.
The county had one check
point at the intersection of the
Mountville Road and the Bass
Cross Road.
According to Hogansville
Police Chief Hilton Odom, two
DUI arrests was made, along with
two citations for expired tags.
Police made one arrest on "no
license on person," and one arrest
for "no proof of insurance."
The county made one felony
probation arrest.
"Everything was quite and
peaceful at the club this week-
end," Odom said.
"We want to make the com-
muaity safer for everybody."
He extended his appreciation
to the Troup County Sheriff's
Department for their help.
Two weeks ago, Eric Maurice
Tucker of LaGrange was shot in
the lower back and John Diandre
Hines had blood running from his
mouth as police arrived at the
parking lot of the private night
club.
No weapons were found but
reports were that that four or five
men jumped on Hines.
Hogansville Investigator Guy
Spradlin said it seems that a group
of men jumped on Hines and then
got in a vehicle and fled the scene.
The occurrences happened
around 1:45 a.m. Sunday.
That weekend, 700 people
were in almost a "rage" when
police arrived at 3:30 a.m. Sunday
morning.
There were reports of gun-
fire but no shell casings were
found and no one was hurt,
according to police.
It took police an hour and a
half to clear the premise.
The Hogansville City. Council
then voted to amend a town ordi-
nance with the first reading "so
as to prohibit the consumption of
alcohol on the premises of estab-
lishments not licensed for the sale
of alcohol and for other purpos-
es."
City Attorney Dan Lee said
he is eager for the amendment to
the ordinance to go into effect
"They are making a mockery
of the city and it is not fair for
businesses that pay for their
license," Lee stated earlier.
p School Buses Pass Inspection 00Nith 'Flying Colors'
Bryan Geter
The annual Troup County
inspection was con-
by the Georgia State
Post #2 last Friday and
minor problems were
according to Mark
County School
Director. "We
the problems on the
Lindstrom said all buses,
is a fleet of 154, passed
inspection and Troup got a
Percent rating, which is
The state troopers were
at least 50 areas for
including from
Three new safety features
added to the to the fleet
GOOD SHAPE - Troup County bus in .. s passed with "flying " last week. The Georgia State Patrol in..sp, ed 154
buses and found only minor .W_ems Wn= mr2was cffff .ect .ed on the spot according to Transportation Director Mark Lindstrom.
When school starts on August/, Dewveen o,txxm,uvJ saJaents are expected to be riding on "Big Yellow.
this year. Lindstrom says he
expects all features to be com-
pleted by the end of September.
Two of the three features are
designed as additional warnings
for passing motorists who are
to stop while the children are
loading and unloading.
Lindstrom said presently,
the bus driver activates a stop
arm and a red stop sign when
stopping to pick up or letting off
children_
'¢rhis hasn't been adequate,"
he said, "since we have several
calls weekly reporting cars
speeding by when the red sign
is flashing and the stop sign is
ont."
This year, buses will be
equipped with a feature that
causes headlights and taillights
to flash when the students are
loading and unloading.
Inn addition to the flashing
lights, rapid blinking "LED"
lights will be ed on the
stop arm which will prevent
traffic in opposite lane from
speeding by the stopped buses.
Lindstrom said that last year
at least two calls came in week-
ly that motorists were passing
stopped buses. No one was hurt,
he stated, but it only takes one
time for a child crossing the road
to be hit.
The third feature is in the
installation stage.
Each bus will be equipped
with an internal "child reminder
system" that will reminds dri-
vers to check each seat after the
children are unleaded.
Linstrom said wth this sys-
tem, each driver will physical-
ly go to the rear of the bus and
lift up emergency door arm ban-
die. He said if they don't, the
ham will sound when the bus is
shut off.
Linstrom expects between
6,000-7,000 students to ride the
buses each day.
He said school registration
is being held this week and next
week with bus information
available at each school. Next
week, he said, the bus informa-
tion will be available on the web
site.
