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HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA - THURSDAY, AUG. 28, 2003 16 PAGES • 2 SECTIONS • 50¢
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Patrol Will Watch Labor Day Drivers Closely
KUYKENDALL
Georgia State Patrol will
on the lookout for
drivers as the Labor Day
approaches, according to
Ellis, Georgia State
Troopers will be target-
the hol-
which will begin on
Friday, August 29 at 6 p.m. and end
at midnight on Monday, September
1.
"I_,ast year, nine of the 17 people
killed during the Labor Day week-
end were in fatal crashes that
involved alcohol, drugs; or a com-
bination of the two," Ellis said.
"Additionally, ten of the people
killed were not wearing a seat belt
or belt use could not be determined.
Two of the fatalities were pedestri-
ans."
Ellis stated that troopers will be
conducting concentrated patrols
and roadchecks during the holiday
period.
The Georgia State Patrol and the
Georgia Department of Motor
Vehicle Safety are predicting that
19 traffic deaths will occur during
the 78-hour period considered as the
Labor Day weekend.
Last year, Georgia State
Troopers arrested 577 people on
charges of driving under the influ-
ence during the holiday period.
Colonel Ellis also pointed out that
there were more than 18,000 cita-
tions issued over the holiday peri-
od.
The Georgia State Patrol
reminds motorists who will betrav-
eling over the holiday period to plan
their trips carefully.
"Allow yourself ample time to
reach our destination and plan for
heavy traffic or delays," Ellis said.
Several enforcement and edu-
cational campaigns are planned for
the holiday period.
The troopers will be joining
other law enforcement agencies
around the state in for Operation
Click It or Ticket; the state's high
visibility seat belt enforcement pro-
See PATROL, Page 2A
'1 BELIEVEiTLKBEEB.,61 YEARS. Pictured se.ated (L,R): Fannie Mae Dm-.ey Cannon, Faye Smath
ri otha'n," and Lewis Phillips. Standing (L-R) James Hill, Raymond Zimmerman, Jack Dlggs, Mildr Diggs;
Brittian Hill, Christina Johnson Wilson, Geneva Roberts Everhart, Julia Hodnette Stone, Faye Moore TrusseU
Phillips.
,me Does Flyt
Class of'42 Making Plans for 62nd Reunion
held a luncheon on Saturday,
16 at 11:30 a.m. at Piccadilly
ria in Shannon Mall of Union
were:Christine Johnson
and Claudette Gunn of
Fannie Mae Denney Cannon,
Cannon and Ann Yates of
Faye Smith
, Faye
Moore Trussell of Fairburn, Geneva
Roberts Everhart of Griffin, Catherine
Puckett of Fayetteville and Jack and
Mildred Diggs of Roswell.
Others were Julia Hodnett Stone
of LaGrange, Lewis and Mavis Phillips
and Patti Phillips of Hogansville,
Beverly Rhodes and Meredith Rhodes
of Brooks, Raymond Zimmerman of
Marietta, and James and Ruth Brittian
Hill of Stone Mountain.
The food was blessed by Geneva
Roberts Everhart.
The •group enjoys meeting here
every six months for food and fellow-
ship.
A committee will soon begin work
in planning of their 62nd Reunion in
October of 2004.
The next get together will be at
Piccadilly on March 20.
Cops Find
Signs of
Meth
By CLINT CLAYBROOK
A Hogansville couple was
arrrested last week for crim-
inal attempt to manufacture
methamphetamine after the
ingredients in its manufac-
ture were found in their sep-
arate vehicles by Troup
County investigators and the
Georgia State Patrol.
Justin Roy Gosdin and
Amber Rae Gosdin, of 6868
Hammett Road, Lot 14,
Hogansville, were both
charged Saturday with crim-
inal attempt to manufacture
methamphetamine, investi-
gators said.
The Troup County
Sheriff's Department said
that Deputy Scotty McRae
conducted a traffic stop on a
Gold Ford Expedition on
Georgia 100 west of
Hogansville for "failure to
main lane."
When he asked permis-
sion to search the vehicle,
McRae said, he found a green
duffle bag which contained
items such as aquarium tub-
ing, plastic bottles affisxed
with tubing, starter fluid,
paper towels, ephedrine cold
pills, lithium batteries, pack-
aging materiai and cookware.
Investigator Wesley
Gaddy was called to the scene
and as arsu!t ot informan
received by:gt, Richard
Kemp with the State Patrol,,
conducted a traffic stop in
Heard County on Amber
McKinley Gosdin who was
driving a silver 1998 Nissan.
During a"consent search"
of her vehicle, a gallon of
denatured alcohol, which is
also used in the manufacture
of methamphetamine was
found, officers said.
Amber M. Gosdin was
held in the Heard County Jail
until she could be transferred
to the Troup County Jail, offi-
cers said.
Merchant Hopes Citation
Will Halt Drink-Grabbers
Gr]towing for Boys and Girls Club
REPORTS
City
Charlie Martin
several weeks, been
the idea of creating
and Girls Club in
i an effort to
raore opportunities to
youth.
Is idea may be gaining
officials and Boys
and Girls Club board mem-
bers met Aug. 14 with
Oberian Geter who runs the
West End Center, which
houses programs for about
125 Hogansville youngsters.
"If the two organizations
could combine, we could
serve more kids and have a
bigger organization," Martin
said afterward.
Martin has been looking,
for several weeks, for a build-
ing that could house a Boys
and Girls Club if one is cre-
ated in HogansviUe.
He was told by Geter that
there are parts of the former
West End High School build-
ing that the West End Center
isn't using.
Martin has been told by
Wally West, director of the
boys and Girls Club of West
Georgia that it would likely
cost $80,000 to $100,000 to
start a new club in
Hogansville.
Martin has. said that he
hopes Hogansville mer-
chants will help sponsor such
a club, even though Boys and
Girls Clubs are traditionally
sponsored in this area by the
United Way.
He anticipates that a local
board of directors of a Boys
and Girls Club would have to
• be set up in Hogansville, to
r
See SUPPORT, Page 2A
By CLINT CLAYBROOK
A convenience store
owner who said he was fed
up with thefts from the large
cooler in his establishment
says he hopes a shoplifting
citation last week will put an
end to suchactivity.
According to a
Hogansville Police
Investigator, Terry Allen
Standish, who works for a
beer distributor, was arrest-
ed at the Shell Mart next to
Interstate 85 in Hogansville
after he was caught carrying
two bottles of chocolate milk
out with the trash.
Standish, 21, who lives in
LaGrange, was arrested after
the store owner saw him put
the two milk bottles in with
some trash and start out to
his truck with him, the store
owner's brother told The
Hogansville Home News on
Tuesday.
'Standish was issued a
citation for shoplifting and
will likely have to appear in
Municipal Court in
See MERCHANT, Page 2A
is saddened
le death of Thelma
92, of the
Community of
County, who
August 22.
in Hogansville
;tof her life, retired from
Auto Store in
and served
Seamstress for the
She was a mem-
Highland Baptist
1 in HogansvUle and
wife of the late
C. Brown.
Other Deaths,
TRY NOT TO SNEEZE - (L-R) Renee Kelley, Jessie
Dollar, Donna Amold and Evelyn Higgins spread hay.
Playground
Work Hard,
But Steady
The Hogansville Pilot
Club has begun the first
phase of the playground on
Johnson Street.
Saturday, members were
busy sgwing grass and
adding hay.
The first phase consisted
of playground equipment, a
picnic area, and the walking
trail.
The second phase will be
the construction of the pavil-
ion.
The third phase will be
completion of the project.
• More photos, 3A
BRIEF FUN
BREAK-
Children
Andrew and
Christina
Hawkins
have fun on
the Bobcat
loader during
a pause in the
work on
Saturday
The Pilot Club
has begun
the first phase
of the play-
ground, locat-
ed on
Johnson
Street in
Hogansville.
Area kids
can't wait
until it's done.
