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HOGANSVILLE, GA l
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Formerly The Hogansville Herald
Sen g the HogansviUe-GrantviUe Area Since 1944
61, NO. 37
HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA- THURSDAY, SEPT. 9, 2004
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sHits Hogansville
Half of City
Left Without
Electricity
By Clint Ctaybrook
DAMAGE ~ Kyser Barnes and Jefrey Weaver check out the damage to
residence at 101 White Street after a huge tree felt on it during heavy rainfall and
winds Tuesday momlng. There were no injuries, authorities said.
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,M~OR PROBLEM - John Wagner, in bucket, works to repair a major break in a power
line on Blue Creek Road after trees fell on it early Tuesday morning, cutting off power to
Several residents and to the pumps at the city reservoir.
By CUNT CLAYBROOK
About half of
Hogansville's residents were
still without electricity about
noon on Tuesday, after the
remnants of Hurricane
Frances, downgraded to a
tropical storm a day earlier,
swept through the city,
knocking down several trees
and destroying at least one
home.
At least one home, on
White Street, was practical-
ly flattened when a giant oak
street split perhaps 12 feet
above the ground and two
gigantic limbs fell across the
top of the house.
Nobody was hurt, author-
ities said.
Just about everybody
agreed that high winds and
a downpour of rain about 2
a.m. Tuesday did the major
part of the damage. Tree
limbs were down in several
parts of the town, garbage
cans had been overturned
and tt,~ was~~
throughout much of
Hogansville..
City Manager Randy
Jordan said some
Hogansville utility depart-
ment bad "everybody we've
got" out working to restore
power to the parts of the town
that was still without electric
service.
A couple of tt~se men had
been on duty since Monday
afternoon, in anticipation of
the storm, Jordan said.
Power was out sporadi-
cally in several parts of the
city," Utilities Director Ron
Buchanan said.
"I'd like to say it will all
be back on this afternoon, but
that might be too optimistic,"'
he said.
He said that the
Municipal Electric
Association of Georgia sent
in a crew to help the local util-
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REPLACEMENT GOING UP - Brent Walker and a co-
worker string a new power line on Blue Creek Road, rac-
ing to restore power to parts of Hogansville.
CLEARING DEBRIS - Workmen were chopping this fall-
en tree in the Mallard's Lake Subdivision into portable
pieces earlier this week. Even with its evident big root sys-
tem, the tree was no match for high winds and the ground
that was soaked in recent days by four inches or more of
rain, residents estimated.
Group Home Nixed; Arnold Rezoning Stalled
By CUNT CLAYBROOK
The-Hogansville City Council
Tuesday night rejected plans for a
group home for young boys after
objections from a number of neigh-
bors.
Some said they were afraid of
tlie consequences of bringing that
many troubled youths into their
neighborhood ,where many of the
residents are elderly and many
older women live alone.
The house in question is at 201
Elm St.
Mayor Wilson St. Clair told the
former Green Bay Packer football
player who wanted to bring it here
after the council nixed his plans on
a 4-0 vote - with Councilman Bobby
Joe Frazier abstaining - to find a
better location and bring his pro-
posal back again later.
Raymond Williams, who oper-
ates a sim~ group home in
Springfield, Ohio, told the council
that the home here would be an asset
to the communiW.
But the council received two
petitions with 30 names or more on
opposing the plan and heard ~ever-
al neighbors argue against the facil-
ity.
"This would be totally bad for
our neighborhood," one woman said.
Another said the group home
would drive property values down.
• But on the most contentious
issue of the night, a request by
developer John Arnold to rezone
some 343,9 ~ of~~ Blue
Creek goad ~ Interstate 85 - the
council didn't act, exCept for a 3-2
vote against denying the request.
After a sometimes heated pub-
, lie hearing, City Council_man Charlie
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OUR HERO- Kimberly Holstun won
the honor of Teacher of the Year at
Hogansville Elementary School.
Elementary Teachers of Year Announced
By JOHN KUYKENDALL
Elementary school Teachers of
the Year have been named for the
Troup County School System. Each
Teacher of the Year is automatical-
ly nominated for the honor of
Teacher of the Year, which will be
named later
Kimberly Holstun won the
honor of Teacher of the Year at
Hogansville Elementary School.
She has taught for 14 years and cur-
rently teaches second grade at the
school.
Holstun said she decided to
Denney Owensby
become a teacher because she
enjoys working with children and
because she wants to make a dif-
ference in the lives of childre~
"I set high expectations for my
students and
refuse to let
them fail,"
: Holstun said. "I
expect a great
deal from my
students, but I
expect even
more from
myself."
Miller She. also
stresses the
importance of communication
between teacher and students,
between administration and teach-
ers and constant communication
with parents.
"Communication is crucial for
the learning process to be effec.
five and consistent," Holstun said.
Fellow teachers at Hogansville
Elementary praise Holstun for a
job well done and say that she
"makes her student's progress her
top priority at all times."
Teachers stated they recom-
mended Holstun for the Teacher of
6¢
the Year honor because she works
tirelessly to make sure that each
child experiences that light bulb
moment when everything falls into
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