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59, NO. 37
HOGANSVILLE, GEORGIA- THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 2002
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' Issues Wate Ban
UI
at Lamar
State Forces Hogansville
To Maintain Creek Level
Over
surface, it would
that LaGrange's 49-0
over the Callaway
was a blowout.
a second and even
the score would
yield the same con-
Callaway head
Giddens saw
from a different per-
beat by a great
I'm proud of our
played hard for
we will be
team for the rest of
use this as a
experience," said
"Kowalski
and the other sen-
their spirits up and
down the road."
Cavs held the
who appeared to
into the game 'a little
according to
coach Steve
points in the
ioints in both the
and third quarters
on both sides a
why the defend-
champions are
number I again.
guys have speed
said Giddens.
try to stop one
game they just
.' gears and keep com-
a with something
have a great team
of the ball, no
it."
did move the
defense.
I and Chris
!combined to rush for
100 yards. Martin had
on 15 carries and
added 41 yards, car-
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KUYKENDALL
By BRYAN GETER
The Hogansville City
Council issued an outside
water ban for residents until
further notice during last
Tuesday's council meeting.
City Manager David
Aldrich said in order to keep
the city's creeks at a state
mandated stream flow, the
city has been using water
from the city's reservoir.
He said the reservoir is
beginning to run low.
"The creek reached a low-
flow threshold about five
weeks ago," Aldrich stated,"
which then required the city
to supplement Blue Creek
with water from the reser-
voir, under the state's "7-Q-
10" plan."
Aldrich said this has
made a big impact on the
reservoir and "we have real-
ly been seeing the level drop
a lot faster."
The council voted unani-
Stage" or ban," which
would prohibit all outdoor
watering.
The water ban is expect-
ed to cut down on city-wide
water use by 25 to 30 percent.
The ban was oriy an
odd-even system where res-
idents first would be warned
an then a fine ff found in vio-
lation.
A third infraction would
be to discon-
nect servic-
es.
Aldrich
said the city,
if need be,
could pro-
hibit all out-
side water
Aldrich use including
commercial
businesses such as car wash-
es.
• In other business, the
council approved an electric
service ordinance that set
fees for running under-
ground electric service.
The plan was modified
from its first public reading,
eliminating a clause that
would allow the city to file a
lien against the home if the
utility bills were 60 days late.
Councilman Charlie F.
Martin said it would be unfair
for a tenant to run up a bill
and take off without paying,
leaving the landowner
City Attorney Dan Lee
said the theory behind includ-
ing the clause was to have the
landlords "share some of the
burdens with the city" to
make sure the utility bills
were paid.
• The council set a public
hearing for 6:45 p.m. on
October 7 for Mike's Elite
pouring license application.
sy m/Babw
THE TRIANGLE - Four of Callaway's cheerleaders prepare for the game with the
Grangers before the kickoff last Friday. Pictured above are (L-R) Tareva G,
Portia Hill, Holle Leath and Latoya Laye (air).
Hogansville Police
Probe Forgery Case
By BnV
The Hogansville Police
Department bad a busy week-
end investigating cases
including burglary and for-
gery in the first degree.
Willie Cameron of 202
Popular Sweet told police
upon his arrival at the car
wash located at 227 Hwy 29N
Sunday morning, he noticed,
when he started to get
change, that someone has
busted the padlock on the
door of the storage room.
Investigator Corey Keele
said the unknown offender
used bolt cutters to cut off
the padlock.
Owner Barry Chapman
said that $30 in change was
See FORGERY, Page 2-A
Bird Tests Positive for lk'est Nile Vir00as
bird found last week on
of the Troup County
in LaGrange
e West Nile
Center Manager Dan
) of seniors found
lawn outside the
the 1Youp County
were immedi-
after which the dead
collected and sent to the
of Georgia for testing.
On Wednesday, September 4, at
10:00 a.m., UGA confirmed that the
bird was infected with the West Nile
Virus.
"I announced the results to our
seniors during lunch on
Wednesday," Wooten said. "I also
instructed them to use insect repel-
lents any time they are outdoors."
The Senior Center currently has
no scheduled outdoor activities that
would be interrupted to the discov-
ery, according to Wooten.
Parks and Recreation Director
Tod Tentler said to other dead birds
were found recently at Shuford
Fields Softball Complex, located
CAUTION- Moving water in land-
scaping pools such as this one is
less likely to have mosq, but
persons in the woods should be
war,,, around any slow-moving
creek, pond or swamp,
near the Senior Center.
"Unfortunately, the birds had
decayed beyond the point of possi-
ble testing," Tentler said.
As a precautionary measure,
Tentler said the Parks and
Recreation Commission has taken
the following actions.
"We have notified the City of
LaGrange and asked that all areas
where water naturally collects in
the vicinity of the Senior Center and
Shuford Fields be sprayed with
insecticide. We have also advised
our parks maintenance crews and
Troup Transit drivers to use insect
repellant while conducting their
duties outdoors."
LaGrange Academy and
LaGrange High School currently
use the Shuford Fields complex for
practice and regular season softball
games.
"We have contacted both schools
and advised them of the situation,"
Tentler said.
"We do not know, nor can the
Health Department confirm, that
the dead bird found at the Senior
Center was infected loc.ally. It could
have contracted the virus elsewhere
and simply died here. Nevertheless,
we felt it appropriate to take these
precautions for the safety and
healthof our employees and the gen-
eral public."
