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HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS - THURSDAY, DEC. 6, 2001
I Glanton Gets
Continuance
By John Kuykendall
Former Greenville High
Principal Charles Glanton
received a continuance in a
trial Wednesda):
Glanton was accused of
not reporting an alleged rape
incident at the school.
Glanton was charged
with not reporting an alleged
rape of a cheerleader after a
Feb. 23 basketball game at
the school.
In May, a grand jury
indicted Glanton on a misde-
meanor charge of failing to
report the alleged rape.
On Wednesday, Superior
Court Judge William "Billy"
Lee signed an order stating that
Glanton will enter a guilty plea
in July. --..
The ord8rcalls for the case
to be placed on a nonjury cal-
endar in July and that Glanton
will enter a First Offender Act
plea to the charge and will
receive probation which will
be suspended upon payment
of a $100 Free.
With such a plea, the
record of his case would be
cleared if Glanton success-
fully completes the court's
sentence with no further vio-
lations of law.
Glanton stepped down as
principal of Greenville High
School in August 2001 and is
currently working at the cen-
tral office of Meriwether
County Schools.
Glanton is expected to
retire with 30 years service
at the end of this school year.
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OFF THE STREETS- Meriwether Sheriff Steve Whit j0
shows some of the illegaldrugs found during traffic st
on his county's section of 1-85, which is near Hogansvil
Over 120 laoupls of pot were seized.
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By Bob Tlle
BIG NEWS- FDR
Little White House
Superintendent
Frankie Mewborn
spoke to members
of the Manchester
Kiwanis Club
Tuesday,
November 27 at
their regular meet-
ing. His topic was
what the economic
impact of the new
FDR Museum
would be on the
area economy.
Shown above from
left are Jim Collier,
Kiwanis President
Rebecca Loftin and
Frankie Mewbom.
New Museum Could Stir $16 Milh'on
The economic impact of the new
museum planned for the FDR Little
White House State Historic Site could
be a whopping $16 million to the area
economy, Frankie Mewborn, super-
intendent of the site told Manchester
Kiwanis members Tuesday night,
November 27.
Mewborn said that the projected
opening of the new museum has been
set for April 12, 2004. The 18,000
square foot facility will be construct-
ed near the present entrance, and will
cost $6 million to build. The state has
authorized $1.5 million for the proj-
Current annual visitation at the
Little White House site is 110,000 vis-
itors each year. Once the new muse-
um is opened, projected annual visi-
tation will be 150,000 visitors per year
the first full year, increasing each
year to as many as 250,000 annually,
which is the maximum capacity of
the facility.
Presently, 21 full time employees
are required to operate the almost
200 acre site, with this number
increasing to 29 once the new" muse-
um is in full operation.
Current revenues produced at the
Fifty-four percent of the visitors
are from Georgia, 26 percent from
bordering states, and 20 percent from
the other states.
According to figures from the
Georgia of stry,:
Trade and Tourism, $109.00 pe£ per-,
son is spent by a visitor tfiatay:
overnight, while $27.00 per person is
spent on a day visit. They say 46 per-
cent of the Little White House visi-
tors stay overnight in the area which
brings the present visitor impact on
the area's economy to over $7 million
per year.
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surplus commodities will be
distributed to eligible low
income residents in Carroll,
Coweta, Heard, Meriwether,
and Troup counties on
December 5, 6 and 7.
1. Social Security card of
the household member pick-
ing up the commodities;
2. Address of the house-
hold;
3. Total number of per-
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ESTABLISHED 1917
Call Today:
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688 Mountain Ridge
Manchester, GA. 31816
Phone: (706) 846-4315
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The Manchester Mill
Callaway Street
Manchester, GA. 31816
tributed on a FLrst-come, first-
served basis to households
providing the above informa-
tion.
The locations for distri-
bution in Troup Count), are:
1. LaGrange Service
Center, 1380 Lafayette
Parkway, LaGrange, from
8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
2. West Point Housing
Authority, 1201 East 12th
Street, West Point, from 8:30
a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
3. Old Crocker
Elementary School, 304
Thursday-Saturday
10 a.m. to 6 pan.
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ectandafund-raisingdriveispresent- site are $310,000 per year with a proj- Using the same 46 percent
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ly underway to secure the additional ect increase in revenue to $553,500 overnight visitor stay and the 250,000
construction cost. for the first full year of operation, capacity visitor count, the area eco- !
Kiwanians were shown drawings The Little White House Historic nomic impact from the Little White Mk:
of the proposed facility, both inside Site is the most visited historic site House visitors will increase to over - irtt
and out, and briefed by Mewborn on in the state. Children and youth up to $16 million annually. I mth
some of the plmmed contents, which age 18 account for over one-third of Jim Collier introduced Mewborn !
will include a theater with up to 150 the visitors, with seniors 55 and over and was the person who arranged the I
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seating capacity, accounting for about a fourth, program. !ltn
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,i By Bryan Geter County Superior Court. about $370,000 worth of timber frorO! 1 i(
Troup County woman's property 1 [,r
A Meriwether County woman and a Ellen Benefield Deloach, 53, of year, according to evidence and cha I
nore on L man pied guilty to theft Greenville and her son-in-law, Robert presented in court.
Surpltts Food Distribt00ons" " " Underway This" Wee, l-Sl[!bp
Traclor Community Action For Each household must be sons living in the bousehold; Church Street, Hogansvill!
1]0[ O11 lieu . Improvement, Inc. able to provide the following 4. Total household from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.rt _J
announces that the information when picking up income.
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t)OltOlTl ]JllC Department of Agriculture commodities: Commodities will be dis- *For more informatiO
call the CAFI Service CeO te
