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February 16, 1996 Page 7 A Metropolitan Editor: Phil Jenkins, 235-9277 Ask Us Sue I Vondracek Comiyict goes to ehair for killieg girl in-9 77 By Michael Pearson Associated Press i 1 3, 2jrrrr 1 A. ft Facto about new Wallace museum in Montgomery QUESTION: I read something about the George Wallace museum that is to be built in the future. Do you have the address where I can write for information about the museum? Mrs. Anniston. ANSWER: The Wallace Foundation, P.O.

Box 667 in Montgomery 36101, phone (334)834-1972, has information about the proposed Wallace museum. A spokeswoman there is mailing information to you about the temporary display as well as the future permanent museum along with other literature about the foundation. ral Monroe County, where she was slain with a hatchet after Horsley was unable to kill her by driving over her. Twice during the drive to Alabama, prosecutors said Horsley and Baldwin responded to Miss Rolon's cries by stopping the car, opening the trunk and stabbing her. The men were arrested a few hours after Miss Rolon's death when police spotted them in a stolen truck.

Baldwin, who delivered the death blow, remains on death row at Holman. Miss Rolon's mother, whose name is also Naomi Rolon, waited out the execution with General Jeff Sessions in Montgomery, about 120 miles north of here. She expressed frustration that state law prevented her from attending the execution. "Oh, definitely I would like to be there," she said, adding that the execution would bring her some peace. "It makes me feel stronger that he can never harm anyone again.

I wouldn't want anyone to suffer the way she did." Darren Horsley, who didn't attend the execution but spent sev- See Execution 12A ATMORE It took two minutes for Edward Dean Horsley to die in Alabama's canary-yellow electric chair early this morning. Prosecutors said it was just punishment for the 36 bloody hours he and a fellow North Carolina prison fugitive dealt a 16-year-old girl back in 1977., Their hands raised toward Horsley, four of the five witnesses invited by him to view the execution watched in obvious horror as he clenched his fists, heaved his chest and died at 12:15 a.m. The fifth witness, sister Cletata Robertson, decided not to attend. "God, I just don't know," anti-death penalty activist and Horsley friend Judy Crumbie sobbed as she huddled with the other witnesses inside the brick-and-tile viewing room, just feet from Horsley's body. "It seemed to take so long," she said.

Later, Horsley's younger brother Darren Horsley stood in the hallway of an Atmore hotel and condemned the execution. "I believe justice has to be done, but my brother, he didn't do it," he said, bleary-eyed and clutching a can of beer. ili -V a Edward Horsley Horsley was convicted and sentenced to death for the March 14, 1977 death of Naomi Rolon. According, to court records, Horsley and Brian Keith Baldwin adbucted Miss Rolon minutes after escaping from a Hudson, N.C., prison. Sexually assaulted, choked and stabbed.

Miss Rolort was driven in the trunk of her car to woods in ru Bill WllsonTh Anniston Star Loading 'em up Workers from Hill's Moving and Storage load up some of the 20,000 cases of Girl Scout cookies Thursday. The cookies will be delivered throughout a five-county area. a soul finds shoes QUESTION: I'm trying to find an address and telephone number for the Stuart-McGuire Shoe Co. I believe it is located in either Maine or Massachusetts. Can you find ft for me? J.B., I Anniston.

ANSWER: None of the manufacturing directories or other sources we consulted lists the whereabouts of-that company. Perhaps a reader who also likes those shoes can help us. We'll let you know if we learn how to contact that company. Cleburne hospital board agrees to buy ambulances By Richard Coe Star Staff Writer HEFLIN The Cleburne County Hospital Board has agreed to help rescue the county's emergency medical services by buying it a new ambulance. In the agreement, which has not yet been lances run about 45,000 miles a year, they need to be replaced every other year.

Terry Butler, chairman of the ambulance board, said he thinks the hospital board is moving in the right direction, but he would prefer that the hospital board give the money to his board to buy the ambulance. "We feel ljke we could make decisions about how to spend the money better than they could," Butler said. "Sometimes we might not even need a new ambulance." But Betty Gaither, chairwoman of the hospital board, said the hospital board is a public group funded by taxpayers and the ambulance is private. "We need to have control," she said. "It is taxpayer money." Cleburne County no longer has a hospital.

The( hospital board uses the money it raises from a 4-mill property tax to help the ambulance service, the county's mental health center and the health department. The board already gives the ambulance service about $48,000 a year and the city of Heflin chips in another $1 2,000 a year. Although an agreement has been reached, the contract between the two boards has not yet been written. Butler said the ambulance board is grateful for the help but still wishes for more control of the money. "I feel a little like they don't trust us with what we're doing," he said.

signed, the board will buy a new ambulance each year for $48,000 and lease it to the county's ambulance service for $1 yryear. Because each of the county tw ambu Willis becomes first Democrat in race to succeed Browder Talladega train depot, Chamber of Commerce office damaged by fire By Eric Larson Star Staff Writer 'f Bulbs do bloom again i QUESTION: A friend gave me a large rock garden planted paperwhites (narcissi) as a p- Christmas gift. The bulbs were quite healthy and bloomed for two good months. Now the flowers are gone, but the i 'greenery still looks very good. I jCdon't know what to do with Cthem.

I don't want to throw them away. What do you suggest? I M.B., Anniston. ANSWER: Some people don't I bother with forced paperwhites after the sweet-smelling blossoms are gone; they just toss them out. Others add a mild liquid fertilizer, as directed on the package, until spring when the bulbs can be planted outdoors in rich, mulched soiled. Then the plants are forgotten because, though in the spring they'll send up their green shoots to gather energy after a dormant fall and winter, they' 11 skip a season before they bloom ragain.

But, they will bloom, so Cdon't despair; just don't dig the fbulbs for forcing purposes again. usually won't comply. From Staff and Wire Reports of Antique Talladega was damaged severely. "The rest of the building has smoke and water damage," John-Son said. The depot, built in 1906, housed the chamber.

Antique Talladega, a Red Cross Chapter and the United Way. Temporarily, at least, the chamber will re-locate to the Wren Building in Talladega. Antique Talladega Executive Director George Culver said his organization lost most of its records in the fire. Johnson said none of the rafters in the roof were significantly damaged. He believes that after some work on the roof and some remodeling, the building will soon be usable again.

No damage estimates were available this morning. Star Staff Writer Richard Coe contributed to this Consolidated News Service report. TALLADEGA Fire Chief Roy Johnson picked through debris at the Talladega Chamber of Commerce this morning trying to determine what caused a fire that damaged its offices in the town's 90-year-old train depot. "It's a beautiful old building." Johnson said. "Fortunately, it can be repaired." The fire began at about 11:44 a.m.

in the ceiling of the offices of Antique Talladega, a downtown revitalization organization. The building's brick walls contained the blaze to some extent, but the roof was a different matter. "It roared through the roof with all those pigeon nests and old pine," Johnson said. Firefighters cut through the roof to ventilate the building and got the fire under control after two hours. Johnson said only the office State Rep.

Gerald Willis wants to move into a bigger house. Willis, D-Nances Creek, announced this morning that he wants to shift his office from the Alabama House of Representatives to the one in Washington. He is the first Democrat to formally announce plans to seek the Third District congressional seat being vacated by Glen Browder, D-Jacksonville, who is running for the U.S. Senate. Making his announcement in the county courthouse in front of 75 supporters, Willis promised to promote family values, support public education and protect senior citizen programs, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Surrounded by his wife, mother, three children and six grandchildrenWillis, 56, said his priority would be to "restore the Christian family" while in office. "Parents are far more effective than any government agency," Willis said. When asked how he would promote character, Willis replied, "By example." This is not the first time that Willis, a farmer.and lumber broker, has tried to reach Washington. He ran for president in 1984 and learned a valuable les- Ken ElklnmM Anniston Star Gerald Willis announces candidacy. son about national politics.

"I saw they would not let me become a candidate until I went through the system," Willis said. ISee Willis 12A City school board to research history of 5-mill special tax Hunt stops making payments on court-ordered restitution Associated Press By Judy Johnson Star Education Editor MONTGOMERY A judge is awaiting a report from probation officials on former Gov. Guy Hunt, who has stopped making --Make your peat pots QUESTION: I'm trying to get a lot of indoor things done for my garden before the weather will permit me to go outside. Someone told me they read in "Ask us!" how to make peat pots and I'd I like the directions. I suspect the make-you-own variety would cost much less than the commercial ones.

Do you still have directions for making peat pots? O.T., IT" Weaver. I ANSWER: Here are the -directions we have, source unknown: Mix equal amounts of 'potting soil and peat moss. Add -just enough water to form a mixture the consistency of bread Using a tiny flower pot, tea cup or any other similar items as a mold, press the "dough" into the sides and bottoms as you would a ilpie crust. Allow the pots to dry in direct sunlight, pop them out of the container and use as you would commercial peat pots. Write "Ask us!" to help solve problems and find information after you've tried yourself.

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Box 189, 2 Anniston 36202. payments on more than $210,000 MONDAY'S SCHEDULE ABC stores Open Alabama Gas Open Alabama Power Open Anniston Water Open Banks Open BellSouth Open City offices Open County offices Closed State offices Closed Federal offices Closed Libraries Closed Museum Closed Post offices Closed Schools Open he owes in fines and restitution from his ethics conviction. Circuit Judge Randall Thomas did not know about the stoppage of payments until questioned by The Birmingham News, which reported Hunt's continuing debt Thursday. ton Middle School, Cobb Elementary School and a Golden Springs Elementary School addition. The board asked Superintendent Paul Goodwin to seek clarification on what happened to excess reve: nues from the tax between 1968 and 1986; to determine what the wording was on the tax measure when it was submitted for referendum; and on whether the City of Anniston is able to spend money generated by the tax on school matters without approval of the board.

In other matters Thursday the board: Learned that Joe Steele, longtime principal of Norwood Elementary School, will retire at the end of the school year. Approved a recommendation that Fred Ammons be hired as the See Board 12A $100 installments. The ex-governor paid a total of $1,200, but the last payment was in August 1995. Hunt, now living on his farm in Holly Pond, did not return telephone Calls seeking comment. He stopped making payments around the time Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a concession that could help Hunt get his conviction thrown out on appeal.

Hunt's campaign account still contains more than $120,000, according to financial disclosure forms. But a law passed as a result of his case bars politicians from using campaign money for personal expenses. Hunt was convicted in April 1993 of looting $200,000 from his 1987 inaugural fund and spending it on cattle, jewelry, furniture and other personal items. SeeHunt12A The Anniston school board Thursday night agreed to research the history of a 5-mill special tax that makes the payments on Anniston High School and other schools in the system. Revenues from the tax flow to the City of Anniston to be used for school purposes.

Questions about the tax and the history of its utilization by the city were raised by board President Walter Madden during a report by Anniston accountant Joan Sanders on the school system's annual audit. The tax was enacted in 1968 to meet the costs of building Anniston High School. Since 1986, excess revenues above what is needed to meet bond payments on the high school have been used by the city to help make payments on Annis Thomas could revoke Hunt probation depending on the findings of the review, which he re quested from the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. "I'll make whatever decisions 1 are appropriate at tnai ume, Thomas said. Browning-Ferris Industries and Alabama Waste Services Inc.

will run their regular schedules. 'AmSouth Closed. "Jacksonville Christian- Closed. Hunt began making payments 1 Ju. on his coun-oraereu uem vi $212,350 in 1994, generally in.