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County County 1'1 Colquitt Camtia County JyM Ocean iff fl a AP AP Photo Willie Nelson 41 stands in front of the wreckage of his home in Camilla Ga this morning Nelson said his three bedroom house near Camilla was lifted up and carried about a quarter of a mile He said he suffered abrasions on his back but he was surprised to be alive The tornado killed at least 13 people i jl jwp xgtaajrs BSp JA5" liiSHM A EMbS By ELLIOTT MINOR Associated Press Writer CAMILLA Ga (AP) Tornadoes slashed through southwest Georgia early today killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 100 The Mitchell County town of Camilla appeared to be hard est hit with tornadoes cutting a 5 mile path through a hous ing development south of town like somebody took a bulldozer and leveled vol unteer firefighter Mikie Newsome said after he and his father watched a large dark funnel cloud dipped down about three miles from their house you heard was a roar woo woo said Johnny Jones whose mobile home south of Camilla was lifted up and thrown on its side He said he freed his 14 year old son who was pinned under See STORMS on A6 By UNRUH Associated Press Writer LITTLETON Colo (AP) Two Columbine High School stu dents were found dead early today after a shooting at a sand wich shop about two blocks south of the school authorities said far as a motive I think it will be a while before we can establish said Jefferson County spokesman Steve Davis A woman who worked at the Subway sandwich shop got there just before 1 am found the bodies of a 15 year old boy who also worked there and 16 year old girl who an employee Davis said Davis said both victims were students at Columbine He said the two suffered apparent gun shot wounds but could not say if the wounds were the cause of death After receiving the call deputies responded within a few minutes They determined the' teens were dead left the shop and awaited a search war rant and re entered the store again about six hours later Davis said The sandwich shop is in a small strip mall within sight of the school where two teen age students killed 12 students and a teacher on April 20 and wounded more than two dozen others The two Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold then committed suicide 1 tZ Lr Ytll 1 A MGHiful Mu Rmw Tfli gSB4MMI AP Photo A card showing character Pepper mint Patty crying is placed next to flowers outside an ice rink in Santa Rosa Calif Schulz dies as farewell hits doorsteps By MARY ANN LICKTEIG Associated Press Writer Poll: Kentuckians want bottle bill LOUISVILLE (AP) Mandatory statewide garbage pickup and a plan to put deposits on beverage contain ers two legislative measures aimed at cleaning up Kentucky were strong ly favored in a recent poll The Bluegrass State Poll pub lished in The Courier Journal on Sunday shows that 62 percent of those polled favor deposits on cans and bottles And 63 percent said they favored mandatory trash pickup for all counties the poll shows The poll surveyed 800 Kentucky adults between Jan 31 and eb 6 Its margin of error is 35 percent The poll results pleased House Democratic loor Leader Greg Stumbo of Prestonsburg Stumbo sponsors a bill that would require 5 and 10 cent refundable deposits on many kinds of beverage containers one of the most hotly contested issues of this legislative session and faces a critical vote on Tuesday before the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee a true epic battle as to whether the people will win what they want or whether the special interests are going to win in this leg islative Stumbo said The bottling industry challenged the result of the poll Industry critics have lobbied the General Assembly and aired television ads statewide opposing the measure Michael Brown a Pespi Cola Bottling Co executive in Louisville and president of the Kentucky Beverage Industry Recycling Program said there is no guarantee people will be able to conveniently redeem their deposits The bill only requires one redemption center per county The bill has three main provisions: deposits on beverages a quarter cent sales tax on beverage cups and wrap pers sold at fast food restaurants and mandatory trash pickup at households throughout the state The poll did not ask about the quarter cent sales tax Support was highest among younger people and those who live in the Bluegrass and in eastern and south central Kentucky where illegal See POLL on A6 Spacecraft nears tryst with asteroid By PAUL RECER AP Science Writer LAUREL Md (AP) Trouble free and performing as planned a robot craft was on target today to become the first spacecraft to orbit an aster oid in a Day rendezvous with a space rock named for the Greek god of love Mission officials said the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous or NEAR spacecraft' was set to auto matically fire its thrusters and settle into a 124 mile orbit of the gray pota to shaped rock called Eros Thrusters were to fire automatical ly this morning Eros is so distant from Earth that it takes 14 12 min utes for a radio signal confirming the rocket firing to reach NEAR mission control If successful the spacecraft will start a yearlong study of Eros con ducting research that one day may help humans defend the Earth against a like the one thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs Mission officials said Sunday night that NEAR was humming along flaw lessly operating as expected on auto matic instructions that were sent to the spacecraft on Saturday is operating right on Mission Director Robert arquhar said is working exactly as we expected We can just sit and wait As if nature was celebrating See ASTEROID on A6 SANTA ROSA Calif (AP) Monte Schulz eldest son of the creator saw his spirits sag as the cartoonist battled ill ness and was forced to give up his beloved comic strip or the son it was no coincidence that Charles last strip featuring Snoopy and the gang was published on the very day the artist died i just seem all that willing and interested to fight the colon Monte Schulz said The diagnosis came in November and the cartoonist announced plans to retire See SCHULZ on A6 Danville woman to appear on cover of tattoo magazine By JULIE NELSON Staff Writer When she saw the cover she believe it was really her But it is The one hour photo shoot and the two hour phone interview were for real Dana Thomen of Danville formerly of Casey County is on the cover of a national magazine pub lished in California with a three page story spread inside The 24 year old dental asistant for Dr Bridgett Coulter in Danville was just as astounded when she was approached by the photographer of the magazine She had just walked off the elevator at a tattoo convention in New Orleans in October of last year when he told her he wanted to take her picture just walked up to me and said Won are so beautiful I want to take pictures of you for my Thomen said After debating it for a while Thomen decided to do the photo shoot Her husband Tom is a tattoo artist at in Lexington and she thought the pictures that displayed all of her nine tattoos would help his business since most of them were done by him However she think the pictures would See TATTOO on A6 Mau 4 Hi'ol Staff Photo by Julie Nelson Tom and Dana Thomen of Danville are looking forward to an upcom ing issue of The national magazine will feature Dana on its cover This Advocate Messenger is printed on recycled paper 6 "'I 53 il I 2000 The Advocate Messenger Index Advice B8 Classified ads B4 B6 Comics B7 Deaths A2 Health itness A4 Local news A2 A3 Markets A6 Names in the News A8 National News A8 Opinion A7 Sports B1 B4 TV Schedules B7 World News A5 Lottery numbers are on page A8 Weather Outlook: C7 5 Ln Gradual clearing Low near 30 Northwest wind 5 10 mph becoming light and variable or today's forecast and a complete weather map see the back page of A section or real time weather check out The Advocate On Line Messenger at wwwamnewscom 1.