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Filename: D1-METRO-AJCD0219-AJCD created: Feb 18 2007 Username: SPEED10 AJCD0219 Monday, Feb 19, 2007 METRO 1 AJCD 1 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 1 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black AJCD Filename: D1-METRO-AJCD0219-AJCD created: Feb 18 2007 Username: SPEED10 MONDAY, FEB. 19, 2007 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution CONTACT US: Bert Roughton Metro editor 404-526-5342 AJC.COM Flying Fortress: WWII bomber in town, offering the public a chance to hit the skies. ajc.com/metro Metro State THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION CHECK FOR BREAKING NEWS UPDATES AT AJC.COM Newton residents ght asphalt plant By MAE GENTRY Vivian Harris remembers when she and her cousins tromped through the woods of Newton County as children, searching for muscadines, blackberries and pomegranates. was recalled Harris, now 67. Harris, who moved to Michigan decades ago, returned home in 1992 to development transforming her once-rural homestead.

An of people, houses and industry has made Newton the eighth-fastest- growing county in the nation, according to census Now, Harris and hundreds of her neighbors are another development threat almost literally on their doorstep. A French multinational company wants to build an asphalt manufacturing plant just outside the city of Oxford, near home and adjacent to Victoria Station, a 118-home subdivision. It would be the second asphalt plant next to a local rock quarry. Opponents fear the new plant would pollute the air, add truck to an already dangerous intersection nearby and cause more teeth-rattling explosions from the rock quarry. the quarry blasts dishes on my shelf said Oxford resident Virgil Eady, who lives a half-mile from the site.

can not only hear it, we can feel The quarry owner says concerns are unfounded. not necessarily looking at the said Richard Tyler, regional manager of property for Lafarge Aggregates, the Paris-based building-materials company that is seeking a permit for the plant. is not your grandfa HANNANS HENRY Staff Vivian Harris, who remembers Newton rural past, is among those opposed to the asphalt plant. Fears of pollution, noise, traf cited Please see ASPHALT, D5 Panel would eye no-knock warrants By DAVID PENDERED Ronald Hewatt talk about a proposed citizen review board to review complaints against the Atlanta Police Department without mentioning no-knock warrants. going to keep policies like no-knock warrants, a good idea to have a review said Hewatt, who lives in the Dixie Hills neighborhood west of downtown Atlanta.

Atlanta Councilman H. Lamar Willis has proposed creating a board with broad authority to investigate complaints against any member of the Police Department. It also would take up policy issues including funding for the department and training for A public hearing is scheduled Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Atlanta City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave. The proposal comes as city residents and their elected council members are roiling over perceptions that crime is increasing and over the shooting death of Kathryn Johnston.

Johnston was the elderly woman killed in her home in November by Atlanta narcotics who had a no-knock warrant to search the premises meaning they were authorized to break down her door. my neighborhood daytime, nighttime, anytime you get off MARTA and somebody will come and bust you up-side the said Councilwoman Joyce Sheperd, who represents a district south of Turner Field served mainly by MARTA buses. Kathryn Johnston was shot by police during a raid on her home after she shot at them Please see POLICE, D5 Recall issued for grilled chicken breast strips ASSOCIATED PRESS Carolina Culinary Food, a West Columbia, S.C., company, is recalling about 52,650 pounds of Oscar Mayer ready-to-eat chicken breast strips with rib meat that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday. Food scientists with the Georgia Department of Agriculture found contamination in a 6-ounce packaged sample, the Georgia agency said.

The nationwide recall affects all 6-ounce packages of Rich chicken breast strips with rib meat, grilled, fully cooked, ready to that bear the number inside the USDA mark of inspection on the front of the package. Packages have a date of Apr Food so contaminated can cause listeriosis, a potentially fatal disease, the federal agency said. Listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. It can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious infections to infants, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. Consumers with questions about the recall should contact Kraft at 800-871-7117.

Former CNN anchor a spokeswoman for DA By BILL MONTGOMERY Fresh out of UCLA, Lyn Vaughn started as a 20-year-old fetching coffee for the newsroom at WCBS in New York and reporting the television news staples of wrecks, crime and at stations from Boston to Atlanta as she climbed the lad der to recognition on CNN. A generation later, at age 55, the television news veteran has bailed out of reporting crime to become, in June 2004, the public spokeswoman for Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, whose job is putting criminals away instead of reporting on them. been on both sides of the microphone, I can tell you much easier to ask the questions than to come up with answers every Vaughn said. the volume of work can be overwhelming. The satisfying part is to talk about putting away bad people been problems for all of WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO LYN VAUGHN Hungry for a change in her career and personal life, veteran journalist waved goodbye to TV news.

Please see VAUGHN, D5 A warning about water INSIDE Many in Sandy Springs are expected to be under a boil- water advisory this morning. Go to ajc.com for updates throughout the day. D3 A cut above the rest By PAUL KAPLAN The idea for the hairstyle came to Henry Kelly out of thin air. just popped into my he said. creativity, Kelly, a 26-year-old barber, saw it as clear as day: It would be like two haircuts in one, each side a different length and shade, with both blending together into a glorious tonsorial statement.

Kelly and his childhood buddy and model, Ty Wills, came to Atlanta from Columbus, Ohio, to debut the creation at barbering competition at the 60th annual Bronner Brothers International Hair Show. Wills and the other 19 models in the competition had to grow their hair out to give the barbers the freedom need to create something original. had a haircut since before said Wills, a 27-year-old bear of a man. been looking rough for a long The Bronner show is wildly Photos by ELISSA EUBANKS Staff Richard Phillips pays homage to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

during the Bronner Brothers International Hair Show on Sunday. Ty Wills, 27, who waited since Thanksgiving to get his hair cut just for the event, gets a beard trim from barber Henry Kelly. Styles abound at show Please see HAIR, D5.