Ledger-Enquirer from Columbus, Georgia • 9

Ledger Enquirer Thursday January 18 1996 Collins run for WASHINGTON US Rep Mac Collins Hampton said Wednesday I that he will noi run lor POLITICS the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen SamNunn Ga Collins said he had come I right at the of a Senate si zll CoHn got on to our work by November there was a much greater chance that I would have announced for the he said Collins 52 a pro business GOVERNMENT campaign but finally decided that too much work remained for the House to complete we could have finished this says he seat conservative who owned a trucking company was elected in 1992 to a district that then stretched from northern Columbus to the Atlanta suburbs He serves on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee A federal recent redrawing of congressional voting lines brought all of Columbus into district Overall though Collins emerged from the changes with his political base intact Nolan Walton Shelby to discuss budget at Phenix public meeting US Sen Richard Shelby Ala will host a public county wide meeting in Phenix City in the City Council Chambers on riday Jan 26 at 2:30 pm Shelby hosts such a meeting in each of the 67 counties in Alabama each year This year the focus of the Russell County meeting will be the status of negotiations aimed at balancing the federal budget Shelby will also discuss other issues of concern to Alabama and the nation and will take questions from those attending Staff reports Senator gets peanut award for work on '96 arm Bill ATLANTA US Sen Paul Coverdell Ga received the Georgia Peanut 1996 Service on Wednesday for his work on the 1996 arm Bill Coverdell a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee worked with Georgia farmers for months to produce a more market oriented peanut program at no net cost to taxpayers Staff reports Bicycle seat AP Ill ikklnS A yvaaaaL yr JarlP ERr Tw mBmji $''' 'JBgfcSMB vB5 If' JTOb George Lee nine and a half months rests his head while taking an afternoon bicycle ride with his mother Joanne in Gadsden Ala Wednesday Bill against price gouging passes Alabama House Bill was prompted in part by Hurricane Opal when there where reports of overpriced hotel rooms tree cutting services Associated Press MONTGOMERY Ala The Alabama House voted to punish weather crisis like the ones who raised rates on motel rooms and marked up prices on ice bottled water and tree cutting after Hurricane Opal The lawmakers without dis sent approved the anti price gouging bill by Rep John Haw kins Vestavia Hills on Tues day It would carry fines ranging up to $1000 per violation with a maximum possible penalty of $25000 during any 24 hour peri od A judge could also shut down violators The legislation would punish anyone who charges a consumer during a declared state of emer gency an amount that exceeds the average of a product or service during the preceding 30 days Attorney General Jeff Sessions is backing the measure which was prompted partly by price gouging that followed Hurricane Opal in October Some coastal evacuees encountered greatly increased motel rates and exor bitant market prices while some out of state tree cutters and repair crews preyed on Alabama property owners lot of elderly people were stung by the tree Haw kins said sold ice at $5 or $6 a Hawkins said describing such business people as would just put a stop to that we Hawkins said The Senate Governmental Af fairs Committee has also passed the bill Rep Thomas Reed Tuske gee told House members Tues day he was a victim of price gouging by a Macon County ice dealer following the hurricane Some coastal evacuees staying at motels in Montgomery said they paid rates almost double the rates that were being charged before the hurricane TV 16 rom Bl air Bishop said By definition geographically challenged low power stations can operate at no more than 1000 watts ull power stations like WRBL and WXTX operate with a minimum strength of 10000 watts probably reach an area 6 7 miles from our said Greg Conkel who has managed TV 16 since its incep tion 10 years ago why it is so important to get on the cable The "must rule which demands cable compa nies to carry all UH and VH stations in the local market does not apply to low power stations Bishop plans to talk to syndi cators of Warner Brothers and United Paramount about bring ing one or the network offerings into Columbus also plan a lot of heavy local he said "Doug Kellett will still play a key role (his radio call in show is carried by TV 16 on a delayed basis) And we hope to get involved with local He mentioned possible tele casts of Columbus Redstixx and Columbus College Cougar base ball games Jim Caruthers general man ager of WRBL across the street neighbor worried about renewed competition from TV 16 he said Wednesday ORUM BENNING bi pened in Columbus? That question will be a spring board for the forum Good race relations improve not only the quality of life but also the economy Pierce said hurts the community and its he said "When people come to visit here to find jobs or conduct business they can quickly pick up on the fragmented nature of the com munity by looking at where people The forum will include a panel discussion including Columbus Councilor Mimi Woodson busi nesswoman Lois Cohen Realtor Laura Lowe the Rev James Swanson pastor of St Marys Road United Methodist Church and Columbus Ledger Enquirer editorial page editor Billy Winn WXEWOKS radio host Billy Dee will facilitate the discussion and take questions from the audience we get a chance to talk about racism it will continue to seethe and simmer in our said Urban League executive director Ken Crooks The forum is not meant to be a venting session but a time to discuss problems and possible solutions he said single thing change about how the ort Benning operation is performing think a pretty good statement about our quality of Hartzog said How important is ort Ben ning to the operation in the former Yugoslavia? Benning trained every soldier on the ground over the general said or Home Delivery of the Ledger Enquirer Call 323 1 234 50 LOWEST uem MMP HN UUMr mimimms PRICER SHOE DEPT (Burlington Shoes EXAMPLE0bftVNW: PEACHTREE MALL Mon at 10 9 Sun 1 6 RED DVT A I Utrifl 1 MMBMM WHCt wwcMMirsMOtJ MT7TfTYflW Red Balloon clearance 25 50 savings throughout the store plus an extra 25 off items marked with red balloon signs for total savings of off the original price 40 60 PARISIAN Two examples of how much save: 1 $10000 origmalpfice $10000 original price 25 00 25 savings 5000 50 savings 7500 sale price 50 00 sale price 18 75 extra 25 off 1250 extra 25 off 2 2 5625 your INAL COST 3750 your final cost tfi Jr 4' 4 3k 3k Iv TX I a jl i Sonyrinabletomake price adjustments on previously purchased items read theB WRITE MN MM GOVERNMENT PHIMN I I i.