Ledger-Enquirer du lieu suivant : Columbus, Georgia • 10

Ledger Enquirer Tuesday October 13 1998 Two dump trucks POLICE Two dump trucks overturned after colliding with a Coca Cola truck Monday on Brickyard Road injuring all three drivers Phenix City police Officer MA Roundtree said Both Adolphus Walker Jr 44 of Hamilton Ga and Tom Beasley III 25 of Pittsview Ala were listed in satisfactory condition at The Medical Center in Columbus William Windham 25 of Phenix City was treated and released a spokesman said The wreck happened at about 10:45 am between Meadowlane Drive and Colin Powell Parkway while Windham was trying to make a right turn into Boral Brick and was struck from behind by a JR Trucking Co dump truck driven by Beasley Roundtree said vehicle then was forced or drifted into the oncoming lane and hit almost head on the truck Walker was driving for JAS Trucking police said Both dump trucks were turned over The Coke truck was pushed off the side of the road No charges were filed Columbus mom charged in leaving children alone A Columbus mother was charged Sunday with reckless conduct for leaving her four children ages 4 12 months to 10 years old alone in their mobile home Columbus police Capt Ricky Boren said Samantha Green 28 of 3536 St Marys Road Lot 23 was picked up a short distance from the home after telling neighbors she was tired of the children and was leaving the police report stated The children were not injured They have been placed in foster homes In addition Green was charged with maintaining a disorderly home after officers found soiled clothing lying around discarded waste on the floor bugs in the food and a rancid odor in the home Boren said Richland man charged in shooting of girlfriend A Richland Ga man was charged with aggravated assault Sunday for allegedly shooting his Coke truck involved in accident girlfriend in the face the day before a spokeswoman for the Webster County Sheriffs Office said Derrick Armour 32 is accused of shooting Chronda Jones 26 in the cheek with a380 caliber automatic handgun after the two got into an argument on Saturday night police said She was treated at Stewart Webster Hospital for the surface wound and released Armour is being held in the Webster County jail Police continue fire probe on Carmike storage shop Investigators continue looking into a Sunday night blaze that caused extensive damage to a building that Carmike Cinemas used as storage Columbus fire Capt Jerry ountain said Monday The fire in the old Machine Works building at 2702 12th Ave started at about 10:30 pm A damage estimate was not available Carmike was using the building to store materials salvaged from a ebruary fire at a facility on 13th Street which was ruled accidental Harley driver leaves rider after striking a fence A motorcyclist wrecked early Monday morning leaving his injured passenger on the roadside before he sped away Columbus police report Virginia Carney 26 of 3638 Gurley Drive in Columbus broke her leg after the driver who was identified only by a first name and has not been located wrecked at the intersection of Old Macon and Reese roads police said She was listed in satisfactory condition Monday night at The Medical Center The Harley Davidson driver was at a stop sign when he spun a tire lost control of the bike and struck a fence police said Charges are pending Authorities seek person who tried to hit officer Columbus police are searching for a person who tried to run down a police officer Sunday morning as he tried to break up a fight ifteen to 20 people were fighting in the parking lot at Run Apartments at 5358 Woodruff arm Road and dispersed when they saw Officer Kenneth Brown approach them police said One participant got into a white Saturn and headed toward the officer at a high rate of speed No major injuries were reported Painter falls to death while working at home A self employed painter fell off a ladder to his death riday Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Ricky Weeks said John Lange 55 of Candlestick Loop in Columbus dropped 25 to 30 feet while working at a home on Topi Court Weeks said He was pronounced dead at 1 The Medical Center after suffering from massive abdominal trauma and a fractured pelvis Auburn man shot in leg after gunmen enter home A 60 year old man is being treated at the East Alabama Medical Center for a gunshot wound he received riday night an Auburn Ala police spokeswoman said Two gunman entered a residence at 4776 US Highway! 29 South firing one round into the leg of Albert inley of Auburn and stealing about $150 from the people inside the home police said inley who was shot just above the ankle was in fair condition Monday night officials said The men who are still at large were armed with a handgun and possibly an AK 47 assault rifle Police attribute death of Decatur man to Bush Hog A Decatur Ga man was killed Saturday evening in a machinery accident on his farm on Mountville Big Springs Road Troup County Deputy Stan Reese said Emory Harvath 62 went out at about 1:30 pm on a bush hog and was found at about 8:30 pm by family members who were worried because he had not returned by dark Reese said He apparently fell of the machine before it ran over him" An autopsy is being conducted Amy Wolfford Harris receives grant for computer software The grant worth about $9000 will help update geographic information about the county By Harry ranklin State Editor Harris County has been awarded one of 100 grants to provide computer software and training to computerize geo graphic information about the county The Geographical Informa tion System grant is worth about $9000 and was awarded by Environmental Systems Re search Institute of Redlands Calif an organization that seeks to ensure that such information is readily available and is not duplicated Harris County Plan ner Chris Brink said Monday Brink said he hopes the infor mation can be in the computer system next summer going to enable us to provide services a little quick he said That includes zon ing requests and information about property the future people will be able to pull up what they need in an instant instead of us having to research The grant will help county staff with planning and benefit the tax office he said Parcels of property in the county street rights of way and street centerline information will be put into the computer ESRI developed the software have been working for at least five years to get our geographical system up and said County Manager Carol Silva have been putting this off until we moved into our new building We are working to purchase hardware through state contract to get the best price The timing could not be The county expects its new courthouse addition in Hamilton will be finished by Christmas irst prisoners arrive at private Georgia lockup first private prison is located in the southeastern part of state Associated Press else is going to be using that space We are not bringing in prisoners from other Lowell Hudson retired federal warden Warden Lowell Hudson is looking forward to finally open ing for business by closing the cell doors at Ray James State Prison near olkston After two construction delays and some recent negative na tional publicity about the private prison industry Hudson will oversee the opening of first private prison today main thing doing today is rechecking the locks and basically cleaning Hud son said Monday from the pris on one of three set to open in Georgia rather be the first to go because I feel we know what The 1625 bed $38 million lockup on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia will be owned and operated by Cornell Corrections Inc of Houston The state Department of Cor rections will transfer 24 prison ers there today and 24 Thursday Another 50 prisoners will be transferred each week until the prison reaches capacity said Corrections Commissioner Wayne Garner The state has contracted with Cornell for 750 beds at the prison Cornell built the rest of the space in hopes that Georgia would need it in the future Hudson said else is going to be using that said Hudson a retired federal warden who has been warden at two other pri vate prisons are not bring ing in prisoners rom other two other private prisons both owned and operated by Corrections Corpo ration of America in Nashville Tenn will open later this year or early next year in Wheeler and Coffee counties also in southeast Georgia The state has contracted for 750 beds in each Garner estimates the state will save as much as $17 per prisoner per day with Cornell and nearly $10 per prisoner per day with CCA is a true model of said Garner whose department trained the 300 plus workers at the olkston prison paid for the con struction which would have cost the state millions in bonds and taxes This way we just rent the bed space and if anything goes wrong we just give 30 days notice and pull our The first load of prisoners was due to arrive in olkston Aug 18 but weather related construction delays postponed the opening until mid September That date also was put off because of construction delays opening comes after several problems at other pri vate prisons around the country Six inmates including four convicted of murder escaped a CCA operated prison in Youngs town Ohio last summer That prison also has been plagued by violence with more than a dozen stabbings including two killings An investigation found the prison was holding violent offenders from Washington DC and not the prescribed medium security inmates Virgin vision Xi Os kA pi BRf A 1 4 wLyjlr "I iS? 4 Lil Ki AP Thousands of believers gather around a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary sculpted by Edmund Sullivan near Nancy farm riday in Conyers Ga Many are getting ready for what owler says will be the last public message she relays from the Virgin Mary owler has been addressing crowds at her farm for nearly eight years IN THE LOOP rom Bl from abstract about ev erything I do now is a portrait or still life I get very Nor is he getting very rich just say no way going to be able to quit my day job any time he said might sell a painting for say $500 That sounds like a lot But a job pays that much week after week after week I guess you could call me your typical starv ing But quit? been in my blood since I was a kid Mrs Crusade use to pay us a nickel for every drawing in which we showed serious effort I collect ed a lot of And where did he spend them? the paint store in the New River Shopping Center in my hometown of Jacksonville NC where I bought all of my paint The next painter in the family may well be grand daughter 4 year old Mariah already shows said Marshall I would be AUBURNrom Bl About 35 miles to the south students attending Rigdon Road Elementary School began their year round school ing this year just come back from our first break and we love school principal Phyllis Jones said Monday students ap pear more Jones also said students need a refresher course on procedures such as how to go through the lunch line and how lunch cards should be scanned Students at Rigdon Road like wise just to be her Affiliate Change: WSWS TV the Opelika station that hereto fore was the local home of the WB Network will soon be the area affiliate of UPN week or says general manager Jerry Potter very pleased to begin a relation ship with the Paramount people be delivering their prime time schedule to our viewers here in Alabama and in the Columbus schedule includes such shows as and Trek: Cable subscribers can pick up their favorite WB shows the Vampire etc) on WGN WSWS also will be the home of ACC and Atlanta Hawks basketball this winter the Loop" is a regular feature in the Ledger Enquirer If got a story suggestion contact Mick Walsh at 571 8586 or mail him at Mickuledg erenquirercom Jack Russell has raised this possibility during earlier school board meetings On Monday Russell said the school district will hold three public meetings for residents to discuss the issues The meetings will be: Nov 9 at Phenix City Middle School 2400 Railroad St Nov 16 at South Girard School 521 on taine Road and Nov 23 at Central High School 2400 Dobbs Drive All meetings will start at 6 pm History of Marion County recounted in detailed book By Harry ranklin State Editor A new history of Marion County is off the press History of Marion County Ga Motherland of is packed with information that families with roots in the county and genealogists could use The 735 pages include a full name index listing of marriages from 1845 1900 with some predating the courthouse fire of Nov 5 1845 in Tazewell pension re cords of Confederate veterans andor widows from 1890 1913 wills probated from 1850 1914 the 1860 census indexes of 1830 and 1840 censuses veterans of 1861 65 serving in the Georgia Infantry The book also contains more estival on the square in Buena Vista Nov 7 The price is $60 plus $5 if it is shipped or more information write to Rena Cobb Rt 2 Box 177 Buena Vista Ga 31825 most students in year programs go to school 45 days and then take 15 days 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