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Continued from Page Onesplit down the middle. Beat Seven’s previous bordersran from County Line Road in the north to AdkinsBoulevard, Colonial Circle, North Canton Club Roadand Deer Trail to Foxboro Road to the south.

Beat Eight ran from Adkins, Colonial and CantonClub in the north to Northside Drive, Reddoch Road,Runnymede Road, Old Canton and Westbrook Road tothe south.

One officer is assigned to patrol each beat during aneight-hour shift. Plans to put in the beats were contin-gent on having enough officers to patrol them. With thenew structure, an additional six officers were needed inPrecinct Four, three for each beat.

(State law requires all established beats to be manned

by at least one officer per shift.)The beats were split based on calls for service. The

two had some of the highest call volumes, according todispatch figures. “Naturally, when you have more callsfor service, you need to add more beats,” said Asst.Chief Lee Vance.

Vance doesn’t credit the beats alone for helpingPrecinct Four reduce crime, saying that crime-reduc-tion measures were put in place before the beats wereadded. He also credits neighborhood participation.

“At one point a couple of years ago, Precinct Fourwas the only precinct with a crime increase. We addedresources out there, tracked crimes, did intelligence(work) and put criminals in jail,” he said. “(And there’sbeen) a steady decline over the last two years.”

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Smith posts periodically, but credited a group of about 1,500people from the United States and abroad with doing much of theheavy lifting. Smith pointed out that there are other Web sites andFacebook pages as well, also dedicated to saving the action-adven-ture series.

“There was a time for several weeks when the shows were beingstreamed online and people talked about them together (using theFacebook page),” he said. “When people have had a bad day, theypost and folks comment offering support.

“It’s like a big living room,” he said. The efforts have attracted the attention of the show’s stars, as

well as Terry Goodkind, author of the “Sword of Truth” series onwhich the program was based.

“What Ralph and the rest of our Save Our Seeker legion hasdone is remarkable,” Goodkind said in an e-mail exclusive to theSun. “These folks have planted a flag that has shattered a recordand adrenalized fans worldwide.”

ACCORDING TO THE Internet Movie Database, the show isabout a man named Richard Cypher, who begins searching foranswers after his father dies, but ends up fighting against tyranny.

Smith said it’s a love story between Richard and Kahlan, whoprotects Richard along his journey. “It’s not a typical do they ordon’t they like each other,” he said. “Because of Kahlan’s (thegirl’s) special gift, they can’t be together.”

AN ARTICLE published in 2010 on Entertainment Weekly’sWeb site states that the show lasted for two seasons (2008-10). Itwas produced and distributed to television markets by ABCStudios.

The Web site stated that the show had been dropped by TribuneStation Group’s markets because of low ratings. “ABC Studios …kept shopping it around. But, (we’re) told, they found no takers,”wrote authors Michael Ausiello and Andy Patrick.

Grassroots campaigns to get cancelled television shows back onthe air have worked in the past.

CBS cancelled “Jericho” after its first season in 2007-08, butbrought it back after fans “sent in pounds and pounds of nuts toCBS’ corporate offices,” wrote Tim Surette in an article posted atTV.com.

Two-million Facebook fans persuaded BET to pick up the series“The Game” in 2011 after it was cancelled by the CW, accordingto an article at The Root.

Smith wants Legend fans to have similar success. He said shattering the world record would show that Legend still

has a strong following, and encourage a third season. “I hope it’senough to tip the scale,” he said. “Not only to break the GuinnessBook, but to get the show back.”

By ANTHONY WARRENSun Staff Writer

RESIDENTS APPEAR to bereacting well to the expansion of anoverlay district in one Northsidecommunity.

Nine months after it was put inplace, residents seem to be pleasedwith the expansion of the EastoverNeighborhood Conservation OverlayDistrict (ENCO).

In November, the ordinance creat-ing the overlay was amended toinclude all of Eastover proper.

“So far, there’s been nothing butpositive feedback,” said GreaterEastover Neighborhood Foundation(GENF) Executive Director DanaRobertson.

Robertson said she’s received sev-eral calls from neighbors, buildersand real estate agents regardingENCO and its allowed uses.

“It shows that people have anappreciation for the spirit behind theoverlay and want to comply with it,”she said.

No patio homes have been built inthe upper-scale neighborhood since

ENCO was expanded, she said. In November, the Jackson City

Council voted 4 to 1 to expandENCO and create a second subdis-trict within it.

The first subdistrict had beenestablished previously to protectseven properties along EastoverDrive. It prohibits lots from beingsubdivided to less than three acres.

The second subdistrict prohibitslots from being reduced to a size ofless than one acre. It runs fromMeadowbrook Road in the north tothe Petit Bois subdivision in thesouth, Ridgewood Road to the westand the Pearl River to the east.

Rules also deal with setbacks, yarddepth and building orientation.

Jackson Zoning AdministratorEsther Ainsworth said in a previousinterview that setbacks and yarddepth have to be in character withthe surrounding homes.

Additionally, new homes beingconstructed in the subdistrict must bebuilt with the fronts facing existingstreets and garages to the side andback.

“The only thing that has changedsince the implementation of the over-lay, is that when people get ready tobuild or to undertake renovations, Iget contacted by them or their archi-tects about what restrictions are nowin place,” she said. “Property ownersknow now to confirm that their proj-ects are in compliance.”

EASTOVER WAS BUILT in the1950s and 1906s, and includes 38individual subdivisions. The neigh-borhood is characterized by largelots, ranging from one to 20 acres,and dense tree canopies.

Before the overlay was expanded,neighbors were concerned that thoselots were being eyed by developersfor new development.

Supporters of the overlay saiddividing lots to put up patio homeswith zero-lot lines took away fromthe character and integrity of thearea.

Three patio homes with near-zerolot lines have already been put up onBoxwood Circle.