ALABAMA PRESS ASSOCIATION The Abbeville Herald · 2014. 7. 10. · Auburn’s Mincy arrested on...
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2014 MEMBER ALABAMA PRESS ASSOCIATION The Abbeville Herald “Henry County’s News Source Since 1912” VOLUME 102 NUMBER 27 THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 50¢ Celebrate the 4th at the Fort Fort Gaines 200 will be hosting a celebration the Fourth of July this year with a festival at Frontier Village. The highlight of the day will be a ground break- ing ceremony at noon for the new Creek Indian Village that will be built for the 2016 Bicentennial of the Fort Gaines military out- post. The upcoming Indian Village will feature a typical household that would have been found in the 1800s. The Lower Muscogee tribal leaders will hold a blessing ceremony, fol- lowed by the presentation of Fort Gaines 200 Resolutions by special guests, Georgia Representative Gerald Greene and Alabama Representative Dexter Grimsley. Fourth at the Fort will be the declaration of the 2016 Bicentennial, a commemo- ration of the military fort built in Fort Gaines in 1816 to protect settlers in the region. Featured at this festival on July 4th will be regional arts and crafts, including stain glass artists, jewelry mak- ers, and basket weavers. 1812 encampment and Creek Indian encampment will be on site to demon- strate ways of life during the Creek War period. Live music will provided by Country Singer Josh Cobb and the Blues Band "Live Action". And for all the Elvis fans, national award winner Elvis Tribute Artist Jerome Jackson will be performing, and posing for pictures with guests. As it does every 4th of July, the Volunteer Fire Department with hold its Chicken Q sale in town. Guests can get their chicken plates, and bring them over to the air conditioned food court at Frontier Village. Additional food and bev- erage vendors will be at the festival. Celebrate the Fourth at the Fort on Friday, July 4th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. Admission is FREE. Frontier Village is located on South Bluff Street in Fort Gaines, GA. For more information con- tact: Sheri Baker 334-750- 7815 sheribaker@rocket - mail.com. Life is 'ruff' for Headland mother and son By Terry Grimes Tangela Jackson loves liv- ing in the Autumn Creek area of Headland. Still, she told the council she has been complaining about dogs for three years, and lit- tle has been done. "I love the area I live in... but I don't enjoy dogs," she said Tuesday night. She cited problems with the ani- mals' waste, and the fact her young son is scared of them and afraid to walk down the street. One dog, in particu- lar, has been a nuisance. Besides running free, she said the animal is not being properly cared for. Animal control was been called on numerous occasions and once, the dog was even picked up, but the owner and authorities met before it was taken away, and it was released back to the owner. "I have called a number of times to complain," Ms. Jackson said. "I don't like it when my son is afraid. I don't feel it is my obligation to peep outside about a dog. It seems the dog has more privileges than my son." Mayor Ray Marler asked Headland Police Capt. Scott Langley to look into the matter in an effort to find a solution. The mayor also said Headland has received good news involving grant appli- cations and funds. The TAP sidewalk grant has been funded, in the amount of $145,199. This will allow for additions and Americans with Disabilities Act com- pliance work around the city. Headland will be responsible for a 20-percent match. The city's municipal air- port will also be getting a new taxiway. A grant in the amount of $93,600 has been approved for the work. Headland will be responsi- ble for 10 percent of that amount. A Community Development Block Grant, in the amount of $119,860, has been awarded to Headland. This will take care of paving work on six streets in the city, as well as speed bumps. And on the subject of speed bumps the council okayed their place- ment on Whitten Street, between Cleveland and Mitchell streets. He added the city has been recipient of over $358,000 in grant funds this year. July is shaping up to be a busy month in the city. The annual patriotic concert on the square will be held tonight at 7:30. It is spon- sored by Renaissance Headland. The city's annual fireworks show will be held at Douglas Park tomorrow night. It will start around 8 p.m. The mayor thanked all local individuals and busi- nesses for their sponsorship of the fireworks. After months of anticipa- tion, Marler said the new Dollar General location at the intersection of Hwy. 22 and Hwy. 431 is slated to open next week. The city has received a number of bids for air con- ditioning work at Douglas Park, but the council asked more suppliers be contacted prior to awarding the job. The council approved a bid for the repairs to the police department's Nissan pickup truck. The amount was $1,758 from K&K Customs. The Headland Area Chamber of Commerce's Rhonda Harrison thanked the city for its help in the recent "Sundown Cinema" event on the square. Between 300 and 400 were in attendance and plans are underway for a football movie in September and a holiday movie in November. She also said the annual Harvest Run event will be held Sept. 27, two weeks before Harvest Day. Registration will be at seven, with the run to start at eight and the fun-run at nine. The mayor thanked all who had a part in the reloca- tion of city hall offices to the municipal building. "The workers, inmates, they did a fantastic job getting it set up. I think everybody will be proud of it." He added an open house will be scheduled at a later date. Adoniram Baptist Church Addition Adoniram Baptist Church is undergoing a major addition to the church with help from Carpenters for Christ. The church is adding a new 30 x 50 Fellowship Hall and entrances that are handicap accessible.--Staff photo Boys and Girls Club Open House Open House was held Saturday for the new Boys and Girls Club of Abbeville. The club is located in the former Abbeville Middle School. A lot of the work was done by trustees of the Henry County Jail. Sheriff Will Maddox said the trustees were trying to make a contribution back to society by doing the work. Trustees Johnny Marsh, Cornelious Jenkins, Charles Turner, and Patrick Murry discuss the work with Andy Johns, Board vice president of building and construction and Cher Marvel, chairman of the Board. The club is scheduled to open later this year.--Staff photo Adoniram Baptist expands building with help of Carpenters For Christ Adoniram Baptist Church is undergoing a major addi- tion to their church build- ing. The church, established in 1842, is located at 6963 Highway 65 in Shorterville. With help of Carpenters For Christ, the church is adding a handicap accessi- ble side entrance and Fellowship Hall. Reverend Otis Derrah, pastor of the church said the process began about a year and a half ago when the church voted to proceed with the project. According to Reverend Derrah, some church mem- bers have stayed in touch with former pastor, Reverend Jerry Worzella, who served as pastor from 1980-1985. Reverend Worzella esti- mates the value of the work and expansion to be $200,000 in value with an actual cost of about $100,000. Reverend Worzella has been active in Carpenters For Christ and disaster relief for many years. He is currently the pastor of First Baptist Church of Pearson, Georgia. Reverend Worzella has participated in several domestic and foreign con- struction missions projects, as well as relief construc- tion after hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast. Once Carpenters For Christ was involved, they provided the drawings for the expansion and coordi- nated teams for work. That organization agreed to take on the project in March, 2013. According to the progress sheet, the land excavation and site prep work was done by a church member in July, 2013. The concrete foundation and rough in plumbing was completed in September, 2013 by a contractor and the church held its building pro- gram dedication. According to Reverend Derrah, the church commit- ted to construction in 2014 and raising funds in the Fall of 2013. Reverend Worzella began to recruit volunteers for the project earlier this year. A typical day of construc- tion starts at 7:00 a.m. and stops at 6:45 for cleanup. Devotions are conducted by different individuals at lunch and supper. Meals for this project were provided by Selma Baptist Church of Dothan. Reverend Worzella said crews stay at the church and have portable showers, along with washers and dry- ers supplied by a Mississippi Church. According to Reverend Worzella, another crew will be coming in to do electri- cal, wiring, cabinetry, sheetrock, and painting. Persons that wish to vol- unteer with the next phase are asked to contact church member, Glen Riley at 585- 0662. Mickey Worzella, Reverend Worzella’s son, serves as the construction, financial, and volunteer coordinator. He went on his first Carpenters for Christ trip with his father at age 10 and has 30 years experience in construction. Most of the crew that worked on the project last Auburn’s Mincy arrested on drug charges in Abbeville A traffic stop early Friday night resulted in drug charges against an Auburn University football player. Sheriff Will Maddox said Jonathon Mincy of Decatur, Georgia was arrested and charged with Possession of Marijuana second degree. Mincy is a defensive back for the Tigers. According to Sheriff Maddox, Mincy was a pas- senger in a vehicle that was stopped for speeding on U. S. 431, near Great Southern Wood. The vehicle was driven by an unidentified female who was stopped for going 92 miles per hour in a 65 zone. She was issued a speeding ticket. Sheriff Maddox said there were two males and two females in the vehicle. According to Sheriff Maddox, the officer smelled marijuana and one of the vehicle occupants had “shake” all over his shirt and a bag of marijuana near him. The occupant was identified as Mincy. Sheriff Maddox said Mincy was released from the Henry County Jail on a $3,000 bond that was post- ed Friday night. BUILDING to page 12
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2014MEMBER
ALABAMA
PRESS ASSOCIATION
The Abbeville Herald“Henry County’s News Source Since 1912”
VOLUME 102 NUMBER 27 THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 50¢
Celebrate the 4th at the FortFort Gaines 200 will be
hosting a celebration theFourth of July this year witha festival at FrontierVillage. The highlight of theday will be a ground break-ing ceremony at noon forthe new Creek IndianVillage that will be built forthe 2016 Bicentennial of theFort Gaines military out-post.
The upcoming IndianVillage will feature a typicalhousehold that would havebeen found in the 1800s.
The Lower Muscogeetribal leaders will hold ablessing ceremony, fol-lowed by the presentation ofFort Gaines 200Resolutions by specialguests, GeorgiaRepresentative GeraldGreene and AlabamaRepresentative Dexter
Grimsley. Fourth at the Fort will be
the declaration of the 2016Bicentennial, a commemo-ration of the military fortbuilt in Fort Gaines in 1816to protect settlers in theregion.
Featured at this festival onJuly 4th will be regional artsand crafts, including stainglass artists, jewelry mak-ers, and basket weavers.1812 encampment andCreek Indian encampmentwill be on site to demon-strate ways of life duringthe Creek War period.
Live music will providedby Country Singer JoshCobb and the Blues Band"Live Action". And for allthe Elvis fans, nationalaward winner Elvis TributeArtist Jerome Jackson willbe performing, and posing
for pictures with guests. As it does every 4th of
July, the Volunteer FireDepartment with hold itsChicken Q sale in town.Guests can get their chickenplates, and bring them overto the air conditioned foodcourt at Frontier Village.
Additional food and bev-erage vendors will be at thefestival.
Celebrate the Fourth at theFort on Friday, July 4thfrom 10:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. Eastern time.
Admission is FREE.
Frontier Village is locatedon South Bluff Street inFort Gaines, GA.
For more information con-tact: Sheri Baker 334-750-7815 [email protected].
Life is 'ruff' for Headland mother and sonBy Terry Grimes
Tangela Jackson loves liv-ing in the Autumn Creekarea of Headland. Still, shetold the council she hasbeen complaining aboutdogs for three years, and lit-tle has been done.
"I love the area I live in...but I don't enjoy dogs," shesaid Tuesday night. Shecited problems with the ani-mals' waste, and the fact heryoung son is scared of themand afraid to walk down thestreet. One dog, in particu-lar, has been a nuisance.Besides running free, shesaid the animal is not beingproperly cared for. Animalcontrol was been called onnumerous occasions andonce, the dog was evenpicked up, but the ownerand authorities met before itwas taken away, and it wasreleased back to the owner.
"I have called a number oftimes to complain," Ms.Jackson said. "I don't like itwhen my son is afraid. Idon't feel it is my obligationto peep outside about a dog.It seems the dog has moreprivileges than my son."
Mayor Ray Marler askedHeadland Police Capt. ScottLangley to look into thematter in an effort to find asolution.
The mayor also saidHeadland has received goodnews involving grant appli-cations and funds. The TAPsidewalk grant has beenfunded, in the amount of$145,199. This will allow
for additions and Americanswith Disabilities Act com-pliance work around thecity. Headland will beresponsible for a 20-percentmatch.
The city's municipal air-port will also be getting anew taxiway. A grant in theamount of $93,600 has beenapproved for the work.Headland will be responsi-ble for 10 percent of thatamount.
A CommunityDevelopment Block Grant,in the amount of $119,860,has been awarded toHeadland. This will takecare of paving work on sixstreets in the city, as well asspeed bumps. And on thesubject of speed bumps thecouncil okayed their place-ment on Whitten Street,between Cleveland andMitchell streets. He addedthe city has been recipientof over $358,000 in grantfunds this year.
July is shaping up to be abusy month in the city. Theannual patriotic concert onthe square will be heldtonight at 7:30. It is spon-sored by RenaissanceHeadland. The city's annualfireworks show will be heldat Douglas Park tomorrownight. It will start around 8p.m. The mayor thanked alllocal individuals and busi-nesses for their sponsorshipof the fireworks.
After months of anticipa-tion, Marler said the new
Dollar General location atthe intersection of Hwy. 22and Hwy. 431 is slated toopen next week.
The city has received anumber of bids for air con-ditioning work at DouglasPark, but the council askedmore suppliers be contactedprior to awarding the job.The council approved a bidfor the repairs to the policedepartment's Nissan pickuptruck. The amount was$1,758 from K&KCustoms.
The Headland AreaChamber of Commerce'sRhonda Harrison thankedthe city for its help in therecent "Sundown Cinema"event on the square.Between 300 and 400 werein attendance and plans areunderway for a footballmovie in September and aholiday movie inNovember. She also said theannual Harvest Run eventwill be held Sept. 27, twoweeks before Harvest Day.Registration will be atseven, with the run to startat eight and the fun-run atnine.
The mayor thanked allwho had a part in the reloca-tion of city hall offices tothe municipal building."The workers, inmates, theydid a fantastic job getting itset up. I think everybodywill be proud of it." Headded an open house will bescheduled at a later date.
Adoniram Baptist Church AdditionAdoniram Baptist Church is undergoing a major addition to the church withhelp from Carpenters for Christ. The church is adding a new 30 x 50Fellowship Hall and entrances that are handicap accessible.--Staff photo
Boys and Girls Club Open HouseOpen House was held Saturday for the new Boys and Girls Club of Abbeville.The club is located in the former Abbeville Middle School. A lot of the workwas done by trustees of the Henry County Jail. Sheriff Will Maddox said thetrustees were trying to make a contribution back to society by doing thework. Trustees Johnny Marsh, Cornelious Jenkins, Charles Turner, andPatrick Murry discuss the work with Andy Johns, Board vice president ofbuilding and construction and Cher Marvel, chairman of the Board. The clubis scheduled to open later this year.--Staff photo Adoniram Baptist expands building
with help of Carpenters For ChristAdoniram Baptist Church
is undergoing a major addi-tion to their church build-ing.
The church, established in1842, is located at 6963Highway 65 in Shorterville.
With help of CarpentersFor Christ, the church isadding a handicap accessi-ble side entrance andFellowship Hall.
Reverend Otis Derrah,pastor of the church said theprocess began about a yearand a half ago when thechurch voted to proceedwith the project.
According to ReverendDerrah, some church mem-bers have stayed in touchwith former pastor,Reverend Jerry Worzella,who served as pastor from1980-1985.
Reverend Worzella esti-mates the value of the workand expansion to be$200,000 in value with anactual cost of about$100,000.
Reverend Worzella hasbeen active in CarpentersFor Christ and disasterrelief for many years. He iscurrently the pastor of FirstBaptist Church of Pearson,
Georgia.Reverend Worzella has
participated in severaldomestic and foreign con-struction missions projects,as well as relief construc-tion after hurricane Katrinaon the Gulf Coast.
Once Carpenters ForChrist was involved, theyprovided the drawings forthe expansion and coordi-nated teams for work.
That organization agreedto take on the project inMarch, 2013.
According to the progresssheet, the land excavationand site prep work was doneby a church member in July,2013.
The concrete foundationand rough in plumbing wascompleted in September,2013 by a contractor and thechurch held its building pro-gram dedication.
According to ReverendDerrah, the church commit-ted to construction in 2014and raising funds in the Fallof 2013.
Reverend Worzella beganto recruit volunteers for theproject earlier this year.
A typical day of construc-tion starts at 7:00 a.m. and
stops at 6:45 for cleanup.Devotions are conducted
by different individuals atlunch and supper.
Meals for this project wereprovided by Selma BaptistChurch of Dothan.
Reverend Worzella saidcrews stay at the church andhave portable showers,along with washers and dry-ers supplied by aMississippi Church.
According to ReverendWorzella, another crew willbe coming in to do electri-cal, wiring, cabinetry,sheetrock, and painting.
Persons that wish to vol-unteer with the next phaseare asked to contact churchmember, Glen Riley at 585-0662.
Mickey Worzella,Reverend Worzella’s son,serves as the construction,financial, and volunteercoordinator.
He went on his firstCarpenters for Christ tripwith his father at age 10 andhas 30 years experience inconstruction.
Most of the crew thatworked on the project last
Auburn’s Mincy arrested on drug charges in Abbeville
A traffic stop early Fridaynight resulted in drugcharges against an AuburnUniversity football player.
Sheriff Will Maddox saidJonathon Mincy of Decatur,Georgia was arrested andcharged with Possession ofMarijuana second degree.Mincy is a defensive backfor the Tigers.
According to SheriffMaddox, Mincy was a pas-
senger in a vehicle that wasstopped for speeding on U.S. 431, near Great SouthernWood.
The vehicle was driven byan unidentified female whowas stopped for going 92miles per hour in a 65 zone.She was issued a speedingticket.
Sheriff Maddox said therewere two males and twofemales in the vehicle.
According to SheriffMaddox, the officer smelledmarijuana and one of thevehicle occupants had“shake” all over his shirtand a bag of marijuana nearhim. The occupant wasidentified as Mincy.
Sheriff Maddox saidMincy was released fromthe Henry County Jail on a$3,000 bond that was post-ed Friday night.
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