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Joe the Hobo says

Please do not shoot

the pianist.

He is doing his best.”“

The city of Jenkinsburg on

Saturday hosted its second annu-

al Bar-B-Choo-Chew barbecue

contest and festival at Memorial

Park.The event raises money for

the city’s planned park for

people with special needs.

Taking � rst place in the con-

test was Mack Clark of MC’s

BBQ Factory in Grif� n, who

was assisted by his wife, Kenya.

Second place went to Tony

Berry of T&T Meats of Jackson.

The third-place trophy went to

Timothy Adams.Jerry Manis of Chatsworth

and Ryan Turner of Jackson

won the event’s cornhole tourna-

ment.Those providing entertain-

ment during Bar-B-Choo-Chew

included dancers from T&K

Studios in Jackson and the

Christian pop-rock duo Iri-

descent. Avery Smith sang the

national anthem.T-shirt sponsors included

AAC Glass, A-1 Auto Source,

Bell’s Pest Control, Hamilton

State Bank, JR’s Petro, Jenco

Golf Carts, LKQ, Uncle Chewy

Entertainment, United Bank and

Wheeler’s Towing.—

On the net:City of Jenkinsburg: www.

cityofjenkinsburg.com

Masters of the grillFROM STAFF REPORTS

Jenkinsburg hosts second annual Bar-B-Choo-Chew fest

For the fourth year in a row,

Butts County Senior Center

participants in the Golden

Olympics brought back plenty

of medals in horseshoes, Wii

bowling and, this year, free-

throw basketball.Local seniors went to

Warner Robins twice during

the last week of September,

competing in the free throw

contest and the horseshoe

tournament on one day and

Wii bowling and the horseshoe

toss on another. The horse-

shoe tournament and toss are

two separate events, Butts

County Senior Center Director

Chrissy Crabtree said.

“They did good,” Crabtree

said. “Gwen Daniels won the

gold. It was the � rst time we’d

competed in the (women’s)

basketball throw.”Also winning medals in free

throw basketball were Gwen’s

husband, Willie Daniels, who

won the gold in his category.

Gwen Daniels also brought

home the silver medal in the

ladies horseshoe toss and Wil-

lie Daniels won another gold

medal in Wii bowling and the

bronze medal in the horse-

shoes tournament.Willie Tolen brought home

two gold medals and a silver

medal, and his wife, Dorothy

Tolen, won gold and bronze

medals, all in Wii bowling.

Dorothy Parker brought

home silver medals in the bas-

ketball toss and in Wii bowl-

ing. Tyrone Parker matched

that silver with a medal in Wii

bowling.Deborah Head was all set

Seniors bring home Golden Olympics medals

BY SHERRI ELLINGTON

[email protected]

Candidates sound off at political forum

Candidates seeking elec-

tion to posts in the city of

Jackson appeared Monday at

a political forum hosted by

Partners for Smart Growth,

weighing in on issues includ-

ing utility rates, employee

morale and consolidation of

government services.

Incumbent Mayor Kay

Pippin, who was elected to

the seat in 2013, is being

challenged by former Jack-

son High School football

coach Mike Parris. District 3

City Councilman Ricky “P-

Nut” Johnson Jr., who also

was elected in 2013, is being

challenged by Jackson busi-

nessman Henry Kitchens.

The four candidates are

in the only races in Jackson

this year that are contested.

No candidates from the city

of Flovilla appeared at the

forum.Asked whether he would

support further consolidation

of government functions,

Parris said the residents

of the city and the county

should decide.“We need somebody to

listen to people instead of

worrying about talking all

the time,” he said. “We need

people to listen. We need to

sit down and listen to what

people have got to say.”

Pippin said deciding on

consolidation of govern-

ment functions is the duty

of elected leaders and isn’t

decided directly by voters.

“I support consolida-

tion of functions when it is

� nancially advantageous

BY MICHAEL DAVIS

[email protected]

3 indicted in convenience store holdup

Three men have been indicted on armed

robbery charges in connection with the

alleged holdup of a convenience store in

Jackson earlier this year.

Nicholas Caleb Faulkner of Barnesville,

Jakob Trent Naulta of Forsyth and Isaiah

James Watson of Jackson were each 18 at

the time of their arrests, which came less

than 24 hours after the alleged April 18 rob-

bery of a gas station on Ga. Highway 36 at

Halls Bridge Road.The Butts County Sheriff’s Of� ce shared

video and still images of the incident from

BY MICHAEL DAVIS

[email protected]

Last suspects in shooting get booked

The two suspects that remained at large

last week in connection with a shooting

in Jackson have been jailed.

According to Butts County Jail re-

cords, Earnest Sims Jr., 18, and Demarco

Sims, 32, were booked into the jail Oct.

11. They were wanted in connection with

a shooting reported Oct. 6 on Evergreen

Drive in Jackson. The identity of the

victim, who was in critical condition last

week, was not released.

Earnest Sims Jr. faces the most serious

charges of the four people accused in the

shooting. He is charged with aggravated

assault and possession of a � rearm or

knife during the commission of a crime.

He was denied bond by a Butts County

Magistrate Court judge, but could peti-

tion the Superior Court for bond as soon

as this week.Demarco Sims has been charged with

pointing or aiming a gun or pistol at

another and was granted $15,000 bond,

according to jail records.

Sadik Sims, 20, and Tesheda O’Neal,

BY MICHAEL DAVIS

[email protected]

Butts County Senior Center participants who competed in the

Golden Olympics during the week ending Sept. 30 earned multi-

ple medals in four separate events. (Staff Photo: Sherri Ellington)

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Mack Clark of MC’s BBQ Factory of Griffin checks his smoker Saturday during the city of Jenkinsburg’s second annual Bar-B-

Choo-Chew contest. (Staff Photos: Michael Davis)

Tony Berry of T&T Meats of Jackson checks his smoker Satur-

day during the second annual Bar-B-Choo-Chew barbecue con-

test in Jenkinsburg.

Jackson mayoral candidates Mike Parris, left, and Kay

Pippin appear Monday at a political forum hosted by

Partners for Smart Growth. (Staff Photo: Michael Davis)

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HAMPTON — The com-

munity had its second oppor-

tunity Monday night to meet

the � nalists for Henry County

Schools superintendent.

Douglas Hendrix, assistant

superintendent for school

improvement at Clayton

County Public Schools, and

Mary Elizabeth Davis, chief

academic of� cer for the Cobb

County School District, were

named last week.The forum, held from 6 to

8 p.m. at Dutchtown High

School, featured 15 questions

from the public. Each candi-

date was asked the same ques-

tion, separately, and given an

opportunity to give an intro-

duction and closing remarks.

The following are the candi-

dates’ responses to three ques-

tions asked during the forum:

Q. What quali� es you for

this position?Hendrix: I am uniquely

quali� ed for this job because

I have had an opportunity to

serve not just in academics

but in operations. This is a

great school district. It can be

greater. The issues that plague

this district are academics, but

I would venture to say that

other districts all across the

country have some operational

issues as well. You have some

training issues as well. I hope

you don’t have safety issues,

but it’s quite possible there

are some things we have to

discuss as relates to student

discipline and preparedness

plans. I’ve had that experience

as well. So what makes me

quali� ed for this job is I’ve

had a multitude of experi-

ences, both from the academic

and operations side. I’ve had

successes and I’ve just told

you at every level I’ve been

at and again, but I’ve always

been with a team of people

who’ve helped me to do the

things that I was able to ac-

complish. And so I bring that

set of skills to you this eve-

ning, asking to be your next

superintendent of schools. I’m

uniquely quali� ed for the job

because I’m academic and I’m

an operational leader. I play

offense and I play defense and

I play both very well.

School district hosts second forum for superintendent candidates

BY HEATHER MIDDLETON

[email protected]

McDonough gives OK for community center funds

McDONOUGH — The McDonough

City Council voted Monday to move

forward with a community center for

property located at 348 Grif� n St. and

363 Macon St. next to the former Mu-

nicipal Court building.

City of� cials considered the proposal

in early September after a majority of

the results from a survey revealed that

the former courthouse was desired to

be used as camera museum, with other

comments for a community use building.

Costs for a proposed 8,000-square-

foot building, including construction and

interior � nishing, are estimated at $1

million.During Monday’s meeting City Ad-

ministrator Keith Dickerson presented

the council with a funding option that

included using $500,000 from SPLOST

IV “community development facilities”

funds and $750,000 from general fund

BY ASIA ASHLEY

[email protected]

Trial to start in murder of accomplices

McDONOUGH — Jo-

seph Milton Lyons will

stand trial next week for

the murder of two alleged

accomplices shot during a

2015 home invasion.

Joseph Lyons, 31,

of Grif� n is accused of

conspiring with two others

to burglarize a home in

the Sable Chase Apart-ments early Nov. 30, 2015, when, during an exchange of gun� re

with two male residents,

two of the alleged intrud-

ers were fatally wounded.

One suspected burglar

was found dead inside the

apartment and another

was discovered behind

the building, according to

Henry County police.

They were identi� ed as

Tony Montavis Lyons, 24,

and Fredrick Lawrence

Jackson, 24, both of Mc-

Donough.Prosecutors will argue

the case for malice murder,

accusing Joseph Lyons of

shooting Jackson in the

spray of bullets. Joseph

Lyons is also charged with

four counts of felony mur-

der, three counts aggravated

assault, two counts of home

invasion, two counts of

criminal attempt to com-

mit a felony and additional

weapons charges.They will attempt to hold

Joseph Lyons accountable

for the murder of Tony

Lyons, arguing that because

Joseph Lyons pointed a gun

at the home’s residents, the

defendant’s actions caused

his death.Jury selection is sched-

uled to begin Monday at

9 a.m. before Judge Wade

Crumbley in Henry County

Superior Court.Joseph Lyons’ criminal

defense attorney, Suesan

Miller, is expected to call

two witnesses at trial, court

records show. One witness,

Darius Jamal Williams, was

sentenced to 12 months pro-

bation in a battery case ear-

lier this year involving the

Sable Chase Apartments,

located off Ga. Highway

81 in McDonough. He is

currently being held in the

BY CHELSEA PRINCE

[email protected]

Woman gets prison time for identity theft

McDONOUGH — A Henry County

business owner was sentenced to 35

months in a federal prison after pleading

guilty to taking out multiple fraudulent

personal loans in an employee’s name.

Jennifer Adamson Harvey, 39, of Mc-

Donough was sentenced Sept. 6 in U.S.

District Court for the Northern District

of Georgia. In addition to prison time,

Harvey was ordered to pay $330,525.60

in restitution to several lending institu-

tions in Georgia and across the country.

Harvey owned Southeastern Grant

Writing Association (SGWA) located on

South Zack Hinton Parkway, which was

registered as a Florida for-pro� t corpora-

tion in 2015. The business was dissolved

in September 2016.From May to July 2015, Harvey is said

to have stolen an employee’s identity

to take out over $100,000 in personal

loans from various online lenders in the

BY CHELSEA PRINCE

[email protected]

Joseph Milton Lyons

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The community gathered Monday at Dutchtown High School for the second of two forums hosted by Henry County Schools to

meet superintendent candidates. (Staff Photos: Heather Middleton)

IN THEIR WORDS

Douglas Hendrix, above left, and Mary Elizabeth Davis, above right, are superintendent candi-

dates for Henry County Schools.

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JONESBORO — A Clayton County resident is battling to save her husband’s life.Jonesboro Assistant City Clerk Pat Daniel rented a bill-board on Tara Boulevard in an attempt to find her husband a kidney.

Daniel’s husband, Randy, 61, has suffered from polycystic kidney disease his entire life. PKD is a chronic genetic disease that causes uncontrolled growth of cysts in the kidney, eventu-ally leading to kidney failure.The disease degenerated Randy’s kidney so badly, it was removed last year. For the last decade, he has relied on dialy-sis to keep him alive. Pat said the life expectancy of a dialysis patient is seven and a half years, and she’s desperate to find a living donor for her husband of 29 years.“I can’t give up,” she said. “I know it’s like finding a needle in a haystack, but as long as God sits on the throne, every-thing is possible.”

Randy’s chance of finding a a match with Type 0 blood type is one in 50,000. Pat said the billboard is her last option.“I don’t know what else to do,” she said.The Daniels have a Face-book page dedicated to finding a kidney. They have also held awareness-raising walks, creat-ing T-shirts, car magnets, mak-ing television appearances and newspaper articles.

Pat said what makes finding a match so difficult is that he needs a living donor with the correct blood type and antibod-ies.“We need people to call and please get tested,” Pat said. “We can’t give up. I want to keep him around.”Anyone call be tested by calling 404-605-4605. For more information about the Daniels, visit Facebook and search “Find a kidney for Randy Daniel.”

Kidney wantedBY HEATHER [email protected]

Jonesboro resident erects billboard to � nd donor

Second defendant pleads guilty to crimesJONESBORO — A

second teenage defendant has pleaded guilty in the case against a Clayton County gang accused in the New Year’s Eve murder of 18-year-old Cherish Williams. Four additional defendants are readying for trial.

Williams, a senior at Mundy’s Mill High School, was shot and killed at Independence Park as a result of a deadly armed robbery attempt, accord-ing to authorities. Clayton County prosecutors have charged six teenagers in a string of violent crimes around the park, including

her murder, and accused the crew of running to-gether as a criminal gang.

The crimes occurred over a period of several months, from June 26, 2016, to Williams’ Dec. 31 death.

Ulas Kameran Scurry, 15, pleaded guilty Thurs-day to three counts of rob-

bery, eight counts of criminal gang activ-ity and a single count of possession of a hand-gun by

someone under the age of 18. Scurry was not charged with murder in Williams’

death.He was sentenced as a � rst offender to 20 years, with three years to serve in prison and the remainder on probation.

Another defendant, 18-year-old Aaron Drum-mond, was initially charged with malice and felony murder in Williams’ death, but those charges were dismissed when he

entered a guilty plea in Au-gust. Drummond pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery, � ve counts of criminal gang activity, one count of hijacking a motor vehicle and three counts of criminal attempt.

Drummond was sen-tenced to 20 years, with 10 years to serve in prison

BY CHELSEA [email protected]

Pat Daniel points to the billboard she rented to help find her husband, Randy, a kidney on Tara Boulevard. (Special Photo)

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Ulas Scurry

Clayton judge to serve on Ga. Supreme Court

ATLANTA — Chief Judge Albert B. Collier of the Clayton Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Nels S.D. Peterson on the Georgia Su-preme Court this week.Collier will sit in for Peterson to hear the appeal of Barnett et al. v. Caldwell, the case involving an Atlanta teenager who died after he and another student were roughhousing in class. The parents of the teenager are appealing a Georgia Court of Appeals, ruling that the teacher who left

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Clayton schools fine arts dept. gets $1M grant

JONESBORO — Clayton County Pub-lic Schools announced last week, the dis-trict’s Fine Arts Department has received a $1,260,432 grant from the United States Department of Education to support Arts Integration.The grant will be used over four years to “allow CCPS to strengthen partner-ships with organizations such as ArtsNow, Georgia Institute of Technology, Cray-ola’s CreatED, and Georgia Center for Assessment of the University of Georgia,” CCPS of� cials said in a press release. “ArtsNow will assist Clayton County Pub-lic Schools with organizing and conduct-ing the professional development over the

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Clayton County Superior Court Chief Judge Albert Collier addresses the crowd gathered for a 2015 Adult Felony Drug Court graduation. Collier supervised the program from 2009-17. (File Photo)

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COVINGTON — The Newton High School stu-dent body received quite a surprise when they got to hear from one of the Atlanta Falcons’ key defenders.Grady Jarrett, a Conyers native and defensive tackle for the Falcons, spoke to Newton High School stu-dents Tuesday morning about bullying.

Jarrett said the event was a very productive one.“They had a great time. It was very interactive, they had a great time, asked some very good questions and we went in-depth,” Jarrett said. “We made things very clear about how we can help and try to make kids going through that feel more com-fortable.”

Jarrett provided the students with different examples of bullying during the event, such as physical bullying, verbal bullying and cyberbullying, and the impact that the bullying has on individuals. Newton High students were more than happy to help provide the examples.Students who were called on by Jarrett to provide examples of bullying and the impact that bullying has were given a “Grady Bunch” shirt, while other students were randomly selected to receive a Grady Jarrett jersey.

“In regards to dealing with bullying, there’s help out there for those affected, and you should never be ashamed to go seek help and ask for

Standing up to bullies

BY JOE [email protected]

Grady Jarrett visits NHS to speak on dangers of bullying

Man found guilty of 2015 death

COVINGTON — One hour was all it took Friday for a jury to � nd 60-year-old Rodney Carter Clark guilty of the No-vember 2015 murder of Mario Demonte Johnson.According to the Newton County Dis-trict Attorney’s Of� ce’s Facebook page, the state presented 17 witnesses and approxi-mately 150 pieces of evidence over two days. The jury deliberated for just over one hour before returning a verdict of guilty against Clark for malice murder, felony murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, possession of cocaine, possession of a � rearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a � rearm by a convicted felon.

Reactions from family and friends of Johnson on Facebook were appreciative:“It will never � ll the void left in a lot of

BY LARRY [email protected]

Covington Council wants wall torn down

COVINGTON — A couple who had a retaining wall built without a permit must take it down because it crosses a Coving-ton sewer easement. That was the consen-sus of a City Council poll taken last week and veri� ed Monday night at the council meeting.Antron Lewis and Heather Stephenson own a home at 9227 Golf View Circle in the Covington Place subdivision. The backside of their lot steeply slopes down, with rain washing away dirt and eroding the bank. It also leaves them very little level space.

The couple hired a contractor to build a retaining wall behind their house, with the hopes of � lling in the slope leading up to their house to create a space where they could build an outdoor � replace and have


City Council candidates field questions on poverty, job growthCOVINGTON — Candidates in city council races found com-mon ground during a Thursday forum, generally agreeing that improving the city’s workforce through better education and job training will ultimately lead to greater economic development in the city and lower poverty rates.

Questions asked during the forum, which was sponsored by Smart Growth Newton, the New-ton County Democratic Party,

the Newton County Repub-lican Party, the Newton Citizen and Covington News, focused on reducing the poverty rate in the city, growing the tax base and quality of life issues.

Taking part in the forum were

three candidates vying for Post 3, West Ward — incumbent Ocie Franklin, Anthony Henderson and Jeffrey Johnson, along with two candidates for Post 1, East Ward — incumbent Chris Smith and challenger Susie Keck. Jeff Wearing, candidate for Oxford City Council Post 6, was the only of� ce-seeker in that contest

BY ALICE [email protected]

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At top, Grady Jarrett, defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons, speaks to Newton High School on Tuesday about the dangers of bullying. Above, State Rep. Pam Dickerson, D-Conyers, gets the students at Newton High School excited while State Sen. Tonya Anderson, D-Lithonia, Board of Education member Shakila Henderson-Baker and Newton County Superintendent Samantha Fuhrey look on. (Staff Photos: Joe Adgie)

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Susie Keck

Jeffrey Johnson

Anthony Henderson Chris

Smith

Ocie Franklin

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Rockdale DA Richard Read resignsCONYERS — Rockdale

County District Attorney Richard Read announced Tuesday he plans to resign his position at the end of the

year.In a letter to Chief Supe-

rior Court Judge David Irwin dated Oct. 13, Read stated that he had noti� ed the of� ce of Gov. Nathan Deal of his intention to resign, effective Dec. 31 at 11:59 p.m.

“As I am sure that you

are aware, there will be one year left on my term of of-� ce which expires on Dec. 31, 2018,” he wrote. “I have recommended to Gov. Deal that he consider appointing Assistant District Attorney Alisha Adams Johnson to � ll the remainder of my term of

of� ce. Obviously, though, that is a decision for and within the discretion of the governor.”

Read said Tuesday he feels the time is right for him to transition from the DA’s of� ce for both personal and professional reasons. Read

said he has three grown children, two of whom are in college, with whom he would like to spend more time. He said he also feels that the DA’s of� ce has a strong staff, making it easier for him to


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Clean sweep

Clockwise from top left, large group of Rockdale Water Resource employees, family members and volunteers, including State Court Judge Nancy Bills, gathered at Black Shoals Park Saturday morning to clean up around Randy Poynter Reservoir during the Rivers Alive event. Other groups cleaned areas around Rockdale County High School, Pine Log Park, the Rockdale County Courthouse, Nancy Guinn Memorial Library and Fron-tier Drive. Between Rockdale High School and C. J. Hicks Elementary, Juvenile Court workers and volunteers were busy picking up trash. The Junior Beta Club from Flat Shoals Elementary School showed the results of their trash collection from around Rockdale High School, Rockdale Magnet School and Olde Town. In addition to picking up trash around the reservoir, RWR employees rescued a turtle that was tangled in fishing line and that someone had dropped into a trash can. Using a pair of needle-nose pliers supplied by Superior Court Judge Robert Mumford, who happened to be fishing at the reservoir at the time, employees were able to cut and remove the fishing line. (Staff Photos: Larry Stanford)

Volunteers pick up trash around townfor Rivers Alive

Candidates field questions Holiday tradition

CONYERS — Three candidates for mayor of Conyers shared their thoughts on issues fac-ing the city and ways to address those issues at an Oct. 10 forum sponsored by the Rockdale/Newton Chapter of the League of Women Voters at Antioch East A.M.E. Church.

Two candidates — Vince Evans and Ronnie Godwin — are long-time residents of the

city. Evans is a pharma-cist and former owner of Evans Pharmacy. He served on the Conyers City Council for 18 years and recently resigned to run for mayor follow-ing the announcement by incumbent Mayor Randal

Mills that he would not seek re-election.

Godwin is a former


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State to probe gas offer for votes

CONYERS — De-pending on the outcome of an investigation by the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, the owner of the Shell gas station at the corner of West Avenue and Green Street could be facing a felony charge for allegedly of-fering free gas to voters.

Cynthia Welch, Rock-dale County Elections supervisor, said her of-fice received a complaint Monday about the gas station. She investigated the complaint and sent it to the Secretary of State’s Office for further investigation.

“We had a report that the Shell gas station at the corner of West Avenue and Green Street was giving $5 gas cards out if you came in with your ‘I Voted’ Georgia peach sticker,” Welch said Tuesday afternoon.


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The Rockdale County Historical Soci-ety will once again offer its signature Christmas tree ornament this Satur-day at the 37th Annual Olde Town Fall Festival. Shown here displaying this year’s ornament — which depicts a pot-bellied stove with holiday motif — is the artist Orrin Morris. Ornaments will be available for purchase for $10 each at the Historical Society’s booth, No. 77, at the festival. They’ll also be selling $5 raffle tickets for an origi-nal “Vampire Diaries” trunk, boiled peanuts and other goodies. The Olde Town Fall Festival, which is the old-est in Rockdale County, promises an eclectic variety of vendors, children’s activities, costume contests, a food court, live entertainment and more in historic downtown Conyers. Parking and admission are free. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Staff Photo: Alice Queen)

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