News from BarrowJournal - Topics from January, 2011

Emergency services chief officially hired

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Tuesday, January 25. 2011
As expected, the Barrow County Board of Commissioners in a called meeting Jan. 15 voted unanimously to hire Dennis J. Merrifield as the county’s next chief of emergency services. And to underscore his commitment to the department and to the county’s leaders and residents, Merrifield asked to be sworn in. So at the end of the 15-minute ... [Full Story »] 

SUV gets stuck behind woman’s house

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BarrowJournal
Tuesday, January 25. 2011
On Jan.16, Officers from the Winder Police Department were dispatched to a residence on Lakeshore Drive in reference to damage to property. The homeowner claims a black SUV pulled out from behind her house and into the neighbor’s driveway when a white male in his late 20s got out of the vehicle and explained to the woman that he had been ... [Full Story »] 

OPINION: End of an era

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BarrowJournal
Monday, January 24. 2011
When the phone rang a few minutes after six on Sunday morning, little did I realize it was the call that would signal an era was coming to an end. My daddy was in distress and called because he thought I could fix it. We have often gone round and round about his unwillingness to be proactive about things — nothing in particular, everything in ... [Full Story »] 

Statham chief reports few violent crimes

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BarrowJournal
Monday, January 24. 2011
The Statham Police Department offered a year-end report to council Tuesday night, which included few violent crimes. Police chief Steve Martin detailed the report to council and said that over the year, the department began tracking its performance daily. “We have made great strides in the professionalism of the department,” he said. Goals ... [Full Story »] 

Aggressive driver tries to solicit prostitution

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BarrowJournal
Monday, January 24. 2011
On Jan. 9, Officers from the Auburn Police Department were sent a “be on the lookout” call for a red van. A woman had called police and reported that a red van was following her and flashing his lights repeatedly. According to the witness the subject, Daniel Whang, pulled in behind her and was flashing his high beams. The victim thought she ... [Full Story »] 

OPINION: People should stand behind comments with their name

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BarrowJournal
Sunday, January 23. 2011
“We cannot use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on each other.” President Barack Obama at the January 12 service for the Tucson shooting victims VITRIOLIC, derived from vitriol: bitterly scathing; caustic; virulent; corrosive in tone; blistering; capable of destroying or eating away; destructive; harsh. Vitriol is the word of the ... [Full Story »] 

Winter storm carries $100,000 price tag

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BarrowJournal
Sunday, January 23. 2011
The winter storm that began Jan. 10 and over a 24-hour period would drop 6-8 inches of snow and a thin layer of ice all over Barrow County came with a price tag of about $100,000 for local governments. The county government was the hardest hit at an estimated cost of about $80,000, and commission chairman Danny Yearwood said he is hoping the ... [Full Story »] 

Thief caught after taking items from car

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BarrowJournal
Sunday, January 23. 2011
On Jan. 16, Officers responded to Pine Circle in reference to a burglary in progress. Dispatch advised officers that a witness claims to have seen the subject take items out of a neighbor’s vehicle and then leave the scene in a dark red SUV with a luggage rack. Officers searched the area and before long located a dark red SUV parked in a ... [Full Story »] 

Winder looks at legalizing laying hens

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BarrowJournal
Sunday, January 23. 2011
Has the City of Winder gone to the birds? No, but it may soon, as city fathers are considering adopting an ordinance that would allow residents to keep a limited number of hens — no roosters — within city limits, with certain health hazard, nuisance and space provisions applied. Winder residents Nicola and Lisa Gleaton first brought the ... [Full Story »] 

OPINION: The first victim

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BarrowJournal
Saturday, January 22. 2011
THE tragedy in Arizona has haunted this nation for two weeks. A man takes a gun and goes into a crowd where a U.S. Representative is meeting with her constituents. He shoots her and many others, leaving six dead. There were a lot of victims from that event, but there is one nobody dares talk about — the shooter himself. Jared Loughner, the ... [Full Story »] 
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