Entries from January 2011
Bulldoggs sweep Wildcats for season
Winder-Barrow continues to be at the top of the region standings following a 71-54 win against Apalachee High School Saturday night. Qua Flanigan scored 20 points, including six 3-pointers for the Bulldoggs (8-11, 4-1) while Kendall Isler added 14 and Zay Hester scored 13. Rakin Peters led AHS (1-17, 0-5) with 17 points while Cameron Blakely ...
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Lady Wildcats defeat WBHS in rematch
The Apalachee High School girls basketball team used a 28-point, 13-rebound performance from Saboyce Shelton to defeat Winder-Barrow Saturday night. The win avenged a two-point loss by the Lady Wildcats to the Lady Bulldoggs earlier this season. Kiarra Sanford added 14 points and Lacresha Mayweather scored 12 for AHS. Brittany Witt scored eight ...
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‘Laurene’ Martin
WINDER - Mattie “Laurene” Martin, 89, died Saturday, January 29, 2011. Born in Watkinsville, she was the daughter of the late James P. and Addie Bell Brewer Hardigree. She was preceded in death by her husband, Voltie Martin; and a brother, James Ezra Hardigree. Mrs. Martin was a founder and charter member of The Apostolic Church of the Lord ...
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OPINION: No tears for Nocera
After too many months of useless controversy, Barrow County Airport Authority chairman Frank Nocera got canned this week. Nocera’s patron, board of commissioners chairman Danny Yearwood, declined to reappoint him to the authority.
Nocera was appointed as the anti-growth member to the board after a previous admin-istration saw the airport as a potential commercial facility. The public backlash to that swept Yearwood into office and Nocera onto the authority.
But Nocera crashed as a leader after having multiple confrontations with others affiliated with the airport. He simply couldn’t get along with anyone and tried to bully his way around.
He brought this outcome on himself and no tears should be shed on his behalf.
It was time for him to go and Yearwood did the right thing in looking for another candidate.
Nocera was appointed as the anti-growth member to the board after a previous admin-istration saw the airport as a potential commercial facility. The public backlash to that swept Yearwood into office and Nocera onto the authority.
But Nocera crashed as a leader after having multiple confrontations with others affiliated with the airport. He simply couldn’t get along with anyone and tried to bully his way around.
He brought this outcome on himself and no tears should be shed on his behalf.
It was time for him to go and Yearwood did the right thing in looking for another candidate.
School board approves $141,000 in requests
The Barrow County Board of Education was asked to give approval to spending some $141,000 for new computer servers and construction materials and labor at the Jan. 25 meeting.
Final approval of $25,000 for three DELL servers and $116,000 for materials and labor to install new doors and acoustical ceiling at the College and Career Preparatory Academy, formerly Bethlehem Elementary, will be voted on at the Feb. 1 board meeting. Claire Miller, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, told the board the system’s current servers, which are used to house student information, are over four years old and during the past several months, disk space issues have arisen which, if not corrected, will result in loss of data and user down time.
In addition, the current servers “won’t run the new (SchoolMax software) release” the school system has committed to implementing in the fall of the 2011-2012. Jamie Gordon, administrative systems manager, SchoolMax Enterprises, told the board the system has successfully used SchoolMax for the past eight years.
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Final approval of $25,000 for three DELL servers and $116,000 for materials and labor to install new doors and acoustical ceiling at the College and Career Preparatory Academy, formerly Bethlehem Elementary, will be voted on at the Feb. 1 board meeting. Claire Miller, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, told the board the system’s current servers, which are used to house student information, are over four years old and during the past several months, disk space issues have arisen which, if not corrected, will result in loss of data and user down time.
In addition, the current servers “won’t run the new (SchoolMax software) release” the school system has committed to implementing in the fall of the 2011-2012. Jamie Gordon, administrative systems manager, SchoolMax Enterprises, told the board the system has successfully used SchoolMax for the past eight years.
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Homeowner finds blood after break-in
Officers from the Auburn Police Department were dispatched to a home on Skeet Hill Court on Jan. 20, in reference to a break in.
Upon arrival officers met with the homeowners who said that the night before when they returned home for the evening they had found a lot of blood outside their front door. The homeowner said that the front door was unlocked and when he went downstairs he discovered that someone had tried to enter the house through one of the windows. The victim said that the screens were off the outside windows to the home and that they were pushed in a little.
Officers investigated the area and found several small handprints on some of the windows but could not find anything else out of place.
The victim’s wife told police that she might know who broke into their home. She advised police that a former friend of their daughters had attempted to burglarize their home several times before.
The homeowner claims that the suspect had called him at work earlier in the day and asked for $40 that he claimed the homeowners daughter owed to him at which point he advised the suspect to stay away from his home and family.
No fingerprints could be lifted from the scene and after another search police could not find any more evidence.
The homeowner said he was going to make some changes and that this sort of thing would not happen again.
The windows were re-secured and officers left the scene.
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Upon arrival officers met with the homeowners who said that the night before when they returned home for the evening they had found a lot of blood outside their front door. The homeowner said that the front door was unlocked and when he went downstairs he discovered that someone had tried to enter the house through one of the windows. The victim said that the screens were off the outside windows to the home and that they were pushed in a little.
Officers investigated the area and found several small handprints on some of the windows but could not find anything else out of place.
The victim’s wife told police that she might know who broke into their home. She advised police that a former friend of their daughters had attempted to burglarize their home several times before.
The homeowner claims that the suspect had called him at work earlier in the day and asked for $40 that he claimed the homeowners daughter owed to him at which point he advised the suspect to stay away from his home and family.
No fingerprints could be lifted from the scene and after another search police could not find any more evidence.
The homeowner said he was going to make some changes and that this sort of thing would not happen again.
The windows were re-secured and officers left the scene.
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OPINION: Backing up and viewing digital photographs
One of my great loves is photography. I have written a few columns in the past about it, but this week I’m thinking of one of the pitfalls of taking photographs in this digital age. That is, a photographer – or a parent of some cute kids – can accumulate huge numbers of photo files.
This takes up a lot of valuable space on our hard drives.
I have gotten better at sorting and deleting bad photos right away, but I need to get even better. I always have an “organize photos” on my mental to do list, but I rarely get a chance to sit down and cull my photos.
One thing that helps me is my photo program. (I use Aperture, which is made for Mac computers, though I’m sure other programs have similar features.) It allows me to rate my photos with one to five stars, and I do this immediately. The highest rated are the ones that appear on my blog or, if they are photos of my children, are sent to grandma.
The photos that don’t get any stars should be deleted right away, but too often I find myself reluctant to delete some of these photos because there is some endearing quality that makes the photo sentimental to me. I keep telling myself that when I run out of space on my computer, I’ll delete those photos.
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This takes up a lot of valuable space on our hard drives.
I have gotten better at sorting and deleting bad photos right away, but I need to get even better. I always have an “organize photos” on my mental to do list, but I rarely get a chance to sit down and cull my photos.
One thing that helps me is my photo program. (I use Aperture, which is made for Mac computers, though I’m sure other programs have similar features.) It allows me to rate my photos with one to five stars, and I do this immediately. The highest rated are the ones that appear on my blog or, if they are photos of my children, are sent to grandma.
The photos that don’t get any stars should be deleted right away, but too often I find myself reluctant to delete some of these photos because there is some endearing quality that makes the photo sentimental to me. I keep telling myself that when I run out of space on my computer, I’ll delete those photos.
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2011-2012 school calendar given for review
Next year’s Barrow County Schools calendar was presented for review at the Jan. 25 meeting of the board of education. Superintendent Wanda Creel, told the board it “mirrors” this year’s school calendar, except for the inclusion of pre-scheduled weather make-up days. It was developed based on input from the Teacher Advisory Board, which is made up of last year’s Teachers of the Year from each school.
According to the calendar, the first day of school is August 1, 2011; the last day of school is May 23. A full week for Fall Break is scheduled Oct. 3-7; Winter Break is slated for Dec. 19-Jan. 3. Spring Break will be April 16-20.
Creel said some discussion had occurred from the high school level about making Spring Break earlier, to coincide with other systems and the UGA Spring Break. But since the priority was to have all system-wide standardized testing done before the break and middle and elementary schools do not test until early April, the decision was made to keep Barrow’s Spring Break in mid-April. [Full Story »]
According to the calendar, the first day of school is August 1, 2011; the last day of school is May 23. A full week for Fall Break is scheduled Oct. 3-7; Winter Break is slated for Dec. 19-Jan. 3. Spring Break will be April 16-20.
Creel said some discussion had occurred from the high school level about making Spring Break earlier, to coincide with other systems and the UGA Spring Break. But since the priority was to have all system-wide standardized testing done before the break and middle and elementary schools do not test until early April, the decision was made to keep Barrow’s Spring Break in mid-April. [Full Story »]
Man found with weapons after harassing ex
Officers from the Auburn Police Department were dispatched to Parks Mill road on Jan. 23, in reference to a domestic dispute. The victim stated that her jealous ex-boyfriend was at her residence and banging on the front door.
The victim claims that the ex, later identified as Henry Aikens, left abruptly and was heading toward city hall.
Police located the suspects vehicle and made a traffic stop near Cheyenne Way.
Aiken was asked to step out of his vehicle and was patted down by police. When asked if he had any weapons Aiken said, “no” but soon after a pocket-knife was found in his left front pocket.
Officers asked Aiken if they could search his vehicle and Aiken said that he had a problem with that because he had a loaded pistol under his front seat.
Officers explained that they would be taking possession of the pistol for their safety and asked Aiken if they could search the rest of the vehicle to which Aiken agreed.
Police then found black digital scales which had a residue on them believed to be methamphetamine and police also located a black ski-mask and a pair of black latex gloves.
After searching the console of the vehicle police then discovered a bottle with 54 yellow pills in it prescribed to someone other than Aiken. He later admitted these pills were Alprazolam.
Aiken was then placed under arrest for possession of a firearm while committing a crime, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of drug related objects.
After arriving at the Barrow County Detention center Aiken admitted that he recently snorted methamphetamines and had also taken Alprazolam without a prescription. [Full Story »]
The victim claims that the ex, later identified as Henry Aikens, left abruptly and was heading toward city hall.
Police located the suspects vehicle and made a traffic stop near Cheyenne Way.
Aiken was asked to step out of his vehicle and was patted down by police. When asked if he had any weapons Aiken said, “no” but soon after a pocket-knife was found in his left front pocket.
Officers asked Aiken if they could search his vehicle and Aiken said that he had a problem with that because he had a loaded pistol under his front seat.
Officers explained that they would be taking possession of the pistol for their safety and asked Aiken if they could search the rest of the vehicle to which Aiken agreed.
Police then found black digital scales which had a residue on them believed to be methamphetamine and police also located a black ski-mask and a pair of black latex gloves.
After searching the console of the vehicle police then discovered a bottle with 54 yellow pills in it prescribed to someone other than Aiken. He later admitted these pills were Alprazolam.
Aiken was then placed under arrest for possession of a firearm while committing a crime, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of drug related objects.
After arriving at the Barrow County Detention center Aiken admitted that he recently snorted methamphetamines and had also taken Alprazolam without a prescription. [Full Story »]
AHS happy to be headed home
The Apalachee boys will find themselves in somewhat unfamiliar territory this weekend — their own gym.
The Wildcats play their first home game in over a month Saturday, hosting rival Winder-Barrow. Due in part to Christmas break and weather-related cancellations, Apalachee hasn’t played on its home floor since Dec. 17 against Cedar Shoals.
“ We ’ r e going to forget how to put the chairs out,” coach Kevin Morris joked. “So it’s been a while. We’ll be glad to go home and get maybe some home cooking.”
Apalachee won’t return home immediately, though. The Wildcats travel to Flowery Branch to face Region 8-AAAA’s newest team Friday. Apalachee rematches Winder-Barrow the following night. The Wildcats lost to the Bulldoggs 60-35 back on Jan. 7.
Apalachee then hosts Madison County Tuesday.
The Wildcats are coming off a 60-42 road loss to Cedar Shoals Saturday as they continued subregion play over the weekend.
Montez Heard led Apalachee with 16 points.
The sophomore-laden Wildcats trailed 35-24 at the half and then fell behind by 15 early in the second half before posting a brief rally. [Full Story »]
The Wildcats play their first home game in over a month Saturday, hosting rival Winder-Barrow. Due in part to Christmas break and weather-related cancellations, Apalachee hasn’t played on its home floor since Dec. 17 against Cedar Shoals.
“ We ’ r e going to forget how to put the chairs out,” coach Kevin Morris joked. “So it’s been a while. We’ll be glad to go home and get maybe some home cooking.”
Apalachee won’t return home immediately, though. The Wildcats travel to Flowery Branch to face Region 8-AAAA’s newest team Friday. Apalachee rematches Winder-Barrow the following night. The Wildcats lost to the Bulldoggs 60-35 back on Jan. 7.
Apalachee then hosts Madison County Tuesday.
The Wildcats are coming off a 60-42 road loss to Cedar Shoals Saturday as they continued subregion play over the weekend.
Montez Heard led Apalachee with 16 points.
The sophomore-laden Wildcats trailed 35-24 at the half and then fell behind by 15 early in the second half before posting a brief rally. [Full Story »]
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