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www.greenepublishing.com 50 cents Instant Local News At Your Fingertips www.greenepublishing.com Your Hometown News Source Wed. September 19, 2012 VOL. 49 NO. 7 Madison County’s Award-Winning Newspaper Sexual Predator Lee Family Injured Registers With Greenville By Jacob Bembry Greene PubliAshingd, Incd. ress Charles Lamar O’Quinn registered as a sexual predator with a Greenville address. O’Quinn’s qualify - ing offenses include a July 25, 2000 conviction for sexual battery by an adult on a victim under 12 and a lewd and lasciv - ious act on a child under Please see Predator, Page 3A Charles Lamar O’Quinn Pinetta Woman Injured In Accident Photos Courtesy of PHOTOS BY RUSSELL, September 17, 2012 By Jacob Bembry The Hill family was injured when this 2000 Lin - Greene Publishing, Inc. coln fliped over, ejecting three of the passengers. A Pinetta woman sustained serious injuries in a Inset: EMS and firefighters put one of the vic - wreck on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 15. tims of the wreck on the stretcher. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, By Jacob Bembry rest, facing north on the north side of NE Juniper Barbara Greiner was traveling west on NE Avocado Greene Publishing, Inc. Drive. Street in a 2003 Ford when she blacked out. A Lee family was injured, including three chil - Hill and Tristian M. Hill, 14, suffered minor in - After blacking out, she traveled through the stop dren who were seriously injured, when the car they juries in the wreck. Calvin L. Hill, 16, Kristian A. sign at the intersection of NE Avocado Street and were riding in overturned on Monday, Sept. 17. Hill, 9, and Kayden I. Hill, 9, were seriously injured. NE Rocky Ford Road. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, The four passengers were all taken to South Greiner traveled west across the northbound at approximately 7:21 a.m., Travis Hill, 32, was Georgia Medical Center. and southbound travel lanes of NE Rocky Ford Road westbound on NE Juniper Drive when he failed to FHP Trooper Brian Lundy was the investigat - before going into the west grass shoulder of NE negotiate a curve to the right. ing officer. Rocky Ford Road. She collided with the ditch.. The 2000 Lincoln he was driving began to ro - The Lee Volunteer Fire Department, Madison The Explorer came to a final rest at the point of tate clockwise and struck a dirt embankment. The County Sheriff’s Office, Madison Fire & Rescue Please see Accident, Page 3A vehicle overturned three times, coming to a final and Madison County EMS assisted at the scene. Courageous Chris Thompson Woman Loses Home, Runs After Adversity Belongings In Fire By Jacob Bembry Greene Publishing, Inc. The home of Theresa Barnes, located at 406 SW Jeannette Circle in Madison, was consumed by fire early Tuesday morning, Sept. 11. According to Madison Fire & Rescue, they had responded to a fire there at approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10. After it was thought to be under control, they received another call at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. Upon their arrival, they found the home fully engulfed. The state fire marshal was called in to investi - gate and found the origin of the fire to be undeter - mined. Barnes has a need for clothing and shoes, as well as pots, pans, dinnerware and other utensils. Clothing needed is dresses, size 14; pants, 34-36; shoes, size 10 men’s; size 7 women, and size 8 women’s. If you have clothing or other items for the fami - ly, please call Barnes at (850) 673-9275. Read Your Local Newspapers Online By Jacob Bembry Greene Publishing, Inc. Just a reminder to everyone that you can read the actual Madison County Carrier and Madison En - terprise-Recorder newspapers online. If you are a current subscriber to the newspa - Photo by Lisa Flournoy pers, you can get it for free through the remainder of your current subscription. When you renew the sub - Celebrating a touchdown with his teammates, RB Chris Thompson #4 . scription, you simply need to add five dollars to the By Lisa Flournoy broken back injury that almost took him out of the cost of the print subscription. Current print sub - He doesn’t wear a cape, nor does he have super - game permanently, and the 52-0 win is that much scriptions are $35 in-county and $45 out-of-county. powers. What he has is courage with a capital C. sweeter, not only for him, but for the whole Semi - If you had rather read it online and not get the Without missing a beat, the former Madison nole Nation. print copy, you can subscribe for $25. County Cowboy used his God-given ability to do Chris Thompson has proven that injuries are Please see Newspaper, Page 3A what he’s always done well – run. He’s like the lov - just a side-step in life – a side-step that’s taking him able Forrest Gump who also ran mightily. But, un - straight to the top of the game of college football. like Superman and Forrest, Chris Thompson is not At 5’8”, he is comparable to David who slew Go - a fictional character. Chris Thompson is the real liath. He’s the comeback kid who came back to be - deal. come the Offensive MVP of Saturday’s win against Making history at Florida State University this Wake Forest. past Saturday against Wake Forest, Thompson Thompson’s a player to be admired, a down-to- rushed for 197 yards on just nine carries in the first earth person we all can learn from. He’s taught half. With two touchdown runs – one 74, another 80 every one of us the greatest life lesson – how to run yards, he set a rushing record for the most first-half again after adversity, not with a cape or superpow - yards for any running back ever at FSU. ers, but with courage. Great courage! Take into account that this was the exact Lisa Flournoy is a freelance writer/website de - match-up a year ago when he fell to a devastating signer and host at www.lisaflournoy.com. Index Local Weather 2 Sections, 26 Pages Wed Sat 87/67 Thu Fri 88/67 89/67 Around Madison 4-7, 14A Sports 11A 9/19 87/68 9/21 9/22 Path Of Faith B Section From Page One 3A 9/20 Partly cloudy skies. High 87F. Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the Classifieds 12A Pigskin Picks 10A Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper Plenty of sun. Highs in the upper Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. upper 80s and lows in the upper Legals 13A School 9A 80s and lows in the upper 60s. 80s and lows in the upper 60s. 60s. S F S 2A - Viewpoints_Layout 1 9/18/12 8:12 AM Page 1 2A • Madison County Carrier www.greenepublishing.com Wednesday, September 19, 2012 IEWPOINTS PINIONS LetteVrs To The Editor & O Joe Boyles Letters to the Editor are typed word for word, comma for comma, as sent to this newspaper. National Guest Columnist Tommy Hardee Best Choice Security For Supervisor Of Elections Letter To The Editor way to include the Clerks of all precincts in coming up with ideas and Dear Madison County Residents: ways to make our job more efficient, I want to take this opportunity to and therefore it makes the jobs of his give you a little background on Tom - staff more efficient also. my Hardee, and tell you why I believe Making voting more accessible for he will make the best choice for Super - the voter is foremost in Tommy’s Better Off? visor of elections for Madison County. mind. Since his appointment, Tommy Tommy was born and raised in has instituted additional Early Voting Republican candi - above this one and nowhere in a hurry. Madison County, attended schools sites – not only at the Elections Office, dates Romney and Ryan show me one credible When people give up here, and has been a very active mem - but also in two other areas in the coun - and even an odd jour - economist who would and stop looking for ber of the First United Methodist ty – Greenville and Lee. And, we will nalist or two are asking recommend raising work, you begin to ap - Church his entire life. He and his wife, have a fourth site for the November the question Ronald taxes in the current sit - preciate the impact of Kaila, have one son, Tuff, who is the election – Pinetta. This is to make it Reagan made famous in uation. I’ll save you the economic fatigue. “light” of their life and has been a dri - easier for YOU – THE VOTER . the 1980 debate with time – there aren’t any! There are ominous ving force to make Tommy into the Please be sure and vote in the up - Jimmy Carter: “Are you Check out gas signs on the horizon man he is today. coming General Election, which will better off than you prices – they are double that threaten to create Since Tommy Hardee was appoint - include EARLY VOTING beginning were four years ago?” today what they were more economic havoc ed to his present position of Supervi - Oct. 27th-Nov. 3rd, 2012. The hours are Let’s examine this be - when Obama took of - like burdensome regu - sor of Elections in December, 2011, he Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. cause it is, to my mind, fice. Diesel, the fuel of lations and the heavy has gone above and beyond to meet until 6 p.m.