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Inside today’s Track results, 2b edition Thursday, April 2, 2015 $1 YOURThe NEWSPAPER [email protected] Courier • www.courier-herald.com Drawer B, Court Square Station, Dublin, Georgia 31040 Herald • 272-5522 Volume 101, No. 78, Pub. No 161860 Gordon mayor faces new EEOC complaints Macon continue to represent The city’s previous insurer, ber awarded each of the four City has no liability insurance Brown and Hall. GIRMA sponsored through employees $3,000, removed But unlike the January Georgia Municipal Associa- any disciplinary action from By JUDY BAILEY claim Lue continues to retali- Lue received notification of 2014 claims, the city does not tion, filed notice in May 2014 their personnel files and pro- GORDON — Two Gordon ate against them for filing the new complaints March 23 have liability insurance to it would not renew the city’s hibited the city from retaliat- department heads have filed EEOC complaints against her via mail addressed to her at pay any fines or settlements liability policy, citing the ing against the employees, new Equal Employment Op- during January 2014. Gordon City Hall. or to hire an attorney to rep- many legal problems and civ- according to Macon attorney portunity Commission com- Retaliation is a violation of City Attorney Joe Boone de- resent the city against the il suits the city is facing.The Tom Richardson who was plaints against Mayor Mary the settlement reached in Oc- clined to comment on the claims. city has been unable to ac- hired by the city’s liability in- Ann Whipple Lue. tober 2014 of the original EEOC retaliation claims. The costs will come quire new liablity insurance. surance carrier to handle the City clerk Towana Brown EEOC complaints of racial Macon attorneys Charles straight out of taxpayers’ The settlement of the first January 2014 claims. and police chief Mike Hall discrimination. E. Cox and Brian Jarrad of pockets. complaints reached in Octo- See GORDON page 3a Christ-filled Construction Organization helps with East Dublin Church By PAYTON TOWNS III Not too long ago, Manning Road in East Dublin was a dirt road. Also not too long ago, Mt. Green Baptist Church was a building. Last week, it was a big piece of rubble, right next to what will one day be the new Mt. Green Baptist Church, 591 Manning Drive. And help- ing to make that a reality, is "I've been a mem- the group Builders for Christ. ber out here for 55 Rev. Joe Shinholster said the group arrived the week of years. The good Feb. 28 and began to tear Lord has blessed us down the whole building. It and a good pastor took three days. "They then began to set has come in. We are everything in motion," Shin- growing as a holster said. church. These men The reverend heard the group had scheduled to come have come in and are helping us out." down this way. He talked with File photo by James Tidwell leader Bobby Lunceford, who is out of Atlanta. — Braxton Brown Troopers say a variety of causes, including distracted driving, are to blame for the recent increase in I-16 crashes. "He came down and saw our place," Shinholster said. "I Deacon, Mt. Green What is behind the shared the vision that God Baptist Church had given me about our build- ing. He and his group wanted to be a part of it...We are so, so excited about having them here." Members of the church are currently meeting at Jordan Grove Christian Fellowship Center. GSP troopers say there hasn’t been a common cause behind increase of I-16 crashes Deacon Braxton Brown, who is also a member of the Recent rash of wrecks? East Dublin City Council, has been out to the site, and By PAYTON TOWNS III INSIDE: April is them for a few seconds." along with other members, helped with the church build. The Georgia State Patrol has been And it doesn't take long for a distrac- "I've been a member out here for 55 years," Brown said. working an increased number of vehicle Distracted Driving tion to lead to a crash. "The good Lord has blessed us and a good pastor has come crashes on the interstate lately. "There is statistical data that shows if But troopers say there hasn't been a Awareness Month in you take your eyes off the road two sec- See BUILD page 3a common cause. onds something can happen," Bryant Cpl. David Bryant, of the GSP Dublin Georgia, 4a said. "If you are going 55 mph, your eyes Post, said the rise in traffic crashes on I- are off the road in front of you that long, 16 in Laurens County may be due to the hicle. The B-post can hide an 18 wheeler. and you are further down the road than fact that there is construction going on re- "There's a lot of blind spots on your ve- you realize." ducing lanes from two to one. It's also the hicle," he said. There are more vehicles on the road, increased number of vehicles on the road Most people think of cell phones as the Bryant said. and the fact that people have other things major reasons for causing distractions. "We have had an increase in traffic on on their mind. There are others. the interstate in the last five-to-10 years," "It's hard to pinpoint just one thing," Children acting up or even talking he said. "I remember when you would see Bryant said. "I wish there was one an- with a passenger inside the vehicle can just a few cars here and there. Now it's a swer for it, but there isn't. … I just cause distractions. constant stream of cars. Then you take worked a minor crash on a woman who "Nowadays, people multi task. Dis- one lane away and only have one lane of dozed off and hit an orange barrel. Thank tracted driving is a big deal," Bryant said. travel. That increases the congestion and the Lord it just damaged the barrel." "I'm at a loss on how we can stop that. If cars are closer together. People aren't There are things people should be you take away the cell phone, it doesn't paying attention, talking with their pas- aware of when they are driving. Bryant mean distracted driving would end. We senger or using a cell phone and the next recently did an hour-long presentation to can be working a wreck on the westbound thing they know they have rear ended the workers of a bridge company about side of the interstate, and we'll have one somebody or failed to maintain their lane. distracted driving. He said a full-size Those are the crashes that we work a lot Photo by Payton Towns III happen on the eastbound side. People just sedan can hide behind the A-post in a ve- take their eyes off the road in front of on the interstate." Builders for Christ work on the new church. St. Patrick's Parade winners honored at Civitan Club meeting By PAYTON TOWNS III The Dublin Civitan Club honored the winners of the com- Index mercial and non-commercial floats from the St. Patrick's Obituaries . 2a Festival Parade Wednesday afternoon at the Golden Corral. Editorial . 4a The Dublin Police Department was first place in the non- Weather. 5a commercial float division. Susie Dasher Elementary School took second place while the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center Ladies . 6a was third. Hometown. 7a Sassy Prints was first place for the commercial float divi- Business . 8a sion. Fairview Medical Orthopedics was second and Bass Sports. 1b,2b Therapy took third. Classifieds. 3b "We had so many entries with floats that they actually Fun Page . 4b Photo by Payton Towns III See WINNERS page 3a Civitan leaders recognized members representing award winners at their meeting. Thursday, April 2, 2015/Dublin, Ga/Page 2a The Courier Herald Obituaries Doretha Braswell Tommy Lee Dixon Hall Mr. Tommy Lee Dixon of Doyce H. Johnson Funeral services for Mrs. Wrightsville, passed away on Doretha Braswell Hall of Adri- Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Fu- an were held Thursday, April 2, neral arrangements are incom- Doyce H. Johnson, 75, went plete and will be announced lat- to be with her Lord and Savior 2015 at 11 a.m. in the Johnson Chapel Holiness Church in er. The family will be receiving Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Fu- friends at 2606 Piney Mount neral services will be held Fri- Treutlen County. Burial fol- lowed in the church cemetery. Church Road, Wrightsville. day, April 3, 2015 at 11 a.m. in ——— the Chapel of Macon Memorial Reverend James Salter and Park Funeral Home with Rev. Grandson Wally Salter officiat- Sarah Lee Moring Wanna beef up your brain? Quinn Hammock officiating. ed. Mrs. Hall died Tuesday, Burial will follow in Macon March 31, 2015. Funeral services for Mrs. Memorial Park Cemetery. The Mrs. Hall, 92, was the Sarah Lee Moring, age 90, of Exercise your muscles family will greet friends an daughter of the late C.F. and McRae, who died Friday will be BY MICHAEL ROIZEN, was physically active, the oth- cise is an important compo- hour prior to the service at the Omie Kitchens Braswell. She held Saturday, April 4, at 11 M.D., AND MEHMET OZ, er sedentary), and what they nent of that. We say head for funeral home. Donations may was a lifelong resident of a.m. in the Mt. Calvary CME M.D.

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