50¢ Friday/ Saturday Perry News-Herald June 20-21, 2014 Serving the Tree Capital of the South Since 1889 Internal account City denies any problems role in alleged at TTI? Perry News-Herald The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) confirmed Thursday it is harassment “in the very early stages” City candidate Tonya After passing out photo I want to ask the council, of an investigation at Taylor Holton—who also has copies of “screen shots” what can I do about it?” Technical Institute. an active federal lawsuit of her cell phone, Holton City Manager Bob “No arrest(s) has been against the city—brought stated, “I have been Brown, who has been made. We are working with allegations of phone receiving phone calls from advised by his attorney not the State Attorney’s Office harassment to the city city hall starting about a to engage in conversation in conjunction with the council last week and asked month ago at 1:35 a.m., 4:53 school district,” Lt. Marty for help. a.m., all times of the night. ➟ Please see page 3 Nowlin said. Nowlin would not comment on what type of investigation was ongoing, but did say “it is nothing Man charged with animal that involves the safety of any student.” Contacted Thursday cruelty after dragging dog afternoon, Superintendent of Schools Paul Dyal stated: “We’re looking into some concerns that arose on some behind truck for miles internal accounts. That’s all A 68-year-old Perry man I’m at liberty to say at this faces a felony charge for time.” animal cruelty after tying two dogs to the back bumper of his truck and taking them “for a run.”’ News Forum According to reports, at some point, one of the News station puts dogs, a chocolate Lab mix, Perry in the spotlight evidently fell and was then A chocolate Lab, left, dragged behind the vehicle sustained deep skin burns WTXL Tallahassee is for an unknown distance. after being dragged behind taking its show on the The dog sustained deep, a truck Sunday.. His owner, road, spotlighting six area multiple “road rash” burns Emory Jenkins, faces felony communities. Kicking off the all over his entire body, animal cruelty charges. segment will be a week-long including his face, and all spotlight on Perry. Viewers can four paw pads were severely morning, June 15, and in reference to a vehicle look for familiar faces during abraded. charged with one count of dragging a dog behind it. the 6 p.m. news program next The second dog, a Collie animal cruelty. He posted Cannon was advised week. Beat the heat mix, apparently was not bond and was released the that the vehicle was a 1999 On Friday, the entire Saturday, June 21, may mark the official start dragged behind the vehicle next day. white Chevrolet truck and newscast will be broadcasting of summer, but the fun is already underway at but sustained wounds to all Perry Police Department was also given the truck’s from various locations Rosehead Park’s Splash Pad. The water attraction four of her paws as well. Ptl. Chad Cannon was tag number. throughout Perry for the has welcomed hundreds of children and their Emory E. Jenkins was dispatched to the area Arriving in the area, morning, noon and evening arrested at his home on of Givens Street around families since temperatures started rising. Above, ➟ Please see page 3 segments. two youngsters wait for the big splash to hit. South Givens Street Sunday 9:30 Sunday morning Scallop seminar set for June 27 in Steinhatchee County requests federal assistance The Taylor County Water & Soil District will host its 2014 Scallop Seminar Friday, June 27, at 7 p.m. at the Steinhatchee to help individual property owners Community Center. The 2014 Scallop Season State and local officials Emergency Management Taylor County has been designated on May 12 and facilities located in or near begins Saturday, June 28, and are awaiting a decision by and Gov. Rick Scott made suffering the effects of Jackson County on May 21. the impacted area where will continue through Sept. 24. the Federal Emergency the request for Taylor and widespread flooding since Residents in the declared survivors can go to obtain The free event will also Management Agency Gilchrist on June 6, and March. counties have been assisted disaster related information. feature doors with bottled water (FEMA) on a request according to Taylor County Escambia and Santa Rosa by Disaster Recovery Centers are staffed with and snacks provided. seeking federal individual Coordinator Dustin Hinkel, Counties were designated Centers which opened in specialists from the FEMA, The community center is assistance for property as of Tuesday the agency for individual assistance their communities. the State Emergency located at 1013 Riverside Dr. in owners in Taylor County. had yet to announce its on May 6. Walton and Disaster Recovery ➟ Steinhatchee. The Florida Division of decision. Okaloosa counties were Centers are temporary Please see page 3 ‘State of the Infant’ forum is Monday Healthy Start Coalition of Jefferson, Madison and Taylor Company faces $72,000 in fines Counties will host a community forum “State of the Infant” Monday, June 23. “Please join us for insight for construction worker’s death into the picture of health and well-being for Taylor County The U.S. Department of Construction for the project, “This tragedy could safety procedures to secure Sturtecky, OSHA’s area infants,” Healthy Start officials Labor’s Occupational Safety which has since been have been prevented if the the bridge panels from director in Jacksonville. said. and Health Administration completed. employer followed proper falling over,” said Brian “This young man didn’t The coalition will also (OSHA) has cited GLF even earn his first paycheck be collecting donations of Construction Corp. for from GLF Construction disposable diapers and infant 14 safety violations and when he paid the ultimate clothes and supplies. is proposing $72,000 in price of working on a The forum will be held in the penalties following its mismanaged project. The Taylor County School Board investigation of the Jan. 16 only difference between chambers (located in the Alton death of David Kimberl at a safe act and an unsafe H. Wentworth Administrative the construction site of the act depends on the level of Complex on Clark Street), new Aucilla River bridge on importance an employer starting at 9:30 a.m. U.S. 98. places on doing what is Kimberl, 18, was crushed right.” to death when a bridge The 14 serious violations Pick up TCHS report panel, weighing nearly include the employer’s cards today 1,800 pounds, fell on him failure to provide instruction PerryReport cards for Taylor News-Heraldwhile he was dismantling to recognize and avoid County High School students a section of the old Aucilla unsafe conditions associated are available for pick-up today River bridge. Kimberl had with bridge panels falling (Friday) from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 been on the job for one over if they were not p.m. week and had never worked properly secured; failing in bridge construction. to provide fall protection The Florida Department An 18-year-old construction worker was crushed to death when a bridge for employees working of Transportation (FDOT) panel fell on him while he was dismantling a section of the old Aucilla River contracted with GLF Bridge. Construction of a new bridge took over two years to complete. ➟ Please see page 3 Index Weather Looking Back ......... A-2 Entertainment ........ A-8 Friday 94˚ Saturday 93˚ Sunday 93˚ Perry News-Herald Living ..................... A-4 TV listings .............. A-9 70˚ 74˚ 74˚ One section 125th Year, No. 25 Religion .................. A-6 Classifieds .......... A-12 www.perrynewspapers.com Sports .................... A-7 40% 40% 50% A-2 Perry News-Herald Looking Back June 20-21, 2014 Remember when... Breaking News By ANTHONY L. WHITE [email protected] Tales of hanging chads and ballot recounts sealed the deal, but it was a Bronco chase and a court arraignment that set my journalism career on a different course. I saw the change coming. It was 20 years ago and everything was about to change. The way we watched television. What we watched on television. And, more than anything else, what we deemed news. I had just moved back to Gainesville to begin studying journalism at the University of Florida when, on June 20, 1994, famed (now infamous) football star, O.J. Simpson was arraigned for the murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown- Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. The media spectacle was already in full gear by the time Simpson was arraigned. Who can forget Simpson’s now-famous ride with a gun to his head in the back of a white Bronco three days before the arraignment? The moment Brown-Simpson’s and Goldman’s bodies were discovered on the front walkway of her condominium the media descended on the tragedy, instigating the volatile marriage of our legal system and television. Before returning to the UF, I worked Hello summer! as a reporter for the local newspapers Nothing says summer like a refreshing dip in a pool and for Perry residents in the 1940s, that pool and for radio station WPRY. During also included a two-story, screened-in clubhouse complete with pool tables. The former city pool was that time, I covered city council, county located adjacent to the Duck Pond. commission and school board meetings. I covered the police and crime beat. And, THE PERRY NEWS-HERALD I covered breaking news. I loved my June 21, 1979 reporting jobs so much that I decided to return to college and get a degree in was welcomed as the new would take on Ken Smith journalism.