Just Arrived Second printing of the Presidents Book Southern 500 Saturday night Just $1 at The Daily Citizen office at Darlington Raceway Page 5B THE DAILY CITIZEN Friday,May 8, 2009 •Dalton, Georgia • www.daltondailycitizen.com • 50 Cents THINGS 2 arrested for prostitution TO CHECK BY MARK MILLICAN and party to a cer as the person the shower area. [email protected] crime. All the who solicited “Both females were dressed (in OUT charges are mis- him. The busi- a) very provocative manner and ON THE Two women from New York demeanors. ness license was Nguyen had removed her clothing were arrested on Wednesday on An under- in the name of as she was attempting to perform 3 INSIDE prostitution-related charges at the cover officer Kim and receipts the acts on the undercover officer,” Healing Powers Studio north of was offered were found the report reads. Dalton at 2217 Chattanooga Road. both masturba- throughout the Both women remained in the Kyong Nguyen, 52, of Flushing, tion and sex for business with her Whitfield County Jail on Thursday Northwest’s Jake Bridges was charged by the Dalton Police $200, and mas- Kim Nguyen name on them, and were expected to make first and A.J.Meyer win titles at Department with prostitution and turbation for the report said. appearances at a bond hearing this state track meet. masturbation for hire. Aecha Kim, $100, before the arrests were made, A total of $1,307 in cash was morning. The arrests were made 49, of Valley Stream, was charged according to an incident report. found in what the report described after a month-long investigation, See page 1B with keeping a place of prostitution Nguyen was identified by the offi- as a “spa.”Condoms were found in the report said. Popular belly dancing classes returning to ADay of Prayer Dalton State College. Dog the victim See page 7A Car rides and errands in family feud aren’t the only risks to pets in warmer weather. 789 Sam Love Road where the See Pet Connection, BY MARK MILLICAN [email protected] shooting took place — said the Page 1C argument started when his son’s A feud between cousins led dog became a problem when his to the killing of a dog in Rocky nephew’s dog went into heat. FROM TODAY’S Face almost two months ago, “Mark wanted Darius to get officials said. The man who shot his dog off his property,but the dog was arrested on Darius didn’t have anywhere to FORUM Wednesday after a war- take it because he lives rant was issued. in an apartment,”Tony Darius Rashaad Baker said. He said his Baker,21, of 818 son’s dog was a pit bull. “Why not lease the trade Shugart Road, Apt. B-6, “Mark called the center to Varnell? Surely Dalton, was charged by pound and told them to with the fines they are the Whitfield County come get it,”he said. collecting, they could get Sheriff’s Office with “Darius found out how out of the double-wide.” cruelty to animals — a much it would cost to felony — for shooting get it out since it wasn’t “I wish we had good the dog of Mark Baker. Baker chained up, but before mail service in the public housing near Roan “The dog was he could get down there School.” chained in the cousin’s back yard the dog jumped on another dog on Sam Love Road,”said Maj. at the pound and the price went John Gibson with the sheriff’s up.” See page 2A office. “The cousin,Mark Baker, Tony Baker said he figured had threatened to kill (Darius the dog was put down after so Baker’s) dog first, then later many days. He said his son has EATHER (Darius Baker) called his cousin “some anger issues,”but he W to say he had shot his dog. As warned him not to do anything. Forecast: Chance of best as we can determine,there “He’s a grown man,”he said, rain was not a time when they were “and I told him what might hap- MATT HAMILTON/The Daily Citizen Today’s High: 85 both together with guns.” pen if he got upset and did On Thursday afternoon, Tonight’s Low: 63 People attending the National Day of Prayer Thursday at the Darius Baker’s father,Tony — Whitfield County Courthouse lawn bow their heads in prayer at the Details, Page 12A ➣ Please see DOG, 2A who lives behind Mark Baker at local celebration of the National Day of Prayer. More on page 5A. INSIDE Classified..............2C Comics..................7B Mike Cowan to Future DSC grad enjoys Crossword..............6B Dear Abby...................7B announce run Horoscope.............6B ‘the language of business’ Lottery..................2A Movies.................6B for House today BY RACHEL BROWN McKinney transferred twice during his col- Obituaries.............10A [email protected] lege career,first from Valdosta State College Opinion................4A Deal to be at courthouse in the area where he grew up, then from Sports..................1-4, 8B Dean McKinney knew Dalton State Kennesaw State University after he moved to College would be just a short 20-minute drive North Georgia so he and his wife Alana could FROM STAFF REPORTS from his home, but he was skeptical about get- be near her family. The two married in May ting his accounting degree there because the 2007 while McKinney was a junior. Whitfield County Board of program was so new. Commissioners member Mike Now that he’s set to graduate tonight with CowaN says he wants to be the first class to earn a bachelor’s degree in ➣ accounting, he’s glad he chose DSC. Please see GRADUATION, 2A 7 69847 00001 6 Georgia’s next 9th District member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He is sched- uled to announce his candida- cy at noon today at the barber- Babb: Property tax assessments shop in Tunnel Hill. Cowan, a Republican, was Cowan first elected to the board in law may be misunderstood 1996. His current term ends in 2010, and he will not be able BY CHARLES OLIVER rate, and the school millage rate, but it doesn’t to run again that year because [email protected] apply to the quarter mill that the state puts on of term limits. your taxes,”Babb told an audience at the Nathan Deal, R- Whitfield County Board of Commissioners Dalton-Whitfield County Chamber of Gainesville, the current 9th chairman Mike Babb admits he’s not happy Commerce’s Good Morning Dalton breakfast district representative,is about a law signed Wednesday by Gov. Sonny Thursday. scheduled to be at the Perdue that keeps property tax assessments Babb says the law may cause homeowners Whitfield County Courthouse from rising until 2011. to think their property taxes are not going up. today at 1 p.m. to talk about Deal Well, it keeps some assessments from ris- That’s not the case. his candidacy for governor ing, and that’s one of the things Babb says with friends and supporters. 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