North Murray Christian Mountaineers Heritage take to the field advances to in spring game state baseball Page 1B semifinals Page 1B THE DAILY CITIZEN Saturday,May 16, 2009 •Dalton, Georgia • www.daltondailycitizen.com • 50 Cents THINGS Edd Kirby apparently safe TO CHECK BY JAMIE JONES to be closed. [email protected] Mader said Edd Kirby’s OUT Chrysler and Jeep franchise agree- ON THE For much of Friday,Edd Kirby ments remain intact. That would 3 INSIDE Adventure Chevrolet employees have softened the blow of losing waited for the call or the Federal the GM affiliation, he said. Edd Express letter from General Kirby employs 60 workers. Motors with the grim news: the Despite the slow economy, company would not renew fran- Mader said Edd Kirby set a record in Columnist Bill Shipp isn’t chise agreements with 1,100 April for its highest sales ever. too impressed with who is “underperforming dealers.” During the month, Edd Kirby sold running for governor on As of late Friday afternoon, nei- almost 100 used cars it had bought the Republican ticket. ther the call nor the letter had from the Dalton Prebul dealership. come. Mader said the dealership bought a See page 4A “Right now, no news is good number of high-end used cars, news,”general manager Ted Mader The Daily Citizen including the Mercedes and Volvo Northwest’s Taylor Staten said late Friday afternoon at the MATT HAMILTON/ brands, from the Prebul Infiniti lot in takes third in pole vault. dealership at 1501 W. Walnut Ave. Edd Kirby Adventure Chevrolet did not receive word from Chattanooga. Joe Prebul, former in Dalton. owner of the Prebul dealerships in See page 1B General Motors that its franchise would not be renewed. “No The GM announcement comes news is good news” said general manager Ted Mader. Dalton and Chattanooga, filed for Dixie Kinard is named a day after Chrysler said it will bankruptcy after he was arrested ear- 5,969 stores to about 3,600 by the ership, including Dodge and Jeep Citizen of the Week for close 789 dealerships, including lier this year on wire fraud charges. end of 2010, eliminating 2,369 brands, whether they were closing her efforts with the Girl Courtesy Dodge on East Walnut dealers over the next few months. or remaining open. GM only made Scouts. Avenue in Dalton. GM officials will reduce its dealer network from Chrysler sent letters to every deal- calls or sent letters to dealerships ➣ Please see GM, 5A See page 4A Fugitive’s FROM TODAY’S FORUM wife bonds “I didn’t realize we had so many fortune tellers in out of jail North Georgia who know that Obama is only a one-term president. I BY JAMIE JONES need one of them to go [email protected] to Vegas with me.” CHATSWORTH — The woman who “I was in West Hill authorities say helped Cemetery over Mother’s Day weekend and it was her husband escape in the worst shape that I from a Virginia prison, have ever seen. They then hid in Eton for need to do something some 27 years to evade about the upkeep of the capture, bonded out of cemetery.” the Murray County jail Friday evening. See page 2A Debbie LyNN Boucher,53, 460 Hooker Road, Lot I, Boucher WEATHER Eton received a $2,500 Forecast: Chance of rain property bond from Today’s High: 83 Magistrate Judge Dwayne Hooper during Tonight’s Low: 58 a first appearance hear- Details, Page 12A MATT HAMILTON/The Daily Citizen ing on Friday morning at the jail. The Murray Stacey Nolan of the Chattanooga-based Mirabai belly dancing troupe performs at Dalton INSIDE County Sheriff’s High Friday during the Festival of Nations. Office charged her Classified..............5B with hindering the D. Boucher Comics..................7A apprehension of a Crossword...............6A ‘Weddings’ prove popular at Dear Abby...................7A ➣ Please see JAIL, 2A Horoscope...............6A Dalton’s Festival of Nations Lottery..................2A Movies.....................6A BY RACHEL BROWN Roman marriage booth at Dalton Gonzalez took off her mango- Jobless Obituaries.............10A [email protected] High School Friday. colored head wrap for another Opinion................4A After reading their vows in “bride.” Sports......................1-4B Jose Chavarilla and Vanessa Latin, Chavarilla passed the bor- “We had no idea this would applications Gonzalez crowded with other rowed garland wreath on his be the most popular thing,”said teenagers in line at an ancient head to the next “groom,”while Dana Miller,aLatin teacher at Dalton High School who was assisting students in one of nine slow down booths the school set up on the track field for its first Festival of 7 69847 00001 6 Nations. “I think we’ll have to in area have two wedding lines after lunch (break).” FROM STAFF REPORTS The booths featured informa- tion and interactive exhibits on Metro Dalton had the smallest per- France, Germany, Holland, Italy, cent increase in people filing first-time Japan,Mexico, Scotland, Fair claims for state unemployment insur- Trade products and international ance benefits in April when compared food. Dozens of students partici- to April 2008 throughout the 14 metro- pated in creating the booths. politan statistical areas. Melissa Quick, an exception- The area had an 18.6 percent al student services teacher and increase in first-time filers, up to 3,568 event organizer,said the festi- in April 2009 from 3,009 in April 2008. val’s purpose was to help stu- In March 2009, there were 5,919 first- dents learn about other cultures. time filers. The Daily Citizen MATT HAMILTON/ In addition to the student The state Department of Labor exhibits, the school also hosted Dalton High School student Brittany Harvey, 15, takes the reported Friday that 84,346 laid-off lead in a tricycle race as Taylor Nuñez, 18, and Hallie Perry, 16, can’t keep up at the booth for The Netherlands Friday during the school’s Festival of Nations. ➣ Please see DHS, 3A ➣ Please see JOBLESS, 3A For*Limite' Time! $ 00 OFF ANY 1 MEDIUM OR SANDWICH New ¢ OFF ANY 75 SMALL SANDWICH 1325 W. 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