Tuesday, December 22, 2015 YOUR NEWSPAPER [email protected] • www.courier-herald.com Drawer B, Court Square Station, Dublin, Georgia 31040 • 272-5522 Volume 101, No. 291, Pub. No. 161860 $1 SThehooting sus Courierpect’s mother wants Heraldhim to turn self in Department for the aggravat- playing dice that morning. been playing dice. ing to witnesses, Wilson took ed assault of Akeem Jamal Later, officers responded to The witness said Wilson $500 from the scene. Mother urges other witnesses to step Woodard, 27. The incident Fairview Park Hospital got mad and pulled a gun. Wilson's mother said happened on North Washing- about a victim with a gun- Woodard tried to run away that's not what happened. up and tell what they saw happen ton Street around 1:10 a.m. shot wound. According to while Wilson fired several She claims the whole situa- By PAYTON TOWNS III nesses who know what hap- Dec. 8. Chief Wayne Cain, a witness shots. He then pointed the tion was "more like self-de- Th e mother of a 21-year- pened to come forward and "Paul is not a bad kid," his to the incident met police in gun at another person, who fense." old Dublin man, who alleged- tell the truth. mother said. "He is well man- the parking lot of the hospi- was trying to pick up the "I need the witnesses to ly shot another man while Paul Wilson's mother is on nered. He just got caught up tal. The witness said they money. come forward," she said. playing dice on Dec. 8, wants a campaign to clear her son's with a bad individual." had been at the Yellow Woodard, who was hit at "They don't need to worry her son to turn himself in. name. Wilson has been According to the police, Apartments with Woodard least three or four times, was She also wants other wit- charged by the Dublin Police Wilson and Woodard were and Wilson where both had taken to the hospital. Accord- See MOTHER page 3a Officials ask people to be aware of house fire dangers By PAYTON TOWNS III less and tasteless and it can Happy Birthday, Jesus Even though the weather kill you," he said. will be warming up by the Electric or gas portable end of this week, Dublin Fire heaters need to be at least Chief Pat Ballard believes three feet away from an ob- people should be careful ject. when they try to keep their "We have had a lot of houses warm. those fires," Ballard said. Ballard said now is a good "They put them right up next time to check the heating to something and it catches system in their house. And if things on fire. This happens they use a fireplace, people every year." need a certified inspector to Peggy Bentz, Disaster make sure it doesn't have Program Manager of the any cracks or breaks. American Red Cross of Cen- "We had a fire the other tral Georgia, a partnering night where they were burn- agency with the Heart of ing a fire in a fire place," Bal- Georgia United Way, knows lard said. "The fire place people are trying to heat shouldn't have been used, their house with their stove. and the wood rolled out on "That's very dangerous, the floor and caught it on not to mention them using fire." kerosene heaters and stuff Ballard said people need that can kill you from the to make sure they have a car- carbon monoxide," she said. bon monoxide detector to "People really need to prac- make sure they are protected tice fire safety." if they have any type of gas The main thing is having or propane heat. "Carbon monoxide is odor- See FIRE page 3a Middle Georgia State celebrates first fall graduation Special to The Courier graduate to walk across the Herald stage to receive a diploma Middle Georgia State Uni- from Middle Georgia State versity established a new tra- University was Kaitlyn Renee dition when it held com- Phillips of Warner Robins, mencement ceremonies on who completed her bachelor Dec. 17. of arts degree in English. It was the first Fall com- The keynote speaker for mencement in the history of the 10 a.m. ceremony was the institution. Larry Walker, a member of Historically, the college the University System of held commencement only in Georgia’s Board of Regents. the Spring at the Macon Coli- For the 3 p.m. ceremony, Uni- seum or at Morris Gymnasi- versity System Chancellor um on the Cochran Campus. Hank Huckaby was the Also, it was the first com- keynote speaker. mencement of any kind since Miguel Carmona, presi- the institution became a Uni- dent of the Student Govern- versity in July. ment Association, spoke at The Fall ceremonies took both ceremonies, as did Mid- place in the University’s new dle Georgia State University Recreation and Wellness Cen- Foundation Trustee and ter on the Macon Campus. Alumna Nylan A. Hinson, More than 450 students were Middle Georgia College Class candidates for graduation, in- of 1990. cluding about 295 who re- Here are the number and ceived bachelor’s degrees. types of degrees conferred to Two ceremonies were held. fall graduates: The first, at 10 a.m., was for •College of Arts and Sci- students graduating from the ences: Bachelor of Arts, 19; College of Arts & Sciences Bachelor of Science, 76; As- and the School of Education. sociate of Arts, 34; Associate The second, at 3 p.m., was of Science, 72; Certificate, 3 for candidates graduating •School of Aviation: Bach- from the Schools of Aviation, elor of Science, 36; Associate Business, Health Sciences of Applied Science, 19; Associ- and Information Technology. ate of Science, 2; Certificate, The childrenʼs ministry at Marie Baptist Church held its Happy Birthday Jesus Party Sunday morning. The children went to different sta- Making history as the first tions during the event, getting to eat a snack, make a necklace, make a Christmas snack and use props to dress each other up as a See FALL page 3a snowman. The celebration ended with a tacky sweater contest. Jackson Mullis was the boy winner while Josey Weathington was the girl winner. (Photos by Payton Towns III) ‘Goodfellas’ businessmen have Christmas party for local children, give away toys Index Obituaries . 2a Editorial . 4a Weather. 5a Hometown. 6a, 7a Sports. 1b,2b Classifieds. 3b "Goodfellas" businessmen Kevin Arline and Derrick Reese last Friday threw their first Christmas pizza party for local kids who otherwise Entertainment . 4b might not have much of a Christmas. Several attended for pizza and then chose two gifts each from a large selection. Most of the chil- dren knew exactly what they wanted and gratefully grabbed the toys when it came their turn. They smiled and said, "Thank you," to Big Kev and Big Reese before leaving for home to play with their gifts. (Photos by Sandy Aldridge) Tuesday, December 22, 2015/Dublin, Ga/Page 2a The Courier Herald and Fairview Park Hospital, helped Kaitlyn register in Obituaries where she was Head Nurse of Boston University where she the Surgical Unit on the Sixth began to pursue her legal ca- Floor. She spent her life tak- reer. She encouraged her BettyJeanRushtonVeal ing care of others and mentor- grandson, Franklin, to pursue ing nurses. She had a very a medical career. She cher- Funeral services for Betty small immediate family, but ished Matt and Cory from the Jean Rushton Veal, age 84, had many friends and co- day they became part of her will be held at 2 pm Wednes- workers from Fairview Park family and attended with day, Dec. 23, 2015 in the Chan who were close to her for her great pride their recent wed- Stanley Memorial Chapel of entire life. dings. Stanley Funeral Home and She was a founding mem- Pallbearers will be Tim Crematory, with interment to ber of Liberty Baptist Church Veal, Chester Veal, Tim Brant- follow at Dublin Memorial where she attended for the ley, Ragan Green, Doug Hines In the 1996 horror film "The bad breath to Type 2 diabetes So if you can't remember the Gardens. Reverend Chris past 30 years. Mrs. Veal and Ralph Brown. Dentist,"Overcoming Corbin Bernsen and cardiovascular dentalproblems. fear Dixon will officiate. passed away on Sunday, Dec. The family will receive last time you had your teeth played horrifying (of course!) But a new study out of Mrs. Veal was born on Oct. 20, 2015 at Serenity Place in friends from 12 until 1:45 p.m. cleaned, go to sharecare.com oral surgeon Dr. Alan Fire- King's College London found 6, 1931 in Greenwood, S.C. Dublin following an extended on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015 for extensive info on CBT and stone. That role did more to that after five weeks of cogni- She was the only child of the illness. at the funeral home preceding fuel dental phobia than even tive behavioral therapy, 79 the website for the Association late Julian Milledge Rushton Mrs. Veal is survived by her the ceremony. 1976's "Marathon Man." Re- percent of dentist-fearing for Behavioral and Cognitive and Lucile Davis Rushton two daughters, Melissa Stanley Funeral Home Cre- member Sir Laurence Olivier folks were able to have normal Therapies (www.abct.org) to Bagwell. She was preceded in (Frank) Turner of Sea Island matory/Dublin Chapel has asking Dustin Hoffman, "Is it dental procedures (cleaning, death by her husband, and Delicia (Alan) Jett of Dex- charge of funeral arrange- find a practitioner near you.