YOUR NEWSPAPER [email protected] • www.courier-herald.com Drawer B, Court Square Station, Dublin, Georgia 31040 • 272-5522 Volume 98, No. 213, Pub. No 161860 75 CENTS BCSO Deputies Shoot, Kill Suspect Following Struggle Like Us Today! By TANYA KIRKPATRICK According to the release, deputies pulled his weapon and used lethal COCHRAN — The Georgia Bu- were attempting to make an arrest force to subdue Wright. reau of Investigation is investigating on alleged theft charges around 9 Wright was transported to the the shooting death of a suspect dur- p.m. Friday night. As deputies at- Medical Center of Central Georgia, ing a stop by Bleckley County tempted to place handcuffs on where he later died from injuries deputies Friday night. Wright, a struggle ensued leading to sustained by the gunshot wound. Rasheen Rahan Wright, 31, of the use of a taser on Wright. "Both officers are veterans of the Cochran, died from a single gunshot Officials said that following the Bleckley County Sheriff's Office," the wound following a struggle with taser's discharge, "the suspect pulled release stated. "Both officers have Bleckley County Sheriff's deputies, and pointed a gun on the deputy who been placed on administrative leave according to a release from the BC- had tased him." pending the investigation by the SO. The deputy who had tased Wright Georgia Bureau of Investigations." Special photo Pullen (right) stands outside one of the fire stations devastated by the 9/11 attacks. Theatre Oz & Roizen Live Long And Prosper Never Reopens 2a Forget Crowds Enjoy New Lobby,By JASON Atlanta HALCOMBE Pops One by one, each person entered the lobby at Theatre Dublin, re- ceived a program from either Former NYPD Officer, Dublin-Laurens Arts Council mem- bers Henry King or Harriett Clax- Now Dublin Resident, ton and then looked up. The gilded tin ceiling tiles shim- RemembersEditor’s Note: This 9/11 is part one of a mered ever so slightly from the two-part series about Jerome Pullen’s work light of two chandeliers veiled by with the New York Police Department dur- descending lamp shades; a distinct- ing Sept. 11, 2001. The second part will be ly art deco entry way for a supreme- published on the 11th anniversary of 9-11 ly unique Dublin landmark. It was a seminal moment for By PAYTON TOWNS III Main Street Dublin director Tara Dear Abby Jerome Pullen stands in the hallway at Bradshaw, Downtown Develop- Angry Teen Turns Saxon Heights Elementary School. His ment executive director Joshua Down Mom’s booming laugh is easy to pick out as the Kight and the many others who Proposed Stepdad students make their way up the hall to spent $80,000, portions of the past their class room. year, and most recently five ardu- After a year of being the ISS coordina- ous weeks, stripping the theater 2a tor, Pullen is an inclusionary para-pro at lobby bare only to make over the the school. To say it’s a labor of love would space into something that might be be “putting it mildly,” he said. seen in old pictures or on a popular Tell It! Of The “I have a special place in my heart for HGTV show. children,” Pullen said. “I like to see all chil- "It's a huge relief to have it com- Day: dren succeed and be given a fair shot. If Photos by Jason Halcombe pleted," Bradshaw said. "But there “How 'bout dem you see the social is a sense of success in seeing it look issues that these (Above): Audience members use smartphones to capture Dawgs!” so fantastic and having people take kids are dealing some of the performance from the Pennies for Posho concert so much time to look over what's with on the out- “There’s a been done. It couldn't have ended side, it makes it Sunday at Dudley Baptist Church. (Below): The child performers feeling of up any better." hard for them to wait to take to the stage. The crowds ebbed into the lobby Got an come inside and helplessness receive a fair and for moments at the time before Opinion? impartial educa- and there flowing into the main hall to pull up tion. Everyone is was nothing Turning Heads See THEATRE page 3a Tell It! being taught pret- ty much the same you could way. Granted, every child learns do.” differently but everybody is re- ceiving the same —Jerome Pennies For Posho Children’s education.” It’s a different Pullen place than where he used to work - Choir Visits DudleyBy JASON HALCOMBE Baptist New York City. A bowl of chili followed by vanilla Call Pullen was born in New York, but by the ice cream would sound like familiar time he was six months old, he was in fair for any 10-year-old in the middle 272-0375 Dublin, Ga. It was supposed to be a short of August. visit, but his parents allowed him to stay But in the case of Jacqueline Page 5a with his grandparents, aunts and cousins Nanyonga and her 20-or-so class- while his parents came down to see him mates, the meal was one of what Pen- during summer vacation. nies for Posho director Ted Moody “That began a love affair with the city called "A-ha moments." of Dublin,” Pullen said. “It was always By early Sunday evening, however, home to me. When I went to New York it the several hundred packed into Dud- was a place that I was visiting.” ley Baptist witnessed an "A-ha mo- Pullen moved back to New York with ment" of their own as the Ugandan his parents when he was 7. He used to beg children's choir entertained with ac- his parents to allow him to stay and go to robatics, both aerial and acoustic, to school in Dublin. feed the Dudley assembly spiritually “They always wanted me back in New and literally feed their friends at York,” Pullen said. “I guess everything home. happens for a reason. In hindsight, I’m "This is incredible," said Dudley Photo by Jason Halcombe kind of glad my parents made the decision pastor Billy Dawes, "because it con- Index that they made. I had a great education in nects us with believers from the other Heads turned to the sky New York and a great career. I was the on- side of the world. It's just incredible." Saturday evening, as visitors ly kid who got out of high school and went Chairs were running low inside Obituaries . 2a straight into the Secret Service.” for the Atlanta Pops concert Editorial . 4a the main sanctuary, as the crowd He stayed with them until he went to "I get to be in the pres- built inside the church. caught their first glances of Weather. 5a work with the NYPD in 1984. One day in 50 Years Ago. 6a Meanwhile, the choir rehearsal the new tin ceiling at the ren- college, Pullen’s father tossed him infor- ence of the Lord." area had transformed into a pseudo- Hometown . 7a mation about becoming a transit police of- —Jacqueline Nanyonga ovated Theatre Dublin lobby. Sports . 1b,2b dressing room, as the 27 school age ficer. Back then there were the New York (fourth from front) children straightened out creases in Classifieds . 3b City Housing Police, policing the housing The Theatre underwent an Fun Page . 4b age, 10, on performing $80,000 improvement over See PULLEN page 3a See POSHO page 8a the past five weeks. Monday, September 10, 2012/Dublin, Ga/Page 2a The Courier Herald Janet C. Fowler Lanthrip Siding of Washing- Kirkland, Shekeela (Shon) Obituaries Janet C. Fowler 1708 E. ton County. His hobbies con- Hopkins and Lashondra “Tam- Pine Needle Lane, Rentz, sisted of baseball, football, my” Harris; grandchildren, Bobbie Jean Brown Georgia, died Saturday, Sep- fishing, hunting, animals and Tatyana Harris, Aktavus (AJ) carpentry. Mr. Kilgore at- Mrs. Bobbie Jean Brown, tember 8, 2012. Stanley Fu- Hopkins and Mikayla Harris; tended the Kendall Heights 73, of Glenwood, died Thurs- neral Home and Crematory/ siblings include Tina McCrae Church of God. day, September 6, 2012. She Dublin Chapel has charge of (Samuel) of Dublin, Joyce M. Mr. Kilgore was preceded was born September 4, 1939 funeral arrangements. Johnson (Grady) of Riverdale, in death by one sister, Debra Live Long And Prosper to Jim and Ida Watson and To sign the Online Register Ga., Mae Owens (Carlton) of Sue Landrip. had been a lifelong resident of Book for Mrs. Fowler please Waldorf, MD, Tommy Bradford Memorial services for Mr. Wheeler County. visit (Betty) of Dublin, Terry (Without Red Meat) Kilgore will be held Wednes- She is survived by her hus- www.stanleyfuneralhome.co Meardith of Dublin, Ludessia day afternoon, September 12, band of 56 years, Billy Brown m or call the 24 Hour Stanley Brown of Dublin, Beverly 2012, at the Sadie Hall Brant- BY MICHAEL ROIZEN, 40 percent. of Glenwood; five sons, Phillip Funeral Home and crematory Brown (Johnny) of Dublin, and ley Memorial Chapel in the M.D., AND MEHMET OZ, That's why smart guys -- (Tanya) Brown of Dublin, Obituary Line at (478) 272- Leroy Pooler, Jr. (Sybil); devot- funeral home at 2 p.m. Rev. M.D. and gals (red meat fires up her Ronny (Shirley) Brown of 0106 to hear the latest funer- ed aunts, Elean Walker of East Christian Trotter will be the When Spock said, "Live long risk for disease, including Glenwood, Johnny (Donna) al updates. Dublin and Catherine Brad- officiating minister. and prosper," he might have breast cancer) -- switch to fish Brown of Alamo, Donny ford; and a host of nieces, The family will receive added "only if you don't eat red and skinless chicken; a veggie- (Synee) Brown of Alamo, Ken- nephews, other relatives and friends, one hour prior to the meat." Red and processed rich diet (cabbage, broccoli, neth (Donald) Brown of Ma- dear friends.