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"I think they're crazy"
CENTRAL GEORGIANS REACT TO NEWS OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT COULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR YARD DEBRIS TO HIT THE STREET.
HELLO EVERYONE AND THANKS FOR JOINING US....I'M LORRA LYNCH JONES.
AND I'M FRANK MALLOY.
THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT SIX...
THROWING LEAVES... TWIGS... GRASS... AND OTHER REMNANTS OF YARD WORK... INTO THE STREET... COULD COST YOU A PRETTY PENNY.
THAT'S IF MACON CITY COUNCIL PASSES AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD MAKE YARD DEBRIS IN A PUBLIC ROADWAY... UNLAWFUL.
AS AMY AUBERT SHOWS YOU... SOME PEOPLE WITH GREEN THUMBS IN MACON... HAVE MIXED OPINIONS.
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Nats, raking leaves
YARDWORKERS IN MACON COULD SOON RAKE IN... NEW FINES.
Nats, raking
THAT'S IF MACON CITY COUNCIL PASSES AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR YARD DEBRIS TO HIT THE STREETS.
Nats, Rob Danner: "It's probably no different if they cut down some limbs and just threw them in the yard."
ROB DANNER SAYS HE DRIVES INGLESIDE EVERY MORNING...
Nats, cars
...AND SAYS IT'S COVERED... WITH THIS.
Rob Danner, Macon: "On this, the Northside, I've seen about five different instances of people blowing yard trash into the street, and on the other side, believe it or not, I've seen about three."
DANNER SAYS HE'S COMPLAINED TO COUNCILWOMAN NANCY WHITE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS... AND SAYS... YARD DEBRIS ISN'T JUST AN EYESORE... IT'S UNSAFE.
Bill Causey, City Manager: "As you can see, the box is full of leaves, and if it gets compacted enough the water won't get into the box at all and it'll just pond here until it goes over the top of the road."
CITY MANAGER BILL CAUSEY SAYS CLOGGED STORM DRAINS IS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST WORRIES.
Causey: "If the water can't get into the box, it can't get into the system. It generally stays on the street which is a driving hazard for cars."
BUT ONE HOMEOWNER DOESN'T LIKE THE IDEA.
Nats, Carolyn Penley, Macon: "We always have to maintain them... meaning pruning them..."
CAROLYN PENLEY SAYS HER FLOWERING PEAR TREES ARE BIG WORK... SHE STACKED THE REMNANTS OF LAST WEEK'S MAINTENANCE... IN HER FRONT YARD.
Nats
SHE SAYS IF THE WIND BLOWS THE DEBRIS ELSEWHERE... SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY.
Carolyn Penley: "I think they are just crazy to do that. As long as we are still living in Macon and maintaining our yard, and paying our taxes."
SHE SAYS RESTICTIONS FOR SAFETY AND CLEAN ROADWAYS... COULD CUT INTO THE BUDGET FOR KEEPING HER OWN LAWN... MAINTAINED.
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IN TUESDAY'S MEETING... COUNCIL REFERED THE ORDINANCE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING COMMITTEE.
COUNCILWOMAN WHITE SAYS THE FINES COULD RUN UP TO 5 HUNDRED DOLLARS.
ben gives three day forecast
THANKS BEN.. WE'LL TALK WITH YOU AGAIN IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
THE THREE MEN ACCUSED IN A WARNER ROBINS MURDER FOR HIRE SCHEME ARE SET FOR A COURT APPERANCE NEXT WEEK.
BUT HOUSTON DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE HARTWIG SAYS ONE OF THE ARRAIGNMENTS WILL LIKELY BE DELAYED.... BECAUSE OF THE DEALTH PENALTY MOTION HE FILED AGAINST THE ALLEGED SHOOTER THIS WEEK.
<<NEARLY A YEAR AFTER THE SHOOTING DEATH OF JONI CLEMENTS... COURT PROCEEDINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD SAYS DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE HARTWIG.
George Hartwig: (9:40) "We hope to get the trial on the defendants that are not death penalty this year."
THOSE DEFENDENTS ARE CLEMENTS HUSBAND... JAMES EDDY CLEMENTS... AND ROBERT SYBERT.
BOTH ARE CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF JONI... BUT ONLY THE ALLEGED SHOOTER... RICHARD SYBERT... FACES THE DEATH PENALTY.
HARTWIG SAYS HIS CASE COULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET TO TRIAL.
George Hartwig: (9:15) "Could be three or four years, could be longer even."
HE SAYS THE LEGAL WRANGLING SURROUNDING DEATH PENALTY CASES.. WILL LIKELY DELAY RICHARD SYBERT'S ARRAIGNMENT TOO... WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK.
George Hartwig: "That is going to be put off or continued."
Lorra Lynch Jones, EWN: Hartwig wouldnt go into details abotu what happened at this Westwood Drive home that would justify seeking the death penalty against the shooter. He said those details would come out at trial."
THE INDICTMENT ABOUT THE CRIMES THAT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED HERE... CALLS HER KILLING "OUTRAGEOUSLY INHUMANE... INVOLVING TORTURE OR DEPRAVITY OF MIND."
HARTWIG SAID HE TOOK THAT.. THE THE YOUNGER SYBERT'S CRIMINAL RECORD... AND THE EXCHANCE OF MONEY FOR THE MURDER... INTO ACCOUNT WHEN DECIDING TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY.
HE SAID JONI CLEMENTS FAMILY SUPPORTS THE MOTION.
George Hartwig: (5:15) "As to Richard Sybert, I believe that they were."
HARTWIG SAYS ALL THREE MEN WILL REMAIN IN THE HOUSTON JAIL... UNTIL TRIAL.
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WE WERE NOT ABLE TO REACH RICHARD SYBERT'S ATTORNEY FOR COMMENT.
JAMES EDDY CLEMENT'S ATTORNEY... LAURA HOGUE... SAYS HER CLIENT WILL ENTER A NOT GUILTY PLEA NEXT WEEK.
WE COULD NOT REACH ROBERT SYBERT'S ATTORNEY FOR COMMENT.
MORE THAN 450 WANTED PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN 20-11.. THANKS TO TIPS MADE THROUGH MACON REGIONAL CRIMESTOPPERS...
OFFICIALS SAY THAT'S THE MOST SINCE THE NON-PORFIT WAS CREATED IN 2000...
BRITTINY BARBER BREAKS DOWN THE NUMBERS...
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nats of phone..
WHEN THE RED PHONE RINGS AT MACON REGIONAL CRIMESTOPPERS... THE STAFF TALKS WITH SOMEONE WHO COULD PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION.. TO HELP CATCH A CRIMINAL ...
nats "December first 2011, a man walked into the bb&t bank at 25 35 mercer univserity drive in Macon. He wrote a note to the teller asking them for money and walked away."
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROBERT MARTIN SAYS IN 2011..... TIPS FROM THE ANONYMOUS LINE LED TO THE ARREST OF 466 PEOPLE... nats: The southeast regional fugitive task force arrested Donald Carswell."
GFX 428 WERE ARRESTED IN 2010 AND 449 THE YEAR BEFORE...
Martin: "We contribute that success to the community for one, relying more on our program."
HE SAYS SEVERAL FACTORS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CALL WITH INFORMATION...
Martin: "I think that they know that we'll keep up with our promise of making sure they remain anonymous and they know that we'll pay them reward money for giving us information."
BUT IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.... FOR EVERYONE...
Martin: "I'd say about one third of the callers that we get say they're not interesting in collecting any reward money at all. They just want to let police know and have the security of knowing that they will remain anonymous."
HE SAYS KEEPING THOSE PROMISES IS CRUCIAL... SO THEY CAN CONTINUE ANSWERING THE CALLS..
NATS
AND WORKING TO PUT CRIMINALS BEHIND BARS....
BRITTINY BARBER 13WMAZ EYEWITNESS NEWS
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROBERT MARTIN SAYS SINCE 2000- TIPS TO MACON REGIONAL CRIMESTOPPERS HAS LED TO 3,299 ARRESTS...
IT COVERS EIGHT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA..
GEORGIA'S SPORTS HALL OF FAME HAS A NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM.
THE HALL OF FAME AUTHORITY TODAY NAMED BOBBY POPE AS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR...AND BEN SAPP AS ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE FROM SAPP.
POPE WAS MERCER'S LONGTIME ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND A FORMER SPORTS ANCHOR HERE AT 13WMAZ.
NEWTOWN MACON IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN MACON MUSEUM THIS YEAR.
THE STATE AGENCY THAT OWNS THE BUILDING...IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING A PROPOSED LEASE FOR NEWTOWN.
ON THE EVE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.. NEW POLLS IN THE STATE SHOW NEWT GINGRICH HAS BEEN NARROWING THE GAP HIM AND MITT ROMNEY.
LAST NIGHT... DURING A LIVELY DEBATE... GINGRICH REACTED STRONGLY WHEN THE MODERATOR ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE.
TODAY'S 13 WMAZ DOT COM WEB POLL ASKS...DO YOU THINK NEWT GINGRICH'S MARITAL HISTORY IS A LEGITIMATE CAMPAIGN ISSUE?
SO FAR 70 PERCENT OF YOU SAY NO
AND 30 PERCENT OF YOU SAY YES
TO VOTE NOW.. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT 13 WMAZ DOT COM.. AND LOOK FOR THE WEB POLL QUESTION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF OUR HOMEPAGE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS...ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE WILL HOST AN AIR SHOW THIS YEAR.
AND THIS ONE FEATURES...THE FAMED BLUE ANGELS.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE BASE.
THE AIR SHOW DATES....APRIL 28TH AND 29TH.
ROBINS OFFICIALS PLAN TO BRIEF COMMUNITY LEADERS ON PLANS FOR THE SHOW...NEXT MONDAY.
IF YOU PLAN ON GOING OUT TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT.. YOU MAY WANT TO SEE WHAT THE HEALTH INSPECTOR SAID WHEN THEY STOPPED BY.
STILL AHEAD... WE'LL RUNDOWN THE BEST AND WORST IN BIBB COUNTY IN THIS WEEKS RESTAURANT RATINGS.
AS WE GO TO BREAK.. HERE'S A LOOK AT TODAY'S AVERAGE GAS PRICE IN MACON ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THE WEEKEND IS HERE... AND YOU MAY BE LOOKING TO CELEBRATE WITH A DINNER OUT.
BUT BEFORE HEADING OUT THE DOOR... YOU MAY WANT TO SEE HOW YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANTS DID... WHEN THE HEALTH INSPECTOR DROPPED IN.
AMY AUBERT JOINS US WITH THIS WEEK'S RESTAURANT RATINGS.
WE'RE BACK IN BIBB COUNTY THIS WEEK...STARTING OFF WITH OUR LOWEST SCORES FIRST....
DOLCE VITA CAFE AND BAR AT 484 CHERRY STREET IN MACON... SCORED AN 87... A "B"... DROPPING FROM A 96 OR "A" LAST TIME.
THE INSPECTOR SAYS... PROPER DATE MARKING WAS NOT FOLLOWED... AND EMPLOYEES DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER RE-HEATING TEMPERATURES.
NORTHSIDE CHEERS AT 38-52 NORTHSIDE DRIVE IN MACON... GOT AN 84... THAT'S A "B"... COMING AFTER A 93 OR "A" ON THE INSPECTION BEFORE.
ACCORDING TO THE INSPECTION REPORT... FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES WERE NOT CLEANED AND SANITIZED.
IT ALSO SAYS WIPING CLOTHS WERE NOT PROPERLY USED AND STORED.
AND WAFFLE HOUSE NUMBER 40 AT 8-40 RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN MACON... SCORED AN 86... A "B"... AFTER SCORING AN 82... ANOTHER "B" LAST TIME.
THE INSPECTION REPORT SAYS FOOD WAS NOT HELD AT THE PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE AND IN-USE UTENSILS WERE NOT PROPERLY STORED.
NOW FOR A LOOK THE TOP SCORES OF THE WEEK... AND THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN SPATULA NOMINEES...
FINCHER'S BARBECUE AT 39-47 HOUSTON AVENUE IN MACON... WHIPPED UP A 99... AN "A".. FOLLOWING A PERFECT 100 LAST TIME.
NU-WAY WEINERS NUMBER 7 AT 39-90 NORTHSIDE DRIVE IN MACON... SCORED A 98... THAT'S AN "A"... COMING AFTER A PERFECT SCORE.
AND MCDONALD'S AT 59-55 ZEBULON ROAD IN MACON... SERVED UP TWO PERFECT SCORES... ON THEIR MOST RECENT INSPECTIONS.
JOIN US AGAIN TONIGHT AS WE AVERAGE OUR NOMINEES PAST FIVE SCORES TO GIVE YOU THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN SPATULA WINNER....FRANK...LEAH?
FOR ALL YOUR RESTAURANT RATINGS... CHECK OUT OUR SITE... 13 WMAZ DOT COM.
UNDER THE FEATURES TAB... YOU'LL FIND RESTAURANT RATINGS.
THE MUSEUM OF AVAITION WELCOMED THE HIGHEST SCORING "ACE" OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
RETIRED COLONEL CHARLES DEBELLEVUE (DA-BELL-VIEW) WAS ONE OF ONLY FIVE FIGHTER PILOTS IN VIETNAM WITH AT LEAST FIVE AERIAL VICTORIES.
COLONEL DEBELLEVUE FLEW AN F-FOUR PHANTOM FIGHTER... AND WAS PART OF THE 5-HUNDRED-FIFTY-FIFTH TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON... OR THE TRIPLE NICKEL.
HE BECAME AMERICA'S TOP "MIG KILLER" IN THE SEVENTIES... WITH A TOTAL OF SIX AERIAL VICTORIES.
COLONEL DEBELLEVUE RETIRED IN 1998 AFTER THIRTY YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE.
THE MUSEUM WON A STATEWIDE AWARD TODAY FOR ITS EXHIBIIT...THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN... A PROUD HERITAGE.
THAT ON THE SAME DAY THAT A MOVIE HITS THE BIG SCREEN ON THE WORLD WAR II AFRICAN AMERICAN FLYING UNIT...IT'S CALLED RED TAILS.
THE GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES... PICKED THE WARNER ROBINS EXHIBIT AS THE BEST OF THE BEST.
BOB DUBIEL... DIRECTOR OF MARKETING FOR THE MUSEUM SAYS THE EXHIBIT SHOWCASES THE YOUNG MEN WHO FOUGHT IN THE AIR FOR THEIR EQUALITY.
Bob Dubiel, Director of Marketing: "The proved that they were equal in all ways so President Truman signed a desegregation order for the Armed Forces right after the war."
GEORGE LUCAS'S RED TAILS... ABOUT THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN....IS NOW IN THEATERS.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO LEARN ABOUT THEM AT THE MUSEUM OF AVIATION... THE MUSEUM IS OPEN THREE-HUNDRED-SIXTY-TWO DAYS OUT ¤A77 3C006D006F0073003E003C006D006F007300490044003E0057004D0041005A002D00440045004B004F004D004F0053003C002F006D006F007300490044003E003C006E0063007300490044003E0057004D0041005A003C002F006E0063007300490044003E003C006D006F0073004900740065006D0045006400690074006F007200500072006F006700490044003E00440065006B006F004D004F0053002E00420072006F0077007300650072003C002F006D006F0073004900740065006D0045006400690074006F007200500072006F006700490044003E003C006D006F007300410062007300740072006100630074003E004D006F006E00690074006F00720020004C006F006F00700020004500790065005700690074006E0065007300730020004E006500770073003A003C002F006D006F007300410062007300740072006100630074003E003C006F0062006A0053006C00750067003E004D006F006E00690074006F00720020004C006F006F00700020004500790065005700690074006E0065007300730020004E006500770073003A003C002F006F0062006A0053006C00750067003E003C006F0062006A00490044003E0031003300320031003600350038003500350033003C002F006F0062006A00490044003E003C006900740065006D004300680061006E006E0065006C003E0033003C002F006900740065006D004300680061006E006E0065006C003E003C006300720065006100740065006400420079003E006500610064006F006C0070006800750073003C002F006300720065006100740065006400420079003E003C006900740065006D0045006400530074006100720074003E003C002F006900740065006D0045006400530074006100720074003E003C006900740065006D00450064004400750072003E003C002F006900740065006D00450064004400750072003E003C006D006F007300450078007400650072006E0061006C004D0065007400610064006100740061003E003C006D006F007300530063006F00700065003E0050004C00410059004C004900530054003C002F006D006F007300530063006F00700065003E003C006D006F00730053006300680065006D0061002F003E003C006D006F0073005000610079006C006F00610064003E003C00700069006E006E00610063006C0065004400650076006900630065003E00440065006B006F003C002F00700069006E006E00610063006C0065004400650076006900630065003E003C00620072006F0077007300650072005600650072003E0033002E00310030002E003700320030002E0030003C002F00620072006F0077007300650072005600650072003E003C006D0061006300680069006E0065003E0057004D0041005A002D00500052004F0044003C002F006D0061006300680069006E0065003E003C0075007300650072003E006500610064006F006C0070006800750073003C002F0075007300650072003E003C00640065006600610075006C0074005300740079006C0065003E00470033005F004E006500770073003C002F00640065006600610075006C0074005300740079006C0065003E003C00640065006B006F0044006B006F00460069006C0065003E00310031005F0050006C00610073006D00610073002F004D006F006E00690074006F00720020004C006F006F00700020004500790065005700690074006E0065007300730020004E006500770073002E0064006B006F003C002F00640065006B006F0044006B006F00460069006C0065003E003C00640065006B006F00410074007800460069006C0065003E00310031005F0050006C00610073006D00610073002F004D006F006E00690074006F00720020004C006F006F00700020004500790065005700690074006E0065007300730020004E006500770073002E0064006B006F003C002F00640065006B006F00410074007800460069006C0065003E003C00640065006B006F0044006B006F0046006F006C006400650072003E005C005C0057006D0061007A002D00640065006B006F006D006F0073005C0045005C004600540050005F0052006F006F0074005C00470033005F004E006500770073005C00540065006D0070006C0061007400650073003C002F00640065006B006F0044006B006F0046006F006C006400650072003E003C002F006D006F0073005000610079006C006F00610064003E003C002F006D006F007300450078007400650072006E0061006C004D0065007400610064006100740061003E003C006900740065006D00490044003E00330037003C002F006900740065006D00490044003E003C002F006D006F0073003E00¶
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HAVE A SAFE NIGHT EVERYONE.