The Daily Sentinel from Scottsboro, Alabama (2024)

September 23, 1993

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The Daily Sentineli

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Scottsboro, Alabama

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Thursday, September 23, 1993

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1

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'CATS BEAT AGGIES 5 Thursday September 23 1993 co I 5 CI 2 Daily a Sentinel Pisgah pursuing federal funding By STEPHEN JONES Sentinel Staff The Pisgah City Council approved application for a federal grant to hire another police offic er at Monday meeting said City Clerk Jean Starkey Wednesday The city would be required to pay 25 percent of the sal ary by the matching funds grant according to Mayor Robert Smith Part of President crime package the grant was available to all local 'Municipalities Though the deadline for appli cation is Oct 15 Smith said the city has two shots at receiving the grant hope we can get in on it in the first he said we can reapply for the second" The second selection process will occur about a month after the first he said is a pretty good Hung it would really help Smith said In other business the City Council discussed looking into a leash law in response to a report of wild Hogs seen in the govern ment housing project on Metcalf Street Starkey said The council plans to see how such an ordinance has benefited other communities Smith said waa to get with other municipalities to see if they have anything we could use to develop one if what people he said The council also discussed developing a policy and proce dures manual for the city wMhkrtui i JKW Sentinel Photo By Jolt Heneon Massive manhunt Huntsville Police Department Canine Officer Dwight Hasty lets Zeke lead the way as they help search for an elusive car thief Wednesday at the foot of the northeast side of Grant Mountain High speed chase leads to massive hunt By PEGGY Sentinel Staff Authorities from various law enforcement agencies in Jackson and Madison counties combed the northeast end of Grant Moun tain Wednesday looking for a man who stole a Chevrolet Corvette in Huntsville and later abandoned it outside Scottsboro after a high speed chase At press time Wednesday night the man had not been found Authorities had been searching for him since approxi mately 7:30 am Participating in the search were officials from the Scottsboro Police Department Jackson County Sheriffs Department Madison County Department Huntsville Police Department State Huntsville office and Game and ish Department According to reports the white Corvette was stolen as a woman was leaving a residence in Huntsville early Wednesday The woman started to back out of the driveway and stopped so she could get out and put some mail in the mailbox As the woman was walking back to the car she reportedly saw a man climb into the seat Authorities said the woman ran to the passenger side of the car opened the door and yelled at the man as he backed the vehicle out of the driveway The woman was able to retrieve her purse before the suspect took off with the car according to reports Scottsboro police were first contacted about the incident around 7 am and were told the suspect may be heading in their direction on Highway 72 Offic ers responded to the call and were heading west on the highway in Scottsboro Police jurisdiction outside the city limits when they observed the vehicle pass them on the other side of the road as it was heading in the opposite direction Police immediately turned around and began pursuing the man around 7:20 am According to reports the suspect was travel ing 120 miles per hour on High way 72 at one point in the chase The officer who was pursuing the suspect briefly lost sight of the Corvette according to reports The vehicle was later located at 7:35 am on a remote dirt road in a wooded area off County Road 112 The suspect however was nowhere in sight Authorities then began a thor ough search of the area using a helicopter and the Huntsville Police canine unit At the height of the search around 30 to 40 men were combing the area The suspect is described as a black man standing and weighing 170 pounds having short close cut hair and sporting a gold tooth He was wearing a brown leather jacket Although the Huntsville Police Department pulled out of the search Wednesday afternoon local authorities were planning to continue looking for the man throughout the night if necessary just going to have to ride the roads right now hoping he might go out on the said Chuck Phillips chief investigator with the Jackson County Sheriffs Department now we just know where at We feel like still in an area waiting on darkness long as we feel in the area going to keep look Phillips said State hearing set for hospital expansion A thorough manual Starkey said would be useful for insur ance purposes After examining the Jackson County Department manual Smith said the council hopes to compile one to cover Pisgah police officers and other city employees have a small one now but we want to come up with one good for several years without someone having to go back through he said The council also heard from James Garland and John Gant Garland requested annexation into the city and an extension of water lines for a subdivision be is developing The council agreed to will officially get under way proceedings to annex the land and By PEGGY Sentinel Staff Care Authority operations Jim Mason chief executive officer for the Jackson County Healthcare Authority said the firm will work with the project engineers better assure a func tional and cost effective design and The board also approved a budget for operating and capital expenses for the 1993 94 fiscal year or the first time ever the board approved a corporate wide budget as opposed to separate budgets for each entity Mason said the budget allows nearly $29 million $28989 million to be specific for oper ating expenses because of a moratorium Gov Jim olsom had placed on hospi tal and nursing home projects But that is no longer a threat since the moratorium expired Sept 1 according to hospital controller Bill Latham The expansion plans moved another step closer to reality Tuesday when the board of direc tors approved contracting the Robins and Morton Group in Bir mingham to provide construction management services for the job The Robins and Morton Group has handled all the recent major construction projects for Hunts ville Hospital Guntersville Arab Hospital and Boaz Albertville Hospital all of which are Health Mason said only half jokingly But Mason said the authority will continue to pursue other debts owed to them outside of the charity care status still have a lot of bad debts We pursue he said documenting charity care we end up saving money (by) not pursuing the The board also held its officer elections Tuesday Neal Bryant Jr was once again elected board chairman while Tun Stringer was elected vice chairman Stringer had previously served as secretary treasurer That posi tion will now be filled by Mike Vickers Mason also noted that the authority doing a better of documenting charity care at the time of service Such care is pro vided to those who adequately document their poverty status according to federal guidelines Mason said the authority expects to have a charity deduc tion total of $138 million for the 1992 93 fiscal year ending Sept 30 but noted the 1992 93 proper ty tax revenues will total to only $510000 Because it has been documented as charity care Mason said the authority will not pursue collections of the $138 million give a lot more than we The Jackson County Health Care Authority will go to Mont gomery in January for a hearing before the state Health Planning and Development Administration in the hopes of securing a certifi cate of need for the Jackson County Hospital expansion project The certificate will serve as the green light for die expan sion project Once state approval is obtained the expansion project The authority was previously accommodate it into the water concerned the expansion project system could be delayed by 60 to 90 days together would fall under the same police jurisidiction going to see if we can get them to go in with Rau said In return for extending law Woodville aims to offer one paid police position By STEPHEN JONES Sentinel Staff The Woodville City Council is looking to two neighboring com munities for assistance in re lion Mayor Jim Rau said enforcement into the other two Wednesday communities Woodville would On Aug 3 the council voted to rcivc 530? terminate the full time Spnngs and Paint Rock The law enforcement position remaining $400 would be paid by because of a financial crisis that Woodville Rau said left the city about $73000 in debt The mayor said he believes the City Council is hoping the city can cut corners to pay its por communities of Three Springs tion of the bill and Paint Rock can lend a hand in During the almost two months financing a re establishment of without a full time officer the position Rau said Reserve Officers Scotty Baugh Paying $1000 a month for the and Anthony Beal have provided salary the three cities protection for the town Carrick: School buses are safe By STEPHEN JONES Sentinel Staff After two separate school bus' accidents in Jackson County within the previous week some may be wondering why buses equipped with passenger safety belts While safety belts may save lives in other vehicles they improve the chances for escaping injury in school buses according to Scottsboro City Schools Super intendent Charles Carrick is a different matter to understand school buses are Carrick said School buses according to Carrick are the safest means of transportation Since 1977 the national average for students killed on a school bus has been 15 National Health Traffic Safe ty Administration statistics show The risk involved for students riding in other vehicles is much greater In 1989 alone according to the NHTSA more than 5200 child ren died from wrecks involving motor vehicles besides school buses Citing statistics released by the NHTSA Carrick said more emphasis should be placed on safety outside the bus rather than belts according to NHTSA might be better spent for equip ment outside the bus now are equipped with strobes on top to give better visi bility which helps when fog and with back up he said The emphasis for interior safe ty according to Carrick is compartmentalization A plan developed to surround students with safety features compartmentalization calls for strong well padded seats that are anchored securely and spaced closely NHTSA and other satety inside the greatest amount of care needs to be exercised is the area around the school he said atalities for pedestrians students struck by the bus itself or another vehicle average about 38 annually more than twice the number of students killed inside a bus Money designated for safety groups advocate compartmentali he said creates envelopes in which the children are so to speak Com partmentalization is more effec tive for ensuring student Weather A weather was drawn by Ashley Guthrie 7 of Umrock The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms Index Abby Page 4 Amusem*nts Page 6 Classified Page 7 Community Calendar Page 3 Page 4 Mmi Page 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