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Local Man
Accused Of
Child Molestation
Two Injured In
New Franklin Road Crash
Tommy Murphy
Staff Writer
Two women were injured
in a two car collision at the
intersection of New Franklin
Road and Fourth Mimosa
Terrace in LaGrange Friday
afternoon.
Just after 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, emergency personnel responded New Franklin
Road, near the Burger King,
in reference to an automobile accident with injuries.
According to the Patrol-
man Ley Wynn, of the LaGrange Police Department,
a grey Dodge Avenger was
traveling north on New
Franklin Road when it collided with a green Chevrolet
Lumina that was attempting
to turn left onto New Franklin
Road from Mimosa Terrace.
By the time police arrived,
paramedics were already
treating the female driver of
the Dodge, who only sustained minor injuries. Police
were however, unable to speak
to the driver of the Chevrolet, who was trapped in the
vehicle.
The 79-year-old driver of
the Chevrolet had to be extricated via the Jaws of Life
by the LaGrange Fire Department and was later airlifted to the Atlanta Medical
Center for possible serious
injuries.
In the meantime, police
were able to speak with the
driver of the Dodge, who
stated the other vehicle pulled
out in front of her and she
did not have time to even try
to avoid the collision.
Witnesses at the scene also
advised police that the Chevrolet pulled out in front of the
other vehicle, which had no
way to avoid the accident.
Both vehicles sustained significant damage and had to
be towed from the scene.
Police do not believe alcohol was a factor for either of
the drivers, who were also
both wearing seat belts.
Tommy Murphy
Staff Writer
Sheriff ’s Investigators
have arrested a local man
who is accused of child molestation.
Saturday afternoon, Investigators with the Troup
County Sheriff ’s Office
Special Victims Unit arrested Earnest Dean Reese,
of LaGrange, after an investigation revealed evidence
indicating he sexually assaulted a five-year-old child.
Due to the circumstances
of the alleged incident, further details are being withheld at this time.
Reese, age 54, was arrested and booked into the
Troup County Jail where he
Earnest Dean Reese
has been charged with one
count of Incest.
According to Sheriff’s Investigators, additional charges
are pending.
Reese is currently being
held at the Troup County
Jail under $25,000 bond.
Sheriff’s Investigators
Uncover Gun Theft Scheme
John Abbott
Malcolm Dowell
Tommy Murphy
Staff Writer
Troup County Sheriff’s
Deputies have arrested
three men and are seeking
two more, as a result of information uncovered about
a scheme to steal several
guns from a Troup County
Giles McNeace
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CRCT Scores Highlight
Successes And Challenges
The results are in and
teachers and administrators
go to work until school
starts in August, by reviewing the details that are incorporated in the results of
the Criterion-Referenced
Competency Tests (CRCT)
Scores.
Along with percentages
showing how Troup County
reflects with the State, the
results also show Trends,
which are previous years of
children but the same grade
level, and Cohorts, which
are the same children just
two years in a row.
This shows not only how
the students in each grade
progressed during the past
year, but also how the same
students are either improving from year to year.
Reading- Third Grade 90.5 percent of the students
system wide met or exceeded standards, with five
of our elementary schools
exceeding even the state
standard of 92.3 percent.
No big gains or big losses
in percentage points, the
percentage stayed steady
for the last four years in
Third grade Trend.
Fourth Grade - 93.5 percent of students system
wide met or exceeded standards with two of our
schools, Hillcrest and
Rosemont receiving 100
percent. The state standard
was 93.6 percent. In the
2011 Trend, Fourth grade
was at 88 percent; in 2014
they are up to 94 percent.
Fifth Grade - Seven
schools were above the
States Meets and Exceeds
of 94.8 percent with a 95.1
percentage for the System.
Fifth Grade Cohort shows a
steady upward trend.
Sixth Grade - Only one
school beat the States 97.2
percentage but all of our
schools were over 94 percent. Sixth Grade Cohort
shows the percentage is
steadily moving up.
Seventh Grade - All
schools were over 91 percent even though they did
not meet the States Meets
and Exceeds of 94.7 percent. There were no big
gaps between the State and
Troup County even though
the Cohort did show a
slight drop from 2013.
Eighth Grade - 96 percent of the students system
wide met or exceeded standards with the state at 97
percent. Same children went
from 92 percent in 2011 to
96 percent in 2014.
Mathematics - Third Grade
- Hillcrest, Rosemont, and
Hollis Hand Met and Exceeded the States 80.7 percent, by more than 15
percentage points with the
System receiving only 78.3
percent. The Trend showed
a slight drop which will be
looked at this summer.
Fourth Grade - Four
schools were above the States
81.7 percent and the System at 79.5 percent. Cohort
L-R: Daniel T. Hendrix, Randy Nix, Mary Anne Lanier, Harriet Langford, Phil Langford,
Wendell Hadden, John Lanier.
Ray C. Anderson Memorial Highway Sign Is Dedicated
On Monday, July 21,
2014, the Ray C. Anderson
Memorial Highway sign
was dedicated in memory of
Ray C. Anderson. With the
efforts of representatives
from the Ray C. Anderson
Foundation and Interface,
Inc., State Representative
Randy Nix was able to ob>>> Continued on Page 5 >>>
tain approval of 16 miles of
I-85 from Exit 18 to Exit 2
to commemorate the legacy
of Mr. Anderson.
Mr. Anderson was the
f ounder of one of t he
world’s largest carpet tile
manufacturers and world
leader in sustainable manufacturing, Interface, Inc.
Ms. Langford commented
that they are excited to be a
part of this memorial to
commemorate the efforts of
a great business man, pioneer in the carpet manufacturing industry, and great
family man.
Present at the dedication
were: Mr. Anderson’s daughters and Trustees of the Ray
C. Anderson Foundation,
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Obituaries ........................ 2 Clip & Save ...................... 6 Church Calendar ................... 8 Sports ........................ B1-B3
Weather ............................ 4 Police Reports ................... 7 TV Guide .......................... 9 Classifieds ....................... B4
Troup County News
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - Page 5
CRCT Scores Highlight Successes And Challenges
Continued from Front Page.
and Trend dipped slightly
and will be reviewed.
Fifth Grade - Ten schools
exceeded the States 87.7
percent with eight schools
in the 90’s. The System exceeded the State with 91.2
percent. Cohort shows
steady progress moving up.
Sixth Grade - 82.6 percent of the students system
wide met or exceeded standards, with Callaway Middle at 84.2 percent, beating
the State at 84.1 percent.
Sixth Grade Trend shows a
steady increase.
Seventh Grade - All
schools were really close to
the states 87.6 percent with
our System at 88.3 percent.
Seventh Grade Cohort
shows Troup County following the State in ups and
down percentages.
Eighth Grade - The System 81.8 percent was higher
than the State 81.5 percent.
The Trend shows steady
improvement with the Cohort showing that work is
still needed.
English/Language Arts Third Grade - The System
was close at 87 percent to
the State’s 88.5 percent.
Hollis Hand, Hillcrest and
Callaway Elementary were
all over 90 percent, with
Rosemont at 98.7 percent.
The Trend shows a slight
decline and will be reviewed.
Fourth Grade - The System was at 87.1 percent and
the State at 88.7 percent.
Four of our schools exceeded 90 percent. Fourth
Grade Cohort was steady at
87 percent.
Fifth Grade - Ethel Kight,
Rosemont, Hollis Hand,
West Point, Long Cane and
Mountville all received
over the Systems 96.7 percent and Berta Weathersbee, Franklin Forest,
Callaway Elementary and
Hogansville Elementary all
exceeded the State at 94.7
percent.
Sixth Grade - The State
at 91.8 percent exceeds all
State of 77.9 percent and
Long Cane exceeded the
System at 75.3 percent. The
Trend shows a jump from
64 percent in 2011 to 75
percent in 2014.
Social Studies - Third
Grade - Five schools exceed the State at 83.7 percent and the System at 82.1
percent. The Trend showed
a slight dip in percentage.
Fourth Grade - Six schools
exceeded the State at 80.9
percent and the System at
78.3 percent. The Trend
shows percentages are
holding steady and the Cohort shows a two percent
improvement over 2013.
Fifth Grade - Ten schools
exceeded the State at 80.7
percent and eight exceeded
the System at 84.3 percent.
Rosemont, West Point, and
Long Cane exceeded 90
percent. The Trend and Cohort shows a slight downward movement in
percentages which will be
reviewed this summer.
Sixth Grade - The System at 80.5 percent was
close to the State 79.8 percent. The Trend was showing a steady course.
Seventh Grade - The
State at 83.5 percent was
higher than the System at
77.8 percent. The Trend
shows an upward move
from 76 percent in 2011 to
78 percent in 2014.
Eighth Grade - Long
Cane exceeded the State at
80.6 percent and Garner
Newman exceeded the System of 77.6 percent. The
Trend shows an improvement from 2011 of 72 percent to 2014 of 78 percent.
Karen Cagle Assistant
Superintendent of Curriculum stated, “This is service
data, as Jobeth Lanier said,
behind all of these numbers
are kids, we look at separate data because those are
kids and we need to continue to work forward, it’s
not just about Meets and
Exceeds.”
of the schools in our System at 89.8 percent and will
be reviewed over the summer. This seems to be following the States Trend and
is a difference never more
than two percent.
Seventh Grade - State
was at 93.9 percent and our
system came in at 91 percent. The Trend shows a
bump up from last year but
lower than in 2011 of 92
percent.
Eight Grade - Long Cane
and Callaway Middle were
above the State at 94.5 percent and our System came
in exactly the same with
94.5 percent. The Trend
shows pretty steady growth
and the Cohort is up one
percent from 2011.
Science - Third Grade Five Schools were above
the State at 77.1 percent
with the System at 73.6
percent. The Trend shows a
downward move that will
be reviewed.
Fourth Grade - Six schools
were above the State at
80.9 percent with two over
91 percent. The System was
78.3 percent, with the Cohort moving from 74percent in 2013 to 79 percent
in 2014.
Fifth Grade - Nine Schools
were above the State at
81.90 percent and our System coming in at 83.7 percent. The Trend shows
improvement from 78 percent in 2011 to 84 percent
in 2014 and the Cohort
moved up five percent
since 2012.
Sixth Grade - The System at 77.9 percent had two
schools above the State at
75.1 percent. The Trend
shows steady growth upward.
Seventh Grade - The State
at 84.2 percent was higher
than our System at 78.9
percent. The Trend shows a
slight dip and will be reviewed.
Eighth Grade - Gardner
Newman exceeded the
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