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www.MyMCR.net Vol. 5ONo. 8 USPS 997-840
4 Sections 32 Pages Wednesday o February 21,2018
Still Just $1 In Racks, But only 67 cents for Home Delivery
BOE: Substitute teacher with 2005 molestationconviction is no danger to kids
STEWART
The Reporter has learned confidence in his ability not The teacher's name is a criminal record. He did
that a new substitute teach- to be a problem. Javis Jabon Stewart. Born not serve time in prison and
er in Monroe County schools Wee were aware there's in 1983, he was convicted of was not considered a preda-
has a 2005 conviction for an issue," said assistantaggravated child molesta- tor. He now lives in Monroe
aggravated child molesta- superintendent Jackson tion in Bibb County on July County and was listed as a
tion, but school officials say Daniel. "It did show up on 20, 2005 under the first
the teacher is eligible to his record. We vetted it and offender program, which
work and, apparently, have he is eligible." means he no longer carries See SUBSTITUTE, Page 6A
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Every year or two, the Repo eMooks at how our tax dollars are used to paytop nnel withthe Monroe . lr
County school stemi the Monroe County government and the city of Fors h. e in rmation provided
the entities listed. None of these pay amodnts includ~ t~ cost of health
other benefits.
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Funera home
. owner a quiet
Elliot Chambliss~ {B~IIOn Chief/FF ~ : ;$~}0 ,: i:!, 1 I /
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lello ' ' :-.7:.~ .- ByD,aneGhdewel,
Ronald Evans - Jailer : $76561 ~: I ::. ~ ~:.: ,~e~<~t~>= ~ .~>;, >:~, ~.~,~ .
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.etbSlau~r~Ea~ainSuppo;tServices .: :' ~71:~3: I I~nw" ":i:= '- '~'[!: ~'$~"" Freaem?nSr a
]eff'~o ~i~,: :7 "~sT ~:'$'~1~'~ / ":-:~b~rcyD.Hu't't~is-Dit. fStudentSer~::L~~+$1214" - 2
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Yellow . v,c away on Feb
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to the Faznlly
Kristen Lowry
$63,907
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Wesley Jackson - Fire
Battalion Chief ; J : SS2,Y07[.
Jeff Cot~y- ~opFil'eman! $4g~047
RayWhite - Maintenance Stlpervisor ;~ ? 547,934
6a ! SU e is r
Enforceme~ O~r $38i171
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84 after a very FREEMAN
brief illness.
He served the
Forsyth area as owner, direc-
tor and operator of Freeman
Funeral Home, which is now at
26 Brentwood Street, for over 65
years. He also extended a helpmg
hand to support local churches,
See FREEMAN Page 6A
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
OF THE WEEK
n Ambrose
Gary McNaughton Powell
James Freeman Sr.
MCRVENT. 3A
Opinion & Letters 4A
Sports 5C
Community Calendar. 8D
Church News 8C
Public Record 7D
Classified ID
Dexter King = cbuncil Memb~ii',> ~ $10,045
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Busi
The Monroe County Reporter
will honor the county's
Businessman of the Year later
this month, and we're looking for
your nominations.
The Reporter publishes its
Men at Work special edition
each February and honors the
Businessman of the Year on the
cover and with a feature story.
Past winners include Greg Head
of Head Heating and Air, Ken
Davis of Davis Plumbing, J.C.
Starr of Starr Heating and Air
and Mike Dodd of Dodd Builders
Supply. Send your nominations
of up to 500 words to publisher@
mymcr.net by 5 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 22, or fax to 994-2359 or
drop by the Reporter office.
