Calhoun High grad who's spent 15 years as a missionary in Haiti details destruction, concerns in Facebook posts to Rome mother, family friends: Local missionary Ed Lockett has helped build a school and home in Petit Goave, about 50 miles from Port-Au-Prince. His Facebook updates to his mother, Carol Lockett of Rome, and others say the school is damaged but standing. But his concerns are over what comes next as food and water run short, and crime spreads throughout the ravaged nation> Haiti
-View several dozen aftermath photos taken by Lockett
-Information on how you can help with recovery efforts there.
-6.1 magnitude aftershock shakes Port-Au-Prince today> CNN
Weather service/Flooding possible as 2-3 inches of rain forecast:
The National Weather Service's "hydrological outlook" says two to three inches of rain is possible, which could trigger flooding because the ground already is saturated. Details Updates all day from Hometown. Also: Latest forecast:
-Today: 60% chance of showers, mainly after 1 p.m. High near 58.
-Tonight: 100% chance of showers. Low around 50. Rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
-Thursday: 90% chance of showers, possibly a thunderstorm. High near 61.Gusts to 15 mph. Rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
-Thursday night: 30% chance of showers, thunderstorms by 1 a.m., low of 45.
-Extended forecast> Click / Regional radar
Thursday update on $13M-$14M tennis proposal; key question: who pays?
-A media briefing designed to update the community on the proposed 74-court tennis center off the new Armuchee Connector has been organized by a "joint partnership" of Rome, Floyd County, Convention and Visitors Bureau, chamber and Berry College representatives. The meeting is set for 11 a.m. Thursday at The Forum.
-One estimate from Berry puts the overall project price at $13 million to $14 million--including the 30 acres. It would include 14 "quick-start" courts for youth, clubhouse.
-The key item to watch: who pays for the project. A SPLOST option is off the table, at least for now, as local voters just approved a 2009 project list worth more than $42 million.
-State funds in play? In a recent interview with Hometown Headlines, state Rep. Katie Dempsey said, " I am also excited about the potential of the regional tennis center. I have already been working on that and speaking with House Appropriations Chairman Ben Harbin and other members of state leadership." Any state commitment would come under scrutiny because of the continuing budget shortfalls and Gov. Sonny Perdue's announcement of new education cuts (click AJC).
-Up next: Thursday's briefing comes a week before an executive with the U.S. Tennis Association is to deliver the keynote address at the chamber's annual meeting (chamber); the tennis proposal has earned early support from the USTA.
Wednesday's Buzz:
-Cartersville's Anheuser-Busch sending 600,000 cans of water to Haiti> Click
-Gingrey quickly sends congrats to Mass. senator-elect Brown: Within minutes of news of Scott Brown's election, U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey was on Facebook sending congratulations his way> Click
-Gingrey, GOP Doctors Caucus to examine healthcare bills: On Thursday at 9 a.m., the GOP Doctors Caucus will host the first public open hearing on the House and Senate health care bills now before Congress. U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey co-chairs the caucus> Doctors
-Sophomore Hannah Freeman named 2010 Miss Shorter College> Campus
-Lanes on I-75 in Catoosa to close Wednesday, Thursday for repairs: The Georgia Department of Transportation is advising motorists in Northwest Georgia of lane closures on I-75 between Exits 345 and 348, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. The right lane of I-75 northbound between mile markers 347 and 348, and the left lane of the interstate southbound between mile posts 344.2 and 345 will be closed Wednesday from 1:30 until 5 p. m., to allow the department's maintenance crews to work on repairing deteriorating asphalt patches. The two left southbound lanes of the Interstate between mile markers 346 and 347.4 will also be closed for maintenance work on Thursday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. www.511ga.org
-Erasing the Color Line exhibit at Oak Hill in February: Oak Hill and The Martha Berry Museum will present Erasing the Color Line, an exhibition detailing the story of integration at Berry College, throughout the month of February. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for students/children. There is no charge for admission for children ages 6 and under. In the fall of 1964, Berry accepted three black students. It was, as President John Bertrand stated, "better to face change and to get on with the job at hand than to be caught in a web of floundering resistance." At a time when schools across the South were wracked by violence and dissent, Berry transitioned from its roots as a school for "poor, Anglo-Saxon children" to an integrated institution quietly and peacefully. Click www.berry.edu/oakhill.
-Tickets on sale for the Rome-Floyd Sports Hall of Fame dinner> Click
Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable> Arey
-Right to bear arms is getting expensive; Sarah Palin will run (at Daytona).
Dining Guide> Click
-Latest restaurant public health inspection scores for Northwest Georgia
Wine News Vine> Click
-Chocolate, wine highlight February events at N. Georgia wineries.
Downtown Headlines> Downtown
-What's ahead in downtown Rome.
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