F 94�01 S67�| O Complete weather 0� information on 2A SClassified -92B Comics .. 7B U Crossword ---- Q National -10-11A - Obituaries -7A Opinion --. 6A Z Sports - 1-4B - J.C.Life.---.-3A 2 Sections, 24 Pages Volume 87 - Number 187 Looking for work? We've got 8 job listings for you in today's classified. A MEDIA GENERAL NEWSPAPER -_ . Cm 2 JobSeq 76 PkgSeq 002 S***********ALL FOR ADC 320 LIB-ANRY OF FLORIDA HISTORY GIEIPO BOX 117007 GAINESVILLE FL 326 1--7007 rLUKIK~- \ Victim identified in fatal crash BY MORGAN CARLSON FLORIDAN STAFF WRITER One person is dead after a three-vehicle crash at River Road and Sherry Street in Sneads. The accident occurred around 2:45 p.m. Friday. '' . The driver of one of the vehicles, Kayla Rabon, 17, a senior at '. Sneads High School, JCaVORIDAN.COM was air-lifted to Tallahassee Memorial For more on Hospital with possi- this story, go to ble head injuries, jcfloridan.com. according to Florida High Patrol officials at the scene. Rabon's injuries were serious, accord- ing to a report from the highway patrol. *Rabon was wearing a seatbelt. A Ford SUV driven by Rabon was trav- eling north'on River Road and crossed the middle lane in an attempt to avoid hitting a Toyota SUV. The Toyota SUV was stopped in the northbound lane of River Road due to traffic, according to the high- way patrol accident report. The Excursion then collided head-on with a black Toyota Yaris traveling south. The driver of the Yaris, Dianne McCoy, See FATAL, Page 7A > One person was killed and another transported to Tallahassee by,helicopter following a three vehicle accident on River Road in Sneads Friday. - Mark Skinner / Floridan Family takes infant's condition day by day warrant BY DEBORAH BUCKHALTER " the arteries and veins and capillaries (which sweep FLORIDAN STAFFWRITER would slow it), and the pressure-oming back I I AS R. to the heart is too much." IOres lt I Every moment of life is a celebration for the parents of fwo-week-old Owen Wesley Ward. Seven weeks before their first-born came into the world, his pareni-t learned he had a very serious prob- lem. An ultrasound revealed the he had a rare type of brain aneurysm. It's. known as vein of Galen aneurysm. The vein of Galen Parents Support Group website describes it as an abnormality which occurs during embryonic development "and- results in abnormal communica- .tions between the arteries and the veins in the blood vessels of the developing brain." According to the website, the capillaries which normally con- nect arteries to veins are missing. Vein of Galen malformations lack capillaries, so blood flow can be fast This makes the heart work harder According to the website, blood drainage moves towards a single, vein. which becomes markedly enlarged, cre- ating an aneurysm. "The result can be heart failure," -he % eb- iite noted. The news turned the world upside do' n for Jerica and Ed Ward. The next seven %\eek.s were fraught with worry, and they would ha.ve one brief respite before the situation turned critical again. Their son was born on Labor Day, full term and at a good weight of 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Things were fine the first day, but took a turn for the worse.on the second. His heart started failing, and a team of neurosurgeons and cardiologists have been working to keep him alive since then. Jackson County unemployment Ch increases STAFF REPORT The Chamb Florida and Jackson County's hosting unemployment rates both went local c up by 0.2 percentage points from others July to August. invited. Jackson County's unemploy- The ment rate for August was 9 per- informal cent, up from 8.8 percent in July the trip and 7.9 percent in August 2009. 5:30 p Florida's seasonally adjusted Park,. unemployment rate in August release was 11.7 percent, up from 11.5 The percent in July. This represents county 1.08 million jobless, out of a the cu labor force of 9.23 million peo- China, ple, according to a release from hand th the Chipola Regional Workforce ing role Board. market] Florida's total non-agricultural release. employment in August was 7.23 Flori million, which represented a states e mercna ,. ' ".. ,- - Jerica and Ed Ward are seen with their baby Owen Wesley Ward at the hospital in Gainesville. - Contributed Photo Owen's mother talked further about what is happening to her son. . "The brain overworks the heart," she said. "The blood leaves the heart and rushes through the aneurysm; it doesn't go through The blood is also not going to the lungs and other organs the way it is supposed to, she said. When Owen was four days old, doc- tors entered a pathway through the groin this brain and put coils in his brain to reroute the blood where they want it to go, hoping it would con- trol the blood pressure a bit more. It worked for a day, then the pressure rose again last Monday. They did a second surgery, and Owen. has been stable since. Tuesday, but remains in very crit- ical 'condition. He's on a heart medication that seems to be ". reducing the size of his enlarged . heart, a good sign that his parents' .x;,: cling to in his tenuous, moment- by-moment struggle to live. They spend their days at the hos- pital in Gainesville, singing to him, ' reading to him and praying. He's' hooked up to so much machinery they can't hold him in their arms. But the couple remains optimistic in the Lace of difficult odds. H is mother said the medical team is say- ing the aneurysm is the largest they've seen in a bab\. Jerica said the gravity of their situation was made clear by a nurse who chose to be trankl] honest with her last Monday, when Owen's chances of survival were in serious doubt. "We really didn't know if he was going to live Monday, and I asked his nurse if they've seen worse cases where the baby came through," Jerica said. "She said, 'We haven't seen a worse case.'" See FAMILY, Page 7A > amber wants you to go to China STAFF REPORT Jackson County er of Commerce is a a trip to China, and chamber members and in the community are chamber is holding an national, meeting about on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at .m. at Citizens Lodge, according to a press from the chamber. goals of the trip is for residents to learn about stoms and history of and also witness first- e economy and expand- e of China in the global place, according to the da ranks 19th among xporting to China, with ndise exports worth The Great Wall of China had a coat of snow during the Kimbrough's visit in March 2010 as part of an international chamber delegation. - Contributed Photo more than $1 billion, according China include waste and scrap, to Dale Brill, president of the chemicals, and consumer and Florida Chamber Foundation. Florida's main exports to See CHINA, Page 7A O two arrests STAFF REPORT A warrant sweep by multiple state and .local law enforcement agen- cies resulted in the arrest of two Marianna residents Michael Thursday. James The sweep took place in the Milton Avenue area, at the .Marianna Garden Apartments and the Witherspoon Apartments, according to a Michael press release from Bryant the Marianna Police Departinent. Michael James, 18, of 2920 Harrison St. in Marianna, was arrested for. violation of state pro- bation. Michael Bryant, 21, of 5845 Blocker Road in Marianna, was arrested for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, posses- sion of marijuana and resisting arrest with violence. Bryant was observed fleeing the Milton Avenue area in a vehi- cle as law enforcement officers arrived, according to the news release. A short pursuit for approxi- mately 300 yards ensued before Bryant was stopped. Bryant allegedly repeatedly failed to fol- low officer's instructions to 'remove his hands from his pock- ets. Officers moved to pat Bryant down, and Bryant allegedly began to fight the officers in an See WARRANT, Page 7A > Lane closed on 231 near Cottondale STAFF REPORT The northbound, outside lane of U.S. Highway 231 in down- town Cottondale will be closed this week, starting Monday. The closure will be from Hickory Street to U.S. Highway 90, according to a press release from the Florida Department of Transportation. Crews will be repairing the sidewalk along the road. Motorists are asked to use caution while traveling through the area, according to the release. This Newspaper Is Printed On Recycled I Newsprint 7-I-65161 80I10 0 Follow us Facebook Twittler TEAM RAHALIMILLER Marc Garcia Curtis Rogers Jimmy Parris Mi. 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