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Our 145th Year,


Number 20


Friday, January 1, 2010


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Pilgrim's Pride Exits Bankruptcy


 Cowboys
 Win
 Holiday
Tournament
 Pane 9


Masons Install Officers
 Page 4

 Missing

Teenager

 Found
By Jacob Bembry
Greene Publishing, Inc.
 A 14-year-old boy re-
ported missing by his
mother was found with
his father in Orlando.
 Fernando Clavell, a
student at LATMA Acad-
emy, had not been seen
since Wednesday, Dec. 16,
after an argument with
his mother. He was last
seen headed east from
LATMA.
 According to Madi-
son County Sheriff's Of-
fice Inv. Sharon
Shadrick, "Fernando
 Scontact-
 ed his
 father
 in Or-
 lando,
 w h o
 came
 and
 f picked
 Fernando him up.
 Clavell Accord-
 ing to
court papers the father
provided, this is an ongo-
ing custody battle with
the parents. We did talk
with the father and ad-
vised him he should have
contacted us to let us
know the welfare of his
son. There are no
charges at this time
against the father. At the
time children are report-
ed missing, we never
know until future inves-
tigations whether a child
has been abducted or it
becomes a custody issue.
Luckily, this case was
custody "
 On behalf of the
Sheriff's Office, Shadrick
thanked this newspaper
for coverage of the miss-
ing child.
 "Thank you for your
news coverage," Shadrick
said. "Our department
really appreciates the
coverage you gave in this
case."


 On Dec. 28, Pilgrim's
Pride formally announced it
had exited bankruptcy. The
Pittsburg, Texas, based meat
producer will now become
part of the largest producer in
the world, as it joins the other
operations of Brazilian beef
giant, JBS.
 Local employees and pro-
ducers await the effects of the
change. Meanwhile investors
are celebrating, as the stock


traded midday at over $10 per
share. At this time last year,
the stock traded as low as $0.14
per share, which means that a
$14,000 stock purchase at that
time would be worth over
$1,000,000 at its inter day high
of $10.49 per share.
 Pilgrim's Pride, trading
under the stock symbol PPC,
filed for bankruptcy protec-
tion late last year in response
to an insurmountable debt


load, accompanied by low
chicken prices and rising feed
costs.
 According to initial re-
ports, the reorganization plan
calls for selling a majority
stake in the company to
Brazilian beef giant JBS,
which is also slated to buy
Bertin SA. This will make the
combined operation the top
meat producer in the world.
 Another impressive part


of the company's emergence
from bankruptcy is it will re-
pay all its creditors in full and
distribute new shares to cur-
rent holders. The deal is val-
ued at $2.8 billion.
 Producers and employees
working with Pilgrim's Pride
in Live Oak appear patiently
optimistic that a full recovery
will follow, hopefully bringing
back employees and producers
who were cut loose last year.


Burned Remains


 Identified
 Body was burned and dumped
 in Madison County
By Jacob Bembry
Greene Publishing, Inc.
 The Georgia Bureau of In-
vestigation has positively identi-
fied the remains of a man found
burned in Madison County on

 The GBI has confirmed the
remains of the man to be Travis
Sauls, 24. Sauls was killed in
Berrien County, Ga. and his John D.Woods
body was burned on a road just Arrested for
west of State Road 53 and south murder
of Interstate 10.
 Within hours of the body's discovery, John D.
Woods, a 36-year-old white male resident of Ray City,
Ga., was identified as a potential suspect in the
homicide.
 According to an earlier report published in the
Oct. 7 edition of The Madison County Carrier:
 A telephone call to the Madison County Sher-
iff's Office on the evening of Friday, Oct. 2, resulted
in a two-state homicide investigation.
 According to the Sheriff's Office, the caller re-
ported finding what appeared to be charred human
skeletal remains. Sgt. Randy Jansch responded to
the location, west of Highway 53 and south of Inter-
state 10 in Madison County
 Jansch called Capt. Mark W Joost, the Chief In-
vestigator for the Sheriff's Office, to assist at the
scene.
 Sheriff Ben Stewart, Chief Deputy Epp
Richardson, Sgt. Inv. Tina DeMotsis and Bill Pfeil,
Special Investigator for the Florida Department of
Law Enforcement (FDLE), also responded to the
scene.
 Capt. Joost was the lead investigator in this in-
vestigation for the Sheriff's Office. Special Agent
Pfeil is assisted him.
 Within hours, John D. Woods, a 36-year-old
white male resident of Ray City, Ga., was identified
as a potential suspect in the homicide.
 On Saturday, Oct. 3, Woods surrendered to the
Berrien County Sheriff's Office in Nashville, Ga.
 The subsequent investigation revealed that on
the previous Monday, Sept. 28, or Tuesday, Sept. 29,
Woods killed an individual in Berrien County, Ga.
He then transported the body to the secluded area
south of Interstate 10 in Madison County


By Michael Curtis
Greene Publishing, Inc.
 Throughout her ac-
complishments as both
a scholar and an athlete,
Brittany Davis has al-
ways led by example. As
a senior at Madison
County High School,
she was student body
president and a stand-
out in the girls softball
program, earning a
scholarship to Santa Fe
College in the process.
 Her 3.4 GPA was
also notable; although
most would agree her
most memorable at-
tribute is her million-
dollar smile. She is an
enormous source of
pride for her family,
school, church and com-
munity.
 In her first year at
Santa Fe, Davis has con-
tinued to excel. Statisti-
cally speaking, her 3.0
GPA is certainly com-
mendable, as is her .500


batting average and
bucket of RBI's. In her
freshman role, she
raised a few eyebrows.
Her high school coach,
Tommy Garner, is espe-
cially proud of her
progress, which is being
echoed by teammates
and coaches in college.
 Brittany comes
from an extended family
that shares the joy of
seeing their favorite
daughter continue her
rise. Parents Barbara
and Cleo Brown, and
Andrew Graham, along
with grandparents
Julius and Queen Davis,
Rosa and Cleo Brown,
Margaret Graham and
June McDaniel, don't
miss a chance to catch
up with Brittany
 "Just the other day,
my grandmother saved
something on television
so she could remind me
of a wonderful life les-
son that was being dis-


cussed. I've been
blessed with loving fam-
ily, friends, teachers and
coaches my whole life,
and I'm so grateful for
their love, support and
instruction," Davis ex-
plained.
 During high school,
Davis also played and
traveled with the Talla-
hassee Bullets, in addi-
tion to numerous
scholastic and leader-
ship activities at school.
 Davis aspires to be a
nurse anesthetist -
which she can spell J -
and intends to take her
athletics as far as her
skills and dedication
can carry her.
 If her past perfor-
mance is any indicator,
the only challenge she
will face is deciding
which star to choose.
 Michael Curtis can
be reached at
michael@greenepublishi
ng.com.


 Cash, Drugs

 Seized By Police
 Madison police warrant for Robinson.
seized drugs and a At this time, both
large amount of cash officers conducted a
on Monday -[ traffic stop on the vehi-
 According to a .cle and made contact
Madison Police De- i with Robinson.
apartment report, on| Rosenberg ap-
Dec. 28 at 12:39 p.m., preached Robinson
Ptl. J. Rosenberg and I and advised him to exit
Ptl. D. Stephenson ob- the vehicle. Robinson
served Marlon V Marion V. Robinson exited the vehicle and
Robinson driving a was advised of the ac-
white Buick four-door on South tive warrant. Rosenberg placed
Brookwood St. Robinson under arrest.
 Ptl. Rosenberg had previous Please see Cash, Drugs,
knowledge of an active arrest Page 3


 Christmas found a man and
a woman arrested on drug
charges.
 According to a Madison Po-
lice Department report, on
Christmas night at 11:05, Offi-
cers Ruth Parks and David Mey-


Patrick Brown


ers were
dispatched to
the field be-
side the
North Florida
Community
College firing
range in ref-
erence to a
suspicious ve-


hide.
 On arrival, Parks observed
a green Subaru station wagon
parked in the dark. At this time,
Parks made contact with the oc-
cupants of the vehicle, Patrick
Brown, driver, and passenger
Annie Young.
 Officer
Parks had
both occu-
pants exit the "
vehicle.
While Brownii
was exiting
Please see Co-
caine, Page 3 Annie Young


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Davis Continues To Shine


 Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Michael Curtis, December 29, 2009
 Madison County High School graduate Brittany Davis continues to prove -
and improve herself as a scholar and an athlete.


Christmas Brings Cocaine

 Charges For Two


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