Kentucky will provide water for skating rink
ATLANTA --- Skaters at Centennial Olympic Park will be gliding on ice made by water trucked in from Kentucky when the rink opens next weekend.
Rick Glueckert operates Ice Guys, the Atlanta company putting up a rink on the park. He says it's better to get water from 500 miles away than to ask the city for water from the Chattahoochee River during Georgia's continuing drought.
No one said anything specifically about banning the use of water for an ice rink. But a spokeswoman for the Georgia World Congress Center Authority says officials felt it would be better if the water came from a place where it isn't in such short supply.
Threats, firearms land student in jail
COLUMBUS --- A Columbus State University student has been arrested for making bomb threats against the school and having guns in his pickup truck.
One of the bomb threats prompted the evacuation of an office building at the school Friday, university police said.
Lawrence E. Price, 45, of Phenix City, Ala., was arrested Monday and charged with five counts of making terroristic threats and one count each of carrying a weapon to school, possession of a firearm during commission of a crime and obstruction of a police officer. Police found several guns in Mr. Price's pickup truck when he was arrested in a university parking lot.
Bomb threats were called in to the university twice in the past two weeks, university police said.
Fort Stewart changes civilian access rule
HINESVILLE --- Civilians and visitors to Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield will need temporary passes to get onto the post starting Friday.
With the 3rd Infantry Division deployed, the Department of Defense has returned to the temporary pass requirement, said installation spokesman Kevin Larson.
Visitors approaching the non-decal entrance will be asked to present a valid driver's license, vehicle registration and proof of insurance.
Access for vehicles with Defense Department decals will not change.
Boy hurt in fire gets skin grafts in Augusta
GARDEN CITY --- An 11-year-old Garden City boy remained in critical condition after being injured in a fire that destroyed his home Sunday.
William Pigg is undergoing skin grafts at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta and might lose his feet, said Gene Morgan, a relative.
William's mother, Judy, suffered minor burns to her hands and arms in the fire that began about 5 p.m. Sunday. She was treated at Memorial University Medical Center and released, hospital officials said.
-- Edited from wire reports
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