Ruston Daily Leader (Newspaper) - November 6, 2003, Ruston, Louisiana Engaging news Local couples announce wedding See page 109 Hustons Hometown Newspaper Since 1894 he Ruston V Daily eader Prep football Regular season ends for parish See page 266 November Movie theater plans confirmed Cost estimated at million By Mary Margaret van Diest Writer Baton Rouge theater developed Shane Morrison has confirmed plans to build a 10 screen state of the art movie theater in It will seat viewers in high back reclining chairs with plenty of leg It will feature wall to wall screens as well as all digital surround Land will be cleared sometime in the next 30 days to make way for the million project of The Shane Morrison Companies We have purchased a 125acre parcel of land to be called The Thomas Proper ties for a multifaceted development which will begin with Morrison The atres and a number of This first phase of the development will occupy about 20 acres THEATER LOCATION NEW THEATER LOCATION WALMART acres purchased for future development HOPKINS WARDS FORD North Service East Interstate 20 Leader graphic by RICK HOHLT and will provide about square feet of retail space of which square feet will be taken up by the movie Morrison said the exact location of the whole purchase could be described in sev eral Interstate 20 near Goodwin between and behind Lee Young and McKinney Honda extending to be hind from the intersection of East Reynolds Drive and Goodwin Road extending to the The site for the movie theater itself will be on the hill behind Lee Young and McKinney Honda with a front on Goodwin Morrison This will be highly visible from the Interstate and that was one of our main We have been looking at the Ruston market for a long time and we have spent the last to pin down the best and most workable Morrison As far as the style of the it will be similar to Tinsel Town in West But that theatre is now eight years old so Morrison Theatres in Ruston will have materials and equipment which is even more up to date and higher qual ity and more advanced technology than Tinsel It will be the absolute best of the Morrison said he was working with Ron Riley Engineering of Ruston and Sullivan Architecture of Dallas on site and facility Bidding out the site work and construction will take place as soon as Currently talks are underway with the Baton Rouge tor who built Tinsel Town and Ruston based Lincoln Morrison said it was his understand ing that this project is the largest single commercial development ever attempted in Phase One alone will provide about 300 permanent local jobs in the movie the restaurants and the strip Morrison And that figure does not include the temporary jobs which will be available during That figure should be known in about two or three months when the building actually See page 3 Theatre rendering courtesy of The Shane Morrison Companies LLC A million movie theater project is planned to begin within the next 30 A timetable on completion of the project has not been LOCAL BRIEFS Bridge to close Beginning the Bonner Street Bridge will be closed for 120 days due to Auditions announced The Louisiana Tech University The atre has announced open auditions for the upcoming winter production of Luigi Six Characters in Search of an Auditions will be held Sun day at and Monday and Sunday at 5 in Stone Those interested are asked to attend all three days of Auditionees are asked to prepare a one minute con temporary monologue from a 20th cen tury Scott an associate pro fessor of theatre at will direct the Performances will be 1114 at in the Stone For more infor call Jaycees sponsor parade The Ruston Jaycees will sponsor the Ruston Christmas Parade to be held 4 at 6 beginning at the Louisiana Football Applications are available at all Ruston Community Trust Bank locations or at the Chamber of Com merce Heather Yates is son for this years parade and can be con at Kiwanis Pancake Day scheduled The Kiwanis Club of Ruston has sched uled its annual Pancake Day for 7 at the Ruston Civic Hours of serv ing will be 6 to 9 and to Tickets are available for each from any member of The Kiwanis Club of Proceeds will benefit such causes as Boys and Girls Dixie League Girls Softball Drug Abuse Resistance Methodist Childrens Med Christian Community Action and Lincoln Council on Nation Family members sentenced By George Graham Staff Writer MONROE Three members of the Nation Family Gang were sentenced in District Court The sentences were handed down as part of a plea agreement entered into by several members of the Ruston drug Five members of the ring were led into the courtroom in chains at and several others were free on bond and in the courtroom when District Judge Robert Robbie James took the Judges do not execute sentences in an unfettered James told the Judges are restricted by sentencing guidelines which seek fair sentences for all Based on the recommendations of pa role James then sentenced Timo thy of to seven years and eight months in prison followed by four of supervised release of to three years and one month in prison followed by four years of supervised release and Kindel of to nine years in prison followed by four years of super vised and Kindel Na tion had plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute various amounts of cocaine ranging up to 500 Charles is set for ing 15 and Lee Dell 46 and Thomas were set for ing All three are from The courtroom was nearly full with family members who were not pleased with the severity of the The sentences were not fair because there were not enough drugs involved to send people to Carolyn sister to Mary Nation and Lee Dell Nation and aunt to the rest of the defendants Sheriff Bob Buckley blew it all out of proportion to the Karla niece of Lee Dell and Mary Nation and cousin to the rest of the defendants said their wasnt enough evidence to They did not have confidential and reliable Sims About an hour after the sentences were handed Judge James reconvened court to hear a motion by Kerry Na of to change his previously entered guilty plea to not Kerry Nations Cameron Murray of told the court that based on information provided him by Assistant Attorney he gave advice to Nation be lieving his client would receive a penalty which would not be subject to sentence Sentence enhancement is a legal pro vision that dramatically increases the possible sentence a defendant could re Murray also told the court he later learned sentence enhancement would apply to the use of cations device in drug and could result in a life even with the plea See page 3 receives historic endorsement By Adam Terry News Editor Price 500 Copyright Ruston GRAMBLING Gubernatorial can Bobby be came the Republican to receive the endorsement of the North Central Louisiana Black The caucus is made up numerous Af council mem bers and other elected officials and po activists residing in northern Vice President Glenn a Monroe said endors ing Jindal is a new step in a different direction for the We were a little hesitant at Heckard But every question we he had an Weve got to go with this guy He has a plan and a sense of Louisiana is We have to have somebody who has a plan and will take Louisiana in a whole new Jindal said the endorsement of the caucus shows his candidacy is able to cross party This is a step forward for the state of Louisiana and not just for the Republi can Jindal said There have been those who have tried to separate us by It doesnt matter what color you What matters is that our children have a better quality of Jindal was the front runner in the 4 primary with over 30 percent of the but several strategists have said he could only garner less than 10 percent of the minority which has historically voted Democratic in Jindal wasnt notified of the endorse ment until late Wednesday He quickly changed his campaign schedule and flew to Lincoln Jindal briefly met with GSU Acting President Warner before address ing the crowd at the Nursing Build Jindal and his flanked by four State were escorted out of Grambling and back to Ruston Airport Jindal flew to New Iberia for a forum with South Louisiana sugar cane farmers late last Polls currently show Jindal and his opponent Kathleen D in a deadlocked Blanco was in Grambling for homecoming Jindal will be back in North Louisiana Friday for meetings in Monroe and is expected to attend the Louisiana Tech University Southern Methodist Uni versity football game Leader photo by ADAM TERRY North Central Louisiana Black Caucus Vice President Glenn Heckard and gubernatorial candidate Bobby speak to a crowd of 30plus at Grambling State Jindal is the first Republican to receive the endorsement of the WEATHER Becoming cloudy and cooler with chance of rain and lows from Friday Cloudy and cooler with a chance of rain and highs in the lower Dont be a pal to your Be his What child needs a 40yearold for a friend Al American cartoonist 1909 001 Report Weather Financial Gall 2553071 TODAY to receive 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