swamp, began selling land by the gallon. the limerock under the soil had to be blasted out foot by foot, mile by mile the work went on, drilling, blasting, digging bite by bite. as folks began to settle, there were a couple big hurricanes in the 40s and when the greatest generation came back from the war with sand in their boots they ordered the army corps of engineers to tame these waters of destiny and build a new paradise. and so they took a 2 million acre river of grass and dug in, took a vast sheet of slow motion gin-clear water and carved it up. some say bug spray and air conditioning created florida. no, first came 2,000 miles of dams and dikes, ditches and pipes. we start to have this kind of alchemy of florida where you dig a big hole in the ground and you scoop out the limestone and you
gallon. the limerock under the soil had to be blasted out foot by foot, mile by mile the work went on, drilling, blasting, digging bite by bite. as folks began to settle, there were a couple big hurricanes in the 40s and when the greatest generation came back from the war with sand in their boots they ordered the army corps of engineers to tame these waters of destiny and build a new paradise. and so they took a 2 million acre river of grass and dug in, took a vast sheet of slow motion gin-clear water and carved it up. some say bug spray and air conditioning created florida. no, first came 2,000 miles of dams and dikes, ditches and pipes. we start to have this kind of alchemy of florida where you dig a big hole in the ground and you scoop out the limestone and you turn that into highways and driveways and you dump the fill on the side and you build houses
so sunday night she was due with your mother. mother started getting frantic when she didn t call her back any time sunday night. worried sick tara s mother called a family friend who worked in law enforcement. who is keith dikes? a police detective in a small town near hawkinsville. he called a number of times. and he drove around midnight to ocilla. looked around her house and left his business card. i think he left maybe 15-20 messages on her house phone. monday october 24th over at erwin county high school students and teachers began their day. i have morning duty as i do every morning. all of the teachers come down the hall as they do i am greeting everybody. that particular morning one of our fellow co-workers came up and said hey has any one seen tara this morning? nobody had.
tired from the night before. so sunday night she was due with your mother. mother started getting frantic when she didn t call her back any time sunday night. worried sick tara s mother called a family friend who worked in law enforcement. who is keith dikes? a police detective in a small town near hawkinsville. he called a number of times. and he drove around midnight to ocilla. looked around her house and left his business card. i think he left maybe 15-20 messages on her house phone. monday october 24th over at erwin county high school students and teachers began their day. i have morning duty as i do every morning. all of the teachers come down the hall as they do i am greeting everybody. that particular morning one of our fellow co-workers came up and said hey has any one seen tara this morning? nobody had.
i wasn t out a month and caught my charges. i lived my whole life as a criminal. most people, they fight with that every day. they say i m going to get out, i m going to do this. i m going to get out and do that. they can t come to grips with themselves and realize what they have become is this. this is what they breathe, they eat, they feel. just because they go home, don t mean they leave. their mind is still here. today dikes is being transferred to another state prison and has no regrets. what s your number? 375382. what s your birthday? 1/21/77. i m packed up and ready to go. ready to get out of here? yeah. why is that? this place sucks. exit. you don t try to better yourself while you re here, then you re stuck. you don t learn nothing from coming to prison unless you put