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LCBOE to set meetings on middle schoolsBy PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe Laurens County Board

of Education will announce itsplans to hold two meetingsabout the middle school inJanuary.During Thursday's meet-

ing, Stacey Brooks, presidentof the West Laurens MiddleSchool PTO, asked the boardwhen they would know if theygot the advanced funding ap-plication from the state andwhen the two meetings for the

public about the middle schoolsituation would be held?Superintendent Rob John-

son said they wouldn't knowabout the funding applicationuntil May or June and thatthe meetings for input fromthe community would be heldin January."We will know when the

budget is passed by the Geor-gia Legislature," Johnsonsaid. "It's got to be approved

and the governor has to signit. When that happens, we'llget word."As for the meetings, John-

son said they want to have twopublic input sessions. Thosemeetings will be advertisedwith a location and times."Because of the nature of it,

it's not a question and answersegment," he said. "It's a timeto come and voice your con-cerns about your opinions and

give your input about one ortwo middle schools. We wantfeedback."The next LCBOE meeting

will be held at 6 p.m. on Jan.9. In November, the board vot-ed 3-2 to approve the ad-vanced funding applicationwhich left open the possibilityof building a second middleschool on the west side of the

See LCBOE page 3a

Public input sessions tobe scheduled for January

DCS receivesletter on SpecialEd meetingrequirementsBy PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe Dublin City School

board received a letter that theschool's special education de-partment had met or exceededevery performance level indi-cator looked at by the state."We met requirements in

our Special Ed department andwe are pleased with it," saidDublin Superintendent Dr.Chuck Ledbetter.The board also voted to join

the Middle Georgia Mini Co-opfor school food service."That's where school sys-

tems are working together toorder food so that we can getbetter pricing," Ledbetter said.The next scheduled meeting

is at 6 p.m. Jan. 13, 2014.

City Wide MissionaryDepartment donatesto The Salvation ArmyPresident Bernice T. Myers and the City Wide

Missionary Department presented a check for$700 to the Salvation Army. The City Wide Mis-sion is comprised of seven churches: FirstAfrican Baptist, Howard Chapel, MontfordGrove, Sandy Ford, Second Baptist, St. Pauland William Grove. A representative from eachof the seven churches was present as PresidentMyers presented the check to Sergeant JamesAllen, Service Center director of the SalvationArmy. (Photo by Jason Halcombe)

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Hundreds benefited from Thursday’s basket giveaway by Salvation Army

A Christmashelping handSalvation Army handsout Christmas baskets

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIPeople lined up outside the

Jefferson Street Baptist gymna-sium to participate in thisyear's Salvation Army Christ-mas Basket give away.The organization gave out

baskets, in the morning and af-ternoon, to those who had al-ready signed up and qualifiedfor one.

Sergeant James Allen, Ser-vice Center Director of The Sal-vation Army, which is a part-nered agency with The UnitedWay, said everything went goodThursday morning and washoping the same would be truefor that afternoon.Each person was getting food

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Away ina mangerComing in our specialChristmas Eve edition

next week!

DEAR ABBY: I have beenmarried to my wife for a yearand a half, and we have an in-fant child. I work while mywife stays home. My problemis she doesn't like me playingsports and hanging out withfriends.I have tried to make conces-

sions and cut down playingsports to once a week. (I usedto play two or three times aweek, but that's not goodenough for my wife.) On gamenight, when I get home shegives me the silent treatment.She used to come to my gamesbut won't now, even thoughshe has girlfriends who attendthem.As for hanging out with my

friends, I barely see them any-more -- and when I do, theycome here. If they stay anylonger than 30 minutes, itcauses a problem and my wifeagain won't talk to me for therest of the night.I have tried to compromise,

but she feels as though anytime I spend away from herand the baby is a no-no. Am Iwrong to want to play sportsand see my guy friends? I havetried talking to her about this,but she thinks any compro-mise is basically me doingwhat I want and her having todeal with it. -- ONTARIO,CANADA, READERDEAR READER: You

should not become a couchpotato or become isolated fromyour friends because you aremarried and a parent. And nei-ther should your wife. She mayresent the time you spend with

your friends because she'sstuck at home taking care ofthe baby. You are her onlyadult company, and in a wayshe may be jealous that you'reenjoying freedom that shecan't.Your wife should not be do-

ing all the parenting. One dayor evening a week YOU shouldtake care of the baby whileSHE takes a break with herfriends or family. It could dowonders for your relationship.If you can agree on this, it

could save your marriage. Ifyou can't, then the two of youshould get counseling. Mar-riage isn't supposed to put peo-ple in isolation -- and that'swhat it appears your wife istrying to accomplish with you.

DEAR ABBY: For the past10 years, the holiday seasonhas brought with it argumentsbetween my wife and me. Weboth get along with our in-lawsand do many things with bothsides of our families. But forsome reason, my wife makesarrangements for the holidayswithout discussing them withme first. This year, she told hermom we would host Thanks-giving and that I would haveto tell my family we wouldn'tbe coming to them.

My wife's sisters are notclose to their in-laws. Am Iwrong to think she shouldhave discussed the matterwith me before deciding uni-laterally what we're doing forthe holidays? Our kids need tosee ALL their grandparents onThanksgiving and Christmas.Oh -- our parents live only sev-en minutes from each other. --HOLIDAY BLUES IN WIS-CONSINDEAR HOLIDAY BLUES:

What your wife did was incon-siderate. You are a couple, andshe should have discussed herplan with you before issuingany invitations to see if youwere in agreement. If yourhome is too small to accommo-date both sets of in-laws at thesame time, a compromisewould be to alternate holidayswith each set so no family feelsexcluded.

DEAR ABBY: Is it accept-able to wear a silver dress to awedding if you are going as aguest and not a member of thebridal party? Or is silver tooclose to white and thereforetaboo? -- INVITEE IN COL-LEGE PARK, MD.DEAR INVITEE: The rule

is that wedding guests shouldnot wear anything that mightdistract attention from thebride. If your dress is silverlame or covered in silver se-quins, it would be better todress less conspicuously.

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, also knownas Jeanne Phillips, and wasfounded by her mother,Pauline Phillips. Write DearAbby at www.DearAbby.com orP.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles,CA 90069.

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Holiday ClosingÊ The City of Dublin will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday,ÊDecember 24-25, 2013, for theÊChristmas holidays and Wednesday, January 1, 2014, for the New Year’s Day holiday.Ê Garbage collection during the holidaysÊwill be as follows:Ê

There will not be any recycling collection on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.Ê Recycling will resume on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, for the Monday-Tuesday recycling route customers.

Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 Monday and Tuesday routes will be collected

Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013Wednesday route will be collected

Friday, Dec.Ê27, 2013Thursday route will be collected

ÊMonday, Dec. 30, 2013Monday and Tuesday route will be collected

Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013Wednesday route will be collectedÊ

ObituariesDoretha Evans

Mrs. Doretha Evans of 307Ella Street, Dublin, passedaway on December 17, 2013.Funeral arrangements are in-complete but will be an-nounced later. The family willreceive friends at the home ofher daughter, Dorothy Rozier,636 Pine Cone Road in Dublin.Services by Dudley Funeral

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Ullis Foskey

Services for Ullis Foskey,age 91 of East Dublin, will beheld at 1 p.m. Saturday, De-cember 21, 2013 at Union Bap-tist Church. Rev. Dahl McDer-mitt, Rev. Mike Mertz, andRev. Keith Smith will officiate.Burial will follow at MinterBaptist Church Cemetery. Mr.Foskey died Wednesday, De-cember 18, 2013.Mr. Foskey was a lifelong

resident of Laurens County.He was formerly employed atJ. P. Stevens Manufacturingfor thirty-four years. Mr. Fos-key was a faithful member ofUnion Baptist Church inMinter and served as a deaconat both Minter Baptist Churchand Union Baptist Church.He also served as a SundaySchool director and volunteerchoir director. Mr. Foskeyloved southern gospel music,singing many years in the Fos-key Quartet. He was a devot-ed fan of J. D. Sumner and theStamps Quartet and lovedsinging bass himself in hisquartet and the church choirs.As a loving and devoted hus-band to Louise Shannon Fos-key for sixty-seven years, hewas always an example of loveand compassion to his daugh-ters, Ellen and Ava. Manypeople commented on how Mr.Foskey was a godly and faith-ful man in the community andhis faith never waivered.Mr. Foskey was preceded in

death by his parents, W. E.and Allie Foskey; and broth-ers, Clarence Foskey, OvidFoskey, and Lee Foskey.Survivors include his wife,

Louise Shannon Foskey, ofEast Dublin; daughters, Ellen(Mike) Hill, of East Dublin,Ava (Keith) Smith, of Duck-town, TN; grandchildren,Dawn (Kenny) Snow, Lance(Nicole) Padgett, both of EastDublin, Andy (Jemmie) Smith,of Seattle, WA, Stephanie (Do-minic) Silvani, of Guntersville,AL, David (Shannon) Smith, ofGeorgetown, TN; great grand-children, Austin Padgett, Brit-tney Padgett, Spencer Coile,Morgan Snow, Elaina Snow,all of East Dublin, MikaelynSmith, Kaleb Smith, both ofGeorgetown, TN, and JuraSmith, of Seattle, WA.Lance Padgett, Spencer

Coile, Heath Foskey, RodneyShannon, Phil Gay, and ReeceFoskey will serve as pallbear-ers.The family will receive

friends from 6 p.m. until 8p.m. Friday at TownsendBrothers Funeral Home.Please visit

www.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregister.

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Eunice Purvis

Eunice Purvis, age 100, ofDublin, Ga. died Thursday,December 19, 2013. Arrange-ments are incomplete at thistime and will be announcedlater by Townsend BrothersFuneral Home.

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Lessie BracewellSpivey

Mrs. Lessie BracewellSpivey passed away Thursday,December 19, 2013. Funeralarrangements are incompleteat this time but will be an-nounced later by Stanley Fu-neral Home & Cremato-ry/Dublin Chapel.

Marie E. Thomas

Funeral services for Mrs.Marie E. Thomas, of Dublin,will be held on Saturday, De-cember 21, at 11 a.m. at theFirst African Baptist Church405 Telfair Street in Dublin.Interment will follow in theShady Grove Church Ceme-tery in Dublin. Reverend Mil-ton Hughes will officiate.Mrs. Thomas, who passed

on December 12, was born onJuly 13, 1929, to the late Oliv-er and Willie B Dixon-Ed-mond, Sr. She joined ShadyGrove Baptist Church at anealry age and later joinedGreen Grove Missionary Bap-tist Church where she servedfaithfully until health issuesprevailed.She was preceded in death

by her husand, BusterThomas, 10 brothers and threesisters. She was also precededin death by one child, RobertGaston; two grandchildren,Shavinsky Gaston and SharonEvans and one great grand-child, Gabriel “PJ” Primus, Jr.Mrs. Thomas leaves to

mourn her five children, An-drew (Mary) Gaston, Roslyn(Robert) O’Neal, Jr., DianeRatliff, all of Dublin, Dorothy(Mukhtar) Fullwood-Alam ofMarietta, and Calvin E. Greenof St. Louis, Michigan; threesisters, Dorothy L. Stevens ofDublin, Annie B. Story and El-la Mae Holliman of Kissim-mee, Florida; one brother,Oliver Edmond, Jr., of Detroit,Michigan; eighteen grandchil-dren, twenty-eight greatgrandchildren, seven great-great grandchildren, and ahost of other relatives andfriends.The family will receive

friends at 209 Flanders Streetin Dublin and from 6-7 pm onFriday at the Dudley FuneralHome.Services By Dudley Funeral

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THOMAS

Husband seeking compromiseshould give wife a break

In a nutshell, gotta love nutsBY MICHAEL ROIZEN,M.D., AND MEHMET OZ,

M.D.

In the 1963 comedy "TheNutty Professor," Jerry Lewis'character swallows a potionthat transforms him from sci-entific nerd into the self-as-sured (and very obnoxious)Buddy Love. In the end, ofcourse, that nutty professor re-emerges and gets the girl be-cause of all the goodness he hasinside. Makes perfect sense tous! Because what's inside somenutshells is so good -- and goodfor you -- that a daily helpingcan bag you a longer andhealthier life.

Recent research thatlooked at 76,464 women and42,498 men is trumpeting thenews that people who ate 1

ounce of nuts daily had a 20percent lower death rate over afour-year period than folks whonever ate nuts. Seems al-monds, cashews, hazelnuts,macadamias, pecans, pinenuts, pistachios and walnuts(dry-roasted for Mike, softenedin water for Mehmet), pluspeanuts (a legume), all do thetrick. That's because they de-liver unsaturated fats, vita-mins, proteins, fiber andpolyphenols that help slow cellaging, reduce inflammationand improve cardiovascularhealth. That cuts your risk ofcancer, diabetes, memory loss,stroke and heart and respirato-ry disease. We say the healthbenefits of an ounce of nuts aday are the equivalent of walk-ing 6,000 more steps a day --and that makes for a youngerRealAge!

Bonus Tip: Eating six wal-nut halves or 12 almonds 20minutes before mealtime --they contain 70 calories ofhealthy fats -- slows stomachemptying so that you'll feel fullsooner and eat less later. Andremember, no matter what theshell looks like, it's what's in-side that counts!

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Mehmet Oz, M.D. is hostof "The Dr. Oz Show," and MikeRoizen, M.D. is Chief WellnessOfficer and Chair of WellnessInstitute at Cleveland Clinic.To live your healthiest, tune in-to "The Dr. Oz Show" or visitwww.sharecare.com.

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Congresssendssweepingdefense billto ObamaWASHINGTON (AP) — The

women of the Senate who ledthe fight to change how the mil-itary deals with sexual assaultin its ranks are hailing passageof a comprehensive defense billthat now heads to PresidentBarack Obama for his signa-ture.The Senate voted 84-15

Thursday night for the $632.8billion bill that covers combatpay, new ships, aircraft andmilitary bases. Drawing thegreatest attention were provi-sions cracking down on perpe-trators of sexual assault andrape.The military’s handling of

high-profile cases united De-mocrats and Republicans,House and Senate in a concert-ed effort to change the UniformCode of Military Justice, withSenate women leading thefight. Estimates from the Pen-tagon that 26,000 members ofthe military may have beensexually assaulted last year,though thousands were afraidto come forward for fear of in-action or retribution, embold-ened lawmakers to act.“Today represents a huge

win for victims of sexual as-sault, and for justice in Ameri-ca’s armed forces, but this is nofinish line,” said Sen. ClaireMcCaskill, D-Mo., one of sevenwomen on the Armed ServicesCommittee who pushed for thechanges. “In the months andyears ahead, vigilance will berequired to ensure that thesehistoric reforms are imple-mented forcefully and effective-ly.”The legislation would strip

military commanders of theirability to overturn jury convic-tions, require a civilian reviewif a commander declines toprosecute a case and requirethat any individual convicted ofsexual assault face a dishonor-able discharge or dismissal.The bill also would provide vic-tims with legal counsel, elimi-nate the statute of limitationsfor courts-martial in rape andsexual assault cases, and crim-inalize retaliation against vic-tims who report a sexual as-sault.“Today we have taken a ma-

jor, unprecedented step towardfinally eliminating the plagueof sexual assault in our nation’smilitary,” said Sen. Patty Mur-ray, D-Wash.Another member of the

Armed Services panel, Sen.Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said thespecial counsel “will help en-courage victims to come for-ward to seek justice, and it willhelp ensure that perpetratorsare held accountable for theircrimes.”The bill also would change

the military’s Article 32 pro-ceedings to limit intrusivequestioning of victims, makingit more similar to a grand jury,a change backed by Sen. Bar-bara Boxer, D-Calif., and Sen.Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.Boxer said the changes will

ensure “that victims of sexualassault are not put on trial sim-ply for making the courageousdecision to pursue justice.”The congressional effort was

marked by one of the most con-tentious hearings, when sena-tors dressed down senior mili-tary leaders and insisted thatsexual assault in the militaryhad cost the services the trustand respect of the Americanpeople as well as the nation’smen and women in uniform.Summoned to Capitol Hill in

June, Army Gen. MartinDempsey, the chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff, and theberibboned four-star chiefs ofthe service branches concededin an extraordinary hearingthat they had faltered in deal-ing with sexual assault. Onesaid assaults were “like a can-cer” in the military.

Bernanke’snew formulafor pleasinginvestorsWASHINGTON (AP)— Inhis

final performance, BenBernankerewrote the script.Investors had been on edge for

months about when the FederalReserve might slow its economicstimulus. A pullback in the Fed’sbond purchases, they feared,could jack up interest rates andwhack stocks. Bernanke’s meremention of the possibility in Junehad sent stocks tumbling.So on Wednesday, Bernanke

showed something he’d learnedfrom leading the Fed and ad-dressing the public for eightyears: Tough news goes downbest when it’s mixed with a littlesweetener.At his last news conference as

chairman, he explained that theFed would trim its monthly bondpurchases by $10 billion to $75billion — a prospect that hadworried the markets.Yet Bernanke also calmed

nerves by walking back a plan toconsider raising short-term ratesonce unemployment reaches 6.5percent from the current 7 per-cent.That 6.5 percent threshold the

Fed had been using? Notmuch ofa threshold anymore. The Fednow says it expects to keep itskey short-term rate near zero“well past” the time that unem-ployment falls below 6.5 percent.

items which included a bakinghen. In the afternoon, peoplewere getting a stocking for aboy or girl and other new toys."We hope this afternoon

goes just as smoothly," Allensaid. "We are helping right at400 families total. If you addup all of the people, we areprobably assisting 800 totalpeople. This morning we had alot of people who were singlesenior citizens. This afternoon,we are giving toys out to a to-tal of 492 children."Congressman John Barrow

was on hand in the afternoonto help hand out food. TheDodge County Correctional In-stitutional firefighters wereback to help out along withsome students from West Lau-rens High School."We appreciate all of them

being here," Allen said.Barrow looked around and

liked what he saw.The Con-gressman said he and his fam-ily have always helped TheSalvation Army."It gives me a warm feeling

to see that folks are willing tocare about others at holidaytime to give a little bit so thatother folks who don't haveenough can get a little some-thing to enjoy at Christmas,"Barrow said. "This is the timeof year where we are thankfulfor all that we've got. I thinkthe best way to show yourgratitude is to share whatyou've got with others. TheSalvation Army does that all

year round. This gives us anopportunity to shine the lighton folks who provide with thiskind of help."Vivian Walden understands

that. She was at the churchThursday to get items for hergrand children."I think this is a good deal

and a blessing," Walden said."These are things for my grandkids. I like The SalvationArmy because they help chil-dren who can't get anythingfor Christmas."Larry Riley, with the Dodge

County Correctional Institu-tional firefighters, likes thefact that they have been help-

ing with this program for along time."We love doing this," Riley

said with a smile. "Do youknow what a blessing it is tobe here and giving our time tohelp other people? This iswhat we are about as beingfirefighters, because we love tohelp other people."Allen said they are able to

hold this event from the mon-ey they get from the kettle dri-vers, which seemed to be downin donations this year. Headded that it isn't too late forpeople to give."Our kettle donations is our

main fundraiser for Christ-

mas," Allen said. "We're about$3,000 from last year. I remindpeople that when they walk bythe kettle to put some in."The kettles drive will end

on Christmas Eve."We can receive checks

through the end of the yearand beyond," Allen said. "Wehave ongoing programs. Wehave utility assistance, rentassistance and we provide foodand clothing throughout theyear. That's an ongoing pro-gram for us. People can helpus because it's never too late."To help out, call The Salva-

tion Army at (478) 275-7336.


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county. Chairman MarcusClements, vice chair Dr.William Rowe and Britt Park-er voted for it while SamuelBeall and Kenny Payne votedagainst it in front of a stand-ing room only crowd.In other news, the board

voted to approve technologypurchases using SPLOST."These are various items

that will continue to updatethe technology for teachers,"Johnson said. "We had someimmediate needs that (associ-ate superintendent) HollyDeal spoke with the principalsabout. Some of these are up-dating outdated computers."

The board also approved tobegin the Southern Associa-tion of Colleges and Schools(SACS) Accreditation for theentire school system. Current-ly, only East Laurens PrimarySchool has accreditation."There was interest in see-

ing if the system could beSACS Accreditation," Johnsonsaid. "Advanced Ed is the armof that organization that actu-ally does the work. We'll pre-pare ourselves and they'll havean initial visit in the spring of2015. That's probably as earlyas we can do it. They'll take alook at what we're doing andmake a recommendation foraccreditation."Johnson credited Dr. Juli

Alligood and many others whohave worked hard to get thisprocess going."It's taken a lot of work to

even prepare for the decisionwe made tonight," Johnsonsaid. "I really appreciate it."The board approved the fol-

lowing retirements: MariannaLord (Northwest Laurens),Donna E. Morgan (East Lau-rens Middle School) and AnnieR. Plummer (bus driver).The board also recommend-

ed the following: Jennifer C.Woodard (Para Pro at NWLE),Lauren A. Gibbs (Para Pro atNWLE), Bobbie Ross (bus dri-ver) and Brian Eagy (custodi-an at West Laurens MiddleSchool).

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(Above): Residents lined the street outside Jefferson St. Baptist. (Below): Barrow aids Allen in basket distribution.

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US District Court judge tapped for appeals courtATLANTA (AP) — Presi-

dent Barack Obama has nom-inated a federal judge fromAtlanta to serve in the 11thCircuit Court of Appeals.White House officials said

in a statement Thursday thatU.S. District Court Judge forthe Northern District ofGeorgia, Julie E. Carnes, has

been nominated to serve inthe court of appeals.Officials say Carnes has

served as a federal judge inGeorgia since 1992, and hasbeen the District Court’schief judge since 2009.Officials say Carnes was

born and raised in Atlanta,graduated from the Universi-

ty of Georgia School of Law in1975, and served on the edi-torial board of the GeorgiaLaw Review.White House officials say

Carnes began her legal ca-reer as a clerk for a U.S.Court of Appeals judge in1975.

Jury acquits Ga. statelawmaker of all chargesATLANTA (AP) —A jury on

Thursday acquitted a statelawmaker accused of illegallyclaiming mileage and expensereimbursement from the stateand will return to his Senateduties.The Fulton County jury

found Sen. Don Balfour notguilty of all 18 felony countsagainst him. The Snellville Re-publican was indicted in Sep-tember on charges of making afalse certificate, theft by tak-ing and a count of false state-ment and writing.He was accused of illegally

claiming legislative expenseand mileage pay and double-billing the state and his pri-vate employer for some ex-penses. Balfour’s lawyers did-n’t deny that he submittedsome inaccurate reports, butthey said he didn’t deliberatelytry to take money from thestate and said he was beingunfairly targeted for inadver-tent mistakes.Balfour was happy and re-

lieved at the jury verdict, hislawyer Ken Hodges said.“He’s had a burden that’s

been on him and his family forthe last 14 months lifted off ofhis shoulders, which is justfantastic,” Hodges said. “He’ll

be back in the General Assem-bly in January representingthe people of Gwinnett Countyand the entire state.”Attorney General Sam

Olens said in a statement thathe respects the jury but is dis-appointed in the verdict. Geor-gia Bureau of Investigationagents found Balfour was re-imbursed for expenses he did-n’t incur and that there weretoo many requests for them tobe isolated mistakes.“If those requests had been

submitted by an unelectedstate employee, they wouldhave been prosecuted, and astate senator should not beheld to a lower standard,”Olens said.Hodges rejected Olens’

characterization of Balfour’sinaccurate filings as “numer-ous and systematic,” sayingthat 18 mistakes (for the num-ber of counts in the indict-ment) in five years is hardlysystematic, especially giventhe volume of paperwork Bal-four has had to deal with in hislegislative career.“I think he exercised a lot of

poor judgment in this matter,and I know he wasted a lot oftaxpayers’ money,” Hodgessaid of the attorney general.

Ethics commissionhires attorneyATLANTA (AP) — The

state ethics commission hashired an Atlanta attorney tohelp with daily operationswhile federal authoritiesprobe the group’s investiga-tion into Gov. Nathan Deal’scampaign.The board hired former ad-

ministrative law judge RobertConstantine to help the orga-nization while the investiga-tion continues.Commission chair Kevin

Abernethy told the AtlantaJournal-Constitution thatConstantine will be paid$4,000 per month between

January and May to helpmanage daily tasks ahead ofa busy campaign season.Some of the commission’s

members told the newspaperthey didn’t know who Con-stantine was before the voteand were unaware of his cre-dentials.Abernethy called Constan-

tine “an outside person” whosought to help the commis-sion.Several commission mem-

bers received federal grandjury subpoenas seeking docu-ments related to ethics com-plaints involving Deal.

On the road, you run intointeresting people andplaces—both of which canelicit freshening and enlight-ening conversations andobservations.

Prior to the SEC champi-onship game betweenMissouri and Auburn,Rodney Garner, the formerGeorgia defensive line coachwith the same position atAuburn, his alma mater, hadthis offering: “Nick Saban isthe only coach in our confer-ence who could have gottenthe officials to put one secondback on the clock, and it bithim.” He was, of course,referring to the subsequentfield goal attempt byAlabama, which wasreturned for a touchdownand which sent the Tigers tothe SEC championship game.

In New York, before heresigned, Mack Brownseemed in a reflective moodat lunch. You would not haveknown he was about to makea decision about moving on tothe next phase in his life. Hedid note that he had six yearsleft on his contract, whichmeans that he was owed$30,000,000. My guess isthat he got a handsome set-tlement and preferred not tobe fired since he is presidentof the American FootballCoaches Association. How

longago was it that coachesworked for a lot less andnobody had more than a one-year contract, as do the restof university employees?What will Mack Brown do?My best guess is that he willbecome a television analyst.He would be a natural in thebooth.

Seeing Charlie Weiss at aBig Twelve reception madeyou wonder if he is any hap-pier being the head coach atKansas than he was as theoffensive coordinator of theNew England Patriots.

Archie Manning, hosting alunch for friends at the 21Club in New York, has cutback on appearances andtravel, owing to back surgery

a few weeks ago. “I have a lotof interesting things to doevery week, and I enjoy theopportunities that I have, butsometimes I enjoy staying athome.”

David Cutcliffe, who hasrestored Duke to prominencein the ACC, had this reactionto the following question: “Ifyou were a betting man,which team would you bet onin the BCS national champi-onship game (Florida Stateor Auburn)?” He smiled andsaid, “First of all, I’d like tomake sure the NCAA knowsthat I am not a betting man,but if I were to bet on thatgame, I would go withFlorida State. They have animaginative and explosiveoffense, but they play betterdefense than people givethem credit for.”

At Pasadena, the proudestof parents wearing FSU col-ors will be Bill and NanO’Leary, who both earnedathletic letters at theUniversity of Georgia, Bill infootball and Nan in volley-ball. Their son Nick is thestarting tight end for theSeminoles.

Joining them for the titlegame will be Nick’s grandfa-ther, Jack Nicklaus, who hasnot missed an FSU game thisyear. It is hard to imagine agrandfather who sees more of

his grandchildren’s competi-tions than Jack. He and hiswife, Barbara, set theirentire annual schedulearound the games and schoolevents of their 22 grandchil-dren.

Paul Hemrick, one-timemanager with the Georgiabasketball team, is now anassistant coach at Gardner-Webb. A lot of coaches aretaking note of his work ethic,knowledge of the game, andability to communicate.

Dinner with Dave O’Brienin Boston was something of aRed Sox reunion with oldfriends who have had a life-long appreciation for the RedSox. Dave, onetime Bulldogcolor announcer, is Boston'sradio voice who also workscollege basketball and week-end Major League Baseballgames for ESPN. Dave is thesecond former Bulldogannouncer to call Red Soxgames. The other was JimWoods who worked with BillSimpson at WRFC in thefifties. “I am naturally aBulldog,” he says, “butGeorgia means more to methan ever now that mydaughter Samantha isenrolled in Athens.”

And to quote an oldfriend, Furman Bisher,whom I miss very much:Selah!


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Take a look at a painting.What jumps out at you?The thing about a painting is it meanssomething different to each person. Butmore than likely it will remind them of anexperience they've had and hopefully makethat moment, and maybe the rest of the day,better.Recently, Stepping Stone received donatedpaintings from Rhonda Dixon's art class.The pictures were aimed at getting a child'sattention and will hopefully give them a lift.Stepping Stone Executive Director BrookeWood knows all to well that children com-ing to the office have been through an emo-tional experience. That's why the paintingsare so powerful.Instead of looking at a white or gray wall,they get to see a painting of a sunset or ris-ing over water, or different cartoon charac-ters that children can relate to.And Dixon's students understand howimportant their work will be.Sarah Wilkins knows children are going tobe frighten and worried. The best she andher fellow students could do was offer somebright colors on the walls."A colorful world is a happy world. Itmakes me feel good that I'm brighteningsomebody's day," Wilkins said.Here's hoping that Dixon's classes willcontinue to brighten not only SteppingStone, but other organizations and areas inDublin and Laurens County.

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Gov. Nathan DealState CapitolAtlanta, Ga. 30334(404) 656-1776

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle240 State CapitolAtlanta, Ga. 30334(404) 656-5030

Sen. Saxby Chambliss Washington, D.C 20510(202) 224-3521

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There’s good news on theeconomy for Cobb andGeorgia amidst gloomy newsfor the country as a whole,one of the nation’s mostrespected economists told aCobb audience.

Dr. Albert Niemi Jr., deanof the Edwin L. Cox School ofBusiness at SouthernMethodist University inDallas, was guest speaker atthe recent annual economicforecast breakfast presentedby the Bank of NorthGeorgia at the Cobb EnergyPerforming Arts Centre.

He told the crowd thatwhile the recovery from theGreat Recession that beganin 2007 has been slow andtedious, Georgia is outpacingthe nation. And he predictedthat the top three stateeconomies in the countryover the next two decadeswould be those of Texas,North Carolina and Georgia.Our state’s domestic productin 2014 will grow by 3 per-

cent, considerably betterthan the 2.4 percent expect-ed for the country as a whole,he said. ...

The state’s population isagain growing at a healthyrate, which in turn isstrengthening the local hous-ing market. More than45,000 new homes areexpected to be built inGeorgia next year, he said.

The number for the coun-try as a whole is expected tohit 1 million. That’s nearlytwice the 580,000 built in2010 — but still way short ofthe 1.8 million homes builton average each year from2000 to 2007.

Niemi noted that the over-all recovery has been a slowone, lagging our performanceafter past depressions andrecessions. ...

But sluggish economy andthreadbare recovery arewhat is to be expected whenthe country is led by a presi-dent and party who believein high taxes are wrenchingapart the country’s healthsystem and who are eager toopen the borders to millionsof illegals to compete for jobs

with U.S. citizens — andthereby keep wages low forall.

The wonder is not that theeconomy is finally recover-ing.

Rather, it is that it isrecovering at all.

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The underlying messagein a long-awaited study onthe future of solar energy inSouth Carolina shouldn’tsurprise anyone: As a statewith ample sunshine, SouthCarolina should prepare forthe rise of solar power.

While that might seemobvious, solar power, despitethe abundance of sunshine,has failed to thrive in thePalmetto State. There is avariety of reasons for that,but resistance by theLegislature and a powerfulutilities lobby to promotingsolar energy ranks as thechief obstacle.

The Energy AdvisoryCouncil (EAC) study, writtenby a committee appointed by

the Legislature, makes nospecific recommendations onhow to accommodate moresolar energy generation. Andit doesn’t suggest how toresolve the disputes betweensolar advocates and utilities.

But it does note a rise inpopularity of solar energynot only nationwide but alsoin South Carolina, and saysthat the state should bracefor changes in the way ener-gy is delivered to customersin the years ahead.Unfortunately, right nowSouth Carolina is one of theleast solar-friendly states inthe nation.

The EAC study doesn’tprovide a blueprint for howto create that option. But itdoes predict that more andmore customers will be clam-oring for solar power in thenear future as technologyimproves and the cost of pro-ducing and installing solarpanels falls.

We hope that resistantstate legislators and the util-ity companies finally will seethe need to make solar powera significant part of thestate’s energy mix.

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COMMUNITY CALENDARFriday

•The Exchange Club of Laurens County at 7 a.m. at theElks Club. 275-6244.•Dublin Serenity Al-Anon Family Group, 1515 Rice Ave.Dublin (use back entrance) Friday 6:30 p.m.•Dublin/Laurens Commission on Children, Youth andFamilies (Laurens County Family Connection) Board of Di-rectors. Call (478) 296-9141.•AA I Am Responsible Group Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 8 p.m.•NAWe Surrender, Contact 275-9531, noon, 629 BroadStreet, East Dublin.

Saturday•Teen Talk 1-4 p.m. at Turning Point Church of God inChrist, 511 McKinley St.•Wrightsville Serenity Group AA meeting at 8 p.m. Locat-ed across from Dairy Queen in Wrightsville.•Millville High School Alumni at 11 a.m. at MillvilleSchool•AA I Am Responsible Group Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., Saturday and Sunday 8 p.m.•AA 24 Hour Group, Contact 279-0839, 629 Broad Street,E. Dublin, Ga, Sundays at 9 a.m.•NAWe Surrender, Contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, Sundays at 3 p.m.

ALMANACToday in HistoryBy The Associated Press

Today is Friday, Dec. 20,the 354th day of 2013.There are 11 days left in theyear.Today’s Highlight in

History:On Dec. 20, 1803, the

Louisiana Purchase wascompleted as ownership ofthe territory was formallytransferred from France tothe United States.

On this date:In 1790, the first success-

ful cotton mill in the UnitedStates began operating atPawtucket, R.I.

In 1812, German authorsJacob and Wilhelm Grimmpublished the first volumeof the first edition of theircollection of folk stories,“Children’s and HouseholdTales.”

In 1860, South Carolinabecame the first state to se-cede from the Union as all169 delegates to a specialconvention in Charlestonvoted in favor of separation.

In 1864, Confederateforces evacuated Savannah,Ga., as Union Gen. WilliamT. Sherman continued his“March to the Sea.”

In 1912, the play “Peg O’My Heart,” a “comedy ofyouth” by John HartleyManners starring his wife,actress Laurette Taylor,opened on Broadway.

In 1945, the Office ofPrice Administration an-nounced the end of tire ra-tioning, effective Jan. 1,1946.

In 1963, the Berlin Wallwas opened for the first timeto West Berliners, who wereallowed one-day visits to rel-atives in the Eastern sectorfor the holidays.

In 1973, singer-song-writer Bobby Darin died inLos Angeles following open-heart surgery; he was 37.

In 1987, more than 4,300people were killed when theDona Paz, a Philippine pas-senger ship, collided withthe tanker Vector off Min-doro island.

In 1989, the UnitedStates launched OperationJust Cause, sending troopsinto Panama to topple thegovernment of Gen. ManuelNoriega.

In 1998, Nkem Chukwugave birth in Houston to fivegirls and two boys, 12 daysafter giving birth to anotherchild, a girl. (However, thetiniest of the octuplets dieda week later.)

In 1999, the VermontSupreme Court ruled thathomosexual couples wereentitled to the same benefitsand protections as weddedcouples of the opposite sex.Ten years ago: Spain’s

prime minister, Jose MariaAznar, paid a surprise visitto Spanish soldiers in Iraq.Friends and relatives ofMichael Jackson descendedon his Neverland Ranch toshow their support for theentertainer as he foughtchild molestation charges(Jackson was later acquit-ted).Five years ago: AConti-

nental Airlines Boeing 737-500 taking off from Denverveered off the runway into aravine, injuring 37 people.Olga Lepeshinskaya, theBolshoi Ballet’s prima balle-rina for three decades dur-ing Soviet times, died inMoscow at age 92. Movie di-rector Robert Mulligan (“ToKill a Mockingbird”) died inLyme, Conn. at age 83.

One year ago: The StateDepartment acknowledgedmajor weaknesses in securi-ty and errors in judgmentexposed in a scathing inde-pendent report on the dead-ly Sept. 11, 2012 assault ona U.S. diplomatic mission inLibya. The National HockeyLeague announced the can-cellation of the 2012-13 reg-ular-season schedulethrough Jan. 14. MichaelPhelps was named The As-sociated Press male athleteof the year. In a series ofposts to her Twitter account,three-time Olympic runnerSuzy Favor Hamilton ac-knowledged working as anescort following a report onThe Smoking Gun websiteabout her double life.Today’s Birthdays: Ac-

tress Audrey Totter is 96.Actor John Hillerman is 81.Original Mouseketeer Tom-my Cole (TV: “The MickeyMouse Club”) is 72. Rockmusician-music producerBobby Colomby is 69. Rockmusician Peter Criss is 68.Psychic/illusionist UriGeller is 67. Producer DickWolf (“Law & Order”) is 67.Rock musicianAlan Parsonsis 65. Actress Jenny Agutteris 61. Actor MichaelBadalucco is 59. ActressBlanche Baker is 57. Rocksinger Billy Bragg is 56.Rock singer-musician MikeWatt (The Secondmen, Min-utemen, fIREHOSE) is 56.Actor Joel Gretsch is 50.Thought for Today:

“Friendship is unneces-sary, like philosophy, likeart. ... It has no survivalvalue; rather it is one ofthose things that givevalue to survival.” — C.S.Lewis, British author(1898-1963).

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Partly sunny this after-noon and evening with nochance of showers andthunderstorms. Highs inthe low 70s. Lows in themid 50s.

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Partly sunny this afternoonand evening with no chance ofshowers and thunderstorms.Highs in the mid 70s. Lows inthe lower 60s.

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ATTN: BUSINESS OWNERSBUY A NEW FORD FROM DUBLIN FORD. GET A BIG WRITE-OFF.1

Thanks to IRS Section 179 of the IRS tax code, many businesses that invest in new equipment will be able to write off up to 100% of these purchases on their 2013 IRS tax returns. Normally, businesses spread these deductions over several years. But now, tax benefits provided under IRS Section 179 allow many businesses to write off qualifying new equipment in the first year it is placed in service.HERE’S AN EXAMPLE FOR QUALIFYING BUSINESSES.For instance, when you buy a qualifying new Ford truck for your business, the cost is an expense that can be fully deducted in the first year it is placed into service.1 So, whether you need one or more qualifying vehicles, a business can expense up to $500,000 worth in 2013. Please note that this deduction amount would be reduced, dollar for dollar, once your equipment purchases exceed $2,000,000 in 2013.IS THERE A CATCH?The qualifying vehicle must be purchased and placed into service between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013. It must be used at least 50% for business, based on mileage, in the first year it i placed in service. So if you choose to use it for both personal and business use, the cost eligible for deduction would be the percentage used for business.WHAT’S THE URGENCY?For 2014, all indications are that the Section 179 deduction limitation will be reduced to only $25,000 and any bonus depreciation deduction will be eliminated. So the December 31, 2013 deadline is approaching quickly.

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NOTE: This analysis applies only to vehicles placed in service in the United States prior to January 1, 2014. It is provided by your local Ford Dealer as a public service to its customers. It should not be constructed as tax advice or as a promise of potential tax savings or reduced tax liability. For more information about the Section 179 expense write-off or other vehicle write-offs, contact your local tax advisor, or visit the Internal Revenue Website at www.irs.gov.

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YYoouu ccaann kill people andpeople will love you. Youcan live trashy lives(Kardasians) and peo-ple will love you. But ifyou say you believe inthe Bible, you are fired(Phil Roberson).

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PPeeooppllee wwhhoo live inDublin love Dublin cityschools. They shouldn'thave to go to the countyschools if they are hap-py. Leave the kids inDublin alone. They livein Dublin because that'swhere they want to be.

IIff PPhhiill Roberson is sus-pended from the show,don't you think thewhole family shouldstand behind him andquit the show, or is themoney more importantto them?

TThhee AA&&EE Network justlost me as a customer.They apparently do notsupport Christian val-ues and beliefs. Booo toA&E. Everyone boycottA&E until they apolo-gize.

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Dublin Police Depart-ment

Dublin Police officersfound a door that had beendamaged after a womancalled them about an at-tempted burglary around2:30 a.m. Sunday at ColemanCourt Apartments on Cole-man Court.

The woman told policethat she was asleep when sheheard movement outside thefront window and then aknock at the window. Shethen heard something at thebackdoor followed by thebackdoor being kicked in.The woman called out “Who’sthat?” and the subjects leftthe scene.

Officers saw that a screenhad been removed from thefront window and the back-door screen door had beendamaged and that the doorhad been kicked in.

- Reginald Thomas, 40 ofDublin, was picked up on awarrant on McKinley Streeton Sunday afternoon.

- Charlotte Suzanne Co-pas, 33 of East Dublin, wascharged with theft byshoplifting at Walmart onDec. 13. A store employeesaw Copas select severalitems and conceal them in

her pocketbook. - Elaine Michelle Stewart,

27 of Dublin, was chargedwith marijuana less than oneounce, at the Dublin HousingAuthority on Sunday. An offi-cer saw a marijuana ciga-rette and a clear plastic bagof marijuana in Stewart’sapartment.

- Varick Jevon Mills, 31 ofDublin, was charged withcriminal trespass at theDublin Housing Authority onDec. 13.

- DeMarcus AntonioJames, 26, was charged withgiving false name, address orbirthdate to law enforcementon Sunday at the intersectionof Garfield Street and Harri-son Street.

- Two pit bull were not intheir yard after the gate wasfound left open on Sunday onHillcrest Drive.Laurens County Sher-

iff ’s Office- Deputy spoke with an

East Dublin man about some-one going through his mail on

Dec. 13 on Eagle Creek Road.- Miscellaneous truck

parts were stolen on Dec. 13on Shaddock Creek Circle inEast Dublin.

- Two bicycles were stolenbetween Dec. 14 and 15 onDeerwood Trail.

- Queen size bed, six draw-er dresser and a brown rock-ing chair were stolen from ahouse on Alvin Johnson Roadin East Dublin on Sunday.

- Jewelry was stolen froma location on Fairfield Drivebetween Oct. 5 and Dec. 10.

Editor’s note: This in-formation is public recordand was taken from re-ports of the Dublin PoliceDepartment and the Lau-rens County Sheriff’s Of-fice. These reports do notreflect on the guilt or in-nocence. An “arrest” doesnot always indicate incar-ceration. Readers are cau-tioned that people mayhave similar names. Po-lice Beat does not identifyminor children, victims ofsexual assault, suicide at-tempts or medical condi-tions. Cases dismissed donot appear if the newspa-per is notified before dead-line.

Police Beat

Dublin woman heard suspiciousnoise from outside her apartment

COMMUNITYEVENTSPlaces to go. People to see. Things to do.

can be used at any time withno expiration date.DHS PTSA announces

December 2013 MembershipRecruitment Month. All par-ents, guardian and othersupporter of children who at-tend DHS are invited and en-couraged to join. The yearlymembership fee is $5. Mailmembership payment toDHS PTSA, PO Box 4904,Dublin, Ga, 31040. The nextmeeting will be January 23at 6 p.m. A Christmas light dis-

play that includes over50,000 lights that blink to ac-companied music and video! 212 Flanders Court South,November 28 - December31, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. In theevent of inclement weather,the display may not be oper-ational. Find us on Facebook

(Shiver Christmas Lights)No charge for viewing thedisplay, but a donation boxwill be available. Donationswill be given to the ShrinersHospitals for Children.Adams Christmas

Lights in Stuckey December1 to Dec. 29. Located be-tween Glenwood and Alamo,Directions from Dublin-Highway 19 south to Glen-wood to red light. Turn righton Highway 280 west ap-proximately two miles, willbe first intersection- look forsign Stuckey Baptist Church1/2 mile- turn right on Stuck-ey Baptist Church Road.Church will be on right,lights will be across fromChurch on left. Santa, Dec. 7.Look for signs. Our hours are6 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. nightly.

Chick-fil-A fund rais-ing for the Laurens Bap-tist Association MinistryCenter Dec. 2-31. donate acoat and get a free chickensandwich. There will be a bigbin in the entry way of thestore. Before placing yourcoat in the collection bin, youwill show the cashier or oth-er employee your coats andChick-fil-A will hand you onefree chicken sandwichcoupon per coat. This coupon


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Catholics plan nativity scene at church here

DECEMBER 16, 1963

The annual living NativityScene will be presented againthis year in front of theCatholic Church of the Im-maculate Conception onNorth Church Street, it wasannounced today. Perfor-mances will be Saturday, De-cember 21, at 8:30 p.m., Sun-day at 6 p.m., 6:15 p.m. and7:15 p.m; and again on Mon-day at 6:30 p.m. Directing theprojects will be Mrs. EdwardTanner, mMrs. Holt Todd,Mrs. A. Mencio, Mrs. CharlesWaller, and Mrs. Hugh Craig.Sunday School children

who will portray the charac-ters and participate in thechoir will be Cherri Sims, Ce-cilia Valdez, Victoria Valdez,Millie Roche, Susan Dominy,Mary Edna Romeo, Pam Sul-livan, Mark Sims, Debbie De-Fazio, Patrick Roche, MichaelBracewell, Maureen Mc-Cullar, George Kowtko, Don-na Todd, Jimmy Cartwright,Susan Roche, Barbara Lewis,Tommuy Lewis, Mack Ash-

ley, Nannette Alexander, PaulWaller, Debbie Todd, LouiseRoche, Benny Bracewell,Tommy Lewis, GeorgeannTanner, Beth Page, Robin Ab-ney, Karen Miles, DavidRomeo, Denny Dorsett, Kath-leen Magri, Blair Tanner,Vickie Cebula, Julia Lewis,Maudie Bracewell, CherylAbney, Belita Calvert, JoannBuffington, Edward Tanner,Duke Cartwright, TinaWaller, Marie Craig, and Gor-dono Abney.The public is cordially in-

vited to attend, with a specialinvitation to Sunday Schoolchildren of all denomina-tions.

MISS MADDOX, MR.WOODARD EXCHANGE

VOWSMr. and Mrs. J.W. Maddox

announce the marriage oftheir daughter Sherrell Di-ane to Lee Roy Woodard, sonof Mr. and Mrs. Ira H.Woodard of Rentz. The wed-ding was officiated on No-vember 17 at the Church ofthe Nazarene by Rev. MarlinMason. The couple are athome in Atlanta after a brief

wedding trip.

DUDLEY BANK TO OB-SERVE NEW CLOSINGAnother bank in Laurens

County, the Bank of Dudley,announced today that itwould close all day on Satur-day each week beginning inJanuary. The announcementwas made by Bank of DudleyPresident Rupert L. Hoganthis morning. Mr. Hogan saidthat after the first of the yearthe Bank of Dudley wouldstay open on Thursday after-noon, the present closingtime for the Bank, and wouldclose all day on Saturday. Healso stated that the Bankwould remain open until 6p.m. on Friday. The new clos-ing day for the Bank of Dud-ley follows the pattern forclosing that the three banksin Dublin will follow afterNew Years Day.The fifth FDIC bank in the

county, the Rentz BankingCompany, is as yet undecidedabout a closing change, ac-cording to President O.D.Barron, who told the COURI-ER HERALD this morningthrough the cashier of thebank, Kermit Lowery, that hewas as yet undecided about achange in closing. The RentzBank now closes on Thursdayafternoons. Dr. Barron, whohas been ill, stated that sincethe Rentz Banking Co. servesa predominantly rural areahe has not been able to weighall of the factors involved andwas not ready at this time tomake a decision about anychanges in the closing hours.The other three FDIC

banks in the county, all inDublin, the Citizens & South-ern Bank of Dublin, theFarmers & Merchants Bank,and the Morris State Bank,all announced some time agothat they would start remain-ing open all day on Wednes-day and will close all day onSaturday. The changes willstart after the first of theyear, 1964.

HONOR ROLL ATEAST LAURENS HIGH

SCHOOLHonor Roll for the second

six weeks’ grading period atEast Laurens High School is

as follows:7th grade: John Brady,

Emily Flanders, Dianne Hes-ter, Pamela Lord, WilliamLovett, Betty Jo Loyd,William Lovett, Betty JoLoyd, David Loyd, Joe Park-er, Wendell Tyson, RebeccaAvery, Sammy Hilburn,Sarah Young, Mary Warnock,Wynona Wicker, CliftonWilkes8th grade: Gary Evans,

Frances Frost9th grade: Kenneth

Spires, David Senn, NancyKight, Hugh Johnson, AlbertBrantley10th grade: Gayle Evans,

Iris Keene, Brenda Wind-ham, Jane Lake, Eddie Wat-son11th grade: Nell Graham,

Sylvia Brantley, LarrySpivey, Norma Jean Rober-son12th grade: Susan Beall,

Van Dollar, Sherry Patter-son, Sheryl Windham, SarahLogue, Elaine Harrell, RitaAtkins

IRISH COACH AN-SWERS ROBERTS’ GOOF-

ING CHARGEDublin football coach

Minton Williams sent Char-lie Roberts,ATLANTA CONSTITUTIONprep editor, a special deliveryletter yesterday answeringthe “goofing” charges Robertsmade against the game offi-cials in Dublin’s triumphover Tucker for the StateClass A football champi-onship. The letter is as fol-lows:“Dear Mr. Roberts: I am

very surprised that a man ofyour longstanding in thenewspaper business so great-ly underestimates the ‘powerof the press’ as to say thatyour article on Friday, De-cember 13th, was not an at-tempt to detract from ourwinning the Class A StateChampionship. Certainly byyour choice of words andideas you have cast a cloud ofdoubt over our victory and at-tempted to take some of theglory away from a fine groupof young men who worked 17weeks to achieve somethingthat no one, expecially theAtlanta newspapers, expect-ed that they could do.“I am sorry that you saw

the film and then became thejudge of several acts on thefield that looked to you to beone thing and were to be oth-erwise. I am sure that manythings can be found in anygame film which, if looked at30 times, will appear to bedetrimental to one team orthe other. I am also sure thatno group of officials evercalled a perfect game andprobably would be the first toadmit to being human.I alsonotice that you very carefullyomitted any mention of anydetected mistakes that, if

called, might have helpedDublin’s chances.“As to the two instances

which you mentioned, I willsay that we have a copy ofthe film which Tucker hasand which you saw and that Itoo have looked at the playsmany times. Certainly on thefirst try for point after full-back Eddie Lites APPEARSto be very close to the goalline. However, if you take in-to consideration that thisplay took place on the goalline while the camera was lo-cated high above the fieldnear the 50 yard line, I thinkthat you would agree thatthis is hardly as good an an-gle as that enjoyed by the of-ficial standing on the goalline three yards from theplay. This official appears inthe film with a perfect viewof the happenings, and heruled that according to foot-ball rules Lites did not scorethe extra point. The sad partis that your choice of words‘Lites actually RAN the ballacross the goal’ is very DEFI-NITELY INCORRECT andVERY MISLEADING. If thisdoes not tend to detract fromour victory, I am certainlyglad to know that you did notintend to do so.“As for the second point af-

ter attempt, our defensiveend certainly made contacatwith the offensive end ofTucker and certainly legallyhindered his progress intothe end zone. If this defen-sive end had mot made con-tact with Tucker’s offensiveend, he would not have beenplaying his position as he hasbeen taught. However, the of-fensive end is on the groundwhen the pass was thrown,while our defensive end is at-tempting to stop a fake diveto the Tucker halfback. Yourchoice of words ‘ FLAGRANTHOLDING’ is grossly unfairand unjust.“The officials of Dublin

Hih School this morning re-ceived the apologies from of-ficials of Tucker High Schoolfor the article with the assur-ances that they did not in-tend for this to get into thenewspaper and that they donot desire any controversy tocloud the memory of a finefootball game played betweentwo fine teams from two fineschools.“Your contributions to

State sports have been manyin your years of service, andmy friendship with you hasbeen enjoyable since I playedsports at Lanier in 1947, butthis attempt to cause contro-versy and especially to heapcriticism on a set of regis-tered football officials, with-out whom competitive athlet-ics would be impossible, is in-excusable.“I hope that you will print

this letter and give the otherside a chance.

“I would also like at thistime to extend to you an offi-cial invitation to be a guest ofthe Dublin Touhdown Club attheir annual Jamboree onJanuary 30th, 1964, in honorof the 1963 State Class Achampionship Dublin Irishfootball team. The featuredspeaker will be Coach RayGraves of the University ofFlorida, and your presence atthis banquet would add muchto the occasion.“Yours for better sports,Minton Williams, football

coach, Dublin High School,Dublin, Georgia.”

RETAIL SALES INLAURENS TRADE AREA

UPRetail sales for Laurens

County in September of thisyear went beyond the sales inSeptember of 1962 by morethan a half million dollars,according to informationfrom the Bureau of BusinessResearch of the University ofGeorgia. September 1963sales in Laurens County to-taled $3,598,000, the reportstated, while sales in Sep-tember 1962 totaled$3,065,000. The August salesaccording to the report werealmost $400,000 above theAugust sales of 1962. The Au-gust 1963 retail sales werereported at $3,244,000 withAugust 1962 sales reportedat $2,858,000.Johnson County retail

sales in September of thisyear were above those of Sep-tember 1962. The 1963 salesin September were given at$539,000 for 1963 while theSeptember 1962 sales werereported at $487,000. The1963 August sales in Johnsoncounty also showed an in-crease, $539,000 in 1963 asopposed to $487,000.The figures are estimated

by the Bureau of BusinessResearch from preliminarysales tax reports made to thestate.

MRS. A.J. WEAVER ISHOSTESS TO CHURCH

CIRCLEWMU Circle five of the

Jefferson Street BaptistChurch met on Friday after-noon with Mrs. A.J. Weaveron Pine Street with ninemembers present. Mrs. HughArnold, Chairman, presidedand opened the meeting withprayer. The program was di-rected by Mrs. Frances Ayres,and two interesting parts ofit were poems read by Mrs.G.W. Hodges Sr. and Mrs.Ayres.A Christmas tree bright-

ened the room where theChristmas party was en-joyed, and gifts were ex-changed by the members whoeach also received a presentfrom the hostess. Deliciousrefreshments were served byher assisted by Mrs. Hodges.

Attending were Mrs. Arnold,Mrs. T.J. Trammell, Mrs.Gladys Anderson, Mrs.Robert Thomas, Mrs. Hodges,Mrs. Weaver, Mrs. Ayres,Mrs. B.S. Lee, and Miss Mat-tie Thompson.

MISS JERRELL TOWED MR. HARVILLE

HERE SUNDAYMiss Sandra Jerrell of San

Diego, California, and Mr.Archie P. Harville, Jr. will beunited in marriage here onSunday, December 22, at theJefferson Street BaptistChurch immediately follow-ing the ll worship service.There will be no formal invi-tations, but all friends andrelatives are invited.

VFW AUXILIARY AC-CEPTS FOUR NEW MEM-

BERSThe VFW Auxiliary Presi-

dent, Mrs. Philip L. Falli-gant, welcomed four newmembers who were acceptedat the meeting on Tuesdaynight, and two others wereinitiated. The new membersare Mrs. Willis H. McNeely,Mrs. Joseph Armstrong, Mrs.George Green, and Mrs.Louis E. Blue; the initiateswere Mrs. Gene Raffield andMrs. Ashley Clark.Mrs. Claxton Cannon,

Chaplain, reported that flow-ers had been sent to two hos-pitalized members and cardsto three convalescent mem-bers. Mrs. Falligant told ofthe hospital party at the VACenter given by the Auxiliaryand of the Sixth Districtmeeting held here last Sun-day.A donation was made to

the VA Center for the annualChristmas party for the pa-tients. Mrs. Falligant ap-pointed Mrs. James Freemanand Mrs. Paul Varner to serveon the committee with her toassist in wrapping gifts forthe patients on December 19at the VACenter. She also ap-pointed Mrs. Ben Slade, Mrs.Cannon, Mrs. Joseph Thoma-son, Mrs. Eloise McAlexander,and Mrs. David Ware to serveon the Christmas WelfareCommittee and to distributeChristmas baskets to needyfamilies. Named on the treedecorating committee for theChristmas trees in wards atthe VA Center on December18 were Mrs. Ralph Hazlett,Mrs. Paul Varner, and Mrs.Howard Hodges.For the special Christmas

party of the VFW Auxiliaryfor the patients in the VFWwards on December 23 at 7p.m. Mrs. Falligant namedMrs. Hazlett, Mrs. EleanorArmour, Mrs. James Free-man, Mrs. Ashley Clark, Mrs.Mary Varner, Mrs. Hodges,Mrs. Cannon, Mrs.McAlexander, Mrs. Ware,Mrs. Raffield, and Mrs. Tal-madge Fountain.

Brightness on tap at Portland, Ore., barPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) —

Saturday marks the shortestday of the year — the pinna-cle of dread for people whofeel depressed when there’sless sunshine. When they goout for a drink or coffee in thedreary wintertime PacificNorthwest, they could alsoorder up a dose of somethingelse entirely: a few rays ofbright light.Designed to mimic sun-

light, light boxes are now be-ing featured at a bar in Port-land and a cafe in Seattle tohelp those with seasonal af-fective disorder, or SAD, anenergy-sapping depressionthat occurs at the same timeeach year and affects an esti-mated 3 percent to 5 percentof Americans.“I really call it atmosphere

therapy in here more thananything,” says Alex Carlson,the owner of Portland’s Light-bar, where walls leading tothe high, barrel-vault ceilingare bathed in ever-changingcolors, such as a deep bluethat mimics the sky just be-

fore sunrise and a red thatevokes a winter sunset.Booths have light-therapy

lamps that can be dialed upto 10,000 lux, the recom-mended dosage for SAD suf-ferers, and are draped bywhite canopies that provide acocoon-like coziness. DJs playambient music as bartendersserve craft cocktails under atree-like chandelier that in-cludes hundreds of crystals.A Seattle cafe owner start-

ed offering light therapy thisfall after learning of Lightbar.The condition is more com-

mon in the perpetually cloudyPacific Northwest — as wellas in other northern locales— because it’s triggered bylong winter evenings. Con-trary to popular belief inPortland and Seattle, therain has nothing to do with it.Supporters of light thera-

py say SAD is underdiag-nosed because doctors oftentake a snapshot of a patient’scurrent mood and prescribean antidepressant, ratherthan examine a yearslong

history to identify a seasonaltrend.“Or, more sensibly, the doc-

tor advises monitoring beforemedicating, and you return inApril completely remitted, so‘it was nothing,”’ says Dr.Michael Terman, professor ofpsychiatry at Columbia Uni-versity and the author of thebook “Reset Your InnerClock.”Though precise sales fig-

ures are tough to come by,manufacturers of light thera-py devices say they are sell-ing more of them, and the ex-panding array of models onthe Internet supports that as-sertion.Users don’t need a pre-

scription, and Terman saysthe “vast majority” arebought online by people whodon’t consult with a doctor be-fore making a purchase.When light therapy works,

it generally works quickly —within a week. Terman saysthe keys include the intensityof the light reaching the eyes,the duration of the session

and the timing of the sessionsrelative to a person’s innerclock — the circadian rhythmpacemaker in the brain.Patients are typically

more responsive to light ther-apy early in the morning,which conflicts with Light-bar’s nighttime hours, andmust sit in the front of thelight every day.Though the bar may not

provide the recommendedtherapeutic strategy, somepatients do get better resultsin the evening and “you can’tdiscount the placebo effect,”says Dr. Alfred Lewy, an Ore-gon Health & Science Univer-sity professor who is an ex-pert on seasonal depressionand light therapy.“If something helps a pa-

tient feel better — and it’s notcostly and it doesn’t have sideeffects —who am I to discour-age it?” Lewy says.Carlson, 39, opened Light-

bar following his own strug-gle with SAD. Though neverdiagnosed by a doctor, hestarted noticing a winter-long

trend of decreased energyduring his teenage years inOregon and Germany. Twovacations to Hawaii andEgypt and the sun exposuremade him better, he says.A couple decades later, still

dealing with winter blues, hetried a friend’s light-therapybox and got results. Hebought his own device andthen got the idea to open hisfirst bar. He says he wentthrough 12 versions of a busi-ness plan before he got fund-ing.Though most customers

drop in simply to get a drinkor chat with friends, somecustomers do come in for thelight therapy. One regular,Suzanne Staples, credits theoverall vibe, not the therapylamps, for helping her dealwith Portland’s lack of light.“It doesn’t feel like a bar,”

the massage therapist says.“It doesn’t have that under-world thing of a bar.”


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4th and 5th

Pictured below areTCS students whoqualified to participatein the 21st AnnualDuke University TalentSearch for 4th, 5th and6th grade. The DukeUniversity Talent Iden-tification Program, al-

so known as Duke TIP,was founded in 1980and is dedicated to thecultivation and educa-tion of academicallytalented youth. Eligi-bility for participationin the talent search isan honor requiring ex-

ceptional academicability. Students whoqualify must score ator above the 95th per-centile on the ITBSsubtest or composite.(Special Photo)

6th grade

Trinity Christian School studentsqualify for 4th-5th-6th grade Duke TIP

Special guests visit Ms.Ingrams business law class

Mr. Wallace Barron (Better Business Bureau)

Ms. Vonda Darrisaw (Victims Assistance Program)

Sgt. James Champion (Dublin Police Department)

Mr. Barron spoke to thestudents about the purposeof the Better Business Bu-reau, Business Ethics, In-tegrity, Frauds and Scams,Goal Setting, and IdentifyTheft.Officer Champion spoke

to students about his ca-reer in law enforcement,work ethics, the impor-

tance of making the rightchoices, the consequencesof choices, and the laws ofthe road.Cheryl Banks, Senior

Assistant District Attor-ney, spoke to studentsabout her career as a Pros-ecuting Attorney. She alsocovered a great deal of in-formation on current cases

in the news, the impor-tance of an education, hon-esty, integrity, ethics, ca-reer choices, preparationfor college, etc. Ms. VondaDarrisaw, Victims Assis-tance Program, was onhand to answer questionsfrom students. (SpecialPhotos)

Assistant DA Cherry Banks (District Attorneys Office)

Safety reassurance after London theater collapseLONDON (AP) —

Authorities sought to reas-sure theatergoers Friday thatLondon’s elegant but agingvenues are safe after chunksof ornamental plaster fell froma ceiling of the Apollo Theatre,showering patrons with dustand debris and injuring 79people.One line of inquiry for in-

vestigators is whether a briefbut intense rainstorm was afactor in Thursday’s accidentat the century-old building.The Society of London The-

atre said all theaters undergo“rigorous safety checks and in-spections by independent ex-perts, and incidents like lastnight are extremely rare.”“Our theaters entertain

over 32,000 people in centralLondon every night and alltheaters take the safety oftheir audience, performersand staff very seriously,” itsaid.Witnesses have described

chaos and panic as largechunks of plaster, woodenbeams and dust rained down

on the audience 45minutes in-to a performance of “The Curi-ous Incident of the Dog in theNight-Time.”“I thought, maybe this is

part of the play,” said ScottDaniels, an American touristfrom the Dallas area. “All of asudden, plaster starts rainingdown, huge hunks of plaster ...The lights went out and every-thing filled with dust — every-body was coughing and chok-ing.”London Ambulance Service

said Friday that it had treated79 people, 56 of whom weretaken to local hospitals in am-bulances and two comman-deered London buses. Ofthese, 47 were “walkingwounded” with minor injuries,while nine “had suffered moreserious injuries includinghead and back injuries.”Nimax Theatres, which

owns the Apollo, described theincident as “shocking and up-setting.”Like many of London’s

West End theaters, the Apollois more than a century old,

built in 1901.The Theatres Trust, which

helps preserve Britain’s his-toric playhouses, said theaterplasterwork was inspectedregularly and certified by in-dependent experts.Westminster Council, the

local authority, said an investi-gation was underway and aninitial assessment by survey-ors had found that the ceilingstructure remained sound.”The council said the Apol-

lo’s health and safety checkswere up to date.“Each historic theatre is

unique and we have no reasonto believe this is other than anisolated incident,” said Coun-cillor Nickie Aiken.The building remained cor-

doned off to the public Friday.The National Theatre, produc-ers of “Curious Incident,” saidperformances had been can-celed through Jan. 4.Marc Sinden, director of

the documentary series “GreatWest End Theatres,” said thatdespite the accident, London’stheaters are extremely safe.

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West Laurens High School FFATeam places sixth in area eventThe West Laurens High

School FFA Livestock Teamrecently placed sixth in theArea IV FFA LivestockJudging Career Develop-ment Event. The event washeld at Southern Pines inDublin, Georgia December3, 2013.The Livestock Judging

Career Development Eventallows agricultural educa-tion students the opportu-nity to make accurate ob-servations of livestock, de-termine the desirable traitsin animals, make logical de-cisions based on their ob-servations, and discuss anddefend those decisions.

Participants place classesof breeding and marketbeef, sheep, and swine, andthen give oral reasons tothe judges as to why theyplaced each class as theydid. They also take a writ-ten exam covering livestockmanagement practices.Team members includeGabe Brogdon, BethanyFuller, Tiffany Green, andCaitlin HatcherFFA is a national organi-

zation of over 520,000 mem-bers preparing for leader-ship and careers in the sci-ence, business and technol-ogy of agriculture. FFA isan integral part of the agri-

cultural education programin public schools. The FFAmission is to make a posi-tive difference in the livesof students by developingtheir potential for premierleadership, personal growthand career success throughagricultural education.Kasey Jackson and Reed

Waldrep are the West Lau-rens High School FFA advi-sors. The Livestock Judg-ing Career DevelopmentEvent is sponsored by theGeorgia FFA Foundation.Article submitted by FFAChapter Reporter MaraFountain. (Special Photo)

Dublin Rotary recognizedStudents Of The QuarterThe Dublin Rotary

Club recently recog-nized the Students ofthe Quarter. Pictured: (l-r) Baylee Bruton West

Laurens High; SarahHorne, Trinity ChristianSchool; Colton LeeHar-rison East LaurensHigh School; and Bai-

ley Kellean Versprille,Dublin High Schoolwith Rotary PresidentJay Studstill. (Photo byGriffin Lovett)

SWLE students enjoys reading over the holidayfrom Communities In School, Laurens CountyCommunities In

Schools, LaurensCounty presented allstudents at South-west Laurens Elemen-

tary a book of theirchoosing to takehome and enjoy dur-ing the holiday sea-son. S.W.L.E. would

like to thank Commu-nities In Schools, Lau-rens County for theirvery generous dona-tion. (Special Photo)

Dublin-Lauren County’s Randy Spiveyreceives 2013 Mike Daniel AwardGRPA’s Mike Daniel

Award recognizes a memberwho exhibits excellence inrecreation programming eachyear. At the 2013 GRPA An-nual Conference, Dublin-Laurens County RecreationAuthority’s Athletic Superin-tendent Randy “Spook”Spivey received this presti-gious award. Spivey has beena member of GRPA for 21years and manages one of thetop athletic programs in thestate. His local program andnumber of tournaments of-fered has grown throughoutthe years due to his efforts.Spivey’s service to GRPA is

also exemplary. He haschaired the GRPA state ath-letic committee several timesin the past and is a stalwarton the annual conferencecommittee each year coordi-

nating the exhibit hall at con-ference. His service also in-cludes stints as the athleticsection chair and incomingDistrict 1 Commissioner.His supervisor, Dublin-

Laurens County Director andGRPA Past-President DannyJones, made the award pre-sentation adding the follow-ing about Randy, “Our recip-ient meets so many of thesame attributes that I justdescribed earlier. Our recipi-ent is a lifelong resident inthe community where henow works and has workedhis entire recreation career.He loves his family, his com-munity, and his GRPA fami-ly. He’s a great problemsolver, diffuser of problems,great communicator, adapt-able and has a big heart dri-ven by passion. He loves

working within his homeprograms and special eventsand can always be found atmost GRPA State meetswhere helping hands are al-ways needed. He has one ofthe most active phones I’veever seen – answering GRPAquestions from all over theState dealing with athleticmatters. He is probably oneof the most well-known peo-ple in GRPA and probablyonly a handful of peopleknow him by his given name.It is my pleasure to presentthe 2013 Mike Daniel Awardto Randy L. Spivey for thoseof you that don’t know himby that name - SpookSpivey.”Congratulations to Randy

“Spook” Spivey on receivingthe 2013 GRPA Mike DanielAward! (Special Photo)

Dads to diapers and more,myth-busting survey saysCHICAGO (AP) — The de-

tached dad, turning up his noseat diapering and too busy tobathe, dress and play with hiskids, is mostly a myth, a biggovernment survey suggests.Most American fathers saythey are heavily involved inhands-on parenting, the re-searchers found.The nationally representa-

tive survey shows fathers’ in-volvement has increased slight-ly since the government firstasked in 2002, coinciding withresearch since then that bol-sters the benefits of hands-onfathering.The results are encouraging

and important “because othershave found the more involveddads are, the better the out-comes for their children,” saidresearcher Jo Jones of the Na-tional Center for Health Statis-tics, part of the Centers for Dis-ease Control Prevention. Sheco-authored the report releasedFriday.More academic success, few-

er behavior problems andhealthier eating habits are justsome of the ways fathers’ in-volvement has been linked withchildren’s well-being.“Times have changed,” said

Robert Loftus, 34, of Yonkers,N.Y. He quit a six-figure salesjob a year ago to care for his twoyoung children while his wifeworks full time. “We’re trying torethink our priorities and fami-ly seems to be the No. 1 priori-ty whereas in the past maybepeople were more focused on

career.”The results build on vol-

umes of research showingchanges in theAmerican familysince the baby boom years andbefore, when women weremostly stay-at-home moms anddads were the major breadwin-ners. As those roles shifted, sodid the view that moms are theonly nurturers.University of Chicago sociol-

ogist Jennifer Bellamy, who al-so studies fathering, said someold stereotypes persist, “thatdads are sort of the co-pilots intheir families,” absent or lessinvolved than moms.But she said the survey con-

firms that fathers “are quite in-volved in a variety of differentand important ways.”The study involved nearly

4,000 fathers aged 15 to 44 whowere interviewed in person be-tween 2006 and 2010. Onecaveat: They self-reported theirinvolvement, without inputfrom their partners or others.Most men were married or liv-ing with a partner.Key findings among fathers

living with children youngerthan 5:—9 in 10 bathed, diapered,

helped them use the toilet orget dressed at least severaltimes weekly.—Even higher numbers

played with them and atemeals with them that often.—Almost 2 out of 3 read to

them at least several timesweekly.Among dads living with kids

aged 5-18:—More than 9 out of 10 ate

meals with them at least sever-al times weekly and talkedwith them about what hap-pened during the kids’ day thatoften.—Almost 2 out of 3 helped

with homework several timesweekly.—About half took their kids

to or from activities that often.Overall, almost 90 percent of

dads said they thought theywere doing at least a good job offathering.The researchers noted that

during the study years, 45 per-cent of U.S. men — 28 million— aged 15 to 44 had a biologi-cal child. About the same num-ber had a biological, adopted ornon-related child living withthem or an adopted or biologi-cal child living elsewhere.Survey questions were

based on whether dads wereliving with their biological orunrelated kids, or apart.Most lived with their kids.

Not surprisingly, men who did-n’t were less involved with par-enting activities. Even so, sev-eral times weekly, at least 1 in5 still managed to help bathe,diaper, dress, eat or play withtheir kids. Fathers of older chil-dren were generally less in-volved than those with kidsyounger than 5 but that’s atleast partly due to the changingnature of parenting as childrenmature.

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Rick Nolte Payton Towns Cheryl Gay Clay Reynolds James Tidwell Dick Flynt Nick Camarota Don Carswell

Dublin, East take rivalry on roadCourier-Herald Reports

The East Laurens-Dublin rivalry is going on theroad before the annual home-and-home series inGHSA Region 3AA.Boys teams from the schools play today at 5:30

p.m. in the semifinals of the State Bank HolidayClassic hosted by Jones County after posting nar-row wins in Thursday's first round.East snapped a five-game losing streak with a

64-62 victory against Class AAAAAA Lowndes whileDublin edged AAAAA member Spalding 56-53.The girls were to meet in the consolation round

but a conflict for the Lady Irish necessitated achange in time and opponent. The East-Dublingame was set for 10 a.m., but because Dublinschools remain in session, East will play Allatoonaat that time and Dublin will play Central-Macon at 1p.m.Dublin absorbed a 61-30 loss to AAAAA Effing-

ham County in a game played later to accommo-date Dublin’s final exams. The Lady Falcons lost52-20 to Lowndes in the tournament’s first game.The first region game between the rivals is Jan.

28 at Dublin.

Girls swap opponentsBy Rick NolteSports Editor

As the losing streak for EastLaurens’ boys grew, CoachTorrance Pittman stressed tohis team that playing hard forfour quarters would be the firststep in turning things around.The Falcons came up with

their most consistent effort ofthe season inThursday's op-ening round ofthe State BankHoliday Classicand the resultwas a 64-62 vic-

tory against Lowndes. The win,East's first since its season-opener, halted a five-game skid."The last week or so, we've

worked on trying to play consis-tent, hard basketball for fourquarters," the first year coachsaid. "I think our effort reflectedthat."East, which will face county

rival Dublin in today's 5:30 p.m.semifinals at Jones County, hadonly a three-point split amongthe point totals in its four quar-ters. The Falcons shot a season-high 64.9 percent from the floor,recording an assist on half its24 field goals."We shared the ball really

well," Pittman said. "We got theball to the right spots andscored a lot of times with it.When we didn't shoot, we madeanother correct pass. Our pos-sessions were a lot more produc-tive than we have had."We gauge how efficient we

are by our assists and fieldgoals and we had a good per-centage today."Terrell Roberson, the lone

senior among East's startersand first wave off the bench,and sophomore Sequon Wynnscored 13 points each to lead theFalcons. The 6-foot Roberson

By Rick NolteSports Editor

Timely 3-point shooting andspreading the floor in the finalminutes helped get the sputter-ing Dublin boys back in synchThursday in time to pull out a56-53 win against Spalding inthe first round of the StateBank Holiday Classic at Jones

County.Jacori Payne,who led theIrish with 21points despitesub-par shoot-ing and foul

trouble, provided the clinchingpoints with a pair of foul shotswith 9.8 seconds left. His freethrows came after XeryousDewberry followed up a team-mate's miss with 23.8 secondsremaining to make the score 54-53.After Payne hit from the line,

Spalding had two 3-pointer

attempts to tie, Alex Bonnermissed the first with three sec-onds left, but the rebound wentoff the hands of Dublin'sFre'derick Thomas with 1.1 sec-onds remaining.The Jaguars Jaquerian

Berry got a clean look just out-side the arc at the elbow, but hisshot with Payne defendingtightly spun around the rim andout."We weren't in rhythm all

night," said Dublin coach PaulWilliams, whose team finishedrunner-up to Central-Macon inthis tournament last year. "It'snot secret we go as Jacori goesand he just wasn't in hisrhythm tonight. I don't know ifit was the exams, the trip, thegym, it just wasn't working forhim."Still, the lone senior starter

was solid enough to help keepthe Irish (5-3) in the game with

Irish hold on in stretchFalcons halt 5-game skid

See EAST page 2b See DUBLIN page 2b

Associated Press

ATHENS, Ga. — For thesecond straight season, Geor-gia scheduled a morning gameto accommodate some 4,000local elementary school chil-dren, faculty and staff who vis-ited Stegeman Coliseum onThursday.It seemed as if some of the

Bulldogs may have missedtheir wake-up call, however, asthey found themselves in a bat-tle with Gardner-Webb, requir-ing a run in the last five min-utes of the game to take a 58-49 victory.“I thought both teams had a

tough time with the morningstart,” Georgia coach Mark Foxsaid. “I thought our team had alittle zombie look to them -couldn’t even pass and catch itcleanly to start the game. Wejust never quite found arhythm - give (Gardner-Webb’s) defense credit for that,too.”Georgia, which shot 38.3

percent (18 of 47) from the fieldand committed 19 turnovers,held a pair of 10-point leadsearly in the second half butGardner-Webb stayed close,even moving to within onepoint (38-37) on a 3-point playby Josh Castellanos. But theBulldogs went on a 20-12 runin the final five minutes to holdoff their opponents.Georgia (5-4) has won four

consecutive games and isabove .500 for the first timesince its season opener against

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — VernonDavis is giving opposing safeties fits.Whether it’s Davis hurdling overdefenders, sprinting by them or easilyout-leaping them in the end zone,nobody seems to be able to stop SanFrancisco’s speedy tight end.He has produced one of the best

stretches of his eight-year career downthe stretch for the 49ers.The Atlanta Falcons certainly have

a fresh memory of Davis’ spectacularday from last January’s NFC champi-onship game.Months later, with Atlanta coming

to Candlestick Park on Monday night,Davis has caughttouchdown passes infive straight games andwill look for anotherdominant displayagainst the Falcons. Hecaught a pair of touch-down passes and hadfive receptions total for106 yards in that 28-24victory that sent San

Francisco back to the Super Bowl forthe first time in 18 years.“He’s the kind of tight end who

blocks at the highest level, has speedof the highest level, catching ability,ability to get open,” coach JimHarbaugh said Thursday. “An all-tooltight end, which is rare.”Davis’ streak is the longest by a

49ers player since Terrell Owenscaught touchdown passes in eightstraight games from Nov. 8-Dec. 27,1998. The 29-year-old Davis needs onemore touchdown catch to match his

career high of 13 set in 2009.With last week’s TD catch at Tampa

Bay, Davis became the first tight endin NFL history to produce two 12-touchdown seasons.

That pretty 52-yard touchdownpass from Colin Kaepernick showedhow well these two are workingtogether in Kaepernick’s first full sea-son as starter.

“He’s a big playmaker in ouroffense,” left tackle Joe Staley said ofDavis. “The coaches do a good job of

Davis has been nightmare to Falcons Georgiasnoozesway to win

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Vernon Davis burned Atlanta for 106 yards and two touchdowns in last year’s NFC title game.

Veteran had2 TD catchesin title game

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Falconsat 49ersMon., 8:40 p.m..(ESPN)

Friday, December 20, 2013/Dublin, Ga/Page 2bThe Courier Herald

SPORTSCENEAMERICAN CONFERENCE

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x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

SundayTampa Bay at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Denver at Houston, 1 p.m.Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m.Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m.Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Arizona at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 4:05 p.m.Oakland at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.New England at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m.Chicago at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

MondayAtlanta at San Francisco, 8:40 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesOklahoma City 107, Chicago 95San Antonio 104, Golden State 102

Friday’s GamesBrooklyn at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Sacramento at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Utah at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Charlotte at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Houston at Indiana, 8 p.m.Toronto at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m.Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesMemphis at New York, 12 p.m.Washington at Boston, 1 p.m.Sacramento at Orlando, 7 p.m.Houston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Utah at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Dallas at Phoenix, 9 p.m.New Orleans at Portland, 10 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesToronto 2, Phoenix 1, SOBuffalo 4, Boston 2Philadelphia 5, Columbus 4Pittsburgh 5, Minnesota 2Florida 4, Ottawa 2Detroit 3, Calgary 2, OTTampa Bay 4, Nashville 2St. Louis 5, Montreal 1Dallas 4, Vancouver 1Colorado 4, Edmonton 2Los Angeles 4, San Jose 1

Friday’s GamesAnaheim at New Jersey, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m.Vancouver at Chicago, 8 p.m.Florida at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesCalgary at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Phoenix at Ottawa, 2 p.m.Colorado at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Columbus, 7 p.m.Montreal at Nashville, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.Anaheim at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.St. Louis at Edmonton, 10 p.m.Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMESEAST

Duke 80, UCLA 63La Salle 80, Wagner 54St. Francis (NY) 65, Lafayette 62Stony Brook 76, Loyola (Md.) 69

SOUTHAuburn 66, Clemson 64Campbellsville 101, WVU Tech 83Centre 85, Thomas More 64East Carolina 103, VMI 94Elon 126, Cent. Pennsylvania 78Faulkner 62, Xavier (NO) 53Georgia 58, Gardner-Webb 49Jackson St. 73, Louisiana-Lafayette 70Lee 72, Valdosta St. 59Lipscomb 88, Austin Peay 83Miami 68, Savannah St. 51Mississippi St. 66, Florida Gulf Coast 53Morehead St. 120, South Dakota 83Mount Olive 90, UNC Pembroke 65SC-Upstate 74, South Carolina 68South Florida 73, Florida A&M 70Spring Hill 81, Tenn. Temple 76Tennessee Tech 112, Hillsdale Baptist 56

MIDWESTBeloit 75, Knox 69Coe 74, Bethany Lutheran 63Dayton 96, Iona 84Dordt 80, Martin Luther 56Illinois St. 64, Tennessee St. 58Kalamazoo 90, Marygrove 86SW Minnesota St. 83, Wis.-La Crosse 57Viterbo 71, Waldorf 67Wis.-Parkside 93, Indiana Dabney 65Wright St. 70, E. Illinois 43

SOUTHWESTArkansas 102, UT-Martin 56TCU 98, Grambling St. 75UTEP 84, Northwestern St. 74

FAR WESTArizona 69, Southern U. 43Long Beach St. 72, Southern Cal 71Saint Mary’s (Cal) 59, American U. 44Seattle 70, Norfolk St. 67UC Santa Barbara 57, Troy 54Utah 69, Texas St. 50Utah St. 68, W. Illinois 52

TOP 25 SCHEDULEFriday’s Game

No. 2 Syracuse vs. High Point, 7 p.m.Saturday’s Games

No. 3 Ohio State vs. Notre Dame atMadison Square Garden, 7:30 p.m.No. 5 Michigan State at Texas, 4 p.m.No. 6 Louisville at Florida International, 6p.m.No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 20 Coloradoat the MGM Grand Garden Arena, LasVegas, 11:30 p.m.No. 8 Villanova vs. Rider, 4 p.m.No. 13 Oregon vs. BYU, 10:30 p.m.No. 14 North Carolina vs. Davidson, 5 p.m.No. 15 Memphis vs. Southeast Missouri

State, 8 p.m.No. 16 Florida vs. Fresno State at theBB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla., 4:30 p.m.No. 18 Kansas vs. Georgetown, NoonNo. 19 Kentucky vs. Belmont, NoonNo. 21 Gonzaga at Kansas State, 3:30p.m.No. 22 UMass vs. Florida State at theBB&T Center, Sunrise, Fla., 2 p.m.No. 23 Missouri vs. Illinois at ScottradeCenter, St. Louis, 5:30 p.m.No. 24 San Diego State vs. McNeeseState, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesNo. 10 UConn at Washington, 3:30 p.m.No. 11 Wichita State vs. North CarolinaCentral, 8 p.m.No. 12 Baylor vs. Southern U., 5 p.m.No. 17 Iowa State at George Mason at theStan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, 5:30 p.m.No. 25 Iowa vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 2 p.m.GEORGIA 58, GARDNER-WEBB 49GARDNER-WEBB (6-7): Harper 0-4 2-4

2, Strange 3-10 1-2 10, Hibbert 6-15 2-314, Hill 3-5 3-6 9, Byron 0-0 0-0 0,Castellanos 1-3 0-0 2, Branch 1-4 0-0 2,Davis 0-4 0-0 0, Nelson 1-3 0-0 2, Ivey 2-62-3 8. Totals 17-54 10-18 49.GEORGIA (5-4): Thornton 5-10 1-2 11,

Parker 3-7 5-5 12, Echols 0-3 0-0 0, Wil-liams 2-4 4-4 9,, Gaines 1-7 0-0 2, Mann 2-9 4-7 8, Dixon 0-1 0-0 0, Forte 1-2 0-0 2,Morris 1-1 4-6 6, Cannon 0-0 0-0 0,Djurisic 3-3 1-1 8. Totals 18-47 19-25 58.Halftime—Georgia 21-12. 3-Point Goals—Gardner-Webb 5-19 (Strange 3-9, Ivey 2-5,Davis 0-1, Hibbert 0-4), Georgia 3-10(Williams 1-1, Djurisic 1-1, Parker 1-1,Mann 0-1, Echols 0-3, Gaines 0-3). FouledOut—Hill. Rebounds—Gardner-Webb 27(Harper 5), Georgia 46 (Parker 9).Assists—Gardner-Webb 11 (Strange 5),Georgia 9 (Gaines 3). Total Fouls—Gardner-Webb 23, Georgia 13. A—8,719.

FCS PLAYOFFSSemifinalsFriday

New Hampshire (10-4) at North DakotaState (13-0), 8 p.m.

SaturdayTowson (12-2) at Eastern Washington (12-2), 2 p.m.

NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOFFSChampionshipSaturday

At Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, Ala.

Lenoir-Rhyne (13-1) vs. NorthwestMissouri State (14-0), Noon

NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFFSAmos Alonzo Stagg Bowl

FridayAt Salem Stadium

Salem, Va.Mount Union (14-0) vs. Wisconsin-White-water (14-0), 7 p.m.

BOWL SCHEDULESaturday

New Mexico BowlAt Albuquerque

Washington State (6-6) vs. Colorado State(7-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Las Vegas BowlFresno State (11-1) vs. Southern Cal (9-4),3:30 p.m. (ABC)

Famous Idaho Potato BowlAt Boise, Idaho

Buffalo (8-4) vs. San Diego State (7-5),5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

New Orleans BowlTulane (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4),9 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 23Beef ’O’ Brady’s BowlAt St. Petersburg, Fla.

Ohio (7-5) vs. East Carolina (9-3), 2 p.m.(ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 24Hawaii BowlAt Honolulu

Oregon State (6-6) vs. Boise State (8-4), 8p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 26Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

At DetroitBowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6),6 p.m. (ESPN)

Poinsettia BowlAt San Diego

Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah State (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 27Military Bowl

At Annapolis, Md.Marshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5), 2:30p.m. (ESPN)

Texas BowlAt Houston

Minnesota (8-4) vs. Syracuse (6-6), 6 p.m.(ESPN)

Fight Hunger BowlAt San Francisco

BYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4), 9:30 p.m.(ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 28Pinstripe BowlAt New York

Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6), Noon(ESPN)

Belk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.

Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina (6-6),3:20 p.m. (ESPN)

Russell Athletic BowlAt Orlando, Fla.

Miami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1), 6:45 p.m.(ESPN)

Buffalo Wild Wings BowlAt Tempe, Ariz.

Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5),10:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 30Armed Forces BowlAt Fort Worth, Texas

Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (7-4),11:45 a.m. (ESPN)

Music City BowlAt Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5),3:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo BowlAt San Antonio

Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 6:45 p.m.(ESPN)

Holiday BowlAt San Diego

Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech (7-5),10:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 31AdvoCare V100 BowlAt Shreveport, La.

Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5),12:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Sun BowlAt El Paso, Texas

Va. Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), 2 p.m.(CBS)

Liberty BowlAt Memphis, Tenn.

Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 4p.m. (ESPN)

Chick-fil-A BowlAt Atlanta

Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 8 p.m.(ESPN)

Wednesday, Jan. 1Heart of Dallas Bowl

At DallasUNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), Noon(ESPNU)

Gator BowlAt Jacksonville, Fla.

Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), Noon(ESPN2)

Capital One BowlAt Orlando, Fla.

Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2),1 p.m. (ABC)

Outback BowlAt Tampa, Fla.

Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m. (ESPN)Rose Bowl

At Pasadena, Calif.Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State (12-1),5 p.m. (ESPN)

Fiesta BowlAt Glendale, Ariz.

Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1), 8:30 p.m.(ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 2Sugar Bowl

At New OrleansAlabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 8:30p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Jan. 3Orange BowlAt Miami

Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 8p.m. (ESPN)

Cotton BowlAt Arlington, Texas

Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2),7:30 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Jan. 4BBVA Compass Bowl

At Birmingham, Ala.Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), 1 p.m.(ESPN)

Sunday, Jan. 5GoDaddy.com BowlAt Mobile, Ala.

Arkansas State (7-5) vs. Ball State (10-2),9 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 6BCS National Championship

At Pasadena, Calif.Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1),8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

THURSDAYState Bank Holiday Classic

at Jones CountyGirls

DUBLIN 3 12 4 11— 30: Askew 2.Williams 6, Pittman 4, Jasmine Hollis 8,Cross 6, Archie 2, O’Neal 2. 3-pointers:Hollis.EFFINGHAM COUNTY 24 9 18 10

— 61: Makayla Robinson 15, Johnson 2,Haskins 8 Kyesha Lewis 15, Fowler 7,Tillman 5, Williams 3, Hicklen 4 Usher 2.3-pointers: Lewis.

BoysDUBLIN 14 12 21 9 — 56: Jacori

Payne 21, Javoski Bartee 10, Phillips 7,Thomas 8, Salter 3, Mobley 8. 3-pointers:Payne 4, Bartee 2, Salter.SPALDING 12 21 14 6 — 53: Payne

9, Berry 8, Terrence Briattain 23, Driver 3,O’Neal 2, Bonner 2. 3-pointers: Payne 2,Driver.

BASEBALLAmerican League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed toterms with RHP Ronald Belisario on aone-year contract.CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed toterms with RHP John Axford on a one-year contract. Designated RHP TreyHaley for assignment.NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed toterms with OF Carlos Beltran on a three-year contract. Designated RHP BrettMarshall for assignment.OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Acquired OFCorey Brown from Washington for cashconsiderations.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed S SeanCattouse to the practice squad.KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed DTJerrell Powe. Released WR Chad Hall.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed WRBryan Walters from the practice squad.Released LB Mike Taylor from the prac-tice squad. Signed DT Michael Brooks,DT Dewayne Cherrington and WR ArcetoClark to the practice squad.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

CALGARY FLAMES — Signed D KeeganKanzig to a three-year contract.CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled GJason LaBarbera from Rockford (AHL).Reassigned G Kent Simpson (AHL).EDMONTON OILERS — Traded F LinusOmark to the Buffalo Sabres for a condi-tional sixth-round draft pick.LOS ANGELES KINGS — Activated FColin Fraser. Reassigned F Linden Vey toManchester (AHL).NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled FJ.T. Miller from Hartford (AHL).

NFL

NBA

NHL

College basketball

College football

Prep scheduleTODAY

BasketballDublin vs. East Laurens (B) inState Bank Holiday Classic,5:30 p.m.Dublin vs. East Laurens (G) inState Bank Holiday Classic,TBAWest Laurens at Jonesboro(G), 6 p.m.West Laurens vs. Alexander(B) in Rutland ChristmasClassic, 8:30 p.m.

SATURDAYBasketball

Trinity Christian at StratfordAcademy, 2:30 p.m.Dublin and East Laurens inState Bank Holiday Classic(Jones Co.), TBAWest Laurens vs. MarionCounty (B) in Rutland Christ-mas Classic, noon

TODAYCOLLEGE FOOTBALL

8 p.m.ESPN2 — NCAA, FCS, semifi-nal, teams and site TBD

GOLF10 p.m.

TGC — The Royal Trophy, sec-ond round, at Guangzhou, China

NBA8 p.m.

ESPN — Houston at Indiana10:30 p.m.

ESPN — Minnesota at L.A.Lakers

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BriefsDLCRA needs coachesfor youth basketball

The Dublin Laurens County Rec-reation Authority needs coaches forits youth boys basketball program.

Interested people can call theauthority office at 277-5060.

DLCRA offers baseball,softball instruction

The Dublin Laurens County Rec-reation Authority will offer a base-ball/softball Clinic from noon to 2 p.m.on Dec. 21 and 23 for ages 9-14.

The cost is $20 witih registrationavailable online at www.dlcra.org or atthe DLCRA office until Dec. 18. In-structors will be local college players.Call 277-5060 for information.

Jingle All the Way racescheduled on Saturday

The Jingle All the Way run/walkwill be held Dec. 21 at First BaptistChurch in downtown Dublin.

Four- and two-mile races begin at8:30 a.m. and the 1-mile run/walk at9:45 a.m. Race course for the longerraces will be through the HistoricalDistrict with the 1-mile through town.

Cost is $30 for all races with a T-shirt. Cost is $20 and $25 with no T-shirt or $15 for a T-shirt only.

Registration will be accepted atwww.racerpal.com/races/JingleAllTheWay. Call 278-6018 for information.

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also topped East with eightrebounds."Terrell played really well,"

Pittman said. "We have to getthat kind of rebounding fromour guards. We're so smalleverybody has to go to theglass."Sergio Kates and Marty

Lewis each contributed eightpoints.The game was close

throughout. Lowndes led 19-18after a quarter and 36-35 athalftime. The Vikings edgedout another point, 51-49 enter-ing the final period before Eastclaimed the win in the stretch."It still wasn't the best we

can do, but we had some spurtsof really good basketball,"Pittman said. "It was enoughfor us to win."

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four triples and a conventionalthree-point play at key junc-tures until they could takecommand after spreading thefloor early in the final period.Payne's third 3-pointer and

a layup off the fastbreak onconsecutive possessions gaveDublin its largest lead of the

Continued from 1b game at 21-15 two minutesinto the second quarter. That'swhere Terence Brittain, whohad a game-high 23 points,took over for the Jaguars.Brittain started a run of 15

straight points with a follow-up and ended with a conven-tional three-point play off afastbreak layup and free throwafter a Dublin turnover for a30-21 lead with 1:19 left in thehalf.Gerald Phillips snapped a

Dublin scoring drought of 5:04with a pair of free throws."No rhythm," said Williams,

whose team trailed 34-26 atthe half.Brittain scored a layup on

the first possession of the sec-ond half, before Dublin slowlystarted coming back. Spaldingscored collected 14 of its 19field goals on layups or follow-ups."We can't give up that many

layups," Williams said. "I wasworried they might get (lead)up to around 12 or 15, but wehit some big threes to keep itclose until we got going ourway."After Brittain's layup,

Payne hit a 3-point bucket anda three-point play around atriple by Javoski Bartee, whofinished with 10 points, to trimthe lead to 38-35. Dublin final-ly got the lead back for good at

47-45 with 1:18 left on a tripleby Jemel Salter.The Irish played the last

few minutes of the third quar-ter and outset of the fourthwithout Jamarte Mobley,Phillips and Payne because offoul trouble."Playing without three

starters for a lot of time andstill come out with a winagainst a 5A school, that'spretty impressive," Williamssaid.Dublin spread the floor

after Thomas hit the first oftwo from the line with 5:06 leftto break a 49-49 deadlock.After getting a stop on theother end, Dublin forcedSpalding out of a zone with thespread and was able to sap theclock and get two layups andPayne's clinching free throws."We've been working on

(spread) because we're sosmall," Williams said."Tonight, it worked out great.it stretched them out, ran theclock and got us to the basket."We did some pretty good

things tonight, but there's stilla lot to work on."Dublin's games were origi-

nally scheduled for 1 p.m. and2:30. But because of theschool's exams, tournamentofficials pushed the tip-offswere back to 4:30 and 6 p.m. atGray Station Middle School.

Dublin

Wofford. Gardner-Webb, whichlost 85-66 on Monday to No. 8Duke, managed just 12 first-half points on Thursday andfell to a 6-7 record.Freshman Juwan Parker,

who earned his first startThursday and led Georgia witha career-high 12 points andnine rebounds, admitted thatthe atmosphere created by theexcited buzzing of thousands ofkids was somewhat distractingin the beginning.“We were a little out of

rhythm; I guess the early gamegot us a little bit,” Parker said.“But we finally calmed downand figured it out. It was wild.I think they gave me a littletoo much energy. I was a littlesped-up from the crowd. But itwas fun. I was glad theycame.”Marcus Thornton, who

missed much of the last twoseasons due to knee injuries,followed Parker with 11 pointsand seven rebounds. No otherGeorgia players scored in dou-

ble figures, although Donte’Williams added nine points,Charles Mann (returning aftermissing time the last twoweeks with a bone bruise)scored eight points andNemanja Djurisic contributedeight points off the bench.Despite scoring 19 points off

Georgia turnovers, Gardner-Webb was unable to overcomea miserable shooting percent-age (31.5 percent, 17 of 54) andwas frequently whipped on theglass, getting outrebounded bythe Bulldogs 46-27.Georgia’s 32 defensive

rebounds thwarted any sem-blance of an inside game forGardner-Webb as the Runnin’Bulldogs managed just 16points in the paint and fivesecond-chance points.“We weren’t good enough

offensively today,” Gardner-Webb coach Tim Craft said.“We shot 31 percent and wescored 12 points in the firsthalf, which just isn’t going toget it done this season.”Gardner-Webb had two

players score in double figures.

Naji Hibbert had 14 points (on6 of 15 shooting) and TylerStrange added 10 points, con-necting on a trio of 3-pointers.“Offensively, we just didn’t

show up at all in the first half,”Strange said. “We held them toenough points where we couldwin the game today, but offen-sively we didn’t come through.”Last season, Georgia began

the year at 2-7 and never real-ly got the traction it wantedafter that, finishing at 15-17overall and 9-9 in the SEC.Nine games into this season,the Bulldogs are feeling a littlemore confident this will be abetter year.“We dug ourselves out of a

hole and now the fun begins,”Parker said. “We’ve got to keepcompeting and keep playinghard so we don’t dig ourselvesin a hole again.”“It feels good,” Mann said.

“Now we have to keep onimproving. We have to remem-ber how last year was and howtough it was. We’ve got to buildfrom here and keep on gettingbetter.”

drawing up plays for him and he delivers. Thatwas a heck of a throw Colin had and a good jobby Vernon to haul it in.”Davis’ latest defensive victim was

Buccaneers safety Mark Barron. Davis beathim and made a high catch with arms out-stretched at the goal line to put San Franciscoup 17-0 at halftime of an eventual 33-14 win.“Obviously, the special talents of both those

guys on display in that one play. Vernon, thespeed, the ability to track a football, extend fora catch, balance of keeping and getting the feetin bounds,” Harbaugh said. “There’s manysuperlatives there. Colin, great accuracy andarm strength down the field, buying time,which he did a great deal in this ballgame,which was impressive on that play and others.”The only thing that wasn’t picture-perfect on

that one: Davis slammed right into the wallbehind the end zone and briefly had the windknocked out of him.Staley joked, “he needs to watch out for the

wall next time.”“The timing was perfect,” Davis said of the

play. “Just the way it was supposed to be andjust the way we rehearsed it in practice. Hepops back, keeps it high, launched it up in the

air and he put it right where it was supposed tobe.”While Davis said late last season he and

Kaepernick were still finding their timing,there’s no question they have it now — andhave had for months. The chemistry of thesetwo will be a big key to whether the Niners canmake another run at the Super Bowl.“I think you saw the same thing last year

where there was clickage,” Harbaugh said.“And they’re clicking again. Two great footballplayers.”Falcons coach Mike Smith puts Davis right

up among the best at the position. At 6-foot-3and 250 pounds, Davis presents a major mis-match.“He has a different skill set in that he’s a

burner,” Smith said. “I can remember watchinghim at the combine run his 40 and he turned alot of heads.”Atlanta tight end Tony Gonzalez needs no

convincing of Davis’ abilities. He has admiredDavis from afar while steadily producing hisown remarkable career, which will come to aclose after the season.“Vernon’s a great player, scores a lot of touch-

downs,” Gonzalez said. “He’s always impressedme since he’s come out with his athletic ability.It’s unparalleled.”

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Broncos refocus after lossAssociated Press

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. —Teams swear they don’t look attheir opponents’ records.Rankings are another story.By that measure, the

Denver Broncos see one of theleague’s top teams in theHouston Texans, who have losttheir last dozen games andplenty of their best players toinjuries.The Texans (2-12) own the

NFL’s 11th-best offense andfourth-best defense, andthey’re ranked second againstthe pass.That puts them right up

there with the Broncos (11-3)and Seattle Seahawks (12-2),the two teams that oddsmak-ers favor to reach the SuperBowl.“I think they are a great

team,” Broncos linebacker VonMiller insisted.Don’t laugh, Peyton

Manning said.Eight of Houston’s losses

were by a touchdown or less.“We don’t look at records,

we look at the tape,” saidManning. “On offense, we see agood defense. We see some out-standing players when you’retalking about guys like(Antonio) Smith and (J.J.)Watt, guys that can dominatea football game.”With Matt Schaub starting

for the first time since Oct. 13in place of injured CaseKeenum, Denver’s defenderssee the same quarterback whothrew four touchdown passesin Houston’s win over theBroncos last season.A lot has changed since.Manning found his footing,

going 23-5 since that 31-25 losson Sept. 23, 2012. He’s four TDpasses shy of breaking TomBrady’s single-season record of50 and is favored to win hisfifth MVP award with theBroncos once again jockeyingfor prime playoff position.Schaub has been benched,

booed at home and entersSunday’s game without fourmembers of his supportingcast who helped him win atDenver last year. Kevin

Walker was cut in the offsea-son, and Arian Foster, OwenDaniels and Ben Tate are allon IR.In his last cameo appear-

ance at home, against Oaklanda month ago, Schaub wasbooed so loudly that theTexans had to use a silentcount on some snaps.The Broncos simply see a

good team that’s had a run ofbad luck.“We’re gearing up for a chal-

lenge, a good football teamthat’s maybe had a rough year,but still a very talented foot-ball team that’s very capable,”Denver defensive coordinatorJack Del Rio said.Watt’s sacks have gone

down from 20 1/2 last season to9 1/2 this year, but the Broncoscontend this is another casewhere the numbers don’t tellthe whole story.“I’m looking at 42 quarter-

back hits,” Broncos offensivecoordinator Adam Gase said.“The sack numbers are irrele-vant because he makes teamsget rid of the ball quicker.”

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