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Vol 166 Issue 14922 Pages

Faced with tax collec-tions that continue toplunge, Gov. SonnyPerdue said stateagencies will lose25 percent of theirfunding for June.Perdue slashing$274 million for the2009 fiscal yearthat ends June 30.Page 4

State

SportsThe Columbus BlueDevils are playingCartersville for theClassAAAstate title.Page 9

Nation, world

The stock marketwas set for a higheropen today after thegovernment said theeconomy shrank inthe first quarter at aslower pace than itinitially estimated.Page 5

It’s safe to say the bestis yet to come for thenew national spellingchampion. She’s onlyjust become a teenag-er. She’ll probablykeep her competitivejuices flowing byentering the Interna-tional Brain Bee, theperfect contest for anaspiring neurosur-geon.Page 5

OpinionEditorAndrea Lovejoywonders how gettingolder means gettingbetter, and a statenewspaper offers sug-gestions for federalinvolvement in theTri-State water ‘wars.’Page 6

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Heard County government officials broke groundThursday for a $3 million public safety buildingfinanced by the county’s special purpose localoption sales tax.The 11,000-square-foot building on Ga. 100 will

house Fire Administration Services, the 911 Cen-ter and the coroner’s offices. It will be on the site ofthe former Private Line Manufacturing Co., whichhas been demolished.“I’m just absolutely thrilled,” said Coroner Kathy

Buchanan, who’s in her fourth four-year term.

She had been sharing an office with code enforce-ment and will have her own digs for the first time.“It’s long been needed. It will makemy job a wholelot easier.”Commission Chairman June Jackson said the build-

ing will have a 60-seat multi-purpose roomwith audioand video equipment for all public safety training, andthe 911 center will be completely up to date.”“It’s going to be very nice,” Jackson said.The general contractor, New South, is currently

hiring subcontractors and expects to have the pro-ject completed by Nov. 1.

‘You have challenged my mind and inspired my soul’ Fair targetsmen’s health

Bands, bikersset downtown

From staff reports

West Georgia Health Systemwillhave a freeMen’s Health Fair from9 a.m. until noon Saturday at Call-away Stadium in conjunction withthe West Georgia Superstar Foot-ball Camp.Participants can register on site,

but pre-registration is encouragedat (706) 845-3000.The health fair, just outside the

stadium’s entrance, will offerprostate screenings, testing forbodymass index, blood pressure,blood sugar and cholesterol, andrisk assessment for cardiovas-cular disease. Men accompany-ing participants in the footballcamp are encouraged to “makehealth a priority” by takingadvantage of the screenings.For those with transportation

needs, a shuttle service will beavailable at 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.at four locations: Easy Street inThomastown, Griggs Center onGlenn Robertson Drive, Walt’sWorld at 609 Union St., and Bel-lline Playground. For informationcall (706) 416-2743. Return trips

From staff reports

There will be plenty to see – andhear - in downtown LaGrange onSaturday.The Southern Cruisers Riding

Club will host its second annualBikers on Main event all day onLafayette Square.Live music, food, a live auction

and vendors will be on the squarethroughout the day, with all pro-ceeds benefiting Harmony HouseDomestic Violence Shelter. Chil-dren’s inflatables, games and activ-ities are available for $10 a childfor unlimited all-day use.Down the street, a family-ori-

ented Battle of the Bands will beset up on a stage in the CarmikeTheater parking lot. Rained out inMarch, the event features five localbands plus other out-of-towngroups. Music begins at 11 a.m.

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LaGrange College President Stuart Gulley said he’s been ‘overwhemed’ by multiple tributes as he prepares to leavethe post he has held for 13 years. Here, Gulley acknowledges a standing ovation from the college’s LeadershipCouncil, following his last ‘state of the college’ address on Thursday.

Gulley gives last ‘state of the college’ addressBy Jennifer ShraderStaff writer

LaGrange College President StuartGulley, who leaves in June to take overthe presidency of Woodward Acade-my in Atlanta, thankedmembers of thecollege’s leadership council in his last“state of the college” address Thurs-day.“I have been overwhelmed,” with the

tributes leading up to his departure,said Gulley. “There has been no greatersend-off at the college than the one forStuart Gulley. I will never forget thelove and admiration you have shownme. You have challengedmymind andinspired my soul.”Belmont University Provost Dan

McAlexander is expected to move intothe college president’s house in June andbe on the job full-time after July 4.Gulley did leave the groupwith a few

challenges. Not only does no one knowwhat the current economic crisis isleading to, but LaGrange College facesa “challenge” from public collegesmoving into the area, Gulley said.“If you have contacts at the Board of

Regents, talk to them,” said Gulley,

who is concerned about ColumbusState’s plans to open a satellite cam-pus in West Point. The state Board ofRegents, which governs the colleges,recently gave approval for ChambersCounty, Ala., residents to enroll at “in-state” Georgia tuition.“With all the cuts the state is facing,

we are underwriting Alabama at about$9,000 a student,” he said.In spite of the economic news, Gul-

ley was full of praise for the college

meeting its $65 million “DefiningMoment” fundraising campaign wellahead of the December deadline.“There is no limit to what this col-

lege can do,” he said.In what has become Gulley’s signa-

ture style, he gavemuch of the credit tothe success of his 13 years in LaGrangeto the faculty and staff of the school,especially the college cabinet, all ofwhom he hired in his years here.David Rowe, 43, vice president of

advancement since 2000, and PhyllisWhitney, executive vice president foradministration, both will leave the col-lege after Gulley’s departure.Rowewill assume leadership of Cen-

tenary College of Louisiana in Shreve-port Aug. 1. Whitney is leaving to joinformer LaGrange College VP for aca-demic affairs and Iowa Weslyan Col-lege President Jay Simmons, in a sim-ilar role.Gulley presented the two with the

college’s Servant Leadership awards.

Jennifer Shrader may be reached [email protected] or at(706) 884-7311, Ext. 236.

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Director Pat Guida, left, and regionallibrary director JoEllen Ostendorf lookover newly completed renovations atHogansville Library.

By Jennifer ShraderStaff writer

Members of the Troup-Harris RegionalLibrary Board officially are impressed withrenovations at the Hogansille Library.The library reopenedMay 1 after closing

for a month to replace carpet, the circula-tion desk and a back wall in the building,correcting a serious mold problem.“What a big job this was,” said Carol Todd,

library board chairwoman. “It looks great.”Library director Pat Guida said carpet

inside the building was worn and drains out-side the building had collapsed, creating themold.Library staff loves the new circulation

desk, which is more accomodating to com-

Hogansvillereopens library

Stuart Gulley, left, presentsLaGrange College servant leader-ship awards to departing vice pres-idents Phyllis Whitney and DavidRowe.

Heard breaks ground on $3 million public safety building

Heard County officials break ground Thursday.SEE HEARD, PAGE 2

‘Dope on a rope’ inWinderWINDER, Ga. (AP) – Lt. Frank Farr, an investigator with

the Winder Police Department, said he had never seen any-thing like it in his 20 years of service – a takeout window fordrugs.Police said customers would notify the dealers by ringing a

wireless doorbell attached to a tree in a nearby stand of woods,setting off a chime in the second-story apartment. A bucket waslowered and buyers placed their money in it for the dealers tohaul up, then the drugs were sent back in the bucket.

SEE HOGANSVILLE, PAGE 2

Free eventaccompaniesfootball camp

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Blame it on the doughnutsFAIRFAX, Va. (AP) – Officials in Fairfax are blaming Krispy

Kreme doughnuts for clogging more than just arteries.Thecounty says the company has damaged its sewer system bydumping yeast and grease. Officials filed a lawsuit this monthafter the company refused to pay a $1.9 million bill for repairs.Krispy Kreme says the charges are unfounded.The county that borders Washington D.C. says its workers

once ran a closed-circuit camera inside a pipe to show thegrease deposits, but the camera got stuck in the goop.

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Current and former NFL football players got in a round Thursday at Overlook Golf Linkswhile they’re here for the West Georgia Superstar Football Camp at Callaway Stadium.From left are: Walt Harris of the San Francisco 49’ers, who formerly played for the Bears,Colts and Redskins; Takeo Spikes, a linebacker for the 49’ers; BernardAnderson, one of Har-ris’ financial consultants; and Johnny Harris, who retired after playing for the New YorkGiants and Oakland Raiders. He also played in the Canadian League and arena football.

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Eddie ‘Pete’ GlassMr. Eddie ‘Pete’ Glass of

LaGrange passed away Sat-urday at Hospice LaGrange.Mr. Glass, a native of Har-

ris County, was born April 3,1945 and was the son of thelate J. W. Glass and Marthel-la W. Glass. He was pre-ceded in death by his wife,Yvonne Maddox Glass; andtwo brothers, Curtis GlassSr. and Melvin Glass.Survivors include two chil-

dren, Eddie (Deborah)Culpepper, LaGrange; SonjaRamos, Columbus; threestep children, DominickTatum, Gainesville; QuincyMaddox, Rodney (Tracy)Maddox, all of LaGrange;one sister, Arlena Maddox,LaGrange; brother-in-law,Hillard Maddox, LaGrange;twenty grandchildren, eightgreat-grandchildren; specialniece, Teresa Glass,LaGrange; special nephew,Curtis Glass Jr., Tennessee;other nieces, nephews, fam-ily and friends.The graveside service will

be Saturday at 2:00 PM inMount Zion Baptist ChurchCemetery, Hamilton. Rev.Benny Whitaker will offici-ate.Lakes-Dunson-Robertson

Funeral Home is in charge ofthe arrangements.

Robert BurstonMr. Robert Burston, 63, of

10 Yellow Lane in Grantvilledied Tuesday, May 26, 2009.Funeral services will be

held Saturday, May 30, 2009at 12:00 noon, St. Paul CMEChurch in Lone Oak. PastorCleavon Meabon III will offi-ciate. Interment churchcemetery.Thrash and Sons Funeral

Home in charge of arrange-ments.

Ella Louise WilliamsMs. Ella Louise ‘Ms.

Frankie’ Williams passedaway Sunday, May 24, 2009at West Georgia MedicalCenter.Ms. Williams was born

October 9, 1943 in TalbotCounty, Ga. She was one ofsix children.She is preceded in death

by her loved ones; father,John L. Williams; brother,John L. Williams, Jr.; and sis-ter, Hattie Croucher.She leaves to cherish her

memories, her mother, MarySercey Williams and specialfriend, Charlie Billy Davis;five children, Jessie Williams(Fredrick Herndon); Jeffery(Wanda) Williams; WalterWilliams; Jimmy Williams(Barbara Jackson), all ofLaGrange; and Martha(Christopher) Harton ofFayette, AL; brothers, Mr.and Mrs. Quinton White;Harris Glenn (Bertha)Williams; Lawrence (Ella)Williams; and one sister,Louise Williams (CharlieRay); sister-in-law, DorothyWilliams; grandchildren,Rodricus Williams, JefferyNelson, Shemika Williams,Reginald Williams, TrayBlackmon, DestinyMcCauley, Fredrick Bailey,Tatarian Williams, Rantavi-ous Williams, DarnellWilliams, Jasmine Gray,Jakevius Green, Justin Earl,Jesse Moody, JamyaWilliams; twenty-five great-grandchildren; special closefriend, Dexter Porter, AshleyBaker and MeMa’s Day CareCenter; and a host of nieces,nephews, other relatives andfriends.The family will receive

friends today from 7 to 8 PMat Lakes-Dunson-RobertsonFuneral Home. Funeral services will be

Saturday, May 30, 2009 at2:00 PM at Warren TempleUnited Methodist Churchwith Rev. W.T. Edmondsonofficiating. Interment will bein Southview Cemetery.The family will be at their

home at 222 McGregorStreet.Arrangements are by

Lakes-Dunson-RobertsonFuneral Home.

Joseph A. HeardMr. Joseph Anderson

Heard Jr. ‘Hanif ’, 60, ofLaGrange passed awayMonday at HospiceLaGange.Mr. Heard, a native of

LaGrange, was born Octo-ber 17, 1949 and was the sonof Anderson Heard Sr. andthe late Pearlie Phillips.He leaves to cherish his

loving memories, his father,Anderson Heard Sr.,Philadelphia, Pa. Josephwas married to Wanda andto that union four childrenwere born, three daughters,Nakia Heard, Philadelphia,Pa; Sakinah Ahmad andMadiha Heard of Min-neapolis, Minn.; one son,Saeed Ahmad, LaGrange;five grandchildren, AnayaHeard, Kaya Graham,Jovonne Brown, Jo’vayaBrown and Ahnnah Cain;one brother, Charles(Shirley) Heard, LaGrange;nephews, Anythony Heard.Chuck Heard and BryantHeard; uncles, Virgil (MattieKate) Williams, LaGrange;Eddie Joe (Louise) Williams,Decatur; W. Paul Williams,Philadelphia, Pa; RaphaelAntonio; David Williams,Philadelphia, Pa; two aunts,Nona Harrison, LaGrange;Willie Mae Williams,LaGrange; special aunt,Mable Turner, LaGrange;special cousins, Freddie(Pamela) Williams Jr.,LaGrange; many other rela-tives and friends.The memorial service will

be Saturday at 4:00 PM atthe Burks Chapel UnitedMethodist Church on theBurks Chapel Road withRev. John Tompkins offici-ating.The family will be at their

home at 109 Cedar Street. Lakes-Dunson-Robertson

Funeral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

John GiessMr. John Giess, age 76 of

Franklin, Ga. passed awayMay 25, 2009 at his home.Funeral services for Mr.

Giess will be conducted Sat-urday, May 30, 2009, at 2:00P.M. from the Tom Stutts andSon Funeral Home Chapel inFranklin. The family willreceive guests at the funeralhome one hour prior to serv-ice time.Tom Stutts and Son Funer-

al Home in charge ofarrangements.

Cleveland Fletcher, Sr.Cleveland Fletcher, Sr. of

12426 Edgewater Drive ofHampton, Ga. died Friday,May 22, 2009 at DelmarGardens of Smyrna ofSmyrna, Ga. Mr. Fletcher was a native

of Troup (Mountville) Coun-ty and the son of the lateMattie Harris and ClevelandParham. At an early age, hewas adopted by Homer andHattie Mae Fletcher. Heattended Thomastown Ele-mentary School and EastDepot High School. He heldemployment as an orderlywith City County Hospitaland after moving to Atlanta,he held employment withthe Coca Cola Company forover 23 years.He was amember of Zion Hill BaptistChurch and he later joinedBeulah Baptist Church ofAtlanta where he served onthe Usher Board. Survivors include a sister,

Mary Anderson of Atlanta;three sons, Cleveland (Glo-ria) Fletcher, Jr. of Hampton,Alvin (Clarissa) Fletcher ofNorcross, and Kenny (Mil-dred) Patterson of Atlanta;seven daughters, LynnFletcher-Hooks of Brooklyn,New York, Faith Fletcher ofNew Beach, New Jersey,Deborah Adams Shirer ofFort Worth, Texas, Faye(Steve) Newton and Valerie(Clifford) Bell both ofRiverdale, Tywla White andKama White both of Atlanta;several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and a host ofnieces, nephews, other rela-tives and special friends andthe McCamey sisters.Funeral services for Cleve-

land Fletcher, Sr. will be heldon Saturday, May 30, 2009at 2:00 P.M. at Zion Hill Bap-tist Church on Cox Street.Rev. William A. Dean willofficiate with burial atSouthview Cemetery. The family will receive

friends at his home at 126Cox Street. West Georgia Mortuary is

in charge of arrangements.

Hattie W. FurlowMrs. Hattie Winkles Fur-

low, 98, of Hogansville, diedWednesday, May 27, 2009, atHeritage Healthcare ofGreenville.Mrs. Furlow was born Jan-

uary 3, 1911, in CarrollCounty, daughter of the lateFrank and Ada ReynoldsWinkles. She lived inHogansville for sixty years,was a member of AntiochBaptist Church, and was thewife of the late Homer C.Furlow, Sr.Survivors include her sons

and daughter in-law, HomerC., Jr. and Millie Furlow, ofNewnan, and Lamar Furlowof Milledgeville; sister,Clarice Horsley of Bremen;two grandchildren, ChrisFurlow and Kim and JohnnyArrington, all of Hogansville;and five great-grandchildren,Kacie Furlow, Chase Furlow,Elizabeth Arrington, AbbyArrington, and EmmieArrington.Funeral services will be

conducted at 11:00 a.m., Sat-urday, in the Chapel ofClaude A. McKibben andSons Funeral Home. Dr. R. C. Prescott will officiate andinterment will be in MyrtleHill Cemetery.The family will receive

friends at the funeral homefrom 6 until 8 tonight.Condolences may be

expressed at www.mckibbenfuneralhome.com

Thievestake man’s shirtA man walking on Carv-

er Street near Tower Streetsaid he fled from five menwho attacked him and stolehis shirt Thursday morn-ing. The men surroundedthe victim and physicallyassaulted him before tak-ing the shirt carried in apaper bag, he said. Noweapons were used and noarrests were made.

Stolen truckA man shopping at

LaGrange Mall at 1501Lafayette Parkway returnedto his parking space Thurs-day afternoon and discov-ered his $8,000 ChevroletSilverado pickup truck wasstolen. The man had his keysin one of his pockets andsaid he locked all of the vehi-cle’s doors.

BatteryA man who suffered a bro-

ken wrist during an alterca-tion with his girlfriend alongLafayette Parkway has beencharged with battery, DUIand driving with a suspend-ed license.A witness told La-

Grange Police the mandragged his girlfriend intohis SUV after an alterca-tion on the side of thestreet and drove off.Police stopped the man inthe parking lot of theRacetrac at 1517 LafayetteParkway and smelledalcohol on the man’sbreath. He was treated atWest Georgia MedicalCenter for a broken wristand released.

Arrests� Nakel Johnson, 34, of

Old Pond Road was chargedwith possession of cocaine.

� William Thomas, 38, ofWaugh Road was chargedwith possession of metham-phetamine. Troup CountySheriff ’s deputies stoppedThomas’ vehicle on TroupStreet near Lukken Indus-trial Drive Thursday morn-ing. A clear plastic bag con-taining the drug was foundinside his vehicle, deputiessaid.

� LaGrange policecharged Reginald Wimbush,21, of Newnan with sexualbattery.

� It is the policy ofLaGrange Daily News toprint the names of peoplecharged with felonies.

Voters approved the one-story brick building as partof a six-year, $41 million spe-cial sales tax that took effectin 2006. The revenue is beingshared with the county’sthree cities – Franklin, Eph-esus and Centralhatchee.The sales tax includes $3

million for water projectsand also financed a $12 mil-lion recreation complexscheduled for completion onMonday. The 85-acre com-plex on Thompson Road hasball fields, concession standsand a new gymnasium.A new courthouse annex

is in the plans “if the money’sthere,” Jackson said.

puters. Guida also took theopportunity to rearrangeshelving, opening up the build-ing to make it look bigger.“It looks like a much more

open space,” she said. Patronshave loved the changes.The library used a number

of volunteers to reshelve thebooks before the opening,however, more volunteerscould be used during regu-lar library hours to shelvebooks and help wait on cus-tomers.

� To volunteer, call Guidaat the library, (706) 637-6230.

will be at 3 p.m.The 16th annual football

camp is sponsored by 100Black Men and Walt’s WorldFoundation. Registration is at Ethel

Kight Resource Center, 601Union St. (706-812-1007)or Walt’s World (706-416-2743).After the camp, from 1

p.m. to 4 p.m., there willbe lots of activities, includ-ing a celebrity flag footballtournament and live per-formances by well-knownrap and R&B artists. A“nominal fee” will becharged.

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�Nuptials

Anna LaurenMcGrady and Bret ColbyWhite will marryat 6 p.m. Saturday at Marietta First Baptist Church.The bride-elect is the daughter of Larry and PatMcGrady,

and the groom-elect is the son of Ronnie and ReneeWhite.The couple was honored with showers and parties prior

to the wedding, including:An engagement party Feb. 16 was given by the groom’s

parents, Ronnie and Renee White, at their home in Mari-etta.An engagement party Feb. 17 was given by the bride’s

parents, Larry and PatMcGrady, at their home in LaGrange.A round-the-clock shower Feb. 21 was hosted by Frank

and LynnWigington, Ken and DixieMinor, Randy and VickiSimpson, Randi and Sandy Boone and Shannon Cobb atthe Wiginton home in Marietta.A miscellaneous shower March 22 was hosted by the

groom’s aunts, Venita Bruton, Brenda Crawford, ShayLangston and Cynthia White, at the White home in Mari-etta.A set-the-table shower April 19 was hosted by the bride’s

aunt, Dianne Dunlap, and friends Leesa Cothran, CutineBarber, Angie Mock and Susan Hadaway at the Dunlaphome in Franklin.An around-the-house showerMay 2 was hosted by James

and Judy Neighbors, Murray and Paige Schine and Mari-on Clay Towns at the Neighbors home in LaGrange.Amiscellaneous showerMay 3 was hosted by Randy and

Debra Nix at Ou La La in LaGrange.A lingerie shower and bachelorette weekendMay 16 was

hosted by the bridesmaids, Kelley Carlisle, Jennifer Hen-drix, Jackie Hicks, Kelly White and Holly Bell at the Bellhome in Atlanta.The groom hosted a sports weekend for his groomsmen

the weekend of May 22 in Atlanta.A bridesmaids luncheonwill be hosted today by the bride’s

aunt, Margaret Hill, and cousins, Sharon Hill, Liza Hill andCindy Banks, at the Swan Coach House in Atlanta.A rehearsal dinner will be hosted tonight by the groom’s

parents at The Strand Theatre in Marietta.

Anna Lauren McGrady and Bret Colby White

McGrady-White

Melinda Janelle Bittick and Robert Allen Golden willmarry at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Loyd Presbyterian Church,with the reception to follow at Sunny Gables.The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newton

Haygood Bittick, and the groom-elect is the son of Mr. andMrs. Robert Michael Golden andMr. andMrs. Ronald Clay-ton Humphries.The couple was honored with showers and parties before

their wedding, including:A “Will you be my bridesmaid?” dinner July 12 was host-

ed by the bride at her home in LaGrange.An engagement party Nov. 22 was hosted by Moreland

and Saralyn Bell, Joe and Cherry Bittick, Mark and Kar-men Bittick and Charles andMimi Bittick at the Bell homein Atlanta.A bridal Christmas luncheonDec. 13 was hosted by Kathy

Hagler, Regenia Barninger, Cindy Knight andNatalie Knightat the Hagler home in Pine Mountain.A his-and-her shower Jan. 31 was hosted by Dee and Leah

Miller, Jonathan and Kelley Gibson and Elliott and JessieSchuessler at the Gibson home in Columbus.A bridal surprise miscellaneous shower March 18 was

hosted by the faculty and staff of ManchesterMiddle Schoolat the school.An around-the-clock shower March 22 was hosted by

Candy Waldroup, Sharon Toth, Meg Toth and CarolineBittick at Cornerstone Church in LaGrange.A set-the-table showerMarch 28 was hosted byMike and

Linda Sims at the Pine Mountain home of Mike and LindaGolden.A bachelor party weekend April 3-5 was hosted by Elliott

Schuessler, Jack Loyd, Rick Barnes, Josh Hice and Kai Ger-hardt at St. Simons Island.A bachelorette weekend and lingerie shower April 3-5

was hosted by Katie Swain McDaniel and Caroline Bittickin Nashville, Tenn.A couples shower and fiesta April 25 was hosted by CJ

and Lacy Tumambing, Brian and BrookeMalcom, Ray andChris Price, and Grant and Amber Dow at the Rice homein LaGrange.A monograms and mimosas party May 2 was hosted by

Deb Bartley, Brittany Hale, Rachel Logan, Emily Matheny,Betty Mines, Meredith Mines and Brittany Tanner at theTanner home in LaGrange.Amoney tree showerMay 2 was hosted by Bob and Joyce

Humphries, David and Dorothy Noles and Buddy and LindaWhitley at the Noles home in LaGrange.A bridesmaids luncheon today was hosted by Jenny

Bittick, Sherry Humphries and Kathy Hagler at SunnyGables Alumni House in LaGrange.A rehearsal dinner today will be hosted by the groom’s

parents at Hills and Dales in LaGrange.A wedding day brunch will be Saturday at the Troup

County Chamber of Commerce, hosted by the bride’s grand-parents, Carolyn and Pete Bittick.A bridal brunch and spa day will be hosted Saturday by

Candy Waldroup and Melissa Moore at Shear Designs inLaGrange.

Robert Allen Golden and Melinda Janelle Bittick

Bittick-Golden

Lauren Elizabeth Riggs and DavidMatthewMcClung willmarry at 6 p.m. Sunday at Oakhurst Farm in West Point.The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Tim Riggs,

and the groom-elect is the son of Mr. and Mrs. DavidMcClung, all of LaGrange.The couple was honored with showers and parties before

the wedding, including:A miscellaneous shower on March 14 was hosted by

LucreteWood and JanetWood at the home of LucreteWood.An around-the-clock shower on April 19 was hosted by

Patsy McKay and Holly McKay at the McKay home.A couples grill-out on April 26 was hosted by Mr. and

Mrs. KennyMoore, CalebMoore, Mr. andMrs. Jimmy Out-land, Brooke Outland, Mr. andMrs. Don Dudenhoeffer andAdam Dudenhoeffer at the Moore home.A honey-do shower May 9 was hosted by Mr. and Mrs.

Jeff Manion at their home.An overnight bachelorette trip to Atlanta wasMay 17-18.

A bachelor’s weekend at a cabin on Lake Martin also wasMay 17-18.A bridesmaids luncheon will be Saturday at Taste of

Lemon, with Pam Crews and Joann Morrow hosting.Refreshments for the bridal party will be provided at

Oakhurst the day of the wedding by Rhonda Barintine,Dorothy Noles and Janet Clark.

Lauren Elizabeth Riggs and David Matthew McClung

Riggs-McClung

Vacation readingprogramkicks offIt’s time again for vacation

reading at the LaGrangeMemorial Library. This year’stheme is “Be creative@ yourlibrary” and offers a fun vari-ety of programs for children.Kids can sign-up for this

free programnow. A readingcertificate is earned by:Reading or listening to a

total of 10 picture books, orReading for a total time of

five hours.Preschoolers and non-

readers earn certificates bylistening to books read tothem.Each child receives a folder

where the reader can writedown the title of the booksread and returns it to theLaGrangeMemorial Libraryupon completion to receivean official State of Georgiareading certificate and a spe-cial prize. At the end of VRP,a drawingwill be held for thegrand prize: a new bicycle.The reading schedule for

this year is:10 a.m. and 11 a.m., June 3

- Twomagic shows featuringmagician David Ginn.10 a.m. June 10 - Lafayette

YouthStringEnsemble, direc-tor Callie Hammond10 a.m. June 17-Music for

children of all ageswithmusi-cian Robin Treadwell.10 a.m. June 24- “Queen

Glitter,” Atlanta storytellerKathy Bennett10 a.m. July 1 -Musicman

Eric Litwin, “The Pied Piperof Children,” delights youngand old with his songs andstories.While you are at the library,

be sure to check out somebooks for your children. Stud-ies have shown that kidswhoread are likely to retainmoreof what they have learnedwhen they start school in thefall. Reading opens up newexperiences and ideas andkeepsminds active.All programs are held in

the meeting room of theLaGrangeMemorial Libraryand are provided free ofcharge. Groupsmust call PatGay at the library at (706)-882-7784 to schedule sepa-rate library visits and tours.The Hogansville Public

Library also offers a VacationReading Program. A TeenChoice reading program isavailable at the LaGrangeMemorial Library for youngadults. Sign up for great read-ing and great prizes.

JoEllenOstendorfis director ofthe Troup-HarrisRegionalLibrary

� Between the pages

�� In our communityEvents

SaturdayHeavenly Heights will hold a yard sale

at 7 a.m. and fish fry at 10 a.m. at 104Youngs Mill Road. Explorations in Antiquity will host a first

century Roman reenactment from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m., including demonstrations inartillery, cavalry skills and discussions inRoman military history. For information,call (706) 885-0363.Troup County Master Gardeners will

answer plant and landscaping questionsfrom 10 a.m. to noon at Adaleigh's Nurs-ery, 9 New Airport Road. Free.The Southern Cruisers Riding Club will

host its second annual Bikers on Mainevent all day on Lafayette Square, includ-ing a poker run, with registration from 8to 10 a.m. at the parking lot behindCarmike Theater. Live music, food, a liveauction, vendors and the Battle of theBands will be on the square, with all pro-ceeds benefiting Harmony House. Forinformation, call (706) 333-7729.The Troup Baptist Associational Vaca-

tion Bible School mission team will hold ayard sale and hamburger plate sale from9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Long Cane BaptistChurch fellowship hall. For information,call (706) 518-1752 or (706) 882-2722.Bike Riders for Christ will have a ride

beginning at 10 a.m. at Long Cane BaptistChurch. Registration is $25 or $40 for acouple. For information, call (706) 518-

6552 or (706) 663-9356.

ChurchesSaturdaySunnyside Baptist Church on Lafayette

Parkway holds its second annual youthday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for students sixthgrade and older. Stovall Baptist Church at 14 Hardy St.

hosts an old-fashioned gospel singing from6 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served.St. Paul United Methodist Church, 128

Hardy St. in Pine Mountain, hosts a pas-tor’s appreciation day for the Rev. and Mrs.Richard Gilbert at 6 p.m. Guest speakerwill be the Rev. James Woods of WadleyChapel United Methodist Church.A black and gold banquet, sponsored by

Queen Esther House of Temple, will be at7 p.m. at the Griggs Center. Guest speakerwill be the Rev. Ricky Hayes of New Mace-donia Baptist Church. For more informa-tion, call (706) 663-4818.The pastor’s aide committee of New

Macedonia Missionary Baptist Churchsponsors a gospel explosion at 5 p.m., fea-turing the Troup County Community Choir. Eastside Baptist Church at 1016 Mason

St. holds a youth fellowship day at 5 p.m.Guest speaker will be Cheryl Stiggers. Mission Baptist Church on Roanoke

Road holds a gospel singing at 7:30 p.m.

SundayD’Asia Cameron will be the guest speak-

er at the youth day program at 2:30 p.m.at Mount Perria Baptist Church on Mob-ley Bridge Road in Hogansville. New Macedonia Missionary Baptist

Church holds youth day services at 10:30a.m. Guest speaker will be Michael Win-ston, minister.New Mount Olive Missionary Baptist

Church holds a spring fling banquet at 4p.m. at the Mike Daniel Recreation Cen-ter on Lafayette Parkway, featuring “MamaHope.” Tickets at $15 or $25 per couple areavailable by calling (706) 882-5714.The pastor’s aide of New Macedonia

Missionary Baptist Church celebrates itsfirst anniversary at 2:30 p.m. Guest speak-er will be Connie Neal, minister at Lev-erette Hill Baptist Church, and the musicwill be provided by the Ligon Sisters.Union Spring United Methodist Church

holds an old-time spiritual at 5 p.m. Rising Grove Baptist Church holds wor-

ship services at 11:30 a.m. The speaker willbe the Rev. Henry Kelley Jr. Solomon Grove Baptist Church mis-

sionary board observes its 84th anniver-sary at 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be theRev. Johnny Strickland of Mount Zion andPiney Grove Baptist churches. Confidence Missionary Baptist Church

holds youth day services at 10:30 a.m. Thethe Rev. R. Lendrae Cofield will be thespeaker.Mountain Springs Baptist Church in

West Point holds a youth explosion at 11a.m. with guest speaker Luctricia Steven-son, minister. Refreshments will be served.

Gal pal dreams of beingmore than just a friend

Dear Abby: I am a 30-year-old woman who is deeplysmitten with a close friend I’llcall “Andy.” He often tells meabout other women he’sinterested in. As his friend, Iam more than happy to lis-ten to his troubles and offeradvice. At the same time, it’snot always easy to hear aboutthese women because of myfeelings for him.Do you think that once

someone is in the “friendzone” it’s possible to movebeyond that? Or am Idoomed to a lifetime of being“the friend”? – Wanting Morein New York

Dear Wanting More: Youare not “doomed to a lifetimeof being the friend” unlessyou aid and abet the “perp.”Your problem is you are mak-ing yourself too available. It’stime to start developing otherinterests and other relation-ships. What Andy needs is achance to miss you. And ifthat doesn’t happen, you willhave already moved on.

Dear Abby: Our daughteris 33 and living in anotherstate. We haven’t seen her inthree years. Her life has beengoing steadily downhill sincehigh school, her periods ofemployment are becomingshorter and less frequent.She calls more often thanbefore because she needsmoney.

We have urged her to gettherapy (we have no ideawhat her problems are) andhave offered to pay for it.My wife and I know we

can’t influence our daughterto change her life, but weagonize when we think abouther wasted life. We havemourned loved ones whohave died and have been ableto move on, but every morn-ing I think about my daugh-ter, and my heart breaks a lit-tle more each time. Is therehelp for parents like us whoneed to let go? – AnguishedDad in Virginia

Dear Dad: My heart goesout to you. Yes, there is help,and it is the same kind ofhelp you offered to yourdaughter. As much as youlove her, until she is ready toaccept that she needs pro-fessional help to get back ontrack there is nothing you oranyone can do.Alcoholics Anonymous

meetings close with some-thing called the SerenityPrayer. It applies to manypeople in many situations,and it may bring some com-fort to you. It reads: “God,grant me the serenity toaccept the things I cannotchange, courage to changethe things I can, and the wis-dom to know the difference.”

�� Dear Abby

ATLANTA (AP) – Newsorganizations asked a federaljudge on Thursday to grantthemedia access to copies ofaudio and video court recordskey to the upcoming trialagainst a terrorism suspect.Themotion seeks access to

about 12 hours of an audio-tapedFBI interviewwithSyedHarisAhmed,who is set to goon trial Monday on chargesthat heaideda terrorist group.Italsoseeksvideos thatpros-

ecutors say he and anothersuspect filmedofpotential ter-rorist targets inWashington.“The public is entitled to

understand the basis for thegovernment’s prosecution ofDefendant Ahmed, and theseaudio and video exhibits areessential to properly appreci-ate the evidence in this case,”wrote Thomas Clyde, anattorneywho represents TheAssociatedPress, TheAtlantaJournal-Constitution, theCanadian Broadcasting Cor-poration, CNN andWSB-TV.The audio and video tapes

were submitted as evidenceby federal prosecutors in Jan-uary2008, andAhmed’s attor-ney asked that the exhibits besealed. A federal magistratedenied the request, but saidthe order was pending areview by a federal judge.The motion contends the

judge has yet to address theorder.Clyde said providing the

press with a transcript of thetapes won’t suffice.The audio tapes, he argued,

help portray the “demeanor,tone and conduct” of Ahmedshortly before his arrest andindictment.He contended thevideoswill show the “sophis-tication – or lack thereof – of

the defendants’ planningefforts, which cannot be con-veyed properly to the publicthrough a transcript.”Ahmed, a 24-year-old for-

mer Georgia Tech student,andEhsanul IslamSadequeewere indicted in July 2006 oncharges of providingmaterialsupport to terrorists and relat-ed conspiracy counts. Bothhave pleaded not guilty to allcharges. Sadquee’s trial is setto begin in August.Since the charges were

filed, the government hassought heightened secrecysurrounding elements of itscase against themen.They are accused of dis-

cussing terror targets withIslamic extremists andunder-going training to carry out a“violent jihad” against civil-ian and government targets,including an air base in sub-urban Atlanta.Prosecutors say the two

traveled toWashington to filmpossible targets, including theU.S. Capitol and the head-quarters of the World Bank,and shared the recordingswith another suspected ter-rorist based in Britain.

VILLA RICA (AP) - Hid-den off the Fullerville com-munity’s main thoroughfareis an old, square building,not much bigger than awalk-in closet, that few out-side Villa Rica even knowexists.Visible between two build-

ings in a curve on RockmartRoad is the old jail thatserved the Fullerville com-munity for about a century.The building, which dates to1828, features one windowwith iron bars and a singleopening that is missing adoor. Though one can seethe old whitewashed build-ing now if they knowwhereto look, until a couple ofyears ago weeds and brushthreatened to take the build-ing over.“It was so grown up over

there, you couldn’t even seeit,” City Manager LarryWood said.The Villa Rica Police

Department originally tookon the task to clean up thejail, but the project didn’t getvery far because of a lack ofcommunity involvement.“We didn’t do a whole lot

other than clean up aroundit and paint it,” Police ChiefMichael Mansour said. “Wewere going to try to take it

back to as close as it wasand put things in it thatwould have been foundthere, but we didn’t get a lotof response.”Former Fullerville resident

Perry “Bill” Bailey has takenup the charge to keep theFullerville jail from deterio-rating beyond repair. Bailey,who has been working onthe project for two years aspart of a book he’s writingon the history of Fullerville,been able to track downthrough county propertyrecords that the buildingwas first constructed in1828. Bailey has also foundthrough talking to Fullervilleresidents that the jail wasoriginally constructed ofwood, but it burned downand was replaced with theconcrete structure thatstands today.“The Fullerville Jail is a

historic landmark in theFullerville community withlots of history behind it,” Bai-ley said.“I’m serious about this; I

want something done. If Ihave to do it myself andorganize a committeemyselfI’ll go to that extent becauseI think something needs tobe done. The interest is cer-tainly there in the commu-

nity.”Bailey, who now lives in

Alabama, recently contact-ed Wood to find out whatcould be done to save thecity-owned jail from beinglost due to neglect and wastold that the city could set upa restricted tax-deductiblefund specifically for the jailreclamation project.“We already qualify and

already have similar funds,such as the fund for our goldmine museum,” Wood said.In a recent excursion to

Villa Rica to research hisbook, Bailey went to takepictures of the jail buildingand found that without a

door it’s holding water andthere are no lights inside forvisitors to be able to see theinterior. Aside from correct-ing those problems, Baileywould like to have a smallparking lot placed in frontof the jail for visitors, as wellas some type of landscapingplaced around it and a signput up to turn it into a his-torical attraction.“I’m looking for volunteers

to raise money for theFullerville jail restoration,”he said. “Also, people maytry contacting their city,county, and state officials tosee howmuch help they arewilling to help us out.”

4 - Friday, May 29, 2009 State LaGrange Daily News

Governor orders more budget cutsATLANTA (AP) – Faced with tax

collections that continue to plunge,Gov. Sonny Perdueon Thursday saidstate agencies willlose 25 percent oftheir funding forJune.Perdue said he is

slashing $274 mil-lion for the 2009 fis-cal year that endsJune 30. The budg-et now stands at$2.8 billion less than what the gov-

ernor had originally planned tospend last year.Perdue spokesman Bert Brant-

ley said schools will not be affect-ed by the deep cuts. The state willpull forward federal stimulusmoney that it had planned to spendin 2011 to soften the blow, Brantleysaid.Some other agencies – like the

state’s prison system – will facesmaller cuts to avoid crippling pub-lic safety.Brantley said agencies have

known for some time that the

state’s grim economic picturemight force them to absorb anoth-er hit before the end of the fiscalyear.“It’s not like it’s a shock to the

system, they have been preparingfor this,” Brantley said.Perdue announced his decision

to lower the revenue estimate in aletter to top state lawmakers onThursday. It’s the fourth time tum-bling revenues have forced him toreduce the amount the state mayspend for the 2009 fiscal year.Georgia is constitutionally man-

dated to balance its budget. If itoverspends for the year it wouldhave to take money from itsalready depleted reserve fund.Georgia’s tax collections in the

month of April plummeted 20.6percent from the same month theyear before – or $362.1 million.They are down 9.5 percent for thefiscal year.Roughly a third of the state’s

100,000 employees are already tak-ing unpaid furlough days and therehave been a small number of lay-offs.

State Sen. Jack Hill, chairmanof the Senate Appropriations Com-mittee, said the state is already introuble heading into the 2010 fis-cal year which begins July 1.Hill, a Reidsville Republican, said

if the downward trend continues“you are looking at some life-changing cuts.”Hementioned the elimination of

teacher planning days and the res-urrection of an unpopular plan totax health insurance companies aspossible options that might needto be reconsidered

AP photo

The old Fullerville jail was built in 1828. The first wood-en building burned and was replaced by this concretestructure.

Man trying to saveold Fullerville jail

Perdue

Media groupsseeking accessto evidence

Police: Prof in killings taped affair talkATLANTA (AP) – A former

University of Georgia pro-fessor had secretly recordeda conversation with his wifeabout her apparent affairwith an economist before heshot both of them and anoth-er man to death outside acommunity theater, accord-ing to police documents.Cadaver dogs found the

body of former marketingprofessor George Zinkhan,57, twoweeks after the April25 shootings in a shallowgrave he dug for himself inthe woods not far from hisnorth Georgia home. He hadshot himself in the head.In a search warrant appli-

cation, Sgt. ChristopherNichols wrote that he thinksZinkhan “was initially gath-ering evidence for a divorcefromMarie Bruce” and that“themurders were the resultof continued contactbetween Marie Bruce andThomas Tanner.”Bruce, 47, was Zinkhan’s

wife and Tanner, 40, was aClemson University econo-mist she was apparently see-

ing. Police have saidZinkhan appeared to targetTanner. The third victim, BenTeague, 63, was in thewrongplace at the wrong time,authorities have said.The three were members

of a local theater group gath-ered the day of the shootingsfor a reunion at the AthensCommunity Theater, a shortdistance from the UGA cam-pus.The search warrant appli-

cations and inventories fromthe searches of various loca-tions – including Zinkhan’shome, his office at UGA andhis Jeep – were obtainedWednesday by the AthensBanner-Herald newspaper.Police had not previously

released amotive for thekillings butsaid Zinkhanand Brucewere having“marital diffi-culties” andhad receivedm a r r i a g ecounseling. A

search warrant applicationindicates that Marie Bruceremoved her name from thecouple’s joint bank accountin February.A digital voice recorder

found in Zinkhan’s universi-ty office had a recording that“seemed to be a covertrecording between GeorgeZinkhan and Marie Bruce,”Nichols wrote. “The sub-stance of the recording wasconcerning Marie Bruce’saffair with Thomas Tanner.”Documents on a desktop

computer in the office alsoindicated he knew about theaffair, Nichols wrote.A document on one com-

puter in Zinkhan’s office“spoke about Zinkhanwant-

ing to rebuild his relation-ship with his wife.”Authorities have said

Zinkhan left his two youngchildren in his red Jeep Lib-erty during the shootings. Hewas last seen dropping themoff at a neighbor’s housesoon after, saying there wasan emergency.Authorities launched an

international manhunt, fear-ing he might try to flee toAmsterdam, where hetaught part-time, but hisJeep was found about aweek later, crashed in aravine in a rural woodedarea not far from his home,and his body nearby a weekafter that.In the Jeepwere Zinkhan’s

wallet containing $51, hispassport, a laptop computer,a BlackBerry, $1047.77 incash shoved into the pock-ets of a bag, and six spentshell casings from a .38-cal-iber revolver, according to asearch inventory. Documentswith “information of ThomasTanner” were also found inthe Jeep, Nichols wrote.

Bruce TannerZinkhan

ATLANTA (AP) – Whilestate unemployment roseslightly in April, severalregions saw drops in jobless,evidence that Georgia’s eco-nomic picture may be stabi-lizing, labor officials saidThursday.Georgia’s seasonally

adjusted unemployment ratewas 9.3 percent in April, upfrom a revised 9.2 percent inMarch and February, accord-ing to the Department ofLabor.But unemployment was

down in southeast, northand northeast parts of thestate, and in several metroareas including WarnerRobins, Hinesville, Augustaand Dalton.State Labor Commission-

erMichael Thurmond greet-ed the data with cautiousoptimism Thursday.“That’s not to say that the

recession is over or that itwill end any time soon,” hesaid. “But clearly the recentunemployment statistics are

beginning to show somepositive signs.”Some of the biggest drops

came in long-suffering areasof the state.Unemployment dropped

from 9.4 percent to 8.7 per-cent in April in the CentralSavannah River area, whichincludes Hancock County,the poorest in the state,according to GeorgiaDepartment of CommunityAffairs data.Job loss also shrank in

Dalton, the self-proclaimed“Carpet Capital of theWorld,” where shifts in thecarpet manufacturing indus-try contributed to 13.6 per-cent unemployment inMarch.The rate sank to 12.8 per-

cent last month. Initial insur-ance claims dropped to3,568 from 5,919 in March.“Fewer people are losing

their jobs, or are losing jobsat a more moderate rate,”Thurmond said.The U.S. Labor Depart-

ment on Thursdayannounced a drop in thenumber of newly laid-offpeople requesting joblessbenefits nationwide lastweek to 623,000, from arevised figure of 636,000 theprevious week.But the news for Georgia

isn’t all good.The state’s April jobless

rate was up 3.5 percentagepoints from 5.8 percent atthis same time last year.Georgia’s unemploymentrate remained above thenational rate of 8.9 percentfor the 18th consecutive

month.Unemployment rates were

up in south, southwest andmiddle Georgia regions andunchanged in several metroareas such as Atlanta.Atlanta unemployment

stood still at 9.1 percentfromMarch to April.But officials say even a

frozen unemployment rateis better than one that’sgrowing.“What we hope, of course,

is that this is the bottom andas it is we can begin, at somepoint in the near future,recovering,” Thurmond said.

Unemployment rises in state, falls in some regions

In Memory of OurPrecious and Loving

Mother & GrandmotherHazel Thomas

8/21/1928 - 5/29/2008We can remember that

night, one year ago todaywhen you took your lastbreath, we hated so muchto lose you, But we knewyou wanted to be withDaddy. That night is

remembered and quietlykept, No words are need-ed, because we will neverforget, A sadness stillcomes over us, Tears in

silence often flow,Memory keeps you evernear us, A part of our

heart you took with you,But your love you left usto keep. So we will neverreally be parted, the bondbetween us is too deep. Itbroke our heart to loseyou, But you didn’t go

alone, For part of us wentwith you, When God tookyou home. Thinking of thethoughtful things, Thatyou have said and done,And loving you a littlemore, Dear Mama andGrandmother for everyone. We know that youand Daddy were lookingdown, This past Friday

night May 22, 2009, whenyour Grandson, JodyThomas, Graduated

Magna Cum laude, Weknow you and Daddy areso proud of him. We loveyou and miss you moreand more everyday.

Terri (Thomas) AshleyRandy and Jan Thomas

and Jody ThomasJamie and Melissa

Thomas and Katie andChloe

In Memory ofWonderful and Loving

Husband, Father, &Brother

Douglas Jerome Hunter10/24/51 - 05/29/07

Our dearly beloved you’regone & past, and onlyGod knows why. Many

months it took us to wipethe tears from our eyes.

We miss you so very much& we cherish your memo-ries everyday. But as longas we know you are in

Gods hand, Our pain willgo away. The life you lived

was good, but short.You’ve gone to a betterplace. Gone from earth,but not forgotten. Soonwe all shall see your facesomeday. You left behindso many memories thatmakes us laugh and

makes us sad, But Dougyou live on in our hearts,just remembering the lifeyou had. We love you, wemiss you day by day. Butit makes us proud know-ing that in God arms you

lay.Wife Gail, Children Lisha,Makeya, Jamillah andDafareya, Step Son

Kobina, Sisters, Virginiaand Sandra

WASHINGTON (AP) – It’ssafe to say the best is yet tocome for the new nationalspelling champion. She’sonly just become a teenager.She’ll probably keep hercompetitive juices flowing byentering the InternationalBrain Bee, the perfect con-test for an aspiring neuro-surgeon.“But I don’t think anything

can replace spelling,” KavyaShivashankar said. “Spellinghas been such a big part ofmy life.”On her fourth and final try,

the Kansas girl who flashed asweet smile with every wordwon the Scripps NationalSpelling Bee on Thursdaynight, outlasting 10 otherfinalists to take home morethan $40,000 in cash andprizes and, of course, thehuge champion’s trophy.“The competitiveness is in

her, but she doesn’t showthat,” said her father, MirleShivashankar. “She still hasthat smile. That’s her quali-ty.”Kavya became the seventh

Indian-American in 11 yearsto claim the title, includingback-to-back winners whowant to be neurosurgeons.Her role model is the onewho started the run: 1999winner Nupur Lala, whowasfeatured in the documentary“Spellbound” and is now aresearch assistant in thebrain and cognitive scienceslab at Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology.Kavya, from Olathe, Kan.,

was an obvious favorite, hav-ing finished 10th, eighth andfourth in her three previousappearances. Her winningword was the proper adjec-tive “Laodicean,” whichmeans lukewarm or indif-ferent in religion or politics.As with all her words, Kavyawrote the letters in the palmof her hand with her fingeras she called them out.“This is themoment we’ve

beenwaiting for; it’s a dreamcome true,” Mirle Shiv-ashankar said. “We haven’tskipped meals, we haven’tlost sleep, but we’ve skippeda lot of social time.”One way the family plans

to make up for it will be abelated celebration ofKavya’s birthday. She wastoo busy preparing for thebee tomake a fuss over turn-ing 13 last week.Second place went to the

only finalist yet to become ateenager. Twelve-year-oldTim Ruiter of Centreville,Va., matched Kavya word-for-word until he misspelled“Maecenas,” whichmeans acultural benefactor.“I had absolutely no clue

about that word,” Tim said.“I was just rackingmy brainfor anything possible thatcould help me. I’ll probablybe spelling it in my sleeptonight.”Aishwarya Pastapur, 13,

fromSpringfield, Ill., finishedthird after misspelling “men-hir,” a type of monolith.The 82nd annual bee

attracted a record 293 par-ticipants, with the championdetermined on network tel-evision in prime time for thefourth consecutive year. Thisyear therewas a newhumor-ous twist: Organizers turnedthe sentences read by pro-nouncer Jacques Bailly intojokes.“While Lena’s geusioleptic

cooking wowed herboyfriend, what reallymeltedhis heart was that she wonthe National Spelling Bee,”Bailly said while helpingexplain aword that describesflavorful food.Then there was this gem,

explaining a room in anancient Greek bath: “It wasalways a challenge to tellwhose togawaswhose in theapodyterium.”But the laughter turned to

shock when the speller, Sid-harth Chand of BloomfieldHills, Mich., flubbed theword, spelling it “apodeiteri-um.” Sidharthwas last year’srunner-up and a favorite totake the title this year. Heburied his head in his handsfor about a minute after hetook his seat next to his par-ents, while the audience andother spellers gave him araremid-round standing ova-tion.Among the spectators was

Jill Biden, wife of Vice Pres-ident Joe Biden, who kickedoff the championship roundsby telling of a bout withnerves that caused her todrop out of a sixth-gradespelling contest.“I know that confidence is

themost important thing youcan give a child,” she told theaudience.

LaGrange Daily News National, International Friday,May 29, 2009 -5

AP photo

Ababy mouflon of Corsica, born in early May, enjoysthe day with his mother at the zoo of Servion nearLausanne, Switzerland. The mouflon is a subspeciesgroup of wild sheep and are thought to be one of thetwo ancestors for all modern domestic sheep breeds.

Lean on me

AP photo

Kavya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, wins thefinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, inWashington,on Thursday. In the background her parents, Sandy Shiv-ashankar, left, and Mirle Shivashankar celebrate.

Winning spellerwants to beneurosurgeon

Stock futuresholding gainsNEW YORK (AP) – The

stock market was set for ahigher open today after thegovernment said the econo-my shrank in the first quar-ter at a slower pace than it ini-tially estimated.The Commerce Depart-

ment’s report on first-quartergross domestic productbrought mixed news. TheGDP’s contraction of 5.7 per-cent was slightly larger thananalyst forecasts, and per-sonal spending was revisedlower. But the drop wassmaller than the 6.1 percentestimated lastmonth, and thedata showed corporate profitsrising.The report “points to recov-

ery,” said Peter Cardillo, chiefmarket economist at the bro-keragehouseAvalonPartnersInc. “Andwhat you have hereis a market that continues tolook for recovery.”Later, investors will focus

on May readings on con-sumer sentiment and busi-ness activity in the Midwest.Analysts expect them to showimprovement.AsWall Street starts the last

day of trading in May, theDowJones industrial averageis on track for a third straightmonthly gain. The indexwould have to drop 236points today to finish themonth lower.May, however, has been the

shakiest month since themarket’s rally began in earlyMarch. Investors’ enthusiasmabout the economy’s stabi-

lization has turned into skep-ticism about how stronggrowth will really be once abottom is hit.Newworries are weighing

on investors now: Climbinginterest rates, a weaker dol-lar and rising commodityprices. Crude oil pricesrecently hit a six-month highabove $65 a barrel, while thedollar today sank to multi-month lows against the euroand British pound.Some analysts say these

developments are simply theconsequence of a recovery inthe economy and the finan-cialmarkets. But otherswarnthese trends could threatenthe economy’s health in thelong-term.In earnings news, Dell Inc.

late Thursday said its profitin the most recent quartersank 63 percent on crimpedcomputer sales. The reportdid not paint a rosy picturefor the computermarket, butthe profit came in slightly bet-ter than expected.Government bonds slipped

in early trading, pushingdown yields. The yield on thebenchmark 10-year Treasurynote, which moves oppositeits price, fell to 3.59 percentfrom3.62 percent late Thurs-day.The 10-year yield hit a six-

month high of 3.75 percenton Wednesday. The spike ininterest rates earlier thisweekhave stoked concerns aboutAmericans’ ability to borrowand refinancemortgages.

Abduction hoax puzzles husbandPHILADELPHIA (AP) – The hus-

band of the woman who police sayorchestrated an abduction hoax thatbegan near Philadelphia and ended atDisney World said today he is strug-gling to sort out the rumors of theft and

marriage problems sur-rounding her disap-pearance.Bonnie Sweeten’s

husband, landscaperRichard L. “Larry”Sweeten said he want-ed to know “more thananybody” what causedhis wife to flee with her9-year-old daughterfrom a previous mar-

riage.Authorities have suggested that

Sweeten was suffering from bothdomestic and financial concerns, butSweeten said he doesn’t think theyhave extremely serious marital prob-lems.“We argue, like everybody else does,”

he said, but added the family had a fun-filledMemorial Day weekend togetherbefore his wife disappeared.Larry Sweeten said his wife handled

family finances and he would just tellher how much he used on his debitcard. After reports of investigationsinto her past financial dealings, he saidhe’ll be looking into his bank accounts.“I might be behind onmymortgage,”

he said.Authorities have also said Bonnie

Sweeten fled as she was being inves-tigated for theft from a relative and per-

haps others. No charges had been filedin that probe.Detectives from Bucks County, Pa.,

are in Orlando, Fla., to carry BonnieSweeten back to Pennsylvania if shewaives extradition at a hearing today.The ruse began to unravel shortly

after Sweeten phoned 911 on Tuesdayafternoon and told them she and her9-year-old daughter had been car-jacked and stuffed in the trunk of adark Cadillac in Upper SouthamptonTownship.The call touched off a frantic search

for the pair that ended 30 hours laterwhen police handcuffed Sweeten asshe and the child returned to their hotelat the amusement park Wednesdaynight.Police say she drained several bank

accounts and took a co-worker’s dri-ver’s license before boarding a flightto Orlando.Sweeten has been charged with fil-

ing a false report and identity theft.Records listed no lawyer for her yet.The missing girl, Julia Rakoczy, was

reunited with her father at an Orlandopolice station on Thursday afternoon,authorities said. She flew back toPhiladelphia with her father, and policeescorted them off the plane.Sweeten worked for 15 years for

Debbie Carlitz, a lawyer in suburbanPhiladelphia whose law license hasbeen inactive or suspended in recentyears, according to state documents.Sweeten is listed as a director at a foun-dation Carlitz runs.Carlitz, reached by phone Thursday

morning, said she was not surewhether any money was missing fromher coffers.“I can’t (tell you) right now,” she said.

“I need to gather the informationmyself.”The Bucks County Courier Times,

citing police, said the embezzlementmay total several hundred thousanddollars.Sweeten lived with her husband

Larry Sweeten in a $425,000 house ina new development in bucolic BucksCounty. She also has a 15-year-olddaughter by ex-husband AnthonyRakoczy, who lives nearby, and an 8-month-old girl with Sweeten.According to the police complaint,

Bonnie Sweeten withdrew more than$12,000 from several bank accounts inthe past week.She then went to the home of former

co-worker on Tuesday afternoon andsaid she needed to make a copy of herdriver’s license to roll over her 401(k)retirement account, the papers said.Sweeten then took her friend’s licenseto the airport, where she paid cash tobook a flight in the co-worker’s name.Police staked out the Disney com-

plex after learning of the alleged iden-tity switch and confirming through air-port security video that mother anddaughter had boarded the Orlandoflight. Concerned about the girl’s safe-ty, they waited at the hotel for them toreturn Wednesday night.“We didn’t know this woman’s state

of mind,” said agent J.J. Klaver, the FBIspokesman in Philadelphia.

Sweeten

�� Nation, world in briefGM putting more pieces in orderbefore bankruptcy protectionDETROIT (AP) – The speed at which General Motors

Corp. exits bankruptcy protection will depend a lot on theshape the company is in when it enters. GM has three moredays to tidy up.Bankruptcy experts say the more operational, labor and

financial concessions the automaker gets lined up inadvance of its likely Chapter 11 reorganization, the faster theailing automaker can emerge a leaner, stronger company– one that will be nearly three-quarters-owned by taxpayers.More pieces started coming together Thursday after a

bloc of GM’s biggest bondholders agreed to the TreasuryDepartment’s sweetened deal to wipe out $27 billion of theautomaker’s unsecured debt in exchange for companystock.Workers across the country won’t know until Monday

which 14 plants GM will close, shedding 21,000 more jobs,but an announcement on the fate of GM’s Hummer brandis expected Friday, when talks are scheduled to resume inGermany about the future of GM’s European Opel unit.

Obama calling for ‘cyber czar’ WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is calling

digital security a top priority, whether it’s guarding the com-puter systems that keep the lights on in the city and directairliners to the right runway or those protecting customerswho pay their bills online.To oversee an enhanced security system for the nation’s

computer networks, Obama is creating a “cyber czar” aspart of a long-awaited plan stemming from a review heordered shortly after taking office.Obama is expected to lay out broad goals today for deal-

ing with cyber threats while depicting the U.S. as a digitalnation that needs to provide the education required to keep

pace with technology and attract and retain a cyber-savvywork force. He also is expected to call for a new educationcampaign to raise public awareness of the challenges andthreats related to cyber security.The review, however, will not dictate how the government

or private industry should tighten digital defenses. Criticssay the cyber czar will not have sufficient budgetary andpolicy-making authority over securing computer systemsand spending.Officials familiar with the discussions say the cyber czar

would be a special assistant to the president and would besupported by a new cyber directorate within the NationalSecurity Council. The cyber czar would also work with theNational Economic Council, said the officials, who describedthe plan on condition of anonymity because it has not beenpublicly released.

N. Korea calls U.N. council hypocritesYEONPYEONG, South Korea (AP) – North Korea defi-

antly test-fired another short-range missile today andwarned it would take “self-defense” action if provoked by theU.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanc-tions against the communist regime for conducting a nucleartest.The North fired the missile from its Musudan-ni launch

site on the east coast, a South Korean government officialsaid. He spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensi-tivity of the matter. It is the sixth short-range missile NorthKorea has test-fired since Monday’s nuclear test.The official did not give further details.With tensions high on the Korean peninsula, Chinese fish-

ing boats left the region, possibly to avoid any maritimeskirmishes between the two Koreas. But U.S. Secretary ofDefense Robert Gates said the situation was not a crisisand no additional U.S. troops would be sent to the region.North Korea, meanwhile, warned it would retaliate if pro-

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� Letter to editor

This recent editorial on the three-state water dispute is from theSavannah Morning News.

For nearly two decades, Georgia,Florida and Alabama have beenfighting over the water in theApalachicola-Chattahoochee-FlintRiver system.

Metro Atlanta needs a share ofthe water reserved in Lake Lanierto support its massive populationof 4 million people. Florida andAlabama want water releaseddownstream to support wetlandecologies as well as their own resi-dential and commercial growth.

The fight over who has the rightto how much water is currentlybefore the courts.

A resultant court decision willhave greater permanence than anyfederal mandate from the execu-tive branch. Any state governmentinvolved in the current water fra-cas could appeal such a mandate,sending the matter back to thecourts. Better to hash out theanswer now.

That might be the logic InteriorSecretary Ken Salazar used thisweek when he said the Obamaadministration would steer clear ofthe regional fight.

But that doesn’t mean the federalgovernment should play no part inhelping the three states come toamicable terms on their own, out-side of court.

At present, the U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers is the only cross-bor-der entity - besides the federalcourt - playing a role in the waterdispute. These professionals taskedwith managing the nation’s water-ways might be good at engineer-ing, but politics and diplomacy arenot their strong suits.

Finding harmony among thethree states’ competing interests isclearly a job for a consensus-build-ing politician with the clout tobring three hard-headed governorsto the negotiating table.

The Obama administrationshould consider the challenge astraining for tougher assignments.

Mr. Obama hopes to broker apeace deal between the Israelis andPalestinians. His administrationhas little hope for that Herculeantask if it cannot first negotiate anend to a squabble among Geor-gians, Floridians and Alabamians.

Some things, virtually every-one agrees on. We all want acleaner environment. And weall want a booming economy.

Last week, the House Energyand Commerce Committeeapproved a bill that’s being mar-keted as a way to give us a “bet-ter” environment. Unfortunate-ly the legislation, sponsored byDemocratic Reps. Henry Wax-man of California and EdwardMarkey of Massachusetts,would inflict tremendous eco-nomic pain for no discernableenvironmental gain.

The bill would do two things:1) force companies to make

more energy efficient (and farmore expensive) products, and

2) create a cap-and-trade sys-tem that serves as a massive taxon fossil fuels.

The energy mandates includea requirement that the nationincrease production of electric-ity from renewable sources five-fold in the decades to come.This may or may not be techni-cally possible. But the bill showslittle regard for technical – oreconomic – realities.

The cap-and-trade portion ofthe law is even more problem-atic.

Cap-and-trade forces busi-nesses and consumers to eitheruse less fossil-fuel based ener-gy or buy credits from busi-nesses that do. It would giveimmense power to unelectedbureaucrats, who’d be in chargeof deciding how much carboncertain industries would beallowed to emit.

Using a well-known andwidely respected computermodel, economists at The Her-itage Foundation ran simula-tions to see what would happenif Waxman-Markey becomeslaw. The study shows that ener-gy prices would soar, even asthe economy sheds millions ofjobs.

For a typical family of four,direct energy costs (gasoline,natural gas and electricity)would increase by some $800per year each year until 2035.All together during the years2012-2035, a typical family offour would see its direct ener-gy costs soar by $19,900. Andthat price tag doesn’t eveninclude the indirect costs con-sumers would have to pay formore efficient, yet more expen-

sive, appliances.Cap and trade is like a mas-

sive tax on productivity. Afterall, “productivity” – makingthings, going places – requiresthe use of energy. So it’s no sur-prise that the Heritage studyshows our nation’s economywould take a big hit.

“On average, employment islower by 1,105,000 jobs,” thestudy found. “In some years capand trade reduces employmentby nearly 2.5 million jobs.”

It’s ironic that, just a fewmonths ago, lawmakers racedto pass a so-called stimuluspackage that would supposed-ly pull the country out of its firstdeep recession in two decades.Yet today they’re trying to passa bill that would destroy jobs,year-in and year-out, fordecades. Waxman-Markey islike a self-imposed, rollingrecession.

The Heritage analysis alsofound that Waxman-Markeywould make the national debt –already piling up around ourchildren and grandchildren –even worse. The bill wouldincrease the national debt 26percent by 2035. That’s an addi-tional $29,150 per person, or$116,600 for a family of four,over what the debt would bewithout the bill.

Some might say this would allbe worth it if the bill slows downglobal warming. According toclimatologists, though, the billwould do virtually nothing tocool the planet. Even if they’recompletely effective, the bill’smeasures would lower globaltemperatures by only a few hun-dredths of one degree by 2050and no more than two-tenths ofa degree by the end of the cen-tury. Good luck measuring thatdifference.

Lawmakers may hope to winpraise from future generationsby taking what they consider tobe a brave stance against glob-al warming. But if they succeedin destroying our economy tofight that specter, they’ll deserveonly scorn.

The United States can’t affordto try to cool the planet by icingour economy.

Dear Editor:This is in response to the NAACP

attending the meeting of (LaGrange)City Council and the demotion of cityemployees for using racial slurs andremarks. While I do not want to begina feud that obviously started yearsbefore I was even born, I do want tospeak up.

First of all, yes Fannin, I do agree,if you use the racial remarks towardAfrican Americans and/or Caucasiansit should be grounds for termination.This has been a lifelong battle thatshould have ended years ago but isbeing kept alive by pure ignoranceof people. When I say people, I meanboth African American and Cau-casian. This is America and the econ-omy is going down the tubes, weshould all be banding together andhelping out our fellow neighbors notfeuding or something that happenedyears ago that none of us can changeand as a Caucasian, I will not defendit as it had absolutely nothing to dowith me. What we can change is thefuture and how we make it.

Secondly, although there are mem-bers of the police department that Iam not fond of, I can say first handthat their training is top notch andthey are regularly attending integrityand sexual harassment classes. Theseclasses are documented on eachemployees training record and kepton file which I believe is part of pub-lic records. I am totally shocked thatEddie Fannin would stand up and bea spokesperson on this matter; afterall, were you not terminated by theCity of LaGrange for misconduct andlack of integrity years back? I will notgo in to detail on the matter but I dorecall all of the news headlinesregarding this.

I am not saying that anyone at thedepartment is not capable of mis-conduct because anyone is, as youwell know, but they are being pro-vided with training and material. Asfar as the story about the remarksmade by a police officer on the 15year old in a sexual manner and thecalls you say were taken as harass-ment by the mother asking why apolice report was filed against an offi-cer, I am not saying that they are falsein this information. What I am say-ing is that as a former police officer,detective and lieutenant, you of allpeople should know that if you werenot there when it took place or heardfor yourself first hand, then it ishearsay or second hand information.Let the investigation remain in thepolice department where they canreview the information/evidence andverify the facts before they beginaccusing anyone of wrong doing ormisconduct. After all isn’t it…. it isstill innocent until proven guilty,right?

As a citizen, I may not always agreewith the decisions made by MayorJeff Lukken or Chief Dekmar andjust as you, I am entitled to speak upabout it but “we” are also entitled tostate the actual facts as we “know”them and not as we heard them. I amconfident that the matter will belooked into thoroughly as Jack Halland Rogelio Perez are very good atthe job they do and have earned therespect of their peers for doing thatjob in a fair and precise manner.

Lara BennettWeathers Drive

Ed Feulneris presidentof TheHeritageFoundation(heritage.org).

Thanks to a caring and organi-zationally-gifted granddaughter –and more than 100 thoughtfulfriends and relatives – my motherreceived a slew of birthday cardsthis week. My girlchild orches-trated the project over a period ofweeks, arranging for the cards tobe sent to her address so she couldgather them into a festive bag andpresent them, in one fell swoop, tothe birthday girl.

There were so many that wethought Mom, about to turn 83,might be 84 before she finishedopening them.

Still, she couldn’t stop smiling,and no wonder. Many of the cardscontained sweet, complimentarymessages. “To the prettiest lady inour church,” an observant soulwrote. “To a great Southern ladyof style and grace,” wrote a dis-cerning young man we consider a“kissing cousin.”

A clever friend wrote a poemsuggesting Mom ought to stickaround to 104. Sounded good tome.

But one funny thing we couldn’t

help noticing. When the man of thehouse had a recent milestone birth-day, most all the cards he got hadpunchlines. Not Mom’s. Peopledon’t tend to send funny cards tooctogenarians.

I guess that makes sense, but italso made a few cards stand out –because they made us laugh outloud.

My favorite, from another octo-genarian, had the familiar coverline, “We’re not getting older, we’regetting better.” On the inside wasthis sentiment: All we have to dois figure out what we’re getting bet-ter at.”

That can be a challenge forsomeone whose list of medicationsruns longer than her grocery list.

Whose get-up-and-go, most days,got up and went.

Getting better? At what?The question is worth more than

a laugh. It’s worth a little reflec-tion.

At 80 or 83, 88 or 91, what can aperson get better at?

The answer, as it turned out, wasin the cards.

The unidentified author called it“A birthday prayer for all goodthings.” Here are a few of the bestparts:

“May your days be filled with thethings that make you feel happyand the people who make you feelloved…

May your heart be open enoughto care deeply, to give freely, andto forgive completely…

May you find in each challenge areason to try, a chance to grow anda way to succeed…

May your world be safe andkind, where your needs are heard,your voice is respected and yourefforts rewarded.

May your spirit always shine,your heart always lead and your

faith always triumph…”Amen.Amen!Easily half of mother’s birthday

messages contained expressionsof respect and admiration. Love inabundance, too, but more thanthat, appreciation for the exampleof courageous living.

“No matter what, you alwayspersevere,” said one. “I am inspiredby the example of your strong life,”said another.

And so, it seems to me, the cardwriters answered the question:What can we get better at – evenas the years roll by?

Those, like my mother, whostrive to look past pain and prob-lems, who persevere in the face ofdaily adversity, who are strongestwhen they are most weak, thoseare the people who inspire us…andhelp us, too, find a reason to try.

We all need inspiration.And who better to provide it than

those shining spirits who livebravely amid life’s frailties?

The Army has a saying: There’sstrong and then there’s Army

strong.We all understand what that

means.But, in my experience, another

version is apt. There’s strong andthen there’s Older strong.

What do the strong octogenari-ans among us do better now thanway back when?

They inspire us. Better than ever.The world needs inspiration.

Maybe, in the big picture, that’show they continue to lead.

And serve.There was no birthday card from

me in the big sack my momreceived.

I wasn’t done writing it. Now Iam.

Happy birthday to my inspiringMom.

“People don’t tend tosend funny cardsto octogenarians.

”

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Dear Editor:As a board member of the

Troup County Historical Socie-ty, I want to take this opportu-nity to thank the LaGrangeDaily News for the wonderfulcoverage of the Legacy Muse-um on Main and the photo-graphic exhibit of our WorldWar II veterans.

Isabelle Knight did an out-standing job of collecting vet-eran’s photos and this has beenone of the most moving exhibitsI have ever seen because it putsa personal face on a worldwideeffort to defeat our enemies inWW II. There were so many sto-ries of local veterans that wecould not have really told themall.

We are so proud and thank-ful for the local support in ourfund-raising drive for the muse-um. We raised $1,700,000 andopened the doors to the muse-um in November, debt free! Icannot thank all the people onthe historical society board whoworked so diligently for yearsin raising those funds so wecould accomplish this goal.

Thanks again for your sup-port. We had over 220 peoplevisit the veteran’s exhibit thispast Memorial Day weekendand many expressed how muchit meant to them to see the facesof so many local people whosacrificed for our country.

Chris CleavelandLaGrange

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LegacyMuseumsupport appreciated

DEAR DR. GOTT: Myhusband recently received acollection letter for a doctorbill that is almost three yearsold. I tried calling the officebut could only leave a voice-mail message. In the mean-time, I found an e-mailaddress and requested theycontact me. A few days later,I got a phone call and wastold they did not have anyinsurance information onfile. I gave the woman whatwas required, and she saidshe would file it but thoughtit would be denied becausethe bill was so old. Later thatday, I received an e-mail stat-ing the claim was originallyfiled as a workers’-compen-sation case but was denied.They then filed with BlueCross Blue Shield (BCBS).Supposedly, they didn’t geta reply.To give a brief back-

ground, my husband wentto the emergency room inApril 2005 by ambulance.Looking back in the records,I saw the hospital and ambu-lance both filed with BCBSand were paid. I really don’t

knowwhy the doctor is say-ing they have it as a work-ers’-comp case. I calledBCBS, which said if the doc-tor produces the paperworkand the claimwas denied bycomp, they would process it.The doctor’s office is nowbeing very rude, just sayingit is in collection and thereis nothing they can do.We are very angry. We

have excellent credit, andnow they are trying to ruinit. Can you offer some adviceon how to handle this? Iknowwe can pay it, but thatis what we have insurancefor. Please help.DEARREADER: The only

piece of the puzzle I seemissing is why your hus-band was sent to the emer-gency room via ambulance.Was he injured while work-ing, or was he retired at thetime? It may have been dif-ficult for the physician toobtain the correct insuranceinformation in an ER setting.Who provided the workers’-

compensation informationto the doctor at the base ofall this?It’s my guess his office

staff filed the claim andweredirected by what appearedon the ER sheet sent to theoffice. However, if it hadbeen done in a timely man-ner, they would have hadadequate time to file a sec-ond time with BCBS oncethe comp denial wasreceived. If the second car-rier also denied the claim,then you should have beencontacted. As a general rule,a physician has 18 monthsin which to file a claim.Thus, I feel the fault lies withthe office personnel. I’munsure if they can legallywrite off the charge at thisstage, but I would think thatif the information you pro-vided is correct, they shouldwork out an amicablearrangement of resolution.Try a cordial but firm note

with a copy to the collectionagency. Send it certified,return receipt requested soyou have a record. Then sitback and see what happens.

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Saturday, May 30, 2009GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

— The best way to turnpotential success into failureis to stubbornly do thingsthat contradict what othersare saying.CANCER (June 21-July

22) — Someone you previ-ously failed to credit forhelping you achieve a goalmight “forget” to tell youabout some obstacles onyour present path.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —

Don’t be stingy about han-dling a money matter for afriend, but take care of yourown out-of-pocket expenses.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

— Although personal gainsare possible, your achieve-ments might have a priceattached. Be sure that yourgoal is far greater than yourentry fees.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)— Remember, not every-thing that is important toyou might be equally so tofriends or associates.SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.

22) — Lady Luck might bein your corner, but unfortu-nately, at the very times youneed her the least. Be carefulbecause when the chips aredown, she could be off help-ing someone else.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-

Dec. 21) — When negotiat-ing an agreement, be certainthat you have consideredevery detail to the last item.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-

Jan. 19) — In order toimpress someone, you coulddo everything wrong, suchas agree to take on anassignment that you’re illqualified to handle.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.

19) — Be extra careful notto take yourself too serious-ly. Get back in character bybeing a good winner or agood loser, regardless of thehand that is dealt.PISCES (Feb. 20-March

20) — If you are having ahard time trying to attainwhat you want, you may beputting yourself in another’sshoes instead of standing onyour own two feet.ARIES (March 21-April 19)

— In order for projects to suc-ceed, you must not go aboutthings in a helter-skelter man-ner. Envision what you wantin detail and then maintainthat focus at all times.TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

— If you want to add to yourresources, go through theusual channels. Gambling onunknown or untested sourcesis likely to fall flat.

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Franklin ForestElementary School

These students were hon-ored for the fourth nine-week grading period:

Second gradePrincipal’s list

Cameron Alexander, Kait-lyn Anderson, Savanna Bar-nette, Taylor Benefield,Ketara Birt, Alexis Childs,Emily Cindrick, BenjaminDoig, Tiffany Hamlin, CalebHill, Alex Ingram, MaddieLukemire, Lonzie Portis,Matt Rainey, Christina

Rank, Tywaknequa Reed,Olivia Smith, Charlie Sulli-van, Zach Turner, John Tur-ton, Emma Ward, VictoriaWhite, Lizzie Wilkerson,AlexanderWood and RachelWooten.

A-B honor rollKalique Atcherson, Jaz-

mine Baynham, Kelsey AnneCadenhead, Austin Card-well, Blain Cook, TabreaDavis, Charde’ Franklin,Hope Funderburk, FrancesFurgerson, Jada Grant,Mason Green, Maddie

Hamer, Shaniya Jester, TylerKantarjian, Michael Mar-shall, Torianna Martin,Austin McGowan, TalleyMoncrief, Franada Strick-land, Christian Talley, andTanner Wilson.

Third gradePrincipal’s list

Kylie Benefield, SydneyBroderick, Kayla Campbell,John Crawford, HudsonGraham, Maggie Hersey,Hannah Hidalgo, MadisonHoward, Mason Jones,Connor McCutchin, Julia

McGowan, RaineMcJunkin,Taylor Page, Cassie Palma,Henry Smith, James Tulleyand Gavin White.

A-B honor rollJackson Bozeman, Hayley

Brazell, Hunter Brazell,Shamya Dozier, BethanyFlores, Di’Mahn Freeman,Tyler Gates, Angel Gossett,Ah’kera Jones, JacksonKuerzi, India Laye, NaomiOzley, Carlos Ramirez,Je’veon Robertson, Kason

Rogers, David Romero, Tabi-as Smith, Ryan Spencer, BenStogner, Adrian Taylor, Jack-son Templeton, LandonTraylor and DenverWilliams.

Fourth gradePrincipal’s list

Will Allen, DemetrionaBray, Alice Ann Carson,Reed Davenport, TaylorJones, Karan Lakhwani,Trevor John Norris, AlliePaschal, Will Rainey,Johnathon Strickland andJacob Taunton.

A-B honor rollKyla Adams, Will Blakely,

Madison Butler, Tyler Byrd,Sarah Kate Cadenhead,Richard Gaskin, WhitleyHarman, Ethan Hoffer, TreJones, Lauren Kuerzi, JesseLawrance, Tiera Neal, EvanNewsome, Kala Qawiy, KaliaQawiy, Christopher Ridge-way, Savannah Scott, Ash-ley Strickland, Alaina Tom-linson, Audrey Tomlinsonand Olga Villatoro.

Fifth gradePrincipal’s list

Katie Bryant, Sara AnnBryant, Macy Fenn, Cather-ine Gurley, C.J. Harman, IrisHersey, Jake Howard, WillPauley, Alyssa Scott, HollandTempleton, Ryan Watts andGabe White.

A-B honor rollJenna Bailey, Ortencia

Castillo, Savannah Ed-monds, Olivia Grego,MiradaHamer, Margaret Harry,Bailee Holman, MyeshaHutchinson, Lindsey Long,Libby Rogers, Puja Roy, Car-oline Smith, Gabby Stribling,Janay Tigner, ShelbyWarrenand Travis Whitehead.

Hollis HandElementary School

These students were hon-ored for the fourth nine-week grading period.

Second gradePrincipal’s list

Christian Alford, LydiaAlford, Lucy Alford, EmilyBakarich, Chloe Bishop,Jimmy Cancino, Jery Chad-wick, Hannah Conaway,Cole Crocker, Nathan Cron-ic, Luke Daniel, AnnabelleDimaio, Renaya Edmond-son, Sally Elder, ButlerEvans,Nathan Fox, John Parker

Gang, Bryan Gonzalez,Miranda Harbin, Ben Ivey,

Kristen Jackson, LundenKeith, Spencer Kendrick,Kaylee Key, Kayla Lane, Jas-mine McDaniel, SophieMyers, Lillie Barnes Ogata,Sam Park, Katelyn Peters,

Jack David Pleasants,Robert Reese, Carter Rowe,Kesler Slaton, Ava Smith,Walt Stewart, Chasity Tay-lor, Robert Thorton, AnnTrainer, Jasmine Treadwell,Dylan Villatoro and LukeWhitney.

A-B honor rollBrayan Acosta, Justin

Brewer, Jared Bryant, JustinChappell, Javid Coleman,Tely Fanning, Clayton Gates,Kayden Green, ShanayaGreen, Jessica Gynther,Cristassia Harris, HarrisonHunnicutt,Jatavious Hurston,

Shanteria Kelly, MadisonLenarz, Leveante Martinez,GabeMeans, Gracie Parker,Drelin Potts, Isabelle Sisti-no, Peyton Titus, JacobWentz and Evan White.


Kayley Abbott, DrewArrington, Annie Burch, Ale-jandra Campuzano, AnnaCountess, Emery Davenport,Matthew Foody, StevieHardigree, Shameka Harris,River Headrick, WillHolmes, Elaina Horlander,Anna Jackson, Kassidy

Kendrick, Kitty Key, AbbiLynn Lanier, Junjae Lim,Ellis Matthews, BrendanMoone, Chan Woo Park,Garret Partridge, LaurynPearce, Preston Pelham,Seth Prather,Camille Preston, Matt

Rabun, Nicky Rauccio, SerikRosencrants, Sarah Shon,Evan Smith, ColbyWilliamsand Lindsey Woodham.

A-B honor rollLawrence Baker, Avery

Bakarich, Corbi Blackmon,Justin Brasher, MakaylaCopeland, Tyler Evans,Mon-tavious Gude, JaniahHarris,Devante Hightower, CalebJones, Shyann Landers,Claire Murphy, Jake Nolen,Deaundre Person, EthanPurdy, Alayzia Reed, StefanScott, GabeWentz, TyWhite-head and EthanWill.


Ben Anderson, MatthewAnderson, Elizabeth Burch,Kennedy Burks, MacyBurns, Callye Ann Chastain,Toni Choi, Jon ThomasFagundes, Will Hunnicutt,Bailey Jacobsen, WillisKemp, Lily Luc,Caitlin Morman, Andrew

Ochsenknecht, BaileyPainter, Kevin Park, HannahPenn, Marat Rosencrants,Matthew Spears, Jacob Vin-son, Ashley Wilder, ChampWillis and Joseph Wright.

A-B honor rollClaire Alford, Rebekah

Chappell, Matayea Fannin,Kate Fincher, James Gang,Sandi Henson, BrandonJohnson, Denise Nelson,Clarke Poe, Garrett Que-dens, Nishanna Smith,David Sweat, Logan Thi-bodeau and Danielle Young.


JoHanna Anderson, SageBible, Blake Bishop, ZackBoggs, Sam Bowie, JaTorryBoykin, Abigail Brock, LilyBurns, Loretta Chappell,Jenna Conrad, Ellie Doerr,Sara Kate Doerr, BrandonDunson, Luke Elder, BradleyFincher, Emily Flowers,Arnaisha Floyd, Sarah

Jackson, Amanda Jones,Martez Kelly, Junhan Lee,Catherine Lukken, RileyMelton, Brandon Moncus,WhitMoreman,WilliamNel-son, Nora Ann Nolen, EunaOh, Courtney Peterson,Jaquez Potts, Reagan Peters,Mack Reese, Damir Rosen-crants and Selena Shin.

A-B honor rollAriel Alvarado, Antavious

Baker, Payton Barr, JessicaBrasher, Aaron Cali, DejaBrooks, Alexander Clark,Dionisia Davidson, LamarisDunlap, Keshuna Fannin,Claire Gaddy, JayviannaHurston, Jeremy Jones,Cooper King, Hanna Lane,My’Ieshia Russell, JacobShelton and Tyvonte Spears.

RosemontElementary School

These students were hon-ored for the fourth nine-week grading period:

Second grade

Principal’s listHaedyn Aiken, Jamie Bas-

sett, Caroline Blanks, EmilyBouma, Jourdan Brown,Kelsie Burke, CooperDoughman, Hunter Earnest,Madeline Earnest, Riley

Ferguson, Cole Galyon, Ash-leigh Green, Kaleb Jennings,Evelyn Johnson, HaleyJones, Lara Lawrence, Har-rison Lawson, Darius Mar-shall, Breasya Meadows,Anna Murphy, ZanaidaPotts, Maggie Railey,Michael Scott, Kayelon

Stafford, Hunter Standard,Pearson Strickland, ChrisStubblefield, CarsonThames, Eli Thrailkill,RahneWelch and SamWest.

A-B honor rollRyan Aaron, Trinity Akers,

Jesse Browning, Tori Camp,Jamenia Carter, MarissaGonzalez, Victoria Gonza-lez, Katie Grogan, ZackHowell, Katie Huckaby, Bre-anna Jacobs, Kaitlin Kessel,Karley Kline, Sydney

Lindsey, Brooke Lynch,Wes-leyMattox, DaltonMcClung,Keegan Onyonyor, AlyssaPasley, Cole Pike, Ivey Pitts,Landon Sanders, HaileyScott, Shelby Smith, Brean-na Tafoya, Logan Tritt, Bai-ley Turner, FernandaVazquez, Damian Wilson,Becca Wisener and AshleyWood.


Byron Butts, Grace Cot-ton, Anna Leah Davis,Emilee Eickhoff, Max Hal-comb, Scott Hicks, ReeseMiller, Brantly Robinson,Lexi Sewell and DanielSwann.

A-B honor rollMadison Andrews, Mat-

thew Bearden, MasonBouma, Dylan Brown, Mae-gan Camp, Kim Chatman,Montana Cole, Diego Diaz,James Figiel, David Fuller,Gillian Garrett, Saige

Grantham, Dilyn Harring-ton, Wil Horton, DeMorreyaLangston, Kayla Messerly,Jacob Nave, AlvaroResendiz, Brooke Riddle,Jarod Smith, Jacob Teel,Kirsten Thompkins, JusticeWorsham and CarsonWrey-ford.


Jennifer Aplin, Abby Bar-intine, Colby Burke, LaceCobb, Jayde Dowden, OliviaFoster, Mallory Godfrey, Bai-ley Hart, Chase Hewett,Madison Jeter, BerthaKnight,Savannah Laney, Bailey

Lawson, Akhya Mitchell,DanielMurphy, Haley Noles,David Oropeza, SierraSmith, Madison Taylor andBen West.

A-B honor rollBrynne Aiken, Kawaski

Anderson, Hunter Arndt,Adaijah Cameron, ToriCason, Nadia Collins, HelenCrenshaw, Shayna Culver,Shelby Culver, Shane Foster,Shanna Gay, Mathew Hay,Jordan Hunt, Autumn Mal-loy, Bayli Martin, LillyMcDaniel, Jayla McKee,Destiny Messerly, Chris

Miles, Akhea Mitchell,Christian Neese, MillerO’Neal, Kristen Ouzts, Han-na Ray, Melissa Resendiz,Brandon Reynolds, ChristianSaddler, Kolby Smallwood,Hunter Stephens, JenniferThompson, Kelby Vann andShakausmenWhite.


Maggie Alvrus, HarysonBlair, Grant Blocher, EmilyGreen, Bo Halcomb, Savan-nah Mansour, Chuck Mas-sie, Duncan McClung, Bre-annaMiller, Kate Noll, Sier-ra Reyes, Will Satterfield,Devin Smith, Alyssa Stitcher,Brooklyn Thompson, JarredThompson, Sarah Vowelland Taylor Whitney.

A-B honor rollHannah Almon, Noah

Bouma, Autumn Brown,Jesse Brown, Caitlen Cin-drick, Gabe Dowden, EllieGrogan, Austin Hartley, Cae-lan Herrschaft, Olivia Jones,Herbie Kurtz, MasonMar-

tin, Jordan McVay, KaleighPike, Parker Railey, JesseReyes, Cheyanne Smith,Rebecca Strickland,Demario Swanson, BrandonToler, Thomas Trotter, Pay-ton Upchurch, Katie White,DeondraWilliams and Nau-tica Williams.

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PHOENIX (AP) – DanHaren slippedand fell after delivering a pitch in theeighth inning. It was one of very fewstumbles for the right-hander all night.Haren outpitched Derek Lowe and

the Arizona Diamondbacks tookadvantage of second baseman Kelly

Johnson’s error to score four times inthe fourth inning on their way to a 5-2 victory over Atlanta on Thursday.“He can control a game,” Diamond-

backs manager A.J. Hinch said ofHaren. “It’s a sight to see when he com-petes. He executes pitches, he’s got a

game plan. He doesn’t back down. Hethinks along with the hitters.”Haren (4-4) retired 15 in a row before

a two-out double by Johnson and RBIsingle by Casey Kotchman in the eighth

From staff and wire reports

It’ll be a true clash of thetitans.Cartersville (28-4) and

Columbus (32-2), the state’smost dominant Class AAAbaseball programs, will meettoday in the championshipseries.A doubleheader will be

played today in Cartersville,with a third game, if need-ed, set for Saturday.

Also today, championshipseries in the state’s otherfour classifications will becontested.The Class AAA series fea-

tures teams that have com-bined for seven state titlesthis decade, and Columbushead coach Bobby Howardhas captured 10 state cham-

pionships in all.Columbus and Cartersville

have seemingly been on a

By Ross JohnsonSports Writer

Once the skies cleared, it was apicture-perfect day for a footballcamp.The start of the West Georgia

Superstar & Walt’s World FootballCamp on Thursday was delayedwhen a heavy rain storm camedown shortly after 5 p.m., and itlooked like the camp would haveto be moved indoors.

But the sun soon came out, andthe camp went on as scheduled atCallaway Stadium.Ruben Hairston, whose Super-

star camp joined forces withWalt’sWorld Inc. this year to put on onecamp, was happy with the Day 1turnout despite the ominous weath-er, but he still wants more.“We had buses go to several stops

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Dialleo Burks, a former LaGrange High standout who played in the Arena Football League for years,directs traffic during theWestGeorgia Superstar andWalt’sWorld Football CampatCallawayStadium.

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Cartersville baseball coachStuartChester talks tohisplayersduring theLaGrange InvitationalinMarch. Cartersville will play Columbus for the state championship today.

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Dave Perno’s Georgia Bulldogs are hoping to makeanother run to the CollegeWorld Series.

Braves drop fourth straight

Camp gets under way

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Quay Boddie, who just graduated fromCallaway High as a three-sport athlete, and for-mer Dallas Cowboy Jeff Hewitt huddle upwith some young campers.

Dave Macklin, a defensive back for the Kansas City Chiefs who has 14 career inter-ceptions, is one of themany instructors at the camp.

Smokey Hodge, a camp veteran, tells the young players what to do atthe start of Thursday’s session.

Dogs hopingfor breakout

Battleof thetitans

ATHENS (AP) –Which Georgia teamwill show up forthe NCAA baseball tournament?The Bulldogs (37-22) were ranked at or near No. 1 in

the polls during the first twomonths of the season. But theteam spent the last month in a tailspin, dampening hopesof a return to the College World Series.Coach David Perno is encouraged by two wins in the

Southeastern Conference tournament last week and

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inning. The last batter Harenfaced was Chipper Jones,who had doubled in a runearlier in the game. Jonesstruck out looking.“That was one of the bestballs I threw all night,”Haren said. “He’s a toughguy to strike out. He’s givenme some trouble over theyears. I knew I had to makea perfect pitch and I knew itwas probably my last batter,too, so I dug in deep andmade the pitch.”He allowed two runs andseven hits in eight innings,striking out eight to earn hisfirst victory in four starts.“We hit the ball reallygood early in the game,”Atlanta manager Bobby Coxsaid,”"and later onHaren gotreally tough. ... You can say‘Well, we didn’t hit the balltonight,’ but he was hard to

hit at. A lot of teams would-n’t have hit him tonight atall.”Haren has not walked abatter in his last three out-ings. He’s walked nine allseason, with 71 strikeouts.Lowe (6-3) gave up fiveruns, three earned, and aseason-high 10 hits for theBraves, who were swept inthree games in San Francis-co before opening a four-game set in Arizona.“I pitched poorly prettymuch the whole game,”Lowe said. “That was prettymuch a grind from the firstpitch all the way through. Iwas just fortunate to not giveup any more runs.”ChadQualls pitched a per-fect ninth, with some defen-sive help from second base-man Augie Ojeda and short-stop Stephen Drew, for his12th save in 14 opportuni-ties.

collision course all season,and the matchup becomes areality today.“The team that’s toughestmentally will win,” saidCartersville coach StuartChester, who has guided theHurricanes to four state titlesthis decade, including one lastseason. “That mental aspectmeans making the fewestmistakes.Whoever does thatwill come out on top.”Neither team has droppeda game in the playoffs.Columbus has been par-ticularly overwhelming inthe postseason, outscoringits four opponents by a com-bined score of 75-4.The Blue Devils have won12 in a row since falling toLaGrange 9-8.“They have no holes (intheir lineup),” said Chester.“One through nine canswing it. They have goodspeed and great defense.”Columbus hasn’t won astate title since 2005, whichis actually considered adrought for the program.“We knowwhat’s at stake.We’ve worked hard to gethere,” said senior pitcherMatt Taylor told the Colum-bus Ledger-Enquirer. “Wejust have to go out and play.We can’t let the big-gamestage get to us.”Cartersville beat Colum-bus in the quarterfinals ayear ago on the way to thechampionship.In the third and decidinggame of that series,Cartersville won 10-8 inColumbus.“I thought last year, to be

honest with you, I thoughtwe were a lot better thanthey were. I think they exe-cuted a lot better when thegame was on the line,” Tay-lor said. “But sometimes, inbaseball, it’s not the bestteam that wins, it’s the teamthat executes the best. Ithink that’s how they beat uslast year.”Also today, Lovett andDublin will meet in the ClassAA championship series.Lovett eliminated Call-away in the first round.In Class AAAA, Starr’sMill andNorthgate will meetin the final.South Forsyth and Popewill play for the ClassAAAAA title, and LandmarkChristian andWesleyan willmix it up in Class A.

OKLAHOMACITY (AP) – FreshmanNikiWilliams hit her first home run in threemonths, and national player of the yearDanielle Lawrie threw a six-hitter as third-seededWashington beat Georgia 3-1 Thurs-day in the opening game of the Women'sCollege World Series.Williams broke a scoreless tie when shelined a pitch from Christie Hamilton (24-9)over the fence. It was only the third homerof the season forWilliams, the No. 9 hitter inthe Huskies' lineup. She hadn’t hit one sinceFeb. 27, finishing the entire Pac-10 seasonwithout a homer.Lawrie (38-7) made it stand up, strikingout five to add to her NCAA-leading strike-out total of 477. Kimi Pohlman added an RBIsingle in the sixth inning for the Huskies(47-11).

� NBA:With Cleveland’s wondrous sea-son on the line, LeBron James had 37 points,14 rebounds and 12 assists, and MoWilliams, who boldly predicted his teamwould come back and win this tight-as-can-be series, added 24 points in the Cavaliers'112-102 victory over the Orlando Magic inGame 5 on Thursday night.It’s back to Florida for Game 6 on Satur-day night at amped-up Amway Arena.

�NASCAR:Dale Earnhardt Jr. will have anew crew chief starting with this weekend’srace at Dover because of a slump that hasdragged deep into the season.Tony Eury Jr. was removed as crew chiefof Earnhardt’s No. 88 team. The two arecousins and have worked together duringEarnhardt's entire career.The pair left Dale Earnhardt Inc. last sea-son to drive for Hendrick Motorsports.Despite driving for NASCAR’s top team,they have one win in 48 races with Hendrickand are 19th in points, well behind team-mates Jeff Gordon (first), Jimmie Johnson(fourth) andMarkMartin (12th). Earnhardthit rock bottom with Monday’s 40th-placefinish at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

to pick up kids,” Hairstonsaid. “I thought that wouldbring some more out here,but there was still a goodnumber of kids here.”Hairston said the event,which is in its 16th year,usually draws more peopleon the second day, so thenumbers should increasetoday when it runs from 5p.m. to 7:30 p.m.The third and final day ofthe camp is Saturday from9 a.m. until noon.A flag football game fea-turing a number of NFLplayers is set for Saturdayat 1 p.m.There’s no reason forchildren to stay at home,according to Hairston.The camp is free for allchildren ages 8 to 18, andparticipants will receiveinstruction from presentand former NFL stars.Campers can sign up atCallaway Stadium.Among the NFL playersThursday were San Fran-cisco linebacker TakeoSpikes, Washington Red-skins defensive end PhillipDaniels and Kansas CityChiefs defensive back DaveMacklin.LaGrange’s Walt Harris,a defensive back for theSan Francisco 49ers, wasalso there and instructing,despite a knee injury thatwill require surgery andcould keep him out for the2009 season.Even more NFL playerswill make an appearancetoday.“I feel good about thepeople we have out herehelping,” Hairston said.“Especially the young guyswho are still playing (in theNFL). Some of the olderguys, these kids weren’teven born when they wereplaying. It’s important thatthe guys who are playingright now are here, because

they canmake a differencein a life.”Some of the past NFLplayers included Brent Full-wood, Jeff Hewitt and Ger-ald Robinson, amongmanyothers.Callaway High’s QuayBoddie, who graduated lastweekend, is also helpingout at the camp, as isLaGrange College graduateCedric Talley, who helpedlead the Panthers to anNCAA Division III playoffberth last season.Harris, founder of Walt’sWorld, joined forces withthe Superstar camp inhopes of creating a hugecamp that would draw chil-dren from all over.Harris is happy with theway it’s gone so far.“We had some badweather, but we adjustedand we got a lot done,”Harris said. “The raincaused not as many kids tocome out, but (today) we’llhave more.”Harris said the event is“flowing well” and every-one is on the same page.“Everyone understandswhat we’re trying to accom-plish,” Harris said. “We’rehoping to take it to a betterlevel than it has been.”

Daniels, who was afourth-round draft pick outof Georgia in 1996, hasplayed for three NFL teamsand has helped at Harris’previous camps.In addition to teachingfundamentals to children,he wants to make sure par-ticipants know the impor-tance of education at thecamp.“It’s good because we gooutside the game and talkabout other things too,”said Daniels, who has 59career sacks with the Sea-hawks, Bears and Red-skins. “We hope to instill inthem that they can’t go any-where without an educa-tion.”Former Auburn line-backer Smokey Hodgealso knows the purposeof getting the kids to lis-ten.Hodge has helped Hair-ston with the camp forthe past eight years, andhas seen what it can dofor aspiring football play-ers.“For me, it’s about thefact that a lot of these kidscouldn’t afford to go to foot-ball camp,” Hodge said.“It’s our way of giving backto the community.”

Sports on TVToday

AUTO RACING10 a.m.SPEED – NASCAR, Truck Series, pole

qualifying for AAA Insurance 200, at Dover,Del.11:30 a.m.SPEED – NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice

for Autism Speaks 400, at Dover, Del.1 p.m.SPEED – NASCAR, Nationwide Series,

practice for Heluva Good! 200, at Dover, Del.3 p.m.SPEED – NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole

qualifying for Autism Speaks 400, at Dover,Del.8:30 p.m.SPEED – NASCAR, Truck Series, AAA

Insurance 200, at Dover, Del. (same-day tape)COLLEGE SOFTBALL7 p.m.ESPN2 – NCAADivision I, World Series,

games 5 & 6, teams TBA, at Oklahoma CityGOLF10 a.m.TGC – European PGA Tour, European

Open, second round, at Kent, England3 p.m.TGC – PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invita-

tional, second round, at Fort Worth, Texas6:30 p.m.TGC – Champions Tour, Principal Charity

Classic, first round, at West DesMoines, Iowa(same-day tape)NBABASKETBALL9 p.m.ESPN – Playoffs, Western Conference

finals, game 6, L.A. Lakers at DenverTENNISNoonESPN2 – French Open, early round, at

Paris

BasketballNBA playoffs

CONFERENCE FINALSMondayDenver 120, L.A. Lakers 101TuesdayOrlando 116, Cleveland 114, OT, Orlan-

do leads series 3-1

WednesdayL.A. Lakers 103, Denver 94, L.A. Lakers

lead series 3-2ThursdayCleveland 112, Orlando 102, Orlando

leads series 3-2TodayL.A. Lakers at Denver, 9 p.m.SaturdayCleveland at Orlando, 8:30 p.m., if nec-

essarySundayDenver at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m., if nec-

essaryMondayOrlando at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m., if nec-

essary

SoftballCollege World Series

Oklahoma CityDouble EliminationThursdayWashington 3, Georgia 1Arizona State 7, Missouri 3Michigan 6, Alabama 1Florida 3, Arizona 0TodayGame 5 –Washington (47-11) vs.Arizona

State (47-17), 7 p.m.Game 6 – Michigan (47-10) vs. Florida

(61-3), 9 p.m.SaturdayGame 7 – Georgia (44-11) vs. Missouri

(50-11), NoonGame 8 – Alabama (52-10) vs. Arizona

(46-16), 2 p.m.Game 9 – Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 win-

ner, 7 p.m.Game 10 – Game 8 winner vs. Game 6

loser, 9 p.m.SundayGame 11 –Game 5 winner vs. Game 9

winner, 1 p.m.Game 12 – Game 6 winner vs. Game 10

winner, 3 p.m.Game 13 – Game 11 winner vs. Game 11

loser, 7 p.m., if necessaryGame 14 – Game 12 winner vs. Game 12

loser, 9 p.m., if necessaryNOTE: If only one game is necessary, it

will be played at 7 p.m.Championship Series(Best-of-3)Monday, June 1: Game 1, 8 p.m.Tuesday, June 2: Game 2, 8 p.m.Wednesday, June 3: Game 3, 8 p.m., if

necessary

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BASEBALL FROM 9

BRAVES FROM 9

CAMP FROM 9

GeorgiadropsGame 1

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FOOTBALL:TheWest Georgia Superstar

and Walt’s World FootballCamp will be held todaythrough Saturday at CallawayStadium. The hours are 5 p.m.until 7:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m.until noon on the final day. On

Saturday at 1 p.m., a celebrityflag football game will be held.Registration is under way at theEthel Kight Resource Centerat 601 Union Street, or atWalt’s World at 609 UnionStreet. There will also be a freehealth clinic on May 30 from 9a.m. until noon. For more infor-mation or to register, call (706)845-3000.

� 2-minute drill

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Afew of the dozens of campers line up during a drill Thursday at Callaway Stadium.

LaGrange High graduate and current San Francisco49er Walt Harris, despite an injured knee, was on thefield and helping with instruction onThursday.

hopes Georgia is ready tomake another run to Omahaafter losing to Fresno Statein last year’s championshipseries.The Bulldogs (37-22) openregional play Friday in Tal-lahassee, Fla., against OhioState (47-10). Host FloridaState (42-16) plays Marist(31-26) in the other openinggame of the double-elimina-tion format.Looking for reasons to behopeful, Perno pointed toSEC tournament wins overMississippi and Arkansas,which both received bids tothe NCAA regionals.“And we took LSU to thelimit,” Perno said. “So threeout of four games (at theSECs), we played as good aswe could. We just didn’t getenough out of the middle ofthe order.”The Bulldogs were withinone victory of winning thenational championship in2008 before losing twostraight to Fresno State.“That was last year,” jun-ior center fielder Matt Ceri-one said. “We are a differentteam. Of course, that is ourgoal every year, to get backto Omaha. I feel we can doit.”Through April 24, Georgialooked like a sure thing,boasting a 33-9 record thatincluded an SEC-best 14-5mark. But the Bulldogs lost11 of their last 13 regular-season games, including 10of 11 in SEC play, andlimped into the conferencetournament.Star first baseman RichPoythress, who has 21homers, 77 RBIs and a .370average, said a tough sched-ule may have had somethingto do with Georgia's slide,but he shouldered a lot of theblame himself.“I think it was more a fac-tor of what was going on forthis team,” he said. “Youcan’t play average baseballagainst the heart of the SECand expect to win. I reallystruggled for a while.”

JacketshostingregionalATLANTA (AP) – GeorgiaTech has a huge head startover Georgia State in NCAApostseason tradition.Georgia State will make itsfirst NCAA tournamentappearance on Friday nightwhen it plays host GeorgiaTech, which will be playingin its 23rd NCAA tourna-ment in the last 25 years.The new kids in this week-end's NCAA regional battleof Atlanta say they're notdazzled by Georgia Tech’slong history in the tourna-ment. After all, each schoolhas the same total of CollegeWorld Series titles – zero.“Even though this is ourfirst time at the dance, ourkids feel we belong here,”Georgia State coach GregFrady said Wednesday.Elon (40-16) will playSouthernMississippi (35-23)in today’s opening game ofthe double-eliminationregional at Georgia Tech'sRuss Chandler Stadium, fol-lowed by the game betweenGeorgia Tech (35-17-1) andGeorgia State (39-20).Georgia Tech has thehome-field advantage, butGeorgia State’s playerscould almost walk to thegame.The two Atlanta schoolssplit two games in the regu-lar season. Georgia Statebeat the Yellow Jackets 10-1at Georgia Tech on March24. Georgia Tech won 18-2at Georgia State on April 15.The Panthers also won atGeorgia Tech in 2007.“It helps us with our con-fidence,” said Georgia Statesenior outfielder MichaelMcCree. “Just watchingthem on TV and hearing allthe hype about themmakesyou think they’re 10 timesbetter than you, but whenyou match up on the fieldyou realize it’s just the gameof baseball.”

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Georgia pitcher Christie Hamilton deliversduring a game against Washington duringthe CollegeWorld Series.

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Bobby Howard has guidedtheColumbusBlueDevils to10 state titles.

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$3000Or Best Offer706-333-9197706-884-6775

Classic / Antique

2001 TOYOTACOROLLA

Silver, first owner, 79kmiles, brand new setsof tires, accident free,power locks/windows,$5,750, 706-302-8716or 706-837-9856

BRING ATTENTIONTO YOUR AD WITH A"NEW TODAY" STAR-

BURST!!!

For an additional feeof $3.00 per ad, youcould add this "NewToday" Starburst torun on the first dayyour ad appears in

the paper.

Call and Ask For Your"New Today" Star-

burst.

Call Carla or Sheila706-884-7311

2006 CHRYSLERTOWN & COUNTRYTouring Edition, silver,low miles, one owner,nonsmoker with six

disc dvd, power every-thing, alloy rims, stow-n-go seating, seatsseven, lots of storage.

$15,500.00706-523-0424

2002 SilverHonda Accord EX

two door, six, cd, 124kmiles, sunroof, greatcondition. $7,500 706-

594-5604

2007 TOYOTASOLARA

Red convertible29K miles excellentcondition 100,000

miles warranty $19,500706-616-4785

2002 Jaguar S-Type$13,000

72,000 miles706-883-7607

Autos

1996 Lincoln TownCar EXC

Fully loaded one ownercold air, leather interior,

tintedwindows, Michelin

tires, must see. $3500or best cash offer.

Must sell moving 706-333-9787

BEST BUY!1969 CHEVROLETCAMARO Z28

Clear title, $3,700,eight cylinder, exteriorblue, interior white,69,000 miles, manual,original paint. For moreinformation 801-937-

8453 [email protected]

Autos

2000 Automotive

TWOJET SKIS

1996 Seadoo, 1995Kawasaki, Double trailer$3000(706)675-3938

2003 SEADOOBOMBARDIER GTXSupercharged, threeseater, like new with

trailer.Call 706-883-8698

Other

2005 HONDA XR650LGreat condition, wellkept and maintained.Electric start. On-Road/Off Road. $2,500 Firm706-837-9719 Daily

2005 Suzuki VL1500ccC90

Lots of extrasExcellent condition$6500882-2609,616-2658

2004 DYNAWIND GLIDE

Harley DavidsonGood Condition $11,500.706-518-8848

2007 HARLEYDAVIDSON

1200 SPORTSTERCustom 1700 miles,like new $9,000706-885-1951

1985 YAMAHAVIRAGO 1000Wind shield, bags14,000 miles$3399.706-645-2029

1978 HONDA CB400 A 5,200 accusalmiles very good

condition $1,500.00706-812-9084

Motorcycles

1992 FOURWINDS24' MOTORHOME

48,000 miles, excellentcondition. $9,999. 706-882-5402

Campers / RVs &Trailers

WEST POINT LAKE2001 SUMMERSET

HOUSE BOAT16 feet X 70 feet widebody, immaculate con-dition, four bedrooms,two baths, twin mer-crusiers, 12 1/2 kwgenerator with drystack exhaust, 2500watt invertor, water-slide, $179,900.678-462-7468

1978 SUMMER SETHOUSE BOAT

at Highland Marina14' wide X 58' longtwo Bedroom, kitchen,living room, and bathFront, rear and upperdeck. Completely

furnished, runs great$37,500

478 442 3900

2006 17' XPRESSBASS BOAT

With 90HP Yamahamotor. $8000706-594-8571.

[email protected]

1999 BASSTRACKERPRO TEAM 175

trailer spare live wellpro angler depth finderauto pilot trolling motor$5,500 404-702-5738.

1996 GLASTRONSSV 175

135hp MerCruiser,Excellent Condition,Garage Kept. Maroon/Beige Interior and Ex-terior with matchingEagle trailer. SkiLocker, Sun deck,$5000. Seriousinquires only. Call

706-645-3872 or 706-881-2654.

Boats / Accessories

Boats / Accessories

2003 Four WheelerElectric shift, like newless than 50 hours.

$2250.00706-845-1670

1998 HondaFour Trax 90CCFour Wheeler

In excellent condition.$1300.00

706-594-4671706-594-4670

ATVs

1000 RecreationalVehicles

GOODWILLNEEDS

Your leftover yard saleitems. We'll sell themin our store and usethe money to fundGOODWILL's job

training programs andcareer centers that put

people to work.Visit www.gwisr.orgfor details or call: 706-

884-4451

LOOK FOR OURNEW YARD SALE

LOCATIONFor easier accessall ResidentialGarage & YardSale ads will beplaced in its ownspecial box

together locatedin the classifiedarea. Ads will

appear Thursday,Friday and

Saturday. All otherads will

Yard Sale

Yard Sale

2004 SNAPPERRIDING MOWER12hp, 28inch deck,electric start. $750.706-957-3493

RESTAURANTEQUIPMENT

Top door chest coolerwith sliding doorsCoke fountain ma-chine with ice bend.Pizza oven. Two tonair condition roof topunit706-883-8892

USED METALROOFING $2800

4800 sq ft green,homeor barn 706-663-0597

MATTRESSSALE

Spring ClearancePillow Tops

Twin Sets $175.00Full Sets $195.00Queen Sets $265.00King Sets $300.00Call 706-845-8811

FREE20X40

INGROUND POOLWith liner andall accessories.

Exchange for fillinghole. 706-884-9742

Miscellaneous

THREE PIECEITALIAN

CHOCOLATELeather couch,

loveseat and chair.$200. In good shape.

706-882-1808

Furniture

2007 Cub Cadetlawn mower.

60" deck, 23 HPKohler motor, onlyeight hours, LIKE NEW!$3900. 706-302-6124.

Equipment / Supplies

900 Merchandise

2003 JOHN DEERE4110

For $4400, Mower,Loader, Backhoe, LowHours, lots of picturesat [email protected]

(440) 249-6152

KUBOTA TRACTORL1500 $3500

Two point hitch, bushhog and all purposeplow. 706-668-7506

Farm Equipment

700 Agriculture

KITTENSOne male - orange;two females - black;one female - tortoise-shell, eight weeks old.Had 1st shots; starterbag of Science Dietprovided.$25 gift toanimal rescue

requested. Call 884-0234 if you can pro-vide a loving home.

FREE KITTENS706-882-8672706-885-1902

Pets

600 Animals

FREE HOMESECURITY SYSTEM$850 value - with pur-chase of alarm moni-toring services fromADT Security

Services. Call 1-888-274-3888

Security

DIVERSIFIEDTREES, INC.

ISA Certified ArboristLicensed/Insured706-663-0300

C&H TRACTORFencing, bushhogging,

minor clearing,grading, custom hay.Mike 706-882-4611

AN IDENTITY ISSTOLEN EVERY

THREE SECONDS!Are you protected?Call Lifelock at 1-877-481-4881 Promo

Code:FREEMONTH

M&TTREE SERVICE

Licensed and Insured706-882-6733706-333-8338

STARGILL'SPRESSUREWASHING

706-402-4945

Other Services

Other Services

AFFORDABLELAWN CARE

30 years experienced.Call 706-415-7083706-616-8523

Lawn Service

IS YOUR FAMILYPROTECTED?

Get up to $500,000 ofTerm Life Insurance...in just minutes.

Call Now for a FREEQuote! Efinancial 1-888-251-5620

Insurance

R AND CCONSTRUCTIONTotal RemodelingVinyl siding, windows,metal roofs, shingleroofs, door replace-ment. Free Estimates.706-333-5923 or 706-

885-9289

ADAMS HOMEREPAIR

painting, carpentryroofs, plumbing,gutters and

pressure washing706-302-7544

HomeImprovements

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New ApartmentHomes

Now Leasing!!The

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• 1, 2 & 3 large bedrooms• Washer & dryer H/U• 24 hr. ER maintenance• Quiet, family friendly• Walk to Valley CommunityCenter & Sportsplex

• 7 minutes to Kia

Stop Looking... Start Living.

Welcome Home!Call Today

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LaGrange Daily NewsLocal Directory

Spending your money locally supports the community and schools and helps REDUCE TAXES!

BUSINESSES& SERVICES

• All size units• Attendant on duty• Ask about 1/2

off Special

LaFayetteParkway Mini

Storage

1385 LaFayette Parkway706-884-0005Must Bring Ad for Discount

Preserve Your MemoriesYour old 8mm film 35mm slides; old VHS tapes;photos; weddings, travel, birthdays, special

occasions all preserved on DVD.Old records (L.P. 33, 45)

Audio Cassettes - Now Preserved on CDCall Tram at

(706) 882-3783 or (706) [email protected]

ALAN COOK’SAPPLIANCE

Commercial, Residential Appliance Repair

Alan Cook 706-333-9944LaGrange, Ga.

Most major credit cards accepted

FRANKLIN ROAD ANIMAL CLINICGale Shelnutt, DVM

1462 New Franklin Road, LaGrange(1.5 miles north of Wal-Mart)

706-882-0054

NEUTER / SPAYMale/Female

Cat $36/$46*DOG $$56 to $86

*Price based on weight

Walk-InsWelcome

Mon., Tues., Wed.,Fri. 2pm - 5pm

Call Ahead for Surgery

Boarding $12 Dog $10 Cat

D-TechDetection Technologies, LLC

Serving you with:• Security Systems • Surveillance Systems• Phone System • Access Control• Network Cabling • Sound Systems

Licensed/Insured Ala & Ga- Residential - Commercial - Industrial -Jeb Brantley • 706-884-6339

WILKIE HOMEIMPROVEMENTS

• General Carpentry• Home Repairs• Roofing- New and Repairs• Five-Year Warranty

706-883-7906 • 706-333-4611Treadwell Lawn Care

“We Do It All!”Licensed and Insured

Lowest Price GuaranteedFree Estimates706-594-9446

Professional & General Contractors ServicesConstruction & Remodeling:

- Stone, Brick, Stucco & Ceramic- Framing -Siding -Concrete- Painting -Fence -Roofing

-Cleaning Servicesand more....... Reasonable Rates

Call (706) 302-3690 for free estimates.Doing Quality Work Since 2003

SnapAction PhotographyWedding-Family-Event Photography

CCoommpplleettee WWeeddddiinngg PPaacckkaaggeessStarting at $700

Engagement-Rehearsal-Wedding-Reception Photos and Video

Websitehttp://snapaction.smugmug.com

Phone706-957-1354

NEW CONSTRUCTION• Custom Homes• Garages • Decks• Sun Rooms• Metal Buildings

RENOVATION• Kitchens • Baths• Custom Cabinets• Marble, Granite• Demolition

OTHER PRODUCTS* Tile * Hardwood * Painting * Electrical * Plumbing* HVAC * Driveways * Retaining Walls * Landscaping

Design * Window ReplacementJon Williamson 706-333-3101

Licensed, Insured, References

AUTO BODYPAINT & REPAIR

Home of the Wrecksperts(706) 884-9292 • Fax (706) 884-9291

101 Service Park Lane • LaGrange, GA 30240

WRIGHT’SJANITORIAL & LAWN SERVICES

“For all your cleaning needs you can’t gowrong with the WRIGHT care”

Commercial Office Cleaning • Residential CleaningFloor Stripping & Waxing • Carpet Cleaning & Window Washing

Gutters, Pressure Washing, Driveways Lawn Maintenance

FOR LOYAL CUSTOMERSAFTER EVERY 3RD

GRASS CUT, THE 4THCUT IS 1/2 OFF PRICE.

Call For Free Estimate706-957-3545706-662-2115

NO JOB TOO SMALL!HMS CONSTRUCTION

SPECIALIZING INCustom Screened Porches, Sunrooms & GaragesAll Types of Window/Door Replacement & Repair

We DoRoofing

-New PVC Material-Doesn’t Rot, Crack or Split.

NO PAINTING!678-462-0699878-462-0897

Licensed & Insured • Locally Owned •20+ Years Experience

Airforce Heating & AirThe Company Designed To Save You Money

$25offOn Any Repair

Concerned about theair in your home?

Air Advance Report

$4995

706-882-8888

Landscaping • Hydro Seeding • Silt FencesStraw Matting • Seeding • Bob Cat

Site Punchout • Sediment Pond Excavation • Concrete

John Murray, Owner706-594-5439

[email protected] Mooty Bridge Rd.Franklin, GA 30217

Sampson Cleaning ServicesExceptional Home, Office & Business Cleaning

www.sampsonclean.comServing Surrounding West Georgia Areas

Optional Green CleaningDiscounted Cleaning Plans Available

Phone Anytime: (706) 668-5977

ClassifiedsGetResults706-884-7311

THREE BEDROOMTWO BATH

With family room.Brick home $700

month, $500 deposit.909 Murphy Avenue.

706-333-4937

Houses for Rent

98 TERRI ROADTHREE BEDROOMtwo bath with bonusroom, $795 month678-378-3999www.wilsonhomesolution.com

Houses for Rent

THREE BEDROOMTWO BATHBuilt in 1940.

511 Sylvan Drive$162,000

706-523-0933

Houses for Rent

1406 PARK AVENUETwo bedroom's,twobath's Central heat,air, stove, refrigerator.$625 month plus de-posit 706-333-0150

Houses for Rent

151 AVERY LANETWO BEDROOMSTwo bath on privatefarm. 706-249-1909

Houses for Rent

104 SHADY OAKDRIVE

Three bedroom twobath home $775 firstand last month rent,$400 deposit. No pets706-885-0929, for

more information go towww.darmrentals.com

TWO BEDROOM$450 month

230 Auburn Avenue706-402-4882

bedroom $375.00***612 Poplar Street. twobedroom $300.00

month. ***#3 ThorntonStreet. two bedroom$350.00 month. ***109West Bacon Street.three bedroom$475.00 month.CALL DIANE @

MALLORY REALTY706-884-3336

Houses for Rent

HOUSESFOR RENT

400 Askew Street.three bedroom$375.00 month.

*** 106 Edgewood Av-enue. three bedroom$300.00 *** 102

Fredrick Avenue. threebedroom $465.00month. ***100 Mar-

shall Street. three bed-room $475.00

month.*** 109 McGeeStreet. three bedroom$375.00 *** 113

McGee Street. threebedroom $425.00

month.*** 108 MitchellAvenue. two bedroom$350.00 month. ***129Mitchell Street. twobedroom $350.00

month.*** 3095 Mob-ley bridge Road. three

Houses for Rent

WAREHOUSE FORRENT

50,000 square foot,five docks, sprinklers.1 mile off I-85 Exit 13

706-594-8495

NEW 16,000SQUARE FOOT

BUILDINGLukken Industrial Drive

706-845-6578

Commercial

TOWNHOME FORRENT

Two Bedroom and TwoBath with fenced in

back yard, front porch,fireplace, and

washer/dryer. $800/month, security

deposit required. Calltoday! 706.523.1683.

MOVE IN SPECIALOne -Four Bedroom,GRFA, Section 8Accepted. 706-845-

0706

LARGE ONEBEDROOM

$400 month $200deposit 706-412-4460

GREENWOODMITCHELLAVENUE

In LaGrange twobedroom Apartment

startingat $435 Security

Deposit waved leasesign before 6-4-09706-302-8129

AMBERWOODAPARTMENTS

Now accepting applica-tions for lovely onebedroom apartments.Rent based on income.Must be 62 or older,handicapped or dis-abled. Apply in

person at 815 NorthGreenwood or call884-0174. Equal

Housing Opportunity.Handicap Accessible.

NICENEIGHBORHOODTwo bed one bath

and one bed, one bathcentral heat, air. Du-plex 102 W. MeadowWay 706-402-0128

IF YOU PREFERQuiet and Smoke FreeLiving with MatureNeighbors, Covered

Parking.One Bedroom $400 upTwo Bedroom $500 upCall for availability706-884-9880

THE GARDENSAPARTMENTSTwo bedroom, twobath. Corporate Units

also available.706-883-8728

ONE BEDROOMDUPLEX

323 North Lee Street.706-882-1106 or 706-

884-4156

Apartments /Townhouses

Apartments /Townhouses

3500Real Estate Rentals

LAKE HARDINGALABAMA

two bedroom, onebath, excellent view,double boat house,dock, large deck onwater. Deeded lot

$369,000 more infor-mation 706-643-1521

Waterfront

SEVEN ACRESMountville Community.More information callJeff 706-668-0704

7.7 ACRESGREENVILLE ROADIn Mountville $55,000706-594-8227 706-

884-1201

Land (Acreage)

THREE BEDROOMTWO BATH

two car garage,almost two acre intown, swimmingpool.12x24 ft

workshop $132,500below appraised price

706-884-7087

FURNISHEDCABIN

One and two bedroomin Pine Mountain 706-

594-8215

JUST LISTEDON 8 ACRES!

Three year old ranchwith double garagePLUS detached wiredworkshop with over-head door and con-crete floor! 102

Pineland Court off ofLeonard Road. Hurry!Won't last long at

$189,900!Gale Goldenberg,Bush Real Estate

Group 770-214-3026.

107 GREENEAVENUE

HOGANSVILLE$34,900

706-637-5782706-302-0353

Houses For Sale





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416 GINGER CIRCLEInside - Saturday May 30th

7:30 to 12:30

MULTI FAMILYTroup High School1920 Hamilton Road

Saturday, May 30th * 7a.m. - 12p.m.Benefits Troup Soccer Program

ThisWeek’sYardSalesAre . . .106 VICTORIA DRIVE

(1 1/2 miles past Hollis Hand School)Saturday 8a.m. - 12noonFurniture, sheets, towels, linens,

curtains, Nintendo, luggage and more.

MULTI FAMILY MOVING SALE208 Beechwood CircleSaturday 8-12pm

111 REVERE COURTLexington Park SubdivisionSaturday 10a.m. to 5p.m.

Mobility Scooter, treadmill,sleeper sofa, more.

105 EVANS COURTSaturday 7a.m. - Until

Freezer, dune buggy, menand women clothes and more.

50 LAURA DRIVEOff Hogansville RoadSaturday 7a.m. - 12p.m.

TWO FAMILY1802 Bartley Road

Saturday 8a.m. - 1p.m.

212 EAST MAIN STREETIn Hogansville

Friday and Saturday 9-5Sunday 12p.m. - 5p.m.

Huge Indoor Sale.Everything Must Go!

LONG CANE BAPTIST CHURCH5458 West Point Road

Saturday May 30th * 8a.m.Hamburger Plate Sale

Mission Team Fundraiser

THREE FAMILY YARD SALE271 Tommie RoadSaturday 8 - 3

Computer Stand, 1968 Saab,Computer Stand.

MULTI FAMILY865 Vernon Ferry RoadSaturday 7a.m. - 12p.m.

X Box, dishwasher,electric guitar, copper, more.

MOVING SALE153 Pine Circle

Saturday 7a.m. - Until

45 SOUTH SMITH ROADSaturday 7a.m. - until

Computer, tools,appliances, clothes, toys

BIG FAMILY YARD SALEAND FISH FRY

1403 Hamilton RoadMay 30th * 7a.m. until

Furniture/household items and more.

MULTI FAMILY YARD SALE408 South Lewis Street

8:00 am - untilRain or shine. Everything from A-Z.

417 RIDGECRESTOff Country Club RoadSaturday 8a.m. - 12p.m.

MOVING SALE101 Foxdale Drive

Saturday 7a.m. - until

125 ASHTON COURTFriday and Saturday

9a.m. untilCall 706-882-5588 to

let in building.

ALLYARDSALESMUSTBEPREPAIDBEFOREPLACEMENT.

Don’t forget tobuyyouryardsalekit.ONLY$5.Call 706-884-7311

GET YOURYARD SALEGOING!

$5.00Yard Sale KitAdvertise your Yard Sale

with us, and get everything youneed to make it a success!

YardSale Ad$34.99

Address, Day, Time & sixwords • 3 days.$1.00 eachadditional line.

YOUR KIT CONTAINS:• Successful Tips for a “No Hassle” Sale.• Pre-Sale Checklist/ Sale Record Form

• 2 All Weather Yard Sale Signs • 2 Wooden Stakes• 1 Marker for Signs • 140 Prepriced Labels

Call now to place your ad!706-884-7311

LaGrange Daily News

211 Church Street • LaGrange, GA 30240706 883-6123

OPEN HOUSESaturday May 30th

2:00-4:00105 Redwood DriveLaGrange, GA$125,900

3 bedroom, 2 bath, approx. 2 acre lot nearKia Plant rocking chair front porch, spaciouskitchen with cherry cabinets split bedroom,corner fireplace, garden tub in master bath.

Directions: Old West Point Rd. to Dakota onright, left into Raby Woods Subdivision

Debbie Binion706-402-2733 (Cell)

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404 Granger Drive3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths Saltwater Pool,Hot Tub, Fenced in Backyard Walk toGranger Park! LHS District!

Only $224,000(706) 333-0860 or (706) 594-8888

SALESPROFESSIONAL

Established companyhas immediate openingfor a full-time furnituresalesperson. Experiencewith direct business toconsumer sales is a pre-ferred. Excellent incomeopporunity. Please send

your resume to:Blind Box 8, LaGrangeDaily News, P.O. Box929, LaGrange GA

30241.

Sales

RETAIL PHONESTORE SALES

Bilingual a plus. Re-sume to wirelesssls

@gmail.com

Sales

HERITAGEHEALTHCARE OFGREENVILLE

Accepting applicationsfor RN Supervisor,LPN'S, CNA'S.Please applyin person at

99 Hill Haven RoadGreenville, GA 30222Call 706-672-4241Fax Resume to 706-

672-9522Visit our website atwww.uhs-pruitt.com

Medical

MEDICAL PRACTICESEEKING A NURSEPRACTITIONER

Who wants to work full-time. Please fax re-

sume to 706-882-1350or mail to: 142 Old MillRoad, LaGrangeGeorgia 30241

WANTEDEXPERIENCEDDANCERS

Gymnasts, andCheerleaders

Must be flexible andenjoy working with

childrenCall Ms. Rhodes at713-443-3176

HelpWanted -General

TRUCK DRIVERSNEEDED TO RUNTEAM operation fromGeorgia to west coast.Must have Class A

CDL with HAZMAT en-dorsement.

Minimum three YearsOTR experience.

Good driving and workrecords. Call between10:00am And 4:00 pmMonday Thru Friday.

888-304-3243

Drivers & Delivery

6000 Employment

TWO AND THREEBEDROOM

Starting at $350Good Senior Living706-298-1131

Rentals

TWO BEDROOMTWO FULL BATHAbsolutely No Pets.

706-812-0056

FURNISHEDNICE, CLEANTwo bedroom706-884-7747

THREE BEDROOMPRIVATE LOT706-882-5990

A MUST SEENewly renovated mo-bile homes starting at$150 per week, all utili-ties provided including

cable. No pets.706-298-1460

961/963KELLY STREETNew three bedroomone bath $450 month

706-333-0070

Rentals

16X80 MOBILEHOME

Four bedroom, two fullbaths with garden tub,central heat/air. Lo-cated outside of

Hogansville on oneacre lot. $600 rent,$600 deposit. No in-side pets, referencesrequired. 706-637-

4203

Rentals

4000 ManufacturedHousing

905 TRUITT AVENUEThree bedroom,Large yard - $495706-884-3336

TROUP HIGHSCHOOL ZONEThree bedroom twobath, 9 foot ceilings.$975 706-882-3844

NICE IN TOWNLOCATION

Deposit required nopets 706-884-3462

Houses for Rent

39 GLENDA DRIVE$395 month. 706-884-

6900

HOUSES FOR RENTAT

www.spinksandyates.com

706-883-1111

HOGANSVILLEAREA

Four bedroom 2.5bath $900 month, withpool and tennis courtTwo bedroomsone bath $475

Two bedroom onebath $450 month

Good credit required706-302-6858

FURNISHEDEXTENDEDSTAY CABIN

Why stay in a Hotelcall 706-594-8215

HOME FOR RENTOR FOR SALE

“Owner will finance”Two bedroom onebath, by College,321 Alford St. Rentis $550 down,$550 month

Call 706-884-0002

Houses for Rent

CREDIT PROBLEMSHAUNTING YOU?

Several homes for rentor lease/purchase

starting at $866/monthto $1,040 month withas little as $200 tomove in! Ready noware 604 LeonardRoad, 149 and 161Pine Grove Lane,1011and 1013 ColquittStreet. Will be readysoon: 112 OakmontGale Goldenberg,Bush Real Estate

Group, 770-214-3026.

HOMES FOR RENT$200-$750

MALLORY REALTY706-884-3336 BURR STREET

NICE HOUSETwo bed, one bath,central heat, largeyard. 706-402-0128

BIG FAMILY?This is like twohouses in one!

New three bedroomtwo bath main houseplus kitchenette/familyroom and two extrarooms in the base-ment. $1,126.66month. Located onBerryhill Circle offRagland Street.Gale Goldenberg,Bush Real Estate

Group 770-214-3026.

RENT TO OWNLAGRANGE

139 Mitchell AvenueTwo bedroom - $275.3052 Old US 27

Three bedroom, onebath - $375

HOGANSVILLE102 Marshall

Two bedroom - $400706-302-6713

Houses for Rent

HOME NEED some re-pair? Check the serviceslisting in the classifieds.You’ll be glad you did.

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