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By DEIDRE LEDFORD M any people will see a dented can on the shelf at the grocery store, move it aside, grab themselves a nice, round one and think nothing else of it. But every time Hayward Cordy sees these damaged canned goods, it makes him stop and think of just how far he has come in life. You see, growing up in poverty, Cordy’s family bought the damaged goods from the neighborhood store because the owner would sell them, as well as reduced priced meats, to his family at a discount- ed rate. They couldn’t have provided food for their 18-member fami- ly had it not been for this local gro- cer. Besides reminding him of his living in poverty, he says the dam- aged canned goods and reduced priced meals mirrored the inner feelings he had of himself. Hayward was born a chronic stutterer, and the constant ridicule and teasing from others left him feeling like the dented up cans they had to buy. He quickly discovered and was regularly reminded that he was not perfectly round like the cans on the store shelves, therefore he felt imperfect and sensed that others ascribed a lesser value to him just as the grocer did the cans. But, through faith and perseverance over the years, he un- derstood that just because he wasn’t perfect from the outside, the inside remains undamaged, just like the contents of the can. And a photo of a dented can is what Cordy chose for the front cover of his first book, “Damaged Goods: Lessons Learned in Poverty Applied to Life,” which was recently published. To Cordy, the can symbolizes that no matter what problems you have, your life is what you make it. Cordy says he bases his opinions and beliefs on the experi- ences he had growing up in the Donovan community, not only YOUR NEWSPAPER [email protected] • www.courier-herald.com Drawer B, Court Square Station, Dublin, Georgia 31040 • 272-5522 Volume 101, No. 240, Pub. No 161860 Thursday, October 22, 2015 $1 The Courier Herald Obituaries .......... 2a Ladies ............. 3a Editorial ............ 4a Weather............ 5a Sports........... 1b,2b Classifieds.......... 3b Entertainment ....... 4b Index Special to The Courier Herald The downtown Farmers Market is celebrating Fall Harvest throughout October and will host children of all ages on Saturday, October 24 at 10 a.m.to story time and cookie decorating with May- or Phil Best and Dublin’s First Lady Mrs.Cile Best, and Dublin City School Superintendent Dr. Fred Williams. Mayor Best will be joined that morning by his sons and the Premier Properties team to cook breakfast sausage fold overs for market patrons. Fall festivities will continue the following Saturday, Oct. 31 with hot coffee and pastries, cookie decorating, and a Halloween cos- tume parade and contest at 10 a.m. with prizes for the winners. "We will close out another successful market season at the end of October with these fun free events for the family. It is always a joy to see young ones join their parents and grandparents and learn the value of shopping local and getting to know our vendors," said Main Street Dublin director Tara Bradshaw. Special photo Best and wife Cile will read to kids, who will also get the chance to decorate cookies and more at the Farmers Mar- ket. This scene is from a similar reading event at Hillcrest Elementary. Farmers Market to celebrate harvest with Mayor’s story time Gordon city finances come in late and over budget By Clay Roper Gordon City Council set plans to vote on the new year’s budget in a called meet- ing Nov. 5, trailing two months behind the September deadline laid out in the city charter. The budget presented at Monday’s meeting revealed that expenses outpace income by $250,000, forcing the city to dip into its Georgia One Fund to meet financial neces- sities. “We’re down to about $1.2 million in that fund,” said Mayor Pro Tem Terry Eady. “We probably will have to take more money out of it this year if we don’t have any oth- er overruns such as lawsuits.” Eady’s concerns stem from Mayor Mary Ann Whipple Lue’s attempt to charge the city and/or its insurer, Geor- gia Interlocal Risk Manage- ment Agency, approximately $95,000 in personal attorney fees. Gordon City Attorney Joe Boone presented Lou’s invoice to city council on Sept. 21, and the council unanimously de- nied her request. In other business, the council renewed contracts with auditing firms Mauldin & Jenkins and Cliston Lipford Hardison & Parker for the city’s year-end financial re- view. EMA asking people to plan for flooding events By PAYTON TOWNS III Because of the damage and aftermath of what Hurricane Joaquin did in South Carolina, the Georgia Emergency Man- agement Agency and Homeland Security are asking people to be prepared. According to a press release, South Carolina’s terrain is very similar to Georgia’s, and areas in this state have the same risk of flooding, which includes Lau- rens County. "We have areas that are suit- able to flooding," said Laurens County EMA Chief Don Bryant. "A lot of the fatalities in South Carolina were from people dri- ving in the flooded streets. When water is going across the road, there is current there and it can erode the roadway. Now you don't know how deep it is there and the water will float your car off the road. These days it's better to turn around." Bryant recalled Tropical Storm Alberto. Even though it didn't affect Laurens County, it did hurt a majority of Middle Georgia. "It was bad between here and Columbus," Bryant said. "We had a lot of traffic come through here." According to a recent statewide survey, only 21 per- cent of Georgians feel “pre- pared” for a large-scale emer- gency. Preparing the home and family can be done quickly and easily. People should be aware of resources needed to survive in a disaster for at least three days, or until help can arrive. "Everybody should be alert to their surroundings," Bryant said. "We need to stay in tuned with the weather systems that are coming to our area. Even on a day when it's just a scattered thunderstorm, you may be in an area that can get four or five inches in a matter of two or three hours. One of those can ruin your day. We are trying to get everyone to be alert. By pay- ing attention, you'll be better prepared." It doesn't take long to be ready for a flood. "It's important to know the at-risk areas for flooding around your home, to have an emer- gency kit full of supplies and to fill your gas tank in the event you need to evacuate," said GEMA/HS Director Jim Butter- worth. "These are just a few of the things that will help you be prepared." Floods can occur without much warning. The following is information from Ready Geor- gia to help prepare people for a flood: Before Flooding • Build a Ready kit that is portable in case you have to evacuate. Plan how you will leave and where you will go if you are advised to evacuate. •Develop a fami- ly communications plan. • Create an evacuation plan for your family. • If you have a car, fill the gas tank in case you have to See FLOOD page 8a Photos by Deidre Ledford Hayward and his mother stand in front of the original carriage house, which is the only structure left of their original homesite. Anything but damaged goods The inspirational story of Hayward Cordy (At right) A goat pulley, in which goats (they had a goat farm) and hogs were tied up by their legs to be butchered still hangs from the same tree. As seen in Johnson County Magazine out now! as a child of poverty, but also one who was crippled with a speech impediment. His father, William Cordy, was also born in poverty in 1929, and although he had to drop out of school in the first grade to help support the family by plowing mules for $.25 cents a day, he See CORDY page 8a
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By DEIDRE LEDFORD
Many people will see a dented can on theshelf at the grocery store, move it aside,grab themselves a nice, round one andthink nothing else of it. But every timeHayward Cordy sees these damagedcanned goods, it makes him stop and
think of just how far he has come in life. You see, growing upin poverty, Cordy’s family bought the damaged goods fromthe neighborhood store because the owner would sell them,as well as reduced priced meats, to his family at a discount-ed rate.They couldn’t have provided food for their 18-member fami-
ly had it not been for this local gro-cer. Besides reminding him of hisliving in poverty, he says the dam-aged canned goods and reducedpriced meals mirrored the innerfeelings he had of himself.Hayward was born a chronic
stutterer, and the constant ridiculeand teasing from others left himfeeling like the dented up cans theyhad to buy. He quickly discoveredandwas regularly reminded that hewas not perfectly round like thecans on the store shelves, thereforehe felt imperfect and sensed thatothers ascribed a lesser value tohim just as the grocer did the cans.But, through faith and perseverance over the years, he un-
derstood that just because he wasn’t perfect from the outside,the inside remains undamaged, just like the contents of thecan. And a photo of a dented can is what Cordy chose for thefront cover of his first book, “Damaged Goods: Lessons Learnedin Poverty Applied to Life,” which was recently published. ToCordy, the can symbolizes that no matter what problems youhave, your life is what you make it.Cordy says he bases his opinions and beliefs on the experi-
ences he had growing up in the Donovan community, not only
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Special to The Courier HeraldThe downtown Farmers Market is celebrating Fall Harvest
throughout October and will host children of all ages on Saturday,October 24 at 10 a.m.to story time and cookie decorating withMay-or Phil Best andDublin’s First LadyMrs.Cile Best, andDublin CitySchool Superintendent Dr. Fred Williams. Mayor Best will bejoined that morning by his sons and the Premier Properties teamto cook breakfast sausage fold overs for market patrons.Fall festivities will continue the following Saturday, Oct. 31 with
hot coffee and pastries, cookie decorating, and a Halloween cos-tume parade and contest at 10 a.m. with prizes for the winners."We will close out another successful market season at the end
of October with these fun free events for the family. It is always ajoy to see young ones join their parents and grandparents and learnthe value of shopping local and getting to know our vendors," saidMain Street Dublin director Tara Bradshaw.
Special photo
Best and wifeCile will readto kids, whowill also getthe chance todecoratecookies andmore at theFarmers Mar-ket. Thisscene is froma similarreading eventat HillcrestElementary.
Farmers Market to celebrateharvest with Mayor’s story time
Gordon city finances come in late and over budgetBy Clay RoperGordon City Council set
plans to vote on the newyear’s budget in a called meet-ing Nov. 5, trailing twomonths behind the Septemberdeadline laid out in the city
charter.The budget presented at
Monday’s meeting revealedthat expenses outpace incomeby $250,000, forcing the cityto dip into its Georgia OneFund to meet financial neces-
sities.“We’re down to about $1.2
million in that fund,” saidMayor Pro Tem Terry Eady.“We probably will have totake more money out of it thisyear if we don’t have any oth-
er overruns such as lawsuits.”Eady’s concerns stem from
Mayor Mary Ann WhippleLue’s attempt to charge thecity and/or its insurer, Geor-gia Interlocal Risk Manage-ment Agency, approximately
$95,000 in personal attorneyfees.Gordon City Attorney Joe
Boone presented Lou’s invoiceto city council on Sept. 21, andthe council unanimously de-nied her request.
In other business, thecouncil renewed contractswith auditing firms Mauldin& Jenkins and Cliston LipfordHardison & Parker for thecity’s year-end financial re-view.
EMA askingpeople toplan forfloodingevents
By PAYTON TOWNS IIIBecause of the damage and
aftermath of what HurricaneJoaquin did in South Carolina,the Georgia Emergency Man-agement Agency and HomelandSecurity are asking people to beprepared.
According to a press release,South Carolina’s terrain is verysimilar to Georgia’s, and areasin this state have the same riskof flooding, which includes Lau-rens County.
"We have areas that are suit-able to flooding," said LaurensCounty EMAChief Don Bryant."A lot of the fatalities in SouthCarolina were from people dri-ving in the flooded streets.When water is going across theroad, there is current there andit can erode the roadway. Nowyou don't know how deep it isthere and the water will floatyour car off the road. These daysit's better to turn around."
Bryant recalled TropicalStorm Alberto. Even though itdidn't affect Laurens County, itdid hurt a majority of MiddleGeorgia.
"It was bad between hereand Columbus," Bryant said."We had a lot of traffic comethrough here."
According to a recentstatewide survey, only 21 per-cent of Georgians feel “pre-pared” for a large-scale emer-gency. Preparing the home andfamily can be done quickly andeasily. People should be awareof resources needed to survivein a disaster for at least threedays, or until help can arrive.
"Everybody should be alert totheir surroundings," Bryantsaid. "We need to stay in tunedwith the weather systems thatare coming to our area. Even ona day when it's just a scatteredthunderstorm, you may be in anarea that can get four or fiveinches in a matter of two orthree hours. One of those canruin your day. We are trying toget everyone to be alert. By pay-ing attention, you'll be betterprepared."
It doesn't take long to beready for a flood.
"It's important to know theat-risk areas for flooding aroundyour home, to have an emer-gency kit full of supplies and tofill your gas tank in the eventyou need to evacuate," saidGEMA/HS Director Jim Butter-worth. "These are just a few ofthe things that will help you beprepared."
Floods can occur withoutmuch warning. The following isinformation from Ready Geor-gia to help prepare people for aflood:
BBeeffoorree FFllooooddiinngg• Build a Ready kit that is
portable in case you have toevacuate. Plan how you willleave and where you will go ifyou are advised to evacuate.
•Develop a fami-ly communications plan.
• Create an evacuationplan for your family.
• If you have a car, fill thegas tank in case you have to
See FLOOD page 8a
Photos by Deidre Ledford
Hayward and his mother stand in front of the original carriage house, which is the only structure left of their originalhomesite.
Anything but damaged goodsThe inspirational story
of Hayward Cordy
(At right) A goat pulley, inwhich goats (they had a goatfarm) and hogs were tied upby their legs to be butcheredstill hangs from the sametree.
As seen in JohnsonCounty Magazine
out now!
as a child of poverty, but also one whowas crippled with a speech impediment. His father, William Cordy, was also
born in poverty in 1929, and althoughhe had to drop out of school in the firstgrade to help support the family byplowing mules for $.25 cents a day, he
See CORDY page 8a
WASHINGTON (AP) —Just before noon, Joe Biden'sstaff received a cryptic email:Come to the Rose Garden.
For weeks that hadstretched into months, theWhite House and the Democ-ratic Party were on edge,awaiting a decision aboutwhether the vice presidentwould jump into the presi-dential race. Biden's ownstaff was torn between their
belief in the vice presidentand their suspicion he wouldlose.
Even on Wednesday, asBiden's team rushed to theRose Garden, few knew ex-actly what he planned to say.
"Unfortunately, I believewe're out of time," Biden de-clared before television cam-eras, putting an end to one ofthe biggest dramas of the2016 presidential campaign.
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Nell Taylor
Funeral services for Mrs.Lynelle (Nell) Taylor, ofDublin, will be held on Satur-day, Oct. 24, 2015, at 1 p.m.at the Mount Tilla BaptistChurch, 2424 Highway 441South, Irwinton. Intermentwill follow in the churchcemetery.
Mrs. Taylor, who passed onOct. 19, 2015, was born onJune 16, 1962, to the late E.J. and Ethel Mae Jones.
She graduated from WestLaurens High School in 1980.She worked at the West Lau-rens Middle School for twen-ty-two years. She was a faith-ful member of Mount TillaBaptist Church where sheserved as an usher and waspresident of the youth boardfor many years.
Mrs. Taylor is survived byher husband of 32 years, Jim-my Lee Taylor; three sons,Jimmy Martious, QuintinChaunta and Keyon Demon-ta, all of Dublin; three sisters,Willie Mae (Rufus) Sutton,Leatha Coney, Dublin, andPatricia (Michael) Baldwin,Canton; four brothers, Joseph(Virginia) Mack, LaGrange,Raymond Jones, Elester(Sharon) Jones and EnnisJones, Dublin; brothers andsisters-in-law, Roy (Cather-ine) Taylor, Wrightsville, Glo-ria (Willie) Robinson, Dudley,Marcus (Tasha) Taylor, Clau-dia Williams, Dublin, David
(Tonya) Taylor, Ariz. and ahost of aunts, uncles,nephews and cousins.
The family will receivefriends at the family resi-dence, 1408 West MooreStreet in Dublin.
Services By Dudley Funer-al Home of DublinPlease post condolences atwww.ServicesByDudley.com.
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Violet RulliSimmons
Violet Rulli Simmons, age93, was laid to rest in beauti-ful Memorial Gardens inDublin on Oct. 6, 2015. Violetwas born in New Alexandria,Penn, on Dec. 2, 1922.
Her family moved toGreensburg, Penn., whereshe graduated from highschool. Violet married herlongtime friend, Joseph Sim-mons, and soon became hishelpmate through his studiesat Carnegie Institute of Tech-nology in Pittsburgh. Upongraduation, they settled inWilmington, Del., whereJoseph began his teaching ca-reer and Violet became em-ployed as an auditor with De-Pont Corporation. WhenJoseph retired from teaching,they settled in Fort WaltonBeach, Fla., until Joseph’sdeath.
Violet then moved toDublin to be close to familyand soon renewed her inter-est in the Needle Arts, havinglearned, along with her sis-ters, the basics in childhoodfrom their mother, who wasnever without needle andthread at her leisure. As Vio-let advanced in the NeedleArts, she became interestedin design and soon began de-signing accent pillows, chairseat upholstery and wallhangings. The collection ofwork is now enjoyed by herfamily.
Violet was a member ofPine Forest MethodistChurch and remembered at-tending Sunday School classthere.
Violet was preceded indeath by her husband, JosephSimmons; parents, Anna and
Liberato Rulli; and brother-in-law, Jack Riley.
Survivors include brotherand sister-in-law, Andy andNell Rulli and niece Pam Rul-li, all of Dublin; sister andbrother-in-law, Clara and JimMansfield, of Greensburg,Penn.; sister, Betty Riley, ofParkville, Md.; and a numberof nieces and nephews whomshe loved and wanted to knowof their welfare and activities.
Please visit www-townsendfuneralhome.com tosign the online memorial reg-istry.
———Mary Jane Sumner
Mrs. Mary Jane Sumner,age 96 of Warm Springs, diedMonday Oct. 19, 2015.
Mrs. Sumner was born inBrunswick and lived in Adri-an for many years beforemoving to Warm Springs.She was preceded in death byher parents, Charles BishopEdwards and Ludora AlleneReddick Edwards, her hus-band, B. J. Sumner, and sons,James Alton Sumner and Ju-nior Sumner. She was amember of Kea’s UnitedMethodist Church, Adrian.
Survivors include her chil-dren, Jeannine Reddick ofBrunswick, Steve (Linda)Sumner of Manchester, Roy(Betty) Sumner of Apopka,Fla., and Dewey (Claudell)Sumner of Sevierville, Tenn.;seven grandchildren, severalgreat-grandchildren andgreat-great grandchildren.
Graveside services will beheld in Kea’s Church Ceme-tery at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct.24 with the Rev. Jimmy Sum-ner officiating. Sammons Fu-neral Home is in charge ofarrangements.
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The use of vaccines toprevent disease dates back toaround 1000 A.D., when theChinese used smallpox mate-rial to inoculate folks againstthe scourge. Since then,scores of new disease-preven-ters have been developed; oneof our latest vaccines blocksinfection from some strains ofHPV (human papillomavirus), which can lead to cer-vical, throat, anal and penilecancers.
But the powers of vaccinesare expanding in amazingways. Scientists are exploringtherapeutic vaccines to treatalready existing diseasessuch as HIV, Alzheimer's, sol-id tumors, herpes and cervi-cal cancer (the last two are al-most always associated with
HPV). These vaccines usevarious approaches to forcethe immune system to recog-nize and then KO a disease.There's already an approvedtherapeutic prostate cancervaccine. And, although thefindings aren't conclusive andseem highly individual, it ap-pears that for some people, ei-ther temporarily or perma-nently, an HPV vaccine maybanish HPV-associated warts.
The most recent report inthe Journal of the AmericanMedical Association says thatfor one otherwise healthy guyin his 60s, a quadrivalentHPV vaccine cleared hischronic battle with oral wartsin three months, and the re-searchers found other report-ed successes as well. There
are more than 150 strains ofHPV, and the vaccine onlycontains four ... but that maybe enough to prime the im-mune system against infec-tions not found in the inocula-tion. It will take carefully de-signed clinical trials to deter-mine exactly who might bene-fit. But the fact remains, forsome folks it seems to help,and that's intriguing news.
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is hostof "The Dr. Oz Show," andMike Roizen, M.D. is ChiefWellness Officer and Chair ofWellness Institute at Cleve-land Clinic. To live yourhealthiest, tune into "The Dr.Oz Show" or visitwww.sharecare.com.
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DEAR ABBY: My daughterhas been in a lesbian relation-ship for 14 years. They recent-ly took me to lunch and in-formed me that her partner,"Nicole," is in the process oftransitioning to a male.
Nicole has now legallychanged her name to "Nick"and has begun hormone treat-ments. They have been goingto counseling for the past sixmonths. Since Nick began thetransition, I have seen himthree times. Last week when Iwas visiting, I accidentallycalled Nick by the wrong pro-noun, "she" instead of "he" acouple of times. I was eitherimmediately corrected or ig-nored until I realized I hadused the wrong word. It hurtmy feelings.
After I got home I sent Nicka text to apologize and explainthat it would take time for meto get used to saying "Nick"and referring to him as a he. Itold them their correcting mebothered me. All weekend Icould tell they were irritatedwith me, and I felt it was un-called for.
What do you say? Am Iwrong to feel hurt that theyhaven't given me a chance toget used to the new name? --MARGARET IN MISSISSIP-PI
DEAR MARGARET: Ad-justing to gender reassign-ment takes time for all con-cerned. As your letter illus-trates, there are often morepeople involved than the indi-vidual making the change.
It seems only natural that
you would need some time toadjust. However, it also seemsto me that you are being over-ly sensitive about what hap-pened. Your daughter and herpartner were right to correctyou for your slip of the tongue,and it wasn't rude for them todo so. How else is a person tolearn that a mistake wasmade if it isn't pointed out?
DEAR ABBY: Recently, 12of us women from a retire-ment home in Dayton werehaving lunch at a local steak-house. As we were digging inour purses for money andcoupons, our server informedus that we did not owe any-thing for our bills! He said agentleman who had been seat-ed nearby had taken care ofwhat we owed. It seems theday we were there was his latemother's birthday.
There are some very goodpeople in this world. We wanthim to know how very muchwe appreciated his kind ges-ture, and we have pledged to"pay it forward" whenever wecan. -- BLESSED IN OHIO
DEAR BLESSED: I don'tknow who originated this say-ing, but your letter certainlyproves the truth of it: A gooddeed is like a pebble throwninto a pond; its ripples contin-ue ever outward. Thank youfor an upper of a letter.
DEAR ABBY: We were vis-iting our son and daughter-in-law last weekend. When I hadto use the facilities down-stairs, I told her the hand tow-el was missing. I had usedthat bathroom the day before.Guess what she said? "Well,that's what pants are for."
Abby, she wasn't joking! Wesee them only twice a year be-cause we live five hours away.Could they be short of moneyor what? Should I send hersome hand towels? -- WETHANDS IN WISCONSIN
DEAR WET HANDS: Byall means. And don't forget ashort, sweet note thanking herfor her "hospitality."
Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips, andwas founded by her mother,Pauline Phillips. Contact DearAbby at www.DearAbby.comor P.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-les, CA 90069.
Old habits die hard duringwomanʼs transition to a man
DDeeaarr AAbbbbyyStakes high for Clinton, GOPas Benghazi takes center stage
WASHINGTON (AP)—Aftermonths of buildup, Hillary Rod-ham Clinton finally takes centerstage as the star witness in theRepublican-led investigation in-to the deadly 2012 attacks inBenghazi, Libya.
Clinton, the Democraticfront-runner for president, testi-fies from a position of politicalstrength as her potential rivalfor the nomination, Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden, announcedWednesday that he will notjump into the presidential raceand she rides the momentum ofa solid debate performance.
In advance of her testimony,the Clinton campaign released asummary that said she is ap-pearing before the committee tohonor the memory of the fourAmericans killed in Benghazi.The summary said Clinton willtestify that Benghazi was atragedy that must be learnedfrom but thatAmericamust con-tinue to lead in a dangerousworld.
To do otherwise would meandrawing the wrong lesson fromBenghazi, she will say, accordingto the summary.
Clinton will vow to pursue asmart brand of leadership thatbalances diplomacy, develop-ment and defense, and will saythis approach to diplomacy in-volves an element of risk-takingthat can never be eliminatedoutright.
At the same time, the Beng-hazi committee is on the defen-sive as the panel's GOP chair-man scrambles to deflect com-ments by fellow Republicansthat the inquiry is aimed athurting Clinton's presidentialbid.
Clinton faces a formidablechallenge as she tries to explainsecurity lapses at the U.S. diplo-
matic compound in Benghazi,the slow military response to theviolence and the Obama admin-istration's changing narrativeabout who was responsible forthe attacks that killed fourAmericans, including U.S. am-bassador Chris Stevens, andwhy the attacks were launched.
In a high-stakes, day-long ap-pearance that could solidify herhold on the Democratic nomina-tion or raise doubts about hercandidacy, Clinton also is certainto face questions about her use ofa private email account andserverwhile serving as secretaryof state.
The committee also faces amake-or-break moment. Thepanel's chairman, Rep. TreyGowdy of South Carolina, andother Republican investigatorsknow their questioning of Clin-ton could revive the beleagueredpanel's credibility or undermineit even further.
A new Associated Press-Gfkpoll offers solace to both sides.While the investigation into theattacks is a burning issue for Re-publicans but not the broaderpublic, Americans are more like-ly to view the investigation asjustified rather than as a politi-cal attack on Clinton, the pollfinds.
Many Americans don't havean opinion about Clinton's han-dling of the investigation. Fourin 10 say they neither approvenor disapprove of how she hasanswered questions about theattack, while 20 percent approveand 37 percent disapprove.
Americans also are dividedon Clinton's emails. More thanhalf of those polled view her useof a private server as a minorproblem or no problem at all,compared with 1 in 3 who thinkit is a major problem. Nearly
two-thirds of Republicans call ita major problem.
Gowdy pledged in a recent in-terview that the hearing will be"Benghazi-centric," focused onsecurity before and during theattacks. Some questions on Clin-ton's emails are likely, Gowdysaid, but he maintains that hisapproach may "shock you withfairness."
Clinton has said the use of aprivate server was a mistake.
The hearing comes amid anescalating partisan feud on the12-member committee, whichhas spentmore than $4.5millionsince its creation in May 2014.
Democrats have complainedabout "selective and out-of-con-text leaks" that they said mis-characterized testimony by topClinton aides and other witness-es. They say the panel has de-volved into partisan harassmentintended to hurt Clinton's bid forpresident.
Gowdy and other Republi-cans say the panel has been andremains focused on those killedin Benghazi and on providing adefinitive account of the attacks.There have been seven previousinvestigations.
"This has never been politicalfor us," said Rep. Martha Roby,R-Ala., a member of the Beng-hazi panel.”
Out of time: How Biden decided against running in 2016
Special toThe Courier HeraldMrs. Lesjanusar Peterson-
Moore, assistant director ofadmissions and enrollment atMercer University in Macon,was guest speaker at DublinHigh School recently. Shespoke to Mrs. Melanie New-man’s business and computerscience and work-based learn-ing students and Chief MasterSergeant Charles Mize’sJROTC students about collegeand beyond.Peterson-Moore discussed
college requirements and theimportance of building rela-tions and obtaining letters ofrecommendation, SAT scoresand how to find requirementsfor various colleges, the appli-cation process, applicationfees, costs, loans, scholar-ships, personal statementsand high school transcripts.Using a PowerPoint pre-
sentation, the speaker walkedstudents through Mercer Uni-versity freshman applicationrequirements and shared avideo clip about taking theSAT. She also spoke about theimportance of extracurricularactivities, clubs and organiza-tions, athletics, voluntary ser-vice in the community andhaving a strong GPA.The students were made
aware of various ways to paytheir tuition through scholar-ships, student loans, part timework, community college, mil-itary options and work-study.In addition, Peterson-
Moore informed the studentsabout law school admissions --tests and scores needed at var-ious schools, passing the bar,
and afterwards, where youcan work -- various routesthat can be taken with a lawdegree.Before leaving, she encour-
aged the students to do some-thing after high school. Thestudents learned the differ-ence in trade-schools and col-leges, and how each can bebeneficial and rewarding.Peterson-Moore is a graduateof The Citadel, Class of 2002,the first African Americanwoman to graduate from TheCitadel. Some of her other ac-complishments are as follows:
• Political Science, IndiaCompany (for three years),Human Affairs Officer (Ju-nior Year), Regimental PublicAffairs Officer (Senior Year),Gold Stars (two semesters),Dean’s List (seven semes-ters), SC Cadet Medal of Mer-it, National Industrial Associ-ation ROTC award, memberof Phi Alpha Theta HistoryHonor Society and the Pi Sig-ma Alpha Political ScienceAssociation, Bulldog/Bullpupmentoring program, CitadelGospel Choir, President ofAfrican American Society,
Scripture reader, Volleyballteam manager (one year)• Air Force (4 years activeduty) and the Illinois Air Na-tional Guard (5 years). Shedeployed to the Middle Eastthree times, including once toIraq.• Earned a MBA from theUniversity of Illinois atChicago• Earned a Juris Doctorfrom Mercer University atthe Walter F. George School ofLaw• Licensed to practice inGeorgia and Illinois
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Watsons celebratingGolden AnniversaryThomas Earl and Linda Faye Watson ofDublin are celebrating their 50th weddinganniversary today, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.The two were joined in holy matrimonyOct. 22, 1965, at the home of "PreacherDrake" in Rockledge. (Special photo)
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Peterson-Moore, assistant director of admissions and enrollment at Mercer University in Macon,was guest speaker at Dublin High School recently. (Special photo)
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rightly struck down laws requiringminors who commit murder to be sen-tenced to life in prison without the possi-bility of parole. On Tuesday, the justicesconsidered a different question: whetherthe decision should be made retroactive,which would require states to grant newsentencing hearings to prisoners whowere younger than 18 when they com-mitted their crimes. The case concernsHenry Montgomery, who was 17 when heshot and killed a Baton Rouge, La., policeofficer in 1963.Montgomery vs. Louisiana involves
the question of whether the SupremeCourt's 2012 ruling was "substantive" (inwhich case it can be applied retroactive-ly) or merely "procedural." It is compli-cated by an even more technical disputeover whether the Supreme Court even
has jurisdiction over this state courtissue. We hope the court focuses on thebig picture: that its 2012 ruling is indeeda substantive change in the law thatmust be applied retroactively in all pro-ceedings.There is no doubt, as Justice Elena
Kagan put it Tuesday, that the 2012 rul-ing "fits on the substantive side."Although the court in that decisionstopped short of holding that juvenilescould never be sentenced to life in prisonwithout parole, it required judges andjuries to consider "youth and attendantcharacteristics" as possible extenuatingfactors before imposing such a sentence.As a result, the court suggested, life sen-tences without the possibility of parolefor juveniles in the future would be"uncommon."That was almost as significant a
change in legal doctrine as the court's2005 decision holding that states could-n't execute murderers who were younger
than 18 when they committed theircrimes. Both rulings were based on thecourt's recognition that juveniles have"diminished culpability and greaterprospects for reform" — an insight thatreflects recent research on how adoles-cent brains function. It would be aninjustice if prisoners such asMontgomery were kept behind bars sim-ply because they committed their crimesbefore the court saw the light.At Tuesday's argument, there were
suggestions that the court might not usethis case to decide whether its 2012 rul-ing is retroactive, deferring such a deci-sion until a prisoner files suit under afederal habeas corpus statute ratherthan in state court. We hope the courtdoesn't dodge the question in that way,but sooner or later it will have to con-front the question of retroactivity. Whenit does, the only just conclusion is thatprisoners such as Henry Montgomeryare entitled to a new day in court.
BByy RRAAYY MMOOSSBBYY“I got credit down at the grocery store and my barber tells
me jokes…” —Roger Miller
ROLLING FORK, Miss.—The chosen theme for this year’sNational Newspaper Week is “Power of the Press,” and thatpower, it seems to me, is a very relative thing.Everybody understands the power of, say, The New York
Times or The Washington Post, but probably less recognizedand appreciated is the power of the Deer Creek Pilot and thethousands of other small, community newspapers just like itall across the land.In survey after survey, it is these little community-mind-
ed newspapers that are continuing to thrive. And there aresome very tangible, observable reasons for that, not the leastof which might be the notion I share that the smaller thecommunity, the more important its newspaper.For more than 20 years now, I have put out a little coun-
try weekly that’s been published continuously for 138 yearsin what most folks might consider Backwater, U.S.A., the twopoorest counties in the poorest state in the union with a com-bined population of less than 6,500 men, women and chil-dren.And it is neither flippant nor hyperbolic when I say that
little country weekly newspaper is the only news organiza-tion on the planet Earth that gives the first tinker’s damnabout Sharkey and Issaquena counties, Mississippi. That,folks, is what makes the Deer Creek Pilot mighty, mightyimportant to those people who call that place home.While mine might serve as prime example, it is in that
respect no different from all those other community newspa-pers in all those other towns in this country.Community newspapers have the power to bring about
great good and make a profound difference within theirlocales. And among the good ones, the ones who endure andeven prosper, there is always to be found one common denom-inator—trust.In a small town the local newspaper is not like the local
hardware store. It simply isn’t.In a small town, every newspaper subscriber thinks he or
she is a stockholder, because there exists a real relationship,an implied contract, if you will, between that paper and itsreaders.They buy your newspaper, advertise in your newspaper,
sometimes even when they don’t have to, based on a simpleprecept: They trust you to do your very best to find the truthand to tell it to them.News travels fast in a small town; bad news travels even
faster, but all too often that “news” is no such thing. All toooften, that “news” is little more than rumor, sometimes madeup out of whole cloth and at best some grain of truth exag-gerated in its retellings vastly, and often alarmingly out ofproportion.In a small town, readers expect their newspaper to sepa-
rate the wheat from the chaff and then to “tell it like it is.”And why not?The community newspaper is not some monolithic entity;
its editor is not some ivory towered “big shot.” He or she isalso a neighbor. He or she is one who goes to church with you,or stops to chat in the grocery store or is always there to vol-unteer at community functions or stops to shake hands orjust waves in passing.More importantly, he or she is the one everybody else
trusts to promote those things that are beneficial, and to tryto stop that which is not. There’s a fishbowl effect in smalltowns, and its newspaper is hence, often its lightening rod.It may be praised one week and dog-cussed the next, but it isnot only impossible, but really not important that it be liked.It’s important that it be respected and it is even more impor-tant that it be trusted.I have been in this crazy business for some 38 years now,
at both the daily and weekly levels, and been blessed toreceive a few accolades along the way, but the greatest singlecompliment I have ever received came from a salt-of-the-earth little lady who stopped by the office to pick up a hot offthe press edition featuring the issue du jour in my little town.“I’ve heard all the talk, but I don’t believe it until I read in
the paper,” she told me.And that, in a nutshell, is the secret to the continued suc-
cess of community newspapers.That, in a nutshell, is the true Power of the Press.
— Ray Mosby is editor and publisher of The Deer CreekPilot in Rolling Fork, Miss. He is a two-time winner of the J.Oliver Emmerich Award for Editorial Excellence, the highesthonor for commentary writing presented annually by theMississippi Press Association.
By DR. JACK E. BROWNThere she was, a young Korean
Christian school teacher in her mid-20sand badly burned over at least 75 per-cent of her body. She lay on a mat behinda bamboo curtain in a small room. Thebed linens were elevated above her so asnot to touch her badly burned body. Hermother and father were close beside her.The teacher’s home was in a small farm-ing village a few miles off base. Therewas evident poverty in this loving farmfamily, but I am, however way ahead ofmyself. Let me tell you how it began.Earlier that same day I had been vis-
ited at the base chapel by a concernedfather and a mutual Korean friend, onewho served as our interpreter. The yearwas 1977, and I was a U.S. Army chap-lain on duty in Korea with the 38th AirDefense Artillery Brigade at Osan. Thisfather had come seeking help for thisyoung school teacher daughter who hadbeen severely burned by an explodinggasoline stove while she was at a beachsocial with friends. Flaming gasoline hadsprayed all over her body.She had first been hospitalized in a
local hospital and treated there for abouta week. Since her family did not have themoney for extended hospital care, theyhad to take her home for continued treat-ment. However, no matter how hard herparents tried to nurse her to health, hercondition continued to deteriorate duemainly to the lack of a sterile environ-ment. She needed burn therapy, but thefamily could not afford it. The fatherthen asked if I would come and help hisdaughter for he knew that she would dieif left where she was. The parents weredesperate and were pleading for help.How could I have refused their plea?I remember going to the teacher’s
home late that afternoon with three oth-ers...a U.S. Air Force Doctor (Hindu byfaith), his physician’s assistant, and aKorean woman who served as our inter-preter. It was a snowy day and the roadwas dangerous even for our jeep. Wedrove the three to four miles off base intothe country and finally had to walk thelast couple of hundred yards to the home.We walked together arm-in-arm.Arriving at the small home, the father
took us to that little room where hisdaughter lay. Surely that was a heart-rending sight for she was burned fromher neck to her toes. She was clean, buther body looked as if it were oozing with
infection. She looked helpless, hurt andfrightened.After examining her, the doctor called
me aside and told me quietly that theteacher was dying, that there wasmarked atrophy in her limbs, and thatshe needed immediate hospitalization ifshe were to have any chance of recovery.Her body was badly infected and a ster-ile environment was absolutely neces-sary. Both she and her parents sensedthe seriousness of the situation.The next morning I began the search
for medical care. First I called theBaptist hospital in Pusan, the WallaceMemorial Hospital, named after aChristian missionary doctor to Chinawho died in a Chinese prison camp in1951, and was given the “green light” tobring her there. But Pusan was 300miles away, and she could not make itthat far. There had to be a closer hopsi-tal. Wasn’t there an American mission-ary hospital in Seol...just 50 milesaway? Then I remembered that therewas a Seventh Day AdventistMissionary Hospital in Seol. I quicklycalled the hospital and spoke with theAmerican missionary doctor explainingto him the total situation. His reply wassimply, “Bring her here; we will helpher.”Next came the search for suitable
transportation to Seol. There was noway she could fit into a jeep. She reallyneeded an ambulance so she could liestill with the least amount of move-ment. After a call to a Korean chaplainfriend, Jung Gil Hong, the Republic ofKorea Army supplied us with a fieldambulance and driver. (We have some-times called these field ambulances“cracker boxes” because of their box-likeshape.) The ambulance was soon dis-patched for this mission of mercy, and Iwas at the teacher’s home when itarrived.The Air Force doctor, his assistant,
the ambulance driver and I gently liftedher thin body onto the stretcher andcarried her to the ambulance. Aftersecuring her body and stretcher so therewould be no movement, we began dri-ving off slowly toward Seol and the mis-sionary hospital. Shortly after we beganmoving, the Korean driver motioned forme to look back, for there in the middleof the road was the teacher’s father run-ning as fast as he could after us. Hewanted to go where his daughter was
going. Needless to say, we stopped andthe father joined his daughter for thejourney to Seol.About two hours later we arrived at
the hospital in the heart of the capital ofSouth Korea. Fortunately, the ambulancedriver was able to find his way right to thehospital entrance and on to the emer-gency entrance. God had made priorpreparation, for the doctor and his staffwere actually waiting for us in the emer-gency room. They were also on Divineappointment.Form the moment she arrived at that
Christian hospital, this badly burnedteacher was treated with loving care. Shewas immediately examined by that samemissionary doctor with whom I had spokenearlier that day, and then she was rolledinto an adjoining room. The father stayedat the hospital, but the rest of us soon leftafter the doctor had assured us again thatthis young lady would receive the best carethey were capable of providing.During the next three to four weeks
she received the special care necessary forreal progress toward her full recovery. Amember of her family was permitted tostay with her round-the-clock throughouther stay. Remember, all of her care, toinclude her food, medicine and treatment,was provided by the hospital withoutcharge.After about five weeks of care she was
permitted to return home for continuedconvalescence. Her infected was clearedup; she was no longer bedfast; she waseating and gaining her weight back andwell on the road to full recovery. I visitedher three to four more times before leav-ing Korea in late June 1977.My last visit with the family was filled
with joy as I met the teacher and her par-ents walking through their village nearthe school where she taught. She lookedlike “a million dollars” and wore a lovelysmile. She was eagerly awaiting a newschool year, for she was going to teachagain.During these ensuing years, I have
thought about the people involved in thatsituation a thousand times. Most of thenames are gone now, but the faces...thoseconcerned, dedicated and sensitivefaces...are still here with me. Surely Godwas directing that whole scenario as Hewas reaching out to help another one ofHis children. I praise Him for letting mebe a part of that special ministry manyyears ago. Peace!
The teacher
Why communitynewspapers matter
Editorial Roundup
Thursday, October 22, 2015/Dublin, Ga/Page 5aThe Courier Herald
NOTICE OF PROPERTYTAX INCREASE
The Laurens County Board of Commissioners has tentatively adopted a 2015 millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes by 21.97 percent.
All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on this tax increase to be held at the County Commissioner’s Office, located at 117 East Jackson Street, Dublin, GA on November 3rd, at 5:00 P.M.
The tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 7.15 mills, and increase of 1.29 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 5.862 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $100,000 is approximately $52.00 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market valueof $300,000 is approximately $155.00.
Dublin PoliceDepartment
Five men were seen takingthree bicycles from a yard onHobbins Drive on Sept. 27.
The victim said she wentoutside and yelled at the menand one of them dropped oneof the bicycles in a neighbor'syard. The other two bicycleswere described as boys BMXbikes.
- A group of men tried tobreak into a house on NorthJefferson Street on Sept. 25.
- Sherreal Pauldo, 25, ofDublin, was charged withtheft by shoplifting at Wal-mart on Highway 80 on Sept.24. An employee saw Pauldochange the price tags on sev-eral items, making the priceslower. She paid $35.31 andleft the store. She was sup-pose to pay $61.73.
- Someone tried to use a
counterfeit bill at FriendlyGus on Highway 257 on Sept.27.
- A girls bicycle was stolenat a house on Katie Dudley onSept. 28.
Laurens CountySheriff's Office
- Markel Johnson ofDublin, was charged withspeeding and possession ofmarijuana less than an ounceon Highway 441 Bypass onSept. 26.
- Approximately 30 DVDswere stolen on Long Creek Es-tates in Cadwell on Sept. 25.
- A bench top, with a deco-rative edge, was stolen from ayard on Holly Lakes Drive onSept. 26.
Editor's note: This infor-mation is public recordand was taken from re-ports of the Dublin PoliceDepartment and the Lau-rens County Sheriff's Of-fice. These reports do notreflect on the guilt or inno-cence. An "arrest" does notalways indicate incarcera-tion. Readers are cau-tioned that people mayhave similar names. PoliceBeat does not identify mi-nor children, victims ofsexual assault, suicide at-tempts or medical condi-tions. Cases dismissed donot appear if the newspa-per is notified before dead-line.
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On October 22, 1962, in a na-tionally broadcast address,President John F. Kennedy re-vealed the presence of Soviet-built missile bases under con-struction in Cuba and an-nounced a quarantine of all of-fensive military equipment be-ing shipped to the Communistisland nation.
OOnn tthhiiss ddaattee::In 1746, Princeton Universi-
ty was first chartered as theCollege of New Jersey.
In 1797, French balloonistAndre-Jacques Garnerin (gahr-nayr-AN') made the first para-chute descent, landing safelyfrom a height of about 3,000 feetover Paris.
In 1836, Sam Houston wasinaugurated as the first consti-tutionally elected president ofthe Republic of Texas.
In 1883, the original Metro-politan Opera House in NewYork held its grand openingwith a performance of Gounod's"Faust."
In 1915, Israeli statesmanYitzhak Shamir was born inRuzinoy, Poland, in present-dayBelarus.
In 1928, Republican presi-dential nominee HerbertHoover spoke of the "Americansystem of rugged individualism"in a speech at New York's Madi-son Square Garden.
In 1934, bank robber Charles"Pretty Boy" Floyd was shot todeath by federal agents and lo-cal police at a farm near EastLiverpool, Ohio.
In 1953, the Franco-LaoTreaty of Amity and Associationeffectively made Laos an inde-pendent member of the FrenchUnion.
In 1979, the U.S. govern-ment allowed the deposed Shahof Iran to travel to New York formedical treatment — a decisionthat precipitated the Iranhostage crisis. French conductorand music teacher NadiaBoulanger died in Paris.
In 1981, the Professional AirTraffic Controllers Organiza-tion was decertified by the fed-eral government for its strikethe previous August.
In 1986, President RonaldReagan signed into law sweep-ing tax-overhaul legislation.
In 1991, the European Com-munity and the European FreeTrade Association concluded alandmark accord to create a freetrade zone of 19 nations by1993.
TTeenn yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: HurricaneWilma punished Mexico'sCaribbean coastline for a secondday. Meanwhile, a record 22ndtropical storm of the seasonformed about 125 miles off theDominican Republic; becausethe annual list of storm nameshad already been exhausted,forecasters called the new sys-tem Tropical Storm Alpha. ANigerian Boeing 737 passengerjet crashed after leaving Lagos,killing all 117 on board. TheChicago White Sox defeated theHouston Astros, 5-3, in Game 1of the World Series.
FFiivvee yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: WikiLeaksreleased 391,831 purported Iraqwar logs that suggested morethan 100,000 Iraqi civilians haddied in the conflict. A gang at-tacked a teenager's birthday
party in Ciudad Juarez (see-yoo-DAHD' WAH'-rehz), Mexi-co, killing 14 people. The TexasRangers clinched their first pen-nant with a 6-1 victory over thedefending World Series champi-on New York Yankees in Game6 of the AL championship se-ries.
OOnnee yyeeaarr aaggoo:: In Canada, agunman shot to death a soldierstanding guard at a war memo-rial, then stormed Parliamentin the heart of downtown Ot-tawa before he was shot andkilled by the usually ceremonialsergeant-at-arms. The KansasCity Royals defeated the SanFrancisco Giants 7-2 to even theWorld Series at one gameapiece. Serena Williams wasrouted 6-0, 6-2 by Simona Halepin the round-robin round of theWTA Finals in Singapore.
TTooddaayy''ss BBiirrtthhddaayyss:: BlackPanthers co-founder BobbySeale is 79. Actor ChristopherLloyd is 77. Actor Derek Jacobiis 77. Actor Tony Roberts is 76.Movie director Jan (yahn) deBont is 72. Actress CatherineDeneuve is 72. Rock musicianLeslie West (Mountain) is 70.Former Mississippi Gov. HaleyBarbour is 68. Actor Jeff Gold-blum is 63. Rock musician GregHawkes is 63. Movie directorBill Condon is 60. Actor LuisGuzman is 58. Actor-writer-pro-ducer Todd Graff is 56. Rockmusician Cris Kirkwood is 55.Actor-comedian Bob Odenkirkis 53. Olympic gold medal figureskater Brian Boitano is 52.Christian singer TobyMac is 51.Singer-songwriter John WesleyHarding is 50. Actress ValeriaGolino is 49. Comedian CarlosMencia is 48. Country singerShelby Lynne is 47.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Thursday
•Art Dublin meets every second Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Dublin-Laurens Museum. Call 984-8665 for more info.•Stevens/Forstmann Retirees at the Cloverleaf Restaurant in EastDublin.•AA I Am Responsible Group, Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515Rice Ave., 8 p.m. •AA 24 Hour Group, contact 279-0839, 629 Broad Street, East,Dublin, 8 p.m.•NA We Surrender, contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street, EastDublin, 6:30 p.m.•Nar-Anon - Living Not Existing Group, Olivet Baptist Church,nursery provided, 1689 Hwy 19 S., 6:30 p.m., contact 997-9011•Celebrate Recovery Christian-based, meets each Fri. at 7 p.m. ex-cept last Fri. of each month, supper starts at 6:30, New Vision Fellow-ship across from old Kroger. 278-0710 or 290-1322 for more info.•Hand in Hand Cancer Support Group strength and solutions forpatients and families. Middle Georgia Cancer Center at 5:30 p.m., 207Fairview Park Dr. For more information call (478)-275-1111.
Friday•Dublin Serenity Al-Anon Family Group, 1515 Rice Ave. Dublin(use back entrance) Friday 6:30 p.m.•Dublin/Laurens Commission on Children, Youth and Families(Laurens County Family Connection) Board of Directors. Call (478)296-9141.•AA I Am Responsible Group contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515Rice Ave., 8 p.m. •NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, noon, 629 Broad Street, EastDublin.
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Those thinking moremoney comes at no one'sexpense, Wal-Mart stock lost23 billion dollars two days agobecause of their wage in-crease, and they just might beletting some people go, too.
Republican voters arefrustrated and upset attheir leaders for not standingup to Obama and the democ-rats. We democrats are proudof our president and our partyfor doing just that against re-publicans.
Regarding: Who in theirright mind can look at Foxnews and say they are “fairand balanced?” If you watch avariety of Fox News pro-grams, especially between 7and 11 p.m., you “will see” faircoverage of both sides of is-sues by conservatives and lib-erals.
I could take Valdosta,Lowndes County, CamdenCounty, Lee County, ThomasCounty, Central, South Geor-gia period, and we'd cleanhouse in Middle Georgia.
The Kansas State Attor-ney General found eightcases of voter fraud in thelast seven years. The federalcourt struck down a proposalthat was designed to disen-franchise students, minori-ties, democratic voters in gen-eral. We know what you're upto.
Speaking of reducingthe size of classes. The bestway to do that is to quit hav-ing so many younguns.
I am totally shockedGovernor Deal hasn't goneto Gordon to stop this mayorfrom all this inciting violence,having the Panther Partythere, and causing chaos andhasn't fired her from office.It's a disgrace to our commu-nities in Georgia.
Get a life people. Whenit's time to vote, your mind'sgoing to be so addled you'renot going to know who theheck you're voting for becauseyour concern has been oversomebody else's choice. Getover it. It's not your business.
With all that's been go-ing on with the GordonCity Council, if someonewould just keep notes. In theend, they ought to be able towrite a bestseller when theyput it all together.
Here's a prediction: Ournext state senator will not befrom Laurens County.
Regarding “The onlyway Barack Obama divid-ed this country is by winningelections.” You’re correct, be-cause winning elections (fairlyor not) iswhat put him in a po-sition to divide our country.
I used to hate to hearsomeone use the phrase"slum lord." The word soundsso bad. Never thought I'd beusing the word as a victim.They think their only duty isto collect rent. They dont' paytheir bills. They lie and can'tget professionals to do jobs,putting others' lives at riskbotching up jobs themselves.They don't answer the phone,but if they do, it's the questionmark tone.
Last Friday night theWest Laurens Band put on atremendous halftime show. Itwas a tribute to the veterans.Outstanding! But the music orwhatever they call it on thePA system before the gameand before the band gets thereis absolutely terrible. Theband made up for it at half-time, though. And by the way,the football team won, too!
Man charged in Albuquerqueroad rage killing of 4-year-old
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(AP) — A 32-year-old man isfacing murder charges in theroad-rage killing of a 4-year-oldAlbuquerque girl, who was shotin the backseat of her father'struck — a death that horrifiedthe public.
Police said Tony Torrez wasarrested Wednesday and ad-mitted to the shooting in thedeath of Lilly Garcia.
The announcement came afew hours after police said aperson of interest had been tak-en into custody.
Lilly was riding in the back-seat with her 7-year-old brotherafter they were picked up fromschool Tuesday when someonein a Toyota opened fire on thefamily as they traveled downthe main east-west freeway inAlbuquerque.
The father told authoritiesthat he was trying to exit I-40when a car forced him out of hislane, according to a police state-ment.
"The two drivers exchangedwords when Torrez pulled out agun and shot at the red truckdriven by Lilly's father," thestatement continued. "Lilly washit at least once in the head."
The father quickly pulledover and tried to administerfirst aid to his daughter as a by-stander called 911.
In the roughly minute-longcall released by police, a man isheard alerting an operator to atruck stopped on the median on
Interstate 40 on Albuquerque'swest side with "an adult hold-ing an unresponsive child."
Two nurses showed up andtried save the girl's life as am-bulances arrived and rushedher to the hospital, where shedied, Albuquerque Police ChiefGorden Eden said.
Authorities quickly beganpressing for tips, offeringroughly $25,000 for informa-tion that leads to the arrest ofthe shooter, who was driving anewer-model maroon or darkred Toyota Corolla or Camrywith a spoiler on the trunk anddark tinted windows. The caralso had a University of NewMexico license plate.
Police said an anonymouscaller provided the name of apossible suspect a day after theshooting.
With that information aswell as tips from the communi-ty, detectives were able to findthe suspect, detaining himwithout incident.
"This evening, Torrez con-fessed to investigators he wasresponsible for the murder," thepolice statement said.
He was also charged withweapons violations.
At a late-night news confer-ence, Eden released details ofTorrez's arrest as well as infor-mation about the unrelatedshooting that evening that lefta city policeman criticallywounded. A suspect was laterarrested in that case.
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Ribbon cutting heldfor Holy Smokes BBQOn Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, the Chamber of Commerce sponsored aribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the Grand Opening of HolySmokes BBQ. Owners Gary and Dionn Lanton were joined byChamber Chair Randy Jackson, family, friends and fellow Chambermembers as City Manager Lance Jones cut the ribbon. Holy Smokeshas earned numerous national accolades for their BBQ including be-coming the Georgia Champion on the TV show, BBQ Pitmasters.Myron Mixon, a judge on that show, and owner of Jackʼs Old SouthBBQ was in attendance to show the Lantons his support. HolySmokes is located in Dublin at 402 Industrial Blvd. at the intersectionof Hwy. 257 and Industrial Blvd. For more information call (706) 833-2222. (Photo by Matthew White)
Allgood Pest SolutionsSouth Carolina operations
Special to The Courier HeraldAllgood Pest Solutions and Charleston Termite Company have
officially joined forces to protect the Low Country from pestthreats. The acquisition, which was completed inAugust, providesnew product options for hundreds of customers.Both companies focus on pest protection for homeowners. In ad-
dition, Charleston Termite and Allgood Pest Solutions have had asimilar approach to working with partners in real estate. “We allwant to make the home buying experience a good one,” comment-ed CEO Lanny Allgood. “As a pest control company, our relation-ships with homeowners often begin with a termite inspection, butwe hope to continue to protect both the house and the family foryears to come.”Charleston Termite owner Steve Surface is excited about the
venture with Allgood. “My business has focused primarily on ter-mite prevention and management here in the greater Charlestonarea. Already, my customers appreciate the broader pest protec-tion Allgood offers.”
Emerald BPW Club meetsSpecial to The Courier HeraldThe Emerald Business and Professional Women's Club met on
Sunday, Sept. 13, in the home of Mrs. Mozelle Slaymon at 4 p.m.The prayer and devotion were led by Mrs. Celia Graham.The new business included discussion concerning the 65th An-
niversary and Scholarship Banquet to be held on Saturday, Nov.14, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Ole Times Country Buffet.Also discussed was the membership information to be sent to
the state by the deadline of Sept. 30, 2015.Members present were Mrs. Bernice Myers, president, Mrs.
Laura Irwin, Mrs. Celia Graham, Mrs. Dornetta May, Ms. JoAnnMcBride and Mrs. Mozelle Slaymon.After the meeting was adjourned, the hostess treated members
with refreshments at Ole Times Country Buffet.
Georgia Farm Bureauoffering $65k in variousagriculture scholarships
Special toThe Courier HeraldGeorgia Farm Bureau is of-
fering up to $65,000 in scholar-ships to Georgia students pur-suing a degree related to agri-culture, veterinary medicine,family and consumer sciencesor a related field. GFB is ex-panding its scholarship pro-gram after establishing theGFB Foundation for Agricul-ture earlier this year, an-nounced James Malon Jr., Lau-rens County Farm BureauPresident.For more than 40 years the
organization has annuallyawarded scholarships to highschool seniors entering collegewith plans to pursue a degree inagriculture or family and con-sumer sciences. In 2016 GFBwill award scholarships in thefollowing four categories.Scholarship forAgriculture –
This scholarship is for highschool students who plan to en-ter a college that is part of theUniversity System of Georgia orBerry College during the 2016-2017 academic year to pursuean undergraduate degree inagricultural and environmentalsciences, family and consumersciences or a related agricultur-al field. The GFB Foundationwill award five scholarships of$3,000 each and seven scholar-ships of $1,500 each.Technical College Scholar-
ship for Agriculture – Thisscholarship is for high schoolstudents who plan to enroll in aGeorgia accredited technicalcollege who will be majoring inan area of agriculture or agri-culturally related field of study.The GFB Foundation willaward 10 scholarships of $1,000each. Rising Col-lege Junior/Senior Scholarshipfor Agriculture – This scholar-ship is for college students whohave at least two semesters ofcollege work remaining to re-ceive an undergraduate degreefrom a unit of The UniversitySystem of Georgia or Berry Col-lege and are majoring in agri-culture and environmental sci-ences, family and consumer sci-ences or a related agriculturefield. The GFB Foundation willaward 10 scholarships of $2,000each.
UGACollege of VeterinaryMed-icine Scholarship - This scholar-ship is for students currentlyenrolled in the UGA VeterinaryMedicine program specializingin large animal/food animalpractice. The GFB Foundationwill award two scholarships of$2,500 each.“I encourage all students
who qualify for one of the Geor-gia Farm Bureau scholarshipsto apply,” said JamesMalone Jr.“Agriculture offers many excit-ing career opportunities. Bothfarmers and consumers dependon the many jobs agriculturecreates from seed salesmen whoprovide farmers with depend-able seed to food scientists whodevelop new food products.”The deadline to apply for all
of the scholarships is Feb. 5,2016. Applications and scholar-ship eligibility requirementsmay be obtained from LaurensCounty Farm Bureau office ordownloaded at the GFB Foun-dation for Agriculture websiteat www.gfbfoundation.org.The scholarship recipients
will be announced in spring2016, and the scholarships willbe distributed in the summer of2016.Georgia Farm Bureau is the
state’s largest general farm or-ganization. Its volunteer mem-bers actively participate in lo-cal, district and state activitiesthat promote agricultureawareness to their non-farmingneighbors. GFB also has 20commodity advisory commit-tees that give the organizationinput on issues pertinent to themajor commodities grown inGeorgia.The GFB Foundation for
Agriculture is a non-profit 501(c) (3) corporation. Donationsare tax-exempt. GFB is usingthe foundation to finance activi-ties and educational materialsdesigned to increase the agri-cultural literacy of Georgia resi-dents.Donations may be made on
the foundation website athttp://www.gfbfoundation.org orchecks made payable to theGFB Foundation for Agricul-ture may be mailed to the foun-dation care of GFB Field Ser-vices at P.O. Box 7068 Macon,Ga. 31209.
Scam artists even target the bereavedIt is a sad fact of life that scam artists
frequently prey on the vulnerable. Unfor-tunately, some of those victims can in-clude people who have recently lost lovedones. The Better Business Bureau cau-tions those with elderly parents to bearthis in mind if their mother or fatherpasses away.It might make sense to gently counsel
the surviving parent to be alert to the fol-lowing ploys, which have been reported toBBBs:• Contracts for services allegedly
signed before the spouse’s death. Less-than-ethical people offering drivewaypaving, tree-trimming or other home-re-lated services sometimes visit the surviv-ing spouse in the weeks after the funeral.When the spouse claims they know noth-ing about having hired the company, thesales rep produces a contract, allegedlysigned by the husband before his death.The signature is typically scribbled orblurred and the service is highly priced.The company states that they won’t re-
quire the widow to take the service, butinsists that she pay the agreed-upon fee.They remind her how “forgetful” herspouse used to be and that is why he nev-er informed her about the contractedwork.• Specially-engraved trinkets. After
the funeral, the surviving spouse receivesin the mail a fountain pen, Bible or othertrinket engraved with the name of the re-cently deceased. Included with the in-voice is a note from the business, with amessage saying, “I thought you’d wantthis to remember him by.” Sometimes thetrinket is engraved with the name of thesurviving spouse, and the note from thecompany mentions that her husband hadordered the gift especially for her.• Delinquent life insurance premium
ploy. An insurance “agent” phones thesurviving spouse, with an employee al-legedly from the funeral home also on theline. The widower is advised that hiswife’s life insurance premium was delin-quent and that he must pay $3,000 so
that the insurance funds can be releasedto the funeral home. He is asked for hiscredit card number tomake a partial pay-ment on the premium and to wire the re-maining amount to the insurance compa-ny. Turns out that both the insurancecompany “representative” and the funer-al home employee are bogus.Scam artists probably obtain the
names and general information of theirvictims from obituaries published onlineor in local newspapers. Seniors are ad-vised to check with the BBB wheneverthey are contacted by an unknown indi-vidual or business demanding paymentfor an unfamiliar product or service.Afterthe loss of a loved one, never make rushdecisions without first ensuring that youare dealing with a trustworthy company.Also be sure to discuss these issues withother family members and be very cau-tious of anyone who tries to persuade youto skip this step.For more tips you can trust, visit
www.bbb.org.
UPS to return $4M to 14 states to settle pricing allegationsALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state
and some of its local governments willreceive $1.2 million from UPS Inc. aspart of a settlement with the shippingcompany following allegations it over-charged government customers in 14
states.Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
announced the multistate settlementWednesday. The overall $4 millionagreement also covers 13 other statesand the cities of Washington, D.C., New
York City and Chicago.Schneiderman's office says UPS em-
ployees inaccurately recorded deliverytimes and took steps to prevent govern-ment customers from claiming refundsfor packages delivered late.
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East Laurens Primary Schoolcelebrated good behavior witha special “Good Behavior Ball”Oct. 7. The criteria for attendingthe Good Behavior Ball is "NOoffice or bus referrals." Refer-rals will start over for the 2ndnine weeks (10/6 - 12/17)as students are encouraged toBE GOOD. (Above) DJ Mel Dleads the students in dance.(Above, right) Payton Cook, asecond grade student, spins onhis head. (Special photos)
By PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe Georgia Department of
Driver Services and the Geor-gia Department of Revenue arewarning the public of an emailscam that is asking drivers toverify their driver’s license de-tails or face license suspension.According to Laurens Coun-
ty Sheriff Bill Harrell, peoplein Laurens County have re-ceived this email.The email claims to have
been sent from the Depart-ment of Motor Vehicles. It ap-pears to be a common phishingscam designed to steal person-al information from people.The information collected
may be used by criminals tocommit identity theft."The Georgia Department of
Revenue Motor Vehicle Divi-sion employees do not contactcustomers to ask for personalor confidential information,such as driver's license or so-cial security numbers via emailand anyone who receives sucha communication should con-sider it is a scam to steal youridentity," said George Steele,DOR Motor Vehicles Divisiondirector. "We want Georgiansto protect themselves againstthese crimes by never provid-ing personal information inemail."Added DDS Commissioner
Rob Mikell, "DDS does not askcustomers to provide personalinformation through email.Customers that do conductbusiness through the DDSwebsite will receive email con-firmation from a secure email
specifically from Departmentof Driver Services after theirservice is complete."People should also be aware
of deceptive DMV websites,which claim to provide infor-mation and services for Geor-gia drivers. The official state
driver services website iswww.dds.ga.gov, not .org or.com."Folks don't need to give
away pertinent information,"Harrell said.Because its an email or a
phone call, Harrell said the
caller should never threatenyou for payment."Some people said the
callers get upset and cuss atthem," the sheriff said. "Howmany government agencieswould let their employees cussat you? People are trying to get
your information to ruin you. Ifthey threaten you, hang up thephone. If they keep callingback, let local law enforcementknow about it. If you don'tknow the person, just hang up.It is so easy to get yourselfmessed up."
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– if unsure, call your local emer-gency management agency orplanning and zoning depart-ment, or vis-it www.floodsmart.gov.
• Property insurance doesnot typically cover flood dam-age. Talk to your insuranceprovider about your policy andconsider if you need additionalcoverage. TheNational Flood In-surance Program is designed toprovide reasonable flood insur-ance in exchange for the carefulmanagement of flood-prone ar-eas by local communities. Theprogram, administered by FE-MA, is available in hundreds ofparticipating Georgia communi-ties.
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• Determine an out-of-towncontact. It may be easier to textor call long distance if localphone lines are overloaded orout of service. Everyone shouldhave emergency contact infor-mation in writing or pro-grammed into cell phones.
• Plan ahead for your pets.Many shelters cannot acceptpets due to health reasons, soit’s important to find a pet-friendly hotel or make arrange-ments with family or friends inadvance.
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• Follow the instructions oflocal officials. If advised to evac-uate, do so immediately.
• NEVER drive throughstanding water. It only takesone foot to float a full-sized au-tomobile and two feet can sweepit away. More than half of floodvictims are in vehicles sweptaway by moving water.
• Move to higher groundaway from rivers, streams,creeks and storm drains.
• Stay out of floodwaters ifpossible. The water may be con-taminated or electricallycharged. However, if your carstalls in rapidly rising waters,get out immediately and seekhigher ground.
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Floodwas a smart and disciplinedman. While he wasn’t able to re-ceive an education, he made surehis children would be given thatopportunity. Cordy recalls thathis father, who couldn’t read orwrite, would always look at theirreport cards. If he saw anythingother than an ‘A,’ he would askwhat that grade was doing thereand tell them they better pull itup next time. He expected themto take full advantage of everyopportunity they were given andto do their absolute best. Growing up, one of his fondest
memories is going to town withhis parents on Saturdays. Theonly other time he and his sib-lings saw the town was whenthey passed through it on theschool bus each day. Haywardwas very uncoordinated and ex-hibited distinct deficits in fineand gross motor skill develop-ment from an early age. Beingthe youngest of nine boys in thefamily, he found it hard to ‘fit in’when it came to sports and otherextracurricular activities.“My greatest desire was the
same as that of any child, to beaccepted and to fit in,” saidCordy. “Yet, I found myself being a
square peg attempting to fit intoa round hole.”His intellectual development,
however, stood in stark contrastto his social and physical devel-opment. He always excelled inhis studies from primary to highschool and was also in the giftedand talented program.Cordy said he has always ad-
mired his mother’s quietstrength. Carrie Lee Cordy wasstrong during an abusive rela-tionship; she was strong after be-ing abandoned with eight chil-dren and looked down on by oth-ers; she was strong when she didthe work of a male field hand,handling large bags of fertilizerand loading bags of seed corn inthe hopper during planting sea-son. She further demonstratedher strength by having pickedmore than one hundred poundsof cotton one day, and then hav-ing delivered a child that night,with only the support of a mid-wife. Cordy says he remembers her
making lye soap out of potash
and pork fat. They had three 18-gallon cast iron wash pots thatthey used to wash clothes. Hewas 12 years old before they hadan inside bathroom and akitchen sink. He says he and hisbrother always dreaded the earlypart of summer. His daddy’s in-sistence on cleanliness extendedto maintaining the cleanliness ofthe outhouse, and they knew hewould make them clean it. Cordysays the annual cleaning of theouthouse taught him that ‘if youstir mess, it will stink.’ Theseand many other experiences ofgrowing up in poverty formedthe foundation that would shapehis thoughts, his life and his fu-ture. In retrospect, he says thatwhile he lived in abject economicpoverty, other aspects of his lifewere very generous and neces-sary in order to mold him intowhat he was to be. He says helearned the value of the familyname and to wear it well. He was motivated by the sto-
ries he heard and read aboutpeople who did so much with solittle. His maternal grandmoth-er, Carrie Lillie Sams, and hismother, Carrie Lee Cordy, soughtto instill the power to dream andhope in him growing up. “I remember them saying to
keep hope because the bottomrail was coming to the top. It wasmany years later before I real-ized the significance of thesewords,” said Cordy. They wereloosely citing the quote ‘Bottomrail on top dis time,’ which is at-tributed to a Black Union soldier,who in 1865 was guarding agroup of Confederate prisoners.The soldier noticed his formermaster among the group of pris-oners and was recorded as hav-ing said, “Hello, massa. Bottomrail on top dis time!” During his early years, his
mother worked on the farm rightalong with his daddy in thefields. The children worked rightalong with her. His daddy contin-ued to work on the land theysharecropped until the mid-1970s. Afterward, he drove a fer-tilizer truck for a local farm sup-ply store. Hayward began his education
at Dock Kemp School inWrightsville in 1967. He later at-tended the Johnson County Pri-mary School in fourth grade,Johnson County Elementary
School in Grades 5-7 and John-son County High School inGrades 8-12. He graduated fromJohnson County High School asan honor graduate in 1979.
“Poverty was always viewedby my family as a changeableand not a fixed economic condi-tion rather than as a permanentway of living,” said Cordy. And being the dreamer and
believer he was, he knew thatpoverty was not going to be hispermanent way of living. As anadult, he has proven that manytimes over.He attended college at Geor-
gia Southern University inStatesboro, where he earned abachelor’s degree in Elemen-tary/Special Education in 1983, amaster’s degree in Special Edu-cation in 1985, an EducationSpecialist degree in Leadershipand Supervision in 1995 and adoctorate degree in Leadershipin 2007. Cordy started his teaching ca-
reer at Jenkins County HighSchool in Millen in 1983, wherehe taught special education andrelated vocational instructionEducation in Grades 9-12. Heheld this position for four yearsbefore being named principal ofJenkins County Primary School.He was then appointed principalof Jenkins County Middle Schooland later became the first princi-pal of the Middle and HighSchool in 1993. He left JenkinsCounty in 1995 to work forCSRA Regional Education Ser-vice Agency (RESA), where heserved as director of River QuestPsychoeducational Services Pro-gram and the Hi-Tech Alterna-tive School Program. He returned to Jenkins Coun-
ty in July 2000 after being ap-pointed superintendent of theJenkins County School system,and held that position for sixyears. He was given the opportu-nity to return home in 2006 toserve as superintendent of theJohnson County school system.He held this position until retir-ing from K-12 education in 2011. He currently serves as the
part-time executive director ofOconee Regional EducationalServices Agency (RESA) in Ten-nille, and as the Region 13 direc-tor of the Professional Associa-tion of Georgia Educators, whichrepresents more than 86,000
teachers in the state of Georgia.He is also the pastor of a thrivingcongregation at ThompsonGrove Baptist Church. Cordy is thankful for the op-
portunity to hold a position heloves and still be able to be athome close to his mother who isnow 88 years old. His childhoodhome burned in 1985 and the on-ly things that remain from thefamily homeplace is a barn andsome farm equipment. He isproud that he was able to comefull circle and reside in the sameplace he grew up. The originalcarriage house, which was usedto store the horse and wagon onthe Peddy Place in the early1900s, was moved to their prop-erty about 70 years ago. They in-stalled a floor and used the rightside as a corn crib, the front sideas a smokehouse and the restwas for storage. This is the onlystructure that wasn’t burned.The only other items that remaininclude an old hay rake, whichCordy said they’d pull behind amule, a bottom plow, and a piecefrom an old metal pulley. Thepulley, which they used to hangup goats and hogs for butchering,still hangs from the tree limbfrom when it was last used.He says that most of the peo-
ple who knew him outside of hishometown always assumed hehad come from a middle-classupbringing and were alwaysshocked to learn he was a child ofpoverty.Cordy believes that the real
measurement of a person’s life isin what you do for others to affectthem in a positive way. To him,being named the Superintendentof the school he grew up in, orearning the title of Dr. Cordy, isnot what he considers to be hishighest accomplishment in life. “My highest accomplishment
has been using lessons learnedin my poverty-rich upbringing togive hope to others and challengethem to pursue excellence, whilebecoming responsible, self-suffi-cient citizens,” says Cordy. “If weare to be successful, we must re-alize that while life may not dealall of us a full deck of cards or awinning hand, we are all dealt ahand. We must know that it isour responsibility to play andmake the most of the hand wehave been dealt.”Mrs. Carrie continues to be a
strong-willed woman and Hay-ward says she is still the bossand describes her as spunky. Shesays she certainly doesn’t missworking in the fields though.“Oh, no. I don’t miss that at
all. I done enough of that,” saidMrs. Carrie. “This time of yearwe’d be pulling the fodder off thecorn and picking peas. I used topick 300-400 pounds of peas aday.”She went on to say that peo-
ple didn’t feel sorry for you backthen. If you had an obstacle, youhad to learn to overcome it. Theypushed you to do your best andyou had to pull your own weight. “People nowadays are scared
to work, and they get too muchhelp now,” she said. She enjoys spending time at
the Senior Citizen’s Center inWrightsville on Tuesdays andWednesdays, where she spendsmost of her time in the quiltroom making quilts for all thekids in the family. She is an ac-tive member of Tarver BaptistChurch in Bartow, where she isthe oldest member, and atThompson Grove, where Hay-ward preaches. She also stilltries to cook a little bit everyonce in a while.“I may give out but I’m not
gonna give up,” she says. And that attitude is what
helped mold Hayward into theman he has become, a man thathas made her very proud of him.“He’s my hero. He looks after
me. We’re the only ones on theplace now (all other relativeshave passed), and he takes goodcare of me.”Hayward says his mother
sacrificed her life to raise himand his siblings and now it’stime for everything to be allabout her. “And she’s enjoying all the
attention,” Hayward says smil-ing. “She is proud that all of herchildren are doing somethingfor themselves, and that is re-warding to her.”Although Cordy has written
many stories throughout theyears about growing up inpoverty as a chronic stutterer,“Damaged Goods: LessonsLearned in Poverty Applied toLife,” is his first publication. Itis available for purchase atBarnes & Noble bookstore andat Amazon.com.
CordyContinued from 1a
Driver Services and Dept. of Revenue warn drivers of email scam
By RODNEY MANLEYSports EditorOn the heels of a region loss torival Dublin, East Laurens headcoach Buddy Sorrow coined acatchphrase for the Falconsheading into this week’smatchup with Metter.“I told the kids, ‘We’ve got toplay better if want to beatMetter. They kind of liked that,”said Sorrow.“But I told them last week,‘We’ve got to stop fumbling if wewant to beat Dublin,’ and theydidn’t do that.”The Falcons battled Dublin toa 28-28 tie at the half, but a pairof costly turnovers helped theFighting Irish distance them-selves for a 56-34 victory.East Laurens was rolling onoffense, piling up more than 400yards rushing. Kevin Lovett ranfor almost 250 yards and twotouchdowns of more than 50-plus yards. Fullback MichaelPlummer ran for 158 yards and
also had a 55-yard TD.The Falcons (4-3) have losttheir first three Region 3AAgames. Sorrow pointed out thatthose opponents protected theball, at least against EastLaurens.None had a single turnover intheir games with the Falcons.“A little of that is our faultbecause we’re not making theplays on defense,” Sorrow said.Metter comes in 5-2 overalland 2-1 in the region. The Tigersbeat Dublin on the road, lost bigto Jefferson County and won inovertime against Harlem last
week.They are led by sophomorequarterback Aljeraude Dekle, abig-play player who shares thejersey numbers with the Falcons’big-play maker Lovett.“He looks a lot like our No. 2,breaking tackles and running upand down the field,” said Sorrow.“We’re going to have our handsfull trying to handle him.”The Falcons need a win tostay alive in the region race.They’ll have to win without twomore key players on offense.Starting quarterback DylanHall will likely miss Friday’sgame with a concussion. TheFalcons will also be withoutsophomore halfback Travis Bell.Bell was having a solid nightagainst Dublin, running for 60yards and a touchdown, beforesuffering a neck injury. He wastaken off the field on a stretcherand by ambulance, but Sorrowsaid the injury does not appearserious.
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By RODNEY MANLEYSports EditorDublin hosts Swainsboro inthis season’s final game atShamrock Bowl, so Friday will beSenior Night, but the game willbe for much more than just send-ing the Fighting Irish seniors outas winners.“Mathematically, there’s a lotof other options, but this is aplayoff game,” said Dublin coachRoger Holmes.Last week’s win over EastLaurens put the Irish at 6-2 over-all and 2-2 in Region 3AA.Swainsboro, meanwhile, is 1-2 inthe region after losing to ScrevenCounty last week after beingupset earlier by Harlem.A win would assure the Irishof one of the region’s four playoffspots. A loss prior to traveling toregion leader Screven County
would put Dublin’s postseasonchances in jeopardy.“We’re gonna have to havethis one to get in,” said Holmes.The Irish are coming off theirmost explosive and efficientoffense performance of the year.They never punted and ran formore than 300 yards in the 56-34 win last week.Dublin also comes into thegame in good shape physically.“We’re about as close to fullstrength as we can be,” Holmes
said.However, the Tigers run awishbone-style offense similar toEast Laurens’, which gave theIrish fits last week, especially inthe first half.“The biggest concern for us isthe lack of ability to defend thefullback-option game,“ saidHolmes.“Without question, it’s goingto continue to be a problem.We’re going to have to do a bet-ter job than we did last week.”The coach noted the Tigerswill be playing for their playofflives, as well.“It’s the same type game forthem. The loss we had to Metterand the game they lost to Harlemkind of have us both behind the8-ball. I fully expect both footballteams to leave it all out on thefield Friday night, for sure.”
Dublin hosts Swainsboro withpostseason lives on the line
Photo by Horace Austin
Dublinʼs Johnny Willis (19) ran for 128 yards against East Laurens.
Photo by Horace Austin
Falconsʼ Kevin Lovett (2) had 250 yards rushingand two long touchdowns against Dublin.
Falcons must ʻplay better ... to beatMetterʼ and keep playoff hopes alive
ATLANTA (AP) — CoachMike Budenholzer is stillreluctant to provide ananswer to the lone questionmark in the Atlanta Hawkslineup.From all indications,though, Kent Bazemore willbe the starting small forwardwhen the regular seasonbegins next week.The 6-foot-5 swingmanhas started all five preseasongames he's played in, makingit clear he's the choice to fillthe vacancy created whenDeMarre Carroll signed afree-agent deal with Toronto.Bazemore had his best gameyet Wednesday night, leadingthe Hawks with 18 points inan 82-81 loss to the MemphisGrizzlies."Baze had a very goodnight," Budenholzer said. "Hewas a big part of us comingback and making it a compet-itive game."Thabo Sefolosha was theother main contender for thestarting spot, but he's stillworking his way into playingshape after recovering from abroken leg.Now, all that's left is forBudenholzer to make it offi-cial.The Hawks, coming off a60-win year that led theEastern Conference, open theregular season Tuesday nightagainst Detroit."We've started this groupmost of the preseason," thecoach said, referring toBazemore playing with cen-ter Al Horford, forward PaulMillsap, and guards JeffTeague and Kyle Korver.
Bazemorelooks likenew starterfor Hawks
CHICAGO (AP) — The painand disappointment struck KyleSchwarber as hard as any of hismonstrous home runs in theseplayoffs. And yet, he could nothelp but see the long-term bene-fits.There sure were plenty forthe Chicago Cubs this season.They were so hot down thestretch they had their long-suf-fering fans thinking this justmight be their year.The Mets swept that notionaway.The Cubs lost 8-3 onWednesday as New Yorkwrapped up a four-game sweepin an NL Championship Seriesthat had Chicago's faithful eager-ly hoping for more. Instead, theCubs' World Series champi-onship drought that dates to
1908 will last another year."There's a big pit in my stom-ach right now, saying, 'What if?What if we won four games to goto the World Series? What if wewon the World Series?'"Schwarber said. "That's 'what if?'This is reality."And yet?"We know what it takes to gethere," Schwarber said. "We werefour wins away from going to theWorld Series a year out of nothaving a very good record. Theexperience was brand new, com-ing into spring training and notknowing anyone. A lot of posi-tives to take away from this sea-son."The reality is the long-suffer-ing Cubs emerged as one of thebest teams in the game. Theyjust weren't good enough to win
it all. Not this year, anyway. Butthere's plenty of hope.The Cubs finished with thethird-best record in the majorsand stormed into this series with12 wins in 13 games. Eventhough they were shut down bythe Mets pitching staff and neverled in the NCLS, the Cubs insistthis is a start, not an end.They believe they are poisedfor even bigger things in theyears to come with young slug-gers such as Anthony Rizzo androokies Kris Bryant andSchwarber — who came up fromthe minor leagues for good aboutmidway through the season —powering their lineup.Besides those big boppers, theycan point to front-line starters inCy Young candidate Jake Arrietaand Jon Lester, not to mention a
fun-loving manager who hap-pens to rank among the majors'best in Joe Maddon."It was a good year," Bryantsaid. "It didn't end the way wewanted to. But there's a lot ofpositives to be taken from it. Ithink that's good going into nextyear."After five straight losing sea-sons and a painful rebuild underpresident of baseball operationsTheo Epstein, this was the pay-off: 97 wins. Their first postsea-son appearance since 2008.Their first trip to the NLCS since2003. And the Cubs' first playoffseries-clinching victory atWrigley Field, against the hatedSt. Louis Cardinals, no less.Schwarber hit home runs tothe Allegheny River in Pittsburghand to the top of Wrigley Field's
right-field videoboard while set-ting a franchise record with fivelong balls in these playoffs.But after eliminating St. Louisand the Pirates — the only twoteams that finished with betterrecords this season — the Cubsmanaged just eight runs againstthe Mets' stingy staff.Arrieta and Lester lost the firsttwo games of the NCLS, too, andthe Cubs fared no better sendingKyle Hendricks and JasonHammel out, either. Hammel lastjust one batter into the secondinningWednesday night and wasbooed as he left the mound.Afterward, Maddon wasasked what his wish list for nextseason looks like. He noted thatEpstein and general manager JedHoyer will call those shots, butthen made clear his priority.
Chicago Cubs' breakout season ends with sweep in NLCS
By RODNEY MANLEYSports EditorATLANTA — West Laurensdefeated Marist in the opener oftheir second-round state playoffseries Wednesday, but the LadyWar Eagles fought off elimina-tion in the nightcap.The split forces a return 150-mile trek this afternoon for thedeciding Game 3.Wednesday’s games wereabout as even as they come asboth squads took 3-1 victories.In the opener, the LadyRaiders never trailed after grab-bing the the lead in their first at-bat. Sophomore pitcher ArielEdenfield shut down Marist’slineup with an array of sinkingfastballs and changeups that lim-ited the Lady War Eagles to justthree hits.Marist, the Region 6AAAAchampion, flipped the script inGame 2, scoring three runs in thesecond inning and making thelead stand behind a dominantpitching performance from theirace, Kylie Burke.“We didn’t hit — that’s thebottom line,” West Laurens headcoach Mike Thompson of the sec-ond game. “We just couldn’t put
anything together.“They came out with theirbacks against the wall andplayed well. They’re not a No. 1seed by accident. They won theirregion for a reason. We expecteda pair of close games, and that’swhat we got.”In the opener, the LadyRaiders took a 2-0 first-inninglead, then kept it behindEdenfield’s arm and strong
defense.Shortstop Logan Calhoun ledoff the game with a walk andscored when Hailey Sapp andEdenfield hit back-to-back sin-gles. Sapp also came home whenEdenfield’s single was misplayedin the outfield.Edenfield gave up two hits inthe second but pitched out of the
WL, Marist split, force Game 3 in state second round
Photo by Rodney Manley
BIG-TIME BUNTTaylor Cobbʼs sacrifice bunt set up a run in opening-game win for WL.
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STRONG ON THE HILLEdenfield pitched a three-hitter in the opener.
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Thursday, October 22, 2015/Dublin, Ga/Page 2bThe Courier Herald
TODAYTHURSDAY
COLLEGE FOOTBALL7 p.m.
ESPN2 — Temple at EastCarolina
7:30 p.m.ESPNU — Georgia Southern atAppalachian State
9 p.m.ESPN — California at UCLA
GOLF5 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour, ShrinersHospital for Children Open, first-round, at Las Vegas
11:30 p.m.GOLF — LPGA Tour, FubonLPGA Taiwan Championship,second-round, at Tapei, Taiwan
NBA BASKETBALL10 p.m.
TNT — Preseason, GoldenState at L.A. Lakers
NFL FOOTBALL8:25 p.m.
CBS — Seattle at SanFrancisco
8:30 p.m.NFL — Seattle at San Francisco
SOCCER10:50 a.m.
FS1 — UEFA Europa League,Borussia Dortmund at Qabala
1 p.m.FS1 — UEFA Europa League,Tottenham at Anderlecht
3 p.m.FS1 — UEFA Europa League,Rubin Kazan at Liverpool
FRIDAYAUTO RACING
11 a.m.NBCSN — Formula One, U.S.Grand Prix, practice, at Austin,Texas
1 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR CampingWorld Truck Series, practice, atTalledega, Ala.
2 p.m.NBCSN — NASCAR Sprint CupSeries, practice, at Talledega,Ala.
3 p.m.NBCSN — Formula One, U.S.Grand Prix, practice, at Austin,Texas
3 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR CampingWorld Truck Series, practice, atTalledega, Ala.
4:30 p.m.NBCSN — NASCAR Sprint CupSeries, practice, at Talledega,Ala.
ʻJingle All the Wayʼrun is Nov. 22
Runners for Christ will host theJingle All The Way four-mile and two-mile runs and one-mile run/walk Nov.22. The four- and two-mile runsbegin at 8:30 a.m. at the First BaptistChurch Family Life Center. The one-mile run/walk begins at 9:45 a.m.Register on-line at or call 676-2042for more information.Riverview hosts ʻGolf
With The Starsʼ Oct. 30Riverview Golf Course will host its
second night-light Gof With TheStars tournament of the year onFriday, Oct. 30. The format will be atwo-person scramble starting at 4p.m. with a meal to be served at6:30, and the final nine holes tobegin at 7:30. Entry fee is $80 perteam and includes two new NightFlyer LED golf balls and two extraGlow Stick Balls. Meat Prizes will beawarded to flight winners. For moreinfo, contact Steve Brown at (478)277-1408.
Contact usTo submit information, call 272-
5522, ext. 223, fax 478-272-2189 or e-mail [email protected].
AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PANew England 5 0 01.000183 103N.Y. Jets 4 1 0 .800 129 75Buffalo 3 3 0 .500 145 139Miami 2 3 0 .400 103 111
SouthW L T Pct PF PA
Indianapolis 3 3 0 .500 126 147Houston 2 4 0 .333 128 155Tennessee 1 4 0 .200 112 129Jacksonville 1 5 0 .167 113 176
NorthW L T Pct PF PA
Cincinnati 6 0 01.000182 122Pittsburgh 4 2 0 .667 145 108Cleveland 2 4 0 .333 141 158Baltimore 1 5 0 .167 143 162
WestW L T Pct PF PA
Denver 6 0 01.000139 102Oakland 2 3 0 .400 107 124San Diego 2 4 0 .333 136 161Kansas City 1 5 0 .167 127 159
NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 132 109Dallas 2 3 0 .400 101 131Philadelphia 2 3 0 .400 117 103Washington 2 4 0 .333 117 138
SouthW L T Pct PF PA
Carolina 5 0 01.000135 94Atlanta 5 1 0 .833 183 143Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 110 148New Orleans 2 4 0 .333 134 164
NorthW L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 6 0 01.000164 101Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 96 83Chicago 2 4 0 .333 120 179Detroit 1 5 0 .167 120 172
WestW L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 4 2 0 .667 203 115St. Louis 2 3 0 .400 84 113Seattle 2 4 0 .333 134 125San Francisco2 4 0 .333 100 160
ThursdaySeattle at San Francisco, 8:25 p.m.
SundayBuffalo vs. Jacksonville at London, 9:30 a.m.Atlanta at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Cleveland at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.Houston at Miami, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m.Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m.Philadelphia at Carolina, 8:30 p.m.Open: Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, GreenBay
MondayBaltimore at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.
Georgia Football Prep PollThe Associated PressThe Top Ten teams in the Georgia SportsWriters Association High School FootballPoll of the 2015 season with first-placevotes in parentheses and won-loss record,total points and position last week at right:
Class AAAAAAPts Prv
1. Colquitt County (15) 150 12. Grayson 134 23. Roswell 118 34. Archer 106 45. Mill Creek 85 5
6. McEachern 79 67. Norcross 59 78. Camden County 45 89. Walton 27 910. Etowah 16 10Others receiving votes: Peachtree Ridge 7.Dropped out: None.
Class AAAAAPts Prv
1. Northside-WR (15) 150 12. Stockbridge 126 33. Mays 116 44. Lanier 92 55. Jones County 91 66. Houston County 75 27. Coffee 52 78. Allatoona 40 99. Stephenson 33 T1010. Glynn Academy 17 T10Others receiving votes: Northgate 12,Starr's Mill 6, East Paulding 5, WareCounty 3, South Effingham 2, Cambridge1, Effingham County 1, Kell 1.Dropped out: Ware County.
Class AAAAPts Prv
1. Woodward Academy (10) 143 12. Cartersville (3) 136 23. Buford (2) 125 34. Sandy Creek 101 45. Mary Persons 92 56. Bainbridge 72 67. Jonesboro 58 78. Thomson 45 89. St. Pius X 29 910. Marist 12 10Others receiving votes: Locust Grove 5,Burke County 5, Stephens County 2,Spalding 1.Dropped out: None.
Class AAAPts Prv
1. Calhoun (15) 150 12. Blessed Trinity 133 23. Jefferson 120 34. Central-Carrollton 103 45. Cedar Grove 84 56. Elbert County 71 77. Dodge County 52 88. Pierce County 42 99. Jackson 16 NR(tie)Adairsville 16 NROthers receiving votes: Westside-Macon15, Callaway 8, Oconee County 5, PeachCounty 5, Laney 4.Dropped out: Peach County, Westside-Macon.
Class AAPts Prv
1. Benedictine Military (15) 150 12. Greater Atlanta Christian 135 33. Wesleyan 119 44. Darlington 104 55. Rabun County 79 76. Fitzgerald 51 2(tie) Model 51 88. Brooks County 42 NR9. Pace Academy 40 910. Screven County 22 10Others receiving votes: Jefferson County 9,Union County 9, Macon County 7, LamarCounty 6, Dublin 1, Swainsboro 1.Dropped out: Union County.
Class APts Prv
1. Mount Paran Christian (13)148 12. Prince Avenue Christian (2)135 23. Marion County 103 34. Lincoln County 100 45. Aquinas 89 56. Eagle's Landing Christian 75 67. Savannah Christian Prep. 55 88. Calvary Day 31 99. Landmark Christian 27 1010. Charlton County 26 NROthers receiving votes: Clinch County 16,Emanuel County Institute 7, AthensAcademy 6, Turner County 5, PinecrestAcademy 2.Dropped out: Turner County.
AP Top 25The Top 25 teams in The Associated Presscollege football poll, with first-place votes inparentheses, records through Oct. 10, totalpoints based on 25 points for a first-placevote through one point for a 25th-placevote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pv1. Ohio St. (28) 7-0 1,428 12. Baylor (12) 6-0 1,416 23. Utah (16) 6-0 1,362 44. TCU (3) 7-0 1,338 35. LSU (1) 6-0 1,306 66. Clemson (1) 6-0 1,252 57. Michigan St. 7-0 1,202 78. Alabama 6-1 1,133 109. Florida St. 6-0 1,041 1110. Stanford 5-1 917 1511. Notre Dame 6-1 898 1412. Iowa 7-0 820 1713. Florida 6-1 785 814. Oklahoma St. 6-0 735 1615. Michigan 5-2 614 1215. Texas A&M 5-1 614 917. Oklahoma 5-1 565 1918. Memphis 6-0 553 NR19. Toledo 6-0 345 2220. California 5-1 336 2321. Houston 6-0 317 2422. Temple 6-0 216 NR23. Duke 5-1 210 2524. Mississipp i 5-2 157 1325. Pittsburgh 5-1 73 NROthers receiving votes: Mississippi St. 62,BYU 21, UCLA 18, North Carolina 17,Texas Tech 14, Georgia 12, W. Kentucky11, Arizona St. 10, Boise St. 8, Wisconsin8, Utah St. 7, Northwestern 4.Othersreceiving votes: Temple 96, Memphis 59,Arizona St. 27, Mississippi St. 19, Georgia16, Texas Tech 10, BYU 8, Southern Cal 5,W. Kentucky 5, Kentucky 4, Penn St. 4,Navy 3, North Carolina 1.
College Football ScheduleTonightSOUTH
Temple (6-0) at East Carolina (4-3), 7 p.m.Georgia Southern (5-1) at Appalachian St.(5-1), 7:30 p.m.
FAR WESTCalifornia (5-1) at UCLA (4-2), 9 p.m.
FridayEAST
Yale (4-1) at Penn (2-3), 7 p.m.SOUTHWEST
Memphis (6-0) at Tulsa (3-3), 8 p.m.FAR WEST
Utah St. (4-2) at San Diego St. (4-3), 10:30p.m.
SaturdayEAST
Princeton (4-1) at Harvard (5-0), NoonPittsburgh (5-1) at Syracuse (3-3), NoonBrown (3-2) at Cornell (0-5), 12:30 p.m.Stony Brook (2-3) at Maine (2-4), 12:30p.m.St. Francis (Pa.) (4-2) at Bryant (3-3), 1p.m.Georgetown (3-4) at Bucknell (3-3), 1 p.m.Lehigh (3-3) at Fordham (6-1), 1 p.m.Coastal Carolina (6-0) at Monmouth (NJ)(3-4), 1 p.m.Tulane (2-4) at Navy (4-1), 1 p.m.CCSU (2-5) at Sacred Heart (4-2), 1 p.m.Lafayette (1-6) at Holy Cross (2-4), 1:05p.m.Columbia (1-4) at Dartmouth (5-0), 3 p.m.Toledo (6-0) at UMass (1-5), 3 p.m.Ohio (5-2) at Buffalo (2-4), 3:30 p.m.New Hampshire (3-3) at Delaware (2-4),3:30 p.m.Duquesne (4-3) at Robert Morris (2-4), 6p.m.
Villanova (3-3) at Towson (3-3), 7 p.m.Ohio St. (7-0) at Rutgers (3-3), 8 p.m.
SOUTHSouthern Miss. (4-3) at Charlotte (2-4),NoonClemson (6-0) at Miami (4-2), NoonHouston (6-0) at UCF (0-7), NoonNC State (4-2) at Wake Forest (3-4), NoonBoston College (3-4) at Louisville (2-4),12:30 p.m.Marist (2-4) at Davidson (1-5), 1 p.m.Howard (0-6) at NC A&T (5-1), 1 p.m.The Citadel (4-2) at Furman (3-3), 1:30p.m.Charleston Southern (5-1) at Gardner-Webb (2-4), 1:30 p.m.Chattanooga (5-1) at Wofford (3-4), 1:30p.m.SC State (3-3) at Delaware St. (0-6), 2p.m.Morgan St. (4-3) at NC Central (3-3), 2p.m.Tennessee St. (3-3) at E. Kentucky (4-2), 3p.m.MVSU (0-7) at Grambling St. (5-2), 3 p.m.Ark.-Pine Bluff (1-5) at Jackson St. (1-5), 3p.m.VMI (1-6) at Mercer (3-3), 3 p.m.Murray St. (2-4) at UT Martin (4-2), 3 p.m.Tennessee (3-3) at Alabama (6-1), 3:30p.m.Richmond (5-1) at James Madison (7-0),3:30 p.m.Middle Tennessee (3-4) at Louisiana Tech(4-3), 3:30 p.m.North Texas (0-6) at Marshall (6-1), 3:30p.m.Penn St. (5-2) vs. Maryland (2-4) atBaltimore, 3:30 p.m.Virginia (2-4) at North Carolina (5-1), 3:30p.m.Duke (5-1) at Virginia Tech (3-4), 3:30 p.m.Samford (3-3) at W. Carolina (4-2), 3:30p.m.Hampton (4-3) at William & Mary (4-2),3:30 p.m.Norfolk St. (2-4) at Bethune-Cookman (5-2), 4 p.m.Morehead St. (3-3) at Campbell (4-3), 4p.m.SMU (1-5) at South Florida (3-3), 4 p.m.Missouri (4-3) at Vanderbilt (2-4), 4 p.m.Jacksonville St. (5-1) at Austin Peay (0-7),5 p.m.Old Dominion (3-3) at FIU (3-4), 6 p.m.Florida St. (6-0) at Georgia Tech (2-5), 7p.m.W. Kentucky (6-1) at LSU (6-0), 7 p.m.Kennesaw St. (5-1) at Liberty (3-4), 7 p.m.Northwestern St. (1-5) at McNeese St. (6-0), 7 p.m.Texas A&M (5-1) at Mississippi (5-2), 7p.m.Kentucky (4-2) at Mississippi St. (5-2), 7:30p.m.
MIDWESTNorthwestern (5-2) at Nebraska (3-4),NoonBowling Green (5-2) at Kent St. (3-4), 1p.m.N. Dakota St. (4-2) at Indiana St. (4-2),1:05 p.m.Jacksonville (6-0) at Drake (3-4), 2 p.m.Tennessee Tech (2-5) at E. Illinois (3-3), 2p.m.Stetson (1-5) at Valparaiso (2-5), 2 p.m.Miami (Ohio) (1-6) at W. Michigan (3-3), 2p.m.Cent. Michigan (3-4) at Ball St. (2-5), 3p.m.W. Illinois (4-2) at Illinois St. (5-1), 3 p.m.Abilene Christian (2-4) at Incarnate Word(3-3), 3 p.m.N. Iowa (2-4) at S. Dakota St. (5-1), 3 p.m.Missouri St. (1-5) at South Dakota (3-3), 3p.m.Wisconsin (5-2) at Illinois (4-2), 3:30 p.m.Indiana (4-3) at Michigan St. (7-0), 3:30p.m.E. Michigan (1-6) at N. Illinois (4-3), 3:30
p.m.UConn (3-4) at Cincinnati (3-3), 4:30 p.m.Butler (4-2) at Dayton (6-0), 6 p.m.Youngstown St. (3-3) at S. Illinois (2-4), 7p.m.
SOUTHWESTAuburn (4-2) at Arkansas (2-4), NoonIowa St. (2-4) at Baylor (6-0), NoonArmy (2-5) at Rice (3-3), NoonKansas St. (3-3) at Texas (2-4), NoonKansas St. (3-3) at Texas (2-4), NoonSE Louisiana (3-3) at Houston Baptist (2-5), 3 p.m.Southern U. (3-3) at Texas Southern (3-3),3 p.m.Texas Tech (5-2) at Oklahoma (5-1), 3:30p.m.Kansas (0-6) at Oklahoma St. (6-0), 3:30p.m.Cent. Arkansas (3-3) at Lamar (3-3), 7 p.m.Nicholls St. (1-5) at Sam Houston St. (4-2),7 p.m.South Alabama (3-3) at Texas St. (1-4), 7p.m.FAU (1-5) at UTEP (2-4), 7 p.m.
FAR WESTFresno St. (2-5) at Air Force (3-3), 2 p.m.Wagner (0-6) at BYU (5-2), 3 p.m.North Dakota (4-3) at Montana (3-3), 3:30p.m.E. Washington (4-2) at N. Colorado (4-2),3:35 p.m.Washington St. (4-2) at Arizona (5-2), 4p.m.Hawaii (2-5) at Nevada (3-4), 4 p.m.ETSU (0-6) at Montana St. (3-3), 4:35 p.m.Louisiana-Monroe (1-5) at Idaho (2-4), 5p.m.Weber St. (4-3) at N. Arizona (3-3), 7 p.m.New Mexico (4-3) at San Jose St. (3-4), 7p.m.S. Utah (4-2) at UC Davis (1-6), 7 p.m.Utah (6-0) at Southern Cal (3-3), 7:30 p.m.Troy (1-5) at New Mexico St. (0-6), 8 p.m.Warner (2-5) at San Diego (4-2), 9 p.m.Portland St. (5-1) at Cal Poly (2-4), 9:05p.m.Idaho St. (2-5) at Sacramento St. (1-6),9:05 p.m.Wyoming (1-6) at Boise St. (5-2), 10:15p.m.Colorado (3-4) at Oregon St. (2-4), 10:30p.m.Washington (3-3) at Stanford (5-1), 10:30p.m.
2015 Postseason Baseball GlanceLEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)American League
All games televised by FS1Kansas City 3, Toronto 2
Friday, Oct. 16: Kansas City 5, Toronto 0Saturday, Oct. 17: Kansas City 6, Toronto 3Monday, Oct. 19: Toronto 11, Kansas City 8Tuesday, Oct. 20: Kansas City 14, Toronto2Wednesday, Oct. 21: Toronto 7, KansasCity 1Friday, Oct. 23: Toronto (Price 18-5) atKansas City (Ventura 13-8), 8:07 p.m.x-Saturday, Oct. 24: Toronto at KansasCity, 8:07 p.m.
National LeagueAll games televised by TBS
New York 3, Chicago 0Saturday, Oct. 17: New York 4, Chicago 2Sunday, Oct. 18: New York 4, Chicago 1Tuesday, Oct. 20: New York 5, Chicago 2Wednesday, Oct. 21: NY 8, Chicago 3
WORLD SERIES(Best-of-7)
All games televised by FoxTuesday, Oct. 27: at AmericanWednesday, Oct. 28: at ALFriday, Oct. 30: at National League
Saturday, Oct. 31: at NLx-Sunday, Nov. 1: at NLx-Tuesday, Nov. 3: at ALx-Wednesday, Nov. 4: at AL
Wednesday's Sports TransactionsBASKETBALL
NBACLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Agreed toterms with F Tristan Thompson on a five-year contract.MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Waived G JorgeGutierrez and Fs Marcus Landry andJosh Powell.SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Waived GsJimmer Fredette and Keifer Sykes, CYoussou Ndoye and F Deshaun Thomas.
FOOTBALLNational Football League
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jam, then sat the Lady WarEagles down in order in the nextthree innings.The Lady Raiders manufac-tured an insurance run in thesixth without the benefit of abase hit.Second baseman HarleyRoberts was hit by a pitch lead-ing off the inning, and KarsonSmith followed with a walk.Taylor Cobb laid down a perfect-ly placed sacrifice bunt, movingcourtesy runner Tatiyana Tylerand Smith into scoring position.Tyler raced home on a passedball to put West Laurens up 3-0.Marist finally cracked thescoreboard in its half of the sixthon a single, a pair of passed ballsand an RBI fielders choice.“Scoring early is big, especial-ly for our girls,” said Thompson.“They seem to play so much bet-ter when the score first.”The Lady Raiders did nothave that luxury in Game 2.Marist led off the first andsecond innings with doubles.
Edenfield worked out of the firstjam, but in the second inning theLady War Eagles followed thedouble with a walk and three sin-gles to go up 3-0.First baseman Karson Smithdug out a throw in the dirt for theinning’s final out. Smith fieldedabout a half-dozen short-hopthrows to first in the two games.Edenfield shut out Marist therest of the way but had to escapea couple of jams to do so, andnone was bigger than in the sec-ond inning.With a runner on first and oneout, Calhoun appeared to get aforce out at second base, but theumpire ruled that she hadmissed the bag while trying toturn a double play. Calhounmade a diving stop in the hole atshort but had no play, loadingthe bases but saving a run.Edenfield got the next batterto hit a ground ball, and Robertsfielded it at second and threwhome to catcher Alyssa Garnerfor the force. Edenfield got theinning’s final out, snagging a
grounder back to the mound andthrowing to first.West Laurens scored its runin the sixth. Logan Stricklandreached on an error and movedto second on the errant throw tofirst. Calhoun moved her to thirdon a fielder’s choice to the rightside of the infield.Strickland scored on Sapp’sfielder’s choice to account for the3-1 final score.The Lady Raiders went downin order in the seventh inning,though Roberts flirted with ahome run leading off the inningwith a deep drive caught nearthe centerfield wall.Burke allowed just one hit inthe second game — a single bySmith in the fifth inning.In the opener, the LadyRaiders had five hits. Calhounhad a single and a double, Sapphad two singles and Edenfieldhad the RBI single in the first.Today’s game begins at 5 p.m.The winner advances to thirdround play next week inColumbus.
RaidersContinued from page 1b"We're very happy with whereBaze is. We'll see what happensbetween now and Tuesday. Butthat group has been good."Bazemore, who played spar-ingly during his first two years inthe league, became a valuableplayer off the bench after signingwith the Hawks before last sea-son. He averaged nearly 18 min-utes a game, impressingBudenholzer with his high-ener-gy style and defensive skills. Theplayer has worked hard toimprove at the offensive end,especially with his jump shot.The 26-year-old doesn't careif he starts or carries on in thesame role from a year ago."Thabo definitely has theexperience," Bazemore said. "AllI can do it control the things I cancontrol."He still plays with the hungerof someone who went undraftedout of college and spent time inthe D-League."I'm just thankful to be outthere every night with the best
players in the world," Bazemoresaid. "Starting or coming off thebench, I'm going to play the sameway."His teammates have noticedall the hard work."Baze had a great summer,"Korver said. "He really workedon his game.”
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TORONTO (AP) — MarcoEstrada took the mound withone task: save the season for theToronto Blue Jays.He did it, pitching one-hit ballinto the eighth inning to giveToronto's tattered bullpen a rest,and the Blue Jays beat the KansasCity Royals 7-1 Wednesday toclose to 3-2 in the best-of-sevenAmerican League ChampionshipSeries."It's the start that we need-ed," shortstop Troy Tulowitzkisaid. "They're a great team overthere. We know that. But this guykept them off balance andallowed the offense to settle inand get some runs."Tulowitzki provided three ofthose runs. He broke the gameopen with a bases-clearing dou-ble off Kelvin Herrera in thesixth, giving him seven RBIs inthe series. Edwin Encarnacionhad walked with the basesloaded against Edinson Volquez,who seemed flustered by a cou-ple of close calls against theRoyals.Kansas City totaled 22 runsand 30 hits in the first two gamesin Toronto, but Estrada faced theminimum 20 batters beforeLorenzo Cain walked with twoouts in the seventh. CloserRoberto Osuna was perfect in theninth.
Yordano Ventura will start forthe defending AL champions onFriday in Game 6 against DavidPrice, the Game 2 loser.Estrada, a 32-year-old free-agent to be, kept the bullpendoor closed for most of the after-noon, a day after Kansas Cityromped 14-2 in a game that sawinfielder Cliff Pennington pitch inthe ninth."This time around I had a bet-ter fastball command," said
Estrada, who gave up three runsin the opener. "That was the keyto this game."Toronto is trying to becomejust the 13th team to rally andwin among 80 who trailed 3-1 inbest-of-seven postseason series.It has happened four of 17 timesin the LCS, including when theRoyals bounced back against theBlue Jays in 1985 en route toKansas City's only World Seriestitle. In this year's best-of-five
Division Series, Toronto fellbehind 0-2, then won threestraight against Texas.Before 49,325 roaring fans,Chris Colabello's solo homer intothe left-field seats in the secondgave Estrada a lead. It was theonly mistake by Volquez, theGame 1 winner.Estrada didn't make a miscueuntil Salvador Perez homeredwith two outs in the eighth.Estrada retired his first nine bat-ters, ending at four AlcidesEscobar's record streak of lead-ing off playoff games with hits.Escobar, who entered 9 for 15(.600), got Kansas City's first hitwhen he opened the fourth witha ground single past a divingTulowitzki.Zobrist promptly groundedinto a double play to secondbaseman Ryan Goins."He was really good today,"Escobar said. "He threw the balldown, down and away, downand in. He didn't miss manypitches today."Kansas City had no other run-ners until Cain walked with twoouts in the seventh. Price was upin the bullpen, but Estrada gotEric Hosmer to fly out.Volquez allowed just two sin-gles after Colabello connectedbut lost the strike zone in thesixth.
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Torontoʼs Kevin Pillar is tagged out by Royals thirdbaseman Mike Moustakas as he tries for a triple.
LOS ANGELES (AP) —Sixty-one wingsuit skydivershave flown into the recordbooks, creating a diamond-shaped formation whilesoaring over California beforebreaking apart and floating tothe ground.The group set the record
for the largest such formationSaturday at Skydive Perris,80 miles southeast of LosAngeles, Taya Weiss, thejump's lead organizer, saidTuesday. It shattered the oldrecord set by 42 flyers inJune.Weiss said the record was
verified by a panel of judgesfrom Fédération AéronautiqueInternationale, theinternational group thatkeeps track of skydiving andother aviation-related records.One judge on the ground
witnessed the jumpers leapfrom three separate aircraftat 13,500 feet, create theformation and then breakapart at 5,500 feet. Two otherjudges reviewed photos of thejump later and confirmedMonday it was official."It was an absolutely
incredible experience," saidWeiss, who was also one ofthe jumpers. "We're a verysmall community, althoughwe're growing, and to geteveryone together from allover the world, especially toachieve such a difficult goal,is very rewarding."Wingsuit flyers from 12
countries — including theUnited States, Canada,Britain, Australia, Russia,Poland, South Africa andIsrael — took part.Weiss said the flyers
actually broke the old recordtwice Saturday. After 50people went out for a firstjump there was time for asecond one, so 11 more joinedin.Skydive Perris was the site
of another record earlier thismonth when 202 divers linkedup to form the world's largestsequential skydivingformation.Wingsuit diving differs in
that skydivers wear specialsuits with pressurized wingsattached to their bodies,allowing them to glidehorizontally while they fall ata slower rate than regularskydivers.
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