Scenes from the Dublin Laurens Chamber’s annual the...

"Business needs a voice," Clarksaid. "And that's a voice that we'vehad for a hundred years and we'regonna have for the next hundredyears because it's necessary."Pointing to a number of moments

in the past where the chamber'swork led to economic growth, Clark

explained how a healthy businessclimate in the state has always beencharacterized by a strong relation-ship between business and lawmak-ers.He said that partnership has

never been stronger than it is now,commending local state congress-

men for their support of nearly 200pieces of pro-business legislation inrecent sessions."The legislators for this district

showed up this year and voted forpro-business, pro-job, pro-economicdevelopment policies at every turn,"Clark said. "They took a beating onsome hard decisions they had tomake this year, but we need to makesure they hear from the businesscommunity that we support whatthey do."Much of the impetus for creating

the Georgia chamber came whenthat relationship didn't exist.In 1911, Barnesville's chamber of

commerce set out to address a senseof discontent state industries hadwith their representation in govern-ment. They canvassed the state forfour years drumming up support fora state business-advocacy organiza-tion from other local-level cham-bers, and in 1915 combined with theGeorgia Manufacturers andLandowners Associations to formthe Georgia Chamber of Commerce,which would be headquartered inMacon.A century later, the organization

now plays a major role in marketing

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Scenes from the DublinLaurens Chamber’s annual

Pig Pickin and the winner ofthe Flexsteel recliner, 7a

Photo by Clay Reynolds

Clark speaks at the McGrath Keen Center Thursday.

Clark looks back, ahead at Chamber 'Power Lunch'By CLAY REYNOLDSGeorgia Chamber of Com-

merce President and CEOChris Clark spoke Thursdayto a group of area businessleaders at the Dublin-LaurensChamber of Commerce. Hisstop in Dublin was one of a se-ries of "Power Lunches" beingheld at regional chambers ofcommerce around the statethis summer.His remarks focused on

history of the Georgia Cham-ber, which is celebrating its100th anniversary. He echoedthe success the organizationhas had working with localchambers of commerce to cre-ate an environment of successfor business and industrystatewide and outlined what'llbe necessary to continue thatmomentum into a second cen-tury.

See CHAMBER page 8a

Getting a kick out of soccer campAbout 30 kids ages 6 to 14 turned out for the second annual West Laurens Soccer Mini-Camp. The camp teaches some fundamentals, but its main goal isto introduce youngsters to the sport in hopes that they'll stick with the game, said Nate Smith, West Laurens girls soccer coach. The camp concludes today.(Photo by Rodney Manley)

18 wheeler overturnsafter running off roadNo one was hurt when an orange 2013 Vol-vo 18 wheeler, driven by Mark AnthonyWarren, of Eastman, overturned near theintersection of Highway 26 and Laurens HillChurch Road Wednesday morning. Accord-ing to a Georgia State Patrol official, the ve-hicle ran off the side of the road and over-turned. (Special photo)

FVSU alumnischolarshipbanquetnext week

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe Dublin-Laurens Fort Valley Uni-

versity Alumni Chapter Inc. will host its10th annual Alumni Chapter ScholarshipBanquet next week.The event will be held at Milville High

School Alumni Association building, locat-ed at 997 Highway 338 in Dudley, on June6. Dorothy Ruffin Moss, a graduate of the

Fort Valley State Uni-versity, is the guestspeaker.

The community isinvited to attend.

Moss was born toGeorge and MinnieRuffin in Tarboro, N.C.She grew up with fivesisters and four broth-ers.

When she was 16,she came to Fort Valleyto live with her sister,Dr. Minnie Ruffin, who

was an associate professor of Foods andNutrition and an Agriculture Researcherat Fort Valley State University.Moss graduated from Peach County

High School in 1974. She attended Fort

See FVSU page 8a

RUFFIN

GBI executes warrant on Alamomissappropriation allegations

By JASON HALCOMBEThe Georgia Bureau of Investi-

gation executed a search warrantat Alamo City Hall Thursdaymorning and took away financialrecords following allegations ofmisappropriation of city funds.According to Eve Rodgers, spe-

cial agent in-charge with theEastman GBI office, investigatorsarrived at city hall at 9 a.m.Thursday and did not conclude

their search until 3 p.m. that af-ternoon."We had previously received a

request from District AttorneyTim Vaughn," Rodgers said. "Therequest came subsequent to himreceiving a number of reportsabout misappropriation of cityfunds."Rodgers said yesterday's

search was the "beginning stagesof the investigation" which she

added was still "active."Rodgers said she could neither

confirm nor deny any ties to simi-lar complaints made by a con-cerned citizens group at recentcity council meetings.Questions have been circling

the Wheeler County seat formonths, after concerned citizensbegan to question the mayor's an-

Arrest made in forcible rapeat Little Ocmulgee State Park

By JASON HALCOMBEAMcRae man is in jail, charged with

the alleged rape of a woman who wasrunning the trails around Little Ocmul-gee State Park Thursday afternoon, ac-cording to the Georgia Bureau of Inves-tigation.Jerry Kennedy, 32, was arrested late

Thursday and is being held at theWheeler County jail facing multiplefelony charges.According to the GBI around 2:55

p.m. Thursday, Wheeler-Telfair E911received a call from a woman claiming

she had been raped while running thetrails at the park. The woman was inthe Wheeler County area on businessand stopped to run the trails beforeheading home.The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office

began conducting an investigation withthe assistance of the Georgia Bureau ofInvestigation.Subsequent to a crime scene exami-

nation and interviews conducted withwitnesses in the area, Kennedy was ar-

See ARREST page 8aSee GBI page 8a

DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law and her live-in boyfriend,"Bud," get together with us fordinner and outings. We enjoyeach other's company, but overthe last couple of years he hasbeen making disparaging re-marks on the subject of poli-tics. We do not belong to thesame political party, and hisremarks make our blood boil.

Bud knows we belong to theother party, but continues hisbarrage peppered with profan-ity. It's impossible to have anintelligent debate with himbefore the cursing starts spew-ing out. A difference of opinionis tolerated, but when it'slaced with profanity it be-comes hard to swallow. Myhusband feels the same way.

I would tell Bud to headsouth as far as he can go, wereit not for my sister-in-law'sfeelings. (She's pretty close tomy husband.) I thought it bet-ter not to say anything duringthese dressing-downs, but Idon't know how much longer Ican keep my mouth shut with-out blasting him. How shouldI handle this? -- READY TOBLOW IN IDAHO

DEAR READY TO BLOW:You and your husband shouldpick up the phone and callyour sister-in-law. Tell herthat as much as you love herand Bud, the political discus-sions have gotten out of hand,and therefore, there will beNO MORE discussions aboutpolitics when you get together.Period. If Bud starts in, yourhusband should not take thebait. You are both to say, "We'llnever agree on this, so let'schange the subject."

DEAR ABBY: After 12years of marriage, my hus-band and I finally have ourfirst child, a little girl. Yes, Iwas very happy to have a child

on the way, but I was also verydepressed. My OB/GYN had toput me on anti-depressionmedication for it. I felt thatonly family should know and,while I was pregnant, my hus-band went along with it.

But now, if someone asksabout my pregnancy or jokesabout us having a secondchild, he will tell them he's not

sure because during my preg-nancy I was depressed. When Iask him please not to tell peo-ple about it, he says, "Whynot? You have nothing to beashamed of." How can I gethim to understand that for me,it's not about shame but PRI-VACY? -- NEW MOM INLOUISIANA

DEAR NEW MOM: While Iagree that depression is noth-ing to be ashamed of, I alsoagree with you that somethings should be kept private -- and your medical history isone of them. Perhaps yourhusband would understand ifyou analogize it with a manusing Viagra. While he mightuse the little blue pill withabandon, many men wouldprefer folks to assume theydidn't need the pharmaceuti-cal assistance.

Politics served with profanitymake dinner hard to swallow

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———Bertha Lee CherryGraveside services for Ms.

Bertha Lee Cherry, 101, ofDublin, will be held on Sat-urday, May 30, 2015, at 11a.m. at the Dudley MemorialCemetery, East Mary Street,Dublin.

On Wednesday, May 27,2015, Jesus almighty gavecharge to his angels, to de-scend down and elevate Ms.Cherry. Affectionately,known as “Bird” by her fami-ly, she was born on July 16,1913.

She was preceded in deathby her brothers, Fred andFrank Cherry; daughter, Eu-la Mae Arline; grandson, Zol-lie Arline; and great-grand-daughter, Sylvia Rena Har-ris-Johnson.

She leaves upon countlessmemories with five caringgrandchildren, Gwen Arlineand Freddie Arline both ofDublin, Herman Arline ofWarner Robins, Willie (Ne-dra) Arline of Centerville,and Cherrie Arline of EastDublin; fourteen great-grandchildren; eleven great-great-grandchildren; twogreat-great-great-grandchil-dren; and a host of familyand friends.

The family will receivefriends at 1616 Academy Av-enue, Dublin and 523 SunsetLane, East Dublin.

Services by Dudley Funer-al Home of Dublin.

Post condolences atwww.servicesbydudley.com.

———Thomas Lawrence

Marich Jr.

Thomas Lawrence Marich,Jr. 42 of Adrian, entered intoeternal rest, Wednesdayevening, May 27, 2015.

Mr. Marich was born Sep-tember 28, 1972 in Los Ange-les, CA to Thomas LawrenceMarich, Sr. and FrancisVasquez. Mr. Marich hadlived in Johnson County forthe past 10 years, prior tothat, he lived in Jacksonville,FL for 20 years. Mr. Marichwas self employed as aHandy Man of all trades. Hewas Christian by faith. Mr.Marich was a member of theChurch of Jesus Christ inScott.

Mr. Marich was preceededin death by his mother, Fran-cis Vasquez Marich; his wife,Wendy Marich, a sister,Goldie Vasquez.

Funeral services will beheld at the Church of JesusChrist in Scott, Sunday af-ternoon, May 31, 2015 at 2p.m. Burial will follow in thechurch cemetery. BishopHerman Powell, Sr. will bethe officiating minister.

Mr. Marich is survived byhis father, Thomas LawrenceMarich, Sr. of WashingtonState; one daughter, ZoelynMarich of Adrian; one sister,Misty Marich of New Hamp-shire.

Visitation will be held atBrantley-Powell FuneralHome, Saturday night, May30, 2015 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Brantley-Powell FuneralHome of Wrightsville hascharge of arrangements forThomas Lawrence Marich,Jr.

Beth Jones

Services for Beth Jones,age 59, of East Dublin, willbe held at 2 p.m. Monday,June 1, 2015, in the chapel ofTownsend Brothers FuneralHome. Rev. Jack Sapp willofficiate. The family will re-ceive friends beginning at 1p.m. until the funeral hour.Miss Jones died Thursday,May 28, 2015.

Miss Jones was a 1974West Laurens High SchoolHonor Graduate. Graduat-ing from Tift College in 1979,she earned a Bachelor’s ofArts Degree in BehavioralSciences/Social Studies.

She was preceded in deathby her parents, Ralph andLydia Jones; daughter, Melis-sa Harris; grandparents,David and Annie CurlWoodard, Neal and GeorgiaFordham Jones.

Survivors include her chil-dren, Timothy Harris, Crys-tal Harris, both of EastDublin; sisters, DeborahRogers, Lucy Jones, both ofDublin, Vickie Scott, of Day-tona Beach, Fla.; brother,Jeff Jones, of Dublin; numer-ous nieces and nephews; andcountless cousins and otherfamily members.

Please visitwww.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memor-ial register.

———Shirley A. Mills

Mrs. Shirley A. Mills, 72 ofAdrian, died Wednesday,May 27, 2015.

Mrs. Mills was born inBradenton, Florida and livedmost of her life in Adrian.She was preceded in death byher parents, Freeman L.Mimbs, Sr. and Vadie LeeSoles Mimbs, a son, Brad F.Mills, and two brothers, Her-bert Mimbs and HermanMimbs. She was a home-maker and a member of NewLife Church of TheNazarene, Adrian.

Survivors include her hus-band, Sammy Mills, Sr.; twosons, Sammy (Deborah)Mills, Jr. and Jon (Robyn)Mills, all of Adrian; grand-children, Sammy Mills, III,Adam Mills, Brad Mills, andNorris Mills, all of Adrian,brothers, Bobby Joe (Patri-cia) Mimbs, Hawkinsvilleand Freeman LawsonMimbs, Jr., Dublin.

Funeral services will beheld at 11 a.m. Saturday,May 30 in Chapel of Sam-mons Funeral Home, Soper-ton with Reverends JimmySumner and Lamar Kerseyofficiating. Burial will be inCorinth United MethodistChurch Cemetery, JohnsonCounty.

Pallbearers will be Sam-my Mills, III, Adam Mills,Brad Mills, Norris Mills, Kei-th Geiger and Stan Coleman.

The family will receivefriends from 6 to 8 p.m. Fri-day at the funeral home andmay be reached at the homeof Jon and Robyn Mills, 163Corinth Church Road, Adri-an.

Register online atwww.sammonsfuneralhome.com

———Joseph Robert Keene

Services for Joseph RobertKeene, age 82, of Dublin, willbe held at 11 a.m. Tuesday,June 2, 2015, in the chapel ofTownsend Brothers FuneralHome. Burial will follow at 1p.m. at the Georgia VeteransMemorial Cemetery inMilledgeville. Rev. CurtisWarnock will officiate. Thefamily will receive friendsprior to the funeral servicebeginning at 10 a.m. Mr.Keene died Tuesday, May 26,2015.

Mr. Keene, a veteran ofthe U. S. Army, served duringthe Korean Conflict, earningthe Purple Heart.

He was preceded in deathby his parents, J. B. andSudie Lee Dominy Keene.

Survivors include his wife,Ann Williamson Keene; chil-

Obituaries

JONES

dren, Linda Keene Coleman,Diane Keene Davis, JoeyKeene, all of Dublin, andSusie Keene Carter, of EastDublin; sisters, Barbara Gib-son, of Roanoke, VA, andMarie Hammock, of Thomas-ton; eight grandchildren; andseven great grandchildren.

Jason Leverette, MichaelDavis, Thomas Carter,Michael Carter, TuckerCarter and Mark Dasher,will serve as pallbearers.

Please visitwww.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memor-ial register.

———

Joann Ramsey

Funeral services for Mrs.Joann Ramsey of Dublin, willbe held on Monday, June 1,2015, at 11 a.m. at the GreenGrove Baptist Church, 2418US Highway 441 South, inDublin. Elder Walter L. Ram-sey will officiate. Intermentwill follow in the DudleyMemorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Ramsey, who passedon May 25, 2015, was born onJune 3, 1941, in Hahira,Georgia, to the late Walterand Ethel Williams. Whenshe was two years old, herfamily moved to Miami,Florida, where she receivedher education. On November3, 1958 she married the lateEddie Ramsey, and sevenchildren were born to thisunion.

She was employed withDade County Public Schoolsfor twenty years before retir-ing in 1990. In May of 1977,Joann accepted Jesus Christas her personal savior. Shewas a faithful member ofBible Baptist Church of Mia-mi, Florida, and Green GroveMissionary Baptist BaptistChurch after the familymoved to Dublin in 2007. Inpassing, she joins her hus-band, Eddie W. Ramsey, Sr.,who preceded her in death onDecember 6, 2008.

Mrs. Ramsey was also pre-ceded in death by three chil-dren; Louethel, Lorene, Ed-die, Jr.; a granddaughter,Shaquetta; by a brother,James Henry and by a sister,Mozelle.

Mrs. Ramsey leaves tomourn her children, Geral-dine, Walter, Sonja, andMary; three grandchildrenthat she raised, Rontanch"Peaches", Angel, and Pre-cious; other grandchildreninclude, Matevia, Christo-pher, Sr., Theresa, John,Shantavia, Eddie, JoannIrene, Ronicha; and ninegreat-grandchildren; twobrothers, Charlie (Vivian),James, Jr. (Diane) and a hostof other family and friends.

The family will receivefriends at 1820 Pine ForestCircle in Dublin, and at theDudley Funeral Home onSunday, 6-7 p.m.


Please post condolences atwww.servicesbydudley.com

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———S. Mabon

ScarboroughStrickland

S. Mabon ScarboroughStrickland, age 92, of Dublin,died Thursday, May 28,2015. Arrangements are in-complete at this time andwill be announced later byTownsend Brothers FuneralHome.

———

Theron Wells Jr.

Funeral services for Mr.

Theron Wells, Jr., of Dublin,will be held on Monday, June1, 2015, at 11 a.m. in theC.D. Dudley MemorialChapel at the Dudley Funer-al Home. Captain Nathan C.Dixon, Jr. will officiate. In-terment will follow in theGeorgia Veterans MemorialCemetery, 2617 Vinson High-way, Milledgeville.

Mr. Wells, who passed onMay 24, 2015, was born onSeptember 16, 1947, to thelate Theron Leo Wells, Sr.,and Evelyn Reid O. Reid Bai-ley in Dublin. He moved withhis family to Miami, Florida,as a young boy and complet-ed his education there in thepublic school system.

Sean Wells was his firstborn son by Sarah Gibson.He later married the lateWillie Jean Bell and to thatunion a son, Theron, III, anddaughter, Chonda were born.

He served his countryfaithfully in the UnitedStates Navy and was honor-ably discharged. He laterworked as a skycap and taxicab driver.

Mr. Wells is survived byhis devoted family andfriends including two sons,Sean (Jean) Wells, Theron(Debbie) Wells, III; daughter,Chonda Williams, all ofFlorida; four brothers,Robert (Joyce) Wells, Flori-da, Larry Wells, Pennsylva-nia, Wayne (Connie) Wells,David Wells, Delaware; sixsisters, Sandra "Dianne"(Leoanrd) Gilmore, JuanitaRolle, Georgia, RosaleeWells, LaTonya Armstead-Turner, Pennsylvania, La-Juana Armstead-Green, NewJersey, Fatoshia Sands,Delaware; paternal uncle,Oscar D. (Retha) Wells, Lois(Nukie Lee) Boyer; a devotedfriend, Alphonso Jackson,Miami, Fla.; two grandsons,and a host of nieces,nephews, cousins andfriends.

The family will receivefriends at 2792 US Highway80 West in Dublin.


Please post condolences atwww.servicesbydudley.com

RAMSEY

WELLS

Jim and Bobbie Hawkins celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Sunday, May 10. Theywere married May 10, 1955 at the bride’s parents’ home in Spindale, N.C. The Rev. W. F.Woodall performed the ceremony. Their attendants were the bride’s aunt and the groom’s broth-er. Other family members were present. Jim and Bobbie are the parents of James (Cheri)Hawkins Jr. of Dublin and Kim Hawkins (Tommy) Wilson of Ocilla. They have four grandchildrenand five great grandchildren. (Special photos)

WOODARD - JONES TOWED

Ben and Lynn Haskins-Rowland of Dublin and Davidand Pam Woodard of Dexterare proud to announce theforthcoming marriage of theirdaughter Andrea TaylorWoodard to John HunterJones, son of Melanie andDaron Powell of East Dublinand Greg Jones of Eastman.Miss Woodard is the grand-

daughter of Dianne Haskins ofDublin (the late Robert Hask-ins) and Johnny and DianneWoodard of Dexter. She is a2011 graduate of West Lau-rens High School and a 2014graduate of Oconee Fall LineTechnical College with a de-gree in Criminal Justice. Sheis currently employed withMiddle Georgia Probation inPooler.The groom elect is the

grandson of Tommy McKinneyof Eastman (the late CharmonMcKinney) and Johnny andAnn Jones of Eastman. He is a2008 graduate of Dodge Coun-ty High School and a 2009graduate of Middle Ga. Avia-tional College in Eastman. Heis currently employed withGulf Stream in Pooler.The couple will be married

at 7 p.m. June 13 at The Barnon Hwy 19 in Dublin. A recep-

tion will follow. No invitationswill be sent. All friends and

family of the couple are invit-ed to attend.

TILLMAN - ZECH TO WED

Donald and Colleen Till-man of Hillsboro are pleasedto announce the engagementof their daughter, RebekahRachel Tillman to Chase Tim-othy Zech, son of Tim andSuzanne Zech of Monticello.The bride elect is the

granddaughter of Mrs.LaRuth Tillman and the lateMr.Thomas Tillman and Mrs.Nancy Smith and the late Mr.Edward S. Smith of Dublin.Miss Tillman is an honorgraduate of Jasper CountyHigh School and a SummaCum Laude graduate of Geor-gia Baptist School of Nursingand Mercer University in At-lanta. She is currently work-ing as a Registered Nurse inthe neonatal intensive care atthe Medical Center of CentralGeorgia.The groom elect is the

grandson of Michael and JudyZech of Monroe, Georgia andDon and Sue Truluck ofWatkinsville. Chase is an hon-or graduate of a homeschool-ing program in Woodstock,Georgia and a 2015 MagnaCum Laude graduate of Le-Tourneau University's Schoolof Engineering in LongviewTexas with a degree in civil en-gineering. Chase is currentlyemployed with the JasperCounty Board of Education.The wedding will take

place on Friday, July 3, 2015 at the Chapel at Rock Eaglenear Eatonton with a recep-

tion to follow at The Barn atCrooked Pines.


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Zech and Tillman to wed July 3. (Special photo)Woodard and Jones to wed June 13. (Special photo)

LAWRENCE - TANNER TOWED

Mr. and Mrs. RobertLawrence, formerly of Dublin,announce the engagement oftheir daughter, AlexandriaKay Lawrence to David AllenTanner.Mr. Tanner is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Vernon Tanner. Ms.Lawrence works as a FamilyTherapist for Pathway Centerfor Psychotherapy in Atlanta.Mr. Tanner works with 3DSystems as a Program Manag-er in Atlanta.The couple will exchange

vows on October 9th in At-lanta. After their honeymoon,Mr. and Mrs. Tanner will re-side in Atlanta.

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MOUNT VERNON—Twostudents from Laurens Coun-ty qualified for the Dean’s Listat Brewton-Parker College ofMount Vernon, Georgia, forthe spring 2015 semester, an-nounced Dr. Robert Brian, vicepresident for academic ser-vices.Students are Heather Lynn

Jones of Dublin and HollyBarwick Foskey of EastDublin.Qualifying students were

enrolled in 12 or more hoursand earned a grade point aver-age of 3.6 or better.Brewton-Parker College is

the only accredited four-yearChristian college south of Ma-

con and north of Jacksonville,Fla. The mission of Brewton-Parker College, a GeorgiaBaptist college, is to developthe whole student through theapplication of Biblically-cen-tered truth to a liberal artscurriculum in a community ofshared Christian values.

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Hawkins celebrate 60 years

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FOLKSTON — After earlymorning coffee and a fewmiles out of Jacksonville, Ihave stopped for a sausagebiscuit at a Flash FoodsEmporium — which are ascommonplace as long leafpines in South Georgia — tofill the tank for a long tripwith a certain amount ofanticipation and resolve. Theroute ahead will require a lit-tle more than five hours totake me to my destination. Iam alone.

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Age and maturity can leadto good management underthe wheel. As I leaveCharlton County, I find softmusic on the radio. Havingmade this drive many timesbefore, I try to reminisceabout the past, the cross-roads, the small towns, andthe friends whose door I couldknock on for a GoodSamaritan response if the

need were to arise.You see a sign that informs

you that Racepond is 13 milesnortheast of Folkston and thefun begins. How didRacepond get its name? Can’tfind out until I get home andsearch the Internet.

There are plenty of placesthat have not changed overthe years, communities with-out stop signs or traffic lights— like Hoboken, Bristol,Higgston, Tarrytown,Warthen, White Plains andSiloam. If you continue onfrom Athens, you passthrough other settlementslike Nicholson, Baldwin andHollywood until you get toDillard where Highway 15

ushers you into NorthCarolina.

Having grown up inWrightsville, with this well-traveled state highway run-ning through the middle oftown, I never paid muchattention to highway num-bers. If you went south on Ga.Highway 15, it was known asthe “Adrian Road.” Headnorth and it was referred toas the “Road to Tennille.”

Highway 15 alwaysbrought about intrigue andexcitement. It would take youinto Florida, but most of all itwould get you to Baxleywhere you could head east onanother road and on to St.Simons, the garden spot ofthe Golden Isles. Head northon Ga. Highway 15 and youwind up in Athens where theBulldogs played between thehedges, a big-time experiencefor a small-town boy who wasalso fascinated by geographyand history.

Whenever I travel ourbeautiful state, I am seducedemotionally by the ruralscenes. You can’t get that onthe interstate, which is over-run by haulers of all descrip-tions; vacationers with stor-age bins on their roofs; pick-ups with oversized tires, rifleracks, and an NRA sticker onthe bumper; and cars with

tags that say Michigan,Wisconsin and Canada, someof whom display bumperstickers saying “RegulateFirearms.”

You pass ponds with stillwaters, church signs whichremind you that you are wel-come to come visit. Inactiveirrigation rigs that are poisedto go into action at the firstsign of a dry spell.Courthouses that are alwaysold and becoming. When youapproach a small town, thetallest structures are alwaysthe courthouse and the watertower.

There is rusting farmequipment by some barn,which has seen its betterdays. Young corn is growing,and I am salivating as I thinkof corn on the cob. Gardensdot the landscape. You seethem in town and you seethem in the countryside.

There are creeks andrivers to cross. Storefrontsboarded up as another firmhas gone out of business.Signs that note whichevertown you are passing throughis “historic.” Many are themailboxes that reflect theGeorgia “G.” A front porchwith six rockers that beg thequestion, when was the lasttime they were used as theywere in the good old days?


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Less than a day after a pas-senger train derailed inPhiladelphia, killing eight peo-ple and blocking lines up anddown the Eastern Seaboard, aU.S. House panel voted to cutAmtrak's budget by $252 mil-lion, or one-fifth.

True, the cuts were on capi-tal improvements, not safetyfeatures. Still, this vote showsthe short-sightedness that iscrippling transportation.

America needs passengertrains, but for the most part,we don't have them.Wilmington lost its last pas-senger rail route in 1968. Tocatch a train, folks here mustget to Fayetteville, then waittill late at night for the righttrain to arrive.

Even where train service isavailable, the cars are oftenold, the tracks rickety and theequipment mostly outdated. (Asafety device that could haveslowed the Philadelphia trainbefore it jumped the trackswon't be installed on the linetill later this year, maybe.)

Americans who think we'rethe most advanced nation onEarth need to travel more. InEurope, in Brazil, in Japan orChina, they'll see slick moderntrains in beautiful, smoothlyrun stations, cruising at speedsof 125 mph or more betweencities. By contrast, some of ourrail terminals, and even air-ports, seem like bus stations.

OK, our population is lessdense and far more spread outthan most of those countries.Also, their governments subsi-dize their railroads heavily.They think it's worth the cost,reducing urban congestion,cutting pollution and takingthousands of cars off congestedroads.

To be honest, Uncle Samsubsidizes cars and airlines inmany ways, direct and indi-rect. Our passenger rail sys-tem, Amtrak, however, is sup-posed to turn a profit and "runlike a business."

Face it: Passenger trafficwas always a loss leader forAmerica's railroads, whichmade their money off freight.

President Nixon did therailroads a favor by relievingthem of this burden and creat-ing Amtrak in 1971. Some con-spiracy theorists hold thatNixon intended for Amtrak tofail, so it could be quietly abol-ished later.

But we didn't abolish it,because we need it. So,Congress has nickeled anddimed it ever since.

Studies show that passen-ger rail can work over mid-sized distances - say, 500 milesor less. The NortheastCorridor, between Washingtonand Boston, is a classic exam-ple.

Other examples mightinclude a Wilmington-to-Raleigh link. Or, travelerscould trade lower ticket pricesfor a little extra time and ride atrain to Charlotte to catchtheir airline connections.

Train travel may becomeeven more important as ournation ages, keeping optionsalive for elderly people whocannot drive.

Before that can happen,though, we're going to have tofix up the old, broken rail sys-tem we have now.

Conservative estimates ofthat price tag have gone ashigh as $21 billion.

Adding high-speed trainsand tracks would be even moreexpensive. Still, we found themoney to build the interstatehighway system.

We found the billions tolaunch communications satel-

lites. Surely we can affordmore than a Third World railnetwork.

In the past decade, rider-ship on U.S. railroads hasincreased from 24 million to 31million per year, even with allthe headaches. If we buildthem, they will ride.

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tthhee aagg--ggaagg bbiillll::Let's say your elderly moth-

er lives in a nursing home. Theemployees' treatment of someof the residents is atrocious:They berate them; they refuseto change soiled sheets; theyhandle them roughly.

An appalled worker secretlyuses her smartphone to filmthe mistreatment and uses thevideo to expose the wrongdo-ing.

She's a hero, right? Not toN.C. legislators. To them, she'sdisloyal, and is liable to thenursing home owner for dam-ages.

One would think that law-makers would clamp down onillegal activity at businesses.Instead, they are clampingdown on those who wouldexpose it.

Only Gov. Pat McCrory canfix this now. House Bill 405passed the Senate last weekand now sits in McCrory'sinbox. He should veto it.

The bill says that anemployee who uncovers dam-aging activity by taking videoor making a recording, or tak-ing or copying documents, canface severe penalties for hurt-ing the business: "equitablerelief," compensatory damages,attorneys' fees and "exemplarydamages" of $5,000 per day.

That's for action that dam-ages the business owner. Thebill makes no mention of thebusiness's action that damagesthe public.

The intent of the bill wasmade clear when Sen. JoshStein, D-Wake, offered anamendment. He would havegiven employees protection ifthe activity they recorded wasillegal. Senate leaders wouldn'teven allow a vote on that.

Such anti-whistleblowerlaws are making their waythrough conservative legisla-tures across the country. Theyare frequently known as "ag-gag" laws, because they protectagricultural operations - suchas poultry plants and hogfarms - from do-gooder employ-ees. North Carolina's bill iseven worse in that it encom-passes all businesses, such asday cares and nursing homes,not just agricultural plants.

This bill is flawed for manyreasons. It punishes the personwho reveals the illegal act,rather than the business thatcommits it. It smears everyonewith the same brush of suspi-cion, including those responsi-ble businesses who play by therules. And it raises constitu-tional questions, limiting aperson's free speech rightsbased on the content of thespeech, even if it's truthful.

Supporters of the bill say itprotects businesses fromactivist groups who could havean undercover employee revealdamaging information. This,though, goes further than pro-tecting trade secrets or otherprivate information. Currentlaw already protects suchthings. This bill targets thosewho reveal illegal activity thatcould harm workers or thepublic. We should instead beencouraging such revelations.

Most North Carolinians andscrupulous business ownersoppose this bill. Gov. McCroryshould ship it back to the legis-lature.

Serving You

On Monday we celebrate(d) Memorial Day. Or at least, we com-memorate(d) it. Many of us have difficulty using the word “cele-brate” for such a solemn occasion.

There are two holidays that I often have difficulty with the salu-tation of “happy”. They are Memorial Day and Easter.

Easter is fairly easily reconciled. Good Friday is among the dark-est remembrances for those who consider ourselves Christians.Easter, however, does not represent the death of our savior butrather his triumph over it. When understood in its proper context,there can be little more that is indeed happy.

Memorial Day is a bit more complex and difficult to reconcile insuch a manner. It is not Veterans Day – a day we thank those whoserve and have served their country in our armed forces. Rather, itis a day we set aside for a remembrance of those who served andgave the ultimate sacrifice.

There’s little to be happy about in that. I’ll skip ahead a bit andtell you that I won’t have an answer for you by the end of this col-umn. If anything the takeaway is that I’m going to work throughthis as if we’re talking it out together.

If this is to be a holiday that is to be celebrated, there has to bemore to it than the acts of commemoration and remembrance. Theyare necessary to keep any holiday from becoming more than anexcuse for mattress sales and three-day weekends. If you’ve attend-ed a Memorial Day ceremony you’ll understand that you don’t leaveby high fiving the folks next to you and dancing on the way out.

They are essentially funerals for people that most of us haven’tmet. They are for people who died having not met us. They are tohonor those who gave their life so that the idea of “us” could meanmore than their life itself.

So…how do we move from that to a day of celebration?We can celebrate the freedom that these men and women died to

protect. But then we would have to ask ourselves if we’re doing allwe can through our peaceful political processes to ensure that thesefreedoms remain unfettered.

We can celebrate that we’re a country of self-governance. Butthen we would have to recognize how few still participate in theprocess. We would have to realize how many fewer even still arewilling to have a meaningful conversation with those who do notagree with us. That fewer still will engage in a town square insteadof public political meetings filled with those that provide an echochamber rather than a spirited debate.

If these words sound pessimistic I apologize. I am at my heart arealist.

When I compare the holidays of Easter and Memorial Day, I cantake solace in the message of “Happy Easter.” The spirit of that hol-iday, after all, is that all of my sins can be forgiven, even when I haveto account for them to my God face to face.

But for this holiday we call Memorial Day, I do not look fondly onthe eventual opportunity to explain to those who gave their lives forour country what it is we as a citizenry do to demonstrate the valueof their sacrifice.

I don’t want to tell them about parades, and I don’t want to tellthem that a wreath was laid in their honor.

I’d rather tell them that the people that they left behind in theirstead understood the responsibilities left to them. That we knewgovernment by the people required the active participation of thepeople, that the country belonged to all those who call themselvesAmericans, not just the ones who temporarily held the beliefs of themajority political party, that we still believed that America wasworth our time, our energy, and our focus, even when that requiredinteraction with those whom with we disagree.

If I knew I could tell them that, then I could say “HappyMemorial Day” indeed. It remains my hope as a bit of an optimistthat one day I can.

Happy Memorial Day?

CharlieHarper’s

PoliticsGGAA

In 08 we took achance on electing ourfirst black president, andthat didn’t work too well,so in 16, I don’t think weneed to take a chance onelecting a woman presi-dent.

I wish some of thesebusinesses and the hospi-tal, etc. would adjust theirdoors so they are not sohard to open. I almostneed Charles Atlas to helpme get into the bathroomsometimes.

When you raise thehood, no matter how youtry to spin it, turn it, ortwist it, Republican poli-cies always favor the rich. Iknow why I’m voting De-mocrat. Why are you vot-ing Republican?

Democrats have onepresidential candidate. Re-publicans have many in-cluding Carly Fiorina, a fe-male executive whoseskills and successes far ex-ceed Hillary Clinton’s; andDr. Ben Carson, arenowned black neurosur-geon raised in a ghetto whohasmore to offer than hopeand change.

I’ve never seen a manfool the whole world theway LeBron James has.And the way he shoots?That man is completelyoverrated.

There were plenty ofjobs in Laurens County inthe late 60s/early 70s, untilthe Democrats, startingwith Jimmy Carter, tookover and sold us out to freetrade. Now there are nojobs and every Democratgoes in there, it’ll be thesame way. Probably anypolitician that’s in therewon’t do a thing about thepoor.

The Clintons are justlike the rest of the Democ-rats, selling us out to pow-ers across the ocean. Theydon’t care about peopleover here, just reaching forpower and glory, just likethey’ve always done.

Are you confused

about health care re-form? Vote Republicanand have none at all.

I’ve just donated $50to Hillary for America.I’m all for her being thefirst woman president andno Republican lie is goingto stop me from voting forher.

Moms and Dads!Please, please set somerules and guidelines foryour kids riding their 4-wheelers so as to prevent atragedy happening again!BE THE PARENT!!

If you don't pay yourexorcist . . . you can getrepossessed.

Been to the unem-ployment office lately? It’soverflowing. Create jobswith livable wages. Makeeducation available and af-fordable. Don’t buy into thehype about entitlementtraps. Create jobs in thisRepublican state andthey’ll come.

I wonder if thoseChristians who insist onsupporting Israel, right orwrong, understand thatChristians like other mi-norities in Israel are dis-criminated against andconsidered second class cit-izens, restricted to owningonly 7 percent of landwhile the other 93 percentare reserved for Jews only.

Iran says Obamadoesn't have the stomachto take on ISIS. They areright. He just can't make astand at anything exceptagainst the American peo-ple. He attendedColumbusas a foreign student fromIndonesia, another story.

This president has agreat disdain for Chris-tians. His allegiance goesto the Muslims. He’sopened up the borders.He’s allowed so manythings.

God cannot bless acountry that disregards,disrespects and denieshim. Not only will he notbut he can not.

Congratulations Doc-tor Fred!


Today is Friday, May 29,the 149th day of 2015. Thereare 216 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight inHistory:On May 29, 1765, Patrick

Henry denounced the StampAct before Virginia's House ofBurgesses.On this date:In 1790, Rhode Island be-

came the 13th original colonyto ratify the United StatesConstitution.In 1848, Wisconsin became

the 30th state of the union.In 1912, the ballet

"L'Apres-midi d'un Faune"(The Afternoon of a Faun),with music by Claude De-bussy, premiered in Paris withVaslav Nijinsky dancing thetitle role.In 1913, the ballet "Le

Sacre du printemps" (The Riteof Spring), with music by IgorStravinsky and choreographyby Vaslav Nijinsky, had itschaotic world premiere inParis. The D.H. Lawrencenovel "Sons and Lovers" wasfirst published by Duckworth& Co. of London, albeit in anexpurgated version.In 1917, the 35th president

of the United States, John F.Kennedy, was born in Brook-line, Massachusetts.In 1932, World War I veter-

ans began arriving in Wash-ington to demand cash bonus-es they weren't scheduled toreceive until 1945.In 1943, Norman Rock-

well's portrait of "Rosie theRiveter" appeared on the cov-er of The Saturday EveningPost. (The model for Rock-well's Rosie, Mary DoyleKeefe, died in April 2015 atage 92.)In 1953, Mount Everest

was conquered as EdmundHillary of New Zealand andTensing Norgay of Nepal be-came the first climbers toreach the summit.In 1961, a couple in Pay-

nesville, West Virginia, be-

came the first recipients offood stamps under a pilot pro-gram created by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy.In 1973, Tom Bradley was

elected the first black mayorof Los Angeles, defeating in-cumbent Sam Yorty.In 1985, 39 people were

killed at the European Cup Fi-nal in Brussels, Belgium,when rioting broke out and awall separating British andItalian soccer fans collapsed.In 1995, Margaret Chase

Smith, the first woman toserve in both the House andthe Senate, died in Skowhe-gan, Maine, at age 97.Ten years ago: French

voters soundly rejected theEuropean Union's proposedconstitution, which was alsodefeated by the Dutch dayslater. In a deadly rampage attwo farmhouses in Belle-fontaine, Ohio, 18-year-oldScott Moody shot his grand-parents, his mother and twofriends before turning the gunon himself. Dan Wheldon wonthe Indianapolis 500 as Dani-ca Patrick's electrifying runfell short (she finished fourth).Five years ago: Dennis

Hopper, the high-flying Holly-wood wildman whose memo-rable career included an earlyturn in "Rebel Without ACause" and an improbablesmash hit with "Easy Rider,"died in Los Angeles at age 74.Philadelphia's Roy Halladaythrew the 20th perfect gamein major league history, beat-ing the Florida Marlins 1-0.One year ago: Saying he

wanted kids to play sports butplay safely, President BarackObama called for more andbetter research into the effectsand treatment of concussionsin youth athletes during asummit at the White House.The Food and Drug Adminis-tration required tanning bedsand sun lamps to carry newwarnings that they should notbe used by anyone under age18. Shelly Sterling signed a

binding contract to sell theLos Angeles Clippers to for-mer Microsoft CEO SteveBallmer for a record-breaking$2 billion. Actor and humanrights activist KarlheinzBoehm, 86, died nearSalzburg, Austria.Today's Birthdays: For-

mer Baseball CommissionerFay Vincent is 77. Motor-sports Hall of Famer Al Unseris 76. Actor Kevin Conway is73. Actor Helmut Berger is 71.Rock singer Gary Brooker(Procol Harum) is 70. ActorAnthony Geary is 68. ActorCotter Smith is 66. SingerRebbie (ree-bee) Jackson is 65.Movie composer Danny Elf-man is 62. Presidential as-sailant John W. Hinckley Jr. is60. Singer LaToya Jackson is59. Actor Ted Levine is 58. Ac-tress Annette Bening is 57.Actor Rupert Everett is 56.Actor Adrian Paul is 56.Singer Melissa Etheridge is54. Actress Lisa Whelchel is52. Actress Tracey Bregman is52. Rock musician Noel Gal-lagher is 48. Singer JayskiMcGowan (Quad City DJ's) is48. Actor Anthony Azizi is 46.Rock musician Chan Kinchla(Blues Traveler) is 46. Rockmusician Mark Lee (ThirdDay) is 42. Cartoonist AaronMcGruder ("The Boondocks")is 41. Singer Melanie Brown(Spice Girls) is 40. RapperPlaya Poncho is 40. Latinsinger Fonseca is 36. ActorBlake Foster is 30. ActorBrandon Mychal Smith is 26.Actress Kristen Alderson is24. Actress Lorelei Linklater(Film: "Boyhood") is 22.Thought for Today:

"When we recall the past, weusually find that it is the sim-plest things — not the greatoccasions — that in retrospectgive off the greatest glow ofhappiness." — British-bornAmerican comedian Bob Hope(born this date in 1903, died2003).

ALMANAC

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 andFamilies (Laurens County Family Connection) Board of Di-rectors. Call (478) 296-9141.•AA I Am Responsible Group contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 8 p.m.•NAWe Surrender, Contact 275-9531, noon, 629 BroadStreet, East Dublin.

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

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

THE NEXT 24 HOURS

SATURDAY

Sunrise 6:26p.m.

SUNDAY

Sunrise 6:26 a.m.

Warm with plentyof sunshine

Highs in the low 90sLows in the mid 60s

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Sunrise 6:25 a.m.

Sunrise 6:25 a.m.

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TUESDAY

Sunrise 6:26 a.m. Sunset 8:32 p.m.

An afternoonthunderstorm

or two

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Mainly clearAn afternoonthunderstorm

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LOCAL 7-DAYTell It!

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Laurens Co. Sheriff ’s OfficeA 2003 Oldsmobile Alero

was damaged on Rex MillerRoad in East Dublin betweenMay 14 and 15.An East Dublin woman

told a deputy that someonehad keyed her entire car. Shedidn't know who would dothat to her vehicle.- An East Dublin woman

told a deputy that someoneentered her house on EdBeckham Road on May 14while she wasn't there.- A Samsung Galaxy phone

was stolen on Hillcrest Park-way on May 13.

Dublin Police Department- Someone damaged a win-

dow on Rutland Drive onMay 14. - Joel W. Wooten, 38, of

Dublin, was charged withcriminal trespass, drivingwhile license withdrawn andprowling on White Oak Circleon May 17. An officer re-sponded to the area in refer-ence to a suspicious vehicle,which was locked. The officer discovered that

the vehicle belonged to

Wooten, who was visitingsomeone in the area. An offi-cer was told that Wooten hadbeen banned from the proper-ty.- Food was missing from a

refrigerator and cabinet atKids Kingdom on TelfairStreet between May 16 and17.

Editor's note: This informa-tion is public record and wastaken from reports of theDublin Police Department andthe Laurens County Sheriff'sOffice. These reports do not re-flect on the guilt or innocence.An "arrest" does not always in-dicate incarceration. Readersare cautioned that people mayhave similar names. Police Beatdoes not identify minor chil-dren, victims of sexual assault,suicide attempts or medicalconditions. Cases dismissed donot appear if the newspaper isnotified before deadline.

Police Beat

A 2003 Oldsmobile car damaged in East Dublin

HOUSTON (AP) — Offi-cials are closely monitoringthe levels of rivers in Texasengorged by the deluge of lastweekend.The Colorado River in

Wharton and the Brazos andSan Jacinto Rivers nearHouston are the focus of at-tention for officials as flood-waters from North and Cen-tral Texas move downstreamtoward the Gulf of Mexico.Meanwhile, the death toll

continues to rise as searchteams dig through debris pilesalong rivers that ragedthrough Central Texas andthe Houston area. Bodiesfound in Hays and Blancocounties raised the confirmeddeath toll Thursday to at least24, with 20 in Texas alone,and at least 14 more stillmissing.The flood threat appeared

to have eased along the Bra-zos River in North Texas,where it fell below flood stageThursday night at HorseshoeBend in Parker County.But officials would contin-

ue to watch for any effectsfrom Thursday night rains inthe vicinity of Possum King-dom Lake, said Parker Coun-ty Emergency Managementspokesman Joel Kertok.The river level at Horse-

shoe Bend had fallen belowthe 21-foot flood stage to 20.9feet Thursday night after theBrazos River Authority closedthe floodgates on the PossumKingdom dam upstream, Ker-tok said. The river crested at23.6 feet about noon Thurs-day, almost 3 feet above floodstage, and Kertok said flood-waters lapped at the founda-tions of 11 homes but rose nofurther before beginning to re-cede.But the worst is yet to

come downstream on the Bra-zos. At Richmond, near Hous-ton, where flood stage is 48

feet, the National WeatherService expected the river totop flood stage Friday morn-ing and rise to 50 feet by lateFriday night or Saturday.

That would causemajor flooding in Simonton,upstream from Richmond,and Thompsons downstream.Fort Bend County SheriffTroy Nehls says residents ofsome parts of Simonton havebeen asked to leave.The Colorado River at

Wharton, where voluntaryevacuations were underwayin the city's low-lying westside, was at 39.5 feet Thurs-day night, a half-foot overflood stage. Forecasters say itcould crest at 44 to 45 feetSaturday morning, causingmajor flooding.The West Fork of the San

Jacinto River was at 32 feetThursday night, 8 feet aboveflood stage and was expectedto remain in major flood forseveral days.This week's record rainfall

in Texas eased the state'sdrought and swelled riversand lakes to the point thatthey may not return to normallevels until July, scientistssaid Thursday.Just weeks ago, much of

the state was parched withvarying levels of drought. Butthe same drenching rainfallthat paralyzed parts of Hous-ton and swept away a vaca-tion home with eight peopleinside also offered relief froma long dry spell.Many cities were still in

danger of flooding as heavyrain from earlier in the weekpoured downstream, pushingrivers over their banks."There's so much water in

Texas and Oklahoma that it'sgoing to take quite a while forthose rivers to recede," saidMark Wiley, a NationalWeather Service meteorolo-gist in Fort Worth, Texas.

NEW YORK (AP) — There'sa new bird's eye view of NewYork City.The One World Trade Center

observatory is officially openingto the public on Friday with aribbon-cutting ceremony.Visitors will get a view of the

city and its surroundings fromabove 1,250 feet, with sightlines stretching 50 miles pastthe Manhattan skyline andStatue of Liberty to the AtlanticOcean.The observatory takes up

levels 100, 101, and 102 of thebuilding, the nation's tallest, at1,776 feet. The main publicviewing space is on the 100thfloor, with restaurants on the101st floor, and an event spaceon the 102nd floor.Visitors reach the observato-

ry via one of five elevators called'skypods' that zip them to theobservatory in 60 seconds.Along with a spectacular view,they will see a video called 'Voic-es' about those who built OneWTC. There's also a virtualtime lapse that recreates the de-velopment of the New York Cityskyline and beyond from the1600s to present day.Those not fond of high eleva-

tions can walk on video screensthat show the dizzying view be-low.Tickets are $32 for adults

and $26 for children ages 6 to 12and $30 for seniors. Admissionis free for family members ofthose who died on Sept. 11, aswell as those who worked in therescue and recovery.Officials expect 3 million to 4

million visitors a year.Tickets are available at the

observatory ticket booth and on-line.

Officials eye river levels inTexas, focusing on Houston

BALTIMORE (AP) — A 31-year-old woman and a youngboy were shot in the headThursday, becoming Balti-more's 37th and 38th homicidevictims so far this month, thecity's deadliest in 15 years.The most recent killings

claimed the lives of JenniferJeffrey and her 7-year-old son,Kester Anthony Browne. Theywere identified by Jeffrey's sis-ter, Danielle Wilder. Jeffreyand her son were found deadearly Thursday, each from gun-shot wounds to the head.As family members cried

and held each other on the qui-et, leafy block in SouthwestBaltimore where they lived,Wilder said she felt as if "myheart has been ripped out."Wilder said a neighbor

called their other sister earlyThursday, concerned that shehadn't heard any noise comingfrom Jeffrey's house: no foot-steps, Wilder said, no voices,and no gunshots. But when herbrother let himself into thehouse to check on the motherand son, he discovered theirbodies."She was in the living

room," Wilder said. "The babywas upstairs, in the bed."Wilder said police told her

there were no signs of forcedentry, and that whoever killedJeffrey and Browne were let in-to the house sometime yester-day. Wilder said Jeffrey alsolived with her niece and grand-niece. Wilder said she believedthat whoever killed Jeffreywanted to catch her alone, andthat the boy was collateraldamage.Thursday's deaths continue

a grisly and dramatic uptick inhomicides across Baltimorethat has so far claimed thelives of 38 people. Meanwhile,arrests have plunged: Policeare booking fewer than half thenumber of people they pulledoff the streets last year.Arrests were already declin-

ing before Freddie Gray diedon April 19 of injuries he suf-fered in police custody, but theydropped sharply thereafter, ashis death unleashed protests,riots, the criminal indictmentof six officers and a full-on civilrights investigation by the U.S.Justice Department ."I'm afraid to go outside,"

said Antoinette Perrine, whosebrother was shot down threeweeks ago on a basketballcourt near her home in theHarlem Park neighborhood ofWest Baltimore.

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The group, led by LauraBrownley and several others,brought the issue to full lightduring the regular Marchmeeting of the Alamo CityCouncil.

The central issue was themayor's annual salary, whichskyrocketed from a rate of$3,600 in 2007 to $53,800 in2008, after city council mem-bers approved a move to "hire"Fountain as a full-time mayorand not fill the city manager'sposition; essentially mergingthe two positions.

As the group contended inMarch, the move violatedAlamo's city charter on page 22Section 3.06 which states "TheMayor and city council mem-bers of the City of Alamo shallbe ineligible to serve as city ad-ministrator during their re-spective terms of office."

The council was set to dis-cuss the issue further duringits April meeting, but tabledthe issue following a lengthlyexecutive session.

During that same time, cityattorney Tom Everett was re-placed by Hansell Watt andTim Tanner of the ColemanTalley firm in Valdosta.

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rested at his residence.Wheeler County Sheriff

Maurice Johnson says the ap-prehension of Kennedy insuch a timely manner wouldnot have been possible with-out the cooperation of witness-es and the assistance of theGBI, McRae-Helena Police

Department, Telfair CountySheriff's Office, Glenwood Po-lice Department, GSP, andDNR.

If anyone has informationthat may assist in this investi-gation, please contact theWheeler County Sheriff's Of-fice, 912-568-7808 or theEastman GBI office, 478-374-6988.

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Valley State from 1974 to 1978where she majored in Horti-culture. She then went toIowa State University and re-ceived her Master of Sciencedegree in Horticulture with aconcentration in VegetableGenetics and Breeding.

While at Fort Valley State,she met Leon Moss, class of1977, who preceded her in at-tending Iowa State Universi-ty, where he received his Mas-ter of Science Degree in Ani-mal Science, with a concen-tration in Nutritional Physiol-ogy. They were married in1980 in Ames, Iowa.

Moss was employed withWhigham Plant Nursery inOttumwa, Iowa and was lateremployed with the PrincipalFinancial Group in DesMoines, Iowa as a 401(k) pen-sion plan administrator. Mossand her husband moved toRichmond, Va. in 1989 wherethey spent 18 years raising afamily.

Moss was employed atWilliam M. Mercer and con-tinued working as a 401(k)pension plant administratoruntil she and her husbandstarted a T-shirt and promo-tional business in 1993 calledAccessories and Funwear Dis-tributors. They continued tooperate the business since re-locating to Conyers, GA in

2007. Her husband retiredfrom Bristol-Myers SquibbOncology in 2011.

Moss served as Member-At-Large on the FVSU Na-tional Alumni Board underthe leadership of Robert Rossfrom 2008 to 2010. She waselected president of the FVSUNational Alumni Association,Inc. for 2010 to 2012. She hasalso served on the Fort ValleyState University FoundationBoard from 2010 to 2014.

Both Moss and her hus-band are members of the FV-SU DeKalb Alumni Chapter,where Melvin Smith is thepresident. They regularly re-cruit students from area highschools to attend Fort ValleyState, and support major FV-SU scholarship initiatives.They also mentor two stu-dents who currently attendFVSU.

The Moss' are members ofthe Springfield BaptistChurch in Conyers. They havetwo daughters, TamaraBankhead and Candace Moss.Bankhead is a Biologist andgraduate of Norfolk StateUniversity and currentlylives in Richmond, Va. withher husband and two chil-dren. Candace Moss is a cor-porate attorney and graduateof Howard University andHarvard Law School. She cur-rently lives in Washington,D.C.

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the state of Georgia to busi-nesses, attracting economicdevelopment and providing afavorable climate for businessat all levels to thrive.

"The consistency is what'sreally struck me," Clark said."We've been consistent in the

engagement of the right peoplein the right communities.We've been consistent in focus-ing on our mission. And thebusiness community has beenvery consistent about stayingfocused on the future andwhere we're going."

Consistency to the missionremained a theme as he ad-

dressed challenges facing theGeorgia economy at the stateand local levels, advocating fortransparency and flexibility ingovernment finance of trans-portation and education. Healso called attention to theneed for local healthcare in re-cruiting and keeping industry.

Clark closed with chal-

lenges to local business lead-ers to expand local commerceby increasing the amount ofbusiness they do in their ownarea by at least two percent.He also spoke to the impor-tance of the region's chambersof commerce working togetherand continuing to developtheir leadership.

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The top 10 highest-paid female CEOsNEW YORK (AP) — Fe-

male CEOs are outpacingtheir male colleagues in pay,although they remain vastlyoutnumbered in the top eche-lons of American companies.

Last year, the median payfor women CEOs rose to $15.9million, a 21 percent gainfrom a year earlier, accordingto a study by executive com-pensation data firm Equilarand The Associated Press.That compared with medianpay for male CEOs of $10.4million, which was down 0.8percent from 2013.

Marissa Mayer, the head ofYahoo, was the highest-paidfemale chief executive in theEquilar/AP pay study. Hercompensation was almostdouble that of the next-high-est earner on the list — CarolMeyrowitz of discount retail-er TJX Companies.

Still, there is a big caveat:There are far fewer femaleCEOs than males amonglarge U.S companies. Thestudy of 340 CEOs included17 women.

No. 1: Marissa Mayer,Yahoo, $42.1 million, up 69percent

Yahoo's stock price hasclimbed 177 percent since thetechnology company hiredMayer from Google in July2012. That compares with again of 76 percent for thetech-focused Nasdaq over thesame time. Earnings jumpedat Yahoo last year after itraised $9.5 billion by sellingpart of its stake in Alibaba,the Chinese e-commerce siteowner.

No. 2: Carol Meyrowitz,TJX Companies, $23.3 mil-lion, up 13 percent

Meyrowitz has led the par-ent company of T.J. Maxx,Marshalls and other stores,since January 2007. For theyear that ended in January,the company reported profitof $2.22 billion on revenue of$29.08 billion. The companysaid in February that itwould lift hourly wages for itsemployees. Workers thathave been employed for six

months or more will earn atleast $10 an hour.

No. 3: Margaret Whit-man, Hewlett-Packard,$19.6 million, up 11 per-cent

When Whitman rejoinedHP in 2011, the company'sboard established an initialsalary of $1 a year. For 2014,the board decided it was timeto raise the salary portion ofher pay package to make itconsistent with her peers atsimilar technology compa-

nies. Her base salary in-creased to $1.5 million.

No. 4: Indra Nooyi, Pep-siCo, $19.1 million, up 45percent

PepsiCo., which makesFrito-Lay snacks, Gatoradesports drinks and Quakeroatmeal, has improved itsperformance by raising pricesand slashing costs. The com-pany's earnings were hit thisyear by currency volatility incountries like Russia and Bo-livia, but this was offset by

growth at Frito-Lay NorthAmerica, which makes snackssuch as Doritos, Cheetos andTostitos.

No. 5: Phebe Novakovic,General Dynamics, $19 mil-lion, up 1 percent

Novakovic was a senior ex-ecutive at General Dynamicsfor more than a decade beforeshe was promoted to the topjob in January 2013. Sinceshe took the position, the de-fense contractor's stock hasdoubled as it has increased

dividend payouts and boostedstock buybacks.

No. 6: Virginia Rometty,IBM, $17.9 million, up 28percent

The IBM boss was award-ed a $3.6 million bonus forher performance last year,even though the company'ssales and profits declined.Her overall pay jumped from2013, when Rometty and oth-er top executives did not takebonuses after IBM turned indisappointing results.

No. 7: Marillyn Hewson,Lockheed Martin, $17.9million, up 13 percent

Hewson is a 32-year veter-an at Lockheed Martin andthe second chief executive ata defense company to top thelist of best-paid female CEOs.Her pay award increased asthe company's earnings rose.Lockheed's stock also gainednearly 30 percent.

No. 8: Patricia Woertz,Archer Daniels Midland,$16.3 million, up 138 per-cent

Woertz's near nine-yeartenure as CEO of ArcherDaniels Midland ended in De-cember, though she still holdsthe position of chairman atthe company, which makesvegetable oil, ethanol and in-gredients used in packagedfoods and drinks. Her com-pensation included $501,560for relocation expenses afterADM moved its global head-quarters to Chicago from De-catur, Illinois.

No. 9: Irene Rosenfeld,Mondelez International,$15.9 million, up 14 per-cent

The maker of Oreo cookies,Cadbury chocolate and Tri-dent gum raised Rosenfeld'soverall pay by 14 percent lastyear. Shareholders didn't fareas well. The company's stockrose 3 percent, compared witha gain of 11.4 percent for thebroader stock market.

No. 10: Ellen Kullman,DuPont, $13.1 million,down 1 percent

Kullman spent much oflast year fending off an at-tempt by activist investorNelson Peltz to gain more in-fluence over the 212-year oldchemical company. She pre-vailed in May this year aftershareholders voted againsthis campaign. But the fightshowed that DuPont neededto do a better job of explain-ing its transformation from atraditional chemical maker toa faster-growing company fo-cused on agricultural prod-ucts and advanced materials,she said.

This photo shows the ten highest-paid female CEOs in 2014, according to a study carried out byexecutive compensation data firm Equilar and The Associated Press. Top row, from left: MarissaMayer, Yahoo; Carol Meyrowitz, TJX Cos.; Meg Whitman, Hewlett-Packard; Indra K. Nooyi, Pepsi-co; and Phebe Novakovic, General Dynamics. Bottom row, from left: Virginia Rometty, IBM; Mar-ilyn Hewson, Lockheed Martin; Patricia Woertz, Archer Daniels Midland; Irene Rosenfeld, Mon-delez International; and Ellen Kullman, DuPont. (AP Photo)

15 go to hospital after church bus crash in north GaTOCCOA, Ga. (AP) —

More than a dozen peoplewent to a hospital after achurch bus collided with a carin north Georgia.

WSB-TV reports thatmembers of a Rockdale Coun-ty church were headed to awomen's retreat when the ac-cident happened near Toccoa

on Thursday night.Eighteen people were

aboard the bus and 15 wentto a hospital.

An associate pastor atLove and Hugs ChristianTabernacle in Conyers tellsthe station everyone shouldsurvive.

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GBI probing deadly po-lice shooting in Carrollton

CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP)— A police shooting has left aperson dead in the west Geor-gia city of Carrollton.

The gunfire occurred lateThursday during a confronta-tion at a gas station on amain road through town, but

authorities haven't releaseddetails.

A witness tells WSB-TV heheard yelling followed by thesounds of two gunshots.

A man is dead, and no offi-cers were injured.

The Georgia Bureau of In-vestigation is handling thecase.

Staff reportsUniversity of North Carolina’s

Sarah Howard, a Trinity gradu-ate, qualified Thursday to com-pete at the NCAA Division IOutdoor Track and FieldChampionships.

Howard finished third at theNCAA East Preliminary Round inJacksonville on Thursday after-noon in the women’s shot put.

This year the competitionincluded only three attempts by48 athletes, with the top 12 earn-ing spots at the finals to be heldJune 10-13 in Eugene, Oregon.

Sarah’s first throw of 55 feet.3 3/4 inches (16.86m) punchedher ticket to the national eventwhere the top 24 (12 from eachof the East and West PreliminaryRounds) will compete.

The competition was close asless than 6 feet (1.79m) separat-ed the first qualifier from the lastin the East.

The West Preliminary Roundfor the women’s shot put isscheduled for Saturday.

A week ago, Howard wasnamed to the Capital OneAcademic All-District 3 team.The honor recognizes outstand-ing academic and athletic per-formance during the 2014-2015school year.

Howard has been an elite ath-lete in the shot put for the lasttwo years. She made it to theNCAA Championships last year,placing 18th overall in the event.She came into this year’s EastPreliminary Championships with

a new career best at 16.99meters and ranked sixth in theEast.

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2nd annual West Laurens soccer campPlayers at the second annual West Laurens Soccer Mini-Camprun through games and drills Thursday in the high school footballstadium. The camp is open to kids ages 6-14 and has about 30participants, said Nate Smith, head coach of the West Laurensgirls soccer team. Players from the girls and boys varsity teams

are helping coach at the camp. "Ultimately the goal is to get thekids thinking about soccer as a sport they would like to play inthe future," Smith said. The camp concludes today. (Photos byRodney Manley)

Staff reportsThe Mercer University base-

ball team will make its thirdappearance in the NCAA DivisionI Baseball Tournament when theBears take on Florida State inTallahassee tonight. First pitch isset for 6 p.m.

Mercer is coming off its firstSouthern Conference champi-onship after outscoring oppo-nents 35-10 en route to a perfect4-0 record in the conferencetournament.

The College of Charleston willplay Auburn at noon today in theopener of the TallahasseeRegional.

The losers of today's gameswill play at noon Saturday, while

the winners meet at 6 p.m. Thosegames will be televised on theSEC Network.

Regional play will continueSunday and, if necessary, onMonday.

The Bears enter NCAARegional play ranked third in thenation with 69 home runs thisseason, behind 17 homers fromleague-leader Kyle Lewis.Mercer's home run total contin-ues an on-going tradition of pow-erful bats in the lineup, as theprogram leads all NCAA DivisionI teams with 312 long balls overthe last five years.

Mercer has not relied solelyon the long ball this season. TheBears have also played their

share of small ball, leading theSouthern Conference and rank-ing third nationally with 77 sac-rifice bunts in 2015. Five of theconference's top 10 players insac bunts are Bears

The Bears' bullpen also hascome up big, helping the team toa 28-0 record when leading afterseven innings. Seniors DimitriKourtis, Ben Lumsden, MorganPittman and Mitchell Wade haveplayed a huge role in that suc-cess, combining for a 2.61 ERAwith 13 wins and seven saves.

Florida State, meanwhile,won its sixth Atlantic CoastConference crown in programhistory last weekend, defeatingNC State 6-2 in Sunday's title

game. First-Team All-ACC per-former and USA Baseball GoldenSpikes semifinalist D.J. Stewartpaces the Seminoles' lineup witha .318 batting average, 13 homeruns and 52 RBIs.

Second- Team All-ACC stand-out Billy Strode leads a pitchingstaff that posted a 3.84 ERA thisyear. The senior southpaw had a2-0 record with a 2.08 ERA andan ACC-leading 13 saves.

Mercer has played some of itsbest baseball on the road, post-ing a 19-6 record away fromMacon. Seventeen of those winshave come in true road settings,with the Bears outscoring oppo-nents by nearly three runs pergame in those contests.

Mercer takes on Florida State tonight in NCAA tournament opener

Friday’s matchupteams: Mercer (35-21) vs. Florida State (41-19)Location: Tallahassee, Fla. Schedule: Friday, May 29 – 6 p.m.Live Stats: NCAA.comLive Video: ESPN3Live Audio: Fox Sports 1670 AM | iHeartRadiotwitter Updates: @MercerBaseball Series History: Florida State holds a 58-8 advan-tage in a series that started in 1948. However, thetwo teams have only played once during Mercerhead coach Craig Gibson's tenure, an 8-4 victoryby the Seminoles during the 2006 campaign.

ATLANTA (AP) — The AtlantaHawks cleaned out their lockers,met with the coaches, and head-ed off for summer vacationThursday.

Even though a historic 60-winseason ended with a one-sidedsweep by the Cleveland Cavaliersin the Eastern Conference final,no one was hanging their headsless than 48 hours after the finalgame.

Coach Mike Budenholzer andhis players all view this seasonas a turning point for the long-

overlooked franchise, a majorsuccess that changed expecta-tions inside and outside theorganization.

Now, the goal is to take theHawks even higher.

"We're not satisfied,"Budenholzer said. "We wantmore."

With that in mind, here'ssome of the questions they mustaddress during the offseason:

FREE AGENCY: The primarygoal is keeping what theyalready have. Paul Millsap and

D e M a r r eC a r r o l lturned out tobe huge bar-gains aftersigning withAtlanta in2 0 1 3 .Heading intofree agency,both canexpect big raises. Budenholzertalked repeatedly about "conti-nuity" during his season-endingnews conference and made it

clear he wants both players back.Losing either would force theHawks to pursue other free-agent options. Atlanta shouldhave plenty of money under theprojected $67.1 million cap to re-sign Millsap and Carroll. TheHawks have 10 players undercontract for next season ataround $41.3 million.

FRONT OFFICE: It's unclearwho is going to be running thisteam once the new ownershipgroup led by Antony Ressler isapproved by the NBA. Ressler's

group should get the green lightto take over the franchise in thenext few weeks. Its first prioritywill be settling the fate of gener-al manager Danny Ferry, whomasterfully put the rostertogether but wasn't around forthe entire season because ofracially charged comments.Ferry's return would undoubted-ly rekindle protests by local civilrights leaders, though there'splenty of sentiment that he'sbeen punished enough.Budenholzer has been in charge

of player personnel duringFerry's absence and could takeover that role permanently, withassistant general manager WesWilcox continuing to serve as hisvery able right-hand man.

INJURY REPORT: The Hawksare hopeful that three playerswho sustained serious injurieswill be recovered or close to it bythe time training camp opensSept. 29. Thabo Sefolosha contin-ues to get around on a push cart

Hawks looking for 'continuity' after historic 60-win season

Special photo

BACk to tHe NCAAsHoward competes in

thursday’s east round.

Howard qualifies forNCAA Championships

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Evenas Andrelton Simmons led off thetop of the eighth with a single,Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalezkept wondering if he should letstarting pitcher Shelby Miller hit.

Down by a run, though, he hadto play for the win and sentpinch-hitter Pedro Ciriaco to theplate.

Gonzalez's move did not workout as the San Francisco Giantscame up with a six-run eighthagainst two relievers and beatthe Braves 7-0 on Thursday nightin the opener of a four-gameseries.

"There are seven of eight waysyou could go right there,"Gonzalez said. "In my mind I wasgoing to let him hit in the eighth,he was that dominant. Shelby didhis part."

When Simmons singled,Gonzalez continued to thinkthrough all the options.

"I was thinking, leave him inthe game and bunt him over," hesaid. "We tried to go for the 'W'there and get a run and it didn'thappen."

Brandon Belt hit an opposite-field, solo home run in the sev-enth inning to break up a score-less pitching duel between Miller

(5-2) and Chris Heston (5-3)."It was a bad pitch. If I could

take it back, I would," Miller said."It was a tough hit to give up atthat point in the game. It's some-thing I can't do right there."

The Braves, who have scoreda total of 10 runs over their lastseven games, lost their third infour games and dropped theirsixth in seven against the Giants.

Belt said he hit the ball on thebarrel of the bat but still had hisdoubts whether it would leavethe park.

Not many Braves thought itwould leave the park either.

"I was surprised," said catcherA.J. Pierzynski, who spent a yearplaying with the Giants. "But hebarreled it and back spun it andthis park plays weird. It seemedto take off. Still, you're not win-ning a lot of games scoring zeroruns."

Miller, who came within oneout of a no-hitter in his last roadstart, gave up five hits over hisseven innings. He did not walk abatter and struck out one. Heallowed his first home run sinceApril 30, a span of five starts andstill lowered his ERA to 1.48,matching Zack Greinke of theDodgers for the NL lead.

Braves’ Miller losesdespite solid outing

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10 a.m.FS1 — NASCAR, XFINITYSeries, practice for Buckle Up200, at Dover, Del.

11 a.m.FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup,practice for FedEx 400, atDover, Del.

12:30 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR, TruckSeries, pole qualifying forLucas Oil 200, at Dover, Del.

2 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR, XFINITYSeries, final practice for BuckleUp 200, at Dover, Del.

3:30 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup,pole qualifying for FedEx 400,at Dover, Del.

5:30 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR, TruckSeries, Lucas Oil 200, atDover, Del.

BoXiNg9 p.m.

SPIKE — Javier Fortuna (27-0-1) vs. Bryan Vasquez (34-1-0), for vacant WBA World jun-ior lightweight title; welter-weights, Amir Khan (30-3-0)vs. Chris Algieri (20-1-0), atBrooklyn

CoLLege SoFTBALL7 p.m.

ESPN2 — World Series, game5, teams TBD, at OklahomaCity

9:30 p.m.ESPN2 — World Series, game6, teams TBD, at OklahomaCity

goLF7 a.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour,Irish Open, second round, atNewcastle, Northern Ireland

1 p.m.TGC — LPGA, ShopRiteClassic, first round, atGalloway, N.J.

4 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour, ByronNelson Championship, secondround, at Irving, TexasMAJoR LeAgue BASeBALL

8 p.m.MLB — Regional coverage,L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis orBoston at Texas

NhL hoCKeY8 p.m.

NBCSN — Playoffs, confer-ence finals, game 7, TampaBay at N.Y. Rangers

dellwood Baptist charity scramble June 6

Riverview Golf Course will host afour-man scramble benefit golf tour-nament Saturday, June 6, with ashotgun start at 8 a.m. Proceeds willsupport the Ministry Outreach ofDellwood Baptist Church. Entry feeis $200 per team and includes lunch.For more information, contact JoeBedgood at (478) 494-2624 orRiverview's Steve Brown at 277-1408.

donnell benefit golftournament June 13Area golfers can tee it up for a

good cause in a four-man scramblebenefit Saturday, June 13, atRiverview Golf Course beginning at8:30 a.m. Proceeds will support alocal teenager Lilly Donnell and herfamily in Lilly’s battle against cancer.Entry fee is $200 per team, andlunch will be provided. For moreinformation, contact Kyle Outlaw at478-595-4826 or Steve Brown atRiverview at 277-1408.

dublin irish BasketballCamp June 8-11

The Dublin Irish Youth BasketballCamp will be held from 9 a.m. tonoon June 8-11 at the new DublinHigh School gym. The camp is opento boys and girls ages 5-17.Registration is $40. Campers willwork with highly qualified coacheswho will instruct them on the funda-mentals of both offense and defense,such as ball-handling skills, shootingand passing, while incorporatingthese skills into team play. For moreinformation, contact Irish head coachPaul Williams at (478) 595-2359.

West Laurens will hosttwo volleyball camps

West Laurens volleyball will host

two summer volleyball camps — onefor girls grades 6-12 and a secondfor grades 8-12.

The fundamental camp for grades6-12 — and all skill levels — will bedaily from 8:30 to noon July 6-9. Costis $50. The camp will include:

•Individual skill stations – pass-ing, setting, hitting, blocking andserving

•3-on-3 “Queens of the Court”contests

•6-on-6 games (emphasis onteam play and transition)

•Individual skill competitionsCampers will need appropriate

apparel and tennis shoes. Kneepads are a plus. Bring water in aclosable container.

The second camp is open to girlsin eighth through 12th grade and willrun from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. daily July13-16. Cost is $100 and includes a T-shirt. The camp will focus on the fun-damentals of volleyball in addition tostrategies to improve one’s overallgame, regardless of her skill level.Each camper will receive individual-ized instruction developing the skillswhile working with experiencedcoaches and college volleyball play-ers. For more information contactTammy Horne at 478-697-4409 [email protected].

Teen Challenge golftournament June 13The Teen Challenge of Middle

Ga.'s Driving Away Addiction GolfTournament will be held Saturday,June 13, at the Dublin Country Club.Cost for the four-man scramble is $100per player or $360 per team. A lightsnack will be provided at the start andpost-tournament lunch from the coun-try club. For more information, contactTrista Kincaid at (478) 984-5252 [email protected].

NATioNAL LeAgueeast division

Washington 28 19 .596 —New York 27 21 .563 1½Atlanta 23 24 .489 5Philadelphia 19 30 .388 10Miami 18 30 .375 10½

Central divisionW L Pct gB

St. Louis 31 16 .660 —Chicago 25 21 .543 5½Pittsburgh 25 22 .532 6Cincinnati 19 27 .413 11½Milwaukee 16 32 .333 15½

West divisionW L Pct gB

Los Angeles 28 18 .609 —San Francisco 29 20 .592 ½San Diego 23 26 .469 6½Arizona 21 25 .457 7Colorado 19 26 .422 8½

ThursdayPittsburgh 11, San Diego 5San Francisco 7, Atlanta 0

TodayKansas City (Volquez 4-3) at ChicagoCubs (Arrieta 4-4), 4:05 p.m.Colorado (Bettis 1-0) at Philadelphia(Hamels 5-3), 7:05 p.m.Miami (Haren 4-2) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-2), 7:10 p.m.Washington (Strasburg 3-5) at Cincinnati(DeSclafani 2-4), 7:10 p.m.Arizona (R.De La Rosa 4-2) at Milwaukee(Nelson 2-5), 8:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 3-0) at St. Louis(Lackey 2-3), 8:15 p.m.Pittsburgh (Liriano 2-4) at San Diego(Shields 6-0), 10:10 p.m.Atlanta (Foltynewicz 3-1) at San Francisco(T.Hudson 2-4), 10:15 p.m.

SaturdayColorado (J.De La Rosa 1-2) atPhiladelphia (Harang 4-4), 3:05 p.m.Arizona (Hellickson 2-3) at Milwaukee(Lohse 3-5), 4:10 p.m.Miami (Koehler 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-5), 4:10 p.m.Washington (G.Gonzalez 4-2) at Cincinnati(R.Iglesias 1-1), 4:10 p.m.Kansas City (Ventura 3-4) at Chicago Cubs(Hammel 3-2), 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Frias 3-2) at St. Louis(Wacha 7-0), 7:15 p.m.Atlanta (W.Perez 0-0) at San Francisco(Lincecum 5-2), 10:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (Morton 1-0) at San Diego(T.Ross 2-4), 10:10 p.m.

SundayMiami (Phelps 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon7-3), 1:10 p.m.Washington (Roark 1-2) at Cincinnati(Cueto 3-4), 1:10 p.m.Colorado (Lyles 2-5) at Philadelphia(Williams 3-4), 1:35 p.m.Arizona (C.Anderson 1-1) at Milwaukee(Wagner 0-0), 2:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 2-2) at St. Louis(C.Martinez 4-2), 2:15 p.m.Kansas City (Guthrie 4-3) at Chicago Cubs(Wada 0-0), 2:20 p.m.Atlanta (Teheran 4-2) at San Francisco(Bumgarner 6-2), 4:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (Locke 3-2) at San Diego(Despaigne 2-3), 9:10 p.m.

AMeRiCAN LeAgueeast divisionW L Pct gB

New York 25 23 .521 —Tampa Bay 24 24 .500 1Baltimore 22 24 .478 2Boston 22 26 .458 3Toronto 22 27 .449 3½

Central divisionW L Pct gB

Kansas City 28 18 .609 —Minnesota 28 18 .609 —Detroit 28 21 .571 1½Cleveland 22 25 .468 6½Chicago 21 25 .457 7

West divisionW L Pct gB

Houston 30 18 .625 —Los Angeles 24 24 .500 6Seattle 23 24 .489 6½Texas 23 25 .479 7Oakland 18 32 .360 13

ThursdayChicago White Sox 3, Baltimore 2, 1stgameBaltimore 6, Chicago White Sox 3, 2ndgameBoston 5, Texas 1L.A. Angels 12, Detroit 2Oakland 5, N.Y. Yankees 4Cleveland 5, Seattle 3

TodayKansas City (Volquez 4-3) at ChicagoCubs (Arrieta 4-4), 4:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Karns 3-2) at Baltimore(Mi.Gonzalez 5-3), 7:05 p.m.Boston (S.Wright 2-1) at Texas (Gallardo 4-6), 8:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-0) atHouston (McCullers 1-0), 8:10 p.m.Toronto (Buehrle 5-4) at Minnesota (May 3-3), 8:10 p.m.Detroit (An.Sanchez 3-5) at L.A. Angels(Santiago 3-3), 10:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 0-2) at Oakland(Gray 5-2), 10:05 p.m.Cleveland (Bauer 4-1) at Seattle (T.Walker1-5), 10:10 p.m.

SaturdayToronto (Aa.Sanchez 4-4) at Minnesota(Gibson 4-3), 2:10 p.m.Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 2-2) at Baltimore(W.Chen 1-3), 4:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Quintana 2-5) atHouston (Keuchel 6-1), 4:10 p.m.Boston (Miley 4-4) at Texas (Ch.Gonzalez0-0), 7:15 p.m.Kansas City (Ventura 3-4) at Chicago Cubs(Hammel 3-2), 7:15 p.m.Detroit (Greene 4-3) at L.A. Angels(Weaver 3-4), 10:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 4-1) at Oakland(Hahn 2-4), 10:05 p.m.Cleveland (Marcum 1-0) at Seattle (Elias 2-1), 10:10 p.m.

SundayTampa Bay (Odorizzi 3-5) at Baltimore(Tillman 2-6), 1:35 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-4) at Houston(R.Hernandez 2-3), 2:10 p.m.Toronto (Hutchison 4-1) at Minnesota(Nolasco 5-1), 2:10 p.m.Kansas City (Guthrie 4-3) at Chicago Cubs(Wada 0-0), 2:20 p.m.Boston (J.Kelly 1-4) at Texas (W.Rodriguez2-2), 3:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Warren 3-3) at Oakland(Chavez 1-5), 4:05 p.m.Cleveland (Salazar 5-1) at Seattle (Happ 3-1), 4:10 p.m.Detroit (Price 4-1) at L.A. Angels(Shoemaker 3-4), 8:05 p.m.

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Thursday's Sports TransactionsThe Associated Press

BASeBALLAmerican League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent RHP TylerWilson to Norfolk (IL).BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled LHPsEduardo Rodriguez and Robbie Ross Jr.from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned RHP HeathHembree to Pawtucket. Activated OFCarlos Peguero. Designated INF JeffBianchi for assignment. Placed OF-1BDaniel Nava on the 15-day DL, retroactiveto May 26.CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled RHPsDaniel Webb and Chris Beck fromCharlotte (IL). Optioned RHP Scott Carrollto Charlotte.CLEVELAND INDIANS — Selected thecontract of OF Jerry Sands (?40) fromColumbus (IL). Recalled RHP AustinAdams from Columbus. Placed INF CarlosSantana on the paternity list. Placed RHPScott Atchison on the 15-day DL.LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Selected thecontract OF Alfredo Marte from Salt Lake(PCL). to Major League Roster. ActivatedOF Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Placed OF CollinCowgill on the 15-Day DL, retroactive toMay 26. Designated OF Marc Krauss for

assignment.TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled INFHanser Alberto from Round Rock (PCL).Optioned RHP Phil Klein to Round Rock.TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHPScott Copeland to Buffalo (IL).

BASKeTBALLNational Basketball Association

CHICAGO BULLS — Fired coach TomThibodeau.Women's National Basketball AssociationNEW YORK LIBERTY — Waived G AmberOrrange and C Shanece McKinney.

FooTBALLNational Football League

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed TETyler Kroft of Rutgers.DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed LBDamien Wilson.NEW YORK JETS — Released QB MattSimms.WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CBTrey Wolfe and CB Tajh Hasson.

Canadian Football LeagueTORONTO ARGONAUTS — Signed DLDaryl Waud and QB Blake Sims.

hoCKeYNational hockey League

ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed FMatthias Plachta to a one-year entry-levelcontract.COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed DCody Goloubef to a two-year contractextension through the 2016-17 season.SAN JOSE SHARKS — Named PeterDeBoer coach.

SoCCeRNational Women's Soccer League

WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Waived FCaroline Miller.

CoLLegeBOWLING GREEN — Announced gradu-ate student S Eilar Hardy has transferredfrom Notre Dame.COKER — Named Bill Simpson men's andwomen's tennis coach.NEBRASKA — Chris Tamas assistant vol-leyball coach John Cook.NEW JERSEY CITY — Announced theprogram will join the Allegheny MountainCollegiate Conference as an affiliate mem-ber in the sport of women's bowling, effec-tive for the 2015-16 season.SIU-EDWARDSVILLE — Named CharlesWells men's assistant basketball coach.ST. JOHN'S — Announced the resignationof athletic director Chris Monasch, effectiveJune 30.

MLB

NhL

Transactions

ATLANTA (AP) — EightGeorgia Tech teams and twoGeorgia teams have earned per-fect scores on the NCAA'sAcademic Progress Report, andevery team from the two schoolsmade passing scores.

Georgia Tech teams postingperfect single-year APR scoresof 1,000 for 2013-14: golf, men'sswimming, women's swimming,men's tennis, volleyball,women's outdoor track,women's indoor track, andwomen's cross country.

Georgia's gymnastics andwomen's swimming and divingteams led the SoutheasternConference with their perfectscores.

The Georgia men's basketballteam scored a 990, and the Georgia Tech men’s score was989 for the second straight yearon the tool used by the NCAA tomeasure the eligibility, reten-tion and graduation of student-athletes.

Georgia Tech's football teamearned a multi-year APR scoreof 978; Georgia's was 961.

Tech, UGAmake theAPR grade

CHICAGO (AP) — The ChicagoBulls fired Tom Thibodeau onThursday, saying a change wasneeded from the strong-willedcoach who took his team to theplayoffs in each of his five sea-sons.

Thibodeau went 255-139with the Bulls, a .647 winningpercentage that ranks seventh inNBA history among coaches withat least 200 games. He led theBulls to the top seed in the play-offs his first two seasons and wasthe NBA's Coach of the Year in2011 — the same year DerrickRose became the league'syoungest MVP.

Chicago advanced to theEastern Conference finals thatseason, but it's the only time theBulls have made it past the sec-ond round under Thibodeau,whose relationship with thefront office was under constantscrutiny. Now, he is gone eventhough he had two years left onhis contract. Iowa State coachFred Hoiberg is widely viewed asthe front-runner to replace him.

"When Tom was hired in2010, he was right for our teamand system at that time, andover the last five years we havehad some success with Tom asour head coach," general manag-er Gar Forman said. "But as welooked ahead and evaluated howwe as a team and an organiza-tion could continue to grow andimprove, we believed a changein approach was needed."

Bulls Chairman JerryReinsdorf was blunt, releasing along statement that said theorganization has succeeded inpart because "a willingness toparticipate in a free flow ofinformation" and that "internaldiscussions must not be consid-ered an invasion of turf, andmust remain private."

"Teams that consistently per-form at the highest levels areable to come together and beunified across the organization

— staff, players, coaches, man-agement and ownership,"Reinsdorf said. "When everyoneis on the same page, trust devel-ops and teams can grow and suc-ceed together. Unfortunately,there has been a departure fromthis culture. To ensure that theChicago Bulls can continue togrow and succeed, we havedecided that a change in thehead coaching position isrequired."

Thibodeau is not the first suc-cessful Bulls coach to lose in aclash with management. PhilJackson lost to Jerry Krause afterwinning six championships ineight years, and the dynasty ofthe Michael Jordan era was dis-mantled.

Under Thibodeau, the Bullssoared to heights they had notreached since those days in the1990s. But with Rose sufferingseason-ending injuries to eachknee in recent years and LeBronJames standing in the way,Chicago could not get to the top.

Along the way, Thibodeauchafed at minutes restrictionsplaced by management on Roseand Joakim Noah, who was com-ing off knee surgery, along withveteran Kirk Hinrich. The ideawas that the Bulls would be inbetter shape for the playoffs andnot run out of steam the waythey seemed to the previous twoyears. But it also went againstThibodeau's belief that goodhabits are developed throughrepetition.

Adding to the tension, ESPNanalyst Jeff Van Gundy accusedthe Bulls of undermining theircoach during a game at Dallas inJanuary. It wasn't the first timehe had criticized the organiza-tion. But to many, whether itwas true or not, it seemed hewas serving as a messenger forThibodeau, his former assistant.

The Bulls were expected tomake a run to the NBA Finals thisseason with the signing of Pau

Gasol and the return of Roseafter missing most of the previ-ous two years because of injuriesto each knee. Instead, Rose wasinconsistent. The Bulls foughtthrough injuries and lacked con-tinuity. Their effort wavered attimes, and they wound up with50 wins — not bad, but not whatthey anticipated.

Even so, he had at least onepowerful supporter. PresidentBarack Obama, hosting a Twitterchat about the global climate,

was asked about the Bulls andanswered: "love thibs and thinkhe did a great job. Sorry to seehim go but expect he will besnatched up soon by anotherteam."

Thibodeau spent 21 years asan NBA assistant before landingthe Bulls' job. He was hired fromBoston, where he oversaw thedefense and helped the Celticsreach the NBA finals twice andwin a championship in threeseasons.

Bulls fire Thibodeau after five seasons

AP photo

NoT quiTe good eNoughThibodeau led Bulls to playoffs in each of his five

seasons with the team.

after suffering a broken right leg and ligament damage that he saidwas caused by New York City police. Sefolosha's recovery could takeup to six months, so there's a chance he'll still be limited when campbegins.

The outlook is more promising for guard Kyle Korver, who under-went surgery Tuesday night to repair ligament damage in his rightankle. He should be cleared for basketball activities in about threemonths. Backup guard Shelvin Mack will have surgery next Tuesdayto repair a severely separated right shoulder. His expected recoverytime is three to four months.

BULKING UP: One of the worst rebounding teams in the leagueduring the regular season, Atlanta was thoroughly dominated on theboards in the conference final. The Cavaliers outrebounded the Hawks208-157 over the four games and doubled up Atlanta on the offensiveglass, 55-27. But Budenholzer has no plans to shake things up in thefront court, saying he prefers Al Horford at center and Millsap atpower forward even though both are a bit undersized.

Mike Muscala, who is 6-foot-11, came on strong in the playoffs andwill likely play a bigger role next season. His goal over the summer isto put on weight and get stronger. Late-season signee Austin Dayehardly played at all, but the former first-round pick is also 6-11 andhas a chance to impress the coaches during summer workouts.

GOINGS AND COMINGS: After posting the second-best record in theleague, the Hawks are picking higher in the draft than would beexpected (15th overall) thanks to the trade three years ago that sentJoe Johnson to Brooklyn.

That's certainly high enough to at least land another productivebench player. The Hawks are unlikely to bring back little-used JohnJenkins, and Elton Brand could be headed for retirement. There's alsorestricted free agent center Pero Antic, who had a very inconsistentseason but provides the outside shooting threat that Budenholzerlikes from his big men.

And speaking of big, the Hawks might be ready to give a look toWalter "Edy" Tavares, a 7-foot-3 behemoth who played this past sea-son in the Spanish league. He was a second-round pick in 2014.

Continued from 1a

Hawks

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aslimmer Tim Tebow threw pass-es in shorts while a horde ofreporters critiqued his mechan-ics and analyzed his arm motion.

Welcome to Philly, Tim.The 2007 Heisman Trophy

winner spoke to a large gather-ing of media for the first timeThursday since signing a one-year contract with thePhiladelphia Eagles last month.

Tebow praised coach ChipKelly and teammates, explainedhis new appreciation for footballafter being out of the NFL for twoyears.

"I think you just go out andyou compete and you try to earnwhatever you can. It's just aboutcompeting, trying to get betterevery day and that's the goal."

A former first-round pick byDenver, Tebow is hoping to earna roster spot on his fourth team.

Tebow was 9-7 as a starterwith the Broncos in 2010-11,including a playoff win. He wastraded to the New York Jets afterDenver signed Peyton Manning.He bulked up and even playedspecial teams as a punt protectorfor the Jets. Tebow was releasedby the New England Patriotsafter training camp in 2013.

Tebow makesPhilly debut


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Automakers, government to revealmodels in expanded Takata recallDETROIT (AP) —

Automakers and governmentsare announcing additionalmodels covered by last week'smassive expansion of a Takataair bag recall.Manufacturers, as well as

Canadian and U.S. safetyregulators are postingdocuments that spell outvehicles being recalled for airbag inflators that can explodewith too much force, spewingshrapnel into the passengercompartment.Six people have been killed

and more than 100 injured dueto the problem.Last week the U.S. National

Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration said thatTakata of Japan agreed todouble the number of inflatorsit recalled to 33.8 million. Butthe makes and models werenot available. The increasemade it the largest auto recallin U.S. history, according to theagency.The best way to tell if your

car or truck is being recalled isto key in the vehicleidentification number athttps://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/.The number is stamped on thedriver's side of the dashboardnear the windshield and also ison many state registrationcards. Automakers are stillposting recall information bynumber, and the task may takeseveral days or even weeks. Soit's wise to keep checkingperiodically.These models and numbers

were released Thursday bymanufacturers and U.S. andCanadian safety regulators.The recalled vehicles includedriver and passenger air bags.Some could overlap withprevious recalls:— Honda Motor Co.: Adds

350,000 vehicles in U.S.including 2005 Civics and2006-2007 Accords. No vehiclesadded in Canada, where705,000 were recalledpreviously. Vehicles nowcovered include 2001-2007Accord, 2001-2005 Civic, 2002-

2006 CR-V, 2003-2011Element, 2002-2004 Odyssey,2003-2008 Pilot, 2006Ridgeline, 2003-2006 AcuraMDX, 2002-2003 Acura TL,2003 Acura CL, 2005 AcuraRL.— Fiat Chrysler

Automobiles N.V.: Totalnumber added unknown, butexpansion brings total affectedto 5.2 million globally. Modelsinclude 2003 Ram1500/2500/3500, 2005-2009Ram 2500 Pickup, 2004-2008Ram 1500 Pickup, 2006-2009Ram 3500 Pickup, 2007-2009Ram 3500 Cab Chassis, 2008-2010 Dodge Ram 4500/5500Cab Chassis, 2008-2009Sterling 4500/5500 CabChassis, 2004-2008 DodgeDurango, 2007-2008 ChryslerAspen, 2005-2010 Chrysler300/300C/SRT8, 2005-2010Dodge Charger/Magnum,2005-2011 Dodge Dakota,2006-2010 Mitsubishi Raider.— BMW AG: Adds about

280,000 vehicles in U.S.

including 2002-2005325i/325xi/330i/330xi, 2002-2005 325xi/325i Sports Wagon,2002-2006 330Ci/325Ci/M3Convertible, 2002-2006325i/330i/M3 Coupe, 2002-2003 M5/540i/525i/530i, 2002-2003 540i/525i Sports Wagon,2003-2004 X5 3.0i/4.4i SportsActivity Vehicle. U.S. total inrecall is nearly 421,000.— Ford Motor Co.: 63,700

Mustang and GT models inCanada from 2005-2014 fordriver's side inflators. Also29,458 Ranger pickups forfront passenger inflators from2004-2006. U.S. numbers notreleased yet.Eleven automakers have

vehicles included in the Takatarecall. Other companiesinclude General Motors,Daimler Trucks, Mazda,Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaruand Toyota. A spokesman forNissan Motor Co. said hiscompany wouldn't have anyadditional vehicles in the latestrecall expansion.

This Aug. 29, 2013 file photo shows a new 2014Ford Fusion at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant inFlat Rock, Mich. Under pressure from U.S.safety regulators, Ford is expanding a recall ofsmall and midsize cars to fix door latches thatmay not stay closed. The recall now coversalmost 546,000 Ford Fusions and LincolnMKZs from the 2013 and 2014 model years, andFord Fiestas from 2011 to 2014. (Charles V.Tines/Detroit News via AP, File)

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