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Iterim Spaldig CotySheri Dwaye Gilbert whowas appoited by SpaldigCoty Probate Jdge DeWittSimeto ollowig the Jly 3death o Sheri Dee Stewart isrespodig to allegatios owrogdoig by ormer ChieDepty Theresa Bishop icldig

charges o sexal harassmet,sexism, the ecessaryexpeditre o taxpayer dsad the itimidatio o SCSOpersoel.

Bishop made these allegatiospblic by releasig statemetsto The Gri Joral, which isowed ad operated by SpaldigCoty Commissioer BobGilreath.

Accordig to Gilbert, Gilreathpblished Bishops writtestatemet o his Web site

withot seekig commet romGilbert, or did he attempt toreach the sheri aterward.

Gilbert has ow opted to speakot by releasig his ow writtestatemet which states i itsetirety:

Ater beig at the Sheri sOce oly a ew days, ad

havig iterviewed a greatmay employees, I came to thecoclsio that I cold ot allow

Theresa Bishop, the appoitedchie depty, to speak or me assheri.

(Most people kow that theemployees o the SherisDepartmet are hired at thepleasre o the sheri.)

Ater comig to this pleasatcoclsio, I oered her avery good positio withi thedepartmet, ad I might add, at

a very hadsome salary. Ateracceptig the positio, shelater, or reasos kow oly toher, bega a very vicios attacko me ad my character, adi additio, she has beg toattack may other members ithe Sheris Departmet. Forthese reasos, I have decidedshe caot work with harmoyad cooperatio at the Spaldig

Coty Sheris Departmet.Thereore, I am termiatig heremploymet with the SpaldigCoty Sheris Departmet,eective Ag. 1, 2011.

The Grip has also soghtidepedet vericatio oeither partys allegatios byiterviewig mltiple cotyocials ad SCSO employees.Each spoke oly o the coditioo aoymity de to cocer oreprisals.

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Bishop terminated; alleges sexual harassment

The number of Georgiaschools meeting AYP

have been steadilydeclining for three years

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System-wide AYP not met, butimprovements were made

Percentage o GA Schools meeting AYP

JESSICA GREGORY

Despite ot meetig AdeqateYearly Progress (AYP), the Gri-Spaldig Coty School System(GSCS) saw overall improvemetsi CRCT (Criterio-ReerecedCompetecy Tests), gradatioexam test reslts, ad gradatiorates.

This tred is beig witessed isystems all across Georgia, as theno Child Let Behid Act (nCLB)coties to raise the bar o

academic stadards. I act, oly31 ot o 180 school systems iGeorgia actally met AYP thisyear.

Crretly, i order to meet AYP,95 percet o a school or systemmst meet test participatio,academic perormace adgradatio rate reqiremets.By 2014, each school/systemwill have to have 100 percet ostdets/schools participate admeet testig stadards i orderto reach AYP.

Prelimiary mbers idicate

that or GSCS schools ailed tomeet AYP - A.Z. Kelsey Academy,Carver Road Middle School,Cowa Road Middle School adGri High School. Two schools- Carver ad Cowa Road MiddleSchools - are expected to makeAYP ater smmer school adretestig is actored i.

Ater ailig to meet AYP ortwo years, schools ad schoolsystems are placed o theneeds Improvemet list, whichcarries with it coseqecessch as oerig school choice,spplemetal edcatio,ad dig reallocatios toproessioal developmet.

For the 2011-12 school year,

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SHEILA MARSHALL

Academy Award-wier Billy BobThorto, who has or more thaa week bee i Gri lmigJaye Maselds Car, spokeexclsively to The Grip abot hislocal prodctio experiece adthe commity.

I ca tell yo this, the people iGri have bee othig btgreat to s. They coldt havebee ay more accommodatigto s, Thorto said. From thelocals i tow to the ocialsweve worked with to laweorcemet, who has doeeverythig they cold or s.

I additio to directig JayeMaselds Car, Thorto, whoco-wrote the lm with TomEpperso, has assembled a casticldig sch recogizableames as Robert Dvall, JohHrt, Kevi Baco, Robert Patrickad Ray Steveso.

Accordig to Thorto, Griad Jaye Maselds Car, whichis set i 1969, was a expectedmatch.

I eel really lcky to have odGri. Its ot easy to come

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Spaldig coty extesioservice 4-H aget CherryCovatter, let, recetlypreseted the 4-H volteer othe year award to Vicki Hyatt.

Hovatter said Hyatt wasreceived the hoor basedo her years o service tothe yoth orgaizatio. "Shehas bee the leader o oryoth smmit team whichis a biaal coerecesposored by the goveror'soce ad the rral cocil,"Hovatter said. "We sed oryoth ad a volteer, adthey discss isses crretlyaectig their coty ad waysto implemet chage whe

they retr."

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CITY: In roughly six weeks, City o Gri-n residents will be able to pay theirutility bill online - or a $4.50 ee.The ee covers the 3% ee charged bycredit card companies, says the city.

COUNTY: Spalding will submit anapplication to the 2011 Justice

Assistance Grant (JAG) Program toimplement a new computer system.The grant requires no match rom thecounty.

COUNTY: Spalding approved the rstreading o a new ordinance requiringpawn shops to le their daily pawnreports digitally.

COUNTY: The reported unemploymentrate in Spalding County rose to 13.5percent in June, compared to thestate's rate o 9.9 percent.

BUSINESS: Cinda Baxter, retail consul-tant and The 3/50 Project ounder willspeak at The Grin Regional WelcomeCenter on Thursday, Aug. 4 at 6 p.m.

about "Building Business rom theGround Up."

NATION: The number o homes listedor sale declined sharply in a numbero U.S. cities, ofering glimmers ohope that some markets are startingto recover.

NATION: President Barack Obama onTuesday nominated U.S. District JudgeAdalberto Jos Jordn to the ederalappeals court in Atlanta.

WORLD: Israel signaled it was willingto negotiate with the Palestiniansbased on the 1967 border o the WestBank, but a senior Palestinian ocialcalled the ofer "a joke," as a possible

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Cowa Road Middle, Gri Highad Spaldig High have beedesigated nI Schools. ThoghSpaldig High School met AYPthis year, it takes two years omeetig AYP to be removed romthe nI list.

Sice Spaldig High ad GriHigh are both o the nI list,Gri High school stdetshave o traser optios. AshleyMcLemore, Director Federal

Programs or GSCS, says thatsrrodig coties werecotacted ad asked or space,bt the reqest was deiedde to the coties ot havigthe capacity. Spplemetaledcatioal services (reettorig) will be oered tostdets who receive ree orredced price lch. Thirty-ie stdets traserred romCowa Road Middle to Carver orKeedy Road middle schools orthe 2011-12 school year, wherethey will be allowed to cotiethrogh eighth grade, regardlesso whether Cowa Road is

removed rom the nI list i treyears.

Fdig coseqeces or otmeetig AYP are sigicat, saysMcLemore. Districts o the nIlist, sch as Gri-Spaldig, mstset aside p to 30 percet o their

Title 1 dig or proessioaldevelopmet, school choice adtrasportatio, ad spplemetedcatio. Idividal nI schoolsthe have to set aside aother10 percet or proessioaldevelopmet as well. Thoseare hge coseqeces, saidMcLemore.

These coseqeces seem to bedoig their job, as the Gri-Spaldig system i jst oe yearmade large gais i test reslts,gradtio rates ad mber oschools meetig AYP. Last year,merely 11 ot o 18 schools madeAYP while that mber coldpotetially be 16 this year.

McLemore credits the nCLBAct with providig s withaccotability, which helped smake gais ad reach or goals.

schools, cont.

across a place like this, hesaid, describig the discoveryo shootig locatios sch asthe Sixth Street bridge adBailey-Teabalt Hose as highlycomplimetary to his artisticvisio. Its bee a great placeto work ad its jst what I waslookig or.

Thorto wet o to say hesees a bright tre, ot oly orGri, bt the state o Georgia,

with regard to the lm idstry.

The state has created aeviromet really codciveto lmig here becase o thetax credits it oers, he said. Aswell as Georgia is doig ow idrawig lms here, I thik itsgoig to improve, especiallyi those tax credits are kept iplace.

Accordig to the oce o Gov.natha Deal, Georgia i scalyear 2010 raked rst i thesotheast ad was amog thetop ve states atiowide or

televisio ad lm prodctio.Deal says this represets aivestmet o more tha $759.3millio ad prodced a $1.4billio ecoomic impact or thestate.

This has reslted i a additioalbeet to those who opt to lmi Georgia, Thorto said.

Its also really easy to workhere becase the lm crews areotstadig. With the mber olms beig made i Georgia, itsbecome easier to hire crews whoare kowledgeable ad excel at

what they do, he said.

To ecorage cotied localgrowth ad developmet ithe lm idstry, DowtowDevelopmet AthorityExective Director Adam Caseyis crretly workig to acqireCamera Ready stats or Griad Spaldig Coty.

Its a desigatio rom the statethat approves a sigle poit ocotact. Its somethig that maymake it easier or someoe i thelm idstry to get iormatioo or area, Casey said.

Oce desigated a CameraReady commity, photographso local spots o iterest will beposted o a state-r Web sitethat highlights some o Georgiasgreatest attribtes.

Theres ot limited space,so I may oly be able to sbmit,say, 10 photos, bt this is a wayto pt s ot there so peopletake otice. Oce we get themhere, we ca show them somay more thigs that makeGri a great place or the lmidstry, Casey said. Were

jst ar eogh away rom

Atlata that we may miss someopportities, bt thats actallyalso a beet, becase we stadot i or area. We have severaliqe sites sch as the historichomes with great architectre,the cemetery ad or dowtowstreetscape that led to troble-ree shootig.

For his part, Thortocorroborated Caseysexhortatios o Gri by sayig,It was great to d what weeeded ad its bee a greatexperiece beig here.

camera, cont.

However, each party iterviewedstated that at o time did Gilbertattempt to acqire a ew vehicleat coty expese.

Gilbert also deies thatallegatio.

Oe codetial reliable sorceiterviewed stated that Gilberthad, i act, stated that he

wold ot reqest a ew vehiclebecase o the brie periodo time he wold hold ocepedig a special electio slatedor Sept. 20. Frthermore, twosorces cormed that Gilbertgave rther reaso or otreqestig a ew atomobileby statig that the cadidateelected to lll the remaidero Stewarts expired term mayot desire the same type vehicleGilbert wold, so he elt it bestto leave that decisio to thecadidate voted ito oce iSeptember.

O Bishops allegatios agaistGilbert, the most persoalivolved a charge o sexal

harassmet, with the ormer chiedepty statig, Last week hecame i my oce ad blockedmy doorway ad started telligme he had jst wet to theDoctor. I said hope yore okayad kept o workig. He said yokow I got prostate problems,I igored him ad he said yeahbt the doctor told me ow todo aythig abot it. He said thedoctor told me at my age thatthe prostate problem woldtkill me somethig else wold.He said I asked the Doctor whatwold he do i it was him adhe said othig. He said he theasked the Doctor i it was yorather what yo tell him to doad he said othig. He said

yo kow its bad gettig oldad havig prostate problems. I

cotied to igore him ad heally walked o. (sic all)

Ater obtaiig a copy o Gilbertsstatemet o respose, he wasqestioed with regard to thesexal harassmet allegatio. Heiitially stated, Im a rm believerthat the more yo stir a sitatio,as the old sayig goes, the moreit stiks.

However, po rtherqestioig, Gilbert did aswersome qestios regardig

Bishops allegatios owrogdoig.

I reerece to the charge osexal harassmet, he stated,Yes, she said its becase I made

a commet abot my prostateproblem. I didt kow it wassexal harassmet to talk abot amedical coditio.

Asked i the coversatio tookplace i Bishops oce as sheclaims or i it was a privatecoversatio codcted iGilberts oce that did oticlde Bishop, Gilbert said it did,ideed, take place i his ocewhile she was i hers.

I additio, Gilbert cormed

that Bishops oce was eqippedwith two doors, which eabledher to leave the locatio othe private coversatio i ayportio she overheard made heri ay way comortable.

Gilbert ally stated that he hadsee a copy o the rst Bishopstatemet pblicized o TheGri Joral. I respose, hesaid, I believe I ca state or aact that every sigle part o thatis a lie, or at least a hal-trth.

He the stated that the positioto which Bishop had beereassiged as a admiistrativeassistat ad bdget spervisorwold accot i a payredctio o approximately$4,000 aally, bt that the pay

scale he did oer her whichshe ackowledges she iitiallyaccepted was actally higherat $58,000 aally tha thepositio called or.

sherif, cont.

SHEILA MARSHALL

Moday ights Spaldig CotyBoard o Commissioers meetigiclded reewed discssio odevelopig a regioal pblic saetytraiig acility i Gri, a projectwhich origially sparked iterestmore tha ve years ago.

Commissioer Raymod Ray saidplas or the acility proposed ora approximately 60-acre parceladjacet to the Shoal Creek Ladllwere draw p ad ederal gratds were available or sch aacility several years ago, bt wereot obtaied.

It wast moved o i 2007 whethe plas were draw p ad itdied o the vie, Ray said.

The crret discssios begaollowig the April 28 toradothat ripped throgh portios oSpaldig Coty.

At that time, the coty had a less-tha-ideal locatio or cetralizedemergecy respose.

Ater the torado, the city oeredto share with the coty itsEmergecy Actio Ceter. Its i thebasemet o Oe Gri Ceter adeverythig that is eeded or aEmergecy Actio Ceter, theyvealready eqipped their ceter withit, Ray said. With their ivitatioto joi them there, it re-ivitedcoversatio abot the prospect o

a joit traiig acility ot at ShoalCreek. Were goig to ope it backp to a vote ad begi seekiggrat ds. I there are dsavailable, were goig to bild it.

Gri Fire-Resce Chie TommyJoes said he is pleased with thetalks.

Were i the discssio phase the wheels are trig. Were goigto start talkig abot movigorward to create a traiig acilitythat will be highly beecial.Fdig is the i sse ow. Its wayot i let eld right ow, with agrat d beig the primary goal,he said.

Joes said the proposed pblic

saety traiig acility wold belocated o lad already owed by

local govermet

The lad is jst sittig there adits ar eogh ot that it sholdtaect residets. We wold makesre we wold be g ood eighbors,he said.

It wold be a joit laweorcemet, re ad emergecy

medical services traiig acility,he stated. Theres o reaso tohave dieret locatios. I oeacility, yo ca have dieretdivisios with combied resorces.

Crret plas ivolve merostraiig opportities icldig,bt ot limited to, a ll drivigcorse, a mock village, a shootigrage, classroom acilities, a brbildig, trech ad aircrat resce,vehicle extricatio, ad rappelligad SWAT towers.

We have a site pla ow thatlays all that ot. It cold be biltover the corse o years, or withsciet dig, possibly allat oce. We are also cosiderigthe iitial se o city ad coty

resorces or the work, Joes said.

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Agst 4-18, 2011 3FOOD, ARTS & ENTERTAINMNET

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DAVID FOUNTAIN

The power o art ad theeects it ca have o a persoemotioally, physically admetally is deiable. With artyo ca provoke the masses tobrig social jstice, or politicalrevolt; a child ca brig a mother

to tears with a pictre; a boy cawrite his rst sog or his rstlove, the se the same medimto express the pai o his rstbreakp.

Paitbrshes, easels adcavases are probably whatcome to mid whe thikigabot art, bt theres a dierettype o cavas may people aretrig to whe they have adesire to express their emotios.

The hma body. Ik. Tattoos.

The social stigma o tattoos isthat theyre or gys who ridemotorcycles, people i gagsad hoodlm yogsters. Somepeople have expressed i local

media otlets that peoplewith tattoos are mostly ormerimates ad are goig to hell.

These stigmas ail to accotor the large amot o peoplewho have tattoos i memoryo a special evet or someoedear: a gradather who watedto remember his brothers whileservig his cotry, or a paretrememberig a child who theylost too early.

The trth o the matter is thatart, ad specically tattoos,ca be a catalyst or healig,rememberig, ad redeemig.It ca be the thig that plls yothrogh ad remids yo otto go back. Tattoos are ot jst

or otlaws aymore; they are agrowig part o or cltre.

Statistics show that 36 perceto people ages 18 to 25, ad40 percet o those ages 26to 40 have at least oe tattoo,accordig to a all 2006 srvey bythe Pew Research Ceter. Thesembers show that tattooed

people aret jst misgidedteeagers - these are doctors adlawyers ad bsiess exectives.Ad with over 25,000 licesedtattoo shops i the uited Statesthose mbers are oly goig togrow.

So why shold we prolog thetaboo o the tattoo?

Shold we istead beecoragig or rieds to thik

abot what they are doig,ad to do it or somethigpowerl. For art, or chage orremembrace.

Jason Stowell has been a tattooartist or 15 years and recentlyopened a shop on Hill Streetin downtown Grifn. Here heexplains what drew him to the artand his thoughts on tattoos:

Q: What made you become a tattooartist?

Stowell: I love the idea o doiga piece o artwork that doest

jst sit o a wall. Tattoos jsthappeed to be the perectmedim or that. The ability towork i a eviromet thatpshes yo artistically adthe chace to meet ew aditerestig people o a dailybasis, it was pretty mch a o-braier.

Q: How do you eel about the socialstigma o tattoos?

Stowell: I really dot thik abotthat too mch, beig a tattooartist ad the social circles Icogregate arod, tattoos arewidely accepted ad ecoraged.I there are ay social stigmascocerig tattoos still ligerigarod, they are rapidly erodig.

Q: Do you believe there is a tattoo orevery one?

Stowell:Tattoos aret ecessarilyor everyoe; tattoos are whatthey are ad some olks jstaret that ito them ad thatscool. Bt I d it really iterestigto hear the stories behid why

people get a particlar tattoo.From the birth a ew child, to thepassig o someoe they helddear, to markig a joyos adiqe occasio i oes lie. Thestories are limitless.

A pastor's wie o a local church,who or now wishes to remainanonymous, is contemplatinggetting a tattoo or someone sheholds dear to her heart:

Q: What type o tattoo are you gettingand where are you placing it?

Wie: It is beig desigedespecially or me with mygradchildres iitials o it aswell as my brother who recetlypassed away ad will be placedo my right sholder. Beig agradmother has bee the mostamazig, lie chagig evet imy lie. The love that has beeigraied i my heart, I wat itshow o the otward.

Q: Did you have any hesitation in thedecision to get a tattoo?

Wie: Hesitatios? Absoltely.Beig i the positio I have beei or over 35 years (pastorswie), especially i the Bible Belt,geerally most people wold otagree with tattoos. May withtattoos i my opiio have bee

jdged i the past. Bt i there isoe thig I cold commicateto people is to ever jdgeayoe. God does ot look othe otward appearace, Helooks o the heart.

Q: Do you have any worries that peoplemay judge you or view you diferently?

Wie: no, ot really, I gess I haveever see mysel as the typicalpastors wie. I elt whe webega pastrig i 1976 thatI didt wat to be somethigthat Im ot. God made me jst

the way I am with love, passioad desire to be the best I cabe ad who He has called me tobe. I have a amazig hsbadwho spports me, ad those whokow me, kow my love or thechrch.

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To the editor: I am writig regard-ig the recet editorial abotthe poplar HCG diet. [Dr.Bob's Je 23 colm etitled"HCG hormoe ot sae or e-ective as diet pla"].

The diet has bee prove towork as is maiested by pa-tiet sccess stories that I seei my practice ad that otheroces i the area have expe-rieced with their patiets aswell. For over two years, I havebee oerig the HCG dietwith a moderized me thatis healthier bt still adheres tothe rles that make the rapidweight redctio saely achiev-able.

My review o the literatreshows that whe HCG was dis-covered as a weight loss tool,it was a srprise to Dr. Simeoshimsel. He was actally treat-ig boys who were experiec-ig edocrie problems. Thatis whe Dr. Simeos, throghcarel measremets o body

aalysis, discovered that theHCG was iadvertetly treatigobesity. It was the that hebega carel research regard-ig HCG ad weight redctioad ths wrote his script calledpods ad iches whichI recommed as readig orthose iterested i more detail.

HCG is the hormoe the

womas body prodces whepregat. This hormoe casesthe mothers at stores to besed or el or the growigbaby i there is a shortage oood itake by the mother. Thebasic theory o the HCG dietsmmarized is that HCG hor-moe works i weight redc-tio by releasig at stores tobe bred by the body whethe patiet is i a semi starva-tio mode o ood itake. Iorder or HCG to release theat stores, the caloric itake isredced ad types o ood haveto be specic. People dedcerightly that i a perso eats oly500 calories he or she will loseweight withot HCG. However,i theory, the HCG allows theat to be sed as el or thebody so that the patiet losesat ad ot mscle.

The problem with the HCG dietarises rom the may ake or-mlas that claim to be HCG. I acosmer reads the small pritthey will d that what theythik is HCG is ot at all HCG.Some o these labels will sayhomeopathic HCG or HCG ac-celerator. By lookig at the listo igrediets it will be obviosthat the moey they are sped-ig is ot o HCG at all.

Legally, real HCG hormoe caoly be received by prescrip-

tio writte by a licesed healthcare provider ad compodedby a licesed pharmacist. I yoare prchasig HCG aywherebt a medical oce the yoare either prchasig HCG thatis ot reglated ad may bedageros or yo are simplyprchasig what has beetermed i the past as sakeoil. I act, recet litigatio has

take place agaist those whoare illegally claimig that theirprodct cotais HCG.

The HCG diet is a strict dietad shold be prescribed by alicesed health care providerwho ca moitor the patiet.My experiece has show itto be a very sae ad low sideeect optio or qick ad per-maet weight redctio i thepatiet sticks to the pla.

The patiet does have tochage their liestyle to retaithe weight loss. It is ot a magicpotio bt it is a real ad re-spectable optio or those whowat to reset their metabolismad who are willig to makesome real chages. Prices orreal HCG vary rom oce to o-ce ad city to city. I have seethe program cost aywhererom $300 to $900. So, i yoare iterested i doig the HCGdiet do yor research. Checkarod or the best prices adbe sre to ask i the prodct yoare prchasig is ideed HCG.As well, yo shold be moi-tored ad coseled regardigthe se o HCG by a licesedhealth care provider.

Siged,

Lisa Mobley Mllis, Familynrse Practitioer

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The Departmet o Revee isecoragig people to vote othe ew licese plate desig.Votig will be ope at etax.dor.ga.gov til Moday, Ag. 8 at 3p.m.

The optios have bee arroweddow to eight possible desigsrom hdreds o sbmissios byGeorgia residets.

upo the coclsio o olievotig, the three licese platedesigs garerig the mostvotes will comprise the aliststo be preseted to Goverornatha Deal. Goveror Deal willsbseqetly aoce thewiig desig.

Later this year, the Departmetwill begi maactrig digital(fat) licese plates icldig theew licese plate desig. Thisew prodctio process will

reslt i a cost savigs to theState ad give cstomers theoptio o havig their liceseplate delivered to them isteado havig to go to the cotyoces.

Georgia taxpayers will oticr ay added expese orprodctio o the ew liceseplates. The Departmet will bereplacig existig licese platesoly whe the plate exceeds themiimm ve year lie as set orthby the Georgia Code.

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I am all tor p o this oe. Iwat govermet to do whatwe eed or it to do der the

Costittio, ad cease addesist all o the thigs it doesthat it has o bsiess doig,like edcatio, the war opoverty, hosig, ad healthcare. Persoal reedom is bigor me. Its big or others, too.A recet CBS poll sggested60% o America opposes scha tax, while 38% spport it. A2% decided ractio showsstregth o opiio o the isse.However, there are attractiveaspects o this proposal eve ora coservative.

Dietary choices are already beigmade or people by govermetactig i loco paretis. Schoolchildre i Calioria ad

restarat cstomers i newYork already eel their choicestrcated by pblic policy.Happy Meals are der siege.Liberals say they wat to save thechildre, ad coservatives sayliberals wat a cradle-to-graveay state.

Forgettig the politics or amomet, I will take a positioot ative to my coservativetedecies. This will be a littlelike i high school debate clbwhe yo were assiged todebate the side o a qestioyo opposed, ater which yomight still be opposed, bt yolikely elt elighteed somehowaterward.

Americas eat jk. Ortypical diet leads to obesity,hypertesio, diabetes, cacer,mscloskeletal problems, ada timely ad pail death.Health proessioals try to stem

the

social, cltral, ad ecoomictides that psh s ito habits odisease, bt they are otgedby hge advertisig bdgets,commercial bombardmet,peer pressre, ad taste bdscoditioed to crave poisos.

It is rstratig to see a etireatio that is two-thirdsoverweight, ad hal o thosecliically obese. By 2018, itis projected that the health-related cost o obesity will hit$344 billio, 60% o whichwill be bore by the ederal

govermet.

Whe cotemplatig a tax ojk ood, cosider the tobaccoidstrys experiece: whetaxes wet p o cigarettes,cosmptio droppeddramatically ad lg cacerrates were redced sigicatlysice the 1970s. What woldhappe to diabetes ad heartdisease i there were a tax ooods that we kow lead todisease?

The average America swallowsalmost 45 gallos o sot driksad 17 gallos o sweeteedo-carboated beveragesaally. The Rdd Ceter orFood Policy ad Obesity at Yaleuiversity sggests that a peytax per oce might sigicatlyredce cosmptio o sgar-lade driks. This approachapplied atioally cold raise

$13 billio dollars that cold beearmarked or ghtig obesity,while cttig cosmptio by24%.

A well-ded attack o obesitycold save told billiosi the care o heart disease,hypertesio, strokes, diabetes,cacers, ad maybe eve somehip ad kee replacemets. This

aloe cold solve or problemswith Medicare ad Medicaid.Here cold be a very rare etity:a tax that geerates more moeytha it takes.

Sch a tax wold create a cryagaist the ay state. Itwold blr bodaries abotwhat wold be taxed ext,particlarly i the crret scalcrisis i which the majority i theSeate ad the White Hose acheto icrease taxes. The someoewold complai abot the loss o

jobs de to redced demad orthe prodcts.

O corse, o oe wold believethat govermet cold or woldcollect a tax or a give prposead actally keep the promise tosped it or that prpose. Thatseems ave, bt it is temptig.

So, ater lookig at the proside o this qestio, I remaicoficted. I retr to theotio that the way to beatobesity is ot by sig taxatioto modiy behavior ay moretha govermet ca give reehosig to a commity ad litthem ot o poverty. Or healthproblems will oly be solvedby persoal decisios, madeidividally by people who wathealth ad seek itoe bite at a

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I yove ever bee a distacerer, the yo derstadthe importace o pace. Iremember the rst time I raAtlatas Peachtree Road Race.I had traied eogh to kow

ot to come ot o the shoot llthrottle. Otherwise, I may otmake it to the ed. Ad, i theed, I wold receive the covetedPeachtree t-shirt. So, I kew I hadto pace mysel.

How ote do we r the race llthrottle? At work? At home? Ilie?

Whe my oldest begaKidergarte, I od myselwatig to jmp i ad volteeror every sigle evet, eed,ctio, yo ame it. Aotherparet gave me some goodadvice whe she remidedme to pace mysel. Besides,betwee three kids ad the ext

17 years as a paret o school-aged childre, Ill have plety oopportities to volteer mytime.

I cold really take this advicead apply it to may aspectso my lie. I am better at sayigo to thigs tha I sed to be.However, deig bodariesis still a learig process. Isometimes have realisticexpectatios o what I watto accomplish o a give day.Especially, o days whe Imaccompaied by a toddler wholikes to set his ow ageda. How

qickly this little gy remids meto pace mysel. He remids meto say o to some good thigs,so I ca say yes to some betterthigs.

I wat to say yes to everythig.I wat to be able to meet every

eed that steps i rot me. Bt,I am ot Sper Woma. I doteve play her o TV. I thebook, Leadig O Empty, WayeCordeiro writes, Peoples eedsare great, ad their expectatiosare edless. Yo caot baseyor lie ad miistry o theexpectatios o others.

Bt, we do base or lie o theexpectatios o or Creator.

By pacig orselves, we aremost likely to keep pace withChrist ad His itetios oror lie. Bt so may times, wesprit. Ad, whe we ail to rwith edrace, we qickly losesteam. We become perormace-

mided istead o heavely-mided. Ad, we risk br-ot oreve worse missig His voice.

Hebrews 12:1 says, Thereore,sice we are srroded by scha hge crowd o witesses tothe lie o aith, let s strip oevery weight that slows s dow,especially the si that so easilytrips s p. Ad let s r withedrace the race God has setbeore s.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR August 4; Thrsday; The 3/50Project Live i Gri; GriWelcome Ceter; 5 p.m.

August 5; Friday; The novel PoetsSociety; A novel Experiece,Zeblo; everyoe welcometo liste or read origial or oldavorite poetry; 7 p.m.

August 9;Tesday; CityCommissioers Meetig; OeGri Ceter; 6 p.m.

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August 13; Satrday; Back ToSchool Bash; Gri City Park;ages 10 ad p; etertaimet,games, ree ood ad more tha1,000 ree backpacks lled withschool spplies will be giveaway; 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

August 15; Coty CommissioersMeetig; Corthose Aex; 6p.m.

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We ca grow may cool seasocrops ad Extesio classesaimed at improvig yorgardeig power are comigp. Spaldig Coty Extesiowill begi the all portio o thepoplar Home Grow GardeigSeries with a ocs o allgardeig. All classes are ree,

held at the uGA Research adEdcatio Garde classroomlocated o West Ellis Road. Call770-467-4225 to reserve yorseat.

Gardeig 101 is oered Agst9 at 6 p.m. or Agst 12 at 10a.m. Gardeig 101 provides thebasics to get a ew or old gardegrowig with either traditioal ororgaic approaches.

Trgrass Tips ad Fall PestCotrol is oered Agst 11 at2 p.m., Agst 12 at 2 p.m. orAgst 18 at 10 a.m. Grass choresdot ed whe the mower is ptaway or the seaso. Fall pestssch as disease ad weeds ad

how to deal with them will bediscssed.

nisace Wildlie ad Pesky Pestsarod the home is the topic orAgst 18 at 6 p.m. or Agst19 at 10 a.m. I the deer ad

sqirrels get more o the gardetha yo do, what ca be doe?Other commo pests iclded ato chargebrig yor pest topicad lear cotrols or it.

The Gri-Spaldig CotyLibrary is havig a DVD drive toecorage patros to doateew or getly sed DVDs. Thedoated items will help bild acollectio that will be availableor library patros to check-ot or home viewig. Theyecorage doatios o G, PGor PG-13 rated DVDs o all topicsad iterests. The library is opeModay & Thrsday rom 9 a.m to9 p.m. ad Tesday, Wedesday,Friday ad Satrday rom 9 a.m.to 6 p.m. For more iormatio,cotact the Gri-Spaldig

Coty Library at 770-412-4770.

Yoth ages 10 ad p are ivitedto the largest Back To School Bashi Gri o Satrday, Agst 13.

This evet is held every year atCity Park rom 11:00 a.m. to 2:00p.m.

More tha 1,000 FREE back packslled with school spplies willbe give away while they last toSpaldig Coty yoth.

Special gest Mr. Versee as well

as local bads ad talet! willprovide etertaimet ad therewill be games, ree ood admay commity resorces.

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Annual Back to SchoolBash will be held Aug. 13

Grat ds, The SpaldigCollaborative ad its maycommity parters. For moreiormatio call Kelly at SpaldigCoty Parks ad Recreatio 770-467-4750 or Jeier at Salvatio

Army Boys ad Girls CommityCeter 770-412-6561 ext. 16.

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For members o the Gri AreaCommity Cocert Associatioatteded the Live O Stage atioalcoerece held i nashville, TnJly 28-30, 2011. Associatio Boardmembers Debbie Hammod,Treasrer, ad Jdy Brewer,Membership Chairma, alogwith their hsbads, spet twodays viewig 42 separate actswith 30 havig bee presetedlive by the perormers. The acts

raged rom Classical to Motowto Celtic to Cotry to Pop/Rock toAmericaa to Comedy. I additioto seeig the live perormaces, theattedees were able to meet advisit the artists i perso.

These Gri Board members willmake recommedatios to thell Gri Area Cocert boardo the perormers they eel willmost appeal to the pblic iGri ad the srrodig area. Arepresetative rom Live O Stagewill meet with the Gri board iSeptember to alize the selectioo perormers ad to set theschedle or the 2012-2013 cocertseaso.

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The debt ceilig debate is every-where. Whats worse is that thetopic is complicated ad coce-trated i the hads o sbjectivepoliticias ad the media. Bothsides o the aisle are poitiggers at oe aother ad or therst time i a very, very log time,people i their ow parties aret

eve agreeig. It ca be hard tosort ot the debt ceilig debate what it is, why we have it, adwhere we go rom here.

Q: What the heck is the debt ceil-ig ayway?

A: The debt ceilig is a articialceilig made by Cogress i1917. Iroically, the debt ceiligwas created to make thigs eas-ier. America was i the middle oa war ad Cogress spet moeywheever it eeded to i orderto cotie dig the war. Thedebt ceilig, however, doestecessarily keep Cogress romspedig moey. It jst prevetsit rom actally payig what it

has already spet. It is also ote-worthy that this year was the rsttime the debt ceilig was everliked to decit redctio.

Q: Why cat Cogress jst payits bills ad balace its bdgetlike the rest o s, hard-workigAmericas?

A: Its hard to compare the scalmarket to a amily hoseholdbecase America is able to raisetaxes, exchage moey, adhold dieret types o assets.However, a cotry eeds lever-age, ad jst like mortgage o ahose, a little leverage is good.

The leverage becomes bad olyi it is maageable. Jst like ahosehold, whe yo stop brig-

ig i eogh moey to pay orthat leverage, yo start goigarther ito debt. America haslowered the tax rates to the low-est i history ad weve resortedto spedig more moey. Both othese actors have led to a hgeamot o debt that cat beserviced i the crret way.

Q: Why shold we let Cogressraise the debt ceilig ad spedmore moey that we dot have?

A: This is the essece o the debtceilig debate. Cogress hasbee raisig the debt ceiligsice it was created. Cogress hasalready allocated the moey tobe spet ad ow we cat pay it.

What this meas is that Cogresshas already passed bills reqirigthe spedig, promised SocialSecrity checks, ad owes moeyto deese cotractors. now thattheyve promised the moey, wehave to pay or it. Aother eecto ailig to raise the debt ceiligis that or credit ratig may bedowgraded makig iterestrates o loas higher. Plai ad

simple, ailig to raise the debtceilig will ot redce the decitthat we already have. It will olymake thigs more diclt orpeople like me ad yo.

Q: So, cat we jst raise the debtceilig with ay agreemet?

A: not ecessarily, several creditratig agecies have reportedthat less there are sigicatspedig cts ad icreasedrevees, or ratigs may bedowgraded ayway. We alsoeed a agreemet that willexted the debt ceilig ad ctthe decit log-term so that wearet i this positio six mothsrom ow. I people i Cogressaret willig to give i to certaiprovisios ow, they wot be ithe ear tre either.

Q: Does the bill that passed act-ally do aythig to ct spedigad icrease revees the?

A: Sort o. The Bdget CotrolAct passed the Hose by a voteo 269 to 161 idicatig tomost that this bill was actally abipartisa agreemet. Who kewCogress had the capacity?! Theysre srprised s. The idepe-det Cogressioal Bdget Ocehas aalyzed the bill showigthat it will ct the decit by asigicat amot by cttigspedig.

Q: More details, i Eglish,please?

A: The legislatio allows the debtceilig to icrease throgh 2012.It icldes two phases o sped-ig cts as well. Overall, there willbe at least $900 billio i sped-ig caps or what Cogress callsdiscretioary spedig. Thisicldes thigs that are passedthrogh legislatio. O top othat, a bipartisa committee osix Repblica ad six Demo-crats will the decide where $1.5trillio i spedig cts will go.

These cts ca be rom discre-tioary spedig or madatoryspedig (thigs like Social Sec-rity). These cts have to be imple-

meted by December 23rd or

there will be a atomatic, acrossthe board decit redctios toother programs except or SocialSecrity, Medicaid, vetera admilitary pay. Yet, ay cts toMedicare wold be o providersad ot beeciaries. With all othis iclded, the CogressioalBdget Oce estimates at least$2 trillio i the ext decade.

Q: The ext decade?! Thats toolog! Will we see ay o this im-mediately?

A: It ist likely we will see aredctio i the decit immedi-ately becase there was o i-creased revee i the iitial billto match the spedig. However,the programs beig ct will eel itimmediately.

Q: Didt yo say that or creditratig may go dow i there wereo icreased revees?

A: Yes, some credit agecies havesaid this. Theres mixed eeligsover tax hikes i Cogress. Somebelieve that it will slow ecoomicgrowth at a time whe we cataord it. I order or the billto have passed, it iclded otax hikes or ayoe. Oce thebipartisa committee gets to-gether, there may be some roomor tax adjstmets like closigloopholes. This wold actallylower the margial tax rates bticrease revees. Most ecoo-mists agree that revees msticrease ad that oly shrikigthe govermet ad cttigprograms will keep the ecoomyi poor health.

Q: How is this a bipartisa bill,the?

A: The Repblicas got their wishwith o tax hikes ad Demo-

crats got their wish by allocatigwhere most o the spedig ithe rst rod o cts will go.Most o the etitlemet pro-grams that Democrats cherish arespared rom harsh spedig ctsi the rst rod.

Q: Does this mea everyoe iCogress ca get alog with eachother?

A: Dot be silly. Bt or ow, thebill ca get the cotry cttig,cappig, ad gettig the decitder cotrol withot a dealtor massive revolt by yo ad me.

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