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Dublin Police officer helpsdeliver baby near courthouse

300 ton brakepress beingdelivered toErdrich tonight

By JASON HALCOMBEA caravan including a nearly 600,000

brake press will fill both lanes of Interstate16 tonight, en route to a final destination atDublin's Erdrich USA facility on WilliePaulk Parkway early Thursday.

According to aGeorgia Depart-ment of Trans-portation release,the "Mega Load"brake press will beleaving the Port ofSavannah atroughly 8 a.m. andis tentativelyscheduled to arriveat the Erdrichplant at 1 a.m.In between, the599,300 poundpress will follow aroute down BayStreet, U.S. 80,Chatham Parkway,before hopping onand off I-16 twomore times."During this timeand along theabove routes trafficwill be slow or evenstopped at somepoints due to theexcessive size of

the load," said GDOT spokesperson CissyMcNure. "The mega load will have police es-corts and moving message boards warning oftraffic interruptions."The press measures 18 feet wide, 13 feet,

six inches in height and is 250 feet long.The delivery comes right on schedule

with plant manager Walter Huber's esti-mates during the plant's July grand open-ing.Huber said he hopes to be "running by the

end of this year.""The (U.S.) market has a high potential

for our technology. I'm sure we'll have agreat future together," Huber said.The midsized family-owned company,

which produces complex metal parts andsubassemblies for the automotive industry,is making its first mark in the U.S. marketwith Dublin facility. The company, which hasbeen in business more than 50 years, hastwo plants in Germany, one in the Czech

See ERDRICH page 3a

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIA Dublin Police officer helped a

couple deliver a baby in their vehi-cle near the courthouse early Tues-day morning.

According to Dublin Police ChiefWayne Cain, 911 sent out a callabout a woman in labor near theLaurens County Courthousearound 3:30 a.m.

Sgt. Rene Laird and PatrolmanDesere Chevere responded to thescene and found a SUV parked ona curb at the courthouse. When

See BABY page 3a

ROUTE:Leaving Ocean Ter-minal in Savannahto River Street, EastLathrop Avenue, BayStreet, US 80 West-bound, ChathamParkway South-bound, I-16 West,Exit 111/Pulaski-Ex-celsior Road Rampback on I-16 West,Exit 98/Swainsboro-Stillmore, S.R. 57North, S.R.46 West,US 1/S.R. 4 South,I-16 West, Exit49/S.R. 257 North,Achord Road West,Willie Paulk ParkwayNorth in Dublin.

Bell ringingcelebratesConstitution

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIChildren from East Laurens Primary

School and Hawkinsville pulled a ropethat rang the Bicentennial Bell 13 timesin honor of the 13 original colonies.The Bells Across America Ceremony,

which is held in reference to the signingof the Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787 atIndependence Mall, is a tradition of cel-ebrating the Constitution. The bells cer-emony, which begins the start of Consti-tution Week, was held at the Bicenten-nial Bell Tower near Railroad Park atthe intersection of South Jefferson andMartin Luther King.When the bell was rung, the name of

the 13 states were called out. Accordingto Kathy Hodges, committee person forConstitution week John Laurens Chap-ter, DAR, the following were the 13 orig-inal colonies in their founding order: Vir-ginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island,Delaware, North Carolina, South Caroli-na, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvaniaand Georgia.Hodges was glad to have the children

involved in the program."They get to learn about the colonies

and the order of them," she said. "Somepeople don't realize the order of thecolonies and how we became being a na-tion."Dr. Phillip Gibbs, professor at Middle

Georgia State College was the guestspeaker."There is so much to say about the

Constitution," Gibbs said. "This remark-able document has stood the test of time.

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Vehicle out of treesNo one was hurt when this ve-

hicle ended up in the trees Tues-day morning near the Bank ofDudley in Dudley. (Special Pho-to)

Crowd attends ceremonyat Bicentennial Bell tower

Photo by James Tidwell

Children pull on the rope to ring the bell.

Business After Hours sponsored by EMC'sThe Chamber of

Commerce held itsBusiness After Hoursat the McGrath KeenSr. Conference Cen-ter Tuesday evening.Altamaha EMC,Oconee EMC and Lit-tle Ocmulgee EMCwere the sponsors forthe event. In the pho-to, from left: GarySelph, TammyeVaughn, Jep Craigand Jennifer Bryant.(Photo by James Tid-well)

Chamberwarns ofscammers

By PAYTON TOWNSIIIThe president of the

Dublin-Laurens Chamber ofCommerce warned therewas a company that wastelling members that theyare representing the Cham-ber.Willie Paulk said she re-

ceived a call Tuesday after-noon from a member thatsaid the Chamber was usingthis company to help pro-mote the Laurens CountyGuide."They get all of these peo-

ple to advertise and it's oneof those stick on things thatyou put on your refrigera-tor," Paulk said. "But we'venever talked to anybodyfrom the Laurens CountyGuide."In an email, Paulk told

members that a companyfrom Texas was contactingbusinesses in Dublin andLaurens County falsely rep-resenting the Dublin-Lau-rens Chamber of Commercefor the Laurens CountyGuide. She added that theywere in no way affiliatedwith the Dublin-LaurensChamber of Commerce."When we have some-

thing we send it to our mem-bership with a letter ex-plaining what the project isand who we are dealing withso that they won't be caughtblindsided," Paulk said. "Iwould discourage anyonefrom advertising with thatcompany. That company hasnever approached us."

BY JOSHUA FREEDAP BUSINESS WRITERStocks rose on Tuesday as

investors shrugged off worriesabout what the Federal Re-serve is up to.

Many expect the Fed to an-nounce Wednesday that it willreduce its $85 billion monthlybond-buying program. WallStreet is hoping for a small re-duction because the bond-buy-ing has kept interest rates ul-tra-low and made it cheaper toborrow money.

The Dow Jones industrialaverage closed higher by 34.95points, or 0.2 percent, at15,529.73.

The Standard & Poor’s 500index rose 7.16 points, or 0.4percent, to 1,704.76. The S&P500 was five points below itsrecord high reached on Aug. 2.It has risen for three tradingdays in a row, and 10 of thelast 11.

The Nasdaq composite wasup 27.85 points, or 0.8 per-cent, at 3,745.70; it had thebiggest percentage gain of thethree big indexes.

Nine out of 10 industrygroups in the S&P 500 rose,

led by technology. The only de-clines were for materialsstocks, which include miners,industrial gas producers andmetal refiners.

Rising tech stocks includedthe video game company Elec-tronic Arts, which is getting asolid start with this year’s ver-sion of its Madden footballfranchise. Electronic Arts rose64 cents, or 2 percent, to$27.60.

Computer memory makerMicron Technology rose 40cents, or 2 percent, to $16.84as investors bet that memoryprices will rise after a fire shutdown a competitor’s factory inChina.

By some measures, stockmarket values are as high asthey were at the end of the In-ternet bubble in 2000, whencompared to the size of the na-tion’s economy, said MartinLeclerc, a principal and chiefinvestment officer at BarrackYard Advisors in Bryn Mawr,Pa.

Then, there was at leastthe justification of new tech-nology.

“Now, the only justification

we have is cheap money,”Leclerc said.

Nonetheless, Leclerc said,with a bull market underwaystocks could keep climbing re-gardless of valuations. “Thisthing is a powerful beast,” hesaid. The current bull marketis four-and-a-half years old.

The Labor Department re-ported on Tuesday that U.Sconsumer prices barely roselast month, another sign thatslow economic growth is keep-ing inflation low. That pushedthe yield on the benchmark10-year Treasury note downslightly, to 2.85 percent from2.86 percent late Monday.

DEARABBY: I’m a 14-year-old girl who just started highschool. I started to notice boyswhen I was in middle school,and I’d like to start datingsoon.

The problem is I’ve neverhad a close friend who was aboy, and the idea isn’t naturalto me. How can I ask a boy outif I don’t even grasp the con-cept of being friends with one?I’m frustrated over this, espe-cially because I really like oneparticular guy.

The only advice I have beengiven is, “Get over your fearand just TALK to him.” Thisisn’t very helpful to me. I wantto know how to get over myfear! Abby, your thoughtswould be appreciated. —CAN’T FIND THE NERVE INOHIO

DEAR CAN’T FIND THENERVE: I’ll gladly share somethoughts. The first is I hopeyou realize how many girlsand guys your age feel EX-ACTLY the same way you do.Social skills don’t come natu-rally to everyone — but theycan be learned. And like anylearned skill, they take prac-tice.

The surest cure for shyness— which is the “fear” you areexperiencing — is to forgetabout yourself and concen-trate on the other person.Smile and introduce yourselfif the guy doesn’t know you. Ifyou share a class with him orknow an activity he’s involvedin, ask a question about it.He’s not good at sports? Notmusical? Ask him about aclass assignment.

You don’t have to be bril-liant or witty. Try leading offwith a friendly remark or acompliment. (“Nice shirt, cell-phone,” etc.) I know very fewpeople who don’t appreciate acompliment. Overcoming shy-

ness takes practice, so don’t goafter the boy you “really like”at first. Make a point of smil-ing and saying hello to every-one. It’s friendly, it’s welcom-ing.

Keep in mind that the ma-jority of people have the sameinsecurities you do. Many ofthem will respond positivelybecause they appreciate beingnoticed.

That’s how you makefriends of both genders. I havea booklet that offers evenmore suggestions. The title is“How to Be Popular,” and itcontains hints for polishing so-cial skills for people of allages. It can be ordered bysending your name and ad-dress, plus check or money or-der for $7 (U.S. funds) to DearAbby Popularity Booklet, P.O.Box 447, Mount Morris, IL61054-0447. Shipping andhandling are included in theprice. Remember, you don’thave to be the prettiest orsmartest girl in school. Butyou CAN be one of the nicest.

Show an interest in others.Be honest but always tactful.Cultivate your own interestsso you will have something totalk about with others. Ifthere are clubs at your school,join the ones that interest you.

It’s another way of makingfriends of both sexes.

Most young people go out ingroups these days.

So, if you and some friendsplan to do something (and af-ter you have been friendly andlet the young man you like no-tice you), smile and ask if he’dlike to come along. If he’s shy,it’s a way of making HIM feelless self-conscious, too. Goodluck!

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips, andwas founded by her mother,Pauline Phillips. Write DearAbby at www.DearAbby.comor P.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-les, CA 90069.

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RRoossaa LL.. AAlllliiggooooddBlythe, GA - Rosa L. Alli-

good, 77, entered into restMonday, September 16, 2013at University Hospital. Shewas born in Blount County, Al-abama on August 27, 1936 tothe late Leonard Prestidge andLetha Farley Prestidge. Rosawas a member of Blythe Bap-tist Church since 1980. Shewas preceded in death by adaughter, Gail Conn.

She is survived by her hus-band of 54 years, Herbert Alli-good; two children, GloriaWatkins (Wayne) ofGainesville, FL and Mack Alli-good (Louise) of Avera, Ga.,son-in-law, Scott Conn of Au-gusta; five grandchildren, Bri-an Hendrix (Jessica), CassieCooper, Jonathan Alligood,Jennifer Alligood, and CaitlynAlligood; three sisters; onebrother; and several niecesand nephews.

Visitation is being heldfrom 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sep-tember 19 at the funeral home.Funeral services will be 11a.m. Friday, September 20 atBlythe Baptist Church. Dr.Richard Dendler will officiate.Committal services will be 4p.m. Friday, September 20 atAlligood Community Cemeterynear Dublin, Ga.

Hephzibah Funeral Home& Cremation Service (formerlyDeLoach Funeral Home) 2546GA Hwy 88, Hephzibah, Ga.30815 (706-592-5000).

Please join the family inhonoring her life by visitingwww.hephzibahfuneralhome.com.

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Hannah Alexis Collins, in-fant daughter of Marty andAmber Nicole (Nikki) Collins,of Tarrytown died Saturday,September 14, 2013.

Funeral services were heldin the Chapel of Sammons Fu-neral Home at 11 a.m.Wednesday, September 18,with Rev. Dale Wilkerson andMr. Gene Stewart officiated.Burial was held in Zaidee Ad-vent Christian Church Ceme-

tery, Treutlen County.Other survivors include her

brother, Jacob Collins of Tarry-town; maternal grandparents,Billy and Rena Jump ofDublin; paternal grandpar-ents, Gary and Cleo Collins ofTarrytown; maternal great-grandparents, JeraldineMixon and Bennie and Patri-cia Gildon, all of Dublin; andpaternal great-grandmother,Juanita Collins of Tarrytown.

Ryan Jump and TonyCollins will serve as pallbear-ers.

A visitation was held at thefuneral home Wednesdaymorning from 10-11 a.m.

An online register may besigned atwww.sammonsfuneralhome.com.

PPeeggggyy MMiilllleerr NNeellssoonnServices for Peggy Miller

Nelson, age 77 of Dublin, willbe held at 2 p.m. on Thursday,September 19, 2013 at FirstUnited Methodist Church ofDublin. Burial will follow inNorthview Cemetery. Rev.Thad Haygood, Dr. Jack Keyand Rev. Jim Rush will offici-ate. She passed away on Mon-day, September 16, 2013.

Mrs. Nelson was a graduateof Screven County High Schooland Wesleyan College. Shewas a founding member of theWesleyan College WashboardBand. She was a member ofthe First United MethodistChurch of Dublin where shewas a former Music and YouthDirector, taught SundaySchool, sang in the choir andserved on many committeesand boards. Mrs. Nelson heldlay offices in the South GAConference of the UnitedMethodist Church. She was apiano teacher for many yearsand was a retired member ofthe Women’s Study Club andthe Dublin Service League.She was preceded in death byher parents, Rev. Pryor Ellisand Rubye Daniels Miller anda son, Ellis Miller Nelson.

Survivors include her hus-band, Carl K. Nelson, Jr. ofDublin; son, Krather (Lynda)Nelson of Dublin; daughter,Dotte Nelson Thacker ofFranklin, TN; daughter-in-law, Tamara Nelson of Pana-ma City, FL; brother, Butch(Cecile) Miller of Dublin;grandchildren, Carlton Nel-son, Courtney Nelson, CullenNelson, William Thacker,Grace Thacker, Forrest Nelsonand Eric Diebert and nephews,Rob (Laura) Miller of Dublin,Adam (Leslie) Miller andNathan (Chase) Miller both ofGainsville, GA.

Pallbearers will be MikeProsperi, Rob Miller, AdamMiller, Nathan Miller, PatKing, David Kellam, CarltonNelson and William Thacker.

Honorary Pallbearers will

be Dr. Nelson Carswell, JimmyLord, W.W. Larson, BillyWynn, Stephen Fordham, Mal-colm Fordham and John Ford-ham.

The family will receivefriends on Wednesday eveningfrom 6-8 p.m. at TownsendBrothers Funeral Home. Inlieu of flowers, the family re-quests that donations be madeto First United MethodistChurch, P.O. Box 665, Dublin,GA 31040. Please visitwww.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregister.

PPaauull YYoouunnggServices for Paul Young, age

82 of Cedar Grove will be heldat 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sep-tember 19, 2013 at CedarGrove United MethodistChurch. Burial will follow inthe Church Cemetery. Rev.Andy Brownlee and Rev. MarcFoster will officiate. Mr. Youngpassed away Tuesday, Septem-ber 17, 2013.

He was a member of CedarGrove United MethodistChurch where he, over theyears, held various positions,including song leader, chair-man of the board, trustee andSunday School Superinten-dent. Mr. Young graduatedfrom Cedar Grove High Schooland Brewton Parker College.He proudly served in the U.S.Army and following his retire-ment from Robins Air ForceBase, served as a school busdriver for the Laurens CountyBoard of Education.

He was preceded in deathby his parents, Cornelius Van-derbilt Young and Minnie BellBrown, his brother, BertisYoung and sister, Mildred Mc-Neal.

Survivors include his wife,Jean H. Young of Cedar Grove,daughters, Paula Jean Dixon(Wayne), Melanie Browning,Suzanne Young all of CedarGrove, grandchildren, Ryan(Cari) Dixon, Regan (Brett) Di-amon, Caleb (Heather) Brown-ing, great-grandchildren, Dar-ci Dixon, Presley Dixon, EvanDiamon and Alyssa Diamon,several nieces and nephews.

Arlyn Moulder, Bobby Mc-Neal, Ricky Ussery, CalebBrowning, Jeffery Moore andDonnie Lampp will serve aspallbearers.

The family will receivefriends at Townsend BrothersFuneral Home Wednesdayfrom 6-8 p.m. In lieu of flowersmemorial contributions maybe made to the Cedar GroveUnited Methodist Church, c/oRebecca Monroe, Treasurer,2941 Chic Inn Road, Alamo,GA 30411.

Please visitwww.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregister.

Obituaries

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Stocks higher as Fed kicks off meeting

Wednesday, September 18, 2013/Dublin, Ga/Page 3aThe Courier Herald

NOTICE OF GRAND JURY APPOINTMENTLAURENS COUNTY, GEORGIA

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Georgia Law, that the Grand Jury for the October, 2013 Term of the Laurens County Superior Court will be electing, selecting, or appointing one or more person(s) to the following office (s):

NOTE: The publication shall be once a week for two weeks during a period not sooner than 60 days prior to the election, selection, Or appointment, except where a vacancy has been created by death, resignation, or removal, notice shall be published once a week for two weeks during a period not sooner than ten days prior to the selection, election, or appointment. O.C.G.A. Section 15-12-81.

1. Must be in the judgment of the appointing Grand Jury, qualified and competent to serve as a Grand Juror.

2. Owner of real property. 3. High School Graduate.

4. Not a member or employee of the County Board of Tax Assessors or County Tax Appraiser5. Members must complete a 40-hour course of training within the first year of

appointment. 6. An 8-hour re-certification training course per year is required thereafter.

All interested persons should contact Laurens County Clerk of Superior Court, at the Laurens County Courthouse or at from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Mon.- Fri.

they met the couple, thewoman said she needed to getto the hospital quick.When Laird looked, she

saw the baby's head. Lairdsaid she had recently took afirst responders class for ma-ternity situations."I've been a police officer

for 12 years and have neverencounter anything like this,"Laird said. "I just revertedback to training."At 3:32 a.m., Laird deliv-

ered a baby boy. She wrappedthe baby in the dad's shirt.The officers stayed with

the mother until EMS ar-rived, Cain said. EMS trans-ported the lady and the babyto Fairview Park Hospital."That is the first baby that

has been delivered by theDublin Police Department ina long, long time," Cain said."I was present at some but it'sbeen a long, long time ago. Iapplaud Rene for a job welldone."Laird talked with the

mother Tuesday afternoonand was told that she and thebaby were doing well."Sometimes you forget why

you become a police officer,"Laird said. "Last night it feltlike God tapped me on theshoulder and reminded mewhy. This is why I do what Ido. … I've been smiling allday. This was a happy endingand one that I'll never forget."

BabyContinued from 1a

Republic and another in Chinathat supplies part to other au-tomotive supplier companiesand as well to BMW, Mercedesand Volkswagen.The company currently em-

ploys 1,300 with revenues inexcess of $260 million. Whencompleted, the 130,000 squarefoot metal stamping facilitywill employ 178 people.

ErdrichContinued from 1a

They (the founding fathers)knew it had to bend with thechanges. When you thinkabout the Constitution it's liv-ing and breathing. It's chang-ing because we (as a country)change."Gibbs talked about the rea-

son for the changes which in-cluded the Civil War, freeingthe slaves, voting rights andprohibition."That one didn't turn out so

well," Gibbs said. "This is trulya remarkable document. We

are a very young country andthe revolution is alive and well.It's up to us to keep it going."After Hodges welcomed

everyone, the Dublin HighSchool JROTC presented theflags and the Pledge of Alle-giance was said. The crowdread the preamble to the Con-stitution, followed by thesinging of "The Star SpangledBanner" by Kathy Jones and aprayer by Chaplain JackBrown.In 1955, the daughters peti-

tioned Congress to set asideSeptember 17-23 annually to

be dedicated for the observanceof Constitution week. The res-olution was later adopted bythen U.S. Congress and signedinto public law No. 915 on Au-gust 2, 1956 by PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower.Since 2002, and in honor of

this historic event, PresidentGeorge Bush declared theweek of September 17 throughSeptember 23, as ConstitutionWeek.This is the 226th anniver-

sary of the signing of the Con-stitution which happened onSept. 17, 1787.

Bell

Continued from 1a

Photos by James Tidwell

Guest speakers and the DHS JROTC were on hand for Tuesday’s event.

Invasive ant species found living in GeorgiaGRIFFIN, Ga. (AP) — An

invasive South American antspecies that’s nicknamed“crazy” and is drawn to elec-tricity has been found in Geor-gia, a University of Georgia ex-tension agent said Tuesday.

James Morgan said in awritten statement that hefound the peculiar breed ofants Aug. 15 at an assisted liv-ing facility in Albany after itsdirector called looking for help.

He sent a sample of the antsto an entomologist who con-firmed the insects were Nylan-deria fulva — commonlyknown as tawny crazy ants.

The insects differed in colorfrom fire ants and other typescommonly found in Georgiaand they behaved differentlyas well, he said.

“They’re reddish in color,

very tiny, and they run aroundand scurry really fast. Andthey don’t march in a straightrow like Argentine ants,” Mor-gan said.

The ants are considered anuisance because they are at-tracted to electricity and travelin masses, officials said. At theassisted living facility, Morgansaid he found hundreds of theants in a storage area that wasfull of appliances.

Large clusters of the antscan cause short circuits, UGAofficials said.

Researchers are unsure ofhow the ants got to Georgia,but say they’ve also been foundin other parts of the Southeast.

“It probably came into theU.S., initially, from severalFlorida ports and one in Mis-sissippi and one in Galveston,”

UGA entomologist Dan Suitersaid.

———GSU professor wins

National Cancer Institutegrant

ATLANTA (AP) — GeorgiaState University officials sayan assistant professor has beenawarded a grant to study howyoung adults perceive the riskof smoking flavored cigarillosand cigars.

Officials said Tuesday thatDr. Kymberle Sterling, a publichealth professor, has been giv-en a two-year $275,000 grantfrom the National Cancer In-stitute to study perceived risksassociated with the productswhich aren’t regulated by theFood and Drug Administra-tion.

There will be a Called Board Meeting of the Laurens County Board of Education on Thurs-day, September 19, 2013, at noon at the Board Office on Firetower Road. The purpose of themeeting is to approve the 2013 millage rate.

News Digest....

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In many states, one of thetop policy objectives is to pro-vide a K-12 and college edu-cation for as many people aspossible in the belief that awell-educated citizenry isgood for a state’s future well-being.In Georgia, we see things

a little differently. This statefor years has made deep cutsin funding for public educa-tion, which has had the effectof keeping students out of theclassrooms.You could call it the

“Santorum philosophy” afterpresidential candidate RickSantorum, who remarkedlast year: “President Obamasaid he wants everybody inAmerica to go to college.What a snob!”There was a reminder of

this at a recent meeting ofthe Board of Regents, wherewe learned that enrollmentin Georgia’s public collegesdeclined for the second yearin a row.Enrollment is 309,000 for

the fall semester that juststarted, dropping from lastyear’s total of 314,000. Thatwas a decline from the peakenrollment of 318,000 during2011.“There’s not going to be a

quick turnaround,” ViceChancellor John Brown said.“We can expect anotherdecline in the fall of 2014.”University System offi-

cials offered several explana-tions for the enrollmentdecline.Among older students who

work for a few years after

graduating from high schooland then go to college, enroll-ment rates have declined:there’s been a 6.2 percentdecrease of students in the25-34 age group and a 4.5percent decrease in students35 and older. That has alsobeen the trend for collegesnationally.In recent years, conserva-

tive state legislators havealso put pressure on theRegents to oust undocument-ed immigrant students fromthe public colleges. TheRegents have largely resistedthat pressure, but still adopt-ed policies that make it moreexpensive for some immi-grants to attend a UniversitySystem institution.A new admissions policy

screens out students whoneed extensive remedial helpin English or math. Changesto financial aid programssuch as the federal PellGrant and the HOPEScholarship have also madeit more difficult for some stu-dents to pay college expens-es.Those are all plausible

reasons, but the biggest fac-tor of all was probably this:as the Legislature has cutbudget funding for theUniversity System, it’sbecome too expensive for

some people to go to college.In 2000 and 2001, the

University System receivedbudget funding that aver-aged more than $8,200 percollege student. By 2012, theamount of budget fundingper student had declined to$5,561.Those averages reflect the

combined $1.4 billion in bud-get cuts to higher educationover the past six years thatwere prompted by the greatrecession and economicdownturn.State funding once cov-

ered 75 percent of the cost ofeducating a public collegestudent, with the other 25percent covered by tuitionpayments. As state fundinghas decreased, theUniversity System hasincreased tuition rates tomake up the shortfall.Today, the state budget

covers only 48 percent of thecost of higher education.Tuition makes up 52 percentof the cost.“There’s no question – as

tuition goes up, it affectsenrollment,” Regent RichardTucker acknowledged.What’s happening at the

college level is the samething that’s been happeningat the K-12 level. A decade ofcutbacks in formula funding

has left some local school sys-tems so strapped for moneythat they are eliminatingdays from the school calen-dar to keep from going broke.School systems formerly

opened their classroom doorsto students 180 days a year.Now, because of state fund-ing cuts, some local systemshave to eliminate as many as36 days from the academiccalendar.So it is with higher educa-

tion. As years of funding cutshave piled up, the UniversitySystem has responded withtuition hikes. In the process,we have priced many poten-tial students out of the abili-ty to attend college.The last governor to

increase funding for educa-tion, Roy Barnes, got votedout of office. Sonny Perdueand Nathan Deal havepresided over major decreas-es in funding, but neither ofthem suffered for it at theballot box.A majority of Georgia’s

voters are evidently comfort-able with the choice that wasmade to reduce educationfunding. In our democraticsystem. the majority rules.That said, I wonder if

some day we won’t regret theconsequences of that choice.

Sioux City Journal.Sept. 15, 2013.What in the world were

they thinking?It’s hard to know where to

begin in discussing commentsmade by U.S. House membersSteve King, MicheleBachmann and LouieGohmert during a trip toEgypt earlier this month.If we boiled our reaction

down to one question, it prob-ably would be something likethis: What in the world werethey thinking?Let’s begin here: To say

Egypt is turbulent and itsfuture uncertain is to under-state the obvious. Earlier thissummer, the Egyptian armyoverthrew Mohammed Morsi,the country’s first freely elect-ed president, who in 2012 suc-ceeded Hosni Mubarak, whohimself was forced from officeby revolution in 2011.What will happen next

week? Next month? Nextyear?

Tomorrow?Who knows?Have no fear, though.

King, Bachmann andGohmert appear already tohave decided all of this for therest of us.While in Cairo with a larg-

er group of House members,the trio praised the militaryfor its ouster of Morsi andproclaimed support from theAmerican people. (We mightadd the overthrow of Morsiwas followed by a crackdownon protesters in which hun-dreds of Egyptians werekilled.)Gohmert compared

Egyptian Gen. Abdel Fattahal-Sisi, who led the ouster ofMorsi, to George Washington.Bachmann implied theMuslim Brotherhood politicalmovement, to which Morsi isa member, was to blame for 9-11.Hold everything.First, it’s premature at this

point to make a judgment

with any degree of certaintyabout who and what is goodfor Egypt and who and whatisn’t good for Egypt or whatthe future will be in Egyptbecause the evolving situa-tion there remains too fluid.It’s unclear today whatAmerica’s foreign-policy posi-tion toward Egypt is, will beor should be in the wake ofcontinuing instability, unrestand violence. Will time provethe overthrow of Morsi by themilitary was good for Egyptand Egypt-U.S. relations?Perhaps. Perhaps not.Second, King, Bachmann

and Gohmert don’t speak forAmerican foreign policy or forAmericans; they speak onlyfor themselves.While the Obama adminis-

tration waits for the dust tosettle and the picture to clearin Egypt, it doesn’t need orwant this kind of “help” froma trio of freelance U.S. House“diplomats.” This is true forany president at a time of cri-

sis overseas.Whether it’s King,

Bachmann and Gohmert orsomeone else, it’s counterpro-ductive to difficult, sensitiveAmerican relations in thevolatile Middle East for indi-vidual members of Congressto meddle in this fashion.It’s one thing to collect

facts in Egypt to help in cast-ing votes back home. It’s quiteanother to — as King,Bachmann and Gohmert did— speak at a news conferencebroadcast over a pro-govern-ment satellite network andreported on by Egyptian statenews media.Quite frankly, given a

heaping plateful of unre-solved domestic issues - suchas the looming threat of a fed-eral government shutdown -we would prefer our congress-man stick to meeting theresponsibilities and duties forwhich this district electedhim ... and let the foreign-pol-icy experts handle Egypt.

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Independent, non-partisan groupGeorgiaForward announced over theweekend that it had selected Dublin andLaurens County for its YoungGamechangers initiative.The purpose of the program is to send

a young think tank of innovators to ourcommunity to research and suggest pos-sible solutions and improvements tobetter not only our business and indus-try opportunities, but also our quality oflife.Last year, Americus-Sumter took

advantage of the Gamechangers’ visitand has already implemented some oftheir proposals.While we have plenty of innovative,

thoughtful and introspective visionarieshard at work in Dublin and LaurensCounty, having some insight fromimpartial visitors should be welcomedjust like a new neighbor.Because, like a new neighbor, these

people could open our eyes to more pro-ductive ways to live our own lives.In return, we can display our

unmatched level of hospitality, workethic and commitment to making ourhome the best it can be.So, when the Young Gamechangers

descend on Dublin and Laurens Countyin the coming months, let’s extend awelcome hand and an open ear.By the time they leave, we’ll both be

better for the visit.

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•AA I Am Responsible Group contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 5:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Open)•NA We Surrender, contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, noon.•Civitan Club every Wednesday at noon at the GoldenCorral. •TOPS meeting 6 p.m. at Pine Forest UMC, 400 Woods AveContact info 275-7505.

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ALMANACToday in History By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday,

Sept. 18, the 261st day of2013. There are 104 daysleft in the year. On this date:In 1927, the Columbia

Phonograph BroadcastingSystem (later CBS) made itson-air debut with a basicnetwork of 16 radio stations.In 1947, the National Se-

curity Act, which created aNational Military Establish-ment, went into effect.In 1961, United Nations

Secretary-General DagHammarskjold (dahgHAWM’-ahr-shoold) waskilled in a plane crash innorthern Rhodesia.In 1970, rock star Jimi

Hendrix died in London atage 27.In 1975, newspaper

heiress Patricia Hearst wascaptured by the FBI in San

Francisco, 19 months afterbeing kidnapped by theSymbionese LiberationArmy.In 1990, the city of At-

lanta was named the site ofthe 1996 Summer Olympics.The organized crime drama“GoodFellas,” directed byMartin Scorsese, had itsU.S. premiere in New York. Ten years ago: Hurri-

cane Isabel plowed intoNorth Carolina’s OuterBanks with 100 mph windsand pushed its way up theEastern Seaboard; thestorm was later blamed for30 deaths.Five years ago: The

president met with Trea-sury Secretary Henry Paul-son and Federal ReserveChairman Ben Bernanke,who then asked Congress togive the government powerto rescue banks by buyingup their bad assets. Stocks

on Wall Street shot up morethan 400 points on word aplan was in the works.One year ago: Chicago

teachers voted to suspendtheir strike and return tothe classroom after morethan a week on picket lines,ending a combative stale-mate with Mayor RahmEmanuel over evaluationsand job security. Today’s Birthdays:

Singer Jimmie Rodgers is80. Actor Robert Blake is 80.Former Sen. Robert Ben-nett, R-Utah, is 80. ActorFred Willard is 80. Actor Ed-die Jones is 79. Gospelsinger Bobby Jones is 75.Singer Frankie Avalon is 73.Actress Beth Grant (“TheMindy Project”) is 64. Rockmusician Kerry Livgren is64. Actress Anna DeavereSmith is 63. Basketballcoach Rick Pitino is 61. Col-lege Football Hall of Famer

and retired NFL player Bil-ly Sims is 58. Movie directorMark Romanek is 54. Base-ball Hall of Famer RyneSandberg is 54. Operasinger Anna Netrebko is 42.Actress Jada Pinkett Smithis 42. Actor James Marsdenis 40. Actress Emily Ruther-furd is 39. Actor TravisSchuldt is 39. Rapper Xzibitis 39. Comedian-actor JasonSudeikis (TV: “SaturdayNight Live”) is 38. ActressSophina Brown is 37. ActorBarrett Foa is 36. TV corre-spondent Sara Haines is 36.Actress Alison Lohman is34. Thought for Today:

“We want the facts to fitthe preconceptions.When they don’t it is eas-ier to ignore the factsthan to change the pre-conceptions.” — Jes-samyn West, Americanauthor (1902-1984).

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Fruit and vegetable con-sumption is important formany reasons. Fruits andveggies are naturally low incalories, but are high infiber to help fill you up andkeep your digestive systemworking properly. Fruitsand vegetables also containnumerous vitamins andminerals that keep youhealthy and energized. Re-search has shown that eat-ing fruits and vegetablescan help reduce the risk ofmany diseases, includingheart disease, high bloodpressure, and some cancers.How much is enough? Foryears we have been told toeat at least five servings offruits and vegetables a day;however, that recommenda-tion has now been increasedto seven to 11 servings a daybased on age, gender, and

physical activity level. Youmight be asking yourself,what is a serving, anyway?Don’t worry! Instead of con-stantly looking at serving

sizes, the easiest way to ac-complish this goal is to fillhalf your plate with fruitsand vegetables every timeyou eat a meal or snack.It’s not as difficult as you

think to get enough fruits

and vegetables in your day!Fruits and veggies are na-ture’s treat and easy to grabfor a snack.Add your favorite choppedvegetables to your morningomelet or scrambled eggs.Try having a potato forlunch topped with broccoliand a sprinkle of cheese.Toss extra vegetables intoyour soups and sauces.Visit

www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org for more tipsand menu planning ideas!Fruits and veggies - morereally does matter! Remem-ber to fill half of your platewith fruits and vegetablesto meet the recommendednumber of servings. RhondaD. McLeod, South CentralHealth District.

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My family loves pork tenderloin. Itcooks up fast and is always tenderand juicy. It's impressive enough forguests yet it's easy enough for a week-night dinner. I have a growing collec-tion of pork tenderloin recipes andthis is one of our favorites. I love themojo marinade with the fresh fruitjuices and cilantro. You marinate thetenderloins in half of the mojo sauceand use the other half when serving.My favorite sides for this Cuban in-fluenced tenderloin are mango salsa,black beans and rice.I have read that it is safe to eat

pork cooked to a medium temperature(145 degrees F). However, we like aninternal temperature of 155 to 160 de-grees F. Pork tenderloins are typical-ly sold with two in a package. If youare unsure at which internal temper-ature you prefer, you could always trycooking each tenderloin to a differenttemperature to determine your fa-vorite.

Mojo-Marinated Pork Tenderloin

IInnggrreeddiieennttss::2 (12-16-oz.) pork tenderloins1/2 c. olive oil8 cloves garlic, minced1 tsp. ground cumin1/3 c. freshly squeezed lime juice1/3 c. freshly squeezed orange juice1/3 c. water1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt1/2 tsp. ground black pepper1/2 tsp. ground oregano1/4 c. fresh cilantro, chopped

DDiirreecc ttiioonnss::Heat the oil in a deep saucepan

over medium heat. Add garlic andcumin and cook one to two minutes,or until garlic is fragrant and lightlybrowned. Remove from heat, slowlypour in the juices and water. Stir insalt, pepper and oregano. Return toheat; bring to a boil. Cook for oneminute to blend flavors. Let cool to

room temperature; stir in choppedcilantro. Pour half of the mixture in-to a resealable plastic bag, add porktenderloins. Marinate in the refriger-ator overnight (8 - 12 hours). Turnbag to ensure even marinating. Re-frigerate the remaining Mojo Sauce toserve with the grilled pork.When ready to cook, preheat the

grill on high. When the grill is hot,brush the grates with oil. Removetenderloins from the marinade; placeon grill. Discard the bag of marinade.Reduce the heat to medium-high.Grill pork 10 to 12 minutes per side oruntil the internal temperature reach-es at least 145 degrees F, (I prefer155-160 degrees F), as measured withan instant read thermometer. Removetenderloins to a pan and cover looselywith aluminum foil for 10 minutes.Slice tenderloins crosswise to

serve. Spoon reserved Mojo Sauceover sliced tenderloin. Serve immedi-ately.

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NH college uses dishes to promote healthy eatingDURHAM, N.H. (AP) —

They may not be binging onbroccoli, but some University ofNew Hampshire students areat least pausing before they fillup on fried food, thanks to dish-ware designed to remind themabout healthy options.Two years after the federal

government abandoned thefood pyramid as a symbol forhealthful eating and adoptedan image of a plate instead, theuniversity has gone a step fur-ther by printing dietary guide-lines directly on plates used incampus dining halls.The so-called “Wildcat

Plates,” named after theschool’s mascot, offer a bit moredetail than the “My Plate”graphic promoted by the U.S.Department of Agriculture.While the USDA image shows aplate divided into four seg-ments labeled “fruits,” “vegeta-bles,” “grains,” and “proteins,”the Wildcat plate specifies“lean protein” and “wholegrains” and offers suggestionssuch as “try whole wheat pasta,brown rice or quinoa.”Like schools around the

country, UNH has revamped itsdining halls in recent years toadd healthier — some wouldeven say gourmet — offerings.The university has set a goal ofbecoming the nation’s healthi-est campus by 2020 and be-

lieves the new plates are ahelpful tool for students whomay be away from home andmaking their own food choicesfor the first time, said Jo Porter,deputy director of the NewHampshire Institute for HealthPolicy and Practice.“They’re moving from a

place where sometimes theirdining experiences at homewere kind of dictated by theirparents, and now they have alot of freedom, which is great insome ways, but this becomesone of the helpful reminders forhow to eat well,” she said.“Some people will use them toget kind of a sense of what ahealthy plate looks like, andthen ingrain that in theireveryday living and not needthat plate every single time.” The plates, made of

melamine, are mixed in withthe university’s standard ce-ramic plates, with about 1,300circulating through three din-ing halls that serve 12,000meals per day. During one re-cent lunch hour, some studentspiled their plates with veggies,while others reached for grilledcheese, pasta and sausage.Freshman Mike Carbone cov-ered the fruit and vegetableportions of his plate with friedonion rings and the protein sec-tion with grilled chicken. Therewas a pile of chicken nuggets in

the middle, and blobs ofketchup and mustard in thegrain section.“It’s not a very nutritious

lunch, but I’m drinking water,”he said.Carbone, 19, said he does try

to eat healthily but said hepays no attention to the plates. Sophomore Nicole Grote

said while she doesn’t matchher food to the plates, they’vemade her more aware of por-tion sizes, and in general, shethinks the university is takingthe right approach.“I think it makes sense,”

said Grote, who stays awayfrom both sugar and dairyproducts. “People should eathealthy.”Peter Heislein, a junior, said

the plates have prompted himto choose an apple instead offrench fries on occasion, butthey have not been a major in-fluence on his diet. And hismain reason for preferring theplates had more to do with howthey emerge from the dish-washer than the healthy mes-sage.“I wish it was better than

this, but I like them becausethey’re not searing hot like theceramic plates,” he said. “Itdoes make a little (health) con-scious, but not a ton.”

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Grandparents Day Celebrationat Saxon Heights September 4

Preston and Sadie Tyson celebrate60th wedding anniversary

Preston and Sadie Tysonwere married on September26, 1953. They reside inDublin. They have twodaughters, Donna Chapman(John Jones) and Natalie(Bill) Sumner, one grand-daughter Roseanne (Scott)Crosslin, one grandson,Nathan (Heather) Dudley,and three great grandchil-dren, Scottie Crosslin andElisabeth and Rebecca Dud-ley. (Special Photo)

Georgia High School Writing test forre-tester to be held September 25

The Georgia High SchoolWriting Test is being given atDublin High School onWednesday, September 25,

2013 beginning at 8 a.m. inthe auditorium. Any formergraduate of DHS needing totake this test must register

prior to September 24, 2013 bycontacting the DHS GuidanceOffice at 478-272-4727.

Pictured above are grandparents and students enjoying time togetherat a grandparents celebration. (Special Photos)

Miss Cox and Mr. Bermea toexchange vows October 12Lori Daniels Thigpen and

Maria Del Socorro Bermea joy-fully announce the engagementand forthcoming marriage oftheir children, Christa CamilleCox and Julio RodolfoBermea.Camille is the daughter of

the late Tommy Cox. She is thegranddaughter of Carolyn Coxof Dublin, the late Gene Cox,and the late Edwin and NellDaniels. Camille is a gradu-ate of East Laurens HighSchool and attended GeorgiaState University. She is theRegional Brand Ambassadorfor the Joe's Crab Shackrestaurants in San Antonio,Texas.Julio is the grandson of Eli-

da C de Bermea of Piedras Ne-gras, Mexico and the late Dr.Rodolfo Bermea Penalver. Heis a graduate of CBTIS 34 HighSchool and has a degree inComputer Systems Engineer-ing from The Institute of Tech-nology of Piedras Negras.Julio is an Engineer in OrderFulfillment for Nexans AutoElectric of America.The wedding is planned for

Saturday, October 12, 2013 at4:30 p.m. at The Walker Farm,2545 Bellevue Road, DublinGeorgia. Friends and relativesare invited to attend. (SpecialPhoto) MISS COX AND MR. BERMEA

For Colo. farms, floods could bring recharged soilJOHNSTOWN, Colo. (AP)

— Surging waters in Coloradoswept away barns, silos andfences and left houses coveredin mud in this northern agri-cultural town. The flood wa-ters were so powerful they up-rooted irrigation pipes andspread them around the fieldshere, leaving lakes next towhich cattle now graze.They also brought instant

relief to drought-hardened ar-eas, with the promise of mois-ture restored in deep soils andthe possibility of reservoirs re-filling to help farmers well in-to next year.“There is a silver lining if

we look down the road,” saidRon Carleton, the deputy com-missioner of agriculture forthe state. “We just have to getpast these near-term impacts.”The damage to Colorado’s

multibillion agriculture indus-try — the state’s third-largestat $8.5 billion last year — isvast: Aerial footage showsbroad swaths of inundatedfarmland. Rows of crops upand down the South Platte

River were submerged, every-thing from corn, lettuce,onions and soybeans.“We’ve seen these rivers

come up before. We’ve neverseen it like this,” said RonKline Jr., whose family runsKline Farms in the region.Carleton, who has been

touring the flooded areas, saidofficials won’t have a full pic-ture of the damage until waterrecedes. However, they’ve be-gun to identify potential areasof concern. The corn harvesthad just begun, and therecould be losses there, as wellas in produce farms in WeldCounty, Carleton said.“Just from driving around

you see land underwater.That tells you a lot rightthere. It’s land that’s certainlynot producing right now,” hesaid.On Kline’s farm, the wa-

ters pushed a shed and theequipment inside down aroad. A semi-truck and trailerwas turned 90 degrees. A 700-gallon tank of engine oil isnowhere to be found.

“It’s somewhere betweenhere and Nebraska,” saidKline, who farms corn, wheatand alfalfa.Troy Seaworth, whose fam-

ily owns Seaworth Farms inWellington, on the northernedge of the flooding, is one ofthe farmers who will be look-ing to see how much waterwas captured in reservoirs. Itwill take time for that to be-come evident.“If we capture this year for

next year, that’s a good thing— that’s a great thing,” hesaid. Seaworth, who plantssugar beets, wheat, and corn,said his farm was for the mostpart spared. But the stormshave forced him to delay cornsilage harvest and the cuttingof alfalfa. Still, he’s not ex-pecting major economic loss-es.Delaying harvest of crops

could mean reduced quality insome cases because they’ll bepast maturity, said KeithMaxey, the director of WeldCounty’s extension office forColorado State University.

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The 1st Annual LaurensCounty FFA and 4-H GoatShow was held on Septem-ber 12, 2013 at the South-ern Pines Agriculture andExposition Building. Thegoat livestock program isone of the fastest growinglivestock programs statewide. Over the past coupleof years, Laurens countystudents haveexpressed anincreasing in-terest in thegoat livestockproject. TheGoat Showheld a dualpurpose, torecognize thehard workthese youthhave done intheir projectby giving them a local op-portunity to compete and toencourage more youth toparticipate in the goat pro-ject. Three students, ColbyKinchen, Cody Allen andGracie Wright, competed inthis contest with eightgoats.The Goat Show started

with the Showmanship Con-test. Youth are judged onhow well they control theiranimal as well as how effec-tively they present the bestcharacteristics of their ani-mal to the judge. The Show-manship winners were; Col-by Kinchen in the 1st GradeDivision, Cody Allen in the6th Grade Division, andGracie Wright in the 8thGrade Division.The next part of the show

was the Weight Divisions.In this portion of the showthe judge looks for the mar-ketability of the goats. Helooks for an animal that willproduce the ideal amount of

meat, while not overlookingthe necessary breed stan-dards, such as depth ofbody, structural soundness,size and quality.In the Doe Weight Class

I, Cody Allen received 1stPlace honors and ColbyKinchens received 1st Placein the Doe Weight Class II.In the County Goat Show,

Studentscan enter upto five goats.If they havemore thanone goat in aweightclass, anoth-er studentmay helpshow thegoats. InDoe WeightClass III,

Gracie Wright had threegoats. Luke Horton andCody Allen helped Gracieshow her goats. GracieWright received 1st, 2ndand 3rd Place honors in theDoe Weight Class III.In the Wether Weight

Class I and Class II, ColbyKinchen received 1st PlaceHonors.In the Doe Division, Gra-

cie Wright won GrandChampion and ColbyKinchen won ReserveChampion.In the Wether Division,

Colby Kinchen won GrandChampion as well as Re-serve Champion.The Show Judge was

Todd Wall. Wall has had along history of working withlivestock with 4-H and FFA,he is a former FFA advisorand currently AssistantPrincipal in the ScrevenCounty School System.We would like to thank

the students and their par-

Winners from Laurens County Goat Show

Grand Champion Doe: Gracie Wright, Barbara M. Kilgore and Todd Wall.

Reserve Champion Doe: Buddy Fordham,Dixie Fordham, Colby Kinchen and Todd Wall.

Reserve Champion Wether Todd Wall andColby Kinchen.

Grand Champion Wether: Todd Wall and ColbyKinchen.

Doe Weight Class III: Cody Allen, Gracie Wright, Luke Horton and Col-by Kinchen.

ents for all the hard workthey put forth in preparingfor this show and all thespectators that came out toshow their support. Specialthanks to Barbara M. Kilgo-re of POCO TEJAS FARMSfor sponsoring the GrandChampion Doe and Buddyand Dixie Fordham of Ford-

ham Goat Farm for sponsor-ing the Reserve ChampionDoe.The 1st annual Laurens

County FFA and 4-H GoatShow would not have beenpossible without the helpfrom the Livestock ShowPlanning Committee, EastLaurens FFA, West Laurens

FFA and The Laurens Coun-ty Cooperative Extension.If you would like to find

out more about the GoatLivestock Program, contactyour respective FFA or 4-Hadvisory.

If you would like to findout more about the Lau-rens County Livestock

Program call Gary Brownat 478-272-2277. Everyoneis encouraged to attendthe Laurens County 4-H/FFA Goat Show on Sep-tember 12 at the SouthernPines Ag Expo building inDublin. (Special Photos)

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SportsCrusaders roll:Trinity Middle

School cruisespast Bulloch.

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Associated Press

JOLIET, Ill. — If the planwas to spot the competition alead, Dale Earnhardt Jr. andJoey Logano have their rivalsright where they want them.Both got off to a miserablestart in the opening race of theChase for the Sprint Cupchampionship.Logano, the pole-sitter, was

forced to drop out of Sunday’srain-delayed race at Chicago-land Speedway when hisengine quit with 91 lapsremaining. He finished 37th.Some 50 laps later, Earn-

hardt wound up followingLogano onto pit road with arace-ending problem of hisown. He settled for 35th.They were the only two in

the 13-driver Chase qualifyingfield not to finish the first ofNASCAR’s 10-race, season-

ending play-off series.None of theother driversf i n i s h e dworse than16th.“I’m pret-

ty angry,” Lo-gano said.“That wassuch a fastrace car wehad.”Logano qualified for the

Chase for the first time thisyear, and was embroiled in thescandal-plagued race atRichmond last weekend. Aftera wide-ranging investigation,NASCAR officials punishedMichael Waltrip Racing for itsrole in manipulating the race.Additionally, Logano’s PenskeRacing team was placed onprobation Friday for its role in

bargainingfor track po-sition atRichmond toget Loganoin the Chase.

At leastL o g a n o ’ sproblems onthis nightwere limitedto the track.He had goneto pit road

once before his exit, complain-ing of cylinder problems.“Unfortunately the motor

blew up. You have these everyonce in a while,” said Logano,teammate of defending serieschampion Brad Keselowski.“It’s a bummer to have it inthe Chase when you are run-ning for a championship. I feellike Chicago was one of thosetracks we could win at.

Everyone was doing the rightthing. ... It just wasn’t our dayI guess.”Earnhardt felt the same

way. He got caught in a slow-speed pile-up on pit road,damaged the nose of his carand struggled to keep thefront end together the rest ofthe race.“We were going to get that

patched up and maybe be ableto make something out of it,”Earnhardt said. “But some-thing broke there in themotor. It’s tough.”The question going forward

becomes whether either mancan make up the deficit.Five-time champion Jim-

mie Johnson finished 39th inthe 2006 playoff opener andcame back to win the title. Buthe only dropped to ninth in

Lady Irish bounce ELHS in ‘home’ openerBy Rick NolteSports Editor

Sixteen games into the season,Dublin finally played its home openeron Tuesday against rival EastLaurens.In a manner of speaking, that is."It feels good to finally be at home

— our real home," Coach JenniferJessup said after the Lady Irishclaimed a 8-4 win in the GHSARegion 3AA contest.Before Tuesday, the Lady Irish

either played at the field of an oppo-

nent or on a diamond at the SouthernPines complex in town for gameswhere they were the hosts.The grass on Dublin's field on cam-

pus was damagedwhen an improperfertilizer mixturewas applied over thesummer. It hadn'trecovered enough to handle play untillast week.Dublin quickly warmed to its

familiar surroundings, scoring fourruns in the first inning on the way toupping their record to 10-6 overall

and 2-1 in the region. The Lady Irishadded another run in the third, twoin the fourth and finished up withanother in the fifth.East Laurens (5-8, 0-3) had single

runs in the first and sixth before scor-ing two in the seventh."I thought we came out strong, but

at the very end we let up intensity alittle bit," Jessup said. "But, we heldit together enough to get the win."Becca Sumner pitched a complete

game with 11 strikeouts to earn thevictory."She did well," Jessup said of the

right-hander. "She got a little behindin the count later on, but she workedthrough it."Heather Sumner led Dublin's 11-

hit attack with a 3-for-5 day thatincluded a triple and a run batted in.Becca Sumner, Zaria Walker andBrittany Gabriel each had two hitsand knocked in a run while De'YanaHines had two RBIs."We left a ton on base, though,"

said Jessup, whose team stranded adozen. "We didn't execute the way weshould have to get them in. And, wehad a couple of base-running mis-

takes."Brianna Williams and Nizha

Harris each went 2-for- 4 for the LadyFalcons. Williams started on themound for East, but was lifted infavor of Taylor Simmons afterDublin's four-run first."She pitched a whole game yester-

day, but we felt we needed her today,too," East coach Danielle Barton said."It was just too much."It's the first time our pitchers

have been on the mound (in varsity

Bulldogs restedfor North Texaswith LSU ahead

Associated Press

ATHENS, Ga. — AmarloHerrera was asked if he knewthe conference of Georgia’snext opponent.A blank stare.When told that North Texas

was a member of ConferenceUSA, the linebacker insistedthat would’ve been his answer.“I didn’t want to say any-

thing,” Herrerasaid. “I didn’twant to get itwrong.”If there was

ever a chancefor a letdown,this is it.Unheralded

North Texaswill be at San-ford Stadium on Saturday, fac-ing a Georgia team that finallycatches a break in the midst ofa brutal opening month. TheBulldogs (1-1) opened with a38-35 loss at third-rankedClemson, beat then-No. 6South Carolina at home 41-30,and host sixth-ranked LSU inanother crucial game beforeSeptember is done.In a season that already has

produced several upsets ofmajor conference teams bylower-division schools — not tomention Michigan nearly get-ting knocked off last week byAkron — Georgia hopes toavoid the sort of listless per-formance that might give theMean Green (2-1) a glimmer ofhope.Coach Mark Richt is

encouraged by his team’s out-look.“I don’t see a problem with

our guys being motivated,”Richt said Tuesday. “You can

gauge how they work in prac-tice, and for whatever reason— I don’t know what theirmotivation is — but they’repracticing hard, they’re prac-ticing with a lot of energy.”During a morning meeting,

Richt urged his assistants tokeep the pedal to the floor —no matter how much theBulldogs are favored by (theyopened as a 36 1/2-pointchoice). Along those lines, thecoaches are making surethere’s plenty of competitionfor starting jobs and playingtime.Sure, the Bulldogs can prob-

ably beat North Texas withouttheir best performance. But ifsomeone falters individually,he might not be playing asmuch against LSU.“We talk a lot about how

good we can become,” Richtsaid. “There’s a competitioneach day out there at practice.I think the guys probablysense that they have a chanceto play, a chance to start, or achance to make the travelteam.”Georgia, which has lost the

last two years in the South-eastern Conference champi-onship game, knows it has agood chance of getting back toAtlanta for the third year in arow. The offense is one of thebest in the nation. The youngdefense figures to made signif-icant improvements as the sea-son goes along.“We think we can become a

really good team,” Richt said.“We hate to put any kind oflimit on what we can do.”Quarterback Aaron Murray

is coming off one of the best

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A foot injury has landed Atlanta linebacker Sean Weatherspoon (56) on short-term injured reservemeaning he won’t be eligible to play until the 11th game of the season.

Clipped wings

Weatherspoon on short IR; Jackson out this week

No.Texasat GeorgiaSaturday, 12:20(SEC)

Associated Press

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlantahas lost linebacker Sean Weatherspoonfor at least eight weeks and running backSteven Jackson will missthe Falcons’ next game —and maybe more.The win against St.

Louis Sunday is provingto be costly.Weatherspoon became

the third starter placed oninjured reserve Tuesdayafter the victory over theRams, though he will beeligible to rejoin the roster in Week 11.The Falcons (1-1) used the one-time-

only designation that allows an injuredplayer to return, but Weatherspoon won’tbe able to practice for six weeks and can’t

play in a game for eight weeks.Coach Mike Smith announced Jackson

will miss Sunday’s game at Miami with athigh injury.Smith said Jackson’s injury is not

expected to keep him out for a significantamount of time.“He will not play this week. I know

that,” Smith said. “It is short term. WhenI say short term, I don’t know if it’s twoweeks or three weeks, but Steven is ruledout for the game this week and will notplay.”Smith provided no further details on

Jackson’s injury.The announcement came one day after

the Falcons placed defensive end KroyBiermann (torn right Achilles tendon)and fullback Bradie Ewing (separatedleft shoulder) on the reserve list with sea-son-ending injuries.

Smith said he hasn’t experienced asimilar wave of injuries in his six yearsas Atlanta’s coach.“We’ve not had anything close to this,”

Smith said. “There have been gameswhere we’ve had guys who have not beenable to play and it’s been the next-man upmentality and I think that’s really whatour guys understand. I tell them all thetime we have very defined roles on ourteam and in our organization, but I tellthem on our team those roles can changejust like that and you’ve got to be pre-pared.”Asked if the injuries have left his head

spinning, Smith said “No. Not at all.“That’s what happens week to week. ...

I think it happens at different times ofthe season. Right now it’s happening at

Falconsat DolphinsSunday, 4 p.m.(FOX)

Prepsoftball

Junior, Logano toughen Chase chances

Earnhardt Jr.Logano

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See CHASE page 2b

See GEORGIA page 2b

Nats rally in opener,coast late for sweep

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — TheAtlanta Braves have run farahead of their NL East foes thisseason. Now they’re stumblingto the finish.The Washington Nationals

broke open a one-run gamewith three a three-run eighthoff reliever Jordan Walden anddefeated the Braves 4-0Tuesday night for a sweep ofthe day-nightdoublehead-er.In the

makeup of aseries openerpostponed bya shootingrampage a day earlier at thenearby Navy Yard, theNationals scored three time offAtlanta closer Craig Kimbrel inthe ninth for a 6-5 win in thefirst game.“We need to start playing a

little better baseball and startswinging the bats,” said man-ager Fredi Gonzalez, whose hit-ters collected just five singles inthe nightcap. “I like where weare, our position, but there’sstill baseball games to beplayed, and we’ve just got to getback on a roll again.”Atlanta has lost nine of 13

and the magic numberremained at four for clinchingthe NL East for the first timesince the Braves’ streak of 11

consecutive division titles from1995-05. A sweep of the day-night doubleheader would havesealed the division, nowAtlanta’s lead over Washingtonis eight games, the smallest it’sbeen since July 25th.Washington’s Tanner Roark

(7-0) allowed just two hits inseven innings, struck out sixand retired the final 13 battershe faced. Roark has yet to allowa run in 13 innings against theBraves.Veteran right-hander

Freddy Garcia (1-2), making hissecond start for Atlanta,allowed a run on seven hits.“He threw the ball real well,”

catcher Gerald Laird said. “Iremember facing him a lot withDetroit, when he was with theWhite Sox, and he’s one of thoseguys who keeps you off balanceand doesn’t make mistakes inthe middle of the plate.”After allowing Steve

Lombardozzi’s RBI-single inthe second, he worked out oftrouble in the third and fourth,and retired the last eight menhe faced.Washington, which began

the game 4 1/2 games behindCincinnati for the NL’s secondwild-card berth, added threeruns, including a RyanZimmerman homer, off Waldenin the eighth.“You want to keep it a one-

Nats 6-5,Braves 4-0

Next: Atlanta atWashington, today,7 p.m.TV: FSS

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NATIONAL LEAGUEEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Atlanta 89 62 .589 —Washington 81 70 .536 8Philadelphia 71 80 .470 18New York 67 83 .44721 1/2Miami 55 96 .364 34

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

St. Louis 88 63 .583 —Pittsburgh 87 64 .576 1Cincinnati 86 66 .5662 1/2Milwaukee 67 83 .44720 1/2Chicago 63 88 .417 25

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Los Angeles 87 64 .576 —Arizona 76 74 .50710 1/2San Diego 70 80 .46716 1/2San Francisco70 81 .464 17Colorado 69 83 .45418 1/2

———Monday’s Games

Philadelphia 12, Miami 2San Diego 2, Pittsburgh 0Atlanta at Washington, ppd., local shoot-ing tragedyMilwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 1Cincinnati 6, Houston 1Colorado 6, St. Louis 2Arizona 2, L.A. Dodgers 1

Tuesday’s GamesWashington 6, Atlanta 5, 1st gameWashington 4, Atlanta 0, 2nd gamePhiladelphia 6, Miami 4San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 2San Francisco 8, N.Y. Mets 5Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 3Cincinnati 10, Houston 0St. Louis 11, Colorado 4L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 3

Wednesday’s GamesAtlanta (A.Wood 3-3) at Washington(Ohlendorf 4-0), 7:05 p.m.Miami (Eovaldi 3-6) at Philadelphia (Miner0-1), 7:05 p.m.San Diego (T.Ross 3-8) at Pittsburgh(Morton 7-4), 7:05 p.m.San Francisco (M.Cain 8-9) at N.Y. Mets(Harang 0-1), 7:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Rusin 2-4) at Milwaukee(Thornburg 2-1), 8:10 p.m.Cincinnati (G.Reynolds 1-2) at Houston(Peacock 5-5), 8:10 p.m.St. Louis (Wainwright 16-9) at Colorado(Chatwood 7-4), 8:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Fife 4-3) at Arizona(McCarthy 4-9), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesSan Diego (Kennedy 6-9) at Pittsburgh(Cole 8-7), 12:35 p.m.San Francisco (Bumgarner 12-9) at N.Y.Mets (Niese 7-7), 1:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 2-2) at Milwaukee(Lohse 10-9), 2:10 p.m.St. Louis (Wacha 3-1) at Colorado(Oswalt 0-6), 3:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Nolasco 13-10) at Arizona(Miley 10-10), 3:40 p.m.Miami (H.Alvarez 4-4) at Washington(Strasburg 7-9), 7:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUEEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Boston 92 60 .605 —Tampa Bay 82 68 .547 9Baltimore 80 70 .533 11New York 79 72 .52312 1/2Toronto 69 81 .460 22

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Detroit 88 63 .583 —Cleveland 82 69 .543 6Kansas City 79 72 .523 9Minnesota 64 86 .42723 1/2Chicago 60 91 .397 28

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Oakland 89 62 .589 —Texas 82 68 .5476 1/2Los Angeles 73 78 .483 16Seattle 66 85 .437 23Houston 51 100 .338 38

———Monday’s Games

Detroit 4, Seattle 2Tampa Bay 6, Texas 2Cincinnati 6, Houston 1Kansas City 7, Cleveland 1Chicago White Sox 12, Minnesota 1L.A. Angels 12, Oakland 1

Tuesday’s GamesToronto 2, N.Y. Yankees 0Detroit 6, Seattle 2Baltimore 3, Boston 2Texas 7, Tampa Bay 1Cincinnati 10, Houston 0Cleveland 5, Kansas City 3Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 3Oakland 2, L.A. Angels 1

Wednesday’s GamesMinnesota (Diamond 5-11) at ChicagoWhite Sox (Joh.Danks 4-13), 2:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (Vargas 8-7) at Oakland(Griffin 14-9), 3:35 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 4-13) at Toronto(Happ 4-6), 7:07 p.m.Seattle (Iwakuma 12-6) at Detroit(Verlander 13-11), 7:08 p.m.Baltimore (W.Chen 7-7) at Boston (Peavy11-5), 7:10 p.m.Texas (D.Holland 9-9) at Tampa Bay(Archer 9-7), 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati (G.Reynolds 1-2) at Houston(Peacock 5-5), 8:10 p.m.Cleveland (Salazar 1-2) at Kansas City(B.Chen 7-3), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesSeattle (Paxton 2-0) at Detroit (Fister 12-9), 1:08 p.m.Houston (Keuchel 6-9) at Cleveland(U.Jimenez 12-9), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 11-11) at Toronto(Redmond 3-2), 7:07 p.m.Baltimore (Tillman 16-6) at Boston(Lackey 9-12), 7:10 p.m.Texas (Darvish 12-9) at Tampa Bay(M.Moore 15-3), 7:10 p.m.Minnesota (Correia 9-12) at Oakland(Straily 10-7), 10:05 p.m.

WILD CARD STANDINGSAMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct WCGBTampa Bay 82 68 .547 —Texas 82 68 .547 —Cleveland 82 69 .543 1/2Baltimore 80 70 .533 2Kansas City 79 72 .523 3 1/2New York 79 72 .523 3 1/2

———NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct WCGBSt. Louis 88 63 .583 —Pittsburgh 87 64 .576 —Cincinnati 86 66 .566 —Washington 81 70 .536 4 1/2

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PANew Eng. 2 0 01.000 36 31Miami 2 0 01.000 47 30N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 28 30Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 45 46South

W L T Pct PF PAHouston 2 0 01.000 61 52Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 41 41Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 40 39Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 11 47North

W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 1 1 0 .500 41 55Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 41 34Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 19 36Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 16 37West

W L T Pct PF PAKansas City 2 0 01.000 45 18Denver 2 0 01.000 90 50Oakland 1 1 0 .500 36 30San Diego 1 1 0 .500 61 61

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 1 1 0 .500 52 48Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 63 60N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 54 77Washington 0 2 0 .000 47 71South

W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 2 0 01.000 39 31Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 48 47Carolina 0 2 0 .000 30 36Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 31 34North

W L T Pct PF PAChicago 2 0 01.000 55 51Detroit 1 1 0 .500 55 49

Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 66 54Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 54 65West

W L T Pct PF PASeattle 2 0 01.000 41 10St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 51 55San Fran 1 1 0 .500 37 57Arizona 1 1 0 .500 49 48

MondayCincinnati 20, Pittsburgh 10

ThursdayKansas City at Philadelphia, 8:25 p.m.

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

MondayOakland at Denver, 8:40 p.m.

GEORGIA SPORTSWRITERS POLLClass A

Record Pts1. Eagle’s Land. Christ. (19) 3-0 1902. Landmark Christian 4-0 1693. Savannah Christian 1-0-1 1444. Aquinas 2-0 110(tie) Prince Ave Christi. 2-1 1106. Lincoln County 1-1 887. Irwin County 2-0-1 798. George Walton 2-1 559. Seminole County 3-0 2210. Marion County 2-0 17

Others receiving votes: Pace Aca-demy 12, Johnson County 7, Trion 5,Athens Academy 3, Mt. Paran 3, EmanuelCounty Institute 1.

Class AARecord Pts

1. Greater Atl. Christ. (13) 4-0 1822. Lamar County (6) 3-0 1763. Lovett 3-0 1504. Calhoun 2-1 1095. Vidalia 3-0 1086. Washington-Wilkes 3-0 987. Jefferson 2-1 888. Brooks County 2-1 579. Benedictine Mil. 3-0 4710. Cook 2-1 14

Others receiving votes: Manchester10, Westminster 2, Bremen 1, Pelham 1,Thomasville 1, Westside-Augusta 1.

Class AAARecord Pts

1. Buford (18) 3-0 1892. St. Pius X 3-0 1673. Cartersville (1) 3-0 1564. Washington County 3-0 1305. North Hall 3-0 1166. Jefferson County 3-0 877. Carver-Columbus 2-1 608. North Oconee 1-1 499. Callaway 2-0 3510. Hart County 3-0 25

Others receiving votes: Pierce County13, Peach County 10, Ringgold 3, Wood-ward Academy 3, Decatur 1.

Class AAAARecord Pts

1. Sandy Creek (19) 2-0-1 1902. Carrollton 3-0 1713. Griffin 3-0 1454. Stockbridge 3-0 1285. Monroe Area 3-0 1056. Burke County 1-1 937. Statesboro 3-0 788. Wayne County 3-0 389. Westside-Macon 2-1 3610. Mary Persons 3-0 27

Others receiving votes: Marist 17,Cedartown 7, Riverdale 7, Grady 3.

Class AAAAARecord Pts

1. Northside-W.R. (13) 3-0 1832. Tucker (5) 3-0 1733. Stephenson (1) 3-0 1534. Kell 3-0 1275. Gainesville 2-1 1106. Thomas Co. Central 3-1 927. Warner Robins 2-0 798. Allatoona 3-0 619. Ware County 2-1 2210. Lee County 3-0 19(tie) M.L. King 2-1 19

Others receiving votes: Creekside 4,Union Grove 2, Bainbridge 1.

TOP 25 SCHEDULEThursday

No. 3 Clemson at NC State, 7:30 p.m.Saturday

No. 1 Alabama vs. Colorado State, 7 p.m.No. 4 Ohio State vs. Florida A&M, NoonNo. 5 Stanford vs. No. 23 Arizona St., 7p.m.No. 6 LSU vs. Auburn, 7:45 p.m.No. 7 Louisville vs. Florida Inter., NoonNo. 8 Florida St. vs. Beth.-Cook., 6 p.m.No. 9 Georgia vs. North Texas, 12:21p.m.No. 10 Texas A&M vs. SMU, 7 p.m.No. 13 UCLA vs. New Mex. St., 10:30p.m.No. 15 Michigan at UConn, 8 p.m.No. 16 Miami vs. Savannah State, 7 p.m.No. 17 Washington vs. Idaho St., 3 p.m.No. 18 Northwestern vs. Maine, 3:30 p.m.No. 19 Florida vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.No. 20 Baylor vs. La-Monroe, 4 p.m.No. 22 Notre Dame vs. Mich. St., 3:30p.m.No. 24 Wisconsin vs. Purdue, 3:30 p.m.No. 25 Texas St. vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m

BASEBALLAmerican League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Reinstated OFHenry Urrutia from the restricted list.Designated INF Wilson Betemit forassignment.LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Recalled RHPTommy Hanson and INF TommyFieldfrom Salt Lake (PCL). Selected thecontracts of 1B Efren Navarro and RHPMatt Shoemaker from Salt Lake.Activated RHP Robert Coello from the 60-day DL. Transferred RHP Kevin Jepsenand OF Peter Bourjos to the 60-day DL.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—ReinstatedRHP J.J. Putz from the 15-day DL.CINCINNATI REDS—Reinstated RHPJohnny Cueto and LHP Sean Marshallfrom the 60-day DL. Designated RHPKyle Lotzkar and RHP Josh Ravin forassignment.LOS ANGELES DODGERS—ActivatedOF Matt Kemp from the 15-day DL.Signed RHP Takumi Numata to a minorleague contract.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Named DanHauser senior vice president of corporatepartnerships.WASHINGTON WIZARDS—PromotedTommy Sheppard to senior vice presidentof basketball operations, Ed Tapscott tovice president of player programs, PatSullivan to assistant coach, BrettGreenberg to director of basketball ana-lytics/salary cap management, BryanOringher to video coordinator and RyanRichman to assistant video coordinator.Named Marc Eversley vice president ofscouting, Frank Ross director of playerpersonnel, Greg Ballard advance proscout and Thomas Knox director of playerperformance and rehabilitation.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

NFL—Suspended Tampa Bay S DashonGoldson one game for a flagrant andrepeat violation of NFL safety rules pro-hibiting hits to the head and neck area ofdefenseless players.ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed WRsDan Buckner and Brittan Golden to thepractice squad. Released WR SamMcGuffie from the practice squad.ATLANTA FALCONS — Placed LB SeanWeatherspoon on the injuredreserve/return list.CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed SCharles Godfrey on injured reserve.Signed S Robert Lester from the practicesquad.CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed LB J.K.Schaffer from the practice squad.

Waived S Jeromy Miles. Terminated thecontract of RB Bernard Scott.CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived WRTori Gurley. Released WR Arceto Clark.DENVER BRONCOS—Signed OT ChrisClark to a two-year contract extensionthrough 2015.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed RBMiguel Maysonet to the practice squad.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—ClaimedCB Jamell Fleming off waivers fromArizona. Signed G Jacques McClendon.Waived WR Jeremy Ebert and CBMarcus Burley. Signed DE Chris McCoyto the practice squad.KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Waived SBradley McDougald. Signed TE KevinBrock.NEW YORK JETS—Released P RobertMalone. Signed P Ryan Quigley and LBScott Solomon. Released WR RashaanVaughn from the practice squad. SignedLB Danny Lansanah to the practicesquad.AN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed NTIan Williams on injured reserve. SignedFB Owen Marecic to a one-year con-tract.

Canadian Football LeagueEDMONTON ESKIMOS—Released DENekos Brown and OL Branden Curry.

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TODAYMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

2 p.m.WGN — Minnesota at ChicagoWhite Sox

7 p.m.FSS — Atlanta at WashingtonESPN — Texas at Tampa Bay

10 p.m.ESPN — L.A. Dodgers at Arizona

SOCCER2:30 p.m.

FSN — UEFA ChampionsLeague, Celtic at AC MilanFS1 — UEFA Champions League,Ajax at Barcelona

THURSDAYCOLLEGE FOOTBALL

7:30 p.m.ESPN — Clemson at NC State

GOLF9 a.m.

TGC — European PGA, Opend‘Italia, first round, at Turin, Italy

1 p.m.TGC — PGA, TOUR Champ-ion-ship, first round, at AtlantaMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

2 p.m.WGN — Chicago Cubs atMilwaukee

NFL FOOTBALL8 p.m.

NFL — Kansas City atPhiladelphia

PREP FOOTBALL8 p.m.

FS1 — Coppell (Texas) atGarland (Texas)

SOCCER1 p.m.

FS1 — UEFA Europa League,Swansea City at Valencia

3 p.m.FS1 — UEFA Europa League,Tromso at Tottenham

WNBA BASKETBALL7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Playoffs, first round,game 1, teams TBD

9 p.m.ESPN2 — Playoffs, first round,game 1, teams TBD

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TODAYSoftball

GMC at West Laurens, 5:55p.m.Dublin at Baldwin, 5 p.m.

THURSDAYSoftball

Westside-Aug. at East Laurens,6 p.m.

VolleyballWest Laurens at Baldwin(w/Jackson), 5 p.m.

FRIDAYSoftball

West Laurens in BrookwoodTournament, TBA

FootballWest Laurens at RutlandDublin at SwainsboroTrinity Christian at BullochAcademyDodge County at BleckleyCountyJohnson County at Sav. CountryDayMontgomery County at Sav.ChristianCalvary Day at TreutlenJenkins County at WheelerCountyWilkinson County at IrwinCounty

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Buckmasters schedulebanquet for Sept. 26

The Middle Georgia Buckmas-ters will host its 19th Annual Din-ner & Auction on Sept. 26 at theDubose Porter Center.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with aseafood buffet being served at7:15 p.m. For tickets or informa-tion, please call Steve Brown 478-279-2221.

Travel softball team hasspots on two teams

The Stixx fastpitch travel softballteam has spots available on its 8-under and 14-under rosters.

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Gabriel Meadows led a potent running gamewith 124 yards and two touchdowns on 15 car-ries to lift Trinity Christian Middle School to a32-6 rout of Bulloch Academy.

Whit Mason followed with 33 yards and TDon six attempts while quarterback JB Gay fin-ished the scoring with a short run.

The Crusaders’ defense provided the othertouchdown when Jeremiah Giddens returnedan interception for a score. Giddens also brokeup three other passes and had two tackles.

Griffin Hill topped Trinity with six tacklesand two assists. while Mason had five solos andthree assist. William Gay had four tackles andtwo assists and Meadows had four tackles,three assists and batted down four passes.

Trinity blanked the Gators in the fifth quar-ter matching sixth and seventh graders. TheCrusaders got touchdowns from Jake Walkerand Davis Skeeters, each on a 50-yard runwhile Carson Hall rambled 47 yards for anoth-er TD.

Trinity plays at home Thursday at 5 p.m.

Trinity Middle rolls by Bulloch Academy

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Washington got back to playing baseball andswept Atlanta to keep the Braves from clinchingthe NL East. Meanwhile, the AL wild-card raceremained tight with Texas beating Tampa Bay. Aquick look at baseball’s playoff picture:

TIGHTENING RACE: Four of the six teamsvying for the twoALwild-card berths squared offagainst a fellow contender Tuesday night. Texastopped Tampa Bay 7-1 to move into a tie with the

Rays atop the wild-card chase. Cleveland moveda half-game out while Baltimore is now withintwo games. Kansas City and New York both lost,but are still in the hunt 3 1/2 games back.

WELCOME BACKMATT: Matt Kemp went 4for 4 with three RBIs in his first start since com-ing off the disabled list Monday to lead LosAngeles to an easy 9-3 rout of Arizona. With thevictory, the Dodgers reduced their magic numberto clinch the division to two. They can clinch theNL West with a win Wednesday.

Baseball playoff picture coming into focus

the beginning of the season.”Jackson left the 31-24 win

over the Rams after scoring inthe first quarter on an 8-yardpass from Matt Ryan. Smithsays Jacquizz Rodgers andJason Snelling will share thework at running back againstthe Dolphins.

The status of cornerbackAsante Samuel also is indoubt. Samuel left the gameagainst the Rams with a thighinjury.

Weatherspoon, a first-roundpick in 2010, quickly estab-lished himself as the leader ofAtlanta’s defense. He had 13tackles this season and 306 inhis career. Biermann has 161/2 sacks in his career, includ-ing four last season, and tookon the expanded role of outsidelinebacker when the Falconswent to a 3-4 alignment.

Replacing Weatherspoon isparticularly troublesome, how-ever, because linebacker is theteam’s thinnest position. Therewere only four other lineback-

ers on the roster, including twoundrafted rookies, before theFalcons signed Jamar Chaneyand Omar Gaither on Tuesday.

Smith said the two undraft-ed rookies, Joplo Bartu andPaul Worrilow, will play signif-icant roles. Bartu startedahead of Stephen Nicholasagainst the Rams.

“We’re looking forward toseeing what these young guys

can do,” Smith said. “Bartuhad a good ballgame last weekand Worrilow and Nicholas areguys that get back into themix. They’ve got to go outthere and perform and we’revery confident that they will.

“The two young guysshowed what they can do inthe preseason and then Bartudid it in the game the otherday.”

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performances of his career,throwing for 309 yards andfour TDs against SouthCarolina. His next touchdownpass will be the 100th of hiscareer.

“You’ve got to dream big,”Murray said. “We definitelyhave big goals here. There’snothing wrong with that. Inorder to reach that big goal,you have to take it step bystep, understand the smallergoals along the way.”

That’s where North Texascomes in.

This game isn’t likely to bol-ster Georgia’s reputation if itgoes as expected, and it willhave no im-pact on the confer-ence race. But if the Bulldogs

should falter,there goesany chance ofmaking it tothe nationaltitle game.

“I don’tthink it’s ad a n g e r o u sgame for usbecause we’regoing intothis playingGeorgia football, no matterwho the opponent is,” receiverChris Conley said. “This gameis actually an opportunity forus to get better. We like toimprove every week.”

Georgia has already played13 true freshmen in the firsttwo games, including threewho earned starting roles —

safety Tray Matthews, corner-back Brendan Langley andoutside linebacker LeonardFloyd. Only Texas A&M (17),UCLA (15) and LSU (14) haveplayed more.

While most of the youth ison the defensive side, a coupleof first-year running backscould get extensive playingtime if the Bulldogs push outto a big lead on the MeanGreen.

Brendan Douglas ran fivetime for 31 yards againstSouth Carolina in his collegedebut. J.J. Green has played inboth games, carrying twotimes for seven yards.

“We’re in a good place as faras guys giving great effort andnot being bored with it,” Richtsaid.

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what was then a 10-driverqualifying field; Logano andEarnhardt will head to thenext Chase occupying the lasttwo spots in the 13-driver field.

Earnhardt moves to thenext race in New Hampshireranked 13th, 53 points behind

leader Matt Kenseth, who wonthe opener at Chicagoland.Logano is 12th, 52 points back.

“Everyone did a good job.That is what we have to holdour heads up about,” Loganosaid. “It is a tough break forthis team. We’re strong.

“We have battled through alot of adversity this year and

we will keep doing it.”Earnhardt was not quite as

optimistic.“We have some pretty tough

competition in the Chase,” hesaid. “The average finish isgoing to be inside the top 10 towin the championship. So youcan do the numbers, you cando the math.”

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play). We won some early, butwe've been struggling."

East Laurens went ahead 1-0 in the top of the first whenBianca Cole singled, movedaround on two errors andscored on a past ball. HeatherSumner started Dublin's halfwith a triple before stealinghome to tie it.

Becca Sumner doubled inthe second run and Gabrieldoubled home the other two to

give Dublin the lead for good.Sumner had an RBI single inthe third to deliver what provedto be the game-winning run.

Williams led off with a triplein the sixth and scored onLesha Baldwin's ground out tomake it 8-2. The Falcons scoredtwo in the seventh with thehelp of two walks and Dublin'sthird error of the day, butWilliams flew out to deep leftfield with a runner on base toend it.

"That's why we say we never

can get enough runs," Jessupsaid of the late walks and error.We need as much cushion as wecan get."

Dublin visits Baldwin todayand plays Wheeler County onMonday before visits from theregion's top two teams inHarlem and Screven County onTuesday and Wednesday.

"Those are going to be big forus for the region tournament,"Jessup said. "We'll need executebetter next week than we did,today."

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A thigh injury will have running back Steven Jack-son out an unknown amount of time.

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run ballgame and you bring the guy in you wantin that situation and it just didn’t happentonight for us,” Gonzalez said.

The Braves wasted a two-run, ninth-inninglead in an opening 6-5 loss.

Shortstop Andrelton Simmons’ error onDenard Span’s grounder ended Kimbrel’s firstblown save since May 7.

Atlanta trailed 3-0 in the first but took a 4-3lead in the eighth on Evan Gattis’ two-run homeroff Tyler Clippard on an 0-2 pitch, which stoppedan 0-for-18 skid. The Braves added a run in theninth when Elliot Johnson singled, advanced ona throwing error by left fielder Bryce Harper,

stole third and came around as Ian Desmondallowed Freddie Freeman’s four-hop grounder toshortstop to bounce off the heel of his glove forhis 18th error this season.

In the bottom half, Adam LaRoche walked ona full count, Wilson Ramos reached on an infieldsingle and Anthony Rendon walked on a 3-2pitch. After Tracy’s grounder, Atlanta elected topitch to Span with first base open, and he hit athree-hopper over the mound that rolled pastSimmons into center field. Span was given anRBI, with the second run scoring on the error.

“With Craig, it can be bases loaded no outsand we still feel like we’re going to get out of itand he’s going to strike out the side,” starterMike Minor said.

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MCLEAN, VA(Marketwired) - Freddie Mac’s(OTCQB: FMCC) full menu ofmortgage relief policies forborrowers affected by disasteris being extended tohomeowners whose homeswere damaged or destroyed bythe devastating floods inColorado. Freddie Mac’sdisaster relief policies enableservicers to help borrowerswith homes in presidentiallydeclared Major Disaster Areaswhere federal IndividualAssistance programs arebeing made available. FreddieMac is one of the nation’slargest investors inresidential mortgages.

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Freddie Mac mortgagerelief options for affectedborrowers in these areasinclude:

- Place borrowers onforbearance and suspendforeclosures for up to 12months;

- Waiving assessments oflate fees against borrowerswith disaster-damagedhomes;

- Not reporting forbearancetriggered by the disaster tothe nation’s credit bureaus;and

- Suspending eviction lock-outs for up to 90 days. --Under a new Freddie Macmortgage modification option,after the disaster forbearanceends, the servicer can addskipped payments to theoutstanding loan balance andextend the mortgage term,while keeping the borrower’smortgage payment essentiallythe same. -- Freddie Mac isalso reminding servicers to

consider Freddie Mac’sstandard relief policies,

including forbearance ormortgage

modifications, forborrowers who work ineligible disaster areas but

live in unaffected areas. --Affected borrowers shouldimmediately contact theirmortgage servicer

-- the company to whichthey send their monthlymortgage payment.

Relief extended to Colorado borrowers

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