Kevin EckleberrySports Editor

Charles Flowers isn’t walking away quietly.

Flowers, the head foot-ball coach at Troup High School for the past two seasons, was informed during a meeting with superintendent Cole Pugh last week that his contract won’t be renewed for the 2012-2013 school year, and that February would be his final month working at the school.

Flowers said the reason given for the dismissal concerned allegations

brought by someone that he recruited two players from Lanett, Ala. and then helped pay the bills for the family they were living with.

Flowers, speak-ing to media members Wednesday afternoon in front of the field house at Troup High, said the alle-gations aren’t true.

“(Pugh) indicated to me that he had a written state-ment that I had paid the deposit and the rent for some athletes,” Flowers said. “I told Dr. Pugh at this time that that was incorrect information.”

To back up his claim, Flowers brought two peo-ple with him Wednesday.

One of them was Matranjala Acres, who owned the home where the two brothers lived when they went to Troup High during the 2010-2011 school year.

The two players cur-rently attend Lanett High School.

Acres’ brother is the father of the two players in question, and she said she’s close to the mother.

“I opened up my home to her and her boys,” Acres said. “We have

never received anything from coach Flowers. He has never paid any rent, utilities, bought us grocer-ies or anything. I only met coach Flowers after the boys were in school up here, and coach Flowers would come by our home to check on the boys.”

Also in attendance at Wednesday’s press con-ference was Tseyonka Davidson, who said he encouraged the family to move to West Point so the brothers could go to Troup High.

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Charles Flowers, the head football coach at Troup the past two seasons, speaks at a press conference on Wednesday after being told he wouldn’t return for the 2012 season.See DISMISSAL | 2

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LaGrange High School will present a unique perspective on the importance of Black History Month with its origi-nal performance “Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future,” beginning Friday.

The story was written by LHS assis-tant principal Kenneth Redding, who co-directs, and it features music from classic singers like Nat King Cole to modern artists like Destiny’s Child along with gospel numbers.

Dance and step teams will also per-form during the show.

The story is “about two men who fight to save a junk yard in the face of prog-ress,” Redding said. “Someone wants

to build a shopping mall and everybody else on the block has agreed to sell, but this man wants to hold out because the property has historical value.”

The junk yard turns out to have played a pivotal role in the abolitionist move-ment during slavery. As a young black developer pushes the owner to sell, the significance of the junkyard to African-American history and the lengths the developer is willing to go to get his way amp up the drama.

English teacher Elizabeth Green, co-director of the program, said the story helps convey to the current generation of African Americans the struggles their ancestors went through to achieve free-

LHS program to ‘honor past, inspire future’ Children a highlight of black history program

Seth BorensteinAP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — With the month of March looming, tornado chasers are already watching the Southeast as a nasty storm brews with the potential to spin off a batch of tornadoes.

But if funnel clouds develop Thursday or Friday as some forecasters believe, they won’t be the first. This tornado season got an early and deadly start in late January when two people were killed by separate twisters in Alabama. Preliminary reports showed 95 torna-does struck last month, compared with 16 in January during a particularly stormy 2011.

The season usually starts in March and then ramps up for the next cou-ple of months, but forecasting these storm seasons is even more impre-cise than predicting hurricane seasons. Tornadoes are too small and too short-lived for scientists to make seasonal predictions. They don’t develop like blizzards and hurricanes, which are easier to project.

They pop in and pop out. The storms that give them birth may last only a few hours. Hurricanes and blizzards are lumbering beasts that spend days moving across the satellite maps. When a hurricane approaches, coastlines get days warning to evacuate. With a tor-nado, if the weather service can let people know 20 minutes in advance, it’s considered a victory.

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From the West Point Elementary School choir to the heartfelt prayer of a 4-year-old, children were at the forefront of West Point’s annual black history celebration.

“Our young people have a tremendous future,” said Mayor Drew Ferguson IV.

The program included two songs from the West Point Elementary School choir, which gave one of its last performances if proposed cuts to art and music in the Troup County School System are made next month. Student JahWill Fannings read a

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Congresssman Lynn Westmoreland, R-Grantville, pledged his support for West Point on a visit to the city Wednesday and said some initiatives officials are working on could be a model for other cities.

“This whole area is an example of the ability of communities to work together,” he said, pointing to the suc-cess of the Valley Partnership. That Columbus-based development group helps recruit and retain industry in West Point and adjacent Harris County. Several Kia suppliers have moved into the Harris County Business Park and the partnership is helping pay for an economic development manager for West Point.

“There will be more growth in this

area,” Westmoreland said. “Georgia is wide open right now. West Point is a great model for the rest of the state.”

Westmorelant toured the Point University academic building, which will open in August, before meeting with West Point Council members and other city leaders.

He praised the city’s efforts with a redevelopment plan that’s expected to improve recreation facilities, housing opportunities and bring more commer-cial development to the city.

“We think we have a model that may work,” said Mayor Drew Ferguson IV.

Westmoreland said the location of Kia and other industries and business would help the effort for improved housing.

“This is not a bedroom community,” he said. “People can live and work here. When they live in a community,

they invest more in it.”Westmoreland said he’s worried

about the rising price of gas, which he believes will affect the economy the most in the coming months. High gas prices – and their affect on consumer’s spending – is one reason he voted for the recent extension of the payroll tax cut.

“I hope eventually we’re forced to change our energy policy,” he said, but made no promises in a presidential election year.

“Between now and Nov. 6, there’s going to be a lot of ‘gotcha’ and not a lot getting done,” he said. “It’s a politi-cal year. I hope it’s gotten as bad as it will get but I’m sure we’ll all be tired of it by November.”

Jennifer Shrader may be reached at jshrader@lagrangenews.com or at 706-884-7311, Ext. 236.

Congressman: West Point ‘could be a model’ for other cities

Performers practice for the upcoming LaGrange High School black history program ‘Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future.’ The cast includes Spanish teacher Whitney Williams as Art Albert, center, the junkyard owner, and LHS 2011 alumnus Ethan Barnett as Michael Hershey, second from right, the young developer looking to tear down the junk yard to build a shopping mall. Ka Darius Griggs, second from right, plays Wayman Howard, Albert’s fellow defender of the junk yard, and Jalen Smith, left, as Dexter Henderson, who goes through a transformative experience as the play progresses. Janea Freeman, right, plays Wilma Rains, who also wants to convince the junk yard defenders to sell.

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Jennifer Shrader|Daily NewsCongressman Lynn Westmoreland, R-Grantville, third from left, toured the Point University Academic building in West Point on Wednesday with city leaders.

LaGrange police charged Brandon Lamar Thomas, of Habersham Drive, whose age was unavailable, on suspicion of entering an auto after an incident this morning.

Police went to Cameron Crossing Apartments at 1600 Cameron Crossing on the report of three men being seen breaking into cars. The two other men ran, but police were able to stop Thomas and found two cars that had been bro-ken into.

Anyone with information on the remaining suspects is asked to call LaGrange police at 706-883-2603 or Troup County Crime Stoppers at 706-812-1000 or text an anonymous tip to 847411, keyword LAGRANGE. Tips also may be submitted online at www.lagrangega.org or www.facebook.com/lagrange.police.

Businesses burgledPolice are looking for

someone whom they believe broke into a Church Street businesses early this morning. Officers responded to an alarm call at the Salvation Army at 202 Church St and found a window broken out by

a chunk of concrete. A security camera showed a man throwing the concrete through the window, but he didn’t go inside. The footage did not show his face. Damage to the win-dow and drywall where the concrete hit is estimated at $600.

While on the scene, police found another bro-ken window at 200 Church St., which is office space shared by Thornton and Graham attorneys and the LaGrange District of the United Methodist Church. Police said a rock “the size of a grenade” was thrown through the window and multiple offices were opened and desks gone through. Employees were expected to go through the office to see if anything was taken.

Burglar allegedly sleeps in woman’s bed

LaGrange police said a woman in the 100 block of Cross Creek Drive had someone break her back door and get in her house. The closet drawers and some drawers had been gone through, but nothing was taken. Hair was left

in the bathroom and the suspect is believed to have slept in the woman’s bed and on the couch. Police collected the hair and a pil-low from the bed.Damage to the door was $250.

TheftWest Point police said

someone got into a wom-an’s purse that was secured in a locker at the Kia Motors transmission shop on Kia Parkway. An unde-termined amount of money was taken.

Davidson, a Troup High graduate who lives in West Point, said he felt that Flowers would be a positive influence on the brothers.

“I just knew coach Flowers personally,” Davidson said. “And I knew his record. So I just wanted the kids to be looked out for.”

He said he didn’t get in touch with Flowers until the players were already settled into their new home.

“Before I contacted coach Flowers, they were already enrolled at Troup,” Davidson said.

Davidson added that it was he, and not coach Flowers, who provided monetary assistance to the family.

“I would tell that to any judge, jury, anything,” Davidson said. “I never received any money from coach Flowers.”

Flowers said he present-ed evidence supporting his side of the story to Pugh, and he’s hoping to hear back from him soon.

“I have not recruited anyone, I have not paid any bills for anyone at any time,” Flowers said.

“The only information that I have (as provided by Pugh), and I guess it’s for personnel reasons, is they have a written statement from someone.”

Flowers added that his “goal is to completely exon-erate myself, and to show that my character is still intact. I don’t have a prob-lem telling anyone that I am innocent of these charges.

“I don’t know what else I can say or do. If I’m guilty of something, it’s guilty of being a role model, a father figure, a caring coach who is responsible as a care-taker for these young men. A lot of these young men are like sons to me.”

Flowers said he wants to remain at Troup as head coach, and he’s hopeful that can become a reality.

If he does move on, he said he’ll continue to coach

“I will keep coaching football,” Flowers said. “There is no doubt in my mind. I will keep coaching football because I have a passion for it, and not to sound arrogant in any way, but some people seem to think I know a little bit about it.”

If the decision to let Flowers go stands, he has about a week remaining during his tenure at Troup.

Troup County School System officials refused to comment Wednesday on Flowers’ statements.

An attempt to speak with Dr. Pugh was also denied.

The school system released this statement Tuesday: “The decision not to renew Coach Flowers

contract is a personnel mat-ter made in the best inter-est of Troup High School and the Troup County School System.” Flowers contract will end Feb. 29.

The Georgia High School Association said Wednesday that it is not investigating the matter.

Flowers said he’ll con-tinue to try to influence his players.

“My next step is to make sure I maintain a positive relationship with our school, with our play-ers, and to make sure they continue what we started to build,” Flowers said. “We started to rebuild the Troup High tradition here both from an academic and an athletic standpoint. We’re trying to build young men. We’re trying to build productive citizens. That’s what we’re trying to do. It’s not about football. And, my goal the next two weeks is to make sure we keep these guys on a solid foundation. Go to class, do what you’re supposed to do, be respect-ful. Do as you’re told to do. Anything less would be going against everything I’ve tried to do the last two years.”

“We have two [one] weeks where we’re going to make sure we stay on top of them academically, and doing what they’re supposed to do. Nothing changes.”

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Mary Alice HallMary Alice Hall, 60, died

February 16, 2012 at EmoryUniversity Midtown, Atlanta.She was born January 17,

1952 in Greenville, Georgiato the late Mary and EddieB. Hall Sr. She graduatedfrom Greenville HighSchool in 1971 and fur-thered her education at FortValley State Universitywhere she received aBachelor of Science Degreein Elementary Education in1975. To enhance her teach-ing profession, Mary Alicestudied at Mercer Univer-sity and Fort Valley StateUniversity and obtained aMaster of Science Degree inMiddle School Education.As a consummate educator,she received teaching certi-fications in Early ChildhoodEducation and MiddleGrades Education. In addi-tion, she completed PostGraduate Studies inEducational Leadership inSchool Administration fromCambridge College, Cam-bridge, Massachusetts.Mary Alice taught in

Georgia public and privateschool systems for morethan thirty-three (33) yearsand retired from E. W.Oliver Elementary Schoolin Clayton County, Georgiain August 2011. Shebelieved that all childrencan learn and that educatorsshould meet students’ edu-cational needs and chal-lenges through innovativeteaching. She demonstrat-ed her passion for teachingby providing a creative envi-ronment for students tolearn and excel. Mary Alicewas preceded in death byher siblings: William andCalvin D. Hall.She leaves to cherish

her memories, two sisters:Shelby J. Hall, Decatur, GAand Martha L. Crenshaw(Tony), MD; two brothers:Eddie B. Hall II and RobertL. Hall Sr., Decatur, GA;and sister-in-law, MarieHall, Decatur, GA; threenieces: Alvera Thomas,New York, Nicole Hall,Florida, Angela Crenshaw,MD; nine nephews: EddieB. Hall III (Letitia),Arizona, Leonard Hall(Shunetta), SC, WilliamHall Jr., Michael Hall,Torrance Hall (Jerika),Robert Hall Jr., GA, BryantCrenshaw, MD, Nijah Hall,Derrick Hall, New York;nine great nieces, and sixgreat nephews; aunts: Mrs.Essie Strozier of Atlanta,GA, Mrs. Beatrice Porter ofHogansville, GA; and a hostof other relatives andfriends.The Celebration of Life

Service will be heldSaturday, February 25, 2012at 1:00PM at the LouiseUnited Methodist Church,Hines Road, Hogansville.Rev. Jairo Gay will officiate.Burial will be in the BeasleyCemetery.The family will receive

friends on Friday evening,February 24, 2012 at thefuneral home from 5 until6:30. Condolences may beexpressed by visiting www.lakesdunsonrobertson.com.Lakes-Dunson-Robertson

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Jim AnglinMr. Jim Anglin, 74, of

LaGrange passed awayTuesday, February 21, 2012,at Hospice LaGrange.Mr. Anglin was born June

27, 1937 in RandolphCounty, Alabama, son of thelate Oliver W. and MaryLou Pool Anglin. He was amember of CreeksideBaptist Church and was asenior companion. Mr.Anglin retired from Dura-cell in 1999, and served inthe National Guard.Survivors include two

step-daughters and a step-son-in-law, Judy Whited,Darlene and Charles Van-Huss; step-son, Ben Sams;mother-in-law, Minnie Cos-per all of LaGrange; fivegrandchildren and threegreat-grandchildren; threebrothers, Roger Anglin,Frank Anglin and JackAnglin; and several niecesand nephews.He was preceded in death

by his wife, Janice Anglin.Services will be at

2:00p.m. Friday at Hunter-Allen-Myhand Chapel withRev. Bryan Geter and Rev.Danny Geter officiating.The family will be at hishome, and will receivefriends at the funeral homethis evening from 6:00p.m.until 8:00p.m.Flowers will be accepted,

or those desiring may con-tribute in memory of Mr.Anglin to Creekside BaptistChurch, 1579 Stovall Road,LaGrange, GA 30241.Condolences may be

expressed at www.hunter-allenmyhand.com

Marshall Elijah“Buddy” Evans, Jr.Marshall Elijah “Buddy”

Evans, Jr., age 76 of Wood-bury, Ga., died Wednesday,February 22, 2012, at hisresidence.Funeral services will be

held 5:00 p.m. Friday,February 24, 2012, at theChapel of Smith-Steele-Meadows Funeral Home inWoodbury, with PastorBennie Parrish officiating.A private interment will

be held on Saturday,February 25, at Shadow-lawn Cemetery in LaGrange.The family will receive

friends prior to the service,from 4:00 until 5:00 p.m.Friday, at Smith-Steele-Meadows Funeral Home inWoodbury.Mr. Evans was born

January 4, 1936, in Gaines-ville, Ga., a son of MarshallE. Evans, Sr. and MaryHudgins Evans. He was agraduate of LaGrange HighSchool and attended WestGeorgia College in Carroll-ton. He was a U.S. ArmyVeteran, attended PleasantValley Church in Thomas-ton, and was currently a busdriver for Flint RiverAcademy, having served asa driver there for over 15years. He also was a formerWoodbury City Councilmanand will be best remem-bered as a righteous man ofGod.He was preceded in death

by his parents and a son,Marshall Britton “Britt”Evans.Survivors include his

wife, Patricia Bailey Evansof Woodbury; two daugh-ters, Anne DeLorenzo ofArkansas, Marsha Smithand husband Steven ofArkansas; seven grandchil-dren; three great-grandchil-dren; two sisters, JosephineOubre and husband Will ofLaGrange, and Carol Linkand husband John ofNashville, TN; a brother,Jerry Evans and wife Nancyof LaGrange; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, ClayBailey Jr. of Liberty, SC,Beth Bailey Shuler, BobBailey, Carole Bailey Fullerand husband Jimmy, andCharles Bailey and wife Pat,all of LaGrange.Flowers will be accepted

or those who desire maymake memorial contribu-tions to Pleasant ValleyChurch 4178 Crest High-way, Thomaston, Ga. 30286.Online condolences may beoffered at www.ssmfuneral-homes.com.Smith-Steele-Meadows

Funeral Home, Woodbury,is in charge of arrange-ments.

poem in tribute to black his-tory month.

“We’ve gone from ‘No you can’t, to yes we can,’” Fannings said.

But it was Kaisha Lynch, 4, who stole the show.

Lynch sang a song for those gathered at Keeney Memorial United Methodist Church and also gave one of the opening prayers. She recited the Lord’s Prayer, then continued on as any child would saying their prayers at home, blessing her mom, dad, brother, grandma and a host of oth-ers.

“My vision for this pro-gram is all of the commu-nity just coming together,” said Councilwoman Sandra Thornton, who has orga-nized the recognition for the last several years. “I think we’ve accomplished that.”

In keeping with the tradi-tion of honoring local resi-dents, Lawrence and Leon Greenwood, the owners of Tailor Thimble, a black-owned business that oper-ated in downtown West Point for 17 years, were rec-ognized. Leon Greenwood retired earlier this year, but Lawrence was on hand for the honor. The pair once worked in New York City and made costumes for Lionel Ritchie and the Commodores.

George Williams, a local

brick mason, could not get the smile off his face for being recognized by the city.

“I’m just honored,” he said.

Former West Point Elementary School Principal Karen Cagle was honored.

She led the school for 10 years before moving up to an assistant superinten-dent position in the Troup County Schools’ central office.

“Our community of stu-dents is leading the way (at Troup County schools),” she said. “I’m proud to be part of this community.”

West Point bus drivers and bus monitors and local

school children also were recognized during the ser-vice.

Cy Wood, publisher of the Valley Times-News, also received honors.

Knology will host another black history program at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 29 at the West Point Senior Center on O.G. Skinner Drive.

Lynch will be in that pro-gram as well, along with guest speaker Michael Winston, youth minister at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Lanett, Ala.

Jennifer Shrader may be reached at jshrader@lagrangenews.com or at 706-884-7311, Ext. 236.

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Jennifer Shrader/Daily NewsKaisha Lynch, 4, sings a song during West Point’s annual black history celebration at Keeney Memorial United Methodist Church. Lynch also led an opening prayer. The Rev. Ralph Thompson holds the microphone for her as Mayor Drew Ferguson IV and Councilwoman Sandra Thornton, seated, who has organized the program for several years, look on.

dom. The play also conveys to everyone the significance of freedom and why it can’t be taken for granted.

She said Redding’s work with the children in the play also is inspiring.

Many of the students participating have little to no musical and acting background, she said, but Redding works hard with

them to get them ready for opening night. The group has been practicing since before Christmas.

“Mr. Redding always comes up with an amaz-ing production,” she said. “He writes the scripts and music, and I trust him total-ly to always end up right where we need to be on opening night.”

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EventsThursday

The US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 81 and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conduct a person-al watercraft and boating safety course at the West Point Project Management Office from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. There is a $15 fee. Pre-registration is necessary by calling the West Point Project Management Office at 706-645-2937.

Friday

The LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce holds a speed networking program at the chamber office at 111 Bull St. from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Participants line up at tables across from one another and each get 60 seconds to pitch their business. Sheila Rowe, 706-884-8671

A monthly silent social for people with hearing loss is at the LaGrange Mall food court starting at 5 p.m.

for any one who is deaf or hard of hearing, or any per-son interested in learning more about sign language. Nancy Smith, 706-402-2205

Friday-Sunday

The LaFayette Society of the Performing Arts pres-ents the comedy show “A Shot in the Dark” Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for children and can be purchased at Hill Street House, Plum Southern or the LSPA. 706-882-9909

Saturday

The LaGrange Patriots hold a 2012 election year kick-off event at Gray Hill Community Center at 3600 Bartley Road. Free T-shirts. Barbecue plates served at 11:30 a.m., $10 for adults and $8 for those 16 and younger. Program starts at 1 p.m. For lunch reserva-tions, mail a check to the LaGrange Patriots at P.O. Box 800210, LaGrange, GA 30240 with names. www.

lagrangepatriots.com.

The first annual J.H. Rice Memorial Sing to benefit the Donald Toney family, his youngest son died in a fire and his 13 year old son is fighting cancer, is 6 p.m. at Pineview Baptist Church. Admission is free, but an offering will be taken. Food will be available after the concert for a donation.

ChurchesSaturday

Valley Grove Missionary Baptist Church begins the 25th pastoral celebration of the Rev. Charles W. and Rochelle Martin by honoring Rochelle Martin at 1 p.m. Guest speaker is Brenda Jackson, first lady of Confidence Missionary Baptist Church.

Felicia Jeter, former NBC reporter, will be guest speaker for the Women Christian Fellowship at noon at Saint Paul AME Church in Hogansville. Oliver Greene, 706-882-1679

Trinity SDA Church Prayer and Bible Study Center at 409 Ware St. holds a free Bible study from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Helen Florence, 706-416-2596

Saturday, Sunday

Mountain Spring Baptist Church on Highway 18 in West Point hosts the play “I Believe,” a timeline through African-American history at 6 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Monroe Simpson, 706-957-2545

Listings for ‘In our com-munity’ are printed for

events happening in the next three-day period, space permitting. To sub-mit an item, email it to mstrother@lagrangenews.com, fax it to 706-884-8712

or drop it by our office at 105 Ashton St. For more information, call 706-884-7311, Ext. 229. A week-long listing appears in the weekend edition.

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n You can helpHabitat ReStore warehouse sale

Habitat for Humanity ReStore will have a Leap Day warehouse sale from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at 333 Main St. Items will be 50 percent off, although some exclusions may apply. The store will open at 9 a.m., but the sale event will only be from 3 to 6 p.m.

Barbecue fund raiser for Brittany Benefield

A barbecue fund rais-er to benefit Brittany Benefield will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 2 at Western Heights Baptist Church. Plates for Huckleberry’s barbe-cue chicken are $9 and can be delivered at no extra charge. Tickets are available at Highland Marina Resort. Brittany Benefield, 22, has several serous medical condi-tions included severely impaired hearing and sight. Currently she hears only 30 percent out of one ear, but a new hearing aid will transmit information to both ears, giving her more ability to hear. For information, call 706-881-1028 or 706-616-4966

Panthers Pounce on Autism 5K run and 3K walk

The second annual “Panthers Pounce on Autism” 5K run and 3K walk will begin with reg-istration at 8 a.m. March 17 at the soccer field in front of the Callaway Education Building at LaGrange College. Cost is $10 and if registered by March 7, includes a T-shirt. Registration on the day of the event is wel-come. Proceeds are donat-ed to Autism Speaks. The event is a project by two LaGrange College stu-dents, Melody Hurston and Lauren Gledhill,

both of whom have fam-ily members affected by autism. To register, visit www.bit.ly/lagrange5K or call 706-880-8112 for information.

‘Oscar Night’ for Boys and Girls Clubs

“Oscar Night Red Carpet Gala” will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Lafayette Garden Inn. The black tie optional recep-tion, dinner and Oscar viewing event will benefit Boys and Girls Clubs of West Georgia. Tickets are $75 or $125 for a couple and can be purchased at LaGrangeOscarNight .com.

Harlem Ambassadors basketball fund raiser

The Har l em Ambassadors will put on an exhibition basketball game at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Callaway High School. Community members, including Rob Bowman, Debbie Burdette, Jeff Cato, Garfield Duckett, Moses Ector, Chip Giles, Luke Hill, Scott Malone, Ronnie Moffit, Jack Morman, Coleman Vice and more will play against the team. Tickets are $8 for adults, and $6 for students 4 and older and senior adults. Children 3 years and younger are free. Tickets are available at Troup, Callaway and LaGrange high schools, at the Army Store or by calling 706-298-5053. Proceeds benefit the Troup County Prevention Coalition. For informa-tion about the Harlem Ambassadors, visit www.harlemambassadors.com.

LAMOM children’s consignment sale

LaGrange Area Mothers of Multiples will hold its spring chil-dren’s clothing and fur-

niture consignment sale at 8:30 a.m. March 3 at Faith Baptist Church on Hammett Road. A half-price sale will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Admission is $1 which is donated to the Interfaith Food Pantry. To consign items, call Theresa Henke at 706-812-1317 before Feb. 26.

Emily’s Place hosts ball

Emily’s Place is host-ing Emmy’s Ball, a black-tie, silent auction charity event from 8 to 11 p.m. March 16 at Oakhurst Farm in West Point. Tickets are $75 per per-son or $560 for a table of eight. Proceeds from the event will be used to provide services for chil-dren with special needs or disabled individu-als under 21 years old. Tickets and other infor-mation are available at www.emilysplace.org. For information, contact Esther McClendon at emi-lysplace08@yahoo.com or rita_owens2@hotmail.com.

Rotary golf tournament

The LaGrange Rotary’s second annual golf tour-nament will be March 29 at Highland Country Club. Entry fee is $90 for individual or $300 for a team of four. Prizes will be offered for the top three teams, hole-in-one, putting contest, longest drive and closest to the pin. Cost includes lunch, drinks and door prize. The event benefits the LaGrange Rotary’s Youth Challenge program. For information or to regis-ter, contact Ed Biggs at EdBiggs325@charter.net or at 706-333-4762.

Car show to benefit food pantry

A car show will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March

31 at LaGrange Mall. Registration is $20 and spots for car-related ven-dors are $25. Proceeds benefit God’s Bread Basket, a Hogansville food pantry. All vehicles welcome, no charge for spectators. To register, contact Mary Davenport at rdcoupe@gmail.com or at 706-668-7731.

March of Dimes walkThe 23rd annual March

for Babies walk will be May 5 at West Side Magnet School. Registration and photos begin at 8:30 a.m. and the three-mile walk begins at 10 a.m. Teams and individuals can regis-ter for the walk at www.marchforbabies.org or by calling the local March of Dimes office at 706-845-0708. There is no mini-mum fund raising amount required.

Special needs cheerleading team needs uniforms

Volunteer coaches of the Wildcats special-needs cheerleading team are raising $5,000 to provide uniforms and transporta-tion for the 10 cheerlead-ers who took first place in a national competi-tion and are competing in a second competition in March. Donations are accepted.

Checks made out to “The Cheer Alliance Parent Association” with “Wildcats” in the memo, can be dropped off at the Mike Daniel Recreation Center or mailed to Stephanie Hall, Cheer Alliance Parent Association, Mike Daniel Recreation Center, 1220 Lafayette Parkway, LaGrange, GA 30240. All donations are tax-deduct-ible.

Submit items to Sherri Brown at sbrown@lagrangenews.com, at our office at 105 Ashton St. or by fax to 706-884-8712.

Staff Report

KABUL, Afghanistan — Sgt. Nayda I. Ibarra, a resident of LaGrange, was promoted on Jan. 25 on Camp Phoenix to Staff Sargent dur-ing her deployment to Afghanistan with the 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, “Task Force Hydra,” a National Guard unit out of Columbus.

Before being deployed, Ibarra worked for Troup County School System at LaGrange High School as a Spanish teacher.

Ibarra has been in the military for eight years, and is a healthcare spe-cialist, but works with the Directorate of Public Works.

She deals with the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program and the Department of the Army Program, which includes all pre-planned logistics and engineer ing/construc-tion oriented contin-gency contracts actually

awarded and peacetime contracts which include contingency clauses.

Her military education consists of attending the Combat Medic course, Healthcare Specialist Course, Warrior Training Course and the Army Basic Noncommissioned Officers Course, Phase I and II.

She is also a mem-ber of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators.

In addition, she also volunteers to help out with the Operation Outreach program, an organization that pro-vides needed items to Afghan communities.

Ibarra graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University, attended Troy State University and has a Master of Science in foundation of education and instructional technol-ogy.

She has two children, ages 21 and 26. Her par-ents are Lucas Ibarra and Rosa Magaly Gonzalez.

U.S. Army Sgt. Nayda I. Ibarra stands at attention as she is promoted to Staff Sgt. on Feb. 12, with an effective date of Jan. 25, by Lt. Col. Daniel L. Townsend, Task Force Hydra’s director of public works, during a company formation on Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan.

Deployed LaGrange resident gets promoted

ow Taking Applications

Little MissTroup County

forLittle MissTroup County

contest will be held

Applications May Be Picked Up At The Chamber Office,or You May Download at www.misstroupcounty.org

For more information contact Angela Anderson, Pageant Director at 706-882-1503 (H) or 706-416-7244 (C)

or by email: angelaa0502@bellsouth.net

• Baby Miss Troup County (Ages 0-23 months)• Tiny Miss Troup County (Ages 2-3)• Little Miss Troup County (Ages 4-6)• Young Miss Troup County (Ages 7-9)• Pre-Teen Miss Troup County (Ages 10 -12)• “Most Talented” Young Miss (Ages 7-9)• “Most Talented” Pre-Teen Miss (Ages 10-12)

Saturday, March 17thFirst Methodist Church10am-12pm: Ages 0-3

12pm-3pm: Little, Young & Preteen

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTIONREGARDING SUNDAY SALES

In accordance with O.C.G.A. § 3-3-7(j), the City of LaGrange,Georgia, will hold a Special Election on Tuesday, March 6, 2012,for the purpose of submitting to the voters the question ofwhether the City of LaGrange will allow the sale of distilled spir-its or alcoholic beverages by the drink on Sundays.Polling paces will be open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m.The polling place locations are as follows:PRECINCT NAME ADDRESSHollis Hand Hollis Hand School

Country Club RoadAdministration Building Troup County Administration Bldg.

Dallis StreetHammett Road Faith Baptist Church Gymnasium

Hammett RoadGriggs Center Griggs Recreation Center

Glenn Robertson StreetGardner Newman Troup County School SystemAdministrative

Services Center – N. Davis RoadLeeʼs Crossing Ethel Kight Magnet School

Kight DriveHighland Troup County Comprehensive High School

Hamilton RoadNorthside Hope Academy

Mooty Bridge Road

This 2nd day of February, 2012.DONALD BOYD

Probate Judge/Elections SuperintendentTroup County, Georgia

MEG B. KELSEYDeputy City Manager

City of LaGrange, Georgia 490132

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Community4 - Thursday, February 23, 2012

Dear Annie: Last April, I moved into

an apartment with one of my best friends. We get along great except for one thing: her cats.

“Renee” was born with no sense of smell. She’s normally very organized except when it comes to the animals. She forgets to clean the litterbox because

she can’t smell it, so I have to remind her constantly. The odor can become so unbearable that I no longer allow my friends inside.

Also, her cats play with their food trays and water dishes and knock every-thing onto the floor. She never cleans it up. I had to confront her about this because it was attracting bugs.

And when the cats throw up, I’m the one who ends up cleaning it because I know she won’t do it. It is absolutely disgusting. I don’t like being confronta-tional, and Renee is very argumentative.

Anytime I’ve tried to address this, it falls on deaf ears. I’ve managed to sur-vive this long as her room-mate, so right now I am simply biding my time until I can move out.

However, Renee recent-ly commented that she doesn’t want me to leave when our lease is up. I wouldn’t mind living with her again if she would give up her cats, but I know that isn’t going to happen, and I’d feel guilty asking her.

Renee and I have the same circle of friends, so if I ask around about a new roommate, she’ll hear, and it would hurt her feel-ings. I don’t want to ruin our friendship, because she truly is a good person and an amazing friend. I just want out of kitty hell.

— Always Holding My Nose

Dear Nose: You have nothing to lose

by telling Renee that she must take better care of the cats or you are mov-ing out. She can clean the

litterbox at regular inter-vals, whether she smells it or not. And anything that lands on the floor is visible to both of you. She may be an “amazing” friend, but she is a lousy roommate.

Dear Annie: How can I get my husband and his sister to stop scratching and picking at their heads and ears? It’s disgusting and looks terrible. They do it at work, too, and it’s so unprofessional.

— Tired of Picking

Dear Tired: First ask your husband

to see his doctor or derma-tologist to find out whether he has a scalp condition. If so, there is likely treatment that will alleviate the prob-lem, and it also might help your sister-in-law.

Otherwise, it would

seem to be an ingrained family habit. That means it will be hard to shake, espe-cially if one is unwilling to address it. You have no say over his sister’s bad habits, but explain to your hus-band how off-putting this is, and ask whether he’d be willing to work on it.

Because he is undoubt-edly unaware that he’s scratching and picking, your job will be to point it out, nicely, every single time you catch him.

Dear Annie: I didn’t care for your

tolerant response to “Sad Mom,” who paid her son, “Mark,” $400 to essentially destroy their bathroom.

She said he is stubborn and immature and refuses to take advice from anyone.

She has reached out to him for more than two

years with no response. A good, long shunning

should do the trick. If he never comes around, it’s his loss.

If his sister wants to be with her brother so badly, she should call him up and invite him to her place.

My husband and I are the parents of a son who means everything to us, but we did not raise him to think the world owes him a living. “Mark” is ungrate-ful, and his siblings need to support their parents.

— Tired of Nasty Children in Wyoming

Dear Wyoming: Difficult children are

just that and do not always respond in a logical way. Parents must deal with them carefully if they want to maintain any kind of relationship.

Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar are longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.

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The fo l lowing LaGrange area students were recently named to the LaGrange College fall semester dean’s list:

Ashleigh Brooke Addison, Katie Leigh Anderson, Rohit Kumar Avula, Loishirl Williametta Hall, Bonnie Alyse Humphries, Caitlyn Brooke Kious, Mary Elizabeth Lee, Wesley

E. Long, Jared Richard Martin, Jordan Chandler Martinec, Daniel Lamar Meadows, Sonya Miles Hudgins, Sara Arnold Montgomery, Priscilla Lynn Scarborough, Rachel Nicole Singleton, Courtney Nicole Slauson, Kristi Pike Smith, Rebecca Ann Spaggiari, David Joseph Thomas and Kelsey

Joyce Yaughn.To be eligible for this

honor, students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.6 while taking a minimum course load of 12 hours.

A four-year liberal arts and sciences college affiliated with the United Methodist Church, LaGrange College is con-

sistently ranked in the top 10 and as a “best value” among Southern colleges by U.S. News & World Report.

The college, an award winner in sustainability, is the oldest private insti-tution of higher learning in Georgia.

The college has an enrollment of more than 1,000 students.

The LaGrange Moonlight Ballroom Dance Club will have Katrina Volgina, a professional, interna-tional competition ballroom dancer who has danced since she was 5, doing a free beginner samba lesson at their March 9 ballroom dance at LaFayette Christian School Gym, 1904 Hamilton Road.

Volgina is from Russia and has taught ballroom dance to children and adults all over the world. She currently lives and teaches in Columbus, where she coaches a children’s competitive ballroom dance team. Lessons start at 7 p.m. prior to the dance, which starts at 8 p.m.

Cost is $20 per couple. Dress is smart casual. For more information call 706-884-5857. Katrina’s web site is www.katrinadancega.com.

Russian dancer coming to LaGrange

LaGrange College Dean’s List

The art of navigating corporate cultureARA Content

Learning to navigate your career while grasping the culture of a com-pany is one of the greatest challenges a new employee will face. Whether you’re a recent college graduate, or at a crossroads in your career, steering your way around a company’s 20,000 or 1,000 employees and figuring out the unwritten rules of corporate cul-ture can be challenging and confusing.

Navigating the new jobThroughout the interview process,

you probably heard how great the culture is at your new place of employ-ment, how you too can have a long and rewarding career at Company A, which offers flexibility, mobility and interesting projects. But, come day one, all you can concentrate on is getting through the first day, meeting your boss’s high expectations, getting along with your peers and hoping you made the right decision to join the company in the first place.

According to Ebony Thomas, direc-tor of diversity and campus recruiting at Prudential Financial, “New employ-ees often find success by relying on a few simple tasks that you didn’t learn in the classroom: focus on learning your role, ask clear questions and observe how to navigate through your new organization.”

Now, you’re the professionalFor recent college graduates espe-

cially, it is important to remember that you are a professional and that often means managing the delicate balance of work relationships, among peers, management and senior lead-ers.

“Your peers are your instant sup-port network; building strong rela-tionships here will go a long way when working late nights and meet-ing tight deadlines,” Thomas says. “But, keep in mind that you now work together and, even if you are friends on Facebook and had a ‘long’ night

out, you may still have to face them at 9 a.m. the next morning, so use sound judgment.”

Thomas also advocates “manag-ing your manager” to make your life easier.

“First, understand your supervisor’s expectations of your role and respon-sibilities. Make sure you both have clarity on tasks and ask for formal and informal feedback periodically.”

Observe what motivates him or her. Once you know these things, flex your working style to create win-win situations.

“If your boss is a stickler for details, schedule a meeting and create a plan that communicates how and when you’ll deliver information. This allows you to have some control over your schedule and will eliminate constant requests for information,” she advises.

Senior leadership can appear to be intimidating, but they are most often genuinely grounded individuals who enjoy interacting with their employ-ees. Thomas cautions one pitfall that recent college graduates may fall into is addressing their manager’s boss as “Mr./Mrs. Last Name,” even when they have asked you to address them by their first name.

“You’re a professional now,” she says. “Ultimately, you want to be taken seriously and have your contri-butions valued. That’s not going to

happen if you can’t listen and follow directions.”

The first 48Just like the first 48 hours after a

crime is considered the most impor-tant to finding clues, the first 48 months of your new role or first job are crucial building blocks for your career.

Year one is all about learning, ask-ing the right questions and perform-ing at a level beyond your peers.

“This is the foundational year. If you don’t get this right, then you’ll play catch up for the next few years,” Thomas says.

In year two, you still need those foundational competencies of “learn-ask-perform,” but now you can add “challenge” to the list. This doesn’t mean that you challenge decisions or instruction, but know how to push back when appropriate. The next 24 months are vital because you continue to add more and more to the list while you build on the basics.

By years three and four, you can add “evaluate” and “lead.” Evaluating at this point means you can now see and measure your progress. You may have an important decision to make. Do you drop anchor and stay awhile? Or do you set sail for a new opportu-nity? If you decide to leave, evaluate if it is better in terms of responsibility and potential; if not, pull into port and continue to learn.

By year four, you are now ready to lead and motivate yourself and others. Corporate circles still ask the age old question of whether leaders are born or taught. But, leaders are developed. And they are nurtured by building on core competencies, including their successes and failures.

Thomas noted that there is no clear science to successfully navigat-ing the complexities of corporate culture. “Finding a way to balance heavy weights like performance and achievement with skills like judgment, networking and mapping your career development is a skillful art.”

Learning how to adapt to the corporate world in your first years on the job is important to continued success.

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Vantavious O’Neal

• Vantavious O’Neal - B/M,27 years old. Charges: Saleof Cocaine, Sale of Mari-juana, Use of a Telecommu-nication Device to Make adrug transaction

• Tracy McGhee - B/M, 42years of age, 6-01, 190Charges: Sales of Cocaine(two counts)

• Johnny B. Russell - B/M.,55 years of age, 6-01, 205pounds. Charges: CriminalTrespass (State)

• Russell Mark Morgan -W/M, 51 years of age, 6-01,225 pounds. Charges: Bat-tery

• Charles Senior - B/M, 26years of age, 5-08, 145pounds. Charges: Burglary,Criminal Trespass

• Marcus Daniels - B/M, 29years of age, 6-00, and

190 pounds. Charges: Bat-tery (FVA)

• Mandias Howell - B/M, 19years of age, 5-06, 160pounds. Charges; ProbationViolation (City).

• Demond Calhoun - B/M,33 years of age, 6-01, 245pounds. Charges: BatteryFamily Violence

• Labroderick King - B/M,22 years of age, 6-00, 170pounds. Charges: SimpleBatter (FVA), Criminal Tres-pass

• David Holt - B/M, 49 yearsof age, 5-10, 200 pounds.Charges: Stalking

• Deon Terrell Harrison -B/M, 27 years of age, 5-10,150 pounds. Charges: GivingFalse Name, Obstruction of aPolice Officer, Making aFalse report of a crime.

For more information log onto http://www.lagrange-ga.org

LaGrange PoliceMost Wanted

The LaGrange Police Department is seeking information on the whereaboutsof the following individuals. Anyone with information on these individualscan call the Police Department at (706) 883-2603 or Crime Stoppers at (706)

812-1000. All calls will be kept anonymous. Text an anonymous tip to 847411,keyword “LAGRANGE”. Tips can also be submitted online at www.lagrange-ga.org or www.facebook.com/lagrange.police.

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ATLANTA — Legislation that would bar illegal immigrants from state colleges, universi-ties and technical schools cleared a state Senate committee on Wednesday.

The bill’s author, Sen. Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the bill clarifies the intent of laws that have passed in previous years. Besides the higher educa-tion provisions, the bill also adjusts some iden-tification requirements for applicants for public benefits laid out in last year’s tough law target-ing illegal immigration. It makes some requirements stricter and loosens oth-ers.

But almost all of the dis-cussion in the committee focused on the education section.

“Our schools are here for Georgia citizens and citizens of the United States to prepare them-selves for the work force,” Loudermilk said.

The committee heard testimony from both sides of the argument, but com-mittee chairman Sen. Bill Hamrick, R-Carrollton, declared they were out of time before everyone who had signed up to speak had their say.

Supporters of the bill said it’s necessary to pre-serve state-funded educa-

tion for citizens and legal residents. Opponents said the bill unfairly denies motivated students the opportunity to further their education.

A House committee last month held a hearing on a House bill that would prohibit illegal immi-grants from attending the schools but has yet to vote

on it. That bill doesn’t include the other provi-sions that would tweak previous laws.

Already, illegal immi-grants are effectively barred from the most com-petitive state schools by an October 2010 Board of Regents policy that pro-hibits any institution that has rejected academically

qualified applicants in the previous two years from

accepting illegal immi-grants.

State Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 5n Digest

By Mike StobbeAP Medical Writer

ATLANTA — A federal advi-sory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough.

The panel voted Wednesday to expand its recommendation to include all those 65 and older who haven’t gotten a whooping cough shot as an adult.

Children have been vaccinated against whooping cough since the 1940s, but a vaccine for adoles-cents and adults was not licensed until 2005.

Since then, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has gradually added groups of adults to its recommen-dations, including 2010 advice that it be given to elderly people who spend a lot of time around infants.

Wednesday’s recommendation means now all adults should get at least one dose.

“They’ve been moving up to this in baby steps,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University vaccines expert.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial dis-ease that in rare cases can be fatal. It leads to severe coughing that causes children to make a distinc-tive whooping sound as they gasp

for breath.Recommendations from the

panel are usually adopted by the government, which sends the guid-ance out to doctors.

Contributing to the push to vac-cinate more adults was a California whooping cough epidemic in 2010 that infected 9,000. Ten babies died after exposure to infected

adults or older children.There’s little data on how many

elderly people have gotten the vac-cine. Only about 8 percent of adults under 65 have been vaccinated, but about 70 percent of adolescents have.

Health officials believe whooping cough is underreported in older adults, perhaps because in older people the illness can be hard to distinguish from other coughing ailments.

A goal of the recommendation is to prevent teens and adults from spreading the disease to infants, although there’s not good evidence this “herd immunity” approach has worked so far. Vaccination for chil-dren is included in a series of shots, beginning at 2 months.

The adult vaccine combines protection against tetanus, diph-theria and whooping cough. One version of the vaccine, made by GlaxoSmithKline, was licensed for use in the elderly last year. The committee said another version, made by Sanofi Pasteur, can also be given. Both cost about $35 a dose.

The shot is as safe as a regular tetanus booster. Estimates range widely for how effective the vac-cine is at preventing whooping cough in older adults, or how much its protection wanes years after-ward.

MCTA CDC panel has recommended that all adults, as well as children receive the whooping cough vaccine.

Panel: Adults should get whooping cough shots

GA bill would bar illegal immigrants from colleges

Ga. Sentate to voteon online education

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate will consid-er two pieces of legislation having to do with online education.

Lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill Thursday that would require all high school students to take at least one online course before they graduate. If the bill is approved, Georgia would join just a handful of other states — Alabama, Florida and Michigan —that require online classes.

The second piece of legislation is a resolution encouraging the state to use guidelines from the Digital Learning Council when it writes legislation about online education. The council was started by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise in 2010.

Up to 100 homesdamaged by storm

ROME, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say dozens of homes were damaged by a storm that rolled through northwest Georgia, top-pling trees and knocking out power to thousands of customers.

Floyd County Emergency Management Agency Director Scotty Hancock tells WSB Radio that an estimated 50 to 100 homes were damaged by the storm that hit late Wednesday night. He said the path of destruction is between a mile and a half and two miles long.

A National Weather Service team was expect-ed to assess the scene Thursday and try to deter-mine whether the damage was caused by a tornado.

Mass shooting shocksKorean community

NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) — A man gunned down along with his wife and other family members at an Atlanta area spa he co-owned was a prominent member of Atlanta’s com-munity of roughly 100,000 Korean-Americans, accord-ing to friends left confused and concerned about what happened.

The rampage happened late Tuesday at the Su Jung Health Sauna when a gunman fatally shot two of his sisters and their hus-bands inside the business that is a gathering place for Korean-Americans in the affluent Atlanta suburb of Norcross. The gunman then killed himself.

Police didn’t immediate-ly have a motive, but said they believe it could have involved a financial dispute or something about food.

For three years in a row, West Georgia Health has been recognized as a Top Performing Hospital in a nationwide hospital quality improvement project. West Georgia Health was one of three Georgia hospitals and one of 93 U.S. hospitals to receive this three-year distinction among the 278 hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance’s QUEST®: High Performing Hospitals initiative. QUEST is a voluntary program in which participating hospitals focus on making improvements in patient care reliability, ef�ciency and safety. We’re really proud of our team’s accomplishments. We truly have a passion for putting patients �rst. And by putting you �rst, we’ve risen to the top.

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Opinion6 - Thursday, February 23, 2012

In 1952, my father, a LaGrange High graduate who had thrived beneath the attention of legendary music educator, William J. Deal, graduated from the University of Georgia and began his career as a band director. After a few odd years teaching in a tiny community, he and my mother were wooed by a forward-thinking school superintendent to enlarge the music programs for the Carrollton City schools. My mother taught the elementary levels and my father shouldered the upper grades. When they arrived, the only music in the system that I’m aware of, consisted of a part-time instructor who drove down from Atlanta three days per week.

When my father transi-tioned as the band direc-tor of Carrollton High in the late 1960’s to the prin-cipal of Carrollton Junior High, what began as a few gloomy-looking students had morphed into a wall full of awards, a chorus, a jazz band, parades, musi-cal theater, band trips to places like Washington, D.C. and piano lessons

that could be taken dur-ing school hours. Students in the elementary grades were putting on musical programs and the youngest ones could recognize, “The Star Spangled Banner” and name the instruments in the orchestra.

And, by the time my par-ents retired from public education, nearly a dozen people were doing the work the two of them had started.

I mention this family his-tory not because I am feel-ing nostalgic, but because it pains me deeply to learn Troup County Schools are poised to cut their music

programs. It hits especially close to home because my husband, Tom, a former band director at Gardner Newman Middle School for a decade, became a music education casualty for these same reasons in another Georgia county 18 months ago.

These situations tend to follow a predictable course:

The school board will make public the cuts. This will be countered by pro-tests asserting the board’s clear bias toward athletic programs which may or may not have merit. The music teachers who don’t lose their jobs, will bravely speak out for the colleagues who have been preparing their students in the feeder schools. Someone will start a Facebook page, suggest an increase in the millage rate and an officer from the Georgia Association of Educators may arrive to give a talk designed to pla-cate concerned citizens at the local library.

A few community leaders may meet with the superin-tendent and intentions will be voiced to create after-school programs offering these eliminated disciplines

for a fee, but for various reasons — such as some-one proposing to staff them with the displaced teachers at an insulting fraction of their former salaries – they won’t materialize.

Finally, the board will say their hands are tied and quietly vote to approve the new budget. Behind the scenes, caring princi-pals will have warned their music teachers that the end is near so they can pre-pare by certifying in other areas if that’s possible, but there will be no guarantee of placement and no one will really believe it’s going to happen until the minutes from that final board meet-ing are published.

The music teachers who retain their jobs, will notice fewer students coming to them with basic music skills. This will eventually show in the quality of their performances, inevitably leading to dwindling stu-dent participation. It seems far-fetched now, but this decision could take the music programs in Troup County from a position of enthusiastic distinction to a miserable, handful of stu-dents who only play in the

stands at a football game inside a mere two decades or less.

Think it can’t happen? In other states and in other parts of Georgia, it already has.

When these programs are removed, administra-tions become reluctant to reinstate them and if they do, it will be as cheaply as possible; generally, through the consumption of young teachers by combining several full-time positions into one impossible job. It’s better than not having the programs and, sometimes, a system will get lucky, the way the Carrollton schools got lucky when they hired my parents half a century ago, but that’s the excep-tion.

In the end, though, the ones who suffer are the stu-dents. They’ll suffer from lack of opportunities to cul-tivate talents they may not know they possess. They’ll be deprived of friendships that will last decades built by memories of pride from performances they worked so hard to create. I don’t cherish much from my core classes, but I fondly recall the moment when, as the

drum major, I marched more than 200 band mem-bers, many of whom are still my friends 30 years later, across a snow-dusted turf when we performed the half-time show for the Atlanta Falcons.

I am sympathetic to the shortage of funds. I’ve read the amount needed is, roughly, $6 million. Based upon what I have observed in other counties, though, the board will not find that money, the state will be useless and everyone else will be upset but no one will step forward and take on this challenge even though local churches can regular-ly raise these amounts for new buildings and renova-tions in all sorts of ways even in the worst of times.

If Troup County sincere-ly wants these programs to remain alive, the com-munity will have to come together and act right now to save them. No waiting. No whining. No blaming. Hard work and a coopera-tive spirit are all you need.

Rebecca MacArthur is a member of the LaGrange Writers and can be reached at rebecca@theironicwom-an.com.

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During a recent Fox News Channel debate about the Obama administration’s tax policies, Democrat Bob Beckel raised the issue of “fairness.”

He pointed out that a child born to a poor woman in the Bronx enters the world with far worse pros-pects than a child born to an affluent couple in Connecticut.

No one can deny that. The relevant ques-tion, however, is: How does allowing politicians to take more money in taxes from successful people, to squander in ways that will improve their own reelec-tion prospects, make any-thing more “fair” for others?

Even if additional tax rev-enue all went to poor single mothers — which it will not — the multiple problems of children raised by poor single mothers would not be cured by throwing money at them. Indeed, the skyrocket-ing of unwed motherhood began when government welfare programs began throwing money at teenage girls who got pregnant.

Children born and raised without fathers are a major problem to society and to themselves. There is noth-ing “fair” about increasing the number of such children.

A more fundamental prob-lem with the “fairness” issue raised by Beckel and many others is the slippery vague-ness of the word “fair.”

To ask whether life is fair — either here and now, or at any time or place around the world, over the past several thousand years — is to ask a question whose answer is obvious. Life has seldom been within shout-ing distance of fair, in the sense of even approximately equal prospects of success.

Countries whose poli-ticians have been able to squander ever larger amounts of a nation’s resources have not only failed to make the world more fair, the concentra-tion of more resources and power in these politicians’ hands has led to results that were often counterproduc-tive at best, and bloodily catastrophic at worst.

More fundamentally, the question whether life is fair is very different from the question whether a given society’s rules are fair. Society’s rules can be fair in the sense of using the same standards of rewards and punishments for everyone. But that barely scratches the surface of making pros-pects or outcomes the same.

People raised in different homes, neighborhoods and cultures are going to behave

differently — and those dif-ferences have consequenc-es. The multiculturalist

dogma may say that all cultures are equal, or equally deserv-ing of respect, but treating cultures as sac-rosanct freezes people into the circumstances into which they happened to be born, much like a caste system.

While talk about “fair-ness” may pro-vide a fig leaf to cover poli-

ticians’ naked attempts to grab more and more of the nation’s resources to spend, there is no assurance that raising tax rates on “the rich” will result in any more tax revenue for the govern-ment. High tax rates have too often simply caused wealthy people to put their money into tax-free securi-ties or to send it overseas.

Four years ago, TV inter-viewer Charles Gibson pointed out to candidate Barack Obama that raising capital gains tax rates had on a number of occasions led to less capital gains tax revenue being collected — and, conversely, lowering the capital gains tax rates had on other occasions increased the amount of capital gains revenue col-lected by the government.

Obama readily admit-ted that. But he said that “fairness” justified a higher tax rate on “the rich.” Yet how does a higher tax rate on paper, without a real increase in the amount of taxes actually collected, pro-mote fairness?

However, raising tax rates on “the rich” pays off politically, even if the government loses revenues when the rich put their money into tax shelters.

High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politi-cians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defend-ers of the rich. Meanwhile, the same politicians can win donations from the rich by creating tax loopholes that can keep the rich from actually paying those higher tax rates — or perhaps any taxes at all.

What is worse than class warfare is phony class war-fare. Slippery talk about “fairness” is at the heart of this fraud by politicians seeking to squander more of the nation’s resources.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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MESA, Ariz. — The lon-ger GOP presidential can-didates compete for conser-vative activists’ favor, the more they risk alienating centrist voters who might feel that arguments over birth control are crowding out talk about how to cre-ate jobs.

Wednesday’s televised debate highlighted the dilemma. The four contend-ers engaged in long, some-times dense discussions of Planned Parenthood, education policy and con-gressional earmarks. Talk of jobs and the economy seemed to consume less time and stir less passion.

That’s partly because of the questions asked by CNN moderator John King. But in general, his topics closely tracked the news coming from the cam-paign trail, and the candi-dates rarely tried to change the subject.

Rick Santorum’s recent rise in the polls has focused new attention on social issues, especially abortion and birth control. Those topics fire up the religious-ly conservative crowds he often draws, but they might turn off more mod-erate voters worried about finding or keeping jobs for themselves and their fami-lies.

Meanwhile, there are signs that President Barack Obama may be ben-efiting from the increased GOP focus on social issues, at least a bit. A new Associated Press-GfK Poll found Obama with an 8-point lead over Mitt Romney, 9 points over Santorum and 10 points over Newt Gingrich and

Ron Paul. The survey showed the president dominating among inde-pendents, a group central to his 2008 victory. Their support for Obama had fal-tered in recent months.

Obama is far from safe, of course, and any num-ber of problems — starting with a possible economic dip — could undo him before November. But his supporters had to be happy with a two-hour Republican debate that often showed the candidates quarreling over congressional proce-dures, a distasteful topic to many Americans.

The debate, which came six days ahead of the Arizona and Michigan pri-maries, was especially diffi-cult for Santorum. The for-mer Pennsylvania senator got pinned down trying to explain his now-regretted vote for President George W. Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” education pro-gram.

“I have to admit, I voted for that,” Santorum said. “It was against the princi-ples I believed in, but, you know, when you’re part of the team, sometimes you take one for the team.”

Santorum also got bogged down explaining how he voted for a massive spending bill with funding for Planned Parenthood — a group he strongly opposes — because it was the only legislative vehi-cle to fund vital programs elsewhere. “I think I was making it clear that, while I have a personal moral objection to it — even though I don’t support it — that I voted for bills that included it,” Santorum said to scattered boos.

It was reminiscent of John Kerry’s infamous

2004 remark, “I actually voted for the bill before I voted against it.” Like Kerry, Santorum was try-ing to explain parliamenta-ry realities that leave many voters cold.

The debate went much better for Romney, the former Massachusetts gov-ernor and the Republican establishment’s preferred candidate. But Romney also spent precious time trying to explain why he supported bailouts for banks but not the auto industry, and why he attacks Santorum’s con-gressional earmarks even though Romney success-fully sought earmarks for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich chided Romney on that point. “I just think it’s kind of silly for you to then turn around and run an ad attacking somebody else for getting what you got,” Gingrich said.

Gingrich, who chose “cheerful” as the best word to describe himself, did not show his tradi-tional bombast, and it’s unclear whether he did anything to start gaining ground on Santorum and Romney. Paul, the Texas congressman, also did little to change his place in the field, sticking to his famil-iar libertarian themes.

Santorum’s surge has forced all the candidates to talk more about social issues, with varying degrees of comfort. King asked Santorum to explain why he has talked in the past of the “dangers of con-traception.”

Santorum began dis-cussing the decline of the American family and “the

increasing number of chil-dren being born out of wedlock in America, teens who are sexually active.”

It seemed an argument that might justify the use of birth control, but no one challenged Santorum on that point. Paul, who deliv-ered many babies as a doc-tor, said birth control pills “can’t be blamed for the immorality of our society.”

For some GOP activists, the whole conversation was on the wrong track. Republican adviser and hostess Juleanna Glover said on her Facebook page that women will think all Republicans oppose birth control “and none but the 1 percent of Catholic women who never used birth con-trol will vote for (the) GOP nominee.”

Republican consultant Matt Mackowiak said it was the first debate “in which Santorum took the most attacks, and they did some real dam-age. Santorum was forced to explain his ‘mistaken’ vote in favor of No Child Left Behind, defend ear-marks and explain his 2004 endorsement of liberal Republican Arlen Specter,” a GOP senator from Pennsylvania who became a Democrat before losing his seat.

Even with 10 states vot-ing in the March 6 “Super Tuesday” primary, the Republican contest shows no sign of wrapping up soon. The longer the candi-dates talk about birth con-trol, No Child Left Behind and the wisdom of backing Arlen Specter, the longer Obama — who goes to Florida on Thursday to talk about energy and economic issues — will breathe a little easier.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012:

This year you forge a new path, but only after you are sure that the status quo does not work. Tension and sar-casm often mark your endeavors. Are they a reason to move in another direc-tion? Only you will be able to decide this, and you will. Deal with funds care-fully. Your communication excels. If you are single, you will see the results of being able to present yourself well. Look for romance after June. If you are attached, the two of you work through some hot-button issues. Passion plays a significant role in your bond. ARIES always encourages you.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Much might be going on at

work and also within yourself. You could become angry, but try not to act on that feeling. Sarcasm could be a whole other issue. You probably just need time to yourself. A walk might work. Close your door, if possible. Tonight: Perking up.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You benefit in the day-

light hours. Whatever you decide to do works out even better than you thought possible. Meetings work well. Ideas flourish when talking with a group of people. Surprises surround you. Tonight: Make it early.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Conflict is possible with a

boss. Honor your differences and remember who is in charge. Your words could come off as harsh-sounding when dealing with this person. Postpone an important conversation until dinnertime. Tonight: Where the fun is.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH If you are not sure as to

which way to go, reach out to a trusted friend. Together, if you are open, you can figure out the proper path. When you detach, you gain a better perspec-tive about conversations and interac-tions. Tonight: Burning the candle at both ends.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Sarcasm marks the morning.

Be smart, and avoid playing into this behavior. You know what you want and where you are going. Do not get caught up in trivial matters. Let your mind expand in order to grasp the details of a new situation. Tonight: Get away from the here and now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Others continue to knock

on your door, and will call and email you. You might be surprised at all the inquiries. Do not get short-tempered simply because you have too much on your plate. Instead, tell them what ails you. Close relating earmarks the afternoon. Tonight: Make nice with a favorite person.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Focus on work and your

accomplishments. You have so much to do and so little time. Your effective-ness emerges. Schedule distractions and meetings for as late as you can. An associate or co-worker could be a source of frustration. Tonight: Accept an invitation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Remove yourself from situ-

ations where you might not be ener-gized or interested. Others will be able to see your lack of involvement. Focus on what is challenging. If you opt for a bohemian route, you will succeed. Sometimes a staid attitude does not work. Tonight: Try to make it early.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You move slowly when deal-

ing with a boss or older relative. You wonder why you have done what you have as of late, especially with another person’s attitude. Stay centered, and remember that you also gain in this situation. Tonight: Paint the town red.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Make phone calls and

schedule meetings. Above all else, do not stand on ceremony — especially with a key person. Rather than encour-aging separation, you will melt down emotional walls. News involving travel and/or new information forces thought and possible action. Tonight: Mosey on home.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Refuse to get involved with

others financially, or to accept another person’s idea regarding your funds. You might not be right, but he or she might not be right either. Time is your ally, though you might feel pressured by a situation. Schedule a discussion with a respected adviser for later in the day. Tonight: Listen to the pros and cons.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Someone might be trying to

push your buttons. Stay centered and nonreactive, and this person will stop. Now is not the time to clear the air. Get done what you must, then decide when you would like to clear the air. Tonight: Get another opinion and maybe one more. Then decide.

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By Christina RexrodeAP Business Writer

NEW YORK — Of all the bank fees that cus-tomers love to hate, over-draft charges on checking accounts have to be near the top. The government’s new consumer protection agency appears to agree.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday that it will investigate overdraft fees, including how they are mar-keted and explained to cus-tomers. The agency said the probe could result in addi-tional rules, perhaps even lawsuits.

Overdraft fees are charged by banks when cus-tomers try to spend more money than they have in an account. Banks will allow the transaction, then charge the customer a penalty of as much as $35.

“We’ve heard many sto-ries about the $40 cup of coffee,” the agency’s direc-tor, Richard Cordray, told reporters and representa-tives from banks and con-sumer groups.

Cordray and representa-tives from four consumer advocacy groups said that the overdraft fees hurt the people who can least afford them because poorer customers are more like-ly to drain their checking accounts to close to zero.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, the government has clamped down on bank practices that it considers unfair, such as marketing credit cards to teenagers. Banks have complained some of the government’s moves have been too intru-sive.

In 2010, the Federal Reserve barred banks from automatically enrolling customers in so-called over-draft protection programs for debit card or ATM transactions. Without over-draft protection, a transac-tion is declined if the cus-tomer can’t cover it.

The rule did not apply to checks, online bill payments or recurring debits, such as

having the monthly cable bill automatically sent to your debit card. It also did not limit how much banks can charge for the service.

Banks have responded by marketing overdraft protec-tion aggressively. Some told customers that opting out of overdraft protection could prevent them from mak-ing everyday transactions, including “medical or health emergencies,” accord-ing to research published last year by the Center for Responsible Lending, a con-sumer group that opposes overdraft fees.

Banks collected $29.5 bil-lion in revenue from over-draft fees in 2011, accord-ing to research firm Moebs Services. That was down from $33.1 billion in 2010 but a significant increase from $18 billion in 1999, when the fees were less common.

Cordray said the problem is not just the fees but that banks often don’t explain them clearly. One bank,

which he did not name, required customers to visit three different websites and scroll through 50 pages of dense text just to get an explanation, he said.

Cordray praised banks for finding ways to help cus-tomers avoid the fees, such as not charging overdrafts for purchases of less than $5 or giving customers 24 hours to add more money to an account.

Representatives of consumer groups who appeared with Cordray said customers would rather have their cards declined than be charged the fee. A representative of Citigroup, one of the country’s larg-est banks, said customers prefer to avoid the embar-rassment.

Andrew Rowe, a senior vice president from Bank of America, said the bank has started giving custom-ers “clarity statements” to explain fees and sending them text messages when their accounts drop below

$25. Last month, Bank of America sent 20 million such texts to 8 million cus-tomers, Rowe said.

Bank of America was a leader in trimming over-draft fees beginning in 2009, when Brian Moynihan, now the CEO, was running the bank’s consumer banking unit. At the time, the bank owed $45 billion in govern-ment bailout loans. It has since paid the money back.

Banks have also drawn criticism for a practice known as “re-ordering” — when a bank takes all the purchases a custom-er makes in a single day and subtracts the biggest ones from the customer’s account first. Banks say it helps customers pay their most important bills first, like mortgages and student loans. Consumer groups say it’s a way to rake in fees.

The practice has been challenged in class-action lawsuits around the coun-try. Bank of America settled one case for $410 million

last July. JPMorgan Chase agreed this month to pay $110 million to settle simi-lar claims.

The CFPB, born out of outrage over the financial crisis and the banking prac-tices that led to it, said it would focus on four areas: re-ordering, missing or confusing information, misleading marketing and disproportionate impact on low-income and young cus-tomers.

According to a 2008 study by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., 9 percent of checking accounts incur 84 percent of overdraft fees. The study found that nearly half of younger cardholders paid the fees.

The CFPB also is request-ing public input on the idea of a “penalty fee box” — a disclosure on checking account statements that would highlight overdrafts and related fees.

The agency said it plans to issue a report by the end of the year.

Finance agency will probe overdraft fees

MCTWalt Books of South St. Paul, Minnesota says he was hit with more overdraft fees because Wells Fargo & Co. processed his bigger bills first so he was charged additional fees for several small transactions that could have been covered. He was charged $35 for each fee.

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Former U.Va. lacrosse player faces 26 years for murderSTEVE SZKOTAKAssociated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In a trial that revealed the lives of elite athletes at a top-notch school, a former University of Virginia lacrosse player faces 26 years in prison for the beating death of his for-mer girlfriend amid a swirl of betrayal, distrust, anger and a culture of drinking.

The prosecutor who meticulously and methodi-cally constructed the case against George Huguely V in the May 3, 2010, beat-ing death of Yeardley Love spoke glumly late Wednesday about a trial that put on display a much-diminished athlete and the horrific injuries he inflicted upon the young woman he professed to love. It played out before two families shattered by the experi-ence.

“There’s nothing to make good the terrible tragedy

done to the Love family,” prosecutor Dave Chapman said under an umbrella in a drenching rain outside the courthouse. “We hope they feel some solace.”

Jurors deliberated about nine hours before returning a verdict on the murder count, then recommended that Huguely serve 25 years. The maximum pris-on term for second-degree murder is 40 years.

The 24-year-old defen-dant from Chevy Chase, Md., could have received a life term if convicted of first-degree murder. He also was found guilty of grand larceny, with the jury recommending one year in prison.

Circuit Judge Edward Hogshire set an April court date for sentencing matters before formal sentencing, expected to be held in sum-mer. He is not bound by the jury’s recommendations, but Virginia judges typi-cally heed jurors’ wishes.

Oil prices jumpdespite US supply

Oil prices rose to nine-month highs above $106 a barrel Thursday, driven by market confidence in Germany and continued concerns about tensions over Iran’s nuclear pro-gram.

By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for April delivery was up 10 cents to $106.38 per bar-rel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 3 cents to settle at $106.28, the highest since May, in New York on Wednesday.

In London, Brent crude was up $1.17 to $124.07 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

German business confi-dence rose for the fourth consecutive month in February, raising hopes that Europe’s biggest econ-omy is growing again after a contraction of 0.2 percent in the last quarter of 2011.

Despite the rising prices, there seemed to be ample supplies available. A report showed U.S. crude stock-piles growing more than expected last week, sug-gesting demand remains sluggish.

Two charged in girl’s running death

ATTALLA, Ala. (AP) — Roger Simpson said he looked down the road and saw a little girl running out-side her home but didn’t give it another thought. Police, however, said the man witnessed a murder in progress.

Authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin died after being forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grand-mother about eating candy bars. Severely dehydrated, the girl had a seizure and died days later. Now, her grandmother and stepmoth-er who police say meted out the punishment were taken to jail Wednesday and face murder charges.

Witnesses told deputies Savannah was told to run and not allowed to stop for three hours on Friday, an Etowah County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said. The girl’s stepmother, 27-year-old Jessica Mae Hardin, called police at 6:45 p.m., telling them Savannah was having a seizure and was unresponsive.

FDA backs newobesity pill

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A previously rejected weight loss pill won an overwhelming endorsement from public health advisers Wednesday, raising hopes that the drug from Vivus Inc. could become the first new anti-obesity medication to reach the U.S. market in more than a decade.

The Food and Drug Administration has reject-ed three weight loss pills in the last two years, includ-ing Vivus’ pill Qnexa, due to safety concerns. Experts agree new weight loss drugs are needed to treat an estimated 75 million obese adults in the U.S., but the string of rejections has raised questions of whether any pharmaceutical treat-ment is safe enough to win approval.

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By Robert GriffinSports WriterThe last time they met, LaGrange High

and Columbia were facing off on the floor ofthe Macon Coliseum in the state semifinals.

That game was two years ago, and Colum-bia went on to win that game, as well as thestate championship.Friday night in Decatur, the two teams will

meet again, this time in the opening round ofthe Class AAA state tournament.It’s a tough matchup for LaGrange.Columbia (19-5), a perennial champi-

onship contender, won the Region 5-AAAchampionship and has only lost to one teamin Georgia this season.

By Kevin EckleberrySports EditorHe got a pitch he could handle, and on this

day, there was no way Caleb Williams wasmissing it.WhenWilliams stepped to the plate in the

bottom of the sixth inning of Wednesday’sgame between his LaGrange Grangers andthe Hardaway Hawks, he already had threehits, including a towering home run thatcleared the center-field fence.When he came up in the sixth, the game

was tied 4-4, and the go-ahead run was onbase.

Williams snapped the tie in emphatic fash-ion when he belted the ball deep into thenight, and it sailed way over the right-fieldfence for a two-run home run.Winning pitcher Jake Norton worked

around a defensive miscue in the top of theseventh, and he picked a runner off at secondbase for the final out in the 6-5 victory.Williams was the star of the day, going 4-

for-4 with the two home runs and three RBIs.“Caleb played like how I think he can,“ La-

Grange head coach Donnie Branch said. “It’s

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Kevin Eckleberry | LaGrange Daily NewsLaGrange head coach JanJones keeps an eye on things during a region-tournament game.

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Kevin Eckleberry | LaGrange Daily NewsLaGrange celebrates a CalebWiliams two-run home run duringWednesday’s 6-5 victory over the HardawayHawks. It was the team’s season opener.

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By Robert GriffinSports WriterStaring at a 1-0 deficit, the

Callaway Lady Cavaliers re-turned to the field for thesecond half of Wednesday’sgame at ChattahoocheeCounty hoping to find thescoring touch.They did.With three different play-

ers scoring, the Lady Cava-liers rallied for a 3-1 victory,giving them momentumheading into next week’s Re-gion 5-AA opener againstJordan on Wednesday.The Lady Cavaliers also

got their record back to .500at 2-2.“It was a pretty good

comeback for us,” Callawayhead coach Kori Hoelschersaid. “I think so far this sea-son that we are doing great.We scheduled a couple oftough teams at the begin-ning of the season so that wecould learn from it. We havea lot of returners and a lot of

The announcement wasmet with considerable fan-fare two years ago.Charles Flowers was com-

ing home.Flowers had already put

together a remarkable coach-ing resume when he washired as the new Troup foot-ball coach.It was a popular move.Flowers is a native ofWest

Point, and he went to TroupHigh.As a coach, Flowers went

on to build a powerhouse atShaw, where he won onestate championship andcame close to winning sev-eral others.After two seasons at

Dougherty High, the Troupjob came open with the de-parture of Bubba Jeter, andFlowers immediately wentto the top of the list in a lotof people’s minds.Sure enough, after a

search that included dozensof applicants, Flowers wasoffered the job, and he read-ily accepted.It was an opportunity to

come back to his hometown,to coach at his alma mater.It was a natural fit.And apparently, the rela-

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experience so it has been sofar so good for us this sea-son.”The Lady Cavaliers got

right to work in the secondhalf, gaining a quick goalfrom Emily Shea to pulleven.

Hannah Weddle andCalyn Reynolds would soonfollow with goals of theirown to give the Lady Cava-liers the win.In the boys’ game, the

Cavaliers were unable tofind the net in a 3-0 loss toChattahoochee.“It just wasn’t our best

game,” head coach MattLeonard said. “Right nowwe are working on the ba-

sics and just trying to getbetter before region playstarts.”After losing nine seniors

last season, the Cavaliershave their share of newfaces on the field, andLeonard said the team isusing these early games as alearning experience.“We are doing a lot of dif-

ferent things so far,”Leonard said. “We have a

couple of guys who are justlearning the game. It’s try-ing to mix learning thegame and learning the ba-sics and just continue get-ting better. Luckily for us itsnot where you start butwhere you finish that mat-ters.”The Cavaliers begin de-

fense of their region cham-pionship Tuesday againstJordan.

hard to hit like that every day, butCaleb has great ability. He has all thetools.”The sixth inning began with Chase

Rogers walking, and after a DeshaunTodd lineout, Williams stepped to theplatewith one out and a runner on first.“I was looking to put the ball in play

somewhere hard,” Williams said.He did that and more.He got the curve ball he was ex-

pecting, and there was no doubtabout it when it left his bat.“He’d killed them on a fastball, so

they refused to throw one,” Branchsaid. “He just adjusted and got itdone.”The Grangers were up by two, but

the Hawks still had one more at-bat.The Hawks scored one run in the

seventh and had the tying run on sec-ond when Norton wheeled aroundand threw to second for the game-ending pickoff.Branch said Todd, the shortstop,

saw that the Hardaway player had a

big lead so he called for the pickoff.“That was a great call,” Branch

said. “We practiced it. It was perfectexecution.”Branch said he saw plenty to work

on after the game, particular the base-running after three players werepicked off.“We shot ourselves in the foot re-

peatedly. We ran out of bullets,” hesaid.But, he added, “wins are good. You

take them. We did a lot of goodthings.”Norton pitched the final two in-

nings, giving up one run, and he gotthe victory.Norton got a strikeout when run-

ners were on second and third in thesixth inning, and he escaped troublein the final inning as well.“You always know he’s never going

to rattle,” Branch said. “He made acouple of pitches we should have gotouts on and we didn’t. He’s got a greatmakeup.”Brandon McCurry got the start in

the season opener, and he pitchedthree innings and left with theGrangers down 4-3.Chase Smith came in and was ter-

rific, throwing two perfect innings tokeep the Grangers within a run beforeturning the ball over to Norton.After falling behind 2-0 in the top

of the second, the Grangers got onerun back in the bottom of the innng.Drew Eady reached on an error and

later scored on a wild pitch.Hardaway was up 4-1 when the

Grangers came to the plate in the thirdinning, and Williams got one of thoseruns back in a hurry with a home runthat cleared the center-field fence.After McCurry and Eady each sin-

gled, Jacob Boccucci got the Grangerswithin a run with a sacrifice fly.The Grangers tied it in the fifth, de-

spite getting a third player in two in-nings picked off.Jack Bradford singled, moved to

second on Eady’s groundout, andscored when Boccucci drilled the ballto the fence in left field.Boccucci was thrown out trying to

stretch the hit into a double, but therun counted, and the game was tiedat four.An inning later, LaGrange took the

lead on Williams’ home run.The Grangers will play again Satur-

day when they visit Spalding County.

years after it began.Flowers has been fired as

the school’s head coach, adecision he was informed ofby superintendent ColePugh during a meeting lastweek.

Flowers was told that hewould no longer work forthe school at the end of thismonth.While the school system

has declined to offer anyreason for the move, Flow-ers talked about it Wednes-day during a pressconference.According to Flowers, he

was told during a meetingwith Pugh that the decisionwas based on accusationsmade by someone concern-ing a pair of players whoplayed football and basket-ball at Troup during the2010-2011 seasons.Flowers said someone de-

livered a written statementaccusing him of assistingwith the expenses of thefamily the two players wereliving with.Flowers denied any

wrongdoing concerning theplayers, who came fromLanett, and are now back atthe school after spendingone school year at Troup.“I have not recruited any-

one, I have not paid any billsfor anyone at any time,”Flowers said Wednesdaywhile meeting with mem-bers of the media in front ofthe fieldhouse at TroupHigh.Flowers said he offered

evidence to Pugh support-ing his innocence in thematter, and he wants to re-main as the Troup headcoach.For the moment, though,

the decision stands, and theFlowers tenure appears tobe at an end.The first I heard about the

possibility of Flowers havingbeen fired was on Fridaywhen someone I trust calledand asked me if I’d heardanything.My response: “No, I

haven’t.”I contacted an official

with Troup High, and pre-dictably, the response wasthat “all personnel mattersare strictly confidential.”

Good enough.Were I in this official’s po-

sition, I would have said thesame thing.A few other inquiries

were made, but nothing wassubstantiated, so I didn’twrite anything, although bythe time Monday arrived itwas clear something hadhappened.It all came to a head Tues-

day morning.We received a call that

there was a student protestat Troup High.We went to the school,

and there were a few dozenfootball players outside theschool, mostly just standingaround.There was no chanting,

no anger, just a bunch ofplayers who wanted to lettheir voices be heard.The story, as the expres-

sion goes, had broken.The Troup County school

system still wasn’t com-menting, other than to issuea statement that read “thedecision not to renew coachFlowers’ contract is a per-sonnel matter made in thebest interest of Troup HighSchool and the TroupCounty School System.”While school system offi-

cials weren’t talking, Flow-ers was.After delivering a state-

ment Wednesday, he an-swered every questionthrown at him from mediamembers from LaGrange toColumbus.Flowers repeatedly af-

firmed his innocence in thematter.“My goal is to completely

exonerate myself, and toshow that my character isstill in tact,” Flowers said. “Idon’t have a problem tellinganyone that I am innocent ofthese charges.”Regardless, because of

Flowers’ position as what’scalled a “49 percent em-ployee”, meaning he retiredand then was hired back at49 percent of his salary, hecan be let go at any time.“It means you can be ter-

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minated at anytime for anycause,” Flowers said.So that’s where we stand.As of now, Flowers’ time

as the Troup football coachappears to be over.On the field, it was a ter-

rific couple of seasons forFlowers.The Tigers went 7-4 in

2010, and this past season,they went 9-3 and won aplayoff game for the firsttime since 2003.Flowers also became the

first coach to lead Troup toback-to-back wins over La-Grange.The good times figured

to continue next season, es-pecially with all-state line-backer Reuben Foster set toreturn for his senior season.Now, obviously, things

are a bit murkier.Long-time Troup assis-

tant Lynn Kendall has beennamed the interim headcoach, but who the perma-nent coach will be remainsto be seen.And then there’s the ques-

tion of how the players willrespond.Foster was quoted in a

story appearing in the At-lanta Journal-Constitutionas saying he wouldn’t playat Troup if Flowers wasn’t

the head coach, but it’s hardto read too much into ateenager’s words at such anemotional time.For his part, Flowers’

message to the players is tobe true to your school.“They’re playing football

for Troup High School.They’re not playing forcoach Flowers,” he said.Flowers did say he appre-

ciated the showing of sup-port from the players onTuesday, and he also liked

that the protest was peace-ful.“They did it in a peaceful

manner,” Flowers said.“That means that whatwe’re teaching them istouching base with them. Ispoke with the assistantprincipal, I spoke with ourhuman resources directoryesterday, and I spoke withseveral of the players. Tomyknowledge, we didn’t haveanything torn up or brokenor anything like that. It was

just a peaceful protest insupport. And I know that alot of parents are in supportas well.”If Flowers does move on,

Troup will be losing acoach with one heck of a re-sume.Flowers began his head-

coaching career at WestPoint High where he spentthe 1984 and 1985 season,but his career took offwhen he went to Shaw in1992.

He had losing records hisfirst three seasons at Shaw,but the Raiders won sevengames in 1996, and Flowersnever had another losingrecord at the school.Beginning in 1999, things

really took off, with theRaiders winning at least 10games for seven straightseasons, including a 15-0season in 2000.During that seven-year

stretch, Flowers’ teams hadan overall record of 85-9.

Flowers stepped away asShaw’s coach after the 2005season when the team went12-2 and made it to thestate semifinals, but he re-turned to coaching in 2007and spent three seasons atDougherty High in Albanybefore coming to Troup.If this is the end of the

road Flowers at Troup, don’tlook for him to walk awayfrom the sport he loves.His preference is to coach

at Troup, but he said he“will keep coaching football.There is no doubt in mymind. I will keep coachingfootball because I have apassion for it, and not tosound arrogant in any way,but some people seem tothink I know a little bitabout it.”And despite the unpleas-

ant way things appear to beending, Flowers said he’llremember his time at Troupfondly.“I love the community. I

love the kids, I love the pro-gram, I love the school,” hesaid. “It’s been a positive.”Flowers also said he’s

thankful for the support hehas received.“I just want to say thank

you,” Flowers said. “I ap-preciate everyone’sthoughts and comments.Regardless, things are goingto work out for the best.Something good will comeout of this, as always.”

LaGrange (16-12) finished asthe number four seed fromRegion6-AAA after losing to Troup andColumbus in the region tourna-ment by a combined three points.“We have to step up to the chal-

lenge,” LaGrange head coach JanJones said.The Lady Grangers are proba-

bly as prepared as they can tomeet that challenge.They’ve been involved in nu-

merous close games this season, in-cluding a one-point overtime lossto Troup in the region tournament.The Lady Grangers have lost six

of their past eight games afterwinning six in a row, but theycould just as easily be riding a red-hot streak into state.Of the six recent losses, five of

them were by a combined 12points.The most heart-breaking of

those losses came in the region-tournament semifinals whenTroup hit game-tying 3-pointer atthe end of regulation before win-ning in overtime.Still, the Lady Grangers have

made it to state, and as they foundout last year, anything can happenthis time of year.LaGrange won the region cham-

pionship last season to earn thenumber one seed, but it lost tofourth-seeded Chestatee in the

first round of state.“We can be that four seed (that

pulls the upset) but we will haveto execute,” Jones said. “We haveto be able to beat their pressure,and they bring a different type ofballgame that we haven’t seen inour region other than a couple ofteams like Drew and Sandy Creekwho are also ranked and doingwell.“That is what we have done is

gone back and looked at thosegames and tried to find a way tobeat that pressure.”The Lady Eagles have won 10

straight games, including a 31-28victory over St. Pius X in the re-gion-championship game.Although St. Pius lost that

game, Jones said the team’s game

plan was sound.“They made them work for

every point and theymade it a low-scoring game,” Jones said. “That’skind of our goal going in is not togive up anything easy, and let ushang around. The biggest thing iseliminating the turnovers.”One thing LaGrange has work-

ing in its favor is experience in biggames.Junior post player KaBrenna

Smith and junior guard BrittanyTatum each played extensively onthe semifinal team from two sea-sons ago, and junior BreannaGrant also had a lot of big-gameexperience.Tatum has been red-hot of late,

consistently scoring 20-pluspoints, and Smith has the poten-

tial to take over in the paint.LaGrange did have to change

things around earlier in the seasonwhen junior guard StearaMitchellleft the team, but some other play-ers have filled that void nicely, in-cluding freshman Andrea Heflin.Senior Victoria Kennedy has

also played well for the LadyGrangers.Jones said she’s appreciative of

the leadership the players haveshown, especially the three juniorsin the starting lineup.“I have seen the juniors also re-

ally step up and take that leader-ship role on the team,” Jones said.“I can tell physically that they aregrowing and maturing into theball players that I wanted them tobe as freshmen.”

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The LaGrange Daily News re-serves the right to classify alladvertisements, to delete ob-jectionable words or phases orto edit or refuse any advertise-ments. Every classified adver-tisement must specify a bonafide offer in good faith. Adver-tiser will hold The LaGrangeDaily News harmless againstall claims resulting from publi-cation of his advertisement. Allads must be accompanied with

name, address and phonenumber of person placing ad.

LAGRANGE DAILYNEWS

Has newspaper end rolls forsale. (Work great for packing)

End Rolls $4.00

LAGRANGE DAILYNEWS

Does not vouch for the legiti-macy of pets, job or

money-making opportunitiesadvertised in the newspaper.

We suggest you carefullyevaluate such offers and notsend money to these adver-tisers unless you are certainyou know with whom you are

dealing and you know allterms and conditions of

the offer.

Other Services (SERV)

TREE TOP TREE SERVICELicensed, InsuredLocally Owned and Operated706-884-1819

Pets (ANIMALS)

Jack Russell Terrier PuppyGoes by Trixie

Lost: Coldwater Dr.& S. Lee St.

(706) 883-7558

LOST DOG

495087

FREE TO A GOOD HOMEBlack, wire-hair, mixed-breed

dog. Kennel trained.Call (706) 402-5053.

FREE RABBITSCall (706) 402-5053.

FREE TO A GOOD HOMELong-haired white dog. Welshcorgi mix. About eight yearsold. House trained. Specialdiet. Call (706) 402-5053.

TWO LOVE BIRDSHand-raised, with cage. $20.

Call (706) 402-5053.

Farm Equipment (AGRI)

REWARD $300Husqvarna Chain Saw. LostFebruary 15. 706-881-2961

Auctions (MERCH)

PUBLIC AUCTIONMiscellaneous personal prop-erty will be sold on 3-6-2012 at

10am to satisfy lein. We re-serve the right to refuse any

bid. AAA Storage 2092Whitesville Road, LaGrange,

GA. 30240Alexandra Acosta-23, PeggyRamsey-73,Drucilla Irvin-61,

Dorothy Dunlap-617

ATVs (REC VEH)

2006 KAWASAKI MULETRANSPORT 3010

Four seater with dump bed,four wheel drive, low hours.

$5850 706-643-1521

Motorcycles (REC VEH)

09 KAWI-900 CRUISER2400 Miles, $6500

Extras 706-402-19152001 HARLEY DAVIDSONELECTRA GLIDE CLASSIC

Over $3000 extra chrome,white wall tires, chrome

wheels. Low mileage. $10,900OBO 706-594-1716

2005 SUZUKI VL 1500 ccC90

Lots of extras. Excellent condi-tion $6,000. 706-882-2609 or

706-616-2658

Autos (AUTO)

1989 CADILLAC SEVILLEOnly 95,000 miles, nice car, 24mpg, dependable transporta-

tion, needs new vinyl top.$1800. 706-884-9549.

SILVER MONTERO LIMITED2002, 126,000 miles. Leather

heated seats $6000. Fourwheel drive, Third row seat.

706-523-1659

Trucks (AUTO)

1997 FORD F250Cold air, new tires, tool bodywith removable ladder rack118,000 miles $4250 OBO

706-643-1521, 706-594-28002000 FORD WORK VANNew tires, great shape!$3,000. 706-407-9106

Cemetery Plots (REAL ESTATE)

TWO CEMETERYPLOTS

Restlawn Memory GardensGarden of Devotion

$600 each 706-883-7345 or706-882-4244

TWO PLOTS, TWO VAULTSSide-by-side at Restlawn

Cemetery in LaGrange. Origi-nal price $7800, selling price$5000 OBO. 770-856-1379

Leave message

TWO ACRESWith older mobile home, withoption of small cottage on it.

Owner finance. 706-756-9265

Apartments/Townhouses (RENT)

ROOMMATE WANTED$150/week. Smoking allowed.

New townhome, no creditcheck. Casual atmosphere.Rent includes all amenities.

Washer/dryer, swimming pool,high speed internet, cable and

fishing pond. (NO DRUGS).For more information please

call 706-298-9998

Commercial (RENT)

DOWNTOWN OFFICESPACE

West Haralson Street. 1200and 1400 sq ft. Good parking.706-333-7202/706-883-6123

WAREHOUSEFOR LEASE

50,000 square footSeven docks, two drive-thrudoors. Two restrooms and

office. Trailer Parking,Easy I-85 access

706-594-8495

House For Rent (RENT)

THREE BEDROOM HOME1184 Lindsey Street.

$600/month, $500 deposit.706-443-5551

THREE BEDROOMTWO BATH

With garage in Grantville nearI-85. Nice and clean. 706-402-

6942. $750, $500 Deposit.THREE BEDROOM

TWO BATHNear West Point lake

$700 a monthDeposit RequiredAnd References334-499-2207

House For Rent (RENT)

Three BedroomTwo Bath

Ranch, off Whitaker Road.Central heat and air, deck.

LHS district $795 plus deposit.706-333-7973.

THREE PROPERTIES804 Callaway Avenue One

bedroom $350702 Callaway Avenue

Three bedroom, Large House$495. 98 Terri Road

Three Bedroom / Two Bathwith Basement $795/month

706-884-3336

Rentals (MANUFACTURED)

NICE TWO BEDROOMVery clean, no pets

706-523-0693THREE BEDROOM

No Pets!706-523-6686

Help Wanted - General (HW)

Help Wanted - General (HW)

PINE MOUNTAINAREA

Newspaper route openGood part-time hours

Supplement your incomeCome down to the

LaGrange Daily News105 Ashton Street

Bring copy of driver's licenseand insurance card -

NO PHONE CALLS

SECURITY FINANCEIs accepting applications. Musthave clean background, clean

driving record and reliabletransportation. Great benefits.

Apply in person127 Commerce Avenue.

No phone calls.

Management / Supervisory (HW)

FINISHING SUPERVISORA worldwide company with amanufacturing site in Albany,GA for more than sixty years,needs a supervisor for the Fin-ishing Department. The pre-ferred candidate should havemanufacturing supervisory ex-perience and have a four yeardegree in management or tex-tile related field. Responsibili-ties include supervising thefirst shift of the finishing de-

partment including controllingcost, quality, and safety. Thisperson must be familiar withcomputers, including word

processing and spreadsheets.Interested candidates shouldbe self motivated, team play-ers and have good oral andwritten communication skills.Salary is commensurate with

experience. If interested, sendresume to the following ad-dress no later than February

29, 2012.

Management / Supervisory (HW)

FINISHING SUPERVISORA worldwide company with amanufacturing site in Albany,GA for more than sixty years,needs a supervisor for the Fin-ishing Department. The pre-ferred candidate should havemanufacturing supervisory ex-perience and have a four yeardegree in management or tex-tile related field. Responsibili-ties include supervising thefirst shift of the finishing de-

partment including controllingcost, quality, and safety. Thisperson must be familiar withcomputers, including word

processing and spreadsheets.Interested candidates shouldbe self motivated, team play-ers and have good oral andwritten communication skills.Salary is commensurate with

experience. If interested, sendresume to the following ad-dress no later than February

29, 2012.

SPINNING MANAGERA worldwide company with amanufacturing site in Albany,GA for more than sixty years,needs a manager for the spin-

ning department. The pre-ferred candidate should havemanufacturing managementexperience and have a four

year degree in management ortextile related field. Responsi-bilities include managing op-

eration of the spinning depart-ment including controlling cost,quality and safety. This personwill also have responsibility for

the operating and capitalbudgets for the spinning de-partment. Interested candi-dates should be self moti-

vated, team players and havegood communication skills.

Salary is commensurate withexperience. If interested, send

resume to the following ad-dress no later thanFebruary 29, 2012.

Part-Time/ Temporaries (HW)

Trinity on the Hill UMChurch in LaGrange, Ga.

needs someone to envision and launch a

ministry with children andyouth and their families.

The position pays$12,000 annually for 20hours a week. Interestedpersons 18 yrs of age or

older should submit acover letter and resume

to: Rev. John Alexanderand email them to:

Pastor@TrinityOnTheHillUMC.org

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Land

4000MANUFACTURED

HOUSING

3500REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

6000 EMPLOYMENT

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700 AGRICULTURE

900 MERCHANDISE

1000RECREATIONAL

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