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Theatre ToReopenSaturdayTheatre Dublin will make a grand

re-entry into the local entertainmentscene Saturday, when the DowntownDevelopment Authority opens thedoors for the first time since complet-ing an $80,000 remodel.According to Claire Livingston, chief

interior designer on the project, planswere made to return some of the his-toric luster back to the downtown land-mark, including the addition of an ArtDeco-themed lobby complete withrounded corners, bright colors andeven a tin ceiling.“It’s really bold and over the top.”

Livingston said in an earlier interview.“The lobby is going to have some won-derful elements that the theatre hasnever seen before. The lobby has al-ways been rather plain, but I wanted itto look as though it might have lookedhad it been decorated in the art decostyle originally. It’s going to be adressed up, sophisticated, really spe-cial public place.”The project took less than two

months to complete, and will be cele-brated alongside the kick off to the2012-13 Dublin-Laurens Arts Council'sseason which will host the AtlantaPops at 7:30 p.m. (Cost for admission tothe concert is $35, which includes aseason pass to all Dublin-Laurens ArtsCouncil events for the 2012-13 calen-dar year)."It's a privilege for the Dublin-Lau-

rens Arts Council to be part of thegrand reopening of Theatre Dubin. Oneof our purposes has always been to pro-mote quality entertainment and thearts at the theater. We're honored to beable to present the Atlanta Pops Sym-phony as the opening performance atTheatre Dublin," said Henry King, vicepresident, Dublin-Laurens Arts Coun-cil.Look for more from Saturday's

grand opening in Monday's edition.

— Compiled by Jason Halcombe

Kicking Off 2012Kolbi Grooms, 4, gets in a few warm up shots at the goal

prior to the start of his U-6 soccer game Thursday evening.Grooms and the rest of his Irish teammates joined other DL-CRA teams for the start of the 2012 season. For more scenesfrom Thursday’s kickoff, see page 8a. (Photo by Jason Hal-combe)

Photo by Payton Towns III

Nijan Taylor shows off a robot constructed by theFLL Robotics team.

Dexter’sWarren OnMagazineCover

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIA West Laurens High

School senior got to representthe area during the 2012Washington Youth Tour. Andshe has her picture on the cov-er of the GEMC Georgia Mag-azine to prove it.Caroline Warren, of Dexter,

and Vanna Ruth Stone, ofMilledgeville, represented theOconee EMC during the tourbetween June 14-21. She knewthere was a chance that shemight be on the cover of theSeptember issue of the maga-zine.Warren and Stone are

standing beside each other infront of the U.S. Capital.“People told me that they

saw me on the cover,” Warrensaid. “It was exciting. I knew itwas coming because last year’srepresentatives were on it. Ijust didn’t know when. ”Approximately 102 sopho-

mores and juniors and seniorsfrom the state went on thetrip, Warren said. According tothe article in the magazine, 38Georgia electric membershipcooperatives went on the tour,

See WARREN page 3a

FLL Robotics TeamVisits City Council

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIA praying mantis robot walked on the floor as mem-

bers of the Dublin City Council stood and watched.It was part of a demonstration by the Oconee Com-

munity Mentoring Association which put on a FirstLEGO League Team Workshop during the summer.Christopher Johnson, OCMA president, and Steven

Hovery, president of the Laurens County RoboticsBoosters, Inc., talked to council during its meetingThursday evening.Nijan Taylor, Tavaris Wright, Rodrick Wimbush,

I’Anyae Evans and Zion Kemp represented the team.Wright brought the robot up to the council to give them

$330 Million Solar Farm Proposed In BaldwinBy CHRISTIAN MCKEARNEYMILLEDGEVILLE —

An upstart utilities company is hopingto build an 80 megawatt solar power fa-cility on the Georgia Power property inPutnam County, which is just across thecounty line along Lake Sinclair.Between 400-800 workers likely

would be needed to construct the facility.“We’d be talking about contract jobs

from all sectors,” said Robert Green, oneof the co-owners of Georgia Solar Utili-ties, which is based in Macon.However, the number of permanent

employees would be minimal. Solarfarms, which consist of a series of glass

panels, are fairly automated and do notrequire much maintenance. Many solarfarms operate with fewer than 10 em-ployees.“It doesn’t take that many,” admitted

Green.Several hurdles remain for the pro-

ject, however. Georgia Power executivesapparently are not all that excited aboutthe idea. Georgia Power currently is dis-puting the project and citing the 1973Georgia Territorial Service Act, which es-sentially gives Georgia Power a non-compete over small, startup solar powercompanies. The Georgia Territorial Ser-vice Act basically is why a private

landowner cannot install a solar farm onhis property and then sell the energy tohis neighbors. Doing so would be a viola-tion of the Georgia Territorial ServiceAct.Apparently, in order for the solar farm

in Putnam County to become a reality,someone would have to convince GeorgiaPower’s corporate executives to go alongwith the idea. Seemingly, the one groupwith that sort of influence is the GeorgiaPublic Service Commission. Severalmembers of the five-person PSC Boardrecently have been strongly encouragingGeorgia Power to increase solar

Massive Facility Would Be Located Beside Georgia Power Plant Branch

See FARM page 3a

Photo courtesy Georgia Magazine

Warren (r), of Dexterwas featured on the coverof Georgia EMC’s month-ly magazine.

WL Senior Featured AsPart Of Washington YouthTour In Georgia Magazine

See ROBOT page 3a

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beginning with a three-night revival,

. Speakers for the revival will be Wednesday night, District Missionary Juanita Clark, from Phillips Temple COGIC in

Vidalia, GA, Thursday night, Missionary LaDoris James, first lady at Friendly COGIC in Augusta ,GA, and Friday night, Evangelist Deloris Reese of Christ Healing Ministries in Milledgeville ,GA.

Service begins each night at 7:30 pm. We will be having a Workshop on Saturday, September 8,

beginning with prayer and a continental breakfast from 8:00-12:00 noon. Services will

climax on Sunday, September 9 at 3:00 pm with Apostle Linda Knight, pastor of House of Prayer

Deliverance in Dublin, as the speaker.

Donald R. “Dick”Ansell

Donald R. “Dick” Ansell, 86of Dublin, died Friday, Sep-tember 7, 2012. Arrangementsare incomplete at this timeand will be announced later byTownsend Brothers FuneralHome.

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Alberta S. GloverMrs. Alberta S. Glover of

Rockledge died early Fridaymorning, September 7.Arrangements are incompleteand will be announced bySammons Funeral Home.

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Brenda Kay HallMrs. Brenda Kay Hall, 43

of Dublin, died Thursday, Sep-tember 6, 2012.

Mrs. Hall was born inBradenton, Florida and waspreceded in death by herbrother, Charlie Ray James;and two nephews, Joseph AlanMyers and Donald ThomasEdge. She was a homemakerand was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include her chil-dren, Jessica (Rodney) Garrettand Quentin Hall, both ofDublin; her parents, GroverJames, Charleston, West Vir-ginia and Mildred (Mitchell)Perry, of East Dublin; two sis-ters, Kim (Keith) Edge, Soper-ton and Deborah (Tony Dent)Steadman, East Dublin; abrother, Kevin Fisher, Ohio;three grandchildren, Emma,Katie, and Benjamin Garrett,Dublin; two cousins, BarbaraCole and Ashley Wix, EastDublin.

Funeral services will be 11a.m. Saturday, September 8 inthe Chapel of Sammons Fu-neral Home. Burial will be inRed Bluff Cemetery, TreutlenCounty.

The family will receivefriends from 6-8 p.m. Friday atthe funeral home and may bereached at the home of Kimand Keith Edge, 2829 Briar-cliff Road, Soperton.

Register online atwww.sammonsfuneralhome.com

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Sara Vesta MooreMrs. Sara Vesta Moore, age

94, of Chauncey, Ga., diedWednesday, September 5,2012.

Funeral services will beheld at 2 p.m. Friday, Septem-ber 7, at Sweet Home BaptistChurch, with interment inSweet Home Cemetery.

Mrs. Moore was a memberof Sweet Home BaptistChurch and a homemaker. Shewas the daughter of the lateSara Frances Coleman Jonesand John James Jones; andwidow of John Richard Moore.She was preceded in death bya daughter, Sarah Wahl, twosons, John Moore, Sr. andRandall Moore, Sr.; sister,Lessie Holden; and brother,James Jones.

Survivors include two sons,David Moore (Idonia) and J. R.Moore (Dorothy); three daugh-ters-in-law, Yvonne Ferguson,Faye Green and Merle Rigby;son-in-law, Jack Wahl; twosisters-in-law, Helen Cook(Emmitt) and Joyce Coody;13 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; severalnieces and nephews.

Stokes-Southerland Funer-al Home of Eastman has

Obituariescharge of arrangements.www.stokes-southerland.com

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Anshuman SinhaFuneral services for Anshu-

man Sinha will be held at 2p.m. on Saturday, September8, 2012 in the Chan StanleyMemorial Chapel of StanleyFuneral Home and Crematory.Priest Harigopal Bhatt will of-ficiate.

Mr. Sinha was born on Feb-ruary 26, 1966 in India. Hehas been a United States citi-zen since 1983. He was em-ployed as a receptionist forHoliday Inn. Mr. Sinha passedaway on Tuesday, September4, 2012.

Mr. Sinha is survived by hisparents, Dr. Bageshwari andAchla Varma Sinha, of Dublin,a brother, Dr. Anupam Sinha,of Jupiter, Fla.; two sisters, Dr.Anvita Sinha, of Evansville,Ind., and Amrita Sinha, ofWest Bloomfield, Mich.; aniece, Arya Newberry, of WestBloomfield, Mich., and severalaunts, uncles, and cousins.

Stanley Funeral Home andCrematory/Dublin Chapel hascharge of funeral arrange-ments. To sign the Online Reg-ister Book for Mr. Sinha pleasevisitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the 24 Hour StanleyFuneral Home and CrematoryObituary Line at (478) 272-0106 to hear the latest funeralupdates.

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Joseph H. SmithJoseph H. Smith, age 84, of

Dublin, died Thursday.Arrangements are incompleteat this time and will be an-nounced later by TownsendBrothers Funeral Home.

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Lena SpiveyMrs. Lena Spivey of Scott

died Thursday night, Septem-ber 6. Arrangements are in-complete and will be an-nounced by Sammons FuneralHome.

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Robert EmoryStinson

Services for Robert EmoryStinson, age 86, of Dublin, willbe held at 11 a.m. on Saturday,September 8, 2012, in theChapel of Townsend BrothersFuneral Home. Burial will fol-low in White Springs BaptistChurch Cemetery. Rev. Ben-nie Moore and Rev. W. R.“Dub” Skipper will officiate.The family will receive friendson Friday from 6-8 p.m. at thefuneral home. Mr. Stinsondied Wednesday, September 5,2012.

Mr. Stinson was the son ofthe late Ezel Stinson and thelate Willie Day Stinson. Heserved in the U S Navy andwas a retired logger, employedas a Crew Boss with R. T.Gilder. Mr. Stinson was amember of Bethesda BaptistChurch. He was a loving hus-band, father, and grandfather.

In addition to his parents,he was preceded in death byhis daughter, Linda FayeDaniels, and his son, RobertWilliam Stinson and great-granddaughter, JasmineHoward.

Survivors include his lovingwife, Billie Ruth Stinson, ofDublin; children, Billy E. Stin-son, Elizabeth Gail (Walter)Passmore, Raymond Ezel(Bennie) Stinson, Donald Ed-ward Stinson, James Franklin(Teresa) Stinson, and Jimmy(Donna) Randal Stinson, all ofDublin; 14 grandchildren; 23great-grandchildren; twogreat-great grandchildren;and several nieces andnephews.

Joel Brooks, Leon Brooks,Grant Rowe, Jessie Brooks,Ryan Brooks, and Matt Dim-men will serve as pallbearers.

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

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Robert Vickers, Sr.Mr. Robert Vickers, Sr. of

Atlanta passed on September4. Funeral arrangements areincomplete and will be an-nounced later. Visitation willbe held at 807 Windward Way,East Dublin, GA. Services ByDudley Funeral Home ofDublin.www.ServicesByDudley.com

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Frank HarrisWalker

Funeral services for Mr.Frank Harris Walker, 31, willbe held on Saturday, Septem-

ber 8 at 11 a.m. at Church ofJesus 1265 Highway 319North East Dublin. BishopHugh Turnley, Jr. will offici-ate.

Mr. Walker who passed onSeptember 1 was born Sep-tember 18, 1981 to ElverleneDarrisaw James and FrankHarris, Jr.

Mr. Walker is survived byhis mother, Elverlene (Larry)James; father, Frank Harris,Jr.; daughter, Keiona Walker;three sisters, LaTunya(Tracey) Holliman, ShameccaSanders both of Dublin andGeneva Brown ofWrightsville; three brothers,Wyman (Kennitra) Walker,Willie Walker of Dublin, Ga.and LaMorris (Carolnell)Walker, of Leesville, La.;grandmother, Geneva Ben-nett of Wrightsville, Ga.;three devoted nieces, EricaWalker of Louisville, KY,Chelsea Pittman and CierraWalker of Dublin, Ga.; onedevoted nephew, TyrondricPittman of Dublin; a devotedcompanion; Annie Mae Godonof Dublin, Ga.; foreverfriends, Andy and Terri Gar-nto and Jacori Fann all ofDublin; uncles, L.C. (Geor-gia) Darrisaw and TommyDarrisaw of Dublin, WillieClarence (Doris) Darrisaw ofAugusta, Ga., John (Annette)Fluker and Saul (Ester)Fluker of Atlanta, Ga., James(Theora) Fluker of Jack-sonville, Fla., Robert (Dean)Darrisaw and Willie L.(Grace) Darrisaw of Pied-mont, Ala.; aunts, Dorothy(Larry) Williams and Donna(Jeremy) Williams of Dublin,Ga., Daisy Wyche of Lake-land, Fla., Genette and WillieL. Graddy of Wrightsville anda host of other relatives andfriends.

The family will receivefriends at the home of hismother, 735 Miller Lane EastDublin.

Services By Dudley Funer-al Home of Dublin.www.ServicesByDudley.com

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wash for dogs will be held on September 8 from 10 a.m.til 2 p.m. at First Choice Family Chiropractic, 1102 NJefferson St. Small to average sized dogs will be $8, andlarge or long-haired dogs will be $14. Proceed will bene-fit the Dublin Laurens County Humane Society.

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"Jenny's in a fix/With herarithmetics/Poor concentra-tion/Boys in the classroom causeagitation/ She's a junk foodjunky/Blame it on the food,yeah/Blame it on the food."

Almost 30 years ago, X-raySpex got it right with thoselyrics.

When toddlers eat chips,sweets and soft drinks, their IQat age 8 is several points lowerthan kids with a healthier diet.Add this to info that when momeats junk while pregnant, herchild will likely be a fast-food afi-cionado, too; and even if the kidlater upgrades his or her diet,life-long health problems (highblood pressure, diabetes, obesity,heart disease, cancer, brain dys-function and behavior problems)often persist.

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before conception!Youwant to bea healthy weight and take pre-natal vitamins with DHAomega-3s even before you getpregnant. And when pregnant,you're NOT eating for two; youneed only 10 percent more calo-ries.

--Stick to a diet of 100 percentwhole grains, limited saturatedfats, no trans fats, no added sug-ars or sugar syrups and lots offresh veggies and fruit. Your dietaffects the dopamine in your ba-by's brain, a reward system thatcan be programmed to respondto fatty, fried foods or veggiesand whole grains, depending onwhat you eat.

-Breastfeeding, at least par-tially for four to six months,gives your child the best chancefor a healthyweight and brain asa teen.

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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Sheloomed over Drew Peterson’smurder trial, though her disap-pearance and the suspicion thatthe former Illinois police officerkilled her was never mentionedin front of the jury.

But since jurors found Peter-son guilty Thursday of first-de-gree murder in the 2004 deathof his third wife, KathleenSavio, his fourth wife, Stacy Pe-terson, could now take centerstage.

“We are going to aggressivelyreview that case with an eye to-wards potentially charging it,”Will County State’s AttorneyJames Glasgow told reportersoutside the Joliet courthouseshortly after jurors convictedDrew Peterson of killing Savio.

While Peterson faces up to60 years in prison, the legal is-sues surrounding the accusa-tions against him may be farfrom resolved. In addition to theseparate Stacy Peterson case,his attorneys have vowed to ap-peal Thursday’s convictionbased on the unprecedentedamount of secondhand hearsayevidence entered at trial. One ofthem vowed to take the case allthe way to the U.S. SupremeCourt.

Peterson, 58, was onlycharged in Savio’s death afterStacy Peterson vanished in2007. She is presumed dead,though her body has never beenfound. Her husband is a suspectin her disappearance but has

never been charged in the case.Stacy Peterson’s sister, in

court to hear the guilty verdictThursday, sounded optimisticthat charges in her sister’s casewould soon follow.

“He’ll be charged. It’llcome,” Cassandra Cales said.

Savio family was as relievedand excited Thursday as StacyPeterson’s family was hopeful.As she stepped out of thecrowded courtroom minutes af-ter the verdict, Savio’s sister,Susan Doman, threw herselfinto the arms of her husband.

“Finally, finally, finally,”Mitch Doman, Savio’s brother-in-law, said as he and his wifecried. Seconds later, he lookedup at a reporter and said witha smile, “We finally got thatmurdering bastard!”

“He was a thug,” Glasgowsaid of Peterson, his voice ris-ing in indignation. “He wouldthreaten people because he hada gun and a badge. Nobodywould take him on, but we tookhim on and he lost.”

As Glasgow prepares for aNov. 26 sentencing hearing forPeterson — during which he iscertain to ask the judge to im-pose a sentence close to themaximum 60-year prison term— he strongly hinted thatmany of the things he was for-bidden from saying in front ofthe jury about Stacy Peterson’s2007 disappearance will bepart of his presentation.

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production in the PeachState. The PSC is the stateagency that is tasked with de-ciding “what are fair and rea-sonable rates for (utilities) ser-vices under its jurisdiction.”The two sides – Georgia Powerand GaSU – are expected tomeet next Thursday with thePublic Service Commissionand the upcoming meetingshould provide some more clar-ity on the future of the project.The solar farm project in

Putnam County basically can-not happen without GeorgiaPower. First, Georgia Powerwould have to sell the land toGaSU. Then, Georgia Powerwould have to give GaSU ac-cess to its electric grid andcharge GaSU for access. GaSU,in turn, would act as its ownutilities provider and have itsown customers and own billingservice.“Georgia Power basically

could be making a lot of moneyoff of us by doing nothing(charging for access to its elec-tric grid),” said Green.

Possibilities are limitlessSolar power has become

dramatically more affordablein recent years, which is dueprimarily to advances in tech-nology.“During the Obama admin-

istration, the cost has comedown significantly. It wentfrom $10 a watt to seven andnow it’s down to ($2.50 perwatt),” Green said.$2.50 per watt is still no-

tably more expensive thancoal, however. Nevertheless,Green says that his companycould still charge customers alow rate.Georgia is especially fertile

for solar power. According toGreen, Georgia ranks third outof 50 states when it comes so-lar power potential. Plenty ofsunlight and a decent amountof rain both are required formaximum solar production,which are two things thatGeorgia has. Rain, believe it ornot, is crucial for solar farmsand washes the dust off of thesolar panels and allows for bet-ter sunlight penetration.Germany is leading the

world in terms of solar powerpotential, according to Green.During a typical sunny day inGermany, there is now enoughsolar power to fulfill half of thecountry’s energy needs.“Georgia has significantly

more sun exposure than Ger-many. The possibilities in thisstate are limitless,” Greensaid.

FarmContinued from 1a

joining 1,500 other teenagersfrom 44 states.Warren was picked after

she filled out an applicationand was interviewed at theOconee EMS office in Dudley.She was then selected alongwith Stone.“I was so excited,” Warren

said. “I had spoken to otherpeople who have been on it be-fore. They had nothing butgood things to say about it. Iwas very excited and lookingforward to it. It was a goodfeeling knowing that they sawsomething in me that lookedpromising.”Warren didn’t know anyone

on the trip at first. She metStone the day they rode to theairport.“Throughout the week, we

got to know each other verywell,” Warren said. “We stillkeep in touch.”The itinerary, which was

listed in the magazine article,kept the group busy.“We had a very, very busy

week,” Warren said. “We did asmuch in a week as we couldpossibly do. Whoever plannedthe itinerary did it very well tomake sure that no time waswasted.”Following a kickoff break-

fast on June 14, the group leftthe Little White House inWarm Springs to go to Wash-

ington D.C. on June 15. Thenext day they toured MountVernon, the Holocaust Memor-ial Museum, dinner at UnionStation, photo op at the WhiteHouse, and tours of the MLK,FDR, Jefferson and World WarII memorials.On June 17, the group went

to Arlington National Ceme-tery and put out a wreath atthe Tomb of the Unknowns.They also toured the Lincoln,Korean War and Vietnam Vet-erans memorials. They wenton a tour at Ford’s Theatreand dinner at Toby’s Theatrein Columbia, Md.The group held an All-

States Youth Day Program atHyatt Crystal City, tourSmithsonian museums andNational Gallery of Art. Theyalso went to the NationalArchives and went on a din-ner/riverboat cruise in OldTown Alexandria on June 18.The next day the group got

to meet Senator Saxby Cham-bliss and Johnny Isakson andhad a Georgia CongressionalDelegation meeting. Theytoured the U.S. Capitol andthe Washington NationalCathedral and took part in theIwo Jima Memorial Sunset Pa-rade and went to the UnitedStates Air Force Memorial.On the last day, the group

toured the Supreme Court andLibrary of Congress while hav-ing lunch at the Kennedy Cen-

ter. He toured the Newseumand Madame Tussauds waxmuseum before attending afarewell event.“It was an incredible experi-

ence and one of the best tripsthat I’ve ever been on. It was ahonor for me to get to go,” War-ren said.It wasn’t Warren’s first trip

to Washington D.C.“I had been there before on

a school trip several yearsago,” she said. “But it was re-ally neat for me to go againsince I’ve taken U.S. govern-ment, U.S. History and WorldHistory. It was cool since I’molder and I feel like I was ableto get more out of it and makea lot more connections on howit all works and goes together.”As for her favorite part,

Warren liked being aroundpeople.“We were there from all

over the state,” she said.“Whenever we went to themonuments or museums, wewere allowed to break up intogroups and walk around, get-ting to know everyone and talkabout where we were from. Iloved the museums and themonuments and being able towalk around and take it all in,just trying to grasp what it allmeans with the meaning andthe purpose it all has. But thepeople are who what made thetrip (special) for me.”

WarrenContinued from 1a

Photos by Payton Towns III

Councilmen Gerald Smith and Phil Thacker look over one of the robots duringThursday’s council meeting.

a closer look, while Taylorturned it on and demonstratedit.The group was in attendance

to thank the city council fortheir support for hosting theirsummer program. Johnson saidthey had as many as 15 show upfor the summer robotic pro-gram.“We just wanted to say

thanks and show them our re-sults,” Johnson said. “I havenine members on the FLL teamfor this year. There are volun-teers who are part of Steve’shigh school’s team.”The high school team is

something new.“They build a bigger robot on

a bigger field which is morecomplicated and a bigger chal-lenge,” Hovey said.According to Johnson, the ro-

botic program has helped a lot ofchildren. He said it has ad-dressed a lot of needs, and thatsome of the members won thirdplace in a competition last year.“It’s amazing to see these

young people do this,” Johnsonsaid. “We want to thank the citycouncil for their support in thesummer program. This has ex-posed the kids to other things.”Hovey said he wanted to

start the Laurens County Ro-botics Boosters, Inc. when hemoved here a few years ago. Itbegan with two teams before go-ing up to six teams last year andfive teams this year.“When I came down here, I

saw there was a need for this,”Hovey said. “There is a lot of sci-ence and tech jobs out there. Ifwe can get our kids to takethese, we can help give them afuture.”FLL is going into its second

week of a new program called“Senior Solutions.”“We are going to send out let-

ters of invitations to see if they’llpartner and help the kids dis-cover something about the dif-ferences in their age and tech-nology,” Johnson said. “There’s alot to learn there.”Council member Gerald

Smith was impressed with whathe saw.

“I want to say thank you,”Smith said. “What they builthere isn’t so far fetched fromwhat we sent to Mars. It’s pret-ty impressive.”The thing right now is they

need financial support, Hoveysaid.“That’s the most important

thing that is going to help usgrow this project,” Johnson said.“We need partners to help do-nate and we have been reachingout to the business communityto sponsor teams or offer volun-teers. In those capacities, it willhelp us expand and help ourchildren. It will help us getstronger and get a bigger workforce.”For more information about

the robots, or to help donate, goto the Laurens County RoboticsBoosters, Inc. website(www.lcrobotics.org).In other news, the council ap-

proved an ordinance to rezone514 North Franklin Street froma R-3 (multi-family residential)zone to B-2 (highway orientedbusiness) zone.

RobotContinued from 1a

Obama: Recovery Path Hard, Challenge ’Can Be Met’CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) —

His re-election in doubt, Presi-dent Barack Obama concededonly halting progress Thursdaynight toward fixing the nation’sstubborn economic woes, butvowed in a Democratic NationalConvention finale, “Our prob-lems can be solved, our chal-lenges can be met.”“Yes, our path is harder —

but it leads to a better place,” hedeclared in a prime-time speechto convention delegates and thenation that blended resolveabout the challenges aheadwithstinging criticism of RepublicanrivalMitt Romney’s proposals torepair the economy.He acknowledged “my own

failings” as he asked for a sec-ond term, four years after tak-ing office as the nation’s firstblack president.“Four more years,” delegates

chanted over and over as the 51-year-old Obama stepped to thepodium, noticeably grayer thanfour years ago when he was ahistory-making candidate for

the White House.The president’s speech was

the final act of a pair of highlyscripted national political con-ventions in as many weeks, andthe opening salvo of a two-month drive toward ElectionDay that pits Obama againstRepublican rival Romney. Thecontest is ever tighter for theWhite House in a dreary seasonof economic struggle for mil-lions.Vice President Joe Biden pre-

ceded Obama at the conventionpodium and proclaimed, “Amer-ica has turned the corner” afterexperiencing the worst econom-ic crisis since the Great Depres-sion.Obama didn’t go that far in

his own remarks, but he saidfirmly, “We are not going back,we are moving forward, Ameri-ca.”With unemployment at 8.3

percent, the president said thetask of recovering from the eco-nomic disaster of 2008 is exceed-ed in American history only by

the challenge Franklin DelanoRoosevelt faced when he took of-fice in 1933.“It will require common ef-

fort, shared responsibility andthe kind of bold persistent ex-perimentation” that FDR em-ployed, Obama said.In an appeal to independent

voters whomight be consideringa vote for Romney, he addedthat those who carry on Roo-sevelt’s legacy “should remem-ber that not every problem canbe remedied with another gov-ernment program or dictatefrom Washington.He said, “The truth is, it will

take more than a few years forus to solve challenges that havebuilt up over the decades.”In the run-up to Obama’s

speech, delegates erupted in tu-multuous cheers when formerArizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords,grievously wounded in a 2011assassination attempt, walkedonstage to lead the Pledge of Al-legiance. The hall grew louderwhen she blew kisses to the

crowd.And louder still when huge

video screens inside the hallshowed the face of Osama binLaden, the terrorist master-mind killed in a daring raid onhis Pakistani hideout by U.S.special operations forces” on amission approved by the currentcommander in chief.The hall was filled to capaci-

ty long before Obama stepped tothe podium, and officials shutoff the entrances because of afear of overcrowding for aspeech that the campaign hadoriginally slated for the 74,000-seat football stadium nearby.Aides said weather concernsprompted the move to the con-vention arena, capacity 15,000or so.Obama’s campaign said the

president would ask the countryto rally around a “real achiev-able plan that will create jobs,expand opportunity and ensurean economy built to last.”He added, “The truth is it

will take more than a few years

for us to solve challenges thathave built up over a decade.”In convention parlance, both

Obama and Biden were deliver-ing acceptance speeches beforedelegates who nominated themfor new terms in office.But the political significance

went far beyond that - the mo-ment when the general electioncampaign begins in earnesteven though Obama and Rom-ney have been pointing toward aNov. 6 showdown for months.To the cheers of delegates,

Obama retraced his steps tohalt the economic slide, includ-ing the auto bailout that Rom-ney opposed.“After a decade of decline,

this country created over a halfmillion manufacturing jobs inthe last two and a half years,” hesaid.Turning to national security,

he said he had promised to endthe war in Iraq, and had doneso.“We’ve blunted the Taliban’s

momentum inAfghanistan, and

in 2014 our longest war will beover,” he said.“A new tower rises above the

New York skyline, al-Qaida ison the path to defeat andOsama bin Laden is dead,” hedeclared, one of the night’s re-peated references to the specialoperations forces raid that re-sulted in the terrorist master-mind’s demise more than a yearago.He lampooned Romney’s

own economic proposals.“Have a surplus? Try a tax

cut. Deficit too high? Try anoth-er. Feel a cold coming on? Taketwo tax cuts, roll back some reg-ulations and call us in themorning,” he said.Mocking Romney for his

overseas trip earlier this sum-mer, Obama said, “You mightnot be ready for diplomacy withBeijing if you can’t visit theOlympics without insulting ourclosest ally.” That was a refer-ence to a verbal gaffe the formerMassachusetts governor com-mitted while visiting London.

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AUGUSTA – This is a sadstory. I don’t even want totalk about it, but I am movedto recount the details ofabout the most unfortunateluck a man could have—agood man, a gentleman, whoappreciated his many friend-ships and enjoyed life to thefullest.A man has an accident, he

becomes paralyzed and thequestions rush front and cen-ter, but there is no answer. Ifyou belong to the groupingwith the view that every-thing happens for a reason, Iam sure you are, like me,unable to fathom what couldbe the reason for the tragedyof the gentlemanly MalCook?A football player at

Georgia, lettering in 1949-50-51, Mal was a startingquarterback for WallaceButts.. He became a dotingalumnus who found thegreatest of peace and recre-ation in Savannah, hisadopted home town.Following the St. Patrick’s

Day parade in March, Malsat down in a chair after theparade for a respite under ashade tree. The chair col-lapsed, and his headslammed against a brickwall, which resulted in a bro-ken neck. Today, he is spend-ing his life at the V. A.Hospital in Augusta, where

he can hardly whisper. Tocommunicate, you have toread his lips. He has no useof his arms and legs, but healways greets family andfriends with a smile.On a bulletin board, there

is a letter fromB u l l d o gCoach MarkRicht. AG e o r g i amedia guiderests on atable nearby.The staff isaware of whohe is and hisc onne c t i o nwith UGAand theB u l l d o g s .His wife andcollege sweet-heart, the former CatherineSkedas, has quarters nearbyand spends every day withMal.Following graduation in

Athens, Mal completed mili-tary requirements and set-tled in Savannah. He mar-ried Catherine and devel-oped a successful insurancebusiness. He became arespected amateur golferand, in recent years, haslived next door to the Uga’sand Russ, the reserve mascotwhich achieved official sta-tus last weekend.Mal and Catherine

enjoyed golf, travel andGeorgia football among otherinterests. They became sea-son ticket buyers not longafter graduation and bookedrooms at the Holiday Innevery weekend. “If Mal does-

n’t get to the stadiuman hour and a halfbefore kickoff,”Catherine oncesaid, “he’s late.”It was fun get-

ting to know theCooks who enjoygood food. Withher Greek her-itage, they couldbe frequentlyfound at OlympiaCafé on RiverStreet, but theyalso enjoyedpatronizing the

many popular restaurants inSavannah. They never dinedalone. They were always inthe company of family andfriends.Stop by their house for a

social hour, then move on tothe restaurant venue of theevening. Both Mal andCatherine were stimulatingconversationalists andenjoyed any story or vignetteon the light side. Robust andinfectious laughter alwaysrang out from their table.Nobody loved life more thanMal and Catherine.When they turned 80,

they rearranged their houseso that there would be nosteps to climb, confiningtheir quarters to the firstfloor. They were going totruly make their goldenyears as comfortable andgolden as possible.We never made a trip to

Savannah without findingtime to visit with Catherineand Mal. They introducedus to their friends andalways graced us with thewarmest of Bulldog wel-comes. When I have visitedMal at the Sheppard’sSpinal Clinic in Atlanta andthe V. A. Hospital here, Ihurt for what this good anddecent man has lost, andwhile I don’t really know hisinner thoughts, I can read inthat beaming grin of his thathe is not bitter about hisunfortunate accident. Whata remarkable attitude!When I see Mal, I realize

that no wedge shot feather-ing in beside the pin, no sin-gle malt from Scotland’saged barrels, no come frombehind victory between thehedges, no plaque for signa-ture honor can equal goodhealth in life.If the Man Upstairs has a

miracle left, I pray for it tocome to Mal Cook’s doorstep.No one would be more grate-ful. Or deserving.

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OUR TAKE:

The Democratic NationalConvention is over, andGeorgia’s delegates are mak-ing their way home fromCharlotte. They return like-ly energized to support there-election of PresidentObama, but to a state that ismost likely going to remainsolidly in Republican handsfor this election, and likelythe next few. Whether andwhen Democrats are able tobe competitive relies not juston demographic shifts andfailure or inaction of theRepublican majorities, buton the Democrats becomingable to connect and identifywith a majority of Georgians.The Republicans march to

the majority was aided byGeorgians’ attitudes and val-ues more closely mirroringthat of the national party.Democrats will not be aidedby this. Quite the contrary.While Georgians remain of aconservative mindset in bothfiscal and social issues, thenational Democratic party istrending away from theseideals. Most of the openings

Democrats will have overpolicy issues in Georgiacould help self-identified fis-cal conservatives realigntheir party ID. Republicanswho are delivering tax cuts

only to the well connectedare allowing more populistminded voters to questionwhether current tax andappropriation policies are inthe best interests of allGeorgians or just the privi-leged few. The “no new taxesever” pledges may eventuallygive Democrats who create asolid infrastructure or educa-tion investment plan to winover pragmatic minded vot-ers who want to see specificimprovements. Demographicshifts may aid these transi-tions as well.Social issues, however, are

likely to remain a problemthat could easily delay ademocratic re-emergence forseveral additional electioncycles or more. While it istrue that younger voters aresignificantly less likely tovote for a conservative socialagenda, there are matters ofdegree that are not likely tobe found in a majority ofGeorgia voters by the timethe Governor’s mansion isnext open in six years.Voters this week saw a

glimpse of true hostilitytoward religion in Charlotteduring a vote to return a ref-erence to God to theDemocrats platform. Theresult of the voice vote(which appeared actually to

fail) generated discernibleboos. Democrats who like tosmugly proclaim themselvesthe party of tolerance anddiversity will need to come togrips with their own intoler-ance toward religion beforethey will approach statewideGeorgian majorities any timesoon.It is one thing to argue for

domestic partnerships andrights of same sex couples. Itis quite another to equateeating a chicken biscuit fromone of the state’s mostbeloved private employers asan act of hate because youdisagree with the charitablegifts of the owner.It is one thing to argue

over what an insurance com-

pany is required to coverwith regards to contraceptiveand reproductive services. Itis another giant step torequire the Catholic Churchto require them to distributethese services.There are elements within

the national Democraticparty that have grown quitecomfortable with being hos-tile to religion. As Georgia’srural social conservativedemocrats have disappeared,the majority who remainalign much more closely withthe national party than atany point in recent memory.Just two years ago, candi-

date Roy Barnes avoidedPresident Obama during hisvisit to Atlanta. It was part

of a time honored tradition ofGeorgia Dems duckingnational party leaders whoseimages stood to the left ofmost Georgians.Today, much to the cha-

grin of many rural andsocially conservativeDemocrats, the state party iseager to embrace much of thenational party’s talkingpoints. While many of theparty’s leaders lectureRepublicans about being onthe wrong side of history,Democrats actually on theballot still understand therealities of elective officehere. Barnes not onlyducked Obama but also hadan immigration reform planto the right of manyRepublican plans in 2010.Mayor Kasim Reed remainssilent on President Obama’s“evolution” on the gay mar-riage issue. Georgia Democrats like to

lecture Georgia Republicanson their need for ideologicalpurity, especially on socialissues. Yet these same opera-tives call for their peers todenounce Chick-Fil-A andexpect full support for abor-tion rights – of which thenewly adopted Democraticplatform calls for taxpayerfunding of abortion throughthe ninth month of pregnan-

cy. If Democrats want to rep-

resent the majority ofGeorgians, they’re going toneed to understand wherethe majority of Georgians areon social issues. Even inPennsylvania, a state with asignificantly larger percent-age of Democrats and withless social conservativesthan Georgia, RickSantorum wasn’t defeateduntil pro-life Bob Casey wasthe challenger.Republicans, especially at

the national level, often haveto grapple with the internalstruggle over principle ver-sus competitiveness withrespect to social issues. AsDemocrats eventually getcloser to a majority inGeorgia, they would dothemselves a good service tohave an honest debate overwhere they stand as a party,versus where the averagevoter stands.

Hostility To Social Conservative Values Is Democrats Major Barrier To Majority In Georgia

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Now Is The Time ToPrepare For AnEmergency

Look around your house. Do you know where togo if something happens?What if you are in your back room and a fire

that began in the kitchen blocks the hallway? Doyou have a plan on how to get out? That’s what the Georgia Emergency

Management Agency wants people to think aboutduring September, which is known as NationalPreparedness Month.I’m sure we remember being in school and going

through fire drills and tornado drills. I liked them.In fact, I liked it better when we didn’t know whena fire drill was going to be. But most of the teach-ers would warn us ahead of time that we weregoing to have a fire or tornado drill before we hadthem.The thing is, in a real emergency, there is no

warning. In a drill, the teachers would tell us toline up quietly and walk, not run, to the nearestexit. It’s funny how we’ll plan for a fire drill ortornado drill at school, but that’s it. We don’t dodrills at our house or other places like church.When an emergency happens, are we going toknow what to do?Following the 1993 World Trade Center bomb-

ing, Rick Rescorla made sure employees at thefirm Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter knew whatto do. They practiced an evacuation no matterwhat other people in the building thought.When the first tower was hit by an airplane,

Rescorla began his office evacuation despite otherstelling them to stay put. In the end, Rescorla diedtrying to help others get out. But the majority ofhis co-workers made it out because they followedhis plan.An emergency plan is one you never hope to use.

But if you think about it and practice it, you’ll beready when an emergency happens. — Payton Towns III

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ALMANACToday in HistoryBy The Associated PressToday is Friday, Sept. 7, the 251st day of 2012. There are

115 days left in the year.On this date:In 1892, James J. Corbett knocked out John L. Sullivan

to win the world heavyweight crown in New Orleans in afight conducted under the Marquess of Queensberry rules.In 1977, the Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S.

to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama,were signed in Washington by President Jimmy Carter andPanamanian leader Omar Torrijos (toh-REE’-hohs).In 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally

wounded on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later.Ten years ago: Serena Williams easily beat Venus

Williams 6-4, 6-3 to win the U.S. Open and a third straightGrand Slam title.Five years ago: Osama bin Laden appeared in a video

for the first time in three years, telling Americans theyshould convert to Islam if they wanted the war in Iraq toend. A federal judge ruled that Iran had to pay $2.65 billionto the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut.One year ago: A powerful bomb hidden in a briefcase

ripped through a crowd of people waiting to enter a NewDelhi courthouse, killing 13 people.Today’s Birthdays: Sen. Daniel Inouye (in-OH’-way),

D-Hawaii, is 88. Jazz musician Sonny Rollins is 82. ActorBruce Gray is 76. SingerAlfaAnderson (Chic) is 66. ActressSusan Blakely is 64. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 63. Rocksinger Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) is 61. Actress JulieKavner is 61. Rock musician Benmont Tench (Tom Petty &the Heartbreakers) is 59. Actor Corbin Bernsen is 58. ActorMichael Emerson is 58. Pianist Michael Feinstein is 56.Singer Margot Chapman is 55. Actor W. Earl Brown is 49.Actor Toby Jones is 46. Model-actress Angie Everhart is 43.Actress Diane Farr is 43. Country singer Butter (TrailerChoir) is 42. Actress Monique Gabriela Curnen is 42. ActorTom Everett Scott is 42.Thought for Today: “When you have a great and

difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible,if you only work a little at a time, every day a little,suddenly the work will finish itself.” — Karen Blixen(Isak Dinesen) (1885-1962).

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Teach a child to litterand he'll litter for a life-time.

Reason #15 to vote forPresident Obama: Thestock market has morethan doubled under hisleadership. My 401K is re-ally happy.

I wish people in Tell It!would stop calling himPresident Romney. He'snot president. Our presi-dent is Mr. Obama.

If we have any wickedpeople in office we shouldpray that they be removedfrom office and that therighteous take office.When the righteous rulethe people rejoice andwhen the wicked rule, thepeople mourn.

Thanks to Obamacare, amedicine that I once hadto pay for on a monthlybasis, is now free. I reallyappreciate it. Thanks -four more years!

Who are the two biggestlairs ever to become U.S.Presidents? Hint: one en-dorsed the other for a sec-ond term at the Democrat-ic Convention in 2012.

It's so sad that teachershave 10 furlough days andstudents have to buybooks, but we could giveraises to the superinten-dent and athletic director.Are we about education ornot?

I don't understand howboth presidential candi-dates and their wives geton national TV and totallymisrepresent the truthand then expect anyonewith any intelligence tovote for them.

It shows the character ofthe Democratic Partywhen they choose a lyingadulterer to representthem in a seat. Why didn'tthey ask Monica to come?

Regarding the prisonerwho had a sex change op-eration that the state paidfor - I agree with the TellIt! caller. I can't believethey did that!

Please go out and sup-port our local high schoolfootball teams. Cheerthem on to a great season!

President Obama did in-herit a mess but he hasworked for these fouryears to straighten it out.Governor Romney wantsto step in and get the cred-it.

Obamacare will work ifyou fire the senators andcongressmen. When itcomes to that, that'swhere we fail. Not onlythat, we lose. Georgia los-es!

Helping someone to getback on their feet is notsocialism. Clint Eastwoodand the empty chair didnot have it right.

Georgia's economic val-ues have not come backsince the Democrats tookover since PresidentCarter. All they do is sellout and sell for free trade.Obama does the samething. Georgia doesn'thave any jobs.

God cannot bless thatwhich he has cursed.America, be careful!

Really, we're going to lis-ten to Clinton, who's fa-mous line was I did notsleep with that woman?Come on America, it'stime to wake up!

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COMMUNITY EVENTSCOMMUNITY EVENTS

WASHINGTON (AP) —U.S. employers likely addedjobs last month, though prob-ably not enough to pushdown the unemploymentrate. A tepid report Friday on

hiring in August would pro-vide little momentum toPresident Barack Obama’scampaign a day after hisspeech to the Democratic con-vention.Analysts forecast that the

economy generated 135,000jobs last month and the un-employment rate remained8.3 percent, according to asurvey by FactSet. That’s be-low the 163,000 jobs gainedin July, but an improvementfrom meager hiring in thespring.In his speech Thursday

night, Obama acknowledgedincomplete progress in re-pairing the still-strugglingeconomy and asked voters toremain patient.But economists were en-

couraged Thursday after sev-eral reports suggested hiringcould pick up in the comingmonths.Fewer people applied for

unemployment benefits lastweek, the government said.And companies boosted hir-ing in August, according to aprivate survey. A third report showed that

service sector companies,such as hotels, retailers, andfinancial services firms, ex-panded at a faster rate lastmonth.———Weekend deadline for

divided Obama adminis-tration to declareHaqqani network a ter-rorist groupWASHINGTON (AP) —

The Obama administrationfaces a weekend deadline todecide whether the Pakistan-based Haqqani networkshould be declared a terroristorganization, a complicated

political decision as the U.S.withdraws from Afghanistanand pushes for a reconcilia-tion pact to end more than adecade of warfare.Enraged by a string of

high-profile attacks on U.S.and NATO troops, Congresshas ordered Secretary ofState Hillary Rodham Clin-ton to give her verdict bySunday. U.S. officials saythere are disagreementswithin the administrationover what to decide.The U.S. already has

placed sanctions on manyHaqqani leaders and is tar-geting its members militarilybut has held back from for-mally designating the al-Qai-da-linked network a terroristgroup amid concerns abouthampering peace efforts inAfghanistan and U.S. rela-tions with Pakistan.Clinton, who is winding up

a six-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific, was expected to sendher report on the Haqqanis toCongress on Friday and an-nounce her decision.The U.S. long has branded

the Haqqanis among thebiggest threats to Americanand allied forces inAfghanistan, and toAfghanistan’s long-term sta-bility. A subsidiary of the Tal-

iban, it is based in northernPakistan but crosses the bor-der to launch attacks, includ-ing a rocket-propelledgrenade assault on the U.S.Embassy and NATO com-pound in Kabul in Septem-ber.———French direct aid a

break for Syria opposi-tion, but rebels say it willhardly make a dentPARIS (AP) — France’s de-

cision to send direct aid toSyria’s opposition representsa break for the rebels aftermonths of Western hesitationover fears that costly equip-

ment intended for Syria’s op-position could get lost or fallinto the wrong hands. Buteven the French action,rebels and activists say,amounts to so little that it’sall but useless.France, Syria’s one-time

colonial ruler, began sendingthe aid without intermedi-aries last week to three re-gions of Syria where theregime of President BasharAssad has lost control, in thefirst such move by a Westernpower, a diplomat saidWednesday. But it remains limited,

primarily repairing bakeries,water systems and schools.And while apparently morethan the indirect assistanceextended by other Westerncountries, it’s still far fromthe magnitude needed tomake a difference, Syrian op-position activists said.In the province of Aleppo,

which includes Syria’slargest city, and in the south-ern province of Daraa, ac-tivists said even the newFrench aid hadn’t helped.When something is broken,it’s locals who must fix it orjust make do, said Mo-hammed Saeed, an activist inthe Aleppo area.“Instead of fixing water

systems,” Saeed said, “theyshould go and give food to5,000 refugees stuck on theborder with Turkey.”France has pushed to se-

cure “liberated zones” in Syr-ia amid mounting calls forthe international communityto do more to prevent blood-shed. It has increased contact

with armed rebel groups andstarted direct aid deliverieslast Friday to local citizens’councils in five cities outsidethe government’s control, thediplomatic source said, with-out disclosing the value ofthe assistance. ———

Your News UpdatesModest US Job Gains May Not Give ObamaMuch Lift As Campaign Enters Final Stretch

Wash and Wag, HumaneSociety Fundraiser, a carwash for dogs will be held onSeptember 8 from 10 a.m.til 2 p.m. at First ChoiceFamily Chiropractic, 1102 NJefferson St. Small to aver-age sized dogs will be $8,and large or long-haireddogs will be $14. Proceedwill benefit the Dublin Lau-rens County Humane Soci-ety.Hillcrest Elementary

will be hosting a Title I An-nual Meeting/LeadershipNight on September 10, at 6p.m. All parents are encour-aged to attend.TAGS Educational Ser-

vices are currently lookingfor volunteers to assist stu-dents after school, withhomework and small groupinstruction. If interestedcontact Toni Marie Sampson595-7295.Pet Food Drive Drop

off location at Bliss Salon2032B Veterans BlvdDublin. In the Ivey placeshopping plaza, 478-272-6001.An account as been set

up for Phyliss Neuwirth atMorris Bank, on VeteransBlvd. who has been diag-nosed with terminal cancer.2012 Howell Family Re-

union, September 9, (Al-ways the second Sunday inSeptember) Place: CoolSprings Primitive BaptistChurch, Twiggs County,3220 Cool Springs Road.Danville. Fellowship beginsat 11 a.m. - Covered dishlunch about 12:45 p.m. (Al-lowing time for those at-tending church to join us)Bring any memorabilia orpictures to share.TOPS Weight Loss Sup-

port Group meet each weekat Henry Memorial Presby-terian Church FellowshipHall on Tuesdays at 6:15p.m. on Park Ave. ContactPhone number is 697-2601.

McTier Family Re-union Descendants ofKendall McTier are invitedto the 23rd annual KendallMcTier Family AssociationReunion on September 22,at Reedy Creek BaptistChurch, 1128 Reedy CreekBaptist Church Rd, Staple-ton, GA, just off GA High-way 17 between Wrens andThomson. Registration be-gins at 9:30 a.m., followed bya program at 11 a.m. andcovered dish lunch at noon.Dress is casual. For moreinformation, please contactSteven or Sandy McTier at478-956-8998.The Dublin Service

League will meet on thedates listed below.All retired members are in-vited to join us for lunch.

Please contact Kelli Christ-ian at 272-0529 or christian-jkcc@bellsouth.net to makeyour reservations by theTuesday prior to the meetingyou wish to attend. DublinService League 2012 - 2013Meeting dates September13, 2012, October 11, 2012,November 1, 2012, January10, 2013, February 14, 2013,March 14, 2013, April 11,2013 and May 2, 2013.National Active and Re-

tired Federal Employee(NARFE) meeting, Septem-ber 11, at 11:30 a.m., Clover-leaf Res.All active and retired feder-al employees and/or spousesinvited to attend.

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DEAR ABBY: Last night ata restaurant, my husband andI were surprised to see a maleserver wearing a blond wigand full makeup. I was, to saythe least, shocked and veryglad we hadn't brought thechildren, ages 11 and 14, withus. How do you explain some-thing like that to an 11-year-old? The 14-year-old would beable to "get it."

What kind of policies are inplace for restaurants in caseslike this? What if customersare offended? Could I requesta different server or justleave? Your comments wouldbe appreciated. -- TAKENABACK IN CALIFORNIA

DEAR TAKEN ABACK: InCalifornia, people have the le-gal right to dress in a style nottypical of their gender withoutfear of discrimination or retal-iation. That right is protectedby state law. If customers findit offensive, they can either re-quest a different server ortake their business elsewhere.Presumably, the customerwould pay for food that had al-ready been prepared.

Because children todaygrow up quickly and are lesssheltered than in pastdecades, I recommend you ex-plain to your 11-year-old thatnot all people are alike, andthe importance of treatingothers with respect. It's calledREALITY.

DEAR ABBY: Myboyfriend, "Shane," and I havebeen together more than a

year. My problem lies in childsupport issues.

I'm a college student andfull-time employee at a majorcompany. I make a pretty goodliving considering my age.Shane is an electrician, andhalf of every paycheck heearns is going to his child'smother. I understand the mon-ey is being given to supportthe child, but every time wesee him, the kid says his mom-my is broke.

Because my boyfriend'scheck is half gone by the timehe brings it home, I must pickup the slack regarding thebills. Shane helps out any wayhe can, but it's never enough,so I have to step in.

I love him, he treats me likea queen and I have yet to havea major problem with him.But it's the money situation. I

feel a little guilty for feelingthis way. What do I do in thissituation? Please help. --FEELING GUILTY IN COL-ORADO

DEAR FEELING GUILTY:Stop feeling guilty. Your feel-ings are natural consideringthat Shane isn't carrying hishalf of the load he shares withyou financially. Talk to himabout the way the inequity ismaking you feel because if youdon't, your resentment will on-ly grow. He may need to find asecond job so you have to "stepin" less often. The alternativeis to accept that the presentwill also be your future.

DEAR ABBY: I have a petpeeve -- people who make a bigproduction out of yawning. It'snot enough to just yawn quiet-ly. Noooo, they have to openwide, not cover their mouthand moan loudly. It annoysthe heck out of me and I'm notsure it's appropriate to sayanything.

People who do this seem tohave several yawns in succes-sion and want to make sureeveryone notices. Any sugges-tions other than to grin andbear it? -- SEEKING QUIETIN GEORGIA

DEAR SEEKING QUIET:Yes. If it's happening sociallysay, "I can see you're gettingtired, so maybe it's time to endthis visit." If it's happening atwork, suggest the person takea break and go outside forsome fresh air.

Waiter’s Use Of MakeupShocks Surprised Diner

NEW YORK (AP) — Fash-ion insiders pride them-selves on being ahead oftheir time, and, with thestart of New York FashionWeek Thursday, they beganpreviewing the outfits thatwill land in stores and inmagazines for the springseason.

More than 100 previewsare on the calendar here forretailers, editors and stylistsover the next eight days, be-fore this crowd heads forLondon, Milan and Paris.The Mercedes-Benz FashionWeek tents at Lincoln Cen-ter serve as one hub, with asmaller but growing second“home” for fashion week inManhattan’s Meatpackingdistrict at Milk Studios.

Still other designers, in-cluding Tommy Hilfiger,Donna Karan and RalphLauren, choose to have theirshows in other locationsaround the city, which keepsthe crowd moving.

“I’m excited because itfeels like going back toschool. I’m happy to have itall start in New York,” saidJoe Zee, creative director ofElle magazine.

Zee, who also hosts Sun-dance Channel’s fashion-ori-ented “All on the Line” TVshow, says what he mosthopes to see on the catwalksis newness — and no morecolorblocking.

He likes the look, he ex-plains, but it’s a tired trend.Same goes for platformheels. “I know women like itand I know it’s more com-fortable — and I don’t haveto wear it — but I’m donewith it. I want to see a newidea.”

How about happiness?That’s what Diane vonFurstenberg, president ofthe Council of Fashion De-signers of America, expectsto see a lot of.

“I think we’re all lookingfor some lightness and hap-

piness, and I hope I ambringing that to my collec-tion.” She shows Sunday atthe Lincoln Center tents.

Hilfiger ’s show will beSunday at the open-air HighLine, an urban park built onan old freight line overlook-ing the Hudson River, whichhe describes as an idealvenue for springtimeclothes.

“I’m always excited for myown shows, but also to seewhat the other designers areshowing; there is a creativeenergy in the city this timeof year that I love.”

Von Furstenberg saysFashion Week goes beyondindustry insiders now. “Peo-ple like fashion,” she says.“It used to be very trade-ori-ented, but it’s not anymore.It’s accessible to everyonebecause of the Internet, butfashion is glamorous, andit’s about dreams and aspi-ration and desire.”

Designer Tommy Hilfiger works with models wearing two designs fromhis Spring 2013 collection, in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012.Spring styles make their debut on catwalks around New York for eightdays, starting Thursday. New York kicks off the seasonal previews foreditors, stylists and retailers, who will later head to London, Milan andParis. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fast-Forward Fashion: SpringCatwalk Shows Begin This Week

NEW YORK (AP) — Thedistinctive red soles of Chris-tian Louboutin shoes are en-titled to trademark protec-tion, even if the companycan’t exactly call the color itsown, a federal appeals courtsaid Wednesday.

The 2nd U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals in Manhat-tan reversed a lower courtjudge who had ruled againstthe French maker of luxuryshoes worn by stars such asSarah Jessica Parker, Scar-lett Johansson and HalleBerry.

The appeals court saidLouboutin was entitled toprotect its brand against red-soled shoes made by competi-tor Yves Saint LaurentS.A.S., which is also based inParis, though it instructedthe U.S. Patent and Trade-mark Office to limit registra-tion of the trademark to situ-ations in which the red lac-quered outsole contrasts incolor with the adjoining up-per part of the shoe.

In 2008, the trademark of-fice granted protection toLouboutin, which has appliedglossy vivid red to the out-soles of women’s shoes since1992. The shoes sell for up to$1,000 a pair.

U.S. District Judge VictorMarrero went too far in Au-gust 2011 when he ruled thata single color can never serveas a trademark in the fashionindustry, the appeals courtsaid.

It said Louboutin’s brightred outsole had acquired lim-

ited secondary meaning as adistinctive symbol that iden-tifies the Louboutin brand,and it credited some of thejudge’s findings aboutLouboutin’s successful effortsto market the distinctive lookto support its conclusion.

It noted that the U.S. Bu-reau of Customs and BorderProtection had recentlyseized over 20,000 counter-feit Louboutin shoes illegallyshipped to the United States.

Still, the appeals courtsaid it was limiting thetrademark “to uses in whichthe red outsole contrastswith the color of the rest ofthe shoe.”

It noted, for instance, thatYves Saint Laurent’s use of ared outsole on monochromat-ic red shoes does not infringeon Louboutin’s trademark.

“It is the contrast betweenthe sole and the upper thatcauses the sole to ‘pop,’ and todistinguish its creator,” theappeals court wrote.

A Louboutin lawyer,Harley Lewin, said:“Louboutin is enormouslypleased that its central argu-ments, that indeed a singlecolor can and does serve as atrademark in the fashion in-dustry and perhaps evenmore importantly, that itsRed Sole trademark is validand enforceable and will re-main so, have been confirmedas correct.”

Attorney David H. Bern-stein for Yves Saint Laurentpraised the ruling as “a totalvictory for us,” since the com-

pany will be able to continuemaking all-red shoes.

“They brought this case tostop us from making theseshoes and they lost,” he said.“Our client has the right tocontinue to do what it has al-ways done.”

In a statement, Yves SaintLaurent rejected Louboutin’sclaims that it was trying toimitate its competitor’s colorscheme, saying it was “a ven-erated fashion house with theutmost in creative talent andhas no need to trade on thegoodwill of other brands.”

It said it has featured redand other colored outsolessince the 1970s.

The appeals court foundsupport for its reasoning in a1985 appeals ruling in favorof a fiberglass manufacturerwho sought a trademark onthe pink color of its residen-tial insulation material andin a 1995 Supreme Court de-cision protecting the green-gold color of a dry cleaningpress pad.

In that ruling, theSupreme Court concludedthat “color alone, at leastsometimes, can meet the ba-sic legal requirements for useas a trademark.

It can act as a symbol thatdistinguishes a firm’s goodsand identifies their source,without serving any othersignificant function.”

———AP Fashion Writer

Samantha Critchell con-tributed to this report.

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NEWYORK (AP) — Criticiz-ing major players on both sides,former Susan G. Komen for theCure vice president Karen Han-del has written a blistering in-sider’s account of the prominentcancer charity’s decision to haltgrants to Planned Parenthoodand its swift retreat in the faceof an intense, widespread back-lash.

Titled “Planned Bullyhood”and due for publication on Sept.11, the book depicts PlannedParenthood as an aggressive,partisan organization that waswilling to weaken Komen to fur-ther a liberal political agenda.However, Handel — a conserva-tive who resigned from Komenafter its reversal — also assailsKomen’s leadership as indeci-sive, timid and politically naive,and says the hasty decision tobacktrack was “a terrible mis-take.”

Handel was hired by Komenas vice president for public poli-cy in April 2011 after losing aRepublican gubernatorial pri-mary in Georgia, and was giventhe task of figuring out how todisengage Komen from PlannedParenthood. The grants fromKomen were for breast-cancereducation and screening, butthe charity was under increas-ing pressure from anti-abortiongroups and religious conserva-tives to cut all ties with PlannedParenthood because, in additionto its other services, it is the na-tion’s leading provider of abor-tion.

Late in 2011, Komen made afinal decision to halt the grants,which totaled $680,000 thatyear, and its president, LizThompson, informed PlannedParenthood’s president, CecileRichards, of the decision in mid-December. However, the rift didnot become public knowledgeuntil Jan. 31, when The Associ-ated Press broke the news.

Reaction was immediate andpassionate. Twitter and Face-book were flooded with denunci-ations of Komen’s action. Demo-cratic members of Congressurged Komen to reconsider, asdid some of Komen’s own affili-ates. Planned Parenthood ac-cused Komen of bowing to right-wing bullying and eagerly mobi-lized its supporters, raising $3million in donations within daysof the news report.

Handel says she urged

Thompson and Komen’s CEOand founder, Nancy Brinker, tohold firm and ride out thefirestorm, but instead Komenannounced on Feb. 3 — justthree days after the initial dis-closure — that it was shiftinggears and restoring PlannedParenthood’s eligibility forgrants.

Handel, who resigned thenext week, was distraught —and she perceived herself beingmade the scapegoat for a public-relations fiasco.

“I was upset with myself fornot better anticipating howPlanned Parenthood would at-tack. I was angry at what I be-lieved was betrayal by myKomen teammates and our ownconsultants. And I was deeplydisappointed that Nancy hadnot had the courage to stand upfor Komen and what she knewwas the best decision for the or-ganization,” Handel writes.

In Handel’s view, Brinkerwas a strong-willed leader, butalso “very vulnerable to criti-cism, especially in the press.”Liz Thompson, according toHandel, was knowledgeableabout breast cancer, but “some-times seemed a bit out of herdepth” as Komen president.

“At times Liz seemed unsure,unwilling to make the toughcalls, and easily backed off a po-sition,” Handel writes.

Komen announced Aug. 9that Thompson was leaving theorganization and that Brinkerwould relinquish her role asCEO.

Komen spokeswoman An-drea Rader said she could notcomment on Handel’s book be-fore its release, but defended thetwo women who led the charityduring the controversy.

“The record is well-known:Nancy Brinker and Susan G.Komen for the Cure have donemore for women facing breastcancer than any other individ-ual or organization,” Raderwrote in an email. “Liz Thomp-son is one of the most highly re-spected leaders in women’shealth in the nation, if not theworld.”

A Planned Parenthoodspokesman, Eric Ferrero, alsosaid he couldn’t yet respond tospecifics in the book, but addedin an email, “It is incredible thatthere are people who still wantto inject politics into breast can-

cer detection and treatment.”“Thanks to the outpouring of

support we received during theKomen funding situation we’vebeen able to expand our breasthealth work nationwide,” hewrote. “We’re proud to continuepartnering with Komen and toexpand our work with new part-ners...”

Komen was founded byBrinker in 1982 in memory ofher sister, who died of breastcancer, and it grew to be the na-tion’s largest-breast cancercharity, investing roughly $2 bil-lion in health services and advo-cacy, and sponsoring the popu-lar Race for the Cure fundrais-ing events.

Yet despite its mainstreampopularity, Komen was a targetof anti-abortion groups becauseof partnerships with PlannedParenthood. The pressure esca-lated last year, with RomanCatholic bishops criticizingKomen for maintaining thoseties and the publishing divisionof the Southern Baptist Conven-tion recalling pink Bibles it hadsold because some of the moneygenerated for Komen was beingrouted to Planned Parenthood.

Handel says a break withPlanned Parenthood had beenpondered by Komen’s leaderslong before she was hired, butthe move became more definiteduring the latter half of 2011and was approved by Komen’sboard of directors in November.There was no objection fromboard members, but someKomen affiliates expressed dis-may during a conference call inDecember, according to Handel.

Handel says Komen’s leaders— during December and Janu-ary — were hopeful thatPlanned Parenthood wouldagree to an amicable split, andnot go public with any angry re-action. However, Handel writesthat she became worried aboutpossible leaks to Planned Par-enthood from Komen employeesor consultants, and says she be-gan to sense that things wouldend badly for Komen.

“Planned Parenthood wouldplay the victim, accusingKomenof being bullies and succumbingto political pressure,” shewrites.“I felt in my heart of hearts thatKomenwould not have the forti-tude to see this through ... andsomehow knew that I would bethe scapegoat.”

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Hillcrest LEAP ElementaryStudents Enjoy CourtyardStudents in Mrs.

Carol Thomas' rota-tion classes at Hill-crest LEAP Elemen-tary enjoyed wonder-ful reading time in the

school's courtyard.The outdoor class-room has an ornatefish pond with beauti-ful goldfish, a huge va-riety of vegetation,

and quite a few turtlesand birds. The stu-dents always look for-ward to time spent inthe outdoor class-room. (Special Photo)

Tickets On Sale For EGKight And Friends ConcertTickets are now on sale

for the EG Kight andFriends Concert to be heldSaturday, November 10 atOconee Fall Line TechnicalCollege’s DuBose PorterCenter in Dublin.EG, along with her band,

will be performing for theevent which is a fundraiserto benefit the OFTC Foun-dation South. Also, slatedto appear are RandallBramblett, Paul Hornsby,and Tommy Talton. Localperformer, David Gabble ofGMD Entertainment, willbe providing music beforethe show. Dublin’s Bi-Cen-tennial will also be high-lighted throughout theevening.EG, who is from Laurens

County, is a singer, song-writer, guitar player, andentertainer. She has beenpleasing audiences fromacross America and in Eu-rope for years. Eventhough Kight’s career beganwith country music, she hasbroadened her musicalscope to include Americana,southern rock, blues, pop,jazz, gospel and funk. Shehas shared the stage with awide array of artists suchas Merle Haggard, GreggAllman, Foghat, Little Featand others. She closed out2011 by working two showswith B.B. King. Kight hasbeen honored by many nom-inations and awards for hermusic and songwriting. Inthe early years, EG wasdubbed “The Georgia Song-bird,” and this has stuckwith her throughout her ca-reer.Randall Bramblett is a

much sought after song-writer and multi-instru-mentalist. In his earlyyears with CapricornRecords he joined forceswith Chuck Leavell and dida tour with Gregg Allman.His path led him to performwith the likes of Steve Win-wood and Warren Haynes.His talent as a songwriteris well documented, and hissongs have been recordedby Widespread Panic, Bon-nie Raitt, and many moreartists.Paul Hornsby’s love of

music started at a youngage. He was greatly influ-enced by Chet Akins, MerleTravis, and the Ventures. Inthe late 60s, Hornsby washired by Capricorn Recordswhere he was a studio pi-ano player. He soon movedinto production where heproduced such groups asthe Marshall Tucker Band,the Charlie Daniels Band,Wet Willie, and others.Paul is one of the foundingfathers of Southern Rockmusic.Tommy Talton is known

as one of the best songwrit-ers and guitarists of ourtime. He has taken thesouthern music scene bystorm in recent years. Hismusic showcases his classicslide and guitar work alongwith his distinctive vocalsand passionate songwrit-ing. From blues to south-ern rock, country to Ameri-cana, R & B and soul, Tal-ton’s music pleases every-one. He is a founding mem-ber of the CapricornRecords group Cowboy, andhas recorded with many

artists such as DickeyBetts, Clarence Carter,Gregg Allman, BonnieBramlett, and more.“The OFTC Foundation

South is excited to bringthese musicians to our areato perform,” commentedJenny Shuman, executivedirector of the OFTC Foun-dation South. “The eveningpromises to be jam-packedwith a silent auction, aMeet and Greet for VIPticket holders, and the per-formances.And, the concert is also aperfect way to commemo-rate Dublin’s Bi-Centenni-al,” continued Shuman.Tickets are $25 for gen-

eral admission and $40 forVIP (includes Meet andGreet Reception), and areavailable at the followinglocations: Bank of Dudley,Morris Bank, The Mer-chants and Citizens Bank(McRae), State Bank ofCochran (Cochran), FirstLaurens Bank, City ofDublin Mayor’s Office, andOconee Fall Line TechnicalCollege.The doors will open at 6

p.m. with events scheduledthroughout the evening.For more information

please contact Jenny Shu-man at jshuman@oftc.eduor 478-296-6117.The OFTC Foundation

South is a non-profit 501c3organization whose missionis to support initiatives tobenefit the students, facul-ty, and staff at Oconee FallLine Technical College’sSouth Campus.

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Nix The Tiki Bar: HawaiiTourism Gets AuthenticHONOLULU (AP) — Co-

conut bras aren’t Hawaiian.Neither are grass skirts. Tikibars? They’re from California.Yet they’re all among the mostrecognizable symbols of aHawaiian vacation.Now, many resorts in

Hawaii are hoping to changethose images, edging awayfrom these kitschy marketinginventions and toward real-life Hawaiian traditions thatcan make the trip to the is-lands more special for travel-ers.Driving the movement, in

part, is economics. Tourismleaders know Hawaii needs tohighlight what makes the is-lands unique to compete withother sun-and-surf destina-tions like Florida, Mexico andThailand.But the turn is also the lat-

est sign of a Native Hawaiianrenaissance with more localsstudying Hawaiian language,reviving traditional styles ofhula and learning ancientskills like using stars to navi-gate the ocean.“It’s about having that

sense of place — understand-ing who went before us, un-derstanding that Waikiki is aplace where we are so deepseated in our culture. Andnow, there’s this resurgence toshare it with our guests,” saidKehaulani Kam, cultural ser-vices director at Starwood Ho-tels and Resorts Waikiki.The trend may help im-

prove the dim view many Na-tive Hawaiians have oftourism, the state’s largest in-dustry and biggest employer.A 2010 state survey foundnearly 60 percent of themdon’t believe it helps preservetheir language and culture.The disdain was captured

in a Saturday Night Live skitin 2009 that drew protestsfrom state officials and praisefrom others as good satire.In it, Dwayne “The Rock”

Johnson and Fred Armisenplay two underpaid entertain-ers in grass skirts at a Kauairestaurant. Johnson performsa sloppy dance resembling hu-la and Armisen strums theukulele. Both sing in gibberishthat tourists may think isHawaiian.Tourists watching the per-

formance drink tropical cock-tails and gush about how hap-py they are to be in Hawaii,oblivious to the facade.The misconceptions come

from the way Hawaii is mar-keted and presented to out-siders. Travelers, who see va-

cation brochures with photosof grass skirts, coconut bras,Samoan fire-knife dancingand Tahitian hula dancers,naturally get the impressionthese are Hawaiian traditions.The prominence of many of

the images can be traced tothe arrival of tiki bars inHawaii — from California.Trader Vics and Don the

Beachcomber restaurantsstarted the bars on the main-land in the 1930s displayingreplicas of Polynesian deitiesand artifacts from around thePacific. Trader Vics opened itsfirst Honolulu storefront in1941, and Don the Beach-comber followed after WorldWar II.Around that time, “in the

50s is, nighttime shows hereshifted from being just Hawai-ian, which they had been pre-viously, to Polynesian. That’swhen you get a knife dancer,torch guys, Tahitian hula,”said DeSoto Brown, a histori-an at Bishop Museum.The Hawaii Tourism Au-

thority is distributing a newguide to advertisers, travel re-porters and others involved indisseminating informationabout Hawaii that attempts toclarify what is and isn’tHawaiian.The agency wants people to

identify a fire knife dance asSamoan and Tahitian hula asTahitian when they use photosof various performances. Ifpeople want to show Hawaiianhula, they should be surethat’s what’s depicted in theimages.Keli’ihoalani Wilson, the

agency’s cultural director, saidthe aim isn’t to knock otherPolynesian traditions, butavoid confusion.“It’s all positive stuff. No

scolding. Just helping,” Wilsonsaid.For Lori Sablas, the cultur-

al director at the KaanapaliBeach Hotel on Maui, it isabout accuracy. “My mandateis: ‘How do Hawaiians think?How do Hawaiians act?’ Let’snot change it. Let’s not makeit up,” she said.That means they grow taro

— called kalo in Hawaiian, it’sthe starchy vegetable used tomake the traditional dishcalled poi — on the propertyand prominently display ca-noes, pahu drums and othertraditional artifacts.It also means mandatory

classes, on company time, forstaff on Hawaii culture.The hotel’s more than 200

employees went on boat rides

to neighboring Lanai, the rur-al island recently bought bythe world’s sixth richest man,Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Elli-son.They saw rare native san-

dalwood trees, heard a Lanailegend about a man who wasbanished there because hedidn’t listen to his father andlearned about the long-lost artof using stars, waves, birdsand other cues from nature totravel between islands.Some corporate executives

might question the invest-ment return on such classes.But Sablas said employeesgive better, more confidentservice when they understandHawaii.“If our employees really get

the connection of what a spe-cial place they live in and aspecial place they work at,they, in turn, will convey it toevery guest,” she said.The Walt Disney Co., a

master of creating make-be-lieve worlds, has taken theconcept farther. The global en-tertainment giant choseHawaii as the location for itsfirst major stand-alone resortthat isn’t a theme park.Instead of building a Cin-

derella castle, Disney de-signed the hotel Aulaniaround the idea of tellingguests about Native Hawaiianculture. One of the hotel’s bars— the Olelo Room — hasHawaiian words on the wall,and its bartenders and waitstaff speak Hawaiian.At night, a storyteller re-

gales guests with Hawaiianlegends around a fire pit.In Waikiki, the century-old

Moana Surfrider, now a West-in hotel and part of the Star-wood chain, last year startedinviting guests to a sunriseceremony to greet the newmoon.A kahu, or caretaker, says a

prayer and leads guests towade into the ocean from thebeach in front of the hotel. Theact cleanses them of the pi-likia, or problems, they havefrom the previous month andthey ask for strength to takeon what’s to come.Sometimes, 100 people

show up at 5:30 a.m., generalmanager Craig Anderson said.“These people are on vaca-

tion. They don’t have to wakeup early but they choose to be-cause they want to experiencethat,” he said. “It’s not a heli-copter ride. It’s not a surf les-son. It’s a cultural experi-ence.”

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West LaurensDodge Co.Pierce Co.East LaurensJohnson Co.Southeast BullochTreutlenTrinityWilkinson Co.Mary PersonsGeorgiaGeorgia TechGSUAtlanta

West LaurensDodge Co.Pierce Co.East LaurensJohnson Co.Southeast BullochTreutlenTrinityWilkinson Co.Mary PersonsMissouriGeorgia TechGSUKansas City

Bleckley Co.Dodge Co.Pierce Co.East LaurensJohnson Co.Southeast BullochTreutlenTrinityWilkinson Co.Mary PersonsGeorgiaPresbyterianGSUAtlanta

West LaurensDodge Co.DublinEast LaurensJohnson Co.Southeast BullochTreutlenTrinityWilkinson Co.Mary PersonsGeorgiaGeorgia TechGSUAtlanta

Bleckley Co.Dodge Co.Pierce Co.East LaurensJohnson Co.Southeast BullochClaxtonTrinityWilkinson Co.Jones Co.GeorgiaGeorgia TechGSUAtlanta

West LaurensDodge Co.Pierce Co.East LaurensJohnson Co.Southeast BullochClaxtonTrinityWilkinson Co.Mary PersonsMissouriGeorgia TechGSUAtlanta

West LaurensDodge Co.DublinHancock CentralJohnson Co.Southeast BullochClaxtonTrinityWilkinson Co.Mary PersonsGeorgiaGeorgia TechGSUAtlanta

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Error Helps Braves Pull Out Another 1-0 WinBy PAUL NEWBERRY

AP Sports WriterATLANTA (AP) — A routine

part of the game, somethingevery pitcher from LittleLeague to the big leagues doeswithout even thinking.Throw the pitch, catch the

ball when it’s tossed back.Jhoulys Chacin messed up

that simple task, handing theAtlanta Braves anotherunlikely win.Led by seven scoreless

innings from Tim Hudson, theNL wild-card leaders postedtheir second straight 1-0 victo-ry over the Colorado Rockies,winning both times with an

earned run. It was the firsttime in more than 28 yearsthat a team triumphed thatway in back-to-back games.“It’s one of those crazy

things, but baseball is a crazygame. A lot of weird things canhappen,” Braves second base-man Dan Uggla said. “As longas you’ve got more runs at theend of the game, that’s all thatmatters.”Juan Francisco, not exactly

a speedy player, used his legsto score the only run in the sec-ond. First, he surprised theRockies when he droppeddown a bunt leading off theinning, reaching first easily.

Uggla followed with a ground-rule double down the right-field fence, actually getting abad break when the ballhopped over the fence.Francisco likely would’vescored, but he had to stop atthird.As it turned out, he scored

anyway on a play that waseven more stunning than hisbunt.After a pitch to Brian

McCann, Chacin (2-5) droppeda routine return throw fromcatcher Wilin Rosario. Chacinseemed to glance over towardthird before making the grab,the ball bouncing off the side of

his glove and winding upbetween the mound and sec-ond base. Francisco alertlyspotted the miscue and took offfor the plate, making it with aheadfirst slide.“I thought I got it and I put

my head down and I justmissed it. It’s inexcusable,”Chacin said. “It’s really embar-rassing. It’s something normalwe do all the time. ... It’s toolate now, but we’ll learn fromthat. You see what happened.We lost the game because ofthat one play.”Indeed, that one play was

Photo by Horace Austin

Juan Francisco scores on an error by Colorado inThursday afternoon’s ball game.

Special Photo

A Lady Raider scores in a play at the plate duringThursday afternoon home game against the LadyRoyals.

WLMS Scores Late ToBeat Bleckley CountyThe West Laurens Middle

School softball team 6-1against Bleckley CountyThursday afternoon.Ariel Edenfield was ster-

ling on the mound, giving uponly two hits and strikingout eight. She also had a sin-gle and a double on the day.The Lady Raiders battled

hard all afternoon, remain-ing tied 1-1 all the way to thebottom of the sixth. KarsonSmith and Miranda Thigpengot the rally started, bothworking the Bleckley pitcherfor walks.Alyssa Garner hit a

ground ball and the throw tofirst got by the first base-man. Smith and Thigpenhustled all the way around toscore on the play and Garnerwound up on second. Charlie-

Bass Wages came in to runfor Garmer.Caleigh Haskins laid down

a bunt and the throw to firstwas again wild. Wages scoredon a close play at home.Hailey Sapp, Taylor Cobband Edenfield also got hits inthe inning with Cobb comingin to make the score6-1.The Lady Raiders made

quick work of the Royals inthe top of the seventh.Tatiyana Taylor made a greatcatch for the first out.Edenfield forced a pop up forthe second out and put thegame away with a strike outfor the third out.The Lady Raiders return

to action Saturday morningin Dodge County.

Learning The Basics

Photos by Bali Smith

Teams at the DLCRA gear up for the start of the 2012 season whichbegins Sept. 17.

Curry OnceAgainCoachesAgainstDooley

By STEVE MEGARGEEAP Sports Writer

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —Georgia State coach Bill Currystill remembers his reactionwhen he learned Derek Dooleywas entering the coaching busi-ness.“I asked that very question,

‘Derek, have you lost yourmind? You’re brilliant. You’vegot a great legal career,’ ‘” Curryrecalled. “He smiled, laughedand said, ‘I guess so, but I’ve gotto do this coaching stuff.’ ”Sixteen years after Dooley

began his coaching career, theirpaths are crossing again.Dooley will lead Tennessee intoits home opener Saturdayagainst Georgia State, as Currycontinues his final seasonbefore retirement.Of course, this isn’t the first

time Curry has squared off witha Dooley.Curry coached Georgia Tech

from 1980-86 when Dooley’sfather, Vince, was in the midstof his illustrious career atGeorgia. Curry will become thefirst coach ever to face bothDooleys.Georgia Tech lost to Georgia

by an average margin of 19.5points in each of Curry’s firstfour seasons there, but quarter-back John Dewberry led theYellow Jackets to back-to-backvictories over their in-staterival in 1984 and 1985 aftertransferring from Georgia toGeorgia Tech.“I remember a couple of

years where Tech beat Georgiaand Dewberry was ripping offthe hedges,” said Dooley, whowas in high school at the time.“(Those are) not fond memories

See BRAVES page 2b

See COACHES page 2b

Friday, September 7, 2012/Dublin, Ga/Page 2bThe Courier Herald

National LeagueAll Times EDTEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Washington 85 52 .620 —Atlanta 78 60 .565 7 1/2Philadelphia 66 71 .482 19New York 65 72 .474 20Miami 61 77 .442 24 1/2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Cincinnati 83 55 .601 —St. Louis 74 63 .540 8 1/2Pittsburgh 72 64 .529 10Milwaukee 67 70 .489 15 1/2Chicago 51 86 .372 31 1/2Houston 42 95 .307 40 1/2

West DivisionW L Pct GB

San Francisco 77 60 .562 —Los Angeles 73 65 .529 4 1/2Arizona 68 70 .493 9 1/2San Diego 64 74 .464 13 1/2Colorado 56 80 .412 20 1/2

———Wednesday’s Games

Philadelphia 6, Cincinnati 2N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 2Washington 9, Chicago Cubs 1Pittsburgh 6, Houston 3Atlanta 1, Colorado 0Milwaukee 8, Miami 5San Diego 4, L.A. Dodgers 3Arizona 6, San Francisco 2

Thursday’s GamesAtlanta 1, Colorado 0Miami 6, Milwaukee 2Washington 9, Chicago Cubs 2

Friday’s GamesChicago Cubs (T.Wood 4-11) atPittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 15-5), 7:05 p.m.Colorado (Francis 5-4) at Philadelphia(Cl.Lee 4-7), 7:05 p.m.Miami (Ja.Turner 0-2) at Washington(Strasburg 15-6), 7:05 p.m.Atlanta (Maholm 11-9) at N.Y. Mets(Niese 10-8), 7:10 p.m.Houston (Harrell 10-9) at Cincinnati(H.Bailey 10-9), 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee (Gallardo 14-8) at St. Louis(Lohse 14-2), 8:15 p.m.Arizona (Skaggs 1-1) at San Diego(Cashner 3-3), 10:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 1-1) at SanFrancisco (Lincecum 8-14), 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesMiami (Buehrle 12-12) at Washington(Detwiler 9-6), 1:05 p.m.Atlanta (Medlen 7-1) at N.Y. Mets(Hefner 2-5), 4:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 11-10) at SanFrancisco (M.Cain 13-5), 4:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 8-13) atPittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 12-7), 7:05p.m.Colorado (Chatwood 4-4) atPhiladelphia (Hamels 14-6), 7:05 p.m.Houston (B.Norris 5-11) at Cincinnati(Arroyo 11-7), 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee (Fiers 8-7) at St. Louis(Westbrook 13-10), 7:15 p.m.Arizona (Miley 14-9) at San Diego(C.Kelly 1-0), 8:35 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesAtlanta (Hanson 12-8) at N.Y. Mets(C.Young 4-7), 1:10 p.m.Houston (E.Gonzalez 1-0) at Cincinnati(Cueto 17-7), 1:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Rusin 0-2) at Pittsburgh(Locke 0-1), 1:35 p.m.Colorado (D.Pomeranz 1-8) atPhiladelphia (Cloyd 1-1), 1:35 p.m.Miami (Nolasco 11-12) at Washington(E.Jackson 9-9), 1:35 p.m.Milwaukee (Marcum 5-4) at St. Louis(J.Kelly 5-6), 2:15 p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 12-11) at SanDiego (Werner 1-1), 4:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 12-8) at SanFrancisco (Zito 10-8), 8:05 p.m.

American LeagueAll Times EDTEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Baltimore 77 60 .562 —New York 77 60 .562 —Tampa Bay 75 62 .547 2Boston 63 75 .457 14 1/2Toronto 61 75 .449 15 1/2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Chicago 74 62 .544 —Detroit 73 63 .537 1Kansas City 61 76 .445 13 1/2Cleveland 58 79 .423 16 1/2Minnesota 56 81 .409 18 1/2

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Texas 82 55 .599 —Oakland 76 60 .559 5 1/2Los Angeles 74 63 .540 8Seattle 67 71 .486 15 1/2

———Wednesday’s Games

Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 2L.A. Angels 7, Oakland 1Detroit 7, Cleveland 1Toronto 6, Baltimore 4N.Y. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 4Texas 7, Kansas City 6Seattle 2, Boston 1

Thursday’s GamesBaltimore 10, N.Y. Yankees 6Texas 5, Kansas City 4, 10 innings

Friday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 13-12) atBaltimore (W.Chen 12-8), 7:05 p.m.Texas (D.Holland 10-6) at Tampa Bay(Hellickson 8-10), 7:10 p.m.Toronto (H.Alvarez 7-12) at Boston(Doubront 10-7), 7:10 p.m.Cleveland (J.Gomez 5-7) at Minnesota(Hendriks 0-7), 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Mendoza 7-9) at ChicagoWhite Sox (Liriano 5-11), 8:10 p.m.Detroit (Scherzer 15-6) at L.A. Angels(E.Santana 8-11), 10:05 p.m.Oakland (Griffin 4-0) at Seattle(F.Hernandez 13-6), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesKansas City (B.Chen 10-11) at ChicagoWhite Sox (Sale 15-6), 4:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 13-4) atBaltimore (J.Saunders 1-1), 7:05 p.m.Cleveland (McAllister 5-6) at Minnesota(De Vries 4-5), 7:10 p.m.Texas (Darvish 14-9) at Tampa Bay(Price 17-5), 7:10 p.m.Toronto (Happ 3-2) at Boston(Matsuzaka 1-4), 7:10 p.m.Detroit (Verlander 13-7) at L.A. Angels(C.Wilson 11-9), 9:05 p.m.Oakland (Bre.Anderson 3-0) at Seattle(Iwakuma 6-3), 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees (F.Garcia 7-6) atBaltimore (Britton 5-1), 1:35 p.m.Toronto (Villanueva 7-5) at Boston(Buchholz 11-5), 1:35 p.m.Texas (M.Harrison 15-9) at Tampa Bay(Shields 13-8), 1:40 p.m.Cleveland (Kluber 1-3) at Minnesota(Vasquez 0-1), 2:10 p.m.Kansas City (Guthrie 4-3) at ChicagoWhite Sox (H.Santiago 3-1), 2:10 p.m.Detroit (A.Sanchez 2-4) at L.A. Angels(Greinke 4-2), 3:35 p.m.Oakland (Milone 11-10) at Seattle(Vargas 14-9), 4:10 p.m.

National Football LeagueAll Times EDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PABuffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0

WestW L T Pct PF PA

Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 1 0 01.000 24 17Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 17 24

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0

WestW L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Francisco0 0 0 .000 0 0Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0

———Wednesday’s Game

Dallas 24, N.Y. Giants 17Sunday’s Games

Indianapolis at Chicago, 1 p.m.Jacksonville at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Miami at Houston, 1 p.m.New England at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Washington at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Detroit, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Seattle at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.San Francisco at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.Carolina at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m.Pittsburgh at Denver, 8:20 p.m.

Monday’s GamesCincinnati at Baltimore, 7 p.m.San Diego at Oakland, 10:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Sports TransactionsBASEBALL

MLB—Suspended St. Louis Cardinalsminor league 1B Alan Ahmady for 50games without pay following a secondviolation for a drug of abuse and SanFrancisco Giants minor league CLeonardo Rojas for 50 games withoutpay after testing positive for metabolitesof Nandrolone.

American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES—ReinstatedRHP Jason Hammel from the 15-dayDL.OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Placed 3BBrandon Inge on the 15-day DL.

National LeagueCOLORADO ROCKIES—Selected thecontract of RHP Rob Scahill fromColorado Springs (PCL).HOUSTON ASTROS—Extended itsPlayer Development Contract with theTri-City ValleyCats of the New York-Penn League through the 2014 season.

National League

American League

NFL

Transactions

SPORTSCENEFridayFootball

Pierce Co. at Dublin, 7:30p.m.West Laurens at BleckleyCo., 7:30 p.m.East Laurens at HancockCentral, 7:30 p.m.Trinity Christian atGatewood, 7:30 p.m.Johnson Co. at Twiggs Co.,7:30 p.m.Hawkinsville at Dodge Co.,7:30 p.m.Montgomery Co. atSoutheast Bulloch, 7:30 p.m.Claxton at Treutlen, 7:30 p.m.Landmark Christian atWilkinson Co., 7:30 p.m.

SaturdaySoftball

Trinity Christian atBriarwood, 11 a.m.

Prep Schedule

Friday, Sept. 7AUTO RACING

NoonESPN2 — NASCAR, SprintCup, practice for FederatedAuto Parts 400, atRichmond,Va.

2:30 p.m.ESPN2 — NASCAR, SprintCup,“Happy Hour Series,”final practice for FederatedAuto Parts 400, atRichmond,Va.

4 p.m.ESPN2 — NASCAR,Nationwide Series, polequalifying for Virginia 529College Savings 250, atRichmond,Va.

5:30 p.m.ESPN2 — NASCAR, SprintCup, pole qualifying forFederated Auto Parts 400,at Richmond,Va.

7:30 p.m.ESPN — NASCAR,Nationwide Series,Virginia529 College Savings 250, atRichmond,Va.COLLEGE FOOTBALL

8 p.m.ESPN2 — Utah at Utah St.

GOLF

12:30 p.m.TGC — LPGA, KingsmillChampionship, secondround, atWilliamsburg,Va.

3 p.m.TGC — PGATour, BMWChampionship, secondround, at Carmel, Ind.

MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL

7 p.m.FSS —Atlanta at NewYorkMets

10 p.m.MLB — Regional coverage,L.A. Dodgers at SanFrancisco or Arizona at SanDiego

PREP FOOTBALL7 p.m.

FSN — St. Paul’s (La.) vs.Lincoln (Fla.), at NewOrleans

10 p.m.FSN — John Curtis (La.)vs. Plant (Fla.), at NewOrleans

TENNIS12:30 p.m.

CBS — U.S. Open, men’sdoubles championshipmatch and women’s semifi-nals, at NewYork

OnTheAir

Firefighters MDA GolfTourney Sept. 8The 3rd Annual Dublin-LaurensCounty Firefighters MDA GolfTournament will be held at RiverviewGolf Course on September 8.It will be a four-man scamble with ashotgun start at 8 a.m. Cost is $200per team.The first 30 paid teams will be accept-ed. All proceeds raised will remain inthe Laurens County area.For more information or to register ateam, please contact Randy Floyd at(478) 595-2054, Lee Henry at (478)697-3498, Bill Laird at (478) 595-4301or Pat Ballard at (478) 609-4472.

Promise of HopeRun/Walk/Ride Sept. 8Promise of Hope’s seventh annualWalk/Run/Ride for Hope will be heldSeptember 8 at the Laurens BaptistAssociation, located at 1882 TrinityHill Drive.General admission is $5 and kidsunder three get in free.The 10K Run will begin at 7:15 a.m.,the 5K Run/Walk at 8:30 a.m. and the1 Mile walk/run at 9:45 a.m.The ride will begin at 9 a.m.Register online at runnersforchrist.orgor racerpal.com. For more informa-tion, call (478) 676-4673 or (478) 595-8206, or e-mailalligoodcindy@yahoo.com

Dudley Little LeagueMembership MeetingSetThe Dudley Little League Annualmembership meeting will be held at 6p.m. Monday at the Dudley City Hall.The purpose of this meeting will be tonominate and elect board membersfor the upcoming season and go overfinancial report from this season.

Football, SoftballStringers NeededThe Courier Herald is currently look-ing for stringer reporters and photog-raphers for the upcoming high schoolsoftball and football seasons.For more information, please contactJason Halcombe at (478) 272-5522,ext. 222 or jhalcombe@courier-her-ald.com

DLCRA In Need OfSoccer CoachesThe Dublin-Laurens CountyRecreation Authority is currently inneed of youth soccer coaches for allage groups.If interested in coaching a team thisfall, please call the DLCRA office at277-5060

Dublin Moose LodgeGolf TournamentSaturday September 22, 9 a.m. atRiverview Golf Course. Format is afour person scramble with cashprizes.Price is $45 per person with mulli-gans, two for $5. Lunch is includedand will be served at the DublinMoose Lodge after the tournamentwhere prizes will be awarded.For first, second and third place finish-ers in each flight, prizes will be award-ed.To Sponsor a hole or register a teamcall Dublin Moose Lodge, (272-1818)Riverview Park Golf Course, (275-4064) Joey Chaffin (279-2432) orCarroll McCullars (272-0995).

Contact UsTo submit sports information, pleasecall (478) 272-5522, ext. 223, fax 272-2189 or e-mail sports@courier-her-ald.com

Briefs

Dublin Scores Early To Beat BaldwinMILLEDGEVILLE - The

Dublin Lady Irish scored threeruns in the first two innings tobeat Baldwin 4-2 onWednesday.Bailey Versprille scored the

first run in the top of the first

to give the Lady Irish an early1-0 lead.Dublin’s Natrice Harris and

Heather Sumner scored in thetop of the second to make it 3-0. Baldwin added a run in thebottom of the frame before

Briona Guyton scored in thetop of the fourth.Baldwin added a run in the

bottom of the fifth.The Lady Irish will host

Laney Thursday. First pitch isset for 5 p.m.

Braves

enough for Hudson (14-5), whostranded eight Colorado run-ners. Peter Moylan and EricO’Flaherty combined on ascoreless eighth, then CraigKimbrel got the final threeouts for his 34th save.The Los Angeles Dodgers

were the last team to win con-secutive 1-0 games withunearned runs, pulling it offagainst the Cincinnati Reds onJuly 28-29, 1984, according toSTATS LLC.“The game boils down to a

throw-back to the pitcher,”Colorado manager Jim Tracysaid. “I don’t know what thehell happened on the throwback. All I saw was the ballrolling off behind the moundand here comes JuanFrancisco running to the plate.I couldn’t believe it.”Both teams squandered all

sorts of chances to push acrossmore runs, stranding nine run-ners apiece.The Rockies’ best chance

against Hudson came in thethird, when Dexter Fowler andJosh Rutledge led off with sin-gles. Jordan Pacheco groundedout, moving the runners to sec-ond and third, but Rosariopopped out to the shortstopand Tyler Colvin was thrownout after hitting a little squib-ber in front of the plate.Atlanta was even more

wasteful. The Braves loaded

the bases with no outs in thethird, only to come up empty.Francisco struck out, Ugglaflied out to left — too shallowto bring home the run — andBrian McCann popped out toshortstop, dropping his head indisgust as soon as the ball lefthis bat.In the fourth, Atlanta

loaded the bases again, thistime with one out. Sameresult. Jason Heyward fliedout to shallow left, throwingdown his bat in frustration,before Freddie Freemanpopped up harmlessly on theinfield to snuff out anotherthreat.But the Braves will take a

win any way they can get it.The previous night, theyscored the game’s lone run on athrowing error. They wound uptaking three of four fromColorado — even after scoringjust two runs over the finalthree games.“To win the last two like we

did is nice for the pitchingstaff,” Hudson said. “We canpuff out our chests a little bit.”Colorado rookie Jordan

Pacheco went 0 for 2 with acouple of walks, snapping a 14-game hitting streak. CharlieBlackmon, on the other hand,went 4 for 4 — the second four-hit game of his career. But healso made a baserunning blun-der in the second after dou-bling with one out. JonathanHerrera followed with a

grounder to shortstop PaulJanish, and Blackmon took offfor third. He was thrown outeasily.Hudson was glad to get a

helping hand from the defense.He struggled to command hiscurveball, which forced him touse more changeups andsinkers than he normallywould.“It definitely wasn’t my best

stuff,” he said. “I smoke-and-mirrored them a little bit.”NOTES: Braves SS

Andrelton Simmons headed toClass A Lynchburg to completehis rehab assignment. Hecould rejoin Atlanta as soon asthis weekend for the series inNew York against the Mets.Simmons, the NL rookie of themonth for June, has been outsince breaking a finger in hisright hand on a headfirst slideJuly 8. ... RHP Rob Scahilljoined Colorado’s expandedroster for the final month. Hespent the entire season atTriple-A Colorado Springs,going 9-11 with a 5.68 ERA. ...Kimbrel was lugging five largeboxes around the clubhousebefore the game. They con-tained a bunch of goodies heordered for his teammatesfrom the All-Star game. Hisfellow relievers got All-Stargnomes, while everyone elsereceived a gray T-shirt.Kimbrel also ordered some-thing for himself: a baseballcovered in 24-carat gold.

Continued from 1b

Coaches

of my childhood.”The connection actually runs

deeper than that.Curry was a Georgia Tech

team captain in 1964, whichmarked Vince Dooley’s first sea-son as Georgia’s coach. DerekDooley and Curry’s son, BillCurry Jr., were teammates atVirginia in 1989 and 1990.Dooley was a senior receiverand Curry Jr. a redshirt fresh-man long snapper on the 1990Virginia team that was rankedNo. 1 in the nation at one point.Both enrolled as walk-ons andeventually earned scholarships.Although Curry Jr. said he

had never met Dooley beforeentering college, he citedDooley’s success as one of hisreasons for picking Virginia.“The fact he’d gone there as

a walk-on and had earned ascholarship was very attractiveto me,” Curry Jr. said. “He wasa role model, for lack of a betterterm. I wanted to be like Derekin a very real sense.”Curry said this week that

his family is “eternally indebt-

ed” to Dooley for mentoring hisson during their time asVirginia teammates. After serv-ing as a graduate assistant onhis father’s staff at Kentucky inthe mid-90s, Curry Jr. nowworks as a medical device salesmanager and lives in Waxhaw,N.C., about 20 miles south ofCharlotte.“Derek, with his sense of

humor and his attitude, was atremendous leader,” Curry Jr.said. “He just was the kind ofupperclassman who was veryrespectful and was a guy I feltcomfortable reaching out to, iffor nothing else than just to feelbetter about how the day wasgoing.”Vince Dooley and Curry

always had mutual respecteven as they tried to beat eachother during the 1980s. Havingtheir sons play together addeda new dynamic to their rela-tionship.“It gave us something in

common to pull for,” VinceDooley said.They now have something

else in common. Kennesaw(Ga.) State selected Vince

Dooley in December 2009 tochair a committee exploring thefeasibility of whether the schoolshould add football. GeorgiaState launched its football pro-gram in 2010 with Curry as itsinaugural coach.“One of the first persons I

went to talk to was Bill becauseof his experience starting foot-ball at Georgia State,” VinceDooley said.Vince Dooley will head to

Knoxville this week to attendthe game that will pit his sonagainst his former rival. Thereunion won’t be complete, asCurry Jr. plans to spendSaturday coaching his son’smiddle-school team in NorthCarolina.Curry looks forward to fac-

ing a familiar name from hispast. Curry admired the kind-ness Derek Dooley demonstrat-ed as a college student. Now heappreciates the abilities Dooleyhas shown as a coach.“I have tremendous respect

for Derek,” Curry said. “I knowhe’ll do an outstanding job atTennessee.”

Continued from 1b

Savannah State Getting 70 1/2 PointsAgainst The Florida State Seminoles

By PAUL NEWBERRYAP Sports Writer

OK, so you’re planning to plopdown a few bucks on a collegefootball game— legally, of course— and trying to decide whetherto stick with the favorite or takethe points.Well, here’s a tough one.If you go with No. 6 Florida

State in Saturday’s gameagainst lowly Savannah State,you’ll be starting with a 70 1/2-point deficit.That’s right, SEVENTYAND

AHALF!“Without a doubt,” said Mike

Colbert, vice president of riskmanagement for Las Vegas-based Cantor Gaming, “this isthe biggest line I’ve put up in 10years doing this.”No kidding. From all indica-

tions, this is largest point spreadever for a Division I game.But before you race out to bet

the mortgage on the underdog,consider this: The Tigers werenearly as big an underdog lastweek— in the 65 1/2-point range— and they didn’t come close tocovering. No. 18OklahomaStateromped to an 84-0 rout, handingSavannah State its eighthstraight defeat going back to lastseason.“We had to make an even big-

ger line for Florida State,”Cantor said, “because we thinkFlorida State is better thanOklahoma State.”Savannah State (0-1) sched-

uled these first two games strict-ly for the money. The school iscollecting paychecks totaling$860,000, which will go a longway toward helping the finan-cially strapped athletic programmeet its total budget of $5.1 mil-lion.“You preach the same mes-

sage. We’re going to get on thebus to Tallahassee with thethought of winning the game,”Tigers coach Steve Davenportbravely told the SavannahMorning News. “The reality isthe reality and we’ll see how wepan out. The charge is to play ashard as you can for 60 minutes,no different than it was forOklahoma State.”Cantor said most of the early

money from Vegas betters wason the underdog.“I think people just saw the

big number and instantly puttheir bets on Savannah State,”he said. “I don’t think they putmuch thought into it.”Of course, the bookies are

more careful with their money.Cantor had several factors toconsider before setting the his-toric spread in favor of FloridaState (1-0).“It was an interesting line to

make,” he said. “If Florida Statewanted to play its top guys theentire game, they could probablywin by a hundred. But someguesswork comes in with a num-ber like this. It’s not purely aboutstatistics and numbers. Howlong will they play their topguys?Will they run the score up?Quite frankly, I expect FloridaState to play (the starters) for atleast the first half.”The main goal for the

Seminoles, Cantor figured, is toget through the game withoutinjuries to any key players beforethey open their Atlantic CoastConference schedule the follow-ing week. There is absolutely nopossibility of losing this game.“You know they’ll want to be

healthy for their conferencegames,” the oddsmaker pointedout. “That said, Florida State’sbackups are better than

Savannah State’s starters. Idon’t expect them to stop scor-ing.”In the locker room immedi-

ately after getting blown out byOklahoma State, Davenportquestioned the wisdom of sched-uling such a mismatch, no mat-ter what it meant to the schoolfinancially.He has softened his stance

since then, but still worriesabout sending the little teamthat couldn’t against such a vast-ly superior squad for the secondweek in a row.“It’s almost like the parent of

a Little Leaguer,” the coach said.“You’re more concerned than thekid is. The kid just wants anopportunity. And that’s what ourkids want, an opportunity toshow themselves in a betterlight.”There’s nowhere to go but up.Savannah State is one of the

worst teams in the FootballChampionship Subdivision,going 4-72 against teams fromthat lower-level division. They’velost seven of their last 11 gamesby at least 30 points. The offenseis basically nonexistent, havingscored one touchdown in its lastfive games.Now, they’re going up against

a top-10 team in the FootballBowl Subdivision, the best of thebest.That’s how you end up with

the most lopsided spread in bet-ting history.Asked if he felt bad for

Savannah State when he set thestaggering line, Colbert said,“Part of me does. But part of meknows they are getting paid likea half-million dollars (actually,it’s $475,000) to play the game.That’s probably worth it. I’d goplay for a half-million dollars.”

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PEOPLE TO PEOPLE038 ESTATE SALE

Estate and Yard SaleFri., 9/7, 1-7p, Sat., 9/8, 9a-5p2040 Liberty Grove Church Rd. Wrightsville, GA

From Wrightsville South on GA 15 to Liberty Grove Church Rd. Turn left approx 6 miles. Furniture, fine art, collectibles, antiques, rugs, clothing.

040 YARD SALES118 Hedge Way off Parker Dairy

Rd. Sat. 7am-11:30am.

1702 Woodrow Ave. Big Multi Family Yard Sale. Friday 9/7 & Sat-urday 9/8, 8am-12noon.

2059 Claxton Dairy Rd.Mutiple items. Sat. 7a-1p.

209 Clairmont Dr. Sat 8a-? Lots of new and used items. No early birds please.

216 Winfield Rd Holly Hills. Sat. 7a-12noon. Huge Multi-family. Tons of nice kids clothes, furn., lots more.

3 houses on Circle Dr. E. Dublin.Multi-families. Fri & Sat. 7a-until.

Blessings Boutique New Hours2302 US Hwy 80W, Dublin.Wed. 1p-6p. Thur.-Sat. 10a-6p.

Henry Memorial PresbyterianWomen Annual Attic and Bake Sale. Christian Life Ctr., Park Place(Across form Post Office)

Fri. 9/7, 2p-6p. Sat. 9/8, 8a-12 noon.Kidz Replay Consignment Sale.

Wed-Thur., Sept 5-6, 9a-7p.Fri., Sept. 7, 9a-5p.Sat., Sept 8, 8a-12p.

2720 Riverside Dr. Macon.Mega Multi-family. Indoor & out.278 Stewart St. E. Dublin beside Graham Const. Sat. 8a-1p. Furn., clothes, hh & baby items, tools.

Multi-family sale. Sat. 9a-2p. Kuntry Korner mile past the Country Club

Sat., Sept. 8. 7a-3p. Parking lot of ABC Womens Clinic, located by the Farmers Market in Dublin. All proceeds will benefit mission trip to Malawi Africa.

Yard Sale Sneak peak.Fri., Sept. 7th, 6-8p

Sale. Sat. Sept 8th, 8a-2pEverything half priceSat.from 2p-4p

The yard sale will be in Cedar Grove Ga. south of HWY 441. 21 miles from Dublin, Eastman, and Soperton. 12 miles from McRae and 10 miles from Alamo.2615 Sudie Pearl Jones Rd.,

Alamo (not in Alamo, we just have an Ala-mo address). Contact Jada Davidson 478-279-2218 if you would like for us to sell your yard sale stuff. You can help us and we can help you.

050 TRAVELMyrtle Beach Timeshare

South Beach ResortsLocal owner wants to sale. 150,000 points. Can be used at anytime of the year and at other resorts. $750 yearly dues. $4,500. Valued at $10,500. Buyer pays closing. Seri-ous Inquires ONLY. Call 478-304-0653.

MERCHANDISEFOR SALE

130 PETS FOR SALEAKC German Shepard pups. Blk & tan, blk. $400-$450. 478-206-9205.

135 PETS FREE9wk. old kittens to a great home. Gentle & playful. 2 males. 1 female. 478-951-2632 or 478-304-6029.

215 PRODUCE/PLANTSFor Sale Fresh Peas. $12 per bush-el you pick. $19 we pick. Marvin Ho-ward 1997 Rebie Road, Dudley. (478)676-3315.

245 MISCELLANEOUSFor Sale: Craftsman DT3000 42” lawn tractor. Extra deck, 3 bagger. Runs great. $750. 478-714-0754.

For Sale: Heavy duty 4 1/2" metal working vise. Swivel base. $100 cash. Call 478-984-4632.

For Sale: Stainless steel heat lamp with bulbs-Food warmer. $150. Call 478-984-4632

For Sale: Two hunting stands. 12' w/ armrests. 15' w/ platform & harness. $75 & $125. Call 478-984-4632.

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VOCATIONAL

310 GENERALHELP WANTED

An established industrial company is seeking highly capable

Leadman / Foreman andCertified Pipe Welders

Qualified Candidates Must Possess the Following: - Minimum 5 years of industrial expe-rience- Enforce safety procedures- Document and complete all tasks lists in a timely manner- DOT Medical Card a preference- Drug screening and background checks are required

Please mail resume to: Human Resource Department

PO Box 1995Dublin, GA 31040

Or fax to 478-275-3630SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY

Take Off Techinician IIIWindow Job

Summary: The purpose of this posi-tion is to provide advanced-level take off data and drawings to window scheduling group and fabrication production line for production of win-dow orders submitted by the branch by performing the following duties.Essential Duties and Responsibili-ties include the following. Other du-ties may be assigned. • Creates take offs and performs first check on production orders.• Creates 2D fabrication or layout drawings for processing of take off information.• Communicates on a daily basis with personnel from the branch, headquarters and manufacturing to assist work orders into production.• Maintains and periodically updates special databases that supply data for analysis.• Attends manufacturing meetings and provides take off support to oth-er parties involved.Education/Experience: One year certificate from college or technical school in computer aided drafting and design plus 1-3 years of experi-ence in computer aided drafting and design and computer software pro-gramming; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Prefer associate's degree. Prefer at least 1 year of experience in the construc-tion/fabrication field.Please apply online @ ykkap.com

325 PART-TIMEEMPLOYMENT

Dexter Baptist Church is seeking a Part-time Youth Pastor

to help us expand our growing youth ministries. Submit resumes to: PO Box 35, Dexter, GA 31019 or fax 478-875-3362.

REAL ESTATE360 HOMES FOR SALE3BR 1BA. Central heat & air. Locat-ed in Dublin. Fenced back yard. $51,000. Call (478)984-4431

3br 3.5ba. Custom Cedar. 3100sf. 10ac bordering pond w/additional acreage ava. $285K. 478-279-1230.

360 HOMES FOR SALEAdrian - 4BR 2BA brick.

1,800sf. 20x40 metal workshop. $79,000. Call 912-346-2530.

Brick 4BR 3BA. Old Pine Rd.Seller Pays Closing. $215,000.

Call 478-609-2549.

NEW Brick 4BR 3BA.Bonus room. Near Country Club.$250’s. Call 478-609-2549.

365 MOBILE HOMES2006 Park Model. 1BR. 12x40. Vi-nyl siding. AC. Like new. Call 478-275-0867 or 478-278-4461.

28x64 2007 Horton. New carpet. AC. Nice. Set up & delivered. Call 478-275-0867 or 478-278-4461.

28x76 Fleetwood. 4BR. New cae-pet. 2005. Overhead ducts, heat pump. Extra clean. 478-275-0867.

Fleetwood 28x80. 4BR. Zone 11 plywood floors. Heat pump. Over head ducts. $24,900. 478-275-0867.

380 COMMERCIALPROPERTY

Ideal for small offices or church.$75,000. Call 478-272-1282 or 478-290-2683 for more details.

RENTALS405 STORAGEMini warehouses, 2 locations, see us for the cleanest in town. Garner’s U Store, 478-272-3724.

Strange Mini Storage Best Prices! Call 478-275-1592

425 APARTMENTSBROOKINGTON APARTMENTS

Spacious 1 & 2 bedroom apartments with fully furnished kitchen. Lake, pool and clubhouse. Full mainte-nance with on site manager. 272-6788.

440 HOMES FOR RENT3BR 1BA. Completely remodeled. Sunroom & screened porch. $500 month plus dep. Call 404-993-1915.

4BR 802 Central Ave. $598.4BR 309 Arch. $468. 478-274-8860.

Houses & apts. Dublin, Soperton, East Dublin and Rentz area. Rent from $400 up. Call 478-488-1771.

445 MOBILE HOMESFOR RENT

2BR & 3BR Mobile Homes.Call 478-272-0583.

2BR 2BA. In a drug free community. Call 478-279-1612 or 478-272-3664.

3BR 2BA double wide on 1ac lot. WLHS district. 478-697-9900.

VEHICLES FOR SALE510 TRUCKS1997 Jeep Wrangler Sport. New top, tires & stero. 107K miles. $6,200 obo. Call (478)595-2501.

2001 Chevrolet 2500 HD. Dura-max diesel. 130,000 mi. $13,900 obo. Call 478-290-4649.

2011 Chevrolet Silverado LTX.3500HD Duramax. Crew cab long bed. Call (478)272-7932.

515 MOTORCYCLES03 Harley Davidson Sportster883. 5,000 miles. Great cond. $4800 obo. Call (478)494-3202.

Honda 750 Spirit. Adult owned, spotless, 9K. 70mpg. Garage kept. Helmets. $4,875, mint 478-454-6265

AGRICULTURE

571 FARM EQUIP.FOR SALE

John Deere Model 790 tractor w/ bush hog model FTH 600 5 ft. mow-er. 550 hrs. $8500. (478)275-3018.

725 LAWN SERVICESTotal Lawn Care Service

Mowing, Edging, trimming, blowing, raking, landscaping & mulching.Call Corey at 478-279-3648.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop royalty including LL CoolJ and Sean “Diddy” Combspacked a standing-room-onlyfuneral chapel Wednesday topay their respects to music-industry mogul Chris Lighty.Mourners at the

Manhattan funeral home alsoincluded Missy Elliott, Q-Tip,Russell Simmons, BustaRymes, 50 Cent andGrandmaster Flash.The 44-year-old Lighty was

found dead in his Bronxapartment last week with agunshot wound to the head.The medical examiner ruled ita suicide. “Whatever the pressure

was that made him take hislife had to be tremendouspressure,” Grandmaster Flashsaid outside the chapel. “I justwish that Chris would havereached out and said, ‘Flash, Ineed some help, man.’ ... Hedidn’t reach out. It’s reallysad.”Mourners filed past the

flower-bedecked coffin whereLighty was laid out in a darksuit. A slideshow depicting hislife appeared on a screen. Bythe time the service started,the chapel had become ascrowded as a hot nightspot,with security guards onlyletting people in if someoneelse left.Lighty had been a part of

the hip-hop scene for decades,working with pioneers like LLCool J before starting his ownmanagement company,Violator. But he was in themidst of a divorce and hadbeen having recent financialand personal troubles.

Survivors include his twochildren. He and his wife,Veronica, had been in theprocess of divorcing. The casewas still listed as active, butelectronic records show anagreement to end it was filedin June.

Stars AttendFuneral OfHip-HopMogul Lighty

Dec. 21): Expect to have too many op-tions and not enough time. Someonewill try to take over. Don’t let a bullysteal your ideas or take credit for yourwork. Be diplomatic but firm aboutwhat you deserve. Love is in the stars.3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19): Put more time and effort into yourhealth, wealth and future prospects.Contracts will be beneficial. Your nego-tiating skills will not let you down. A cel-ebration with friends or family will allowyou to share your enthusiasm and fu-ture goals. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18): Don’t get your dander up. You haveto stay calm if you want to get thingsdone. Concentrate on your home, fam-

ily and making your surroundings com-fortable. Minor mishaps will occur ifyou are impulsive or moody. 5 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Stick to your game plan. Take care ofyour health needs. Focus on fitnessand good dietary habits. Nurture im-portant partnerships. Don’t overreact,overdo or overindulge. It’s importantnot to jump to conclusions or to makea hasty decision. 2 stars

Birthday Baby: You are sen-sitive, caring and giving. You are in-sightful and generous.

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GOREN BRIDGEFriday, September 7, 2012

WITH TANNAH HIRSCH©2012 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

THE COUNT LEADS THE WAY

Neither vulnerable. North deals.NORTH♠♠ 5 4♥♥ 8 2♦♦ A K 10♣♣ A K J 10 6 3

WEST EAST♠♠ 8 6 ♠♠ A Q J 10 7♥♥ K Q 9 6 ♥♥ A 7 3♦♦ 9 7 6 5 4 2 ♦♦ 8♣♣ 9 ♣♣ 8 7 5 2

SOUTH♠♠ K 9 3 2♥♥ J 10 5 4♦♦ Q J 3♣♣ Q 4

The bidding:NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST1♣♣ 1♠♠ 1NT Pass3NT Pass Pass Pass

Opening lead: Eight of ♠♠

Here’s another deal from EddieKantar’s award-winning series“Thinking Bridge,” designed forplayers eager to improve their game.

South has a choice of responses —one no trump limits the hand as tocount and distribution, but may losehearts. A negative double (fortakeout., not penalties) getting heartsinto the picture, is also flawed — ifpartner rebids two clubs, a follow-upbid of two no trump shows 11-12high-card points. All thingsconsidered, one no trump is slightlybetter. North has an easy raise tothree no trump with a “no-trump”club suit (a suit that is easy to run).

The opening lead is a normal highfrom a doubleton. With 8 6 2 or 8 6 32, North leads the two if he hasn’tsupported the suit, the eight if he has.The lead of a high spot card in anunsupported suit shows shortness.The lead of a low spot-card in asupported suit shows an honor.Reread that.

The outcome of this contract isdecided early on, like at trick two!East knows that South has the king ofspades to go along with six clubs (thequeen must drop even if Southdoesn’t have it), plus at least twodiamond tricks for a grand total ofnine quick ones as soon as Southgains the lead. If the hand is to bedefeated, it must be defeated inhearts, not spades — and now! Thecorrect defense is to win the ace ofspades and shift to a low heart,guaranteeing a high honor.Whichever heart South plays, Westwins and, with three heartsremaining, returns his lowest. Eastwins the ace and returns a heart,allowing the defense to take fourheart tricks. Down one.

When a defender can countdeclarer for enough quick tricks inthree suits to make the contract, it’snot a bad idea to shift to the fourthsuit. In fact, it’s a very good idea!

(Tannah Hirsch welcomes readers’responses sent in care of this newspaperor to Tribune Media Services Inc., 2010Westridge Drive, Irving, TX 75038. E-mail responses may be sent togorenbridge@aol.com.)

Theatre DublinPresents

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CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY:Evan Rachel Wood, 25; Devon Sawa,34; Oliver Hudson, 36; Michael Emer-son, 58.

Happy Birthday: Keepeverything in its place. Don’t venture offthe beaten track. Stick to what youknow and do best. Don’t take on theimpossible or waste your time onsomething that will not help you ad-vance. You must pick and choose yourbattles and your projects carefully.Keep life simple. Your numbers are 3,15, 19, 22, 35, 38, 49.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Take it easy. Avoid impulsive people orinstigating changes that have the po-tential to run amok. You may thrive onexcitement, but for now be a spectator,not a participant. Spend time withsomeone you love. 4 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Update your image and you will receiveall sorts of perks. Don’t let your pastcause problems in the future. If there issomething you need to address tomove forward, do so quickly. Applyyour skills to serve different purposes.3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Not everyone will be truthful aboutwhat’s being offered. If you are chang-ing your job or taking on additional re-sponsibilities, get what you want andwhat’s expected of you in writing. Loveis highlighted, so plan to celebrate inthe evening hours. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22):Let your creative imagination run wildand your ideas and plans for the futureunfold. A challenge will help boost yourego and give you the confidence tomake personal changes that can alteryour way of life. Believe in your abilities.3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Takebetter care of your health. Others maywant your attention and help, but oncein a while you have to ask for favors inreturn. Showing your vulnerability willbring someone you want to spendmore time with to your rescue. 4 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Be careful how you deal with col-leagues and bosses. Focus on your ac-complishments and getting thingsdone on time. Someone will try to makeyou look bad. Do your best to intervenepolitely if someone is exaggerating orspreading rumors. 2 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Take a break, get away for the weekendand do your own thing. Expanding yourinterests or traveling to destinationsthat will teach you about different cul-tures or a pastime you want to pursuewill also be conducive to enhancingyour love life. 5 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Fix up your digs. Make your surround-ings inspirational and motivating. Letyour creativity lead to new and interest-ing projects that will enable you to im-prove your future. Discussing yourplans will help you expedite your goals.3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-

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