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(Above, below): Balcom fit the bill, and Robinson’s build, which landed him therole as the primary stunt double for ‘42.’

Being ‘42’Former Dublin resident, DHS standout, earns role asstunt double in upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic

By JASON HALCOMBEMANAGING EDITOR

When Jasha Balcom wassix, he watched KenGriffey Jr. extend his

bat and produce one of the mostpowerful and memorable swingshe'd ever seen.

It was so memorable that Balcom, a born righty,spent every day after that teaching himself to bat left-handed. It's a memory that has only been eclipsed re-cently, by a chance opportunity Balcom received toportray the one man who made Griffey Sr., Griffey Jr.and Balcom's own professional careers possible: Jack-ie Robinson.

See BALCOM page 3a

Goodwill expanding withnew Job Connections office

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIGoodwill has expanded,

adding Job Connections nextto its store at the DublinMall.

Goodwill will hold a rib-bon cutting ceremony at 2p.m. Thursday at 2005 Veter-ans Boulevard for the newaddition. Goodwill Presi-dent/CEO Jim Stiff will bepresent as they welcomeGoodwill's Job Connection toDublin.

"It has been open a brieftime and we've been helpingfolks," said Vicki Mills, direc-tor of marketing.

Goodwill’s Job Connectionis a community resource cen-ter connecting those looking

for a job with employers. Forthose who are unemployed,under employed, or new tothe area, the Job Connectionis the first step to a new ca-reer.

Before expanding, thenearest Job Connection wasin Macon and WarnerRobins. Mills said peoplewere driving from Dublin togo to the Job Connection inthose areas. That's why itwas good to expand it intoDublin.

"We felt there was a needthere," Mills said. "Now wecan provide job training andcareer services there. There

See GOODWILL page 3a

Commission approvesDOT contract for airport

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe Laurens County

Board of Commissioners ap-proved the Department ofTransportation contract forthe airpot during its meetingTuesday afternoon.

The work at the airport isfor the crack and seal and re-marking of the airport run-ways, said county adminis-trator Bryan Rogers.

"The federal government

put in majority of the moneywhich was $30,120 and ourpart is $1,585," he said. "Thisis a project we had to do."

The board then approveda National Guard Hurricanesupport letter stating that incase there is a hurricane thatcauses them to evacuate Sa-vannah, the National Guardcan use the Laurens Countyairport as their destination.

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Teen Challenge goingfrom Georgia to Ireland

Dublin to DublinBy PAYTON TOWNS IIIStaff, interns and six stu-

dents from Teen ChallengeMiddle Georgia will be head-ing from Dublin to Dublin Ire-land for a week-long missiontrip in a few weeks.

The group will get achance to serve at Tiglin TeenChallenge in Ireland by doingconstruction projects andsharing their personal testi-monies.

Teen Challenge MiddleGeorgia has been doingfundraisers for the trip withthe title Dublin, Georgia toDublin, Ireland.

"We like that," said Rev.

David Kincaid, executive di-rector. "We try to do one inter-national and one statesidemission trip every year. Wefigured that Dublin to Dublinjust makes sense in that ithonors the heritage of ourcommunity and where wecome from."

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BMW hitstree on 338Destinie Verrier, 18 of

Cochran, was driving ared 1995 BMW on High-way 338 around 10:32a.m. Tuesday when shelost control, went air-born and into a ditchbefore striking a tree.Verrier told a GeorgiaState Patrol trooperthat she swerved tomiss a deer. (Photo byMalisa Sanders)

DEAR ABBY: Before wemet, my girlfriend got largebreast implants. I think they'rea terrible turn-off, but I don'tknow how to tell her. Should Itry to overlook this because Ilove her, or can I tell her thetruth about why our love life issometimes not so hot? I haveknown her long enough thatthe next step is marriage -- ornothing.She walks around the house

bare-chested and obviouslythinks I find her breasts a bigturn-on. I have faked it for fiveyears. What should I do? --NOT THAT EXCITED INCOLORADODEAR NOT THAT EXCIT-

ED: Your letter is a lessonabout the danger of "faking it."Level with your girlfriend, butwithout using the words "terri-ble" and "turn-off." Tell her youlove her, but while many menfind large breasts to be a turn-on, you actually prefer smallerones -- to the degree that itsometimes affects your sexualperformance.Explain that if she thinks

her breasts are what have keptyou interested, it's not the case.At some point, one or more ofher implants may need to be re-placed, and she might opt forsmaller ones.DEAR ABBY: I moved to

Australia 10 years ago. It hasbeen a fantastic adventure, butI feel drawn home. Complicat-ing things is the fact that I havea same-sex Australian partner.Because gay marriage is notfederally recognized in theUnited States, he has no possi-bility of legally emigratingthere. His skills are not suffi-cient.To move back to the U.S.

would destroy my home, whichis a happy one. On the otherhand, I come from a large, closefamily and my parents are en-tering their 70s. I miss my fam-ily and my culture every day,and feel torn between my fami-ly in the U.S. andmy partner inAustralia.

I have felt this way for a fewyears. I feel unable to settledown and start living or feelcomfortable in my life until Iwork this out. The thought ofnot being around my family inthe long term is unbearable.The thought of leavingmy part-ner is equally painful. I havetried in vain to find an answerand feel overwhelmed. Help! --TRANS-PACIFIC READERDEAR TRANS-PACIFIC: I

don't know your financial situa-tion, but why must this be an"either/or" situation? You're

happily settled in a beautifulcountry and enjoying a lovingrelationship. I assume you alsohave a well-paying job.Your dilemma might be

solved by visiting your parentsmore often, particularly sincetheir health is still good. If thatchanges, you could return tothe U.S. for a more extendedperiod. Until the laws in theU.S. regarding same-sex mar-riage change, that's what youwill have to do unless you'rewilling to sacrifice your rela-tionship.DEAR ABBY: Is it proper to

tip your tattoo artist or piercer?They provide a service, just as ahairdresser would. I have neverseen this addressed before.Your input would be helpful. --CURIOUS IN UPSTATE NEWYORKDEAR CURIOUS: Tattoos

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BY MICHAEL ROIZEN, M.D.,AND MEHMET OZ, M.D.

Leonardo DiCaprio, SalmaHayek, Brad Pitt and CameronDiaz -- some of the country'smost beautiful people -- are (orwere) plagued by acne. For the17 million or more NorthAmer-icans with inflammatory zits(almost 90 percent are teens),neither gender nor good looksoffers protection from the often-humiliating skin eruptions.Simple lifestyle solutions

have been few and far between,but a careful review of the factsreveals that eating high-glycemic index foods (and notdoing anything to decreasetheir glycemic effect -- we'll tellyou how in a minute) and in-flammation-promoting saturat-

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(such as white bread, anygrains that aren't 100 percentwhole, and anything withadded sugar or sugar syrup)spikes your blood sugar and in-sulin (it's released in reaction).Constantly repeat that roller-coaster ride, and you stimulateoverproduction of pimple-pro-ducing hormones.The solution? Decrease the

glycemic effect of the foods youeat! Twenty-five minutes beforeany meal, snack on somehealthy fat: six walnut halves,or 12 almonds, or 20 peanuts.Then when you eat, thathealthy fat slows stomach emp-tying, so there's no blood-sugarspike. In addition, opt for low-

GI foods -- lean protein, mostwhole grains, non-starchy veg-gies and most fruits. And re-duce your intake of saturatedfats. (There's research showingthat in cultures where peopledon't eat four-legged animals,poultry skin or palm and co-conut oils, acne doesn't exist.)And staying with these dietarychanges offers an added bonus:Not only can you prevent acne,you can reduce wrinkling, too!

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Eugenia (Jean) CobbServices for Eugenia (Jean)

Cobb, age 91, of Dublin, will beheld at 2 p.m. Wednesday,April 3, 2013 at the GrahamMemorial Nazarene Church.Burial will follow in the CobbFamily Cemetery. Rev. JaniceLassiter and Rev. David Canenwill officiate. Miss. Cobb diedMonday, April 1, 2013 atSerenity Hospice House.Miss Cobb was the daughter

of the late Charlie Whit Cobband the late Mattie BarfieldCobb. She is preceded in deathby her sister, Lucille C. Wynn,brothers, WM (Bud) Cobb andArmond Cobb, aunt, LeithaCobb, and an uncle DelmaCobb. She was a member of theGraham Memorial NazareneChurch. She was a homemak-er.Survivors include her sister,

Thelma C. Kight, of Dublin,two nephews, Wayne Kight, ofDublin, Roy Kight (Betty) ofDublin, niece, Christine Chafin(Raymond) of Dublin, greatnephew, Chad Chafin (Kristin)Barnesville, great nieces, LisaSkeeters (Brad) of Dublin, Dar-la Evans (Donald) of Lexing-ton, SC, Teresa Keene (Robert)of Dublin, and Donna Demottof Linwood, MI, great-greatnephews, Bennett Skeeters,Davis Skeeters, and HarrisonEvans, Zachary Chafin, great-great niece, Hillary Evans.Brad Skeeters, Bennett

Skeeters, Chad Chafin, DonaldEvans, Michael Williams, GaryFrost, and Earl Foskey willserve as pallbearers.The family will be at 255

Mamie Graham Road and willreceive friends from 1 p.m. un-til the service time at the Gra-ham Memorial NazareneChurch. In lieu of flowers do-nations may be made to TheSerenity Hospice 520 HillcrestParkway Dublin, GA 31021.Please visitwww.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregister.

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Hilda D. IveyHilda D. Ivey, 79, of Cad-

well passed away today. Fu-neral arrangements are in-complete and will be an-nounced later by TownsendBrothers Funeral Home.

———Edith Fay MasseyEdith Fay Massey, age 73,

of Dublin, GA died Tuesday,April 2, 2013. Arrangementsare incomplete at this timeand will be announced later byTownsend Brothers FuneralHome.

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Deborah DeniseKinsey Wells

Funeral services for Debo-rah Denise Kinsey Wells, ofDublin, will be held onThursday, April 4, at 1 p.m.at the Buckeye BaptistChurch, 2176 New BuckeyeRoad in East Dublin. Rev-erend David G. Flowers willofficiate. Interment will be atthe Buckeye Baptist ChurchCemetery.Born as Deborah Denise

Kinsey on August 8, 1959, tothe union of Betty D. Kinseyand the late Willie JamesKinsey of Dublin, Georgia,Mrs. Wells went home to bewith the Lord on the morningof Easter Sunday, March 31,2013.Mrs. Wells was a faithful

member of the Buckeye Bap-tist Church where she servedon many auxiliaries includ-ing the Usher Board, Dea-

coness Board, Sunday Schoolas a Teacher, and the ChurchChoir.Mrs. Wells earned her

Bachelor of Science degreefrom Brewton-Parker Collegeand a Master’s degree fromAshford University. Deborahworked for over 20 years withthe Veterans AdministrationMedical Center in Dublin.She leaves to cherish her

memories, her loving and de-voted husband of 31 years,Roy L. Wells of Dublin; threebeautiful children, ChorreyWells of East Dublin, KrystalW. (Omar) Akridge of At-lanta, and Roy Rashad Wellsof Dublin; two grandchildren,Tyler JaQuez Wells ofWrightsville and Myia Shade’Wells of Ashburn; mother,Betty D. Kinsey of Dublinand grandmother, Mary LeeDennis of Okeechobee, Fl.;sisters: Cheryl (Bobby) Smithof Douglasville, Sabrina(Aaron) Smith of EastDublin, Cassandra (Robert)Hall, Regina (Tracy) Jeffer-son and Angela Taylor ofDublin, brother; Luther(Regina) Parks of Elizabeth,New Jersey, sisters-in-law:Margie (Freddie) Johnson,Ester Fluker, and DarleneWalker of East Dublin, Glo-ria (James) Parks and EthelWalker of Dublin, brothers-in-law; Clayton (Mareisha)Montford, Remus (Rachel)Walker, Jr., Thomas (Gail)Walker and Eric Walker ofEast Dublin; a goddaughter,Clarrisa Rolison of Augusta;devoted friends, Willie andEarnestine (Tina) Holmes ofAugusta, a host of aunts, un-cles, nieces, nephews, cousinsand friends.The family will receive

friends at 947 NottinghamDrive in Dublin, and at theDudley Funeral Home onWednesday, April 3, from 7-8p.m.Services by Dudley Funer-

al Home of Dublin. Post con-dolences atwww.ServicesByDudley.com.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) —They rode the streets of Mem-phis in creaky, dangerousgarbage trucks, picking uptrash from home after home,toiling for a sanitation depart-ment that treated them withindifference bordering on dis-dain. In 1968 those workerstook to the streets, marchingwith civil rights leader theRev. Martin Luther King Jr. todemand better working condi-tions, higher pay and unionprotection.Forty-five years after King

was killed supporting theirhistoric strike, some of thesame men who marched withhim still pick up Memphis’garbage — and now they arefighting to hold on to jobs thatsome city leaders want tohand over to a private compa-ny.“It looks like they’re trying

to take us down again,” said81-year-old Elmore Nickleber-ry, one of the original strikerswho still drives a garbagetruck at night for the sanita-tion department. Nickleberryis expected to take part in aThursday march to honorKing’s sacrifice on the 45thanniversary of his death.But city council members

who favor privatization saythe city can’t afford to ignore achance to save $8 million to$15 million in a tough econo-my.As the leaders and workers

stake out their positions on to-day’s jobs, the shadow of thestruggles of 1968 looms overthem.Forty-five years ago, Nick-

leberry and Memphis’ 1,300other sanitation workers wereoverworked and underpaid,picking up others’ grimy, leak-ing waste without proper uni-forms. They faced the dailyrisk of severe injury or deathwhile working with malfunc-tioning garbage trucks.They took a job no one else

wanted, mostly black workerspicking up the trash of whitepeople, serving in what somescholars liken to an urban ex-tension of plantation life onthe cotton fields that fueledMemphis’ economy. Their de-meaning nickname: “walkingbuzzards.”After two workers were

crushed to death in a truck’scompactor, the sanitationworkers went on strike Feb.11. They demanded a raisethat would take them off wel-fare lines. The situation hadobvious racial undertones:Most of the workers wereblack, and city officials stand-ing against the union werewhite.

With the slogan “I am aman,” the workers also want-ed the respect and dignity thatcomes with doing a low-pay-ing, back-breaking job withgreat pride and effort.King came to Memphis to

support them. He deliveredhis last public speech April 3,declaring, “I’ve been to themountaintop.”The next day, standing on

the balcony of the LorraineMotel, King was killed by a ri-fle bullet fired by James EarlRay from a boardinghouseacross the street.The assassination led to ri-

ots in Memphis and severalU.S. cities. But the strike,stained forever with King’sblood, turned to victory whenthe city acquiesced to a 10-cent raise and succumbed toother demands, includingunionization.Labor scholars call it a wa-

tershed moment.“It signified the close rela-

tionship between labor rela-tions and civil rights and hu-man rights,” said ThomasKochan, an industrial rela-tions professor at the MITSloan School of Management.“Dr. King epitomized a leaderwho recognized that relation-ship, and that’s what broughthim to Memphis.”Much has changed since

then. Memphis has had ablack mayor since the early1990s, and today’s city coun-cil is majority black.But in 2013, the power of

unions in America isn’t whatit was in 1968. And the lure ofprivatization is strong forcash-strapped public officials.The move toward privati-

zation in Memphis began toswell two years ago, when thecity council agreed to offerbuyouts to retirement ageemployees. The buyout planwas never implemented, andthe money was used else-where.Talk of opening garbage

and recycling collection andhauling to private bidders re-mained mostly dormant untillate March, when City Coun-cilman Kemp Conrad askedMayor A C Wharton Jr.’s ad-ministration for an update.Conrad says the $25 per

household solid waste fee istoo high.Officials have been slash-

ing costs in the sanitation de-partment. It currently has124 unfilled positions out ofabout 619 total, resulting in$5 million in savings.Conrad contends that

Memphis and its residentscould save millions more byprivatizing the city’s sanita-

tion work because a companywill be more efficient. A pri-vate company likely will in-troduce more technically ad-vanced trucks into the mix.The automated trucks requirefewer workers and can makealmost double the number ofstops in one day.

Decades after Kingʼs death,Memphis jobs at risk

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"He set the tablefor players I ad-mired like Ken

Griffey Jr., HankAaron. What he

did allows me tonow work with

kids of allraces...I'm so ex-cited about the

movie."

— Jasha Balcom

And, on April 11, Balcom'sefforts to capture the essenceof the man who broke MajorLeague Baseball's color barri-er will be on full display when"42: The Story of an AmericanLegend" hits theaters nation-wide.

"I'm going to take my momto the premier Thursday," Bal-com said. "I'm doing a lot ofthe running, sliding, some div-ing plays, fielding plays. I stillhaven't seen the final edit."

It has been nearly a yearsince friend Brad Boras con-tacted Balcom about the try-outs 42 director Brian Helge-land was holding for currentand former players. And thechance the College ofCharleston and UGA standoutcould have a shot at donning aBrooklyn No. 42 jersey.

"He said, 'Hey, there's anopportunity for you to be inthe movie," Balcom said. "Hesaid, 'You may be able to get inthe Negro Leagues part of themovie, or maybe even doublefor Jackie. I want you to comeif you can do it. I'm going tosend your picture to the direc-tor.' So I was like, 'Yeah."

Not long after Helgelandgot his hands on Balcom'sphoto, the director commentedon how much the Dublin na-tive fit both the build andstature of both Jackie andlead actor Chadwick Bose-man.

"I had to go to (Helgeland)and meet with him," Balcomsaid. "We went and sat downand he was like, 'I'm going totry you out. I've got some oth-ers lined up too."

That began a severalmonth commitment by Bal-com, himself a small businessowner teaching the game ofbaseball with state-of-the-artequipment at the Hitters Boxin Duluth, which meantputting everything else onhold as he began a semi-spring training with other ex-tras.

"I hadn't been playing base-

ball in a while," Balcom said."I was still in halfway decentshape, but I was playing withsome guys who played college,JUCO, the pros.

"I still had it," Balcomlaughed.

That landed him the prima-ry stunt-double spot filling infor Boseman; an opportunitythat led the two to forge agood friendship.

"Chad was awesome," Bal-com said. "It was like an actu-al team environment."

Balcom traveled with theother extras and actors to foursites: Birmingham, Chat-tanooga, Macon and Atlanta,to film the bulk of 42, and wascalled back a month later toshoot some additional "non-sports" footage.

"When I grew up playingfor Dublin, I had a T-shirt andgray baseball pants," Balcomsaid. "Being in Georgia is hot,and it was still hot when weshot. This particular uniformwas wool. It was very hot. Butthe uniform wasn't as bad asthe shoes. The shoes were dif-ficult to wear. They were cus-tom-made shoes...Having torun in those was tough. Myfeet hurt a lot."

It was all pain for one veryunique gain; the chance to sayBalcom wore a BrooklynDodgers replica jersey andtore around the base paths insimilar fashion to a baseballlegend.

"To see the whole process ofthe Jackie Robinson story,"Balcom said, "I learned evenmore than I already knew.Seeing what he went throughcome alive, I had some mo-ments where I had an evengreater appreciation and grat-itude for him."

Balcom's own walk throughbaseball had hints of JackieRobinson's travels. He wastypically the only AfricanAmerican on his recreationall-star teams and later, withthe Dublin Irish, he was a mi-nority on mostly-caucasianteams. Unlike Robinson,though, Balcom had grown up

alongside most of his team-mates, either through sport orthrough school, but still re-members how a clubhousecould stand united or divided.

"From my own experiences,and being in the clubhouse,you sometimes have to playwith people who don't likeyou," Balcom said. "You justhave to figure out how tomake it work."

Balcom found little frictionthroughout his playing dayswith the Irish, then later theCollege of Charleston, fol-lowed by a transfer to UGAand later a stint with Class AChicago Cubs' affiliate Boise,Idaho.

It was in Idaho that Balcomenjoyed his only professionalchampionship, before wrap-ping up his career with theSouth Georgia Peanuts andreturning to Georgia to begina short-lived career with Mer-rill Lynch prior to starting hishitting school.

"I get the satisfaction ofwatching younger kids growand develop," said Balcom,whose Hitters Box has grownfrom one to two cages, andfrom himself as the lone in-structor to now a team of six.

So it's of little surprise thatthe Dublin product drafted inthe 42nd round 13 years ago,would be elated over theserendipity of being forevertied to the story of No. 42; theman who helped make his ownlife's successes a reality.

"I worked at Merrill Lynchand two brokerage firms doinginvestments," Balcom said."But baseball is my first loveand I have a passion for thegame and working with kids. Ihad mentors who worked withme to get me to the next level,and I knew I wanted to be-come that same type of men-tor.

"He set the table for play-ers I admired like Ken GriffeyJr., Hank Aaron," he said."What he did allows me to nowwork with kids of allraces...I'm so excited aboutthe movie."

Balcom

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Balcom, a standout at Dublin, was drafted in the 42nd round.

The group will be goingfrom April 14-22.

"We will be serving at the(Tiglin) center while we arethere," said Trista Kincaid, ex-ecutive assistant at Teen Chal-lenge. "They will have someconstruction projects andworking in their garden. Theywill also be ministering intheir chapel services and goingout on an outreach with them.And the guys will have the op-portunity to share their testi-monies with the guys in Ire-land."

David said the Tiglin TeenChallenge has a coffee busministry that his group will al-so participate in. As part ofthat, they will go out and min-ister to the homeless in Dublin,Ireland.

"To do that, we would like tobring along with us donationsof socks, gloves and scars thatwe prefer to be new," Tristasaid. "It's cold over there. It'llbe very cold and we will like tobe able to bless them in ourministry."

People can drop off theitems at The Courier Herald,Chamber of Commerce, Lep-rechaun Car Wash or the TeenChallenge Campus on 441South.

They will be holding afundraiser this Saturday atLeprechaun Car Wash. Accord-ing to David, the business willapply $5 off of their Emerald

and Rainbow car washes to-ward the mission trip.

Teen Challenge will also beselling chicken plates at thecar wash for $8 from 10 a.m. to4 p.m.

"We are always exceptingdonations to the trip," Davidsaid.

Teen Challenge has traveledto South Africa, Jamaica andNew York.

"This is the groups first tripto Dublin, Ireland," David said."We're hoping that we canbuild a relationship with thisparticular Teen Challenge.Maybe in years to come, it willbe a regular place where wecan visit on mission trips andmaybe they'll even come hereon occasions. We're excitedabout the potential there."

Added Trista: "This is achance for the guys to experi-ence another culture and achance for them to give back aswell. God is doing good thingsin their lives here. When youtake them overseas, in a differ-ent culture, they are going toserve and God will impacttheir lives as well."

Intern Michael Reed is hop-ing this trip is just a beginningfor a future ministry in Ire-land.

"I'm excited and I can't waitto go. I've been looking forwardto it for a while," Reed said."I'm looking forward to be abledeposit something into thatcommunity. I want to reach outand make new friends at that

center, not only for myself butfor them. I want to leave alegacy behind. I want to see adifferent culture and experi-ence a different way of life andsee the impact it has on me aswell."

David knows the studentswill be changed after going onthis trip.

"They will never be thesame," he said. "That's excit-ing."

Teen Challenge is a faithbased program which helps in-dividuals with life controllingaddictions. In Dublin, Ga. TeenChallenge is an adult men's fa-cility that has been around for15 years, David said.

"Teen Challenge is a placewhere life transformation hap-pens," he said. "We've got peo-ple coming from all differentwalks of life. They come andstay with us for a year and theobject is to help them get theirlives back on track through arelationship with Jesus Christ.They go back and re-enter soci-ety and become successful.We're excited about the impactthat we are having."

For more information aboutTeen Challenge in Dublin, call(478) 984-5252, ext. 103.

"Thanks to the communityfor supporting us," David said."If anyone wants to know moreabout Teen Challenge they cancall us. We'd love to have themcome out, take a look aroundand see who we are and whatwe do."

DublinContinued from 1a

is lots and lots of free ser-vices."

Which includes computersfor education and career de-velopment use; career coun-seling and enrichment work-shops; resume developmentassistance; instructionalvideos and audio tapes; pre-screening and referral of qual-ified job applicants; on-site-employee recruitment; jobpostings; retention assistance;customized training; GoodSamaritan clothing vouchersto qualified job seekers; andcareer fairs.

The free weekly classes of-fered at the Job Connectioninclude: Introduction to JobSearch; Resume and CoverLetter Workshop; The Key toGetting an Interview; Get aJob/Keep a Job; Money Smart;and Dress for Success.

"We do all type of job train-ing," Mills said. "It's a bilin-gual facility. There will beHispanic literature and a

translator on site."In 2012, Goodwill Indus-

tries of Middle Georgia placed2,781 people into jobs and of-fered career development ser-vices to more than 15,000 in-dividuals. During the pastfive years, 9,836 people wereplaced in jobs, creating morethan $287 million in estimat-ed annual new payroll eco-nomic impact.

The Job Connection is onlypossible through support re-ceived by Goodwill from the lo-cal community. Through phil-anthropic investments, alongwith donations of clothing andhousehold items to the stores,Goodwill is able to continue toexpand its mission-based pro-grams which is to help peoplefind jobs and provide programsthat ultimately contribute toboth human and economic de-velopment.

In 2012, 18,500 householddonors in Laurens County do-nated approximately 740,000pounds of material to Good-will. The sale of these items

resulted in keeping the equiv-alent of 17 tractor trailer loadsof material out of local land-fills.

"The profits from the storegoes back into career trainingand career services for thecommunity," Mills said. "Whenyou buy in that store, it reallydoes go back into the communi-ty. If you donate your thingsthere, you are helping some-body with career services. Ifyou buy there, you are helpingsomebody in the community. Ithink it'll be a positive influ-ence. We've had the store therein Dublin for some time andnow we will be able to bringthe Job Connection there andprovide the job training andother help...Our main focus isputting people back to work.It's a really good thing. Some-times I hate it that we are asbusy as we are, but I'm glad weare able to provide the service."

For more about services atGoodwill of Middle Georgiaand the CSRA, go towww.goodwillworks.org.

GoodwillContinued from 1a

At the end of the meeting, acitizen brought up a situationhe had with a tax assessor.The commissioners said theassessors run public notices inThe Courier Herald to let peo-ple know that they are goingto be in certain areas.

"If someone pacificallywants (the tax assessors) tocontact them, all they have todo is contact the tax assessors

office and leave them a phonenumber," Rogers said. "Theywill try to do their best to ac-commodate them and set up ameeting time where they cango out and meet with them.… At this time, there is a listof about 60 people on there. Ifyou personally want to bethere, you need to contact theoffice and try to set up an ap-pointment so they can be onyour property at a time that isconvenient for them. "

Several citizens said itwould be nice to have the as-sessors knock on their doorand let them know they arethere.

At the beginning of themeeting, Gladys Baldwin, andother members and support-ers from WINGS, had aproclamation signed by chair-man Emory Lake to recognizethat April is Sexual AssaultAwareness Month.

MeetingContinued from 1a

Former Atlanta schools superintendent posts bondATLANTA (AP) — Former

Atlanta schools superinten-dent Beverly Hall was re-leased from jail after postingbond.

Hall left the Fulton Coun-ty jail just before 11 p.m.Tuesday after posting bond of$200,000. The 66-year-olddidn’t speak to reporters as

she arrived at the jail around7:30 p.m. flanked by her at-torneys. A grand jury hadrecommended a $7.5 millionbond for Hall, but that wasreduced after negotiationswith prosecutors.

Hall and 34 subordinateswere indicted Friday in thetest cheating scandal that

rocked Atlanta PublicSchools. Fulton County Dis-trict Attorney Paul Howardhad set a Tuesday deadlinefor the educators to surren-der at the jail.

All but a handful of themmet the deadline to turnthemselves in.

There are 35 educatorsnow under indictment inwhat hopefully will be thefinal chapter in the cheat-ing scandal in AtlantaPublic Schools. The indict-ments include the charge ofracketeering under RICOstatutes. This essentiallymeans that Fulton CountyDistrict Attorney PaulHoward is charging those incharge of Georgia’s capitolcity schools as running acorrupt organization.There is no rejoicing in thisfact.The tragedy of this scan-

dal is that it appears thehighest levels of Atlanta’sschool administrationappear to believe it wasmore important to project afaçade of success via fakedtest scores than it was toadmit that the system wasfailing some kids. The chil-dren who were cheated ofthe education that adminis-trators apparently decidedwas too difficult to adminis-ter won’t be able to get thattime back.But there is yet another

ancillary problem that thelegacy of this scandal will

continue to contributetoward. The failure of yetanother intown urban insti-tution will serve as a battlecry for those who wish todistance the suburbs fromAtlanta’s core.Many pieces of local leg-

islation were aimed at vari-ous was to use state legisla-tion to control excesses ofFulton County governmentduring the 2013 GeneralAssembly. DeKalb Countyhas another group of resi-dents in the northern por-tion of the county studyingthe idea of forming a newcity to change the gover-nance over much of theirpublic services.The schools in DeKalb

are facing loss of accredita-tion. The DeKalb Countygovernment is facing acriminal probe of its own.And Atlanta has a oncetouted school superinten-dent reporting to jail to postbond and pose for a highprofile perp walk. The“optics” of the situation arestark. The institutions ofthe city’s majority minoritycore are facing variouscrises of leadership.

Suburbanites looking for anexcuse to distance them-selves from the city’s corehave fresh grist for theirmill. Those in North Fultonhave long sought a divorcefrom those living in the Cityof Atlanta and those in thesouthern part of the county.Many parents stay togetherfor the good of the children.Despite “for the children”being one of the most decep-tive phrases used in poli-tics, perhaps Fulton – andthe rest of the Atlantaregion – needs to think ofthe children before making

any further plans to balka-nize.Those students caught in

the failing school systemsare part of the innocent lifethat so many of the subur-ban Republicans find uni-versally precious while stillin the womb. It is hardlyright to then condemn themfor the choices of who theirparents elect.All Georgians must

assume a seat at the tableto correct the systemicproblems we face in thisarea.There must be an

acknowledgement of a fail-ure of leadership to addressmany of the problems facedwithin the city’s core. Thisfailure should be owned byboth local leaders and thosefurther up the state’s politi-cal power structure.This is neither a black

failure nor a white one. Itis a Georgia one, and ifallowed to continue allGeorgians will suffer.Suburbanites cannot pre-tend that removing them-selves from governmententanglements with otherswithin the region will makeproblems go away.Likewise, leaders withinmunicipal power structuresmust be held accountablefor decisions made at thelocal level, as well as theconsequences of failure.In short, each side must

find a way to seek commonground and some form ofcooperative governancebased on the understandingthat a metropolitan regioncontaining half the state’spopulation will not be suc-cessful with a thriving sub-urbs and a failed povertystricken center. For with-

out a healthy core, thosesuburbs will not thrive.Despite the wishes of inde-pendence, interdependenceis the only reality that canserve as the basis for suc-cess.It is easy for suburban-

ites to point to the failingsof those in the core and saythat’s why they need to beseparated. It’s easy for theleaders within that core toblame the isolation andlack of support from themore affluent areas for fail-ure.So long as everyone is

asserting blame, there is nofoundation for success.Both sides must seekunderstanding of the other,and the need for the other’scooperation, if the Atlantaregion is to be made wholeand successful.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013/Dublin, Ga/Page 4aThe Courier Herald

This year’s GeneralAssembly session was note-worthy as much for the billsthat did not pass as for theones that did.

On the final night of thesession, as exhausted lobby-ists worked the rope lines onelast time talking to lawmak-ers, major legislation involv-ing water rights, abortion,and gun carry laws failed toreach final passage.

The biggest environmentalbattle of the session involvedthe Flint River, a majorsource of water in SouthwestGeorgia, particularly forfarmers who need the waterfor crop irrigation.

Sen. Ross Tolleson (R-Perry) introduced SB 213 toupdate the Flint Riverdrought protection act thatwas implemented more thana decade ago.

SB 213 would have allowedthe state to invest in augmen-tation projects where extrawater is pumped into under-ground aquifers that wouldlater be released back into theFlint River during a droughtperiod to increase down-stream flows.

Critics of the bill protestedthat augmentation would con-taminate the aquifers. Theyalso argued that SB 213would give the state or a pri-vate company ownership ofthe stored water and threatenthe rights of downstream res-idents by prohibiting themfrom withdrawing any ofthose augmented water flows.

There was a furious lobby-

ing effort involving businessgroups who saw the bill as away to secure more water forMetro Atlanta developers andbusinesses. Environmentalorganizations lobbied just asstrongly against it.

Shortly before midnightThursday, as the House waspreparing to wind down thesession, Speaker DavidRalston said: “We have onemore matter to consider fromthe rules calendar, a bill thathas been postponed.” Ralston,who appeared to be dead seri-ous, asked House ClerkRobbie Rivers to read SB 213,presumably as a prelude to afloor vote.

Ralston then smiled andsaid, “Just kidding.” TheFlint River was safe foranother year.

An attempt by ultraconser-vative members of theGeorgia Senate to restrictabortions was itself terminat-ed on the final day.

The Senate took a routinebill involving the GeorgiaWorld Congress CenterAuthority’s flex benefits planand amended it to prohibitthe use of state tax funds topay for abortions through theState Health Benefits Plan,which provides health insur-

ance for teachers and stateemployees.

The bill had to go back tothe House for agreement, butRalston never called it up fora vote and the bill died. Gov.Nathan Deal has indicated hemay issue an executive orderthat would prohibit the StateHealth Benefits Plan fromcovering abortion procedures.

SB 101 was a controversialmeasure to legalize the carry-ing of firearms in more publicplaces and to allow personstreated for mental illness toobtain a gun license.

The House version of SB101 would have allowedlicense holders to carryfirearms in courthouses, gov-ernment buildings, bars, col-lege campuses, K-12 schoolsand churches. This wasfavored by the state organiza-tion Georgia Carry. TheSenate passed a more cau-tious version that was sup-ported by the NRA.

Rep. Alan Powell (R-Hartwell), whose PublicSafety Committee crafted abill combining elements of theHouse and Senate gun bills,told his colleagues that thebill was dead and blamed themeasure’s defeat on theSenate leadership and the

Board of Regents.“Everybody knows that

there was one issue, and thatwas the campus carrying pro-vision,” Powell said. “We werefighting uphill; the fourthbranch of government wasfighting against us. TheBoard of Regents has beenopposed from Day One andyes, they’re the fourth branchof government.”

Chancellor Hank Huckabyand the Board of Regentsstrongly opposed the proposalto allow guns on college cam-puses. The UniversitySystem’s lobbying teamworked quietly but effectivelyto holster that particular pro-vision.

Huckaby also had the gov-ernor’s ear on the campuscarry issue as well as assis-tance from the Senate nego-tiators who kept wateringdown the campus carry provi-sion until the House gave upon getting a bill.

This is an issue that willkeep coming up in future leg-islative sessions, of course.

“When you come back nextyear, you may very well havean opportunity to deal withthis again,” Powell said inthat final speech. “I want tosay what a great session it’sbeen and all I can say is, takeyour pistol.”

(Tom Crawford is editor ofThe Georgia Report, an inter-net news service at gare-port.com that reports on gov-ernment and politics inGeorgia. He can be reached attcrawford@gareport.com.)

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A law enforcement officer pulls over a vehi-cle and asks the driver for his license and reg-istration. The officer gets the license and seesthat it has expired.

The driver tells the officer that they knew itwas expired but because of the new laws, theydon’t have the required documentation to gettheir new license.

They want to get one and had planned to getone. In the past, they would have gotten one bynow. They are waiting for their birth certificatewhich hasn’t come in yet. And, of course, peo-ple have to drive to work.

A person recently had to get a birth certifi-cate sent to them because they couldn’t findtheirs. They sent a money order to vital recordsin Atlanta almost two months before theyneeded to renew their license.

Almost two weeks before their birthday, theyhadn’t received it and called to find out aboutit. They were told that they may get it in thenext couple of weeks.

Thankfully, they got it in time and was ableto get their license renewed.

The lesson here is not to wait until the lastsecond to make sure you have everything youneed to renew your license.

Many say that all the requirements needed toget a license is too much. But that’s the lawand that’s what we have to deal with.

It’s better to go ahead and get what you need,than to be explaining it to a law enforcementofficial on the side of the road.

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ALMANACToday in HistoryBy The Associated PressToday is Wednesday, April

3, the 93rd day of 2013.There are 272 days left in theyear.On this date:In 1860, the legendary

Pony Express began carryingmail between St. Joseph,Mo., and Sacramento, Calif.(The delivery system lastedonly 18 months before givingway to the transcontinentaltelegraph.)In 1882, outlaw Jesse

James was shot to death inSt. Joseph, Mo., by RobertFord, a member of James’gang.In 1936, Bruno Haupt-

mann was electrocuted inTrenton, N.J. for the kidnap-murder of Charles Lind-bergh Jr.In 1946, Lt. Gen. Masa-

haru Homma, the Japanesecommander held responsiblefor the Bataan Death March,was executed by firing squadoutside Manila.In 1948, President Harry

S. Truman signed the Mar-shall Plan, designed to helpEuropean allies rebuild afterWorld War II and resist com-munism.In 1968, the day before he

was assassinated in Mem-phis, Tenn., civil rightsleader Martin Luther KingJr. delivered his famous“mountaintop” speech to arally of striking sanitationworkers.In 1974, deadly tornadoes

struck wide parts of theSouth and Midwest beforejumping across the border in-to Canada; more than 300 fa-talities resulted.In 1996, an Air Force jet-

liner carrying CommerceSecretary Ron Brown andAmerican business execu-tives crashed in Croatia,killing all 35 people aboard.Ten years ago: Moving

with a sense of wartime ur-gency, the House and Senate

separately agreed to givePresident George W. Bushnearly $80 billion to carryout the battle against Iraqand meet the threat of ter-rorism.Five years ago: Ohio

State defeated Massachu-setts, 92-85, for the NationalInvitation Tournament title.One year ago:Mitt Rom-

ney tightened his grip on theRepublican presidentialnomination, sweeping pri-maries in Wisconsin, Mary-land and Washington, D.C.In a speech to the annualmeeting of The AssociatedPress, President BarackObama accused Republicanleaders of becoming so radi-cal and rigid that even thelate Ronald Reagan could notwin a GOP primary if hewere running today.Today’s Birthdays:

Actor William Gaunt is 76.Actor Eric Braeden is 72. Ac-tress Marsha Mason is 71.Singer Wayne Newton is 71.Singer Billy Joe Royal is 71.Singer Tony Orlando is 69.Blues singer-guitarist JohnMooney is 58. Rock musicianMick Mars (Motley Crue) is57. Actor Alec Baldwin is 55.Actor David Hyde Pierce is54. Rock singer JohnThomas Griffith (CowboyMouth) is 53. Comedian-ac-tor EddieMurphy is 52. Rocksinger-musician Mike Ness(Social Distortion) is 51. Rocksinger Sebastian Bach is 45.Rock musician James Mac-Donough is 43. Olympic goldmedal ski racer Picabo Streetis 42.Actress Jennie Garth is41. Actor Jamie Bamber is40. Actor Adam Scott is 40.ComedianAries Spears is 38.Actress Cobie Smulders is31. Rock-pop singer LeonaLewis is 28. Actress AmandaBynes is 27.Thought for Today:

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The Savannah State Uni-versity National Alumni Associ-ation, Dublin-Laurens Chapterhas scholarship application infor-mation in each of the Dublin-Lau-rens High Schools Counselor's of-fices. The deadline to apply forthe scholarships has been extend-ed until April 12. Two $1,000scholarships will be given to de-serving individuals who has a de-sire to matriculate at SavannahState University. For more infor-mation contact Mrs. Laura K. Ir-win at 478-278-1828; Ms. LillieHobbs at 478-290-6381 or Mr.Kerry L. Smith at 478-279-5588.The Dublin South Central

Area Chapter of Albany StateUniversity has its 2013 scholar-ship application available in thecounselor’s offices at Dublin High,East Laurens, West Laurens,Johnson County and WashingtonCounty. It also has the EmoryThomas Katherine Gray WilsonScholarship available this year tostudents who are enrolled in theDublin City or Laurens CountySchool systems, and plan to at-tend Albany State. Application forboth scholarships must be post-marked by April 15, 2013.MGSC Chamber Singers,

directed by Rebecca Lanning, willpresent their spring concert at7:30 p.m. April 16, in the ArtsComplex Rehearsal Hall on theMacon Campus. Admission is freeand open to public. Bridges Family Reunion,

Pineview Community Center, GaHwy 112, Pineview Ga. (10 milesbelow Hawkinsville, Ga) April 27at 9 a.m. until. Will eat at 1 p.m.Bring covered dish. Bring any oldphotos or memories to share (wewill have table to display). Con-tact Minnie Bridges Davis, mi-ni28@cox.net 478-923-4061 orAnn Bridges Ray, anndan-ray@cox.net 478-397-1708 for de-tails.National Day of Prayer

Rally Round The Flagpole andPRAY, Dexter City Hall,May 2 atnoon, Rev. Larry Waldrep pray-ing, James and Mary Bedingfielddoing the Program, at DexterCommunity Center, Young atHeart, meal provided.

CommunityEvents

April 2013 declared ChildSupport Services MonthPictured are Mayor Phil

Best Sr. and representativesfrom the Division of ChildSupport Services during a re-cent proclamation signing de-claring April as Child Sup-port Services Month inDublin, Georgia. This yearmarks the 40th anniversaryof the passage of the ChildSupport Recovery Act by theGeorgia General Assemblywhich created the Child Sup-

port Services program in1973. In Georgia, the Divi-sion of Child Support Ser-vices strives to ensure thatthe responsibilities of bothparents to their children areupheld. These responsibili-ties include emotional and fi-nancial support that facili-tate healthy growth into pro-ductive adulthood. The Divi-sion of Child Support Ser-vices is committed to promot-

ing the health and well-beingof all children by ensuringthat non-custodial parentspay all child support on aregular and timely basis asagreed between parents orordered by the courts. Pic-tured left to right are: RobinMcleod, Carol Carswell, May-or Phil Best Sr., KatinaGreen, Laurie Brown, andSandra Jarrett. (Special Pho-to)

Katarina Hodge named to Dean’s ScholarKatarina L. Hodge was

named to the Dean’s Scholaras a result of her academicperformance during Fall se-

mester 2012. This distinctionis based on the fact that sheachieved a 4.0 GPA while tak-ing 12 or more semester

hours. Katarina is a 2010West Laurens High Schoolgraduate and student athlete(golf) at Piedmont.

Whittle named to Samfords Dean’s ListMargaret Whittle a ju-

nior nursing major fromDublin has been named tothe Dean’s List for the fallsemester at Samford Uni-

versity in Birmingham, Ala.To qualify for the honor, a

student must have earned aminimum 3.5 grade point av-erage out of possible 4.0while attempting a least 12

credit hours of coursework.The dean’s list is the highestacademic recognition givenby the school at the end ofeach semester.

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I have talked about finan-cial fitness in several of myarticles this year, so when Iread this article by MichaelRupured (Extension Con-sumer Economics Specialist& Senior Public Service Asso-ciate for the Department ofHousing and Consumer Eco-nomics College of Family andConsumer Sciences at theUniversity of Georgia) thatbreaks down the basics ofcredit reports, I knew I hadto share it with you. Pleaseread on to learn what yourcredit report contains, howlong information stays onyour report, how to challengeinformation, and the ad-dresses of the three majorcredit reporting agencies:

Your credit report:The basics

Your credit report is a col-lection of information aboutyour bill paying habits overthe last seven to ten years.Think of it as your financialidentity. Lenders and serviceproviders check your creditreport before agreeing to dobusiness with you.Negative information on

your credit report can affecthow much you pay for de-posits, insurance premiums,and finance charges. It canprevent you from getting theapartment or job you want,too. The stakes are high.Ask for a copy of your

credit report from all threecredit reporting agencies.Not all businesses reportyour information to all bu-reaus, so it is a good idea tosee what your record is witheach one. You can get yourfree credit report via"http://www.annualcreditrep

ort.com" or by calling eachagency using the numberslisted below.•Equifax, P.O. Box 105873,Atlanta, GA 30348, 800-685-1111•Experian, P.O. Box 2104,Allen, TX 75013, 888-397-3742•Trans Union, P.O. Box 390,Springfield, PA 19064, 800-888-4213

Federal law entitles you toone free credit report fromeach credit reporting agencyevery year. Georgia law letsyou get two additional freecopies of your credit reportfrom each credit reportingagency. You can write or callto request a copy of yourcredit report.Do what you can to fix any

problems. There is nothingyou can do about a late pay-ment you made last year. Ex-cept for bankruptcy, negativeinformation comes off yourcredit report after sevenyears. Bankruptcy comes offafter ten years.Paying off any old debts

makes a difference. As long asyou still owe the money, theinformation can stay on yourcredit report until the debt issettled or charged off.Mistakes are rare, but hap-

pen. Make sure the informa-tion in your credit report iscorrect. If you find inaccurateinformation on your credit re-port, ask the credit reportingagency to verify it.The Fair Credit Reporting

Act requires the credit report-ing agency to contact the com-pany that supplied the infor-mation. The company mustrespond within 30 days. If thecompany cannot verify the in-formation it reported, thecredit bureau must delete it.You should check your creditreports again within a coupleof months to see if the inaccu-rate information was indeeddeleted.If the company verifies

that the information is accu-rate, the credit bureau mustleave it on the report, where itwill stay for seven years (10for a bankruptcy). Contact thecompany directly to resolvethe issue. If you still disagreewith the information, you canask the credit bureau to inserta statement of up to 100words that explains your sideof the situation.If you would like more in-

formation on credit reports orany other family & consumerservices topics, email me atsusanm@uga.edu or call me at(478) 272-2277. Remember,you are in control of your fi-nancial future! Have a safeand healthy week.Susan L. Moore is Lau-

rens County ExtensionAgent-Family and Con-sumer Sciences with Uni-versity of Georgia Coopera-tive Extension. Her tele-phone number is 478-272-2277. Her email address issusanm@uga.edu.

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Week will be held April 1-7.This year’s campaign is ti-tled, “Public Health is ROI(return on investment),Save Lives, Save Money.”

Daily Themes:Monday, April 1: Ensuringa Safe, Healthy Home forYour Family: Health andsafety begin at home. Makeprevention a fun family tra-dition.Tuesday, April 2: Providinga Safe Environment forChildren at School: Schoolsare the perfect setting forimproving child health.Plus, children’s health is arallying point few can ig-nore.Wednesday, April 3: Creat-ing a Healthy Workplace:

Wellness and safety in theworkplace are good forhealth and good for busi-ness. Let’s make preventionwork for us.

Thursday April 4: Protect-ing you while you are on themove: Safety on the go is of-ten in our own hands, but itis also tied to community

design. Together we canturn our streets and roadsinto better health.Friday, April 5: Empower-ing a Healthy Community:Support public health ef-forts to help create healthyopportunities for all. Goodhealth is a community af-fair.Be a public health cham-

pion and join the cause.Work together with yourfriends and neighbors tobuild a healthier nationstarting at home, in theschools, in the workplace, inthe community. We needyour help. Bruce Evans,Program Manager SouthCentral Health District.

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Ms. Bell and Mr. Wiley toexchange vows July 20

Look who's getting married.Tierra Bell and Cleve Wileywill be getting married on Ju-ly 20, 2013 at William ChapelBaptist Church East Dublin,Ga. at 3 p.m. Family andfriends of the couple are invit-ed to attend this blessed daywhere we will become as one!!Mr. and Mrs. Wiley. (SpecialPhoto)

Ms. Yelverton and Mr. Wilbur toexchange vows April 13, 2013Cynthia Holley-Martin

(Johnny) of Dublin and Lin-wood Yelverton of Baltimorewould like to announce theforthcoming marriage of theirdaughter, Velvet Lynn Jas-mine Yelverton, to LarrySherome Wilbur. The bride-elect is the granddaughter ofEppie D. Norris of East,Dublin and the late MaggieSmith-Holley (Simp) of Sop-erton. The groom-elect is theson of Brenda Gillis-Wilburand Larry Wilbur of Dublin.He is the grandson of the lateIda Pearl Coney-Gillis andHenry Gillis of Dublin andthe late Bessie Pearl Balcom-Wilbur and Willie Wilbur ofDublin. The wedding isplanned for April 13 at 2 p.m.at Christ Deliverance TempleChurch. Friends and rela-tives are invited to attend.(Special Photo)

Ms. Tanner to wed Mr.Lampp April 13, 2013Mr. and Mrs. Martin Tan-

ner would like to announcethe engagement and mar-riage of their daughter TrinaMichelle Tanner to TimothyAdam Lampp son of Mr. andMrs. Donnie Lampp.Trina is the granddaugh-

ter of Mr. Grady McCranieand the late Martha Jean Mc-Cranie and Rev. and Mrs. Bu-ford Tanner Sr. Adam is thegrandson of the late Mr. andMrs. Samuel Coyis Dixon andthe late Mrs. Ethelene Han-nah and the late JamesFranklin Lampp. Ms. Tanneris a graduate of Dodge Coun-ty High School and is cur-rently employed at DodgeCounty Hospital.Mr. Lampp is a graduate of

West Laurens High Schooland Middle Georgia College.The wedding is planned for

April 13 at 4 in the afternoonat Fair Haven BaptistChurch, 4280 Fair HavenChurch Road Eastman. All

friends and relatives are in-vited to attend. No formal in-vitations will be sent out.(Special Photo)

PAJU, South Korea (AP) —North Korea on Wednesdaybarred South Korean workersfrom entering a jointly run fac-tory park just over the heavilyarmed border in the North, offi-cials in Seoul said, a day afterPyongyang announced it wouldrestart its long-shuttered pluto-nium reactor and increase pro-duction of nuclear weapons ma-terial.The move to block South Ko-

reans from going to their jobs atthe Kaesong industrial com-plex, the last remaining symbolof detente between the rivals,comes amid increasing hostilityfrom Pyongyang, which hasthreatened to stage nuclearand missile strikes on Seouland Washington and has saidthat the armistice ending the1950s Korean War is void.Seoul’s Unification Ministry

spokesman Kim Hyung-suksaid Pyongyang was allowingSouth Koreans to return homefrom Kaesong. Three workersreturned Wednesday morning;dozens more were scheduled toreturn later. But Kim saidabout 480 South Koreans whohad planned to travel to thepark Wednesday were being re-fused entry.North Korean authorities

cited recent political circum-stances on the Korean Peninsu-la when they delivered their de-cision to block South Koreanworkers from enteringKaesong, Kim said withoutelaborating.It’s the latest sign of deepen-

ing tensions on the KoreanPeninsula. North Korea saidTuesday that it will quickly be-gin “readjusting and restart-ing” the facilities at its mainNyongbyon nuclear complex,including the plutonium reac-tor and a uranium enrichmentplant. Both could produce fuelfor nuclear weapons. Analystssaw the statement as Py-ongyang’s latest attempt to ex-tract U.S. concessions by rais-ing fears of war. Experts esti-mate reactivating the reactorcould take anywhere fromthree months to a year.———US military moves on

NorthKorea aimed at deter-ring its new leader and re-assuring the SouthWASHINGTON (AP) — The

parading of U.S. air and navalpower within view of the Kore-an peninsula— first a few long-range bombers, then stealthfighters, then ships — is asmuch about psychological waras real war. The U.S. wants todiscourage North Korea’syoung leader from starting afight that could escalate to re-newed war with South Korea.Worries in Washington rose

Tuesday with North Korea’svow to increase production ofnuclear weapons materials.Secretary of State John Kerrycalled the announced plan “un-acceptable” and stressed thatthe U.S. is ready to defend itselfand its allies. But he and otherU.S. officials also sought to low-er the rhetorical temperatureby holding out the prospect ofthe North’s reversing courseand resuming nuclear negotia-tions.At a joint news conference

with visiting South KoreanForeign Minister Yun Byung-se, Kerry said the U.S. wouldproceed “thoughtfully and care-fully” and in consultation withSouth Korea, Japan, China andothers.Defense Secretary Chuck

Hagel, in a call late Tuesday toChina’s defense minister, calledthe North’s development of nu-clear weapons a “growingthreat” to the U.S. and its al-lies.Hagel, citing North Korea’s

pursuit of nuclear weapons andballistic missiles in his phoneconversation with Chang Wan-quan, said Washington andBeijing should continue to coop-erate on those problems, ac-cording to a Pentagon state-ment describing the call.———In Colorado, Obama will

press Congress to pass gunmeasures, place focus onbackground checksWASHINGTON (AP) — In

danger of losing congressionalmomentum, President BarackObama is drawing attention toColorado’s newly passed guncontrol laws as he applies pub-lic pressure on Congress to passsimilar federal measures.Obama was traveling to the

Denver suburbs Wednesday,stepping up his call for univer-sal background checks for gunbuyers as well as his demandsfor Congress to at least vote onan assault weapons ban andlimits on large-capacity ammu-nition magazines.The trip is heavy with politi-

cal symbolism. Colorado ex-panded background checks andplaced restrictions on maga-zines despite being a state witha deep-rooted hunting tradi-tion, where gun ownership is acherished right. Moreover, Oba-ma will meet with law enforce-ment officials and communityleaders at the Denver PoliceAcademy, not far from the Au-rora suburb where a gunmanlast summer killed 12 people ina movie theater. The presi-dent’s trip is occurring in thesame week that prosecutors an-nounced they would seek thedeath penalty for JamesHolmes, accused of carrying outthe Aurora rampage.With Congress due to return

toWashington after a two-weekEaster break, Obama has beenscheduling high-profile eventson gun legislation to push law-makers and sustain a drive forsome kind of action aimed atcurbing gun violence more thanthree months after the mas-sacre at a Newtown, Conn., ele-mentary school.Last week Obama called for

legislation while flanked by 21mothers who have lost childrento gun violence. “I haven’t for-gotten those kids,” he declaredthen.———SC’s Sanford, seeking to

make political comeback,faces Colbert Busch foropen House seatMOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.

(AP) — The race for a vacantSouth Carolina congressionalseat has turned into the big-name contest that politicaljunkies were hoping for.Former South Carolina Gov.

Mark Sanford, a Republicantrying to make a comeback af-ter his political career was de-railed by his admission of anextramarital affair, faces De-mocrat Elizabeth ColbertBusch, the sister of politicalsatirist Stephen Colbert, in aMay 7 special election.Sanford defeated former

Charleston County Council-man Curtis Bostic in the GOPprimary runoff Tuesday, clear-ing another hurdle in his questfor political redemption. He fin-ished first last month in a 16-

candidate field in the primaryin the state’s 1st CongressionalDistrict, which runs northeastalong the coast from HiltonHead Island throughCharleston and to the George-town County line.Colbert Busch — who once

worked inWashington as an in-tern for then-U.S. SenatorErnest “Fritz” Hollings, D-S.C.— has had a lifelong dream ofrunning for public office. Thebusinesswoman has said jobs isa top priority for her campaign.Colbert Busch has worked inthe shipping industry for yearsand is now on a leave of ab-sence from her position as thedirector of business develop-ment for Clemson University’sWind Turbine Drive TestingFacility.Last month, she easily de-

feated perennial candidate BenFrasier to win the Democraticnomination in the Republican-leaning district.———AP Essay: Cyprus shaped

his childhood, and now hewatches, dolefully, as itstrugglesNEW YORK (AP) —

Nicosia, Cyprus, 1973: Ridingwith my parents and two eldersiblings in a taxi, the kind oflarge Mercedes favored in theMiddle East. The driver ges-tures to an alley where you canjust make out people behindbarricades.“Turks,” he spits derisively.We keep quiet. We hadn’t

been brought up to think of anypeople that way. Later that day,my father tells us that thingsdon’t bode well for Cyprus, aplace we had been coming to forthree summer holidays andthat he visited frequently onbusiness over the years.A year later, war broke out.My thoughts have turned

frequently to Cyprus and itspatient, resilient people in re-cent weeks as the ruinous fi-nancial crisis that swept acrosssouthern Europe engulfs thetiny Mediterranean island. Theangry and worried faces, wait-ing in ATM lines to withdrawtheir money, were very familiarto me. Over four decades, to myfamily, the country became aconvoluted relative of sorts.———Conn. lawmakers to vote

on far-reaching gun control,other measures after New-town shootingHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) —

Responding to one of the worstcrimes in state history, Con-necticut lawmakers were ex-pected to pass a package of guncontrol and other measures, de-scribed by supporters as themost comprehensive in thecountry.Debate on the far-reaching

legislation, negotiated by De-mocratic and Republican leg-islative leaders, was expectedto begin late Wednesday morn-ing. It could last for hours. Bothgun rights advocates and guncontrol supporters are expectedto show up in large numbers.Some of the measures would

take effect right away, includ-ing expansion of the state’s as-sault weapons ban, backgroundchecks for all firearms sales,and a ban on the sale or pur-chase of ammunition maga-zines holding more than 10rounds. The bill also addressesmental health and school secu-rity measures, including $15million to help pay for schoolsecurity infrastructure up-grades.

Your News UpdatesNorth Korea bars South workersfrom entering border factory

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Dudley Little League celebrated the start ofits third season on Saturday with opening dayceremonies highlighted by a parade of teamsand their more than 200 players and 50 volun-teers at Scott Brown Field.The program initiated a softball league for

girls this season to pair with its boys baseballleague.There are 16 teams participating in baseball

and softball with three teams dedicated to soft-ball for ages 10-12 and an instructional leaguefor younger girls. The league debuted a newscoreboard purchased and installed by friendsof the league as well as a new flagpole.The scoreboard was dedicated in memory of

Tucker Slaughter, a West Laurens HIgh sopho-more baseball player who died in an all-terrainvehicle accident in February.The scoreboard was lit with his Raiders jer-

sey "5" while his father, Greg, who is a coach inthe program, threw out the first pitch of the dayto his son, Brody, who was wearing his brother'snumber on his jersey.The flagpole was donated by the Defenders

Motorcycle Club and dedicated to the memoryof Laurens County Sheriff's Deputy KyleDinkheller, who was killed in the line of duty in1998.After the ceremonies, nine teams played

their season-openers for the 12-game seasonthat will culminate in early June.

“I’m so excited about our third year ofDudley Little League,” Dudley Mayor JasonLocke said. “I just love the big family atmos-phere that we have with so many people comingtogether to volunteer their time, and so manykids benefitting from it."From the coaching to the concessions to

umpires and groundskeepers, everything yousee out here is done by volunteers. What a greatfeeling it is to know that we have such good peo-ple willing to work hard to bring Little Leagueto Dudley.”The past two seasons, Dudley's 9-10 all-stars

have won the region championship and partici-pated in the state tournament.

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ATLANTA — The Atlanta Bravesdidn’t wait long to show off their newpower game.Home runs by Freddie Freeman,

Dan Uggla and newcomer JustinUpton led the Braves to a season-opening 7-5 win over the PhiladelphiaPhillies on Monday night. The teams,off on Tuesday, will resume the seriesWednesday night.The impressive debut generated

postgame enthusiasm in Atlanta’sclubhouse, with players talking aboutthe depth of the team’s new lineup.The Braves, who added brothersJustin and B.J. Upton in the offsea-son, showed great promise by leadingall National League teams with 49

homers in spring training.The Braves hit each home run off

Phillies ace left-hander Cole Hamels.“Everything kind of fell into place

(Monday night),” said Justin Upton,who was acquired with third base-

man ChrisJohnson in aseven-p layertrade in Jan-uary whichsent Martin

Prado, pitcher Randall Delgado andthree prospects to Arizona.Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay will

face Atlanta’s Paul Maholm onWednesday night.Johnson, who reached base three

times with two hits and a walkMonday night, will platoon with Juan

Francisco at third base. Johnsonopened the game with a strong defen-sive play, charging to scoop a slowgrounder hit by Ben Revere beforethrowing out the speedy leadoff hit-ter.Johnson and Francisco face the

unenviable task of replacing Hall ofFame-bound Chipper Jones, whothrew out the first pitch in the open-er. The Braves also must replace for-mer leadoff hitter and center fielderMichael Bourn, who was not re-signed.B.J. Upton has taken over in cen-

ter field, with his brother in left andJason Heyward in right. Each of thethree has the potential to hit 20 to 30

Dudley Little League beginsthird year with 2 dedications

Dudley Mayor Jason Locke, left,introduces Greg Slaughter, center,and Brody Slaughter, who threw andcaught, respectively, the first pitchof Saturday’s opening ceremoniesfor the third season of the DudleyLittle League. The league’s newscoreboard was dedicated in thememory of Tucker Slaughter.Photo by Malisa Sanders

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The entirebasketball program at Wichita Stateruns on what Louisville coach RickPitino makes in a single year, withmoney left over to purchase plenty oftrophy cases for Final Four hardware.In an NCAA tournament driven by

longshots and upsets, the Shockers arein many ways the oddball of the season’sfinal weekend: They don’t have a big-time football program like Syracuse,Michigan or the Cardinals, and theydon’t belong to a major conference thatenjoys a weighty television contract.Instead, the Shockers run their bas-

ketball program on a budget of just $3.1

million, which accounts for everythingfrom coach Gregg Marshall’s salary to arobust recruiting budget, all of thetransportation to road games and every-thing else that comes with playingDivision I sports.Pitino, by comparison, makes $3.9

million in base salary alone.But the fiscal disparity between the

three big schools and a mid-major likeWichita State will hardly matter whenthe ball is tossed up Saturday night inthe Georgia Dome, and the Shockerstake on the Cardinals for the right toplay for the national championship.Everything is equal when the teams

step on the hardwood.“Our administration gives us wonder-

ful support,” Marshall said this week.“We fly on private planes every time weleave town. We have 10,500 fans atevery game. It’s a great place to coach.”That’s why Marshall has rebuffed

every overture to leave.The calls will undoubtedly pick up

given what the Shockers have done thisyear, but the longtime coach of Winthrophas said repeatedly that it would takethe perfect opportunity to pry him away.For one thing, he has it pretty good at

Wichita State.The school’s robust aerospace engi-

neering program, along with theNational Institute for Aviation Research

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NEWARK, N.J. — Rutgersofficials had already seen thevideo showing coach Mike Riceshoving, grabbing and throw-ing basketballs at players dur-ing practice and yelling gayslurs at them before it wasaired by ESPN on Tuesday.The school punished Rice in

December, suspending him forthree games and fining him$50,000.Now that the video has gone

viral, many — including thegovernor of New Jersey — arewondering why Rutgers letRice keep his job at all.Athletic director Tim

Pernetti said Tuesday that theschool was reconsidering itsdecision to retain the fiery 44-year-old coach.The videotape, broadcast

Tuesday on ESPN, promptedscores of outraged social mediacomments as well as sharpcriticism from Gov. ChrisChristie and Miami Heat starLeBron James. The head of theNew Jersey Assembly calledfor Rice to be fired.Pernetti was given a copy of

the video in late November bya former employee. In additionto the suspension and fine,Pernetti ordered Rice to attendanger management classes.In an interview with WFAN

Radio in New York on Tuesday,Pernetti said university presi-dent Robert Barchi also viewedthe tape last fall and agreedwith the punishment. Phonemessages left for Rice were notimmediately returned.But ESPN’s broadcast

prompted an outcry.“Governor Christie saw the

video today for the first timeand he is obviously deeply dis-turbed by the conduct dis-played and strongly condemnsthis behavior,” spokesmanMichael Drewniak said.

AP Photo

Dan Uggla acknowledges the cheers of the crowd after hit-ting one of Atlanta’s three home runs in a season-opening winagainst Philadelphia on Monday.

Braves show new lineup’s powerpotential in season-opening win

Game dayNext: Philadelphia atAtlanta,Wed., 7:10 p.m.TV: FSS

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Shockers get lots of bang for bucks

Raiders losein 8 innings;Falcons fall

Tapes airinghas RutgersreassessingRice penalty

NCAA Tournament

AP Photo

Gregg Marshall’s Wichita State basketball budget is less than the Louisville coach Rick Pitino’s salary.

See SHOCKERS page 2b

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Northside-Columbus scoredtwo runs in the top of theeighth inning Tuesday night toedge West Laurens 4-3 in aGHSA non-region game atRaiders Field.The loss dropped the

Raiders to 8-5 overall enteringtoday's 5:30 p.m. non-regiongame at Northside-WarnerRobins.Cameron Burch, the fourth

of five West pitchers, sufferedthe loss. MylesGay went thefirst three, fol-lowed by JoshBarron, whowent into the sixth inning andthen Dustin Fowler.Tyler Ammerman took over

for Burch after the first twobatters in the eighth reachedbase.The game was scoreless

through the first five inningsbefore each team scored a runin the sixth and seventhinnings.The visitors took a 1-0 lead

in the sixth on a pair of hitsbefore Fowler came on to endthe threat. Catcher Bill Leroydoubled in the bottom of theframe and Fowler broughthome his courtesy runner,Jared O'Neal with an infieldsacrifice to tie the score.Both teams parlayed errors

into runs in the seventhinning. West scored a run inthe bottom of the eighth whenFowler singled, stole secondand came home on a single byDe Thomas.That, however, was all the

Raiders could get.

Screven tops East Laurens

Screven County scored earlyand often Tuesday evening onthe way to a 7-2 victory againstvisiting East Laurens in a

PrepBaseball

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Prep scheduleTODAYBaseball

West Laurens at Northside-Warner Robins, 6 p.m.

THURSDAYBaseball

Baldwin at West Laurens,5:55 p.m.Trinity Christian in FredericaAcademy Tournament, 8p.m.

SoccerMary Persons at WestLaurens, 5:30 p.m.

GolfEmanuel County Institute atEast Laurens (Riverview), 4p.m.

TrackEast Laurens at Dublin, 4p.m.

On the airTODAY

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL2 p.m.

WGN — Kansas City at ChicagoWhite Sox

7 p.m.ESPN2 — Boston at New York

10 p.m.ESPN2 — San Francisco at L.A.

NBA7 p.m.

ESPN — New York at AtlantaNHL

7:30 p.m.NBCSN — Pittsburgh at N.Y.Rangers

PREP BASKETBALL9:30 p.m.

ESPN — McDonald’s AllAmerican Game, at Chicago

SOCCER2:30 p.m.

FSN — UEFA ChampionsLeague, quarterfinals, Dortmundat Malaga

8 p.m.FSN — UEFA ChampionsLeague quarterfinals, Galata-saray at Real Madrid (tape)

THURSDAYGOLFNoon

TGC — LPGA, Kraft NabiscoChampionship, first round

3 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour, Texas Open,first round

6 p.m.TGC — LPGA, Kraft NabiscoChampionship, first roundMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

12:30 p.m.WGN — Chicago Cubs atPittsburgh

MEN’S BASKETBALL7 p.m.

ESPN — Slam Dunk & 3-PointChampionships, at Atlanta

9 p.m.ESPN — NIT, championship,BYU-Baylor winner vs. Maryland-Iowa winner

NBA7 p.m.

TNT — Chicago at Brooklyn9:30 p.m.

TNT — San Antonio at Okla-homa City

TENNIS1 p.m.

ESPN2 — WTA, Family CircleCup, round of 16

Dudley Run/WalkChallenge set May 4

The Dudley Run/Walk Challengewill be held May 4 at NorthwestLaurens Elementary, 3330 Highway80 West.

The 8-mile run begins at 7:30a.m. with the four-mile run followingat 9:45 a.m. and the 1.1-mile at11:05 a.m.

Entry fee paid by April 26 is $15for students and $20 for others,which includes a T-shirt. Cost afteris $15 and $20 with no T-shirt. T-shirts may be purchased for $10.

Online registration is available atwww.dudleybaptist.org. Applicationsalso are availabe at The Courier-Herald and most local banks.

E-mail Tommy Thompson at run-nersforchrist@profressivetel.com.

DLCRA taking adultsoftball registration

Registration is open for teamadult softball in the Dublin-LaurensCounty Recreation Authority.

Competition will be held inMen’s Open, Co-Ed Church andCo-Ed Open divisions. Cost is $600for Men’s Open and $350 for theothers.

Call 277-5060 for Information.

Bruce Fleisher benefittournament April 22

The Pilot Club of Cochran andThe Woods Golf Course will stagethe 11th annual Bruce FleisherCharity Golf Tournament at 10 a.m.on April 22 at the Cochran layout.

Fleisher is PGA Tour profession-al currently on the Champions Tour.

Cost of the two-player scrambleis $60 per person which includesmorning coffee and pastry, lunch onthe course, cart and two mulligans.

Fleisher will hold an exhibition at9 a.m. Prizes will be awarded to thefirst three finishers in each flight.

Call (478) 934-0731 for informa-tion or to register.

Briefs

SPORTSCENENATIONAL LEAGUE

East DivisionW L Pct GB

Atlanta 1 0 1.000 —New York 1 0 1.000 —Washington 1 0 1.000 —Miami 0 1 .000 1Philadelphia 0 1 .000 1

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Chicago 1 0 1.000 —Milwaukee 1 1 .500 1/2St. Louis 1 1 .500 1/2Cincinnati 0 1 .000 1Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 1

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Arizona 1 1 .500 —Colorado 1 1 .500 —Los Angeles 1 1 .500 —San Fran 1 1 .500 —San Diego 0 1 .000 1/2

Tuesday’s GamesColorado 8, Milwaukee 4St. Louis 6, Arizona 1San Francisco 3, L.A. Dodgers 0

Wednesday’s GamesChicago Cubs (Jackson 0-0) at Pittsburgh(Rodriguez 0-0), 7:05 p.m.Miami (Slowey 0-0) at Washington(G.Gonzalez 0-0), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Wilson 0-0) at Cincinnati(Latos 0-0), 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Halladay 0-0) at Atlanta(Maholm 0-0), 7:10 p.m.San Diego (Richard 0-0) at N.Y. Mets(Harvey 0-0), 7:10 p.m.Colorado (Nicasio 0-0) at Milwaukee(Peralta 0-0), 8:10 p.m.St. Louis (Lynn 0-0) at Arizona (McCarthy0-0), 9:40 p.m.San Francisco (Lincecum 0-0) at L.A.Dodgers (Beckett 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesChicago Cubs (Wood 0-0) at Pittsburgh(McDonald 0-0), 12:35 p.m.L.A. Angels (Blanton 0-0) at Cincinnati(Arroyo 0-0), 12:35 p.m.San Diego (Stults 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Gee0-0), 1:10 p.m.Miami (LeBlanc 0-0) at Washington(Zimmermann 0-0), 4:05 p.m.Philadelphia (Lee 0-0) at Atlanta (Medlen0-0), 7:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUEEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Baltimore 1 0 1.000 —Boston 1 0 1.000 —New York 0 1 .000 1Tampa Bay 0 1 .000 1Toronto 0 1 .000 1Central Division

W L Pct GBChicago 1 0 1.000 —Cleveland 1 0 1.000 —Detroit 1 0 1.000 —Kansas City 0 1 .000 1Minnesota 0 1 .000 1West Division

W L Pct GBSeattle 2 0 1.000 —Los Angeles 1 0 1.000 1/2Houston 1 1 .500 1Texas 1 1 .500 1Oakland 0 2 .000 2

Tuesday’s GamesBaltimore 7, Tampa Bay 4Cleveland 4, Toronto 1Texas 7, Houston 0Seattle 7, Oakland 1

Wednesday’s GamesKansas City (Santana 0-0) at ChicagoWhite Sox (Peavy 0-0), 2:10 p.m.Texas (Ogando 0-0) at Houston (Humber0-0), 2:10 p.m.Detroit (Sanchez 0-0) at Minnesota(Correia 0-0), 4:10 p.m.Boston (Buchholz 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees(Kuroda 0-0), 7:05 p.m.Cleveland (Jimenez 0-0) at Toronto(Morrow 0-0), 7:07 p.m.Baltimore (Chen 0-0) at Tampa Bay(Hellickson 0-0), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (Wilson 0-0) at Cincinnati(Latos 0-0), 7:10 p.m.Seattle (Saunders 0-0) at Oakland(Milone 0-0), 10:05 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesL.A. Angels (Blanton 0-0) at Cincinnati(Arroyo 0-0), 12:35 p.m.Detroit (Porcello 0-0) at Minnesota(Pelfrey 0-0), 1:10 p.m.Kansas City (Guthrie 0-0) at ChicagoWhite Sox (Floyd 0-0), 2:10 p.m.Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 0-0) at TampaBay (R.Hernandez 0-0), 3:10 p.m.Seattle (Maurer 0-0) at Oakland (Griffin 0-0), 3:35 p.m.Boston (Dempster 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees(Pettitte 0-0), 7:05 p.m.Cleveland (Myers 0-0) at Toronto (Buehrle0-0), 7:07 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

x-New York 46 26 .639 —x-Brooklyn 42 31 .575 4 1/2Boston 38 36 .514 9Philadelphia 30 43 .411 16 1/2Toronto 27 47 .365 20

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

z-Miami 58 15 .795 —x-Atlanta 42 33 .560 17Washington 27 46 .370 31Orlando 19 56 .253 40Charlotte 17 57 .230 41 1/2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

x-Indiana 48 27 .640 —x-Chicago 40 32 .556 6 1/2Milwaukee 36 37 .493 11Detroit 25 50 .333 23Cleveland 22 51 .301 25

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest DivisionW L Pct GB

x-San Ant. 55 19 .743 —x-Memphis 50 24 .676 5Houston 41 33 .554 14Dallas 36 37 .493 18 1/2New Orl. 26 48 .351 29

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

x-Okla. City 54 20 .730 —x-Denver 50 24 .676 4Utah 39 36 .520 15 1/2Portland 33 41 .446 21Minnesota 27 46 .370 26 1/2

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

x-L.A. Clips 49 26 .653 —Golden St. 42 32 .568 6 1/2L.A. Lakers 38 36 .514 10 1/2Sacramento 27 47 .365 21 1/2Phoenix 23 51 .311 25 1/2

x-clinched playoff spotz-clinched conference

Tuesday’s GamesWashington 90, Chicago 86New York 102, Miami 90L.A. Lakers 101, Dallas 81

Wednesday’s GamesBrooklyn at Cleveland, 7 p.m.New York at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m.Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Denver at Utah, 9 p.m.Memphis at Portland, 10 p.m.Houston at Sacramento, 10 p.m.New Orleans at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesChicago at Brooklyn, 7 p.m.Dallas at Denver, 9 p.m.San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s GamesFlorida 3, Tampa Bay 2, SOBoston 3, Ottawa 2N.Y. Islanders 5, Winnipeg 2Washington 5, Carolina 3Buffalo 4, Pittsburgh 1Nashville 3, Colorado 1Phoenix 3, Los Angeles 1

Wednesday’s gamesPittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.Montreal at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m.Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m.Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesNew Jersey at Boston, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7 p.m.Winnipeg at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m.Edmonton at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m.Minnesota at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPFINAL FOUR

At The Georgia DomeAtlanta

National SemifinalsSaturday

Louisville (33-5) vs. Wichita State (30-8),6 p.m.Michigan (30-7) vs. Syracuse (30-9), 8:30p.m.

National ChampionshipMonday

Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

NITAt Madison Square Garden

New YorkSemifinalsTuesday

Baylor 76, BYU 70Iowa 71, Maryland 60

ChampionshipThursday

Baylor (22-14) vs. Iowa (25-12), 9 p.m.

NCAA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPOKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL

Regional SemifinalsOklahoma City

SundayTennessee 74, Oklahoma 59Louisville 82, Baylor 81

TuesdayRegional Championship

Louisville 86, Tennessee 78SPOKANE REGIONALRegional SemifinalsSpokane, Wash.

SaturdayGeorgia 61, Stanford 59California 73, LSU 63

Regional ChampionshipMonday

California 65, Georgia 62, OTNORFOLK REGIONALRegional Semifinals

Norfolk, Va.Sunday

Notre Dame 93, Kansas 63Duke 53, Nebraska 45

Regional ChampionshipTuesday

Notre Dame 87, Duke 76BRIDGEPORT REGIONALRegional SemifinalsBridgeport, Conn.

SaturdayKentucky 69, Delaware 62Connecticut 76, Maryland 50

Regional ChampionshipMonday

Connecticut 83, Kentucky 53FINAL FOUR

At New Orleans ArenaSunday

Louisville (28-8) vs. California (32-3),5:30 p.m.Notre Dame (35-1) vs. Connecticut (33-4), 8 p.m.

National ChampionshipTuesday, April 9

Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.

MIDDLE SCHOOLGIRLS

West Laurens 5, Bleckley County 0Singles: Caroline Culpepper, Wynne

Bracewell, Gracie Drew Johnson won.Doubles: Kayley Perry-Yagni Patel,

Camille Cook-Disha Patel, Hannah Wo-ods-Madison Sawyer won.

BOYSBleckley County 4, West Laurens 1Singles: Shiv Patel won.Next match: Monday vs. Toombs

County at home.

DUBLIN-LAURENS RECREATIONMonday’s games

BaseballBantam: Diamondbacks 11, Red Sox

8; Rangers 8, Cardinals 6.Mite pitching machine: Rangers 7,

Braves 1; Red Sox 5, A’s 4.Mite live pitch: Braves 2, Blue Jays

0; White Sox 6, Rangers 4.Midget: Braves 5, A’s 2; Dodgers 3,

Angels 2.

SoftballBantam: Rangers 6, Giants 1; Marlins

7, Angels 6.Mite: Braves 18, Angels 3, Royals 11,

Yankees 9.Midget: Braves 8, Rangers 7.

NASCAR SPRINT CUPPoints

1, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 199. 2, Brad Ke-selowski, 187. 3, Jimmie Johnson, 183. 4,Carl Edwards, 164. 5, Greg Biffle, 164. 6,Kyle Busch, 163. 7, Kasey Kahne, 159. 8,Paul Menard, 154. 9, Joey Logano, 146.10, Denny Hamlin, 145. 11, Matt Kenseth,141. 12, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 139. 13,Kurt Busch, 137. 14, Clint Bowyer, 137.15, Kevin Harvick, 130. 16, Jamie Mc-Murray, 125. 17, Aric Almirola, 125. 18,Jeff Gordon, 123. 19, Martin Truex Jr.,122. 20, Ryan Newman, 121.

Money1, Jimmie Johnson, $2,235,174. 2, DaleEarnhardt Jr., $1,747,304. 3, Brad Ke-selowski, $1,442,559. 4, Matt Kenseth,$1,404,345. 5, Kyle Busch, $1,267,467.

NBA

NHL

College basketball

Major leagues

Auto racing

Prep tennis

Youth sports

Raiders basketball honorees

Submitted Photo

The following boys received awards at the annual West Laurens basketball banquet lastweek. From left, Dre Kinchen (Raider award, highest GPA), Brandon Hines (hustle award),Montavious Whitfield (JV hustle award), Garell Quainton (3-point award), DeAngelo Wilcher(MVP), Justin Smith (best defense), D’Eric Hester (sixth man), Greg Covin (JV Raideraward), Trey Mason (JV best offense), Ramel Mason (hustle award).

Courier Herald Reports

Dublin-41 Speedway pres-ent "Dodge County Night atthe Races" on Saturday, spon-sored by Shorty's Quik StopConvenience Stores/Shorty'sCar Washes of Eastman.Persons may register at any

Shorty's Quik Stops inEastman for free tickets to thisevent through Thursday.Drawing for the tickets will

be Friday."This will be the first of it's

kind at the Speedway,” mediarelations director Willis Wom-

bles said. “Shorty Bearden hasbeen a stock car racing friendto many people through theyears, and we’re excited abouthim assisting us in a salute toDodge County citizens for theirsupport through the years.Races will be held in all

divisions: Pitts Toyota ScionLate Models, Georgia Sports

Arena Super Street, VidaliaAuto Salvage Pure Stock,Bombers & 440's.Gates will open at 5 p.m.

with racing at 7 p.m. Admis-sion is $10 for adults and $5for youths in the grandstandand $25/$10 in the pits.Call 478 697-1223 or 912

690-2599 for information.

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3rd Annual L.O.F.T.Golf TournamentSponsored by Communities in Schools of Laurens County, Inc. & Walmart Supercenter, Georgia Power & The Courier Herald

Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013, 8:30 A.M.Place: Dublin Country Club

689 Country Club Rd., Dublin

Entry Fee: US $50.00 per person (includes: green fees, range balls, cart, and meal after tournament)

Four Person Team: Each team will consist of 4 players. If you do not enter a team list on the entry form, then you will be placed with others to create a team.

Procedure: Men will play from the white tees; women from the red tees. Each team member will tee off and the captain will determine the ball with the best position; all team members will play their second shot from that point. Repeat the procedure until the ball is holed out.

Handicap: To assure the teams are evenly matched, it is imperative that you submit your approximate score for eighteen holes. Full refund, less administrative charges, in the vent the golf course is deemed unplayable.

Payment should be made payable to Communities In Schools and remitted no later than April 19, 2013 to:

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Payment/event contact: Jackie Pittman Curtisjackie.curtis@dublincityschools.us / 478-277-4528

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homers with 20 or more stolenbases.Freeman led the team with

seven homers in spring train-ing, and his two-run shot in thefirst inning set the paceMonday night. Uggla added asecond-inning homer into theleft-field seats.A strong start for Uggla is

especially important. He hitonly .220 with 19 homers in2012, ending a streak of fivestraight seasons with morethan 30 homers. Uggla, whohit only .200 in spring training,knows a slow start this seasonwill raise more concerns. Hewalked and scored two runswhile hitting sixth.“You always want to get off

to a good start,” he said. “I’msure everybody wanted to seeme hit .350 in spring training.This is only one game, though.I feel great.”Uggla and the two Uptons

each struck out more than 150times last season, so the newthird-base platoon has thepotential to add not onlyhomers but strikeouts.“I think these guys, includ-

ing myself, we’re still learning,we’re still competing to get bet-ter and cut down on strikeoutsbut we’ve got a lot of power,”Uggla said.Freeman hit fourth, the spot

manager Fredi Gonzalez couldeventually give to catcherBrian McCann, who is recover-ing from shoulder surgery.McCann could come off the dis-abled list by the end of April,but by then Gonzalez mighthave difficulty removingFreeman from the cleanupspot.Gonzalez said Braves hit-

ting coach Greg Walkerbelieves the 23-year-oldFreeman “is the best younghitter he’s ever worked with.”

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right on campus, meansMarshall has plenty of privateplanes at his disposal — no fly-ing in coach for this mid-majorteam. And that extends torecruiting, where Marshall’sable to cover more ground thanmost coaches by dictatingwhen and where wheels go up.“They’re kind of like sports

cars, instead of a school bus.They’re more like Ferraris andJaguars. They go pretty fast,”Marshall said, joking about thefleet of private planes.“That is a great benefit,” he

said. “Our players don’t under-stand how good they have it, togo from bus to private plane tobus and in a couple hours be inour hotel.”Then there’s the fact that

the Shockers no longer have afootball team — it was dis-banded in the mid-1980s. Themoney that the Missouri Valleyschool once funneled into a los-ing program has, for the betterpart of 30 years, been directedtoward the more successfulbasketball team.“I think for schools within

our conference, obviously foot-ball isn’t a moneymaker forthem,” said Rege Klitzke,Wichita State’s senior associ-ate athletic director for busi-ness operations. “If you com-pare ourselves to fellow confer-ence schools, not having foot-ball is a big advantage.”It’s also one of the reasons

the school has been able toreward Marshall handsomely.The coach signed a seven-

year extension in 2011 thatpushed his base salary to$900,000 and his total compen-sation to more than $1 milliona year. And while it’s far shortof what Pitino is making atLouisville, Marshall has achance to bolster his bankaccount with a number of

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GHSA Region 3AA game.The Gamecocks scored a run

in the second, two in the thirdand three in the fourth to cruseto the win. Screven finished offthe day with a run in the sixth.East got both its runs in the

second inning on a hit by BlakeToney, who finished 2-for-3with a double. Starting pitcherTanner Free went 2-for-4.The Falcons, playing with-

out their normal catcher andthird baseman, had only thehits from Toney and Free, suf-fered a dozen strikeouts andcommitted four errors.Coty Graham suffered the

loss in relief of Free, who leftafter getting an out in the thirdinning. Graham finished upthe inning before giving way toJosh Lampp.East Laurens entertains

Harlem in another regiongame on Friday at 6 p.m.

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Braves NCAA

Prep

incentives. He’s already earnedan additional $380,000 formaking the Final Four, andcan pick up another $36,000 bymaking the title game and$200,000 for winning theschool’s first national title.“We have a great basketball

program. We have tradition,we have history,” Marshallsaid. “It’s been a lot of greatplayers, tremendous fan base.Tremendous support. Theadministration loves it. Wedon’t have football — theydon’t want football. They wantus to be the best we can be.”So far, the Shockers have

been as good as anybody.They’ve already won a

school-record 30 games, andreached their first Final Foursince the 1965 season.

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If you need someone to sit withthe elderly please call 478-279-3925. References available.

040 YARD SALESAnother sale at 605 Northside Dr.,East Dublin. Fri. & Sat. 7a-until.Tools furn., w/d, freezer, etc.You don’t want to miss this one!.Sat. April 6 - 713 Cardinal Dr. 7a-un-til. Large yard sale. Nice furniture,paintings, home accessories, lamps,Christmas deco., clothes, etc.

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310 GENERALHELP WANTED

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320 MEDICALHELP WANTED

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apply at Wrightsville Manor NursingHome, 337 West Court St.,

Wrightsville, GA 31096

L.P.N. / Administrator NEEDEDAdministrative Position Available IM-MEDIATELY. Assisted Living facilityin Laurens County Area is seeking tofill an Administrators Position. Medi-cal and/or Management ExperiencePREFFERED but not required. Appli-cants should send Resume’ ViaEmail Fax or Regular Mail AND SAL-ARY REQUIREMENTS to:helpwantedad1@hotmail.com Or toP.O. Box 2023, Butler, GA 31006, orfax to 478-862-9639ABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALLS!!

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VEHICLES FOR SALE

505 USED CARSAND MOTORS

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Be anxious for nothing, but ineverything, by prayer andsupplication with thanksgiving, letyour requests be made known untoGod. And the peace of God, whichpasseth all understanding, shallkeep your hearts and mindsthrough Christ Jesus.

-Philippians 4:6,7

"Beauty in things exists in the mindwhich contemplates them."

David Hume

By JESSE WASHINGTONAP National WriterShain Gandee died doing

precisely whatmade him the starof MTV’s “BUCKWILD” realityshow: tearing through mudholesin his truck, taking chances mostothers wouldn’t, living free andreckless.

MTV has not said whethercameras were rolling the nightGandee, his uncle and a friendleft a bar at 3 a.m. to go“muddin’.” But the line betweentelevision and real life blurred inone fatal moment when Gandee’svehicle got stuck in a deepmudpit. He and two passengerswere found dead of carbonmonoxide poisoning.

Was Gandee living for thecameras that night, or forhimself? Did his on-camera life,and the rewards it brought him,make him more reckless whenthe camera lightswere off?

And how does the audience fitinto this picture, the 3 millionweekly viewers who made“BUCKWILD” a hit, plus themany millions more who havemade shows from “Jersey Shore”to “Dancing With the Stars” to“Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” aliving, breathing part of ourculture? How has reality TVshaped perceptions of real life —and of our own lives?

Everywhere you look thesedays, the lines blur.

Evan Ross Katz is a fan of“BUCKWILD,” which followed agroup of self-described rednecks’“wild and crazy behavior” in ruralWest Virginia. Katz watchesabout a dozen reality shows forhis work as a freelance popculture commentator, and he says

Gandee felt more real than otherstars.

“I want to believe that washim in real life,” Katz says.“Sometimes you just get thisimpression. I really do believe youcan tell when people are beinggenuine or not on these shows.”

“I found him to be strangelygenuine, by far the most genuineof the group. Some of themwanted to pour it down yourthroat, like, ‘We’re the wildestkids in West Virginia.’ I don’tthink he showed any sort ofagenda to prove he lived thisdifferent life. I just think heorganically did.”

Katz, 23, is roughly the sameage as the modern reality TVgenre, which MTV is creditedwith launching in 1992with “TheReal World.” Like many otherviewers, he knows that realitytelevision is carefully shaped byproducers looking for storylinesand conflicts. He watchesironically, sometimescondescendingly — “look at theirstupid life, they’re stupid” — andtakes it all inwith a grain of salt.

Yet still he is drawn to thepersonalities and the dramas,especially the combative womenon “TheRealHousewives” series.

“I never expected to becomeinvested in them the way I do,”Katz says.

“Housewives” fights mayaffect the way he deals withdrama in his own life: “Whensomeone takes a small situationover the top, it’s the worst. Youfeel like you’re on one of theseshows. But if two of my friendsget into a huge fight in front ofme, I let it go for a little whilebefore I jump in.”

“Is that a byproduct of realitytelevision? Probably,” Katz said.

Then there is anotherbyproduct of reality-TV culture:the compulsion, enabled by socialmedia, to broadcast everythingabout yourself.

Who needs a TV show whenyou can Instagram thathamburger, YouTube that rollercoaster, tweet about the twit whojust cut in line? Then comes thefeeling of validation from every“like” and click and retweet — afulfillment of the basic humanneed for attention.

Some have a deeper thirst —for fame. Their every post is onemore chance to go viral, to reachthe promised land of recognition:television.

“People misbehaving isnothing new,” says Tyler Barnett,owner of a public relationscompany in Beverly Hills and aformer cast member on severalreality shows.

“What’s new is the ability tomisbehave to a global audiencealmost instantly,” he says. “Thisis very encouraging to people tokeep doing outrageous things.People can share so easily, it upsthe ante on what’s consideredoutrageous.”

Barnett has tasted realityfame as a cast member on “PartyMonsters Cabo.” He found itaddicting.

“After being on camera for amonth straight, almost 24 hoursa day, when I got home I felt verydepressed. And I’m not adepressed person,” Barnett says.“I had so much attention, andthat felt good. When I was pulledout of that situation, it felt verylow.”

TV or reality? Lines blurafter death of show star

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Make your home environment moreconducive to what you like to do per-sonally and professionally. Having aspace that encourages you to developideas will also enhance your relation-ships with others. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19): Difficulties while traveling or deal-ing with friends, peers or people in yourcommunity can be expected. Don’t letconfusion set in based on someone’sunpredictability. Set your course andstick to it regardless of what others door say. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18): Spend time improving your person-al situation. Rely on old friends andreaddress plans you shelved or didn’thave time to pursue. Getting together

with people you lost touch with will giveyou a new lease on life. Embracechange and romance. 3 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Assist people you feel have somethingto offer in return. You can stabilize yourfinancial future if you take precautionsnow with regard to investments andcontracts. Negotiate your position witha long-term mentality instead of instantgratification and you will benefit. 4 stars

Birthday Baby: You arecharming, outgoing, sensitive and ableto see possibilities others cannot.

Eugenia’s website — euge-nialast.com, Eugenia’s android app @http://bit.ly/exhoro and join Eugenia ontwitter/facebook/linkedin.

Theatre DublinPresents

ForTheatre booking and Information,call

Main StreetDublin at478-277-5074

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY:Cobie Smulders, 31; Adam Scott, 40;Eddie Murphy, 52; Alec Baldwin, 55

Happy Birthday: Don’t limitwhat you can do. Work quietly on yourown to avoid interference from others.Separate your personal and profession-al lives to avoid getting involved in gos-sip. Explore avenues that will enhanceyour knowledge and your experience.Give old ideas a new twist and you willhave something worth promoting. Don’tbe afraid to alter your course. Yournumbers are 5, 13, 18, 20, 27, 34, 48.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Don’t give in to poor behavior. Do yourbest, but don’t compensate for some-one else’s shortcomings. You may needto make personal or professionalchanges to avoid being taken advan-tage of or treated poorly. Put yourneeds first. 2 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Take an interest in what others are do-ing and pitch in and help. Taking partwill bring you an opportunity to useyour skills in a unique way. Don’t allowa secret to stunt your personal or pro-fessional growth. 5 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Financial assistance will be limited, butputting your plans into motion and con-necting with people who can pave theway to your success is likely if you net-work and set up meetings. Love willflourish, but overspending will lead toemotional problems. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22):Go over every last detail carefully. Therewill be no room for error. Emotions willbe difficult to control, and taking a seri-ous approach to any relationships youare involved in personally or profession-ally will be necessary. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Wel-come any challenge that allows you toshow off your skills, talent or expertise.A lifestyle change will perk you up andexpand the possibilities for futurefriendships. Love is in the stars, butjealousy can hinder the outcome. 3stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Gravitate toward serious-minded peo-ple with similar goals. Shy away fromunstable investments or unpredictableindividuals trying to sell you somethingenticing but not necessary. Collaboratewith trusted colleagues or personalpartners. Take good care of your health.5 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Look at the big picture and expand yourinterests. Connect with people whohave knowledge or skills you would liketo learn. Partnerships appear unstable,and a power struggle must be handleddiplomatically. 2 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Listen to what’s being revealed. Yourability to read between the lines willhelp you make good personal choices.A creative challenge must be embracedand dealt with passionately and withenthusiasm. An emotional matter must-n’t be treated impulsively. 4 stars

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