Today’s artist: RandyFuqua, fourth grade,

Ethel KightMagnet School.

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LaGrange Daily NewsTroup and LaGrange soccer teams mix it up. Page 1B

Columnist Pep-per Ellis Hage-bak recounts atale about aposh riding sta-ble, a youngcowpoke-typeand a black pan-ther.

Opinion

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In its 75-year history, Diverse Power has grown from a one-lineman operation preparing to construct 74 miles of line to an estab-lished cooperative with 30 linemen maintaining 3,334 miles of power line. Keeping electricity flowing to West Georgia residentsare, from left, front, Dwayne Perdue, Joey Webb, Brad Stephens, Michael Kitchens, Larry Hall, Shaun Foster, Steve Rhode,Brent Bailey, Shannon Anthony, Rick Floyd, Bubba Allen, Randy Lynch and Kirk King. Four men at middle left, clockwise frombottom left: Jonathon Turvin, Mike Hammond, Ellis Camp and Matt Phillips. Front bumper: Joseph Doss. Back row: Shawn Bai-ley, Michael Johnston, Troy Reeves, Matthew Costley, Lee Bridges, Brannon Horne, Dennis Harrison, John Walker, Ben Bowles,Bret Rayburn and Ted Chapman. Not present is John Andrews.

Diverse Power prepares to celebrate

Powering Troup for 75 yearsBy Jackie KennedyWhen Diverse Power first ran

power lines across area farmlandin the late 1930s, the electriccooperative was doing more thanstarting a new business: It wasbringing electricity to local farmfamilies for the first time.At its annual meeting May 11,

Diverse Power celebrates its 75thanniversary. Held at co-op head-quarters at 1400 S. Davis Road,the annual meeting will drawtogether employees, directorsand consumer-members to remi-nisce about the co-op, which nowprovides electricity to about23,000 members in Troup, Har-

ris, Meri-wether, Heard,Muscogee andCoweta coun-

ties in Georgia and ChambersCounty, Ala.It’s come a long way since July

10, 1936, when the cooperativewas formed as Troup CountyRural Electrification Corp. withseven men – its board of directors– as its total membership. Littlemore than a year earlier, Presi-dent Franklin D. Roosevelt hadestablished the Rural Electrifica-tion Administration, providingpotential to power rural homes inwest central Georgia with theelectricity that for so long hadeluded them. One of the co-op’soriginal directors, Owens R. Cau-dle of Mountville, wrote of hisfirst encounter with the presidentin a 1969 history of the co-op,then named Troup County EMC.Caudle recalled it was the mid-

to late 1920s and he and friendswere sitting in front of hisMountville drugstore when they

saw a Model A Ford top the hill.Oddly, a wheelchair was strappedto it.

“It came to a stop in front of mystore, and the driver asked if hecould get a Coca-Cola,” Caudle

wrote. “He said he was Rooseveltfrom Warm Springs and wascoming from LaGrange, wherehe had addressed a civic club.”Roosevelt first visited Georgia

in 1924 seeking relief from polioand befriended local residentsyears before he was elected pres-ident.While FDR sipped his cola, one

of the men noticed a tire goingflat on the Model A. As the storeowner and friends worked torepair it, FDR “noticed we werepumping the tire with a handpump and asked if we had evertried to get electricity,” Caudlerecalled.The men answered, “No,” and

FDR suggested they visit Geor-gia Power in Manchester. Whenthey did, the private power com-pany agreed to run lines but at acost the country people could notafford. According to Caudle’s rec-ollections, the private utilityrequired that 35 families pay formaterials and line construction,plus $5 per month for service.Considering the utility’s estima-tion that the project would cost$2,000 per mile of line, it wassimply more than the local farm-ers could pay in the years lead-ing up to and during the GreatDepression.

REA leads to local co-opWhen Roosevelt created the

REA in 1935, only 10 percent ofAmerican farms had electricity.While nearby cities and townshad indoor lights and other con-veniences powered by electricity,people living beyond the city lim-

By Natalie SheltonAssociate editor

For seven years, authorJackie Kennedy hassearched out the peoplewho comprise DiversePower’s rich 75-year his-tory and brought their sto-ries to life in her newbook, “Diverse Power:From Light Bulbs to Lap-tops, Building the ElectricCo-op.”The 240-page coffee-

table hardback volumetells the stories of the ruralelectric pioneers whochanged life forever whenthey brought electricity torural Troup County in thesummer of 1937. On alarger scale, it conveys thecrucial role the DiversePower electric cooperativehas played in shaping the

local community.Diverse Power, former-

ly Troup County RuralElectrification Corp., com-missioned Kennedy towrite the book for its 75thanniversary celebration,which is May 11 at the co-op’s annual meeting formembers. All DiversePower customers mayattend the free event at thecompany’s headquartersin 1400 S. Davis Road.Registration is at 11 a.m.,and the business meetingis at 2 p.m.Food, music and fun will

be the order of the day, asit has been at the annualmeeting for three-fourthsof a century. And as athank-you to its cus-

Val Pruitt went to work for then-Troup County EMC in 1946 andhelped build the local electric cooperative. He will be amongretirees who celebrate Diverse Power’s 75th anniversary at theMay 11 annual meeting.

Author shares Diverse Power history

Wayne Livingston, president and CEO of Diverse Power, and author JackieKennedy review proofs of her new book, ‘Diverse Power: From Light Bulbs toLaptops, Building the Electric Co-op.’ The hardcover book will be availablefor free to Diverse Power customers who attend the electric cooperative’s75th anniversary celebration May 11.

Linemen in early dayswere ‘unsung heroes’

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eral to be killedin the Civil Wardied in whatbattle?

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Gov. NathanDeal says he’llsign a toughimmigration lawrecently passedby the legislaturethat includes ele-ments similar toa contentiouslaw enacted inArizona lastyear.PAGE 8

State

By Natalie SheltonAssociate editor

The Troup CountyCommission is seekingpublic input on a newlyproposed ordinance thatwould more clearly definethe parameters of owningman’s best friend.At its Friday work ses-

sion, commission mem-bers discussed the 10-page animal control ordi-nance, which has beendesigned to amend andrevise certain provisionsof the current code relat-ing to animal control inthe unincorporated partsof the county.The new ordinance

more clearly defines if ananimal would be consid-ered aggressive orvicious, whether it is anuisance to others, whatthe parameters are forrestraining an animal andhow to address a situationin which an animal is pro-voked to undesirablebehavior.Situations have risen

recently with neighborsand a dog owner who has“brought national barkingchampion coonhoundsinto a residential area,”County Manager MikeDobbs said.The dog owner has told

commissioners that hisneighbors have provokedthe dogs and then record-ed the dogs’ barking thatensued so they couldhave evidence of theirbarking, he said.A new section to the

ordinance requires a vac-

cination tag to beattached to animals whenthey are off their owners’premises.Other parts of the ordi-

nance say “no aggressive,vicious or potentiallyaggressive or vicious ani-mal shall be chained,tethered or otherwise tiedwhile unattended by theowner or custodian to anyinanimate object such asa tree, post, or buildingoutside of its primaryenclosure.”Another new stipula-

tion says that if a personis cited for a violationconcerning an animalthat is aggressive, viciousor potentially aggressiveor vicious, that animalwould have to be regis-tered with the AnimalControl Department. Theowner then would have topay $500 annually to keepthe animal.“Animal control officers

have to deal with a lot ofgray areas, and we hopethat this ordinance wouldhelp them in addition todog owners and neigh-bors,” Dobbs said.Resident William Skip-

per told the commissionthat it took him and fel-low neighbors 2.5 yearsto resolve a barking prob-lem in his neighborhood.He said he initially begantrying to rectify the prob-lem when an 80-year-oldneighbor asked for helpbecause he couldn’t sit inthe back yard with hiswife and enjoy a conver-sation because of a neigh-

bor’s barking dogs.“The sad part is, the

gentlemen died withoutgetting any peace,” hesaid. “It should be simple.If you own a dog and thatdog is barking acrossproperty lines and both-ers another person, youare violating their rights.”Skipper said many

neighbors don’t confrontowners of troublesomedogs for fear of repercus-sions. He suggestedallowing communitymembers to make ananonymous phone call,similar to the way CrimeStoppers is handled.Rather than vote on the

ordinance at the commis-sion’s April 19 meeting,

commission membersagreed to seek publiccomment for 30 days.Comments may be sent toValerie West atvwest@troup.org or com-mission@troup.org. Let-ters may be sent to West’sattention, Troup CountyCommission, 100 RidleyAve., LaGrange, GA30240.In another matter, the

commission is expectedto vote Tuesday on a$44,000 airport budgetamendment for airporthangars.Assistant County Man-

ager Tod Tentler saidsome people were con-cerned about airport over-head and said several

positions have been cut,including one full-timeand two part-time slots,and a lineman andadministrative assistant’shours have been cut from40 to 37.5 a week.The budget amend-

ment would move theexpenditure from one lineitem to another, frombeing specified for the air-port runway to capital. Hesaid the authority has saidit then could reduce theamount it needs annuallyfrom the county from$222,750 to $190,000 infiscal year 2012, thendown to $147,375 in fiscalyear 2013 and then to

By Natalie SheltonAssociate editor

The retired president ofthe Ritz-Carlton HotelGroup has launched hisown line of hotels, oneswhere even the busboy isempowered to make on-the-spot decisions worthup to $2,000 for cus-tomers.At a LaGrange College

business and communityluncheon at Del’avant onFriday, Horst Schulze –now founder, presidentand CEO of worldwideCapella Hotels & Resorts– shared his passion forserving his customerswhatever they want,whenever they want.He said creating that

companywide culturerequires a key ingredient:leadership.And he’s quick to point

out, management is far,far different from leader-ship.“Management forces

things to happen,” saidSchulze, recognized as“corporate hotelier of theworld” by Hotels maga-zine in 1991. “Leadershipcreates an environmentwhere everyone wants tobe excellent, where every-one wants to do exactlywhat the company wantsthem to do.”Schulze said leadership

creates a clear missionand dream for a compa-ny.

“It creates a placewhere people don’t go towork to work,” he said.“They go to accomplish adream. … Why wouldanyone go to work just towork? Students, don’t dothat. It’s nuts.”Schulze served as vice

chairman of the Ritz-Carl-ton Hotel Co. from 2001to 2002 after serving aspresident and chief oper-ating officer of The Ritz-Carlton Group since1988. He joined the com-pany in 1983 as a chartermember and vice presi-dent for operations.Under his leadership,Ritz-Carlton was award-ed the Malcolm BaldridgeNational Quality Award in1992 and 1999, the firstand only hotel company

to win even one suchaward.When Schulze retired

from Ritz-Carlton on aFriday, he told his wifethe following Monday, “Iwant to do it again.”“Some people retire

and play golf. I wanted toplay hotel,” he told theaudience of about 250trustees, business leadersand community mem-bers.”He excels at “playing

hotel,” having spent nineyears with Hyatt HotelsCorp. before joining Ritz-Carlton. He also hasworked for Hilton Hotels.In 1999, Johnson & WalesUniversity recognizedhim with an honorarydoctor of business admin-istration degree in hospi-

tality management.As the head of Capella

Hotels & Resorts, he saidhe’s confident that hisbrand will be the leaderin luxury hotels in threeto four years.Of course, he knows he

can’t be onsite in Bali,China, Austria, Switzer-land and all the countrieswhere the hotels arelocated, but he has a sure-fire way to making sureall his customers are sat-isfied, and it’s not throughmanagement edictsthrough e-mails andmemorandums.“We don’t have a hiring

process; we have a selec-tion process to see ifemployees fit into ourorganization,” he said. Inthe orientation process,employees “don’t come towork for us. They joinus.”Employees then are

taught company process-es, and those processesare sustained throughrepetition of the compa-ny’s mission, values anddreams.Schulze said at Ritz-

Carlton, he and fellowleaders constantly stud-ied their loyal customersand applied processesbased on what made cus-tomers happy and causedthem to return.“We didn’t apply

processes to our ideas,but we applied them to

customers’ ideas,” hesaid.Now at Capella, he and

others study the guests offive-star hotels – the oneswho stay in the roomsthat cost $800 to $2,000nightly.“We want those cus-

tomers to be ours,” hesaid.He said at Capella, the

hotel calls each guestbefore they arrive andasks what they want dur-ing their stay.“Our customers may

say, ‘I’m arriving in NewYork at 7 a.m. for a 9 a.m.meeting, and I don’t wantto check in at 3 p.m. Idon’t want it your way; Iwant it my way,” he said.“And we do what theywant.He recalled a story

where a husband lost hiswedding ring on a sandybeach during his honey-moon.“Without anyone ask-

ing them, four employeestook four metal detectorsout there and put it on hispillow,” he said. “Theymoved heaven and earth,which is what we do. Thevalue of our customergoing away and tellingthat story to others isimmeasurable.”

Natalie Shelton can bereached at nshelton@lagrangenews.com or(706) 884-7311, Ext. 229.

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RainfallIn downtown LaGrange

24 Hrs traceMonth 1.65

Year to date 11.70

Eula Mae HarrisonMrs. Eula Mae Harri-

son, residing at 1288County Road 288, FivePoints, Alabama, passedaway at her residence, onSaturday, April 9, 2011.Funeral services for

Mrs. Harrison will betoday at the WehadkeeBaptist Church, 572 OldSchool Road, Abbotsford,Georgia, with ReverendOtis Wilson, Pastor, Rev-erend Arthur McFarlin,Eulogist, and ModeratorW. A. Dean, officiatingand burial in the adjoin-ing cemetery at thechurch. The service timeis 2:00 PM (Eastern Stan-dard Time), which will be1:00 PM (Central Time).Mrs. Harrison will lie instate at the church onehour prior to the funeralservices.Miss Eula Mae Hudson

was born in Troup Coun-ty, Georgia on December14, 1927, to late ShedHudson and Viola (Har-ris) Sheppard. She waslater blessed with a step-father, Charlie Sheppard. Services provided by

Clark Memorial FuneralServices, Roanoke, Al.

Dorothy Mae BenefieldMrs. Dorothy Mae

“Mama Dot” Benefield,84, of LaGrange passedaway Friday, April 15,2011 at West GeorgiaHealth. Mrs. Benefield was

born December 27, 1926in Troup County, daugh-ter of the late Jim andNannie Hanson Smith.She was a charter mem-ber of Teaver Road Bap-tist Church, taught Sun-day School, and was amember of WMU, Cruis-ing for Christ, Gospel Trioand Charles Group. Mrs.Benefield was retiredfrom Dixie Mill.Survivors include her

sons and daughters-in-law, Roger and FayeBenefield and Donnie andBrenda Benefield, all ofLaGrange; daughters andsons-in-law, Pat and LarryGaston of Five Points,Diane and Bob Roberts ofLaGrange, Debbie andDale Hart of Pine Moun-tain, Angie and LamarHamil and Sharon andJack Martinec, all ofLaGrange; 30 grandchil-dren; 32 great-grandchil-dren; 1 great great-grand-son; sisters and brother-in-law, Ruth Shelton andMary Jim and OscarWarner Carter, all ofLaGrange; brother andsister-in-law, Charles andRebecca Smith La-Grange; and severalnieces and nephews. Shewas preceded in death byher husband of 35 years,John Benefield.Funeral services will be

11:00 Monday at TeaverRoad Baptist Church withRev. Donnie Benefieldand Rev. Michael Reevesofficiating. Interment willbe at Restlawn MemoryGardens. The family willbe at her home and willreceive friends at thefuneral home from 5:00until 8:00 Sunday even-ing. Flowers will be accept-

ed or donations may bemade in memory of Mrs.Benefield to Teaver RoadBaptist Church, 215Teaver Road, LaGrange,GA 30240 or a favoritecharity.Condolences may be

expressed at www.hunter-allenmyhand.com

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From staff reports

Wayne Hunter washonored with the annualFuller E. Callaway Jr.Award for Lifetime Serv-ice to LaGrange Collegeat a business and com-munity luncheon Friday.Hunter, a retired Mil-

liken & Co. executive,served as a member ofthe college’s board oftrustees from 1994 to2010 and was re-electedFriday.As a member of the

board, he headed thedevelopment committeefor many years. Duringthose years, the commit-tee directed the efforts oftwo campaigns: “Invest-ing in Values: The Cam-paign for LaGrange Col-lege” and “DefiningMoment: The LaGrangeCollege Campaign forDistinction.” Hunter alsoserved as a member ofthe trustee solicitationcommittee for both cam-paigns.He and his wife, Sylvia,

have been major contrib-utors to LaGrange Col-lege for many years andare recognized as fellowsof the college. They alsohave earned membershipin the Quadrangle Societyfor their visionary philan-thropy by making aplanned gift to the col-lege.Both their son and

daughter are LaGrangeCollege graduates.“I’m shocked and hum-

bled by this and so appre-ciate this award,” Huntersaid at the luncheon. “Butwhat I appreciate evenmore are the two-and-a-half degrees our childrenearned at LaGrange Col-lege. I’m indebted toLaGrange College for giv-ing them an environment

for their mama and I tosay, ‘OK, that’s enoughschooling. That’senough.’ ”Hunter said he is grate-

ful for the positive impactLaGrange College hasmade on the surroundingcommunity.“The college’s impact is

unbelieveable; it’s hard tomeasure,” he said. “We’venever taken a friend tothe Azalea StorytellingFestival at the college orto arts programs or finearts performances with-out them being amazed.”Since 2006, the college

has presented the FullerE. Callaway Jr. Award forLifetime Service to anindividual who has faith-fully served this institu-tion in a volunteer capac-

ity. Fuller Callaway Jr.served the college formany years as a memberof the board of trustees.In addition, he was acommunity leader and abenefactor of LaGrange,Troup County andLaGrange College.Previous recipients are

Malone Dodson, RayAnderson, Charles Smithand Nesie Williams.Designed for the col-

lege by Frabel Glass ArtStudio in Atlanta, theaward itself representsthe globe which is in thecenter of the LaGrangeCollege seal and centralto the mission of the col-lege to challenge theminds and inspire thesouls of students tobecome global citizens.

Wayne Hunter inspects the globe he received Fri-day for being recognized for lifetime service toLaGrange College.

College honors Hunterwith lifetime service award

Hotelier Horst Schulze tells of his passion for cus-tomer service At a LaGrange College businessand community luncheon Friday.

Executive touts customer service

County wants input on animal ordinance

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Husband’s snoringmaybe caused by sleep apnea

�� In our community

EventsSaturdayMarket on Main’s

spring market is from 8 to10 a.m. at the CarmikeCinema parking lot onMain Street in LaGrange.It features baked goods,jams, jellies, herbal teasand plants.LaGrange Academy

holds its annual yard salefrom 8 a.m. to noon in theschool gym. Only cashwill be accepted andshoppers should providetheir own bags or boxes.Funds are used to pur-chase classroom materi-al, school beautificationprojects and other proj-ects.The Women’s Health

Center at West GeorgiaHealth will offer a “pre-pared childbirth” classfrom 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.at the Women’s HealthCenter at 1420 VernonRoad. The class isdesigned for expectantmothers and their part-ners who are unable toattend the six-week child-birth series class. Atten-dance was encouragedduring the last trimesterof pregnancy. Space islimited to 14 couples. Toregister online, visitwghealth.org and click onclasses or call (706) 880-7416. Cost is $50 a cou-ple.Fort Tyler Day marks

the Battle of West Point inthe Civil War. Eventsinclude living historydemonstrations and drillsat the fort from 10 a.m. to5 p.m.; an hourlong scav-enger hunt starting at theWest Point Depot VisitorCenter & Museum; a CivilWar dinner from 5 to 6:30p.m. at the depot; and acandlelight tour of thefort. Advance reserva-tions were encouraged bycalling the center at (706)643-9404 or 866-367-9792toll-free. www.westpoint-depot.com.A Zumba class to ben-

efit the Troup CountyAmerican Cancer SocietyRelay for Life is from 10to 11 a.m. Saturday at theCallaway EducationalBuilding at LaGrangeCollege. Cost is $10 perperson. To reserve a spot,call (706) 845-3544.Cyclists may ride with

the West Georgia Flyersbefore the second annual

Trek Demo Day (10 a.m.to 3 p.m.) at West PointDam. Roll-out is at 9 a.m.from the resource man-ager’s office parking lot.http://www.westgeor-giaflyers.org/contactus.htmlLaGrange Art Museum

at 112 Lafayette Parkwayholds its free FamilySuper event from 1 to 4p.m. Families can have atour of the current exhib-it, then explore their cre-ative side with an activityin the Center for CreativeLearning classrooms.This month’s activity ismixed-media collage, acut-and-paste activity thatturns old magazine pagesinto artwork. (706) 882-3267.The Pregnancy Center

of LaGrange, a pro-lifeministry, holds its annualWalk for Life beginning at4:30 p.m. beginning atLafayette Square down-town. Sponsor forms areavailable at local church-es and also at the Preg-nancy Center at 300 Har-well Ave. (706) 884-3833.

SundayThe Young Singers of

West Georgia presenttheir annual spring con-cert at 3 p.m. at First Bap-tist Church on theSquare. The concert willfeature all four choir lev-els and will include musicfrom the Northern Ire-land tour. Tickets areavailable at the door for$10 for adults and $5 forstudents.

TuesdayTroup Alive & Green,

LaGrange College andWest Georgia TechnicalCollege will observeEarth Day with a “sus-tainable business forum”at Del’avant on MainStreet in downtownLaGrange. An exposhowcasing local busi-nesses that offer recyclingand promote environ-

mentally friendly prod-ucts and services is at 6p.m., and the keynoteaddress and panel dis-cussion at 7 p.m. ToddStephens (706) 882-5511or Patrick Crews (706)884-6000The Interfaith Food

Closet at 416 Pierce St. isopen from 1 to 2:45 p.m.to help people in need offood. (706) 882-9291.

WednesdayPreschool story time at

LaGrange MemorialLibrary is at 10:30 a.m.(706) 882-7784.

ThursdayStory Hour featuring

stories, fingerplays, songsand rhymes forpreschoolers and theirescorts is at 10:30 a.m. atHawkes Library in WestPoint.The Interfaith Food

Closet at 416 Pierce St. isopen from 1 to 2:45 p.m.to help people in need offood. (706) 882-9291.Beginner ballroom

dance lessons for all agesare given from 6 to 7 p.m.at the Active Life centeron Ragland Street. (706)884-5857.

FridayAcoustic musicians of

all genres and skill levelsmay perform at “Pickin’on the Promenade” at 5p.m. at the promenadebetween Main and Bullstreets in downtownLaGrange.The Gospel Gangstazs,

also known as “The Dou-ble Gs,” perform at 8 p.m.at Bethlehem BaptistChurch at 1109 E. 10th St.in West Point. The groupis a Grammy-nominatedChristian rap group fromCalifornia. Admission isfive canned goods thatwill be donated to Har-mony House domesticviolence shelter. Also

Delta Sigma Thetasorority held an artappreciation and cul-tural awareness cele-bration. Art studentsfrom Troup, Lagrangeand Callaway highschools, as well asLaGrange Academy,displayed their artwork which wasjudged by local artistsAnnie Greene, SherylMorrison and JaacielBarrientos. ShelbyStephen, right, ofLaGrange High Schoolwon first place. AnnaHowington of Call-away High won sec-ond, and Kim Kyeonjiof LaGrange Academyplaced third. With Stephen is Carolyn Burke, Delta Sigma Theta’s coor-dinator for the event.

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In Memory of William Hollis BryanOn your seventy-eighth birthday, April 15, 2011

and your sixtieth wedding anniversary, April 16, 2011

We think about you andmiss you every day!

Wife - BettyChildren - Mike, Rhonda, Kay and ScottGrandchildren - Nikki, Leslie and Howard,Casey and Brian, Jessica, Jennifer, Lindsey and JimGreat-grandchildren - Egan, Cade, Ianand brand new great-grandson, WilliamAidan Turner, born March 25, 2011

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Kenneth Arnold Poole

7/21/1947 - 4/17/2008

“Daddy’s handswere soft and kindwhen I was crying’

Daddy’s hands,were hard as steel

when I’d donewrong.

Daddy’s hands,weren’t always

gentleBut I’ve come to

understandThere was alwayslove in Daddy’s

hands.”We miss you Daddy

& Papa Bike!

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Dear Annie: You told“Upset,” whose husbandhas no interest in sex, tohave his testosteronelevel checked. Because“Upset” specifically men-tioned their sleepingapart was due to his seri-ous snoring, I suspect amuch more likely causeof the problem is obstruc-tive sleep apnea (OSA).OSA is an insidious and

treacherous health con-dition. The AmericanAcademy of Sleep Medi-cine estimates that atleast 20 percent of adultsare affected. Sleep apneais now known to belinked to cardiovasculardisease, heart attacks andstrokes, diabetes, ED,depression and numer-ous other health prob-lems. The fatigue frompoor sleep increases therisk of traffic and work-related accidents by 300percent or more. It makessense that if one’s breath-ing is being choked offhundreds of times a nightby an obstructed airway,bad things happen.Common signs and

symptoms of airwayobstruction affectingbreathing and sleepinclude: excessive day-time sleepiness (EDS),snoring, hypertension,erectile dysfunction, per-sonality changes, memo-ry problems, a history ofheart attack, stroke orother cardiovascular dis-ease, and a history of dia-betes. Research showsthat more than 80 percentof diabetic patients mayhave sleep apnea.Risk factors for sleep

apnea include: age, gen-der (men are more likelyto have sleep apnea, butwomen, especially aftermenopause, are at risk aswell), neck size (morethan 16.5 inches in men,greater than 15 inches inwomen), and BMI (BodyMass Index) over 30.(There are, however,many skinny people withsleep apnea.)“Upset” should get her

husband to a knowledge-able physician for appro-priate testing. The best isa polysomnogram, whichrequires an overnightstay in a sleep clinic. Yourreaders can find out moreby going to the AmericanSleep Apnea Associationwebsite (sleepapnea.org),

the American Academyof Dental Sleep Medicine(aadsm.org) and theAmerican Academy ofSleep Medicine (aasm-net.org). – Thomas F.Armstrong, DDS, Bak-ersfield, Calif.

Dear Annie: My hus-band and I are in our 60s.An old girlfriend of hisrecently phoned and lefther number. While trav-eling near her area, hecalled and invited her tomeet him for lunch. Hetold me all about it whenhe returned. He thinks hewas honest, but I dis-agree. He did not informthe ex-girlfriend that wewere married, and he did-n’t tell me ahead of timethat he was meeting her.We have a good rela-

tionship. But, Annie, mostwomen don’t contact anold boyfriend unless theyhave something on theirmind, and I think shedoes. And by not tellingher he is attached tosomeone else, he is giv-ing her the wrong mes-sage. What do you say? –Curious in N.C.

Dear Curious: Ofcourse he should havetold you he was planningto call this woman andsee her. And you are rightthat, deliberately or not,he may have given herthe impression that he isavailable. If you trusthim, put this behind you,but make it clear that youexpect genuine honestyin the future.

Dear Annie: My goodfriend “Lara” is threemonths pregnant withher third child. Sherecently confided in methat she purposely didn’tuse birth control. She toldher husband, “Joe,” thatthe pregnancy was “anaccident.”

The problem is, myhusband played golf withJoe and told me howupset Joe is. He and Larawanted another child, butboth agreed that finan-cially, it would be too dif-ficult. He then told myhusband that he couldn’tblame Lara since it was-n’t her fault the birth con-trol failed.Unfortunately, I told my

husband what Lara did,and now he wants toinform Joe. I said weshould stay out of theirbusiness, but he is insis-tent. He wants me to tellLara that either she tellsJoe or he will.What should I do? –

Desperate for AdviceDear Desperate: This

is SO not your business.Ask your husband whathe hopes to accomplishby telling Joe. That hewill leave Lara? Be soupset that he cannotaccept the child? Makeher give up the baby foradoption? There aretimes when honesty isnot the best policy,because it will only causehurt and pain. This is oneof those times.

Dear Annie: I am get-ting married in sevenmonths. My maid ofhonor is “Kelly,” a lifelongfriend. She lives acrossthe country and is plan-ning to stay at our housethe weekend of the event.For the past year, Kelly

has had an on-and-offrelationship with her cur-rent boyfriend. Eventhough he has cheated onher numerous times,Kelly thinks he’s the bestthing since sliced bread.She keeps insisting that

she is bringing him alongfor the weekend. Frankly,I don’t want him near myhouse or at my wedding.How do I inform Kellywithout being rude? –She’s Still My BestFriend

Dear Best Friend: Didyou tell Kelly she couldbring a date to the wed-ding? If not, make it clearthat your guest list is setand you are so sorry, butyou cannot accommodateany more people, includ-ing her boyfriend.

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� Annie’s Mailbox

Kathy Mitchell andMarcy Sugar are long-time editors of the AnnLanders column.

its were left in the dark,including those sur-rounding FDR’s home inWarm Springs.At the Aug. 11, 1938,

dedication of Lamar EMCin Barnesville, Rooseveltexpressed how his resi-dency in rural Georgiaplayed a role in illuminat-ing the nation’s farmland:“There was only one dis-cordant note in that firststay of mine at WarmSprings: when the first-of-the-month bill came in forelectric light for my littlecottage, I found that thecharge was 18 cents akilowatt-hour – about fourtimes as much as I paid inHyde Park, New York.That started my longstudy of proper publicutility charges for electriccurrent and the wholesubject of getting electric-ity into farm homes. So, itcan be said that a littlecottage at Warm Springs,Georgia, was the birth-place of the Rural Electri-fication Administration.”A part of FDR’s New

Deal, the REA was a fed-eral agency that providedloans and technical assis-tance to electric coopera-tives, companies formedas nonprofit organiza-tions owned by theirmembers. By forming co-ops, country folks finallycould retire kerosenelanterns and outdoorwashtubs in exchange forelectric light bulbs andwashing machines.

Six months after thelocal co-op was formed,line construction beganand on May 6, 1937, theswitch for rural electricityin Troup County wasflipped and the first lineswere energized. Thatnight, in appreciation ofthe co-op board’s efforts,Fuller E. Callaway Jr.treated Troup CountyEMC directors to a steaksupper at his boathouseon Country Club Road.

Rural electricity inWest Georgia todayWayne Livingston

serves as president/CEOof Diverse Power withthree senior vice presi-dents: Randy Pruett,Randy Shepard and WadeHall. The nine-memberboard of directors includesLarry Williamson, RoyTollerson Jr., Harrell Lan-dreth, Larry Keith, CharlesKnight, Richard Williams,Jimmy Bailey, Dr. BillCouch and David Murphy.Work at the electric

cooperative has under-gone major changes inthe past 75 years, frommanually setting polesand stringing wire tousing augers and buckettrucks to get the job done.Retired employees

Tamlin Hall and Val Pruittof the Big Springs com-munity both went to workfor the co-op in 1946 andspent the next fourdecades clearing right ofway and building lines.Pruitt recalled a gratefulcommunity that heldesteem for the co-op.

“Those people remem-bered the days they did-n’t have electricity,” hesaid. “If you needed tocross their property witha power line, they gaveyou no problem. Thecommunity was alwayseager to see new linescome in.”While the cooperative

started with two employ-ees, today’s staff of 90along with nine directorsleads Diverse Power indistributing electricity on3,334 miles of power line.The co-op maintains 18substations, almost29,000 meters, and morethan 54,000 power polesacross a seven-county

service territory. For mostof the past 75 years, untillast year in fact, the coop-erative experiencedsteady growth.“Like many people and

organizations across thecountry, Diverse Powerand its members have feltthe painful economic andfinancial hardshipscaused by a fragile econ-omy, yet they have suc-ceeded and survived,”said Paul Wood, presi-dent/CEO of GeorgiaElectric MembershipCorp. “They made a com-mitment long ago tosecure cost-effectivepower purchase agree-ments, train and educatetheir employees, enhanceand upgrade technology,and offer cost-saving pro-grams for their con-sumers. Those decisionshave served the memberswell.”

Annual meetingWood will serve as

guest speaker at DiversePower’s annual meetingnext month. AcclaimedSouthern gospel groupThe Whisnants will per-form, lunch will beserved, and dozens ofdoor prizes will be up forgrabs for all consumer-members registered atthe event.For decades, the annual

meeting has been consid-ered “the biggest day ofthe year” in the electricco-op world. Localretirees and membersfondly recall annual meet-ings of the 1960s whichfeatured Pine Mountaindairyman Pete McGuire’spopular barbecue.Diverse Power retireeJohn Murphy recalled thefirst barbecues held at theco-op’s former locationon Greenville Road.“We’d have maybe

1,500 or so people,” hesaid. “It came to a pointwhere we got the sheriff’sdeputies to have peoplecome in and out. We final-ly had to stop the barbe-cues because they just gotso big.”Along with food and

prizes, annual meetingsfeatured big name acts,like country comedienneMinnie Pearl in 1959.“She put on quite a

show,” Murphy recalled.Through the years,

attendance at annualmeetings decreased asother entertainmentoptions multiplied, butthe number attending inrecent years has been onthe rise. Diverse Powerpersonnel hope for a bigturnout this year. Alongwith lunch, gospel musicand door prizes, the co-op plans to give each reg-istered member a newbook about the history ofDiverse Power. Registra-tion begins at 11 a.m.

with the business meetingset for 2 p.m.“We hope our members

will attend annual meet-ing and help us celebratethe past 75 years as weenter into a new phase ofour history,” said Liv-ingston.

� For more informa-tion, contact DiversePower at (706) 845-2000.

Jackie Kennedy may bereached at jackiekennedy8899@yahoo.com.

Carol Freeman, left, and Margaret Ellington keptoffice operations running smoothly at Troup Coun-ty EMC in the 1960s. Both ladies plan to attendDiverse Power’s annual meeting to celebrate theelectric cooperative’s 75th anniversary.

Throughout the 1950s, annual meetings of the local electric cooperative were conducted under ahuge tent set up at co-op headquarters on Greenville Road. Hundreds attended the events, like thisone in 1956 which featured homemade barbecue prepared by Pine Mountain dairyman Pete McGuire.

Co-op home economist Louise Prickett, left, prepares to give away an electric blanket to the luckyco-op member whose registration ticket is drawn at the annual meeting, circa 1960s.

Then-Troup EMC employee Bill Land, left, meets co-op member J.P. Heardat his pump house to discuss electric use at the well.

While electric linemen still must shimmy to the topof power poles at times, more often work is con-ducted from a bucket. Here, both methods are uti-lized as linemen Brannon Horne and Lee Bridgesclip in a new conductor on Shoemaker Road.

Pearce Wyche Jr. retired from Diverse Power in 2000 after working at thecooperative for almost 40 years.

DIVERSEFROM 1

Retired employees Val Pruitt, left, and Tamlin Halleach worked for Diverse Power for 40 years.

4 - Weekend, April 16-17, 2011 Living LaGrange Daily News

From the LaGrangeDaily News, April 1961

Front-page storiesDedication Service Set

For Educational Build-ing – A dedication serv-ice for the $200,000 FirstMethodist Church’s neweducational building onVernon Street will beheld Wednesday at 7:30p.m.Construction of thebuilding was begun inOctober 1958 and wascompleted in June 1959.This is the first of thethree-phase building pro-gram launched sevenyears ago during the pas-torate of Dr. FrankMoor-head.The second phase willbe a sanctuary to beerected on the site of thepresent sanctuary, whichdates back to 1898. Thefinal phase is to be achapel adjacent to thenew educational buildingand fronting on BroadStreet.

Population Down In91 Georgia Counties –The United StatesDepartment of Com-merce said April 11 that91 of Georgia’s 159 coun-ties suffered a populationloss in the past 10 years,and where they formerlymade up one-third of thestate’s population, theynow make up only afourth.The shift in populationfrom rural to urban areashas cost the 91 countiesnearly 125,000 residents,the department said.The urban areas which

showed decreased popu-lation were Cedartown,Hogansville, LaGrange,Lindale-Silver Creek andTallapoosa. The otherurban areas in Georgiashowed increases. Met-ropolitan areas allshowed remarkablegains in population.Georgia’s rural popula-tion now totals about 45percent of the state’s pop-ulation – a drop of about10 percent from 1950.This marks the first timethat the urban areas havetaken the lead.

Barbara BowersCrowned Miss LaGrangeBefore Large Crowd –Beauteous and gracefulBarbara Bowers, seniorat LaGrange HighSchool, was crownedMiss LaGrange of 1961last night in a brilliantpageant staged by theLaGrange Jaycees atCallaway Auditorium.SharonWagnon, fresh-man at Huntingdon Col-lege, Montgomery, Ala.,was first runner-up.Martha AnnWright, sen-ior at LaGrange HighSchool was second run-ner-up. Sandra Talley ofHomerville, Miss Georgiaof 1960, crowned Bowersat the conclusion of the

pageant before an audi-ence estimated at 1,700.Martha Ann Wrightalso received the MissCongeniality Award, hav-ing been chosen for thishonor by vote of the con-testants.Bowers will enter theMiss Georgia Pageant inColumbus next month.Her talent was sewing,and she presented a fash-ion illustration.

Video’s Thomas GolfsRelaxes Here – Televi-sion comedian DannyThomas, a man whoovercame poverty toreach the top of theentertainment field, visit-ed LaGrange Mondaybefore leaving for aMacon engagementwhere he will raise fundsfor the charity organiza-tion he created andwhere he will serve asemcee of the Miss MaconPageant.Thomas played golf atthe Highland CountryClub with LaGrangefriends – Alfred andNasor Mansour, and vis-ited George Mansour,who is a patient at City-County Hospital. TheMansour brothersbecame acquainted withthe television personalityabout two years agothrough the American-Lebanese-Syrian associ-ated charities , an organ-ization originated byThomas to raise moneyfor the construction ofthe now almost complet-ed St. Jude Hospital inMemphis, where leu-kemia patients will betreated.Thomas has enjoyed abrief Georgia vacation atIda Cason Callaway Gar-dens this week. Hebreezed through the 18holes of golf yesterdaywith a very neat 83 scoredespite a stiff wind thatcaused him to commentjokingly, “This is thewindiest golf course inthe world.”

Troup’s Civil WarUnits Listed; Over 1,000

Served – LaGrangeobserved the Civil Warcentennial anniversaryon Wednesday, April 26.The Daily News pub-lished some statistics onthe war as copied fromthe “History of TroupCounty” by CliffordSmith.Listed were Confeder-ate companies recruitedprincipally from TroupCounty, as follows,:LaGrange Light Guards,West Point Guards,Troup Light Guards, Fan-nin Guards, Sallie FannieReed Guards, EvansGuards, Ben Hill Infantry,Ferrell Battery and theNancy Harts.An interesting itemincluded in the DailyNews quoted from theConfederate States Med-ical and Surgical Journalfor September and Octo-ber 1864 listing five “tem-porary mobile hospitalslocated in Troup Countyafter the fall of Atlanta inthe the summer of 1864.They were: Cannon,LaGrange, Surgeon L.W.Tuttle; St. Marys,LaGrange, Surgeon J.M.Henson; Law, LaGrange,Surgeon A. Erskine; Oliv-er, LaGrange, Surgeon J.Williams; and Reid, WestPoint, Surgeon J.W.Ostin.

Church Anniversary –First Baptist Church onFannin Street celebratedits 133rd anniversary onSunday, April 23. Thespecial occasion wascommemorated withmost impressive morningservices and was cli-maxed with a 3 p.m. serv-ice in the afternoon. Bothservices featured dynam-ic sermons and specialmusic.

Eleanor’s Letter – Arecent magazine surveyhas revealed the fact thattoday’s teenage Ameri-can beauties are made-up, not born. It was inter-esting to learn that 99.4percent wore lipstick,while only 71.1 percentuse face powder.

JamesNevels and Tere-sa Nevels of Smiths, Ala.,announce the engage-ment of their daughter,Jamie Danielle Nevels, toMatthew Tyler Oubre,son of Bubba and BeckyOubre of LaGrange.The wedding will beSunday at Lake Pines inMidland.The bride-elect is thegranddaughter ofMr. andMrs. Marvis Borders ofFort Mitchell, Ala., Mr.and Mrs. W.C. Nevels ofPhenix City, Ala., andTommy Sanders ofCataula. She is a 2005graduate of Smiths Sta-tion High School inSmiths and a 2009 grad-uate of Chattahoochee

Valley Community Col-lege in Phenix City,where she was presidentof the National StudentNurses’ Associationchapter and graduatedwith the Most Outstand-ing Student Award. Sheis an LPN at DoctorsHospital and Urgent Carein Columbus.The groom-elect is thegrandson of Will and JoeObre of LaGrange, thelate Emma Enret and thelate Suzanne and EdwinHunt. He is a 2001 grad-uate of Troup HighSchool and a graduate ofColumbus State Univer-sity. He is employed withthe Phenix city FireDepartment.

Nevels-OubreMatthew Tyler Oubre and Jamie Danielle Nevels

�� Engagement

Question: My teenageris constantly texting or onthe phone and is notshowing any interest indoing things with thefamily. Do you have somesuggestions on how wecan re-engage our childand help her want to do

t h i n g swith thef a m i l yagain?

Juli: Nod o u b tabout it,technolo-gy is a sig-n i f i c an tobstaclefor com-mun ica -tion in thea v e r ag eAmericanf a m i l y ,especiallywith teensin theh o m e .Here’s atwo-prongstrategy todeal withit:First ofall, setb o u n d -aries onthe use of

technology in your home.Don’t make this aboutyour teenager; make itabout the kind of homeenvironment that youwant to establish. Somereasonable and helpfulboundaries include notechnology at meal times,during carpool, or in thebedroom. Set thoseboundaries for yourself aswell as for your kids.Honestly, I am just asguilty as my 13-year-oldson is when it comes toletting technology inter-rupt family time. Sure, Idon’t text someone everythree seconds or playvideo games, but how

often am I pulled awayfrom my family to checkemail or take a quick call?Second, make familytime a priority. Often, weas parents decide to havefamily time on the spur ofthe moment when ourschedule finally clears. Weexpect our kids to dropeverything and be excitedabout bonding with Momand Dad. Plan regularfamily times during whichyour kids know that youexpect them to beengaged. These caninclude a dinner routine oftalking about your day,Friday night game ormovie nights, or a plannedweekend getaway.Don’t take it personallyif your teen still prefersher cell phone to you.Even when your kids areless than enthusiasticabout a family event, itstill provides a criticalconnection with you.

Question: In order totighten up the familybudget, we recently gotrid of our premium satel-lite TV package andswitched to basic cable.But that’s not cheap,either. Can you suggestother ways to trim ourentertainment budgetwithout going totally TV-free?

Jim: First, let me saythat there are worsethings than going TV-free.The Daly household elim-inated the nightly TV rou-tine from our home longago, and we haven’tregretted it for a minute.Don’t knock it ‘til you’vetried it!However, if you’re not

ready to take that step,there’s still a way to enjoyTV without paying for iton a monthly basis. TheNew York Times reportsthat a growing number offamilies are saving moneyby canceling their cableservice altogether andattaching a good, old-fashioned antenna totheir TV sets.There are a number ofTV antenna models avail-able, and a decent onewill generally cost any-where between $25 and$150. But that’s a one-time expense. There’s nomonthly fee after that. Ofcourse, you won’t get thewide variety of sports,movies and other pro-gramming that cableoffers. But you’ll get morethan enough channels tokeep up with the newsand weather, and maybea few of your favoriteshows. And if you live ina large urban area, yourchoices expand dramati-cally. The Nielsen Groupreports that there aremore than 40 free broad-cast channels available inLos Angeles, for example.Just think – your par-ents and grandparentssurvived for decadeswatching only a handfulof channels on broadcastTV. I doubt whether anyof them would suggestthey were somehow“missing out” by not hav-ing hundreds and hun-dreds of channels tochoose from. You andyour family might con-sider the same arrange-ment … and save your-selves hundreds of dollarsa year in the process!

Teen more interestedin texting than family

� Focus onthe family

Jim Daly andJuli Slatteryare co-hostsof the Focuson the Familyradio pro-gram.

Forms for engagements, weddings and cou-ples announcements are available at the officeof LaGrange Daily News at 105 Ashton St. inLaGrange.Information also can be sent in the body of

an e-mail to dbaker@lagrangenews.com. Pho-tos should be sent as JPEG attachments.Deadline for consideration of publication in

the next weekend’s edition is noon Tuesdays.Items run on a space-available basis, with themost timely getting preference.Cost for engagement and couples’

announcements is $20 and for a wedding is$30.For more information, contact Daniel Baker

at dbaker@lagrangenews.com or (706) 884-7311, Ext. 234.Here are descriptions of the types of nuptial

announcements:� Engagements: This is the first announce-

ment for the paper. It includes the names ofthe bride-elect and groom-elect, city of resi-dence, parents’ names, time, date and placeof wedding, names of grandparents, educationand honors. The announcement of the engage-ment should be submitted no more than sixmonths and no less than two weeks before thewedding date. A photograph can be submitted.

� Couples announcement: This appears theFriday before the wedding. It includes basic

reminder information of the weekend weddingand includes listings of parties given in honor ofthe bride and groom. This information shouldinclude the type of party, hosts, locations anddates.

� Weddings: This is submitted after the wed-ding. Information to be included is the names ofthe couple, parents and grandparents; time,date and location of wedding; officiating min-ister’s name; who gave the bride away; bride’sattendants and bridesmaids; flower girls andring bearer; best man and groomsmen; loca-tion of the reception; honeymoon location, andthe city where the couple will be living. A pho-tograph can be submitted.

�� Announcement guidelines

Julia Dyar, aretired jour-nalist, is ac-tive in theTroup CountyHistorical So-ciety.

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6 - Weekend, April 16, 2011 Opinion LaGrange Daily News

Keeping an eye peeled for the black pantherI’ve always thought myNiece was the

bee’s knees, but lately we’ve beenspending a lot more time talking on thephone and in person, and I’ve got hors-es to thank for it. She started riding ayear or so before I did, and we comparenotes and experiences and mishaps ona near-daily basis. When she happenedon a particularly posh stable a whileback, and invited me to visit it with her,I jumped at the chance.It was posh indeed! The only way I

figured out which building was thehouse and which was the stable wasthat one of themwas kind of square andhad porches and two stories, and theother seemed to stretch out in longwings over the real estate, and hadthose cupola things popping out of theroof every once in a while. I’d seen pic-tures of barns with those and I thoughthorses probably didn’t like to climbstairs or sit in rocking chairs on porch-es, so I hung a right at the top of thedriveway and found a parking place.Inside, I ambled through a warren of

rooms, looking for Niece. The stallswent on forever, and the horses gazedat me down their long noses. Obvious-ly I was a “Yee haw!” girl in a “Pip pip!”

kind of place. Many of the sleek beastsdid poke velvety muzzles out for me tostroke, though, and I soon lost myselfin the pleasures of petting and kissingand sweet talking the fancy steeds.I was so entranced that I was startled

when I finally saw Niece standing witha young cowpoke-type fellow. I was for-mally introduced to horses and cats andthe young man, who is a trainer at thefacility. Then as a treat, we hopped in atruck for a ride through the miles andmiles of trails attached to the facility. Irode shotgun, so that I could get a bet-ter view of the scenery.We rode down a wide dirt road,

across a pretty field and into the woods.The trees soon closed in around us, andfiltered sunlight dappled the path aheadof us. I grabbed the door handle whenour guide failed to stop at the edge of a

rushing stream. He just drove right intoit! The big old truck chugged across thewater and back onto Terra Firma withno problem. Our youngman knows thetrails and knew precisely how deep andmucky the spot was, but I’m not surehe anticipated having to peel a littlesquealing middle-aged lady off the ceil-ing of his truck.The woods were lovely, and I gazed

happily out the window as we drovedeeper and deeper into the wilderness.We chatted and I asked horse-type ques-tions and I was deep into imaginingmyself atop a certain sweet mustanghorse, trotting along and communingwith nature, when our young manspilled the beans.“You know, there’s supposed to be a

black panther back here somewhere.I’ve never seen it, but all the other work-ers have,” the horse trainer told us, justas casually as if he was talking about abunny rabbit being spotted in thewoods.My fantasies went straight from a

peaceful bonding experience with ahorse to a screaming ride through adark and dangerous forest, pursued bya slavering, yowling set of claws and

teeth. I saw myself hanging on as hardas I could asmymount crashed throughthe trees, smacking me with branchesand briars.As the clueless guide drove us down

the trails, I concentrated on makingsure that we weren’t pounced on by ademon cat. Every shadowwas attachedto a set of glowing eyes, and everyuneven place in the path was a gigan-tic paw print. I breathed a big sigh ofrelief when we bounced out of thewoods and back into the late afternoonsun.Later, I got a good laugh and a little

bit of evidence that Niece and I arerelated. While I was glued to the win-dow, on the lookout for a large black catwith a twitching tail and Pepper-burg-ers on his mind, she was scouring thetrees for signs of a displaced 1960s rad-ical.I had a great time at the fancy stable

and it was nice to see how the other halflives, but I was sure glad to get back tothe good old everyday farm where I’mlearning about horses, and where myfierce trainer would quickly have anypanther that showed its whiskery facecleaning stalls and scrubbing tack.

Pepper Ellis Hage-bak of LaGrangespends her days fram-ing other people’s artand her nights lost inthe beauty of words.

�� Letters

Dear Editor:Georgia is well on the

way to ending a U.S. hia-tus in building nuclearreactors. Fortunately theNuclear Regulatory Com-mission has not yet giventhe green light for thisfacility at Waynesville atPlant Vogtle.Two years ago the state

Sen. Don Balfour spon-sored the legislation thatrequired Georgia Powercustomers to pay tofinance a nuclear powerplant that is not evenneeded for Georgia con-sumers. They are charg-ing their customers therates that would becharged if the reactorshad indeed already beenbuilt. All payment will goforward even if the plantis never finished. Thispractice is called “con-struction Work inProgress.” What an outrage! The

president has even agreedto back the loans to thetune of $8.6 billion.Where was the PublicService Commission? Arethey simply cheerleadersfor the power industry?

Now the utility monopo-lies are asking permissionto give direct contribu-tions to political cam-paigns. (Ga. Senate Bill160) Do you think thiswill be in the public inter-est?As we have seen in

Japan, nuclear plants arenot always safe. There isno place to ship thenuclear detritus. Theradioactive waste mustnow be stored near thereactor site and manynukes are planned for theSoutheast. Nuclear reac-tors are extremely expen-sive to build and subjectto huge cost overruns.The first two Vogtle reac-tors, which came on linein the late 1980s, werebudgeted at $600 million.The final bill was $8.87billion.Thankfully the Savan-

nah Morning News statesthat Georgia lawmakershave put Georgia Powerunder a spotlight. Peopleliving near these plantswill be at great risk forgetting cancer and a hostat other illnesses. Sonuclear energy is nether

safe nor clean, norcheap. Investment mustbe made in sources ofenergy that are trulyclean: solar, wind, geo-thermal. This is aninvestment that must bemade to wean us off ofdirty oil and coal andunhealthy expensivenukes. We can right thisegregious action if weprotest to the NuclearRegulatory Commission.Please contact mem-

bers of the Nuclear Reg-ulatory Commission andtell them you do not wantthese reactors to be builtat Vogtle. (Attention, TeaParty folks, why not insistthat they withdraw thebacking for these exorbi-tant loan guarantees?)

� Chairman of theNuclear Regulatory Com-mission, Greggory Jaczko(301) 415-1750;

� Atlanta member ofthe NRC, Roger Hannah(404) 997-4417.I would sincerely

appreciate the support ofyour readers.

Edna FosterSilverette Circle,

LaGrange

Student seeks longtime residents

Dear Editor:I am a psychology student at the Uni-

versity of West Georgia, and I am study-ing the development of racial attitudesin communities. I am writing to asklongtime LaGrange residents to help mewith a class project by filling out aquick, easy, online survey. If you havelived in LaGrange for at least 30 years,please visit www.kwiksurveys.com/?u=lagrange and complete the survey. Itcontains 28 simple questions and takesabout five minutes. Thank you verymuch for your help.

Scott SmithYoung’s Mill Road, LaGrange

Who are youpraying to?

Dear Editor:In response to the pitiful lady who is

always afraid of running into a deer, Isuggest that she slow down, stop pray-

ing and start watching the road. Myquestion for the deer lady is the sameone asked by her husband, “Who areyou talking to?”Can any rational adult actually believe

in eternal life or god? There is no evi-dence to support either proposition, andwanting something does not make itreal. Just like the lady with the deerphobia, too many folks waste their lives,fearing nothing, worshiping nothingand waiting for nothing.Believing in a false god and religion’s

phony bribe of an afterlife depreciatesthe wonder of this one and only life andmakes many of us take it for granted.Instead of trying to pray away reality,why aren’t more of us free to enjoy lifebefore death?

Mike SmithLakeshore Drive, LaGrange

Dear Editor:Since we have been going strong for

about two months, I wanted to sharewith you the impact of the “Most Want-ed” articles you feature for us weeklyin LaGrange Daily News.The Troup County Crime Stoppers

committee has been meeting once permonth, every month, since its inception.The meetings review recommendedrewards from our county’s law enforce-ment community and approve the samebased on criteria set forth by the com-mittee.I joined the committee about 16

months ago. Since joining, we haveaveraged two reward recommendationsper month from all participating agen-cies. After running our wanted individ-uals in your paper, there have been a

number of very specific Crime Stopperstips received that have resulted in sev-eral arrests. And, correspondingly,reward recommendations have alsoseen a drastic rise in our meetings.After learning of the feature being run

in your paper, other local media (TV-33and the Troup County News) have fol-lowed suit in running their own similarcolumns based upon the wanted sheetsoffered through our investigations divi-sion and public information officer. Weappreciate your newspaper for takingthe initiative to get the ball rolling.Together, we can work to make TroupCounty a much safer place to live andwork for all our citizens.

Sgt. Chad MannTroup County Sheriff’s Office, pub-

lic information and crime prevention

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There’s nothing like good ol’ South-ern hospitality.I don’t have to think back too far to

remember the beauty of it. As a youngfella, I was privileged to watch hospi-tality up close. Every time somebody“took sick,” as they say, Mama orGrandma or Coca-cola Mike’s mamaPearly or any number of ladies atchurch would have a pound cake orapple pie, or a big mess of turnip greensand a pan of cornbread, at the house ofthe afflicted one before the sun wentdown.Not only that, Grandma would fix a

17-course lunch every Sunday, and anyvisitor who wandered in to church thatLord’s Day would get a personal lunchinvitation from the world’s greatestcook. The guest would pretend he did-n’t want to intrude, but he and every-body else knew that was probably thereason he showed up at church thatSunday morning in the first place – well,that and maybe the chance to be serveda healthy helping of Preacher Miller’srafter-shaking sermons.So I was fortunate growing up to see

some of the best Southern hospitalityto come along. Since I recently justreturned from experiencing some ofthat hospitality firsthand, it has been onmy mind lately. That led me to thinkabout a story about my mama frommany years ago.Second only to Grandma herself, I

guess, Mama knew about as muchabout hospitality as anybody. And sheshowed it, too, but she never showed itmore than when my sister Jean got mar-ried back in 1969.Jean married a fella from Dallas,

Texas, so when the weekend for thewedding arrived, we had about as manyfolks wearing blue jeans and cowboyhats and boots as we had Georgia folks.Mama put a houseful of those Texanvisitors up at our house and showedthem that good ol’ Southern way of tak-ing care of folks.The evening before the wedding – on

a Friday – our family and all those cow-boy-looking friends were about to sitdown to a Grandma-like feast when aknock came at the door.When Mama answered it, she saw

another visitor at the front door, stand-ing there with a suitcase.“Come right on in here,” Mama said,

as she opened the door for our newestguest.He gladly obliged and walked on into

the living room.“We’re sure glad you could make it,”

Mama said, “and you came at a goodtime. We were just about to sit downand eat supper, so set your suitcasedown and come on in here and let’seat.”The fella didn’t argue. He did as he

was told and joined the rest of us at thetable. For the next half hour, we enjoyedone of those special Georgia feasts:beans and greens and corn and corn-bread and buttermilk, topped off withsome apple pie.You could tell the fella with the suit-

case particularly enjoyed the meal. Wekind of wondered if maybe he hadn’thad too many meals like that one. Idon’t think he had.He dug in with the rest of us, and got

his money’s worth long before he wasdone.After supper we sat and visited for a

good while Mama cleaned off the table.That’s when she turned to our visitor:“We’re sure glad you could make it

for the weddin’,” she said. “And we’llmake room for you to stay right here.We won’t take no for an answer.”The fella seemed not to know what to

say. He obviously had never seen areception like this before. But he man-aged to get a reply out, and – with it – astory for the ages.“Ma’am,” he said, “I appreciate the

hospitality and all, but I’m … I’m sorryI won’t be able to take you up on it.”“Oh?” Mama said, disappointed.“No, ma’am,” he said. “The fact is, I’m

just an encyclopedia salesman.”

Southern hospitality at its bestSteven Bowen, a La-Grange native, nowlives near Dallas,Texas.

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appearing at the benefitconcert is MaMa Hopegospel comedian andother local talent.

April 23The Easter Bunny and

Mr. Duck will be atLafayette Square from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. The freeevent is sponsored by theDowntown LaGrangeDevelopment Authorityand Downtown Partners.(706) 298-4532 or emailcschirra@downtownla-grange.comClearview Chapel at

2101 S. Davis Road inLaGrange holds a free pub-lic Easter egg hunt for chil-dren at 11 a.m., featuringgames, food and prizes,with four age divisions.http://www.clearview-chapel.com

MeetingsMondayBoy Scout Troop 10

meets at 7 p.m. in theTroup County SportsmanBuilding on RoanokeRoad.The Troup County

Board of Registrars meetsat 10 a.m. at the Govern-ment Center on RidleyAvenue.The Troup County

Democratic Party com-mittee meets from 6 to 8p.m. at the Court Annexbuilding at 114 Church St.in LaGrange.Troup County Associa-

tion of Beekeepers meetsat 7 p.m. at the Ag Build-ing on Hamilton Road.Meetings are open to any-

one interested in bee-keeping. UGA Coopera-tive Extension, (706) 883-1675 or Terry (706) 882-2493

TuesdayThe Troup County

Commission meets at 9a.m. in the first-floor com-mission meeting room inthe Government Center at100 Ridley Ave.Salvation Army Home

League meets at noon at806 Murphy Ave.The LaGrange Shuf-

flers meet at the ActiveLife center at 140Ragland St. for regularsquare dance from 7:30 to9:30 p.m. (706) 812-8840.

WednesdayThe Round Table meets

at 4 p.m. at LaGrangeMemorial Library withJoEllen Ostendorf ashostess. Cecilia Stevenwill review “William andHarry: Behind the PalaceWalls,” by Katie Nicholl.

ThursdayThe Troup County

school board meets at5:30 p.m. at the Adminis-trative Services Center at100 N. Davis Road.The Troup County

Sportsman’s Club meetsat 7:30 p.m. at the club-house on Roanoke Road.

ChurchesSaturdayTrue Love Missionary

Baptist Church at 2451West Point Road inLaGrange holds a yard

sale to benefit itswomen’s day program.Leete Hill United

Methodist Church at 801Hamilton Road holdswomen’s fellowship at 10a.m. Speaker is the Rev.Bertha Hodges of O.H.Ministries in Lanett, Ala.Smith Chapel United

Methodist in Pine Moun-tain holds its secondannual “Gospel YouthExplosion” at 5 p.m. Allyouths groups and praisedance teams may per-form.Central Baptist Church

presents a musical extrav-aganza at 6 p.m. Allchoirs, groups,andchurches may attend.Wehadkee Baptist

Church on AbbotsfordRoad in LaGrange holdsa gospel sing at 7 p.m. fea-turing the Christianaires,Kingdom Express andNew Horizons. Proceedsgo to the Children’s Mira-cle Network in memory ofHubert Ogle.

SundayNew Harmony C.M.E.

Church at 129 AdamsRoad in West Pointobserves stewardess dayat 2 p.m. Speaker is theRev. Michael Jackson ofConfidence MissionaryBaptist Church inLaGrange.Mount Zion Communi-

ty Church at 9703 Ga. 34in Franklin observes fam-ily and friends day at 2p.m. Speaker is BishopJimmy Copeland of Val-ley Grove Baptist Churchin Manchester.Warren Temple United

Methodist Church holdsa Palm Sunday servicetitled “Seven Days OfHoly Week” at 2:30 p.m.Smith Chapel United

Methodist Church in PineMountain celebrates its136th anniversary at 3p.m. Pastor Jerome Fan-nin of Poplar Springs andRock Mill Baptist church-es will speak.

Monday-FridayTrue Worship Baptist

Church at 537 Revis St.holds revival services at 7p.m. Speakers are Minis-ter Chris Wheat on Mon-day, Pastor Daniel Heardon Tuesday, the Rev.Jonah Williams onWednesday, the Rev.Deshawn Maddox onThursday and PastorKeith Todd on Friday.

ThursdayWarren Temple United

Methodist Church holdsa Maundy Thursday serv-ice at 7 p.m.First Presbyterian

Church on Broad Streetin LaGrange holds aMaundy Thursday tene-brae and communionservice featuring a choir

cantata at 7:30 p.m.

FridayThe sanctuary of First

Presbyterian Church onBroad Street in LaGrangewill be open to the publicfor prayer from 6 a.m. to6 p.m.

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By Charlie NardozziSpring in the garden is a dan-

gerous time. The temptation is togo out on those warm, sunny daysand plant ‘til you drop. Not only isthat strenuous on your body andmind, it can also lead to the prover-bial glut of food in a few months.A better solution is to plan out

your annual edible garden so cropsmature in a more orderly fashion.Succession planting requires a lit-tle knowledge of the type of plantsyou’re growing, a little planning tohave room for them to grow, andthe patience to plant each crop inturn. Also, other gardening tech-niques, such as crop rotation andinterplanting, can help maximizegrowing space and help yourplants avoid many soil-borne dis-eases and insects.Succession planting is a simple

concept: Plant small rows or bedsof plants periodically during thegrowing season. As one planting’sharvest begins to fade, the next

planting’s harvest will be ready.The key is knowing what vegeta-bles can be planted in succession,and the best time of year to do it.To succession plant, start in

spring with cool-season crops thatcan be planted early, such as let-tuce, spinach, peas, broccoli,greens, pak choi, carrots, radishes,and beets. For example, instead ofplanting one long row or bed of let-tuce, consider planting a short, 2-foot-long row or bed. Two weekslater, sow another 2-foot-long row,and so on until the weather gets toowarm for lettuce. Since the plantsmature in one to two months you’llget a continuous harvest of lettuce.For warm weather crops, such as

bush beans, summer squash, orcucumbers, follow the same plant-ing pattern. Plant one bed after thelast frost date, and another three orfour weeks later. Since these cropstake at least 60 days to mature, in

regions with short growing seasonsyou may have time for two succes-sive crops before the weather getstoo cold.As late summer weather cools,

you can start planting lettuce againfor a fall or winter crop, dependingon your location. Because theamount of daylight decreases inautumn, plants grow more slowlyin fall than in spring, so allow moretime for them to mature.Pull out old crops as soon as they

finish producing. Don’t let thosepeas hang on because there are afew fruits on the vine. Pull old let-tuce and spinach plants as soon asthey show signs of bolting. Bybeing a little hard-hearted, you’llcreate lots of room to grow a sec-ond and third crop. It takes a littleplanning in advance, but you’ll beamazed at where you can tuck in afew broccoli or pak choi plants or asmall row of beans.

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ATLANTA (AP) – Gov. Nathan Dealsaid Friday he’ll sign a tough immigra-tion law recently passed by the GeorgiaLegislature that includes elements sim-ilar to a contentious law enacted in Ari-zona last year.The legislation “sendsa signal that the citizensof our state believe therule of law is important,”Deal said, a day after thebill passed the legisla-ture.Lawmakers had debat-ed the issue for weeksand several versionswere considered before a bill passed inthe final hours of the 2011 session. Cer-tain businesses will be required to checkthe immigration status of employeesand the bill authorizes law enforcementto verify the immigration status of cer-tain criminal suspects. If the governorsigns the bill into law, it would beamong the toughest in the nation topass since Arizona’s lawwas signed andsubsequently challenged in court.Various groups, including those thatrepresent agricultural businesses,restaurant owners and other businessinterests in Georgia, had fought to

weaken the bill, worried they could bepenalized for failing to screen newhires. The final version allows any com-pany found to have committed a “goodfaith violation” to have 30 days to comeinto compliance.During the debate, some lawmakersraised concern that a boycott similar toone that happened in Arizona after thatstate passed its law would hurt busi-nesses in Georgia. On Friday, Deal, aRepublican, said he did not think thelaw would lead to boycotts or harmbusinesses in the state.and said the problem of illegal immi-

gration must still be addressed at thefederal level.Deal, a former congressman fromGeorgia, said he hopes the state’s adop-tion of such a toughmeasure will “sendamessage tomembers of Congress thatit’s time for them to get serious aboutthe issue.”As a congressman, Deal backedtough measures aimed at illegal immi-gration, including ending birthright cit-izenship for children born in the UnitedStates to those in the country illegally.He said during his campaign for gover-nor that he’d back an Arizona-style lawin Georgia.

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Anthony Bostic of Marietta patiently waits for his stop in Austell on the 7a.m. Cobb County Transit route 30 bus from the Marietta Transfer station toHamilton E. Holmes Station in Atlanta.

Costly bus routeis lifeline to someMARIETTA (AP) –Every weekday, MosesPickett, 45, rides MARTAtrains and a Cobb Com-munity Transit bus to getfrom his home in Atlantato his job at M&R Junk-yard in Austell and backagain.In the morning, theCCT local route 35 busdrops him off on Discov-ery Boulevard in Austell,about a half-mile from hisjob. And at the end of theday, hewalks the half-mileback to the bus stop tobegin his journey home.“I walk it, it’s not bad,”Pickett said as he rodethe bus with 12 others at8:30 Friday morning.There’s no money in hisbudget for a car, he said.“It’s important to me,and it’s important to a lotof people. Without thisbus or this system, a lotof people would lose theirjobs because they haveno way to get there,”Pickett said.But route 35 is one ofCCT’s least-used routes,and is in danger of beingcut in coming months.If that happens, Pickettsaid he would have totake a MARTA bus thatwould put him two milesfrom his workplace.“I would have to findnew shoes,” Pickett said.“And I’d probably have tofind a new job.”Pickett is one of manyCCT riders who rely onmass transit to get towork. The system, whichsaw 4.59 million rides in2010, has an annualbudget of nearly $19 mil-lion, though fares onlycover about one-third ofthat. Taxpayers subsidizethe balance of about $13million each year.Forthose unfamiliar withmass transit, CCT hasthree kinds of routes:local, express and para-transit. Local buses arethe ones you see mostoften, traveling surfacestreets throughout theday. Express buses oper-ate only during peakhours and only in one

direction: southboundinto Atlanta in the morn-ing, and northbound tothe suburbs in theevening. Paratransit usessmaller buses to servepeople with certified dis-abilities who cannot usethe fixed-route system.Last November, one-way fares increased by $1for express and paratran-sit, and those rides nowcost $4. On local routes,the one-way fare went up50 cents, to $2.Later this month, CCTwill host a series of pub-lic meetings regardingfurther fare hikes andpossible route cuts. Theproposed increase is 50cents on local routes, and$1 on express. Noincrease is planned forparatransit.If county commission-ers ultimately approvethe increases and routecuts, they would takeeffect on July 1, saidRebecca Gutowsky,Cobb’s transit manager.Her boss, Cobb DOTDirector Faye DiMassi-mo, said the fare increas-es would make CCT themost expensive such sys-tem in metro Atlanta.For Pickett, the fareincrease is a lesser prob-lem than the chance hisroute will be cut alto-gether.Local route 35 has anaverage daily ridership of313, the lowest in CCT’ssystem. By contrast, localroute 30 – which runsbetween the MariettaTransfer Center, on SouthMarietta Parkway, andthe MARTA Holmes Sta-tion – has an averagedaily ridership of 3,000.Route 35 is one ofCCT’s newest routes,started just two years ago.That route alone costsmore than $1 million tooperate, according to ear-lier reports. In 2009,Cobb bought six newbuses at nearly $375,000each for the new route,though Gutowsky saidfederal funds paid mostof that cost.

Katrina Fils, 39, a nursetechnician at WellStarCobb Hospital, has ridenthe busy local route 30every weekday for sevenyears to get to and fromthe hospital and herAustell home. Her hus-band drives their car tohis job in Doraville.“This whole system isvery necessary for peo-ple, because everyonecan’t afford a car or todrive. A lot of kids use thebuses to get to the reccenter, so it keeps themout of trouble, and it getsthem to school, too,” Filssaid. “I’m originally fromChicago, and it’s totallydifferent there. I thinkthey should have moreroutes. If they did, morepeople would be able toget jobs and the economywould improve.”

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tomers, Diverse Powerwill give each householdwho attends a copy ofKennedy’s book.Kennedy said she

began research for thebook in 2004, when lead-ers at Diverse Powerthought they mightrelease the book at theco-op’s 70th anniversary.The early start was ablessing, she said.“I’m so glad I started

then rather than a fewyears later,” said Kennedy,who has worked closelywith Diverse Power as afreelance writer when thecompany was TroupEMC in 1994. “I was ableto interview severalemployees who havesince died.”One of those was gen-

eral manager Ken Bur-son, who headed thecompany before WayneLivingston, president andCEO, began in 1987. Oth-ers were Dot Hester, whoworked in the company’soffice for two decades,and Winfred Ward, whowas office manager formany years.Since Kennedy had

been writing for the co-op’s newsletter in 1994,she also had interviewswith several employeeswhen they retired, suchas Pearce Wyche Jr. in2000 and Charlie Phillipsin 2004.Two of Kennedy’s

“gems,” as she calls thepeople she’s interviewed,were Val Pruitt and Tam-lin Hall. Both worked atTroup EMC for morethan 40 years, beginningin the mid-1940s.“Those two are the

ones who gave me thebulk of my history,”Kennedy said. “Memories- like a steel trap. Theywere both just very dedi-cated to the local electriccooperative.”Kennedy said she con-

siders electric cooperativeemployees like Pruitt andHall to be “unsungheroes.”“When Tamlin and Val

went to work in thoseearly years, they were

heroes for bringing elec-tricity to farms to peoplewho had never had itbefore,” Kennedy said.“Women were washingclothes in galvanizedtubs, hauling water fromthe well, heating thewater on a fire. It wassuch work, back-breakingwork. When electricitycame to those women, itwas still work, but notnearly as grueling.”Kennedy said she was

most fascinated by howrelatively new electricityis to rural areas. Whilethe local electric cooper-ative first energized 74miles of line in 1937 inTroup County, the firstelectrification hadoccurred in New YorkCity in the 1881. InAtlanta, Georgia Light Co.formed in the 1880s andby 1897 had 400 cus-tomers.“According to where

you were, cities had elec-tricity some 25 to 40 yearsprior to the country areasgetting it,” she said. “Thelack of electricity was partof the great dividebetween cities and ruralareas.”Kennedy said President

Franklin D. Rooseveltcalled Warm Springs “thebirthplace of rural elec-trification,” for he firstbecame aware of electricinequities at his home inWarm Springs known asthe Little White House.“He got his first electric

bill there and saw that itwas four times higherthan his bill in Hyde Park,N.Y.,” Kennedy said.“Warm Springs is wherehe started his long studyof rural electrification.”A year before Diverse

Power’s birth in 1936,Roosevelt established theRural ElectrificationAdministration, whichprovided potential topower rural homes inwest central Georgia withelectricity.“It’s neat because while

it’s the 75th anniversaryof the cooperative, it’s the76th anniversary of theREA,” Kennedy said, “andRoosevelt established theREA in a county that theTroup County Rural Elec-

trification Corporationcovered.”Livingston, Diverse

Power’s president andCEO, said he wasimpressed with howKennedy was able toweave the local history ofthe cooperative with thehistory of rural electrifi-cation on the national andstate levels.“Readers will really get

a sense of how thorough-ly she was able to dig intothe history of the electriccooperative and share thepersonal side of our com-pany,” Livingston said. “Ireally enjoyed readinghow she incorporated thestate and national historyof electrification to giveperspective to rural elec-trification in this area.”Electric co-op members

may have seen some ofKennedy’s writing

already. She wrote arti-cles that appeared in theco-op’s newsletter,Trends, which appears inthe middle fold of Geor-gia Magazine eachmonth. She began writingfor the magazine’sstatewide edition in 1998.Her articles have

appeared in numerousregional, state and nation-al publications, includingAlabama Living and U.S.News & World Report.She helped launch andcontinues to serve as sen-ior editor for ON Maga-zine, a city magazineserving Plano and CollinCounty, Texas, since2003. In 2006, shereceived an ADDY awardfor copywriter of the yearfrom the Advertising Fed-eration of Columbus.Kennedy served as a

reporter at LaGrangeDaily News from 1986 to1999. She is a 1980 grad-uate of Troup HighSchool and has three chil-dren.

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$105,000.“There is so much of

that I disagree with,”Commissioner Ken SmithSr. said. “I think it’spathetic. They’re the onlyone we collect ad valoremtax from that we turnaround and give it back tothem.“They needed that

$40,000 for the runwayextension some fouryears ago, so they’regoing to need it still.They’ll be back in thesame spot.”In other business Fri-

day, Dana Eaton in theproperty appraiser’soffice said that for thefirst time, an annualnotice is being sent to allproperty owners in Maythat lists fair market andassessed values. The formhas been developedthrough a change inGeorgia law andapproved by the stateDepartment of Revenue.The notice also advises

property owners ofappeal rights.She stressed that prop-

erty owners should knowthat no payment is due atthis time but will be dueat their regularly sched-uled time in November.

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HistoryThe last general to be

killed in the Civil Wardied in what battle?

Confederate Brig.Gen. R.C. Tyler diedwhile making a heroiclast stand in Georgia atthe Battle of West Pointon April 16, 1865, anEaster Sunday. Although neither

Union nor Confederateforces knew it, Gen.Robert E. Lee had sur-rendered his Army ofNorthern Virginia sevendays earlier. Tyler was defending a

fort that bears his name.He and others killed inthe battle are buriednearby.

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sized loads north along I-75 to Atlanta, west alongI-285, then south along I-85 to West Point. Thefirst shipment is on itsway. The second was setto depart Friday night.

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In an effort to make Civil War anniversary events more hospitable to blacks,the Park Service held lectures on slavery anad on the 54th Massachusettsregiment which was depicted in the movie, ‘Glory.’

Few blacks attendanniversary eventsCHARLESTON, S.C.

(AP) – As cannons thud-ded around CharlestonHarbor this week in com-memoration of the startof the war that extin-guished slavery, the audi-ences for the 150th-anniversary events werenearly all-white. Evenblack scholars lecturingabout black Union troopsand the roots of slaverygazed out mostly onwhite faces.The reasons blacks

stayed away are notexactly a mystery: AcrossDixie, Civil War com-memorations have tend-ed to celebrate the Con-federacy and the battle-field exploits of thosewho fought for the slave-holding South.But the National Park

Service is trying to makeanniversary events overthe next four years morehospitable to black peo-ple.“We’re trying to broad-

en the story to go beyondthe battlefields to thehome front and to talkabout 150 years later, ifmuch of the reason forthe war was freedom forenslaved people, how farhave we come?” saidCarol Shively, a spokes-woman for the ParkService sesquicentennialin the Southeast.The anniversary of the

April 12, 1861, bombard-ment of Fort Sumter thatplunged the nation intoits bloodiest war wasmarked in Charleston onTuesday by hundreds ofpeople. Only a few blacksattended a pre-dawn con-cert of period music orwere on hand for a cere-mony re-creating the firstshot a few hours later.One of the black peoplepresent was a Union re-enactor who threw awreath into the waterand then saluted.“I think it’s very painful

and raw” for blacks toattend such activities,said the Rev. JosephDarby of Charleston,who is black and was notthere for the Fort Sumtercommemoration. “Ifyou’re going to beauthentic in the way youre-create it, it would behard to filter out the tri-umphal air of the firingon Fort Sumter.”On Wednesday, the

Park Service sponsoredevents about blacks out-side its Fort Sumter tourboat dock. It includedlectures on slavery andon the Union 54th Mas-sachusetts, the black unitdepicted in the 1989movie “Glory” starringMatthew Broderick, Den-zel Washington andMor-gan Freeman. But out ofabout 50 people attend-ing the lectures, therewas only one black, awoman who declined tobe interviewed.Dot Scott, president of

the local chapter of theNational Association forthe Advancement of Col-ored People, said evensuch programs may notbe enough to get blacksinvolved in 150th-an-niversary events.

“It’s almost like cele-brating with the enemy,”she said. “I personallybegan to have a feeling ofwhy would I want to be apart of it?”The NAACP has said

the activities should nei-ther romanticize theSouth nor ignore thatslavery was the principalcause of the war. BothScott and Darby creditthe Park Service withworking hard to makeevents inclusive.Earlier this year, the

Park Service workedwith Kennesaw StateUniversity to conductfocus groups with blacks

on the Civil War. Some ofthe participants worriedthat the Civil War astaught in the Southreflects only the Confed-erate view and that thehistory of blacks is mis-interpreted.“We need to overcome

the shame and embar-rassment of slavery – tosee humanity” in the sto-ries told by the parks,one participant said.This week in

Charleston “we present-ed the most historicallyaccurate depictions of theAmerican Civil War,” saidPark Service spokes-woman Nancy Gray.

School marksfour yearssince shootingBLACKSBURG, Va.

(AP) – Four years after atroubled student gunneddown 32 in a campusrampage, Virginia Techofficials remain adamantthat they did nothingwrong by waiting twohours to warn the cam-pus that a gunman wason the loose.On Saturday, the school

will mourn the victims ofthe April 16, 2007, massshooting – the worst inmodern U.S. history –with a 3.2-mile Run forRemembrance and a can-dlelight vigil. Meanwhile,school officials are strong-ly leaning toward appeal-ing a $55,000 fine for vio-lating federal law with itsresponse the day of theshootings. They have untilApril 29 to decide.Many victims’ families

say the school can’tsimultaneously mournthe tragedy and deny itsmistakes.“Truth, accountability,

apology, forgiveness –you have to get throughthe first three to get to thefourth,” said JosephSamaha, whose daughterReema was killed.“Somebody needs to say“‘I made a mistake.’ ”Virginia Tech says it

acted reasonably basedon standards in place atthe time and doesn’tdeserve the fine that theU.S. Department of Edu-cation has imposed. Pres-ident Charles Stegerargues that federalbureaucrats with the ben-

efit of hindsight are hold-ing the university tostricter standards.“We were there, and

given the information wehad and the circum-stances we faced, Ibelieve we acted appro-priately,” Steger said.“Now does that mean wedon’t have great sadnessin our heart or compas-sion for those families?Certainly not.”Steger said the school’s

likely appeal is anattempt to make the gov-ernment explain itsrationale – not to escapeaccountability. If the uni-versity loses the adminis-trative appeal, it couldtake the matter to feder-al court.Campus safety experts

say the sanctions andTech’s response providea test case for how uni-versities should respondin the future.“This is literally higher

education in the world ontrial,” said Peter Lake, aStetson College of Lawprofessor and director ofthe Center for Excellencein Higher Education Lawand Policy. “They didn’task for this, but they’vebeen nominated by fate toplay this important role.”The Department of

Education has said itwould have liked to fineVirginia Tech more thanthemaximum $27,500 foreach of two violations. Ithasn’t increased its finesto adjust for inflationsince 1990.

NinedeadfromstormsTUSHKA, Okla. (AP) –

Destructive storms thattore across the country’smidsection left at leastnine people dead aftersmashing uprooted treesinto homes in Arkansasand ripping apart the onlyschool in one tiny Okla-homa town, officials saidFriday.A tornado swept

through Tushka in south-east Oklahoma town lateThursday, killing two sis-ters in their 70s, SalvationArmy Capt. Ric Swartzsaid.The tornado also

injured at least 25 peopleas it ground through thetown of 350 residents,said Gilbert Wilson,Atoka County’s emer-gencymanagement direc-tor. He said witnessesreported seeing two tor-nadoes that merged toform a single twister. TheNational Weather Serviceconfirmed a single torna-do hit the area.Emergency manage-

ment spokeswomanMichelann Ooten said atleast a dozen homes andbusinesses weredestroyed.Tushka Public School

Principal Matt Simpsonsaid the storm destroyedfive school buildings andthat the campus is litteredwith downed trees andbricks blown from thebuildings.

Buyersfeelingpinchof highpricesWASHINGTON (AP) –

Americans are payingmore for food and gas, atrend that threatens toslow the economy at acrucial time.So far, the spike in such

necessities hasn’t stoppedbusinesses from steppingup hiring or slowed fac-tory production, whichrose in March for theninth straight month.Still, higher gas priceshave led some econo-mists to lower their fore-casts for growth for theJanuary-March quarter.Consumer prices rose

0.5 percent last month,the Labor Departmentsaid Friday. Nearly all ofthe gains came frompricier gas and food.When taking out those

two volatile categories,core inflation was rela-tively flat. But at the sametime, employees are onlyseeing small, if any, payincreases.“People have less

money to spend on goodsother than food and ener-gy and that is going tocause the expansion toslow,” said economist JoelNaroff of Naroff Eco-nomic Advisors.The spike in prices is

hitting most Americansjust as the economy isgainingmomentum. Busi-nesses added more than200,000 jobs in Marchand February, the besttwo-month hiring stretchin four years.Consumers also have a

little more money tospend this year, thanks toa one-year cut in SocialSecurity taxes.But most of the extra

$1,000 to $2,000 per per-son is filling the gas tank.The national average fora gallon was $3.82 on Fri-day. In five states, theaverage price is exceed-ing $4 a gallon.How big the economic

impact will be is the criti-cal question. Many ana-lysts expect food priceswill come down and oilprices will stabilize bysummer.

By Robert GriffinSports Writer

An approaching storm did-n’t dampen the scoringpower of the LaGrange LadyGrangers on Friday night.With heavy storm cloudshanging overhead, the LadyGrangers were held to onegoal in the first half of play,but they came alive in thesecond half led by anothermulti-goal effort from soph-omore Cassidy Kemp,whoscored three goals.LaGrange went on to win5-0 to keep its hopes for a re-gion championship alivewhile wrapping up the TroupCounty championship in theprocess.

A boys’ game was sup-posed to follow, but it waspostponed because of thestorm that moved in shortlyafter the girls’ game ended.The LaGrange and Troupboys teams will meet Mon-day at 7 p.m. at CallawayStadium.In the girls’ game, the LadyGrangers had their handsfull with a determined Troupsquad.“Troup always comes toplay,” Lady Grangers coachSuzie Cook said. “Theyplayed a fantastic gametonight. In the end, we cameout with it, but they really did

By Robert GriffinSports Writer

The Callaway Cavaliers man-aged to beat the rain and capturea key Region 5-AA win in theprocess.The Cavaliers took a big step to-ward securing a region champi-onship with a 6-3 victory in agame that was shortened to six in-

nings because of rain.The win keeps the Cavaliers(16-2 overall) at a perfect 9-0 inthe region, while Temple fell to 4-2 in the region.Callaway starter Hunter Heathpicked up the win for the Cava-

liers, pitching four innings, givingup three runs on three hits andstriking out six.Kane Keith came in to work ascoreless fifth and sixth inning forthe team.“In the end it was a great winfor us tonight,” Callaway head

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LaGrange at Carrollton, 11 a.m.Huntingdon at LaGrange College,

2 p.m.

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Kevin Eckleberry / Daily NewsCallaway’sKaneKeithrunstowardhomewhile theTemplecatcherwaitsontheball.Keithwascalledoutontheplay,but theCavalierswenton towin6-3 inagameshortenedbecauseof rain.

Kevin Eckleberry / Daily NewsLaGrange’sAbbyDoerrandTroup’sRebeccaRensenhousechasedownaballduring the firsthalfofFriday’sgame.LaGrangewon5-0.

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LaGrange’sAbbeyDarden takesa freekick in the firsthalf.

Callaway’sTaylorBrookscrosseshomeplatewitharuninthe bottom of the third inning. Brooks had anRBI singleearlier in the inning.

By Kevin EckleberrySports Editor

Everything was goingaccording to plan.Junior Jacob Boccucciwas throwing darts, andthe offense had put upthree runs to give the La-Grange Grangers a 3-0lead over the homestand-ing Carrollton Trojans onFriday.And then the raincame, and a game thatwas going the Grangers’way was washed out.The game made it intothe bottom of the fourthinningwhen it was called.Because the game did-n’t go five innings, it was-n’t an official game, sothe two teams will haveto start over.LaGrange coach Don-nie Branch said they’regoing to try to make upthe game at 11 a.m.today, and if the field isn’tready by then, it will bepushed back to 4 p.m.LaGrange was going toplay a doubleheaderagainst Pacelli today atnoon, but that plan willchange as well.If the Grangers playCarrollton at 11 a.m.,they’ll return home toplay Pacelli at 4 p.m. forone game.If the Grangers playCarrollton at 4 p.m., thePacelli game would bepushed back to Mondayat 5 p.m.Whenever LaGrangedoes play Pacelli, it willbe senior night.TheGrangers havewontwo straight games to getto 5-3 in Region 6-AAA,and they’re going for aregular-season sweep ofCarrollton, which is also5-3 in the region.Also on Friday, La-Grange College’s gameagainst Huntingdon waspostponed.The two teams willplay a doubleheadertoday beginning at 2 p.m.The teams wrap up thethree-game series Sun-day at 1 p.m.The Panthers (16-17)are looking to snap a 10-game l0-game losingstreak.

a good job. They had a lot ofheart.”The Grangers were held incheck for a majority of the firsthalf, hampered by a stingy LadyTigers defense.According to Troup head coachJohn Bernard, that was all part ofthe plan.“That was one of the things thatwe worked on in practice and re-ally sculpted our game planaround, which was not lettingthem set up shots near the goal,”Bernard said.Cassidy is an incredible player, soifyou let her get the ball you aregoing to have problems. So ourplan was to keep them from win-ning the ball and pressure themwhen they are winning it so theydont have the time to figure outwhat they want to do.”Kemp still managed to score agoal in the first half on a break-away with 22 minutes left, andthat gave LaGrange a 1-0 lead atthe break.At the break, LaGrange’scoaches and players got togetherto figure out what they could toimprove on in the second half.“A lot of the times we are a sec-ond-half team,” Cook said. “Weapproached them at halftime andasked them how they felt aboutthe game, and they figured out

what they needed to improve on.We put it on them to talk aboutwhat needed to happen, andeverything that we talked about athalftime they put into the game.They did a great job.”Kemp who would score twogoals in the second half, said theLady Grangers did a better job of

controlling the ball after the half.“We needed to keep possessionof the ball longer,” Kemp said.“We talked about it at halftime,and I think that we hadmore con-fidence in the second half and weknew if we just did what we knewwe were capable of we could winit.”Cami Ferguson, who wouldscore the first goal of the secondhalf said that playing a rival likethe Lady Tigers helped add moti-vation to the team’s spirited sec-ond-half effort.“In the first half, I just felt likewe were holding back a bit,” Fer-guson said. “We thought abouthow great it would be to win thisgame, and I think that gave us alittle extra momentum in the sec-ond half.”With four minutes left to go inthe game, sophomore Abbey Dar-den put the cherry on top of thewin for the Lady Grangers, net-ting a goal from 30 yards out toput the Lady Grangers up 5-0.“We played really toughtonight,” Bernard said. “I reallythought that we fought reallyhard. We came out out on thewrong side of the score line, butyou have to give it up to La-Grange. We were able to holdthem really well in the first half,but it just caught up to us in thesecond half. They played incredi-bly well.”

coach Dusty Hubbardsaid. “It was a game thatwe needed to win, wehad to win, and we did.”After getting down 1-0in the top of the first in-ning, the Cavaliers re-bounded in the bottom ofthe inning with two runs.Tavin Thompson hadan RBI triple, and Keithdrove in a run with adouble in the inning.“We were able to takeadvantage of their mis-takes in the first inning,”Hubbard said. “Theymade a few errors andwe made it hurt. It wasgood for us to come backand reclaim the leadafter getting down 1-0 tostart the game. That wasbig for us.”After Temple tied it inthe top of the third, Call-away took the lead witihtwo runs in the bottom ofthe inning.Taylor Brooks had anRBI single, and he later

scored on a wild pitch tomake it 4-2.The Cavaliers tackedon two more runs, andthe pitchers did the rest.The Cavaliers had thebases loaded with noouts in the bottom of thesixth when the gamewas called.“We had four errors inthe game, but luckily wewere able to pitch OKtonight,” Hubbard said.“Hunter did a good jobfor us on the mound forfour innings and Kanedid a good job for uswhen he came in.”Callaway has sevenregular-season games re-maining, including re-gion games with Jordan,Heard County andKendrick.“In the long run, weare going to have to getbetter before the playoffsstart,” Hubbard said.“We need to start swing-ing the bats a little betterand really tighten up ourdefensive play in orderto be successful.”

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Kevin Eckleberry / Daily NewsLaGrange High’s Victoria Benham,left,andTroup’sLaurieBethHughesfight for theball.

Kevin Eckleberry / Daily NewsHunterHeathwas thestartingandwinningpitcher for theCallawayCavaliers.

AuburnClubsetsmeetingforMay

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From staff reports

Atlanta Christian Col-lege, which is moving toWest Point and will be-come Point Universityon July 1, is bringing in aformer Auburn Tiger tohead its new footballprogram.L a s tweek, for-m e rA u b u r nc o r n e r -b a c kK e v i nPorter wastabbed asthe headf o o t b a l lcoach and athletic direc-tor at the school.Porter was the headcoach at Avila Universityin Missouri last season.Porter, a WarnerRobins native, said re-turning to the Southeastwas a big selling pointfor Point University.“This is a great oppor-tunity for me to get backto my home state andback to the Southeast,where I have lots of goodrelationships, friendsand family,” Porter said.“I’m excited to be a partof the transition to PointUniversity and to builtnot only our athletic pro-gram, but also the uni-versity as a whole.”Porter was a four-yearstarter at Auburn, and hewas a two-time all-SEC

selection, and he was theteam’s most outstandingdefensive player at theLiberty Bowl in 1984.After playing six sea-sons in the NFL, Porterwent into coaching,mostly in the ArenaFootball League and af2,including stints as headcoach of the PensacolaBarracudas, the MaconKnights, and the KansasCity Command.His first college coach-ing stint came atNazarene Universitywhere he was the defen-sive coordinatory beforetaking the head-coach-ing job at Avila, where hereceived his bachelor’sand master’s degrees.In 2011, Point Univer-sity will field a club foot-ball team led by ErasmusHarvey.In 2012, Porter willtake over when PointUniversity begins playas an NAIA school if itsmembership request isaccepted.Dean Collins, presi-dent of Point Univer-sity, said “Kevin’scombination of talentand experience, partic-ularly his years coach-ing in the NAIA, makeshim a perfect fit for ournew football programand our athletic depart-ment. We’re excited towelcome him to ourteam.”

From staff reports

Assistant footballcoach Trooper Taylorwill be the featured guestat the May 9 meeting ofthe West GeorgiaAuburn Club.The entire evening, in-cluding a full-course din-ner, will be $35 and willtake place at the DelAvant Conference Cen-ter in LaGrange.The evening begins at6 p.m. for the social hour,and the dinner starts at 7p.m.Said club presidentJamie Bradfield, “we’vereally never seen thislevel of excitement forone of our club events.Before the first ticketwas even printed, wehad nearly 100 Auburnfans and friends makingcommitments to pur-

chase the tickets.”Bradfield said he’s ex-pecting more than 300people to attend.Aubie, Auburn’s mas-cot, will also be in atten-dance, and there will beseveral items up for auc-tion, including a helmetsigned by a number ofplayers, including CamNewton, Nick Fairleyand Michael Dyer.Tickets may be pur-chased through PayPaldirectly on the club’swebsite, www.westgaau-club.com.Tickets can also bepurchased from any oftheWest Georgia AuburnClub’s board of directorsand will be sold at CB&Tand Plum Southern Giftsin LaGrange.The deadline to pur-chase tickets is April 15.

Porter

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – If theOrlando Magic's 2010-11 seasonwere likened to a fairy tale, itwould probably be a mix of “TheWizard of Oz” and “Alice in Won-derland.”Back in December, the Magic’s

championship journey was de-toured by a massive trade that al-tered their roster. Then, in thesecond half of the schedule, in-juries, inconsistency and othergrowing pains left a team thatmade the NBA Finals two yearsago feeling like it was trudgingthrough some strange world.Tonight, familiarity returns as

Orlando opens the playoffsagainst an Atlanta team it sweptout of the Eastern Conferencesemifinals a year ago. But thistime the Magic face a Hawkssquad that has had their numberthis season.“They got a lot of the same

guys, but as far as the way theyplay against us, it's a lot different,”Magic coach Stan Van Gundy saidof Atlanta, which has beaten Or-lando in three out of four meet-ings in 2010-11.The Hawks jettisoned point

guardMike Bibby in favor of KirkHinrich in a February trade withWashington. They also movedJason Collins to center and AlHorford to power forward, allow-ing Horford a lot more flexibilityon the offensive end.Horford is averaging a career-

best 15.3 points overall and 16.3in the four games against Or-lando. Hinrich, an off and onstarter with the Wizards, hasclearly found a groove in the

Hawks' lineup. And thoughCollins' numbers haven't beengreat (4.5 points and 3.2 re-bounds) against Orlando, byguarding Dwight Howard he hasallowed Horford to avoid foultrouble.Whether it was that adjustment

or not, Howard and the Magichave suffered offensively againstAtlanta.As a team Orlando is averaging

only 82.5 points per game, whileshooting just 38 percent overalland 22 percent from the 3-point

line. Those are all below its sea-son averages of 99.2 points, 46percent from the field and 36 per-cent from 3.“That’s not us. We want to be

high 90s, low 100s,” point guardJameer Nelson said. “If we couldscore 200, that would be great.”Howard’s individual output has

also waned. After going 10 for 20and scoring 27 points in the Nov. 8win over Atlanta, he was heldbelow 50 percent shooting in thefinal three games and shot just 43percent overall.Howard said turning that

around isn’t a complex proposi-tion.“The three games that they beat

us in, the pace was slow and weplayed to their liking,” Howardsaid. “In order to beat these guyswe have to run and we have tomove.”Hawks coach Larry Drew said

their ball movement will be piv-otal in replicating the regular- sea-son success.“You can’t just set up. You have

to attack them,” Drew said. “Eventhough they have the most potentdefensive player in the leaguedown there in the middle, youhave to attack them in the paint.You can’t have a fear about himand we’ve done that so far.”For the first time in two months

the Magic had 12 players avail-able for their final two practicesthis week, and are hoping to haveback reserve guard J.J. Redick.Hemissed the final 17 games witha lower abdominal strain and willget a final evaluation at the team'smorning shootaround.

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LaGrangeHigh’sgirls’ tennis teamwon theRegion6-AAAtournamentwithawinoverCarrolltononWednes-day. It was the fourth consecutive region championship for the LadyGrangers.

Dwight Howard and the OrlandoMagic will host the Atlanta Hawksin tonight’s playoff opener.

LaGrange High’s boys tennis team finished second in the Region 6-AAA tournament to Carrollton. TheGrangerswill be at home for the first round of the state tournament.

Bravespostponed

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� Scoreboard

TodayBaseball

LaGrange at Carrollton,11 a.m.Pacelli at LaGrange, 4

p.m.Huntingdon at LaGrange

College, 2 p.m. (double-header)

SoftballLaGrange College at

Agnes Scott, 2 p.m.Soccer

Trinity boys at LafayetteChristian, 11 a.m.

SundayBaseball

Huntingdon at LaGrangeCollege, 1 p.m.

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Sports calendar

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• 4-6” Channel Catfish - $35 per 100• 6-8” Channel Catfish - $55 per 100

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TALLADEGA, Ala.(AP) – Some compare itto trying to land a datefor the prom. Really, it’sjust two parties hagglingover a potentially lucra-tive business deal.Only in this case, the

negotiations are takingplace at nearly 200 mph.Drivers who usually

only talk to their crewchiefs, spotters and per-haps a teammate will bechatting it up with abunch of guys they’retrying to beat duringSunday’s restrictor-platerace at Talladega Super-speedway, all looking forsomeone to go alongwith a one-car-leads,one-car-pushes, then-we'll-switch arrange-ment.“There will be a lot of

pleading, a lot of beg-ging,” Clint Bowyer said.At Talladega and Day-

tona, the two NASCARtrackswhere horsepoweris limited by devices thatkeep speeds from gettingout of hand, teams havelearned that two carspaired together can gomuch faster than draftingin a larger pack, whichused to be the norm onthese big triovals.One car runs out front

with another right on hisbumper, shoving himalong. After a few laps,they must switch posi-tions to keep the pusherfrom overheating his en-gine. During practicesessions on a gloomy,windy Friday, that’sabout all anyone workedon: running in tandemand perfecting the all-important switch.Those tactics will be

crucial in the Sprint Cuprace. But the more in-triguing subplots canonly be heard, not seen,as drivers flip from onechannel to another on

their radios, looking fora partner during theebbs and flows of a typi-cal race.“It’s going to be inter-

esting at the end of thisthing,” Bowyer said. “Itwill be quite humorous.”He wasn't laughing at

the Daytona 500. Afterworking much of therace with teammate JeffBurton, Bowyer had tomake alternate arrange-ments when the No. 31car blew its engine. Heworked out a deal withKyle Busch, but couldn’tfind him on the radio.“We couldn’t commu-

nicate as good with oneanother the way wewould have liked. If wecould have, the outcomewould have been a lotbetter,” said Bowyer,who finished 17th, whileBusch settled for eighth.“You just go through (thechannels) and say, Is thisKyle? and they say, No,get off my radio! Andyou say, Hello, is thisKyle, and you just keepswitching ‘til you findhim.”He never did, forcing

them to pass messagesto each other throughtheir respective spotters.That was no match forguys who were talkingdirectly to each other onthe radio, allowing themto make split-second de-cisions.“It was complete

chaos,” Bowyer said.“Now, you are able toswitch over and tell him.You don’t have to gothrough two spotters andwait for the responseand then get back andthen, by the way, youmissed your opportunityand we are no longerleading the race becausesomebody else was talk-ing and did it way betterthan you did.”

ATLANTA (AP) – TheNew York Mets and At-lanta Braves game Fri-day night was postponedby rain.The teams will play a

traditional doubleheadertoday with the first gamebeginning at 4:10 p.m.The second game willstart approximately 30minutes after the end ofthe first game.The announcement of

the postponement, fol-lowing a delay of 55min-utes, came shortly afterfans were advised theNational Weather Serv-ice had issued a severe

storm warning for At-lanta and a tornadowarning for North Geor-gia.Friday night’s sched-

uled starters – Atlanta’sDerek Lowe and NewYork’s D.J. Carrasco–will start Saturday’sfirst game.Atlanta’s Jair Jurrjens

will make his seasondebut in the secondgame against NewYork'sMike Pelfrey.The storm is expected

to pass through Atlantathis morning, leavingclear skies for the dou-bleheader.

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By Mail: LaGange Daily NewsP.O. Box 929 • LaGrange, GA 30241

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YARD SALESDeadline: Tuesday before 3 pm$3499 - Residential

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Includes: Address, Day, Time & 6WordsRuns: Thursday, Friday &

Weekend Edition

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

making opportunitiesadvertised in the newspaper.

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

dealing and you know allterms and conditions

of the offer.

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Has newspaper end rollsfor sale. (Work great forpacking)End Rolls $4.00

Notices

BUSINESSPOLICY

The LaGrange Daily News re-serves the right to classify alladvertisements, to delete objec-tionable words or phases or toedit or refuse any advertise-ments. Every classified adver-tisement must specify a bonafide offer in good faith. Adver-tiser will hold The LaGrangeDaily News harmless against allclaims resulting from publicationof his advertisement. All adsmust be accompanied withname, address and phone num-ber of person placing ad.

APPLICATIONS ARENOW BEINGACCEPTED

For on-site vendors of DurableMedical Equipment and Or-

thotics and Prosthetics. Inter-ested applicants may requestan application in writing my

May 1st from Children's Med-ical Services 122-A Gordon

Commercial Drive, LaGrange,GA 3040.

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Automotive Instructor

West Georgia Technical College

is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia

and an Equal Opportunity

Employer

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experienced, credentialed, part-time

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Credentialing qualifications are required per SACS accredita-

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When You Place Your Ad in The LaGrange News Classifieds!

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tems. Demonstrate under-standing of basic computer

skills in line with tasks. Under-stand and demonstrate compe-tence in repair of pneumaticsand conveyor systems. Mini-

mum-HS diploma or GED is re-quired

2nd Shift (2:00p-10:00p) or3rd Shift (10:00p-6:00a)

E.G.O. offers competitive com-pensation and excellent bene-fits package including medical,life, dental, 401(k), and more.

Apply in person at:E.G.O North America, Inc.,Attn Human Resources

83 Hillwood CircleNewnan, GA 30263

or submit resume and salaryhistory to:

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Law Enforcement

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Large Automotive Companyin LaGrange.

75 positions for 12 hour shifts.Clean background, drug free,

proof of Diploma or GED.Apply online www.westaff.com

then call 706-882-4952

LOCAL LAWN ANDLANDSCAPE COMPANY

NOW HIRING!Must have valid drivers licese,own transportation and clean

M.V. R. Experience with irriga-tion and/or pesticide applica-

tion preferred. Drug FreeWorkplace. 706-845-9941

Help Wanted - General

Friendly RentalsIs now hiring account man-agers must be able to lift 75

pounds drive delivery truck andwork in office setting. Benefitsinclude paid vacation, health

and dental insurance 401k andno Sundays. Apply in person at

123 Commerce Avenue706-443-5455

BILLINGCOORDINATOR

Needed for busy homecareagency. Previous billing experi-ence required. Fax resume to770-502-7709 or apply online

atdeltahomecare.com

TEMP-21 FARMWORKERS-RIVER

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12/31/11. Plant seedlings usingmechanical planter or by hand,perform duties as top, oil, pullsuckers, chop wood, irrigate.

Harvest tobacco by cutting withknife, stake on metal spear,transfer to barn for hanging.

Must be able to get up to 40 fthigh in barn, straddle beamsseveral ft apart, hand tobaccoover head to worker on next

level. $9.48/hour. Guaranteed¾ contract hours. Toolsand equipment at no cost. Em-

ployer provided housing fornon-commuting workers.

Travel and subsistence reim-bursed at 50% if applicable. Noexperience/education required.Apply to nearest local SWA of-

fice with JO# TN3298491.

Help Wanted - General

COOK/COOK'SASSISTANT

Part Time Immediate openingin our Food services/Hospital-ity department to work closely

with the Food Service Managerto ensure nutritious, visuallyappealing and tasty meals.Maintain a high degree of

safety and sanitation in thekitchen and food service areas;

compliance with local, state,and federal food preparation

and storage guidelines. Hoursvary. Applicants may pick up

and submit an application from1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Mon-

day-Friday. 5565 Ga Hwy 354Pine Mountain, Ga 31822

(706)407-4287

Food Services

PART-TIMEADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANT

Experience with answeringphones and clerical work. Busyenvironment, must be able to

multi-task. Travel required.Please email resume to:

smoreland@obrienlpa.com

Administrative /Professional

6000 Employment

MOVE AND SAVENice Two bedroom

706-523-0693

TWO AND THREEBEDROOM

Near WalmartSeniors Welcome

706-298-1131

THREE BEDROOMNo Pets!

706-523-6686

MOVE IN SPECIAL$99 Down $99 First WeekTwo bed, one bath on large

lots, Pine Mountain706-756-7037.

Rentals

4000 Manufactured Housing

TWO, THREE,AND FOUR

Bedroom houses for rent withgarages in LHS zone. $800 -

1000 rent. Security Deposit re-quired. 706.523.1683

THREE BEDROOMTwo bath, Bonaventure Avenue

Rent $800 a month, deposit$700 (706)302-5258

THREE BEDROOMTWO BATH

One acre, reduced to $995(706)416-8555

THREE BEDROOM2 1/2 bath, central heat and air.

No pets. $775 a month $775deposit. 706-882-3658

Houses for Rent

TENANTS/ROOMMATESFor nice house in Athens. Ide-

ally located near University.$350 monthly + amenities.

706-249-1909

RENT TO OWNNear the lake4611 MootyBridge Road

Three bedroomTwo bath $12502178 MootyBridge Road

Three bedroomOne bath $575706-302-6713

ONE AND TWOBEDROOM HOME

For Rent Near Pine Mountain.Call 706-594-8215

NICEThree bedroom, two bath inWatersedge Subdivision off

Kimbrough Road, with doublegarage. $900 month $800 de-

posit. 706-333-8336

HOMES FOR RENT$200-$950

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FOUR BEDROOMThree bath, living room, din-ning, and sun room. No pets.

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EXECUTIVE HOMEFive bedroom, four bath, in

ground pool, four car garage,nine acres. Available June 1st.

$2500 per month.706-333-7014

AFFORDABLEAPARTMENTSOFLAGRANGE.COM

706-845-0706 Section 8 accepted.

609 MURPHY AVENUEThree bedroom $485/month

706-302-9688

COUNTRY LIVINGLarge two bedroom, One bath,

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Houses for Rent

30X40 METALBUILDING

Loading docks, office space,two acres, gravel lot.706-881-2086 Scott

Commercial

THE GARDENS APARTMENT$99 Move In Special

Two bedroom, Two bath706-883-8728

Offer may endwithout notice!

Apartments / Townhouses

NICE IN TOWNLOCATION

Two bedrooms, one bath. Nopets, deposit required.

706-884-3462

Apartments / Townhouses

3500 Real Estate Rentals

28.7 ACRESLocated on Alverson Roadnear Mountville. $139,900

706-333-0428

Land (Acreage)

THREE BEDROOMTwo bath, 1,300 square foot,fenced in yard, located in avery nice neighborhood on

west side of LaGrange. Eagerto sale $92,000 will consider all

offers. 678-416-2308

LIKE NEWThree bedroom, two bath inWatersedge Subdivision offKimbrough Road. Double

Garage, fireplace on nice lot.$112,900 (706)333-8336

HOUSES FOR SALENice three bedroom two bathin Huntington Subdivision offTeaver Road, 1603 square

feet, brick hard siding, sepa-rate dining room, fireplace,

double garage, new carpet and10x20 wired workshop

$115,000 706-333-8336

Houses For Sale

NEW LAKEFRONT CONDOS

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Call 770-318-8588 or visitwww.crepemyrtlecondo.com

for more info.

Condominiums

DOWNTOWN 2NDFLOOR

OFFICE SUITESMallory Realty

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Commercial

3000 Real Estate Sales

2006 HONDAODYSSEY TOURING

Loaded with DVD/RES, veryclean. $14,700. Thousands

below dealers. 706-882-6489

Vans

2001 GMCSEIRRA Z-71

Extended cab, 305 engine au-tomatic, all power 185k miles,

$6,600. (334)863-5910

Trucks

95' CHEVROLET SURURBAN1500 V8, less than 150,000miles. Needs transmission

$2700 or best offer706-443-6343

2004 GMC YUKONWhite, excellent condition, third

row seat. 133,000 miles.$9,500 (706)594-0358 or(706)884-0774 after 6:00

Sport Utility

2000 Automotive

2005 SUZUKI VL 1500 cc C90Lots of extras. Excellent condi-tion $6,000. 706-882-2609 or

706-616-2658

2005 VTX 1300 HONDA11k, bought new, $4800

(706)333-6480

Motorcycles

2003 HARLEYDAVISON FATBOY

2003 Vivid black AnniversaryEdition Fatboy(FLSTF).

Garage kept, service main-tained, great condition with 18"

chrome wheels, forks, andpipes. Comes with alarm sys-tem, engine guard with foot

pegs, windshield, sissy bar andluggage rack. 47k highway

miles. Call 678-836-5528 after4 pm. $8,900.

1997 YAMAHA 750VIRAGO

New tires, windshield, saddlebags, very clean $2450

770-408-8542706-883-7958

Motorcycles

206 ALGERO OPEN ROAD32 foot long with two slide

outs, fully equipped, very lowmillage. 706-616-7584 or

706-675-3860

2005 29 FOOTCAMPER

Sleeps eight, like new, outdoorshower and outdoor cooker,

big slide. $16,000(706)402-3333

Campers / RVs & Trailers

2006 PRINCECRAFTVENTURA

221 L4S 22' boat $25,000 withtrailer. Marc 706-249-0929

Boats / Accessories

1000 Recreational Vehicles

GRANDFATHERCLOCK - BEAUTIFUL$150. 706-884-1621

Miscellaneous

12,000 LB EQUIPMENTTRAILER

New floor, new wiring, wench,ring or ball hitch. $3,000. 706-812-1294/706-407-9106

Equipment / Supplies

900 Merchandise

CKC COCKERSPANIEL PUPPIES

$300. They have had firstshots and worming. Tails havebeen docked and dew clawsremoved.Call or Text for pic-

tures (706)518-9069

2 1/2 FOOTCOLUMBIAN TEGU

With 6'x4' custom built terrar-ium and heat lamps. $300 or

best offer. Call 706-333-4290 ifno answer, leave message.

Pets

600 Animals

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Families gathered for a night of reading and taking Accelerated Readerquizzes in the media center. Ginelle Gagnon reads with Ashanti McGheewhile her grandmother, Donna Riggins, looks on.

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Fifth-grade boys visited Morehouse College in Atlanta. After a tour of thecampus with a Morehouse student, they met with Joe Swanson, directorof the School of Medicine Library. Swanson spoke about dressing for suc-cess, how to be a better leaders and setting goals. The students ate lunchat the college cafeteria.

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Members of the Accelerated Reader clubs met author Carmen Deedy. Clubmembers are, from left, front row, Silas Estes and Maggie Blakely; secondrow, Libby Criswell, Carmen Deedy and Lilly DeGennaro; third row, Ben-jamin Doig, Charlie Sullivan, Bryson Smith, Alexander Wood, Landon Tray-lor and Zach Turner.

�� Hollis Hand Elementary School

Students collected packs of gum to send to Alpha Company in Iraq afterArmy Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gerald Key of LaGrange visited the schoolby landing his Black Hawk helicopter on the lawn. The school set a goal of1,000 packs collected 3,034 packs. Emily Pitts' kindergarten class broughtin the most the most with 700. Showing off the collection are kindergart-ners, from left, Walker Vinson, Kaidyn Thomas, DJ Heard and Maggie Mar-tin. Key plans to return to the school in December in his helicopter.

�� Artist’s corner

Long Cane Middle School sixth-grader Megan Matthews created this draw-ign after studying aborginal art. ‘I drew a sea turtle,’ she said. ‘You can seethe internal parts in the turtle. Internal and external drawings are very pop-ular in their artwork. I also drew dots surrounding the sea turtle which makesthe picture pop out. Dots are mostly what you would see in their artwork.’

�� Callaway Elementary School

While wearing surgical masks, Lisa Rogers’ first-grade class operated oncompound words. Amateur ‘surgeons’ were Jasmine Andrews, AhmariaBrooks, Shamia Cameron, Gabrielle Clark, Kaley Clark, Camron Clemonts,Franklin Eubanks, Abbygail Imhoff, Nathaniel Jones, Blake Lashley, CalebLashley, Haedo Lee, Asia Maddox, Maddison McCormick, Lily O'Donnell,Cooper Pritchett, Trevor Toney, Shaunna Tumlin, Lauren Webb, JuanitaWestberry, Jovan Winston and Fischer Wright.

�� West Side Magnet SchoolFourth-graders EmmaBowles and CarmenMcGhee studied the Idi-tarod Trail sled dograce. They built sledsand chose a musherwhom they trackedthroughout this year’srace.

BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun

BEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Chris Browne

HI & LOIS Brian and Greg Walker

FUNKY WINKERBEAN Tom Batiuk

MUTTS Patrick McDonnell

THE FAMILY CIRCUSBil Keane

DENNIS THE MENACEHank Ketchum

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CONCEPTIS SUDOKUby Dave Green

Today’s Answers

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, April 16, 2011:

This year, you have more impact than you have experienced in many years. You also are setting up a new life cycle, and it could be a very for-tunate one if you handle stress well. If you are single, many people would like to be your sweetie. You have quite the lineup of admirers! But who do you want? Be pro-active. If you are attached, the two of you can have a lot of fun, if you juggle your roles well. LIBRA reflects many of your issues.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19)You might be juggling two

different interests regarding the same situation. What you wish and what seems possible could be in direct conflict with each other. Can you merge these interests? Do they have anything in common? Curb your tem-per. Tonight: Where the action is.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Dig into a project, even if

you feel semi-lazy. Just don’t add any unnecessary pressure. You need some time off as well. Share more of what is on your mind with a friend or loved one. This person’s support helps. Tonight: Remember, it is your Saturday night, too.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You are very play-

ful and full of fun. Lighten up when dealing with an older friend. You could be amazed by what you see. Remember what is ultimately impor-tant in your relationships. Allow the child within you out when with a loved one. Tonight: Enjoying every single moment.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You absolutely are a sign

that adores your family, and often your deepest friends come from your family. A little argument doesn’t need to be anything else, if you play it smart. Know when to remain quiet. Let the other party regain his or her senses. Tonight: Laugh at confusion.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)The situation could be

volatile if you are not careful. Make it easy for others to express their seem-ingly controversial feelings while at the same time let them know what you think and feel. Take an overview if possible. Tonight: Make sure you have company.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Curb a need to go over-board. You can enjoy yourself without an extravaganza. Understand what it takes to help someone relax. Your sense of humor comes out with a very close friend. You have a lot in common. Tonight: Treat someone to dinner.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Use the moment. Has

there been someone you have want-ed to speak to or share with? Make your approach, even if you have to deal with another person’s anger or a general attitude of confusion. You can and will get past the issue. Your sense of direction makes a big dif-ference. Tonight: Do only what you want.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Take some time for yourself.

You are a sign that gets into reflec-tion. You know what you need. You could be pushed or handling more responsibility than before. You might be angry as a defense to being hurt. Take some time to work through a problem. Tonight: Mystery works.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Happiness occurs when

your friends surround you. Your creativity likes interacting and brain-storming. A child or new friend adds more spice and excitement to your plans. Enjoy the moment and let go of recent stress. Tonight: Where the crowds are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Shore up some details

with a boss or older relative or friend. Free yourself to go and be with the people you want to spend time with. Understand what is happening and that you might want to take the lead in an event. Tonight: A must appear-ance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Take another look at

what is happening with a detached and/or non-triggered attitude. Use time as an ally. You need more space to make a solid decision. If need be, find an expert or two. Tonight: Where your mind can relax.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)Deal with partners and

friends individually. You could be overly tired and cranky. If that is the case, do yourself a favor -- slow down and take a nap before having a hot discussion. The end results will be better. Tonight: Chat over dinner.

Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet at www.jacquelinebigar.com.

ZITS Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Jacquelene Bigar’s HOROSCOPE

THE LOCKHORNS William Hoest

LaGrange Daily NewsDiversions2C – Weekend, April 16-17, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) –Above a rooftop in Jakar-ta or the Indus River inPakistan, the moon loomslarge in the childhoodmemories of Maya Soe-toro-Ng, but PresidentObama’s little sister had-n’t realized how impor-tant thosememories wereuntil she was pregnantwith her oldest daughter.It was then she thoughtabout how their mother,Ann Dunham, would jos-tle her awake whereverthey were – in India orNew York, England orHawaii – to headoutside sothey could appreciate themoon. And how grand-mother and granddaugh-ter would nevermeet.Suhaila, now 6, wasborn a decade after Dun-ham died of cancer, butSoetoro-Ng has pairedher and “GrandmaAnnie” through the moonin a picture book out thismonth.The dreamily drawnbook from CandlewickPress, “Ladder to theMoon,” opens with littleSuhaila asking her moth-er what her grandmotherwas like. “She was likethe moon,” her motherreplies. “Full, soft and

curious.”Soetoro-Ng said shethought of her mother “alot during my pregnancy,having come acrossboxes full of my chil-dren’s books and toysthat she had saved forme. That moment was agreat shudderingmoment

of love and longing. I real-ly did want to somehowconnect the two of them.”She and husband, Kon-rad Ng, chose the nameSuhaila because it means“glow around the moon”in Sanskrit.The book describes howone night, a golden ladder

appears at the girl’s openbedroomwindowwith hergrandmother, hair flowingdown her back and silverbangles tinkling on herarms. The two climb to themoon, looking down on aworld filled with sorrow,from earthquakes andtsunamis, poverty andintolerance.They invite childrenand others who are suf-fering to take refuge ontheir gray, glowingmoon,until it’s time for the girlto say goodbye and climbback into bed, knowingthey’ve helped othersheal.Like Soetoro-Ng, whosaid shewrote the book toencourage unity, compas-sion and peace, Suhailahopes the book will havean impact on the world.“I hope my friendsread my moms book,”the first-grader said,clearly composed on herown, 6-year-old gram-mar and all. “And mycousins read my momsbook. and my teachersread my moms book.And when my sister isold enough to read Ihope she reads it. I hopethat when they read itthey think about peace.”

NEW YORK (AP) –Men and women willcompete head-to-head,some of the more exoticawards like best NativeAmerican album andbest spoken-word chil-dren’s record have beeneliminated, and the num-ber of categories hasbeen reduced by morethan 30 in the biggestoverhaul in the 53-yearhistory of the Grammys.While no musical gen-res will be excluded fromGrammy contention, thechanges will make theawards a lot more com-petitive.“It ups the game interms of what it takes toreceive a Grammy andpreserves the greatesteem of which it’s heldin the creative communi-ty, which is the mostimportant element,”Recording AcademyPresident and CEO NeilPortnow said.While the academy hasadjusted its rules andadapted to industrychanges over the years,these changes follow itsfirst major examinationof the awards structure,a process that took morethan a year.The biggest changewill come in the numberof categories, cut from109 to 78. Awards will nolonger be given in suchcategories as rap per-formance by a duo orgroup; some of theinstrumental categoriesin pop, rock and country;traditional gospel; chil-dren’s spoken-wordalbum; Zydeco or Cajunmusic album; and bestclassical crossoveralbum.That doesn’t mean thatthose types of music areineligible; they will sim-ply compete within larg-er fields.Portnow said thechanges will make the

awards process more rig-orous.“That’s appropriate.We are talking about themost prestigious, covet-ed award and it shouldbe a high bar in terms ofthe measurement ofreceiving that,” he said.Separate male andfemale vocal categoriesin fields like pop, R&Band country are amongthose being dropped.Men and women willnow compete in eachoverall field. That isalready the case in thefield of rock, which doesnot have male andfemale vocal categories.“A great singer is agreat singer is a greatsinger, and somebodythat has a gift in terms oftheir voice, and is at thetop of their game interms of their deliveryand emotion, really isn’tnecessarily defined bygender,” Portnow said.The changes wouldappear to make it moredifficult for artists inlesser-known and lessmainstream categories.Tia Carrere won’t be tak-ing home any moreGrammys for bestHawaiian music album,for example. But shecould still win in the newbest regional roots musicalbum category, whichcomprises more genres.Other changes willrequire each category tohave at least 40 entriesinstead of 25, and cate-gories that receivebetween 25 and 39 willhave only three nomina-tions instead of four orfive.If a category getsfewer than 25 entries, itwill be removed for thatyear, and if it happensthree years in a row, thecategory will be discon-tinued and the materialwill find a new home ina related genre.

Weekend, April. 16-17, 2011 – 3CEntertainmentLaGrange Daily News

Grammys dropmore than30 categories

Candlewick Press

‘Ladder to the Moon’ was written by Maya Soetoro-Ng, President Obama’s little sister.

Obama’s sister pens book

‘Ladder to the Moon’ was written to remember Soe-toro-Ng’s mother, whom her daughter would nevermeet.

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FAMILY FEATURES

What do you get when the tastes of Africa, France, Spain andthe Caribbean meet up with Southern hospitality? You getthe big flavors of Lowcountry cooking — and they are some -thing to be savored.

The coastal plain that runs from South Carolina into Georgia is knownas the Lowcountry, and it’s home to great Southern charm and greatSouthern cooking.

These recipes, like the ones showcased at the National ChickenCouncil/ U.S. Poultry & Egg Association Food Media Seminar inCharleston, SC, match up the big Lowcountry flavors with versatilechicken to make lip-smacking dishes you can bring to your table any day of the week.

For more recipes with big flavor, visit www.eatchicken.com.

Soup:1 whole chicken, cut into

parts2 teaspoons salt1 teaspoon black pepper1 tablespoon canola oil

1/2 cup white wine8 cups low-sodium chicken

broth2 bay leaves1 onion, chopped

2/3 cup chopped carrots1/3 cup chopped celery1/2 cup chopped parsley

Dumplings:1 large sweet potato, peeled

and diced1 cup flour1 egg, beaten1 teaspoon olive oil1 tablespoon plus one

teaspoon orange zest

Sprinkle salt and pepper on chicken.In heavy stockpot or Dutch oven,warm oil over medium-high heat.Place chicken pieces in oil and cook,turning, until golden brown, about 3 to 5 minutes per side. Remove toplate and reserve.

Pour wine into pot and scrapebrown bits from bottom of pan.Cook wine over medium heat toreduce by one-half, about 3 minutes.Add chicken broth, bay leaves,onion, carrots, celery and chickenpieces. Cover and bring to low boil. Uncover, turn heat to low and simmer gently until chicken is cooked, about 40 minutes.

While soup cooks, prepare dump -lings by steaming sweet potatopieces until soft, in microwave or by boiling over low heat. Transferpotato pieces to large bowl; mash to

puree with whisk or wooden spoon.Cool. Add flour, egg, olive oil andorange zest and mix thoroughly untilthe dough comes together in a ball.Using a rolling pin, roll dough onfloured surface to 1/8-inch thickness.Cut into strips that are 3/4 incheswide and 2 inches long.

Remove chicken to plate and letcool. Shred cooled chicken to bite-size pieces and return to pot. Reduceheat to low and add dumplings to thesoup mixture. Sim mer until cookedthrough, about 5 to 8 minutes. (Freeze any unneededdumplings between sheets of waxedpaper in airtight container.)

Serve in large bowls, garnishedwith parsley.

Chicken GumboServes 4

2 pounds chicken parts, breast and thigh, boneless and skinless, cut into chunks

8 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided6 ounces Andouille sausage, cut

into chunks4 tablespoons flour1 cup diced onion

1/2 cup diced celery1/2 cup diced green pepper

1 clove garlic, minced2 cups chicken stock1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning mix

1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon black pepper1/2 cup chopped green onions

4 to 6 cups cooked riceIn large shallow pan or Dutch oven, warm 4 table -spoons vegetable oil. Add chicken and cook overmedium heat to brown. Add sausage and sautéwith chicken. Remove chicken and sausage frompot, place on plate to cool and set aside.

In same pan, warm remaining 4 tablespoonsvegetable oil. Add flour and cook over mediumlow heat until flour is dark brown. Stir in onions,celery and green pepper. Add garlic, stirringcontinuously. Cook vegetables until soft, about 8 minutes. Return chicken and sausage to pan,continuing to stir. Gradually stir in broth andbring to a boil.

Reduce heat to medium-low, cover pan or potand simmer for one hour. Add Cajun seasoningmix, salt and black pepper. Add green onions andcook additional 10 minutes.

Serve Chicken Gumbo over rice.

Buttermilk Fried ChickenServes 4

2/3 cup flour1/2 teaspoon black pepper1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup buttermilk1 whole broiler-fryer

chicken, cut into 8 pieces1/2 cup vegetable oil

In large paper bag, combine flour,black pepper, cayenne pepper andsalt. Pour buttermilk into bowl orshallow dish. Dip each chickenpiece in buttermilk and then placeinto paper bag. Shake bag to coatchicken evenly with flour. Removechicken to wire rack and let dry 15 minutes.

In large, deep frying pan, warmvegetable oil over medium heat.Test oil temperature by placing a drop of water in pan; when itsizzles, pan and oil are hot enough.Place dark meat chicken pieces in the center of the pan and placeother pieces around the perimeter.Cook chicken to brown on bothsides for a minute or two. Reduceheat to medium-low, cover pan and cook chicken for 10 minutes.Turn chicken pieces over and cook10 minutes more.

Uncover pan, increase heat tohigh and fry for one additionalminute. Remove chicken to papertowels to drain.

Chicken and Sweet Potato-Orange DumplingsServes 4