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Students complete high school education

Sherri Brown | Daily NewsLeft, Callaway High School valedictorian Susie Cha speaks during the graduation ceremony Saturday evening. Right,LaGrange High School students stand as their fellow graduates enter Callaway Stadium on Saturday. Retiring principal Steve Cole described LaGrange High School’s class of 2012 as ‘very special.’

Kerrey charges LC graduates

Jennifer ShraderStaff writer

Former Nebraska Senator John Kerrey told graduates of LaGrange College on Saturday they are “uniquely prepared” to change the world and are more global and idealistic in their thinking than his own generation.

“We’re counting on you to be more capable than we were,” Kerrey said.

Kerrey, who spent 10 years as president of The New School University in New York City, said he had five items of “surpremely forgettable” advice for the class of 2012.

• “If you don’t have a hero, acquire one,” he said, sug-gesting the graduates look no further than those who had gone before them at LaGrange College.

• “Write good rules for yourself, and keep to those rules,” he said.

• “Be a hero to someone else,” he said. “Always be there for someone when they need you.”

• “Write and practice reading good sentences.”• “Make certain you thank people,” he said.Kerrey, a former Navy Seal who served in Vietnam,

was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by the college. LaGrange College President Dan McAlexander called him “the best of his generation.”

“He is always willing to seek common ground for the common good,” he said. “He is a true national hero and a quintessential statesman.”

McAlexander said it’s been a transformative few years for the class of 2012, who arrived on campus just before the collapse of the economy and election of President Barack Obama. The new Frank and Laura Lewis Library opened during their time on campus, and former college President Stuart Gulley left.

To cheers, McAlexander also noted the LaGrange College Panther football team, who ended their losing

Submitted by LaGrange CollegeChrista Von Borstel shakes President Dan McAlexander’s hand after receiving her diploma. Von Borstel was the recipient of the Waights G. Henry Jr. Leadership Award, an honor given to the senior who distinguishes himself or herself through leadership skills, scholarship and service.

Daniel Martiny, left, and local student Matt Mayfield move their tassels, signifying the receipt of their degrees.

Student Government Association President Lauren Gledhill car-ries the class banner in the recessional.

Speaker for the event was former Senator and presidential candi-date J. Robert Kerrey. After the ceremony, Kerrey, far right, visits with LaGrange professors John Tures, left, and Joshua Van Lieu.See GRADUATES | 2

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n Public Safety � ObituariesInformation for obituaries is written and provided by funeral homesand familymembers of the deceased.

West Georgia MortuaryP.O. Box 2912 •1408 Hamilton RoadLaGrange, Georgia 30241706-884-1092

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Muriel AbbottMrs. Muriel Abbott, 89,

of LaGrange passed awaySaturday, May 19, 2012, atWest Georgia MedicalCenter.Mrs. Abbott was born

September 18, 1922 inLaGrange, daughter of thelate John M. and ErisBrown Banks. She was anactive member ofCedarcrest CommunityChurch, and retired fromthe Elm City Plant ofCallaway and Milliken andCompany after 39 years.Mrs. Abbott was a LadiesAuxiliary volunteer at WestGeorgia Medical Centerand the Reach to Recovery.Survivors include a

daughter and son-in-law,Marilyn and Rick Pearsonof Pensacola, FL; son anddaughter-in-law, JamesMalvin (Joe) and LynnTalley Abbott; granddaugh-ter and grandson-in-law,Crystal and Donnie Davis;g re at - g randdaugh t e r,Kaleigh Alexis Davis all ofMobile, Alabama; brotherand sister-in-law, Quillianand Margaret Banks ofLaGrange.Cryptside services will be

11:00 Tuesday at theShadowlawn Mausoleumwith the Rev. Paul Boticaofficiating. In-lieu of flow-ers contributions may be inmemory of Mrs. Abbott toCedarcrest CommunityChurch, 2380 RoanokeRoad, LaGrange, GA 30240.Condolences may be

expressed or memoriesshared at www.hunterallenmyhand.com.

Booker T. GarrettBooker T. Garrett, age 67

died Friday, May 18, 2012 atthe Columbus SpecialtyHospital in Columbus,Georgia.Mr. Garrett, a native of

Heard County was the sonof the late Craft William andHattie Kate DrummondGarrett. He was a memberof Mt. Pleasant BaptistChurch. He attended PublicSchool in Heard County andhe held employment withBarner Logging Company.Survivors include twobrothers, Quillian Garrettand Norris Garrett both ofFranklin, Georgia; three sis-ters, Lottie Mae Garrett,Therether Garrett andAnnie Lois Harden all ofLagrange, Georgia; aunts,Mrs. Sarah Horton ofBowden, Ga. and Mrs.Gloria Person of Roopville,Ga.; and several neices,nephews and other familyand friends. Two siblingspreceded him in death, Mrs.Gracie Ogletree and C.B.Garrett.Funeral services for

Booker T. Garrett will beheld on Wednesday, May23, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at Mt.Pleasant Baptist Church,Hwy#100 in Franklin,Georgia. Rev. GradyWoodruff will officiate withburial at the ChurchCemetery. Viewing will beheld on Tuesday, May 22,2012 from 12:00 Noon until8:00 p.m. and onWednesday, May 23, 2012from 9:00 until 11:00 a.m.The family will receivefriends at the home of hisbrother, Quillian Garrett at422 Patterson Road,Franklin, Georgia.Condolences may beexpressed at www.westgeorgiamortuary.com. WestGeorgia Mortuary is incharge of arrangements.

1010 Mooty Bridge RoadLaGrange, GA 30240

(706) 884-8636Condolences may be expressed at:

www.shlagrange.com

Shirley H. DavisShirley H. Davis, 66, of

LaGrange, died Thursday,May 17, 2012 at her home.Mrs. Davis was born

January 16, 1946 inLaGrange, daughter of thelate Quillian and EstelleHardy Hornsby. She was alifelong area resident and amember of East LaGrangeBaptist Church and theOrder of the Eastern Star.She worked for many yearsas a nurse at Clark-HolderClinic. In addition to herparents, Mrs. Davis was pre-ceded in death by her hus-band, Tommy Davis and bya brother, Quillian Hornsby,Jr.Survivors include her

children, Tim Davis andfiancé, Donna Langley,Tracy and Pat Davis, andShirah and Keith Coker;two sisters, Pat (Roger)Smith and Becky (Jerry)Arp; 13 grandchildren; andone great-granchild.The family will gather at

the funeral home to receivefriends on Sunday from 4 to6 p.m.Funeral services will be

held 11 a.m. today atStriffler-Hamby Mortuarywith Rev. Bobby Robinsonofficiating. Burial will fol-low in Restlawn MemoryGardens.In lieu of flowers contri-

butions may be made to theCOPD Foundation(www.copdfoundation.org)in memory of Shirley H.Davis.Arrangements are by

Striffler-Hamby Mortuary,1010 Mooty Bridge Road,LaGrange. (706) 884-8636www.shlagrange.com

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streak with a run to the confer-ence championship.

“It’s a turnaround record that still stands today,” he said, “and some of you were on that team.”

Senior Christa Von Borstel was awarded the Waights G. Henry Award, given in honor of the college’s 20th president to a student whose academic career combines academic achieve-ment and service.

“LaGrange College does not produce ordinary people,” Von Borstel told her fellow gradu-ates. “We are potential world changers.”

The college also presented an honorary doctor of humani-ties degree to Paula Lawton Bevington, an Atlanta-area busi-nesswoman, fund raiser and community leader. Bevington was the first female president of the Rotary Club of Atlanta and is a longtime supporter of the Georgia Independent Colleges Association.

Nancy Kight Stevens, class of 1971, received the college’s distinguished alumni award. She also received a master’s degree from the college in 1974. Stevens retired as principal of West Side Magnet School and also was a former execu-tive director of the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra.

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Local student Wesley “Trae” Long carries the college gon-falon ahead of his classmates. The honor goes to the senior who has the highest cumulative grade point average.

LaGrange Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly stabbed a man Sunday about 1 a.m.

Police said Jose Juan Grajales-Urbina, 34, of Lafayette Court allegedly stabbed Alejandro Maldonado, 24, of Woodridge Drive several times during a fight in the 100 block of White Oak Drive. Maldonado was transported to West Georgia Medical Center for treatment, where his condition was unavailable this morning.

Grajales-Urbina is wanted on charges of aggravated assault and possession of knife during the commission of a crime.

Burglaries, theft

•Thirty prom dresses were stolen from Unlimited Scents, located at 704 Hamilton Road, during a burglary Saturday. An employee told police that six bed comforters and five pictures also were stolen. The total value of items stolen was estimated at about $3,225.

•A woman reported two flat screen televisions stolen during a burglary at her residence in the 100 block of White Oak Drive. She told police a 52-inch television of unknown brand and 37-inch Vizio brand television were stolen from bedrooms during the incident.

•A woman reported that she found her house ran-sacked and the front door laying inside her home, located in the 800 block of Monroe Street. She told police that sofa cushions were thrown around her living room, the television was on the floor and there were holes in the walls. The refrigerator was pulled away from the wall, and meat taken from the freezer was left in the sink. In one of the bedrooms, a bed was flipped on its side and the

dresser was pushed over, breaking the mirror. The ceiling also was damaged from when the bed was flipped over. Police said no items were stolen, and the damage was estimated to be about $3,000.

•A man reported a burglary at his residence in the 100 block of King Street after realizing his laptop was missing. He said the Dell laptop, valued at $800, was the only item taken and that he may have left his front door unlocked.

•A man reported a burglary at his residence in the 1000 block of Greenville Street where a Gateway laptop valued at $1,800 was stolen, but other electronics left undisturbed.

•Three air conditioners valued at a total of $14,000 were stolen from the Old Vernon Crossing Building at 1525 Vernon Road. Police said part of the copper hoses of the units were cut to remove them from the location.

Accidents

•A man reported a hit-and-run near the intersection of Byron Hurst Street and Bull Street on Saturday. The victim, who went to the emergency room for neck pain, said he saw either a silver Nissan sedan or Toyota Camry leave the scene of the accident. Police were investigating.

Arrests

•A juvenile was arrested after a fight, which occurred in the 100 block of West Bacon Street on Sunday. According to police, the 16-year-old suspect was “extremely combat-ive” after he allegedly struck a 14-year-old and accused him of being associated with the Crips gang.

Police investigate stabbing

This month’s Career Connect event will feature representatives from local small businesses, experts on new business start-ups, rep-resentatives of local staffing organizations, job search skills coaches and Internet café and computer coach-ing.

Career Connect was started earlier this year at New Community Church to aid in local residents’ search for jobs. Seminars are given on the fourth Thursday of each month.

Job search experts have found that regular network-ing with job related contacts and resources is the very best way to find a job, get a better job, or prepare for a new career. Seventy-five percent of the time finding meaningful employment is the result of job networking. That has proven to be true for Troup County’s monthly Career Connect event.

Representatives from the local Department of Labor Career Center, Troup County Works, staffing agencies, and representa-tives of business and indus-try are regular participants in the monthly networking events. The next event is 5:30 p.m. Thursday at New Community Church, 1200 S. Davis Road.

For information check the website at www.career-connect.ncclagrange.com or the Career Connect page on Facebook.

Career Connect is Thursday

Staff report

More than 80 vintage automobiles, like those seen here at Lafayette Garden Inn, were in LaGrange on Friday and Saturday for the 17th annual ‘Social Security tour.’ A group of residents from around the Southeast take the tour to a city every year on the first weekend after Mother’s Day. The group plans to come back to LaGrange next year after taking day trips to several local sites like Callaway Gardens, the Wild Animal Safari and other attractions. The cars date from before World War II and range from a 1911 Roadster to a 1941 Studebaker to a Rolls Royce.

‘Social Security tour’ visits

EventsMondayFree, confidential HIV

testing is available start-ing at 4 p.m. at Pathways at 122 Gordon Commercial Drive. Must be at least 18. 706-845-4054

Auditions for the musical “All Shook Up” are 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Lafayette Society for the Performing Arts building at 214 Bull St. Performance dates are July 12-14 and 20-22.

TuesdayThe Interfaith Food

Closet at 416 Pierce St. in LaGrange is open from 1 to 2:45 p.m. to help people in need of food. 706-882-9291

MeetingsMondayThe Troup County

Airport Authority meets at noon in the board room of LaGrange-Callawy Airport at 200 Airport Parkway.

The Troup County Democratic Party com-mittee meets from 6 to 8 p.m. at the William Griggs Recreation Center LaGrange.

Boy Scout Troop 10 meets at 7 p.m. in the Troup County Sportsman Building on Roanoke Road.

Troup County Association of Beekeepers meets at 7 p.m. at the Ag Building on Hamilton Road. Meetings are open to anyone interested in bee-keeping. UGA Cooperative Extension, 706-883-1675 or Terry, 706-882-2493

TuesdaySalvation Army Home

League meets at noon at 806 Murphy Ave.

The LaGrange chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy meets at 3 p.m. at Bellevue at 204 Ben Hill St.

LaGrange City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. in the council chamber/court-room at 208 Ridley Ave.

Grief Share, a support group for people griev-

ing the loss of someone close, meets at 7 p.m. at Cedarcrest Community Church at 2380 Roanoke Road. 706-882-6327

The LaGrange Shufflers meet at the Active Life cen-ter at 140 Ragland St. for regular square dance from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. 706-812-8840

WednesdayA bereavement support

group meets 11 a.m. at Hospice LaGrange.

ChurchesMondaySpringfield Baptist

Church at 707 Ringer St. celebrates pastor Sam Cameron’s and first lady Jannis Cameron’s eighth anniversary at 11 a.m. Guest speaker is pastor Willie Joe Cameron of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Hogansville. R. L. Darden, 706-881-4226

Monday-ThursdayNew Beginning Baptist

Church hosts revival ser-vices at 7 p.m. Guest speak-er is is the Rev. Stanford Dudley, pastor of Mount Sinai Baptist Church.

Wednesday

Trinity SDA Church Prayer and Bible Study Center at 710 Jenkins St. holds community prayer and Bible study at 7 p.m. Pastor Walter Gordon, 706-812-0760

Hogansville Church of Christ, 4885 Mountville Road, holds a study on the book of Revelation at 7 p.m. with speaker J. Robert Brooks. 706-637-6476

St. Paul CME Church,

250 Lower Glass Bridge Road, hosts Bible study at 7 p.m.

Wednesday-FridayThe Jesus Christ

Christian Worship Center,

215 Wright St, holds its third annual camp meet-ing celebration at 7 p.m. Wednesday, and 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Pastor Edward E. Wheat, 706-882-4146

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Dear Annie: My hus-band’s sister “Kelsey” filed for divorce a few months ago. Her soon-to-be ex-hus-band kept in touch. He told me that Kelsey had been cheating on him with the guy she is currently seeing. I didn’t want to believe him, but in the past few weeks, I’ve discovered that Kelsey has been lying to her par-ents, her brother and me about nearly everything.

Her new guy has a DUI and lost his license. He has a child from another relation-ship, doesn’t work and rents a room from his brother. Kelsey has been paying for his plane tickets so he can

visit her.Kelsey told me she was

filing for divorce because she couldn’t deal with her husband’s child from his

first marriage. Now she is jumping into another rela-tionship with the same setup. She is convinced that “it’s different.” Her parents are unaware that Kelsey is planning to move two states away to be with him after she graduates.

I have spoken my piece. I told Kelsey what she did was wrong. If she were a friend, I would stop speak-ing to her. But this is my sis-ter-in-law, and I don’t want to cut her off. However, nei-ther my husband nor I want Kelsey and her new boy-friend coming to our house.

Should I tell Kelsey’s par-ents that she is planning to

move away with this guy? Are we being too harsh by not inviting her into our home? This is my husband’s only sister, and I want to do the right thing. — Unsure of What To Do

Dear Unsure: Kelsey sounds immature and reck-less, the type who will make a lot of mistakes before she learns anything. Unless Kelsey has sworn you to secrecy, we see no reason not to inform your in-laws of her plans. Welcoming her into your home is up to you. If you have young children, you might want to keep her at a distance. But the more you disapprove of the boyfriend the more she will defend him. It often can be more effective to over-whelm him with kindness. And you never know. He could turn out to be the right guy for her.

Dear Annie: What are your thoughts about the practice of notifying friends by email of the death of

a loved one? This person also included instructions on how to offer condolences and provided recommen-dations for places to con-tribute in memory of the departed. — Pennsylvania

Dear Pennsylvania: Like it or not, email has become one way people now notify others of every-thing. And while it may be less appropriate than a phone call or handwritten note, it’s certainly more private than posting it on Facebook. Family members and close friends should still be told of a death with a personal call. Others can be informed in whichever way gets the news out in the most timely manner.

Suggestions for charita-ble donations and convey-ing condolences would be included in a newspaper death notice and are there-fore acceptable in such an email.

Dear Annie: You sug-gested to “Roommate,”

whose 13-year relationship was lacking intimacy, that her husband get his testos-terone levels checked. Why is it that when men don’t want sex, it’s because their hormone levels are off, but when women don’t want intimacy, it’s because the relationship needs work?

You would think research-ers would be all over finding a physiological reason for women’s lack of interest. Not once has any doctor recommended that I get my hormone levels checked. — Ohio

Dear Ohio: You must not be a regular reader of this column. We’ve done countless letters on women and their hormone levels. The best advocate for your health care is YOU. If you think your hormone lev-els are off, don’t wait for your doctor to suggest it. Insist on being tested. And researchers are indeed “all over” finding a pill for women that equals Viagra for men. Not there yet.

Dealing with ‘Kelsey Mately’

n In our community

Volunteers for CASA of Troup County Inc. were recognized April 16 during Volunteer Appreciation Week. Recognized were Ruth Brown, Terry Brown, Brent Blanks, Ellen Wright, Brooke Bond, Carol Chumley, Robbie Miller, Elvina Allen, Shirley Bradshaw, Lonnie Hollis, JoAnn Vanderwater, pastor C. J. Smith, Knarvia Smith and Bruce Zamelsky.

The volunteers attended an apprecia-tion dinner in the fellowship hall of First Baptist Church on Fannin Street. CASA recognized Smith and Zamelsky for vol-unteering more than 260 combined hours for a year.

CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocate – volunteers are trained com-munity volunteers appointed by a judge to speak up for the best interests of an abused or neglected child involved in a juvenile court deprivation proceeding. The ultimate goal of a CASA volunteer is to help make sure the child has a safe, permanent home.

CASA will hold a training class June 14 to July 16. Classes are held Mondays and Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the CASA office. Anyone interested in volun-teering for CASA can contact executive director June L. Nelson at 706-845-8243 or jnelson@troupco.org.

CASA recognizes volunteers

SubmittedVolunteers for CASA of Troup County Inc. were recognized during Volunteer Appreciation Week. They are, from left, front row, Ruth Brown, Terry Brown and Brent Blanks; second row, Ellen Wright and Brooke Bond; third row, Carol Chumley, Robbie Miller, Elvina Allen and Shirley Bradshaw; back row, Lonnie Hollis, JoAnn Vanderwater, pastor C. J. Smith, Knarvia Smith and Bruce Zamelsky

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State & Nation4 - Monday, May 21, 2012

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Barack Obama’s support for gay marriage has emboldened activists and politicians on both sides of the issue, set-ting off a flurry of politi-cal activity in a number of states and serving as a rallying point in others where gay marriage votes are being held this fall.

With the nation divided on gay marriage, Obama’s declaration this month — a day after North Carolina voters approved an amend-ment to the state consti-tution affirming that mar-riage may only be a union of a man and a woman — has added a wrinkle in the political debate on a touchy subject.

Obama’s stand has put wind in the sails of gay marriage supporters, while providing political fuel to opponents, said Kamy Akhavan, president of ProCon.org, a nonparti-san California-based non-profit that researches pros and cons on controversial issues.

“It has altered the national discussion to some degree,” he said.

Same-sex marriage is now legal in six states and the District of Columbia. Thirty-one states have passed amendments aimed at banning it. The issue is expected to come up in at least four ballot measures this fall:

— Maine’s ballot ques-tion asks whether gay mar-riage should be legalized.

— Minnesota is asking whether a ban on gay mar-riage should be part of the state constitution.

— Maryland and Washington are expected to have ballot measures seeking to overturn same-sex marriage laws that were recently passed by the legislatures.

In Maine, the announce-ment has invigorated activ-ists who favor and oppose November’s statewide ref-erendum seeking to legal-ize same-sex marriage. The Maine Legislature passed a gay marriage bill in 2009, but it was over-turned by 53 percent of the voters in a referendum that fall.

David Farmer, spokes-

man for Mainers United for Marriage, said Obama’s description of his personal evolution on gay marriage illuminates the conversa-tions that supporters are having in door-to-door and phone discussions with residents — talking about their “personal journeys” and people they know who are gay.

“A lot of people who agree with the president got a burst of energy, that feeling of momentum, about the first sitting pres-ident of the United States endorsing a cause that they support and are work-ing very hard on,” Farmer said.

Obama’s words also made referendum oppo-nents realize they have their work cut out for them, said Bob Emrich, chairman of Protect Marriage Maine and pastor of Emmanuel Bible Baptist Church.

“It’s deepened people’s awareness that this is a major issue that isn’t going away and we need to have more people involved in it,” Emrich said.

It’s not just Maine where Obama’s words have ener-gized gay marriage sup-porters.

In Illinois, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn said he “stands with the presi-dent” while announcing his stepped-up support for gay marriage, vowing to work with state legislators to legalize same-sex mar-riage there without wait-ing for the courts to act. Illinois currently allows civil unions, which afford couples many of the rights of marriage.

In Rhode Island, which allows civil unions but not gay marriage, Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed an order proclaiming the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere; Chafee, an independent, said Obama’s announcement is positive momentum. Maryland’s highest court ruled Friday that same-sex couples can divorce in the state even though Maryland does not yet permit gay couples to wed.

Former Nebraska Gov. and Sen. Bob Kerrey, a Democrat who is again running for the Senate, voiced his support for gay marriage this week. And in Minnesota, gay marriage supporters say Obama’s position is galvanizing

opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban it and should help fundraising efforts.

Obama’s announcement has also drawn response from gay marriage oppo-nents.

In Oklahoma, the state Senate recently voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution reaffirm-ing opposition to gay mar-riage, even though there’s a ban already enshrined in state law and the state constitution. Republican Sen. Clark Jolley said he introduced the resolu-tion in direct response to Obama’s position.

A Democratic state senator accused Jolley of introducing the resolution because he has “a difficult re-election campaign com-ing up and needs promo-tional material for the God and gays section” of a cam-paign leaflet.

In Colorado, the Republican House speak-er accused Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper of “reading straight from President Obama’s cam-paign playbook” in calling for a special legislative ses-sion to vote on civil unions a day after Republicans

had killed a bill. The res-urrected legislation was again killed during a spe-cial session this week.

In Minnesota, Minnesotans for Marriage spokesman said Obama’s announcement “demon-strates why marriage needs to be protected and put in the state Constitution where politicians can’t get at it.”

In New Hampshire, the sponsor of a failed bill to repeal gay marriage sent out an email calling Obama “arrogant and out of touch” with his announcement.

Frank Schubert, political director for the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes gay marriage, said Obama’s opinion will continue to have ramifica-tions as November’s elec-tions close in, particularly for Democrats who don’t share his view.

“I think he’s scrambled the omelet quite a bit here and made it compli-cated for Democrats, in swing states in particu-lar, because it puts them in position of having to, sometimes publicly, dis-tance themselves from the president,” he said.

Obama stance adds fuel in marriage battlegrounds

MCT DirectKelly Rivera Hart of San Francisco, California, adds his thoughts to a ‘thank you’ card for President Obama posted at the intersection of Castro and 18th Streets in San Francisco on May 9. Obama spoke earlier in the day of his personal beliefs on gay marriage.

Driver remains hospitalized after 6-bus crash

COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — A 44-year-old school bus driver injured during a chain collision involving six buses east of Atlanta remains hospital-ized in stable condition.

Authorities are inves-tigating the cause of the crash, which occurred Saturday as the buses headed from Burke County to Six Flags Over Georgia. A local newspa-per reported that the trip was a reward to the sixth- and seventh-graders for scoring well on a state assessment test.

Officials say one bus slowed abruptly on Interstate 20 as it approached a construc-tion site, setting off the collision.

Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright said 65 students were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not seri-ous. Bus driver Angela Jones was cut from the wreckage and flown to an Atlanta hospital.

Wright says charges are pending in the crash.

Moneyed, known incumbent lawmak-ers hard to beat

ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of candidates will descend on the state Capitol this week hop-ing to win election to the Legislature, but those challenging incumbents with deep pockets face long odds.

More than 100 of the state’s 236 lawmakers won re-election in 2010 unop-posed and only eight lost their seats. Incumbents typically raise more than their opponents.

Still, tea party grass-roots activism and newly drawn district lines could help hopefuls with less money and name recogni-tion.

Senate Rules Chairman Don Balfour has $740,513 in his account, the most of any incumbent. Much of the money top lawmakers raise comes from Capitol lobbyists and the peo-ple they represent. The Republican chamber cau-cuses had about $800,000 by March 31, much of which will be used to help cash-strapped incum-bents.

For NATO leaders, heralding end to Afghan war complicated

CHICAGO (AP) — As President Obama and fellow NATO leaders herald the coming end of the deeply unpopular Afghanistan war, they face the grim reality of two more years of fight-ing ahead and more of their troops sure to die in combat.

The many partners in the fighting coalition will gather Monday in Obama’s hometown to reassert their commit-ment to ending the war in 2014 and solidify another milestone for next year, when Afghan forces take the lead in combat missions while NATO assumes a supporting role.

So far in the two-day NATO conference, the leaders have voiced hope that a decade of war in Afghanistan will give way to a decade of transition to peace and stability, aided by the U.S. and its allies.

But hard realities intrude.

Some NATO countries, most recently France, have sought to end their combat commitments early. The Taliban and its allies have warned that they are waiting to fill the void in Afghanistan after NATO leaves. And with alliance forces — the bulk of which are American – still committed to many more months of fighting, the sacrifices are far from over.

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JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal said Sunday he’s sup-porting Mitt Romney for president now that the former Massachusetts gov-ernor has a lock on the Republican nomination.

“I have talked to Gov. Romney and certainly I will support his candidacy,” Deal told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday. “He obviously is going to be the nominee of the party and I’ll certainly support him in that capac-ity.”

Deal didn’t automatical-ly endorse Romney after Newt Gingrich officially dropped out of the race May 2. The governor had been a staunch supporter of the former House speaker, with whom he served in Congress.

Gov. Deal says he supports Romney

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slight-ly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, cancel-ing tourist cruises, pro-ducing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.

The first storm of the season that officially begins June 1 was not expected to approach landfall on the Carolinas’ coast, but it prompted a tropical storm watch and forecasters warned that it could produce high winds, heavy surf, rip currents and scattered rain across the region.

“It’s making the clos-est approach to the coastline now, so the impacts shouldn’t be much different than what we are already seeing,” said Jonathan Lamb, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Charleston, S.C.

At 2 p.m. Eastern, the National Hurricane Center said Alberto was about 110 miles (177 km) south of Charleston. It has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph).

It’s currently moving west-southwest at 6 mph (10 kph), but forecasters expected it to turn north-east sometime today.

A few rains bands from Alberto reached Hilton Head Island and Savannah on Sunday but they moved through in less than an hour. Winds weren’t expected to reach higher than 30 mph at the beaches, Lamb said. From Charleston, S.C., to the north, even less of an impact was expected.

A tropical storm watch was in effect for the South Carolina coast from the Savannah River to the South Santee River. Forecasters don’t expect tropical storm conditions to reach the coast, but issued the watch as a pre-caution because the fore-cast track of Alberto was

still uncertain.The hurricane cen-

ter said the storm was expected to slow down through Sunday, then begin turning northeast and heading farther out to sea sometime today.

Alberto was named a tropical storm Saturday upon forming in the

Atlantic. It was the third tropical storm to form before the official June 1 start of the hurricane sea-son in the past 31 years.

Forecasters said there is no evidence that ear-ly-forming storms mean more tropical storms and hurricanes for the rest of the season.

Alberto hovers off Carolina coast ahead of hurricane season

Request for ProposalsCity of Hogansville, Georgia

Housing Rehabilitation Program Administration

The City of Hogansville City council is soliciting Request ForProposals (RFP) from Experienced Administrators for CHIP-FundedHomeowner Rehabilitation Activities. Documents can be obtained atHogansville City Hall at 400 E. Main Street, Hogansville. All addendaissued will also be available at this location.

The City of Hogansville has been awarded 2012 federal CommunityHOME Investment Program (CHIP) funds in the amount of $175,000from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA), to providea minimum of five (5) loans to low-income homeowners to make code-related improvements to their homes.

The Contractor chosen by the City of Hogansville to perform the tasksdelineated under the Scope of Services must be an approved DCAExperienced Administrator for Homeowner Rehabilitation Activities.

The Administrator is to perform all aspects of CHIP programadministration in compliance the U.S. Department of Housing andUrban Development regulations published at 24 CFR Part 92, and allDCA program requirements including all reporting and record keeping.

Contractor shall provide a price on the RFP form which is inclusive ofall costs incurred by the contractor for program implementation andadministration. No separate reimbursements for travel or other costsare permitted.

All questions or requests for additional information shall be directed toBrenda Fitten by email at brenda.fitten@cityofhogansville.org, or youmay fax them to (706) 637-4813. The deadline for receivingquestions is 5:00 p.m., Friday, June 15, 2012.

All RFPs must be received at the City of Hogansville no later than4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Any RFP received after 4:00p.m. will not be accepted.

Whether the RFP is sent by mail or commercial express service, thecontractor shall be responsible for the actual delivery of the RFP to theCity of Hogansville before the deadline time.

One original and one (1) copy of your' RFP should be submitted. AllRFPs shall be submitted in a sealed envelope/package.Envelope/package shall be addressed to City of Hogansville, Attn:Brenda Fitten, 400 E. Main Street, Hogansville, Georgia 30230,and the following clearly printed on the outside; your' company name,HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION,and date.

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — About 70 Christian youths in the Philippines have chanted “Stop the Lady Gaga con-certs” at a rally calling for the singer’s shows in Manila next week to be can-celed.

Members of a group called Biblemode Youth Philippines said Friday that they are offended by Lady Gaga’s music and videos, in particular her song “Judas,” which they say mocks Jesus Christ.

Protest leader and former Philippine Congressman Ben Abante says his group plans to file a case against Lady Gaga and concert organizers if she sings “Judas” at her Manila gigs Monday and Tuesday.

Former Manila Mayor Jose Atienza says the singer and organizers can be punished for offending race or religion.

Lady Gaga scrapped an Indonesia con-cert following protests there from conser-vative Muslims.

Filipino Christian group protests Lady Gaga shows

MCT DirectLady Gaga during the 54th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 12. The controversial musician has spurred Christian groups in Thailand to protest her shows.

Officials: Militants attacked US Coast Guard trainers

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security offi-cials say militants have opened fire on three U.S. Coast Guard trainers in western Yemen, wound-ing one.

The officials say the shooting took place on Sunday in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida in western Yemen. The three Americans were traveling in a car near their hotel when the militants pulled up in another vehicle and sprayed them with machinegun fire.

The officials had no word on the condition of the wounded American.

The officials spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

UN nuclear chief in Tehran to resume probe of Iran sites

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency arrived today in Tehran on a key mission that could lead to the resumption of probes by the watchdog on whether Iran has secret-ly worked on an atomic weapon.

It would also strength the Islamic Republic’s negotiating hand in cru-cial nuclear talks with six world powers later this week in Baghdad.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano and his two aides were quickly whisked away after land-ing at the Tehran airport before dawn Monday. They are to meet Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, as well as Iran’s foreign minister and other officials later in the day.

The visit – Amano’s first since becoming the IAEA chief in 2009 – is focused on getting Iran to agree to terms that will allow IAEA probes of sus-pect Iranian sites, includ-ing the Parchin military complex where the agency had reported suspicious activities in the past.

Tehran denies having worked on atomic weap-ons, saying Parchin is only a conventional weapons site.

Lockerbie families express relief, regret, doubt after convict-ed bomber dies

NEW YORK (AP) — The death of the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has left some victims’ relatives relieved and others raising questions about his guilt and whether others went unpunished.

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelli-gence official died Sunday of cancer, his family said. His death renewed pleas from some victims’ rela-tives for further investiga-tion of the bombing.

“It closes a chapter but it doesn’t close the book. We know he wasn’t the only person involved,” Frank Dugan, president of the group Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, said from Alexandria, Va.

Al-Megrahi was con-victed of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town on Dec. 21, 1988. The bombing killed 270 people, many of them New York and New Jersey residents. Syracuse University in central New York was par-ticularly hard hit: 35 stu-dents on the way home for Christmas break died in the bombing. Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi handed over al-Megrahi and a sec-ond suspect to Scottish authorities after years of punishing U.N. sanctions. In 2003, Gadhafi acknowl-edged responsibility, though not guilt, for the bombing and paid com-pensation of about $2.7 billion to victims’ families.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli human rights group has released a video that suggests Israeli soldiers stood by while Jewish settlers opened fire on Palestinians in the West Bank, wounding one.

The B’tselem group says settlers from Yitzhar descend-ed over the weekend on the nearby village of Asira al-Qib-liya, where they threw rocks at Palestinian homes. Village youths confronted the settlers, and rocks started flying on both sides, B’tselem said. Settlers later opened fire, shoot-ing a 24-year-old Palestinian man, who was hospitalized in stable condition, the group said.

Three soldiers appear in the footage, which was obtained by The Associated Press today. They apparently did not stop the settlers from throwing rocks or shooting at the Palestinians and one soldier is seen running away from the unrest.

The footage “raises grave suspicions” the soldiers did not act to prevent settlers from firing, B’tselem said.

The Israeli military said the incident was being investi-gated but “it appears that the video in question does not reflect the incident in its entirety.”

A spokesman for the settlement said the incident was touched off by Palestinians who set fire for the third week in a row to fields near Yitzhar. Fires were burning in the footage.

The spokesman, Avraham Binyamin, said the settlers’ security squad and firefighting team were attacked by dozens of Palestinians throwing rocks.

“When a person’s life is threatened, it’s his right to defend himself,” he said.

He said the soldier who was in command didn’t take charge of the situation and quell the unrest, and fled after being struck by a rock.

Ahmed Abdul Hadi, council chief for the Palestinian village, said settlers frequently attack their community of 3,000 people.

“This time, they clearly wanted to kill somebody,” Abdul Hadi said. “They don’t normally fire, but unfortunately, this time the army was there and watching. We hope the Israeli government will prevent the settlers from attack us, not support them.”

Group: Palestinian shot as Israeli troops stood by

CAIRO (AP) — Sixty years after their country came under military dicta-torship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president.

The voting that begins Wednesday is the greatest prize won by the multitudes who took to the streets to overthrow unpopular Hosni Mubarak in the string of people-power uprisings that upended the Middle East in last year’s Arab Spring.

It is also a moment of truth for this most populous Arab republic, determining whether power stays in the hands of the secular elite tied to the old regime or makes a momentous shift to the long-suppressed Islamists, with all the impli-cations that such a change may have for relations with the U.S. and the Middle East peace effort.

Then again, most of the 50 million eligible voters will probably be looking for more modest returns – chiefly some peace and quiet after more than a year of turmoil, bloody protests, a falling economy and ris-ing crime.

Whoever wins, “I want him to see to the security and safety problem first,” said Abdel-Rahman Shaker, a 55-year-old private securi-ty guard in Cairo. “If there is security, then we will have a better economy and production. I am looking out for my kids. I am work-ing now, but we want a bet-ter life for our kids.”

However, the new chap-ter to be opened by this election is likely to be just as tumultuous, facing con-tentious issues that no one has dealt with since Mubarak’s fall: the econo-my, the role of Islam, the future of democracy, the relationship with the U.S., Egypt’s longtime backer, and the fate of the historic 1979 peace treaty with Israel.

Egypt mirrors the chaot-ic trajectories that the Arab Spring revolts have taken after an initial burst of opti-mism that long repressed populations across the region could replace dicta-

tors with democracy.The transition in Tunisia,

the first nation to rise up in late 2010, has been the smoothest, with elections and a start to writing a new constitution. Post-Gadhafi Libya is torn among mili-tias.

Yemen’s leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, stepped down earlier this year but remains a shadow power. Syria has turned into a bloodbath. Bahrain, a vital U.S. ally and home to the U.S. Navy in the region, still suffers spasms of sec-tarian violence.

In Egypt itself, the 15 months since Mubarak’s ouster have been defined by deadly street clashes over demands by protest-ers whose demands range from minority Christian rights through the expul-sion of the Israeli ambas-sador to the departure from power of the generals who have run the country since Mubarak stepped down.

Well over 100 people have been killed in these clashes, including at least nine this month when pro-testers were attacked by armed men suspected to be supporters of the military.

At the same time, Egyptians are reveling in a new world of combative, televised politics, flesh-pressing politicians, presi-dential debates, rallies and hecklers.

“God and the people will guarantee that the next president will stay the course. If he does some-thing wrong, we will kick him out,” said Al-Sayed Hassan Eid, a 65-year-old worker at a Cairo orphan-age. “People are now aware. Before we couldn’t speak or open our mouth. There was state security who threatened to arrest us if we speak.”

“The era of fear is now over,” he said.

None of the 13 candi-dates is likely to top 50 per-cent in voting Wednesday and Thursday, so a runoff vote is set for June 16-17.

A president will be announced June 21, and the generals promise to yield power by July 1.

Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president

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Now that census data show – for the first time in American history – the number of white babies born exceeded by the number of babies born to non-white minorities the question is: What does this mean for the future of American society?

Politically, it means that minorities who tradition-ally vote overwhelmingly for Democrats can ensure that the country veers ever further to the left over the years, making America more like the welfare states of Europe, whose unsus-tainable spending led ulti-mately to finical crises and widespread riots.

But this is not strictly a matter of whites versus non-whites. Jews vote consis-tently, and almost as over-whelmingly, for Democrats as blacks do. Moreover, Asian Americans are by no means as likely as other non-whites to vote for the class warfare, tax and spend agenda of the Democrats.

Yet when all is said and done, the future political direction of the country seems painfully clear for these demographic trends, unless something happens to change the current cor-relation between race and political party affiliation. Moreover, even that may not be enough.

Even if Republicans can siphon off enough votes from groups that normally vote for Democrats to keep

the two-party system alive, the preservation of the Republican Party is a triv-ial issue compared to the preservation of American society.

If Republican politicians save themselves by becom-ing Democrats under a dif-ferent label – and appeal to minorities as minorities, rather than as Americans – the same policies and atti-tudes will have the same destructive effect on the American economy and society.

Refusing to cut back on entitlement spending, for example, means that the current generation can con-tinue to enjoy government-subsidized amenities, at the expense of future gen-erations who can be left to struggle to get necessities, after the money runs out and government’s prom-ises can no longer be kept.

The growth of ever big-ger and even more intru-

sive government means that the freedom, for which generations of Americans have fought and died on battlefields, around the world can be slowly but steadily lost within our own country.

Painful as such out-comes can be the dangers do not end there. A con-tinuation of the current political tendency to take away the money required for national defense, and spend it instead on hand-outs that will win votes, means that our enemies around the world will have golden opportunities at our expense.

Again, the dangers may not be immediate. But they can be catastrophic when they catch up with us — and catch us unpre-pared. We recovered from Pearl Harbor at enormous cost, including the need-less deaths of American soldiers, fighting for their lives with obsolete military equipment against enemies with state of the art weap-ons.

But even such sacrifices which brought us time to catch up during the Second World War, may not even be enough in a nuclear age.

What can be done now, to head off the many dangers in our current political poli-cies and attitudes? There is not much we can do about demographic trends. But the changing com-position of the American population is not, in itself,

the fundamental danger. After all, vast millions of immigrants crossed the Atlantic for generations on end, and began the process of becoming Americans. Millions of black people likewise began that process after being set free.

Demography is not des-tiny. But the history of Balkanized and polarized societies in the 20th cen-tury is a history of horrors that we dare not ignore.

We are not at that ter-rible point yet. But that is the direction in which we are headed, under the spell of magic words like “mul-ticulturalism” and “diver-sity,” which have become substitutes for thoughts, even among those who pride themselves on being “thinking people.”

Our whole educational system, from the elemen-tary schools to the universi-ties, is permeated with ide-ologies of group grievances and resentments, painting each group into the corner of its own separate sub-culture, instead of drawing them into the mainstream of the American culture that made this the greatest nation on earth.

Unless the fashionable Balkanization is stopped, demography can become destiny – and a tragedy for all.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

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Stand Your Ground laws … do they reduce crime?“Stand Your Ground”

Laws have recently been in the news a lot since the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case. The case generated a heated discussion in my “Introduction to Political Science class,” with opin-ions widely varying, just like the rest of the country.

As an extra class assign-ment, I had the students join me in researching whether or not such states that have adopted “Stand Your Ground” laws have lower crime rates than those that have not passed such laws.

Each student was assigned a pair of states to look at, one with such laws (http://www.hlntv.

com/article/2012/04/18/does-your-state-have-stand-your-ground-law) and one without. A few looked at several states that did not pass such laws, as there

were 19 states that have such laws on the books, and 31 states (as well as the District of Columbia) that do not have a “Stand Your Ground” law in force.

For the crime data, we relied upon data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That includes data on violent crimes (murders, forc-ible rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults) and property crimes (burglar-ies, larceny/thefts, and motor vehicle thefts). We got data from 2009 (http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/t a b l e s / 1 2 s 0 3 0 8 . p d f ) , as well as 2005 (http://www.census.gov/com-p e n d i a / s t a t a b / 2 0 0 8 /tables/08s0301.pdf), the

first year the Stand Your Ground law passed (in Florida).

These crimes are calcu-lated as a crime rate (num-ber of crimes per 100,000 residents), to avoid bias against bigger states.

We found that between 2005 and 2009, violent crime went down in states that passed “Stand Your Ground” laws dropped from 446 to 431 per 100,000 residents. Property crimes also dropped in “Stand Your Ground” law states, falling from 3712 to 3276 per 100,000 residents.

But crime statistics also fell in states that have not passed “Stand Your Ground” laws. Violent crime fell in these states

from 408 per 100,000 resi-dents to 399 per 100,000 residents. The same thing happened in such states that did not pass “Stand Your Ground” laws, from 3,183 per 100,000 resi-dents to 2,881.

Moreover, those six states which require res-idents to retreat from a hostile situation also expe-rienced similar declines in crime between 2005 and 2009.

So no matter whether a state passed the “Stand Your Ground” laws or not, crime rates fell during that time period. Call it a draw.

But the data also show something else. “Stand Your Ground” law states have higher overall levels

of violent crime and prop-erty crime in the first place. This perhaps explains why some states were more like-ly to pass such laws than others.

Special thanks go to LaGrange College students Nicole Cato, Erin DuQuette, Seth Garner, Loishirl Hall, Cornelius Harper, Justin Jackson, Anthony Jenkins, Keshia Johnson, Rangryul Kim, Catrell Maclin, Matthew Mayfield, John E. McDaniel, Robby McPherson, Caroline Ostenfeld, Oscar Prim, and Anderson Walfred who served as researchers.

John A. Tures is associ-ate professor of political sci-ence at LaGrange College.

John TuresColumnist

n State VoicesRecent editorials from

Georgia newspapers:

May 10The Augusta (Ga.)

Chronicle on obesity:Imagine the federal

government of the United States came to your door with a national security problem - and asked you to handle it.

Well, it essentially is.Obesity has become so

common and so chronic that it is now a national health and budget crisis — one that endangers the future strength and vitality of the nation.

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study predicts 42 percent of Americans will be obese by 2030 (aren’t they already?), and that 10 percent will be morbidly obese — mean-ing 100 pounds or more overweight (aren’t they already?). …

If accurate, these pro-jections paint a picture of an American health-care system, already straining under the weight of our unhealthy lifestyles, having to absorb untold millions more folks with obesity-related maladies, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Even if all these people were as fit as a fiddle, we’d have a demographic prob-lem on our hands — with the baby-boom generation moving into retirement and being supported by a shrink-ing workforce. The nation is already $100 trillion behind in funding future retirement and senior health care. But weight-related illness will only make matters worse. Much worse.

That we’re facing a grow-ing crisis isn’t the question anymore. The only question is what we’ll do about it.

And who will do it.Some experts say you are

powerless to control your weight, and the govern-ment must step in and do it for you. …

That’s just poppycock. But that mentality will be used to encourage govern-ment restrictions on the locations of restaurants, the size of community infrastructure and even tax policy, including a surtax on sugary drinks.

If people were that help-less and in need of a govern-ment nanny, then obesity would be beyond 30 per-cent by now. …

But while this may be a weighty national security problem, it’s not a govern-ment one. …

Online:http://www.chronicle.

augusta.com

May 14Albany (Ga.) Herald on

rural political influence:Going into the 2010

census, it was generally understood that Southwest Georgia, with its population stagnant, would take a polit-ical blow once the numbers from the census were used to determine the distribu-tion of seats in the General Assembly and Congress.

With the population steadily growing in metro Atlanta, the political tilt that had once leaned heav-ily toward agricultural areas was expected to move even further in the Atlanta direc-tion. And it did.

The one advantage that rural Georgia still main-

tained politically was the longevity of many of its leg-islators in a governmental system that gives some con-siderable benefit to senior-ity. That advantage is also eroding this year.

State Sen. George Hooks, D-Americus, announced that he would not seek at 17th term in the state Senate. Hooks has served in that chamber since 1991, and came into the Senate with the seniority advan-tage of having been a repre-sentative in the state House for 10 years before that. His departure at the end of his term, which expires in January, means that 32 years of legislative experi-ence departs with him. …

That comes after another longtime legislator, state Rep. Bob Hanner, R-Parrott, announced at the end of the legislative session in late March that he is leaving the Gold Dome when his term expires in January. Hanner, who left the Democratic Party two years ago to become a Republican, will mark his 37th year in the state House in September, having initially won his seat in a special election to com-plete the term of office of his predecessor. …

One of the most difficult challenges we have here in South Georgia is a stag-nant population,” Hooks said. “My district alone was 30,000 to 40,000 people down, and that’s significant when you look at the enor-mous population growth around Atlanta. There are districts up there whose population has doubled, and most of the people are transplants who have no idea about the problems of our region. …

Making sure Southwest Georgia’s needs and con-cerns are heard and acted on has not been an easy job for some years now, and it will be more difficult with fewer representatives and senators who will be heading from our region to Atlanta this January.

Online:http://www.albanyher-

ald.com

May 15The Brunswick (Ga.)

News on Congress:It’s hard to understand

how members of a lawmak-ing and policy-making body with an approval rating that’s lower than 20 percent can keep their jobs.

But for members of the U.S. Congress, re-election this year will be, just as in the past, an absolute cake-walk. There are few individ-uals who can raise the hun-dreds of thousands that’s often necessary to take an incumbent out of office, bring him or her home.

The most recent AP-Gfk opinion poll gives Congress a public approval rating of just 18 percent. When asked, voters say Republicans and Democrats are doing more to try to help themselves and their political futures than they are the nation itself.

They can’t seem to get anything done, and chances are it will continue that way until at least 2013.

Expect continued impo-tency in the federal gov-ernment and little more when Republicans own the House of Representatives and Democrats control the Senate.

Thomas SowellColumnist

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, May 21, 2012:

Sometimes you act as if someone has lit a fire under you, as you display a compulsive, driven quality this year. You will be unusually creative but also me-oriented. You have to live in this world with others. Stop and consider the people in your life. If you are attached, remember it takes two to have a relationship. Try to tame your ego. If you are single, you might attract quite a few suitors. One of them just might be the one. A fellow GEMINI reminds you with his or her very actions that the world does not revolve around you.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Don’t lock onto an event,

communication or situation happening as you would like. Worry less about details; otherwise you could become one upset Ram. Be open to different ideas, yet still take the lead on a key project. Take a walk if stress builds. Tonight: Meet up with a friend.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HH You tend to get possessive at

times. Are you doing that again? If a child or loved one is balking when interacting with you, that controlling tendency could be at work. Take a hard look within. Your ability to change your stance could make certain bonds flow more easily. Tonight: Buy a loved one a token of affection.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)HHHHH Your smile tends to dis-

arm others. As a result, they might reveal a startling piece of information. Try to keep a straight face. It is better for everyone concerned. Express your ideas with confidence and respect. You still might get another view. Tonight: Aren’t you spunky?

CANCER (June 21-July 22)HHH You like to be busy and mov-

ing around. You could be quite content watching another person try to handle an authority figure, parent or boss. You know what is going to happen. The smart Moon Child will maintain a distance, for now. Tonight: You have a lot to mull over.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)HHHHH Listen to a friend. This

person pushes to have you agree or go along with him or her. Why not? A meeting has implications when some-one reveals too much. Don’t agree to any financial or business deals today.

Tonight: Where people are.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)HHH You could irritate someone

beyond reason without intending to. Sometimes people do mix much like oil and water. Focus on necessities and not selling yourself short. Be over-ly diplomatic. If you are triggered, take a walk rather than challenge the other party. Tonight: Working or playing late.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Reach out for someone at

a distance who often presents a very different view. This person is a source of ideas and a good friend, as he or she knows you. Don’t sit on anger. You don’t want to explode later. Try discussing your feelings in terms of hurt. Tonight: Be imaginative.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Deal with someone directly.

You will get better results, especially if you are dealing with finances and/or emotional decisions. A male friend could become rather pushy. Still, this person has sound thinking on his or her side. Tonight: Togetherness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)HHH You could be inordinately

challenged by a situation or some-one’s fiery temper. Try to let this tension-laden event roll right over you. Consider a child or loved one. Make a special call to see how he or she is doing. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)HHH As usual, you have a project

to clear out. You get a lot done quite quickly. Remain in sync with someone at a distance. You might not have like minds, but you play devil’s advocate well together. Just don’t take his or her comments personally. Tonight: Exercise time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)HHHHH A partner develops a

short fuse. Try to remain diplomatic or leave space for this person to come back in. Tap into your creativity and find answers. A family member delights you with a call. Real estate could be a hot topic. Tonight: Act like it is Friday night.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)HHH If you can take some time

away from the daily grind, it would work out well. You have a lot to share with a neighbor or sibling. The more you speak, the more you remember how tied into life you are. Use care with a volatile partner. Tonight: The only answer is yes.

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8 - Monday, May 21, 2012 LocalArea students graduate high schooln Troup High School

n Callaway High School

n LaGrange High School

Nicole Emmett | Daily NewsLeft, Troup High School students march in line to get their diplomas at Friday night’s graduation ceremony at Callaway Stadium. Right, Troup High School students walk past members of the Troup County Board of Education and other school administrators during Friday night’s graduation ceremony.

Sherri Brown | Daily NewsLeft, Jordon Striblin receives his diploma during the Callaway High School ceremony. Right, Callaway High School graduating students listen during the ceremony held at Callaway Stadium.

Matthew Strother | Daily NewsLeft, LaGrange High School seniors enter the stadium during Saturday’s graduation ceremony. There were 241 graduating seniors for the school’s class of 2012. Right, LaGrange High School students bow their heads in prayer at the request of senior class president Max Alford during Saturday’s graduation ceremony.

By Kevin EckleberrySports EditorJon Kelton made his final collegiate

game a memorable one.Facing the Georgia Bulldogs on Sun-

day, Kelton drove in the winning runwith a single in the eighth inning.With the bases loaded, Kelton

stepped to the plate and came throughwith a two-run single as Alabama beatGeorgia 6-4.The Crimson Tide finished the sea-

son 31-24.Kelton, a LaGrange High graduate,

was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a runscored.“I thought it was a good way for our

seniors to go out,” Alabama headcoach Mitch Gaspard said. “I’m cer-tainly proud of the guys the last twonights. They showed a lot of characterand with today it was nice to see Jon

Kelton, a senior, step up and get thatbig hit for us.”Alabama also won 4-0 on Saturday

after losing the series opener 8-4 onFriday.Kelton, a starter since his sopho-

more season when he helped Alabamamake it to the NCAA Super Regional,finished his senior season with a .226batting average and a .355 on-base per-centage.Kelton had one home run and 15

RBIs.� WWEESSTT FFLLOORRIIDDAA:: Blake Barber

and the West Florida Argonauts fin-ished an exceptional season with an11-3 loss to Delta State on Saturday inthe NCAA Division II South Regiontournament.The Argonauts went 35-19, and they

had a 1-2 record in the NCAA tourna-ment.Barber, a junior shortstop from

By Kevin EckleberrySports EditorThe story had a happy

ending.During Game 1 of Troup’s

playoff series against Alla-toona, a vicious collision leftplayers from both teamswrithing on the ground inpain.In the fourth inning, the

Tigers were at-bat, and arunner was on third basewith one out when DaltonHadley stepped to the plate.Hadley put down a well-

placed bunt, and the throwwent to first, allowing therun to score.As Hadley raced toward

the bag, the first basemanreached to grab the ball, andtwo players came togetherfor a collision that seemedmore suited for a footballfield.Both players went down

and were quickly attendedto.The Allatoona player got

to his feet after a few min-utes and was helped to thedugout, but Hadley re-mained down.No one knew how severe

the injury was.“His neck was locked up

and his eyes were rolledback,” Troup coach CraigGarner said. “It was scary.”Hadley was stabilized,

and while an ambulancewas on the way, all anyonecould do was look on and

hope for the best.Hadley was eventually

taken to a local hospital inKennesaw, and the gamewent on.Troup won 6-5 in a wild,

12-inning ballgame.Troup went on to finish

off the sweep with a 6-0 vic-tory, and after the game, theplayers got an extra treatwhen Hadley was able towalk on the field and cele-brate with his teammates.

By Kevin EckleberrySports EditorAs a senior at LaGrange Academy, Ma-

rina Wilkerson came up just short of a titleas her Lady Warriors lost in the state-cham-pionship series.On Saturday, Wilkerson found herself

back in position to win a championship, andthis time the st age was a lot bigger.Saturday afternoon in St. George Utah,

Wilkerson and her teammates on the Chat-tanooga State softball team were matchedup against Salt Lake Community College in

the deciding game of the National JuniorCollege Athletic Association.This time, Wilkerson got to celebrate.Chattanooga State, the tournament’s top

seed, beat Salt Lake 4-1 tosecure the national champi-onship.The Lady Tigers went 5-1

in the tournament, withthree of those wins comingon the final day.Salt Lake beat Chat-

tanooga State Friday night,but the Lady Tigers came back and showedplenty of resolve a day later.Chattanooga State beat Salt Lake 8-7 on

Saturday to force a winner-take-all game.

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Garrett McClurg is coming off a shutout victory in a 6-0 series-clinch-ing win against Allatoona last week.

Craig Garner won his 200th and 201st wins as Troup’s head coach inlast week’s playoff series against Allatoona.

Kevin Eckleberry | LaGrange Daily NewsThe Troup High baseball players huddle while teammate Dalton Hadley lies on the field after a vicious collision with the Allatoona first baseman.

J.T. Martin of the Columbus BlueDevils hit three home runs in thequarterfinals against Cartersville.

Troup graduate Daniel Watts pitches during a game against Eastern Illi-nois on Friday. Watts pitched seven innings to get the win.

LaGrange High graduate Jon Kelton had thegame-winning hit for Alabama during Sun-day’s 6-4 win over Georgia.

Senior Jackson Oliver had the game-winning hit in a 6-5 win over Alla-toona last week in the state playoffs.

The Chattanooga State softball team celebrates after winning the national championship.

By Kevin EckleberrySports EditorThe Troup Tigers, after

surviving three straight roadplayoff series, will face theirtoughest test yet when theyface the Columbus Blue Dev-ils today in the semifinals ofthe Class AAA state playoffs.Here’s the challenge con-

fronting the Tigers.Columbus (29-3), the

state’s top-ranked ClassAAA team, has won back-to-back state championships,and it hasn’t lost in the play-offs since losing toCartersville in the champi-onship series in 2009.Overall, Columbus has

won 11 state titles, and 10 ofthose have come since 1991with coach Bobby Howardat the helm.Since 2003, Columbus has

appeared in the champi-onship series eight times.The only time during that

stretch the Blue Devils did-n’t reach the title series wasin 2008 when they lost toeventual state-championCartersville in the quarterfi-nals.Troup’s players and

coaches are well aware ofColumbus’ remarkable base-ball tradition.After all, Troup has played

in the same region withColumbus for years.The Tigers will not go

into the series expecting tobe pushed around, though.“We’re not afraid of any-

Troup High, played in oneof the three tournamentgames, a 5-2 loss to NovaSoutheastern, and he hadtwo hits, including a double,with an RBI.Barber hit .247 this sea-

son, and he had a .362 on-base percentage afterfinishing among the teamleaders with 27 walks.Barber led the team with

35 RBIs, with seven ofthose RBIs coming in a 16-3victory over West Georgia.Barber will return for his

senior season next spring.� JJAACCKKSSOONNVVIILLLLEE

SSTTAATTEE:: Daniel Watts, a sen-ior left-handed pitcher fromTroup High, tuned up forthe Ohio Valley Conferencetournament by throwingseven strong innings in a 7-2 win over Eastern Illinois

on Friday.Watts (5-6) gave up five

hits and didn’t walk anyoneas he continued to pitchwell after a slow start to theseason.Watts is tied for the team

lead with 14 starts.Jacksonville State will face

Southeast Missouri onWednesday in the openinground of the OVC tournament.

� MMAARRSSHHAALLLL:: JoshKing completed a terrificsophomore season with ateam-best 2.30 earned runaverage.King (2-5) appeared in a

team-high 23 games, withtwo starts, and he threw 43innings with 42 strikeouts.Eric Escobedo, a former

teammate of King’s atTroup High, wrapped up hisfreshman season with a .261batting average with 17RBIs.Escobedo had nine dou-

bles, placing him second onthe team in that category.

In Marshall’s final game, a10-0 win over Tulane, Es-cobedo was 2-for-5 with an

RBI.Marshall finished with a

17-37 record.

“It’s hard to come backthrough, but these kidsnever doubted,” Chat-tanooga State coach BethKeylon-Randolph said Sat-urday night.Wilkerson, the team’s

leadoff hitter, helped spurChattanooga State’s champi-

onship with a remarkablefreshman season.In the team’s tournament

opener, a 7-1 win over AikenTechnical College, Wilker-son hit a solo home run, herteam-high 14th of the sea-son.Wilkerson went on to

have hits in all but one of thetournament games, includ-ing a two-hit effort with adouble in a 7-2 victory overWallace State.

body,” said Troup senior center fielderJackson Oliver. “We respect them, butwe’re not afraid of them. It’ll be a hard-fought series. I have faith in our guys.”The task is a daunting one, though.Columbus came into the season ex-

pecting to dominate the opposition,and that’s what has happened.The Blue Devils have lost three

games, but one of those losses was toa team from California, and the othertwo losses came to Class AAAAAteams late in the season as they weretuning up for state. In the playoffs, Columbus has

outscored its opponents 39-7.The Blue Devils’ top guns are Kyle

Carter and J.T. Phillips, who anchorthe lineup.In the playoffs, teams have chosen

to mostly pitch around Carter, butPhillips is hardly a bargain at the plate.Against Cartersville in the quarter-

finals, Phillips hit two home runs anddrove in seven runs.Phillips said he’s happy to see teams

pitch around Carter.“It just gives us an extra base runner

with nobody out,” Phillips said. “If theywant to keep putting him on, we likethat. It’s more RBIs for other people.”Josh Lester, who homered in the

Cartersville series, said “when theywalk Kyle, it just opens things up. ButJ.T’s always a threat to go deep or hitit in the gap, and, really, one throughnine’s been a threat in the playoffs.We’ve all hit the ball good.”Still, don’t look for Carter to get too

many fat pitches to hit in the Troup se-ries.“We’re gong to try to make a con-

certed effort that he’s not the onewho’s going to beat us,” Troup coachCraig Garner said.Garner will go into the series with a

good idea of where Carter and theother Columbus batters will hit theball.“I’m willing to say we’ve got 60 at-

bats on every one of those kids,” Gar-ner said. “It’s just a jumbled mess oflines and everything, but you can re-ally see the significance when 45 ofthem are to one side of the field, and15 to the other.”Carter and Phillips are also the

Columbus aces.In the second round against Harlem,

Carter struck out 18 and threw a one-hitter.

Carter also threw a five-inningshutout in Round 1 against ArabiaMountain, and he gave up two hits ina win against Cartersville in the quar-terfinals.Phillips is also 3-0 in the playoffs,

and he tossed a three-hitter in theclinching victory against Cartersville.Troup is here for a reason, though.After finishing fourth in Region 6-

AAA, Troup has gone 6-0 in the play-offs, beating Woodward Academy,Thomson and Allatoona in succession.It hasn’t been an easy path to the

semifinals.Woodward Academy came into the

playoffs ranked fourth in the state,Thomson had made back-to-back ap-pearances in the semifinals, and Alla-toona came from Region 7-AAA,which had three teams in the quarter-finals.Whatever happens today, it has

been a special playoff run for theTigers, and Garner is glad the play-ers have been able to experience it.“Hopefully these are things they’ll

take with them the rest of their lives,”Garner said. “How many of these guysare going to play baseball for a living?Slim and none. Maybe a few of themare going to play college ball. This isspecial.”

Today, Hadley will onceagain be in the lineup whenTroup plays Columbus inthe semifinals.Garner is thrilled that

Hadley came through with-out serious injury, some-thing he didn’t expect afterwitnessing the collision.“It ranks right there was

one of the all-time scariestthings I’ve been a part of asa coach,” Garner said.

� MMIILLEESSTTOONNEE VVIICC--TTOORRYY::When Troup beat Al-latoona in Game 1 of lastweek’s playoff series, itmarked a landmark victoryfor head coach Craig Gar-ner.Garner came into the day

with 199 victories, and the6-5, 12-inning win gave himwin number 200.Later, Garner picked up his

201st win when Troup won 6-0 to finish off the sweep.Overall, Garner has a 201-

126 record since taking overthe program in 2002.He has guided the Tigers

to the state playoffs 10 timesin 11 years.

� GGLLOORRYY DDAAYYSS:: Theywere the glory days of TroupHigh baseball.From 1984 to 1986, the

Tigers finished second inthe state twice, and theymade it to the semifinals allthree years.While there have been

plenty of terrific Troupteams since then, though,no Tiger team had made itto the state semifinals since1986.That changed last week

when Troup swept past Al-latoona to reach the semifi-nals for the first time in 26years. Troup won the South

Georgia championship in1984 and 1985, only tocome up short in the cham-pionship series each ofthose years.In 1986, the Tigers made it

to the South Georgia cham-pionship series before fallingto Jones County, denyingthem a third consecutiveberth in the title series.The Tigers won a third

straight region champi-onship in 1986, and in thosedays that automatically putthem in the state quarterfi-nals.Troup and Coffee met in

the final eight that year, andCoffee County won the firstgame 2-1 on its own field,despite an exceptionalpitching performance byRodney Crow of the Tigers.The Tigers hosted the

second and third games atDunson Park, and they won6-1 and 8-5 to make itthrough to the semifinals.In Game 1, Darian O’Neal

and John Middlebrooksteamed up to throw a one-hitter, and O’Neal startedagain in Game 2 to get the

win, with Crow finishingthings up on the mound.Since that 1986 season,

Troup teams had made it tothe quarterfinals four times,including three straightyears from 2006 to 2008,only to be denied each year.

� SSHHUUTTOOUUTT SSTTRRIINNGG::Since giving up a run in thebottom of the fourth inningof Game 1 against Allatoonalast week, Troup’s pitchershave gone 15 consecutive in-nings without allowing an-other run to score.The scoreless streak

began in the fifth inning ofGame 1 when starter CodySheffield worked a one-two-three inning.In the sixth inning, left-

handed reliever Jacob Ozleycame in, and he ended upthrowing seven shutout in-nings in a game that Troupwon 6-5 in 12 innings.In Game 2, Garrett Mc-

Clurg got the start, and hewent the distance as Troupwon 6-0.McClurg improved to 3-0

in the playoffs with his bril-liant outing, and he’s thrownback-to-back completegames.After the win over Alla-

toona, McClurg said he justwanted to “go out and throwstrikes and let the defensework for me. Like always,they were behind me. Ourdefense, they do everythinga pitcher could ask them todo.”Troup has used three

pitchers in the playoffs.Sheffield has started the

opener of each playoff se-ries, and McClurg has beenthe starter in all three sec-ond games.Ozley has appeared in

four of the Tigers’ six play-off games.

� SSEENNIIOORR SSHHIINNEESS::Troup senior Jackson Oliverdid his part last week tomake sure the season would-n’t end in the quarterfinalround of the state playoffs.In the 6-5 victory in Game

1, Oliver came through witha huge effort, not only at theplate, but in the field.With a bat in his hands,

Oliver’s two-out triple in thetop of the 12th inningbrought in two runs andgave the Tigers a 6-4 lead.In his other at-bats, Oliver

had an RBI double in thefirst inning, he camethrough with a groundout tothe right side in the fourthinning that set up a run, hewas hit by a pitch in thesixth inning, and he drovethe ball to the center-fieldfence in the 11th inning, justmissing a home run.Oliver also had the defen-

sive play of the game.In the bottom of the ninth

with the winning run onbase, Allatoona’s BradleyLewis drove the ball deep tocenter field, but Olivertracked the ball down andmade a nice running catchat the fence, and the gamewent on to extra innings.

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The Intensity finished second in the 11-13 age division. Front from left are Anysia Jarrell, Kyla Adams andKeishonna Allen. At back from left are coach Karmen Cofield, Iyanna Strickland, Amaya Battle, Ke’Tara Birt,Tykyera Heard, Quetreonna Beasley and Runja Cosby.

The Xtreme won the the 11-13 age division. Front from left are Tamaya Cotton, Monequia Lawson, JasmineDukes and Marquita Mitchell. Back from left are Toriana Martin, Adrianna Tigner, Nachyna Cameron, Chan-deria Tigner, Sharkeria Allen and coach Willie Ector.

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Hudson’s gem powers BravesST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

(AP) -- Tim Hudson threwanother gem against TampaBay.Hudson scattered four

hits over 7 2-3 innings,David Ross homered andthe Atlanta Braves beat the

Rays 2-0 on Sunday.“My sinker has been key

for me all year,” Hudsonsaid. “I was able to keepthem off balance.”Hudson (3-1), who is 8-1

overall against the Rays, re-tired nine in a row before

Ben Zobrist opened thefourth with a line single toright. The right-handerstruck three, walked twoand got 14 groundball outs.“That’s what he is, a

groundball machine,”Braves manager Fredi Gon-

zalez said. “He did it prettyefficiently, too.”Ross put the Braves up 1-

0 on an opposite-field, solo-homer to right in the third.Jason Heyward made it 2-0on a two-out, RBI singleduring the sixth.

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