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SHEILA MARSHALLStaf writer, [email protected]

Law eorcemet ocialsare curretly seekig toapprehed 29-year-oldormer Wider residetRoley Gabriel Faubio, aimate o the SpaldigCouty CorrectioalIstitutio who escapedrom a work detail Tuesdaymorig.

Faubio was a membero a work crew assigedto clear a eld behidthe Spaldig Couty FireDepartmet headquarterslocated o Carver Road.

Accordig to Deputy

Warde Mike McPherso,Faubios escape was otwitessed by the guardassiged to his work crew.

The ocer had a visualo him at 11:45 a.m.Approximately 10 or 15miutes later, he lookedor him ad he was goe,McPherso said.

The deputy warde saidhe could ot substatiatereports that Faubio had

prearraged his escapewith the use o a cellphoe i the imatespossessio, iitially sayig,We have o kowledgeo that.

However, upo beigquestioed with regardto the ivolvemet o theUited States MarshalService, which was seekigFaubios cell phoeumber as a possiblemeas o locatig theescapee, McPherso thesaid, Theyre pigig aumber rom Gri, butthey dot kow i its hisor ot. Someoe called hisgirlried, but they dotkow i it was him or ot.

Thats all speculatio atthis poit.

McPherso said Faubio,

a elo, was beigicarcerated o umerouscharges icludig sale addistributio o marijuaa,obstructio o a laweorcemet ocer adthet o a motor vehicle.Its a variety o charges,he said.

Whe asked i Faubio hasever bee covicted o aviolet crime, the deputywarde ackowledgedhe does have a covictioor terroristic threats adactios.

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The hotly cotestedSpaldig Couty sherisrace cocluded Tuesdaywith Wedell Beam

emergig as the wier oa ruo agaist Capt. KeithDuca to determie thesuccessor to the late SheriDee Stewart.

With a mere 21.2 perceto registered voters castigballots, Beam received aresoudig 67.03 perceto the votes, or 4,644, toDucas 2,284. O the 21Spaldig Couty precicts,Beam wo all but oe Couty Lie.

Beam, who curretlyserves as the major overthe Sheris Oce UiormPatrol Divisio, celebrated

with rieds, amilies adco-workers Tuesday ight,expressig his gratitude tothose who supported hiscadidacy.

Im just overwhelmed by

the support Ive gotterom everybody. I reallyappreciate the support Ivegotte rom my amily, myrieds ad my voters, hesaid. A lot o people votedor me who I dot reallykow. Thats just icredible,ad I wat to thak themall. Aother thig I haveto say is how much Iappreciate the support omy church amily.

While Beam has a plai place or the iitialtrasitioal periodollowig his swearig ias sheri, Beam does otited to immediately

make ay persoel

chages.

At this time, Im otgoig i with the iteto makig ay drasticpersoel chages. I thebegiig, Im goig to

meet with the dieretdivisio supervisors adsee how thigs are goigwithi each divisio.Well review the dieretmethods o operatiowithi each divisioad make ay decisiosecessary to better servethe commuity, he said.Whatever chages areeeded, well make thoseas soo as possible, adthat applies to all divisiothroughout the etireSheris Oce.

Beam said he alsoiteds to review the

job perormace o his

persoel ad determiewhether there is a eed orimprovemet. I he dsa eed or improvemet,that will be immediatelyaddressed.

Well work with thosepeople to brig them up tostadard ad i ecessary,move orward rom there,he said. I that ails, Ill dealwith the idividuals at thattime.

Beam also said there will beo immediate alteratiosto divisioal budgets, butthat may chage, pedigreviews. "All were goig to

do or ow is get orgaizedad move orward iservice to our commuity.

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Wendell Beam: The new sheri in town Scarecrows return to theUGA Research Gardens

Scarecrows inviteyou to celebratewith them onSunday, Oct. 23

The ourth aual "Scarecrows i the Garde Celebratio" ree evet eatures wild adwacky scarecrow creatios, pumpki ad ace paitig, clows, storytellers, duck podsad pumpki patches. (Pictured above is scarecrow "Geeral Boe E. Part").

The garde is located o W. Ellis Road across rom the old Wal-Mart ceter, ad is opeevery week day rom 8 a.m. util 4:40 p.m. It is also ope o Sudays rom 1 to 4 p.m.util the ed o October. There will be a "Scarecrows i the Garde Celebratio oSuday, Oct. 23, rom 1 to 4 p.m. I case o rai, the evet will be held Suday, Oct. 30.

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Ater Wendell Beam was declared the victor o Tuesday nightsruno, Lt. David Gibson presented him with a git rom personnelo the Spalding County Sheris Oce a desk plaque that bore thetitle Sheri Wendell Beam.

You ask t he ques t ions , wepr ov ide t he answ er s in ournew "Wat chdog"col umn

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Doctober Days 2011, aweeked lled with amily-riedly activities, is setto begi Friday eveig,with evets guarateed toetertai all ages.

Begiig at 5:30 to 6 p.m.Friday, the Great GriGraveyard Ramble is sure togive chills ad thrills, withtours begiig every 10

miutes.

The u will the cotiueSaturday morig, kickigo with the Low DowDirty Dawg Dash, a 5Ko-road race that eaturesobstacles, stream crossig,hills ad plety o good,old-ashioed u i themud. Registratio or theLow Dow Dirty Dawg Dashis $45, with all proceedsbeetig The Fisher House,a home-away-rom-homeor amilies o militarypersoel hospitalized or

illess, disease or ijury.A combiatio ticket orthe Dawg Dash ad theDoctoberest Beer ad WieFestival, which ollows therace, or oly $80. The Beerad Wie estival will alsoiclude the "Hooti' Holleri'Mustache Cotest"; theperso with the grooviestmustache wis a prizepackage.

As the Beer ad WieFestival takes place,dowtow Gri will alsobe home to the BluebirdMarket, eaturig idie artvedors o Solomo Street.

The estival the greetsSaturday eveig with aree cocert with HeatherLuttrell o stage at 6:30 p.m.ollowed by The Rolli Boeseaturig Carl Pruett, JimmyGreee, Mike Braggy, SherryPaul ad Bria Bolem.

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City o Gri ocialslook orward to the daywhe actors all itoplace that will allowor implemetatio ocompoets o the WestGri LCI study such as theexpasio o the Uiversityo Georgia-Gri campus,to iclude potetialstudet housig.

A portio o the ladthat would be utilizedor this project icludesat least oe locatio thatstirs agst amog mayresidets the old Wal-Mart buildig o northExpressway.

We kow its a eyesore,said City Maager KeySmith. We dot like it

sittig there empty, either,but there is very little weca do about it.

Plaig ad DevelopmetDirector Frederick Gardiershares that setimet.

Thats why we did themaster pla as part o theLCI to show the potetialor other developmet, butso ar, we just havet beeable to d a developer,Gardier said. The reaso

or that is that wereobviously i the worstecoomic dowtur i ourlietimes. Developers arevery picky, ad acig isvery dicult.

Gardier said he believesa ecoomic recoveryremais i the uture, butwill be slow comig.

However, icreasederollmet at the UGA-Gri campus could bethe very catalyst eededto jump-start log soughtlocal ecoomic growth addevelopmet.

That could be a impetusthat could trump theecoomic status as itstads ow, Gardiersaid. With the LCI study,we looked at the whole(Wal-Mart) property beig

bought out as a mixed use,residetial/commercialproperty, possibly withstudet housig or theUiversity o Georgiaad Souther Crescet

Techical College.

Although residets bestkow the property asthe old Wal-Mart site, it isactually divided ito threeseparate parcels with theremaiig two owed byJDn Realty Corporatio, onew York, ad Forest ParkDevelopmet.

The largest portio o thesite is owed by Wal-Mart,which let the buildigvacat whe it moved to itscurret locatio less thaoe mile orth o northExpressway.

Gardier said he realizes

residets are i large partcocered that o ewbusiess has take overthat locatio, but said itis ot likely ever to occurdue to Wal-Mart busiesspractices.

Its private property.Its o dieret tha ahome that someoe haslet vacat or years. Its

just a vacat commercialpiece o property, he said.Wal-Mart is ot goig to

allow or potetial heavycompetitio to comei there. Thats the M.O.(modus operadi) it hasbee a routie practice,ad thats where peoplehave jumped o Wal-Mart,whe they wet rom theorigial store pla to theSuper Wal-Mart ootpritad let abadoedbuildigs behid.

Gardier said with theWest Gri LCI MasterPla, the property wouldot be owed by eitherUGA or SCTC, but privatedevelopers, who wouldcreate its ow little village

cosistig o housig adcommercial properties, butwould ot iclude big boxstores.


Coditios are primeor tremedous growtho the Uiversity oGeorgia-Gri campusad Dr. Doris Christopheris prepared to guide theway to icreased studeterollmet.

Prior to beig amedassistat vice-presidetor academic aairs addirector o academicprograms, Christopherserved as chieadmiistrative ocer orthe Ceter or Graduatead Proessioal Learigat Georgia College & StateUiversity. I that capacity,she attaied a level osuccess she iteds toduplicate at UGA-Gri.

I was brought i there togrow their program, shesaid. I was pullig peoplerom all over the southmetro area to Maco. I my

time there, the programgrew rom 200 to 650studets.

now, Christopherhas a sigle-mideddetermiatio to duplicatethat achievemet i Gri.

I was brought i here tohit rom the groud level ibuildig this program. Thestudets I was pullig romall over this area dow toGeorgia College & StateUiversity, I ca pull themhere, she said.

To do that, she has iitiateda campaig to address

what she believes is theleadig cause o UGA-Gris curret erollmetumbers o just uder 200 a lack o recogitio.

I thik the mai reasoerollmet hast takeo here is literally locatiorecogitio. This was aExperimet Statio ormay years, ad its allabout the brad ame,she said. This campus hasa very strog agriculturalhistory, ad that stregthremais, but with urbastudets, its abouteducatig them that it smore. Weve got to getout that its about workig

with world-reowedresearchers I mea someo the best i the world areright here. Were i the top20, as ar as the atioalrakigs, with the TerryCollege o Busiess. A Terry

College busiess degree isa great beet, i ad o

itsel.

I additio to the geeralbusiess degrees availableat UGA-Gri, there areseve other udergraduateprograms oered icludigagribusiess, biologicalsciece, cosumerecoomics, evirometalresource sciece, oodidustry marketigad admiistratio,microbiology ad specialeducatio.

Graduate degrees arealso oered i the eldso agriculture leadership,mathematics educatio.

I those graduatedegree programs, wehave the masters, as wellas educatio specialist,Christopher said. Our ewprogram thats comigolie i Jauary is ourdoctorate i workorceeducatio, ad there areothers that are beigplaed, so there arethigs that are i motio.

I act, she said the topico broadeig the UGA-Gri program spectrumwas discussed as recetlyas Thursday meetigs.

The excitemet is really

growig, eve amog thedeas at the mai campus,she said.

At this time, all programsoered are degreecompletio programs,

which meas studetsmust complete two

years o study at aotheristitutio ad seek atraser to the local UGAcampus.

Accordig to Christopher,there is o pla i place tochage that status at aypoit i the ear uture,but that possibility has ot

bee ruled out or possibleuture implemetatio.

You kow, it deitely is apossibility. Part o it up tothis poit has bee abouthavig the resources todo that makig certaiservices weret beigduplicated that werealready available. Its aboutbeig good stewards

o the udig thatsavailable, she explaied.We have eeder schoolswhere studets ca obtaithose rst two years otheir degree requiremets,so its a matter o haviga place or them to goaterward, ad we do.

To oster a goodrelatioship with thoseeeder schools, Christophersaid she has met withadmiistrative ocials oboth Souther Crescet

Techical College adGordo College abouthow we ca parter withthem ad give studets aquality degree completio.

As she pursues her goalo icreasig studeterollmet, Christophersaid is excited about utureprospects.

I reer to this place asa golde egg becausetheres so much potetial.We have just shy o 200

studets ow, but we haveroom to expad to easilyaccommodate, at the veryleast, 800, she said.

With that growth, she saidshe aticipates sigicatchages to the ladscapeo the Gri campus,

as studet housig willbecome ecessary.

Whe we get eoughstudets that I ca see itwould be a break-evepoit to provide that orstudets, Ill certaily bepresetig that proposalto the appropriate people,she said. My etire ocus isbuildig erollmet so thatI ca do thigs like that.

not oly would thatidicate obvious successor her eorts, it would alsoserve to beet the localcommuity.

We have a very strogresposibility to makesure were a importatlik i the ecoomicdevelopmet o Griad Spaldig Couty. Itsabout improvig the realecoomic developmeto the surroudigcommuity ad couty,she said.

While she said she doesot curretly have a timerame i mid or whe sheoresees a eed or studethousig, Christopher didsay, Were ot there ow,but I hope it wot be toolog.

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There's bee talk i thesocial media world that theGri-Spaldig CoutySchool System bought iPadsor its teachers, which is'ttrue, accordig to AaBurs, director o schoolad commuity services.

"We have o cocreteplas to buy iPads orteachers," said Burs, "butwe're always explorigtechology optios."

Ipads were purchasedor admiistrators,however, usig Title 1needs Improvemet setaside moey. (All eedsimprovemet schoolsmust earmark 10 perceto their Title 1 budget orproessioal developmet).

These iPads, Bursexplais, are used durigadmiistrator walk-throughsad evaluatios, makig theprocess quicker ad moreeciet, thereby allig ito

the category o proessioaldevelopmet.

The iPads were purchasedthrough E-Rate, a ederalreimbursemet programthat provides steepdiscouts to schools ortelecommuicatiospurchases. Reimbursemetrates are commesuratewith poverty levels. "It'sa very high percetage,"said Jim Smith, director oace ad purchasigor GSCS, reerrig to thereimbursemet percetage.

Several schools havepurchased iPads as well,usig their Title 1 schoolbudget ad grats, to beused or purposes suchas studet istructio,data team meetigs, adleadership meetigs. GriHigh School purchasediPads or studet use i thecareer academies throughtheir School ImprovemetGrat.

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Departmet o CorrectiosWeb site, however, doesot list ay drug-relatedcharges. Rather, it statesFaubio previously servedtime rom July 19, 2005util Ja. 20, 2006, or ourcouts o secod degreeorgery.

Faubios curret setecesiclude covictios o oecout o battery, Family

Violece Act; two coutso alse imprisomet; oecout o terroristic threatsad actios; three couts oburglary; oe cout o theto a motor vehicle or parts;ad our couts o thet byreceivig.

McPherso said he isucertai i the girlriedwho received the phoecall rom Gri beigivestigated is the sameperso ivolved iFaubios prior icidets oamily violece.

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Hotel/Motel Tax paid or downtown fagsMay citizes have voicedcocers about the udigbehid the "Happy Fall,Y'all" fags ow hagigrom the dowtow lampposts, woderig exactlywho paid or them ad withwhat uds.

The udig or the fagsorigiated rom the excisetax o rooms lodgig ad

accommodatios romGeorgia's Ordiace Code48-13-50.

This "hotel/motel" tax,which varies rom 3 to 8percet, has a uique set oexpediture requiremets;a certai portio o thereveues must be usedor "promotig, attractig,stimulatig ad developigcovetios ad tourism,"accordig to the code.

Orgaizatios such as theMaistreet Gri program,which purchased the fags,the Gri Chamber oCommerce ad UGA Grica request portios o themoey each year, though

ot all requests are grated.

The Gri Mai StreetProgram utilizes its hotel-motel udig toward thepromotio o Gri adits historic dowtow areaas a tourism destiatiothrough regioaladvertisig, baers,tourism brochures, adother marketig vehicles.

Most recetly, these udswere utilized or tourismproduct developmet withthe Park at Sixth uderthe 'parks, trails ad otherrecreatioal acilities'sectio o the legislatio,said Kira Harris-Braggs,Gri Mai Street ProgramMaager.

Ocials said it wasimportat to ote thatthis is ot a tax that is paidor by Gri-Spaldigresidets, uless they'restayig i Spaldig Coutyhotels, or ca this moeybe put ito couty or citygeeral operatig budgets.

Providing ree lunches saves system moneyFour Gri-SpaldigCouty Schools (GSCS)participate i Provisio2 o the natioal SchoolLuch Act, which meas100 percet o the childrethat atted Ae StreetElemetary, MooreElemetary, AtkisoElemetary, ad CowaRoad Middle School receiveree breakasts ad luches.

The USDA, who sposorsthe natioal School LuchAct, allows schools thathave a 80 percet or moreparticipatio i the ree ad

reduced luch programto opt ito Provisio 2, iwhich all studets receiveree breakasts ad luches.

By providig ree luchto all studets, schoolsdo ot have to collectad process school mealsapplicatios, keep track omeal categories, or coductvericatios or at leastthree out o every ouryears.

While schools do paythe dierece betweethe cost o servig allstudets ree meals adthe ederal reimbursemetthey receive or thosewho would qualiy or reeluches ayway, this costis oset by the savigsrom streamlied mealservice ad reduced laborassociated with collectigad trackig applicatiosad meal data.

"Whe you have sucha high rate o ree adreduced luch," said MaryRamsaier, utritio adood service director or

GSCS, "there's a lot opaperwork ivolved i theapplicatio process. I theProvisio 2 program, youprocess every our years toget a base year."

I 2006, (GSCS rst baseyear) the percetages ostudets that qualiedor ree or reducedluch were Ae Street,97 percet; Atkiso,95 percet; Moore, 97percet; ad Cowa RoadMiddle, 88 percet. Thesepercetages mea thatat each o these schools,

13 or ewer studets arecurretly gettig a reeluch or which they do'tqualiy.

"I'm very, very careul aboutmy aces," said Ramsaier."The state providescost-beet aalysisspreadsheets so we camake sure we're ot losigmoey."

Ramsaier said she lookedito the Provisio 2program because researchshows that oce o oe iscategorized as receivigree or reduced luch,more kids take advatageo the breakast program."I wated to get kidsready or the school dayby gettig them to eatbreakast," said Ramsaier.

She said that ater ouryears o Provisio 2, theour GSC schools areall seeig high spikes ibreakast participatio.

Higher meal participatioalso leads to savigs, bylowerig per-meal costs.

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October 20 - Nov 4; Earlyvotig city o Gricommissio electioad Suday alcohol salesreeredum; MemorialDrive Plaza.

October 20; Thursday;Chamber Busiess AterHours, Old Gri BottligCompay The Eagle & LioRestaurat ad Pub; 5 p.m.to 7 p.m.

October 20; Thursday;Heavely Light; FirstBaptist Church o Gri;7:30 to 9 p.m.; GriChoral Arts rst cocerto the 2011-12 seaso;or more iormatio visitwww.grichoralarts.org.

October 21-22 & 28-29; Thursdayand Friday; Hauted Theatreo Hill Street; 7:30 to 11:30p.m.; Studio D School oDace, Hill Street, Gri;

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October 22; Friday & Saturday;D'october Days; DowtowGri ad variouslocatios; Great GriGraveyard Ramble, LowDow Dirty Dawg Dash,Doctoberest Beer Festivalad ree cocerts eaturigHeather Luttrell ad TheRolli Boes; or moreiormatio visit www.cityogri.com.

October 24; Monday; Frieds othe Library iitial meetig;or more iormatio call770-412-4770.

October 25; Tuesday; city oGri Commissioersmeetig; 6 p.m. Oe GriCeter.

October 24; Monday; Flit RiverRegioal Library; 6:30 -

7:30 p.m.; A coordiatiomeetig to orm a "Friedso the Library" groupto support the Gri-Spaldig Couty Library.

October 27; Thursday;Etrepreeur Class &Discussio; Gri RegioalWelcome Ceter; 9 a.m.to 12 p.m.; lear start-upbasics, legal structures,reasos or busiess ailuread more; $69 with 50percet o each additioalperso rom yourbusiess; register at www.georgiasbdc.org.

October 28; Friday; DowtowGri Trick-or-Treatigevet; 4 - 6 p.m.; or a mapad ree trick-or-treat bag,visit the Gri WelcomeCeter durig the evet;participatig dowtowbusiesses will have a sigi their storerot.

October 29; Saturday; "SSLiberty"; 6 p.m.; a origial,high-eergy ballet thatollows three sailorso shore leave i nYC;preseted by Gri Ballet

Theatre; Gri Auditorium;or more iormatio visitgriballettheatre.org.

November 5; Saturday; GriHumae Society Chili CookO; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m; ThePavilio.

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Techical College Tigersad the Gordo CollegeHighladers i nJCAAcollege hoops is o thehorizo. The rivalry is ore ad is goig to makea lot o olks wat to jumpito a tub o ice whe the

two teams take the courtnov. 1 i Baresville. Thisis the secod seaso orthe Tigers, ad both theme ad wome teamshave bee scorchig thecourt durig their practicei preparatio or turigup the heat to uclear-meltdow levels durig

Thursdays game.

Leadig the SCTC malead emale teams areHead Coaches Dr. JohPope ad Calvi Sikeld,respectively. Lady TigerKatisha Rouseau saysacceptig costructivecriticism rom a male coachhas taught me to ot takeit persoal ad practicigthat ope-midedess hasimproved my game te-

old. She goes o to statethat the added value ohavig a nJCAA team i themiddle Georgia commuityis that it is a u evet adsocial activity or the wholeamily.

Ater their match-upagaist the Highladers,the Tigers will be thetalk o the tow. It is thatmometum that willesure their readiess orthe homecomig gameagaist the East GeorgiaCollege Bobcats, scheduledor nov. 4 at Taylor Street

Middle School Gymasium.Homecomig at SCTC hasudergoe a dramatictrasormatio sice lastyear, ad plaers hope todeliver a 1-2-3 puch withtheir theme o Roarig

Through the Decades sothat our commuity willcome away agreeig thatthe experiece was oe otime-travelig style.

For the rst-time ever, SCTCwill crow a HomecomigKig ad Quee durighal-time at the game.

Tiger Keishaw Williams,who lives ad breatheseverythig basketballad is workig toward adegree i desig ad mediaproductio, states thatwith striget basketballpractice coupled with

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This questio comes upevery year, ad the seasomay start i October adgo util May. Here aresome quick acts so youca make up your owmid.

First, ifueza, or fu, ishorribly over-diagosed.Everyoe who has everis told they have fu, advery ew actually do. Fluis a virus that iects thelugs primarily. You mayhave it i you have everor chills, cough, sorethroat, sius cogestio,muscle/body/joit aches,headaches, ad atigue.nausea, vomitig, addiarrhea are more commoi childre. Diagosigfu o symptoms aloe istricky, however, as thesesymptoms ca occur ithe commo cold as well.

There are lab tests tocorm a diagosis.

It is believed adaccepted by most that fuis airborespread bydroplets i seezes adcoughs. It is theoreticallypossible to get it roma solid surace recetlytouched by someoeiected, such as adoorkob or a grocery carthadle.

What the Ceter orDisease Cotrol (CDC)does ot kow icludes (1)what strais o fu will bespread this year, (2) whatstrais should be icludedi the seasoal vaccie,

(3) whe it will strike, (4)whether it will strike at all,(5) how bad or beig itmight be. This leads muchto the imagiatio whecosiderig whether totake a vaccie.

The vaccie itsel isa mixture o threeiactivated strais o fuviruses. Sice o oekows what strais willbe operat rom year toyear, ad sice the straiskow to exist mutate overtime, it is a wild guess as towhat to put ito a vaccie.It is hoped that there is agood match betweethe strais chose ad

the strais that happe topop up each year, ad it iscosidered a good matchi the vaccie causes youto make atibodies thathappe to attack the virusto which you are exposed.But, that is oly educatedspeculatio rom year toyear, as the vaccie is madea year ahead o whe it isadmiistered.

The vaccies are geerallyless eective i youger

childre ad older adultsad more eective i teesad youg to middle-agedadults. I other words,they are more eective ipeople whose immuesystems are already strog.

Despite all theseimpoderable questios,the CDC isists that allpeople over the age o6 moths o age shouldget vacciated aually.Our govermet paid ormassive advertisig lastyear to covice peopleto take the shots eve asthe iectio rates weretredig dow to ewlows.

About two-thirds o peoplewill be sore at the ijectiosite or up to two days.Some will have ever,atigue, ad muscle achesater gettig the shot.Red eyes, hoarseess, adcough are reported withsome who take the vacciei the rst day, ad these

side eects are suppressedwith other drugs.

Allergic resposes carage rom itchig to ullaaphylactic shock. I thefu epidemic o the mid-70s, we lost more peoplerom complicatios due tothe vaccie tha we did tothe fu.

I you are allergic toeggs, stay away rom thisvacciatio altogether, asthe viruses are icubatedi eggs.

My persoal pla remaisuchaged. I do otchoose to accept the sideeects o the vaccie, soI do ot take it. My plais to stay as healthy aspossible. I will keep myweight dow, get pletyo rest, exercise, ad eatwisely. I will practicegood had washig ithe cliic, ad we willkeep alcohol-based hadcleaers available or staad patiets. We will cleaour tables ad istrumetsmeticulously. I make thisdecisio kowig that Iwill be exposed to sickpatiets all year log, butwith kowledge that myimmue system is prettyeciet.

You will eed to makeyour decisio o the bestavailable iormatio adyour persoal assessmeto your risk o exposure.Look at cdc.gov/fu/ ormore iormatio. Payattetio to the CDCsweekly charts that showwhether there is a threat,the locatio o the threat,ad the strai that is thethreat.

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DUSTY TAKLEMy husbad, Kris, ad Iwatch the movie Cast Awaymost every time it comes otelevisio. Im ot sure why.

There is practically little

to o dialogue durig therst hal o the movie. Ocourse, oce you have threechildre, silece is bliss. Im

just sayig.

My avorite lie i themovie is whe Tom Hakscharacter says, I have tokeep breathig. Because,tomorrow the su will rise,ad who kows what thetide will brig.

Whe the Israelites let thelad o Egypt with theirleader, Moses, there weretwo ways they could go the easy way, ad the ot soeasy way. God set a cloudbright eough or them to

ollow by day ad ight. So,they did. All the way to theot so easy way: The RedSea.

They obviously had tostop ad regroup here. Itappeared that there waso way out. Had Godbrought them this ar toleave them or dead ow?Especially with Pharaohhavig secod thoughtso their release rom Egyptad subsequetly sedig

some soldiers i big hokichariots ater them.

At this poit, Im sure it waseasy to wat to give up. Imsure they wodered i Godhad brought them this aror othig. Weve probablyall elt this way at somepoit i our lives. Its at thispoit, we have to remidourselves that God will ghtor us. We have to positioourselves aroud peoplewho will ecourage us toot to give up.

Ad, so Moses remided theIsraelites that God wouldght or them. The, heprayed to God or help.Remember that big brightcloud? God caused it tobecome really dark ad putit betwee the Israelitesad Pharaohs soldiers. Thisbought them a little time.

The, God told Moses tohold his rod over the RedSea, ad He remidedMoses that He hadpromised to help him.

The? He parted the RedSea. Maybe, you are ithe middle o a storm adare havig a dicult timeseeig a way out. God stillparts Red Seas today.

While our curret situatiomay look grim or seemhopeless, we have to keepbreathig. We have to keepprayig. We have to keeptrustig i our Father wholoves us more tha we caathom. Because, tomorrowthe su will rise, ad whokows what God will do.

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The reaso why I wish toserve the costituets omy district is. Because godhave blessed me to serveot oly the costituetso my district but he haveallowed me to serve thecitize o Gri as a whole.By servig as a Police Ocerwith the Gri PoliceDepartmet or a total o 28years ad 9 moths it gaveme the opportuity to do

what i love the most adthat is servig the citizeo gri or iam a peoplesperso.

My qualicatios toserve as a city o gricommissioer my aswerto the questio is thatmay people kow mei the city o gri adkow that i will do a good

job or the costituets odistrict 2 ad will have oproblem beig their or mycostituets whe eededor as i said beore iam apeople perso who dotmid workig hard or thecitizes o gri.

I eel that oe o thegreatest challege aced bythe city o gri . Is thatpeople are out o work adeedig jobs to pay theirbills ad eed ad clothetheir amily ad also to beable to aord gasolie ortheir cars to drive back adorth to work also to resolvethis matter i will make sureto vote o certai items tobrig jobs ito the city ogri so that the citize ogri will be able to takecare o their amily.

To address budetarycocers the city acesilight o the sluggish

ecoomy choice alog withcerti decisio will haveto be made by the boardo commissioers to staywithi the budget.

What would i do to stimulatlocal ecoomic growth addevelopmet. I would rsto all keep the citize imid beore voteig.

(Cora Flowers, Evans'challenger, declinedto submit answers)

[email protected] has bee a privilegeservig as your Cityo Gri At-LargeCommissioer the pasteight years. My wie Pamad I have bee marriedor 21 years, ad we have2 childre, Lucida adMarsh. Gri is our home,ad like you, we wat our

commuity to be as goodas it ca be.

As a youth soccer coach,Assistat Scoutmaster,8th grade Suday schoolteacher ad a church smallgroup youth leader, I havethe opportuity to make apositive impact i the liveso may childre ad youtho a weekly basis.

My ivolvemet as avoluteer or the SalvatioArmy Advisory Board, BoyScouts o America-FlitRiver Coucil ExecutiveBoard, Kiwais Clubo Gri, Chamber o

Commerce ad GriDowtow Coucil, allowsme the opportuity toshare my time, taletsad resources, alog withother cocered citizes,i makig our commuitybetter or preset aduture geeratios.

As your Gri CityCommissioer, I haveworked to idetiy issuesi our city govermetthat desperatelyeeded attetio, to

iclude govermetalmaagemet, acialaccoutability adecoomic developmet.I believe my recordas your At-LargeCommissioer, kowledgeo this commuity adrelatioships I havedeveloped over the yearswill allow me to cotiuebrigig to the citycommissio the kid oleadership that works hardto save your hard-earedmoey.

Each year, the CityCommissio has to maketough budget decisios

ad we were able touaimously adopt acoservative 2011-2012budget that met ouracial requiremets adthe goals our board hasdeveloped. Our curret8.63 mills, with a $10,000homestead exemptio,is less tha the 8.85 mills,with o exemptio i2004. This past yearsaudit reports that ourgeeral ud is a positive$2,262,984.00 compared toa egative $3,139,477.00 i2004, a 6-year et icreaseo $5.4 millio dollars.

As cocered citizes,we all expect our citysmaagemet team tocoserve resources adseek eciecies to providecost eective govermetalservices ad lower taxburdes to you. We havelaid the oudatio tobuild ad redevelop thiscommuity. You deserveo less. I will appreciateyour vote ad your help,ad I will cotiue to giveyou the kid o leadershipthat is required to do this

job, the kid o leadershipYOU deserve.

DOUG HOLLBERG

[email protected] natha Ward Jr. islielog residet ad upstadig citize o Gri,Ga. He is the oly childo Joe Ward Sr. ad Aita

Worthy who are also ativeso Gri, GA. He attededGri High School wherehe was a all Americaootball ad baseball playerad graduate o class o2000. Joe atteded AlbayState util he was ijuredi ootball practice hisreshma year.

He retured to Gri i2002 ad bega workigor The Kedall law rmwhere he was a loamaager or Savoy Fiacialad CommissioerAssistat or Mike Kedallad Rodey McCord, ad

sice leavig the law rmi 2008 he has bee asuccessul etrepreeur iGri ad throughout theAtlata area ad part timeworker or Spaldig CoutySchool System. He is theouder o a o-prot

orgaizatio called Takigover the Streets or T.O.T.S asit is called. He ejoys lie! Heloves helpig the people ithe commuity ad givigback. His avorite quote isSuccessul People dotsleep. Joe is curretlya part o the SpaldigCouty Collaborative,Bogarsus assistat advisoror Gri High School.Joe is resposible orbrigig all the CommuityOrgaizatio together addevelopig the City WideBack to School Bash thatwill take place i 2012. Hecurret servig the city oGri ad he is a dedicatedather to his 2 childreSavaugha ad Zykia adamily. He is a great ma oGod who loves to serve hiscommuity.

JOE WARD, JR.

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City reerendum inormation:Candidates bios, why theywant to serve, and what willappear on the ballot

At-LargeCommissioncandidates:(l to r)

Doug Hollberg,incumbent

Joe Ward, Jr.

District 2Commissioncandidates:(below)

Will Evans,incumbent

Cora Flowers(not pictured)

Election Date: Tuesday, Nov. 8Early voting: Now through Nov. 4

Memorial Drive Plaza (Old Cook's Shopping Center)

For answers rom the candidates to more in-depth questions, visit the "Grifn-Spaldinginormation" tab at www.the-grip.net.

TWO QUESTIONS WILL ALSO APPEAR ON THE BALLOT:1) Suday Package Sales: Shall the goverig authorityo the City o Gri, GA be authorized to permit adregulate package sales by retailers o malt beverages,wie ad distilled spirits o Sudays betwee the hourso 12:30 P.M. ad 11:30 P.M.?

2) Shall the goverig authority o the City oGri, GA, be authorized to sell ad covey to newMercy Baptist Church, Ic. 1.209 acres o lad adimprovemets, located at 742 Pimeto Aveue, Gri,

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[email protected] positios withAmerica Cacer Societyad House Majority Leadernewt Gigrich Director oSpaldig Couty Citizesor Childre ad at that time28 years o voluteerigor my city. Jack Suttowas retirig as the 4thDistrict Commissioer adCommissioer Carlto Imesasked me to ru or theseat.

Twelve years ago therewere three issues that werecotroversial ad eededa spokesperso. Thethree were: 1: The push to

legthe the ruway o thecurret airport to brig ilarger aircrat. 2: SprigsIdustries watig to ru apipelie or waste dischargeto the Flit River ad 3: Thecity was cosiderig closigthe oly public swimmigpool i the area.

We elt our homes were ourbiggest ivestmet ad wewated protectio romthe moeyed people o theairport who didt live herebut wated to dictate theirdesires upo our district. It

was ureal twelve years agoto eve thik o the cheapercourse o dischargigtextile waste ito the riverthat supplied our drikig

water to accommodate aprivate busiess edeavor.

The City swimmig poolad the gol course werelet daglig i HB 489which required city/coutyto map out areas o serviceto the commuity withoutduplicatio. The Coutybecame the recreatioprovider but did ot watthe gol course or theswimmig pool. I elt that a

commuity eeded a publicgol course ad a swimmigpool as commuity assetsor amilies. We have beesuccessul i all three

edeavors.

Why do you wish to continue toserve the constituents o yourdistrict?

I am a citize commissioer I care about commuityad what we oer tocitizes. Oe o myavorite expressios isthat Govermet has

to be watched. Im thatCitize Watchdog theoly promise I made to theDistrict was to keep themiormed ad to study each

issue. I have doe thatad I have the desire adcommitmet to cotiueservig. Plus I wat tobe o board whe the rstdirt is shoveled o the ewairport that will sigiy aew directio or uturegeeratios. I could havegive birth to a elephati the time it has take toget to this poit i airportrelocatio.

JOANNE TODD

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[email protected] ame is Doug Craig. Iam ruig or the District4 City Commissioer seatthis november. I am avetera o the U.S. navyhavig served o theU.S.S. Texas durig therst Gul War. As a uclearpower plat operator o

the ship, I leared howto lead uder dicultad stressul situatios.Ater the navy, I attededSouther PolytechicIstitute where I majoredi mechaical egieerigo the G.I. Bill. I met my

wie, Marie Lamb, while atSouther Poly. I 1996, Istarted a busiess i thesheet metal idustry. Mycompay, Vikig Metals, hasgrow each year sice westarted icludig the pastour years withi this verydicult ecoomy. I havetwo beautiul daughters,8-year-old Catherie ad3-year-old Eva. I watto make Gri, which isa great hometow, evebetter or them.

Why do you wish to serve theconstituents o your district?I am ruig or theDistrict 4 City Commissioseat because the city hasbee goig i the wrog

directio or may yearsad I ca help tur itaroud. We have oe othe highest millage ratesi the state, yet we do othave a commesurate levelo services. We shouldhave a better parks adrecreatio departmet adbetter paid police ad redepartmets or what wepay. There are problemshere that have goeucorrected or years. Thegol course is little usedad losig moey. It eeds

to be tured aroud orshut dow. Our curretcommissioer has votedto create Atlata-styleederal housig projectsthat corrode the tax basead devalue the homeso the curret residets.

Ayoe who uderstadsecoomics ad commuityuderstads that housighas to be cotrolled at thelocal level. I kow that Ica do a better job thathe curret commissioerwho is a stumbligblock to progress. I amdetermied to help brigbusiesses ad jobs toGri. I wat to reducethe ees associated withstartig busiesses adexpedite zoig requests.We eed to do a better job

advertisig the advatageso startig a busiess here.We eed someoe who ispro-busiess, pro-amilyad pro-Gri. I wat tobe the commissioer thatour city deserves.

DOUG CRAIG

[email protected] ame is Ala Staeldad I am a cadidate orGri City CommissioerDistrict 4. I am a lielogresidet o Gri with aestablished amily historyo more tha 60 years ithe commuity. My curretpositio is a aculty memberat Souther Crescet

Techical College whereI have bee employedsice 2001. I additio,I also serve the role oChairperso i the IdustrialStudies Departmet. Irecogize the eed orecoomic developmet,commuity revitalizatio,ad establishig the city

i the best iterests o thecitizes. My wish is to brigeergy, ew visio ad areewed purpose to Gri.

I am married to KellieStaeld ad we have a twoyear old daughter. I hold aA.A.S. degree i techicalstudies rom SoutherCrescet Techical College,

B.S. degree i busiess romLee Uiversity, ad a MBArom Mercer Uiversity. Visitwww.staeld4gri.comor more iormatio ad tosee my pla or our uture.

Why do you wish to serve theconstituents o your district?

I have spet my lielivig ad workig iGri. Over the years,I have developed a

uderstadig cocerigthe eeds o our city adwill brig real solutios tothe problems. There areseveral immediate eedsthat must be addressed adI have a pla to lead Grii a ew directio. Someo these eeds icludesolvig the uemploymetad poverty rates i Griwhich are alarmigly above

the state average. Otherareas o cocer are thebarriers to busiess adidustry developmet thatmust be removed. I amexperieced i idustry adecoomic developmet.Part o my job at the collegeis to support busiesseswith employee traiig addevelopmet. I also workto attract ew idustry itoour city ad couty. I amalso a published author

ad speaker i leadershipdevelopmet. Gri eedshometow experiecedleaders like me to helprevitalize our city.

I wish to serve the citizeso Gri or may reasos.First o all, this is myhometow. I have thegreatest vested iterest

i Gri because myemployer, my amily admy church are all locatedi Gri. Secodly, I havea great uderstadig oecoomic developmetthat I wat to apply tohelp our city prosper.My educatio ad workexperiece over the past10 years ca provide theleadership required to besuccessul.

ALAN STANFIELD

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