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Monday, July 13, 2009

By TERRY WOLFOver 4,000 gallons of moon-

shine was confiscated fromwhat is being called one of thelargest still operations discov-ered by regional law enforce-ment in recent years.

Last Thursday, EmanuelCounty Sheriff Investigatorsand agents from the East Cen-tral Drug Task Force and Geor-gia Bureau of Investigationraided an active moonshinestill in the Oak Park communi-ty of Emanuel County, Ga.

When agents rushed in tomake the arrest, they allegedlyfound Rodney Hadden, 34, of

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When agents raided this elaborate still inEmanuel County, they allegedly found RodneyHadden of Oak Park actually cooking the moon-shine. Agents said the still was one of the largestthey’ve seen in recent years.

Moonshine Bust

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Nolan Daniel and Chance Blum raised thechampionship trophy after the DLCRA All-Starswon the GRPA Class B Flea League (8 and un-der) state baseball tournament on Saturday inAmericus. The DLCRA team beat EffinghamCounty 23-10 in five innings and 17-8 in five in-nings to claim the title. For more on this andother DLCRA tournament action, go to 1b.

Child Drowns inLocal Hotel Pool

By STEPHANIE MILLERA Dublin child died Saturday while playing

in a local hotel pool.According to Dublin Police Lt. Greg

Dominy, Jermaine Jones, 12, of 1106 BartonDrive, Dublin, was pronounced dead atFairview Park Hospital after being pulledfrom the bottom of the pool at the Travel Lodgeon U.S. 441 South Saturday at about 8:19 p.m.

“We had a 12-year-old juvenile that lives

here in Dublin (drown),” said Dominy. “He hadgone out there with his aunt and some morefamily members, kids and all. Nobody noticedactually that he had gone under. From what Ibest remember, Officer (Lee) Washburn toldme that his little brother was the first one thatnoticed him at the bottom of the pool. Two sub-jects jumped in and pulled him out. Officer

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Groups Make EffortTo Assist Homeless

By STEPHANIE MILLERSeveral groups are taking steps to help those who have lost

their homes due to job loss or sickness, but even with that effortthere is no homeless shelter currently located in Laurens Coun-ty, and statewide there are not enough beds for every person whoneeds one.

“I think the need is a lot greater than any of us realize,” saidJohn Draper, director of the Heart of Georgia United Way, whichserves the counties of Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Telfair andTreutlen. Draper said United Way has been called on recently tohelp get the homeless a place to stay, but the projects are still aways off.

“I know the Salvation Army is applying for a grant that willhelp the homeless out because I had to write a letter showing oursupport,” said Draper. “And another group is working on a pro-ject now for homeless housing.”

Draper said the United Way is working to help a church groupand an employee of the Carl Vinson VA Med Center apply to of-fer homeless housing.

“We are working to try to help them get set up to establishhousing for people that need housing. When there is someonehomeless or stranded here about the only option we have is theSalvation Army will pay for a bus ticket to get them to Macon (tothe shelter there),” he said.

The Georgia Department of Family and Children’s Serviceswill provide help as it is available for families. DFCS officials saidparents who need help should not fear having their children tak-en just because hard times have hit.

“We see any parent who walks into our office seeking assis-tance as a positive action for them and the child. Our number onepriority is to ensure the safety of the child and to keep the fami-ly together. It is not in anyone’s best interest to separate a childfrom their parent,” said Taka Wiley, spokeswoman for DFCS.

“When an individual walks in to one of our DFCS offices, theysit down with a case manager who reviews their individual cir-cumstances and determines the services they need,” she said.“Services we do not provide, such as shelter, are administered

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The Big Splash

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BELLY-FLOPPING...Eastman resident and Redneck regular Preston Wright shows onlookersthe proper form for a mud pit Belly-Flop. Organizers said crowds weredown by 25 percent for the 14th installment of the annual Redneck flare.

By JASON HALCOMBEEAST DUBLIN — The rumble of the

backhoe stopped, giving it enough time to getplanted and send its bucket deep into themud.

Like an oversized arm in a mixing bowl,the operator began to knead the mud, thenlift his slurry into the air before dropping itscontents back into the pit with a belly-floplike splash of sloppy clay over the assembledcrowd.

After the second “splash” of mud, reality-TV host Jeremiah Hatfield leaned over toRedneck judge Preston Wright and shoutedabove the crowd, “They’re going to let mejump off the bucket. I think it might be like10 feet or something. It might be a record.”

And moments later, Hatfield, barefootand hollerin’ like any good Redneck, leaptfrom the bucket and into the mud to the

cheers of the 200-or-so that had piled aroundthe red clay swimmin’ hole.

With a slightly rearranged schedule, neworganizers and lighter crowds, changeseemed to be the catch phrase for the 14thinstallment of the Redneck Games.

“As you can tell, we’re doing things a littledifferent this year,” said Y-96 radio host andannouncer Lea Fountain.

“It’s a little slower than last year, buthopefully it will pick up,” said Larry Drew,organizer with the East Dublin Lions Club.

Unlike last year’s event, which wasmarked by a CMT film crew’s filming of aRedneck wedding, the marquee attraction,besides the Games themselves, was a Ger-man TV crew that was documenting theevent.

Heck, even the mud pit Hatfield jumped

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Crowds Down at Redneck Games

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• Suspects in slayingof Fla. couple duein court

• Japan Prime Ministerto dissolve Parliament

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• Health care overhaulunlikely before August

• Kim Jong Il reportedlyhas pancreatic cancer

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• Rockies rally pastBraves

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• Abby: Dad’s intractablebigotry makes visitsexcruciating

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AAnnnniiee AAlllleennMrs. Annie Allen of 1102

Barton Drive, passed on Sat-urday, July 11, 2009. Funeralarrangements are incompleteand will be announced later.Visitation will be at the fami-ly residence, 4843 Hwy. 80West, Montrose. Dudley Fu-neral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

JJoohhnn LL.. CCaavveennddeerrLIZELLA - John L. Caven-

der, 80, died Friday, July 10,2009. Funeral services will beheld at 2 p.m. Monday at Ma-con Memorial Park FuneralHome. Burial will be in Ma-con Memorial Park Cemetery.The Rev. Franklin Ethridgewill officiate. The familygreeted friends from 3 p.m.until 5 p.m. Sunday at the fu-neral home. In lieu of flowersthe family suggests that do-nations be made to the Ma-sonic Home of Georgia, 1417Nottingham Drive, Macon31211.

Mr. Cavender was the sonof the late Charlie and SallieIvey Cavender and precededin death by his wife, JackieMcCord Cavender and adaughter, Beverly CavenderWilson. He was a retired dri-ver for Greyhound Bus Linesand was a member of Mt.Pleasant Baptist Church. Mr.Cavender was a member ofthe Masons.

Mr. Cavender is survivedby his son, Mike Cavender(Sharon) of Griffin; grand-daughters, Ginny Yarbroughof Lizella, Leslie Bird of Ma-con and Lauren Stapleton ofGriffin; great-grandchild,Dustin Wilson of Lizella.

Visitwww.maconmemorialparkfuneralhome.com to express trib-utes.

Macon Memorial Park Fu-neral Home has charge ofarrangements.

RRaannddoollpphh HHaaddddeennWRIGHTSVILLE - Grave-

side funeral services for Mr.Randolph Hadden, age 81,will be held at 11 a.m.Wednesday at New HomeBaptist Church Cemeterywith Rev’s Allen Meeks andHarry Hadden officiating.

Mr. Hadden was born Jan-uary 30, 1928 in JohnsonCounty. He was the son of thelate Jessie “Doc” and FrancesHoover Hadden. He was alsopreceded in by his wife, RitaKeen Hadden; three brothers,Henry Hadden, B.J. Hadden,Jack Hadden; and a sister,Phyllis Price. He was a veter-an of the Korean Conflict hav-ing served with the UnitedStates Army. He was a mem-ber of New Home BaptistChurch and was retired fromthe Georgia Department ofTransportation. Mr. Haddenpassed away Friday evening,July 10, 2009.

Mr. Hadden is survived bya daughter, Barbara AnnDavis of Langley, SC; grand-son, Daniel R. (Tamara K.)Poole of Stafford, Va.; grand-daughter, Stacie (Duane) Us-ry of Dublin; four great-grandchildren, Ryan WadePoole, Cheyenne Marina Us-ry, Katlenn Dawn Usry andJewelya Harmonie Usry; abrother, S.M. Hadden ofWrightsville; sisters, Joyce

Williamson of Wrightsvilleand Jeanette Swim of Hephz-ibah; and a sister-in-law, Bet-ty Hadden of Milledgeville.

The family will receivefriends from 9 a.m. until10:30 p.m. Wednesday morn-ing at the funeral home. Stan-ley Funeral Home & Crema-tory/Wrightsville Chapel hascharge of funeral arrange-ments.

To sign our Online RegisterBook please visitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the Stanley FuneralHome 24 hour obituary line at(478) 272-0106 to hear ourlatest funeral arrangements.

AArrtthhuurr EE.. HHuuffffmmaannArthur Earl Huffman, age

80, of Dublin, Ga., died Sun-day, July 12, 2009.

Mr. Huffman was born inRichmond, Ind. He was theson of the late Guy Huffmanand the late Ida Mae Ever-man Huffman. Mr. Huffmanwas a resident of Ohio and In-diana for most of his life be-fore moving to Georgia in1994. He has been a residentof Laurens County since2001. He served in the USNavy. Mr. Huffman was amember of the Laurens Lodge#75 F&AM and was a 32nddegree Mason, lifetime mem-ber of the VFW and a memberof the Macon Scottish Rite.He was retired from DanaCorporation.

Services for Mr. Huffmanwill private for his family.

Survivors include his wife,Kay Young of Dublin; son,Arthur Earl Huffman Jr. ofDothan, Ala.; daughter, DianaMae Callahan of Elk Grove,Calif.; four stepsons; one step-daughter; 16 grandchildren;and 12 great-grandchildren.

Townsend Brothers Funer-al Home is in charge ofarrangements.

JJeerraammiiee JJoonneessMaster Jeramie Jones

passed on Saturday, July 11,2009. Funeral arrangementsare incomplete and will be an-nounced later. Visitation willbe at the home of his grand-mother, Mrs. Effie Jones, 410Pine St.

Dudley Funeral Home is incharge of arrangements.

MMaarrjjoorriiee NNeewwssoommee Funeral services for Mar-

jorie Williams Newsome, 79,of Dublin, will be held at theC. Homer Adams MemorialChapel Tuesday afternoon Ju-ly 14, 2009 at 3 p.m. Burialwill follow at NorthviewCemetery. Rev. Hugh Spiveywill be the officiating minis-ter.

Mrs. Newsome was born onOctober 21, 1929 in LaurensCounty to the late Elisha andLessie Howell Williams. Alifetime native of LaurensCounty, Mrs. Newsome was adedicated homemaker, lovingmother and she made verysure that her family madeGod first in their lives. Mrs.Newsome loved her churchand was very active until herhealth began to restrict herfrom attending. She was amember of the Assembly ofGod Church of Dublin.

Mrs. Newsome was preced-ed in death by her husband,Jessie Thomas Newsome; twosisters, Annie Lizzie Mullisand Betty Joyce Williams.Mrs. Newsome passed away

Saturday night at FairviewPark Hospital after an ex-tended illness.

Mrs. Newsome is survivedby one son, Jimmy Grahamand wife Sheryl of Dublin;four brothers, Eddie Williamsand wife Jackie of WarnerRobins, Elmer Williams andwife Shelby of Dublin, ElbertWilliams of East Dublin, andWayne Williams and wifeEvelyn of East Dublin; twosisters, Lonnie Pearl Bryan ofCochran and Sarah Brown ofWarner Robins; four grand-children, Kristy Mathis (Tim)of Dublin, Kandy Bozeman(Shield) of Dublin, Josh Gra-ham (Sherri) of Cochran andJeannie Woodall (Chandler)of Dublin; one step-grand-child, Michael Garrett (Bob-bie) of Augusta; eight great-grandchildren, Tyler Mathis,Luke Mathis, Lindsey Math-is, Raegan Bozeman, GrahamBozeman, Jenna Woodall, Al-lison Graham and SkylerGarrett; and numerous niecesand nephews.

Visitation will be held thesame day of the service July14, 2009 at Adams FuneralHome from 1 p.m. until 2:45p.m.

Active pallbearers to serveat Mrs. Newsome’s servicewill be Wayne Williams,Chandler Woodall, Josh Gra-ham, Brett Taylor, BennySlappey and Ricky Carrier.

Honorary pallbearers willbe the staff of SoutherlandCare Nursing Home.

Please visit our website atwww.adamsfuneralhme.us.com and sign our memory regis-ter for Mrs. Marjorie WilliamsNewsome

Adams Funeral Home ofDublin has charge of arrange-ments for Mrs. MarjorieWilliams Newsome.

WW..CC.. SSiinngglleettaarryyW.C. Singletary, age 61, of

Eastman, died Sunday, July12, 2009.

Funeral services will beheld at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July14, in Greenlawn BaptistChurch, with interment inSingletary Cemetery.

Mr. Singletary, a native ofDodge County, was a truckdriver and former Gilman Pa-per Company employee.

Survivors include his wife,Doris Bryan Singletary;three sons, Scott Singletary(Mandi), Richard Rowland(Brenda) and Mike Rowland(Melinda); three brothers,Johnny Singletary, WilliamSingletary and Cheyenne Sin-gletary; nine grandchildren;and several nieces andnephews also survive.

The family may be contact-ed at the Singletary Resi-dence, 6364 Fred BohannonRoad, Eastman.

Stokes-Southerland Funer-al Home of Eastman hascharge of arrangements.

BBeettttyy JJoo SSoo lleessFuneral services for Betty

Jo Roland Soles, age 75, willbe held at 4 p.m. on MondayJuly 13, 2009 in Chan StanleyMemorial Chapel, with inter-ment to follow in UnionChurch Cemetery. Rev. CurtisWarnock will officiate.

Mrs. Soles was born on Oc-tober 1, 1933 in WheelerCounty, Georgia. She was thedaughter of the late Luke andUla Mae McDaniel Rowland.

She was preceded in death

by her husband Alvin Soles; ason Paul Soles; grandson,Chad Miller; and great grand-son Chandler Alexander. Mrs.Soles was a member of UnionBaptist Church.

Mrs. Soles is survived byher children Danny (Melody)Soles of Stockbridge, Gail(Randy) Purvis of Alamo; sixgrandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be LarryRowland, Billy Gene Purvis,Dan Soles, William Purvis,Trent White, Josh Stone.

The family received friendson Sunday evening, July 12,2009, at the funeral home.

Stanley Funeral home andCrematory/Dublin Chapel hascharge of funeral arrange-ments.

To sign the Online RegisterBook For Mrs. Soles pleasevisitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.com or call the 24-hour StanleyFuneral Home and Cremato-ry Line at 478-272-0106 tohear the latest funeral up-dates.

CChhrriissttoopphheerr WWaallkkeerrMr. Christopher V. “Fujay”

Walker, 58, of Macon, passedaway Thursday, July 9, 2009at the Medical Center of Cen-tral Georgia.

He was the son of the lateMathis and Dorothy Walker,and was a 1969 graduate ofNew London High School. Hewas a veteran of the VietnamWar. While serving his coun-try he was the recipient of thePurple Heart Medal, twoArmy Medals of Accommoda-tion, and numerous otherawards. Chris was employedat the Electric Boat as adraftsman until the early 80sbefore relocating to the Wash-ington, DC area, before retir-ing to Macon.

Funeral services will beTuesday, July 14, 2009 at 2p.m. in the Lovely Hill Bap-tist Church of Soperton withRev. J.K. Smith officiating.Burial will be in the BakerCemetery. The family will re-ceive friends today from 6p.m. until 9 p.m. in theChapel of Baker FuneralHome.

Survivors include onedaughter, Christina Walker ofMacon; three sons, TyreeWalker of Macon, Jason andJeffery Walker of Washing-ton, DC; one brother, JeffreyWalker of Los Angeles, Calif.;four sisters, Beverly Sanders,Gladys Walker, and JenetteWalker of Macon; and StaceyTinker of Freemont, Calif.;four grandchildren, Jeff, Ty-sean, Stella, and Ajane; sever-al nieces, nephews, cousins,and friends. He was pre-ceded in death by one brother,Spencer Walker.

Baker Funeral Home ofSoperton is in charge ofarrangements.

Obituaries

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Anniversaries

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DEAR ABBY: I would like tomake my father's final years oflife happy ones. The problem is,Dad is a bigot. He is loud, opin-ionated and verbally abusive toand about people. Visiting himis stressful because I know theconversation will, at some point,turn to how terrible acertain person, countryor political persuasionis. He is ill-informed yetconvinced he is right.

My father is also notwilling to forgive any-one who has hurt him.He thrives on angerand hate. It saddensme that his last yearsare so rooted in unhap-piness and negativity. Idon't know how to create last-ing, loving memories -- for bothDad and me. Any suggestionswould be appreciated. -- OUTOF IDEAS IN NEW ORLEANS

DEAR OUT OF IDEAS: Yourimpulse is noble, and I respectyou for it. But your father didn'tsuddenly become the way he is.What you have described arethe patterns of a lifetime.

You might have better luck ifyou limit your time with him,and when you visit and he goesoff on a tangent, smile and say,"Dad, we get to spend so littletime together -- let's talk abouthappy things." If that doesn'timprove this situation, youmight be able to retrain him bysaying, "Dad, if you're going togo on like this, then I can't stay."

But please accept the factthat you are not going to changeyour father. Change has to comefrom within.

DEAR ABBY: My wife hasrecently become bulimic, and it

is having an impact on our fam-ily. I have looked into treatmentcenters where patients can gofor two to six weeks and receiveconstant care and help, but theyare very expensive. Where cansomeone go to get help that doesnot cost an arm and a leg? --

NEEDS HELP FASTIN CALIFORNIADEAR NEEDS HELPFAST: The first thingyou must do is see thatyour wife is examinedby her medical doctor todetermine whether thebulimia has harmedher body. Then sheneeds to be evaluatedby someone who treatsbulimia to find out how

serious her problem is. Inpa-tient treatment is expensive,but your wife's condition maynot be so serious that it is war-ranted.

A daytime program in whichshe could return home at nightmight work for her, and it is lessexpensive. Another possibilitywould be ongoing therapy onceor twice a week, which is evenless costly. Some programscharge on a sliding scale.

Public agencies such as theDepartment of Social Servicesor Mental Health Services mayhave therapists who are quali-fied to treat bulimia at reducedrates.

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Washburn arrived and per-formed CPR until EMS gotthere,” he said.According to police scanner

reports, Washburn arrived onscene little more than aminute after the call was giv-en to him. (It was obviousfrom scanner traffic he wast-ed no time getting to thescene as he was heard tellingthe “radio” dispatcher to ex-plain to another officer whatwas going on as “I’m trying todrive.”)Scanner traffic also indi-

cated the parents of the childwere not on scene. However,the child’s father was locatedand went to the emergencyroom at the hospital within

minutes of EMS’s arrival withthe child.“Actually he doesn’t live

with either of his parents,”said Dominy. “He had aguardian. I don’t know thewhole details but she hadgone out of town so he wasstaying with his aunt.”Dominy said he does not

expect any charges to be filedin the case.“Not at this point, but it’s

still under investigation,” hesaid. “There were like 10 or 15

kids in the pool when it hap-pened.”Dominy did not know the

circumstances of how the chil-dren were in the pool, unlesssomeone in the group hadrented a room so they wouldhave access to the pool.Calls to the Travel Lodge

did not reveal any informa-tion as the desk clerk said shecould not speak on behalf ofthe hotel and no one would bein who could until this after-noon.

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into seemed smaller than lastyear. Apparently, even the Red-neck Games aren’t immune tothe recession.And Drew said the final fig-

ures, which he said the LionsClub estimated at 5,500, wereseveral thousand off last year’space.“The crowd was down,” Drew

said. “We were about 25 percentoff for everything. I guess theeconomy is getting everything.”That didn’t stop people like

Ryan Berg from driving all theway from Flovilla (located inButts County) with his family tothe East side haunt of BuckeyePark.“We’ve seen it on TV so many

times, we wanted to see what itwas like,” said Berg, only mo-ments after winning the Red-neck Horseshoes trophy. “Wethought it would be fun for ourkids.”And the crowd even spurred

two-time defending “Bobbin’ forPigs Feet” champion Eric Outlerto tease next year’s event.“This is it,” Outler said, re-

ferring to the Games’ signifi-cance. “Everybody should be outhere next year for a three-peat.”But the only guarantee came

from Fountain who wouldn’t as-sure that anyone wouldn’t getsalmonella from chompingdown on the slimy, slightly-thawed, hog heels.Oh, that, and Barbara Bai-

ley’s (Redneck Grandma)

promise to a little boy just as thebackhoe sunk its bucket deepinto the mud.“I used to (jump) every year,”

she said. “But it takes too longto get out of your hair, your ears.And you might want to moveback a good 10 feet, or, betteryet, get behind that tree.”Then came the mud, which

peppered Bailey, the boy andevery other onlooker.“Now you look like you’ve

been at the Redneck Gameshoney,” she said laughing.And, as for next year, Drew

said the Lions Club is alreadyplanning “bigger and better” forthe 15th anniversary Games.“We just think it was the

economy,” Drew said. “Next yearis going to be better.”

Redneck

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Oak Park actively cooking atthe still. Hadden was arrestedand charged with manufactureof non-tax paid distilled spirits.He was transported to theEmanuel County jail.Two stills were at the site,

each containing about 2,000gallons of sour mash. Offi-cers also recovered 135 gal-lons of moonshine that wasalready bottled.The elaborate stills uti-

lized propane gas as a heat

source and water from anearby pond for the distilla-tion process. The stills wereremoved from the scenewhich required a large back-hoe, provided by theEmanuel County PublicWorks Department.“Forty years ago moon-

shine stills were common inthe area, but we don’t seethat many of them in modernday times,” said GBI Assis-tant Special Agent in ChargeAlan Watson. “However theyare still out there. We had

been investigating this sitefor some time, and more ar-rests may be pending.”In October 2008, two peo-

ple were arrested whenagents raided a still inToombs County. In that case,300 gallons of sour mashwas found fermenting instorage containers alongwith glass jars containingmoonshine, two pounds ofmarijuana packaged for dis-tribution, over $3,400 incash and more than 60firearms.

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that unless there is a report ofchild abuse or neglect seekinghelp during a financial hard-ship is not considered a reasonto investigate a parent.“DFCS investigates child

abuse and neglect only whenan allegation is made,” shesaid. “We do not open cases onfamilies who present to our of-fices seeking our services.When an allegation is made, weinvestigate and if the situationis substantiated we take appro-priate actions to ensure thechild’s safety. Again, there hasto be an allegation.”Statewide an Associated

Press reported indicated Fri-day that the “2008 AnnualHomeless Assessment Reportto Congress, issued by the U.S.Department of Housing andUrban Development Thursday,found there were 19,095 home-less people living in Georgia in2008. That’s down from 19,639in 2007.”While the downturn in 2008

may seem great, the news isstill not good.“The report also found Geor-

gia was one of only eight stateswhere the majority of homelesswere unsheltered. It found 54percent of Georgia’s homelesswere typically unsheltered, but

said warm weather may en-courage homeless to sleep out-doors. According to the report,there are 13,936 beds availablefor homeless statewide” leavingover six thousand people with-out a shelter or bed.Draper said Laurens County

is no different than any othercounty, as hard times can strikeany where at any time.“This area is no different

than smaller towns or bigcities. The real numbers arenever known, whether they betemporarily homeless or per-manently homeless. A lot ofpeople are losing their homes.We get calls every week at theoffice,” he said. “People needmoney to pay their rent, moneyto stay in the home they’re try-ing to buy. There are peopleneeding money for surgery,medication, some just needfood. There’s a lot of needs outthere and unfortunately withthe economy the way it is theneeds are becoming greaterevery day.”Draper said the local United

Way agency supports severaldifferent local organizations,but even the United Way’sfunds are limited.“Our last year’s campaign,

the fall and winter of last year,our fund raising was downabout nine percent. It’s not agood time for our agency andother non-profits.”Draper used to be a huge

supporter of the AmericanCancer Society’s Relay For

Life, but then he came to un-derstand how important theUnited Way is to local peopleand non-profits.“I was very active with the

American Cancer Society forabout 10 years,” he said. “Iknow there have been tremen-dous strides made in cancer re-search and medication, butstill it’s money that you’re notseeing immediately helpingsomeone in this area. UnitedWay helped 100,000 people lastyear in these five counties,anywhere from the youngestwith the Healthy Start pro-gram. We touch all ages goingup to our senior citizens withour Lighthouse and Meals onWheels and even to the gravewith our Hospice of LaurensCounty. I don’t know of anyother non-profit that can saythey helped as many as100,000 people locally withtheir money. The money weraised, 96 percent stays in thisarea.”Taka Wiley, spokeswoman

for the Georgia Department ofFamily and Children’s Ser-vices, said the organization hasprograms to help families.“That’s what we’re here for isto keep families together andto help sustain their families,”said Wiley. “The point of get-ting the help is actually seek-ing the help. It’s hard to givehelp if they’re not coming to usseeking help.”

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(Above): The mix of Rednecks and wannabesassembled in front of the stage. (Left): BellaLeftwich’s eyes and bright smile were the onlytwo parts of her body not covered in mud. (Be-low): Outler (third from left) prepares to defendhis Bobbin’ for Pig’s Feet title.

Photos by Jason Halcombe

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Opinion Monday, July 13, 2009/Dublin, Ga/Page 4a

In Our OpinionInsight and viewpoints from our editorial board and our readers

Email us at news@courier-herald.com to share your opinions

BARNETT – The middle of thismonth, July the 17th in fact, there isalways a reference to one of the most cel-ebrated highlights in base-ball history—the anniver-sary of the day JoeDiMaggio’s consecutivegame-hitting streak came toan end.

The Yankee Clipper hadhit in 56 straight gameswhen the Yankees arrived inCleveland for a three-gameseries with the Indians inJuly 1941. New York wonthe first game, with Joe com-ing up with three hits. Inthe second game of theseries, however, he would gohitless to the dismay of most ofthe 67,468 fans who showed up. Theywere convinced that if DiMaggio’s streakcame to and end, Bob Feller would startfor the Indians the next day. It was aGeorgia boy who actually stoppedDiMaggio. Jim Bagby Jr. was on themound in the eighth inning when heforced DiMaggio to hit into a double playwith the bases loaded.

One of Jim’s sons, Tom or Charlie,who captained the 1964 Georgia basket-ball team, will likely get a call from asportswriter before the anniversarydate. That usually happens every year.“It happened to my dad, too,” saysCharlie, also a pitcher at Georgia and

now an accountant inTampa, Florida.Recently, Charlie sent a copy of his

dad’s type-written notes of how thestreak came to an end, a pagefrom an old manual type-writer that associatestragedy with his dad’s highmoment as a big leaguer.

Jim Bagby Jr. was asecond-generation pitcher forthe Indians. His father, JimSr., known as “Old Sarge,”won 31 games in 1920 andwas the first pitcher to hit ahome run in the modernWorld Series—in 1920against the Brooklyn Robins.(It was a year later when theteam took the name

“Dodgers.”) “Old Sarge” wasborn in this community nearCrawfordville, just a few miles fromInterstate 20.

If you review the record of theBagbys, you could say that baseball wasgood to the family, except for the factthat players then made meager salaries.Both father and son played in the WorldSeries (Jim Jr.’s time came when theBoston Red Sox of Ted Williams lost tothe St. Louis Cardinals in 1946). Whentheir playing days ended, the Bagbyshad to seek gainful employment.

Bagby Jr. became a draftsman atLockheed in Marietta after baseball andnever thought that his singular moment

was anything to boast about. “I was justdoing my job,” he always said of his stop-ping DiMaggio’s last chance to advancethe hit streak to 57 games.

Al Smith, Cleveland starter, loadedthe bases in the eighth inning. Bagbywas brought in from the bullpen. Withthe count at 1-1, Bagby threw DiMaggioa low fastball, and the Yankee center-fielder hit a hard grounder to shortstopLou Boudreau. The ball hit a looseimpediment in the infield, and Boudreauhad to leap high to get the errant ball,which he flipped to the second basemanto force the runner, followed by a relay tofirst in time to double DiMaggio.

Twice in the game, DiMaggio hitwicked grounders down the third baseline. Indian third baseman KennyKeltner stabbed those deftly and thenthrew DiMaggio out at first base. Joestarted a 16-game winning streak thenext game.

Those type-written notes reflect aregrettable circumstance in Bagby’s life.Born with a severe cleft lip, he was thevictim of cruel conduct throughout hiscareer. Opposing players mimicked himand made fun of his speech. A heavysmoker, Bagby was stricken with cancerlate in life. He was advised beforesurgery that he could only speak if avoice box was surgically implanted.Embarrassed by his speaking impedi-ment for so long, he refused and wrotenotes for the rest of his life.

LoranSmithOUR TAKE:

CRCT Scores ShouldBe Viewed As An

Opportunity to Improve

The State Department of Educationrecently released scores from the 2009CRCT tests given to children grades 1-8,and the news, for the most part, was goodwith scores falling above 2008 figures.

In Dublin and Laurens County, ourschools fared the same or better than thestate average in the lower grade levels;reading being oneof our city andcounty's strongestareas.

From the fifthgrade level up,however, those fig-ures fall into medi-an or below aver-age gaps whenheld up againststate averages.

While at firstglance it may seemlike our children are missing out on some-thing in the classroom, we must first turnour attention to the environment we pre-pare and provide at home.

From starting the day with a balancedbreakfast, to making sure homework iscompleted, to getting a full night's rest,parents must step up to the plate and ask"Are we doing all that we can?" to makesure children reach educators at peak lev-els ready to learn.

And educators, don't look at these testscores as a failure by students to embraceyour lesson plans, or as a failure on yourpart to impart the necessary skills to suc-ceed at a standardized test.

All of us, from children to grandparents,teachers to superintendents, mustembrace these scores as a challenge andan opportunity.

A challenge to overcome.An opportunity to improve.Those are lessons that will stick with

children long after they've traded awaymultiple choice tests for life's trials andtribulations.

—Jason Halcombe

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In 1972, as a result of cele-brated efforts by conservation-ists, Congress passed a law des-ignating Cumberland Island aNational Seashore. With addedendeavor, 10 years laterCongress made some 80 per-cent of the island a federalwilderness area.

When President RonaldReagan signed that 1982 bill,he directed the Department ofthe Interior to “manageCumberland Island in a man-ner similar to wilderness, to themaximum extent practicable,consistent with the other usesfor the area set forth in the leg-islative history.”

The great public benefitachieved by giving CumberlandIsland the wilderness designa-tion is even more profoundtoday providing the uniqueopportunity for visitors to expe-rience a barrier island in its rel-atively natural condition.

To witness windswept mar-itime forest and magnificent 40-foot sand dunes while hearingonly the cries of sea gulls,breaking waves, and rustling

leaves is a breathtaking experi-ence no longer attainable alongmost of the nations rampantlyurbanizing coastline.

Despite the unique anddeeply valued wilderness expe-rience afforded by CumberlandIsland, it is being compromisedby a 2004 effort spearheaded byRep. Jack Kingston (R-Savannah) supposedly intend-ed to improve access to histori-cal sites.

In practice, it accommodatesthe daily motorized tours of pri-vate commercial promotersthrough the wilderness.

By creating a transportationscheme that carves out a roadcorridor down the center of theisland thats intended to bringscores of visitors daily in motor-ized tours, the provision direct-ly contradicts the islandswilderness designation.

Imposing the use of motor-ized vehicles in federally desig-nated wilderness is unprece-dented in the history of thewilderness program.

The legislation also mandat-ed the National Park service toinitiate up to eight, but no lessthan five, motorized vehicletours daily through the wilder-ness, each with as many as 30people.

Subsequently, a transporta-tion management plan wasdeveloped. In conjunction with

that plan, and with no publicinput, a structure in the northend settlement was renovatedas a visitor center. This facilityis already being used by a com-mercial tour provider, appar-ently at no cost.

Although Kingston claimshis proposal is compatible withthe wilderness status given tomost of the island, the trans-portation plan conflicts funda-mentally with the WildernessAct and establishes a recklessprecedent.

Evidently, Kingston believesthat vehicular access to theislands north end is moreimportant than preserving andhonoring the wilderness experi-ence.

The pending disruption ismore than incidental to theinterests of private parties whoadvocate nonwilderness use ofthe island for profit-makingpurposes.

An environmental assess-ment of the transportation pro-posal completed last year by theNational Park Service failed toeven acknowledge, much lessevaluate, the likely impacts onthe visitor experience.

Instead, the assessment onlyconcluded there would be negli-gible impact on island wildlife.

Whatever the plans impactson native plants and animals,the serenity and natural isola-

tion provided by the islandwilderness will be degradedwhen Park Service vehiclesshuttle tourists north andsouth.

Imagine a tranquil outing towatch ospreys, blue herons orpileated woodpeckers abruptlyspoiled by the roar of a vanpassing by.

Because of such concerns,the only form of transport per-mitted under the WildernessAct is by horseback. If visitorsinsist on traveling to their des-tination using motorized vehi-cles, they should be seeking amore common, nonwildernessrecreational experience else-where.

Providing vehicular accessto historical sites should notoverride the protected value ofwilderness, especially on a bar-rier island where unalteredlandscape is so rarely accessi-ble to the public.

In a world now confrontingthe impacts of our technologyreaching from one polar cap tothe other, surely we can agreeto honor an obligation to pro-tect this precious fragment ofnature for the unmatchedbeauty and tranquility that itoffers.

On the Net:http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2009/07/08/kylere d(underscore)0708.html

The Wonderful Tale of Jim Bagby andJoltin’ Joe DiMaggio’s Hit Streak

All of us, from chil-dren to grandpar-

ents, teachers tosuperintendents,

must embrace thesescores as a chal-

lenge and anopportunity. A

challenge toovercome.

An opportunity toimprove.

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DUBOSE PORTER, EditorCAROL DODD PORTER, General Manager

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sonia Sotomayor enters confirmation hearings for her historic nomina-tion to the Supreme Court with reason to be confident about the outcome — Democrats have thevotes in the Senate to make her the court’s first Hispanic and third woman justice.

Hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee begin Monday with opening remarks from the pan-el’s 12 Democrats and 7 Republicans, followed by Sotomayor’s own statement that is expected to em-phasize her compelling rise from poverty in New York City.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the committee chairman, planned to kick off the proceedings withlaudatory remarks that also sought to firmly establish Sotomayor as a judge who follows whereverthe law leads her.

“In truth, we do not have to speculate about what kind of a justice she will be because we haveseen the kind of judge she has been. She is a judge in which all Americans can have confidence. Shehas been a judge for all Americans and will be a justice for all Americans,” Leahy said in excerpts ofhis statement that were provided to The Associated Press.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Two men being held on open murder charges in a wealthy Florida cou-ple’s slayings went to their house intending to rob it, according to arrest warrants.

The suspects were due in court Monday, a day after they were arrested by authorities probing theshootings that occurred while eight of the couple’s children slept in the house. Day laborer WayneColdiron, 41, turned himself in to Escambia County authorities and Leonard P. Gonzalez Jr., 35, wasarrested in neighboring Santa Rosa County, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said.

Earlier Sunday, authorities charged Gonzalez’s father, Leonard P. Gonzalez Sr., with evidencetampering. Police said the 56-year-old tried to paint over and hide damage on a red van that was spot-ted on surveillance video leaving the home where Byrd and Melanie Billings were shot to deathThursday.

More arrests are expected, and more charges could be added for those already in custody.The elder Gonzalez told investigators that he was the getaway driver and waited in the van while

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s struggling prime minister decided Monday to dissolve parliament andhold national elections next month, following a crushing defeat for his party in a Tokyo municipalelection seen as a barometer of voter sentiment.

With the opposition surging in popularity, it appeared increasingly likely it could take power after50 years of almost exclusive rule by Prime Minister Taro Aso’s Liberal Democratic Party.

Aso told leaders of his party he would likely dissolve the powerful lower house of the legislaturenext week, with a general election to be held on Aug. 30, according to a party spokesman.

The emboldened opposition, led by the rising Democratic Party of Japan, added to his headachesMonday by submitting to parliament a no-confidence motion, said party spokesman ToshiakiOikawa. The motion was expected to have little real effect other than to embarrass the administra-tion and delay discussions on pending bills.

The political maneuvers came after elections results released early in the morning showed Aso’sLiberal Democrats and their ruling coalition partner lost their majority in the Tokyo MetropolitanAssembly, the local parliament for Japan’s capital and most populated prefecture. The oppositionmade major gains.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA faced the prospect of more stormy weather Monday as ittried for the fifth time to launch shuttle Endeavour to the international space station.

Thunderstorms prevented Endeavour and seven astronauts from blasting off Sunday evening.Forecasters said there was a 60 percent chance the weather would force yet another delay Mondayevening for the space station construction mission.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties are telling the White House they will go onvacation next month and leave behind — and incomplete — President Barack Obama’s health careoverhaul.

White House officials sought a massive reworking of the nation’s health care system before Con-gress left on August recess, but key lawmakers signaled on Sunday the administration would be dis-appointed. Work was set to continue Monday on the Senate’s version, although officials acknowledgethey are far from finished with a plan that could cost taxpayers trillions over the next decade and re-shape how Americans receive care.

“Well, we don’t expect it to be signed into law by the August recess,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “But we expect the House and Senate to have passed bills, yes.”

The same bill? Unlikely.The White House’s strategy to leave the legislative back-and-forth to Congress has produced vary-

ing and sometimes contradictory versions of health care legislation — along with delays.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreaticcancer, a news report said Monday, days after fresh images of him looking gaunt spurred speculationthat his health was worsening following a reported stroke last year.

The 67-year-old Kim was diagnosed with the cancer around the time he was felled by the strokelast summer, Seoul’s YTN television reported, citing unidentified intelligence officials in South Koreaand China. The report cited the officials saying the disease is “threatening” Kim’s life.

Pancreatic cancer is usually found in its final stage, and considering Kim’s age, he is expected tolive no more than five years, the report said.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) —Richmond County JuvenileCourt Judge Ben Allen has al-ready checked the steadystream of juveniles coming intohis court after a few unexcusedabsences. Now, he and other of-ficials are trying to find a betterway to resolve truancy prob-lems.Only 282 youth were re-

ferred to court for truancy inthe last school year throughmid-April. In each of the previ-ous three years, more than1,000 students had received re-ferrals.Allen said he prefers a sys-

tem that helps students stayout of the courts by finding theunderlying reason why they areskipping school.“You’ve got to deal with that

issue before you can start totalk about school,” he said.“We’ve had a process, but Idon’t think we’ve addressedtruancy the way I would liketo.”In 2004, the Georgia Gener-

al Assembly passed legislationrequiring every community todevelop a truancy protocol com-mittee to establish local poli-

cies.Students with five or more

unexcused absences were or-dered to appear in RichmondCounty court, which would di-rect officials to work with thestudent and the student’s fami-ly to resolve the problem.

LOOKING BACK... 50YEARS

DUBLIN COURIERHERALDJULY 15, 1959

BREWTON SCHOOLEQUIPMENT TO BEREMOVEDLaurens County School

Superintendent Hilton E.Davidson said today that hehas been officially notified bythe State School BuildingAuthority that he is to allowequipment and materials inthe unused Brewton Schoolto be transferred to the newRentz Schools, that are nowbeing constructed. Expectedto be moved are a boiler,light fixtures, and othersmall materials, as a majori-ty of the equipment has al-ready been moved to the newB.D. Perry Negro school.The Beall heirs who

owned adjoining property tothe unused Brewton School,last year deeded four acresfronting the building for fouracres on the south side of theproperty.Several attempts have

been made by the CountySchool Superintendent to lo-cate a state trade school inthe Brewton School building,but so far his efforts havebeen unsuccessful, Davidsonsaid.

BIBLE SCHOOL SETFOR GETHSEMANEThe Vacation Bible School

at Gethsemane MethodistChurch in East Dublin willrun from July 20 through Ju-ly 26 from 4 to 7 p.m.Faculty members are Mrs.

Charlie Hudson and Mrs.Grable Tapley, Kindergarten;Mrs. Charlie Cowart andMiss Cecilia McDaniel, Pri-mary; Mrs. Harvey Hobbsand Mrs. Grady Screws, Ju-nior; and Mrs. J.E. Beachamand Mrs. C.H. McDaniel, In-termediates.

NAMED CASHIERDon C. Crafton has been

named cashier at the Farm-ers and Merchants Bank, ac-cording to L.P. Keen, Presi-dent. Since November 1956he has acted as AssistantCashier, and prior to thattime he was with the Depart-ment of Banking of Georgiain Atlanta for two years as abank examiner.A Laurens County native,

he is a graduate of DudleyHigh School and is a memberof Bethsaida Baptist Chrch.He is active in civic circleshere as a member of the Civ-itan Club, the Junior Cham-ber of Commerce, MooseLodge, Shrine, and all Ma-sonic orders.He resides at 1712 High-

land Avene with his wife andtwo children.

MARTIN THEATERBing again as you like him

bestThis is entertainment as

entertainment is meant tobe.Crosby, Debbie Reynolds,

Robert Wagner in a storythey can really dig theirteeth into.Father Conroy, whose

parish was all Broadway,Bing, with Debbie andRobert, and you have a pic-

ture that rings all the bellsand it’s a trio and a treat.DeLuxe Color Cinemas-

cope“Say One for Me.”

WEDDING PLANSMr. and Mrs. D.B. Couey

of Dublin announce the en-gagement of their daughter,Miss Carol Couey, to W.G.Sterling, son of Mr. and Mrs.J.B. Sterling of East Dublin.The wedding will be at OlivetBaptist Church at 2:00 p.m.on July 26 with Rev. C.E.Vines officiating. No formalinvitations wil be issued, butfriends and relatives are in-vited.Miss Couey was graduat-

ed in June from Dublin HighSchool, and Mrs. Sterling isaffiliated with DublinWoolen Mill.They will make their

home on Bellevue Avenue inDublin.

RIBBON GIRLSNAMED FOR HORSESHOWWith more than 80 horses

entered in the third annualCivitan Club Horse Show,Mr. Myron Norman, GeneralChairman, has announcedthe ribbon girls for the event.Miss Sophie Benchina will bethe ribbon marshall.Teh ribbon bearers are

Sue Colter, Dee Dixon, Jim-mie Nell Lord, U-JayneHogan, Jean Malone, ElsieHarpe, Mary Jane Coleman,Catherine Spivey, Ann Finn,Nan Larsen, and Ann Mer-cer.The Navy Color Guard

will present the colors at thebeginning of the show.

OCONEE GARDENCLUBLast Tuesday morning at

10:00 advisers of the juniorgroup of the club held a clin-ic and morning picnic foryoungsters of elementaryschool age. The group met atthe Telfair Street RecreationCenter and participated inthe program with the theme,“Identification of SummerFlowers in Your Yard.”Upon arrival, the group

was given picture cards ofthe 15 leading flowers alongwith others that grow intheir yards in profusion dur-ing this season. This phase ofthe program was under thedirection of Mrs. AmeliaSmith.Specimens of 18 different

flower blooms were displayedlater for purposes of identifi-cation. Persons naming fouror more were given an oppor-tunity to select a small con-

tainer and used availableflowers to make an originalarrangement. The followingpersons made arrangementsthat were used to decoratethe luncheon table afterwhich they were permitted totake them home to show totheir parents: Marsha Hugh-es, Linda May, Annie MarieJackson, and Lorene Pear-son. This phase of the pro-gram was under the direc-tion of Mrs. Nellie W. Cole-man.Gametime followed the

study period and was direct-ed by Mrs. Natalie Williams.Mrs. Lester Horn had chargeof the picnic lunch which wasspread under the trees.Those attending the clinicwere the above-named win-ners and Vickie Jefferson,Theresa Hughes, GlendaFaye Pearson, JuanellWilliams and Mrs. Marien C.Bacote, President of theOconee Garden Club, whowas the adviser.

TROOP 68 GETSENCAMPMENTFIRST PLACELast week the Boy Scout

Troop 68 attended annualsummer encampment atCamp Benjamin Hawkins,Byron, Georgia, along withother Boy Scouts from theCentral Georgia Council. Up-on completion of the encamp-ment, Troop 68 received thehighest honor of the week bywinning first place in the en-tire camp and being present-ed the Honor Unit Banner,which was received by theirSenior Patrol Leder, HowardFowler, on behalf of theTroop.Among the other honors

received were the ArcheryMedal, presented to HowardFowler and the Marksman-ship Medal presented to Ed-win Wheeler for outstandingperformance in these events.In the Overnight HikeEvent, first place went toBen Stephens, Harry Gra-ham, Charles Fuller, BrooksWright, Jackie Dominy, Ed-die Shaw, Bennett Shipes,Larry Opie, and FreemanYoung. In the Aquatic Meet-Horse and Rider Event, AlBradshaw and Fudel Fullertook the honors.In thed Volley Ball Con-

test, Troop 68 placed second,and Randall Wilkes took sec-ond place in the Rifle Shoot.Third place in the ArcheryEvent went to Tony Raffield.Pro-marksman certificateswere awarded to RonneiBracewell, Edwin Wheeler,Bennett Shipes, RandallWilkes, A.C. Coleman, Ben

Eubanks, and BenStephens.One of the treats of the

week was the Troop 68 Trio,which is made up of KirkReed, Mike Henry, and EdBateman. They were intro-duced at the campfire onTuesday night and sang forthe other troops. Their songwas enjoyed so much thatthey were asked to repeat iton Friday night at the finalcampfire.Adult leaders attending

this camp along with Troop68 were Scoutmasters JoeWilson, T.J. Hobbs, Edwardand Joe Chafin, Troop 68 issponsored by J.P. stvens andCo., Inc. Dublin is proud ofthis troop for receiving theHonor Unit Award in compe-tition with troops from allover Georgia.

PROGRESSIVE HOMEDEMONSTRATION CLUBThe Progressive Home

Demonstration Club metwith Mrs. Wicker for the an-nual family ice cream sup-per. The evening began bythe group singing “The MoreWe Get Together.” Mr. B.C.Keen then led in prayer.Attending were Mr.and

Mrs. C.R. Smith, Mr. anadMrs. Jack Kyzer with Bradand Bob; Mr. and Mrs. C.B.Wicker, Mr. and Mrs. FredFlanders with Lorene; Mr.and Mrs. Millard Beall, Mr.and Mrs. Fillmore Beall withSusan and Kathy, Mr.andMrs. B.C. Keen, Mr. and Mrs.Judson Watson, Jr. with Ed-die and Sandra; Mrs. R.H.Kyzer, Mr. and Mrs. O.D.Wilkes, with David, Don ,and Wynona, Mr. and Mrs.Roy E. Smith, and Miss MaryAnne Smith.

CITY ELECTION ATDUDLEYOne person has qualified

for the office of Mayor of thecity of Dudley, GladstoneJansen. The present mayor,Ira Miller, did not offer forre-election but is a candidatefor alderman. Ten personshave announced their can-didacy for one of the fiveposts of aldermen. They areMilelr, Julian Giddens, Johnand W.B. Haskins, BenjaminThompson Lord, Victor R.Lawson, Bobby Willis, JoeRadney, Duggan Weaver, andRoy Floyd.The election will be held

on Wednesday, July 22, atthe new City Hall buildingfrom 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.All registered voters areurged to vote.

RUTH LEAGUE ALLSTARS NAMEDThe all-star team to play

in the Babe Ruth Tourna-ment to be held in CordeleJuly 27-29 has been select-ed, according to B.A. Snipes,president of the DublinLeagueThe following 15 players

have been named: PeteJernigan, Jimmy Hilburn,Billy Brown, Tommy Ander-son, Ricky Wilkes, JohnReed Deamer, Ben Snipers,Tal Fuqua, Jimmy Scarbor-ough, Roscoe Childers, IraWarnock, Byron Lindsey,Scooter Githens, ByronStewart, Carol Jackson, Jim-my Nelson, Wayne Slaugh-

ter, and Eddie Scott.Managers will be Dick

Edenfield, D.J. Brown, andNorman Hughes .

ABOUT FOLKSMr. and Mrs. S.M. Alsup

had as their guests recentlytheir daughter, Mrs. TravisTaylor, III and Mr. and Tay-lor and children, Merri, Gail,Lynn, Travis IV and Jan ofClarksdale, Mississippi, andthe Taylors’ niece, MillieHalford of Birmingham, Al-abama. The Taylors contin-ued to St. Petersburg Beach,Florida, for a visit with Mrs.Taylor ’s sister, Mrs. FredHouser, and Mr. Houser andtheir sons, Fred, Jr., Bill,and Joe Houser.Mrs. Bluford B. Page has

returned from Dallas, Texas,where she visited her son,Bluford B. Page, and Mrs.Page and childen, Cathy,Patti, and Boling. Miss MaryFrances Page of Atlanta, whovisited friends in Abilineandat Flying “L”Ranch at Ban-dea, Texas, joined her moth-er for a visit in Dallas, re-turning to Atlanta by plane.Mr.and Mrs. George Roun-

tree and daughter, Carolyn,were recent visitors in Ma-con with Mrs. Rountree’s sis-ter, Mrs. Isasc Chappell, Mr.Chappell and children, Chapand Kathleen.

N.G. Bracewell is a pa-tient in the Laurens CountyHospital.Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Lamb

and son, Colquitt, of Swains-boro, were recent visitorshere with Mrs. Cliff H.Prince. They were en routeto their home after a visit atSt. Simons and Jekyll Island.Dr. and mrs. R.A. Ham-

mond and chhildren, Bob,Jr., and Sandy, and Mr. andMrs. Richard Graves anddaughters, Misses Melissaand Lucy Graves, were re-cent visitors at FernandinaBeach, Florida.Misses Betty Sue

Ethridge and KathrynSawyer are vacationing thisweek at Daytona Beach,Florida. They will visit withMr. and Mrs. Jack Hollandand daughter, Cindy, in Or-lando, Fla. Mrs. Holland, theformer Miss Faye Cotton,who was a roommate of MissSawyer’s at the Georgia Bap-tist Hospital School of Nurs-ing in Atlanta.Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Car-

roll have returned after en-joying an automobile trip topoints of interest in WestVirginia, Virginia, NorthCarolina, and South Caroli-na. They spent a while inGreenbriar, SulphurSprings, Waynesville, andother resorts.

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City of Dudley Council Meeting July 14, 2009 at 7 p.m.The agenda as is follows:

•Meeting Called to Order;•Invocation/Pledge to American Flag;•Approval of June 9, 2009 Minutes;•Recognition of Guests;•Old Business;•Boys & Girls Club-gym work update;•All unfinished business;•New Business;•City Auditor-2008 Audit Presentation;•Approval of Bills;•Council comments;•Executive Session;•Meeting Adjorned.

The Laurens County Solid Waste Management Authortiywill be holding their regular meeting July 14 at 10 a.m.The agenda as is follows:

•Call to order;•Invocation;•Approval of minutes of the May 19, 2009 regular meeting;•Old business;•Solid Waste Director’s report;•Discussion / action on cell tower proposal;•Discussion / action on County Landfill Road property trans-fer;•New business;•Recognition of citizens;•Adjourn

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LOST YOURPET?

It may be atAnimal Control.

Save a life & get backyour Best Friend.

MITZIShih Tzu-Grey & white female

“I’m cute with or without bows!”PARKER

Med.Terrier-Brown/white male“Are YOU my human?”

KERMIT FOZZIECock-a-Poo (Cocker/Poodle) males

“Who says dogs don’t smile? We do!”

SAMSmall Terrier-Red & white male

“I love to cuddle!”HAPPY

Siamese-Blue point female“I have lovely blue eyes!”

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BULL DOG MIXBrindle

PIT/LAB MIXChocolate

HOUND MIXBlack,white & brown

BEAGLE MIXTan & white face

RETRIEVERGolden

LABRADOR MIXTan

SMALL TERRIERTan

MEDIUM TERRIERBlack & white

POINTER MIXTan & white

WHITE CATGolden eyes

If you likeBIGcats,then I’m the cat for you! I’m a bigboy, weighing in about 18 lbs.,which means there is more ofme to love baby!

I’m a very handsome Tabby -grey & brown with golden eyes.

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ADOPTIONSTo inquire about adopting a pet, call the Humane Society at

478-272-5341 or email laurenshumane@bellsouth.net.Adoption fees are $60 for cats and $85 for dogs. Adoption

fees include rabies vaccine, DHLP vaccines, basic worming,spay or neuter, FIV-leukemia test for cats, a heartworm testfor dogs and a free veterinary exam at participating area vets.Normal veterinary fees would average between $150 -$300 forall the above noted tests, treatments and surgeries.

All animals shown are available at presstime. Preadoptionmay be required until veterinary care is completed.

The Dublin Laurens Humane Society also offers discountspay and neuter for your pet. Fees are based on income. Call478-272-5341 for details.

LOST & FOUNDAfter 10 days, animals are euthanized or may be rescued

or placed in adoption. Please call visit before it’s too late.If your pet is missing, call the Humane Society at 478-272-

5341 or email laurenshumane@bellsouth.net with a photo ofyour missing pet if possible.

If you believe your pet is at Laurens County Animal Con-trol, you may also contact the Humane Society.

VIEWING PETSAdoptable animals and those in Animal Control may be

viewed during regular business hours: Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays between noon and 6 p.m., and Saturdays from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. The shelter and animal control are located at618 Firetower Rd. in Dublin.

I’m also declawed, so I need an indoorhome. But as sweet and cuddly as I am,you’ll want me near you all the time!

BByy TTEERRRRYY WWOOLLFFLive music fans and mo-

torcycle affectionados packedinto Suzuki of Dublin on Sat-urday. The event was hostedby Middle Georgia Bikers andwas the last day to pre-regis-ter for the sixth annual Mid-dle Georgia Bikers BenefitRun.

Local band Down From Ze-ro (DFZ) performed as bikerssigned up for the benefit run.DFZ recently signed withNew York-based SunsetRecords and will release theband’s first album on July 21.

This year’s Middle GeorgiaBikers Benefit Run will beheld on July 25, 2009. Thisyear’s run will benefit TheKing’s Cleft, a local nonprofitChristian family home for thedisabled.

“We probably signed up atleast 50 new pre-registra-tions on Saturday and wesold a lot of raffle tickets,”said Don Belflower, executivedirector of Middle GeorgiaBikers.

Belflower said a big drawfor this year’s event is theraffle prize - a new BoulevardC90T motorcycle from Suzukiof Dublin. “The bike will beon display at Kroger thisweek and we’ll take registra-tions up to the morning of theevent.”

More than 500 bikers areexpected to join the 100-milebenefit run this yearBelflower said.

“Midway through the ride,we will have a lay-over at theAmerican Legion inWrightsville,” he said. “Any-one that wants to may comeon out for live entertainmentand refreshments that day.The doors will open at 10 a.m.and we’ll ride in about 11a.m.”

For more informationabout the sixth annual Mid-dle Georgia Bikers BenefitRun, call 875-2096 or visitwww.middlegeorgiabikers.com

Middle Georgia Bikers Rally at Suzuki ofDublin to Prep for 6th Annual Benefit Run

Down From Zero performed as bikers registered for the benefit run.

This Boulevard C90T will be raffled to one lucky winner at this year’s run.

Don Belflower of Middle Georgia Bikers (left)and Stan Smith, owner of Suzuki of Dublin(right) hosted the event Saturday.

Motorcycle enthusiasts enjoyed showing offtheir bikes and test driving new ones as theypre-registered for the upcoming benefit run.

Dublin-Laurens Humane Society

“We speak for those who can’t speak for themselves.”

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The Dublin-LaurensCounty Flea Girls (8U) all-star softball team enteredSaturday’s state champi-onship match up withMurray County facing thetask of winning twice tocapture the GeorgiaRecreation and ParkAssociation state title.

After winning threestraight games Friday toreach the championshipround, the DLCRA girlscame out swinging the batswell in game one.

Murray County, unde-feated in state play untilthis game, could not slowdown the DLCRA offense.The DLCRA girls poundedout a 14-6 win to force afinal game for the statechampionship.

However, the bats thathad been so hot in the pre-vious four games quicklycooled down in the champi-onship game. The DLCRAgirls struggled to score runsand lost the championshipgame 7-2 to Murray County.

“Softball is a funnygame. It’s hard to under-stand how we averaged bet-ter than four runs perinning in the previous fourgames, and we were onlyable to get two runs acrossin the final game. The batsjust absolutely went cold atthe worst possible time forus,” coach Lance Smith

said. “Even when we did hit

the ball hard, the MurrayCounty defense just madethe plays they had tomake.”

The DLCRA team finish-

es the year as the state run-ner-up. Members of theteam include: ArielEdenfield, Karson Smith,Hailey Sapp, CharlieShepherd, MirandaThigpen, Ilke Schaaf,

Caleigh Haskins, OliviaLuecke, Whittney Perry,Emma Pruitt, andMakenzie Lee. Coaches areLance Smith, TimEdenfield, Sam Sapp, andPatrick Perry.

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Blum react after final out.

DLCRA Claims Flea Boys State ChampionshipDublin-Laurens and

Effingham County were clear-ly the class of the GRPA ClassB Flea League (8 & Under)state baseball tournament. Allthat was left to be decidedSaturday at the SumterCounty Regional Complex inAmericus was which teamwould distinguish itself as thestate champion.

The Dublin-Laurens all-stars left little doubt aboutthat question after an offen-sive onslaught that over-whelmed Effingham County.

In a rematch of the districttournament finals, theDLCRA team never stoppedhitting and followed up thedistrict championship with astate title in the first-everGRPA 8 & Under state compe-tition.

Dublin-Laurens rolled to a23-10, five-inning victory toavenge their only loss of thetournament from the previousday, then clinched the champi-onship with a convincing 17-8win, also shortened to fiveinnings by the run rule. Thelocal all-stars racked up 40runs on 55 hits on the day, fin-ishing with a sizzling teamaverage of .663 for the daywith the championship on the

line.“We saved our best for last,”

said Kenny Autry, whocoached the team along withRob Cook and Ryan Daniel.“We knew we needed to comeout early and put some runsup and play some defense. Wedid that and it was a completeteam effort. Everybody in thelineup hit and we played muchbetter in the field than we did(Friday).

“This is a great accomplish-ment for these boys, to cometogether in a such a short peri-od of time and win a state title.They showed a lot of heart anddetermination, coming back intheir final at-bat to win twogames in district then winingthree straight do-or-die gamesat state.”

Effingham had beatenDublin-Laurens Friday, sur-viving a DLCRA rally from a14-3 deficit to win 14-11 anddropping Dublin-Laurens tothe loser’s bracket. But theDLCRA team responded witha 17-3 win over CarrolltonFriday night to earn anothershot at Effingham.

The first game Saturdaywas a contest only in the earlygoing. The DLCRA scored oncein the first on four hits, leav-

ing the bases loaded, andtrailed 3-1 after one whenEffingham put up three runson five hits.

Consecutive doubles byGarrett Ammerman, NolanDaniel, and Noah Garntohighlighted a five-run secondfor Dublin-Laurens, beforeEffingham put up three runs

to make it 6-6 after two.DLCRA left the bases loadedagain in the third, but heldEffingham scoreless to set upa pair of huge innings.

Five runs on seven singlesand a pair of Effingham errorsmade it 11-6, and Effingham

Mite Boys’TourneyRun ComesTo an End

DLCRA No. 1 bowed out ofthe Georgia Recreation andPark Association’s Mite statetournament with a 16-4 lossto Moultrie at SouthernPines on Friday.

The Dublin-LaurensCounty All-Star team trailedonly 6-4 after three innings,but Moultrie struck for 10runs in the fourth to notchthe run-rule victory andadvance in the loser’s brack-et.

DLCRA opened up tourna-ment play with a 19-3blowout of WashingtonCounty on Thursday, but losttwice on Friday to fall out ofcontention (x-x to Douglas inthe morning, and again toMoultrie in the afternoon).

After Moultrie scored fiveruns on six hits in the top ofthe first inning, DLCRAcame back to cut the lead to5-2 in its first turn at theplate. Colby Owens, HoldenBaisden and Caleb Christiansingled in the inning, andBill LeRoy reached on a field-er’s choice and scored.

Moultrie added anotherrun in the second, but EthanHarrison, Cory Mallette andDalton Davis hit safely in thebottom of the inning andDLCRA made it 6-4.

Davis, Harrison andChristian went 2-for-2 at theplate. Owens, Baisden, andMallette finished 1-for-2.

Eastman’sWilliamsTakes FirstRace at 441

Chuck Williams ofEastman led a 16-car fieldacross the finish line atDublin-441 SpeedwaySaturday night to win hisfirst Dublin Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep Super Street Featureevent as an enthusiasticcrowd cheered him on.

The 17-year veteran ofstock car racing — makinghis first appearance of the2009 season — seemed tofind the right set up for thehalf-mile dirt oval. Afterwinning his qualifying heatrace, Williams started on theoutside pole along withJason Floyd of Cochran onthe inside.

Several cars spun on thegreen flag lap, and after acomplete restart, Williamsslipped by Floyd, then heldoff the lap-by-lap challengeof Louie Thompson of Lyons,Justin Sapp of Cochran,Craig Ussery of Milan, andRicky Brantley of Ailey inone of the most excitingraces of the night.

In the Pure Stock division,Dublin’s Blake Smithemerged as points leader byfinishing second to race-win-ner Brent Herndon ofWrightsville. Smith became

Special Photo

STATE CHAMPS…DLCRA outscored Effingham County 40-18 in

two games Saturday.

Special Photo

STATE RUNNERS-UP…Pictured L-R Bottom Row: Julia Luecke (bat girl), Olivia Luecke, ArielEdenfield, Hailey Sapp,Ilke Schaaf, Makenzie Lee Middle Row: Caleigh

Haskins, Emma Pruitt, Miranda Thigpen, Whittney Perry, Charlie Shepherd,Karson Smith Top Row: Patrick Perry, Tim Edenfield, Sam Sapp, Lance

Smith.

Flea GirlsFinishSecond

Martin Wins4th Race atChicagoland

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — MarkMartin will feel his age in themorning or a day or two aftera race.

His bones will stiffen andhis body will ache after driv-ing 400 grueling miles, eventhough the fitness fanatic isstill in top shape.

After all, 50 is 50 and thatmatters — well, everywherebut on the track.

Martin is still nifty at 50and has made Cup racing hispersonal senior circuit. Hewon at ChicagolandSpeedway, getting the strongjump off the double-filerestart with two laps left towin his series-high fourthrace of the season.

“I’m going to feel like helltomorrow because I ain’tgoing to sleep much tonight,”Martin said on Saturdaynight. “When I’m pumped updriving fast race cars, I cer-tainly don’t feel 50.”

He’s far from the sunset ofhis career and proved itunder the lights on the 1.5-mile track.

Martin dominated the raceearly and led 195 laps, easilythe most of the 400-mile race.He was in so much control ofthe No. 5 car, he radioed hiscrew to say, “this is easy.”

But he dropped the lead toHendrick Motorsports team-mate Jimmie Johnson withjust over 40 laps left. Then afrantic finish that sawJohnson and Kurt Busch tan-gle on the track allowedMartin his chance to regainthe lead and hold on.

“I don’t know how we haveone, much less four,” Martinsaid.

Jeff Gordon’s hard-charg-ing finish got him secondplace. He made a late pit stopfor four fresh tires whichhelped him quickly make upground and earn his thirdrunner-up finish in the lastfive races.

Martin and Gordon areHendrick teammates andearned a $1 million prize fora Colorado family. The team-mates also grabbed the toptwo spots at the LifeLocksponsored race in June, set-ting up the fan’s shot at thebig cash prize.

“I saw Jeff coming and Iwas like, ’Get it, get it,”’Martin said.

“I wanted him to get it.This is really, really special.Incredible what everybodydoes for us.”

RockiesRally PastBraves

DENVER (AP) — BradHawpe prepared for his first All-Star game by sending theColorado Rockies into the breakon a positive note.

Hawpe hit a game-endingRBI double to give the Rockiesan 8-7 victory over the AtlantaBraves on Sunday and a split ofthe four-game series.

“What a way for Brad Hawpeto leave here and head for St.Louis,” Rockies manager JimTracy said. “That’s a very nicesend-off for a class humanbeing.”

Seth Smith set up Hawpe’sclutch hit with a one-out singleoff Luis Valdez (0-1), who wasmaking his major league debut.After Garrett Atkins flied out,Hawpe lined an 86-mph change-up into the gap in right-center toscore Smith from first.

“He threw me a couple of fast-balls early on and in the back ofmy mind I wanted to be ready foran off-speed pitch,” said Hawpe,who leads the Rockies in hitting(.320) and RBIs (59).

Hawpe, Smith and TroyTulowitzki homered forColorado, and Huston Street (3-1) worked a perfect ninth for thewin.

Brooks Conrad hit a two-runhomer and finished with threehits for Atlanta, which led 7-3after six innings.

“Nice to be able to have agame like I did, but bitter losingthe game,” Conrad said. “Theseare the hardest ones to take.”

Colorado pushed across three

AP Photo

WATCHING IT FLY…Brooks Conrad hits a

two-run homer in thefifth inning Sunday.

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WLHS Booster ClubMeeting TuesdayThe West Laurens High School ath-letic booster club will meet at 7 p.m.Tuesday in the old WLHS cafeteria.

USTA Jr. TennisMeeting ScheduledThere will be a meeting for the pur-pose of establishing a USTA Jr. tennisleague in Laurens County. If youwould be interested in your child play-ing USTA tennis, meet at Blackbird’sCoffee on Thursday, July 16 at 6 p.m.A member of USTA staff will be hereto give information and answer ques-tions. For more information contactDawn Wood at 272-1201.

Dublin TD Club ToMeet On MondaysThe Dublin High Touchdown Clubwill meet every Monday at 6:30 p.m.at the Fieldhouse until further notice.

WLHS Mini CheerCamp July 20-23The West Laurens High School MiniCheer Camp is set for 9 a.m. tonoon July 20-23. The camp is foranyone entering pre-k through sixthgrade. Cost is $50. The feeincludes the registration fee, minicamp T-shirt, daily snack and aspecial craft activity. Parents areinvited to watch a special perform-ance at 11:30 a.m. Thursday aswell as a special performance dur-ing the pre-game at the Raiders’home opener on Sept. 11. For moreinformation, call Karen Newsome at274-0602 or 278-6443.

Bleckley Co. SoftballCamp July 20-24The Bleckley County Middle SchoolSoftball Camp will be held July 20-24at the Bleckley-Cochran RecreationDepartment. The camp will run from6 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily, and is open toany rising sixth, seventh or eighthgrade girl for a $25 registration fee.For more information, call AshleyWood at (478) 278-0206.

Junior Golf ClinicScheduledThe Junior Golf Clinic with JackDean will be held at Green Acresfor boys and girls ages 6 to 18.Price includes seven lessons ofinstructions in each session, lunchevery day, a tee-gift, play on thecourse, time to swim at the pooland an end of the year tournamenton August 10. The sessionsinclude: rules and etiquette anddriving the ball ( July 17), puttingand chipping (July 20), pitching andbunker play (July 24), short irons(July 27), Irons (July 31), fairwaywoods (July 10 and August 3) anddriving the ball (July 13 and August7). To register early, call (478) 875-3110 or (478) 998-4673.

Reserved Seats On Saleat West LaurensWest Laurens High School footballseating will be open to the generalpublic on July 1. For more information,call Angie Daniel at (478) 272-5037.

Emerald City RefereeMeeting ScheduledThe Emerald City FootballAssociation will begin meeting at6:30 p.m. July 13 in the auditoriumof the Stewart Building at Heart ofGeorgia Technical College. Anyoneinterested can call Joey Stinson(275-4395) or Anthony Foston(275-0864) at night.

Raider Rumble GolfTournament SetThe fourth annual Raider RumbleGolf Tournament will be held at 9a.m. Saturday July 25 at Green AcresGolf Course. Cost will be $50 perplayer (includes lunch) and will beassigned to a foursome. To reserveyour spot or team, please call GreenAcres Golf Course at 875-3110.or Jeff Clayton at 278-3708. Also,

we will be accepting tournamenthole sponsors for $100 each tobenefit WLHS Booster Club.

Johnson CountySoftball League SetThe Johnson County RecreationDepartment is now taking teams foradult softball with two more leaguesthis year. They will have a Women’sLeague, Co-Ed 40 and over, Co-Edand Men’s Leagues. Team rosterswill be accepted with a limit of 20 oneach team. Fees for Men andWomen Leagues are $400. Fees forCo-Ed and Co-Ed 40 and over are$200. Fees and rosters will be takenthrough part of July. No deadline hasbeen set. For more information, call(478) 864-3901.

IFL Enrollment BeginsIn AugustThe Dublin Touchdown Club willhave a mandatory sign-up forthe IFL for boys 9 to 12 who areenrolled in the fourth throughsixth grades at 8 a.m. on August15. The sign-up will be held atthe Shamrock Bowl Field House.Players must sign-up on August15 to play in the league. This willbe the only sign-up day. Playersshould be dressed in shorts, T-shirts and running shoes.Available equipment will behanded out at completion of thesign-up process. Cost is $50 fornon-Dublin City School students.

Southern Prep HoopsExposure Camp SetThe Southern Prep two-day NCAASanctioned Exposure basketballcamp will be held in Milledgevilleat Walter B. Williams July 25 and26.For more information, go towww.southernprephoops.org.

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NASCAR Sprint Cup-LifeLock.com400 Results

SaturdayAt Chicagoland Speedway

Joliet, Ill.Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)1. (14) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 267

laps, 145.6 rating, 195 points,$317,825.

2. (7) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267,107.7, 170, $241,576.

3. (15) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 267,116.8, 170, $215,923.

4. (32) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 267,103.2, 165, $165,373.

5. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 108,155, $152,225.

6. (12) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 267,92.6, 150, $142,554.

7. (1) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 267,114.8, 151, $143,823.

8. (3) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267,126.8, 147, $163,051.

9. (5) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 267,107.4, 138, $113,000.

10. (19) Juan Pablo Montoya,Chevrolet, 267, 74.1, 134, $143,848.

11. (10) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 267,80.5, 130, $117,348.

12. (9) David Reutimann, Toyota, 267,86, 127, $121,448.

13. (20) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 267,75.7, 124, $98,225.

14. (25) Carl Edwards, Ford, 267,93.8, 121, $144,256.

15. (13) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet,267, 89.8, 118, $111,550.

16. (21) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet,267, 80.2, 115, $130,190.

17. (22) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 267, 90.5,112, $110,100.

18. (24) Joey Logano, Toyota, 267,66.3, 109, $139,251.

19. (28) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267,74.5, 106, $130,653.

20. (37) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 266,42.6, 103, $101,750.

21. (42) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 266,51.3, 100, $120,879.

22. (30) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 266,53.7, 97, $99,750.

23. (33) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 266, 57.1,94, $134,940.

24. (11) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 265,80.9, 91, $127,251.

25. (17) David Ragan, Ford, 265, 56.9,88, $98,050.

26. (36) David Stremme, Dodge, 265,46.4, 85, $121,065.

27. (34) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 265,43.4, 87, $95,475.

28. (38) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 265,45, 79, $102,375.

29. (8) Bill Elliott, Ford, 265, 64.1, 76,$84,175.

30. (40) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 265,33.1, 73, $93,425.

31. (35) Greg Biffle, Ford, 265, 56.4,70, $103,325.

32. (29) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet,265, 57.6, 67, $83,525.

33. (6) Kyle Busch, Toyota, engine,257, 61.8, 64, $132,098.

34. (41) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 237,43, 61, $101,885.

35. (27) Paul Menard, Ford, accident,226, 61.2, 58, $113,306.

36. (2) Scott Speed, Toyota, accident,226, 59.4, 55, $94,773.

37. (23) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, acci-dent, 224, 52.1, 52, $129,281.

38. (16) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, acci-dent, 217, 55.2, 49, $101,010.

39. (39) Mike Skinner, Toyota, engine,60, 26.4, 46, $82,050.

40. (26) Mike Bliss, Dodge, electrical,58, 32.4, 43, $81,830.

41. (31) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, clutch,30, 29, 40, $81,605.

42. (43) David Gilliland, Chevrolet,transmission, 11, 27.3, 37, $81,435.

43. (18) Dave Blaney, Toyota, engine,10, 28.5, 34, $81,703.

———Race Statistics

Winner’s Average Speed: 133.804mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 59 minutes, 39seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.415 seconds.Caution Flags: 7 for 30 laps.Lead Changes: 10 among 6 drivers.Lap Leaders: B.Vickers 1-9; J.Johnson

10-40; E.Sadler 41; M.Martin 42-95;T.Stewart 96; M.Martin 97-186;

K.Kahne 187-188; M.Martin 189-223;J.Johnson 224-250; B.Vickers 251;

M.Martin 252-267.Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led,

Laps Led): M.Martin, 4 times for 195

laps; J.Johnson, 2 times for 58 laps;B.Vickers, 2 times for 10 laps;

K.Kahne, 1 time for 2 laps; T.Stewart,1 time for 1 lap; E.Sadler, 1 time for 1

lap.Top 12 in Points: 1. T.Stewart, 2,884.

2. J.Gordon, 2,709. 3. J.Johnson,2,672. 4. Ku.Busch, 2,526. 5.

D.Hamlin, 2,457. 6. C.Edwards, 2,438.7. R.Newman, 2,385. 8. K.Kahne,2,336. 9. J.Montoya, 2,321. 10.

Ky.Busch, 2,298. 11. M.Martin, 2,296.12. M.Kenseth, 2,295.

National LeagueAll Times EDTEast Division

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 48 38 .558 —Florida 46 44 .511 4Atlanta 43 45 .489 6New York 42 45 .483 6 1/2Washington 26 61 .299 22 1/2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

St. Louis 49 42 .538 —Milwaukee 45 43 .511 2 1/2Houston 44 44 .500 3 1/2Chicago 43 43 .500 3 1/2Cincinnati 42 45 .483 5Pittsburgh 38 50 .432 9 1/2

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Los Angeles 56 32 .636 —San Francisco 49 39 .557 7Colorado 47 41 .534 9Arizona 38 51 .427 18 1/2San Diego 36 52 .409 20

———Saturday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis 2Milwaukee 6, L.A. Dodgers 3Philadelphia 8, Pittsburgh 7Washington 13, Houston 2N.Y. Mets 4, Cincinnati 0Atlanta 4, Colorado 3Arizona 5, Florida 1San Francisco 2, San Diego 1

Sunday’s GamesChicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 3, 1st gameN.Y. Mets 9, Cincinnati 7Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 2L.A. Dodgers 7, Milwaukee 4Houston 5, Washington 0Colorado 8, Atlanta 7San Diego 10, San Francisco 4Florida 8, Arizona 1St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 2nd

gameMonday’s Games

No games scheduledTuesday’s Game

All-Star Game at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m.

American LeagueAll Times EDTEast Division

W L Pct GBBoston 54 34 .614 —New York 51 37 .580 3Tampa Bay 48 41 .539 6 1/2Toronto 44 46 .489 11Baltimore 40 48 .455 14

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Detroit 48 39 .552 —Chicago 45 43 .511 3 1/2Minnesota 45 44 .506 4Kansas City 37 51 .420 11 1/2Cleveland 35 54 .393 14

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Los Angeles 49 37 .570 —Texas 48 39 .552 1 1/2Seattle 46 42 .523 4Oakland 37 49 .430 12

———Saturday’s Games

L.A. Angels 14, N.Y. Yankees 8Oakland 7, Tampa Bay 2Cleveland 5, Detroit 4Baltimore 4, Toronto 3, 12 inningsChicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 7Boston 15, Kansas City 9Seattle 4, Texas 1

Sunday’s GamesDetroit 10, Cleveland 1Boston 6, Kansas City 0Baltimore 4, Toronto 2Oakland 7, Tampa Bay 3Minnesota 13, Chicago White Sox 7L.A. Angels 5, N.Y. Yankees 4Seattle 5, Texas 3

Monday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Tuesday’s GameAll-Star Game at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m.

SPORTSCENENASCAR

Major Leauges

the leader last week whenHerndon, who was leading,dropped from the race afteran accident on lap one.

Smith started racing atage 15. Now three yearslater he is the winner of twofeatures this season and astrong contender for thetrack championship. Ninety-five points now separateSmith and Herndon.

Brandon Hadden ofVidalia, making his firstrace at 441, won the firstqualifying heat. Herndonwon the second. The two bat-tled furiously until Herndonwent out front. Hadden fellfrom contention with han-dling problems.

Herndon, Smith, AlanWilkerson of Wrightsville,Tony Head and LanceGriffith of Dublin finished inthe top five.

In the Pro Air Supply LateModel Division, Frank

Williams of Dublin scoredhis second feature win of theseason followed by BradComer of Gray, Ken Ricks ofAdrian, Mitch Fulford ofMontrose, and Marc Collinsof Stillmore.

Fulford and Williams wontheir heats and started onthe pole, with Fulford lead-ing on lap one. After the twowere in a heated battle,Williams went out front andheld off the other drivers forthe victory.

Two newcomers to 441 —Dusty Williams of Savannah,a former NASCAR All-ProSeries and Hooters Pro CupSeries driver, and MattWilson of Mansfield — wererunning strong until theydeveloped handling prob-lems. Both went on to finishthe feature.

The $250 bounty placedon Dublin’s Eric Baggett con-tinues, as he fought offCharlie Waller in a seesawbattle.

After the two won theirheats, Waller emerged theleader on lap one, thenBaggett and Waller wereside by side. Waller pulledahead, but Baggett went onto win. Waller was second,John Sheppard of Milan (inhis second race of the sea-son) was third, Danny EarlWarren of Rentz fourth, andMonte Vaughn of Lizellafifth.

Jordan Dykes of Dublinwas the Dublin Tire Co.Road Warrior Division win-ner.

A large field of mini-stockdrivers who race atOglethorpe Speedway inPooler made a surprise visitto 441, with Bobby Morris ofGuyton out-dueling MikellStafford of Ellabell to winthe feature. Patrick Mikell ofSavannah was third, fol-lowed by Josh Carter ofStatesboro and Barry Nelsonof Savannah.

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went down in order in thebottom of the fourth after anice catch in left by EvanStokes to end the inning.Dublin-Laurens then put thegame away with its biggestinning of the postseason.

Ammerman, Daniel,Garnto, and Conner Baileyhad doubles and McKinleyKemp a two-run triple tohighlight a 12-run, 13-hiteffort that made it 23-6.

For the game, Ammermanwent 5-for-5 with three dou-bles and three RBIs. ChanceBlum and Evan Grimes eachwent 4-for-4, and Stokes andDaniel each went 4-for-5. TyFlanders was 3-for-3, whileGarnto, Bailey, and AlexCook had two hits each.Kemp, Chase Autry, andJaylen Baker rounded outthe hits with one each, for atotal of 33 as all 12 DLCRAplayers hit safely.

“We felt like we had themomentum after that, andwe kept it going when thenext game started,” saidAutry.

The defense contributedfirst with a big play afterEffingham put up two runsin the top of the first. With arunner on first and one out,Blum caught a fly ball in left-center and threw a strike tofirst baseman Garnto to dou-ble off the runner and get thehot DLCRA bats back up tothe plate.

Daniel’s two-run doubleand Blum’s two-run triple ledto a six-run first for Dublin-Laurens and a 6-2 lead.Effingham came up empty inthe top of the second, andDublin-Laurens took com-mand with four runs on sixhits in its half of the inning.Kemp’s lead-off double and atwo-run triple by Danielhelped push the lead to 10-2.

Effingham trimmed theadvantage to 10-6 with fivehits in the fourth, but theDLCRA put the game away

with seven more runs oneight hits. Included were anRBI double by Baker and atwo-run triple by Grimes, fol-lowed by the biggest blow ofthe inning. After an inten-tional walk to Daniel to loadthe bases with two outs,Garnto stroked a three-rundouble to the fence in right-center on an 0-2 count tomake it 17-6.

The Dublin-Laurensdefense limited Effingham tosingle runs in the fourth andfifth, clinching the champi-onship when shortstopDaniel flipped to secondbaseman Cook for a force-out.

Leading hitters in thefinal game were Grimes andKemp, each 3-for-3. Danieland Garnto each had two hitsand four RBIs. Autry, Blum,Bailey, Stokes, andAmmerman had two hitsapiece, while Cook andBaker each had one.

Dublin-Laurens finishedthe final game outhittingEffingham, 22-13.

Including a warm-up tour-nament in Lyons along withthe GRPA district and statetournaments, the DLCRAsquad posted a 12-4 record,averaging 12 runs and 16hits per game with a battingaverage of .499. Every playeron the team hit better than.350, led by Daniel (.692),Garnto (.680), Ammerman(.604), and Cook (.500).

Autry said he was proudof the team’s willingness totake on new roles for the all-star circuit. Chase Autrycaught every defensiveinning in all 16 games.

“Most of these guys playeddifferent positions during the(DLCRA Bantam League)season,” he said. “They hadto learn new positions on thefly, and they did a great job.And they all hit.”

That was never moreapparent than duringSaturday’s title-clinching vic-tories.

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runs in the seventh and tied it inthe eighth. Dexter Fowler scoredon left fielder Garret Anderson’serror before Smith’s two-runhomer cut it to 7-6. Pinch-hitterRyan Spilborghs doubled in thetying run.

“What really hurt us waswalking Fowler with one out inthe seventh with a four-runlead,” Braves manager BobbyCox said. “That led to every-thing. We had played a greatgame until then, and it got awayfrom us.”

Jason Hammel gave up fiveruns and nine hits over three

innings for Colorado. It was hisshortest outing since he wentthree innings against San Diegoon April 27.

Chipper Jones hit a sacrificefly and Conrad had an RBI triplein Atlanta’s three-run first.Martin Prado gave the Braves a4-0 lead with a run-scoring sin-gle in the second.

The Rockies chipped away atAtlanta’s lead. Hawpe hit his14th homer in the second, Atkinssingled in a run in the third andTulowitzki’s leadoff homer in thefourth cut it to 5-3.

“To come back and win a ball-game like that, it was a fungame for us,” Hawpe said.

Kris Medlen went four-plusinnings for Atlanta, allowingthree runs and six hits.

NOTES: Rockies RHPManuel Corpas (elbow) threwone inning for Triple-A ColoradoSprings on Saturday and wasscheduled to pitch again Sunday.The Rockies will examine himWednesday. ... Rockies 1B ToddHelton sat out with flulike symp-toms. ... The Braves activatedINF Greg Norton (right anklestrain) from the 15-day disabledlist and optioned OF GregorBlanco to Triple-A Gwinnett. ...Rockies C Yorvit Torrealba left inthe seventh inning with astrained right hamstring.

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Francoeur Excited To Be in New YorkNEW YORK (AP) — Jeff

Francoeur got a flood of phonecalls and text messages after hewas traded to the slumpingMets on Friday, including someadvice from former New Yorkleft-hander Tom Glavine.

“He just told me, ’Make themost of it. If you play hard, youhustle, you do the things rightup here, the fans will love you,”’Francoeur said. “I like to believeI’m kind of that type of player,where I love to play hard. I loveto get dirty and play the gamethe right way.”

Francoeur joined the Metson Saturday and was inserted

into the lineup immediately,playing right field and battingfifth against the CincinnatiReds that night. He singled intwo runs in his first at-bat afterNew York acquired the notori-ous free-swinger and cash fromthe Atlanta Braves for RyanChurch in a trade of outfieldersin need of a change of scenery.

The Mets are counting onFrancoeur to give their anemiclineup some punch while theyawait the return of their injuredstars.

Francoeur didn’t waste anytime getting to work. He took flyballs in right field hours before

Saturday night’s game and senta stir through Citi Field with acouple drives into the seconddeck in left during batting prac-tice.

“He seems to bring a lot ofenergy and enthusiasm,” man-ager Jerry Manuel said. “Heseems very excited about beinghere, about playing in NewYork.”

An Atlanta native,Francoeur was a favorite withBraves fans and managementduring his first full season in2006, when he hit 29 home runswith 103 RBIs while playing all162 games.

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PEOPLE TO PEOPLE005 ANNOUNCEMENTS

SOCIAL SECURITY, DISABLEDWe can get you approved. No feeunless you win! Personalrepresentation by retired socialsecurity executives. You win with us.1-800-782-0059.TERMINATION: BANNER REALTYHAS CEASED BUSINESS AS OF07/01/2009. YOU CAN CALL 478-274-1699 FOR INFORMATION ANDTALK TO G W KOONTZ, BROKER

010 CHILD CARE &ELDERLY CARE

If you need someone tosit with the elderly please call478-275-3677 or 478-279-3925

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015 LOST AND FOUNDFOUND: Chihuahua. Black. Nocollar. Female. Old Toomsboro Rd.area. Call (478)274-1766 to identify.FOUND: Elderly black Shihtzu.Brookhaven Rd area. Call 478-304-0167 to identify.

MERCHANDISEFOR SALE

130 PETS FOR SALEAmerican bulldog puppies for sale.Females $100, Males $200. Call478-279-5854 or 478-279-5855.Ready Now!Looking to purchase a small breedpuppy? Now taking deposits on AKCChihuahuas, Jack Russell Terrier,and other small breed dogs. Toy,miniature, and Tea-cup sizes at Low-Low prices! Some CKC available.Health guarantee and up to date onall shots. Call Amanda 478-363-2632. Licensed by the Department ofAgriculture and Inspected by AKC.

205 BUILDINGMATERIALS

Steel BuildingsBig Disc Avail

30x40 – 105x105Call for Deal!Erection Avail

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245 MISCELLANEOUS

VOCATIONAL

310 GENERALHELP WANTED

NOW HIRING: Companiesdesperately need employees toassemble products at home. Noselling, any hours. $500 weeklypotential. Info 1-985-646-1700DEPT. GA-6655School Bus Drivers neededimmediately. Must possess a Class“A” driver's license with passenger“S” endorsement and use ofairbrakes. Call (478) 609-0663 or(478) 609-0760.

320 MEDICALHELP WANTED

LPNs and CNAs NeededSouthland Healthcare and RehabCenter is seeking professionalLPN/Charge Nurses for 3-11 shift &CNAs for 3-11 & 11-7 shifts. LPNsmust have good organizational andsupervisory skills. We offer excellentpay and benefits. Must apply inperson at 606 Simmons Street,Dublin (478)272-1666. EqualOpportunity Employer.

325 PART-TIMEEMPLOYMENT

Heart of Georgia TechnicalCollege is seeking a TEMPORARYPart-time Secretary to assistinstructional departments at theDublin campus beginningSeptember 8, 2009 or as soonthereafter as possible. For aposition announcement, accesswww.heartofga tech.edu, Facultyand Staff, Employment or phone(478) 274-7934. Deadline to apply:July 30, 2009 or until position isfilled Equal OpportunityInstitution

First DayHeart of Georgia Technical College is

seeking a Part-time Set Up Crewmember – Porter Center. For aposition announcement, access

www.heartofgatech.edu,Faculty andStaff, Employment or phone (478)274-7934. Deadline to apply: July

20, 2009 or until position is filledEqual Opportunity Institution

U.S. Manufacturing Co.looking for commission base

reps 478-290-9327 or 478-689-0541

REAL ESTATE351 ACREAGE25 acres, wooded, excellent hunting,

road frontage, Hwy 319 EastCall 272-5522 Ext. 234

TREUTLEN CO.Near I-16 & E. Dublin. Woodedprivate 3.4 ac lot. Owner finance at$94.90 per month. Also a 4.5wooded private lot with well & septictank. $159.17 per month. Call 770-596-2218.

360 HOMES FOR SALE****** SELLER’S SAY SELL!! ******

****** MAKE AN OFFER ******

1103 Merrill Dr - $229,000 UpdatedKitchen, DBL masters, PlumbedWorkshop w/ HVAC

413 Heartwood Ln - 180’s CustomHandicap accessible plan.Gorgeous. Great Location.

1091 David Mullis Rd. - $285,000.“WOW” floor plan. Must SeeKitchen. 6.19 acres.

Deedee ParkerFickling and Company800-598-0590 (office)478-290-7598 (cell)

ddparker@fickling.com

102 Cheek Dr. 3BR 3 BA. Manyextras & upgrades, energy efficient.

227 Ridge Cir. 4BR 2 1⁄2BA. MustSee. Lots of upgrades, energyefficient

Louise Shackelford478-984-7303 Cell

478-275-8719 Officeshack@fickling.com

1520 Capps Browning Rd. 3BR2BA. $55,000. Motivated Sellers!110 Simmons St. 2BR 2BA.$76,000. Motivated Sellers!

Tiffany Green478-279-2009 Cell

478-275-8719 Officetgreen@fickling.com

2 Br. Brick House in Wrightsville.Large corner lot, scr porch, all newpaint & flooring $57,000. 290-24502,583 sq.ft.on 1.76 acres. 3BR, 2 1/2bath. 239 Strawberry Circle Dublin.$250,000, neg. Call 478-274-0805.

308 SPRINGHAVEN ROAD, DEXTER, GABeautiful! 3br 2ba 1820sf. 1/4 milefrom new WL High on 3ac. Shop,hardwd. Free 1yr. home warranty$180,000. Call 478-290-2342 or 478-875-47623ba, 2.5ba, Frml LR, DR, Brkfst,Den. Lots of storage, 2,771 sf. 122Fox Fire Ct. Call 478-697-7842.3BR 2 1/2 BA. Large sun room, tile &hardwood floor. Closed garage. 310Regency Cir. Call 478-272-2005.3br 2ba, central H/A, fenced backyard. Pamela Dr., E. Dublin. Pricedto sell at $65,000. Call 478-272-94624,400 sf. ranch style cedar home.Over looking pool & 6 acre pond,Nice Workshop. 478-290-56904BR 2FB 2HB on 1.42 ac. Ingroundpool, shop building. 642 Marie Loop.Call 478-275-1436 or 478-595-5610.

360 HOMES FOR SALE4BR 3BA w/ 3 car garage. 2,833sf.543 Masters Cir. near CountryClub. $309,000. Call (478)274-8382.

714 Cardinal Dr. 3BR, 2BA.Hardwood floors throughout.$99,900

1705 Meadowdale Dr. 4 BR, 4 BA.Beautifully remodeled. $198,000

2258 Bowen Rd., Rentz. 3BR,2BA. 3.03 Acres. $209.000

215 Ridge Circle. 4BR, 3BA.Inground pool. Workshop.$348,000

Durden & KornegayJay Brantley

478-272-1535 office478-697-2854 cell

brantleyjf@yahoo.com

719 W. Moore St. Brick 4BR 1.5BA.LR, DR, den w/ fp, carport, fencedbackyard. $84,900. 478-272-5215.Almost new 4BR 4BA on 5.5 acres ingated community. Too much to list.Make offer. Call 478-275-2565.Below Appraised Value. Brick 4br3ba In ground pool, spr. system.Payne Pl. Reduced. MotivatedSeller. $199,500 478-998-0147.

DEXTER NEAR NEW WLHS4 bedroom, 2 bath, split level home;1600 sq ft on 2.4 acres. Call 478-875-1211 after 6:00 pm.

Green Acres Golf Course3013 Dogleg

4BR 4BA custom built. Hardwood,tile, carpet. Lease w/ option to buy.$309,000 or $1500 a month w/security deposit. Call (912)536-7070.In Dublin, Cardinal Dr. 3br 2babrick 2300+ sf. Lrg. bonus room,hdwd flrs, garage & carport. Screenporch, fenced backyard, shop &shed. $95,900 Close to shopping &schools. Quiet. Call 478-697-0111.Lease or lease to purchase. TheLakes at Evergreen. 3BR 2BAgreatroom, dr, eat in kit., lrg bonus orBR, deck, storage/studio. 1.8 acres.$1000 mo or $175,000 neg. CallBetty at 478-274-0391 478-279-0067.

NEW Brick 4BR 4BA, 3,100sf. on 1.5acres. 5.6 miles from Wal-mart.Asking 240's. Call 478- 609-2549.

3BR 3 1/2BA on 2+ acres.2300+sf. New paint & appliances.Hardwood & tile. Granitecountertops. Bonus room abovegarage. Located in SWLE schooldistrict. Motivated Sellers!$220,000. Call 478-984-4563 leavemessage.

REDUCED $50,000!!!Best Location - Best Price

2306 Peacock Dr. in Linda Vista5BR 4BA 5300sf with pool andexercise room on 1.32 ac. Beautifulcreek setting. $329,000. Call 478-998-5000REDUCED 4br 2ba 2800sf. Newpaint inside/out, fp. Horse barn. 10ac$150,000. Call 478-290-1272.

365 MOBILE HOMES1997 Bellcrest 16x80. 3BR, vinyl &shingles. Call Roger at (478)275-0867.2000 28x72 Redman. 4 BR & retreatroom. Great condition. Fireplace.Call 478-275-0867.2001 28x80 4BR. Den. Goodcondition. Set up & delivered. Call478-275-0867.

365 MOBILE HOMES2002 16x80 Fleetwood.

3BR 2BA. Set up & delivered.Call 478-275-0867.

2003 Fletwood Spring Hill3BR 2BA. $27,900Call (478)275-0867

98 Fleetwood Triplewide. 3BR 2BA.Real nice. Must see. $16,000 OBO.Must be moved. Call 478-290-4567.By Owner $28,500. 2ac with well &septic. 1br 1ba. 8x12 add on androof over. Call (478)272-5033.Moving out of the country. 14x60mobile home on .91 ac. 1033Murray Ln. $18,000. 478-277-0186.Moving out of the country. Mobilehome on 1.25 acres. 3359 Hwy441S. $25,000. Call 478-277-0186.

RENTALS405 STORAGEMini Warehouse Storage - North,South, East and West locations.Offering the only gated securityfenced warehouse storage in thisarea. One month free rent. CallCurry Realtors, 272-2335.Mini warehouses, 2 locations, see usfor the cleanest in town. Garner’s UStore, 478-272-3724.Strange Mini Storage Best Prices!

Call 478-275-1592

425 APARTMENTSBROOKINGTON APARTMENTS

Spacious 1 & 2 bedroom apartmentswith fully furnished kitchen. Lake,pool and clubhouse. Fullmaintenance with on site manager.272-6788.

CCLLAAXXTTOONN PPOOIINNTTEE NNOORRTTHH1003 Claxton Dairy Road

272-7335Two and Three bedrooms.

Excellent location. Numerous amenities.

Georgia Southern. New 4br 4batownhouse. 239 W. Main,Statesboro. 478-275-9257 ext. 233or 478-488-1771.Houses & Apts. Get info at GiftsGalore, 1805 Rice Ave. Across fromVA

Move in Special. 2BR apartment.$475 mo. Call 478-595-9138.

430 COMMERCIALPROPERTY

6 moths free rent. Call me whenyour lease is up and I will save yousome money. Call 478-998-5000.

440 HOMES FOR RENT106 Plum St. 4BR, 2BA. Brick,carport. Call 478-272-0125 orevenings at 478-272-1406For Rent (or Lease to purchase). 2Bdrms, 2 bath. NW Laurens,excellent,private location. 2 acres.$650 per month. $500 Sec dep.Remodeled kitchen with appliances.Call 478-279-3903.House for Rent. 3 bdr, 2bth. $800 inthe Villa’s. 478-275-4594 or 478-278-5682.

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Secluded country cedar home on 57ac w/ 4ac pond. 3BR 3.5BA. Heartpine floors. $1,400mo. 478-279-1230

445 MOBILE HOMESFOR RENT

2BR 1BA fully furnished. Central h/a.No pets. $400 mo $200 dep. Call(478)290-8340.

Mobile Home for Rent. 2 BR mobilehome. Furnished or unfurnished.Ref. required. 279-1985, 272-3664.

Move in Special. 2BR mobile home.$450 mo. Call 478-595-9138

VEHICLES FOR SALE

505 USED CARSAND MOTORS

02 Ford Taurus SES V6. All power,auto. Runs great. $5,500 OBO. Call478-279-3610.

87 T-Bird. Runs good. Cheap on gasand uses no oil. $2200 obo. Call478-984-1032.

97 Toyota Camry. $3500.Call (478)689-4616.

510 TRUCKS00 Toyota 4 Runner. Sliver

175,000 miles. Loaded$5,500. Call (478)278-3068

04 Toyota Tacoma. Very clean.2 owner. Call (478)272-5181.

2005 Chevy Colorado Pickup.Extended cab Z71, 2 wheel drive.45,000 mi. 5cyli. $12,000. 290-2450

94 Nissan. Extended cab. Automatictrans. Needs work. $750. Call 478-278-1884.

515 MOTORCYCLES02 Honda Rebel 250. 2,400 mi.

$2,700. Call 478-875-199004 Honda VTX 1800c. Low milagewith many extras. Execellnt cond. Amust see. $8000. Call 478-668-3526

Suzuki Dirt bike. DR2110. Great forbeginners. Runs great. $800. CallDanny Sanders at 478-233-0041.

530 RV'S ANDEQUIPMENT

2001 Flagstaff model 26DS SuperLite, Sleeps 6, w/slide out, fully selfcontained, exc. cond. 478-272-4165

540 CAMPERSFOR SALE

06 30ft Outback Fifth Wheel.Mint condition with 13ft slide out.

Call 478-668-3403.

Camper for sale. Sleeps 4. Great fordeer hunting. $1500 neg. Call(478)984-4252.

AGRICULTURE

571 FARM EQUIP.FOR SALE

FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALEVarious used row-crop,produce/watermelon, small grain,hay & other equipment & vehiclesFOR SALE in central Georgia area.Equipment well maintained, inexcellent to good condition, andconsidered field ready. Call 478-290-2814 leave message or emailhltfarms@me.com.

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Lost or Found: Three Days FREE!

NEW ORLEANS (AP) —Actor Danny DeVito servedup his own premium“Limoncello” liqueurflavored with zesty Italianlemons and gave a cry of“Salut!” to a drink-sippingcrowd at Tales of theCocktail, a New Orleanscocktail and culinaryfestival.

Wife and actress RheaPerlman accompaniedDeVito as he shared storiesFriday about his NewJersey upbringing andspoke of his passion forSorrento, Italy, where hisliqueur is produced. Theoccasion: a “Drink Italy”event at the HotelMonteleone in the FrenchQuarter.

“It’s a magnificentplace,” DeVito said asdozens of cocktail fans satat tables sipping Limoncellowhile video footage of Italyflashed on a jumbo screen.

DeVito said his premiumbrand is crafted fromItalian-grown organiclemons, sugar, water andalcohol. He said it goes wellwith tequila or in a martiniwith vodka — or evenchilled alone.

Earlier Friday, DeVitojoined New Orleans chefJohn Besh for a cooking andcocktail-makingdemonstration called “Chefand the Fat Man.”

Tales of the Cocktail is afive-day festival of dinners,tastings, competitions, booksignings and parties thatcelebrate food and spirits.The event brings togetherbartenders, chefs andauthors to celebrate thehistory and artistry ofmaking drinks.

It also attracts regularfolks.

“Believe it or not, it’seducational. They make somany things, and everyyear, they always come upwith something new,” saidJohn Mazoch of BatonRouge, La., now attendingfor the fifth year in a row.

Mazoch said he attendeda dinner where four kindsof bourbon were paired withfoods such as oysterswrapped in bacon and duckspeared with sugarcane.

“Where else are yougoing to get something likethat?” he added.

The festival runsthrough Sunday andincludes tours of suchfamous New Orleans barsas candlelit Jean Lafitte’sBlacksmith Shop onBourbon Street.

DeVito ServesLemon LiqueurUp at Festival

www.dlcra.org or 478-277-5060

Theatre DublinPresents

PEANUTS

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE By Lynn Johnston

By Jim Davis

By Chip Dunham

By Charles Schulz

By Jeff Corriveau

By Jerry Scott And Jim Borgman

Call Sharon Lane at478-277-5060 forTheatre booking and Information

July 18 - TBAMiss Liberty

Scholarship Pageant

July 25 - 7:30 p.m.Gold City Gospel

July 27-July 317 p.m. nightly

Pastor Pittman andHouse of Prayer Revival

CELEBRITIES BORN ONTHIS DAY: Cheech Marin, 63;Erno Rubik, 65; HarrisonFord, 67; Patrick Stewart, 69

Happy Birthday:Learning something new willreawaken the spirit within you.An unusual friendship will en-courage you to try new things.You don’t have to give up whatyou already have in order toenjoy a taste of differentlifestyles. Visit places youhaven’t been for a long timeand focus forward, not back,once you have reflected onyour roots. Your numbers are8, 14, 17, 25, 27, 34, 47

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stay focused. Hon-esty may not always be appre-ciated but it is necessary and,in the end, will spare your hav-ing to explain something em-barrassing. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will be a mysteryif you keep changing and chal-lenging everyone. You can bethe winner both at work and athome if you are engaging, fastto respond and confident.Your experience will help yoube victorious. 4 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Fight for what youwant but do so with integrity oryou will be blamed for not giv-ing valid information. Chooseyour words carefully or some-one with a smooth appeal mayoutmaneuver you. Keep yourfeelings out of the equation. 2stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A good attitude cancarry you a long way, espe-cially with work and advance-ment. Your ability to do a goodjob will get twice the recogni-tion if the people around youalso enjoy your company. 5stars

LEO (July 23-Aug.

22): You will exceed your ex-pectations if you are diligentabout finishing what you’ve leftundone before starting some-thing new. Keep things simple.As soon as you try to take ontoo much, confusion will set in.3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Someone is likely tocover up what’s really goingon, leading you to make wrongassumptions and miss thepoint. Once you know thescore, take the time to give in-dividual attention to everythingthat needs to be addressed. 3stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.22): Pamper yourself and takecare of your needs before youventure into territory litteredwith individuals who want yourundivided attention. Look in-ward, discover what it is youdesire and revamp your goalsto suit your needs. 3 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may be reluctantto open up to strangers but itmay be necessary if you wantto make progress. You can ex-pect to get some interestingcontributions to your plans. Bewilling to compromise. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.22-Dec. 21): Be prepared forthe out-of-the-ordinary to man-ifest itself in situations youthought you had under control.Overreacting will be yourdownfall, so play it cool and becalm and collected. You willmake a lasting impression andget things done. 5 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan. 19): Don’t slow downwhen you have so much to do.You will face adversity alongwith complaints and criticismbut that must not stop youfrom forging ahead. Now is notthe time to let sentimentality oremotions stand in your way. 2

starsAQUARIUS (Jan. 20-

Feb. 18): You have to be theone to decide what you want todo and how you want to do it.Input is fine but bullying will setyou back. Your strength willcome from your ability to letothers know where they standand how you feel about the in-terference. 4 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): This is not the timeto question what needs to bedone but instead to take actionand deal with matters head-on.Once you get going, you will re-alize that there is plenty to gainby moving forward swiftly. 3stars

Birthday Baby: Youare sensitive and caring. Youtake an interest in the unusualand are compassionate, reli-able and serious about achiev-ing your goals.

Eugenia’s Web sites:eugenialast.com for confiden-tial consultations, my-space.com/eugenialast for Eu-genia’s blog, astroadvice.comfor fun.

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Places to go. People to see. Things to do.

Join us for a Bridge, Canasta,and Mahjongg Benefit and

help raise mone for the Lighthouse Adult Day Care.

July 14 at 6:30 p.m. Moore Station Village

Sponsored by theAdvocates for Alzheimer’s

Care and the Benton Houseof Dublin. RSVP to Lisa

Powell at 272-0302

There has been an accountEstablished at Morris

State Bank to help withMedical expenses for

Danilynn Faith Lampp.Any questions pleaseCall Mrs. Jeddis Scott

at (478)272-2221.

Middle Georgia Bikers will beat Kroger in Dublin with the

New C90T Boulevard mortocycle they will be

raffling off for Kings Cleftthis July 18 and give away a

free raffle ticket from a drawing of all tickets

purchased during that day.

The West Laurens Class of1979 is planning a 30 year

reunion September 18 and 19.If you have not received a

Reunion Registration letter,please contact

Jennifer Hilton, 689-5154or information can be emailed

to wlhs@gmail.com orsearch for West Laurens

Class of 1979 on Facebook

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