BByy SSAANNDDYY AALLDDRRIIDDGGEEThe Dublin City Council

in regular meeting Thursdayafternoon denied a rezoningrequest for 5.01 acres ofproperty at Hwy. 80 Westand Airport Road betweenVerizon and Walmart.

Initially approved 3-1 inan April 7 council meeting in

which three councilmenwere absent, Mayor PhilBest vetoed the action thenext morning.

The rezoning would havecleared the way for a multi-million dollar modern apart-ment complex to be con-structed in the spot. Planspropose 72-80 apartments.

Council member JerryDavis made a motion to post-pone the vote, and GaryJohnson gave a second. Thencity attorney Josh Powellpointed out that according tothe city's charter, the councilmust vote in this, the nextregular meeting to approveor deny the rezoning. Other-wise the mayor's veto wouldstand and the rezoning ap-plication would die.

The vote to postpone wentthis way: Bill Brown, BennieJones, Gerald Smith, CurtisEdwards and Paul Griggs -No; Gary Johnson and JerryDavis - Yes.

Councilman Johnson thensaid, "Since our comprehen-sive plan says we need af-fordable housing, I make a

motion to rezone the area."The rezoning would be fromB-2 highway oriented busi-ness to R-4 multi-family res-idential. Davis seconded themotion.

Voting to approve the re-zoning were Johnson, Davisand Jones. Voting againstthe rezoning were Griggs,Edwards, Smith and Brown,so the motion failed 4-3.

In other action, the CityCouncil:

• Heard the first readingof an ordinance to amend thecode of ordinances to providefor an expansion of the ex-emptions to the general pro-hibition concerning con-sumption of alcohol on cityproperty. City attorney Pow-ell said groups coming intoDublin want to be able toserve alcohol on city proper-ty if through a screeningprocess they are allowed todo so. The next reading, apublic hearing and the voteare scheduled for Tuesday,May 10 at a noon meeting atcity hall.

•Heard the first reading

of an ordinance to providefor the sale and distributionof alcoholic beverages offpremises for catered func-tions. The next reading, apublic hearing and the voteare slated for Tuesday, May10, at noon.

•Approved a low bid fromGreenscapes Design & Man-agement of Dublin for$23,420 for the MartinLuther King Jr. Commemo-rative Plaza.

•Heard a presentation byLeard Daughety, director ofthe Laurens County Libraryto discuss FY17 fund appro-priation. On behalf of the li-brary and its board oftrustees, he has requested$188, 633 from the city and$378,455.04 from LaurensCounty, the same amountthe library has receivedsince 2011.

Daughety said theamount requested is used topurchase print and onlinematerials for library pa-trons, salaries for the em-

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BByy PPAAYYTTOONN TTOOWWNNSS IIIIIIA 17-year-old Dublin woman

is recovering at home after shetried to avoid a deer, causingher to lose control, hit a utilitypole and overturn. Power lineseven fell on top of her vehicle.

Molly Davis was involved inan one-vehicle wreck on Spring-haven Road around 3:10 p.m.Thursday. According to a Geor-gia State Patrol official, Daviswas driving a purple 2001Chrysler PT Cruiser. She told atrooper that a deer entered theroadway from her right.

The vehicle left the road onthe south shoulder and traveledfor 55 feet. It began to rotate ina clockwise manner travelinganother 95 feet while crossingthe center line and exiting theroad on the north shoulder.

The vehicle then went 60 feetbefore striking a utility pole onthe back passenger side. It thenoverturned, going another 30feet before coming to an uncon-trolled stop upside-down facingnortheast.

Danny Johnson, Davis' tenniscoach at West Laurens HighSchool, was returning from WestLaurens Middle School where hehad run an errand. Headed backto the high school, he saw smokeand noticed a downed powerline.

As he approached the scene ofthe accident, he saw the PTCruiser and knew it was Davis'vehicle.

"I stopped and ran to see ifshe was still in the vehicle,"Johnson said. "Miraculously,she had already gotten out of

the car and gone under the pow-er lines."

According to Davis' grandfa-ther, Ralph Mullis, the powerlines had fallen across the carand were on the ground.

"She said she saw blue flamesshooting everywhere," he said."That scared her. She thoughtthe car might catch on fire andblow up with her in it. The frontdoors wouldn't open. She wasable to get out by either the backhatch or doors."

Johnson said Davis was star-tled.

"It's just amazing that shewas able to get out," he said. "Ithought I was going to be wit-ness to something a whole lotworse than what I saw."

Dublin woman tries to avoid deer and flips car

Photo by Griffin Lovett

Molly Davis was involved in a one-vehicle wreck after she tried toavoid a deer that ran in front of her on Springhaven Drive

Thursday afternoon.

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Mickey Schuber, chairman of the board of directors for The United Way, smiles as he hands JohnDraper a plaque during his retirement celebration at Marie Baptist Church Thursday evening.

Johnny Payne named new director of The United Way

United Way honors Draper with retirement celebrationBByy CCLLAAYY RREEYYNNOOLLDDSSIn his 11 years as executive director

of Heart of Georgia United Way, JohnDraper has gone by a motto that hequoted to a group of friends and col-leagues at his retirement celebrationon Thursday.

"I read something several years ago,and I'm sure I can't remember it verba-tim, but basically what it says is 'Whenyou die, you'll never be remembered forwhat you gained in this life; you'll onlybe remembered for what you did forsomebody else,'" he said. "I'm not say-

ing it for me, but I'm saying it to you,keep that in consideration every daywhen you get up and go to work. Helppeople, because it's not only what weshould do, it's what God wants us todo."

Draper, executive director of Heartof Georgia United Way since 2005, re-tired on Friday and was recognizedThursday afternoon at a reception heldin his honor at Marie Baptist Church.There, members of the organization'sboard of directors and representativesof its 15 partner agencies expressed

their appreciation for the many wayshis service has been an example ofthat, many of them channeling wordsfrom Jesus' parable of the talents inMatthew 25.

"I'm glad somebody used that ex-pression: 'Good and faithful servant,'"said United Way board chairman Dr.Mickey Schuber. "Every time I askedJohn to do something, he was gonnaget it done. He was faithful about it. Hehad a heart for the agencies and he had

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The Heart of GeorgiaUnited Way has announcedthe selection of JohnnyPayne as its new ExecutiveDirector.“We are excited about hav-ing someone of Johnny’s cal-iber on board,” said MickeySchuber, Chairman of theBoard of Directors. “Hebrings a wealth of experiencein marketing, campaignplanning, team building, andproject implementation, aswell as a great knowledge ofthe Middle Georgia countiesthe agency serves. With hismany local and statewidecontacts, we will be able toexpand the impact of UnitedWay on the quality of life forall the citizens in MiddleGeorgia.”

“I’m passionate aboutworking with the agencieswe will continue to serve inour five counties,” Paynesaid, noting that United Wayis in a unique position to as-sist the 15 nonprofit agencieswhich they serve. “I am anx-ious to get started workingat Heart of Georgia UnitedWay and with everyone inLaurens, Dodge, Telfair,Johnson and Treutlen coun-ties.”

The Heart of GeorgiaUnited Way agencies areW.I.N.G.S, Stepping Stone,Healthy Start, The SalvationArmy, TLC/CASA, MiddleGeorgia Community FoodBank, Inc., Easter Seals Mid-dle Georgia, Habitat for Hu-manity for Laurens County,Central Georgia Boy Scoutsof America, Girl Scouts ofHistoric Georgia,Dublin/Laurens Teen Court,American Red Cross, Habitatfor Humanity Dodge County,The Lighthouse Adult DayCare, and Meals on Wheels.

Payne’s resume includesover 20 years of executiveplanning, administration,communications and mar-keting experience in thenonprofit sector. Johnny hasserved as Executive Directorof Public Relations at Geor-gia Aviation Technical Col-lege, Executive Director ofAdvancement at SwainsboroTechnical College andSoutheastern Technical Col-

lege. Most recently he served

as Executive Director of Eco-nomic Development andCommunity Relations atSoutheastern Technical Col-lege in Vidalia.

His passion and energyfor our community is evidentin all his many years of vol-unteering and serving thevarious agencies in MiddleGeorgia.

Payne served as chair-man of the Committee thatbrought the Vietnam Mov-ing Wall to Dublin whichhad over 15,000 visitors infour days.

He and his wife, Sue Ann,have four children and fivegrandchildren.

Payne will replace JohnDraper who retired afterserving 11 years as Execu-tive Director.

He stated, “It is an honorto follow in the footsteps of agood man like John Draper,who has worked diligentlyto keep the Heart of GeorgiaUnited Way moving in theright direction. John has al-ways had a servant’s heartas he always strived to as-sist others.”

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Johnny Payne wasnamed the new executivedirector of The Heart ofGeorgia United Way earlier this week.

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Ashley Cowart draws a blue ribbon on a truck.

City Council denies rezoning, upholding mayor's veto

Stepping Stone brings awarenessto child abuse prevention month

BByy PPAAYYTTOONN TTOOWWNNSS IIIIIIStepping Stone Advocacy

Center did its best to bringchild abuse prevention monthto the forefront this week.

The organization held abanquet on Tuesday, had anevent Thursday with DuncanTire and spent Friday draw-ing blue ribbons on the backof vehicles at Morris BankFriday.

Stepping Stone executive

director Brooke Woods hopespeople are becoming aware ofhow big a problem child abuseis.

"We just want to keepbringing more awareness andprevention of child abuse byhaving this event here atMorris Bank," Woods said."We've had a lot of activitiesthis month. We've placedmany pin wheels around

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —There were no obvious signs oftrauma on Prince's body whenhe was found unresponsive athis home in suburban Min-neapolis, and suicide isn't sus-pected in the musician'sdeath, the local sheriff saidFriday.

Carver County Sheriff JimOlson said during news con-ference that the investigationwas ongoing, but that therewere no obvious signs of trau-ma on the body and "we haveno reason to believe this was asuicide." He said the 57-year-old musician was last seenaround 8 p.m. Wednesday,about 12 hours before he wasfound dead.

Despite his debauchedstage presence and erotically

charged music, Prince had areputation for clean living andan ability to put on shows thatwere electrifying in their ath-leticism.

But after his death — fol-lowing a series of canceledshows, a reported emergencyplane landing for medicaltreatment and a subduedhometown appearance —questions are being raisedabout whether he was hidinghealth problems from his fans.

An autopsy was completedFriday to determine whatcaused the death of the "Pur-ple Rain" superstar, thoughofficials said it could take daysor weeks before results are re-leased. Prince was found un-responsive in an elevator onthe first floor of his Paisley

Park compound in suburbanMinneapolis and could not berevived, sheriff's officials said.

Prince had spoken aboutstruggling with childhoodepilepsy, and friends said hehad hip trouble. His formerpercussionist, Sheila E., toldThe Associated Press thatPrince suffered the effectsfrom years of jumping off ris-ers and speakers on stagewhile wearing high heels.

"There was always some-thing kind of bothering him,as it does all of us," she said. "Ihurt every single day. Youknow we're like athletes, we

train, and we get hurt all thetime. We have so many in-juries."

Despite problems with hiship and knee, Prince "kept do-ing it because he loved doing itand it was something no onewas doing," she said.

Prince's cousin ChazzSmith said he could not com-ment on reports about Prince'shealth and would not saywhen he last saw his cousin.

"I can tell you this: What Iknow is that he was perfectlyhealthy," said Smith, whoformed a band with Princewhen they were kids.

Ricky Wright

Funeral services for Mr.Ricky Edwin Wright, ofDublin, will be held at 11a.m. on Monday, April 25,2016, at the Williams ChapelBaptist Church, 1142 High-way 29 South in East Dublin.Reverend Korie Baker willofficiate.

Mr. Wright, who passedon April 20, 2016, was bornFebruary 13, 1962 in Dublin.He was a proud graduate ofDublin High School andHeart of Georgia TechnicalCollege. He was a dedicatedmember of Second BaptistChurch where he servedfaithfully in many capacities.His motto in life was "live,laugh and love" which he didunconditionally.

He was preceded in deathby his grandparents, MaryEtta Woodum and DoraWright.

Mr. Wright is survived byhis wife of thirty two years,Deidra Johnson Wright;daughter, Sahquitta (Vin-cent) Forest, Dublin; son, Ri-cardo Wright, Dublin; onegrandson, Darius Forest;mother, Ollie Mae Wright,Dublin; father, Ralph WrightBenjamin of Miami, Florida;sisters, Daren Kaye Plum-mer, Dublin, Katie (Merrick)Goolsby, Beverly (Kama)Burnes and Latasha Ben-jamin all of Miami, Florida;brothers, Ralph (Angela)Wright, Dublin, Steve (Lin-da) Benjamin and Tony(Bertha) Benjamin ofCochran; father-in-law andmother-in-law Mr. and Mrs.Condie (Doris) Johnson ofDublin; sisters-in-law, Con-nie Lofton, Snellville, Kim-berly (Derrick) of Lilburn;brother-in-law, Condie (Feli-cia) Johnson, Columbia,South Carolina; uncles and

aunts Harold (Cathleen) Hol-lis of Arizona, Percy Isaac ofNew York, Walter Isaac ofMassachusetts, DeEtta Tim-mons, Dublin, RachelWoodum, Columbus, MaryNell (Nathaniel) Carter,East Dublin, Inez Shepherd,Ohio, Justine Worthen,Gwen (Jerry) Allen, Gloria(Hardwick) Allen of Dublin,Lillie Shiflet, Atlanta andLouise Isaac, Fort Laud-erdale, Florida and a host ofnieces, nephews other rela-tives and friends.

The family will receivefriends at the family resi-dence, 706 Highland Avenuein Dublin.

Please post condolences atwww.ServicesByDudley.com

Services By Dudley Fu-neral Home of Dublin

David BaumWilkes Jr.

David Baum Wilkes, Jr.entered into rest Thursday,April 21, 2016. He was theloving husband of AdelWilkes for over 67 years.

Mr. Wilkes was a memberof Woodlawn UnitedMethodist Church, TurnerEngland Fellowship SundaySchool Class, Webb LodgeNo. 166 F & AM, Unity CourtNo. 21 O of A and ScottishRite.

Family members in addi-tion to his wife include twodaughters: Kay W. Simonand husband Joey of Grove-town and Mary W. Youngand husband Joe of Evans;two sons: David BaumWilkes, III and wife Jean ofAugusta and the late Rev.Canon Larry Glynn Wilkes,Sr. and wife Debbie; eightgrandchildren, RebekahWilkes Luty, Laura WilkesSmiley, Angela Kay Scarbor-ough, Larry Glynn Wilkes,Jr., Jeremy Adam Menden-hall, Stewart Allan Menden-hall, Kerryl Spivey, and sev-eral great and great-greatgrandchildren.

A funeral service will beheld Monday, April 25, 2016,at 10 a.m. at WoodlawnUnited Methodist Churchwith Masonic Service withRev. Jim McCollough offici-ating. Burial will be atNorthview Cemetery inDublin, GA., Monday, at 2p.m.

Memorial contributionsmay be made to Golden Har-vest Food Bank,3310 Com-merce Drive, Augusta, GA30909 or Woodlawn United

Methodist Church, 2220Walton Way, Augusta, GA30904.

The family will receivefriends Sunday afternoon,April 24, 2016, from 4 until 6p.m.. at Thomas Poteet &Son Funeral Directors, 214Davis Rd., Augusta, GA30907 (706) 364-8484.

Sammons Funeral Home,Soperton, is in charge of lo-cal arrangements.

An online guestbook maybe signed atwww.thomaspoteet.com orwww.sammonsfuneralhome.com.

Jimmy Rozier

Mr. Jimmy Rozier ofDublin, passed away on Fri-day, April 22, 2016. Funeralarrangements are incom-plete and will be announcedlater. The family will befriends at the home of hisson and daughter-in-law,Kenyatta and BridgetteRozier, 311 Northview Drive,Dublin.

Services by Dudley Funer-al Home of Dublinwww.servicesbydudley.com

Ronald EricCausey Sr.

Memorial services for Mr.Ronald Eric Causey, Sr., ofDublin, will be held at 1 p.m.on Tuesday, April 26, 2016,in the C. D. Dudley Memori-al Chapel at the Dudley Fu-neral Home. Pastor TerranceD. Pullen will officiate.

Mr. Causey, who passedon April 17, 2016, was bornon July 19, 1965, to the lateWilma Jean Causey andNathaniel James Causey inDetroit, Michigan. He at-tended Dodge CountySchools. He worked at Farm-ers Furniture warehouse for

several years.He was preceded in death

by his twin sister, UrsulaCausey.

Mr. Causey is survived byhis son, Ronald Eric Causey,Jr.; stepson, Rapphael Lekei-th Hines; siblings, WalterCausey, Marvin Causey, La-Joyce Morales, Chatise Still-well, Cassell Causey, andMichelle Hawkins; aunts,Mitzie Wingate, HelenCausey and Annie RuthCausey; special sister-in-law, Kelly Causey and a hostof nieces, nephews, cousinsand extended family andfriends.

The family will receivefriends at 985 Salter Squarein East Dublin.

Please post condolences atwww.ServicesByDudley.com

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Doris FarmerJoiner

Mrs. Doris Farmer Joiner,age 81, of Eastman, GA, diedFriday, April 22, 2016.

Funeral services will beheld at 2 p.m. Sunday, April24, at New Daniels BaptistChurch, with interment inWoodlawn Cemetery.

Mrs. Joiner was a memberof New Daniels BaptistChurch, a retired clerk forRobins AFB, a former em-ployee of the Dodge CountyMagistrate Court and amember of the Eastman PilotClub. She was daughter ofthe late Lula Durden Farmer& Jerry Farmer and widowof Milliard Joiner.

Survivors: two sons –Kenneth Joiner (Donna) andLynn Joiner (Cindy); sister –Lucille F. Ellis; eight grand-children; eight great-grand-children; brother-in-law –Grady Vaughn (Joyce); sis-ter-in-law – Beverly Farmer;Uncle – Harold Gibbs (Mec-ca); several nieces andnephews.

The family will receivefriends in Southerland Fu-neral Chapel from 6 p.m. to 8p.m. Saturday, April 23.

Stokes-Southerland Fu-neral Home of Eastman hascharge of arrangements.

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Mary Unice Dean

Mary Unice Dean, of Mag-nolia St. in Danville, passedaway Thursday at her resi-dence

Services will be held Sun-day April 24, 2016 at 3 p.m.in Reece Funeral Home. Bur-ial will be in the DublinMemorial Gardens. ElderFranklin Bryant and Rev.Rick Tooley will officiate.

Mrs. Dean was born inBleckley County, the daugh-ter of the late John andElanor O’Neal Dean. Marywas a Seamstress and formeremployee of L.&H. Shirt Fac-tory. She enjoyed BluegrassMusic and singing.

Survivors include her hus-band Johnny Richard ‘Dick”Dean, Sr., sons, JohnnyRichard “Ricky” Dean, Jr.,Michael Milton Dean, andMarty Harvey Dean. Broth-ers, Buddy Dean, and J.M.Dean. Sister Anna BelleHartley. Three Grandchil-dren.

The family will receivefriends from 6 to 8 Saturdayin the funeral home.

Visitwww.reecefuneralhomeinc.com to sign the online registry

Reece Funeral Home inJeffersonville has charge ofarrangements.

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Princeʼs death investigation raises questions about prior health

BByy JJUUDDYY BBAAIILLEEYYA Baldwin County deputy

finds himself on the other side ofthe law.

Deputy Thomas Moran Har-grove was arrested early Satur-day morning in DowntownMilledgeville for driving underthe influence of alcohol, accord-ing a police report.

As the Georgia State Patrol-man walked toward the off-dutydeputy’s personal vehicle, he no-ticed Hargrove “with his headdown as if he were asleep,” thereport states.“I made three attempts to get

Mr. Hargrove’s attention beforehe responded,” the report states.

The 33-year-old told the officerhe had four or five beers.Hargrove’s Alco-Senor reading

registered .162 — twice the legallimit, the report states. Har-grove refused to take a field so-briety test.

By JAMES TIDWELLA pair of Bibb County

men face multiple chargesincluding for theft and drugsafter being arrested lastweek in Twiggs County.

According to the TwiggsCounty Sheriff’s Office, TonySherid Dingler Marshall, 27of Lizella, was arrested andcharged with theft by receiv-ing stolen property, posses-sion and use of drug relatedobjects, possession of aschedule I controlled sub-stance, interference withgovernment property andtheft by receiving stolenproperty and Richard ChaseNasworthy, 31 of Macon,was arrested and chargedwith theft by receivingstolen property, possessionand use of drug related ob-jects, possession of a sched-ule II controlled substance

and theft by receiving stolenproperty on Friday, April 15.

According to the sheriff’soffice, at approximately 2:38p.m. the sheriff’s office wasalerted to be on the lookoutfor a stolen vehicle out ofBibb County and that GPSlocated the car at 87Lawrence Dr. in TwiggsCounty. With assistancefrom the Bibb County Sher-iff’s Office, Twiggs CountySheriff’s Deputy JoshuaCaleb Mickler found a darkgreen 2003 Chevrolet Tahoeand a red Moped scooter thatboth vehicles were stolen outof Bibb County.

Mickler heard a manyelling from the wood linebelieved that him to be theoffender.

Upon searching the resi-dence, in a small room, lay-ing on a shelf was several

drug related objects includ-ing but not limited to ap-proximately five differenttypes of smoking pipes withbelieved to be methampheta-mine residue, several smallplastic baggies with believedto be methamphetamineresidue in them and twometal spoons with burnmarks under the bottoms ofthe spoons.

After searching the woodline, a black male subjectthat proceeded to walk outand was later identified asMarshall. After being placedin a patrol car, Marshall be-gan banging his head on therear passenger side window.He busted and cracked theplexi glass covering the win-dow

The owner of the resi-dence was identified as Nas-

worthy, who was at work atthe 57 Short Stop Café, andwas arrested.

After another search ofthe residence, multiplesmoking pipes/devices withbelieved to be methampheta-

mine residue were foundalong with multiple smallplastic baggies with believedto be meth residue in them,two metal spoons with burnmarks under the bottom anda black safe that had been

broken into that Bibb Coun-ty Deputies advised wasstolen, as well as three boxesof classic comic books thatare believed to be stolen outof Bibb County.

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WCHS junior jailed charged with felony statutory rapeBByy JJUUDDYY BBAAIILLEEYYA Wilkinson County High

School junior remains behindbars in the county jail accusedof having sex with a minor.Jadaveon Alonzo Jones was

arrested Monday and chargedwith felony statutory rape.

Investigators say the 17-year-old had sex with a middleschool student during schoolhours April 13 in a WilkinsonCounty Middle School re-stroom.

A middleschool stu-dent reportedJones and theminor to au-thorities, ac-cording to In-vestigatorThomas Tay-lor withWilkinsonCounty Sher-iff’s Office.

“We went to the school the

same afternoon to begin ourinvestigation,” Taylor said.“We took out a warrant and ar-rested Jones on Monday.”

Wilkinson County SheriffRichard Chatman asked theGBI to help with the investiga-tion.GBI Assistant Special Agent

in Charge Ryan CarmichaelCarmichael confirmed the vic-tim is a minor but did not dis-close her age.

Taylor would not say

whether Jones has an ongoingrelationship with the minor.

High school students haveeasy access to the adjoiningmiddle school through a con-necting hallway.

The schools have video cam-eras throughout the hallways.Taylor said he has not seen therecordings taken April 13.

Wilkinson County Schoolsare closed for spring break thisweek.

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Geter did not return an emailTuesday requesting commentabout how Jones’ arrest affectshis ability to continue theschool term.

Investigative procedurecalls for a minor victim to un-dergo a medical evaluation todetermine if the minor en-gaged in intercourse.

Taylor would not saywhether the victim had beentested.

Georgia law defines felony

statutory rape as intercoursewith a person under the age of16.

At age 17 a person is con-sidered an adult in Georgia.

Legal age to consent to sexis 16.

A person convicted of the of-fense of felony statutory rapeshall be punished by imprison-ment for not less than one normore than 20 years, accordingto O.C.G.A. 16-6-3.

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Johnson Co. hears concerns involving alleged candidate letterBByy DDEEIIDDRREE LLEEDDFFOORRDDThaddeus Mason spoke to

the Board of Commissionersduring their meeting last Mon-day night with his concernsabout the current politicalrace.

He addressed rumors thatare going around regarding theSheriff's race and said thatwhen someone makes com-ments in regards to the coun-ty's misappropriation of funds,etc. it should be addressed.

He presented a letter toeach board member that hasallegedly been written by aSheriff's candidate and givento numerous residents.

McAfee stopped Mason andaddressed the fact that the let-ter was not signed and askedCounty Attorney Joseph Sum-ner what he thought about thedocument.

Before Sumner could finishresponding, Commissioner RonDarrisaw said 'the question is,

is he (Mason) going to pick outsegments of the document orread the whole document?"McAfee said to let the attorneylook at it to make sure it's ap-propriate for County business.Sumner read the letter andsaid it has detailed items in-cluding the second paragraphwhich said "due to a waste andabuse of taxpayer funds."

It also stated that the coun-ty had sent an elected officialto school at the taxpayer's ex-pense. He said it was appallingto read and that if the state-ments are factual, he thoughtthe County would have to re-spond.

McAfee addressed some ofthe issues mentioned in the let-ter and called it a 'politicalploy'.

"Have we approved this?No. Have we put funds outthere? No. With constitutionalofficers, the only thing thisboard can control is their bud-

get. Once it's set, they can useit as they see fit. If any of thisis true, I have no idea," saidMcAfee. "He's (Sheriff RustyOxford) got his budget and hecan spend it accordingly. Aslong as they stay in realm of le-galities, it's none of our busi-ness."

Darrisaw then said he feltthat every Commissionershould respond, not just theChairman.

"This letter is basically be-ing put out in the black com-munity," said Darrisaw. "I'mthe Commissioner in District 3and I don't want anybody poi-soning the well saying I'm do-ing something illegal withthese funds."

McAfee said the letter hadno merit because it was un-signed. Sumner advised thatall county financial mattersare in public domain and,through the Georgia SunshineLaws, anyone can obtain infor-

mation if they follow the prop-er procedures.

Teresa Lyles also spoke tothe board about the conditionof Piney Mount Church Road.She said that the road depart-ment had met a mess of theroads. She said that on March23 her 83-year old mother-in-law asked her if the county wasgoing to clean up the mess theymade. She carried eight wheel-barrows full of debris that wasleft by the road crews off of herland. Lyles, who showed theboard pictures of her yard, hermother-in-law's yard and theyard of Piney Mount Church,said she refused to clean uptheir mess from her property.

"I don't understand whythey can't just clean the messup as they go," said Lyles. "I'msure the county has a shoveland wheelbarrow. We pay tax-es and then have to worryabout cleaning up this mess."

Chairman Jimmy McAfee

asked Road Superintendent tocome up and look at the photosand asked him what could bedone to alleviate the problem.Waller explained that the crewwent back over the area withthe broom but they only have afew employees. He also saidthey couldn't get the area infront of the church because ithad rained and the dirt was toowet.

McAfee advised Waller thatafter the work is done in the fu-ture to have the crews go backwith the broom the next day tocorrect it. Waller said that waswhat they were doing now butit's been so long since the areahas been done that the dirt hasgotten really high, which iswhy it's creating such a mess.

McAfee asked for the em-ployees to straighten it out thenext day from here on out.Administrator Matthew Wa-ters proudly showed off thenew County maps that look

much better now that theyhave a new, up-to-date printer.He also shared a letter fromthe Adrian Police Chief ChrisChavis with the Board. The letter stated that on Sun-day, April 3, Deputy ScottieKnapp was dispatched to a ve-hicle that was stuck in the mudon Kelly Street. Once he ar-rived on scene, Knapp andDeputy Wesley Lewis becamesuspicious of the scene andcontacted Chief Chavis. Chavissaid that because of thedeputy's training and aware-ness, and because they notifiedhim of the situation, a simplecar stuck in the mud turned in-to much more. He said severalcases were solved because ofthis and he thanked thedeputies for their help.

Chief Deputy AnthonyAkridge presented a $7,500fees and seizures check to theBoard.

2 Bibb County men nabbed in Twiggs County for theft, drugs

Off-duty Baldwin Countydeputy arrested for DUI

EIGHTY -FIVE YEARSAGO...

DUBLIN COURIERHERALD, DISPATCH

AND PRESS

APRIL 23, 1931

Word was received thismorning from the CountyCommissioners office thatall but one of the deeds toRoute 80 are complete. Theone lacking will be con-demned on the 25th of thismonth, and then all will bein readiness for the begin-ning of the work. This onepiece of property is owned bythe Pearson-Taft Co. ofChicago, and negotiationswith them being impossible,a condemnation proceedingwas instituted last Satur-day, and the proceedings willbe completed on next Satur-day. The County Commis-sioners have already signedthe necessary contracts, andthe bids will be allowed andthe contract let on the 30thof this month with the workto begin on May 10. Thiswork has been going on forsome time, and the partiesare working hard to finishup before the last of thismonth.Twiggs County was about

30 days ahead of LaurensCounty in getting the right-of-way deeds, but their con-tract has not yet been let oradvertised, but action islooked for soon. The Wilkin-son County section, which isabout one and one-half mileslong, has not been looked for,but should be in short order.All this must be finished be-fore the road from Dublin toMacon will be completed andpaved. However, the resi-dents of Laurens County areexpecting to get their stretchof the road completed inshort order.

LOCAL GUARDSMENMAAKE SUMMER PLANSThe local National

Guardsmen met last nightand had their regular drill,Mayor Trammell C. Keensaid today. He, incidentally,is also Captain of CompanyK of the Guards. He addedthat inspection in makingpacks for non-commissionedofficers was held last nightsince the guards are makingplans to have a hike and adisplay of field equipment atcamp this summer.Captain Keen also said

today that Lt. Joel Lord wasrecently transferred to Com-pany K from HeadquartersCompany and that there willbe an election to fill the va-cancy in the HeadquartersCompany.

ROBBER OF SIMSSTORE UNKNOWNThe person who made off

with $303 from the SimsService Store here last Sun-day is still unknown, Man-ager Webb said today. Themoney was taken from astack of grain in which ithad been hidden when thestore was closed late Satur-day night.The back door of the store

was found open early onSunday morning, and theloss of the money was imme-diately discovered.It is believed that some-

one had hidden in the storeduring the busy hours onSaturday and when every-one had left, took the moneyand escaped through theback door.

M.D. & S. BUSY ONRAILWAY CROSSINGWork is now underway on

hard surfacing the crossingof the M.D. & S. Rail Roadon South Jefferson Street.The crossing has been ratherrough, and the work now inprogress will be a great im-provement. Old rails will belaid between the tracks,making a very smooth cross-ing, and either concrete orasphalt will be put downover the larger areas, thusfixing the crossing up in tip-top condition.Nelson S. Carswell says

that the work will be pushedto completion as rapidly aspossible, and he expects it tobe finished within a fewdays.

TIN CAN MATINEE ISGREAT SUCCESS

The Tin Can Matinee heldon Wednesday afternoon atthe Martin Theatre was ahuge success, according toSanitary Inspector WestWood. At one time duringthe show yesterday 900 chil-dren were in the theatre atonce with "more to come,"Mr. Wood said. Altogetherthere were 1,105 children at-tending the show during theafternoon and brought 5,525cans. "I was very pleasedwith the response to theclean-up program. I hadhoped that at least a thou-sand children would bringabout a thousand cans."Bags containing five tin cans(the price of admission), fivecans strung on a wire andgiven in by a little coloredgirl, cans in boxes, and justcans made up the vast pilein front of the Rose theatre.As each child brought the re-quired number of erst-whilefood containers to the the-atre, Mr. Wood gave out abright yellow ticket, and thechild then passed on into thebuilding to seee a very inter-esting show.The tin can mainee was justa part of the clean-up pro-gram sponsored by the sani-tary officer. He hopes tohave the streets cleaned, thetrees and fences white-washed, emnpty lots cleanedof brush, porch boxes andgarden sets painted, back-yards cleared, and dead andoverhanging limbs of treestrimmed.The clean-up program is a

very commendable projectand is backed by the City ad-ministration, Mayor T.C.Keen having issued a procla-mation announcing it lastSunday.

DR. KITTRELL URGESPRE- SCHOOL EXAMSDr. C.H. Kittrell, well-

known optometrist, says ofthe pre-school clinic to beheld on May first,"The effortbeing made to bring aboutthe physical examination ofall school children is mostcommendable. Thousands ofchildren are incapable of do-ing normal work in schooltoday because of physicalhandicaps that they havebut of which they are un-aware. Only proper physicalexamination will revealthese troubles. I make thisstatement based on mostvivid recollections of a per-sonal experience that causedme to hate the school roomand to suffer many unhappyhours of unnecessary suffer-ing."This clinic can be the

means by which many achild will escape such mis-

fortune." It is being spon-sored by the Junior Women'sClub.

MEMORIAL DAYPROGRAM PLANNEDCol. Carl K. Nelson, rep-

resentative-elect from Lau-rens County, will deliver theConfederate Memorial Dayaddress at 11 a.m at theCondor Consolidated Schoolon Monday, April 27. The fol-lowing program will be pre-sented:Song, "Bonnie Blue Flag" -studentsReading, "The Blue and

the Gray" - Louise JohnsonSong, "Tenting Tonight" -

studentsReading, "All Quiet Along

the Potomac" - Johnnie MaeHallSong, "Let Us Pass over

the River" - studentsReading, "Little Giffen" -

Ida KeeneSong, " Lorena" - Mrs.

R.B. WilliamsAddress, "Memorial Day"

- Col. Carl Nelson

DEXTER, ROUTE ONEA large crowd from this

section attended the sing atAntioch on Sunday.Friends of Mrs. Mettie

Clark regret to hear of herdeath and extend their sym-pathy to the bereaved fami-ly.Miss Willa Mae Stripling

was the Sunday night guestof Miss Geneva Warren atAntioch.A large crowd attended

prayer meeting at Mrs. A.M.Achord's home on Saturdaynight. Prayer services willbe held at the home of Mrs.J.W. Thomas next Saturday.Miss Mildred Mc Clelland

of Mt. Carmel was the at-tractive guest of W.T. Mack-ey's family recently.Mrs. John F. Woodard,

Leon Woodard, and Mrs.R.E. Tipton and her attrac-tive children, Donald andDot of Mt. Carmel, wereSunday guests of Mrs. T.W.Sykes of Dublin.

TIRE ROLLS TO SHOPFOR QUICK REPAIRSA bread truck was passing

through the business sectionof the city on Wednesday af-ternoon on its usual run. Asit came alongside F.S. Scony-ers Tire Repair Store, a reartire rolled off the wheel andjarrowed into the tire shop,rolling directly between Mr.Sconyers and the helper whowere standing in the door.Mr. Sconyers immediatelyplaced the tire back on the

truck which continued on itserrands."How's that for quick ser-

vice?" Mr. Sconyers asked.

MRS. FRANK WATKINSGUEST ARTIST ATSTUDY CLUB

"In Abraham's Bosom," astirring drama of Negro life,was charmingly given onWednesday afternoon at theopen meeting of Woman'sStudy Club at Oakholm, thehome of Mrs. T.J. Pritchettand Miss Margaret Pritch-ett. Mrs. Watkins, both acurrent and a charter mem-ber of Woman's Study Cluband sister of Dr. MargaretLandrum, founder of theClub, is now a resident ofMacon and was warmly wel-comed by the members andfriends who were present forthe entertainment onWednesday.Mrs. J.F. Hart, President,

in gracious words of greet-ing, introduced Mrs.Watkins and Mr. MurphySmith, who sang a numberof Negro spirituals betweenthe readings of the scenes inthe play. Before beginningher talk, Mrs. Watkins reada greeting from her sister tothe Club, expressing herbest wishes upon its contin-ued success.A brilliant reader, Mrs.

Watkins gave a powerfulrendition of this moving dra-ma of Negro life, prefacingthe reading with an explana-tion concerning it, saying,"This play has been called'the eternal dream of thedreamer, of someone whosedream has not been real-ized.' It has also been calledthe 'Odyssey of the Negrodreamer.'" A Pulitzer Prizewinner of 1927, "In Abra-ham's Bosom" was writtenby a a Negro, Paul Green ofthe University of North Car-olina faculty. He was one ofthe active promoters of theNorth Carolina Players, whoare famous for their drama-tization of the life of the Ne-gro in the mountains ofNorth Carolina.The story is laid in the

turpentine section of NorthCarolina, and the principalcharacter is Abraham, a mu-latto, - that most tragic fig-

ure of the race - who haslearned to read and writeand is ambitious for hisrace. The contrast betweenAbraham and the othercharacters in the story, Ma,Mac, Goldie his wife andDouglas the son, is vividlyportrayed throughout. Themain theme of the play cen-ters around the strugglethat goes on in Abraham'sbreast as the two natureswithin him struggle for su-premacy; finally he shedshis better nature whichcraves leadership in his race"as one sheds a worn outgarment when he nears thetragic end of a life spent inwandering, for there was noabiding place on earth forhim."Mr. Smith's selections,

which were given in perfectrhythm and intonation, werefrom "Green Pastures" byMarc Connely, a famous Ne-gro play. They were "Riseand Shine" and "The BlindMan Stood on 'de Road andCried." The accompanimentwas exquisitely rendered byMrs. A.T. Coleman, Chair-man of the Club's MusicCommittee.After the program, a deli-

cious fruit nectar was servedfrom an improvised punchbowl formed in a block of icein which a gorgeous bouquetof roses was frozen.

DEESE WINS FIRSTROUND TENNIS PLAYIn the tennis tournament,

which was begun yesterdayat the tennis courts in frontof Calhoun Street School,the seniors began the firstplay and continued all after-noon. Frank Deese finallywon after displaying thecourage and stamina of aSpartan. The boys whoplayed in the last matcheswere J.B. Spence, who de-feated Hilbert Bedingfield,and Deese, who defeatedThompson Beall. Deese andSpence then played for thetitle with Deese winning instraight sets.The other classes will

choose their champions toplay for the high schoolchampionship.

SLOT MACHINES: STATEOFFENSE

Defendants in three casescharged with operation ofslot machines in Dublinwere bound over to SuperiorCourt by Recorder R.I.Stephens yesterday. JudgeStephens held that the cityhad no right to impose fineson the cases since operationof the machines is a state of-fense and that the properplace for them is in SuperiorCourt.There was considerable

argument in the cases in-volving such technicalitiesas to whether the machinesin question paid off withmints when money wasplaced in them or if they arepurely gambling devices.

INTERIOR OF POSTOFFICE IS BEING

PAINTEDIn accordance with the

clean-up week, the local postoffice is being painted,scrubbed, and polished up,S.M. Prince said today. Thewalls and ceilings and, infact, the entire interior ofthe building will be bright-ened with paint. Post MasterOrr will supervise the workand see that it is done welland as soon as possible. Theceilings are like those in atowering church, so a hugeladder shaped like a sawhorse has been constructedin order that the paintersmay reach every part of thewalls.

POLICE WONDER WHOLOST BOX OFCLOTHING

If the person or personswho lost a box of assortedclothing will call at the po-lice station and identify it,Chief Robinson will be gladto return it. Chief Robinsonsaid that the box was foundby some children severaldays ago and brought it tothe station. They have beenexpecting an inquiry to bemade, but none has been.The pasteboard box, pickedup on the street, contains anassortment of clothes, most-ly for children, and somesecond-hand children'sshoes.

Saturday, April 23, 2016/Dublin, Ga/Page 4aThe Courier Herald

25th Annual

WILD HOG

FESTIVAL

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!! COME AND EXPERIENCE THE FUN!

(229)467-2107-Baying(229)467-2144-Arts & Crafts

EVENTS &ENTERTAINMENT:

Saturday May 7, 2016Gates Open at 9:00 a.m.Lions Park •Ê$2.00 Admission

I-75, Exit 101 30 miles east of Cordele on Hwy. 280

Golf Carts4-WheelersAnimals

Poker Run Sponsored by The Red Knights Motorcycle Club - GA Chapter 16, Proceeds go the GA Firefighter Burn Foundation, Contact David

Cummings at 478-262-5536

OCMULGEE

Hog-Dog Baying ContestKids Pig Chase - 12 Noon

Over 150 Craft & Food BoothsKiddie Rides

Music~Singing~Clogging

Route 80 to Macon expected to be completed early

TTooddaayy iiss SSaattuurrddaayy,, AApprriill2233,, tthhee 111144tthh ddaayy ooff 22001166..There are 252 days left in theyear.

TTooddaayy''ss HHiigghhlliigghhtt iinn HHiiss--ttoorryy::

On April 23, 1616 (Old Stylecalendar), English poet anddramatist William Shakespearedied in Stratford-upon-Avon onwhat has traditionally been re-garded as the 52nd anniversaryof his birth in 1564.

OOnn tthhiiss ddaattee::In 1016, Aethelred II "The

Unready," King of the English,died in London after 38 years onthe throne.

In 1789, President-electGeorge Washington and hiswife, Martha, moved into thefirst executive mansion, theFranklin House, in New York.

In 1791, the 15th president ofthe United States, JamesBuchanan, was born inFranklin County, Pennsylvania.

In 1910, former PresidentTheodore Roosevelt deliveredhis "Man in the Arena" speechat the Sorbonne in Paris.

In 1935, Poland adopted aconstitution which gave newpowers to the presidency.

In 1940, about 200 peopledied in the Rhythm Night ClubFire in Natchez, Mississippi.

In 1954, Hank Aaron of theMilwaukee Braves hit the firstof his 755 major-league homeruns in a game against the St.Louis Cardinals. (The Braveswon, 7-5.)

In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan wassentenced to death for assassi-nating New York Sen. Robert F.Kennedy. (The sentence was lat-er reduced to life imprison-ment.)

In 1976, "Ramones," the de-but album of the punk rockgroup, was released by SireRecords.

In 1986, death claimed com-poser Harold Arlen at age 81and movie director Otto Pre-minger at age 80.

In 1996, a civil court jury inThe Bronx, New York, orderedBernhard Goetz to pay $43 mil-lion to Darrell Cabey, one of fouryoung men he'd shot on a sub-way car in 1984. A three-nightauction of the late JacquelineKennedy Onassis' possessionsbegan at Sotheby's in New Yorkwith a bidding frenzy.

In 2007, Boris Yeltsin, thefirst freely elected Russian pres-ident, died in Moscow at age 76.

TTeenn yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: Osama binLaden issued new threats in anaudiotape broadcast on Arabtelevision and accused the Unit-ed States and Europe of sup-porting a "Zionist" war on Islamby cutting off funds to theHamas-led Palestinian govern-ment.

FFiivvee yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: Yemen'sembattled president, Ali Abdul-lah Saleh (AH'-lee ahb-DUH'-luh sah-LEH'), agreed to a pro-posal by Gulf Arab mediators tostep down within 30 days andhand power to his deputy in ex-change for immunity from pros-

ecution. (Saleh ended up leavingoffice in Feb. 2012.) FormerSony Corp. president and chair-man Norio Ohga, credited withdeveloping the compact disc,died in Tokyo at age 81.

OOnnee yyeeaarr aaggoo:: Blaming the"fog of war," President BarackObama revealed that U.S. dronestrikes in Pakistan had inadver-tently killed an American andan Italian, two hostages held byal-Qaida, as well as two otherAmericans who had leadershiproles with the terror network.

Former CIA Director David Pe-traeus, whose career was de-stroyed by an extramarital af-fair with his biographer, PaulaBroadwell, was sentenced inCharlotte, North Carolina, totwo years' probation and fined$100,000 for giving her classi-fied material while she wasworking on the book. The Sen-ate voted 56-43 to confirmLoretta Lynch as U.S. attorneygeneral. Richard Corliss, 71,Time magazine's longtime filmcritic, died in New York.

TTooddaayy''ss BBiirrtthhddaayyss:: ActorAlan Oppenheimer is 86. ActorDavid Birney is 77. Actor LeeMajors is 77. Hockey Hall ofFamer Tony Esposito is 73. Irishnationalist Bernadette DevlinMcAliskey is 69. Actress BlairBrown is 69. Writer-directorPaul Brickman is 67. ActressJoyce DeWitt is 67. Actor JamesRusso is 63. Filmmaker-authorMichael Moore is 62. ActressJudy Davis is 61. Actress Va-lerie Bertinelli is 56. Actor CraigSheffer is 56.

Saturday, April 23, 2016/Dublin, Ga/Page 5aThe Courier Herald

Saturday•Teen Talk 1-4 p.m. at Turning Point Church of God in Christ,511 McKinley St. •Wrightsville Serenity Group AA meeting at 8 p.m. Locatedacross from Dairy Queen in Wrightsville. •Millville High School Alumni at 11 a.m. at Millville School•AA I Am Responsible Group Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., Saturday and Sunday 8 p.m. •AA 24 Hour Group, Contact 279-0839, 629 Broad Street, E.Dublin, Ga, Sundays at 9 a.m.•NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street, EastDublin, Sundays at 3 p.m.• Families of Victory, meets every second Saturday at OleTimes Buffet Conference Room from 1-3 p.m. All religions,come as you are. Visit familiesofvictory.us for more info.

Monday•Dublin-Laurens FVSU Alumni Chapter at 6:30 p.m. inEast Dublin Plummer’s Square. •AA I Am Responsible Group, Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 8 p.m. •AA 24 Hour Group, contact 279-0839, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, Ga. 8 p.m. •NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, 6:30 p.m. at 629 BroadStreet, East Dublin.•Dublin Gamblers Anonymous Group, Contact 304-1033,Carl Vinson VA Medical Center, Building 1, Room 1B (up-stairs conference room), 6:30 p.m.•Lunch Bunch Al-Anonmeet each Tuesday at noon at FirstBaptist Church. Enter through double doors across from Fire-stone. Call 290-1322 for further information.•Dublin-Laurens County NAACPmeets every 3rd Mondayat 6:30 p.m. Mary Howard, President. For more information,please call 275-2649.

Tuesday•Dublin Kiwanis Club at 12:15 p.m. at The Dublin Coun-try Club. •AA I Am Responsible Group Contact, 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 5:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. •NA We Surrender, contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, 6:30 p.m.•Unity House (Family Recovery Support Group) at JohnsonLane on VA Grounds, Bldg. 8; 6-8 p.m. Contact: Dublin-Lau-rens County Chamber of Commerce (478) 272-5546 or LindaBailey at CSB of Middle GA (478) 272-1190. •Overeaters Anonymous meet at 6:45 at 912 Bellevue Ave.Contact 279-3808.•TOPSmeeting 6 p.m. at Pine Forest UMC, 400 Woods Ave.Contact info 275-7505. •South-Central GSRA Chapter of the Georgia State Re-tirees Association will meet on the 4th Tuesday of eachmonth at the Laurens County Library Auditorium, 11 a.m.We invite all retired and soon to retire state employees to joinus. Please contact Tommy Craft at 272-7820 for more infor-mation. •The Laurens County Democratic Party holds its regu-lar monthly meeting at the Laurens County Library Auditori-um between 5:45 and 6:45 p.m. on the second Tuesday ofevery month. All members and guests are invited to attend.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

THE NEXT 24 HOURS

SUNDAY

Sunrise 6:52 a.m.

MONDAY

Sunrise 6:51 a.m.

Clouds and very warm

Highs in the low 90sLows in the low 60s

Hi 88Lo 63

Considerable clouds

Highs in the low 80sLows in the mid 60s

THURSDAY FRIDAY

Hi 87Lo 52

Sunrise 6:49 a.m.

Sunrise 6:50 a.m.Mostly sunny

Highs in the mid 80sLows in the low 60s

A thunderstorm possible

Highs in the high 80sLows in the low 50s

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Sunrise 6:53 a.m. Sunset 8:07 p.m.

Mostly sunny andwarm

Sunrise 6:52 a.m.

Clear Clouds and verywarm

TODAY TOMORROW

Ocmulgee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.63ʼRiversLatest observed value

Partly sunny and warm

Highs in the high 80sLows in the low 60s

A thunderstorm possible

Highs in the low 80sLows in the high 50s

Sunrise 6:48 a.m.

Hi 88Lo 62

TONIGHT

80° 54° 91°

Hi 91Lo 62

Hi 81Lo 64

Hi 86Lo 62

Oconee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.79ʼ

YOUR COURIERHERALD

LOCAL 7-DAY

Sunrise 6:47 a.m.

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IIss iitt iilllleeggaall ffoorr aa ccaannddii--ddaattee ffoorr SShheerriiffff ttoo display onhis campaign material the offi-cial insignia of the LaurensCounty Sheriff's Office?

LLoottss ooff ttiimmeess wwhheenn II ccaalllliinnttoo TTeellll IItt!!,, I need to remem-ber that I'm talking to a smallgroup of people in a small townstuck in a time warp back inthe 60s that think the wholeworld should apply to theirprinciples.

IInn rreessppoonnssee ttoo tthhee dduummppttrruucckkss oonn BBeenn HHaallll LLaakkeeRRdd..,, the dirt road on Ben HallLake Rd. is in the process ofgetting paved. That's why thedump trucks are back andforth. The workers and haulinggravel and whatever else isneeded to get the job done, andit's a blessing.

RRaarreellyy ccrreeddiitteedd,, tthhee OObbaa--mmaass wwiillll bbee mmiisssseedd for theirsensible debate, class, fitness,humor, devotion, elegance,savvy politics and love for allmankind, regardless of theirethnicity, gender or imperfec-tions, unlike some campaignerswith countless critics.

WWhheenn wwiillll tthheessee aann--nnoouunncceerrss ssttoopp ttrryyiinngg to com-pare LeBron James to realchampions? Jordan could carrya team. LeBron James needs ateam to carry him.

AAllll II hheeaarr aarree ccrriittiicciissmmssooff OObbaammaa,, when the problemis right up under your nose. It'sthe obstructionists you elect tocongress. Ted Cruz singlehand-edly held the country hostagereading Green Eggs and Hamat a cost of $24 Million. But it'sObama's fault.

II wwiillll nnoott vvoottee ffoorr aa nneeggaa--ttiivvee,, mudslinging sheriff's can-

didate.

WWhheetthheerr oouurr nneexxtt pprreessii--ddeenntt iiss MMrr.. SSnnooww WWhhiittee orMr. Bright Knight, I guaranteeyou they can't control whatgoes on in the middle East nomore than the United States.None of them can controlthings they claim. If you're liv-ing seven an a half years fromnow, you're gonna still be com-

plaining.

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ALMANAC

COMMUNITY EVENTSOconee High School National Alumni Association

holding a Beautillion College Preparation Workshop Fort Valley State University will conduct a workshop at

the Oconee Cultural Center, located at Wabash Street andOconee Street near Oconee Gym, at 10:45 a.m. on Saturdaythat will focus on how to enroll in college and how to maxi-mize the use of financial aid. This workshop will be helpful tohigh school students and parents planning to attend any col-lege. A limited number of seats will be available to the pub-lic. Call (478) 595-8886 to reserve a seat.

NAACP, Southside Community Association, Inc. &Councilman Bennie Jones, Ward 1 present Communi-

ty Forum: Jobs! Jobs!! & Jobs!!!The NAACP, Southside Community Association, Inc. &

Councilman Bennie Jones, Ward 1 present Community Fo-rum: Jobs! Jobs!! & Jobs!!! The guest speaker will be BradLofton, director of Economic Development Authority at 7p.m. Monday at Susie Dasher Elementary School Gym. Re-freshments will be provided.

The Traverse Jury has been announced forMay 16 at 8:30 a.m.

Prospective jurors should call 272-3235 be-ginning Friday evening of May 13, after 6 p.m.

A recorded message will inform callers ifthere is any change in the reporting time ordate.

This message will remain on the Jury Infor-mation Line from Friday at 6 p.m. until Mon-day at 8:30 a.m.

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SPECIALEVENTS & SERVICES

Mt. Tilla Baptist Churchwill have Family & FriendsDay the 4th Sunday. Dress iscasual. Please feel free to repre-sent your church family bywearing your t-shirt. Rev.Harold Banks- PastorA Gospel Sing Benefit

for Kerri Renfroewill be heldSunday, April 24, at TwiggsCounty High School Gym, 4p.m. Contact: Ms. Mabel Glover478-945-6420. Sponsored byThe Glover Family of KerriRenfroe and Griffin Gift Bap-tist Church.Johnson Chapel Church,

8138 Crooked Run Road, Adri-an, will host the popular South-ern Gospel quartet, The DixieMelody Boys Sunday, May 1at 10:30 a.m.Vickers Hill A.B. Church,

Wrightsville, will celebrate itsfirst Deacon AppreciationApril 24 at 2 p.m. Speaker willbe Dea. Lawrence Wright. Dea-con attire: black suit.Pine Level Missionary

Baptist Church, EastDublin, Pastor Billy D. Wickerand Elect lady Minister TanyaWicker. Sunday, April 24, willbe Friends and Family Day.Services at 11 a.m. Dinner to beserved.Williams Chapel Bàptist

Church 2016 Youth Explosion.April 23, at 2 p.m. Talents insong, dance, mime or step, oth-er activities, games, bouncer.Rev. James F. Sherman is Pas-tor.Lighthouse Baptist

Church of Eastman, willhave revival services April 25-27. Services will start 7:30nightly. Speakers: Mon., Rev.Johnnie Wilmore Jr.; Tues.,Rev. Roger Edwards; Wed., Rev.Herbert Coney of Fitzgerald.Rev. Donald E. Way, Pastor.New Providence Mission-

ary Baptist Church of Cad-well 17th Pastor’s Anniversarywill be Sunday, April 24 at 2:30p.m. Guest speaker will beBishop Harrison Jones of War-ren Grove Holiness Church inRentz.Johnson Chapel Church,

located between Soperton andAdrian, Homecoming will beSunday, May 1. Morning ser-vice at 10:30 with pastor, theRev. James Salter, bringing themessage. Lunch at noon. After-noon singing at 1:30 with DixieMelody Boys and The Hall Sis-ters.Williams Chapel Baptist

Church celebrates their Ush-ers Ministry Anniversary onSunday, April 24 during the 11a.m. service. Rev. James F.Sherman is Pastor.Williams Chapel Baptist

celebrates their 137th ChurchAnniversary on Sunday, May1. Everyone is invited to attendour 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. ser-vices. Our guest at 2:30 is Rev.Winfred McCloud and NuShiloh and Springhill BaptistChurches. Rev. James F. Sher-man is Pastor.Word of Harvest Min-

istries Inc. COGIC will behave theirAnnual Pastor'sAideRevival May 11-13. Differentspeakers each night. Servicetime will be 7:30 p.m. ApostleJames Bell, pastor.William Grove Baptist

Church will host the May 1meeting of the City Wide Mis-sion at 4 p.m. Second BaptistChurch will present the pro-gra. Mrs. Bernice T. Myers isthe President.

Millville Baptist Churchwill celebrate 148 yearsChurch Anniversary, Sun-day, May 1 during the 11 a.m.service. Pastor, the Rev. KelvinWashington will be the speak-er.Holly Spring Baptist

Church 147th Church An-niversary Service will beheld Sunday, May 15 at 11 a.m.Pastor Joe F. Moore will deliverthe anniversary message.

Reedy Springs BaptistChurch will observe it's 140thChurch Anniversary on May1. There will be only one ser-vice. Dinner will be served.Pastor, the Rev. Charlie Robin-son.

Living Faith BaptistChurch Annual PrayerBreakfast will be Saturday,

April 30 at 9 a.m.Laurens Hill Baptist will

host a free Gospel ConcertSaturday, April 30 at 5 p.m. incelebration of its 148th An-niversary. Pastor - Greg Jones.Brundage Mount Baptist

Church, 235 Vinson Rd.,McIntyre, will have a healthawareness fair and 5Kwalk/run Saturday, May 14,8:30 a.m. Adults $15, 18-under$8. Call 478-946-2403 for moreinfo.The 1st Rehobeth Associ-

ation Quarterly Meetingwill be April 23 at 9 a.m.Moderator Rev. Winfred Mc-Cloud. Assistant Rev. WillieEdmond.Buckeye Baptist Church

Usher's Anniversary will beApril 24 at 4 p.m with Rev.Marque Harden and the St.Galilee Baptist Church Family.Rev. David G. Flowers, Pastor.

First A.B. Senior MissionMinistry Annual Pre-Re-vival Mission Service Sun-day, April 24 at 2:30 p.m. Pas-tor Winfred L. McCloud &Spring Hill Baptist Church arethe guests.First A.B. Annual Spring

RevivalApril 25-29 each nightstarting at 7:30 p.m. PastorAn-thony Q. Corbett Sr. of theLundy Chapel Baptist Churchof Macon is revivalist.Pleasant Hill Church,

Bartow, 1st Pastoral Anniver-sary for Rev. Roy Irwin Sunday,April 24, 6 p.m. Speaker: Rev.Bernard Young of Wrightsville.

REGULAR SERVICES

60-Plus Ministry meets atWabash Church of God, 500Telfair Street in Dublin, everythird Saturday at 10:30 a.m.Pastor R. May.Ambassadors Church of

the Lord Jesus Christ, 301Camelot Drive, Dublin(Kingswood Subdivision), Sun-day services: 10:30 a.m.; Thurs-day Bible study: 6:30 p.m. Formore information call the Rev.Phillip Hightower, 278-5462.Bellevue Road Church of

Christ, 2214 Bellevue Rd.,Dublin. Sunday Bible Class 10a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6p.m. Wednesay Bible Study 7p.m. Johnnie Scaggs Jr. , Min-ister.Bethsaida Baptist

Church, of Adrian, located onGa. 86 aka Old SavannahRoad: SS at 10 a.m. Worship at11 a.m. along with K.I.D.S.church at 11 a.m. Pastor, J.Randy Graham.Blackville Church of

God, 12106 Ga. Hwy 15 South,Adrian, has SS at 10 a.m.,morning worship at 11, eveningworship at 6 every Sunday.Wednesday service at 7:30 p.m.Brazeal Chapel

C.O.G.I.C. Pastoral Day firstSunday 11 a.m., Sunday schoolevery Sunday 10 a.m., fourthSunday pastoral day 11 a.m.,fifth Sunday Children’s day 11a.m., Bible study Thursday at 7p.m. Pastor Grady Brazeal.Brown Chapel Baptist

Church 1600 Lovett Rd. Sun-day school every Sunday at 10a.m., worship service each 1stand 3rd Sunday at 11 a.m.Brown Grove Baptist

Church 1st and 3rd Sundaysat 8 a.m. - 2nd and 4th Sundaysat 11:30 a.m. Reverend CecilMoore, pastor.Central Baptist Church is

at a new location at 706 HayesStreet, Dublin, with Sundayschool at 9:30 a.m., Sundaymorning worship at 11 a.m. andBible study and prayer meetingon Wednesday from 6-7 p.m.Pastor is the Rev. Ellis A. Car-swell.Central Drive Baptist

Church has regular serviceswith SS at 10 a.m. and preach-ing at 11. Sunday and Wednes-day night services start at 6.The Rev. W.L. Currie is pastor.Chester United

Methodist Church SS at 10a.m. and morning worship 11a.m., Wednesday prayer 7 p.m.Pastor Tommy Roe.Christ Deliverance Tem-

ple, 403 East Garner Street,Dublin, Pastor - Apostle Ken-neth Kates Sr. Services: 10amSunday Morning Prayer; 11amSunday School; 12 Noon Wor-ship Service; 11am WednesdayMorning Prayer; 7pm Wednes-day Bible Study.Christ Temple of Mercy

Church Services Sundayschool at 10 a.m., Worship ser-vice at 11:30 a.m. and Biblestudy Wed. at 7 p.m.Christian Hope BaptistChurch 2nd and 4th Sundayat noon. SS each Sun. 11 a.m.The Rev. W.M. Nesbitt is pas-tor.Christian Outreach Fel-

lowship Church, PastorCharles Moss announces orderof services: Sunday school at9:30 a.m., Sunday worship ser-vice at 11 a.m.; Tuesday Biblestudy at 7:30 p.m.; Call forprayer at 478-875-3425.The Church at Dudley -

Join us for “The Story,” achronological study of God’sWord, every Sunday at 9 a.m.3388 U.S. 80 in Dudley. TheRev. Kenneth Price, pastor.Church of Christ, 433

Hillbridge Rd, meets everySunday for Bible study at 10a.m., worship at 11, andevening service at 6.Church of Jesus order of

services every Sunday Biblestudy 11:15 a.m., worship ser-vice 12 p.m., Youth services.Every last Sunday, WednesdayNight Bible Teaching/Prayer 7p.m. Pastor Bishop H.B. Turn-

ley.Church of Deliverance

H&M Revival Center, 981 Scot-land Road, Rentz. TuesdayBible study 7 p.m., Wednesdayprayer 6:30 p.m., SS 9:30 a.m.and Sunday worship 11 a.m.Pastors Willie and NanetteReid.Corinth United

Methodist Church, Meeks:Sundays: SS 10 a.m., morningworship at 11, evening worshipat 6; Wednesday Bible study at6:30 p.m.; Friday Yoga at 5p.m.; Family Lunch 1st Sun-days; Fellowship Club, 2ndThursdays at 7 p.m. Pastor:Donna Avera.Crossroads Church in

Cadwell - SS 10 a.m., worship11 a.m. Wednesday 7 p.m.Danville First Baptist

Church, 304 First Street, SSat 10 a.m. and worship 1st and3rd Sundays, 11 a.m. Biblestudy each Monday, 6:30 p.m.Rev. Eric M. Carswell, Pastor.Dominion Ministries, 222

Wrightsville Ave., East Dublinservices 2nd & 4th Sunday at10 a.m. org. Founder/Pastor isJames W. Scott Jr.Driskell Tabernacle Bap-

tist Church has worship on2nd, 4th, and 5th Sunday with10 a.m. SS and 11 a.m. wor-ship. Bible study is 2nd and 4thWednesday at 7 p.m. The Rev.Willie Reed is pastor.Dublin New Birth Min-

istries, 900 MLK Jr. Drive,gives away a bag of groceries oneach 3rd Sunday from 11 a.m.to noon. Rev. Dr. JohnnyVaughn is pastor.Eason Hill Baptist

Church services 1st and 3rdSundays - SS at 10 a.m. andworship at 11.Evergreen Methodist

Church, 1495 Old ToomsboroRd, Dublin, has Sunday service9:45 a.m. Gospel Sing each 5thSunday 5 p.m.Families of Victory - Need

assistance with your family?Come join the fellowship every2nd Saturday at Ole TimesBuffet Conference Room, 1-3p.m. All religions, come as youare. Let’s draw strength fromeach other.First African Baptist

Church services each Sunday

with SS at 9:30 a.m. and Wor-ship at 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.Bible study is 6 p.m. Wednes-day. The Rev. KeithAnderson ispastor.First Independent

Methodist Church servicetimes for Sunday: Bible study10 a.m., Morning worship 11,Evening worship 6:30, Wednes-day 7 p.m. Please come join us.First United Methodist

Church 8:50 a.m. (traditionalin sanctuary), 9 a.m. (contemp.in fellowship hall) and 11 a.m.(trad/sanct). SS for nursery-adults, 9:45 a.m. Youth andother studies Sunday andWednesday evenings. Pastors:Rev. Thad Haygood, Rev. BobWilliams, Rev. Jack Key.Fleming Chapel AME

Church has service 1st and3rd Sunday with SS at 10:15a.m. Morning worship at 11.Bible study on Monday nightafter the first Sunday at 6. TheRev. Lily Dykes is pastor.Free Gift Baptist Church

worship every 1st and 3rd Sun-day. SS at 10:30 a.m., worshipat 11:30 a.m. Bible study everyWednesday night following the1st and 3rd Sunday at 7. TheRev. Terry Rozier is pastor.Free Vision Deliverance

Outreach Ministry Inc., 540Wabash St., Dublin. Join usevery Wednesday, 6 p.m. Fri-day, 7 p.m. SS 10:30 a.m., Sun-day worship 11:30 a.m. Sr. Pas-tor Apostle Shirley L. Parker.

Friendship BaptistChurch - Pastor: the Rev. GregL. Mack. Services held every1st & 3rd Sunday. SS 11 a.m.Praise/worship services 12noon. Wed. night Bible study at7:30.Generational Beginning

Ministries - SS at 9 a.m., wor-ship at 10 a.m. Bible study eachTues. at 7 p.m. and Intercesso-ry Prayer each Sat. at 10 a.m.Henry Channel III is pastor.Georgia Grove Mission-

ary Baptist Church servicesevery Sunday except 5th. Sun-day school 10 a.m., Praise andworship 11 a.m. Everyone wel-come. Rev. Jimmy E. Cordy Sr.,pastor.Gethsemane United

Methodist Church, 501 Sop-erton Ave., East Dublin - Sun-day school 10 a.m. Sundaymorning worship 11, Wednes-day Bible study, 6:30 p.m. TheRev. Judd Drake is pastor.God's Divine Vision Min-

istry, Inc. Worship serviceeach Sunday at 8 a.m. Biblestudy each Tuesday 6 p.m. 5thSunday Family/Friends Daywith full breakfast after wor-ship. Children’s church offeredSunday morning and duringBible study. The Rev. Ricky B.Stanley is founder/pastor. TheRev. Tremaine Tarver is associ-ate pastor.Grace Baptist Church,

Sunday morning worship 10a.m., Sunday Bible study 5

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Religion Digest

For Sale: Brick House to be move

from 1421 Second Dudley, GA. House is

owned by Dudley Baptist Church. Bids will be accepted in church

office until 10:00 AM May 10, 2016. For more

information go to dudleybaptistchurch.org

HOMECOMING, April 24th, 10:30 AMHomecoming Speaker • Rev. Billy Wicker

WESLEY CHAPELUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Old Macon Road • Danville, GA

HOMECOMINGHOMECOMINGAND

REVIVAL, April 25th, 26th & 27th 7:00 PMRevival Speaker • Rev. Wes Moye, Pine Forest UMC

Pinehill UnitedMethodist Church

I-16 Highway 441 SouthDublin, GA

Jody Martin, Pastor

A Homecoming EventSunday, April 24, 2016Al Purser, Special Guest

Lunch to Follow

Revival April 25th-27th

Rev. Larry Waldrep, Guest SpeakerSpecial Music Each Night

Services Begin at 7:00 p.m.

Nursery Provided Everyone Welcome

Spring RevivalBethesda Baptist Church

S C O T L A N D R O A D

Sunday Morning, April 24th

Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.Special Music by the Attaways at 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Chad Drew, Speaker

Sunday Evening, April 24th

Rev. Bill Jones, Guest Speaker at 6:00 p.m.

Monday-Wednesday,April 25th-27th at 7:00 p.m.

p.m., Wednesday prayer as-sembly and Bible study at 6:30p.m. All services currently heldat 649 Gordon Edwards Road,Dublin.

Greater Jackson ChapelChurch House of Prayer holdsmorning service at 11 a.m.every Sunday. Bible study at6:30 p.m. every Thursday.

Greater New FriendshipBaptist Church has SS eachSunday at 9:30 a.m. Worshipservice begins at 11 a.m. Biblestudy is heldWednesday nightsat 7.

Greater StrawberryA.M.E. Church, 630 CountryClub Road, SS every Sunday at10 a.m. Worship service on 2ndand 4th Sundays at 11 a.m.Bible study on 3rd Sundays at11 a.m. Rev. Lula Riley is pas-tor.

Greater Union GroveCOGIC every 1st, 2nd, and4th Sunday, with intercessoryprayer at 10 a.m. Sundayschool at 10:30 a.m., and praiseand worship at 11:45 a.m. Bish-op J.W. Leggett is pastor.

Greater Victory Templewill assist anyone who needs aride to service at 9 a.m. for Sun-day School, 10 a.m. morningworship.Anyone interested in aride to church, please call Pas-tor Prenis Edmond at 278-8354or 984-4064.

Green Grove MissionaryBaptist Church, 2418 Ga. 441S., has services every Sunday,with SS at 9:45 a.m., worshipservice at 11 a.m., Bible studyand food bank ministry everyMonday 10:30 a.m. and Biblestudy every Wednesday at 6:30p.m. Rev. Milton Hughes ispastor.

Gym Youth Service atBethlehem Baptist Churchevery Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Hamilton Street Churchof God By Faith Inc. (Looseand Bind ministries) everySunday but fifth. SS 10 a.m.Morning worship at 11. Sundayevening worship on 3rd Sundayonly at 3 p.m. Bible Tuesday 8p.m. Prayer 3rd Tuesday at 8p.m. Youth every 4th Tuesdayat 8. p.m. Pastor, Elder Dr.Charlie Smith. 209 HamiltonSt., Dublin.

Healing The Hurt Min-istries: Women’s supportGroup - The Pathway to Victo-ry is held every 2nd Tuesdayfrom 6:30-8 p.m. For more info,call Pastor Geraldine Cadle478-290-1641.

Henry Memorial Presby-terian Church, at 511 Belle-vue Ave. in Dublin, has Sundayschool at 10 a.m. and worshipat 11 a.m. on Sunday andWednesday Bible study at 7:30p.m.

Hogan Grove BaptistChurch now has servicesevery 2nd and 4th Sundays. SSis at 10 a.m. and worship at 11.Pastor is the Rev. Herschel LeeWhite Sr.

Holly Grove Churchmeets 1st and 3rd Sundayswith Sunday School at 10 a.m.,Praise and Worship services at11 a.m.

Holly Springs BaptistChurch meets 1st and 3rdSundays. SS at 10 a.m.; wor-ship at 11 a.m. On 2nd, 4thand 5th Sundays, worship at 8a.m. and SS at 10 a.m. Mon. at5:30 p.m. - Intercessory prayer.Wednesday noonday service;Prayer Service/Bible Study at 7p.m. Pastor Joe F. Moore.

Holly Springs AfricanBaptist Church, Inc. 2345Buckeye Rd., East Dublin,every 1st Sunday 9 a.m., wor-ship with SS immediately fol-lowing. 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sun-day 10 a.m. SS with worshipfollowing at 11 a.m. BibleStudy is held at the Churchevery 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Sat-urdays starting at 10 p.m. Min-ister Anthony King is the pas-tor.Howard Chapel United

Methodist Church has Sun-day worship at 11 a.m., Sundayschool at 9:45 a.m. and Biblestudy Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.Antonio Sutton is pastor.

Hubbard Chapel BaptistChurch, Sunday school 10:30a.m., worship at 11:30 a.m. on2nd and 4th Sundays.

Jefferson Street BaptistChurch, 209 North JeffersonStreet, Sunday school at 9:45a.m. and morning worship at10:55 a.m. Evening worship at6. Wednesday prayer meetingat 6:30 p.m. Pastor is the Rev.Darren Talley.

Jordan Grove COGIC,Pastor Supt. Ira Edwards -Sunday school each Sunday at10 a.m. and morning worshipat noon.

Jordan Redeemer H.O.D.(Pastor Linda Knight): SS10:30 a.m.; Worship 12 p.m.,Bible study Monday nights at7. Bread and Butter Wednes-day morning 9 a.m. Healingservice, 1st Friday, 7 p.m.

Kingdom Living Church,807 Smith St, Dublin has wor-ship service every Sunday. In-tercessory Prayer - 8:30 a.m.,Sunday School - 9:15 a.m., andWorship Service - 10:30 a.m.Tyrone Turner is pastor.

Laurens Hill - 1st and 3rd

Sunday, worship at noon. Biblestudy Tuesday at 7 p.m. SS at11 a.m. on 1st and 3rd Sunday,at 10 a.m. on 2nd and 4th Sun-day. The Rev. Gregory Jones ispastor.

The Lighthouse Churchof God, Dewey Warnock Road,East Dublin. SS 10 a.m. Morn-ing worship 11 a.m. Eveningservice 6 p.m., and Wednesdaynight family training 7 p.m.Children’s church and nursery.Rev. Matthew Schluckebier,pastor.

Living Faith BaptistChurch at Hwy. 257 has Sun-day School at 9:45 a.m. andworship service at 10:45 a.m.every Sunday. Prayer, praiseand Bible study is 7 p.m. everyWednesday. Rev. Jamie T.Paulk is pastor.

Living Hope WordChurch, 101 Pearl St., EastDublin - Worship every 1stthrough 4th Sunday at 11 a.m.,Sunday school at 10. Thurs-days - Sound the Alarm (youthBible study) at 6:30 p.m.P.H.A.T. (Prayer Praise Heal-ing). Anointing. Teaching(adult Bible study) at 7 p.m.,Carlos Jones, pastor.

Loving MinistriesC.O.G.I.C. 116 Pritchett St.Dublin. Services: SS at 9:45a.m. Worship at 11:15 a.m,Bible Study on Wednesdays at6:30 p.m. Pastor is Supt. AltonJones.

Macedonia BaptistChurch of Montrose has ser-vices every 2nd and 4th Sun-day. SS at 10 a.m., Worship at11 a.m. Pastor: The Rev. C. L.Cason.

Millville Baptist Church -Intercessory prayer Wed. at5:45 p.m. Bible Study at 6p.m. Noon Prayer every Fri-day. SS every Sunday at 9:45a.m. with worship at 11. TheRev. K. R. Washington is pas-tor.

Minter Baptist Church,Sunday: 10 and 11 a.m., 6 p.m.(includes youth) WednesdayBible study/prayer: 7:30 (in-cludes youth) Every 4th Sun-day, Wednesday 7 p.m. fellow-ship supper (no cost, all wel-come).

Mitchell Grove BaptistChurch - SS at 9 a.m., worshipat 10 a.m., Bible study Wednes-day at 6:45 p.m. The Rev. RickyB. Stanley is pastor.

Montrose worship on 1stSunday, 6 p.m. everymonth.Allchurches in the association areasked to be present to maketheir report. The Rev. WinfredL. McClouds is moderator.

Montrose Baptist Church- SS 9:45 a.m., morning wor-ship 11 a.m. and evening wor-ship at 7.

Mount Calvary Mission-ary Baptist Church holdsservices every Sunday. SS at9:45 a.m., worship service, 11a.m. Bible study everyWednesday at 7 p.m. The Rev.Dr. Willie L. Edmond, pastor.

Mitchell Grove BaptistChurch services: SS at 9 a.m.,worship service at 10 a.m. Biblestudy on Wednesday at 6:45p.m. Ricky B. Stanley is pastor.Montford Grove Baptist

Church regular worship ser-vices Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Pas-tor James Timothy Jackson.

Mount Green BaptistChurch, pastor the Rev. JoeShinholster - Worship serviceevery second and fourth Sun-day,11:30 a.m. SS every Sun-day at 10:30 a.m. Bible study6 p.m. every Wednesday.

Montpelier BaptistChurch has van transporta-tion to its services every Sun-day. Call Deacon Keith Stuckeyat 290-2399 or Deacon MarkSmith at 697-0338.

Mt. Moriah BaptistChurch services: SS at 10:30a.m. Worship at 11:30 a.m.Bible study Wednesday at 7p.m. The Rev. ClarenceDurham Thomas, pastor.

Mt. Moriah BaptistWomen’s Ministry meetsevery Wednesday at 6 p.m.Sunday at 10:30 a.m. for SS.Devotional service at 11:30 a.m.Everyone invited. Rev.Clarence Thomas, pastor.

Mount Pullen AMECLakeway Rd. and U.S. Hwy319 N. SS each Sunday at 9:45a.m. Worship each 1st and 3rdSunday at 11 a.m. The Rev. A.Ted Walters is pastor and theRev. Mario L. Coneway is localminister.

Mt. Sinai CovenantChurch With God, 708 Nor-side Dr., East Dublin. “We don’tdo what others do.” SS 10:30a.m. Morning worship 12:15p.m. Wed. Bible study 7 p.m.Pastor- Apostle W.J. Inman.

Mt. Sinai Healing TempleChurch in East Dublin - Biblestudy at 7 p.m. Wed. night andSS every 2nd and 4th Sundays10 a.m.

The Mt. Tilla BaptistChurch Family welcomes theRev. Harold Banks as their newpastor. S.S 9:45 a.m. and Wor-ship at 11 a.m. Bible study ev.Wednesday at 7 p.m. YouthBible Study is 6-8 p.m. GradesK-12 homework help & study

hall/tutoring. Refreshments forkids. Transportation available.Contact Markeishand Smith478-697-6998 or 478-290-2425.

Mt. Tilla provides trans-portation every Sunday to wor-ship. Call Deacon Mark Smithat 697-0338 or Deacon KeithStuckey at 290-2399 or Bro.Curtis Cummings.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church,1750 Mark Wood Road, 10 a.m.SS, 11 a.m. worship, eveningservices 5:30. Wednesdayprayer 7 p.m.

New Beginnings Interna-tional Outreach Ministry,4091 West Main, Soperton.Sunday worship 3:30 p.m. andBible Study on Tuesdays, 7p.m. Cedric Manior, pastor.

New Bible Believers Mis-sionary Baptist ChurchMonday morning Bible class,10; Tuesday noon prayer group;Wednesday night Bible study,7; Sunday school every Sundayat 9:45 followed by worship ser-vices at 11. Pastor - Rev. BennyL. Brantley Sr.

New Canaan BaptistChurch in Chester has ser-vices the first Sunday everymonth at 11:30 a.m. and thefourth Sunday every month at3 p.m.

New Evergreen BaptistChurch, 2626 New EvergreenChurch Rd., Cadwell, has ser-vice ev. 2nd and 4th Sunday: SSat 11 a.m. Pastor is ElderClarence Bostic of Macon.

New Faith Temple Houseof Love order of services: Biblestudy Wednesdays at 7 p.m. ex-cept 2nd Wed. when we havechurch meeting with pastor; SS10 a.m. and worship 11:15every Sunday. Bishop BobbyJones Sr., pastor; BishopRogers L. Allen Sr., assoc. min-ister.

New Friendship BaptistChurch meets each Sundaywith SS at 9:30 a.m. and wor-ship at 11. Bible study 7 p.m.onWednesdays. The Rev. RogerEdwards is pastor.

New Vision Fellowship,907 E. Hillcrest Pkwy. Worshipeach Sunday at 10:45 a.m.Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., Biblestudy and prayer. Pastor is Dr.Michael Kennedy.

Oconee Baptist Church,2350 Oconee Church Road,Dublin, has SS at 10 a.m. andworship at 11 a.m. Sundayevening service at 6 andWednesday prayer at 6 p.m.

Pinehill UnitedMethodist Church - Sundayschool 10 a.m. Morning wor-ship 11 a.m. Bible study ev.Wednesday night at 7. PastorJody Martin.

The Place Ministry: Mon-day – Friday 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.,everyone invited. No sin is toobig that God can’t forgive it.130A E. Jackson Street inDublin.

Pearls of Wisdom Christ-ian Female Youth OutreachMinistry meets ev. two weeks.All young ladies, grades 6-12,eligible. Call Terri Hightower,275-3937, or Diane and KeshaNesbitt, 275-3937.

Ranger Grove C.O.G.I.C.(Pastor Ira Edwards): Sundayschool every Sunday 10 a.m.,1st Sunday youth 12:30 p.m.,2nd Sunday expense 12-12:30p.m., 3rd Sunday women’s12:30 p.m., 4th Sunday pas-toral 12:30 p.m.

Reedy Springs BaptistChurch services 1st, 2nd and4th Sunday. SS 10:45 a.m.Praise and worship at 11:30a.m. Pastor Charlie Robinson.

Resurrection Assemblyof God, 802 Soperton Ave.,East Dublin. SS at 10 a.m.,Sunday morning worship at 11,Sunday evening at 6 andWednesday at 7 p.m. PastorHugh Spivey.

Rice Hill Baptist Church,2706 Moore Station Rd. 2nd,4th & 5th Sunday. SS 10:30a.m., 2nd and 5th Sunday, withworship at 11:30 a.m. SS at9:30 a.m. on 4th Sunday withworship at 10:30 a.m. Biblestudy Wednesday before 2ndand 4th Sunday at 7 p.m. TheRev. Abraham Crockett, pastor.

Robinson Chapel BaptistChurch - ev. 2nd and 4th Sun-day. SS 10 a.m. and worship at11 a.m. The Rev. R.L. Wilder,pastor.

Rose Hill Baptist Church- every Sunday with SS at10:30 a.m. Worship at noon andBible study every Thurs., 7p.m. Carlton Godfrey, pastor.

Royal Springs BaptistChurch: Worship every 2ndand 4th Sunday - Sundayschool, 10:30 a.m., worship at11:30 a.m.

Running Feet for ChristChristian Center, 5812 Ga.Hwy 46, Soperton, 30457. NewChurch Hours: Sunday School -9:30 a.m. Morning Worship -10:30 a.m. Services every Sun-day except 3rd.

Safe Harbor Church, 111Nora Blvd, Adrian, services onSundays at 11 a.m. andWednesdays at 7 p.m.

The Salvation Army, 1617Telfair St., Dublin, has Sundaymorning Bible study. Fellow-

ship at 9:30 a.m. and Biblestudy at 9:45.

Sandy Ford Baptist - SSev. Sunday at 10:45 a.m., wor-ship at 11 a.m. on 1st and 3rdSunday, Bible study at 7 p.m.

Second Baptist Churchmorning worship services areevery Sunday at 11 a.m. Rev-erend Korie Baker is pastor.

Shady Grove AfricanBaptist Church each 1st, 3rdand 5th Sunday. SS 10:30 a.m.and morning worship 11:30a.m. Bible study each Wed.night at 7. Steve Askew, pastor.

Silver Leaf Nondenomi-national Church, 1329 OldSavannah Rd. - Sunday school10 a.m., morning worship 11a.m., evening worship 5 p.m.,Wednesday Bible study 7:30p.m. Pastor Fred Reese.

Solid Rock BaptistChurch, U.S. 80, Allentown.Sunday school 10 a.m. Church11 a.m., Wednesday prayermeeting 7 p.m.

Springfield BaptistChurch, 256 Carolina Ave.,Chester, has services 2nd and4th Sundays with SS at 10a.m. and worship at 11:30.TnT Bible study Thursdaysat 7 p.m.

Spring Hill MissionaryBaptist Church, 494 Ever-green Road, Dublin - Regu-lar worship service is 2ndSunday at 11 a.m.; Youthworship is 4th Sunday at 11a.m.; Early morning worshipservice 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sun-day at 8 a.m.; SS 9:45 a.m.and Bible study Wednesday6:30 p.m. The Rev. WinfredL. McCloud is pastor.

St. Mark BaptistChurch, 1533 St. MarkChurch RD, Dublin, has ser-vice every 4th Sunday withSS at 10 a.m. and worship at11. The Rev. Mario Webb ispastor.

St. Paul AME Church,308 Rowe Street, holds ser-vice every Sunday at 11 a.m.

Church School begins at 9:45a.m. every Sunday. The Rev.Richard Quinn Ward Sr. isthe pastor.

St. Peter's BaptistChurch has services everySunday with SS at 9:45 a.m.and worship at 11. Biblestudy is at 6 p.m. on Wednes-day. The Rev. Shawn Curtisis pastor.

Turkey Creek Mission-ary Baptist Church, 828Scotland Rd., Dublin, SundaySchool each Sun. at 9:45 a.m.Worship Service each Sun. at11 a.m. Prayer Service andBible Study each Wed. at 7p.m. Dr. Frederick C.Williams, Pastor.

Union Baptist Church,Hwy 29, East Dublin, hasservices every week. SS at 10a.m., morning worship at 11.Sunday night service is at 6and Wednesday night prayermeeting at 7.

Williams Chapel Bap-tist Church announces newworship schedule. On 1st,

2nd, 4th, and 5th Sundays,11 a.m. On third Sundays, 8a.m Each Tuesday - Lunchand Learn, 11:30 a.m. Prayerand Bible Study Wednesdaysat 7 p.m. Rev. James F. Sher-man is Pastor.

William's Grove BaptistChurch - 1st, 3rd, and 5thSunday 11:30 a.m. SS at10:30. SS at 10 a.m. on 2ndand 4th Sunday. The Rev.Ernest Holmes Jr. is pastor.

Woodard Grove BaptistChurch SS at 10 a.m. Morn-ing worship at 11 a.m. TheRev. Henry Davis Sr. is pas-tor.

Word of Harvest Min-istries, 1609 Academy Ave.,ev. Sunday with SS at 9:45a.m., praise and worship at11. Apostle James Bell is pas-tor.

Word of Hope OutreachChurch has servicesWednesday nights at 7 andSunday mornings at 11. Pas-tors are Ronnie and GloriaJohnson.

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Enthusiasm = Faith set afire“None are so old as those

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The Apostle Paul believedand taught that we can haveand keep our love for God,people, and life: “Be ye trans-formed by the renewing ofyour mind.” (Romans 12:2) Some of the mostenthusiastic, alive, and joyful people I knoware senior citizens.

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collected $550 for Boston'sNew England Aquarium fromhis birthday earlier thismonth. He and his family pre-sented the check to aquariumofficials Friday to mark EarthDay and asked that it be usedfor its sea turtle rescue pro-gram."It means an enormous

amount to us. It really encour-ages us," Nigella Hillgarth,the aquarium's president andCEO, told Jasper and his fam-

ily. "We're really moved by thisgift. The generosity that he'sinspired is really something. "For his efforts, Jasper got

to spend the morning at thetop of the aquarium's four sto-ry Caribbean coral reef tankfeeding the sea turtles byhand. "It's been a lot of fun,"he said, tossing cabbage andother leafy greens to a 90-year-old, 550-pound turtlenamed Myrtle.Rose's mother, Ananda,

said the family visits thedowntown aquarium often,and Jasper can pick out andname all the turtles. She sayshe's even set up a websiteabout sea turtles and wrote a10-page book about them withhis father's help.

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Davis had no visible cutsor scrapes.

"She was taken toFairview Park Hospital to bechecked out," Johnson said."I was amazed that she wasokay. It was a wild ride forher. Miraculously, she madeit out unscathed and shemade it out without gettingelectrocuted. The powerlines were still live. Thosepower lines added anotherdangerous dimension."

The car is completely to-taled, Mullis said. The goodnews is that Davis is athome.

"She is doing alright. Sheis probably going to be sore,"Mullis said. "It's a miraclefrom God that she is stillhere after what she wentthrough. It was like God wasstanding there saying, "I'lltake care of that. I'll takecare of that.'" I've beenpraising God."

Davis is a No. 2 singlesplayer for the Lady Raiders.

"She has been a big partof our program for the lastfour years," Johnson said.

The Lady Raiders will behosting a state playoff matchnext Tuesday. Mullis doesn'tknow if his granddaughterwill be able to play.

"I know she'll want toplay tennis next week,"Mullis said.

"If she can move, I'm sureshe'll try to be there. Rightnow, she seems to be doingpretty good, thank the Lord."

Photo by Clay Reynolds

Draper and Payne shake hands outside the church.

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ployees and various operatingexpenses. He went on to saythat the library works withintheir budget to pay for anybuilding and grounds mainte-nance which continues tomaintain the physical build-ing at a high standard with-out any additional funding re-quest.

•Heard the first reading ofan ordinance to rezone twoacres located at 403 KingsbyStreet from R-4 multi-familyresidential zone to M-1 lightwarehouse district zone. Themayor recused himself fromthis reading and discussionbecause he has a business re-lationship concerning theproperty. The second reading,a public hearing and the votewill take place on Thursday,May 5, at 5:30 p.m. at city

hall.•Heard a presentation re-

garding establishment of aDublin Youth Council madeup of 5-7 high school stu-dents. Deborah Stanley madethe presentation and an-swered a few questions fromcouncil members. Studentapplications for the FY17council are due May 2, ac-cording to Stanley.

•Postponed a second read-ing and public hearing of anordinance to rezone 1.839acres at 205 Madison Streetfrom B-1 central business dis-trict zone to M-1 warehousingand light industry zone. Thehearing was postponed untilTuesday, May 10 at noon.

•Postponed discussionand/or action on board ap-pointments until May 10 atnoon.

•Heard from a citizen

about a dilapidated house inher neighborhood which is ofconcern to safety.

•Heard from citizenChristopher Jones who coach-es a local bicycling team in-volved in Bicycle Ride AcrossGeorgia. Two of his teammembers, Imani and Ke'AirBeauchamp, spoke to thecouncil about the benefits ofinvolvement on their team.

Jones also asked councilmembers to sponsor the up-coming Juneteenth celebra-tion in Dublin by donating$250 in order to bring UhuruDance Ensemble to performJune 25 at Theatre Dublinfrom 5-7 p.m. Uhuru is aWest African dance troupefrom Clarkston and Atlanta.Their performances are two-hour shows with dance, folk-lore, music and interactiveaudience participation.

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town. I hope everybody inthe community has becomeaware that child abuse is aproblem in our community.We want to do what we canto prevent that.

"In years to come, wewant people to start think-ing of April as child abuseprevention month just asmuch as they think of Marchfor St. Patrick's. We needawareness so that peoplewill know the impact abusehas."

There are 588 pin wheelsspinning on a hill at the CarlVinson VA Medical Center.

"Those represent the re-

ported cases," Woods said."There are many more thatgo unreported."

Woods admitted thatchild abuse is a problem allacross the country. They seea lot of sad cases at SteppingStone, a partnering agencywith The Heart of GeorgiaUnited Way.

"In my opinion, adults aresupposed to protect chil-dren," Woods said. "We'renot supposed to hurt them.The adults are going to haveto be the ones to stand upand do something about theproblem. Children can'tchange it."

Woods said the event atDuncan Tire, where thebusiness gave a percentage

of its business to SteppingStone, was a success.

"It went great," she said."They were busy all day."

Stepping Stone has freeclasses for parents and adultsurvivors of child abuse.

"You can't imagine thenumber of people who havebeen walking around whohave been effected by sometype of abuse in some pointin their life and never gotany help with it," Woodssaid. "We see it as a sad cy-cle. A lot of these people willturn to alcohol or drugs todeal with the pain."

Both of those classes areat 5:30 p.m. at SteppingStone. For more information,call (478) 275-9010.

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a heart for the community. Hecared that people got the ser-vices that they needed."

As executive director,Draper coordinated supportfor each of the 15 local chari-ties under the United Wayumbrella: American RedCross, Habitat for Humanity,Stepping Stone, TLC/CASA,W.I.N.G.S., Boy Scouts ofAmerica Central GeorgiaCouncil, Girl Scouts of His-toric Georgia, Meals onWheels, Middle Georgia Com-munity Food Bank, EasterSeals, Children's AdvocacyCenters of Georgia, SalvationArmy, Heart of GeorgiaHealthy Start, the Lighthouseand Dublin-Laurens TeenCourt. The organization, byhis estimate, was able to helpclose to 60,000 people in Lau-rens, Johnson, Dodge,Treutlen and Telfair Countieslast year.

"He's been an aggressiveambassador for United Way,"said board member Lock Wil-ford. "He did a great job forUnited Way and all the agen-cies he's touched."

Among the leadership fig-ures in the separate agencies,Draper was known as a veryhands-on director who notonly executed things on thebusiness side, but often of-fered his own time and assis-tance to each of them.

"He always had my back,"said local American RedCross director Peggy Bentz."No matter what situation Iwas in, when I needed some-thing, I could call Mr. John,and he would show up with atruckload. It was alwaysmore than what we needed."

Dublin-Laurens Habitatfor Humanity director TracyKinney can't remember anevent when her agency brokeground on a home or present-ed keys of a completed houseto its new owners whereDraper wasn't in attendance.

"When I think that we'reone of sixteen or seventeendifferent agencies, you real-ize how hard he works," Kin-ney said. "We just appreciateeverything he's done."

During his time as direc-tor, Draper was instrumentalin creating the yearly "Day ofCaring," which drew volun-teers from the community toservice projects at each of theagencies. On certain occa-sions, they wound up gettingso much participation thatthey had to send volunteersto help out other non-UnitedWay affiliated charities.

"He was so consistent withhis efforts, constantly mak-ing a difference in this com-munity, and I really respectthat," said former boardchairman Charles Lang. "Hegot the job done with greatpassion."

Native to Virginia, Drapercame to Dublin on a tempo-rary basis with Bassett Fur-niture when it opened itsplant on Industrial Blvd. in1974. He returned to Dublinpermanently in 1976.

Draper took over as Unit-ed Way executive director in2005.

"This has been a very in-teresting, challenging 11years," he said. "But I thinkthat the best thing that I gotout of all this was I got toknow and work with somewonderful people."

Looking back on histenure, he hopes he was ableto raise awareness aboutUnited Way and its missionin a way that inspired com-munity involvement and sup-port.

"Increasing knowledge inthe community of what ouragencies do and how impor-tant they are has been a won-derful blessing," he said.

Now 67 years old, Drapersaid he feels it's the righttime to retire and dedicatemore of his time to his family,particularly his kids and

grandkids, and getting workdone around the house. Healso has several other side-pursuits that he'll remain in-volved in. He currentlyserves on the Laurens Coun-ty Board of Equalization, andhas signed up to volunteer asa poll worker for local elec-tions.

He'll be succeeded atHeart of Georgia UnitedWay by Johnny Payne, whowas selected a week ago totake over as the new execu-tive director. Draper will of-ficially hand over the reinson Monday, although he'llstick around to ease thetransition for a little bitlonger.

"I've been working withhim this week and I plan towork with him part-time forthe next three weeks," Drap-er said. "My board of direc-tors makes all these deci-sions, and I think they madea good one."

Even in retirement, Drap-er expects he'll still be oncall as a resource for nearlyeveryone involved with Unit-ed Way. Several of the agen-cies have even tabbed him asa potential volunteer nowthat he'll have some time tospare.

"I'm not gonna rush intoanything on that," Drapersaid. "But I'm sure I'll haveplenty of opportunities."

Draper said the thinghe'll miss most about UnitedWay is the people he's gottento interact with on a dailybasis. The privilege of givingback to the community that'sblessed him in numerousways is one he says he's en-joyed.

"I appreciate the opportu-nity very much to work withand serve the people of thecommunity that we live in,"Draper said. "And I want tothink it's probably a little bitbetter because of what we'vedone."

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Special to The CourierHeraldTrinity Christian’s girls

were crowned region champi-ons at the GISA Region 2 AAAtrack and field meetSoutheast Bulloch on Tuesday,with the Crusader boys finish-ing as region runners-up.The Lady Crusaders tallied

171.5 points, compared to bothBulloch Academy andPinewood Christian Academywith 156, Frederica Academywith 78 and Edmund BurkeAcademy at 45.5 points.The Crusaders finished 11

points behind BullochAcademy, which earned 185points, followed by Fredericawith 124, Pinewood with 81and EBA with 54.Senior Abby Drake led the

region champs in points as shewon the triple jump with adistance of 32 feet. 3/4 inchesand was a member of bothwinning sprint and mile relayteams.Drake was joined by

Caitlyn Stephens, KarmenLeRoy and Madeline Samsonin the 4x100 relay at a seasonbest 53.08 seconds. Drake,LeRoy and Madeline andJanie Samson ran the 4x400in another season best time of4:25.82.Janie Samson, an eighth-

grade student, was the firstregion champ of the meet asshe ran a personal best time of12:22.50 for the two-milerun.Stephens, a senior, won the

pole vault by clearing 7 feet, 6inches. Junior Jade Johnsontook top honors in the discus

with a distance of 104 feet 7inches.Drake finished second in

the 800 meters with a time of2:36.73, and Janie Samsoncame in next with a time of2:44.20. Samson also ran the1600 and came in second with

a time of 6:10.LeRoy set a personal record

in the 400 meters at 62.94 sec-onds to finish second, andDrake was just behind at 63.5seconds.Madeline Samson also set a

personal record with a time of

28.48 seconds in the 200meters to finish as runner-up. She placed third in a veryclose long jump competitionwith a distance of 15 feet, 31/4 inches and fourth in the100 meters, clocked at anotherpersonal best 13.74 seconds.

LeRoy improved her best200 meters time to 29.01 sec-onds to place fourth. Johnsonalso qualified for state in theshot put event by placingfourth with a toss of 30 feet,10 3/4 inches.Ruthie Scott, an eighth-

grader, finished fourth in thediscus with a throw of 92 feet,

9 1/2 inches, her best at a var-sity meet. Abby Fosterdebuted in the 300-meter hur-dles with a time of 60.71 sec-onds to place fifth, and IlkeSchaaf set a personal record of61.80 seconds to place eighthin a very close race.

By BALI SMITHWest Laurens celebrated

its first baseball region cham-pionship in school history withan infield trophy ceremonyThursday after the Raidersdefeated Upson-Lee, 3-0,before a large contingent ofRaider Nation fans and sup-porters.West Laurens, which was

established in 1972, has field-ed many quality baseballteams over the years but hadnever won a region champi-onship in any classificationuntil Wednesday when Upson-Lee’s Knights defeatedVeterans.“Winning the Region

2AAAA championship is justunbelievable,” said Raidershead coach Brian Brown. “Ipraise God and give him allthe glory for everything thathas happened for this baseballteam. I am just grateful to bea part of it.”West Laurens played like

region champions in the low-scoring pitching duel withUpson-lee. Three West

Laurens pitchers limitedKnight batters to two hits andone walk in the seven-inningshutoue.The game remained score-

less until the bottom of thethird inning.

With one out, GuyAnderberg singled to get theRaiders’ three-run rallyunderway. Caleb Christianwas hit by an errant throw bythe Upson-Lee pitcher toplace runners at first and sec-

ond. West Laurens tried topressure the Knight defenseby utilizing a double steal, butAnderberg was called out atthird base for the second out.Case Matthews’ grounder

was booted by the secondbaseman to put runners onfirst and third with hot-hit-ting Bill LeRoy coming to theplate. The Raider catcher con-nected on a 3-2.fastball thatsailed out of the Upson-Lee

centerfielder’s reach, scoringthe first two West Laurensruns. Eric Scott entered thegame as a courtesy runner forLeRoy at second base. Scottscored the final run of theinning when Cullen Estep’sgrounder was mishandled by aKnight’s third baseman.Brown has been pleased

with Bill LeRoy’s clutch hit-ting. In the past two hits, theveteran catcher has hit three

two-out doubles resulting infive RBls over the last twogames. “We have gotten usedto Bill coming to the plate inkey situations and deliveringfor us,” Brown said. “We gradeour line-drive hits, with a sixbeing the highest score on ourscale. Bill told me, ‘Coach,that was seven!’”Matthews started on the

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David Harper with StormCenter wrestling in Dublin,added another trophy to hiscase at the Reno World YouthTournament in Nevada. Davidplaced second in the 12-and-under competition. He isshown here after capturing histhird Georgia StateChampionship on March 5 inPerry prior to heading west forthe Reno tournament.

Harpertakes 2ndat Reno

tournament

Photo by Bali Smith

TROPHY CEREMONYPrincipal Clifford Garnto presents the Region 2AAAA trophy to

head coach Brian Brown and the Raiders following Thursdayʼs win.

Raiders celebrate regiontitle

Photo by Bali Smith

SENIOR DP COMBOJacob Clark catches throw from Jared OʼNeal

to second double play.

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Trinity girls claim region track crown, boys finish second

AP Photo

START OF SOMETHING GOODTrinityʼs Janie Samson (center, left) and Abby Drake set off on 800-meter run.

Drake finished the race second, and Samson took third.

AP Photo

WINNING MILE RELAY TEAMTrinityʼs Jacob McLeod takes off on final leg

after taking baton from Quillian Holland.

By RODNEY MANLEYSports EditorThe East Laurens Lady Falcons tuned up

for the AA state tournament with a 4-1 winover Vidalia on Thursday.Lea Wilkinson scored two goals to pace the

attack. Julia Watson and Hannah Theriault

each added a goal. Watson also had two assists,and Theriault had one.“Defensively, we did a pretty good job,” said

coach Chris Robinson. “(Goalie) Amber Olivercleaned up any mistakes that we had in thegoal.”Robinson said the defense was led by Baja

Harvery, Keisha Butler, Lauren Evans andJalexia Wright. He also had high praised forhis attackers and for his younger players onthe squad.“Kendra Delgado does a great of controlling

the middle of the field. Lea Wilkinson playedher best game of the year,” he said. “The fresh-

man did a great job of giving effort. Julia andHannah become members of a small group bothscoring their 40th goals (of the season)tonight.”The Lady Falcons improved to 16-1-1 head-

ing into the state playoffs. They are set to hostBryan County at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Lady Falcons close regular season with 4-1 win over Vidalia

Staff reportsTwo former West Laurens standouts

were among four Georgia College & StateUniversity softball players named to theAll-Peach Belt Conference Teamannounced Thursday.Senior Abi LeRoy and junior Faith

Flanders both were named first-teamAll-PBC selections.LeRoy earned her third straight All-

PBC honor. She was a first-team selec-tion in 2015 and second-team choice in2014. LeRoy, the school’s all-time leaderin RBIs and doubles, is hitting .364 withtwo home runs, 33 RBIs and 46 runs thisseason.Flanders nabbed her first All-PBC tro-

phy. She is putting up gaudy numbersthis season, batting .384 with sevenhome runs, a PBC-leading 55 RBIs and27 runs.Earlier, the two also were among 10

Bobcats named to the PBC Softball All-

Academic Team.To meet the competitive requirements

set by the PBC, not only did each have toplay a significant role on the team for atleast one year, but they also needed tomaintain a 3.30 cumulative grade pointaverage up until the most recent fallsemester.LeRoy made the All-Academic Team

with a 3.45 GPA in the community healthprogram. Flanders, a junior, has a 3.51GPA, studying exercise science.Both were named to the All-Academic

team last year.Sophomore Jessica Hayles of Gordon

also made the academic team. She is pur-suing degrees in exercise science and hasa 3.33 GPA.The Bobcats (39-15) return to the field

this weekend as they host the PBCTournament. The Bobcats opened playFriday with a 4 p.m. showdown againstUNC Pembroke.

Former WL standouts LeRoy, Flanders named All-PBC

Photo/GCSU

Flanders (left), LeRoy werehonored at the PBCʼs annual

banquet Thursday night.

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6 p.m.GOLF — LPGA Tour, SwingingSkirts Classic, final round, atSan Francisco

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MLB — Cleveland at Detroit orTampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees

8 p.m.ESPN — Boston at Houston

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ABC — Playoffs, first round,Western Conference, Game 4,San Antonio at Memphis

3:30 p.m.ABC — Playoffs, first round,Western Conference, Game 4,Golden State at Houston

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10:30 p.m.TNT — Playoffs, first round,Western Conference, Game 4,L.A. Clippers at Portland

NHL HOCKEY7:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Stanley Cup play-offs, first round, Game 6 or 7,teams TBA

10 p.m.NBCSN — Stanley Cup play-offs, first round, Game 6 or 7,teams TBA

SOCCER2:55 p.m.

NBCSN — Premier League,West Bromwich Albion atTottenham

TODAYAUTO RACING

8:30 a.m.FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint CupSeries, Toyota Owners 400,practice, at Richmond, Va.

9:30 a.m.FS1 — NASCAR, Xfinity Series,ToyotaCare 250, qualifying, atRichmond, Va.

11 a.m.FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint CupSeries, Toyota Owners 400, finalpractice, at Richmond, Va.

12:30 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR, Xfinity Series,ToyotaCare 250, at Richmond,Va.

4 p.m.NBCSN — IndyCar Series,Honda Indy Grand Prix ofAlabama, qualifying, atBirmingham, Ala.

Midnight (Sunday)FS1 — FIA Formula EChampionship, at Paris (same-day tape)

BOXING10 p.m.

HBO — Gennady Golovkin vs.Dominc Wade, for Golovkin'sWBA Super World-IBF-interimWBC middleweight titles; RomanGonzalez vs. McWilliams Arroyo,for Gonzalez's WBC flyweighttitle, at Inglewood, Calif.

COLLEGE BASEBALL2 p.m.

ESPN2 — Georgia at FloridaCOLLEGE SOFTBALL

2 p.m.ESPN — Oklahoma atTennessee

5 p.m.ESPN2 — UCLA at Arizona

DRAG RACING10 p.m.

FS1 — NHRA, 4Wide Nationals,at Concord, N.C. (same-daytape)

GOLF6 a.m.

GOLF — PGA European Tour,Shenzhen International, thirdround, at Shenzhen, China

NoonGOLF — PGA Tour, ValeroTexas Open, third round, at SanAntonio.

3 p.m.CBS — PGA Tour, Valero TexasOpen, third round, at SanAntonio.GOLF — Champions Tour, BassPro Shops Legends of Golf atBig Cedar Lodge, third round, atRidgedale, Mo.

6 p.m.GOLF — LPGA Tour, SwingingSkirts Classic, third round, at SanFrancisco

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS8 p.m.

FS1 — UFC 197, prelims, at LasVegas

MLB BASEBALL1 p.m.

MLB — Tampa Bay at N.Y.Yankees or Oakland at Toronto

4 p.m.FS1 — Boston at Houston

7 p.m.MLB— Baltimore at Kansas Cityor Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati

10 p.m.MLB — Miami at San Franciscoor Seattle at L.A. Angeles(games joined in progress)

MOTOR SPORTS4 p.m.

FOX — AMA Monster EnergySeries, at Foxborough, Mass.

NBA BASKETBALL3 p.m.

TNT — Playoffs, first round,Eastern Conference, Game 4,Toronto at Indiana

5:30 p.m.TNT — Playoffs, first round,Eastern Conference, Game 3,Miami at Charlotte

8 p.m.ESPN — Playoffs, first round,Western Conference, Game 4,Oklahoma City at Dallas

10:30 p.m.ESPN — Playoffs, first round,Western Conference, Game 3,L.A. Clippers at Portland

NHL HOCKEY3 p.m.

NBC — Stanley Cup playoffs,first round, Eastern Conference,Game 5, N.Y. Rangers atPittsburgh

6 p.m.NBCSN — Stanley Cup play-offs, first round, WesternConference, Game 5, Nashvilleat Anaheim

8 p.m.NBC — Stanley Cup playoffs,first round, Western Conference,Game 6, St. Louis at Chicago

SOCCER9:20 a.m.

FS2 — Bundesliga, BayernMunich at Hertha BSC Berlin

9:55 a.m.NBCSN — Premier League,Newcastle United at Liverpool

NoonFS2 — FA Cup, ManchesterUnited or West Ham United atEverton

SUNDAYAUTO RACING

1 p.m.FOX — NASCAR, Sprint CupSeries, Toyota Owners 400, atRichmond, Va.

2 p.m.NBCSN — IndyCar, Indy LightsSeries, at Birmingham, Ala.

3:30 p.m.NBCSN — IndyCar Series,Honda Indy Grand Prix ofAlabama, at Birmingham, Ala.

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NBA PLAYOFF GLANCEFIRST ROUND

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)Saturday, April 16

Indiana 100, Toronto 90Golden State 104, Houston 78Atlanta 102, Boston 101Oklahoma City 108, Dallas 70

Sunday, April 17Cleveland 106, Detroit 101Miami 123, Charlotte 91San Antonio 106, Memphis 74L.A. Clippers 115, Portland 95

Monday, April 18Toronto 98, Indiana 87Dallas 85, Oklahoma City 84Golden State 115, Houston 106

Tuesday, April 19Atlanta 89, Boston 72, Atlanta leadsseries 2-0San Antonio 94, Memphis 68, San Antonioleads series 2-0Wednesday, April 20Miami 115, Charlotte 103, Miami leadsseries 2-0Cleveland 107, Detroit 90, Clevelandleads series 2-0L.A. Clippers 102, Portland 81, L.A.Clippers leads series 2-0

Thursday, April 21Oklahoma City 131, Dallas 102,Oklahoma City leads series 2-1Toronto 101, Indiana 85, Toronto leadsseries 2-1Houston 97, Golden State 96, GoldenState leads series 2-1

Friday, April 22Cleveland at Detroit, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Boston, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Memphis, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 23Toronto at Indiana, 3 p.m.

Miami at Charlotte, 5:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 24San Antonio at Memphis, 1 p.m.Golden State at Houston, 3:30 p.m.Atlanta at Boston, 6 p.m.Cleveland at Detroit, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, April 25Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26Indiana at Toronto, TBAx-Memphis at San Antonio, TBAx-Boston at Atlanta, TBAx-Detroit at Cleveland, TBA

Wednesday, April 27x-Charlotte at Miami, 8 p.m.Houston at Golden State, 9 or 10:30p.m.x-Portland at L.A. Clippers, 9, 10 or10:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 28x-Cleveland at Detroit, TBAx-Atlanta at Boston, TBAx-San Antonio at Memphis, TBAx-Oklahoma City at Dallas, TBA

Friday, April 29x-Toronto at Indiana, TBAx-Miami at Charlotte, TBAx-Golden State at Houston, TBAx-L.A. Clippers at Portland, TBA

Saturday, April 30x-Detroit at Cleveland, TBAx-Boston at Atlanta, TBAx-Memphis at San Antonio, TBAx-Dallas at Oklahoma City, TBA

Sunday, May 1x-Indiana at Toronto, TBAx-Charlotte at Miami, TBAx-Houston at Golden State, TBAx-Portland at L.A. Clippers, TBA

National LeagueEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Washington 11 4 .733 —New York 7 7 .500 3½Philadelphia 7 9 .438 4½Miami 5 9 .357 5½Atlanta 4 11 .267 7

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Chicago 12 4 .750 —St. Louis 8 7 .533 3½Cincinnati 8 8 .500 4Pittsburgh 8 8 .500 4Milwaukee 7 9 .438 5

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Los Angeles 10 6 .625 —Colorado 8 7 .533 1½Arizona 9 8 .529 1½San Francisco 7 10 .412 3½San Diego 6 10 .375 4

Saturday's GamesMinnesota (Hughes 1-2) at Washington(Roark 1-2), 1:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Lackey 3-0) at Cincinnati(Straily 0-0), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Matz 1-1) at Atlanta (Chacin 0-0), 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Morton 1-1) at Milwaukee(Ch.Anderson 1-1), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 2-0) at Colorado(Chatwood 2-1), 8:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Nicasio 2-1) at Arizona (R.DeLa Rosa 1-3), 8:10 p.m.St. Louis (Wacha 1-0) at San Diego(Undecided), 8:40 p.m.Miami (Fernandez 1-1) at San Francisco(Peavy 0-1), 9:05 p.m.

Sunday's GamesChicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.Minnesota at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.Miami at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.St. Louis at San Diego, 4:40 p.m.

American LeagueEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Baltimore 10 4 .714 —Toronto 8 9 .471 3½Boston 7 8 .467 3½Tampa Bay 7 8 .467 3½New York 5 9 .357 5

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Kansas City 10 5 .667 —Chicago 10 6 .625 ½Detroit 8 6 .571 1½Cleveland 6 7 .462 3Minnesota 5 11 .313 5½

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Texas 10 6 .625 —Oakland 9 7 .563 1Seattle 7 8 .467 2½Los Angeles 7 9 .438 3Houston 5 11 .313 5

Saturday's GamesMinnesota (Hughes 1-2) at Washington(Roark 1-2), 1:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Andriese 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees(Tanaka 1-0), 1:05 p.m.Oakland (Bassitt 0-0) at Toronto (Happ 2-0), 1:07 p.m.Cleveland (Kluber 0-3) at Detroit(An.Sanchez 2-1), 1:10 p.m.Texas (Lewis 1-0) at Chicago White Sox(Rodon 1-2), 2:10 p.m.Boston (Buchholz 0-1) at Houston (Fiers 1-1), 4:05 p.m.Baltimore (Worley 1-0) at Kansas City(Medlen 1-0), 7:15 p.m.Seattle (F.Hernandez 1-1) at L.A. Angels(Santiago 1-0), 9:05 p.m.

NBA MLB

mound and threw the firsttwo innings. The hurlerallowed one hit and hit onebatter with a pitch while forc-ing four ground-ball outs toget the shutout underway.

Christian kept the shutoutintact during the middleinnings, striking out threeKnight batters while notallowing a hit during the thirdand fourth innings.

Slayton Marina pitched thefinal three innings. The pow-erful righty recorded two suc-cessive strikeouts to end thegame and preserve theshutout victory.

“I thought our pitching wasoutstanding tonight,” saidBrown. “Case and Slayton dida great job on the mound. Iwas especially pleased withthe way Caleb pitched in thethird and fourth innings. Hehas not been able to pitch overthe last couple of weeks, dueto some lower back problems,so it was nice seeing our leftystarter out their, getting thejob done.”

The Raider defense backedup the pitching performanceflawlessly with no fieldingerrors. The middle infieldcompleted a 6-4-3 double playin the first inning, and LeRoy

gunned down a Knightbaserunner trying to steal sec-ond during the fifth inning toend potential Upson-Lee scor-ing opportunities.

“I am pleased with the waywe are playing, and we seemto be clicking on all cylindersright now,” Brown said. “ Ireally thought we may have alittle letdown tonight afterhaving played such an emo-tional game on Tuesday, butour guys came out tonight andplayed a super game.

“The 6-4-3 double play wassweet. It was the the 24th wehave made this year, and weare only three away from

tying the school record. Wealso ran the bases welltonight, picking up four morestolen bases, which gives usover 100 for the season.

Brown added a thank youto “parents coaches and theRaider Nation for their sup-port during our run for the2AAAA Championship.”

“Let’s keep the ball rolling,and try to make it all the wayto state,” he said.

In the opening round of theAAAA tournament, WestLaurens will host LibertyCounty in a doubleheader onFriday, April 29. starting at 4p.m.

RaidersContinued from page 1b

Chase Holland, another eighth-grader,placed fifth in the 3200 and sixth in themile run with times of 15:06 and6:59. The second mile relay team of Scott,Victoria Clayton, Emily Harrison andMichelle Hauber finished fifth with atime of 4:54.06.

Harrison placed fifth in the triple jumpwith a personal best distance of 28 feet, 41/2 inches. The second sprint relay teamof Charlie Bass Wages, Abby Foster,Laura Beth Mason and Madison Williamsplaced sixth with a time of 55.95 sec-onds.

Mason placed fifth in the 100-meterhurdles with a personal best time of 19.21seconds. Williams placed sixth in the100-meter dash with a time of 14.24 sec-onds and seventh in the long jump with adistance of 13 feet, 8 inches.

Mason and Scott both cleared 4 feet, 8inches in the high jump to finish fifth andsixth. Cari Crozier improved her besttime in the 100-meter hurdles to 20.68seconds to finish eighth.

On the boys side, sophomore JacobMcLeod was the top point-earner of thecompetition as he earned the first regiontitle of the meet in the 3200-meter runand anchored the winning mile relayteam to end the day.

His time in the two-mile race was 9:42,

and the relay time was 3:37.82 with fel-low classmates Quillian Holland, GabeMeadows and Will Clardy.

McLeod also dominated the 1600-meter and 800-meter runs with times of4:30.16 and 2:05.

Holland finished second in the sameraces, with personal best times in the3200 at 9:58 and 1600 at 4:47. His timeof 2:08.60 in the half-mile was six secondsahead of the next competitor.

Another sophomore, Jack Pharis, setpersonal records in his three individualevents. First in the high jump, he hadroom to spare clearing 6 feet for the firsttime in his life to take the top spot. Hefinished second in the 110-meter hurdleswith a time of 16.82 seconds, then placedthird in the 300-meter hurdles at 44.34seconds.

Senior Jake Williams also did the hur-dle events, placing fourth in both withtimes of 18.68 and 47.62 sec-onds. Jeremiah Giddens also qualifiedfor state in the high jump as he cleared 5feet, 8 inches to place fourth.

The final region champ for the sopho-more-rich Crusaders was BenjaminHoward, who tossed the discus 142 feet, 21/4 inches — a good 20 feet farther thanthe nearest opponent.

Matt Coleman also scored points in thediscus with a distance of 107 feet, ,5 inch-

es to place sixth. Austin Drake cleared 10feet, 6 inches in the pole vault to finish insecond place.

Meadows, Clardy, Pharis and CarsonHall finished third in the sprint relaywith a time of 46.58 seconds. Meadowsand Clardy finished third and fourth inthe closely contested 400 meters withtimes of 54.61 and 54.83 seconds.

Meadows ran a personal best time of23.98 seconds in the 200 to finishthird. Clardy set a personal record in thetriple jump with a distance of 39 feet, 81/2 inches to place fourth, and Giddensfinished fifth at a distance of 39 feet, 4inches.

Clardy also placed fourth in the photo-finish 100-meter dash with a personalbest time of 11.81 seconds. The secondmile relay team of J.B. Gay, Williams,Hall and William Gay placed fifth with atime of 3:57.39.

The second sprint relay team ofGiddens, Davis Skeeters, Williams andColeman placed sixth with a time of 47.71seconds. Coleman also placed seventh inthe shot put with a distance of 37 feet, 21/2 inches, followed by Howard at 36 feet,1 inch to round out Trinity’s scoring.

The top four athletes in each eventqualify for the GISA AAA State TrackMeet to be held April 28-30 at Hugh MillsStadium in Albany.

TrinityContinued from page 1b

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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) —There will be little margin of error forFalcons general manager ThomasDimitroff and coach Dan Quinn in nextweek's NFL draft.

The Falcons will enter the draft withonly five draft picks, tied with the Ramsfor fewest in the league. The Falcons havepicks in the first four rounds, includingNo. 17 overall. After that, they won't pickagain until the seventh round.

Dimitroff has a history of makingaggressive moves up, but this may be ayear when it makes sense to trade downto gain more selections. It would not be asurprise if Dimitroff does so.

"Having fewer picks this year gives usan opportunity," Dimitroff said Thursdaywhen asked if trading down is an option."We think the draft has some really goodstrength from 15 on, as well as in thefront of the draft, obviously.

"We think there are opportunities allthe way through the third round, so itdoes present options to potentially moveback. We have been aggressive here since2008, but I'm not against moving back atall."

The team's needs include safety, line-backer and wide receiver.

The league last year fined the Falcons$350,000, stripped the team of this year'sfifth-round pick and suspended RichMcKay, the team president, from theleague's powerful competition committeefor almost five months after the franchiseconfessed to pumping artificial crowdnoise into the Georgia Dome in the 2013and 2014 seasons.

The Falcons traded this year's sixth-round pick to Tennessee last year as partof a package for left guard Andy Levitre.Levitre started all 16 games in Atlanta's

8-8 season.Dimitroff has an uneven record in the

draft. Among his hits: making quarter-back Matt Ryan his first choice in 2008and picking running back DevontaFreeman in the fourth round in 2014.

There also have been some costly miss-es. There are no surviving members ofthe 2012 draft class on the Atlanta roster.Defensive end Ra'Shede Hageman, thesecond-round pick in 2014, has only twosacks in two seasons.

Some things to know about theFalcons entering the 2016 draft:

YEAR 2 OF DIMITROFF-QUINN:Last year was Dimitroff's first draftworking with Quinn, the former Seattledefensive coordinator. It was no surprisethe Falcons looked for defensive help in

the first round by drafting Clemson line-backer Vic Beasley Jr., who started all 16games, but had only four sacks. The sec-ond-round pick, Louisiana State corner-back Jalen Collins, has been suspendedwithout pay for the first four games of the2016 season for violating the NFL policyon performance enhancing substances.

STILL LOOKING: Even after draftingBeasley, the Falcons were last in theleague with 19 sacks in 2015. It's an oldproblem; they've ranked no higher than28th in sacks since 2012.

The Falcons signed free-agent line-backer Courtney Upshaw and broughtback 2010 first-round pick SeanWeatherspoon. Even so, they may look formore help at linebacker — and for theirpass rush — with their first-round picks.Possibilities include Georgia's LeonardFloyd, Alabama's Reggie Ragland andUCLA linebacker Myles Jack — if con-cerns about Jack's knee allow him to dropto the Falcons.

ALL SET: The Falcons' biggest free-agent move was signing three-time ProBowl center Alex Mack from Cleveland.The position had been a huge problemsince the release of Todd McClure afterthe 2012 season. Mack signed a five-year,$47.5 million deal and he became theNFL's highest-paid center with an aver-age salary of $9.5 million.

CALLING EASLEY: Quinn said theFalcons have talked with defensive line-man Dominique Easley, a 2014 first-round choice released by New Englandafter finishing each of his first two sea-sons on injured reserve. Quinn said "Ihave a great history" with Easley fromtheir time together at the University ofFlorida. Quinn said there is "nothing toreport" on the talks.

Falcons have little margin for error with 5 picks

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FUTURE FALCON?UGAʼs Floyd, a former Dodge

County Indian, could meetAtlantaʼs pass-rushing needs.

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