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Index

Special photoDublin DDA officials accepted the Economic

Development Project of the Year for its work onthe restoration of the 1912 Skyscraper.

Photos by Sandy AldridgeThe annual Leprechaun Contest brought out 93 participants at

Theatre Dublin Tuesday night.

Special photoFrom left, principal Lakeisha Fluker, GeorgeBest, Phil Bazemore and Brantley New stand

near a display in front of the library.

Dublin DDA receivesaward of excellence

BByy SSAANNDDYY AALLDDRRIIDDGGEEThe Dublin City School

Board, for the first time sinceJan. 21, did not have on itsagenda any action concerningthe closing of Saxon ElementarySchool.

The Monday, March 14 meet-ing was routine, even to thepoint that its only public com-mentator was PTA District 5 Di-rector Thomas Wheeler, a rou-tine visitor to the board meet-ings. Not routine, however, waswhat he said to the board at theend of the five minutes he wasallowed to speak.

Chairman of the Board

Richard Sheffield asked Wheel-er to summarize his commentsat the end of his five-minutespeaking allowance.

"The four-laning of HillcrestParkway is going to cause forcedclosure of Hillcrest Elementaryor a death" as students attemptto cross that street going to andfrom the school, he said. Thenhe said that having fifth graderson the same campus with eighthgraders at Dublin Middle Schoolis not a safe environment for theyounger students.

He also said during his public

See BOE page 8a

The Georgia Downtown As-sociation announced the win-ners of the 2016 DowntownAwards of Excellence duringthe Georgia Downtown Con-ference in Athens on March 9.

The Dublin Downtown De-velopment Authority receivedtop honor for the EconomicDevelopment Project of theYear for its work on therestoration of the 1912 FirstNational Bank Building, orthe "Skyscraper."

Dublin DDA bested morethan 40 other nominated com-munities to win the Award,which recognizes exceptionaland innovative downtown pro-jects.

Through a network of pub-lic and private partnerships,Dublin DDA successfully facil-itated the $4 million histori-cal restoration of “the Sky-scraper” - a project that was along time coming for the com-munity. Attempts to revivethe property through theyears were valiant, but nevercame to fruition - until now.

Through its work, DublinDDA was able to underwrite$50,000 in pre-developmentexpenses for the First Nation-al Bank Building Project, suc-cessfully securing a purchaseoption, preparing the propertyfor recruiting a developer and

A Bunch O’ Leprechaun Fun

Sheila Harris (left) and new owner of the Page House, Jo AnnSimms, took advantage of a beautiful day recently to tidy the yard forSt. Patrick's and Super Saturday. (Photo by Payton Towns III)

Getting the Page House ready for St. Patrickʼs

See DDA page 8a

PTA District 5 directortalks to city school boardabout four-laning nearHillcrest and the APTT

Susie Dasher classes celebrateraising money for headstones

BByy PPAAYYTTOONN TTOOWWNNSS IIIIIISusie Dasher students

raised $1,200 to help provideheadstones for Hollis Hooksand Susie Dasher.

Phil Bazemore, BrantleyNew and George Best, who arerepresenting the Dublin-Lau-rens Leadership Class, beganthis as a community outreachproject. They contacted ScottThompson, Laurens CountyHistorical Society, and askedhim what they could do fortheir project.

"He told us that the gravesof Susie Dasher and HollisHooks were unmarked andthey needed proper head-stones," Best said. "We decid-ed to make that our project."

Best called Dublin City

School superintendent FredWilliams. Williams suggestedfor students at Susie Dasherto raise the money.

"I got in contact with prin-cipal Lakeisha Fluker andgave her the rundown of whatwe were doing," Best said.

Hill Realty, Orr Insurance,Premier Properties of DublinLLC, Dublin City Schools,Guy Cochran, Hunter Ben-nett, John Clem, Alterra Net-works, Green Grove Mission-ary Baptist Church donatedmoney to the project. The stu-dents ended up raising $1,200for the project.

"They went above and be-yond anything we could'veimagined," Best said. "The

See CELEBRATE page 8a

BByy SSAANNDDYY AALLDDRRIIDDGGEENinety-three adorable

leprechauns competed Tues-day night in the 51st AnnualDublin-Laurens St. Patrick'sFestival Leprechaun Contestat Theatre Dublin.

Leadership Dublin-Lau-rens presented the programwith Master of CeremonyThad Haygood. JenniferWilkins, Roger Byrd and Ar-tiffany Stanley participatedin the program as well asMorgan Kimbrell, Miss St.Patrick's 2016, who helpedwith the presentation ofawards. Fancy Dancer pro-vided several entertainingnumbers while the judgesdeliberated.

Judges and spectatorswere delighted as they wit-nessed the Parade of Lep-rechauns, all 93 of them be-decked in their St. Patrick'sfinery. The judges deliberat-ed long and hard to pick onlysix winners and 18 runners-up, 24 lucky sprites andfairies whose wily ways withthe shamrock and creativecostuming designs won thejudges' leaping green hearts.

The winners will reign

supreme on Saturday asthey ride high throughDublin in the Annual St.Patrick's Parade.

Winners in each categorywere as follows:

First grade girls:Maclairah Carr, winner;Kimbree Garrett, first run-nerup; Reagan Sasser, sec-ond runnerup; and MadisonJones, third runnerup.

First grade boys: Jase

Passmore, winner; KennethReyes, first runnerup; JabariBell, second runnerup; andTayt Evans, third runnerup.

Second grade girls: DarciDixon, winner; Kylie Clark,first runnerup; Claire Pat-terson, second runnerup;and Janey Meeks, third run-nerup.

Second grade boys: Chase

93 participate in Annual Leprechaun Contest

Photo by Royce HallThe winners in the Leprechaun Contest.

See LEPRECHAUN page 8a

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —The state can try again to putto death a condemned killerwhose 2009 execution wascalled off after two hours dur-ing which he cried in painwhile receiving 18 needlesticks, the Ohio SupremeCourt said Wednesday.

The court's 4-3 ruling re-jected arguments that givingthe state prisons agency a sec-ond chance to execute RomellBroom would amount to crueland unusual punishment anddouble jeopardy.

Prosecutors had argueddouble jeopardy doesn't applybecause lethal drugs never en-tered Broom's veins while exe-

cutioners unsuccessfully triedto hook up an IV. They alsosaid a previously unsuccessfulexecution attempt doesn't af-fect the constitutionality of hisdeath sentence.

Broom's attorneys calledthe ruling disappointing andsaid they were exploring "ad-ditional legal remedies."Ohioans to Stop Executions,the state's largest anti-death

penalty group, called on Gov.John Kasich to commuteBroom's sentence to life with-out parole.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.(AP) — Former college coachBobby Bowden proved foot-ball isn't his only sport whenhe recently shot his secondhole-in-one.

The Tallahassee Democ-rat (http://goo.gl/3ZaaZi) re-ports that the former FloridaState coach was playingMonday at the Golf Club ofQuincy, about a half-hourfrom Tallahassee. The 86-year-old was swinging his 3-wood when he aced the par-312th hole.

Bowden was in a four-

some with former collegefootball coach and FSU play-er Gene McDowell and twolocal players. They all signedBowden's scorecard.

Bowden told the newspa-per he recorded his firsthole-in-one several years agowhile playing in Mobile, Al-abama.

Thomas LeeCrews Jr.

Graveside services for Mr.Thomas Lee Crews Jr. willbe held Friday, March 18,2016 at 2 p.m. in WestviewCemetery in Soperton withfull military honors. TheRev. George Grimes will offi-ciate. Mr. Crews died March8, 2016 at his home.

Mr. Crews, 69, was theson of the late Thomas LeeCrews Sr. and Pattie MaeVernon Crews. He was bornin Leaksville, N.C. and hadbeen a resident of Sopertonfor many years. He was re-tired from the U.S. Army andwas a member of Faith Mis-sionary Baptist Church.

His wife, Nedra MorrisonCrews, preceded him in

death.Survivors include his son

and daughter-in-law, Daryland Melissa Crews anddaughter and son-in-law,Karen and Cecil Harman, allof Soperton; one sister, sixgrandchildren and sevengreat grandchildren.

Higgs Funeral Home (hig-gsfuneralhomeand-florist.com) of Soperton hascharge of arrangements.

———Lillie Mae

Mitchell Jones

Funeral services for Mrs.Lillie Mae Mitchell Jones, age58 of Glenwood, who died onSunday, March 13, 2016, willbe held on Friday, March 18,2016 at 1 p.m. in the Mt. ZionBaptist Church in Soperton.Burial will follow in thePendleton Springs Cemetery,U.S. Hwy. 221 in TreutlenCounty. The Rev. Clarence

Thomas Jr. will officiate.Visitation will be on Thurs-

day, March 17, 2016 from 1 – 7p.m. in Baker Funeral Home,Soperton.

Baker Funeral Home hascharge of the arrangements.

———Jimmy ‘Deac’ Smith

Funeral Service for Mr.Jimmy “Deac” Smith, age 91of Adrain, who died Friday,March 11, 2016, will be heldSaturday, March 19, 2016 at 1p.m. in the Adrian BaptistChurch, 107 West GreenStreet in Adrian.

Pastor James Middletonwill officiate. Visitation willbe on Friday March 18, 2016,1 – 7 p.m. in Baker FuneralHome, Soperton. Burial willfollow in Triumph Church ofFaith Cemetery, 435 MillStreet in Adrian. Baker Fu-neral Home has charge of thearrangements.

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Obituaries

Whole grains learn new tricksCorey Brown and Lily

"Tigerlily" Hinton came infirst and second at the Blue-grass Nationals BMX compe-tition in Louisville, Ken-tucky, in the 6-year-olds' cat-egory! Now if they can justdo as well in the BX contest.That's a nutritional chal-lenge that Danish scientistshave revealed: They've foundthat whole grains delivermore than vitamins, miner-als, protein and fiber. Theyalso contain powerful im-mune-system boosters calledBX (benzoxazinoids) thatkids (and adults) need tohave in good supply.

So in addition to helpingkids avoid excess weightgain, Type 2 diabetes and

high blood pressure (up to 30percent of obese girls andboys have HBP!), eatingthree servings of wholegrains a day -- that's 1/2 cupcooked brown rice and 1 cupof steel-cut oatmeal -- fightsinfections! So here are table-top tricks (that's also a coolBMX trick) for three unusualgrains:

--Millet: Lightly toast 1/2cup in a small pan until fra-grant. Stir in 1 1/2 cups wa-ter or orange juice; simmerfor 15 minutes.

--Kamut (Egyptianwheat): Soak 1/2 cupovernight in 1 cup water.Drain, rinse and put in asmall pot with an inch of wa-ter. Bring to boil; then re-

duce to simmer until water isabsorbed and grain is tender.

--Polenta (corn mush):Stir 1/2 cup polenta and 1/4teaspoon salt into 2 cupsboiling water. Then cook at asimmer, stirring often, for 30minutes. Add more water asneeded.

Now just deck them outwith spices, herbs andsteamed veggies. Yum!

Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of"The Dr. Oz Show," and MikeRoizen, M.D. is Chief Well-ness Officer and Chair ofWellness Institute at Cleve-land Clinic. To live yourhealthiest, tune into "The Dr.Oz Show" or visitwww.sharecare.com.

DEAR ABBY: My hus-band and I have a 19-month-old son and plan on tryingfor another baby soon. Myhusband's brother, who issterile, called and asked myhusband to donate sperm tohim. I am very upset becausemy husband refuses to askhis brother to make any kindof compromises to protectour family and theirs, suchas counseling to resolve anyissues ahead of time.

Before we were seriousabout each other, my hus-band donated to his broth-er's first wife. His brotherwanted to keep it a secretfrom everyone -- includingthe children -- but his wifetold all of her friends.

What should I do? Myhusband is afraid he's goingto lose his brother if he does-n't give him everything hewants, but the person he isreally going to lose is me. --CONFUSED IN THESOUTH

DEAR CONFUSED: Ihope you won't let your hus-band's generous impulseshave a negative impact onyour marriage. I agree thatcounseling could help tohead off future problemsthat might crop up -- IF yourhusband and his brotherwould agree to it. But whileyou're at it, this should alsobe discussed with a lawyerjust in case your brother-in-law's second marriage goessouth, too.

As to keeping all of this asecret -- because wife No. 1has made public the factthat the children aren't bio-logically his, the chances of

the information being keptsecret are slim to none.

DEAR ABBY: Since thelottery for the big jackpotwas in the news, my co-workers and I have dis-cussed the etiquette regard-ing sharing the winningswith whomever may havegiven you the ticket. For in-stance, if somebody has anuncle who gives lottery tick-ets as a gift on birthdays orholidays as opposed to astandard gift, and the recipi-ent hits the winning num-bers, is there a fixed per-centage that's customary togive?

None of us is actually inthis situation; it just becamepart of our discussion.Thanks for your input. -- OF-FICE HOT TOPIC

DEAR HOT TOPIC: Oncea gift is given, it belongs tothe recipient. The recipient

would be under no obligationto share the winnings withthe person who gifted him orher with the ticket, norshould it be expected. How-ever, if the gift giver does ex-pect a percentage, then thisshould be worked out beforethe drawing.

DEAR ABBY: I'm 15 andI'm a lesbian. I've told myfriends, but they don't acceptme. They say they do, butwhen I talk about othergirls, they say, "Don't talkabout girls around us. We'renot gay!" I don't know whatto do. Please help. -- LGBTIN GEORGIA

DEAR LGBT: Yourfriends probably do acceptyou, but would prefer not tohear all the details you feelthe need to share. It's timeyou find a youth group forgay teenagers. Go online,visit lgbtcenters.org andsearch for the nearest gayand lesbian community cen-ter in your area. If you do,you will see that the supportyou are looking for isn't hardto find. I wish you luck.

TO MY READERS: To-day's the day for wearingsomething green! A veryhappy St. Patrick's Day toyou all. -- LOVE, ABBY

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips.Contact Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com or P.O.Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.

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FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER,New Zealand (AP) — NewZealand is renowned for itswondrous scenery, and amongthe country's top tourist at-tractions are two glaciers thatare both stunning and unusualbecause they snake down fromthe mountains to a temperaterain forest, making them easyfor people to walk up to andview.

But the Fox and FranzJosef glaciers have been melt-ing at such a rapid rate that ithas become too dangerous fortourists to hike onto them fromthe valley floor, ending a tradi-tion that dates back a century.With continuing warm weath-er this year there are no signsof a turnaround, and scientistssay it is another example ofhow global warming is impact-ing the environment.

Tourism in New Zealand isbooming and nearly 1 millionpeople last year flocked to geta glimpse of the glaciers andthe spectacular valleys they'vecarved. But the only way to setfoot on them now is to getflown onto them by helicopter.

Tour operators offer flightsand guided glacier walks, al-though logistics limit this to80,000 tourists per year, halfthe number that once hiked upfrom the valley floor. Up to an-other 150,000 people each yeartake scenic flights that landbriefly at the top of the glaci-ers.

Flying in the UNESCOWorld Heritage area comeswith its own risks, highlightedin November when a sightsee-ing helicopter crashed onto theFox Glacier, killing all sevenaboard.

Sitting near the base of theFranz Josef Glacier, WayneCostello, a district operationsmanager for the Departmentof Conservation, said thatwhen he arrived eight yearsago, the rock he was perchedon would have been buried un-der tons of ice. Instead, theglacier now comes to an end ahalf-mile (800 meters) furtherup the valley.

"Like a loaf of bread shrink-ing in its tin, it's gone down alot as well," Costello said. "So

it's wasted away in terms of itsthickness, and that's led toquite a rapid melt."

Because of that melt, thevalley walls that were oncebraced by the glaciers havebeen left exposed and vulnera-ble to rock falls, making hikingup too dangerous. Tour opera-tors stopped taking guidedhikes onto the Franz Josef in2012 and the nearby Fox in2014.

A 2014 paper published inthe journal Global and Plane-tary Change concluded the twoglaciers have each melted by 3kilometers (1.9 miles) inlength since the 1800s, makingthem about 20 percent shorter.The glaciers have recentlybeen melting at a faster pacethan ever previously recorded,the authors said.

Heather Purdie, a scientistat the University of Canter-bury and lead author of the pa-per, said climate change is thedriving factor.

"We know that glaciersaround the world, includingthe Fox and Franz Josef glaci-ers, are responding to thatwarmer temperature andthey're retreating," she said.Small changes in temperatureand snowfall tend to be magni-fied in the two glaciers andtheir retreat has been inter-rupted by advances that canlast years, she said.

Costello and tour operatorsare hoping to see another ad-vance soon. But there's no signof that: February was the sec-ond-hottest month ever record-ed in New Zealand.

The hot weather has evencreated a new type of touristattraction over the other sideof the mountains. Purdie saidthe glaciers there are alsorapidly retreating, resulting intourists taking boat rides onthe lakes to see some of themassive icebergs that have be-gun to shear away.

A helicopter trip onto theFox Glacier reveals deepcrevasses in the translucentblue ice and stunning ice cavesthrough which guides takecrampon-wearing tourists. Aguide retells the indigenousMaori legend which would

have it that the Franz JosefGlacier began as a stream oftears left by a young womanwhose lover was killed by anavalanche.

The glaciers are formed byprevailing westerly windsdumping snow in a high-alti-tude basin. It compacts into iceand is pushed down the valleysmuch like toothpaste beingsqueezed from a tube. Theglaciers slide and roll down themountain at a rate of 4 meters(13 feet) each day, picking uprocks and debris along theway.

"It's the uniqueness, therawness of the environment,"that draws tourists from Aus-tralia, North America, Europe,and, increasingly, China, saidRob Jewell, chairman of theGlacier Country TourismGroup.

It's also a region which issubject to rapid changes in theweather. At the time of No-vember's helicopter crash —which killed four tourists fromBritain and two from Aus-tralia, as well as the NewZealand pilot — some ob-servers said the weather andvisibility were marginal forsafe flying.

Jewell said he didn't wantto comment until an investiga-tion by authorities was com-plete. He said the crash hasn'taffected tourist numbers,which have been stronger thanever this year.

At the base of the FranzJosef, Dutch tourist DieuwkeDerkse said she was over-whelmed by the beauty of theglacier and the purity of theenvironment.

She said she believed globalwarming was responsible forits retreat and felt a littleguilty even visiting NewZealand because of the fossilfuels burned by the plane ridethere. But she said the glacieralso helped inspire her to livein a more environmentallyconscious way.

"It makes me a little bit sadbecause you see how fasteverything is going," she said."The river is going very fastbut the snow and glacier is go-ing backward."

Rapid melting of New Zealandglaciers ends hikes onto them

Court: Inmate who survived '09execution can be put to death

WASHINGTON (AP) —The Federal Reserve is keep-ing a key interest rate un-changed in light of global pres-sures that risk slowing theU.S. economy.

As a result, Fed officials areforecasting that they will raiserates more gradually this yearthan they had envisioned inDecember. The officials nowforesee two, rather than four,modest increases in theirbenchmark short-term rateduring 2016.

The Fed said Wednesdaythat the economy has contin-ued to grow at a moderate pacebut that the global economyand financial markets stillpose risks. Offsetting thethreats, the Fed said in astatement after a policy meet-ing that it foresees a furtherstrengthening in the U.S. jobmarket. It also expects infla-tion, which has stayed persis-tently low, to reach the Fed's 2percent target in two to threeyears.

Stock investors seemedpleased by the Fed's expecta-

tion of a more gradual pace ofrate increases. The Dow Jonesindustrial average, which hadbeen up modestly before theFed's statement was issued,gained more than 100 pointssoon after.

Since raising its key ratefrom a record low in Decem-ber, the Fed has held off onraising rates again given mar-ket jitters and a sharp slow-down in China.

Resuming its rate hikes toosoon could slow growth or rat-tle investors again. This week,the government said that re-tail sales slipped in Februaryand that Americans spent lessin January than it had previ-ously estimated. The reportsuggested that consumers re-mained cautious about spend-ing despite a solid job marketand lower gas prices.

The Fed's decision was ap-proved 9-1, with EstherGeorge, president of the Fed'sKansas City regional branch,dissenting. The statement saidGeorge favored a quarter-pointrate hike now.

In its updated forecasts, theFed revised its outlook to showtwo rate hikes this year. Theforecast is based on responsesfrom all 17 Fed officials whoparticipate in the discussions,not just the 10 officials whovote at each meeting.

In a nod to the financialmarket turbulence that hit inthe beginning of the year overconcerns about falling oilprices and weakness in China,the Fed statement said, "Glob-al economic and financial de-velopments continue to poserisks."

It noted that "inflationpicked up in recent months"but remained below the Fed'sdesired 2 percent target. Itsaid prices were being keptlow by the "transitory effects"of lower prices for energyprices and imports, which arecheaper because of a strongdollar.

The Fed has two mandates:To maximize employment andto keep prices stable. It has es-sentially met just one: In Feb-ruary, the United States

added a robust 242,000 jobs —roughly the monthly averagefor the past six months. Andthe unemployment rate is alow 4.9 percent, close to therate the Fed associates withfull employment.

But inflation has beenstuck below the Fed's 2 per-cent target rate for nearly fouryears. Too-low inflation tendsto lead people to postpone pur-chases, which slows consumerspending, the economy's main

fuel. Subpar inflation alsomakes the inflation-adjustedcost of loans more expensive.

Before further raisingrates, the Fed wants to seemore evidence that inflation ispicking up.

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Obama nominates Garland to high court, challenging GOPWASHINGTON (AP) —

President Barack Obamanominated appeals courtjudge Merrick Garland tothe Supreme Court onWednesday, challenging Re-publicans to drop theiradamant refusal to even con-sider his choice in an elec-tion year.

Obama called Garland, along-time jurist and formerprosecutor, "one of America'ssharpest legal minds" anddeserving of a full hearingand Senate confirmationvote. Republican leaders,however, have said the va-cant high court seat shouldnot be filled until a newpresident is elected, a stanceSenate Majority LeaderMitch McConnell empha-sized immediately after theWhite House announcement.

Garland, 63, is the chiefjudge for the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Dis-trict of Columbia Circuit, acourt whose influence overfederal policy and nationalsecurity matters has made ita proving ground for poten-tial Supreme Court justices.

He would replace conserv-ative, Justice AntoninScalia, who died last month,leaving behind a bitter elec-tion-year fight over the fu-ture of the court.

Obama announced choiceat a ceremony in the RoseGarden, with DemocraticSenate leaders and allieslooking on.

Garland, who had beenpassed over before, chokedback tears, calling the nomi-nation "the greatest honor ofmy life." He described hisgrandparents' flight fromanti-Semitism in EasternEurope and his modest up-bringing.

He said he viewed ajudge's job as a mandate toset aside personal prefer-ences to "follow the law, notmake it."

Obama held up Garland

as diligent public servant,highlighting his work lead-ing the investigation intothe Oklahoma City bombingand prosecutions. He quotedpast praise for Garland fromChief Justice John Robertsand Sen. Orrin Hatch. Andhe said Garland's talent forbringing together "odd cou-ples" made him a consensuscandidate best poised to be-come an immediate force onthe nation's highest court.

The president urged theRepublican-led Senate not tolet the particularly fierceand partisan political cli-mate quash the nominationof a "serious man."

"This is precisely the timewhen we should play itstraight," Obama said.

Garland was confirmed tothe D.C. Circuit in 1997 withbacking from a majority inboth parties, including sevencurrent Republicans sena-tors.

If confirmed, Garlandwould be expected to alignwith the more liberal mem-bers, but he is not viewed asdown-the-line liberal. Par-ticularly on criminal defenseand national security cases,he's earned a reputation ascentrist, and one of the fewDemocratic-appointedjudges Republicans mighthave a fast-tracked to confir-mation — under other cir-cumstances.

In the current climate,Garland remains a toughsell. Republicans control theSenate, which must confirmany nominee, and GOP lead-ers want to leave the choiceto the next president, deny-ing Obama a chance to alterthe ideological balance of thecourt before he leaves officenext January. Republicanscontend that a confirmationfight in an election yearwould be too politicized.

Republicans have set up atask force that will orches-trate attack ads, petitions

and media outreach. On theother side, Obama allies areto run a Democratic efforttargeting states where Re-publicans might feel politi-cal heat for opposing hear-ings.

Obama's choice risks de-flating some of the energyamong the Democratic base.Progressives and civil rightsactivists had pushed thepresident to name anAfrican-American woman orto otherwise continue his ef-forts to expand the court'sdiversity.

Garland — a white, malejurist with an Ivy Leaguepedigree and career spentlargely in the upper echelon

of Washington's legal elite —breaks no barriers. At 63years old, he would be theoldest Supreme Court nomi-nee since Lewis Powell, whowas 64 when he was con-firmed in 1971.

Presidents tend to ap-point young judges with thehope they will shape thecourt's direction for as longas possible.

Those factors had, untilnow, made Garland some-thing of a perpetual brides-maid, repeatedly on Oba-ma's Supreme Court listsbut never chosen.

But he is finding his mo-ment at a time when Democ-rats are seeking to apply

maximum pressure on Re-publicans. A key part oftheir strategy is casting Re-publicans as obstructionistsready to shoot down a nomi-nee that many in their ownranks once considered a con-sensus candidate. In 2010,Hatch called Garland "terrif-ic" and said he could be con-firmed "virtually unani-mously."

A native of Chicago andgraduate of Harvard Collegeand Harvard Law School,Garland clerked for two ap-pointees of Republican Pres-ident Dwight D. Eisenhower— the liberal U.S. SupremeCourt Justice William Bren-nan Jr. and Judge Henry J.

Friendly, for whom Robertsalso clerked.

In 1988, he gave up apartner's office in a power-house law firms to cut histeeth in criminal cases. Asan assistant U.S. attorney,he joined the team prosecut-ing a Reagan White Houseaide charged with illegal lob-bying and did early work onthe drug case against then-D.C. Mayor Marion Barry.He held a top-ranking postin the Justice Departmentwhen he was dispatched toOklahoma City the day afterthe bombing at the federalcourthouse to supervise theinvestigation. The case madehis reputation. He oversawthe convictions of TimothyMcVeigh and Terry Nichols,and later supervised the in-vestigation into UnabomberTed Kaczynski.

President Bill Clintonfirst nominated him to theD.C. Circuit in 1995.

His prolonged confirma-tion process then may haveprepared him for the oneahead. Garland waited 2½years to win confirmation tothe appeals court.

Then, as now, one of themen blocking his path wasIowa Sen. Charles Grassley,who argued he had no quar-rel with Garland's creden-tials but a beef with the no-tion of a Democratic presi-dent trying to fill a courtGrassley felt had too manyseats.

Grassley ultimately re-lented, although he was notone of the 32 Republicanswho voted in favor of Gar-land's confirmation.

Nor was Sen. Mitch Mc-Connell, the other majorhurdle for Garland now. TheRepublicans who voted in fa-vor of confirmation areHatch, Sen. Dan Coats, Sen.Thad Cochran, Sen. SusanCollins, Sen. Jim Inhofe,Sen. John McCain, and Sen.Pat Roberts.

Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, stands with PresidentBarack Obama as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for theSupreme Court during an announcement in the Rose Garden of theWhite House, in Washington, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Pablo MartinezMonsivais)

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a news conferenceafter the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington,Wednesday. The Federal Reserve is keeping a key interest rateunchanged in light of global pressures that risk slowing the U.S.economy. As a result, Fed officials are forecasting that they will raiserates more gradually this year than they had envisioned in December.The officials now foresee two, rather than four, modest increases in theFed's benchmark short-term rate during 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel BalceCeneta)

Fed keeps key rates unchanged; foresees fewer hikes in 2016

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until an adult) was born 387 A.D. inEngland when it was part of the RomanEmpire.

When 16 years of age, his coastal villagewas attacked by Irish barbarians calledCelts who seized property, burned homes,and took him and many of the citizens cap-tive and back to Ireland. Patrick became a_slave to a cruel master and sheepherder,and spent the next six years as a shepherd.

One day while in the field he had anexperience with God and surrendered hislife to the Lord. He then dreamed of return-ing to England to his family and friends,and, responding to this dream, he fled hismaster, walked over 200 miles to board aship bound for England. Soon after arrivingin England he had another dream that Godwanted him to return to Ireland as aChristian missionary to proclaim the gospelmessage of Jesus Christ to the Irish who

were steeped in paganism.After a period of training at a French

monastery, "the Pope made him a bishop,gave him the name of Patrick," and senthim to Ireland as a Christian missionary.

After arriving in Ireland he went to hisformer master and paid the price of ransomfor his freedom.

He became a powerful and courageouschallenger to paganism and to the practi-tioners of pagan beliefs, and he began to winthe hearts of the Irish people and their lead-ers.

He taught the people to read and write inLatin so they could read the Bible for them-selves.

Christianity won the victory over pagan-ism, and Patrick was granted permission bythe Irish leadership to proclaim and spreadthe Christian faith throughout the land. Heis regarded as the Patron Saint of Ireland.

Again, Patrick's road was not an easyroad.

"He tells us ... that no fewer than 12times he and his companions were seizedand carried off as captives, and on one occa-sion in particular he was loaded withchains, and his death was decreed. Onaccount of the many hardships which heendured for the Faith he is honored as amartyr. Patrick, having now completed histriumph over paganism, gathered Irelandinto the fold of Christ" (from the CatholicEncyclopedia).

"St. Patrick continued until his death tovisit and watch over the churches which hehad founded in all the provinces in Ireland.

He comforted the faithful in their diffi-culties, strengthened them in the Faith andin the practice of virtue, and appointed pas-tors to continue his work among them.

It is recorded in his life that he conse-crated no fewer than 350 bishops" (Ibid).God had used Patrick to bring the Christianfaith to Ireland, and God has a noble pur-pose for you and for me.

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The City of Dublin and LaurensCounty have been celebrating St.Patricks for more than a month. Nowwe have Super Saturday is on the hori-zon.We know that all of the events this

Saturday will bring a big crowd to town.That’s exactly what the festival is about.We like to see people lined up on both

sides of the street for the St. Patrick’sParade and we like to see a large crowdin the Arts & Crafts Festival.As law enforcement officials have said

so many times, we want people to cometo Dublin and have a good time, espe-cially during the month of March.What we don’t want is for people to do

something they know they shouldn’t do- drink and drive.As Cpt. Jim Champion has said many

times, there’s nothing wrong with drink-ing a beer or two. The problem startswhen people drink too much and thenget behind the wheeler of a vehicle.Back in the 1980s, people were told to

keep a quarter so that if they drank toomuch, they could call someone to pickthem up. In today’s world, just abouteveryone has a cell phone. It’s easier forsomeone to call for a taxi or a friend.Go ahead and make that call now. Get

a designated driver and let’s keep theroads in our town safe.We want the good times to continue,

but that can only happen if everyonemake plans to stay safe.

Happy St.Patrick’s Day.-- Payton Towns III

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Make plans toparty safely during

the St. Patrickʼsfestivities

The St. Patrickʼs Festival - more than 50 years of an Irish traditionIt started out as a passing

thought. Many great ideas do. Fifty

years ago, the very firstDublin Georgia Saint Patrick’sFestival began. Billed as thelongest celebration of Irishheritage in the world, with thepossible exception of the moth-er country of Irishmen every-where, the festival has been atime when all Dubliners andLaurens Countians can enjoythe revelry, fun and festiveatmosphere of the land ofErin.

The festival is all about peo-ple and their traditions, tradi-tions of heritage, harmony andmerriment.

Altough Dublin was theoldest Dublin in the UnitedStates and the largest Dublinin the country in 1966, Dublin,Georgia had no St. Patrick’sFestival. Dick Killebrew,radiostation W.M.L.T.’s morningradio personality celebratedSt. Patrick’s day by playingIrish music and telling Irishstories and jokes.

Gradually it occurred toKillebrew that the city neededto have a celebration of itsIrish heritage. After all he wasin Dublin.

He enlisted the aid of EdHilliard, the station manager,and with the help of AnneEverly and Jo Ann DiFazioand other members of the sta-tion’s staff, the wheels wereset in motion.

W.H. Champion, editor ofthe Dublin Courier Herald,was asked to join in the estab-lishment of the festival.Champion used the talents ofhis staff and his owner’smoney to promote the new por-ject. Representatives of civic clubswere invited to join Killebrew,Hilliard, Champion and theirstaffs, and on Jan. 31, 1966,the St. Patrick’s Festival wasofficially born.

Not only would the festivalgive locals the chance for agood time, festival plannersknew that the events wouldbring people to town from thesurrounding countryside,aroundthe state and around thenation.

From time to time, theFestival has hosted manystate and national celebrities,including Jimmy Carter andnearly every governor ofGeorgia and United StatesSenator.

Sports celebrities like VinceDooley, Herschel Walker,Demaryius Thomas, ErikWalden and William Andrewshave participated in the festiv-ities.

Television and movie stars,including a local woman,Cassie Yates, Eileen “Lisa onAs the World Turns,” andDonna “Ellie May Clampett”Douglas have appeared at fes-tival events.

St. Patrick’s signatureevent is the parade held onSuper Saturday morning.Currently the parade, spon-sored and managed by theDublin Civitan Club, is com-posed of approximately 150entries, which feature localbands, school children, clowns,Shriner cars, and the brightestand the best of our community.

The Festival, run solely byvolunteers and is sponsoredthrough individual and corpo-rate donations, as well as,through the two volunteer

memberships, the Order ofShillelagh and the Order ofBlarney Stone, was incorpo-rated in 1970.

Much of the credit for thesuccess of the festival can bedirectly attributed to TheOrder of Shillelagh and theOrder of the Blarney Stonevolunteer organizations,which support the St.Patrick’s festival events finan-cially, and through their timeand talents. support the festi-val.

What began was a weeklong festival has grown overthe decades to become thelongest festival celebratingIrish heritage in the world.Many of the festival’s signa-ture events, the ExchangeClub pancake supper, bicy-cle and road races, golf tourna-ments, kite flying, tennismatches, the arts and craftsfestival, the parade and theleprechaun contests havewithstood the test of time.

Every year, the Festivalhonors those people in thecommunity who go beyond thecall of service to our communi-ty with an award for the Man,Woman, Youth and SeniorCitizen of the Year in additionto those who have workedhard to make the festival asuccess.

Few comparable communi-ties can boast of such a largenumber of who people whogive so much of themselves inservice of others.

Reccently, the festival has

returned to downtown Dublinfor “Pig in the Park,” whichhas in a sense replaced thepopular and very successful“Main Street Munchies.”

For more than 30 years,hundreds of bibliophiles havestood in line and dashed to thetables at the library lookinggreat deals on great books dur-ing the ever popular “Friendsof the Library Book Sale.”

When the weather is good,festival visitors are treated toa balloon festival held atSouthern Pines. If you dare,you can catch a ride aboard areal hot air balloon.

On the Friday before SuperSaturday, members of all ofthe county’s civic clubs gathertogether for food, fellowship,music and an opportunity tobe informed by outstandingcitizens of our state and ournation.

Among the new and newerevents are the Super SaturdayFlea Market, Serenity HospiceTour of Doors, and Dinner inthe Pines.

The Dublin Laurens St.Patrick’s Festival has beennamed as one of the Top 20Events in the Southeast by theSoutheast Tourism Society. Itis one of only a few festivals inthe state that is run solely byvolunteers.

The St. Patrick’s Festivalhas changed and grown overthe years. The classic eventshave been preserved and arestill celebrated and enjoyed 50years later.

Times have changed andnew events come and go. Thefestival was designed to pro-mote not only Dublin, butLaurens County as well. It isa time when there is no Eastor West.

It is a time when there areno city dwellers or countryfolks. It is a time when we areall green. Now there’s a tradi-tion worth preserving all yearlong.

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The United States ConcealedCarry Association itself warns:"Carrying a concealed weapon canbe very dangerous if you are notwell trained."

To which a growing number ofstates are saying, "So what?"

West Virginia became theeighth state to do away with train-ing — or any other — require-ments for the concealed carryingof firearms, despite safety worriesvoiced by police officers. Becausethe state's legislature overrode aveto by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin,most people over 21 soon will beable to tote hidden guns even ifthey have no idea what do do withthem in a crisis situation.

Seeing how trained police offi-cers can make mistakes, imagineuntrained citizens with guns step-ping into a situation where shotsare being fired. We think "can bevery dangerous" sums it up well.

This new trend will affectIllinois residents who travel tostates without training require-ments — or that have reciprocityagreements with states that haveeliminated such requirements.

Visitors to those states could findthemselves in the middle of dan-gerous scenarios.

Moreover, a big part of con-cealed carry training is teachinggun owners their legal responsibil-ities. People from states withouttraining requirements are likely tocross state lines, including intoIllinois, not knowing what thelocal rules are or even that theyexist.

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Today is Thursday,March 17, the 77th day of2016. There are 289 days leftin the year. This is St.Patrick's Day.Today's Highlight in His-

tory:On March 17, 1966, a U.S.

Navy midget submarine locat-ed a missing hydrogen bombwhich had fallen from a U.S.Air Force B-52 bomber intothe Mediterranean off Spain.(It took several more weeks toactually recover the bomb.)On this date:In 1776, the Revolutionary

War Siege of Boston ended asBritish forces evacuated thecity.In 1861, Victor Emmanuel

II was proclaimed the firstking of a united Italy.In 1906, President

Theodore Roosevelt firstlikened crusading journaliststo a man with "the muckrakein his hand" in a speech to theGridiron Club in Washington.In 1912, the Camp Fire

Girls organization was incor-porated in Washington, D.C.,two years to the day after itwas founded in Thetford, Ver-mont. (The group is nowknown as Camp Fire USA.)In 1936, Pittsburgh's Great

St. Patrick's Day Flood beganas the Monongahela and Al-legheny rivers, swollen byrain and melted snow, startedexceeding flood stage; the highwater was blamed for morethan 60 deaths.In 1941, the National

Gallery of Art opened in Wash-ington, D.C.In 1956, comedian Fred

Allen, 61, died in New York.In 1969, Golda Meir be-

came prime minister of Israel.In 1970, the United States

cast its first veto in the U.N.Security Council. (The U.S.killed a resolution that wouldhave condemned Britain forfailure to use force to over-throw the white-ruled govern-ment of Rhodesia.)In 1976, Italian movie di-

rector Luchino Visconti ("TheLeopard") died in Rome at age69.In 1988, Avianca Flight

410, a Boeing 727, crashed af-ter takeoff into a mountain inColombia, killing all 143 peo-ple on board.

In 1996, French movie di-rector Rene Clement ("Forbid-den Games") died in Monacoat age 82.Ten years ago: Federal

regulators reported the deathsof two women in addition tofour others who had taken theabortion pill RU-486; PlannedParenthood said it would im-mediately stop disregardingthe approved instructions forthe drug's use. Fashion de-signer Oleg Cassini died onLong Island, New York, at age92. Former Federal ReserveChairman and former trea-sury secretary G. WilliamMiller died in Washington,D.C., at age 81.Five years ago: The U.N.

Security Council paved theway for international airstrikes against MoammarGadhafi's forces, voting to au-thorize military action to pro-tect civilians and impose a no-fly zone over Libya. U.S. dronemissiles hit a village in Pak-istan; U.S. officials said thegroup targeted was heavilyarmed and that some of itsmembers were connected toal-Qaida, but Pakistani offi-cials said the missiles hit acommunity meeting, killingfour Taliban fighters and 38civilians and tribal police.Michael Gough, the Britishactor best known for playingBruce Wayne's butler Alfred ina series of Batman movies,died in England at age 94.Country music entertainerFerlin Husky, 85, died inWestmoreland, Tennessee.One year ago: Israeli

Prime Minister Benjamin Ne-tanyahu's Likud Party won aresounding victory in parlia-mentary elections after an ac-rimonious campaign, givinghim a mandate to form thenext government. U.S. Rep.Aaron Schock, R-Ill., abruptlyresigned following a cascade ofrevelations about his businessdeals and lavish spending oneverything from overseastravel to office decor in thestyle of "Downton Abbey."Today's Birthdays: The

former national chairwomanof the NAACP, Myrlie Evers-Williams, is 83. Former NASAastronaut Ken Mattingly is80. Singer-songwriter JimWeatherly is 73. Singer-song-

writer John Sebastian (TheLovin' Spoonful) is 72. FormerNSA Director and former CIADirector Michael Hayden is71. Rock musician HaroldBrown (War; Lowrider Band)is 70. Actor Patrick Duffy is67. Actor Kurt Russell is 65.Country singer Susie Allansonis 64. Actress Lesley-AnneDown is 62. Actor Mark BooneJr. is 61. Country singer PaulOverstreet is 61. Actor GarySinise is 61. Actor ChristianClemenson is 58. Former bas-ketball and baseball playerDanny Ainge is 57. Actor AryeGross is 56. Actress VickiLewis is 56. Actor CaseySiemaszko (sheh-MA'-zshko)is 55. Writer-director RobSitch is 54. Actor Rob Lowe is52. Rock singer Billy Corganis 49. Rock musician Van Con-ner (Screaming Trees) is 49.Actor Mathew St. Patrick is48. Actor Yanic (YAH'-neek)Truesdale is 47. Rock musi-cian Melissa Auf der Maur is44. Soccer player Mia Hammis 44. Rock musician CarolineCorr (The Corrs) is 43. ActressAmelia Heinle is 43. Countrysinger Keifer Thompson(Thompson Square) is 43. Ac-tress Marisa Coughlan is 42.Rapper Swifty (D12) is 41. Ac-tress Natalie Zea (zee) is 41.Actress Brittany Daniel is 40.Country musician GeoffSprung (Old Dominion) is 38.Pop/rock singer/songwriterHozier is 26. Actress ElizaHope Bennett is 24. ActorJohn Boyega (Film: "StarWars: The Force Awakens") is24. Actor Flynn Morrison is11.

Thought for Today: "Mayyour neighbors respect you,trouble neglect you, the angelsprotect you, and heaven ac-cept you." — Irish saying.

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Have you noticed howthe issues on the Republi-can side have taken a backseat. That's because they arewaiting to see what DonaldTrump will say next.

Is there a reason whyall of the local highschool bands were not in-vited to the local band festi-val? Editor's note: The offi-cial in charge of the festivalsaid all of the local bandswere invited. In fact, 488bands from Middle Georgiato Florida were invited.

Hillary Clinton aban-doned those guys in Beng-hazi. She'll abandon the vot-ers, too.

Maybe the name shouldbe changed from Tell It toPolitical Tell It. Come onpeople, talk about somethingelse. Mention the goodthings you see around you inDublin and Laurens County.Everything here isn't thatbad.

To the person who cutthe copper out of my airconditioner that I had out inthe yard, if you'll come backI will give you the rest of myair conditioner.

Someone came into myyard and used the bath-room near my handicapramp. They left a big old pilebehind. I hope if you comeinto my yard again, I'm go-ing to give you something tocrap for. We deserve better.Find you a place to do it likea bathroom and not in myyard.

I went into a store andnoticed two law officersfrom the Dublin Police De-partment. They were dressednice and looked and actedprofessional. If the rest arelike this then Dublin has avery good police departmentto keep us safe. They've alsobeen busy catching peoplestealing guns. They're doinga good job. Thanks to God wehave a police departmentand sheriff's departmentthat we can trust.

Does anyone knowwhere the Dublin CitySchool Board chairmanlives? He doesn't live in hisdistrict.

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Money was stolen from akitchen drawer on Terrace Dri-ve on Feb. 29.The homeowner noticed that

some money was missing fromthe kitchen drawer. While look-ing around the house, he discov-ered that more money was miss-ing along with jewelry.- Items were stolen from in-

side a truck at the Baymont InnHotel on PM Watson Lane be-tween Feb. 29 and March 1.- Jamelle Brumfield, 20 of

Dublin, was charged with loiter-ing on South Jefferson Street onMarch 1. - The door knob at a house

was damaged on Briarcliff Roadon March 1.- A juvenile damaged a tele-

phone into some kitchen wateron North Street at Living OurLives, LLC on March 1.

- A mattress was stolen froma house on Brookdale Drive onMarch 1.- An officer talked with a

Dublin man about a fraud onVeterans Boulevard on March 1.

- A Playstation , iPhone 4,iPod and $100 in change werestolen from a house on BraircliffDrive on March 3.

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- Several mailboxes weredamaged on Alcrorn Road onFeb. 29.- A white and brown purse

was stolen on Highway 80 Westbetween Feb. 26 and 29.

- A tag and decal from a 2013Volkswagon Beetle were stolenon Ball Park Road in Cadwellbetween Feb. 26 and 28.- A tree damaged a garage on

Ralph Keen extension in EastDublin on Feb. 29.

Editor's note: This informa-tion is public record and wastaken from reports of the DublinPolice Department and the Lau-rens County Sheriff's Office.These reports do not reflect onthe guilt or innocence. An "ar-rest" does not always indicate in-carceration. Readers are cau-tioned that people may havesimilar names. Police Beat doesnot identify minor children, vic-tims of sexual assault, suicide at-tempts or medical conditions.Cases dismissed do not appear ifthe newspaper is notified beforedeadline.

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DC commuters face subway-free workday over safety inspectionWASHINGTON (AP) —

Facing an unprecedented day-long shutdown of the Washing-ton area's Metro subway sys-tem for a safety inspection,hundreds of thousands of com-muters in the nation's capitalwere forced to turn to Plan Bon Wednesday. While sometook advantage of the federalgovernment's option for em-ployees to take the day off ortelecommute, other workerswoke up early, hopped on bus-es and pricey taxis, preparedto drive in gridlock, or plannedlong walks home without masstransit.Michaun Jordan, 51, usual-

ly takes a commuter train,then Metro rail lines and a busto get to her job as a finance of-ficer for the federal govern-ment. But on Wednesday, shetook a $15 taxi after her train,then waited at Rosslyn stationin Virginia for a bus."At first I was a bit disap-

pointed. Then I thought aboutit — it's best to be safe," shesaid.The nation's second-busiest

transit system was shut downat midnight Tuesday for a sys-tem-wide safety inspection ofits third-rail power cables,prompted by a series of electri-cal fires. It will reopen at 5a.m. Thursday unless inspec-tors find an immediate threatto passenger safety, which thesystem's general manager saidwas unlikely.Ridership on Metro has

dipped as the system's reliabil-ity has deteriorated, and

gripes on social media occurdaily.Still, riders take more than

700,000 trips on Metro trainsevery day because it's still thebest way to get downtown fromMaryland, Virginia and thecity's outer neighborhoods. OnWednesday, they didn't havethat option."It's always slow, always

crowded," Bob Jones, 26, of Ar-lington, Virginia, said ofMetro.But on Wednesday, as he

waited for his normal bus towork but planned a walk ofmore than an hour home with-out his usual option of the sub-way, he said he wasn't too up-set with the decision to close."Better that than, like, a

fiery inferno," he said.Despite the announcement

Tuesday, not all riders had got-ten the message that the sys-tem would close. At Metro'sRosslyn station in Virginia,just over the Potomac Riverfrom Washington, DeryaDemirci, 27, looked disbeliev-ingly at a sign announcing theshutdown. She had hoped totake her normal train to herchildcare job."I don't know what to do,"

she said. She settled on takinga picture of the sign ("Yoursafety is our highest priority,"it read in part) and asked herhusband to drive her to work.A federal shutdown usually

makes driving into the citymuch easier — but that's withthe Metro running. Officialswere bracing for a difficult

morning on the city's alreadytraffic-choked streets, andmany commuters said theywould have no choice but tostay home.Metro wasn't yet hearing

reports of overcrowding onbuses, spokeswoman MorganDye said by phone Wednesdaymorning. But many peoplewere planning several busesinstead of their usual, easysubway rides."I've got to catch five buses

to get to Alexandria," LeanderTalley, 52, said. "... It's likethree and a half hours. It'scrazy."Talley then loaded his bicy-

cle onto a bus on the Spring-field Metro station. It's nor-mally one of the busiest innorthern Virginia, but themassive parking garage —where parking was freeWednesday — was mostlyempty, and only a handful ofpeople waited for buses at 7:45a.m.On Monday, a fire on the

Metro rail tracks led to majordelays throughout the system.The fire was caused by thesame kind of electrical compo-nent that malfunctioned lastyear and caused a train to fillwith smoke inside a downtownWashington tunnel, killing onepassenger and sickeningdozens.On Tuesday, Metro's gener-

al manager, Paul Wiedefeld,said the closure was necessaryto ensure rider safety."While the risk to the public

is very low, I cannot rule out a

potential life and safety issuehere, and this is why we musttake this action immediately,"he said.D.C. Council member Jack

Evans, the chairman ofMetro's board, said that whilethe system had previouslybeen closed for days for weath-er, including earlier this year,Wednesday was believed to bethe first time the systemwould be shut down for me-chanical reasons.U.S. Transportation Secre-

tary Anthony Foxx said in astatement that putting safetyfirst is the right choice butMetro needs to get seriousabout fixing issues."I've said it before, and I'll

keep saying it until the regiontakes real ownership of itssafety oversight responsibili-ties: D.C., Maryland and Vir-ginia need to stand up a per-manent Metro safety officewith real teeth. What are folkswaiting for?" Foxx said.Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Vir-

ginia Democrat, called the de-cision to shut down "a gutpunch to the hundreds of thou-sands of commuters who de-pend on the system."News of the closure explod-

ed on social media, with someon Twitter dubbing the situa-tion "#Metromageddon" or"#Metropocalypse."District of Columbia Mayor

Muriel Bowser said additionalpolice officers would be de-ployed to help deal with antic-ipated traffic gridlock.

Thursday•The Evening Branch of the Dublin Lions Club at 6:30p.m. at the CNH Tractor Plant on Firetower Road. •Stevens/Forstmann Retirees at the Cloverleaf Restau-rant in East Dublin.•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 8:00 p.m.•NA We Surrender, contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, 6:30 p.m.•Magnolia Midlands Chess Club meets on Thursdays at 6p.m. in the lobby of the Fred Roberts Hotel. The club is forall ages and all levels. There is no cost to be in the club. Formore information call Bill Perry at 697-6728.•Celebrate Recovery (a Christian-based Recovery meet-ing) meet each Friday at 7 p.m. except the last Friday of eachmonth, a supper meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Meetings areheld at the New Vision Fellowship across from the old KrogerStore. Call 278-0710 or 290-1322 for further information.•Hand in Hand Cancer Support Group strength and so-lutions for patients and families. Middle Georgia CancerCenter at 5:30 p.m., 207 Fairview Park Dr. For more infor-mation call (478)-275-1111.

Friday•Dublin Serenity Al-Anon Family Group, 1515 Rice Ave.Dublin (use back entrance) Friday 6:30 p.m.•Dublin/Laurens Commission on Children, Youth andFamilies (Laurens County Family Connection) Board of Di-rectors. Call (478) 296-9141.•AA I Am Responsible Group contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 8 p.m. •NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, noon, 629 BroadStreet, East Dublin.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

COMMUNITY EVENTSPlaces to go. People to see. Things to do.

Food Service Workshop sponsored by the Oconee High School National Alumni

A Food Service Workshop sponsored by the Oconee HighSchool National Alumni Association, Inc. will be held April 18-22. Sanitation and safety, work ethics and customer servicetopics will be covered. Certificates will be awarded. For moreinformation and application contact coordinator GuynellEllington at (478) 272-0845.

Activities and Events that are open to the publicwith proceeds going to a non-profit run compliments

of The Courier Herald.Community events run two weeks prior to event date.

North Korea sentences UStourist to 15 years in prison PYONGYANG, North Korea

(AP) — North Korea's highestcourt sentenced an Americantourist to 15 years in prison withhard labor for subversion onWednesday, weeks after author-ities presented him to mediaand he tearfully confessed thathe had tried to steal a propagan-da banner.Otto Warmbier, a University

of Virginia undergraduate, wasconvicted and sentenced in aone-hour trial in North Korea'sSupreme Court.He was charged with subver-

sion under Article 60 of NorthKorea's criminal code. The court held that he had

committed a crime "pursuant tothe U.S. government's hostilepolicy toward (the North), in a

bid to impair the unity of its peo-ple after entering it as a tourist."North Korea regularly accus-

es Washington and Seoul ofsending spies to overthrow itsgovernment to enable the U.S.-backed South Korean govern-ment to take control of the Kore-an Peninsula.Tensions are particularly

high following North Korea's re-cent nuclear test and rocketlaunch, and massive joint mili-tary exercises now underwaybetween the U.S. and South Ko-rea that the North sees as adress rehearsal for invasion.The University of Virginia

said it was aware of the reportsabout Warmbier and remainedin touch with his family.

The GMBC of Georgia, Inc.,12th District UshersMinistry joined the residents of Southland CareCenter for a Valentineʼs Day celebration on Satur-day, Feb. 13. The ministry donated socks and toi-letries for the residents. Refreshments wereserved. (Special photo)

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BByy GGAARRYY KK.. BBRROOWWNNTwenty-one Laurens Coun-

ty Cloverleaf 4-H’ers traveledto Swainsboro to participatein Area Project Achievementon March 12th, 2016.

It took a lot of hard workfor each young person to pre-pare for this event. They hadto research and assemble theinformation they collected ona topic that they chose. Then,the 4-Hers gave an illustrated

talk or demonstration on thistopic.

Most demonstrations lastabout four minutes, and the 4-H’er uses two or three postersas visual aids. ProjectAchievements helps 4-H’ersdevelop skills in researchingand presenting information inaddition to developing integri-ty, sportsmanship, coopera-tion, poise and self-confidence.

Fifteen students received

awards for their presentationsand Laurens County receivedan Award for Most ImprovedCounty.

Competing this year wasJala Beauchamp, Saliah Gre-

gory, Emily Currie, LilySmith, Z’Nadia Carr, LaurenGraham, Anna Grace Gwee,Dak Hardin, Devin Walker,Olivia Brown, India Newton,Makala Richards, GriseldaLopez, Miracle Evans, JaylinJones, Whitney Roady, AmieBrantley, Rebekah McCord,Jami Norris, Jessica Morrisand Vaibhar Mishra.

4-H staff, adult leaders andteen leaders helped 4-H’ers

prepare for DPA and some at-tended with the youth. Thoseattending were: Gary Brown,Heather Thacker, SusanMoore, Laura Travick, GregTucker and Logan Bush.

4-H started in 1905 withcorn clubs for boys and tomatoclubs for girls. Since then, theUniversity of Georgia Cooper-ative Extension Service’s 4-Hand Youth program hashelped thousands of Georgia

youth learn by doing to maketheir best better. If you wouldlike to find out more about theLaurens County 4-H program,call Gary Brown at 478-272-2277.

Gary K. Brown is LaurensCounty Extension Agent-4-Hwith University of Georgia Co-operative Extension. His tele-phone number is 478-272-2277. His email address isgaryb@uga.edu.

21 4-Hers compete at Area Project Achievement Front row, from left: Jala Beauchamp, Saliah Gregory, Emily Currie, Lily Smith, Z’Nadia Carr, Lauren Graham, Anna Grace Gwee and Dak Hardin. Back row, from left: Laura Travick, Devin Walk-er, Olivia Brown, India Newton, Makala Richards, Griselda Lopez, Miracle Evans, Jaylin Jones, Whitney Roady, Amie Brantley, Rebekah McCord and Heather Thacker. Not Pictured: Jami Nor-ris, Jessica Morris and Vaibhar Mishra. (Special photo)

NWLE first grade students who had perfect attendance for 2nd Nine Weekswere recently recognized at school. Students received a certificate as well asa delicious snack to enjoy during recess. “Thank you, parents, for sharing inour belief that school attendance promotes academic success.” (Special pho-to)

On Sunday, Feb. 6, Boy Scout Troop 65 of First United Methodist Church inDublin celebrated Scout Sunday. This marked the 106th birthday of the BoyScouts of America. Scouts from the troop opened the service with the presen-tation of colors and opening prayer. The morning childrenʼs message was alsoled by two scouts from the troop. After a wonderful service Troop 65 held acovered dish lunch and Court of Honor in the church soacial hall with over ahundred friends and family present. It was truly a wonderful day of worship andfellowship. Submitted by Andrew Nichols, Troop Historian. (Special photo)

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Valentineʼs Day Celebration

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The Dublin High SchoolFBLA recently traveled toAthens, Georgia to participatein the State Leadership Con-ference. SLC held a variety ofleadership sessions that weredesigned to enhance leader-ship and communication

skills. Dublin High SchoolFBLA Chapter was awardedSilver Chapter of the Year.There were 10 DHS studentswho competed at SLC. Thosestudents were J. Threat, H.Ingram, C. Solomon, J. Ch-eney, Y. Spikes, U. Andrews,

C. Parker, T. Kinsey, V. Powelland J. Radford. C. Solomonand H. Clark were recognizedfor completing the Future lev-el of the Business Achieve-ment Awards. DHS also hadthree voting delegates for the2016-2017 State Officer Team.

Those students were: Y.Spikes, C. Solomon and V.Powell.Ms. Pamela Ingram is the

DHS FBLA Adviser. (Specialphotos)

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The Dublin Rotary Club recognizes outstanding students each quarter fromfour area High Schools. Students of the Quarter recipients were recently rec-ognized for their achievements and presented plaques and a check by theDublin Rotary President Bo-J Claxton. Pictured (l-r) Josh Christian, YouthRecognition and Scholarships Committee; Dublin High School: Kristin Watson,(accepting for Kristin Watson is Bobbie Wolhrable); West Laurens HighSchool: Emily Miller; Trinity Christian School: Matt East and East Laurens HighSchool: Trusha Patel. (Photo by Griffin Lovett)

Dads took time to eat breakfastwith Saxon students recently.(Special photos)

Dublin Rotary Club recognizesStudents of the Quarter

Dads eat breakfastwith Saxon students

Dublin High School FBLA attends State Leadership Conference in Athens

tenants, and obtaining federaland state historical tax cred-its, which injected approxi-mately $1 million of equity in-to the project.

"The economic impact of aproject like this is tremen-dous. Anytime a project cancreate new jobs, new invest-ments, and new educationalopportunities its a great winfor the community," saysJoshua Kight, Executive Di-rector of DDA.

Much of the success of theproject is attributed to a dedi-cated, community-minded de-veloper - Mr. Jim Walters,Gainesville businessman, theexpert knowledge of GarbuttConstruction in the area of

historic restoration, and part-nership with downtown banks- Morris Bank and Bank ofDudley. In securing these keypartners, Dublin DDA wasable to help see the project tocompletion.

"Being recognized by stateleaders and other communi-

ties during the awards cere-mony was very exciting. Thisaward is shared with Mr. Wal-ters, Garbutt Construction,the City of Dublin and every-one involved with this project -- well deserved," says TaraBradshaw, Main StreetDublin Director.

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comments that the board shoulddrop the APTT program, a pilotinstituted by the former super-intendent, Dr. Charles Ledbet-ter.

APTT is the acronym for Aca-demic Parent-Teacher Teams, adifferent approach to parent-teacher meetings.

Wheeler said the PTA pro-gram is the best and studentshave more success with it thanwith the APTT program whichall the other schools in the sys-tem use. He said APTT is afailed program, a bad program.

"It took Saxon. If you wantsuccess, APTT is not working.They want me to push it, butthat's not going to happen."

Neither board members northe superintendent had com-ments in response to Wheeler.

Superintendent FredWilliams recognized the boardmembers for their work. Heread the Governor's Proclama-tion naming this week as Geor-gia School Boards Week.

Williams gave each boardmember a handwritten card ofthanks for their efforts to makeDublin City Schools the bestthey can be.

The board then heard fromDMS business teacher LaurenHelton and recognized her stu-dent, Skyriannia Cannon, forher recent Microsoft MasterCertification. She is the firstDMS student to earn a MasterOffice Specialist Master Certifi-

cation in Word.The board also approved the

21st Century External Evalua-tor, "Carol Norris, who tracksgrades, etc. and has been doinga good job all year. Board ap-proval is needed for her to con-tinue doing this now," said aprogram representative The su-perintendent recommendedthat Norris be approved to con-tinue in her capacity in the pro-gram.

The board next entered exec-utive session for a few minutesand then exited to regular ses-sion to approve the followingsubstitute teachers for use sys-tem wide: Shiloah Brantley, Al-lura Masterson and TokelaWright.

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Devaney, winner; JohnWilliam Pittard, first run-nerup; King Davis, secondrunnerup; and Jaxon Warren,third runnerup.

Third grade girls: CateCowart, winner; Haedyn

Skinner, first runnerup; Shel-by Ann Thrasher, second run-nerup; and Torianna Wells,third runnerup.

Third grade boys: RylanHarden, winner; Chase Col-berts, first runnerup; Mar-travius Linder, second run-nerup; and J.D. Edwards,

third runnerup.Special thanks were given

to Greg Lowery Photography,Mike Warren, TheatreDublin, Bank of Dudley, Free-man Daniel Co., Oconee EMCand Oconee Fall Line Techni-cal College.

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On Feb. 26, Bazemore, Newand Best took pizzas out to

Matthew Taylor's fifth gradeclass and Chris Lewis' fourthgrade class.

Best said they plan on hav-ing a ceremony to place theheadstone for Hooks andDasher before school is out inMay. Both are at the DudleyCemetery.

"We hope to have all living

past principals of Susie Dash-er Elementary, and membersof the school board, donators,along with whomever wants tobe a part of the ceremony willbe able to attend," Best said."All of the money has beenraised, so we are just waitingfor the headstones to bemade."

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CelebrateLeprechaun

Special photoBazemore, New and Best helped both Matthew Taylorʼs fifth grade

class and Chris Lewisʼ fourth grade class celebrate with a pizza party.

Photos by Sandy Aldridge and Royce HallMore photos from Tuesday nightʼs Leprechaun Contest.

Photo by Kelly LenzDDA board members stand in front of the Skyscraper with their award.

BByy BBAALLII SSMMIITTHHThe West Laurens Raiders

remained unbeaten in Region2AAAA by defeating theBaldwin Braves 10-0 in a run-ruled, six-inning victoryTuesday evening at the Raidersports complex

“I was glad to see us hit theball with authority through-out our lineup,” said WestLaurens head coach BrianBrown. “I thought we playedwell defensively throughoutthe game and made some solidplays when we needed themmost.”

The Raiders scored singleruns in the first, fourth andfifth innings, and created afour-run cushion when theyscored three runs in the bot-tom half of the third. WestLaurens ended the contest aninning early when they scoredfour runs in the bottom half ofthe sixth.

Raider starting pitcherCase Matthews pitched fiveinnings of shutout baseball.The junior hurler gave up sixhits, struck out six andwalked none to record the win.Nolan Daniel preserved the

win for Matthews by retiringthe Braves 1-2-3 in the sixth,forcing a pop up and striking

out two batters. “Case pitched a good solid

game during his five innings

on the mound. Nolan did anice job of doing what Nolandoes: throw strikes and getbatters out,” said Brown.

Several Raiders had bignights at the plate.

Starting catcher Bill LeRoywas 3 for 4 with a single, twodoubles and two RBIs. Secondbaseman Jonathon Kelly hadtwo doubles and scored twicein his three plate appear-ances.

Matthews helped himself— and the Raiders —with atwo-hit performance. Thepitcher doubled in his firstplate appearance and scoredthe first run for the Raiders inthe opening inning. His two-out RBI single ignited theRaiders three-run rally in thebottom half of the third.

Pinch-hitters also played arole in the victory. AustinGreen and Slayton Marinaboth doubled and scored in thesixth inning, When Marina’sfoot hit home plate for the10th run, the contest ended ina run-rule victory for WestLaurens.

“I thought our guys tookcare of business tonight,”

Brown said. “Being 3-0 inregion play is a nice start. Ibelieve Baldwin is a much-improved ballclub. I tip myhat to their coaches for the job

they are doing and the hustletheir players displayed duringthe game.”

The Raiders host Mt. deSales today at 5 p.m.

BByy RROODDNNEEYY MMAANNLLEEYYSSppoorrtt EEddiittoorrThe race for the Region

3AA baseball crown got awhole lot tighter Tuesdaynight as Dublin knocked offfirst-place East Laurens, 11-1,at Bush Perry Field.

The Falcons came into con-test on a region roll, havingwon their first three divisiongames, but the upstart Irishjumped right into the thick ofthings with the win. Dublinused a big fifth inning androck solid pitching perform-ance from starter Josh Price toeven its region record at 2-2.

Ahead by just a run, theIrish sent 13 batters to theplate and seven runnersacross it in the bottom of thefifth to go up 9-1. That wasmore than enough for Price,who hurled a six-inning com-plete game and held theFalcons to four hits and anunearned run.

The Irish, meanwhile,pounded out 10 hits and werepaced by MontarionCarswell’s three-hit, three-RBI night. Cole Mullis andCorey Mallette each addedtwo hits and two RBIs.

“We played well,” Dublinhead coach Rusty Watterssaid. “We had to overcomesome adversity. Things didn’tgo our way early, but our kidsresponded tonight.”

Aided by a pair of Irisherrors, the Falcons jumpedahead in their first at-bat.Conner Hobbs stroked a one-

out single and advanced tothird when Colby Owens’ linedrive to right field was mis-played. With two outs, Hobbsscored when Ethan Wood’spopup near the plate wasdropped.

Price struck out the nexthitter to leave Owens strand-ed at third, and the Irish didnot make another error.

“Price threw strikes,” saidWatters. “He attacked the hit-ters today and let his team-mates make plays. That’swhat we’ve been preaching.”

East Laurens head coachGene Mulkey said his squadwas not aggressive enough atthe plate. Falcon hitters spentmuch of the game behind inthe count, allowing Price to

throw a lot of off-speed pitch-es.

“When you have seven bat-ters go to the plate and look atfirst-pitch fastballs and getbehind, that ain’t a good deal,”said Mulkey.

The head coach also said heexpected a little more fightfrom his Falcons, especiallyafter wins on the road against

region opponents Harlem,Screven County andSwainsboro.

“Instead of us coming overhere and being fired up andready to play, we came overhere hoping not to lose. Wedidn’t have any fire. We didn’thave any energy,” Mulkeysaid. “If we play like this, wewon’t win another regiongame.”

The Irish, on the otherhand, were fired up, keepingup constant chatter thatbegan before Watters wasbanished to the Dublin dugoutfor arguing balls and strikesin the third inning.

“I thought our dugoutstepped up and played a big

role. They were 100 percentfocused,“ said Watters.

Trailing 1-0, the Irish putacross a pair of runs in thebottom of the second inning totake the lead for good.

With one out, TannerGraham, who had reached ona catcher’s interference call,scored from first when Mullisdrove a pitch down the right-field line. Despite a turf toeinjury that relegated him toDH duties, Mullis hobbled allthe way to third with a triple.

One out later, he scoredeasily when Carswell doubled.

“Cole Mullis playedthrough the pain. He reallystepped up,” Watters said..

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Irish down first-place Falcons, 11-1

Photo by Rodney Manley

PITCHING A GEMDublinʼs Josh Price did not allow an earned run.

Photo by Rodney Manley

BIG BLOWCorey Mallette (17) is greeted by Irish teammates after his sixth-inning homer.

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Raiders rout Baldwin to remain unbeaten in region

Photo by Bali Smith

BIG ON THE HILLCase Matthews pitched five shutout innings.

Photo by Bali Smith

BIG AT THE PLATEBill LeRoy was 3 for 4 with two doubles.

SSttaaffff rreeppoorrttssWest Laurens swept

Tuesday’s home tennis matchagainst region foe Baldwin.

The Lady Raiders andRaiders both won by 5-0scores.

In girls play, MadisonSawyer (6-1, 6-2.), Disha Patel(6-1, 6-0) and Yagni Patel (6-0,6-1) picked up singles wins.

Pooja Patel and TaylorDuke won their doublesmatch, 6-1, 6-1. The LadyRaiders won the second dou-bles match by forfeit.

The Raiders got singleswins from Caleb Tanner (6-0,6-0), Connor Milton (6-1, 6-0)and Max Woodburn (6-0, 6-0).

West Laurens won bothboys doubles matches by for-feit.

Photo by Bali Smith

Madison Sawyer hits a backhand during her win.

WL tennisposts sweep

BByy RROODDNNEEYY MMAANNLLEEYYDublin’s tennis teams

continued to mow throughregion opponents with adominating sweep ofJefferson County inLouisville on Tuesday.

The Lady Irish did notlose a single game in their5-0 victory. The Irish alsowon by a 5-0 score. Bothteams improved theirRegion 3AA records to 4-0with the wins.

In girls singles play,Rawda Rahman, CourtneyCollins and Niya Mainor allwon 6-0. 6-0. The Dublindoubles teams of JaliciaMcRae/Takorra Smith andTiffany Feliciano/EvelynInman won by the samescores.

For the Irish, Shravan Kannan and ChrisBurnett both won theirmatches, 6-0, 6-0. ChrisJohnson won 6-1, 6-0.

In doubles, Josh Peekand Uriah Andrews won 6-2, 6-0, and Jocquaz Chaneyand Donald Harrell won 6-2, 6-1.

Dublin returns to thecourts on Tuesday with aregion match at ScrevenCounty.

Irish dominate Jefferson Co.

BByy RROODDNNEEYY MMAANNLLEEYYSSppoorrttss EEddiittoorrThe East Laurens Lady

Falcons shut out Harlem, 5-0, at home on Tuesday tokeep their Region 3AA recordunblemished.

The Lady Falconsimproved to 9-0-1 overall and7-0 in the region with the vic-tory.

“We played the best soccerall year in the first half,” saidhead coach Chris Robinson. “Hannah Theriault, JuliaWatson, Lea Wilkinson andKendra Delgado did a greatjob of putting pressure ontheir defense the wholegame. Our defense did agood job with the shutout.”

Theriault led the way withtwo goals and and assist.Watson, Wilkinson andDelgado all scored.

East Laurens plays atSoutheast Bulloch onThursday.

BByy JJEERREEMMYY PPAAYYNNEEThe Trinity Crusaders held a 3-1

lead heading to the bottom of the sev-enth at Edmund Burke on Tuesday.However, the Spartans, aided by a cou-ple of costly Trinity errors, scoredthree times in the seventh to pull out awin.

Edmund Burke took a 1-0 lead inthe first when John Dixon doubled tolead off the inning. He would later

score on a double by Trey Liles.Trinity put a pair of runners on in

the second as Phillip Barwick walkedwith one out and Cal LeRoy followedwith a single, but a strikeout and a popup ended the threat.

The Crusaders loaded the bases inthe fourth but were still unable to cap-italize as Chance Blum’s liner to shortwas snagged.

They were finally able to break

through in the fifth. Britt Evans sin-gled with one out, and Whit Masondrew a two-out walk. Both runnersadvanced on a wild pitch, and bothscored on a errant throw to give theCrusaders a 2-1 lead.

Trinity added to its lead in the sixthwhen Jake Walker, who had walked,scored on an error by the Burke short-stop.

Mason led off the seventh with a

hit, his second of the game, but a linerback to the mound by Barwick wassnared, and Mason wasdoubled off atfirst, ending the threat.

Trinity’s starting pitcher Evans andreliever Chase Autry held theSpartans scoreless from the secondthrough the sixth innings, pitching outof several jams.

That all changed in the seventh.

Crusaders fall in seventh, 3-1, at Edmund Burke

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Lady Falcons shutout Harlem, 5-0

THERIAULT

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THURSDAYBaseball

Mt. De Sales at West Laurens,5 p.m.Soccer

East Laurens at SE Bulloch,5:30 p.m.

Trinity at Bulloch, 5 p.m.West Laurens at Veterans,

5:30 p.m.Tennis

Trinity at Frederica Academy,2 p.m.Track

Dublin, Johnson Co., WilkinsonCo. at Dublin

FRIDAYBaseball

Screven Co. at Dublin,5:30 p.m.Soccer

Crusader Classic at Trinity,2 p.m.

SATURDAYSoccer

Crusader Classic at Trinity, TBA

Prep Schedule

ʻSt. Patrickʼs Slamʼ golftournament March 18Runners have until noon Thursday

to register for Saturdayʼs LeprechaunRoad Race. Registration fees are$18 for online registration atwww.racer pal-leprechaun roadrace.com.ʻSt. Patrickʼs Slamʼ golftournament March 18

The St. Patrick's Slam GolfTournament on Friday, March 18, atGreen Acres Golf Club in Dexter is afour-person scramble featuring 18holes of varying format that includesa true scramble, best-ball and alter-nating shots. The tournament beginsat 1 p.m. Entry fee is $200 per teamand includes supper. For more infor-mation, call Green Acres at 875-3110or e-mail greenacresgolf1@gmail.com.

Contact usTo submit information, call 272-5522,

ext. 223, fax 478-272-2189 or e-mail tch-sports77@gmail.com.

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7:15 p.m.TBS — NCAA Tournament, firstround, teams TBATRU — NCAA Tournament, firstround, teams TBA

9:15 p.m.TNT — NCAA Tournament, firstround, teams TBA

9:30 p.m.CBS — NCAA Tournament, firstround, teams TBA

9:45 p.m.TBS — NCAA Tournament, firstround, teams TBA

9:55 p.m.TRU — NCAA Tournament, firstround, teams TBA

10 p.m.ESPNU — NIT, second round,game TBA

GOLF5 a.m.

GOLF — European PGA, HeroIndian Open, first round, at NewDelhi

2 p.m.GOLF — PGA Tour, ArnoldPalmer Invitational, first round, atOrlando, Fla.

6 p.m.GOLF — LPGA Tour, JTBCFounders Cup, first round, atPhoenix.

MLB BASEBALL6 a.m.

MLB — Spring training,Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore, atSarasota, Fla. (tape-delayed)

9 a.m.MLB — Spring training, ChicagoCubs vs. Kansas City, atSurprise, Ariz. (tape-delayed)

1 p.m.MLB — Spring training, St. Louisvs. Detroit, at Lakeland, Fla.4 p.m.MLB — Spring training, L.A.Angels vs. Colorado, atScottsdale, Ariz.

7 p.m.ESPN — Spring training, Arizonavs. Chicago Cubs, at Mesa, Ariz.

10 p.m.MLB — Spring training, SanFrancisco vs. San Diego, atPeoria, Ariz.

2 a.m. (Friday)MLB — Spring training, Toronto(ss) vs. Houston (ss), atKissimmee, Fla. (same-day tape)

NBA BASKETBALL8:30 p.m.

NBA — Portland at San AntonioSOCCER

2 p.m.FS1 — UEFA Europa League,Villarreal CF at Bayer 04LeverkusenFS2 — UEFA Europa League,Athletic Club de Bilbao atValencia CF

4 p.m.FS1 — UEFA Europa League,Liverpool at Manchester UnitedFS2 — UEFA Europa League,Borussia Dortmund at Tottenham

TENNIS2 p.m.

ESPN2 — ATP World Tour &WTA Tour, BNP Paribas Open,men's & women's quarterfinals,at Indian Wells, Calif.

8 p.m.ESPN2 — ATP World Tour &WTA Tour, BNP Paribas Open,men's & women's quarterfinals,at Indian Wells, Calif.

WINTER SPORTS6 a.m.

NBCSN — FIS World Cup,Alpine Skiing, Men's Super G, atSt. Moritz, Switzerland

7 a.m.NBCSN — FIS World Cup,Alpine Skiing, Women's Super G,at St. Moritz, SwitzerlandFriday, March 18AUTO RACING1:30 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint CupSeries, Auto Club 400, practice,at Fontana, Calif.3 p.m.

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“He kind of set the tone for theteam. The guys rallied aroundhim a little bit.”

The score stayed 2-1 untilthe fifth inning as neitherPrice nor Owens, who startedon the mound for the Falcons,surrendered a hit over thenext two frames. The Falconsthreatened in the third, put-ting a runner at second withone out, but Mallette’s divingstop on a liner by CavinRotramel saved a run.

Price pitched out of anotherjam in the top of the fifth. EastLaurens shortstop GavinDonaldson led off with a singleand moved to second on a sac-rifice bunt by Hobbs. AfterDublin elected to walk Owensintentionally. Price fanned thenext batter and got a ground-ball out to end the threat.

The Irish broke the gameopen in their next turn at-bat.Zion Washington led off with awalk and advanced on apassed ball. The Falcons, whohad played error-free ball tothat point, committed twowhile trying to retire HoldenBaisden after a dropped thirdstrike, allowing Washington toscore.

After Torian Holderreached on another error,Dalton Davis walked to loadthe bases, and Mallette sin-gled to drive in Baisden. Oneout later, Mullis drew a walkto bring home another run andpushe the Irish lead to 5-1.

Price, Carswell andWashington followed withback-to-back-to-back RBI sin-

gles, and Baisden drew anoth-er bases-loaded walk to putDublin ahead 9-1.

East Laurens threatenedagain in the sixth when CamOliver singled with two outsand Seth Newsome drew awalk, but Price again escapedwith another ground-ball out.

Dublin ended the gamewith two runs in the bottom ofthe inning.

Mallette put the first oneon the board when he clubbeda lead-off homer over the left-field fence. Graham andMullis followed with singles,Price was walked intentional-ly to load the bases and thehot-hitting Carswell roped anRBI single to center.

Price finished with fourstrikeouts over his six inningson the mound. He walkedthree.

Owens pitched the firstfour innings for the Falconsand faced three batters in thefifth. He allowed just two hitsand struck out four. Hewalked three and was chargedwith five runs, but just threewere earned.

He was relieved by BrysonEdge and Oliver.

Mulkey said his team, now3-1 in the region, must step upat the plate.

“I’ve told them our pitchingis not going to win every gamefor us. When the pitching isnot great — as it had been inour three region wins, andtonight it was not as good —and we don’t take care of busi-ness on offense, it makes for along night.”

Dublin-ELContinued from page 1b

Liles led off the inning witha double and scored on a sin-gle by James Sharpe. Sharpeadvanced to second on a badrelay throw and scored thetying run when Trip Post’sgrounder to third couldn’t behandled.

Jack Thompson singledwith one out to drive homePost with the game-winningrun.

For the game, theCrusaders managed only fivehits. Evans and Mason hadtwo each, while LeRoy hadone.

Evans pitched four innings,allowing four hits and onerun. He walked two andstruck out two.

Autry went 2 1/3, allowingfive hits and only one earnedrun. He struck out three andwalked one.

The Crusaders return toaction today as they faceBulloch Academy in anotherregion contest. In the newregion format, the Crusaderswill play each team threetimes in an attempt to avoidtiebreaker games late in theseason. First pitch is sched-uled for 4:30.

TrinityContinued from page 1b

Photo by Rodney Manley

EL pitcher Colby Owens allowed just two hitsbut took the loss.

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West LaurensMiddle School PageantFriday, March 25th

7:00 PM

Elizabeth Claxton CastilloVocal Recital

Saturday, April 2nd2:00 PM

Miss LaurensRelay for Life PageantSaturday, April 9th

11:00 AM