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Several years ag, a Grin manbecame a scial entrepreneurater being laid as an intern

architect. Brian Keith Miller beganinteractive wrkshps r childrenwith three gals: emphasize theimprtance making pwerulpsitive chices, dispel steretypicalviews success, and demnstratethe eect nes actins.

Less than a year later, he began aphilanthrpic-based business that

cmbined his lve r shes, yuth,and art Sle Plus. He invested hisentire savings in canvas Cnverseshes, allwing children t decratethem as they pleased as a rm artistic expressin. Since then, Millerhas distributed thusands shest underprivileged children andhmeless peple.

While n the streets distributingthe shes, the extreme plight thehmeless aected Miller. Thinkingthrugh ne the mst pressingcnditins acing a hmeless persn expsure t the elements, and ten

the use cardbard as a makeshitbed -- Miller again returned t whathe knew t help address the prblem shes.

Using a Nike Grind, made rm thesles, cushin and bers recycledtennis shes, Miller designed aprduct that uses recycled sherubber n the underside the matt create a durable surace whilerecycled she am and ber create ast cushin r the upper.

Realizing that he was "re-using" the

Just 10 months ater he opened, Mark Broe, owner o TheEagle and Lion Brewpub, told The Grip he plans to leave hisbusiness closed ater being locked out by his landlord, JohnCarlisle, or unspecied reasons.

Ater mnths rewarning thedire cnsequences

that wuld beall urnatin i it went ver thethreatened scal cli, theAmerican Taxpayer RelieAct was n Jan. 2 signedint law.

Despite the pendingdeadline that manyecnmists predictedwuld trigger a recessin,

Gergia Cngressman

Lynn Westmrelandvted in ppsitin t theAmerican Tax Relie Act 2013, saying he viewedthe measure as vastlyinsucient t meet thenatin's critical nancialneeds.

The nce-lmingscenari that was years inthe making wuld haveresulted rm a sharpdecline in the budgetdecit as taxes increasedand spending was reduced,bth which wuld

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While lming his organization (Sole Plus) donating shoes to homeless people in Atlanta, Miller realized that recycled shoematerial could be used to address another homeless issue: sleeping on the hard ground or cardboard when shelters are ull.

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CoNT, CLIFF, P. 2

Westmoreland votes against TaxRelie Act despite threat o scal clif

American Tax ReliefAct - An overview of thelegislation that preventeda fiscal cliff dive - p. 2

T stave the recessin many ecnmistspredicted i ur natin went ver the scal cli,lawmakers n Jan. 2 enacted the American TaxRelie Act. Many have criticized the ert, claiming

it merely increased the tax rate sme Americans,but because it des nt include spending cuts, itdes nt g ar enugh in respnse t muntingU.S. debt. The Grip has examined the vtes sme Gergia lawmakers, and utlines sme the

changes the legislatin will bring rth.

Mark Bre, wner the ppular Grin eatery,the Eagle and Lin brewpub, said Jan. 10, thatllwing a lckut that began Saturday night, Jan.

5, his business will be shutting dwn.Accrding t Bre, the lckut ccurred during business

hurs when the building's wner, Jhn Carlisle, arrivedand presented him with a letter stating he was lcking thebrewpub's drs.

I paid the rent n the 31st ( December), and he shutme dwn n the th ( January), Bre said, adding thatthe brewpubs clsure is nt his chice. Jhn (Carlisle) saidhe wuld nt unlck the drs r the brewpub r us. I Istill had a key and the key wuld unlck the dr, I wuldbe there right nw, but he's changed the lcks.

Bre said Carlisle's letter received Jan. 5 the nighthe was lcked ut his business utlines his landlrd'scmplaints, and acknwledged that Carlisle hadapprached him previusly regarding his cncerns.


CoNT, PUB, P. 7

Owner: Eagle and Lionbrewpub to remain closed

CoNT, SHOES, P. 7

Philanthropic business uses recycled shoes to help homeless

Far above: Central Georgia EMC raised $2,500 or the The SpaldingCounty Ferst Foundation. The oundation raised $8,032 in Decemberin an efort to provide books or Spalding County children 5 andyounger; Spalding High School students visit the High Museum o Art.

Inside: Local film producer creates series thatportrays post-zombie apocolypse business p.3

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details this American

Taxpayer Relie Act, passedJan. 2, t avid the lmingscal cli scenari, it wasdiscvered that ur natin'selected cials themselvesmay nt have knwn whatthe bill cntained prir ttheir vtes being cast.

Accrding t GergiaCngressman LynnW e s t m r e l a n d ' sC m m u n i c a t i n sDirectr Leslie Shedd,representatives receivedthe bill less than ne dayprir t the vte.

It was nt lng 21 hursand 18 minutes, she said.

Asked i it was pssibler him t have had time

t thrughly study theprpsed law prir tvting, she said, At the end

the day, the legislatinnly cntained tax increasesand n spending cuts.We dn't have a revenueprblem in this cuntry; wehave a spending prblem.

She said r Westmreland,

his vte in ppsitinwas straightrward theCngressinal Budgetoce prjected thelegislatin wuld addrughly $4 trillin t urnatin's debt ver the next10 years.

The American peple aresick Washingtn pliticsand temprary xes thatdn't really x anything.

They want t see us take realactins with real slutinst the prblems we ace especially ur muntingdebt, Westmreland saidllwing the vte. overthe last ur years sincePresident obama tkce, ur debt has risenrm a little ver $10 trillint mre than $16 trillin.

That's a 60 percent increase,and it's nly getting wrse.Did yu knw that urcuntry brrws rughly$6 billin dllars every day?

That's $239 millin everyhur, r $4 millin everyminute.

Nt all Gergia'selected cials ppsedthe American Tax RelieAct 2012, hwever.Senatr Saxby Chamblisswas amng thse whvted t apprve the bill,but unlike Westmreland,he had virtually n time merely three minutes treview the legislatin prirt casting his vte.

The Senate vted n adeal t avid the wrst thescal cli by cmprmisingn tax prvisins anddelaying implementatin the sequester, Chamblisssaid in justicatin hisdecisin t supprt the bill.This deal is ar rm whatthis cuntry needs, but I

cannt in gd cnscienceallw taxes t be raisedn all Americans and sendur ecnmy int turmil.While I am pleased thatmst Americans have beensaved rm an increase intaxes, I wn't be satisedthat the Senate has nishedits wrk n the scal cliuntil signicant spendingcuts n discretinary andentitlement spending haveccurred.

Westmreland remainedcritical, thugh, saying, Id nt believe we need traise incme tax rates tnd a successul appracht handling ur debt,and I wn't supprt thislegislatin that raises taxrates withut addressingthe real driver ur debt spending. Higher taxesare nt a real answert ur scal prblem inWashingtn.

Legislators had only hours, minutes to review tax relie bill

have ccurred beginningJan. 1, 2013, as a result previusly enacted lawsdesigned t rce legislatrst take crrective actin.

Frmed as part the Budget CntrlAct 2011, the Super-cmmittee, cmprised 12 cngressinal delegates,was tasked with preventing

a ptential deaultllwing the 2011 debt-ceiling crisis. Its primarygal was t negtiate $917millin in budget cutsver 10 years, t g alngwith $917 billin in cutsand debt limit increase $900 billin, as part theBudget Cntrl Act (BCA) 2011. While the BCAdid prevent deault at thattime, the Super-cmmitteewas ultimately unable tbring rward a bipartisanagreement.

The result was arequirement that electedcials aced a Dec. 31,2012, deadline t reslve

the budget issues r acesequestratin, in whichacrss-the-bard spendingcuts and mandatry taxincreases wuld be madebeginning Jan. 2, 2013.

The cngressmanunderstands the ptentialcnsequences sequestratin. With thatbeing said, he wasn't justging t swallw the pisnpill by signing legislatinsent ver by Demcrats,said WestmrelandCmmunicatins DirectrLeslie Shedd. It's ne thse things that when itcmes dwn t it, he wasrced t chse between

the lesser tw evils.He went n t say that he

had higher expectatinsr the prcess, particularlyr his ellw cnservativecngressmen.

one the things theHuse Representativeshad prmised t d is ntrun the Huse like theDemcrats had, Sheddsaid. That kick-the-can-dwn-the-rad mentalityis ne the things thatrustrates him the mst.

I d nt believe we needt raise incme tax rates tnd a successul appracht handling ur debt,and I wn't supprt this

legislatin that raises taxrates withut addressingthe real driver ur debt spending, Westmrelandsaid. Higher taxes are nta real answer t ur scalprblem in Washingtn.

Prir t the 2012 TaxpayerRelie Act, the individual AMTexemptin amunts r 2012were t have been $33,750r unmarried taxpayers,$45,000 r jint lers,and $22,500 r marriedpersns ling separately.Retractively eective r taxyears beginning ater 2011,

the 2012 Taxpayer RelieAct permanently increasesthese exemptin amuntst $50,600 r unmarriedtaxpayers, $78,750 r jintlers and $39,375 r marriedpersns ling separately.


Althugh the passage the American

Taxpayer Relie Act 2012 temprarily preventedthe United States rmging ver the scal cli,sme elected cials arecncerned that ur natinremains under the threat sequestratin, which wuldresult in massive spendingcuts acrss the bard.Hwever, because delaysin taking actin prir tDecember 31, all Americanwrkers will experience atax increase tw percent.

The payrll tax hliday isn lnger there n earningsup t $110,000, said Grincertied public accuntantJsh Sprayberry, wh saidthe legislatin will result insignicant changes t theAmerican Tax Cde.

The payrll tax hliday,which was enacted by

President Gerge Bush,reduced the amuntwrkers pay int the ScialSecurity system by twpercentage pints. Withits expiratin, wrkers arence again paying the

previus rate 6.1 percent.What we've been ding

cntinually r years iscming up with last minutedeals instead a lng-term slutin, Sprayberrysaid. Nw they've put atemprary bandage n aterminal wund.

He said previusmeasures were designed trce the hands electedcials by rcing themt address cmprehensivechanges that must be madet reduce debt.

I lk at it n sme levelsthat they did what theyhad t d because theydidn't deal with the issueearlier in the year, he said.It was suppse t lay theundatin r an verhaulvery similar t that 1986.

Even thugh theAmerican Taxpayer RelieAct did nt g nearly arenugh in addressingAmerica's ecnmic wes,

Sprayberry said withut it,the situatin r citizenswuld have been muchmre dire.

The tax rate nwremains at 10, 15, 25 and 28percent, but i they hadn't

dne smething, it wuldhave gne up t 15, 28, 31,36 and 39 percent.

He said that althughlawmakers have ryears agreed that acmprehensive verhaul tthe tax cde is necessary,the current climate makes

that unlikely. Sprayberrysaid he is cncerned thatcials are mre likelyt cntinue t cus nshrt-term remedies ratherthan address the pressingdeeper issues.

I lk at it n sme levelsthat they did what they hadt because they didn't dealwith the issue earlier in theyear. Everybdy says weneed t d smething, butthat's nt ging t happen.By putting dealing withspending cuts r anthertw mnths, they've put usin a wrse debt prblem,he said. They've dug us adeeper hle.


Workers see lower paychecksfollowing passage of tax relief bill

Fr tax years beginning ater2012, the incme tax ratesr mst individuals will stayat 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%and 35%.

Fr tax years beginning ater2012, the tp rate r capitalgains and dividends willpermanently rise t 20% (uprm 15%) r taxpayers withincmes exceeding $400,000($450,000 r marriedtaxpayers).

The Pease limitatinn itemized deductins,which had previusly beensuspended, is reinstated witha starting threshld $300kr jint lers and a survivingspuse, $275k r heads husehld, $250k r singlelers, and $150k r marriedtaxpayers ling separately.

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Despite the pending deadline that many economistspredicted would trigger a recession, Georgia CongressmanLynn Westmoreland voted in opposition to the American Tax

Relie Act o 2013, saying he viewed the measure as vastlyinsufcient to meet the nation's critical nancial needs. Imagecredit: Westmoreland Press Ofce

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What is the Zombie Socks Series?

Zmbie Scks Series(ZSS) is a smart, unnyweb series yu can nd nYuTube. I yu search rZoMBIESoCKSSERIES, allne wrd, it shuld take yu

t ur very wn channel.How did you come up with theidea o Zombie Socks Series andwhy are their socks important?

I had been asked by severalriends when I was gingt make a zmbie lm. Ihad n desire t d that,hnestly. The market tdayis saturated with everythingzmbie, s I went hmeand gave it sme seriusthught and decided that iI was ging t g zmbie itwas ging t be smethingcmpletely dierent. That'swhen I had the idea r [the

ctinal] Undead RentalCrpratin (URC) zmbiestang.

The premise being that thezmbie apcalypse is ver,lie is returning t nrmal,and crprate America hasgured hw t capitalize nthe undead still wanderingarund. They utilize theUndead Rental Crpratint catch them, clean themup, and rent them t pepler varius reasns.

Each episde cuses n adierent divisin URC insme way.

Each episde is shrterthan what yu wuld reer

t as a shrt lm and Idecided that each episdeshuld be paired withsmething like a musicvide, interviews, r behindthe scenes clips. S i yuexpect mre than ne, a pairi yu will, we wuld reert them as scks. That and,well, its just silly. S the galis t psychlgically prepareyu t laugh! It really has nimpact n their twear!our tag line is, "Take allyu think yu knw abutzmbie 'shrts' and putsme 'scks' n em'."

What was the lming process like?

our prcess is verysimple but extremely wellrganized. I began withan utline and detailedcncepts and beganwrking with a antasticwriter, Michael Bylan. Bythe time I arrived at DragnCn this past September Iwas ready t start pitchingthe shw. I invested my timein the A-Z prductin classheld in the independentlm track and made a lt amazing cnnectins.

our crew is very much aamily unit, and we wrk alt like Saturday Night Live,

with recurring charactersand lks cming back inmultiple rles. We all pullduble duty arund here.Everyne wrks tgethert get sets prepped, tget meals served, and tprmte and raise unds. Welve and respect each therand i we ever encunterbstacles, we seem t justbe able t wrk arund itand make it happen. I canhnestly say I lve each andevery persn that has beeninvlved in creating thisdream mine.

How has the series been received?

The reactin was mixedbut it created a buzz. In earlySeptember I assembled agreat team including myright hand Amanda Cape,that were interested intaking this insane jurneywith me. A ew weeks laterwe tk ur ideas t alcal Atlanta event calledGet Cnnected where wemet ur pst sund grup,ur cinematgrapher, andseveral r cast and crew.We slated ur rst shtdates r early octber2012 and began utilizing allthe Facebk grups t pstcasting calls.

The respnse was lessthan impressive I elt at rst,but the peple we had cmeread were the exact peplewe needed. I can hnestlysay that rm day ne urprject has been blessed.Everything rm planning tcasting t ur shts havecme withut a hitch.Peple were dnating unds,time, lcatins, and abilitiest make this happen. All urshts r the time beingare lcated in Grin, whichis imprtant t me becauseI grew up here. My entirecast and crew have been100 percent vlunteer and

peple have cme rm allver Gergia t participate,even Jhn Wayne came rmSt. Luis, Missuri just twrk n the special eectsmakeup!We noticed that the rst twoepisodes are modeled ater well-known television shows "TheOce" and "Crocodile Hunter."What's in store or the utureepisodes and when can we expectthem to come out?

We have anther episde inthe pipeline at the mmentcalled Piranha Bwl, which isa sp a cmb shws.

It's bviusly mdeled aterShark Tank, with a tuch Hney B B and a nd tJersey Shre. It is currentlyin pst prductin nw.

Ater just meeting withmy makeup and set lks,we have ur big prductinmeeting next week t readthrugh scripts and assigneveryne their respectiveduties r ur sht datesin February. Episde urwill be "Disgusting Careers,"ur versin "Dirty Jbs,"staring cmedian RyanSinger rm L.A.

I had him persnally

hked n the cncept backin September and he culdnt wait t jump in nce hesaw the material!

We had the biggest issueraising the unds t get himt Atlanta t lm until hedecided t take The organic

Tur n the rad with JarrdHarris and are ending upin Atlanta at the VarietyPlayhuse n February 2. He

just happens t be in twnlng enugh r us t spenda day and a hal lming withhim! And, we just gt wrdthat actr Eric Rberts wantst be in a uture episde.

The next big prject ismre un than anything. Ihave written and planned

a secnd music vide t besht hpeully by March.I just sent a hand ull lks t Atlanta this weekt wrk with Jacbs EyeEntertainment in theirCreep-FM shw. It sundslike they had a blast andSteve Harvey decided tdrp by the set!

Bere we nished castingur third episde we chsea ull SAG actr as ne urleads. This psed a bit aprblem since they can nlywrk in a unin prductin.

Thanks t the Sag-Atra

merger I was rtunateenugh t make the entireseries a ull SAG New MediaPrductin. What this meansr the rest my cast is thati anyne wrks n ne my shts three times theyautmatically becme SAGeligible, r SAGe as its mstcmmnly reerred t.

As my peple are vlunteerand we have n budget tpay them this was a git Iculd give them. A lt grups believe that its adicult prcess and I havet say that with guidancerm Lawrence Van and thelks in the lcal Atlanta SAGce it was a breeze. Everyseries that applies des ntget SAG accreditatin, againwe were a very rtunategrup t have this happenand s quickly especiallywith this being my rstmajr prductin.Where do you see ZSS in theuture?

The uture the ZmbieScks Series is a bright ne.We have already begun thave ur individual shwsscreened in Atlanta, andnext all ur pieces will bescreened n Sat. Jan. 26 atChattacn in Tennessee.Episde ne is entered in

The Savannah Film Festival,

episde tw is entered inthe Atlanta Hrrr FilmFestivals cmedy divisin,and ur music vide Undead

Tgether is entered in theAtlanta Film Festival! Wewill have quite a presenceat the rst annual GergiaEntertainment Gala held atthe Wrld Cngress Centern Jan 13. It's exciting t beable t participate in my rstred carpet event!

Local film series gives new spin to

zombie apocalypse crazeW

hen Grifnitep h o t o g r a p h e rElizabeth Stacy

participated in the 100Hour Film Race as a cameraoperator, she made somelm industry connections.

Approximately one monthlater she assembled a castand crew, some o which shehad just worked with on thelm race, to produce anddevelop her rst independentlm "Parallax". Last October,Stacy debuted the rst episodeo the Zombie Socks Serieswith the ultimate desire tomake people laugh and takethe television shows people

already know and toss in aew ormerly living characters.

As a parent, Stacy elt likeour media hungry societyhas been handed so muchlow grade humor it wastime or something a littlemore intelligent, airly amilyriendly, and simply un.

Below is an interview withStacy that explains a little bitmore about the series.

Elizabeth Stacy (center) with some o the ZSS cast.

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helpul. Additinally, dntmake the mistake invest-ing primarily in shrt-termvehicles that may preserveyur principal but erlittle in the way grwthptential. Instead, psitinyur prtli r grwth.

o curse, stck prices willalways fuctuate, but yuptentially have decades tvercme these shrt-termdeclines. Since this mneyis r retirement, yur cusshuld be n the lng term and its impssible treach lng-term gals withshrt-term, highly cnser-vative investments.

When youre in mid-career :Mistake: Putting insu-cient unds int yur retire-

ment accunts At thisstage yur lie, yur earn-ing pwer may well haveincreased substantially. Asa result, yu shuld havemre mney available t in-vest r the uture speci-ically, yu may nw be able

t max ut n yur IRAand still bst yur cntri-butins t yur emplyer-spnsred retirement plan,such as yur 401(k), 403(b)r 457(b). These retirementaccunts er tax advan-tages that yu may nt re-ceive in rdinary savingsand investment accunts.

Try t put mre mney intthese retirement accuntsevery time yur salary gesup.

When youre nearing retirement:Mistake: Nt having bal-ance in yur investmentprtli When theyrewithin just a ew years re-tirement, sme peple mayg t extremes, either in-vesting t aggressively ttry t make up r lst timer t cnservatively in anattempt t avid ptentialdeclines. Bth these strat-egies culd be risky. S asyu near retirement, seek tbalance yur prtli. This

culd mean shiting sme yur investment dllarsint xed-incme vehiclest prvide r yur currentincme needs while stillwning stcks that prvidethe grwth ptential thelp keep up with infatin

in yur retirement years.

When youve just retired:Mistake: Failing t deter-mine an apprpriate with-drawal rate Upn reach-ing retirement, yu willneed t careully managethe mney yuve accu-mulated in yur IRA, 401(k)and all ther investmentaccunts. obviusly, yurchie cncern is utlivingyur mney, s yull needt determine hw muchyu can withdraw eachyear. T arrive at this gure,take int accunt yur cur-rent age, yur prjectedlngevity, the amunt mney yuve saved andthe estimated rate returnyure getting rm yur in-vestments. This type cal-culatin is cmplex, s yumay want t cnsult with anancial pressinal.

By aviding these errrs,yu can help ensure that,at each stage yur lie,

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Start by dening andlisting ptential target em-plyers. Where d yu ndthem? Here are sme sug-gestins: Yu can get lists names rm any rga-nizatins yu belng t ryu can check ut the lcalchamber cmmerce di-rectry r a list cmpa-nies.

one the best resurcesr pprtunities i yu arewilling t g urther aeld(like Metr Atlanta r ex-ample) is published by theAtlanta Business Chrnicle.Its called the Bk Lists.It will prvide yu with list-ings hundreds thehttest area cmpanies intheir elds by ranking. Yucan als get the names

key decisin makers, alngwith their titles and cm-plete cntact inrmatin.

This bk cmes in a printeditin r an nline ver-sin yu can dwnlad tyur cmputer. The printededitin is cheaper than thene yu can dwnlad t

yur desktp, but cnsidersharing the cst with therjb-seekers yu knw syu can each use this valu-able resurce.

once yu have the name the cmpanies yud liket target, g t their web-sites and d sme research.Be prepared r a phne callwith knwledge abut thecmpanys gds r servic-es s when yu get thrught the decisin-maker, he rshe will be impressed thatyuve taken the time andtruble t d yur research.In act, ne the rst ques-tins yu may be askedver the phne when yud get thrugh is, What dyu knw abut ur cm-pany? By having dne yurhmewrk, yull be readyand prbably generate anin-persn interview.

Yu shuld rganize yur

jb campaign by develp-ing and maintaining a list these target emplyers na spreadsheet like the nesyu nd n a Micrst Ex-cel prgram. I yu dntknw hw t use Excel, takesme curses. Sme librar-ies have nline trainingavailable.

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er; jb title i yu havebeen able t uncver ne;name and cntact inrma-tin the hiring manager;names ther peple inthe rganizatin yu might

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Check ut the emplyersacilities; g t their tradeshws r events i yu cannd ut where they are. Ithey are a big enugh cm-pany, call their 800 numberand ask r literature. Andnd ut everything yucan abut the cmpanys yull be ready r thatinterview yure ging tgenerate.

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Ijust need a newday. I usually saythis ater Ive had a

hard day. I think we all ap-preciate the act that everydawn brings a brand newtwenty-ur. And, hpes ra better day. A dierent day.A new day. I think that s whys many us lk rwardt a new year. Frm res-lutins t eating well andexercise t taking up a newhbby, we all want sme-thing new.

New cmes rm theGreek wrd, Nes, meaningnew in time. New is impr-tant. New is necessary. But,s is the wrd renew rmthe Greek, Kains - new ast rm quality; unprec-edented; nt und exactlylike this bere.

Just as I want sme-thing new t happen thisnew year, I als want sme

things in my lie renewed.I want renewed relatin-ships. I want a renewed pas-sin r scriptures. I want mylve r peple renewed.

T renew these things, Ivechsen this scripture t be-cme my persnal gal r2013:

Let yur cnversatin begracius and attractive sthat yu will have the rightrespnse r everyne. C-lssians 4:6

This is nly achieved bypausing bere I speak. Thepause is especially impr-tant when we attach eel-ings t situatins, wrds,and actins. Remember,everything remains neutraluntil we give meaning t it.

We give meaning tthat text message. We givemeaning t that unmet ex-pectatin. We give mean-

ing t what smene saidabut us.

The pause is hard. Butimperative. Its in the pausewe can acknwledge theeeling weve attachedt smething and send itthrugh a dierent cnduit.We can lter it thrugh lve.Its ater the pause we canassure ur cnversatin willbe gracius. And attractive.

And, we will have the rightrespnse.I want my relatinship

with my husband, my am-ily, and my riends t berenewed this year. I wantthem t be unprecedented- nt und exactly like thisbere. Because, its thepeple in ur lives whmake lie rich. Wh makelie ull. Wh make it gd.

Make a list things yuwant new this year. Then,write dwn things yu wantrenewed. Because, bth arenecessary.

Happy 2013, everyne. En-jy the beauty new.

Great is his aithulness; hismercies begin aresh eachmorning. Lamentations 3:23

The Flavr Gergia d prduct cntest is an an-nual celebratin all the favrs Gergia has t -er. Market-ready prttypes r cmmercially avail-

able d prducts rm acrss the state are judged andcritiqued by a panel d experts.

The Flavr Gergia cntest casts the sptlight n deli-

cius, riginal d rm right here at hme. Unusual ds(like a catsh burger), unique sauces (try blueberry salsa)and traditinal suthern ds (anything peach r pecan),get ready r the cmpetitin! Categries include barbe-cue and ht sauces, cnectins, dairy prducts, meatprducts, snack ds, jams, jellies and sauces. Entries are

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High Rad Crat Ice Cream wn tp prize in the dairydivisin last years Flavr Gergia Fd Prduct Cn-test. Since winning the University Gergia cntest, thecmpany has been grwing by leaps and bunds.

Bere the cntest, High Rad Crat sld its handmadeice cream t abut 50 restaurants in Atlanta. Tday, theircreamy desserts are eatured in 150 restaurants, 22 WhleFd Markets and n the shelves specialty markets rmGergia t Clrad, including Grin's wn Laynie Bug'sSweets and Treats ice cream shp..

The Flavr Gergia cntest really brught a lt expsure t us, ur sales have quadrupled, said Nicki Shr-eder, the cmpanys chie marketing cer. Ater winningthe cntest, we culd add Flavr Gergia Award Winnert ur marketing materials and it gave credibility t urprducts.

The 2013 Flavr Gergia cntest will be held n March11-12, 2013, at the Gergia Freight Dept in Atlanta duringthe Gvernr's annual ag awareness week.

Applicatins and regulatins can be und at www.fa-vrgergia.caes.uga.edu. This cntest is r Gergiabased businesses nly. February 8, 2013, is the deadliner receipt cmpleted entry rm, entry ee payment andprduct samples.

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Q:Is there a provi-sion in the Af-fordable Care

Act (Obamacare) thatforces doctors to ask aboutgun ownership as part of ahealth history? A pediatri-cian told me it is includedin Obamacare.

In the wake Newtwn,several nted pediatric spe-cialists have called n theirclleagues t ask parentsabut gun wnership andsae strage rearms as apart their medical histryr children. The assump-tin is that wning a gunis a health risk t all theamily in the residence. TheAmerican Academy Pe-diatrics als recmmendsthat dctrs talk with ami-lies abut sae gun strage.

Sme public health ad-vcates wh are strngsupprters stricter guncntrl laws wuld liker physicians t ask ques-

tins abut gun wnershiprm patients all ages.These data wuld becmea part the medical recrdand culd be harvestedr studies that supprtgun cntrl, stensibly rsmene t make a statisti-cal case r gun wnershipbeing a public health haz-ard. There is als cncernamng gun wners thatinsurance cmpanies willmine the data r selectivepremium increases t en-rce scial plicy.

Under obamacare, the

Internal Revenue Servicewill be the enrcementwing gvernment thatversees yur purchase health insurance. TheHealth Insurance Prtabil-ity and Accuntability Act(HIPAA) allws yur pri-vate health inrmatint be accessed by gvern-ment agencies. Thus, put-ting gun wnership intyur health recrd is tanta-munt t alerting gvern-ment bureaucrats that yuare armed in accrdancewith yur Gd-given rightsrecgnized in the secndamendment.

But, stp the presses: ANatinal Rife Assciatin(NRA)-backed prvisin inobamacare rbids har-vesting this inrmatin.Sen. Harry Reid (D), SenateMajrity Leader, put theprvisin int the law as itwas being rushed thrughthe prcess. The clause

states that language in thewellness and preventinprtins the health-carelaw may nt require thedisclsure r cllectin any inrmatin relatingt the presence r strage a lawully-pssessed re-arm r ammunitin in theresidence r n the prp-erty. Further, the measuresays the law cannt be usedt maintain recrds indi-vidual wnership r psses-sin a rearm r ammu-nitin. It adds that the price health cverage may nt

be aected by the wner-ship, pssessin r use guns.

Many peple are ntaware this clause themammth health care law.Its discvery has causedSpeaker Pelsis plea tpass the bill s we cansee whats in it t hauntppnents the secndamendment.Susan Srensn, a Univer-

sity Pennsylvania pr-essr scial plicy, saidabut the Secnd Amend-ment measure in the A-rdable Care Act:

A lt peple buy gunsevery year, and its a healthcncern. Fr physiciansand ther health care pr-essinals nt t be ablet ask abut these issuesand recrd them is cun-terprductive. Dctrs askpatients abut illegal druguse, disease histry andsexual habits, S, Why ntguns? T regulate what

the prvider can r cantd really intrudes int therle the health care pr-vider, which is t ensure thehealth the individual andthe peple wh are living inthat hme.

A thughtul cmmenta-tr n ne the Sundaytalk shws suggested thati physicians are rced task abut gun wnership,perhaps ther questinsshuld als be rced, suchas the presence autm-biles, which kill many mrethan guns, r high-ructsecrn syrup, which kills manytimes mre thugh diabe-tes, heart disease, and therbesity-related cnditins.

The underlying questin, curse, is Where des itstp?

The law nw rbids suchdiscussins gun wner-ship in the cntext yurhealth care. As dctr chirpractic, I assure yu

that i such a questin wererced by law, I wuld glee-ully disbey it and encur-age all my clleagues t dthe same against such avilatin privacy. I wuldencurage yu t ignrethe questin. Physicans,nurses, nurse practitiners,and ther health care pr-viders exist r health caredeliverynt enrcement scial plicy.

I cannt get WarrenZevns Send Lawyers,Guns, and Mney ut my head as I write this.

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Saturday, January 12; JacksnRad Elementary Knight'sReslutin Run; 9 a.m.;starting and ending n old

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Saturday, January 12; "Let itSnw" crat day; Grin-Spalding Cunty Library;2:20-4 p.m.; ages 4-11welcme

Sunday, January 13; By ScutTrup 2 Chicken Que; 11

a.m. - 1 p.m.; First BaptistChurch Scut Hut; $8 perplate

Tuesday, January 15; Familystrytime every Tuesday;Grin-Spalding CuntyLibrary; 10:30 a.m.; all ageswelcme

Tuesday, January 15; BusinessAter Hurs; MainstreetPlayers; 5 - 7 p.m.

Wednesday, January 16;Td-dlers in Mtin (ages 12-36mnths) every Wednesday;Grin-Spalding CuntyLibrary; 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, January 17; 100thAnnual Chamber Cm-merce dinner and awardsbanquet ; Kiwanis GrinCenter; r mre inrma-tin email [email protected]

Tuesday, January 22; Suthern

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There is an early registratindiscunt r all participantsregistering n later thanJanuary 18, 2013.

Events this year includea 5K run, 5K walk, a 1 mileun run, and a tt trt. Thewarm-up is scheduled r8:15 with the rst eventkicking at 8:30 a.m.

This event prvidesparticipants the pprtunityt engage in a healthyactivity as well as supprtthe educatinal endeavrs Futral Rad ElementarySchl. All prceeds g tthe schl.

The entry rm maybe und at gcsc.rg/utralrad, r cntact therace directr, Jamie McLean,at 770-229-3757 r [email protected].

Heart HustleSat. February 9

The Gergia FrestryCmmissin istaking applicatins

r seedling rders r the2012-2013 planting seasn.

All Gergia FrestryCmmissin tree seedlingsare adapted t Gergiasunique climate and sils.

They have been culturedt prvide a brusrt system, large stemdiameter, and abundantenergy reserves t insurethe best pssible survivaland grwth. Seedlingsare sld as bare rt andshuld be planted as snas pssible.

oaks, cniers, hardwds,small trees and shrubs pine,and cmb packages areavailable.

Weekly deliveries t GFCcunty ces begin therst week December andcntinue thrugh February.

Payment must accmpanyeach rder. Fr mreinrmatin cntact yurlcal Gergia FrestryCmmissin oce r visitwww.gatrees.rg r pricesand species available.

GFC taking treeseedling orders

The J. Jel Edwards PublicLibrary in Zebuln, Gergiareceived dnatins rmbth A Nvel Experience(Zebuln) bkstre andBkland (Grin) in anert t assist the lcallibrary in updating andreurbishing its hldings.Custmers were able tpurchase wish list items atreduced prices and culdinclude a persnalizedbkplate.

A Nvel Experiencedelivered 24 hardbackclassics ater the six-weekbk drive, and Bklandgave 104 bks, includingbard bks, children'sbks, yung adult andadult bks.

"We are ecstatic abutreceiving the entireseries Narnia, Anne Green Gables, and TheSisters Grimm, [dnatedby A Nvel Experience]"

says Assistant LibrarianRsemary Bunn. "We can'twait t display them nur shelves and share themwith ur patrns. Thankyu, many times ver."

"We were able t replacemany the titles that hadbeen rather permanentlychecked ut and replacesme timewrn bks,"Bunn cntinued. "Weextend t the cmmunityur heartelt gratitude

r yur kindness andgenersity and hpe yuwill drp by the library snand check ut ur newacquisitins."

The J. Jel Edwardslibrary is pen Mnday,Wednesday and Friday 10a.m. until 5 p.m.; Tuesdayand Thursday 10 a.m. until7 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m.until 3 p.m.

Zebulon library receives holiday book donations

The Grin Plice Department will be acceptingapplicatins r the Citizen Plice Academybeginning January 14, 2013. The ne evening

per week prgram is scheduled t begin March 14 andcnclude May 16.

Classes will be held each Thursday at the PliceDepartment rm 6:30-8:30 p.m. Registratin is limited tthe rst 25 applicants.

Techniques invlving cer survival are discussed. Studentswill view vides regarding cer shtings and survivaltechniques. Participants will perrm practical exercisessearching rms and buildings. Dmestic disputes will alsbe discussed within this blck instructin.

The PRISM Simulatr will be utilized during this sectin the academy. This simulatr will place participants insht-dn't sht situatins.

Students are als intrduced t prper handcung

techniques, as well as the use rce cntinuum.Applicatins can be btained at the Plice Department rby cntacting Captain Dwayne Jnes ([email protected]) r Lieutenant Darrell Dix ([email protected]).

Citizen Police Academy offers

a chance to learn shooting andsurvival techniques

Union Cemetery Cleanup Day

Fr ur Saturdays in February, vlunteers are askedt help clear the Unin Cemetery lcated nGrandview Drive.

Underbrush, vergrwth and debris needs t be remvedrm this lcal, church-wned cemetery.

Tls will be available r use, but vlunteers are welcme

t bring their wn clippers, trimmers, mattcks, axes,shvels, wheelbarrws and any ther lawn and yard tls.Vlunteer days are February 2,9,16 and 23 rm 8:30 a.m.until lunch. Signed waivers are required.

City o Grin now ofers

public wireless internetDwntwn business pressinals, visitrs and patrnsnw have nline access t the City Grin's public WiFi indesignated dwntwn areas.Visit www.citygrin.cm t view a cverage map.

T cnnect, simply turn WiFi n yur laptp r device andcnnect t the "City Grin" netwrk in a designated area.open yur web brwser and click "cntinue t internet" nthe splash screen.

Grin Plice Cpl. Stan Phillips received The City Grin'sStrngest Link award r saving the lie 5-year-ld LilyGdsn, wh was being attached by her amily's pitbull.While presenting the award t Phillips, plice chei FrankStrickland said, "[Philliips] did and excellent, excellent jbn Dec. 5. We had a small child wh was being mauledbeing attacked by a pitbull... When Stan arrived n thescene, the child's head was clamped in the animal's

muth. The grandma and Stan neither ne culd get thedg t turn lse. He gt himsel n the grund and gtin a where he culd nt sht grandmamma r the child,and he actually had t sht the animal t turn lse.""There's n way r me tell yu what that tk r himt be able t d that because grandmamma wuld ntlet g... but had he nt did it I dn't knw i the childwuld have survived it. It just shws that ld plicemenknw hw t d what they need t d. He shwed great

judgement, great pressinalism," Strickland cntinued.

Phillips is als wrking with Carver Rad Baptist Churcht raise mney t purchase a minivan r Gdsn'sgrandmther, wh has custdy the children in thehme.

Officer who saved 5-year-oldfrom dog honored by city

Do you support banningsemiautomatic firearms?- Yes, no one needs that type gun forhunting or self-defense- No, the Second Amendment doesn'tapply only to recreational activities

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Battle lines are beingdrawn ver a subjectthat stirs passinate

debate r almst everyne gun cntrl.

In light recent massshtings, sme are callingr stricter gun cntrllaws, while thers cite theSecnd Amendment andsay restricting weapnsrm law-abiding citizens isnt the answer t vilence.

Amng the mstutspken prpnents gun cntrl is CalirniaSenatr Diane Feinstein,wh has intrducedsweeping legislatin that,i passed, wuld ban ntnly hundreds rearms,but als high-capacitymagazines.

A synpsis her billindicates it wuld stp thesale, transer, imprtatinand manuacturing mre than 100 specically-named rearms, as wellas certain semiautmaticrifes, handguns andshtguns that can accepta detachable magazineand semiautmatic rifesand handguns with a xedmagazine that can acceptmre than ten runds,alng with large-capacitya m m u n i t i n - e e d i n gdevices, such as magazines,strips and drums, capable accepting mre than tenrunds.

Feinstein's legislatinmay nt be necessary,hwever, in light remarksmade Wednesday by Vice-president Je Biden.

Addressing reprtersprir t meeting withgrups representingvictims December'sNewtwn, Cnn., schlshting, Biden said, Thepresident is ging t act.Executive rders, executiveactin, can be taken. Wehaven't decided what thisis yet, but we're cmpilingit all with the help theattrney general and allthe rest the Cabinetmembers.

I gun cntrl isimplemented via executiverder, it culd nly beverturned by a three-urths majrity bththe Senate and Huse Representatives r theSupreme Curt.

Biden als eels that inadditin t an executiverder, lawmakers shuld

take up the issue.Legislative actin is

als needed, he said. I'mcnvinced we can aectthe well-being millins Americans, and takethusands peple ut harm's way i we act

respnsibly.Gergia CngressmanLynn Westmreland hldsa diering pinin, havingpreviusly stated, Tten, guns are blamedr vilent acts rather thanblaming the perpetratrs these acts. Rather, weshuld lk inward tdetermine what lies behindthese acts vilence.Inanimate bjects canntbe the cause anythingwithut the human handhlding them making adecisin.

Lcally, at least ne cialwith an inside perspectiven vilence des ntbelieve stricter gun cntrllaws are the answer.

Grin Plice Chie FrankStrickland said he des ntbelieve the prblem lies

with the rearm, but withther actrs that shuld beaddressed.

I think we have mre a mental health prblemthan we have a gunprblem. I think the mentalhealth prblem is causingthe gun prblem, he said. Ithink what they need t dis wrk n the cmmunitymental health netwrk.It's pretty bvius it's ntwrking.

Strickland said upninvestigatin, it has beenlearned that the individualsinvlved in the majrity

mass shtings havemental health issues thatwent either untreated rwere under-treated.

G back and lk atthe mass shtings andtell me the peple didn'thave mental health issues.

The Cnnecticut schlshter, the Clradtheater shter, theCalirnia mall shter they all had mental healthprblems, he said. Thereare peple here that wetry t get help r, but wecan't. It's nt ut there. Icmmunity mental healthcare is wrking everywherelike it is here, the peplearen't getting help untilsmething happens, andthen it's t late.

Grind material int a new prduct,Miller named the new rganizatinRE[FUZ] with the tagline, "RE[FUZ] thestatus qu."

"I reuse t believe that an ldshe can't becme a mat. I reuse tbelieve that the mats created rm ldshes can't be used t make sleepingcnditins better r hmelesspeple thrughut the wrld. I reuset believe that thse same ld shescan't be used t create bags, watches,belts, eyewear, urniture, and theritems instead ending up in landllswhere they can take up t 1,000 years

t bidegrade. I reuse t believe thatthe sale thse items can't generateunds t imprve existing hmelessshelters and build new transitinalhusing acilities. I reuse t believethat a cuntry by rm small-twnGrin, Ga., can't change the wrld,"writes Miller n the missin prtin his website.

originally designed r hmelessindividuals, [FUZ]MAT has develpedint cnsumer prducts such asexercise mats, beach mats, andcamping equipment. Using theincreasingly ppular, buy ne, wednate ne, business mdel, Millerplans t dnate a [FUZ]MAT t ahmeless persn with every purchase

made rm RE[FUZ].But Miller isnt stpping at just

easing the hmeless persns presentlie. In rder t ully address thehmeless prblem acing America,Miller plans t eventually emply andhuse hmeless men and wmenrm all ver America t wrk in theRE[FUZ] ce. He hpes t have aRE[FUZ] campus in Grin that has ance, living quarters, and pssiblymanuacturing and distributincenter all in ne place. "I we're ablet d distributin and manuacturingin Grin, that's what we'll d," saidMiller, wh is very passinate abutsupprting his hmetwn Grin.

The internships wuld last r neyear, in which time they culd learnce, manuacturing and distributinskill sets, while btaining a degree rcerticate rm Suthern Crescent

Technical Cllege. The living expensesand tuitin wuld be unded thrughthe business.

Miller has already btained patentsn the idea, and had designed thewhle prduct line, which can beviewed at www.wereuz.cm. Hehpes t have samples the prductsmade in March, arund which timehe will als hear back abut severalgrants and ellwships.

I cnsider them minrcncerns, Bre said.

Carlisle declined t discussin detail the events that ledt his decisin t lck dwnthe Eagle and Lin, as hecnsiders the letter givent Bre t be a cndentialcmmunicatin that canntbe discussed withut theexpress apprval histenant's attrney. Hwever,he did say his cncerns arent minr in nature, and hecategrized his attemptst rectiy the matters withBre as numerus.

o curse I had talked thim. When that ntice wasgiven t Mark, what yuhave t d is give nticeas t what yu're dingand why, Carlisle said. It'sextending the lease t giveMark (Bre) an pprtunityt address the needs, andwhy that needs t happen.

Althugh he wuld ntdiscuss the matter urther,Carlisle did classiy much

the inrmatin releasedthus ar as inaccurate.

It's nt a matter thatneeds r benets rmnewspaper r scial mediainvlvement, he said. It's apending legal issue.

Prir t Bre's Thursdayannuncement that he willnt be repening the Eagleand Lin, Carlisle had saidhe was hpeul a reslutinwuld be rthcming.

The lease has nt beenterminated. It's nt as iit can't repen, but untilcertain issues are reslved,it can't repen, he said.

Bre said he des ntbelieve it was ever Carlisle's

intent t see the brewpubback in business.He knew I had a pretty

tight cash fw, and i heshut me dwn, I was gingt g under, Bre said. Thereasn he knew is becausehe's an investr; he's asharehlder, s he gets thenancial reprts. He knewthat we rely n cash fwt pay ur bills, and i therewas n cash fw, I culdn'tpay my bills.

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