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Patel receives the award as La Quinta’s top-performing hotel.

Dublin La Quinta tophotel in entire chainI-16 hotel earns top spotout of 850 internationally

By JASON HALCOMBEThe guest was overheard saying they

didn't have the best night's sleep, whichgot the attention of breakfast attendantShirley Swearingen.

"I'm going to give you somethingthat's going to make you sleep like a ba-by," said Swearingen, who gathered up

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Social workerscelebrated witha brunch

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIApproximately 15 social workers from

Laurens County and surrounding countiesmet at the Page House Bed and Breakfast tohelp celebrate National Social Work MonthWednesday morning.The participants ate food and heard from

Bonnie Tanner, Amedisys Home Health, andBecky Crowe, Vista Care Hospice. Those twoagencies sponsored the event."We've invited all of the social workers in

our service area," Tanner said. "This is achance to tell them how much we appreciatethem. Social workers do a lot that I know a

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Photos by Payton Towns III

(Above): Deal looks over students working at CIS. (Below): Strickland and Ledbetter speak to Deal.

Hats forPeytonEast Laurens Middle

School members of theFellowship of ChristianAthletes raised $103 forPeyton Hood, a West Lau-rens Middle School stu-dent who was hurt in a carwreck. The money collect-ed was given to Hood.(Photo by Payton Towns III)

First Lady of Georgia visits DublinBy PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe First Lady of Georgia made a stop in Dublin

to visit and read to students in the area.Sandra Deal toured Communities in Schools be-

fore reading to a kindergarten class at SaxonHeights Elementary School.Deal's first stop was at CIS Tuesday afternoon

where she was greeted by CIS executive directorJackie Pittman Curtis and her staff."She is in this area visiting schools and they

Deal tours CIS, visitsSaxon Heights Elem.

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Balls Ferry river parkconstruction beginning

By PAM BEERThe next phase of improve-

ments at Ball’s Ferry is poisedto begin as Sellers Construc-tion received last week an offi-cial Notice to Proceed with con-struction on the project.The Wilkinson County

Board of Commissioners votedlast month to accept a$928,000 bid from Sellers Con-

struction Company, LLC ofGordon to complete a list ofprojects at Ball’s Ferry, off ofHwy 57. These projects includethe extension of an entranceroad, a new boat ramp, twobathrooms, parking lots, and apavilion.According to the March 20

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Social workers were treated to aspecial brunch in their honorWednesday morning.

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ATTENTION LAURENS COUNTY

HOMEOWNERSLaurens County appraisers will be visiting properties in the western section of Laurens County bound approximately by I-16 on the north, Cadwell on the south, and Dublin-Eastman Road on the east. Appraisers will be checking our records for accuracy. Vehicles will be clearly marked and appraisers will have Laurens County identification badges. Please call the Laurens County Assessors office (478-272-6443) if you have questions.

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SATURDAY MARCH 30, 2013 12:00 NOONYouth Day Warnock Park, East Dublin

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JoAnn DiFazioServices for JoAnn DiFazio,

age 77, of Dublin, GA will beheld at 11 a.m. Friday, March29, 2013, in the Chapel ofTownsend Brothers FuneralHome with burial to follow inDublin Memorial Gardens. Fa-ther Richard Hart and Rev.Donnie Baker will officiate. Vis-itation will be at the funeralhome Thursday from 6-8 p.m.Mrs. DiFazio was born in

Stroudsburg, PA and lived inWaterloo, New York for manyyears. She was amember of theCatholic Church of the Immacu-late Conception. She worked for20 years at WMLT Radio Sta-tion andwith her co-workers be-gan the Dublin- Laurens Coun-ty St. Patrick’s Festival. JoAnnwas a member of the ParishCouncil of Catholic Women, Or-der of the Blarney Stone andthe Dublin/Laurens Women’sBowling Association.She was preceded in death

by her husband of 46 years,Paul DiFazio, father, HarryWalker, mother and stepfather,Harriett and Mose Wyatt. Mrs.DiFazio passed away Tuesday,March 26, 2013 at her home.Survivors include her daugh-

ter, Debra DiFazio Jones (Lon)of Macon, son, Stephen Paul Di-Fazio (Angela) of Dublin, grand-children, Jaime Gallagher Mills(Kevin) of Macon, Michael PaulGallagher (Casey) of Macon,Derrick Gilbert (Brook) ofDublin, Jordan DiFazio, ofDublin, Luke DiFazio of Dublin,Derrick Jones (Amanda) of Sil-ver Springs, MD, great grand-children, Jonathan Blanks ofMacon, Drake and DiannaJones of Silver Springs, MD,Chase Gallagher of Macon,Ethan Mills of Macon, and Bri-ar Gilbert of Dublin.Pallbearers will be Derrick

Gilbert, Hank Cullens, NickDavis, Will Davis, Darin Lylesand Kevin Lyles.In lieu of flowers, memorial

contributions may be made tothe Hospice of choice.Visit

www.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregister.

———Naomi Goings

Funeral services for Mrs.Naomi Goings, age 97, of Soper-ton, will be held at 3 p.m. Sat-urday at the First Church ofGod in Christ. Elder WilliamRenfroe will officiate. Burialwill be in the Eastview Ceme-tery in Soperton.Mrs. Naomi Howell Goings

was born in Emanuel County onMay 8, 1915, to the late Georgeand Sidney Howell. She was ed-ucated in the Treutlen CountySchool system. She was a mem-ber of First Church of God inChrist. She departed this life onSunday, March 24, 2013 at herresident in Soperton.She leaves to cherish memo-

ries, one step-daughter, Connie(Terri) Wiggins Shuman of At-lanta; six granddaughters, JoAnn (Albert) Adams of Orlando,Fla., Linda Howell, Sonya(Nathaniel) Baldwin, DebraMincey and Fran Howard, all ofSoperton, Chandra (Willie)Mitchell of Kathleen, Ga.; threegrandsons, Darron (Rhonda)Jones of Villa Rica, Ga., VincentHoward of Atlanta and Thad-deus Howard of Tampa, Fla., 46great-grandchildren, 82 great-great grandchildren, 20 great-great-great grandchildren; sev-eral nieces and nephews.Visitation will be Friday

from 1-7 p.m. at the funeralhome. Baker Funeral Home hascharge of arrangements.

———

Sharon JonesFuneral services for Ms.

Sharon Jones of Dublin will beheld on Saturday, March 30 atnoon at Mitchell Grove BaptistChurch, 78 Mitchell GroveGrove Church Road inWrightsville. Interment will fol-low in the church cemetery.Reverend Ricky Stanley will of-ficiate.Ms. Jones who passed on

March 20 was born April 12,

1965 to the proud parents of,James Lee Pooler and IsabelleJones (Henry). Her fatherJames L. Pooler and grandpar-ents, Leroy and Lizzie Poolerpreceded her in death.She was a member of

Mitchell Grove Baptist Church.She is survived by her two chil-dren, Marcus Allen Jones andKynthia LaQaun Jones; grand-daughter, Sa’Nyaia ZhanaeJames-Jones; mother, IsabelleJones Henry; stepmother, MaeFrancis Pooler; sisters,MaryElizabeth Jeorgino JonesHenry (William) Gaspard ofMorrow, Nicole and Lizzie Pool-er of Dublin, April M. Hubbardof Kennesaw; brothers, CurtisL. Jones and Christopher J.Henry of Deerfield Beach, Flori-da; stepsisters, Evangelist Mar-garet Dukes, Diana Barr, Patri-cia Henry and Glenda Henry,Sr.; beloved significant other,Anthony and a host of aunts,uncles, nieces, nephews andother relatives and closefriends.The family will receive

friends at 514 Dixie Street inDublin.Services by Dudley Funeral

Home of Dublin. Post condo-lences atwww.ServicesByDudley.com

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Nora Lee JoseyFuneral services for Mrs. No-

ra Lee Josey of Dublin will beheld on Saturday, March 30 at 2p.m. at Everlasting Gospel Non-Denominational 1300 SouthJefferson Street in Dublin. In-terment will follow in the Dud-ley Memorial Cemetery EastMary Street in Dublin. Rev-erend Terry Rozier will officiate.Mrs. Josey who passed on

March 21 was born March 20,1927 to the late Delia and OtisDixon. She was preceded indeath by her husband, JamesJosey and children, JuniorJosey, Melvin Josey, JeromeJosey, Edward Josey and Ear-lene Josey. Shewas amember ofEastern Star Chapter 85 ofDublin. She was a member ofFree Gift Baptist Church whereshe served for many years.She leaves her memories to

Marie Josey and Tony Green;sisters, Emma Lee Johnson, Lo-la Powell, Lois Dixon; brothers,W.L. (Joyce) Dixon, John Dixon,Mickey Dixon, Otis Dixon,Ralph (Maudell) Dixon, WillieRoger Dixon; grandchildren sheraised as her own,Willie (Bjack)Jackson, Aritona Parks, Char-lene Parks, Valton Parks, Ron-nie Josey, Brenda Thompsonand a host of grandchildren,great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, cousins,nieces, nephews and friends.The family will receive

friends at 1400 Academy Av-enue in Dublin. Services byDudley Funeral Home ofDublin. Post condolences atwww.ServicesByDudley.com.

———Rev. Jerry F. MartinRev. Jerry F. Martin, age 65,

of East Dublin, GA diedWednesday, March 27, 2013.Arrangements are incompleteat this time and will be an-nounced later by TownsendBrothers Funeral Home.

———Ardean Smith

Mrs. Ardean Smith of EastDublin, passed away onWednesday, March 27, 2013.Funeral arrangements are in-complete and will be announcedlater. Services by Dudley Funer-al Home.www.servicesbydudley.com

———Rosetta “PeeWee”

Taylor-SmithFuneral services for Mrs.

Rosetta “PeeWee” Taylor-Smithof Montrose will be held on Fri-day, March 29, at 2 p.m. at TheChurch at Dudley, 3388 High-way 80 in Dudley. Pastor Ken-neth Price will officiate.Mrs. Taylor-Smith passed on

March 27. The family will re-ceive friends at 2331 Montrose-Allentown Road in Montrose.Services by Dudley Funeral

Home of Dublin.Post condolences atwww.ServicesByDudley.com

———

ObituariesLester Freeman

WatsonFuneral services for Mr.

Lester FreemanWatson, age 86,will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday,March 29, 2013 at Marie Bap-tist Church, with interment tofollow in the church cemetery.Rev. Bobby Hutto will officiate.Mr. Watson was born on No-

vember 5, 1926 in Dublin, Geor-gia. He was the son of the lateMarvin W. and Ruth KempWatson. He was also precededin death by his brother, RogerW. Watson, and a sister, Mari-jean Watson Maddox. He wasretired after 30 years from theUnited States Post Office wherehe spent 27 years in the DublinPost Office, and the last threeyears as the Postmaster inForsyth until retiring in 1988.He was amember of Marie Bap-tist Church where he served asa Deacon. After retirement, helearned to oil paint, fished,played golf, and worked parttime at Riverview Golf Coursein the Pro Shop. He was a for-mer member of the Dublin Ex-change Club. Mr. Watsonpassed away on Wednesday,March 27, 2013 at SerenityPlace.Mr.Watson is survived by his

loving wife of 63 years, RubySapp Watson, of Dublin, a son,Donald L. (Nisi) Watson, of Sa-vannah, a daughter, Debra(Bruce) Watson Harper, of Cen-terville, two sisters, Betty Hood,of Dublin, and Pat (Mike) Lin-der, of Tega Cay, SC, a brother,Jimmy (Sheila) Watson, ofBullard, four grandchildren,Brian M. (Kira) Watson,Nathan E. Fuller, AlexanderWatson, and Nina Watson, 1great grandchild, Callen Wat-son, and many uncles, aunts,and cousins.Pallbearers will be Stacy

Sapp, Mike Hooks, Billy Ussery,Bob Pridgen, Jeff Hall, andChad Sapp.Honorary Pallbearers will be

Deacons at Marie BaptistChurch, Men’s Adult SundaySchool Class, Faith Ladies Sun-day School Class, Thurmon Fos-key, Ralph Garner, MartySmith, Jimmy Wyatt, EppLake, Jimmy Rogers, and MacBryson.The family will receive

friends on Friday, March 29,2013 from 1-2 p.m. at MarieBaptist Church.In lieu of flowers the family

asks that donations be made inmemory of Mr. Watson to MarieBaptist Church Building Fundat 315 Marie Church Road,Dublin, Georgia 31021 or toSerenity Hospice at 510 Belle-vue Avenue, Dublin, Georgia31021.Stanley Funeral Home and

Crematory/Dublin Chapel hascharge of funeral arrangements.To sign the Online RegisterBook please visitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the 24 Hour Stanley Fu-neral Home and CrematoryObituary Line at (478) 272-0106to hear the latest funeral up-dates.

JOSEY

JONES

Dolphus "Punch"Whitfield

Funeral services for Mr. Dol-phus "Punch" Whitfield ofDublin will be on Saturday,March 30, 2013, at 4 p.m. at theLiving Faith Baptist Church,1330 Bailey Lane in Dublinwith Pastor Henry Channel, III,presiding and Reverend CecilMoore officiating. Intermentwill follow in the Dudley Memo-rial Cemetery in Dublin.Mr. Whitfield was born on

December 2, 1958, as the son ofPearline Whitfield and EddieLee Wright. He departed thislife on Sunday, March 24, 2013."Punch", as he was affection-

ately known, was a member ofNewGeneration under the lead-ership of Pastor Henry Chan-nel, III, and attended mid-weekservice faithfully at LivingFaith Baptist Church with Pas-tor Jamie T. Paulk. Before hishealth declined, he worked atGriffin Industries and at YKKAPAmerica.He was preceded in death by

his mother, Pearline Whitfield;father and stepmother, EddieLee and Rosa Mae Wright; andhis mother-in-law, PaulineHolsey.He leaves to cherish his

memories his devoted wife of 14years, Joyce H. Whitfield; step-children, Darlene Martin, Je-sup, Eddie Holsey and TinaHolsey, both of Dublin; step-grandchildren, Sherika,Monique, Enyae, Destiny, Ja-cob, Saadiq, Senyavian, andJaNyla. He also leaves behindhis father, Herman (Mae Ethel)White, Sr.; 10 siblings: JimmyLewis (Janice) Whitfield, Her-man "PeeWee" (Cindy) White,Jr., Sharday White, EssieWright, Winnie Darrisaw, AdaDavis and Tbarscki "Tiki"(Latonya) Jackson all of Dublin;Rikita (Brian) White-Moten,Anniston,AL; OssieWright andSandra (Gerald) Vaughn both ofAtlanta; brothers and sisters-in-law: Tom McElroy of Canton,Ohio, Jacqueline Chatman ofJesup, Eddie Holsey, Jr. ofKansas, Gloria Ann (Gene)Hudson of Mt. Dora, Florida,Greg Holsey of Dublin, Char-lene Holsey and Paul (Victoria)Holsey, both of Brunswick;aunts: Lucille Oliphant, Wrens,Evelyn Whitfield, Maggie LeeWhitfield, Patricia Whitfield,Mary Bell Demmons, MabelThomas and Gladys Wright, allof Dublin, and a host of nieces,nephews, cousins, relatives andvery special friends includingAbby Smith, Derrick Stanleyand Johnny Walker.The family will receive

friends at 204 Werden Road inDublin.Services by Dudley Funeral

Home of Dublin. Post condo-lences atwww.ServicesByDudley.com

———Carl Edward WilsonCarl Edward Wilson, 66 of

East Dublin entered in eternity,Tuesday morning, March 26,2013 at Fairview Park Hospitalafter an extended illness.Mr. Wilson was born August

16, 1946 in Johnson County tothe late John R. and RubyGrant Wilson. Mr. Wilson haslived in Laurens County for the

past 25 years, prior to that helived in the Meeks Community.Mr. Wilson worked for manyyears as an electrician for Gra-ham Brothers Construction Coin Dublin. Mr. Wilson wasMethodist by faith. Mr. Wilsonwas preceded in death by onebrother, James Robert Wilson.Memorial graveside services

will be held atCorinthMethodistChurch Cemetery, Thursday af-ternoon, March 28, 2013 at 2p.m. Rev. James Covington willbe the officiating minister.Mr.Wilson is survived by four

brothers, R.J. Wilson (Barbara)of East Dublin, Johnny Wilson(Peggy) of Dublin, Earl Wilson(Vonnie) of Dublin and Jack Wil-son (Maggie) of Bonaire; one sis-ter, Mary Ellen Powell of Meeks.Brantley - Powell Funeral

Home of Wrightsville has chargeof arrangements.

Jennifer K.StanleyTyneshia WilcherAmanda Morgan

Khristal "Secret" WrightGloria L. McClendon

Aaron Jarred "A.J." Smith, 18

Birthdays

Ralph & Angela S. Wright,21 years

Anniversaries

Thursday, March 28, 2013/Dublin, Ga/Page 3aThe Courier Herald

Crossroads Ministriesinvite all to join us Easter Sunday at

10:30 am in welcoming our New Pastor

Crossroads Church200 Enterprise St., Dublin, GA 31021

Claxton Dairy Rd. across from DEFAC’s Office.Sunday School: 9:30 am

Service: 10:30am

ReverendTim and AllisonLumley

and Family

some hot chocolate and handedit to the guest. "When you getclose to bedtime, ask for somemilk."

That was just one exampleof why Dublin's La Quinta wasranked as the No. 1 propertyout of over 850 hotels in theU.S., Canada and Mexico dur-ing the company's recentawards ceremony held in Puer-to Rico in late February.

As general manager PhilPatel said, "It's really all aboutour people."

"These awards are a greatachievement," said Patel,whose La Quinta was honoredas the "top ranking" hotel in"performance numbers...guestsatisfaction, guest assistanceand product quality."

With an overall 96.3 guestsatisfaction rating, and similarnumbers for product qualityand service quality, Patel saidthe recognition that Dublin'sLa Quinta has received thisyear and in the six years sinceopening its doors, were due toan investment in "personal de-tail" and "good quality employ-ees."

The Dublin location re-ceived zero complaints during2012, and continues to winawards for the number of cus-tomers who were "Satisfiedwith Intent to Return."

"I had never been in hospi-tality before starting our firsthotel in East Dublin," Patelsaid. "But one of the things Ialways looked at was, 'What isthe guest's requirements andwhat do they want?' So whenthe time came for us to buildLa Quinta, we designed it in away to meet those needs.Whether it's the heated pool, orthe personal detail in therooms, my thinking has alwaysbeen that if a guest is paying

roughly $100 for a room, theyshould feel like they get goodvalue, quality and service."

This value has shonethrough from the breakfasttable (where they offer diabet-ic-friendly menu items) to thebedside table (where KathyHart, room - inspection atten-dant places the remote at theideal angle for avid clickers).

AGM Dana Kinzler and op-eration manager Melanie Patelwork diligently every day tomake sure La Quinta exceedsall expectations of every guesteach and every time they stay.In addition to making sureeach guest receives our specialDublin La Quinta southernhospitality and that” homeaway from home” experience

"Good, dedicated hard work-ing," Patel said. "From check-in to laundry to maintenance,breakfast and housekeeping,we have employees who are al-ways looking to give theirbest."

People, like check-in atten-dant, Denise Hunt, who knowsmost corporate guests by theirfirst names, or laundry atten-dant Olga Naverez, who "takesso much pride in the way shefolds her laundry."

Not to mention LatishaRobinson, Marcia Weathers-bee, Tim Hutchings, JavierMendoza, Kathy Hart, MartinMendoza, Dana Kinzler, Pravinand Sharmista Patel, SaraMendoza, Angelica Mendoza,Candy Farga, Ody Martinez,and Karina Rodriguez.

"We are a 24/7 hotel, and allof our staff are always commit-ted to making sure all theneeds of our guests are met andthat they enjoy their stay," Pa-tel said.

"The award we received,these employees I've men-tioned; it all goes to the wholeteam," Patel said. "I have tothank my wife Melanie, whomakes sure I'm doing a good joband has always been there forme and the guests. And too myAGM Dana Kinzler for all herhard work and effort.

"I would also like to thankmy partners Suresh Patel, San-jay Patel and Mina Patel forthe investment in La Quinta. Iappreciate I had the opportuni-ty to receive the award and togo in front of 2,000 people inPuerto Rico, but I received thisaward to the honor of our en-tire Dublin La Quinta team."

La QuintaContinued from 1a "Good, quality people. From

check-in to the laundry tomaintenance, breakfast and

housekeeping, we have peoplewho are always looking to

give their best."

— Phil Patel

called and asked if we would be willing tohave her come by," Curtis said. "She likes tostop by and visit programs. We are the luckyrecipient of two grants from the Governor'sOffice of Children and Family. We have re-ceived an abstinence grant for our teens andan after school grant for kids Pre-K throughfifth. We were excited to show her the greatwork being done by both programs."

Deal walked into the classrooms and talkedwith teachers and students. She liked whatshe saw.

"It's working very well," Deal said. "It's nicefor these young people to have a place to go af-ter school where they can get a snack, do theirhomework, get some exercise and get some su-pervision and training. I'm pleased to see thatthey were learning how to do some things withscience and another group was learning howto write a story. I think it's important for themto do."

Deal said it's important to keep children inschool and keep them active.

"That way they stay out of trouble," shesaid. "Hopefully we can get them to graduatefrom high school and become real citizens thatproduce and help the state to become the beststate in the Union that we think it already is."

At Saxon Heights Wednesday morning,Principal John Strickland, SuperintendentDr. Chuck Ledbetter and board member Lau-ra Travick welcomed Deal to the school.

Deal was there to read the book "Who ILike To Be."

Saxon Heights had the privilege of havingGovernor Nathan Deal at the beginning of theschool year.

"We're definitely excited about having herhere," Strickland said. "We got an email about

her traveling across Georgia to visit schooldistricts. The big thing for us was we weretickled to get the opportunity to host her.We're excited to represent Dublin City Schoolsin our community. These teachers and stu-dents have done an exciting job all year long.It's just a credit to the reputation that theybring to our school because they have done agreat job."

Deal has been encouraging children towant to learn to read by visiting schools andreading to Pre-K and kindergarten classes.

"I've been going to schools all over thestate," she said. "I read a lot in schools in theAtlanta area and more populated areas. Ithought that we needed to let children all overthe state know how important reading is. I'vebeen trying to get out and go all over the state.I want to get to every county that I can andread to the children and let the teachers knowwe care about them and the children know wecare about readings."

Strickland believed Deal's visit is some-thing the students will remember and cherishas they grow up.

"One day they'll understand," Stricklandsaid.

Deal

Continued from 1a

Photos by Payton Towns III

(Above): Deal reads to students at Saxon Heights. (Below): Deal shakes handswith Travick.

Notice to Proceed issued by theengineering firm Freedman En-gineering, April 1 is the officialcontract start date, and Sept.28, 2013 is the official contractend date.

The almost $1 million for theproject came as a result of the

efforts of U.S. Rep. Jim Mar-shall, who scored almost $1 mil-lion in line-item appropriationsin 2004 to pay for the purchaseof 538 acres of land from PlumCreek, and in 2005 sponsored abill that brought another $1mil-lion to the Ball’s Ferry coffersfor the construction of severalenhancements.

Wilkinson County Commis-sion Chairman Dennis Holderhas been working for more than12 years to promote the develop-ment of the Oconee River sur-rounding the Ball’s Ferry area,with an ultimate goal of havingthe State establish the area as aState park.

ParkContinued from 1a

lot of people don't even knowabout. We just want to saythank you, and we appreciateall they do."

Crowe hopes to make thisevent an annually.

"March is designated as Na-tional Social Work month and

it's a nationwide event," shesaid. "We're just going to hon-or all of the local social work-ers in this area to say thankyou for all they do in this com-munity. They work a lot withfamilies and a lot of times theygo above and beyond their callof duty. They really work hardevery day behind the scenes."

Social workers work withpeople children's age all theway up to elderly adults.

"Today is your day and weappreciate what social work-ers do," Crowe said when talk-ing to the group. "No oneknows how tirelessly youwork. We're here to have funtoday."

BrunchContinued from 1a

Dozens of reptiles removed from man’s homeSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A

Savannah man has beencharged with several counts ofanimal cruelty after policepulled more than a dozen rep-tiles from his home.

Savannah-Chatham Metro-politan Police spokeswomanEunicia Baker says Brian Net-tles was housing an Americanalligator, three pythons, twogeckos, a monitor lizard, a redtail boa constrictor, two tor-toises, seven turtles, threedead turtles and a dead rat.

The reptiles were taken in-to custody by animal controland the Georgia Reptile Soci-ety has agreed to seek appro-priate medical care for the an-

imals.Nettles, who owns a busi-

ness specializing in small ani-mal shows, was also cited bythe Department of NaturalResources for possessing theAmerican alligator.

It is unclear if Nettles hasan attorney and a call to anumber listed for Nettles wasnot answered Wednesday.

———Busy final day for Ga.

lawmakers

ATLANTA (AP) — Statelawmakers in Georgia face abusy final day.

By law, the General As-sembly meets for a 40-day an-

nual session. The final dayThursday is called Sine Die,which means adjourningwithout setting a date to re-turn.

Lawmakers typically facea daylong series of votes thatcontinue in a chaotic rush un-til the clock strikes midnight.Any bills not approved by theHouse and Senate by Thurs-day automatically fail for theyear. Lawmakers can pursuethose proposals again nextyear.

State lawmakers havebeen discussing whether torestrict lobbyist spending,loosen gun laws and still needto pass the state budget.

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In politics, too many arejudged on what they say. Toooften, there is quite a distancebetween what politicians tellus they will do, and what isactually done. Sometimesthat distance can be mea-sured in days – quite literally.Forty days, to be exact.At the beginning of the ses-

sion of the General Assemblythere are often lofty promisesof how our legislators willwork for the people. Of howthe government of the peoplewill be made more open andtransparent by their actions.Of how our elected officialswill be more open andaccountable to those theyserve.Last year, at the beginning

and throughout the session,leadership from both theHouse and Senate insistedGeorgia’s ethics laws werejust fine, thank you. Any andall attempts to reform thelaws were rebuffed. And then,day 40 happened. That waswhen a conference committeeon a bill to make technicalchanges to how fishing licens-es would be issued decided

that they would changeGeorgia’s ethics laws to allowsome violations to be shieldedfrom the public forever.This late insertion was not

announced to the Senate norHouse by the conferees whoinserted the stealth change.The Senate passed the confer-ence report, but the Housewas alerted to the change justafter voting began. The billfailed in the House and didnot become law. But theaction of day 40 was clear thatsome wanted even weakerlaws than the virtually unen-forceable laws Georgia cur-rently has.One election cycle later,

Georgia voters have spokenloudly over the need for ethicsreform. T-SPLOST was also awakeup call that there needsto be trust restored in govern-ment. The people are growingantsy of a ruling class thatseems to enjoy the perks ofpower and is growing distantfrom the governed.The response, after initial

protests, was a change ofheart. The session opened byHouse Speaker Ralston who

once called ethics reform thedomain of liberals and elitemedia, was promising a fullgift cap from lobbyists. TheSenate who last year pretend-ed they couldn’t find their ownRules Chairman to ask himabout questionable expensereimbursements adoptedrules limiting gifts pendinglegislation to be passed dur-ing the session.There was a lot of talk

about the need. Talk aboutmaking the legislature moreaccountable to the people. Ofnot continuing the image that

legislators who are paid adaily per diem are still on aquest to see how much theycould get others to spend onthem for meals, tickets andtrips. Essentially, there was aconcerted effort to make thelegislature closer to the levelof those they govern.And now we have come to

day 40, and in the interest of“fairness”, the version of theethics bill passed by theSenate and in front of theHouse for considerationplaces a freeze on campaigncontributions for challengers

to incumbent legislators whenthe legislature is in session.State elected officials are

not allowed to receive cam-paign contributions when thelegislature is in session toavoid the appearance that leg-islation is being bought.Legislators, who have turnedthe Gold Dome into a south-ern version of the K-Streetproject and are re-elected atan annual rate of over 90%,have turned the ethics billwhich was already too narrowin scope into an incumbentprotection program. Thosewho face incredible odds ofovercoming the institutionaladvantage of incumbency arenow told that they can’t raisemoney – even though theyhave no vote or influence tosell – because it would be“unfair” to those who raisemoney up until the lastminute the legislature gavelsinto session with bills needingconsideration already filed.This measure is added

from the same Senate thatjust last summer illegallydiverted money from its owntrust into an “independent”

expenditure group that wasgiven specific direction of whoto help from those sameincumbents who were to beprotected.Day one began with hope

that this year, finally, therewould be substantial move-ment on ethics reform. Day40 offers a cynical ploy to usethis vehicle to make it evenharder to beat an incumbent.And with the added degree ofdifficulty to lose, the arro-gance of an entrenched estab-lishment will grow stronger.The distance between what

our legislature has said theywill do on ethics reform andwhat they are poised to do isthe same distance CharlieBrown needs to kick a fieldgoal. And once again, Lucy ispoised again to take thatsnap.

CharlieHarper’s

PoliticsGGAA

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OUR TAKE:

What They’re Saying Is Not What They’re Doing

A father’s decision thatsaved the world

A baseball team failed to show up for a game butthe coaches decided to scrimmage another team thathad been practicing nearby.

The only thing was, the umpires had already left.The assistant coach on one of the teams had someumpiring experience so he was given the task of call-ing balls and strikes and an assistant coach for theother team would make the calls on the bases.

In the latter part of the game, the home plateumpire’s son came up to the plate to bat. The sonhardly got to play, and was getting more time this daybecause it was a scrimmage. The count went to 3 ballsand two strikes.

The son’s weakness was the outside corner. He gotcalled out on a lot of calls out there. And sure enough,the deciding pitch was on the outside corner. It wasborderline.

The home plate umpire, the batter’s father, hesitatedbefore saying “take your base.”

The son ran down to first, glad that his father had-n’t said “Strike three!”

The father would later say it was close enough forhim to have called it a strike. But he just couldn’thumiliate his son like that. The son had put his fate inhis father’s hands.

Jesus pleaded with God in the Garden ofGethsemane to stop the pain and his death that wasabout to happen. But He submitted to the will of hisFather who then allowed His Son to be beaten andhung on the cross.

God could have stopped it. But He let his Son behumiliated, so that those who believed in Jesus wouldhave everlasting life.

The umpire’s decision in a scrimmage baseballgame was a small blimp in the scheme of things.God’s decision changed the world.

— Payton Towns III

Letter To The Editor...Dear Editor,This Easter weekend,

the good citizens ofDublin will have theopportunity to extend ahelping hand to thoseless fortunate, while atthe same time beingentertained by one ofthe finest tribute bandsin the area. OnSaturday, March 30 at 7p.m., at Theatre Dublin,(you can buy your tick-ets by calling TheatreDublin at (478) 2775074) tribute band TheReturn will give con-cert-goers a "magicalmystery tour" throughall the favorites ofBeatlemania, as well as

giving them the oppor-tunity to support theJ.O.Y Clinic, a lifechanging organization,for just the $20 cost ofadmission.The J.O.Y Clinic,

whose name stands forJesus, Others andYourself, is an outreachof the Laurens BaptistAssociation, and focusesits efforts on providingaccess to healthcare forour fellow residents whomay have endured a"hard day's night”, andare unable to "get backto where they oncebelonged" health-wise.For many, this journeyinvolves a "long and

winding road” that mayconsume their savingsand resources along theway. The J.O.Y Clinic,by leveraging localhealth providers andresources, can "help"turn a troubled "yester-day" into a "here comesthe sun" tomorrow.So, for a true expres-

sion of the joys of theEaster season, why nottake part in resurrect-ing the health of thosewho might not be ableto do so for themselves;for, in doing so, wewould be embodying thespirit expressed in thewords of Matthew, andsaying "I want to hold

your hand" to the leastfortunate. And, if wecan "twist and shout" tothe music of the FabFour while doing so,what a great celebrationit will be. See you there!Note: If your Easter

plans will take you outof town, but you stillwant to participate inthis celebration of thehealth of our communi-ty, donations can bemade at the followingaddress:The J.O.Y Clinic, Inc.122 Rowe StreetDublin, GA 31021

Pilar Archila

An opportunity to lend a helping hand

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COMMUNITY CALENDARThursday

•Dublin Civitan Club meets from 12 until 1 p.m. at theDublin Country Club.•AA I Am Responsible Group, Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 5:45 p.m. and 8 p.m.•AA 24 Hour Group, Contact 279-0839, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, Ga 8:00 p.m.•NAWe Surrender, Contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, 6:30 p.m.•Nar-Anon - Living Not Existing Group, Olivet BaptistChurch, Nursery Provided, 1689 Hwy. 19 S., 6:30 contact 997-9011.

Friday•The Exchange Club of Laurens County at 7 a.m. at theElks Club. 275-6244.•Dublin Serenity AA 122 High Street, Contact 272-7311,6:30 p.m.•AA I Am Responsible Group Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 5:45 p.m. and 8 p.m.•NAWe Surrender, Contact 275-9531, noon 629 BroadStreet, East Dublin.•Dublin Serenity Al-Anon Family Group, 1515 Rice Ave.(enter through rear door) Fridays at 6:30 p.m. Contact info478-290-1424 or 478-272-7311.

ALMANACToday in HistoryBy The Associated PressToday is Thursday,

March 28, the 87th day of2013. There are 278 daysleft in the year.On this date:In 1941, novelist and

critic Virginia Woolf, 59,drowned herself near herhome in Lewes, East Sus-sex, England.In 1943, composer Sergei

Rachmaninoff died in Bev-erly Hills, Calif.In 1963, the Alfred

Hitchcock film “The Birds”premiered in New York.In 1969, the 34th presi-

dent of the United States,Dwight D. Eisenhower, diedin Washington D.C. at age

78.In 1978, in Stump v.

Sparkman, the U.S.Supreme Court upheld, 5-3,the judicial immunity of anIndiana judge against alawsuit brought by a youngwoman who’d been orderedsterilized by the judgewhen she was a teenager.In 1990, President

George H.W. Bush present-ed the Congressional GoldMedal to the widow of U.S.Olympic legend JesseOwens.Ten years ago: Presi-

dent George W. Bushwarned of “further sacri-fice” ahead in the face ofunexpectedly fierce fight-ing. Japan launched its

first spy satellites to moni-tor communist neighborNorth Korea’s missile de-velopment and suspectednuclear weapons programs.Five years ago: Cuba

made it legal for its citizensto own cell phones in theirown names.One year ago: The U.S.

Supreme Court wrapped upthree days of public argu-ments on President BarackObama’s historic healthcare law.Today’s Birthdays:

Former White House na-tional security adviserZbigniew Brzezinski(ZBIG’-nyef breh-ZHIN’-skee) is 85. Country musi-cian Charlie McCoy is 72.

Movie director Mike Newellis 71. Actress ConchataFerrell is 70. Actor KenHoward is 69. Actress Di-anne Wiest (weest) is 65.Country singer Reba McEn-tire is 58. Olympic goldmedal gymnast Bart Con-ner is 55. Rapper Salt (Salt-N-Pepa) is 47. Countrysinger Rodney Atkins is 44.Singer Lady Gaga is 27.Thought for Today: “A

man can do his best onlyby confidently seeking(and perpetually miss-ing) an unattainableperfection.” — RalphBarton Perry, Americanauthor and educator(1876-1957).

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MMyy mmootthheerr--iinn--llaaww voted forObama and she doesn't evenknow why. (You don't have tobe smart to vote).

II ddoonn''tt ccaarree about the na-tional debt, just keep the freestuff coming. I love living offthe government and workingpeople.

WWhhyy ddooeess tthhee media notblame Obama for high gasprices? When he took officethe national average was$1.7 a gallon. Now $3.50seems cheap.

TToo tthhee bbllaacckk ccaarr who wasspeeding across the parkinglot, you weren't getting any-where any quicker. You al-most hit two cars and didn'teven see them!

SSpprriinngg iiss ccoommiinngg,, spring iscoming! I'm tired of scrapingfrost off of my car windowsevery morning!

TThhee ppiiccttuurree ooff the Air Forceplane in the Courier Heraldjust made chills run up myspine. It just made me feel soAmerican. Way to go for aneye for a photo shot like that!

II hhaavvee sseeeenn where severalpeople have said Mr. Obamais doing the best he can. Ob-viously someone that can doa lot better should have beenelected.

AAnn eexxccuussee iiss something tosuit yourself. A reason issomething to suit everyone.

TToo tthhee bbllaacckk ccaarr who brokein line at the drive-thru thismorning - I mean really, growup!

TThhee mmeedd iiaa aasskkeedd themother of the baby who wasshot and killed inBrunswick if she could for-give the killers. She said no!I would never forgive them.I’d want the same thing tohappen to them.

TThhee SSeennaattee hhaass passed itsfirst budget in four years.They were controlled by theDemocrats all four years,yet Republicans are blamed(by the uninformed).

PPlleeaassee pprraayy ffoo rr our mili-tary. They are sacrificingtheir time with the familyand friends to protect ourcountry. Some have evensacrificed their lives. Godbless you all and thank you!

HHeeaalltthhccaarree ccoossttss are up32 percent nationally thispast year. Thanks Oba-macare.You can't fix anything withmore government.

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Bridges Family Reunion,April 27, Pineview Communi-ty Center, Ga Hwy 112,Pineview Ga. (10 miles belowHawkinsville, Ga) 9 a.m. - un-til. Will eat at 1 p.m. Bring cov-ered dish. Bring any old photosor memories to share (we willhave table to display). ContactMinnie Bridges Davis, mi-ni28@cox.net 478-923-4061 orAnn Bridges Ray, anndan-ray@cox.net 478-397-1708 fordetails.Helping a Family in

Need: South Pit Plate Sale tobenefit the minor children ofMark Jackson. March 29 at10 a.m. until 2 p.m. ContactCedar Grove Volunteer FireDept. at 478-463-3331 for tick-

ets and more information.Continued Education

Seminar Class: For contrac-tors needing CEU's to main-tain their State License. TheSeminar will be held at DublinCity Hall on March 28 from 6-10 p.m. Call to pre-registerand more information at 478-277-5071 to reserve your seat.The Dublin South Cen-

tral Area Chapter of AlbanyState University has its 2013scholarship application avail-able in the counselor’s officesat Dublin High, East Laurens,West Laurens, Johnson Coun-ty and Washington County. Italso has the Emory ThomasKatherine Gray Wilson Schol-arship available this year to

students who are enrolled inthe Dublin City or LaurensCounty School systems, andplan to attend Albany State.Application for both scholar-ships must be postmarked byApril 15, 2013.Applications for the 2013

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorori-ty Scholarship are now avail-able in the counselor's office atDublin High, East LaurensHigh, West Laurens High, andVidalia High School. If you area high school senior and areplanning to attend college inthe Fall of 2013, please contactyour counselor's office. Thedeadline for applying isMarch 29, 2013. Contact:Martha Mincey@ 478-290-5987 for further information.

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Do I have to be married, rich or have any

particular religion to qualify as a foster parent? These are

some of the common questions asked by

those individuals interested in fostering.

The answer is “No”. You do not have to be

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of you out there have a cabi-net in your kitchen intowhich you unsystematicallythrow, stack, and stuff yourfood-storage containers?And every time you open thedoors to said cabinet, youget an avalanche of tubs andlids falling on your head orscattering all over thekitchen floor? I thought so.Well here’s a project thatwill only take a little timeand you’ll feel so good thatyou got something accom-plished: let’s organize thatspace you’ve been meaningto get to—once and for all.First empty the entire

drawer or cabinet of existingcontainers and put them onthe kitchen counter or table.Now is the time to sweep,vacuum, or wipe out thecrumbs and put down freshshelf paper or drawer lining.Separate your containers

into tubs and lids, then sortby size. Match a lid to eachcontainer and toss the ex-tras. I hope by now, Reader,that you know what I meanwhen I say “toss,” “discard”,and “get rid of”: recycle, re-purpose, or donate. "http://www.wikihow.com/Declutter" \o "Declutter" Dis-carding is always a goodfirst step because it meansyou will have fewer left overto organize and store, andbecause items you can't ordon't use aren't in the wayof the ones you do. Discardany containers that don'thave mates or are split,smelly, stained, melted, orotherwise damaged. Also, ask yourself

whether you truly need allyour containers and get ridof any you realistically nev-er use. I think this is thehardest part because it’shard to toss a perfectly goodcontainer—there are just somany uses for a good one! Ihave lots of quart-size yo-gurt and barbeque tubs thatI can’t possibly use for foodstorage. But they makegreat water buckets for

brushes when I’m creatingart so I store those in mystudio. Butter tubs are greatfor growing cuttings fromplants so I keep them withthe flower pots and pottingsoil.Some food-storage con-

tainers are in constant usewhile others areonly used occa-sionally. Storethose pie andcake carriersand deviled-eggholders on ahigher pantryshelf or in aseparate cabi-net.Remove any-

thing that's nota food-storagecontainer andeither toss it orstore it somewhere else. "http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Measuring-Spoons-and-Cups" \o "Use MeasuringSpoons and Cups" Measur-ing cups, mixing bowls, anddrinking glasses (even theplastic ones) should all go insome other, appropriateplace. Put them with otheritems that function similar-ly.Give containers with

long-term jobs permanenthomes elsewhere. For exam-ple, if a particular containeris the one you always use tostore"http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Flour-Tortillas" \o "Make Flour Tortillas"

flour in the pantry, thenleave it in the pantry, even ifyou’re out of flour. Finally you’re down to

just the food-storage con-tainers that you want tokeep. But before you putthem back in the drawer orcabinet, think about tossingthese and buying a matchedset of good-quality contain-ers if your budget permits. Amatched set will usuallystack and nest easily andmore compactly than an as-sortment of unmatched con-tainers. Plus, if your spacelooks nice, you’re more like-ly to keep it that way. In-

stead of plastic, considergetting glass containers.They won’t compromise theflavor of your food and theyare always dishwasher-safe.And here’s something else tothink about if you’re goingto buy new: square contain-ers take up less space than

round onesdo.

Butwait!There’s onemore thingto considerbeforeputtingyour food-storage con-tainersaway! Is theplace whereyou usuallystore them

the best place to put them?Maybe the cabinet aboveyour head isn’t the idealplace—remember theavalanche I mentioned? Inone house I lived in, I keptmine in a bottom cabinet. Iwould open the door, throwin the container, and slamthe door shut before theavalanche could spill ontothe kitchen floor. I say“throw,” but in reality, I hadto quickly “stuff” the con-tainer into the fully packedcabinet before slamming thedoor. Finding a lid to a par-ticular container? Forgetabout it! Whenever I didneed a container, I had toget down on my hands andknees, pull out everything—or just wait for everything tofall out when I opened thedoor—and dig back to thefar recesses to find what Iwas looking for. I hated thatcabinet. Yes, dear Reader, Iused to be—gasp!—a Disor-ganized Person.Nowadays, I have a large

drawer that functions well.If you don’t have a deepdrawer, perhaps you have acabinet that is deep andwide enough for you to haveseveral sizes displayed with-out having the reach way inthe back to find what youneed. Your space should be

within easy reach, and notcrammed with pots, pan,and other kitchen tools. Themore accessible the space,the more likely you’ll keepcontainers organized. But ifyou can’t find a dedicatedspace in your drawers, cabi-nets, or pantry, get creative.Consider a wall shelf or afreestanding shelf unit inyour kitchen—or even thetop of your fridge. Purchasesome attractive matchingstorage bins or baskets andnest your tubs and lids inthem. For the containers, nest

them in stacks that are astall as your space. Startwith the largest on the bot-tom and work upwards tothe smallest. Make multiplestacks as necessary, keepinground containers withround, square with square.For the lids, corral them

all together and put them ina container. (I LOVE thoseSterilite shoeboxes that youcan get at any big-box storefor a dollar—I use these box-es for so many things!) Placeall your lids vertically—likepapers in a filing cabinet—in this rectangular contain-er and keep it near the tubs. Make a habit of restack-

ing the containers everytime you put the dishesaway. Train your familymembers to do the same.Another good habit to get in-to is culling your containersevery now and then. Resistthe urge to save every take-out container, margarinetub, etc. Saving them mightmake you feel temporarily"green," but there's no pointif all they do is clutter yourcabinet. Claire Livingston is an

interior designer, publicspeaker, and workshop facil-itator. Send your ideas andcomments to her at TheCourier Herald, Drawer B,Dublin, Georgia 31040, orcontact her at cliv-in-gston.interiors@gmail.com.

Conquering container chaos

WLHS FFA Team places inArea Nursery/LandscapeCareer Development EventThe West Laurens High

School FFA Nurs-ery/Landscape Team recent-ly placed 2nd in the Area IVFFA Nursery/Landscape Ca-reer Development Event.The event was held atSwainsboro Auditorium inSwainsboro, Georgia March5.The Nursery/Landscape

Career Development Eventallows students to demon-strate their knowledge inplant materials, plant disor-ders, cultural practices, de-sign and construction, sup-plies and equipment, safety,interpersonal relations,marketing and records andreports. Team members in-clude Andy Coleman, CorrinShaffer, and Hannah Wat-son.

FFA is a national organi-zation of over 520,000 mem-bers preparing for leader-ship and careers in the sci-ence, business and technolo-gy of agriculture. FFA is anintegral part of the agricul-tural education program inpublic schools. The FFAmission is to make a positivedifference in the lives of stu-dents by developing theirpotential for premier leader-ship, personal growth andcareer success through agri-cultural education.Kasey Jackson and Reed

Waldrep are West LaurensHigh School FFA advisors.The Nursery/Landscape Ca-reer Development Event issponsored by the GeorgiaFFA Foundation. (SpecialPhoto)

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Northwest Laurens Elementary Schoolannounces ‘Students of the Month”Northwest Laurens

Elementary an-nounces “Students ofthe Month” for March.Pictured (l-r): 2nd

grade - Will Brown,Kindergarten - JacobiPauldo, 5th grade -Tinley Allen, 4th grade- Carson Estep, 3rd

grade - Jaden Haddoxand 1st grade - Jakay-la Jones. (Special Pho-to)

WLMS announces honor rollfor the second nine weeks

Mr. Tim Franks, Principal,of West Laurens Middle Schoolannounces honor roll for thesecond nine weeks:

EEiigghhtthh ggrraaddee:: MarshallAchord, Taylor Adams, ChrisAllen, Sara Andrews, KaitlynArnold, Kiley Baggett, PeytonBaggett, Nick Baggett, PhillipBarwick, Nina Bayani, RemiBoland, Wynne Bracewell,Courtney Brittain, TaylorBrooks, Michaela Brooks,Sarah Brooks, Morgan Brown,Nick Chamness, Caleb Christ-ian, Peyton Coleman, KyleighColeman, Avery Collins,Jonathan Contreras, CarolineCulpepper, Hunter Daniels,Cedrianna Davis, Logan Den-nard, Jordan Difazio, EmiDixon, Riley Edwards, CullenEstep, Krishawn Fannin,Mackenzie Foster, De’AjiaFripp, Will Garner, MariahGonzalez, Nathan Graham, Ab-by Green, Mallory Hall, TuckerHart, Hannah Hatcher, Cam-my Hatchett, Austin Helton,Devin Henderson, LaurenHendley, Layla Herrin, Em-malee Herrin, Alli Hobbs,Madison Hood, Grace Hovey,Bailey Howard, Lexie Hutchin-son, Chika Ito, CarlandraJones, Hannah Jones, AnnaJustice, Aaron Kelly, Noah Kel-ly, Sydney Kelly, Caleb Kight,Morgan Kimbrel, AshlynnKirkland, Timothy Lake, NiaLawrence, Laura Loera-Lopez,Sarah Long, Garrett Lord,Hayli Lumley, Autumn Lumley,Addisyn Lyles, Slayton Marina,Christian Martin, Jessica Mar-tin, Anthony Mason, ChristianMason, Case Matthews,Harleyh Merritt, Jeremy Mes-senger, Caitlyn Milton, RachelMoon, Gracie Morgan, KaelaMyers, Alia Nelson, Josie Oliv-er, Kala O’Neal, Evan Outlaw,Bailee Parker, Shivam Patel,Krusha Patel, Disha Patel,Shiv Patel, Amelia Patton,Ryan Peacock, Matt Perry,Cristin Pharis, Chris Pittman,Emee Port, Easton Powell,Austin Ramsey, MadisonRhodes, Michael Roady, AustinRobbins, Josey Robinson, Tay-lor Robinson, Kellie Roundtree,Evan Rowe, Brittany Rowland,Slayd Sasser, Alex Scarbrough,Jaron Scott, Jessica Shepard,Kaylyn Smith, KhashamiSmith, Lucus Smith, VictoriaSmith, Avory Snelgrove, Cam-ron Sohn, Cole Spires, LilyStancil, Reagan Stanley, LeeStewart, Tatiyana Taylor,Cheyane Terry, ConnorThomas, Cayse Thomsen, Jor-dan Upshaw, Emily Walker,Mya Walters, Katelyn Weeks,Madison Weeks, Emilie White,Leah Wicker, Dorian Williams,

Brittany Williams, EthanWood, John-Morris Wood, AbbyWoodard, Hughes Wrighter,Maxwell Yankin.

SSeevveenntthh ggrraaddee:: ChristianAdams, Saxan Adams, LindseyAlford, Caleb Amerson, IvyAmerson, Guy Anderburg,Caleb Bass, Anna Claire Beale,Callie Beckham, KatelynnBowers, Emily Bracewell,Chelsea Brandon, Will Bown,Brandon Bruton, DeavenBryant, Zoie Cardwell, BritneyCarr, Shane Carter, JacksonClancy, Will Clardy, LizzyClark, Taylor Cobb, Matt Cole-man, Paige Cook, Alex Cook,Justin Cravey, Nolan Daniel,Sydney Davidson, AshlynDavis, Greg Davis, KariceDavis, Ben Deal, Jack DeHart,Garrett Dixon, Chloree Dob-bins, Gina Dover, AndrewDukes, Ariel Edenfield, KaileyEdge, Jacob Floyd, Noah Gar-nto, Madelin Gill, Katie Glass,Morgan Graham, AustinGreen, Tristan Grubbs, RaderHamby, Elizabeth Hargis, De-von Harper, Kiara Harris,Caleigh Haskins, Jesse Hay,Hailey Hendricks, Patrick Har-ris, Joseph Horne, MasonHoward, Jacob Hutto, Chan-dler Jarrard, KayKay Jones,Kayla Jones, Amanda Justice,Michael Kaluzny, Shae Knight,Matthew Lampp, Madi Lank-ford, Kayce Lauber, JessieLawhorn, Makenzie Lee, Mad-dy Lee, Brian Liborio-Lino,Daniel Loera, Joe Lord, HaleyLowe, Krista Loyd-Lee, JosephLuttrell, Mackenzie Manley,Britney Marcial, ChristionMartin, Logan Mason, JennaMcDaniel, Samantha Meeks,Tyler Melton, Laura Lee Miller,Bethany Moore, MyKenzieMoore, Cuyler Morris, BeauMullis, Mac Murray, EmileeNewsome, Jackson Nichols,Jay Nobles, Alexandria Nowell,Kayden Odom, KirstenO’Quinn, Tate Outlaw,Meridith Page, Haley Panther,Dennis Parkman, KeyanaParks, Shamari Parks, YagniPatel, Ashley Payne, JordanPeacock, Alayna Perry, Madi-son Pittman, Maria Powell,Maddie Price, Casey Quick,Josh Register, Jonathan Rober-son, Rowan Rupczyk, HaileySapp, Dharma Schofield, Ash-ton Scott, Christian Serna, Ali-cia Sharp, Sierra Shelden, Kel-si Simpson, Jalen Sims, RichiSlade, Dalton Smith, KariSmith, Karson Smith, KaileySteverson, Michael Taylor,Naomi Thompson, ThomasTucker, Tyranee Turner, BrynnUpshaw, Hayden Van Valken-burg, Owen Veal, Max Wallace,Jesse Weaver, Austin White,

Karlene White, KristianWilcox, Mat Wilkes, BailyWood, Savannah Woodard,Max Woodburn, HannahWoods, Gracie Wright,Matthew Wynn, AnnaYarbrough, and Kristen Zacher.

SSiixxtthh ggrraaddee:: Grace Alli-good, Garrett Ammerman,Ethan Anderson, JordanAshcraft, Conner Bailey, JaylenBaker, Sam Bass, Hayley Ben-nett, Aeris Bolen, CharleneBracewell, Hannah MarieBrantley, James Brittain, Daw-son Brooks, Ashlyn Brown,Mary Beth Brown, KameronBrownlee, Kamia Burch, Sa-vannah Burch, Trent Carr,McKenzie Carswell, MirandaCollins, Camille Cook, EmilyDavis, Ty’Quiesha Davis,Mackenzie Dyar, Gracie Evans,Ty Flanders, Ally Jo Fordham,Callie Gibson, Jacob Gieser,Carmen Graham, Kara Greene,Lois Grizzard, Evan Hall,Zachary Hall, Cheyenne Ham-mock, Sydney Hayes, Jake Hel-ton, Hannah Henderson, JanaHerrin, Tatum Hodges, Kyua-na Holmes, Cassidy Holt, Jack-son Howard, Faith Hughes,Gracie Drue Johnson, AllieJohnston, MaKayla Kemp,McKinley Kemp, Alwin Khoja,Rylie King, Raina Kinzler,Harden Knight, MomokaKobayashi, Lindsay Loftin,Jessie Logan, David Lord, Car-ley Maddox, Vincent Mannella,Logan McGowan, Lissy Miller,Conner Milton, GabrielMorales, Meaghan Moses,Haven Newsome, AndrewNichols, Will Nobles, KaitlynNoles, Ellie Outlaw, Pooja Pa-tel, Kayley Perry, TyresePittman, AnnaScott Polhill,Cartar Pope, Samantha Potter,Emma Powell, Katie Powell,Mallory Powell, Mcartney Pow-ell, Tyler Ragan, Alex Reagin,Alyssa Reed, Bradley Roady,Caylyn Roberson, MacKenzieRochelle, Sabrina Rodgers,Kayte Rogers, Abbie Sanders,Madison Sawyer, Natalie Scar-brough, Braden Scott, MadisonSewell, Shelby Sharp, MacKen-zie Sheppard, Shay Shilling-burg, Kaitlin Sinclair, RafeSlate, Peyton Smith, AverySouza, Cassie Stancil, AeraStephens, AlexandriaStephens, Zy’Anee Stephens,Payten Strickland, WynetteTarpley, Shakari Taylor, Miran-da Thigpen, Nathan Touchber-ry, Meredith Tuvell, Maci Up-shaw, Victoria Ussery, AllisonWallace, McKinsey Ware, An-drew Weight, Caitlee Williams,Tory Williams, Ashleigh Wind-ham, David Wood, JaleaWright, Brock Wynne, andKayli Young.

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SportsBig rusher:The Falcons

have signed ex-Giant Umenyiora.

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•Prep schedule ........................2b•On the air................................2b•Classifieds ..............................3b

Associated Press

CHICAGO — The streak isover. The big prize is still outthere.That’s what mattered most

to LeBron James and theMiami Heat.The Heat’s bid for NBA his-

tory ended Wednesday nightwhen their 27-game winningstreak was snapped by theChicago Bulls 101-97, settingoff a raucous celebration insideUnited Center. Miami finishedsix shy of the 33-game recordheld by the 1971-72 LosAngeles Lakers.With 11 games remaining,

there’s no time for Miami totake another shot at therecord. A big run in the post-season would seem to be a surebet.After all, that’s what it’s

about for the Heat. It’s beenthat way ever since James andChris Bosh joined DwyaneWade in Miami in the summerof 2010.They delivered last season,

capturing a championship, andare eyeing a repeat.The record? It would have

been a bonus.What stood out about the

streak?“I just think the way we

compete,” James said. “How weare on and off the floor. ...Ultimately, we want to win theNBA championship.”The streak that began on

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3,came to an end despite his bestefforts.James tried to spur yet

another comeback in the finalminutes, getting mad after arough foul. But the reigningMVP could never get thedefending champions even,much less ahead, down thestretch.Luol Deng scored 28 points,

Carlos Boozer added 21 pointsand 17 rebounds, and the Bullsbrought the Heat’s run to ascreeching halt.Miami’s superstar did all he

could to keep it going, scoring32 points and even collecting aflagrant foul during a physicalfinal few minutes.“We haven’t had a chance to

really have a moment to knowwhat we just did,” James said.“We had a moment, just veryfortunate, very humbling andblessed to be part of this teamand be part of a streak likethat.”The Heat hadn’t lost since

the Pacers beat them inIndianapolis on Feb. 1. Butafter grinding out some closewins lately, including a rallyfrom 27 down in Cleveland.

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — No list of greatNCAA championship game moments iscomplete unless Keith Smart’s jumperfor Indiana in 1987 is on it.Known by Hoosiers fans to this day

as “The Shot,” and known in much lesscomplimentary terms by Syracusefaithful, that 16-foot jumper from theleft side with 5 seconds to play is a filmclip staple throughout March.The memory of “The Shot,” which

gave Indiana a 74-73 victory, is stillwith Smart, now the coach of theSacramento Kings, while JimBoeheim, still the coach at Syracuse,

revisited it every day for 16 years.“It’s pretty much every day,” Smart

said Wednesday when asked how oftenhe thinks about the jumper that madehim a hero in Bloomington and a vil-lain in Syracuse. “Probably every otherday something happens. I’ll go some-where to eat, or when we travel, Icheck into the hotel and somebody seesthe name tag on the bag and they’llmention something about ‘The Shot’then. Very seldom does a week go bywithout something that happens.”Boeheim knew exactly how long it

took for him to stop thinking aboutSmart’s play on a regular basis.“We played very well in the game.

When you lose a game like that, youreally almost never get over it. I gotover it in 2003,” Boeheim said, refer-ring to the Orange’s first nationalchampionship, played in the samebuilding — the New Orleans SuperDome. “I probably thought about it forthose 16 years most of the time.“I never think about it anymore.

Coach (Bob) Knight was good after thegame. He told me we would get backand win it, he just didn’t tell me itwould take 16 years. He’s smart, justnot that smart.”“The Shot” has been summoned

from the archives even more thanusual this week because Indiana and

Syracuse will meet in the EastRegional semifinal Thursday night,their fourth meeting since the nationalchampionship game, but the first inthe NCAA tournament.“Probably this year more than any-

thing, you had more people talk aboutits significance,” Smart said. “Evenwhen I saw the brackets, I said, ‘Thepossibility of them coming together ispretty high.’ And lo and behold it cameinto play. You hear a little bit moreconversation because of that now,because it happened againstSyracuse.”

Associated Press

Two of the most dominant pro-grams in the FootballChampionship Subdivision aremoving up to Football BowlSubdivision.Georgia Southern and

Appalachian State announced inseparate press conferences on theircampuses Wednesday their athleticprograms are leaving the SouthernConference to join the Sun BeltConference in 2014.Idaho and NewMexico State also

announced Wednesday they have

accepted an invitation to join theSun Belt next year in football only.Georgia Southern’s football team

has won 10 Southern Conferencetitles and six national champi-onships since 1985. AppalachianState has won 10 conference titlesand three national championships.Both schools are slated to begin

playing Sun Belt games and will berevenue-sharing members of theconference in 2014 and eligible forthe Sun Belt conference title, butwill not be eligible to play in a bowlgame until 2015.Georgia Southern President

Brooks Keel called it a “milestone”day for the school.“This decision was made with

the long-term interest of ourUniversity in mind,” Keel said.“The Sun Belt will provide our stu-dent athletes with an outstandingopportunity to compete at a highestlevel, and we are excited to con-tribute to the conference’s successboth on and off the field. I am equal-ly excited about the opportunitythat it will provide GeorgiaSouthern and the more than 75,000

Eagles fly to Sun BeltGSU one of four schools in league’s expansion

See EAGLES page 2b

Georgia Southerncoach Jeff

Monken and hisEagles won’t be

eligible for theSouthern

Conference orFCS champi-

onships this foot-ball season asthey transition

from the SoConto the FBS Sun

Belt Conference.AP Photo

Photo by Bali Smith

A West Laurens Middle School runner slides home safely after a wild pitch in the Raiders 6-0 victoryWednesday against Dodge County in the Middle Georgia Middle School Athletic Association champi-onship game. The win finished off a 15-0 season for West, which won the regular season title with a 7-0record before winning three games in the single-elimination tournament.

Perfect Raiders

By Bali SmithFor The Courier Herald

The future looks promisingfor West Laurens High Schoolbaseball.Caleb Christian scattered

three hits and struck out 10in a complete game perform-ance Wednesday evening tohelp West Laurens MiddleSchool to a 6-0 vic-tory against DodgeCounty for thechampionship ofthe Middle GeorgiaMiddle School AthleticAssociation tournament.The win capped a 15-0 sea-

son for the Raiders, whoclaimed the regular-seasoncrown with a 7-0 mark."I'm happy for the play-

ers," Coach Jeremy Matthewssaid. "In a way, I hate to seethe season end.“The eighth graders were a

special group who won a lot ofgames while they were play-ing ball for the middleschool."The group, which includes

Case Matthews, Britt Evans,

Nick Chamness, CullenEstep, Nick Durden, PeytonBaggett, Slayton Marina andChristian finished theircareers in the school's A andB games with a 51-0 mark.Christian set the tone from

the outset with his effort onthe mound, which included nowalks and a final-batter whiffamong his 99 pitches.

"Caleb did a great jobpitching tonight,"Matthews said."He really had goodlocation on his pitch-

es and threw strikes for theentire game."Christian also had two

hits, including a double, andscored a run. Estep had a pairof singles and two runs battedin while Jacob Floyd had anRBI.Defensively, the Raiders

turned a double play for thefirst two outs of the seventhinning.West scored two runs in

each of the first, fifth andsixth innings to control thecontest. Cullen had his run-scoring hits to highlight the

first and fifth frames.The Raiders had beaten

Dodge in the final game of theregular season to earn thetournament's top seed anddrop the Warriors to 6-1 inthe league.

"I'm proud of the way theguys played this season,"Matthews said. "It seemedthat someone different camethrough to help the team winthroughout the season. It wasa total team effort."

West closes 15-0 yearwith tournament crown

Photo by Bali Smith

Caleb Christian scattered three hits with 10strikeouts in a complete game performance forWest Laurens in its win against Dodge County.

Courier Herald Reports

Hannah Mason and BaileyVersprille each scored a pair ofgoals Tuesday night to helpDublin to a 5-1 victory at Scre-ven County in a GHSA Region3AA match.The win upped the Lady

Irish, who are ranked eighth inthe state in the latest coachespoll, to 7-2-1 overall and 6-0 in3AA. It was the first matchthis season a region opponenthad scored against Dublin.Screven favored a defensive

posture against the high-scor-ing Lady Irishin the first half,and was score-less until Dub-lin coach Eric

Cannada moved Mason frommidfield to the front line for athree-striker alignment.Less than a minute later,

Mason took a pass from RachelCannon for a one-touch shotthat whizzed past the Screvenkeeper for a 1-0 lead with 14minutes left in the half.“We go back and forth

between two- and three-strikerformations trying to createoffense, depending on thegame and the opponent,”Cannada said.The Cannon-Mason connec-

tion clicked again early in thesecond half with Cannon send-ing a cross into the box thatMason tucked inside the leftpost.Two minutes later, Ver-

sprille beat a Screven defenderto a free ball and sent a shotfrom 30 yards that the keepermishandled and let bounceover her head into the net.Screven closed to within 3-1

when Dublin was called for ahand ball in the box, and theLady Gamecocks converted thepenalty kick.Dublin got the goal back

when Cannon headed home aVersprille corner kick with7:12 left. Versprille finishedthe scoring on a penalty kickwith just more than two min-utes left after Ashley Densonwas fouled in the box on abreakaway.Savannah Cullison had six

saves for Dublin.“The girls picked up a big

region win tonight and reallyset themselves up as theleader,” Cannada said. “Ourmatch on Friday at Harlemwill provide a huge lead in theregion if we can win. I look for-ward to the girls coming outwith the same intensity.”

Trinity splits at Gatewood

Trinity traveled to Eatontonfor its first road games in theregion on Tuesday and camehome with a split of the dou-bleheader with Gatewood.The Lady Crusaders ran

their record to 9-1 overall and5-0 in the region with a 5-1 vic-tory. The boys (6-4-2, 2-3) fell2-0.Katie Rose Alligood scored

two goals, both off two ofElizabeth Heard's four assiststo power the Trinity girls, wholed 3-0 at halftime.Sydney Shriver collected a

goal off the rebound of a shotby Alligood while Michaela

Lady Irishtop Laneyto go 6-0in region

Bulls endHeat runat 27 wins

PrepSoccer

See SOCCER page 2b

Orange, Boeheim can’t escape Smart

See SHOT page 2b

Thursday, March 28, 2013/Dublin, Ga/Page 2bThe Courier Herald

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Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013, 8:30 A.M.Place: Dublin Country Club

689 Country Club Rd., Dublin

Entry Fee: US $50.00 per person (includes: green fees, range balls, cart, and meal after tournament)

Four Person Team: Each team will consist of 4 players. If you do not enter a team list on the entry form, then you will be placed with others to create a team.

Procedure: Men will play from the white tees; women from the red tees. Each team member will tee off and the captain will determine the ball with the best position; all team members will play their second shot from that point. Repeat the procedure until the ball is holed out.

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On the airTODAY

COLLEGE BASEBALL7:30 p.m.

FSN — Tulane at RiceGOLF9:30 a.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour,Trophee Hassan II, first round, atAgadir, Morocco

4 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour, HoustonOpen, first roundMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1 p.m.ESPN — Preseason, N.Y. Metsvs. Washington

MEN’S BASKETBALL7 p.m.

CBS — Miami vs, Marquette,NCAA Division I region semifinal7:15 p.m.TBS — Arizona vs. Ohio StateNCAA Division I region semifinal9:30 p.m.CBS — Indiana vs. Syracuse,NCAA Division I region semifinal

9:55 p.m.TBS—Wichita State vs. LaSalle,NCAA Division I region semifinal

TENNIS1 p.m.

ESPN2 — ATP World Tour/WTA,Sony Open, women’s semifinaland men’s quarterfinal

7 p.m.ESPN2 — ATP World Tour/WTA,Sony Open, men’s quarterfinalsand women’s semifinal

Prep scheduleTHURSDAYBaseball

West Laurens at Dublin, 5:55p.m.

SoccerBaldwin at West Laurens,5:30 p.m.Westside at East Laurens,5:30 p.m.

TrackEast Laurens at Baldwin, 4p.m.

TennisJefferson County at EastLaurens, 4 p.m.

FRIDAYBaseball

West Laurens at Westside, 5p.m.Westside-Aug. at EastLaurens, 6 p.m.

DLCRA taking adultsoftball registration

Registration is open for teamadult softball in the Dublin-LaurensCounty Recreation Authority.

Competition will be held inMen’s Open, Co-Ed Church andCo-Ed Open divisions. Cost is $600for Men’s Open and $350 for theothers.

Call 277-5060 for Information.

West Laurens resetsGolf Extravaganza

West Laurens High School hasrescheduled its annual GolfTournament Extravaganza toSaturday at Green Acres GolfCourse.

Cost of the four-player scrambleis $200 per team which includesgolf and lunch. Prizes will go to thetop finishers in three flights in addi-tion to longest drive and closest topin winners.

Door prizes also will be avail-able. Proceeds benefit the Raidersathletic program. Call the course at478 875-3110 for information.

Bruce Fleisher benefittournament April 22

The Pilot Club of Cochran andThe Woods Golf Course will stagethe 11th annual Bruce FleisherCharity Golf Tournament at 10 a.m.on April 22 at the Cochran layout.

Fleisher is PGA Tour profession-al currently on the Champions Tour.

Cost of the two-player scrambleis $60 per person which includesmorning coffee and pastry, lunch onthe course, cart and two mulligans.

Fleisher will hold an exhibition at9 a.m. Prizes will be awarded to thefirst three finishers in each flight.

Call (478) 934-0731 for informa-tion or to register.

DCLRA signups openfor baseball, softball

The Dublin-Laurens CountyRecreation Authority is registeringplayers for its baseball and softballprograms.

The leagues are open to youthsages 4-14 for boys and 40-12 forgirls. Age control date for boys isMay 1 and Jan. 1 for girls.

Online registration is available atdclra.org or at the authority office.Call 277-5060 for information.

Contact usTo submit sports information,

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Briefs

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

x-New York 44 26 .629 —x-Brooklyn 42 29 .592 2 1/2Boston 37 34 .521 7 1/2Philadelphia 28 43 .394 16 1/2Toronto 26 45 .366 18 1/2

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

y-Miami 56 15 .789 —x-Atlanta 40 32 .556 16 1/2Washington 26 45 .366 30Orlando 18 54 .250 38 1/2Charlotte 17 54 .239 39

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

x-Indiana 45 27 .625 —x-Chicago 39 31 .557 5Milwaukee 34 36 .486 10Detroit 24 48 .333 21Cleveland 22 48 .314 22

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest DivisionW L Pct GB

x-San Anton 54 17 .761 —x-Memphis 47 24 .662 7Houston 39 32 .549 15Dallas 35 36 .493 19New Orleans25 47 .347 29 1/2

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

x-Okla. City 53 19 .736 —x-Denver 49 24 .671 4 1/2Utah 36 36 .500 17Portland 33 38 .465 19 1/2Minnesota 25 45 .357 27

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

x-L.A. Clips 49 23 .681 —Golden St. 41 32 .562 8 1/2L.A. Lakers 37 35 .514 12Sacramento 26 46 .361 23Phoenix 23 49 .319 26

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

Tuesday’s Late GameDallas 109, L.A. Clippers 102, OT

Wednesday’s GamesBoston 93, Cleveland 92Charlotte 114, Orlando 108Philadelphia 100, Milwaukee 92Atlanta 107, Toronto 88New York 108, Memphis 101Chicago 101, Miami 97Indiana 100, Houston 91L.A. Lakers 120, Minnesota 117L.A. Clippers 105, New Orleans 91Oklahoma City 103, Washington 80San Antonio 100, Denver 99Utah 103, Phoenix 88Sacramento 105, Golden State 98Brooklyn 111, Portland 93

Thursday’s GamesL.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Indiana at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Sacramento at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Friday’s GamesWashington at Orlando, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Miami at New Orleans, 8 p.m.L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Brooklyn at Denver, 9 p.m.Utah at Portland, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesMontreal 6, Boston 5, SOMinnesota 4, Phoenix 3, OTCalgary 4, Colorado 3San Jose 4, Anaheim 0

Thursday’s GamesCarolina at Toronto, 7 p.m.Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.Phoenix at Nashville, 8 p.m.Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Columbus at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesNew Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Anaheim at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Columbus at Calgary, 9 p.m.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPEAST REGIONALSecond RoundThursday

Butler 68, Bucknell 56Marquette 59, Davidson 58California 64, UNLV 61Syracuse 81, Montana 34

FridayTemple 76, N.C. State 72Indiana 83, James Madison 62Miami 78, Pacific 49Illinois 57, Colorado 49

Third RoundSaturday

Marquette 74, Butler 72Syracuse 66, California 60

SundayIndiana 58, Temple 52Miami 63, Illinois 59

Regional SemifinalsThursday, March 28At The Verizon Center

WashingtonMiami (29-6) vs. Marquette (25-8), 7:15p.m.Indiana (29-6) vs. Syracuse (28-9), 30minutes following

Regional ChampionshipSaturday, March 30

Semifinal winners, TBA

SOUTH REGIONALSecond RoundThursday

Michigan 71, South Dakota State 56VCU 88, Akron 42

FridayFlorida Gulf Coast 78, Georgetown 68San Diego State 70, Oklahoma 55North Carolina 78, Villanova 71Kansas 64, Western Kentucky 57Florida 79, Northwestern State 47Minnesota 83, UCLA 63

Third RoundSaturday

Michigan 78, VCU 53Sunday

Florida Gulf Coast 81, San Diego St. 71Kansas 70, North Carolina 58Florida 78, Minnesota 64

Regional SemifinalsFriday, March 29

At Cowboys StadiumArlington, Texas

Kansas (31-5) vs. Michigan (28-7), 7:37p.m.Florida Gulf Coast (26-10) vs. Florida (28-7), 30 minutes following

Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 31

Semifinal winners, TBA

MIDWEST REGIONALSecond RoundThursday

Louisville 79, N.C. A&T 48Colorado State 84, Missouri 72Michigan State 65, Valparaiso 54Memphis 54, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 52Saint Louis 64, New Mexico State 44Oregon 68, Oklahoma State 55

FridayDuke 73, Albany (N.Y.) 61Creighton 67, Cincinnati 63

Third RoundSaturday

Louisville 82, Colorado State 56Michigan State 70, Memphis 48Oregon 74, Saint Louis 57

SundayDuke 66, Creighton 50

Regional SemifinalsFriday, March 29

At Lucas Oil StadiumIndianapolis

Louisville (31-5) vs. Oregon (28-8), 7:15p.m.Duke (29-5) vs. Michigan State (27-8), 30minutes following

Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 31

Semifinal winners, TBAWEST REGIONAL

SecondThursday

Wichita State 73, Pittsburgh 55Gonzaga 64, Southern 58

Arizona 81, Belmont 64Harvard 68, New Mexico 62

FridayOhio State 95, Iona 70Iowa State 76, Notre Dame 58Mississippi 57, Wisconsin 46La Salle 63, Kansas State 61

Third RoundSaturday

Arizona 74, Harvard 51Wichita State 76, Gonzaga 70

SundayOhio State 78, Iowa State 75At The Sprint CenterKansas City, Mo.La Salle 76, Mississippi 74

Regional SemifinalsThursday, March 28At The Staples Center

Los AngelesArizona (27-7) vs. Ohio State (28-7), 7:47p.m.Wichita State (28-8) vs. La Salle (24-9),30 minutes following

Regional ChampionshipSaturday, March 30

Semifinal winners, TBA

FINAL FOURAt The Georgia Dome

AtlantaNational SemifinalsSaturday, April 6

Midwest champion vs. West champion, 6or 8:30 p.m.South champion vs. East champion, 6 or8:30 p.m.

National ChampionshipMonday, April 8

Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

NITQuarterfinalsTuesday

Maryland 58, Alabama 57Wednesday

Iowa 75, Virginia 64BYU 79, Southern Mississippi 62Baylor 79, Providence 68

At Madison Square GardenNew YorkSemifinals

Tuesday, April 2BYU (24-11) vs. Baylor (21-14), 7 p.m.Maryland (25-12) vs. Iowa (24-12), 9:30p.m.

ChampionshipThursday, April 4

Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

NCAA DIVISION II TOURNAMENTQuarterfinals

At Louisville, Ky.March 28

Franklin Pierce vs. Metro State, NoonFlorida Southern vs. West champion, 2:30p.m.Winona State vs. West Liberty, 5:30 p.m.Drury vs. S.C. Aiken, 8 p.m.

SemifinalsMarch 30

East-South Central winner vs. Central-Atlantic winner, NoonSouth-West winner vs. Midwest-Southeast winner, 2:30 p.m.

ChampionshipAt Atlanta

Sunday, April 7Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUEW L Pct

Kansas City 23 7 .767Baltimore 18 9 .667Seattle 20 11 .645Detroit 18 13 .581Oakland 15 12 .556Cleveland 16 14 .533Minnesota 16 14 .533Chicago 13 13 .500Boston 15 16 .484Tampa Bay 15 16 .484Texas 15 16 .484Toronto 14 16 .467Houston 13 15 .464New York 13 17 .433Los Angeles 9 18 .333

NATIONAL LEAGUEW L Pct

Atlanta 19 15 .559Colorado 16 13 .552San Francisco 15 13 .536New York 14 13 .519St. Louis 15 14 .517Arizona 15 15 .500Philadelphia 15 15 .500Chicago 16 17 .485Miami 13 15 .464San Diego 15 18 .455Washington 13 17 .433Pittsburgh 12 18 .400Milwaukee 11 17 .393Cincinnati 11 18 .379Los Angeles 11 19 .367

NOTE: Split-squad games count in thestandings; games against non-majorleague teams do not.

Wednesday’s GamesWashington (ss) 11, Atlanta 2Minnesota 7, Pittsburgh 4Philadelphia 4, Detroit 1Toronto 6, Tampa Bay 1St. Louis 10, Washington (ss) 1Miami 5, Boston 1Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland 4L.A. Angels 6, Texas 3Oakland 6, Colorado 5Milwaukee 9, Kansas City (ss) 1Cincinnati 7, San Diego 3Seattle 10, L.A. Dodgers 7San Francisco 8, Arizona 6N.Y. Mets 6, Houston 2N.Y. Yankees 11, Baltimore 8Kansas City (ss) 9, Chicago Cubs 9, tie,10 innings

Thursday’s GamesHouston (ss) vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee,Fla., 1:05 p.m.Detroit vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee,Fla., 1:05 p.m.Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater,Fla., 1:05 p.m.Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05p.m.Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa,Fla., 1:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Viera, Fla.,1:05 p.m.Seattle vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz.,3:05 p.m.Cleveland vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz.,3:05 p.m.Arizona vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05p.m.Kansas City vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear,Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Milwaukee vs. Colorado at Scottsdale,Ariz., 4:10 p.m.Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore at Sarasota,Fla., 7:05 p.m.Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla.,7:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Oakland at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Friday’s GamesSt. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie,Fla., 12:10 p.m.Tampa Bay vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla.,1:05 p.m.Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla.,1:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Washington, 2:05 p.m.Cleveland vs. Kansas City at Surprise,Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Houston, 8:05 p.m.San Diego vs. Texas at San Antonio,Texas, 8:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee, 8:10p.m.Cincinnati vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz.,9:40 p.m.L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.Oakland at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

NATIONALS 11, BRAVES 2Atlanta 000 002 000 — 2 11 0Wash. (ss) 002 610 20x — 11 110

O’Flaherty, H.Rodriguez (2), Avilan (4),C.Martinez (5), D.Hughes (7), C.Shreve(8) and Yepez, E.Gattis, G.Laird; Detwiler,Duke (6), H.Rodriguez (7), Romero (8),R.Soriano (9) and W.Ramos. W—Det-wiler. L—H.Rodriguez. HRs—Atlanta,E.Gattis (6), G.Laird (1). Washington,Zimmerman 3 (4), W.Ramos 2 (2),T.Moore (4).

BRAVES SPRING SCHEDULEThursday, March 28

Houston (ss) vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee,Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Saturday, March 29Atlanta vs. Mississippi (AA) at Pearl,

SPORTSCENENBA

Major leagues

NHL

College basketball

Associated Press

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons found areplacement for John Abraham on Wednesdayby reaching an agreement with free-agentdefensive end Osi Umenyiora on a two-year,$8.5 million contract.The Falcons released the 34-year-old

Abraham, the team leader with 10 sacks in2012, on March 1.The team replaced Turner by signing Steven

Jackson to a three-year, $12 million deal March14. Now Umenyiora joins Jackson as Atlanta’ssecond major free-agent addition.The Falcons scheduled a news conference

with Umenyiora for Thursday.The 31-year-old Umenyiora gives the

Falcons a slightly younger replacement atdefensive end, but his production has declinedin recent years. He had only six sacks for theGiants in 2012, when he started only four of

games. He had 55 tackles, five for losses, andone forced fumble.He had a career-high 14 1/2 sacks in 2005,

when he was a first-team All-Pro selection. Hehas reached double figures in sacks only one ofthe last four years — 11 1/2 in 2010.Umenyiora, 6-foot 3 and 255 pounds, was a

second-round pick from Troy State by New Yorkin 2003. He has 75 sacks, 31 forced fumbles and13 fumble recoveries in his career and helpedthe Giants win two Super Bowl championships.He set an NFL record with 10 forced fumbles

in 2010 and a Giants record with six sacks in a2007 win over Philadelphia.The presence of ends Jason Pierre-Paul and

Justin Tuck made Umenyiora a part-timestarter last season, but he’ll be expected toreplace Abraham as the Falcons’ top pass-rush-er.Defensive end Kroy Biermann was second on

the Falcons with only 4 sacks last season.

alumni that make up the EagleNation.”Sun Belt Conference

Commissioner Karl Bensonvisited Georgia Southern onWednesday morning to wel-come Keel, who formallyaccepted the invitation.“We have built our reputa-

tion around a focus on the stu-dent, and this move will allowus to partner to provide ourstudent athletes with theopportunity to compete on anational stage,” GeorgiaSouthern athletic director TomKleinlein said.For Georgia Southern, the

move to FBS comes after 65percent of school’s studentsvoted to pay $75 a semester tosupport the move.That fee will be collected

starting in the fall. Ground

will also be broken in a fewweeks to add 6,300 additionalseats to Allen E. PaulsonStadium and build a newFootball Operations Center inthe east end zone.Appalachian State joined

NCAA Division I in 1970 andhas been a member of theSouthern Conference since ’71.The Mountaineers have

competed at the FCS levelsince 1982 and won anunprecedented three consecu-tive national championshipsfrom 2005-07.Appalachian’s most memo-

rable win came in 2007 when itpulled off a historic 34-32 up-set over No. 5 Michigan, mark-ing the first time that an FCSprogram ever toppled a nation-ally ranked FBS opponent.The addition of the four new

members gives the Sun Belt 12football members in 2015.

Continued from 1b

A great championship gamecame down to the final minute.With 38 seconds left,Syracuse’s Howard Triche —the uncle of current Orangeguard Brandan Triche — madethe first of two free throws fora 73-70 lead. Six seconds laterSmart scored to cut the lead toone. Four seconds later,Syracuse freshman DerrickColeman, who finished with 19rebounds, missed the front endof a 1-and-1. Boeheim hadtaken his players off the lane,conceding the rebound. Smartgot the rebound. The play wassupposed to go to Steve Alford,the current coach at NewMexico, who had already madesix 3-pointers in the firstNCAA tournament played witha 3-point line.“It was designated for

Steve, of course, but we movedthe ball around,” Indiana’sDaryl Thomas said thatMonday night. “It came to meand I kicked it out to Keith andhe hit the basket.”Smart, one of the first junior

college transfers to play forKnight, summed up the play atthe postgame news conference.“Tonight was my turn. ... I

thank Daryl for not taking thelast shot and passing out tome. ... It was a wise decision onhis part.”Twenty-six years later

Smart is still talking about“The Shot” because peoplekeep asking him about it.

Falcons get replacement for Abraham

Submitted PhotoThese Trinity Christian athletes were among those who were cited for excellence during the

school’s winter sports season. In boys basketball, honorees were Wyatt Payne (best offense), DerekTorres (best defense), Seth Morton (most improved), T.K. Flowers (most valuable, all-region). In girlsbasketball, Sydney Bozeman (most valuable, all-region, all-state), Taylor Shriver and Katie RoseAlligood (Crusader award, all-region), Abi Stevens (Christian attitude), Abby Belote (all-region). Incheerleading, Annabelle Veal, Tatum Orr (Coaches award), Lauren Rawlins, Emily Claxton (Crusaderaward), Meri Soles (Spirit award), Brynne Chappell (most valuable). In wrestling, Luke Price (mostvaluable), Brenton Rosa (most improved), Cyler Warnock (Christian attitude), Austin Zueck (Coachesaward), E.J Barr, Alex Jones, Luke Price, Rosa, Warnock (region champions). In swimming, CassieTraxler (Christian attitude), Micah Scott (most valuable), Caitlyn Stephens (most improved).

Trinity winter sports superlatives

Continued from 1b

Shot

Barr scored her first goal as avarsity player, and Heard fin-ished the win with the fifthtally.In the boys match, Trinity

was seeking to avenge a 4-0loss to the Gators two weeksago.To combat Gatewood's

speed, Trinity swapped up theformation a bit in an effort toslow down the attack and tryto capitalize on a quick count-er. It worked well for the first30 minutes before the Gatorsbroke through with a goal for a1-0 halftime edge.Gatewood added the insur-

ance goal with just less thanthree minutes to play.

Trinity is off next week forspring break, and doesn’treturn to action again until itentertains Robert ToombsChristian on April 11.

Prep EaglesContinued from 1b

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) —Actress Ashley Judd announcedWednesday she won’t run forU.S. Senate in Kentuckyagainst Republican LeaderMitch McConnell, saying shehad given serious thought to acampaign but decided herresponsibilities and energyneed to be focused on herfamily.The former Kentucky

resident tweeted her decision.“Regretfully, I am currently

unable to consider a campaignfor the Senate. I have spoken toso many Kentuckians overthese last few months whoexpressed their desire for afighter for the people & newleader,” Judd wrote.“While that won’t be me at

this time, I will continue towork as hard as I can to ensurethe needs of Kentucky familiesare met by returning thisSenate seat to whom itrightfully belongs: the people &their needs, dreams, and greatpotential. Thanks for evenconsidering me as that person& know how much I love ourCommonwealth. Thank you!”Her publicist Cara Tripicchio

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be the Democrats’ biggest prizeof the 2014 election. His seat isone of 14 that Republicans aredefending while Democrats tryto hold onto 21, hoping to retainor add to their 55-45 edge.The star of such films as

“Double Jeopardy” and “Kissthe Girls” is known for herliberal political views and shewould have been running in alargely conservative statewhere Republicans hold bothSenate seats and five of thesix seats in the U.S. House.Former State Treasurer

Jonathan Miller, a Juddsupporter, said she wouldhave been a strong candidate.“As a Kentuckian and

someone who was reallyenthusiastic about her as acandidate, this wasn’t thenews I was hoping for,” Millersaid. “But as her friend, fromthe first time we talked aboutthe race last summer, I wasvery candid about thegrueling nature of politics. It’sbecome a very unpleasantbusiness and running againstMitch McConnell would be anextraordinarily difficult andgrueling experience.”

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Inthe heyday of “AmericanIdol,” the notion that it couldfall ratings victim to azombie slugfest or standardcrime drama would havebeen laughable.That was then. With Fox’s

singing contest sheddingabout 20 percent of itsaudience so far this season tohit new lows, it’s beenleapfrogged repeatedly intotal viewers by seriesincluding the CBSprocedurals “Person ofInterest” and “NCIS.”In a harsher blow to a

blockbuster that once ruledthe advertiser-adored youngadult segment, “AmericanIdol” has been overtaken thisseason by AMC’s “TheWalking Dead,” despite theaddition of glossy new “Idol”judges Mariah Carey, NickiMinaj and Keith Urban.But in its 12th season,

“American Idol” is managingto hit the right notes withsponsors if not always withfickle viewers: It hasretained its status as TV’sadvertising leader amongseries and the loyalty of itsbiggest backers, includingFord and Coca-Cola.“It’s still a top 10 show,”

said Brad Adgate of media-buying firm Horizon Media.“Compared to several yearsago, it’s not the ratings forceit once was. ... But even if itloses 20 percent” again, it’sstill valuable to Fox.And there’s this confident

prediction: When it comes toadvertising dollars, theseries “will have the top pricefor the 2012-13 season,” saidanalyst Jon Swallen ofKantar Media. Last season,“American Idol” grossed aleading $836 million in adrevenue.But the trajectory

inevitably is headed down.At the start of the 2011-12

season, “American Idol” wascollecting about $500,000 fora 30-second commercial onits Wednesday episodes, saidanalyst Deana Myers of SNLKagan. That put it in anexclusive top tier, along withNBC’s “Sunday NightFootball.”By May 2012, when

Phillip Phillips had beencrowned the winner, thesinging contest had postedits lowest-rated season sinceit debuted in summer 2002,and “Sunday Night Football”had snatched the No. 1ratings spot away fromsinging contest for the firsttime since 2003.The result: The current

2012-13 season began withprices cut to $340,000 perspot for the higher-ratedWednesday performancenight episode, Myers said.(That figure that is expectedto rise as the show heads

toward its finale and,presumably, biggeraudiences.)It’s true that growing

cable competition and thefragile economy have madethe broadcast ad marketvulnerable. But bycomparison, ABC’s sitcom“Modern Family” saw itsfortunes improve, with itsrate of $250,000 percommercial for the 2011-12season rising to $330,000 atthis’s season start.Another test is coming in

May. At the annual“upfronts” in New York,broadcast networks willgather billions of dollars inadvertising commitments forthe 2013-14 season based ontheir series’ past andpredicted viewership.In its 13th year, will the

“American Idol” share of thatbonanza shrink as much asthis year’s ratings?“You’re going to see a

significant drop” in May, saidDeana Myers of SNL Kagan.But “American Idol” can

claim to be a winner for Foxdespite its weakenedcondition.Yes, “Idol” is averaging

about 15 million weeklyviewers this year, comparedto its 2006 peak of 30million, according to Nielsenfigures.Yes, the audience’s median

age has jumped more than18 years, to 50.4, fromseason one to last year —meaning that youth-obsessedMadison Avenue is facingconsumers more likely to beeyeing retirement funds thana prom date.And yes, the show’s

alumni include successstories Kelly Clarkson,Jennifer Hudson and CarrieUnderwood, but more recentwinners, such as Lee DeWyzeand Phillips, have yet toprove themselves as stars inmusic, movies or elsewhere.“Idol” also faces a crowded

talent contest field andyounger challengers likeNBC’s “The Voice.” A second,spring edition of that showdebuted Monday night andwas up 9 percent over its fallpremiere with 13.4 millionviewers.But there is value yet to

be found in the aging butstill sturdy Fox show. Notmany shows can drawweekly audiences of 10million-plus today, given thesplintered media world inwhich broadcast, cable,online amusements and

video games clamor forconsumer attention.“American Idol” remains

one of them and, given thechallenge of keeping youngerviewers from hopping to thenext big thing, does acredible job of changing upits bells and whistles to keepthe fickle engaged.Reality-show touches,

such as housing contestantstogether during filming,helped freshen the show.This season, exiting judgesJennifer Lopez and StevenTyler were replaced as Carey,Minaj and Urban, pop starswith presumably younger fanbases, joined mainstayRandy Jackson.The show’s major sponsors

appreciate what they aregetting. Ford, AT&T andCoca-Cola all returned to the“Idol” fold this seasondespite the ratings slide.(None would comment onfuture advertising plans.)“American Idol” has the

right demographics for Ford,and the company’s“longstanding collaborationwith Fox remains a greatthing for us,” said Fordspokeswoman MarisaBradley. “Idol” will helplaunch a new Ford Fiestamodel that’s “perfect for theyounger generation,” shesaid.But keeping up

appearances for thatgeneration is costly, as therevamped judging panelshowed: Fox and producerFremantleMedia NorthAmerica agreed to pay closeto $18 million to Carey, $12million to Minaj and areported $6 million take forUrban.After the show’s finale in

May determines the fate ofcontestants, the upfronts willreveal what’s in store for“American Idol” itself.“What will the

marketplace determine thevalue of ‘American Idol’ tobe?” said analyst Adgate.“That goes a long way todeciding, from a revenueperspective, what directionFox wants to take the show,”including production costsand the paycheck for judges.Then it’s up to the

prospective audience to vote.———Online:http://www.fox.com———Lynn Elber can be reached

at lelber(at)ap.org and onTwitter (at)lynnelber.

Ratings dip but ‘AmericanIdol’ still getting the ads

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CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY:Lady Gaga, 27; Julia Stiles, 32; VinceVaughn, 43; Reba McEntire, 58.

Happy Birthday: Use yourpast experience to help you make wisechoices. Stand up for your rights andrefuse to let anyone take advantage ofyou. Look for alternative ways to subsi-dize your income in order to exploreand develop your skills, talents and de-sires. Let your intuition guide you whenit comes to love and romance. Curb im-pulsiveness. Your numbers are 8, 11,19, 23, 27, 32, 40.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Start planning an adventure. Travel orexploring a new pastime will boost yourspirits and encourage you to open upemotionally. Love is in the stars, andtaking time to get to know someonebetter will lead to greater personal op-tions. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):An idea you have can help reform a sit-uation you are involved in that isn’tworking. An interesting partnership canalso lead to greater opportunity andgood fortune. Be careful when travelingor dealing with authority. 3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Your ideas are good but going aboutgetting what you want must be handledwith honesty and integrity regardless ofwhat’s at stake. Find a solution thatdoesn’t jeopardize your reputation andyou will come out the victor. Love is onthe rise. 5 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22):Stay away from unpredictable peoplelooking for an out. Follow your instinctsand work toward a goal that will bene-fit you or pad your resume. Keep youremotions in check or you will appearvulnerable and weak. 2 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):Boast about what you have to offer andyou will get the chance to show yourtalent. Fixing up your place or reconfig-uring where you place your invest-ments will result in more assets. Some-one will be jealous of your accomplish-ments. 4 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Consider what’s being offered or whatthe people around you are doing or in-ferring. Don’t expect to get the wholetruth, but if you tune in to what’s beingsaid, you will intuitively figure out whatyou must do to protect your position. 3stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Put more time and effort into your per-sonal and professional partnerships.Having a greater understanding of whatyou can offer one another will make iteasier to move forward positively with aset goal or destination. Love is ampli-fied. 3 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Don’t share too much information withyour peers or colleagues. You have tomake sure you have everything in placeto avoid anyone from derailing whatyou want to see transpire. You’ll in-stinctively know when to make yournext move. 3 stars

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON

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