By PAYTON TOWNS IIIA 72-year-old Denton woman

was taken to Fairview Park Hospi-tal with lower extremity injuries af-ter being involved in a one-vehicleaccident Tuesday.Marilyn Ray was driving a silver

2007 Toyota Yaris when the acci-dent happened at 2:07 p.m. on 441

South close to Sophie Dominy Road.According to a Georgia State Pa-

trol official, the vehicle traveled offthe west shoulder causing the dri-ver to lose control. It struck a cul-vert in the ditch and overturned.GSP Senior Trooper Jeff David-

son worked the wreck.

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By PAYTON TOWNS IIIA 62-year-old Laurens

County man defended him-self by hitting a man with arifle after the man tried toenter his house Monday af-ternoon.Asbel Danile Rivas Sales,

30, was injured after he triedto enter the man's house onOld Savannah Road around1:30 p.m. Monday. Sales wascharged with aggravated as-sault and additional chargesare pending.According to a Laurens

County Sheriff's Office press

release, deputies respondedto the scene when a 911 callersaid there was an ongoing ef-fort by resident to restrain acombative person who had at-tempted to forcefully enterthe man's house.Deputies arrived to find

the man in his yard with ashotgun and the combativesubject, Sales, on the groundwith injuries. Sales resistedarrest and was restrained bydeputies who used a Taser togain control of him.The resident told deputies

he opened the door after

hearing a knock and Sales, astranger, immediately hithim and forcefully enteredthe house. The resident saidhe forced Sales into the yardwhere he struggled with theassailant until a visitor at hishouse handed him his shot-gun.The resident said he used

the shotgun butt to hit Salesafter Sales attempted to hithim with a stick. Sales wastransported by EMS foremergency medical treatmentof significant injuries sus-tained in the incident.

Citizen defends self against burglarBy PAYTON TOWNS IIIMegan Shores had to wait more than

15 minutes to see her story on "Say Yes ToThe Dress" last Friday on TLC.But in the end, this experience on tele-

vision was a lot longer than the five min-utes she was on "The Price Is Right" inMay of 2012. On "Say Yes To The Dress"Megan, who married Paul Shores last No-vember, had to get used to the way shesounded and the many close up shots shehad.

Dublin native reacts to‘Say Yes’ appearance

J. KEYTONTHIS DOWNTOWN DUBLIN STYLIST HAS CLIENTS DRIVING

FROM MACON FOR HIS ONE-OF-A-KIND SALON EXPERIENCE

“I lovemy job.

I’m a very so-cial person,

very creative. Ihave the satis-faction of mak-

ing someonefeel good aboutherself, to see

somebodytransform.”

Editor’s note: This is thethird in a five-part series detail-ing the conveniences of living inDowntown Dublin. This articlefirst appeared in DowntownDublin Magazine, a joint part-nership between The CourierHerald and the Downtown De-velopment Authority.

By DAHLIA ALLENHair stylist Jason Keyton

built the door to his salon him-self with black walnut boards hegot from his great uncle in the

See SALON page 3a

Living inDowntown

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New!Melton new CourierHerald food columnist‘Not Just Sunday Dinner’to be new weekly offering

By JASON HALCOMBEThe Courier Herald Pub-

lishing Company would liketo welcome new food colum-nist Amye Melton to the foldand introduce her column"Not Just Sunday Dinner" toour readership.Not Just Sunday Dinner

will appear weekly in TheCourier Herald on Wednes-days.Melton, a wife, mom and

longtime food aficionado, hasspent the past several yearsbuilding up a fan base withher blog of the same name,which Executive Editor Du-Bose Porter said is a perfectfit for the community-basedjournalism found in TheCourier Herald PublishingCompany's nine newspapers."Community journalism is

alive and thriving in east cen-tral Georgia," Porter said,"but one area we wanted tobolster for our readers is ourfood offerings. Amye has afirm background in all thefoods we grew up with here inGeorgia, but she's also notafraid to experiment withnew menu choices we feel our

See MELTON page 3a

“I learned to cookby watching mymother, grand-

mothers andaunts. They are all

the best cooks Iknow. I hope youenjoy what you

see."

— Amye Melton

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(Above): Keyton said hehas built up a client basethat includes people fromas far away as Macon. Hesaid he loves his work,and enjoys getting to do itin a downtown setting.

SHORESSee DRESS page 3a

MOUNT VERNON, Wash.(AP) — Longtime state legisla-tor Duane Berentson, a formerhead of the Washington stateDepartment of Transporta-tion, has died.

Berentson was 84 and diedFriday. Berentson, a Republi-can, served as the 40th Leg-islative District representa-tive from 1962-1980.

While in the Legislature,Berentson served on theHouse Transportation Com-mittee and in 1979 became co-speaker of the House with De-mocrat John Bagnariol whenstate House was split 49-49.

Berentson later served asthe state Department ofTransportation secretary for12 years, ending in 1993.

Berentson was a star bas-ketball player at AnacortesHigh School and also workedas a coach and a teacher of

journalism and biology atBurlington-Edison HighSchool. Nephew SteveBerentson told the Skagit Val-ley Herald (http://tinyurl.com/n7z9w3k)that Duane Berentson in-stilled a love for journalism in

himself and others.

DEAR ABBY: I am a 17-year-old girl who has been in arelationship for a year and ahalf with “Richard.” I love himwith everything in me, but heis mentally and physicallyabusive. He is also addicted tocough medicine.

I knew I should havestopped talking to him beforewe started dating, but he wassuch a mess I thought I couldhelp him — and I did. He’s nolonger an alcoholic. He went tojail for seven months becauseof our age difference, but I re-fused to testify, so he got out.While he was in there Ithought he had changed andwouldn’t hit me anymore, buthe still does.

Anyone in their right mindwould get up and leave, butthe one time I did, he pretend-ed he didn’t care and I at-tempted suicide. I don’t knowwhat to do. I love him, but Iknow I shouldn’t. — ABUSEDTEEN IN CALIFORNIA

DEAR TEEN: I’m glad youwrote. Richard may no longerbe drinking liquor, but coughmedicines contain alcohol,which means he’s still an alco-holic. His violence towardwomen will probably neverstop unless he is incarceratedfor it, and even then there isno guarantee.

Regardless of how muchlove you give him, you can’t fixwhat’s wrong with him ormake him love you back be-cause he isn’t capable of it.

Because you are so emo-tionally fragile, you shouldseek refuge with relatives whocan help you heal physicallyand emotionally from this ex-perience. If that’s not possible,then contact the National Do-mestic Violence Hotline. Itswebsite is www.thehotline.org,and the toll-free phone num-ber is 800-799-7233. Ask for areferral to a women’s shelterwhere you can receive counsel-ing and support.

Help is available for you if

you are open to it. Stayingwhere you are is not an optionbecause if you do, this mancould kill you.

DEAR ABBY: While ridingwith my new boss to a salesappointment, he needed someinformation from his compa-ny-issued iPad. He asked meto turn it on and gave me thepasscode. When I did, uppopped a porn site. He almostwrecked the car grabbing theiPad from me.

Not another word was saiduntil we arrived at the ap-pointment and he looked upthe item prior to going in.Nothing has been said aboutthis incident since.

Every time I think aboutmy boss having gone to thatporn site before I touched theiPad, I get sick to my stomach.HE makes me sick. Do I resignor stay? — GROSSED OUT INOHIO

DEAR GROSSED OUT: Ifthe nausea is affecting yourability to perform your job,you should quit. But beforeyou do, be sure you have an-other one lined up. And whenyou interview, as tempting asit may be, refrain from sayinganything negative about yourboss because to do otherwisewill reflect poorly on you.

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriendwants to open the door for mewhen I am the one driving. I’mthrilled that he wants to be a

gentleman, and I love when heopens the door for me when Iam in the passenger seat or infront of any other door, as healways does. I am just notcomfortable with it when I’mthe one who’s driving. It seemsawkward to me. Yourthoughts? — AT A LOSS INCOLORADO

DEAR AT A LOSS: Yourboyfriend may do this becausehe wants to please you, or hewas raised this way. Personal-ly, I think what he’s doing isendearing. However, becauseit makes you uncomfortable,explain that it “isn’t neces-sary” and you would prefer henot do it when you are the dri-ver.

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Believe the crash test dummiesBY MICHAEL ROIZEN,

M.D., AND MEHMET OZ,M.D.

Crash Test Dummies is afolk/alternative band fromWinnipeg, Canada - andthey’re worth following, if onlybecause their plastic name-sakes have done a lot to im-prove bike (and car) safety.That’s why, when the journalBMJ recently published astudy that implied the use ofbicycle helmets didn’t reallymatter and it got lots of press,we wondered who the realdummies were.

The study reports: Cana-da’s provinces that institutedbicycle helmet legislation sawa 54 percent reduction in hos-pital admissions for cycling-related head injuries, while

provinces without legislationonly saw a 33.2 percent reduc-tion. But that difference in thenumber of injuries didn’t con-vince the Toronto researchers(who came up with those sta-tistics!) that helmets matter.They figured rates were head-ed down because of improvedmotorist awareness and bettercycling lanes. HUH? We thinkthere are more than a fewCanadians who disagree withthat assessment (such as the21 percent fewer riders withhead injuries), and we do too.

Safety-equipment lawshave been proven to be effec-tive. Every Canadian provinceand U.S. state with mandato-ry helmet laws has seen ratesof serious head injuries dropsignificantly. Recent crash-

test-dummy results in Aus-tralia confirm that bicycle hel-mets are protective and, saysthat report, “directly counterunsupported claims to the con-trary by some anti-helmet cy-cling campaigners.”

Remember, there were an-ti-seat-belt campaigners too,but the truth won out. Sowhen it comes to bicycle hel-mets, stay in tune with thecrash test dummies and avoidbeing an unintentional organdonor.

Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of“The Dr. Oz Show,” and MikeRoizen, M.D. is Chief WellnessOfficer and Chair of WellnessInstitute at Cleveland Clinic.To live your healthiest, visitsharecare.com.

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Funeral services for Mr.Alvin Chester Cross, Sr., willbe held at 2 p.m. on Friday,July 12, 2013 at the SaintPaul A.M.E. Church, 308Rowe Street in Dublin. Rev-erend Ellis Carswell will de-liver the eulogy. Intermentwill follow in Dudley Memori-al Cemetery.

Alvin Cross, Sr., was afaithful and dedicated mem-ber, and a steward at theFleming Chapel A.M.E.Church in Rentz. He alsoserved as the church treasureruntil his health failed. He at-tended Mary Fleming HighSchool and was a member ofthe Masonic Landmark Lodge#64. His two passions wereroofing and farming.

For nearly 50 years, heowned and operated CrossRoofing Company, the firstand only black owned roofingcompany in the local area. Mr.Cross continued to work untilhe was no longer able. Hissecond love was farming. Formany years he worked hisbeloved farmland filled withlivestock, of which, he referredto as his four legged children.

Alvin Cross, Sr., was bornin Dublin on May 20, 1938, tothe late Rosie L. (Thomas)Cross and the late Cornell(Catherine) Martin. He waspreceded in death by one son,Anthony Tyrone Cross, twobrothers; Marvin and CharlesCross. Mr. Cross entered intoeternal rest on Saturday, July6, 2013, following a short ill-ness.

Mr. Cross leaves to cherishhis memories, a loving wife,Emma Belle Cross with whomhe shared a union of 51 years;one son, Alvin Cross, Jr.; fivedaughters, Beverly (Jerry)Banks, Angela and PamelaCross, Gail Daniels andDorothy Watkins; one brother,Fred Cross; three sisters,Shirley Jean (Harold) Lee,Luetha and Ernestine Cross;six step-brothers, Ivory,David, Gary, Terry, Tony andAllen Cross, three step-sis-ters, Gwen, Deyana and Sa-tara Cross; one uncle, James“Brother” Hall; two aunts,Bretha (Albert) Jones andRuth “Sister” Smith; one sis-ter in-law, Ollie (Albert)Coneway; seven grandchil-dren, Stephen Spencer,Kristie, Amelia, ChasityCross, Briana Banks, AlishaCross and Kourtney King; fourgreat-grand children; ShaquorWorthen, Demira Moye, Des-

tiny Worthen and Zion Bosticand a host of nieces, nephews,relatives and friends.

The family will receivefriends at his home church,Fleming Chapel A.M.E.Church, 3253 US Highway441 South, Rentz, Georgia, onThursday, July 11, 2013, from6-8 p.m., with viewing from 6-7 p.m.

Services by Dudley Funer-al Home of Dublin. Post con-dolences atwww.servicesbysudley.com.

QQuuiinneellllee CCoouueeyyFFllooyydd

Funeral services for Mrs.Quinelle Couey Floyd, 78, ofCochran, who died at her resi-dence Sunday, July 7, 2013,will be held Thursday, July 11,2013 at 3 p.m. in the chapel ofFisher Funeral Home. Burialwill be in Cedar Hill Ceme-tery, Cochran.

Mrs. Floyd was born inLaurens County, the daughterof the late Horrie Guyton andFrances Inez Holder Couey.She lived in Bleckley Countyfor the past 48 years. She wasa graduate of Lowery HighSchool in Laurens County andSavannah Business School.

She was a member of WhiteSprings Missionary BaptistChurch in Laurens Countyand attended Primitive Bap-tist Churches in the area. Shewas the office manager for Dr.John Bell, of Dublin, for 42years. She was a very avidgardener specializing withbonsai plants. She was pre-ceeded in death by three sis-ters; Marie Couey Ward, Mar-garet Couey Robertson andMae Couey Thaggard; twobrothers, Carlos Couey andJames Hansel Couey.

Survivors include: hus-band, Morris Floyd, Cochran;daughter, Tonya Floyd, St. Pe-tersburg, FL; special friend,Jenna Shiver of St. Peters-burg, FL; two sisters, BlancheCouey Wood, Laurens Countyand Maudell Couey (Billy)Hutcheson, Laurens County;brother, Benjamin Franklin(Dolores) Couey, WarnerRobins.

Family will meet friendsWednesday night at the funer-al home from 6-8 p.m. and thefamily will be at the Floyd res-idence, Barlow Road, Cochran.

Fisher Funeral Home hascharge of arrangementswww.fishersfuneralhome.net.

SSyybbiill DDiiaannee HHaannnnoonnMrs. Sybil Diane Hannon,

age 69 passed away on Tues-day, July 9, 2013 at her resi-dence.

Mrs. Hannon was born onFebruary 29, 1944 in Dublin,Georgia. She was the daugh-ter of the late Bennie and Eve-lyn Tanner Townsend. Shewas also preceded in death byher husband, John BernardHannon. She was a homemak-er.

Mrs. Hannon is survived byher two daughters, DonnaByrd of Tennille, and LaurettaHannon of Powder Springs, asister, Connie Johnson ofWrightsville, and grandson,Dusty Jones of East Dublin.

Donations may be made inmemory of Mrs. Hannon to the

Humane Society of LaurensCounty at 618 FiretowerRoad/Dublin, GA 31021 or toSt. Jude Children’s ResearchHospital at 262 DannyThomas Place/ Memphis, TN38105.

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

To sign the Online RegisterBook please visitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the 24 Hour StanleyFuneral Home and CrematoryObituary Line at (478) 272-0106 to hear the latest funeralupdates.

RReettaa PPooppeeMrs. Reta Pope passed

away Monday July 8, 2013.The family will receive friendsfrom 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, July10, 2013 at the funeral home.Stanley Funeral Home andCrematory/Dublin Chapel hascharge of the arrangements.

To sign the Online RegisterBook please visitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the 24 hour obituaryline at (478) 272-0106 to hearthe latest updates.

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Graveside services for JohnFelton Smith, Sr. age 45 ofEast Dublin, will be held at 10a.m. on Thursday, July 11,2013 at Blue Springs BaptistChurch Cemetery. ChaplainDelois Reese will officiate.

Mr. Smith was born in Lau-rens County to the late Mc-Daniel and Flossie TownsendSmith. He was self employedas a roofer. He passed away onSaturday, July 6, 2013.

Survivors include his wife,Lisa M. Smith of East Dublin;two daughters, MichelleSmith and Glenda Ann Smith,both of Dublin; four sons, RoySmith of Macon, John DanielSmith, John Felton Smith, Jr.and Alex McDaniel, all of EastDublin.

Please visitwww.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregister.

JJoosseepphh EE.. WWiilllliiaammssWrightsville. - Mr. Joseph

E. Williams, age 73, passedaway Wednesday, July 10,2013 at Washington CountyExtended Care Facility. Fu-neral arrangements are in-complete at this time but willbe announced later by StanleyFuneral Home and CrematoryWrightsville Chapel.

To sign the Online RegisterBook please visitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the 24 hour obituaryline at (478) 272-0106 to hearthe latest updates.

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Longtime lawmaker Duane Berentson dies

readers will delight in trying tofix for their own families. Wecouldn't be happier to have heron board."Publisher Griffin Lovett

echoed Porter's feelings,adding that Melton's presenta-tion is both attractive and verymuch edible."She doesn't talk over any-

one's head," Lovett said. "Herrecipes are to-the-point. Andher commentary offers readersinsight into her family; a fami-ly we can all relate to. This col-umn is going to be a fantasticaddition to our paper."Melton is a north Georgia

native who married husbandGreg 24 years ago. She hasspent time in different parts ofGeorgia and Florida, beforecalling Emmanuel Countyhome five years ago."I've always loved Georgia

and now Florida holds a spe-cial place in my heart too,"Melton said. "I have been hap-pily married to my best friend,Greg, for 24 years. We havetwo great kids. Wes is 19 andin his second year of collegeand Savannah is 16 and in the

11th grade. I learned to cook bywatching my mother, grand-mothers and aunts. They are

all the best cooks I know."I hope you enjoy what you

see."

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The family of the lateThe family of the late

O.C STRANGEO.C STRANGEwould like to thankwould like to thank

everyone for their expressedeveryone for their expressedcondolences, flowers,condolences, flowers,

cards, and the many acts ofcards, and the many acts ofkindness shown to uskindness shown to us

during our time ofduring our time ofbereavement. The will neverbereavement. The will neverbe forgotten. May God richlybe forgotten. May God richly

bless you is our prayer. bless you is our prayer.

Thank you all again,Thank you all again,

Ernestine, Stacy, Jonathan,Ernestine, Stacy, Jonathan,Grandchildren, Sisters, andGrandchildren, Sisters, and

BrothersBrothers

logging business. The door waspart of the renovation to thebuilding where he opened J.Keyton Salon and Spa in down-town Dublin just over threeyears ago.Located at 105 West Jackson

Street just a few steps from theJefferson Street intersection, J.Keyton Salon and Spa occupieswhat was once the old Consoli-dated Loan Company building.“It was probably one of the

worst looking buildings down-town. It looked like a barn,” hesaid.“The downtown boom of rede-

velopment was just beginning,and I thought I would like to bepart of what was happening,”Keyton said. “I like to see some-thing develop and grow.”Keyton said he loves the

character of the old, downtownbuildings. “You just can’t getthat in a ‘white-box’ building,” hesaid. He began renovating hisshop by tearing away the facadeand hiring a crew to rebrick theface.Then he moved inside. The

interior walls – which now areworn, exposed brick – were cov-ered with plaster. “It took me awhole day on each wall with a

hammer and flat-bar chisel toget the plaster off,” he said.Renovation complete, Keyton

works in a 1,000-square-footmain floor, or salon area. Withhim are stylists Sarah Suttonand salon coordinator BrandonLovett. Originally fromWrightsville, the 36-year-oldKeyton has been a hair stylistfor 17 years. He trained in NewYork at the Redken Exchange on5th Avenue. He said he came toDublin from Macon because hehad 50-60 clients driving fromhere to Macon to see him. Now,that many drive from Macon toDublin.“I love my job,” he said. “I’m a

very social person, very creative.I have the satisfaction of makingsomeone feel good about herself,to see somebody transform.”As evidence of his attitude,

Keyton has styled wigs for LookGood Feel Better, a program tohelp womenmanage the appear-ance effects of cancer, and hashelped raise money for the St.Baldrick’s Foundation, whichsupports research on childhoodcancer. He also has styled hairfor residents of Angels in Flight,a recovery center for women inWrightsville.J. Keyton recently has be-

come the exclusive source for

Aveda (pronounced A-vay-da)products in Dublin. The producthas its own following, Keytonsaid, describing the line as “icon-ic." It is 95 percent plant-derivedand made in the United Statesby solar power.“ As organic asyou can get,” he said, addingthat the color is completely cus-tomizable for each person.Because of the size of Dublin,

Aveda will not allow another sa-lon here to carry the productline, he said.Currently, the salon offers

hair styling, makeup, waxingand manicures. Keyton said hisgoal is to have a full-service sa-lon and spa with skin care, pedi-cures and even hair extensions.He expects to do so in the nearfuture.For now, he is concentrating

on building a loyal team of em-ployees. “I expect a lot of my em-ployees. They do a good job,” hesaid.Keyton has no doubts that his

business will continue to grow.The only problem he sees is withthe limited downtown parking.A parking area behind his shopwould give people more conve-nient access to his and otherbusinesses on north side of Jack-son Street, he said.

Salon

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Photo by Dahlia Allen

Keyton sits in front of his downtown salon and spa.

MeltonContinued from 1a

Gov. Deal draws GOP primary challengerATLANTA (AP) — Georgia

Gov. Nathan Deal drew a pri-mary challenger on Tuesdayfor the 2014 governor’s raceand used a speech before agroup of business leaders totout his economic achieve-ments.In the speech, Deal sought

to blunt any criticism from hisnew opponent, Dalton MayorDavid Pennington, who madeit clear that he plans to makeGeorgia’s economy a centralissue in the race. Pennington,who became mayor in 2008,said the state’s economic per-formance has not improvedunder Deal’s watch and in-stead trails the nation.“Our leadership is failing

us,” Pennington said in astatement. “We need ethicalleadership that will focus onjob creation, not scoring politi-cal points. We need a proven,job-creating businessman totake the reins.”While the governor’s race is

likely to be overshadowed by afierce fight among Republi-cans seeking the U.S. Senateseat held by retiring Sen. Sax-by Chambliss, Tuesday’s an-

nouncement means Deal willnot get a free pass to the gen-eral election and instead willhave to spend campaign cashto defend his record and makean early case for re-election.By most accounts, Penning-

ton faces an uphill battleagainst Deal, who recently re-ported raising $613,000 incampaign contributions sincethe first of the year and hasroughly $1.1 million in cashfor his re-election bid.While Deal narrowly won a

crowded Republican primaryin 2010, he has worked tobuild up his support with var-ious groups across the state.Earlier this year, he attendeda tea party rally to protest thetargeting of groups by the IRSand issued an executive orderto reaffirm state control over aset of education standardsviewed with skepticism by teaparty activists.In Tuesday’s speech before

the Sandy Springs/PerimeterChamber of Commerce, Dealgave an early preview of thecampaign, highlighting hisconservative stewardship ofstate finances and record on

job creation. He said the state,working with local partners,has attracted 69,000 new jobsand more than $13.5 billion innew capital investments sincehe took office in January2011.“I’m proud of that, and I

hope you are too,” Deal said toapplause. “Our job growth hascertainly exceeded the nation-al average.”In his announcement, Pen-

nington conceded littleground on fiscal issues andsaid he has “disdain for thosewho would hide behind a par-ty label to raise taxes or in-crease wasteful governmentspending.” He touted his workas mayor of Dalton to reduceproperty taxes and licensefees.Through a spokesman,

Pennington declined an inter-view and pointed to a cam-paign website that describeshim as a principled conserva-tive with a degree in econom-ics from the University ofGeorgia. On the website, Pen-nington calls for tax reform to“make taxes simpler, fairerand smaller.”

Governor strikes cautious note on solarATLANTA (AP) — Gov.

Nathan Deal says Georgiashould be cautious as regu-lators consider whether toexpand solar energy usage.Deal said Tuesday that

he is wary of the govern-ment mandating what typesof energy sources utilitiesuse to meet demand. PublicService Commissioner Lau-

ren “Bubba” McDonaldwants a vote Thursday on aplan that would requireSouthern Co. subsidiaryGeorgia Power to use moresolar power.The Republican governor

did not explicitly saywhether he supports or op-poses the plan. Instead,Deal told reporters that the

state needs to be “cautious.”Deal says he thinks green

energy comes with trade-offs on reliability and cost.A group of solar develop-

ers and several tea partyleaders support the expan-sion plan. Americans ForProsperity has campaignedagainst it, saying it willraise costs.

"I was talking a lot more andit was very weird hearing myown voice," Megan said. "Itsounded different. I didn't like itthe first time I saw it."When she watched it again,

she got used to the sound of hervoice and enjoyed it."I've watched it three, four or

five times if not more now,"Megan said. "It's kind of surre-al."In the show, Megan walks in

with her brides maids tellingthe person in the store that oneof her brides maids, KatherineOrtiz, won't have the dress onuntil the day of the wedding.Megan's mother Cindy in-

forms the audience that theseamstress was going to be onstandby. But the show nevermentioned that Valerie Edenswas the seamstress. In fact,Edens was hardly seen in theshow."That was a surprise,"

Megan said. "I was surprisedbecause when we did our inter-views we played her up that Va-lerie was the savior of the wed-ding."When they got down to Sani-

bel Island, Fla., Katherine was

shown trying on the dress andsaying that she was not com-fortable in it. She told them thatit was a little tight at the topand the length was too long.But after quick work by

Edens, the dress fit. Cameracrews filmed the beach weddingand talked with the newlywedsafter it was over. When askedabout the bridesmaid dresses,Paul gave them an A plus."He said the right answer,"

Megan said. "I had forgottenwhat we had said toward theend of the interview. It was goodto look back on some of thosespecial moments and see whathe thought about the wedding."And they'll have the video to

watch over and over again."We'll need to get it off our

box and save it to a disc," Megansaid. "There has to be someway."On May 8, 2012, Megan was

a contestant on the hit CBSgame show. She was at the tap-ing along with her mother andPaul. She was called down latein the program, and got to men-tion where she was from whilewearing a shirt that read "Feel-ing Lucky From Dublin, Ga."She was unable to make it on

stage, but had a good time any

way.Megan was getting ready for

their wedding, which was set forNov. 17, 2012. They went up toBridals by Lori inAtlanta wherethey found the wedding gown. Afew months later, they returnedto look for the bride's maiddresses.Ortiz, who they got to know

when she was an exchange stu-dent, and lives in Switzerlandwhere she goes to school, was abrides maid along with JordanHampton Michelsen, LindsaySchafer and Alex Shores.About two and a half weeks

before the wedding, a producerfrom "Say Yes to the Dress"called. They had seen onMegan's fact sheet and knewthat Ortiz hadn't seen the dressand wouldn't put it on just be-fore the wedding. The show pro-ducers thought that wouldmake a good segment for ashow.After being on television

twice in two years, Megan does-n't know if it will happen again."Maybe Paul and I will go out

for "The Amazing Race," Megansaid. "Or maybe my sister and Ican both be on "The AmazingRace. … But if not, I can't com-plain."

DressContinued from 1a

Wednesday, July 10, 2013/Dublin, Ga/Page 4aThe Courier Herald

Major league baseballplayers will be taking a mid-season break for the All Stargame, so we’ll take our ownmidseason break and catchup on developments in someof the stories highlighted inearlier columns.

Construction is proceed-ing on a new football stadi-um for Atlanta Falconsowner Arthur Blank thatwill be partly financed with$200 million from Atlanta’spot of hotel-motel tax rev-enues.

Common Cause Georgiais still fighting that ques-tionable use of the taxpayer-s’ money by launching apetition drive to put theissue on this fall’s city elec-tion ballot.

It’s a long shot that prob-ably will fall short, but ifCommon Cause could some-how obtain the signatures of35,000 Atlanta voters, theywould force a referendum toamend the city charter sothat hotel-motel tax fundscould not be used to pay fora football stadium.

There has been a contro-versy down in Jekyll Islandover the revision of a masterplan for the island’s futuredevelopment. The JekyllIsland Authority wants tocount marshland as part ofthe island’s acreage, whichwould allow expanded com-mercial development.Environmentalists areadamantly opposed.

Attorney General SamOlens offered an opinionthat marshland can indeedbe counted as “land” for the

purposes of allowing morecommercial development.Environmental groups arepreparing to file lawsuitsand reminding their mem-bers that Olens’ name willbe on the ballot next yearwhen he runs for anotherterm.

The attorney general wasalso part of a three-personcommission that was giventhe task of deciding whetherstate Rep. Tyrone Brooks(D-Atlanta) could keep hisjob as a legislator while fac-ing criminal fraud chargesin a federal indictment.

Olens, along with stateRep. Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta) and Sen. SteveHenson (D-Tucker), voted toallow Brooks to remain inoffice on the grounds thatthe federal indictment didnot interfere with his abilityto carry out his duties as alawmaker.

The Georgia DemocraticParty recently found itselfin an awkward positionwhen state chairman MikeBerlon resigned and an elec-tion was called to select hisreplacement.

The party’s charterrequires that the chairmanand first vice chair must beof different sexes and racialbackgrounds, which meantthat only white males could

qualify to run for chairmanin the special election.

For a party that has oftencriticized Republicans fortheir lack of diversity, it wasan ironic development to beholding a “whites-only” elec-tion for chairman.

Democratic Party offi-cials have since modifiedtheir position and are allow-ing anyone, regardless ofrace or gender, to run inthat Aug. 31 election.

Earlier this year, theGeneral Assembly debatedthe issue of extending aprovider fee paid into theMedicaid program by hospi-tals – a fee known morewidely as the “bed tax.”

There was a generalagreement among Gov.Nathan Deal and the leg-islative leadership that thebed tax should be extendedso that the Medicaid pro-gram did not go broke.Legislators did not want togo on record, however, asvoting for any kind of tax,even one as badly needed asthe Medicaid bed tax.

The Legislature thuspassed a bill that trans-ferred the authority forlevying and collecting thisMedicaid tax over to thestate Board of CommunityHealth – an executivebranch agency whose mem-

bers are appointed by thegovernor.

The Georgia Constitutionis very clear on this issue.It requires all bills raisingtaxes to originate in thestate House ofRepresentatives and itplaces the authority forraising or lowering taxes inthe legislative branch ofstate government.

This Medicaid tax billoriginated in the Senate andtransfers taxing authorityover to the executivebranch, which would seemto be a clear violation of theseparation of powers spelledout in the stateConstitution.

“It’s an indictment of theGeneral Assembly’s willing-ness to do its job,” said Rep.Brian Thomas (D-Lilburn)during House debate on thebill. “It shows a lack ofcourage on our part.”

The bed tax would proba-bly be thrown out by thecourts if anyone bothered tomount a legal challenge, butno one has filed a lawsuit todate.

The state Board ofCommunity Health subse-quently voted to impose thisnew incarnation of theMedicaid bed tax, whichtook effect on July 1.

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Usually, we would be sitting aroundthis time of year complaining about thehot, hot temperatures that regularlyreach triple digits.Over the past several summers, when

we would turn to forecasters we’d hearthem say that the temperatures weregoing to be in the low 100s and therewas no relief in sight because there wasno rain in sight.That's not the case this year. The state

of Georgia has been hit with rain justabout every day, keeping the tempera-tures down, and the grass growing. Andall the weather forecasters can say isthat today's weather is going to be moreof the same: showers in the afternoon orevening.Whether hot or wet, it seems nearly

impossible to please those forecasters.If it were 100 degrees, they would becomplaining about the heat and the factthat it's not raining. Now they seem tobe upset about it raining every day.Of course the current weather makes

it hard to do yard work for those whowork during the day. It can be frustrat-ing to see blue skies and the sun outwhen you are in the office during theday, only to walk outside and see thosedark clouds forming over your house.The good news is, it isn't as hot as it

normally is this time of year and we'llfind the time to get the grass cut or dothose other outdoor chores.For farmers, the wet stuff has been a

Godsend after years of drought.Regardless of the forecast, we'll just

have to be ready and go outside whenwe get the chance. Of course, by then,we'll be upset about the temperaturesgetting hotter.— Payton Towns III

Forecast: Afternoonshowers, bank on it

Editorial Roundup...July 6The Augusta Chronicle

on the recent settlement ofa lawsuit over the name ofGeorgia RegentsUniversity:

Some Augusta folks brokethe Guinness World Recordfor making the most sand-wiches in one hour lastSaturday, 2,988.

It’s likely that the worldrecord for the number ofsimultaneous sighs was chal-lenged here last Saturday too,as Augustans learned that a

lawsuit to change the name ofGeorgia Regents Universityhad been dropped.

Regent University, a pri-vate school in Virginia, hadsued Georgia last Septemberclaiming the state Board ofRegents had infringed on itstrademark by selecting“Georgia Regents University”as the name for the consolida-tion of Augusta StateUniversity and the formerMedical College of Georgia.

Odd as it may seem to out-siders, many in Augusta were

pulling for the Virginia schoolto prevail. Augustans made itpainfully clear to state lead-ers from the outset that wedespise the Georgia Regentsmoniker. We also deeplyresent the manner in whichthe name was proposed andapproved: Even after askingthe opinions of school commit-tees, the public at large andeven folks across the countryin national surveys, theBoard of Regents approvedthe GRU name out ofnowhere.

This, despite the fact thatthe national surveys showed atepid response to the GRUname - and a clear preferencefor “University of Augusta” orsomething close to it.

We were, in short, had.For some unknown and

likely indefensible reason, thestate has clung to the GRUname like a drowning man toa life vest ever since, ignoringcontinued disapproval fromthe very community theschool serves and dependsupon for moral and financial

support. And, of course, whilefighting off the Virginiaschool’s honest and principledobjections.

When a settlement to thelawsuit was announced, onestate official proclaimed thatthe end of the case “confirms”that the state had the right touse the name Georgia Regentsall along.

With all due respect, weheartily disagree. All it con-firms is that the fight is over.It’s quite possible that themodest private school’s finan-

cial ability to take on a deep-pocketed and dug-in state sim-ply wasn’t enough to wage aprotracted war.

There is neither glory norredemption for Georgia in thisdevelopment. All it means isthat the state is not only capa-ble of ignoring its citizens’wishes, but also of outlasting achallenge from a private schoolwith more limited resourcesthan a sovereign state.

The black cloud of disillu-sionment in Augusta has notbeen dissipated by it one bit.

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Today is Wednesday, July10, the 191st day of 2013.There are 174 days left inthe year.On this date:In 1890, Wyoming be-

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took place in Dayton, Tenn.,in the trial of John T.Scopes, charged with violat-ing the law by teaching Dar-win’s Theory of Evolution.(Scopes was convicted andfined, but the verdict wasoverturned on a technicali-ty.)

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dent George W. Bush signeda bill overhauling rulesabout government eaves-dropping and granting im-munity to telecommunica-tions companies that helpedthe U.S. spy on Americansin suspected terrorism cas-es.One year ago: Clashing

over the economy, PresidentBarack Obama challengedMitt Romney to join him inallowing tax hikes for richAmericans like them; Rom-ney dismissed the idea andredirected charges that hehad sent jobs overseas whenhe worked in private equity,calling Obama the real “out-sourcer-in-chief.”Today’s Birthdays: For-

mer boxer Jake LaMotta is92. Writer-producer EarlHamner Jr. is 90. FormerNew York City Mayor DavidN. Dinkins is 86. ActorWilliam Smithers is 86.Broadway composer JerryHerman is 82. Director IvanPasser is 80. ActorLawrence Pressman is 74.Singer Mavis Staples is 74.Actor Mills Watson is 73.Actor Robert Pine is 72.Rock musician Jerry Miller(Moby Grape) is 70. ActorAdrian Grenier (grehn-YAY’) is 37. Actress Gwen-doline Yeo is 36. ActorThomas Ian Nicholas is 33.Thought for Today:

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CAIRO (AP) — A spokesmanfor Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhoodsays the group will reject any of-fer to join an interim govern-ment to replace the administra-tion of ousted President Mo-hammed Morsi.

Newly appointed Prime Min-ister Hazem el-Beblawi is to be-gin forming a Cabinet onWednesday, and has said he willoffer the Brotherhood — whichhelped propel Morsi to the pres-idency — posts in a new govern-ment.

A Brotherhood spokesmandismissed any talk of joining amilitary-backed administration,and said talk of national recon-ciliation is “irrelevant.” Hespoke on condition of anonymitybecause of concerns for his secu-rity.

Morsi was deposed on July 3after four days of massiveprotests demanding he stepdown, prompting the military tostep in and oust him.

———Quebec police treating

oil-train derailment site ascrime scene; death tollreaches 15

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec(AP) — Quebec police are pursu-ing a painstaking, wide-rangingcriminal investigation of the in-ferno ignited by the derailmentof a runaway oil train that killedat least 15 people and leftdozens missing in the burned-out ruins of a downtown district.

Quebec police inspectorMichel Forget ruled out terror-ism as a cause, but said Tuesdaythat an array of other possibili-ties remain under investigation,including criminal negligence.Other officials have raised thepossibility that the train wastampered with before the crashearly Saturday.

“This is an enormous taskahead of us,” Forget said. “We’renot at the stage of arrests.”

The heart of the town’s cen-tral business district is beingtreated as a crime scene and re-mained cordoned off by policetape — not only the 30 buildingsrazed by the fire but also manyadjacent blocks.

Investigators continuedsearching for the missing, fear-ing three dozen more bodies areburied in the downtown areaclosest to the tracks. The deathtoll rose to 15 with the discoveryof two more bodies Tuesday. Thebodies that have been recoveredwere burned so badly they haveyet to be identified.

———New details in airliner

probe raise questions overuse of auto controls, otherfactors

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,Calif. (AP) — Investigators aretrying to understand whetherautomated cockpit equipmentAsiana flight 214’s pilots saythey were relying on to controlthe airliner’s speed may havecontributed to the plane’s dan-gerously low and slow approachjust before it crashed.

New details in the accidentinvestigation that were revealedTuesday by National Trans-portation Safety Board Chair-man Deborah Hersman were

not conclusive about the cause ofSaturday’s crash, but theyraised potential areas of focus:Was there a mistake made insetting the automatic speed con-trol, did it malfunction or werethe pilots not fully aware ofwhat the plane was doing?

One of the most puzzling as-pects of the crash has been whythe wide-body Boeing 777 jetcame in far too low and slow,clipping its landing gear andthen its tail on a rocky seawalljust short the runway. The crashkilled two of the 307 people andinjured scores of others, mostnot seriously.

Among those injured weretwo flight attendants in theback of the plane, who surviveddespite being thrown onto therunway when the planeslammed into the seawall andthe tail broke off.

The autothrottle was set for157 mph and the pilots assumedit was controlling the plane’s air-speed, Hersman said. However,the autothrottle was only“armed” or ready for activation,she said.

———The price of surveillance:

Phone companies chargemillions for costs, while webdata is cheap

WASHINGTON (AP) — Howmuch are your private conversa-tions worth to the government?Turns out, it can be a lot, de-pending on the technology.

In the era of intense govern-ment surveillance and secretcourt orders, a murky multimil-lion-dollar market has emerged.Paid for by U.S. tax dollars, butwith little public scrutiny, sur-veillance fees charged in secretby technology and phone compa-nies can vary wildly.

AT&T, for example, imposesa $325 “activation fee” for eachwiretap and $10 a day to main-tain it. Smaller carriers Cricketand U.S. Cellular charge onlyabout $250 per wiretap. Butsnoop on a Verizon customer?That costs the government $775for the first month and $500each month after that, accord-ing to industry disclosures madelast year to Rep. EdwardMarkey, D-Mass.

Meanwhile, email recordslike those amassed by the Na-tional Security Agency througha program revealed by formerNSA systems analyst EdwardSnowden probably were collect-ed for free or very cheaply. Face-book says it doesn’t charge thegovernment for access. Andwhile Microsoft, Yahoo andGoogle won’t say how much theycharge, the American Civil Lib-erties Union found that emailrecords can be turned over for aslittle as $25.

Industry says it doesn’t profitfrom the hundreds of thousandsof government eavesdroppingrequests it receives each year,and civil liberties groups wantbusinesses to charge. They wor-ry that government surveillancewill become too cheap as compa-nies automate their responses.And if companies gave awaycustomer records for free,wouldn’t that encourage un-called-for surveillance?

———Boston Marathon bomb-

ing suspect heads to firstpublic court appearance

BOSTON (AP) — Survivorsof the Boston Marathon bomb-ing will watch as the young manwho could face the death penal-ty for the attack appears incourt for the first time since hewas found bleeding and hidingin a boat in a suburb days afterthe April 15 explosion.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s ar-raignment was scheduled forWednesday afternoon in federalcourt in Boston. He has beencharged with using a weapon ofmass destruction in the bomb-ings that killed three people andwounded more than 260.

The courthouse is expected tobe jammed for 19-year-old Tsar-naev’s appearance. A spokes-woman for the U.S. Attorney’soffice said space is being re-served in the main courtroomfor victims’ families, but shewouldn’t indicate how manyplanned to attend. Court offi-cials have set aside an overflowcourtroom to broadcast thecourt hearing for the media.

Tsarnaev has yet to appearpublicly since his April 19 ar-rest. His initial court appear-ance took place at a hospital,where he was recovering frominjuries suffered in a shootoutwith police the day before in theBoston suburb of Watertown.

He had escaped in a hijackedcar after running over his broth-er and alleged co-conspirator,Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who diedfollowing a shootout with police.But he was found the next dayafter a lockdown in Watertownwas lifted and a local homeown-er noticed blood on the dry-docked boat.

———House Republicans grap-

ple with way forward on im-migration, fate of 11 millionhere illegally

WASHINGTON (AP) —House Republicans confrontingthe politically volatile issue ofimmigration are wrestling withwhat to do about those alreadyhere illegally, with most Repub-licans reluctant to endorse citi-zenship for 11 million unautho-rized immigrants but also shy-ing away from suggestions of de-portation.

As the House GOP preparesto meet Wednesday to debatethe way forward on immigra-tion, many lawmakers seem tobe gravitating toward offeringlegal status of some kind for mil-lions here illegally. But exactlywhat and how are far from clear.

For some, a guest worker sta-tus would be as far as it goes,while others are leaving openthe possibility that once they’rein the country legally, immi-grants eventually could attaincitizenship through existingchannels of family or employersponsorship. Still others are fo-cused on citizenship for peoplebrought to the country asyouths, military veterans andperhaps others who’ve lived inthe country for years and proventheir contributions to society.

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According to the WorldHealth Organization, a childborn in 1955 had an averagelife expectancy at birth of on-ly 48 years. By 2000, the av-erage life expectancy at birthhad increased to 66 years. Ifthese trends continue, theaverage life expectancy is ex-pected to rise to 73 years by2025.

In the past century, global-ly, public health has madegreat strides toward raisinglife expectancy and reducingmortality. The following arti-cle will detail a few greatpublic health achievements.

1. Reductions in ChildMortality. Child mortality isdefined as deaths in childrenup to 5 years of age. The ma-jority of advances toward re-ducing child mortality are as-sociated with immunizations,micronutrient supplementa-tion, access to safe water, in-secticide-treated bednets,oral rehydration therapy, an-tibiotics, antimalarial thera-py, and antiretroviral thera-pies.

2. Vaccine-PreventableDiseases. In the first decadeof the 21st century, an esti-mated 2.5 million deathswere prevented each yearamong children under age 5

through the use of measles,polio, and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccines.Expanded coverage withmeasles vaccine resulted in a78 percent decline in measlesmortality from 2000 to 2008,averting an estimated 12.7million deaths. Newer vac-cines, including hepatitis Band Hib are now widely usedin national immunizationprograms, globally.

3. Access to Safe Waterand Sanitation. Diarrhea,the majority of which is relat-ed to inadequate water, sani-tation, and hygiene, kills 1.5million children under theage of 5 years annually. TheWASH initiative which aimsto increase water and sanita-tion coverage and promotehygienic behaviors (e.g.,handwashing) has increasedaccess to improved drinkingwater sources and increasedthe proportion of people withaccess to improved sanita-tion.

4. Malaria Prevention andControl. Financial assistanceto malaria-endemic countriesincreased from approximate-ly $100 million annually tonearly $1.8 billion annually,enabling increased coveragewith insecticide-treated bed-

nets, indoor residual spray-ing, rapid diagnosis andprompt treatment of malaria,and intermittent preventivetreatment during pregnancy.As a result, from 2000 to2009, there was a 21 percentdecrease in estimated globalmalaria deaths.

5. Prevention and Controlof HIV/AIDS. Public healthinterventions possibly con-tributing to decreasing globalHIV incidence have includedthe expansion of programsfor provider-initiated HIVtesting and counseling, pre-vention of mother-to-childHIV transmission, improvedblood safety, and antiretrovi-ral therapy.

6. Tuberculosis Control.Since 1995, directly observedtherapy, short course has re-sulted in 41 million tubercu-losis cases cured and 6 mil-

lion deaths prevented.7. Control of Neglected

Tropical Diseases. Neglectedtropical diseases affect ap-proximately 1 billion personsworldwide. Using filters, safewater sources, larvicide, andhealth education to encour-age water filtration and pre-vention of water contamina-tion have almost eradicatedguinea worm disease.

8. Tobacco Control. Prema-ture deaths caused by tobac-co use actually increasedfrom 4.8 million in 2000 to5.4 million in 2010. The U.S.Surgeon General’s reportconclusion that no safe levelof exposure to tobacco smokeexists and studies showingthat smoke-free laws do notharm businesses haveheightened worldwide inter-est in smoke-free policies. In2010, about half of the

world’s population was pro-tected in health-care and ed-ucational facilities.

9. Increased Awarenessand Response for ImprovingGlobal Road Safety. Traffic-related mortality rates havedeclined greatly in developedcountries; however, still, ap-proximately 1.3 million peo-ple die on the world’s roadseach year. This number is

projected to double by 2030.Much of this increase is ex-pected to come from low-in-come and middle-incomecountries, which already ac-count for 90 percent of globalroad deaths.

10. Improved Prepared-ness and Response to GlobalHealth Threats. In the pastdecade, the public healthcommunity has improvedpreparedness for and detec-tion of pandemic threats andis now responding more effec-tively than before. The globalresponse to the 2009 H1N1pandemic was the most rapidand effective response to aninfluenza pandemic in histo-ry. Source: www.cdc.gov.Melissa Brantley, MPH.

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We hear all the time thatwe should be eating morewhole grains, but do youknow why? Whole grains areimportant sources of many ofthe nutrients we need to stayhealthy including dietaryfiber and B vitamins (includ-ing thiamin, riboflavin,niacin, and folate). The B vi-tamins thiamin, riboflavin,and niacin play key role inregulating our metabolism –they help our bodies releaseenergy from protein, fat, andcarbohydrates. Foods high indietary fiber also help pro-vide us with a feeling of full-ness with fewer calories.

The folate contained inwhole grain foods has beenproven to prevent neuraltube defects, spina bifida,and anencephaly during fetaldevelopment during preg-nancy. Researchers also be-lieve that fiber may reducethe risk of heart disease, obe-sity, and type 2 diabetes, aswell as reducing blood cho-lesterol levels. Whole grainsare also excellent sources ofthe minerals selenium andmagnesium.

Selenium protects cellsfrom oxidation and helpskeep our immune systemhealthy. Magnesium is usedin building bones and releas-ing energy from muscles.

Now that we know why itis so important for us to con-sume more whole grains(MyPlate recommends thathalf of our daily servings ofgrains be whole grains), hereare some suggestions to help

you eat more whole grains:Make simple changes –

substitute a whole-grainproduct for a refined grainproduct – for example, eat100 percent whole-wheatbread instead of white breador eat brown rice instead ofwhite rice.

Be a good role model forthe children in your life – in-corporate whole grains intotheir daily snacks (andyours) – try eating popcorn –it is an excellent source ofwhole grains – make it withlittle or no added salt or but-ter to keep it healthy.

Experiment by substitut-ing buckwheat, millet, or oatflour for up to half of theflour in pancakes, waffles,muffins or other flour-basedrecipes. Don’t forget you mayneed to add yeast or anotherleavening agent for yourrecipes to rise!

Look at the NutritionFacts label to check the fibercontent of whole grain foodsbefore you buy – goodsources of fiber contain 10percent to 19 percent of theDaily Value; excellentsources of fiber contain 20

percent or more.Know what to look for on theingredients list of foods youbuy – choose products thatname a whole-grain ingredi-ent first on the list – look forthings like whole wheat,brown rice, bulgur, buck-wheat, oatmeal, whole graincornmeal, whole oats, orwhole rye.

Be a smart shopper – re-member, the color of the foodis not an indication that it isa whole-grain food – foods la-beled as multi-grain, stoneground, 100 percent wheat,cracked wheat, seven-grain,or bran are usually not 100percent whole-grain prod-ucts, and some may not con-tain any whole grain!

Use these simple tips tohelp you increase theamount of whole grains youconsume each day. Remem-ber, according to MyPlate,half of our daily grain serv-ings should be whole grains.For more information onhealthy diets and recipes orany other family and con-sumer services topics, emailme at susanm@uga.edu orcall me at (478) 272-2277.

Have a safe and healthyweek!Susan L. Moore is Lau-

rens County ExtensionAgent-Family and Con-sumer Sciences with Uni-versity of Georgia Cooper-ative Extension. Her tele-phone number is 478-272-2277. Her email address issusanm@uga.edu.

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July is a busy time for gar-deners. Here are few tasksand tips for the month of Ju-ly.

Many crepe myrtles are inbloom. As the blooms fade, re-move the old flowers. Thiswill encourage a secondblooming. On some varietiesyou may even get a thirdbloom. Watch for aphids andsharpshooters on your crepemyrtles. These insects causesooty mold to occur on theleaves. Use a labeled insecti-cide to control them.

Be sure to dead head yourannuals and perennials. Thiswill keep them bloomingthroughout the summer andinto fall. Fertilize your annu-als about every six weeks tokeep them looking and grow-ing good.

Fall mums should bepinched back before the mid-dle of the month. Also fertilizethem around July 15.

It is time to fertilize yourcentipede lawn for the secondtime this season. Don’t over-fertilize. To avoid light anddark streaks in your yard,use a rotary type spreaderand apply the fertilizer in anorth to south, east to westpattern. Don’t apply fertilizerif the grass is wet.

Fertilize your ornamentaltrees and shrubs for the finaltime this season.

Continue to harvest veg-etables from your garden. Forthe best taste, pick vegetablesat the right time. Vegetablestend to have more sugars inthem in the morning than inthe afternoon. Picking veg-etables on a regular basiskeeps the plants producingnew fruit.

Now is a good time to be-gin thinking about a fall gar-

den. As areas of your gardenfade, replant them with newvegetables.

If you want pumpkins atHalloween, plant them thismonth.

If you have St. Augustine-grass growing in your lawn,now is the time be on the

watch for chinch bugs. Watchfor yellowing areas in yourlawn. In large numbers youcan actually see the chinchbugs.

To control chinch bugs youcan use an insecticide con-taining bifenthrin orcyfluthrin. You can use ahand-held sprayer or a hose-end sprayer to apply this in-secticide. The hose-end is abetter choice. It applies alarger amount of water need-ed to move the insecticidedown into the thatch layerwhere the chinch bugs live.Keep pets and children off thelawn until the grass dries.

It looks like the two-linespittlebug is going to a bigproblem on centipdegrass .This insect is black in colorwith two orange stripes on itsback. The spittlebug will flywhen it is disturbed by walk-ing on the lawn or mowing

the lawn. The young spittle-bugs are easily seen by look-ing down in the grass. If yousee something that looks likespit, this is the young spittle-bugs.

Spittlebugs are easily con-trolled in the lawn by usinginsecticides containing apyrethroid such as bifenthrinor cyfluthrin. Follow thesame methods describedabove.

Also check your hollies foradult spittlebugs. They willfeed on hollies, too. Use thesame controls methods as youdo on the lawn.

Pruning of woody orna-mentals that bloom in thespring, such as azaleasshould be completed by July15. After this date they willbegin to produce flower budsfor next year.

With all the rain, theweeds are growing fast. Don’tlet them get ahead of you.Control them before theyflower. If you using a herbi-cide, read the label to find outhow long the product needs tobe on the weed before it rains.

Always remember to readand follow all label directionswhen using any pesticide.What a difference a yearmakes as for as all the rain.Let’s be thankful for the rain,the spigot could cut off any-time!

Have a great gardeningday!J. Raymond Joyce is a

Laurens County ExtensionAgent and Coordinatorwith the University ofGeorgia Cooperative Ex-tension. He can be reachedby e-mail atrjoyce@uga.edu or by tele-phone at 478-272-2277.

Tips for July gardeners

One of my favorite special memo-ries of growing up in Georgia is mak-ing homemade ice cream at mygrandmother's house. My familyusually gathered around the big oaktree in my grandmother's front yard.My cousins and I would run aroundplaying hide and seek or catchinglightning bugs and putting them inMason jars. My dad and uncles wereusually gathered around turning thehand cranked ice cream freezers andsolving the problems of the world.My mother, grandmother, and auntswere in another circle, talking andlaughing...sharing a new recipe orcatching up on the week’s events.

In my little corner of the world, Iwent back to that time for just a fewminutes when I made this ice cream.This peach ice cream is most deli-cious when made with perfectlyripened fresh peaches. My friends,Randi and Patrick, made this for mea few years ago when I was visitingthem and they were nice enough toshare the recipe. It is creamy and de-licious and well worth the effort!

Ingredients:4 c. peeled, diced fresh peaches(about 8 small)1 c. granulated sugar1 (12-oz.) can evaporated milk1 (3.75-oz.) pkg. vanilla instant pud-ding mix1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensedmilk4 c. half and half

Directions:Combine the diced peaches in a bowland let stand for 1 hour.

Process peach mixture in a blenderor food processor until smooth, stop-ping to scrape down sides.

Stir together evaporated milk andpudding mix in a large bowl; stir inpeach puree, condensed milk andhalf and half.

Pour into freezer container and mix,following freezer directions, untilfirm.

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Neglected tropical diseases affect approx-imately 1 billion persons worldwide. Using

filters, safe water sources, larvicide, andhealth education to encourage water filtra-

tion and prevention of water contamina-tion have almost eradicated guinea worm

disease.

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The Lowery family would like to thank everyone who supported us during our time of bereavement. We greatly appreciate your prayers, generosity, and many acts of kindess. We wish that we could thank all of you personally, but the response was overwhelming. God showed us how much He loved her through your prayers and expressions of love (Romans. 8:38-39). We thank God and we thank God for you. We would also like to thank Fairview Park Hospital, Fairview Park Chaplains, Pastor Frederick Williams and Turkey Creek Missionary Baptist Church family, Pastor Willie L. Edmond and Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church family and Dudley Funeral Home.

Eva Pauldo Lowery

May God Bless each of you, From the family of the late Eva Pauldo Lowery

(4/9/27 to 6/26/13)

Like the Spanish Explor-ers did 400 years ago, Lau-rens County 4-H’ers de-scended upon Georgia’sGolden Isles. But instead ofsearching for gold, LaurensCounty 4-H’ers developedrich memories that wereformed from educationalvoyages, fun trips and life-long friendships. On June24, Angelina Abad, ZariaBattle, Alec Bracewell, Mc-Cain Bracewell, DylanCody, Madison Cody, Abi-gail Coleman, JasmineCouncil, Ty’Quiesha Davis,David Dulmage, ElizabethHession, Hannah Higgs,Audry Holmes, BreannaHolmes, Elizabeth Horne,Austin Johnson, Jeri Kim-brough, Lauren Loftin, Sa-vannah Maloney, BillyMeeks, Kamisha, Miles,Katie Mimbs, Robbie No-bles, Logan Odom, MacaraOwens, Shiv Patel, MindyPlatt, Madison Pope, Ar-mond Richardson, ColeSmith, Dylan Smith,Cameron Templeman, BJTravick, Myyan Travick,

Zane Bradford, Carlos Di-Martino and KaKa Wrightleft Dublin to spend fivedays exploring the wondersof Jekyll Island.The week was full of ad-

venture, friendship and fun.Enthusiastic and well-trained camp counselors,Cooperative Extension em-ployees, certified volunteersand teen leaders work to-gether to provide camperswith unforgettable memo-ries to last a lifetime! Lead-ers attending were GaryBrown, Dexter Wilkins,Greg Tucker and ClaudiaWright.The educational Voyages

included Marsh Ecology,Beach Ecology, biking inHistoric District, Nets, Ca-noeing, Herpetology, BeachBuffet and Maritime For-est. 4-H’ers also spent theirtime with beach swims, atrip to Summer Waves Wa-ter Park and a picnic lunchat Neptune Park followedby a shopping excursion onSt. Simons.Throughout the week, 4-

Hers met in crews to com-pete in different activitiesand events to see whichcrew would win the Cap-tain’s Bell. The week ofsummer camp was broughtto a close on Friday with theawarding of the Captain’sBell. This summer’s win-ning crew was the YellowCrew. Laurens County 4-H’ers on the Yellow Crew in-cluded Abigail Coleman,Jasmine Council, ElizabethHorne and Mindy Platt.4-H is the youth develop-

ment program of the Uni-versity of Georgia College ofAgricultural and Environ-mental Sciences. For moreinformation about this orany other 4-H activity, youmay call the Laurens Coun-ty Extension Office at 478-272-2277.

Gary K. Brown is Lau-rens County ExtensionAgent-4-H with Universi-ty of Georgia CooperativeExtension. His telephonenumber is 478-272-2277.His email address isgaryb@uga.edu.

4-Her’s explore the wonders of Jekyll Island

Firefighter camaraderiedraws thousands to ArizonaPRESCOTT VALLEY,

Ariz. (AP) — FirefightersWilliam Benitez and LouLarosa were fresh out of theNew York City Fire Depart-ment when terrorists flewplanes into the World TradeCenter on Sept. 11, 2001,killing nearly 3,000 people,including hundreds of firstresponders.The days ahead were

tough as the two rookies andtheir colleagues attendeddozens of funerals, whilethousands of their fellowfirefighters came fromaround the country to showsupport.It’s that camaraderie

among firefighters that drewBenitez, Larosa and nearly adozen others from their de-partment, including thechief, to a massive memorialservice in Arizona honoring19 members of the Prescott-based Granite MountainHotshots. The elite crew diedJune 30 when a wind-fueled,out-of-control fire overranthem as they tried to protecta former gold-mining townfrom the inferno.“It’s very important to

have a big showing ... showthe family there are peoplethere for them,” Benitez saidTuesday after the servicethat drew some 8,000 peopleto the minor league hockeyarena.“I always feel like the best

part of it is when wives, sib-lings, get to see the amountof people showing up,”Larosa added.The day was filled with

speeches from dignitaries in-cluding Vice President JoeBiden and Arizona Gov. JanBrewer. The memorial inPrescott Valley began with achoir singing “On Eagle’sWings” as Biden sang thewords alongside HomelandSecurity Secretary JanetNapolitano, U.S. Sen. JohnMcCain and other membersof the state’s congressionaldelegation.But the words of the lone

survivor of the Hotshot firecrew resonated deepest inthe packed arena. BrendanMcDonough, who was serv-

ing as the lookout for his 19teammates on that fateful af-ternoon, notified the crew ofthe rapidly changing weath-er that sent winds swirlingand caused the blaze to cutoff his firefighters’ escaperoute, then swiftly left hispost for safety.Prescott Fire Department

spokesman Wade Ward saidit’s been tough on McDo-nough, but that “he did ex-actly what he was supposedto.”McDonough walked onto

the stage Tuesday and of-fered what’s called “The HotShot’s Prayer,” calmly recit-ing the words: “For if thisday on the line I should an-swer death’s call, Lord, blessmy Hotshot crew, my family,one and all.”He concluded by telling

the crowd: “Thank you. And Imiss my brothers.”Biden called them “men of

uncommon valor.”“There’s an old saying: All

men are created equal, andthen a few became firefight-ers,” the vice president said.“Thank God for you all.Thank God for your willing-ness to take the risks youdo.”The event was marked by

an outpouring of supportfrom several thousand fire-fighters from across thecountry.Many talked about the

brotherhood — and sister-hood — of the profession, abond even among strangersin a job fraught with dangerand adrenaline.“When you hear of a

death, especially a group offirefighters, and there’s 19that we’re here to mourn,there’s no question that atthe drop of a hat you do whatyou can to go and support thefire service and their fami-lies,” said Capt. Steve Brownof the Rancho CucamongaFire Protection District, whobrought 17 others in his de-partment from California.Gov. Jan Brewer praised

people for responding as shehoped they would — withcandlelight vigils, financialcontributions, prayers, and

flowers and notes placed atmakeshift memorials.“Of course our hearts are

filled with profound sadnesstoday, but they’re also filledwith great pride,” Brewersaid. “How wonderful is it toknow that Arizona was hometo 19 men like those we hon-or today.”Alumni of the Granite

Mountain Hotshots sat inthe front rows, with about1,000 members of the fallenfirefighters’ families sur-rounding them in seats onthe floor of the arena. Thosewho first responded to theYarnell Hill Fire sat in therows behind them.Outside the arena, where

several thousand people whocouldn’t fit inside watchedthe service on jumbo screens,a bronze statue of a firefight-er stood with an ax in hand.A granite marker read, “Inhonor and recognition of allwildland firefighters acrossthis great nation. Duty - Re-spect - Integrity.”The highly specialized

Granite Mountain crew waspart of a small community ofHotshots nationwide. Thereare only about 110 of the 20-person teams, mostly sta-tioned west of the Mississip-pi River.Prescott Fire Chief Dan

Fraijo gave firefighting toolsto the deceased men’s fami-lies, along with flags thathad been flown in their hon-or.The memorial was the last

of a handful of vigils for themen before the first of 19 fu-nerals begin later in theweek.Biden offered the families

some solace as he wrappedup his remarks.“As unbelievable as it is to

even fathom ... the day willcome when the memory ofyour husband, your son, oryour dad or your brother willbring a smile to your lips be-fore it brings a tear to youreye,” he said. “My prayer forall of you is that that daywill come sooner than later,but I promise you as unbe-lievable as it is, it will come.”

SF probe brings questionsover auto speed controlsSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,

Calif. (AP) — Investigators aretrying to understand whetherautomated cockpit equipmentAsiana flight 214’s pilots saythey were relying on to controlthe airliner’s speed may havecontributed to the plane’s dan-gerously low and slow approachjust before it crashed.New details in the accident

investigation that were re-vealed Tuesday by NationalTransportation Safety BoardChairman Deborah Hersmanwere not conclusive about thecause of Saturday’s crash, butthey raised potential areas offocus: Was there a mistakemade in setting the automaticspeed control, did it malfunc-tion or were the pilots not fullyaware of what the plane wasdoing?One of the most puzzling as-

pects of the crash has been whythe wide-body Boeing 777 jetcame in far too low and slow,clipping its landing gear andthen its tail on a rocky seawalljust short the runway. Thecrash killed two of the 307 peo-ple and injured scores of others,most not seriously.Among those injured were

two flight attendants in theback of the plane, who surviveddespite being thrown onto therunway when the planeslammed into the seawall andthe tail broke off.The autothrottle was set for

157 mph and the pilots as-sumed it was controlling theplane’s airspeed, Hersmansaid. However, the autothrottlewas only “armed” or ready foractivation, she said.Hersman said the pilot at

the controls, identified by Kore-an authorities as Lee Gang-guk, was only about halfwaythrough his training on theBoeing 777 and it was his firsttime landing that type of air-craft at the San Francisco air-port.And the co-pilot, identifiedas Lee Jeong-Min, was on hisfirst trip as a flight instructor.Two of the four pilots were

questioned Monday and theother two and air traffic con-trollers were interviewed Tues-day, according to the Ministryof Land, Infrastructure andTransport officials in South Ko-rea. The ministry hadn’t re-quested any criminal investiga-tion because a probe is under-way to determine the cause ofthe crash.In the 777, turning the au-

tothrottle on is a two-stepprocess — first it is armed,then it is engaged, Boeing pi-lots said.Choi Jeong-ho, a senior offi-

cial at South Korea’s Ministryof Land, Infrastructure andTransport, said investigators

confirmed the auto throttle wasin an armed position, and anexact analysis on whether theautomatic throttle systemworked will be possible after ananalysis on the plane’s blackbox.Hersman didn’t say whether

the Asiana’s autothrottle wasengaged.Bob Coffman, an American

Airlines captain who has flown777s, said the only way hecould think of for Asiana planeto slow as quickly at the NTSBhas described would be if some-how the autothrottle has shift-ed into the idle mode.“There is no way to get from

a normal airspeed and normalposition at 500 feet to an abnor-mally slow airspeed at 300 feetunless there wasn’t enoughthrust either deliberately or in-advertently,” he said.Only moments before the

crash did the training captainrealize the autothrottle wasn’tcontrolling the plane’s speed,Hersman said.“This is one of the two hall-

marks of complexity and chal-lenge in the industry rightnow,” said Doug Moss, an Air-bus A320 a pilot for a majorU.S. airline and an aviationsafety consultant in Torrance,Calif. “It’s automation confu-sion because from what Debo-rah Hersman said, it appearsvery likely the pilots were con-fused as to what autothrottleand pitch mode the airplanewas in. It’s very likely they be-lieved the autothrottles wereon when in fact they were onlyarmed.”Their last second efforts to

rev the plane back up and abortthe landing failed, although nu-merous survivors report hear-ing the engines roar just beforeimpact.“We just seemed to be flying

in way too low. Last couple sec-onds before it happened the en-gines really revved into highgear. Just waaah! Like the cap-tain was saying ‘oh no, we got-ta get out of here.’ And then,boom! The back end just liftedup, just really jolted everybodyin their seats,” said crash sur-vivor Elliot Stone, who owns amartial arts studio in ScottsValley.Passenger Ben Levy noticed

as the plane approached theairport the aircraft was flyingvery low near the water butsaid he dismissed concerns un-til he saw water from the Baysplashing at his window and hefelt the engine “go full power”in an apparent attempt to liftthe plane.“That’s when I realized this

was totally wrong,” Levy said.Then, the plane crashed,

and the passengers moved

quickly to leave the plane, butin an orderly manner.“People were not rushing

out fighting for their lives,” hesaid. “They were like, ‘OK, let’sbe orderly here. Let’s get outfast but let’s not step (onto)each other.”’While in the U.S., drug and

alcohol tests are standard pro-cedure after air accidents, thisis not required for foreign pilotsand Hersman said the Asianapilots had not undergone anytesting.A final determination on the

cause of the crash is monthsaway, and Hersman cautionedagainst drawing any conclu-sions based on the informationrevealed so far:Seven seconds before im-

pact, someone in the cockpitasked for more speed after ap-parently noticing that the jetwas flying far slower than itsrecommended landing speed. Afew seconds later, the yoke be-gan to vibrate violently, an au-tomatic warning telling the pi-lot the plane is losing lift and inimminent danger of an aerody-namic stall. One and a half sec-onds before impact came a com-mand to abort the landing.There’s been no indication,

from verbal calls or mechanicalissues, that an emergency wasever declared by pilots. Mostairlines would require all fourpilots to be present for the land-ing, the time when somethingis most likely to go wrong, ex-perienced pilots said. In addi-tion to the two pilots, a thirdwas “monitoring” the landingfrom a jumpseat, while a fourthwas in the rear of the cabin.“If there are four pilots

there, even if you are sitting ona jump seat, that’s somethingyou watch — the airspeed andthe descent profile,” said JohnCox, a former US Airways pilotand former Air Line Pilots As-sociation accident investigator.The Air Line Pilots Associa-

tion, the world’s largest pilotsunion, criticized Hersman forfueling speculation that thecrash is the result of pilot errorbefore all the facts have beendetermined.“The NTSB’s release of in-

complete, out-of-context infor-mation has fueled rampantspeculation about the cause ofthe accident,” the union said ina statement Tuesday. “The fieldphase of the investigation isbarely three days old, and thepilots on the flight deck, at thecontrols of the aircraft, had lit-tle opportunity to provide vitalinformation as to what exactlyhappened during the event be-fore disclosing data recordedduring the last moments of theflight.”

Minnesota town has 4-year-old boy as mayorDORSET, Minn. (AP) —

Supporters of the mayor inthe tiny tourist town ofDorset can stuff the ballotbox all they want as he seeksre-election. The mayor — ashort guy — is known for hisfondness of ice cream andfishing. And he’s got thecounty’s top law enforcementofficial in his pocket.Say hello to Mayor Robert

“Bobby” Tufts. He’s 4 yearsold and not even in schoolyet.Bobby was only 3 when he

won election last year asmayor of Dorset (population22 to 28, depending onwhether the minister and hisfamily are in town). Dorset,which bills itself as theRestaurant Capital of theWorld, has no formal city gov-ernment.Every year the town draws

a name during its Taste ofDorset Festival, and the win-ner gets to be mayor. Anyonecan vote as many times asthey like — for $1 a vote — atany of the ballot boxes instores around town. Bobby isrunning for a second term,and he gets to draw the win-ning name Aug. 4, so it’s pos-sible he could draw his ownname.Calls of “Mr. Mayor” greet

Bobby as he strolls aroundDorset, handing out his cam-paign card. One side showsBobby, his dark hair slickeddown, wearing his tan fishingvest over a suit jacket. Theother side shows Bobby sit-ting in a porch swing with hisgirlfriend, Sophie.“I would love to be your

Mayor as much as I love So-phie,” the card reads.

“He’s been pretty good.Lotta PR for the town,” saidhis mother, Emma Tufts, 34.“I think he’s doing a fine job.”Bobby’s job as mayor is to

greet people as they come toDorset, located among thepines and lakes of northernMinnesota about 150 milesnorthwest of Minneapolis.Resorts and tourism are themain industry, and restau-rants ranging from Mexicanto Italian to family style lineabout two blocks on eitherside of the highway that runsthrough the middle of town.Bobby’s major act as may-

or so far has been to make icecream the top of the foodpyramid. He has many fa-vorite flavors.“Chocolate. And vanilla.

Strawberry. Cotton candykind. And rainbow sherbet,”said the mayor.On a recent steamy sum-

mer morning, Bobby skippedahead as he led a group ofabout 20 children and adultson a walk on the HeartlandTrail to raise money forRonald McDonald HouseCharities of the Red RiverValley in Fargo, N.D. Hewore his signature black fe-dora, adorned with fishinglures and a large button withhis photo, and seemed end-lessly energetic.“I think he’s a cute little

bugger and I think a lot ofpeople share the same, youknow, opinion as me, and it’sneat,” Hubbard County Sher-iff Cory Aukes says. “Youknow, how often do you see alittle kid like that who’s —call ‘em camera-friendly orwhatever, you know — he’sgot a very good little person-ality, and he’s not afraid toshow it. So I think it’s great.”

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Youth tournaments

Dublin, Dublin, what'sit gonna be? De-fense,defense, 1-2-3!

This is the chant I heardringing across the parkinglot at the District 1 champi-onship game for the DublinLaurens County RecreationAuthority's 8-under girlssoftball team as I pulled in acouple of weeks ago.

I'd been a little depressedthinking I had no ball gamesto go watch since my son,Myles, had recently graduat-ed from high school and was-n't playing games this sum-mer. So, after I had a pityparty for a little while, Idecided it was time to get outand see what was happening.I first rode out to a local highschool and watched a sum-mer league game and it did-n't take long until I wascheering a little from mychair out in the outfield.

Then I decided to rideover and watch these littlegirls. It didn't take long untilI fell completely in love.First of all, these girls are

very good. They hit the ball

very well and their defense isto be admired from a groupso young.But the cheering and the

excitement is what reallywon me over. Sitting bymyself once again in the out-field, it wasn't long until Iwas completely involved inthe game.

Last week, I traveled toWarner Robins to watchsome of the Dudley LittleLeague action as the 10- and11-year-old boys were com-peting in the District 5 tour-nament in Warner Robins.The 11-12 age division soft-ball tournament had beenplaying the same week inMacon, but was moved toWarner Robins lastWednesday because of poorfield conditions in Macon.

I would've loved to havewatched their championshipgame that night, but reallythought it wouldn't be playedbecause of the monsoon rainthat was falling. But thesegirls played like profession-als through the heavy rain,and in the fifth inning,

Karson Smith drove in thefirst run of the night andMiranda Thigpen drove inthe second run to seal thechampionship.After falling into the

loser's bracket on Monday,

CherylGay

Braves two Upton Marlins

AP Photo

Chris Johnson flips away his helmet after being tag-ged out at home in Tuesday night’s 6-4 against Miami.

Associated Press

ATTLEBORO, Mass. — Anassociate of former NewEngland Patriots tight endAaron Hernandez said he wastold Hernandez fired the shotsthat resulted in the death of asemi-pro football player,according to documents filed inFlorida.The records, obtained by

The Associated Press, alsoshow that a vehicle wanted ina double kil-ling in Bos-ton a yearbefore hadbeen rentedin Hernan-dez’s name.Together,

the revela-tions providethe mostdamning evi-dence yetagainst the 23-year-old starathlete.Hernandez has been

charged in the June killing ofBoston semi-pro athlete OdinLloyd. The records sayHernandez associate CarlosOrtiz told Massachusettsinvestigators that anotherman, Ernest Wallace, saidHernandez shot Lloyd in anindustrial park nearHernandez’s home in NorthAttleborough.The gun used in the killing

has not been found.The documents were filed in

court by the Miramar, Fla.,police department to justify asearch of Wallace’s mother’shome in that city.The records also show that

police, while investigatingLloyd’s killing, searched inHernandez’s hometown ofBristol, Conn., and found avehicle wanted in connectionwith a July 2012 double homi-cide near a Boston nightclub.Hernandez has pleaded not

guilty in Lloyd’s killing. His

legal team did not return emailmessages Tuesday. Wallacefaces an accessory to murdercharge in the case and haspleaded not guilty.Prosecutors say Hernandez,

Wallace and Ortiz drove withLloyd in a rented NissanAltima to the industrial parkwhere Lloyd was fatally shot.Ortiz told police that during

the drive, Hernandez toldLloyd that Lloyd had been“chilling” with peopleHernandez had problems with,the documents say. But Ortiztold police the two men shookhands and the problem seemedsmoothed over. However, theAltima soon stopped, andeveryone but Ortiz got out tourinate, according to Ortiz’saccount.The witness told police he

then heard gunshots beforeHernandez and Wallace gotback into the car without Lloydand the car sped away.Ortiz said he couldn’t see

who fired the shots because itwas dark. Back at Hernandez’shome, Ortiz said, Wallaceasked him to get a small gunout from under the driver’sseat. Ortiz said he did andgave it to Hernandez once theywere inside.Ortiz said he then went to

sleep. When he woke up in theafternoon, according to hisaccount, the three menreturned the Altima and rent-ed a Chrysler 300 beforereturning to Hernandez’shome. Ortiz and Wallace thenwent to an apartment in thearea that Hernandez and otherfootball players used. Wallacelet Ortiz in before leaving for along time, the documents say.The two then drove to Bristol.Ortiz told police that Wallacesaid Hernandez shot Lloyd.Hernandez, Wallace and

Ortiz appear linked throughBristol. Wallace told Floridapolice he grew up withHernandez’s father.

Associated Press

Aaron Hernandez’s troubleshave become Urban Meyer’sproblem.A murder charge against

Hernandez,who playedfor Meyer atFlorida from2007-09, hasled to great-er scrutiny ofMeyer’s timeas Gatorshead coach— a six-yearrun high-lighted bytwo national championshipsand Tim Tebow’s HeismanTrophy, but also marked byabout two dozen players mak-ing the police blotter.Hernandez was not one of

the 25 players who accountedfor 31 arrests during Meyer’stenure, but he had issues —“relatively speaking ... veryminor stuff” — Meyer said in arecent interview with TheColumbus Dispatch.Those issues included

Hernandez’s one-game suspen-

sion for failing a marijuanatest; involvement in a bar fightthat police records say left aman injured (no charges werefiled); and being questioned asa witness in a shooting.Meyer, who turned 49

Wednesday, answered critics ofhis oversight while at theschool, saying in a recentstatement to the Dispatch andthe Gainesville Sun: “Relatingor blaming these seriouscharges to the University ofFlorida, myself or our staff iswrong and irresponsible.”Yet when Meyer was there,

he often spoke out about thevirtues of his players.“I want to make sure that

our players, this team goesdown as one of the great teamsin Florida football history,” hesaid the morning after Tebowand the Gators beat Oklahoma24-14 in south Florida to winthe 2008 national title. “It’sone of the greatest groups ofyoung people I’ve ever beenaround, and I’m starting to geta little bit of experience behindme now, 20-something years,

Associated Press

MIAMI — After the final out, JustinUpton made a beeline for his brother inthe Atlanta Braves outfield, and theyshared a happy hand slap. Both werekey contributors in avictory, which hasn’thappened often thisyear.Justin Upton ho-

mered, doubled twiceand scored threeruns, while B.J. had two hits, drove in arun and scored to help beat the MiamiMarlins 6-4 Tuesday night.“They both had great at-bats,” man-

ager Fredi Gonzalez said. “It’s a long

season. We’re always wishing for more,but there are going to be ups and downs,and you have to be patient with theguys.”Justin Upton doubled home a run in

the third, doubled and scored to make it4-all in the fifth, then hit his 16th homerun — but first since June 12 — leadingoff the seventh against reliever RyanWebb.In Monday’s 14-inning marathon,

Upton hit a two-run double to putAtlanta ahead in the final inning.“He’s starting to swing it like he did

early in the season,” Gonzalez said.Upton had 12 homers after just 23games.His brother has been languishing

below .200 but showed signs of shakingout of his slump by hitting the ball hardin all four at-bats. He had a sacrifice flyand raised his average to .178 with twohits. He also was robbed of an RBI sin-gle on a leaping grab by third basemanEd Lucas.“I’m starting to feel a lot better at the

plate and hitting the ball hard,” B.J.Upton said. “They’re not always going tofall, but I’m starting to see my work payoff, and I definitely feel a lot better upthere.”Justin Upton said it’s fun to share

success with his brother.“He has stung a few balls right at

Braves 6,Marlins 4

Next: Atlanta atMiami, today, 12:30.TV: FSS

Associated Press

PASADENA, Calif. — If LorenaRamos has any influence, Los AngelesDodgers rookie Yasiel Puig will win thefan voting for a spot on the All-Star team.The 38-year-old season ticket holder

estimates she has texted 5,000 times onPuig’s behalf to ensure he lands the lastroster spot on the NL team for nextweek’s game at Citi Field in New York.Ramos was working her phone some

more in between watching the Dodgers’road game at Arizona on Tuesday nightfrom Barney’s Beanery in Old TownPasadena, along with other blue-and-white clad fans.“He’s exciting. He brings a lot of ener-

gy to the game,” said Ramos, of SouthGate.

The viewing and voting party was thesecond of three hosted by the Dodgersaround the Los Angeles area to give Puiga final push in the balloting, which endsThursday at 1 p.m. PDT.He needs it, too.Puig trailed leader Freddie Freeman

of the Atlanta Braves entering Tuesday,when more than 33.2 million votes hadbeen cast.“I vote every day until I get tired,” said

Priscilla Cabrera of Silver Lake, whomade up her face in blue, red and whitepaint with Puig’s No. 66 in white on herright cheek. She carried a sign thatplayed on the phrase, yes we can, doctor-ing it to read in Spanish, “Si Se Puige!”Cabrera uses her cellphone and iPad

to vote, estimating she’s punched in thecode for Puig more than 1,000 times.

“Ever since he got to the Dodgers he’shad this impact that has lifted the wholeteam up from the slump that they werein,” the 20-year-old college student said.The Dodgers have climbed from last

place in the NL West to second behindleading Arizona.Puig came into Tuesday night’s game

— his 34th in the big leagues — batting.409 with 19 RBI and eight home runs.He got called up from the minors lastmonth and immediately caused a sensa-tion with his hitting and fielding, andyouthful enthusiasm.“He’s so electric, he’s so fresh,” mar-

veled Ryan Rossi, a 22-year-old collegestudent from Pasadena who wore a PuigT-shirt. “He’s got a future in the leagueand it’s nice to see this on the Dodgersbecause we’ve been pretty bad.”

Photo by Bali Smith

Solid defense was a key to the DLCRA 8-under girls softball team winning the District 1 title.

Area youth teamsworthy of supportfor state tourneys

Documents revealHernandez pulledtrigger in shooting

Photo by Clay Reynolds

Dudley’s 11-12 District 5 softball champs prac-tice Tuesday for this weekend’s state tournament.

LA fan wearing out fingers for PuigSee GAY page 2b

See BRAVES page 2b

˙Hernandez

Meyer’s attempt is futileto break Hernandez link

See MEYER page 2b

Meyer

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BriefsSmith youth basketballcamp set July 22-26

Former Dublin High star and cur-rent international professional playerBen Smith offers basketball instructionin a camp July 22-26 at Irish gym.

Youths ages 7-15 are eligible forthe noon-3 p.m. instruction July 22-26. Cost is $40, with group ratesavaileble. Call 278-2722.

Turner post skillscamp set July 19-20

Former international professionalplayer Larry Turner offers specializedbasketball instruction on post skills ina camp July 19-20 at the BaldwinRecreation Center.

Youths ages 8-18 are eligible forthe day-long sessions. Cost is $60.Call (678) 809-3449 or checkLarryTurnerSports.net.

Moose Lodge to holdgolf tourney July 27

The Dublin Moose Lodge will holda four-player scramble on July 27 atRiverview Golf Course.

Cost of the event is $45 perplayer, which includes lunch at thelodge after the tournament. Cashprizes to the top three finishers ineach flight for the 8:30 a.m. shotgunstart.

Sponsorships are available. Call272-1818, 275-4064, 279-2432 or272-0995.

Summer cross countryruns at Southern Pines

The annual Dublin-Laurenscross country series has two moreraces.

The series of races will be heldevenings at Southern Pines in two-week intervals. Runs are Thursday(2.5) and July 25 (3 miles).

Cost is $5 per individual eventsor $18 for the series. Divisions are10-under, 11-19 and 20-up.

Prizes to each division winnereach race as well as series divisionwinner. Call Ron Carson at 998-0194 or email rcarson6@msn.com.

Dee Taylor Softballscheduled for July 27

The Dee Taylor MemorialSoftball Tournament will be heldJuly 27 at the Eastman RecreationDepartment for men’s, women’sand co-ed teams.

Games in the men’s bracket willfollow a one-pitch format, while at-bats in the women’s and co-edgames will begin with a 1-1 count.

For more information, contactKeith Peterson at (478) 308-3543.

Stringers neededThe Courier Herald is looking for

stringer reporters and photographersfor fall sports. Contact JasonHalcombe at 272-5522, ext. 222 orjhalcombe@courier-herald.com.

Contact usTo submit information, call 272-

5522, ext. 223, fax 272-2189 or e-mail sports@courier-herald.com.

On the airTODAYMLB

12:30 p.m.FSS — Atlanta at Miami

7 p.m.ESPN — Oakland at Pittsburgh

8 p.m.WGN — L.A. Angels at ChicagoCubs

SOCCER8:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — MLS/Liga MX, exhibi-tion, Club America at Chicago

THURSDAYCYCLING8 a.m.

NBCSN — Tour de France,stage 12, Fougeres to Tours,France

GOLF5:30 a.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour,Scottish Open, first round, atInverness, Scotland

12:30 p.m.TGC — LPGA, Manulife Finan-cial Classic, first round, atWaterloo, Ontario

3 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour, John DeereClassic, first round, at Silvis, Ill.

4 p.m.ESPN2 — U.S. Senior OpenChampionship, first round, atOmaha, Neb.

6 p.m.TGC — Web.com Tour, UtahChampionship, first round, atSandy, Utah

MLB7 p.m.

FSS — Cincinnati at AtlantaSOFTBALL8 p.m.

ESPN — World Cup, roundrobin, United States vs. Canada,at Oklahoma City

WNBA BASKETBALL9 p.m.

ESPN2 — Los Angeles at Tulsa

NATIONAL LEAGUEEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Atlanta 52 38 .578 —Washington 46 44 .511 6Philadelphia 45 46 .4957 1/2New York 39 48 .44811 1/2Miami 32 57 .36019 1/2Miami 32 56 .364 18 1/2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

St. Louis 54 34 .614 —Pittsburgh 53 36 .5961 1/2Cincinnati 50 40 .556 5Chicago 40 48 .455 14Milwaukee 37 52 .41617 1/2

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Arizona 47 43 .522 —Los Angeles 44 45 .4942 1/2Colorado 43 48 .4734 1/2San Diego 41 50 .4516 1/2San Francisco40 49 .4496 1/2

Tuesday’s GamesOakland 2, Pittsburgh 1Philadelphia 4, Washington 2Atlanta 6, Miami 4Chicago Cubs 7, L.A. Angels 2Milwaukee 2, Cincinnati 0St. Louis 9, Houston 5L.A. Dodgers 6, Arizona 1San Diego 2, Colorado 1N.Y. Mets 10, San Francisco 6

Wednesday’s GamesAtlanta (Maholm 9-7) at Miami (Ja.Turner2-1), 12:40 p.m.Cincinnati (Leake 7-4) at Milwaukee(Hellweg 0-2), 2:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 2-1) at SanFrancisco (M.Cain 5-5), 3:45 p.m.Oakland (Milone 8-7) at Pittsburgh(Liriano 8-3), 7:05 p.m.Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-3) atPhiladelphia (Lee 10-2), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-6) at ChicagoCubs (Samardzija 5-8), 8:05 p.m.Houston (Lyles 4-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller9-6), 8:15 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 7-3) at Arizona(Skaggs 2-1), 9:40 p.m.Colorado (J.De La Rosa 8-5) at SanDiego (Cashner 5-4), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesWashington (Zimmermann 12-3) atPhiladelphia (K.Kendrick 7-6), 7:05 p.m.Cincinnati (Latos 8-2) at Atlanta (Hudson5-7), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Westbrook 5-3) at ChicagoCubs (E.Jackson 5-10), 8:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Gallardo 7-8) at Arizona(Miley 5-7), 9:40 p.m.Colorado (Pomeranz 0-2) at L.A. Dodgers(Capuano 2-6), 10:10 p.m.San Francisco (Bumgarner 9-5) at SanDiego (Marquis 9-4), 10:10 p.m.

LEAGUE LEADERSBATTING: YMolina, St. Louis, .346;Cuddyer, Colorado, .338; Craig, St. Louis,.325; Segura, Milwaukee, .323; Votto,Cincinnati, .320; MCarpenter, St. Louis,.316; Scutaro, San Francisco, .310;Goldschmidt, Arizona, .310; Posey, SanFrancisco, .310.RUNS: MCarpenter, St. Louis, 66;CGonzalez, Colorado, 66; Holliday, St.Louis, 63; Votto, Cincinnati, 61; SMarte,Pittsburgh, 58; Choo, Cincinnati, 57;Goldschmidt, Arizona, 57.RBI: Goldschmidt, Arizona, 74; Craig, St.Louis, 69; Phillips, Cincinnati, 64;DBrown, Philadelphia, 63; CGonzalez,Colorado, 63; Bruce, Cincinnati, 60;PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 57.HITS: Segura, Milwaukee, 113; Votto,Cincinnati, 107; MCarpenter, St. Louis,106; YMolina, St. Louis, 106; Craig, St.Louis, 105; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 103;GParra, Arizona, 103.DOUBLES: Bruce, Cincinnati, 26;YMolina, St. Louis, 26; GParra, Arizona,26; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 25;McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 25; Rizzo,Chicago, 25; Desmond, Washington, 23;Pollock, Arizona, 23; Posey, SanFrancisco, 23.TRIPLES: CGomez, Milwaukee, 9;SMarte, Pittsburgh, 8; Segura,Milwaukee, 8; Span, Washington, 7;CGonzalez, Colorado, 6; Hechavarria,Miami, 5; DWright, New York, 5.HOME RUNS: CGonzalez, Colorado, 24;DBrown, Philadelphia, 23; PAlvarez,Pittsburgh, 22; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 21;Beltran, St. Louis, 19; Bruce, Cincinnati,18; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 16; Uggla,Atlanta, 16.STOLEN BASES: ECabrera, San Diego,31; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 27; Segura,Milwaukee, 27; Revere, Philadelphia, 21;CGomez, Milwaukee, 20; McCutchen,Pittsburgh, 18; Pierre, Miami, 18.PITCHING: Zimmermann, Washington,12-3; Lynn, St. Louis, 11-3; Wainwright,St. Louis, 11-5; Corbin, Arizona, 10-1;Lee, Philadelphia, 10-2; Marquis, SanDiego, 9-4; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 9-5; SMiller, St. Louis, 9-6; Maholm, Atlanta,9-7.STRIKEOUTS: Harvey, New York, 141;Kershaw, Los Angeles, 129; Samardzija,Chicago, 123; Latos, Cincinnati, 120; Lee,Philadelphia, 119; Wainwright, St. Louis,117; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 116.SAVES: Grilli, Pittsburgh, 28; RSoriano,Washington, 24; Mujica, St. Louis, 23;Kimbrel, Atlanta, 23; Romo, San Fran-cisco, 20; Chapman, Cincinnati, 20;Papelbon, Philadelphia, 19.

AMERICAN LEAGUEEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Boston 55 37 .598 —Tampa Bay 51 40 .5603 1/2Baltimore 49 42 .5385 1/2New York 48 42 .533 6Toronto 43 46 .48310 1/2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Detroit 49 40 .551 —Cleveland 47 43 .5222 1/2Kansas City 43 44 .494 5Minnesota 37 50 .425 11Chicago 35 52 .40213West

DivisionW L Pct GB

Oakland 54 37 .593 —Texas 53 37 .589 1/2Los Angeles 43 46 .483 10Seattle 40 50 .44413 1/2Houston 32 58 .35621 1/2

Tuesday’s GamesKansas City 3, N.Y. Yankees 1Oakland 2, Pittsburgh 1Texas 8, Baltimore 4Cleveland 3, Toronto 0Chicago White Sox 11, Detroit 4Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 1Chicago Cubs 7, L.A. Angels 2St. Louis 9, Houston 5Boston 11, Seattle 8

Wednesday’s GamesKansas City (W.Davis 4-7) at N.Y.Yankees (Nova 3-2), 7:05 p.m.Oakland (Milone 8-7) at Pittsburgh(Liriano 8-3), 7:05 p.m.Texas (Undecided) at Baltimore (W.Chen3-3), 7:05 p.m.Toronto (Rogers 3-4) at Cleveland(Masterson 10-7), 7:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 3-5) atDetroit (Porcello 5-6), 7:08 p.m.Minnesota (Correia 6-6) at Tampa Bay(Hellickson 8-3), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-6) at ChicagoCubs (Samardzija 5-8), 8:05 p.m.Houston (Lyles 4-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller9-6), 8:15 p.m.Boston (Doubront 5-3) at Seattle (Harang4-7), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesToronto (Buehrle 5-5) at Cleveland(Salazar 0-0), 12:05 p.m.Minnesota (Pelfrey 4-6) at Tampa Bay(M.Moore 12-3), 12:10 p.m.Kansas City (E.Santana 5-5) at N.Y.Yankees (Pettitte 6-6), 1:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-8) at Detroit(Ani.Sanchez 7-5), 1:08 p.m.Boston (Dempster 5-8) at Seattle(E.Ramirez 0-0), 3:40 p.m.Texas (Darvish 8-4) at Baltimore(Mig.Gonzalez 6-3), 7:05 p.m.

LEAGUE LEADERSBATTING: MiCabrera, Detroit, .364;Pedroia, Boston, .320; Loney, Tampa Bay,.319; Donaldson, Oakland, .319; DOrtiz,Boston, .318; CDavis, Baltimore, .316;Trout, Los Angeles, .315; Machado,Baltimore, .315.RUNS: MiCabrera, Detroit, 68; CDavis,Baltimore, 63; Bautista, Toronto, 60;AJones, Baltimore, 60; Trout, LosAngeles, 60; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 59;Encarnacion, Toronto, 56.

RBI: MiCabrera, Detroit, 90; CDavis,Baltimore, 85; Encarnacion, Toronto, 68;NCruz, Texas, 67; Fielder, Detroit, 66;AJones, Baltimore, 61; DOrtiz, Boston,61.HITS: MiCabrera, Detroit, 125; Machado,Baltimore, 122; Pedroia, Boston, 112;Trout, Los Angeles, 111; ABeltre, Texas,109; AJones, Baltimore, 109; Ellsbury,Boston, 107.DOUBLES: Machado, Baltimore, 39;Trout, Los Angeles, 27; CDavis,Baltimore, 26; Mauer, Minnesota, 26;Pedroia, Boston, 24; JhPeralta, Detroit,24; Seager, Seattle, 24.TRIPLES: Ellsbury, Boston, 7; Drew,Boston, 6; Trout, Los Angeles, 6; Gardner,New York, 5; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 5;LMartin, Texas, 5; Kawasaki, Toronto, 4;HKendrick, Los Angeles, 4.HOME RUNS: CDavis, Baltimore, 33;MiCabrera, Detroit, 28; ADunn, Chicago,23; Encarnacion, Toronto, 23; NCruz,Texas, 22; Ibanez, Seattle, 22; Bautista,Toronto, 20; Cano, New York, 20.STOLEN BASES: Ellsbury, Boston, 36;McLouth, Baltimore, 24; RDavis, Toronto,22; Altuve, Houston, 21; Kipnis,Cleveland, 20; Trout, Los Angeles, 20;AlRamirez, Chicago, 19.PITCHING: Scherzer, Detroit, 13-0;MMoore, Tampa Bay, 12-3; Colon,Oakland, 12-3; Tillman, Baltimore, 10-3;Masterson, Cleveland, 10-7; Buchholz,Boston, 9-0; FHernandez, Seattle, 9-4;Verlander, Detroit, 9-5; Sabathia, NewYork, 9-6.STRIKEOUTS: Darvish, Texas, 157;Scherzer, Detroit, 146; FHernandez,Seattle, 136; Masterson, Cleveland, 131;Sale, Chicago, 123; Verlander, Detroit,119; DHolland, Texas, 114.SAVES: Nathan, Texas, 30; JiJohnson,Baltimore, 30; Rivera, New York, 29;Balfour, Oakland, 23; AReed, Chicago,22; Frieri, Los Angeles, 22; GHolland,Kansas City, 21.

NASCARSprint Cup

Money LeadersThrough July 6

1. Jimmie Johnson, $5,649,7022. Kyle Busch, $3,698,4963. Matt Kenseth, $3,642,0434. Kevin Harvick, $3,543,3705. Brad Keselowski, $3,449,3076. Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,300,0637. Carl Edwards, $3,265,3498. Tony Stewart, $3,147,5049. Jeff Gordon, $3,031,89110. Clint Bowyer, $3,023,65711. Martin Truex Jr., $2,994,29412. Joey Logano, $2,943,13313. Ryan Newman, $2,904,18214. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $2,856,61115. Kasey Kahne, $2,838,34816. Greg Biffle, $2,824,02917. Kurt Busch, $2,682,99818. Aric Almirola, $2,682,26419. Jamie McMurray, $2,607,11320. Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,543,52121. Marcos Ambrose, $2,504,66522. Paul Menard, $2,482,77623. David Ragan, $2,387,30024. Casey Mears, $2,213,90425. Denny Hamlin, $2,176,91426. Mark Martin, $2,155,47927. Jeff Burton, $2,102,61328. David Gilliland, $2,084,60929. Travis Kvapil, $1,986,39030. Danica Patrick, $1,954,56431. Bobby Labonte, $1,947,09432. David Reutimann, $1,876,04033. Dave Blaney, $1,802,30834. J.J. Yeley, $1,791,07335. Josh Wise, $1,702,59836. David Stremme, $1,547,17037. Joe Nemechek, $1,480,15538. Michael McDowell, $1,376,93139. Landon Cassill, $1,303,19540. Regan Smith, $1,019,77241. Scott Speed, $902,29942. Trevor Bayne, $892,53443. Austin Dillon, $867,52444. A J Allmendinger, $866,40845. Brian Vickers, $740,38546. Timmy Hill, $686,32647. Mike Bliss, $660,87848. Terry Labonte, $639,84049. Michael Waltrip, $606,54950. Ken Schrader, $399,397

Points LeadersThrough July 6

1. Jimmie Johnson, 658.2. Clint Bowyer, 609.3. Carl Edwards, 587.4. Kevin Harvick, 585.5. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 548.6. Matt Kenseth, 540.7. Kyle Busch, 533.8. Greg Biffle, 516.9. Kurt Busch, 501.10. Tony Stewart, 499.11. Martin Truex Jr., 493.12. Kasey Kahne, 490.13. Brad Keselowski, 488.14. Jeff Gordon, 487.15. Joey Logano, 483.16. Ryan Newman, 482.17. Jamie McMurray, 475.18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 466.19. Aric Almirola, 463.20. Paul Menard, 460.21. Jeff Burton, 457.22. Marcos Ambrose, 429.23. Juan Pablo Montoya, 404.24. Casey Mears, 395.25. Danica Patrick, 343.26. Denny Hamlin, 338.27. David Gilliland, 328.28. David Ragan, 317.29. Mark Martin, 314.30. Bobby Labonte, 278.31. David Reutimann, 263.32. Dave Blaney, 262.33. J.J. Yeley, 257.34. David Stremme, 243.35. Travis Kvapil, 234.36. A J Allmendinger, 189.37. Michael Waltrip, 102.38. Michael McDowell, 91.39. Scott Speed, 91.40. Timmy Hill, 80.41. Terry Labonte, 77.42. Ken Schrader, 54.43. Boris Said, 26.44. Ron Fellows, 22.45. Justin Marks, 14.46. Scott Riggs, 10.47. Victor Gonzalez Jr., 7.48. Tomy Drissi, 6.49. Brian Keselowski, 4.50. Alex Kennedy, 4.

BASEBALLAmerican League

BOSTON RED SOX—Placed RHP AlexWilson was placed on the 15-day DL.Recalled OF Jackie Bradley Jr. fromPawtucket (IL). Optioned RHP Jose DeLa Torre to Pawtucket. Selected RHPBrandon Workman from Pawtucket.DETROIT TIGERS—Placed 2B OmarInfante on the 15-day DL. Recalled INFHernan Perez from Erie (EL).MINNESOTA TWINS—Placed LHP CalebThielbar on the bereavement list.Recalled RHP Michael Tonkin fromRochester (IL).TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Signed RHPKendall Graveman and LHP Chad Girodoto minor league contracts.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—ActivatedOF Adam Eaton from the 15-day DL.Optioned RHP Charles Brewer to Reno(PCL).FLORIDA MARLINS—Recalled LHPDuane Below from New Orleans (PCL).NEW YORK METS—Called up RHPGonzalez Germen from Las Vegas (PCL).PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Called upRHP Luis Garcia from Lehigh Valley (IL).Optioned RHP Phillippe Aumont to LehighValley.PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Placed 2B NeilWalker on the 15-day DL, retroactive toJuly 7. Recalled INF Josh Harrison fromIndianapolis (IL).ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Traded RHPMitchell Boggs to Colorado for Colorado’sinternational signing bonus slot numberfour. Released INF Ty Wigginton.Purchased the contract of C Rob Johnsonfrom Memphis (PCL).SAN DIEGO PADRES—Announced theresignation of president and CEO TomGarfinkel. Named Ron Fowler interimpresident and CEO. Agreed to terms withOF Hunter Renfroe on a minor leaguecontract. Recalled RHP Miles Mikolasfrom Tucson (PCL). Optioned RHP TysonRoss to Tucson.

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falling 7-6 to host WarnerRobins American West, theboys fought back until it camedown again to them facing theWarner Robins squad again.They would, however, have tobeat them twice to win thetitle.They won the first game on

Friday afternoon and weregoing back Saturday to playthe deciding game.Sitting in the stands with

the parents and friends ofthese young men, it didn'ttake long before I was cheer-ing right along with them —defense Dudley, defense!I wasn't disappointed at

all, just like I wasn't at thegirls' game a week earlier.Those boys can play!And when it got down to

that final inning, and theywere ahead by only one run, I

found myself down the thirdbase line with my nerves onend. That's when I knew Iwas involved in the gametotally, because this I where Ialways ended up watching myown sons play.What's my point?We have some great soft-

ball and baseball players herein Dublin and LaurensCounty. And if you haven'thad the opportunity to watchthem play and you're lookingfor something fun to do, itwould be well worth your timeto go watch them.Three divisions of the

recreation authority's statetournament are being held atSouthern Pines beginningtoday. The DLCRA's 12-undergirls softball team and boys10-under baseball team are inaction today at 1 p.m. and 5p.m., respectively. The 8-under girls open their tourna-

ment Thursday at 6 p.m.The Dudley Little Leaguers

start their state tournamentsthis weekend. The boys playon Saturday in Peachtree Cityand the girls on Sunday inColumbus.I'm going to try to make at

least one game for each ofthese tournaments. I have mynoise makers ready, and can'twait to help cheer them on.It doesn't matter if you

know anyone on these teams,I assure you these youngballplayers will appreciateyour support and you'll have a"ball."

“Here we go ‘All-Stars,’here we go! ... (This is whereyou insert a few hand claps ifyou haven't been to a ball-game yet.)

Cheryl Gay is circulation man-ager of The Courier Herald. Reachher at cgay@courier-herald.com

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Gay

people on this trip,” Justinsaid. “He’s got to keep swing-ing and they’ll fall.”Pitchers for the two teams

combined to retire 30 consecu-tive batters Monday, whenAtlanta won 7-1 in 14 innings.The second game of the serieswas a slugfest by comparison,with the Uptons leading theway.They helped the Braves

overcome deficits of 3-1 and 4-3. Atlanta leads the NL with 27come-from-behind wins.Julio Teheran (7-4), mindful

of Monday’s 14-inning game,went 7 1-3 innings and allowedonly one earned run.“I told the bullpen, ‘I’ve got

this game,”’ Teheran said. “Iwanted them to rest. Whenthey took me out, they werelike, ‘I thought you were goingnine innings.’ I said, ‘Sorry, Itried.”’All-Star closer Craig

Kimbrel pitched a perfectninth for his 24th save in 27chances, and Atlanta improvedto 12-2 at Marlins Park since itopened in 2012. Today, the NLEast leaders will try to com-plete their first sweep of a roadseries since April 12-14.The Marlins, who have the

NL’s worst record, lost theirfifth game in a row.

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Meyer

and that’s saying a lot becauseI’ve been around some greatyoung guys.”Later in the news confer-

ence, Meyer was asked whathe had learned about runninga program like Florida afterstops at Bowling Green andUtah.“It still comes down to get-

ting guys to go as hard as theycan, it all comes down to get-ting guys to graduate, to liveright. At the end of the day youwant a bunch of players thatare committed to the rightthing. And it’s not easy to getthat. It’s not easy. In 20-some-thing years of coaching, on onehand I can hold the amount ofteams that I’ve been aroundthe kids that do it the rightway. I’m not talking about afew, I’m talking about the coreof your team if you do it theright way, and we’ve got it hereat Florida.”Meyer set the bar high for

his players and his program.When it failed to meet thosestandards, he became an easytarget for his critics — ofwhich there are now many.“When a coach starts talk-

ing about how strong he is ondiscipline, and then things gowrong, people get all over him— when actually he’s no differ-

ent from anybody else,” saidformer Florida State coachBobby Bowden, who went 0-5against Meyer’s Gators andconsiders his old rival a friend.Meyer certainly didn’t pick

up many fans at rival schoolsduring his time at Florida. HisGators feasted on most of theSEC and dominated theschool’s fiercest rivals. AgainstGeorgia, Tennessee and Flor-ida State, Meyer was 16-2 andshowed no mercy in doing so.When Meyer resigned for a

second time as Gators coach —but this time for good — afteran 8-5 2010 season to addresshealth issues and spend moretime with his family, manyFlorida fans felt abandonedand betrayed by him.He left Gainesville with the

program trending down, wentto work for ESPN during hisseason away from coaching,and was introduced as coach ofthe Buckeyes in his home stateof Ohio less than a year afterhe quit at Florida.“That comes with the terri-

tory,” Bowden said in a phoneinterview Tuesday. “How manytimes can you think of a suc-cessful coach leaving a schooland that school not feelingsome animosity toward him?”The Hernandez case has

provided an opportunity to re-visit Meyer’s record.

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NEW YORK (AP) —Amanda Bynes wore a longaqua wig, false eyelashes andblack sweatpants and a tanktop for a brief courtappearance Tuesday onallegations that she chucked amarijuana bong out thewindow of her 36th-floorManhattan apartment.

The 27-year-old actress didnot speak during the hearingthat lasted mere minutes, butshe drew a throng ofphotographers and televisioncameras as she entered andleft the criminal courtbuilding in lower Manhattan.Neither she nor her attorneyspoke to reporters outsidecourt.

Bynes was arrested May 23after building officials at hermidtown apartment calledpolice to complain that shewas rolling a joint andsmoking pot in the lobby.Officers went to herapartment, where they saidthey saw heavy smoke and abong sitting on the kitchencounter. They said she tossedthe bong out the window infront of them, according toprosecutors. A day later, inher first court appearance,she wore a disheveled blondwig.

Bynes rose to famestarring in Nickelodeon’s “AllThat” and has also starred inseveral films, including 2010’s“Easy A.” But she has been inthe news more recentlybecause of several scrapeswith the law and bizarrepublic behavior.

In a Twitter post after herfirst court appearance, sheaccused the officers whoarrested her of sexual assault;police are looking into herclaims. She also has taken tosocial media to criticize a hostof celebrities recently.

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Manhattan prosecutorsfiled an affidavit from herbuilding manager, Rudy Toro,corroborating police andprosecutors’ account of thetale. Bynes’ next courtappearance was scheduled forSept. 26.

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Amanda Bynesarrives for a courtappearance, in NewYork, Tuesday, July 9,2013.

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