Today’s artist: EddyVelasquez, first grade,BertaWeathersbeeElementary School.

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LaGrange Daily NewsGUEST COOK: Making corn dogs at Boy Scout barbecue is big memory

ColumnistThomas H. Hun-kele talks aboutthe power ofprayer.PAGE 6

Opinion

The CallawayHigh Cavalierswrap up springpractice.PAGE 11

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PresidentObama'sapproval ratinghit its highestpoint in twoyears – 60 per-cent -- and morethan half ofAmericans nowsay he deservesto be re-elected,according to apoll taken afterU.S. forces killedal-Qaida leaderOsama binLaden.PAGE 8

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Students at Callaway Elementary School got a visit Tuesday from Earl Martin, center, an origi-nal member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the popular name for a group of black pilots in World WarII. Martin was born in 1924 in Louisiana and served with the Army Air Corps as one of the first blackmilitary aviators in the U.S. armed forces. Also visiting were Ronald Hutchinson, left, and W.O.Smith, who described themselves as ‘torch bearers,’ dedicated to keeping the legacy of theTuskegee Airmen alive. The men are from the Atlanta chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.

Tuskegee Airman visits school

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Schools chiefvisits LaGrangeBy Natalie SheltonAssociate editor

As state Schools Super-intendent John Bargewalked the halls of LongCane Elementary onTuesday, principal PattyLee proudly pointed outthe achievements of stu-dents who walked bythem on the way to anassembly.She pointed out a petite

student named Audrey,who wore a construction-paper crown signifyingshe had just masteredreading 100 sight words.“Way to go, Audrey!”

Barge said as he gave hera thumbs-up.Barge was equally

encouraging at theassembly, where he wasthe guest of honor as hecelebrated with LongCane on its being nameda 2010 Georgia School ofExcellence for StudentAchievement, one of 22schools statewide to begiven the honor by thestate Department of Edu-cation.Barge’s story may have

resonated with his youngaudience, some of whommay have related to himmore than they wouldlike.“I was in the fifth grade

the day my dad disap-peared,” he said. “He wasan alcoholic. I was theyoungest of five kids, andmy mother tried so hardto raise me in a safe andhappy environment. Theonly place where I feltsafe, truly safe, was at

school, where I knew myteachers cared about meand wanted to see megrow and succeed.”When he grew up,

Barge said he knew hewanted things to be dif-ferent — for him, for hisfuture children and hisfuture wife. He said heknew the only way tomake a change wasthrough education.“I remember in fifth

grade when my teacher,Mrs. Abbott, called outthe kids in the gifted pro-gram and led them toanother classroom, andshe didn’t call out myname. I was devastated,”he said. “Then she sawme and said, ‘John, did Inot call your name? Go!’ Iam so glad I had Mrs.Abbott to realize thepotential in me.”

He also remembersbeing embarrassed atfirst that he had to take alunch ticket and get in aseparate line for freelunch.“But I can tell you now

that stuff like that does-n’t matter,” Barge said.“When you walk throughthe doors of this school,each of you has the exactsame opportunity tolearn. I knew educationwas going to open a doorfor me that my familyhad never seen.”He also encouraged the

teachers, challengingthem to remember that“when you feel your stu-dents have pushed yourvery last button, justremember there are stu-dents in your class whoyou mean all the world to.Through them, you can

change the future. I knowwe put a lot on yourshoulders with things liketest scores, but justremember that the mostimportant thing is chang-ing the lives of youngpeople.”Teachers, staff, parents

and students all workedcollaboratively to makeLong Cane a caring,learning environment,Lee told those gatheredat the assembly. That col-laboration paid off, earn-ing Long Cane the thirdspot out of 11 schoolsstatewide honored formaking the greatest gainsin student achievement inthe past three years onthe Criterion ReferencedCompetency Test in read-ing and mathematics.

City willredrawelectiondistrictsBy Jennifer ShraderStaff writer

LaGrange City Council willredraw the lines of its two munici-pal election districts after 2010 cen-sus figures showed a populationgrowth of 4,000 people.Most of the growth has been in

District 2, the southern side of thecity, which is represented byNorma Tucker, LeGree McCameyand Willie Edmondson. The city’sother district is represented byBobby Traylor, Jim Thornton andNick Woodson.A proposed new map expands

District 2 in an area generally northfrom Barnard Avenue to Com-merce Avenue and a second areagenerally north of a line fromBrownwood Avenue to the railroadtracks.A map of the new lines will be

available on the city’s website,www.lagrange-ga.org.City attorney Jeff Todd said the

change balances the populationand in particular, keeps the city’sminority population balanced, inkeeping with the federal VotingRights Act. The city’s two votingdistricts were created in 1997 inaccordance with that act and thenew changes must be approved bythe U.S. Justice Department.“With the 2000 census, there

wasn’t enough growth” to make achange in the districts, Todd said.“We have to do it now whether wewant to or not.”With the growth, the districts are

out of balance in population by 15percent.None of the council members

objected to the redrawn lines at aTuesday work session. In the pro-posed map, no member is “drawnout” of his district, meaning noincumbents would be forced to runagainst each other in the next elec-tion.Todd said the city needs to make

the changes before the next elec-tion in November, or the resultscould be challenged. Since the leg-islature isn’t in session, council canchange the map by changing itscharter, but it has a narrow windowto get it done. The first reading ofthe change must be done at thenext council meeting, May 24, thenhave a second reading of thechange twice, at the two consecu-tive council meetings after that.The change then gets sent to theJustice Department for a 60-dayreview.The new map must be in place

before qualifying for municipalelections opens Aug. 30.

Jennifer Shrader can be reachedat jshrader@lagrangenews.com or(706) 884-7311, Ext. 236.

Care package‘extravaganza’is fundraiserfor guard unitFrom staff reports

An event Saturday at the Nation-al Guard unit headquarters at 205Young’s Mill Road aims to raisemoney for the 1177th Transporta-tion Company’s family programsand get care packages ready tosend overseas to the troops.“We’re going to have helicopters

there flying in, and we’re going tobe selling hot dog plates,” saidRichard Attaway, commander ofthe VFW post, one of several vet-erans’ groups participating in theevent.As part of the event, an award

will be presented to the VFW andDefending America’s Defendersgroups for their work with localveterans.Not only can those who come to

the event help raise money for thefamily programs by buying lunch,they can contribute items childrenwill use in making the care pack-ages. The veterans’ groups already

Cutest Kids contest makes debut

Entries in the contest may be submitted onlinebeginning Friday, and voting runs from June 1-15.

State leader touts value of education

Natalie Shelton / Daily News

Long Cane Elementary School chorus members Kayle Dalton, DawsonFoster, Jessica Chitwood and Riley Bowles Jr. talk with state Schools Super-intendent John Barge after a school assembly Tuesday.

SEE SCHOOLS, PAGE 2 SEE GUARD, PAGE 2

cooking memory is of mak-ing corn dogs for the BoyScout barbecue

Mini-profiles ofretiring employ-ees of the TroupCounty schoolsystem are onpages 9 and 10.

Local

Danielle Fairchild,3, who was bornwithout fingers,wears a prosthet-ic device on herhand whichallows her towrite. A group ofGirl Scouts inIowa learnedabout her anddeveloped thedevice. PAGE 5

State

Thieves have made offwith flat-screen televi-sions and PlayStationvideo game units.A PlayStation 3 and

accessories, all worth acombined $600, werestolen from a house in the400 block of Union Street.A house was ransacked

in the 600 block of BortonStreet and thieves took a$600 flat-screen televi-sion, $300 PlayStationand $400 Xbox, alongwith a $325 laptop com-puter. A second man onthe same block said a flat-screen television worth$350 and a Wii game sys-tem worth $200 weretaken in a burglary at hishouse.A resident of the first

block of Thornton Streetsaid a thief took a $1,400flat-screen television and$40 PlayStation from herhouse.A burglar broke in a

window of a house in the200 block of EdgewoodAvenue and took severalpackages of meat worth$42 and a 42-inch flat-screen television worth$839.

Burglaries, thefts� A lawn mower worth

$200 and a Suzuki motor-cycle frame worth $100were stolen from a housein the 200 block ofSpringdale Drive.

� A Ryobi drill worth$269, copper tubingworth $40 and disheswere taken from a housein the 800 block of NorthGreenwood Street. Someof the items were recov-ered at a Malibu Driveresidence.

� A resident of Lee’sCrossing Apartments saida thief took an OlympusMaster camera worth$139 from her car outsideher apartment.

� A $400 Droid cellphone was taken fromthe office lobby of theMike Daniel RecreationCenter at 1220 LafayetteParkway.

� A resident of the 200block of Jim Turner Roadsaid vandals poured sandinto his lawn mower, air

compressor and pickuptruck, causing an esti-mated $1,500 damage.

� An outside heatingand air-conditioning unitwas stolen from a resi-dence in the 3600 block ofMountville-HogansvilleRoad.

DamageA vandal broke a win-

dow with a chair in the400 block of Bailey’s Way,causing $500 damage.

� It is the policy ofLaGrange Daily News toprint the names of peoplecharged with felonies.

From staff reports

Keep Troup Beautifulrecently presented its2011 awards of excel-lence to three organiza-tions.Honorees are:� Beautification &

Community GreeningAward of Excellence:Callaway High SchoolSpeak Out Club. The clubcompleted 70 servicehours in two days beauti-fying the area around theentrance sign to theschool. Students removedleaves, pruned shrubs,worked to define the nat-ural border lines, trans-planted existing plantsand added black mulch tocomplement the greenfoliage and brick sign.

� Beautification andCommunity ImprovementAward of Excellence:West Point’s FriendshipCommunity Garden. WestPoint resident Jim Nixgrew up in a farmingcommunity and as ayoung man discovered“victory gardens” to be acommon way to supple-ment family food sup-plies. After hours of usingthe Internet to researchand investigate similarprograms, he was hookedon the concept of com-munity and “square-footgardening.” Nix dis-cussed the feasibility of acommunity garden inWest Point with local gar-deners and Master Gar-deners and researchedcommunity gardens inother cities. City Councilapproved the use of cityproperty on O.G. SkinnerDrive for the garden and,on April 22 West Pointheld an official ribbon-cutting and planting cer-emony for the FriendshipCommunity Garden.Many residents partici-pated in the planting cer-

emony, including scouts,church groups and schoolstudents.

� Litter Prevention andCleanup Award of Excel-lence: West Point LakeShoreline Cleanup. TheWest Point Lake Coali-tion, led by director DickTimmerberg, held aMega-lake Cleanup inMarch with about 800volunteers removing 10tons of trash from theshoreline. All types oftrash were picked up andbagged, tires were col-lected and stacked forremoval, and bottles weresorted, separated andbagged for recycling. Thecleanup was completedby a variety of local par-ticipants who donated atotal of 3,750 hours ofcommunity service.

Businesses and organi-zations that led the wayfor the April Great Amer-ican Cleanup by conduct-ing their cleanups earlywere recognized as KeepTroup Beautiful Paceset-ters. They include Inter-face, Sons of LaGrangeMasonic Lodge 537, Hill-side Community, SierraClub and radio stationWTRP.Keep Troup Beautiful

chairman Bob Wigginsencouraged residents tokeep eyes open forgroups “doing somethingoutstanding in our com-munity” in order to nom-inate them for the 2012Awards of Excellence.

Georgia Natural Gaspresented Long Canewith a check for $1,000 touse however it wishes,and United Healthcarepresented all teachersand staff with a “stress-free day,” which includesmassages at the schoolfor all employees.Earlier Tuesday, Barge

spoke at a Troup CountyRepublican Womenluncheon, where he out-lined the most pressingissues state education hasbeen facing. Barge tookthe helm of the stateschool system in January.Before he took office, a

change in the state high-school math curriculumwas the issue “causingthe most angst,” he said,when officials changedthe curriculum from a tra-ditional discrete mathcurriculum to an inte-grated one, meaning astudent might learn alge-bra, geometry and statis-tics all in one course.Early in his tenure, he

changed the newapproach, he said, tellingteachers they could useeither a traditional dis-crete approach or an inte-grated approach depend-ing on the needs andlearning styles of theirstudents.

He also said the stateDepartment of Educationis phasing out the high-school graduation test.“With eight new end-

of-year tests and five por-tions of the graduationtest, 13 tests are toomuch,” he said. “It’s a bigissue for me that stu-dents who fail to passone portion are heldback. There are childrenwith documented anxietyissues who make perfectgrades but perform poor-ly on tests. When youhave a fourth graderrepeatedly stabbing him-self with a pencil becausehe’s worked up abouttaking a test, which hap-pened in my formerschool system, you havea serious issue.”He said the federal No

Child Left Behind law isnot going to be reautho-rized two years from now,and the federal govern-ment is going to let statesand even local school sys-tems decide accountabili-ty standards.Barge also said he

knew the change fromtwo high-school diplomatracks to one had causedgreat concern, and hewants to make changesthat will help all studentsenjoy and complete highschool, even if it meansgraduating in less than ormore than four years.

Georgia currently givesone type of diplomarather than the previouscollege-prep and career/technical tracks.Right now graduation

rates are calculated by thenumber of students “whocomplete high school infour years, no excuses, noexceptions.”He envisions by 2012,

students will have sever-al career pathways to

reach graduation.“The piece we’re miss-

ing is relevance,” Bargesaid. “A shop teacher canalso teach the Pythagore-an theorem, the 3-4-5rule. It doesn’t necessari-ly have to be taught in themiddle of a math class.”He also endorses the

idea of letting studentsopt out of a class by doingwell on a pre-test cover-ing the material, or allow-

ing a student to takelonger than the allottedtime to finish a course.“If they already know

the material, where’s theharm in letting themmove on?” he said. “Andif they need longer, whynot?”

Natalie Shelton can bereached at nshelton@lagrangenews.com or(706) 884-7311, Ext. 229.

� Setting it straightThe Daily News is committedto reporting information fairlyand accurately. It is our policyto correct errors, omissions ormisleading statements. Cor-rections should be reported at(706)884-7316 or via e-mail todbaker@ lagrangenews.com

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Funeral Home201 Hamilton Street

LaGrange, Georgia 30240706 882-6411

Lula Mae SimpsonMrs. Lula Mae Simpson

of LaGrange passed awayFriday at Hospice Atlanta.Mrs. Simpson, a native

of Hamilton, HarrisCounty, Georgia was bornDecember 13, 1926, andwas the daughter of thelate Lonnie Ellison andEmma Wilson Ellison.She was retired after 35years of service at BertaWeathersbee ElementarySchool. Early in her life,she joined the FriendshipBaptist Church of Hamil-ton. Later she united withthe Mount Airy UnitedMethodist Church whereshe served as an usher.She leaves to cherish

her memory, one devoteddaughter, Verdell Reid(Henry Prather); god-son,Willie Darden; four devot-ed grandchildren: Char-lene Dowell (Jeffery),Shawn Shannon (Eric),Barbara Jean Brooks(Timothy), Gonza Reid Jr.(Alondra); seventeengreat-grandchildren, four-teen great-great-grand-children; many nieces,nephews, cousins, otherrelatives and friends.She was preceded in

death by her husband,James E. Simpson andson, James L. Simpson.The Celebration of Life

service will be Thursday,May 12, 2011, at 1:00 p.m.at the Warren TempleUnited Methodist Church.Rev. Ira Tigner and Rev.Jennifer Russell will offi-ciate. Burial will be inSouthview Cemetery.The family will be at

their home at 107 WatsonStreet.Condolences may be

expressed by visitingwww.lakesdunsonrobert-son.com.Lakes-Dunson-Robert-

son Funeral Home is incharge of the arrange-ments.

Natalie Shelton / Daily News

Megan Lukens, right, of Georgia Natural Gas, presents a check to LongCane Elementary for being named a 2010 Georgia School of Excellencefor Student Achievement. Also on hand Tuesday are, from left, state SchoolsSuperintendent John Barge, Georgia Board of Education member HelenOdum Rice of LaGrange, principal Patty Lee and Troup County SchoolsSuperintendent Cole Pugh.

have contributed a lot ofmaterial, but Attaway rec-ommends providingbaked goods such ascookies that won’t melt,hard candies and person-al-care items such as footpowder, deodorant, tooth-brushes and toothpastethat can’t be easilyobtained overseas.Members of the 1177th

National Guard unit inLaGrange deployed toAfghanistan just a fewdays after Thanksgiving,leaving their families andchildren behind. Therewill be a number of activ-ities for children at theSaturday event, whichruns from 11 a.m. to 2p.m.

GUARD FROM 1

SCHOOLS FROM 1

Callaway High School Speak Out Club members Fabien Potts and Bre’lanSimpson accept the award of excellence for Beautification and CommunityGreening from Marty Blackston, co-chairman of Keep Troup Beautiful’sdevelopment committee.

West Point resident JimNix was awarded forBeautification and Com-munity Improvement inrecognition of WestPoint’s new FriendshipCommunity Garden.

West Point Lake Coali-tion director Dick Tim-merberg accepts the Lit-ter Prevention andCleanup Award ofExcellence for the WestPoint Lake ShorelineCleanup.

Keep Troup Beautiful honors three organizations

Thieves take flat-screenTVs, PlayStation units

Think green –

Recycle

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 3CommunityLaGrange Daily News

� In our communityEvents

ThursdayStory Hour featuring

stories, fingerplays, songsand rhymes for pre-schoolers and theirescorts is at 10:30 a.m. atHawkes Library in WestPoint.The Interfaith Food

Closet at 416 Pierce St. isopen from 1 to 2:45 p.m.to help people in need offood. (706) 882-9291Beginner ballroom

dance lessons for all agesare given from 6 to 7 p.m.at the Active Life center

on Ragland Street. (706)884-5857

FridayRoe’s Chapel United

Methodist Church holdsa fish fry beginning at 11a.m. in the parking lotnext to Leete Hill UnitedMethodist Church onHamilton Road.Acoustic musicians of

all genres and skill levelsmay perform at “Pickin’on the Promenade” at 5p.m. at the promenadebetween Main and Bullstreets in downtownLaGrange.The Moonlight Ball-

room Dance Club holds adance at 8 p.m. at theLafayette Christian SchoolGym at 1904 HamiltonRoad in LaGrange with afree beginners cha-chalesson at 7 p.m. Visitorsmay attend for $20 a cou-ple. (706) 884-5857

MeetingsThursdayThe LaGrange Area

Safety Association meetsat 11:30 a.m. at Ryan’sSteak House at 1509Lafayette Parkway.The LaGrange Wo-

man’s Club hold a lunch-eon at noon at Bellevue.The Woman of the Yearwill be announced.The Kiwanis Club of

LaGrange meets at noonat Highland CountryClub.Troup County Master

Gardeners meet at 7 p.m.at the Troup County Agri-

culture Building on Vul-can Road.LaGrange chapter No.

474 Order of the EasternStar meets at 7:30 p.m. atthe Lodge Hall on Watsonand Brown streets.

FridayThe Troup County

Commission meets for awork session at 9 a.m. onthe third floor of the Gov-ernment Center.

ChurchesToday-FridaySolomon Grove Baptist

Church hold revival serv-ices at 7 p.m. Speakersare Associate MinisterRosemary Smith of Wel-come Baptist Churchtoday, on Thursday, Pas-tor C.M. Chivers of FaithTemple Church of Deliv-erance on Thursday andthe Rev. Jario Gay ofLouise United MethodistChurch on Friday.

Today-Friday, and SundayReunion Club No. 23

holds its annual revival atthe club on Elm Street inHogansville. Speakers at7 p.m. are Pastor Jerry R.

Burks of Pentecostal Com-munity Church inLaGrange today, the Rev.Debra Holloway of St.Mary United MethodistChurch in Hogansville onThursday and PastorMary Hill-Edwards of theChurch of God in Christ inHogansville on Friday andthe Rev. Yolanda Jones-Colton of White PlainsUnited Methodist Churchat 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

FridayRising Grove Baptist

Church holds a joy nightservice at 7 p.m. Speakeris Annette Glanton, asso-ciate minister of MountZion Baptist Church inCorinth.

ExhibitsOngoing“Celebrating British

Royalty,” featuring china,books and other memo-rabilia about the royalfamily, is on display at theLegacy Museum at 136Main St. through June 28.“Legends of The Print-

making Workshop: WillBarnet, Bob Blackburn,Chaim Koppelman andTom Laidman” is on dis-

play at the CochranGallery at 4 E.LafayetteSquare in LaGrange. Theshow, which runs throughAug. 27, includes prints,drawings, photographs,audio interviews, a filmand installation.

Listings for ‘In our com-munity’ are printed forevents happening in thenext three-day period,space permitting. To sub-mit an item, email it todbaker@lagrangenews.com, fax it to (706) 884-8712 or drop it by ouroffice at 105 Ashton St.

Name: Claude Thomp-son, but 90 percent of thepeople know me as “Nig.”My daddy gave all fivekids he had a nickname,and it stuck.

Family: I’ve been mar-ried to Sue PerkinsThompson for 48 years.We had three children:William, a plant managerwith Mohawk Industries,Walter “Big Earl,” whodied of cancer when hewas 32, and Wanda Rob-bins, a game warden inPike County.

Background: I grew upat Oak Grove, betweenPine Mountain andLaGrange. Once Sue andI got married, we movednext door to RosemontBaptist Church, where westill live.

Job: I worked for New-man Construction for 32years, then went to workfor the school system 20years ago. I am theground maintenancesupervisor.

How did you learn tocook? My motherbelieved everybody needsto know how to cook. Weraised our own food – ourchickens, cows, every-thing. When I got intoscouting, I learned evenmore.

Hobbies, activities: Ilike the outdoors, hunt-ing, fishing and scouting.In the early 1950s, mybrother-in-law was ascout executive inLouisiana. He signed meup as a “lone scout”because we didn’t have ascoutmaster here. Iturned in my work to thenational council. I was 21when I started as a leaderin Boy Scouts. I’ve been a

registered scouter for 46years. I told me kids theycould have one sport andScouts. My daughter was-n’t registered, but shenever missed a meeting.She went until she was13.

What is your favoritememory of cooking? TheBoy Scout barbecuewe’ve been doing for 30years. Before the barbe-cue, we’d go to a craft fairand make our own corndogs with a recipe we got

from a gypsy at the fair.

What ingredient isalways in your pantry?Salt.

What is your favoritecooking tool? My bigcast-iron skillet. When Ihike, I carry a small one.It always does the bestjob.

When you go out toeat, what is your favoritething to order? Myfavorite place used to be

Long John Silver’s. Inever could figure outtheir batter. Most of thetime, though, I cook bet-ter.

What is your “oldfaithful” recipe that youuse time after time? Corndogs. All my kids lovethem, and we still dothem pretty often. Everytime we go camping andevery year at our doveshoot, we make corndogs.

What is your biggestcooking disaster? Back inthe old days we had touse wood for a fire. I hada scout get his eyesburned from smoke.Another time, I had fixedit where I could walkbetween eight pots,checking on the boys stir-ring. I had on double-knitpants, and they melted.My pants just kept gettingshorter and shorter.

What is the weirdestthing you have evereaten or cooked? Once Ikilled a snake at a hunt-ing camp, and theycooked it. They laughedat me, but I made a prom-ise to snakes: They don’tbite me, and I won’t bitethem. I just couldn’t eat it.

Campfire Stew5 pounds beef tips2 onions, chopped

5 pounds potatoes,dicedSalt and pepper to tasteCook slowly for 5 to 6

hours or until potatoesturn to gravy. You couldadd carrots, but GregNoles didn’t like them.

All-AmericanCoon Burger

1 pound ground coon1 tablespoon ketchup1 tablespoon mustard2 slices loaf bread

soaked in sweet milkSalt and pepper, to tasteMix all ingredients and

pan fry. Do not grill.

Corn Dogs1 handful self-rising

corn meal mix1 egg1 teaspoon sugarButtermilkHot dogsMix together corn meal

mix, egg and sugar; addenough buttermilk tomake the batter the con-sistency of pancake bat-ter. Insert a stick in theend of a hot dog. Keephot dogs dry. Dip into bat-ter and twist as they arecoming out of the batter.Drop into hot grease andcook until golden brown.

Shepherd’s Pie1 pound ground deer1 onion, choppedMashed potatoes (left-

overs are fine)Cheese6 eggs, well beatenBrown the deer meat

and onions and set aside.

In a 9x9-inch dish, spreadhalf the deer meat andonions in the bottom ofthe dish. Spread mashedpotatoes over meat. Adda layer of grated cheese,then add the well beateneggs. Bake at 350 degreesfor about 45 minutes oruntil brown.

Family Breakfast2 cups Cream of WheatMilk12 eggs1/2 pound grated

cheese2 pounds baconCook Cream of Wheat

as directed on the pack-age. As it thickens, addmilk to thin. Beat the eggsand stir into pan, stirringuntil eggs are cooked.Add grated cheese andstir until melted. Cookbacon until crisp. Crum-ble and stir into mixtureand serve immediately.

Hush Puppies2 cups self-rising corn

meal mix1/2 cup flour1 egg1 tablespoon ketchup1 onion, choppedButtermilkMix together corn

meal, flour, egg, ketchupand onion. Add enoughbuttermilk to make a thinbatter – the thinner thebatter the better. hick bat-ter makes tough hushpuppies. Drop by tea-spoon fulls into hotgrease and cook untilgolden brown.

Cook: Corn dogs are great treat for fundraisers

Robyn Miles Morgan / Daily News

Claude Thompson has been involved in scoutingsince the 1950s. His favorite cooking memory isof making corn dogs for the Boy Scout barbecue.

� Recipes

Guest CookGuest CookKnow a great cook? We want to hear about them. Send your suggestions to

sbrown@lagrangenews. com or call (706) 884-7311, Ext. 240.

� Club newsNine women held an

Easter parade and werejudged in categories suchas prettiest, most originaland best Easter themeduring a meeting of Trin-ity on the Hill UMC Fel-lowship Club on April 13. Those present for the

meeting were JohnAlexander, Peggy Hud-son, June Rawlinson, LoisSmith, Dot Messer, RuthJohnson, Anna MaeKnight, Sara Harris,Calvin Meadows, MaeMeadows, Denny Spray-berry, Catherine Spray-berry, Mary Kish, James McCullers,

Howard Osburne, AliceHoward, Bill Melton,Patsy Manning, JerryManning, Tom Turner,Dorothy Koone, DianeGreen, Peggy Wilson andJane McClendon.

In Loving Memory ofMrs. Mavis Hendrix

May 11, 1944December 25, 2010

Happy BirthdayMay 11

God saw you weregetting tired

And a cure was not to be,So He put His arm

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Dear Annie: I live in asmall condominium com-munity of 24 units. Twounits down, there is anolder woman who is ahoarder. She continuallyhas trash piled up by herfront door and backporch. When you lookthrough her glass slidingdoors, you can see trashfrom floor to ceiling. Shepiles up garbage on hercar, and it sits there forseveral days before shetakes it to the dumpster.She also has two dogs,

and wenever seeher walk-ing them.This hasb e e ngoing onfor thepast 15years.

T h eboard ofdirectorsof ourc o n d oassoc ia -tion hast r i e de v e r y -t h i n gfrom call-ing thec o u n t ymunicipald e p a r t -ment tonotifyinga n i m a lcon t ro l .The boardhas finedher for

various misdemeanors,such as not allowing pestcontrol in her unit andleaving all that trasharound, but it makes nodifference.

The woman does nottalk to anyone in the com-munity, and we never seefriends or family visit. Weare all afraid of what thatunit looks like inside. Anysuggestions? – CondoOwner

Dear Owner: Hoardingis a form of mental ill-ness, and this womanlikely needs professionalhelp. Since you can seethe trash inside her home,as well as outside, it mayconstitute evidence thather hoarding has createda health-code violationand the Dept. of Healthcould order her to clean itup. There may also be afire hazard, in which casethe condominium boardshould notify the firedepartment. As a lastresort, the condo boardcould sue her. Ask theboard to discuss thisproblem with their asso-ciation attorney to seewhat steps can be taken.

Dear Annie: My wifeand I are friends with“Mike” and “Marty,” whoare in their early 20s, a bityounger than we are.Mike and Marty pickfights over the mostridiculous things, andeven if you make a goodpoint, they won’t agree.They do things they knowwill bother or offend us,such as when they makeanti-religious comments.

They also seem unap-preciative of things wehave done for them. Ihelped Mike work on hiscar and was neverthanked for it. We havehad them over for dinnermore than once and haveyet to be told “thank you”or to receive an invite totheir place. They some-times say nice things onFacebook about theirother friends, but neverabout us.

I honestly enjoy hang-ing out with Mike andMarty, but the little fitsthey have over ridiculousthings are getting old.Lately, we’ve stoppedcommunicating, just tosee what will happen. Itwould be nice to beappreciated for ourefforts. How do we han-dle this? – Unappreciat-ed in Massachusetts

Dear Massachusetts:You are at a differentpoint in your life thanMike and Marty. Whatyou have in common is nolonger so obvious. We arenot sure why you wish tomaintain a friendship withpeople who do not seem

to appreciate you, butsince you do, try to under-stand their limitations andaccept them as they are.

Dear Annie: You print-ed a letter I wrote that I

signed, “Still Here DoingThis.” I told you that I wasmarried to a mentally ill,emotionally abusive man.I stayed for the children,who now rarely visit.

I wanted to let you

know that I am not “stillhere” anymore. I finallymustered the courage toleave when it was appar-ent that my husband wasonly getting worse. I hadthe police remove him

from our home, took outa restraining order andfiled for divorce. I encour-age anyone who is mar-ried to such a person toget out. I have no regrets.– Not There Anymore

E-mail questions toanniesmailbox@com-cast.net or write to:Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Cre-ators Syndicate, 5777 W.Century Blvd., Ste. 700,Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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GAINESVILLE (AP) – Ajudge pushed back by oneday the sentencing of a50-year-old former Geor-gia bank executive whopleaded guilty to usingcustomers and familymembers to orchestrate amultimillion-dollar fraudconspiracy.Prosecutors and

defense attorneys forRandy Jones and threeother defendants spentmuch of the day Tuesdayin pre-sentencingmotionsover howmuch restitutionthe four could be ordered

to pay and how muchprison time they couldface.Jones could face more

than 12 years in prisonwhen he is sentencedtoday under the guide-lines adopted by the fed-eral judge.He pleaded guilty in

January to receiving kick-backs for real estate loanswhile he was an executivevice president at Commu-nity Bank & Trust, thefailed Cornelia-basedbank where he workedfor 30 years.

Danielle Fairchild, 3, who was born without fingers, wears a prosthetic deviceon her hand which allows her to write. A group of Girl Scouts in Iowa learnedabout her on an Internet message board and developed the device.

Girl Scouts createprosthetic deviceDULUTH (AP) – When

Danielle Fairchild usesher right hand to hold apencil and trace the let-ters of the alphabet, herface lights up withexcitement.Using her right hand

to color and write is anamazing feat, since the3-year-old was bornwithout fingers on herright hand.Although Danielle

uses both of her hands,her preference is to useher right, said her moth-er Dale Fairchild. Withthe help of a prostheticdevice created by sixGirl Scouts in Iowa,Danielle is able to useher dominant hand asshe colors the pages ofher Winnie the Pooh col-oring book and learns towrite.Fairchild and her hus-

band, Fred, adoptedDanielle from China inAugust 2009. She’s thethird girl the Duluth cou-ple has adopted fromthat country.“This is a child who

less than two years agowas living in an orphan-age in China,” Fairchildsaid. “Nothing stops her,but she wouldn’t havehad a life in China.There was no hope forher future, and she canfunction quite well witha lack of fingers.”The condition that

caused Danielle to beborn without fingers iscalled symbrachydacty-ly. Fairchild said the limbdifference is “a specialneed which, to us, is nota special need.”

Danielle doesn’t let herlack of fingers stop herfrom opening drawers,helping her mom makecookies or doing cart-wheels. But when sheexpressed an interest inplaying violin, Fairchildturned to Sammy’sFriends, an online sup-port group for thoseaffected by congenitallimb differences for helpin finding an adaptivedevice.It was on that site that

Fairchild met the GirlScouts who would createthe prosthetic device forDanielle.The Girl Scouts, sixth-

and seventh-grade girlsfrom Ames and Gilbert,Iowa, were participatingin the FIRST LEGOLeague Body ForwardChallenge. FIRST LEGOLeague is an interna-tional program for 9- to14-year-old children cre-ated in a partnershipbetween FIRST and TheLEGO Group in 1998 toget children excitedabout science and tech-nology and teach themvaluable employmentand life skills.“Part of the thing you

have to do is a researchproject on something toheal, improve or repairthe human body,” saidKate Murray, a memberof the Girl Scout team,called the Flying Mon-keys. “We narrowed (ourproject) down to armand hand prosthetics.”After more than 180

hours of research, theteam – Murray, GabyDempsey, Mackenzie

Grewell, Zoe Groat,Courtney Pohlen andMaria Werner Anderson– created a prostheticdevice made out ofmoldable plastic. Thedevice straps ontoDanielle’s hand and con-tains a grip that can holda crayon or a pencil.The device, called the

BOB-1, won the inaugu-ral FIRST Global Inno-vation Award. The FlyingMonkeys will receive upto $20,000 from the XPrize Foundation towardpatenting their inven-tion.“The fact that the Fly-

ing Monkeys’ prostheticdevice is already in useby a young patientreflects its feasibility,usability and public ben-efit,” said David Kappos,undersecretary of com-merce for intellectualproperty and director ofthe U.S. Patent andTrademark Office.The Iowa girls said it

has been rewarding tocreate something thathas helped Danielle.“It feels good,”

Dempsey said. “I thinkit’s good that we’re help-ing (Danielle) do some-thing that she hasn’tdone before.”Because Danielle’s

hand is growing, she’llsoon have to be fitted fora new device.When asked how she

liked the device, she justsmiled and said, “Good.”

� DigestColleges offernew degreesATLANTA (AP) – The

state Board of Regentsapproved a plan to letfour two-year colleges inGeorgia begin offeringbachelor’s degrees.The board voted Tues-

day to allow Darton Col-lege in Albany, GeorgiaHighlands College inRome, Atlanta Metropol-itan College and GeorgiaPerimeter College to startfour-year degree pro-grams. Robb Watts, chiefoperating officer for theuniversity system, saidthe change in the col-leges’ missions isbecause of high demandfor four-year collegedegrees in those parts ofthe state.Officials said the move

will help address nursingand other health careprofessional shortagesacross the state. The col-leges will also offerdegrees in sign language,biological sciences andhealth informatics.

Food fightleads to arrestsHAMPTON (AP) – Ten

students were arrestedafter a food fight brokeout in the cafeteria atLovejoy High Schoolsouth of Atlanta.The food fight began

Tuesday morning, andpolice officers who wereon campus dealing withanother matter tried tohalt it.Clayton County police

officer Phong Nguyensaid a few students did-n’t want to stop the foodfight. One studentjumped on the back of apolice officer, and anoth-er student began cursingat another officer.One of the officers

deployed pepper foamduring the melee.Two students were

charged with simple bat-tery, obstruction, disor-derly conduct and dis-ruption of a public school.Seven other students

were also arrested andreleased to their parents.

Museum joinswith collegeATLANTA (AP) –

Atlanta’s High Museumof Art established its firstacademic affiliation witha University System ofGeorgia institution.The one-year collabo-

ration will allow a shar-ing of resources betweenthe High Museum andSouthern PolytechnicState University. Officialssaid it will allow theschool to further inte-grate the visual arts intotheir educational curric-ula by drawing on theHigh’s exhibitions, col-lections, programs andstaff expertise.The school’s students

will get free admission tothe museum. They willalso have the opportunityto participate in intern-ships, lectures andbehind-the-scenes pro-grams at the museum.

State panelrecommendsbanning judgeGAINESVILLE (AP) –

A state panel recom-mended that a northGeorgia judge be oustedfrom the bench on Tues-day after concluding thathe violated a series ofjudicial rules when hepointed a gun at himselfin the courtroom andberated his boss in abizarre televised rant ona local cable access show.Catoosa County Magis-

trate Judge AnthonyPeters “brought disreputeupon himself and theentire judicial system,”the Judicial QualificationsCommission said in an18-page ruling. Thepanel, which investigatesjudicial misconduct, alsorecommended that he bebanned from ever seek-ing or holding any judi-cial post again.The Georgia Supreme

Court will soon make thefinal decision on whetherto remove Peters from thebench, and the magistratehas 30 days to appeal thecommission’s ruling. Hisattorney Chris Townleysaid his client is consid-ering an appeal.Peters said during the

April hearing that the vio-lations took place duringa “rough patch” in his lifebut that he cleaned up hisact, and his attorneyargued that prescriptiondrug abuse after a devas-tating 2005 ATV accidentwas to blame for thestrange behavior.But the panel conclud-

ed that Peters’ actionsonly eroded the public’s

confidence in the judicialsystem.“Magistrate judges are

often the only faces of thejudicial system membersof the public will eversee,” it wrote. “It is forthat reason that publicconfidence in thesecourts is of paramountconcern.”Peters was a detective

for the county sheriff ’soffice for 10 years beforehe was picked in 1997 tobe a magistrate judge.Although he’s not anattorney, his lawyer saidduring the hearing thathe devoted himself tolearning the law and soonbecame the “go-to-guy”in court while Chief Mag-istrate Sonny Caldwelltook up more administra-tive duties.But Peters’ demeanor

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The power of prayer and empowerment of loveThe very action of praying demon-

strates ones belief that there is some-thing greater than self, somethingbeyond the complexity of human strug-gle, something hidden just beyond ourunderstanding. Prayer is frequently alast attempt at resolution, a final graspat bringing an end to suffering, remorseand, in the most difficult of times, theperceived absence of God.Life has taught me this – God is never

absent – for God is the ever-presentthread that runs through and perme-ates all things, holds all things togeth-er, binds all that there is. God (not a Heor She, rather the very essence and infi-nite source of all life – One) unifies cre-ation as one.Life’s experience leads me to under-

stand that there are basically two typesof prayer: prayer of thanksgiving andprayer of request.Prayer of thanksgiving is the result of

resolution, doesn’t matter if the resolu-

tion eliminated sadness or simplyenhanced joy. This prayer is given toGod (and reaches out to those instru-mental in resolution) to acknowledgethe gift granted, the action completeand the love demonstrated.Prayer of request is the result of

necessity, an urgent final grasp at res-olution to a grueling problem facing us(or another we know). Have you notbeen asked, “Please, pray for me”?Which one of us has not asked anotherto “keepme in your prayers”? A requestfor prayer is an expression of faith andlove. These acts of prayer demonstrate

our faith in God’s empowering gracewhich is a clear indication of your lovefor another.There are challenging and complex

situations in life that seem to persisteven as they float on a “sea of prayer.”There dwells a complex issue in theol-ogy: is there “power” in prayer itself(i.e., the act of praying itself) or isprayer an “empowerment of love,”which necessitates personal action?If there is power in the act of prayer

alone asmanywill preach, then why arewe plagued by war, anger, poverty andignorance? Often we are told “we’ll findthat out when we meet God.” Regret-fully, that is a feeble and discouragingretort, for it is no answer at all.I believe prayer is the empowerment

of love. All empowerment necessitatespersonal action to be operative. Don’tpray that a family in hunger will be fed.Purchase food and feed them. Don’tpray that a child feels loved. Demon-

strate they are loved by ensuring theyare educated, embraced bymorality andhope.It stands obvious one can’t simply

pray for peace within a troubled mar-riage. Rather, prayer empowers one tochange the wrong and insert the right.Prayer empowers them to heal the hurt.Prayer empowers thus giving life to theaction requested and the resolutionrequired.The power and strength of prayer is

found in the knowledge that One pro-vides courage and capacity to takeaction, to reconcile need. Prayer alonewithout action is simply rain, merewords, adding water to the “sea ofprayer” on whichmisery and strife floatwithout resolution.Enough. I pray that we experience the

embrace of enabling-power so we cantake action to bring hope, faith and loveto those in need – and there are somany.

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Hail to the chiefDear Editor:Osama bin Laden is dead. We are profoundly grate-

ful to the Seal Team Six and all who had a part in theintricate plan for this dangerous mission. For Presi-dent Obama to have kept so many of his Cabinetmembers and advisers completely in the dark wasamazing, meanwhile conducting his presidential lifein a seemingly normal mode. And yet every wakingmoment was occupied with taking out bin Laden.As I watched our president on “60 Minutes,” I was

overwhelmed with pride at the way he had managedthe execution of this meticulously planned attack. Hisanalytical mind and his coolness for which he hadbeen severely criticized were the tools that were need-ed to bring success. I was fascinated with his vividrecall of every step that was taken. In a careful andarticulate manner, he explained to his country whyand how it all happened.Thank you, Mr. President. Hail to the chief.Edna FosterSilverette Circle, LaGrange

Dear Editor:A few weeks ago, Mr.

Mike Smith, a frequentletter writer, wanted toknow why Christianscouldn’t just enjoy life onEarth and not believe inan afterlife.First of all, I’m a Chris-

tian, and I thoroughlyenjoy my life on thisEarth. After all, God cre-ated the world for us toexperience all its beauty.However, I believe, as doall Christians, that wewere put here to do morethan just entertain our-selves. Like Christ, weshould serve otherswhenever possible. FromMr. Smith’s letters, I gath-er that he disdains servi-tude. However, service toothers is an honorablepractice and not slavelabor if done for the rightmotives.In Mr. Smith’s letter, he

demanded proof that Goddoes exist. For me, themiracle of birth to thewonder of the oceanwould certainly point tothe existence of God.Even if you subscribe tothe Big Bang Theory,something had to startthat “bang.” Also, the fourGospels – two of whichwere written by eyewit-nesses – have offered evi-dence of the existence ofJesus Christ for morethan 2,000 years, thoughmany have tried to silenceGod’s word. In fact, moreChristians die for theirbeliefs today than theydid in biblical times.However, Mr. Smith, if

those points don’t con-

vince you of the existenceof God and Jesus Christ,I would encourage you toread Josh McDowell’s’sbook, “More Than a Car-penter.” Mr. McDowelloffers concrete evidencethat Jesus Christ is indeedwho He says He is: theonly and only Son of Godwho died for our sins andwas resurrected, givingeternal life in Heaven toall who believe in Him.Mr. Smith, I am not a

person who follows alongblindly, nor am I easilypersuaded. In fact, myloved ones would agreethat I am very opinionat-ed and extremely strong-willed. However, I doknow that since I becamea follower of Jesus Christ,He has helped me to dothe following:

� manage health con-cerns,

� teach middle-school-ers for 21 years (arewarding but difficultprofession) and

� overcome financialconcerns.Those are just some of

the areas in which Christhas helped me. If I toldyou everything He hasdone for me, LaGrangeDaily News would be amuch larger paper.Mr. Smith, although

you do not sharemy faith,I certainly realize that youare an intelligent man. Ipray that one day you willbelieve in Christ; youwould be a very welcomeaddition to His Kingdom.

Stacey Patton WallaceWoodridge Circle,

LaGrange

Tigers showed classDear Editor:I attended the Troup County regional baseball

games in Gainesville with some of my family mem-bers over the weekend. I would like everyone to knowthat the Troup High School Tigers baseball team isto be commended. They won their first game 5-0, butin mymind they won them all – not by points, but bygood sportsmanship. They held their heads up untilthe very end. The team walked onto the field to con-gratulate the Red Elephants with dignity.The opposing team acted like uncontrolled little

boys, and their coaches never said a word to hushthem up. Some of the spectators from the home teamused foul language and even threatened some of ourfans. On Saturday, police were patrolling the area toescort the unruly ones off the premises.In my opinion, that should never happen. Whatev-

er happened to good manners? The young peopleneed good role models these days, and it is up to par-ents and grandparents to see they have it.When all is said and done, this grandmother is very

proud of the way themembers of TroupHigh baseballteam conducted themselves. They are winners.

Ann BartlettRosemont Road, LaGrange

� LettersChristianity makesa difference in life

By Benita M. DoddTransportation policy may not

have been the priority during thelegislative session, but in the longshadow of the Gold Dome, pro-posals, plans, ideasand reports weremoving right along.And now that theregular legislativesession is over,expect greater focuson the good, the badand the ugly of futuretransportation deci-sions for Georgia.There’s no denying Georgia

needs to spend more on trans-portation infrastructure. Conges-tion that is currently mitigated byeconomic woes will worsen asmore people go back to work andcompanies grow again. The devil,however, is in the details. Takingtransportation policy down thewrong road – a prime example ismetro Atlanta’s spending wish listof $13.5 billion for mass transit andjust $8.5 billion for roads – isworthless. Happily, there are tried-and-tested approaches that canimprove mobility and add capaci-ty, for the economic engine that isAtlanta, as well as across the state.Fast-forward with technology:

From toll roads to transit, policy-makers should contract with theprivate sector to ensure trans-portation dollars are focused oncutting-edge technology. Govern-ment planning usually begins witha simplistic “what if we do nothing”model then continues with increas-ingly complicated/costly “what ifwe …” assumptions. But justbecause government does nothingdoesn’t mean innovation standsstill. And private-sector technolog-ical ingenuity usually outpaces gov-ernment (case in point: municipalbroadband). Today, there’s an “app” for

almost everything, from where tobuy cheaper fuel, to real-time alerts

for travelers with route alternativesand cell-phone text messages thathelp transit riders schedule theirtrips.Divert unnecessary traffic.

Ignore the adage that “you can’tbuild your way out of congestion.”Adding capacity is not just a mat-ter of building roads, it’s also relo-cating vehicles that don’t need tobe crowding roads. Some sur-rounding counties already arethinking outside the box, withPaulding County leading thecharge for a $2 billion WesternCommercial Connector toll roadthat diverts traffic around metroAtlanta. An estimated one-third offreight traffic on metro Atlantaroads is passing through; a viabledetour would make a significantdent in congestion. That, alongwith a network of toll lanes offer-ing an option in congested corri-dors, would encourage travelers toconsider the value of alternativeroutes, modes and times for theirtrip.Fund needs, not notions. If metro

Atlanta’s regional wish list is any-thing to go by, local officials arelooking at what they’d like, notwhat residents need. Georgianswill consider a regional trans-portation special local-option salestax (T-SPLOST) in July next year.It’s crucial that local governmentsoffer them bang for the penny. Cobb County, for example, is cut-

ting bus routes because of budgetshortfalls, but seeks a billion-and-a-half dollar rail line from MARTA’sArts Center to Acworth. Atlantawould like $1.6 billion for its Belt-line “transit and trail,” afterembracing light rail over morecost-effective bus-rapid transit.(Hint: 78.5 percent of Georgiansdrive alone; 2.5 percent use publictransportation.)Focus on freight, not passenger,

rail. Georgia’s ports are gearing upfor massive expansion and thestate needs to be ready to accom-

modate the freight increase – orneighboring states will. Cloggingfreight lines with costly commuterand “high-speed” trains will divertcargo, resulting in more truck traf-fic and reducing mobility on roads.Wherever possible, welcome the

private sector to the table: Numer-ous private coach operators arechomping at the bit to bid for inter-city transportation needs. Out-sourcing mass transit operationscan improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness. As managed lanesbecome part of a high-occupancytoll (HOT) lane network, private-sector involvement can save tax-payers money, expedite improve-ments and free much-needed fundsfor use elsewhere in Georgia’stransportation infrastructure.Promote federalism instead of

fawning to the feds. He who paysthe piper calls the tune. CobbCounty asked for a federal assis-tance for its promising NorthwestCorridor HOT lane project and wasrejected, as was a grant request forSavannah’s port connector road. Yet MARTA was given money for

solar panels and Atlanta for anunnecessary street car. Plus Geor-gia is a “donor” state in the federalhighway program, according to aHeritage Foundation analysis: Overthe past half-century, the feds havereturned just 86 percent of the fed-eral fuel taxes Georgia motoristspaid into the trust fund.Ultimately, restoring decisions to

the state will allow local prioritiesto take precedence over projectstailored to Washington’s whims.Because until mobility drives Geor-gia transportation policy, Geor-gians will go nowhere fast.

Benita M. Dodd is vice presidentof the Georgia Public Policy Foun-dation, an independent think tankthat proposes practical, market-oriented approaches to public pol-icy to improve the lives of Geor-gians.

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Dodd

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, May 11, 2011:

This year, your psyche could work overtime. You pick up a lot just by observing. You also will enjoy your alone time far more than in the past. Your libido energies peak, and you will want to express yourself in some way -- be it painting, writing or maybe even brainstorming. You are entering an especially lucky year. If you are single, romance abounds. With all the dating, be careful not to miss a special person. If you are attached, learn to be more direct with your sweetie. As a couple, you gain from taking some downtime together. VIRGO often makes you laugh.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES (March 21-April 19) How you manifest your frus-

tration and anger seems to change. You might direct this energy toward a talent, taking a class in investing or, if you’re not careful, overspend-ing. Maintain a level of detachment. Tonight: Just feeling good.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Where traditional

modes have failed, you open up to more dynamic ideas. Your instincts seem to inform you who is friend or foe. Confusion could surround an important friendship. Let time unravel the maze. Tonight: Take a midweek break.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Curb a tendency to be self-

destructive; work on expressing your anger more appropriately. Several friends come forward with ideas, invitations or just a hello. Make plans in the near future with these pals. Tonight: Downtime.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) A male friend drives a hard

bargain. The art of diplomacy can make or break this situation. A boss or someone you look up to gives you quite a compliment. Tonight: Favorite places, favorite people.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Take stock of what you have

to offer. You might want to invest in a talent or take a class, especially if this act can add to your job performance or desirability. Know what others ask of you, yet realize you have limits. Tonight: Off to the gym.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)You move into a new

arena and attain a greater sense of

self. Sometimes you hold yourself back. Keep building your self-con-fidence and express yourself more often. A partner or several associates make offers you hope to see happen. Tonight: Where the action is.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)You sense a hidden agenda

or that someone might not be reveal-ing everything he or she is thinking. You might not be the only person to sense this vagueness. Sit back and watch when a partner takes a front-row seat. Tonight: Togetherness counts.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Meetings in general help

you home in on basics. You could be exhausted by everything you need to do. Ask for help. You might be sur-prised by how many people are ready and available. In fact, suddenly you, too, are energized. See what a little moral support can do? Tonight: Zero in on what is important.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Whether you are leading or

following, work or a project demands a lot of attention. Stay on top of a project, and don’t let anyone deter you from your goals. A child or loved one reaches out to you and seems irresistible. Tonight: Love the one you are with.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Your style and manner of

moving around could make a big dif-ference. How you feel when handling a personal matter could change as a result of a conversation with a family member or loved one. Detach and see the big picture before making any decisions. Tonight: Follow the music.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Visualize more of what

you want from a situation. Be willing to honor another person’s request. Everything that is happening allows greater give-and-take between you and a special friend. When you share on this level, you build confidence with others. Tonight: Meet a friend.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Understanding means

more to you than to many others. You are willing to let someone else run with the ball, but you would like your outlook taken into account. Don’t push others right now. They will notice the wisdom in your thoughts sooner rather than later. Tonight: Accept an invita-tion.

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Water from the Yazoo Diversion Canal leaks through a flood wall in Vicks-burg, Miss. The barricade is being patched with wood chips by city of Vicks-burg workers as the leaks arise.

Flooded Mississippitakes aim at DeltaVICKSBURG, Miss.

(AP) – William Jeffersonpaddles slowly down hisstreet in a small boat, pasthis house and around hischurch, both floodedfrom the bulging Missis-sippi River that has rolledinto the Delta.“Half my life is still in

there,” he said, pointingto the small white houseswamped by several feetof water. “I hate to see itwhen I go back in.”The river was taking

aim at one of the mostpoverty-stricken parts ofthe country after crestingTuesday at Memphis,Tenn., just inches short ofthe record set in 1937.Some low-lyingMemphisneighborhoodswere inun-dated, but the city’s highlevees protected much ofthe rest of Memphis.Jefferson’s neighbor-

hood in Vicksburg, a his-toric Mississippi city andthe site of a pivotal CivilWar battle, has been oneof the hardest hit. Jeffer-son refuses to leave, so hespends his days in the

sweltering sun watchingthe water rise and sleep-ing in a camper at anintersection that’s likelyto flood soon, too.“If you don’t stay with

your stuff, you won’t haveit,” he said. “This is whatI do every day. Just watchthe water.”Over the past week or

so in the Delta, floodwa-ters along the rain-swollen river and itsbacked-up tributarieshave already washedaway crops, forced manyto seek higher ground andclosed some of the dock-side casinos that are vitalto the state’s economy.But the worst is yet to

come, with the crestexpected over the nextfew days. The damage inMemphis was estimatedat more than $320millionas the serious floodingbegan, and an officialtally won’t be availableuntil the waters recede.To the south, there

were no early figures onthe devastation, but withhundreds of homes

already damaged, “we’regoing to have a lot morewhen the water gets towhere it’s never beenbefore,” said Greg Flynn,a spokesman for theMis-sissippi emergency man-agement agency.Across the region, fed-

eral officials anxiouslychecked and reinforcedthe levees, some of whichcould be put to theirsternest test ever.About 10miles north of

Vicksburg, contractorslined one side of what isknown as a backwaterlevee with big sheets ofplastic to keep it fromeroding if floodwatersflow over it as feared –something that has neverhappened to the leveesince it was built in the1970s.In Vicksburg, which is

at the southern tip of therich alluvial soil in thecentral part of the state,the river was projected topeak Saturday just abovethe record set during thecataclysmic Great Floodof 1927.

� DigestPassengerarrestedBOSTON (AP) – A

Massachusetts man whotried to open an emer-gency door on a Deltaflight from Orlando, Fla.,to Boston was arrested.Robert Hersey, 43, of

Arlington was arrestedby state police on acharge of interfering witha flight crew. He wasscheduled to bearraigned today.Logan International

Airport spokesman PhilOrlandella said it’sunclear why Hersey triedto open the door Tuesdaynight on the Airbus 320out of Orlando Interna-tional Airport.

Immigrationlaw blockedSALT LAKE CITY (AP)

– A federal judge onTuesday blocked a Utahimmigration law thatwould have allowedpolice to check the citi-zenship status of anyonethey arrest, citing its sim-ilarities to the most con-troversial parts of an Ari-zona law that seemsbound for the U.S.Supreme Court.U.S. District Judge

Clark Waddoups issuedhis ruling 14 hours afterthe law went into effect,saying that there is suffi-cient evidence that atleast some portions of thelegislation will be foundunconstitutional.

Elsewhere� Arnold Schwarz-

enegger and Maria Shriv-er have spent a lifetimeand their marriage in thepublic eye, but theannouncement of theirseparation rather than arace to the courthousecould signal a more pri-vate breakup.

� Police made use oftear gas today to disperseyouths throwing stonesat a march to protest theGreek government’sharsh austerity measures.

Poll: Obamaapproval hits60 percentWASHINGTON (AP) –President Obama’s

approval rating has hit itshighest point in two years– 60 percent – and morethan half of Americansnow say he deserves tobe re-elected, accordingto an Associated Press-GfK poll taken after U.S.forces killed al-Qaidaleader Osama bin Laden.In worrisome signs for

Republicans, the presi-dent’s standing improvednot just on foreign policybut also on the economy,and independent Ameri-cans – a key voting blocin the November 2012presidential election –caused the overall uptickin support by sliding backto Obama after fleeing formuch of the past twoyears.Comfortable majorities

of the public now callObama a strong leaderwho will keep Americasafe. Nearly three-fourths– 73 percent – also nowsay they are confidentthat Obama can effective-ly handle terrorist threats.And he improved hisstanding on Afghanistan,Iraq and the UnitedStates’ relationships withother countries.Despite a sluggish

recovery from the GreatRecession, 52 percent ofAmericans now approveof Obama’s stewardshipof the economy, givinghim his best rating onthat issue since the earlydays of his presidency; 52percent also now likehow he’s handling thenation’s stubbornly high9 percent unemployment.The economy remains

Americans’ top issue.Impressions of the

nation’s fiscal outlookhave improved followinglast Friday’s positive jobsreport, which showedAmerican companies areon a hiring spree. More

people now say that theeconomy got better in thepast month and that it’slikely to continue doingso in the coming year.Also, more Americans –45 percent, up from 35percent in March – say thecountry is headed in theright direction. Still, abouthalf – 52 percent – say it’son the wrong track,meaning Obama still haswork to do to convince arestive public to stay withthe status quo.Some have seen

enough to know they’llstick with him.“I was happy about bin

Laden,” said BrendaVeckov, 42, of Hollidays-burg, Pa. “I put my fistsin the air. To me, it wasjust a little bit of closurefor the United States.”“The president made

the right decisions on thisone. And I will vote forhim again.”Not everyone has such

an optimistic view.“I’m very concerned”

about the country, saidSusan Demarest in Snel-lville, 56, who didn’t sup-port the Democrat lasttime and won’t this time.“I’m in my 50s, and Iworry that I’m not goingto be able to retire at areasonable age and enjoythe end of my lifebecause of Medicare andSocial Security and thedebt of the country.” Still,she says Obama doesn’tcarry all of the blame.Obama’s overall politi-

cal boost comes at animportant time. He isembarking on his re-elec-tion campaign and is inthe early days of a debatewith Republicans whocontrol the House overraising the country’s debtlimit. But it’s unclear howlong Obama’s strength-ened standing will last inthe aftermath of binLaden’s death.

Americans say they overwhelm-ingly approve of the military’s han-dling of the risky nighttime missionin Abbottabad, Pakistan. But it has-n’t changed public opinion on thewar in Afghanistan; most still areopposed to it, and a big majorityfavors Obama’s plan to withdrawall combat troops by 2014.

Overall, Obama’s approval rat-ing is up slightly from 53 percentin March and a 47 percent lowpoint following last fall’s midterm

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the retirees:�Callaway Elementary

SchoolLaura Adams, fifth-

grade teacher. Adams hasbeen employed withTroup County schools for28 years. Her childreninclude son and daughter-in-law William and KellyAdams, son Ben Adamsand grandson Cullen. Herfuture plans includerelaxing, reading, travel-ing and spending timewith her grandson, familyand friends.

� Callaway MiddleSchoolMerry Abney, sixth-

grade math teacher.Abney retires after 10years with the system.Before joining TroupCounty schools, shetaught for 27 years inChambers and Russellcounties, Ala. She is mar-ried to James M. AbneyJr. They have four chil-dren: Jenifer Bauer,DeLaine Truman, MarcAbney and Jimmy Abney.She plans to travel some,to rest a little and devotemore time to her choirdirection at church.Rene’ Wolfe, business

education teacher. Wolfehas taught for 25 yearsand has also worked withthe Troup County Parksand Recreation. She plansto spend more time withfriends and family, playmore golf, volunteer andsubstitute teach.

� Callaway HighSchoolJoel Brumbeloe, engi-

neering, design and draft-ing teacher. He retireswith eight years withTroup County schoolsand a total of 24 years ineducation. Brumbeloewas previously employedwith Griffin High andCarrollton High Schools.He is married to Kathyand they have two chil-dren: Amy Evans andBrad Brumbeloe. Hisfuture plans include rid-ing his motorcycle, visit-

ing friends and to contin-ue to produce and workthe video screen at thefootball games for Call-away High.Richard Spencer, assis-

tant principal and CTAEdirector. He retires after26 years.

�Hollis Hand Elemen-tary SchoolAnnette Baugh, lead

custodian. Baugh hasworked for the TroupCounty school system for23 years. She has threechildren: Charlotte, Lon-nie and Tony. Her futureplans include resting,enjoying life and spend-ing more time with herfamily.Marcia Ferri, kinder-

garten teacher. Ferri has24 total years in educa-tion, having taught first-grade for two years inPittsburgh before movingto LaGrange. She has twochildren: Katie Gorskiand Matthew Ferri. Ferriplans to swim every day,create lots of memorieswith her grandchildrenand have fun.Olivia Jordan, parapro-

fessional. She has 22years at the school. She ismarried to Randall andthey have two daughters:Jennifer Parr and AmyWaddell. She plans to RVtravel, camp and spendtime with their six grand-children.Yvonne Marchman

Parker, physical educa-tion specialist. She has atotal of 34 years in educa-tion including eight yearsat Dawson ElementarySchool with theLaGrange City Schools.She is married to JamesE. Parker and has fourstepchildren. Parkerplans to spend time withher 91-year-old mother,travel, possibly pursuephysical therapy, in whichshe has a beginner’s cer-tificate, church involve-ment, reorganize hercherished collection ofsalt and pepper shakersof which she has morethan 200 sets, volunteerand someday to appearon “Wheel of Fortune.”

� Hillcrest Elementary

SchoolCaryn Cole, first-grade

teacher. Cole has taughtin the Troup Countyschool system for 29years. Before teachingshe was a sales coordina-tor for Marriot CenturyCenter Hotel and LanierBusiness Products inAtlanta. She is married toSteve Cole and they havetwo children: Brantleyand Lindsey. Her futureplans include havingmore time to spend withfriends and family, travel-ing and she hopes to vol-unteer and substitute atHillcrest.Willodean Jacobs, food

service and nutrition. Sheretires with 12 years ofservice.

�Hogansville Elemen-tary SchoolAnn O’Donnell, first-

grade teacher. She has atotal of 27 years of teach-ing with Troup Countyschool system. She ismarried to Bill O’Donnelland they have two chil-dren: Katie Huddlestonand Aaron O’Donnellalong with three grand-children, Madison, Lilyand Paxton. O’Donnellplans to read, travel andspend time with her fam-ily.

� Ethel W. Kight Mag-

net SchoolSheril Evans Higgins,

third-grade teacher. Ms.Higgins has taught for 31years with Troup Countyand the LaGrange Cityschool systems. She hastwo sons: Thad and SethHiggins. Her plansinclude spending moretime with her parents andfinding a part-time job.

� LaGrange HighSchoolGeraldine Crockett,

assistant. Crockett hasbeen in education for 19years. She has three chil-dren: Greg, Chris andDrew. Her future plansinclude travel and not get-ting up at 6:15 a.m. any-more unless she wants to.Vickie Davis, English

co-teacher for the excep-tional education depart-ment. She has taught for22 years with TroupCounty and eight yearswith Hall and Crisp coun-ties. She is married to

Don Davis and they havethree children: Dr. JoshuaDavis, Capt.. Kyle Davisand Allison Hamsley. Herfuture plans includeworking in her flowergarden, catching up onher picture albums andvolunteering in the com-munity.ThomasMoore, science

department chairman andteacher. Moore has 46years in education. Hewas a teacher for theElmore County Board ofEducation in Alabama, ateacher and principal forthe Chambers CountyBoard of Education inAlabama and was forChambers Academybefore coming toLaGrange to teach for 10years. He is married toJennifer and they havefive children: Carol Yin,Kelli Tucker, RussellMoore, Amy Burton andAnna Moore. He plans totravel with his wife, watchthe grandchildren in theiractivities and enjoy

Auburn sporting events.Cecelia Washington,

social studies teacher.Washington has taught inTroup County for 29years and has a total of 33years of teaching experi-ence. She is undecided onher future plans.

� Long Cane Elemen-tary SchoolMinnie Hart, nutrition

assistant in food services.Hart has 35 years of serv-ice with Troup Countyschools. She has four chil-dren, Melissa Fannin,Carol Woodyard, LindsayFaye Hart and Pat Hart.She’s made no futureplans.Jana Whedon, gifted

Discovery teacher. Whe-don retires with 31 yearsin education and was pre-viously employed withLaGrange Academy. Shehas a son, GregWhedon.She plans to spend timewith family, travel, volun-

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� Long Cane MiddleSchoolDonna Baker, gifted

facilitator, eight-gradeadvanced math and sev-enth-grade advancedsocial studies teacher.Baker has 40 years totalin education and hastaught for 23 years inTroup County. She is mar-ried to Lee Baker andthey have two children:Leighanne Hudson andMichael Baker as well astwo grandchildren, Abbeyand Nathan Hudson.Baker said has been toldthat she is being given aperfect opportunity to re-invent herself. She willbegin her new endeavorby doing away with alarmclocks, schedules andplanning her life aroundthe school calendar byspending quality timewith family, traveling andsailing whenever thewind blows.Mary Berry, science

teacher. She has 38 totalyears in education with10 years teaching inTroup County. She is mar-ried to David Berry andthey have a son, BarryLee Hill, and grand-daughter, Aubrey LeeHill. She plans to work ata veterinary clinic.Claudine Johnson

Greenwood, eighth-grademathematics teacher.Greenwood has 31 totalyears of teaching – 25years with Troup Countyand six with the WestPoint City Schools. Shehas a son, Arthur A. John-son. Her future plansinclude volunteering,traveling and visiting withfamily.Deborah Johnson, food

service and nutrition. Sheretires after 13 years.Cooper McHugh, mid-

dle grades physical edu-cation teacher. He has 33years in education. Hetaught a year at HeardCounty High Schoolbefore joining TroupCounty schools. He ismarried to BeverlyMcHugh and they havetwo sons, Davis andElliott. He is undecidedon his future plans.

� Mountville Elemen-tary SchoolAngela Chambers,

third-grade math teacher.She retires after 30 yearswith the school system.Chambers worked sever-al years part time in retailand restaurants whileacquiring her undergrad-uate and graduatedegrees prior to teaching.She is married to Dr. RicChambers and they havea daughter, Jacqueline,married to SamMcGraw,and a son, Richard, mar-ried to Marisa Chambers.Chambers plans to spendmore time gardening,kayaking, hiking andplaying with her fivegrandchildren.Willie Thornton, custo-

dian. Thornton has 22years with Troup Countyschools. He is married toLucille and they have fourchildren, Sandra Hard-nett, Donnie McCurty,Cardell Thornton andPamela Daniel. Thorntonplans to work and restoreold cars.

� Gardner NewmanMiddle SchoolCharsley Jones, cook

for the food servicesdepartment. She has 35years with the school sys-tem and has previouslyworked at Unity, Hillsideand Dixie Mills as well asFirst Baptist Church. Sheis the wife of the lateJames B. Jones Sr. andhas four children: Car-olyn Blackmon, JamesJones Jr., Cynthia Perryand Dwayne Jones. Jonesplans on spending moretime with her children,grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well asspending timewith sistersand brothers. She alsohopes to travel.Cathi Martin, teacher.

She has 12 years withTroup County schoolsand retires with 21 yearsin education.

� Troup High SchoolSamBradford, assistant

principal and CTAEsupervisor. He retireswith 39 years in educa-tion. Prior to his 11 yearswith Troup County, heworked with the Cham-bers County Board ofEducation. Bradford ismarried to Sandra andthey have two children,LuAnne Herrington andJamie Bozeman. Hisfuture plans include trav-eling, farming, huntingand playing golf.Charlotte Lamb, secre-

tary. Lamb has beenemployed with schoolsystem for 10 years. Shehas two sons: Kirk D.Lamb and Phillip A.Lamb. Her plans are tocontinue to enjoy life.Candace Meadors,

media specialist. Meadorshas 34 years in education.Her prior teaching expe-riences were with WestPoint City and Lanett CitySchool Systems. She ismarried to E. DrexelMeadors and they havethree children: EmilyMeadors McEntyre,Stephanie Meadors andCraig Meadors. Herfuture plans include read-ing, relaxing and retreat-ing at Lake Martin, Ala.,and visiting and enjoyingher three grandsons.Bessie AliceWalls, busi-

ness and computer sci-ence teacher. Walls has 21years in education withTroup County and hasbeen adjunct faculty atSouthern Union andWestGeorgia Technical Col-lege in the evenings. Sheis married to RichardWalls and they havedaughters: Candi andBrian Gibson and MistiBowen. She also has agranddaughter, AshlynGibson, and another onthe way. Her future plansinclude traveling, camp-ing, reading and enjoytime with her grandchil-dren as well as countingher many blessings.Linda Roper, parapro

media assistant for 15years.

� Unity ElementarySchoolBrenda Broome,

teacher assistant in thecomputer lab and busdriver. Broome hasworked 28 years as aparapro with Unity andRosemont elementaryschools and has driven a

bus for 33 years. She ismarried to Jimmy andthey have three children:Jim, Joey and Hollie. Herfuture plans will be tocontinue driving her busand enjoy her studentswithout having to rushfrom one job to the other.Micki Wallace, princi-

pal. She has worked withTroup County schools for25 years. Wallace is mar-ried to Monty and theyhave two sons: Brett andBryan Wallace and fourgrandchildren, Maggie,Reed, Whitney and Tyler.Her futures plans are toenjoy life.Pamela Wilbanks,

counselor. Wilbanksretires with 30 years ineducation. Before comingto LaGrange she wasemployed with NewnanHigh School as a specialeducation teacher andcounselor and also acounselor with ArborSprings Elementary. Sheis married to RobertWilbanks and they havetwo sons, Brian andAdam. She plans to traveland see as much of theworld as possible and tocomplete her “bucketlist.”Rebecca Joy Littlejohn,

teacher. She retires after29 years. She startedteaching as soon as shegraduated from college.She is married to Ralph.Their children are Katie,Rachel and Eric and adog named Pooh. Shesays she really doesn’tknow what the futureholds.

� Berta WeathersbeeElementaryTerri Buchanan, fifth-

grade teacher. She has 29years with Troup Countyschools. She is married toJeff and they have twochildren: Heather Hud-dleston and DavidBuchanan. Buchananplans to relax by the pooland work on some homeprojects.Arlene Carter, fifth-

grade teacher. Carter hastaught for 30 years forTroup County schools.She is married to DavidCarter. She plans to gar-den, spend time on LakeHarding and travel.Belinda Thompson,

fifth-grade teacher. Shehas taught for 25 years.She is married toLaVaugh Thompson and

plans to domore travel-ing and gar-dening.

� WestSideMagnetSchoolRebecca

Hafner-Camp, Teacher.She has 24 years with theschool system and a totalof 30 years in education.

�Whitesville Road Ele-mentary SchoolSusan Wooldridge,

counselor. She retireswith 10 years with TroupCounty and a total of 26years in education.

� Administrative Serv-ices CenterTaryl Woods Anderson,

chief human resourceofficer. Anderson has a 31years with the TroupCounty and LaGrangeCity school systems. Sheis married to Jeff Ander-son and they have threechildren: Taylor, Brentand Erin Anderson.Anderson said her futureplans are to enjoy life.KimWarner, director of

federal programs andmiddle school curricu-lum.Warner has 33 yearsin education, which alsoincludes graduate andadjunct teaching atAuburn University, WestGeorgia Technical Col-lege and Southern UnionState Community Col-lege. She is married toCharlie Warner and theyhave two children: Lau-ren and Chad. Warner

said her hope is to con-tinue the next phase ofher career at the post-sec-ondary level and to spendlots of quality time withher family, especially withthe first grandchild whois due in August.

� Transportation de-partmentLoy Bolt, transportation

shop and parts depart-ment. He retires after 10years with school system.Before moving to Geor-gia, he worked 23 yearsfor the state of Alaska.Bolt has four children,Jon, Avery, Beth andEddie. He plans to enjoythe rest of his life withkaraoke, travel and timewith good friends.Doris Bray, bus driver

for 12 years.Marvin Brown Jr., bus

driver for 11 years.Bobbie Byrd, bus driv-

er for 25 years. Byrd hasthree daughters: MichelleWynne, Debbie Butlerand Jennifer Bleimeyer.She helps with transport-ing residents of VernonWoods Retirement Com-munity to churches,lunches and other outingsas needed. Byrd likes towork with crafts, andhopes to travel and spendmore time with her fami-ly.Betty Champion, bus

driver for 15 years.Larry Cook, bus driver

for 12 years.Janet Corley, bus driv-

er for 24 years.Linda G. Davis, bus

driver. Davis retires with26 years and is attendingWest Georgia Technical

College. She is married toMilton L. Davis and theyhave three children: Tim-othy Gaddy, FeliciaGaddy and BrandonDavis and four step-daughters, Donna Rea-son, Sharon Davis, TinaDavis and Pamela Bowen.She plans to continuegoing to school to com-plete her degree inaccounting.Florence Dowell, bus

driver for 22 years. She ismarried to Joe I. Dowelland they have four chil-dren: Teresa, Jacqueline,Latasha and Ivan. Herfuture plans are undecid-ed.Jerry Allen Furgerson,

bus driver for 21 years.He is married to SandraPitts Furgerson and theyhave a daughter, SummerFurgerson. Furgersonplans to go fishing, traveland enjoy time with hisdaughter and wife.Florence Hendrix, bus

driver for 11 years.Virginia Jones, bus

monitor for 12 years.Hollis Martin, bus driv-

er for 10 years.Donald McRae, bus

monitor for 25 years.Leon Sellers, bus driv-

er for 12 years.Velna Smith, bus moni-

tor with special-needschildren for 21 years. Sheis married to KennethSmith Sr. and they havethree children: KennethSmith Jr., RhondaWilsonand Ricky Smith. Sheplans to travel and takecare of her husband of 541/2 years.Barbara Traylor, bus

driver for 25 years.

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By Kevin EckleberrySports Editor

McCall Langford made thetransition to college softball look

ridiculously easy ayear ago.As a freshman

from LaGrangeHigh, the left-handed Langfordwent 15-5 andposted an earnedrun average of1.41.

The question was, would Lang-ford be able to keep that successgoing in her second season atGeorgia State?The answer has been a re-

sounding yes.Langford has been the staff ace

as a sophomore, and she brings a13-10 record and a sparkling 1.71ERA into the Colonial Athletic

Association conference tourna-ment that begins today at HofstraUniversity in New York.

By Kevin EckleberrySports Editor

An early morningwakeup call suited La-Grange College’s Hud-son Keener just fine.Keener, competing in

the NCAA Division IIIna t iona lt o u r n a -ment asan indi-v i d u a l ,carded a71 in thef i r s tr o u n d ,p u t t i n g

him right in the thick ofthingsKeener was the first

player off the tee Tues-day morning.He arrived at the

Grandover Resort inNorth Carolina at 6 a.m.,and he teed off at 7 a.m.“To be able to fly

around and not have towait on anybody was re-ally nice,” Keener said.Keener, playing on the

West course which isconsidered the more dif-ficult of the two coursesbeing used, birdied hisfinal two holes to finishat 1-under, leaving him ina tie for 13th place.Oglethorpe’s Craig

Stevenson, playing onthe easier East course,shot a 6-under 66 to soarto the top spot.Keener knows what it

takes to succeed at thislevel.Last year, Keener fin-

ished seventh at theNCAA tournament toearn All-American hon-ors.Thanks to his solid

score in Round 1, he’s inposition to make anotherstrong run.“I played good in this

thing last year, and I’mhoping to continue toplay well this year,” hesaid. “Hopefully I can goout and win this thing.That’s my goal.”As for Tuesday’s

round, Keener said he hithis “driver great,” and al-though he didn’t hit hisapproach shots as well as

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GISAstate tournamentLaGrange Academy girls at Terrell

Academy, 4 p.m.

Georgia State photoFormerLaGrangeHighstandoutMcCallLangford is theaceof theGeorgiaStatepitchingstaff inhersecondseasonat theschool.

LaGrange College photoLaGrange College’s Hud-sonKeenerisplayingintheNCAADivision III nationaltournament.

Kevin Eckleberry / Daily NewsCallawayoffensive line coach J.J.Wahl looks things over during spring practice onMonday.TheCavaliers have completed their twoweeksofspringpractice,and they’ll nowhead into their summerprogramas they look forward toanewseason.

CallawayheadcoachPeteWigginslooksonasJefferyCameron,who’llanchorthedefensenextsea-son fromhis linebackerposition,makesacatch inpractice.

The LafayetteChristianSchool golf teamwon theGISAClassAstate championship thisweek.Above from left areteammembersAlexMitchell,CourtneyLowery,ColbyLowery,MeganLoweryandClayDegler.CourtneyLowerywasthegirls’ lowmedalist,andColbyLowerywas theboys’ lowmedalist.

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Lafayette ChristianSchool now has a state-championship trophy toput on display.During the GISA Class

A state golf tournamenton Monday at Jekyll Is-land, the LafayetteChristian team posted ateam score of 330 to out-distance second-placefinisher Georgia Chris-tian by 15 strokes.

Courtney Lowery ledthe Cougars with a 77,and she was also thegirls low medalist.Colby Lowery carded

an 82, and he was thelow medalist among theboys.Clay Degler shot an

84, and Megan Loweryrounded out the scoringwith an 87.Alex Mitchell added a

95 for the Cougars.

By Robert GriffinSports Writer

The Callaway Cavaliers have put thewraps on what head coach Pete Wig-gins felt was an extremely productivetwo weeks of spring practice.The team concluded things onMon-

day with one final practice, and nowthe players will gear up for summerworkouts leading up to the start ofpreseason practice in late July.Callaway opens its season Aug. 26

against Troup.“We had a great two weeks of prac-

tice,”Wiggins said. “The guys had a lotof energy and we were able to get bet-ter throughout the two week practice.It was an overall good day for us.”The Cavaliers have plenty of reason

By Kevin EckleberrySports Editor

Georgia’s high-schoolsports landscape willhave a different look inthe fall of 2012.During a meeting on

Tuesday in Macon, the50-person Georgia HighSchool Association exec-utive committee ap-proved a plan that willcreate a new classifica-tion beginning in the2012-2013 school year.The state has had five

classifications for thepast decade, and the newplan creates six classifi-cations.The 2011-2012 school

Georgia State was set toplay Towson at 5 p.m. in itsfirst game in the double-elim-ination tournament.If the Panthers win the con-

ference tournament, they’lladvance to the NCAA tourna-ment.“I’m really happy (with the

season),” Langford said Tues-day. “Being the baby last yearI had to prove myself. Thisyear I’m more comfortable inmy own shoes. They believe inme.”That belief is well-placed.

Langford has appeared ina team-high 30 games with23 starts, and her 139 in-nings pitched is also a team-high.Langford also leads the

team in wins, strikeouts (110)and batting average against(.220).The highlight of Langford’s

season came on March 27when she tossed a no-hitter ina 3-0 victory over Towson.Langford came within a

whisker of a perfect game, butshe walked a batter on a 3-2count with two outs in the sev-enth inning.Langford said she didn’t

know she had a no-hittergoing until late in the game.“I didn’t realize until the

fifth or sixth inning,” she said.“I was mad about something.I went in and I wanted to lookat the chart. And then anotherpitcher, she was like you can’tlook at it. They didn’t want meto know I had a no-hittergoing.”Langford found out, but she

said it didn’t change her ap-proach.“I was totally level-headed

the whole game,” she said.“There was no pressure.”After the two-out walk,

Langford got a strikeout to

end the game and finish offthe no-hitter.“That was somuch fun,” she

said.Langford is part of a deep,

talented pitching staff.Kaitlyn Medlam is 9-2 with

a 1.62 ERA, and AlanaThomas is 8-8 with a 2.30ERA.Langford said new pitching

coach Amy Dumas has madea big difference.“She has been amazing for

us,” Langford said of Dumas.“She really has turned theentire softball programaround.”Lanford said the team has

also thrived under what couldhave been a difficult situationwhen head coach Bob Heckresigned in February, andRoger Kincaid took over as in-terim coach.Despite a four-game losing

streak to end the season, thePanthers are still 32-22, andthey’re 15-5 in conferenceplay.“We’ve just had a really, re-

ally great season this year,”Langford said.As for the conference tour-

nament, Langford said “we’reall pretty excited, trying to getfocused to play. This is crunchtime.”

year will still have fiveclassifications.The committee voted

on two plans Tuesday.The first plan, dubbed

the 4-8 plan because itwould have had fourclassifications for theregular season and eightfor the state playoffs,was voted down by anoverwhelming 35-15margin.The six-classification

plan was then proposed,and thanks in large partto overwhelming sup-port from the Atlantaarea schools, it passedby a thin 26-24 margin.The next step in the

process comes in Octo-ber when the full-timeequivalent (FTE) countsfor the schools acrossthe state are released inOctober.After that, the GHSA

will divide the schoolsinto separate classifica-tions and regions.

for optimism.They’re coming off an-

other successful seasonthat included a thirdstraight year with atleast one playoff win.Callaway finished the

season 8-4 that includeda state-playoff victoryover Rockmart and afirst ever win over Troup.The Cavaliers lost

some key players tograduation, includingLaGrange Daily Newsplayer of the year Mar-quis Terrell, but they’vegot some gifted playersreturning, includingquarterback Ricky Parksand linebacker JefferyCameron.As for the voids left by

the departed players,Wiggins said the teammade a lot of progresstoward filling thoseholes.“We have several sen-

iors that left us withsome voids at certain po-sitions, but we have hada lot of young guys comein and they have playedreally well over thecourse of the two weekperiod and we are reallyexcited about them andthis upcoming season,”Wiggins said.The Cavaliers will be

led by a solid group ofrising seniors includingParks, Cameron anddual-threat player AlbertTrammell.“It’s going to be really

beneficial for us to havethose guys coming backthis season,” Wigginssaid. “Ricky coming backthis season, knowing ouroffense and being theleader of our footballteam he gets people inthe right places, andbrings a great work ethicto the field. Jeffery

Cameron is returning asa leader for our defense.He always brings greatspeed and intensity tothe field and he gets peo-ple to the ball.“Albert Trammell is a

two-way player for us,he plays SAM linebackerand tight end. He didn’tcome off the field lastyear and he is bringingthat same work ethic inthis year.”Those three seniors,

Wiggins said, aren’t thekind of guys to rest ontheir laurels, and he saidtheir work ethic hasbeen infectious.“All three of those guys

demand a great workethic from their team-mates,” Wiggins said.“They’re important partsof our football team. Notonly in their athletic abil-ity, but also in their lead-ership capabilities. They

are special football play-ers for us.”Those three players

have drawn the attentionof college coaches.On Monday, among

the coaches checkingout practice was Georgiaoffensive coordinatorMike Bobo.Parks and Cameron in

particular are high on alot of recruiting lists.“I feel that Ricky and

Jeffery are being levelheaded and are stayinghumble through the en-tire process,” Wigginssaid. “There is a lot ofhype with collegecoaches coming aroundand coming through ourschool and that stuff willcontinue to happen aswe go to camps. Theyhandle that well, andthey focus on their aca-demics and let the otherfall into place.”

CHICAGO(AP) –TheAtlantaHawkswere hoping to return home with achance to clinch their playoff series.Now, thanks to Tuesday’s 95-83 loss

to the Chicago Bulls, they’ll have towin in Atlanta on Thursday to keeptheir series alive and advance to aGame 7 in Chicago.League MVP Derrick Rose scored

33 points, and Luol Deng added 23points.They are in this position after dom-

inating Atlanta in the fourth quarter26-15, with Rose scoring 11 points.Rose showed why he is the league's

youngest MVP, hitting 11 of 24 shotsand finishing with nine assists. It wasa big improvement over Game 4whenhe needed 32 shots to score 34 points,and he was particularly effectivedown the stretch, attacking the rim.“He made unbelievable plays. He

exploded off the pick and roll,” At-lanta's Josh Smith said.Jeff Teague was big again for the

Hawks in place of the injured KirkHinrich, scoring 21 for the third timein this series, but Atlanta came upshort in the end.Smith contributed 16 points. Joe

Johnson scored 15, Zaza Pachulia fin-ished with 13 points and Al Horfordadded 12 points and 10 rebounds. ButJamal Crawford scored just twopoints on 1-of-9 shooting.“We were playing for everything,”

Horford said. “We have to regroupagain and get ready for Thursday.”The Bulls led by 15 points in the

first quarter but were trailing 70-69early in the fourth before they wenton a 9-0 run.Rose started it when he drove to his

left for a layup, fed Gibson a no-lookpass in transition for a three-point

play and added a layup that made it78-70.Then, midway through the fourth,

he drove for a three-point play thatmade it 85-76, and after Atlantapulled within six, Chicago scoredeight straight to make it 93-79, withsix points coming from Gibson.That 15-point lead dissolved into a

48-42 halftime advantage, and theHawks kept coming at them in thethird quarter.Things got particularly tense after a

two-handed dunk by Smith cutChicago’s lead to 61-60 with just over4 minutes left in the period. He hungon the rim and Carlos Boozer gavehim a forearm to the face, leading to aretaliatory shove from Smith andtechnical fouls for both players.“I dunked the basketball and I go to

turn and he just cleared me with anelbow to the jaw,” Smith said. “No-body is going to do that to me. I don’tcare who you are. I’m a man first.”Smith gave the Hawks their first

lead of the game when he nailed ajumper that made it 64-63 with 1:45remaining, but Chicago was up 69-68lead going into the fourth. Then, aftera layup by Teague, Rose went off. Sodid Gibson, and the Bulls prevailed.

ATLANTA (AP) – TimHudson got a little helpfrom his teammates.Two errors were

charged. Two morecould’ve been.But Hudson was kick-

ing himself for making abig mistake that didn’tshow up in the error col-umn.Coming off a one-hit-

ter, Hudson gave upthree-run homers toLaynce Nix and JaysonWerth as theWashingtonNationals built a big leadand held on for a 7-6 winover the Atlanta Braveson Tuesday night.“Huddy pitched well,”

said Nate McLouth, whomade perhaps the mostcrucial error when hedropped a flyball in thefourth inning. “He didn’tdeserve that. That ball Idropped, there’s no ex-cuses.”Hudson said his stuff

felt as good as it did inhis previous start againstMilwaukee, when hefaced only two hittersover the minimum for an8-0 shutout.But the results were

much different this time.He lasted only five in-nings, his shortest stintof the season.“Obviously, that was

an aberration of how wenormally play,” Hudsonsaid. “I’d be an idiot tocomplain about a few er-rors here and there.”Besides, Hudson felt

he made the biggest mis-take of all. With two outsin the fifth and theBraves trailing 4-1, theright-hander shook offcatcher Brian McCann’ssignal for a fastball toWerth. Instead, he threwa changeup over the in-side corner. Werthknocked it over the left-

field wall for his three-run shot.“The pitch to Werth

was brutal,” Hudsonsaid. “Not only did wemake some errors on de-fense, I made one, too.”Jason Marquis (4-1)

beat the team he brokein with for a milestonewin. The 32-year-oldgave up seven hits andthree runs in 7 1-3 in-nings to improve his ca-reer mark to 100-93.The first 14 wins came

with the Braves from2000-03.“It was exciting, obvi-

ously, that I got 100here,” he said. “It’s defi-nitely a special part ofmy career. Who wouldhave ever thought whenI first broke in that I'd getto this point? But I guessa lot of hard work andgood fortune with healthhas allowed me to dothat.”Trailing 7-1, the

Braves scored five timesin the eighth off Marquisand two relievers,capped by Dan Uggla’sthree-run homer offTyler Clippard.Pinch-hitter Brooks

Conrad hit one to thewall in the ninth that washauled in just a few feetshort of a tying homer,good enough for DrewStoren to earn his eighthsave in eight chances.“The way we came

back makes me feelgood about this ball-club,” Braves managerFredi Gonzalez said.But there was some

potentially bad news forthe Braves:Right fielder Jason

Heyward left the game inthe eighth because of lin-gering pain in his rightshoulder. He'll undergoan MRI on Thursday.

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Kevin Eckleberry / Daily NewsTheCallawayCavaliers will look to continue their recentrunofsuccessnextseason.

DanUgglahitahomerun in theeighth inning,but theAt-lantaBraves lost to theWashingtonNationals7-6.

Chicago’s Derrick Rose drives on JoshSmith during Tuesday’s playoff game.TheBullswon95-83.

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he’d like, he did a nicejob of scrambling forpars.On the 17th hole, a Par

4, Keener made a puttfrom about 15 feet to getback to even par.On the 18th hold, a Par

5, Keener went for thegreen in two after whathe called “the best drive Ihit all day”, and althoughhe missed the green, hewas able to get up anddown for a closing birdie.“I knew it’d be great to

get into the red,” Keenersaid.

� FOOTBALL: ToddMooney’s Panther Foot-ball Camp will be heldMay 31 to June 3 from8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.each day.The camp is open to

those ages 7-12.The camp will be held

on the LaGrange Collegecampus and CallawayStadium.The camp tuition is

$110, with a $10 for pre-registration by May 16.The camp will be run

by Mooney, who hasbeen the head footballcoach since the programbegan in 2006.Other coaches and

players will assistMooney.Call coach Mooney at

(706) 880-8106 for ques-tions.

� SOCCER: JeffGeeter, the women’s soc-cer coach at LaGrangeCollege, will host is 21stPanther Soccer Campfrom June 20-24.The camp for players

ages 5-8 will be from 9a.m. until 11 a.m. eachday, and the camp forplayers ages 9-14 will befrom 9 a.m. until noon.Call Geeter at (706)

880-8283 for more infor-mation.

� SOCCER: LaGrangeCollege baseball coachKevin Howard will offertwo camps this summer.The first one is June 6-10,and the second one isJune 13-17. Both campsare for boys and girls en-tering the first gradethrough the age of 13.The cost is $140 and $130each for siblings. A campbrochure can be found atthe baseball link atwww.lagrangepanthers.com

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PEDRENA, Spain (AP)– With the sound of abagpipe filling the air,some of Europe's great-est golfers joined family,friends and local resi-dents Wednesday for thefuneral of Seve Balles-teros in his native fishingvillage in northern Spain.Ryder Cup captains

Nick Faldo, Colin Mont-gomerie, Sam Torranceand Jose Maria Olazabalmarched together in si-lence as part of the pro-cession from Ballesteros'family home to thechurch of San Pedro dePedrena.Ballesteros, a five-time

major winner and RyderCup stalwart who revivedEuropean golf, died Sat-urday at age 54.

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