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As he War Drugsiues be wagered, heuse illegal aris haspermeaed Ameria ulureeve as i has wreakedhav hrughu he lalmmuiy, wihu regard si-emi saus.While may mplai hapreius jail ad pris spaebes reserved r vilead areer eders is euilized r iareraigidividuals wih drugaddiis, Spaldig cuyis e sysem ha ers apeial aleraive – Drugcur.

A iesive w-yearprgram desiged assisdrug addis wh desireassisae i bemig adsayig lea, Drug curis muh mre ha a slap he wris hse aigpeial ely harges, as

idiaed by he suppr igarers rm hse wihihe law ereme adprseurial brahes herimial jusie sysem.

Speial Age Sam Jes, he Spaldig cuy Sheri’soe Speial operaisUi, has bee ivlvedwih Drug cur sie isiepi i 2007, ad saidhe perepi sme hai is a “hug-a-hug” prgramis ivalid.

“I’m a huge prpe, buI admi, whe I rs beameivlved, I had hage myhugh press. I hughlike a p ad ly sawpeple I had lked up imead ime agai, bu I ame see he dieree beweepeple wh are addied drugs wh wa sp, bua’ d i ale ad eedhelp ad hse lks wh areaddied ad have desire qui,” Jes said.

I is hse idividuals whhave a legiimae desire ge lea ha Drug cur isdesiged serve.

“this prgram is desigedr peple wih addiiswh eed ad wa he help rasii bak i beigprduive ahers, mhersad members siey,”Jes said. “Fr he perswh hiks hey a lie adhea he prgram, hey’ll

ever make i hrugh ay he levels prgress. Ulesshey’re willig wrk adwrk hard, hey’ll ever makei hrugh.”

Drug cur pariipas slear jus hw iesive he

prgram is whe hey arerequired hek i wih auselr a daily basis,submi muliple drug esseah ad every week adappear bere a judge iur every w weeks. they

mus als be emplyed rprvide daily pr hey areaively seekig emplyme.

Gri Judiial cirui DisriArey S Ballard alssupprs he ers Drugcur, sayig i i is deprperly, i a be he mseeive way he kws help addis vermeaddii.

He said he key lies ihe judge ivlved i heprgram, as well as hepariipa selei press.

He believes he judgemus have a emperameha allws hem shwmpassi hse wh

are willig ives he errequired sp usig drugswhile als beig rm eugh maiai respe r heur. Ballard said Superircur Judge W. Fleher Sams“is really gd i here,” adwishes him gig adiued suess.

Drug cur is reservedslely r hse arresedad harged wih he use aris, r hsewh sad aused selligdrugs.

“Make misakes – drugdealers g jail,” Ballard said.

Pariipas wh suessullymplee Drug cur havemre ha a drug-ree uure

ahead hem – hey alshave he added bus alea rerd.

“Whe hey’re arresed, hisis he ligh a he ed heuel,” Jes said. “Aer wyears, i hey’re suessul,heir rerds are expuged.

they’ll have elyvii heir rerd –hey have reas lk ver heir shulders i heirpressial r persal lives.”

Jes said i is alwaysgraiyig aed hepariipas’ graduaieremies.

“We always shw hem apiure hemselves a he

begiig he prgram –heir mug sh – ad he aurre ph. We say, ‘Hereyu were w years ag adhere yu are day. We d’d ha pu hem dw,bu shw hem hw arhey’ve me.” Ω

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Fun or all this all in downtown Grin

Recent events had hundreds o people heading to downtown Grin.Pictured in the top let is the Low Down Dirty Dawg Race, a mudobstacle course set up at the Grin Kiwanis airgrounds as a parto Doc'tober Days, which also eatured the Doc'tober Beer and WineFestival in the Imperial Theatre and Bluebird Pop Up HandcratedMarket (two near top pictures).

Downtown Trick-or-Treat was a success, with well over one thousand

ghouls, goblins, airies and superheros and their amilies visitingdowntown businesses to gather Halloween treats on Friday, Oct. 28.

pg.4STAFF REPORTSFaig a budge shrall $6 milli r he 2012-13shl year, he bard eduai adped a 170day shl aledar r2012-2013, prjeed lesse he shrall by $3.1milli.

the shl aledaradped begis shl Augus 13 ad eds shlMay 24. Breaks r sudesad sa ilude a week-lg all break i ober,

thaksgivig week, wweeks a chrismas, aweek-lg wier break iFebruary ad sprig break i April. Deise Burrell, DepuySuperiede, said, “n

isruial ime is lswih a 170 day aledarbeause eah shlday’s isruial ime isexeded by 20 miuesi he aer. Allemplyees will have ewrk adjusme days haare already buil i his

adped aledar.” Shl sysemsakehlders, iludigpares ad sudes, wereasked idiae heirpreeree budge-riedly shreed shlyear aledars. over 3,000gave heir preeree aledar versi, wiha verwhelmig 91%i avr he balaedaledar wih week-lgbreaks. Ω

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Fllwig he April radha ripped hrughSpaldig cuy, mayraised he quesi whyhere are warig siresi plae war resides impedig dager.oials have sie sudiedhe pssible sluis his issue ad have ped uilize a sae--he-aremergey iaisysem (EnS) i lieu sires.

oe reerred as a“reverse 911 sysem,” heEnS is aually i wayrelaed he Emergey911 sysem, bu is

raher hrugh he lalEmergey MaagemeAgey ad Spaldigcuy’s Deparme Hmelad Seuriy, bhuder he leadership Spaldig cuy FireDeparme chie KeyWes.

Hwever, he EnS desuilize elemmuiaisdevies ad will allw heidepede iai resides via hemehd heir hie, ilude a phe allplaed eiher lad r ellphe lies – up hreeumbers per reside,ex messagig, pagig

r e-mail. Furhermre,eah reside will have he

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Spaldig cuy ialshave ake seps address a budge shrall $788,000, whih cuyMaager William Wilsaribues variais ihe ax diges.

He explaied ha aupmig year’s budgeis wrked i he sprig,a a ime whe muhueraiy exiss.

“We have idea wha heax diges is gig be,”he said. “We have juswrk uder a esimae.Whe we develpedhe budge r his year,wha preipiaed his is

ha we had budgeed iaiipai he samereveue we had las year.”

Hwever, Wils saidlegislaive hages haveled variaes i hevalues ad he way heyare alulaed by lalgvermes.

“Yur prpery may bedevalued whe mayrelsures r shr salesake plae,” he said. “thaw has be ake iau i ur ax diges.”

As a example, Wilsied a hypheialsubdivisi sisig 20 residees. He said i eigh hse resideeshad bee relsed

up ad he sld rly $50,000, ha resalevalue mus be applied all her residees i hesubdivisi, regardless wheher he mrgagesare urre.

“Eve i he hmes aremrgaged r $250,000,ad are aually wrh

ha amu, he valuai hse hmes is w,by legislai, lweredbeause he herrelsures ad shrsales,” he said. “the value iu ax diges we dwad ha’s hw we ededup wih a shr all.”

I addii, Wils saidaddiial legislai waseaed a he heigh

he ai’s aial risisha prhibied Gergiauies rm prperyrevaluais, whih havew bee rze r wyears.

He added ha pedig2012 legislaive aimay well urher aeuure ax digess, wih he

pssibiliy revaluaiireases beig apped ahree pere.

“We will have deal wihwhaever legislai ispassed i Alaa wihregard ax assessmesad he way prperies arevalued i he uy,” hesaid uure hages. Ω

I he mids a2011 budge shrallamuig $788,000,Spaldig cuy MaagerWilliam Wils adBard cmmissiersmembers have w akehe seps hey say areeessary balae heuy’s budge, iludiga sigia redui iheir w es’ udig.

Iluded i he ssavigs measuresare reduis ideparmeal udig,wih $100,000 u rm hePubli Wrks deparme,

speially he RadDeparme; $113,000 urm he budge shared byWils ad he Boc; ada 50 pere reduisi he budges heDevelpme Auhriyad Lad Bak, amuig

$50,000 ad $37,500,respeively.

Wih regard he$113,000 u he admmissiers willexperiee, Wils said,“Ms i is migrm he mmissier’sigey ud adsme is mig rm myraiig ad ravel ud.”

He said he budgeypially iludes udigr he uy maager aed w meeigsaually, bu ha has wbee saled bak e

meeig.

“I usually aed heAccG (Assiai cuycmmissiers Gergia)aual meeig, bu Iw’ be gig his year,”he said. Ω

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I addii budge usi several deparmes,Spaldig cuy MaagerWilliam Wils said jbus are als be eessary reslve a budgeshrall $788,000. thseemplyees wh will lger have jbs wihi he

uy gverme havew bee ied, Wilssaid.

“there were six psiisha were elimiaed.Fur hem are ull-imepsiis ad w hemare par-ime,” he said.

Iluded i he elimiaedull-ime psiis arehse he depuy uymaager, he irmaiehlgy rdiarad hree lerks, wihhe Parks ad RereaiDeparme lsig wad Publi Wrks/Reusecllei lsig he hird.

“I addii he budgereduis, ha washe remaider heu,” Wils said. “thsesalaries ad bees wereapprximaely $200,000.”

the jb respsibiliies he Parks ad Rereaiad Publi Wrk lerks willbe assiged remaiigemplyees, as will sme he duies heirmai ehlgyrdiar.

“ousurig is hw we’llhadle ha (It), ad smeieral lks will hadle

sme ha, as well,”Wils said. “We als havesware maieae hawe already pay r helpwih ay prblems we mayexperiee. We a all hemauaurer ad hey adial i he sysem ad

help wih ha.”

He said he deisi elimiae he six psiiswas a easy e, bu iwas eessary balaehe uy budge.

“I’s smehig ayewaed d, bu aredui i he re was

he ly hig we uld d make up he remaider he shrall,” he said.

Wils said madaryurlugh days r uyemplyees were als akei siderai.

“We uld have madeup ms he meyby havig ie urlughdays, beause eahurlugh day wuld saveapprximaely $90,000,bu ha wuld have pu allhe respsibiliy egrup, ad we were ryig balae he u wihuargeig e sigle grup,”

he said. “We’re ryig balae he budge arsshe bard isead he baks ay e siglegrup.”

Wils said arragemeshave bee made rmeeigs bewee heaeed emplyeesad represeaives isurae ad pesimpaies ad he GergiaDeparme Labr.

thse meeigs will akeplae ex week, he added.

the deisi was made reai he emplyees uilDe. 31 allw hem ime

seek ew emplyme.“We’re ryig wrk wihhem, ad deparmeheads will be very fexiblei allwig ime r jbierviews,” Wils said. Ω

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iai a 50 pereredui i udig rsal year 2011, Gri-Spaldig DevelpmeAuhriy Direr DavidLukie remais graeul have bee iluded i hebudge.

“the uy has udedhe Develpme Auhriyr several years w.We have bee peraighrugh ur w uds –mey we’ve geeraedrm lad sales, bd eesad higs like ha,” he said.“We d’ have a seadysream ime, hugh,ad ay mey we ge hages wards ur budgeis always wderul. the$50,000 (remaiig) will bea l beer ha zer.”

Lukie said heDevelpme Auhriylked uy ials rudig assisae his year,

ad he al deisi was

allae $100,000.

Spaldig cuy MaagerWilliam Wils said whilehe 50 pere reduii udig is sigia,here was ever aysiderai give mpleely wihdrawig allaial suppr rm heDevelpme Auhriy.ciig ree ahievemeswih regard heaued expasis caerpillar ad HK Lgisisas examples hw ruialis ers are i brigig

jbs Spaldig cuy,he said he DevelpmeAuhriy is quie deservig udig.

“We’re hpeul ha whereveue piks up, we maybe able reeive ulludig agai,” Lukie said.“Bu we’re eam players;we’ll ake ur us algwih he res he eam.” Ω

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the dii Headcreek Reservir is imprvig, w dwur ee rm ull pl,whih Gri Publi WrksDirer Bra Keller had

reely said reaed hepeial r he iy ru

u waer supply isresides ad busiessesdurig lae Deember.

I a early ierviewwih the Grip, Kellerlassied he siuai as“margial riial,” adsaid his e had beemmuiaig wih

eighbrig uies’waer auhriies prepare r a wrs-aseseari i whih waerlevels d supply waersuie mee lal

eeds.

theyaedclay,Heryad Busuiesad esedhe sysem esure

he abiliy make heprper eis, i

eeded."We w’ ru u waer,bu we’re gig beigh,” Keller said. “We’vebee here bere. We’vebee as lw as 54 ihesdw, bu we’re gig ge ha lw his ime.urely smeime bewee

w ad Deember, we’llge sme rai." Keller saidi he earlier ierview.

Seps have w beeake exed lal waersupplies hrugh a leasmid-February.

“the majriy urwaer prdui hasbee shied rm HarrySimms (a Head creek Reservir) he SillBrah Reservir,” heexplaied. “We’ve prbablyg apprximaely 116days le here. We had make he deisi

make ha shi. Basially,wha we had bere werehree persel shis aHead creek ad e a SillBrah. Wha we’ve deis mve he emplyees w mre shis ver SillBrah.”

Keller said he is hpeul

ha his prdui shiwill arry he iy hrughuil suie raiallrepleishes he waersupply.

“I a rmal year, beweenvember ad Marhis whe yu have appruiy i he rivers repleish he reservirs,”he said. Uruaely,he said a his ime, hemdel alular is prvidig euragigirmai. “We’re i aLe nia siuai righw, [a weaher sysemi he Pai oea ha

ypially preipiaes dryerha rmal diisi he Alai oea]whih prjes we’ll haveless raiall, beause whahappes i he Paiaes he Alai.” Ω

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While may residesiue mplai haGri Pwer will makearragemes r laepaymes iy uiliybills, Assisa Direr tm

Ridgway said ha pliyremais eessary r hedeparme ui.

“the deisi aeppayme arragemeswas a deisi made by heBard cmmissiers,s we’re jus llwigdireives ha,” he said.“We’re a busiess ad wehave expeses ha have be me. oe waer adeleriiy have bee used,i a’ be ake bak. I’salready bee used.”

Beause usmers haveused he eleriiy, hesaid bills mus be paid i aimely maer avid he

burde beig passed eiher he iy r herusmers.

“Par i is ha we – heiy – has a eleri billha’s due wheher wereeive payme r . I we’re lleig meyrm ur usmers, he

uds are here pay hse bills,” he said.“tha wuld amu a ieres ree la rusmers. I smee is’payig heir bill, smeeelse is bearig ha sad ha is he usmerswh d pay heir bills ime.”

Ridgway said eimes,he prblem resulsrm usmers wh aredispleased wih heirpariular billig yle’sdue dae.

“the prblem is habasially, peple wa hage heir due daes

based whe heyreeive heks pay heirbills,” he said. “the prblem

wih ha is ha we wuldbe ruig arud all verhe iy ad he uyreadig meers here adhere.”

A his ime, here are mreha e dze billigyles r Gri Pwerusmers, wih hsevarius yles dividedi separae rues rmeer readers. therere, iwuld be s prhibiiver usmers hadpik heir billig daes, Ridgwaysaid.

“We wuld be ruig allver he plae ryig read meers,” he said.

Hwever, his will always remai he ase, asRidgway said he resees aday usmers will be able sele heir preeree

rm a lis billigdaes. this hage willme, he says, due heiy’s implemeai

aumaed meer readig.

“A ha pi, we will havesme fexibiliy i allwigusmers hse heirbillig daes, bu ha’s

gig ake a umber years be deplyed,” hesaid.

Ridgway said he elerimeers will be lier aumaed readig“hpeully” wihi heex six mhs, bu heaumaed readig waer meers remaisyears away.

“Fr waer, i will be severalyears beause he s he deplyme algwih he ss smeirasruure hages hawill be eessary.”

Uil ha ime mes,

Ridgway said iy Griuiliies mus be paid byhe bill’s saed due dae. Ω

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DIRT MCGIRTI early nvember heiizes Gri ad

Spaldig cuy will head he plls ele several iyers ad will be asked deide he issue Sudayalhl sales. As wih mayher sial issues, here arehse wh like pik adhse Bible verses ha heylaim suppr heir psii.Fr example, hse ppsed Suday alhl salese pi Deuermy32:33 whih saes ha“ixiaig wie is likehe pis serpes, heruel vem asps.” Whilehis des prvide Biblialsuppr he argumeagais alhl, i we srilyabided by every wrd heBible here may be wrseprblems ha guys drikigbeer while wahig heFals.

Sie Leviius 11:10 ellsus ha eaig shellsh isa abmiai, hey willhave be baed. thereis bud be a spirieddebae ver wheher heshellsh ba will ly apply rue shellsh like ysers,mussels ad lams r alsilude rusaeas adephalpds. I rusaeasare allwed des hamea we a have shrimpkail?

A readig Exdus 35:2dires ha hse ud

wrkig he Sabbahshuld be pu deah. I yu ah yur eighbruig grass Suday adprmply smie him, wuldhe smiig be sideredwrk? I s, is i eessary smie yursel r wrkig he Sabbah r shuld aleryur eighbrs s ha heya smie yu?

Leviius 15:19 makes i verylear ha peple shuldhave absluely awih a wma r e week u every mh. Whileme have maaged llw his law r husads years u pure ear,wme ad hildre willhave adap lie wihuheir mhers, daughersad sisers r e week eah mh. there will alsbe a huge demad r ps-mepausal babysiers adsubsiue eahers.

Aher impraprhibii mes rmLeviius 19:19 whih rbidsplaig w kids rpsi he same eld ad als

wearig lhes made w ypes lh. Surgeswill be verwhelmed wihrar u ijuries sueredwhile sig a eighbr deah r erig beas adsquash rm heir garde.Garme ags will bemeriially impra lyr esurig prper aread leaig, bu als ravidig peially lehal/plyeser bleds.

I everye keeps a gdhrwig se hady admakes sure sarie a bulla he aler every ew weeks,he rasii 1257 B.c.shuld g prey smhly.Ω

Satire: ‘Cause the Bible Tells Me So JENNA HOWARD the oupy Wall Sreepress have spread ver 25 iies aiwide,iludig Alaa. themveme, whih sared Sepember 17hwih ly 1,000 peplemarhig hrugh newYrk ciy, dems heaial isiui he

Uied Saes ad seeks be he vie r he “99pere,” he oupy WallSree websie reprs. themveme assails imeiequaliy, jblessess, adbig baks. Presers havebee ampig u i parksarss he ai eve wihhreas arress by pliead her iy auhriies.

While he mvemeappears be gaiigmmeum, sme iizesare ered haoupy Wall Sree maybe uerprduive.Advaes are suggesigha iizes upy alal busiess isead ampig u a iy park ia er help yur lalemy. Gri reside,David Fuai, is aadvae buyig lallyad shppig i dwwGri.

“Whe I was yuger, wedid’ have hese lalbusiesses availabledww like we dw. I’s a gd plae shp lally ad meepeple i yur lalmmuiy.” Fuai sayshe halleges himsel adhers buy irprais, bu isead by buy lally, shp lally,

ad ea lally. “I d’ seewhy we shuld g Wal-Mar buy smehig i alal busiess is sellig hesame hig. I udersadha peple hik i mighbe a lile mre expesive,bu i yu’re siusabu hw yu spedyur mey, yu a buyvegeables rm yur lalarmers marke, buy ee

rm a lal ee shp,ad ea a a lal resaurawhile supprig yur lalemy.”

Ree sudies shwha buyig lal gdsprdues big meyr he emy. theUiversiy Gergia’scllege Agriulure adEvirmeal Sieesceer r Agribusiess adEmi Develpmereely mpleed a sudyshwig ha i 3.7 millihusehlds i Gergiaspe $10 a week lallygrw prdus rmGergia, i wuld add mre

ha $1.9 billi bak ihe sae’s emy.

the sudy als shwedha mre dire armer--sumer sales wuldribue ver 200 jbs Gergias i he exyear. Fuai agrees haupyig a lal busiessis gd r jbs as well, “allhe wers i dwwGri are praive. theygive jbs peple whreally eed hem ad helpu amilies wh really heassisae. Supprig lalbusiesses supprs isel.”Ω

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Prisilla wasabaded heside a uryrad jus berehe big ie srmha hi middleGergia his paswier, alg wiha large bag drydg d. Likemay dgs whare hrw u

ars heside he rad,Prisilla wuld budge rmhe sp whereshe was pu u. Aer wdays, he wer sill had me, ad he dry dg dwas alms ge. Prisillawas hirsy ad exhausedrm her vigil, ad limbedgraeully i her resuer'sar, where she sighed heavilyad immediaely ell asleep.We psed sigs ad raewspaper ads ad aedhree area aimal rlailiies, bu ever laedPrisilla's wer. Jus a week ad a hal aer she wasresued, Prisilla gave birh ie healhy puppies, all whm have bee adped.

nw Prisilla is waiig rher ur, her hae a beigpar a real amily. Prisillasill ges axius whe sheges r a ride i he ar,

prbably beause she earsbeig hrw u agai. Sheis a lvig, warm dg wih ahear gld. Prisilla gesexied ad lves greesmall hildre wih kisses, bushe migh kk hem ver iher exieme. therere weremmed her r a adulhme r a hme wih lderhildre. She ges alg verywell wih her keel maeArher, s we are deha she will assimilae ielyi a hme wih a male aieplaymae. We have esedher wih a adul emale dgr wih as. Ω

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Dr. Bob: On a tip rom one i myson’s riends, I asked him i hehad been experimenting withdrugs. Ater a long discussion,he produced a bag o somethinglike potpourri. He said it was“spice,” or “K2.” He said it waslegal, and several o his riendswere smoking it. I was shockedand concerned about this, eventhough he said he had not used it

yet. What is the story on this? Isit a drug? Is it dangerous?

Yes, ad yes, asweryur las w quesisrs. this subsae,als kw as “syheimarijuaa,” was syhesizedrs i a hemisry labi Suh carlia rpharmaeuial researh.Dr. Jh Huma, argai hemis a clemsUiversiy, said, “the su ha’s bee pu i heiese was rigiallymade i ur lab 15 yearsag.” Huma’s researhwas irially uded by

he naial Isiue Drug Abuse. tha las ha pariular bah isbeig used rai drug-sig dgs, bu i is easilymade uside a lab i wseps wih readily availablesubsraes.

K2 was used as a pla-grwig aid i Asia,he sld i Eurpe as asyhei marijuaa beremakig is way here. I is aaabiid, a relaive marijuaa. I has bee sldas iese r ppurri, buwih a wik ad a d, as iis a ireasigly ppularmid-alerig drug.

Yur s’s asseri hai is legal is parly rue.Is sale has bee baedi ve saes, iludigGergia. Uruaely, i45 her saes, i is reelyavailable ver he ueri veiee sres adgas sais. Spie aals be purhased ver heiere. Perhaps a mreaurae desripi hisdrug’s legal saus is hai is illegal everywhereye, bu ha is likely mredue he lag bewee isappearae ad legislaiveai.

Yur primary weap

agais his dager iseduai. tell yur sha his is a dagerussubsae. these herbs are

sprayed wih uideiedhemials, whih whesmked, eer he bldsream direly ad areraspred he brai.

there is lisig igredies, s we d kw wha hese pepleare igesig. Emergeyrms are bemigireasigly amiliar wihhe resuls: rapid hearrae, disrieai, severeaxiey, ausea, vmiig,ad very high bldpressure. Sme usershave als had seizures,halluiais ad remrs.

Psyhsis ad suiidalhughs have beerepred.

tell yur s ha heees have bee kw las aywhere rmve days hree mhs.

this subsae is ar mrepe ha marijuaa,lger lasig, lessprediable. Beause i iss pe, he dse limisr verdse levels are kw, bu hey are quielw due he aure he drug.

Smkig ayhig,iludig ba (whih is

legal, ) is dagerus ly beause i damageshe lugs, bu beausely e sigle-ell-hik membrae separaes hesmke rm yur bld.oe a subsae gesi he lugs, i will bepumped all pars hebdy wihi seds. Whilesmkig ayhig, he,is a bad idea, mpared spie/K2/syheimarijuaa, yur s wuldbe beer smkigpis ivy—we a leaskw wha ha is. By heway, here is a drug es rhis. We have had psiive

ess reely a ur lii.

Bm lie: take he spieu yur lie. Ω

Don't put 'spice' in your lie

DUSTY TAKLE

I lve his iy. Yes, Gri.Whe I mved oklahmaciy i 2003, I was erai Iwas he ly 30-smehigyear ld ryig me bak here. I seemed be he ry may esape he hld his ld mill w. nme. I’ve bee a l plaes.I’ve see a l mre grader

ws. Bu, e draw me likehis e.

Maybe i’s beause I piuremy mher’s mher walkigrm her huse GriIdusries Mill every day wrk wih her purse drapedarss her be elbw. I hik abu my dad’s mher adher sibligs beig raised hereby heir w eldes sibligsaer heir pares passed svery yug.

I evisi my dad meeig hisrieds r sme sadl balli a bakyard Beay Sree.I see him payig a ikel ah he laes fik a he Rex

theaer. I lk a piures my mher wiig he ile Miss Gri, ad I wa

hld a w ha saw heras beauiul he as I see herw.

I g ruig wih my lg-ime ried hese l,auum mrigs, ad myee hi he alle leaves rees ha sd Hill Sreewhe geerais bereme walked by hem. EverySuday mrig, I walk i ahurh ha serves he peple his w ad lves hemureleigly.

Sure, I miss Super targe beigrigh dw he sree. Bu, Iassure yu my bak audes . Ad, wh eedsSarbuks whe Saehuse’sJab orr urs a appuii a wrk ar?

Perhaps, his iy is’everyhig yu wa i be.Ye. Bu, i’s a gd plae.Wih gd peple. Ad,here is smehig be saidr akig he elevar up he sed fr a FliRiver Library ad ellig mydaugher, “na used brigme here all he ime whe Iwas a lile girl.” Ad, he shesmiles a me ad says, “Shwme yur avrie bks, Mm.”

I’m hakul r his iy. Ad,

I’m hakul ha all hews i he wrld, his is hee ha buil me. Ω

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COMMUNITY 6 nv. 3-17, 2011

Custom

Nov 3 and 4; las days early vig iy Grimmissi eleiad Suday alhl salesreeredum; MemrialDrive Plaza.

November 4; Suhercrese tehial cllegeHmemig Game

November 5; Saurday; GriHumae Siey chili ck o; 10 a.m. 2 p.m; thePavili.

November 5; Saurday; Bksad Mre Sale; Gri-Spaldig cuy Library;9 a.m. 4 p.m.; bks,urishigs, e hairsad mre r sale.

November 5; Saurday;Pumpki Desrui DayReyle yur ld HallweePumpki a PumpkiDesrui Day; the Rk

Rah; here are s grea ieraive ad udesrui mehds. Brigyur w pumpki r pik e up a the Rk Rah.Als see ar ad pumpkirushig by pressialmser ruks.

November 8; tuesday; FreePare Wrkshp Speial Eduai, "Peae,Lve, Harmy...ad heIFSP/IEP?"; 6 8 p.m.;Learig ceer 216 S.Sixh Sree, Gri.

November 12; Bksigigr lal auhr DebbieKauma's debu vel, TheDoctor's Mission; preedswill bee SaehuseMiisries; Saehusecee ad tea, Gri.

November 12; Saurday;Yug Lie Gri will hldur 9h aual turkey tr

5K Ru/Walk a Wymia tyus olympi Park.

November 12; Saurday;Piure Purr-e: A FelieF Shw - opeigReepi; Lighrereshmes will beavailable. All phgraphsare sale ad yurpurhase will beeaimal resue prgramsi he area; Free eve; Anvel Experiee, ZebulSquare; 6 - 8 p.m.

November 12; Saurday; FihAual Salue Veera'sPrgram ad Dae;Gri VFW; all age grupswelme; 6 - 8p.m.; Frmre irmai ahe Seir ceer a 770-467-4384.

November 15; tuesday;Busiess Aer Hurs; 6hSree Pier, 6h Sree,

Gri; 5 - 7 p.m.

November 25; Blak Friday;Shp i dwwGri Blak Friday rgrea speials ad deals;say ued r a lis pariipaig busiesses.

November 26; Small BusiessSaurday; regiser yurAmeria Express ard asmallbusiesssaurday.m reeive a $25 redi yur AmEx saemewhe yu purhase rm asmall busiess nv. 26.

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Rya Rgers, wer Rger's tur care, ad hiswie Amada have deided have a sed hild byadpig. Due he highs adpis, hey aregeig reaive alleviaesme he s.

Wih he chrismas seasas apprahig, heyhave bega a "Leers rmSaa" udraiser ha willhelp raise mey as well asspread jy hildre all

ver he Gri area. they are askig pares dae $5 heir adpiud, ad i reur heirhildre will reeive ahad-wrie leer rm"Saa" himsel, lled wihdeails ly Saa (ad apare, wik wik) wuldkw. "thik he lk yur hild's ae whehey realize hey reeived a

leer sraigh rm he Jllyol' Ma himsel," said Rya.

"We are very exied ada wai mee hehild ha Gd will blessus wih," said he Rgersamily. "We uld dhis wihu he help hers. this is lybeeig a adpi,bu a grea ppruiy ryur hild reeive a uleer rm Saa!"

the Rgers have asked r$5 dais be se P.o. Bx 1550, Gri,Ga. 30224, alg wiha e iludig hild'same ad birh dae, ulladdress, avrie aiviies,amplishmes, a ewgis he hild wuld like(ad will likely reeive!)as well as ay sibligs'ames by De. 1. Frurher irmai, [email protected]. Ω

'Letters rom Santa' undraiser

will beneft amily adoption STAFF REPORTS

the Gri chral Arsmmuiy hrus, uderhe direi Dr. SepheJ. Mulder, will prese isaual “chrismas wihGri chral Ars” er thursday, Deember 1,a 7:30 p.m. a he GriFirs Bapis churh.

the hrus willperrm radiial ademprary hralwrks apprpriae r heseas, ampaied by apressial brass quie,perussi, harp, pia adrga. the Adul Hadbellchir Gri Firs Bapischurh (he ReveredMary Was, direr)

will be speial guess. this aual er hasbeme a mmuiy-wideradii as a grea way begi he hliday seas.

Agai his year, heaudiee will be ivied ji wih he hrusad isrumes rseveral radiial arls.

the hir’s reperireiludes musi FelixMedelssh, Egil Hvlad,

Fraz Biebl, MreLauridse ad Jh Ruer,as well as radiialspiriuals.

this is he h aualchrismas er ad he18h er preseed byGcA sie he all 2007.

tikes are $10 geeraladmissi a he dr r iadvae i Gri a ArisiFlwers ad Gis ad the

tiger Lily; i Baresvillea Gggas Flris; iZebul a A nvelExperiee bksre; adi thmas a he tUAcGallery.

Gri chral Ars ismpsed 57 sigers

rm all ver he regi,may whm are musieahers a he elemeary,middle, sedary, rllege level. the missi Gri chral Ars is brig “he bes hralmusi he mmuiy.”Fr mre irmaiabu Gri chral Arsall 770-468-3072 rvisi is websie: www.grihralars.rg. Ω

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pi ly seleiga mbiai up vemdes a; hey mayals hse he rder iwhih hse iaisare issued.

the sysem has he ullsuppr Spaldig EMADepuy Direr Jamieclark, wh said i is

ly he pimal sysemavailable iy resides peially dagerussiuais, bu is als highlys eeive i mpariswih sires.

“t me, i’s abu he bes he pis available uhere,” he said. “Firs all,i a iy a l peplea e ime. I we wa iy he eire wes side he uy, we a dha all a e. Yu a all

jus he huses yu wa– i a all e huses 1,000 – whaever is eeded.

tha’s hw i’s desiged wrk.”

clark said ha ealeraive – sires – aremuh mre sly, bu as eeive i warigresides dager.

He said weaher siresuld ly be heard rapprximaely ½ mile,whih wuld raslae aeed plae mre ha 40sires hrughu Spaldigcuy.

“We’re jus big, spread u,” he said. thawuld be i he millis dllars.”

Spaldig cuy MaagerWilliam Wils said he

iiial s esablishighe sysem is less hahe ss assiaed wihe year’s required aualmaieae r sires,whih is apprximaely$1,000 per ui.

“the sysem we’re lkiga is Firs call ad ss$44,000, whih iludeshree years servie,”he said. “Meawhile, hesires are $33,000 eahad require he aualmaieae.”

I addii, Wils saidhere uld be herss assiaed wihhe implemeai

a weaher sire warigsysem, suh as hse aquire easemes rrighs--way r sireplaeme hrughu heuy.

“Ad hw may pepled’ have a ell phe,a pager, r smehiglike ha w?” he said,addig ha a pral will beesablished r resides regiser heir preerredmehd a ehe sysem is i plae. “thesires are jus really ldehlgy.”

Fudig r he EnS hasbee seured i he rms

gras rm he FederalEmergey MaagemeAgey ad he Gri-Spaldig Hspial Auhriy.

Wils said Spaldigcuy has a i-kidribui requireme $2,000, whih will be mehrugh he use uypersel, wh will isallpris he sysem.

curre prjeis shwhe EnS will be peraialby early 2012, Wils said. Ω

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STAFF REPORTS

o Wedesday, nv.9, FEMA, Deparme Hmelad Seuriy(DHS) ad Federalcmmuiaicmmissi (Fcc) willdu he rs aiales he naiwideEmergey Aler Sysem

(EAS) es. this es will kik a 2 p.m. ESt.

the es will be aiwide,ruig urrelyarss all ime zes.

this sysem es is he rs is kid. I is desiged bradas a aiwidemessage he Ameriapubli. nhig like i hasbee dued i hehisry he ury.

there have bee ess ihe pas bu e allpars he ai a hesame ime.

the Federal

cmmuiaicmmissi released hissaeme: "Alhugh lalad sae mpes he EAS are esed aweekly ad mhly basis,here has ever bee aed--ed aiwide es he sysem. We eed kw ha he sysem willwrk as ieded shuld

publi saey ials evereed sed a aler rwarig a large regi he Uied Saes. olya mplee, p-dw es he EAS a prvide aapprpriae diagsis he sysem's perrmae."

there is grea er ilal plie ad emergeymaageme irles abuudue publi axieyver his es. the esmessage tV migh idiae ha i is jus aes. Fear is ha he lak a explaai messagemigh reae pai. Lalials urge everye

spread he wrd irease awareess hahis is jus a es.

Durig he es, liseerswill hear a messageidiaig ha "this is aes." Alhugh he EASes may resemble heperidi, mhly EAS essha ms Amerias are

already amiliar wih, herewill be sme diereesi wha viewers will seead hear. the audimessage will be he samer all EAS pariipas;hwever due limiaisi he EAS, he vide esmessage srll may be he same r idiaeha "his is a es." this isdue he use he liveEAn de - he same deha wuld be used i aaual emergey. the exa he p he elevisisree may idiae haa "Emergey Alerniai has beeissued." Ω

First-ever national test o emergency alert system set or Nov. 9

SPC Faulkner's kin will accept Bronze Star Award Nov. 10 JESSICA GREGORY U.S. Army Speialis JeremyFaulker, Gri, died aage 23 wuds sueredwhe eemy resaaked his ui wih smallarms re i Kar prvie,Aghaisa.

His amily will w reeivea pshumus Brze SarAward, he urh-highesmba award he U.S.Armed Fres, his behal thursday, nv. 10.

Privae Faulker's ui admmadig er willlad a he Gri Airpra 2:30 p.m., he preed he Guard Armry exdr (1015 S. Hill Sree) prese he award a 3 p.m.

"We will prese he BrzeSar Medal r Valr due SPc Faulker's ais Marh 29, 2011," wre 1s

L. Jab Sass.

Faulker's herawards ilude Armycmmedai Medal,

naial Deese ServieMedal, Aghaisacampaig Medal, GlbalWar terrrism ServieMedal, amg mayhers.

twey-w sldiersrm Faulker's ui areexpeed be prese,as well as he lalVFW, Ameria Legis

members, iy ad uyials, ad he lalhigh shl lr guards.

the publi is welme aed. Ω

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