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Kinney happy to helppeople build new homes

By PAYTON TOWNS IIITracy Kinney was standing

next to a tree waiting for a busof students from Illinois StateUniversity on a warm Marchmorning.The executive director with

the Dublin-Laurens CountyHabitat for Humanity, a part-nered agency with The Heartof Georgia United Way, hadhoped to be started on HouseNo. 35. But rainy weather de-layed that for another week.Kinney, who was born and

raised in Dublin, has been inthis position for 15 years.Recently, Habitat held

their annual Daddy-DaughterDance fundraiser. In May, the

Moore Station Village CarShowwill be held. Both eventshelp raise money for Habitat.Kinney spends a lot of time

working for Habitat. So, whilewaiting for that bus, it seemedlike a good time to ask somequestions about the Habitatexecutive director.

TCH: How did you get tobe the executive director of

See KINNEY page 3a

By BALI SMITHThe fourth annual Egg Drop was

held at the fields at Southern PinesRecreational Sports Complex Satur-day morning. The event is sponsoredby local churches in the Dublin andLaurens County area to provide funfor kids, and parents, as they witnessthe helicopter as it drops eggs onto thefield, then the participants collect asmany eggs as a basket will carry. Be-fore the drop, a special message wasdelivered to those in attendance byPastors Josh Meadows and SpenceLovett, stating the true meaning of theEaster, and the power of Jesus Christ.Josh Meadows, Pastor at The

Church in the Park stated," We are ex-cited to have 25,000 eggs for all thekids. This day is a special day for themwith all the bounce houses and all thedifferent things we have going on fortheir amusement prior to the egg dropevent. Our purpose here is to serve thecommunity, and spread the word ofChrist. I believe there are nineChurches that are involved in thisevent, joining together to invest inDublin/ Laurens County. "Director of Missions for the Laurens

Baptist Association Bobby Jones stat-ed, "I think this is an exciting day. Wehave kids coming out and having agood time, but the people attending to-day will be able to learn what the realmeaning of Easter is."Pastor Chip Bodi, Youth Minister at

Deer winds up inman's back seatafter accident

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIAdeer ended up dead in the

backseat of a car after runningout in front of it Friday morn-ing.According to the Georgia

State Patrol, a 1990 maroonBuick LeSabre was driven byVirgil Gainey, 44, of Dudley.The vehicle was traveling

north in the northbound travel

lane of Highway 80. A deer en-tered the road from the eastshoulder. The front of the vehi-cle hit the deer.After impact, the deer trav-

eled through the front wind-shield on the right side into thevehicle, ending up in the backseat behind the passenger seat.The accident happened

around 8:22 a.m.

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Brewton Baptist Church said, "This is agreat activity, and family outing, thatmany of the local Churches the Recre-ational Department of Laurens County,and the Baptist Associationnare provid-ing for the people of Laurens County. Wehope everyone will have a great day, andthat the kids will enjoy the egg drop andEaster egg hunt."Pastor Spence Lovett, Youth Director

The Dublin Police Depart-ment was investigating awreck that happened at the in-tersection of North JeffersonStreet and Hillcrest around 8a.m. this morning. Officers di-rected traffic around a whiteGMC Yukon that had been hitfrom behind. The number ofvehicles involved, or if peoplewere injured, was not known atpress time. (Photo by PaytonTowns III)

DPD investigating morning wreck on North Jefferson

By BALI SMITHThe annual Blessing of the Bikes event was held at the Southern

Pines Ag and Expo center Saturday morning. Leo Kight, LaurensCounty Chapter President of the Servant Riders, a national ChristianBikers association stated, "We are having a wonderful day. It is notraining this morning like it has in the past, so we really feel blessed.It is a blessing just to be here and try to help bikers, and spread thewords of Christ either in group settings or on a one to one basis.Chapter member Larry Hall said," The purpose of the blessing of

the bikes is just recognizing that God is our protector, and we ask pro-tection for the rider and the bike when a biker is out on the road."((PPhhoottoo bbyy BBaallii SSmmiitthh))

Many out for annualBlessing of Bikes

Photos by Bali Smith

Children make a mad dash across the field in search of the freshly fallen eggs.

EGGCITINGHundreds take part in Egg Drop at Southern Pines

See EGG page 3a

Photo by Payton Towns III

Kinney is currently working on Habitat House No. 35.

Dueling Pianos caps St. Pat’sMembers of the 176 Keys got the audience

involved while performing music during theSt. Patrick's Festival Dueling Pianos at theDublin Country Club Friday night. The coun-try club was packed and some even dancedwhile the men played their pianos and tookrequests. The money in the tip jars was do-nated to the St. Patrick's Festival. For morescenes, see 3a. (Photo by Payton Towns III)

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Barry Bremen, The GreatImposter, joined the PGA'sU.S. Open in 1979 and al-most finished a practiceround with two pros beforebeing ushered off the course.After that, he put on a Yan-kees uniform and shaggedflies before the All-Stargame! (He was arrested dur-ing the team photo shoot.)Seems you may claim thatyou're as good as or even bet-ter than, the real thing, butthat doesn't make it true. Take genetically modified

soybean oil. Its producersclaim that it's better thanthe original! Soybean oil isthe most used vegetable oil

in North America, found inscores of prepared foods. Theoil contains about 55 percentlinoleic acid (aka omega-6fatty acid) and is considereda major contributor to theepidemic levels of obesity, di-abetes, fatty liver and in-sulin resistance. Re-searchers found that afterreplacing saturated fatsfrom coconut oil with soy-bean oil, lab animals wereeven more likely to gainweight, and develop diabetesand insulin resistance! So what's with GMO soy-

bean oil? It's low in linoleicacid and has about the samefatty acid composition asolive oil. Sounds promising.But those same researchersalso found that it's equallylinked to obesity, diabetes

and fatty liver. Their conclu-sion: acid may contribute toinsulin resistance ... but an-other ... unidentified compo-nent of soybean oil affectsthe liver and overall weightgain." So don't go GMO -- orregular soybean oil, either!The easiest way: Eliminatefried and prepared foodsfrom your menu, and go withodd omegas: omega-3 (fromwalnuts and canola oil) oromega-9 (from extra-virginolive oil). Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host

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WWiilllliiee JJaammeess LLoovveettttFuneral Services for Mr.

Willie James Lovett, 78, ofEast Dublin, will be held onTuesday, March 31, 2015 at 1p.m. at the Running Feet forChrist Christian Center,Highway 46, Soperton. Rev-erend Jimmy E. Cordy, Sr.will officiate. Burial will fol-low in the Adrian City Ceme-tery, Adrian.Mr. Lovett was born on

Dec. 27, 1936 in TreutlenCounty. The Lord saw fit toend his earthly journey onThursday, March 26, 2015.He was a member of the

Georgia Grove BaptistChurch of Tennille. He was adevoted husband, father,grandfather who loved hisfamily and friends. He lovedto fish, hunt and gardeningin his spare time.Mr. Lovett was preceded

in death by his parents andby his 11 siblings.He is survived by his wife

of 57 years, Rosetta SmithLovett of East Dublin; ninechildren, Elizabeth (Rev.Jimmy) Cordy, Pearly (Dar-by) Harris, Janie (Raimondo)Harrell, Sara Lovett, LeeWillie Lovett all of EastDublin, Mariann Dixon,John (Chiquita) Lovett, De-bra (Elmo) Jordan all of Sop-erton and Debra Ann Lovettof Warner Robins; 18 grand-children; 24 great-grandchil-dren; one great-great-grand-child; and a host of nieces,nephews, family and friends.The family will receive

friends at 513 Sunset Lane,East Dublin.Services by Dudley Funer-

al Home of Dublin. Pleasep o s t c o n d o l e n c e s a twww.servicesbydudley.com.

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Mr. Thomas E. Tomlinson,65, of McLeroy Drive enteredinto rest March 25, 2015. Hewas the beloved husband ofLinda Tomlinson.Mr. Tomlinson was a na-

tive of Laurens County,Georgia and graduated fromLaurens County HighSchool. He served in the U.S. Army as a Military Policeduring Vietnam; graduatedfrom Georgia Southern Uni-versity with a Bachelor ofScience Degree and later re-ceived his Masters Degreefrom Columbus State Uni-versity while he was em-ployed with the GeorgiaState Patrol. As Lieutenant with the

State Patrol, he managed ashift of troopers assigned tosecure the 1988 DemocraticConvention in Atlanta.As Troop "E" Captain he

was detached and given re-sponsibility for the detail se-curing the Centennial Parkat the 1996 Olympic Games.He was at ground zero whenthe bomb was detonated.Although he could have re-tired on a hearing loss dis-ability, he chose to continuehis career with the GSP.Also while Troop "E" Cap-

tain he was again detachedand assigned as co-managerof the NFL Super Bowl #34in Atlanta at the GeorgiaDome overseeing hundredsof GSP personnel.As Major, he directed all

GSP operations in the NorthGeorgia Division.Represented GSP on the

GILEE delegation to Israelto study counter-terrorismmethods in 2000.Time and again his knowl-

edge and expertise weretapped for major GSP opera-tions involving hundreds oftroopers and civilian employ-ees and every time the out-come was a complete success.He lived in Thomson, Geor-gia and retired as Major from

the Georgia State Patrolwith 35 years of service.Mr. Tomlinson was a 30

year member of the ThomsonLion’s Club, Master Mason,a member of the ScottishRite and a Shriner. He wasalso a faithful and devotedmember of Second BaptistChurch. Mr. Tomlinson waspreceded in death by his fa-ther, the late Edwin L. Tom-linson.Survivors include his

beloved wife, Linda B. Tom-linson; his mother, Allene Al-ligood Tomlinson; son, ChrisTomlinson and wife, April;daughter, Jenny Whitakerand husband, David; brother,Lynn Tomlinson; and 4grandchildren, Tommy, Ella,Joseph and Anna Whitaker.Funeral services will be

held at 2 p.m., Sunday,March 29, 2015 at SecondBaptist Church with Rev.Lester Jenkins officiating.Interment will follow inWestview Cemetery withGeorgia State Patrol Honors.Honorary pallbearers will beGeorgia State Patrol and allLaw Enforcement.It is the family’s desire

that in lieu of flowers memo-rials may be made to the TheBridge of Georgia, 109Blaine St., Monroe, GA30655, which is an organiza-tion to help children withAutism.The family received

friends from 5-7 p.m., Satur-day at Beggs Funeral Home.Beggs Funeral Home, 799

Cobbham Rd., Thomson, GAis in charge.

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Funeral Services for Mrs.Erleen Carter Vickers, 74, ofDublin, will be held onWednesday, April 1, 2015, at1 p.m. at the Turkey CreekMissionary Baptist Church,828 Scotland Road, Dublin.Reverend Fredrick C.Williams will officiate. Bur-ial will follow in the DudleyMemorial Cemetery, Dublin.Mrs. Vickers was born as

Erleen Knight on July 18,1940, in Laurens County.She was the daughter of thelate Bennett James Knightand Ida Mae Knight Patter-son. She was called to bepresent with the Lord onThursday, March 26, 2015.She joined Turkey Creek

Missionary Baptist Churchat an early age and was afaithful member until herdeath. She loved cookingand was a retired cook fromthe Dublin Foodland storeand the Dublin City SchoolSystem. Mrs. Vickers was preceded

in death by her parents; herhusband, Lonnie Vickers; hersister, Wilhemena ToddWoodard; and her nephew,George Danielly, III.She is survived by her

children, LaSenior Von Lon-don, Makeba Lavette Carterboth of Dublin, Theartis(Vickie) Lymon, Jasper(Tamara) Lymon , Jr. both ofNew Jersey, and LindaMichelle Walker of Atlanta;brothers, Curtis JamesKnight, Rev. Michael (Don-na) Harmon and RoseveltHarmon of Dublin; sisters,Linda (Kenny) Griffin andGwen (Willie) Watkins ofDublin; goddaughter, RobbieNell (Ostell) James ofDublin; and six grandchil-dren; and a host of nieces,and nephews.The family will receive

friends at the home of herdaughter, Makeba Carter,2054 Capps Circle, Rentz.

EElleeaannoo rr WWiillssoonnMrs. Eleanor Wilson, age

96 passed away on Saturday,March 28, 2015 at SheridanSenior Living Center. Funer-al arrangements are incom-plete at this time, but will beannounced later by StanleyFuneral Home and Cremato-

ry Dublin Chapel. To sign theOnline Register Book pleasevisitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.com or call the 24-hour StanleyFuneral Home and Cremato-ry Obituary Line at(478)272-0106 to hear thelatest funeral updates.

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Funeral services for Mrs.Imogene Thigpen Graham,age 78 will be held at 2:00P.M. Tuesday, March 31,2015 in the Chan StanleyMemorial Chapel of StanleyFuneral Home and Cremato-ry, with interment to followin Cedar Grove UnitedMethodist Church Cemetery.Rev. Nolon McDaniel will of-ficiate.Mrs. Graham was born on

Jan. 13, 1937 in LaurensCounty. She was the daugh-ter of the late Joe Grahamand Myrtle Turner Arring-ton. She was also precededin death by her son, CharlesEdward White, and fourbrothers, Ned White, ClydeWhite, Raymond White, andHerschel White. She was amember of Olivet BaptistChurch. She was retiredfrom the Dublin Courier Her-ald where she was a PaperRoute Deliverer. Mrs. Gra-ham passed away on Sunday,March 29, 2015 at FairviewPark Hospital.Mrs. Graham is survived

by her husband, WeymanGraham of Dublin, 2 sons,James (Cindy) Thigpen ofDublin, and Alan Joe Thig-pen of Dublin, a daughter,Jacquelyn Ann Thigpen ofDublin, a brother, Fred (Peg-gy) White of Dry Branch, 4sisters, Betty (Frank) Barbeeof Dublin, ChristineWilliams of Lumber City, Al-ice Livingston of CedarGrove, and Elaine (Sam)Dixon of Hazlehurst, 3grandchildren, and numer-ous great grandchildren.The family will receive

friends from 6-8 p.m. Mon-day, March 30, 2015 at thefuneral home.Stanley Funeral Home

and Crematory/DublinChapel has charge of funeralarrangements. To sign theOnline Register Book pleasevisitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.com or call the 24 Hour StanleyFuneral Home and Cremato-ry obituary line at (478)272-0106 to hear the latest funer-al updates.

JJ iimm SSwwiiffttA memorial service will be

held for Jim Swift, age 67, ofDublin, at 2 p.m. Tuesday,March 31, 2015, in thechapel of Townsend BrothersFuneral Home. Rev. MarkGeorge and Mr. Jim Stanleywill officiate. Mr. Swift diedSaturday, March 28, 2015.Mr. Swift retired from the

Department of Social Ser-vices in Steuben County, NY,in 1985, and the LaurensCounty Department of Fami-ly and Children Services in2009.He was preceded in death

by his parents, Harold RobertSwift and Virginia MargaretSweeny Swift.Survivors include his wife,

Annette “Gail” Swift; chil-dren, “Krista” Michelle(William “Adric”) Freeman,“Amanda” Dawn Evans, all ofDublin, Suzanne Swift,James Swift, Jr.; sisters, Bon-nie Swift, of Hornell, N.Y.,Elizabeth Palmiter, of Gene-see, Penn; brother, RaymondSwift, of Hornell, NY; niecesand nephews, Meghan (Jesse)Olsen, of Beaufort, SC, Jen-nifer Speed, Robert Pate, Bri-an Swift, all of Hornell, NY;great nieces and nephews,Kieran Pate, Quillan Speed,Layne Berry, all of Hornell, NY,Peyton Olsen, Emma Olsen,both of Beaufort, S.C.; mother-in-law, Mary Beatrice Stanley,of Covington; brothers and sis-ters in law, Lillian and JimStanley, of Jonesboro, Janice& Bill Blanchard, of Marietta.P l e a s e v i s i t

www.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregister.

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Prosecu-tors: Co-pilottreated forsuicidaltendencies MARSEILLE, France (AP) —

German prosecutors say the co-pilot of the Germanwings pas-senger plane that crashed in theFrench Alps had received treat-ment for suicidal tendencies.Duesseldorf prosecutors say

that Andreas Lubitz receivedpsychotherapy "with a noteabout suicidal tendencies" forseveral years before becoming apilot.Prosecutors' spokesman Ralf

Herrenbrueck said Monday thatinvestigators have found no in-dication of a motive so far as towhy Lubitz crashed the plane,nor any sign of a physical illness.All 150 people on board died

in the crash.


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of Dudley Baptist Churchstated," Today, we are justlooking to reach out to ourcommunity, and to share thelove of Christ with them. Thisevent is designed so that kidscan play, and families cancome together and enjoy abeautiful day with one anoth-er. We hope everyone enjoysseeing the helicopter, and par-ticipating in the egg hunt, butwe hope people will learnabout the love of Christ, andthe true meaning of Easter,through our opening devotion-al. This event has been wellreceived by the community ofLaurens County, and we hopeto continue doing this foryears to come."

Egg

Continued from 1a

Photos by Bali Smith

Parents helped children as they searched frantically for the thousands of eggs strewn across the field.

Habitat?Kinney: I had been working

at Fairview Park Hospital for 10years. Chris and I got married.When he was at the Universityof Georgia, he volunteered forthe Habitat for Humanity inAthens. When we got marriedand moved back here, he joinedthe board of Habitat in Dublin.They were without an executivedirector for about a year. Theirwhole executive committee wasrunning it on a volunteer bases.I had begun helping him withthat. When they started inter-viewing, I was ready for achange. I applied, got the job andhave been here ever since.

TCH: How many years hasthat been?

Kinney: I started Jan. 1,2000.

TCH: You've seen a lot ofhouses go up then?

Kinney: Yes I have. We areon house build No. 35. I startedaround house No. 17.

TCH: So you know a lotabout houses now?

Kinney: I know a lot moreabout construction.

TCH:What do you like aboutyour job?

Kinney: I like the fact that Iam part-time and I have theflexibility of working from home.I have an office at Pine ForestUnited Methodist Church. Hav-ing a child, that allows me toarrange my schedule. I have thebest of bothworlds. I have a fam-ily life and work and they inter-twine together. I don't just go towork 8 to 5 at a desk. I get tohelp a family receive a home. Tome, we are a Christian housingministry. To be able to put myChristian life, God and familyaltogether in one, it's a packagedeal.

TCH: And you get to workwith a lot of people?

Kinney: I have 20 board ofdirectors who rotate on and off.I've worked with a lot of greatpeople throughout the years. Icouldn't have asked for betterbosses.

TCH: You also get to meetthe families the houses are beingbuilt for.

Kinney: After 15 years, Ihave seen some of them whenthey were a child and now aregrown. I've seen how (Habitat)helped them by helping (theirrelatives) get a house. It goesfrom building a house to puttingthem in a home. It's somethingthey've never had. There's a lotof joy and tears when you hand

them the keys that day. It makesall of the hard work worth it.

TCH: The other good day isburning that debt note. But get-ting them in the house is thefirst step.

Kinney: Now we've seen adozen homeowners burn theirmortgages and become full homeowners.

TCH: You seem to be busy allof the time. What do you do torelax?

Kinney: I have a 13-year-oldson (Gabe). I don't know if thereis much relaxing. He is a bigtime basketball and soccer play-er. We do a lot of sports. We havealways been active in scoutingand trail life. We spend sum-mers at the beach with both setsof our families just to take sometime off to relax. We are prettyboring.

TCH: That's hard to believe.Kinney: We are active at

Pine Forest. Chris is a worshipleader and both he and Gabe doaudio and video. We are very ac-tive there as well.

TCH: I can see that Habitattakes up a lot of your time. Iknow the families have saidHabitat is a blessing to them. Iknow that makes you feel good.

Kinney: Just to be a part ofthis, you feel like you are a partof their family. You get phonecalls from them. I stay in touchwith most all of them.

TCH: And the communitysupports every house build.Sometimes you have too manypeople volunteering.

Kinney: That's a good prob-lem to have. We used to not haveenough. We used to have only 15to 20 and now we get 40 to 50show up. We have really grown.I think a lot of people are on firefor it. They look to see when youare starting the next one. Theyare as excited about it as youare.

TCH: What is your favoritepart of the build process?

Kinney: I playmore of an ad-ministrative role. I'm more ofthe sign in, check in, if there is afirst aid kit, water or drink kindof person.

TCH: So you don't pick up ahammer?

Kinney: I very rarely pick upa hammer. Someone is alwayscalling my name and there is al-ways something to do. I justoversee what they are doing.Once it's all done, I go in andclean and get the house readyfor the dedication ceremony. Ilove my job. I would not trade itfor anything.

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KinneyScenes from Dueling Pianos

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This coming Sunday I’llreturn to the country churchwhere I grew up for Easter sun-rise services. It’s the placewhere I learned about the wis-dom of King Solomon, thecourage King David, and wasshown the unconditional loveas taught by Jesus Christ.This Friday begins the week

of Passover, and will also markGood Friday, the day thatChristians understand thatdespite that love, we are – indi-vidually and collectively – peo-ple that make unwise and sin-ful decisions. And yet, we arepeople who believe in forgive-ness and redemption.These are graces granted to

us from a power much greaterthan ourselves. It is a powergranted from a Lord that gaveus his son - a son that rejecteda kingdom here on earth. Onethat drove the moneychangersfrom the temple. One thatshowed love and compassion forthe woman at the well and for acorrupt tax collector, butrebuked the Pharisees and oth-ers who would use their wealthor positions of power to placethemselves above their neigh-bors.This is the last week of the

Georgia General Assembly’sannual 40-day session. Thejuxtaposition of the end of

activity at the Capitol - withlegislators expected to finishtheir business late Thursdaynight – and the beginningEaster weekend and Passoverweek will likely not be lost onmany. Much of the publicdebate on the final actions ofthe legislative bodies will be onwhether the state passes a billon religious freedom.The debate over whether

Georgia should become the32nd state to protect individualreligious observation fromexcessive government intrusionhas been consumed by over thetop rhetoric and false claimsmade from both supporters andopponents. The bills sponsorshave been accused of every-thing from condoning child andspousal abuse to attempting toembolden the KKK. And thosewho tried to make non-discrim-ination explicit in the bill werecompared to Judas Iscariot.To be clear, I’ve talked with

both Rep Sam Teasley and SenJosh McKoon on multiple occa-sions throughout the last yearabout their bills. I believe theirmotivations are good, and theirintentions noble. I also believethat moneychangers in thetemple have stolen their cause,inflamed the rhetoric, andmade their jobs much more dif-ficult. Christianity is a religion

of peace and love. Those whohave decided to weaponize it forpersonal and political gaincheapen the message they pro-claim to be trying to protect.Equally worthy of derision

are the many seeking tosquelch any further public pro-tections for religious practicesunder the theme of equality.Equality doesn’t begin whenone side gets what they wantand the other must conformtheir practices and beliefs towhatever remains. For toler-ance to mean anything otherthan an empty slogan, it mustbe recognized, and observed, asa two-way street.In an attempt to claim the

moral high ground, both sup-

porters and opponents haveinstead ceded it. Public dis-course has been set back asmuch as the causes of each.Caught in the middle are

Georgia’s business interestsand Chambers of Commerce.Last year some larger corpora-tions reacted to Arizona’sattempt to expand theiralready existing RFRA law intoareas well outside the scope ofthe Federal companion law byopposing Georgia’s proposals.Others, however, haveremained helpful and con-structed partners in an attemptto find a common ground solu-tion without prejudging the billnor projecting others’ languageupon it.

The problem with business-es being stuck in the middle isthat they are essentially beingasked like King Solomon topublicly split this baby. Thereis no upside for members of thebusiness community being per-ceived as either anti-religiousor anti-gay.Business, by their nature,

wish to maximize sales andprofits, which means selling toall customers. Being drawninto the middle of this debateonly ensures that if commonground cannot be found, theystand to lose business fromsomeone. Those screaming theloudest on each side do nothave to share these concerns.They stand to profit regardlesswho loses.I believe that our country

was founded on the fundamen-tal basis that we are all free topractice our religion in the wayeach of us sees fit. This extendsto all religions - not merely toChristians and not merely tothose with Judeo-Christianbeliefs. For this freedom totruly matter – in order for eachof us who claim Christianity asour own faith to matter – thismust also apply to those whochoose to practice no religion.My Church teaches me that

the yolk of government mayoccasionally interfere in my life

– and when it does I am tocarry the pack two miles, notone. It teaches me that I am torender unto Caesar what isCaesar’s, and that is separatefrom what belongs to the Lord.And above all, my churchteaches me to turn the othercheek when struck by an oppo-nent. I wish more advocates ofRFRA could remember thisabout our religion most of all.The RFRA debate is much

bigger than whether this pro-tection is codified into law. It isan opportunity for those in theChristian faith to show thelove, tolerance, and forgivenessthat are cornerstones of thefaith. They are also attributesthat are currently non-existentin this public debate.There is room to accommo-

date the concerns addressed byall sides. It is my hope andprayer that those who say theyare advocating on behalf of myGod demonstrate the love andcompassion he showed to all ofus with the most selfless act ofall we celebrate this weekend.


In Our OpinionInsight and viewpoints from our editorial board and our readers

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— Got a question forCharlie Harper? Email himdirectly at [email protected]. Comments toThe Courier Herald may bedirected to Jason Halcombe [email protected]

I suspect my recent silenceon the subject of public edu-cation in Georgia has beendeafening to some of you. Iwill explain.In January, I was named a

member of the EducationReform Commission by Gov.Nathan Deal along with anumber of educators, legisla-tors and subject matterexperts. There are 33 of us inall.The commission’s charge

from the governor is to take acomprehensive look at thestate’s public education sys-tem and the 30-year-oldQuality Basic Educationfunding formula and recom-mend improvements to both.(Ironically, I worked closelywith Gov. Joe Frank Harrisin the creation of QBE. It’sdéjà vu all over again.)As for my silence, I wanted

to be sure this group wouldhave the autonomy to dowhat the governor asked ofus and not be a high-profilerubber stamp for a preor-dained conclusion. At thispoint, I am cautiously opti-mistic.The chairman of the com-

mission is former Universityof Georgia President CharlesB. Knapp. There could not bea better choice. Knapp will dothe right thing and do it inthe right way.We have a lot of work

ahead of us and a tight timeframe. Most of our recom-mendations are due to thegovernor in August; the restare expected in December.Much of our work is being

done through five separatecommittees: Funding (ofwhich I am a part); TeacherRecruitment, Retention andPay; Early ChildhoodEducation; Move on WhenReady; and School Choice.I am going to spare you the

details of where we are in ourdeliberations until we get fur-ther down the road. Suffice itto say we are still early in theprocess. In the meantime,you can follow the work of thecommission at:gov.georgia.gov/education-reform-commission. You canalso weigh in with your com-ments.I read and hear that public

school teachers are not ade-quately represented on thecommission. That is not accu-rate. For one thing, thatassumes naysayers have for-gotten I have three publicschool teachers in my family,am vociferous in my supportof public education and that Ihave one helluva bully pulpit.More importantly, Pam

Williams, Georgia’s 2011Teacher of the Year fromAppling County, who headsthe Teacher Recruitment,Retention and PayCommittee, is busy alongwith her committee, gettinginput from teachers acrossthe state through groupmeetings and via sessionswith members of the variouseducation groups such as theProfessional Association ofGeorgia Educators, GeorgiaAssociation of Educators andEducators First.I told Ms. Williams I would

ask teachers across the stateto let me know if they haveideas or issues they want toshare with the committee andthat I would pass them along.I can assure you they will beconsidered. One caveat: I amaware of the problems. Giveme some proposed solutions.Because I am a member of

the commission does notmean I am a sure vote onanything. Deal knows that.But I am also not going torush to judgment on anythingbeing proposed until I gleanall the information I can fromour meetings.One issue that concerns

me is that nobody seems to betalking much about parentalinvolvement. To me, that isthe elephant in the room. Ifparents don’t care — or aren’taround — how do we con-vince children their futuredepends on them getting a

good education? Is theresome way to hold parentsmore accountable?I am also apprehensive as

to what role the for-profitcharter school managementcompanies may have in thisprocess and how big it mightbe. We aren’t exactly on eachother’s Christmas card list.And then there are those

legislators who don’t seem toknow or care what the com-mission is all about. They aretoo busy pushing special-interest legislation thatwould suck even more moneyout of public education inorder to curry favor withdeep-pocketed, out-of-stateideologues. I suggest they putdown their Kool-Aid cups andgo do something meaningful,like pass a law requiring usall to genuflect when thename Ray Charles is uttered.Who could be against that?It is much too early to

know how things will turnout with the EducationReform Commission. I haveno idea how much influence,if any, I will have in the finalreport.Only one thing is certain: I

am going to give it my bestshot. I owe that to all thepublic school teachers inGeorgia, including three whoare very special to me.—You can reach Dick

Yarbrough [email protected]; atP.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, GA31139; online at dick-yarbrough.com or onFacebook atwww.facebook.com/ dickyarb.

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Religious freedom meets Holy Week

Laurens County Sheriff Bill Harrellsaid that meth use has peaked over thelast 16 months prompting The CourierHerald’s articles in Saturday’s editionfocusing on the addicts’ testimonialsand law enforcement’s efforts to com-bat the rise of use in our community.Like so many other drugs, meth has a

terrible impact on not just the user, buta peripheral of people including family,friends and those standing between anaddict and their next fix.Sheriff Harrell has requested for citi-

zen involvement as the LCSO looks toreduce the spread and impact of methon the community.We must answer the call.If you see anything suspicious, have

direct or indirect knowledge of possibleviolations you can contact the drug hot-line at 272-8990.While meth use has been on the rise

in Laurens County, we can slow or stopits spread simply by keeping a mindfuleye on our neighborhoods.If each of us do our part, cumulative-

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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran'sRevolutionary Guard says aU.S. drone strike has killedtwo of its advisers in Iraq,though the U.S. said Mondayit has only struck militants inits campaign against the Is-lamic State group.

The claim came as negotia-tors on Monday attempted toreach a deal on Iran's contest-ed nuclear program, whichhard-liners in the Islamic Re-public have opposed as givingaway too much to the West.

The Guard said on its sepa-hnews.ir website the strikehappened March 23, just afterthe U.S.-led coalition beganairstrikes to support Iraqiforces trying to retake the Is-lamic State-held city of Tikrit.It identified the dead as AliYazdani and Hadi Jafari, say-ing they were buried Sunday.It called them advisers, with-out elaborating on whetherIran contacted Iraqi or U.S.forces after the strike.

Iran occasionally reports onthe death of its forces in Iraqand Syria, where it is backingembattled President BasharAssad, but this is the firsttime Iran has said it has lostforces in an attack by the U.S.in those campaigns.

The U.S.-led coalition be-gan a campaign around Tikrit,Saddam Hussein's hometown,on March 21 in support oflarge-scale operations to re-take it after Iraqi efforts hadstalled.

Reached by The AssociatedPress about the Guard's claim,the U.S. Embassy in Baghdadsaid: "The international coali-tion is aimed at Daesh only,"using an alternate Arabicacronym for the Islamic Stategroup.

"All airstrikes are carriedout at the request of the Iraqigovernment and in full coordi-nation with the (Iraqi) Min-istry of Defense," the embassysaid, without directly address-ing the Iranian claim.

The U.S. Air Forces CentralCommand also recorded "nostrikes by coalition aircraft,manned or unmanned, in thevicinity of Tikrit from 22 to 24

March," spokesman Col. Ed-ward T. Sholtis said in re-sponse to a query by the AP.

The Islamic State groupnow controls a third of bothIraq and neighboring Syria.The U.S. began airstrikesagainst the group in August,while Iran has offered advis-ers and other assistance toIraq to fight the extremists.

On Friday, Iraqi media out-lets reported casualties amongIraqi security forces near theUniversity of Tikrit, allegedlyfrom U.S. airstrikes. But theU.S. Embassy in Baghdad de-nied those claims, saying "nocoalition airstrikes took placeduring the time or in the vicin-ity of these alleged casualties."

The offensive to retakeTikrit largely has been wagedby Iraqi troops and Shiitemilitias advised by Gen.Qassem Soleimani, comman-der of the Guard's elite QudsForce. Several Shiite militiasannounced Thursday thatthey would boycott the Tikritoperations due to U.S. involve-ment, but Army Gen. LloydAustin, head of U.S. CentralCommand, told a Senate hear-ing Thursday that the U.S.agreed to Iraqi government re-quests to support the opera-tion on the condition that themilitias wouldn't be involved.

The militias have been ac-cused by various humanrights groups of committingatrocities against Sunni civil-ians in areas recaptured fromthe militant group. On a visitMonday to Baghdad, UnitedNations Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon expressed hisconcern over "summarykillings, abductions and de-struction of property perpe-trated by forces and militiasfighting alongside Iraqi armedforces."



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Today is Monday, March 30,the 89th day of 2015. There are276 days left in the year.

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On March 30, 1945, duringWorld War II, the Soviet Unioninvaded Austria with the goal oftaking Vienna, which it accom-plished two weeks later.

OOnn tthhiiss ddaattee::In 1135, the Jewish philoso-

pher Maimonides was born inCordoba in present-day Spain.

In 1822, Florida became aUnited States territory.

In 1867, U.S. Secretary ofState William H. Sewardreached agreement with Russiato purchase the territory of Alas-ka for $7.2 million.

In 1870, the 15th Amend-ment to the U.S. Constitution,which prohibited denying citi-zens the right to vote and holdoffice on the basis of race, wasdeclared in effect by Secretary ofState Hamilton Fish. Texas wasreadmitted to the Union.

In 1909, the QueensboroBridge, linking the New YorkCity boroughs of Manhattanand Queens, opened.

In 1923, the Cunard linerRMS Laconia became the firstpassenger ship to circle theglobe as it arrived in New York.

In 1955, "On the Waterfront"won the Academy Award forbest picture of 1954, while itsstar, Marlon Brando won bestactor; in what was regarded asan upset, Grace Kelly won bestactress for "The Country Girl,"beating out Judy Garland for "AStar Is Born."

In 1959, a narrowly dividedU.S. Supreme Court, in Bartkusv. Illinois, ruled that a convic-tion in state court following anacquittal in federal court for the

same crime did not constitutedouble jeopardy.

In 1964, John Glenn with-drew from the Ohio race for theU.S. Senate because of injuriessuffered in a fall. The originalversion of the TV game show"Jeopardy!," hosted by ArtFleming, premiered on NBC.

In 1975, as the Vietnam Warneared its end, Communistforces occupied the city of DaNang. James Ruppert, 41, killed11 members of his family at hismother's home in Hamilton,Ohio, on Easter Sunday.

In 1981, President RonaldReagan was shot and seriouslywounded outside a WashingtonD.C. hotel by assailant John W.Hinckley Jr.

In 2002, Britain's QueenMother Elizabeth died at RoyalLodge, Windsor, outside Lon-don; she was 101 years old.

TTeenn yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: Underheavy protection, U.S. first ladyLaura Bush visited the capitalof Afghanistan, where shetalked with Afghan womenfreed from Taliban repressionand urged greater rights. TheSupreme Court ruled that fed-eral law allowed people 40 andover to file age bias claims oversalary and hiring even if em-ployers never intended anyharm. Fred Korematsu, who'dchallenged the World War II in-ternment policy that sentJapanese-Americans to deten-tion camps, died in Larkspur,California, at age 86.

FFiivvee yyeeaarrss aaggoo:: PresidentBarack Obama signed a singlemeasure sealing his health careoverhaul and making the gov-ernment the primary lender tostudents by cutting banks out ofthe process. The world's largestatom smasher, the Large

Hadron Collider in Geneva,threw together minuscule parti-cles racing at unheard of speedsin conditions simulating thosejust after the Big Bang. Mathteacher Jaime Escalante, whoinspired the movie "Stand andDeliver," died in Roseville, Cali-fornia, at age 79. Morris Jepp-son, a weapons test officeraboard the Enola Gay whohelped arm the atomic bombdropped over Hiroshima, died ina Las Vegas hospital at age 87.

OOnnee yyeeaarr aaggoo:: Four hours oftalks in Paris between U.S. Sec-retary of State John Kerry andRussian Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrov failed to break atense East-West deadlock overthe crisis in Ukraine. ActressKate O'Mara, 74, best knownfor her role in the 1980s soapopera "Dynasty," died in south-ern England. Harry RichardBlack, 92, an artist who createdthe "Mr. Clean" advertisingicon, died in Kettering, Ohio.

TTooddaayy''ss BBiirrtthhddaayyss:: Gameshow host Peter Marshall is 89.Actor Richard Dysart is 86. Ac-tor John Astin is 85. Actor-direc-tor Warren Beatty is 78. TV per-sonality Piers Morgan is 50. Ac-tress Donna D'Errico (TV: "Bay-watch") is 47. Singer CelineDion is 47. Actor Mark Consue-los is 44. Actress BaharSoomekh is 40. Actress JessicaCauffiel is 39. Singer NorahJones is 36. Actress FionaGubelmann is 35. Actress KatyMixon is 34.

TThhoouugghhtt ffoorr TTooddaayy:: "We donot talk — we bludgeon one an-other with facts and theoriesgleaned from cursory readingsof newspapers, magazines anddigests." — Henry Miller, Amer-ican author (1891-1980).

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Monday•Dublin-Laurens FVSU Alumni Chapter at 6:30 p.m. in East Dublin Plummer’sSquare. •AA I Am Responsible Group, Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 8 p.m. •AA 24 Hour Group, contact 279-0839, 629 Broad Street, East Dublin, Ga. 8 p.m. •NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, 6:30 p.m. at 629 Broad Street, East Dublin.•Dublin Gamblers Anonymous Group, Contact 304-1033, Carl Vinson VA Medical Cen-ter, Building 1, Room 1B (upstairs conference room), 6:30 p.m.•Lunch Bunch Al-Anon meet each Tuesday at noon at First Baptist Church. Enterthrough double doors across from Firestone. Call 290-1322 for further information.•Dublin-Laurens County NAACP meets every 3rd Monday at 6:30 p.m. Mary Howard,President. For more information, please call 478-275-2649. •RRVAA dba Art Dublin meets the third Monday, 6:30 p.m., at the Laurens County Li-brary. All artists and those interested in supporting visual arts in Dublin are invited. Foradditional information call President, Claire Livingston at 478-272-0543.

Tuesday•Dublin Ladies Golf Association at Dublin Country Club beginning at 10 a.m. (everyfourth Tuesday of the month except for June, July and December).•Dublin Kiwanis Club at 12:15 p.m. at The Dublin Country Club. •AA I Am Responsible Group Contact, 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 5:45 p.m.and 8 p.m. •NA We Surrender, contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street, East Dublin, 6:30 p.m.•Unity House (Family Recovery Support Group) at Johnson Lane on VA Grounds, Bldg.8; 6-8 p.m. Contact: Dublin-Laurens County Chamber of Commerce (478) 272-5546 or Lin-da Bailey at CSB of Middle GA (478) 272-1190. •Overeaters Anonymous meet at 6:45 at 912 Bellevue Ave. Contact 279-3808.•TOPS meeting 6 p.m. at Pine Forest UMC, 400 Woods Ave. Contact info 275-7505. •South-Central GSRA Chapter of the Georgia State Retirees Association will meet onthe 4th Tuesday of each month at the Laurens County Library Auditorium, 11 a.m. We in-vite all retired and soon to retire state employees to join us. Please contact Tommy Craft at272-7820 for more information.

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You people complainingabout it being too cold arethe same people that will becomplaining that it’s too hotin a few months. Why don’tyou pick a season and stickto it? Or maybe you justdon’t like any season exceptcentral heating and air.

I want to thank thepeople that helped me atBurger King the othermorning.

I sure hope the thou-sands of visitors to Dublinover the St. Patrick’s festi-val didn’t drive past theDublin High School and sawthe ugly trash on one sideand the ugly solar panels onthe other side.

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Two plastic bags of mari-juana was found hanging fromthe paper towel dispenser in-side the Laurens CountyCourthouse mens restroom onMarch 18.A deputy was washing his

hands when he noticed thetwo plastic bags.- Willie Fred Lattimore, of

Dublin, was charged with bat-tery and obstruction of an offi-cer, on Towson Drive in Mon-trose on March 17.- A Xbox 360, laptop, some

handbags, $40 in change,credit cards and bank checkswere stolen from a house onJimmy Drive in East Dublinon March 16.- A deputy responded to a

location on Paper Mill Road inEast Dublin in reference to adamaged vehicle on March 15.- A revolver, shaving razor

knife and DVD player were

stolen from a house on OldMacon Road on March 17.Dublin Police Department- Latonya Williams, 38, of

Dublin, and Lakesha Everson,36, of Dublin, were bothcharged with disorderly con-duct on East Gaines Street onMarch 15.- A 2011 Ford van was dam-

aged with a brick at an apart-ment on West Mary Street onMarch 17.- A wallet, that was left

near the cash register, wasstolen at Friendly Gus onHighway 19 South on March14.- Shernard Brown, 27, of

Dublin, was charged with dri-ving while license withdrawn,

driving under the influence ofalcohol, illegal possession ofcontrolled substance and fail-ure to maintain insurance onMartin Luther King Jr. Driveon March 14.

Editor’s note: This infor-mation is public recordand was taken from re-ports of the Dublin PoliceDepartment and the Lau-rens County Sheriff’s Of-fice. These reports do notreflect on the guilt or inno-cence. An “arrest” does notalways indicate incarcera-tion. Readers are cau-tioned that people mayhave similar names. PoliceBeat does not identify mi-nor children, victims ofsexual assault, suicide at-tempts or medical condi-tions. Cases dismissed donot appear if the newspa-per is notified before dead-line.

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The first Doctors' Day ob-servance was held on March30, 1933, by the BarrowCounty Alliance, in Winder,Georgia. The idea of settingaside a day to honor physi-cians was conceived by Eudo-ra Brown Almond, wife of Dr.Charles B. Almond, and therecognition occurred on theanniversary of the first ad-ministration of anesthesia byDr. Crawford W. Long in Jef-ferson, Georgia, in 1842. TheAlliance immediately adoptedthe following resolution:"WHEREAS the Alliance

to the Barrow County Med-ical Society wishes to paylasting tribute to the Doctors,therefore, be it RESOLVEDby the Alliance to the BarrowCounty Medical that March30, the day that famous Geor-gian Dr. Crawford W. Longfirst used ether anesthesia insurgery, be adopted as "Doc-tors' Day," the object to be thewell-being and honor of theprofession, its observance de-manding some act of kind-ness, gift or tribute in remem-brance of the Doctors."This first observance in-

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its petals a wine was made"that did comfort the heart ofman."On March 30, 1958, a Res-

olution Commemorating Doc-tors' Day was adopted by theUnited States House of Rep-resentatives. On August 1,1989, the SMA Alliance, un-der the direction of PresidentMrs. David Thibodeaux, dedi-cated a bronze marker honor-ing Mrs. Almond on thegrounds of the Court Housein Winder, Georgia. In 1990,legislation was introduced inthe House and Senate byCongressmen Mike Parker(D-Mississippi) and G. V.Montgomery (D-Mississippi)and Senator Thad Cochran(R-Mississippi) to establish anational Doctors' Day. Fol-lowing overwhelming ap-proval by the United StatesSenate and the House of Rep-resentatives, on October 30,1990, President George Bushsigned S.J. RES. #366 (whichbecame Public Law 101-473)designating March 30 as "Na-tional Doctors' Day":WHEREAS society owes a

debt of gratitude to physi-cians for the contributions ofphysicians in enlarging the

reservoir of scientific knowl-edge increasing the numberof scientific tools, and ex-panding the ability of healthprofessionals to use theknowledge and tools effective-ly in the never ending fightagainst disease and,WHEREAS society owes a

debt of gratitude to physi-cians for the sympathy andcompassion of physicians inministering to the sick and inalleviating human suffering:Now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate

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of the efforts of auxiliansacross the country, led bySMAA Presidents, Mrs. A. J.Campbell and Mrs. Jim Bar-nett. The enactment of this

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DUBLIN COURIERHERALD

MARCH 29, 1965

GAMBLING EQUIP-MENT RELEASED HERETwo alleged gambling de-

vices seized by Dublin policeat the American Veterans ofWorld War II and KoreanWar on March 16 were or-dered returned to the club'sofficials on payment of $100costs to the city and the ma-chines moved permanentlyfrom the county, according toan order signed by SuperiorCourt Judge Harold E. Wardand filed in the Clerk ofCourts office. The order wassigned on the recommenda-tion of Solicitor GeneralW.W. Larsen, Jr. who statedthat the state could not pos-itively prove the devices hadbeen used for gambling.A petition was filed in the

Superior Court here yester-day which contended thatthe two devices seized byDublin police had not beenused for gambling purposesbut for skill and amusementand that they were obtainedon a rental basis and did notbelong to the club andpromised to return them tothe seller if released and re-moved from the county.The Solicitor pointed out

that the state could not pos-itively prove that they hadbeen used for gambling andmade his recommendationthat they be released underthe conditions imposed. Onthis basis, the order was is-sued to the Dublin police byJudge Ward to release themachines on payment of the$100 costs and the removalpermanently from the coun-ty of the two seized ma-chines.The Dublin police were al-

so granted the right in theorder to enter the premisesto determine whether or notthey had been returned. Ifthe conditions were not met,the order stated, the ma-chines would be held for con-demnation and destruction.

EAST LAURENS HIGHSCHOOL ENTRIES INREGION 2-B LITERARYMEETAmong the students from

East Laurens High Schoolwho competed in the recentRegion 2-B Literary Meet atBrewton-Parker College atMt. Vernon were AmeliaHester and Joy Flanders,Declamation; Kathy Beall,Joyce Grinstead, andLynette Donaldson, GirlsTrio; and Gary Frost, bass,Royal Purdee, baritone, Har-ry Smith, second tenor andSonny Wilkes, first tenor,Boys Quartet.

BASKETBALL LET-TERS PRESENTED INCHAPEL EXERCISESBoth boys and girls re-

ceived basketball letters inchapel exercises at DublinHigh School yesterday. Re-ceiving two trophies wasHigh School Principal TomStewart, the runner-up tro-phies for both Region 1-AAand the State Class AA tour-nament. The presentationwas made by Lawrence Hall,one of the co-captains of theboys team.Senior players received

silver basketballs, while allof the Irish players were giv-en gold basketballs for theirrecord in the State Class Atournament. Only one mem-ber of the Irish received hissecond letter, as all of theothers were earning lettersfor the first time. CharlieHarpe earned his second nu-meral, while receiving

sweaters were Brant New,Hall, Robbie Hahn, Vic Be-lote , Larry Harrison, JohnStrickland, and MarcyChambless. Manager Sam-my McLeod also picked uphis sweater. Coach MintonWilliams made the presenta-tion of the sweaters and let-ters to the Irish.Coach Marvin Tarpley did

the honors for the Irishettes,who enjoyed their finest sea-son this year. They lose only4 players from this year'ssquad with 4 juniors and 5sophomores returning nextyear.Allison Powell received herthird letter, Linda Beachamher second, and Joan Gayand Gail Wells their first;these are the seniors whowill not return.Harriet Combs was given

her third letter, and she hasone more year to play alongwith Joanne Wilson, PollyWare, and Diane Wolfe whoall received their firstsweaters.The sophs who took their

second numerals includedJeanie Stephens, SusanBracewell, Sharon Kay Row-land, and Jimmie Canadywhile Salina Matts was giv-en her first sweater. TrainerBrenda Gilder received hersecond letter and LindaTowns, manager, hersweater.

BIRTHDAY DINNERTO HONOR REV. D.T.GAYRev. D.T. Gay of East

Dublin was honored at abirthday dinner at theCedar Grove lunchroom onMarch 14th. A delicious din-ner was served at noon witha beautifully decoratedbirthday cake the center ofattention. During the after-noon, the Shannon Sistersand the Foskey Quartet, rel-atives of the honoree, enter-tained with singing.Those present to cele-

brate the occasion were Mrs.D.T. Gay, Mr. and Mrs.Travis Hickman, Mr.andMrs. O'Dell Gay and family,Mr. and Mrs. Ballard Gayand family, Mr. and Mrs.Elvis Gay and family, Mr.and Mrs. Ernest Evans, J.P.Harrington, Mr. and Mrs.Charles Gay and family, Mr.and Mrs. Terrell Gay andfamily, the Rev. and Mrs.W.A. Page, Mr. and Mrs.Earl Amerson, Mrs. CassieMeade and Mildred andBrenda Meade of Glenwood,Mr. and Mrs. Archie Smith,Mr. and Mrs. Phil Ellersonand Belinda of Cadwell, Mr.and Mrs. Donald Gay andfamily, Mrs. Mae Fountain,Mr. Robie Buckhavon ofEastman, Mrs. W.B. Howell,Dr. Joseph B. Gay, Mrs. AmyGay of Warner Robins, Mr.and Mrs. W.J. Bellew ofWarner Robins,Mrs. Lula Fordham, Mr.

and Mrs. Homer Westberryand son of Eastman, Mr. andMrs. Walter Alligood of Dud-ley, Mr. and Mrs. M.L.Beasley of Dexter, Mr. andMrs. Herschel Beasley andfamily of Macon, Mr. andMrs. Hugh Alligood and fam-ily, Mr. and Mrs. ArthurBeasley and family of Ma-con, Mrs. Effie Gay, Mrs.W.H. Smith and sons of Cad-well, Miss Susanne Wind-ham, Mr. and Mrs. HarrisonBeasley and family, Dr. andMrs. Ray K. Gay of RockHill, South Carolina, SandraWarren, Virginia Powell,Kay Powell, Jewel Hart of

Macon, Junior Powell, Wil-son Durden of Eastman, andBobby Beasley of Dexter.

MISS WEAVER ANDMR. SHEPPARD BE-TROTHAL TOLDMr. and Mrs. Clyde J.

Weaver of Dublin announcethe engagement of theirdaughter, Carol Weaver, toBilly M. Sheppard, son ofMr. and Mrs. D.M. Sheppardof East Dublin.Miss Weaver is a 1963

graduate of Dublin HighSchool and is presently em-ployed by Mary's BeautyShop. Mr. Sheppard is a1962 graduate of East Lau-rens High School and ispresently employed by J.P.Stevens and Company.An April wedding is

planned.

MARY FLEMING STU-DENTS CITED FOR ACA-DEMIC ACHIEVEMENTThe National Academic

Achievement Program hascited several students atMary Fleming High Schoolfor academic scholarship. Of4200 nominations, 1400 re-ceived this citation. TheMary Fleming students areIna Rozier, Hattie PearlKnight, Christine Brazeal,Gennie Bullard, and CharlieMc Lendon, who received anacademic scholarship of$2200 to attend Clarke Col-lege in Atlanta.

IRISH GRIDDERSSTART GAME-TYPESCRIMMAGEA game-type scrimmage

this afternoon will close outthis week's spring practicesession of the Dublin Irish,and for this scrimmageCoach Minton Williams hasdivided the squad into twoteams, the Whites, Coachedby line coach Travis Davis,and the Greens, coached byGeorge Sapp, Irish end men-tor. The scrimmage will be-gin at approximately3:30,"Just as soon as theboys can get out of school,get dressed, and limberedup."The presence of quarter-

back Vic Belote on the Greenteam makes the charges ofCoach Sapp the favorites.Belote is having a finespring drill along with full-back Boyd Anderson, andtheir offensive play willstrain the defense set up byCoach Davis' White squad.The White team will have

as offensive ends, RonaldCooke and Joe Simpson;tackles, Jerry lee and Ron-nie Rogers; guards, CarlPowell and Danny Misseri;center, Billy Bracewell;quarterbacks, Buddy Jonesand Bill Perry; half backs,Chan Beasley and StanleyJohnson; and fullback, AllenWaldrep. On defense, theWhites will use Waldrep at

end, Rogers at linebacker,Powell at tackle, Greg Crabband Jones as monster, andPerry at halfback.The Greens will have

Scott Beasley and Roy Bed-ingfield at ends; tackles,Jimmy Fort and Eddie Hen-drix; guards, CharlieWilliams and Fred Sharpe;center, Johnny Rowland;quarterback, Vic Belote;halfbacks, Sam Griffin andBenjy Tarpley; and fullback,Boyd Anderson. On defense,Griffin moves to end, Beloteat linebacker, and Beding-field to safety with GaryOliver playing monster.Other members of the

squad will be substituted ei-ther on the White or Greenteams at the discretion ofthe coaches, and after to-day's head-knocking therewill be only six more prac-tice sessions before meetingthe Seniors in the annualfray which closes out Springpractice. This game is spon-sored by the Dublin Touch-down Club, whose membersare now selling tickets, 50cents for adults and 25 centsfor students.

REVENUE AGENTSDESTROY LIQUORSTILL IN LAURENSA liquor still which con-

tained two 800 gallon potsand fired with butane gaswas destroyed on Friday byRevenue Agents 18 milessouth of Dublin. Agent Hol-lis Harrison said that thestill was located in an aban-doned house and had beenunder observation sinceTuesday of this week. Thestill was not in operationwhen the raid occurred, butan arrest is expected aftercomplete investigation bythe authorities, the Agentsaid.

EAST LAURENS TIPOFF CLUB MEETSAt the recent meeting of

the East Laurens Tip OffClub, new officers wereelected and are Remus Averaas President; Coach I.J.Roberson, Secretary; WadisBracewell, Vice President;James Rawls and ShadeDuke, Co-treasurers; and EdKight, Finance Officer.Awards made at the meet-

ing were trophies to BillyBracewell for sportsman-ship, Leon Morris, MostValuable Player; SharonBush, Most Valuable Player;Tony Sammons, Most Valu-able Back; and Terry Autry,Most Valuable Lineman.

DUBLIN WINS SEC-OND AT 1-AA REGIONMEETIn the 1-AA Regional Lit-

erary Meet in Cairo on Fri-day, Cairo came in first placewith a total of 87 points;Dublin was second with 36points; Thomasville, third

with 33 points, Tift Countyand Appling County tiedwith 31 points each.Dublin High School stu-

dents who placed in the com-petition were Bill Hilburn,third in Boys' Declamationand fourth in Boys' Essay;Beverly Young, third in Girl-s' Typing; Ann Toler, third inGirls' Declamation; JoanneGaillard, third in Short-hand. Dublin's two secondplace winners were bothsophomores who competedagainst Seniors. DarsaHayes tied for a first place inHome Economics and in thesecond contest came in sec-ond against a senior; andSally Hudson placed secondin Piano.

OCONEE HAS 20 INCLINIC BANDThe Oconee High School

Band, on Friday, March 26,had twenty band membersselected to perform in theclinic band in the second an-nual District Nine BandClinic. The students wereselected on the basis of theirperformance in try-outs heldprior to the Clinic. Mr. B.Crawley is the director ofthe Oconee High Band.Woodwind players who

were selected were DorothyGriffin, Patricia Mason, andBarbara Swint, flute; MadieMoore, Carolyn Mason, An-nie Cones, Lorenza Rozier,Rebecca Wilcher, clarinet;and Evelyn Moore, oboe.Members of the brass sec-

tion who participated arePaul Moss, William Mason,Glendon Hunt, trumpet;Doris Carter, horn; SamuelMcGirt and Moses Arm-strong, trombone; GuynellEllijngton and Nathan Pear-son, baritone; and Eli Elling-ton, bass horn.

LOVETT GARDENSOPEN TO PUBLIC HERESUNDAYThe gardens at the home

of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Lovetton Bellevue Avenue will beopened to the public on Sun-day, April 4th, throughWednesday, April 7th. Mrs.Lovett announced that therewould be no specific hours;the public is invited to comeat any time as there will beno formal tours.This has been a highlight

of the spring season for sev-eral years, anticipated byboth Dublin and LaurensCounty residents as well asby a great many people fromneighboring cities. Also,tourists passing throughDublin have frequentlystopped to enjoy these beau-tiful gardens.

HONOR ROLL FORDUBLIN HIGH SCHOOLThe Honor Roll for the

third nine-week grading pe-riod at Dublin High Schoolhas been announced by Prin-cipal Tom Stewart and is thefollowing.Ninth grade: Cindy Her-

rin, Jobeth Barrett, JudyHall, Sally Hudson, JudyWood, Doris Tennant, Em-mett Black, Pat Byers, JobyStafford, Rose Trincher,Russell Faulk, Darsa Hayes,Chippy Romeo, JamesMonds, Johnny RowlandTenth grade: Randy Arm-

strong, Linda Guzman, Sali-na Metts, Brenda Smith,Charles Lee, Larry Howell,Linda Perry, Dianne Scott,Henry Tharpe, KathyLawrenceEleventh grade: Diane

Burch, Gwendolyn Lord,Linda Mackey, BeverlyYoung, Linda Roberts, Bren-da Thompson, LawrenceOdom, Katie Scarborough,John Smyth, Julia Tennant,Lynn DuncanTwelfth grade: Vashti

Fernandez, Joanne Gaillard,Ronnie Brooks, Anne Wood,Joyce Russell, Gayle Wells,Peggy Fordham, Fred Hall,Faye Perry, Lynn Henry,Josie Bidgood, JaniceHarville, Suzanne Mc Don-ald, Linda Black, Judy Mor-gan, Vicki HammondTop students in each

grade were Sally Hudson,ninth; Charles Lee and Sali-na Metts, tenth grade; JuliaTennant, eleventh; andSuzanne Mc Donald twelfth.

ERIN GARDEN CLUBMEETS AT MOOSE CLUBThe Erin Garden Club

held its regular monthlymeeting on Tuesday at theDublin Moose Club withhostesses Mrs. Al Lamb,Mrs. James Kibler, and Mrs.Austin Moseley. PresidentMrs. Thomas Kellam wel-comed visitors, Mrs. HowardCordell, Jr. and Mrs. BruceDonnigan. After the busi-ness meeting, a very inter-esting film on birds andwildflowers was shown byMiss Martha Hooks andMrs. Thomas Hatchett.Mrs. Carl Nelson, Sr. was

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By BALI SMITHDespite a three-hit offense

performance by Colby Owens,the East Laurens Falcons weredefeated 7-2 by the HarlemBulldogs Friday afternoon inGHSA Region 3AA baseballaction at the EL Sports Complex.The Bulldogs from Harlembroke open a tightly contestedgame when they scored fourruns in the top of the sixthinning to take a commanding 7-1 lead over the Falcons.

East Laurens baseball coachGene Mulkey stated “This was atough loss. We have played sev-eral games this season wherethe game was close late in thegame, then we have a badinning.”

Trailing 2-0 going into thebottom of the third inning, EastLaurens cut into the Bulldoglead when Owens’ two-out RBIdouble brought home JimboJohnson. Blake Toney was thenintentionally walked, to put run-ners on first and second base.Harlem’s starting pitcher, DylanMosley, was able to limit anyfurther damage by getting thenext Falcon batter to strikeoutand maintain the Harlem lead at2-1.

Toney’s night on the moundwas over after the fifth inning,and Harlem leading 3-1. JimboJohnson took to the mound inthe top of the sixth inning anddeserved a better fate. Twoerrors in the field by the EastLaurens defense and severalquestionable calls at the plate.and in the field by the men inblue, hindered the righthander’sperformance during the inning.

The Bulldogs scored fourruns on a walk, a batter hit by apitch, two errors, a single andtwo sacrifice flies to the outfieldto extend their lead to 7-1. TheFalcons scored one run in thebottom half of the inning toreduce the Harlem lead to 7-2.

Owens, who tripled, doubled

and singled during the game,scored the Falcons final run ofthe contest when he scored on aRBI grounder by designated hit-ter Gavin Donaldson.

“I am proud of the way webattled during the game,”Mulkey said after the game.“Blake struggled somewhat atthe start, but did a great job ofpitching by getting us out ofsome early-inning problems. Ithought our players stayed pos-itive and focused throughoutthe game, even though we werebehind. Colby sure had a goodday at the plate going 3 for 3,but you got to give the Harlempitcher credit for pitching agood ballgame. We are still inthe playoff hunt, we just got tokeep trying to get better.”

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By RODNEY MANLEYThe West Laurens Raiders were two outs

away from knocking off fifth-ranked MaryPersons on Friday night, but a throwing errorsent home the tying run.

So, the teams played on. And on.In the end, the Raiders pushed region

rival to five extra innings Friday night beforethe Bulldogs finally escaped the 12-inningmarathon with a 7-5 win in 12 innings.

The Raiders certainly had their chances.They put their leadoff hitter on base in thebottom of the sixth and seventh and all fiveextra innings, but could not score.

Starting pitcher Slayton Marina kept theRaiders close, going seven innings and givingup four earned runs and striking out five.Lefty Caleb Christian was strong in relief,pitching all five extra innings. striking out sixand giving up just two earned runs.

"Those were great pitching performancesby Slayton and Caleb," said Raiders headcoach Brian Brown. "A positive — we hit the

baseball tonight. we played good defensively.Both sides had key moments in the gamewhen we didn't execute. They did late. Ithurts, but what I was impressed with, is webattled."

After giving up two-run lead in the top ofthe sixth, the Raiders rallied right back ontop. In the bottom of the sixth, catcher BillLeRoy reached on an error with two outs,and Jacob Clark was hit by a pitch. NolanDaniel, who tripled in a run in the secondinning, singled to put the score at 5-4.

West Laurens had a chance to add to itslead in the sixth when Christian doubled toopen the inning, but he was left stranded.

It was first of several wasted scoringopportunities that would come back to hauntthe Raiders.

In the bottom of the seventh, WayneChamness and LeRoy reached off with con-secutive singles with no outs but were leftstranded. In the 8th, Christian singled and apair of walks loaded the bases with one out,but again the Raiders could not come up with

the clutch hit.After Christian retired the Bulldogs in

order in two consecutive innings, the Raidersgot their next best chance to win. LeRoyripped a line drive to left and hustled head-first into second for a double to lead off the11th. A walk and fielder's choice movedcourtesy runner Beau Mullis to third, but thatwas a far as he got.

In the top of the 12th, the Bulldogs got acouple of close calls and a crazy bounce totake the lead. A bunt single on a close play atfirst and a steal put Mary Persons' J.T. Stokesat second. After Christian struck out the nexthitter, a grounder up the middle bouncedabout 25 feet in the air to put runners at firstand third.

After the second runner advanced on anodd foul-tip steal, the Raiders nearly escapedthe jam. Christian deflected a line drive upthe middle, and shortstop Jared O'Neal doveand caught the ball in the air, nearly doublingthe runner off second.

Raiders battle No. 5 Bulldogs in 12-inning heartbreaker

File photo by Jamie Morton

StronG In rElIEFChristian pitched the five extra innings, shutting out the Bulldogs in all but one

WL falls to Mary Persons, 7-5, after five extra innings

Harlem pulls away late from Falcons

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HArlEm SlIdEFalcons shortstop Jimbo Johnson puts the tag on runner at second

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BAnG-BAnG plAyEast laurens runner crosses first ahead of throw

dublin losesclose one toSwainsboro

By BALI SMITH

SWAINSBORO — The road

was unkind to the Dublin Irish

Friday night, as they were fell 7-5

to the Swainsboro Tigers in

tough Region 3AA baseball

action.

Trailing 4-0, the Tigers rallied

to overtake the Irish, scoring two

runs in the bottom half of the

third inning, three runs in the

fourth and two final runs in the

bottom half of the fifth inning to

secure the come-from-behind

region win for Swainsboro.

Leadoff hitter K.J. Kinsey dou-

bled to start the game, helping

jumpstart the Irish offense. With

one out, Dalton Davis singled to

advance Kinsey to third. The fleet

centerfielder then stole home,

and Davis advanced to second

base on the throw to the plate.

Dalton Rogers doubled Davis

home, then scored Dublin’s final

run of the first inning on a passed

ball.

The Irish increased their lead

to 4-0 in the top of the third

inning when Holden Baisden

scored on an error in the field by

Swainsboro.

Trailing 7-4 after six innings,

Baisden’s RBI single plated

Kinsey, who was on third base.

Unfortunately, the Irish rally

came up two runs short, as

Dublin offense was unable to

generate any more runs, and the

game ended with Swainsboro

taking a 7-5 win.

“You have to give Swainsboro

credit, they outplayed us, and

outcoached us tonight. I have a

lot of confidence in our team,”

said Dublin Fighting Irish base-

ball coach Rusty Watters. “We

just have to keep battling, as a

team, and family.”

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — TheCharlotte Hornets needed a littlepick-me-up after a tough — andpotential costly — double-over-time loss to the WashingtonWizards on Friday night.

The Atlanta Hawks seemedhappy to oblige.

Kemba Walker scored 21points and the Hornets beat aHawks team missing all fivestarters, 115-100 on Saturdaynight.

The Hawks gave DeMarreCarroll, Kyle Korver, Al Horfordand Paul Millsap the night off torest and Jeff Teague sat out witha sprained ankle, one night afterAtlanta clinched the top seed inthe Eastern Conference.

Gerald Henderson scored 20points on 9-of-10 shooting, andMo Williams hit four 3-pointersand had 18 points as the Hornetssnapped a three-game losingstreak.

Marvin Williams chipped inwith 17 points for Charlotte (31-41), which moved back within agame of eighth place in the tightEastern Conference.

"We just had to put it behindus," Henderson said of the loss tothe Wizards. "Obviously that wasa tough game to lose, going intodouble overtime. We just cameout and found that energy andbeat a good team."

Or a good team's backups,that is.

Kent Bazemore scored a sea-son-high 20 points to lead theHawks. Mike Muscala had 18points and 10 rebounds, andDennis Schroder added 17 pointsand 11 assists as the Hawks lostfor the third time in the last fourmeetings to their Interstate-85foes.

Charlottebeats upon Hawksbackups

HOUSTON (AP) — Like hisDuke teammates sitting oneither side of him at the podi-um, Quinn Cook had a strand ofthe cut-down net sticking out ofhis regional championship cap.

The senior guard also had abottom portion of the net hang-ing loosely around his neck, anda grin on his face. While BlueDevils coach Mike Krzyzewskiis going to his record-tying 12thNCAA Final Four, Cook finallygets to experience one for him-self in his last chance as a play-er.

Coach K and Cook both haveto give a lot of credit to a talent-ed quartet of freshmen —including starters Jahlil Okafor,Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones— that came together with thefew returners to become the16th Duke team to make it tothe Final Four.

"It was easy to mesh. Theycame in so close, all four ofthose guys were so close andcoming in they were very hum-ble," Cook said Sunday after a66-52 win over Gonzaga in theSouth Regional final.

Krzyzewski's youngest teamever is going to Indianapolis,taking its 68-year-old coachalong for the ride in what hehas called "one of the most

unique years" he has had in his35 seasons at Duke. His 12thFinal Four will equal UCLA'sJohn Wooden for the most everby a head coach"To have Jah, Tyus curious as apoint guard, to see how Quinnhas led, that's what keeps itrefreshing," Krzyzewski said.

Duke (33-4), the No. 1 seedfrom the South Regional, playsits national semifinal gameSaturday against Michigan State(27-11).

In the nightcap atIndianapolis, Kentucky (38-0)continues its pursuit of perfec-tion against Wisconsin (35-3).

This is the Blue Devils' firstFinal Four since 2010, whenthey also went throughHouston and the NFL Texans'stadium as the No. 1 seed in theSouth on way to their fourthnational championship.

The four freshmen, includingbackup guard Grayson Allen,make up half of Duke's eightregular players. The other twoavailable players, including theonly senior other than Cook,have combined to play less than30 minutes all season.

"There are eight guys.There's not somebody hiding inthe locker room that's going tocome out and appear. And four

freshmen. They've been spec-tacular," Krzyzewski said. "It'sbeen such an incredible year.I've enjoyed it immensely with-out thinking about."

Winslow got to be home inHouston to play in the Sweet 16and regional final the sameweek he turned 19. He had 21points and 10 rebounds in a 63-57 win over Utah on Fridaynight, then matched sophomoreMatt Jones with a team-high 16points Sunday.

"We've got eight guys thatcan just go out there and play.This is where we thought we'dbe," Winslow said. "There wasnever a doubt in our mind thatwe could make it to the FinalFour."

Even when Krzyzewski, withUSA Basketball and other off-season obligations, wasn'taround much after the new-comers first got to campus lastsummer.

That's when Cook and AmileJefferson, a big junior forward,did their part helping theyoungsters adapt to life on theDurham campus — and the wayof Blue Devils basketball.

"Coach was gone a lot ofsummer, so myself and Amile asleaders, we wanted to makesure there wasn't no let-off

when Coach got back," Cooksaid. "Those freshmen stepped up,

staying after practice, getting inshots, to acclimate to new col-lege life. They've just grown up

so much, and those four fresh-men, they don't play like fresh-men at all."

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z-Atlanta 55 18 .753 —Washington 41 33 .554 14½Miami 34 39 .466 21Charlotte 31 41 .431 23½Orlando 22 52 .297 33½

Central DivisionW l Pct Gb

x-Cleveland 48 27 .640 —x-Chicago 45 29 .608 2½Milwaukee 36 37 .493 11Indiana 32 41 .438 15Detroit 28 45 .384 19

WeStern ConFerenCeSouthwest Division

W l Pct Gbx-Houston 50 23 .685 —x-Memphis 50 24 .676 ½San Antonio 47 26 .644 3Dallas 45 29 .608 5½New Orleans 39 34 .534 11

northwest DivisionW l Pct Gb

Portland 47 25 .653 —Oklahoma City42 32 .568 6Utah 32 41 .438 15½Denver 28 46 .378 20Minnesota 16 57 .219 31½

Pacific DivisionW l Pct Gb

z-Golden State60 13 .822 —x-L.A. Clippers49 25 .662 11½Phoenix 38 36 .514 22½Sacramento 26 46 .361 33½L.A. Lakers 19 53 .264 40½x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

SaturdayCharlotte 115, Atlanta 100Chicago 111, New York 80Golden State 108, Milwaukee 95Utah 94, Oklahoma City 89Portland 120, Denver 114

SundayHouston 99, Washington 91Brooklyn 107, L.A. Lakers 99New Orleans 110, Minnesota 88Cleveland 87, Philadelphia 86Miami 109, Detroit 102L.A. Clippers 119, Boston 106San Antonio 103, Memphis 89Indiana 104, Dallas 99Oklahoma City 109, Phoenix 97

todayL.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Houston at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m.Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Phoenix at Portland, 10 p.m.

tuesdayAtlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Indiana at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m.Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

eaStern ConFerenCeatlantic Division

GP W l otPts GF GaMontreal 76 47 21 8102 200 169Tampa Bay 76 46 23 7 99 244 198Detroit 75 40 23 12 92 220 206Boston 76 38 25 13 89 201 196Ottawa 75 37 26 12 86 218 203Florida 76 35 26 15 85 190 207Toronto 76 28 42 6 62 198 244Buffalo 75 20 47 8 48 144 254

Metropolitan DivisionGP W l otPts GF Ga

N.Y. Rangers7547 21 7101 228 177Pittsburgh 76 42 23 11 95 210 190N.Y. Islanders774527 5 95 235 215Washington76 41 25 10 92 223 188Philadelphia76 30 29 17 77 198 219Columbus 75 36 35 4 76 207 232New Jersey76 31 33 12 74 168 194Carolina 75 28 36 11 67 174 204

WeStern ConFerenCeCentral Division

GP W l otPts GF GaNashville 77 47 22 8102 220 188St. Louis 75 46 22 7 99 228 186Chicago 75 45 24 6 96 213 175Minnesota 76 44 25 7 95 219 186Winnipeg 76 39 25 12 90 215 201Dallas 76 37 29 10 84 236 243Colorado 75 35 28 12 82 205 209

Pacific DivisionGP W l ot Pts GF Ga

Anaheim 78 49 22 7 105 227 216Vancouver 75 43 27 5 91 215 203Calgary 76 41 28 7 89 224 201Los Angeles75 37 24 14 88 200 188San Jose 76 37 30 9 83 212 215Edmonton 75 22 40 13 57 181 254Arizona 76 23 45 8 54 160 252

SundayPittsburgh 3, San Jose 2, SOWashington 5, N.Y. Rangers 2Florida 4, Ottawa 2N.Y. Islanders 5, Detroit 4Boston 2, Carolina 1, OTCalgary 5, Nashville 2Anaheim 2, New Jersey 1Chicago 4, Winnipeg 3

MondayTampa Bay at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Los Angeles at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Edmonton at Colorado, 9 p.m.Buffalo at Arizona, 10 p.m.

tuesdayFlorida at Boston, 7 p.m.Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Columbus, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Ottawa at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Vancouver at Nashville, 8 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

WednesdayToronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m.Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR Sprint Cup-STP 500 Results The Associated Press

Sunday

Sprint Cup-StP 500 resultsAt Martinsville Speedway(Start position in parentheses)1. (15) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500 laps,134.9 rating, 47 points, $166,760.2. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500,114.9, 43, $157,401.3. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 121.9, 42,$162,418.4. (8) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 500, 113,41, $142,121.5. (20) David Ragan, Toyota, 500, 96.2,39, $144,061.6. (3) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 500,96.2, 39, $118,665.7. (16) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 500,86.9, 37, $99,570.8. (17) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500,129, 38, $144,495.9. (4) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500, 104,36, $133,206.10. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet,500, 97.4, 34, $118,461.11. (9) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 500,96.4, 34, $101,200.12. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 500, 82.6,32, $123,811.13. (30) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 500, 86.5,31, $120,733.14. (26) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 500,84.3, 31, $105,750.15. (24) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 500,77.8, 29, $112,683.16. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 500,73.6, 0, $113,633.17. (11) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 500, 98.9,28, $82,000.18. (36) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 500, 63.5,26, $125,450.19. (25) Greg Biffle, Ford, 500, 71.8, 25,$115,508.20. (6) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 500,82.1, 25, $111,839.

race StatisticsAverage Speed of Race Winner: 68.843mph.Time of Race: 3 hours, 49 minutes, 13seconds.Margin of Victory: 0.186 seconds.Caution Flags: 16 for 112 laps.Lead Changes: 31 among 13 drivers.Lap Leaders: J.Logano 1-16;R.Newman 17-18; J.Logano 19-56;M.Bliss 57; J.Logano 58-96; M.Truex Jr.97-119; J.Logano 120-133; K.Harvick134-147; D.Hamlin 148-164;B.Keselowski 165; K.Harvick 166-170;B.Keselowski 171-172; K.Harvick 173;K.Busch 174-194; K.Harvick 195-207;J.Logano 208; K.Kahne 209-237;K.Harvick 238-270; B.Keselowski 271;C.Edwards 272-284; K.Harvick 285-301;B.Keselowski 302-315; D.Hamlin 316-326; K.Harvick 327-357; M.Kenseth358; K.Harvick 359-398; D.Hamlin 399-433; M.Kenseth 434-441; J.Gordon 442-462; T.Stewart 463-470; M.Kenseth 471-472; D.Hamlin 473-500.

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MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) —Denny Hamlin just needed a visitto Martinsville Speedway to gethis racing team back on track.

Now, with his spot inNASCAR's Chase for the champi-onship virtually assured, they canwork to make it better.

Hamlin passed teammate MattKenseth for the lead with 28 lapsto go Sunday and ended Toyota's32-race winless streak in theNASCAR Sprint Cup race atMartinsville Speedway. It was hisfifth victory on NASCAR's oldest,smallest circuit.

"We had a very fast car, butobviously some pit road issues,but we overcame it," Hamlin saidafter his 25th career victory,which was helped along by a seri-ous blunder that took four-timechampion Jeff Gordon out of con-tention late.

Hamlin's pit crew, unlikeGordon, made their mistake earlyenough in the race to recover.Before the event was 200 laps old,Hamlin was penalized when hiscrew failed to control a tire on pitroad. It dropped him from the leadto 22nd place.He was back in the top 10 by themidpoint, and stalking the leadersshortly thereafter.

"The last 60, 70 laps played outhow they needed to play out for usto win today," Hamlin said.

Hamlin also held off a five-lap,bumper-to-tail challenge fromBrad Keselowski at the finish.There was some bumping andnudging, and a big wiggle forHamlin in the final fourth turn, butKeselowski never caused him to

spin."We just weren't going to be

denied today, and hats off toBrad," he said, thankingKeselowski for not wrecking him.

"I did everything I could otherthan wreck him," Keselowski said.

The race was run withoutreigning rookie of the year KyleLarson, who watched from aNorth Carolina hospital where hewas undergoing testing afterfainting at an autograph sessionon Saturday. Regan Smith drove inhis absence, finishing 16th.

Keselowski was second, fol-lowed by Joey Logano, Kensethand David Ragan, giving Joe GibbsRacing three cars in the top five.The jolt was especially appreciat-ed in a week when the teamannounced that President J.D.Gibbs is being treated for a "symp-toms impacting areas of brainfunction," an issue that has leftdoctors with very few answersthus far.

It was J.D. Gibbs who discov-ered Hamlin on a North Carolinashort track, and Joe Gibbs thoughtof that near the end.

"For me it was emotional andthinking about J.D. and all that hemeans to our team, so it was a bigweek for us, but a great finish to astory there," Gibbs said.

Logano, the pole-sitter, wastrying to become the first driver tosweep a weekend at Martinsville,having won the truck race onSaturday. He led 109 laps, but saidhis car at the end was not asstrong as the leaders.

Gordon, an eight-timeMartinsville winner, took the lead

for the first time with 58 laps to goand then got caught entering pitroad too fast when the 16th andfinal caution came out with about40 laps to go.

The mistake put him well backin the field, and while he rallied tofinish ninth, was left disappointed.

"Wow. I'm sorry guys," hesaid on the radio when told ofthe penalty. "That's on me. Iapologize."

Gordon said he knew he waspushing the limit, knowing hehad a chance to win the race."I thought with our track posi-tion there at the end, we had ashot at it," he said. "Oh, my gosh,I'm so disappointed. I don't evenknow what to say right now. Ofcourse, then the car is theabsolute best it has been all day."

The race also ended KevinHarvick's streak of top-two fin-ishes at eight. Harvick, who wasthree races shy of tying RichardPetty's record of 11, set in 1975,led a race-high 154 laps, but gotcaught in the outside lane on arestart and faded to eighth.

"Just lost track position at thewrong time," the defendingseries champion said.

Gordon and his HendrickMotorsports teammates havedominated at the 0.526-mile ovalin recent years, but Gordon's fin-ish and an 11th for Kasey Kahnewere the best they could muster.Dale Earnhardt Jr., who won herelast fall, wound up in the garageafter losing his radiator in a largecrash in turn one before the mid-point of the race, and Jimmie

Johnson, an eight-timeMartinsville winner, had issuesthroughout and finished 35th, 32laps down. Earnhardt finishedright behind him.

The race also marked the Cupdebut of Chase Elliott, who willreplace the retiring Gordon inthe Hendrick stable next season,and Elliott got a quick welcome.His car was bounced aroundearly, also wound up in thegarage and finished 38th.

The day went better forDanica Patrick, who was seventh,her fifth career top-10 finish.That tied her with Janet Guthriefor most top-10s by a femaledriver, and was one spot offPatrick's career-best sixth placerun at Atlanta last year.

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ViCtory CelebrationDenny Hamlin sprays cola after winning the naSCar Sprint Cup race

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Hamlin races to 25th Cup win,5th at Martinsville

JIM O'CONNELLAP Basketball WriterIf you liked the look of last

year's Final Four, you will love the2015 edition.

One game — Kentucky vs.Wisconsin — is not only amatchup of two No. 1 seeds, it's areplay of last year's semifinal wonby Kentucky, 74-73.

Seventh-seeded Michigan Statewill face Duke, a four-time nation-al champion led by coach MikeKrzyzewski, who is in his 12thFinal Four, tying the legendaryJohn Wooden.

It is the fifth time at least threeNo. 1 seeds reached the Final

Four. The only top-seed sweepwas in 2008.

This is the third straight yearone conference has had two teamsin the Final Four with Wisconsinand Michigan State coming fromthe Big Ten. The SoutheasternConference did it last year withKentucky and Florida and the BigEast had Louisville and Syracusein 2013.

The end of the tournament willhave plenty to watch, fromKentucky's unbeaten streak to amatchup of some of the game'stop coaches. Here's a peek at whatto look for in Indianapolis:

MEETING AGAIN: No team has

attracted the attention thatKentucky has. The Wildcats (38-0)are two wins away from becomingthe first undefeated nationalchampion since Indiana in 1976.

Kentucky survived its toughesttest of the tournament in theregional semifinals with a 68-66victory over Notre Dame thatcame down to the final posses-sion.

"We figured out a way to win it.We've had other tests, but wehave a will to win," Wildcats coachJohn Calipari said.

Now they get to faceWisconsin, which like Kentucky, ismaking its second straight Final

Four appearance.Last year's national semifinal

came down to a big jumper byAaron Harrison with 5.7 secondsleft.

"That loss left a sour taste inour mouth, so we wanted to getback," Wisconsin's Sam Dekkersaid of the loss to Kentucky. "As ateam we set some goals of whatwe wanted to do, and now we'retwo games away from our lastgoal."

COACHING ROYALTY: TyingUCLA's Wooden puts Krzyzewskione appearance ahead of DeanSmith, who made 11 trips to theFinal Four. Coach K is tied with

Adolph Rupp for second in titleswith four.

"I'm in this moment. I've beenso lucky to be at Duke for 35 yearsand in the ACC, and the great play-ers we've had and my past is notimportant right now," Krzyzewskisaid.

"My present is incrediblyimportant and just being withthese kids and sharing thismoment and this Final Four, I'mso happy. I'm so happy for themand to be with them. ... I love myteam. I love my team. They are apleasure to be with, and as a resultthey're taking me to Indy, which iskind of neat."

Final Four look ahead: Three No. 1 seeds and the Spartans

The Bulldogs went ahead 7-5Brian Steed took a close pitchwith two strikes, then delivered atwo-out single.

Again, the Raiders got theirleadoff man aboard with EricScott hustled out an infield hit,but they were unable to movehim.

Chamness, LeRoy, Daniel andChristian all had two hits for theRaiders. Cameron Gibson had adouble and an RBI. Daniel, whowas walked twice intentionally,had two RBIs.

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HONG KONG (AP) — Thepresident and CEO of TheAssociated Press calledMonday for changes tointernational laws thatwould make it a war crime tokill journalists or take themhostage.Gary Pruitt said a new

framework is needed toprotect journalists as theycover conflicts in which theyare increasingly seen astargets by extremist groups."It used to be that when

media wore PRESSemblazoned on their vest, orPRESS or MEDIA was ontheir vehicle, it gave them adegree of protection" becausereporters were seen asindependent civilians tellingthe story of the conflict,Pruitt said."But guess what: That

labelling now is more likelyto make them a target," hesaid in a speech at HongKong's ForeignCorrespondents' Club.Last year was a

particularly deadly year forthe AP -- four of the newscooperative's journalists werekilled on assignment.Globally, 61 journalists werekilled in the line of duty in2014, bringing to more than1,000 the number who havedied since 1992, according tothe Committee to ProtectJournalists.One of the most high

profile killings was that of APphotographer AnjaNiedringhaus, who was shotby a police officer whilecovering elections inAfghanistan. AP reporterKathy Gannon was severelywounded in the same attack.Two other AP staff —videographer Simone Camilliand translator Abu Ali Fash— were killed in Gaza whenan unexploded missile wentoff. In addition, APphotographer Franklin ReyesMarrero died in a caraccident while returningfrom an assignment in Cuba.Pruitt said existing

international laws should beupdated to protectjournalists. He proposedcreating a new protocol to theGeneva Conventions to makethe killing of a journalist aspecific war crime. He alsosuggested adapting articlesof the International CriminalCourt, which deals with war

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these measures would notnecessarily preventjournalists from gettingkilled, Pruitt said it wouldraise awareness of the ideathat media workers, likedoctors and nurses, shouldnot be targeted during war.Journalists deserve such

protection as the nature ofwar changes, Pruitt said.Journalists are increasinglybecoming targets of extremistgroups because such groupsdon't need mediaorganizations to deliver theirmessage — they can usesocial media instead."They don't need us, they

don't want us. They want totell their story in their wayfrom start to finish withnothing in between, and ajournalist is a potentialcritical filter that they don'twant to have around," hesaid."The larger world,

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a set of guidelines forfreelancers that calls forthem to be treated in thesame way as staffers. Theyshould be given, for example,first-aid and survival trainingand proper equipment.

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Ga. hiring for Bulk, Van and TankerDrivers. Must be 25 yrs of age, haveClass A CDL, minm 2 years drivingexperience. We offer competitive

rates w/benefits.CALL: 478-628-1235

Georgia United Credit Union isseeking a Full-time teller.Responsibilities include processing avariety of monetary transactionswhile exceeding memeber serviceexpectations. Prior customer serviceand cash handling experiencerequired; Teller experiencepreferred. Must be at least 18 yearsold and possess a high schooldiploma or equivalent. To apply,please complete an employmentapplication at our branch locatedat 2006 Veterans Blvd, Dublin, GAor visit the Careers page on ourwebsite,

http://georgiaunitedcu.org.

ZAXBY’S100 Travel Center Blvd

Dublin, Ga. 31021and

ZAXBY’S2203 Veterans BlvdDublin, Ga. 31021

NOW HIRING AT BOTH LOCA-TIONS FOR COOK AND CASHIER

POSITIONS. INTERVIEWS WILL BEHELD TUESDAYS AND WEDNES-

DAYS FROM 3:00 - 5:00 PM

320 MEDICALHELP WANTED

CERTIFIED NURSINGASSISTANTS NEEDED7PM TO 7AM SHIFT

94 BED SKILLED NURSINGFACILITY SEEKS FULL TIME

CERTIFIED NURSINGASSISTANTS. PLEASE APPLY IN

PERSON.WRIGHTSVILLE MANOR

NURSING HOME608 WEST COURT STREETWRIGHTSVILLE, GA 31096

Have openings for 3P-11P and11P-7A LPN’s. Apply only if willing towork fulltime. Apply in person 606Simmons Street, Dublin, Ga. 31021

320 MEDICALHELP WANTED

LPN NEEDED7PM TO 7AMFULL TIME

Please apply for a rewarding jobthat will offer you:

•Every other weekend off•Shift plus weekend differential pay•Overtime pay every pay period•A 12 hour shift•15 days off during the month

For all of these benefits,please apply at:

Wrightsville Manor Nursing Home,337 W. Court St.

Wrightsville, GA 31096in the business office

Medical Assistant for AllergyDoctor’s Office, Respond to Middle

Georgia Allergy & Asthma,227 Industrial Blvd. Telephone

478-353-1058REGISTERED NURSE NEEDED

FULL TIMEDAY SHIFT

94 BED SKILLED NURSINGFACILITY SEEKS FULL-TIME DAY

SHIFT REGISTERED NURSE,PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON.

WRIGHTSVILLE MANOR NURSINGHOME, 337 WEST COURT

STREET, WRIGHTSVILLE, GA.31096

Scott Health & Rehab is hiring for afull time 7p-7a LPN, We also have aposition for a CNA opening. ContactDeanna Brown at 478-668-3225.

330 BUSINESSOPPORTUNITIES

CAPITAL AVAILABLE FOR BUSI-NESS, COMMERCIAL & VENTURECAPITAL $50,000.000 AND UP.CALL 478-697-8133 OR WRITE TO:DANNY’S FINANCIAL SERVICES14 COOL SPRINGS ROADDANVILLE, GA. 31017

REAL ESTATE351 ACREAGE8 - 15 acre tract at Old PinePlantation. 609-2549FARM LAND for sale, Laurens Co.225 acres, irrigated w/ 3 permittedwells, and 7 center dibots. 170 acrestimberland. Call: 478-984-4652Hayfield for rent. 6.68 acres. Call:850-866-5925.

360 HOMES FOR SALE

316 N. Omega St. Dexter. Historicalcharm, sits on 1.32 acre lot. newplumbing. $59,900.

436 Valambrosia Rd, Dublin. 4BR,21/2BA, Tri-level home in a countrysetting. $135,000.

711 Pointe West LP, 4 BR, 2 1/2BA, 2 story, on 1acre with nicestorage bldg. $105,000.

Tiffany GreenXcel Realty Group, LLC

478-275-1110 Office478-279-2009 Cell

www.xcelhomes.net

360 HOMES FOR SALEDublin - 3BR, 2BA on 1 acre locatedoff Scotland Rd. Great starter home.Financing available with low downpayment. Call. 855-847-6807FOR SALE by owner DowntownCondo (in Fred Robert’s Hotel) Call:697-1678.FOR SALE OR RENT 3BR, 21/2 BA,108 Fox Fire Circle. $1,350/mth478-272-7529 or 770-598-2661

RENTALS405 STORAGEStrange Mini Storage Best Prices!

Call 478-275-1592

425 APARTMENTSBROOKINGTON APARTMENTS

Spacious 1 & 2 bedroom apartmentswith fully furnished kitchen. Lake,pool and clubhouse. Full mainte-nance with on site manager. 272-6788.

440 HOMES FOR RENT4BR, 2BA in Kingswood Sd,$990/mth - 609-2549FOR RENT: AWESOME 2BR 1BACabin, newly remodeled, 31/2 acres,fenced back yard, pond, chickencoop & pecan orchard. $950/mth.Call: 478-456-2326

445 MOBILE HOMESFOR RENT

FOR RENT: 3BR - 2BA MOBILEHOME. 478-275-3084

VEHICLES FOR SALE

505 USED CARSAND MOTORS

2001 Chevy Blazer Extreme, Blackw/ air, heat + cd player, good tires &brakes, $3700.obo 478-275-2505

725 LAWN SERVICESTim’s Lawn Care & PressureWashing. Call 478-290-1632

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Put time aside to do something en-joyable with someone special. 2stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Look over contracts orpersonal documents and you willfind a way to save some cash. Ahome improvement project or usingyour place as a source of incomewill ensure a stable financial future.A competitive challenge will moti-vate you. 5 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t rely on anyone foranything. Stick close to home andavoid getting involved in disputeswith friends, relatives or neighbors.Personal improvements will bringthe highest return as long as youdon’t go over budget. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.

18): Look around, size up your situ-ation and take action. Making amove will ensure that you stayahead of the competition. Don’t fallfor a sales pitch offering a productthat claims to work miracles. Useyour skills to increase your income.3 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March20): Question what you are beingtold. Don’t make any plans withoutdoing your homework. Changingyour appearance shouldn’t causeanxiety. Do what makes you feelcomfortable and don’t worry aboutwhat someone else thinks youshould do. 3 stars

Birthday Baby: You aresensitive, outgoing and popular.You are self-sufficient and sympa-thetic.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THISDAY: Katy Mixon, 34; Celine Dion,47; Eric Clapton, 70; Warren Beatty,78.

Happy Birthday: You canaccomplish anything you set yourmind to this year if you are dedicat-ed and focused. Don’t let anyonelead you astray. This year is aboutinvesting in your skills and your fu-ture, not someone else’s. Self-im-provement and bringing greatersatisfaction and happiness intoyour life will set the stage for yearsto come. Your numbers are 8, 12,15, 23, 28, 37, 44.

ARIES (March 21-April19): Keep life simple and you canreach your goals. A new job or anopportunity to make extra money iswithin reach. Express your ideasclearly, and interest in what you aredoing will follow. You will impresssomeone influential. 5 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May20): Keep a low profile. Don’t betoo vocal about the changes youwant to make. Work behind thescenes instead of trying to presentyour ideas before they are ready.Timing is crucial. Trying to take ontoo much will lead to disappoint-ment. 2 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June20): Take care of unfinished busi-ness before beginning somethingnew. Stick to what you do best, andthe rest will fall into place. Makechanges at home that are moreconducive to a project you want topursue. Strive for greater financialsecurity. 4 stars

CANCER (June 21-July22): Don’t let what others are doingdistract you. Do your own thing andlet your imagination and originalitytake over, and you will come upwith a unique contribution. Achange in a relationship will turnout to be beneficial. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):Go about your business and makechanges that suit you and promisegreater success or happiness. Fol-lowing through persistently will payoff. The experience you gain nowwill help you out in the future. In-vest in yourself, not someone else.3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.22): Put your time and effort intoself-improvements, learning andenhancing your skills. Don’t let any-one discourage you from followingthrough with plans that will lead toa better you. Demanding individu-als must be kept at a distance. 3stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):You can make things happen. Joinforces with people trying to makethe same improvements orchanges that you are, and you willmake new friends and accomplishyour goals. Good fortune will beyours if you follow through. 4 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.21): Someone will get in your wayor cause problems if you neglectyour responsibilities. Use unusualmethods to get around a situationthat has the potential to be costly.

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