spent countless hours working and rehearsing from home. They got to find out information and present new facts about famous Americans they didn't know before." Trinity has been doing this for so long that many of the parents are now seeing their children doing the program they once participated in. "Emily Wages was Annie Oakley when she was here," Stephens said. Obituaries .......... 2a Editorial ........... 4a Weather............ 5a Ladies ............. 6a Hometown ......... 7a Sports .......... 1b,2b Classifieds ......... 3b Entertainment ...... 4b Index LINCOLN 702 East Jackson Street, Dublin, GA • www.dublinfordlm.com • 478.272.0511 www.maketheswitchgiveaway.com Friday, February 14, 2014 Photo by Frank Fortune The Courier Herald Happy Valentine’s Day! YOUR NEWSPAPER [email protected] • www.courier-herald.com Drawer B, Court Square Station, Dublin, Georgia 31040 • 272-5522 Volume 100, No. 38, Pub. No 161860 75 CENTS Got an Opinion? Tell It! Page 5a Call 272-0375 Abby Wife’s devotion to husband stops at the church door 2a 3a Old Photo of the Week Take a look at a retro scene from the Fred Roberts Hotel Police Beat Coca Cola bottle hits a woman on bicycle 5a This Coke’s for you! OWW! Bus driver honored for helping with fire Flames still burning bright on middle school issue By PAYTON TOWNS III A Laurens County School bus driver was honored for demon- strating bravery by helping to extinguish a house fire on Jan. 15 while doing his bus route. Byron Stewart was given a certificate during the Laurens County Board of Education meeting Thursday evening. Transportation Director Keith Hall said the house fire began in a child’s home. "He quickly jumped out with the fire extinguisher from the bus, secured the situation and was able to put it out before the fire officials got there," Hall said. "The fire department called me and commended him, saying that (Stewart's) quick action saved that home and maybe saved a life...I'm very proud of Mr. Stewart." Stewart said God put him in the right place at the right time. See MEETING page 3a Arrest made in shooting, robberies By PAYTON TOWNS III Two Dublin men were arrested Thursday after- noon, one in connection with the armed robbery and shooting of a Dublin convenience store clerk last week. Keion Deshone Mason, 17 of 907A Village Circle in Dublin, was charged with armed robbery and three counts of aggravated assault, said Lt. Greg Dominy with the Dublin Police Department's Crim- inal Investigations. On Feb. 3, a call was made at 6:36 p.m. where of- ficers responded to the Quick Stop No. 3 at 907 N. Jefferson Street about an armed robbery. When officers arrived they found the clerk with two gunshot wounds to the abdomen. The man was transported to the helicopter pad at Fairview Park Hospital where he was taken to a Macon Hospital. Mason, along with Nicholas Tucker, 17, of 11A Claxton Homes in Dublin, were both charged with the Jan. 24 armed robbery at Fairway Grocery on West Moore Street. According to Dominy, two black men entered the store around 5:37 p.m. on Jan. 24. The victim said one of the men had a revolver and pointed the gun at him while the other man grabbed money, ciga- rettes and cigars. They then ran away toward See ARREST page 3a Region 3-AA tourney postponed to Saturday By PAYTON TOWNS III The winter weather conditions in the northern part of the state have caused the Region 3-AA tournament, which is being hosted at Dublin High School, to push back its start from today to Saturday. Dublin Athletic Director Roger Holmes announced Thursday afternoon that the tournament will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, according to Michelle Thublin, Dublin City Schools Communications Liaison. Round two will be held on Monday, and the conso- lation and championship games are set for Tuesday. The additional change is due to the winter weather conditions being experienced by those schools who are in the northern part of the state. Superintendent Dr. Chuck Ledbetter has decided Dublin City Schools will be returning to its normal schedule for all staff and students on Friday. Trinity Christian students returned to classes as well, while Laurens County students were out for an in-service day. The Black Festival Youth Day Program this Sat. at First AB Special To The Courier Herald The Dublin-Laurens County Black Festival Com- munity Committee, Inc. annual Youth Day/Career Day program will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 at the First African Baptist Church. According to the group, in keeping with this year's theme, “Civil Rights in America,” it is impor- tant to educate children about their past so they will understand where they are going. If they fail to learn the history and facts of past leaders and their struggles to our children, then we have failed to keep their dreams alive. Remembering Civil Rights is for all Americans, not just one race, creed or culture. The Dublin-Lau- rens County Community must continue to keep the dreams and promises of the Late President John F. Kennedy alive, all people are create equally and have the same rights. There is no color among us, we are the American people with freedom and liberty to live in a country that possess freedom for all. The committee invites all children and their par- ents of Dublin-Laurens County to come and take part in this event on Saturday in celebrating the youth and encouraging them to keep the dream alive equality for all. Photos by Payton Towns III Kids dressed up as famous Native Americans, doctors and even Lucille Ball. Fame Fair Famous Americans remembered at TCS By PAYTON TOWNS III Fourth grade students at Trinity Christian School dressed up and portrayed fa- mous people from the USA during a presentation Tues- day night and Wednesday morning. The students presented the 34th annual Famous Ameri- cans program at the Laurens Baptist Association Tuesday night and in the gymnasium at Trinity Christian School Wednesday morning. The stu- dents were members of Shari Johnson's and Melissa Stephens' fourth grade class- es. "This is a tradition that started 34 years ago by teacher Gail Brooks Clark," Johnson said. "The children select a famous American, do the research and make a cos- tume." Trinity Christian Head- master Stan Couey liked what he saw. "They've worked hard and the costumes are great," Couey said. "Thank you so much for the hard work you've put in." Stephens said the students have put in a lot of time and effort. "They had to present it in a long speech (Tuesday) night in a short speech (Wednes- day) and they did a fabulous job," Stephens said. "They've been working on this for about a month and have See FAMOUS page 3a Dublin man charged with armed robbery and three counts of aggravated assault
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spent countless hours working andrehearsing from home. They got tofind out information and present newfacts about famous Americans theydidn't know before."Trinity has been doing this for so
long that many of the parents arenow seeing their children doing theprogram they once participated in."Emily Wages was Annie Oakley
Bus driver honoredfor helping with fireFlames still burning bright on middle school issue
By PAYTON TOWNS IIIA Laurens County School bus
driver was honored for demon-strating bravery by helping toextinguish a house fire on Jan.15 while doing his bus route.Byron Stewart was given a
certificate during the LaurensCounty Board of Education
meeting Thursday evening.Transportation Director KeithHall said the house fire began ina child’s home."He quickly jumped out with
the fire extinguisher from thebus, secured the situation andwas able to put it out before thefire officials got there," Hall said.
"The fire department called meand commended him, sayingthat (Stewart's) quick actionsaved that home and maybesaved a life...I'm very proud ofMr. Stewart."Stewart said God put him in
the right place at the right time.
See MEETING page 3a
Arrest madein shooting,robberies
By PAYTON TOWNS IIITwo Dublin men were arrested Thursday after-
noon, one in connection with the armed robbery andshooting of a Dublin convenience store clerk lastweek.Keion Deshone Mason, 17 of 907A Village Circle
in Dublin, was charged with armed robbery andthree counts of aggravated assault, said Lt. GregDominy with the Dublin Police Department's Crim-inal Investigations.On Feb. 3, a call was made at 6:36 p.m. where of-
ficers responded to the Quick Stop No. 3 at 907 N.Jefferson Street about an armed robbery.When officers arrived they found the clerk with
two gunshot wounds to the abdomen. The man wastransported to the helicopter pad at Fairview ParkHospital where he was taken to a Macon Hospital.Mason, along with Nicholas Tucker, 17, of 11A
Claxton Homes in Dublin, were both charged withthe Jan. 24 armed robbery at Fairway Grocery onWest Moore Street.According to Dominy, two black men entered the
store around 5:37 p.m. on Jan. 24. The victim saidone of the men had a revolver and pointed the gunat him while the other man grabbed money, ciga-rettes and cigars. They then ran away toward
See ARREST page 3a
Region 3-AA tourneypostponed to Saturday
By PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe winter weather conditions in the northern part
of the state have caused the Region 3-AA tournament,which is being hosted at Dublin High School, to pushback its start from today to Saturday.Dublin Athletic Director Roger Holmes announced
Thursday afternoon that the tournament will begin at2 p.m. Saturday, according to Michelle Thublin,Dublin City Schools Communications Liaison.Round two will be held on Monday, and the conso-
lation and championship games are set for Tuesday.The additional change is due to the winter weather
conditions being experienced by those schools who arein the northern part of the state.Superintendent Dr. Chuck Ledbetter has decided
Dublin City Schools will be returning to its normalschedule for all staff and students on Friday.Trinity Christian students returned to classes as
well, while Laurens County students were out for anin-service day.
The Black FestivalYouth Day Programthis Sat. at First AB
Special To The Courier HeraldThe Dublin-Laurens County Black Festival Com-
munity Committee, Inc. annual Youth Day/CareerDay program will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb.15 at the First African Baptist Church.According to the group, in keeping with this
year's theme, “Civil Rights in America,” it is impor-tant to educate children about their past so they willunderstand where they are going. If they fail tolearn the history and facts of past leaders and theirstruggles to our children, then we have failed tokeep their dreams alive.Remembering Civil Rights is for all Americans,
not just one race, creed or culture. The Dublin-Lau-rens County Community must continue to keep thedreams and promises of the Late President John F.Kennedy alive, all people are create equally andhave the same rights. There is no color among us, weare the American people with freedom and liberty tolive in a country that possess freedom for all.The committee invites all children and their par-
ents of Dublin-Laurens County to come and takepart in this event on Saturday in celebrating theyouth and encouraging them to keep the dream aliveequality for all.
Photos by Payton Towns III
Kids dressed up as famous Native Americans, doctors and even Lucille Ball.
Fame FairFamous Americansremembered at TCS
By PAYTON TOWNS IIIFourth grade students at
Trinity Christian Schooldressed up and portrayed fa-mous people from the USAduring a presentation Tues-day night and Wednesdaymorning.The students presented the
34th annual Famous Ameri-cans program at the LaurensBaptist Association Tuesdaynight and in the gymnasiumat Trinity Christian SchoolWednesday morning. The stu-dents were members of ShariJohnson's and MelissaStephens' fourth grade class-es."This is a tradition that
started 34 years ago byteacher Gail Brooks Clark,"
Johnson said. "The childrenselect a famous American, dothe research and make a cos-tume."Trinity Christian Head-
master Stan Couey likedwhat he saw."They've worked hard and
the costumes are great,"Couey said. "Thank you somuch for the hard workyou've put in."Stephens said the students
have put in a lot of time andeffort."They had to present it in a
long speech (Tuesday) nightin a short speech (Wednes-day) and they did a fabulousjob," Stephens said. "They'vebeen working on this forabout a month and have See FAMOUS page 3a
Dublin man charged witharmed robbery and three
counts of aggravated assault
NEW YORK (AP) — Thestock market rose for the fifthtime in six days Thursday ashigher earnings from severalbig U.S. companies helped in-vestors shrug off discouragingnews about jobs and retailspending.
Goodyear Tire & Rubbersurged to its highest level inalmost six years after the com-pany’s earnings beat analysts’forecasts. CBS also jumped af-ter the broadcaster beat WallStreet’s profit expectationsand speed up its stock buy-back program.
Investors’ focus has re-turned to company earningsafter concerns about growth inemerging markets and thehealth of the U.S. economypushed the Standard & Poor’s500 index to its lowest level inmore than three months at thestart of February. Analysts atS&P Capital IQ expect thatearnings at companies in theindex increased last quarter atthe fastest pace in a year.
“The momentum fromearnings continues,” said An-dres Garcia-Amaya, a globalmarket strategist at JPMor-gan Funds.
The Standard & Poor’s 500index rose 10.57 points, or 0.6percent, to 1,829.83. The DowJones industrial averageclimbed 63.65 points, or 0.4percent, to 16,027.59. TheNasdaq composite rose 39.38points, or 0.9 percent, to4,240.67.
Stocks also got a lift fromdeal news.
Time Warner Cable surged$9.50, or 7 percent, to $144.81after the company agreed tobe acquired by rival Comcastfor $45.2 billion in stock. Thedeal would combine the toptwo cable TV companies in theUnited States. Comcast fell$2.27, or 4.1 percent, to$52.97.
The biggest gains in theS&P 500 were posted by utili-ty companies. Gains in thesestocks suggest investors arelooking to play it safe. Utili-ties don’t have the best growthprospects, but they pay steadydividends and operate in sta-ble industries.
Stocks opened lower Thurs-day following lackluster re-ports on the U.S. job marketand retail sales.
The number of people seek-ing unemployment benefits
rose 8,000 last week to339,000, the Labor Depart-ment said. Economist hadforecast claims of just 330,000.
A separate report showedthat cold weather caused U.S.retail sales to drop in Januaryas Americans spent less on au-tos and clothing and at restau-rants during a brutally coldmonth. The Commerce De-partment says retail sales fell0.4 percent last month, thesecond straight decline after a0.1 percent drop in December.
The stock market inchedhigher throughout the morn-ing. Major indexes turned pos-itive by late morning as in-vestors assessed a handful ofencourage corporate earningsreports.
Goodyear Tire & Rubbersurged $2.77, or 11.5 percent,to $26.94 after it reported abig earnings gain. Strongsales in the company’s coreNorth American markethelped the tire maker’s re-sults.
CBS rose $2.76, or 4.5 per-cent, to $64.61 after reportingfourth-quarter earnings andrevenue growth that beat WallStreet’s expectations. Adver-tising revenue was flat, butthere was growth in content li-censing thanks to the sale ofshows such as “Hawaii Five-O” for domestic reruns.
Despite the recent signs ofstabilization, the stock marketis still going through a pull-back driven largely by theFederal Reserve’s decision tocut back on its economic stim-ulus program, said BarryKnapp, the head of U.S. equi-ty portfolio strategy at Bar-clays.
The stimulus underpinned
the stock market’s rally lastyear, but policy makers havereduced it at each of their lasttwo meetings. The Fed hasscaled back its bond purchasesfrom $85 billion a month to$65 billion a month.
Typically, pullbacks thatare prompted by a change inFed policy last between twoand three month and pushstocks lower by as much as 9percent, according to Knapp.
“It seems a little too soonfor (stocks) to have workedtheir way through this yet,”said Knapp. “We don’t thinkthe uptrend is going to resumeright away, stocks will proba-bly still struggle a bit in thefirst half of the year.”
In government bond trad-ing, the yield on the 10-yearnote fell to 2.73 percent from2.76 percent on Wednesday.The price of oil was littlechanged at $100.35 a barrel.Gold gained $5.10, or 0.5 per-cent, to $1,300.10 an ounce.
DEAR ABBY: About a yearago, my husband, “Scott,”started attending church. Hehad never gone in the fewyears we dated.
We discussed our feelingsabout religion before we be-came engaged. He comes froma family that attended churchevery Sunday and believes inGod.
I was raised the exact oppo-site; I’m an atheist. I toldScott that if we had children, Iwould be OK with him takingthem to church, but I wouldnot join them. It bothered hima little, but we talked it overand moved on. After a difficultyear that led to some mild de-pression (for which Scottsought help), he started goingto church. I was happy for himbecause it seemed to help him.
After a few weeks he askedme to go with him. I went sev-eral times, but felt uncomfort-able. I feel like a fraud sittingin the pew. Scott says he“wants my support” and thatmeans attending with him. Isuspect he’s embarrassed to bethere without his wife.
I do not enjoy it. I havebeen offended by some of themessages that were imparted,and I would prefer having acouple of hours to myself onSundays. Abby, what should Ido? Is there any middleground here? — FEELINGCOERCED IN SAN DIEGO
DEAR FEELING CO-ERCED: Tell Scott that youare happy he has found com-fort in going to church, butthat you are not comfortablewith what is being preachedand find some of it offensive.Remind him that church at-tendance was not part of youragreement when you marriedhim and that you value yoursolitary time at home thesame way he appreciates theservice.
While you might relent andgo with him on major holidays— some non-believing spousesdo that - there really isn’t amiddle ground, and becauseyou feel so strongly about it,
you should stand yours.DEAR ABBY: I am the
mother of two girls. One ofthem has a lot of emotionalproblems. My husband is gonefor months at a time due to hisjob. I have told him manytimes that I want him to findanother job that would havehim home more often. He al-ways says that there are nojobs that will pay what he’smaking now. I know that weneed a good-paying job, but Ineed my husband home andmy girls need their father.With all of our daughter’s is-sues, everything falls on myshoulders and I don’t feel I canhandle it alone much longer.We don’t live near family, andI have found it hard to makefriends due to my daughter’sacting out. How do I get myhusband to understand? —
MARRIED SINGLE MOMDEAR MOM: I understand
how stressful it must be tohave all the responsibility forraising your daughters onyour shoulders. And feeling asisolated as you do only intensi-fies your feelings. If your hus-band doesn’t already under-stand what you are goingthrough, I doubt there is muchyou can say that will convincehim to quit his lucrative joband help with the children.
Because he is gone so much— and making good money —consider moving yourself andyour daughters closer to yourfamily so you can have somerespite when you need it. Andin the meantime, find a thera-pist for yourself. Perhaps yourdaughter’s doctor or your per-sonal physician can recom-mend one.
DEAR READERS: Largelybecause of you, writing thiscolumn is a labor of love forme, and I would like to wishyou all a very Happy Valen-tine’s Day! — ABBY
Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips, andwas founded by her mother,Pauline Phillips. Write DearAbby at www.DearAbby.comor P.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-les, CA 90069.
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Avoid Baboon Syndromeand other antibiotic allergies
BY MICHAEL ROIZEN,M.D., AND MEHMET OZ,
M.D.When baboons make the
cover of National Geographicmagazine, the centerfold usu-ally has at least one picture ofa female baboon’s big red bot-tom. And while kids point andchuckle, in the baboons’ world,that flash of color is a corner-stone of their mating ritual.
But it’s not funny or entic-ing when a human gets hitwith Baboon Syndrome - arare symptom of a penicillinallergy, causing a bright-redrash that can kill skin cellsand spread over your torso, in-ner thighs and groin. About 5percent to 10 percent of peoplewho’ve taken penicillin (and
related antibiotics, such ascephalexin, cefprozil and ce-furoxime) believe they’ve hadan allergic reaction to it.
Doctors now think many ofthose reports are not true al-lergies, which can triggereverything from annoyingitches to life-threatening ana-phylactic shock, but sensitivi-ties that don’t involve an im-mune reaction. Among411,000 patients in San Diego,doctors found that 3.4 percentof women and 2.2 percent ofmen were actually allergic tosulfa antibiotics. Penicillin al-lergy affected only around 1percent of men and women.
To find out if you’re allergicto an antibiotic, you could geta skin test. But in some situa-
tions they’re dangerous sincea second allergic reaction to adrug can cause life-threaten-ing symptoms. Our recom-mendation: Make sure you re-ally need to take an antibioticfor that sore throat or respira-tory infection (many are viral,not bacterial). If you really do,avoid the type of antibioticthat’s triggered symptoms be-fore and opt for another typeto tame your infection.
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of“The Dr. Oz Show,” and MikeRoizen, M.D. is Chief WellnessOfficer and Chair of WellnessInstitute at Cleveland Clinic.To live your healthiest, tuneinto “The Dr. Oz Show” or vis-it www.sharecare.com.
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Funeral services for Mrs.Angela Rebecca “Ann” Coneyof Dublin will be held at 12p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15,2014 at Springhill MissionaryBaptist Church 494 EvergreenRoad in Dublin. Intermentwill follow in the church ceme-tery. Reverend Jamie Pittmanwill officiate.
Mrs. Coney who passed onFeb. 11, 2014 was born, Feb.14, 1968, the third child of Mr.Bennie and Mrs. CatherineRozier in Laurens County. Shemarried Mr. Kenneth Coneyon July 11, 1986. At an earlyage she joined Springhill Mis-sionary Baptist Church.
She was preceded in deathby her grandparents, Mr. Lon-nie and Mrs. Ivielien Denson.She attended the West Lau-rens High School.
Mrs. Coney leaves to cher-ish her memories her hus-band, Kenneth Coney ofDublin; her children, KengelaConey (Bobby), KendrickConey (Freda), Kenlan“Snugg” Coney, grandson,Josiah Figueroa; godson, Brit-tavious Holliman all ofDublin, her parents, Mr. Ben-nie and Mrs. Catherine Rozierof Dublin; two brothers, Alan(Betty) Denson, Toney (Tere-sa) Rozier; one sister, Cynthia(Wayne) Coney all of Dublin,five uncles, Joe (Shuan) Den-son, Terry (Danielle) Denson,Alvin (Joann) Denson, Milo(Jackie) Coney all of Dublin,Willie B. Coney of Miami, Fla.,six aunts, Liz Denson of St.Petersburg, Fla., Alma Wilsonof Macon, Shelia (Alfonzo)Webb, Betty Lou Denson,Gussie O’Neal and Ann Stan-
ley all of Dublin, father andmother-in-law, J.C. and EloisConey of Dublin, sisters-in-law, Eleanor Coney, CentraliaConey, Tonya Coney, LeslieConey, Vanessa (Willie) Guy-ton, Debbie (Boyd) Stuckey,brothers-in-law, SherwinConey, J.C. Coney, Jr., Antonio(Lisa a very close and devotedsister) and a host of nieces,nephews, cousins, relativesand many friends.
The family will receivefriends at 1319 O’Neal Drivein Dublin.
Services by Dudley FuneralHome of Dublin. Post condo-lences at www.services -bydudley.com.
age 43, of Eastman passedaway to be with her Lord andSavior Wednesday, Feb. 12,2014.
Funeral services will beheld at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb.15, at First Baptist Church,with interment in El BethelCemetery in Chauncey.
Mrs. Erwin was a memberof Eastman First BaptistChurch, graduate of Universi-ty of Georgia College of Phar-macy with a BS. Ph. degree,and was employed by numer-ous pharmacies.
She was preceded in deathby her brother, Mickey Pruett.
Survivors include husband,Frank Erwin, daughter, KylieErwin, parents, PatriciaPruett and Mike Pruett, moth-er-in-law and father-in-law,Clara Erwin and Frank Er-win, aunt, Judy H. Madden,uncle, Charles Hemphill, andseveral cousins.
The family will receivefriends in First BaptistChurch from 9:30-11 a.m. Sat-urday, Feb. 15.
Stokes-Southerland Funer-al Home of Eastman hascharge of arrangementswww.stokes-southerland.com.
TTrraaccyy MMiimmbbssTracy Mimbs died Thurs-
day, Feb. 13, 2014 in SerenityPlace. Services are incompletewill be announced later byStanley Funeral Home DublinChapel. To sign the OnlineRegister Book please visitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the 24-hour Stanley Fu-neral Home and CrematoryObituary Line at (478) 272-
0106 to hear the latest funeralupdates.
GGlleenn MMuulllliissGlen Mullis died Thursday,
Feb. 13, 2014. Services are in-complete will be announcedlater by Stanley FuneralHome Dublin Chapel. To signthe Online Register the On-line Register Book please visitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the 24 Hour StanleyFuneral Home and CrematoryObituary Line at (478) 272-0106 to hear the latest funeralupdates.
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Dudley – Mrs. Bessie MarieSimmons 90 years old of Dud-ley, entered into eternal restat her home, Thursdayevening, Feb. 13, 2014 afteran extended illness.
Mrs. Simmons was bornMarch 10, 1923 in Nook PA tothe late Ralph P. and Mar-garet E. Sommers Richardson.
Mrs. Simmons has lived inLaurens County since 2001,prior to that she lived in PalmBeach, Fla. for 20 years. Mrs.Simmons was Presbyterian byfaith.
Mrs. Simmons was preced-ed by her husband, RobertKane Simmons.
Memorial services will beheld at the families residenceat 525 Loblolly Trail in DudleyMonday afternoon, Feb. 17,2014 at 4 p.m. Pastor C.W.Mullis will be the officiatingminister.
Mrs. Simmons is survivedby three sons, Edward Hen-drick (Sue), Ronald Hendrick(Marion) and Bobby Hendrick(Paula) all of PA, one daugh-ter, Rena Reed (Robert) ofDudley, 11 grandchildren and14 great grandchildren.
Brantley-Powell FuneralHome of Wrightsville is en-trusted with the service forMrs. Simmons.
Obituaries
Diana,
If roses grow in heaven, Lord, pick a bunch for me. Place them in my wife’s arms and tell her they’re from me.Tell her I love and miss her and when she turns to smile,Place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for awhile.Because remembering her is easy, I do it every day,But there’s an ache in my heart will never go away.
All my love Always!!!
John
Coney
Stocks rise as investors assess earnings
"I had these two childrenthat I had just dropped off," hesaid. "I pulled around behindtheir trailer and noticed theirsister on the backdoor stepsand saw smoke. I then sawflames coming out over theirheads."
Stewart got the bus securedand away from the home. Hetold the students on the bus tostay there and called 911.
"I grabbed the fire extin-guisher which I didn't believewould put out the fire," Stew-art said. "I knew I couldn't goin there because he had justbeen diagnosed with doublepneumonia, but an 18-year-old boy that lived their knewhow to operate the fire extin-guisher."
The boy used it and put outthe fire.
"I'm very proud to recog-nize one of our own," said Lau-rens County SuperintendentRob Johnson. "I'm amazed atwhat happened."
During the audience partic-ipation, Daphne Wyatt toldthe board that she felt likethere were so many unan-swered questions about thetwo middle schools. But thebigger issue was not hearingfrom financial director TimPassmore.
"I think many of us want tohear what he has to say," Wy-att said "It causes a lot of redflags when he's not allowed tospeak. It's not that people areagainst something being done,people just want facts andfacts that we can trust."
Tyna Lord wanted to knowif the board members plannedto vote what their con-stituents want in the middleschool matter. Chairman Mar-cus Clements said the boardwas not going to get into aquestion and answer forum.
"We aren't getting into aback and forth tonight abouttwo schools or one school,"Clements said. "You can ask(the board members) individu-ally."
Lord said Dr. Bill Rowe liedto her about voting for the Ca-reer Academy. Rowe has saidhe abstained from that votethat put his daughter's father-in-law on the board. Shepointed at Hall and said hewas sent in Rowe's place tovote by proxy.
"That's is why we don'ttrust y'all," Lord said. "You donot tell people what they need.You are supposed to listen towhat they need. Maybe youare going to do what you wantto do. If you vote against yourconstituents, I will do every-thing in my power to help yoube removed from office."
Later, before going into ex-ecutive session, Hall asked tospeak to the board. He saidthat two years ago, then Su-perintendent Jerry Hatchercame to him and told him thatHatcher and Rowe were goingto a last-minute meeting.
"Mr Hatcher would oftensend me for him to representthe board," Hall said. "Mr.Hatcher asked me to go to aCareer Academy meeting. Dr.Rowe did not speak to me orask me to vote. I do not speakto board members. I answer tothe superintendent. "
While speaking, Halllooked in Lord's direction sev-eral times.
"I do not like being mis-quoted and I do not like myname being used incorrectly,"Hall said. "But I did go be-cause Superintendent JerryHatcher asked me to go. I didnot want to go and did not en-joy the meeting. I do not knowwhy my name was mentioned.I was just doing my job."
Clements said "we knewthat already. We know the de-tails of all of the things thatare being thrown out there.We choose not to respond toeverything we hear."
Stacey Brooks said therewas plans for the old WestLaurens High School to be-come the new middle school.
"There was a plan in placeto utilize that facility," Brookssaid, before showing an aerialmap of the old WLHS andWest Laurens Middle Schoolcomplex. "I want to ask aboutthe Career Academy. We arebeing asked to send 30 of ourstudents there."
Outlined in red, the map itshowed what the boardowned.
"Where in this red is it con-sidered safe or unsafe? If youare telling me that I can't sendmy middle school children tothe middle school because it istoo close to the interstate, howcan I send my high school chil-dren to a campus that in allreality is closer to the gas sta-tion which is listed as the sec-ond reason for not allowingstudents to be housed at thehigh school? I'm just curiouswhat is safe and what isn't,"Brooks said. "I'm not againstthe Career Academy. However,I am against the location. Justas strongly as I've advocatedagainst the two schools, I willbegin to advocate that not one
single student be placed inthat Career Academy. I'm notsending my high school stu-dent and I'm not going to ad-vocate for other parents tosend their student their eitherbecause your liable if some-thing happens."
In other meeting news:- Maddie Grace Alligood,
Sophie McDaniel and JadaPittman led the Pledge of Alle-giance.
- West Laurens High Schoolwas named the Clean Schoolof the Month for February.
- The board approved thefollowing retirements: GlyndaCurry (secretary at NorthwestLaurens on June 3), MichaelWindham (Southwest Laurenson May 27) and Deloris Quar-terman (para on Jan. 22),John Cleaveland (science atEast Laurens Middle Schoolon May 27), Bruce Harden(health and P.E. at ELMS onMay 27), Minnie Holt (sixthgrade teacher at West Lau-rens Middle School on May 27)and Gail M. Poole (media spe-cialist at East Laurens HighSchool on May 27).
- The board approved thefollowing resignations: Rebec-ca J. Wheeler (PT secretary atEast Laurens Primary),Michelle May (Spanish atWLHS) and Judy Thigpen(food services).
- The board approved thefollowing recommendations:Courtney Steward (part timesecretary at BOE) and Latren-da Bell (seventh grade socialstudies at ELM).
- The board approved De-bra Cross of food services to bereleased from her duties.
- The next board meetingwill be held at 6 p.m. onMarch 13.
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This week, historian andcolumnist Scott Thompsonhad our Facebook fans reflect-ing on the history of the FredRoberts Hotel. You can join inthe conversation by “liking”our Facebook page today.Here’s what some our friendshad to say:Marka Ann Brooks: It's such acool building.
Ben Eubanks: We old peopledo...
Ben Tarpley: Do you knowwhat kind of business was inthe little white building on theleft? And do you know the firstnames of the two brothers whoowned it?
John Pike: Now that's the oneI remember best.
JoAnn Kea Bloodworth: Neverknew that!
John Pike: What was the busi-ness on the right side of thebuilding? Not Dublin Furni-ture. By the way, when wasDublin Furniture built? I re-member a parking lot for thetheater there.
Jane Rountree Faulk: Hey
Scott, charley says he remem-bers.
Ben Tarpley: A service station.Torn down in late 50's andDublin Furniture opened byMr. & Mrs. Talley.
John Pike: Ben, are you talk-ing about the area where thebarber shop is?
Ben Tarpley: The barber shopwas on the left and the servicestation was between the sodashop and theater.
Ben Tarpley: Dublin Furni-ture opened in the spot wherethe service station was.
Ben Tarpley: The barber shopuse to be occupied by FreemanShepard and later John Pass-more, but in the early 50's itwas owned by two brothersnamed Cecil and Fred. Fredhad a speech impediment andwas hard to understand.
John Pike: Got it. My memoryneeds a boost from time totime.
Sydney Morton: Cecil Joneshad barber shop. His son wasnamed Fred also. Cecil had
speech impediment. May havehad brother Fred also. Cecillater had shop in East Dublin.
Ben Tarpley: Your are rightSydney. Cecil has the speechimpediment and I have beentrying to remember his lastname. Thanks for keeping mefrom going through the alpha-bet again and again. Hisbrother was Fred and they useto cut my hair about 60 yearsago. I use to play with littleFred when I was a little boy.
Joan Jernigan Evans: I re-member Fred Roberts but notStage Coach Inn. What yearwas that?
Scott Thompson: I think thelate 1950s, possibly very early1960s.
John Pike: That picture is re-ally from about 1970, give ortake. The car out front is a No-va from 68 or later.
Ben Tarpley: That is whatconfused me John. As far backas I can remember, it was theFred Roberts. When I sawDublin Furniture and StageCoach Inn in the same photo,it threw me. My dad's station
was across from the FredRoberts for 42 years. I thinkScott is playing a trick onus. We need to ask someoneolder like Bruce Bazemorewho just turned 66. He willprobably know.
John Pike: Well sure. I'm justa kid. I won't even be 63 tillnext month.
Donnie Benton: I like thispost. I'm feeling so young. (el-bow on table,chin inhand)......ok guys,tell me more
about the "old days"
June McCord: I remember!!!!!
Edward Tanner: Remember itwell
Bettye Lord Tomlinson: I re-member!
Vaughn Allen Clark: Was thisinto the 50's...I remember eat-ing at a restaurant there as alittle kid.
Mary Minton: was there a so-
da shop in the bottom? if therewas it had the best fountaincokes.especially cherry cokes.
James Padgett: I rememberseeing the sign for years. I al-so remember Olan Mills doingtheir family photo shootsthere.. Little did I know theFirst Baptist Church, throughsome of it's member like Mrs.Ben Crain, use to put up peo-ple that were destitute ontheir travels etc....
Old Photo of the Week
Photos by Payton Towns III
(Above): Stewart (r) is honored by Johnson. (Be-low): Brooks shows a map of the current WLMS siteduring audience participation.
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"Now her daughter (IsabellaMoss) is doing this as DolleyMadison and her otherdaughter (Adelaide Moss) isJennie Finch."
Jack Rogers portrayedDavy Crockett.
"I didn't know anythingabout him before this,"Rogers said. "All I knew wasthat he dressed up and had agun."
Rachel Graham acted asMinnie Pearl, imitatingPearl's "How-w-w-DEE-E-E-E" phrase she was known for.
"I knew that she was a fa-mous comedian and that shewas on the show 'Hee-Haw'.That's what they prettymuch watched back then,"said Graham, who watchedmany of the 'Hee Haw'videos. "It was pretty cool tobe her."
The following representedFamous Americans between1500s-1900s: Rebekah Gra-ham as Pocahontas, ConnorHarrison as Daniel Boone,Autumn Claxton as BetsyRoss, Isabella Moss as DolleyMadison, Emma Mole asMolly Pitcher, Anna ScottBourassa as Deborah Samp-son, Jack Rogers as DavyCrockett, Ajaye Shriver asSacagawea, Carly Gay asClara Barton, Jacob Hobbyas Thomas Edison, Sam All-good as Theodore Roosevelt,Abigail Bourassa as Grand-ma Moses, Kardyn George asAnnie Oakley, Madison
Mosley as Laura IngallsWilder, Nathan Copeland asAlbert Einstein, MichaelaFoskey as Amelia Earhartand Lucas Duke as Jim Thor-pe.
The following representedFamous Americans between1900s and present: ConnerMoore as Walt Disney, RileyAnderson as Lucille Ball,Rachel Graham as MinniePearl, Davis Maffett as JoeDiMaggio, Mitchell Gay asTed Williams, Molly Gillis asJacqueline Kennedy, AudreyFoster as Grace Kelly, AJShepherd as Pete Maravich,A.J. Lewis as Dr. BenjaminCarson, Rebecca Polhill asMia Hamm, Connor Adamsas Tim Tebow, Sarah Martinas Katie Davis and AdelaideMoss as Jennie Finch.
Before the program began,members from Tim Traxler'sclass led in the pledge to theAmerican flag, Christian flagand the Bible. There was aFamous American Paradedone to "You're a Grand OldFlag," in which fourthgraders and kindergartenersmarched into. During theprogram, the fourth gradersdid a Yankee Doodle Paradebefore all of the elementarystudents sang "America, IGive My Thanks To You!"
Johnson believes the pro-gram shows the student'sparents that their childrencan do more than theythought.
"I was more anxious about
this than she was," said CatGeorge, mother of KardynGeorge. "She impressed meand surprised me. I need togive her a little bit morecredit of growing up."
Kardyn George liked act-ing as Annie Oakley.
"I had fun," Kardyn said."It's good to learn about a fa-mous American."
Carly Gay was proud tolearn about Clara Barton.
"I like her because shewas the one who founded theAmerican Red Cross and shehelped people," Carly said. "Ifelt kind of old acting as her."
Audrey Foster liked todress up as Grace Kelly.
"It was fun and she waspretty," Foster said. "I like toget the chance to go placesand say your speeches."
Johnson said the programis a "total team and school ef-fort" along with support fromparents too.
"The students create anlifetime interest in the per-son they choose," she said."And as well, the other stu-dents learn about people thattheir classmates are repre-senting. There are a lot ofpresentation skills that aredeveloped. For many of thesechildren, when they enterfourth grade, this is some-thing that they dread. Yetthey stand very proud ofwhat they've accomplished.It's hard, but on the otherside of it, you see whatthey've gained from it."
FamousContinued from 1a
Vinson Village."We want to thank the citi-
zens who came forward onthese two armed robberies,"Dominy said. "Every investi-gators we have, have beenworking on this. Patrol hashelped us a tremendousamount and Special AgentTim Chatman with the GBIhas assisted in the case."
In an unrelated case,Dominy said they are still
looking for Travoski WontaColey. Coley is a black malewho is 5-11 and weights 195pounds and he is wanted forarmed robbery and kidnap-ping.
Coley, 32, has a last knownaddress of 818 N. Church St.According to a police report,Coley forced a Dublin man bygunpoint to get money out ofan ATM in the early morningof Feb. 4.
Coley was recently addedto the Dublin-Laurens Crime
Stopper list where people canleave tips anonymously at(478) 275-0803 or at 1-877-84CRIME.
"We are still looking forhim," Dominy said. "There arewarrants pending on him ifanyone has information onhim."
Dominy said they are stillinvestigating other open rob-bery cases and anyone withinformation can call theDublin Police Department at(478) 277-5023.
ArrestContinued from 1a
It has been my good for-tune to become acquaintedwith dozens of passionateUniversity of Georgia fansover the years. Those whoseloyalty and devotion warmyour heart. Not those whopaint their faces and screaminto cameras, but those whodisplay unrestrained passionfor their favorite team, thosewho celebrate with pride andaffection in good times andwho are tolerant when goodtimes don't roll.
Everywhere I go acrossthe state, I hear somebodysay in some town that someperson in their midst isGeorgia's greatest fan. Ihave met many of thosegreatest fans and there oftenis substance to their rank-ings. If I had to chooseGeorgia's greatest fan, I'd behard pressed to identify aNo. 1. However, I think Icould, without question, saythat Sarah Annie Floyd ofThomasville was Georgia'smost humble fan. She diedlast week at 95 whichbrought tears to an entirecounty.
Even though she waswheelchair-bound the last 20years of her life, you wouldnot be far wrong if someonehad asked you to definekinetic energy and you said,"Sarah Annie." If you believelove will take you a long wayin life, then you only have tohave known Sarah Annie ortalk to one of her friends.When she was born, she wellcould have been christened,"Sarah Annie AltruismFloyd." She could have writ-
tenthe Golden Rule. And, byGeorge, she lived it for sure.If God loves a cheerful giver,she was duly welcomedthrough the Pearly Gateslast weekend when that bigheart, which had generouslyblessed so many in ThomasCounty, simply gave out onher.
We can't ask her abouther sendoff, those closest toher, know that she was over-whelmed that in the lastweek of her life, one of herboys, Mike Bobo, Georgia'soffensive coordinator visitedher, not once, but twice. Aweek before she died andagain last Monday when heflew into Thomasville tospeak at the ThomasvilleHigh School banquet. Sheloved Mike Bobo and wasemotionally torn when therewas talk of him leavingAthens. "Oh, how nice itwould be for that sweet boyof mine to get a head coach-ing job," she would say. "Hereally deserves it, but I don't
think I could stand it if hecoached anywhere otherthan Georgia."
Sarah Annie, as her agesuggests, saw changingtimes and mores come about.You can easily surmise thatshe experienced the integra-tion of the school systems.That wasn't something shefound intolerable like a lot offolks. Another of herfavorites was Alphonso Ellis,whom she practically adopt-ed. As an employee of adepartment store, she wasentitled to a discount. Shewould buy clothes forAlphonso, making sure thathe was properly dressedwhen his high school teamwent on a road game orstaged a banquet. She wouldtake him out for meals, andeveryone knew that SarahAnnie wasn't well heeled.
She and her smiling, ebul-lient companion of almost 40years, Dotty Thompson, onceinvited Alphonso's mother togo to a game in Athens.When they checked into adowntown Athens motel,Dotty had arranged for aroom with two double beds—one for Sarah Annie andDotty and one for ElizabethEllis. This came as a shockto Alphonso's mother whoexclaimed, "Y'all gonna letme stay in the same roomwith you?" Sarah Annie'simmediate retort was, "Well,Elizabeth, why not?"
Alphonso loved SarahAnnie so much that when hecame home to Thomasvilleafter the Peach Bowl in1989, he brought her his sou-
venir game jersey. How didSarah Annie show her appre-ciation? She wore it tochurch. "When Alphonsodied from cancer," Dottyremembers, "It almost killedSarah Annie." There is atouching and unforgettablescene that would eventuallyplay out with Alphonso'sPeach Bowl jersey. A coupleof years ago, Sarah Anniegave Alphonso's daughter,Aleah, the jersey. Somethingto remind Aleah of her latefather.
Sarah Annie was the firstfemale president of theThomasville TouchdownClub. She volunteered forevery charity in the county.For years she sold seasonfootball tickets toThomasville games. It washer way of helping supportthe team. If anybody everhad a million-dollar smile, itwas Sarah Annie. When yougreeted her, she always hadoutstretched and welcomingarms. You felt her invigorat-ing energy as she gave you awarm hug, like the ones shegave Mike Bobo, AlphonsoEllis and countless others.
Sarah Annie, the silver-haired matriarch ofThomasville, did have a fewenemies but not the ones youmight expect. Her enemiesin life were greed, selfish-ness, prejudice, pettiness,envy and vanity. Her uncon-ditional love bought a lift tothe spirits for countless peo-ple in her hometown whichshe adored like a summer-time rain shower.
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Dear Editor,
In 1862, the AfricanMethodist Episcopal Churchpublished a children’s nurseryrhyme in The ChristianRecorder called “Sticks andStones.” It was originated tohelp children cope with name-calling in a positive, non-physical manner. I canremember as a child with aheavy heart and teary eyessinging, “Sticks and Stonesmay break my bones, butwords will never hurt (harm)me.” After being demeaned bythe bitter words of inconsider-ate children, those magicalwords were supposed to makeit all go away.
History tells us that peoplehave always used harsh, acri-monious words as literalsticks and stones. Whether itwas a child-hood disagree-ment on the playground, anintroverted high-school fresh-man being bullied, a husbandand wife in a heated argu-ment, or a culturally insensi-tive racial slur … Words CanHurt. Derogatory words aredesigned to inflict pain, frus-trate you, and cause you togive up on your dreams.
Frederick Douglass (Feb.1818 - Feb. 20, 1895) was anAmerican social reformer, ora-tor, writer and statesman.After escaping from slavery,he became a leader of the abo-litionist movement. Douglasswas a prolific writer and aneloquent orator. Sadly, tosome, he was less than ahuman being. AlthoughDouglass faced much opposi-tion, he went on to supportwomen suffrage and becamethe first African American tobe nominated for Vice-President of the UnitedStates. Douglass had to seebeyond the words and obsta-cles that were spoken againsthim. He supported equalityfor all people, quoting … “Iwould unite with anybody todo right and with nobody to dowrong.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.(Jan. 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968)was all too familiar with thebrutality of sticks and stones.Dr. King was an Americanpastor, activist, humanitari-an, and leader in the African-American Civil RightsMovement. He is best knownfor his role in the advance-ment of civil rights using non-violent civil disobediencebased on Christian beliefs.
Dr. King, along with his fol-lowers, was called disgracefulnames. They were likenedunto animals. The men werereferred to among otherthings as mere “boys.” He lit-erally felt the pain of sticksand stones as he endured thecruelty of verbal and physicalattacks from the police. Beingpressure-washed with waterhoses, beaten, attacked bydogs, and even thrown intocold jail cells became part ofhis mission.
In 1963, Dr. King orga-
nized the March onWashington, where he deliv-ered his legendary speech, “IHave A Dream.” He gainedthe reputation of being one ofthe greatest orators inAmerican History. King quot-ed, “The ultimate measure ofa man is not where he standsin moments of comfort andconvenience, but where hestands at times of challengeand controversy.”
Jackie Robinson (Jan. 31,1919 – Oct. 24, 1972) was thefirst African American of themodern era to become aMajor League Baseball play-er. In 2013, Brian Helgelandwrote and directed a bio-graphical film called “42.” Itwas filled with coarse andracially charged language.Robinson endured manysticks and stones simplybecause of his race, but hepersevered. After having anexceptional baseball career,in 1962 he was inducted intothe Baseball Hall of Fame.In 1997, Major LeagueBaseball retired his uniformnumber, 42, across all majorleague teams; he was thefirst pro athlete in any sportto be so honored.
I salute the many AfricanAmericans of yesterday andtoday who have endured ver-bal and non-verbal sticks andstones. In August 2013,Oprah Winfrey, an Americanmedia proprietor, talk showhost, actress, producer, andphilanthropist was the victimof a controversial non-verbalsticks and stones incident inSwitzerland. After Winfreyreportedly was denied to seea handbag priced at $38,000,the billionaire mogul felt vio-lated. This incident was moreabout what was insinuated,than what was spoken.
History shows that AfricanAmericans have experiencedmany harsh words as a race,and been judged by the colorof their skin, rather than thecontent of their character.Even in today’s society, racialslurs still exist in our schools,the workplace, the politicalrealm, Hollywood, and evenour churches. However,African Americans have notbeen the only victims of ver-bal sticks and stones. In somecases, they too, have playedthe role of the culprit.
Proverbs 18:21 (KJV) says,“Death and life are in thepower of the tongue.” Iencourage you to use yourmouth to speak life over anindividual and not death. Asestablished earlier, wordscan hurt. We all should prac-tice the law of ethic reciproc-ity. If we lived by this GoldenRule, the world would be amuch better place. Matthew7:12 (NASB) says, “In every-thing, therefore, treat peoplethe same way you want themto treat you.”
Sincerely,
Dorothy L. Simmons
LLoorraann SSmmiitthh
A friend named Sarah Annie Floyd
Pres. Barack H. Obama1600 Pennsylvania Ave.N.W.Washington, D.C. 20500(202) 456-1414
Gov. Nathan DealState Capitol
Atlanta, Ga. 30334(404) 656-1776
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle240 State CapitolAtlanta, Ga. 30334(404) 656-5030
Editorial Roundup...Feb. 9The Telegraph, Macon,
Ga., on state Senatewants to further injectitself in a private organi-zation:
The role of governmenthas come under fire lately.Should local, state and feder-al legislative bodies controlevery aspect of our lives?Just when you shake yourhead saying “no,” theGeorgia Legislature, whichalready believes it is all-pow-erful anyway, wants to reachinto the admittedly flawedGeorgia High SchoolAssociation and make somechanges. Lawmakers thinkthey have that right becausethe General Assembly con-trols the purse strings to all180 school systems in thestate.
Instead of lawmakersdealing with the health andwelfare of the state’s popula-tion, such as finding morefunding for the state’sschools, they want to dabblein a private-membershipsports organization. SenateRules Committee ChairmanJeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga,said the GHSA was like a“members only club.” Well,that’s what it is. He’s con-cerned about “how they con-duct business.” Translated,that means he’s not gettingwhat he wants for the
schools in his district andhe’s willing, along with like-minded lawmakers, to bullythe GHSA. One of the mostdifficult tasks the GHSAdoes is the classification ofschools and in what regionthey will play. While theGHSA controls all competi-tion between schools, fromdebate to baseball, make nomistake -- this is about foot-ball.
Lawmakers want to con-trol who sits on the GHSAExecutive Committee, howmuch it charges for tourna-ment events, the diversity ofcommittee members and howmany years they can serve.Granted, the GHSA is notthe warm and fuzzy inter-scholastic organization weall hope it could be. It hasruled with an iron fist whenit comes to rights for broad-casting events -- many timespricing small rural stationsout of the action. Regularlythere are fights over classifi-cations and regions. Butthat’s not the point. Thepoint is that it’s up to themember schools of the GHSAto make the necessarychanges, not the GeneralAssembly. And for those leg-islators who preach theywant to get government outof our lives and private busi-nesses, this is no way to act.
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Feb. 7The Augusta (Ga.)
Chronicle on takingObamacare out for a spin:
Last September, physi-cists in Scotland reportedcreating the world’s fastest-spinning man-made object. Atiny sphere of atoms brieflyaccelerated to 600 millionrevolutions per minute.
That still isn’t as fast asthe latest spin engineered byliberal media to defend thelatest Obamacare debacle.
The Congressional BudgetOffice reported Tuesday thatthe president’s AffordableCare Act will reduceAmerica’s number of full-time workers by more than 2million over 10 years.Virtually anyone confrontedwith that fact could correctlysurmise that this a horribleturn of economic events.
But no sooner was thisnews released that mediaoutlets unveiled their fun-house mirrors to show peopletheir distorted interpreta-tion of the announcement.
Typical was a headlinefrom a Los Angeles Timesblog: “Why the new CBOreport on Obamacare is goodnews.”
Or this headline fromMSNBC: “CBO delivers wel-come news to Obamacarebackers.”
Or this headline from a
defensive New York Timeseditorial: “Freeing workersfrom the insurance trap.”
Obamacare’s disingenu-ous defenders assert thatwe’re not losing jobs; theseare just 2 million people whowill choose not to pursuefull-time jobs - because,notably, they will ascertainthat it won’t pay to workharder.
That’s better?Discouraging diligence andindustry? Lowering the laborsupply to lower economicgrowth? At a time when wedesperately need economicgrowth?
Liberals held out hopethat CBO head DouglasElmendorf would vindicatetheir viewpoint when he tes-tified before the HouseBudget Committee. In TheWashington Post’s left-lean-ing “Plum Line” blogTuesday, Greg Sargent wroteexpectantly that “this does-n’t have to be a partisanargument. Tomorrow we canfind out what the CBO’s owndirector has to say about it.”
By all means. Here’s whatElmendorf had to say aboutit Wednesday, verbatim:“The act creates a disincen-tive for people to work.”
Could it be made anyclearer?
Persevering BeyondSticks and Stones
Serving You
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A plastic Coca Cola bottlewas thrown out the back of amoving vehicle hitting a Rentzwoman who was riding her bi-cycle on Mark Wood Roadaround 3 p.m. Jan. 31.
The bottle hit her helmet asthe vehicle went past her.
- A Laurens County womantold a deputy that someonestole mail out of her mailboxon Cauthen Lane on Feb. 3.
- A 2003 black trailer withwood floors and gate wasstolen from Pinehill Road onFeb. 4.
- A Laurens County man
told a deputy about financialtransaction card fraud on Jan.4.Dublin Police Department
- Approximately $2,000worth of jewelry was stolenfrom a house on South Jeffer-son Street on Feb. 3.Editor’s note: This infor-
mation is public recordand was taken from re-ports of the Dublin Police
Department 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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Coca Cola bottle hitsa woman on bicycle
The Dublin-LaurensCounty Black FestivalCommunity Committee,Inc. Annual Senior Recon-gization Program will beheld on Feb. 16 at 3 p.m.at William Grove BaptistChurch on Mary Street.Everyone is cordially invit-ed to come out and honorour seniors. For more in-formation please call 478-697-7858.
Dublin High SchoolBlack History Programwill be held Feb. 27 at 6p.m. in the school auditori-um.
Applications for the2013-14 Dublin ServiceLeague Scholarshipsare now available in thecounselor’s office at DublinHigh, East Laurens High,Trinity Christian Schooland West Laurens HighSchool. If you are a highschool senior and are plan-ning to attend college inthe fall of 2014, please con-tact your counselor’s officeand pick up an apllication.The deadline for applyingis Feb. 20.
Applications for 2014Fort Valley State Uni-versity Scholarships willbe available in the Coun-selor's office at DublinHigh School, East Laurens
High School and West Lau-rens High School on Feb.24. If you are a senior andplan to attend Fort ValleyState University in the fallof 2014, please contact yourcounselor and pick up theapplication. The deadlinefor applying for this schol-arship is April 30.
The Georgia HighSchool Writing Test isbeing given at DublinHigh School on Wednes-day, Feb. 26 beginning at 8a.m. in the auditorium.Any former graduate ofDHS needing to take thistest must register prior toFeb. 18 by contacting theDHS Guidance Office at478-272-4727.
The Laurens-DublinRetired Educators As-sociation will meet on thedates listed below. All re-tired educators in the Lau-rens-Dublin area and sur-rounding counties are in-vited to join us for lunchat the Dublin CountryClub. New or potentialmembers please contactMary Jane Spivey at 272-8893 or [email protected] tomake reservations by theMonday prior to the meet-ing you will attend. Datesare March 20 and May 15.
COMMUNITYEVENTSPlaces to go.People to see.Things to do.
Activities in Events thatare open to the public with
proceeds going to a non-profit run compliments of
The Courier Herald.Community events run twoweeks prior to event date.
I am so sick of hearingabout the President, theTea Parties, Democrats andRepublicans in the Tellits.Can’t we get something in-teresting going on in ourown town?
Somebody used the word“my” five times describ-ing things which have gonetheir way. Perhaps theirfriends who disagree withPresident Obama are moreconcerned about the futureof our country than perfect-ing their own financial situ-ations.
Please tell them to stophating on Baybay. He’s agood person. He alwayscomes to the school when hecomes home and pays WestLaurens a visit. He sees thekids and signs autographs.He is not arrogant like someother people who have beento the Super Bowl.
Here is the greatest fore-cast, God reigns and his sonwill shine.
Unemployment is downbecause there are no jobsand people quit looking,lowest number employed infour decades. Outlook isnow worse then it was in2009.some people just don’tget the real problem.
Allen West is black and Iwould vote for him, be-cause he is a man with in-tegrity. Obama doesn’t un-derstand integrity.
Who is “worshipping”Phil Robertson. Besides,he admitted that he haddone some bad things beforehe met Christ. That’s whythey call it “forgiveness.”
To the person who saidto “get over it” aboutBenghazi, would you saythat if one of your son’s hadbeen killed? Their parentswill never “get over it.”Shame on you.
Friday•Dublin Serenity Al-Anon Family Group, 1515 Rice Ave.Dublin (use back entrance) Friday 6:30 p.m.•Dublin/Laurens Commission on Children, Youth andFamilies (Laurens County Family Connection) Board of Di-rectors. Call (478) 296-9141.•AA I Am Responsible Group contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 8 p.m. •NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, noon, 629 BroadStreet, East Dublin.
Saturday•Teen Talk 1-4 p.m. at Turning Point Church of God inChrist, 511 McKinley St. •Wrightsville Serenity Group AA meeting at 8 p.m. Lo-cated across from Dairy Queen in Wrightsville. •Millville High School Alumni at 11 a.m. at MillvilleSchool•AA I Am Responsible Group Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., Saturday and Sunday 8 p.m. •AA 24 Hour Group, Contact 279-0839, 629 Broad Street,E. Dublin, Ga, Sundays at 9 a.m.•NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, Sundays at 3 p.m.
Today in History By The Associated Press
Today is Friday, Feb. 14,the 45th day of 2014. Thereare 320 days left in the year.This is Valentine’s Day. Today’s Highlight in
History:On Feb. 14, 1924, the Com-
puting-Tabulating-RecordingCo. of New York was formallyrenamed International Busi-ness Machines Corp., or IBM. On this date:In 1014, Henry II was
crowned Holy Roman Emper-or in Rome by Pope BenedictVIII.
In 1778, the American shipRanger carried the recentlyadopted Stars and Stripes toa foreign port for the firsttime as it arrived in France.
In 1859, Oregon was ad-mitted to the Union as the33rd state.
In 1895, Oscar Wilde’s fi-nal play, “The Importance ofBeing Earnest,” opened at theSt. James’s Theatre in Lon-don.
In 1903, the Department ofCommerce and Labor was es-tablished. (It was divided intoseparate departments ofCommerce and Labor in1913.)
In 1912, Arizona becamethe 48th state of the Union asPresident William HowardTaft signed a proclamation.
In 1929, the “St. Valen-tine’s Day Massacre” tookplace in a Chicago garage asseven rivals of Al Capone’sgang were gunned down.
In 1963, Federico Fellini’sart-house classic “8 1/2” wasfirst released in Italy.
In 1979, Adolph Dubs, theU.S. ambassador toAfghanistan, was kidnappedin Kabul by Muslim extrem-
ists and killed in a shootoutbetween his abductors andpolice.
In 1984, 6-year-oldStormie Jones became theworld’s first heart-liver trans-plant recipient at Children’sHospital of Pittsburgh (shelived until Nov. 1990). JayneTorvill and Christopher Deanof Britain won the gold medalin ice dancing at the SarajevoOlympics.
In 1989, Iran’s AyatollahKhomeini called on Muslimsto kill Salman Rushdie, au-thor of “The Satanic Verses,”a novel condemned as blas-phemous.Ten years ago: Guerrillas
overwhelmed a police stationwest of Baghdad, killing 23people and freeing dozens ofprisoners. Twenty-eight peo-ple were killed when theglass-and-concrete roof of anindoor water park in Moscowcollapsed.Five years ago: Savoring
his first big victory in Con-gress, President Barack Oba-ma used his weekly radio andInternet address to celebratethe just-passed $787 billioneconomic stimulus bill as a“major milestone on our roadto recovery.” Jazz drummerLouie Bellson, who’d per-formed with Duke Ellingtonand his late wife, Pearl Bai-ley, died in Los Angeles at age84. Publisher Alfred A. KnopfJr., 90, died in New York.One year ago: Para-
lympic superstar Oscar Pisto-rius was charged with mur-dering his girlfriend at hishome in South Africa, a stun-ning development in the lifeof a national hero known asthe “Blade Runner” for hishigh-tech artificial legs. Bil-lionaire Warren Buffett
agreed to buy H.J. Heinz Co.for $23.3 billion in the richestdeal ever in the food industry.American Airlines and USAirways announced an $11billion merger that turnedAmerican into the world’sbiggest airline.Today’s Birthdays: TV
personality Hugh Downs is93. Actress-singer FlorenceHenderson is 80. Actor An-drew Prine is 78. Countrysinger Razzy Bailey is 75.Former New York City MayorMichael Bloomberg is 72.Jazz musician Maceo Parkeris 71. Movie director AlanParker is 70. Journalist CarlBernstein is 70. Former Sen.Judd Gregg, R-N.H., is 67. TVpersonality Pat O’Brien is 66.Magician Teller (Penn andTeller) is 66. Cajun singer-musician Michael Doucet(doo-SAY’) (Beausoleil) is 63.Actor Ken Wahl is 57. Operasinger Renee Fleming is 55.Actress Meg Tilly is 54. ProFootball Hall of Famer JimKelly is 54. Singer-producerDwayne Wiggins is 53. ActorEnrico Colantoni is 51. ActorZach Galligan is 50. Actor Va-lente Rodriguez is 50. Rockmusician Ricky Wolking (TheNixons) is 48. Tennis playerManuela Maleeva is 47. ActorSimon Pegg is 44. Rock musi-cian Kevin Baldes (Lit) is 42.Rock singer Rob Thomas(Matchbox Twenty) is 42. Ac-tor Matt Barr is 30. ActorJake Lacy is 28. ActressTiffany Thornton is 28. ActorFreddie Highmore is 22.Thought for Today:
“Age is strictly a case ofmind over matter. If youdon’t mind, it doesn’t mat-ter.” — Jack Benny (bornthis date in 1894, died in1974).
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Ina federal court ruling echoingdecisions reached elsewherein the U.S., Virginia on Thurs-day became the first state inthe South to overturn a voter-approved prohibition of same-sex marriage.
U.S. District Judge ArendaWright Allen issued a stay ofher order while it is appealed,meaning that gay couples inVirginia still will not be ableto marry until the case is ulti-mately resolved. Both sidesbelieve the case won’t be set-tled until the Supreme Courtdecides to hear it or one like it.
Allen’s decision makes Vir-ginia the second state in theSouth to issue a ruling recog-nizing the legality of gay mar-riages.
A judge in Kentucky ruledWednesday that the statemust recognize same-sex mar-riages performed in otherstates. But that judge did notrule on the constitutionality ofsame-sex marriages inside thestate. Decisions similar to thatof the Virginia judge havebeen issued in in Utah andOklahoma federal courts.
The office of newly electedVirginia Attorney GeneralMark Herring took the unusu-al step of not defending thelaw because it believes theban violates the equal protec-tion clause of the 14th Amend-ment. In her ruling, WrightAllen agreed.
Comcast mergers withTime Warner cable
LOS ANGELES (AP) —Comcast and Time WarnerCable regularly rank at thebottom of the pay TV industrywhen it comes to customer sat-isfaction. So it didn’t take longfor customers to vent frustra-tions online over high prices,spotty service and fears of amonopoly after Comcast an-nounced its $45 billion pur-chase of Time Warner Cable.
Outrage that these two bigcable companies would joinhands to form an even moremassive entity spurred a cas-cade of sarcastic tweets andsatirical memes: the killerDeath Star battle station from“Star Wars,” the evil Eye ofSauron from “The Lord of theRings,” and a “South Park”
snippet where character EricCartman and friends are tor-mented by cable employees be-fore a logo curiously similar toTime Warner Cable’s own.
Consumers weren’t buyingthe assertion of Comcast CEOBrian Roberts that the combi-nation, which will have 30million TV and Internet sub-scribers, would be “pro-con-sumer and pro-competitive.”
Using a contorted logic, thetwo companies are expected toargue to anti-trust regulatorsthat the fact they don’t direct-ly compete against each otherin many parts of Americashows the deal won’t reducecompetition and thereforeshould be approved.
But it is that lack of over-lap, and lack of choice, whichis at the root of customer frus-tration, according AmericaCustomer Satisfaction Indexmanaging director DavidVanAmburg. Cable companiesthat purposely don’t competeagainst each other to providefast Internet or reliable TVservice can get away with notfully meeting customer needsin markets where they domi-nate.
Military food researcherssay they’re near the holy grail
NATICK, Mass. (AP) —They call it the holy grail ofready-to-eat meals for soldiers— a pizza that can stay on theshelf for up to three years andstill remain good to eat.
Soldiers have been askingfor pizza since lightweight in-dividual field rations —known as meals ready to eat,or MREs — replaced cannedfood in 1981 for soldiers incombat zones or areas wherefield kitchens cannot be setup.
Researchers at a U.S. mili-tary lab in Massachusetts areclosing in on a recipe thatdoesn’t require any refrigera-tion or freezing.
“You can basically take thepizza, leave it on the counter,packaged, for three years andit’d still be edible,” saidMichelle Richardson, a foodscientist at the U.S. ArmyNatick Soldier Research, De-velopment and EngineeringCenter.
Scientists at the Naticklabs also are responsible fordeveloping equipment andclothing that improves soldier-s’ combat effectiveness andtheir survival, but the questfor good pizza has becomeknown as the holy grail there.
US sees more delay likelyin finalizing securityagreement withAfghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) —The Obama administrationhas quietly stopped demand-ing that Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai finalize astalled security pact withinweeks, opening up the possi-bility that a decision on keep-ing U.S. and internationalforces in Afghanistan afterthis year might not be madeuntil after Karzai’s successoris elected this spring.
While U.S. officials saythey still strongly prefer thatthe agreement be signedquickly, they did not rule outthe possibility of waiting tosee if a new Afghan leadermight be easier to work with.Pushing off the decision onkeeping troops in Afghanistancomes with increased risksand complications for the U.S.military, though the Pentagonis making adjustments to givePresident Barack Obama thatoption.
Karzai’s refusal to sign thesecurity pact has strained re-lations with Washington. Hefurther exacerbated tensionson Thursday by releasing 65militants from a former U.S.prison near Kabul. The Amer-ican military angrily de-nounced the move, saying themen are Taliban fighters whowill likely return to the battle-field to kill coalition andAfghan forces.
American-led combat oper-ations in Afghanistan are setto end on Dec. 31, but the U.S.is seeking to keep up to 10,000troops on the ground for coun-terterrorism and training mis-sions.
Without a security agree-ment setting conditions for theAmerican forces, the WhiteHouse has said it will removeall U.S. troops at the end ofthe year.
Your News UpdatesJudge declares ban on same-sexmarriage in Virginia unconstitutional
NEW YORK (AP) — Hand-crafted in New York was thetheme of Nanette Lepore’sshow Wednesday, whileMichael Kors got his audienceCalifornia Dreamin’ on a win-ter’s day.Lepore, Kors and other de-
signers including BetseyJohnson and Reed Krakoffpresented fall-winter collec-tions on the seventh day ofNew York Fashion Week.Celebrity drop-ins includedMichael Douglas and KatieHolmes.The shows have been tak-
ing place both at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week tents atLincoln Center and at otherlocations around the city, asbone-chilling weather persist-ed and a winter storm wasforecast for Thursday.
MMIICCHHAAEELL KKOORRSS:: CCAALLIIFFOORRNNIIAA DDRREEAAMMIINN’’ Michael Kors’ fall collection
was inspired by the left coast,and it was hard not to thinkthat the Mamas and the Pa-pas, featured on the sound-track, were absolutely rightwhen they sang: “I’d be safeand warm if I was in LA.”But alas, all the guests at
the show were bundled up forwinter and gearing for Thurs-day’s predicted storm, whichthreatened to wreak havoc onthe final day of Fashion Week. At least they had some A-
list celebrities to look at:Michael Douglas, Blake Live-ly, Rose Byrne and Freida Pin-to all came to pay their re-spects to one of the most suc-cessful designers in the busi-ness. And they had the clothesto look at: Big, soft sweaters ofevery kind, and lots of wool,cashmere, alpaca, shearling,mohair, flannel and fur.
In a pre-show interview,Kors described his collectionas “a hybrid — a little bit ofthe kind of easiness that youfind in northern California inplaces like Big Sur where youjust kind of ... unplug, mixedwith something that’s verypolished and urbane and verybig city.”Kors said he was designing
for active, every day wearrather than special occasions.“You know nothing bothers memore than someone buyingsomething magnificent andsomeone wearing it once,” hesaid. Kors is popular on thered carpet and had high praisefor Sandra Bullock, nominat-ed for “Gravity.”“Sandra Bullock, my God,
bravo, hello! You know I thinkbetween Sandra and Mrs.Obama they’ve convincedevery woman that life in fash-ion is definitely not over onceyou pass 45.”
NNAANNEETTTTEE LLEEPPOORREE:: AA BBOOHHEEMMIIAANN VVIIBBEE,, MMAADDEE
IINN NNEEWW YYOORRKK Nanette Lepore, known for
a bohemian vibe and youthfulfeminine designs, sent outsheer beaded tops, shaggy-col-lared alpaca coats with girliegeometric prints and dressesand flouncy skirts done inBordeaux red, violet and asmoky rose.She used netting to expose
some skin in tops and dresses,and flannel for jackets andpants, along with a beltedponcho and skirt. An alpacaturtleneck was paired with atrouser suit, and she used ablack shag collar in a look fea-turing an embroidered strap-less dress worn with a knitparka. There were a fewasymmetrical below-the-knee
hems. Lepore’s pop of color came
in a bright violet shearlingcoat worn with a handloomprint dress. Some of her coatsincluded zip pockets onsleeves. Sleeves were leatheron one hooded flannel coat.Lepore has received some
attention in recent months forher commitment to New York’sgarment industry. ChirlaneMcCray, the wife of NewYork’s new mayor, Bill de Bla-sio, wore a Lepore outfit to herhusband’s inauguration inJanuary, as did their daugh-ter.
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The Dublin-Laurens Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,hosted its annual Miss Crimson and Cream Pageants on Saturday, Feb.I at Theatre Dublin. Co-Chairpersons of the event were JacquelineCopenny and Tammy Howard. Pictured are Wee Miss Crimson andCream winners, from left, second runner-up Madison Jones; winnerDazani Whipple, third runner-up Ja'mya Tinsley and Violet Award formost supporters Lauryn McArthur. (Special photos by J. Michael Se-ward)
Little Miss Crimson and Cream winners, from left, second runner-up Lay-la Martin, winner Aarunna Woodard and third runner-up Dasia Jordan;second runner-up TyJha Odom. Jordan also received the Violet Awardfor most supporters.
Miss Crimson andCream winners, fromleft, second runner-upJhakeria Harris, win-ner Zhykiryua Car-swell, third runner-upAlyssa Stanley andCongeniality Awardwinner Ja'licia McRae.Stanley also receivedthe Violet Award formost supporters.
Petite Miss Crimson and Cream winners, from left, second runner-upBrooke Harris, winner Kayden Hope and third runner-up Breanna Hazley.Hope also received the Violet Award for most supporters.
NY Fashion Week, Day 7: Kors and Lepore
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Despite the rain, theNorthern Region Churchesheld a Prayer Walk on Satur-day, Feb. 1.
Pastors and members fromsome of this area BaptistChurches gathered at noonwith raincoats and umbrellasand participated in a PrayerWalk in the parking lot ofDriskell Tabernacle Baptist
Church, where Rev. BrianAshley is pastor.
The group started withprayer in the church parkinglot and traveled down thesidewalks down M. L. King Jr.Blvd. to the parking lot of theDublin Police Department asprayers were offered along theway for the Dublin, LaurensCounty Community.
At the Dr. M. L. KingPrayer Breakfast, Dublin
Mayor Phil Best expressedconcern about cars being bro-ken into while people are atworship, so prayer was offeredfor the victims and the per-sons who commit thesecrimes. Additional prayerswere said for churches andpastors with the final prayerbeing offered when the groupdisbursed.
The Prayer Walk was in re-sponse to a directive from the
President of the 12th DistrictConvention of the GMBC ofGa., Inc., Rev. Joe F. Moore, asa part of the Convention’sEvangelistic Outreach goalsfor 2014. Moore is the pastorof Holly Springs BaptistChurch in East Dublin andFirst Pleasant Hill BaptistChurch in Baxley.
The Northern Region in-cludes Bleckley, Dodge, Lau-rens and Pulaski counties and
Rev. James F. Sherman is theNorthern Region Vice Presi-dent and the pastor ofWilliams Chapel BaptistChurch in East Dublin.
Pastor and ministers whoparticipated in the PrayerWalk were Rev. James F. Sher-man, Rev. Joe F. Moore, Rev.Brian Ashley, Rev. David G.Flowers, Rev. Ryan Wells, Rev.Michael Kirkland and Rev.Earl Hicks.
Churches that supportedthis event were WilliamsChapel, Holly Springs, LivingWord, Greater New Ever-green, Driskell Tabernacle,Buckeye Baptist and CentralBaptist.
Assisting Vice PresidentRev. Sherman in organizingthis Prayer Walk was DeaconLaurence “Bud” Wright, Sis.Lydia McClendon and Sis.Barbara Ann Dixon.
Northern Region holds Prayer WalkNorthern Region Churches held a Prayer Walk on Saturday, Feb. 1 that went from Driskell Tabernacle Baptist to the Dublin Police Department. (Spe-cial photos)
The Dublin Rotary Club recently selected andrecognized four outstanding area high schoolstudents. The Rotary Club’s “Students Of TheQuarter” program highlights the many accom-plishments of one student from each area highschool. The four high school students were pre-sented a plaque in recognition of their achieve-ments. Pictured are, from left to right, Emily E.Hatchett, West Laurens High School, MalloriTownsend, East Laurens High School, BrantleyWebb, Trinity Christian School and Dree Davis,Dublin High School. (Photo by Griffin Lovett)
Dublin Rotaryrecognizes outstandinghigh school students
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Crusaders can clinch rare state spot tonightBy Rick NolteSports Editor
Trinity Christian boys coach RobbyFoskey doesn't know how long its beensince the Crusaders have been to thestate tournament."A long time, is
all I know," saidFoskey, who's in histhird year as headcoach.A check of GISA,
records shows theCrusaders state playoff drought datesto 2007.That all could change tonight when
the Trinity entertains FirstPresbyterian Christian in a GISA
Region 2AA game in the season finalefor both teams. The Highlanders (17-2,9-0) already has clinched the regiontitle and top seed in next week's tour-nament at Trinity.Trinity's girls open the doublehead-
er at 6 p.m. with the knowledge theyhave a second straight 2AA title andstate tournament berth secure. TheLady Crusaders (18-10, 7-2) can finishin no worse than a tie with Brentwoodatop the standings, but hold thetiebreaker on the War Eagles by virtueof a sweep of the regular-season games.The Crusaders (15-10, 6-3) can earn
the region's second tournament seedwith an upset of the region leaders.With a six-team region, the top twoseeds earn byes into the region tourna-
ment semifinals, meaning they'reassured of state playoff spots regard-less of their outcomes in the tourna-ment.The Crusaders have three chances
to leave the gym tonight knowingthey'll be in the state tournament nomatter how they do next week.
�: Upset the Highlanders, who wonthe first meeting 71-62.
�: Have Frederica, which is current-ly third in the standings at 5-4, lose toBrentwood.
�: If they lose to FPCA, win a coinflip with Frederica if it defeats Brent-wood to create a tie for second at 6-4."If it goes to the coin flip, we'll get
with (Frederica) and do it (by phone)right after the game," said Foskey,
whose team went 2-8 in the region lastyear and lost in a tournament play-ingame on the way to a 11-14 finish.Foskey hopes his Crusaders are up
to the challenge of taking care of thesituation on the court against theHighlanders, who pulled away in theclosing minutes to win the first meet-ing.
Robby Foskey has theCrusaders in second place inGISA 2AA entering tonight’s
regular season finale.Photo by Bali Smith
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Associated PressDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —
Danica Patrick has a two-year-old photo of her in the car atDaytona, on the receiving endof two thumbs up from RichardPetty.“It’s a back shot of his butt
sticking out,” Patrick said,smiling.It had been the extent of the
interaction between the pair —just a playful sign of encour-agement from the Hall ofFamer to one of NASCAR’smost popular drivers after shewon the pole at the 2012Nationwide Series race atDaytona.On Thursday, Patrick spent
most of her appearance at theDaytona 500 media day brush-ing off criticism from The Kingthat the only way she couldwin a Sprint Cup race was “if
everybody else stayed home.”She refused to fire back at
Petty, a seven-time champion,politely stating that he wasentitled to his opinion. Patrickhandled the words much in thesame way she dismissed KylePetty’s remarks last year that“she’s not a race car driver.”
“It has nothing to do withwhere it comes from,” she said.“The people that matter themost to me are my team, mysponsors and those little 3-year-old kids that run up toyou and want a great big hug
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — BradKeselowski estimates he’s paid between$75,000 and $100,000 in NASCAR fines in thelast four years.Signing those checks hasn’t changed
Keselowski’s desire to be an outspoken driverpushing for change in NASCAR. He’s foundthat since winning the 2012Sprint Cup title, there aremore avenues to voice hisopinion.Keselowski admits his
approach has changed a bit inthe last year, but denied he’sbeen muzzled by NASCAR orTeam Penske.“I don’t have a muzzle on
my face right now, but maybeI should have,” he said,laughing. “I think quite a fewback channels have opened upwithin NASCAR over the last six to eightmonths that have given me the ability to nothave to go to the media to get something done.“That fits my personal and professional
agenda, and out of respect for that I think it
maybe creates a situation where what mightlook like a muzzle to (the media) or to the out-side is perhaps more a moment of opportunityI just don’t want to (throw) away.”Keselowski admitted there are things he
could have handled differently in the last fewyears. Among his most outspoken momentswere a rant against NASCAR’s move to elec-tronic fuel injection (he was fined $25,000), adiatribe about other teams poaching Penskeemployees (Roger Penske later said “Brad hadsome misinformation” after rival team ownerRick Hendrick blasted the drivers’ claims), anda strong stance against NASCAR’s require-ment that all drivers undergo baseline concus-sion testing.“Are there things I could do better?
Absolutely,” he said. “But the mistakes arewhat builds your character and helps youbecome the person that you are and that youcan learn from. They’re only a mistake if youdon’t grow and learn from them.”While Keselowski insisted he still speaks
out about issues, he now often does it in pri-vate discussions with NASCAR or Penske. A
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ATLANTA — With top scorer TraeGolden sitting out with a groin injury,Georgia Tech turned to Marcus Georges-Hunt to take the game-winning shot.No problem. Georges-Hunt said he has
made the shot many times — in practice.Georges-Hunt scored 15 points,
including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.7seconds remaining, and Georgia Techbeat Boston College 74-71 on Thursday.Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory
said he drew up the play usuallydesigned for Golden in a timeout.“Coach told me to relax,” Georges-
Hunt said. “I was already relaxed.”Olivier Hanlan led Boston College
with 21 points, including a jumper with 3seconds remaining to give the Eagles a71-70 lead.Georges-Hunt took the inbounds pass,
dribbled toward the right wing andlaunched the go-ahead 3-pointer overLonnie Jackson, who was called for afoul.“I tried to contest the shot, and he
made it,” Jackson said. “I don’t know if I
even touched him. ... He just made anincredible shot.”Georges-Hunt also sank the free
throw.“He was very coachable,” Gregory said
of Georges-Hunt. “I told him to make itand he did.”It was Georges-Hunt’s second go-
ahead basket in the final 20 seconds. Hislayup with 19 seconds remaining gaveGeorgia Tech a 70-69 lead.Daniel Miller led Georgia Tech (13-12,
4-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) with 18points as the Yellow Jackets completed asweep of their two-game season serieswith the Eagles. Kammeon Holsey had15.The Yellow Jackets snapped a two-
game losing streak.“The guys kept fighting,” Gregory
said. “The guys stuck together and wemade the plays in the last 8 minutes thatwe needed to make to win the game.”Ryan Anderson had 13 points for
Boston College (6-18, 2-9), which has lostfour straight and seven of eight.“That’s the third or fourth game that
came down to the last possession that wecame out on the short end,” said BostonCollege coach Steve Donahue.The Eagles lost despite making 9 of 17
3-pointers and shooting 50.9 percentfrom the field overall.
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Not so fast, college footballoffenses.A proposed change by the
NCAA rules committee wouldprohibit offenses from snap-ping the ball until at least 10seconds had run off the 40-sec-ond play clock, slowing downthe up-tempo, no-huddleattacks that have been makingdefenses dizzy.The rule allows defenses
time to make a substitutionwithout the offense changingplayers — as is currentlyrequired — and with no fearthe ball will be snapped before29 seconds are left on the playclock. An exception will bemade for thefinal two min-utes of eachhalf, whenthe offensecan snap theball as quick-ly as it wants.“This rules
change isbeing made toenhance stu-dent-athletesafety by gua-ranteeing a small window forboth teams to substitute,” AirForce coach Troy Calhoun,chair of the football rules com-mittee, said in a statementWednesday. “As the averagenumber of plays per game hasincreased, this issue has beendiscussed with greater fre-quency by the committee inrecent years and we felt like itwas time to act in the interestsof protecting our student-ath-letes.”The committee also pro-
posed a change to the targetingrule that would eliminate the15-yard penalty when instantreplay officials overturn anejection. Last year, when a tar-geting penalty was called, the15-yard penalty stood even ifthe replay official determinedthe player should be allowed tostay in the game.
Both proposals need appro-val from the playing rulesoversight panel, which isschedule to consider them onMarch 6.The proposal to slow down
offenses will have a hard timepassing if the many coacheswho run up-tempo these dayshave anything to say about it.“It’s ridiculous,” said
Arizona’s Rich Rodriguez, whohas been at the forefront of thefast football trend.“For me it goes back to the
fundamental rules of football.The offense knows where theyare going and when they aregoing to snap the ball. That’stheir advantage. The defenseis allowed to move all 11 guysbefore the ball is snapped.That’s their advantage.“What’s next? You can only
have three downs? If you playthat extra down you have morechance of injury.”Mississippi coach Hugh
Freeze said he found about theproposal when he got a callfrom Auburn’s Gus Malzahn, afellow up-tempo advocate.“I said, ‘Y’all are kidding
me. That’s not true,”’ Freezetold Malzahn.This is a non-rules change
year for the NCAA, but excep-tions can be made for rulesthat affect player safety.There was much discussion
about the pace of the game lastseason, with some coaches —most notably Alabama’s NickSaban and Arkansas’ BretBielema — questioning whe-ther something needed to bedone to slow down offenses.Safety concerns were citedbecause of the increased num-ber of plays. The fastest-mov-ing teams — such as Arizonaand Ole Miss — average morethan 80 plays per game. TexasTech led the country with 90.3plays per game last season.Arkansas ran 64.7 plays per
game, 121 out of 125 FBSteams. Alabama was at 65.9,
New rule couldput brakes onquick offenses
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Marcus Georges-Hunt is congratulated by Georgia Tech students and fans after canning a 3-point bas-ket with .07 seconds left Wednesday to hand the Yellow Jackets a 74-71 victory against Boston College.
No star, no problemWith top scorer Golden hurt, Georges-Hunt delivers win
Photo by Horace Austin
Marcus Georges-Hunt risesover Lonnie Jackson to fire homethe game-winning basket.
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Danica Patrick discounted comments on her abili-ties from NASCAR legend Richard Petty Thursday.
PatrickdiscountsPetty flap
See PATRICK page 2b
Hefty fines won’t silenceKeselowski’s track views
Keselowski
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See OFFENSES page 2b
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Prep scheduleFRIDAY
BasketballFirst Presbyterian Christian atTrinity Christian, 6 p.m.
SoccerEast Laurens at AR Johnson,4 p.m.
SATURDAYBasketball
East Laurens (B) vs. Scre-ven, 3AA region tournament,3:30 at Dublin.East Laurens (G) vs. West-side, 3AA region tournament,7 p.m.Dublin (B) vs. Westside, 3AAregion tournament, 8:30.
MONDAYBasketball
Dublin (G) vs. Westside-EastLaurens winner, 3AA regiontournament, 2 p.m.
BriefsTwo-man scramble setSaturday at Green Acres
A two-man scramble will be heldSaturday at Green Acres GolfCourse.
Cost of the 18-hole event is$100 per team. Shotgun start at 10a.m. weather permitting. The fieldwill be flighted.
Separate tees for women,youths and seniors. Mulligans, clos-est-to-pin and string available.
Call 875-3110.Registration willbe accepted through Feb. 26 at$200 per team. For info, call or text279-2238.
Benefit softball tourneyscheduled March 1
A benefit softball tournament willbe held March 1 at Springdale.
Registration will be acceptedthrough Feb. 26 at $200 per team.For info, call or text 279-2238.
Eagles golf fundraiserscramble set March 8
The Georgia Southern golf teamwill be the beneficiary of a three-man scramble, scheduled March 8at Dublin Country Club.
Cost of the 27-hole event is$375 (range, cart, dinner). The fieldwill have a 10 a.m. shotgun startwith the top four finishers in each oftwo flights earning prizes.
Wednesday’s GamesMemphis 86, Orlando 81Dallas 81, Indiana 73Toronto 104, Atlanta 83Brooklyn 105, Charlotte 89San Antonio 104, Boston 92Cleveland 93, Detroit 89Sacramento 106, New York 101, OTMinnesota 117, Denver 90Houston 113, Washington 112New Orleans 102, Milwaukee 98Utah 105, Philadelphia 100Miami 111, Golden State 110L.A. Clippers 122, Portland 117
Thursday’s GamesChicago 92, Brooklyn 76Oklahoma City 107, L.A. Lakers 103
Josey vs. Harlem, 2 p.m.East Laurens vs Westside, 5 p.m.
BoysEast Laurens vs. Screven, 3:30Dublin vs. Westside, 6:30
MONDAYGirls
Dublin vs. East-Westside winner, 4 p.m.Laney vs. Harlem/Josey winner 7 p.m.
BoysJosey vs. East-Screven winner, 5:30Laney vs. Dublin-Westside winner, 8:30
TUESDAYGirls
Consolation, 4 p.m.Championship, 7 p.m.
BoysConsolation 5:30Championship, 8:30
WEDNESDAY’S GAMESEAST
American U. 64, Lehigh 44Binghamton 72, New Hampshire 71, OTBoston U. 76, Colgate 74Bucknell 78, Navy 57Delaware 81, James Madison 65George Mason 91, UMass 80Hartford 91, Maine 79Holy Cross 66, Army 63Iona 62, St. Peter’s 59NJIT 84, Maine-Fort Kent 45Richmond 75, Duquesne 58St. Bonaventure 76, Fordham 65Syracuse 58, Pittsburgh 56UConn 83, South Florida 40Vermont 83, Mass.-Lowell 58
SOUTHCampbell 77, Presbyterian 66Coastal Carolina 83, VMI 78Georgia 75, Mississippi St. 55Kentucky 64, Auburn 56Memphis 76, UCF 70VCU 92, George Washington 75Winthrop 76, Longwood 59
MIDWESTBuffalo 75, Miami (Ohio) 62Dayton 76, Rhode Island 69E. Michigan 73, Ball St. 62Evansville 104, Illinois St. 98, OTIndiana St. 68, Bradley 62Kent St. 62, Bowling Green 61Missouri St. 69, Drake 63N. Illinois 88, Cent. Michigan 63N. Iowa 80, Loyola of Chicago 58Nebraska 67, Illinois 58Penn St. 66, Indiana 65Toledo 82, Ohio 76UT-Martin 79, SE Missouri 70Villanova 87, DePaul 62W. Michigan 57, Akron 54
Halftime—Georgia 28-27. 3-Pointers—Georgia 3-12 (Morris 1-1, Parker 1-1,Mann 1-3, Geno 0-1, Echols 0-1, Djurisic 0-2, Gaines 0-3), Mississippi St. 3-25 (Blood-man 1-3, Cunningham 1-5, Thomas 1-5,Davis 0-1, Moore 0-2, Ready 0-2, Sword0-3, Borchert 0-4). Fouled Out—Sword.Rebounds—Georgia 38 (Williams 10), Mis-sissippi St. 30 (Thomas 6). Assists—Geo-rgia 11 (Mann 5), Mississippi St. 8 (Cun-ningham 3). Total Fouls—Georgia 16, Mis-sissippi St. 20. Tech.—Morris. A—7,010.
THURSDAY’S GAMESEAST
Manhattan 86, Rider 69
NBA
Olympics
Prep basketball
Quinnipiac 80, Fairfield 72Robert Morris 66, St. Francis (Pa.) 60St. John’s 68, Seton Hall 67
SOUTHAppalachian St. 74, Samford 68Arkansas St. 85, South Alabama 61Austin Peay 88, E. Illinois 83Belmont 73, Tennessee St. 71Coll. of Charleston 47, Drexel 46ETSU 89, Florida Gulf Coast 81Georgia Tech 74, Boston College 71Louisiana-Lafayette 93, UALR 87, 2OTMiddle Tennessee 71, Tulane 44Morehead St. 69, Jacksonville St. 67Murray St. 82, SIU-Edwardsville 72New Orleans 70, Nicholls St. 64Radford 102, UNC Asheville 92SE Louisiana 62, McNeese St. 53South Carolina 65, Vanderbilt 59Tennessee Tech 72, E. Kentucky 66Texas-Arlington 85, Louisiana-Monroe 74UAB 84, Southern Miss. 60UNC Greensboro 68, Georgia Southern 56UNC Wilmington 55, Northeastern 45W. Kentucky 81, Troy 76
MIDWESTCleveland St. 73, Ill.-Chicago 53Creighton 68, Butler 63Green Bay 71, Youngstown St. 40IPFW 75, South Dakota 69IUPUI 59, Denver 49Michigan St. 85, Northwestern 70Missouri 86, Arkansas 85Montana St. 78, North Dakota 70N. Dakota St. 56, W. Illinois 52S. Dakota St. 77, Nebraska-Omaha 60Wisconsin 78, Minnesota 70
SOUTHWESTFAU 71, UTEP 69FIU 80, UTSA 72Incarnate Word 80, Abilene Christian 68Old Dominion 72, North Texas 62Oral Roberts 80, Houston Baptist 66Sam Houston St. 67, Northwestern St. 64Stephen F. Austin 78, Lamar 69Texas A&M-CC 84, Cent. Arkansas 73UT-Pan American 71, Chicago St. 68, OTTulsa 76, East Carolina 58
FAR WESTCS Bakersfield 76, Idaho 67Cal Poly 62, CS Northridge 55Cal St.-Fullerton 74, UC Davis 64E. Washington 85, Sacramento St. 72Gonzaga 83, Pepperdine 68Hawaii 87, UC Riverside 76N. Arizona 65, Portland St. 63N. Colorado 89, Montana 86, OTNew Mexico St. 71, UMKC 48Pacific 89, BYU 82Portland 71, Loyola Marymount 64Saint Mary’s (Cal) 69, San Diego 57Seattle 71, Utah Valley 57UC Santa Barbara 65, Long Beach St. 64UCLA 92, Colorado 74Utah 79, Southern Cal 71Weber St. 75, S. Utah 55
GA TECH 74, BOSTON COLLEGE 71BOSTON COLLEGE (6-18): Owens 2-4
No. 2 Arizona at Arizona State (n)No. 13 Louisville at Temple (n)No. 23 SMU at Rutgers (n)
Saturday’s GamesNo. 1 Syracuse vs. N.C. State, 3 p.m.No. 3 Florida at No. 14 Kentucky, 9 p.m.No. 5 San Diego St. vs. Air Force, 8:05 p.m.No. 7 Kansas vs. TCU, 4 p.m.No. 8 Duke vs. Maryland, 6 p.m.No. 10 Cincinnati vs. Houston, 3 p.m.No. 11 Iowa State vs. Texas Tech, 1:45No. 12 Saint Louis vs. VCU, 2 p.m.No. 16 Iowa at Penn State, 1 p.m.No. 17 Virginia at Clemson, NoonNo. 19 Texas vs. West Virginia, 8 p.m.No. 20 Memphis vs. No. 24 UConn, NoonNo. 22 Ohio State at Illinois, 8 p.m.No. 25 Pittsburgh at North Carolina, 1 p.m.
Sunday’s GamesNo. 4 Wichita State at Evansville, 5 p.m.No. 6 Villanova at No. 18 Creighton, 5:07No. 9 Michigan State vs. Nebraska, 3 p.m.No. 13 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 6 p.m.No. 15 Michigan vs. No. 21 Wisc., 1 p.m.No. 23 SMU at Temple, 2 p.m.
BASEBALLMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL— NamedJustin Klemm director of instant replay.
American LeagueCLEVELAND INDIANS —Agreed to termswith OF Michael Brantley on a 4-year deal/.SEATTLE MARINERS —Agreed to termswith RHP Fernando Rodney on a two-yearcontract and LHP Randy Wolf and RHPZach Miner on minor league contracts. Pla-ced OF Franklin Gutierrez on restricted list.
National LeagueCHICAGO CUBS —Agreed to terms withRHPs Jason Hammel and JamesMcDonald on one-year contracts.LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Named JackMcDowell manager of Ogden (Pioneer).Agreed to terms with OF Carlos Mosquera.MILWAUKEE BREWERS —Assigned RHPDonovan Hand outright to Nashville (PCL).PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — ReleasedRHP Chad Gaudin.PITTSBURGH PIRATES —Agreed toterms with LHP Yao-Hsun Yang on a minorleague contract.WASHINGTON NATIONALS — TradedRHP Nathan Karns to Tampa Bay for CJose Lobaton, OF Drew Vettleson and LHPFelipe Rivero. Placed RHP Erik Davis onthe 60-day DL.
BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association
HOUSTON ROCKETS — Reassigned FRobert Covington to Rio Grande Valley.
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"It was a one-possessiongame most of the night,"Foskey said of the first meet-ing. "They stretched it out thelast two minutes. it was a clos-er game than the nine points."FPCA is led by 5-foot-10
guard Miguel Pineda, whostung the Crusaders for 29 inthe first meeting."We've been working hard
in practice defensively to try tolimit him getting the ball andmaking his shots tougher,"Foskey said of Pineda. "He canlight it up."The Highlanders also have
a bulky 6-6 post player Foskeycalls a "trash man" to pair withPineda.Trinity enters off a 69-62
non-region win against MaconArea on Tuesday. It was theirthird straight win an seventh
win in the last 10 games, butnot one of the most impressive."We won, but we should've
put them away a lot earlier,"the coach said of the game,which was postponed from lateJanuary by the earlierinclement weather in the area."We got up by double figurespretty early, and had the abili-ty to go ahead and put themaway early but we didn't."That win continued a trend
that Foskey said the Cru-saders need to quickly perish ifthey're going to topple theHighlanders and have anypostseason success."We hit a stretch there in
the middle of January wherewere started playing reallywell together," he said. "Thechemistry was good and wemade a lot of good decisions.We haven't done that theselast three games. We've won
all those, but we just didn'tplay up to the same level."I'm not sure if the guys
throttled back a little thinkingthey could win on talent alone,but we have to get effort andplay smart to win."Senior T.K. Flowers tops the
Crusaders in scoring andrebounding at 16 and 9.9,respectively. Junior WyattPayne is next at 13 and 6.7.That duo is backed by the
quartet of Derek Torres, ChaseBassett, Nabel Khoja andDrake Scott, all of whom aver-age between 5 to 6 a game."If we're going to beat the
teams like (tonight) and in thetournament and playoffs, wehave to get consistent effortand play smart basketball andmake good decisions," Foskeysaid. "You're not going to beatthe teams you play this time ofyear without that."
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and say they want to grow upto be like you. That’s the stuff Ireally focus on.”Patrick talked at length
about almost every topic butracing for the second straightyear to kick off Daytona. Shespent her 20-minute sessionlast year answering questionsabout her new relationshipwith fellow driver RickyStenhouse Jr.This year, Stenhouse again
was a hot topic, with peoplewanting to know: What aretheir Valentine’s Day plans?“I did say to him yesterday,
‘Hey babe, I feel like I should-n’t be thinking about thisbecause it should be your job,but would you like me to asksomeone to make reservationsat a restaurant?”’ she said.Odds are, the famous pair
won’t be asking the Pettys tojoin them for a bite to eat.Petty gave NASCAR plenty
to chew on last week when hesaid Patrick only gets atten-tion because she’s a woman,but added that publicity isgood for NASCAR.“If she’d have been a male,
nobody would ever know ifshe’d showed up at a race-track,” Petty said. “This is afemale deal that’s driving her.There’s nothing wrong withthat, because that’s good PRfor me. More fans come out,people are more interested init. She has helped to drawattention to the sport, whichhelps everybody in the sport.”Stenhouse said he was
proud of the way Patrick han-dled the media glare.“I would not be happy if it
was about me like that,” hesaid. “But I think she’s provedshe can drivethese racecars. She’s gota lot to learn.Heck, I’ve gota lot to learn.”M a y b e
they’ll figureout why thePettys havebeen so pettytoward Pat-rick.“I don’t
know what their problem is,”Stenhouse said. “But, hey, theyhave opinions and they like totalk.”Dale Earnhardt Jr., long
NASCAR’s most popular driv-er, said Petty was a “littlerough” on Patrick.“Danica deals with more
criticism than anybody elsehas ever faced in the sport,”Earnhardt said. “She goes by adifferent set of rules because ofher gender, and that’s unfortu-nate. It seems like she’s alwayshaving to answer to somethinglike that, and that’s a pain inher butt.“And frankly it’s just got to
get old.”Patrick drew national head-
lines to NASCAR in herDaytona Cup debut last seasonwhen she became the firstwoman to win the pole andraced up front for much of “TheGreat American Race.” She ledfive laps and finished eighth.
She never came close toduplicating that Daytona suc-cess the rest of the season forStewart-Haas Racing.Daytona marked Patrick’s bestfinish during a rough rookieyear in which she averaged a26th-place finish. Patrick was27th in the final Sprint Cupstandings.Her learning curve figures
to be steep one. Six-time Cupchampion Jimmie Johnsonsaid Patrick would need atleast five years to really get afeel for handling a stock car.Even Patrick, who had one winin her IndyCar career, knowsshe has plenty to learn. She’swinless with one top-10 in 46career Cup starts and had onlyone top-five in 60 careerNationwide starts. She’ll runthe Nationwide race atDaytona the night before the500.“Stock cars are not my back-
ground,” she said. “I’ve donetwo full years. One inNationwide. One in Cup. I stillfeel like I’m figuring stock carsout, and will for a long time.”Brad Keselowski, the 2012
Cup champion, said herespected Petty’s stance onPatrick and added his com-ments to the mix.“But I think it’s a long ways
to go out there and say some-one will never win a race,” hesaid. “I wouldn’t want myname behind that comment. SoI think I would probably give alittle more time and see howthat one plays out becausethere are races where I thinkshe can win.”
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Petty
year ago, comments he made to USA TodaySports about the direction of NASCAR caused asmall firestorm in the days leading up to theDaytona 500. He was summoned to a privatemeeting with NASCAR Chairman Brian Franceand International Speedway CEO Lesa FranceKennedy.He described his ongoing dialogues as
“healthy” and has made him “much moreinformed” before he speaks. He also said he par-ticipated in conversations with NASCAR prior
to the overhauled Chase for the Sprint Cupchampionship format.“I don’t want to sit here and try to take cred-
it for things that I didn’t do on my own becausethat would not be fair, but I feel confident thatI had at least some small role in some of thechanges that have gone on in this sport overthis offseason, and I’m very happy for all ofthem,” Keselowski said.“I’m still going to be vocal about something I
disagree about that there’s no progress or nochange being made on. But if there’s progress orchange being made, then why be a (jerk)?”
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116th in the country.Freeze said he was skepti-
cal of the health risks present-ed by up-tempo offensebecause he’s never seen anydata to support the claim.“I would think they would
have some type of study thatproves that,” he said.Rodriguez has been pushing
the pace with his teams formore than two decades anddoesn’t buy safety concerns.“If that was the case would-
n’t every team that went fastin practice have moreinjuries?” he said.The committee said “10 sec-
onds provides sufficient timefor defensive player substitu-tions without inhibiting theability of an offense to play at afast pace. Research indicatedthat teams with fast-paced, no-huddle offenses rarely snapthe ball with 30 seconds ormore on the play clock.”Freeze and Rodriguez both
said their offenses rarely getplays off within 10 seconds ofthe ball being spotted.“If they say it’s not oc-cur-
ring anyway,why put in arule?” Freezesaid. “I justdon’t reallyunderstandwhat we gainfrom this ruleother than achance to cre-ate morechaos.”It’s not just
the up-tempo coaches whovoiced their disapproval withthe proposal.“I just spent two days at Big
Ten meetings and it wasn’teven brought up,” Rutgerscoach Kyle Flood said. “It does-n’t make sense to me.” TheScarlet Knights ranked 84th inthe nation in plays per game(71).Cincinnati coach Tommy
Tuberville, a former defensivecoordinator whose team aver-aged 78 plays per game (28thin the nation), said the propos-al was never discussed duringlast month’s AmericanFootball Coaches of Associa-tion convention.“This came out of left field,”
he said. “It’s wrong.”rules onthe basis of player safety, eco-nomic impact and image of thegame,” he said.Right now the proposal is in
what is known as a commentperiod. Coaches can electroni-cally submit their opinions tothe NCAA on the proposal,supporting it or opposing it.Redding said it is “rare
though not unheard of for thecommittee to revisit” a propos-al. He added the comments aretaken seriously by the panel.Redding said rules changes
that would affect the pace ofthe game were discussed bythe committee last year andduring the AFCA convention inJanuary at meeting he attend-ed of about 35 coaches, includ-ing Bielema. The proposalpassed by the NCAA commit-tee was an idea that came outof the AFCA meeting, Reddingsaid.“The 10-second rule is like
asking basketball to take awaythe shot clock — Boring!”Oklahoma State coach MikeGundy tweeted. “It’s like ask-ing a blitzing linebacker toraise his hand.”
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Skiers, skaters warming to OlympicsAssociated Press
SOCHI, Russia — Skiers cut their sleevesbefore heading out to the cross-country courseFriday during one of the warmest days at theSochi Olympics. At figure skating, however, therising temperatures had strictly to do withJapanese teen Yuzuru Hanyu, whose white-hotperformance has him positioned to win themen’s title.With the mercury hitting 13 degrees Celsius
(55 degrees Fahrenheit) at the mountain-topvenues, Swiss skiers earned goal medals in boththe men’s classical-style 15-kilometer race and
the men’s super-combined slalom. The haulgave the Swiss five golds, just two behindGermany, theDario Cologna won the sweat-drenched 15-
kilometer race to earn his second gold of thegames. Cologna, who had ankle surgery inNovember, won the 30-kilometer skiathlon.Sandro Viletta stunned the favorites to win
the super-combined. Two top Americans,defending champ Bodie Miller and world cham-pion Ted Ligety, failed to win a medal.On Day 8 of the Sochi Games, four other
sports were awarding medals: biathlon,freestyle skiing, skeleton and figure skating.
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HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) —Federal agents interceptedthe wealthy Iranianentrepreneur at a U.S.airport, questioned him abouthis business and charged himwith illegal export ofAmerican-made satelliteequipment to his nativecountry.Seyed Amin Ghorashi
Sarvestani pleaded guiltysoon afterward, but changedcircumstances now haveencouraged him to challengehis 30-month prison sentence.Since his plea, the federal
government has approved forexport to Iran the veryproducts he was convicted ofhelping ship, his lawyers say.Then federal prosecutors inNew York told a judge afterthe sentencing hearing thatthey had mistakenlyexaggerated the equipment’scapabilities. The judge hasn’tmoved to change thesentence, though lawyers forboth sides are continuing topress their arguments.Whatever happens, the
case illustrates thecomplexity of laws in whichactions banned one year maybecome legal the next andwhere one governmentpriority, controlling exports inthe name of national security,can brush up against another— in this case, promotingInternet freedom for Iraniancitizens.“I am neither an activist
nor politically motivated,”Sarvestani, 47, wrote fromprison in an email to TheAssociated Press explaininghis business of providingsatellite-based Internetcommunications to Iran. “Iam simply a citizen of theEarth who believe theInternet is a true miracle inmankind history.”The Justice Department
has stepped up enforcementof export restrictions in recentyears, winning convictions inthe illegal export ofmicrowave amplifiers toChina, defense missilebatteries to Iran and militaryaircraft engines to Venezuela,among others. While the U.S.imposes stringent restrictionson doing business in Iran, the
“devil is in the details” in thisarea of law because bothregulations and U.S. foreign-policy interests can change,said Chicago attorney DanielCollins, an export controlsexpert and former federalprosecutor.“Knowing what you can
and can’t do is not asstraightforward as you mightthink,” he said.In Sarvestani’s case,
there’s no dispute that hebroke the law, though hecontended in an interview atprison that his crimes weremore the result of negligencethan intent.Prosecutors say the
millionaire entrepreneur,with an electronicsbackground and diversebusiness holdings that overthe years have included edibleoils, marine equipment, pizzashops and food distribution,understood the law andintentionally subverted itthrough his dealings withinterrelated companies in theUnited Arab Emirates. Theysay he conspired over thecourse of several years to shipthe technology through othernations to conceal that it wasdestined for Iran and urgedemployees to be careful toavoid getting caught. He’sbeen in custody since his 2012arrest at Washington’s DullesInternational Airport.On May 30 of last year,
three weeks after his guiltyplea, the TreasuryDepartment’s Office ofForeign Assets Controllegalized for export to Iransmartphones, satellitephones, anti-viral softwareand other technology relatedto Internet communication.The policy change was
billed as part of an effort toconnect the Iranian public tothe world throughcommunications. PresidentBarack Obama, in a March2012 statement, warned thatIran’s “electronic curtain” wascutting off the country’scitizens from the rest of theworld, blamed thegovernment for jammingsatellite signals to shut downtelevision broadcasts and saidthe “freedom to connect with
one another” was a basicright.Collins said that while the
administration pursues thatgoal, there’s a competingconcern that communicationsequipment with multiple uses“can be used for a purposethat might be beneficial, butit also can be misused for apurpose that is detrimental tothe United States and, quitefrankly, the world’s interest.”The Justice Department
typically focuses on casesinvolving large quantities ofillegal exports and prioritizesnuclear technology, munitionsand materials related toweapons of mass destruction,said federal prosecutor RyanFayhee, who previouslyserved as the department’snational export controlcoordinator.Sarvestani’s lawyer, Bill
Coffield, conceded that thenew regulations, issued afterhis client had broken the law,did not negate the crimes. Buthe urged the judge to takeinto account that thecommunications gear was fora private company — not thegovernment or the military —that provided satellite-basedInternet access. He said thenew export licenseencompasses the technologySarvestani provided and saidhis actions were consistentwith U.S. foreign policy. Hesaid prosecutors made acritical error at thesentencing hearing in sayingthe technology could controlan orbiting satellite andtherefore wasn’t coveredunder the new export license.The government corrected
its mistake in a subsequentletter to the judge, saying thedevices help in the monitoringand positioning of satellite
antennae but do notthemselves control satellites,though prosecutors have nottaken a position on whetherthe parts at issue are nowlegal and say thatdetermination falls within theCommerce Department’spurview and has yet to bemade.The case is unfolding as
the Obama administrationpursues broad-based exportcontrol changes to correct asystem the government hassaid is too complicated.Separately, the U.S. and otherglobal powers are also in talkswith Iran on a pact thatwould stop certain Iraniannuclear activities in exchangefor ending sanctions on theIslamic republic. Experts saythe Sarvestani case raises anintriguing policy discussion,even if the new regulationscannot negate his crimes.“If you export something
on Day 1, and Day 15 thegovernment changes theclassification of the itembased on some regulatorychange, you’re still stuck onDay 1,” said formerCommerce Departmentofficial Christopher Wall, alawyer focused on exportcontrol law.U.S. District Judge Paul
Gardephe has been weighingdefense arguments that theprison term wasdisproportionately harsh andbased in part on prosecutors’mistaken representations.
Iranian satellite case in NY takes complex turn
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