YOUR NEWSPAPER [email protected] • www.courier-herald.com Drawer B, Court Square Station, Dublin, Georgia 31040 • 272-5522 Volume 100, No. 201, Pub. No 161860 75 CENTS The Courier Herald Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Tell IT! of the Day: I work in a daycare and I change dia- pers. Now that you are grown, I don't want to see your underwear or your rear end hanging out walk- ing down the street. Police Beat Duo arrested for shoplifting, 5a Weather Less humid, highs in upper 80s again, 5a Tell It! Call 272-0375 Almanac At the Athens Olympics, the U.S. women’s soccer team won the gold medal by beating Brazil, 2-1, in over- time; Shawn Craw- ford led a U.S. sweep of the 200 meters, 5a Hometown More scenes from the Nutcracker auditions, 8a Obituaries .......... 2a Editorial ............ 4a Weather............ 5a Sports........... 1b,2b Classifieds.......... 3b Entertainment ....... 4b Index Demolition of old DHS approved By PAYTON TOWNS III The Dublin City Board of Education approved Meredith Environmental to demolish the old Dublin High School during its meeting Monday evening. John Bell III, Laura Travick, Peggy Johnson and James Lanier voted yes while Demetrice Hollis and Bill Perry voted against it. Hollis said she want- ed more time to do negotiations. Dublin Superintendent Dr. Chuck Ledbetter said the demolition will cost about $250,000 and will be paid as a SPLOST project. Bell said it was time to demolish the building. “I think we need to do it,” Bell said. “People have been asking me about it. It’s time for it to be gone.” The demolition will not include the old gym. “It will stay as a practice gym,” Led- See DHS page 3a Employees at Dinex Emissions do Ice Bucket Challenge Employees at Dinex Emissions were the latest to join in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, with the entire staff taking part in an ice bucket bath for charity Monday. According to Dinex General Manager Rogier van der Ouderaa, “We have seen nu- merous videos regarding those accepting the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge as well as calling out those to participate next. What we have not seen is a company committing to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge together as a team.” The 30-plus staff members all participated Monday afternoon. Send us your Ice Bucket Challenge photos, along with a brief caption, and they may be featured in an upcoming edition. (Special photo) Student found safe after bus mishap By PAYTON TOWNS III The mother of a five-year-old Susie Dasher student who went missing for more than two hours Fri- day after getting off at the wrong bus stop, was thankful for the re- sponse from the Dublin Police De- partment and officials with the Dublin City School System. On Friday afternoon, Nausha See SAFE page 3a Suit settled with former W’ville PD officer By DEIDRE LEDFORD Members of the Wrightsville City Council agreed Monday night to pay out the claim to settle a suit by former Police Officer Ric Prosser. The suit al- leged the City owed $5,262.40 to Prosser for unpaid overtime and puni- tive damages. The council had dis- cussed the suit with attorney Ralph Jackson and Auditor Leland Ely, and, although they don’t completely agree on the dollar amount owed in overtime pay, they decided it was in the city’s best interest to settle the claim. Mayor Lee Williamson explained that he had spoken with the trash company after receiving complaints about the company picking up trash too early in the morning. The city has received several noise complaints from residents. Councilwoman Jan Martin updat- ed the council on the ongoing Comcast issue. She said that a representative from the company came to Wrightsville on Aug. 6 and discussed problems local residents have report- ed to the cable company, including channel outages, video with no audio, no upgrades and lack of channel line- up changes. Comcast has not upgraded its local services in a long time, according to Martin, and they are looking into pos- sibly doing a complete upgrade. How- ever, an overall upgrade in Wrightsville alone will cost Comcast two million dollars. The company wants to make sure local customers will accept upgraded services by send- ing out a survey. These upgrades will include High Speed Internet, Hi-Defi- nition television (HDTV), home phone service and a 300 channel lineup. The ‘upgraded’ bill that customers may re- ceive per month for these services will be approximately $110. The survey will ask customers if they would be See SUIT page 3a Laurens County man doesn't fall for business scam By PAYTON TOWNS III A Laurens County man told the Sheriff's Office he had received a call on his cell phone from someone say- ing they were from his satellite provider. According to Laurens County Sheriff Bill Harrell, the Laurens County man said the person from the satellite provider said he was two months behind on his service. "They wanted to work something out with him that day," Harrell said. The man doubted that because he knew he wasn't two months behind on his bill. The man also wanted to know how they had his cellphone number because he hadn't given it to anyone other than his immediate family. The man eventually hung up, and called the LCSO. "He wanted people to be aware of the scam," Harrell said. "People need to be aware not to give out personal information." They also need to be aware that this scam has also been used in dif- ferent ways, with the callers using various businesses to tell people they are behind on their payments. Harrell said the best thing to do is to hang up, and let local law enforce- ment know about it. One pretty Plaza portrayal Laurens County resident Jeff Cain stepped away from his duties as a Georgia State Patrol Sergeant long enough one evening to capture these unbelievable images of the Bicentennial Plaza. Cain, the son of Dublin Police Depart- ment Chief Wayne Cain, picked up photography five years ago and has since turned the hobby into an off-duty passion with his Studio Cain Photography. Share your images at [email protected] and they may be fea- tured in similar fashion in an upcoming edition. PLAYER OF THE WEEK RETURNS WITH A BANG!
daycare and Ichange dia-pers. Now thatyou are grown, Idon't want to seeyour underwearor your rear endhanging out walk-ing down thestreet.
Police BeatDuo arrested forshoplifting, 5a
WeatherLess humid,highs in upper80s again, 5a
Tell It!
Call272-0375
AlmanacAt the AthensOlympics, the U.S.women’s soccerteam won the goldmedal by beatingBrazil, 2-1, in over-time; Shawn Craw-ford led a U.S.sweep of the 200meters, 5a
Demolition of old DHS approvedBy PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe Dublin City Board of Education
approved Meredith Environmental todemolish the old Dublin High Schoolduring its meeting Monday evening.
John Bell III, Laura Travick, Peggy
Johnson and James Lanier voted yeswhile Demetrice Hollis and Bill Perryvoted against it. Hollis said she want-ed more time to do negotiations.
Dublin Superintendent Dr. ChuckLedbetter said the demolition will cost
about $250,000 and will be paid as aSPLOST project.
Bell said it was time to demolish thebuilding.
“I think we need to do it,” Bell said.“People have been asking me about it.
It’s time for it to be gone.”The demolition will not include the
old gym.“It will stay as a practice gym,” Led-
See DHS page 3a
Employees at Dinex Emissions do Ice Bucket ChallengeEmployees at Dinex Emissions were the latest to join in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, with the entire staff taking part in
an ice bucket bath for charity Monday. According to Dinex General Manager Rogier van der Ouderaa, “We have seen nu-merous videos regarding those accepting the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge as well as calling out those to participate next.What we have not seen is a company committing to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge together as a team.” The 30-plusstaff members all participated Monday afternoon. Send us your Ice Bucket Challenge photos, along with a brief caption, andthey may be featured in an upcoming edition. (Special photo)
Studentfound safeafter busmishap
By PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe mother of a five-year-old
Susie Dasher student who wentmissing for more than two hours Fri-day after getting off at the wrongbus stop, was thankful for the re-sponse from the Dublin Police De-partment and officials with theDublin City School System.
On Friday afternoon, Nausha
See SAFE page 3a
Suit settledwith formerW’ville PDofficer
By DEIDRE LEDFORDMembers of the Wrightsville City
Council agreed Monday night to payout the claim to settle a suit by formerPolice Officer Ric Prosser. The suit al-leged the City owed $5,262.40 toProsser for unpaid overtime and puni-tive damages. The council had dis-cussed the suit with attorney RalphJackson and Auditor Leland Ely, and,although they don’t completely agreeon the dollar amount owed in overtimepay, they decided it was in the city’sbest interest to settle the claim.
Mayor Lee Williamson explainedthat he had spoken with the trashcompany after receiving complaintsabout the company picking up trashtoo early in the morning. The city hasreceived several noise complaintsfrom residents.
Councilwoman Jan Martin updat-ed the council on the ongoing Comcastissue. She said that a representativefrom the company came toWrightsville on Aug. 6 and discussedproblems local residents have report-ed to the cable company, includingchannel outages, video with no audio,no upgrades and lack of channel line-up changes.
Comcast has not upgraded its localservices in a long time, according toMartin, and they are looking into pos-sibly doing a complete upgrade. How-ever, an overall upgrade inWrightsville alone will cost Comcasttwo million dollars. The companywants to make sure local customerswill accept upgraded services by send-ing out a survey. These upgrades willinclude High Speed Internet, Hi-Defi-nition television (HDTV), home phoneservice and a 300 channel lineup. The‘upgraded’ bill that customers may re-ceive per month for these services willbe approximately $110. The surveywill ask customers if they would be
See SUIT page 3a
Laurens County man doesn't fall for business scamBy PAYTON TOWNS IIIA Laurens County man told the
Sheriff's Office he had received a callon his cell phone from someone say-ing they were from his satelliteprovider.
According to Laurens CountySheriff Bill Harrell, the LaurensCounty man said the person from thesatellite provider said he was twomonths behind on his service.
"They wanted to work somethingout with him that day," Harrell said.
The man doubted that because heknew he wasn't two months behind onhis bill. The man also wanted to knowhow they had his cellphone numberbecause he hadn't given it to anyoneother than his immediate family.
The man eventually hung up, andcalled the LCSO.
"He wanted people to be aware of
the scam," Harrell said. "People needto be aware not to give out personalinformation."
They also need to be aware thatthis scam has also been used in dif-ferent ways, with the callers usingvarious businesses to tell people theyare behind on their payments.
Harrell said the best thing to do isto hang up, and let local law enforce-ment know about it.
One pretty Plaza portrayalLaurens County resident Jeff Cain stepped
away from his duties as a Georgia State PatrolSergeant long enough one evening to capturethese unbelievable images of the BicentennialPlaza. Cain, the son of Dublin Police Depart-ment Chief Wayne Cain, picked up photographyfive years ago and has since turned the hobbyinto an off-duty passion with his Studio CainPhotography. Share your images [email protected] and they may be fea-tured in similar fashion in an upcoming edition.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK RETURNS WITH A BANG!
LaTonya WalkerFuneral services for Ms.
LaTonya Walker, of Dublin,will be held on Thursday, Au-gust 28, 2014, at 11 a.m. atKingdom Life FellowshipMinistries, 1005 U.S. 319 inEast Dublin. Minister DeeWalker will officiate.Ms. Walker, who passed
on August 22, 2014, was bornon May 13, 1980, to JoannWalker and the late CharlesMitchell.She was educated in the
Laurens County PublicSchools. She joined KingdomLife Fellowship Ministriesone year before her untimelydeath.She was preceded in death
by her grandparents, Henryand Maetta Walker, andLeonard Charles and EthalMitchell.Ms. Walker is survived by
her mother, Joann Walker;five children, Jordan T.Walker, Tysheka J. Walker,LaTavious R. Walker, TariyaJ. Shipman and Marietta(Lay’la) Walker, all of Dublin;three sisters, Keisha Harperof Albany, Juakena L. (Hugo)Walker and Victoria W.(Travis) Salter of Dublin;four brothers, Quinton Ed-mond, Antonio “A.K.” King ofDublin, Tracey Mitchell andKelvin Harper of Albany;three stepbrothers, Shawn(Tanika) Edmond, ThearticeEdmond, Jr. and JefferyFloyd of Dublin; nine aunts,Henretta George, DorothyMitchell of Cadwell, GenteceBurch of Dexter, GladysBoston of Dublin, ShenecaWalker of Union City, Joann(Larry) Harrell, MelissaMitchell and Lillie (Clint)Carr of Eastman; four un-cles, Tommy (Betty) Mitchell,Albert Stanley, Jr. of Dublin,Danny (Bennie) Walker ofJeffersonville, RichardMitchell of Eastman; a dearfriend, Theartice Edmond,Sr.; a very loving and devotedfriend, Terry Shipman and ahost of nieces, nephews, andother relatives and friends.The family will receive
friends at 515 Dixie Street,Dublin, and at the DudleyFuneral Home on Wednes-day, 7-8 p.m.Services By Dudley Fu-
neral Home of Dublin.Please post condolences at
www.servicesbydudley.com.
Daniel WalkerFuneral services for Mr.
Daniel Walker, of EastDublin, will be held onWednesday, August 27 atnoon in the C. D. DudleyMemorial Chapel at the Dud-ley Funeral Home. Inter-ment will follow in the Dud-ley Memorial Cemetery. Rev-erend Elgin Dixon will offici-ate.Mr. Walker, who passed on
Saturday, August 23, 2014,was born born on July 19,1949, to the late LouannaStephens Whipple andArthur Walker. He attendedOconee High School inDublin until he joined theUnited States Marines.He was married to the
love of his life, Beauty Dud-ley, for 30 years and Godblessed them with three chil-dren. After nearly 20 yearsas a truck driver with Farm-
ers Furniture, Mr. Walker re-tired in 2009. Mr. Walker, as“Coach Boone”, faithfullycoached the Falcons littleleague bantam football teamfor over 25 years.We will never forget his
favorite phrase, “huddle,huddle.” Coach Boone was amotivator, father, friend andmentor to so many youth andhis goal as a coach was al-ways to ensure all his play-ers worked as hard in theclassroom as they played onthe field. Coach Boonestressed the importance ofgetting an education and go-ing to college.Mr. Walker lived a full life
that included fishing withhis children, going to dragracing competitions, tellingjokes, sharing stories aroundthe dinner table and spend-ing time with his family.Mr. Walker was preceded
in death by his wife, BeautyWalker, his son, NathanielWalker, and his brothers,Johnny and David Walker.He leaves behind a son,
Jacque’ Montez (TeShaunda)Walker, and a daughter,Danielle Walker, and threeloving grandchildren, Dar-rien Walker, Martavius Tay-lor and Justice Collier. He al-so leaves six sisters, HattieHerman, Mary Helen Walk-er, Bernice Walker, Elaine(James) James, CorineWhipple and Vivian (Jerry)Wright, one uncle, WilliamLamar Stephens, and severalin-laws: Mary Alice Bell, Lu-cindy Allen, Janice Reese,Annie Mae Dudley andCleveland Dudley Jr., alongwith a host of nieces,nephews, cousins andfriends that truly love him.The family will receive
friends at 117 Karlie Drive inEast Dublin.Services By Dudley Fu-
neral Home of Dublin. Pleasepost condolences atwww.servicesbydudley.com.
Ann ChamblessColter
Services for Ann Chamb-less Colter, age 80 of Rentz,will be held at 2 p.m. onWednesday, August 27 atRentz Baptist Church withgraveside service to follow atRentz Cemetery. Rev. TomVann will officiate.The family will receive
friends at Townsend FuneralHome from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30p.m. on Tuesday, August 26.Mrs. Colter was a gradu-
ate of Rentz High School andBrewton-Parker College inMount Vernon. She was re-tired from Fairview ParkHospital where she was theDirector of Medical Records.She was a co-founder of aquilting club, Laurens Hap-py Quilters. Mrs. Colter wasa member of Rentz BaptistChurch.She was preceded in death
by her father, Cecil RayChambless, and her hus-band, Jarrell Jackson Colter,Sr.She is survived by son,
Andrew Ray Colter and hiswife Betty of Vienna; daugh-ter, Catherine Colter Cunardand her husband Chris ofMacon; son, Jarrell JacksonColter, Jr. of Gray; mother,Ettie Thomas Chambless ofRentz; sister, Betty LynnRegister and her husbandBurts of Rentz; sister, CecilleBrown and her husband Paulof Dublin; grandchildren,Brandi Colter, Casey Colter,Alex Cunard, Rachel Cu-nard, Tripp Colter, TylerColter and Cody Colter;great-grandchildren, Marleyand Violet.
Grandsons Casey Colter,Alex Cunard, Tripp Colterand Tyler Colter, andnephews Gary Register andJason Brown will serve aspallbearers.In lieu of flowers, memori-
al contributions may bemade to Rentz BaptistChurch Building Fund, P.O.Box 35, Rentz, Ga. 31075.Please visit
www.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memo-rial register.
Helen RoachRegister
Helen Roach Register, 97,went home to meet the Lordon August 23, 2014. She wasborn on October 28, 1916, inRentz, and lived her child-hood days growing up locally,as did her future husband.After marrying, they
moved to Macon to work andraise their family. Helen wasa member of Martha Bow-man Methodist Church inMacon and then in lateryears, a member of theprayer line.She is preceded in death
by her husband, R.J. Regis-ter and her son, Mike Regis-ter.Helen is survived by her
daughter, Brenda King ofMinthill, N.C. and husbandBarry, and her son, Ted Reg-ister of Ellijay, and his wife,Lisa. She has eight grand-children, 16 great-grandchil-dren, and numerous great-great-grandchildren as welland many nieces andnephews.She’ll always be remem-
bered best as a living exam-ple of the grace of God.Services will be held in
the Chapel of TownsendBrothers Funeral Home at10 a.m. on Wednesday, Au-gust 27 with burial to followin Rentz Cemetery. The fam-ily will receive friends from9:30 a.m. until funeral hour.In her memory, donations
can be made to theAlzheimer’s Association on-line or directly to a local ani-mal shelter. Please visitwww.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memo-rial register.
James Michael“Mike” Soles
Funeral services for Mr.James Michael “Mike” Soles,age 51 will be held at 11 a.m.on Wednesday, August 27 inthe Chan Stanley MemorialChapel of Stanley FuneralHome and Crematory, withinterment to follow at Pleas-ant Grove Baptist ChurchCemetery.Rev. Ike Branch will offici-
ate.Mr. Soles was born on De-
cember 19, 1962 in Dublin.He was the son of the late Al-bert and Jacqulyn SuttonSoles. He was self employedas a carpenter. He was anavid fisherman, and loved tospend time on Tybee Island.He was a member of Bethle-hem Baptist Church. Mr.Soles passed away onWednesday, August 20, 2014at Hospice Savannah.
Mr. Soles is survived byhis son, Scott Soles and Ad-die Sanders of Dublin, a sis-ter, Debra (Ricky) Owens ofEast Dublin, and a brother,Al (Teresa) Soles of EastDublin.The family will receive
friends from 6 p.m. until 8p.m. on Tuesday, August 26,2014 at the funeral home.Stanley Funeral Home
and Crematory DublinChapel has charge of funeralarrangements. To sign theonline register book pleasevisitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.com or call the 24 hour StanleyFuneral Home and Cremato-ry obituary line at (478) 272-0106 to hear the latest funer-al updates.
Billy Aron DevaneyGraveside funeral services
for Billy Aron Devaney, age64, were held at 11 a.m. onMonday, August 25 in theRentz City Cemetery. Rev. W.L. Currie and Rev. HaroldThornton officiated.Mr. Devaney was born on
April 12, 1950 in Dublin. Hewas the son of the lateWilliam Robert and Nan LeeMullis Devaney. He served inthe United States Army. Hewas a member of Baker Bap-tist Church. He was retiredfrom Brooks Berry HayneConstruction Company. Hewas a farmer. Mr. Devaneypassed away on Saturday,August 23, 2014 at FairviewPark Hospital.Mr. Devaney is survived
by his loving wife, DeniseDevaney of Rentz, his threedaughters, Billie (Steven)Devaney Stanley of Jesup,Heather (Brandon) DevaneySutphin of Rentz, and Brit-tany Devaney of Rentz, threebrothers, Earl Devaney ofDublin, Terry (Diane) De-vaney of Dublin and Allen(Debbie) Devaney of Dublin,two sisters, BarbaraWoodard of Dublin, andChistrine Holton of Dublinand five grandchildren.Stanley Funeral Home
and Crematory DublinChapel has charge of funeralarrangements. To sign theonline register book pleasevisitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.com or call the 24 hour StanleyFuneral Home and Cremato-ry obituary line at (478) 272-0106 to hear the latest funer-al updates.
John Paul “J.P.”Wade
Mr. John Paul “J.P.”Wade, age 23 of Soperton,died Sunday, August 24,2014.Mr. Wade was born in
Laurens County and was em-ployed by Millwright Local1263, Atlanta. He was amember of Faith TabernaclePentecostal Church, Soper-ton.Survivors include his fa-
ther, Frankie Wade, Soper-ton, and his mother and step-father, Sonya and DaveWhite, Rentz; sister, AbbyWade, Rentz; paternalgrandparents, Billy andJudy Wade, Soperton; mater-nal grandfather, Dale Mc-Daniel, Soperton, and mater-nal grandmother, DorothySumner, Soperton; aunts and
uncles, Wendy (Tommy) Dal-ley, Karen (Jimmy) Foskey,Tonya (Bill) Adkins, and Kim(J.J.) Ricks, Billy Wade, Jr.(Sonia Giles) and severalcousins.Funeral services will be
held in Faith TabernaclePentecostal Church, Soper-ton, at 2 p.m. Wednesday,August 27 with the ReverendPaul Beasley and Mr. BrettBraddy officiating. Burialwill be in Fowler Cemetery,Treutlen County.The family will receive
friends at the funeral homeTuesday from 6 to 8 p.m.Those desiring may make
contributions to Faith Taber-nacle Pentecostal Church,1584 Highway 46 West, Sop-erton, Ga. 30457.An online register may be
signed atwww.sammonsfuneralhome.com.
John SamuelRegister
John Samuel Register, 87,of Charlotte, passed awayAugust 25, 2014. He was theson of the late Sam and LoisB. Register.In addition to his parents,
he was preceded in death byhis sister, Betty R. Giddens.
He is survived by his wifeof 69 years, Sara; his son,Robert Samuel Register(Claudia); his daughter, San-dra Register Senter (Craig);three granddaughters; andsix great-grandchildren.His family will greet
friends on Friday, August 29from 1-2 p.m. at TownsendBros. Funeral Home inDublin, followed by inter-ment in Dublin MemorialGardens. Memorial in John’smemory may be directed toNovant Health Hospice andPalliative Care, 324 N. Mc-Dowell St., Ste. 200, Char-lotte, N.C. 28204.The family wishes to ex-
press special thanks to thestaff of The Crossings atSteele Creek for their helpand care. Condolences to thefamily may be offered atwww.mcewenpinevillechapel.com orwww.townsendfuneralhome.
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head Stacey Kalberman earli-er this year won a whistleblow-er case claiming retaliation forinvestigating complaintsagainst Gov. Nathan Deal. Shehas asked Fulton County Su-perior Court Judge UralGlanville to issue sanctions,claiming that the state’slawyers should have turnedover emails and a memo show-ing communication between
her replacement and top Dealaides.Current ethics commission
executive director HollyLaBerge and Senior AssistantAttorney General Bryan Webb,who defended the state againstKalberman’s lawsuit, gaveconflicting testimony Monday.Kalberman attorney Kim
Worth said lawyers for thestate failed to give her a memoLaBerge wrote in July 2012 inwhich she alleged that an at-torney for Deal threatened toblock efforts to expand theagency’s authority unlessLaBerge made complaintsagainst Deal go away. Worthsaid she also should have re-ceived emails LaBerge sent toher own personal email ac-count that included text mes-
sage exchanges between her-self and Deal chief counselRyan Teague and chief of staffChris Riley.Those documents should
have been produced in re-sponse to requests for discov-ery in the case, Worth argued.It’s irrelevant that a juryawarded Kalberman $700,000in damages plus attorneys’fees; the harm was done whenthe rules weren’t followed,Worth said.“What Stacey Kalberman
wants out of this, your Honor,is a recognition that a violationoccurred,” Worth said.LaBerge testified Monday
that she never saw discoveryrequests directed at her beforethe trial, though Webb said hesent them all to her office.
As part of a request fromKalberman’s lawyers, Webbtold LaBerge to search her per-sonal email accounts foremails that included names ofcertain past and present ethicscommission employees andcommissioners, LaBerge said.When she asked if she shouldinclude text messages, he saidnot unless they had to do withthe names he’d given her, shesaid. Webb disputed that, say-ing he had asked her for allwork-related emails in her per-sonal email and didn’t remem-ber giving her search terms.LaBerge said Webb told her
during the trial that he’d toldthe judge LaBerge wouldn’ttestify about the memo unlessshe was asked about it. Webbsaid he told LaBerge before the
trial to answer truthfullyabout the memo if it came up.Webb insisted that the
memo in which LaBerge saidshe felt threatened by Dealaides was not responsive to therequests from Kalberman’slawyers. There is a difference,he said, between being rele-vant and being responsive.The text messages were re-sponsive and he would havehanded them over but he did-n’t see them for the first timeuntil last month, he testified.None of the commissioners
at the ethics commission,which is formally known as theGeorgia Government Trans-parency and Campaign Fi-nance Commission, ever in-structed LaBerge to withholddocuments or not to discuss
documents, said attorney AlisaPittman Cleek, who’s repre-senting the commission.Glanville said he would rule
by next week. He asked a lot ofquestions of both LaBerge andWebb and indicated that itwould be a serious problem ifdocuments were improperlywithheld.“The harm is that public
confidence is lost,” Glanvillesaid, adding that it couldprompt others to think thereare no consequences for notproducing all documents dur-ing discovery.Kalberman only seeks to re-
cover her attorney’s fees fromthis action, and any moneyfrom sanctions should be do-nated to the State Bar or an-other entity, Worth said.
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Perry and Hollis were the lone dissenters in the demolition vote.
better said.After the demolition, it will
look like the building was nev-er there.“That’s what we are hoping
for,” Ledbetter said. “One ofthe things we’ve looked at inthe past is to use it as moreathletic space, maybe for soc-cer. We’ll look at putting up anet near the road. We are look-ing at other uses too.”Earlier in the meeting, the
board approved 1:1 technology,which will allow every teacherat Dublin High School to havea Dell Venue.“They can start to use it and
learn the things they can dowith it as far as instructing
class,” Ledbetter said. “Thereare a lot of things you can dowith computers these days andteachers are able to not onlyuse it to instruct in the classrooms but they can do researchand get the students involvedin research and learning.”Ninth, 10th and 11th grade
students will receive thesecomputers in January, Ledbet-ter said.The Dell Venue is a small
handheld, touchscreen com-puter.“They can write just like
they are writing on paper andthey can do their math prob-lems on them,” Ledbetter said.“It allows for a wide range ofacademic uses.”
The board voted to approvecontracting speech services.“Instead of hiring a speech
pathologist, we are going tocontract those out,” Ledbettersaid. “We’ve got good proposalsand we are looking forward tobeing able to serve our stu-dents.”During superintendent com-
ments, Ledbetter told theboard about Lt. Gov. Casey Ca-gle coming to Dublin on Fridayto be part of the ribbon cuttingfor the Heart of Georgia CareerAcademy at 10:30 a.m.“It’ll be a very exciting
time,” Ledbetter said. “We arelooking forward to getting that(open). The students are excit-ed and are diving in.”
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Brown received word that herdaughter did not get off at theright bus stop. Brown's daugh-ter had a sign on her shirtwith her name, address andthe listed location where shewas supposed to be droppedoff.Brown said her daughter
was supposed to get off thebus on North Church Streetnear Jackson Income Tax. Butthe young girl missed her stopbecause she was sleeping. Shelater got off near Moore StreetSchool.Brown's ex-husband's niece
lives near the stop and that'swhere her daughter went.While the child was safe,school officials and the policehad began a search for thegirl."We had no idea where she
was," Brown said. "She wasmissing. She should have beenat my aunt’s at 3:15 p.m. Wefound (her) at 5:47 p.m."Brown takes a picture of
her daughter every morningbefore she goes to school."The police had a very good
picture of her to go by," Brownsaid.Brown’s 12-year-old son
prayed about her sister andhad a feeling that she may beat his cousin's house. He and a
friend began walking that waywhen a police officer stoppedand asked them if they hadseen the girl that was missing."He told the officer it was
his little sister and he was go-ing to his cousin's house tocheck," Brown said. "The offi-cer put them in the car, wentover there and found her. … Ican not describe how I felt af-ter we found her. I was awreck throughout this wholething."Not long after reuniting
with her daughter, Brown'sjoy turned to anger. Herdaughter told her that "he toldme to get off the bus because itwas the last stop of the day."Brown talked with Dublin
Superintendent Dr. ChuckLedbetter Monday morning."We are checking into it
and we do have video," Led-better said. "We hope by theend of the day to have someresolution. If we didn't do theright thing, we'll take steps tocorrect it."Brown and her ex-husband
went to the school and saw thevideo. The video showed thatthe substitute driver neversaid anything to their daugh-ter."There was a little boy who
told her to get off the bus, itwasn't the actual bus driver,"Brown said. "That makes
everything a whole lot differ-ent. If it had been an adultwho told my child to get off thebus, I would have been livid."Ledbetter's main thing was
to make sure something likethis doesn't happen again."No matter what, we want
to make sure we get it right,"Ledbetter said. "We are check-ing to see what happened, andwe'll fix the issue."It was good that if her
daughter wasn't going to bedropped off at her normalstop, at least she wasn't farfrom family or someone sheknew.Brown was pleased with
the help from the school sys-tem."They did an absolutely
great job," Brown said. "I trustmy child with them. This wasjust a fluke. Now we knowwhat exactly happened and weare satisfied with the results."Both Brown and Ledbetter
were happy with the help fromthe Dublin Police Department."All of the officers and de-
tectives were on it," Brownsaid. "That made me feel good.I have to thank them from thebottom of my heart."Added Ledbetter, "The po-
lice did a great job and we ap-preciate their help. We want tomake sure that we keep everychild safe."
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willing to accept the upgrade orif they would only prefer thecompany to just revise thechannel line-up. Martin alsoadded that the highly-anticipat-ed SEC Network will be avail-able to Comcast users if the up-date is made. She also ex-plained that the technical teamis currently investigating reme-dies for the audio and visualproblems many customers havebeen having.“They are wanting to work
with us,” said Martin. “But, it’sgot to be beneficial to them aswell.”She added that for some res-
idents who have individualsbills for internet, TV and phoneservice, the bundled servicesmay be less than what they arepaying now. She noted, howev-
er, that some customers are ona limited income and would notbe able to afford the upgradedservices. She added that theyhope to have the surveys readyby October, but that this willnot be a fast process. She saidthis upgrade would not cost theCity anything.The ongoing issue on
whether or not to allow restau-rants to serve alcohol was dis-cussed at length. Williamsonexplained that Mr. Ely wasagainst it, because he thinks itwill be hard for the city to man-age (enforcing, collecting, etc).City Clerk added that Ely saidif they did decide to pursue it,he would recommend usingSandersville’s ordinance as aguide. Sandersville charges$4,000 for a business license toserve alcohol. Martin said shewould personally like to see it
put on a referendum to seewhat the citizens want. PoliceChief Aaron Price says he hasspoken with law enforcementofficials in Washington Countyand they advised they haven’thad any problems with the ordi-nance. Williamson said he justdidn’t want the city to open upsomething that would fuel afire. Martin said with suchstrict regulations, she didn’tthink it’d pose a problem be-cause, not just anyone can paythe license amount and pass therequirements.Councilman Jeff Hall was
not present at the meeting andWilliamson said he would pre-fer all three districts be repre-sented before a vote is made. Acalled meeting, was planned tovote on this issue with all dis-tricts represented, will be heldFriday at 11:30 a.m.
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War is a horrible thing.When you are a 20-year-oldbride and your prince and thelove of your life is nearly halfway around the world, it is along and lonely time. DianneCooper loved her husbandJames more than anyone shehad ever loved. To this day,more than 46 years later,after an exploding grenadeended their fairy tale love,Dianne still remembers thetwinkle in his eye and cher-ishes the love they shared alifetime ago.With the coming of the
Moving Vietnam Wall toDublin a few weeks ago, thosecherished memories burstforth once again. Memories ofthe days of waiting, hunger-ing for his touch, waiting,waiting, for her darling princeto come home to her flashedthrough her mind as if it was1968 all over again.Dianne sat down and
remembered the grand timesbefore Vietnam and the lone-some days after James had togo away;"When the moving wall
arrived in Dublin, it inspiredme to write my story.James and I became
engaged during Christmas of1965. He was the man of mydreams. We married on Aug.12, 1966. I was 18 and he was22. As my father escorted meto him the night of our wed-ding, I thought "finally we aregoing to be together forever."Mr. and Mrs. James
Cooper left that night for ourhoneymoon in a brand newautomobile - a gold PlymouthFury right off the show roomfloor! Someone had writtenon the windows - JUST MAR-RIED! WATCH GEORGIAGROW! Tin cans were tied to
the back. We rode down whatwas called "the strip" in ourtown of Dublin. Then weheaded to Savannah. Westayed at the ThunderbirdInn. They welcomed us withmoon pies and RC Colas.In the early spring of 1967,
James received the letterinforming him that he wasbeing drafted. He was sent toFt. Benning for training, thenreceived orders for Vietnam.When he arrived there, Ibegan to receive letters. Hetold me he was at a basecamp, weapons platoon, livingin a tent and it was so hot.But he would always tell methat he was okay.I wrote him daily while
counting the days as the songrang over in my head,“Unchained Melody, Wait forme I'll be home.”In late December 1967, he
received a week of R&R inHawaii. I couldn't wait toboard the plane to see him! Itwould be our last Christmastogether. After a wonderfulweek together, with bagspacked, it was time to saygoodbye again. He called a cabto take him to the airport. Hewould not let me go. We bothfervently waved as I stood onthe balcony looking down andhe stood on the street lookingup at me. Afterwards, it waslike he was thinking that wewould never see each other
again. I cried for days on end.I tried to think positive andfocus my thought that hewould be home in July.In the late afternoon of
May 9, 1968, my world shat-tered. Two men in uniformknocked on my parent's door.They came in, took their hatsoff and asked me to have aseat. I immediately asked,"what is it?" All I rememberwas that he said, "Your hus-band has been killed." Thesong, Unchained Melodyended. No more waiting. Awidow at 20.It took two weeks to get his
body home. We had lots offriends and family who cameto support us. He was buriedwith full military honors.In his last letter he talked
about coming home to me andhis family and how he could-n't wait to see us when he gotoff the plane. Oh, to read hisletter what he was saying andknowing he was gone. It wasthe worst time ever in my life.Although after 46 years, I
have moved on with my life. Istill miss James to this day. Iremember the twinkle in hiseye and will always cherishthe love we shared.Death leaves a heartache
no one can heal, but loveleaves a memory no one cansteal.My eight-year old grand-
daughter looked at our wed-
ding pictures and asked me ifthat was a crown I was wear-ing. I said yes, I was hisprincess and he was myprince. It was a true fairy talethat ended too soon.You will find SP4 James E.
Cooper on Line 37 of Panel56E on the wall.He for me, was more than
just a name on the wall."There are nearly 58,300
names carved on the reflec-tive black, 493- foot VietnamWall. There are ten thousandfold more victims of that war:parents, wives, children, sib-lings, aunts, uncles, cousinsand friends.Dianne is one of those vic-
tims. She still carries thescars of her fallen hero andprince. For those of us whodidn't lose a friend, a relativeor a husband, we can notbegin to fathom the unbear-able pain, the endless loneli-ness, and the urge to be bitter.In a small way, maybe the
coming of the wall to Dublincan begin to heal the woundsof those who lost something ofthemselves back in the dismaldays of the war in Vietnam.For those who did lose lovedones, rest assured that themore than 15,000 people whocame to the wall at the CarlVinson VA Medical Centercame there to pay their deeplysincere respects of eternalgratitude and abiding love tomore than just the names onthe wall.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014/Dublin, Ga/Page 4aThe Courier Herald
Insight and viewpoints from our editorial board and our readersEmail us at [email protected] to share your opinions
In Our OpinionThe Courier HeraldGRIFFIN LOVETT, Publisher
This newspaper is committed to the idea that the press shouldtell the truth without prejudice and spread knowledge
without malicious intent.
Dear Editor,
My faith in mankind got a boost last week while vis-iting your city.I traveled with the Patriot Guard Riders to help escort
the Moving Wall to Dublin. I arrived the day before andnoticed a small problem with my motorcycle.I located Shamrock Honda Kawasaki where I met the
manager, Greg Carter.Not only did he stop what he was doing to assist me,
he refused to take payment for the work he performed.I wanted him and your readers to know how much I
appreciate his kindness for a stranger.
Sincerely,
Bruce Revelle
AAA announced that gas prices could be at four-yearlows as the Labor Day holiday approaches. That is a wel-come sign for each of us, but how happy should we be atcontinuing to pay more than three bucks per gallon whenwe continue to hear about strategic oil reserves and pro-duction at record levels?This is no knock at local distributors, who are merely
a middle man in gas sales, but big oil continues to findways to make us content and, at times, almost cheerfulover paying exorbitant prices at the pump.Keep in mind that our current “low” prices are still
double what they were 10 years ago. And, while theymay be close to two dollars less than what we were pay-ing during the Great Recession’s worst, it still doesn’tadvance our economy any further when so much of ourindividual incomes are committed to simply going fromhere to there.Let’s be thankful for any blessing, however large or
small, but let’s also keep in mind that continued reduc-tion in gas prices only stand to grow our economyinstead of growing big oil.Be careful on the roads this holiday, and fill up while
the price at the pump hurts a little less than usual.
— Jason Halcombe
Low gas prices arewelcome as holiday
approaches
More than just a name on the wall
For more history ofLaurens County go to thedigital edition of the CourierHerald or see my blog atwww.dublinlaurenscountygeorgia.blogspot.com.
The Brattleboro (Vt.)Reformer, Aug. 19, 2014By the end of 2015, banks
and retailers are expected toreplace credit and debit cardswith new chip cards, 575 mil-lion to be exact (that’s a littlemore than half of the cardsissued in the United States).The effort is an attempt to
curtail the hacking of personalinformation and accountaccess by criminals aroundthe world, which most recent-ly has affected customers ofShaw’s grocery stores. Lastholiday season, millions ofTarget customers had theircard information stolen.But it’s not just big retail-
ers that have been targeted byhackers. In 2013, a local bagelshop was also victimized.According to Javelin Strategy& Research, credit card fraudtotaled $18 billion last yearalone.Chip cards, which have
been in wide use for manyyears in Canada, Asia andEurope, have been hard tocatch on here in the States.“Businesses didn’t want to
invest in new technology untilthe card companies issued theplastic to consumers, while
the card companies didn’twant to give them to cus-tomers until there was a placethey could be used,” wroteRobin Sidel for the Wall StreetJournal.But with these massive
breaches going on with regu-larity, it was a just a matter oftime before the financial loss-es to credit card issuers andother lending institutionsforced the issue.The new chip cards will
incur costs for retailers, whowill be required to update orreplace card readers. The newcards will also force con-sumers to make somechanges.“Although the cards still
have a magnetic strip on theback to use at merchants thathaven’t upgraded their tech-nology,” noted the Wall StreetJournal, “the computer chipsdon’t work with a swipe at theregister. Instead, shoppersslide the card into the bottomof the terminal and leave itthere while the purchase isprocessed.”According to the Journal,
each transaction made with achip card has a unique codeattached to it, reducing the
chance that stolen card datacan be used to make fakecredit cards.“Such cards likely wouldn’t
have prevented the hacking atTarget, but the card datawould have been useless tothem,” wrote Sidel.While most of the new
cards issued by the end ofnext year will be chip and sig-nature cards, many business-es in Europe and Asia areusing chip and PIN cards,which also require a customerto enter a PIN for an addedlevel of security.But even smartcards won’t
stop hackers from stealingdata and gaining access tocredit accounts, maintainedRoss Anderson, who spokethis year at Black Hat (anannual convention for net-work security).He said sophisticated crim-
inals could still steal PINsfrom certain card readers andothers could install malwareto capture data.However, Anderson told PC
Magazine’s Max Eddy thatchip and PIN cards are techni-cally superior because theyare harder to clone.But in Europe, there has
been some controversy withthe chip and PIN cards. Manyissuers have stopped coveringthe cost of fraud and shiftedthe expense to merchants,who end up footing the bill.Anderson was also critical
of the hodgepodge way thatchip and PIN has been rolledout around the world.“(Chip and PIN) isn’t a sin-
gle protocol,” he told PCMagazine. “It’s a big, random,crafty toolkit to build paymentprotocols. You can either comeup with something that isreally secure, or somethingthat is bloody awful.”We can expect that there
will be some confusion overthe next 18 months as thenew cards and readers arerolled out, but any progress isbetter than worrying thatevery time we swipe our cardsour information might bestolen. We know it will proveto be a hassle for some people,and definitely will hit the bot-tom line of lots of mom-and-pop operations around thecountry, but that’s just thecost of doing business intoday’s connected world.
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Pres. Barack H. Obama1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.Washington, D.C. 20500(202) 456-1414
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle240 State CapitolAtlanta, Ga. 30334(404) 656-5030
Sen. Saxby ChamblissWashington, D.C 20510(202) 224-3521
Sen. Johnny IsaaksonUnited States Senate120 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510Tel: (202) 224-3643Fax: (202) 228-0724One Overton Park, Suite 9703625 Cumberland BlvdAtlanta, GA 30339Tel: (770) 661-0999
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Ross TollesonGeorgia State SenatorDistrict 20121 D State CapitolAtlanta, Ga 30334(404)656-0081Fax (404) [email protected]
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Regarding “If you can’tsay something niceabout someone, thenkeep your mouth shut”:That’s true in most cases,but in politics we need toknow the truth about thegood, the bad and the ugly.
I work in a daycare andI change diapers. Nowthat you are grown, I don'twant to see your under-wear or your rear endhanging out walking downthe street.
I think it is ridiculousthat I have to pay for mydaughter to have a locker.
You say Obama has cre-ated 10 million jobs: Getreal. I would like to know ofjust one.
Please don't be an idiot.Our sons and daughtersare fighting in Iraq for onereason only: Oil.
Lord I ask you to giveme strength andcourage to face and accepteach day whether it bringsjoy or pain and to hopeagainst hope even in theface of adversity.
I am sick of some of thejob openings in Dublinsaying that they're workenvironment is toomuch for a woman. Awoman can do a job just aswell as a man can. I don'tthink that should play afactor. It is a discrimina-tion against gender. Wewant money too.
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Today in History By The Associated PressToday is Tuesday, August
26, the 238th day of 2014.There are 127 days left in theyear. Today’s Highlights in
History:On August 26, 1964, Pres-
ident Lyndon B. Johnson wasnominated for a term of officein his own right at the Demo-cratic National Conventionin Atlantic City, New Jersey.The Kinks’ single “You ReallyGot Me” was released in theUnited States by Reprise(rih-PREEZ’) Records, threeweeks after its British re-lease. On this date:In 1789, France’s National
Assembly adopted its Decla-ration of the Rights of Manand of the Citizen.In 1883, the island vol-
cano Krakatoa began cata-clysmic eruptions, leading toa massive explosion the fol-lowing day.In 1920, the 19th Amend-
ment to the U.S. Constitu-tion, guaranteeing Americanwomen’s right to vote, wascertified in effect by Secre-tary of State Bainbridge Col-by.In 1939, the first televised
major league baseball gameswere shown on experimentalstation W2XBS: a double-header between the Cincin-nati Reds and the BrooklynDodgers at Ebbets Field.(The Reds won the firstgame, 5-2, the Dodgers thesecond, 6-1.)In 1944, French Gen.
Charles de Gaulle braved thethreat of German snipers ashe led a victory march inParis, which had just beenliberated by the Allies from
Nazi occupation.In 1958, Alaskans went to
the polls to overwhelminglyvote in favor of statehood.In 1968, the Democratic
National Convention openedin Chicago.In 1972, the summer
Olympics games opened inMunich, West Germany.In 1974, Charles Lind-
bergh — the first man to flysolo, non-stop across the At-lantic — died at his home inHawaii at age 72.In 1996, Democrats
opened their 42nd nationalconvention in Chicago. Ten years ago: The na-
tion’s supply of vaccine forthe impending flu seasontook a big hit when ChironCorp. announced it hadfound tainted doses in its fac-tory, and would hold up ship-ment of about 50 millionshots. At the AthensOlympics, the U.S. women’ssoccer team won the goldmedal by beating Brazil, 2-1,in overtime; Shawn Craw-ford led a U.S. sweep of the200 meters. Pop singer Lau-ra Branigan died in EastQuogue, New York, at age 47.Five years ago: Authori-
ties in California solved the18-year-old disappearance ofJaycee Lee Dugard after sheappeared at a parole officewith her children and the An-tioch couple accused of kid-napping her when she was11. A giant wildfire eruptednorth of Los Angeles; theblaze went on to destroymore than five dozen homes,kill two firefighters and forcethousands of people fromtheir homes. Death claimedcrime story author DominickDunne, 83, in New York City;Ellie Greenwich, 68, who’d
co-written songs like “Chapelof Love,” “Be My Baby” and“Leader of the Pack,” in NewYork City; Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, one of Iraq’s most in-fluential politicians, at aTehran hospital.One year ago: President
Barack Obama bestowed theMedal of Honor on ArmyStaff Sgt. Ty Carter, who’drisked his life to save an in-jured soldier, resupply am-munition to his comradesand render first aid duringintense fighting in a remotemountain outpost inAfghanistan. Today’s Birthdays: For-
mer Washington Post Execu-tive Editor Benjamin C.Bradlee is 93. ActressFrancine York is 78. FormerHomeland Security Secre-tary Tom Ridge is 69.Rhythm-and-blues singer Va-lerie Simpson is 68. Broad-cast journalist Bill Whitakeris 63. Actor Brett Cullen is58. NBA coach Stan VanGundy is 55. Country musi-cian Jimmy Olander (Dia-mond Rio) is 53. Actor ChrisBurke is 49. Actress-singerShirley Manson (Garbage) is48. Rock musician Dan Vick-rey (Counting Crowes) is 48.TV writer-actress Riley We-ston is 48. Rock musicianAdrian Young (No Doubt) is45. Actress Melissa Mc-Carthy is 44. Latin popsinger Thalia is 43. ActorMacaulay Culkin is 34. ActorChris Pine is 34. Countrysinger Brian Kelley (FloridaGeorgia Line) is 29. Thought for Today: “Do
not wait for leaders; do italone, person to person.”— Mother Teresa (bornthis date in 1910, died1997).
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Anna Corbett, 19 of EastDublin, and JonathanGreen, 27 of Dublin, werecharged with theft byshoplifting at Walmart onJuly 31.A store employee saw
Corbett put miscellaneoushousehold items into herpocketbook. She was met in the store
by an employee, who es-corted her to the loss pre-vention office. They knew that Green
had been in the store withCorbett. They saw Green pur-
chase a few items and walkout the garden center doorwithout buying other itemsin the shopping cart. Employees were able to
recover several items inthe amount of $456.07.- Lewis George Stanley,
41 of Dublin, was chargedwith criminal trespass onCarter Street on July 30.- Weight set and weight
bench was stolen fromHighland Avenue on Aug.1.- Two black men took
three flat screen televi-sions sets and three desktop computers were stolenfrom Walmart on Aug. 1.- A casino cash register
was stolen from DHA HairExtravaganza on WestMary Street on Aug. 1. Ablock had been thrownthrough a window, bustingthe glass.- Mikerious Jerome
Asken, 18 of Wrightsville,was charged with theft byshoplifting at Belks onAug. 1. A store employeesaw Yanken conceal a bluet-shirt and try to leavewithout paying. The valueof the shirt was $15.- Timothy Smith, 48 of
Rentz, was charged withtheft of service at FairviewPark Hospital on Industri-al Boulevard on Aug. 2.Smith went into the cafete-ria, got a plate of food anddid not pay for it.
Partly sunny. A 50 per-cent chance of showersand t-storms. Highs in
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chance of rain/t-storms.Lows in the lower 70s.
Partly sunny. A 50 per-cent chance of show-
ers and t-storms. Highsin the mid 90s. In theevening, a 20 percent
chance of rain/t-storms.Lows in the lower 70s.
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YOUR COURIERHERALD
LOCAL 7-DAY
Tuesday•Dublin Kiwanis Club at 12:15 p.m. at The Dublin Coun-try Club. •AA I Am Responsible Group Contact, 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 5:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. •NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, 6:30 p.m.•Unity House (Family Recovery Support Group) at JohnsonLane on VA Grounds, Bldg. 8; 6-8 p.m. Contact: Dublin-Lau-rens County Chamber of Commerce (478) 272-5546 or LindaBailey at CSB of Middle GA (478) 272-1190. •Overeaters Anonymous meet at 6:45 at 912 Bellevue Ave.Contact 279-3808.•Shamrock NARFE 1080 meet every second Tuesday at11:30 a.m. in the Cloverleaf Restaurant, East Dublin.•TOPS meeting 6 p.m. at Pine Forest UMC, 400 Woods AveContact info 275-7505.
Wednesday•AA I Am Responsible Group contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 5:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Open)•NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, noon.•Civitan Club every Wednesday at noon at the Golden Cor-ral.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Tammie R. McCrimmon
Ms. Tammie R. McCrim-mon, age 38, of Metter, for-merly of Soperton, died Sun-day, August 24, 2014.Ms. McCrimmon was born
in Treutlen County and waspreceded in death by her fa-ther, Paul Wilkes. She was a homemaker
and of the Baptist faith.Survivors include her chil-
dren, Devin Phillips and Bri-anna Nutter, Metter; mother,Johnnie Wilkes, Metter; sis-ters, Aretha McCrimmon andTeresa McCrimmon, both ofSavannah; companion, AlanNutter, Metter, and severalaunts, uncles, and cousins.The family will hold a
memorial service at a laterdate. Sammons FuneralHome is in charge ofarrangements. An online memorial regis-
ter may be signed atwww.sammonsfuneralhome.com.
Leon Jenkins, Sr.Mr. Leon Jenkins, Sr., of
981 Pipen Lane, East Dublin,passed away on Monday, Au-gust 25, 2014.
Funeral arrangements areincomplete and will be an-nounced later. Services by Dudley Funeral
Home of Dublin.www.servicesbydudley.com.
James B. “Jim”Hammock
James B. “Jim” Hammock,age 80, of Dublin, died Tues-day, August 26, 2014. Arrangements are incom-
plete at this time and will beannounced later by TownsendBrothers Funeral Home.
Oregon StorrMr. Oregon Storr, of At-
lanta, passed on Sunday, Au-gust 24, 2014. Funeral arrangements are
incomplete and will be an-nounced later. Services by Dudley Funer-
al Home of Dublin.www.servicesbydudley.com.
Edwena P. BankstonEdwena P. Bankston, age
87 of Dublin, passed away onThursday, August 21, 2014.Graveside services were heldon Monday, August 25, 2014at 10 a.m. in Dublin Memori-al Gardens. Rev. Tom Vann will offici-
ate.Mrs. Bankston was born
in Albany, Ga. to the late
Tommy Powell and the lateLillie Mae O’Malley Powell.She was a homemaker and amember of Rentz BaptistChurch. In addition to her parents,
she was preceded in death byher daughter, Gail PatriciaBankston Leddy and fourbrothers, Henry Powell, TheoPowell, Jimmy Powell andFred Powell.Survivors include her hus-
band, Mack Bankston ofDublin; daughter, ShelleyWatkins (Bill) of Evans; son,Mike Bankston (Donna) ofVidalia; grandchildren,Dawn Yarbrough (Daniel) ofHouston, Texas, EricYarbrough (Ashley) ofGreensboro, Ga., DennieYarbrough of Aspen, Colo.,Micah Leddy (Jessica) of Co-lumbia, S.C., Leslie Ann Led-dy of Bolder, Colo., LindseyBlount (Chris) of Vidalia,Julie Bankston of Reston, Va.and Connor Watkins of Char-lotte, N.C.; five great-grand-children; sister, Elouise Han-dley (Jim) of Jonesboro;brothers, Gilbert Powell ofTenn. and William OaksPowell of Tallahassee, Fla.and several nieces andnephews.Please visit
www.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memo-rial register.
ObituariesContinued from page 2a
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FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH, CULLEN EQUIPMENT FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH, CULLEN EQUIPMENT HAS THE BEST SELECTION AND THE BEST DEALS!HAS THE BEST SELECTION AND THE BEST DEALS!
Sohn, of Boy Scout Troop 560, completes Eagle Scout ProjectAt East Laurens Pri-mary School, BoyScout Camron Sohn,of Troop 560 (alongwith fellow scouts),did lots of work forhis Eagle Scout Pro-ject. Two dump truckloads of sand werespread into the sand-boxes. The sand wasdonated by BuildersConcrete Products.The sandboxes werealmost barren beforethe project. A benchwas constructed forteachers and stu-dents to sit on and atrash can bin wasbuilt that holds twotrash cans to solvethe problem of the al-ready existing trashcans falling over andlittering the play-ground with trash.The wood for thesewere donated byChoo Choo Build ItMart. The childrenare enjoying the newsand (bottom right).Boy Scout CamronSohn (top right), ofTroop 560, is pic-tured alongside thebench that was con-structed.
Trinity’s seventh grade visitsThe Lost Sea
On August 15, the seventh grade students from Trinity Christian School took their annualcaving trip to The Lost Sea in Sweetwater, Tenn. Students enjoyed supper at the caverestaurant just before descending down 132 natural steps to the campsite which is a largeopen area inside the cave. While in the cave, students learned about the history of thecave as well as the various structures and cave formations. The students had the oppor-tunity to take a boat ride on the largest underground lake in the world and “crawling”which involved maneuvering their bodies through very tight spaces in the rocks and get-ting extremely dirty. At the end of the day, students spent the night inside the cave andhiked back up the natural steps to the surface of the mountain in the morning. It was agreat time and experience that will never be forgotten. (Special photo)
BPC’s Pi Gamma Mu Earns International AwardSPECIAL TO THE
News came in late July thatBrewton-Parker’s chapter ofPi Gamma Mu is the recipi-ent of a national award. Dr.Vance Rhoades, faculty advi-sor to the Georgia Xi chapter,announced, “Pi Gamma Mu,the International Honor So-ciety in the Social Sciences,
selected Brewton-ParkerCollege as the recipient ofthe Roll of Merit Award foroutstanding achievementand community service.” Cri-teria for this award includeactivity of the chapter inquestion as well as effective-ness on campus.
In the official letter an-nouncing the award,Suzanne Rupp, Executive Di-rector of Pi Gamma Mu,wrote, “Dr. Vance Rhoades
works very effectively withthe chapter. It is importantthat you know about his con-tributions and appreciate hissuccess.” When asked aboutreceiving this award, Dr.Rhoades said, “The GeorgiaXi chapter at BPC participat-ed in several community andschool-related activities withthe assistance of our wonder-ful students. I am honored tobe the faculty adviser for thisministry-centered organiza-
tion.”Brewton-Parker College
is the only accredited four-year Christian college southof Macon and north of Jack-sonville, Fla. The mission ofBrewton-Parker College, aGeorgia Baptist college, is todevelop the whole studentthrough the application ofBiblically-centered truth to aliberal arts curriculum in acommunity of shared Christ-ian values.
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Dancers of all agescame to TheatreDublin to participatein auditions for thisyear’s Nutcrackerperformance. Sched-uled for early De-cember, the Christ-mas play has be-come a holiday tradi-tion for more than adecade. More than100 locals will be in-cluded in the cast,led by Sugar PlumFairy and profes-sional dancer StaceySlichter. (Photos byGriffin Lovett)
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By JAMES TIDWELLSports Editor
It’s rare to find a wide receiver in footballthat is nearly 5’8’ tall and runs the 40-yarddash in 4.60 seconds.
But Justin Smith of West Laurens is onesuch rarity.
According to West Laurens Head FootballCoach Stacy Nobles, the tools the senior pos-sesses are not something opposing defendersare accustomed to facing.
“He has a rare skill set and when it puts itall together, he is hard to stop,” Nobles said.
On Friday night against Thomasville inthe Raiders’ season opening victory, Smithcertainly put it together.
The 17-year-old had a career performancewith 10 catches for 221 yards with threetouchdowns of 69 yards, 20 yards and 50yards which earned Smith the Heart ofGeorgia Player of the Week honor.
“I just went in with our normal targetsand I just made the most of it,” Smith said. “Ithought we played pretty good, but we have alot to work on to get better. I am proud of theway we played like a team againstThomasville, and did not let setbacks keep usfrom winning the game.”
But just two years ago, such a perform-ance didn’t seem part of Smith’s future at all.
After his freshman year, Smith decided tofocus solely on basketball and didn’t playfootball his sophomore year.
That changed after a conversation withNobles after his sophomore year.
“Coach Nobles just told me I shouldn’tlimit my options to just basketball with thetalent I have,” Smith said.
Smith returned to the Raiders’ footballprogram for his junior year and started toshow what he could do as the season pro-gressed.
“It took him a while after sitting out ayear, but late in the season he really startedto put it together,” Nobles said.
Smith also had an opportunity during thispast offseason to focus exclusively on basket-ball but chose to stay the course on the grid-iron.
“I just wanted to play football my senior
year,” Smith said.Nobles feels Smith is reaping the rewards
of that decision and working with the teamthrough the spring and summer.
“He was able to get those reps in and youcan tell it paid off this past Friday,” Noblessaid.
Smith, who also enjoys drawing, has aclear height advantage over most defensivebacks he will face Nobles said. But his speedis what Smith feels gives him the biggestedge.
“When they see someone my size, theydon’t think I am fast and I am able to sur-prise them with my speed,” Smith said.
West Laurens senior wide receiver Justin Smith, left, caught 10 passes for 221 yards withthree touchdowns of 69 yards, 20 yards and 50 yards in the Raiders’ win over ThomasvilleFriday night on the road. (Photo by Bali Smith)
DublinLarry McGirt ran 14 times for97 yards and a touchdown.
TrinityBerry Brown kicked two fieldgoals of over 40 yards long.
Photo by Alan Barfoot
File Photo “I just went in withour normal targetsand I just made themost of it."
— Justin Smith
Photo by Bali Smith
Justin Smith
By JAMES TIDWELLSports Editor
For the third time in fourdays, the West Laurens soft-ball team traveled to WarnerRobins on Monday.
After cometing in the Brawlin the Fall softball tourna-ment over the weekend, theLady Raiders faced tourna-ment hostand GHSAC l a s sA A A A Ap o w e rH o u s t o nCounty ina regulars e a s o nmatchup at Lady Bears Field.
Trailing by two twice, WestLaurens fought back to takethe lead the first time and tiedthe game the second time.
Unfortunately for the LadyRaiders, they weren’t able tohave the lead when it countedmost.
With the score tied,Houston County scored thewinning run in the bottom ofthe seventh inning to walkaway with a 6-5 victory.
“We played hard and didn’tgive up but just couldn’t get ahit when we needed to,” WestLaurens Head Softball CoachMike Thompson said.
After Houston Countyscored one run in each of thefirst two innings to take a 2-0lead, the Lady Raidersresponded in the third inning
as Lauren Childers scored ona fielder’s choice and KileyWatson and Logan Calhounscored on a two run single byHarley Roberts to take a 3-2edge.
In the fifth inning, WestLaurens appeared on theverge of adding to the leadafter loading the bases onback-to-back-to-back singlesby Watson, Calhoun andRoberts. But West Laurenswas unable to push any ofthem across the plate as thescore remained 3-2.
“That was probably theturning point in the game,”Thompson said. “If we hadbeen able to get a hit we prob-ably would have broken thegame open and put pressureon them to really score someruns.”
The Lady Bears tied thegame 3-3 in the bottom of thefifth inning and retook thelead in the bottom of the sixthinning 5-3 after scoring tworuns.
West Laurens rallied againin the top of the seventhinning as Calhoun, whoreached on an error, andMacKenzie Tomlinson, whoreached on a two out single,scored to tie the game 5-5 on atwo run double by MarleeRiner.
“We played a really goodteam and Harley pitchedanother good game,”Thompson said.
Lady Raiders comeup one run short
against Lady Bears
The West Laurens softball team matched upagainst Houston County Monday evening at theLady Bears Field in Warner Robins. (Photos byJames Tidwell)
Houston County 6,
West Laurens 5
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ATLANTA (AP) — Visitorsto the new College FootballHall of Fame will find 100-year-old artifacts have founda new home in the digital age.
When entering the three-story facility, fans will imme-diately face a giant wall of768 helmets — one for everyprogram at every level in thenation.
The new high-tech hallopened last Saturday indowntown Atlanta, not farfrom the Georgia Dome, adja-cent to Centennial OlympicPark and other attractions. Itfeatures an interactive expe-rience that begins when theguest registers for a smartpass, selects a favorite schooland then sees that school’shelmet illuminated.Computer chips in the ticketallow the guest to be recog-nized by name at every inter-active exhibit. Displays aretailored to the fan’s favoriteschool, though it’s always pos-sible to explore other schools.
Another example of high-tech displays: Fans who touchphotos on a giant wall gainaccess to more than 12,000videos.
Last Friday, final prepara-tions were made for the grandopening. A worker was usinga lift to apply final touches toa mural which stretches 36feet by 30 feet. The work byAtlanta-area artist StevePenley pays homage to suchlegends as Bear Bryant,Vince Dooley and SteveSpurrier.
Asked if the artworkleaned too heavily toSouthern icons, Hall of Fame
president and CEO JohnStephenson explained theartist was given license toshow his vision of college foot-ball. Stephenson said therewas an emphasis elsewhereon maintaining a nationalbalance to the displays.
Stephenson stressed the$68 million facility shouldn’tbe compared with the oldCollege Football Hall of Famein South Bend, Indiana.Instead, planners were guid-ed by such Atlanta attrac-tions as the GeorgiaAquarium and the World ofCoca-Cola — both with easywalking distance of the hall.
“The old model of buildingan attraction like this in acity in order to draw tourismto the city is the opposite ofwhat we’ve done,”Stephenson said. “We’ve usedprivate enterprise to buildthis self-sustaining businessattraction right in the middleof an already proven and sta-bilized business travel andtourism district.”
Stephenson said the aver-age annual attendance at theold hall was about 75,000.
“We’re hoping here for500,000,” he said. “But again,we don’t compare ourselves toSouth Bend, Indiana. Wecompare ourselves to ourneighbors. The GeorgiaAquarium draws 2 million.The World of Coke draws 1.2million.”
Among other digital dis-plays: 360-degree virtual sta-diums, video face-painting,and an ESPN GameDay stu-dio where visitors are digital-ly placed beside the TV hosts
and provided a script. Videoof the “broadcast” is sent tothe email address given dur-ing registration for the smartpass.
Some displays require nohigh-tech enhancements. RedGrange’s 1924 Illinois jersey,John Heisman’s original play-book from the 1920s and an1873 program for a “Foot BallMatch” between Yale andEton are showcased.
Stephenson’s staff pre-pared for Saturday with aseries of “soft” openings. OnFriday, the facility’s potentialto host private events was ondisplay when it hosted 1,200staffers from Chick-fil-A, alead sponsor for the hall.
“While this was designedto be yes, a museum, yes, anattraction but also an eventvenue,” Stephenson said,adding he already has about35 contracts for privateevents.
On a normal business day,Stephenson said no morethan 800 visitors will beallowed in the hall per hour.Advance tickets will be soldto enter during a specific timeperiod to help regulate theflow.
The opening was plannedfor the weekend before twokickoff games to the season atthe Georgia Dome. OnThursday, Mississippi playsBoise State. On the followingSaturday, Alabama playsWest Virginia.
Another big date is Oct. 7,when the facility is home tothe College Football Hall ofFame enshrinement ceremo-ny.
College Football Hall ofFame finds high-tech home
FLOWERY BRANCH.(AP) — Steven Jackson prac-ticed on Monday for the firsttime in almost a month, andFalcons coach Mike Smithsaid the running back is onschedule to be play inAtlanta’s season openeragainst New Orleans.
Jackson had not practicedsince July 28, when he hurthis right hamstring. Therewas added concern becausethe running back missed fourgames with a left hamstringinjury last season. Because itwas the preseason, theFalcons took a cautiousapproach to Jackson’s recov-ery.
Jackson, who also had notbeen available for interviewssince the injury, said Mondayhe always knew this ham-string injury was less serious.
“I knew this injury wasnothing like last year,”Jackson said. “But at thesame time, you have to listento your body. I wanted tomake sure I did that. In theNFL season, you don’t gettime. This time I had time tomake sure I was right.”
Jacquizz Rodgers hasstarted at running back inAtlanta’s first three presea-son games. Antone Smith androokie Devonta Freeman
have been the top backups.Smith would not say if
Jackson will play in theFalcons’ final preseason gameat Jacksonville on Thursdaynight. Some establishedstarters are not expected toplay.
“In terms of what we’regoing to do with playing time,there will be some guys thatwill and there will be someguys that won’t,” Smith said.
“We’ve got some guys thatwe need to get some work andwe’ve got some guys that wedefinitely know what they’recapable of doing. The onesthat we know what they’recapable of doing will probablynot get a lot of work.”
Jackson was hurt on theFalcons’ first practice in fullpads. The Falcons did notwear pads in Monday’s work-out. Jackson, 31, said hedoesn’t need much time toprepare for the season.
“It’s not that tough,”Jackson said. “I’m an old vet-eran guy. I know the tricks ofthe trade, what to do to get inshape.”
The Falcons may choose toavoid exposing Jackson tohits in a game before the reg-ular season.
Asked if he wanted at leasta few snaps in a preseason
game, Jackson said, “I lovethe game of football, so when-ever there’s a football on thefield and two teams opposing,you’re ready to play.
“At the same time, thosehits in the preseason hurtjust like the ones in the regu-lar season. Whatever waycoach decides to go, I’ll be pre-pared for it, but just becauseit’s the preseason doesn’tmean the hits are any softer.”
The Falcons finished lastin the NFL in rushing lastseason. Jackson, the NFL’sactive career leading rusher,set career lows with 543yards rushing and 3.5 yardsper carry.
The Falcons have givenRodgers the chance this pre-season to show he can bemore than a change-of-paceback. He had eight carries for33 yards and five catches for31 yards in Saturday night’s24-27 preseason loss to theTitans. Rodgers (5-6, 196)was stopped on a fourth-and-1 run. The Falcons hope thepowerful Jackson (6-2, 240) ishealthy for those short-yardage situations in the reg-ular season.
Jackson said he pressed toforce his return last seasonand took a more relaxedapproach with this injury.
Jackson returns to Falcons’ practice
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