By PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe hallways at East Lau-

rens High School were mostlyquiet as teachers and staff re-turned to work Tuesday, thefirst day after graduation.Down the hallway in Julie

Washburn's classroom were680 total items that the EastLaurens High School BETAClub collected to give to theRonald McDonald House inMacon.Washburn and Terri Kerr,

both co-sponsors of the ELHSBETA Club, said the studentscollected 296 dental careitems, 155 hair care items, 125body care items, and 104 othermiscellaneous items includingshaving cream, bandages, Q-tips, hand sanitizers, body lo-tion, hand soap and facial tis-sue."When you see the numbers

of what we've collected, youcan't help but to say ‘Wow,"said Kaylon Marion, a risingsenior. "It's good that I knowthat we did that and that wecan accomplish great things.We know that this is going to agreat cause and will helpthem."Washburn knows how im-

portant these items will be forthose staying at the RonaldMcDonald house in Macon.Her sister and brother-in-lawhad to stay there when theirson was sick and in the hospi-

tal."That's really why it's a pas-

sion to me," Washburn said."The parents stay in theRonald McDonald House whoare already going through atraumatic time. We've hadsome former BETA Club mem-bers who have had to staythere."Washburn and Kerr were

proud of what their studentsaccomplished this year.They have helped with the

Chick-fil-A connect race,

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Raiders host tenniscamp, 1b

By JUDY BAILEYHe used stolen wreckers to

steal cars, trucks, trailers andeven a semi for metro Atlanta,law enforce-ment officerssay.Wilkinson

County Sher-iff ’s Office ar-rested andjailed repoman TracyFord on Fri-day, accusinghim of steal-ing as manyas 60 vehiclesworth$500,000.Ford remained jailed

Wednesday, charged with theftby receiving stolen property.No bond had been set by

press time.

See ARREST page 8a

Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . 2aEditorial . . . . . . . . . . . . 4aWeather. . . . . . . . . . . . 5aHometown. . . . . . . . . . 7aSports. . . . . . . . . . . 1b,2bClassifieds. . . . . . . . . . 3bFun Page . . . . . . . . . . 4b

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A semi and three wreckers confiscated by Tracy Ford’s lots remain im-pounded at BCSO.

GMC director says dual enrollment classes will transfer to other collegesBy PAYTON TOWNS IIIWhat started out as misinforma-

tion, worked its way back to PriscillaSmith, Georgia Military College'sDublin Extension Campus Director.While talking with a local school's

counselor from a local school, Smith

was told that they heard GMC's cred-its would not transfer. That is incor-rect."I was told it came from a parent

at a local high school," Smith said."The parents told this counselor thatthis school had pulled out of dual en-

rollment. That would be a shock tome because we have an appointmentnext month to get the students signedup for dual enrollment for next year.If they were planning to pull out, I be-lieve that school's counselor wouldhave called me and told me. That has-

n't happened."Smith said it’s important for peo-

ple to understand that GMC has ar-ticulation agreements, and that theircredits will transfer with about 41colleges and universities."Even though we are on the quar-

ter system, our credits will still easilytransfer like any semester school,"Smith said. "The registrar's office atthat school will have to do the con-version when they get there. But they

See GMC page 8a

Area industryexpands intoWilkinson Co.

By JUDY BAILEYZschimmer & Schware will build a new plant in

Wilkinson County offering new jobs and business op-portunities.The announcement came Wednesday from the De-

velopment Authority of Wilkinson County.“The Zschimmer & Schware plant breathes new

life into the county’s development plans,” saidJonathan Jackson, development authority executivedirector. “The plant is a good fit for our developmentpriorities — creating jobs and increasing the tax di-gest.”The Germany-based company operates a plant in

neighboring Milledgeville — currently its only NorthAmerican location.The company’s $15 million expansion plant will sit

on a 40-acre tract owned by the development author-ity situated on Gordon-McIntyre Road near the FallLine Freeway between Ivey and Gordon.The site location is what sealed the deal for the

company’s multi-million dollar expansion, Jacksonsaid.“They needed rail access to transport raw materi-

See INDUSTRY page 8a

Unemployed figuresdrop slightly, remainhighest in state

By JASON HALCOMBEThe Georgia Department of Labor announced

metro unemployment rates for the state Thursday,with Metro Macon's April 2015 figures coming in at6.4 percent; the lowest since July 2008. Meanwhile,the region that includes Laurens County continues topost the highest unemployment rate in the state at7.3 percent.According to Labor Commissioner Mark Butler,

the rate declined as employers added jobs. The num-ber of jobs in Macon increased by 100, or 0.1 percent,in April to 101,400, up from 101,300 in March. Mostof the job gains came in professional and business ser-vices. However, jobs were unchanged fromApril 2014.The Warner Robins metro area dropped six-tenths

of a percentage point from 6.7 in April 2014 to 6.1 inApril 2015.The Heart of Georgia Altamaha region, which in-

cludes Laurens and most of its neighboring counties,saw its unemployment rate drop one half of a per-centage point from 7.8 in March to 7.3 in April. Whilethat is good news, the April rate is still the highest inthe state alongside the River Valley region. The rateone year ago was 8.6 percent.The civilian labor force also continues to drop for

the region, with projected April 2015 figures nearly2,000 fewer than those from April 2014. A total of118,421 people were employed one year ago as op-posed to 116,507 this year.The Laurens County labor force currently stands

at 18,410, down roughly 400 from the same time lastyear and 150 from March of 2015.Laurens County's unemployment rate held steady

with regional averages at 7.4 percent, down from 7.8percent in March and 8.7 in April 2014. Other region-al unemployment rates include:

County April ‘15 March ‘15 April ‘14Bleckley 8.9 10.0 10.6Dodge 7.9 8.4 8.5Johnson 7.1 7.7 7.9Montgomery 7.8 8.4 9.9Treutlen 8.1 8.8 10.1Twiggs 9.5 9.7 10.8Wheeler 9.8 10.4 10.0Wilkinson 7.5 7.7 8.3

A roundup for Ronald’s house

Top photo by Payton Towns III/Bottom special photo

(Top) Hurst, Edwards and Marion display items collected. (Bottom) Beta Club membershelp with a local road race.

ELHS Beta Clubgives more than 600

items to RonaldMcDonald House

See BETA page 8a

City Wide Mission donates check for MLK MonumentPresident Bernice T. Myers andthe City Wide Missionary De-partment presented a check for$700 to the First African BaptistChurch for the Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. Monument at thechurch. The City Wide Missionis comprised of seven churches:First African Baptist Church,Howard Chapel, MontfordGrove, Sandy Ford, SecondBaptist, St. Paul and WilliamGrove. A representative fromeach of the seven churcheswere present as Myers present-ed the check to RebeccaMcWilliams, Dublin/LaurensTourism Director, and JerryDavis, vice president of D.L.T.C.(Photo by Payton Towns III)

Repo man arrested for stealing in Wilkinson

FORD

NEW YORK (AP) — A 2-year-old girl is in serious butstable condition after fallingfrom a third-floor window inBrooklyn.Police say it happened

around 7 p.m. Wednesday on44th street in the BoroughPark section.The child, Nyjeana Civil,

fell 30 feet and landed on thesidewalk.WCBS-TV says the window

she fell from had a guard andscreen on it, but appeared tohave a hole in it.

Fire officials say she suf-fered head and neck injuries.First responders found heralert and conscious.

The girl's mother was homeat the time. Police do not sus-pect any criminality, but theinvestigation is continuing.

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DEAR ABBY: My husbandis very affectionate. He lovesto cuddle, snuggle and sweet-talk morning, noon and night.However, he doesn't do it withme -- he does it with our cats.Don't get me wrong -- he's a

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Mom seeks detour to safetyaround in-laws’ driving habits

BY MICHAEL ROIZEN,M.D., AND MEHMET OZ,M.D.What do "The Waltons,"

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can of soda at breakfast,lunch and dinner) for twoweeks can amp up lousy LDLcholesterol and triglyceridelevels while boosting yourrisk for cardiovascular dis-ease.Eighty-five healthy volun-

teers were divided into threegroups: One group got drinkssweetened with a 25 percentconcentration of HFCS, onewith 17.5 percent and a thirdwith 10 percent. The 25 per-centers saw their LDL go upfrom 91 mg/dL to 107; theother HFCS-drinking groupswent from 93-95 to 102.(Healthy levels are below100; for some it's around 70.)Unfortunately, in 2009,

each North American atemore than 35 POUNDS ofHFCS -- now some say it's upto 66 pounds! And heart woes

aren't the only problem re-searchers report that HFCScan trigger: Scientific articlessay it leads to weight gain byinhibiting secretion of the"stop eating" hormone leptinand never shutting off the"feed me more" hormoneghrelin. So read ingredientslabels on EVERY food youbuy, and go with fruits andberries for your naturalsweet treats.

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Bir thdaysMay 28

Bearl GreenwayAalliyah C. SimsSelena VaughnCraig AyersTeresa HudsonLinda DominyPatty Dominy

Gracelyn WilliamsChristopher BeardNatalie Wright

Arrangements are incom-plete and will be announcedby Sammons Funeral Home.

———Betty Anne

Bedingfield Wynn

Mrs. Betty Anne Beding-field Wynn, 85, of Ponte Ve-dra Beach, Fla. passed awayFriday evening May 22,2015, at Brooks BartramCrossing in Jacksonville.Betty Anne was born on May20, 1930, to the late MarieWindham Bedingfield andHal Thomas Bedingfield inCadwell and grew up in Mia-mi, Fla. She graduated fromDublin High School and re-ceived a BS degree in Educa-tion from Georgia SouthernUniversity in Statesboro.She is survived by her

husband of 60 years, JamesWilliam (Billy) Wynn, Sr.:children, Bruce Arlington(Debi) of Palmetto, Fla.,James William, Jr. (Dawn) ofSouth Bend, IN, GarrisonWarren (Ginger) of Houston,TX, and Betsy Wynn New-man (Tony) of Jacksonville,Fla; nine grandchildren; onegreat-granddaughter; sister,Patricia Bedingfield Boyer ofAiken, S.C.A memorial service will be

held at 11 a.m., Saturday,May 30, 2015 at Ponte VedraUnited Methodist Church, 76S. Roscoe Blvd., Ponte VedraBeach, Fla., with Rev. JeffBennett officiating. Quinn-Shaltz Family Funeral Homeof Jacksonville, Fla., is incharge of arrangements.Condolences can be left atquinn-shaltz.com.

Patrick McGirt

Funeral services for Mr.Patrick McGirt, of Dublin,will be held on Saturday,May 30, 2015, at 2 p.m. atthe Sandy Ford BaptistChurch, 2614 US Highway80 West in Dublin. Rev.Michael Harmon will offici-ate. Interment will follow inthe Dudley Memorial Ceme-tery.Mr. McGirt, who passed on

May 22, 2015, was born onNovember 26, 1965, in Lau-rens County to the late Rev.Willie L. and MelloneaRobinson McGirt of Dublin.He was raised in Laurens

County and attended DublinCity Public Schools. Later heattended Brick and RidgeJob Corps in Kentucky,where he earned a diploma inoperating heavy equipment.He was employed by the Cityof North Charleston, S.C.Dept. of Public Works. Afterreturning to Dublin he wasemployed by Mr. Edward(Bo) and Harriet Claxton fortwenty-six years.He was preceded in death

by his father and mother, onesister, Maudia Hunt, and onebrother, Joseph McGirt.Mr. McGirt leaves to

mourn a life long companion,

Obituaries

MCGIRT

Jaquelyn Stanley; two sons,Christopher Patrick McGirtand Laquel Tyree McGirt;one daughter, Krystal(Robert) Bruin; three beauti-ful grandchildren, Z'kaylaStanley, Samantha Stanley,and Robert Bruin, Jr. all ofDublin; four brothers, Willie(Algerine) McGirt, Macon,Jessie (Katrina) McGirt,Cleveland, Ohio, Ronnie Mc-Girt, Rentz, Larry (Angela)McGirt, Dublin; sisters, CoraL. McGirt, New York City,Carrie Almeida Walterboro,S.C., Mattie (Melvin)Holmes, Savannah, Bessie(Otha) Hall, Dudley, Ruthie(Herschel) O'Neal and GenialMcGirt both of Dublin; ex-tended family, Harriet Clax-ton, Edward (Tammi) Clax-ton, III, Jo-ne (Scott) Bouras-sa all of Dublin; a devotedniece, Megan D. McGirt ofAtlanta and a host of nieces,nephews, cousins andfriends.The family will receive

friends at 507 West MooreStreet in Dublin, and at thehome of his sister, Ruthie(Herschel) O'Neal, 879Shamrock Court, Dublin.Services by Dudley Funer-

al Home of Dublin.Please post condolences at

www.servicesbydudley.com———

Bertha L. Cherry

Mrs. Bertha L. Cherry ofDublin, passed away onWednesday, May 27, 2015.Funeral arrangements areincomplete and will be an-nounced later.Services by Dudley Funer-

al Home of Dublin.www.servicesbydudley.com

———Shirley A. Mills

Mrs. Shirley A. Mills ofAdrian died Wednesdaynight, May 27.

Toddler stable after falling fromBrooklyn apartment window

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP)— Prosecutors are methodi-cally building a case thatJames Holmes knew rightfrom wrong when he plannedand carried out the deadlyColorado theater shootings,hoping to convince jurors heshould be convicted and exe-cuted and not sent to a mentalhospital.After a month of testimony

from victims and investiga-tors, prosecutors this weekshifted to Holmes' mentalstate. They showed jurorsnotes that Holmes made onhow long it would take policeto respond to an attack on thetheater as well as a datingwebsite profile on which heasked, "Will you visit me inprison?"A state-appointed psychia-

trist who examined Holmes,William Reid, is expected totestify Thursday. District At-torney George Brauchler hasalready told jurors the doctorconcluded Holmes was legallysane.In the coming days, prose-

cutors also plan to show 22hours of videotaped interviewsthat Reid conducted withHolmes. They will periodicallystop the video to question Reidabout the conversations.Holmes pleaded not guilty

by reason of insanity in theJuly 20, 2012, attack on a sub-urban Denver theater, whichkilled 12 people, wounded 58and injured 12.Under Colorado law, the

burden of proof is Brauchler's

team to convince the jury thatHolmes was sane. On Tuesday,they showed jurors a notebookHolmes kept, with scribbledmaps and cramped handwrit-ing that sketched out a chill-ing list of choices: mass mur-der or serial murder, attack atheater or an airport, useguns, bombs or biological war-fare.It details which auditori-

ums in the theater complexhad the fewest exits and of-fered the least chance hewould be detected. One mapshows the theater complexand a nearby police stationand National Guard building."ETA response (is about) 3mins.," Holmes wrote.Coupled with other prose-

cution evidence about Holmes'behavior, the notebook is a se-rious blow to the defense, saidSteven Pitt, a forensic psychi-atrist who has worked on san-ity cases but isn't involved inthe Holmes trial.The defense has said

Holmes suffers from schizo-phrenia and the disease hadso distorted his mind that hedid not know right from wrong— Colorado's standard for aninsanity verdict.But the notebook "speaks to

his appreciation of wrongful-ness," Pitt said. Mental illnessalone is not enough to satisfyan insanity verdict in Col-orado, he noted.Pitt said the notebook does

provide the defense withstrong evidence Holmes wasmentally ill, which they could

use to argue against the death

penalty if he is convicted.

"This is a guy who is really

struggling and is clearly men-

tally ill," Pitt said.

Defense attorney Daniel

King told jurors that much of

the notebook consists of

Holmes' confused musings

about his life. King cited

Holmes' ramblings on the

meaning of life and death, as

well as the question, "Why?"

repeated over eight pages.

Defense lawyers will call

their own witnesses to but-

tress their argument that

Holmes was insane starting in

about three weeks, after pros-

ecutors finish.

In the notebook, Holmes

tries to document his self-di-

agnosed mental illness, listing

13 ailments including schizo-

phrenia and "borderline, nar-

cissistic, anxious, avoidant

and obsessive compulsive per-

sonality disorder." He took five

pages to list mental illness

symptoms. "So, anyways,

that's my mind," he wrote.

"It's broken. I tried to fix it."

It wasn't clear when

Holmes wrote the notebook,

and no expert witnesses have

confirmed Holmes' self-de-

scribed conditions.

Theater shooting prosecutors buildcase that Holmes was sane

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The Japan Times on U.S. movingforward with Gulf states:

There was trepidation surroundinglast week's summit between the UnitedStates and its partners in the PersianGulf — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,Saudi Arabia and the United ArabEmirates. Despite long-standing rela-tionships, there is considerable ner-vousness stemming from the progressof nuclear negotiations between Iranand the West. Fortunately, however,hope prevailed over fear. Nevertheless,concerns remain about the results ofIranian nuclear talks and other gov-ernments must remain sensitive to theanxieties of Gulf states.

The negotiations between Iran andthe P5+1 (Britain, China, France,Germany, Russia and the U.S.) aim tocap Tehran's nuclear ambitions, butthose talks have the potential to trans-form Middle East politics. An interna-tionally accepted agreement will signalIran's legitimation in regional politics.The lifting of economic sanctions —even if only partially at the outset —will provide Iran with resources tounderwrite more ambitious diplomacy.The Gulf states, whose governmentsare Sunni, worry that Iran, a Shiitestate, will advance its own model ofIslam and deepen sectarian dividesthroughout the Middle East.

The Gulf states also fear that U.S.readiness to engage with and rehabili-tate the Iranian regime signals areturn to the pro-Tehran leanings ofU.S. foreign policy when the shah wasin power until his overthrow in 1979and the Islamists took power. U.S. offi-cials, from President Barack Obama ondown, deny that any such shift is in theworks. At the same time, however, asObama said at last week's meeting, hedoes not seek "any long-term con-frontation with Iran, or even to mar-ginalize Iran."

Instead, the goal is to help guideIran back into the community ofnations, and to use that membership tocurb Iran's destabilizing behavior, in

particular its support for proxies suchas Hezbollah, throughout the region. Acritical tool that Washington and itsallies have is a united front, one that isreinforced by security cooperation.(There is a similar logic in U.S. foreignpolicy in Asia with its emphasis ontightening relations among allies andsecurity partners to constrain thebehavior of belligerent governments.)

At the meeting last week, Obamareiterated that the U.S. commitment tothe defense of its allies in the regionwas "ironclad" and that Washingtonwas ready to use all its capabilities,including military force, if they werethreatened. To head off that possibility,the governments agreed to expandintelligence and maritime-monitoringcooperation, to more joint exercises,and the development of rapid responsecapabilities and implementation of aregional missile defense system.Reportedly, the U.S. is willing to grantthe Gulf countries major non-NATOally status, which would make themeligible for certain kinds of militaryassistance.

The meeting marked, said Obama,"the beginning of a new era of coopera-tion between our countries — a closer,stronger partnership that advances ourmutual security for decades to come." Adiplomat from the Gulf states agreed,saying the relationship "had reached anew level."

While welcome, those pledges fellshort of the formal defense agreementthat some Gulf governments sought.But then, the U.S. did not get all itwanted from the meeting either. TheGulf states offered a less than full-throated endorsement of the Iran nego-tiations. While the emir of Qatar saidthe group "welcomes this agreement,"the Saudi Arabian foreign ministernoted that the deal is not yet final, and"it would be too early to prejudge whatwe accept and . don't accept."

That it was the Saudi foreign minis-ter, and not the king himself, in atten-dance, produced some hand wringing

in Washington. The top leader'sabsence was interpreted as a sign ofSaudi disapproval of the Iranian nego-tiations. In fact, there are severalstress points in the U.S. relationshipwith Saudi Arabia: The Tehran deal isnot popular, and U.S. support for thecolor revolutions and its policy towardSyria have been challenged as short-sighted. Obama met with Saudi offi-cials before the summit, however, andafterward stressed the "extraordinaryfriendship" shared by the two coun-tries.

Some observers decried the lostopportunity to push the Gulf states toembrace the political and economicreforms that would, in their eyes, pro-duce more resilient societies. For thisgroup, the best security policy pro-motes human rights. Instead, the U.S.pursued the usual solution — weaponssales. Those critics note that in thefirst five years of the Obama adminis-tration, the U.S. transferred more than$64 billion in arms and defense ser-vices to Gulf countries.

While Iran hung over the meeting,other topics were on the agenda.Obama and his Gulf counterparts alsopledged to back the moderate opposi-tion in the Syrian civil war, to back theunsteady truce in Yemen, to rein insupport for the groups fighting Shiitesthroughout the region, and work for atwo-state solution in Israel. Indeed,the Gulf states' approach to Iran is amarked contrast with that of Tel Aviv,whose opposition to any deal seems toharden daily. If the Gulf states prove tobe more accommodating of U.S. foreignpolicy objectives than Israel, then thatcould be a geopolitical shift that rivalsthe return of Iran to regional politics.

Fred Williams is a positivethinker.He motivated children to jump

rope as a P.E. teacher at SusieDasher Elementary, helpedinspire Dublin High School foot-ball players to a state champi-onship berth in 2002 and galva-nized teachers at Susie Dasherand Dublin Middle School to keepstudent achievement at its peakduring his tenure as principal.When he wasn’t involved in the

classroom, Williams carried thatsame spirit into his communityand his sermons as a local pastor.Following a brief stint as assis-

tant superintendent, Williams isnow the sole candidate to replaceoutgoing superintendent Dr.Chuck Ledbetter.Williams has proven himself to

be someone who is keenly in tunewith the needs of the Dublin CitySchool system and, more impor-tant, prepared to challenge thesystem and its students to expectmore of themselves moving for-ward.He’s positive he can make a dif-

ference. And we’d be hard pressedto disagree.

— Jason Halcombe

By DR. JACK E. BROWNJames Wheldon Johnson (1871-1938)

was anAmerican author, playwright, poet,lawyer, U.S. diplomat to Venezuela andNicaragua, songwriter and professor ofcreative literature at Fisk University inNashville, Tenn. He was educated atAtlanta University and at ColumbiaUniversity in New York City, and he wasthe first black lawyer admitted to theFlorida bar. Additionally, he served asexecutive secretary of the NationalAssociation for the Advancement ofColored People (NAACP). He was quite anamazing Christian gentleman with somany talents. His work lives on.

In 1927, his classic book of seven ser-mons in verse entitled “God’s Trombones”was published by Viking Press. He alsoauthored at least six other books, but thisone is unique and is a Christian classic.The seven sermons in verse are: 1) TheCreation, 2) The Prodigal Son, 3) Go

Down, Death (funeral sermon), 4) NoahBuilt the Ark, 5) The Crucifixion, 6) LetMy People Go, and 7) The Judgment Day.“The Creation” and “Go Down, Death” aremy favorites. He is also the writer of thewords to “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” amajestic patriotic hymn in our Christianhymnals.

In this small book before the sermonsin verse begin, there is a prayer. Here is anexcerpt from his opening prayer:

O Lord, we come this morning knee-bowed and body-bent

Before Thy throne of grace.O Lord—this morning—bow our hearts

beneath our knees,And our knees in some lonesome valley.We come this morning—like empty pitch-

ers to a full fountain,With no merits of our own.

O Lord—open up a window of heaven andlean out far over the battlements of glory,

And list this morning...

And now, O Lord —When I’ve done drunk my last cup of sor-

row—When I’ve been called everything but a

child of God—When I’m done traveling up the rough

side of the mountain—O—Mary’s Baby—

When I start down the steep and slipperysteps of death—

When this old world begins to rockbeneath my feet—

Lower me to my dusty grave in peaceTo wait for that great gittin’ up morn-

ing—Amen

I recommend this book for a pleasantread of biblical stories in poetic verse, ser-mons from the soul and speak to one’sheart.

Peace!

James Wheldon Johnson: ‘God’s Trombones’

Williams a good fitfor superintendent

Editorial Roundup...

Pres. Barack H. Obama1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.Washington, D.C. 20500(202) 456-1414

Gov. Nathan DealState CapitolAtlanta, Ga. 30334(404) 656-1776

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle240 State CapitolAtlanta, Ga. 30334(404) 656-5030

Sen. David PerdueB40D Dirksen Senate OfficeBuildingWashington, DC 20510Phone: (202) 224-3521Fax: (202) 228-1031

Sen. Johnny IsaaksonUnited States Senate120 Russell Senate OfficeBuildingWashington, DC 20510Tel: (202) 224-3643Fax: (202) 228-0724One Overton Park, Suite 9703625 Cumberland Blvd

Atlanta, GA 30339Tel: (770) 661-0999Fax: (770) 661-0768

Rick AllenCongressmanWASHINGTON, D.C.513 Cannon H.O.B.Washington, DC 20515P:(202) 225-2823F:(202) 225-3377

Ross TollesonGeorgia State SenatorDistrict 20121 D State CapitolAtlanta, Ga 30334(404)656-0081Fax (404) 651-6767ross.tolleson@senate.ga.gov

Matt HatchettGeorgia House ofRepresentativesDistrict 150State Representative415 State CapitolAtlanta, GA 30334404-656-5025 Phone404-657-8278 Faxmatt.hatchett@house.ga.gov

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To say President Oba-ma has not created jobs isjust not true. He had over50 months of continuousjob growth, over 200-300,000 jobs created everymonth. Millions have beencreated since he was elect-ed. Quit telling lies.

I’m still waiting foranybody to give me a list ofreasons to vote Republican.So far I can see none.

If businesses want cit-izens of Laurens County tocontinue to shop local, thenthey need to do somethingwith their customer ser-vice. I have visited one lo-cal store twice and wastreated horribly bothtimes, even unethically,and was verbally abused.

In response to“Please vote reasonably,” Ivote the issues, not out ofblind loyalty. I cannot af-ford to be poor, to get sickand vote Republican. Oba-ma was right: With themyou are on your own.

We pay for road andbridge repair. We pay forpolice protection and fireprotection. Why can’t weall pay for health care? Ex-

pand Medicaid.

Yes, the Braves needto buy some new bulls toput in the pen.

I bet half the peoplewho vote Republican wantor need universal health-care. They just won’t say itbecause it’s not popular intheir party to say so.

Sex sells. Nobodyknows that better thanFOX News Channel. Whatdoes having half-dressedannouncers with spikeheels and low-cut dresseshave to do with a news-cast? Absolutely nothing,but it appeals to the malegender and gets ratings.

Whoever wants localhoney can come to theFarmer’s Market on Satur-day mornings to get it. Iwish it were still adver-tised in The Courier-Her-ald.

I haven't seen a singlebat this year; not a goodsign for the bat populationin Georgia.

No one should be sur-prised if Hillary lies fromtime to time. After all,she’s married to one of thebiggest liars this country’sever had.

I pray to my father inheaven that people wouldnot allow same-sex mar-riage to become legal.

Since when can a Sa-vannah sheriff ’s deputythrow the press out of a ho-tel in Savannah when he isreporting? How does hehave that power?

Why is it acceptableto discriminate against thewhite race, the Christian,the police officer, and othersects of society, but it is un-lawful and wrong to do soagainst someone who isblack. This country has adouble standard. Let’s doawaywithALLdiscrimina-tion.

Whoever said we hadIraq won is as mistaken asBush was when he de-clared, “Mission accom-plished.” We had them atgunpoint. It’s going to takesoldiers years and years tocome to fight a fight thatthey aren’t willing to takeon themselves.

I hope all the graybonnets of the 121st had agood Memorial Day. We’reall thinking of you.

Today is Thursday, May 28,the 148th day of 2015. Thereare 217 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in His-

tory:On May 28, 1945, the novel

"Brideshead Revisited" by Eve-lyn Waugh was published inLondon by Chapman & Hall.On this date:In 1533, the Archbishop of

Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer,declared the marriage of Eng-land's King Henry VIII to AnneBoleyn valid.In 1892, the Sierra Club was

organized in San Francisco.In 1912, the Senate Com-

merce Committee issued its re-port on the Titanic disaster thatcited a "state of absolute unpre-paredness," improperly testedsafety equipment and an "indif-ference to danger" as some ofthe causes of an "unnecessarytragedy."In 1929, the first all-color

talking picture, "On with theShow!", produced by WarnerBros., opened in New York.In 1934, the Dionne quintu-

plets —Annette, Cecile, Emilie,Marie and Yvonne — were bornto Elzire Dionne at the familyfarm in Ontario, Canada.In 1937, President Franklin

D. Roosevelt pushed a button inWashington signaling that ve-hicular traffic could begin cross-ing the just-opened GoldenGate Bridge in California.Neville Chamberlain becameprime minister of Britain.In 1940, during World War

II, the Belgian army surren-dered to invading Germanforces.In 1959, the U.S. Army

launched Able, a rhesus mon-key, and Baker, a squirrel mon-key, aboard a Jupiter missile fora suborbital flight which bothprimates survived.In 1961, Amnesty Interna-

tional had its beginnings withthe publication of an article inthe British newspaper The Ob-server, "The Forgotten Prison-

ers."In 1977, 165 people were

killed when fire raced throughthe Beverly Hills Supper Clubin Southgate, Kentucky.In 1985, David Jacobsen, di-

rector of the American Univer-sity Hospital in Beirut,Lebanon, was abducted by pro-Iranian kidnappers (he wasfreed 17 months later).In 1998, comic actor Phil

Hartman of "Saturday NightLive" and "NewsRadio" famewas shot to death at his home inEncino, California, by his wife,Brynn, who then killed herself.Ten years ago: Two bombs

exploded about 15 minutesapart in a crowded market inthe Christian-dominated In-donesian town of Tentena,killing at least 22 people andwounding 40.One year ago: Seeking to re-

define America's foreign policyfor a postwar era, PresidentBarack Obama told West Pointgraduates the United States re-mained the only nation with thecapacity to lead on the worldstage but argued it would be amistake to channel that powerinto unrestrained military ad-ventures. Maya Angelou, 86, aRenaissance woman who sur-vived the harshest of childhoodsto become a force on stage,screen and the printed page,died in Winston-Salem, NorthCarolina.

Today's Birthdays: Rockabil-ly singer-musician SonnyBurgess is 86. Actress CarrollBaker is 84. Producer-directorIrwin Winkler is 84. Actor JohnKarlen is 82. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Jerry West is 77. Ac-tress Beth Howland is 74. For-mer New York City MayorRudolph Giuliani is 71. SingerGladys Knight is 71. Actress-di-rector Sondra Locke is 71.Singer Billy Vera is 71. SingerJohn Fogerty is 70. Countrymusician Jerry Douglas (AlisonKrauss and Union Station) is

59. Actor Louis Mustillo is 57.U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C.., is 55.

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A dark blue 2000 Ford Ex-pedition was stolen during thenight on May 14 on WoodrowStreet.A Dublin woman last saw

her vehicle the night before af-ter returning from the grocerystore. She thinks the keyswere left in the vehicle whilethey were unpacking gro-ceries. She heard a loud noiseoutside around 2 a.m., but did-n't go outside to see what itwas.She discovered that the ve-

hicle was gone when she triedto leave for work around 7a.m.The vehicle has damage to

the front bumper on the dri-ver's side.- A Hilti angle grinder was

stolen from a job site at DublinHospice Unit on VeteransBoulevard between May 11and 14.- Kaitlyn Bennett, 22, was

charged with theft by shoplift-ing at Walmart on May 14.Bennett was seen trying toleave the store with a bag fullof items she hadn't purchased.The items were valued at$291. - A window was broken at

the back of a house on ParkerDairy Road on May 14. Entryinto the house was not made.

Laurens Co. Sheriff ’s Office- Twenty nine stainless

steel sectors were stolen froma house on Shannon Drive inEast Dublin on May 14. - Three flat screen TVs, a

push mower and two mi-crowaves were stolen from ahouse on Josey Avenue inEast Dublin on May 13.- A deputy met with an

East Dublin woman in refer-ence to a suspicious death of acat.

Editor's note: This informa-tion is public record and wastaken from reports of the DublinPolice Department and the Lau-rens County Sheriff's Office.These reports do not reflect onthe guilt or innocence. An "ar-rest" does not always indicateincarceration. Readers are cau-tioned that people may havesimilar names. Police Beat doesnot identify minor children, vic-tims of sexual assault, suicideattempts or medical conditions.Cases dismissed do not appear ifthe newspaper is notified beforedeadline.

Police Beat

Ford Expedition stolenon Woodrow Street

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Wearing a brown plaid coat wornby John Wayne in 1945's "Flame of Barbary Coast," Republi-can Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has declared a day in honor of thequintessential screen cowboy.An avid collector of movie memorabilia, Patrick wore the

coat as he presided over the Senate Tuesday.He declared it John Wayne Day in Texas to mark the Hol-

lywood legend's 108th birthday and named the actor an hon-orary Texan.There were proclamations from the House, Senate and Gov.

Greg Abbott. Senators told Wayne's visiting children andgrandchildren of their love for movies including "True Grit,"''The Searchers," and "Rio Bravo."Sen. Judith Zaffirini, whose district is near the set of

Wayne's 1960 movie "The Alamo," quoted her favorite Wayne-ism: "Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much."

'John Wayne Day' in Texashonors actor's 108th birthday

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) —A western Illinois couple recently celebrated the birth of their100th grandchild.Leo and Ruth Zanger of Quincy have 53 grandchildren, 46

great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. The birthof great-grandson Jaxton Leo on April 8 made the number 100.Leo Zanger tells The Quincy Herald-Whig that "the good

Lord has just kept sending them." He says his family "couldstart our own town." Ruth Zanger says "there's always room forone more."The Zangers have been married 59 years and have 12 chil-

dren. The youngest, 31-year-old Joe, was already an uncle 10times when he was born.Most of the family lives in the Quincy area. When they get to-

gether they rent a church hall and it takes 50 pounds of ham or

Illinois couplewelcomestheir 100thgrandchild

Thursday•Art Dublin every 2nd Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Laurens County Library. For more in-formation call Patsy Baker, president, at 984-8665.•The Evening Branch of the Dublin Lions Club at 6:30 p.m. at the CNH Tractor Planton Firetower Road •Stevens/Forstmann Retirees at the Cloverleaf Restaurant in East Dublin•AA I Am Responsible Group, Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 8 p.m. •AA 24 Hour Group, contact 279-0839, 629 Broad Street, East, Dublin, Ga 8:00 p.m.•NA We Surrender, contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street, East Dublin, 6:30 p.m.•Nar-Anon - Living Not Existing Group, Olivet Baptist Church, Nursery Provided, 1689Hwy 19 S., 6:30 contact 997-9011•Celebrate Recovery (a Christian-based Recovery meeting) meet each Friday at 7 p.m. ex-cept the last Friday of each month, a supper meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held atthe New Vision Fellowship across from the old Kroger Store. Call 278-0710 or 290-1322 forfurther information.•Hand in Hand Cancer Support Group strength and solutions for patients and families.Middle Georgia Cancer Center at 5:30 p.m., 207 Fairview Park Dr. For more information call(478)-275-1111.

Friday•Dublin Serenity Al-Anon Family Group, 1515 Rice Ave. Dublin (use back entrance) Fri-day 6:30 p.m.•Dublin/Laurens Commission on Children, Youth and Families (Laurens County Fam-ily Connection) Board of Directors. 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 Broad Street, East Dublin.

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will not lose any credits. Thecredits will transfer.""We are new in Dublin, but

GMC has been around for 150years," Smith said. "They havebeen doing dual enrollmentclasses probably for the last 10years. The state has poured somuch money into it, that iswhy the colleges are getting onboard to do dual enrollmentclasses. Just because GMC isnew to Dublin, doesn't meanthis is their first rodeo."Dual enrollment classes will

begin in August for East Lau-rens and West Laurens whileTrinity Christian School will

start in October. East Laurensand West Laurens dual enroll-ment classes will begin at theirschools since the Skyscraperwon't quite be ready."After it's ready, the stu-

dents will have the option to doit at GMC or keep doing it attheir school," Smith said. "Weoffer that. They are in highschool and making grades thatwill transfer to the next level.The classes they are takingwon't cost them a cent. Thesedual enrollment classes arefree. Why should they not wantto take advantage of this?"Dual enrollment is for high

school juniors and seniors. Be-ginning Aug. 1, freshmen and

sophomores will be able to takedual enrollment classes de-pending on each school system."That will be up to the su-

perintendent of the school,"Smith said.For more information, call

Smith at (478) 410-3454."If there are any concerns,

people can check our website orcall me," Smith said. "They canalso call the school they thinktheir child is going to, call thatschool and check if the classesthey take at GMC will transfer.It's going to be yes, but I un-derstand if they want to call,ask and be sure."

GMCContinued from 1a

als into the plant and shiptheir products to their clients,”Jackson said. “We have an ac-tive rail line adjacent to theproperty owned and operatedby Norfolk Southern that feedsinto lines leading to Savannahand the port authority there.”Zschimmer & Schwarz is a

family owned, medium-sizedchemical company with head-quarters in Lahnstein, Ger-many.Founded in 1894 it has

plants and operations in 15countries.The company researches

and manufactures tailor-madechemical compounds and spe-

cialties for the ceramic, fibre,leather and fur, textile, cosmet-ic and cleaning industries.The Georgia Department of

Economic Development point-ed company executives to theWilkinson County site.The local development au-

thority has worked with thecompany during the past 12months to finalize the locationfor the plant.The company will start with

25 to 30 jobs, drawing from ap-plicants throughout MiddleGeorgia.That number could grow to

60 within four years, Jacksonsaid.“We are talking about high-

ly-skilled jobs,” Jackson said,

“like chemists to lab techs andoffice staff to operators.”Frank Wall Jr., longtime

chair of the Development Au-thority of Wilkinson County,said the project marks the cul-mination of years of back-ground work undertaken bydevelopment stakeholders.“We are beyond excited to

welcome this expansion intoWilkinson County,” Wall said.“We have worked long andhard towards this kind of de-velopment and the work is pay-ing off. We are not in the realestate business, we are in thejob creation business for thiscommunity, and Zschimmer &Schwarz is a great fit for ourcommunity."

IndustryContinued from 1a

helped collect more than 1,000cans that were donated to thelocal food bank, held a bakesale with the proceeds going tothe Extra Special People (ESP)program, helped with the Spe-cial Olympics, visited SheridanPlace, provided candy bags andwords of encouragement toevery ELHS student duringtesting and adopted three fam-ilies at Christmas."The ESP is an organization

for special needs children,"Kerr said. "They sponsorcamps in the summer. Our$600 went toward their build-ing program and they'll actual-ly break ground this summerin Watkinsville."Keshawn Hurst, who re-

cently graduated from ELHS,was in BETA Club during his

final year at the school."It feels great to be able to

help people out," Hurst said. "Ilove to see people smile and Ilove to be very helpful and so-ciable. I always put in my vol-unteer time to help BETA Clubout. This year has been a bigachievement for us. I'm gladwe were able to do everythingwe did. It's good to help peopleout who were in need."Hurst really enjoyed the

Special Olympics."It was good to see the en-

joyment from the kids," hesaid. "I was glad to be out thereand witness that. They lovedus and told Mrs. Kerr that theyare ready for us to be back nextyear. It was just awesome."Marion has been with the

BETA Club every year in highschool."I love helping my commu-

nity," Marion said. "It alwaysfeels good to be involved withan organization that does somuch throughout the schoolyear that you can never bebored."Hannah Edwards, who is al-

so a rising senior, said it's allabout coming together as aclub."We work together and have

set our goals," Edwards said."It's good that we've been ableto achieve those goals as ateam. It's special to be in theBETA Club. Not everyone canbe in the club. It's an honor tobe in it. I enjoy helping othersbecause it makes them happy.It's good to do something forsomeone else. It definitelymakes you feel good when youcan contribute to someone elseespecially when it's somethingthat they can't do."

BetaContinued from 1a

Legislator: Waiver plan still requires legislative OKBy ANDY MILLERGEORGIA HEALTH

NEWSState Rep. Jason Spencer

has fought the AffordableCare Act as hard as anyone inthe Georgia General Assem-bly.Spencer, a Woodbine Re-

publican, was a driving forcebehind passage of a bill thatrequires legislative approvalfor expansion of Medicaid inGeorgia under the 2010 feder-al health care law. He alsopushed legislation that forbidsGeorgia from running its owninsurance exchange under theACA. (Georgia, like moststates, has a federally run ex-change.)Now Spencer, a physician

assistant, is raising questionsabout a plan proposed byGrady Health System thatwould request a special Medic-aid “waiver” to cover moreuninsured Georgians.The proposal is not part of

the Affordable Care Act, but

Spencer sees the waiver planas a potential pathway toMedicaid expansion in thestate.This year’s General Assem-

bly approved the state’s poten-tial request for a Medicaidwaiver in the fiscal 2016 bud-get. But Spencer cites a May22 letter from Daryl Robinson,counsel to the state attorneygeneral, that says the GeneralAssembly may not amend pro-visions of general law throughan appropriations act.The line item in the 2016

budget allowing a waiverprocess “does not constituteproper authority,’’ Spencertold GHN on Wednesday.“Whoever slid that into thebudget was misinformed.’’Spencer has written Clyde

Reese, commissioner of thestate’s Department of Com-munity Health, informing himof the opinion from the attor-ney general’s office. Spencer’sletter was also signed by stateReps. David Stover (R-New-

nan), Scot Turner (R-HollySprings) and Michael Cald-well (R-Woodstock).Reese told reporters earlier

this month that he did not be-lieve separate legislative ap-proval was needed for a waiv-er request, saying the budgetline item allowing the waiverconstitutes General Assemblyapproval already.DCH spokesman Jeremy

Arieh declined comment onthe Spencer letter Wednesday.After an agency board

meeting in May, Reese saidGov. Nathan Deal “has askedus to work on” the waiver re-quest.Community Health would

determine if the plan is feasi-ble and who the potential par-ticipants will be, Reese said.“I’d like to get back to the gov-ernor [with an analysis of theplan] within a month,” headded.He said he did not foresee a

waiver program starting earli-er than July 1, 2016.

The new coverage programwould be kicked off throughan “1115 waiver,” an experi-mental plan that the feds ap-prove to give states flexibilityto improve their Medicaid pro-grams by using a new ap-proach.The Grady plan focuses on

using federal matching Medic-aid dollars to help set up pilotsites that would give coverageto the uninsured, then man-age their care and potentiallyimprove their health.Grady in Atlanta, Memori-

al Health in Savannah, and asmall group of rural hospitalsare seen as the initial sites inthe coverage plan, which hasgenerated much interest with-in the state’s health care in-dustry.Grady officials declined

comment Wednesday on thelegislators’ letter.Spencer said Wednesday

that it would take passage of aseparate bill or action by theLegislature to enable the state

to pursue the Grady plan.That could not occur till nextyear’s General Assembly, ex-cept in the unlikely event thatlegislators are called back in aspecial session.He told GHN that a waiver

“could open the door to havethe federal government coercethe state to expand Medicaid.”Spencer cited the case of

Florida, where Gov. Rick Scotthas accused the federal gov-ernment of trying to force thestate into expanding Medicaidto 800,000 Floridians in ex-change for federal aid for hos-pitals.“Obtaining Section 1115

waivers can be problematic[and can] lead to eventualMedicaid expansion eitherthrough coercion from the fed-eral government or by meansof political expediency, not onthe merits of the policy,’’ theMay 26 letter to Reese stated.“Therefore, proper debate andauthorization of a Section1115 waiver must occur.”

The letter concludes, “Wethe undersigned will activelyoppose and seek legal reme-dies to prevent efforts fromthe Department of Communi-ty Health to pursue a federalSection 1115 waiver withoutthe proper consent and autho-rization from the General As-sembly . . . We have alreadybeen in contact with legalcounsel to stop any such waiv-er should your departmentproceed in pursuing addition-al Section 1115 waivers with-out proper legislative ap-proval.”Spencer said Wednesday

that to address the problem ofuninsured Georgians, he ad-vocates a system wherebyconsumers and medicalproviders can negotiateprices. “Then you can have re-al price transparency,’’ hesaid.“The current reimburse-

ment structure perpetuatesprice inflation in health care,”he said.

Georgia man pleads guilty toseeking to join Islamic StateAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) —

Leon Nathan Davis had a fam-ily and a sales job — and sayshe left them behind last fallwith a one-way ticket overseasand a plan to join the IslamicState group.The 37-year-old Augusta,

Georgia, man pleaded guiltyWednesday in U.S. DistrictCourt to a charge of attempt-ing to provide material sup-port to a terrorist organiza-tion. Davis faces up to 15 yearsin federal prison and a fine ofup to $250,000 when a judgesentences him at a later date.During his 30-minute plea

hearing, Davis told a judge hebought a one-way ticket to flyfrom Atlanta to Turkey lastOctober."I was to be smuggled into

Syria and at that point in timejoin ISIS," said Davis, a stocky,pale man with a shaved head.What isn't clear is why.

Davis never spoke about hismotivations in court, and thejudge never asked about them.But Davis did mention that hemarried within the past twoyears and has a stepdaughter.Before his arrest Oct. 24 while

checking in for his flight at At-lanta's Hartsfield-Jackson In-ternational Airport, Davissaid, he worked as a salesmanfor a company that sells mail-order medical supplements.Davis' defense attorney,

Michael Loebl, declined tocomment further after the pleahearing, as did prosecutors. Awoman who answered the doorWednesday evening at a listedaddress for Davis' motherslammed the door shut when areporter introduced himself.Davis is among several

dozen people charged in thepast year with trying to fightalongside the Islamic Stateand other militants or withlending them material sup-port. Federal charges againsthim were filed Wednesday justbefore his plea hearing.Charging documents say

Davis is also known by thenames Abdul Wakil Khalil andAbu Hurairah Al Amreekee.Georgia Department of Correc-tions records show he was im-prisoned in October 2005 afterbeing sentenced to 10 years forcocaine trafficking. He was re-leased in September 2008, but

returned to prison for morethan a year starting in Febru-ary 2012.Federal authorities began

watching Davis more than ayear ago after he tried to con-tact Islamic State membersthrough social media, FBIagent Gutis Zunde testified.He said Davis booked a flightto Turkey online last fall andtraveled to Atlanta's airportto catch his plane Oct. 24. Au-thorities arrested Davis atthe Delta Air Lines check-incounter.Zunde said Davis later told

investigators he expected toteach English to other Islam-ic State members once hereached Syria."He said he wasn't sure if

he would be a fighter or possi-bly a recruiter for them,"Zunde said.Prosecutors had held

Davis since February on acharge of illegal firearms pos-session by a convicted felon.They said he owned six rifles,four handguns and two shot-guns. The judge said prosecu-tors now plan to drop thatcharge.

Ex-Ga. coroner pleads guiltyto using dead man's bank cardAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A

former coroner has pleadedguilty to using a dead man'sbank card.The Augusta Chronicle re-

ports ex-Richmond CountyCoroner Grover Tuten plead-ed guilty in federal court tounauthorized use of an accessdevice.Tuten said he withdrew

$3,000 from a dead man'sbank account in September2012 to send his body to Flori-da for burial.An FBI agent said the

man's bank records showedcalls from Tuten's number re-questing a PIN numberchange. Tuten had access to

all of the man's personal in-formation after he died.The FBI agent said there

was no record of Tuten usingmoney from the man's ac-count to pay for his burial.Tuten still faces a 13-count

Richmond County SuperiorCourt indictment on chargesof theft and violating his oathof office.

———Man serving 105 years

for shooting police officerfound deadREIDSVILLE, Ga. (AP) —

Officials say a man convictedof shooting of a Cobb police of-ficer has been found deadwhile in custody at the Geor-

gia State Prison in Reidsville.A spokeswoman for the

Georgia Department of Cor-rections told the MariettaDaily Journal 36-year-oldJames Albert Phillips diedMonday. She said Phillips'death is under investigationand the cause of death couldnot be released.Phillips was sentenced to

105 years in prison withoutthe possibility of parole, aswell as a $1 million fine, afterhe was found guilty of shoot-ing Cobb Police OfficerCharles Vill on Feb. 4, 2014.Authorities say Phillips shotVill five times during a trafficstop.

Sheriff Richard Chatmanasked neighboring BaldwinCounty Sheriff Bill Massee tohelp with the case Thursday.Deputies in both counties

have recovered stolen vehiclesfrom Ford’s lots in Baldwin andWilkinson counties.Ford operates Ford's Recov-

ery and Body Shop andHooker'sRecovery with locations in bothcounties.Most of the vehicles were

stolen from Clayton and Gwin-nett counties and other metroAtlanta areas, said Capt. BradKing with Baldwin CountySheriff ’s Office.“All the wreckers were stolen

so I would assume he used them

at some point (to steal other ve-hicles),” King said. “We have 13vehicles including trucks, a se-mi and several trailers stored inour impound lot.”Ford faces charges in both

counties, King said.“He will face a dozen or more

counts of theft by receivingstolen property — felony grade— here,” King said.

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West Laurens hosts tennis campWest Laurens tennis coach Danny Johnson (above) givesinstruction Wednesday during the opening session of the tennisprogram’s annual summer mini-camp. The camp is for boys andgirls ages 7-14, and this year has about 100 participants, which

Johnson said is its biggest turnout ever. Below, some of the play-ers take their turns at working on forehands. (Photos by RodneyManley)

ATLANTA (AP) — The season didn'tend like they wanted.

Not even close.But, despite the sting of a humiliating

playoff defeat, the Atlanta Hawks seemcloser than ever to winning a champi-onship.

"We grew up faster than wethought," forward DeMarre Carroll said,looking for the bright side after gettingswept by LeBron James and theCleveland Cavaliers.

The Hawks went farther than anyoneexpected this season. They won 60games for the first time in franchise his-tory and claimed top seed in the EasternConference. They set another teamrecord by winning 19 in a row. Theybecame the first team in NBA history togo 17-0 in a calendar month. They hadfour players selected for the All-StarGame, not to mention Mike Budenholzerearning coach of the year honors. They

won two playoff series for the first timesince moving to Atlanta in 1968 to reachthe conference final.

That's where Atlanta's season came

to a crashing halt. The Hawks were com-pletely overwhelmed by James and theCavaliers, who finished off the serieswith a 118-88 blowout in Game 4Tuesday night.

"It's clear that we have some work todo as a team," center Al Horford said."We will all learn from this process, andI know it will make us a better team. Wehave a group that's resilient. We have agroup with a lot of high-character guys,guys that I'm willing to go to war withany day."

The Hawks' season was even moreremarkable given what happened lastsummer.

Owner Bruce Levenson concededwriting an email that complained aboutthe racial makeup of the fan base, forc-ing him to put the team up for sale. As itturned out, the email was discoveredduring an investigation of raciallycharged comments by general manager

Danny Ferry during a conference callwith the owners.

Ferry, the architect of the team'sturnaround, wound up taking a leave ofabsence that lasted all season. Early inthe playoffs, the Hawks announced adeal to sell the team to a group led byAntony Ressler for $850 million. Ferry'sfuture will be determined by the newowners once they are approved by theNBA, which is expected to happenaround mid-June.

Whether Ferry returns as GM orRessler's group decides to go a differentroute, the Hawks have some major deci-sions this summer. The first priority isfinding room within the salary cap to re-sign free-agents-to-be Carroll and two-time All-Star forward Paul Millsap.

Both came to Atlanta in 2013 withbargain-rate deals (Millsap signed fortwo years at $19 million; Carroll got atwo-year, $5 million contract). Both far

exceeded expectations over the last twoyears and will surely get hefty raises,giving the Hawks a lot less flexibilitywithin the cap.

"Looking at different options, lookingat this team, looking at what we've builtthus far, I'm weighing my options,"Millsap said. "But we're family. Thisteam is close, and it will play a lot intothe decision."

Carroll, who bounced around to fourteams his first four years in the NBA andeven did a stint in the D-League, reallyblossomed after coming to Atlanta. Helived up to his reputation as a high-ener-gy, defensive-minded player, but alsomade huge improvement on offense.

Carroll made it clear he wants toreturn to Atlanta if the price is right.

"Since we know how it feels to gethere, it'll be easy to get back here," he

Hawks point to bright future even after playoff rout

AP photo

Unhappy EndingJeff Teague watches end of

game 4 from the bench.

See HAWKS page 2b

LOS ANGELES (AP) — TheAtlanta Braves were eager toavoid a sweep at the hands of theLos Angeles Dodgers.

With a few timely hits andcontributions from a wide cast ofcharacters, the Braves managedto do just that.

Andrelton Simmons had twohits and scored the go-ahead runon Adam Liberatore's wild pitchin the eighth inning, CameronMaybin homered to continue hishot month and the Braves beatthe Dodgers 3-2 on Wednesdaynight to avoid a three-gamesweep.

"It's a huge win," Maybin said."Those guys are playing greatbaseball this month. To leavehere getting a win, we got to beexcited about it. It was a goodteam win and it was a good wayto finish up."

With the game tied 1-1,Simmons led off the eighth with asingle against Chris Hatcher (1-4) and, after making his way tothird base, came home whenLiberatore uncorked a wild pitchover the head of catcher A.J. Elliswith two outs.

Maybin had two hits to raisehis average to .306 in May andNick Markakis added an RBI dou-ble in the eighth that proved tobe the wßinning margin for theBraves (23-23). Juan Uribe went0 for 3 with two strikeouts in hisAtlanta debut.

Alex Wood (3-2) gave up onerun in seven innings for the winand Jason Grilli pitched aroundan Alex Guerrero homer in theninth for his 14th save.

It was just the seventh loss forthe Dodgers (28-18) in 28 homegames.

"It was a good ballgame, anice pitching performance allaround," Braves manager FrediGonzalez said. "It was nice to getone here in LA. It's a tough placeto get a W."

Maybin's solo homer in thethird opened the scoring, butDodger starter Zack Greinke set-tled into a groove immediatelyafter and came away with a no-decision.

Greinke retired 11 straightafter Maybin's homer, six viastrikeout, before giving way toYimi Garcia in the top of the sev-

enth. He finished with three hitsand one run allowed, two walksand nine strikeouts.

Greinke also legged out aninfield single and stole a base,the fourth steal in his 12-yearcareer.

"The last three or four gamesI actually feel like I've been doinga little worse," Greinke said."There were some situationswhere I didn't execute."

The Dodgers tied it in thefourth when Justin Turner'sgrounder to the right sidebounced off the glove of divingsecond baseman Jace Peterson inshallow right field, allowingJimmy Rollins to score from sec-ond.

That was all they'd manageoff Braves lefty Wood. He gaveup seven hits, walked two andstruck out six.

"Mechanically and in terms ofall my stuff it was no doubt thebest I've been," Wood said. "Nowit's just about going out my nextstart and repeating it."

Liberatore entered with oneout and runners on the cornersin the eighth and, after inducing

Maybin to fly out, let fly the wildpitch high that allowed Simmonsto score the go-ahead run.Markakis followed with an RBIground-rule double that fell justinside the chalk in the left-fieldcorner that made it 3-1.

The Dodgers made thingsinteresting in the ninth.

Guerrero launched a one-outhomer over the right field fenceoff Grilli to cut it to 3-2 andpinch-hitter Andre Ethier fol-lowed with a broken bat singleinto left field. But Grilli got Ellisto ground into a forceout andpinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo,acquired by the Dodgers fromthe Braves just before the gamein exchange for Uribe, to fly outto center end it.

LOVE FOR URIBEThe trade sending Uribe to

the Braves was finalizedWednesday and prior to thegame his image was put on thescoreboard. He received a stand-ing ovation from the DodgerStadium crowd as the videoboard flashed the words "ThanksJuan."

Simmons and Maybin help Braves beat dodgers 3-2

AP photo

OffEnSivE lEadErSimmons is congratulated by teammates after

scoring go-ahead run in eighth inning.

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — TheSoutheastern Conference willeither change the rules regardingrecruiting camps or join in thechase.

SEC athletic directors votedWednesday to drop the league'srestriction that prohibits coach-es from attending satellite campsbeginning in 2016 — but only ifthe football powerhouse can'tget the NCAA to ban those campsaltogether.

Commissioner Mike Sliveannounced the move at the SECspring meetings, saying theleague will "make every effort tohave our rule adopted national-ly."

If not, then Slive said "ourfolks would be free to fan out allover the country and have at it."

"We thought there was aninterpretation the NCAA couldmake to take care of this mattersince these camps are being usedfor purposes other than whichthey were designed," Slive said."So we'll get the rule changed orour coaches will start to travel."

That's a possible outcomeconsidering the SEC and theAtlantic Coast Conference are theonly leagues that ban coachesfrom holding camps more than50 miles from campus.

The potential change comes ayear after Penn State coachJames Franklin and his staffappeared at a Georgia State foot-ball camp in Atlanta. SEC coachesbristled back then becauseleague rules prohibit them fromdoing the same. And those campshave become more widespread.Michigan's Jim Harbaugh is goingon a nine-day, nine-city tourstarting June 4 in Indianapolisand ending June 12 in Detroit.The one-day camps across thecountry include stops in Florida,Texas, California and Alabama.

And Ohio State's Urban Meyerwill attend a camp in Boca Ratonon June 17.

SEC coaches could be holding

similar camps next spring."They talked very specifically

about their intent to canvas thenation if we're in the same cir-cumstance next year," said GregSankey, who will replace Slive asSEC commissioner this summer.

NCAA rules allow footballprograms to hold camps on theircampus, inside their state orwithin a 50-mile radius of cam-pus, but coaches can guest coachat another school's camp —whether it's another FootballBowl Subdivision school, aDivision III school or even a highschool.

The SEC and ACC have league-wide rules against guest coach-ing, in part because they don'twant their coaches treading oneach other's turf.

For programs such as PennState and Michigan, satellitecamps are a way to expand theirreach into the fertile recruitingterritory of the southeast.

The new NCAA football over-sight committee will take up theissue of satellite camps when itmeets in June. Big 12Commissioner Bob Bowlsby willhead the committee.Bowlsby said the Big 12 seems tobe leaning toward allowingthem.

"Our ADs, I think for the mostpart, are OK with where we areright now, and that is co-spon-soring satellite camps with an in-state entity, particularly inTexas, although some of ourschools do shared camps in otherstates," he said.

Also Wednesday:—The SEC said presidents

and chancellors will vote Fridayon Georgia's proposal to bantransfers for those dismissed atprevious school for assault ordomestic violence.

—Slive reiterated that theSEC is against an early signingday in December, which has beenproposed by the CollegiateCommissioners Association.

SEC votes to dropban on footballrecruiting campsConference still will seek NCAArestriction on ‘satellite’ camps

Special to The CourierHerald

Michael Davis of Cochran out-classed the traveling All StarStock Series at Cochran MotorSpeedway on Sunday nightbefore a capacity crowd.

The series featured 38 driversfrom all over the South and wasmaking its first-ever appearancethe speedway. Davis, a regularcontender at the speedway,recorded his first All Star StockSeries victory.

In other results, Cole Exum ofValdosta won the Late Model,Jason Floyd of Cochran won thePure Stock and Justin Sapp ofCochran finished first in theSuper Street division. JosephBrown of Columbus took thecheckered flag in Sportsman,while Jefferey Yates of Tennillewon the Bomber division. Racingresumes at the speedwaySaturday, June 6.

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NATiONAl leAGUeeast Division

Washington 28 19 .596 —New York 27 21 .563 1½Atlanta 23 23 .500 4½Philadelphia 19 30 .388 10Miami 18 30 .375 10½

Central DivisionW l Pct GB

St. Louis 31 16 .660 —Chicago 25 21 .543 5½Pittsburgh 24 22 .522 6½Cincinnati 19 27 .413 11½Milwaukee 16 32 .333 15½

West DivisionW l Pct GB

Los Angeles 28 18 .609 —San Francisco 28 20 .583 1San Diego 23 25 .479 6Arizona 21 25 .457 7Colorado 19 26 .422 8½

WednesdayColorado 6, Cincinnati 4Pittsburgh 5, Miami 2N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 0San Francisco 3, Milwaukee 1Washington 3, Chicago Cubs 0St. Louis 4, Arizona 3San Diego 5, L.A. Angels 4Atlanta 3, L.A. Dodgers 2

TodayPittsburgh (Burnett 4-1) at San Diego(Kennedy 2-4), 10:10 p.m.Atlanta (S.Miller 5-1) at San Francisco(Heston 4-3), 10:15 p.m.

FridayKansas City (Volquez 4-3) at ChicagoCubs (Arrieta 4-4), 4:05 p.m.Colorado (Bettis 1-0) at Philadelphia(Hamels 5-3), 7:05 p.m.Miami (Haren 4-2) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-2), 7:10 p.m.Washington (Strasburg 3-5) at Cincinnati(DeSclafani 2-4), 7:10 p.m.Arizona (R.De La Rosa 4-2) at Milwaukee(Nelson 2-5), 8:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 3-0) at St. Louis(Lackey 2-3), 8:15 p.m.Pittsburgh (Liriano 2-4) at San Diego(Shields 6-0), 10:10 p.m.Atlanta (Foltynewicz 3-1) at San Francisco(T.Hudson 2-4), 10:15 p.m.

AMeRiCAN leAGUeeast DivisionW l Pct GB

New York 25 22 .532 —Tampa Bay 24 24 .500 1½Baltimore 21 23 .477 2½Toronto 22 27 .449 4Boston 21 26 .447 4

Central DivisionW l Pct GB

Kansas City 28 18 .609 —Minnesota 28 18 .609 —Detroit 28 20 .583 1Cleveland 21 25 .457 7Chicago 20 24 .455 7

West DivisionW l Pct GB

Houston 30 18 .625 —Seattle 23 23 .500 6Los Angeles 23 24 .489 6½Texas 23 24 .489 6½Oakland 17 32 .347 13½

WednesdayCleveland 12, Texas 3Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto 3, 10 inningsN.Y. Yankees 4, Kansas City 2Minnesota 6, Boston 4Seattle 3, Tampa Bay 0Detroit 3, Oakland 2Baltimore 5, Houston 4San Diego 5, L.A. Angels 4

TodayChicago White Sox (Sale 3-2) at Baltimore(M.Wright 1-0), 1:05 p.m., 1st gameChicago White Sox (Beck 0-0) at Baltimore(Undecided), 4:35 p.m., 2nd gameBoston (S.Wright 2-1) at Texas (N.Martinez4-0), 8:05 p.m.Detroit (Farmer 0-0) at L.A. Angels(C.Wilson 2-3), 10:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-6) at Oakland(Graveman 2-2), 10:05 p.m.Cleveland (Kluber 2-5) at Seattle (Paxton3-2), 10:10 p.m.

FiNAls(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Golden state vs. ClevelandThursday, June 4: Cleveland at GoldenState, 9 p.m.Sunday, June 7: Cleveland at GoldenState, 8 p.m.Tuesday, June 9: Golden State atCleveland, 9 p.m.Thursday, June 11: Golden State atCleveland, 9 p.m.

x-Sunday, June 14: Cleveland at GoldenState, 8 p.m.x-Tuesday, June 16: Golden State atCleveland, 9 p.m.x-Friday, June 19: Cleveland at GoldenState, 9 p.m.

CONFeReNCe FiNAlseAsTeRN CONFeReNCe

Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Rangers 3Saturday, May 16: N.Y. Rangers 2, TampaBay 1Monday, May 18: Tampa Bay 6, N.Y.Rangers 2Wednesday, May 20: Tampa Bay 6, N.Y.Rangers 5, OTFriday, May 22: N.Y. Rangers 5, TampaBay 1Sunday, May 24: Tampa Bay 2, N.Y.Rangers 0Tuesday, May 26: N.Y. Rangers 7, TampaBay 3Friday, May 29: Tampa Bay at N.Y.Rangers, 8 p.m..

WesTeRN CONFeReNCeAnaheim 3, Chicago 3

Sunday, May 17: Anaheim 4, Chicago 1Tuesday, May 19: Chicago 3, Anaheim 2,3OTThursday, May 21: Anaheim 2, Chicago 1Saturday, May 23: Chicago 5, Anaheim 4,2OTMonday, May 25: Anaheim 5, Chicago 4,OTWednesday, May 27: Chicago 5, Anaheim2Saturday, May 30: Chicago at Anaheim 8p.m.

The Associated PressBAseBAll

American leagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated OFAlejandro De Aza for assignment. ActivatedINF Ryan Flaherty from the 15-day DL.Signed LHP Ariel Miranda to a minorleague contract.BOSTON RED SOX — Acquired OFCarlos Peguero from the Texas Rangersfor cash considerations. Transferred RHP

Anthony Varvaro to the 60-day DL.CLEVELAND INDIANS — Announced CBrett Hayes has accepted the outrightassignment to Columbus (IL).LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Acquired OFKirk Nieuwenhuis from the New York Metsfor cash considerations. Designated RHPChad Smith for assignment.TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled RHP JonEdwards from Round Rock (PCL).Optioned OF Jake Smolinski to RoundRock.

National leagueLOS ANGELES DODGERS — Traded 3BJuan Uribe and RHP Chris Withrow toAtlanta for INF Alberto Callaspo, LHP EricStults, LHP Ian Thomas and RHP JuanJaime. Recalled OF Chris Heisey fromOklahoma City (PCL). Designated RHPSergio Santos for assignment.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed 1B MattAdams on the 15-day DL. Recalled C EdEasley from Memphis (PCL).

FOOTBAllNational Football league

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived OLNick McDonald with an injury designation.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed WRPhillip Dorsett.OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed LBHorace Miller. Re-signed WR MiltonWilliams III.WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Terminatedthe contracts of G Chris Chester and CBTracy Porter.

Canadian Football leagueWINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — SignedDB Dominique Franks, DB ShaquilleRichardson, WR Greg Childs, WR DavidGettis, LB Garrett Waggoner and WRAddison Richards.

MOTORsPORTsINDYCAR — Fined driver Gabby Chaves$10,000 ($5,000 suspended) and placedhim on probation for six races after hitting acrew member with his car in the Indy 500.Fined driver James Davison $10,000($5,000 suspended) and placed him onprobation for six races because of anunsafe release from the pit box that led tocontact with two crew members. Fineddrivers Juan Pablo Montoya and StefanoColetti $500 each for running over airhoses.

sOCCeRMLS — Suspended Seattle assistantequipment manager Brett Johnson onegame and fined him an undisclosedamount for violating the League's policy onentering the field/leaving the bench areaduring a May 23 game against SportingKansas City.

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Dublin irish BasketballCamp June 8-11

The Dublin Irish Youth BasketballCamp will be held from 9 a.m. tonoon June 8-11 at the new DublinHigh School gym. The camp is opento boys and girls ages 5-17.Registration is $40. Campers willwork with highly qualified coacheswho will instruct them on the funda-mentals of both offense and defense,such as ball-handling skills, shootingand passing, while incorporatingthese skills into team play. For moreinformation, contact Irish head coachPaul Williams at (478) 595-2359.

West laurens will hosttwo volleyball camps

West Laurens volleyball will hosttwo summer volleyball camps — onefor girls grades 6-12 and a secondfor grades 8-12.

The fundamental camp for grades6-12 — and all skill levels — will bedaily from 8:30 to noon July 6-9. Costis $50. The camp will include:

•Individual skill stations – pass-ing, setting, hitting, blocking andserving

•3-on-3 “Queens of the Court”contests

•6-on-6 games (emphasis onteam play and transition)

•Individual skill competitionsCampers will need appropriate

apparel and tennis shoes. Kneepads are a plus. Bring water in aclosable container.

The second camp is open to girlsin eighth through 12th grade and willrun from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. daily July13-16. Cost is $100 and includes a T-shirt. The camp will focus on the fun-damentals of volleyball in addition tostrategies to improve one’s overallgame, regardless of her skill level.Each camper will receive individual-ized instruction developing the skillswhile working with experiencedcoaches and college volleyball play-ers. For more information contactTammy Horne at 478-697-4409 ortammyhorne@lcboe.net.

Teen Challenge golftournament June 13The Teen Challenge of Middle

Ga.'s Driving Away Addiction GolfTournament will be held Saturday,June 13, at the Dublin Country Club.Cost for the four-man scramble is $100per player or $360 per team. A lightsnack will be provided at the start andpost-tournament lunch from the coun-try club. For more information, contactTrista Kincaid at (478) 984-5252 ortrista.kincaid@teenchallenge.cc.

early registration forKnight camp saturday

Early registration for the MarcosKnight Basketball Camp will be heldfrom 11 a.m. to 2 p.m Saturday atSonny’s, and campers who sign upcan get a free lunch. Knight, a formerall-state player at West Laurens whoplays professional ball in Germany,said the restaurant will feed camperswho sign up Saturday. The camp willbe held June 22-26 at West LaurensHigh School. The camp will run from5:30 to 8:30 p.m. each day. It is opento ages 5-18. Cost is $50 per childand $40 for additional family mem-bers. Early registration will be at theSonny's restaurant on May 30 andJune 20 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Formore information, contact call (478)290-3285 or (478) 278-7368 or emailonehooponedreamfoundation.com.

Contact usTo submit information, call 272-

5522, ext. 223, fax 478-272-2189 or e-mail sports@courier-herald.comor tchsports77@gmail.com.

TODAYCOlleGe sOFTBAll

NoonESPN — World Series, Game1, Florida vs. Tennessee, atOklahoma City

2:30 p.m.ESPN — World Series, Game2, Auburn vs. LSU, atOklahoma City

7 p.m.ESPN2 — World Series,Game 3, Michigan vs.Alabama, at Oklahoma City

9:30 p.m.ESPN2 — World Series,Game 4, Oregon vs. UCLA, atOklahoma City

GOlF11 a.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour,Irish Open, first round, part II,at Newcastle, Northern Ireland

4 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour, ByronNelson Championship, firstround, at Irving, TexasMAJOR leAGUe BAseBAll

8 p.m.MLB — Regional coverage,Boston at Texas or ChicagoWhite Sox at Baltimore (7:30p.m.)

NBA8:30 p.m.

TNT — Playoffs, conferencefinals, Game 5, Cleveland atAtlanta (if necessary)

TeNNis5 a.m.

ESPN2 — French Open, thirdround, at Paris

League champsThe Bulldogs went undefeated at 8-0 to win theDublin-Laurens County 8-and-Under softballleague. The girls outscored their opponents 84-42. Pictured (kneeling, l-r) are Caitlyn Nesbitt,Halley Nobles, Harbor Hadden, Laney Allen,

Raegan Bozeman, Kirsten Olsen and LaurynMcArthur; (standing, l-r) coach Teneal Nobles,Janlee Wyatt, Eden Mullis, Riley Hutchison,Katelynn Wilson, Madison Lowery, Mollie Hodgesand coach Kelly Wilson. (Special photo)

said after the final game in Cleveland. "We hatedending it right here, but by the same token, man, thebest is yet to come."

The Hawks also will be monitoring the health ofKyle Korver and Thabo Sefolosha, who will both berecovering from season-ending injuries.

If the Hawks decide not to reinstate Ferry,Budenholzer could wind up taking on an expandedrole in player personnel matters, likely assisted byassistant GM Wes Wilcox — similar to the arrange-

ment in San Antonio with Gregg Popovich, who wasBudenholzer's mentor.

The Atlanta coach would like to bulk up on theinside this offseason, especially after the Hawkswere dominated on the boards by the Cavaliers. ButBudenholzer seems committed to having a balancedlineup rather than one or two superstars. That sys-tem worked just fine during the regular season, butthe lack of a go-to player was exposed by James'dynamic performance in the conference final.

"This is a hell of a group," Budenholzer said, "andto bring them back would be a huge priority."

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Hawks

Davis winsAll Star racein Cochran

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iN The WiNNeR’s CiRCleDavis celebrates with his daughter and wife, Brandi.

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — GregBiffle is not celebrating yet. Buthe believes Roush FenwayRacing is improving after a cou-ple of down years trying to catchup to its rivals.

Biffle had a strong twoweeks at Charlotte MotorSpeedway, capped by a secondplace in the Coca-Cola 600 —his best on-track showing thisseason. Throw in a fourth placein Charlotte qualifying and a

win in his Sprint Showdownrace to make the All-Star eventtwo weeks ago, and Biffle hasplenty of hope for better timesahead.

"It's been well documentedhow we've been running, so itfeels good," Biffle said.

The Sprint Cup finish was justBiffle's second top 10 of the year(he was 10th in the Daytona500) and only the third forRoush Fenway drivers this sea-

son. The other was RickyStenhouse Jr.'s fourth-place fin-ish at Bristol last month.

Trevor Bayne, in his first yearwith the No. 6 car, hasn't faredbetter than a pair of 18ths.

Biffle is 19th in the pointsstandings, staring up at threedrivers apiece from Stewart-Haas Racing, HendrickMotorsports and Joe GibbsRacing. Is Roush Fenway closingthe gap?

"We've been wondering thatfor two years. Just, hopelessly,can't find a crumb on the floor,"Biffle said. "But it's turnedaround in the last few weeks,small gains."

Incremental improvementhas rarely been the standard atRoush Fenway, which Jack Roushbuilt into a championship pro-gram with skilled drivers, geniusmechanics and race cars with thepower to win titles.

Biffle thinks Roush Fenway turning corner

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Aftera generation of wishing and wait-ing, the Golden State Warriorshave finally arrived on basket-ball's biggest stage again.

Stephen Curry had 26 pointsand eight rebounds, HarrisonBarnes added 24 points and theWarriors advanced to the NBAFinals for the first time in 40years with a 104-90 victory overthe Houston Rockets onWednesday night.

"Why not us?" Curry said to aroaring, golden-yellow shirtwearing crowd after theWarriors received the WesternConference trophy from AlvinAttles, the coach of their lastchampionship team in 1975.

"The Bay Area's been waitingfor 40 years," Curry said later. "Ithink it's time."The Warriors shook off a slowstart and sweated out a shakyfinish in Game 5 to close out theRockets and set up a matchupwith LeBron James and theCleveland Cavaliers beginningJune 4.

It was hardly the prettiestperformance — but one they'llsavor nonetheless.

Yellow streams and confettifell from the rafters when thefinal buzzer sounded. TheWarriors shared hugs and hand-shakes, and the crowd chanted

"M-V-P!" for Curry.He relished the moment on

the court with his 2-year-olddaughter, Riley, who joined himin his postgame news conference— laughing, playfully interrupt-ing him and walking around theroom again.

"I think she's taking advan-tage of the moment for sure,"Curry quipped.Dwight Howard led Houstonwith 18 points and 16 rebounds.But MVP runner-up JamesHarden had a forgettable finale,with a playoff-record 13turnovers and 14 points on 2-of-11 shooting.

"Tried to do a little bit toomuch and turned the ball overand gave them easy baskets intransition," Harden said. "Thisisn't where we wanted to end at.It's a really good season for us.Next year we want to be better,and we will."

It was a tough way for theRockets' run to end. They over-came a knee injury that sidelinedHoward half the season to finishsecond in the West, played with-out starters Patrick Beverley andDonatas Motiejunas in the play-offs and rallied from a 3-1 deficitto beat the Los Angeles Clippersin the second round.

The Warriors were one obsta-cle Houston couldn't clear.

Warriors beat Rocketsto advance to firstNBA Finals in 40 years

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National Park Service surveyingReconstruction sites in southCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)

— With its four-yearobservance of the 150thanniversary of the Civil Warnow past, the National ParkService is turning its attentionto a lesser-known period ofAmerican history: the era ofReconstruction after the war.The agency is embarking on

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that it was a disaster, that theydid too much too soon andpeople weren't really ready andit was mostly a negativething," Sutton said. "In the last50 years, the research has beenthe complete opposite and thatit was a very progressiveprogram that did tremendousgood and the real tragedy wasthat it ended."Schools for blacks were

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Sutton said, adding it also willlook at sites that might beassociated with the Ku KluxKlan and the backlash duringReconstruction."You can't tell American

history by sugarcoating it," hesaid. "We have a lot NationalPark Service sites now thatdeal with the darker side ofAmerican history."

In this Feb. 12, 2015 file photograph, anhistorical marker is seen outlining some of thehistory of the Liberty Hill community in NorthCharleston, S.C. The community dates to theReconstruction era. The National Park Servicehas announced a one-year study to becompleted in 2016 surveying sites of nationalimportance to the Reconstruction era thatcould be nominated as national historiclandmarks. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

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