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will go from 7 a.m. to 3:30p.m. Monday through Friday,weather permitting.

Heavy equipment could beentering and exiting the roadat these locations. A singlelane closure or flagmen maybe used in these work zones.Drivers are asked to be cau-tious and slow down in thesezones.Crews will be doing con-

tinuous single lane closureon I-16 east from mile mark-er 38 to 42, 46 to 50 and 54 to58. Continuous single laneclosure will occur on I-16west from mile marker 38 to42. They will also be doingtemporary single left laneclosure on I-16 west frommile marker 54 to 50. Work begins Monday and

continues through Sunday,June 8, weather permitting. This work is part of the

$55.8 million concrete reha-bilitation project in Laurensand Treutlen counties. Foradditional information onthis project vis-itwww.dot.ga.gov/projects.Flagmen may be used and

drivers are asked to use cau-tion, slow down and be readyto changing traffic conditionsin the work zones.

BByy JJEENNNNIIFFEERR SSTTUUCCKKEEYYIf you walk into a dance

studio, you will see facesglued to the instructor as aneight-count is echoed. Feetmove with the beat of the mu-sic and a story unfoldsthrough dance. Abby Gilder,owner of Fancy Dancer, locat-ed at 803 Claxton Dairy Roadin Dublin, teaches muchmore than the positioning ofher dancers’ feet or the waythe lines of your body canconvey a message throughmovement. Gilder is a moth-er, a dancer, a hard work-er...but mainly, she is ateacher.Students, ranging from

age three all the way up to18, look to Abby for instruc-tion. She instructs theseyoung talents on the tech-nique of dancing but alsoteaches them lessons to liveby. When you dance, yoursoul leaves the safety of beingtucked away inside and is ex-posed. It leaves you as yourspirit glides across the stage.“It is so nice to see them

(her students) change fromthe beginning of the year tothe end,” stated Gilder. “Theyare able to put on a show thatis extremely entertaining.”This Saturday, the Dublin

High School auditorium willprovide the stage for the tal-ented dancers of the FancyDancer studio. There will bea 10 a.m. show where agesthree to seven perform andages eight and up will per-form at 6 p.m. “We start in August work-

ing on the basic technique.

Then usually around Januaryor February, we start gettingready for the annual recital,”shared Gilder. “It takes a lotof effort. We pride ourselvesin putting on a good show.Alot of the community comes

just for pure entertainment.The girls are extremely tal-ented and they work veryhard.”This is Gilder’s seventh

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Dublin, was driving a 2005Nissan Altima when the wreckhappened around 8 a.m. on

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Fancy Dancer

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The students of Fancy Dancer are ready to perform this Saturday in the DublinHigh School auditorium.

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Students from the Fancy Dancer are raising moneyto go to compete at nationals. Yards around Dublin

are “getting flocked” by the dancers.

Jury takes 30 minutes tofind Johnson County man notguilty of aggravated assaultSSppeecc iiaall ttoo TThhee CCoouurriieerr

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rors for their careful attentionduring the trial, and for theirdecision," Bernard said. "Mr.Williams greatly regrets thatthe events of Jan. 15, 2012 es-calated to the point where hewas forced to use his pock-etknife to defend himself, buthe has consistently told thetruth about what happenedand why his actions were jus-tified. The verdict is an inspir-ing reflection of JohnsonCounty's commitment to up-holding citizens' Constitution-al rights."

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Seventy-four seniors at Johnson County HighSchool celebrated graduation on May 24 at LovettStadium. At the end of the program, some threwtheir graduation caps high into the air. (Photo by

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DEAR ABBY: I am ayoung, recently marriedwoman. My husband and Iare about at the point wherewe're thinking of havingkids. My brother married aclose friend of mine soon af-ter my wedding, and my sis-ter-in-law has a medical con-dition that may prevent herfrom having children.

I am very close to mybrother and his wife, and Ican see the writing on thewall. She has mentioned sur-rogacy once in passing, as apossible alternative if shecan't have kids.

If I am asked to be thesurrogate, what advice doyou have? I'd be more thanwilling to consider it, but on-ly after my husband and Ihave had our own children. IfI do it, would it be selfish ofme to expect some compensa-tion for the toll it will take onmy body? I want to be readyif and when I'm asked. --BACKUP MOM IN THENORTHWEST

DEAR BACKUP: You maybe jumping the gun, becauseyou do not yet know howyour body will tolerate apregnancy. Not all womenhave easy pregnancies, and ifyou're one of them, you maybe less willing to be a surro-gate. As to monetary com-pensation for wear and tear,that's a question you shouldask a lawyer because com-pensation may not be al-lowed in the state in whichyou reside.

You, together with yourbrother and sister-in-law,should also discuss with amental health professionalthe emotional issues thatmay arise -- such as every-one's expectations aboutwhat will happen when thebaby arrives, what mighthappen if there is a death, adivorce, a move, and whatyour role would be -- whetheryou will be the birth motheror a legal aunt, etc. All of thisshould be clarified.

DEAR ABBY: I recentlyretired for the second time.At 70, I applied for a job on-line, was interviewed by acompany and hired. I couldhardly believe it.

Three years later, I washaving a medical problem, soI thought it best to retireagain if I couldn't do thework I was hired to do.

After a month of rest I feelfine now. My husband thinksI was overworked. I want toget another job. Abby, why doI feel the need to still work?Most of my friends tell me toenjoy life and relax, but mywork defined me and I lovedit. Shouldn't I try workingagain if my health continuesto improve? -- NOSE TOTHE GRINDSTONE INGEORGIA

DEAR NOSE TO THEGRINDSTONE: Not every-one is happy in retirement.Some people need the rou-tine of work and the stimula-tion of being around otherpeople. Also, not everyoneages at the same rate. How-ever, it's important to listento your body. There's a say-ing, "You can fool Mother Na-ture, but you can't fool Fa-ther Time." If your last jobdrained you to the point ofillness, choose somethingthat is less taxing. You'll en-joy your life and last longer ifyou do.

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips.Contact Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com or P.O.Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.

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passed away on Sunday,June 1, 2014 at GentivaHospice in Athens. Funeralarrangements are incom-plete at this time, but willbe announced later byStanley Funeral Home andCrematory Dublin Chapel.To sign the online registerbook please visitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.com or call the 24 hour Stan-ley Funeral Home and Cre-matory obituary line at478-272-0106 to hear thelatest funeral updates.

Jackie RudolphCrews

Jackie Rudolph Crews,81, of Dublin, died Satur-day, May 31, 2014 at EmoryUniversity Hospital in At-lanta. He was born in Val-dosta on February 21, 1933to the late Henry ManningCrews and Mattie LauraCribb Crews. He attendedBig Sandy Baptist Churchin Dublin and was a veter-an of the United States AirForce having served duringthe Korean Conflict. Mr.Crews was a retired flightcontroller with the FederalAviation Administration.

Survivors include hiswife, Betty Wright Crews ofJacksonville, Fla., one sonand daughter-in-law, Char-lie M. and Debbie B. Crewsof Valdosta, two daughtersand sons-in-law, BeckyRuth and Chris Scott ofDublin, Sherry Dee andWilliam Stacy Huckaby ofFayetteville, five grandchil-dren, Jordan (Sarah)Crews, Laura (Stephen)Drew, Caleb Scott, MicahScott and Ruthie Scott, fourgreat-grandchildren, HankDrew, Charlie Crews,Nolan Drew and HenryCrews, three brothers andsisters-in-law, Henry andJudy Crews of Gainesville,Fla., Wallace and BrendaCrews of Hampton, Ken-neth and Shirley Crews ofJacksonville, Fla., one sis-ter, Amy Mansell of St.John, Fla.

He was preceded indeath by his wife and moth-er of his children, MarthaMarie Crews, a brother,Ozzie Crews and a sister,Bobbie Hovan.

Funeral services will beheld at 2 p.m., Tuesday,June 3 in the chapel of Car-son McLane Funeral Homewith Rev. Chris Scott offici-ating. Burial will follow inMcLane Riverview Memori-al Gardens. The family willreceive friends on Mondayfrom 5-8 p.m. at the funeralhome. Condolences to thefamily may be conveyed on-line atwww.mclanecares.com.Carson McLane FuneralHome.

Doris Annette AllenDaniel

Mrs. Doris Annette AllenDaniel, age 82, of WarnerRobins, passed away Satur-day, May 31, 2014.

Graveside services willbe held at 11 a.m. Tuesday,June 3 at Magnolia ParkCemetery in WarnerRobins.

Mrs. Daniel was born inDodge County, of the Bap-tist faith and retired from

WRAFB. She was thedaughter of the late Carltonand Mary Alice AllenBoutwell and Ira Horneand was preceded in deathby her husband, JamesHarold Daniel, Sr.

Survivors include daugh-ter, Bonnie Daniel; son,Jimmy Daniel, Jr. (Mary);two sisters, Barbara “Bob-bie” Hart (Joe) and Billie JoShaw (Donald); brother,Wendell Horne (Karen);granddaughter, JessicaPierce (Judd); three great-grandchildren, EmmaPierce, Abbey Pierce andCarrie Jane “C.J.” Pierce;sister-in-law, Juanita D.Hall; close cousin, Jo AnnLawson Splawn; severalnieces, nephews andcousins.

Stokes-Southerland Fu-neral Home of Eastman hascharge of arrangements.

Christopher LeeDonaldson

Mr. Christopher LeeDonaldson, age 32, of Adri-an, died Saturday, May 31,2014.

Mr. Donaldson was bornin Laurens County and wasemployed by Land CareServices in Dublin. He at-tended Adrian New LifeChurch of the Nazarene.

Survivors include hischildren, Kade and Mahai-ley Donaldson ofWrightsville; mother andstep-father, Kay and JimmyRicks of Soperton; fatherand step-mother, Jimmyand JoAnne Donaldson ofEast Dublin; brothers,Scott (Dixie) Donaldson,Dylan (Hannah) Logue andT. J. (Leigh) Harden, all ofEast Dublin; sister, Tiffany(Chris) Ivey of Wrightsville;paternal step-grandmother,Carolyn Ricks of Soperton;maternal step-grandpar-ents, Ben and Barbara Ed-wards of East Dublin; sev-eral nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will beheld in Adrian New LifeChurch of the Nazarene at11 a.m. Tuesday, June 3with the Reverends LarryLittle and Ben Edwards of-ficiating. Burial will be inPleasant Springs Cemetery,Laurens County.

The family will receivefriends at Sammons Funer-al Home Monday from 6-8p.m. and may be reached atthe home of Scott and DixieDonaldson, 1983 Highway29 South in East Dublin.

An online register maybe signed atwww.sammonsfuneralhome.com.

Ralph HaynesGibson, Sr.

Mr. Ralph Haynes Gib-son, Sr., age 93, of East-man, passed away Satur-day, May 31, 2014. Grave-side services will be held at11 a.m. Wednesday, June 4at Bowers Cemetery.

Mr. Gibson was of theBaptist faith, a Veteran ofthe U.S. Army and was for-mer owner and operator oftwo Gulf stations. He wasthe son of the late AddieLee Gobble Gibson andFlavini Marion “F.M” Gib-son and was preceded indeath by his wife HazelGriffin Gibson.

Survivors include daugh-ter, Joanne Newlan (Joe);two sons, Ralph H. Gibson,Jr. (Phyllis) and Charles M.Gibson (Debbie); fivegrandchildren, Billy Coop-er, Annette Belflower,Shannon Konn, JonathanGibson and Becky GibsonCarrillo; seven great-grand-children and one great-great-grandchild.

The family will receivefriends in Stokes-Souther-land Funeral Home from9:30-10:30 a.m., Wednes-day, June 4.

Stokes-Southerland Fu-neral Home of Eastman hascharge of arrangements.

Barbara Ann ParkerTowle

Graveside services forBarbara Ann Parker Towle,age 67, of Dublin, will beheld at 11 a.m. Tuesday,June 3 at Bracewell Ceme-tery. Mr. Jerl Rowland willofficiate. Mrs. Towle diedSaturday, May 31, 2014.Mrs. Towle will lie in stateat Townsend Brothers Fu-neral Home until 10 a.m.Tuesday.

Mrs. Towle, retiredseamstress for the BilJoCompany, was of the Bap-tist faith. She was precededin death by her husband,Frank Parker, parents,Wilbon and Lois FoskeyBarron, and sisters, JudyStevens and Kaye Barron.

Survivors include herhusband, Ernie Towle ofDublin; daughters, Michele(Greg) Robinson ofThomasville, Buffy (JimBo) Burney of Mayo, Fla.;sisters, Joyce (Doyle) Allenof Chester, Jackie Kight ofRentz, Patsy (Wilton)Gilbert of Dexter andKathy J. Barron of Dublin,brothers, Kenny (Cheryl)Barron, Ronnie (Karen)Barron, both of Dublin andsix grandchildren.

Family members willserve as pallbearers.

Please visitwww.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the onlinememorial register.

Flara Jane BarlowWestbrook

Mrs. Flara Jane BarlowWestbrook, age 98, of East-man, passed away Satur-day, May 31, 2014.

Funeral services were beheld at 11 a.m. Monday,June 2, at Southerland Fu-neral Chapel, with inter-ment in Woodlawn Ceme-tery.

Mrs. Westbrook wasborn in Laurens County, amember of Cottondale Bap-tist Church and a home-maker. She was the daugh-ter of the late Sara JaneRayfield Barlow and An-drew Frank Barlow, widowof Olan C. Westbrook andwas preceded in death by ason, Phillip Charles “Phil”Westbrook and four de-ceased siblings.

Survivors include daugh-ters, Demple W. Dunn,Kemple W. Spires (Juarl),Carolyn W. Attaway (S.J.)and Judy W. Allen (Fur-man); sister, Nuvel Dou-glas; 14 grandchildren; 41great-grandchildren andseveral great-great-grand-children.

The family receivedfriends in Southerland Fu-neral Chapel from 5-7 p.m.,Sunday, June 1.

Stokes-Southerland Fu-neral Home of Eastman hascharge of arrangements.

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‘Brady Bunch’ actress Ann B. Davis dies in TexasBy LYNN ELBERAP Television WriterEmmy-winning actress

Ann B. Davis, who becamethe country’s favorite andmost famous housekeeper asthe devoted Alice Nelson of“The Brady Bunch,” diedSunday at a San Antoniohospital. She was 88.

Bexar County, Texas, med-ical examiner’s investigatorSara Horne said Davis diedSunday morning at Universi-ty Hospital. Horne said nocause of death was availableand that an autopsy wasplanned Monday.

Bill Frey, a retired Episco-pal bishop and a longtimefriend of Davis, said she suf-fered a fall Saturday at herSan Antonio home. Frey saidDavis had lived with him andhis wife, Barbara, since 1976.

More than a decade beforescoring as the Bradys’ loyalAlice, Davis was the razor-tongued secretary on anotherstalwart TV sitcom, “The BobCummings Show,” whichbrought her two Emmys.Over the years, she also ap-peared on Broadway and inoccasional movies.

Frey said Davis becamepart of his and his wife’s“household community” aftershe re-embraced her Christ-ian faith and left Hollywoodbehind.

“The public image of herthat people have is an accu-rate image of a strong, won-derful, lively human being,”he said. “The only part that’sinaccurate about that is shehad trouble relating to smallchildren, and she doesn’tcook.”

year owning the studio. Herdancing career has come fullcircle as she teaches aspiringdancers in the same studiothat she learned in so manyyears ago. She returned to herhometown of Dublin in 2007after spending many yearssharing her talent and love ofdance with others across thecountry.

She took her passion be-yond the years of instructionthat she had received andwent on to pursue her degree.She graduated in 2005 fromBrenau University inGainesville receiving her BFAin Dance Education. Duringthe time she spent devoted toher studies, Gilder alsodanced with the GainesvilleBallet.

With her degree in handand years of dedicated hoursspent honing her craft, sheheaded on to her next adven-ture where she danced fornine months on a cruise shipfor Royal Caribbean.

Following her time at sea,Gilder moved to Chicago andperformed in the off-broadwayshow, “Awesome ‘80s Prom.”During her year in the windycity, she also taught at a stu-dio.

Gilder felt Dublin callingher home. In 2007, she beganthe phase of her career thatshe was most anticipating.She had started dancing atage five and that love stayedwith her through every mile-stone in her life.

“I’ve always loved to dance.It is my outlet and prettymuch, all I have ever known,”stated Gilder passionately.“My love for dance was in theteaching. I love the scientificpart and how everythingworks...why your body has todo certain things to make thedance/technique happen. Ilove performing but my dreamwas never to perform mywhole life. I always dreamedof teaching and giving back. Iwanted to watch childrengrow and learn...and perhapsthey would aspire to do what Iam doing.”

The young girls that haveregistered for classes with Ab-by have done just that: Theydream through dance. Gilderinstills this commitment anddevotion as she teaches eachroutine. From that first day atregistration for classes to theend-of-the-year recital, every-thing changes but the love ofdance stays ever-constant.

“Many of the girls are hereeveryday practicing,” spokeGilder.

Fancy Dancer is known fortaking their audience along onthe ride with them. From theopening curtain to the finalapplause, the eyes of each au-

dience member are glued tothe stage just as the dancersonce had their eyes glued ontheir instructor at the front ofthe class.

The theme for the 2014recital is “Birds of Paradise.”The desire to perform runsthrough the veins of thesedancers. However, with Gilderas their teacher, they also un-derstand that hard work ex-tends outside of the classroomand into all facets of life. Thisyear, 14 girls hope to travel toLos Angeles around the July4th holiday to compete at thenational level. Their talentwins them a spot but theirtireless fundraising efforts getthem to their final destinationand entertaining crowds faraway from home.

Krista Anderson is a mom,a working woman and boosterclub diva. Along with othermoms, she toils to raise moneyfor these talented youngdancers. Her 10-year-olddaughter Riley has been tak-ing dance from Abby since theage of two.

You may have seen flamin-gos bouncing around town andstaking their claim in areayards. This is the latestfundraising effort for the stu-dio and pays tribute to thisyear’s recital theme. The own-ers of the house make a dona-tion and then they can alsosend flamingos to a neighboror friend’s yard...to spread abit of paradise around Dublin.

“Abby has done a tremen-dous job of using dance toteach life lessons. She re-minds the girls how blessedthey are,” stated Anderson.“Abby’s studio is not just aplace where they go to dance.They, of course, get tremen-dous exposure and get to seelife outside of Laurens Coun-ty; but, they also learn how tohelp others. To us that is justas important a lesson as thedance side of things.”

This year after reading thepages of The Courier Heraldone day, the plan changed forthe young girls of the FancyDancer studio. They read eachword of an article which out-lined the courageous battleand quest of Audrey Cook asshe awaits a lung transplant.Through her story, thedancers learned of Audrey’stenacious spirit and faith.They were drawn to her andfelt led to help.

That story would change itall for the fundraising FancyDancers. The girls made a life-changing decision to donatemoney raised from decoratingcar windows in promotion oftheir upcoming recital toCook. In the coming weeks,these girls will be presentingCook with approximately $900along with their prayers. Ifyou happen to be riding be-hind a vehicle down thestreets of Dublin and see itadorned with a whimsical birdof paradise or recital details -know that the proceeds raisedwent to Audrey Cook.

“After reading the article,the girls talked about it,” saidAnderson. “They wanted togive the money to Audreyrather than keep it. We wereso proud of them.”

From jazz, tap and hip hopto pointe and ballet - AbbyGilder teaches more than thetechnique. Gilder’s heart isbigger than any dance floorand spills over into the lessonsshe teaches each of her stu-dents. However, just as onemust watch in the mirror orstay fixated on the teacher’sfeet when learning a new rou-tine...Gilder knows that themost valuable lessons aren’ttaught through words ratherthrough actions.

“We (the parents) are veryproud of Abby and what she isdoing for our girls,” said An-derson.

Monday, June 2, 2014/Dublin, Ga/Page 3aThe Courier Herald

LAURENS COUNTY FARM BUREAU

Located at Laurens County Farm Bureau

for hot dogs, refreshments, door prizes, raffle, a Yeti Cooler Giveaway

and more!

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Fancy Dancer is also raising money to help withAudrey Cook’s lung transplant.

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Students are all smiles as they prepare for Saturday’s event.

two cars," Champion said. "Italso did minor damage to oth-er cars. This happened on aFriday morning and thankGod that he didn't hit anybodyhead on. It could have beenworse."

Champion said there wereno drugs involved that it wasjust a "medical problem."

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are going to have a medicalproblem," Champion said."We're just thankful that no-body else was hurt."

Glenn was transported toFairview Park Hospital.

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A passenger in a 1999Chevrolet Silverado was trans-ported to Fairview Park Hos-pital after being involved in an

one-vehicle wreck.Devonte Williams, 19 of

Dublin, was the driver of thevehicle that overturned onHighway 19 south around 2a.m. on May 31.

There were no drugs or al-cohol involved, said Sgt. JimChampion of the Dublin PoliceDepartment.

"It appears that he lost con-trol and ran off the road,"Champion said.

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ATLANTA (AP) —A Georgia toddler who was

severely burned by a flashgrenade during a police raidis scheduled for more surgery.

Surgery for 19-month-oldBounkham Phonesavanh wasplanned for Monday at GradyMemorial Hospital in Atlanta.A prayer vigil was alsoplanned at the hospital.

Habersham County SheriffJoey Terrell has said officerswere looking for a suspectwho may have been armedand followed proper proce-dure in the May 28 raid by us-ing the device, which createsa bright flash and loud bangto distract suspects. Terrelladded officers would not haveused the flash grenade ifthere had been any indicationof children in the home.

A lawyer for the family hassaid he believes the officersacted improperly and wouldlike to see them prosecuted.

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Moulthrop was as horrified asanyone when news broke in2010 that a University of Al-abama fan had poisonedAuburn University’s land-mark oak trees after a foot-ball defeat.

But unlike most othersaround the country whosegrips tensed on newspapers,steering wheels and remotecontrols at reports of the fanpouring herbicide on the rootsof the 130-year-old oaks, thenoted Atlanta wood-turnercould do something about it.Not that Moulthrop couldbring back the toweringSouthern live oaks, which hadfigured prominently in count-less celebrations at Toomer’sCorner, gateway to theAuburn campus. But as one of

the country’s top youngcraftsmen, he knew he couldextract pure beauty fromtragedy.

He envisioned creating alarge bowl that would standas a symbol of the oaks’majesty, and perhaps evensalve the sense of loss felt bythe extended Auburn family.

Moulthrop is a third-gener-ation wood-turner who hastaken the classic vesselshapes of his father, Philip,and late grandfather, Ed, andturned them in new direc-tions, with different materi-als and design approaches.He was recognized for his in-novative eye in 2012, whenthe Smithsonian’s RenwickGallery in Washington includ-ed his pieces in its prestigious“40 Under 40: Craft Futures”exhibition.

Still, with his fine craft lin-eage, Moulthrop, now 36, saidhe often feels he’s working inthe long shadows of his fatherand grandfather. He thereforeis attracted to projects with“an element of challenge andsecond meanings to them.”

He contacted Jim Gorrie, alongtime collector ofMoulthrop family work who isan Auburn alumnus and uni-versity trustee. The Brasfield& Gorrie construction firmpresident and CEO quicklyconnected him with universi-ty administrators and leadersof the school’s Jule CollinsSmith Museum of Fine Art.

Moulthrop proposed creat-ing a large piece for the muse-um that he would donate toits permanent collection.Auburn President Jay Gogueand museum director MarilynLaufer quickly embraced theidea.

The school’s extensive ef-forts to save the trees, whichultimately were taken down

in April 2013, put the projecton pause. And thenMoulthrop required the bet-ter part of a year to transformthe massive Y-shaped forkatop the College Street oakthat he selected into a gleam-ing elliptical form.

Finally, the 26 1/2-inch-di-ameter, 15-inch-tall bowl,with a little bark left on top tobetter connect it to the origi-nal tree, went on exhibit ear-lier this month in the JuleCollins Smith Museum exhib-it “Matt Moulthrop: AuburnOak.” It will remain on viewthrough Aug. 31, then move tothe permanent collection dis-play.

In the meantime, the mu-seum organized an accompa-nying family retrospective,“Heartwood: Woodturned Ves-sels by Matt, Philip and EdMoulthrop.”

Little would seem to fazeconfident, accomplished Matt,who has been included indozens of individual and fam-ily exhibits — including “Gen-erations: Turned Bowls by Ed,Philip and Matt Moulthrop”at Augusta’s Morris Museumof Art through June 22.

Yet he admitted that work-ing on “Auburn Oak” was un-nerving.

Before the poisoning, “Iwas aware of the trees, butnot their magnitude to theAuburn family, and it becamealmost overwhelming, to thepoint of intimidating, as Iwent further into the project,”Moulthrop said.

“It was a tremendousamount of pressure and eye-balls watching the fruition ofsome thing that didn’t exist.Because most art pieces arescrutinized after the fact; inthis case, (it was) pre-fact. I’dget letters, emails and phonecalls.”

Surgery planned for Ga. toddlerburned in drug raid in Atlanta

Quietly and without fan-fare, Georgia is now theeighth largest state accordingto the U.S. Census Bureau.Their numbers have us pass-ing Michigan in their last offi-cial estimate. As of 2013,we’re just a few thousandshort of ten million peoplecalling Georgia Home.

After a few years of pauseto regroup during the recentfinancial crisis, Georgia isgrowing again.

Much of the problemswithin the real estate andbanking sectors have workedtheir way out. Our airlineand other transportationlogistics companies are thriv-ing.

Companies such asCaterpillar and Baxter areopening new major facilitiesin Georgia, while others suchas State Farm are consolidat-ing their operations to ourstate, bringing with themthousands of new jobs.

Georgia has had little toinvest for growth during theprevious lean years, and hasinstead focused on “competi-tiveness”. Tax cuts have beentargeted at luring and main-taining manufacturing indus-tries, such as elimination ofmanufacturers taxes paid onelectricity. Georgia’s posi-tioning and rankings in thisarea are a focal point ofdebate for this year’s contestfor Governor.

A new report by GeorgiaState’s economic forecastingoffice seems to demonstratethat we’re adding jobs again,with a projected 20,000 netnew jobs to be added perquarter for the foreseeablefuture.

As has been the custom forthe past few decades,Georgia’s jobs base is grow-ing. With this success comespopulation growth as othersare attracted to these posi-tions. And with this growthcomes both challenges andresponsibility.

As Georgia begins to lookahead, we see that we’re like-ly to only be in the 8th spot

for population for long.Georgia’s population grew19% in the seventies andeighties, a whopping 26% inthe nineties, and 18% in thelast decade. Ohio, 7th in pop-ulation, has grown less than2 percent per decade overthat time period, as hasPennsylvania at number 6.Illinois, at number 5, hasfared slightly better, but stillunder 4% per decade.

What does this mean forGeorgia? If we grow at justthe pace of the slowest decadeof the past four, we will beroughly tied with Ohio for theseventh largest state at thenext census.

Further, within 25 years,we will pass bothPennsylvania and Illinois tobe the fifth most populatedstate in the country. OnlyCalifornia, Texas, New York,and Florida will have moreresidents.

It also means that whenthis happens, we’ll have tomake room for four more mil-lion people. That is no smalltask, and requires vision,planning, and execution. Itwill also require investment.

Georgia has spent much ofthe economic downturn maxi-mizing efficiency in our road-ways.

We are utilizing technolo-gy to synchronize trafficlights and meter on ramps tofreeways. We incentivize towtruck drivers to clear truckaccidents faster. Georgia

partners with State FarmInsurance to provide HEROunits to assist troubledmotorists. This helps reducemuch of the current conges-tion caused by the unplannedactivities of motorists.

There have been commit-ments to new investments aswell. Additional managedtoll/HOT lanes will be addedto metro Atlanta’s freeways toadd capacity in and out of thecity during rush hours.Major interchanges havebeen funded for redesign.And the city of Atlanta isadding streetcars and plan-ning for a Beltline transitloop.

We also have secured fund-ing for deepening the port ofSavannah, which willincrease the freight cominginto Georgia and continue ourgrowth as a logistics center.This opportunity will alsopresent additional chal-lenges, as much of Georgia’sfreight rail network is cur-rently operating at maximumcapacity.

Additional rail investmentwill be needed, or otherwisemuch of our port traffic couldend up on our roads, increas-ing already crowded condi-tions.

That brings us to the issueof spending. Significant por-tions of the sales taxes (taxesbased on the "user pay, userbenefit" bargain made withGeorgia's voters) that comefrom the sale of motor fuel

are diverted from theirintended purpose into otherpurposes. Consequently,Georgia continues to main-tain its dead-last spot in per-capita funding in the UnitedStates. Dead. Last.

We have not modernized orreformed our convolutedmotor fuel tax structure indecades.

As a result, our trans-portation program relies onthe federal government for 62percent of our annual capitaland maintenance spending.Our largest transit system isthe only major transit systemin the country that does notreceive state support. Ourfreight rail providers operateprimarily without state sup-port.

For a state that has “logis-tics in our DNA” as AtlantaMayor Reed likes to say, we’refrankly not even keeping up,much less preparing for agrowth rate that will makeGeorgia a top five state.

Georgia is a competitiveand attractive state to live inand operate a business in,with our logistics network aprimary contributor to bothour economic competitivenessand our quality of life. This isnot something, however, thatcan ever be taken for granted.

Laurels that are restedupon are frequently lost inour competitive world.Georgia weathered a severeblow to the gut during thefinancial collapse and hasemerged stronger and leaner.The results of our actions arebeginning to show, and othersare again flocking to our suc-cess.

The time is now to plan tobuild on this and prepare forgrowth, less we let our suc-cess become the catalyst forour future failures.

Monday, June 2, 2014/Dublin, Ga/Page 4aThe Courier Herald

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The Numbers Game

The teacher goes over the instructions for thegame, asking all of the students to be quiet andpay attention.Seven of their peers are going to be selected

and when the teacher says the words “Headsdown,” the rest of the class is to put their headson the table and put their thumbs up. The sevenstudents will then walk around and touch thethumb of a classmate.When those seven make it back to the front of

the room, the teacher will say: “Heads up, sevenup.” Those who were sitting have to guess whichof their peers touched their thumb.Sounds simple, right? Yet sometimes the stu-

dents with their heads down are peeking, tryingto get an advantage.The teacher, who may or may not have volun-

teers to help with the game, may not have beenable to keep an eye on everybody to make surethe game was being played fairly.If one was to watch children play this, or other

games, they’d probably see one or more whowill try to take advantage and break the rules tohelp their cause. It’s better for a child to getcaught here and now and realize there are conse-quences to breaking the rules.Sure they may be able to get away with it, but

that won’t always be the case. As these childrenget older, they may think about bending the rulesin other things like looking on their neighbor’ssheet of paper because they didn’t study for theirtest. Or driving way too fast down a road and notgetting caught. Or taking something from a storebecause they don’t think anyone is watching.Sooner or later there is somebody watching

besides God. The person breaking the rules willget caught.The game of life is simple. If everybody

focuses on doing what’s right, our world wouldbe a better place.— Payton Towns III

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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. Saxby Chambliss Washington, 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

Fax: (770) 661-0768

John BarrowCongressman2202 Rayburn House OfficeBuildingWashington, DC 20515(202) 225-2823

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

Matt HatchettGeorgia House of RepresentativesDistrict 143State Representative415 State CapitolAtlanta, GA 30334404-656-5025 Phone404-657-8278 Faxmatt.hatchett@house.ga.gov

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Today, as we pay homageto those who have fought anddied in our nation’s wars, thecountry can honor veteransin so many ways — but noneis as pressing as making surethose returning from battleare getting adequate care tostay healthy.

The country is falling hor-ribly short, as the mostrecent scandals at VeteransAffairs facilities show. Andthat is an awful thing to pon-der as we observe MemorialDay. Recently, in fact, it wasrevealed that dozens of U.S.veterans died waiting forappointments at the PhoenixVA and many of them wereon a secret waiting list,

apparently to mask the prob-lem.

As incredible as thatseems, similar claims arenow being reported at VAfacilities in at least a half-dozen other states, includingFlorida and Pennsylvania.The VA’s inspector generalsaid an investigation into theallegations has expanded to26 facilities. Yet evenPresident Barack Obama hasconceded he doesn’t “yetknow how systemic this is.”

The administration mustget a handle on this problemand, working with Congress,find solutions quickly.

For nearly a decade,Americans have realized thatthere has been a backlog ofmedical cases, ever since thefirst soldiers started cominghome from Afghanistan.

That burden was greatlyincreased after the UnitedStates declared war on Iraqand stretched our troopsincredibly thin, often sendingthem to multiple deploy-ments before allowing themto come home.

Yes, Veterans Affairs hasacknowledged the problems,but efforts to fix the systemclearly have not worked.

Members of New York’scongressional delegation —including U.S. Rep ChrisGibson, R-Kinderhook andU.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand,a Democrat — have suggest-ed loosening the rules toallow more veterans to uselocal medical facilities to aidthe VA to alleviate the back-log. That idea should beembraced quickly.

What’s more, it has taken

way too long to shift the VAfrom a paper-based operationto one that is fully integratedelectronically, including a keylink to Defense Departmentdatabases to help transitionimportant records.

Yes, that is a heavy lift,but it’s one that should havebeen accomplished long ago.

Today, communities acrossthe United States will holdceremonies, parades andother fitting events to honorfallen veterans, includingthose lost in our most recentwars in Iraq andAfghanistan. It’s a day ofreflection, but it shouldn’tend there. A massive effortmust be waged on behalf ofthe soldiers who have madeit home from war but are incritical need of the country’shelp.

Monday, June 2, 2014/Dublin, Ga/Page 5aThe Courier Herald

You are right there was-n’t that many voters thatvoted. What if they got tovote both sides of the aisle?

To the person who saidthe good ole boys needto leave Georgia: Honey,it wouldn't be Georgia ifthere wasn't good ole boys.

If you keep a gun inyour house, it just meansthat someone is going tobreak in when you are notthere and steal it.

Did the youngest child,Elizabeth, on the Wal-tons have mental prob-lems? If not, she wasspoiled rotten. Weird hap-penings as she became ateenager and an awful lotof attention was given toher.

Well, we learned thatGeneral Motors has re-called more cars than theyhave sold since we gavethem all the stimulus mon-ey and brought them out ofbankruptcy. Good job Oba-ma.

When we see triple-digittemperatures this sum-mer, I am going to see ifyou conservatives believein climate change then. Youguys are always on thewrong side of everything.

It's a shame that thosestandalone buildings atthe VA are just going towaste. They are such nicebuildings and should be putto good use.

A pessimist sees the dif-ficulty in every opportuni-ty; an optimist sees the op-portunity in every difficul-ty. - Winston Churchill.

This man recently had adream that he was inheaven with busy angelsflying around everywhere.The man asked them,"What are you doing? Whyare you so busy?" Theysaid, "We are getting readyfor the Homecoming."

In reference to thehoodlums in EastDublin walking thestreets: Next time, be niceand give them a ride. Orbetter yet, buy them a car.

Rent the movie ‘Godsand Generals’, sing Dix-ieland and fall in love withGeorgia all over again.

People we need to quitarguing about politicalparties and go read thebook, 'How Do You Kill 11Million People?' by AndyAndrews.

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Today in History By The Associated Press

Today is Monday, June 2,the 153rd day of 2014. Thereare 212 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in

History:On June 2, 1864 (New

Style Calendar; May 21, 1864,Old Style), after decades ofscorched-earth warfare, lead-ers of the Circassians, a Mus-lim ethnic group in the Cau-casus region, surrendered inSochi to the army of the Russ-ian Empire, which proceededto expel hundreds of thou-sands of Circassians.On this date:In 1863, during the Civil

War, Union Maj. Gen. WilliamT. Sherman wrote a letter tohis wife, Ellen, in which hecommented, "Vox populi, voxhumbug" (the voice of the peo-ple is the voice of humbug).In1886, President Grover Cleve-land, 49, married FrancesFolsom, 21, in the Blue Roomof the White House. (To date,Cleveland is the only presi-

dent to marry in the executivemansion.)

In 1897, Mark Twain, 61,was quoted by the New YorkJournal as saying from Lon-don that "the report of mydeath was an exaggeration."Ten years ago: Three for-

eign aid workers and twoAfghans were shot and killedin an ambush in northwest-ern Afghanistan in an attackclaimed by resurgent Talibanmilitants. Software engineerKen Jennings began his 74-game winning streak on thesyndicated TV game show"Jeopardy!"Five years ago: Scott

Roeder, an anti-abortion ac-tivist, was charged with first-degree murder in the shoot-ing death of late-term abor-tion provider Dr. GeorgeTiller in Wichita, Kansas.(Roeder was later convictedand sentenced to life in prisonwith no possibility of parolefor 50 years.) One year ago: Egypt's

highest court ruled that the

nation's interim parliamentwas illegally elected, thoughit stopped short of dissolvingthe chamber immediately. Today's Birthdays: Ac-

tress-singer Sally Kellermanis 77. Actor Ron Ely is 76. Ac-tor Stacy Keach is 73. Rockmusician Charlie Watts is 73.Singer William Guest (GladysKnight & The Pips) is 73. Ac-tor Charles Haid is 71. Moviedirector Lasse (LAH'-suh)Hallstrom is 68. Actor JerryMathers is 66. Actress JoannaGleason is 64. Actor DennisHaysbert is 60. ComedianDana Carvey is 59. ActorGary Grimes is 59. Pop musi-cian Michael Steele is 59. Thought for Today: "On-

ly the man who findseverything wrong and ex-pects it to get worse isthought to have a clearbrain." — John KennethGalbraith, American econ-omist (1908-2006).

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Deputy responded to ahouse on Highway 441 southin reference to a gas stovethat went missing betweenMay 18 and 24. A White, Ga. man told the

deputy that he was doingsome repairs on the house toget it ready to rent out. Hesaid he had put in a whitegas stove on the front porcharound 6 p.m. on May 18.When the man returnedaround 3 p.m. on May 24, thestove was gone.- Deputy responded to

Kade Drive in East Dublin inreference to a robbery on May26.- Two rifles were stolen

from a piece of rental proper-ty on John Lowery Road be-tween Oct. 30, 2013 and May26.- A tag from a trailer was

lost or stolen between May 23and 25 on Isaac WatkinsRoad in Montrose.

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house on Moye Road in Rentzin reference to someone poi-soning his dog on May 24.- An I-phone was lost or

stolen on May 24. A LaurensCounty woman said she usedthe phone after the WestLaurens High School gradua-tion and left it in the vehiclewhen she got lunch. Afterleaving the restaurant, shecouldn’t find the phone.

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Gas stove goes missing from Laurens Co. houseTHE NEXT 24 HOURS

TUESDAY

Sunrise 6:25 a.m.

WEDNESDAY

Sunrise 6:25 a.m.Partly sunny. Highs inthe upper 80s. In theevening, a 20 percentchance of showers andthunderstorms. Lows inthe upper 60s. Lightand variable winds.

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Sunny with a 20 per-cent chance of showersand thunderstorms.

Highs in the lower 90s.In the evening, mostlyclear. Lows in the

upper 60s.SATURDAY SUNDAY

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Sunrise 6:24 a.m.

Sunrise 6:24 a.m.Mostly sunny. A 20 per-cent chance of rain, t-storms. Highs in the

mid 90s. In theevening, a 20 percentchance of t-storms.

Lows in the lower 70s.

Partly sunny. A 30 per-cent chance of rain andthunderstorms. Highsin the lower 90s. In theevening, a 20 percentchance of rain/t-storms.

Lows around 70.

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Sunrise 6:25 a.m. Sunset 8:34 p.m.Partly sunny. Highs in the

lower 80s. Eastwinds 10 to 15 mph.

Sunrise 6:25 a.m.Mostly cloudy. Lowsin the mid 60s. East

winds up to10 mph.

Partly sunny. Highs in the

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Mostly sunny with a 30percent chance of

showers and thunder-storms. Highs in thelower 90s. In the

evening, partly cloudy.Lows in the lower 70s.

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YOUR COURIERHERALD

LOCAL 7-DAY

Monday•Dublin-Laurens FVSU Alumni Chapter at 6:30 p.m. inEast Dublin Plummer’s Square. •AA I Am Responsible Group, Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 8 p.m. •AA 24 Hour Group, contact 279-0839, 629 Broad Street,East Dublin, Ga. 8 p.m. •NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, 6:30 p.m. at 629Broad Street, East Dublin.•Lunch Bunch Al-Anon meet each Tuesday at noon atFirst Baptist Church. Enter through double doors acrossfrom Firestone. Call 290-1322 for further information.•Dublin-Laurens County NAACP meets every 3rd Mon-day at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Pooler, President. For more information,please call 278-3399. •RRVAA dba Art Dublin meets the third Monday, 6:30p.m., at the Laurens County Library. All artists and thoseinterested in supporting visual arts in Dublin are invited.For additional information call President, Claire Livingstonat 478-272-0543.

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.•TOPS meeting 6 p.m. at Pine Forest UMC, 400 Woods Ave.Contact info 275-7505. •South-Central GSRA Chapter of the Georgia State Re-tirees Association will meet on the 4th Tuesday of eachmonth at the Laurens County Library Auditorium, 11 a.m.We invite all retired and soon to retire state employees tojoin us. Please contact Tommy Craft at 272-7820 for more in-formation.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Join the Boys &Girls Club this summerand ‘Be UniquelyGreat.’ From 7:30 a.m. to6 p.m., Monday-Fridayfrom June 2-August 1.Closed June 30 and July4. Camping theme activi-ties June 2-27 and Beachtheme activities July 7-August 1. For ages Pre-Kto 15 years. Lots of activi-ties to enjoy: swimming,field trips, sports, crafts,tech, music, sign lan-guage, math and readingenrichment. Call Boys &Girls Club Dudley Unit at676-2800 (after 3 p.m.) or697-0618 for fees and ad-ditional info.

COMMUNITYEVENTSPlaces to go. People to see. Things to do.

Americans and their cars: A love affair on fumes?

By ADAM GELLERAP National WriterThe ’57 Chevy was still a

year away when the launch ofthe interstate highway sys-tem kicked U.S. car cultureinto high gear.

But six decades later,changing habits as well as at-titudes suggest America’s ro-mance with the road may befading.

After rising almost contin-uously since World War II,driving by U.S. householdshas declined nearly 10 per-cent since 2004, with a startbefore the Great Recessionsuggesting economics is notthe only cause. “There’s some-thing more fundamental go-ing on,” says Michael Sivak ofthe University of MichiganTransportation Research In-stitute.

The average Americanhousehold now owns fewerthan two cars, returning tothe levels of the early 1990s.

More teens and 20-some-things are waiting to get a li-cense. Less than 70 percent of19-year-olds now have one,down from 87 percent twodecades ago.

“I wonder if they’ve decidedthat there’s another, betterway to be free and to be mo-bile,” says Cotten Seiler, au-thor of “Republic of Drivers: ACultural History of Automo-bility in America.”

Those changes — whetherits car trips replaced by shop-ping online or traffic jamsthat have turned drives into achore — pose complicatedquestions and choices.TRYING ALTERNA-

TIVES: Each day, about 3,500people bike the Midtown

Greenway, a freight rail bedconverted to cycle highway inMinneapolis, where two-wheel commuting has doubledsince 2000. It’s still a smallpercentage, but more resi-dents are testing the idea ofleaving cars behind.

A second light rail lineopens in June. Street cornerssprout racks of blue-and-green shared bikes. About 45percent of those who workdowntown commute by meansother than a car, mostly by ex-press bus.

“There’s a lot of people whowant the less-driving lifestyle,definitely,” says Sam New-berg, an urban planning con-sultant and transportationblogger.TESTING THE BONDS:

Car culture is about an emo-tional attachment that can behard to measure.

A good place to start isCarlson’s Drive-In in Michi-gan City, Indiana, where a carhop arrives at the window be-fore you turn off the ignition.

“It definitely takes youback to an older time,” saysBarry Oliver, recalling teennights driving the strip andstopping here.

Places like Carlson’s weredestinations for Americansembracing driving as recre-ation. As recently as the1990s, Indiana had nearly 60vintage drive-ins. Today justfive or six are left.

Drive-in movie theaters,which numbered 4,300 na-tionally in 1957, have dwin-dled to just 350.

Where does that leave carculture?

“Gear heads live here,”says Todd Davis, a Lansing,

Michigan native visiting theR.E. Olds Transportation Mu-seum from Orlando. Awayfrom Michigan, “it’s not likethat.”

But Davis’ cousin, Sol Jaf-fee, isn’t convinced.

“Kids will always be inter-ested in cars! I mean, cars areAmerica, don’t you think?”

But at Wisconsin’sOshkosh North High School,enrollment in driver’s educa-tion, no longer required forgraduation or subsidized bythe state, has declined 40 per-cent. Like other states, Wis-consin eliminated funding fordriver’s ed, raising the price ofin-school programs. Today’syoung people often rely onparents for rides

“I’ve never really needed”to drive, says senior Ashwin-raj Karthikeyan. “It’s almostlike a rite of passage for peo-ple to drive, but I know off-hand probably about 15 or 20people who don’t have their li-cense.”THE FUTURE: In 1939,

General Motors captivatedWorld’s Fair crowds with a fu-turistic vision of technologylinking highways and cars.

But in 2014 at research in-stitutes, cars are now beingwired to let drivers navigate asimulated cityscape. Withsuch research and technologyunderway, soon cars will beprogrammed to make it al-most entirely self-driving.

There are bound to be com-plications as people turn oversome control to their cars, butimagine summoning a driver-less car you might not evenown, being picked up anddropped off at curbside, andwatching it pull away.

U.S. economy set for rebound WASHINGTON (AP) —

The U.S. economy took a beat-ing from an especially harshwinter during the January-March quarter, skidding intoreverse for the first time inthree years. But spring hasarrived and along with it,signs that the chill was just atemporary setback in the longroad to recovery.

Gross domestic productcontracted at an annual rateof one percent in the firstquarter, the Commerce De-partment said. That wasworse than the government’sinitial estimate that GDPgrew by a slight 0.1 percent.The economy last posted a de-cline in the first three monthsof 2011 when it dropped 1.3percent.

Since then, the labor mar-ket has continued to improve,consumer spending is solidand manufacturers are bene-fiting from increased spend-ing. Economists expect a ro-bust GDP rebound in theApril-June quarter as a re-sult.

“We knew that weather

dramatically impacted growthin the first quarter, and wefully expect a bounce back inthe second quarter,” said DanGreenhaus, chief strategist atBTIG, in a note to clients.

Ian Shepherdson, chiefeconomist at PantheonMacroeconomics, said that thebig drop in unemploymentbenefit applications was moresignificant than the latestGDP figure because “it strong-ly supports the idea that thelabor market conditions areimproving markedly, despitethe weak headline growthduring the winter.”

Many economists estimatethat GDP will post a sizablerebound to growth of around3.8 percent in the currentApril-June quarter, fueled bypent-up demand. Analysts arealso optimistic that growthwill remain above 3 percent inthe second half of this year,giving the economy the kindof strength that has beenlacking for much of the firstfive years of recovery from thecountry’s worst recessionsince the 1930s.

In this Sept. 8, 1972 file photo, cars pass by on Interstate 90, into the Black Hillsin Murdo, S.D. After rising continuously since World War II, driving by Americanhouseholds has declined nearly 10 percent since 2004. (AP Photo/File)

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Races set for June 3: Laurens Co. voters put four races into runoffsTTHHEE DDUUBBLLIINN CCOOUURRIIEERR HHEERRAALLDDJJUUNNEE 22,, 11996644Laurens County voters

have thrown four races intorunoffs for county offices,renominated Ordinary W.H.Adams, Tax CommissionerR.C. Garrard, Treasurer J.L.Manning, Coroner J.B.Daniels, RepresentativeD.W. Knight, Jr., and Sur-veyor Jack Brantley; select-ed Aurice Harden as the newCommissioner for the Sec-ond Road District; and elect-ed a new City Court Solici-tor.They unseated County

School SuperintendentHilton Davidson as A.L. Mc-Cullough received 5,129votes to Davidson’s 1,844and City Court Judge C.C.Crockett, who received 2,943to W.H. White’s 8,287. Alsounseated by voters was Rep.W.M.Towson, who received5,526 to W.H. Lovett’s 5,904.The four races where

runoffs will be needed to se-lect a winner for the officesinclude the place as Clerk ofthe Courts, now held by C.Brantley New, who received5,400, but was challenged byClifford N. Warren, who re-ceived 3,644 and Ray Phelps,who got 2,044.In the race for Sheriff, in-

cumbent Sheriff W.R. Bus-sell was short of a majorityof the votes as he received5,404 to former Sheriff Car-lus Gay’s 3,682 and LutherFreeman’s 2,337.In the First Road District,

incumbent CommissionerJ.W. Robertson fell short ofthe needed majority when hereceived 4,396 to James Per-ry’s 4,180 and L.M. Padgett’s2,681.In the Third Road Dis-

trict, incumbent Commis-sioner S.A. Lewis was chal-lenged by two others, withDewey Warnock leading theticket for this post with4,376 votes; Lewis was sec-ond with 4,160 and ErnestStinson third with 2,686.E.L. Stephens, Jr., re-

ceived 7,405 votes to RollinA. Stanley’s 3,696 votes tobecome the new City CourtSolicitor. In the race for Ordinary,

veteran Ordinary W.H.Adams polled 8,336 votes toMrs. Annie V. Thigpen’s2,969 to be returned to officefor another term.Thus, politicking contin-

ues in Laurens County untiltomorrow when the runoffwill pit Clerk of the CourtsC. Brantley New againstClifford N. Warren for theClerk’s post; Sheriff W.R.

Bussell against former Sher-iff Carlus Gay for the Sher-iff ’s post; First District Com-missioner J.W. Robertsonagainst James H. Perry forthis post and Third DistrictCommissioner Swain A.Lewis against DeweyWarnock for this post.

DDUUBBLLIINN UUNNIITT TTOOTTRRAAIINN AATT FFTT.. SSTTEEWWAARRTTThe Dublin National

Guard, headquarters for the1st Mechanized InfantryBattalion, 121st Infantry,48th Armored Division, willleave on June 7 for twoweeks of active duty trainingat Ft. Stewart. Approximately 108 men

from this unit will partici-pate in the training. Officerswho will go are Lt. Col. LloydC. McNally, Batallion Com-mander; Major William E.Canady, Batallion S3; MajorJoel C. Ray, Battalion Execu-tive Officer and Captain Ru-fus L. Bateman, CompanyCommander.

BB..DD.. PPEERRRRYY HHIIGGHHSSCCHHOOOOLL HHOONNOORRSS

PPRROOGGRRAAMMOn May 19, 1964, the

Honors Convocation pro-gram for B.D. Perry HighSchool was held in the schoolauditorium at 9:40 a.m. un-der the direction of the guid-ance department. Mr. C.T.Price, Chairman of the Phys-ical Education Department,was the speaker for the occa-sion. Special recognition wasgiven by Miss DarleneO’Neal, “Miss B.D. Perry,” tothe following students whohave maintained honor rollstatus from three to five ofthe six-weeks periods.FFiivvee ssiixx wweeeekkss:: Rosa

Wells, Carolyn Wright,Gwendolyn Johnson, BettyHunt, Mary Ross, CarolynConey, Danne Perry, Geral-dine Ricks, Waymon Hunt,Gladine Scream and MaryEagle.FFoouurr ssiixx wweeeekkss:: George

Knight, Larry Water, ShirleyLane, Virginia Daniels, Mil-dred Branham, BlancheWells, Martha Thomas andDarlene O’Neal.TThhrreeee ssiixx wweeeekkss:: Belin-

da Brantley, Edsel Moore,Julian Williams, AdaKnight, Ernestine Evans,Barbara Coney, Quinton Jef-ferson, Ola Thomas andMary Jackson.AAccaaddeemmiicc AAwwaarrddss::

Mathematics, Quinton Jef-ferson, Barbara Coney andBarbara Hunt; English,Dannie Perry, Shirley Laneand Betty Hunt; Commerce,Julius Taylor, Jevonda Pool-

er and Geraldine Ricks; Sci-ence, Martha Thomas, MaryEagle and Waymon Hunt;French, Martha Thomas,Darlene O’Neal and OlaThomas; Social Science, Bet-ty Hunt, Gwendolyn John-son and Belinda Brantley;Agriculture, JulianWilliams, Larry Waters andLarry Moorman; Home Eco-nomics, Carolyn Coney,Mary Waters and EvaMcLendon.AAccttiivviittyy AAwwaarrddss:: Tri-Hi-

Y, Eloise Brown, EvelynConoway and Mary Cole-man; Hi-Y, Edsel Moore,Larry Moorman and WestleyJefferson; Journalism,Martha Thomas, DarleneO’Neal and Betty Baker; Li-brary Service, VirginiaDaniels, Barbara Coney andBlanche Wells; Dance, Lin-nie Bonner, Flora Wrightand Carolyn Brown; Dra-matics, Ada Knight, RussellPlummer and Betty Baker;Student Government, Quin-ton Jefferson, Dannie Perry,Mary Eagle, Jewel Wrightand Ruby Thomas; ChoralMusic, Martha Thomas, OdaB. Hunt, Betty Plummer,Nelson Williams, GwendolynJohnson and Waymon Hunt.Keys: Self Discipline,

Kendall Smith; Service, Bet-ty Baker; Cooperation, Har-vey Branham and Loyalty,Linnie Bonner.SSppeecc iiaall AAwwaarrddss:: Morris

State Bank LeadershipAward, Shirley Lane; CashScholarship Award, Betty J.Hunt; Katherine G. WilsonBest All-around Awards, Be-linda Brantley and QuintonJefferson, H.H. Dudley Citi-zenship Award, RussellPlummer and Most Promis-ing Student Award, BlancheWells.

WWEEDDDDIINNGG PPOOSSTTPPOONNEEDDMr.and Mrs. E. Ray Har-

rell announce that the wed-ding of their daughter MissElaine Harrell to Mr. RayWarren is postponed from

the June 7 date because ofAir Force duty of the groom-elect.The new date will beannounced when it is deter-mined.

PPIINNEE WWOOOODD DDEERRBBYYDDRRAAWWSS MMAANNYY EENNTTRRIIEESSThe annual Pine Wood

Derby held here on Saturdayat the Agriculture Centerand sponsored by Cub ScoutPack No. 188 drew many en-tries from Cub Scout mem-bers in the Dublin area. En-thusiasm and excitementprevailed as the races gotunderway at 2 p.m.Each Cub Scout was tense

with excitement as hestepped up to qualify his carto run. These small four-ounce model races, whichhad been made by the Cubsand their fathers from ablock of wood, raced threeabreast down a 25-foot trackpropelled by their own mo-mentum. Each Cub anxious-ly awaited the eliminationruns as one car was elimi-nated on each race.On the final run, Ben

Canady placed first, racing abuilt-over car, which he andhis father had made fromlast year’s race, but whichdid not place then. Ben is amember of Den No. 4. Com-ing in second was LarryWilkes from Den No. 2 andfollowing close behind wasJimmy Scarborough fromDen No. 5, who placed third.These boys were present-

ed trophies by CubmasterW.E. Canady. The fourthplace car was run by MikeLynn of Den No. 3. AssistingCubmaster Canady in therunning of this race wereBoy Scouts Henry Tharpe,Jr., and Harry Graham,members of Boy Scout Troop68. A total of 29 cars wereentered in this exciting once-a-year race.Prior to the Pine Wood

Derby, Major Canady pre-sented awards to those boyswho had advanced in their

Cub Scout work. ReceivingWolf Badges were HunterPatterson, Johnny Cox,Robert Earl Edwards andDonnie Hobbs. Advancing toBear were John Wilson andBill Harrell. For additionalwork done on their Wolf andBear Books, the followingboys received Gold ArrowPoints: Bill Harrell and JohnWilson. For even further ad-vancement, these boys re-ceived Silver Arrow Points:John Wilson, HerschelLovett, Woody Leonard, BillHead and Johnny Cox. Re-ceiving one-year ServiceStars were Larry Wilkes andJoe.Cub Scout Pack No. 188 is

sponsored by the HenryMemorial PresbyterianChurch with Major W.E.Canady serving as Cubmas-ter; Mrs. Roy Rowland, DenMother, Den No. 1; Mrs. Peg-gy Kirby, Den Mother No. 2;Mr. and Mrs. Neal Lynn,Den Parents, Den No. 3;Mrs. W.E. Lovett and Mrs.W.E. Canady, Den Mothers,Den No. 4 and Mrs. J.M.Scarborough, Den Mother,Den No. 5. Mrs. H.C. Tharpeis Secretary and Treasurerfor the Pack.

DDOOMMIINNYY FFAAMMIILLYY HHOONNOORRSS MMRRSS.. GGEEOORRGGEE

BBEEDDIINNGGFFIIEELLDDThe home of Mr. and Mrs.

J. Alton Dominy was thescene of a family gatheringwhen they entertained, hon-oring Mrs. George Beding-field, whose birthday wasJune 3. The guests arrived about

6:30 p.m., and a delicioussupper was enjoyed withhomemade ice cream and acake, which was baked byMrs. W.C. Roberson. It wasembossed with white icing,pink rosebuds, and pink can-dles and was the centerpieceof the table on the patio.Those enjoying the delight-ful gathering were Mr. andMrs. W.C. Roberson, Mr. andMrs. Prentice Swymer, Mr.and Mrs. Albert Lee Curryand children, Al and Lynne,Mr. and Mrs. Billy Payneand children, David, Jerry,and Lisa, Mrs. Doyle Beding-field and son Eldridge, Mrs.W.T. Gatline and daughters,Rhonda and Carol, Mr. andMrs. Jimmy Dominy, Mrs.Loy Dixon, Mrs. George Bed-ingfield, Miss ThelmaDriskell and Mr. and Mrs. J.Alton Dominy.

VVBBSS AATT BBRREEWWTTOONN BBAAPPTTIISSTT CCHHUURRCCHHVacation Bible School will

begin at Brewton Baptist

Church on Thursday, June 4,with Preparation Day andclose on Friday, June 12,with Parents’ Night. Mr.E.L. Bracewell is SundaySchool Superintendent, andthe Principal of the School isMrs. Curtis Beall. Mrs.William Wallace is the SongLeader, and Miss Anita Beallis Pianist. Refreshments arearranged by Mrs. J.E. Dixonand Mrs. M.F. Bryant. MissSusan Beall is Superinten-dent of the Nursery Depart-ment with Mrs. Fred Kilgo-re. The Beginner Depart-ment Superintendent is Mrs.Theron Hall with Mrs. CliffRowland, Mrs. William Wal-lace and Miss Faye Rowlandas assistants. The Primarieswill be led by Mrs. FredFlanders with Mrs. HughGilgore and Mrs. Fred Wat-son. Mrs. C.G. Moye is Su-perintendent of the JuniorDepartment with Mrs. E.L.Bracewell, Mrs. T.J. Hobbs,Mr. Kelly Maddox and Rev.Danny King. The Intermedi-ates have Rev. William Wal-lace as Superintendent withMrs. W.E. Stinson, Mrs. Kel-ly B. Maddox and Mrs. Ron-nie Bracewell.

MMRRSS.. DDOOWWLLIINNGG’’SS PPIIAANNOO RREECCIITTAALL AATT

CCIITTYY HHAALLLLThe piano pupils of Mrs.

E.E. Dowling will present arecital on Thursday night at8 p.m. at the City Hall. Thepublic is invited to attendthis event when the follow-ing students will perform:David and Diane Hobbs,Gene Fordham, Kathy Tay-lor, Alice Palmer, Linda andRandy Wyatt, Sally Hudson,Pat Graham, Cherry Ander-son, Diane Franks, PaulaLord, Cathy Barbee, RobertThomas, Mary Yarborough,Lynn Duncan, BeverlyYoung and Debbie Ellison.

LLAAMMPPPP--HHAAYYWWOOOODD EENNGGAAGGEEMMEENNTT

Mr.and Mrs. John W.Lampp, Jr., announce theengagement of their daugh-ter Geraldine Lampp to Wal-ter Wesley Haywood, son ofMr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Hay-wood of Scott. Miss Lampp isa 1962 graduate of East Lau-rens High School and is em-ployed at Churchwell’s. Mr. Haywood was a grad-

uate in 1962 of Adrian HighSchool and works with J.P.Stevens Co., Inc.The wedding will be at

3:30 p.m. on June 14 at theChurch of Christ in Scott. Noformal invitations will be is-sued, but family and friendsare invited to attend.

Drug helps breast cancer patients keep fertilityCHICAGO (AP) — Doc-

tors may have found a wayto help young breast cancerpatients avoid infertilitycaused by chemotherapy.Giving a drug to shut downthe ovaries temporarilyseems to boost the odds theywill work after treatmentends, and it might even im-prove survival, a studyfound.“They’re really exciting

findings” that could helpthousands of women eachyear in the United Statesalone, said the study’sleader, Dr. Halle Moore ofthe Cleveland Clinic.“This has implications far

beyond breast cancer,” foryoung women with othertypes of tumors, too, addedDr. Clifford Hudis, breastcancer chief at MemorialSloan Kettering CancerCenter in New York City.He is president of the

American Society of ClinicalOncology, which featuredthe study at its annual con-ference in Chicago on Fri-day. More than 30,000 can-cer specialists from aroundthe world are attending.Chemotherapy often

causes premature ovarianfailure, or early menopause.Doctors think that active

ovaries are more susceptibleto chemo damage. Also, that making them

go dormant and stopping awoman’s monthly cyclesmight help to shield themfrom this harm.“It’s basically a tempo-

rary menopause to preventpermanent menopause,”Moore explained.The study involved 257

women around the worldunder age 50 with breastcancers whose growth is notfueled by estrogen. They all had standard

chemo and half also hadmonthly shots of goserelin, adrug to lower estrogen andtemporarily put the ovaries

at rest. Its main side effectsare menopause symptoms —hot flashes and vaginal dry-ness. Doctors then tracked the

women to see how the treat-ments affected fertility.After two years, full re-

sults were available on 135participants. Only 8 percent of those

given the shots becamemenopausal versus 22 per-cent of the others who didn’tget them. There were 22pregnancies in the druggroup versus 12 in the otherone. That’s encouraging, but

firm comparisons can’t real-ly be made because not allwomen may have been try-ing to conceive, and otherfactors such as a partner’s

fertility play a role.Still, “the difference was

enough that in spite of allthe limitations in the study,we were pretty convincinglyable to see an effect,” Mooresaid.The benefits go beyond

preserving fertility, said Dr.Kathy Albain, a breast can-cer specialist at Chicago’sLoyola University and one ofthe study leaders. “Some women don’t care

about having children” afterbreast cancer, but would liketo avoid “being jolted intoearly menopause” by chemotreatment, she said.Surprisingly, doctors also

saw better survival amongwomen given goserelin.About four years after treat-ment, 92 percent of them

were alive versus 82 percentof the others. Again, an en-couraging result, but thestudy was too small to deter-mine whether ovarian sup-pression truly affects sur-vival.The National Institutes of

Health sponsored the studyand researchers originallyaimed to enroll 400 womenbut had to scale back be-cause of government budgetcuts.“The findings are quite

provocative,” said one inde-pendent expert, Dr. Sharon

Giordano, a breast cancerspecialist at the Universityof Texas MD Anderson Can-cer Center in Houston. “Using goserelin is an op-

tion I would discuss with se-lected patients” but it does-n’t guarantee fertilitypreservation.Women may want to con-

sider other options, such ascreating and freezing em-bryos to use after cancertreatment ends, Giordanosaid.The goserelin approach

worked for study participant

Christy Wolford, who wastreated at MD Anderson be-fore she moved to FortCollins, Colorado, a fewyears ago. She was only 28 when her

breast cancer was found,and she wanted more chil-dren besides the 5-month-old daughter she had at thetime. Her ovaries were sup-

pressed during cancer treat-ment and she has had threeboys since it ended in 2006. “I’m the poster child” for

the study, she said.

In this May 29, 2014 photo, Christy Wolford, a breast cancer survivor, holdsher youngest son Lucas, 2 alongside her husband Bubba and other childrenLauren, 8, Alexander, 4, and Everett, 3, are pictured at the Primrose Schoolthe couple runs in Fort Collins, Colo. Young women with breast cancermight be able to avoid infertility caused by chemotherapy if they use a drugto shut down their ovaries temporarily, while treatment goes on. ChristyWolford's ovaries were suppressed during cancer treatment and she hashad three boys since it ended in 2006. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT FULL TIME DIESEL TRUCK/ROADSIDE REPAIR TECHNICIAN

JOB DESCRIPTIONThis job requires the candidate to be able to diagnose engine malfunctions with aid of computer diagnostic equipment, perform in-frame engine overhauls, diagnose transmission problems air/mechanical, diagnose differential problems air/mechanical, troubleshoot electrical circuits, troubleshoot air brake systems, lift a minimum of 75 pounds without assistance, be a team player, be able to work under pressure, self motivate, and perform any other task which may be assigned to them. This job will also require the candidate to operate a service truck and perform roadside repairs during the day and also on the assigned on-call nights.

QUALIFICATIONS • Must have a valid driver’s license and health certificate (Class B CDL is a plus)

(if no health certificate we will help the candidate obtain one) • Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen • Must have at least four references (three work related/one family or friend) • Must have own tools and all necessary tools for the job • Must have at least four years verifiable experience in over the road truck repair • Pass 90 probation period and have all necessary tools at end of probationary period

Send Resume to: 103 Roberts St., Dublin, GA 31021

Troop 65 of First United Methodist Church campedat William Smith’s farm near Lothair

On the weekend of May 17, Troop 65 of First United Methodist Church camped at William Smith’s farm near Lothair. The patrol leaders committeehad met and decided they wanted a weekend of fun, fellowship and fishing. We were blessed with such a beautiful weekend. Temperatures wereonly in the 70s during the day and 40s at night. For those who don’t camp, you just can’t ask for much better than that. Some of the scouts wereawake and fishing as early as 6:40 a.m. and they fished throughout the day on Saturday. They managed to catch in excess of 100 fish. All flavorswere represented. We had bream, crappie, bass and even a few catfish. To top off the day Saturday afternoon ended with a delicious fish fry. (Spe-cial photos)

East Laurens Elementary Honor RollSPECIAL TO THE

COURIER HERALDEast Laurens Elemen-

tary term four honor rollMay 2014. Hugh Kight,Principal.

Third grade: TrystenBaker, Markel Cuyler,Tyler Graham, Anna RaeHodges, Luke Horton,Myqwan Hudson, CaitlynKennedy, Mason Loyd, Alo-ra McCall, Josh Mullis, Ca-den Palmer, GraciePounds, Hunter Register,Noah Rozier, Landon Sims,Anna Warren, Jade Wright,Garrett Young, Mia Gunter,Barrett Dunn, Tex Edge,Hunter Overstreet, GabeLawrence, Daisy Becerra,Brooke Duffee, Austin Gra-ham, Katie Paul, NidrekaPowell, Erica Stamps,

Gavin Brantley, Jake Dyar,Jase Giles, Alexis Haigh,Noah Porter, Nikita Single-ton, Aiden Ingram, Joel Ri-ley Bentley, Roman Coley,Taleah Green, Jacob Grif-fith, Faith McDaniel, Han-nah Meacham, EthanMoore, AJ Reed, JasmineSmith, Shawna Wood, DoriBass, Dawson Bell, Alejan-dro Cardenas, Ralee Cov-ington, Gabriel Davenport,Camden Deal, Dorian Dud-ley, Jacey Harvey, DanielHobbs, Dawson Hobbs,Nevaeh Lagroon, GavenLampp, Avery Moon, JamiNorris, Jessi Norris, GraceRobinson, Jake Rowland,Malik Smith, Ashtyn Soles,Madison Soles, AddisonSpires, Cierra Thigpen andZach Wall.

Fourth grade: GageCarter, Daniel Dawson, Ri-ley Dean, Nija Edmond,Kiara Elliott, Joey Gra-ham, Makayley Grimes,Jase Hasty, Destiny Hatch-er, Phoebe Hodges, A’KayiaJackson, Lilie Jordan, Ma-cie McCary, Daniella Men-doza, Emily Miller, HayleyPalmer, Ladarius Taylor,Jasiah Wells, TrentonWhittington, MakaylaMarcinm, Brantley Waters,Ohm Patel, KeZariah Sim-mons, Kendall Smith,Mikayla Wiggins, GracieBassett, Layla Berry, Bri-anna Bracewell, BenBrantley, Ethan Chapman,Hunter Clay, Zion Coney,Samantha Crosby, Court-ney Evans, Hayden Fields,Chrissy Falkenberg,

Mikaylie Hadden, MarcusHarris, Elizabeth Holt,Samantha Snellgrove,Chan Knowles, KevinStrudwick, Rianna Miller,Samarian Lewis, KeltonMullis, Emauri Reid,Quentin Rozier, Alan Ru-bio, Brody Tucker, T’AleriaWilliams, Memphis Woods,Mystic Wilkes, Ja’KyraJackson, Emerald Baker,Trey Barwick, ZakiraConey, Peyton Ellington,Lane Evans, MarvinHamilton, Emily Hollis,Braelyn Kight, Riley Loyd,Abby Melton, ChloeMulkey, Emma Oliver, Ros-alinda Rideau, JeremiahRobinson, AlexandraSmith, Jacob Spivey, AleahSteiger, Maya Taylor, Dal-las Williford, Faith Young,

Janessa Umpierre andAireunna Jones.

Fifth grade: RashadThomas, Jhr’MhaniBrooks, Shawn Burke,Kandi Clark, RobertEvans, Brianna Headrick,Caleb Hightower, IlianaNavidad, Kateyn Luecke,Tyler Montgomery, CaliyahMoss, Treyvon Moss, CaseyPeavy, Ace Phillips, AnnaPope, Madyson Shirley,Jermaine Wright, KyleCuster, Karelynne Green-field, Lexxie Howard,Makyiah Smith, PaytenArnold, Shane Bonner,Omyri Coney, PaytonDaniels, Ajionna Hall, Ike-ria Hamilton, Meghan Hig-gs, Kwinzavien Horne,Christian Marsh, KileyMason, Hayden McLendon,

Trey Mills, Thomas Mo-roney, Tabatha Mullis,Tavarus Norris, DaltonOliver, Jeremiah Price,Kalie Watson, KanieshaWilliams, Jamarcus Hill,Jordan Aldridge, AndrewBethea, Abby Carter, CoyCovington, Rachael Ellis,Takylah Folsom, KristenHubbard, Kayla Klemens,Charley Johnson, MarioLopez, Reyna Lopez,Nathan Lumley, KasieMcKiney, Ryan McLendon,Kensley Mclean, RyanMimbs, Shauna Moore, An-nelise Mullis, Chris Norris,Lync Pope, Iris Rodriquez,Kain Sillitoe, Jeremy Sny-der and Gracie Sterling.

Prather awarded for years ofservice to Cedar Grove Market

Denise Prather is shown accepting a plaque/award for 14 years of dedicat-ed service to Cedar Grove Market, Inc. Owner, Ronald Harrington, as wellas Martha Harrington and Ron Harrington would like to thank Denise for herloyalty and dedication to the company and our family. (Special photo)

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BByy LLaauurreenn MMooyyeeBBPPCC SSttaaffff WWrriitteerrMOUNT VERNON —

Jared Taylor, a Brewton-Parker College biology ma-jor, scored in the 95 per-centile on a national test. Asa participating ACAT – AreaConcentration AchievementTest – facility, all seniors ofBrewton-Parker College arerequired to take an exit ex-am measuring how muchknowledge they attainedduring their major studies.A sampling of participatinguniversities include: AlbanyState University, Universityof Oklahoma and MissouriState University.Only a junior, Taylor took

the ACAT early because heplans to transfer into SouthUniversity’s PharmacySchool next semester. Taylorstated that the results wereunexpected. “I was surprised I did that

good,” he said. “The test did-n’t seem so hard, but I wasstill surprised.”This modest answer be-

lies Taylor’s academicprowess; in the past, he hasreceived other awards. In2011, he was one of four Pil-lars of Excellence recipients.To qualify for this competi-tive scholarship required ahigh GPA entering college,as well as strong SAT orACT scores. During the 2013

Fall Convocation Chapel,Taylor also served as flag-bearer for Brewton-Parker’sBiology department – anhonor normally reserved forseniors.Continuing his streak of

modesty, Taylor gave thecredit for his test results tothe instruction he receivedfrom his professors. “Brewton-Parker pre-

pared me a lot (for theACAT) because we have anawesome biology and chem-istry department,” he said.“I feel like the science de-partment is definitely top ofthe line.”When asked about his

plans for the future, Tayloranswered, “Just to graduatepharmacy school and possi-bly own my own pharmacyone day.” Becoming a pharmacist

has been Taylor’s dream fora few years now. He becameinterested in the pharma-ceutical field after he staredwork at Meadows Hospitaltwo weeks after finishinghigh school. “I just really love my job,”

he said. “I get to help people.It’s a lot of patient interac-tion. I really enjoy the envi-ronment.”Taylor starts at South

University on June 9. Hewill be missed by his Baronfamily.

Jared Taylor, a Brewton-Parker College biologymajor, scored in the 95 percentile on a nationaltest. (Special photo)

BPC’s Taylor Scores 95thPercentile on National Test

NWLE’s Mr. Joe ‘dressed for success’

Joe Denson, Jr. is a janitor at Northwest Lau-rens Elementary. He came “dressed for suc-cess” on the last day of school. The studentsthought Mr. Joe had a silly idea to jump startsummer break. (Special photo)

WLMS Honor RollSPECIAL TO THE

COURIER HERALDMr. Tim Franks, Principal

of West Laurens MiddleSchool, is proud to announcethe following students madeHonor Roll for the fourth nineweeks:

Sixth grade: AngelinaAbad, Alivia Allen, TinleyAllen, Thomas Boland, ZaneBradford, Wade Brantley,Matthew Branum, AdrianBrown,Ja’Van Brown, SethBryant, Mackenzie Burgess,Elise Calixte, Brent Carr,Jake Clark, Alley Claxton,Orien Coleman, JasmineCouncil, Kara Ray Covington,Abbey Davidson, ChanceDavis, Micah Davis, KaitlynDean, Dixon, Daniel Dorsey,David Dulmage, Grace Ed-wards, Brendan Entrekin,Michael Espinoza, ChelseaEvans, Spencer Fields, EmileeGarnto, Joe Gatti, AaliyahGiddens, David Halcomb,Mikayla Hardman, SamuelHargis, Sydnee Harrison, JTHendricks, Dusty Hobbs, Bre-Anna Holmes, Lainey Holt,Linc Hooks, Ellie Horne, Mol-ly Hutto, Ansley Ingram, Ry-lan Jackson, Samantha Jack-son, Kyley Jarrard, AriyonnaJones, Paul Kellam, DrewKelly, Sarah Kelly, CharlesKnight, Aubrey Lake, AngieLandaverde, Lauren Loftin,Sierrah Long, Lilli Lord,De’Asia Lowther, MackenzieMarsh, A.J Mathis, ColtMatthews, Maddie McDaniel,Mackenzie McDuffie, BillyMeeks, Shelby Meeks, HunterMoore, Jullian Moore, KasonMorgan, Kalen Moriya, Rob-bie Nobles, A’alycia O’Neal,Destiny O’Neal, LandonO’Neal, BreAnna Parham,Kunj Patel, Mansi Patel, ShivPatel, Payton Pennington,Jamie Pollard, Brendan Pope,Madison Pope, Samuel Porra-ta, Mikyla Richardson, SamRiner, Jonathan Rogers,Madelyn Rogers, Macy Rose,Graci Rowe, Devonte’Royal,Chasity Rozier, VeradiaSanders, Sarah Kate Sasser,Kassie Sellers, Brody Slaugh-ter, Callie Smith, JordynSmith, Elyssa Solomon,NaTya Stanley, LaurenStevens, Hutch Tanner,Aaliyah Thomas, JoshuaThomas, Kaitlyn Thomas,Zach Thomas, Hunter Thomp-son, Lipier Wade, Evan Walk-er, Logan Ward, BrandiWhite, Dominique Williams,Victoria Wood, AveryWoodard, David Woodard,Parker Woods and NatashaYoung.

Seventh grade: Gracie Al-ligood, Jordan Ashcroft,Jaylen Baker, Sam Bass, Hay-ley Bennett, Aeris Bolen,Paula Bondoc, CharleneBracewell, Hannah Brantley,James Brittian, CheyenneBrooks, Ashlyn Brown, MaryBeth Brown, KameronBrownlee, Hailey Bryant,

Kamia Burch, SavannahBurch, Colby Butler, Ivy Can-non, Ashley Carr, JessikaCarr, Trent Carr, MckenzieCarswell, Hunner Clay,Kaylee Clark, MirandaCollins, Camille Cook, EmilyDavis, Lindsey Davis,TyQuiesha Davis, Kyle Din-gus, Autumn Dudley, TaylorDuke, Mackenzie Dyar, JayEastman, Dorian Edmond,Gracie Evans, SamanthaFloyd, Ally Jo Fordham,Ayleen Garcia, Mason Gar-rett, Brandon Gibeau, CallieGibson, Campbell Grady, Car-men Graham, Jacob Grieser,Lois Grizzard, Kara Greene,Evan Hall, Zack Hall,Cheyenne Hammock, LaurenHammock, Logan Harrell,Sydney Hayes, Jake Helton,Hannah Henderson, JanaHerrin, Miracle Hickman,Kyuana Holmes, CassidyHolt, Jackson Howard,Christina Jasinski, Liz How-ell, Faith Hughes, Jose Ibar-ra-Flores, Kam Jackson, Syd-ni Jarrell, Eric Johnson, Gra-cie Drue Johnson, MakaylaJohnson, Allie Johnston,JaDarien Jones, Ricky Jones,Antonio Jordan, MaKaylaKemp, McKinley Kemp, Jack-son Kicklighter, AustinKnight, Rylie King, RainaKinsler, Harden Knight,Momoka Kobayashi, LindseyLoftin, Jessie Logan, CalmelaMack, Queinzavious Mack,Carley Maddox, JalenMalachi, Vincent Mannella,Logan McGowan, BrandonMeeks, Lissy Miller, ConnorMilton, Meaghan Moses,Charles Neria-Perez, HarleyNewman, Haven Newsome,Andrew Nichols, Will Nobles,Kaitlyn Noles, Peyton O’Neal,Ellie Outlaw, Pooja Patel,Brittney Pauldo, Kayley Per-ry, Dalton Persinger, LaQue-ene Pittman, AnnaScott Pol-hill, Cartar Pope, Emma Pow-ell, Katie Powell, MalloryPowell, Mcartney Powell,Tyler Ragan, Autumn Raven-scroft, Alex Reagin, AlyssaReed, Bradley Roady, JeseyRobinson, MacKenzieRochelle, Kayte Rogers, Sabri-na Rogers, Abbie Sanders,Madison Sawyer, MitchellScarboro, Natalie Scarbrough,Braden Scott, MadisonSewell, Mira Shaffer, ShelbySharp, Mackenzie Sheppard,Peyton Smith, Ty Smith, Lo-ryn Solomon, Avery Souza,Cassie Stancil, Alex Stephens,Zy’anee Stephens, AeraStephens, Evan Stokes,Payten Strickland, WynetteTarpley, Shakari Taylor, Mi-randa Thigpen, MichaelThomsen, Nathan Touchberry,Myyan Travick, Meredith Tu-vell, Maci Upshaw, VictoriaUssery, Abby Wade, Charlie-Bass Wages, Allison Wallace,McKinsey Ware, BrianaWarnock, Andrew Weight,Caitlee Williams, AshleighWindham, Faith Wood, Reece

Woodard, Jalea Wright, BrockWynne and Kayli Young

Eighth grade: HunterBarron, Kiara Harris, CassieLawrence, Hunter Manus,Gillian Presley, Jalen Sims,Deaven Bryant, Rebecca Carr,Tiara Harris, Kayla Jones,Xavier Phillips, Kari Smith,Caleb Tanner, David GraysonToler, Ryan Grant Waid, Cal-lie Beckham, Dyllon Couey,McKay Cox, Justin Cravey,Garrett Garnto, MichaelKaluzny, Makenzie Lee,Joshua Register, AshtonScott, Kelsi Simpson, SydneySteff, Kian Taylor, Brynn Up-shaw, Kristen Zacher. LindseyAlford, Anna Claire Beale,Katelynn Bowers, BrandonBruton, Britney Carr, ShaneCarter, Jackson Clancy, AlexCook, Paige Cook, EmmaCrooms, Nolan Daniel, Syd-ney Davidson, Ben Deal,Chloree Dobbins, Ariel Eden-field, Jacob Floyd, Noah Gar-nto, Morgan Graham, AustinGreen, Evan Grimes, TristanGrubbs, Caleigh Haskins, Ma-son Howard, Chandler Jar-rard, Shae Knight, MadiLankford, Kayce Lauber, JoeLord, Krista Loyd, MackenzieManley, Christion Martin,Brooklyn Mathews, LauraLee Miller, MyKenzie Moore,Beau Mullis, Emilee New-some, Jackson Nichols, TimoriPace, Shamari Parks, YagniPatel, Ashley Payne, AlaynaPerry, Whittney Perry, Madi-son Pittman, Maddie Price,Grace Reeves, RowanRupczyk, Hailey Sapp, Dhar-ma Schofield, Alicia Sharp,Dalton Smith, Karson Smith,Starr Walker, Abigail Watson,Max Woodburn, HannahWoods, Anna Yarbrough.Christian Adams, Guy Ander-berg, Jackson Bailey, EmilyBracewell, Chelsea Brandon,Courtney Bryant, Zoie Card-well, Lizzy Clark, TaylorCobb, Faith Collins, AshlynDavis, Karice Davis, GarrettDixon, Gina Dover, AndrewDukes, Ellie Elder, KatieGlass,, Elizabeth Hargis, De-von Harper, Hailey Hen-dricks, Joseph Horne, JacobHutto, Amanda Justice, Moni-ca Kaluzny, Matthew Lampp,Jessica Lawhorn, Haley Lowe,Maddy Loyd, Joseph Luttrell,Britney Marcial, Logan Ma-son, Samantha Meeks, KaylaMiller, Brittany Montford,Cuyler Morris, Mac Murray,Jay Nobles, Kirsten O’Quinn,Tate Outlaw, Keyana Parks,Maria Powell, Lauren Price,Casey Quick, JonathanRoberson, Brianna Shirey,Richi Slade, Kailey Steverson,Michael Taylor, Thomas Tuck-er, Owen Veal, Max Wallace,Jesse Weaver, Austin White,Karlene White, MathewWilkes, Baily Wood, Savan-nah Woodard and GracieWright.

Trinity DAR essay contestSPECIAL TO THE

COURIER HERALDEach year all sixth, sev-

enth and eighth grade stu-dents at Trinity ChristianSchool compete in an Ameri-can History Essay Contestthrough the National Society- Daughters of the AmericanRevolution (DAR). Thisyear’s topic was “The Lives ofChildren During the Ameri-can Revolution.” Students were to pretend

they were a boy or girl dur-ing the colonial fight for free-dom. They were to use his-torical facts to discuss howthe war affected their lives. They could portray either

a historical child or a fiction-al child living in the era ofthe American Revolution.TCS had three winnersthrough the John LaurensChapter.Maria Torres was the win-

ner for sixth grade; GracieThompson was the winnerfor seventh grade and Lind-sey Tate was the winner foreighth grade. For the second year in a

row, Lindsey Tate’s paperhas gone on to win at thestate level. Tate was honoredon March 15 at a luncheon atStone Mountain, and waspresented an award for herprestigious honor. Her paper will be submit-

ted to the national level.

Tate was honored on March 15 at a luncheonat Stone Mountain. Her paper will be submit-ted to the national level. (Special photo)

The Courier Herald Section BMonday, June 2, 2014

SportsGISA Class AAstate baseballtournamentbracket.

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By JEREMY PAYNEThe Trinity Christian

Crusaders have won threestate baseball titles in schoolhistory. The quest for a fourthcame up short on Saturdayevening in Monticello.The Crusaders fell to

Piedmont in the 2014 GISAClass AA state baseball cham-pionship as the Cougars sweptTrinity 2-0 in the best-of-threeseries and finished as staterunners up.The Cougars won Game 1

3-0 then completed the sweepwith a 4-2 win in Game 2.“We had a good group that

had a great season and I amvery proud of what we haveaccomplished reaching thestate championship,” Trinityhead baseball coach GarySanders said. “Piedmontplayed two great games andtook advantage of our mis-takes. I have to take my hatsoff to them.”It was a long two days for

both teams as the weatherplayed havoc both on Fridayand Saturday, causing lengthydelays each day.“It was just one of those

days you had to wait it outwith the weather,” Sanderssaid.Trinity has relied on strong

pitching and solid defense allseason long, and Saturdaywas more of the same.However, the Crusader batscouldn’t get going, andPiedmont rode stellar pitchingand near flawless defense toclaim their first state title inschool history.In Game 1, Trinity faced

Piedmont ace Zach Beggs,who was billed as one of thetop pitchers in all of GISA.Beggs lived up to the hype byfiring a two-hit shutoutin propelling the Cougars to awin.Cam Soles kept the

Crusaders in the game withstrong pitching of his own

in going the dis-tance. Piedmont got on theboard in the first as a liner toright by catcher Josh Williamswas misplayed into a double,allowing Tyler Mills to score.Trinity had its best chance

to score in the top of the fifthinning as Andy Coleman ledoff the inning with a linerdown the left field line. Hewas, however, thrown out try-ing to stretch the single into adouble. That proved costlybecause Wyatt Payne followedhim with a ringing double toleft center. Beggs pickedPayne off of second, andstruck out Luke Price to endthe threat. The Cougarspadded their lead in the bot-tom of the inning on anotherRBI double by Williams and asac fly by Luke Andrews.Soles was solid in the loss

going six innings allowingeight hits and three runs. Hestruck out four and walkedtwo. Beggs struck out 10 and

walked no one in the victory.He faced the minimum 21 hit-ters in the seven-inning victo-ry.In Game 2, there was

another pitchers’ duelbetween Payne andPiedmont’s Mack Britain. TheCougars again got on theboard first as Beggs hit a sacfly to score lead off hitterJared Sauls in the top of thefirst inning.After a nearly two-hour

weather delay, Piedmontextended their lead in thethird inning.With the bases loaded and

one out, Beggs hit another sacfly to center that scoredHunter Knox. The throwtoward third base got away,allowing Sauls to score mak-ing it 3-0. An RBI single byMack Brady after a two outerror in the fourth made thescore 4-0.Britain cruised through the

first four innings. The

Crusaders finally got some-thing going in the bottom ofthe fifth. Luke Price led off theinning with a single to rightand moved to third on a longsingle by Chase Bassett.Spenser Ford drove inTrinity’s first run of the serieswith an RBI single to rightcenter. Bassett later scored ona sac fly by Soles to cut thelead to 4-2.In the sixth Coleman drew

a one out walk, the Crusadersfirst of the series, and, after astrikeout, Price was hit by apitch. With Bassett coming tothe plate representing the go-ahead run, Piedmont broughtBeggs back into the game topitch. He got Bassett to hit aone hopper back to the moundto end the threat.Trinity would not go quiet-

ly in the bottom of the sev-enth. Ford walked to lead offthe inning and then CylerGarrett was hit by a pitch.Following a strikeout, Richard

Harrison walked to load thebases with one out.Another strikeout and a

groundout ended the threatand gave the Cougars thetitle. Payne also pitched bril-liantly in the loss going 6 1/3innings allowing five hits andonly two earned runs whilestriking out five. He was alsotwo for three at the plate.Price had two hits whileBassett and Ford collected theother two Trinity singles.“We hit the ball hard but

right at someone,” Sanderssaid. “We just couldn’t takeadvantage of those opportuni-ties and Piedmont had greatpitching and defense.”The loss marked the final

game for Crusader seniorsColeman, Ford, Garrett andDaniel Coble. They finish theseason with a record of 19-9-1. Piedmont ran its record to30-4.“I am so proud of our guys

and the great season they

Crusaders finish as state runners up

Howard advances to NCAA championshipsSPECIAL TO THE

COURIER HERALDJACKSONVILLE, FLA. –

The upcoming NCAAChampionships will have afamiliar face competing in it.As the NCAA East

Preliminary Round came to aclose, three new Tar Heels andthe 4x400 relay team pushedthemselves into the NCAAChampionships in Eugene,Ore., by finishing within thetop 12 in their respectiveevents as North Carolinasophomore Sarah Howard ofDublin, Isaac Presson andLizzy Whelan will join RJAlowonle, Javonte Lipsey andXenia Rahn on the list of TarHeels going to the NCAAChampionships.“I’m really proud of the

guys and girls today who wereable to advance to the finals,”North Carolina head coachHarlis Meaders said. “We’readvancing eight to the finalsin Eugene, which is threemore than last year, so we arepushing the program forwardin the right direction.”Howard threw 54-1 ? (16.49

meters) to advance to theNCAA Championships in thewomen’s shot put. Howardthrew that mark on her lastattempt and registered a newoutdoor PR. All of Howard’sthrows were at least 16meters.“Sarah had a seasonal best

and it came on her sixth andlast throw in the competition,”Meaders said. “She had thebest series of throws in heroutdoor career in the NCAARegional Championshipsshows a lot of maturity and forher to advance to her secondfinal in Eugene is a fantasticjob.”The men’s 4x400 team

came within 0.1 seconds of set-ting a school record. The teamset the school’s third-best timeat 3:04.80. Alowonle, KwameDonyinah, Lipsey and CeoWays competed in the relayevent in that order. The relayteam automatically qualifiedfor the NCAA Championshipswhen they took second placein heat two. The team finishedwith the seventh-best time.Alowonle and Lipsey hadalready qualified for theChampionships in the 400-meter hurdles.“The men’s mile relay was

the highlight of the evening,”Meaders said. “They ran verywell against some tough com-petition. All those guys didexceptionally well.”“We’re excited to run the

best time of the season andmove on to the NCAAChampionships,” NorthCarolina assistant coach SteveRubin said. “This team had anexpectation to qualify andthey got the job done withpure determination. I’m excit-ed to see them run even fasterin Eugene.”Isaac Presson punched his

ticket to the Championshipsby placing seventh in themen’s 5,000 after running14:12.44. Presson took first inhis heat to automatically qual-ify for the Championships, thefirst time in his career. PatSchellberg also competed inthe men’s 5,000 and finished

31st at 14:48.31.“Our goal in entering Isaac

in the 5,000 was to put him ina position to use his speed inthe final 400,” North Carolinaassistant coach MarkVanAlstyne said. “Isaac exe-cuted the plan perfectly andreally made it look easy as hewon his heat over some verygood runners.”“Isaac ran a very smart and

tactful race and sort of walkedaway from the crowd towardthe end of it,” Meaders said.“It was a really smart race.”Lizzy Whelan was an auto-

matic qualifier in women’s1,500 when she took fifth inher heat and fifth overall witha time of 4:15.20, which is anew personal record. This isWhelan’s first time competingin the NCAA OutdoorChampionships, but she com-peted at the NCAA IndoorChampionships earlier thisyear.VanAlstyne said: “Lizzy

drew a tough heat with sevenathletes in her heat running4:15 or faster, but she ran hermost consistent race of theyear and closed well to securean automatic qualifier.”“Lizzy also ran a very

smart race,” Meaders said.“She’s a lot more mature thanlast year and she’s a betterracer. She has a lot more expe-rience now and that will helpher in Eugene.”Devon Carter competed in

the men’s 110-meter hurdleswhere he matched his PR at13.91 and took 16th overall.Annie LeHardy ran

16:33.64 in the women’s 5,000to finish 25th overall.Ways, who ran in the

4x400, also competed in themen’s 200 where he was 0.01seconds away from qualifyingfor the NCAA Championships.Ways crossed the line at 20.89.Seniors Tristine Johnson

and Phillip Morris both cameinto the meet a little bangedup and had to withdraw fromcompetition.“I think our assistant

coaches have done a fantasticjob of preparing our kids forthe Championships inEugene,” Meaders said.“Coach Rubin advanced guysin the 400 hurdles and the4x400 team. CoachVanAlstyne advanced individ-uals in the 5,000 and 1,500.Coach [Josh] Langley advanc-ing Xenia [Rahn] in the hep-tathlon, and Coach [Nicole]Hudson taking Phillip Morrisfrom a very up-and-down sea-son last year to qualifying forthe NCAA East PreliminaryRound.“I really think the program

is moving forward. Our ulti-mate goal is to be one of thebetter programs in the coun-try and to advance multiplekids to the finals is necessaryto becoming one of those pro-grams.”The contingent of Tar Heels

that qualified for the NCAAChampionships will competeon June 11-14. A recap ofresults and performances willbe available on Goheels.com atthe conclusion of each day ofcompetition.

North Carolina sopho-more Sarah Howard ofDublin competed inthe NCAA EastPreliminary Round atUniversity of NorthFlorida in Jacksonvilleon Saturday. She hadfour throws over 16meters, which is thebest series she hasever had. Her bestthrow of 16.49m (54feet 1 1/4 inches) cameon her last attempt andmoved her from 12thto 9th in the NCAAC h a m p i o n s h i pwomen's shot putevent. The top 12 fin-ishers will compete inthe NCAA Division IOutdoor Track andField Championshipsin Eugene, Oregon onJune 11-14 against thetop 12 finishers in theNCAA WestPreliminary Round.Her throw was a careerbest for the outdoorseason.(Photos byAmanda Howard)

Monday, June 2, 2014/Dublin, Ga/Page 2bThe Courier Herald

AMERICAN LEAGUEEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Toronto 34 24 .586 —New York 29 26 .527 3 1/2Baltimore 28 27 .509 4 1/2Boston 27 29 .482 6Tampa Bay 23 34 .404 10 1/2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Detroit 31 22 .585 —Chicago 29 29 .500 4 1/2Minnesota 26 28 .481 5 1/2Cleveland 27 30 .474 6Kansas City 26 30 .464 6 1/2

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Oakland 35 22 .614 —Los Angeles 30 26 .536 4 1/2Texas 29 28 .509 6Seattle 28 28 .500 6 1/2Houston 24 34 .414 11 1/2

Saturday’s GamesWashington 10, Texas 2N.Y. Yankees 3, Minnesota 1Toronto 12, Kansas City 2San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 2Cleveland 7, Colorado 6Baltimore 4, Houston 1Boston 7, Tampa Bay 1Oakland 11, L.A. Angels 3Seattle 3, Detroit 2

Sunday’s GamesCleveland 6, Colorado 4Minnesota 7, N.Y. Yankees 2Toronto 4, Kansas City 0Boston 4, Tampa Bay 0Texas 2, Washington 0Baltimore 9, Houston 4Chicago White Sox 4, San Diego 1Oakland 6, L.A. Angels 3Seattle 4, Detroit 0

Today’s GamesBoston (Lackey 6-3) at Cleveland(Masterson 2-4), 7:05 p.m.Seattle (F.Hernandez 7-1) at N.Y. Yankees(Phelps 1-2), 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Cobb 1-2) at Miami (Wolf 0-1),7:10 p.m.Minnesota (Gibson 4-4) at Milwaukee(Garza 2-4), 7:20 p.m.Kansas City (Duffy 2-5) at St. Louis(S.Miller 6-4), 8:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-4) at L.A.Dodgers (Kershaw 3-2), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUEEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Atlanta 31 25 .554 —Miami 28 28 .500 3Washington 27 28 .491 3 1/2New York 27 29 .482 4Philadelphia 24 30 .444 6

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Milwaukee 34 23 .596 —St. Louis 30 27 .526 4Cincinnati 26 29 .473 7Pittsburgh 26 30 .464 7 1/2Chicago 20 34 .370 12 1/2

West DivisionW L Pct GB

San Francisco37 20 .649 —Los Angeles 30 28 .517 7 1/2Colorado 28 28 .500 8 1/2San Diego 26 31 .456 11Arizona 23 36 .390 15

Saturday’s GamesWashington 10, Texas 2San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 2St. Louis 2, San Francisco 0Cleveland 7, Colorado 6N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 4, 14 inningsAtlanta 9, Miami 5Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 0L.A. Dodgers 12, Pittsburgh 2Cincinnati 5, Arizona 0

Sunday’s GamesCleveland 6, Colorado 4Atlanta 4, Miami 2N.Y. Mets 4, Philadelphia 3, 11 inningsTexas 2, Washington 0Milwaukee 9, Chicago Cubs 0Chicago White Sox 4, San Diego 1San Francisco 8, St. Louis 0Cincinnati 4, Arizona 3Pittsburgh 5, L.A. Dodgers 3

Today’s GamesN.Y. Mets (Colon 4-5) at Philadelphia(R.Hernandez 2-2), 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Cobb 1-2) at Miami (Wolf 0-1),7:10 p.m.Minnesota (Gibson 4-4) at Milwaukee(Garza 2-4), 7:20 p.m.Kansas City (Duffy 2-5) at St. Louis(S.Miller 6-4), 8:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-4) at L.A.Dodgers (Kershaw 3-2), 10:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Morton 1-7) at San Diego(Stauffer 2-1), 10:10 p.m.

NASCARSprint Cup

5-hour ENERGY 400Dover International Speedway

Lap length: 1 miles(Car number in parentheses)

1. (4) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 400 laps,148.3 rating, 48 points, $331,626.2. (1) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 400, 111.8,43, $245,113.3. (21) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 400, 114.5,42, $218,416.4. (10) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 400, 100.7,41, $177,396.5. (7) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 400, 103, 39,$136,880.6. (16) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 400,87.6, 38, $144,878.7. (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 400, 93.5,37, $154,828.8. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 400, 100, 36,$146,036.9. (13) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 400,104.3, 35, $115,595.10. (15) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 400, 92.7,34, $133,559.11. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 400, 85.5,33, $132,530.12. (25) Aric Almirola, Ford, 400, 87.8, 32,

$140,496.13. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 400,76.7, 31, $135,999.14. (29) Carl Edwards, Ford, 400, 75.7, 30,$117,510.15. (6) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 400, 109.5,29, $145,446.16. (27) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 400, 68.6,28, $126,630.17. (8) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 399,105.5, 28, $137,418.18. (24) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 399, 75.4,26, $98,960.19. (17) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 399,83.9, 25, $114,035.20. (23) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 398, 74,24, $144,021.21. (11) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 397,65.5, 23, $115,268.22. (18) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 396, 53.2, 22,$104,460.23. (28) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 396,56.7, 21, $103,810.24. (38) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 396,49.9, 20, $111,318.25. (22) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 395,60.1, 19, $117,243.26. (30) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 395, 46,18, $113,493.27. (31) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 394, 49.1, 17,$93,185.28. (33) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 390, 45.7,16, $92,635.29. (32) David Gilliland, Ford, 388, 45.7,15, $109,532.30. (43) Blake Koch, Ford, 388, 30.8, 0,$90,835.31. (14) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 387,64.4, 13, $97,185.32. (41) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 387, 34.4, 12,$89,010.33. (42) Dave Blaney, Ford, 383, 30.4, 11,$88,860.34. (36) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 382, 32,0, $88,660.35. (39) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 378,52.1, 9, $88,435.36. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 350, 37.1, 8,$96,335.37. (40) David Stremme, Chevrolet, over-heating, 297, 37.7, 7, $88,151.38. (12) Greg Biffle, Ford, 292, 62.5, 6,$127,110.39. (37) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, engine, 232,30, 0, $78,535.40. (35) Alex Bowman, Toyota, accident,208, 30.6, 4, $74,535.41. (26) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, acci-dent, 131, 47.1, 3, $106,360.42. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 125,93, 3, $120,176.43. (9) Brian Vickers, Toyota, engine, 73,50.1, 1, $95,110.

Race StatisticsAverage Speed of Race Winner: 117.724mph.Time of Race: 3 hours, 23 minutes, 52seconds.Margin of Victory: 0.885 seconds.Caution Flags: 8 for 41 laps.Lead Changes: 18 among 6 drivers.Lap Leaders: Ky.Busch 1-81; J.Johnson82-126; C.Bowyer 127; J.Johnson 128-139; K.Harvick 140-158; M.Kenseth 159;K.Harvick 160-164; M.Kenseth 165-177;J.Johnson 178-222; M.Kenseth 223;J.Johnson 224-240; M.Kenseth 241;J.Johnson 242-322; M.Kenseth 323;J.Johnson 324-361; B.Keselowski 362;C.Bowyer 363-366; J.Johnson 367-400.Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led,Laps Led): J.Johnson, 7 times for 272laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 81 laps;K.Harvick, 2 times for 24 laps; M.Kenseth,5 times for 17 laps; C.Bowyer, 2 times for 5laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 1 lap.Wins: K.Harvick, 2; J.Johnson, 2;J.Logano, 2; Ku.Busch, 1; Ky.Busch, 1;D.Earnhardt Jr., 1; C.Edwards, 1;J.Gordon, 1; D.Hamlin, 1; Bra.Keselowski,1.Top 12 in Points: 1. M.Kenseth, 463; 2.J.Gordon, 461; 3. C.Edwards, 438; 4.J.Johnson, 436; 5. D.Earnhardt Jr., 429; 6.J.Logano, 414; 7. Ky.Busch, 411; 8.Bra.Keselowski, 404; 9. D.Hamlin, 379; 10.K.Larson, 377; 11. R.Newman, 374; 12.K.Harvick, 373.

NBA PlayoffsCONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)Sunday, May 18

Indiana 107, Miami 96Monday, May 19

San Antonio 122, Oklahoma City 105Tuesday, May 20

Miami 87, Indiana 83Wednesday, May 21

San Antonio 112, Oklahoma City 77Saturday, May 24

Miami 99, Indiana 87Sunday, May 25

Oklahoma City 106, San Antonio 97Monday, May 26

Miami 102, Indiana 90Tuesday, May 27

Oklahoma City 105, San Antonio 92Wednesday, May 28

Indiana 93, Miami 90Thursday, May 29

San Antonio 117, Oklahoma City 89Friday, May 30

Miami 117, Indiana 92, Miami wins series4-2

SaturdaySan Antonio 112, Oklahoma City 107, OT,San Antonio wins series 4-2

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

ThursdayMiami at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

SundayMiami at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 10San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 12San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 15x-Miami at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 17x-San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

MLB

Auto racing

NBA

TODAYCOLLEGE BASEBALL

7 p.m.ESPNU — NCAA, Division Iplayoffs, regionals, teams TBD

11 p.m.ESPNU — NCAA, Division Iplayoffs, regionals, teams TBD

MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL8 p.m.

ESPN — Kansas City at St.Louis

TUESDAYCOLLEGE SOFTBALL

8 p.m.ESPN — World Series, finals,game 2, teams TBD, atOklahoma City

MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL7 p.m.

MLB — Regional coverage,Oakland at N.Y. Yankees orBoston at Cleveland

10 p.m.WGN — Chicago White Soxat L.A. Dodgers

SOCCER9:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Men’s nationalteams, exhibition, Mexico vs.Bosnia-Herzegovina, atChicago

TENNIS1 p.m.

ESPN2 — French Open,men’s and women’s quarterfi-nals, at Paris (same-day tape)

WNBA BASKETBALL7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Los Angeles atAtlanta

WEDNESDAYCOLLEGE SOFTBALL

8 p.m.ESPN — World Series, finals,game 3, teams TBD, atOklahoma City (if necessary)

GOLF5 a.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour,Lyoness Open, first round,part I, at Atzenbrugg, Austria

MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL

NoonMLB — Seattle at Atlanta

7 p.m.ESPN2 — Oakland at N.Y.Yankees

8 p.m.WGN — N.Y. Mets at ChicagoCubs

NHL HOCKEY8 p.m.

NBC — Playoffs, finals, game1, Chicago/Los Angeles win-ner vs. Montreal/N.Y. Rangerswinner

TENNIS8 a.m.

ESPN2 — French Open,men’s and women’s quarterfi-nals, at Paris

R1 # 1 Gatewood

(1) Gatewood

R2 # 4 Edmund Burke

(9) TerrellR3 # 2 Terrell

(2) Terrell

R4 # 3 Griffin Christian

(13)R2 # 1 Trinity Christian Dublin

(3) Trinity Christian Dublin

R1 # 4 Covenant(10) Trinity Christian

(Home)

R4 # 2 Flint River

(4) Valwood

R3 # 3 Valwood (15)

R4 # 1 Piedmont

(5) Piedmont

R3 # 4 Southwest Georgia

(11) PiedmontR2 # 2 Brentwood (Home)

(6) Brentwood

R1 # 3 Windsor(14)

R3 # 1 Westwood

(7) Westwood

R4 # 4 LaGrange(12) Frederica

R1 # 2 Central FellowshipHome is team with highest rank; when teams are

(8) Frederica equally ranked, Home is as shown on brackets.

R2 # 3 Frederica

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May 9 10, 2014

May 16 17, 2014

May 23 24, 2014

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2014 GISA Class AA State Baseball Bracket

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The East Laurens LadyFalcons will hold the Lady FalconsFundamental Basketball Youth Campon June 5-7 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in theEast Laurens High SchoolGymnasium. For more Information,call either Coach Ramona Edwardsat 478-278-6971 or Coach CharleneJames at 478-278-5086.

Trinity Third-Fifth GradeSoftball Camp

The Trinity softball camp will beheld June 9-11 for all area studentswho will be in third-fifth grades in thefall at the Trinity softball fields from8:30-10:30 a.m. Cost is $70 andincludes a t-shirt. Early bird specialis $60 if paid by May 30. Trinitycoach Krista Meadows will be teach-ing/reviewing the fundamentals of

hitting, fielding and batting.Students will also be taught newdrills to enhance performance. Ifthere are enough participants, we’llplay an inter-squad game for fun.Please do not combine check withany other payment. Make checkspayable to Krista Meadows.

Trinity K4-SecondGrade Softball CampThe Trinity softball camp will be

held June 12-13 for all area studentswho will be in K4-second grade inthe fall at the Trinity softball fieldsfrom 8:30-10:30 a.m. Cost is $60and includes a t-shirt. Early bird spe-cial is $50 if paid by May 23. Trinitycoach Krista Meadows will be teach-ing/reviewing the fundamentals ofhitting, fielding and batting.Students will also be taught newdrills to enhance performance. Ifthere are enough participants, we’llplay an inter-squad game for fun.Please do not combine check withany other payment. Make checkspayable to Krista Meadows.

Trinity K4-K5Soccer Camp

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all players who just completedK4–K5 at Trinity Soccer Field. Costis $30 and includes a camp t-shirt.Call Aaron George at 272 7699 formore information.

Trinity 1st-2nd gradeSoccer Camp

Trinity Soccer Camp will be heldon June 19–20 from 8:30–10:45a.m. for all players who just complet-ed first and second grades at TrinitySoccer Field. Cost is $45 andincludes a camp t-shirt. Call AaronGeorge at 272 7699 for more infor-mation.

Trinity K4-6th gradeFootball Camp

The Trinity football camp will beheld July 7-10 for all area studentswho will be in K4-sixth grades in thefall at the Trinity football field from 6-8:30 p.m. Cost is $75 and includes at-shirt. Trinity football head coachMatt Hammett and varsity players willbe teaching/reviewing the fundamen-tals of football. Students will also betaught new drills to enhance perform-ance. The third night will consist of agame night. Please do not combinecheck with any other payment. Makechecks payable to TCS.

TodayNone

Tuesdayvs. Seattle 7:10 PM SPSO

Wednesdayvs. Seattle 12:10 PMSPSO

Friday@Arizona 9:40 PM FSSO

Saturday@Arizona 10:10 PMFSSO

MIAMI (AP) — TheAtlanta Braves made them-selves at home all weekend atMarlins Park, including whenEvan Gattis put a dent in thehome run sculpture Sunday.Gattis broke a ninth-inning

tie with a two-run homer,newcomer Shae Simmonsmade another key contribu-tion and Atlanta completed athree-game sweep by beatingMiami 4-2.“We played about as good a

series as we’ve played in awhile,” Atlanta manager FrediGonzalez said.The Braves pulled off the

sweep after losing four consec-utive games to Boston, andafter being swept by theMarlins during a three-gamevisit to Miami a month ago.“They’re a good ballclub,

and it’s good to get threewins,” Gattis said.Making the sweep even

more impressive is theMarlins’ 20-11 record atMarlins Park. They lead themajors in home victories andmade a bid for a ninth-inningcomeback Sunday.Simmons, pitching in his

second big league game,earned his first career savewhen he retired ChristianYelich with two on for the finalout. Closer Craig Kimbrel wasgiven the day off because of aheavy recent workload.“I got through it,” Simmons

said. “I’m not going to say itwasn’t a little intimidating.”

Simmons also got a key outin his major league debutSaturday. He left town withtwo game balls and two sou-venir lineup cards.“It’s kind of surreal,” he

said. “I don’t really feel likeit’s happened. I feel like I was-n’t even out there.”The series began with the

Marlins and Braves tied atopthe NL East. Now Miami’sthree games back.“This was a good test,”

manager Mike Redmond said.“Believe me, there’s a sourtaste in all of our mouths.”With the score 2-all,

Freddie Freeman started theninth with a single, only hissecond hit in 36 at-bats thisyear against Miami. Gattisthen hit a 2-0 fastball into thesculpture in distant left-cen-ter field for his 11th homer,and the first this year allowedby Marlins closer SteveCishek (4-2).“That’s a big home run

there, in this ballpark off thatreliever,” Gonzalez said. “Thatdoesn’t happen very often.The matchup there didn’tfavor us.”But Marlins Park seems to

bring out the best in theBraves, their visit a monthago notwithstanding. Atlantais 18-7 in the ballpark since itopened in 2012.Gattis is batting .333 with

six homers and 20 RBIs in 18games at Marlins Park. He’s afan of the stadium and even

the colorful sculpture, whichhas its share of detractors.“The sculpture? I like it,”

Gattis said. “I like this park.It has been good to me.”Marcell Ozuna hit a two-

run homer, his 10th. Thosewere the only runs allowed byAaron Harang in 6 2-3innings, but he remained win-less in his past four starts forAtlanta. Alex Wood (5-5)pitched 1 1-3 perfect innings.Miami’s Nathan Eovaldi

gave up two runs while pitch-ing a season-high eightinnings. He has an ERA of0.75 in five starts againstAtlanta since the beginning of2013. Shaky defense costEovaldi an early lead. JasonHeyward hit an RBI single inthe third, and then the tyingrun scored when second base-man Derek Dietrich failed toturn a double play that wouldhave ended the inning.“It was a tough series,”

Redmond said. “We didn’t playour best, we didn’t play greatdefense, we didn’t run thebases well. We need to playbetter, but we know we canplay with these guys. Everyguy in that clubhouse believesthat, but we have some workto do.”

NOTES: The Braves areoff Monday and begin a two-game series Tuesday at homeagainst Seattle, with MikeMinor (2-3, 3.41) scheduled tostart against HisashiIwakuma (3-1, 2.39).

Braves complete sweep at Miami

PARIS (AP) — AndreaPetkovic overcame an incon-sistent serve and unseededKiki Bertens to reach thequarterfinals of the FrenchOpen with a 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 victo-ry Monday.The 28th-seeded German

was broken three times in thefirst set, once in the secondand three more times in thethird. But she was able to earnseven breaks of her own — allin the final two sets — toadvance to the quarterfinalsat Roland Garros for the sec-ond time in her career.Bertens, a Dutchwoman

ranked No. 148, had been bid-ding to become the lowestranked woman to reach theFrench Open quarterfinalssince the field at the clay-court major was expanded to

128 players in 1983.After splitting the first two

sets, the players exchangedbreaks quickly and often inthe third. Each of the first fivegames went to the returningplayer, with Petkovic finallyholding to lead 4-2.Both players were broken

once more, but Petkovic wasable to hold in the last gamewith a forehand winner onmatch point.“I think she played more

aggressively than me when Iwas a break up,” Petkovic saidof the deciding set.“Afterward, I told myself:‘Andrea, shut up and playaggressively.’ And it was bet-ter.”Petkovic reached the quar-

terfinals at Roland Garros in2011. She reached the same

stage at the Australian Openand U.S. Open that year forher best Grand Slam perform-ances.Also Monday, eight-time

champion Rafael Nadal wasplaying Dusan Lajovic for aspot in the quarterfinals.Nadal is 62-1 at Roland

Garros, with his only loss com-ing in the fourth round in2009.Andy Murray will also be

on court, a day after he com-pleted a five-set win overPhilipp Kohlschreiber. He willplay Fernando Verdasco ofSpain.In the women’s tourna-

ment, fourth-seeded SimonaHalep of Romania will faceSloane Stephens of the UnitedStates.

Petkovic advances toFrench Open quarterfinals

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FDA taking another look at mercury in seafoodWASHINGTON (AP) —

The Food and DrugAdministration is updatingits advice for pregnantwomen on the appropriatelevels of mercury in seafood.Commissioner MargaretHamburg says the agencywon’t require mercury labelson seafood packages.

In a wide-ranginginterview Friday with TheAssociated Press, Hamburgsaid the agency will updateguidance on mercury indifferent varieties of seafoodand what that means, along-awaited move aimed athelping women betterunderstand what to eatwhen they’re pregnant.

“It’s an advisory, not aneffort to mandate labeling,”Hamburg said. “Differentseafood products do containdifferent levels of mercury,and so different seafoodproducts can be rated interms of levels of mercury.”

Eating fish is part of aheart-healthy diet, andmany types are good sourcesof omega-3 fatty acids thatare important for braindevelopment.

But fish also can absorbsmall amounts of mercury, aneurotoxin, from streamsand oceans — and a smallnumber of varieties harborhigher levels.

For most people,accumulating mercury fromeating seafood isn’t a healthrisk. But for a decade, the

FDA has warned thatpregnant women, those whomay become pregnant, andyoung children avoid certaintypes of high-mercury fishbecause of concern that toomuch could harm adeveloping brain.

Consumer groups havesued the agency, saying thewarnings weren’t clearenough about what to avoid,and seeking labeling to helpso that shoppers wouldn’thave to remember whichproducts are OK duringpregnancy or for youngsters.

“We can’t ask consumersto memorize two differentlists of fish,” said CarolineSmith DeWaal of the Centerfor Science in the PublicInterest, one of the groupsthat sued.

DeWaal said the newadvisory will be animprovement if it givesconsumers betterinformation, especially ifthat information could bekept at fish counters ingrocery stores and retailoutlets.

The seafood industry saysthe government shouldn’tlook at mercury by itself, butat the benefits of seafood.Jennifer McGuire of theNational Fisheries Institutesays the original FDAguidelines warning againstsome types of fish forpregnant women just servedto decrease overall seafoodintake.

“That would be veryconcerning if there was a‘good fish, bad fish’ list,” shesaid.

The government’s 2010Dietary Guidelinesincorporated FDA’s warningsto say that pregnant orbreastfeeding women shouldconsume 8 to 12 ounces of avariety of seafood per week.But it said they should noteat tilefish, shark, swordfishand king mackerel becauseof the mercury content andit advised limiting whitealbacore tuna to six ounces aweek.

On other food-relatedissues, Hamburg saiddeciding which businesseswill have to post calorielabels has been “one of themore complex undertakingsof my tenure as FDAcommissioner.”

The food industry isclosely watching FDA to seewhich establishments areincluded in final menulabeling rules, which areexpected this year.

Congress required thelabels in 2010 healthoverhaul, and supermarketsand convenience stores havelobbied aggressively sincethen to be excluded. But therestaurant industry saysthat all establishmentsserving prepared foodsshould have to post thelabels.

She said the increasingamount of caffeine in a

whole range of foods “hasgotten our attention andconcern” and that the agencyneeds to better understandthe role of the stimulant innon-traditional products,especially on children. Shesaid the science is notabsolutely clear about itseffects.

The agency isinvestigating the safety ofenergy drinks and energyshots, prompted byconsumer reports of illnessand death. FDA is alsolooking at caffeine in food asmanufacturers have addedcaffeine to candy, nuts andother snack foods in recentyears.

On genetically modifiedfoods, Hamburg reiteratedher support for voluntarylabels, and said a“considerable amount ofscientific study” does notsuggest the kinds of publichealth concerns that someconsumers have worriedabout.

Advocates for GMlabeling have been pushingstate laws that require thelabels.

As such, she says she doesnot believe FDA should haveto do a mandatory safetyreview of all engineeredfoods. FDA now reviews thesafety of GM animals, buthas a voluntary review forcompanies that want to sellmodified crops forconsumption.

FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg answersquestions during a newsmaker interview at theAssociated Press in Washington, Friday, May 30.Hamburg said the agency will soon adviseconsumers on the appropriate levels of mercury inseafood. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):Emotions will be close to the surface.Express how you feel and address is-sues that cause uncertainty. In theend you will discover that you are in amuch better position than you antici-pated. Refuse to let a personal mat-ter affect your productivity. 3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Offer suggestions and let past expe-rience be your guide. Doing toomuchfor too little will lead to dissatisfaction.A change in your personal situationwill leave you questioning legal mat-ters. You will gain popularity if youparticipate in work-related events. 3stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Take part in fundraising events thatwill help improve your environment.Your ability to explain situations andsuggest solutions will attract atten-tion and raise your profile. Travelplans will bring about a personal atti-tude change. 4 stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.21): Keep your personal thoughtsand business a secret. Put more em-phasis on family, background andthings you have done in the past thatcan help you get ahead now. Dig upold ideas and update your goals. Achange will inspire you. 2 stars