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HAVE A SAFE AND FUN LABOR DAY WEEKEND! FROM EVERYONE AT THE COURIER HERALD Weekend Edition, September 3, 2011 YOUR NEWSPAPER [email protected] • www.courier-herald.com Drawer B, Court Square Station, Dublin, Georgia 31040 • 272-5522 Volume 97, No. 207, Pub. No 161860 INSIDE Find Your Favorite Photos At www.courier-herald.com! Rally ToBe Held In EDPD Shooting Case OrganizersBy PAYTON TOWNS III ToEast Hold Dublin Police Protest Officer Jeffrey Deal the At Williams’ Buckeye family contacted him Parkcause of that, Tuesday Glasgow said Deal should- The Ordinary People Society plans to on May 14, 2010. According to a press about this situation this past June. n’t have been on patrol that day. hold a “We Need Justice for Melvin release, the rally will be held at 6 p.m. Glasgow said he helped get the case re- “He didn’t have his power of arrests Williams” rally Tuesday evening. Tuesday at 127 Boatramp Road in East opened because Deal didn’t have his because of his lack of doing the use of • Dear Abby: Adult son’s The rally is being held stemming Dublin. power of arrest because he didn’t have force deadly training and the firearms critical father isn’t worth from the incident where Williams died Pastor Kenneth Glasgow, founder the use of force deadly training and the re-qualification in 2009,” Glasgow said. trying to please after being shot when he fought with and national president of TOPS, said firearms re-qualification in 2009. Be- See RALLY page 3a • Mary Ann Cooper: Speaking of Soaps Page 3c Ridin’ High At 105! Qualifying Drought, • Relgion Digest Winds Add Page 6a Ends With To Fire ConcernsBy PAYTON TOWNS III • Your local weather forecast Fire experts with the Geor- 3 Surprise gia Forestry Commission are • Community Calendar/ concerned about the possibili- Almanac ties of wildfires across the state. Entrants Gusty winds and a record Page 5a Scarboro, Perry, Edmonds drought have caused many of these type fires to break out EnterBy JASON Races HALCOMBE For BOE, Council across the state. That concern Three late afternoon entrants into the upcom- is here in Laurens County too. ing City of Dublin Council and Board of Education “Any time you get extreme races garnered some attention Friday. dry weather like we’re in, the And one of those qualifying is a former incum- potential is always there,” said bent who lost during the last election. Don Bryant, Laurens County According to the City of Dublin Clerk's office, fire chief and EMA director. former councilman J.W. (Jr.) Scarboro qualified to “We’ve already noticed that the run for the Ward 3 Post currently held by Ed number of wild land grass fires Touchberry. Scarboro was joined by challenger has increased. When looking David Edmonds, who qualified to run against across the state now, it’s in the Ward 2 incumbent Gary Johnson. extreme drought category. Educator Bill Perry also qualified to run Pretty much statewide, we • Madden’s latest a against incumbent Calvin Sturgis for the Board of have the extreme risk of wild- minor step forward Education Dist. 3 seat. fires. Any day, that you have Qualifying began Monday morning, with candi- low humidity, it makes it a dates for mayor, city council and board of educa- very high fire danger day.” • Altieri returns with tion all throwing their hats into the ring. Atlanta Pops Sept 10 In eight of the nine elections, incumbents qual- Lack of rain has been an is- ified for their current seat, with only Julia Walters sue. Bryant said Dexter got • Campbell’s slow exit choosing not to qualify for reelection. Peggy John- some rain last Tuesday. should be heard son qualified Tuesday for Walters Dist. 2 BOE “But we didn’t get it all over seat. The only contested election for city council the county,” Bryant said. “We Page 1c seats was in Ward 1, where Janice Stewart Photo by Payton Towns III thank the Lord for that and it Smith waves in front of his birthday cake Friday. did a lot of good, but it doesn’t See QUALIFYING page 3a end the drought or stop the severity or the possibilities of • 85 Years Ago: having those big wild land Teachers and Willie Smith’s 105th fires.” assignments this year Bryant said the county is no in city schools longer under a burn ban. But Birthday Marked By he warned that people need to Page 4a Men Arrested On be “extremely careful” when burning things in their yard. CocaineBy PAYTON Charges TOWNS III “We still have folks who burn VA Celebration trash outdoors,” he said. “You Two men were arrested last week and charged with allegedly selling burn a pile of leaves and the Got an cocaine. fire looks like it’s gone out. You Travis Krishawn Taylor, 26 of By PAYTON TOWNS III bers gathered for the event. Smith go inside and a breeze gets up Opinion? East Dublin, and Edtwan Janao In 1906, the average wage was rolled into the room with Charlene and it blows some of those Jenkins, 22 of Wrightsville, were 22 cents an hour. W.K. Kellogg in- James, recreation therapist at the leaves into the dry grass and arrested after an investigation led vented Corn Flakes while the Ford VA, pushing his wheelchair to the before you know it, you’ve got a Tell It! by Lt. Ronnie Holmes and Cpl. Er- Model N sold for $500. SOS was front of the room where there were pretty good fire going. People ic Rowland of the Area Crime En- adopted as the warning signal and two big birthday cakes. need to be extremely careful TAYLOR forcement Team of the Dublin Po- Einstein introduced the theory of “It’s wonderful,” Smith said when doing any outdoor burn- lice Department. relativity. about the party. “I couldn’t have ing. They need to make sure Around 12:31 p.m., Holmes and And on Sept. 5, 1906, Army vet- been no better.” they have good breaks around Rowland were doing an operation eran Willie Smith was born. On Smith served in the Army dur- it and don’t leave the fire unat- involving Taylor and Jenkins. Monday, he’ll celebrate his 105th ing World War II. James said they tended until they make sure Jenkins was the driver of the vehi- birthday. are looking into the possibility that it’s out.” cle and was on parole for selling On Friday, the members of the Smith is the oldest living veteran According to a press release marijuana. Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in around. from the Georgia Forestry “Both were in the vehicle when Dublin celebrated Smith’s birthday “He is living history,” said VA Commission, drought condi- the operation took place,” Rowland with a party in the auditorium. Call said. Fellow veterans and staff mem- 272-0375 JENKINS See BIRTHDAY page 3a See FIRE page 3a Page 5a Habitat Prepares To BreakBy Ground JASON HALCOMBE On 30thuntil House the home is completed. Tuesday The local Habitat for Humanity will reach a Each homeowner is required to perform 200 milestone right after the Labor Day holiday, hours of sweat equity to help volunteers build when it breaks ground on the 30th Habitat the home, as well as provide a $1,000 down House Tuesday afternoon. payment put toward closing costs, attend "It's very exciting to us," said Tracy Kinney, homeowner classes on budgeting, home main- executive director for Dublin-Laurens County tenance and estate planning, as well as repay Habitat for Humanity. a no-interest mortgage for the cost of the home. Started in 1993, the Dublin-Laurens chap- Last year, Habitat constructed its largest ter has averaged close to two Habitat houses home ever; a six-bedroom, two bath home for a per year-a statistic Kinney said the organiza- single dad and his eight children. Index tion hopes to add to in the years to come. According to a recent Atlanta Journal-Con- "And house by house that has affected more stitution article Kinney referenced, Habitat for Obituaries . 2a than 200 people," Kinney said. "And most of Humanity International is now the nation's 85 Years Ago . 4a those were children, who have grown up to 6th largest homebuilder, according to Builder Weather. 5a learn what it means to be invested in your Magazine, as its sales of homes in the United Religion . 6a,7a home." States grew from 4,993 in 2005 to 6,032 in The latest Habitat project is located on 2010, a 17 percent increase. Hometown . 8a Special photo Wheeler Street in East Dublin. Following the Just as in years past, Kinney said Habitat Sports . 1b,2b groundbreaking ceremony, organizers will be- will be partnering with local organizations in- Entertainment . 1c,2c,3c Kinney said workers will begin construction of the gin construction Sept. 10 at 8 a.m. and contin- cluding Dublin Rotary Club. Classifieds . 4c-9c house Sept. 10 at 8 a.m., and will continue every Satur- ue work each Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon day until completion. See HABITAT page 3a Saturday, September 3, 2011/Dublin, Ga/Page 2a The Courier Herald Obituaries CDC: Doctors Prescribing Jerome Albert The Courier Herald “Cowboy” Haney Fewer Antibiotics To Kids GRIFFIN LOVETT, Publisher EASTMAN-Mr. Jerome DUBOSE PORTER, CEO Albert “Cowboy” Haney, 69, ATLANTA (AP) — The push significant change in how often A public health campaign JASON HALCOMBE, Managing Editor of Eastman, died Thursday, to get pediatricians to stop pre- they prescribed the drugs for about antibiotics may have also PAM BURNEY, Advertising Director September 1, 2011.