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The Iranian government Misty Watson/ The Daily Citizen continues its crackdown on protesters.President Obama remains tight Darlene Harksley of Atlanta reacts as the cold water from the boaters put their boats in the river just off Old Highway 411 in lipped on the matter. Coosawattee River washes up on her boat as she hits a rapid southern Murray County. Monday morning during Paddle Georgia. Several hundred See page 6A

Who won the 17th annual FCA Golf tourney? Paddle Georgia draws 300 here See page 1B BY MARK MILLICAN “It spread to my spine and nervous system, “crawler,” a mobile buggy that gets him and his [email protected] and I became paralyzed from the waist down,” kayak down river banks. Special hard rubber, FROM TODAY’S the 43-year-old said Monday on the third day of waterproof wheelchair wheels ordered from Having grown up on a lake and around the Paddle Georgia, an eight-day canoe and kayak California carry his kayak, and a fifth wheel FORUM rivers of Rome, paddling a boat seemed to come trip sponsored by the Georgia River Network, a helps him maneuver himself into the water. natural for Alan Crawford. citizens watchdog and awareness organization. Crawford said since his rebirth as a paddler, “Wild turkeys have But after an MRI scan four years ago detect- “Now I have leukemia, but I didn’t want to give the thing he enjoys most on trips like Paddle hatched at Prater’s Mill. ed sarcoidosis — an inflammation that produces (paddling) up. So I went home (after a launch) Georgia is what he once took for granted — see- Yo u can see them in the tiny lumps of cells — in his lungs, Crawford and started doodling — drawing up little ways I ing people enjoying the river. fields behind the Prater found himself watching from the river bank as might be able to get my boat through the rough house.” others launched their boats on the same trips he terrain to the river.” used to take. The sketches developed into what he calls his ➣ Please see PADDLE, 2A “In regard to Larry Sampson’s comment about mobile homes in Murray County: My chil- Tiny dancer dren were raised in Dalton to join mobile homes and all have their college degrees.In fact, one teaches in the Murray County school system.” Rome-based See page 2A

WEATHER commission Forecast: Sunny Today’s High: 92 Tonight’s Low: 68 BY CHARLES OLIVER quartered in Dalton, provides plan- Details, Page 12A [email protected] ning and development services for Whitfield, Murray,Fannin, Gilmer The city of Dalton will leave the and Pickens counties. The Coosa INSIDE North Georgia Regional Valley RDC, headquartered in Development Center and become Rome, provides those services for Classified...... 6B part of the Northwest Georgia Floyd, Polk, Gordon, Chattooga, Comics...... 5B Regional Commission,Mayor Bartow, Catoosa, Dade, Walker, Paulding and Haralson counties. Crossword...... 4B David Pennington said Monday. The state has been trying to The RDCs are funded by member Dear Abby...... 5B merge the NGRDC with the Coosa governments and by contracts with Horoscope...... 4B Valley RDC into the Northwest the state to provide various servic- Lottery...... 2A Commission for more than a year. es. Movies...... 4B “We’ve looked at this thing, and The NGRDC board has chosen to remain independent, and the Obituaries...... 10A after discussions with the (Georgia Department of Community Whitfield County Board of Opinion...... 4A Affairs), what is going to happen as Commissioners “at this point” Sports...... 1-3B of July 1 as far as the state of wants to remain in the NGRDC, Georgia is concerned our entire said Mike Babb, who is both a MISTY WATSON/ The Daily Citizen area will be encompassed in that member of the NGRDC board and Coosa Valley area,”said Christin, 9, twirls during a number on Monday at the Dance Pennington. ➣ Theatre of Dalton’s camp for girls at Cherokee Estate. The North Georgia RDC, head- Please see DALTON, 3A 7 69847 00001 6 Restaurants cited for serving to minors

BY MARK MILLICAN It was a driver’s license that showed she was 21. phony IDs. He said the employee who served [email protected] I asked her all the right questions you’re sup- illegally will continue to be employed. posed to ask — weight, height — and it had her “Operation ID Please” officers issued cita- Six Dalton restaurants were cited for serving picture on it.” tions to the following restaurants and employ- alcohol to underage individuals Friday night, Pierce said the ID looked valid to him, so ees: ■ Northwest Georgia Trade and the employees who did the serving must when he gave the ID back to the employee who Blues Train Cafe at 312 S. Hamilton St., &Convention Center appear in Municipal Court. was serving alcohol he did not tell her to refuse Tiffany Michelle Whilton of 302 Sagamore One business owner said the Dalton Police service. Drive in Dalton. Booths ■ tat Department used “entrapment” techniques to get “As soon as she was served the police came Iron Gate Pizzeria at 239 N. Hamilton St., Star an underage person served. in,”he said. “We stick to the books around here, Amanda Nicholle Kott of 604 Murray Hill $ “Two girls came in, and one of them had a and I take this very seriously. I’m not really Drive,Apt. B, in Dalton. 25 fake ID,”said Dave Pierce, owner of the Iron proud (of the citation), but in a way I think it’s Call The Daily Citizen Gate Pizzeria. “She was refused service. The entrapment. If you’re going to try and bring business downtown, don’t try to shut us down.” 706-217-6397 other girl showed (what looked like) a valid ID. ➣ Please see MINORS, 2A Pierce said employees are trained to detect

CHECKERS •SPICY CHICKEN All-AMERICAN SELECTION99 ¢ 99 ¢ •HOT DOG •HAMBURGER LOTTERY WINNING NUMBERS – FOR JUNE 22 ATYOUR Georgia: Midday Cash 3:1-1-5, Cash 4: 4-2-8-5, Evening Cash 3: 1-3-3, Cash PAGE 2 4: 1-6-0-8, Fantasy 5: 35-12-17-2-34 SERVICE Tennessee: Midday Cash 8-7-1: Lucky Sum: 16; Cash 4: 6-4-1-0, Lucky Sum:11; Evening Cash 3: 7-1-3, L-Sum: 11, Cash 4: 8-6-8-0, Lucky Sum: 22 Our mailing address: 2A Tuesday, June 23, 2009 P.O. Box 1167 Dalton, Ga. 30722-1167 Our shipping address: TODAY’S FORUM 308 S. Thornton Ave. Dalton, Ga. 30720 Editor’s note: Please “Dr. El-Najjar out at the Our Web site: keep your comments as college is awful quiet on the brief as possible. Longer chaos in Iran. I guess he’s www.daltondailycitizen.com comments should be sub- waiting for his marching To visit us: mitted as letters to the edi- orders before he comments.” tor. If you include a name of Our offices are located on the a person or business, please west side of the intersection of spell it. Call 706-272-7748 “ Why are area schools so Thornton Avenue and Morris to reach Today’s Forum. proud about being just above Street in downtown Dalton. average? Don’t they realize We’re open 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. “We are $2 trillion in debt that at average half the Monday through Friday. this year alone. Two trillion! schools are better than ours So we can't even pay for are.” How to call us: what they're doing now and the president wants to spend “Feel blessed if you go Main number: 706-217- out of town for medical care. NEWS more! His new motto is ‘Spend, spend, spend.’” The cleanliness, the service (That’s 706-217-6397) and the care you get at When you’re not sure with whom Memorial Hospital in you need to speak, our operator “I want to thank Vickie Goss from Chatsworth. I was Chattanooga are above what will make sure you’re transferred to you can get here.” the person who can best help you. walking next to Tibbs Road and fell and she pulled her Delivery: 706-272-7705 car over and helped me up, “I doubt seriously that the person who called Sarah Our staff can take your subscrip- put me in her car and took me home.” Palin a narcisstic megaloma- tion and delivery-related calls niac even knows the meaning from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday of those words. If he did, through Friday, and from 6 a.m. “In regards to the Real Misty Watson/ The Daily Citizen Silk Hosiery Mill: It was that’s what they would call to 10 a.m. Saturday and until 1929 the Westcott Letterman.” Sunday. Alan Crawford of Rome,who is paralyzed from the waist down, is lowered into Hosiery Mill, owned by G.L. If a subscriber is missed, call by the Coosawattee River by Jay Deville,back left; Patrick Phelps, back right; and and Fred Westcott. It was “People need government 10 a.m. on weekdays and Joe Cook Monday morning as several hundred boaters put in the river off Old bought out by Real Silk of oversight. That’s what hap- weekends for re-delivery. Highway 411 in southern Murray County. Indianapolis in 1929. It was pened to the hospital here, Call if you need to: on North Hamilton Street, they took it private and now ➣ have us redeliver your news- not Chattanooga Avenue. see what we have.” paper The company relocated to Paddle: 300 hit the river ➣ order or renew a subscription Batesville, Miss., in the mid “To cut the budget in ➣ ask for a vacation hold 1950s. My father was super- Murray County,let’s put two ➣ have us refill a newsrack deputies in one car. Because intendent until the reloca- ➣ ➣ ask about your account tion. Ihave no idea about as it is now, when you see Continued from page 1A “We have a safety briefing on the first ➣ order a back issue salaries.” one car you see another right night and go over the hazards,”she said. “We behind it.” “It’s like a brotherhood and sisterhood out also have boats with red crosses on them that Classified: 706-217-6397 “Just because I donate here,”he said, waiting his turn to join the show there are medically trained people on To place a classified ad, or for food to a homeless shelter “I love the idea of a high aquatic entourage. “You make a lot of new board.” questions about classified doesn’t mean I am responsi- school ‘battle of the bands.’ friends.” Eleven-year-old Jacob Cavender of advertising. Hours are 8 a.m. to ble for the people. The same That would be great.” That didn’t seem to be a problem for any Monticello is in a three-person canoe with 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. thing goes for feeding stray of the 300 canoeists and kayakers who his uncle and aunt, David and Victoria Classified fax: 706-272-7743 cats.” “Why not a ‘battle of the departed from the spillway of the reregula- Fairley of Kennesaw. bands’ to raise money for the tion dam below Carters Lake Monday morn- “The part I liked best was coming through Advertising: 706- “In regard to Larry kids?” ing, where the Coosawattee River begins the rapids,”he said of a section below Ellijay. anew after dumping into the reservoir on the Jacob is documenting the trip for his family To place a display advertise- Sampson’s comment about mobile homes in Murray “Larry Sampson’s Gilmer County side. A camaraderie of shared back home with a video camera. ment, schedule an insert, or for remarks were in poor taste adventure filled the air as sunscreen and bug Parrie Pinyan of Hickory Flats will cele- questions about your advertis- County: My children were raised in mobile homes and and he needs to resign.” repellent were slapped on and broad- brate her 70th birthday on Saturday when the ing account. brimmed hats were donned. trip finishes in Rome. Advertising fax: 706-272-7743 all have their college degrees. In fact, one teaches “Doctors’ offices are run- “This has been fabulous,”said Kris “All we have to do is paddle,”she said. ning over with people. At Newsroom: 706-217-6397 in the Murray County school Cutright of Macon. “This is the best, most “They do everything else for us. You can’t system.” what they charge, they well-run, well-organized (trip) I have ever help but have fun on the water.” Call this number if you: should have no problem pay- participated in. To know they do this with Highlights of the trip have included seeing ➣ have a question or comment “The reader who said The ing their insurance.” 300 people is amazing. You never have to a black bear,abald eagle and numerous about our news coverage, or Daily Citizen was fair and worry about getting into trouble, because waterfowl. During their 10-mile leg on our editorial page honest must be kin to the “Our fine congressmen there’s always someone there to help you Monday,participants were to stop at an ➣ have a story idea redneck editor from across and senators do not run their out.” organic farm and also the archaeological site Newsroom fax: 706-275-6641 the mountain. They both households. Their wives do. That’s by design, said April Ingle, the net- of a Creek Indian village. High schools pro- Maybe we should elect them work’s executive director. vide bivouac sites along the route. Sports: 706-272-7734 need to go back across the mountain.” next time.” Sports fax: 706-275-6641 “Somebody needs to step Corrections: 706-272-7750 Editor: Thanks for reading. (I know it isn’t up to the plate and run for Paddle: 300 hit the river The newspaper strives for fair- easy.) mayor in Cohutta. They’ll ness and accuracy. If you have get all the support they ➣ Cont. from page 1A “That doesn’t necessarily have a July 30 appearance a question about a story, please “If Medicare is not a free- need.” mean they served to under- date in Municipal Court. call the newsroom. We will print dom, why did they take it out ■ Las Delicias Bar at 801 age persons,”he said. “It “It’s an arraignment a correction or clarification “Is Cohutta broke? Why of our paychecks? I think it E. Walnut Ave., Mirtha may mean it was another date,”he said. “They can when one is in order. can’t the city pay for the is owed to us.” Carranza Maldonado of violation of the alcohol code, enter a guilty plea and be boys’ All-Star uniforms?” 2001 Kingsridge Drive in like serving after hours. sentenced there, or plead not Management: “Wild turkeys have Dalton. There are no recommenda- guilty and be set for trial.” “We have Yellow Book, William H. Bronson III 706-272-7700 hatched at Prater’s Mill. You ■ Los Reyes Mexican tions as to willful violations Asked if there was any can see them in the fields Windstream and The Real here, but they will all go to connection between Friday’s Publisher Yellow Pages. How many Restaurant at 817 S. behind the Prater house.” Hamilton St., Jose Jesus the (Public Service Operation ID Please and Jimmy Espy 706-272-7735 phone books does this one- Commission).” Saturday’s downtown beer horse hick town need?” Chavarria-Tobar of 502 W. Executive Editor “The beer tasting went off Woodland Circle in Dalton. Court administrator festival, Frazier said, “None Gary Jones 706-272-7731 real smoothly. No crazed ■ Planet of the Grapes at David Hamil said the whatsoever.” drivers. No drunken kids. No Editor: The better ques- Advertising Director tion is how many beloved 126 W. King St., Sarah J. bad scenes. That will proba- Williams of 2121 Chatham Laddie Toney 706-277-7391 bly disappoint the but cranky old fussbudgets Business Manager do we need. Drive in Dalton. thumpers.” ■ Vaqueros at 510 TODAY’S CITIZEN Claudia Harrell 706-272-7702 “The difference between Commerce Drive,Luiz Circulation Director “My wife has a tattoo and Democrats and the Elena-Rios Carrillo of 3166 NAME: Shanara she is very much a lady.” Headrick Circle in Dalton. Chris McConkey 706-226-2668 Republicans is the Collins IT Director Democrats will not hide their Refusing to serve to “It broke my heart to read underage persons were AGE: 19 about the 350-pound mother corruption. The Republicans hide theirs.” employees at Applebee’s, HOME:Ringgold The Daily Citizen is a locally operated part of hitting her child so hard. I Bar El Sotano, Dalton FAMILY:Rick, Lisa, Newspaper Holdings Inc. and is a member would have called DFACS.” of The Associated Press, Audit Bureau of “Bush and Cheney helped Depot, Fifth Quarter Pub, Shayla and Robin Las Brisas and Los Amigos. Circulation, Georgia Press Association, “It’s not about how you keep you safe from terrorists WORK/SCHOOL: Southern Newspapers Publishers Dalton Police spokesman raise the money, it’s about by keeping them at Outback Steakhouse/ Association and the Newspaper Association Guantanamo.” Bruce Frazier said the opera- of America. The Associated Press is entitled what you raise the money tion is held periodically,with Dalton State College exclusively to the use for publication of all for.” local news in this publication. The Daily “The Family Dollar Store the employees who serve the PLAY:Church, soft- Citizen desires to be notified promptly of any on South Thornton needs to alcohol being cited and the ball, hang out with errors in its pages. The North Georgia “Congratulations to the business getting a report and Newspaper Group retains rights to the name Beaverdale Wildcats for tak- clean its parking lot.” family and friends violation notice. The Daily Citizen-News. ing second place in the 10- Deputy clerk Luis SHE SAID:“There’s The advertiser agrees that the publisher and-under Silver “Instead of feeding a stray shall not be liable for damages arising out of Villavizar with the city of no limit to what a Tournament.” cat, people need to have errors in advertisements beyond the amount them spayed or neutered.” Dalton said that after a busi- person can do ... if paid for the space actually occupied by that ness gets a third citation, the portion of the advertisement in which the “It’s not your physical they don’t care who error occurred, whether such error is due to “The Democrats’ new police department recom- gets the credit.” the negligence of the publisher’s servants or appearance that makes you a lady. It’s your attitude.” health plan will be useless in mends the business appear otherwise, and there shall be no liability for before the Public Safety non-insertion of any advertisement beyond Dalton since Hamilton the amount paid for such advertisement.” “How come if you say Medical Center won’t take Commission. The Daily Citizen will not be responsible for it.” “If the police department employees who were cited advance payments made to the newspaper something bad about Obama you are a racist?” determines it’s a willful vio- 3350 Chattanooga Rd. carriers or independent distributors unless lation, they can recommend made directly to the office of the newspa- “What is North Georgia Tunnel Hill, GA 30755 QUALITY PRODUCE per. Subscription rates by independ- “A tattoo doesn’t mean EMC’s notification process their serving license be sus- 706-673-9470 ent carrier: someone isn’t a lady. But it’s when they change a trans- pended for 14 days,”he said. Monthly: $12 ■ Yearly: $135.24 former? My 88-year-old “The mayor and (city) coun- ■ Mail subscription rates provided on a good indicator.” request. mother just about suffocated cil make the final decision.” Methods of payment: Cash, check, bank “If you lived in two coun- because they cut the power Frazier said Las Delicias draft, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, tries with national health off and the air conditioning received its fourth violation, American Express went out.” but the first under new man- Second class postage paid at Dalton, Ga., insurance and it worked so 30720. well, why are you here in this agement. Vaqueros received POSTMASTER: Send address changes to godforsaken country?” “ I sure hope property tax its third violation, and Blues The Daily Citizen, P.O. Box 1167, Dalton, assessors take it easy on tax- Train and Los Reyes each Ga., 30722. “Thanks to the Shaw payers this year because of received their second viola- employees for helping out at the economy.” tions. Carter Hope Center. It’s a fantastic facility.”

NORTH GEORGIA “My mother and father COFFEE CABIN both worked at the hosiery NEWSPAPER GROUP FREE Small Frappe SERVING NORTHWEST GEORGIA & SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE mill. My daddy was the with this ad. Volume 47, Number 83 maintenance man there.” 1per customer daily. 800 S. Hamilton Ave. THE DAILY CITIZEN Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3A DC transit train smashes EDUCATION NOTEBOOK another during rush hour GPS graduates 4 WASHINGTON (AP) — One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of SUBMITTED BY GIRLS another at the height of the PREPARATORY SCHOOL capital city’s Monday evening rush hour,killing at least six people and injuring Four girls from the Dalton scores of others as the front area were among the 94 sen- end of the trailing train jack- iors who graduated from knifed violently into the air Girls Preparatory School and fell atop the first. recently. Cars of both trains were Lea Capehart is the ripped open and smashed daughter of Keith and together in the worst acci- Sherrie Capehart of Rocky dent in the Metrorail sys- Face. She was a pitcher for tem’s 33-year history. the three-time Division II District of Columbia fire state championship softball spokesman Alan Etter said team. She was a leader of Peer Power and a member of crews had to cut some people Caroline Harbin Elizabeth Teal out of what he described as a FCA. She received an aca- “mass casualty event.” demic scholarship and will Rescue workers propped attend Mercer University. steel ladders up to the upper Caroline Harbin is the train cars to help survivors daughter of Tony and Mary scramble to safety. Seats Sue Harbin of Dalton. A from the smashed cars member of the contemporary spilled out onto the track. dance ensemble Terpsichord, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty she was also a member of the said six were confirmed Beta Club at GPS. She will dead. Fire Chief Dennis attend Samford University Rubin said rescue workers on Samford Leadership and treated 76 people at the scene Legacy scholarships. and sent some of them to Emily Paynter is the local hospitals, six with criti- daughter of Steve and Judy cal injuries. A search for fur- Paynter of Cohutta. A mem- ther victims continued into ber of the National Honor the night. Society,she was active in A Metro official said the Amnesty International and dead included the female the Key Club. She will attend Lea Capehart Emily Paytner operator of the trailing train. the University of Georgia. GPS she was a member of will enroll in the school of Her name was not immedi- Elizabeth Teel is the the Young Democrats and nursing at the University of ately released. daughter of Henry and active in the Key Club. She Arkansas. The crash around 5 p.m. Elaine Teel of Dalton. At EDT took place on the sys- AP Photo tem’s red line, Metro’s busiest, which runs below District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers at County OKs joint dept. ground for much of its length the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro but is at ground level at the transit trains in northeast Washington, D.C. on Monday. accident site near the the budget, while any deficit would come Maryland border in northeast BY JAMIE JONES [email protected] from city/county local option sales tax Washington. rescuers to arrive had to use Hospital, Dr. Johnnie Ford, (LOST) funds. This year,the county’s build- Metro chief John Catoe the “jaws of life” to pry open an emergency room doctor, ing, planning and zoning department’s budg- said the first train was Joining the city of Dalton and Whitfield a wire fence along rail line to said a 14-year-old girl suf- County building, planning and zoning et is $638,802 while the city is contributing stopped on the tracks, wait- get to the train. fered two broken legs in the $357,080 to its building department. ing for another to clear the departments took another step forward on Webber raced to the scene accident. A 20-year-old male Monday. All workers of the merged department station ahead, when the trail- after hearing a loud boom patient “looked like he had would be employed by the county. Babb said ing train, one of the oldest in The Whitfield County Board of like a “thunder crash” and been tumbled around quite a Commissioners voted 2-0 to approve an he expects some positions will be cut, but the Metro fleet, plowed into then sirens. She said there bit, bumps and bruises from he’s not sure of the exact amount. it from behind. agreement to combine the two departments. was no panic among the sur- head to toe,”Ford said. Commissioners Harold Brooker and Randy “Attrition may take care of some of that,” Officials had no explana- vivors. Homeland Security he said. tion for the accident. The Waskul did not attend the meeting and chair- Passenger Jodie Wickett, Department spokeswoman man Mike Babb votes only to break ties. Babb did not know how many workers National Transportation a nurse, told CNN she was Amy Kudwa said less than would be employed in the new department. Safety Board took charge of The agreement now goes to the Dalton seated on one train, sending two hours after the crash that City Council. He said the county has taken applications for the investigation and sent a text messages on her phone, federal authorities had no the director position. County officials won’t team to the site. DC police There is no set budget for the new depart- when she felt the impact. She indication of any terrorism ment. All department fees would go toward hire a director until the city signs off on the and the FBI also had investi- said she sent a message to connection. agreement. gators at the scene to help someone that it felt like the “I don’t know the reason search the wreckage for any train had hit a bump. for this accident,”Metro’s overlooked injured or dead “From that point on, it Catoe said. “I would still say ICE puts 3 more on hold passengers and evidence. happened so fast, I flew out the system is safe, but we’ve Each train had six cars of the seat and hit my head.” had an incident.” and was capable of holding Wickett said she stayed at Monday’s crash was the BY MARK MILLICAN “We’ve had a fugitive operations team in as many as 1,200 people. the scene and tried to help. third major subway or com- [email protected] the area, arresting folks with final orders of Safety Board member She said “people are just in muter rail crash in a big city removal,”said Temple Black, a spokesman Debbie Hersman said the very bad shape.” in the past nine months. In Three more people were arrested in for the Detention Removal Unit. Those trains were bound for down- “The people that were the earlier accidents: Dalton and Rome on Saturday and put on arrested by the team have been ordered to town. That would mean they hurt, the ones that could leave the country by an immigration judge ■ hold for deportation by the Detention were less likely to be filled speak, were calling back as In September 2008, a Removal Unit of the federal Immigration and but have failed to comply,according to a during the afternoon rush we called out to them,”she commuter rail train and a Customs Enforcement (ICE). They are cur- news release Black sent out. hour. said. “Lots of people were freight train crashed in Los rently in the Whitfield County Jail. Black would not give specifics as to why The trains had pulled out upset and crying, but there Angeles, killing 25 people. Arrested were Maximiliano Hernandez each of the 10 were arrested in northwest of the Takoma Park station were no screams.” The crash was blamed on an Alvarado, 47, of Old Grade Road, Apt. 1, in Georgia. and were headed in the direc- One man said he was rid- engineer on the commuter Dalton, formerly of El Salvador; Angel The release said fugitive operations teams tion of the Fort Totten sta- ing a bicycle across a bridge rail sending text messages on Santizo-Perez, 22, of 2048 Mimosa St. in “give top priority to cases involving aliens tion. over the Metro tracks when a cell phone. who pose a threat to national security and ■ Dalton (El Salvador); and Mauricio Perez- More than 200 firefight- the sound of the crash got his Last month about 50 Vincentes, 32, of 514 Burnett Ferry Road in community safety,including members of ers from D.C., Maryland and attention. people were injured in Rome (Guatemala). transnational street gangs, child sex offend- Boston when one trolley Virginia eventually con- “I didn’t see any panic,” Six men and one woman were arrested ers and aliens with prior convictions for vio- rear-ended another. The con- verged on the scene. Sabrina Barry Student said. “The and put on deportation hold on Thursday and lent crimes.” ductor admitted to sending a Webber,a45-year-old real whole situation was so surre- Friday in Dalton, Chatsworth and Rome. Black said the operation regionally “could text message when the crash estate agent who lives in the al.” They also are in the county jail. be a gang sweep.” neighborhood, said the first At Howard University occurred. Dalton: Will join Rome-based regional development group

➣ Cont. from page 1A “That is more information sion was to remain with the Smith, who was one of the providing state services to Gowin was out of town for (the board of commis- (North Georgia) RDC. But original sponsors of the bill local communities. It wants Monday and NGRDC execu- the chairman of the board of sioners) in our decision- the commissioners are going to create the new commis- the new regional commission tive director Barry Tarter was commissioners. making process. This is a big to make a decision based on sions.” territories to match those of out of the office Monday Pennington said he asked decision for the county,” the information they have, The state has created new the service delivery areas. afternoon. Department of Community Babb said. “We are the big and as more information service delivery areas for NGRDC chairman Kenny Affairs officials what would dues payer,and what we becomes available, then happen if the city of Dalton decide will pretty much we’ll see if anything chooses to join the determine what the RDC is changes,”he said. Northwest Georgia Regional able to do.” Babb said the possible Latest Technological Advancement In Commission at its July 16 Total city and county dues loss of state funds is the organizational meeting and to the NGRDC are between major concern of commis- Hearing Aids Whitfield County doesn’t. $90,000 and $100,000, Babb sioners. “They said, ‘As far as we said. “One concern I have is Looper Sells &Services AllMakes &Models. are concerned, even if your Babb said he would like that the RDC gets money county elects not to show up, for local officials to meet from the (state) Department your territory is still part of with Department of of Transportation for the that territory and you would Community Affairs commis- (Metropolitan Planning be installed on that board,’” sioner Mike Beatty before Organization) and other ■ PRICE he said. “That’s in Dalton’s they make a decision. projects,”he said. “Well, the best interest. This is what the “As of last week, their new commissioner of the ■ SERVICE state wants. The fight is over, (the commissioners) deci- Georgia DOT is Vance SHOP and we’ve spent a lot of time ■ EXPERIENCE and money over the last year CO trying to cultivate the state YoYoududeserveeserveaheavyaheavy hitter onhitter your on team. your team. That’s our stand. by hosting the state econom- That’s our stand. ■ 3Yr.WARRANTY MPARE CallCall me me today today about about our full our line-up. full line-up. and ic development board up (Auto.(Auto. Home. Home. Life. Life. Retirement.) Retirement.) here and Leadership (706)(706)(706 226-8500) 226-8500226-8500 Georgia. It’s time for us to move on.” Pennington said the city would lose state dollars if it Rhett Orr 1209-910 WWALNUT AVE OOPER doesn’t join the Northwest DALTON commission. [email protected] Babb said Pennington had www.allstate.com/rhettorr Subject to availability and qualifications. Insurance offered only with select companies. Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate informed him of the city’s Indemnity Company, Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company, and Allstate Life Insurance Company: Northbrook, Illinois Speech &Hearing Center Call us at 706.226.4623 www.loopershc.com decision Monday morning. ©2004 Allstate Insurance Company. Viewpoints

4A Tuesday, June 23, 2009 THE DAILY CITIZEN

TODAY IN HISTORY

The Daily Citizen Bad assumptions Today is Tuesday, June 23, the 174th day of Serving Northwest Georgia since 1847 2009. There are 191 days Some people have certain achieve- than 600 school districts in the left in the year. William H. Bronson III Today’s Highlight in Publisher presumptions — for example, ment.” state. Thirty-one are known as that government is better suit- They cite “Abbott districts,” named after History: Jimmy Espy Mark Pace ed to handling problems than thethe court case that resulted in On June 23, 1969, Executive Editor Editor Emeritus individuals or private entities. Wyoming $1.5 billion in additional edu- Warren E. Burger was And then there are the accom- Supreme cation spending. The Abbott sworn in as chief justice Unsigned editorials represent the view of The Daily Citizen. panying assumptions that Court’s districts contain about half the of the United States by the Members of the newspaper’s editorial board are William government, for those who dramatic black and Hispanic students in man he was succeeding, Bronson, Jimmy Espy, Wes Chance and Victor Miller. Columns have faith in its supposedly 1995 ruling the state. What’s the result of Earl Warren. and letters to the editor are the opinions of the authors. superior capabilities, will that the all this new spending? The On this date: always produce the desired state’s edu- authors write, “The picture we In 1757, forces of the outcome. Cal cation find is a mixed one, with little East India Company led Nowhere has the failure of Thomas funding evidence that the state’s black by Robert Clive won the LETTERS presumptions to produce system was students have progressed Battle of Plassey, which results from assumptions been unconstitu- much, if at all, relative to effectively marked the Taxpayers have earned Medicare benefits more evident than in public tional, ordering the legislature black students nationwide.” beginning of British colo- education. In an essay for the to spend whatever it took to They do note that Hispanic nial rule in India. To the editor: American Enterprise Institute make education in the state students have made “signifi- In 1868, Christopher I wish to address some of the recent opinions in The for Public Policy Research the “best.”“Despite these cant progress,”but they don’t Latham Sholes received a Forum regarding Medicare and Medicaid recipients. Most (AEI), excerpted from their unprecedented increases in see a direct connection patent for his “Type- people lump these people in the same category,which is a book “Schoolhouses, school funding,”write between spending and Writer.” complete misconception. They are not the same in any way. Courthouses, and Hanushek and Lindseth, “the achievement. In 1938, the Civil Medicare was established in 1965, at which time both Statehouses: Solving the achievement of Wyoming’s In Massachusetts, educa- Aeronautics Authority employer and employee began paying into a fund to establish Funding-Achievement Puzzle students has largely failed to tion spending has increase was established. insurance for Social Security recipients over 65 or disabled. I in America’s Public Schools,” keep up with the nation or from $3 billion to $10 billion In 1967, President personally have paid into Medicare since that date, and even Eric A. Hanushek and Alfred even with its much lower- over the last decade because Lyndon B. Johnson and of a court order,but it has though I am officially retired, I still pay it because I have self- A. Lindseth write that many, funded, although demographi- Soviet Premier Alexei been accompanied by major employment income. I pay $98.50 monthly Medicare premi- including the courts, have cally similar,neighboring Kosygin held the first of um coverage and $60 for Prescription D drug coverage. structural changes that include two meetings at Glassboro blindly accepted the assump- states.”The court has paid lit- “a rigorous regimen of aca- Since I have been paying Medicare taxes for 47 years and tion that more money will tle attention to the outcome of State College in New still pay,Idon’t feel my medical coverage is something given demic standards, graduation Jersey. improve student performance. its spending order. exams, and accountability.” to me for free. I pay $20 co-pay each doctor visit and special- “Almost no one has seriously In Kentucky, the 1989 In 1972, President ists $35 per visit. So please don’t put my situation in with The argument for school Richard M. Nixon and examined the empirical evi- Rose decision resulted in a choice is strengthened when Medicaid recipients. At this time my co-pay on prescriptions dence to determine its validi- court order for certain struc- White House chief of staff ranges from $0 on generic drugs and up to $20. My drug cost one reads the data and conclu- ty.” They have. tural changes and increased sions by Hanushek and H.R. Haldeman discussed each month is a minimum of $60. Most seniors pay an addi- The authors look at four funding. The structural Lindseth. African-American a plan to use the CIA to tional $150 to $200 monthly for supplemental insurance. states — Wyoming, Kentucky, changes were implemented, parents, especially,should obstruct the FBI’s Medicaid is insurance furnished by the state to either chil- New Jersey and but they produced no protest in the streets because Watergate investigation. dren or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients. Massachusetts — where improvements in classrooms. too many of their children are In 1985, all 329 people There is no payment made for benefits, and their co-pay is courts ordered the legislatures The National Assessment of being denied their right to a aboard an Air India either $2 or zero. Their medicine co-pay is usually 50 cents. to appropriate more money Educational Progress (NAEP) good education. Politicians Boeing 747 were killed Millions of Americans receive SSI and Medicaid benefits for public schools on the pre- scores, sometimes referred to who care more about cam- when the plane crashed for various reasons — some deserved, some not. Some sumption that increased as the nation’s report card, paign contributions from the into the Atlantic Ocean receive benefits because they never paid taxes while they spending would improve per- showed little or no progress in education lobbyists than they near Ireland, after a bomb worked. Others just don’t or never worked and so parents and formance. Their conclusion: Kentucky public schools. Of do about children should be widely believed to have children are on SSI. Some have become disabled and can’t court-ordered funding does special significance was the thrown out of office and been planted by Sikh sep- get Social Security disability benefits because they didn’t pay not necessarily improve test impact on black students, who replaced with people who put aratists exploded. FICA or Medicare taxes due to failure to report their earnings scores and African- comprise 11 percent of the children first and allow them Ten years ago: A over the years on self-employment or so-called under the Americans, despite the state’s public school enroll- and their parents to choose divided Supreme Court table income. increased spending,are even ment. The authors write that better schools for a better dramatically enhanced In one case I personally know of, a recipient draws more worse off. black students in Kentucky future. states’ rights in a trio of than I do each month and gets food stamps, free Medicaid The authors write that, “have fallen even further decisions that eroded physicians and drug payments. “Even when judging the effec- behind the nation” during the Congress’ power. court-ordered remedy. ■ Contact columnist Cal Medicare recipients are getting benefits from a plan they tiveness of their own previ- One year ago: New Jersey has been Thomas via mail at Tribune paid on and are now paying premiums on. SSI recipients get ously ordered remedies, Outraged at the turmoil in wrestling with its education Media Services, 2225 monthly payments, Medicaid and other benefits paid for by courts rarely examine the rem- system and court orders to fix Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Zimbabwe, the U.N. edy’s effect on student federal and state programs supported by taxpayers. I’m not it since 1970. There are more Buffalo, NY, 14207. Security Council declared saying SSI and Medicaid should not exist, but I think it is that a fair presidential vote widely abused. was impossible because of One way the cost of the new health care program proposed a “campaign of violence” by the current Congress and president is to be paid by cutting waged by President the Medicare and Medicaid programs. They also want to tax Robert Mugabe’s govern- payments paid to employee insurance by employers either to ment. the employee or employer when they pay their income tax Today’s Birthdays: while bailing out insurance companies, banks and automak- Singer Diana Trask is 69. ers with taxpayer money. Musical conductor James Looks like seniors and insured workers will be paying for Levine is 66. R&B singer the new health insurance program to cover millions of Rosetta Hightower (The Americans who don’t work and don’t try to pay for insurance. Orlons) is 65. Actor Ted Do you want your elderly parents and grandparents to pay for Shackelford is 63. those millions to receive free insurance? Supreme Court Justice When the government takes over health insurance from Clarence Thomas is 61. private insurance companies, that puts them out of business “American Idol” judge and helps break our economy. We should contact our Randy Jackson is 53. Congressmen and tell them we as taxpayers cannot afford to Actress Selma Blair is 37. pay for any more government freebies. Rock singer KT Tunstall Shirley Brindle is 34. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 32. New Business impressed customer England Patriots offensive tackle Matt Light is 31. To the editor: San Diego Chargers run- I believe that praise should be given when deserved. ning back LaDainian Just this past weekend I made a trip to Dalton Beauty Tomlinson is 30. College. I really want to commend the staff and students. When I arrived, I signed in and waited for my time with a stu- dent. The staff was very friendly. The young lady who attend- ed me with the service I requested was friendly and very Government help that hurts attentive to every aspect of the process I requested. These young ladies and men give up their weekends to earn hours that will allow them to get their license to be pro- The Democrats health care initiative Budget Office), 43 per- national health care plan involving tril- fessionals. They are there to learn a skill and a trade to sup- reminds me of the joke about the Boy cent of the 47 million lions in new taxes and programs. port themselves and their families. I feel what these people Scout fighting on a street corner with an can afford insurance I think the answer is clear: No. bring into this establishment is something worth praising. old lady. and choose not to pur- What should we do? They are very accommodating, friendly and caring. When a passerby asked what was chase it. A recent study by consulting firm I witnessed this in two situations. going on, the scout said, “Im trying to According to 2007 MKinsey & Company on American edu- A small child was getting a haircut and he didn’t seem to help her across the street but she refuses census data, 20 percent cation estimates our annual GDP would be more than 2, and several students stepped forward to offer to go.” of uninsured house- increase by $500 billion if the education- comfort and a friendly distraction to help ease the situation. Health insurance, so far, is not manda- holds earn over al performance of black and Latino kids is The second was Casey, one of the students, who went out of tory by law, and weve got 16 percent of $75,000. raised to the national average. Otherwise her way to help a client have a very attractive hairdo for a spe- the population — 47 million or so — Star Regarding the stated, it is costing us $500 billion per cial event that night. without it. Auto insurance is mandatory remaining 57 percent, year to not do this. The atmosphere is one of camaraderie and family,with by law, and according to the Insurance Parker the authors call them This dwarfs the excessive costs in each and every person who walks through the door as impor- Research Council, 14 percent of drivers “involuntarily” unin- health care that our president now calls tant as the last. nationwide still dont buy it. sured because they our No. 1 economic problem. The college has been there for years and they have turned Government cant make people do cant afford insurance. But “involuntarily” It is simply not credible for Obama to out some very talented individuals. I hope they continue with what they dont want to do. And it cant is also a misnomer,because it implies no propose taxing Americans trillions to sub- the standards they have. change human nature. connection in how they choose to live to sidize health care when he refuses to Political freedom and capitalism work the fact that they cant afford insurance. come to grips with why so many are poor. Diane James so well because they reflect the truth that The study provides the following por- Open the door to millions of poor kids Rocky Face human beings have free choice. But this trait of this population: About a third are out of broken families, broken public means individuals take personal responsi- high school dropouts; they are dispropor- schools, and the cycle of poverty through bility. tionately young; about a third are immi- school choice. Give them the opportunity WORDS OF WISDOM The left has always been in denial grants, mostly Hispanic non-citizens; to go to church schools. about this, which is why theyre endlessly about half are single without children; Rather than perpetuating poverty trying to expand government and reduce about 40 percent did not work during the through further institutionalization of the Bible verse: “Everything that was written in the freedom. They see individuals as hapless year. welfare state, expose poor kids to values past was written to teach us.The Scriptures give us victims the state must take care of. Pulling immigrants out of the equa- and education to enable them to make the strength to go on. They cheer us up and give us During the presidential campaign, tion, were left with an uninsured popula- right choices for their lives. hope.” Barack Obama said “The reason people tion that cant afford insurance that is There is no future for a nation of vic- dont have health insurance isnt because about a third the size of the widely quot- tims, whether were talking about health Romans 15:4 they dont want it. Its because they cant ed 47 million. Its a population that is gen- care or anything else. But there is a great afford it.” erally poor,young, uneducated, and not future for a country of responsible, free Thought for today: “Suffering without understanding This is largely not true. working. people. in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have According to a new study from the Were already set up to deal with these at least the grain of an idea what it’s all for.” Employment Policy Institute, authored by folks. Either through Medicaid or cover- ■ Star Parker is an author and president two economists from City University of ing their emergency room visits. The of CURE, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Mary Ellen Chase New York (one, June ONeill, spent four operative question is do we want to fur- Education (www.urbancure.org). She can American author (1887-1973) years as head of the Congressional ther institutionalize this reality into a new be reached at [email protected])

THE DAILY CITIZEN 6A Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Police break up Tehran rally

TEHRAN,Iran (AP) — Riot police of government reprisals. ently verify any reports on demonstra- attacked hundreds of demonstrators Just before the clashes, an Iranian tions, clashes and casualties. Iran has with tear gas and fired live bullets in the woman who lives in Tehran said there ordered reporters for foreign news air to disperse a rally in central Tehran was a heavy police and security pres- agencies to stay in their offices, barring Monday,carrying out a threat by the ence in another square in central them from any reporting on the streets. country’s most powerful security force Tehran. She asked not to be identified The country’s highest electoral to crush any further opposition protests because she was worried about govern- authority,the Guardian Council, over the disputed presidential election. ment reprisals. acknowledged on Monday that there Britain, accused by Iran of foment- “There is a massive,massive,mas- were voting irregularities in 50 electoral ing post-election unrest, said it was sive police presence,”she told The districts, the most serious official evacuating the families of diplomats Associated Press in Cairo by telephone. admission so far of problems in the and other officials based in Iran — the “Their presence was really intimidat- election. But the council insisted the first country to do so as Iran’s worst ing.” problems do not affect the outcome of internal conflict since the 1979 Islamic Iran says at least 17 protesters have the vote. Revolution escalated. been killed in a week of unrest so far Earlier Monday,the elite Witnesses said helicopters hovered after the electoral council declared Revolutionary Guard issued its sternest overhead as about 200 protesters gath- hard-line President Mahmoud warning so far in the post-election cri- ered at Haft-e-Tir Square. But hundreds Ahmadinejad winner of the June 12 sis. It warned protesters to “be prepared of anti-riot police quickly put an end to election. for a resolution and revolutionary con- the demonstration and prevented any His main challenger,Mir Hossein frontation with the Guards, Basij and gathering, even small groups, at the Mousavi, charged the election was a other security forces and disciplinary scene. fraud and insists he is the true winner. forces” if they continue their near-daily At the subway station at Haft-e-Tir, His followers have been staging near- rallies. the witnesses said police did not allow daily rallies, at least one of them draw- The Basij, a plainclothes militia anyone to stand still, asking them to ing a massive crowds of hundreds of under the command of the keep on walking and separating people thousands. Revolutionary Guard, have been used to who were walked together. The wit- Severe restrictions on reporters have quell street protests that erupted after nesses asked not to be identified for fear made it almost impossible to independ- the election result was announced.

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A woman, reacts, holding a photo taken during clashes following election results in Iran, as she takes part in a demonstration near the Iranian embassy in Paris on Monday to protest the outcome of the presidential election in Iran. The inscription on the photo reads "Yes to the will of the Iranian people". Obama remains cautious on Iran

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The Associated Press THE DAILY CITIZEN Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7A NATION Dance teacher First lady kicks off

Earthquake rattles Alaska volunteer campaign ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A strong earthquake jolted SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Alaska’s most populous — First lady Michelle region Monday,sending resi- Obama kicked off a summer dents and office workers div- of community service ing under desks and huddling Monday by helping fix up a in doorways but causing school playground, part of a almost no damage. national effort that saw The U.S. Geological administration officials trav- Survey said the 5.4 magni- eling all over the country to tude temblor struck about 24 promote the value of volun- miles from the town of teering. Willow at 11:28 a.m. The The initiative,known as rumbling lasted several United We Serve, was moments in Anchorage, 58 announced by President miles from the epicenter,and Barack Obama in a video was felt as far south as Kenai message last week. and north to Fairbanks, a The president is urging span of 300 miles. people to help in the nation’s economic recovery by volun- No governor bid teering at schools and hospi- for L.A. mayor tals and pitching in on com- munity needs ranging from LOS ANGELES — tutoring to park cleanup. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Michelle Obama went to announced Monday he will work by joining California not enter next year’s race for first lady Maria Shriver and California governor,ending several hundred local volun- months of speculation about teers at Bret Harte his ambitions and reordering Elementary School in San the emerging contest to run Misty Watson/ The Daily Citizen Francisco, where the play- the deeply troubled state. ground is being refurbished The 56-year-old mayor, Jordan Walker,14, demonstrates dance steps to to include an edible garden once widely seen as a rising girls from Cherokee Estate during a camp at the with a farmers market stand Democratic star,said months Dance Theatre of Dalton on Monday. where kids and seniors can ago he would consider jump- sell vegetables to raise ing into the 2010 campaign money for the school. to replace Gov. Arnold Obama said that commu- Schwarzenegger,a nity service is “not some- AP Photo Republican prevented by law thing that we just started to from seeking a third consec- do in the White House. It’s First Lady Michelle Obama, left, and California First utive term. been sort of the air that we Lady Maria Shriver,right, back to camera, helps out But Villaraigosa said he breathe in the Obama house- at the dedication of a playground at an elementary concluded that he couldn’t hold in so many ways.” school in San Francisco on Monday. step away from his job with a She also talked about the budget crisis at City Hall and importance of children get- ting exercise. That’s the American Veterans partici- his hometown struggling ting exercise, adding that at with double-digit unemploy- value of play and that’s what pated in the United We Serve the White House they’ve we need to get our kids to do program by transporting ment and a housing melt- instituted “Camp Obama,” down. in this community — but we Veterans Affairs Secretary which means the TV and have to provide them with Eric Shinseki and two computers are off until after Newspaper may resources to make that hap- Vietnam-era veterans dinner and right before bed- pen,”she said. through commuter traffic to be near accord time — “Bedtime is early.” Later,the first lady was to a VA hospital in Washington. A swing set has been speak at the 2009 National Shinseki said he was BOSTON — The installed and the Obama girls Conference on Volunteering amused by the advice the Boston’s Globe and its Report: U.S. autos “get to swing on the swings, and Service. veterans gave the driver to largest labor union are mov- climb on the jungle gym. ing closer to a deal on con- Earlier,avolunteer driver quickly get to their appoint- They’re playing; they don’t from the nonprofit Disabled ments. cessions, the head of the show improvement even know that they’re get- Boston Newspaper Guild said Monday. The union and the Globe’s NEW YORK (AP) — Cadillac and Chevrolet — be parent, The New York Times There’s a message for Detroit’s on par with Toyota, we have Upgrades help FBI clear Co., were exchanging infor- automakers in the new J.D. reached a level of quality that mation by telephone and e- Power and Associates rankings: will allow us to change percep- mail, according to represen- Good work. Now go back and tions.” tatives from both sides. do it again. The scores come during a immigration backlog The marketing and consult- tumultuous time for the auto Jailed journalist ing company’s closely watched industry,with sales at their annual study of vehicle quality worst level in decades and tax- signs book deal found Monday that Ford, payers stuck paying for part of DALLAS (AP) — FBI answered within 30 days. shelf,”said Gregory Smith, name checks on people seek- The remaining 2 percent are the agency’s assistant direc- NEW YORK — A jour- General Motors and Chrysler the restructuring of General made strides last year but still Motors Corp. and Chrysler ing to work or live in the finished within 90 days, tor for national security and nalist jailed for four months United States or become cit- USCIS officials said. records verification direc- in Iran on charges of espi- lag behind their foreign com- Group LLC to the tune of bil- petitors. lions of dollars. izens are getting completed “The FBI has made great torate. onage has a book deal. more quickly,slicing strides ... and shown it’s The volume of pending Iranian-American Roxana At a time when Detroit is Although the two automak- desperate to start turning out ers have been pummeled by the through a backlog that had capable of sustaining that FBI name checks peaked in Saberi, 32, is working on a left some petitions pending service level,”Michael November 2007 when there memoir that HarperCollins cars and trucks that people economic crisis, many analysts want to buy, the top two brands have complained that a short- for more than a year,immi- Aytes, acting deputy director were about 350,000 stalled will publish. Saberi’s book, gration officials said of Citizenship and cases. At the time, more than currently untitled, will tell of in the J.D. Power study were age of high-quality small car Monday. Immigration Services, told half had been waiting for her arrest in January,her ini- foreign cars: Lexus, Toyota’s offerings has hobbled their per- The FBI hired more The Associated Press. more than three months and tial sentence to eight years in luxury line, and the Porsche. formance in an already difficult workers, beefed up its train- Petitions that require a large number had been prison and her release in May GM’s Cadillac finished third. market. The survey measures “There are too many cars ing programs and upgraded more evaluation or interac- pending for more than a year, after being granted a two- mechanical and design prob- and not enough consumers,” its technology to handle the tion with other agencies are Aytes said. year suspended sentence. lems that show up in the first 90 said Dave Sargent, vice presi- average of 6 million to 7 mil- not included in the FBI name Many of those affected HarperCollins publisher days of ownership. The 2009 dent of automotive research at Jonathan Burnham said lion applications that stream check backlog count, immi- were people who had com- models turned out by the J.D. Power “For any vehicle through the agency each gration officials said. mon names for their ethnic Monday that the book would Detroit Three improved by an that is lagging in quality ... not only cover the time after year,U.S. Citizenship and Currently,some 6,000 cases group, such as Garcia. average of 10 percent, com- that’s a difficult position for Immigration Services offi- flagged during the name Others facing delays includ- her arrest, but her six years as pared with an industry average them to be in.” a reporter in Iran. cials said. check are pending with ed people of Muslim back- of 8 percent. Sargent said the quality of The delays came during Citizenship and Immigration grounds. They faced delays Toyota, which overtook GM Detroit’s passenger cars is now the FBI’s routine checks for Services, including some in that stretched from a few Portland mayor last year as the world’s biggest roughly equal to foreign possible criminal back- which the application was months to a few years, said cleared of charges automaker,dominated the J.D. automakers’. And GM has sev- grounds and national securi- filed several years ago, Aytes Crystal Williams, deputy Power honors. It swept awards eral new, small cars on the way ty questions. But now, nearly said. director for programs at the SALEM, Ore. — There’s in 10 vehicle categories, and its that industry analysts say all name check requests sub- “They are being looked American Immigration no credible evidence that plant in Japan that builds the should help it compete with mitted to the FBI are being at, they don’t just sit on a Lawyers Association. Portland Mayor Sam Adams Lexus SC 430 and Toyota established offerings from the broke the law in his 2005 Corolla took the award for top likes of Toyota and Honda. relationship with a teenager, plant. Oregon’s attorney general For GM, only two brands said Monday. performed above average: Adams, who is openly Cadillac and Chevrolet. The Have a gay, has admitted that while four brands it is purging in campaigning for mayor,he bankruptcy protection — Gold lied about his relationship Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer and with Beau Breedlove,but he Saab — were also its worst denies they were involved in rated. Mine? a sexual relationship before “Is it where we need to be? Breedlove was 18. No,”said Jamie Hresko, GM’s Do youhavethe vice president for global quali- following items The Associated Press ty. “To have our core brands — lying around in your jewelrybox? •Gold, Silver,Platinum jewelryyou no longer “SAVE ON AUTO INSURANCE!” wear •Silver or Gold Bullion WHAT? No bailoutfor you? 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Friday Monday Intel 16.01 15.68 Gold 935.25 919.2 IBM 105.89 104.5 Silver 14.265 14.20 Interface 6.98 6.49 Acuity 29.39 28.16 JCP 26.6 25.97 AAir 5.85 5.50 JNJ 56.09 55.49 Apple 139.48 137.3 Kroger 21.46 21.78 AT&T 24.04 24.15 Lowes18.78 18.66 BAC13.22 11.94 McDonalds 58.17 57.20 BB&T 22.62 21.50 Merck25.91 25.18 BP 48.83 46.85 Microsoft 24.07 23.28 BristolMyers 20.58 20.30 Mohawk 37.55 35.73 HP-Compaq 38.31 37.74 Motorola 6.11 6.03 Chevron 68.06 65.76 Region-Fin 4.14 3.84 CocaCola 48.81 47.99 Rock-Tenn. 37.72 36.24 ConAgra 18.74 18.96 Sara Lee 9.06 8.94 ColonialBnk .89 .82 SouthernCo 30.64 31.07 Coke Ent. 17.53 17.32 Synovous 3.48 3.07 CrackerBrl28.16 27.87 SunTrust 16.27 14.99 CONTRIBUTED PHOTO CrwnCrafts 2.05 2.05 Torchmark36.92 35.41 CSX 34.56 32.11 Total Sys 13.3 13.15 Students in Karen Edward’s third-grade homeroom at Spring Place Elementary researched the life of author and illustrator Patricia Polacco and created projects on cereal boxes depicting several of her Dell 13.29 12.98 UPS 48.08 46.84 books and facts pertaining to her life. Pictured are Edwards and her students: Edwin Bautista, Jacob Vulcan 43.57 42.98 Delta 6.07 5.65 Chadwick, Daniela Cortez, McKinna Etheridge, Kayleigh Fincher,Justice Freeman, Luiz Gutierrez, Dixie Group 3.5 3.51 Verizon29.66 30.02 Mackenzie Hughes,Taylor Jones, Cristina Perez, Kayleigh Pittman, Lina Rangel, Cameron Sampley, Ana Dow16.31 15.17 Walmart48.17 48.59 Trejo, Aram Valenciana and Mason Ward. Duke14.41 14.65 Wells Fargo 24.19 22.51 DuPont 24.98 24.07 Wendy’s 3.88 3.75 Earthlink 7.6 7.28 Yum34.48 33.38 Ericsson 9.59 9.29 Xerox6.74 6.42 Exxon 71.05 68.84 Stock information as of mar- Ford 5.72 5.38 ket closing is furnished by FSG 4.16 4.10 Hilliard Lyons, 511 Benjamin GE 12.1 11.52 Way, Suite 112, Dalton, (706) 279-1810 or 800-437-6450. GM 1.3 1.20 Hilliard Lyons is a member of Goodyear 12.23 11.31 the New Yo rk Stock HomeDepot 23.52 23.25 Exchange. Stocks take a drop

NEW YORK (AP) — A released Monday,but traders surprisingly bleak forecast will get reports this week on for the world economy sent new and existing home sales, stocks tumbling to their low- durable goods orders, gross est level this month. domestic product and per- Major stock indexes sonal incomes and spending. OUR CONSUMER LENDING TEAM: dropped by more than 2 per- The Federal Reserve will cent Monday,sending the also be in the spotlight after Dow Jones industrial average its two-day meeting on mon- down 201 points,after the etary policy that ends World Bank estimated the Wednesday. The central bank global economy will shrink is widely expected to hold its 2.9 percent in 2009. It previ- key funds rate steady near ously predicted a 1.7 percent zero, but investors want to contraction. know whether policymakers Investors began buying up will say the economy is stocks in March on hopes recovering or still in need of that the economy was poised aid. to begin recovering. The According to preliminary Scott SellersHarlan Ellis Mark Godfrey HeatherDixon Etta Mae Franks grim assessment from the calculations, the Dow fell World Bank runs counter to 200.72, or 2.4 percent, to hopes that have been build- 8,339.01. ing for months that a gradual The Standard & Poor’s recovery was beginning. 500 index fell 28.19, or 3.1 The dampened economic percent, to 893.04, erasing outlook also weighed on the the index’s advance for the NEED ALOAN? prices of oil, metals, and year. The Nasdaq composite other commodities. Those index fell 61.28, or 3.4 per- commodity price drops in cent, to 1,766.19. turn sent energy and metal Last week, the Dow fell 3 First BankofDalton’s long history of producers’ shares falling. percent, the S&P 500 index Hugh Johnson, chairman dropped 2.6 percent and the and chief investment officer Nasdaq composite lost 1.7 serving theneedsoffamilies andthe of Johnson Illington percent. As of Friday,the Advisors, said the downbeat Dow was up about 30 per- economic prediction con- cent from the 12-year lows it interests of citizensofDaltonand firmed fears that have been reached in early March, but it building in the market for is on track to finish down for Whitfield Countycontinues. We ask two weeks. five of the last six trading “The forecast by the days. World Bank just dramatized The market is selling off you to allowFirst BankofDalton to that the market may have on the uncertainty of what overstated what’s coming for lies ahead, said David Kotok, the economy,” he said. chairman and chief invest- serve all your loan needs. Thepurpose The stock market is com- ment officer of Cumberland ing off its first weekly loss in Advisors. more than a month after “The picture’s not clear. of theloan, whether for an automobile, mixed economic readings You’ve got a market that’s last week. There was no acting just that way,”Kotok major economic data said. truck, motorcycle or unsecured, is not Mortgage lending declines important.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Brinkmann now only We just want theopportunity to say key industry group on expects refinance loans to Monday slashed its estimate total $1.3 billion, down 34 for mortgage volume by 27 percent from his March fore- “YES”toyour request. percent because of higher cast. interest rates and the slow Back then he was also start to the government’s more optimistic because refinance program. interest rates tumbled to near REMEMBER YOUR FAVORITEBANK The Mortgage Bankers record lows after the Federal Association said it expects Reserve announced it would lenders to make $2.03 tril- buy Treasury bonds and WHEN YOU NEED ALOAN. lion in mortgages this year. mortgage-backed securities That’s $750 billion less than to help lower rates. While its forecast just three months rates remained below 5 per- ago and a signal that the gov- cent through most of April, YES, First BankofDaltonknows the ernment’s efforts so far to they jumped in May,choking repair the housing market off the refinance surge short- have fallen short. ly after it started. needsofastrongcommunity. In March, the Obama The Mortgage Bankers administration said its Home Association also lowered its Affordable Refinance estimate for mortgages to WE LIVE HERE TOO! Program could help up to 1.5 purchase homes by 10 per- million to 2 million borrow- cent to $737 billion. The ers. But so far, only 13,000 group said lower home loans have been refinanced prices mean smaller loan through the program. amounts and more all-cash Main Office East Side Office Cleveland Hwy.Office Shugart Road Office “It is difficult to craft a deals. 118N.Hamilton St. 3075 E. Walnut Ave. 2518 Cleveland Hwy. 785 Shugart Road scenario under which origi- nation volumes would come 706-226-5377 706-370-4186 706-876-5377 706-259-4186 anywhere close to reaching the numbers originally envi- COFFEE CABIN sioned for the program,”said FREE Small Frappe MBA Chief Economist Jay with this ad. 1per customer daily. Brinkmann. 800 S. Hamilton Ave. THE DAILY CITIZEN 10A Tuesday, June 23, 2009 OBITUARIES

died Monday,June 22, 2009, he joined his brother,Ray She was a member of Dalton brothers,Carl, James and Serving as pallbearers • Willard Barnett, Dalton at Hamilton Medical Center. Courtemanche, in the court First Baptist Church and the Clifford Pierce; sisters, will be Chris Stokes, • Irene Evans Bartenfeld, She was preceded in reporting firm of Allen Dot Reich Sunday School Louise Riddle and Tina Michael Stokes, Thomas Dalton death by her husband, Joseph Courtemanche Reporting Class. She had a long career Robertson. Smith, Lamar Walston, • Richard C. “Bud” Bartenfeld in 2000. Service. After the untimely in the banking industry, He is survived by his Bobby Sifles and James Courtemanche, Irene is survived by her death of his brother Ray in working in Atlanta and in wife, Tempie Land Pierce; Stokes. Muskogee,Okla. daughter and son-in-law, 1981, Richard started his Dalton at Dalton Whitfield son and daughter-in-law, The family will receive • Rubie Gray Hice, Brenda and George Chastain own court reporting firm, Bank and First Bank of Russell and Tracy Pierce; friends at the Melrose Dalton of Dalton; granddaughter, Courtemanche Reporting Dalton. Rubie was a 1960 stepdaughters, Ginger Chapel of Ponders Funeral • Edgar B. Howell Jr., Rhonda Chastain Gravely of Service, until retiring in graduate of Lafayette High Stanley and Tammy Home today from 11 a.m. to Dalton Dalton; great-granddaughter, 2004. School, and loved to work in Lewallen; granddaughter, 2 p.m. • Oliver S. Pierce,Dalton Brittney Gravely of Dalton; He was a longtime mem- her flower garden. Hannah Stanley; grandson, Thoughts and memories • Lamar ‘Cotten’ Stokes, sisters-in-law and brothers- ber of Christian Chapel in She is survived by her Harlan Lewallen; sisters and may be shared with the Tunnel Hill in-law, Juanita Nations, Muskogee, also serving on loving husband of 44 years, brother-in-law, Ruby and Stokes family at www.pon- • Emily Ware,Mauldin, Mildred Bartenfeld, Jerome its board. His passion after Robert Hice of Dalton; son Wayne Collins, Frances dersfuneralhome.com. S.C. Bartenfeld and George retirement was woodwork- and daughter-in-law, Roberson and Sarah Baker; Arrangements by locally Bartenfeld,all of Dalton; ing projects, landscaping his Anthony and Jen Hice of brother,Melvin Pierce; spe- owned and operated Ponders Obituary notices are friend and caretaker,Karen yard, working outside, build- Dalton; sisters and brother- cial nephew, David Pierce; Funeral Home, 138 Melrose posted online at Robinson of Dalton; nieces ing waterfalls and anything in-law, Christine Gray his beloved dog, Lady; and Drive; (706) 226-4002. Your www.daltondailycitizen.com and nephews. to do with being out in his Cantrell of Huntsville, Ala., also very special friends, selected independent funeral Services will be yard. He was a wonderful Carolyn Gray of Dalton and George and Darlene Hyder, home. Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the husband, father and grandfa- Jackie Gray Ebright and Ron Gordon and Marilyn Brown, www.legacy.com chapel of Love Funeral ther and most of all enjoyed of Springfield, Tenn.; nieces Powell Escabar,Marvin Willard Barnett Home with Dr. David spending time with his fami- and nephews, great-nieces Owens, and Robert and Emily Ware Willard Barnett, 67, of Kitchens officiating. ly. Anyone who knew and great-nephews. Betty Franklin of California. Dalton, departed this life Burial will follow in Richard knew he had a great Services are today at 1 Funeral services will be Our sweet baby,“Emily Sunday,June 21, 2009, at Whitfield Memorial sense of humor and was a p.m. at Dalton First Baptist Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Peacock,”went to be with Hamilton Medical Center. Gardens. great storyteller. His warmth Church with Dr. Bill Wilson Chapel of Shawn Chapman the Lord, Saturday,June 20, He was The family will receive and smile was felt by friends officiating. Burial will fol- Funeral Home with Rev. 2009. born Dec. friends at Love Funeral and anyone who ever met low in Whitfield Memorial Woody Woodfin officiating. Emily Sandra Ware was 12, 1941 Home today from 5 to 8 p.m. him. He will be dearly Gardens with Brian Doran, Burial will be in the West born Dec. 29, 2008, to loving inWords of comfort may be missed and our memories of Doyle Pritchett, Roy Reeves, Hill Cemetery. Flowers to be parents, Matthew Randall Whitfield sent to the family at him we will always cherish. Greg Gray,Mike Gray, omitted. Donations can be and Jodi Lockaby Ware; and County. www.lovefuneralhomega.co Richard was preceded in Freemont Priest and Bob made to Senior Friends or proud big sister,Natalie He was m. death by his parents; brother, Roper serving as pallbearers. Hospital Ministry of Pine Michelle Ware of Mauldin. preceded Love Funeral Home, Ray Courtemanche; and sis- The family received Grove Baptist Church. She was baptized at Mauldin in death 1402 N. Thornton Ave., ter,Ann Hebert. friends at Love Funeral The family will receive United Methodist Church. by his par- Dalton (across from He is survived by his Home Monday. In lieu of friends today from 6 to 9 In addition to her parents, Barnett ents, Sam Hamilton Medical Center) is devoted wife, Claudette, of flowers, memorials may be p.m. at the funeral home. and her big sister,she is sur- and Jessie in charge of arrangements. the home; his proud children, made to First Baptist Church Arrangements made with vived by her maternal grand- Mae www.legacy.com daughter Donna Allen and Outreach Ministries or First integrity by Shawn Chapman parents, Jane and Jack Barnett; brothers, John husband Richard of Oktaha, Baptist Church Building Funeral Home & Crematory, Horsford, and Mike Lockaby Barnett, Carl Barnett and Okla.; son John and wife Fund, P.O. Box 827, Dalton, Chatsworth. of Douglasville, Ga.; pater- William ‘Ford’ Barnett; sis- Love Denise of Tulsa, Okla.; GA, 30722. www.legacy.com nal grandparents, Pam Ware ter,Irene Davenport; and daughter,Renee Reeder and Words of comfort may be and Peter Ware of Dalton, Funeral Home Ga.; aunts and uncles, niece, Martha Smith. Family Owned Since 1935 husband Jack of Muskogee; sent to the family at Lamar ‘Cotten’ He is survived by his sis- and daughter Brenda www.lovefuneralhomega.co Stokes Sandra and Jerad Triplett of ters, Fannie Vinyard of 278-3313 Gandara and husband m. Love Funeral Home, Cumming, Ga., and Adam Dalton and Dorothy Shuler Emerito of Cohutta; his dear 1402 N. Thornton Ave., Mr. Lamar ‘Cotten’ Ware of Tallahassee, Fla.; and great-grandparents, Roy of Tunnel Hill; brothers, Richard grandchildren, Kevin Dalton (across from Stokes, 62, of Tunnel Hill, Gene Barnett of Tunnel Hill Courtemanche, Tyler Allen, Hamilton Medical Center) is departed this life Sunday, Lockaby of Blairsville, Ga., and Earl Barnett of Dalton; Courtemanche Chris Courtemanche and in charge of arrangements. June 21, 2009, at home sur- Lillie Ware and Willie Dee Maria Gandara; sister,Mary www.legacy.com rounded by his loving fami- Crick of Ringgold, Ga. several nieces and nephews. Richard Courtemanche, Leger of Fitchburg, Mass.; ly. She was preceded in Services to celebrate the longtime resident of and nephew, Kenneth Mr. Stokes was born Jan. death by her great-grandpar- life of Mr. Willard Barnett Muskogee, Okla., died sud- Courtemanche and his fami- 2, 1947 in Whitfield County, ents, Sally and Albert Green are Wednesday at 2 p.m. in denly at the age of 71 at his Love ly of Ardmore, Okla. the son of the late Grady and of Rabun County,Ga., the Melrose Chapel of home surrounded by his lov- Funeral Home In lieu of flowers, we ask Effie Mae Stokes. He was Maggie Lockaby of Ponders Funeral Home with ing family on Friday,June Family Owned Since 1935 that you please make dona- also preceded in death by his Blairsville, Ga., Andy Joe the Rev. Cecil Williams and 19, 2009. tions in Richard’s name to 278-3313 wife, Mary Stokes; brothers, Ware of Ringgold, Ga., and the Rev. Brian Vinyard offi- Richard was born on Oct. PAWS Animal Haven and Edward Stokes and Jim Arthur Crick of ciating. 9, 1937 to Raymond Adoption Facility,4321 E. Stokes; brother-in-law, Pennsylvania. He will be laid to rest in Courtemanche and Margaret Hayes, Muskogee, OK, Ernest Roberson; sister, Funeral services will be Poplar Springs Cemetery in Reilly in Fitchburg, Mass., 74403 or to the American Edgar B. Howell Dorothy Thacker. held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Whitfield County. where he Heart Association. He is survived by his Mauldin United Methodist The family will receive grew up Jr. A memorial service for brothers, Gene Stokes of Church. Burial will follow in friends at the funeral home and Richard is Wednesday at 10 Mr. Edgar B. Howell Jr. Dalton; brother-in-law, the church cemetery. today from 3 to 9 p.m. attended a.m. at Christian Chapel in of Dalton died Sunday,June Jimmy Thacker of Dalton; The family will receive Serving as pallbearers school. He Muskogee. 21, 2009. sisters and brother-in-law, friends Wednesday morning will be nephews of Mr. proudly Foster-Petering Funeral Survivors and arrange- Ora Roberson of Dalton and from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Barnett. served in Home of Muskogee is in ments will be announced by Evelyn and Danny Holt; sis- church. Thoughts and memories the United charge of arrangements. Love Funeral Home, 1402 N. ters-in-law, Juanita Stokes of In lieu of flowers, memo- may be shared with the States Air www.legacy.com Thornton Ave., Dalton. Calhoun and Debbie Stokes rials may be made to SIDS Barnett family at www.pon- Force www.legacy.com of Dalton; special friends, Research online at dersfuneralhome.com. Courtemanche from 1955- Rubie Gray Hice Thomas and Chris Smith and www.cjsids.org or to Arrangements are by 1959. This family,Frances Parker and Greenville Children’s locally owned and operated is where his Oliver S. Pierce Mrs. Rubie Gray Hice, Hulen JR Smith; and several Hospital, 701 Grove Road, Ponders Funeral Home, 138 love of aircraft began, espe- 67, of Dalton, passed away Mr. Oliver S. Pierce, 74, nieces and nephews. Greenville, SC 29605. Melrose Drive,Dalton; (706) cially for B-52s of which he Sunday,June 21, 2009, at her of Dalton passed away on Services to celebrate the The Mackey Mortuary, 226-4002. Your selected was a crew member. residence. June 21 at his residence. life of Mr. Lamar Stokes are Century Drive. Obituaries independent funeral home. Richard married She was the daughter of Mr. Oliver served in the today at 2 p.m. in the and online registry at www.legacy.com Claudette Cloutier on April the late Glenn and Lena Army as a sergeant in Korea, Melrose Chapel of Ponders www.mackeymortuary.com. 9, 1971 where they moved to Crowe Gray,and was pre- Germany and France. Funeral Home with the Rev. www.legacy.com Irene Evans Muskogee and began their ceded in death by her broth- He was preceded in death Sam Henderson and the Rev. lives together. This is where Bartenfeld ers, Hershel Gray and Doyle by his first wife, Lois Russell Junior Williams officiating. he began his career as a suc- Gray. Rubie was a devoted Pierce; father and mother, He will be laid to rest at Mrs. Irene Evans cessful court reporter when wife, mother,sister and aunt. Bartenfeld, 89, of Dalton, Walter and Phebe Pierce; Mill Creek Cemetery. Obama signs law, but does he smoke?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president mentioned President Barack Obama his own experience very seems to have broken one of briefly — just 30 words. his first campaign promises: “I don’t know what the to kick his cigarette habit. appropriate word count Although he agreed to would have been in order to quit smoking if his wife, check the box,”Gibbs said Michelle, allowed him to run when asked about the brevity for the White House, the of comments. “And, again, I president acknowledged think the president spoke Monday it’s been a challenge about this in personal terms, to stay away from cigarettes regardless of the word that have been part of his count.” life, off and on, for the past Obama has veered three decades. between frank and cagey As he signed the nation’s about his personal battle toughest anti-smoking law with smoking. He has often Monday aimed at keeping acknowledged since that he thousands of teens from get- has “fallen off the wagon.” ting hooked, Obama ruefully But he hardly ever provides touched on his habit he specifics. began years ago. And though White House “I was one of these aides pack nicotine gum in teenagers,”he said. “And so I their jackets to help him know how difficult it can be resist, they also refuse to to break this habit when it’s give a clear answer to the been with you for a long President Barack Obama, joined by members of Congress, and others, signs the Family Smoking question of whether the pres- time.” Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, on Mondayduring a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House ident still sneaks a smoke And while Obama praised in Washington. now and again. the historic legislation, his smoking and made it dated his campaign — and days. “That’s why he doesn’t sure to emphasize his efforts Still, it’s not as if Obama which gives the Food and clear that he didn’t plan to. almost blocked it. do it anymore, I’m proud to to stop for good and his was ever even a pack-a-day Drug Administration The presidential spokesman While he and Mrs. say. I outed him — I’m the progress from his one-time puffer. unprecedented authority to stuck to vague language that Obama discussed whether one who outed him on the five-smoke-a-day average. “I’ve never been a heavy regulate what goes into left the impression Obama the then-senator from Illinois smoking. That was one of During Monday’s bill smoker,” Obama told The tobacco products, he didn’t still occasionally falls off the should consider a White my prerequisites for,you signing, Obama focused on Chicago Tribune in 2007. say how his own struggle wagon, but he did not say so House run, she made him know, entering this race is how the new law would help “I’ve quit periodically was coming along since he directly. promise the family he would that, you know, he couldn’t keep future generations of over the last several years. moved into the White House. “I don’t, honestly,see the put down his lighter if were be a smoking president.” kids away from the danger- I’ve got an ironclad demand Aides, again, followed the need to get a whole lot more to head out on the campaign Well, not exactly. ous habit. It bans candy-fla- from my wife that in the boss’ lead. specific than the fact that it’s trail. During Obama’s two-year vored cigarettes and the use stresses of the campaign I White House press secre- a continuing struggle,”Gibbs “I hate it,”Michelle White House bid, he was of other flavored smokes that don’t succumb. I’ve been tary Robert Gibbs said he said. “He struggles with it Obama told CBS’ “60 known to occasionally bum a might appeal to teenagers. chewing Nicorette strenu- hadn’t asked Obama about every day.” Minutes” during the presi- cigarette from a staff mem- Ads aimed at young people ously.” It was a struggle that pre- dential campaign’s early ber — while also making also are banned. C M Y K

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BY ADAM KROHN Bruins teammate Dean Haynes will INSIDE THE SECTION Terrapins head coach Ralph Delic, who attended the U.S. [email protected] play next year as a defensive back, jBraves blank Cubs 2-0, 2B Friedgen had to say as well. Army National Combine in San following his “We sat down and talked and he Antonio in January,said Maryland When Nermin Delic left for jGolfer’s wife dies in car wreck, 2B College Park, Md., last Friday to par- trip to Maryland. didn’t mention football once,” initially made an offer in May,but ticipate in a summer camp with the But all that jFederer rolls at Wimbledon, 3B Delic said. “That was important to he wasn’t yet ready to commit. He Maryland Terrapins, he initially had changed after jDolphins lose again, 3B me. We talked about life in general, had also received offers from East no intentions of making a commit- Delic saw the academics and what I wanted to do Carolina, Florida International, ment to the school. Delic had great Maryland cam- “I was blown away,” the 6-foot- after college. Me and my dad went Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Middle Tennessee State and Tulsa. Boston rapport with tight ends coach Charles pus and talked 5-inch, 240-pound Delic said. “I and talked for about five minutes, I went back into the conference College also had made contact. In Dankins, but other than that, the with the Terra- loved it up there. The campus were pins’ coaching room where about 15 coaches were addition, he had visited Georgia Northwest Whitfield tight end/defen- the best I’ve seen, the facilities sive end, who will be a senior for the staff on Satu- and told them I was ready to be a and Clemson, and Haynes was were state-of-the-art, the stadium Bruins this season, planned on keep- Delic rday. He made a Maryland Terrapin and they stood pushing hard for him to consider ing his options open. non-binding ver- holds 70,000 people, the dorms up and applauded me. the Wolfpack. In fact, he already had planned bal commitment to Maryland were amazing. I can’t stop talking “I felt they wanted me, which visits to Vanderbilt and North before heading back to Tunnel Hill about it.” meant a lot, and I wanted to be ➣ Please see DELIC, 2B Carolina State, where former on Sunday. Delic was impressed with what there.”

COMMENTARY AMATEUR GOLF: 17TH ANNUAL FCA CLASSIC Kahne wins, but RPM still Heading to TPC has real issues

SONOMA, CALIF. t took eight winless seasons for Richard Petty to realize he was 17-under par IIno longer NASCAR’s best driver. He spent the last decade once again ignoring the obvious, refus- the top score ing to accept that his race team wasn’t any good. No matter how bad things got at BY LARRY FLEMING Petty [email protected] Enterprises, The Jeff Browne has been to the Fellowship of King always Christian Athletes national tournament at TPC believed he had Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Fla., once before. Browne another trip to left The Farm Golf Course on Monday with a second Victory Lane in invitation to Sawgrass. his near future. Browne and three teammates – Werner Braun, “I’m a hard- Craig Tidwell and Sean Coleman – shot a 17-under head. That’s the par net 55 to win the 17th local FCA golf champi- reason I keep onship by one shot over three other teams. Jenna coming back,” “I’ve got two doctors on my team,”Browne said, he said. “I drove Fryer “and I don’t know if they’ll be able to go to the tour- and I won in ’84, nament at Sawgrass. It’s a long way off so maybe and then didn’t that’s enough time for them to schedule going down win anymore. It there.” finally dawned on me ‘You’re not The national tournament is scheduled on Nov. 20- good enough doing your job to 22. win anymore race, so you’d better Browne said he went to the national tourney “about get out.’“ five years ago” and finished between 10th and 12th He did, after the 1992 season, transitioning into management at place. Petty Enterprises. There were three “We weren’t great but we did OK,”he said. “It was wins in the first nine seasons, but fun and we had a good time. I think (Dalton’s) David none since John Andretti drove the Noll had a team down there that same year.” famed No. 43 to an April, 1999 One of the teams that posted a 56 in Monday’s victory at Martinsville Speedway. four-man select shot tourney was made up of Chip In the long, lean decade that Sellers, Ty Sellers, C.J. Dodd and Cres Dodd. A few followed that last win, Petty years ago Sellers’ group won the national tournament. refused to believe it was his last The other two teams at 56 were Joey Jenkins, Rocky victory celebration. Casteel, Bart Hill and Craig Trimble and Phillip “I’m a very optimistic person,” Pickett, Danny Daniel, Alan Janney and Jeff Rayburn. he said. “Just because we didn’t do Jenkins’ team won the Open Division and Pickett’s it yesterday doesn’t mean we can’t foursome finished second. do it today.” But the day belonged to Browne’s team. Petty did on Sunday,when “Here’s the thing,”he said. “We partnered well. Kasey Kahne took him to Victory When one person hit a bad shot, another person made Lane for the first time in 364 races a good shot. And we putted well today.” by winning on the road course at Browne got his team off to a flying start by making Infineon Raceway. It was a breakthrough victory ISTY ATSON M W /The Daily Citizen ➣ Please see FCA, 2B for Richard Petty Motorsports, the Preston Poag,of Dalton, reacts as his putt just misses the 14th hole during team born in January from the the FCA tournament at The Farm on Monday. merger between Gillett-Evernham Motorsports and Petty Enterprises. The four-car organization is a whole lot more Gillett than Petty, GOLF: U.S. OPEN but The King is still the star of the Volunteer Coach show. Glover wins four-day event Clad in his cowboy hat and dark sunglasses, the fans surround- Mickelson, as it usually does in ing Victory Lane cheered him as if BY DOUG FERGUSON New York. Elvis himself had just crashed the Associated Press Writer FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Lefty charged into a share of party. Petty sipped some celebrato- the lead with a startling bid to ry red wine and soaked up the Lucas Glover steadied his hands for a 3-foot par putt on the 18th finally win the Open, his final moment he always believed was event before a summer of uncer- right around the corner. hole, an anticlimatic finish to five dreary days at a U.S. Open filled tainty as his wife battles breast “If we hadn’t have won the race cancer. A fairy-tale finish turned (Sunday), we would have went to with more delays than drama. The unlikely champion turned all too familiar,however,when New Hampshire, and in my mind, Mickelson missed two par putts we would have won New to soak up a beautiful sight over the last four holes and wound Hampshire,”he said. beneath gather- up setting the wrong kind of Only the reality is, unless ing clouds record by finishing second for the Kahne gets on some sort of hot Monday at fifth time in the American nation- streak, it may be some time before Bethpage al championship. Petty gets another win. Black. “Certainly I’m disappointed,” Kahne’s win proved that the “I just loo- Mickelson said. “But now that it’s No. 9 team is still a legitimate con- ked at the over, I’ve got more important tender,he’s still a great race car scoreboard to things going on. driver and RPM’s employees are Glover make sure this “And,”he added, pausing, “oh, still working double-time to pro- was really hap- well.” duce a competitive product. pening,”Glover said. Next came David Duval, out of But there’s still a ton of larger Some 24,000 fans, speckled nowhere. Winless in eight years, issues looming over RPM, and with mud from a long walk soiled, he ran off three straight birdies on Sunday’s win was nothing more could surely relate. the back nine to tie for the lead as than a temporary distraction from Glover never lost the lead over the No. 882 player in the world the problems. the final 12 holes, even though the tried to show why he was No. 1 a — The team has been funding attention was always on someone decade ago. MISTY WATSON/The Daily Citizen AJ Allmendinger’s ride largely out else. He closed with a 3-over 73 His hopes ended with a five- Brittany Jackson signs 11-year-old Kayla Kvistad’s shirt dur- of pocket all season, and RPM has for a two-shot victory in a U.S. foot par putt on the 17th that spun ing a basketball camp at the Murray County recreation depart- Open that might be remembered ment sponsored by North Murray High School on Monday. ➣ FRYER, 3B more for the week than the winner. ➣ OPEN, 2B Jackson is a former player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. Please see The stage belonged to Phil Please see WWW.DALTONDAILYCITIZEN.COM THE DAILY CITIZEN 2B Monday, June 23, 2009 PRO BASEBALL: ATLANTA BRAVES Southern Yankees SPORTS BRIEFS MLBPA’s Fehr steps down after 25 years Atlanta NEW YORK — Donald Braves' Fehr’s quarter century in Chipper Jones charge of the players’ associ- doubles ation was marked by a strike against the that canceled the World Chicago Cubs Series,record salaries and eventually 14 years of labor during the peace. bottom of the And to his detractors, it fifth inning of was marred by a go-slow Monday’s approach to steroids. game. Fehr,who turns 61 next month, said Monday he will AP PHOTO leave the powerful union no later than the end of March. Fehr recommended that he Vazquez, Jones fuel win be succeeded by union gen- eral counsel Michael BY GEORGE HENRY Jones that scored McLouth Weiner,the No. 3 official Associated Press Writer for a 2-0 Atlanta lead. and his longtime heir ATLANTA — Javier Dempster is 0-2 in his last apparent. The move is sub- Vazquez and three Atlanta four starts, but the right-han- ject to approval by the relievers combined to shut der has a 2.10 ERA over that union’s executive board and out the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on stretch of 25 2-3 innings. possible ratification by all Monday night. The Braves improved to players. In a makeup game caused 4-22 when scoring two runs The 47-year-old Weiner by a June 4 rainout, the or less. will lead negotiations for the CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Braves won a series for the Dempster allowed eight next contract; the current first time since completing a hits, two runs and four walks The Northwest Yankees recently took second place in the Walk Off Classic labor agreement expires in three-game sweep of Toronto in 6 2-3 innings. The right- at Heritage Point in Dalton and second place in the Tiger Classic’s “Silver” December 2011. on May 24. The Braves had hander struck out six. division in Ringgold. Pictured left to right are,front row: Dylan Roy, Grant gone 0-5-3 in their last eight Vazquez appeared to Middleton, Cole Roberts, Caleb Ramsey; back row: Hayden Lock, Hudson PGA’s Smith’s wife series. Atlanta and Chicago strain his back while lunging Smith,Brock Nelson, Grant Terrell, Carter Hayes and coaches Eddie Terrell split the first two games of to catch Micah Hoffpauir’s and Keith Hayes. killed in car wreck the original series June 2-3. single in the sixth. After a SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Atlanta, which snapped a mound visit from manager PGA Tour officials con- two-game slide, ended the Bobby Cox and a Braves firmed Monday that the Cubs’ four-game winning trainer,Vazquez gave up a FCA: 31 teams participated wife of golfer Chris Smith streak. single to Geovany Soto and was killed and two of his walked Mike Fontenot Vazquez (5-6) gave up ➣ children were critically nine hits and two walks with before stranding the bases Continued from page 1B Daniel Cobb and Greg Hughes won the afternoon Crump shot 58 for second honors. injured in a fiery weekend five strikeouts. The right- loaded on Andres Blanco’s crash that also hurt several hander’s victory snapped a flyout. an eagle on the par-4 first place. Jack Bandy,Murray David Grusnick, execu- Bandy,Steve Crane and tive director of the members of the London five-start streak in which he In the seventh, Vazquez hole. (Ontario) Silverbacks foot- went 0-3 despite a 3.44 ERA. retired the first two batters “It was a natural 2,”said Michel Pare posted a 59 for Northwest Georgia FCA, third place. said 31 teams competed in ball team, including its Rafael Soriano, who gave before walking Kosuke Browne, referring to not owner. needing the help of a tour- Third place in the Open Monday’s tournament, up a single and a walk, struck Fukudome and giving up Beth Smith was killed in nament handicap. “I Division went to Danny down from a record 45 in out the side for his sixth save Jake Fox’s two-out infield the crash about 11:35 a.m. knocked it to 6 feet and Browder,Bart Hill, Roland 2008. in seven chances. single. Cox pulled Vazquez Sunday on Interstate 69 made the putt.” Cantrell and Duane “But we’re thankful for Chipper Jones’ sacrifice and brought in right-hander near Angola, in northern Browne’s foursome won McMullen at 57. those faithful 31 teams that fly in the seventh inning Peter Moylan, who ended the Indiana. chased Ryan Dempster (4-5). threat on Derrek Lee’s fly- the Net Division with its 55 In sidelight contests, were willing and able to on the course that was Chase Miller won the morn- play,” Grusnick said. “That Smith’s children, 16-year- Nate McLouth’s RBI sin- out. old Abigail and 12-year-old gle in the third gave the Sean Marshall replaced playing 6,522 yards. ing’s long drive contest and means a lot to us. Taking second place was Cres Dodd won it in the Grusnick said 280 peo- Cameron, were listed in criti- Braves a 1-0 lead. Diorys Dempster in the seventh and cal condition Monday morn- Hernandez scored from sec- retired the only batter he Bryan Macon, Don afternoon play. The straight- ple attended the FCA Phillips, Stan Goodroe and est drive winners were Blake women’s luncheon at The ing at Fort Wayne’s Lutheran ond after leading off with faced. Kevin Hart, recalled Hospital. walk and advancing on Sunday from Triple-A Iowa, Barclay Macon at 58. Third Brindle (morning) and Farm and Lindsey Goff, place went to the group of Roland Cantrell (afternoon). daughter of former According to authorities, Vazquez’s sacrifice bunt. pitched a scoreless eighth. Abigail Smith was driving In the seventh, McLouth The teams combined to Joel Goldberg, Greg Morning closest to the University of Georgia foot- Tallent, Chris Tallent and pin winners were John ball coach Ray Goff, was her mother and brother in a doubled with one out and leave 34 runners on base. sport utility vehicle that lost moved to third on Martin NOTES: Lee extended Davis McCreery at 59. Draper (on two different the featured speaker. Seller’s group captured holes), John Meadows and Proceeds from the tour- control briefly. She tried to Prado’s single. After a his hitting streak to a career- correct the vehicle’s path, mound visit from Cubs man- best 19 games. He had an 18- the Gross Division at 56. Jim Mathews. Whitney nament help operate the John Draper,Bob Croom, Ford, Dill Davies and Joel FCA ministry. but wound up veering across ager Lou Piniella, Dempster game streak from April 17- the median,where the SUV gave up a sacrifice fly RBI to May 7, 2005. collided head-on with a Greyhound bus carrying the GYMNASTICS: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA football team. Delic: Gains 20 pounds Falcons sign sixth- Courtney ➣ Continued from page 1B will if that’s what is best for Kupets, a round pick Adkins the team, but who wouldn’t gymnast from want to get on the field?” FLOWERY BRANCH — “We’re already talking the University The Atlanta Falcons have Delic, who was born in smack,”Delic said of of Georgia, signed their sixth-round draft Bosnia and moved to the Haynes, his new Atlantic holds the choice linebacker Spencer United States when he was 6, Coast Conference rival. Broderick Cup Adkins. Since February,Delic has credits his father Edin — a after she was Adkins, 5-foot-11, 246 added 20 pounds of muscle, war veteran of the Bosnian named the pounds, had 72 tackles which he had lost during bas- army’s Special Ranger Collegiate including 10 for a loss, five ketball season. He said he’ll Forces — for helping him Woman sacks and one interception in need to add 10 more pounds reach his dream of playing 31 games at Miami. Terms for a chance to play immedi- Athlete of the college football. Year during a of the deal were not dis- ately as a freshman in 2010. “None of this would have ceremony at closed. Bruins coach Mike happened without my dad,” Columbia The Falcons have signed Falleur,who triggered the he said. “If he hadn’t come to University in five of their eight draft selec- recruiting process with the United States after the Maryland by sending game New York on tions, including cornerback war and pushed me so hard, I Christopher Owens (third film as early as the start of wouldn’t be here.” Monday. the 2008 football season, round), cornerback William Falleur said he knew Middleton (fifth round), said Delic could play either Delic would find himself in AP PHOTO tight end or defensive end for offensive tackle Garrett the good situation he’s in the Terrapins. Reynolds (fifth round) and now. “I was talking to coach Kupets wins Broderick Cup defensive tackle Vance Dankins and he said they’re “I’m very excited,” Walker (seventh round). Falleur said. “I’ve known fighting over which side is NEW YORK (AP) — Achilles’ injury,Kupets Olympics, Kupets won going to get him,”Falleur that since he was in ninth Thrashers associate grade, if he did the right Gymnast Courtney returned to lead Georgia the silver medal in the said. Kupets of Georgia has to its fifth straight NCAA team all-around and cap- GM is now Dudley It doesn’t matter to Delic things in class and on the which side of the ball he field, he’d have this opportu- won the Honda-Broderick championship. The senior tured individual bronze in ATLANTA — The lines up on, as long as he nity. You could just see it. Cup, given to the nation’s won national titles in the the uneven bars. Atlanta Thrashers have doesn’t have to redshirt his What he was then and what top female college athlete. all-around,bars, beam Kupets, of Athens, Ga., named former Chicago freshman season. he’s developed into has tick- She received the award and floor competition. was among five finalists Blackhawks executive Rick “No one wants to be on led me to death. Monday at Columbia Her four titles tied the for the 33rd annual award. Dudley as associate general the scout team for a year,” “He has a god-given abil- University. record for a single nation- Softball great Lisa manager. said Delic, who will major in ity and he has taken advan- After missing the 2008 al meet. Fernandez presented her Thrashers executive vice sports medicine. “I mean, I tage of it.” postseason with an At the 2004 Athens with the cup. president and general manag- er Don Waddell says the 60- year-old Dudley will oversee scouting and player develop- Open: Mickelson finishes runner-up for fifth time ment for the NHL team. Dudley was assistant gen- ➣ Continued from page 1B U.S. Open in any conditions. had made bogey and that under 276 and earned $1.35 reached under par for the eral manager of the He made only one birdie Mickelson earlier had million, moving from No. 71 first time all week with a six- Blackhawks for the last two 180 degrees out of the cup, in the rain-delayed final dropped a shot there, too. to 17th in the world. foot birdie putt at the par-3 seasons. He joined the and his silver medal was no round, and it could not have Suddenly,he was two shots The 29-year-old from 14th, leaving him four shots Blackhawks in 2004 as a consolation. been timed any better. Tied ahead, and he made sure the South Carolina, who chews out of the lead but running consultant and was named “I stand before you cer- for the lead with three holes U.S. Open didn’t have a sur- tobacco and listens to out of holes. Not that it mat- director of player personnel tainly happy with how I to play,he split the middle of prise ending. Sinatra, had not won since tered. He hit a 5-iron over in 2005. played, but extremely disap- the fairway and had 173 The 18th tee was moved holing out a bunker shot on the 15th green to make Earlier,Dudley was gen- pointed in the outcome,” yards left to the hole at No. forward to play 364 yards, the final hole at Disney near- bogey, and had to settle for a eral manager of the Florida Duval said. “I had no ques- 16. and the record will reflect ly four years ago. 69 that left him in a tie for Panthers for two seasons, tion in my mind I was going It was a smooth 8-iron, that Glover hit a 6-iron off But this was no fluke. sixth, four shots out of the spent 2 1/2 seasons as senior to win the golf tournament like thousands he has hit on the tee and a 9-iron to the “I hit the shots today that lead. vice president and general today.” the driving range. It landed green on the final hole of his I had to hit in the situation, “I striped it this week,” manager of the Tampa Bay Ricky Barnes was the six feet from the cup. U.S. Open victory. and that was a little more Woods said. “I hit it just like Lightning and was general long shot who didn’t last “The putt was all you No matter. His name is on gratifying,”Glover said. I did at Memorial, and unfor- manager of the Ottawa very long with the 54-hole could ever ask for under the trophy, right under Tiger It was the first time the tunately I didn’t make any- Senators for one year. lead. He shot 40 on the front pressure,” Glover said. Woods, in the same compa- U.S. Open ended on a thing.” — The Associated Press nine to turn control over to His caddie, Don Cooper, ny as so many greats. Monday without a playoff Glover closed with the Glover, and wound up shoot- helped him with the read and “I hope I don’t down- since 1983, courtesy of highest score of a U.S. Open ing a 76 to join Mickelson told him, “There’s no way grade it or anything with my relentless rain. champion since Ernie Els and Duval in a tie for sec- we’re missing this.” name on there,”Glover And for the first time in had a 73 at Oakmont in COFFEE CABIN ond. “It would have went in a quipped. “It’s an honor,and five years, all the major tro- 1994, although the only Glover didn’t have a thimble,”Cooper said. I’m just excited and happy as phies belong to someone score that mattered was his FREE Small Frappe with this ad. compelling storyline, just Glover arrived at the 17th I can be to be on here.” other than Tiger Woods. even-par 35 on the back nine 1per customer daily. the kind of golf that wins a tee in time to see that Duval Glover finished at 4- The defending champion — and that crucial birdie. 800 S. 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7 a.m. Boston (Penny 6-2) at Washington (Lannan 4-5), Graeme McDowell 69-72-69-74 — 284 +4 Dolphins lose again TRANSACTIONS ESPN2 — Wimbledon Championships, early 7:05 p.m. Bubba Watson 72-70-67-75 — 284 +4 round, at London Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 4-2) at Detroit Lee Westwood 72-66-74-73 — 285 +5 WNBA BASKETBALL (E.Jackson 6-4), 7:05 p.m. Steve Stricker73-66-72-74 — 285 +5 Monday’s Moves 7:30 p.m. Cleveland (D.Huff 2-2) at Pittsburgh (Snell 2-7), Oliver Wilson 70-70-71-74 — 285 +5 FROM STAFF REPORTS Hunter Mulkey and BASEBALL ESPN2 — Phoenix at San Antonio 7:05 p.m. Sean O’Hair 69-69-71-76 — 285 +5 Stephen Jones (10). American League Cincinnati (Owings 4-7) at Toronto (Tallet 4-4), 7:07 Vijay Singh 72-72-73-69 — 286 +6 The Dalton Dolphins BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with RHP p.m. Francesco Molinari71-70-74-71 — 286 +6 In the first diving com- Azuma Ya no 72-65-77-72 — 286 +6 fell to Stuart Heights in Alex Wilson, OF Seth Schwindenhammer, RHP Philadelphia (Moyer 4-6) at Tampa Bay (Price 1-1), J.B. Holmes 73-67-73-73 — 286 +6 petition of the season for Jeremiah Bayer, SS Drew Dominguez, C Sean 7:08 p.m. Chattanooga on Monday by Johan Edfors 70-74-68-74 — 286 +6 Killeen, RHP Chez Angeloni, OF Willie Holmes, Baltimore (Uehara 2-4) at Florida (A.Miller 2-3), Dalton, Chase Hair Stewart Cink 73-69-70-74 — 286 +6 a score of 405-357 in a LHP Michael Bugary, RHP Tom Ebert, RHP Jordan PRO BASEBALL 7:10 p.m. (118.45) and Erin N.Y.Yankees (Wang 0-5) at Atlanta (Hanson 2-0), Chattanooga Area Swim Flasher, RHP Chris Court, RHP Ryle Rutter, 2B Hullender both took first- Jordan Sallis and 1B Drew Hedman. MLB Glance 7:10 p.m. League Division I meet. DETROIT TIGERS—Assigned C Dane Sardinha St. Louis (Pineiro 5-8) at N.Y.Mets (Li.Hernandez place finishes in the 14-18- outright to Toledo (IL). NATIONAL LEAGUE 5-1), 7:10 p.m. The loss puts the Kansas City (Greinke 8-3) at Houston (R.Ortiz 3- year-old male and female National League East Division Dolpins at 2-2 on the year. WLPct GB 2), 8:05 p.m. TENNIS age groups, respectively. NEW YORK METS—Placed OF Carlos Beltran on Minnesota (Liriano 2-8) at Milwaukee (Suppan 5- the 15-day DL. Philadelphia 36 31 .537 — The leading point scor- New Yo rk 35 33 .515 1 1/2 4), 8:05 p.m. Wimbledon “This was our best PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Assigned RHP Brad L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 1-3) at Chicago White Sox ers for Dalton were Jamie Lincoln from Altoona (EL) to Indianapolis (IL), 3B Florida 35 36 .493 3 Monday turnout and best lineup,” Atlanta 33 36 .478 4 (Danks 5-5), 8:11 p.m. Pedro Alvarez, RHP Dustin Molleken, RHP At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Fuller with 22 (diving com- Washington 20 47 .299 16 Texas (Harrison 4-4) at Arizona (Scherzer 4-4), Dolphins coach Charles Michael Dubee and OF/1B Miles Durham from Wimbledon, England Central Division 9:40 p.m. Men petion included), Joana Todd said. “Stuart Heights, Lynchburg (Carolina) to Altoona and INF Chase WLPct GB Colorado (Jimenez 6-6) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana d’Arnaud from West Virginia (SAL) to Lynchburg. First Round Rosales (19), Taylor Dale St. Louis 39 32 .549 — 1-3), 10:05 p.m. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def.Yen-hsun Lu, along with Signal Mountain, Agreed to terms with RHP Victor Black, 1B Aaron Milwaukee 37 32 .536 1 San Francisco (Lincecum 6-2) at Oakland Taiwan, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. (18), Caroline Mathis and is one of the strongest teams Baker, RHP Phillip Irwin and RHP Ed Fallon. Chicago 34 32 .515 2 1/2 (Mazzaro 2-1), 10:05 p.m. Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, def.Julien Benneteau, Ethan Young (17), Ethan FOOTBALL Cincinnati 34 34 .500 3 1/2 San Diego (Gaudin 2-6) at Seattle (Olson 2-1), France, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-4. in the league.” National Football League Houston 32 35 .478 5 10:10 p.m. Fernando Verdasco (7), Spain, def.James Ward, Pence (15), Rebecca Davis The Dolphins’ next meet ATLANTA FALCONS—Waived WR Khalil Jones. Pittsburgh 31 38 .449 7 Britain, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed S Jamarca West Division Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, def.Andrey (14), Oscar Shenard, Alex is Thursday at 5:30 against Sanford. WLPct GB Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). Mashburn and Chas Jones Red Bank at the Dalton NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Promoted executive Los Angeles 46 24 .657 — Marin Cilic (11), Croatia, def.Alberto Martin, Dennis Lauscha to executive vice president and San Francisco 37 31 .544 8 COLLEGE BASEBALL Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. (12), Ross Valdez (11) and Recreation Center. chief financial officer. Colorado 36 33 .522 9 1/2 Robin Soderling (13), Sweden, def.Gilles Muller, HOCKEY San Diego 30 38 .441 15 Luxembourg, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-1, 6-2. National Hockey League Arizona 29 41 .414 17 College World Series Tommy Robredo (15), Spain, def.Luka Gregorc, ATLANTA THRASHERS—Named Rick Dudley ——— At Rosenblatt Stadium Slovenia, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3). associate general manager. AMERICAN LEAGUE Omaha, Neb. Andreas Seppi, Italy, def.James Blake (17), United States, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (5). COLORADO AVALANCHE—Named David Quinn East Division Championship Series WLPct GB Best-of-3 Rainer Schuettler (18), Germany, def.Xavier coach of Lake Erie (AHL). Malisse, Belgium, 6-7 (9), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-1. WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Named Bob Woods Boston 42 27 .609 — Monday, June 22: LSU 7, Texas 6, 11 innings New Yo rk 38 31 .551 4 Tuesday, June 23: LSU (55-16) vs.Texas (49-15-1), Karol Beck, Slovakia, def.Feliciano Lopez (21), assistant coach. Spain, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8. COLLEGE Toronto 38 33 .535 5 7 p.m. Tampa Bay3734.521 6 Wednesday, June 24: Texas vs.LSU, 7 p.m., if nec- Ivo Karlovic (22), Croatia, def.Lukas Lacko, CINCINNATI—Signed football coach Brian Kelly to Baltimore 32 37 .464 10 essary Slovakia, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3. a five-year contract. Central Division Philipp Kohlschreiber (27), Germany, def.Florent MARQUETTE—Named Bart Lundy director of WLPct GB Serra, France, 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-4. basketball operations.Promoted director of basket- Detroit 38 31 .551 — Mardy Fish (28), United States, def.Sergio Roitman, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2, 4-1, retired. ball operations Scott Monarch to assistant coach. Minnesota 35 36 .493 4 MIAMI—Named Mike Summey director of men’s Igor Andreev (29), Russia, def.Evgeny Korolev, Chicago 33 36 .478 5 GOLF Russia, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (4). basketball operations and Brett Burman graduate Kansas City 29 39 .426 8 1/2 Albert Montanes (32), Spain, def.Grega Zemlja, manager for men’s basketball. Cleveland 29 42 .408 10 Slovenia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA—Named Kelley West Division U.S. Open Women WLPct GB Gibson and Mary Wooley women’s assistant bas- Monday First Round Texas 37 31 .544 — ketball coaches. At Bethpage State Park, Black Course Serena Williams (2), United States, def.Neuza TULSA—Agreed to terms with men’s basketball Los Angeles 36 31 .537 1/2 Silva, Portugal, 6-1, 7-5. Seattle 35 34 .507 2 1/2 Farmingdale,N.Y. coach Doug Wojcik on a six-year contract. Purse: TBA ($7.5 million in 2008) Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def.Alla WASHINGTON—Fired baseball coach Ken Oakland 30 38 .441 7 Kudryavtseva, Russia, 6-4, 6-1. ——— Yardage: 7,426; Par: 70 Knutson. Final Victoria Azarenka (8), Belarus, def.Severine Sunday’s Games Bremond Beltrame, France, 6-2, retired. Detroit 3, Milwaukee 2 (a-amateur) Nadia Petrova (10), Russia, def.Anastasiya Chicago White Sox 4, Cincinnati 1 Ya kimova, Belarus, 6-1, 6-1. Tampa Bay 10, N.Y.Mets 6 Lucas Glover 69-64-70-73 — 276 -4 Marion Bartoli (12), France, def.Chan Yung-jan, Boston 6, Atlanta 5 Phil Mickelson 69-70-69-70 — 278 -2 Taiwan, 6-0, 6-0. TELEVISION Baltimore 2, Philadelphia 1 David Duval 67-70-70-71 — 278 -2 Dominika Cibulkova (14), Slovakia, def.Julie Coin, Toronto 9, Washington 4 Ricky Barnes 67-65-70-76 — 278 -2 France, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Houston 4, Minnesota 1 Ross Fisher 70-68-69-72 — 279 -1 Zheng Jie (16), China, def.Kristina Barrois, On Today St. Louis 12, Kansas City 5 Tiger Woods 74-69-68-69 — 280 E Germany, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4). Soren Hansen 70-71-70-69 — 280 E Ai Sugiyama, Japan, def.Patty Schnyder (21), COLLEGE BASEBALL Chicago Cubs 6, Cleveland 2 Hunter Mahan 72-68-68-72 — 280 E Colorado 5, Pittsburgh 4 Switzerland, 6-4, 6-4. 7 p.m. Henrik Stenson 73-70-70-68 — 281 +1 Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def.Aleksandra AUTOMOTIVE ESPN — World Series, finals, game 2, LSU vs. San Diego 4, Oakland 1 Rory McIlroy72-70-72-68 — 282 +2 San Francisco 3, Texas 2 Wozniak (23), Canada, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Texas, at Omaha, Neb. Matt Bettencourt75-67-71-69 — 282 +2 Maria Sharapova (24), Russia, def.Viktoriya GOLF Seattle 3, Arizona 2 Sergio Garcia 70-70-72-70 — 282 +2 Kutuzova, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-4. North Georgia Toyota 4 p.m. Florida 6, N.Y.Yankees 5 Ryan Moore 70-69-72-71 — 282 +2 Virginie Razzano (26), France, def.Tamira Paszek, TGC — CVS Charity Classic, final round, at L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 3 Stephen Ames 74-66-70-72 — 282 +2 Austria, 6-0, 3-1, retired. www.northgeorgiatoyota.com Barrington, R.I. (same-day tape) Monday’s Games Mike Weir 64-70-74-74 — 282 +2 Alisa Kleybanova (27), Russia, def.Sesil MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Atlanta 2, Chicago Cubs 0 Anthony Kim 71-71-71-70 — 283 +3 Karatantcheva, Kazakhstan, 6-2, 7-5. 7 p.m. N.Y.Mets 6, St. Louis 4 Retief Goosen 73-68-68-74 — 283 +3 Sorana Cirstea (28), Romania, def.Edina BANKING PEACHTREE TV — New Yo rk Ya nkees at Atlanta Colorado at L.A. Angels, late Ian Poulter 70-74-73-67 — 284 +4 Gallovits, Romania, 7-5, 6-1. 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Happy Birthday: You interesting changes at home A remedy for insomnia will have to do a lot of nego- that will help you feel better. Assume tiating this year if you want Love is on the rise and the you’re South things to fall into place. It’s time is right to pursue some- and reach three important that you are one you want to spend more notrump as responsible and on top of time with. Common interests shown. West everything. There is lots to will bring you closer togeth- leads a spade, learn from someone you er. 4 stars and you win know has always been a pio- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. East’s king with neer. Keep a close watch and 22): You may fall short if the ace. When you will avoid you promise too you play a dia- making the same much. Let others mond to the ten, mistakes. Your come to you and East takes it numbers are 11, 13, you can control the with the ace and 16, 23, 26, 37, 44 outcome of a situa- returns a spade ARIES (March tion you face. Don’t to West’s queen. 21-April 19): Take be fooled by a plan West continues heed of what’s that someone is try- with the nine of being said or you ing to entice you to spades to will be called buy into. 2 stars dummy’s jack, insensitive. You SCORPIO East discarding may feel like get- Eugenia (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): a heart, and you ting away from it You can drive a eventually go all but if you walk Last hard bargain and down one, los- away from a situa- win. Trust in your- ing three spades tion that needs to self and your talent. and two dia- be dealt with, you could give A solid partnership that monds. up the right to voice an opin- offers monetary help can be Late that night, while trying to fall asleep, you suddenly ion in the future. 2 stars the refuge you need to con- realize you should have made the contract! Furthermore, as TAURUS (April 20-May tinue an amazing project happens so often, you blew your chance at trick one. You 20): Take the time to visit a you’ve been working on for should have let East win the first trick with the king of destination that can offer a long time. 5 stars spades! Had you done that, you would have gotten home you insight into what you SAGITTARIUS (Nov. safe and sound with nine tricks. want to do. Knowing your 22-Dec. 21): Don’t be fooled East would return a spade, no doubt, but you would then options will ease the stress by someone trying to take be in the driver’s seat. You’d take your ace and lead a dia- of making a choice that is your money from you. An mond, but the defenders would find themselves helpless. likely to affect your relation- unusual set of circumstances If East won the trick with the ace, he wouldn’t have a ship with someone impor- at home will demand drastic spade to return to establish partner’s suit, while if West won tant. 4 stars measures. You may have to the trick with the king, he could establish his spades but GEMINI (May 21-June take a business trip to ensure wouldn’t have an entry to cash them later on. 20): If your emotions are get- you don’t lose out on some- It may appear strange that the winning method of play is ting involved in your job, thing you’ve worked hard to to voluntarily hold yourself to one spade trick when you you will have trouble being build. 3 stars can easily make two by taking East’s king with the ace at productive. Separate your CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- trick one. It seems counterproductive to reject a trick you feelings from the task at hand Jan. 19): Focus on health, can so easily win, but the plain unvarnished truth is that if or you will leave the wrong wealth and domestic situa- you start thinking along these lines, you are barking up the impression regarding your tions that could upset your wrong tree. talent and your ability to han- world. There is money to be Your No. 1 aim from the start is to make three notrump. dle responsibilities. 3 stars made through property or If you have to sacrifice a spade trick in order to achieve that CANCER (June 21-July other investments. Don’t goal, you must grit your teeth and spurn the trick. If you do 22): You’ll be emotional give in to bribery. 3 stars things like that more often, you might sleep much better at regarding personal matters AQUARIUS (Jan. 20- night. but, if you can look beyond, Feb. 18): Hard work, educa- Tomorrow: Sylvia strikes again. you’ll discover an opportu- tion and dedication will be nity to turn things around. required if you want to get Don’t shut out any chance ahead. Don’t be too quick to that might lead to a better give away what you’ve got. CRYPTOQUIP position. Look forward not It’s probably worth more if back. 3 stars you hold tight. The less said, LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): the better. 3 stars Don’t let love interfere with PISCES (Feb. 19-March what you need to get done. 20): Take in all the recent Now is the time to take con- events and information trol,not let someone else you’ve been deluged with. take over. A situation involv- Once you have a better ing a friend, relative or understanding of your posi- neighbor will probably leave tion, you will be able to you with additional respon- make the best choice for sibilities. 3 stars you. The effect on your VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. home and family should be a 22): You can make some deciding factor. 5 stars Woodmen of the World recognizes local students

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The Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society recently presented American history awards to several high school seniors and an Eastside Elementary student. They are: • Sarah Robertson of Dalton High School. AP PHOTO Accompanying the award The top ten finalists for season 8 of “American Idol,”clockwise from top left, was a U.S. savings bond Michael Sarver,Scott MacIntyre,Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, Anoop provided by Woodmen of Desai, Matt Giraud, Danny Gokey, Lil Rounds, Megan Joy, and Kris Allen are the World Life Insurance shown in Los Angeles on March 18. Society. • Desirae Scott of the Whitfield County Career ‘Idol’ rat pack hitting the road Academy. Accompanying the award was a U.S. sav- CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS ings bond provided by Ricki W. Weaver,local field representative for BY LYNN ELBER reworked song is sounding have a good time. I’m really Appalachian Bank. AP Television Writer awkward. excited,”he said. • Ismael Corral of Woodmen of the World presents an American histo- “I’m open to sugges- At least three of the final- Phoenix High School. ry award to Sarah Robertson, senior at Dalton High BURBANK, Calif. — In tions. It’s very much a col- ists will have more than the Accompanying the award School. a small, unadorned studio laborative effort,”responds tour to think about: Allen, was a scholarship donation far removed from cameras, musical director Dave Iraheta and runner-up provided by Winter & spotlights and songs ending Kochanski. Lambert already have deals Scoggins, Certified Public with an instant review, the It’s also, at least this for albums. Accountants, of Dalton. top 10 “American Idol” morning, a relaxed one. At How will Lambert, for • Jared Moran of finalists are getting ready one point, Gokey delivers a one, manage to record and Eastside Elementary. for a nationwide tour. full-blast note and, adding tour? Eastside was the only local They’re working on the his own color commentary, “You tell me,”he elementary school that intricacies of a group per- declares the “crowd is in responds, with an easy grin. elected to participate in the formance of “Don’t Stop shock and awe.”Later,the “We’re doing a lot of great awards program. Believin’,”with Matt former Milwaukee church preliminary work on the The award is to acknowl- Giraud and Scott MacIntyre music director playfully album right now. ... It’s just edge students’ academic singing and playing at dual exhorts the room, “If God’s double-duty,you know, achievement and to promote pianos and the other eight, been good to you, I want multitasking.” patriotism within the student slouching comfortably on you to say yeah!” He’s co-writing material body. Local field representa- leather couches,adding Kris Allen, the mellow for the CD and is enthusiastic tive Ricki W. Weaver said their voices from the side- Conway,Ark., contestant about working with RedOne, schools identify the student lines. who came out on top, said who’s produced hits for Lady with the highest grade point With so much behind he expects the tour that Gaga and Sean Kingston, as average in American history, Left, Ismael Corral of Phoenix High School, and them, and so much ahead, begins July 5 in Oregon to well as Greg Wells (his artist and a Woodmen of the Desirae Scott of Whitfield County Career Academy, they manage to come be a welcome contrast to the list includes Katy Perry,who World representative gives right, also received the award. Jared Moran is not across as friends who’ve weekly show experience. played favorites on “Idol” by the awards. pictured. gotten together for nothing “The energy is going to wearing a cape emblazoned more than a casual jam ses- be better on tour,” Allen with Lambert’s name) and sion. said, and it will be easier to Ryan Tedder. DLP Digital Cinema® “I’m not feeling the loosen up and feed off the ® in all Auditoriums backup vocals,”Danny crowd’s energy. And,he On the Net: CARMIKE 12 COFFEE CABIN Gokey offers at one point, added, “no one’s judging WALNUT SQUARE MALL •706-226-0625 FREE Small Frappe PLEASE CALL THEATRE OR VISIT US after Adam Lambert notes you.” www.americanidol.com with this ad. ONLINE FOR MOVIES AND SHOWTIMES 1per customer daily. that a transition in the ALL FEATURES INCLUDE “I’ll be with my friends, PRE-FEATURE CONTENT www.carmike.com 800 S. Hamilton Ave. THE DAILY CITIZEN Tuesday, June 23, 2009 5B ■ MUTTS DEAR ABBY Parents of ‘problem’ children share mom’s secret shame

DEAR ABBY: Please print this were eager to share their personal for “Ashamed in California” (March experiences of dealing with a diffi- 28), who feels tremendous guilt for cult child and the range of emotions “not loving” her hard-to-manage that goes along with it. Read on: son. I’m a psychotherapist and the DEAR ABBY: I felt the same mother of two boys, one of whom is way! I loved my oldest son, but I ■ WIZARD OF ID “difficult.” wasn’t “in love”with him as I was The reason “Ashamed” hasn’t the other two. He was spinning out of heard other moms admit to having control, constantly whining, aggres- negative feelings toward their child sive toward his siblings, and unpleas- is they, too, feel shame. Like her, ant to be around even on a good day. they have accepted the idea that Jeanne Eventually we discovered he has mothers are supposed to be perfect Phillips celiac disease (intolerance to gluten, and feel positive toward their chil- causing a host of physical and behav- dren all the time, even if they’re ior problems due to malnutrition). behaving badly. Once the fog cleared, we were able to see the In my clinical practice, ALL the mothers wonderful boy he really was. For the first admit to not liking their kids at times. time in three years, I now feel love for him Advising “Ashamed” to have her son evaluat- instead of a sense of obligation. — ed for a possible disorder was good advice. ENLIGHTENED IN MINNESOTA But if she does and there is no diagnosis, her DEAR ABBY: I tried many things to ■ CATHY son could simply be a headstrong child. change my attitude toward my difficult child. (They usually grow up to be likable, respon- As a last resort two months ago, we went to sible adults, by the way.) his pediatrician. After completing a physical Her misery can be alleviated by under- and some paperwork, he diagnosed my son standing that she’s not a bad parent for hav- with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) ing totally normal feelings. Love for a child is as well as ADHD. He is now taking medica- constant. LIKING can vary from minute to tion, and we have begun family counseling. minute, depending on how the child is acting. My shame and anger dissolved as I began to — PSYCHOTHERAPIST IN S.C. understand the reasons behind his behavior DEAR PSYCHOTHERAPIST: Thank and learn specific ways to deal with it. — you for sharing your insight. Many readers UNDERSTANDS HER PAIN IN OHIO

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Phone 706- engine with 3rd row seat. Well Rebated Rent / Rent to Own. $450 and Automatic, Excellent condition. 856 & Bikes 264-1932 maintained. Many extras. Only **DALTON–722 Timberlake 3/1 up. 2 & 3 bedroom. Ashley Asking $16,500. 706-264-7883 $9,500. Call: 706-280-1431 $650 a Mth & $1000 down Brooke. S. Hwy 41. Clean and or 706-629-4000. JUST LIKE NEW!! **COHUTTA – 3/2 285 Wheeler safe! Call 706-279-1553 2006 FLHXI Harley Davidson Dam Road $645 a Mth & $1000 RECREATION Street Glide, vivid black, full Down HAS A LAKE!!!!! TRANSPORTATION Rinehart exhaust, passenger **DALTON – Bear Creek detachable back rest, AM/FM 3BR/1.5BA $850 a Mth and Antiques 851 Boats radio & CD player, security system, garage kept, only 4,300 $1000 Down 801 & Classics 2003 Kia Optima, automatic, miles. Please call 706-581-3516. **DALTON –1827 Swanson power windows & locks, CD 2BR/1BA $450 a Mth and player, 100K miles. This car 2006 GMC 16 ft box truck Ye l- $1000 Down looks and drives great and I also LEGAL NOTICES **DALTON – 3/2 Doublewide have a clear title for it. Asking low. 6.0 V8 Unleaded engine w/ 610 Crystal View Court $810 a $2,700 or best offer. Call 706- 300 hp. Auto. Transmission, Mth & $1000 Down 218-8021. A/C, ABS brakes, Power **DALTON – 3/2 Doublewide 1976 Chevy Impala, 4-door, Steering, 2 Bucket Seats, 901 Public Notices 437 Frontier Trail$745 a Mth & good condition & clean. AM/FM radio, 10 ft loading ramp 2001 21’ Bullet Bass Boat. $1000 Down Everything original, PS, PB, w’ 1000lb capacity. Mileage 225 Optimax. $15,500. On Saturday June 27th 2009 the Murray FOR RENT upholstery good. 70,010 actual ranging from 40,000 – 75,000 Call: 706-226-2161 County Government in Conjunction with the Ultimate Auction Company,Inc will **DALTON 5TH AVE miles. Auto, 350 eng. Kept miles. Sale price is $12,000 - covered. conduct an Auction at 190 Treadwell APARTMENS $14000. Only method of Road in Chats worth, Ga. $4,000 Firm. 706-226-1224. 1BR/1BA$375 a Mth. & $375 payment accepted is certified Items to be Auctioned are Seized Deposit check or money order. Sorry no Vehicles, County Equipment, misc. office 2BR/1BA $425 a Mth. & $425 805 Buses financing Contact Josh Hall @ equipment and supplies. Yo u can obtain a full listing of all Deposit Penske, Day- 706-277-9477, 2005 BMW M3 Cabriolet, 36k equipment and supplies being auctioned 3BR/1BA $600 a Mth. &$600 Night- 423-304-6669 by contacting the Ultimate Auction miles, 6 sp., still under factory deposit. Company, Inc during normal business warranty, carbon black on black, **DALTON 212 W Ezzard Ave 2005 Ya maha Waverunner(s) hours at 706-695-6463. Harman/Kardon sound, 06/16 2BR/1 BA $395 a Mtn. 811 Utility Trailers 160 HP High Output Motors navigation, heated seats, **DALTON 1010 Foster St. Mobile Concession stand (log Adult Ridden/Fresh water xenon headlights, garage kept, 3BR/1BA $145 a Wk & $500 cabin), great for carnival or fair, Very Low Hours $6500 each DUI one owner, asking $43,000. deposit. completely self contained, AC, with extras 706-313-4295. 907 Convictions Call: 706-260-1673 **DALTON 315 Foster RD Silver Eagle 318 Jimmy. 9 Espresso cart, $15,000. 2BR/1BA $450 a Mth & $225 speed, RR. 2 coleman roof air Call: 706-581-4122 for details. Motorcycles Deposit. and heat units. 7000 watt 856 & Bikes Tired of Being a Landlord? Our generator. Was Bluegrass bus. Property Management Road ready. $15,000. Call: 706- 812Sport Utility Vehicle Company Manages Over 130 277-1724 Units in Northwest Georgia. Let Us Help Yo u Today! Call NOW!! 806 Domestic Autos 2005 Super Charged Mini MOBILE HOMES 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue. 6 cyl. Cooper. 6 speed. Convertible. 100,000 miles. Blue. Runs good, Premium Sport Package. One DUI CONVICTION 2ND OR owner, 40,000 miles, SUBSEQUENT Mobile Homes good tires, interior in good cond. 2003 Suzuki Savage 650. Low Harmon/Kardon parking miles, like new, always garage CASE NO 09-CR-647-M 776 For Sale New trans. $4,900. OBO. Call NAME: WILLIAM AVERY PADGETT sensors, cruise control, auto air. 2004 Eddie Bauer Limited kept. Teal green. Just Reduced 2008 Fleetwood Mobile Home. 706-428-2491 DATE OF ARREST:04/17/2009 Price $21,000. Edition Ford Explorer. $12,500 to: $3,000 OBO. 706-275-7035. TIME 14x52, 2 BR 1 BA., 2 car Call: 706-313-1119. OBO. 82,300 miles. Health PLACE OF ARREST: SOUTH DIXIE concreted carport, deck, 10 x 20 HWY/INDUSTRIAL BLVD. Issues Force Sale. 4WD. Fully 2006 CBR 600 F4I, blue. 5,300 storage building. 1.08 acres in Loaded. Single Owner. Excellent DISPOSITION OF CASE: north end of county. Beaverdale miles, jardine slip on pipe. 2 DEFENDANT SHALL PERFORM 240 condition. Black/tan exterior; tan HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. Elem Sch district. 706-226-3517 years warranty remaining. Never interior. Leather seats. Contact been laid down. Excellent UNDERGO A CLINICAL EVALUATION or 706-260-6552 AS DEFINED BY OCGA SECTION 40- 2006 Cadillac STS, 6 cycl, nav. 706-260-0283. condition. $5,.400 or best offer. sunroof, heated & cooled seats, 5-1 COMPLETE DUI ALCOHOL OR Mobile home foreclosures. 2005 Buick Rendezvous Call: 706-508-3955 DRUG USE RISK REDUCTION fully loaded, white diamond. Accepting cash offers.Call Josh Good condition. 80K miles. PROGRAM. COMPLY WITH O.C.G.A 39,000 miles. $18,500. at Vanderbilt Mortgage 888-810- 26mpg. Great running car. Price 2006 Ya maha Raptor 350 with SECTION 42-8-112, PERTAINING TO 706-277-3729 IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES AND 3541 x7960 or Reduced. 2006 Honda Accord reduced $10,600. Call: 706-694- trailer. Excellent condition. $3,000. OBO. 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