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Three local players help lead LaGrange College baseball team. Page 11 Three local players have helped lead the LaGrange College baseball team. Page 9 LaGrangeWEDNESDAY Daily News 50 cents May 19, 2010 lagrangenews.com Tomorrow’s weather ‘Never a dull moment’ Student High 85 to ‘walk’ Low 59 Mostly sunny after all Injured teen to take part in graduation By Trey Wood Today’s artist: Christian Reese, Staff writer fifth grade, Rosemont After a one-car accident left Eric Elementary School. Duncan with severe head trauma and nerve damage, it took many sessions of rehabilitation to get him Guest Cook to walk and talk, let alone go back to school. delayed But Friday night, Duncan will throw his hat into the air with the The Guest Cook fea- rest of his classmates as a Callaway ture which normally High School graduate. runs on Wednesdays Officials initially said Duncan does not appear in was a half credit short of complet- today’s edition. ing his courses. “It has been determined that Eric Duncan has in fact met the require- Nation Sherri Brown / Daily News ments for his course of study and Willard Lacy, a school bus driver for more than 11 years, now works in the parts department of will therefore be a full participant in graduation,” Troup County the school system’s transportation facility on North Davis Road. schools Superintendent Ed Smith said this morning. School bus driver misses students After deliberation with school officials, Duncan decided he was By Joel Martin LaGrange Industrial Park, where gift card. willing to go with the special edu- Senior writer he oversaw the warehouse, ship- “I had a lot of good kids, but cation program so he could take Willard Lacy said there was ping and receiving, and invento- you do have some bad apples part in commencement and grad- “never a dull moment” in the 11 ry control for 17 years. everywhere you go,” he said. “… uate this year, but he’ll go back to years and three months he drove He took an early retirement in I miss the kids, really. I had some finish his full credits during the a bus for the Troup County 1996, but decided he wanted of them for many, many years. I summer, said his mother, Shelia school system. something else to do. He applied saw ‘em grow up. I always had Anderson. State Rep. Joe Sestak The pre-K and kindergarten to be a school bus driver and that same route. You get “Eric’s worked very hard and defeats Sen. Arlen students, “you can’t hardly get went through the training, which attached to some of them, you he’s come a long way, and I think them to sit down,” he said. wasn’t as extensive as it is today. Specter as the party- really do.” WALK switching Specter falls “They’ve got all that energy and It isn’t hard to drive a school Lacy has been married for 50 SEE , PAGE 2 bus, he said. “The most difficult to his younger and far they want to let some of it loose.” years to the former Elaine Rai- Lacy, 69, said he “just got thing is all the responsibility with less experienced rival ley of Shiloh. They’ll celebrate tired” of driving a bus and those kids on the bus.” in the Pennsylvania their anniversary on June 24 and retired in December, but works He drove each day from 6:15 Democratic primary, travel to Virginia to see their Schools part time at the school bus facil- to 8:30 a.m., then from 1:30 to 5 and political novice ity on North Davis Road, issuing p.m., carrying students from granddaughter graduate from Rand Paul rides sup- parts and writing work orders Long Cane Elementary and Mid- high school. port from Tea Party “I enjoy that,” he said. “I’ll dle schools, and Troup High Lacy and other school system may get activists to a Republi- probably do that another year or School. His only accident was retirees were honored at a recep- can rout in Kentucky two until I really retire” com- when a vehicle ran into the bus, tion last week at Faith Baptist on Tuesday, the latest pletely and spend more time but there were no injuries. Church on Hammett Road. jolts to the political fishing and gardening. The students didn’t like the four-day establishment in a Lacy worked at Playtex on idea of him leaving. They used Joel Martin can be reached at tumultuous midterm Commerce Avenue for 14 years, to give him cards at Christmas [email protected] or election season. then Georgia-Pacific in the time and sometimes a Walmart (706) 884-7311, Ext. 235. summer PAGE 5 Councilman weighs options weeks State By Trey Wood By Jennifer Shrader whether to resign his council council chambers, Leidner Staff writer About 180 Gwinnett Staff writer seat. said he’d decide to step down The Troup County school board County employees are Hogansville City Council- After an hours-long meet- or stay on council depending may initiate a four-day work week being asked to return man Jack Leidner said he’s ing devolved into chaos Mon- on whether Mayor Jimmy for summer school students and thousands of dollars waiting to discuss issues with day night, punctuated by Lei- faculty. LEIDNER the county said they Leidner his lawyers before deciding dner’s angrily walking out of SEE , PAGE 2 To conserve energy and save util- were overpaid 16 ity funds, the school system plans years ago. to phase in the shortened week PAGE 4 He’s American running Monday through Thurs- day. It begins June 14 for elemen- tary school employees and June 21 for middle and high school employ- by choice ees. By Becky Holland Utilizing longer days but short- Opinion Lifestyle editor I Neighbors ened week coupled with complete building shutdowns, the change is Sardar Suleman came to He played soccer in expected to save between $50,000 LaGrange College is America when he was 6. high school until he got a and $100,000. woven into fabric of He and his family, job. He likes being uncle “I think it’s just one example of our lives, says colum- including his parents and to his nephews, who the amount of thought and plan- nist Andrea Lovejoy. siblings, didn’t come by “love to play soccer and PAGE 6 ning … across the organization,” choice. They were fleeing they like to wrestle,” he Superintendent Ed Smith said. Iraq and the possibility of said. “That is probably all Schools would operate from 7 execution by Saddam they like to do. Any time I a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and would allow Hussein’s military. see them, wrestling is all one hour for lunch and breaks. The 19-year-old gradu- they like to do.” Buildings would be completely INDEX ating senior from Troup Suleman doesn’t have closed June 22 to July 30, except High School doesn’t a girlfriend, he said with Calendar . 3 for days designated by administra- remember much about a grin and a glance down- Classifieds . 14-15 tors for meetings. Iraq, other than what his ward. He has spent a lot Comics . 7 Employees would work a regu- family tells him. of time studying and Community . 3 larly scheduled work week July 6- He has relatives there preparing for graduation Crossword . 7 9 due to the 4th of July holiday. still and has visited his from high school and International . 5 “We’re looking forward to some native land, but he does- entering Columbus State Local . 2, 8-10 increased savings,” Smith said. n’t consider it home. University. He hopes to National . 5 The plan goes before the board America is his home – enter the medical profes- Obituaries . 2 Thursday. by choice. sion – he is thinking of Opinion . 6 Also Thursday, the board will dis- Standing outside by his nursing “or something Sports . 11-13,16 cuss modifying the five-year facili- automobile, an Auburn like that.” His brother is State . .4 ties plan to allow a few projects to University lanyard key a paramedic. TV Listings . 10 be moved up to top priority. chain hanging from his “A lot of people say this, Robyn Miles / Daily News Officials are looking at moving pocket, Suleman has the but I like the idea of help- some roof repairs and replace- look of a typical Ameri- ing people,” he said, his Sardar Suleman, whose family fled Iraq 13 years ments and heating, ventilating and can teenager. His clothes words becoming more ago, is excited about his future, which includes For home delivery, air conditioning repairs and and his likes – playing commanding. “Maybe college and a career in the medical field. replacements from the bottom of call (706) 882-5624 sports, especially soccer one day, I could go back than me to never quit. If choose to go to college. “ the list to the top because of – are very similar to those to Iraq for a visit, so that I you want to be a doctor, I increasing failures within the Printed on 100% of his American peers. can do something for the ‘Neighbors’ is a feature do it. If you want to be a schools. recycled paper “I am not different, people there, and I of LaGrange Daily News lawyer, do it. If you want “The current five-year plan really,” he said. “People thought, why not in med- which spotlights people Vol 167 Issue 111 to be a teacher, do it.” expires June 30, 2012,” said John ask me all the time about icine.