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The Pre-trial diversions offer redemption weather By Matt Chambers tomorrow Staff writer High 74 One by one each person walked up and stood at the ‘ There are a lot of folks who are good folks Low 56 podium facing Judge Jean- who make a bad choice or bad decision. Partly sunny nette Little for a status hearing. “Tell me one thing, some- – Markette Baker, Troup County solicitor ’ one else hasn’t said, that you’ve learned,” Little sentenced to a batterers’ ma’am” that he was regu- asked them. intervention class. larly attending classes, stay- The answers varied A scruffy-faced man in a ing in school and working slightly, but were always gray shirt and cargo shorts to complete his communi- Today’s artist: told the judge, “I’m learn- ty service. Adamaris Martinez-Vi- positive. “I learned every decision ing to control my anger,” Each person at the status vanco, second grade, Matt Chambers / Daily News Whitesville Road you make has conse- after attending 11 anger- hearing had one common Elementary School. quences and you have to management classes. link: they were all given the Tonya Elder, left, and Troup County Solicitor Markette make sure that decision is A young man in an chance for redemption – Baker sort through items collected from pre-trial diver- the best,” said a tall, lanky untucked white polo shirt the chance to complete a sions. In certain circumstances, donations of new and blue shorts repeatedly pre-trial diversion. State man in a sweater and jeans. items to help the needy can replace a portion of com- He previously had been assured Little with “Yes, DIVERSION The University SEE , PAGE 2 munity service time in pre-trial diversions. System of Geor- gia chancellor West Point says he's ‘cau- ‘QR codes are the merger of a yard sign and Internet’ tiously optimistic’ that the state's 35 seeks to fill public colleges and universities will receive full council seat funding next fiscal By Jennifer Shrader year. That could Staff writer mean lower Residents of West Point can tuition increases begin applying today for an open for students and seat on City Council. an infusion of Councilman Darren Kelley about $100 mil- resigned to run in the mayor’s race lion for cash- Nov. 8, which means council is now strapped cam- looking for someone to complete puses that have the last two years of his term. been cut by more The application period will be than $1 billion open through Nov. 4. Applicants since the econo- must pay a $45 fee – half the qual- my tanked. PAGE 4 ifying fee that council candidates pay to run for election. If the can- didate is already on the ballot for Nation November, no additional fee will be required. Potential council mem- bers must fill out the application and submit a letter of intent. Names of all applicants will be released at the Nov. 10 council work session. Candidates will be interviewed, and a new member chosen at the Dec. 12 meeting. The new council member will be sworn in Jan. 9. Eight relatives had set out to Matt Chambers / Daily News Jennifer Shrader may be reached fish in less-than- at [email protected] or ideal conditions More and more advertisements are including quick response, or QR, codes. at (706) 884-7311, Ext. 236. off the Florida Keys. It was raining, seas Decoding quick response codes Jobless seek topped 7 feet By Matt Chambers and winds were Staff writer protection whipping up to The black-and-white squares 38 mph. Before that look like an old television against bias they knew it, screen not tuned to a station waves capsized actually hold the power to bridge WASHINGTON (AP) – After two their boat, the Internet and real life. years on the unemployment rolls, knocking them Quick response codes, often Selena Forte thought she’d found into the sea. referred to as QR codes, are a temporary job at FedEx that Seven survived gaining popularity in advertising matched her qualifications. by clinging to and other business sectors. The But Forte, a 55-year-old from their capsized two-dimensional, square bar Cleveland, says a job recruiter for a vessel and a codes are used to embed data in temporary agency told her the cooler for almost black-and-white patterns. company wouldn’t consider her 20 hours. Photos, web addresses, phone because she had been out of work PAGE 5 wallpapers and more can be too long. She had lost her job driv- obtained by scanning a QR code. This solicitation mailed to a LaGrange resident urges the recip- ing a bus. The embedded data is extract- ient to scan the QR with a smartphone to get an insurance quote. “They didn’t even want to hear Opinion ed by smartphones with cam- about my experience,” Forte said. eras, such as iPhone, BlackBerry scanned. The codes sometimes The company is using the “It didn’t make sense. You’re Columnist or Android phones. Tablets with direct users to a landing page codes on yard signs to give always told just go out there and Shane Starr camera also can scan QR codes. where personal information is potential buyers more informa- get a job.” Forte, scraping by now as a part- ponders if there Free applications available for requested. tion. time substitute school bus driver, is is a place for smartphones and tablets use the Spinks, Brown and Durand “QR codes are the merger of a part of a growing number of unem- everything, and camera to capture an image of Realtors at 1111 Mooty Bridge yard sign and the Internet,” the QR code, then read the ployed or underemployed Ameri- everything in its Road has started including QR Golden said. “If you’ve got a embedded information instant- codes on its listing signs. smartphone, you can get the vir- cans who complain they are being place screened out of job openings for PAGE 6 ly. “As a company we’ve been rid- tual tour and go through the The purpose of the code often ing the wave of technology for house photos on your phone.” the very reason they’re looking for is to give people instant access years … so when QR codes hit Golden said the yard signs are work in the first place. Some com- INDEX to more information about a the scene, we worked to make important because it’s one of the panies and job agencies prefer Calendar ...... 3 product or service. sure we used them,” said Grover main reasons that people end of applicants who already have jobs, Classifieds12-13 Companies can track when Golden, managing broker for the buying the house they do. or haven’t been jobless too long. Comics...... 7 and where QR codes are company. Golden said the agency is able She could get help from a provi- Community .. 3 to track when QR codes are sion in President Obama’s jobs bill, Crossword ....7 scanned, and one property saw which would ban companies with International .5 13 scans in the first week with 15 or more employees from refus- Local ...... 2, 8 the new yard sign. ing to consider or offer a job to National ...... 5 LaGrange Banking Co. has put someone who is unemployed. The Obituaries .... 2 QR codes on the back of T-shirts. measure also applies to employ- Opinion ...... 6 The code is inside a phone on ment agencies and would prohibit Sports ..... 9-11 the shirt’s back, and when want ads that disqualify applicants just because they are unemployed. State ...... 4 CODES TV Listings .. 11 SEE , PAGE 2 But Obama’s bill faces a troubled path in Congress, as Republicans strongly oppose its plans for tax For home increases on the wealthy and other delivery, call spending provisions. Should the bill (706) fail, Democrats are sure to remind 882-5624 jobless voters that the GOP blocked an attempt to redress discrimina- Printed on 100% recycled paper tion against them at a time when work is so hard to find. Vol 168 Issue 243 The effort to protect the unem- 14 Pages ployed has drawn praise from workers’ rights advocates, but busi- ness groups say it will just stir up needless litigation by frustrated job LaGrange Banking Co. puts QR codes on items ranging from applicants. The provision would T-shirts to a banner hanging in the lunchroom at LaGrange High give those claiming discrimination School, right. SEE JOBLESS, PAGE 2 Local 2 - Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 LaGrange Daily News Pedestrian robbed by juveniles I Obituaries Information for obituaries is written and provided by funeral homes and A man was robbed Atlanta at Egleston and from a cell phone tower family members of the deceased. while he was walking on I Public safety was listed in good condi- at 707 Hines Road. Cary Street on Monday tion today. Olivia Howard Road in a 2007 Kia Rio Lakes-Dunson evening. with Zoe Howard, 12, of was taken to West Georgia Lakes- The man told police Hines Road about 3:45 Medical Center with minor Vandalism Robertson I Rocks were thrown Dunson- Funeral Home two juveniles approached p.m. injuries. A condition report Robertson 201 Hamilton Street at the window of a resi- LaGrange, Georgia 30240 him about 5:45 p.m. and Olivia Howard pulled in was unavailable today. dence in the 300 block of 706 882-6411 asked to borrow $1. As front of a 1999 Volvo trac- Vernon Road, damaging the man pulled money tor trailer driven by Maynard McGhee Jr. Diane J. Bailey Thefts, burglaries it. from his pockets, the Clarence Goodman, 39, of I Maynard McGhee Jr. of Mrs. Diane J. Bailey, 66, A 9mm semiauto- I Vandals kicked the juveniles snatched $36 Locust Grove, who was LaGrange passed away of West Point, passed matic handgun was door of a residence in the and fled toward Sanford northbound on Hogans- Friday at Twin Fountains away Sunday, October 9, stolen from a bag on a 7800 block of West Point Avenue. ville Road. Home. 2011, at West Georgia motorcycle at Piggly Wig- Road. The collision caused the Mr. McGhee, a native of Medical Center. gly at 1861 Roanoke I Vandals scratched a Kia to overturn and travel Meriwether County, was Mrs. Bailey was born Wreck update Road. 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe A 12-year-old injured in off the side of the road, I born July 24, 1937, and October 20, 1945, in Ran- Two laptops, a televi- parked in the 200 block of a collision with a tractor where it landed on its top. was the son of the late dolph County, Alabama, sion and video game sys- Foxdale Court. trailer Friday was in good The vehicle suffered tem were stolen from a Maynard McGhee Sr. and daughter of the late condition today. extensive damage to the residence in the 100 block Edith Marie Stinson William and Nannie Hill I It is the policy of Olivia Howard, 16, of passenger side of Emily Place. McGhee Stanley. He lived Jones. She was a member LaGrange Daily News to Hines Road was east- Zoe Howard was taken I Metal and 60 feet of in Atlanta for many years of Bethel United Metho- print the names of people bound on Willowood to Children’s Healthcare of copper wiring were stolen and was retired from a dist Church and had charged with felonies. cleaning service. worked for Kleentex. Survivors include sis- Survivors include her

CODES FROM 1 ters and brothers: Gene- daughter and son-in-law, va McGhee Harris, New- Regina and Wayne Addi- scanned leads to a mobile Fritchley said. a coupon, website or codes underneath an nan; Gertrude McGhee son and daughter, Sheila banking website. The “(The wallpapers) are landing page. image of an item. Smith, LaGrange; Sandra Taylor, all of LaGrange; shirt’s design was done an incentive to scan it,” he Brown said QR codes Once the code is (Ron) Solomon, Linda son and fiance, Tony Bai- by Kelsey Advertising and said. also have the ability to scanned, the item is Stanley Hardnett, all of ley and Hilary Walker of Design at 133 Main St. LaGrange Daily News work with a calendar or added to a virtual shop- Atlanta; Robert J. and West Point; grandchil- “We have been exposed now has the ability to scheduling application, ping basket. Consumers Linda Stanley, Gloria dren, Alisa Waldroup, to QR codes for a while. print and use QR codes in which is a benefit for any- then can send the shop- (Ronald) Stanley Stevens; Amber Waldroup, Ashley … We felt like it was time the newspaper to bridge one who works with ping basket to Tesco’s two devoted nieces who Steele, Brandon Steele, to embark and test the the print and electronic appointments. online delivery service were his caregivers: Pat Brooke Addison, Aman- waters here in worlds. The codes can be Overseas, QR codes are and the food will be deliv- Hardy and Cynthia da Addison, and Waylon LaGrange,” said Andy placed on print advertise- being used in ways to ered to a house. Smith; other nieces, Addison; great-grand- Fritchley, brand strategist ments and can direct help people purchase nephews, family and children, Zoey Waldroup for the company. readers to certain web- items. In South Korea, Matt Chambers can be friends. and Payson Phillips; sis- Fritchley said putting a sites. Tesco has set up a virtual reached at mchambers@ In addition to his par- ter and brother-in-law, QR code on a shirt was “QR codes are the next grocery store in the sub- lagrangenews.com or ents, Maynard was pre- Mertis and Curtis Phillips; partly for the novelty. step in LaGrange Daily way station where con- (706) 884-7311, Ext. 228. ceded in death by one brothers and sisters-in- “It’s something differ- News’ new media offer- sumers can scan QR brother: Willie McGhee; law, Frank and June ent, something unique,” ings,” said Karen Brown, two uncles: James Stin- Jones and John and he said. “We like how (QR the paper’s general man- group’s policy co-director. son and Isaiah Stinson; Elaine Jones; and numer- codes) drive you instan- ager and advertising JOBLESS FROM 1 The issue has gained and two aunts: Martha ous nieces and nephews. taneously to an address.” director. a right to sue, and viola- more prominence as the Stinson Pollard and Mae She was preceded in A QR code also hangs “With a simple, and tors would face fines of unemployment level Stinson Martin. death by her husband of on a banner in the lunch- free, smartphone applica- up to $1,000 per day, plus remains stuck over 9 per- The graveside service 44 years, Lee Eugene room of LaGrange High tion users are able to scan attorney fees and costs. cent and a record 4.5 mil- will be Wednesday at 3:00 (Gene) Bailey; sister, Ertis School. When scanned, QR codes that appear in “Threatening business lion people nearly one- p.m. in the College Park Moore Hamil; brothers, the code lets users down- their print ads.” owners with new lawsuits third of the unemployed Cemetery at 3600 Adams David Jones, Willard load school spirit wallpa- QR codes in advertise- is not going to help create have been out of work for Street, College Park. Dr. Jones, Bill Jones, Walter pers for their phones, ments can take readers to jobs and will probably a year or more. And older W.T. Edmondson will offi- Jones, Charlie Jones and have a chilling effect on workers, like Forte, often ciate. Winnon Jones. hiring,” said Cynthia struggle to find new jobs. The family will be at Funeral services will be 4:00 Wednesday at the DIVERSION FROM 1 Magnuson, spokes- “There’s a flood of 1321 Washington Street they do good, the judge and will receive friends at Bethel United Methodist Pre-trial diversions are tells them, ‘Congratula- woman for the National workers looking for jobs Federation of Independ- right now and unfortu- the funeral home this Church with Rev. Antho- an option for those who tions you’re doing well.’” evening from 7 until 8. ny Hovey officiating. are called to State Court Baker and Little work ent Business. “Business nately, this is a convenient owners may be con- way to streamline the Condolences may be Interment will follow in for misdemeanors. with each person to help expressed by visiting the Bethel United Metho- “You’re essentially giv- make pre-trial diversions cerned about posting a process” by employers, new job if they could face Emsellem said. Some www.lakesdunsonrobert- dist Church Cemetery. ing them things to do,” benefit everyone. son.com. The family will be at her said Troup County Solici- “If a guy is working full a possible lawsuit.” companies might assume Sally Davenport, a people who have been out Lakes-Dunson-Robert- home and receive friends tor Markette Baker. “If time while raising his son Funeral Home is in at the funeral home this they complete any of family, then it’s difficult to spokeswoman for FedEx of work for several in Memphis, said the months may not be stel- charge of the arrange- evening from 6:00 to 8:00. these pre-trial diversions, do 40 hours of communi- ments. Condolences may be the case is dismissed.” ty service,” Baker said, company has no policy lar performers, he said. barring the unemployed The practice has also expressed and memories Such diversions involve saying he then might be Catherine W. Brown shared in the guest book a wide variety of tasks, given the option of donat- from seeking a job. drawn concern from the Mrs. Catherine Ward “We interview and hire Equal Employment at www.hunterallenmy- usually based on the ing new items for the (Cat) Brown, 75, of hand.com charges. Anyone with a needy in Troup County in the candidates best qual- Opportunity Commission, LaGrange, died Sunday, ified for the job,” she said. where members at a hear- traffic charge may take a lieu of some type of com- October 9, 2011, at Twin Ray T. Hunt defensive driving class. munity service work. “There was obviously ing earlier this year said Fountains Home. confusion on the part of barring unemployed peo- Mr. Ray T. Hunt, 71, of Others may face anger The items collected, Mrs. Brown was born Hogansville, died Mon- management classes, bat- which are donated to the temp agency.” ple from employment April 13, 1936, in Carroll A survey earlier this may have a greater effect day, October 10, 2011, at terers’ intervention, com- local nonprofits, include County, daughter of the Hospice LaGrange. munity service or passing things such as children’s year by the National on blacks and Hispanics late Leon and Vera Mae Employment Law Project with higher jobless rates. Mr. Hunt was born May the General Educational coats, food and clothing. Daniel Ward. She lived in 12, 1940, in Troup Coun- Development test. “We’ve collected a good found more than 150 job Ron Cooper, a former LaGrange most of her life postings on employment commission general ty, son of the late Tommy “We have people do all bit of things that are and was a member of and Lurline Dollar Hunt. kind of things,” Baker needed,” Baker said. “It’s Web sites such as Career- counsel during the Bush Northside Baptist Church. Builder.com and Mon- administration now in pri- A veteran of service in the said. “Most of the time a good thing, and they Survivors include her U.S. Army, he lived at they are going to com- know they’re helping.” ster.com requiring that vate practice, said he daughter and son-in-law, applicants “must be cur- thinks the problem is Hogansville most of his plete it.” Pre-trial diversions Jeanette and Randy Ter- life, was retired from The diversions are rarely last longer than six rently employed” or using being overblown. rell of Franklin; sons and other exclusionary lan- “People, I’m sure, are Graphic Packaging in available only for misde- to 12 months, and daughter-in-law, Tony Newnan, and attended meanors and cannot be charges can be dropped guage based on current looking for shortcuts to Brown of LaGrange, employment status. trim the applicant pool Harrisonville Baptist used in cases involving as soon as the require- Lancer and Ruth Brown Church. driving under the influ- ments are met. “It’s really alarming to that they’re looking at,” of Springville, Utah; us that employers contin- Cooper said. “But I’ve Survivors include his ence. “If it is (a pre-trial diver- daughter-in-law, Janice wife, Diane Hunt of The purpose of the sion) for a GED and they ue to ignore the strong never heard of this as a Brown of LaGrange; public condemnation of top-shelf criteria for peo- Hogansville; daughters diversions is to act as an come in and got it, then brother, Benny Sanders of and son-in-law, Susan alternative to the regular it’s dismissed,” Baker this practice,” said Mau- ple making those deci- Calhoun; 11 grandchil- rice Emsellem, the legal sions.” Boswell of LaGrange, legal system and as a said. dren; 26 great-grandchil- Judy Lynn and Grady learning process for the Baker recalled a man dren; and 13 great-great- Hay of Pine Mountain; offender. who got his GED from grandchildren. She was son and daughter-in-law, “There are a lot of folks West Georgia Technical preceded in death by her Terry Ray and Shannon who are good folks who College as part of a pre- son, Robert Brown and Hunt of Hogansville; sis- make a bad choice or bad trial diversion, and as a her daughter-in-law, Mary ters, Frances Wood of decision,” Baker said. result he realized he LThursdayocal wFridayeatSaturdayher Brown. LaGrange, Joyce Willing- People who are com- wanted to be an electri- Funeral services will be ham, Nancy Copeland pleting pre-trial diver- cian. The man later went 2:00 p.m., Friday, in the and Debra Gaddy, all of sions must meet with Lit- on to take electrician Chapel of Claude A. Mc- Hogansville, Linda Scott tle every month at a sta- classes at the college. Kibben and Sons Funeral of Newnan, and Peggy tus hearing. There is a fee of up to Home. Rev. Dennis Boyd Powell of Franklin; At Friday’s hearings, a $300 for a pre-trial diver- will officiate and entomb- brother, Jimmy Hunt of Phenix City, Ala., sanita- sion, but the purpose of ment will be in Sha- Hogansville; nine grand- tion worker wearing a the programs is not to dowlawn Mausoleum. children; and a great- white polo shirt and blue raise revenue for the The family will receive grandson. jeans, who was tasked county, Baker said. friends at the funeral Funeral services will be with getting his GED, “We don’t do it to col- home from 7 until 9 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, in admitted to the judge he lect $300 for the county,” High 77 High 74 High 76 Thursday night. the Chapel of Claude A. had faltered because he Baker said. Condolences may be McKibben and Sons feared failing. Baker said program has Low 49 Low 45 Low 47 expressed at www.mc Funeral Home. Rev. W. T. He told the judge he been successful in help- Mostly sunny Sunny Sunny kibbenfuneralhome.com Bates and Rev. Milton had not completed much ing individuals improve Hall will officiate and of school, and felt like their lives while dismiss- interment will be in Geor- there was no way he ing sentences. Think green – gia National Cemetery at could pass the test so he “The vast majority of In downtownRainfall LaGrange YesterdayExtremes at LaGrange- Canton at 2:00 p.m. had not gone to many of people who come Callaway Airport Recycle The family will receive the GED classes. through that, we don’t see 24 Hrs 0.10 friends at the funeral Instead of yelling at back in State Court,” High 68 home from 6 until 8 him or getting angry, Baker said. “I can’t really Month 0.40 tonight. Baker and Little assured think of more than a cou- Low 63 In lieu of flowers, him that he could, and ple (of people) who have Year to date 38.86 memorial contributions urged him to take the test completed a pre-trial may be made to West and continue his pre-trial diversion and been back Georgia Hospice. diversion. in State Court. West7 a.m. yesterday Point Lake24-hr. Levels change I Setting it straight Condolences may be Baker said positive “It’s just working better expressed at www.mc encouragement can play than we thought it 624.77 ft. Up 0.28 The Daily News is committed kibbenfuneralhome.com a big role in making pre- would.” to reporting information fairly trial diversions success- I LaGrange Daily News and accurately. It is our policy ful. Matt Chambers can be to correct errors, omissions or “It may be one of the reached at mchambers@ The LaGrange Daily News (USPS 299-320) is published Mondays through Saturdays misleading statements. 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Emotional exhaustion Snapshot affects 23-year marriage Dear Annie: My wife I Annie’s Mailbox the Suburbs and I have been married Dear Sad: We com- for 23 years. We recently mend your efforts, but separated due to our 18- making new friends can year-old son’s anger-man- be hard these days. Pick agement issues and my one couple in your neigh- wife’s sick parents. She borhood and invite them moved out nine months over. Do the same with a ago to take care of them. couple at school, church Well, her parents died, and perhaps one from and my son moved in work. See what you have with one of his friends. Kathy Mitchell and in common, and try to My wife’s brothers are Marcy Sugar are long- build on that. You also doing everything they time editors of the Ann could join a local club, can to cut her out of the Landers column. choir, political organiza- estate and throw my son in the community – vol- tion, book club, commu- in jail (he has a felony on unteering at my chil- nity theater, art or pho- his record). Now my wife dren’s elementary school tography group and see if LaGrange City Councilman Willie T. Edmonson visited the pre-kinder- wants me back, but quite and our church – and I that garners you some frankly, I do not want her friends with shared inter- garten classes at TLC Learning Center to read a story during Voices also have a part-time job. for Georgia’s Children Pre-K Week, Oct. 3-7. back. I have moved on My kids have made many ests. Several of our read- I with my life and don’t friends and are doing ers have suggested meet- ‘Snapshot’ features photos of neighborhood gatherings and club and want the headaches that well. The problem is their up.com, and you might social events. Send photographs to ‘Snapshot,’ LaGrange Daily News, she and my son have parents. give that a try as well. P.O. Box 929, LaGrange, GA 30241 or to Daniel Baker at dbaker@ la- brought me for the past Both my husband’s Good luck. grangenews.com, or bring it to our office at 105 Ashton St. three years. family and mine live in My attorneys have the Midwest, so making Dear Annie: I read the advised me to divorce, connections with people letter from “Sick of the I Club news and my wife says they here is very important to Shrew,” whose bitter sis- should be disbarred. Any us. We have had a couple ter-in-law, “Elaine,” Thursday Lunch Club ford, Dean Larson, Nancy Larson, advice? – Mr. Soon-to-Be of parties at our house in spreads lies within the LaGrange College students Austin Gwen Loveless, Virginia Malone, Ex an effort to get to know family. She and I could Burns, Kris Appel, D.J. Thomas and D.J. June Marshall, Margaret Melton, Dot Dear Mr.: We realize people in our neighbor- compare relatives all day. Grooms provided a musical program of Messer, Martha Middlebrooks, Lesia your life has been diffi- hood. But no one ever After a particularly showtunes at the Oct. 6 meeting of the Mikell, Ann Mills, Kay Minchew, Flo- cult and unpleasant for invites us to their house troubling visit with one Thursday Lunch Club in the fellowship rence Murphy, Ellen Partridge, Dodie three years, but still, you or their parties. I meet relative, my husband hall of First United Methodist Church.. Patterson, Claire Plymel, Betty Ragan, seem awfully eager to lots of great people found “narcissistic per- They are members of the choir at First Carol Ramey, Nancy Reid, Bobbie throw in the towel rather through my job, but only sonality disorder” on the United Methodist Church and were Ritchie, Lonnie Ritchie, Sheila Rowe, than explore what’s left on a professional level. Internet. The best sug- accompanied by Dale Daniels, minister Bonny Savelle, Murbes Shepherd, Lois now that the major I’ve met parents through gestion was to limit the of music. Smith, Porter Smith, Betty South, headaches have been my kids’ school and time spent with the poi- Burns sang “Till There Was You.” Martha Stanley, Jane Stephens, Kate mostly resolved. This is sports, but no real friend- sonous person. That Appel sang “Black Is the Color of My Strack, Enid Tate, Sidney Tate, Maxine an opportunity to see if ships have developed. seems obvious, but it was True Love’s Hair” and “Joanna.” Tester, D.J. Thomas, Marlene Timmer- you and your wife still We recently joined a a revelation to us. Thomas sang “When the Air Sings in berg, Laura Turner, JoAnn Walker, Gail love each other and could social group (I’m volun- My husband is still the Summer” and an operatic treatment Walsh, Betty Ward, Bob Ward, Lee make a good life togeth- teering to help run it), involved with this relative of the nursery rhyme “Old Mother Hub- Weatherford, Paul Whitten, Lavelle er. Emotional exhaustion and that has helped as needed, but the infor- bard.” Grooms sang a selection from Wilkerson, Karol Williams, Billie Wil- can interfere with your somewhat. But so far, mation we gained and the “Les Miserables” and “Cinderella.” son, Peggy Woosley and Jayne Wright. decision. Please get some only one family in our decreased exposure has Attending the meeting were Ann counseling, with or with- neighborhood has made really improved our fam- Adamson, Vi Andrews, Helen Baker, Beta Sigma Phi out your wife. Make sure any effort to get to know ily life. – Hope This Mitylene Banks, Jake Behr, Judy Bled- Preceptor Chi chapter of Beta Sigma you are not tossing away us better. The only parties Helps soe, Virginia Bonner, Jim Brown, Judy Phi International met Sept. 12 at the the future good with the I am invited to are the Brown, Austin Burns, Tee Borders, home of Minnie Ruth Butler and Sept. lousy past. A 23-year ones where I’m expected E-mail questions to Carol Caldwell, Hugh Camp, Mar- 26 at the home of Jo Ann Walker. marriage deserves that to buy something. anniesmailbox@com- garet Camp, Catherine Carmical, Jerry For the September social, the group much. I like to think we are cast.net or write to: Carmical, Susan Carmical, Dean Chew- traveled to Juliette for lunch at the fun to be around since we Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Cre- ing, Cecil Clark, Patsy Clark, Kat Cook, Whistle Stop Cafe. Dear Annie: Two years have a lot of friends back ators Syndicate, 5777 W. Sheryl Cooper, Juanita Crews, Dale For the Sept. 12 program, Butler dis- ago, my family moved to home. Am I expecting too Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Daniels, Denise Dixon, Bobbie cussed the terrorist attacks on the World the east coast. I am active much, too soon? – Sad in Los Angeles, CA 90045. Dzwonkowski, Paige Estes, Mary Trade Center and read a 10th-anniver- Evans, Carolyn Freeman, Lavelle sary article by Norma Hayes. Gauntt, Orren Gilbert, Pat Gilbert, D.J. For the Sept. 26 program, Walker I In our community Grooms, Bill Guthrie, Ruth Guthrie, spoke on “Building Our Future on Tra- Esther Ruth Harvey, Sue Harris, Fred- ditions.” Events LaGrange Memorial LaGrange Civic Chorale die Hayes, Mary Virginia Henderson, Attending were Trina Adams, Minnie Library is at 10:30 a.m. are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Louise Horvath, Ruth Huckabee, Jon- Ruth Butler, Peggy Johnson, Jo Kirby, (706) 882-7784 in the Troup High School nie Jackson, Memory Johnson, Ruth Teena McManus, Sybil Rayburn, Joyce Today chorus room. choralsoci- Johnson, Richardson, Karen Shelnutt, Faye The LaGrange-Troup Thursday [email protected], (706) Edna Kelly, Louise Kirby, Gene Lang- Sledge and Jo Ann Walker. County Chamber of Com- Story Hour featuring 882-2734 merce sponsors the stories, fingerplays, songs Troup County Master “Resource Troup Expo and rhymes for Gardeners meet at 7 p.m. I You can I Anniversary 2011” trade show at West preschoolers and their at the Troup County Agri- Georgia Technical Col- escorts is at 10:30 a.m. at culture Building on Vul- help lege’s Callaway Center. Hawkes Library in West can Road. Firms may attend from 2 Point. LaGrange chapter No. Toys needed for Empty to 4 p.m. for the business- The Interfaith Food 474 Order of the Eastern Stocking Fund to-business segment. Closet at 416 Pierce St. is Star meets at 7:30 p.m. at The Empty Stocking From 4 to 7 p.m., the open from 1 to 2:45 p.m. the Lodge Hall on Watson Fund provides Christmas gifts for children 10 and doors will open to the to help people in need of and Brown streets. younger. Donated, new or public with a $3 admis- food. (706) 882-9291 “like new”, unwrapped sion charge. There will Hogansville Public Churches toys can be donated from awards for “Best Booth” Library holds storytelling 9 a.m. to noon and from and the annual “Taste of hour at 3 p.m. as part of Troup” competition Today-Wednesday 1 to 4 p.m. weekdays at its vacation reading pro- LaGrange Personal Aid at among local chefs. gram. The Rev. J. Wayne Glenda Major, Clark Jenkins, associational 416 Pierce St. through Beginner ballroom Dec. 22. (706) 882-9291. Johnson and Kaye dance lessons for all ages missionary for the West- Minchew hold a signing ern Baptist Association in are given from 7:30 to Women’s Center seeks of their new book, 8:30 p.m. at the Active Newnan, speaks at “Images of LaGrange,” revival services at 7 p.m. diapers Life center on Ragland First Choice Women’s from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Street. (706) 884-5857 at Lake View Baptist Jimmy and Brenda Morris renewed their vows with Legacy Museum on Main Church. Center,formerly the Preg- nancy Center of La- and the Troup County the Rev. Jimmie McMillian. Meetings Today-Friday Grange, needs diapers in Archives at 136 Main St. sizes newborn through 3. A musical workshop is Morris in LaGrange. Copies will The diapers are given to at 7 p.m. at Bethlehem be available for $21.99. Today pregnant women who Jimmy and Brenda Morris celebrated their 50th Baptist Church at 1111 First Choice Women’s LaGrange City Council participate in parenting anniversary with a reception and banquet hosted by 10th St. in West Point Center, formerly the Preg- meets at 5:30 p.m. in the classes. Donated diapers their sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren at the with LeGree McCamey nancy Center of council chamber at 208 can be dropped off from 9 Taste of Lemon restaurant. LaGrange, will host its Ridley Ave. conducting. Registration a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 5 is $10. A concert will be The Rev. Jimmie McMillian, pastor of Baptist Tab- annual fund raising ban- The LaGrange Sym- p.m. weekdays at the cen- given at 3 p.m. Oct 16. ernacle, performed a dedication of rings and renew- quet at 6:30 p.m. at First phony Orchestra Board ter at 300 Harwell Ave. (706) 643- 0851 or (706) al of vows ceremony. Baptist Church on the meets at 5:30 p.m. in 881- 2717 Square. The evening classroom A in the Call- Children’s items, includes a complimenta- True Love Missionary clothes, furniture need- away Education Building Baptist Church at 2451 ry dinner with guest at LaGrange College. ed speaker Mike Williams, West Point Road holds a The Children’s Attic The LaGrange-Troup revival at 7 p.m. with the an author, speaker and County Humane Society needs baby items includ- comedian. Williams’ Rev. J.W. Kizer of Fort meets at 6 p.m. at the ani- ing diapers, wipes, material has been seen on Wayne, Ind., as speaker. mal shelter at 1390 portable cribs, baby beds network television shows, Orchard Hill Road. and other infant furniture, magazine articles, six Listings for ‘In our com- as well as children’s cloth- The LaGrange Shuf- books, 10 CDs and live munity’ are printed for ing and shoes. The donat- flers meet at the Active concerts. The pro-life events happening in the ed items are used to help ministry is supported by Life center at 140 Ragland next three-day period, Troup County foster chil- donations from local St. for regular square space permitting. To sub- dren and homeless chil- churches and individuals dance from 7:30 to 9:30 mit an item, email it to dren. Donations can be and recently added free p.m. (706) 812-8840 dbaker@lagrange dropped off from 8:30 ultrasounds to its servic- news.com, fax it to (706) a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays es. 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at Highland Country LaGrange, GA on 377778 Wednesday Club. 706-882-1288 $ .99 Saturday & Sunday Preschool story time at Rehearsals for the 4 4 - Tuesday,Oct. 11, 2011 State LaGrange Daily News I Digest Chancellor: Pre-K teachers leaving Colleges could ATLANTA (AP) – Cuts to Georgia’s lottery-fund- see full funding ed pre-kindergarten pro- gram are leading to high ATLANTA (AP) – Uni- white institutions. But teacher turnover, educa- versity System of Georgia Huckaby said it would be premature for him to say tors said. Chancellor Henry “Hank” which colleges could face Teachers this year have Huckaby said Monday that he’s “cautiously opti- consolidation. left pre-k programs to mistic” that the state’s 35 He said he was “keenly avoid a 10-percent, state- public colleges and uni- aware’ of the role of the ordered pay cut. versities will receive full historically black colleges In Fulton County 57 of funding next fiscal year. in the state. 77 pre-kindergarten That could mean lower “I’m very excited about teachers quit between the tuition increases for stu- what their role can be as last school year and the dents and an infusion of we go forward,” Huckaby current one. about $100 million for said, adding he has a In Decatur City cash-strapped campuses commitment to work with Schools, six of nine pre- that have been cut by the black colleges as k teachers left. In Clay- more than $1 billion since chancellor “to help make ton, it was 31 out of 32 the economy tanked a them as strong as we pos- lead teachers. Athens Banner-Herald few years ago, Huckaby sibly can.” said. He also is looking at Toll lanes University of Georgia entomologist Elmer Gray unhooks a tube containing “We’re cautiously opti- how to cut spending on black flies in the lab where he and fellow UGA entomologist Ray Noblet mistic that if state rev- new facilities while also jam traffic raise about 300,000 black flies a week. enues continue to grow, accommodating an ex- ATLANTA (AP) – although modestly, that pected enrollment surge Major traffic delays were we will have a chance at of about 100,000 students reported as the second Researchers raise flies really getting that,” said in the next decade. He week of a new toll sys- Huckaby. said he favors renovating tem began on Interstate The former state law- older buildings if that 85 in metro Atlanta. to exterminate them maker took over the would cost less than con- 300,000-student universi- structing all-new facilities. It took motorists more ATHENS (AP) – The ern United States, Africa, the large numbers people ty system in July after his “We’ve had some very than a half-hour to travel Tree That Owns Itself isn't South America and other has to endure in states predecessor, Erroll Davis, encouraging news over a a stretch of I-85 that typ- Athens’ only strange and regions. The colony may like Wisconsin or Min- retired. Huckaby inherit- number of months,” said ically takes 10 minutes to unique distinction. The even help save lives – not nesota. ed an organization facing state House Higher Edu- get through. town town also is home to just humans, but even Derived from a rare deep budget cuts amid cation Committee Chair- The traffic backups the world’s only black fly animals such as endan- strain of bacteria discov- perceptions among state man Len Walker, a Repub- being reported shortly colony. gered whooping cranes. ered in a desert mud pud- lawmakers that the sys- lican from Loganville. before 8 a.m. today were Over the past two “It’s a unique resource dle in Israel, the larvicide tem needed to bear a “The problem is the pre- in an area where a new decades, entomologists that is used to provide a is effective against black greater share of the state’s vious year’s budget toll system is in place Ray Noblet and Elmer standardized insect spec- flies, but seems to be economic woes. reflects the 2001 budget. northeast of Atlanta. Gray have raised up imen for a wide range of harmless to other insect Last month, Huckaby We’re a long way from Gov. Nathan Deal last about 20 million of the scientific experiments,” species, Gray said. announced plans to study making up what we need week lowered the tolls nasty little blood suckers Gray said. Gray and Noblet helped – about 300,000 a week, Black flies, common develop the treatment, whether any of Georgia’s to make up.” after traffic jammed dur- colleges should be con- Gov. Nathan Deal is ing rush hour. Motorists regular as clockwork. the world over, are in which has replaced far They’ve got help, of some ways more like more dangerous control solidated to save money. expected to name a com- complained that few cars Huckaby said Monday he mission in coming weeks were traveling in the toll course, in the form of mosquitoes than ordinary methods, such as insecti- part-time graduate and house flies. cides that kill beneficial expects within the next 10 that will examine how the lanes, resulting in slower days to release the crite- state funds higher educa- traffic in the free lanes. undergraduate student Like mosquitoes, black insects as well as pests, workers. flies bite animals such as and also could be dan- ria that will drive combin- tion. State officials said The fly colony is in a birds and mammals, gerous to human health. ing any campuses. they are looking at mov- Dalton carpet way like some farms, including humans, to Because of the way the State lawmakers have ing from enrollment- Noblet said – like dairy suck blood. And like mos- larvicide is produced, taken aim at historically based funding to per- plant closing herds, the flies require quitoes, they can transmit each batch is a little dif- black colleges in Savan- formance funding that DALTON (AP) – One of careful tending every day, diseases, explained ferent, and the company nah and Albany, saying takes into account gradu- northwest Georgia’s 365 days a year. Noblet, who heads the that makes the stuff ships they duplicate efforts at ation rates, among other largest carpet companies Begun at Cornell Uni- UGA entomology depart- samples down to UGA for nearby predominantly targets. has announced that it versity in 1981, the colony ment. testing to make sure it will close a manufactur- moved to Clemson Uni- The flies in the colony – works. ing facility in Dalton, versity in 1991 and then actually, two rooms in Gray and Noblet are Inmates could known for decades as the to UGA in 1999, along UGA’s Riverbend North also working with scien- nation’s carpet capital. with Noblet and Gray. research building – main- tists to reduce the toll of The closing of Shaw’s But don’t laugh the ly serve to test the effica- river blindness, the major staff fire stations plant will result in 270 colony off as some mere cy of a larvicide used to disease spread by black ST MARYS (AP) – behavior and pass an layoffs. academic curiosity on the keep down black fly pop- flies. Worldwide, hun- Camden County officials interview process. The plant will close University of Georgia ulations in parts of the dreds of thousands of are considering a money- The idea has been met within the next 60 days. campus. world where they prolif- people have lost their saving program that with controversy in the The researchers’ work The latest announce- erate, such as the North- sight to river blindness, would put inmates in fire county. has helped scientists ern United States. Geor- ment comes after Shaw mainly in sub-Saharan stations. There’s “a lot of con- across the world find gia and other Southern Africa but also in other announced layoffs in The program would put tention” among local fire- ways to suppress the flies, states get black flies, but regions including Central Eton and Ringgold in two inmates in each of fighters about working a major pest in the North- most of the time not in and South America. August, on top of the clo- three existing firehouses. alongside inmates, Cam- sure of a Chatsworth Inmates would respond den County Public Safety plant in April. to all emergencies includ- Director Dennis Gailey Peanuts, agriculture ing residential fires along- said. side traditional firefight- “If you vote to bring Suspect hid shaped life, Carter recalls ers, authorities said. these inmates into our The inmates would working environment, behind filter TIFTON (AP) – Former President family. have no guard, but would you jeopardize not only CUMMING (AP) – A Jimmy Carter recalled how his life was The Abraham Baldwin Agricultural be monitored by a sur- the employees’ well- man held a furnace filter shaped by Georgia’s peanut industry as College also played a prominent role in veillance system and by being, but the safety of in front of his face to con- he opened a new museum exhibit in the the former president’s life after he the traditional firefighters, our citizens,” firefighter ceal his identity while south Georgia town of Tifton. returned to Georgia from the Navy, he who would undergo train- Stuart Sullivan told coun- they say he robbed a Carter helped open the said. He learned various aspects of the ing to guard the inmates. ty commissioners during bank branch in a Kroger “Jimmy Carter: Geor- agriculture business at the school. One traditional firefight- a recent meeting. store. gia’s Native Son” exhibit “The people in this area have been a er with correctional train- Commissioner Jimmy The man walked up to at the Georgia Museum very integral part of my life,” Carter ing can supervise up to Starline said it might be a the bank counter, held up of Agriculture and His- said. three inmates, officials positive experience for the the filter and ordered a toric Village operated by Georgia has also had strong connec- said. prisoners. teller to give him money Abraham Baldwin Agri- tions to the presidency, ranging from The inmate firefighter “I’ve been told these from the vault. cultural College. Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s time at program could save the inmates are very enthusi- Sheriff’s investigator The former president Warm Springs to Woodrow Wilson’s county more than astic about being a fire- Matt Runion said an spoke of the museum’s early years in Augusta, said Jay Hakes, Carter $500,000 a year by some fighter,” Starline said. overhead surveillance agricultural theme in his director of the Jimmy Carter Presiden- estimates, authorities said. “It’s an opportunity to camera was able to cap- remarks in Tifton. tial Library and Museum. The program would be break that cycle,” he ture the man’s face “My life has been shaped by the The exhibit chronicles Carter’s life open to inmates charged added. “This is not like a despite the furnace filter. peanut culture of south Georgia,” Carter from his roots in Plains to his White with crimes such as drug chain gang. Life at a fire Runion said, “I guess said. House years and humanitarian career offenses and thefts. station could be a whole he didn’t see the cam- He also recalled how he sold boiled through the Carter Center. It will be at Inmates would also need lot more pleasant than life era.” peanuts as a 5-year-old boy to aid his the museum until April. to have a record of good in jail.”

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(AP) anyone but Barack oppose its spending com- – They’re coming to what Obama,” she said Mon- ponents and its tax sur- is essentially his home day. charge on millionaires. turf and Even lower-profile Obama has been wag- they are rivals tried to knock Rom- ing a campaign-style ready to ney off his game. effort to rally public sup- challenge “Simply advocating port behind the $447 bil- R e p u b l i - more ships, more troops lion measure, which was can presi- and more weapons is not expected to be the sub- d e n t i a l a viable path forward,” ject of a Senate vote . The contender former Utah Gov. Jon plan combines payroll Mitt Rom- Huntsman said in a for- tax cuts for workers and ney on the eign policy speech that businesses with $175 bil- economy, Romney was a direct rebuttal to lion in spending on the central issue to the Romney’s a week earlier. roads, school repairs and U.S. Coast Guard former Massachusetts Romney’s rivals read- other infrastructure, as governor’s campaign. ied criticism on health- well as unemployment Coast Guard Seaman Kendra Graves, right, and Petty Officer 3rd Class And don’t expect Rom- care policy, cultural issues assistance to avoid lay- Robert Femia help one of the seven boaters rescued after treading water for ney’s rivals to stop at the and environmental posi- offs of teachers, firefight- around 20 hours. economy when criticizing tions. Even with a focus ers and police officers. him during tonight’s on the economy and vot- debate at Dartmouth Col- ers most concerned about Seven survive 20 hours lege. With time running 9.1 percent unemploy- FBI infiltrated out before the first votes ment, there was scant are cast in the GOP nom- chance Romney would be colleges at sea clinging to boat inating process, the race able to dodge questions NEW YORK (AP) – The women said the boat feet out of the water. is quickly becoming a about his overall record. With its whitewashed MARATHON, Fla. (AP) – Eight relatives had set turned over so quickly When he got closer, he scattershot effort to deny “For some people in bell tower, groomed Romney the nomination campaigns their process lawns and Georgian- out to fish in less-than- that there wasn’t time to realized there were three ideal conditions off the grab life jackets for any- men. by any means necessary. is one of obfuscation and style buildings, Brooklyn “Even the richest man bewilderment,” Romney College looks like a slice Florida Keys. It was rain- one except the child, said “I tried to get them to ing, seas topped 7 feet Kendra Graves, a seaman swim to the boat, but they can’t buy back his past,” said Monday when he vis- of Colonial Virginia Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s ited a VFW hall. dropped into modern- and winds were whipping with the Coast Guard. said they didn’t know how up to 38 mph. Almost immediately, the to swim,” Jensen said. campaign said in a web “You’re going to find in day New York City. But video that describes Rom- a campaign like this peo- for years New York Before they knew it, two groups – the three “Then I had the mate two waves hit, capsizing women and girl and three throw them life jackets. ney as the inspiration for ple running against me police have feared this President Obama’s who will take what I said bucolic setting might their anchored 22-foot men – drifted apart. One guy put on the life boat and knocking them Nearly a day later, they jacket and swam to the national health-care over- and try to say something hide a sinister secret: the haul. else. There’s an ad out beginnings of a Muslim into the sea about 3 1/2 were rescued when a boat. The other two guys miles offshore Saturday. commercial fisherman wouldn’t get off the boat.” Rep. Michele Bach- there today that does terrorist cell. mann of Minnesota urged that,” he said, referencing Investigators have Seven, including a 4-year- spotted the men Sunday One of Jensen’s cus- old, survived by clinging morning and alerted the tomers jumped in and conservative voters not to Perry’s ad, which inter- been infiltrating Muslim support a candidate who spersed images of Rom- student groups at Brook- to their capsized vessel Coast Guard, which found swam over. He tied the isn’t one of them. “It’s not ney and Obama talking lyn College and other and a small blue cooler the women several miles boats together, and helped good enough to settle for about health care. schools in the city, moni- for nearly 20 hours, suf- away in the warm waters. the other two men back to toring their Internet fering exhaustion, jelly- Those rescued were taken Jensen’s boat. activity and placing fish stings and hypother- to a hospital with nonlife- “They were exhausted. undercover agents in mia. A 79-year-old threatening injuries. One guy overnight had Social media their ranks. Legal woman, the matriarch of As the weather im- lost his mother,” Jensen experts said the opera- the group, was presumed proved Sunday, fishing said. “He was very visibly tion may have broken a drowned. boat captain David Jensen upset, which was a little ‘friends’ politics 19-year-old pact with the “When the will to live headed out with cus- tough because he was the NEW YORK – Social battles over privacy, colleges and violated kicks in, human beings tomers to catch live bait. one who spoke the best media companies have patent and regulatory U.S. privacy laws. can do amazing things,” Off in the distance, he saw English.” “friended” the 2012 presi- issues. 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to LaGrange Daily News, 454754 call (706) 882-5624 NOMINATE NOW THRU OCTOBER 15th! Scan with your SMART PHONE to learn more! 6 - Tuesday,Oct. 11, 2011 Opinion LaGrange Daily News A place for everything, and everything in its place? Making more precise woodworking tion to the padlock are one in 216,000. can’t bring myself to give away my dive joints is something I’ve been working Shane Starr is a con- That the cassette player works is a ques- watch, even though I never wore it on. I find a snug-fitting joint to be a sat- tributing columnist and tion of semantics; with no cassettes to when I was diving. It was a gift, and I isfying combination of strength and aes- LaGrange resident. play on it, what possible difference will keep it forever. And my interesting thetic, such that it is not clear which is could it make? And how quaint is the rock was something I picked up on a the more important. Because these notion of a battery-operated radio in really fun weekend with friends, and joints are most sophisticated in draw- today’s cell phone world? I did put new when I look at it, it reminds me of that ers and boxes, I’ve been prowling batteries in, and was able to receive weekend, so I will keep it around as around the house, looking at how they three stations across the AM and FM well. Where is the right place to put are normally made in commercial fur- bands. In all of these cases, I have con- stuff that has sentimental value? niture. Of course, that has the unin- vinced myself that something that is log- Drawers are sort of a metaphor for tended consequence of causing me to your bathroom drawer instead of wher- ically worthless has value. It is no won- the human mind. From the outside, have to unload drawers in order to ever it should be? and (2) why have you der that the government has trouble let- everything looks neat and coherent, but examine the carpentry at the back. not already discarded most of it? Of ting go of failed entitlement programs. on the inside, it is a messy jumble of Good Lord, it’s like opening a time cap- course, it turns out that question two The second irrationality is “Someday accumulated artifacts. I am certain the sule. lends insight to question one – the only I might …” What? “… go back to col- quality of my life will be exactly the In my bathroom drawer – you know, location designated for things which lege, using my original student ID”? Or same whether my bathroom drawer is the one I open every day to get my should be thrown away is the garbage “… fix the broken frames on my favorite clean and organized, or overflowing toothpaste and deodorant – I found a can. So it is pretty predictable that pair of sunglasses”? “… need these 12- with junk. But given that I consider bru- transistor radio, a hand-held cassette things that should be thrown away but year-old eye drops”? You, intelligent tal self-honesty to be essential for per- player, a combination padlock (to which are not are going to end up in random reader, recognize immediately that sonal growth, it is disconcerting to real- I have no idea of the combination), my places (like my bathroom drawer). And these things just aren’t ever going to ize that I can totally ignore that belief college student ID, an old wallet, a dive as to why haven’t I thrown this stuff happen. Likewise, if these objects were when it comes to some of the odd stuff watch, two drill bits, a vial of eye drops out? Now I have to come to grips with in your bathroom drawer, I would laugh I keep. I mean, if I can convince myself with an expiration date during the Clin- my little pieces of irrationality. and tell you to throw them out. Howev- that I might someday actually use a bat- ton administration, a pair of broken The first irrationality is “Well, there’s er, they are in mine, and you know, tery-powered cassette player, can I ever sunglasses and an interesting rock. nothing wrong with this; it works. someday I might … be described as truly self-honest? Now, if you’re like me, you’re asking Therefore, it has value.” The odds of me The last irrationality is sentimentality. By the way, the drawer had really nice two questions: (1) Why is that stuff in stumbling across the correct combina- I haven’t been diving for 15 years but I finger joints. About jobs, housing, I State war, movies and dwarfs voices I It was interesting that in ally unable to read or speak a recent Republican presi- English, whose fault is that? Don’t cut dential debate, when Ron I The current unemploy- Paul was asked what should ment rate released by the inspections happen if someone had a cat- Department of Labor, nearly astrophic illness and had no 10 percent, is not accurate. of big rigs health insurance, the largely The official unemployment index is based on a monthly Tea Party audience shouted It’s disappointing that survey of sample households “Let him die!” Paul himself state officials have and counts only people who said he did not believe the ordered local police reported they are looking for government should have a departments not to pull work in the past four weeks. role in providing health care, over and inspect tractor- It doesn’t account for charities and the fam- trailer trucks for safety part-time workers ily should find the violations. who want to work money. If they could- The Georgia Depart- more hours but can’t, n’t raise enough, well ment of Public Safety, given the tight job then … which issued the order I market. And it does- The three-night that became effective Oct. n’t include those who series on Prohibition 1, claims that its own state have given up trying broadcast on PBS officers will be able to to find work or those demonstrated its dis- pick up the slack. whose unemploy- ‘Rich States, Poor States:’ astrous effects among We’re skeptical. Bill ment benefits have them the development Just look at the accident Kennedy of expired. A unit of the of organized crime, How does Georgia rank? statistics in Garden City, LaGrange is Labor Department the big increase of next to the gates of the known as U-6 that drinking by women in a retired mammoth Georgia Ports includes these work- the younger genera- business How can it improve? Authority terminal where ers shows the actual tion and the number executive By Jonathan Williams and Kailee an average of 7,600 trucks unemployment rate is of places where liquor Tkacz By the numbers rumble in and out daily. and former over 16 percent. And was served or could be Three years after the economic In 2008, the municipal- broadcaster. the truth is that even purchased soared. It downturn, many wonder: What are ity had 212 wrecks involv- the broader measure demonstrated there is a point the key drivers for growth in Geor- ing commercial trucks. of unemployment doesn’t Economic outlook rank when a government attempts gia and what can be done to make Then Garden City had one fully capture how difficult the Ga. Tenn. Fla. Ala. to regulate the personal life the state more fiscally competitive? of its officers certified by job market is for U.S. work- or morals of the American The latest edition of the Ameri- 11 8 10 20 the state to stop and ers. It doesn’t include self- people, they rebel. On the can Legislative Exchange Coun- inspect trucks for bad employed workers whose other hand, is it really such a cil’s “Rich States, Poor States,” brakes, bald tires, faulty incomes have shriveled. It Economic performance rank hardship or a restriction of uses 2010 census data to explain lights and other violations. doesn’t look at former full- Ga. Tenn. Fla. Ala. freedom to ban the sale of why some states have prospered This was something the time employees who can find alcohol on Sundays? in the last decade while others 33 36 8 23 state encouraged at that I only part-time jobs without There are a couple of have continued to suffer economic time. benefits and at a fraction of government busybody agen- decline. Through statistical and When the enforcement their former salaries. And it cies that are dedicated to anecdotal evidence, the analysis ment to heavily interfere with eco- stepped up, the number of doesn’t count the many playing big brother in our makes a compelling case that pro- nomic transactions through accidents in 2009 dropped would-be workers who are lives. The latest example is growth economic policy is what increased tax rates, burdensome to 127. Last year, the total taking on more debt. The sad that U.S. Department of Agri- really makes the difference in regulations and bloated spending fell to 44. fact is that economists agree culture intends to begin a achieving long-term growth in have lost economic vitality. Many Stricter enforcement that most of the older work- campaign to restrict the con- Georgia. states have even seen taxpayers may not be the only rea- ers out of a job, many of sumption of potatoes. But The fourth edition of “Rich migrate to states with lower taxes son for better safety. But them individuals that had the wait a while; it was not so States, Poor States” outlines two and more competitive business cli- it does play a role. best paying white collar jobs, long ago when we were told sets of state rankings. The first mates. State lawmakers will never find jobs. to stay away from eggs, but ranks economic performance The beauty of the American approved a bill this year I Here’s some sobering now they’re recommending based on the past 10 years of eco- experiment is that there are 50 that may have had some data: home ownership in the we eat plenty of them. In nomic data such as income, popu- “laboratories of democracy” that unintended consequences. United States is the lowest Florida there was a barroom lation and job growth. The second can replicate the policies that have That bill allows civilians, since the 1930s Great sport where patrons compet- ranks economic outlook by using worked and avoid those that have as opposed to state motor Depression. More and more ed in how far they could toss 15 policy variables that include tax failed. “Rich States, Poor States” carrier compliance offi- young couples are renting a dwarf which the legislature and regulatory burdens, recently offers solutions on how to tackle cers, to operate weigh sta- and out-of- work older cou- banned. Now a legislator has legislated tax changes and labor budget deficits without raising tions. This move will free ples are losing their homes. introduced a bill to end the policy. taxes, what to do about under- 75 state officers to leave More Americans rented ban because it will provide So, where does the Peach State funded state pension systems and these permanent highway homes than owned them dur- job opportunities for dwarfs. rank compared to other states? how to encourage the creation of posts and go into the field ing the Great Depression This is true. The 2011 ALEC-Laffer State new businesses and private-sector to inspect trucks. I when home ownership Andrea Lovejoy just had Economic Competitiveness Index jobs. The book delivers reliable While that’s a good dropped to 48 percent com- enjoyable column on various ranks Georgia 33rd in the nation facts and detailed analysis that can thing – avoiding weigh pared with 66 percent in government financed “stud- for economic performance and help Georgia policy-makers revi- stations isn’t terribly diffi- 2010. Since the 1930s, home ies.” Anyone in the Congress 11th for economic outlook. talize the state’s economy through cult – the numbers don’t ownership has steadily serious about cost-cutting Georgia levies no inheritance or free-market, limited government work in the public’s favor. increased, but it has declined should read it and put a stop estate tax. It’s a right-to-work state principles. Right now, there are 88 during the last six years. It’s to this kind of thing once and and keeps its minimum wage at Like any other state, Georgia local officers who can do interesting that the state with for all. Have you noticed the federal floor level of $7.25. holds its economic future in its truck inspections in the highest home ownership killers can spend 15 or 20 These factors give Georgia an own hands. By creating an envi- municipalities across is West Virginia, nearly 80 years on death row with overwhelmingly competitive eco- ronment where businesses can Georgia. With the change, percent, followed by New “new evidence” discovered nomic advantage in comparison to invest, develop and create jobs, the state will suffer a net Hampshire, Mississippi and the day before execution. As many other states across the Georgia can lead the way for eco- loss of 13 sets of eyes that South Carolina. Many econ- long have the death penalty, nation. nomic competitiveness not only in are peeled for unsafe omists now say our economy get on with it within at most In addition, Georgia keeps its the Southeast, but also across the trucks or drivers. will not rebound until 2015. three years. excise taxes low relative to neigh- nation. Gordy Wright, a I That’s a long time to wait to Movies that Hollywood boring states. Georgia has the low- Georgia’s economic rankings spokesman for the state afford a house or if you’re out hopes for an Academy Award est cigarette tax at 37 cents per will continue to improve over the Department of Public of work. will be released between now pack in the Southeast region and next few years, given the recently Safety in Atlanta, said that I America has now been and Christmas. “Debt” was the second lowest gas tax, at 20.8 launched Georgia Competitiveness the intent is to “free up the in Afghanistan for 10 years, the first, “MoneyBall” is now cents per gallon. By keeping tax Initiative that is uniting state agen- local officers to concen- a decade of killing, frustra- at the LaGrange Carmike cin- rates lower than surrounding cies and the business community trate on their local crime- tion and death. It is the emas. A great film if you states, Georgia proves that it is in seeking innovative solutions for fighting efforts – burgla- longest war in our nation’s know a lot about major open and ready for business. While long-term economic growth and ries, thefts, things that history. Since it began, there league baseball, confusing if Georgia fares relatively well, job creation. motor carrier officers have been many dates given you don’t. The just-released research in neighboring states don’t work.” when we will leave, all have “Ides of March” is another such as Florida and Tennessee I Find the fourth edition of That’s noble. But 212 come and gone and there is Academy Award hopeful. (eighth), which both have no per- “Rich States, Poor States” at www. truck accidents in one no reason to believe the lat- The now-playing “Killer sonal income tax. alec.org. year beg attention from est one. First of all it is not a Elite” is not in the running for If Georgia wishes to compete law enforcement. The withdrawal. We will still any awards, but it’s a pretty against its neighbors, it should fol- Jonathan Williams is co-author possibility of getting plas- keep an unspecified number good action movie. low their lead and seriously con- of “Rich States, Poor States” and tered by a tractor-trailer I of U.S. soldiers there and If among educators sider repealing the state’s person- Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force with faulty brakes or some politicians are there’s general agreement al income tax. To further attract director at the American Legisla- being driven by an over- demanding we establish per- that the mandatory stan- businesses, Georgians should also tive Exchange Council. Kailee worked driver poses a manent bases there. In dardized test of the No Child consider lowering the corporate Tkacz is an ALEC research ana- greater public menace Afghanistan! At the same Left Behind law prevents income tax rate. lyst. This commentary was written than having your lawn time, polls show most Amer- local schools from imple- Georgia needs to remember that for the Georgia Public Policy, an mower stolen from your icans want us to simply leave menting a well-balanced cur- no state has ever taxed, borrowed independent think tank that pro- garage. ricula, why hasn’t Congress the people of Afghanistan to or spent its way to prosperity. poses practical, market-oriented do whatever they want with repealed it? If so many grad- “Rich States, Poor States” shows approaches to public policy to – Savannah Morning their country. uate from local schools virtu- that states that allow the govern- improve the lives of Georgians. News LaGrange Daily News Diversions Tuesday,Oct. 11, 2011 - 7 BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun

BEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker Today’s Answers

FUNKY WINKERBEAN Tom Batiuk

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Chris Browne

HI & LOIS Brian and Greg Walker THE LOCKHORNS William Hoest

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By Kevin Eckleberry Sports Editor With four weeks re- maining in the regular season, that the Carroll- ton Trojans are sitting atop the Region 6-AAA standings surprises no one. The Trojans dominated the region a year ago on the way to a 14-1 season that ended one victory short of a state champi- File photos onship. Shortstop Shelby O’Neal has enjoyed a terrific sophomore season. Coming into the 2011 season, the Trojans fig- ured to be the team to Grangerseyeingdeeprun beat in the region, and so far, they have been. By Robert Griffin With a 3-0 record, the Sports Writer Trojans are one of two The LaGrange Lady Grangers are unbeaten teams in the re- tested and ready. gion. After fighting their way to a sec- The other unbeaten ond-place finish in a difficult Region team, well that would 6-AAA, the Lady Grangers will be at definitely be considered home this week for the opening a surprised. round of the Class AAA state play- The Central-Carroll offs. Lions went 0-10 last year, LaGrange (20-11) will host North but they’ve been a re- Springs (12-14) on Wednesday in a markable turnaround best-of-three series. story this year. The teams will play two games After beating Haralson Wednesday, and if needed, a third County 35-7 last week, game would be played Thursday. the Lions (4-2 overall) “We are excited and ready to are 2-0 in the region, play,” said sophomore shortstop leaving them a half-game Shelby O’Neal said. “We had to bat- behind Carrollton. tle in the region tournament against The top four teams in the seven-team region Sophomore Emily Anderson has had a LaGrange third baseman kasie Lester is the will advance to the state dominant season on them mound. SEE LAGRANGE, PAGE 10 playoffs. team’s only senior. “I’m very proud of them because I feel like they’ve (gotten better each day),” Central head coach Grant Chesnut told the newspaper in Carrollton. “Again, our kids understand that we have to continue to work very hard if we want to build a program here that we all want, a winning program that has success over long periods. I can’t

SEE FOOTBALL, PAGE 10 I Golf Strong Cecream Woodyard has been one of Callaway’s top fieldat hitters this season. tourney Cavseager By Kevin Eckleberry Sports Editor The LaGrange College golf team is standing toe- forchallenge to-toe with some of the best NCAA Division III By Robert Griffin The two teams will play Sports Writer teams in the country. twice Wednesday begin- Playing in the The surprise isn’t when ning at 4:30 p.m., with a Golfweek Invitational at Jessica Siggers gets a hit. third game, if needed, set the Raven Golf Club in Of late, the surprise is for Thursday. Sandestin, Fla., the Pan- when she doesn’t. All the teams will be thers found themselves Siggers, a junior, has played at Callaway. in seventh place after two been red-hot down the The Lady Cavaliers (9- of the three rounds. stretch, and she’s the 14) finished second in Re- Also, senior Hudson team’s leading hitter head- gion 5-AA, and Blessed Keener was in second ing into this week’s Class Trinity (21-13) finished place through two Callaway shortstop Jessica Siggers finished the regular season with AA state opener against rounds, four shots back Blessed Trinity. a flourish to get her batting average near .500. SEE CALLAWAY, PAGE 10 of Guilford’s Noah Rat- ner heading into today’s final round. I There are 18 teams in Prep spotlight: Lafayette Christian’s Taylor Whitlow the invitational-only tournament, and La- Grange College head Volleyballstandout coach Lee Richter said it is one of the most elite fields of any event during the year. “They’re saying this is comesbackstrong like a small national championship,” Richter By Kevin Eckleberry “Everybody was saying I went up to said. “You’ve got Sports Editor hit the ball, and I grabbed the net ap- Methodist, Oglethope, She went airborne, as she’d done so parently. The next thing you know I’m Greensboro, all the big many times during her days as a vol- on the ground grabbing my ankle.” boys are here.” leyball player at Lafayette Christian Her head coach, Rene Gomez, said Nine of the top 15 School. Whitlow came down on the foot of an teams in Division III are The Lady Cougars were playing opposing player, and she ended up suf- participating. their final game of the 2010 season at fering a fractured ankle. “It’s a powerhouse Sherwood Christian in Albany, and “You could hear the scream through- field,” Richter said. Taylor Whitlow was at her usual posi- out the gym,” Gomez said. “The pain The Panthers opened tion near the net. was so severe.” with a 308 in the first She saw the ball in the air, she went Whitlow and Gomez were hoping it round, and they followed up, and then it happened. was just a sprained ankle, but when that up with a 304 on “I went up to hit it, and the next they took a look at the foot, it was ob- Monday. Kevin Eckleberry / Daily News thing you know, I’m on the ground,” viously a lot worse than that. They entered today’s Lafayette Christian School’s Taylor Whitlow has said Whitlow, now a senior for the “Coach thought it was a high ankle come back strong this season after suffering a bro- Lady Cougars. “I don’t have any mem- ory of what really happened. SEE GOLF, PAGE 10 ken ankle in the regular-season finale a year ago. SEE WHITLOW, PAGE 10 LaGrange Daily News 10 - Tuesday,Oct. 11, 2011 Sports

FOOTBALL FROM 9 Local calendar Today womenatOglethorpe,4p.m. say enough how proud I Soccer Thursday am of them.” Oak Mountain at La- Football Carrollton, meanwhile, Grange Academy, 4:30 Callaway at Carver survived a 10-9 tussle p.m. (Memorial Stadium), 7 with Troup two weeks Cross Country p.m. ago before beating La- Troup, LaGrange in Softball Grange 56-7 last week. Columbus GISA Class AA The Trojans jumped up Volleyball state tournament early, and they never LaGrange College at LaGrange Academy at looked back. Tocca Falls, 6 p.m. Citizens Christian, 2 p.m. “I think that’s what Wednesday (three games) you’ve got to do. When Softball Class AAA you’ve got a team that’s Class AAA state tournament maybe questioning them- state tournament North Springs at La- selves a bit, you don’t North Springs at La- Grange High, 5:30 p.m. (if want to give them any Grange High, 5 p.m. (dou- necessary) hope,” Carrollton head bleheader) Class AA Callaway head coach Nick Drescher, right, and assistant coach Robyn coach Rayvan Teague Class AA state tournament McCann stand with seniors Krissy Allen and Brie Hicks during the team’s said. “You want to dash it state tournament Blessed Trinity at Call- senior-day ceremony. as fast as you can. Our Blessed Trinity at Call- away, 5 p.m. (if neces- guys did a good job of pen.” away, 4:30 p.m. (double- sary) that.” CALLAWAY FROM 9 For the players, everything has header) To provide information A pair of teams, the been leading up to this moment. for the local calendar, email Troup Tigers and the Soccer third in a tough Region 6-AA that in- The Lady Cavaliers struggled early, LaGrange College [email protected] cludes some of the state’s top teams. Shaw Raiders are tied for but they played a difficult schedule third at 1-1 in the region. The team is hoping Siggers will that Drescher hoped will help prepare continue her torrid play. Troup is sitting in solid the team for state. position since its lone re- She leads the way with a .478 bat- Once region play started, the Lady ting average and 27 RBIs gion loss came to Car- Cavaliers kicked it into gear and rollton. Siggers is hitting .478 with 27 they’ve won eight of their past 10 RBIs. The Tigers came within games. a whisker of knocking off Cecream Woodyard has also had a Callaway made it to the region- big year with a .322 batting average the Trojans and grabbing championship game before losing to and 17 RBIs, and Taylor Smith is hit- the top spot. Heard County 6-1. ting .370. If the Tigers win their “We are ready to play,” Woodyard Hannah Hubbard has chipped in final four games, they’ll said. “We came through a hard region with a .357 average. finish second in the re- Sophomore Audrey Barrett has tournament, but we were able to get gion and likely earn a done most of the pitching for Call- things going at the end and get home playoff game. away, and she’ll be on the mound through it. Everyone was tired, but we Like Troup, Shaw is Wednesday. fought through and I think that has close to being 2-0 in the Callaway head coach Nick made us tougher.” region. Drescher said all of the players will Callaway hammered Manchester The Raiders, who beat need to be at their best against a ter- 10-2 and hung tough against Heard Columbus 33-0 last week rific Blessed Trinity team. County before falling short. for their first region win, “They (Blessed Trinity) are going to Woodyard said the key for the play- lost to LaGrange 9-6 in be tough,” Drescher said. “They come ers is not getting caught up in the mo- their region opener after from a tough region traditionally, but ment and just going out and playing they made it to the 3-yard we are preparing for them. I think as well as they can. line in the closing seconds that if the girls come into the game “We are really just working on con- only to be turned away. with the same we can compete with trolling what we can control right For the moment, La- anyone attitude that they have been now, and not worrying about what the Grange and Haralson are (playing with) that anything can hap- other team brings in,” she said. on the outside of the playoff picture with 1-2 freshman season that in- gether for awhile. I’m records. WHITLOW FROM 9 cluded 40 blocks, the enjoying it a lot this The Grangers won second-highest total in year.” their region opener over sprain, but once we got the state that year. The injury is never far Shaw, but they’ve fallen to the locker room and She was slowed a bit from Whitlow’s to Haralson and Carroll- got my sock pulled off by an injury in 2009, but thoughts, though. ton the past two weeks. my foot was all turned,” she was still second on Before each game, she Haralson has losses to she said. the team in kills, and she gets the ankle wrapped Carrollton and Central- File photos The family wanted to led the team in blocks. up tight to keep it stable, Carroll to go along with a Mary Margaret Rogers has been one of La- wait until Whitlow got Whitlow reached so there’s that reminder. win over LaGrange. Grange’s top hitters this season. back to LaGrange to go triple digits in kills for And there’s also the Bringing up the rear is to the hospital, so a the first time as a junior thought that she’ll come Columbus, which is 0-3 The Lady Grangers splint was put on the with 106, and she’s been down wrong on the LAGRANGE FROM 9 and hasn’t been competi- made it through the re- ankle, and she was given even better this season ankle again and hurt it tive in any of those gion tournament despite some painkillers. with 131 kills, including again. games. Columbus and Carroll- being without their lead- When Whitlow got a season-high 20 kills “Sometimes it’ll get to ton and I think that ex- REGION 5-AA ing hitter, catcher Karsin back to LaGrange, she against Sherwood. me. I’m afraid it’s going There are two un- perience made us Spinks, who has a .465 went to the emergency Whitlow leads the to happen again,” she beaten teams in the re- stronger.” batting average and 13 room and received the team in three of the five said. “If I’m up front, and gion, but that will change After losing its tourna- RBIs. official diagnosis of a Bi- offensive categories this there’s a girl standing this week. ment opener to Colum- LaGrange also played malleolar fracture of her season, kills, blocks and there when I jump and Carver and Callaway bus, LaGrange rallied to without outfielder Cas- ankle. aces. we both come down, it’s are both 3-0 in the re- beat Central-Carroll, set- sidy Kemp, who was in- The following day she Whitlow is closing in just in my mind that it’s gion, and something will ting up another show- jured earlier in the went to see an orthope- on the school’s all-time going to happen again. have to give when they down with Columbus. season. dist, and the next week kills record set by But I just try to get that meet at Memorial Sta- The Lady Grangers Kemp is out for the she had surgery. Rachael Stewart. out of my mind and just dium in Columbus on won the rematch 5-4 be- year with a torn ACL. The news wasn’t all “I feel she has set a focus on the game and Thursday. fore falling to Carrollton “We had a lot of young bad. While Whitlow was precedent for the get it done.” Both teams have been 4-0 in the championship girls step up for us,” obviously going to be on younger players,” Thoughts of injuring dominant in region play. game. Jones said. the shelf for awhile, the Gomez said. “She has herself again clearly Carver has outscored A year ago, LaGrange One of the young play- surgery didn’t require led by example.” haven’t kept Whitlow its three region foes 133- made it to the second ers is sophomore Shelby any pins to be inserted If there was a silver from having a phenome- 6, and Callaway has round of the state tour- O’Neal, who had a big into the ankle. lining to the injury, it’s nal season, and she has outscored its region op- nament, and this team freshman season and “The first thing she that it happened at the one regular-season ponents 108-26. appears capable of tak- has been terrific this asked the doctor was, end of her junior season, game remaining before The Temple Tigers and ing it a step further this year. will I play volleyball so she knew if every- the state tournament. Heard County Braves are year and making it to the O’Neal is hitting .326, again,” said Judy Whit- thing went well she’d After that, Whitlow’s tied for third in the re- quarterfinals in Colum- and she leads the team low, Taylor’s mom. have one more season time as a volleyball gion at 2-1. bus. with six home runs and Whitlow was told she on the court. player at Lafayette Heard County, which First things first, 19 RBIs. would be able to keep That meant a lot to Christian will be done, beat Callaway a year ago though. Kasie Lester, the playing volleyball again, Whitlow since she was and she’s hoping to get to earn the region’s No. 2 Although North team’s lone senior, is but first she had to start looking forward to one the chance to play on the seed, beat Temple last Springs has a losing hitting .300, and junior walking. final go-around with her collegiate level. week, and its lone region record, it has won six of Mary Margaret Rogers After more than two three fellow seniors. Gomez said Whitlow loss came to Carver. its past eight games. is hitting .271 with two months, Whitlow was The other seniors are has done everything in Spencer and Kendrick “They are a three seed, home runs and six able to start walking Jenna Brown, Peyton her power, before and are both 1-2 in the re- which doesn’t tell you RBIs. without any aid, and this Hanners and Angelina after the injury, to make gion, and Manchester much,” head coach Jan Savanna Wooten and summer, she jumped Cipolla. that a reality. and Jordan are 0-3. Jones said. “At this point Emily Anderson have head-first back into vol- “I’ve been playing with “She really wants to The top four teams in any team that you are each driven in 11 runs. leyball when she partici- (the other seniors) since get better,” Gomez said. the region will earn invi- going against is going to Taylor Livingston has pated in a camp at the the sixth grade,” Whit- “Hopefully she’ll be able tations to the state play- be good, so you have to knocked in seven runs. University of Georgia. low said. “We’ve been to- to play at the next level.” offs. be prepared for any- Chances are, the Lady “I went to a Georgia thing.” Grangers won’t need to volleyball camp over the The Lady Grangers are do a whole lot of scoring summer, and that’s like ready for this moment. to win because of the the most volleyball I’ve LaGrange Daily News 447804 They played a chal- presence of Anderson, done on it since the in- lenging non-region who has enjoyed a dom- jury,” she said. “I had to schedule, and Region 6- inant sophomore season sit out the last hour be- LIVE STREAM AAA is one of the top on the mound. cause there was so much softball regions in the Anderson has an 11-1 pain.” state. record with a micro- That pain was worri- YOUR HOME TEAM “All of our top four scopic earned run aver- some for Whitlow, so teams are pretty tough,” age of 0.92, and she has when she got back to La- Watch Local Highg School Games LIVE! at ~ www.lagrangenews.com Jones said. “Really any 249 strikeouts, giving Grange, she began phys- six of us could have been her more than 500 ical therapy with the YOU DON ’T in that top four, that’s strikeouts in her two sea- hope that she’d be back WANT TO MISS THESE WEEKK’S’S how close it was.” sons. at full strength when the CHECKCHECK OUOUTTTTHHIIS UPCOMING GAMES! HOMOMEE GAMGA MEEOONLINLINENE ATAT season started. Troup V S Sh aw ww.lw.laaggrangrangeenewnewss.co.com - Oct 20 @ 7 he came back with an When the Lady www Callaway VS :00 TROUP vsvs CCENTRALENTRAL Heard - even-par 71 on Monday. Cougars opened their Oct 21 @ 7:30 GOLF FROM 9 FRIFRIDDAAYY Cory Howard, one of season, Whitlow was OCT 1414 @ @ 7:7:3030 final round 26 strokes the two freshmen in the right there with her behind tournament lineup, had a solid 73 in teammates, and with the leader Guilford. the second round after exception of a few FREE CHECKING. “We’re playing well. opening with a 79. games she missed with a Absolutely! I’m very proud of them,” Taylor Wynn and sore back, she has been The Longest Hours In Town. Richter said. “We still freshman Landon Petzel a regular presence in the WOW! have a young team. We each posted 80s on Tues- lineup. have two freshmen day to complete the And Whitlow has been Gladly Supporting the Communities We Serve down here, but we’re Round 2 scoring. as good as ever. Since the Lady Auburn | Bremen | Carrollton | Newnan playing well. I’m very Wynn had a 78 in the Peachtree City | LaGrange | Opelika pleased so far.” first round, and Petzel Cougars started playing West Point | Valley Keener is leading the shot an 84. varsity volleyball in the www.charterbank.net way for the Panthers. Freddie Wolford is fall of 2007, Whitlow has 800.763.4444 struggling a bit with been an elite player. After opening with a 3- Now That’s What We’re Talking About! under par 68 on Sunday, rounds of 83 and 84. She had a terrific LaGrange Daily News Sports Tuesday,Oct. 11, 2011 - 11 I Football Mistakeskeeppilingup Tough FLOWERY BRANCH (AP) – Atlanta coach I Mike Smith painstak- Falcons season ingly went over every “The first two drives possession the Falcons were very good drives,” had in their latest loss, Smith said. “That makes pointing out each little the rest of it look and forFSU mistake, each little mis- feel really bad.” cue. Indeed, once the mis- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. They sure added up takes started adding up, (AP) – Florida State’s quickly. the Falcons looked all dreams of climbing back If things don’t turn out of sorts. The bruising among the college foot- around soon, the Falcons Turner is expected to set ball elite will have to wait E.J. Manuel and the might just dig a hole the pace on the ground, at least another year. Florida State Semi- they can't escape. but he failed to reach The Seminoles (2-3, 0- noles have lost three Atlanta (2-3) is already 100 yards for the third 2 Atlantic Coast Confer- being lumped with game in a row. ence) have dropped straight games. Philadelphia and the Ryan has already three straight games to got the better of me ... New York Jets, two other thrown 196 passes (39.2 fall from being ranked and I made a silly mis- teams that came into the a game), which is tied No. 5 nationally to out- take.” season with soaring ex- for second-most in the of-sight, an unexpected Wing was the first pectations but have been league – only Drew free fall that prompted a player to be flagged major disappointments. Brees of pass-happy team meeting that re- under a new NCAA rule The latest loss was a 25- New Orleans has more – sulted in the players de- aimed at further curbing 14 setback to Super and appears far out of ciding to put away their unsportsmanlike cele- Bowl champion Green Matty Ice’s comfort social media accounts brations by disallowing Bay, which exposed just Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons continued to zone. until at least the end of touchdowns if the scor- how large the gap is be- struggle Sunday against the Packers. “We wanted to run the the season. ing player celebrates be- tween a legitimate title sions. tercepted. ball and control the “Who would have fore crossing the goal contender and a Falcons Smith went over all of As for the other three clock,” Smith said. thought back in August line. team that has taken a big them: times Atlanta had the “That’s part of our DNA. that this would happen Coach Les Miles had step backward since last I A holding penalty on ball, one ended with But the way the game to us?” junior quarter- instructed Wing to al- season. Tyson Clabo ruined a 47- Ryan taking a knee at unfolded, we were not back EJ Manuel asked ways be aware of Already, they have lost yard play, leading to At- the end of the first half, able to sustain drives. Monday. “But it has hap- whether pressure was as many regular-season lanta's first punt. another resulted in We’ve got to be able to pened. You’ve got to fix coming on a punt, and to games as all of 2010 I Clabo was penalized Ryan’s second intercep- sustain drives if we want it.” run if a first down ap- heading into Sunday’s again early in the second tion when the Falcons to continue to run the The Seminoles last lost peared likely. In this contest against Carolina. half for sticking his were in desperation football.” three straight games in case, the whole left side Now, it’s time for some hands in a rusher's face, mode at the end. There The defense did a former coach Bobby of the field was open and serious self-reflection. knocking the Falcons was, in Smith’s assess- much better job than it Bowden’s final season Wing galloped 52 yards “You have to take a out of field goal range. ment, only one “true did in last year's play- two years ago. to the end zone. Shortly good hard look at your- I An illegal formation three-and-out.” offs, when the Falcons “There’s disappoint- before reaching the goal self,” Smith said Mon- penalty wiped out a 15- “After the first two were blown out at home ment, there’s doubt, line, he looked back to day on a gray, rainy yard pass, and Atlanta drives,” Smith said, “we by the Packers, 48-21. there’s questions,” sec- see how close his nearest afternoon that matched had to punt again. basically had situations Atlanta sacked Aaron ond-year coach Jimbo pursuer was and spread the mood at the Falcons' I A 21-yard pass that where we self-destruc- Rodgers four times, lim- Fisher said Monday. his arms out for only a suburban training com- would’ve kept another ted.” ited Green Bay to four “That goes with athlet- moment. plex. “It starts with me, it possession going was What made it even field goals and didn't ics.” I Head starts with the coaches, overturned after Packer tougher to take was the give up a touchdown I Punter Brad ARIZONA: LSU: coach Mike Stoops had it starts with the players. coach Mike McCarthy way Atlanta looked in until late in the third Wing has spent much of been given some leeway We can only fix this challenged the call. The the beginning. Those quarter. the past few days replay- for last season’s collapse. working together. It's not replay showed Harry first two possessions Still, Rodgers threw ing in his mind what He had, after all, led the going to be just one per- Douglas didn’t have pos- were things of beauty, for 396 yards, including could have been his first Wildcats to three straight son. session before he tum- showing off all the a 70-yard touchdown to touchdown, and the mo- bowls for just the second “We’ve got to make bled out of bounds. weapons the Falcons fig- James Jones that put the mentary, yet premature, time in school history. sure we find ways to win I Finally, with the Fal- ured to unleash this sea- Packers ahead to stay. expression of joy that led But when the losses football games instead of cons again in position to son after adding Rodgers also threw a 29- officials to flag him for continued to pile up this finding ways not to win at least try a field goal, first-round pick Julio yard scoring pass to taunting and take the season, including one to football games.” Matt Ryan was sacked Jones to an offense that Greg Jennings and con- points off the board. a previously winless Atlanta got off to a for an 11-yard loss, then already included Pro verted twice on third “I do think there’s a team, the latitude was blistering start against threw a high pass that Bowlers Ryan, Gonzalez, down to extend a drive large amount of disre- gone. 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CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES 2006 DODGE DAKOTA Commercial (RENT) QUAD CAB SLT Notices (ANNOUNCE) Very small. CKC, first shots $150 706-957-9540 $8200 or best offer! 30 X 40 METAL BUILDING V6 Automatic 134,600 miles, brand new tires, 22 gallon fuel Loading docks, office BUSINESS 900 MERCHANDISE tank. Marc 706.249.0929 space, gravel lot $600/month, O.B.O. POLICY 706-881-2086 2010 SILVERADO 1500 EXT Miscellaneous CAB WT 4000 SQUARE FOOT The LaGrange Daily News re- 11,000 miles, auto, bed liner, serves the right to classify all BUILDING toolbox. $17,900 with four roll up doors, advertisements, to delete ob- WASHER, DRYER, Dan 706-523-1771. jectionable words or phases or ELECTRIC STOVE office, and restroom. Call to edit or refuse any advertise- All work great, $80 each. REAL ESTATE 706-302-5553 3000 ments. Every classified adver- 706-415-3168 SALES DOWNTOWN OFFICE tisement must specify a bona SPACE fide offer in good faith. Adver- West Haralson Street. 1200 tiser will hold The LaGrange WHIRPOOL Cemetery Plots and 1400 sq ft. Good parking. Daily News harmless against WASHER/DRYER 706-333-7202/706-883-6123 all claims resulting from publi- Moving, must sale cation of his advertisement. All front-loading energy effi- TWO BURIAL LOTS House For Rent (RENT) ads must be accompanied with cient (white). 10 months old At Restlawn Memory Gar- name, address and phone with manual. $1200 Final. dens. Price is negotiable. 500 B ALFORD STREET number of person placing ad. Contact anytime Located in Camellia Garden. Two bedrooms, two baths, 706-662-1070, 404-226-8152 all kitchen appliances 706-957-8366, included 770-323-6122 LAGRANGE DAILY 706-518-5438 Home/Land NEWS CLEAN TWO BEDROOM Has newspaper end rolls SUNVISION TANNING BED 73 ACRES for sale. (Work great for 24 Bulbs 706-302-3160 or Jefferson Street, Remodeled packing)End Rolls $4.00 706-594-2483 TROUP COUNTY 706-884-5857 Four-acre lake, 4800 square RECREATIONAL foot home, swimming pool, hot LEASE/PURCHASE LAGRANGE DAILY 1000 VEHICLES tub, trap range, storage build- New homes and new town NEWS ings. $600,000 Killorin Realty, homes. Three bedrooms and Does not vouch for the legiti- Inc. Joe Killorin two bath, limited supply.Call macy of pets, job or Motorcycles (REC VEH) 404-444-6669 Dan Ric Homes money-making opportunities www.killorinrealty.com 706-883-3494. advertised in the newspaper. 1997 YAMAHA 750 VI- TheThe We suggest you carefully evaluate such offers and not RAGO send money to these adver- New tires, windshield, saddle tisers unless you are certain bags, very clean $2450 you know with whom you are 770-408-8542 dealing and you know all 706-883-7958 LaGrangeLaGrange DailyDaily NewsNews terms and conditions of the 2005 SUZUKI VL 1500 cc offer. C90 Lots of extras. Excellent condi- Is Now Selling: 300 SERVICES tion $6,000. 706-882-2609 or 706-616-2658 Home Improvements (SERV) 2000 AUTOMOTIVE NNeewwTTuubbeessaannddPPoossttss GARCIA PAINTING AND Autos (AUTO) LANDSCAPING for $8.00 All your home needs. Call 2005 BUICK LESABRE LTD 706-407-8541 / 706-756-9609 $10,500 50K miles, excellent condition. Loaded, leather inte- If you buy a new Other Services (SERV) rior, four door, cruise control Call Lyn 706-594-1819 52 Week subscription DIVERSIFIED TREES, INC. 2008 HONDA CIVIC ISA Certified Arborist Two door, excellent condition You’’llllGettThe Tube and Post For Licensed/Insured 60,000 miles $13,000 O.B.O. 706-663-0300 706-881-2086 '98 LINCOLN MARK VIII LSC One owner, garaged, black, 141K, loaded, regular mainte- nance $4200 678-481-3951 FREE! 388950

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