Dalton taekwondo Georgia schools teams perform for wrestle with international budget cuts, audience furloughs Page 1B Page 5A THE DAILY CITIZEN Saturday,july 25, 2009 •Dalton, Georgia •www.daltondailycitizen.com • 50 Cents THINGS Servicesset forslain soldier TO CHECK FROM STAFF REPORTS Husband deployed OUT The funeral for aDalton native 3 killed in Afghanistan this week will ON THE be on Thursday. INSIDE Army Spc. Raymundo “Ray” P. to Afghanistan Morales, 34, died Tuesday from injuries he receivedafter avehicle BY MARK MILLICAN with more combat.” rolloverinMethar Lam, [email protected] TifneyWebber graduated Afghanistan. Army officials said the from Columnist DickYarbrough “circumstances surrounding the ACohutta resident whose Northwest writes about Gov. Sonny incident are under investigation.” husband will be deploying to Whitfield Perdue’saccomplishments Morales wasassigned to the Afghanistan next week is travel- High School forthe state. 148th Brigade Support Battalion ing south today with their infant in 2005 and based in Cedartown. The Army daughter to spend afew days then went on See page 4A posthumously awarded him the with him at Fort Stewart before to Berry ranking of sergeant. he leaves. College in Officials predict swine flu Mass of Christianburial will be TifneyWebber said her hus- Rome. Marcus mayinfect up to 40 percent Thursday at 11 a.m. at the St. band, Rome native Marcus Webber gradu- The bodyofRay Morales is of the U.S. population. Joseph’sCatholic Church with Webber,will be going to the ated from Webber Father Paul Williams and the Rev. expected to arrive at the Kandahar district as amilitary Armuchee See page 3A Daniel Bravo officiating. Morales Dalton airportWednesday policeman with the 293rd High School in 2008, butbefore will be buried at the Colonial Hills morning with the funeral Military Police Company. his senior year completed Army President Obama rushes to Memorial Park Cemetery on scheduled forThursday. “He’sgoing as acombat MP, basic training at Fort Benning. quell racial uproar he RauschenbergRoad with full mili- he’sagunner,” she said. “It’siN helped fire. tary honors. The family will receive the southern part of the country, friends at the MelroseChapel of ➣ Please see MORALES, 2A so Ifigure it will be ahot spot ➣Please see WEBBER, 2A See page 9A FROM TODAY’S Accused FORUM killer “If Murray County voters and taxpayers get up in time,theywon’t be get- denied ting up in arush and get- ting speeding tickets.” bond “Howard Ensleyisagood looking man. I'd rather see him on the front page BY MARK MILLICAN than some ugly person.” [email protected] Aman accused of stabbing See page 2A another man to death in an alleged fight overbeer was denied bond for athird time in Whitfield County Superior Court on Friday.Waldo Lopez is sched- WEATHER uled for trial on Aug. 31. Forecast: Sunny Lopez, 44, of Dalton, is Today’sHigh: 93 charged with murder in the death Tonight’sLow:68 of Robert Glenn “Bobby” Miller. Lopez has been Details, Page 10A in custody since his arrest on Jan. INSIDE 23, the day of the alleged stab- Classified..............5B bing. Judge Comics..................4B Robert Adams Crossword...............8A denied Lopez Dear Abby...................4B bond four days after the inci- Lopez Horoscope...............8A dent, and Judge Lottery..................2A William Boyett denied bond on Movies.....................8A Friday.Lopez wasalso denied Obituaries..............9A MATT HAMILTON/The Daily Citizen bond on April 22, said his attor- ney, public defender Mike Opinion................4A Getting Orientated McCarthy. Sports......................1-3B District AttorneyKermit McManus said there is “no hard Incoming Dalton State Collegestudents Karlos Adame,left, Breanna Pierce,middle,and and fast rule” for adefense attorney dozens of othersall trytokeep balloons aloft by bouncing them in the air without letting them hit the floor.Eachballoon represented adifferent responsibility,suchasschool, family, jobs, and so on. 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But Hamilton and of the 50,000 employees and Physicians Health Services, which extend our relationship with Blue Cross retirees of the university system, represents almost all of the area’s including those at Dalton State and other national insurers. College, to receive care at either Hamilton Medical Center or —Hamilton CEO John Bowling Murray Medical Center as part of ➣ Please see HOSPITAL, 2A CHECKERS •SPICY CHICKEN All-AMERICAN SELECTION99 ¢ 99 ¢ •HOT DOG •HAMBURGER lOTTERY WINNING NUMBERS – FOR JULY 24 ATYOUR Georgia: Cash3Midday: 3-3-1; Cash4:6-9-5-8; EveningCash3:5-2-5; PAGE 2 Mega Millions:3-6-43-51-52MegaBall: 36 SERVICE Tennessee: Cash 3: 7-5-7, Lucky Sum: 19; Cash 4: 8-1-5-1, Lucky Sum: 15; Evening Cash 3: 8-6-8, Lucky Sum 22; Cash 4: 3-6-7-0, Lucky Sum: 16 Ourmailingaddress: 2A Saturday, July 25, 2009 P.O. Box 1167 Dalton, Ga. 30722-1167 Ourshipping address: TODAYS FORUM Morales: Funeral Thursday 308 S. Thornton Ave. Dalton, Ga. 30720 Editor’snote: Please situation in the United keep your comments as States. Ican’tspeak for all ➣ Continued from page 1A Drive at 10:30 a.m. and will since Operation Enduring OurWeb site: brief as possible.Get to the the readers, butitwas anice go to the church. The service Freedom beganin2003. He www.daltondailycitizen.com point! Longer comments break for me.” Ponders Funeral Home on is expected to last an hour. is the third soldier or Marine After the service, the proces- with local connections to die To visitus: should be submitted as let- Wednesday from 6until 9 ters to the editor.Ifyou “Obama has had to travel p.m. The rosary will be at 8 sion will traveleast on the this year. Our offices are locatedonthe include aname, please so much because Bush never p.m. North Bypass, north onto Army Sgt. Marshall west side of the intersection of spell it. Call (706) 272- went anywhere except to get StoneyPonders of Cleveland Highway,west Edgerton wasalso buried in Thornton Avenue and Morris 7748 to reach Today’s oil from the Arabs. Good Ponders Funeral Home said onto Maple Grove Road, Colonial Hills Memorial Street in downtownDalton. Forum. luck, President Obama.” Morales’ remains are expect- then onto Rauschenberg Park Cemetery.Edgerton, a We’re open 8a.m. until 5p.m. ed to arrive at the Dalton Road. 1995 graduate of Northwest Monday through Friday. “I think the president, Congress, governors and “Does Randy Waskul not Municipal Airport on Morales, a1992 graduate Whitfield High School, was Wednesday between 9a.m. of Murray County High killed on Dec. 10, 2003, a How to call us: other leaders of our nation think that keeping work local should be more worried keeps moneyhere in our and noon. On Thursday,the School,isthe seventh soldier victim of suicide bombers in MaiNNumber: 706-217- community? The moneyis procession will begin at the or Marine with ties to Ramadi, atownwest of NEWS about homeless people and people with no insurance or earned by people who pay funeral home at 138 Melrose Whitfield County to be killed Baghdad in Iraq. (That’s 706-217-6397) food instead of putting men taxes here, supports local Whenyou’renot sure with whom on the moon or worrying businesses and keeps people you need to speak, our operator about global warming.” employed.” will makesure you’retransferredto the person who can best help you. “What about the comet “Tothe editor: My family Webber Delivery: 706-272-7705 that hit Jupiter? Ihaven’t and Ithink you are doing a heard anylocal news on that. great job keeping the idiots ➣ Continued from page 1A Our staffcan take your subscrip- What’shappening, editor?” in Dalton at bay.Uneducated tion and delivery-relatedcalls Republicans don’tunder- from 6a.m. to 5p.m. Monday Editor: We have not stand at all what’sgoing on.” “He used to come into where Iworked at through Friday, and from 6a.m. been able to reach our AT&T and we connected overalove of fast to 10 a.m. Saturday and Jupiter correspondent. Editor: Some of my best cars,”she said in an iPhone message on Friday. Sunday. friends areuneducated “I’ve been here in Cohutta because of his train- If asubscriberismissed, call by “Tothe person who sug- Republicans. ing schedule, and also helping my mom.” 10 a.m. on weekdaysand gested impeaching Obama to The couple have a9-month-old daughter, weekendsfor re-delivery. solveAmerica's problems: “I do not want govern- Brylee. Pvt. 1st Class Webber has been able to Call if you needto: Youobviously don't know ment-runhealth care. Ialso visit them in Cohutta “every month or so,”she ➣ have us redeliver your news- the definition of impeach.” don’twant insurance compa- said, while he wasgoing through advanced paper nies interfering in the doctor- infantry training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. ➣ orderorrenewasubscription “Obama swore up and patient relationship by ➣ ask for avacation hold down during the campaign choosing what medicines ➣ have us refill anewsrack that as soon as he wasinau- theywill pay for.” Pvt.