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Lisa Thomas, 53, of Dublin wasloaded onto an Air Evac helicopterafter being injured in a motorcyclecrash near Ben Hall Lake Drive

around 2:35 p.m. Sunday. Thomashad been driving a 2003 Honda BT750 DB3 when the one-vehicle crashtook place. Further information aboutthe wreck was not available at press

time. (Photo by Griffin Lovett)

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Index

Tell It!"When are these

people going to re-alize that the par-ents of these immi-grant children, notthe government,are the ones whoput them in dan-ger?"

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June Business After Hours event held at Market on Madison

Court of Appeals rules on city school tax caseBy DAHLIA ALLENDublin taxpayers can look

forward to a refund of thetaxes they have paid on theDublin City School Board’sbond tax.The Georgia Court of Ap-

peals ruled Friday that theschool system is protectedfrom lawsuits by sovereignimmunity. However, the rul-ing did not address the 2.25-mill bond tax the schoolboard levied on top of the19.7 mills of property taxesalready in place. Therefore, aruling by Laurens CountySuperior Court Judge GibbsFlanders remains in effect.The school board members

levied the tax in September

2016. In November, MMTHoldings sued the Dublinschool system and the city ofDublin maintaining that thetax was illegal.“The taxpayers of the city

of Dublin won,” said MikeMaffett of MMT Holdings.“At first, it looked like theschool board had won, but allthey found out is that theyhave sovereign immunity.”Flanders said that the

bond tax was an attempt byschool board “erroneouslyand illegally” to tax propertyowners beyond the stateproperty tax cap of 20 mills.“The case is over,” said

Macon attorney Jerry Lum-ley, who represents MMT

Holdings. “Judge Flandersruled that the taxpayers areentitled to a refund, and thatdecision was not reversed bythe state Court of Appeals.Fortunately, Judge Flandersordered to city to hold themoney. The city still has itand must give it back.”Lumley described the

Court of Appeals ruling asvery limited. “All it says isthat the school system hassovereign immunity,” hesaid.Flanders also issued an

order in March stopping theschool board from mixing, orcomingling, revenue from theEducation Special PurposeLocal Option Sales Tax (ES-

PLOST) with general fundrevenue derived from proper-ty taxes.That order remains in ef-

fect because the school sys-tem did not appeal it withinthe allotted 30 days, Lumleysaid, adding, “The Court ofAppeals didn’t rule on the is-sues the board expectedthem to.”The issues of the bond tax

and of comingling are thesubject of two separate law-suits, Lumley said. Further,he sued school board mem-bers and school officials indi-vidually to stop the comin-gling of funds.While the school system isprotected by sovereign im-

munity, the individuals arenot. Therefore, they are sub-ject to Flanders’ restrainingorder against comingling therevenue from the two sepa-rate sources, Lumley said.Having failed to appeal

the restraining order by thedeadline, the school systemcannot ask the Court of Ap-peals or the state SupremeCourt to review Flanders’ de-cision.City officials plan to re-

fund the bond tax paymentsto property owners, saidJoshua Powell, Dublin cityattorney.“The city didn’t take a po-

sition on the validity of thetax,” Powell said. “The city

has stood ready to do whatthe court tells them to do.The city didn’t appeal JudgeFlanders’ ruling, and theschool board didn’t make aclaim against the city de-manding that the money bereleased.”To date, the city has col-

lected approximately $1 mil-lion, Powell said. He antici-pates that it will be severalmonths before the refundsare available. Once theCourt of Appeals sends theorder to Laurens County Su-perior Court, city officialswill notify taxpayers of theavailability of the refunds.Recently, city council

Over 140 members attendedthe Dublin-Laurens Chamber

of Commerce's JuneBusiness After Hours lastWednesday evening at the

Market on Madison.Sponsors for this month'sevent were BMC #7020, GFGStrategic Advisors LLC,Pitts Toyota/Scion, Rhino

USA, The Ice House and TJSDeemer Dana LLP. Shown(from left) are Billy Nash ofRhino USA; Rob Shaffer ofThe Ice House; Colby Mas-caro of The Ice House; Jen-nifer Shaffer of The Ice

House; Rich Mascaro of TheIce House; Tim Howard ofBMC - #7020; Robyn Tannerof TJS Deemer Dana; NickCamarota of Pitts Toyotaand Matt Sweat of GFG

Strategic Advisors. (Photoby Kelly Lenz)

Woman injuredin East Dublinmotorcyclecrash Sunday

Gameface readyFootball players withthe Dublin-LaurensRavens organizationline up to run a drillduring their recent

practice at SpringdalePark. Read more

about this new localyouth football and

cheerleading programin Sports, page 1b.(Photo by Rodney

Manley)

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Effect of ruling will grant refund to city property taxpayers

MUSICAL MAGICMagician and musician Bill Packard of Magic Man Entertainment per-

formed at the Laurens County Library on June 20 as part of its"Libraries Rock!" summer reading program. See page 8a for more

scenes. (Photo by Jeremy Johnson)

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Medical privacy rules stymieʻdadʼ to girlfriendʼs childrenDEAR ABBY: I am 32 and in

a relationship with a 31-year-oldsinglemother.Her son, "Steven,"is 7. Her daughter, "Jessica," is15.

I am a stay-at-home dad.Both kids refer to me as "Dad,"as I have been a part of Steven'slife more than his (incarcerated)dad has ever been. Because I ama stay-at-home dad, thismeans Itake Steven to various profes-sional appointments, doctors, in-cluding a psychiatrist forADHD,the dentist and various sportsactivities.

I was informed three weeksago Jessica is pregnant. When Itake our boy for doctor's visits,they always want guarantor in-formation, and I always sign.But after a recent checkup of his,I called for results and was out-right lied to -- "We don't have theresults back" -- and Jessica's doc-tor said they can't release any in-formation to me.

Abby, I'm in this for the longhaul. If doctorswill letme sign topay their medical expenses but Ican't have the results, what canI do? -- STAY-AT-HOME-DAD

DEAR "DAD": A guarantor isdifferent from a legal guardianor parent. Have their mothercall the doctors and request theinformation so she can share itwith you.And if you haven't sug-gested to Jessica's mother thather daughter should be put onlong-acting birth control, I thinkthe time has come.

DEAR ABBY: My husbandand I recently moved into ourdream home and invited myfamily over to see it. My sister

noticed that the house had beendesigned to be handicapped ac-cessible. We confirmed that ithad been built by an elderly cou-ple. The doors andwalkways arelarger than normal, there arehandrails in the bathroom, aseat in the shower, etc. She wenton to say that we shouldn't havepurchased the house because wewere "taking it from someonewho may have needed it." Thenshe compared us to someonewhoparks in ahandicap parkingspace without a permit.

The thought had never oc-curred to me. I loved the open-ness of the floor plan; it was ahuge selling point for me. Thehouse is within walking distanceof my work and had been on themarket for two years. The sellerswere thrilled to have someone fi-nally buy it. The community hasbeen nothing but welcoming to

us and seems glad to have a nicefamily move into a home thatwas built by much-loved neigh-bors. Should we have passed onit and continued our search? --DREAM HOME OWNER INKANSAS

DEAR OWNER: Of coursenot! The house served the needsof the couple who built it. Now itis yours and doing the same foryou and your family. Enjoy it!And the next time your jealoussister brings up the subject -- weboth know she will -- hand heran antacid tablet and talk aboutsomething else.

DEAR ABBY: I have a friendwho I suspect has amental prob-lem. I wonder if it may be a dis-ease of some kind. No matterwhat I talk about -- what I'vedone, who I know or what I have-- she one-ups me by saying shehas done or had the same thing.It really grates on my nerves. Doyou think it's a habit or a dis-ease? -- OUTDONE IN WASH-INGTON

DEAR OUTDONE: It's not adisease, but an obnoxious habit.The "cure" may be to tell thewoman how what she's doingmakes you feel. The result willbe that she either stops trying totop you or ends the friendship.Either one will be a relief.

Dear Abby is written by Abi-gail Van Buren, also known asJeanne Phillips, and was found-ed by her mother, PaulinePhillips. Contact Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Mary L. Dennis

Funeral services for Mrs.Mary Lee Dennis, of Okee-chobee, Florida, will be heldat 11 a.m., Tuesday, June 26,2018, at Mount Olive Mis-sionary Baptist Church,1057 NE 14th Avenue, Okee-chobee, Florida. Pastor Mau-rice Alexander will be offici-ating. Interment will followat Evergreen Cemetery.

She was born on Septem-ber 25, 2018, in Dublin,Georgia, to the lateNathaniel Jackson andLizzie Coney. She held theposition of President of theUsher Board for many yearsat Mount Olive MissionaryBaptist Church, where shewas a faithful member. Mrs.Dennis died June 20, 2018.

She is survived by hersons, Horace Dennis, Jr., ofTennessee, Vonnis Dennis, ofOkeechobee, Clarence Den-nis, of Okeechobee, JohnDennis, of Fort Pierce,James Dennis, of Ohio, andEugene Dennis, of Okee-chobee; daughters, BettyKinsey, of Dublin, Georgia,and Atha Dean Dennis, ofOkeechobee; and a host ofgrandchildren, great-grand-children and great-greatgrandchildren.

Please post condolences atOkeechobeeFuneral-Home.com.

This announcement iscourtesy of Dudley FuneralHome of Dublin.

Willie Woods

Funeral Services for Mrs.Willie Ruth Norris Woods, ofDublin, will be held onWednesday, June 27, 2018 at1 p.m. at the Buckeye Bap-tist Church, 2176 New Buck-eye Road, East Dublin. TheRev. David Flowers will offi-ciate.

Mrs. Norris, who passedaway on June 21, 2018, wasborn October 15, 1945 to thelate Leo and Bertha MaeHorne Norris. She attendedB.D. Perry High School andretired from P.L. GarmentManufacturing, Dublin.

She was preceded in deathby her husband, Tommie LeeWoods, Jr.; maternal grand-parents, Hubert and MozellaHorne; paternal grandpar-ents, Frank and DeannaNorris; stepmother, MaryLizzie Norris; brother, JohnNorris; sisters, Betty JeanNorris and Lillie RoseCoady; and grandson, Ke-moiyale Davis.

Mrs. Woods is survived byher only child, Judith (Tony)Davis of Dublin; stepdaugh-ter, Addie Haynes of Atlanta;

sisters, Eppie D. Norris, An-nie Q. Wright, Lillie A.Davis, Zeldina Ray, and god-sister, Juanita King all ofDublin; grandchildren,Yawakii A. (Carmonea) Davisand Karentia (Robert) Princeall of Dublin, and Henry Lee(Joy) Prince, Jr. of WarnerRobins; 15 great-grandchil-dren; and a host of nieces,nephews, cousins and otherrelatives.

Visitation will be Tuesday,June 26, 2018 from 6 – 7 p.m.at Dudley Funeral Home,Dublin and at the home ofher daughter, Judith (Tony)Davis, 600 West Mary Street,Apt. 6-B, Dublin.

Services by Dudley Funer-al Home of Dublin.

Please post condolences atwww.ServicesByDudley.com.

Floyd Cason

Mr. Floyd Cason ofWrightsville, passed away onSunday, June 24, 2018. Fu-neral arrangements are in-complete but will be an-nounced later.

Services by Dudley Funer-al Home of Dublin

www.servicesbydudley.com

Delores C. Harper

Mrs. Delores CollinsHarper, age 84, of Macon,GA, died Friday, June 22,2018.

Memorial services will beheld at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June26, at Southerland FuneralChapel, with interment inSalem Baptist Church Ceme-tery.

Mrs. Harper attendedBleckley County HighSchool, was a member of In-gleside Baptist Church, anda Wal-Mart customer servicerepresentative in Eastmanfor over 15 years. Deloreswas daughter of the lateGladys Benson Collins andAlver Giles Collins and waspreceded in death by herhusband, Bobby Ray Harper.

Survivors: daughter –Jan Harper Johnson (Cecil);two sons – Jimmy Giddens(Sue) and Johnny Giddens(Phyllis); 12 grandchildren;numerous great-grandchil-dren; sister – Janice Sutton(Harold); brother – RogerCollins (Cheryl); brother-in-Law – Wayne Harper.

The family will receivefriends in Southerland Fu-neral Chapel from 1-2 p.m.Tuesday, June 26.

Stokes-Southerland Fu-neral Home of Eastman hascharge of arrangements.

Barbara Grinstead

Mrs. Barbara AnnWoodard Grinstead, age 84,died June 20, 2018, at theOgeechee Area Hospice Inpa-tient Facility in Statesboro.Mrs. Grinstead was born Ju-ly 28, 1933 in Rentz, Georgiato the late Claxton Woodardand Adon Hobbs Woodard.She attended Dudley HighSchool. She later married thelate Charles T. Grinsteadand became a homemaker.She spent her last years atSouthern Manor AssistedLiving in Statesboro. She ispreceded in death by herhusband and her parents.Mrs. Grinstead is survivedby her two children, CharlesD. Grinstead of Aachen, Ger-many and Dianne Garner ofStatesboro; four grandchil-dren, Thomas Scott Garnerof Statesboro, Charles CaseyGarner of Statesboro, MariaHoai Grinstead of Aachen,Germany, and Anne ThuGrintsead of Erkelenz, Ger-

many; one great-grandson,Thomas Atticus Garner ofStatesboro; two brothers,George Woodard and RonnieWoodard of Rentz, Georgia;two sisters, Janice Beeler ofVirginia Beach, Virginia, andGlenda Coleman of Dublin,Georgia. Several nieces andnephews also survive.

The family requests thatmemorial contributions bemade to a local hospice orga-nization in Mrs. Grinstead’smemory.

Joiner-Anderson FuneralHome & Crematory ofStatesboro is in charge ofarrangements.

Jean D. Yancey

Jean Dominey Yancey, age82, of Dublin, passed awayon Sunday, June 24, 2018.

Mrs. Yancey was born inBulloch County to the latethe Rev. S.M. and Pearl Mar-tin Dominey. She worked atFBS Homes as a mortgagelender prior to her employ-ment with Georgia Power,where she worked until re-tirement in 2003. She was amember of the First Indepen-dent Methodist Church andwas a faithful member of theCatherine Thomas SundaySchool Class and variousother committees. She was amember of the Agape Stitch-es Sewing Club and was aloving mother and grand-mother.

In addition to her parents,she was preceded in death byher husband, Max Yancey;brother, Rudolph LarryDominey and sister, LillianPatricia Dover.

Survivors include hersons, Brad Yancey (Sheila),of Dublin, Greg Yancey, ofCharleston, S.C., and SteveYancey, of Dublin; grand-sons, Zac Yancey and GarrettYancey, both of Dublin; niece,Gayle D. Stinson (Bruce), ofDublin; great-niece, KristiStinson, of Dublin and great-nephew, Blake Stinson, ofDublin and beloved friendand neighbor, Anna Fisher,of Dublin.

Services for Mrs. Yanceywill be held at 11 a.m. onWednesday, June 27, 2018 atthe First IndependentMethodist Church. Burialwill follow at Wesley ChapelUnited Methodist ChurchCemetery in Danville, Ga.Pastor Paul Brown will offi-ciate. The family will receivefriends from 10 a.m. until fu-neral hour at the church.

Pallbearers will be ZacYancey, Garrett Yancey,Blake Stinson, Jim Rhodes,Don Bradshaw,and Ted Cal-houn.

The family wishes to ex-press their thanks to thestaff and doctors at FairviewPark Hospital and ThreeRivers Home Health.

Please visitwww.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memo-rial registry.

Dorothy G. Hall

Graveside services for Ms.Dorothy G (Jerri) Hall will

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be held Wednesday, June 27,2018 at 2 p.m. in WestviewCity Cemetery in Soperton.Ms. Hall died Sunday, June24, 2018. She was precededin death by her husband of45 years, William H (Bill)Hall, two brothers and fivesisters.

Survivors include her chil-dren, Emmett Hall (Doris),Gary Hall and Cynthia Chan-dler (Dr. Scott), nieces,nephews and friends.

Higgs Funeral Home (hig-gsfuneralhomeandflorist.com)of Soperton has charge ofarrangements.

Verle McGowan

Mrs. Verle Salter MooreMcGowan, age 89, formerly ofSoperton passed away onMonday afternoon, June 25,2018 at The Oaks BethanyNursing Home in Vidalia.

Funeral services and re-ceiving of friends will be onWednesday, June 27, 2018 atAimwell Calvary HolinessChurch, 2381 Aimwell Road,Vidalia, Ga. 30474 from 6:30

until 8 p.m. with Pastors An-drew Bellah and David Yawnofficiating.

Mrs. Moore McGowan willbe laid to rest in the MidwayCemetery, Soperton, Georgia.

Born in Treutlen County,she was one of seven childrenborn to the late Lester Mor-gan and Reba Jennette NunnSalter. After graduating fromTreutlen High School she be-gan a career in Nursing work-ing as a Nurse’s Aide at theTreutlen County NursingHome. She later attendedSwainsboro Technical Collegeand received her NursingTraining in Laurens County.In the mid 1970s she moved toJacksonville, Florida whereshe worked as an EmergencyRoom and Recovery RoomNurse until retiring and re-turning to Higgston in 1995.

Since returning to Mont-gomery County she has been amember at Aimwell CalvaryHoliness Church.

In addition to her parents,she is preceded in death byher husband, Marcus “Shorty”McGowan, an infant sister,Eva Lee Salter and a brotherA.G. “Bossie” Salter.

Survivors include her threedaughters, Geri Moore Ken-nel (Ron), Higgston, Ga., San-dra Moore Jones (Ridge),Conyers, Ga., Kaye MooreGotterher (Terry), Louisville,CO, her siblings, ThurmanSalter, Soperton, Ga., MarySalter West, Conroe, TX, JeanSalter, Higgston, Ga., LonnieSalter (Shirley), Alston, Ga.,five grandchildren, ninegreat-grandchildren, threegreat-great-grandchildrenand numerous nieces andnephews.

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The family of Ms. Ora Lee (Carswell) Hunter

would like to express their tremendous thanks for your generous gifts, constant calls and visits, timely thoughts

and perpetual prayers during our time of bereavement. We are most appreciative for each and every act of kindness.

A special thanks to Davita Laurens County Dialysis staff for your caring diligence, devotion, and dedication for the last seven years. Our sincerest gratitude to God for blessing

her with loving church members of Byrd Hill Baptist Church, the nicest neighbors in the world, and faithful

family and friends.

AOL (Aunt Ora Lee) is resting from her labor of love and life and sweetly sleeping in the arms of her Savior.

LOOKING BACK...50 YEARS

DUBLIN COURIERHERALD

JUNE 26, 1968

By HARRIETT CLAXTON

LAND CHOSEN FOR NEWHIGH SCHOOL

The City of Dublin Mayorand Council on Monday nightvoted to approve a 40.6 acre plotof land adjoining the ShamrockStadium on the north side ofDublin for the location of thenew high school for which a$1,200,000 bond issue has justrecently been passed.

The Dublin City SchoolBoard met with the City Coun-cilmen in order to answer anyquestions that the Councilmight have concerning the loca-tion and final selection of thesite. School Board ChairmanDr. John A. Bell, Jr. requestedthat the City Councilmen ap-prove and purchase the site forthe new high school.

In giving the specificationson the site to the councilmen,Louie Livingston, board mem-ber, said that the site adjoins thepresent 25 acres designated forShamrock Stadium. He saidthat the 40.6 acres will be pur-chased from the Cheek and Pea-cock families for a total of$82,000, or $2,000 per acre.

Alderman Paul Kellamasked the School Board if it hadconsidered any other sites. Liv-ingston replied that the ClaxtonProperties on the Claxton DairyRoad and theMontford propertyin Brookwood had been consid-ered, but none of the propertieswas as desirable as the propertyproposed, in every respect.

Kellam said that it seemedthat the site was located too faron the extremity of town andwould necessitate a bussingproblem which would place an-other financial burden on thecity. In reply to this proposition,Livingston said that the Boardhad tried to find a plot suitablefor the future and he believedthat the location of the landwould not be on the fringe of thecity within 15 or 20 years.

Alderman Kellam thenmadea motion to which there was nosecond that the Council post-pone final action on the propos-al for further consideration bythe Council until the next regu-lar meeting next week. But, theSchool Board objected strenu-ously and said that R.T. Pea-cock, Jr., with whom the Boardmust negotiate, will leave for avacation and will be out of townfor a month.

Dublin School Superinten-dent S.R. Lawrence said thattime is of the essence and thatthe architect is standing byready to start on the plans andthat a delay now might alterplans of the Board for occupyingthe building by 1970.

Alderman Lamar Hoganmade a motion and Council ap-proved the site, provided theBoard of Education can workout the details of a future roadwhich was shown on the plat.All present voted to approve thesite except for Alderman Kel-lam, who voted "No."

After approval of the newschool site, the Council ap-proved a resolution calling forsewers for the Peacock propertyin the football stadium area ad-

jacent to the property sought bythe Dublin City Schools for thebuilding of the new high school.

TWELVE RECEIVE MDTCERTIFICATES

Commencement exercises forthe 1968 graduates of the Lau-rens-Dublin MDT School ofPractical Nursing were held onJune 21, at 8 p.m. at the Lau-rens County Library Auditori-um. The students and guestswere welcomed by Carl Hooks,local MDT supervisor, and cer-tificates were given to the 12graduates by Alton L. McCul-lough, Laurens County Schoolsuperintendent.

Carol Thigpen, instructor, in-troduced the guest speaker, Dr.W.M. Watkins. The invocationand benediction were led by theRev. W.E. Cochran of the Geth-semane Methodist Church. Amusical presentation was givenbyBowmanBarr and the LadiesEnsemble of the First BaptistChurch.

Each graduate was present-ed a Testament by Mrs. CarlHooks and Mrs. McCullough onbehalf of the Gideons Auxiliary.The stage was beautifully deco-rated with floral arrangements,compliments of Colleen's FlowerShop.

The Practical Nurses areYvonne D. Crews, Penelope B.Garrett, Brenda K. Holloway,Annie P. Lampkin, Peggy T.Wilkes, Gladys S. McDonald,Shirley Ann Lane, JacquelynCheek, Julia L. Lowther, EuniceMorgan, Angelene Shepherdand Peggy E. Moody.

AMERICAN LEGIONOFFICERS ELECTEDAt the regularmonthlymeet-

ing of the American Legion Post17, held at the Post Home onMonday night, June 17, the fol-lowing officers were elected toserve the 1968-69 years: EmoryL. Melton Commander; James(Skippy) O. Ogburn Sr. ViceCommander; Charles K.Billings Jr. Vice Commander;Alex Young Adjutant; GeorgeHarper Service Officer; EdHodges Finance Officer; andJohn Knight Sergeant-at-Arms.The Executive Committeemem-bers are Roy F. Elrod, FloydHorton and James C. Ashley.Post Chaplain is Chaplain E.A.Ehlers, and Judge Advocate isDawson Kea.

Delegates to the State Con-vention in Augusta, July 12-14,1968, will be Emory Melton,James O. Ogburn, Charles K.Billings Jr., Alex Young, EdHodges, John Knight, S.A.Tosch, Chaplain E.A. Ehlers,James Ashley, Judge Harold E.Ward, Floyd Horton, W.P. Den-ny and George Harper.

The meeting was presidedover by the outgoing Comman-der Roy A. Young. In addition tothe election of officers, reportswere made to the Post by Le-gionnaire Ed Hodges and Le-gionnaire W.P. Denny on the re-cent trip to Atlanta and thePost's participation in the Boys'State sponsored there each yearby Post 17.

OCONEE HIGH 4-H GROUPAT STATE CAMP

The OconeeHigh 4-HClub ofAmerica attended the first weekof camp, June 10-14, at CampJohnHope, Fort Valley, Georgia.The chapter was very proud in-deed to spend the week at Camp

Hope with a number of 28campers, Linda Walters, EvelynMoore, Bernice Holder, DorisDudley, Guynell Ellington, Car-olyn Mclendon, Dorothy Pooler,Delores Lattimore, Judy Hunt,Robbie Charles, Shelia Gibson,Velma McRae, Wanda Blue,Gwendolyn Beard, Mary Walk-er, Eddie Charles, MarjorieMoore, Annie Lewis, CynthiaDavis, Patricia Lattimore, Lin-da Walker, Linda Hayward,Shelia Prosser, Evelyn King,Rickey Ellington and RobertVickers.

While at camp they were en-gaged in morning devotions,vespers, a talent show, a cook-out, and many out door activi-ties, such a swimming, softball,checkers and ping pong. Theyhad daily classes, including firstaid, swimming, leadership andcrafts.

Many of the girls and boysparticipated in the talent show.

The Trojanettes presentedsome of the latest dances to thebeat of "Lovers Holiday," andDorothy Carter, presented a cre-ative dance with backgroundmusic, "MyOne andOnly Love,"which won second place.Guynell Ellington did thespeechless love scene of Mar-shall and John with Edward Ir-by from Perry, Georgia, withbackground music, "Ain't NoWay."

WEDDINGANNOUNCEMENT

Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Holland ofDublin announce the marriageof their daughter, Wanda LeeHolland, to ThomasEarl Queen,son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd J.Queen of Brewton, onMarch 16,in Aiken, South Carolina.

Mrs. Queen is a graduate ofDublin High School, and Mr.Queen is a graduate of EastLaurens High School andSwainsboro Tech. He is em-ployed at Goodyear in Ft. Valley.

BOOKMOBILESCHEDULES

Oconee Regional LibraryBookmobile Scheldule

June 26, Wednesday:Pullers, 8:45-9 a.m.; Lothair,9:10-10 a.m.; Rosemont Church,10:05-10:30 a.m.; Treutlen HighSchool, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.;Midway Church, 1:45-2:15 p.m.;Thigpen's Store (Orianna), 2:30-2:45 p.m.

June 27, Thursday: SandersHome, 8:20-8:30 a.m.; Dexter,8:45-10:30 a.m.; Robert E.Collins', 11-11:45 a.m.; Mt.Carmel Church, 1:15-1:30 p.m.;Robert Kitchens' 1:45-2:45 p.m.;Buckhorn Church, 3- 3:30 p.m.;Mrs. Dolly Lord's, 3:45-4:15 p.m.

June 28, Friday: Medder'sStore, 9-9:30 a.m.; Pleasant

Springs, 9:45-10:10 a.m.;Minter, 10:25-10:45 a.m.;WilkesSchool, 11-11:10 a.m.; RockledgeMethodist Church, 11:25 a.m.-12 p.m.; Lloyd's Cross Roads,1:30-2 p.m.; Graham's Store,2:30-3 p.m.; Behtlehem BaptistChurch, 3:20-3:50 p.m.

July 1, Monday: Brown'sStore, 8:30-8:45 a.m.; Garretta(Ballard's Home), 8:50-9:05a.m.; Rentz, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.;Cadwell, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Katherine W. Gray LibraryBookmobile Schedule

June 26, Wednesday: Rose-hill Church (Dudley), 8:30-9:45a.m. ; Millville School, 11-11:30a.m.; Millville Church, 12-1:30p.m.; Mr. James Breazil's Home,2:15-3:30 p.m.

June 28, Friday: Mrs. Hall'sHome (Garretta), 8:30-9 p.m.;Mary Fleming School, 9:45- 10a.m.; Mr. Luther Williams'Home, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.;Mr.M.B.Butler's Home, 1-1:45 p.m.; Mr.Reed's Home, 2:15-3:30 p.m.

July 1, Monday: TreutlenCounty Training School, 8:45-10a.m.; Soperton Soda Shop,10:15-11:30 a.m.

MARTIN THEATRE"The Party"Peter Sellers

ABlake Evans Production

DUBLIN LIONS CLUBMEETS

At the June Ladies NightDinner, the Dublin Lions Clubpresented their new officers,who will begin their duties onJuly 1.

President Joe Wingard an-nounced that J.B. Allen willserve as President; CharlesBass Secretary-Treasurer; JohnPeavy Vice President; The Rev.C.K. Everett Chaplain; JohnRoss Parliamentarian; and JimO'Kelly Tail Twister.

CIVIL DEFENSEPROGRAM COMPLETEDA combination Civil Defense

Medical Self Course and FalloutShelter Living and Manage-ment Course has been complet-ed in the regular License Practi-cal Nurse Course under the di-rection of the Manpower Devel-opment Training Program andthe Laurens County School Sys-tem.

Those participating in thetraining courses were WilliamAtkins, Robert Every, WillieMae Blue, Leila J. Cooper,Lynette M. Daniels, Molly P.Days, Shirley Grimes, BettyRose Joiner, Kathleen McNatt,Janette Pritchard, EdwardStevens, Emmy Tinsley andKathryn Willis.

The Medical Self HelpCourse was taught by Jean W.Davis, R.N., Doris M. Guzman

R.N., Nursing Education V.ACenter, and was co-ordinated byBarbara T. Hodges, PHN, Lau-rens County Health Center.

Aspecial mouth-to-mouth ar-tificial respiration demonstra-tion using amechanical doll waspresented by Lee Lecker of theState Health Emergency Ser-vices. Special guests invited toattend the demonstration wereDublin Fire Chief Bill Holtonand six Dublin firemen.

The instructors for the Shel-ter Living and ManagementCourse wereMrs. John Tanzine,who has attended courses pre-sented by the Extension Depart-ment of the University of Geor-gia; Kathryn Willis, R.N., a reg-ular instructor for the LPNclass; and Margurite R. Faulk,Civil Defense director.

Laurens Superior CourtJudge Harold E. Ward, advisorto Civil Defense, gave a brieftalk on the local Civil Defenseprogram.

A day in a fallout shelter inthe basement of the LaurensCounty Court House was the fi-nal session and exercise of theclass.

Ademonstration at theNurs-es Home at the Laurens Memo-rial Hospital by the Dublin FireDepartment on fire preventionand hospital bed fires concludedthe training program.

LAURENS COUNTY UNITOF GEAELECTSOFFICERS

Norman Cooksey has beenchosen to serve as the new Pres-ident of the Laurens CountyUnit of the Georgia EducationAssociation, succeeding LouisePope. Doris Horne will serve asVice President, taking over fromCecil Jennings Jr.

Mrs. Wallace Miller will be-come Secretary and AllenSmith, Treasurer, in the place ofRegina Daniels, who has servedas both Secretary and Treasur-er.

VIVIAN MOBLEYCIRCLEMEETS

The Vivian Mobley Circle ofthe Saxon Heights BaptistChurch met on Monday night,June 24, at the home ofMrs. Ce-cil Wilkes. During the businesssession, regular reports weregiven, and the circle made plansto visit the Cile CookHome. Thenext meeting will be with Mrs.Bill Mallory.

June Mullis gave the Call toPrayer with Laura Hester lead-ing in praying for themissionar-ies named on the Prayer Calen-dar.

The program, "Short-termMissionary," was presented byMullis, who told of the four cat-egories of short term missionwork.

They are the missionary as-sociates, special project nurses,US-2 workers and missionaryjourneymen. Other opportuni-ties for short-term missionaryservice are the Student Sum-merMissions and the ChristianService Corps.

Assisting Mullis in present-ing the program were MarieRussell, Mytrice Altman, Mrs.Cecil Wilkes, Mrs. Cleon Evansand Betty Taylor.

A social hour was enjoyed af-ter the program, when the host-ess served delicious refresh-ments.

ENGAGEMENTANNOUNCEMENTSMaddox - Manning

Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Mad-dox announce the engagementand forthcoming marriage oftheir daughter, Miss JudithAnn Maddox, to James FelixManning, son of Mr. and Mrs.Jesse Manning of Soperton.

The bride-elect is a graduateof East Laurens High Schooland is employed at the LaurensMemorial Hospital. Mr. Man-ning is a graduate of TreutlenCounty High School and workswith DeltaAir Lines inAtlanta.

The wedding will be held atBlue Springs Baptist Churchon July 7 at 3:30 p.m. No for-mal invitations will be issued,but all relatives and friends areinvited to attend.

Sanders - HesterElder and Mrs. Robert

Thomas Sanders of Dublin an-nounce the engagement andforthcoming marriage of theirdaughter, Alma, to JamesCordie Hester, Jr., son of Mr.and Mrs. James Cordie Hester,Sr. The bride-elect is a 1968graduate of Dublin HighSchool, and Mr. Hester is a1966 graduate of Dublin HighSchool and of South GeorgiaTechnical and VocationalSchool in Americus.

He is currently employed atWarner Robins.

The wedding will be at thePrimitive Baptist Church onHillcrest Drive in Dublin, andno invitations will be issued;however, all relatives andfriends are cordially invited tobe present.

PRESBYTERIAN WOMENHOLD GENERAL MEETThe women of the Henry

Memorial Presbyterian Churchmet in their General meetingfor the month of June at thehome of Mrs. E.A. Ehlers onMimosa Drive onMonday, June17, at 8 p.m.

Mrs. Jacob New presided inthe absence of the president,Mrs. Lester Porter. The pro-gram, "Retreat from Annihila-tion to Spiritual Renewal," wasgiven by Miss Darsa Hayes, arecent high school graduateand member of the Youth Pro-gram of the church.

Refreshments were servedafter the program, and a fellow-ship time followed. Those pre-sent were Mesdames New,Ehlers, Joe Uliano, Sam Net-tles, B.I. Grimes, Shirley Dunn,Ruth Flemming, Tom Patter-son, J.L. McMillen and CharlesR. Strickland, and MissesJuanita Garbutt, Mary AliceBateman and Hayes.

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Trump trash talks restaurant that booted SandersWASHINGTON (AP) —

President Donald Trump onMonday trash-talked a Virginiarestaurant that asked his presssecretary, Sarah HuckabeeSanders, to leave because sheworked for his administration.

Trump, in a Monday morn-ing tweet, said that The RedHen restaurant in Lexington,Virginia "should focus more oncleaning its filthy canopies,doors and windows (badlyneeds a paint job) rather thanrefusing to serve a fine personlike Sarah Huckabee Sanders."

"I always had a rule, if arestaurant is dirty on the out-side, it is dirty on the inside!"added Trump, an admitted ger-mophobe, who has said heprefers eating at fast foodchains rather than indepen-dent eateries because he truststhem more.

Images of the restaurant, athree-hour-drive from Wash-ington, online appear to showno evidence of serious disrepair,with clean-looking greenawnings and white paint on thedoors and trim.

Sanders tweeted over theweekend that she was asked toleave the restaurant by its own-er Friday evening because sheworked for Trump. Sanderssaid she "politely left" and thatthe owner's "actions say farmore about her than about me."

The restaurant's co-owner,Stephanie Wilkinson, did not

immediately respond to a re-quest for comment Monday, butshe told The Washington Postthat her reasons for bootingSanders included the concernsof employees who were gay andknew Sanders had defendedTrump's desire to bar transgen-der people from serving in themilitary.

Several other Trump admin-istration officials, includingHomeland Security SecretaryKirstjen Nielsen, have been

confronted in public in recentdays amid intense fury over anadministration policy that ledto a spike in the number of mi-grant children being separatedfrom their parents after cross-ing the border illegally.

Nielsen cut short a workingdinner at a Mexican restaurantlast week after protestersshouted, "Shame!" until sheleft.

Trump policy adviserStephen Miller was accosted by

someone at a different Mexicanrestaurant, who called him "afascist," according to the NewYork Post.

The displays of hostilityhave set off a fierce debateabout whether politics shouldplay a role in how administra-tion officials are treated in pub-lic, with Sanders's father, for-mer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huck-abee, denouncing his daugh-ter's treatment as "bigotry."

This photo shows the Red Hen Restaurant in downtown Lexington, Va.White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was booted fromthe Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump.(AP Photo/Daniel Lin)

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Maybe your work is sunto sun, but my work is neverdone. If I am not giving thefolks at the InternationalMonetary Fund some tips onglobal financial policy orcontinuing my groundbreak-ing research on why broccoliwill turn your ears greenunless you eat copiousamounts of banana pudding,I am now dealing with thepossibility of secession inGeorgia.Didn’t we do this once

before, you ask? And didn’twe discover that secessionwas not a particularly goodidea since our side had a lotof cotton balls and the otherside had a lot of cannonballs and we found out thehard way that cannon ballscan do a lot more permanentdamage? And then didn’t wehave to deal with an influxof carpetbaggers who lookeddown their noses at us butdecided to stay because thisis the only place where theycan find good pecan pie? So,what is going on with thissecession talk again?This time it turns out

that there is talk of SouthGeorgia seceding fromNorth Georgia and becom-ing its own state. I knowCalifornia is making noisesabout splitting up into threestates, but that whole placeis destined to slide off intothe ocean one day when thatbig earthquake finally hits,so who cares aboutCalifornia? But Georgia?My beloved Georgia?It turns out that in the

Pierce CountyR e p u b l i c a nprimary lastmonth, a ques-tion on the bal-lot stated,“Should thecounties southof Macon jointogether toform the 51ststate of SouthGeorgia?” Over27 percent ofGOP votersanswered yes,meaning sevenout of 10 eithersaid no or weretoo busy wor-rying about the potentialnegative effects of broccolito care one way or the other.But me? I do care. This

carefully crafted, mar-velously punctuated, some-times-thoughtful piece runsthroughout this great state.So, I feel strongly bothways. We need to think thissecessionist matter throughcarefully. The first thing wehave to look at is which wayis Macon going to jump? Theballot question refers to“counties south of Macon.”Does that mean BibbCounty will be the southend of North Georgia or thenorth end of South Georgia?Or do we just put a linedown the middle of I-475and call it the Macon-DixonLine and let the localsdecide?I think folks in South

Georgia are frustratedbecause all the political

power nowresides inNorth Georgia.The Republicannominee forgovernor willeither be fromGainesville (Lt.Gov. CaseyCagle) orA t h e n s(Secretary ofState BrianKemp) and thewinner of nextmonth’s runoffwill faceD e m o c r a tStacey Abrams,of Atlanta, but

since our politicians don’taccomplish much anywayexcept to sponge off lizard-loafered lobbyists, is thisreally that big a problem?Let us not forget what

unites us as Georgians. Forstarters, there is theUniversity of Georgia, theoldest state-chartered uni-versity in the nation. Whileit is located in Athens,Georgia, the Classic City ofthe South, it belongs to usall.Nobody, but nobody, has a

state song like “Georgia onmy Mind,” sung by RayCharles Robinson, ofAlbany, Georgia. Considerfor a moment that NewJersey doesn’t even have astate song and thatConnecticut has “TheNutmeg” a state cantatawhich runs for nine (yawn!)minutes. And then there is“Florida: Where the

Sawgrass Meets the Sky.”Say what?Neither New Jersey nor

Connecticut nor Florida noranywhere else for that mat-ter grows the sweet Vidaliaonion. Only in Georgia.Coca-Cola is served all overthe world, but it wasthought up in Georgia —Pemberton’s Drug Store, tobe exact. And there is RCCola, also Georgia-born andin fine dining is best pairedwith Moon Pies, aChattanooga product.Chattanooga is in Tennesseebut we consider the place asuburb of Dalton, Georgia.OK, so Georgia does have

Malfunction Junction, aka,the city of Atlanta, wherethe sewers don’t work andneither do a number of itscitizens, but nobody is per-fect.I’ve got the technocrats

from the InternationalMonetary Fund calling onthe other line asking how toget change for a dollar andmy latest paper on broccoliis turning green so I mustgo. In the meantime, my fel-low Georgians, whether youlive south or north of theMacon-Dixon line, pleaseremember that we may notbe perfect but you can see itfrom where we sit.

DickYarbrough

North or South of the Macon-Dixon lineGeorgia is the perfect place to be

McKnight Properties, the owners of the DublinMall, announced last week that the facility willget a multimillion dollar upgrade. As the centerfor retail shopping in our community, the invest-ment is great news.The Dublin Mall serves as one of largest gener-

ators of sales tax for our community. The viabili-ty of the mall and importance to providing retailshopping here are tied closely as a great benefitfor our county and both the owners and our com-munity have an interest in continuing its success.Since the J.C. Penney’s store closed last sum-

mer, there has been a hole that needed filling inthe retail space of the mall. That lease toPenney’s will expire in mid-October. The mallowners have been working to release that spaceso that when the space is available, they will beable to hopefully fill it soon.Also, there has been a prospective site on the

front mall parking lot that was apparently dug toattract an additional tenant next to the mattressstore. That space has yet to be filled and whathas remained is a pit in the lot. The renovationplan will take that hole in the lot and put a site-ready pad for a future development. That, too,will help in the looks of the mall for those who goto shop there or just pass by.Other items for the renovation will include a

new digital sign, new roofing, new carpet insidethe communal space of the mall along with LEDlighting in the parking lot and a fresh coat ofpaint. A new color scheme will also update thelooks of the mall.The investment and the renovation of the

Dublin Mall could make it the premier retailshopping destination for east Middle Georgia.The opportunity is here.We already attract retail shoppers from the

surrounding counties. Much of the destinationshopping is at several of the bigger stores likeBelk, Farmers Home Furniture and T.J. Maxx,but the smaller outlets in the mall help round outthe shopping experience.The Carl Vinson Veterans Administration

Medical Center brings in over a 1,000 people aday for outpatient care. The nearest place forfamilies and loved ones to spend some time whilethe care is being given is the Dublin Mall. Ourmarket area for medical care covers over 200,000people who live in east central Georgia. They goby the Dublin Mall and shop when they are intown.Seniors have used the communal area for walk-

ing. Santa Claus comes by mall to see childrenbetween Thanksgiving and Christmas. And,throughout the years, the mall has hosted con-certs, beauty pageants and any number of otherevents for the public.We join and applaud the reinvestment at the

Dublin Mall by its owners.In the same way our community needed to ren-

ovate the historic areas of downtown, we need tocompliment that with a larger shopping place inour community, too.Hopefully the updates will bring a tenant

quickly to the old J.C. Penney's space and a cou-ple of restaurants will locate in the mall and inthe parking area.As Dublin and Laurens County grow, so will

the opportunity to improve the shopping experi-ence at the Dublin Mall.

-- DuBose Porter

You can reach DickYarbrough atdick@dickyarbrough.com; atP.O. Box 725373, Atlanta,Georgia 31139 or onFacebook atwww.facebook.com/dickyarb

Editorial RoundupJune 18The Chicago Tribune

on the World HealthOrganization designat-ing compulsive videogaming as a mentalhealth disorder:The World Health

Organization has a lot on itsplate these days. Ebola'smade a comeback in centralAfrica. There are still partsof the world where polio hasyet to be rubbed out. Theagency is looking into thebeginnings of a cholera out-break in Cameroon, andcontinues the fight againstmalaria in parts of LatinAmerica. Next up for theworld's leading healthagency? Um, video games.The agency has just des-

ignated compulsive videogaming as a mental healthdisorder, adding it to theInternational Classificationof Diseases, the WHO's offi-cial list of medical condi-tions. WHO officials arecalling the malady "Gaming

Disorder." The goal of thenew classification: betterawareness among govern-ments, health careproviders and familiesabout the risks and ramifi-cations of compulsive videogaming.It would be easy to write

off the agency's decision as ananny-group attempt toslap a label onto behaviorthat experts — always,experts — deem to be badfor us. Equating late nightson Minecraft with gettinghooked on vodka or black-jack? Really?But underlying the

agency's declaration is animportant reminder aboutaddiction.It's not that every kid, or

even most kids, glued togaming screens suffer fromobsessive/compulsive GrandTheft Auto. In fact, WHOresearchers say gaming dis-order would apply to just 3percent of all video gameplayers.

But no matter what formit takes, an addiction cor-rodes connections to family,friends, work and muchmore. A line of cocaine,another double whiskey, thenext spin of the wheel —alienates people from oneanother. With the lure of thedisplay screen so prevalenttoday — the ceaseless bar-rage of emails, tweets, texts,Snapchats and, yes, games— some people lose sight ofthe richness of life beyondpixels.That's why a group of for-

mer Silicon Valley softwaredevelopers and behavioralscientists are urging all ofus to focus on "digital well-ness." The Washington Postrecently reported on thegroup's "digital wellnessmovement," and on thebackbone of that effort —the creation of apps thatallow users to keep track oftheir screen time. Many ofus might spend less timefixated by our phones if we

knew that so much of ourday was devoted to scrollingand tapping."I'm not saying that tech-

nology is inherently bad,"Duke University behavioralresearcher Nick Fitz toldthe Post. As part of the digi-tal wellness movement, Fitzcreated an app that groupssmartphone notificationsinto batches delivered justthree times daily — morn-ing, afternoon and evening."People should be consciousof how they're using (digitalactivity)," he said, "and howit's using them."The WHO designation is

a cri de coeur to all of us forscreen-time vigilance. Thetechnology already exists tomonitor usage of apps, videogames and downloads, andto apply parental controls.Like everything else in life,digital wellness asks formoderation. Keep that inmind the next time yourCandy Crush session hitsthe four-hour mark.

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River Levels:Oconee (at Dublin) ............................................................. 3.60'Ocmulgee (at Macon) ......................................................... 7.90'

Tuesday•AA IAmResponsible Group Contact, 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 RiceAve., 5:45 p.m. and 8 p.m.•Unity House (Family Recovery Support Group) at JohnsonLane on VAGrounds, Bldg. 8; 6-8 p.m. Contact: Dublin-Lau-rens County Chamber of Commerce (478) 272-5546 or LindaBailey at CSB of Middle GA (478) 272-1190.•OvereatersAnonymousmeet at 6:45 at 912 BellevueAve.Contact 279-3808.•TOPSmeeting 6 p.m. at Pine Forest UMC, 400WoodsAve.Contact info 275-7505.•South-Central GSRAChapter of the Georgia State Re-tireesAssociation will meet on the 4th Tuesday of each monthat the Laurens County LibraryAuditorium, 11 a.m. We inviteall retired and soon to retire state employees to join us. Pleasecontact Tommy Craft at 272-7820 for more information.•The Laurens County Democratic Party holds its regu-lar monthly meeting at the Dudley Retreat on Truxton St. at 7p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month. All members andguests are invited to attend.

Wednesday•AA IAmResponsible Group contact 272-5244 or 275-8259,1515 RiceAve., 5:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Open)•Civitan Club every Wednesday at noon at the Golden Corral.

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It just goes to show howsick the Democrats are to usechildren for their politics be-cause they hate Trump. It was-n't about Russia, it was aboutcollusion, it was one thing oranother. We all know what'sgoing on. Quit using childrenfor your politics.

Is it lawful for taxi driversto smoke while driving? Ithought it was illegal for peo-ple to smoke in public trans-portation.

To "Obama was the foodstamp president:" You'd besurprised who's on foodstamps. And by the way, I wasgetting a paycheck when Oba-ma was president.

First, he lied that it was aDemocratic law. Then he liedthat only Congress could fix it.Then he lied that an executiveorder won't fix it. Now it's yourturn to lie, excuse and defend apathological liar. Again.

This goes to Hunter Hill:Don't act like a snake becauseyou lost. Accept the loss butdon't act like a snake. I won'tever vote for you.

Paul Manafort's in jail.Are his kids in a cage? MichaelCohen's waiting to go to jail.Are they going to put his kidsin jail? Michael Flynn's wait-ing to be sentenced because hetook the fall for his kid - who'snot in jail.

Thank God for thecourts. The Confederacy couldnot win the war on the battle-field, so Donald Trump is try-ing to do it by decree. ButAmerica is too big, too strongand too united against this dis-grace to allow that to happen.

Dear Lord, forgive mefor any evil thought I hadagainst our president. He's do-ing a great job. I admit that Iwas wrong and he's doing thebest he can.

The glaring hypocrisy isjust completely deplorable.Your First Lady MelaniaTrump goes down to the borderto speak on behalf of the babiesthat her husband, the con man,has locked up. She barelyspeaks English better thanthey do.

The Laurens County

School Board continues torun off good administrators.

Most Christians won'tadmit that they were connedby Donald Trump. I will admitthat as a Christian, I wasconned by him and FranklinGraham. Franklin Graham on-ly wanted the huge tax breakto millionaires. Both are ahuge disgrace to Christianityand America.

Whoever the county com-missioner is for Walke DairyRoad going to Hillbridge Roadneeds to get these roads fixedbefore the school buses startgoing over them when schoolstarts back.

I think our police chief isa fine man and I commend himfor implementing the differentprograms that he's doing andhaving the activities for theyounger kids. But what's beingdone about those walking theneighborhoods at night, break-ing into cars and homes andtaking things? I don't see a lotof change there.

While some of us who arestill alive who remember it,note needs to be made thatwhen the courthouse was built,the foundation was supposedto be strong enough to supporttwo more floors for a total offive.

They should not rundown the President of theUnited States. Let him be ourleader for now and then youcan run for president the nexttime.

Now, as predicted, you'vegot half of the Donald Trumpbase, the KKK, the neo-Nazisand the white nationalists,planning another rally for thissummer to support theirleader: the man you call yourpresident.

The same countries weused to protest for stealing

humanitarian rights, we're do-ing the same thing under thisman. I never thought I'd seethe day America would allowsomething like this to happen.But then again, I neverthought we'd see a DonaldTrump, either.

The president's wife is acitizen of the United States ofAmerica. She came in the rightway. If these people caredabout their children, theywouldn't bring them in herelike this. They know thatthey're going to be separatedfrom them. So don't blameDonald Trump for this.

Get your facts straight.Donald Trump's wife came intothis country legally, not illegal-ly.

This administration, un-like the previous ones, is en-forcing the laws passed by ourCongress, as it should. It alsoexecutes condemned prisoners,as it should. Do you not thinkthat affects children? Our Con-gress has refused to change thelaws or accept alternative ac-tions offered by this adminis-tration.

What is being told in thenews about the border and thechildren is not fake news, it'slying news. And those comingagainst Donald Trump arepure evil. History is not accu-rate a lot of times. Pray forDonald Trump. This countryneeds him.

Almost everybody hatesto see children separatedfrom parents at the border, butstrangely, not so many peoplesee a problem with separatingbabies from parents beforebirth.

You need to drop thisridiculous forum from yourpaper. It only adds to the divi-siveness of our country. I be-lieve you will lose subscribersif you continue to publish Tell

It!

When I look at these Re-publican healthcare plans,their collection jobs at the con-venience stores, what do youdo? Do you take a piggy bankto the doctor? That's despica-ble. In the meantime, these ba-bies have at least $21 milliononline and counting for theirlegal expenses.

Liberals preach "toler-ance," but seem incapable ofactually tolerating any view-point that doesn't exactly mir-ror their own.

Good news about the wa-ter park starting. The articlemissed the most importantpart though: when is it going tobe done?

When are these peoplegoing to realize that the par-ents of these immigrant chil-dren, not the government, arethe ones who put them in dan-ger?

Time Magazine posts afake picture of a girl who wasnever separated from hermother. Just ignore theTrump-hating liberals, theydon't have any morals, kind oflike the local ones.

It's a crying shame thatcars have no personality any-more. It'd be nice if Detroitcould go back to the '50s and'60s style. Without seeing abadge on one now, you can't tellwhat it is.

Firearm, cash, electronics stolen from Dexter homeLaurens County Sheriff's Office

The Laurens County Sheriff's Office re-ported that a burglary left arevolver, a miter saw, cashand more items missing froma Dexter home on June 17.A silver .22 revolver, a red

and white Rigid miter saw, aSamsung phone, an iPad and$1,100 in cash, altogetherworth approximately $1,850, were stolenfrom a residence on Springhaven Road. Noarrests have been made.-Four windows and a wall thermostat

were reported damaged at a residence onRoundtree Lot in Dublin on June 21.-A silver 2004 Ford Mustang was dam-

aged at a residence on Mayberry Road inDublin on June 21.-A black Taurus pistol with camouflage on

the upper receiver was stolen from a vehicleat a residence on Highway 80 W. in Dublinon June 21.

Editor's note: This infor-mation is public recordand was taken from re-ports of the Dublin PoliceDepartment and the Lau-rens County Sheriff's Of-

fice. These reports do not reflect on theguilt or innocence. An "arrest" does notalways indicate incarceration. Readersare cautioned that people may havesimilar names. Police Beat does notidentify minor children, victims of sex-ual assault, suicide attempts or medicalconditions. Cases dismissed do not ap-pear if the newspaper is notified beforedeadline.

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Berlin Airlift began inearnest after the SovietUnion cut off land and waterroutes to the isolated west-ern sector of Berlin.On this date:In 1483, Richard III be-

gan his reign as King of Eng-land (he was crowned thefollowing month at Westmin-ster Abbey).In 1541, Francisco

Pizarro, Spanish conquerorof Peru, was slain in Lima byrival conquistadors.In 1870, the first section

of Atlantic City, New Jer-sey's Boardwalk was openedto the public.In 1917, the first troops of

the American ExpeditionaryForce deployed to Franceduring World War I landedin St. Nazaire.In 1925, Charles Chap-

lin's classic comedy "TheGold Rush" premiered atGrauman's Egyptian The-atre in Hollywood.In 1936, President

Franklin D. Roosevelt wasnominated for a second termof office by delegates to theDemocratic national conven-tion in Philadelphia.In 1959, President

Dwight D. Eisenhowerjoined Britain's Queen Eliza-beth II in ceremonies offi-cially opening the St.Lawrence Seaway. Swedishboxer Ingemar Johanssonknocked out Floyd Pattersonin the third round of theirmatch at New York's YankeeStadium to win the heavy-weight title.In 1963, President John F.

Kennedy visited WestBerlin, where he deliveredhis famous speech express-ing solidarity with the city'sresidents, declaring: "Ich bin

ein Berliner" (I am a Berlin-er).In 1968, President Lyn-

don B. Johnson announcedhis choice of Abe Fortas tosucceed the retiring EarlWarren as chief justice of theUnited States (however, For-tas later withdrew in theface of stiff Senate opposi-tion).In 1977, 42 people were

killed when a fire sent toxicsmoke pouring through theMaury County Jail in Co-lumbia, Tennessee. ElvisPresley performed his lastconcert at Market SquareArena in Indianapolis.In 1988, three people

were killed when a new Air-bus A320 jetliner carryingmore than 130 peoplecrashed into a forest duringa demonstration at an airshow in Mulhouse (muh-LOOZ'), France.In 1993, President Bill

Clinton announced the U.S.had launched missilesagainst Iraqi targets be-cause of "compelling evi-dence" Iraq had plotted toassassinate former Presi-dent George H.W. Bush.Ten years ago: The U.S.

Supreme Court struck downa handgun ban in the Dis-trict of Columbia as it af-firmed, 5-4, that an individ-ual right to gun ownershipexisted. Juan Alvarez, whotriggered a 2005 rail disas-ter in Glendale, California,by parking a sport-utility ve-hicle on the tracks, was con-victed of 11 counts of first-degree murder. (Alvarez waslater sentenced to 11 consec-utive life terms.)Five years ago: In decid-

ing its first cases on the is-sue, the U.S. Supreme Courtgave the nation's legallymarried gay couples equalfederal footing with all othermarried Americans and alsocleared the way for same-sexmarriages to resume in Cali-fornia. New England Patri-

ots tight end Aaron Hernan-dez was arrested in theshooting death of OdinLloyd; Hernandez was con-victed of first-degree mur-der. Seven-time championRoger Federer was stunnedby 116th-ranked SergiyStakhovsky in the secondround of Wimbledon, 6-7 (5),7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5); third-seeded Maria Sharapovawas knocked out by the131st-ranked qualifier, los-ing 6-3, 6-4 to MichelleLarcher de Brito of Portugal.One year ago: President

Donald Trump welcomed In-dia's Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi (nah-REN'-drahMOH'-dee) to the WhiteHouse as the two leadersheralded an increasinglyclose strategic partnership.The Supreme Court saidPresident Trump could forgeahead with a limited versionof his ban on travel from sixmostly Muslim countries.Helmsman Peter Burlingand Emirates Team NewZealand won the America'sCup with a resounding rompagainst software tycoon Lar-ry Ellison's two-time defend-ing champion Oracle TeamUSA. Teemu Selanne (TAY'-moo suh-LAH'-nay) and PaulKariya (kuh-REE'-uh), a dy-namic duo in Anaheim forseveral years, were electedto the Hockey Hall of Fame.Oklahoma City's RussellWestbrook capped his his-toric season at the NBA's in-augural awards show, win-ning the 2016-17 Most Valu-able Player award.Today's Birthdays: Jazz

musician-film composerDave Grusin is 84. ActorJosef Sommer is 84. SingerBilly Davis Jr. is 80. Rocksinger Georgie Fame is 75.Actor Clive Francis is 72.Rhythm and blues singerBrenda Holloway is 72. Ac-tor Michael Paul Chan is 68.Actor Robert Davi is 67.Singer-musician Mick Jones

is 63. Actor Gedde Watanabe(GEH'-dee wah-tah-NAH'-bee) is 63. Rock singer ChrisIsaak is 62. Rock singer Pat-ty Smyth is 61. Singer TerriNunn (Berlin) is 59. U.S. Bi-cycling Hall of Famer GregLeMond is 57. Rock singerHarriet Wheeler (The Sun-days) is 55. Country musi-cian Eddie Perez (The Mav-ericks) is 50. Rock musicianColin Greenwood (Radio-head) is 49. Writer-directorPaul Thomas Anderson is 48.Actor Sean Hayes is 48. Ac-tor Matt Letscher is 48. Ac-tor Chris O'Donnell is 48.Actor Nick Offerman is 48.Actress Rebecca Budig is 45.Retired MLB All-Star DerekJeter is 44. ContemporaryChristian musician JeffFrankenstein (Newsboys) is44. Country singer GretchenWilson is 44. Rock musicianNathan Followill (Kings ofLeon) is 39. Pop-rock singer-musician Ryan Tedder(OneRepublic) is 39. Actor-musician Jason Schwartz-man is 38. Actress AubreyPlaza is 34. Actress-singerJennette McCurdy is 26. Ac-tress-singer Ariana Grandeis 25.Thought for Today:

"Nothing is improbable untilit moves into the past tense."— George Ade, Americanwriter (1866-1944).

ALMANACRegistration for the

Summer Reading Programbegins at the Laurens CountyLibrary on May 29. Children(rising 6th graders and un-der) can register in the Chil-dren's Center. Teens (rising7th-12th graders) and adultscan register at the library'sReference Desk. Registrationends June 28.South Central Health

District & The Divine 9 (lo-cal Greek organizations) willhost a Community Health &Fitness Expo at Stubbs Parkon June 27, 2018 from 3 p.m.to 6 p.m. Food, fun, entertain-ment and health screeningswill be available on-site.Please contact 478-279-8928or 478-290-4273 for more in-formation.Laurens County Democ-

ratic Committee will meetTuesday, June 26 at 7 p.m. atThe Dudley Retreat on Trux-ton St. next to Hop-In. Thepublic is invited. For more in-formation, contact BennieJones atchair@laurenscountydemocrats.org.Classic Movie Monday

at the Laurens County Li-brary on July 2 at 1 p.m. Vis-it the Library for a free clas-sic movie! The movie beingshown is a 1954 musical dra-ma starring Harry Belafonteand Dorothy Dandridge. Ap-proved, 105 min. Visit the Li-brary’s website to see the titleof the film: www.ocrl.org.The Dublin Police De-

partment is offering a sec-ond Citizens Police Academy.It will start July 16, 2018 andrun through Nov 5, 2018. Wewill meet once a week from5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. withone exception. During the course of the

academy we will share thehistory of community law en-forcement, criminal law, func-tions of the Patrol and Crimi-nal Investigative Divisions,use of force, Crime Scene

Preservation and Processingas well as an opportunity toexperience law enforcementfrom “behind the badge” viavideo.Applcants must be 18

years of age and will completea background check. Academyclass size is limited to 12 peo-ple.All applicants will be con-sidered, but City of Dublinresidents will receive priority. Deadline for applications

is June 27. Contact OfficerSkip Lowery for more infor-mation.Rock Painting at the

Laurens County Library onJuly 10 at 5:30 p.m. For teensand adults. Join us in the li-brary audotirum to paint arock with local rock paintinggroup, Dublin GA Rocks!Supplies are limited and willbe provided on a first-come,first-served basis.Magician and Ventrilo-

quist Keith Karnok will beperforming at the LaurensCounty Library on July 11 at2 p.m. Mr. Karnok makeslearning fun with magic!Run for the Fallen will

be coming through Dublin onHighway 80 on July 14. TheRun is a 6,000 mile crosscountry run that began inCalifornia in April to honor20,000 servicemembers killedsince 2000. For more informa-tion, contact Cathy Kratteliat 478-955-2932 or go to run-forthefallen.org.Calling all members of

the Dublin High SchoolClass of 1978: Organizers ofa 40th class reunion, beingscheduled for the weekend ofSept. 21-22, are looking toconnect with classmates toget the word out about theevent. Join the "Dublin HighSchool Class of 1978 Re-union" group on Facebook orcontact Beverly Jones Burksby phone at (248) 514-4892 orby email at jones-burks@yahoo.com for infor-mation.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Local high school students gain first look at health field careers at OFTC campSpecial to The Courier HeraldOFTC–Oconee Fall Line Technical

College (OFTC) recently hosted aHealth Career Camp for high schoolstudents interested in medical field ca-reers from June 18-21 in Dublin. Thecamp was sponsored by the MagnoliaCoastlands Area Health EducationCenter.

The students spent four days ex-ploring different careers in the medicalfield and even participated in hands-onactivities related to those fields.

On day one, camp participantstoured several OFTC Allied Healthprograms - Medical Assisting, Emer-gency services, Practical Nursing, Res-piratory Care, Radiologic Technology,Pharmacy Technology – and performedhands-on activities in each programlike drawing blood, taking an x-ray,counting pills, learning about steriledressing, breathing machines andheart shock simulations.

For day two, the campers heardfrom health career professionals,looked at slides under a microscope,learned how to take a tuberculosis skintest, dental hygiene and TheraPups.

Day three was spent at Fairview

Park Hospital in Dublin. The studentstoured the facility, learning its factsand history; listened as the hospital'sChief Operating Officer StaceyHoward spoke about having an opera-tional position in the medical field;toured the emergency room; got an in-side look at the radiology departmentfrom a former OFTC graduate, ChrisKersey, FPH's Director of Imaging Ser-vices; toured the medical lab; listenedto a group of flight nurses and para-medics speak about transporting a pa-tient by air; and watched as an AirEvac helicopter landed and took off.

The final day of camp was spent re-flecting on all the students hadlearned and how those things couldshape their future career choices. "Ourstudents were encouraged to continueresearching possible career choicesduring the next years of their highschool years," shared OFTC StudentRecruiter Jessi Ansley. "We enjoyedhaving them on camps and we hopethey remember OFTC is always herefor them."

For more info on OFTC's AlliedHealth programs, visit the collegewebsite at OFTC.edu.

L-R, Front: Abby Nicholson, Dublin; Nykira Vickers, Dublin; Miranda Collins,Dexter; Lainey Holt, Dexter; Back: Jessi Ansley, OFTC student recruiter; Brit-tany Hall, Dexter; Chandler Laird, Dexter; Dontavius Jones, OFTC student re-tention specialist; Joel Hall, Rentz; Carla Austin, OFTC student retention spe-cialist; Olivia Dunkley-Henry, Dublin; A'alycia O'neal, Dublin and GeriClements, OFTC student navigator. (Special photo)

Participants looking through a microscope during one ofthe learning sessions. (Special photo)

Participants learning about how to give a patient an x-rayfrom one of OFTC's Radiologic Technologist instructors.(Special photo)

One area covered during the Health Career Camp was TheraPups.(Special photo)

Students practicing a hands-on activity whilevisiting one of OFTC's Allied Health programs.(Special photo)

First A.B. Church holds Vacation Bible School 2018First African Baptist Church held their Annual Vacation Bible School session the week of June11-15 from 9 a.m. to noon. The theme for 2018 was "God Squad: Special Agents in Action," 1Peter 2:9. We were blessed to have 107 children attend the week-long session with a wonder-ful, spirit-filled atmosphere everyday. There was a fun day held on the final day of Friday, June15. (Special photo)

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WASHINGTON (AP) —U.S.health regulators on Mondayapproved the first prescriptiondrug made from marijuana, amilestone that could spur moreresearch into a drug that re-mains illegal under federal law,despite growing legalization forrecreational and medical use.The Food and DrugAdminis-

tration approved the medica-tion, called Epidiolex, to treattwo rare forms of epilepsy thatbegin in childhood. But it's notquite medical marijuana.The strawberry-flavored

syrup is a purified form of achemical ingredient found inthe cannabis plant — but notthe one that gets users high. It'snot yet clear why the ingredi-ent, called cannabidiol, or CBD,reduces seizures in some peoplewith epilepsy.British drugmaker GW

Pharmaceuticals studied thedrug in more than 500 childrenand adults with hard-to-treatseizures, overcoming numerouslegal hurdles that have longstymied research into cannabis.FDA officials said the drug

reduced seizures when com-bined with older epilepsy drugs.The FDA has previously ap-

proved synthetic versions of an-other cannabis ingredient formedical use, including severeweight loss in patients withHIV.Epidiolex is essentially a

pharmaceutical-grade versionCBD oil, which some parents al-ready use to treat children withepilepsy. CBD is one of morethan 100 chemicals found inmarijuana. But it doesn't con-tain THC, the ingredient thatgives marijuana its mind-alter-ing effect.Physicians say it's important

to have a consistent, govern-ment-regulated version."I'm really happy we have a

product that will be muchcleaner and one that I knowwhat it is," said Dr. Ellaine

Wirrell, director of the MayoClinic's program for childhoodepilepsy. "In the artisanal prod-ucts there's often a huge varia-tion in doses from bottle to bot-tle depending on where you getit."Side effects with the drug in-

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Hendershot considered relocat-ing her family to Colorado, oneof the first states to legalizemarijuana and home to a largenetwork of CBD producers andproviders. Her 13-year-olddaughter, Molly, has sufferedfrom severe seizures since shewas 4 months old. But thenHendershot learned about a tri-al of Epidiolex at NewYorkUni-versity."I preferred this to some of

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Monday's approval on theseproducts is unclear.FDA Commissioner Scott

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RENO, Nevada (AP) —While hundreds of protestersrallied outside, Attorney Gen-eral Jeff Sessions defendedthe Trump administration'simmigration policies Monday,calling on Congress to act andasserting that many childrenwere brought to the border byviolent gang members.Speaking at a school-safety

conference in Nevada, Ses-sions said the crisis at the bor-der is a "difficult and frustrat-ing situation" that requiresCongress to act."Children have indeed

borne much of the burden ofour broken immigration sys-tem," he told the National As-sociation of School ResourceOfficers in Reno.Sessions said more than 80

percent of children crossingthe borders arrive alone, with-out parents or guardians, andare "often sent with a paidsmuggler. We can only guesshow many never make it toour border during that dan-gerous journey."He claimed the MS-13 gang

"is recruiting children whowere sent here as unaccompa-nied minors, and some arebrought to help replenish thegang. And they are terroriz-ing immigrant schools andcommunities from Los Angeles

to Louisville to Long Island toBoston. They are able to do sobecause we do not have a se-cure southwest border."The compassionate thing to

do, he said, is to protect chil-dren from violence and drugs,put criminals in jail and se-cure borders. He called the al-ternative, having open bor-ders, "both radical and dan-gerous."He said five children had

been found at the border car-rying a combined 35 pounds offentanyl, the powerful syn-thetic opioid drug blamed foran epidemic of overdosedeaths nationwide.Drug cartels, Sessions said,

"take advantage of our gen-erosity and ... use children tosmuggle their drugs into ourcountry as well."Elsewhere, the head of

Customs and Border Protec-tion said he had temporarilystopped referring for criminal

prosecution adults who crossthe border illegally with chil-dren.Commissioner Kevin

McAleenan told reportersMonday in Texas that he sus-pended the referrals withinhours of Trump's executive or-der last week that stopped thepractice of separating fami-lies.He said the "zero tolerance"

policy remains in effect, butcases cannot be prosecuted be-cause parents cannot be sepa-rated from their children. Hesaid he is working to develop aplan to resume prosecutions.Just outside the hotel-casi-

no where Sessions spoke,more than 200 protesters op-posed to the administration'simmigration policies blocked abusy road. The coalition of civ-il rights, religious and unionactivists carried signs anddrums and were joined by amariachi band.

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members entered into anagreement with the schoolboard to waive the approxi-mately $200,000 annual feethe city charges the schoolboard to collect school prop-erty taxes.The Court of Appeals rul-

ing will have no effect onthat agreement, Powell said.The resolution of the

bond-tax issue has been along time coming. MMTHoldings sued the school sys-tem more than a year and ahalf ago. The months sincehave been peppered with mo-tions, countermotions, hear-ings and court rulings.Maffett said he has no re-

grets about filing the law-suit.“Somebody had to do it,”

he said. “The school systemjust needs to get its house inorder. It’s time some peoplewith some business knowl-edge got involved to help runthe school system.”Dublin City Schools Su-

perintendent Fred Williamswas recovering from eyesurgery Monday morningand could not be reached forcomment. Jason Halcombe,Dublin City Schools' publicrelations director, said thatthe school system had “nocomment at this time.”Hieu Nguyen, the city

school board's attorney, re-sponded to questions by ad-dressing the issue of sover-eign immunity only."We're certainly glad the

Court of Appeals ruled in ourfavor," he said.He declined to respond to

questions about the bond taxand comingling of funds.

– Staff reporter ClayReynolds also contributed tothis story.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions defendsadministration's immigration policies

US OKs marijuana-based drug for seizures

Nov. 2016MMT Holdings, LLC, filed a

lawsuit in Laurens County Su-perior Court seeking to stopthe Dublin City School Systemfrom collecting a 2.25-millbond tax levied in addition toits 19.7-mill property tax.

Jan. 2017Lawsuit expanded into a

class action suit on behalf ofall who had paid the 2.25-millbond tax. The plaintiffs askthe court for a summary judg-ment requiring that the taxesbe refunded. The City ofDublin collects school systemproperty taxes and disbursesthe funds to the school sys-tem. The city continues tohold the collected tax revenuein escrow pending the resolu-tion of the lawsuit.

The Dublin School Systemasks the court for a summaryjudgment allowing the 2.25-mill bond tax citing the impactdenying it would have on theschool systemʼs ability tomeet its financial obligations.

March 2017Superior Court Judge H.

Gibbs Flanders Jr. grants theplaintiffsʼ motion to preventthe school system from col-lecting the bond tax describ-ing the tax as “illegally and er-roneously assessed and col-lected.”

Flanders gave the schoolsystem permission to move$1.5 million from the generalfund to the debt service (ES-PLOST) account to makebond payments due April 1.He required that the schoolboard seek his permission be-fore moving ESPLOST rev-

enue to the general fund.Flanders also granted the

plaintiffsʼ request to add Dr.Fred Williams, Christi Thublinand members of the cityschool board personally to thelist of defendants.

April 2017Dublin School System at-

torneys appeal Flandersʼ rul-ing to the Georgia SupremeCourt. That court sent the ap-peal to the Georgia Court ofAppeals.

May 2018The school system asks for

Flandersʼ permission to move$440,000 from the ESPLOSTaccount to the general fundciting its need for the moneyto meet operating expenses,particularly payments to theTeachers Retirement Systemand state health benefits pro-gram that insures school sys-tem employees.

May 2018Plaintiffs oppose the

school systemʼs request.

May 2018Flanders denies the school

systemʼs request to movemoney from ESPLOST to thegeneral fund.

June 22, 2018Georgia Court of Appeals

upholds the school systemʼsclaim of sovereign immunitybut does not address theplaintiffsʼ claim that the City ofDublin should return to tax-payers school bond taxes col-lected on behalf of the schoolsystem.

DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS LAWSUIT:A COMPLETE TIMELINE

By RODNEY MANLEYTyrone Stanley says

starting up a local travelfootball club should helpusher in a "new era" for thesport here.But the Dublin-Laurens

Ravens organization, whichis set to kick off competitionthis fall, "is not all aboutfootball," said Stanley."We use football as a step-

ping stone," the former EastLaurens offensive linemansaid at a practice last weekat Springdale Park. "Theycan use football to give theman opportunity to get intocollege."The youth football — and

cheerleading — programseeks to promote goodsportsmanship, improvedfitness and healthy competi-

tion in a Christian environ-ment.Stanley and the more

than a half-dozen othercoaches pushing playersthrough drills at Thursday'spractice also strive to be pos-itive male role models forkids, many of whom comefrom single-parent homes."You never know what

some of the kids are going

through," said Stanley, whoworks with the Departmentof Family and ChildrenServices in Hawkinsville. "Isee it everyday."We're out here trying to

give back to the kids. Thechildren are our future.They've got to keep our com-munity going, as well as ourchurches."The program also targets

problems such as "juveniledelinquency and juvenileobesity by giving them some-thing they can look forwardto other being on the couchor being on the streets," hesaid.Athletics might be the

main focus, but the impor-tance of academics is alsostressed."I believe every kid can go

to college," said coachPatrick Revel. "There are amillion colleges out there. Ibelieve every kid can get ascholarship to get an educa-tion. Every kid wants to goto the NFL, but every kidwon't. We want to see themget an education and becomegood, young men.

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Dublin-Laurens 10 U Allstars split first two games of tourneyThe Dublin-Laurens 10U Girls Allstars started district play on Saturday at the Clarence E MorganComplex in Springfield, Ga. against Twin City, winning 21-3. They then fell to Rincon 23-4. Theywill play on Monday at 5 against Effingham County. Pictured (front, from left) are Ava Carter, LeahWells (middle) Abigail Holt, Taylor Arrington, Layla Tanner, Cheyann Phillips, Ariel Williams,Shayla Butler, Deanna Lowther (back) Coach DeAsia Lowther, Coach Michael Holt, Coach DwayneLowther, Coach Keith Tanner and Coach Danielle Lowther. Not pictured: Tiara Green and CatlynSmith. (Special photo)

The Dublin-Laurens 8U Girls Allstars will begin district play on Monday against Swainsboro-Emanuel.8U Girls pictured (front, from left) are Eden Rowe, Alisa Silva, (middle) Amiya O'Neal, Ja Halee' Snead(back) Coach Angela Holton, Reagan Sasser, Coach Dwayne Lowther, DeAndrea Lowther, MadelynHernandez, Peyton Price, Kaelyn Holton, Coach DeAsia Lowther, Andrea Wright, Peyton Crabb and CoachDanielle Lowther (Special photo)

'Not all about football'

New travel football club hopes tomold better players, better men

Dublin-Laurens 8U Allstars began district tournament Monday

Photo by Rodney Manley

Amember of the Dublin-Laurens Ravens participates in a drill during arecent practice held at Springdale Park.

Photo by Rodney Manley

A coach shows players how to hit a block during a rush drill.

See FOOTBALL page 2b

Bullpen provides reliefas Braves finally beatBaltimore, 7-3ATLANTA (AP) — With closer Arodys Vizcaino on the dis-

abled list, the Braves found strong relief elsewhere.Four relievers combined to allow one hit in four scoreless

innings, giving Atlanta's bullpen an important lift as theBraves beat Baltimore 7-3 on Sunday for their first win overthe Orioles in six years.Freddie Freeman's two-run single in the first inning gave

Atlanta the lead and Dansby Swanson added a pinch-hit,two-run homer in the eighth .Left-hander A.J. Minter pitched a perfect ninth following

scoreless innings from Shane Carle, Jesse Biddle and DanWinkler in relief of Brandon McCarthy. Vizcaino was placedon the DL before the game with right shoulder inflammation."My job was to kind of help out Vizzy today, give him some

rest," Minter said.The bullpen's strong showing was especially important

after Braves relievers allowed nine runs and 10 hits onFriday night with Vizcaino unavailable."Those guys in the bullpen stepped up big," said Braves

manager Brian Snitker. "... They couldn't have done any bet-ter."Baltimore won the first two games of the series and swept

the last set between the teams in 2015. Atlanta ended astretch of seven straight losses to the Orioles since 2012.McCarthy (6-3) overcame home runs by pinch-hitter MarkTrumbo and Trey Mancini to allow three runs in five innings.Mancini, back in the lineup after missing three starts with astiff neck, led off the third with his 10th homer . DespiteSunday's loss, Mancini said winning the series from theBraves was the last-place Orioles' best showing since win-ning three of four at the Yankees in early April."This series down here felt like us again, I'd say for the

first time really since the New York series early in the yearin the Bronx," Mancini said.

Hawks will be in norush to enter free-agent bidding warsATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks expect to

enter NBA free agency next week with about $20 mil-lion in salary cap space and three open spots on theirroster.General manager Travis Schlenk says the team

will be in no rush to spend that money."We will not be quickly out of the gate looking to

sign guys," Schlenk said Monday, when the Hawksintroduced their three first-round draft picks, guardsTrae Young and Kevin Huerter and forward OmariSpellman."We'll kind of sit back and see what the market dic-

tates. ... We'll kind of play a waiting game and seehow the market plays out."The market is expected to generate stiff competi-

tion for top free agents LeBron James, Paul Georgeand Chris Paul.The Hawks are expected to be observers in those

bidding wars.The Hawks may have had more interest in bargain

shopping for affordable help on their front line beforeveterans Dewayne Dedmon and Mike Muscala exer-cised their contract options to return next season.Guards Malcolm Delaney and Damion Lee are eli-

gible to become free agents.The rebuilding Hawks' focus is on their youth. The

team traded No. 3 pick Luka Doncic to Dallas forYoung, the No. 5 pick. Atlanta also acquired a 2019first-round pick from Dallas in Thursday night's deal.

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TUESDAYBEACH VOLLEYBALL

7 p.m.NBCSN — AVP Pro Series,Seattle Open, at Issaquah, Wash.(taped)

COLLEGE BASEBALL7 p.m.

ESPN — NCAA College WorldSeries, Championship series(Best-of-3), Game 2, at Omaha,Neb.

MLB BASEBALLNoon

MLB — Washington at Tampa Bay7 p.m.

FS1 — Arizona at Miami7:30 p.m.

FSSE - Cincinnati at Atlanta10 p.m.

ESPN — Chicago Cubs at L.A.Dodgers

SOCCER10 a.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup, Groupstage: Group C, Denmark vs.France, at MoscowFS1 — FIFA World Cup, Groupstage: Group C, Australia vs. Peru,at Sochi, Russia

2 p.m.FOX — FIFA World Cup, Groupstage: Group D, Nigeria vs.Argentina, at St. Petersburg,RussiaFS1 — FIFA World Cup, Groupstage: Group D, Iceland vs.Croatia, at Rostov-on-Don, Russia

NATIONAL LEAGUEEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Atlanta 44 32 .579—Philadelphia 41 34 .547 2½Washington 41 35 .539 3New York 31 44 .413 12½Miami 31 47 .397 14

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Milwaukee 45 32 .584 —Chicago 42 33 .560 2St. Louis 40 36 .526 4½Pittsburgh 36 41 .468 9Cincinnati 32 45 .416 13

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Arizona 44 33 .571 —Los Angeles 41 35 .539 2½San Francisco40 39 .506 5Colorado 38 40 .487 6½San Diego 35 45 .438 10½

Sunday's GamesCincinnati 8, Chicago Cubs 6L.A. Dodgers 8, N.Y. Mets 7, 11 inningsArizona 3, Pittsburgh 0Atlanta 7, Baltimore 3St. Louis 8, Milwaukee 2Miami 8, Colorado 5San Francisco 3, San Diego 2, 11inningsWashington 8, Philadelphia 6

Monday's GamesN.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Arizona at Miami, 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.San Diego at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Cleveland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10p.m.

Tuesday's GamesWashington (Scherzer 10-3) at TampaBay (Eovaldi 1-3), 12:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Severino 11-2) atPhiladelphia (Arrieta 5-5), 7:05 p.m.Arizona (Godley 8-5) at Miami(Hernandez 0-4), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Kuhl 5-5) at N.Y. Mets (Matz3-5), 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Harvey 2-5) at Atlanta(Sanchez 3-1), 7:35 p.m.

San Diego (Ross 5-5) at Texas (Bibens-Dirkx 1-1), 8:05 p.m.Kansas City (Junis 5-8) at Milwaukee(Peralta 2-0), 8:10 p.m.Cleveland (Kluber 11-3) at St. Louis(Martinez 3-4), 8:15 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Lester 9-2) at L.A.Dodgers (Stripling 6-2), 10:10 p.m.Colorado (Bettis 5-1) at San Francisco(Holland 5-7), 10:15 p.m.

Wednesday's GamesCincinnati at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m.Kansas City at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Arizona at Miami, 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.San Diego at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Cleveland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10p.m.Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUEEast DivisionW L Pct GB

New York 50 25 .667 —Boston 52 27 .658 —Tampa Bay 37 40 .481 14Toronto 36 41 .468 15Baltimore 23 53 .303 27½

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Cleveland 43 33 .566 —Detroit 36 42 .462 8Minnesota 34 40 .459 8Chicago 26 51 .338 17½Kansas City 23 54 .299

20½West DivisionW L Pct GB

Houston 52 27 .658 —Seattle 47 31 .603 4½Los Angeles 41 37 .526 10½Oakland 40 38 .513 11½Texas 34 45 .430 18

Sunday's GamesBoston 5, Seattle 0Cleveland 12, Detroit 2Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 6, 12 inningsAtlanta 7, Baltimore 3Houston 11, Kansas City 3Minnesota 2, Texas 0Chicago White Sox 10, Oakland 3

Toronto 7, L.A. Angels 6, 10 inningsMonday's Games

Oakland at Detroit, 3:10 p.m.L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 4:15 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Seattle at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.San Diego at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Toronto at Houston, 8:10 p.m.Cleveland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday's GamesWashington (Scherzer 10-3) at TampaBay (Eovaldi 1-3), 12:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Severino 11-2) atPhiladelphia (Arrieta 5-5), 7:05 p.m.Seattle (Paxton 6-2) at Baltimore(Gausman 3-6), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Lamb 0-0) at Boston (Price8-5), 7:10 p.m.Oakland (Montas 4-1) at Detroit (Hardy3-1), 7:10 p.m.San Diego (Ross 5-5) at Texas (Bibens-Dirkx 1-1), 8:05 p.m.Kansas City (Junis 5-8) at Milwaukee(Peralta 2-0), 8:10 p.m.Minnesota (Lynn 5-5) at Chicago WhiteSox (Lopez 2-5), 8:10 p.m.Toronto (TBD) at Houston (Morton 9-1),8:10 p.m.Cleveland (Kluber 11-3) at St. Louis(Martinez 3-4), 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday's GamesKansas City at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.Toronto at Houston, 2:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Seattle at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Boston, 7:10 p.m.Oakland at Detroit, 7:10 p.m.San Diego at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:10p.m.Cleveland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup-Toyota/ Save Mart 350 Results

SundayAt Sonoma Raceway

Sonoma, Calif.Lap length: 1.99 miles

(Start position in parentheses)1. (2) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 110 laps,40 points.2. (6) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 1135.

3. (19) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 110, 34.4. (3) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 110, 49.5. (9) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 110, 32.6. (23) Kurt Busch, Ford, 110, 31.7. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 110, 30.8. (24) Aric Almirola, Ford, 110, 38.9. (17) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 110, 32.10. (21) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 110, 37.11. (7) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 110,42.12. (25) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 110,29.13. (10) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 110, 40.14. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 110, 29.15. (16) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 110, 25.16. (27) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 110, 21.17. (30) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 110, 20.18. (18) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 110,19.19. (12) Joey Logano, Ford, 110, 18.20. (26) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 110,18.21. (22) Michael McDowell, Ford, 110,19.22. (28) David Ragan, Ford, 109, 15.23. (34) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 109,0.24. (14) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 109,19.25. (8) William Byron, Chevrolet, 109, 12.26. (15) Paul Menard, Ford, 109, 11.27. (13) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 109, 10.28. (33) Justin Marks, Chevrolet, 109, 0.29. (35) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 109,8.30. (29) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 109, 7.31. (36) Chris Cook, Chevrolet, 109, 6.32. (37) Tomy Drissi, Chevrolet, 108, 5.33. (31) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 106, 4.34. (11) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 104, 9.35. (32) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, accident,57, 2.36. (38) Cody Ware, Chevrolet,fuelpump, 42, 1.37. (4) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet,garage, 33, 138. (5) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet,engine, 33, 11.

Race StatisticsAverage Speed of Race Winner: 82.882mph.Time of Race: 2 hours, 38 minutes, 28seconds.Margin of Victory: 10.513 seconds.Caution Flags: 3 for 8 laps.

Lead Changes: 11 among 7 drivers.Lap Leaders: K.Larson 1-2; M.Truex 3-22; A.Allmendinger 23-27; M.Truex 28-41; K.Harvick 42-47; D.Hamlin 48-51;K.Harvick 52-72; M.Truex 73-80;Ku.Busch 81; E.Jones 82; K.Harvick 83-90; M.Truex 91-110Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led,Laps Led): M.Truex, 4 times for 62 laps;K.Harvick, 3 times for 35 laps;A.Allmendinger, 1 time for 5 laps;D.Hamlin, 1 time for 4 laps; K.Larson, 1time for 2 laps; E.Jones, 1 time for 1 lap;K.Busch 1 time for 1 lap.

NASCAR Monster Energy Cup PointsLeaders

Through June 241. Kyle Busch, 6962. Kevin Harvick, 6243. Joey Logano, 5844. Brad Keselowski, 5545. Martin Truex Jr., 5466. Clint Bowyer, 5447. Kurt Busch, 5248. Denny Hamlin, 5059. Kyle Larson, 47210. Aric Almirola, 47111. Ryan Blaney, 46612. Jimmie Johnson, 41913. Chase Elliott, 41114. Erik Jones, 37615. Alex Bowman, 36316. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 34617. Paul Menard, 33818. Austin Dillon, 31319. Daniel Suarez, 29020. William Byron, 289

NASCAR Monster Energy CupSchedule

Feb. 11 — x-Advance Auto Parts Clash(Brad Keselowski)Feb. 15 — x-Can-Am Duel 1 (RyanBlaney)Feb. 15 — x-Can-Am Duel 2 (ChaseElliott)Feb. 18 — Daytona 500 (Austin Dillon)Feb. 25 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500(Kevin Harvick)March 4 — Penzoil 400 (Kevin Harvick)March 11 — TicketGuardian 500 (KevinHarvick)March 18 — Auto Club 400 (Martin Truex

Jr.)March 26 — STP 500 (Clint Bowyer)April 8 — O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 (KyleBusch)April 15 — Food City 500 (Kyle Busch)April 21 — Toyota Owners 400 (KyleBusch)April 29 — GEICO 500 (Joey Logano)May 6 — AAA 400 Drive for Autism(Kevin Harvick)May 12 — KC Masterpiece 400 (KevinHarvick)May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Open (AJAllmendinger)May 19 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race(Kevin Harvick)May 27 — Coca-Cola 600 (Kyle Busch)June 3 — Pocono 400 (Martin Truex Jr.)June 10 — FireKeepers Casino 400(Clint Bowyer)June 24 — Toyota/Save Mart 350 (MartinTruex Jr.)July 1 — Overton's 400, Joliet, Ill.July 7 — Coke Zero 400, DaytonaBeach, Fla.July 14 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky.July 22 — New Hampshire 301, LoudonJuly 29 — Gander Outdoors 400, LongPond, Pa.Aug. 5 — GoBowling at The Glen,Watkins Glen, N.Y.Aug. 12 — Consumers Energy 400,Brooklyn, Mich.Aug. 18 — Bass Pro Shops NRA NightRace, Bristol, Tenn.Sept. 2 — Bojangles' Southern 500,Darlington, S.C.Sept. 9 — Big Machine Brickyard 400,IndianapolisSept. 16 — South Point 400, Las VegasSept. 22 — Federated Auto Parts 400,Richmond, Va.Sept. 30 — Bank of America 500,Concord, N.C.Oct. 7 — TBA, Dover, Del.Oct. 14 — 1000Bulbs.com 500,Talladega, Ala.Oct. 21 — Hollywood Casino 400,Kansas City, Kan.Oct. 28 — First Data 500, Martinsville,Va.Nov. 4 — AAA Texas 500, Fort WorthNov. 11 — Can-Am 500, Avondale, Ariz.Nov. 18 — Ford Ecoboost 400,Homestead, Fla.x-non-points race

MLB

NASCAR

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night golf event of the year,“Golf With the Stars,” will beheld June 29. The format willbe a 3-person scramble withnine holes beginning at 6:15p.m., followed by dinner at8:30, and the final nine holescontested under the starsbeginning at 9:15. Entry fee is$45 per player, which includesdinner as well as two lightedgolf balls per player. Meat giftcertificates will be awarded tothree places in eachflight. Field is limited to 18teams. Contact Steve Brown at(478) 279-2221.

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Road warrior: Truex tricks Harvick on track, conquers SonomaSONOMA, Calif. (AP) —

Martin Truex Jr. was runningsecond as the laps dwindled inSonoma, and crew chief ColePearn didn't think they were asfast as Kevin Harvick.Pearn told his team to pre-

pare for a pit stop on the 73rdlap, and he told Truex over theradio to bring in the car.It was all trickery.Harvick's crew chief,

Rodney Childers, called in hisdriver for tires and fuel inanticipation of Truex's stop —but Pearn's driver actuallystayed out for seven more laps.When Truex finally pitted, hegot the fresh tires he needed toblow past Harvick for a sweetvictory."I called him off at the last

second," Pearn said with a slysmile. "As far as he knew, wewere pitting. I'd like to saywe're smart enough to usecodes, but we're not. We'd prob-ably mess it up."Truex won the NASCAR

Cup Series race in Sonoma onSunday because of that cleverpit bluff, cruising to his secondcareer victory on the challeng-ing road course.Truex easily held off

Harvick for his second win inthree weeks and his third victo-ry of the season in hisFurniture Row Racing Toyota.Truex led 62 laps and won by awhopping 10.513 seconds."The last 10 laps of the race

were easy," Truex said. "A littlestressful. I was just hoping forno cautions, because I had a biglead. This place is so tricky andso technical, but when you startto take care of your equipmentand have time to think, it'salmost harder. You can over-shoot a corner easily."The defending Cup Series

champion didn't make a mis-take after he waited to pit until

the 81st lap, a full eight lapslater than Harvick's Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. With freshtires, Truex passed Harvick forthe lead around the final hair-pin turn with 19 laps to go."That was all Cole," Truex

said. "I'll do whatever he wantsto do. Awesome job by himtoday. ... Honestly, all you'redoing is begging, hoping thatthe caution doesn't come outand hope the engine staystogether."Truex's victory in his manu-

facturer's title race was the18th of his career. He earnedhis second career victory atSonoma in 2013 for MichaelWaltrip Racing, making himthe only racer to win twice inthe past decade at Sonoma.Cup Series leader Harvickwent to the pits shortly after

Truex passed him, but nevergot the caution that would havebeen necessary for him to catchup. Clint Bowyer finished thirdand Chase Elliott was fourth.Truex began his racing

career as a kid running go-karts on road courses, andthose lifelong skills are show-ing. After winning at WatkinsGlen last year and takingSonoma this year, his threecareer road course victories aresecond among active drivers tothe four wins on non-ovaltracks by Kyle Busch, who fin-ished fifth in Sonoma."I enjoy them," Truex said. "I

think it's fun to do somethingdifferent."Here are more things to

know about the race in winecountry:BIGGER WORRIES:

Harvick wasn't angry about thepit strategy that probablydecided the race. "The call wasone thing, but I think I was toohard on the car the first coupleof stages," Harvick said. "Thebrake pedal was long afterqualifying and never reallycame around during the race. Itprogressively got worse."CANADIAN SCARFACE:

Pearn turned heads on pit roweven before his strategy deci-sions thanks to a nasty-lookingvertical scar running down hisforehead. The crew chief saidhe needed stitches earlier inthe week after he got hit in theface by a large corner postwhile building a treehouse forhis family. The blow cut hisforehead down to the skull —but he went home from the hos-pital and finished the tree-

house anyway. "I wish I (hadbeen) fighting a bear or acougar, or something like that,"he said.DINGER DINGED: A.J.

Allmendinger won the firststage and had dreams of get-ting a rare victory — until hemissed a shift and blew hisengine on the 33rd lap.Allmendinger is a standoutroad course racer, but he madea key mistake. "I haven'tmissed a shift on a road coursein 10 years," Allmendingersaid. "It was just me. I was try-ing to be so patient and sosmooth. It was unexpected. It'son me. I let everybody downhere."POLE SITTER: Kyle Larson

finished 14th after starting onthe pole for the second consecu-tive year at his home track inhis native Northern California.He lost several positions earlywhen he couldn't keep his rearend under control, but man-aged to keep it together for hissecond-best finish in five CupSeries races on the Sonomacourse. He has never finishedbetter than 12th.RUBBIN AIN'T ALWAYS

RACIN: The Sonoma race fea-tured little of the contact andgrinding damage that usuallycharacterizes this 11-turnordeal. Truex's car had remark-ably little damage, and therace's only caution came afterAllmendinger blew up. "I thinkthe entire field is definitely bet-ter (at road racing)," the 37-year-old Truex said. "Just ingeneral in stock car racing, youcome up with more experienceon road courses today than Idid. All these kids have moreexperience at it. ... Also here,we didn't have a lot of cautions,and cautions breed cautions.Restarts are insane here."

Martin Truex Jr. (78) leads Kevin Harvick (4) through a turn during aNASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, June 24, 2018, in

Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Football"Every kid who comes out

here has to bring a reportcard," said Revel, who movedhere from Miami. "Withoutthe grades, you can't go any-where."The Ravens have about 20

players each for their twoteams — one 12-and-undersquad and another foryounger boys. Coaches hopeto fill the rosters to at least25 players per team, and theprogram is also looking formore cheerleaders.Most of the players are

from Dublin and LaurensCounty, but some are fromJohnson County and otherneighboring areas."It's a good thing," Wanda

Coney said as she watchedher 9-year-old son, KeithWalker, practice. "They'rehelping to young boys out,preparing them for thefuture. My boy loves football,so he loves it.""It gives him something to

do during the summer,"added his father, KeithWalker Sr. "Keeps his fitnessup instead of sitting aroundplaying video games."The Ravens will play in

the Southern EliteConference, or SEC, inPooler on Saturdays thisfall, and the program is affil-iated with United YouthFootball League.

"We want to expand andwork our way out toCochran, Hawkinsville,Mongtomery County andToombs County," whichmight mean adding anotherteam or two, said Stanley.Another goal is to eventu-

ally earn nonprofit statusand launch outreach pro-grams in underserved neigh-borhoods.The immediate focus,

however, is on getting theteams ready for kickoff inAugust.The players will get expe-

rience and exposure that canonly benefit them — and, inthe long run, the local highschool football programs. Inthe process, the area's nextNFL star, such as Broncoswide receiver DemaryiusThomas of West Laurens orDublin's Erik Walden, mightemerge, said Stanley."You never know. We've

probably got several'Baybays' and Erik Waldensout here. They just need theopportunity."For more information

about the football and cheer-leading program, callStanley at (478) 484-6197 orRevel at (229) 379-6239. TheRavens also have a Facebookpage, Dublin-LaurensRavens Youth FootballOrganization, and a websiteis in the works.

Continued from 1a

Photos by Rodney Manley

Above: Organizer Tyrone Stanleyworks on a helmet. Right: Players

looks up to a coach whilelistening to instructions for a drill

during last week's practice.

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Anita Baker,HER, Meek Millshine at 2018BET Awards

By MESFIN FEKADU, APMusic Writer

The 2018 BET Awardsbarely handed out any trophieswith big stars like Cardi B,Drake and Kendrick Lamarabsent, but the show includedsuperior performances by risingsinger H.E.R., rapper MeekMill and gospel artist YolandaAdams, who paid tribute toAnita Baker and nearlybrought her to tears.

Baker, an eight-timeGrammy winner whodominated the R&B chartsfrom the early '80s to mid-90s,earned the LifetimeAchievement Award on Sundayat the Microsoft Theater in LosAngeles.

The 60-year-old used herspeech to encourage the artistsin the room to keep music alive.

"I would ask that the musicbe allowed to play, that singersare allowed to sing, andrappers are allowed to rap, andpoets are allowed to rhyme,"said Baker, who also washonored by host Jamie Foxx,Ledisi and MarshaAmbrosius.

H.E.R., whose real name isGabi Wilson, was impressive asshe sang the R&B hit "Focus,"played the electric guitar like arock star and sang softly duringthe sweet love song "Best Part,"where she was joined by DanielCaesar.

Meek Mill, who wasreleased from prison in April,rapped the song "Stay Woke"on a stage transformed into astreet corner, featuringhustlers, children and policeofficers. A mother screams asher child is shot during thepowerful performance, and anofficer lays an American flagover the body.

Meek Mill also made astatement by wearing a hoodiefeaturing the face ofXXXTentacion, the 20-year-oldrapper-singer who died afterbeing shot last week.

"We can't get used to thesetypes of things. We're too usedto young people getting killed,"Foxx said when speaking aboutXXXTentacion later in theshow.

The Oscar winner told theaudience to "try to sneak amessage in" their music.

"We got to figure somethingout," he said.

Snoop Dogg celebrated 25years in music, performing theclassic songs "What's MyName" and "Next Episode."The rapper also performedsongs from his recentlyreleased gospel album, wearinga choir robe on a stage thatlooked like a church.

Childish Gambino, whosesong and music video "This IsAmerica" tackles racism andgun violence and became aviral hit last month, gave ashort, impromptu performanceof the song when Foxx broughthim onstage.

"Everybody begged me todo a joke about that song. Isaid that song should not bejoked about," Foxx said.

Foxx kicked off the showrejoicing in the uber successof "Black Panther,"namedropping the records thefilm has broken and evenpulled Michael B. Jordanonstage to recite a line fromthe film.

"We don't need a presidentright now because we got ourking," Foxx said of T'Challa."(Director) Ryan Coogler gaveus our king."

Foxx entered the arenawith a stuffed black panthertoy — with a gold chainaround its neck — which hehanded to Jordan. The filmwon best movie.

"The film is about ourexperiences being African-Americans and also capturesthe experiences of beingAfrican," Coogler said. "It wasabout tapping into the voicethat tells us to be proud ofwho we are."

At the end of his speech hetold the audience to travel toAfrica and learn more aboutthe continent's history.

SZA, who was the mostnominated woman at thisyear's Grammys, won bestnew artist and said she's"never won anything in frontof other people."

She dedicated the award tothose "lost in the world,"saying: "Follow your passion... believe in yourself."

After the show, BETannounced that KendrickLamar had won best albumfor "DAMN." and best malehip-hop artist. Beyonce wonbest female pop/R&B artist,while Bruno Mars was namedthe best male pop/R&B artist.

"Girls Trip" star andcomedian Tiffany Haddish,who won best actress andgave her speech in a tapedvideo, also said encouragingwords.

"You can achieve anythingyou want in life," she said.

DJ Khaled was the leadingnominee with six and pickedup the first award of the night— best collaboration — for"Wild Thoughts" withRihanna and Bryson Tiller.He was holding his son on hiship onstage and also used hisspeech to highlight youngpeople.

"All of y'all are leaders andall of y'all are kings andqueens — the future," he said.

Migos won best group andgave a fun performance thateven had Adams reciting thelyrics. J. Cole, Nicki Minaj,Janelle Monae, Miguel, YG, 2Chainz and Big Sean alsoperformed.

The BET Awards normallyhands its HumanitarianAward to one person, but sixindividuals received the honorSunday.

Dubbed "HumanitarianHeroes," the network gaveawards to James Shaw Jr.,who wrestled an assault-stylerifle away from a gunman in aTennessee Waffle House inApril; Anthony Borges, the 15-year-old student who was shotfive times and is credited withsaving the lives of at least 20other students duringFebruary massacre in Florida;Mamoudou Gassama, whoscaled an apartment buildingto save a child dangling froma balcony last month in Paris;Naomi Wadler, an 11-year-oldwho gave a memorable andinfluential speech at Marchfor Our Lives; JustinBlackman, the only student towalk out of his high school inNorth Carolina during thenationwide student walkoutto protest gun violence inMarch; and journalist andactivist Shaun King.

Immigrant families line up to enter the centralbus station after they were processed andreleased by U.S. Customs and Border

Protection, Sunday, June 24, 2018, in McAllen,Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

El Paso,Texasgroup says it takesin 30 parentsseparated from kids

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — ATexas charitable organizationis saying 32 immigrantparents separated from theirchildren after crossing theU.S.-Mexico border were freedinto its care, but they don'tknow where their kids are orwhen they might see themagain despite governmentassurances that familyreunification would be wellorganized.

The release on Sunday isbelieved to be the first, largeone of its kind since PresidentDonald Trump signed anexecutive order Wednesdaythat preserved a "zero-tolerance" policy for enteringthe country illegally butended the practice ofseparating immigrant parentsand children.

Ruben Garcia, director ofAnnunciation House in ElPaso, said the group of bothmothers and fathers includessome from Mexico, Guatemalaand Honduras who arrived tohis group after federalauthorities withdrew criminalcharges for illegal entry.

Garcia would not providenames or personal details ofthe parents, and mediacouldn't speak with them.Department of HomelandSecurity officials said theycould not check the veracity ofthe claims without morespecific identifyinginformation to check intocases.

A Saturday night factsheet by the HomelandSecurity and other agenciessaid authorities know thelocation of all children incustody after separating themfrom their families at theborder and are working toreunite them. It called thereunification process "well-coordinated."

It also said parents mustrequest that their child bedeported with them. In thepast, the fact sheet says,many parents elected to bedeported without theirchildren. That may be areflection of violence orpersecution they face in theirhome countries.

It doesn't state how long itmight take to reunitefamilies. Texas' Port IsabelService Processing Center hasbeen set up as the stagingground for the families to bereunited prior to deportation.

How the governmentwould reunite families hasbeen unclear because they arefirst stopped by U.S. Customsand Border Patrol, withchildren taken into custody bythe Department of Health andHuman Services and adultsdetained through U.S.Immigration and CustomsEnforcement, which is underthe Department of HomelandSecurity. Children have beensent to far-flung sheltersaround the country, raising

alarm that parents mightnever know where theirchildren can be found.

At least 2,053 minors whowere separated at the borderwere being cared for in HHS-funded facilities, the factsheet said.

The chairman of theSenate Homeland SecurityCommittee hedged Sundaywhen pressed on whether hewas confident the Trumpadministration knows whereall the children are and willbe able to reunite them withtheir parents.

"That is what they'reclaiming," Sen. Ron Johnson,R-Wis., said on CNN's "Stateof the Union."

The fact sheet states thatICE has implemented anidentification mechanism toensure ongoing tracking oflinked family membersthroughout the detention andremoval process; designateddetention locations forseparated parents and willenhance current processes toensure communication withchildren in HHS custody;worked closely with foreignconsulates to ensure thattravel documents are issuedfor both the parent and childat time of removal; andcoordinated with HHS for thereuniting of the child prior tothe parents' departure fromthe U.S.

As part of the effort, ICEofficials have posted notices inall its facilities advisingdetained parents who aretrying to find or communicatewith their children to call ahotline staffed 8 a.m. to 8p.m. Monday through Friday.

A parent or guardiantrying to determine if a childis in the custody of HHSshould contact the Office ofRefugee ResettlementNational Call Center at 1-800-203-7001, or via email atinformation@ORRNCC.com.Information will be collectedand sent to an HHS-fundedfacility where a minor islocated.

But it's unclear whetherdetained parents have accessto computers to send anemail, or how their phonesystems work to call out.Attorneys at the border havesaid they have beenfrantically trying to locateinformation about thechildren on behalf of theirclients.

Garcia, the AnnunciationHouse director, said hisexperience has been thattelephone contact doesn'tprovide any information.

"If we bring in 30cellphones, they're going tocall that number, they're notgoing to reach 30 children,"said Garcia, whoseorganization has beenworking with federalauthorities to assistimmigrants for 40 years.

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