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OUR SCHOOLS: BY THE NUMBERS, PART 6

College and careerpathways

By DAHLIA ALLENThe Heart of Georgia College and Career

Academy will be a place where high school stu-dents can get a head start in the world of em-ployment. Backers of the academy describe itas part of a state-wide movement to begin ca-reer-focused education early and to help stu-dents explore opportunities in the workplace.

With four school systems and two collegesas partners, HGCCA is only the second region-al career academy among the 31 such schoolscreated in Georgia to date. As the number ofcareer academies grows, businesses are begin-ning to wonder why if a region does not haveone, said Dublin School Superintendent Dr.Chuck Ledbetter.

The collaboration with the combined re-sources of all the partners will offer more to

See ACADEMY page 8a

New HGCCA will offer studentsfrom area schools hands-ontraining similar, or identical to

neighboring OFTC

Photo by Jason Halcombe

A view from the parking lot of Oconee Fall Line Technical College shows thenew Heart of Georgia College and Career Academy. Only a couple hundredyards separate the campuses, which will also some very similar curriculumwhen the HGCCA opens in 2014.

HGCCA Course OfferingsCosmetology*Early Childhood Care*Air Force JROTCWelding*Culinary ArtsConstruction*Auto Collision Repair*Computer Instruction*Robotics*Allied Health**denotes courses also offered by OFTC

Photo by Payton Towns III

Edge hands over the keys to Wells during Sunday’s ceremony.

Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . 2aEditorial . . . . . . . . . . . 4aWeather. . . . . . . . . . . . 5aHometown. . . . . . . . . . 7aSports. . . . . . . . . . . 1b,2bClassifieds. . . . . . . . . . 3bFun Page . . . . . . . . . . 4b

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Dear AbbyHusband’s

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Habitat for Humanitydedicates House No. 32

By PAYTON TOWNS IIISurrounded by family and

friends, Latoshia Wells couldn't helpbut have a big smile on her facewhen she was handed the keys toHabitat House No. 32 Sunday after-noon, located at 521 Clover Street inEast Dublin.

Wells also got an address plate,mailbox, homeowner's manual anda Bible from members of the Dublin-Laurens County Habitat for Hu-manity, a partnered agency withThe Heart of Georgia United Way.

"I just wanted to say thanks toeveryone," Wells said as she brokeout into a big smile.

Tracy Kinney, executive directorof Habitat, couldn't help but remem-ber that there was a threat of rain

on Sept. 8, the day they did thegroundbreaking for the house.Three months later, it was sprin-kling rain again before the dedica-tion of the same house.

"God is good every day," Kinneysaid. "It never rained a single dayduring construction during thethree months. This is a very big dayand the homeowner has a big smile.They see that all of the hard workhas come full circle."

Giving the keys away was Habi-tat Construction Chairman TimEdge.

"This my favorite part," Edgesaid. "I've done 177 of these housesand it never changes. It gets better

See HABITAT page 8a

Doctors comeclose in Amazing

Race finaleCouple and ER physicians

Drs. Travis and NicoleJasper reached the finals ofCBS’ The Amazing Race,which aired Sunday night.Unfortunately for the duo,their bid to win the race fellshort to eventual championsJason Case and Amy Diaz.While the couple’s officialinformation lists Atlanta astheir hometown, the pairhave since moved toDublin’s Fairview Park Hos-pital to work in the hospital’sER. The couple began workat the hospital in November.(Photo courtesy CBS)

— Compiled byJason Halcombe

Cold, Cloudy and Colorful ParadeHundreds

braved chilly tem-peratures andcloudy conditionsto attend and/orparticipate in theannual Dublin Ex-change ClubChristmas Parade.For more scenesfrom Saturday’sparade, see 7a.(Photos by ScottThompson)

BY CHRIS TALBOTTAP MUSIC WRITER

Jay Z easily led GrammyAward nominations an-nounced Friday with nine, butleft-of-center rappers Mackle-more & Ryan Lewis andKendrick Lamar were amonga group of new stars who tookmany of the major nomina-tions.

Macklemore and Lewis’ gaymarriage anthem “SameLove” was among song of theyear nominees and the Seattlerap crew joined Los Angelesrapper Lamar with sevennominations apiece, includingbest album and best newartist of the year. PharrellWilliams had four major nom-inations among his seven andJustin Timberlake also hadseven.

Macklemore and Lewisdominated a nominations TVspecial from the Nokia The-atre in Los Angeles that alsoincluded performances bynominees Taylor Swift, KatyPerry, Lorde and RobinThicke.

Macklemore and Lewisopened the show with a color-ful, high-energy version oftheir hit “Thrift Shop,” featur-ing Wanz, and immediatelypicked up a song of the yearnomination for “Same Love,”featuring Mary Lambert.

Two nominations later,Macklemore, whose real nameis Ben Haggerty, was noting it

was a “very surreal moment”during an on-air interviewwith host LL Cool J. “It’s likewe’re not supposed to be here,but we’re here with LL CoolJ.” Added Lewis after theshow: “There is no greateraward than the Grammy. Tobe here tonight and to be nom-inated is truly mind-blowing.”

Recording Academy fa-vorites Timberlake and Jay Zteamed up for two nomina-tions apiece, but they only hadone major nomination be-tween them this year and thatcame for Jay Z’s participationon Lamar’s album of the yearnominee “good kid, m.A.A.dcity” instead of his own“Magna Carta ... Holy Grail.”

Williams, who seemed to beeverywhere in 2013, is up forproducer of the year and faceshimself in three categories, in-cluding record of the year for“Get Lucky” with Daft Punkand “Blurred Lines” withRobin Thicke, and album of

the year entries “Random Ac-cess Memories” by Daft Punkand Lamar’s “good kid.”

WASHINGTON (AP) —The “Piano Man” who becameone of the world’s best-sellingartists of all time with suchhits as “Just the Way YouAre,” “Uptown Girl” and “Al-lentown” was awarded the na-tion’s highest honor Sundayfor influencing American cul-ture through the arts.

Billy Joel joined CarlosSantana, Herbie Hancock,opera star Martina Arroyo andactress Shirley MacLaine inreceiving the Kennedy CenterHonors. All have been playingmusic, dancing or singingsince they were children —and never stopped.

Tony Bennett opened thetribute to Joel’s long careerand his songs written so oftenabout ordinary people.

“Billy Joel is no less thanthe poet, performer, philoso-pher of today’s American song-book,” Bennett said.

Don Henley sang “She’s Gota Way” and Garth Brooks sanga medley of “Only the GoodDie Young,” “Allentown,” and“Goodnight Saigon,” joined bya choir of Vietnam veterans.Joel has explained he wrote“Saigon” because he wanted towrite a song about the soldier-s’ experience.

Rufus Wainright sang“New York State of Mind” andled the audience in a finale ofJoel’s original hit, “PianoMan.”

Joel said the honor standsapart from his six Grammys.

“This is different. It’s ournation’s capital,” he told TheAssociated Press. “This iscoming more from my countrythan just people who come tosee me. It’s a little overwhelm-ing.”

The 64-year-old musicianborn in the Bronx has beenplaying the piano since he wasa boy, growing up on NewYork’s Long Island. There wasalways music in the house, hesaid. His mother sang. His fa-ther played the piano.

Impressing girls, though, iswhat hooked Joel into makinga career of music, he said.

President Barack Obamasaluted the honorees Sundaynight, and top entertainers of-fered tribute performances foreach honoree. The show willbe broadcast Dec. 29.

“The diverse group of extra-ordinary individuals we honortoday haven’t just proventhemselves to be the best ofthe best,” Obama said. “De-spite all their success, all theirfame, they’ve remained true tothemselves — and inspiredthe rest of us to do the same.”

After criticism in recentyears that the Kennedy Cen-ter Honors had been excludingLatinos, the first song thisyear was in Spanish. FherOlvera, the lead singer of theMexican rock band Mana, led

off with a medley of Santanatunes, “Corazon Espinado,”“Black Magic Woman” and“Oye Como Va” for a tribute tothe 66-year-old Santana.

An immigrant from Mexicowho began learning Englishfrom American television,Santana is one of only a fewLatinos who have received thehonor so far. He first picked upthe guitar after hearing bluesand rock ‘n’ roll on the radio,and he wanted to be like hismariachi musician father. Hisfamily moved to San Francis-co. By the age of 22, he wasplaying at Woodstock.

In a tribute, musician Har-ry Belafonte joked that some-thing should be done aboutMexican immigration becausehe’d been overshadowed bySantana’s fusion of rock,blues, African and Latinosounds. Santana is perhapsbest known for his album “Su-pernatural” that won nineGrammys.

“Now Carlos is a citizen ofthe world. He belongs to all ofus,” Belafonte said. “Carlos,you haven’t transcended raceand origin. Really, who of ushas? You continue to be in-formed by the immigrant ex-perience on the journey to thegreat American dream.”

Before the show, Santanasaid he’d never been to theKennedy Center before butthe award stands apart forhim because it came duringthe Obama administration.

“It’s really supreme be-cause the award is being givento me by a black man. If itwasn’t like that, I would sayjust send it to me,” Santanasaid. “But since it’s Mr. BarackObama, I definitely had tomake myself present and sayfrom the center of my heart,‘you are the embodiment ofour dreams and aspirations.”’

Hancock, 73, got his startat the piano at age 7 whilegrowing up in Chicago. Soonhe was playing Mozart anddiscovered jazz in high school.He joined the Miles DavisQuintet in 1963 and later setout to create his own sounds,fusing jazz, funk, pop, gospel,soul and the blues. He haswon an Oscar and 14 GrammyAwards so far.

Bill O’Reilly of Fox Newsled the tributes for Hancock.

“I know, I’m surprised too,”he said.

Hancock stands out as a“remarkable American” and“remarkable artist,” O’Reillysaid. Though he said he’s noexpert on music, “I just knowwhat I like.”

Jazz greats Terence Blan-chard, Wayne Shorter, JackDeJohnette and others playeda tribute for Hancock’s work.And Snoop Dogg took thestage and brought some rapinto the mix to celebrate Han-

cock’s influence on the birth ofhip-hop.

“Herbie we love you, baby,”he said. “Thank you for creat-ing hip-hop.”

Supreme Court Justice So-nia Sotomayor led the tributesfor a singer she met while ajudge in New York City.

“I’m here for the diva,” shesaid. “Now we justices arefond of using words precisely.Long before diva took on a dif-ferent meaning, it meant themost celebrated of femaleopera singers.”

Arroyo found opera whileimitating the singers outsidean opera workshop when shewas growing up in Harlem.Soon she was signing a con-tract with New York’s Metro-politan Opera and had abreakthrough with “Aida” in1965. She went on to star inthe great opera houses of Lon-don, Paris and Vienna.

For MacLaine, her long-time friend Kathy Bates tookthe stage and praised herwork on stage and screen.

“Your humanity informsyour work,” she told MacLainewho was seated in a box withthe president. “We thinkyou’re magnificent now andforever.”

MacLaine, 79, has been act-ing for six decades ever sinceshe began ballet at age 3. Herfilm debut came in 1955’s “TheTrouble with Harry,” directedby Alfred Hitchcock, and shewon the Oscar for best actressfor “Terms of Endearment” in1983. More recently she’s beenplaying a role in “DowntonAbbey” on PBS.

MacLaine’s younger broth-er Warren Beatty also has wona Kennedy Center Honor,making them the first brotherand sister to both receive thehonor.

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M.D., AND MEHMET OZ,M.D.

Fast-food outlets nearschools could put your kids onthe fast track to obesity - andpoorer school performance.And that’s particularly truefor kids who live in urban ar-eas with fast-food restaurantsthat are closer than grocerystores with fresh produce. Italso disproportionately affectskids without resources who,understandably, opt for in-credibly unhealthy but filling$1 meals.

Despite tough-to-overcomeobstacles to making healthierfood choices, you gotta helpyour kids before they findthemselves on the slipperyslope to becoming unhealthy

adults and everyone ends upfooting an impossibly highhealth-care bill.

So here’s our four-pointplan to help kids becomehealthy, happy adults.

Parents: Learning how tomake smart food choicesstarts at home. Get your kidsinto healthy food by involvingthem in shopping and cooking.Provide healthy, tasty schoollunches, and urge them tochoose well in the cafeteria orwhen eating out.

Kids: Be a leader, not a fol-lower. If all of your friendshang out at the local fast-foodrestaurant and you want tohang with them, opt for no-sugar-added yogurt and fruit,salad-based wraps or grilledchicken and sugar-free drinks.

School administrators: In-troduce nutrition educationinto every classroom - kidswant to feel good, look good, dogood. Help them understandthat a $1 meal is a down pay-ment on a long line of painfuldisabilities that’ll cost them,big time, in the future.

Communities: You have adrug-free zone around theschool. Why not a fast-food-free zone too? Let’s chew onthat!

Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of“The Dr. Oz Show,” and MikeRoizen, M.D. is Chief WellnessOfficer and Chair of WellnessInstitute at Cleveland Clinic.To live your healthiest, tuneinto “The Dr. Oz Show” or vis-it www.sharecare.com.

Husband’s video gamingleaves wife on sidelinesDEAR ABBY: I was laid off

from work, but my husband,“Keith,” works full-time in afactory. We live with his par-ents. By the time Keith getshome from work and getscleaned up, it’s time to eat din-ner. Immediately afterward,we always follow the sameroutine: We go in our bedroomand he goes on the computerto play video games, while I sitand watch TV and play on myphone.

We love each other andrarely disagree about things,but this isn’t fun for me. Ihave told Keith I feel ignoredand I’d love to do somethingWITH him. He says becauseour town is smallish, there’snot a lot to do that doesn’t costmoney.

Keith is into the videogames, so much so that whenwe first met, he’d sit in hisbedroom and play for hours onend. We’re planning a vaca-tion in the next month or so,so it’s not like we do nothing atall. But I don’t know how toimprove our situation. —CALLING FOR HELP INKOKOMO, IND.

DEAR CALLING FORHELP: After a hard day’swork, your husband may justwant to sit down and relax.But that doesn’t mean youcouldn’t schedule some activi-ty together on a weekend —hiking, skating, kayaking, go-ing to an art show or seeingwhat’s scheduled at the con-

vention center. You could alsomake a date with other youngmarried couples, or occasion-ally schedule a girls’ night outwith some of your femalefriends.

I agree that it’s importantfor you and your husband notto get into a rut. That’s whyyou need to budget so youCAN get out and have somefun together a few times amonth.

DEAR ABBY: Several yearsago I met “Holly,” the love ofmy life. We married and had achild. Soon after our son’sbirth, I found out Holly had aboyfriend on the side. Our di-vorce was one of the mosttraumatic experiences of mylife. Because of her instability,I was granted custody of ourson.

Since the divorce I have de-veloped an attraction to men.Is this normal after a nasty di-vorce? I never thought of my-self as gay or bi until about ayear afterward. I know that I

never again want to experi-ence the pain I went through.

I have been celibate now foralmost four years, and I’m try-ing my best to set a good ex-ample for my son. I miss hav-ing someone to hold and sharelife with, but in the areawhere I live, having a gay re-lationship would cause me tolose my son. Any advice youcan offer would be appreciat-ed. — IS THIS NORMAL? INARIZONA

DEAR NORMAL: It is im-portant that you determineexactly who you are, whetherit is a walking-wounded het-erosexual, bisexual or homo-sexual. A licensed psychother-apist can help you with this,and do it in confidence.

Regardless of your sexualorientation, you should realizethat when breakups happenbetween couples — and thatincludes male/male, fe-male/female and heterosexual— there is usually heartbreakinvolved. However, withoutrisk there can be no reward,and celibacy is not the answer.If it turns out that you are, in-deed, gay, then you shouldconsider relocating to a moregay-friendly area.

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips, andwas founded by her mother,Pauline Phillips. Write DearAbby at www.DearAbby.comor P.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-les, CA 90069.

Donnette SmithMelissa McNesbyRebecca Thomas

William Edison PadgettConesha RozierJayla Wright

Kenneth and Jewel Reed

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Mrs. Luedessia MeardithBrown of Dublin passed awayon December 7. Funeralarrangements are incompletebut will be announced later.Friends are being received at206 Riverview Drive inDublin. Services by DudleyFuneral Home of Dublinwww.servicesbydudley.com.

BBiillllyy AAllvviinn CCaarrtteerrBilly Alvin Carter 72 of

Wrightsville, entered intoeternal rest, Friday morning,December 6, 2013 at the CarlVinson VA Medical Center af-ter an extended illness.

Mr. Carter was born Sept 8,1941 in Dublin Ga., to the lateCleveland and Mary EllenWalker Carter. He served hiscountry as a veteran in theU.S. Navy. Mr. Carter was em-ployed many years at JPStevens Co. as a supervisorwhere he later retired. Mr.Carter was a member atPleasant Grove BaptistChurch.

Mr. Carter was preceded indeath by his brother, PeteCarter.

Memorial services will beheld at Pleasant Grove Bap-tist Church Monday after-noon, December 9, 2013 at 3p.m. Inturnment will follow atWestview Cemetery. Rev. ChipBrody will be the officiatingminister.

Visitation will be held atthe church, one hour prior tothe service.

Mr. Carter is survived byhis wife, Lindal Keyton Carterof Wrightsville, two sons,Derek and Chan (Erica)Carter both of Wrightsville;one grandson, Jackson Carterof Wrightsville.

Brantley-Powell Funeral

Home of Wrightsville is en-trusted with the services forBilly Alvin Carter.

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Services for Carrie Eliza-beth Hickman, age 32 ofDublin, will be held at 2 p.m.Tuesday, December 10, in thechapel of Townsend BrothersFuneral Home. Pastor ScottDavidson will officiate. Burialwill follow in the OakdaleBaptist Church Cemetery. Vis-itation will be Monday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Carrie was a lifelong resi-dent of Laurens County. Shewas preceded in death by herfather, Barry Hickman, grand-fathers, Doris Faulk andGrady Hickman.

She is survived by hermother, Elizabeth Hickman(Richie Dixon) of Dublin,grandmother, Hazel Faulk ofCedar Grove, sister Jessica(Brad) Jordan of Chester,brother Kyle Hickman (Maria)of Pooler, step-brother, B.J.(Jess) Dixon of Dublin, step-sister Tamera Evans of CedarGrove, nieces and nephews,Bailey Harvey, Rhett Jordan,Melanie, Aubrey and NoahHickman, A.J. Dixon, RileyHartley, Logan Craft, TateEvans and several aunts, un-cles and cousins.

Michael Faulk, AdamFaulk, Blake Faulk, DylanFaulk, Jason Wright, ChrisWright and Kevin Oxford willserve as pallbearers.

Please visitwww.townsendfuneralhome.com to sign the online memorialregister.

TTeerrrryy HHiinneessMr. Terry Hines of

Wrightsville, Georgia, passedaway on December 5. Funeralarrangements are incompletebut will be announced at a lat-er time. The family is receiv-ing friends at 4650 Liberty

Grove Church Road inWrightsville. Services by Dud-ley Funeral Home ofDublin.www.servicesbydudley.com.

EEvveellyynn HHoorrnneeMrs. Evelyn Horne of 212

Pinehurst Drive, Dublin,passed away today, December9, 2013. Funeral announce-ments are incomplete and willbe announced later. Familywill be receiving friends at thefamily residence, 212 Pine-hurst Drive, Dublin. Servicesby Dudley Funeral Home ofDublinwww.servicesbydudley.com.

FFrraanncciiss AAnnddrreeww““SSoonnnnyy”” JJoonneess,, JJrr..Francis Andrew “Sonny”

Jones, Jr., age 84, of Eastman,Ga., died Saturday, December7, 2013.

Memorial services will beheld at 2 p.m. Monday, Decem-ber 9, at Woodlawn Cemetery,with Rev. Jack Sheffield offici-ating.

Mr. Jones was a Baptist, aveteran of the U.S. Navy and aretired president for ColonyBank. He was son the lateRuth Gamble Jones and Fran-cis Andrew “Bulldog” Jones,Sr. and was preceded in deathby a daughter, Maxine JonesSmith.

Survivors include wife, SueBelding Jones, daughter,Tracey Johnson (Bob), twosons, Dr. Bruce Jones (Laurie)and Stephen “Skip” Jones,step-daughter, AndreaTomberlin (Darrel), five sis-ters, Julia J. Roberts, Carol J.Ross (A.L.), Neysa J. Ragan(H.C. “Buddy”), Lynda J. Bag-well (Ed) and Kim J. Schoen-ing (Bill) and 12 grandchil-dren.

Stokes-Southerland Funer-al Home of Eastman hascharge of arrangementswww.stokes-southerland.com.

Obituaries

Billy Joel, 4 others receiveKennedy Center Honors

Macklemore, Lamar muscle into Grammys

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missioners named officials andelected First District Commis-sioner J.W. Robertson as chair-man for 1964. Second DistrictCommissioner R.A. Registerwas named Vice Chairman fornext year. Third District Com-missioner Swain Lewis is serv-ing as Chairman for 1963.A.O. Hadden was renamedSecretary to the Commission-ers and Purchasing Agent withT. Alton Floyd named Assis-tant Secretary and PurchasingAgent.H. Dale Thompson was

named County Attorney. H.B.Tarpley was named CountyWarden with T.L. Waldrep asDeputy Warden for Road Dis-trict 1, T.L. Fountain, DeputyWarden for Road District 2,and Alton Stewart, DeputyWarden for Road District 3.Dr. James Kibler was namedCounty Physician.The five FDIC banks in the

county, The Bank of Dudley,the Rentz Banking Co., theFarmers & Merchants Bank,the Morris State Bank, and theCitizens & Southern Bank ofDublin were named deposito-ries for county funds for 1964.The contract with the Citi-

zens & Southern Bank ofDublin to finance the countyfor 1963 was renewed for 1964.The contract calls for pay-ments of all warrants issuedby the county when presentedeven though 1964 taxes havenot been collected. The war-rants are then placed on inter-est with banks and individualsuntil taxes in 1964 are collect-ed so that they can be paid.

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Miss Alma Currie, visitingteacher in Laurens County,spoke to the Kappa Chapter ofDelta Kappa Gamma Sororityat the Shamrock Motel onThursday night, December 5.The title of her address was“Changing Economic Patternsin Our Culture - the Effects ofAutomation and PopulationExpansion.” Mrs. Hazel Hobbswas in charge of arrange-ments, and after a deliciousdinner Christmas gifts wereexchanged. Twenty-two mem-bers attended.

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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Scar-borough announce the engage-ment of their daughter, MissBarbara Jean Scarborough, toMr. Ernest Bell Jr., son of Mr.and Mrs. Ernest F. Bell ofBluffton, South Carolina. Thewedding will be at the home ofthe bride on January 17, 1964.The bride-elect is a gradu-

ate of Laurens High Schooland is employed at SouthernBell Tel & Tel. Mr. Bell is agraduate of Bluffton HighSchool and attended AuburnUniversity. He is currentlyserving in the U.S. Army.

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Thirty-five years ago onChristmas Eve the firm ofLovett & Tharpe was foundedwhen W.H. Lovett and HenryC. Tharpe bought StevensHardware Company. This wasthe beginning of a companywhich has grown to the pointwhere its distribution of farmand other implements, hard-ware, and appliances and theirrelated items has expandedthroughout the Southeast. Oneevent marking the anniversaryis extensive remodeling of thestore on West Jackson Street. The latest innovations in

display of products and otherassistance to patrons will beintroduced. Then, too, all of theemployees will celebrateChristmas and the firm’s birth-day in advance of December 24with a dance on this Saturdaynight at the Dublin CountryClub with Mr. and Mrs.. Lovettand Mr. and Mrs. Tharpe ashosts.Lovett & Tharpe is recog-

nized as a striking example ofAmerican enterprise and alsoof the fact that a small citycompany may develop to whereits transactions cover a widearea of the country as exten-sively as metropolitan con-cerns. There, of course, aremany examples of UnitedStates industries which hadtheir beginnings in smalltowns especially in the East,but as the social and economicdevelopment of the country ad-vanced, the trend was toward

Laurens board names 1964 officialsthe larger communities. Thenthe change began to bringabout a better balance by en-compassing the small cities aswell as the large.This period has been espe-

cially marked by the move-ment of big industries intoSouthern cities and towns.Here in Dublin there is evi-dence of the general trend inboth the establishment ofbranches of big corporationsand the formation of business-es by men and women who livehere or nearby. Lovett andTharpe was organized withMr. Lovett as President and

Mr. Tharpe as Secretary-Trea-surer and General Manager.They are both natives of John-son County but moved hereseveral years ago. Mr. Lovettis a financier, farmer, and leg-islator, participating in nu-merous businesses and banksbut has a very active interestin Lovett & Tharpe.Mr. Tharpe is the experi-

enced hardware man, havingbeen with Stevens for manyyears, though he was assistantbranch manager with theFrigidaire Company in Atlantaat the time he and Mr. Lovettbought Stevens. Being a resi-

dent of an agricultural beltand interested in related mat-ters, Mr. Tharpe quicklyturned his ability to the distri-bution of farm implementswhile simultaneously develop-ing the hardware and appli-ance end of the business. Heconcentrates mostly on Lovett& Tharpe affairs though in lat-ter years he has moved intoother business fields.The “Silver Edge” identifi-

cation which you see in somany Lovett & Tharpe adver-tisements in newspapers andmagazines, such as in THEPROGRESSIVE FARMER, ac-

tually originated early in thecompany’s history. Lovett &Tharpe was developing plowshares designed especially forSoutheastern farming prob-lems, and the name “SilverEdge” was applied. As otherproducts were manufacturedfor the company and other im-plements and appliances wereadded, the “Silver Edge” decalcontinued to be used until to-day it is applied to almosteverything that Lovett &tharpe sells. It is your assur-ance of quality, an added guar-antee to those of the manufac-turers.

Republicans last weekwere celebrating a Harvardsurvey of “Millennial” voters –those Americans between theages of 18 and 29 – showingthat they have quite sharplyturned their backs on bothPresident Obama and his sig-nature Affordable Care Act.The poll went so far as toshowing that a majority ofthose under 25 go so far aspreferring the President beremoved from office.The results please

Republicans even though thereliability of younger votershas proven unreliable at best.The age group had previouslyrepresented the strongest coreof support for the Presidentand Democrats. In addition,those looking at demographictrends have been predictingthat these voters wouldremain loyal to theDemocratic Party as their agewave replaces voters who areolder and currently leanRepublican.A word or two of caution is

in order before Republicanspop the corks on theirChampagne. Just becausethese younger voters are dis-pleased with Democrats does-n’t mean they believe their

only alternative is to embracethe GOP. The poll shows agenuine amount of disillusion-ment with the youngest vot-ers. It is possible that decadesof partisan bickering witheach side seeking to show theother as illegitimate may havethese voters placing a pox onall political houses.After all, Congressional

approval ratings in the pollwere equally abysmal. 45 per-cent of the group would voteagainst their own member ofCongress, with an even higher52 percent saying all membersof Congress should go.It’s relatively easy to see

why this age group would bedisenchanted with thePresident. The healthcare forall promise has become anoth-er bureaucratic mess. Notonly is the price significantlyhigher than promised, but thisgeneration that has onlyknown a world with personalcomputers and finds it hard toremember a world without aninternet can’t seem to under-stand why three years wasn’tenough time to build a websitethat might actually work.The most idealistic of this

generation are wondering howpromises to close

Guantanamo Bay and leaveAfghanistan have turned intoexpanding Guantanamo andnegotiating to stay anotherdecade or so in a war zonemost thought we would haveleft during Obama’s first term.Others may just be concernedthat six years after the finan-cial collapse, they have loadedup on student loans only tofind few jobs waiting at evenlower wages than they wereexpecting.Clearly there is opportuni-

ty for Republicans to maketheir case. But they shouldnot expect millennials toreflexively join the GOP mere-

ly because they are disillu-sioned with the Democrats.Their support will have to beearned.Republican messaging has

been less than welcoming tothe youngest generation ofvoters. While honest differ-ences between GOP andDemocratic solutions to envi-ronmental issues exists, itdoes not help drawingyounger voters who do placeenvironmental concerns sig-nificantly above others to seeGOP politicians and punditstalking about leaving all theirlights on and driving theirSUV’s around the block a few

extra times in “honor” ofEarth Day.Likewise, an honest look at

messaging is in order if socialconservatives wish to attractmillennials to the GOP brand.Those within the movementcould use some honest self-reflection to determine if theirmessage represents one oflimited government and free-dom of religion, rather thanan imposition of a specific reli-gious preference. It’s a fineline, but one that definitelydeserves some attention.This is dissolution among

younger voters - and frankly,too many Americans of allages. The solution to attractthese voters back into the foldcan start with a relativelysimple premise: Underpromise and over deliver.Both parties have taken

campaigning to a level whereanyone that is paying atten-tion can easily see thatrhetoric does not match reali-ty. Large comprehensive gov-ernment programs cannotgive everyone more whilereducing the costs. Likewise,taxes cannot continue to becut while promising no sub-stantial cuts to entitlementsor discretionary spending

without borrowing moremoney and increasing therelated debt ceiling.Voters of all ages have

become keenly aware thattheir votes are being boughtwith lies and empty promises.It undermines our entire sys-tem of government. If weknow we are electing our lead-ers based on who gives us thebest campaign lie, we have noreason to believe when ourelected officials then try togovern.There is only one substan-

tial way to turn around therace to the bottom our twoparty system is currently giv-ing us. Our leaders, whethercampaigning or governing,must provide honest talk andreal solutions. Ones not basedon what we want to hear, butwhat must happen to solveactual problems.The current system breeds

too much cynicism. The partythat wishes to fix this will bethe one that gives us some-thing to believe in.

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It was as ugly as awarthog, but for the 11th timein the past 12 years, 38 of thepast 50 and 65 out of 108, theUniversity of Georgia, the old-est state-chartered universityin the nation, located inAthens, the Classic City of theSouth, has bested the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology for thestate football championship,41-34.Georgia Tech claims 39 vic-

tories during that time, buttwo don’t count. In 1943 and1944, while our noble ladswere fighting World War II,our rivals imported someringers from the U.S. NavalAcademy and quite handilystomped our behinds. Thatwas patently unfair, so we justignore those two games.With the state champi-

onship safely secured for2013, I suggest we now turnour attention to the bestrecruiting class ever at UGA.Sorry, I don’t have theirheights, weights or 40-yarddash times. All I have aresome stats on their brainpow-er, which is considerable.We’re not talking footballhere; this is about the newfreshman class.UGA President Jere

Morehead sent out a progressreport recently on the 5,150young people accepted foradmission to the universitythis fall. Their average SAT is1280 and their ACT average is

29, with a core-curriculumgrade-point average of 3.86.In UGA’s Honors Program,there are 526 new studentswith a GPA of 4.07, an SATaverage of 1462 and an ACTaverage of 33. According toMorehead, “that is on the parwith an Ivy League studentbody.”He goes on to say that U.S.

News & World Report maga-zine has ranked UGA 20thamong public research univer-sities, and for the second yearin a row, listed UGA as one ofthe “Public Ivies.” Since 1995,the university has had eightRhodes Scholars, 44Goldwater Scholarships and11 Truman Scholarships. In2008, the university was theonly public institution in theland with two RhodesScholars.Supporters of the

University of Georgia don’thave to apologize to anyonefor our academic prowess.What we do have to apologizefor is that not enough of us aresupporting the school academ-ically.In a report titled “Reaching

New Heights,” Moreheadpoints out that the percentageof alumni who give to theUniversity of Georgia hasbeen on a downward trend forseveral years. My alma materis ranked 98th in our endow-ments. That is embarrassingand unacceptable to this old

Bulldog. If we were talking afootball team that was ranked98th in the nation, the fair-weather fans would be bab-bling their heads off on sports-talk radio.And, yes, I put my money

where my mouthy criticismsare. While I have been a foot-ball season ticket holder atSanford Stadium for longerthan many of our alumni havebeen on this earth, my mainfocus is on the academic side.I had an interesting con-

versation with a young manwho was scratching his headat how I could call myself aBulldog when I didn’t own abox for the football games. Iwas in a rare mood of humili-ty that day and didn’t see fitto tell him I had just made a

long-term financial commit-ment to the university’sGrady College of Journalismand Mass Communicationworth about 25 or 30 boxes.And that doesn’t include myannual commitment to theschool. Yeah, I can call myselfa Bulldog.One of the lingering mis-

conceptions is that state taxdollars fund higher education.Not so. Less than 40 percentof the University of Georgia’soperating budget is providedby state appropriations.Tuition and fees provideanother 14 percent. The restmust come from alumni andfoundations.While we can proudly pro-

claim another victory againstGeorgia Tech, please remem-ber that it is only a game. Thereal business of theUniversity of Georgia is turn-ing out the best and brightestto ensure our state can com-pete successfully in the 21stcentury.If you are a true Georgia

Bulldog, you care as muchabout our ComplexCarbohydrate ResearchCenter as you do complexpassing schemes. If you don’tagree, may Uga IX bite youwhere the sun doesn’t shine.— Columnist Dick

Yarbrough can be reached byemail atyarb2400@bellsouth.net.

UGA 'recruiting' classfilled with stars

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With nearly a decade behind it, TheatreDublin’s Nutcracker has become a holidaymainstay that entertains thousands annually.Elementary students are given a sneak

preview prior to the weekend performancesthat regularly play to packed houses.With a cast and crew of more than 100,

artfully designed set pieces and profession-al dancers at the helm for the roles of theCavalier and the Sugar Plum Fairy, thisshow has proven to stack up against similarperformances held in more metropolitanlocales.Theatre Dublin’s Nutcracker is something

we should all be proud of, because it provesthat if a community comes together under acommon cause, beautiful things can result.If you’ve never been to see the

Nutcracker, make this year your first. And,for those of you who have been before,remember there are always welcome addi-tions to make this year’s performance newand exciting.It’s a holiday tradition that sets us apart

from the rest of east-central Georgia. Andone more example of why Dublin andLaurens County, just like Clara’s dreamworld, is a special place to call home.

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ALMANACToday in HistoryBy The Associated PressToday is Monday, Dec. 9,

the 343rd day of 2013.There are 22 days left in theyear.On this date:In 1971, Nobel Peace lau-

reate Ralph Bunche died inNew York.

In 1992, Britain’s PrinceCharles and Princess Dianaannounced their separation.(The couple’s divorce be-came final Aug. 28, 1996.)Ten years ago: The

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TThhee hhiigghhlliigghhtt ooff theDecember PTA meet-ing at Hillcrest Schoolin the sixties was get-ting to see all the stu-dents' handmadeChristmas Cardstaped to the walls out-side their classroom.Class art.

TThhee nneewwss hhaass beenfull of Nelson Man-dela the last few days.I have not seen in thenewspaper or heardthe TV talk about De-cember 7, 1941 thefirst time. The peopleof the United Stateshave a short memory.

II wwaass ddiissaappppoo iinntteeddthat there weren'tmore entries in theChristmas parade. Ithink the St. Patrick'sparade is double whatthe Christmas paradewas. Don't you thinkthe birth of Christ ismore important?

RReeggaarrddiinngg “Oba-macare is going to bejust as popular as So-cial Security,Medicare and Medic-aid”: Obamacare willnot achieve wide-spread popularity.Unlike Social Securi-ty, Medicare, andMedicaid, Obamacarewill significantly de-grade and decreaseseveral components ofhealthcare.

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TThhee mmoo rree II readabout our school sys-tems not being consol-idated, the more upsetI get about the wastedtaxpayer money,racial unbalance andschool scores. Wakeup folks and lets getthis problem correct-ed!

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The Laurens-DublinRetired Educators Associ-ation will meet on the dateslisted below. All retired edu-cators in the Laurens-Dublinarea and surrounding coun-ties are invited to join us forlunch at the Dublin CountryClub. New or potential mem-bers please contact MaryJane Spivey at 272-8893 orhpspivey@nlamerica.com tomake reservations by theMonday prior to the meetingyou will attend. Dates areJanuary 16, March 20 andMay 15, 2014.

A Christmas light dis-play that includes over50,000 lights that blink to ac-companied music and video! 212 Flanders Court South,November 28 - December31, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. In theevent of inclement weather,the display may not be oper-

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minor accident which led toMiller getting upset with theofficer. When placing him un-der arrest, Miller headbutted the officer. - Krystal Brooke Sheffield,

23 of Adrian, was chargedwith pedestrian under the in-fluence of alcohol or drugs onDec. 2 on North JeffersonStreet at Freeman Lawn andGarden.- Zachary Shea Cochran,

21 of Dublin, was chargedwith pedestrian under the in-fluence of alcohol or drugs onDec. 1 at the intersection ofSpringdale Road and Ken-neth. - A man filled his coat with

assorted merchandise andleft without paying at FamilyDollar on Telfair Street onDec. 1.- Two 12 inch speakers and

a radio/television were stolenfrom a customized red 1983Oldsmobile Cutlass that hadits window broken on Dec. 1on Magnolia Drive.- Clothes, shoes, Xbox 360

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was stolen from a house onArthur Wolfe Road on Dec. 1.- Property was damaged

on Nov. 29 on Wright Road inEast Dublin.- A check was stolen and

cashed at Hooks Gas Stationfor $21.34 between Nov. 20

and 27.- A Playstation 3 with one

controller, gold wedding bandwith three diamonds on topand a gold bracelet with dia-monds were stolen on Nov. 30from a house on WindsongDrive in East Dublin.- A black 22 caliber re-

volver and two rolls of quar-ters were stolen from a houseon Pear Orchard Road inEast Dublin on Dec. 1.- An unknown amount of

Ibuprofen and Tylenol werestolen on Dec. 1 from a houseon Hilltop Circle.- A deputy was called

about damage to property onPointe West Loop on Nov. 30.- Deputy met with a Cad-

well man about an unautho-rized check written in hisname between Nov. 26 and29.- A Dudley man told a

deputy that someone used hisdebit card without his per-mission between Oct. 16 andNov. 29.- An East Dublin woman

told a deputy that someoneused her credit/debit card onNov. 29.- A culvert pipe was stolen

between Nov. 23 and 27 onHighway 80 in West Dudley.- A single-shot shotgun

was stolen on Nov. 27 from ahouse on Willis Jackson Roadin Dudley.- A silver Rossi 357 hand-

gun with black handle wasstolen between Nov. 26 and27 from a vehicle on OldHawkinsville Road.- An orbital and nail gun

were stolen on Nov. 29 onAaron Road in East Dublin.- Miscellaneous clothes, a

China set, one child’sprincess set, one child’s“Monster High” toy and a setof drinking glasses werestolen on Dec. 1 from a houseon North Line Street in Dex-ter.- Shon Eric Wiley, of 1208

Achord Road, was chargedwith drunkenness and pos-session of marijuana lessthan an ounce on Dec. 2 at ahouse on Rose Avenue in EastDublin.- Dustin Foskey, of 428

Jennifers Court in EastDublin, was arrested for fail-ure to stop at a stop sign, dri-ving under the influence ofalcohol, DUI of alcohol lesssafe on Dec. 2 at the intersec-tion of Highway 19 South andMorton Road. A deputy saw asilver Ford Focus fail to stopat the stop sign on Cole Roadand made a right turn head-ing north on Highway 19.Investigation led to two

minors being arrested forconsumption of alcohol by aminor along with StephenBrett Larson, of 634 RobertWebb Road in East Dublin,who had active warrantsthrough the Laurens CountySheriff ’s Office. EEddiittoorr ’’ss nnoottee:: TThhiiss iinn--

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aplodding storm that dumpedheavy snow on the unsuspect-ing Mid-Atlantic region threat-ened to make roads dicey inthe northeast corridor forMonday’s commute while trav-el disruptions continued to rip-ple across the country days af-ter the same system first be-gan wreaking havoc in theskies.

The seemingly never-end-ing storm that coated parts ofTexas in ice struck with unex-pected force on the East Coast,blanketing some spots in a footof snow and grinding high-ways to a halt.

Travel problems couldlinger into Monday afternoon,with freezing rain and icy con-ditions sticking around as win-try weather stretched fromMissouri to Maine.

The storm canceled morethan 2,500 flights Sunday anddelayed thousands more, ac-cording to estimates from thewebsite Flightaware.com.More than 1,000 of Monday’sflights were already canceled,the greatest share from Dal-las/Fort Worth InternationalAirport, which was still reelingfrom the effects of the icestorm that brought NorthTexas to a standstill.

The forecast for Monday re-mained up in the air for thenortheast, depending on howquickly the system moves andtemperatures rise, accordingto the National Weather Ser-vice. Meanwhile, a winterstorm warning was in effectuntil 10 a.m. for Washington,D.C., and Baltimore where upto a quarter inch of ice was ex-pected because of freezing rainthat could cause power out-

ages.———More socially liberal,

America’s new rich arewielding power but mayfoil income equality

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’snot just the wealthiest 1 per-cent.

Fully 20 percent of U.S.adults become rich for parts oftheir lives, wielding outsize in-fluence on America’s economyand politics. This little-knowngroup may pose the biggestbarrier to reducing the na-tion’s income inequality.

The growing numbers of theU.S. poor have been well docu-mented, but survey data pro-vided to The Associated Pressdetail the flip side of the recordincome gap — the rise of the“new rich.”

Made up largely of olderprofessionals, working mar-ried couples and more educat-ed singles, the new rich arethose with household incomeof $250,000 or more at somepoint during their workinglives. That puts them, if some-times temporarily, in the top 2percent of earners.

Even outside periods of un-usual wealth, members of thisgroup generally hover in the$100,000-plus income range,keeping them in the top 20percent of earners.

———Congress ready to renew

plastic gun curb as New-town anniversary under-scores lack of gains

WASHINGTON (AP) — ASenate vote to renew an expir-ing ban on plastic firearms ca-pable of evading metal detec-tors and X-ray machines isshaping up as a bittersweet

moment for gun control sup-porters, days before the an-niversary of the deadly massshooting at Sandy Hook Ele-mentary School in Connecti-cut.

Monday’s vote to extend theprohibition on plastic guns foranother decade responds to agrowing threat from steadilyimproving 3-D printers thatcan produce such weapons.But gun control advocatesseem sure to lose an effort toimpose additional, tougher re-strictions on plastic firearms— a harsh reminder of theirfailure to enact any new feder-al gun curbs in the year since20 first-graders and six educa-tors were murdered in New-town, Conn.

The slayings last Dec. 14prompted the newly re-electedPresident Barack Obama topush gun control to the top ofhis domestic agenda. But Con-gress approved nothing, andgun control advocates face thesame uphill struggle in 2014,complicated by internal divi-sions over what their next stepshould be.

“The gun lobby still hasenormous power in Washing-ton — more, frankly, than Ithought they still had,” saidSen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.,who represented Newtown lastyear while in the House.

Illustrating the roadblocksthat have thwarted gun con-trol forces, an effort by Sen.Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tomake plastic guns more de-tectable by requiring them tohave a permanent metal partseems certain to fail Monday.His plan is opposed by Repub-licans and the National RifleAssociation.

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STEPHENS, AUBREYJAMES

Theft By TakingARREST DATE:

11/25/13

WATERS, ROY LEEMurder

ARREST DATE:11/25/13

GLICK, ALBERTJOSEPH

Theft By TakingARREST DATE:

11/25/13

GRAHAM, ANTHONYLEWIS

Prob. Viol. -SuperiorARREST DATE:

11/25/13

THOMPKINS, ELIJAHProb. Viol. -Superior

ARREST DATE:11/25/13

WILLIAMS, ELAINECONTENA

Disorderly conductARREST DATE:

11/25/13

FOREMAN, KEENANGAROY

Child SupportProb. Viol. -Superior

ARREST DATE: 11/25/13

JONES, APRIL NICOLEHoused For DPDProb. Viol. -ProbateHold for Bibb Co.

ARREST DATE: 11/26/13

JOHNSON, LYNDSEYMICHELLEChild SupportARREST DATE:

11/26/13

CONEY, RODRICUOS JAWASKIObstructing -Officer, VGCSA Marij

Poss - less 1oz,VGCSA Marij Poss - less 1oz,VGCSA Cocaine-Int. Distribu

Criminal TrespassARREST DATE: 11/26/13

HOLMES, TONI JEANDUI, improver stopping of

roadway, possession of openalcohol containerARREST DATE:

11/26/13

POUND, PHILLIPALTUAN

Theft By ReceivingARREST DATE:

11/26/13

CHARLESTON,TROYMALE TRYSHAN, JR

Under Sentence,Housed For DPDARREST DATE:

11/26/13

WRIGHT, JEREMYBRUCE

Under SentenceARREST DATE:

11/26/13

JACKSON,CHRISTOPHER TUnder SentenceARREST DATE:

11/26/13

TYSON, JENNETTELORRAINE

Under SentenceARREST DATE:11/26/13

HODGES, JAMES LEONFailure to AppearARREST DATE:11/26/13

WALTERS, KENDELLKENNETH

Prob. Viol. -Superior, givingfalse name, address or

birthdate to law enforcementARREST DATE: 11/26/13

MARTIN, CLINTON ALLENVGCSA Drug RelatedObjects, Speeding,

VGCSA Marij Poss - less 1oz,Poss. Alco Underage

ARREST DATE: 11/26/13

GRIFFIN, CHARLESHENRY, JR

Prob. Viol. -ProbateARREST DATE:

11/26/13

KENTON, TYLERHoused For DPDARREST DATE:

11/27/13

PULLEN, ANTHONYKYLE

Prob. Viol. -Probate,Theft By TakingARREST DATE:

11/27/13

THOMAS, ROOSEVELTA, JR

Prob. Viol. -ProbateARREST DATE:

11/27/13

SPIKES, DEASIACHEVON

Statutory Rape,Contrib. -Delingq-MinorARREST DATE: 11/27/13

BENSON, LINDAHoused For DPDARREST DATE:11/27/13

DENSON, NATCOLEDriving W/O License

ARREST DATE:11/27/13

CHARLESTON,ANTHONY WAYNEProb. Viol. -SuperiorARREST DATE:11/27/13

ROBINSON, DARRELLDEON

Housed for E Dublin PD,Prob. Viol. -SuperiorARREST DATE:11/27/13

DAVIS, TRAVISROBERT

Prob. Viol. -SuperiorARREST DATE:11/27/13

LEWIS, CASEYCHEYENNE

Failure to AppearARREST DATE:11/27/13

WILLIAMS, DAVIDTIMOTHY

Armed RobberyARREST DATE:

11/27/13

THOMAS, LATISHAKENEVA SHEREEHoused For DPDARREST DATE:

11/27/13

MONTFORD, BRUCEEDWARD

Theft by shopliftingARREST DATE:

11/27/13

KYLER, VERONICAJEAN

Housed For DPDARREST DATE:

11/27/13

COOMBS, MACKARTHUR, JRChild SupportARREST DATE:

11/27/13

MARTEL, STEVENRONALD

Drive W/Susp. LicenseARREST DATE:

11/28/13

EAGLE, STEPHENPONTON

Reckless Driving,Speeding

ARREST DATE:11/28/13

CORWIN, SCOTT ERICChild Support,Aggrav. Assault,

BatteryARREST DATE:

11/28/13

BRIHM, LORETTASimple BatteryARREST DATE:

11/29/13

CARSWELL, TAWASKIANTWUANChild SupportARREST DATE:

11/29/13

MERCER, TAMMY TARIELDriving while lic. sus. orrevoked, child or youthrestrain not used properly

ARREST DATE:11/29/13

BURROUGHS, HERBERTEUGENE

Housed For MSSDARREST DATE:

11/29/13

HERNDON, GLEN GLENChild SupportARREST DATE:

11/29/13

JONES, DARRON WAYNESimple Battery,Criminal TrespassARREST DATE:

11/29/13

CONEY, CAVAHCIALAVELDON

Housed For DPDARREST DATE:11/29/13

CANNON, TRELVISAVERY

Driving while lic. sus. orrevoked

ARREST DATE:11/30/13

BOLDEN, BERNARDLAQAWN

Child SupportARREST DATE:

11/30/13

PIERCE, DARVINKENVORTICE

Driving while lic. susor revoked, seat belt violation

ARREST DATE:11/30/13

LOVETT, SHERYL ABurglary, Criminal Trespass,VGCSA Drug Related Objects,VGCSA Meth/Poss/Purchase,

Driving W/O LicenseARREST DATE:

11/30/13

WILCOX, JARVISJERMAINE

Housed For DPDARREST DATE:

11/30/13

WARNOCK, DAVIDCHASE

VGCSA Marij Poss - less 1ozARREST DATE:

11/30/13

GILMORE, ARTHURJUNIOR

VGCSA Drug RelatedObjects, VGCSA Cocaine-Int.Distribu, VGCSA Marij -SalesARREST DATE: 11/30/13

CONEY, HARLEYBERNARD, SR

Housed for E Dublin PDARREST DATE:

12/1/13

STONE, JOSEPHMICHAEL

Housed for E Dublin PDARREST DATE:

12/1/13

COCHRAN, ZACHARYSHEA

pedestrian under influence ofalcohol or drugsARREST DATE:

12/1/13

ADAMS, TOBOSKIPREZZES

Murder, Aggrav. AssaultARREST DATE:

12/1/13

YOUNG, BRANDI LVGCSA Marij Poss - less 1oz,

VGCSA Drugs - Schedule IV, VGCSADrugs - Schedule II,

VGCSA Meth/Poss/Purchase,VGCSA Drug Related ObjectsARREST DATE: 12/1/13

GUINN, RICHARD GEORGE, JR.VGCSA Drugs - Schedule IV,

VGCSA Drugs - Schedule II, VGCSAMeth/Poss/Purchase, VGCSA DrugRelated Objects, VGCSA Marij

Poss - less 1ozARREST DATE: 12/1/13

NIX, KIMBERLY DENISEHold for WarrantARREST DATE:

12/1/13

MUGSHOTS FOR LAURENS COUNTYDisclaimer: These are arrest report photos taken from the local police and sheriff’s offices IN LAURENS COUNTY. They do not reflect guilt or innocence and ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

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Amish school shooter’s kin: Horror, then healingSTRASBURG, Pa. (AP) —

Once a week, Terri Robertsspends time with a 13-year-oldAmish girl named Rosannawho sits in a wheelchair andeats through a tube. Robertsbathes her, sings to her, readsher stories. She can only guesswhat’s going on inside Rosan-na’s mind because the girlcan’t talk.Roberts’ son did this to her.Seven years ago, Charles

Carl Roberts IV barricadedhimself inside an Amishschoolhouse near Lancaster,tied up 10 girls and openedfire, killing five and injuringfive others before committingsuicide as police closed in.The Amish responded by of-

fering immediate forgiveness

to the killer — even attendinghis funeral — and embracinghis family.Terri Roberts forgave, too,

and now she is sharing her ex-perience with others, sayingthe world needs more storiesabout the power of forgivenessand the importance of seekingjoy through adversity.“I realized if I didn’t forgive

him, I would have the samehole in my heart that he had.And a root of bitterness neverbrings peace to anyone,”Roberts said. “We are called toforgive.”Roberts has delivered the

message to scores of audiences,from church groups to colleges,and is writing a memoir. She’seven considered traveling to

speak in Newtown, Conn.,where a gunman killed 20 chil-dren and six adults at SandyHook Elementary School lastyear. But she is cautious,mindful an appearance therecould give offense.One of her sons is making a

documentary — called “Hope”— about her remarkable jour-ney from heartbroken motherto inspirational speaker.Zachary Roberts originally

conceived the film to help hismother. But it’s also proving tobe cathartic for him.“It was like a step toward

getting this off my shouldersand being able to speak aboutit,” said Roberts, 35, who livesin Sweden. “I have a kid now,and I don’t want this to be one

of those dark family secretsthat nobody talks about. Iwant to be OK with it, and Iwant my daughter to be OKwith it.”After filming on location in

Pennsylvania, ZacharyRoberts and the documentary’sproducers recently released atrailer and have turned to acrowd-funding website to raisemoney to complete production.Roberts appears in the

trailer and doesn’t mincewords about the challenge thatfaced his mother after his 32-year-old brother’s rampage:“How does the mother of amass murderer move forwardin life?”———Terri Roberts’ path toward

healing and reconciliation be-gan, surprisingly enough, thatvery first afternoon.Her husband, Chuck, had

wiped away somany tears thathe’d rubbed his skin raw. Theretired police officer hung hishead, inconsolable. “I will nev-er face my Amish friendsagain,” he said, over and over.An Amish neighbor named

Henry told him otherwise.“Roberts, we love you. We don’thold anything against you oryour son,” Terri Roberts re-called Henry saying as hemas-saged Roberts’ slumped shoul-ders. “We’re a forgiving peo-ple.”It was an extraordinary

gesture, one that gave TerriRoberts her first glimmer of

hope. She calls Henry her “an-gel in black.”That same day, a counselor

helped her realize that “we donot need to live in our sorrow.”Her son’s rampage was onepart of his life, a terrible snap-shot, the counselor said. Betterto focus on all the good years.“I can’t tell you what that

did for me. That was just sohelpful for me, and I feel nowthat it’s helped many otherpeople,” Roberts said.Charlie Roberts said in sui-

cide notes and a last call withhis wife that he was tormentedby unsubstantiated memoriesof having molested a couple ofyoung relatives and by thedeath of his daughter in 1997,shortly after she was born.

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students than the partnerscould offer individually. “Theobjective was to establish aschool that could train kids tofill the employment needs ofthe community,” said LaurensCounty School SuperintendentRob Johnson.When HGCCA opens in Au-

gust 2014, it will occupy eightto 10 renovated rooms in theold West Laurens High Schoolbuilding near I-16. While it is acharter campus, HGCCA willnot exist as a school separatefrom the five contributing highschools – East and West Lau-rens, Dublin, Bleckley Countyand Wheeler County – saidCEO Dr. Howard Abney. Stu-dents will take courses atHGCCA only part of the dayand will remain enrolled attheir home campuses.Students will take the ma-

jority of their courses at theirhome campuses and will re-ceive their high school diplo-mas from their home schools.HGCCA will assist students inpreparing for seamlessly mov-ing into the workplace or col-lege, Abney said.Because partner systems

are pooling resources, theschools will not face an in-creased cost for instruction,Ledbetter said. He added that

the schools’ transportationcosts probably will increaseslightly.Bleckley and Wheeler stu-

dents will need transportationfor close to 60 miles round tripeach day they attend classes atthe career academy. Dependingon the class schedule, theycould lose as much as an houra day of instructional time. Tocut down on lost time, some ca-reer academies begin classesearlier each day than the homehigh schools do.Further, career academy in-

structors will not be employeesof the career academy but willcontinue as faculty members oftheir home school systems.Most who teach at the careeracademy probably will splittheir teaching day between thecareer academy and theirhome school, Ledbetter said.Although the academy cam-

pus has not yet opened, onecollaborative program has.Students from other, partner,schools are enrolled in JROTCat Dublin High School and aretransported from their homeschools to participate. Thisprogram will move to the ca-reer academy campus when itopens in 2014, Ledbetter said.The fact that HGCCA will

be a charter campus gives itflexibility in its curriculum. “Ifa new company comes in and

needs a certain number of em-ployees with certain skills, thecareer academy can develop acurriculum for that,” said JoeThomas, chairman of the acad-emy’s governing board.Thomas also is CEO of MageSolar in Dublin. Courses at thecareer academy also canchange to keep from saturatingthe market with a certain skillset, he said.Thomas also believes stu-

dents can get a step ahead atthe career academy. “The acad-emy will give students achance to see what’s out there,”he said. “The key is to findtheir love and passion. Theearlier you can get students ex-posed and get a real idea ofwhat work life is about, theearlier they get on track.”Thomas said that the key to

industry recruitment is atrained workforce or a work-force that can be trained. Mostindustries are willing to part-ner with trainers such as ca-reer academies and technicalcolleges, he said.Johnson, too, sees the ca-

reer academy responding tothe immediate needs of indus-tries. “It will evolve as commu-nity needs change and developand can grow and flower intowhat the community needs,”he said.The career academy is ex-

pected to serve about 200 stu-dents on the campus duringthe first year of operation. Atcapacity, it will serve around400 students. The board hasapproved the following initialofferings at the academy:• Cosmetology• Early Childhood Care• Air Force JROTC• Welding• Culinary Arts• Construction• Auto Collision Repair• Computer Instruction• Robotics• Allied HealthStudying at the career acad-

emy will prepare students tobe hired immediately uponhigh school graduation or to at-tend college, Thomas said.“The point is to get the stu-dents to be contributing, func-tioning members of society andto have a path in life,” he said.“The key is to meet the studentwhere he is, to get him employ-able and to find his niche inlife.”One of the purposes of the

career academy is not to com-pete with Oconee Fall LineTech but to ready students toenroll in the technical college,Thomas said. The minimumage for enrollment, includingdual enrollment for high schoolstudents, at Oconee Fall LineTech is 16 for most courses.

Some, such as commercialtruck driving, require a stu-dent to be 18 at the time of en-rollment.“The technical college can’t

give students exposure to ca-reer opportunities at an earlyage,” he said. “It can’t give it(exposure) until they getthere.”One of the advantages of the

career academy is that it willenhance dual enrollment forstudents at Oconee Fall LineTech, said OFTC President Dr.Lloyd Horadan. The opportuni-ty for dual enrollment is notnew with the advent of careeracademies, though. It is a long-standing program of the state’stechnical colleges.“The dual-enrolled career

academy students will be ableto participate in the workethics program at OFTC,” Ho-radan said. “Every studentwho enrolls here gets twogrades in every course – acade-mic and work ethic. It becomesa part of the student’s perma-nent record and is included onthe student’s transcript. The(work ethics) curriculum wasdeveloped statewide with busi-nesses and industries.”The overwhelming majority

of fees for dual-enrolled stu-dents are paid for by the HOPEgrant without counting againstthe student’s lifetime HOPE

grant cap, Horadan said. Hehas waived for career academydual-enrolled students all tu-ition and instruction fees notpaid by HOPE – excluding end-of-course licensing exams andbackground checks.“The career academy has

the potential to be an excep-tional educational opportunityfor students in our area inhelping them get a head start,particularly if they go on topost-secondary education,” hesaid.One misconception is that

career academy students willautomatically earn credits thatwill count toward technical col-lege certificates or diplomas.However, only those who aredual enrolled in high schooland in OFTC would receivesuch credit, Horadan said.Five more neighboring

school systems have expressedan interest in becoming part-ners in the career academy –Dodge, Twiggs, Telfair, John-son and Wilkinson, Ledbettersaid, adding that more systemswill require additional plan-ning.Realistically, the regional

career academy would workonly on neutral ground, he saidin answer to why it needs to behoused in its own, separate fa-cility. “This way, there won’t beany turf wars,” he said.

AcademyContinued from 1a

every time. The homeownersare always smiling. You didn'tsee a sad face out here today."Kinney said they had a

record number 65 people showup to work on that first Satur-day. She's also glad that no onehas ever gotten hurt at thebuilding site."We've got a lot of experi-

ence people here who knowwhat they are doing," she said."They watch out and makesure we are safe. We've neverhad anyone get badly hurt."Rev. Prenis Edmond said

the house was "a gift of God.""It's a honor to be here to

dedicate this," Edmond said."We want to start with a solidfoundation."Edmond reminded Wells of

Joshua 24:15: "As for me and

my house, we will serve theLord.""If you serve the Lord, and

you require anyone to come into do the same, it'll make yourlife better," Edmond said.Bucky Dixon, president of

the Habitat Board, said thehouse was beautiful."This is a lot of fun and this

is what it is really and truly allabout," Dixon said. "This is theculmination of seeing all of thedifferent partners coming to-gether and we are able to dedi-cate this house. We are so ex-cited about house No. 32."The community's outreach

and support was really good forthis house."We've had an overwhelm-

ing of support and volunteerseach Saturday than we've hadso far," Dixon said. "Habitat'smomentum is really growing.

We thank the community fortheir support and we thank themany, many organizations andvolunteers who stepped up.We've actually had some coop-erate partners who stepped on

board too. We're glad to havethem on board as well."When they start building a

house, they target this time ofyear for the dedication."We want to get them in a

few weeks before Christmas,"Dixon said. "It's really wonder-ful."Habitat has had a lot of do-

nations of lands. Dixon saidthey are hoping to build notjust one but maybe two orthree houses in 2014."It's going to take a lot of

work on our side to get our fi-nances in place," Dixon said."We've been doing one housefor at least the last 10 years.Hopefully the community sup-port will come about. We arepraying hard for it."Added Kinney: "We're look-

ing forward to moving up tothat next level and doing moreprojects next year."That starts with the selling

of the Daddy-Daughter Dancethis Saturday from 9 a.m. tonoon at Pine Forest UnitedMethodist Church, 400 Woods

Avenue. Tickets cost $15 perperson and they will take cash,check or credit cards."We hand out keys and then

we start selling tickets," Kin-ney said. "That night is a greatfun and it's a great family ori-ented event. It's a two fold of ablessing because every dollarspent puts a family in a home."Only 900 tickets will be sold

for the event that is held at theDuBose Porter Center on thecampus of Oconee Fall LineTechnical College."This is a great Christmas

gift for a daughter or grand-daughter," Dixon said. "Lastyear we did over $20 thousandand that's a good start for ahouse project. We thank thecommunity for helping withthis. It's a wonderful event tobe able to give back to the com-munity."

HabitatContinued from 1a

Photo by Payton Towns III

Habitat members join Wells and her family outsideher new home.

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High school basketball

Courier Herald Reports

Trinity Christian raced toan early lead and never lookedback on the way to a 62-30 vic-tory Saturday in a GSA non-region game against visitingBriarwood.Briarwood opened the dou-

bleheader with a 65-44 win inthe girls game.In the nightcap, Trinity

opened a 19-3 lead after aquarter and was a neverthreatened in winning its thirdgame in as many outings. TheCrusaders, who shot 39.7 per-cent, were led by 15 pointsfrom T.K. Flowers, and 10 fromNabeel Khoja.Dakota Reese led Briarwood

with 10 points. Flowers alsohad 11 rebounds to help Trinityto a 38-21 edge on the boards.Briarwood rallied in the sec-

ond quarter to play Trinity oneven termsbefore theC r u s a d e r sturned it intoa romp byoutscoring thevisitors 17-8

in the third quarter for a 46-22lead entering the final period."Our intensity fell off in the

second quarter because of thecompetition," Trinity coachRobby Foskey said. "But aftersome discussion we picked itback up the most of the secondhalf."In the opener, Briarwood

stuck Trinity with full-courtpressure from the outset to rollup and early lead that LadyCrusaders never seriouslychallenged."Their full-court pressure

had us rattled," said Trinitycoach Lacey Shepherd, whoseteam dropped to 2-3. "We'dbreak the press, but take badshots. We had our opportuni-ties to score, but turnovers andmissed conversions set usback."Briarwood led 14-7 after a

quarter and 29-19 at intermis-sion. Trinity was still within44-33 after three quarters, butthe visitors pulled away with abig finish.College recruits Malia

Kency and Tiffany Pate com-bined for 47 points forBriafwood. Kency, who's head-ed to Florida Atlantic, had agame-high 28 with 15 comingon 3-pointers, while KaseyKersey added 14 points, adozen on triples."They were on from the out-

side," Shepherd said.Sydney Bozeman, a 6-foot-3

junior, led Trinity with 18points and 12 rebounds. Seniorguard Sarah Horne had acareer-high 14 points whileTatum Orr added 10 points."Sarah played a great

game," Shepherd said.Trinity plays again Tuesday

in Macon against Class AAATattnall Square.

By Rick NolteSports Editor

West Laurens coach BrianHowell stresses to his LadyRaiders that foul shots arejust as important in the firstquarter as the fourth."We pretty much teach

everybody the same way andstress that they're all impor-tant no matter when youshoot them," Howell said."Just relax, focus and followthe technique and you shouldbe fine."Logan Calhoun did that

Saturday night with just 6.5seconds left in the game topreserve a 69-67 victoryagainst visiting county rivalDublin. The sophomoreguard connected on both endsof a 1-and-bonus that turnedout to be the deciding pointsin the GHSA non-region con-test.After Calhoun's shots,

Howell elected to put Dublinon the line rather than risk apotential game-tying 3-point-er. La'Shayla Pittman hit thefirst of two shots with 5.9 sec-onds left, but missed the sec-ond with Shanericka Parksrebounding for West.Parks passed to Tyeshia

Smith, but when two Dublinplayers tried to foul her theofficial who was standingbeside the trio made no calland the clock ran out."My girls went for the ball,

but he just let the clock run

out," Dublin coach ClintLowther said. "I'm not saying(a foul called) would've madea difference, but four secondscan be a long time."That the Lady Irish (2-2)

were even in position to winis a testament to their will.The Lady Raiders (2-2) led43-33 at halftime and

By Rick NolteSports Editor

Tamariye’ Nelson has the"it" factor, West Laurens coachO.J. Hall says.Saturday night against

rival Dublin, "it" was a game-high 21 points that included a3-pointer at the buzzer to forceovertime, and a solid defensivejob on Irish scoring leaderJacori Payne."What ever that 'it' is, he

has it," Hall said after the sen-ior transfer from Washingtonstate helped the Raiders to a77-71 home victory in theGHSA non-region game. "Hesteps up to the challenge. Hecan make a game-changingmistake in a bad way and inone second bounces back nextplay and makes a play tochange game in your favor."Nelson, a 6-foot-1 guard,

nailed his triple from the top ofthe key after Dublin hadscored six straight points totake a 61-58 lead. GeraldPhillips capped the spurt byhitting both ends of a bonussituation from the foul linewith 11.7 seconds left.De'Angelo Wilcher then

missed a 3-pointer from theleft of the circle for West, andthe long rebound came out tothe foul line where there was ascramble for the ball. Raiderscenter Justin Smith cameaway with it and got it to

Associated Presss

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Falcons line-backer Sean Weatherspoon took aknee to catch his breath after his lum-bering 71-yard interception return fora touchdown.The Packers didn’t track down the

6-foot-2, 244-pound Weatherspoon onhis score, but they did catch up withAtlanta in the second half.Matt Flynn threw for 258 yards

and the Packers’ defense forced a keyfourth-quarter turnover in a 22-21win on Sunday to snap a five-gamewinless slide. Green Bay finally founda way to win without injured quarter-back Aaron Rodgers.The Packers’ comeback on a bone-

chilling afternoon at Lambeau Fieldovershadowed Weatherspoon’s high-light-reel play that gave Atlanta a 21-10 lead with 23 seconds left beforehalftime.“It was a great play and something

that sparked us, but we came out a lit-tle bit lackadaisical on defense if youask me in the second half,”

Weatherspoon said.A short pass from

Flynn appeared tocarom off linebackerPaul Worrilow’s shoeand chest and into thehands of Weather-spoon. He slowlytrudged his way backup the field pastPackers who apparent-ly thought the balltouched the ground.

“That play is one of those crazyweird plays. I think we all thought itwas incomplete,” Flynn said.Lineman T.J. Lang had the best

chance to take down Weatherspoon,but whiffed on a tackle around the 22-yard line.From there, the 6-foot-2, 244-

pounder had a slow-motion escort intothe end zone. “It was awesome. Ithank Worrilow for the nice kick. Ijust tried to finish,” he said.He celebrated with a break, kneel-

ing for several minutes on the sidelineto catch his breath after giving the

Falcons an 11-point lead. A smatter-ing of boos cascaded down fromPackers fans in the stands.It turned out to be Atlanta’s last

score of the game.Mason Crosby kicked field goals

from 40, 33 and 25 yards, the final onewith 45 seconds left in the third quar-ter to get Green Bay within 21-16.In the fourth quarter, Mike Neal’s

sack forced Matt Ryan to fumble.Defensive lineman Johnny Jollyscooped up the loose ball and celebrat-ed with a little belly dance.Four plays later, Flynn found

Andrew Quarless for a 2-yard touch-down pass for the 22-21 lead withabout 12 minutes left for the Packers(6-6-1).The score completed the comeback

and whipped the fans bundled up inparkas, fleece vests and knit caps intoa frigid frenzy.“I really like the football team, par-

ticularly at halftime, coming in, get-ting booed at home, and just the ener-gy in the locker room,” Packers coachMike McCarthy said.

Associated Press Reports

Georgia and Nebraska areheaded back to the SunshineState to play again.The Bulldogs and

Cornhuskers were paired inthe Gator Bowl on Sundaynight, setting up a rematch oflast year’s Capital One Bowl.Georgia won that meeting

45-31, getting five touchdownpasses from Aaron Murray.The 23rd-ranked Bulldogs (8-4) won’t have Murray in theJan. 1 rematch. The SEC’s all-time passing leader tore theanterior cruciate ligament inhis left knee Nov. 23 againstKentucky.Also Sunday, Georgia Tech

was paired against Mississippiin the Music City Bowl.Junior Hutson Mason will

make his second start. Masoncompleted 22 of 36 passes for299 yards, with two touch-downs and an interception, ina 41-34 win in double overtimea g a i n s tGeorgia Tech.“We think

Hutson isgoing to be aheck of a ballplayer,” Geor-gia coachMark Richtsaid. “It’sgood that hegot a little ex-perience ag-ainst Georgia Tech.”Still, the postseason pairing

raised some eyebrows.“Nebraska again? You kid-

ding me?” Georgia receiverMichael Bennett posted on hisTwitter page.There had been speculation

that Michigan would be theBig Ten representative oppo-site Georgia in the Gator Bowl.But the Buffalo Wild WingsBowl took seven-win Michigan— the Wolverines are one ofthe top television draws in col-lege football — over the eight-win Cornhuskers, who beat theWolverines earlier this seasonin Ann Arbor.So the Gator Bowl ended up

with a hardly anticipatedrematch.“It was a great battle last

year,” Richt said. “We’ll seewhat happens this year.”Georgia is no stranger to

Jacksonville. The Bulldogsplay their annual rivalryagainst Florida at EverBankField.But this will be Georgia’s

first Gator Bowl since 1989, a34-27 win over Michigan Statein legendary coach VinceDooley’s final game. Georgiaalso played two other times inthe Gator Bowl, tyingMaryland in 1948 and defeat-ing North Carolina 7-3 in 1971.“I know that Georgia people

love Jacksonville,” Richt said.“There’s no doubt about that.We’ve been playing inJacksonville for about 80years, so everybody really

Crusadersclub Bucsto start 3-0Briarwood’s pressurehalts Lady Crusaders

Photo by JoJo Bryant

West Laurens’ Tamariye’ Nelson slips under the block attempt of a Dublin player for a layup. Nelsonscored a game-high 21 points, including a 3-pointer that forced overtime in the Raiders 77-71 victory.

Bulldogs,’Huskersdo encorein Gator

West sweeps DublinCalhoun’s twofoul shots liftLady Raiders

AP Photo

Sean Weatherspoon pulls away from the tackle attempt ofGreen Bay’s T.J. Lang on the way to the end zone for a 71-yardtouchdown with an interception. The defensive score, howev-er, wasn’t enough to enable the Falcons to pull out a victoryagainst the Packers, who hung on for a 22-21 win.

Photo by Horace Austin

West’s Shanericka Parks grabs the rebound infront of Jasmine Hollis that secured the win.

See WEST page 2b

Nelson helpsRaiders earnovertime win

See RAIDERS page 2b See BOWLS page 2b

Packers outlast Falcons

Richt

Packers 22,Falcons 21Next: Washing-ton at Atlanta,Sunday, 1 p.m.(FOX)

Monday, December 9, 2013/Dublin, Ga/Page 2bThe Courier Herald

BriefsDLCRA needs coachesfor youth basketball

The Dublin Laurens County Rec-reation Authority needs coaches forits youth basketball program.

Help is needed for all boysleagues. Interested people can callthe authority office at 277-5060.

Jingle All the Way racescheduled on Dec. 21

The Jingle All the Way run/walkwill be held Dec. 21 at First BaptistChurch in downtown Dublin.

Four- and two-mile races begin at8:30 a.m. and the 1-mile run/walk at9:45 a.m. Race course for the longerraces will be through the HistoricalDistrict with the 1-mile through town.

Cost is $25 for all races with a T-shirt before Dec. 16 and $30 after.Cost is $20 and $25 with no T-shirt or$15 for a T-shirt only.

Registration will be accepted atwww.racerpal.com/races/JingleAllTheWay. Call 278-6018 for information.

DLCRA offers baseball,softball clinic Dec. 21-23

The Dublin Laurens CountyRecreation Authority will offer aChristmas Baseball/Softball Clinicfrom noon to 2 p.m. on Dec. 21 and23 for ages 9-14.

The cost is $20 witih registrationavailable online at www.dlcra.org or atthe DLCRA office until Dec. 18. In-structors will be local college players.Call 277-5060 for information.

Stringers neededThe Courier Herald is looking for

stringer reporters and photographersfor winter sports. Contact JasonHalcombe at 272-5522, ext. 222 orjhalcombe@courier-herald.com.

TODAYCOLLEGE BASKETBALL

8 p.m.FS1 — Manchester at Butler

NFL FOOTBALL8:25 p.m.

ESPN — Dallas at ChicagoNHL

7:30 p.m.NBCSN — Columbus atPittsburgh

SOCCER2:55 p.m.

NBCSN — Premier League,Hull City at Swansea City

TUESDAYCOLLEGE BASKETBALL

7 p.m.ESPN — Kansas at FloridaESPN2 — Oakland at IndianaFS1 — Evansville at Xavier

8 p.m.FSN — S. Dakota at Kansas St.

9 p.m.ESPN — Boise St. at KentuckyESPN2 — Gonzaga at WestVirginiaFS1 — NJIT at Seton Hall

NHL7:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Nashville at N.Y.Rangers

SOCCER2:30 p.m.

FSN — UEFA ChampionsLeague, Benfica vs. Paris, atLisbon, PortugalFS1 — UEFA ChampionsLeague, Shakhtar Donetsk atManchester United

WEDNESDAYGOLF

11:30 p.m.TGC — Asian Tour, ThailandChampionship, first round

NBA8 p.m.

ESPN — Chicago at New York10:30 p.m.ESPN — Dallas at Golden State

NHL8 p.m.

NBCSN — Philadelphia atChicago

SOCCER2:30 p.m.

FSN — UEFA ChampionsLeague, Celtic at BarcelonaFS1 — UEFA ChampionsLeague, Arsenal at Napoli

On the air

Prep scheduleTUESDAYBasketball

Dublin at Jones County, 6 p.m.Washington County at EastLaurens, 6 p.m.Westside at West Laurens, 6p.m.Trinity Christian at TattnallSquare, 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAYTrinity Christian vs. SouthwestGeorgia Academy (B) inCoaches vs. CancerTournament (Robert Toombs),3 p.m.Trinity Christian vs. TerrellAcademy (G) in Coaches vs.Cancer Tournament (RobertToombs), 6 p.m.West Laurens at Rutland, 6p.m.

SATURDAYTrinity Christian vs. Westwood(G) in Coaches vs. CancerTournament (Robert Toombs),1:30 p.m.Trinity Christian vs. Westwood(B) in Coaches vs. CancerTournament (Robert Toombs),3 p.m.Laney at East Laurens, 5 p.m.Dublin at Bleckley County, 6p.m.

SPORTSCENEAMERICAN CONFERENCE

EastW L T Pct PF PA

New England10 3 0 .769 349 287Miami 7 6 0 .538 286 276N.Y. Jets 6 7 0 .462 226 337Buffalo 4 9 0 .308 273 334

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

y-Indianapolis 8 5 0 .615 313 316Tennessee 5 8 0 .385 292 318Jacksonville 4 9 0 .308 201 372Houston 2 11 0 .154 250 350

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Cincinnati 9 4 0 .692 334 244Baltimore 7 6 0 .538 278 261Pittsburgh 5 8 0 .385 291 312Cleveland 4 9 0 .308 257 324

WestW L T Pct PF PA

x-Denver 11 2 0 .846 515 345Kansas City 10 3 0 .769 343 224San Diego 6 7 0 .462 316 291Oakland 4 9 0 .308 264 337

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAPhiladelphia 8 5 0 .615 334 301Dallas 7 5 0 .583 329 303N.Y. Giants 5 8 0 .385 251 334Washington 3 10 0 .231 279 407

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 343 243Carolina 9 4 0 .692 298 188Tampa Bay 4 9 0 .308 244 291Atlanta 3 10 0 .231 282 362

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Detroit 7 6 0 .538 346 321Chicago 6 6 0 .500 323 332Green Bay 6 6 1 .500 316 326Minnesota 3 9 1 .269 315 395

WestW L T Pct PF PA

x-Seattle 11 2 0 .846 357 205San Francisco 9 4 0 .692 316 214Arizona 8 5 0 .615 305 257St. Louis 5 8 0 .385 289 308

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

SundayGreen Bay 22, Atlanta 21Baltimore 29, Minnesota 26Kansas City 45, Washington 10Tampa Bay 27, Buffalo 6Miami 34, Pittsburgh 28Philadelphia 34, Detroit 20Cincinnati 42, Indianapolis 28New England 27, Cleveland 26N.Y. Jets 37, Oakland 27Denver 51, Tennessee 28San Francisco 19, Seattle 17San Diego 37, N.Y. Giants 14Arizona 30, St. Louis 10New Orleans 31, Carolina 13

MondayDallas at Chicago, 8:40 p.m.

ThursdaySan Diego at Denver, 8:25 p.m.

SundayPhiladelphia at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m.San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Chicago at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.New England at Miami, 1 p.m.Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Carolina, 4:05 p.m.Arizona at Tennessee, 4:25 p.m.New Orleans at St. Louis, 4:25 p.m.Green Bay at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

MondayBaltimore at Detroit, 8:40 p.m.

PACKERS 22, FALCONS 21Atlanta 0 21 0 0 — 21Green Bay 7 3 6 6 — 22

First QuarterGB—Lacy 1 run (Crosby kick), :00.

Second QuarterAtl—Dr.Davis 36 pass from Ryan (Bryantkick), 11:01.Atl—Gonzalez 2 pass from Ryan (Bryantkick), 8:43.GB—FG Crosby 40, 3:39.Atl—Weatherspoon 71 interception return(Bryant kick), :23.

Third QuarterGB—FG Crosby 33, 9:06.GB—FG Crosby 25, :45.

Fourth QuarterGB—Quarless 2 pass from Flynn (passfailed), 12:01.

A—77,550.Atl GB

First downs 18 20Total Net Yards 285 334Rushes-yards 23-83 33-112Passing 202 222Punt Returns 1-8 1-12Kickoff Returns 6-126 4-97Interceptions Ret. 1-71 1-0Comp-Att-Int 20-35-1 24-32-1Sacked-Yards Lost 1-4 5-36Punts 4-44.5 3-47.3Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1Penalties-Yards 3-15 2-10Time of Possession 26:28 33:32

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING—Atlanta, Jackson 15-71,

Rodgers 7-14, Snelling 1-(minus 2). GreenBay, Lacy 20-65, Flynn 6-28, Starks 7-19.PASSING—Atlanta, Ryan 20-35-1-206.

Green Bay, Flynn 24-32-1-258.RECEIVING—Atlanta, White 8-74,

Rodgers 3-33, Gonzalez 3-25, Douglas 2-20, Dr.Davis 1-36, Jackson 1-9, DiMarco 1-7, Snelling 1-2. Green Bay, Quarless 6-66,Nelson 4-85, J.Jones 4-19, Lacy 3-25,Bostick 2-28, Boykin 2-23, R.Taylor 2-7,White 1-5.MISSED FIELD GOALS—Atlanta,

Bryant 52 (SH).

SATURDAY’S GAMESGIRLS

BRIARWOOD 14 15 15 21 -- 65:Kasey Kersey 14, Tiffany Pate 19, MaliaKellcy 28, Cameron Stadler 2. 3-point-ers: Kellcy 5, Kersey 4.

TRINITY CHRISTIAN 7 12 14 11 -- 44: Hannah Dover 2, Tatum Orr 10,Sydney Bozeman 18, Sarah Horne 14. 3-pointers: Horne 2, Bozeman.

DUBLIN 17 16 19 16 -- 67: TionnaWilliams 6, La'Shayla Pittman 26, NiayaArchie 2, Jasmine Hollis 29, Victory Bell2, Arieal Cross 2. 3-pointers: Williams 2,Hollis.

WEST LAURENS 19 24 12 14 -- 69:Akilah Brown 8, Tyeshia Smith 17, DiAs-ia herring 11, Dinah Jackson 14, Shan-ericka Parks 12, Martajah Tyler 5, LoganCalhoun 2. 3-pointers: Brown, Smith.

BOYSBRIARWOOD 3 11 8 8 -- 30:

Dakota Reese 10, Jeb Blount 4, DavisNewton 2, Hunter Callaway 4, BryceSywell 4, Travis Pate 4, Jesse Cushman2. 3-pointers: Pate

TRINITY CHRISTIAN 19 10 1716 -- 62: Nabeel Khoja 10, T.K. Flowers15, Weston Bedingfield 8, Chase Bassett6, Wyatt Payne 2, Jake Williams 2, SethMorton 4, Derek Torres 6, Nick Lewis 2,Drake Scott 3, Patrick Whittle 4. 3-point-ers: Khoja, Scott.

DUBLIN 15 19 9 18 10 -- 71:Jacori Payne 17, KJ Kinsey 8, JaquelSmith 2, Jamarte Mobley 18, Fre'derickThomas 20, Gerald Phillips 6. 3-point-ers: Payne, Mobley, Thomas 2.

WEST LAURENS 15 21 10 15 16 -- 77: Dre Kinchen 13, Tamariye Nelson21, Garrel Quainton 4, De'Angelo Wil-cher 19, Justin Smith 7, Milton Rhodes13. 3-pointers: Nelson 4, Wilcher 2.

Friday’s GamesPortland 130, Utah 98L.A. Lakers 106, Sacramento 100

Saturday’s GamesDenver 103, Philadelphia 92Cleveland 88, L.A. Clippers 82Detroit 92, Chicago 75Miami 103, Minnesota 82Golden State 108, Memphis 82Brooklyn 90, Milwaukee 82Indiana 111, San Antonio 100Sacramento 112, Utah 102, OTDallas 108, Portland 106

Sunday’s Games

Boston 114, New York 73Miami 110, Detroit 95Houston 98, Orlando 88Oklahoma City 118, Indiana 94Toronto 106, L.A. Lakers 94

Monday’s GameL.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Denver at Washington, 7 p.m.Golden State at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Orlando at Memphis, 8 p.m.Portland at Utah, 9 p.m.Dallas at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Tuesday’s GamesMiami at Indiana, 7 p.m.New York at Cleveland, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Toronto, 7 p.m.Boston at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.Friday’s Games

Colorado 3, Calgary 2Vancouver 3, Phoenix 2, OT

Saturday’s GamesToronto 4, Ottawa 3, SODallas 5, Philadelphia 1Boston 3, Pittsburgh 2Montreal 3, Buffalo 2Florida 2, Detroit 1Winnipeg 2, Tampa Bay 1, OTWashington 5, Nashville 2New Jersey 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, OTAnaheim 5, St. Louis 2Calgary 2, Edmonton 1, OTLos Angeles 3, N.Y. Islanders 0

Sunday’s GamesMinnesota 3, San Jose 1Boston 5, Toronto 2Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 1Chicago 6, Florida 2

Vancouver 3, Colorado 1FRIDAY

Bowling Green 47, Northern Illinois 27SaturdayEAST

Rutgers 31, South Florida 6UConn 45, Memphis 10

SOUTHAuburn 59, Missouri 42Florida St. 45, Duke 7South Alabama 30, Louisiana-Lafayette 8Southern U. 34, Jackson St. 27, 2OT

MIDWESTMichigan St. 34, Ohio St. 24

SOUTHWESTBaylor 30, Texas 10Oklahoma 33, Oklahoma St. 24Rice 41, Marshall 24UCF 17, SMU 13

FAR WESTFresno St. 24, Utah St. 17Stanford 38, Arizona St. 14

FCS PLAYOFFSSecond RoundSaturday

Towson 48, Fordham 28Coastal Carolina 42, Montana 35New Hampshire 41, Maine 27Eastern Illinois 51, Tennessee State 10North Dakota St. 38, Furman 7E. Washington 41, South Dakota State 17Jacksonville State 31, McNeese State 10SE Louisiana 30, Sam Houston State 29

QuarterfinalsFriday or Saturday

Coastal Carolina (12-2) vs. N.D.State (12-0), TBANew Hampshire (9-4) vs. SE Louisiana (11-2), TBAJacksonville State (11-3) vs. EasternWashington (11-2), TBATowson (11-2) vs. E. Illinois (12-1), TBA

NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOFFSQuarterfinalsSaturday

West Chester 28, Shepherd 7Lenoir-Rhyne 42, North Alabama 39Grand Valley St. 35, West Texas A&M 28NW Missouri State 59, St. Cloud State 21

SemifinalsSaturday

West Chester (13-1) at Lenoir-Rhyne (12-1), NoonNorthwest Missouri State (13-0) vs. GrandValley State (12-2), 3:30 p.m.

NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOFSSecond RoundSaturday

Mount Union 62, Wesley 59North Central (Ill.) 41, Bethel (Minn.) 17Mary Hardin-Baylor 45, St. John Fisher 23Wisconsin-Whitewater 28, Linfield 17

SemifinalsSaturday

North Central (Ill.) (13-0) at Mount Union(13-0), NoonWisconsin-Whitewater (13-0) at MaryHardin-Baylor (13-0), 3:30 p.m.

BOWL SCHEDULESaturday, Dec. 21New Mexico BowlAt Albuquerque

Washington State (6-6) vs. Colorado State(7-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Las Vegas BowlFresno State (11-1) vs. Southern Cal (9-4),3:30 p.m. (ABC)

Famous Idaho Potato BowlAt Boise, Idaho

Buffalo (8-4) vs. San Diego State (7-5),5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

New Orleans BowlTulane (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4),9 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 23Beef ’O’ Brady’s BowlAt St. Petersburg, Fla.

Ohio (7-5) vs. East Carolina (9-3), 2 p.m.(ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 24Hawaii BowlAt Honolulu

Oregon State (6-6) vs. Boise State (8-4), 8p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 26Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

At DetroitBowling Green (10-3) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6),6 p.m. (ESPN)

Poinsettia BowlAt San Diego

Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Utah State (8-5),9:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 27Military Bowl

At Annapolis, Md.Marshall (9-4) vs. Maryland (7-5), 2:30 p.m.(ESPN)

Texas BowlAt Houston

Minnesota (8-4) vs. Syracuse (6-6), 6 p.m.(ESPN)

Fight Hunger BowlAt San Francisco

BYU (8-4) vs. Washington (8-4), 9:30 p.m.(ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 28Pinstripe BowlAt New York

Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6), Noon(ESPN)

Belk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.

Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina (6-6),3:20 p.m. (ESPN)

Russell Athletic BowlAt Orlando, Fla.

Miami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1), 6:45 p.m.(ESPN)

Buffalo Wild Wings BowlAt Tempe, Ariz.

Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5),10:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 30Armed Forces BowlAt Fort Worth, Texas

Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (7-4),11:45 a.m. (ESPN)

Music City BowlAt Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5),3:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo BowlAt San Antonio

Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 6:45 p.m.(ESPN)

Holiday BowlAt San Diego

Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech (7-5),10:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 31AdvoCare V100 BowlAt Shreveport, La.

Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5),12:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Sun BowlAt El Paso, Texas

Va. Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), 2 p.m.(CBS)

Liberty BowlAt Memphis, Tenn.

Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 4p.m. (ESPN)

Chick-fil-A BowlAt Atlanta

Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 8 p.m.(ESPN)

Wednesday, Jan. 1Heart of Dallas Bowl

At DallasUNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), Noon(ESPNU)

Gator BowlAt Jacksonville, Fla.

Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), Noon(ESPN2)

Capital One BowlAt Orlando, Fla.

Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2),1 p.m. (ABC)

Outback BowlAt Tampa, Fla.

Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m. (ESPN)Rose Bowl

At Pasadena, Calif.Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 5p.m. (ESPN)

Fiesta BowlAt Glendale, Ariz.

Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1), 8:30 p.m.(ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 2Sugar Bowl

At New OrleansAlabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 8:30p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Jan. 3Orange BowlAt Miami

Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 8p.m. (ESPN)

Cotton BowlAt Arlington, Texas

Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2),7:30 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Jan. 4BBVA Compass BowlAt Birmingham, Ala.

Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), 1 p.m.(ESPN)

Sunday, Jan. 5GoDaddy.com BowlAt Mobile, Ala.

Arkansas State (7-5) vs. Ball State (10-2),9 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 6BCS National Championship

At Pasadena, Calif.Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1), 8:30p.m. (ESPN)

SATURDAY’S GAMESEAST

Army 67, St. Francis (NY) 54Brown 72, American U. 67Bucknell 57, Columbia 52Buffalo 78, St. Bonaventure 73Drexel 75, Tennessee St. 61Georgetown 61, Colgate 55Hartford 90, Holy Cross 78Harvard 79, Boston U. 68, OTLa Salle 65, Stony Brook 57Lafayette 86, Sacred Heart 79Lehigh 70, UMBC 68Mount St. Mary’s 70, Loyola (Md.) 58N. Dakota St. 66, Bryant 62NJIT 55, Mass.-Lowell 44Penn St. 90, Marshall 77Princeton 77, Fairleigh Dickinson 55St. Francis (Pa.) 72, Cornell 62St. John’s 104, Fordham 58Syracuse 93, Binghamton 65Texas 81, Temple 80, OTToledo 80, Robert Morris 77UAB 74, Northeastern 69UMass 105, BYU 96Villanova 98, Saint Joseph’s 68Wagner 75, Penn 69, OTYale 71, New Hampshire 61

SOUTHCoppin St. 73, Delaware St. 54Davidson 105, Johnson & Wales (NC) 63E. Kentucky 76, Longwood 67FAU 83, Jacksonville 63FIU 72, Florida Gulf Coast 61Furman 74, Presbyterian 59Gardner-Webb 67, The Citadel 55Georgia Southern 79, SC State 61Georgia Tech 87, ETSU 57Hampton 72, Florida A&M 62Liberty 84, Greensboro 47Louisiana Tech 69, Southern U. 50Louisville 113, Louisiana-Lafayette 74Memphis 96, Northwestern St. 76Mercer 64, Denver 63, OTMorgan St. 87, Howard 58Murray St. 73, Lipscomb 69NC State 76, Long Beach St. 66Norfolk St. 59, Bethune-Cookman 45North Carolina 81, UNC Greensboro 50Radford 72, NC A&T 52SE Missouri 74, SE Louisiana 73Samford 85, Austin Peay 63South Florida 66, Alabama 64Southern Miss. 75, Georgia St. 65, OTTennessee 84, Tennessee Tech 63Troy 85, Alabama St. 69Tulane 70, Jackson St. 65UCF 77, Stetson 58UT-Martin 79, N. Kentucky 66VMI 94, Wright St. 74Wake Forest 76, Richmond 66, OTWilliam & Mary 63, Wofford 60

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stretched the cushion to 49-36when Lowther called time outwith 4:26 left in the quarter."We had a tough game last

night and I think our legs werea little weary to start," saidLowther, whose team won 59-47 at Houston County fewerthan than 24 hours earlier."I told them if we could get itclose by the end of the quarter,it would come down to whoevermade the breaks in the fourthquarter."After the timeout, Jasmine

Hollis scored the game's nextnine points on three shotsinside and a 3-pointer beforePittman added a runner downthe lane to make it 49-47.Hollis had a game-high 29, 20in the second half, while heresenior classmate added 26."I told the girls at half,

(Dublin) would keep workingand come back at us," Howellsaid. "When you have a coupleof athletes like they do whocan take over a game, they canscore a bunch like that."Smith, who had 17 points to

top four players in double fig-ures for the Lady Raiders,countered with a follow-up to

halt the spurt and help West toa 55-51 lead entering the finalperiod."We had it where we wanted

at the end of the quarter,"Lowther said. "It was a matterof will then."The Lady Raiders built the

lead to as much as 59-52 justmore than a minute into thequarter before Dublin slowlycut into the lead finally gettingeven at 66-66 when Pittmanhit a jumper in the lane with58 seconds left."I was pleased with the way

we came back," Lowther said."But we can't keep havingthese big deficits in the firsthalf."The teams exchanged

turnovers before Akilah Brownwas fouled and made the firstof a bonus situation with 16.1seconds left.After securing the rebound,

Dublin lost its chance to takethe lead when Hollis missed inthe lane and Calhoun rebound-ed, was fouled, and after aDublin timeout, delivered heronly two points of the game."It's a big rivalry game,"

Howell said. "Anytime youplay one like this, it's usuallygoing to go to the end."

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Nelson, who initially bobbledthe ball, but recovered in timeto get up the shot before thebuzzer."Ice water in his veins," said

Hall, whose team upped itsrecord to 3-1. "I wouldn't havewanted anybody else to takethat shot but him at thatmoment."Dublin coach Paul Williams

put the loss on himself for notrealizing he had a timeout tocall to set up strategy after thefree throws by Phillips."I didn't know I had another

timeout," Williams said. "Itwas my fault. I'd have toldthem to play a high defenseand let (West) lob it down therefor two if they wanted. They dothat, we get the ball to Jacorifor the foul, he ices it and we'reout of there (with a win)."But, we were in the 1-3-1,

and when (Nelson) bobbled theball, we dug down (for ball) oninstinct and he got the shot."Still, Dublin led twice early

in the four-minute overtimeand was even at 67-67 afterJamarte Mobley, who scored 18points, scored inside with 1:48remaining. But the Irish cameup empty on their next threepossessions and Nelson andDre Kinchen, who scored 13points, each connected on apair of free throws to start astretch of 8-for-10 at the line toseal it.Wilcher followed Nelson

with 19 points while MiltonRhodes added 13 off the bench.Fre'derick Thomas led Dublin(3-1) with 20 points. Payne,who had scored 29, 39 and 49points in the wins, had 17,going just 5-for-18 from thefloor.The Irish's 5-foot-10 senior

was the target of Nelson andthree other fresh West defend-ers throughout the game."We knew what he'd done,"

Hall said of Payne. "Nelsonhad him and then we threwRamel Mason, D'Eric Hesterand Brandon Hines at him andthey all did a great job."Williams said the back-to-

back games too their toll.Payne had 49 in Friday's winat Houston County, fromwhere the Irish didn't arrivehome until after 1 a.m."We iced his legs earlier

today, and tried to get himsome rest (in the game), butjust couldn't," Williams said. "Ithink we all were sluggish."There was no look of fatigue

on the Irish or Payne early.The senior creased the Westdefense for a pair of layups tostart the game before Thomastook over with a 3-pointer andthree straight shots in the laneto help Dublin to a 15-5 leadthat brought on a timeout fromHall with 3:09 left in the game.West responded with 10

straight points to get even atthe end of the quarter. AfterThomas canned a triple off thesecond quarter tip, Nelsonscored 10 straight points ontwo treys and a pair of layupsto start a 14-4 run that gavethe Raiders a 29-22 leadprompting a timeout fromWilliams."He'll go off like that," Hall

said of Nelson, who had four 3-pointers in the game. "He'salready gone on like 6-0 and 9-0 runs of his own already acouple times."With Mobley scoring eight

points, the Irish recovered todraw within 36-34 at intermis-sion. It was never more than atwo-possession game the restof the way."I couldn't be happier for

the guys," said Hall, whose inhis second season as headcoach. "And the coaching staffgot a game plan together afterwe played last night (51-48Region 2AAAA win atBaldwin). It was a big win."

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enjoys that, understands thearea and is looking forward tospending more time there.”Nebraska (8-4) last played

in the Gator Bowl in 2009,beating Clemson 26-21.“We had a great experience

at the Gator Bowl when weplayed there in my first yearhere,” Pelini said. “We havesome familiarity with Georgiahaving played them last yearin the bowl game, but these aretwo different football teams.This will be a great challengefor our team, and we look for-ward to the opportunity.”The Cornhuskers haven’t

had much postseason successsince that win, losing their lastthree bowl games.

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The Mississippi Rebels willfinish the season in the sameplace where they started backin August.The Rebels will play

Georgia Tech in the Music CityBowl on Dec. 30 in a pairingannounced Sunday night. OleMiss opened the season beat-ing Vanderbilt a couple milesfrom LP Field, home of thebowl. Now the Rebels are backin this bowl a second time.“We have one of the great

bowl traditions in all of collegefootball, and I’m excited thatwe have earned a bowl berth ineach of our first two seasons,”Ole Miss coach Hugh Freezesaid. “I appreciate the unbe-

lievable support Rebel Nationhas provided our team, and Ilook forward to seeing a sea ofRed and Blue in Nashville.”Ole Miss (7-5) finished on a

two-game skid that droppedthe Rebels out of the Top 25.The Rebels played in the BBVACompass Bowl last season.This will be the 35th bowl

appearance all-time by OleMiss. The Rebels are 22-12,including last season when OleMiss beat Pittsburgh 38-17 atthe BBVA Compass Bowl inBirmingham, Ala., to capFreeze’s first season.The last time Ole Miss

played in the Music City Bowl,David Cutcliffe was the coachand Eli Manning was theRebels’ quarterback. That’s theonly bowl the Rebels have lostover the past 10 bowl tripsgoing back to the 1992 LibertyBowl.Georgia Tech (7-5) will be

making its first appearance inthe bowl sponsored byFranklin American Mortgageas the ACC’s representative.This is the Yellow Jackets’

17th straight bowl berth, tiedfor the second longest streaknationally, and 42nd overall.They went to the Sun Bowl

the past two seasons and beatSouthern California 21-7 lastyear.“Ole Miss is a very talented

football team and they arewell-coached, so we certainlyhave our work cut out for us,”Georgia Tech coach PaulJohnson said. “It should be anentertaining football game.”

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.(AP) — With Boeing the kingof U.S. aircraftmanufacturing, more than adozen states are grovelingbefore the throne for a shareof the riches to be made fromthe next-generation 777jetliner.From coast to coast, states

are rushing to impress Boeingwith lavish incentivepackages that offer property,labor deals and billions ofdollars in tax breaks. All thisin the hopes that theaerospace giant will selectthem to assemble the new777X — or at least give thema wing to construct.The competition

underscores Boeing’scommanding bargainingposition in an economy wheretop-notch manufacturing jobsremain scarce and electedofficials feel obligated topursue every growthopportunity, no matter howimprobable.“We have gotten a

tremendous response, and it’sobviously created a lot ofinterest and a lot ofexcitement,” Boeingspokesman Doug Alder said.The contest unfolded in a

mere matter of weeks after amachinists’ union inWashington state rejectedBoeing’s proposed contract forthe 777X because it wouldhave replaced theirtraditional pension with adefined-contribution savingsplan.The Chicago-based

company said it would lookelsewhere and gave statesuntil Tuesday to submitproposals. Winners will beannounced early next year.The Boeing buzz has been

loudest in Missouri, whereGov. Jay Nixon immediatelyconvened a special legislativesession to approve anincentive package valued atup to $1.7 billion over morethan two decades. The planpassed the Senate withbipartisan supportWednesday and could winfinal approval in the House onFriday. Boeing never even hadto send a lobbyist to talk to alawmaker.Missouri Sen. Eric

Schmitt, a Republican hopingto entice Boeing to expand inhis hometown of St. Louis,called the package “atransformationalopportunity.”Other states are keeping

the details of their offers outof the public spotlight — andaway from the inquisitiveeyes of their rivals— bycrafting them throughadministrative agenciesshielded by non-disclosurelaws.Last year, Alabama lured

Boeing’s biggest worldwiderival, Airbus, to build a $600million assembly plant inMobile by offering tax breaksand $158 million for bondexpenses, site and roadimprovements, building costsand worker training.This time, Gov. Robert

Bentley is stressing morethan just financial incentives.He’s tapping into Boeing’srecent union frustrations byhighlighting that Alabama isa “right-to-work” state, whereunion fees cannot be acondition of employment.Bentley said Boeing

officials told him thatAlabama was their first stateto visit after the union dealfell through. But other statesalso have reason to hope.Utah Gov. Gary Herbert

said Boeing leaders reachedout to him, too. Utah officialsare emphasizing that theyhave the youngest workforcein the U.S., as well as right-to-work rules. And it doesn’thurt that Boeing is alreadyset to open an 850,000-squarefoot factory in a Salt LakeCity suburb to make tail partsfor a different model of plane.

Other states in the hunt —including Kansas, North andSouth Carolina and Texas —are banking on right-to-worklaws of their own.But labor regulations may

not be as important as havinga workforce already trained incommercial airplaneproduction and a seaport forshipping huge airplanecomponents, said RichardAboulafia, an aerospaceanalyst at the Fairfax, Va.-based Teal Group Corp.He predicts Boeing will use

the offers as leverage to getSeattle-area machinists tomake concessions, unless thecompany gets “some kind ofunbelievable, almostinconceivably good deal.”Boeing’s history in the

Pacific Northwest dates backmore than a century, whenWilliam Boeing purchased aSeattle shipyard that wouldbecome his first airplanefactory. A decade ago,Washington enacted a broadpackage of tax breaks andother benefits for Boeing in aneffort to keep the company’s787 manufacturing in thestate.In the years that followed,

however, wing productionmoved to Japan, and a newproduction line wasestablished in South Carolina.Last month, Washington

lawmakers approved nearly$9 billion of tax breaks for the777X. Just a few days later,union members rejected thecontract. But Gov. Jay Insleenow wants to sweeten theoffer by getting lawmakers tosign off on a tax increase fortransportation infrastructureimprovements.Washington state Rep.

Reuven Carlyle, a Democratwho helped push through theincentives, remains confident.“In an era where middle-

class jobs are imploding, it’sunderstandable that Missouriis going to take a shot at theplate,” Carlyle said. But“there is simply no way thatanother state can replicatethe DNA that has been builtinto the Washington andaerospace relationship.”The long-range, twin-aisle

777 is Boeing’s second-largestplane and has been a best-seller since its first flight in1994. The new 777X isexpected to carry as many as400 passengers, about 35more than the current model,and be more fuel efficient.Boeing already has

commitments from airlinesworldwide to buy 259 planesvalued at more than $95billion.

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DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) —America’s first pony car — theFord Mustang — iscelebrating its 50th birthdaywith a swoon-worthy newdesign and plans to go global.Ford Motor Co. was to

reveal the 2015 MustangThursday morning at eventsin New York, Los Angeles,Shanghai, Sydney, Barcelonaand its hometown ofDearborn. It goes on sale nextfall in North America and willarrive later in Europe andAsia.The Mustang isn’t

anywhere near Ford’s best-seller — Ford sells morepickups in a week than it doesMustangs in a month. ButFord says the Mustang hasthe highest name recognitionand highest favorable opinionof any car in its lineup. Andcar companies count onbeautiful sports cars to cast aglow over the rest of theirofferings. As for sales, Fordwill be happy if Mustang canbecome the top selling ponycar in the U.S. The ChevroletCamaro, which followed theMustang to market in 1966and was last redesigned in2009, has outsold theMustang for the last threeyears and is on track to do itagain this year, according toKelley Blue Book.The Mustang’s first full

redesign since 2005 presentedFord with a tough task:Update and freshen an iconwithout alienating itspassionate fans. More than 9million Mustangs have beensold since 1964, and the carhas hundreds of fan clubs,including one solely forowners of yellow Mustangs.Farrah Fawcett drove a whiteone in “Charlie’s Angels;”Steve McQueen raced a darkgreen one through the streetsof San Francisco in 1968’s“Bullitt.” The result is a newcar with plenty of cues fromthe old. The long hood andsloping fastback are stillthere, as is the trapezoid-shaped grille with theMustang logo from theoriginal. But the new car sitslower and wider, and the rooftapers dramatically in thefront and back. The signaturerounded headlights aresmaller and sit back under afierce, chiseled brow, whilethe traditional three-bartaillights are now three-dimensional and tuckedbeneath the rear deck lid.The Michigan-made car is

currently sold overseas, butthis is the first time it hasbeen engineered to meetvarious international safetyand emissions standards. Aright-hand-drive version isbeing offered for the firsttime, for the United Kingdomand Australia, and Ford willmarket the car more heavilyoverseas.

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Happy Birthday: Take yourtime getting the facts. You will be facedwith confusion based on poor informa-tion this year if you don’t do your re-search. Change will be necessary with re-gard to home, family and partnerships.Set reasonable goals and stick to yourplan. Letting outsiders interfere will beyour downfall. Know what you want andfinish what you start. Your numbers are 7,10, 18, 21, 29, 37, 46.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Don’t feel pressured to make a decisionregarding your position, status or ad-vancement. Recap what you’ve done inthe past and consider how you can utilizeyour skills to bring better outcomes. Animpulsive decision will not bring good re-sults. 3 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):You call the shots. Your wisdom andcharm will attract people who can offerfavors and information that will help youreach your goals. A partnership will turninto a long and profitable connection. Ro-mance is highlighted. Share your feelings.4 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):You’ll need discipline to finish projectsthat need to be wrapped up before theend of the year. Offer suggestions, but donot part with your cash. A service you canoffer others will be well-received andbring in additional funds. 2 stars

CANCER (June 21-July 22):Concentrate on getting odd jobs finished.Preparation will make your job easier, al-lowing you more time to spend doingsomething enjoyable. Make assessmentsand changes to your life and overall per-sonal look. Plan a little romance to endyour day. 5 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Aunique approach or new surroundingswill feed your creative imagination.Knowledge and honing your skills willspark an idea that can lead to extra cash.Don’t let anyone limit what you can do.Be diplomatic but firm when faced withopposition. 3 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Rethink your financial strategy. If you’vebeen impulsive or emotional when itcomes to spending, pull back and cutcorners. Help an older relative or friend,but don’t take over. Suggestions or phys-ical assistance is one thing; meddling isanother. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Achange at work or with a partnership willcome about quickly. Don’t act surprisedwhen you should be prepared to movewithout skipping a beat. Discipline andhard work will pay off. Reconnecting withan old friend should be done cautiously. 3stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Get up, get focused and accomplisheverything on your to-do list. Usingfriendly pressure to get what you wantwill work wonders. Social networking will