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Profiles:A closer look at the people whoshape the community we call home

Photo by Payton Towns III

Christian (second from right) stands alongsideDHS principal Robert Hunter, DCS board chairmanRichard Sheffield and Superintendent Dr. Chuck Led-better.

Caring Kathy Christian

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe video showing all of the

Dublin School System Teach-ers of the Year when it sudden-ly flashed that Kathy H. Chris-tian was the winner.

While other people startedclapping, Christian, teacher atDublin High School, sat in herchair, not recognizing yet thatshe had just received the tophonor. When it dawned on her,she stood up and hug PrincipalRobert Hunter.

Afterwards, many peoplecontinuously approached herto congratulate her. Wheneveryone had left the room,Christian sat down to talkabout why she likes teachingand how much she likes herGeorgia Bulldogs, despitethem not going to the bowlgame she wanted them to playin.

TTCCHH:: Congratulations withthe award.

CChhrriissttiiaann:: Thank you. I'mquite honored and surprised.

TTCCHH:: They surprised you atthe end of the video?

CChhrriissttiiaann:: I looked at itand kept thinking it was aboutDublin High School. Then I no-ticed it was me.

TTCCHH:: Where did you growup?

CChhrriissttiiaann:: I was born inCochran, and I went to Bleck-ley County High School butthen it was called CochranHigh School before theymerged the school systems.

TTCCHH:: What got you into ed-ucation?

CChhrriissttiiaann:: When I firststarted school, I loved my

school teachers. I alwaysplayed school teachers as a lit-tle girl. When I got into highschool I really started focusingon teaching, but I always want-ed to be an Early ChildhoodEducation teacher. I had an as-sistant principal who was ourstudent council sponsor. Hetalked me to going into whatwas then Home Economics. Hesaid "You'll do much betterfinding jobs," if did that be-cause I could teach, work withthe extension service, workwith different commodities orbe an interior designer. I justdecided that I wanted toteach."

TTCCHH:: In terms of hobbies,what do you like to do?

CChhrriissttiiaann:: I like to enter-tain and having people over.That's a hobby I enjoy doing.Together with my husband, weenjoy watching Georgia Bull-dogs football. I like all kind ofcrafts, sewing and interior de-sign.

TTCCHH:: That's not surprisingafter seeing the (Teacher of theYear) video.

CChhrriissttiiaann:: We really don'tsew (in my class) like we didyears ago when I first startedteaching. As part of my Interi-or Design Pathway (class), Iteach them how to make pil-lows. Because everybody is notgoing to be the decorator butthe decorator needs a lot of peo-ple to do construction work forthem and they are going toneed to know how to use asewing machine. The kids look

By JASON HALCOMBECOMMENTARY

From a Laurens Countystandpoint, we got exactlywhat we wanted: Our guysmaking the final two playsof the game.

Sadly for one, the ab-solute last play of the gameturned out to be the lastplay of his season, as De-maryius Thomas struggledagainst two defenders atthe end of a 24-yard passplay as time expired.

Thirty-four seconds ear-lier, our other local starsealed the win for the Coltswhen defensive end ErikWalden came around thecorner and sacked Broncosquarterback Peyton Man-ning for a two-yard loss.

The debates will beginas to whether those twoplays were the last of Man-

(Above): Walden reacts during a play in the first quarter of Sunday’s game. Walden sackedManning to effectively end the game. (Below): Thomas caught a first quarter touchdown, butwas limited to only five catches for 59 yards. For more, see 1b. (AP photos)

Death in theelectric chair

By SCOTT THOMPSONDuring the four decades

from 1924 until 1965 when theU.S. Supreme Court outlawedthe death penalty in the UnitedStates, 418 men and onewoman were put to death inGeorgia's electric chair. LemDupree was No. 389 and thelast man electrocuted fromLaurens County. Until 1924,criminals convicted of capitalmurder were legally hanged ei-ther in state prisons, local jails

or designated public hanginggrounds, John Robinson wasthe last man publicly hanged inLaurens County in 1901.

Six men have been convictedof murder and sentenced todeath by electrocution in Lau-rens County. Fred Anderson, a19-year-old convicted murderer,was the first Laurens Countianto be put to death in the electricchair on Oct. 4, 1940. From Oc-

See DUPREE page 3a

See LOCAL page 8a

See CHRISTIAN page 3a

The electrocution of Lem Dupree

The heart of the Dublin City Teacherof the Year puts her above the rest

Rowland to behonored atmasquerade

By PAYTON TOWNS IIIThe Suicide Prevention

Coalition of Dublin-Laurenswill be honoring CongressmanJ. Roy Rowland with an "Un-masking the Darkness Mas-querade gala event at 6 p.m. onJan. 24 at the Dublin CountryClub.

The event, which will honorRowland for a lifetime achieve-ment in the medical professionand service to his country, com-munity and others, will benefitthe Suicide Prevention Coali-tion of Dublin-Laurens. Row-land was one of the foundingmembers of the coalition.

Reservation for the event,which cost $50, are requiredand must be purchased no laterthan this Friday.

People will be able to danceto the music of 8-track FlashBack Band while enjoying a buf-fet meal with carving station;pasta station; four meats servedchafer style; seasonal fruits andvegetables; an assortment ofcheese, crackers and dips alongwith an assortment of minia-ture desserts.

"We just really want to en-courage the public to come outand support it and have fun,"said Dina McDonald, specialprojects coordinator. "We hope itwill be something Dublin willenjoy and the benefits will besomething that comes back andhelps the community."

Mask for the event are en-couraged but not required. Peo-ple will also be able to get maskat the event.

McDonald, Tina Ellise Tap-ley, executive assistant and Glo-ria Bowen, secretary, went to astatewide Suicide Coalition

See HONOR page 3a

After more than a century,Smith’s Jewelers closing doors

Walden moves onColts star sacks Manning to clinch game, Thomas scores TD in loss

By JAMIE MORTONAfter 100 years in the

business, Smith's Jewelersis calling it quits. And forJackie Ellington who hasspent the last 30 1/2 yearsat the Downtown Dublinbusiness, the news is hardto take.

One of Elington's mostmemorable recollectionfrom working at the store isselling engagement rings toyoung men who plan tostart their lives with youngwomen of Dublin.

She tells the story of howher own engagement ringcame from Smith’s; and onthe day of her wedding, herhusband's mother had torush to Smith's to buy awedding band because hehad forgotten. The storecame through and her hus-band-to-be survived and therest is history shared be-tween the Ellingtons andSmith’s.

Ellington said over theyears some things havechanged and some thingshave stayed the same.

"When we came in herewe had to build floors," shesaid. She says she and herhusband would wake up,work all day, go home tosleep and come back toSmith's for another day.Working on the store helpedthe couple get over thedeath of their son, she said.

Sales representativeLeigh Howard said one ofthe things that has re-mained the same through-out the years is the rapport

Photo by Jamie Morton

Ellington has operated the DowntownDublin business for more than 30 years but,due to health reasons, she said she is havingto close the doors.See SMITH’S page 8a

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Each year citizens of Dublin and Laurens County are recognized as outstanding citizens of our community. Please submit your nominations:

Man of the YearWoman of the Year

Must have been a resident of Laurens County for a minimum of five years and be actively involved in their occupation or profession. They must display an ongoing interest in the community exhibited through avenues other than their occupation or profession. The service to the community can be through civic clubs, churches, schools, public office, or individual effort. Quite often thisindividual would prefer anonymity, however, it is the job of the awards committee to seek out those worthy individuals and recognize them.

Senior Citizen of the YearMust be not less than 65 years of age, or in the case of retirement, not less than 60 years of age. Must have been resident of Laurens County not less than five years. This senior citizen should have made some distinct contribution to the community.

Youth of the YearMust be from 15 to 21 years of age and resident of Laurens County for not less than two years. The youth must have made a meritorious contribution to the community through both scholastic and extracurricular activities such as service organizations, church groups, and volunteer campaigns.

Name Age_______Address Phone Number ________________________Email_______________________________________Length of residence in Dublin-Laurens Co. YearsOccupation or Profession Religious Affiliation Organizations (Civic, Fraternal, Religious, Social, Not For Profit, etc.)

Meritorious contribution made by the nominee over and above regular duties associated with the performance of his or her chosen occupation or profession (including Civic, Philanthropic, Religious, Community Welfare, Human Relations, and other areas)

For additional information, please check this block and continue on another sheet.Respectfully submitted Phone Number Address All nominations must be SIGNED to be considered valid. The number of nominations for a single candidate will not affect the judging.

Recipients will be recognized at the Awards Banquet on March 5, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Dublin Country Club.

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joke, “How do I get toCarnegie Hall?” contains somemuch-needed advice abouthow to use a couple of poten-tially life-saving medical de-vices: the epinephrine pen forsevere allergic reactions andmetered-dose inhalers to man-age asthma symptoms.

Epinephrine pens(EpiPens) are made to deliveran injection of epinephrine in-to the thigh of someone who’sbeen exposed to a substancethat causes life-threateninganaphylactic shock; it’s often afood such as peanuts or shell-fish, venom from a bee sting ora snake or spider bite.

But just having an epi-

nephrine injector won’t rescueyou. You have to use it correct-ly. And often, that’s not hap-pening. In a recent study fromthe University of Texas, only16 percent of patients coulddemonstrate the right injec-tion technique, which is essen-tial for effective reversal of theallergic reaction. The mostcommon mistake was notholding it in place for 10 sec-onds after injection.

Next researchers testedhow patients used varioustypes of asthma inhalers. Only7 percent used them correctly!The biggest mistake was notproperly exhaling before acti-vating the canister andbreathing in. Result? Insuffi-cient drug delivery.

So if you or anyone inyour family needs either of

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The improper use of epinephrineinjectors and asthma inhalers

DEAR ABBY: I have beenwith “Paul” for 10 months.We met shortly after he andhis fiancee broke up. Becauseof her, he had gone into debt,and after their breakup helost his job.

I have helped him withmoney from the moment wemet. He’s still jobless and hisunemployment benefit willend shortly, but Abby, he iscareless with money. He endsup spending mine and bor-rows from friends who haveto be paid back. Last month,he took my credit card, andwithin a week 1,400 euroswere gone and bills were leftunpaid.

Because Paul is stressedand depressed, he goes outand drinks. More than oncehe has spent the rent moneyin bars. He often gets homeat 4 a.m. He’s also jealousand controlling. He texts andrings me constantly and askswhy I took so long to answer.If I go out for a coffee, he de-mands to know who with. Hehas a hot temper and shoutsat me for the slightest thing— like if I didn’t close a door,or he thinks I didn’t pay at-tention to something he said.

Our sex life has neverbeen great. He blames me forthat, too. He says I don’t ini-tiate it enough, and he’sthreatening to start going

with other girls. He is alsobossy. He always says I neverdo anything for him. Eventhough I work until 5:30, heexpects me to bring him wa-ter, coffee, turn on the air conand stuff.

I love Paul, but I don’t feelappreciated. I’m scared ofwhat he will do when I leave.Please, Abby, I need your ad-vice. — TORN IN LONDON

DEAR TORN: Your Paul isan emotionally abusive, bot-tomless pit. He will suck youdry financially and emotion-ally if you let him. It’s impor-tant that you get rid of himNOW.

If you think Paul might dosomething to you if you endthe relationship, contact thepolice or a domestic abusehotline and take their guid-ance. If you think he mightharm himself, FORGET it.Paul will survive. It doesn’ttake a psychic to predict he

will quickly find someoneelse to use, so don’t worryabout him and don’t lookback.

DEAR ABBY: Every year,a co-worker brings herdaughters to the office to sellGirl Scout cookies. The kidsare adorable, and it’s hard tosay “no” because Mom hoversnearby as the girls approacheach cubicle. Regardless ofwhether one cares to donateto the cause or not, it feelslike Mom is forcing us intobuying by doing this. Whathappened to the old “leavethe order sheet at the recep-tion desk” custom? Am I over-reacting? — SOURED ONSWEETS

DEAR SOURED: Yes. Allyou have to do is smile andsay, “No, I’m sorry, sweet-hearts. I can’t do it this year.”Actually, you may be doingthe girls a favor, because animportant part of selling islearning to cope with disap-pointment when a customersays no.

Dear Abby is written byAbigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips.Contact Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com or P.O.Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.

Woman should leave her abusiveboyfriend as soon as possible

Dear Abby

UUllyysssseess KKeellllaammFuneral services for Mr.

Ulysses (Spank) Kellam willbe held on Wednesday, Jan.14, 2015 at 2 p.m. at ChristDeliverance Temple, 403 EastGarner Street, Dublin. Rev-erend Kenneth Kates Sr., willbe officiating with the burialto follow in the Dudley Memo-rial Cemetery.

Mr. Ulysses C. Kellam wascalled home on Thursday, Jan.9, 2015. He was born on Jan.16, 1939 in Dublin, to the lateM. C. Kellam and Nellie MaeAtkins. He was preceded indeath by his sisters, MattieMae Brown, Gloria JeanHunt, Retha Mae Atkins, Ru-by Mae Kellam and one broth-er, Johnnie Lee Williams.

Left to cherish his memo-ries are his children, PatriciaKellam, Belveann Kellam, M.C. Kellam, Lataisha Kellam,Michael Kellam, GertrudeO’neal, and Vera Lattimore,all of Dublin, three sisters,Donnie Smith, Jerrie DeanFloyd of Dublin, Shawanda(Jamie) Pittman of Dexter,four brothers, L. C. (Shirley)Roziere, Larry (Maritea)O’neal of Dublin, J.C.(Charlene) Kellam, of Salis-bury, N.C., Theotis (Gail)Hicks of Winston-Salem, N.C.,two grandchildren, AlexanderKellam, and Corey Kellam ofDublin, a special nephew,Lewis Kellam, and a host ofnieces, nephews, cousins andfriends.

Internment will be at theDudley Memorial cemetery.

Family will be receivingfriends at the family resi-dence, 307 Roberts Street,Dublin.

Services by Dudley FuneralHome of Dublinwww.servicesbydudley.com

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611 South Washington Street,Dublin, passed away on Sun-day, Jan. 11, 2015. Funeralarrangements are incompleteand will be announced later.Family will be receivingfriends at 603 Buckeye Rd.East Dublin

Services by Dudley FuneralHome of Dublinwww.servicesbydudley.com

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Walter LeRoy “Roy” Jack-son, age 54, of Dublin, diedSunday, Jan. 11, 2015.Arrangements are incomplete

at this time and will be an-nounced later by TownsendBrothers Funeral Home.

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Harold Denson, Sr., of Dublin,will be held on Wednesday,Jan. 14, 2015 at 11 a.m. at theC. D. Dudley Memorial Chapelat the Dudley Funeral Home.Interment will follow in theDudley Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Denson, who wascalled home on Friday, Jan. 8,2015, was born on Jan. 9,1944, to the late Johnny andClara Denson. He was preced-ed in death by three brothers,Lonnie Denson, Johnny (Bub-ble) Denson, and B. Denson,by two sisters, Ethel Whipple,and Toonie Strange, and byone grandson, Johnny Keels.At an early age, Mr. Densonjoined the Jordan StreamBaptist Church.

Left to share his memoriesare his four children, Harold(Lilly Mae) Denson, Billy R.Denson, Ruby (Bobby) Atkian,all of Dublin, Virginia(Joseph) Mack of LaGrange,three devoted friends, RoseDenson, Patsy and Nay Coney,five sisters, Carolyn (James)McMillan, Mary A. (Wesley)Prince, Margaret (John Luke)Smith, Daisy Watkins, ShirleySmith, all of Dublin, tengrandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, and a host ofnieces, nephews, cousins, fam-ily and friends.

The family will receivefriends at the home of his

daughter, Ruby Denson, 534Hudson Street (Bell Homes).

Services by Dudley FuneralHome of DublinPlease post condolences at

AAllffrreeddoo MMiimmbbssAlfredo Mimbs age 71

passed away Sunday Jan. 11,2015 in Fairview Park Hospi-tal. Stanley Funeral home andCrematory/Dublin Chapel hascharge of the arrangements.If you would like to sign theonline register please visithttp://www.stanleyfuneralhome.com or you may call theStanley Funeral Home 24hour obituary line at 272-0106for updates.

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passed away on Monday, Jan.

12, 2015 at Serenity Place.Funeral arrangements are in-complete at this time, but willbe announced later by StanleyFuneral Home and Cremato-ry/Dublin Chapel. To sign theOnline Register Book pleasevisitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the 24 Hour StanleyFuneral Home and CrematoryObituary Line at (478)272-0106 to hear the latest funeralupdates.

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Mr. Pedro CadelarioSereno, passed away onThursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Fu-neral arrangements are in-complete at this time, but willbe announced later by StanleyFuneral Home and Cremato-ry/Dublin Chapel.

To sign the Online RegisterBook please visitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.comor call the 24 Hour Stanley

Funeral Home and CrematoryObituary Line at (478)272-0106 to hear the latest funeralupdates.

RRoobbeerrtt SS.. CChhaasseeMr. Robert S. Chase of 205

Ashland Court, Dublin,passed away on Monday, Jan.12, 2015. Funeral arrange-ments are incomplete and willbe announced later. Familywill be receiving friends at thefamily residence.

DDoonnaalldd SSeellffMr. Donald Self, age 92, of

Eastman, died Friday, Jan. 9,2015 at his residence.

Funeral services will beheld at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan.12, at Southerland FuneralChapel, with interment inGiddens-Harrell Cemetery.

Mr. Self was born in DodgeCounty, a member Pine LevelFreewill Baptist Church, aveteran of the U.S. Navy andretired from the Carl VinsonVA Hospital. He was son ofthe late Mollie Lee Mullis Selfand C.C “Clint” Self and wid-ower of Anna Ruth GiddensSelf and Gertrude GiddensSelf.

Survivors: one grand-daughter – Shonda H. Blair(Wade) of Butler; one great-granddaughter Lauren Blair;step-children Bobby Giddens(Regina), Larry Giddens(Judy) and Debra G. Floyd(Stailey); several step-grand-children and step-great-grandchildren.

The family will receivefriends in Southerland Funer-al Chapel from 12:30 p.m. to 2p.m. Monday, Jan. 12.

Obituaries

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Robert PerryJJaann.. 1111

Danni BauviekCameron Lindsey

Joesph GrayDaryl PauldoFreda Council

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Teenager charged in fatal Macon shooting MACON (AP) — Police

have accused a teenager of fa-tally shooting a 20-year-oldman in Macon.

Bibb County Sheriff's Lt.Sean Defoe said the shootinghappened late Friday after-noon.

The victim, Kemani Ridge-way, and his girlfriend pulledup to a vacant building tospeak with three people. Defoesaid one of those people shotRidgeway in the chest. Hedied at a hospital.

WMAZ-TV reports the 16-year-old suspect was taken toa youth detention center andcharged with murder. The As-sociated Press is not identify-ing the suspect because of hisage.

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HIRAM (AP) — The funer-al for a sheriff's officer killedin a murder-suicide is plannedat a church northwest of At-lanta.

Services for Cpl. SamDriskell will be held at 11 a.m.Monday at West Ridge Churchin Dallas, Georgia.

The Georgia Bureau of In-vestigation has been speakingwith relatives, friends and

neighbors to determine whatmay have prompted the shoot-ing at the officer's home in theHiram area.

Sheriff's spokesman AshleyHenson says authorities sus-pect that Driskell's 21-year-old stepson, Felix Almonte,shot Driskell, his 36-year-oldwife and their 12-year-olddaughter sometime late Jan. 5and or early Jan. 6. Almontethen shot himself.’

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TUCKER (AP) — A fire ina Tucker apartment complexhas displaced eight families.

Firefighters said Fridaythat cold weather causednearby fire hydrants to freeze,making it more difficult forcrews to put out the flames.

DeKalb County Fire Capt.Eric Johnson told WSB-TVthat only one of three fire hy-drants was giving sufficientwater. Fire officials had to runnearly a half-mile of hose fromthe working hydrant to thebuilding. By the time the linewas ready, the building waslargely destroyed.

No injuries were reported.

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funeral for a sheriff's officerkilled in a murder-suicide isplanned at a church northwestof Atlanta.

Services for Cpl. SamDriskell will be held at 11 a.m.Monday at West Ridge Churchin Dallas, Georgia.

The Georgia Bureau of In-vestigation has been speakingwith relatives, friends andneighbors to determine whatmay have prompted the shoot-ing at the officer's home in theHiram area.

Sheriff's spokesman AshleyHenson says authorities sus-pect that Driskell's 21-year-old stepson, Felix Almonte,shot Driskell, his 36-year-oldwife and their 12-year-olddaughter sometime late Jan. 5and or early Jan. 6. Almontethen shot himself.

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cc iilliittyy MARIETTA (AP) — A city

councilor wants a shutteredhospital in Smyrna to becomea medical facility run by theU.S. Department of VeteransAffairs.

Smyrna City Councilman

Wade Lnenicka planned a ral-ly Saturday outside the oldEmory-Adventist Hospital toconvince VA officials to estab-lish a new medical facilitythere.

Lnenicka told The MariettaDaily Journal the site makessense because it is a fully-functioning medical facilitywith easy access.

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MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP)— Officials of a small privateschool southeast of Atlantaare trying to decide their nextsteps after their building washeavily damaged in a weekendfire.

Authorities said the blazebegan around 1:30 p.m. Satur-day at Closer Look ChristianAcademy in McDonough. Noone was hurt.

WSB-TV reports that 40students attend classes at theschool, which has been in thesame building for five years.The building also houses wor-ship services on Sunday morn-ings.

Authorities haven't deter-mined the fire's cause.

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KEEPING SCORE: TheDow Jones industrial averagefell 143 points, or 0.8 percent,to 17,594 as of 10:07 a.m.Eastern time.

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tober 1940 until July 19, 1946,when Aaron Napper was elec-trocuted for the murder of Dud-ley Police Chief John J. Webb,Robert Williams, Herbert Rozi-er and Nathaniel Taylor mettheir deaths at the hands of theState of Georgia. Most notableamong these men was HerbertRozier, who at the age of 72,was the oldest man ever execut-ed by the State of Georgia.

For more than a decade, noLaurens Countian was put todeath for murder by a LaurensCounty Superior Court. Thatall changed in the autumn of1956.

It was on a cool, Thursdayevening just about nine in theevening when a frantic phonecall came into the office ofDublin Police Chief TillmanJones. Officers were called tothe Glenwood Park home ofHarvey Locke on Third Avenue.An undisclosed woman report-ed that one Lem Dupree hadbeen hanging around and sleep-ing in a nearby car. Finding nosigns of the suspect, the officersreturned to the station.

Then a call of "shots fired"came in. When the police ar-rived on the scene, they ob-served what one Dublin CourierHerald reporter described as"the most horrible sight theyhad ever seen." Annie Smith laydead on the floor. Scatteredaround a small room were fourwounded children: Alicia Walk-er 9, Lennette Walker 4, SarahLocke 1 and Dorothy Locke 3and Smithy Locke, the motherof the latter two children.

Smithey Locke and LennetteWalker were the most seriouslywounded. They faced the loss oftheir sight from the close blastof Dupree's shotgun as he ran-domly and wrecklessly fired in-side the room.

The sixth injury came whenDublin Police Officer Bill Mallo-ry arrived upon the scene andbegan the search for the sus-pected killer. Mallory foundDupree cowering in a low area.Dupree fired another shotgunblast, striking Mallory in hisface, neck and chest with shotgun pellets. All of the seven vic-tims were rushed to Claxton'sHospital where the treatingphysician, Dr. John Bell, con-sidered Mallory's injuries asminor because of his remotedistance from the shooter.

An all points bulletin was is-sued for the arrest of Dupree byChief Jones and Laurens Coun-ty Sheriff Carlus Gay. A manhunt, aided by officers fromEast Dublin, the GBI and theState Patrol, set out to find thefleeing felon. Knowing thefriendship between the suspectand Jimmy Carr, Sheriff Gaysent his deputy D.G. Windhamto Carr's Academy Avenuehouse to investigate.

Sure enough, some 12 hoursafter the shooting spree,Deputy Windham found ascared and exhausted Dupreehiding under a bed cover be-tween the bed and a wall ofCarr's house. The officers ap-proached their man with cau-tion, knowing of his long crimi-nal history.

Carr admitted that Dupreedid come to his house and toldlaw enforcement officers thatDupree had admitted that hehad gotten into trouble thenight before and that he mayhave killed his own child.

"I used to be the best friendof Dupree, but not after lastnight." a rattled Carr reported.

An impudent Dupree was ar-rested and taken to the LaurensCounty jail until his arraign-

ment. Judge R.I. Stephens ap-pointed a young H. DaleThompson to represent Dupreeon charges of murder and at-tempted murder as well as less-er and included charges of ag-gravated assault and aggravat-ed battery. A trial was sched-uled on Oct. 29, just 18 days af-ter Dupree's arrest. Thompsonrepeatedly asked JudgeStephens for a continuance toallow him adequate time to pre-pare a defense in his first andonly murder trial. All of the re-quests were denied.

At the October term of Lau-rens County Superior Court,the clerk called the case of theState of Georgia v. Lem Dupree.Defense attorney Thompson re-luctantly announced "ready,your honor."After a short parade of eye wit-nesses who all testified to thestate's theory of the murder, thestate rested. Defense attorneyThompson used a seldom usedcriminal procedural tactic ashis client's only hope to con-vince the jury that he was notguilty of the murder.

Dupree took the stand andmade a non-sworn statement tothe all male, all white jury.Dupree told the jurors that hehad approached the house in anattempt to talk to Annie Smith,reportedly Dupree's girl friend.Dupree, who could not be crossexamined under the court rulesin effect at the time of the trial,said that Smith had threatenedhim.

"So I went down, I sat down,I thinked about it and I know'dshe'd done me wrong, Dupreepleaded to the jury," recalledWash Larsen, who attended thetrial prosecuted by his fatherand Solicitor WW Larsen, Jr.,who was aided by Harold E.Ward, Thompson's former lawpartner until he was chosen asthe Democratic nominee in theelection to be held the week af-ter the trial.

In short order, the jury re-turned with a unanimous ver-dict of guilty, dismissingThompson's plea for mercy onhis client. As Dupree ap-proached the bench, he askedJudge Stephens to "show me allthe mercy you can."

Stephens retorted, "Whenyou shot down those people likethey were a bunch of mad dogs,you showed no mercy. Becauseof your acts, one woman is deadand another woman and childwill probably go through lifeblind - if they live. You have for-feited your right to live!"

Judge Stephens lamented,"Every Saturday our hospitals

and jails are filled with coloredpeople who have shot each oth-er or who are slashed withknives. I hope that this case willbe a lesson to them."

Thompson, who was praisedby his colleagues in preparing aquick defense, accepted to thejury's verdict and set out towork on instant demand for anew trial and an appeal of thatdenial to the Supreme Court ofGeorgia.

Thompson argued hisclient's case before the SupremeCourt on April 8, 1957. TheState was represented by Attor-ney General Eugene Cook, aformer resident of Dublin andWrightsville, and Assistant At-torney General Rubye Jackson,the state's first female assistantattorney general and a native ofLaurens County, in addition tosolicitors Larsen and Ward.

After the Supreme Court'sdenial for a new trial, dates forDupree's execution came andwent. Through a series of ap-peals to the courts and Thomp-son's successful appeal to Gov.Marvin Griffin for a 30-daystay, the carrying out of the sen-tence was delayed for ten andone half months.

On Sept. 16, 1957, LemDupree was put to death for themurder of Annie Smith in theGeorgia State Prison in Rei-dsville. He was the last LaurensCountian to be executed by theState of Georgia.

For those who keep statisticson matters like this, three blackmen were convicted of murder-ing three white men and threeblack men were convicted ofmurdering three black women.Undoubtedly, when LemDupree ran amuck and ran-domly fired his shotgun into asmall room with children pre-sent, the result could have beenworse, much worse.

On Tuesday, Andrew Bran-nan, convicted for the 1998murder of Laurens CountyDeputy Sheriff Kyle Dinkeller,is scheduled to be executed bylethal injection, marking 57years since the last LaurensCounty execution. If and whenthe execution takes place,Brannan will be the first whiteconvicted murderer put todeath for the murder of anotherwhite person and the secondman to be executed for the mur-der of a law enforcement officerin Laurens County. It shall benoted that most of the killers ofother Laurens County law en-forcement officers were killedon the scene or never made it toa trial.

DupreeContinued from 1a On Tuesday, Andrew Brannan, convict-

ed for the 1998 murder of LaurensCounty Deputy Sheriff Kyle Dinkeller, isscheduled to be executed by lethal in-jection, marking 57 years since the lastLaurens County execution. If and whenthe execution takes place, Brannan willbe the first white convicted murdererput to death for the murder of another

white person and the second man to beexecuted for the murder of a law en-

forcement officer in Laurens County. Itshall be noted that most of the killers ofother Laurens County law enforcementofficers were killed on the scene or nev-

er made it to a trial. forward to that. I don't spend alot of time on it because it's notreally required by the state. It'sjust something to really get thekids interested and motivated.

TTCCHH:: So you like to sew Iguess?

CChhrriissttiiaann:: I like to sew,though I don't sew as much as Iused to.

TTCCHH:: What did you like tosew?

CChhrriissttiiaann:: Most of mysewing is when I had a daugh-ter and I enjoyed making all ofthe little pretty lace dresses andthe little smocking and theFrench hand sewing. I lovedthat kind of things. I also en-joyed making draperies. After Istarted working, I didn't do asmuch of that.

TTCCHH:: You said you are a bigGeorgia Bulldog fan.

CChhrriissttiiaann:: Oh yes. I gradu-ated from Georgia and that'swhere I met my husband. Weare die hard Bulldogs.

TTCCHH:: Do you go to thegames?

CChhrriissttiiaann:: All of the games.If Georgia is playing, we are atthe game. Now next year, forour children, we are going to al-so do Mercer tickets for thembecause that's where they wentto school.

TTCCHH:: It's going to be hard togo to Mercer and the Georgiagames.

CChhrriissttiiaann:: It's mainly forthe kids. Our daughter lives inSavannah and said "We don't doany Mercer games." And I like(Ben and Rob) East who playedhere. I like to see them play.

TTCCHH:: Since you graduatedfrom Athens and you are a bigGeorgia fan, what did you thinkabout this past year?

CChhrriissttiiaann:: I was so disap-pointed. I just knew I was goingto get to go to the Rose Bowl. Ijust had my heart set on that.But they are making somechanges and hopefully we'll bebetter next year. We've beenwaiting for more than 30 some-thing years for a NationalChampionship.

TTCCHH:: It's not as easy to getanymore.

CChhrriissttiiaann:: I know it.TTCCHH:: What do you like

about teaching?CChhrriissttiiaann:: The one thing I

like about teaching is the factthat you learn a lot. Not only doyou teach the kids the thingsyou know, but they teach you alot of things. It's always inter-esting when you get into de-bates with them and you seehow your ideas and how theirideas change. About 18 yearslater, I'm seeing children fromthe parents I taught. And yousee that they have grown up tobe good adults and good parentsto their kids. That's what I en-joy about my classes.

TTCCHH:: You may one day beteaching their grand kids?

Christian: I don't know. Imay need to retire by then.

TTCCHH:: Then you can go backto sewing.

CChhrriissttiiaann:: Maybe by thenI'll have some grandchildren.The thing is, it's so hard to re-tire because I really enjoy whatI do. I can't see myself doinganything else. I have no regretson my life. None.

ChristianContinued from 1a

Conference where they cameaway with the idea for the mas-querade event.

"This is a good symbolismthing because suicide is taboo,"Bowen said. "It happens in thedark and we don't want to talkabout it."

Added McDonald, "We wantto bring the issue into the light."

The coalition already holds aYouth Rally for high school stu-dents every April.

"It's one of our biggest eventswhich is targets toward highschools," McDonald said. "Butone of the areas we don't reallytarget is the older population.The suicide rate around Lau-rens County and the surround-ing counties are a little on the

high side. The coalitions effort isto decrease the suicide rate."

McDonald said older adultmales are one of the highest lev-els of suicide.

"We need the money to beable to put into other events,"she said. "The April event (forthe youth), takes a quite bigamount of money."

The main thing for the coali-tion is to educate.

"That's the most we can do,"Tapley said. "That's what we fo-cus on. We want to stress thehealthy more positive side oflife."

Doing this type of eventhelps the coalition get out intothe community.

"A big event will make itmore known," McDonald said."There are still people who

don't know we are out there.Maybe we'll have more interestfor the coalition from businesspeople or others."

People are reminded tobring money to be able to pur-chase tickets for a chance towin prizes during the event.The Dublin Country Club willprovide a cash bar during thegala.

The coalition thanked thecooperative sponsors who arehelping with the event.

They will try to get a pho-tographer who can print outpictures at the venue.

People can write checks tothe Suicide Prevention Coali-tion of Dublin-Laurens, andmail them to Dina McDonaldc/o 2121 Bellevue Road, Dublin,Ga. 31021.

HonorContinued from 1a

TThhee JJoorrddaann GGrroovvee CChhuurrcchh ooff GGoodd iinnCChhrriisstt (COGIC) will host its Youth ExplosionBlack History Program on Sunday, Jan. 18.The theme for this occasion is: Turned up forChrist. The speakers are: Jasyln Parks fromOld Time Way COGIC in Augusta, Ga.; An-swer Clark and Chadwick Dotson of PhillipsTemple COGIC in Vidalia, Ga.; and DominqueHardy and Kwame Phillips of Jordan GroveCOGIC in Dublin. The service will begin at4:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Pastoris Supt. Ira Edwards. All youth members are

invited to attend this service.

TTaauu OOmmiiccrroonn OOmmeeggaa CChhaapptteerr oo ff AAllpphhaa

KKaappppaa AAllpphhaa SSoorroorriittyy, Inc. will host its 1st

Annual Community Impact Day:MLK Day of

Service on Monday, January 19, 2015 at the

Washington Street Presbyterian Church at 1

p.m. Sorority members will prepare soup and

sandwiches and distribute seasonal

wraps/coats to community members.

News Digest....

With the inauguration ofNathan Deal this week,Republicans can celebrate 12years in Georgia’s Governor’smansion. They will also marka decade with control of bothhouses of the Georgia GeneralAssembly. A decade is manyeternities in political life, andstories of Democratic controlin the state of Georgia are nowbut the most distant of memo-ries.

While nostalgia is often atool for political rhetoric (takeour country back, anyone?),political leadership is aboutsolving the challenges of todaywhile preparing for theGeorgia of tomorrow. Only inhindsight do we have the ben-efit of understanding if thedecisions were big enough toaddress the totality of the realissues we faced, bold enoughto embrace the needs of futureGeorgians, and demonstratedthe resolve to face the criticswho painted pictures of fear inorder to maintain the statusquo.

On transportation, theGOP recordremains…charitably… incom-plete. An incoming GovernorPerdue killed the NorthernArc and made mostly incre-mental changes until the endof his term. He left for his pre-decessor a plan for T-SPLOST,a statewide set of regional ref-

erendums born of politicalexpediency and killed by vot-ers in the Atlanta region insurprising bi-partisan fashion.

The four-year delay in acomprehensive statewidetransportation solution isreadily evident with GDOT’scurrent finances. There is a$700 million annual deficit inthe amount needed to returnto a normal maintenanceschedule for roads and bridgesalone. There remains $16 bil-lion dollars worth of “essen-tial” projects, most of whichrepresent reengineering exist-ing roads for current capacityrather than creating newarteries. billions more areneeded for the road and tran-sit infrastructure that will berequired to accommodate thefour million new Georgiansexpected over the next quartercentury.

There are few who arguethe need. There are many whohave been sincerely studyingthe best option to solve today’sproblems while positioningGeorgia for the state will bedecades from now.

There remains honest dis-agreement on how to raise theneeded revenue, and frankly,how much is needed. There isa general consensus that theroughly 11.2 cents per galloncollected statewide in taxes ongasoline that is currently not

directed to GDOT should betransitioned to them in orderto best match sources and usesof tax. This would add anannual three quarters of a bil-lion dollars into road andbridge maintenance and/orconstruction.

Beyond that, there remainother ideas. Most discussion isbetween a statewide sales taxand increased gas taxes. Atthe state level, to handle onlymaintenance and GDOT’sessential projects, almost $2billion per year is required.

The discussion, however,has also produced some posi-tions where are policy sleightof hand designed to appear tobe in favor of something whileproviding cover to doing noth-

ing. One appeared in the AJClast Saturday from theGeorgia Public PolicyFoundation. Their recommen-dation included this:

“Optional tolls and anoptional, more flexible localsales tax adds up to another$800 million a year in possiblenew funding targeted wherethe need is greatest and paidfor by those who will benefitmost.”

The term “Optional tax” isquite unique, but without apractical meaning. Onceenacted, taxes are only option-al if you choose to conduct anactivity that is taxed. All salestaxes are “optional” only if youchoose not to purchase. Thesame can be said for gas taxes.

No one is forced to pay a gastax, only those who purchasegasoline pay this “optional”tax.

Sadly, this recommendationis to repeat the mistakes of2010-2012, where members ofthe legislature were “for” theT-SPLOST referendum whenthey voted for it, and wereagainst the same measureswhen they appeared on theballot. Many of these leaders –who promised to have a betterplan if voters voted down T-SPLOST – remained quiet onnew solutions and quickly leftthe legislature.

Further, the concept of“optional tolls” has the sameissue. You only have to paythese tolls if you drive ontolled roads. Voters mustunderstand how many roads,and which roads would betolled in order to raise signifi-cant new revenue.

The belief that tolls are“optional” implies that some-one else will pay the tollswhile the rest of us can remainin a functional “free” road sys-tem. The hundreds of millionsof dollars needed wouldrequire not only tolling newcapacity, but existing roadsthat have “already been paidfor”. The new managed lanesprojects on Atlanta interstateshave variable fares to managecongestion, not to maximize

revenue. If the goal is revenuemaximization to produce hun-dreds of millions of new dol-lars, those proposing this as asolution have a duty to tellGeorgians on which roads,how much in tolls and whatthe collection costs will be.

The reality is that there areno easy answers. It is disap-pointing, however, to see ahalfhearted suggestion wherethe true difficult work is need-ed. Closing the gap betweenexisting revenue and the totalfunds needed is where the realwork begins.

It is that point, frankly,where concepts such as“optional” taxes and unspeci-fied tolls become meaninglessplatitudes. The words aredesigned to evoke a painlesssolution where none exists.And, ultimately, are littlemore than an effort to appearto be constructive while layingthe groundwork to continuethe status quo of ignoring thiscritical issue.

Monday, January 12, 2015/Dublin, Ga/Page 4aThe Courier Herald

In Our OpinionInsight and viewpoints from our editorial board and our readers

Email us at news@courier-herald.com to share your opinions

Our Take:

— Got a question forCharlie Harper? Email himdirectly at harper-cb@gmail.com. Comments toThe Courier Herald may bedirected to Jason Halcombe atjhalcombe@courier-herald.com

Dear Cameron CharlesYarbrough:

For the past 15 years, Ihave taken the opportunity atthe beginning of the New Yearto share some advice -- firstwith your dad and his cousinsand now with you, my great-grandson. I hope you don’tmind and will bear with me.You would probably rather beplaying with your Legos and Iunderstand that, but maybesomething in this letter mightmake a difference in your lifein years to come. I pray thatwill be so.

You are full of optimismabout the world right now, aswell you should be. You areloved by a lot of people. I canthink of no greater gift youcould have received in yoursix years on this earth thanunconditional, unrequitedlove from your extended fami-ly. Sadly, not all children areso blessed. You are one of thelucky ones.

You have repaid our lovemany times over by loving usin return. It doesn’t get muchbetter than being on thereceiving end of one of yourspontaneous hugs. Each onehas been special. Thank you.Hugs never go out of style, bythe way. Always hug thoseyou love. Real men aren’tafraid to hug.

I sense you are watchingus every day to see if we walkour talk. It is one thing to betold what is right and what is

not, but you can tell quickly ifwe are applying the samerules to our own lives. Ouractions speak louder than ourwords. Listen to what we say,but watch what we do. If weseem to say one thing and doanother, ask us why. Youdeserve an explanation.

As you make your way inthe world, know you aren’t inthis thing by yourself. Thereis a God. Trust me on this one.I am no theologian, but Iknow God exists and he is big-ger than even the greatestminds on this earth can graspor describe.

Your faith is between Godand you, first and foremostand forever. That requires noexplanation or apology fromyou to anyone. Never stopbelieving.

I have been greatlyimpressed with your perfor-mance in school thus far inyour young life. You are abright and inquisitive youngman who seems eager to learnand I am pleased that you aresurrounded by those whounderstand and appreciatethe importance of a good edu-cation.

Goodness knows what youwill learn and how you willlearn it in the coming years.The world seems to be chang-ing at warp speed and it willbe incumbent on you and yourgeneration to understand anddeal with those changes. Goodluck with that.

Finishing your formal edu-cation does not mean that youare through learning. Farfrom it. In fact, a good educa-tion is just the starting pointin realizing what you don’tknow. Now comes the difficultpart. Life can be hard. Be pre-pared. I used to think that if Iwas in charge, everythingwould turn out fine. That wasnot only naïve; that waswrong. There is much in thisworld we can’t control. Whatwe can control is our ability tocope with whatever comes ourway.

No matter what happens,never compromise yourintegrity. Of all your assets,none is more valuable thanyour good name. Don’tbesmirch it for expediency’ssake. Once you lose your rep-

utation, it is very difficult toget it back and I can think ofno risk worth taking thechance.

Be true to yourself. Don’tgo along with the crowdunless it is a good crowd.Don’t do things you know tobe wrong simply to gain theapproval of your peers. If youare tempted, stop and thinkabout how it would disappointyour family. You can alwaysfind other people to hangwith. You only have one fami-ly.

Whatever you choose to dowith your life, do it to the bestof your ability. Don’t waste aday. Not one. When you don’tdo your best, you are cheatingyourself and those who loveyou.

You are a special youngman and I love you verymuch. I am proud you carrythe family name. You alsocarry our hopes and dreamsfor the future. That is an awe-some responsibility for a 6-year-old, but I have no doubtyou are just the guy who cando it. God bless you.

Love, Pa.

—You can reach DickYarbrough atyarb2400@bellsouth.net; atP.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, GA31139; online at dick-yarbrough.com or onFacebook atwww.facebook.com/ dickyarb.

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Hard choices required for real solutions

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroleswill hear a last-minute plea by attorneys forAndrew Howard Brannan that complicationsfrom Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are toblame for his shooting rampage againstLaurens County Sheriff ’s Deputy KyleDinkheller.They will present testimony from veterans

who attest that war changes a person for theworse and can make them more prone to out-bursts of rage and capable of every horribleact including murder.And it will be up to those members of that

Pardons and Paroles board to determine if, infact, the actions were taken by a man whosemind was horribly flawed by war or by a manwho knowingly sought to cause harm andwreak havoc.The debate behind capital punishment will

not end regardless of whether Brannan’s sen-tence is commuted to a life in a mental facil-ity or carried out with his execution.No matter the outcome, the fact is that an

innocent man is still dead.The final chapter in Brannan’s life or death

will do little to return a husband to a wife, afather to two children or a friend and lovedone to countless others.So let’s pray for those people and abide by

the laws we have allowed to be put into prac-tice. If we’re going to call ourselves a civilizedsociety, then we must find ways to be civil inthe most uncivil of circumstances.

— Jason Halcombe

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PoliticsGGAA

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No matter theoutcome, an innocent

man is still dead

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Today is Monday, Jan. 12,the 12th day of 2015. There are353 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights inHistory:

On Jan. 12, 1915, the U.S.House of Representatives re-jected, 204-174, a proposed con-stitutional amendment to givewomen nationwide the right tovote. The silent film drama “AFool There Was,” which pro-pelled Theda Bara to stardomwith her portrayal of a predato-ry vamp, premiered in NewYork.

On this date:In 1519, Holy Roman Em-

peror Maximilian I died.In 1773, the first public mu-

seum in America was organizedin Charleston, South Carolina.

In 1828, the United Statesand Mexico signed a Treaty ofLimits defining the boundarybetween the two countries to bethe same as the one establishedby an 1819 treaty between theU.S. and Spain.

In 1912, textile workers atthe Everett Mill in Lawrence,Massachusetts, most of themimmigrant women, walked offthe job to protest wage cuts.

In 1932, Hattie W. Carawaybecame the first woman electedto the U.S. Senate after initial-ly being appointed to serve outthe remainder of the term ofher late husband, Thaddeus.

In 1945, during World WarII, Soviet forces began a major,successful offensive against theGermans in Eastern Europe.Aircraft from U.S. Task Force38 sank about 40 Japaneseships off Indochina.

In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr.founded Motown Records (orig-inally Tamla Records) in De-troit.

In 1965, the music varietyshow “Hullabaloo” premiered

on NBC-TV with host-of-the-week Jack Jones; guests in-cluded Joey Heatherton, theNew Christy Minstrels andWoody Allen. Playwright Lor-raine Hansberry (“A Raisin inthe Sun”) died in New York atage 34.

In 1975, the PittsburghSteelers defeated the Minneso-ta Vikings 16-6 to win SuperBowl IX at Tulane Stadium inNew Orleans.

In 1986, the shuttle Colum-bia blasted off with a crew thatincluded the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr.Franklin R. Chang-Diaz.

In 1995, Qubilah Shabazz(keh-BEE’-lah shuh-BAZ’), thedaughter of Malcolm X, was ar-rested in Minneapolis oncharges she’d tried to hire a hit-man to kill Nation of Islamleader Louis Farrakhan (thecharges were later dropped in asettlement with the govern-ment).

In 2000, in a 5-4 decision,the U.S. Supreme Court, in Illi-nois v. Wardlow, gave policebroad authority to stop andquestion people who run at thesight of an officer.

Ten years ago: A NASAspacecraft, Deep Impact, blast-ed off on a mission to smash ahole in a comet and give scien-tists a glimpse of the frozen pri-mordial ingredients of the solarsystem. (The probe crashed in-to Comet Tempel 1 in July2005.) Democrat Christine Gre-goire, winner of the extremelyclose Washington governor’srace, was inaugurated.Britain’s Prince Harry apolo-gized after a newspaper pub-lished a photograph of theyoung royal wearing a Naziuniform to a costume party.

Five years ago: Haiti wasstruck by a magnitude-7 earth-

quake; the Haitian governmentsays 316,000 people werekilled, while a report preparedfor the U.S. Agency for Interna-tional Development suggeststhe death toll may have beenbetween 46,000 and 85,000.U.S. and Mexican authoritiesannounced the capture ofTeodoro Garcia Simental, ahigh-ranking member of the Ti-juana cartel known as “El Teo.”

One year ago: Officials an-nounced that Iran had agreedto limit uranium enrichmentand to open its nuclear pro-gram to daily inspection by in-ternational experts. SouthwestFlight 4013, a Boeing 737 fromChicago, landed at the wrongMissouri airfield while enrouteto Branson. Jeremy Abbott wonhis fourth U.S. figure skatingtitle at the championships inBoston. At the Golden Globes,“12 Years a Slave” won for bestmotion picture drama while“American Hustle” was namedbest musical or comedy picture.

Today’s Birthdays: Ac-tress Katherine MacGregor(TV: “Little House on thePrairie”) is 90. EntrepreneurJeff Bezos is 51. Actor OlivierMartinez is 49. Rapper TBird(B-Rock and the Bizz) is 48.Model Vendela is 48. ActressFarrah Forke is 47. ActressRachael Harris is 47. Rocksinger Zack de la Rocha is 45.Rapper Raekwon (Wu TangClan) is 45. Singer Dan Hasel-tine (Jars of Clay) is 42. Rockmusician Matt Wong (Reel BigFish) is 42.

Thought for Today: “Cen-sorship ends in logical com-pleteness when nobody is al-lowed to read any books exceptthe books that nobody reads.”— George Bernard Shaw, Irishplaywright (1856-1950).

ALMANAC

Monday

•Dublin-Laurens FVSU Alumni Chapter at 6:30 p.m. in East Dublin Plummer’s

Square.

•AA I Am Responsible Group, Contact 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 8 p.m.

•AA 24 Hour Group, contact 279-0839, 629 Broad Street, East Dublin, Ga. 8 p.m.

•NA We Surrender, Contact 275-9531, 6:30 p.m. at 629 Broad Street, East Dublin.

•Lunch Bunch Al-Anon meet each Tuesday at noon at First Baptist Church. Enter

through double doors across from Firestone. Call 290-1322 for further information.

•Dublin-Laurens County NAACP meets every 3rd Monday at 6:30 p.m. Mary Howard,

President. For more information, please call 478-275-2649.

•RRVAA dba Art Dublin meets the third Monday, 6:30 p.m., at the Laurens County Li-

brary. All artists and those interested in supporting visual arts in Dublin are invited. For

additional information call President, Claire Livingston at 478-272-0543.

Tuesday

•Dublin Ladies Golf Association at Dublin Country Club beginning at 10 a.m. (every

fourth Tuesday of the month except for June, July and December).

•Dublin Kiwanis Club at 12:15 p.m. at The Dublin Country Club.

•AA I Am Responsible Group Contact, 272-5244 or 275-8259, 1515 Rice Ave., 5:45 p.m.

and 8 p.m.

•NA We Surrender, contact 275-9531, 629 Broad Street, East Dublin, 6:30 p.m.

•Unity House (Family Recovery Support Group) at Johnson Lane on VA Grounds, Bldg.

8; 6-8 p.m. Contact: Dublin-Laurens County Chamber of Commerce (478) 272-5546 or Lin-

da Bailey at CSB of Middle GA (478) 272-1190.

•Overeaters Anonymous meet at 6:45 at 912 Bellevue Ave. Contact 279-3808.

•TOPS meeting 6 p.m. at Pine Forest UMC, 400 Woods Ave. Contact info 275-7505.

•South-Central GSRA Chapter of the Georgia State Retirees Association will meet on

the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Laurens County Library Auditorium, 11 a.m. We in-

vite all retired and soon to retire state employees to join us. Please contact Tommy Craft at

272-7820 for more information.

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Three retired schoolteachers and two govern-ment workers on the schoolboard. Is there somethingwrong with that picture?

We need a place inDublin for the poor people.Something like a soup linewhere you can go get a hotmeal everyday and not haveto answer any questions.Just come from 11 a.m. to 4p.m., sit down and eat, anddon’t have to be botheredwith. They should havesomething for people whodon’t have any money sothey can go get a good hotmeal. Please, Dublin, openup your hearts, open up asoup line somewhere.

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Poll: Most Ga. voters backlegalizing medical marijuana

ATLANTA (AP) — A clear majority of Geor-gia voters support legalizing medical marijua-na, but they appear more closely split onwhether to permit its recreational use, accord-ing to a poll by The Atlanta Journal-Constitu-tion.

The poll showed 84 percent of registered vot-ers agreed the General Assembly should legal-ize marijuana-based medication. Lawmakersdebated — but did not adopt — legislation lastyear that would have made cannabis oil legallyavailable for the ill. The oil is harvested frommarijuana plants and used to treat people withsome seizure disorders.

Voters were more closely divided on whetherto legalize recreational marijuana use. The pollindicted 46 percent of voters support legaliza-tion, while 52 percent opposed it.

State Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, has filedlegislation to allow the use of cannabis oil in

medical treatment. That bill, however, wouldlegalize only the use of a marijuana derivativethat does not produce the high sought by recre-ational users. House Speaker David Ralston, aRepublican, has said he supports the plan.

"The people are ahead of the politicians onthis one, especially on the medical marijuanaissue," said state Sen. Curt Thompson, D-Tuck-er. Thompson has proposed allowing the sale ofmarijuana at licensed shops and permitting itsuse by medical providers for treating cancer,glaucoma, HIV and AIDS. "Elected officersshould not be afraid of what this will do politi-cally because Georgians are ready for it."

New York-based Abt SRBI conducted thepoll Monday through Thursday. The survey hasa margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percent-age points. Live operators called a mix of land-lines and cellphones.

Dublin Police Depart-ment

Two juveniles were arrest-ed and BB guns were recov-ered after they allegedly dam-aged vehicles on Dec. 15 and20.

The vehicles were damagedon MLK Jr. Boulevard, MLKDrive and South JeffersonStreet.

Around 5 p.m. on Dec. 15, aperson reported that their ve-hicle had been shot by a BBgun while parked at DublinHeadstart.

On Dec. 19, an anonymouscaller at Meadow Wood Apart-ments said there were severalboys at the basketball courtshooting BB guns. An officermade contact with the boysand they said they were shoot-ing BB guns earlier but hadput them away.

Around 3:40 p.m. on Dec.20, a driver heading downSouth Jefferson Street nearthe Everlasting GospelChurch when they heard aloud crack. The driver noticeda hole in the window whichappeared to have been shot bya BB gun.

Around 3:43 p.m., a vehicletraveling north on South Jef-ferson Street when the driverheard a pop and noticed therear passenger window wasbroken. The window appearedto have been shot with a BBgun. It was completely shat-

tered but still held together.Around 6 p.m., a vehicle’s

window was shot out by a BBgun as it was going downSouth Jefferson Street. A 4-year-old child was sitting inthe seat near the window thathad been shot out.

Around 6:47 p.m., a manreported that his vehicle’swindow was shot out while hewas driving near MeadowWood Park Apartments.

After an investigation, thejuveniles were arrested at theMeadow Wood Park Apart-ments.

- Jerry Laron Charleston,26, of Dublin, was chargedwith obstructing or hinderinglaw enforcement officers anddisorderly conduct, on PrinceStreet on Dec. 20. An officerresponded to a fight at ahouse. Charleston appearedvery intoxicated and said heand his brother had beenfighting. He refused to givethe officer his brother’s name.

- Akedra Kionte Clark, 33,of Dublin, was charged withdisorderly conduct on DruidStreet on Dec. 20.

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- A man reported that hisdaughter was walking hisGerman Shepard on a six footleash and collar when a manapproached her Dollar Lane inAdrian on Dec. 17. The dog bitthe man.

- The skid plate on adeputies car was damaged bya opossum on Highway 19 onDec. 13.

- A Laurens County man re-ported fraud on his debit cardbetween Dec. 2 and 9. He saidit happened in Kentucky.

- A tag and decal were lostor stolen from a 1994 ToyotaCorolla between Dec. 16 and17 on Blackshear Ferry Drive.

Editor’s note: This infor-mation is public recordand was taken from re-ports of the Dublin PoliceDepartment and the Lau-rens County Sheriff’s Of-fice. These reports do notreflect on the guilt or inno-cence. An “arrest” does notalways indicate incarcera-tion. Readers are cau-tioned that people mayhave similar names. PoliceBeat does not identify mi-nor children, victims ofsexual assault, suicide at-tempts or medical condi-tions. Cases dismissed donot appear if the newspa-per is notified before dead-line.

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2 juveniles arrested for shootingvehicles with BB guns

Judge could rule in dispute over MLKBible and Nobel medal

ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Martin LutherKing Jr.'s traveling Bible hasn't gone on regu-lar display since President Barack Obamaused it while taking his second oath of officetwo years ago. The public hasn't seen the slaincivil rights icon's 1964 Nobel Peace Prizemedal in recent years, either.

Both relics reside in a safe deposit box, thekeys held since March by an Atlanta judge pre-siding over the latest — and in many eyes, theugliest — fight between King's heirs.

The Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc.,which is controlled by Martin Luther King IIIand his younger brother, Dexter Scott King,asked a judge a year ago to order their sisterBernice to turn over their father's Nobel medaland traveling Bible. The brothers want to sellthem to a private buyer.

Fulton County Superior Court JudgeRobert McBurney could decide the case at ahearing Tuesday or let it go to trial. He saidwhen he ordered Bernice to hand over theBible and medal to the court's custody that itappeared likely the estate will win the case.

This is at least the fifth lawsuit between thesiblings in the past decade, but this one cross-es the line, Bernice argued in February fromthe pulpit of historic Ebenezer Baptist Churchin Atlanta, where her father and grandfatherpreached. Her father cherished these twoitems, which speak to the very core of who hewas, she said.

The Rev. Timothy McDonald, who served asassistant pastor at Ebenezer from 1978 to1984 and sides with Bernice but describeshimself as a friend of the whole family, toldThe Associated Press: "You don't sell Biblesand you don't get but one Nobel Peace Prize.There are some items that you just don't put aprice on."

The estate's lawyers have not responded torequests for comment from the King brothers.At a hearing last year, a lawyer who repre-sented the estate at the time said they want tosell the two items because the estate needs themoney.

Paying lawyers to enforce the rights toKing's words and image is expensive, attorneyWilliam Hill reminded the judge, drawingchuckles.

The estate is a private entity, so its financesaren't public, and court records don't elaborateon the estate's need for cash.

Whether to sell the Bible and the medal isnot up to the judge, or even part of the lawsuit,which is purely an ownership dispute.

Lawyers for Bernice have argued, amongother things, that King gave the Nobel medalto his wife as a gift, meaning that it is part ofCoretta Scott King's estate. Bernice is the ad-ministrator of her mother's estate.

King's heirs have previously parted withparts of his legacy. They sold a collection ofmore than 10,000 of his personal papers andbooks in 2006 for $32 million, a collection nowhoused at Morehouse College, King's almamater.

Two separate appraisers, Leila Dunbar and

Clive Howe, told the AP they would expect themedal to sell for about $5 million to $10 mil-lion, and possibly more, based on what otherNobel medals have gone for and King's place inhistory.

Dunbar said she would expect the Bible tosell for at least $200,000 and possibly morethan $400,000. Howe said it would probably gofor about $1 million.

If they are sold through a private sale,which can bring substantially higher sumsfrom buyers who want to secure items beforethey get to auction, the medal alone couldfetch $15 million to $20 million, Howe said.

Both items have enormous societal valueand should be on public display, said BarbaraAndrews, director of education and interpreta-tion at the National Civil Rights Museum inMemphis, Tennessee. The Bible is importantbecause of who King was, and the Nobel PeacePrize because of what it signified — that thefight for civil rights was being recognized on aworld stage, she said.

While museums and books can talk aboutthe medal, being able to see it renders it tan-gible, "more than a photograph, more than usjust talking or writing about it," Andrews said.

"We like to own things. We like to touchthings. We like to see them with our eyes. Itsatisfies that need in us to see the physicalmanifestation of the award."

Even in the hands of Bernice, though, nei-ther item has regularly been available to thepublic.

A replica of the medal has been on displayat the King Center for about 17 years, but it'sunclear when the medal itself was last shown,King Center spokesman Steve Klein said.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated inMemphis in 1968. Among his children, MartinIII got his father's name, while Dexter got hislooks. Bernice followed her father into theministry and shares his gift for public speak-ing. And the firstborn, Yolanda, was known asa peacekeeper.

Even before she died in 2007, though, thesiblings had taken their quarrels public andgone through periods where they didn't speakto each other.

In December 2005, Bernice and Martin suc-cessfully fought a push by Yolanda and Dexter,who along with other trustees of the MartinLuther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent SocialChange wanted to sell it to the National ParkService. In 2008, two years after the death oftheir mother and a year after Yolanda died, along-simmering dispute between the survivingsiblings boiled over, with three lawsuits filedbetween them in as many months.

In August 2013 — on the 50th anniversaryof King's "I Have a Dream" speech — the es-tate asked a judge to stop the King Center,where Bernice is the CEO, from using his im-age, likeness and memorabilia, arguing thatthe center wasn't caring for King artifactsproperly.

That case is pending.

LOOKING BACK... 50YEARS AGO

DUBLIN COURIERHERALD

JANUARY 12, 1965A suit was filed in the

Laurens Superior Court onSaturday afternoon in theform of a mandamusagainst Laurens CountyOrdinary W.H. Adams andSecretary of State Ben Fort-son, according to courtrecords. The suit, whichseeks to compel a new re-porting of the votes cast inthe November GeneralElection on Amendment 81,has been set for a hearingon Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. in theLaurens Superior Court.

The suit was filed in thename of 40 people who arecitizens of Laurens County,and the purpose of the suitis to have the vote on theAmendment declared nulland void because of the waythe vote results were re-ported. The basic allega-tions of the suit are that theindependent school districtof Dublin votes were notseparated from the DublinElection District votes;hence there is not a legalreporting of the results. Thesuit also states that absen-tee votes were not countedin the district returns of thevoters, but were lumped to-gether and added to theDublin District totals.

The suit also states thatwhen Governor Sanders is-sued a proclamation it wasin error, and the error in re-porting should be reportedto the Governor by the Sec-retary of State after the re-turns have been corrected,according to the allegationsof the suit, by LaurensCounty Ordinary W.H.Adams.

The suit asks that a rulenisi be issued against Ordi-nary Adams to compel himto show why the mandamusshould be issued requiringhim to 1) amend and correctthe returns of the electionto show that the absenteevotes were added to theDublin District votes andnot to the various districtsfrom which the voters came;

2) to show that DublinIndependent School Districtvotes were intermingledwith Dublin election Dis-trict votes so that it is im-possible to determinewhether or not the amend-ment was okayed by thevoters of the district;

3) to show that theamendment was not sub-mitted directly and sepa-rately to the people of theDublin Independent SchoolDistrict;

4) to show that theamendment was presenteddirectly and separately tothe voters of Laurens Coun-ty School District;

5) and to show that it isimpossible to tell whetheror not the people in the twodistricts actually okayedthe amendment.

Thus the suit is basedprimarily on the idea thatno separate and distinctvoters list existed for theCity of Dublin as one of theschool districts involvedand for the people outsidethe City of Dublin as theother school district in-volved. And the fact thatabsentee votes were not dis-tributed according to thedistricts in which voterswere registered is the sec-ond basis of objection.

The suit asks that a sim-ilar rule be issued againstSecretary of State Fortsonto require him to ascertaincorrectly the votes thatwere cast and to certify tothe governor that no correcttabulation of the votes inthe two school districts in-volved can be determined.

The suit was filed in be-half of the 40 people byN.G. Reeves, Jr. of Sopertonand Jones & Douglas ofDublin.

PROGRESSIVE HDCMEETS WITH MRS. O.C.WICKER

The Progressive HomeDemonstration Club met onThursday at 2 p.m. for theirregular monthly meeting inthe home of Mrs. O.C. Wick-er at Ben Hall Lake.

The meeting opened witha song followed by the devo-tional by Mrs. Beeman C.Keen. During the businesssession, the Minutes of theDecember meeting wereread and approved, and an-nouncements and commit-

tee reports were heard. Theclub is to have charge of theCourt of Council on Friday.

Miss Nell Daniels, HomeDemonstration Agent ofLaurens County, installedthe new officers, who wereMrs. O.C. Wicker, Presi-dent; Mrs. Fred Flan-ders,1st Vice President;Mrs. W.S. Reese, 2nd VicePresident; Mrs. W.L.Holmes, 3rd Vice President;Mrs.M.F. Beall Jr., Secre-tary; and Mrs. Beeman C.Keen, Treasurer.

Delicious Russian Tea,cookies, and nuts wereserved to the Club mem-bers, Mesdames Wicker,Flanders, Reese, Holmes,Keen, J.Felton Pierce, L.H.Harville, Kelly B.Maddox,Elmer Carter, G.C. Bid-good, E.W. Daniels, J.F.Lewis, and Miss NellDaniels.

MISS CHAMBLESS TOWED

Mr. and Mrs. YoungGrady Chambless of Dudleyannounce the engagementof their daughter, Miss Peg-gy Linnell Chambless, toDaniel Francis Donovan,Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.Daniel Francis Donovan of108 David Street, Easley,South Carolina, formerly ofSaco, Maine.

Miss Chambless is agraduate of Dublin Highschool and of Furman Uni-versity in Greenville, S.C.,where she received a B.A.Degree in Sociology. She isa child welfare worker withthe Greenville, S.C. Depart-ment of Public Welfare.The groom-elect attendedthe University of NewHampshire after gradua-tion from the ThorntonAcademy in Saco, Maine.He has a B.A. degree inBusiness Administrationfrom Furman Universityand is affiliated with theBurroughs Corporation inAtlanta.

The wedding will be atthe Church of the Immacu-late Conception in Dublinon April 24.

LAURENS HIGHSPLITS DUDLEY CAGEGAMES

Laurens High and Dud-ley split a doubleheader atDudley last night with theTigerettes beating the ladyCardinals 64-52, but theTigers lost to the Cardinals67-64.

The girls game was closeat times, but the Tigeretteswith Gail Fordham pouringin 26 points, Merlin Beding-field 10, and Pam Colter 19,pulled out front. Mary JaneHaskins had 23, BarbaraNeal 19 and Betty RoseHerrington 11 to pace theDudley offense.

Dudley boys revenged anearly season loss to Lau-rens at Rentz by taking thelead from the start andmaintaining a good marginthroughout. From a 20-11first quarter lead, the win-ners spurted to 44-29 athalf time and were neverheaded as the loss of Tom-my Coleman under thebackboards severely hurtthe Laurens cause.

Earl Wright hit for 34points, Wiley Stuckey 16,Tommy Parker 15, RobertDavidson 12 and DavidCrews six for Dudley whileBill Rowe's 21 points washigh for Laurens.

FORMER COUNTYSCHOOL SUPERINTEN-DENT IN KINGSLAND

Hilton E. Davidson, forthe past eight years Super-intendent of Laurens Coun-ty Schools, has accepted theposition of Principal of theCamden County Schools inKingsland.

DUBLIN CAGERSIDLED BY SEMESTEREXAMS

Semester examinationstake precedence over bas-ketball at Dublin High thisweek as no game is sched-uled for the week, but boththe Irish and Irishettes getback into action goingagainst Dodge County onFriday next week and Vi-dalia at the Dublin Gym onSaturday night. The Dublincagers split with CoffeeCounty at Douglas last Sat-urday night, the Irishetteswinning 33-31 to avenge aprior defeat by the Douglaslassies in Dublin recently,but the Irish lost 61-54thereby giving the Comets a

split in the series as Dublinhad triumphed when thetwo teams met here.

The victory was the 6thof the year for theIrishettes, who, underCoach Marvin Tarpley, areenjoying their greatest sea-son in several years. As Cof-fee County had won inDublin, the win was a sweetone, but terrible free throwshooting almost lost it forthe Irishettes. In the lasthalf alone, the Dublin girlswent to the free throw line15 times and sank only 5.Nine of the gratis tossescame in the last quarter,and only 2 were made good.For the evening, Dublin hitonly 7 of 19 free throws.

Coffee County led at theend of the first quarter, 9-8,but the Irishettes rallied inthe second period to take a20-17 lead. They never werecaught again, managing tostay out front although bet-ter free throw shootingwould have tucked thegame away.

The losers came withintwo points of deadlockingthe fray, and then with 16seconds remaining got theball when Allison Powel,who had 13 points, wascalled for bouncing the balltoo high. But terrific guard-ing jobs by Powel, JeannieStephens, Harriet Combs,Sharon Kay Rowland. Jim-mie Canady and LindaBeacham prevented theDouglas girls from movingthe ball down the court andgetting off a shot before thefinal buzzer sounded.

Stephens sacked 14points to lead both teams inscoring,and Linda Beachamwas praised for her finegame as guard.

In the boys game, CoffeeCounty showed their gamestrategy early, for they useda collapsing defense against6'7" Charlie Harpe, whichlimited the usually high-scoring Irish center to amere 8 points. Harpe fouledout of the game with 4:34left in the final period aftersitting out most of the thirdand fourth quarters. TheIrish ran their "shuffle" of-fense most of the game, andit paid off with many cripshots for two points underthe goal, but Coffee Countydid an outstanding re-bounding job and consis-tently added to their victorymargin by backing up way-ward first shots from out-side. This Irish loss broke asix-game wining streak andgave the Dublin boys a 9-3mark for the year.

Brant New had his bestnight in several games,scoring 20 points, most ofthem from outside. Vic Be-lote came through with ninepoints and Lawrence Halland Harpe had eight pointseach. The Irish led from thestart, only to see Douglasmake a comeback and takea 17-15 lead at the firstquarter. With New hittingfor eight points, Belote fiveand Hall four, the Irishwent to their dressing roomat halftime with a 32-31lead.

With Harpe out of action,however, and with CoffeeCounty winning the battleunder the boards, the Irishoffense dwindled to just 11point efforts in both thethird and fourth quarters.They were only 50 percentin free throw shooting, get-ting 10-of-20 shots.

WOC ENTERTAINSDURING HOLIDAYS

The Women of theChurch of WashingtonStreet Presbyterian Churchentertained two groups dur-ing the holiday period.

Forty-five college stu-dents of Dublin and Lau-rens County were honoredwith a "Pennants on Pa-rade" party in the Fellow-ship Hall of the Church onDec. 29. The Hall was beau-

tifully decorated withChristmas greenery. A buf-fet table laden with Christ-mas goodies stood against abackground of pennantsrepresenting each school.Games and music were en-joyed during the evening.

Mr. Lucius T. Bacote,Clerk of the Session, wel-comed the group. Mrs.James Williams kept theguest book and presentedeach young lady with a del-phinium corsage.

Acting as hostesses forthis affair were Mrs. WillieO. Beard, Mrs. Luther Cole-man, Miss Geraldine Nel-son, Mrs. James Fam-brough, Mrs. Charles Jack-son, Mrs. Willie T. Hall,Mrs. Leroy Spells, Mrs. E.J.Jones, Mrs. Bacote, andMrs. Charles Manning.

More than 100 childrenof the community were en-tertained with a New Year'sParty on Saturday after-noon, Jan. 2, from 4 to 6p.m. Games and other ac-tivities were planned foreach age group with Mrs.John Glenn working withthe pre-school group, MissGeraldine Nelson with thelower elementary group,and Mrs. Willie T. Hall andMiss Freya Bacote with theupper elementary group.

Messrs. Bennie Crawley,Charles Manning, CharlesJackson, and L. Colemanserved the children with arepast and a goodies bag totake home.

LAUR ENS COUNTYBOARD OF EDUCATIONMET IN NEW OFFICES

For the first time theLaurens County Board ofEducation met in their newoffices at the LaurensCounty Court House. Theirmeetings are scheduled forthe Friday following thefirst Tuesday of eachmonth. Members are Har-vey Hobbs, Troy Manning,Roy Malone, Hugh Grant,Charles H. Fountain, andSuperintendent A.L. Mc-Cullough.

ALLIGOOD - MIMBS

ANNOUNCEMENTMr. and Mrs. Loren Alli-

good of Rentz announce theengagement and forthcom-ing marriage of theirdaughter, Bernice Ann Alli-good, to Larry Mimbs, sonof Mr. and Mrs. WoodrowMimbs of Norristown. Thebride -elect is a graduate ofLaurens High School and ofDudley Hughes BeautySchool in Macon. Mr.Mimbs attended AdrianHigh School and an automechanic school in Oak-land, Florida. He is current-ly with Lamar Pontiac Co.

The marriage will be onFeb. 28 at Rentz BaptistChurch at 3 p.m. No formalinvitations will be issued,but all friends and relativesare cordially invited to at-tend.

W.B. SMITHS OB-SERVE ANNIVERSARY

Mr. and Mrs. W. BerrySmith had the happy occa-sion of observing their 61stwedding anniversary onJanuary 10 at their home at106 West Moore Street inDublin. This well-knowncouple have made theirhome in the city for morethan 50 years where bothhave been active in religiousand civic affairs.

Mr. Smith is the son of thelate Jasper N. Smith andNancy Dix Smith of JohnsonCounty. He is a retired build-ing contractor and has beeninstrumental in the con-struction of many buildingsin this city and surroundingterritory. He is a chartermember of the JeffersonStreet Baptist Church,where he has served as adeacon for many years.

Mrs. Smith is the daugh-ter of the late George F. andSusan May Underwood ofLaurens County. She wasemployed at Churchwell'sand at Stephen's in dress-making and alterations formany years. She is also acharter member of the Jef-ferson Street BaptistChurch, where she has beenactive in all phases of churchlife. She is a past presidentof the W.M.U. and hastaught Sunday School class-es in different departments.She was the teacher of theHomemakers Class in theadult department until herhealth forced her to retire afew years ago.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith havethree children, Mrs.J.Harley Barker (formerlyAngie Smith) of St. Peters-burg, Florida; Alva R. Smith(Lt. Col., Ret.) of CocoaBeach, Florida; and Arlie T.Smith of Dublin. They alsohave five grandchildren andeight great-grandchidlren.

The very best of wishesare extended to Mr. and Mrs.Smith on this happy occa-sion by their many friends.

DEXTER SPLITSWITH TWIGGS COUNTY

The Dexter girls rolledover Twiggs County lastnight 51-46, but the Dexterboys lost to the BlackKnights 76-64. Judy Bryantwas high for Dexter with 24markers followed by DianneFountain with 17 and Toot-sie Mullis with 10. SammyMullis had 21 points andRonnie Larsen 15 to pace thelosing Hornet attack againstthe fast moving BlackKnights.

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1st grade:

Mathias Baker

Kemarious Baker

Amya Edwards

David Lewis

Hayden Edmond

Clereria Coney

Messiah Marion

Zyriah Durden

Jeremiah Lowery

Malik Davis

Lexus Scott

Martavious Mitchell

Annabeth Luecke

Amariah Taylor

Eboni Moore

Jemimiah McClendon

Keiona Walker

Torian Morris

Emma Claire McDaniel

Amari Williams

Isaiah Murray

Charity Shine

Brendon Bolden

Xavier Reese

Armani Williams

Jordan Bostic

Keytasia Roberson

Carsyn Windham

Javan Brown

Devine Smith

Urick Andrews

Colt Cooler

Harmony Smith

Tyler Brown

Justice Edmond

Ty’Travion Washington

Suvattie Bush

Dania Peed

Kaitlyn Williams

Christian Darrisaw

Ji’Layha Wright

2nd grade:

Aryiana Wells

Peyton Culver

Jerwaski Hodges

Phallen Fields

Ashley Taylor

Caleb Glover

SheQueria Tinsley

Kaci Hendricks

Allison Farmer

Davion Jones

Aylin Delgado

Miranda Mimbs

Zarian Craft

Mikey Patisaul

Kailyn McDuffie

Jamari Robinson

Jessica Lyman

Kloie Scott

Oscar Ramos

Amiria Thomas

Tyler Andrews

Sophia Thomas

Tristen Ellis

ShelbyAnn Thrasher

Dominick Gray

Ashton Williams

Megan Haywood

Kobi Cooper

Micah O’Neal

Destiny Dardy

Mikerian Sanders

Jonathan Howard

Travis Smith

Elijah Rozier

Caitlyn Scream

Celeana Wiggins

JhaMattie Wright

3rd grade:

Amaree Burger

Trinity Fields

Treyvion Badie

Aaron James

Cheyenne Fennell

Imani Beauchamp

Azoria Lovett

Blake Graham

Roy Brown

Nahallie Turnley

Deago Jackson

Dominic Dardy

Devon Goltz

Jamaya James

Caleb Hall

Coumba Diallo

Tahki Lowther

Mesmariah Love

Brooke Harris

Shaliyah Parks

Jar’Tavious Wright

My’Kya Irvin

Robert Patisaul

Tyler Wright

Diamond Kelly

Dalton Price

Zaylin Davis

Derick McRae

Olivia Scott

Miracle Evans

Malachi O’Neal

Paris White

Tyrik Johnson

Hunye Crouch-Bahle

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Shannel Walls

Mitchell McDaniel

Trinity Shine

India Newton

Ja’Karta Blue

Aylania Reyes

Tyquavis Wilcher

Saliah Gregory

Skyy Willis

Marissa Robinson

Takalah Wright

Sophia Solorio

Aimaya Abrams

Riley Sumner

Alexandra Bostic

Olivia Brown

Tyler Caneega

Camily Castro

Alaska Daniel

Kaitlyn Dekowski

Constance Everson

Aren Flanders

Ashton Gregory

Samuel Hollingsworth

Amare Marshall

5th grade

Charnecia Smith

Tavion Turner

Dennis Wilcher

Elizabeth Radford

Gavin Greene

Kailie Scott

Charlie Cullison

Ervin McRae

Imari Parks

Aja Payne

Marquaveon Ashley

Sanai Mitchell

Zach Collins

Kevin Tran

Brooklyn Culver

Harmonie Usry

Amaya Rozier

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East Laurens Elementary 2014 1st nine weeks honor roll

Hillcrest Elementary School1st nine weeks honor roll

UGA library puts videotapedNixon interviews online

ATHENS (AP) — The Uni-versity of Georgia librarieshave improved access to morethan 30 hours of videotapedinterviews with former Presi-dent Richard Nixon.

The university says thevideotapes had been largelyunseen outside of the groupthat produced them in 1983.

The videos were donatedto the UGA libraries nearly15 years ago by JesseRaiford, president of RaifordCommunications, who saidhe wanted them to be housedat an educational institutionthat would make them acces-sible to the public.

The interviews, including

full transcripts, are online.Ruta Abolins, director of theWalter J. Brown MediaArchives and PeabodyAwards Collection, says thevideos constitute an oral his-tory of his life, from his child-hood to his decision to resignas president.

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Gasoline prices continue to fall in area, around the countryBy PAYTON TOWNS IIIEleven convenience stores

across Laurens County areselling gas 10 cents or morebelow $2 with others a fewcents above.According to AAA, this is

below the national and Geor-gia average.The average price for regu-

lar unleaded in Tennesseedropped below $2 a gallon forthe first time since May 2009.Florida and Georgia's aver-ages could dip below $2 a gal-

lon by the end of the month.The streak of declines at thepump continued in all threestates. The average price hasfallen for 100 consecutivedays in Florida, 101 in Geor-gia, and 102 in Tennessee.Gasoline prices are currentlyat their lowest level since May2009.The national average was

$2.14 Sunday, seven centscheaper than a week ago, 48cents below last month, and$1.18 less than last year.

Florida's average of $2.23 isnine cents cheaper than lastweek, 44 cents less than lastmonth, and $1.17 below theprice this time last year. Geor-gia's average of $2.10 is 10cents cheaper than a weekago, 45 cents less than lastmonth, and $1.11 below theprice this time last year. Ten-nessee's average price of$1.97 fell eight cents from lastweek, is 47 cents cheaperthan last month, and $1.15less than this time last year.

Gasoline prices fell anotherseven cents last week whilethe price of crude oil contin-ued to drop. WTI fell below$50 a barrel on the NYMEX,settling at $48.36 on Friday,the lowest settlement sinceApril 2009."The price of crude is con-

tinuing its downward slidedue to excess supply andweak demand," said MarkJenkins, spokesman, AAA -The Auto Club Group. "Globaloil prices are expected to re-

main relatively low for thefirst half of 2015, which couldput additional pressure onhigh-cost production coun-tries like the United States.Rebel forces continue to dis-rupt supply from OPEC mem-ber country Libya, yet the lev-el of global oversupply ap-pears capable of easing con-cerns that might otherwisesend prices higher due to pro-duction concerns."Sustained low prices for

crude have the potential to

impact domestic production,with both upstream anddownstream companies re-portedly beginning to reassesstheir plans moving forward.Although it is too early to tellwhat, if any, impact low crudeprices will have on domesticproduction, it is worth notingthat companies will increas-ingly face the choice of eithercontinuing expansion plans orcutting capital expendituresin a market that offers signif-icantly lower profit margins.

ning's illustrious career, or ifthose were the final two wewill see Thomas in a Broncosuniform as he becomes a freeagent, but for the here and nowthe conversation should beabout how Walden and theColts stifled the prolific Bron-cos offense and Thomas to playfor a shot at history.Just like their first meeting

in Week 1, the game got off to afamiliar start with the Coltsheld to a three and out on theirfirst series that forced them topunt. With the Broncos start-ing at their own 32-yard line, afour-pack of C.J. Andersonrushes set up a 32-yard passplay to tight end JuliusThomas to bring the ball to thetwo.Manning connected with

the other Thomas in his arse-nal, as Baybay caught a fade inthe left corner of the end zoneto give Denver an early 7-0lead.It would prove to be Den-

ver's only lead of the game.And that was due primarily

to how Walden's teammatespaired up against Thomas andthe Broncos receiving corps.On the Broncos second se-

ries, Thomas turned prema-turely on a bubble screen passand failed to collect the ball.The drop turned out to be apremonition of things to comefor Thomas who, following thetouchdown grab, failed to con-nect with Manning on fivestraight passes including twothat stalled the Broncos lastdrive of the half. Denver wasforced to settle for a field goalto pull within 14-10 of Indy.Thomas and Manning got

back on page during the Bron-cos third series of the secondhalf, connecting for gains of 10and eight yards near midfield.Unfortunately for Denver, the15-play drive stalled less thantwo minutes into the fourthquarter forcing Denver to sendkicker Connor Barth out for a41-yard field goal to cut the In-dy lead to 21-13.Manning throws, normally

spot on in stride with receivers,sailed over heads or yards offtarget, which led to multiplecloseups of a visibly frustratedThomas on the sidelines. Butthe Broncos offensive strugglesweren't all due to perceivedchemistry issues, but more soto pressure applied by Waldenand the Indy defensive groupakin to that brought by Seattlelast February.While the Dublin High

School and Middle Tennesseestar mustered only three tack-les on the day, two of his stopsproved crucial in setting thetone and sealing the deal forthe Colts.After a 22-yard scamper by

Anderson carried the Broncostoward their 30-yard line onDenver's second offensive se-ries, Walden caught the run-ning back in the backfield for atwo-yard loss. The longyardage situation forced Man-ning into obvious passingplays, with incomplete passesto Emmanuel Sanders andThomas resulting in a Broncospunt.And, of course, there was

the sack.Walden's backfield tackle of

arguably the greatest quarter-back of our era garnered a "BigPlay Highlights" reel postingby the NFL(http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-high-lights/0ap3000000457027/Manning-sacked-by-Walden-to-seal-Broncos-fate).Walden shed his blocker and

tore around the corner, movingtwo yards upfield to catchManning by the legs anddragged him to the ground.Walden celebrated by slidingimaginary dirt over the Bron-cos' logo or, in this case, thecasket holding their SuperBowl aspirations.Time will tell if, in fact,

Walden's tackle turns out to bethe capper of one of the greatcareers in NFL history in Man-ning, but for now all Waldenand the Colts are concernedwith is defeating New Englandand getting to Glendale.Let's hope that is where

Walden makes his next bigstatement.

Continued from 1a

Local

Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson (22) is stopped by Indianapolis Colts inside linebacker Jerrell Freeman (50)as Colts' Jonathan Newsome (91) and Erik Walden (93) defend during the second half of an NFL divisional playoff footballgame, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (88) is hit by Indianapolis Colts cornerback Vontae Davis (21) duringthe second half of an NFL divisional playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, in Denver. (AP Photo/Joe Mahoney)

with customers. Howard cameto work at Smith's in 1984. Shesaid one of the things that haschanged is how financial trans-

actions take place such as debitcards and computers.Over the years the store has

employed many local highschoolers. And over the yearsthey have went off to college,

come back to Dublin, gottenmarried, had babies and madelives for themselves. And theyall stay in touch with the store.“Nobody had left without stay-ing in touch,” Ellington said.

She said she received a stack ofChristmas cards from many ofthem this past holiday season.One of Smith’s current em-

ployees Theresa Wilkes startedworking at the store in high

school and later returned aftershe graduated and went off anddid other things.“We’ve gone through a lot,”

said Howard. “Tragedy and joyin each other’s lives.”

SmithContinued from 1a

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By BALI SMITHThe cold weather did not

cool down the hot shootingDublin Irish Friday night, asthey swept the JeffersonCounty Warriors in a GHSARegion 3AA basketball dou-bleheader at the Dublin Gym.

The Lady Irish won theopener 65-37, while the Irishdefeated Jefferson 95-61 tocomplete the sweep in the lategame.

The Lady Irish outscoredthe LadyW a r r i o r s22-6 in thethe secondquarter totake acommand-ing 36-16lead intoha l f t imethat theywould notr e l i n -quish. Ledby Senior Jasmine Hollis, wholed the Lady Irish in scoringwith 21 points, and had 20rebounds for the night, Dublincruised to a 65-37 region win.

Lady Irish Head CoachClinton Lowther stated, “Ithought we put four quarterstogether tonight. We con-trolled the boards and wereable to get out and run ourfast break, which led to someeasy scores for us. Defensively,we were able to pressure theball, which led to turnovers,and more layups. Jasmine hada big night for us. She has themost basketball experience ofanyone on the court for us,and I thought she did a greatjob tonight. I also thought itwas great that nine of ourladies scored points tonight. Iam proud of the effort the girlsdisplayed tonight.”

Full court pressure paiddividends for the Irish in thefirst quarter as they were ableto force turnovers whichresulted in easy baskets and a24-16 lead at the end of thequarter. The Warriorsoutscored the Irish 22-15 inthe second quarter to reducethe Dublin lead to 39-38 athalftime.

Led by point guardKameron Pauldo’s court lead-ership, and swtching to a half-court trapping defense, theIrish out scored the Warriors33-8 in the third quarter totake a 72-46 lead, and easilydefeated Jefferson for theirsecond region win of the sea-son.

Irish Head Coach PaulWilliams stated, “I thoughtPauldo changed the ball gamefor us in the second half. Wehad a little talk at halftime.We started running down thecourt with the point guardreleasing and someone elsetaking the ball down the courtduring the second quarter.This led to some turnoversthat let Jefferson back in the

game. During the third quar-ter, we had Kam take care of

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Luck, Walden bests Manning, BaybayDENVER (AP) — Andrew

Luck displaced PeytonManning in Indianapolis, andnow he might have sent hispredecessor into retirement,too.

Manning was murky abouthis future following Denver's24-13 loss to the Colts in theAFC divisional round Sunday,the Broncos' first loss at homein 13 months.

After saying last monththat he planned on comingback for an 18th season, thefive-time MVP wasn't so cer-tain after his latest playofffiasco.

"I guess I just can't givethat simple answer," Manningsaid. "I'm processing it. So, Ican't say that."

Former Dublin standoutand current Indianapolis mid-dle linebacker Erik Waldenfinished with two tackles andrecorded one sack and quar-

terback hit on Manning.Former West Laurens

standout and current Denverwide reciever DemaryiusThomas finished with fivecatches for 59 yards with onetouchdown.

Luck, the top pick in the2012 draft followingManning's tearful divorcefrom the Colts, has Indy onewin away from its first SuperBowl since 2009. And he's notthe least bit surprised theteam has gone from 2-14 in2011 to the cusp of a confer-ence championship in threeshort years.

"I think there were highexpectations," Luck said. "Iremember the first day Iwalked in the building. It's awinning franchise and itseems to be in the DNA of the

Trinity splitsweekend DH pair

Dublincrushes

JeffersonBy JAMES TIDWELL

Sports EditorSince returning from

Christmas break, the Trinityboys and girls basketballteams have only seen theirhome gym during practice asthe two squads have been onthe road for the first threegames of 2015.

The two teams played thefinal pair of road stretch overthe weekend as the pair trav-eled to Athens on Friday toface Monsignor Donovan andto Lyons on Saturday to faceRobert Toombs.

The Trinity teams went 2-2 in the pair of doublehead-ers as the Lady Crusaderswon both games with a 33-28victory over MonsignorDonovan and a 48-19 victoryover Robert Toombs and theCrusaders fell to MonsignorDonovan 71-37 and to RobertToombs 81-58.

In the Lady Crusaderswin over MonsignorDonovan, Sydney Bozemanscored 10 points and RandieTraxler added nine points tolead Trinity.

“It was a very slow pacedgame,” Trinity Head GirlsCoach Lacey Shepherd said.“I don’t know if we were slug-gish from the ride up but wedid not play our best.”

In the Lady Crusaderswin over Robert Toombs,Sydney Bozeman led the wayand scored over half of theTrinity points with 26,including 16 first half pointswith eight each in the firstand second quarters.

Against Robert Toombs,the effort was much better,”Shepherd said. “We still haveto work on playing defensewithout fouling. Nine of their19 points came from the foul

line. I challenged the girls tonot be content with their per-formance but to continue towork hard to improve. Westart region play Tuesday athome against EdmondBurke.”

In the Crusaders gameagainst Monsignor Donovan,Derick Torres scored 12points and Wyatt Paynescored 10 points to leadTrinity.

They were a very athleticteam,” Trinity Head BoysCoach Robbie Foskey said.“We did a poor job against

their press andhad way toom a n y

turnovers.We actual-ly played

pretty wellin the halfcourt andgot backin thegame inthe thirdq u a r t e rbefore wemade toomany mis-takes and

took ourselves out of thegame.

In the Crusaders gameagainst Robert Toombs, ,Matt East scored 14 pointsand Derick Torres scored 13points to lead Trinity.

“We competed fairly wellthe first half and went in thelocker room tied at 37, butplayed very poorly on bothends of the floor in the secondhalf,” Foskey said. “We didn’tchallenge them defensively.Our jump shots were notfalling in the second half andwe did a poor job of attackingthe rim.”

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning(18) is sacked by Indianapolis Colts outsidelinebacker Erik Walden (93) during the secondhalf of an NFL divisional playoff football game,Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, in Denver. (APPhoto/Jack Dempsey)

Denver Broncos wide receiver DemaryiusThomas (88) celebrates his touchdown withVirgil Green (85) during the first half of an NFLdivisional playoff football game, Sunday, Jan.11, 2015, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

By JAMES TIDWELLSports Editor

The West Laurens boysand girls basketball teamshad a very busy weekend asthe pair played host to a pairof doubleheaders againstUpson-Lee on Friday andPortal on Saturday.

Both squads combined togo 3-1 as the Lady Raidersrolled past Upson-Lee 69-39and past Portal 56-9 as theRaiders fell to Upson-Lee 76-68 and cruised past Portal66-55.

“On Friday night we cameout strong offensively scoring21 points in the first quarterand we also did well offen-sively the fourth quarterscoring 25 points,” WestLaurens Head Boys CoachO.J. Hall said. “However, thesecond and third quarter wasthe difference in the game wescored nine in the second and13 in the third. We didn’tplay well defensively andthat was due to poorrebounding, which shouldnever be a problem for uswith our size. Poor rebound-ing and poor offensive execu-tion in the second and thirdquarter led to the loss toUpson Lee. On Saturday we

rebounded by beating a verygood and athletic Portalteam. We took control on thefirst quarter and neverlooked back. We were up byas much 20 at one point butended up winning by 12 aswe played several players offthe bench all night. Thebench chipped in 15 points

c o m b i n e dwhich has been

the bests h o w i n g

from ourr e s e r v e sthis season.

We knowto getwhere weare tryingto go weneed morethan fiveplayers sowe haveb e e nswitching

players out trying to find agood combo off the bench.”

Logan Calhoun led theLady Raiders with 14 pointsand DiAsia Herring with 12points against Upson-Leeand Kiya Springer scoredwith nine points againstPortal.

Boys

Dublin 95,

Jefferson County 61

Girls

Dublin 65,

Jefferson County 37

Boys

Mon. Donovan 71,

Trinity 37

Robert Toombs 81,

Trinity 58

Girls

Trinity 33,

Mon. Donovan 28

Trinity 48,

Robert Toombs 19

Boys

Upson-Lee 76,

West Laurens 68

West Laurens 66,

Portal 55

Girls

West Laurens 69,

Upson-Lee 39

West Laurens 56,

Portal 9

WL goes 3-1 in two DHs

By JAMES TIDWELLSports Editor

After a GHSA Region3AA sweep on Friday, theDublin boys and girls bas-ketball teams were back inregion actiono nSaturdayas theyp l a y e dhost toHarlem.

T h eD u b l i nfaithfuls a wmuch oft h esame in the second regiondoubleheader in as manydays as the host squads gotthe sweep as the Lady Irishrolled to a 67-28 win and theIrish held on for a 83-80 win.

In the girls’ game,

Jasmine Hollis led the LadyIrish with 13 points andadded six rebounds followedby Kesjiah Wilcher withnine points and rebound andAja Brown with nine points.

“We got off to a real goodstart,” Dublin Head GirlsCoach Clinton Lowther said.“We maintained the tempothrough the game. I wasproud of the fact that theentire team scored. Hope tocontinue building and get-ting better as a team.

In the boys’ game, theIrish trailed by six going into the fourth quarter butused a 28-19 run to pullaway from Harlem and wasled in scoring by JuwanWells with 21 points, GeraldPhillips with 20 points,Frederick Thomas with 12points and DonavanTimmons with 11 points.

Dublin sweeps Harlem

Boys

Dublin 83,

Harlem 80

Girls

Dublin 67,

Harlem 28

Dublin basketball player Kam Pauldo (4) goes up for a layup againstJefferson County Friday night at home. (Photo by Horace Austin)

East Laurens wins region pair against Screven Co.By BALI SMITH

The East Laurens Falconsswept the Screven CountyGamecocks to earn their firstGHSA Region 3AA basketballvictory Friday night at theFalcon gym in East Dublin.

The Lady Falcons crushedthe Lady Gamecocks 74-22 inthe opener, while the boys wona hard fought battle againstScreven County 68-62 in thefinale.

East Lauren’s Kevin Lovettscored 10 of the 12 Falconsfirst quarter points, to stakethe Falcons to a12-9 lead atthe end of the first quarter.Leading 26-20 with just over aminute remaining in the sec-ond quarter, Screven Countyoutscored the Falcons 8-2,toend the half with the scoredeadlocked at 28 all. Lovetttallied 14 first half points forthe Falcons.

The second half proved tobe a game of offensive runs.The Falcons would go on scor-ing outbursts of six to eightpoints, then the Gamecocks

would battle back to cut theEast Laurens lead, all thoughthe Gamecocks never tied ortook the leadduring thes e c o n dhalf. EastL a u r e n so u t s c o r e dS c r e v e nC o u n t y18-14 dur-ing thet h i r dquarter totake a 46-42 leadgoing into the fourth quarter.

The Falcons led 58-50 withjust over three minutesremaining in the contest. TheGamecocks connected on threethree-pointers during thequarter but were unable toovertake the Falcons, andEast Laurens was able tosecure their first region victo-ry 68-62.

Falcon Head Coach

East Laurens hosted Screven County onSaturday and the Falcons came away with aGHSA Region 3AA win at home. (Photo by BaliSmith)

Boys

East Laurens 90,

Twiggs County 72

Girls

East Laurens 54,

Twiggs County 32

See DUBLIN page 2b

See REGION page 2b

See WALDEN page 2b

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TODAYCOLLEGE FOOTBALL

8:30 p.m.ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN CLAS-SIC/ESPNEWS/ESPNU —Championship, Oregon vs.Ohio St., at Arlington, Texas

GOLF4 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour,Tournament of Champions,final round, at Kapalua,Hawaii

TUESDAYMEN’S COLLEGE

BASKETBALL7 p.m.

ESPN — Michigan at Ohio St.

ESPN2 — Oklahoma St. atKansasESPNEWS — Oklahoma atWest VirginiaESPNU — Arkansas atTennesseeFS1 — Butler at Seton Hall

9 p.m.ESPN — Missouri atKentuckyESPN2 — Miami at Duke

ESPNU — Alabama at SouthCarolinaFS1 — Georgetown atDePaul

11 p.m.ESPNU — UNLV at Boise St.

NHL HOCKEY7 p.m.

NBCSN — Minnesota atPittsburgh

TuesdayBasketball

BoysDublin at Jefferson,

7:30 p.m.Edmond Burke atTrinity, 7:30 p.m.West Laurens atBaldwin, 7:30 p.m.

GirlsDublin at Jefferson, 6p.m.Edmond Burke atTrinity, 6 p.m.West Laurens atBaldwin, 6 p.m.

NFL Playoff GlanceWild-card Playoffs

SaturdayCarolina 27, Arizona 16Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17

SundayIndianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10Dallas 24, Detroit 20

Divisional PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 10

New England 35, Baltimore 31Seattle 31, Carolina 17

Sunday, Jan. 11Green Bay 26, Dallas 21Indianapolis 24, Denver 13

Conference ChampionshipsSunday, Jan. 18

Green Bay at Seattle, 3:05 p.m. (FOX)Indianapolis at New England, 6:40 p.m.(CBS)

Pro BowlSunday, Jan. 25

At Glendale, Ariz.Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 8 p.m. (ESPN)Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 1At Glendale, Ariz.

AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30p.m. (NBC)

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

Toronto 25 11 .694 —Brooklyn 16 21 .432 9½Boston 12 23 .343 12½Philadelphia 7 29 .194 18New York 5 35 .125 22

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

Atlanta 29 8 .784 —Washington 25 12 .676 4Miami 16 21 .432 13Charlotte 15 24 .385 15Orlando 13 27 .325 17½

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Chicago 26 12 .684 —Milwaukee 20 19 .513 6½Cleveland 19 19 .500 7Indiana 15 24 .385 11½Detroit 13 24 .351 12½

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBHouston 26 11 .703 —Memphis 26 11 .703 —Dallas 26 12 .684 ½San Antonio 23 15 .605 3½New Orleans 18 18 .500 7½

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

Portland 30 8 .789 —Oklahoma City18 19 .486 11½Denver 17 20 .459 12½Utah 13 25 .342 17Minnesota 5 31 .139 24

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

Golden State 29 5 .853 —L.A. Clippers 25 13 .658 6Phoenix 22 18 .550 10Sacramento 16 21 .432 14½L.A. Lakers 12 26 .316 19

FridayIndiana 107, Boston 103, OTAtlanta 106, Detroit 103Philadelphia 90, Brooklyn 88New Orleans 106, Memphis 95Oklahoma City 99, Utah 94Washington 102, Chicago 86Milwaukee 98, Minnesota 84San Antonio 100, Phoenix 95Denver 118, Sacramento 108Golden State 112, Cleveland 94L.A. Lakers 101, Orlando 84

SaturdayCharlotte 110, New York 82L.A. Clippers 120, Dallas 100Philadelphia 93, Indiana 92Toronto 109, Boston 96Detroit 98, Brooklyn 93Chicago 95, Milwaukee 87Houston 97, Utah 82San Antonio 108, Minnesota 93Portland 103, Orlando 92

SundayAtlanta 120, Washington 89Miami 104, L.A. Clippers 90Memphis 122, Phoenix 110,2OTSacramento 103, Cleveland 84Portland 106, L.A. Lakers 94

TodayDetroit at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Houston at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.New Orleans at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Orlando at Chicago, 8 p.m.

TuesdayAtlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Washington, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Indiana, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Golden State at Utah, 9 p.m.Dallas at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Miami at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic DivisionW L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 27 12 4 58 140 111Montreal 26 12 3 55 111 95Detroit 22 11 9 53 117 106Boston 22 15 6 50 113 111Florida 20 11 9 49 100 105Toronto 22 17 3 47 137 130Ottawa 17 16 8 42 110 113Buffalo 14 26 3 31 81 147

Metropolitan DivisionW L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders28 13 1 57 131 116Pittsburgh 25 10 6 56 122 98N.Y. Rangers 24 11 4 52 124 95Washington 22 11 8 52 123 105Columbus 18 19 3 39 104 131Philadelphia 16 19 7 39 112 126New Jersey 15 21 8 38 96 124Carolina 13 24 5 31 88 112

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral DivisionW L OT Pts GF GA

Nashville 28 9 4 60 125 93Chicago 28 13 2 58 134 95St. Louis 26 13 3 55 136 105Winnipeg 21 14 8 50 113 109Colorado 18 16 8 44 112 122Dallas 18 16 7 43 126 135Minnesota 18 18 5 41 111 121

Pacific DivisionW L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 27 10 6 60 121 118Vancouver 23 14 3 49 113 104San Jose 22 16 5 49 116 118Los Angeles 19 13 10 48 119 112Calgary 22 18 3 47 123 114Arizona 16 21 4 36 97 136Edmonton 10 24 9 29 97 145NOTE: Two points for a win, one point forovertime loss.

FridayN.Y. Islanders 3, New Jersey 2, OTToronto 5, Columbus 2Tampa Bay 2, Buffalo 1Florida 6, Calgary 5Edmonton 5, Chicago 2

SaturdaySt. Louis 5, Carolina 4, SOWinnipeg 5, Los Angeles 4, SOBoston 3, Philadelphia 1Nashville 3, Minnesota 1Colorado 4, Dallas 3Pittsburgh 2, Montreal 1, OTWashington 3, Detroit 1N.Y. Islanders 5, Columbus 2Ottawa 5, Arizona 1Calgary 1, Vancouver 0N.Y. Rangers 3, San Jose 1

SundayAnaheim 5, Winnipeg 4, SOFlorida 4, Edmonton 2Chicago 4, Minnesota 1

TodayTampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Colorado at Washington, 7 p.m.Toronto at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

TuesdayTampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m.Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Colorado at Carolina, 7 p.m.Edmonton at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Vancouver at Nashville, 8 p.m.Florida at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.Ottawa at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.San Jose at Arizona, 9 p.m.

WednesdayMontreal at Columbus, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Washington, 8 p.m.Toronto at Anaheim, 10 p.m.New Jersey at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Men’s ScoresEAST

Fairfield 79, Siena 67New Hampshire 63, UMBC 60Quinnipiac 66, Marist 54Rutgers 67, Wisconsin 62Syracuse 70, Florida St. 57

SOUTHCentre 81, Millsaps 44Murray St. 84, Jacksonville St. 57NC State 87, Duke 75Oglethorpe 77, Hendrix 53Rhodes 76, Berry 56Richmond 60, St. Bonaventure 41SMU 70, UCF 61Sewanee 77, Birmingham-Southern 65St. Andrews 85, Montreat 72Tulane 56, South Florida 51, OTUMass 66, George Mason 62

MIDWESTGreen Bay 82, Youngstown St. 67Illinois St. 69, Missouri St. 55Michigan St. 84, Northwestern 77, OTNebraska 53, Illinois 43Wichita St. 67, Loyola of Chicago 53

SOUTHWESTMemphis 62, Houston 44

FAR WESTOregon St. 58, Arizona 56Stanford 78, Southern Cal 76UCLA 73, California 54

Women’s ScoresEAST

Albany (NY) 78, Mass.-Lowell 50Delaware 54, Northeastern 48Drexel 58, UNC Wilmington 53Fairfield 59, Rider 47Fordham 72, St. Bonaventure 62George Mason 73, La Salle 71Hofstra 58, Towson 42Mount St. Vincent 90, Purchase St. 48New Rochelle 74, Lesley 46Seton Hall 68, Providence 67South Florida 70, Temple 58Syracuse 70, Virginia 58Villanova 69, Georgetown 57

SOUTHBerry 85, Rhodes 67Elon 77, Coll. of Charleston 68Florida St. 74, Duke 58Georgia 57, Auburn 52Hendrix 75, Oglethorpe 49James Madison 65, William & Mary 43Louisville 79, Wake Forest 68Miami 62, Virginia Tech 45Millsaps 56, Centre 46Mississippi 77, Alabama 63North Carolina 96, Georgia Tech 81Rhode Island 71, Davidson 62Sewanee 71, Birmingham-Southern 53

South Carolina 68, Kentucky 60St. Andrews 72, Montreat 37UAB 68, FIU 45Vanderbilt 78, Mississippi St. 62

MIDWESTButler 76, Marquette 67Dayton 78, Duquesne 67DePaul 84, Xavier 61Drake 81, S. Illinois 66IPFW 73, Oral Roberts 63Indiana 69, Wisconsin 52Indiana St. 64, Loyola of Chicago 37Indiana-East 101, Cincinnati-Clermont 52Iowa 73, Purdue 59Kansas St. 58, Kansas 52Maryland 77, Minnesota 73Michigan 100, Ohio St. 94, OTMissouri 66, Florida 47N. Iowa 71, Illinois St. 43Nebraska 58, Illinois 53Northwestern 77, Michigan St. 70Notre Dame 104, Boston College 58St. John's 61, Creighton 38

SOUTHWESTTennessee 60, Arkansas 51Texas A&M 55, LSU 48UConn 87, SMU 28

FAR WESTOregon St. 77, Oregon 48Southern Cal 46, Utah 43Stanford 86, Washington St. 76, OTUCLA 90, Colorado 84Washington 79, California 77

BASEBALLAmerican League

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Designated SSAndy Parrino for assignment.TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms withSS Adrubal Cabrera. Traded INFs BenZobrist and Yunel Escobar to Oakland forC John Jaso, INF Daniel Robertson, OFBoog Powell and cash.

National LeagueLOS ANGELES DODGERS — AssignedSS Erisbel Arruebarrena outright toOklahoma City (PCL). Agreed to terms withLHPs Ryan Buchter and David Huff onminor league contracts.BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationNEW YORK KNICKS — Signed Fs LouAmundson and Lance Thomas to 10-daycontracts.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Announced theresignation of defensive coordinator KyleShanahan. Quarterbacks coach DowellLoggains will not be retained.DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed DT KenBishop from the practice squad. ReleasedDB Jakar Hamilton.DENVER BRONCOS — Placed DEQuanterus Smith on injured reserve.Activated LB Shaquil Barrett from the prac-tice squad.HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed S ShilohKeo to a future contract.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed TEMichael Egnew to a future contract.KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed DTJermelle Cudjo and FB Jordan Campbell tofuture contracts.PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Announcedthe resignation of Dick LeBeau defensivecoordinator.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed LBShayne Skov to a future contract.ST. LOUIS RAMS — Signed WR AustinPettis and DT Matt Conrath to future con-tracts.SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed WRBrelan Chancellor and DB Alden Darby tofuture contracts.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released RBMike Zimmer from the practice squad.Signed DT Jimmy Staten to the practicesquad.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

BUFFALO SABRES — Reassigned FColin Jacobs from Rochester (AHL) toElmira (ECHL).DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled GTom McCollum from Grand Rapids (AHL).Recalled F Martin Frk from Toledo (ECHL)to Grand Rapids (AHL). Placed G JimmyHoward on injured reserve.SAN JOSE SHARKS — Activated C JoeThornton from injured reserve. Placed DMirco Mueller on injured reserve.WASHINGTON CAPITALS — ReassignedD Steve Oleksy to Hershey (AHL).Recalled D Steve Oleksy from Hershey(AHL). Reassigned D Nate Schmidt toHershey.WINNIPEG JETS — Reassigned F PatrickCormier and D Keaton Ellerby to St. John's(AHL). Activated D Toby Enstrom and MarkStuart and F Evander Kane from injuredreserve.

American Hockey LeagueGRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Assigned FTyler Barnes to Toledo (ECHL). Signed DJoel Chouinard.

ECHLECHL — Suspended Missouri D AndrewDarrigo, pending review, and fined him andSouth Carolina F Caleb Herbert undis-closed amounts.BAKERSFIELD CONDORS — Traded DCorey Fienhage to Utah for F MichaelColavecchia.

COLLEGEBOWLING GREEN — Named KimMcCloud assistant head coach/widereceivers coach, Sean Lewis quarter-backs/tight ends coach, Mike Lynch offen-sive line coach and Tom Freeman assistantoffensive line coach.GEORGIA — Named Rob Sale offensiveline coach.

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Dublin Fighting Irish

Football BanquetThe Dublin Fighting Irish will be

celebrating a successful football sea-

son with its football banquet on

Thursday, Jan. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the

First Baptist Church Family Life

Center. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m.

and the awards presentation will

begin at 7 p.m. Century Club

Members need to call Quincy

Simpson, at 478-456-0646, or John

Strickland, at 478-278-6173, by

Monday, Jan. 12 to confirm your

attendance at the banquet. Those not

a  member of the Century Club, but

would like to come to banquet, the

ticket for the banquet and meal is

$18. These tickets must be pur-

chased in advance, also. Coach

Roger Holmes will be collecting

money at his office this Thursday-

Monday during regular school hours

of 8 a.m – 2:15 p.m. All monies must

be received no later than Monday,

Jan. 12 to secure your reservation. All

tables will be reserved for those eat-

ing, but there will be extra seating for

those wanting to come to the banquet

and not wish to eat.

Erin Go Bragh

Run/Walk ChallengeThe Erin Go Bragh Run/Walk

Challenge, an official event of the

2015 Dublin/Laurens St. Patrick’s

Festival, will be held March 7 at

Dudley Baptist Church at 1425 2nd

St. in Dudley. The half marathon,

eight-mile and four-mile will start at

8:30 a.m. and the one-mile run/walk

and dog walk at 11 a.m. Medallion will

be provided to half marathon partici-

pants that register by March 1 and

male and female overall awards in all

four races. There will be a five-year-

old age group three deep in the half

marathon, eight-mile and four-mile.

The half marathon, eight-mile and

four-mile will be certified and eligible

for state records. Participation

medals will be given to fifth graders

and under in the one-mile. There is

also a best costume contest for both

dog and master. A choice of neon

blue moisture wicking or regular cot-

ton t-shirts is provided. Proceeds

benefit Forever Families of DBC.

Entry fee is due by Monday, March 1

to guarantee t-shirt and costs $25 for

Half Marathon and $20 for eight-mile

and four-mile and 1.1 Mile. There is a

$5 student discount available and will

cost an additional $5 for a second

race. There is no charge for dogs but

they must be on leash and able to be

controlled in a crowd. If you are sup-

porters of Northwest Laurens

Elementary or West Laurens Middle

School, you will need to register at

those schools to benefit them. Mail in

entry form are available online at

www.racerpal.com/races/StPatricksC

hallenge. Make checks payable to

Dudley Baptist Church and mail to

Tommy Thompson, 760 Shady Grove

CH RD, Dublin Ga. 31021. For more

information or questions, contact

either runnersforchrist@progres-

sivetel.com or 478-278-6018.

Charles Johnson

Foundation Middle

Georgia InitiativeThe Charles Johnson Foundation

Middle Georgia Initiative is currently

offering high school students in

Middle Georgia the opportunity to

attend the 2015 Black College Expo

in Atlanta on March 28, 2015. The

Charles Johnson Foundation will pro-

vide students with a chartered bus,

food and admission to the event at no

cost. As a native of Middle Georgia

and former student-athlete at

Hawkinsville High School, Johnson

has found great success in the NFL

as one of the leading members of the

Carolina Panthers. One of Johnson’s

many passions is to give back to the

Middle Georgia community, especial-

ly in the areas of education and ath-

letics. Registration forms will be avail-

able throughout the Fall 2014 semes-

ter. Space is limited and parental con-

sent is required. For more information

on the Charles Johnson Foundation

and its community and educational

initiatives, please visit

www.CharlesJohnsonFoundation.org

or contact Meredith Geisler at 703-

740-5015 or

mgeisler@tandemse.com or

Katherine O’Toole at

kotoole@tandemse.com.

Stringers needed The Courier Herald is looking for

stringer reporters and photographers

for sports. Contact Jason Halcombe

at 478-272-5522, ext. 222 or jhal-

combe@courier-herald.com.

Contact usTo submit information, call 272-

5522, ext. 223, fax 478-272-2189 or

e-mail sports@courier-herald.com.

REGION

Torrance Pittman stated, “Ithought our effort was prettysolid tonight, as well as thenight before in our loss toSwainsboro when we weredefeated 61-53. Last night wemade crucial mistakes in thethird and fourth quarter,where tonight I thought wedid a much better job. For twonights we played hard andshared the ball well. We didnot shoot the ball well, but westuck with it , and I am proudwe came away with our firstregion win”

Kevin Lovett scored 28points to lead the Falcon

offensive attack. JaquaviousCannon scored 13 points andSequon Wynn scored 11points in the Falcon victory

In the opener, the LadyFalcons outscored the LadyGamecocks 25-6 in the firstquarter, and 21- 8 in the sec-ond to take a commanding 46-14 lead into halftime. TheFalcons stayed hot in thethird quarter by outscoringthe Gamecocks 20-2, andcruised to an easy 72-22 vic-tory. JaMaya Canady led theFalcon offense with 16 points.Khadijah Taylor andAdriannha Roberson con-tributed with 13 points, andShaniqua Smith added 12

points in the Lady Falcon vic-tory.

Lady Falcon RamonaEdwards stated, “ We playedmuch better tonight than wedid last night when we lost49-36 to Swainsboro. We did amuch better job defensively,and I thought that was thekey reason we were able towin this game.We got off to agreat start running our pressthat helped us createturnovers, and convert theminto points, and an early lead.Everybody on the team con-tributed in the victory. I amproud that our girls were ableto get their first region wintonight.”

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the ball and get us into our

offensive sets, and I think he

did a great job of that in the

second half. Defensively, I

thought switching to a half

court trap gave Jeffersonsome problems that I thoughtwe took advantage of in thesecond half. I thought weplayed good team basketball,both offensively and defen-sively in the second half.”

Gerald Phillipps scored 26

points to lead the Irish offen-

sively. Kameron Pauldo

scored 21 points, and

Fre’derick Thomas scored 17

points.

Continued from 1b

DUBLIN

Dublin basketball player Jessica Hollis (25) goes up for a reboundagainst Jefferson County Friday night at home. (Photo by HoraceAustin)

Colts that you win."The Colts (13-5) visit NewEngland (13-4) Sunday.

"It's good for us to be herenow, but there's more work todo," Luck said. "To come onthe road against a very goodteam in this round of theplayoffs and get a win, that'shuge and that's awesome."

This was the third timeDenver's season ended inugly fashion since Manningswitched teams in 2012.

While Manning pondershis future, GM John Elwaymight also be thinking aboutcoach John Fox's status. He'swon four straight AFC Westcrowns but keeps coming upshort in what he calls the"real season."

"I'm the head coach, thebuck stops here," Fox said.

Manning got off to anotherterrific start this season butonce Julius Thomas sprainedan ankle and lost his mojo,the Broncos weren't thesame, either. Manning, both-ered by a thigh injury, hadjust three TDs and six inter-ceptions in December.

Yet, C.J. Anderson's emer-

gence gave the Broncos (12-5)confidence they finally hadthe ingredients to avenge lastyear's wrenching Super Bowlloss to Seattle. That grindingground game didn't show upSunday. Neither did theirstar-studded defense thatwas unable to pressure Luckall afternoon.

Luck threw TD passes toDwayne Allen and HakeemNicks and Daniel Herron ranfor a score.

Manning, meanwhile, keptoverthrowing EmmanuelSanders and DemaryiusThomas deep.

"You never see Peytonoverthrow guys," Colts defen-sive tackle Jean Francoissaid. "He usually puts theball right on the numbers.And when we he kept over-throwing it, we knew we hadhim."

"The season's over. It's ahuge disappointment," saidSanders. "It's sad because wedefinitely had the potential tobe a Super Bowl-winningteam."

Other takeaways fromDenver's second home playoffloss in three years coming offa first-round bye:

SWEET VINDICATION:

This win validated JimIrsay's decision to cutManning so he could draftLuck.

"I knew it was the rightthing to do for the Colts,"Irsay said. "I saw Archie(Manning) last night. We hada nice conversation.Happened to be at Elway'sRestaurant at the RitzCarlton. It was a decisionthat it was the right move tomake. Peyton and I hadtalked about it. He said itbest in the press conference. Ididn't decide. He didn'tdecide. The football gods laidthe cards out. We both knewit as best for him and us."

PLAYOFF PRATFALLS:

The Broncos were the AFC'sonly unbeaten team at homeand the only team in the NFLwith a top-five offense and atop-five defense. ButManning has gone one-and-done in the playoffs a recordnine times.

Each of his three seasonsin Denver has ended in hum-bling losses, to the Ravensand Colts at home after first-round byes, and to Seattle inlast year's Super Bowl.

WALDEN

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LONDON (AP) — Themilitary-style attack in Parishas made clear that Europefaces an evolving, ever-morecomplex terror threat nolonger dominated by a fewbig players.

It's not just al-Qaida, orIslamic State. It's not justthe disciples of some fiery,hate-filled preachers.

Instead, security expertssay, it's now an Internet-driven, generalized rageagainst Western society feltby radicalized Muslims thatcan burst into the open atany time — with a slaughterin Paris, an attack on aJewish Museum in Belgium,or the slaying of a soldier inthe streets of London.

This evolving hydra-headed beast bedevilssecurity chiefs, who have todeal not only with al-Qaidaplanners looking for another9/11-style hit but also with,as in Paris, well-trained,well-armed killers intent onavenging perceived insults totheir religion by gunningdown journalists.

In a rare public speech,Andrew Parker, director ofthe domestic British securityservice MI5, said Thursdaythat thwarting terroristattacks has become moredifficult as the threatbecomes more diffuse.

It is harder, he said, foragents to disrupt plans ofsmall groups or "lone wolves"who act spontaneously, withminimal planning but deadlyeffect.

"We believe that sinceOctober 2013 there havebeen more than 20 terroristplots either directed orprovoked by extremistgroups," he said, citingdeadly attacks in Europe,Canada and Australia. Hesaid security services havestopped three potentiallylethal terrorist plots insideBritain alone in recentmonths.

"The number of crude butpotentially deadly plots hasgone up," he said, warningthat small-scale plots carriedout by volatile individualsare "inherently harder forintelligence agencies todetect."

The individuals are notpart of disciplined,sophisticated networks, hesaid, and often act with littleor no warning.

Already some 600 Britonshave gone to Syria to joinextremists there, with mostembracing Islamic State,Parker said. Some 550Germans have done thesame, with about 180 knownto have returned, including ahard core of about 30 whoare judged to be extremelydangerous, according toGerman Interior MinisterThomas de Maiziere. About1,200 French citizens haveleft for Syria, includingabout 400 still in the warzone and 200 on their way,French Interior MinisterBernard Cazeneuve said lastmonth.

Parker said they havelearned how to hate and howto kill.

Concentrating solely onthese volatile individualswouldn't work, he said,

because at the same timerival al-Qaida and IslamicState groups inside Syria aretrying to orchestrate broaderattacks in Britain andWestern Europe.

Open societies everywherehave difficulty protectingagainst terrorism, whoseperpetrators are aided by thevery freedoms and opennessthat they often despise. Butin Europe, several factorsfurther complicate thesituation.

The main one is a largeMuslim population in manycountries — France firstamong them, but alsoBelgium, Sweden, Germany,Britain, and even Spain andItaly. The size of thesecommunities enables theradicals among them tobetter hide.

The issue is compoundedby the fact — only recentlythe source of angst in Europe— that many immigrants arenot well-assimilated intoWestern society. While mostimmigrants are law-abidingand non-hostile, it seemsthat many have not absorbedits liberal values, includingfreedom of expression up toand including satire ofreligious figures. Thiscreates an atmosphere inwhich radicalism can surviveand sometimes thrive.

Magnus Ranstorp, aterrorism specialist with theSwedish National DefenseCollege, said a newgeneration of Muslim youthshas grown up in Europe'scities in the post 9/11 eraand has to a degreeembraced the al-Qaida viewthat the West is at war withIslam — first in Afghanistan,then Iraq and now in Syriaas well.

At the same time, he said,the Islamic State's brazenproclamation of a caliphatehas caught the imaginationof many young EuropeanMuslims, who want to go toSyria to join the battle andthen bring it back home.

"The sectarian tensions inthe Middle East are mirroredin our cities in Europe," hesaid. "There is more stridentactivism in Muslimcommunities."

He said many Muslimsfeel segregated indisadvantaged communitieson the fringes of major citiesand are willing to fight back.

"There is a much sharperpolarization of society," hesaid, citing thecorresponding rise of right-wing, anti-immigrationpolitical parties opposed tothe growth of Islam inEurope. "The people carryingout the violence work insmall groups but they all joinup and know what directionthey are traveling in. Theyare very clear on the goal.The caliphate provides thatcommon purpose, that unity,that momentum."

The law-enforcementchallenge is exacerbated bythe free movement of peoplethat is a cherished ideal ofthe European integrationproject. It is an item of faiththat open borders will spurtrade, job creation andspread prosperity.

But it also makes it much

easier for anyone withcriminal intent and an EUpassport to cross borders tocarry out an attack — ashappened in May when aFrenchman linked to theIslamic State group in Syriacrossed into Belgium andkilled four people at theJewish Museum in Brussels.

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, amember of the Houseintelligence committee, saidU.S. officials are making astrong effort to trackAmericans who have gone tofight in Syria and Iraq. Butthe challenge for Europeanofficials is much moredaunting, he said.

"It's tough though,particularly when we don'thave great intelligence inplaces like Syria to identifywhat's happened toAmericans who have goneoverseas to fight," he said."Very opaque and difficult totrack. That problem ismagnified a hundred timesin Europe, where people cantravel freely with apassport."

Britain took unilateralsteps Thursday to tighten upits border checks at seaportsand train stations, and Spainraised its terror threat level,not because of a specific plot,but because of a generalsense that all of Europe —not just France — was atheightened risk since theattack in Paris on thenewsroom of the satiricalweekly, Charlie Hebdo, thatleft a dozen people dead.

Spain also stepped upsecurity Thursday attransportation hubs likeairports and train stations,nuclear power plants, energynetworks and water sources.

"The current internationalscenario means we can talkabout a generic threat that isshared by all Westerncountries in general," saidInterior Minister JorgeFernandez Diaz.He said the rivalry betweenthe two main terrororganizations— which arevying for primacy in Syriaand elsewhere — is being feltin Europe.

"There is a clear battlebetween al-Qaida and theIslamic State to becometerror leaders. And thisincreases the risk ofattacks," he said.

Pointedly refusing to useIslamic State's chosen namein his address Thursday,Parker said the group'seffective social media

strategy has allowed it tospread its "message of hatedirectly into homes acrossthe United Kingdom."

He said the group poses athree-pronged threat: It hasmurdered innocent Britonsinside Syria, it is using Syriaas a base for directingterrorist attacks againstBritain, and it is using itssophisticated propaganda toprovoke Britons to carry outattacks at home.

The brothers suspected inthe Charlie Hebdo killingswere known to France'sintelligence service and wereon the U.S. no-fly list, yetauthorities were unable toprevent the attack, in partbecause the planning groupinvolved may have beenquite small and operatingunder the intelligence radar.The same was true of the twoal-Qaida-inspired Britishextremists who hacked todeath soldier Lee Rigby on abusy London street in May2013.

Peter Neumann, directorof the International Centerfor the Study ofRadicalization at King'sCollege London, said thesmaller attacks seen of latereflect a change of strategyamong jihadi groups, whohave previously harboredambitions to create incidentsas big as the Sept. 11 attackson the United States or thesubway bombing attacks onBritain in July 7, 2005.

"Now what has happenedsince last year is thateveryone has realized thatyou can cause as much terrorif you do very small attacksthat do not require you tobuild a bomb," Neumannsaid. "They've beenincredibly effective."

He said there will be othersimilar attacks in the future.

Associated Press writersDanica Kirka in London,Alan Clendenning in Madrid,David Rising in Berlin andAP Intelligence Writer KenDilanian in Washingtoncontributed to this report.

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Dec. 21): Listen carefully, weed outunrealistic input and put your plansinto motion. Travel, communicationand improving your personal lifeand domestic situation will bringbenefits that far exceed your ex-pectations. Love is on the rise. 4stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You cannot control every-thing. Take care of your responsibil-ities and keep moving forward.Don’t let emotions get in the way ofyour critical thinking skills. Size upyour situation and do what needs tobe done. 2 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18): Focus and move forward. Fi-nancial gains can be made if youare smart about the way you handleyour expenses. Cut corners by es-

tablishing what is necessary andwhat isn’t. Love and self-improve-ment are both highlighted and willcomplement one another. 5 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March20): Don’t let others confuse you orkeep you from doing what needs tobe done. Someone from your pastmay tempt you to rethink things andreconsider the future. The conse-quences are too great a risk. Dowhat’s best for you long-term. 3stars

Birthday Baby: You arecompassionate, but strict and ethi-cal. You are organized and precise.

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Happy Birthday: Consis-tency will lead to greater securityand stability. Don’t be tempted tomake impulsive moves just becausethe people around you are doing so.A practical, realistic approach towhatever you do or the challengesyou come up against will help youmaintain the status quo. Research,fact-find and follow through. Part-nerships will be fruitful as long asequality is maintained. Your num-bers are 5, 12, 21, 27, 36, 42, 44.

ARIES (March 21-April19): No matter what you do, usecharm and diplomacy. Force, de-mands or sulking will only pushpeople away and keep you fromgetting what you really want. Besmart and ready to find solutions in-stead of making matters worse. 3stars

TAURUS (April 20-May20): You can accomplish plenty ifyou use past experience, a little in-tuition and some manpower to ac-complish your goals. Don’t let asticky situation with a co-worker orfriend turn into a problem that canhurt your reputation. 3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June20): Your clever input and charmingway of dealing with others will helpyou bypass an incident that couldbe detrimental to your position. Op-portunity knocks when it comes toromance. Be ready to agree to aspecial request. 5 stars

CANCER (June 21-July22): Listen to people offering differ-ent opinions or suggestions. Get-ting fresh input will help you recon-figure your strategy and help youdiscover what you have to do in or-der to achieve your dreams. Chil-dren will contribute to a decisionyou make. 2 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):Don’t let anyone slow you down. It’syour turn to be in the spotlight andto enjoy the moment. Love is on therise, and talks will lead to futureplans and plenty of incentive to doyour best. 4 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.22): Show your fun side. Getting outand doing things with friends orfamily will help you build a closerbond and keep you informed aboutwhat everyone else is up to. Don’tcriticize, just listen and make friend-ly suggestions. 3 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Consider what’s good for you andothers before making a rash deci-sion that will affect the ones youlove. Impulsive moves will be diffi-cult to rectify. Focus on the posi-tives and offer love, not rejection. 3stars

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.21): Be careful how you treat theones you love. Problems will esca-late if you aren’t sympathetic to theneeds of someone going through adifficult situation. Listen carefullyand offer compassion and under-standing. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-