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The Courier HeraldBy JASON HALCOMBE and

RODNEY MANLEYSeconds into Friday night's

pregame moment of silence, the 260-member strong West Laurens RaiderBrigade marching band began recit-ing the Lord's Prayer.

Most in the crowd packing thehome stands for the season openerjoined in until, at the closing "amen,"the band began to play "AmazingGrace." Fans remained on their feetand gave a loud ovation at the finalnote.

It was a resounding response bythe home crowd to a change in schoolpolicy brought on by dissent from aConstitutional rights group to whatthey considered to be school-sanc-tioned prayer.

Like so many schools in the area,West Laurens had included an invoca-tion in its pregame program fordecades. In an attempt to appease anypotential protesters, the invocationhad been performed for some time bya volunteer from the student body.

But a complaint filed with theAmericans United for Separation ofChurch and State claimed that theprayer's projection over the loud-speaker in coordination with the play-ing of "How Great Thou Art" by theRaider Brigade Marching Band wasin direct conflict with the Establish-ment Clause in the First Amendmentof the Constitution.

In April, the Laurens County BOEshifted away from an invocation andtoward the moment of silence thatwas held Friday night as the Raiderskicked off their 2015 season. The let-ter of complaint filed by AmericansUnited was received May 5.

Video of the crowd's recitation ofthe Lord's Prayer has surfaced on theInternet. The story was picked up bythe Associated Press as well as FOXNews and has generated a highamount of discussion about churchand state on The Courier Herald'sFacebook page.

Nearly 11,000 people had seen TheCourier Herald's original post con-cerning the change, with commentsranging from simple sentences in sup-port or opposition of the change tolengthy retorts tied to Constitutionallaw or Founding Father emphasis onfaith. One reader post, however, hasgenerated the most attention with144 comments in only 16 hours.

And it happened to come fromsomeone tied very close to the change:West Laurens drum major WynneBracewell.

Bracewell's impassioned 500-wordresponse (which can be read in its en-tirety on our Facebook page and on

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BByy PPAAYYTTOONN TTOOWWNNSS IIIIIIStan Couey was known at

one time as the disciplinarianat Trinity Christian School. Itwas his job to hand out thepunishments to students.

Now, he’s the headmaster,about to begin his 17th year

at Trinity. He and his wifeLinda have watched theirchildren Jay, Will and Bessgrow up in the school.

Just before the beginningof another school year, Coueysat down to talk about hislove of Trinity, the commu-nity and his family.

TTCCHH:: Were you born here?CCoouueeyy:: Yes. I grew up in

Dublin and lived most of mylife down Sportsman’s ClubRoad near the river. I went toSaxon Heights, Dublin Jr.High and graduated fromDublin High School in 1975.

TTCCHH:: Did you want to getinto education?

CCoouueeyy:: I went to Presby-terian College and finally set-tled on wanting to go into ed-ucation and coaching. I ma-jored in math. After finishingup ROTC, I went into theArmy for 20 years. After re-tiring from the military, mywife Linda and I, knew wewanted to come back toDublin. She is from here also.We were in school togetherand this is a great place toraise a family. Plus we had alot of family and friends here.

TTCCHH:: Why did you decideto go into the Army?

CCoouueeyy:: The main reason

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Couey said he enjoys being headmaster.

Couey happy to be leading students at Trinity Christian

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Lord’s Prayer fills moment of silence

Photos by Greg Swars, Janice Ballard and Mary Beth Port

The majority of the home stands joined togetherin reciting the Lordʼs Prayer during Fridayʼs mo-ment of silence. The prayer was in response to achange in school policy removing the invocationfrom pregame festivities.

Thousands respond at game and on social media to school’s change in policy from invocation to moment of silence

Roughly 40-50 out for ‘Weare a Christian Nation’ rally

By KELLY LENZParticipants in the "We are a Christian

Nation" rally and march gathered at the Mar-ket on Madison in Downtown Dublin Satur-day for a planned two and a quarter milewalk to the Home Depot.

About 40-50 people representing severalchurches around Georgia stood in the alreadyoppressive heat at 9 a.m. and listened tospeaker Dr. John Powell talk about prayer inschool. Several people brandishing signs andChristian, American, and an Israeli flagshouted out impassioned comments concern-ing school prayer.

Powell stated his views on the local issueat West Laurens High School, with some par-ticipants criticizing the Laurens CountySchool Board's decision to replace the invoca-tion with a moment of silence before Raiderfootball games in the wake of a complaintfrom Americans United for Separation ofChurch and State - a Washington D.C. - basedadvocacy group.

Dr. Powell went on to emphasize the im-portance of keeping the word of Jesus inschools to those gathered and led the crowd inprayer before the group departed for themarch.

Raymond Sutton led the crowd down Jack-son Street and around the courthouse blockon his golf cart. The crowd returned to thefarmers market and did not make theplanned walk to the Home Depot due to thehigh heat and humidity.

Photo by Kelly Lenz

Powell speaks to the assembly thattook part in the walk down BellevueSaturday morning.

Danny Coney

Funeral services for Mr.Danny Coney, 57, of Dublin,will be held on Wednesday,August 26, 2015, at 1 PM atthe Greater New FriendshipBaptist Church, 3265 High-way 19 South, Dublin. Inter-ment will follow at MountMcCrae Cemetery. Viewingwill be from 12 PM until thefuneral hour at the church.

Mr. Coney was born onAugust 7, 1958, to the lateMr. Tommie and EuniceConey. As a much-loved fa-ther, grandfather, son andbrother, he passed awaypeacefully at Serenity Hos-pice on August 21, 2015, withhis family and friends pre-sent. He had bravely con-fronted and fought a spinalcord injury that left him aquadriplegic.

He was preceded in deathby his brothers, JamesConey, Maxie Coney, andTommie Lee Coney, Jr., andby his sisters, Grace Sewell,Juanita Coney, and Mae Eve-lyn Davis.

Mr. Coney is survived byhis son, Daniel R. Coney ofDublin; grandson, DamoneConey of Dublin; grand-daughter, Tavaeha Coney ofDublin; brothers BennieEarl Coney of Eastman, andBonnie Coney and RonnieConey of Dublin; sisters, Ed-die Mae Ellington, HellenPittman, Dorothy (Billy)Boston, Amigene Wright,Sheila (Wayne) Hines, Bren-da (Tony) Chain, and ShirleyConey of Dublin, ValeneConey of Hempstead, NewYork and Jacklyn (Alex)Coney-Davis of Evans, and ahost of nieces, nephews,cousins, great nephews, greatnieces and friends.

The family is receivingfriends at 215 West Drive inDublin.

Services by Dudley Funer-al Home of DublinPlease post condolences atwww.ServicesByDudley.com

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Clinton Dominy

Clinton C. Dominy, age 75,of Dublin, died Sunday, Aug.23, 2015.

Arrangements are incom-plete at this time and will beannounced later byTownsend Brothers FuneralHome.

———Fred Cross

Mr. Fred Cross of Atlantapassed away on Saturday,Aug. 22, 2015. Funeralarrangements are incompleteand will be announced later.Family will be receivingfriends at the home of Luethaand Ernestine Cross,(sister)1307 South Jefferson Street,Dublin.

Services by Dudley Funer-al Home of Dublin.wwwservicesbydudley.com

Mary Sandra Mixon

A Celebration of LifeMemorial Service for MarySandra Mixon, age 69, will beheld at 11 a.m. Wednesday,Aug. 26, 2015 in the ChanStanley Memorial Chapel ofStanley Funeral Home andCrematory. The Rev. JamesCovington and Mr. LarryKight will officiate.

Mrs. Mixon was born onSept. 17, 1945 in Bartow,Georgia. She was the daugh-ter of the late Roundtree andMary Lamb Tanner. She wasa homemaker. Mrs. Mixonpassed away on Sunday, Aug.23, 2015 at her residence.

Mrs. Mixon is survived byher two sisters, Jimmie EveWynn and Betty Burns, bothof East Dublin.

Stanley Funeral Homeand Crematory /DublinChapel has charge of funeralarrangements. To sign theOnline Register Book pleasevisitwww.stanleyfuneralhome.com or call the 24-Hour StanleyFuneral Home and Cremato-ry Obituary Line at (478)272-0106 to hear the latest funer-al updates.

Dan Cravey

Mr. John Daniel “Dan”Cravey, age 79, of Milan, diedSaturday, Aug. 22, 2015.

Funeral services will beheld at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug.24, at Southerland FuneralChapel, with interment inMilan City Cemetery.

Mr. Cravey was a memberand deacon of Siloam BaptistChurch and a 32-year retiredcrane operator for RobinsAFB. He was son of the lateJulia Hart Cravey and GusCravey.

Survivors include his wife,Betty Nell Sheffield Cravey;daughter, Mary Ann C.Mikell (Craig); three sons,Donnie Cravey (Debbie),Tommy Cravey and Johnny“Chubbie” Cravey (Debby);five sisters, Jewel Allday(René), Suellen Black, BettyEckles, Latann Buchananand Diane Fordham; sister-in-law, Bertha Cravey; 12grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

The family will receivefriends in Southerland Fu-neral Chapel from 1:30 to 3p.m. Monday, Aug. 24.

Stokes-Southerland Fu-neral Home of Eastman hascharge of arrangements.www.stokes-southerland.com

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DEAR ABBY: I'm nearly100 percent sure my husbandis cheating on me. I trackedhim a couple of times usingthe GPS on his phone and sawhe wasn't where he told me hewould be. I know he has a fe-male acquaintance who livesin the general area of wherehe was, so I did a little inves-tigating. Sure enough, shelives exactly where he was. Idon't know whether to con-front him now, or wait to try tocatch him at her house sothere will be no denying it.My husband is the last per-

son on Earth I thought wouldcheat. When it comes to every-thing else in life, he's a man ofhigh standards and integrity.I'm afraid to be on my own be-cause I never have been. Idon't see how I/we can afford adivorce. Please help! -- INSHOCK IN FLORIDADEAR IN SHOCK: You

must have suspected thatsomething wasn't right, or youwouldn't have been trackingyour husband's whereabouts.Now that you know for certainhe hasn't been truthful, pro-tect yourself by consulting anattorney who specializes infamily law.This does not mean I'm

suggesting you divorce yourhusband. However, you WILLbe enlightened about whatyour rights are as his wife.Armed with that information,if you decide to drop by thewoman's house while yourhusband is there and confrontthem, it may help your hus-band recognize that a divorceisn't in his financial interestand give him an incentive torepair your marriage.

DEAR ABBY: Would it berude to invite someone to afestive occasion weeks after heor she lost a loved one? Is

there a time frame or an eti-quette reference? It seems cal-lous to issue an invitation, butif I didn't, I'd feel like I'mshunning or forgetting theperson. I am looking for a ma-ture way to approach this.Have you any thoughts youcan offer? -- TREADINGLIGHTLY IN N.Y.C.DEAR TREADING LIGHT-

LY: Call the person and sayyou are thinking about him orher, and ask how your friendis doing. During the conversa-tion, allude to the fact thatyou'll be having a celebrationand mention that if he or sheis feeling up to it, the invita-tion is open.Your friend may surprise

you and accept because thereis no timetable for grief, andmuch of the grieving may havebeen done while the deceasedwas alive and ailing. However,if your friend declines, at leasthe/she will know you werethinking about him/her, andthat's very important at atime like this.

DEAR ABBY: Our bright,attractive daughter recently

told us that she's seeing atransgender man. For finan-cial reasons, this man has nothad a complete sex change. Hestill has a female body part.This has caused deep divisionwithin our family because,while we love our daughter,we also refuse to see this asbeing "normal" and believe itwill have a negative impact onour daughter professionally.Please advise. -- LIVING ANIGHTMARE IN NEW MEX-ICODEAR LIVING A NIGHT-

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In 2009's "Land of theLost," when a mosquito of gar-gantuan proportions bites WillFarrell, he seems oddly oblivi-ous. But for 20 percent of folkswith just the right blood type,metabolism or a love of beer,being bitten by mosquitoes(over and over) can cause anx-iety, itching and more itching.

What makes you mosquitobait? Skeeters favor folks withblood type O twice as much asthose with type A; B is in be-tween. And 85 percent of folkssecrete a chemical signalthrough their skin announc-ing their blood type to tuned-in mosquitos!

The pests also can smell ap-pealing (to them) lactic acid,uric acid and ammonia mixed

in with sweat. They like high-er body temps, too. So, thesechemicals can make you a tar-get -- especially when you ex-ercise.

Your skin's naturally occur-ring bacteria also can say "biteme!" And drinking just 12ounces of beer can make you amosquito magnet!

How can you keep these gals(only female mosquitoes bite)at bay without pesticides?

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Second cancers on the rise;1 in 5 US cases is a repeat

By MARILYNN MAR-CHIONE, AP Chief MedicalWriter

Second cancers are on therise. Nearly 1 in 5 new cases inthe U.S. now involves someonewho has had the disease before.

When doctors talk about sec-ond cancers, they mean a differ-ent tissue type or a differentsite, not a recurrence or spreadof the original tumor.

Judith Bernstein of subur-ban Philadelphia is an extremeexample. She has had eighttypes over the last two decades,all treated successfully.

"There was a while when Iwas getting one cancer diagno-sis after another," includingbreast, lung, esophageal, andthe latest — a rare tumor of hereyelids, she said. "At one point Ithought I had cancer in my littlefinger."

About 19 percent of cancersin the United States now aresecond-or-more cases, a recentstudy found. In the 1970s, it wasonly 9 percent. Over that period,the number of first cancers rose70 percent while the number ofsecond cancers rose 300 percent.

Strange as it may sound, thisis partly a success story: Morepeople are surviving cancer andliving long enough to get itagain, because the risk of cancerrises with age.

Second cancers also can arisefrom the same gene mutationsor risk factors, such as smoking,that spurred the first one. Andsome of the very treatmentsthat help people survive theirfirst cancer, such as radiation,can raise the risk of a new can-cer forming later in life, al-though treatments have greatlyimproved in recent years tomin-imize this problem.

Psychologically, a second can-cer often is more traumatizingthan the first.

"I think it's a lot tougher" formost people, said Julia Row-land, director of the federal Of-fice of Cancer Survivorship."The first time you're diagnosed,it's fear of the unknown. Whenyou have your next diagnosis,it's fear of the known," and hav-ing to face treatment all overagain.

Robert Ulrich, 58, a contrac-tor and building inspector inWasilla, Alaska, said that whendoctors told him in 2013 he hadadvanced colon cancer, two

decades after he had overcomeHodgkin lymphoma, it was like"they put a time stamp on yourexistence ... it makes your headspin."

He is making end-of-lifeplans while fighting the diseasewith aggressive chemotherapy.

"My outlook on it is, I got 30years out of the first go-roundwhich gave me an opportunityto raise my family and enjoy mybride. So whatever time I getforward here I consider freetime," he said. "You hope for thebest and you prepare for theworst."

Imagine what it has beenlike for Bernstein, 72, thePhiladelphia-area woman whohas had skin, lymphoma,breast, two types of lung,esophageal, thyroid and now theeyelid cancer, a form of lym-phoma.

"I'm not going to tell you I'msome uber human being," Bern-stein said. She went to a psychi-atrist after one diagnosis and"spent four days very upset" af-ter the latest one.

But she said that exercisinghas helped her feel well throughtreatments, and that having en-dured many tragedies amongher friends and family has givenher resilience. "Some people justcan grieve and deal with it"when faced with challenges likecancer, she said.

"She is so upbeat," said Bar-bara Rogers, a nurse practition-er at Fox Chase Cancer Centerwho has treated Bernstein formore than a decade. For mostpatients, "it is harder the secondtime around, or third or fourth... like, 'Oh, God, not again.'"

Medically, second cancerspose special challenges. Treat-ment choices may be more limit-ed. For example, radiation usu-ally isn't given to the same areaof the body more than once.Some drugs also have lifetimedose limits to avoid nerve orheart damage.

"The body has a memory forthe radiation or chemotherapy"and can't endure toomuch of thesame type, said Dr. AlanVenook, a colon and liver cancerexpert at the University of Cali-fornia, San Francisco, whotreats Ulrich, the Alaska man.

A second cancer means doc-tors need to assess genetic riskto the patient and possibly thefamily, Venook said.

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PLAINS (AP) — Plains,Georgia, plans on giving backto their resident globe-trot-ting former president by keep-ing him upbeat and enter-tained.Jimmy Carter and his

hometown have always beenintertwined, from the day heannounced he would run forpresident and an old train de-pot downtown became a localcampaign office. He and hiswife, Rosalynn, have alwayskept a home there, but the 90-year-old Carter intends tospend a lot more time in thetiny town as he's treated forcancer that has spread to hisbrain.The one-block business dis-

trict specializes in Carter po-litical memorabilia andpeanut souvenirs. Visitorsstop by after touring dozens ofproperties associated with theNobel Peace Prize winner andhis extended family, includingCarter's boyhood farm and agas station once run by hisbrother, Billy.The Carters live just down

the street, in a 1961 homethey built before he enteredpolitics. It's now encircled byan iron fence with a guardcheckpoint, and locals knowSecret Service agents byname, along with their snackpreferences.For Carter and former first

lady Rosalynn Carter, Plainsis a "haven" from their workin Atlanta and around theglobe, he has said. They bothwere born and grew up in thearea. They return here follow-ing each challenge, includinghis 1980 loss to Ronald Rea-gan and his first radiationtreatment last Thursday.Residents determined to

put a familiar grin on the 90-year-old Carter's face ordered500 green and blue yard signsand fanned out to plant themin yards and along everyroute into Plains. Signs de-claring "Jimmy Carter ForCancer Survivor," a sloganfirst shown in an editorial car-toon in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, are in demandelsewhere now.It was a small gesture for

the person who put Plains onthe map and has continued tothink about the town's bestinterests, said Jill Stuckey, afriend who hosts the Cartersfor dinner regularly."They have always sup-

ported Plains, even down to(choosing) their burial placehere in Plains," Stuckey, 54,said. "If in the future, youknow, 20 years from nowwhen President and Mrs.

Carter have passed — or 30years — they know that willbe a draw for Plains."Plains residents, especially

members of the church whereJimmy Carter taught Sundayschool this weekend, are asprotective of "Mr. Jimmy" and"Miss Rosalynn" as they areproud of their town's repre-sentatives.Jan Williams, a friend of

the Carters, manages thecrowds eager to see Carterteach at Maranatha BaptistChurch. On Sunday, shewarned hundreds seated onbenches inside the churchthat they were not to offer ahandshake when Carter satfor photos following the ser-vice.Her pre-lesson rules also

had a new suggestion: Posi-tive reinforcement."Please don't say 'I'm so

sorry you have cancer,'" shesaid. "He already knows he

has it. Let's be positive."More than 700 people heard

Carter deliver a familiar mes-sage this weekend: When yourburden grows heavy, ask Godfor strength. The demandprompted a hastily organizedsecond class at a nearby highschool.Carter himself remains the

biggest draw for Plains visi-tors. He plans to continueteaching Sunday school at thesmall Baptist church he andRosalynn attend but churchmembers say they aren't cer-tain whether Carter can con-tinue doing back-to-back class-es.A.W. and Judy Hargett re-

cently retired and decided todrive to Plains from theirhome in Florence, Alabama, ona hot and buggy Saturday. Thecouple joined a steady streamof visitors touring the familyfarm, where Carter helped inthe family store and fields.Judy Hargett said she's

wanted to attend one ofCarter's Sunday School classesfor years and didn't want tomiss an opportunity."I didn't know if the treat-

ments would make him sicklater and he wouldn't be ableto teach," she said. "I have somuch respect for PresidentCarter. I still call him Presi-dent."

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Former President Jimmy Carter, left, sits with his wife Rosalynn as they pose for photos with Bill Bush, of Adel, Ga., fromright, his grandson Carson Shirley, 9, daughter Lara Norris, and wife Pat Bush after Carter taught Sunday School class atMaranatha Baptist Church in his hometown Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. The 90-year-old Carter gave one lessonto about 300 people filling the small Baptist church that he and his wife, Rosalynn, attend. It was Carter's first lesson sincedetailing the intravenous drug doses and radiation treatment planned to treat melanoma found in his brain after surgeryto remove a tumor from his liver. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Former President Jimmy Carter, sits to pose for photos after teachingSunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown Sun-day, Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A person walks near dolls of former PresidentJimmy Carter in a store in his hometown ofPlains, Ga., Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, The one-block business district specializes in Carter po-litical memorabilia and peanut souvenirs. Visi-tors stop by after touring dozens of propertiesassociated with the Nobel Peace Prize winner.(AP Photo/David Goldman)

Jimmy Carter sat beforea microphone for 45 min-utes last Thursday morningand detailed his diagnosisand prognosis for battlingcancer. He looked every bitthe familiar face Georgianshave known for decades.It’s quite easy to forget thathe’s approaching his 91stbirthday. The fact that he’sin otherwise excellenthealth helps.

There was a noticeablecalmness and quiet dignityabout him that, while rou-tine for him, was magnifiedby the circumstances of thepress conference. After all,who among us would holdsuch a press conferencewith the details (whichsounded almost as if anapology) that we would bescaling back our activitiesknowing that we would bereceiving radiation withinhours for cancer that hadspread to our brain? Wouldwe be first concerned to letothers’ know we may not bekeeping a full (and interna-tional) schedule? Howmany of us would have puton a coat and tie that day?

Jimmy Carter is a prod-uct of the small town ofPlains and from thesestrong roots has achieved

the pinnacle of politicalpower. And yet, with all hehas seen and done, he sat,calmly, quietly, answeringquestion after questionabout his future. TheNobel Peace Prize winner isclearly a man at peace withhimself, and his mortality.He has goals he wants tofulfill – like eradicating theguinea worm – but heknows how much time hehas left is a question withan answer that is out of hishands.

Faith has long been partof President Carter’s publicpersona. He taughtSunday School days afterannouncing he had cancer.He did so again this pastSunday after his first radia-tion treatment. He does sotwo to three times permonth, juggling responsi-bilities at his home churchin his hometown whiletraveling abroad for theCarter Center. His travelsbring hope and healing to aworld lacking in both.

Carter has dedicated hislife to demonstrating hedoesn’t just talk the talk ofChristianity when it waspolitically expedient. Longafter his electoral goalshave ended he has contin-

ued to apply his efforts andenergy to glorify theKingdom of God.

The questions asked bymany of my friends private-ly and on social media thisweek had themes of, “Howdoes he keep doing this?”and, “How is he so calmknowing what’s ahead ofhim?” The answer is one offaith, and his actions haveallowed him to demonstratethe power of his faith on aworldwide stage.

With these images inmind I’ve been struck bythe contrast of how religionand politics have beenmixed since President

Carter left the WhiteHouse. The 80’s gave usthe rise of the ChristianCoalition and an organizedRight To Life politicalmovement. The battletheme was to “win thehearts and minds”.

And yet, many of usaligned with these goalshave often fallen short inthe eyes of the voters andvery likely the eyes of God.Instead of the calmingpeace and forgiveness thatcomes from a personal rela-tionship with God, we’veweaponized religion as atool to beat partisan ene-mies.

Republicans used thesetools with a lot of successover the past two decades,(if you define success solelyon the basis of short-termelectoral gains). In theprocess, we’ve also toldthose who don’t vote theway we do they’re not wel-come in God’s Kingdom.We’ve placed ourselves, notGod, in making judgmenton others’ souls.

The problem is com-pounded when so many ofour leaders have fallenshort of the words theyexpress, and reveal person-al spiritual and moral fail-ures. It’s not too difficult tounderstand why those whoare unchurched look uponthe hypocrisy and decidethey don’t wish to be part ofour party. Much worse,they don’t want to be partof our religion.

Too many have used -and continue to use – reli-gion as a club to beat politi-cal followers into submis-sion. In doing so, webypass any chance to actu-ally win hearts and minds.And thus, we lose souls.

It’s not too difficult tounderstand why the onlytime Jesus showed angerwas when he turned the

moneychangers out of thetemple. The moneychang-ers - well, they are aresilient bunch - and sur-vive and thrive to this dayand are quick to tell youGod is a Republican andthe devil is a Democrat.

Yet amidst all thetrumped up religiosity,there’s this quiet man fromPlains-90 years young andstaring down the devil thatis cancer. He is calm notbecause he believes God ison his side, but because heknows he’s on God’s side.He need not ask whatJesus would do because healready knows. Jesusspeaks to his open heart- aheart that is open tohuman suffering and pain.And through his actions,the lifelong Democrat hasbeen able to show the worldthe grace God’s love affordsus.

I hope some of our mon-eychangers are takingnotice.

Monday, August 24, 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

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

To say Betty Wallace lovesGeorgia Tech is to say Romeoloved Juliet or hogs love slop.It is a simple fact.

Who else do you know thatattended Georgia Tech foot-ball games for some 80 years— that’s not a misprint — andwas a season ticket holder forTech basketball for decadesuntil the practicality of agemade her realize she couldroot just as hard from home asshe did on-site? And she does.

Wallace is one of my mostfaithful readers and doesn’thesitate to tell me or anyoneelse what she thinks. Andwhat she thinks is that it istime I wrote something niceabout Georgia Tech instead ofalways picking on her belovedYellow Jackets.

Can I take a hint? When itcomes to Ms. Wallace, you betyour silver britches I can. Itwon’t be easy, but it will bemuch easier than telling her“no.”

Looking for something niceto say about Georgia Tech ledme to Marietta in search ofone of the “Lost Dodd Boys” —the last group of high schoolseniors to sign with GeorgiaTech football coach BobbyDodd, but who would neverplay a down for him.

Steve Norris is the owner ofLong Life Strategies, LLC,and a certified adviser onsenior living and long-termcare issues, specializing inhelping people with their long-term care costs. In 1966, hewas a quarterback at Marietta

High School. And not just anyquarterback. He was a highschool All-American, ClassAAA Back of the Year inGeorgia and highly recruitedby a number of colleges.

“I considered going toAuburn,” he says. “My dadand coach Shug Jordan hadbeen classmates at Auburnand were close friends. I alsothought about playing forVince Dooley at Georgia.”

But his dream was to playfor Dodd, the renowned coachat Georgia Tech.

“I wanted to be the nextgreat Georgia Tech quarter-back,” Norris said. “But mostof all, I wanted to play forcoach Dodd.”

The high school star signedhis letter of intent withGeorgia Tech, having beenassured by Dodd that hewould be there throughout

Norris’ career.But Dodd announced in

February 1967 that he wasretiring as head football coachfor health reasons — he wasdiagnosed with kidney andprostate problems. He wouldremain as athletic directoruntil 1976. Dodd died in 1988.

“In those days, if yousigned a letter of intent to goto a particular school, thatwas it,” Norris said. “Therewas no changing your mind. Iwas stuck.”

Therefore, Norris, the out-standing high school quarter-back who had high hopes ofplaying for Dodd and becom-ing Georgia Tech’s next greatquarterback, found himselfsuiting up for Dodd’s succes-sor, Bud Carson, a hard-nosed, defensive-mindedcoach who seemed determinedto do everything differentlythan had his legendary prede-cessor.

Dodd won 165 games in 22years. Carson’s five-yearrecord was 25-25; he would bethe first Tech football coach tobe fired.

For Norris, what had beena dream turned into a night-mare. He said, “I was movedto running back, then todefensive back and finally totight end.”

Norris said he became atight end after an assistantcoach told him to run as fastas he could for 10 yards andthen toward the sidelines andcatch a pass. He did.

“I couldn’t block a sheet of

paper, and suddenly I was atight end,” he chuckled.

He caught 25 passes for254 yards and two touch-downs at Georgia Tech. Notwhat a high school All-America quarterback had inmind when he signed on.

Norris passed up his finalyear of eligibility, graduatedwith a management degreeand worked for Procter &Gamble for five years beforecoming home to Marietta tostart his insurance business.

Is he bitter at how thingsturned out at Tech? “No,” hesaid firmly, “That experiencetaught me a discipline I mightnot have learned otherwise.Things don’t always turn outthe way you plan, but youkeep on moving forward. Itwas a valuable lesson.”

Norris may not have hadthe stellar college footballcareer he envisioned, but hepersevered and today is arespected businessman anddoting grandfather. That’seven better.

And to think: Had it notbeen for Wallace’s marchingorders, I would have missedthe opportunity to hear thestory of the “Lost Dodd Boys.”The things I do for my read-ers.

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

A look back at a member of ‘Lost Dodd Boys’

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Jimmy Carter: former President, current faith

In a news conference lastThursday, former President JimmyCarter detailed his current battlewith cancer.He outlined plans for treatment

and his overall outlook.What was most telling, though,

wasn’t all of the time Carter spenttalking about his ailment but howmuch time he gave to speakingabout the projects he hoped to getfinished or the ones he wished hadnot been left undone.It was yet another example of his

heart and faith supremely focusedoutward toward others instead ofinward on himself.That is an admirable quality we

should all hope to emulate, especial-ly given the circumstances.In the meantime, we should all

wish President Carter well and goodluck as he battles this awful disease.If anything stands in his favor, it’s

that his positive attitude is guaran-teed to give him better than a fight-ing chance.Good luck President Carter and

God bless.

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Good luckPresident Carter

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IItt''ss aa nneeww llooww ttoo comparethe football season to Christ-mas.

TThheerree iiss nnootthhiinngg wwrroonnggwith the world. God created abeautiful world. The problemis the sick people in it.

WWhhooeevveerr ccaammee uupp wwiitthhthe idea of no prayer don'tknow what they are missing.God is the head of everything.He rules the world.

TTooddaayy ''ss ppaappeerr sshhoowweeddtthhee ccoommppllaaiinntt of the individ-ual not to pray at the school. Ifthey choose to be an atheist,that's not my problem.

IItt''ss aa sshhaammee tthhaatt ssoo ffeewwcan dictate to the many ofwhat goes on in our schools. Ithink it should be majorityrules.

MMyy ccoommppllaaiinntt iiss,, II wantprayer at the football games. Ifthis person doesn't wantprayer at the football game,who is it? Put up or shut up.

II jjuusstt wwaanntteedd ttoo tthhaannkkyyoouu for the information thatwas in the paper on Aug. 19about oral health and dentalhygiene. That's good informa-tion.

II tthhoouugghhtt sscchhooooll bbooaarrddmmeemmbbeerrss are supposed to rep-resent their district. We wantprayer at West Laurens stadi-um.

II''vvee ssaatt iinn ffoooottbbaallll ssttaaddii--uummss where there was noprayer, but I heard a lot offilthy talk. I'd rather my chil-dren and grandchildren sit in astadium with prayer than onewithout prayer.

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WWhhaatt aa sshhaammee.. II jjuusstt readin the paper and it made mecry that we can't have prayerat West Laurens High School.It's a shame that the leadersand people will not stand upfor Jesus Christ. Please standup for Jesus. Stand up duringthat moment of silence andpray.

AAfftteerr rreeaadd iinngg FFrriiddaayy''ssppaappeerr,, I'm really disappointedin the board of education.

HHeerree wwee ggoo aaggaaiinn wwiitthhaattttaacckkss on the Christians. Noprayer at the West LaurensHigh School before the ball-games. As Christians, we havethe right for free speech. Bringa megaphone and say yourown prayer. Let everyoneknow that you mean business.An individual prayer would befine. Let the others know thatwe aren't going to stand by andtake this laying down anylonger. Christians, stand upand be counted.

TThhee ffrroonntt ppaaggee oo ff FFrrii--ddaayy''ss The Courier Heraldmade me sick. I'm tired ofthese little groups telling mewhat I can and cannot do. Iwould like to be able to seethem when they stand beforethe Lord, and He says, "Sorry,I never knew you." If theydon't be like Saul and becomePaul, realizing, there is a God!

HHooww lloonngg iiss tthhee CCiittyy oo ffGGoorrddoonn going to continue tolet this woman make an em-barrassing laughing stock outof them? What does that sayabout the people who electedher? Before you start cryingracism, I'm an African Ameri-can.

MMyy wwiiffee aanndd II hhaavvee hhaaddcourt-issued weapon permitsfor years. Myself for 20 andher for 10. Up until now, weseldom carried our weaponswith us, let alone "on us.” Nomore. So as not to upset thepublic, we carry concealedwhen possible. We are veryaware of our surroundings andpeople in close proximity. Weare both considered elderly un-der the law. Don't mistake usfor easy prey.

AAss ffoorr tthhee ssoo ccaalllleedd eemmaaiillscandal, we Democrats are go-ing to vote for Hillary anyway.

BBllaacckk aanndd wwhhiittee lliivveessmatter. We need to quit killingeach other and other races.

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In 1954, President DwightD. Eisenhower signed theCommunist Control Act, out-lawing the Communist Partyin the United States.

In 1964, the first RomanCatholic Mass celebrated inEnglish took place at Kiel Au-ditorium in St. Louis.

In 1970, an explosives-laden van left by anti-war ex-tremists blew up outside theUniversity of Wisconsin'sSterling Hall in Madison,killing 33-year-old researcherRobert Fassnacht.

In 1989, Baseball Commis-sioner A. Bartlett Giamatti(juh-MAH'-tee) banned PeteRose from the game for bet-ting on his own team, theCincinnati Reds.

In 1992, Hurricane Andrewsmashed into Florida, causing$30 billion in damage; 43 U.S.deaths were blamed on thestorm.

In 2006, the InternationalAstronomical Union declaredthat Pluto was no longer aplanet, demoting it to the sta-tus of a "dwarf planet."

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militants. In Florida, politicalnewcomer Rick Scott beat BillMcCollum for the GOP guber-natorial nomination. (Scottwent on to win election in No-vember, narrowly defeatingAlex Sink.)

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Aman accused of shooting astate trooper with a sawed-offshotgun told him afterward,"You're lucky — you're going todie soon," according to the headof Louisiana State Police.

Senior Trooper Steven Vin-cent, 43, was fighting for hislife after being shot in the headby a man whose pickup truckwas stuck sideways in a ditch,Col. Mike Edmonson said Sun-day night. "His brain is nottelling his body what to do,"Edmonson said.

Edmonson said KevinDaigle, 54, of Lake Charles,was under arrest at a hospitalwhere he was taken after othermotorists saw the fallen police-man and wrestled Daigle to theground.

Police video showed Vin-cent, a 13-year state police vet-eran in southwest Louisianaand member of a law enforce-ment family, very professional-ly trying to talk a man out ofthe vehicle stuck sideways in aditch, Edmonson said during anews conference.

He said the truck dooropened and Daigle came outwith the shotgun.

"That shotgun wasn't to doanything else but hurt some-one. Kill someone," Edmonsonsaid.

He said the tape shows theshotgun blast. "I saw my troop-er go backwards and back to-ward his unit, where he wasgoing to try to get some helpout there," Edmonson said.

After the shooting, he said,Daigle wandered into the roadand over to Vincent, asking ifhe was alive.

"You could hear him breath-ing, telling him, 'You're lucky.You're lucky — you're going todie soon.' That's the words that

came out of his mouth," Ed-monson said.

He said two or three driversstopped immediately, one ofthem spinning around on thetwo-lane highway.

That driver wrestled theshotgun away from Daigle,and, with the others, got him tothe ground, and snapped Vin-cent's handcuffs on his wrists,Edmonson said. As far as heknew, he said, the good Samar-itans were unhurt.

Edmonson said Daigle had"numerous DWIs" and otherarrests that he wouldn't dis-cuss because he didn't knowwhether they resulted in con-victions. Daigle faces chargesincluding attempted first-de-gree murder of a police officer,Edmonson said.

Sgt. James Anderson,southwest Louisianaspokesman for state police,said Daigle was hospitalizedfor injuries he suffered whilethe other motorists subduedhim.

"He struggled with the guyswho came to assist — had somescrapes on him and so on," An-derson said.

Both Daigle and the trooperwho was shot are white, hesaid.

Edmonson said Vincent hasa wife, Katherine, and a 9-year-old son, Ethan. Edmonsonsaid one of Vincent's brothersis also a state trooper and an-other is police chief in the near-by town of Iowa (pronounced"EYE-oh-way").

"His family lives andbreathes law enforcement," Ed-monson said.

"More than anything else,my trooper needs yourprayers," he said. "He's got along, hard fight. ... He deservesa future — not to die like this."

Police: Man whoshot trooper told himhe would ʻdie soonʼ

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP)— At least 100 victims andwitnesses of James Holmes'deadly attack on a Coloradomovie theater are expected totestify about the crime's pro-found and continuing impacton their lives during a formalsentencing hearing startingMonday.

The three-day hearing givessurvivors a chance to sharetheir harrowing stories withthe judge, but it won't changeHolmes' sentence. Jurors al-ready determined that Holmeswill spend the rest of his life inprison without parole for theJuly 20, 2012, attack thatkilled 12 people and injured 70others.

Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr.will formally sentence Holmesto life on 24 counts of first-de-gree murder — two for each ofthose killed. This week's testi-mony will help him determineHolmes' sentences on 141 oth-er counts that include attempt-ed murder and an explosivescharge. Samour has not set alimit on the number of peoplewho can take the stand.

Many victims testified dur-ing Holmes' four-month trialabout the terror and carnagehe inflicted on more than 400

people who filled the seats at asold-out midnight movie pre-miere of "The Dark KnightRises" in suburban Aurora.Holmes, a former graduatestudent in neuroscience,slipped into the darkened the-ater, threw gas canisters intothe crowd and opened fire witha shotgun, assault rifle and se-mi-automatic pistol.

Now, victims will be able totalk about the enduring harmhe caused. They won't be ableto address Holmes directly butrather the judge.

Holmes will also have anopportunity to speak, thoughhe declined to do so during histrial.

State corrections officialswill determine where Holmeswill be incarcerated after anevaluation that includes hismental health. That could lastup to 60 days, Department ofCorrections spokeswomanAdrienne Jacobson said.

Colorado prisons have anextensive mental health caresystem, and Holmes, who hasbeen diagnosed with varyingforms of schizophrenia, couldwind up in the department'smental hospital, the 250-bedSan Carlos Correctional Facili-ty in Pueblo.

100 people may speak atJames Holmesʼ sentencing

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Monday

•Dublin-Laurens FVSU Alumni Chapter at 6:30 p.m. in East Dublin Plummer’sSquare. •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.•Dublin Gamblers Anonymous Group, Contact 304-1033, Carl Vinson VA Medical Cen-ter, Building 1, Room 1B (upstairs conference room), 6:30 p.m.•Lunch Bunch Al-Anon meet each Tuesday at noon at First Baptist Church. Enterthrough 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.

Tuesday•Dublin Ladies Golf Association at Dublin Country Club beginning at 10 a.m. (everyfourth 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 onthe 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 at272-7820 for more information.

Dublin PoliceDepartment

Two men forced their wayinto a house on Victoria Circleon Aug. 6.

A man told an officer thathis son called and said twomen forced their way into thehouse where his two sonswere. The sons saw the menstanding in their kitchen.

The sons said they were intheir bedroom playing videogames when they heard a loudnoise coming from thekitchen. As soon as the mensaw the sons, they ran out ofthe house. One of the menwalked back under the car-port and asked if they had acigarette. They told him theydidn't smoke. He then left thearea.

Neither took anything fromthe house. The only thingdamaged was the door.

- Items were stolen from ahouse on Waterford Trail onAug. 6. An upstairs bedroomwas ransacked.

- Victoria Opal Johnson,32, of East Dublin, was givencitations for tail lights lensesrequired, failure to maintaininsurance and new resident

must register in Georgia with-in 30 days at the intersectionof Hillcrest Parkway andClaxton Dairy Road on Aug. 6.

Laurens CountySheriff's Office

- Timothy Wayne Powell, ofDublin, was arrested for anoutstanding warrant andBrandie Bennett, of Adrian,was charged with drug relatedobjects and possession of pillsnot in the original containerat the intersection of Highway441 and Southern Pines Roadon Aug. 8.

- Phillip Carter, of Glen-wood, was charged with dri-ving under the influence andother traffic offenses on High-way 19 near Holiday Road onAug. 8.

- A dark blue or blackRuger was stolen on WellsCircle on July 10.

- A black 9mm Glock was

stolen between July 31 andAug. 7 on Robertson ChurchRoad.

- A 2004 gold Chevrolet Sil-verado was found abandonedat the intersection of ReedySprings Church Road andHighway 338 in Rentz be-tween Aug. 7 and 8.

- A blower/vac, chainsaw,cordless drill with two charg-ers, two things of freon, bat-tery charge with jumper, mis-cellaneous tools and a sawed-off cutter were stolen from ashed on Pointe West Drive onAug. 8.

Editor's note: This informa-tion is public record and wastaken from reports of theDublin Police Department andthe Laurens County Sheriff'sOffice. These reports do not re-flect on the guilt or innocence.An "arrest" does not always in-dicate incarceration. Readersare cautioned that people mayhave similar names. PoliceBeat does not identify minorchildren, victims of sexual as-sault, suicide attempts or med-ical conditions. Cases dis-missed do not appear if thenewspaper is notified beforedeadline.

Two men break into house on Victoria Circle with children inside

Police Beat

Monday, August 24, 2015/Dublin, Ga/Page 6aThe Courier Herald

LOOKING BACK...50YEARS

DUBLIN COURIERHERALD

AUGUST 24, 1965

DUBLIN FACED WITHELECTING NEWMAYOR

The City of Dublin todayfaces the replacement of thelate Mayor L.R. Price, who diedin an Augusta hospital on Tues-day night with four months re-maining in the two-year termhe was elected to in 1963. TheDublin City Charter providesthat when a vacancy occurs"said vacancy shall be filled byan election ordered by theBoard of Aldermen to takeplace, not more than 60 daysfrom the time such vacancy oc-curs, under the same rules andregulations that govern otherelections in said city." Thus, thetask of the City Council is to setan election for Mayor Price'ssuccessor before October 23rd.

Unless there is a calledmeeting of the City Council set,the next meeting of the CityCouncil will be on Tuesdaynight, September 7th. The regu-lar meeting was postponed atthe last Council meeting fromthe regular Monday date toTuesday because of Labor Day.Mayor pro tem Clifford Warrenhas been presiding at the Coun-cil meetings since Mr. Price's ill-ness.

This morning Mayor pro temWarren told the COURIERHERALD that he would not bea candidate for Mayor in acalled election, nor would he of-fer for re-election from theFourth Ward, where he is com-pleting his second term as Al-derman. He gave as his reasonfor retiring from the city's offi-cial body the press of his busi-ness, not, he stated, that he wasnot interested in the city's af-fairs.

Five of the other six Alder-men were contacted by theCOURIERHERALD thismorn-ing about their interest in seek-ing election to the unexpiredterm of the Mayor. Three of thesix, Aldermen Wendell Smith,James H. Perry, and HaroldJones, said definitely theywould not seek election to theMayor's post. Aldermen LamarHogan and M.H. Hogan saidthat they were undecided at thepresent time as to whether ornot they would seek election asMayor in a special election. Al-derman Tyrus Gaillard couldnot be reached this morning bythe COURIER HERALD for astatement.

Another former city officialwhose name has been men-tioned as a potential candidatefor Mayor is former City ClerkAlbert Geeslin, who this morn-ing told the COURIER HER-ALD that at the present time hehad not given the matter anythought.

When the special election iscalled, the man named as May-or will be elected to fill the postuntil December 31st. The regu-

lar city election to name a May-or and four aldermen from fromeach of the four wards in thecity will be held on the firstMonday in December when thefive will be elected for two-yearterms. In the past, a City Pri-mary has been held by the CityExecutive Committee to nomi-nate a Mayor and four Alder-men. This is usually held thirtyto ninety days prior to the CityElection, though there are no le-gal provisions for holding a cityprimary.

This morning AldermanM.H. Hogan, while commentingon the need for a special elec-tion, said, "We definitely need tohave a young man as Mayorwho will take a stand and takethe lead for the progress ofDublin." This idea expressed byAlderman Hogan could elimi-nate him from theMayor's race.

DUBLIN IRISH TRIOHONORED BY STATE

PAPERIn Sunday's ATLANTA

JOURNAL Prep Football edi-tion, three Dublin Irish werehonored in the 22 all -classifica-tion- State Team for 1965. VicBelote, last year's All StateClass AA quarterback and Ron-nie Rogers, who was awardedlast year as Irish center, wasplaced as guard, but will playtackle this season. StanleyJohnson, the pint-sized half-back, will be a junior this yearand was also given an Honor-able Mention.

FOUR MILLION MANHOURS WITHOUTAN

ACCIDENTYesterday at 2:30 p.m. the

Dublin Plant of the J.P. Stevens& Co. attained four million manhours without an accident thatdisabled an employee. The accu-mulation of the four millionman hours without a disablingaccident started on April 13,1963, and the plant in celebrat-ing the fact is aiming now atfive million or more safe manhours. The previous highachieved by the Dublin Plantwas 3,962,569 on June 11, 1961,when an injured finger endedthe accumulation.

In 1964, the Dublin plant re-ceived the National SafetyCouncil's Award of Merit for thethird time and the Award ofHonor. In 1960, 1962, andagain in 1964 the Dublin Plantreceived the Georgia TextileManufacturing Association firstplace safety award.

Safety in plant operations isa day-to-day program at the J.P.Stevens & Co. plants here. TheNational Plant, the stock dyeplant, reached 4,037,564 safehours in August 1964 when an-other finger injury ended thesafety record. The MilledgevillePlant of the Stevens Companyattained 4,958,295 safe manhours in March 1965.

In appreciation for the safetyrecord set here, all employees ofthe Dublin Plant will receive aset of Stevens towels, consisting

of two bath towels, two handtowels, and two bath cloths inappreciation of the company forthe continuing safety record.

Members of the plant SafetyCommittee and managementpersonnel who gathered to cel-ebrate were John McLendon,Reford Bailey, Jake Clark, Wey-man Graham, Totsie Coleman,Rosaland McAfee, Edith Spivey,Gladys Bowan, B.I. Grimes,George McIntyre, Hugh Smith,Hazel Carswell, John Smyth,Max Browning, and FoyWilliamson.

John P. Baum is head of thewoolen and worsted divisions ofthe J.P. Stevens & Co. opera-tions, and Thomas D. Bruce isGeneral Manager of the Dublinplant.

MULLIS - MULLISANNOUNCEMENT

Mr. and Mrs. Walter C.Mullis of Dexter announce theengagement and forthcomingmarriage of their daughter,Yvonne (Tootsie) Mullis, toGlynn D. Mullis, son of Mr. andMrs. Prentice Mullis of Dublin.The wedding will be on Septem-ber 3 at 7:00 p.m. at AntiochBaptist Church.

The bride-elect is an honorgraduate of Dexter High School,reigning as 1965 HomecomingQueen. She is currently em-ployed at Curry Realtors. Mr.Mullis is also a graduate of Dex-ter High School and is employedby Georgia Power Company.

After a brief wedding trip,the couple will be at home at506 Pine Street in Dublin.

EAST DUBLIN WATERBOND ISSUE IS SOLD

The St. Paul Fire and Ma-rine Insurance Co. has pur-chased the major portion of theEast Dublin Water RevenueBonds for $105,000. The totalissue was $120,000. Accordingto Graves and Kellam, thefirm's local representatives, theCompany's activity in buyingthese certificates manifests itsfaith in the future of LaurensCounty. They have mademulti-ple purchases in other Southernstates.

The proceeds of the bondsare to be used for drilling a sec-ond well, a 100,000 gallonsreservoir, and for extensions tothe system.

ENROLLMENT HITSNEW HIGH IN DUBLIN -LAURENS SCHOOLS

The first day's enrollment inthe Dublin-Laurens School Sys-tem hit a new high on the firstday of the 1965-66 school term,according to figures released bySuperintendent of Schools S.R.Lawrence. The enrollment inthe system's nineteen schoolswas 7,555 which is a gain of 225over last year.

The schools inside the cityreported a total enrollment of3,606; last year the enrollmentwas 3,460, an increase of 148.The schools outside the cityproper reported a total of 3,947,an increase of 77 over last year.The peak enrollment is expect-ed in October and November,when it could approach the8,000 mark.

The enrollment of theschools for the first day lastyear and the first day this yearas reported by SuperintendentLawrence are:

School 1964 1965Dublin 664 706Johnson St. 181 189Hillcrest 167 206Saxon Heights 372 384Moore Street 360 348C. Elementary 636 617Oconee High 406 473Susie Dasher 392 411Wash. St. 282 274Cadwell 99 100Dexter 333 320Cedar Grove 74 59Dudley 307 317EL 1,006 1,020Laurens High 271 254Rentz 219 219Mary Fleming 413 417B.D. Perry 520 513Millville 628 718Total 7330 7555

RAMS TO STAGESIGNAL DRILLAT EAST

LAURENS"Competition for playing po-

sitions on the East Laurensfootball eleven is hot andheavy," Rams Coach CharlesFrazier said today as the Ramsmade ready to take part in asignal drill this afternoon. "Wehave two or three boys compet-ing for each position, and exceptin one or two instances none ofthem has nailed down a start-ing spot as yet."

The Rams will practice inshorts this afternoon, startingat 4:00 after finishing most of

their heavy work with two prac-tice sessions under the lights,on Wednesday and Thursdaynights.

Twenty-seven boys are outfor the team now, the latest ad-dition being Charles Lathrop,150, a 10th grader whose fami-ly recently moved to Dublin.There are only four seniors onthe squad: Glenn Shiver, BobbyPadgett, Brady Spires, and Son-ny Bush.

Battling for the left end posi-tion are Van Moorman, GaryMcCord, and Glenn Shiver. Al-though Shiver has been hurt re-cently, he should be ready fortheWrightsville game. KennethSpires and Kenneth Moormanare still scrapping for the quar-terback spot even though Moor-man has been slowed for a cou-ple of days by an infected knee.

Other fights for position in-clude Vic Jordan and TerryMckinley for left tackle; CharlesChambers and Eli Mckinley forleft guard; Billy Foskey andJohn Brady for center; MarkOwens and Robert Reynolds forright guard; Kendall Brantley,Billy Baggett, and WoodrowHall for right tackle; and BuddyPadgett, Mike Spivey, andBrady Spires for right end.

Billy Brantley and GregMoorman are about even at lefthalfback with Robert Chafinand Sonny Bush competing forright halfback, and Jimmy Sut-ton, Albert Brantley, andCharles Lathrop working out atfullback.

Defensively the Rams havebeen using mostly BillyBaggett, Robert Reynolds, Jim-my Sutton, Charles Chambers,Vic Jordan, Billy Brantley, Al-bert Brantley, Gary McCord,Kenny Spires, Gregg Moorman,and Van Moorman.

The Rams have won but onegame in three years of competi-tion, but under the tutelage ofFrazier and Jack Drake, thereis promise of adding more victo-ries in the win column this year.

SUNBEAMS HOLDCHRISTMAS PARTY

EARLYOn Wednesday afternoon at

4 p.m. the Sunbeams of DudleyBaptist Church held their"Christmas in August" meet-ing. Little white trees withcolored balls helped with thedecorations to set the spirit ofthe Christmas season to in-spire the boys and girls to con-tinue to bring gifts for the Bap-tist Mission Center inLouisiana. They had broughttowels, soap, combs, bedlinens, bath powder, and tooth-brushes and went with theleaders, Mrs. Mary HelenHarper and Mrs. ShirleyMiller, to the Post Office to seethat the package was mailed,having brought with them themoney for postage. Afterwardsthey enjoyed Christmas cook-ies and punch.

Participating were Janet,Bruce, and Bryan Miller, John-ny and Cathy Chappell, Lisa

Reinhardt, Johanna Hicker-son, Darlene and MatthewManross, Tommy and BillyLeroy, Eddie Bozeman, Sonyaand Dixie Harper, Jim and Su-san Kemp, Lisa Richardson,Mike Dixon, and SonjaKillingsworth.

SENIOR CITIZENSCLUB MEETING ATDUBLIN COUNTRY CLUB

The Senior Citizens Clubmembers enjoyed a specialtreat on Thursday afternoon,when students of the Mar-garet Hill School of Dancingpresented several of the num-bers from the "Follies of 1965."Mrs. Halsey Leavitt was incharge of the program for theafternoon and welcomed anew member, Mr. R.K.Tongue, as well as the othermembers. She also introducedher "little friends," whom shecalled her special guests,Joyce Taylor, Debbie Chap-man, Donna Scarboro, SandyHammond, and Milly and TishLeavitt. Donna gave a devo-tional, which was followed bygroup singing.

Mrs. Hill introduced herpupils, who, dressed in beauti-ful and colorful costumes, pre-sented a show with the poiseand assurance of profession-als. Those performing wereCandace Cullen, Cathy New,Rita Jackson, Diane Braswell,Maria Pope, Joan Griffin, JanJoiner, Becky Wammock, PattiHinson, Patti Troupe, RhondaMixon, and Sally Smalley.

Members of the Senior Citi-zens Club who were presentwere Mesdames Mary Ivey,Sidney Lee, C.A. Chandler,W.O. McDaniel, Beulah Smith,H.L. Montford, R.M.Stanley,George Sutcliffe, B.A. Hurley,Hugh Arnold, G.W. Hodges,J.M. Daniel, Ruby Holt, E.A.Dominey, A.M. Dover, MaryKay, Marcia Wells, and C.M.King, as well as Mr. Tongue.

Dublin Service Leaguemembers assisting Mrs. Leav-itt were Mesdames Ben Hall,Don Lamb, Bill Duncan, MarkWatkins, Quentin Price, andDon Scarboro.

FEDERATED GARDENCLUBS TO MEET

The Dublin Federated Gar-den Club will hold its first fallmeeting on Wednesday, Sep-tember 1, at the LaurensCounty Library with Presi-dent Mrs. Ben Cochran incharge. Representatives ofthe Dublin Garden Club, theErin Garden Club, the Belle-vue Garden Club, and theShamrock Garden Club willmeet to plan activities for theyear, such as furnishing flow-ers for the Library and for theVA Chapel.

Representatives are Mrs.Milo Smith, Mrs. Steve Fuller,Mrs. Lois Scarborough, Mrs.B.H. Baldwin, Mrs. CharlesTraylor, Mrs. Edwin Sutcliffe,Mrs. Jim Askew, and Mrs.W.E. Lovett.

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make up your mind. Donʼt act hasti-ly just because someone puts pres-sure on you. Step back and do yourbest to physically prepare for anychallenges you see coming. Avoidemotional disputes. 3 stars

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The less said about yourplans, the better. Develop yourgame plan and initiate what youwant to see happen. Itʼs important toremain in control if you want toreach your goals. A financial gainwill come from an unexpectedsource. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18): Take charge and do your thing.Donʼt let uncertainty creep into yourhead when itʼs important that youfollow through with your plans. Apositive change in an important rela-

tionship will unfold if you exhibit con-fidence. 4 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March20): Make sure you have your factsstraight before you share informa-tion with someone you want to part-ner with. Itʼs important that you areopen to suggestions and willing tocompromise. Honesty will play amajor role in your ability to find suc-cess. 2 stars

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CELEBRITIES BORN ONTHIS DAY: Rupert Grint, 27; AlexOʼLoughlin, 39; Dave Chappelle, 42;Marlee Matlin, 50.

Happy Birthday: Uncer-tainty will prevail this year if you letemotional matters take over. Stepaway from any trouble that arisesuntil you feel you can see your situ-ation more objectively. Changesshould be made only if you have apractical plan in place. Motives arebest checked first when dealing withpartnerships. Donʼt expect everyoneto be honest or to honor promises.Your numbers are 9, 12, 17, 25, 37,41, 49.

ARIES (March 21-April19): Use creative expression toreach your goals. Itʼs how you ap-proach others and the way you pre-sent who you are that will bring youcloser to the success you aresearching for. Make romance a pri-ority. 5 stars

TAURUS (April 20-May20): Try to keep things runningsmoothly at home. Now is not thetime to rock the boat or take onphysical tasks that are too challeng-ing. Concentrate on gathering factsthat will help you gain respect andpopularity. 3 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June20): Indecision will surface due toconflicting options. Donʼt make a de-cision based on what other peoplewant. Consider what will make youhappy and feel your best about whoyou are and how you look. Love ishighlighted. 3 stars

CANCER (June 21-July22): An open mind will lead to knowl-edge and future prospects. Set up aplace at home that is conducive todeveloping the projects you want topursue. An encounter with someonewith similar goals will result in atrusted alliance. 3 stars

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):Mix business with pleasure and youwill advance. Express your feelingsand show passion in all that you do,and people will take note. A proac-tive approach both personally andprofessionally will separate you fromthe competition. 5 stars

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):You will face opposition at an emo-tional level. Do your own thing andforget about discussing your plansuntil you feel certain that you can doso in a practical manner. Walk awayfrom any situation that leaves youfeeling vulnerable. 2 stars

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):An emotional situation will cost youif you are impulsive or give in to ma-nipulation. Stand up for your rightsand make sure you do whatʼs bestfor you. Concentrate on personalimprovements and being with thepeople you love. 4 stars

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was they paid my way throughcollege. We had a ROTC in-structor come by and said‘give Army a chance.’ I reallyenjoyed the Army. We decidedto stay and traveled all overthe world.

TTCCHH:: When you came backto Dublin, is that when youcame out to Trinity?CCoouueeyy:: I came back and in-

terviewed at all of the schools.This is really where the Lordled us. This is where He want-ed us to be. We came here andI started teaching and coach-ing. I’ve been in the classroomteaching, did operations anddiscipline. I’ve coached a lot ofsports since I’ve been here.We’ve had three childrengraduate from here. We knowwhat it’s like to be here asparents.

TTCCHH:: Handing out the dis-cipline made you a favoriteperson?CCoouueeyy:: It was always in-

teresting when you calledsomebody. Sometimes I wouldcall somebody and have to tellthem that their child is okay. Ijust had to tell them some-thing good they had done.We’ve got great kids here atTrinity. We love it here andwe love Dublin. It meant a lotto us over the years and it es-tablished us for who we are.

TTCCHH:: I guess the Armyhelped you with the disciplinepart?CCoouueeyy:: It did. I realize that

kids will be kids, but we dohave our rules and we arestrict about it. Even at myage, I do remember what itwas like to be in school.

TTCCHH:: The bottom line isyou want to see the kids suc-ceed.CCoouueeyy:: Right. As we disci-

pline them we want them tosee how they can learn fromthis and hopefully they won’tmake the same mistake later,how what they did at theschool help them become abetter dad, husband or wife.

TTCCHH:: How many yearshave you been the headmas-ter?

CCoouueeyy:: I’m about to startmy fourth year.

TTCCHH:: The time has flown.CCoouueeyy:: It really has.

TTCCHH:: When Rick Johnsonleft as headmaster, the boardnamed you as the new head-master. How did that feel?CCoouueeyy:: It felt great. It felt

kind of natural because I hadbeen involved in so many ar-eas of this school. I felt com-fortable moving into that slot.I had a lot of support frompeople in the school.

TTCCHH:: Being headmaster,it’s kind of hard to do otherthings like coaching. Do youmiss that?CCoouueeyy:: I do. I’m still in-

volved in a little bit of coach-ing because it helps me stayconnected with the students.There’s passion and a littledesire to still coach and help.It’s a lot of fun for me, and Iget to see the kids in a differ-ent perspective.

TTCCHH:: What are your hob-bies?CCoouueeyy:: I love to hike. My

wife and I, and whoeverwants to go with us, will go tothe mountains and hike. Welove to travel. We’ve got a newgranddaughter, Jones Couey,our first, this summer. She’s anew hobby. We like beingaround family, church andTrinity.

TTCCHH:: Any goals for Trinitymoving forward?CCoouueeyy:: We want to main-

tain and continue to grow. Wewant to be consistent andgrounded in our Christianfaith and have a strong acad-emic environment. I’d like tosee us grow a little bit more. Iwant to see us continue with afamily atmosphere.

TTCCHH:: Are there a lot of afamilies who have broughttheir children to this school?CCoouueeyy:: Some parents

helped lay blocks on some ofthese buildings when theywere little. Now their grand-kids are coming here. Theyunderstand the mission weare in and the advantages ofbeing here.

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Aerial observations of the ShuLocal aviator Chris Sumner took his recently-purchased helicopter for a flight Friday night andfound his way toward Dexter where he captured this beautiful scene of West Laurens High Schoolduring the Raiders ̓game versus Thomasville. Email your unique photos to tcheditor@gmail.com.

Tuesday's Editorial page) was summed up best atits conclusion: "I’m afraid we can’t go back to theway things used to be."

"However, if it is not over state-owned equip-ment and led by a state employee," Bracewell said,"it is perfectly legal to pray. I believe what we wit-nessed Friday night made more of an impact andwas far more meaningful than any other prayerwe’ve heard over the loudspeaker. If you areagainst prayer at the football games, filing multiplelawsuits and gaining public attention has ended upbeing counterproductive to your cause."

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Prayer Ex-deputy sheriff dies inAfghan suicide car bombing

ATLANTA (AP) — A northwest Georgia sheriff's department says a formerdeputy sheriff died in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan.

Local media reports that the Floyd County Sheriff's Office says Barry Sut-ton died on Saturday. He was a contractor for DynCorp International andtrained Afghan law enforcement as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission.

A suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy traveling through a crowdedKabul neighborhood, killing at least 12 people, including three American civil-ian contractors. The bombing killed at least 11 Afghan civilians and one for-eigner and wounded 66, said Wahidullah Mayar, a Health Ministryspokesman.

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By RODNEY MANLEYSports EditorFormer West Laurens all-state receiver Justin Smith ismaking a good first impressionat the Missouri Tigers camp.The 6-foot-7 true freshmancaught a 60-yard touchdownpass Aug. 15 in the Tigers’first fall scrimmage, taking ascreen pass and outrunningdefenders to the goal line. Hefinished with four catches for79 yards.Smith had another long TDlast Monday when he made aleaping catch on a heave fromfellow freshman Drew Lock,shook off would be tacklers

and ran in for a 65-yard score.He also had two catches fea-tured last week on the Mizzouwebsite’s “Play of the Day”videos. Smith’s leaping grabover a defender in the back ofthe end zone was the featuredplay for Aug. 17.In the video for Tuesday,Smith made another leapinggrab of a contested pass, thensprinted down the sideline.And on Wednesday, in theTigers second fall scrimmage,Smith had a pair of catches for59 yards, including a 49-yarder.Missouri coaches are proba-bly thinking they got a signing-day steal in picking up Smith.He was a first-team all-stateperformer in football, but wasa more heavily recruited bas-ketball prospect.

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WLʼs Smith making somenoise at Missouri camp

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) —Georgia Southern won just abouteverything in 2014 — except thechance to celebrate in the post-season.Playing in their first season asa FBS team, the Eagles won theSun Belt Conference with an 8-0mark. As a first-year FBS team,Georgia Southern, 9-3 overall,was ineligible for a bowl. Itsappeal for bowl eligibility wasdenied by the NCAA.That mix of success and frus-tration left the Eagles still aimingfor the first bowl berth in schoolhistory."We're guaranteed 12 gamesand I told the guys it's my goal toplay a 13th game," said coachWillie Fritz.Georgia Southern had theperfect springboard for its inau-gural FBS season when it upsetFlorida in 2013. The Eaglesalmost pulled off another upsetlast season in a 42-38 loss atGeorgia Tech.The challenges this yearinclude an opening game at WestVirginia and a Nov. 21 visit toGeorgia."It's something they don't shyaway from," Fritz said of hisplayers' approach to playing big-name opponents.Some things to watch for inGeorgia Southern's second sea-son in the FBS:QB SUSPENSION:Quarterback Kevin Ellison, theteam's second-leading rusherlast season, is academically ineli-

gible for the first two gamesagainst West Virginia andWestern Michigan. Junior FavianUpshaw, who played in 11 gamesas the backup last season, isexpected to be the fill-in starter.RUN THE BALL: The Eaglesdidn't change the run-first for-mula that made them a FCSpower. Running back MattBreida and Ellison combined torun for more than 2,500 yardswith 29 touchdowns.THROW THE BALL: Fritz islooking for an improvement of

about 50 to 70 yards passing pergame as he expects defenses tostack the box against the run.Georgia Southern led the SunBelt in total offense despite rank-ing last in the league with only107 yards passing per game."That's not just on the quarter-back," Fritz said.NEW LINE: Fritz must replacefour starters on the offensiveline. Fritz said he was sure ofonly two starters on the line fol-lowing the first preseason scrim-mage — left guard DarienForeman, the only returningstarter, and center Andy Kwon.Right guard Maurice Hunt isbeing pushed by UAB transferRoscoe Byrd.

TRY, TRY AGAIN: GeorgiaSouthern is 0-5 against Georgia,most recently including a 45-14loss in 2012. Fritz is hoping for abetter game now that the Eaglesalso are a FBS team. "It's one ofthe reasons Georgia Southernmade the move up, so we couldcompete in these kinds of chal-lenges," he said.

Sun Belt champ Georgia Southern still looking for first bowl berth

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AIMING FOR A BOWLRunning back Markeis Hallback (right) and the Eagles could not play in a bowl

last season as a first-year FBS school.

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OUT OF ACTIONEagles will play first two games without QB Kevin

Ellison due to suspension.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgiacoach Mark Richt is eager to picka starting quarterback. He justhasn't seen enough from thethree contenders to make a deci-sion.After the Bulldogs held theirsecond scrimmage of preseasoncamp on Saturday, Richt saidthere is still no front-runner inthe battle between third-yearsophomore Brice Ramsey, juniorGreyson Lambert and juniorFaton Bauta.Richt said he's starting tothink the quarterback battle willextend into the season."I'd like to know and havesome peace about it; when Imake a big decision, I like tohave peace," he said. "I don'thave that right now."Georgia, considered one ofthe top contenders in the

Southeastern Conference andlikely to be in the Top 10 whenThe Associated Press rankingsare released on Sunday, opens athome Sept. 5 against LouisianaMonroe."I'm a patient guy, but theclock is ticking," Richt said. "I gota feeling it will play out in thegames."The coach said he would pre-fer not to rotate his quarter-backs once the season begins,and he's always been sensitivemaking a quarterback changeduring the games after playingthe position himself in college.However, he pointed outDavid Greene and Cory Phillipsshared the job in 2001 beforeGreene solidified himself as thestarter.Whatever the case, it's clearthat no one is standing out as the

clear-cut favorite. Ramsey wasthe backup a year ago behindHutson Mason, while Lambert isa transfer from Virginia."The guys were not horribletoday," said Richt in a less-than-glowing assessment. "Each hadtheir moments when they didsome good things and some thatwill get you beat."The early schedule mightwork in Georgia's favor if Richtcarries the competition into theseason.The Bulldogs will be heavyfavorite in the opener and travelto Vanderbilt, coming off a dis-mal 3-9 season, for their secondgame. After a home game againstSouth Carolina, they face FCSschool Southern in Week 4.But Richt will certainly wantto have the quarterback situa-tion sorted out by Oct. 3, when

Georgia hosts Alabama.The two-hour workout in fullpads began with an emphasis onspecial teams, including kickoffcoverage and kickoff return. TheBulldogs then ran about 35 playsbefore taking a halftime break.When action resumed, Georgiafocused on punt coverage andpunt returns, and then a seriesof third-down situations thatculminated with goal-line sce-narios.As for Georgia's injury situa-tion, Richt said fullbackChristian Payne (leg) wouldprobably not be available for theopener, and senior receiverJustin Scott-Wesley (knee) isquestionable.However, junior linebackersReggie Carter (undisclosedinjury) and Tim Kimbrough(knee) should be ready to go.

Still no front-runner for Georgia's starting QB

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Richt says QB battle might be settled during season.

Lady Raiders go 4-0 inBrawl in the Fall tourney

Special to The Courier HeraldThe West Laurens Lady Raiders finished 4-0 inthe Fall in the Brawl softball tournament inHouston County over the weekend.Game 1The Raiders jumped out to an early lead onWarner Robins and captured an 11-3 victory onFriday at Perry High School.The game was decided quickly as the Raidersexerted their will early with seven runs in the firstthree innings.A sacrifice fly by Harley Roberts, a sacrifice flyby Karson Smith and an RBI single by Taylor Cobbin the first inning and a three-run single by Robertsduring the second inning helped the Raiders putsome runs on the board early. Roberts racked upfive RBIs on three hits for the Raiders.Cobb baffled Warner Robins, striking out six

batters. She allowed one earned run, six hits andtwo walks over six innings.The Raiders easily handled Warner Robinspitching as six hitters combined for 14 hits, nineRBIs and nine runs scored.The Raiders scored three runs in the second andpushed across one run in both the third inning andthe fourth. In the third, the Raiders scored on awildpitch that plated Tatiyana Taylor.The Raiders tacked on another three runs in thesixth. Smith’s double got things going, scoring ArielEdenfield. That was followed up by Cobb’s single,bringing home Roberts.Game 2The Raiders and Lee County both threatenedwith rallies, but it was the Raiders that eventuallytook advantage of them in a 6-2 win at Perry High.

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Staff reportsThe Trinity Christian Lady Crusaders won bothof its games in tournament action over the week-end at Thomas Jefferson Academy.In its opener, the Lady Crusaders came frombehind in their final at-bat to beat BriarwoodAcademy in an 8-7 thriller.Down by two, Trinity, the home team, had arunner on with one out following a weather delay.Logan Oliver, who was pinch-running for CharlieBass Wages, stole second. Kayla Sanders walked,and Cari Crozier pinch-ran for her.With the runners moving on a double-steal,Emily Harrison laid down a bunt and was thrownout, but Oliver came in all the way from secondand beat the tag to tie the game at 7-7.Madison Williams then lined a two-out singleup the middle to score Crozier for the walk-offwin.“This game was so fun!,” said Trinity headcoach Krista Meadows. “Logan Oliver’s base-run-ning caused us to tie the game and gave us theopportunity to win. And Madison Williams hascome through for us once again with the walk-offbase hit. So proud of them and all our girls.”

Gracie Thompson was the winning pitcher. Shegave up six hits and walked two.Williams led the offense with two hits. MeganSanders had two RBIs.In the second game, Trinity handled hostThomas Jefferson 5-1.Harrison had three hits, including a double,and an RBI. Megan Sanders had two hits and anRBI, and Williams had a triple and knocked in tworuns.Kayla Sanders had a hit and an RBI, andCamille Rogers and Thompson also had hits.Williams was the winning pitcher, allowingfive hits while striking out three. She allowed onerun, which was unearned.“Overall we hit well and had pretty gooddefense, but what really won it for us was ourbase-running,” said Meadows. “We (coaches) havebeen stressing how important good base-runningis and how it can lead to championships. Manytimes today we got an extra base by watching theopposing team and capitalizing on their mistakes.“I am very proud that we are learning from ourmistakes and doing our best to bring glory to Godin our play and our efforts.”Special photo

CRUSADER RALLYLogan Oliver scores the tying run in final at-bat

against Briarwood.

Trinity wins two in tournamentLONG POND, Pa. (AP) —Justin Wilson always understoodthe danger that lurked behindthe wheel for an IndyCar driver."When it goes wrong," Wilsonsaid following his 2012 returnfrom race injuries, "it can getmessy."It went terribly wrong forWilson on Sunday.The British driver was in acoma in critical condition aftersustaining a head injury when hewas hit by a large piece of debristhat broke off another car in thecrash-filled race at PoconoRaceway. IndyCar said he wasundergoing evaluation at LehighValley Health Network CedarCrest Hospital in Allentown.The accident was a grimreminder how drivers in open-wheel racing put their lives onthe line.

IndyCar s̓ Wilsonin coma afterwreck at Pocono

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The Dublin-Laurens CountyRecreation Authority will hold fallyouth baseball and softball this year.Leagues include: boys bantam pitch-ing machine for ages 7-9; boysmidget league for ages 10-12; girlsbantam machine ages 7-9; and girlsmidget 10-13. Registration is under-way and will continue through August27. Fee is $25.

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son tickets will be on sale at theDublin City Schools board officethrough Friday, Aug. 28. Tickets canbe purchased from 8 a.m. until 5p.m. each day. Non-reserved seasontickets are $35. Reserved seat sea-son tickets are $45 (not chair-backseats but near the 50-yard line).Chair-back seating can be pur-chased for a one-time fee of $150that remains the purchaser's everyseason as long as the buyer pur-chases season tickets each year.Also, chair-back reserved seats canbe purchased for this season only for$50 plus the cost of the reservedseat ticket.

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NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division

W L Pct GBNew York 67 56 .545 —Washington 62 61 .504 5Atlanta 53 71 .427 14½Miami 50 74 .403 17½Philadelphia 50 74 .403 17½

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

St. Louis 78 45 .634 —Pittsburgh 74 48 .607 3½Chicago 71 51 .582 6½Milwaukee 53 72 .424 26Cincinnati 51 71 .418 26½

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Los Angeles 67 56 .545 —San Francisco 66 58 .532 1½Arizona 62 61 .504 5San Diego 61 63 .492 6½Colorado 49 73 .402 17½

SundayArizona 4, Cincinnati 0Philadelphia 2, Miami 0Washington 9, Milwaukee 5Houston 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 10 inningsChicago Cubs 9, Atlanta 3N.Y. Mets 5, Colorado 1St. Louis 10, San Diego 3Pittsburgh 5, San Francisco 2

MondayCleveland (Kluber 8-13) at Chicago Cubs(Lester 8-9), 2:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-6) at Philadelphia(Morgan 4-4), 7:05 p.m.Colorado (J.De La Rosa 7-5) at Atlanta(Teheran 8-6), 7:10 p.m.Detroit (Farmer 0-2) at Cincinnati(Sampson 2-2), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Happ 1-1) at Miami (Koehler 8-11), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Lynn 9-8) at Arizona (Ray 3-9),10:10 p.m.

TuesdayN.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 7-6) atPhiladelphia (J.Williams 4-9), 7:05 p.m.San Diego (Shields 9-5) at Washington(Strasburg 7-6), 7:05 p.m.Colorado (Bettis 5-4) at Atlanta(Foltynewicz 4-5), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 8-8) at Cincinnati(Jo.Lamb 0-1), 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee (W.Peralta 4-7) at Cleveland(Tomlin 1-1), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Morton 8-4) at Miami (B.Hand3-3), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 5-4) at Arizona(Corbin 3-3), 9:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 15-6) at SanFrancisco (M.Cain 2-3), 10:15 p.m.

American LeagueEast DivisionW L Pct GB

Toronto 69 55 .556 —New York 68 55 .553 ½Baltimore 62 61 .504 6½Tampa Bay 62 62 .500 7Boston 56 68 .452 13

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Kansas City 75 48 .610 —Minnesota 63 61 .508 12½Detroit 59 64 .480 16Chicago 58 64 .475 16½Cleveland 58 65 .472 17

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Houston 69 56 .552 —Texas 64 59 .520 4Los Angeles 63 61 .508 5½Seattle 57 67 .460 11½Oakland 54 71 .432 15

SundayCleveland 4, N.Y. Yankees 3Texas 4, Detroit 2Kansas City 8, Boston 6Minnesota 4, Baltimore 3, 12 inningsHouston 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 10 inningsToronto 12, L.A. Angels 5Oakland 8, Tampa Bay 2Seattle 8, Chicago White Sox 6

MondayCleveland (Kluber 8-13) at Chicago Cubs(Lester 8-9), 2:05 p.m.Houston (Feldman 5-5) at N.Y. Yankees(Eovaldi 13-2), 7:05 p.m.Detroit (Farmer 0-2) at Cincinnati(Sampson 2-2), 7:10 p.m.Baltimore (U.Jimenez 9-7) at Kansas City(Medlen 1-0), 8:10 p.m.Boston (J.Kelly 6-6) at Chicago White Sox(Samardzija 8-9), 8:10 p.m.Oakland (Doubront 1-1) at Seattle(Iwakuma 5-2), 10:10 p.m.

TuesdayHouston (Keuchel 14-6) at N.Y. Yankees(Nova 5-5), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Weaver 5-9) at Detroit (Simon11-7), 7:08 p.m.Milwaukee (W.Peralta 4-7) at Cleveland(Tomlin 1-1), 7:10 p.m.Minnesota (E.Santana 2-4) at Tampa Bay(Karns 7-5), 7:10 p.m.Toronto (Buehrle 13-6) at Texas (D.Holland1-1), 8:05 p.m.Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 9-9) at Kansas City(D.Duffy 6-6), 8:10 p.m.Boston (Miley 10-9) at Chicago White Sox(Quintana 7-10), 8:10 p.m.Oakland (Chavez 7-12) at Seattle(Montgomery 4-6), 10:10 p.m.

Wyndham ChampionshipGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — During theirpractice round together before theWyndham Championship, Tiger Woodspumped local favorite Davis Love III for tipson how to play the course. Looks like Lovesaved a few secrets for himself.Love became the third-oldest winner in PGATour history with his victory Sunday, whileWoods' season came to an abrupt end.The51-year-old Love closed with a 6-under 64for a one-stroke victory over Jason Gore."Tiger and I were talking on the puttinggreen — one of us needed to get going andwin this thing," Love said.He did.

The dominant storyline all week atSedgefield Country Club was the merepresence of Woods, who needed a victoryto earn a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffsopener next week.Love — who started at No. 186 — playedhimself into The Barclays by earning 500FedEx Cup points and $972,000 in prizemoney.

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Sunday's Sports TransactionsBASEBALL

American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent 1B StevePearce to Bowie (EL) for a rehab assign-ment.

BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHPMatt Barnes to Pawtucket (IL). RecalledRHP Jonathan Aro from Pawtucket.HOUSTONASTROS — Optioned OFPreston Tucker to Fresno (PCL). RecalledRHP Lance McCullers from Corpus Christi(TL).LOS ANGELES ANGELS — OptionedRHP Nick Tropeano to Salt Lake (PCL).Assigned 3B Conor Gillaspie outright toSalt Lake. Recalled OF Grant Green fromSalt Lake.SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated RHPFernando Rodney for assignment.Optioned RHP Danny Farquhar to Tacoma(PCL). Selected the contract of RHP LoganKensing from Tacoma. Recalled LHPRoenis Elias from Tacoma.TEXAS RANGERS — Placed INF AdamRosales on unconditional release waivers.

National LeagueARIZONADIAMONDBACKS — OptionedLHP Keith Hessler to Reno (PCL).Recalled LHP Matt Reynolds from Reno.CINCINNATI REDS — Placed LHP MannyParra on the 15-day DL. Designated RHPDonn Roach for assignment. RecalledRHP Collin Balester from Louisville (IL).COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHPJustin Miller to Albuquerque (PCL).Designated RHP Rafael Betancourt forassignment. Selected the contract of RHPSimon Castro from Albuquerque (PCL).Recalled RHP Jairo Diaz fromAlbuquerque. Reinstated RHP BrooksBrown from the 15-day DL and optionedhim to Albuquerque.PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed 1B/OFTravis Ishikawa on the 15-day DL.Reinstated INF Jordy Mercer from the 15-day DL.WASHINGTON NATIONALS —Agreed toterms with 3B Scott Sizemore on a minorleague contract.

American AssociationJOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed LHP FrankDel Valle. Released RHP Steven Chapter.ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed RHP DannyGutierrez.

Atlantic LeagueLONG ISLAND DUCKS — Reinstated IFRandy Ruiz to the active list.Frontier LeagueFLORENCE FREEDOM— Signed OFJosh Henderson.TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS —Signed RHP Rob Blanc.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

DETROIT LIONS —Activated OTLaAdrian Waddle and DE Jason Jonesfrom the PUP list. Signed TE Deon Butler,LB Justin Cherocci and DE Erik Williams.Released WR Jarred Haggins and S TaylorMays.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

LOS ANGELES KINGS —Agreed to termswith D Christian Ehrhoff on a one-year con-tract.

MLB

Transactions

Golf

TODAYLITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

12 p.m.ESPN — World Series,Portland, Ore. vs. Santiago delos Caballero, DominicanRepublic, at Williamsport, Pa.

2 p.m.ESPN — World Series,International, elimination,Williamsport, Pa.

4 p.m.ESPN — World Series, U.S.,elimination, Williamsport, Pa.

6 p.m.ESPN2 — World Series,International, elimination,Williamsport, Pa.8 p.m.ESPN2 — World Series, U.S.,elimination, Williamsport, Pa.

MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL

7 p.m.MLB — Houston at N.Y.Yankees

10 p.m.ESPN2 — St. Louis at Arizona

NFL FOOTBALL8 p.m.-

ESPN — Monday NightFootball, preseason,Cincinnati at Tampa Bay

SOCCER2:55 p.m.

NBCSN — Premier League,Liverpool at Arsenal

Lee County had six hits com-pared with the Raiders’ four, butLee County stranded five run-ners on base.Hailey Sapp racked up fourRBIs on one hit for the Raiders.She homered in the third inning.Harley Roberts was a work-horse in the circle while baggingthe win for the Raiders. Robertsallowed two earned runs, six hitsand no walks while striking outthree over seven innings ofwork.The Raiders never surren-dered the lead after the thirdinning, scoring three runs on athree-run home run by Sapp.One run in the top of the fifthhelped Lee County close itsdeficit to 3-1.It didn’t take long for theRaiders to respond as theyscored three runs of their own inthe fifth. The Raiders scored on awild pitch and an RBI double byKarson Smith.One run in the top of the sixthhelped Lee County close the gapto 5-2.Game 3Logan Calhoun drove in fourruns, sparking the Raiders to a 6-2 victory in seven innings overTattnall Square on Saturday atVeterans High School.She doubled in the thirdinning and singled in the fifth.Taylor Cobb recorded thewin for the Raiders. She allowedtwo runs over seven innings.Cobb struck out one, walked fiveand gave up five hits.The lead stayed with theRaiders after the third, whenthey scored two runs on a two-run double by Logan Calhoun.Tattnall Square scored tworuns in the bottom of the sixth tocut its deficit to three.Game 4The Raiders and Locust Groveeach put runners in scoring posi-tion on Saturday, but the Raiderscapitalized on more RBI oppor-tunities, pulling out a 4-2 win atVeterans High.Locust Grove had nine hitscompared with the Raiders’ six,but Locust Grove stranded 11runners on base.Locust Grove scored on afielder’s choice in the fourthinning and an RBI single in theseventh but were unable to takethe lead back.Hailey Sapp was solid at theplate for the Raiders. Sapp went2-4, drove in one and scored onerun. She doubled in the fifthinning and singled in the seventhinning.Harley Roberts got it done inthe circle on the way to a win.She allowed one run over fourinnings. She struck out none,walked one and surrendered fivehits.Raiders closer PaytenStrickland put away the finalnine outs to record the save.The Raiders didn’t relinquishthe lead after scoring one run inthe second inning on an RBI dou-ble by Taylor Cobb.The Raiders increased theirlead with two runs in the third. Aerror scored Logan Calhoun toget the Raiders on the board inthe inning. That was followed upby Karson Smith’s double thatplated Sapp.

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BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — AsJoey Logano circled Bristol MotorSpeedway, he'd briefly glance inthe mirror to watch KevinHarvick.Logano had taken the lead ona restart with 64 laps remaining,but Harvick was closing in byusing a completely different line.Refusing to get rattled, Loganostuck to what worked for himSaturday and won the Bristolnight race for the second consec-utive year."It was kind of interesting towatch it in the mirror, I waswatching him drive in and I waslike, 'He's going to get me even-tually,'" Logano said. "It's sointeresting how we ran such dif-ferent lines and be the samespeed on the racetrack. We bothfound what works for us, and Ireally thought we were going tobe able to pull away because Ithought we were really good inthe long run and then we didn'tpull away."It was a very exciting last 20,30 laps for sure, and neat to beable to get a checkered flag againhere at Bristol."Logano has won on a super-speedway in the Daytona 500, onthe road course at Watkins Glenand now Bristol's short track. Hehas won twice this month as he

readies for the start of the Chasefor the Sprint Cup championship.There are two more racesbefore the playoffs begin."We are hitting it at the righttime, that's for sure," Loganosaid. "I feel like we are rightwhere we need to be. I can't waitfor the Chase to start."Logano led 176 laps, secondonly to Joe Gibbs Racing driverKyle Busch, who led a race-high192 laps."Our team just executed,"Logano said. "That's what we didand that's what we do everyweek. We just try to keep ourheads calm and cool and just runour race."Harvick finished second forthe 10th time this season. Thereigning Sprint Cup championhas a career-best 17 top-five fin-ishes this year and had his 250thcareer top-10 finish in 526 starts."Obviously, you want to winraces, but we're in position andfeel like we can get that momen-tum swing at any point," Harvicksaid. "Just really excited to beable to run like this at Bristol.This hasn't been notoriously mybest racetrack."Many believed JGR would pickup its 10th win of the season, par-ticularly after Denny Hamlin,Busch and Carl Edwards swept

the top three spots in qualifying.Then Busch won Friday night'sXfinity Series race.Although Busch dominatedearly, he had faded a bit as thelaps clicked off. Then he was hitwith a speeding penalty on thefinal round of pit stops and fin-ished eighth. Edwards led 74laps but had a tire go flat whenhe was out front and it cost himtwo laps."Damn," Edwards said on hisradio. "All right, we'll still get this.We've got a good car."He finished seventh.Matt Kenseth, the winner forJGR in the spring race at the track,had no chance to sweep the sea-son. An engine issue 177 laps intothe race ended his night. He fin-ished 42nd and said he had nowarning that his engine wasfaulty."They never warn you, itwould be cool if they would sendyou a text or something,"Kenseth said. "It broke in themiddle of the straightaway — ithad that hop and that noise thatit makes when you know youdropped a valve.”The winless drivers who arecurrently in position to make theChase are: Jamie McMurray, RyanNewman, Paul Menard and ClintBowyer.AP photo

VICTORY LANELogano and crew celebrate win at Bristol.

Logano holds off Gibbs drivers todefend last yearʼs win at Bristol

CHICAGO (AP) — The AtlantaBraves are limping home after an0-7 road trip.This time, home runs hurt them.They allowed 12 in four gamesagainst the Chicago Cubs.Kris Bryant homered twiceand Kyle Schwarber connectedan inning after hitting a hard foulball that sent a fan to the hospitalSunday as the Cubs beat Atlanta9-3."Everything we threw inthese four games, it either fell inthe basket or went over thefence," Braves first basemanFreddie Freeman said.Ryan Lavarnway homeredand Nick Swisher had a pair ofRBI singles for the Braves.Atlanta has lost nine straight onthe road, its longest such skidsince dropping 10 in a row in1996.The game was briefly delayedin the first inning afterSchwarber's foul liner hit afemale fan sitting just past thecamera well on the first baseside.The woman was carried off ona stretcher and taken to a hospi-tal. The Cubs said the womanwas conscious.Several fans around themajors have been hit this season,and Major League Baseball hassaid it is studying the issue ofcrowd safety."When you're at the ballparkand you're in those particular

locations, watch what is goingon," Cubs manager Joe Maddonsaid about his advice to fans."Don't turn your head away fromthe action."The Cubs hit five home runs,including a leadoff shot byDexter Fowler in the first inningand a three-run drive by MiguelMontero.Jason Hammel (7-5) allowedtwo runs in 6 1-3 innings. He alsocontributed an RBI single.Matt Wisler (5-4) gave upBryant's two-run homer in thefirst, Schwarber's solo drive inthe second and Montero's homerin the third."I didn't really give us a goodchance at all to be in the game,"Wisler said.The rookie allowed a career-high four home runs in 2 2-3innings — his shortest outing —after giving up eight in his previ-ous 62 innings."The ball is getting up a littlebit instead of working down,"Wisler said. "It's been a lot oflefties, the ones hitting homeruns off me. Righties, I think I'vedone a pretty good job on exceptfor probably today obviously. Ihave to figure out how to pitch tolefties up here."The Cubs completed theirfirst four-game sweep of theBraves since August 1968. TheBraves have lost 22 of 30 and fellto 21-47 on the road, worst inthe majors.

"We have a young rotation,and they're logging some inningsand hopefully they can learnfrom all their mistakes,"Freeman said. "Hopefully, theycan end on a positive note intheir last few starts."Chicago improved to a sea-son-high 20 games over .500 andis 13-3 in its last 16 games."It was really a stellar offen-sive performance for the lastcouple of days," Maddon said.COMING AROUNDBraves LF Nick Swisher went6 for 10 with a double, two homeruns and six RBIs in the series.He was 5 for 48 with a doubleand a home run in his previous17 games. Roughly a year ago, heunderwent surgery on bothknees."He gives you good at-batsfrom both sides of the plate,gives you good energy," managerFredi Gonzalez said. "So far inleft field he's done OK."UP NEXTBraves: Julio Teheran (8-6) isscheduled to start against theRockies on Monday. In two startsagainst the Rockies, he is 1-1with a 5.11 ERA.Cubs: Jon Lester (8-9) will tryto rebound from his worst startof the season in a makeup gameat home against the Indians onMonday. He allowed three homeruns and seven earned runs in aloss to the Tigers on Tuesday.

Braves drop seventh straight in 9-3 loss

CHICAGO (AP) — TheChicago Cubs says a femalefan hit by a line drive foul ballduring Sunday's game wasconscious and taken to a hos-pital.The woman was carriedoff on a stretcher at WrigleyField. She was struck by afoul from Cubs rookie KyleSchwarber in the first inning.She was sitting just past thecamera well on the first baseside.The game between theCubs and Atlanta Braves wasbriefly stopped as fans andushers waved for medics.Cubs first base coachBrandon Hyde put his handson his helmet after he sawthe fan get hit.On Friday, a female fan inDetroit was injured by a foulball behind the Tigersdugout. That promptedTigers star Justin Verlanderand other players to saythere needed to be changesat ballparks to protect fans,such as extra netting.

Fan injuredby foul ballat Wrigley

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ATLANTA (AP) — Fresh off aruling that NorthwesternUniversity football players can'tform a union, the NCAA is aboutto face a more direct challenge toits longstanding policy of not let-ting schools pay athletes likethey're professionals.A federal judge who issued alandmark decision against theNCAA last year is consideringwhether to grant class-action sta-tus to lawsuits by current and for-mer college athletes seeking toabolish the NCAA's prohibitionagainst competitively payingplayers. Taken together, the casescarry billion-dollar implicationsand hinge, essentially, on whetherthe concepts of amateur athleti-cism and economic competitioncan co-exist.The NCAA says its model sets alevel playing field among schoolsand their teams. But its businessmodel requires collusion, andcritics have long decried it forhampering the competition nor-mally considered healthy in a freemarket."These are just educationalinstitutions who have decided togo into a business," said JeffreyKessler, an attorney representingformer Clemson football playerMartin Jenkins and two others. Hehas also represented labor unionsfor professional athletes. "That'sperfectly lawful, but you don't get

to conspire not to pay your work-ers anything in that business."The Jenkins case, by far thebiggest threat to the status quo,aims to strike down any compen-sation limits for players and let acompetitive market emerge."I think that everyone sees thisis completely in opposition to anymodel of college sports as we'veever known," NCAA PresidentMark Emmert said late last year.Another lawsuit brought byformer West Virginia Universityrunning back Shawne Alstonseeks to allow conferences to settheir own rules for paying play-ers, and then compete againstrival conferences to recruit ath-letes.The lawsuits may already behaving an effect. After years ofdebate and mounting legal pres-sure, the NCAA's dominant con-ferences agreed to start payingtheir players the differencebetween what they receive inscholarships and what it actuallycosts to attend a school, one of thegoals in both cases.Those payments begin thismonth.Big athletic conferences arealready squeamish about eventhat change. The powerfulSoutheastern Conference pro-posed a rule that would forceschools to inform the NCAA iftheir athletes get a stipend that's

bigger than the costs of atten-dance the schools report to theU.S. Department of Education.While SEC officials said therule would help maintain trans-parency, economists critical of theNCAA saw it as a rule designed todeter market competition.The proposal was rejected.Outside of college athletics,economic competition is consid-ered good for society. Prices dropwhen companies compete to selllaptops, coffee and cars. Whenfirms compete to hire the bestworkers, wages rise.With some exceptions for thegreater good, U.S. law generallybans companies from strikingdeals that curtail competition —in a word, cartels. For example,the U.S. Department of Justice isinvestigating whether major air-lines colluded to limit availableseats, making tickets more expen-sive. Silicon Valley workers tenta-tively accepted a $415 million set-tlement this year after accusingApple Inc., Google Inc. and othertech firms of agreeing not to hireeach other's employees.But for years, courts and otherauthorities have been nibblingaround the edges of NCAA rulesthat limit competition. The U.S.Supreme Court stopped the NCAAfrom limiting the number of tele-vised football games back in the1980s, although Justice John Paul

Stevens wrote in the same rulingthat the NCAA could make a caseas a legal cartel, words the organ-ization and an appellate courthave clung to since.The NCAA settled lawsuitsaccusing it of arbitrarily limitingpay for assistant coaches and cap-ping student scholarships.It recently lost a ruling thatfound students were entitled tocompensation when their like-nesses are used commercially, acase led by former UCLA basket-ball star Ed O'Bannon. T h eNCAA has appealed that ruling.Last Monday, the NationalLabor Relations Board blockedfootball players at NorthwesternUniversity from forming theirown labor union, overturning aregional labor administrator'sdetermination that the playerswere essentially school employ-ees.The NCAA defends its rules asupholding a tradition of ama-teurism. Big-money athleticteams also help support less-pop-ular college sports and can boosteducational budgets, the associa-tion has said. While star athleteswould almost certainly get moremoney in a competitive market,economists hired by the NCAAsay less-talented athletes couldreceive less, and schools mightdiscontinue some unprofitableteams.

Legal showdown looms over the NCAA's ban on paying athletesThe Associated PressThe NCAA's amateur athleticism model, which has withstood var-

ious challenges over the years, is being directly challenged in lawsuitsthat have the potential to remake the college sports landscape.

Here's a brief history of some of the major cases that have led tothis point:

—1984: The U.S. Supreme Court rules the NCAA cannot restrictthe number of televised games it would allow. The University ofGeorgia and the University of Oklahoma had challenged those rulesas an illegal restraint on trade. Justice John Paul Stevens said thatthe NCAAmight enjoy some latitude on other rules governing players,but only the TV restrictions were at issue in the case.

"It is reasonable to assume that most of the regulatory controls ofthe NCAA are justifiable means of fostering competition among ama-teur athletic teams and therefore procompetitive because theyenhance public interest in intercollegiate athletics," Stevens wrote.

—2008: The NCAA reaches a settlement in a lawsuit brought byformer Stanford football player Jason White and others. Theyaccused the NCAA of keeping the scholarships beneath the actualcost of attendance. Under the settlement, the NCAA created a $10million fund to reimburse former athletes for educational costs theypreviously incurred. The NCAAmade an additional $218 million avail-able to pay for benefits given to college athletes enrolled between the2007-2013 academic years.

—2014: In a case led by former UCLA basketball star EdO'Bannon, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken blocks the NCAA frommaking rules that deny players the right to compensation when theirimages are used commercially, for example, in video games and tele-casts. Her ruling could allow some players to receive as much as$20,000 when they leave school. The NCAA has appealed.

—2015: In a concession to calls for athletes in major sports to bepaid, the NCAA allows the five largest conferences to pay athletesstipends that fund attendance costs not otherwise covered by schol-arships limited to tuition, room and board.

Separately, the National Labor Relations Board denies a bid byNorthwestern University football players to form their own union.

Challenges to NCAA's pay ban

LONDON (AP) — Acentury-old message in abottle, possibly the oldest everfound, has finally reached itsdestination.

Tossed into the North Seasometime between 1904 and1906, the bottle washed up onthe beach on the Germanisland of Amrum, and wasfound by a couple in April.Inside they found a postcardasking that it be sent to theMarine Biological Associationof the U.K. — which they did.

"We were very excited,"Guy Baker, a spokesman forthe group, said Friday. "Wecertainly weren't expecting toreceive any more of thepostcards."

Baker said the bottle wasone of some 1,000 releasedinto the North Sea byresearcher George ParkerBidder, who later became theassociation's president. Thebottles were weighed down tofloat just above the sea bed,and used as part of a studyinto the movement of seacurrents.

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The association is nowlooking into having the

Guinness Book of Recordsrecognize the message in abottle as the oldest everfound. The current record-holder, released in 1914 for ascientific experiment, wasfound 99 years later.

Meanwhile, an old shillinghas been sent to the couplewho found the bottle.

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