Level budget seems likely - Ray C. Anderson Foundation

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The Valley Times-News
WEST POINT TIMES-NEWS
TUESDAY
July 29, 2014
www.valleytimes-news.com
VOL. LXIV NO. 106 — Vol. 5 No. 205
Lanett, AL 36863 — West Point, GA 31833
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Level budget
seems likely
By CY WOOD
Editor-Publisher
LaFAYETTE
—
County
department
heads and elected officials made their initial
presentations for the
2015 budget during
Monday
afternoon's
RAY C. ANDERSON HIGHWAY DEDICATED — Cer- Anderson Foundation will be spearheading an effort meeting of the Chamemonies Monday at Del’avant in downtown LaGrange to make the stretch of I-85 named in his memory as bers County Commisformally dedicated the stretch of I-85 from Exit 2 to Exit an example of how sustainability can be practiced in sion Rules, Ways and
18 as the Ray C. Anderson Memorial Highway. Ander- everyday life. Above, John Lanier, left, director of the Means Committee.
son, a West Point native, founded Interface, the world’s foundation, is shown calling the audience to take their
The good news is that
leading modular carpet manufacturer, and became a seats for the ceremony.
most departments will
champion of sustainable manufacturing. The Ray C.
be asking for level funding in the upcoming fiscal year, and County
Manager John Dendy
had already reported
that projected revenues
should be slightly higher
than the current fiscal
tive
who
founded
Interface
and
Monday's
ceremony
paid
tribBy CY WOOD
became the champion of business ute to his contributions as fellow
Editor-Publisher
and industrial sustainability until business leaders, his family and
friends remembered his contribuLaGRANGE — A large crowd his death in 2011.
The Ray C. Anderson Founda- tions and pledged to assure the
gathered Monday to dedicate 16
miles of Interstate 85 between tion carries on the work he began continuation of his legacy.
John Lanier, director of the AnExit 2 and Exit 18 as the Ray C. in convincing the business world
that "good environmental stew- derson Foundation, thanked those
Anderson Memorial Highway.
•See ANDERSON, page 10
Anderson is a West Point na- ardship is good business."
Ray C. Anderson Highway dedicated
Foundation will create example of restorative highway on I-85
year.
County
Engineer
Josh Harvill said the
highway
department
would be operating with
level revenue in 2015
and he expected no
changes in salary expenses.
He noted that the department had a lot of
equipment repair expenses in the current fiscal year, and that next
year's budget amount
would be considerably
lower than the current
fiscal year.
Commissioner Debbie
Wood asked if he had
heard anything from the
state about the work on
the lights at the inter•See BUDGET, page 10
Club volunteers
to help clean up
County discusses part-time workers
By CY WOOD
Editor-Publisher
LaFAYETTE — How to handle
benefits for county employees
who are undergoing demanding
medical treatments but still want
to work when they can was discussed during a Monday after-
noon meeting of the Chambers
County Commission Human Resources Committee.
The issue arose because an employee of the Sheriff's Department and an employee of the
Probate Judge's office have been
treated
for
cancer. Their
chemotherapy makes it impossi-
ble to work full time, but when
they are physically able, both
want to be on the job.
County Attorney Skip McCoy
said the issue arose because another county employee questioned
why one of the employees was
working part time but still getting
•See PART-TIME, page 3
By ANNE G. HOLLIDAY
Times-News Staff Writer
LaFAYETTE — A former mayor attended the
LaFayette City Council
meeting
Monday
evening to discuss landscaping in the downtown
area.
Addressing the council, local dentist and former mayor Butch Busby
said that the city's Ro-
tary Club has had several programs about
what the city can do to
improve its appearance
so it can attract businesses.
“The first impression,
that's given to a prospective employer or business or a prospective
new resident in the city,
is what they see when
they come down Main
•See COUNCIL, page 3
Walt Meadors Golf Tourney
benefits Valley Haven again
By WAYNE CLARK
Times-News News Editor
LANETT — The West Point Rotary
Club is once again serving as the sponsor of the annual Walt Meadors/Valley
Haven Benefit Golf Tournament to be
held at Riverside Country Club.
This will mark the 33rd year for the
tournament, and it will be taking place
on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9 and
10.
The activities will be getting under
way Friday evening, Aug. 8 with a
hamburger supper and rules meeting
at the Country Club for those golfers
who are interested in taking part.
Each year this outstanding event
raises several thousand dollars for Valley Haven, the local area's school for
children and adults with cognitive, in•See MEADORS, page 10
Point sets children’s choir
Special to Times-News
WEST POINT —Point University’s
Fine Arts Department is excited to announce new opportunities for the community to be involved with events
through their children’s choir, now in
its third year.
The children’s choir is open to all
children between first and seventh
grade. Highlights of this year’s children’s choir are a special performance
for members of the Lanier Nursing
Home in Valley on Nov. 17, and two
Christmas performances with Point
University Concert Choir/Signature
Voices, and Community Band on Dec.
5 at 6 and 8 p.m. at Spring Road Christian Church.
QUICK
CHECK
The cost for participation is $30 per
child, and $25 for siblings, per term.
Registration form and fees can be submitted the first day of choir rehearsal.
Scholarships are available for extenuating circumstances.
For more information regarding the
choir, please contact Clarissa Parker,
fine arts coordinator at (706)-385-1049,
or Dr. Katie Cartwright, professor of
music and children’s choir director at
(706) 385-1056.
“As we begin our third year with Point
Children’s Choir we are excited to expand our enrollment age through seventh grade,” Cartwright said. “We have
three concerts planned for the fall
term. It is always a joy for us to share
our music with the community.”
FORE! — Robert Hale, at left, recreation teacher at Valley Haven School, gives
Will Bailey, right, some tips on the proper way to tee off on a golf course. Bailey is
one of the people served by Valley Haven. Hale and Bailey want to let everyone
know that the annual Walt Meadors/Valley Haven Benefit Golf Tournament will be
taking place at Riverside Country Club in Lanett the weekend of August 9 and 10.
The entry deadline is Wednesday, August 6. Last year's tournament drew some 80
golfers. (Photo by Crew Pitts)
National Weather Service Local Forecast
Today, sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Tonight, clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Wednesday, sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Wednesday night, mostly clear in the evening then
becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Thursday, mostly cloudy. A 20 percent
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Thursday night,
cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Friday,
cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Friday
night, cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Todayʼs Bible Thought
Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no
one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you
talking with her?” Then, leaving her water jar,
the woman went back to the town and said to the
people, “Come, see a man who told me everything
I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” They came
YESTERDAY’S TEMPERATURES ............ High 96°.............Low.....78°..............Today at 8 a.m. 68° out of the town and made their way toward him.
RAINFALL (measured at West Point Dam) ...........Yesterday...0.00”.... July....2.25”....Year......24.80” Meanwhile, his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat
WEST POINT LAKE LEVEL.......Today....634.62......Yesterday.......634.88.....Generation...3-7 p.m. something.”
John 4:27-31
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PSC supporting coal
The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
(AP) — Alabama's utility
regulators are supporting
coal and opposing federal
efforts to limit fossil fuel
emissions.
Alabama Public Service commissioners Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh
and Jeremy Oden and
commissioner-elect Chip
Beeker spoke at a news
conference Monday ahead
of hearings on new federal
rules to limit coal.
The say the changes
could cost jobs and result
in higher utility bills.
Al.com quotes Beeker
as saying God created coal
in Alabama, and no one
has a right to push a policy that runs against
God's plan.
Cavanaugh called on
people to pray for the right
thing to be done. And
Oden says President
Obama should worry
about the potential for a
world at war instead of
fighting coal.
The
Environmental
Protection Agency holds a
hearing on the federal
plan Tuesday in Atlanta.
Columbus plant closes
Local Cooter Brown
Too big for his britches
More descriptive Southern phrases
By BILL FRAZER
Special to The Times-News
I was surprised at the
comments that I got
from the people who remembered old phrases
which are part of the
language of the South.
In reality, it really was
and still is a national
trend. The reason I say
that is every time you
dial in the news the
commentators are talking about “boots on the
ground.”. Mrs. Leita
Lester Willingham, my
English teacher in high
school, would be appalled at such a crude
vocabulary. The “King’s
English” is polluted
throughout society. I
wonder what Shakespeare would say if he
were alive today?
Bill McDonald, a former LaFayette resident
who now resides in
Birmingham, responded
to the earlier column by
saying that I was “dumb
as a rock.” Now I am not
going to say that Bill
was dumb, but would
reply by saying “people
who live in glass houses
should
not
throw
stones.” In thinking over
that one, to call Bill
dumb would be a gross
misnomer. However, it is
probably a little true
that “he was raised in a
sawmill and still has
sawdust in his shoes.”
I told Sara Yancey
that she was pretty
dumb as she put a “pig
in a blanket” when she
put fake displays in the
front windows of vacant
stores in downtown
LaFayette. She replied
that “she was born at
night, but not last
night.” She also told me
in reference to my other
spouting off reference
local politics, that I
should “let sleeping dogs
lie.” She referred to a
plaque that Billy Walton
had on the wall in his
law office that read “the
ox that pulls the plow
gets the fodder.” I told
her that I did not want
any fodder. Although I
acted like a “jackass,” I
do not eat straw (fodder). Her advice to me
was to “listen and
learn,” “look before I
leap,” “make hay while
he sun shines” and “if it
ain't broke, don't try to
fix it.”
Another
personal
phrase comes to mind,
my Cadillac “gave up
the ghost.” Seems Bobby
Jennings came by and
bolted a “roll tide” on my
front bumper and poisoned it. Out of retribution for the damage that
he initiated, I asked
Bobby to make me a
small loan in repatriation. His comment, “You
can't get blood from a
turnip.” “Liar, Liar, your
pants on fire.” He's got
more
money
than
Carter has liver pills.” I
should have known better as Marilyn drives a
1951 model Cadillac.
Another phrase that
someone brought to my
attention was “he is too
big
for
his
britches.”Now, in my
book, that is applicable
to a lot people, especially those in politics.
Although he is a little
skinny man, Harry Reid
comes to mind as his underwear is too small for
his ego. Well as they say,
“All is fair in love and
politics.”
It appears that I am
not the only one engrossed in phrases. I received an email with
phrases published by
'Round and 'Bout publications, LaGrange, Ga.,
as follows:
1. “We're living in
high cotton.”
Cotton has long been
a key crop to the South's
economy, so every harvest farmers pray for
tall bushes loaded with
white fluffy balls in
their fields. Tall cotton
bushes are easier to pick
and yield higher returns. If you're living in
“high cotton,” it means
you're feeling particularly
successful
or
wealthy.
2. “She was madder
than a wet hen.”
Hens
sometimes
enter a phase of “broodiness” — they'll stop at
nothing to incubate
their eggs and get agitated when farmers try
to collect them. Farmers
used to dunk hens in
cold water to break their
moodiness. You don't
want to be around a
woman (I mean a hen)
after she's had an ice
bath.
3. “He could eat corn
off the cob through a
picket fence.”
This describes someone with an unfortunate
set of buck teeth They
tend to stick up and outward like a horse's
teeth. Imagine a horse
eating a carrot and
you'll get the picture.
4. “You can't make a
silk purse out a sow's
ear.”
A pig's ear may look
soft, pink and shiny, but
you're not fooling anyone by calling it your
new Marc Jacobs bag. A
Southerner might say
this about her redneck
cousin who likes to decorate her house with
deer antlers.
5. “You look rode hard
and put up wet.”
No, this isn't Southern sexual innuendo.
The phrase refers to a
key step in horse grooming — when a horse
runs fast, it works up a
sweat especially under
the saddle. A good rider
knows to walk the horse
around so it can dry off
before going back to the
stable. A horse will look
sick and tired if you forget this step, much like
a person who misses
sleep or drinks too
much.
6. “He's as drunk as
Cooter Brown.”
Cooter Brown is an
infamous character in
Southern lore. Legend
tells that he lived on the
Mason-Dixon line — the
border between north
and south — during the
Civil War. To avoid the
draft on either side,
Cooter decided to stay
drunk throughout the
entire war, making him
ineligible for battle. Inebriated
Southerners
have measured their
drunkenness by him
ever since.
7. “She's as happy as
a dead pig in the sunshine.”
When a pig dies, presumably in a sty outside, the sun dries out
the skin. This effect
pulls the pig's lips back
to reveal a toothy “grin,”
making it look happy
even though it is dead.
This phrase describes a
person who's blissfully
ignorant of reality.
8. “She's got more
nerve than Carter's got
liver pills.” Carter's
Products started as a
pill-peddling company
in the latter part of the
19th century. Specifically, Carter' s repped its
“Little Liver Pills” so
hard a Southern saying
spawned from the omnipresent
advertisements.
Alas, the Federal
Trade
Commission
forced the drug-group to
drop the “liver” portion
of the ad, claiming it
was deceptive. Carter's
“Little Liver Pill” became Carter's “Little
Pill” in 1951, but the
South doesn't really
pay attention to history.
The phrase stuck.
9. “It's finer than frog
hair split four ways.”
Southerners mostly
use this phrase to answer, “How are you?”
Even those below the
Mason-Dixon line know
that frogs don't have
hair, and the irony
means to highlight just
how dandy you feel.
The phrase reportedly originated in C.
Davis “Diary of 1865.”
10. “He thinks the
sun comes up just to
hear him crow.”
On farms (not just in
the South) roosters usually crow when the sun
rises. Their vociferous
habit wakes up the
house, signaling time to
work.
An extremely cocky
rooster might think the
sun rises simply because he crows. Similarly, an extremely
cocky man might think
the same when he
speaks — and also that
everyone should listen
to him.
11. “That's about as
useful as teats on a
bull.”
Only female dairy
cows produce milk. Male
cows are called bulls.
And even if you could
“milk anything with
nipples,” bulls tend to be
rather ornery. Good luck
with that.
12. “That thing is all
catawampus.”
Lexicographers don't
really know how it
evolved, though. They
speculate it's a colloquial perversion of
“cater-corner.” Variations
include:
catawampous and catty
wonkus, The South isn't
really big on details.
13. “He's got enough
money to burn a wet
mule.”
In 1929, then Governor of Louisiana, Huey
Long, nicknamed “The
Kingfish,” tried to enact
a five-cent tax on each
barrel of refined oil to
fund welfare programs,
Naturally, Standard Oil
threw a hissy fit and
tried to impeach him on
some fairly erroneous
charges (including attending a drunken
party with a stripper).
But Long, a good ole'
boy, fought back. He reportedly said the company
had
offered
legislators as much as
$25,000 for their votes
to kick him out of office
– what he called
“enough money to burn
a wet mule.”
Northerners may not
know what that means,
but at least they know
where it came from.
Bonus: “Bless Your
Heart.”
Almost
everyone
knows, Southern women
drop this phrase constantly. But it might not
mean what you think it
means.
In reality, the phrase
has little to do with religion and more to do
with a passive-aggressive way to call you an
idiot. Depending on your
inflection, saying “bless
your heart” can sting
worse than any insult.
It is pretty obvious
that the writer of
phrases in the publication ('Round and 'Bout)
was not raised in a
Southern environment.
That is especially true
with the bonus phrase
“bless your heart.”
Never in my existence
have I ever heard any
lady use that phrase except to express sympathy
for
another's
problem in a caring way.
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP)
— A food manufacturing
company has announced
plans to close a plant in
western Georgia by the
end of next year.
Kellogg Co. officials announced Monday that
they're closing a plant in
Columbus as part of a re-
structuring process. The
move is expected to eliminate 325 jobs.
Kellogg Co. spokesman
Kris Charles said in a
statement that the move
is part of the company's
four-year efficiency and
effectiveness program.
Charles says the move
will help the company cut
costs that can be shifted
to investments in strategy
Train hits teacher SUV
SMITHS STATION,
Ala. (AP) — A high school
teacher from east Alabama is recovering in a
hospital after a train collided with her SUV near
her school.
Authorities say the
train struck Smiths Station High School science
teacher Vivian Martin's
SUV on Monday afternoon.
Lee County Superintendent Mac McCoy said
the teacher did not appear to have any serious
injuries from the collision. McCoy said she had
no broken bones.
The Columbus LedgerEnquirer reports that
Martin was flown by helicopter to Midtown Medical Center in Columbus,
Georgia, shortly after the
collision and was in satisfactory condition.
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Area Deaths & Funerals
As Submitted By Area Funeral Homes
MRS. McCANTS
MRS. SIDES
ELLENWOOD, Ga. — Mrs. Dorothy Ruth McCants of Ellenwood, formerly of Valley, died
Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at her residence.
Funeral services are planned for Wednesday,
July 30 at 1 p.m. at Rehoboth Baptist Church with
the Rev. Karanja Story, pastor, offciating. Burial
will follow at the church cemetery.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, July 29 from 1
until 7 p.m. at Foreman Funeral Home in Valley.
Mrs. McCants is survived by her daughter,
Shameko McCants; sons, Rantes McCants and Jamaal McCants; a daughter, Jessica McAlister; sisters, Bertha (Charles) Jackson, Elder Linda
(Michael) Danmola of Opelika and Annette
Dorsey; a brother, Walter (Val) Dorsey; a caretaker,
Keith Dunlap; brothers-in-law, Larkin McCants
and Franklin McCants; seven grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces,
nephews, friends and other relatives.
Mrs. McCants was a native of Valley and was a
member of Mt. Ephraim Baptist Church.
The family can be contacted at the home of
Bertha and Charles Jackson, 5318 30th Ave., Valley.
Foreman Funeral Home of Valley is handling
arrangements.
VALLEY — Mrs. Mary O. Sides, 83, of Valley
died Friday, July 25, 2014, in Opelika.
Funeral services are planned for Tuesday, July
29 at 2 p.m. at Fairview Baptist Church in Valley
with the Rev. Tim Bass officiating. Burial will follow at Langdale Cemetery.
Mrs. Sides is survived by her son, Allen Sides
(Tammie) of Valley; her daughter, Jill Stroer
(Marty) of Opelika; four grandchildren, Jeffrey
Sides (Brittany), Daniel Sides (Caroline), Jacob
Stroer and Meriambi Stroer; great-grandchildren,
Kayleigh and Emmaleigh Brown; four brothers,
Greg Kelley (Clara), Larry Kelley, Darren Kelley
(Donna) and Ronnie Kelley (Debbie); and two sisters, Eileen Wadkins and Linda Brown.
Born Oct. 9, 1930, in Clay County, Ala., Mrs.
Sides was the daughter of the late Thomas E. and
Bertha B. Kelley. She retired from the Chambers
County Board of Education as a dietitian. Mrs.
Sides loved cats and watching the Atlanta Braves.
She was a loving mother, grandmother and sister,
who was strong in her faith, as well as a member
of Fairview Baptist Church. Mrs. Sides was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Bobby
Sides, and a brother, Thomas Barron Kelley.
Visitation was held Monday, July 28 from 6 to 9
p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in
Valley.
For online condolences, go to www.johnsonbrownservicefh.com.
Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home of Valley
is handling arrangements.
MR. MEIGS
SALEM — Mr. Tony Wayne Meigs, 76, of Salem
died Saturday, July 19, 2014, after a lengthy battle
with Parkinson's.
Funeral services were held Monday, July 21 at
4 p.m. at Jeffcoat-Trant Chapel. Burial followed at
Garden Hills Cemetery.
Visitation was held Sunday, July 20 from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m. at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home in Opelika.
Wayne was born at Daviston, Ala., in Tallapoosa
County on June 29, 1938, son of Robert Wilson
Meigs and Inetie Bishop.
He is survived by his wife, Billie Yvonne
Wisener; daughter, Cynthia Meigs; stepdaughter
Dell (Robert) Corley; stepson Tom Hilyer; stepgrandchildren, Jerry (T.J.) Hilyer, Brandon and
Jason Corley and Cody Jenkins; sister, Phyllis
Shelnutt; sisters-in-law, Nancy Meigs and Dolores
Wisener; a brother-in-law Jesse Wisener; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his brothers,
Henry, Howard, Troy and Virgil; his sisters, Vera
Blyth, Eunice Drake, Mrytice Lancaster and Clara
Flatt.
Wayne was retired from Huguley Water System
where he served as water superintendent for 43
years. When he retired, he could say that he oversaw every foot of water lines that were installed.
He loved his customers, and regardless of weather,
he served them faithfully, night or day.
Mr. Meigs was a member of the Alabama National Guard for seven years and participated in
three major events in Alabama that involved civil
rights. In 1963, he was federalized and present
when George Wallace stood in the door at the University of Alabama. In 1963 he was sent to Birmingham to help maintain order when the black
church was bombed and four little girls were
killed. He was sent to Montgomery, in 1965, to protect the leaders of those who marched from Selma
to Montgomery.
Flowers will be accepted or donations may be
made in Mr. Meigs’ memory to Salem United
Methodist Church, Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 24,
Salem Ala. 36874.
The family would like to thank Gentiva Hospice
of Phenix City, and a special thank you to Cassandra Screws.
Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home and Crematory of
Opelika handled arrangements.
MS. ROSE
LANETT — Ms. Daphne Mitchell Rose of Lanett died Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Midtown
Medical Center in Columbus.
Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday,
July 30 at 1 p.m. at Davis Memorial Mortuary
Chapel in Valley with Bishop Larry White officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery in
Lanett.
There will be no public viewing.
Ms. Rose is survived by her loving daughter,
Karmen Story of Petersburg, Va.; her mother, Ruby
Mitchell of Lanett; her grandmother, Cora Lee
Santiago of Lanett; a devoted brother, Aundre
Mitchell of Warner Robins, Ga.; siblings, Desmond
Mitchell of Lanett and Larry Mitchell Jr., Adrienne
Mitchell and Karmen Mitchell, all of Oklahoma;
uncles; aunts; and a host of nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends including special friends,
Lowanda of Lanett and Zsa-Zsa McDougald of
Jonesboro, Ga.
Online condolences can be expressed at
www.davismemorialmortuary.com.
Davis Memorial Mortuary is directing.
Four left in hot SUV
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say a woman accused of leaving four
young children in a locked
SUV is expected to make
her first court appearance
Tuesday.
Atlanta
police
spokesman Greg Lyon
says police were called to a
shopping center in southwest Atlanta Monday afternoon on a call about
four children — ages 6, 4,
2 and 1 — who were left in
an unattended SUV.
Lyon says the children's
27-year-old mother had
been shopping at a grocery
store for up to 20 minutes
when police arrived.
Fulton County Jail
records show that Charnae Amanda Mosley faces
four counts of reckless conduct. The jail records do
not list an attorney for her.
Lyon says the children
were evaluated at the
scene but didn't need medical treatment. Lyon says
the children are now in
their grandmother's custody.
COUNCIL
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Street,” he said. "There are several projects on Main
Street that have been really nice and have been well done.
However, there are a few that still need a little attention.”
He explained that there's one area that the club can
take care of.
“We can't go out and buy a building, because we don't
have those resources,” Busby said. "But, we do have the
capacity to do some cleaning up.”
He mentioned the city-owned parking lot next to the
cleaners.
“Over the years, since the courthouse was built, there
has been some oversight on keeping it up,” Busby explained. “If we let a garden grow or a piece of grass get
out of hand, it gets a little angry. That parking lot looks a
little angry. When we were talking to Jerry Bryant, who
was the architect who put it together originally, we started
seeing some visions of some smiles about what that parking lot can be and what it can mean to the city of
LaFayette.”
He mentioned the courthouse, that's located across the
street, and pointed out that it's well manicured and maintained, and he said the parking lot could be a nice centerpiece or focal point that could help improve the city's
image.
He asked for the council's permission for the club to
clean up the parking lot and the grounds around it and
to put “a little TLC into it.”
“We want to help improve the city of LaFayette,” Busby
said. “We want to work with the city, the mayor and the
council to make it happen. We don't want this to be the
end. There are some other plans that we're talking about
to really make the city pop.”
He mentioned putting mulch around the plants, and
Councilman David Ennis suggested that the club go to
Lanett and get some crushed brick from the old mill. He
said that he'll check into it for the club.
"The Rotary Club is going to be committed to maintaining the process,” Ennis said.
Busby also added that there are some plants, shrubs
and trees on the parking lot that need to be trimmed.
“What we're looking at is incorporating other groups,”
he said. “We want to incorporate the schools, the churches
and other civic groups to step forward. Lets have some
pride in LaFayette. We have a wonderful place to live, and
I think that together, we can make a big difference.”
He also said the group will stay in contact with City
Clerk Louis Davidson to make the council aware of what's
going on.
A motion to allow the club to do the project was made
by Councilwoman Tammie Williams and was unanimously approved.
PART-TIME
full county fringe benefits.
Probate Judge Brandy Easlick explained that in
her department, the employee working when she
could was doing so because she wanted to work and
also because the department needs her expertise.
She's one of two employees who can record documents.
When she is able, Easlick says, she comes in and
helps catch up on the recording.
McCoy asked Easlick if her working was "an accommodation for the county," and Easlick said definitely.
Recently, Easlick said, the employee has had her
chemo suspended temporarily and has been working
full time.
The committee agreed the county needed to have
a policy that spells out how such situations are to be
handled. County Clerk Regina Chambers checked
with the state retirement system and reported back
that there were no state restrictions that come into
play when full-time employees are working parttime.
Clay Parrish of the Sheriff's Department said he
had a similar situation, but that recently the employee had gotten better and is ready to return to
work full time.
Parrish said his employee was actually more concerned about keeping his life insurance in force than
his health insurance.
Chairman Charlie Williams suggested that
Chambers continue to research the issue and get
everything clarified, then the county could include
that matter in its policy manual.
WASHINGTON (AP)
— More than 35 percent
of Americans have debts
and unpaid bills that
have been reported to collection agencies, according to a study released
Tuesday by the Urban Institute.
These consumers fall
behind on credit cards or
hospital bills. Their mortgages, auto loans or student debt pile up, unpaid.
Even past-due gym membership fees or cellphone
contracts can end up with
a collection agency, poten-
tially hurting credit
scores and job prospects,
said Caroline Ratcliffe, a
senior fellow at the Washington-based think tank.
"Roughly, every third
person you pass on the
street is going to have
debt in collections," Ratcliffe said. "It can tip employers' hiring decisions,
or whether or not you get
that apartment."
The study found that
35.1 percent of people
with credit records had
been reported to collections for debt that averaged $5,178, based on
September 2013 records.
Police Reports
By THE TIMES-NEWS
Valley Police
VALLEY — Robert
Lee Fields Jr., age and
address not given, was
arrested for discharging
a firearm into an occupied building.
Jacklyn
Amanda
Johnson, 28, of Valley
was arrested for bail
jumping second degree.
John Doe, age and address unknown, was arrested for obstructing
governmental
operations.
Cody Thomas, 21, of
Valley was arrested for
public intoxication.
Criminal
mischief
second degree was reported in the 7700 block
of School Street.
Burglary third degree
and theft of property
third degree were reported in the 4100 block
of 20th Avenue.
Criminal
mischief
second degree was reported in the 5000 block
of 20th Avenue.
West Point Police
WEST POINT — A
incident of deposit account fraud/bank was reported in the area of
Brookwood Drive.
An incident of financial transaction card
fraud was reported in
the area of Avenue C.
Lanett Police
LANETT — Jamarius Devante Frazier, 22,
of Lanett was arrested
for rape first degree and
failure to appear.
Justin Wayne Hill,
32,of Lanett was arrested for criminal trespass third degree.
Harassing communications was reported in
the 3000 block of 16th
Avenue SW.
Harassment was reported in the 1000 block
of South Gilmer Avenue.
Theft of property
third degree was reported in the 100 block
of North Gilmer Avenue.
Chambers Sheriff
LaFAYETTE — Julie
Pauline Homan, 36, of
Franklin, Ga., was arrested for unlawful possession of controlled
substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Jamie Lynn Melke,
27, of Dallas, Ga., was
arrested for unlawful
possession of controlled
substance and possession of drug parapherna-
lia.
Jenna
Elizabeth
Hyatt, 28, of Manchester,
Ga., was arrested for giving false name to law enforcement.
James Mark Janney,
50, of Hogansville was
arrested for was arrested for unlawful possession of controlled
substance.
Kerry Lee Chapell,
34, of Atlanta, Ga., was
arrested for failure to
appear-illegal possession
of marijuana first degree.
Tommy Satterwhite,
53, of LaFayette was arrested for failure to paydriving suspended.
Leon L. Greer, 36, of
LaFayette was arrested
for DUI.
Sheriff officials reported 136 inmates in
the Chambers County
Detention Facility.
Troup Sheriff
LaGRANGE — Investigators with the
Troup County Sheriff’s
Office are searching for
Mathew Wilson Strickland, 35, of LaGrange,
after a shooting approximately one week ago.
The incident was not
immediately reported.
During this investigation it was learned that
Strickland shot one victim in the back with a
shotgun blast and held a
gun to another victim’s
head during the same
incident.
Investigators have
charged Strickland with
two counts of aggravated
assault with a deadly
weapon.
Anyone with information on Strickland’s
whereabouts or who has
any information related
to this case please call
investigators at 706-8831616 or Troup County
CrimeStoppers at 706812-1000.
Matthew W. Strickland
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Brian Maddy
Soncrant-Bozeman to marry in August
The Trouble with Squirrels
and Chipmunks
rently employed at Smiths Transmission in Huguley.
A Saturday, Aug. 10 wedding is
planned for 2 p.m. at R. Shaefer Heard
Day Use Park on West Point Lake.
Family and friends are invited to
attend.
are only for watering
horses in the field, think
again.
They are marvelous
for growing all sorts of
plants and add a wonderful decorative element to
any garden.
Herbs, cacti, ferns and
bonsai all work well in
troughs, both indoors and
outdoors.
Join Helen Phillips, a
horticulturist in this
hands-on art and gardening adventure to make a
trough garden to take
home.
The class will be limited to 15 people.
The fee will be $35.
Guests
and
annual
passholders will pay
$31.50
Basket weaving, antique spool baskets will
be the topic for Saturday,
Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m.
A fun and functional
workshop, those registered will discover many
uses for the antique spool
basket!
Appropriate for begins
and intermediate basket
weavers, this marketstyle basket, with an antique
spool
handle,
measures 12 inches by 6
inches by 5 inches.
Basketry materials in
a variety of widths and
colors will be provided.
Learn or master basic
basketry
techniques
while letting creativity
soar!
Bring heavy shears
and an old bath towel.
It will be limited to 12
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participants.
All basketry materials and antique spools supplied.
Instructors will be
Sharon
Hynes
and
Yvette Lerner.
The fee will be $55
with guests and annual
pass holders paying
$49.50.
It won't be long to
Christmas and Callaway
Gardens has planned a
fresh greenery Christmas
workshop on Saturday,
Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to
noon.
The wonderful scent of
Winter evergreens signals the holiday season
and festivities that are at
hand.
To help get ready, the
gardens will provide the
instruction, frames, mechanics, fresh greenery,
and berries.
Participants will go home with a
delightful Christmas decoration to bring holiday
cheer to any home.
Choose a wreath, centerpiece or door hanging.
Patricia Collins, the
director of gardens will
instruct the class, which
will cost $45 for each
piece created. Guests and
annual passholders will
pay $40.50.
Next will be a digital
photography workshop
series.
Callaway Gardens is
the perfect venue for
learning digital photography from accomplished
amateur photographer,
Jim Henderson.
He will bring an encyclopedic knowledge of
digital
photography’s
technical aspects, a mastery of the discipline’s
artistic side and an incredible knack for teaching
and
inspiring
participants in a fun and
enthusiastic manner.
Henderson will present each topic in an easy
to understand fashion.
For more information
and to contact Jim personally, visit his website
at www.pbase.com/sandman3.
Bring digital cameras,
owner’s
manuals,
charged batteries and
storage media.
Dress casually in layers for the weather and
wear comfortable shoes.
LaGrange — At this
time of year, we usually
get a lot of calls concerning nuisance pests.
The two that top the
list, outside of bats and
snakes, are squirrels
and chipmunks. Both
can wear out their welcome very quickly.
Squirrels look great
running up and down
trees and power lines
but not so much when
they’re running up and
down your attic while
you’re trying to sleep.
The first step is to
identify what kind of
squirrel may be in your
attic. Usually the common gray squirrel will
be active at dusk and at
dawn, when they’re entering or leaving your
residence.
Flying squirrels are
nocturnal, and they will
keep you up all night
long with their antics.
There are also red
squirrels that are found
usually in the Georgia
Blue Ridge Mountain
region.
The southern fox
squirrel is also found in
Troup County.
They range in size
from one pound to
nearly three pounds.
The gray squirrel
weighs from twelve
ounces to one- and onehalf pounds.
What makes fox
squirrels unique is their
coloring. Their faces
may look like a raccoon’s and their coloring may range from
black to blond with a
little of everything in
between.
Their range may overlap with the gray squirrels.
They both have similar tastes for acorns and
nuts, but the fox squirrels utilize pine seeds
as a major food source.
If squirrels are robbing you blind at your
bird feeders, it might be
time to invest in the
squirrel proof feeders.
They can be pricey, but
what you save on birdseed over a couple of
years will pay for them.
The ones that work
the best are spring
loaded so that when
something that weighs
much more than a bird
lands on the feeding
plate, it closes off.
It can be very entertaining watching frustrated squirrels.
The best method to
keeping unwanted visi-
tors out of your home is
prevention.
Block all access holes
firmly with securely
nailed mesh or wood.
Gray squirrels can fit
through a hole the size
of a quarter and flying
squirrels the size of a
nickel.
Remove overhanging
limbs and have an electrician squirrel proof
your electrical, telephone and cable lines
by slipping a slit one
and one-half inch plastic pipe over them. It
will rotate as a squirrel
tries to cross.
If squirrels are still
present, trapping using
Havahart (No. 0) or
Tomahawk (No. 102)
traps may be necessary.
You have to train flying squirrels to come to
the trap.
Using a small mesh
screen place a mixture
of peanut butter, pecan
meat and sunflower
seeds close to the trap
for about three days
prior to setting the trap.
If there are several
flying squirrels, it may
take two to three weeks
to trap them. The trap
should be set in the
attic.
Since gray squirrels
are more active during
the daytime, it makes
more sense to trap
them outside the attic.
Place the trap on a
piece of cardboard and
place birdseed around
and in the trap on trigger plate.
You should check the
trap on a regular basis
in case a bird gets
trapped inadvertently.
Chipmunks
are
smaller members of the
squirrel family. They
can be identified by
three dark stripes down
their
reddish-brown
coats.
T h e y
like to run with their
tails straight up in the
air.
The Eastern Chipmunk may excavate
tunnels as long as
thirty feet. Entrances
and exits are kept free
of dirt.
Chipmunks are usually the culprits when it
comes to plastic trashcans that are used for
birdseed or dog food
storage that have holes
chewed in them.
Some of you have no-
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ticed gaps in your bottom garage door gaskets.
That is usually some
chipmunks making an
entrance or exit from
your garage.
The easiest method
for controlling chipmunks is trapping.
Placing the trap with
the culinary delight of
peanut butter mixed
with oatmeal as the
bait near their runways
works well.
Exclusion is also effective. Seal off any
openings in your foundation such as gas or
water lines, electrical or
cable entrances with
caulk or quarter-inch
welded wire. If your
dryer vent is close to
the ground attach the
welded wire to the
opening.
One thing to note on
the animals successfully trapped is that
their lifespan is greatly
reduced when relocated
to another area. New
immigrants are not
very well accepted into
the colonies at the new
location.
Repellants
using
naphthalene (mothball
crystals) are no more effective repelling chipmunks and squirrels as
it is repelling snakes. It
is also dangerous to humans.
Poisons containing
Warfarin, an anticoagulant, are effective but
the greatest danger is
killing
non-target
species such as dogs
and cats.
Calling poison control and rushing the
family pet to the vet is
not a pleasant experience.
A brief reminder is
that if you haven’t
made it to the Market
on Main on Saturday
mornings from 8 a.m. to
10 a.m., you’re missing
a treat. T
here’s a lot of fresh locally grown produce.
Get there early.
Brian Maddy is the
ANR Agent for Troup
County Extension. The
Troup County Extension office is located at
114 Church Street, LaGrange, GA. 30240
(706) 883-1675. Monday
- Friday from 8 a.m. to
noon and from 1 to 5
p.m.
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PINE MOUNTAIN —
Callaway Gardens has
announced several fall
and early winter workshops, including several
photography workshops.
On Saturday, Oct. 11
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. it
will hold Marvelous Monarchs.
Those attending will
spend a fun and informative morning learning
about these amazing
creatures, their astounding life cycle, mechanisms of flight and
details of their yearly migratory journey.
Participants will learn
of the perils these butterflies face in today’s world.
After classroom time,
they'll visit the Day Butterfly Center outdoor garden for more tips on
attracting monarchs and
will try catching and tagging these beautiful insects.
They’ll learn why this
is important.
Guests will leave with
a lot of information as
well as a plant especially
for these butterflies.
The instructor will be
Michael Buckman, Day
Butterfly Center manager.
The fee will be $25.
Guests
and
annual
passholders will pay
$22.50. Annual Passholder
Make your own garden trough will be the
topic for Saturday, Oct. 18
from 10 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.
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Amber Lee Soncrant, of Palatka, Fla.,
to Christopher Dan Bozeman of Valley,
son of Fred and Amanda Foster and
Chris and Shannon Bozeman Sr. of
Valley.
The bride-elect is the daughter of
the late Mattie Elaine Soncrant of
Palatka and is the granddaughter of
Janice Buckner of Valley.
She is a 2014 graduate of Valley
High School in Valley and is currently employed at Afni in Opelika.
The prospective bridegroom is the
grandson of Andy and Wanda Newton
of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Winston and
Debra Clayton of Opelika, Travis and
Pattie Bailey of Smith Station
and Dan and Faye Bozeman of Valley.
He is the great-grandson of Jerry and
Sarah Coker of Cusseta, Janell Clayton and the late Winston Clayton Sr.
of Lanett and Mickey and Sandra
Hinson of South Carolina.
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School of Townsend, Ga. and is cur-
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SAVANNAH RIVER
SITE, S.C. (AP) — Federal
legislators have secured
enough money to make
sure a nuclear fuel project
at the Savannah River
Site goes forward, according to South Carolina Gov.
Nikki Haley and members of the state's congressional delegation.
But the governmental
leaders also told news reporters during a meeting
with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz they
want to ensure that the
state doesn't become a
permanent home for the
world's nuclear trash.
Last fall, Haley invited
Moniz to visit the Savannah River Site, a sprawling complex along the
South Carolina-Georgia
border. The 310-square
mile site once produced
components for nuclear
weapons, but its primary
focus now is on repurposing and cleanup.
Construction began in
2007 on the mixed-oxide
fuel plant, known as
MOX, which is part of an
agreement with Russia to
turn nuclear weapons
into reactor fuel. The project is currently billions of
dollars over budget and
experienced yearslong delays.
The Obama administration had said it wanted
to put the project on hold,
saying it was becoming
too expensive and suggesting that another
method be found to dispose of the plutonium, in
order to uphold the agreement with Russia. South
Carolina sued, saying
money set aside to build
the plant couldn't be used
to shut it down, and the
administration has committed to continuing construction into the fall,
when the current fiscal
year ends.
Today in History
Today is Tuesday, July
29, the 210th day of 2014.
There are 155 days left in
the year.
Today's Highlights in
History:
On July 29, 1914,
transcontinental
telephone service in the U.S.
became operational with
the first test conversation
between New York and
San Francisco. Massachusetts' Cape Cod Canal, offering a shortcut across
the base of the peninsula,
was officially opened to
shipping traffic.
On this date:
In 1030, the patron
CharterBank reports quarterly earnings
Special to Times-News
points for the quarter
ended June 30, 2013.
•Net interest margin
excluding accretion and
amortization of loss
share receivable was
2.90 percent for the quarter ended June 30, 2014
compared with 2.75 percent the same quarter of
2013.
•Noninterest income
increased by $573,000, or
21.5 percent.
•Deposit
and
bankcard fee income increased by a combined
$455,000.
•Recognized a net
gain of $201,000 on the
sale of securities available for sale.
The improvement was
partially mitigated by
the following items:
•Loan interest income
decreased $809,000 primarily due to a decrease
in net accretion income.
•The average yield on
loans was 5.44 percent
for the quarter ended
June 30, 2014 compared
to 6.83 percent for the
quarter ended June 30,
2013.
•Salaries and employee benefits increased
by $509,000, primarily
related to stock awards
made during the 2014
fiscal year.
•Noninterest expense
and income tax expense
increased by a combined
$493,000.
•Recorded a $248,000
loss on the write down of
fixed assets associated
with a branch to be
closed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014.
•The net cost of operations of real estate
owned
increased
$110,000.
“While economic activity remains slow in
our markets we achieved
modest loan growth,”
Chairman and CEO
Robert L. Johnson said.
“We increased net organic loans not covered
by loss sharing by $31.7
million since Sept. 30,
2013, and by $58.9 million from June 30, 2013.
With the purchase discount accretion reductions in our covered loan
portfolio and limited opportunity
for
loan
growth, we will continue
to face significant nearterm earnings challenges. However, longer
term, we remain optimistic in our ability to
improve earnings.”
a military salute and the
declaration: "I'm John
Kerry and I'm reporting
for duty."
Five years ago: Microsoft and Yahoo announced
a
10-year
Internet search partnership under which Bing
would replace Yahoo
Search, as the companies
agreed to take on the overwhelming dominance of
Google in the online advertising market..
Today's Birthdays: Comedian "Professor" Irwin
Corey is 100. Actor Robert
Horton is 90. Former Sen.
Nancy Kassebaum-Baker
is 82. Actor Robert Fuller
is 81. Former Sen. Elizabeth H. Dole is 78. Actor
David Warner is 73. Rock
musician Neal Doughty
(REO Speedwagon) is 68.
Marilyn Tucker Quayle,
wife of former Vice President Dan Quayle, is 65.
Actor Mike Starr is 64.
Documentary maker Ken
Burns is 61. Style guru
Tim Gunn (TV: "Project
Runway") is 61. Rock
singer-musician Geddy
Lee (Rush) is 61. Rock
singer Patti Scialfa (Bruce
Springsteen and the E
Street Band) is 61.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Nellie Kim is 57.
Actor Kevin Chapman is
52. Actress Alexandra
Paul is 51. Country singer
Martina McBride is 48.
Rock musician Chris Gorman is 47. Actor Rodney
Allen Rippy is 46. Actor
Tim Omundson is 45.
Actor Ato Essandoh is 42.
Actor Wil Wheaton is 42.
Rhythm-and-blues singer
Wanya Morris (Boyz II
Men) is 41. Country
singer-songwriter James
Otto is 41. Actor Stephen
Dorff is 41. Actor Josh
Radnor is 40. Hip-hop
DJ/music producer Danger Mouse is 37. Actress
Rachel Miner is 34. Actress Allison Mack is 32.
Actor Matt Prokop is 24.
Thought for Today: "A
country can be judged by
the quality of its proverbs."
— German proverb.
Kevin, Operations
WEST
POINT —
Charter Financial Corporation today reported net
income of $1.8 million, or
$0.09 per basic and diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2014,
compared with $1.6 million, or $0.07 per basic
and diluted share, for the
quarter ended June 30,
2013.
The increase in net income was primarily attributable to an $834,000
negative loan loss provision on covered loans related to improved credit
quality and workout experience, along with the
absence of a non-covered
loan loss provision in the
2014 third quarter versus $500,000 in the prior
year quarter and a
$573,000 increase in
noninterest income.
The increase was partially offset by a decline
in net interest income of
$1.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.
Net income for the
nine months ended
June 30, 2014, was $4.9
million, or $0.23 and
$0.22 per basic and diluted share, respectively,
compared with $5.3 million, or $0.26 per basic
and diluted share, for the
nine months ended
June 30, 2013.
The decrease in net
income and earnings per
share for the nine
months ended June 30,
2014, was primarily the
result of lower net purchase discount accretion,
partially offset by reduced provision for loan
losses due to improved
credit quality and higher
noninterest income.
The improvement in
reported quarterly earnings for the third quarter
of fiscal 2014 compared
with the third quarter of
fiscal 2013 resulted primarily from the following
items:
•Recorded
an
$834,000 negative loan
loss provision on covered
loans.
•Borrowing expense
decreased $146,000, or
19.7 percent.
•Deposit expense decreased by $211,000, or
21.1 percent.
•The cost of deposits
remained stable at 49
basis points for the quarter ended June 30, 2014
compared to 57 basis
saint of Norway, King Olaf
II, was killed in battle.
In 1588, the English attacked the Spanish Armada in the Battle of
Gravelines, resulting in an
English victory.
In 1890, artist Vincent
van Gogh, 37, died of a
self-inflicted
gunshot
wound in Auvers-sur-Oise,
France.
In 1900, Italian King
Humbert I was assassinated by an anarchist; he
was succeeded by his son,
Victor Emmanuel III.
In 1921, Adolf Hitler
became
the
leader
("fuehrer") of the National
Socialist German Workers
Party.
In 1948, Britain's King
George VI opened the
Olympic Games in London.
In 1957, the International Atomic Energy
Agency was established.
Jack Paar made his debut
as host of NBC's "Tonight
Show."
In 1958, President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating NASA.
In 1967, an accidental
rocket launch aboard the
supercarrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin
resulted in a fire and explosions that killed 134
servicemen.
In 1974, singer Cass Elliot died in a London hotel
room at age 32.
In 1981, Britain's
Prince Charles married
Lady Diana Spencer at St.
Paul's Cathedral in London. (However, the couple
divorced in 1996.)
In 1994, abortion opponent Paul Hill shot and
killed Dr. John Bayard
Britton and Britton's
bodyguard, James H. Barrett, outside the Ladies
Center clinic in Pensacola,
Florida. (Hill was executed
in September 2003.)
Ten years ago: Sen.
John Kerry accepted the
Democratic presidential
nomination at the party's
convention in Boston with
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Be thankful for religious freedom in U.S.
To the Editor:
Too often we take our religious
liberty for granted. We attend religious services without fear. Whether
it is at a church, synagogue or
mosque, we attend openly. We recognize that a basic tenet of our
American way of life stipulated in
our Constitution is that we are free
to practice whatever religion we
want. In fact, witches, warlocks and
Satan worshippers are free to practice their brands of religion provided
they do not infringe on the rights or
liberties of other citizens. This is not
true in many parts of the world.
From
North
Africa
to
Afghanistan and elsewhere there are
countries where one is not free to
worship as his conscience dictates.
Furthermore, in many countries the
government decides what religion
should be practiced and may, in fact,
persecute those who disagree. This
persecution may be in the form of a
tax on those who choose not to convert to the government sanctioned
religion or, in some cases, government sanctioned physical violence
against those who disagree. In Saudi
Arabia, for instance, one is not allowed to own a Bible or evangelize.
Those who promote a Caliphate in
which Sharia Law is supreme would
favor the dictate that one must be a
Muslim or suffer extreme consequences.
The joy of living in the United
States of America is that we are free
to worship as we please. There may
be Christians who would favor a
theocracy in which God is our king
and His guidance would dictate our
actions. This would, in essence, be a
Christian type of Caliphate. It would
violate the freedoms of those who
chose to practice other religions or
even atheism. The beauty of Christianity is that God wants people to
choose. He has given us free will —
that is the freedom to accept or reject Him. He wants our love and our
worship but He does not demand it.
Beware of those who would dictate what your religious belief must
be. There are millions of Muslims in
America. They enjoy the very same
religious freedoms guaranteed by
the Constitution that Christians,
Jews and others enjoy. It is the radical Islamist who believes you must
change or die. Be thankful that our
Constitution guarantees religious
freedom regardless of what religion
you choose to follow.
Ford McLain, LaGrange
GOP ultimatum to Putin a bad approach
With the party united, the odds
are now at least even that the GOP
will not only hold the House but also
capture the Senate in November.
But before traditional conservatives cheer that prospect, they might
take a closer look at the foreign policy that a Republican Senate would
seek to impose upon the nation.
Specifically, they should spend
time reading S. 2277, the "Russian
Aggression Prevention Act of 2014,"
introduced by Sen. Bob Corker on
May 1, and endorsed by half of the
Senate's GOP caucus.
As ranking Republican on the foreign relations committee, Corker is
in line to become chairman, should
the GOP take the Senate. That
makes this proposal a gravely serious
matter.
Corker's bill would declare
Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine
"major non-NATO allies" of the
United States, move NATO forces
into Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and
Estonia, accelerate the building of an
ABM system in Eastern Europe and
authorize U.S. intelligence and military aid for Ukraine's army in the
Donbass war with Russian-backed
separatists.
U.S. aid would include antitank
and antiaircraft weapons.
S. 2277 would direct the secretary
of state to intensify efforts to
strengthen democratic institutions
inside the Russian Federation, e.g.,
subvert Vladimir Putin's government, looking toward regime
change.
If Putin has not vacated Crimea
and terminated support for
Ukraine's separatist rebels within
seven days of passage of the Corker
Ultimatum, sweeping sanctions
would be imposed on Russian officials, banks and energy companies,
including Gazprom.
Economic relations between us
would be virtually severed.
In short, this is an ultimatum to
Russia that she faces a new Cold War
if she does not get out of Ukraine
Patrick Buchanan
Creators Syndicate
and Crimea, and it is a U.S. declaration that we will now regard three
more former Soviet republics -Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia -- as
allies.
A small, weak country might accept this dictation from a superpower.
But Russia, where anti-Americanism is virulent and rampant and the
Russian people support Putin's actions in Ukraine, would want him to
tell the Americans just what to do
with their ultimatum.
And how Russia would respond is
not difficult to predict.
Our demand that she get out of
Crimea and leave her two-centuryold naval base at Sevastopol in the
custody
of
President
Petro
Poroshenko in Kiev and his U.S. allies, would be laughed off.
Putin would tell us that Crimea
has voted to return to Russia. It's
ours, and we're going to keep it.
Now deal with it.
To make good on our latest red
line, we would have to start shipping
weapons to Kiev, in which case Russia, with superior forces closer, would
likely move preemptively into East
Ukraine.
What would our NATO allies do
then?
The U.S. directive to the State
Department to work with NGOs in
Russia, blatant intervention in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation,
would be answered with a general
expulsion of these agencies from
Moscow.
We would not sit still for this kind
of open subversion in the United
States. What makes us think they
would?
And where do we come off telling
the Russians what kind of government they may have? Do we do that
with our friends in Saudi Arabia and
Kuwait? Is there more freedom in
Egypt, to which we send billions annually in foreign aid, than in Russia?
Is there more freedom in China?
How do we think Beijing would
respond if Corker & Co. openly declared not only their right but their
intent to funnel U.S. funds to civic
organizations to bring about an end
to single-party Communist rule?
The Russian people, today backing Putin by 80 percent, seem happier with their government than we
Americans do with ours.
But it may be this idea of installing a ballistic missile defense, an
ABM system, in Poland and the
Czech Republic, that is most dangerous of all.
Putin has already signaled that this
would cross his red line, that if we
start implanting antimissile missiles in
Eastern Europe, he will reply by installing offensive missiles.
The Reagan-Gorbachev INF
treaty to eliminate all intermediaterange nuclear missiles from Europe
— the USSR's triple-warhead SS20s, and our Pershing II and cruise
missiles — could wind up in the
dumpster.
We could have a mini-Cuban missile crisis in Eastern Europe.
And how would our German allies react to Russian missiles rising in
Kaliningrad, the former Prussian
capital of Konigsberg, wedged between Lithuania and Poland?
Russia and Ukraine have been like
Siamese twins for a thousand years.
When did where and how they separate become our strategic concern?
Under Obama, the U.S. has declined to intervene in civil wars in
Syria, Ukraine and Libya, or to go
back in force in Iraq. He is pulling us
out of Afghanistan.
The American Imperium is folding up. Retrenchment is under way.
If the Republican counteroffer to
Obama's is a return to the compulsive interventionism of Bush II, this
is where some of us will be getting
off.
Pro-gun politicians quick to protect selves
Its official title is the "Safe Carry
Protection Act," and when it was
signed by Georgia's Republican
Gov. Nathan Deal, the National
Rifle Association praised it as the
"most comprehensive pro-gun bill
in state history." That's because,
under its provisions, Georgia residents are now able to carry guns
into churches, bars and public
buildings. Georgia teachers, with a
green light from their school board,
can carry guns into their classrooms.
This may explain why the statute is
better known as the "Guns Everywhere" law.
While Christ remains for many
the true Prince of Peace, and while
firearms in churches do seem wildly
inappropriate, you have to concede
that it could provide a new definition for the often-coerced marriage
commonly known as a "shotgun
wedding." As to the wisdom of
mixing guns and alcohol in a
crowded public place on a raucous
Friday night, 19th-century Americans in Dodge City, Kansas, were a
lot smarter than that.
But here's the inconsistency.
Those same Georgia legislators who
championed the "Guns Everywhere" law "to arm law-abiding citizens in order to confront and to
take down, if necessary, armed lawbreakers" in libraries or fast-food
restaurants exempt one place where
Georgians cannot bear arms: the
state capitol in Atlanta -- the very
place where those legislators work.
Mark Shields
Creators Syndicate
Georgia legislators are not alone
in voting to keep guns out of their
own workplace. Three-dozen states,
which, like all 50, have their own
concealed-carry laws that permit citizens to carry guns into public
places, specifically prohibit law-abiding citizens from bringing firearms
into their state capitols, where, incidentally, those very legislators can
be found.
Credit goes to Esme Deprez and
William Selway of Business Week for
capturing this glaring inconsistency,
which some might even call
hypocrisy on the part of pro-gun
politicians, when they interviewed
South Dakota Republican Rep.
Steve Hickey who owns 17 firearms,
is a dues-paying NRA member and
favors the untrammeled right of
South Dakotans to pack heat in
public places, that is except the state
capitol, where, according to Hickey,
"We have the most contentious issues being debated in public policy,
affecting people in irate, angrily
ways and affecting millions and millions of dollars."
Here in Washington, within the
space of five days, two law-abiding
Americans, the press secretary for
U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., and
the past president of the National
Turkey Federation and the presi-
dent-elect of the National Pork Producers Council, were separately arrested and jailed after Capitol police
found each trying to bring a pistol
and ammunition into the Cannon
House Office Building, which connects to the Capitol. If found guilty,
the sentence could be five years in
jail.
Capitol Hill, where Congress
spends its time, has become an
armed camp with uniformed and
plain-clothes security people everywhere. It's true that in 1998 there
was a tragic shooting, resulting in
the deaths of two Capitol Hill police
officers. But that was 16 years ago,
long before four-fifths of the current House Members had even
come to Washington, and before
the strong national movement to
expand citizens' right to carry
firearms where they choose.
It 's clear these pro-gun/antigun control politicians must believe
that more citizens carrying more
guns in the community or the workplace will make you and me safer.
But somehow these same politicians
do not believe those same citizens
with those same firearms would
make the state capitol and U.S.
Capitol safer places. They believe
these citizens could somehow be a
threat to THEM.
If more guns were to make people safer, then the United States -which, with 310 million guns in private hands, leads all nations -would be the safest place on Earth.
Making another year
Make it through another 365 days (add a day every
fourth year for leap year), and you celebrate another
birthday. It would be of no consequence whatsoever,
except people are extremely nice to you on your birthday.
I marked my 67th Sunday, and it was quite a day.
Sunday has become my favorite day of the week. I
get a spiritual uplift from Sunday school and church attendance Sunday morning, I get some exercise (and a
lesson in humility) on the golf course Sunday afternoon
and Sunday evening my wife prepares a family meal,
which all my children and grandchildren usually attend.
This past Sunday, the only thing that changed was
my weight-conscious family being subjected to the
temptation of my traditional birthday banana pudding.
I like birthday cake, but I love banana pudding, and I
get one on my birthday.
As I embark on my sixty-eighth year, I fully realize
how blessed I have been. Not
many people get to do something they love for more than 40
years. Not everyone has a fulfilling marriage that has endured
for 44 years. Not just everyone
on the golf course can double By Cy Wood
bogey two holes in a row and Publisher/Editor
then card a birdie.
As much as I appreciated having my immediate family and
some of my extended family
present for my birthday dinner
Sunday evening, it wasn't until I
got to work Monday morning
and found my inbox clogged
with more than 200 emails that
I realized how extensively my
birthday had been remembered.
Scores of people wished me a
happy birthday on Facebook.
Some of them were people I don't even know but apparently we're friends. But most of them were from familiar names. And they include acquaintances I haven't
seen in decades, people I met in other locales, people I
worked with at other newspapers, people whose paths
have simply crossed mine for some reason or another
over the years.
I can always count on one birthday greeting. Wilma
Thompson never forgets my birthday. Wilma was
around when I was born, which I know dates her somewhat. Still, over the years she remembers my birthday
(she gets some help because I was born exactly one
month before Randy Willingham), who became my first
friend on this earth in the Shawmut mill village.
A few days before the anniversary of my nativity, I
was delighted that another dear friend had remembered
my impending big day in a very special way. Lu Berlin
has consistently satisfied my sweet tooth over the years,
not just on my birthday but throughout the year. I
shouldn't have been surprised when Craig Berlin, all the
way from Texas, walked into the newspaper office bearing my favorite of Lu's cakes.
Perhaps the highlight of my 67th birthday was having
my grandson present for the first time. Cyrus is nine
months old now, and will soon celebrate the first of his
birthdays. As I opened my gifts around the dining room
table Sunday evening, I realized, once again, the gifts
that come my way every day of the year without the colorful bags and tissue paper in every hue under the sun
(does anyone still wrap birthday presents).
I live amid a wide circle of friends and family in which
unconditional love is a given. I have been very healthy
these first 67 years. I spent one night in a hospital back
in my 20s when I mistook an anxiety attack for a heart
attack. I have suffered one broken finger and one broken toe and may have cracked a rib once or twice, but
most of my doctor office visits are for wellness checkups.
I live a comfortable, simple life. I have a job I look
forward to each day, a home I relish returning to in the
evening and enough money in the bank to buy groceries
for several weeks (if I cut down on the M&Ms). My 10year-old pickup got a wash job this past weekend, so it
now looks like an eight-year-old pickup.
The only troubling aspect of my idyllic existence is
too many people I love aren't as blessed physically as I
have been. They are battling cancer, degenerative diseases, psychological problems, financial problems, grief
and loneliness.
With all that, a lot of them took the time to wish me
a happy birthday Sunday. I appreciate those sentiments,
and I wish for them all the joy in life that they deserve.
Sizing It
Up
What Others Are Saying:
Comments from other newspapers
The Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, Alabama, on
concerns surrounding Alabama State University:
Conflict of interest is not a difficult concept to grasp. Webster's puts it plainly: "A conflict between the private interests
and the official responsibilities of a person in a position of
trust."
Nevertheless, the issue has been problematic for some
members of the Alabama State University board of trustees
and has been cited in a warning report from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, ASU's accrediting agency.
Now Gov. Robert Bentley has asked for the resignations of
trustees Eltion Dean and Marvin Wiggins, both cited by
SACS.
Aside from the concerns they raise with SACS, conflicts of
interest also undermine public confidence in the operational
integrity of the institution.
A letter from SACS notes multiple areas of concern at ASU,
all of them troubling for the taxpayers whose money supports
this public university. However, the conflicts of interest — and
the response to them — go to the very core of responsible
leadership.
The SACS letter cites a violation of standards by Wiggins,
who has not been "free of familial financial interest in the institution." His wife, mother-in-law and other family members
collected thousands in payments from ASU for a summer
camp they operated. He said the amounts were small and he
did not know about all the contracts.
Wiggins just doesn't get it or, considering that he is a lawyer
and a judge, perhaps chooses not to get it. As SACS bluntly
noted, "Both arguments are irrelevant" and Wiggins "has a
familial conflict of interest."
He's not alone. As SACS pointed out, relatives of Dean operated a business paid by ASU in violation of the agency's standards. In addition, Dean did not disclose this situation on his
conflict of interest form or on the Statement of Economic Interest that Alabama's ethics law requires public officials to file
each year.
A former trustee, Larry Lemak, did not disclose the direct
financial benefit his company and relatives received through
the university.
There's no defending any of this.
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‘Dear Abby’
DEAR ABBY: In short, my son
is a klutz -- to the point that it affects his self-confidence. He's different from everyone else in the
family.
Is being a klutz genetic? Is it
permanent? He's not doing well
academically, either. How can I
help him? -- PARENT WHO
CARES
DEAR PARENT: One way to
help your son would be to stop
other family members from
making fun of him and labeling him as a klutz. When people laugh and ridicule others,
it makes them only more selfconscious and more clumsy.
Another way to help would
be to have him examined by an
ophthalmologist and a neurologist. His problem may be poor
depth perception or a neurological or balance issue. And
while you're at it, consider
having him evaluated for a
learning disability, which may
be the cause of his academic
difficulties.
DEAR ABBY: I have a pet
peeve. I hate it when people ask to
"try my meal" or to have a taste,
especially when I haven't had one
myself. When I say no, my
boyfriend calls me selfish. If we're
with friends, I feel obligated to say
yes to avoid appearing rude.
I seldom trade bites with my
boyfriend because I don't eat meat
and he usually orders something I
don't want. Some nights we cook
our own separate meals, and he
still asks to try mine (even though
he's a better cook than I am).
Abby, how can I say no without
looking or feeling selfish and rude?
I just want to enjoy my entire meal
without hearing, "Can I have a
bite?" -- PET PEEVE IN PORTLAND
Son’s clumsiness may
have a physical cause
DEAR PET PEEVE: Many
people regard sharing food to
be an act of intimacy. Because
it makes you uncomfortable,
all you have to do is say, "I'd
prefer not to." If these folks are
friends, they must know how
you feel about this by now.
And as for your boyfriend, I
can't help but wonder why he
would persist in doing something that he knows annoys
you unless he's doing it to
tease you.
DEAR ABBY: Are night owls
born or raised to stay up late? Can
a night owl successfully become a
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SPORTS
Page 8
Schools open fall
camps next week
By SCOTT SICKLER
Sports Editor
Four of the seven local high
schools will officially open fall camp
workouts next week in preparation
for the start of the 2014 high school
football season.
Valley, Lanett, LaFayette and
Beulah will open fall camps Mon.,
Aug. 4 while Springwood and Chambers in AISA play will open camp
Thurs., Aug. 31.
The Troup Tigers began fall camp
July 25.
It will be a very interesting year
as Lanett will be the local team with
the best shot of making a serious run
at a state championship but a number of other schools should be playoff-bound as well.
Once in the postseason, anything
can happen.
Valley moves up to 6A but opens
the season Aug. 22 with rival 2A
Lanett and is the first game between
the local rivals since 2011.
Lanett’s offense against Valley’s
defense should be a great matchup to
kickoff the season.
All other local teams open the season Fri., Aug. 29.
•In addition, the Point Skyhawks
football team will open fall camp,
Fri., Aug. 1.
VALLEY FOOTBALL STAFF AT HAPPY VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH — Members of the Valley High football staff were on hand at Saturday’s high school football kickoff banquet held at Happy Valley Baptist Church. From left, sitting: Steve
Coker, Adam Hunter, George Grimes, J.T. Dickey, Mike Power, Jonah House and
son, Cole. Standing, from left: Marshon Harper, Coach Bam and Tim’Mario
Walker. (Photo by Wayne Clark, news editor)
Happy Valley kickoff
banquet a big success
By WAYNE CLARK
News Editor
THE ROAD TO A TITLE — Shown above is the Lanett football schedule poster
above the desk in head coach Clifford Story’s office. The Panthers will most likely
be ranked in the Top-5 of the Alabama Sportswriters’ Association (ASWA) preseason 2A football poll. Lanett went 11-1 in 2013, won the region title for the first
time since 2007 and advanced to the quarterfinals. It should be another big season for a talented, deep and very athletic Lanett team this fall. (Photo by Scott
Sickler, sports editor)
Santana, Gattis lead
Braves by Padres 2-0
By PAUL NEWBERRY
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) —
Ervin Santana knew in
the very first inning his
slider would be tough to
hit.
It took a while to know
if that would be good
enough for a win.
In the seventh, Evan
Gattis
finally
came
through.
Gattis hit a tiebreaking homer off outfielderturned-pitcher
Jason
Lane and that was all
Santana and the Atlanta
Braves needed, beating
San Diego 2-0 on Monday
for their third straight
win.
"I've got you on the
plane," Santana jokingly
told Gattis, as they prepared to leave on a West
Coast road trip. "I'll get
you anything you want."
Santana (10-6) threw
five-hit ball over eight innings, matching his career high with 11
strikeouts. Craig Kimbrel
struck out the side in the
ninth for his 32nd save.
"I kept everybody off
balance with the slider,"
Santana said. "That was
one of the keys."
Gattis led off the seventh with his first homer
since June 18, before he
went on the disabled list
for nearly three weeks
with a bulging disk in his
back. He also drove in Atlanta's other run with a
two-out single off Dale
Thayer in the eighth.
"He's a great hitter,"
teammate
Andrelton
Simmons said of Gattis.
"He's going to get back to
doing what he was doing
at the beginning of the
year."
Called up from TripleA to fill in for ailing Ian
Kennedy, Lane (0-1) shut
down the Braves through
six innings. But when the
37-year-old left-hander
hung an 0-1 slider, Gattis
drove it into the left-field
seats for his 17th homer
of the season.
"It's a little frustrating
to make a mistake like
that," said Lane, who was
making his first big
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•The West Point Recreation Department is accepting fall sports
and other programs registration now through Aug. 15. The WPRD office is open Monday through Friday, 8-5 p.m. ET. Registration for
youth sports requires a registration form signed by the parents or
legal guardian as well as the childʼs birth certificate. The last date to
register is Sat., Aug. 16, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fall programs include: youth
football, 8-12; flag football, 5-7; cheerleading, 8-12; cheer tumble
class, 3-13; soccer, 4-14; soccer clinic, 4-14; zumba classes, 12 and-up; boot camp, 16-and-up; petit ballet, 2-14; and Pepsi NFL
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personnel at (706) 645-3529. The WPRD office is located at 1128
O.G. Skinner Drive, West Point.
Andy Martin Benefit Motorcycle Ride Aug. 2
A benefit motorcycle ride will be held Sat., Aug. 2 from Big
Swamp Harley Davidson in Opelika to raise funds, help offset family
expenses and find a cure for Andy Martin. The ride is in conjunction
with the Bikers for Christ (BFC) organization. The cost is $20 per bike
and $5 for extra riders. All proceeds from the motorcycle benefit ride
will go to the Martin family. Registration will take place at 10 a.m. CT
and kickstands up at 12 noon. Sausage dog plates will be sold for $5
each. In addition, a 50/50 raffle will also be held and door prizes will
be available as well. For additional information, contact: Karie Dalton
at (706) 586-8313.
Handley High Baseball Golf Tournament
•The inaugural Handley High Baseball Golf Tournament benefit
will be held Fri., Aug. 1 at Riverside Country Club in Lanett. A 1 p.m.
ET shotgun start will open. The cost is $75 per player or $300 per
team. Fees include the greens fees, cart, lunch, drinks and balls.
Prizes will be awarded to first and second-place teams as well as
longest drive, closest to the pin and hole-in-one. For additional information, contact: Todd Cole at (334) 332-3574 or
[email protected].
league start as a pitcher.
"There's not a lot of room
for error. And it cost me."
Lane was a journeyman outfielder with
Houston and the Padres
from 2002-07. He became
a full-time pitcher before
the 2012 season, looking
to get back to the big
leagues in a different position. He threw 4 1-3
scoreless innings for San
Diego in two June relief
appearances, and extended his scoreless
streak to 10 1-3 innings
before Gattis' long ball.
"The Padres gave me
this opportunity," Lane
said. "Beyond that, I'm
not sure what the situation will be. But I'm
ready to go."
•TRAINER'S ROOM
Braves: RF Jason Heyward left the game after
the third inning when his
lower back tightened up.
He was replaced by Ryan
Doumit and listed as day
to day.
•ON DECK
Braves: Atlanta heads
to Los Angeles to begin
an eight-game road trip
that also includes stops
in San Diego and Seattle.
Aaron Harang (9-6)
pitches
on
Tuesday
against Josh Beckett (65) of the Dodgers.
•GLOVE
WORK:
Braves SS Simmons
made a diving catch on a
liner up the middle by
Yangervis Solarte in the
first, but the Gold Glover
was just getting warmed
up. In the fifth, Simmons
moved to his left to field
a grounder by Will Venable. The ball took a bad
hop, Simmons instinctively stuck out his right
hand to grab it barehanded. He threw out
Venable by a step. "An
average shortstop makes
that play," Simmons
quipped.
•LEFTY KILLER: Atlanta 3B Chris Johnson
had a pair of hits off
Lane, improving his
major league-leading average against left-handers to .433 (29 of 67).
HUGULEY — Approximately 200
high school football players and
coaches from local high schools gathered Saturday evening at Happy Valley
Baptist Church for a dinner in their
honor. The kickoff event was timed to
coincide with the beginning of football
practice for the 2014 season. It was free
to all the invited teams and included
pre-season fellowship and a steak dinner with all the trimmings. Schools invited were Valley High, Lanett High,
Harris County High, Springwood
School and Chambers Academy.
A local ministry, Iron Sharpens Iron,
Inc., sponsored the event and funded it.
Mitchell Hamilton of Water Break Ministries served as quarterback of the
planning committee. He was assisted
by Happy Valley pastor, Rev. John
Samanie Jr. Julie Ambrose, vice president of the Troup/Valley Region for
CharterBank, coordinated getting the
food cooked and served by teams of volunteers. CharterBank provided some
supplies and paid for the desserts. Rev.
Tim Bass coordinated the cleanup team
from Fairview Baptist Church.
Following dinner was a prayer by
Rev. Napoleon Darden and singing by
Kevin Dunn. Dunn sang two solos. For
the second one, “How Great is our
God?”, he invited the crowd to join in
and sing it with him.
A local high school football living
legend, Gary Barnes, spoke to the
crowd. Barnes played for Doug Lockridge at Valley High in the 1950s. He
later went on to play for Frank Howard
at Clemson and spent seven seasons in
the NFL.
He was a rookie with the Green Bay
Packers in 1962 and played on the
team that won the NFL championship.
He later played for the Dallas Cowboys,
Chicago Bears and Atlanta Falcons.
He’s best known for scoring the first
touchdown in Atlanta Falcons history.
He played in 60 career games with 41
receptions for 583 yards.
Barnes told the crowd he would always be grateful to Coach Howard and
his staff at Clemson for giving him the
chance to play college football. Most college coaches, he said, thought he was
too thin to play at that level. He later
proved a lot of them wrong.
Barnes said that one of his fondest
memories was standing in the tunnel
at Yankee Stadium and being introduced as a starting player for Dallas.
•SEE KICKOFF, page 9
Humphrey to savor HOF
day with his ‘wingman’
By CHARLES ODUM
AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) —
Claude
Humphrey
wishes he could have
made the Pro Football
Hall of Fame "a long time
ago where I could have
actually enjoyed it more."
Even so, there's a
bonus for Humphrey, the
former standout defensive end for the Atlanta
Falcons and Philadelphia
Eagles. Now that he's 70,
it's the perfect time for
Humphrey's 12-year-old
grandson to savor the
honor with him.
Humphrey's daughter,
Cheyenne HumphreyRobinson, will make the
introductory speech at
the ceremony. Sitting in
the audience will be her
son, Archie Robinson Jr.
"I couldn't go without
my
wingman,"
Humphrey said.
"It's a legacy for my
only grandson. He gets a
chance to learn a little
something about his
granddad. It's something
I don't have to tell him.
Other people can tell
him. He won't think I'm
telling him a lie."
The young Robinson
will learn Humphrey was
one of the game's most
feared pass rushers during a career that began
in 1968 and spanned
three decades, including
the 1979-81 seasons in
Philadelphia.
Humphrey is credited
with 94 1/2 sacks for a
loss of 757 yards for the
Falcons from 1968-78.
Each total is a team
record, but because sacks
weren't
officially
recorded until 1982,
Humphrey is convinced
the numbers should be
higher.
"Before they started
keeping records of sacks,
man, I was getting sacks
left and right," he said.
"That statistic they have
has got to be wrong. ...
The thing about me, I
didn't care so much
about getting the sack. A
sack was just a tackle
back then. Tackling the
quarterback or tackling
the ballcarrier on a running play was all the
same."
Humphrey is only the
second player drafted by
the Falcons to make the
Hall, following Deion
Sanders.
"Having Claude in is
•SEE HOF, page 9
VALLEY LEGEND SPEAKS — Former Valley High
Rams football great Gary Barnes was a guest
speaker Saturday at the 2014 high school football
kickoff event held at Happy Valley Baptist Church.
(Photo by Wayne Clark, news editor)
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great because he represents the old
guys," said longtime Falcons linebacker Greg Brezina, who was a rookie
with Humphrey in 1968.
"He was a great athlete. One of the
best things about him was his winning
attitude. He was a team player and, of
course, he's probably one of the best
defensive ends that there was out
there. It's just a shame he played so
long with a team that didn't win much.
He didn't get the recognition."
By the Falcons' count, Humphrey
set a career high with 15 sacks in
1976. STATS doesn't list his sacks because the records are incomplete.
That's OK with Humphrey, who
wants to be remembered as more than
a sacks specialist.
"The thing about my career is I just
didn't concentrate on sacking the
quarterback," Humphrey said. "I concentrated on being the total football
player. Like batting the balls. Now it's
considered a 'hurry,' but back then it
was just a batted ball. I would always
be in competition with the defensive
backs to see if I could get as many batted balls as they got."
Falcons coach Mike Smith remembers Humphrey as "an all-around defensive end who could single-handedly
wreck the game."
"I remember Claude really before
they had pass-rush specialists and all
that," Smith said, adding Humphrey
posted two five-sack games with Atlanta.
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after four games in 1978 — missing
his only chance at the playoffs with Atlanta. He returned with the Eagles
and finally reached the Super Bowl in
the 1980 season, when he had 14 1/2
sacks.
The Eagles lost to the Raiders in
Super Bowl XV, but at least Humphrey
had his long-awaited chance to play in
the biggest game after so many losing
seasons in Atlanta.
"It was the most exciting thing that
could have ever happened to me," he
said. "I went to Philadelphia to try to
get on a winning team and experience
what I experienced in college at Tennessee State. We were national champions two years in a row.
"In Atlanta, I never got used to losing. I just never got used to it. It made
me play harder. I used to say to myself,
well if we lose the game, the guy who
lined up in front of me won't have anything to be excited about. When he
looks at the film, he's not going to like
what he sees of himself. I'm going to go
out there and try to wear him down.
That was the only thing that kept me
motivated."
Now, after his long wait, Humphrey
and his wingman are headed to Canton.
"I'm not glad that it took so long,"
he said, "but I'm glad I got in when I
can smell the flowers."
KICKOFF
He said that he’d never forget standing
there in that tunnel, looking out on the
field and seeing a giant U.S. flag flying
over the stadium and statues of famous
New York Yankee baseball players in
Monument Park, just over the outfield
wall. He said it was a special feeling hearing the public address announcer saying
to the big crowd present “Starting at wide
receiver for Dallas, Gary Barnes.”
The principal speaker of the evening,
Rev. Buddy Norton, followed Barnes. A
native of the Chattanooga, Tenn. area,
Rev. Norton talked about his experiences
with the game of football, both as a high
school player and in being close friends
with a lot of coaches over the years.
“I’ve always loved the game of football
and being around athletes,” he said. “My
life still bears the marks made on me by
the men who were my coaches, and I
want to thank the coaches who are here
with us this evening for what you mean
to your young men.”
Rev. Norton talked to the large group
of players assembled for the program
about the importance the choices they
would make today would have on the rest
of their lives. “The choices you make will
shape your life and determine how it
turns out,” he said. “Each day, each of us
have choices and decisions to make.”
Rev. Norton mentioned some instances
where one player with a bad attitude had
cost his team a chance to something re-
ally special, like win a championship. He
asked the boys present it they’d ever
heard the name Aaron Hernandez. Lots
of hands went up. “Did he make some bad
choices?” he asked, getting lots of yeses in
response.
Instead of continuing with a promising
career in the NFL, the former New England Patriots star faces murder charges.
“Where you will end up five years from
now will be the result of the kind of
choices you made today,” he said.
At the conclusion of the message, a
large number of the young men who were
present came forward to receive salvation. They then met with a team of 15
pastors from churches in the local area
who prayed with them. The pastors then
offered to be available to them for followup discipleship.
Iron Sharpens Iron, Inc. is led by Julian Nealy, a Valley native and non-denominational pastor. Iron Sharpens Iron
works with area churches and pastors to
further the gospel and to promote the
unity of faith among believers in the local
area.
Nealy has been friends with Gary
Barnes for years and from him learned
about Buddy Norton Ministries and its
successful outreach through football dinners.
Pastor Nealy said he would like for
this pre-season steak dinner to be an annual tradition.
SCOREBOARD
AL Standings
National League Glance
By The Associated Press
East Division
W L Pct
GB
Baltimore
58 46 .558
—
Toronto
57 50 .533
2½
New York
54 51 .514
4½
Tampa Bay
52 54 .491
7
Boston
48 58 .453
11
Central Division
W L Pct
GB
Detroit
57 45 .559
—
Kansas City 53 51 .510
5
Cleveland
52 53 .495
6½
Chicago
51 55 .481
8
Minnesota
47 57 .452
11
West Division
W L Pct
GB
Oakland
65 40 .619
—
Los Angeles 63 41 .606
1½
Seattle
54 51 .514
11
Houston
43 63 .406
22½
Texas
42 64 .396
23½
Monday's Games
Tampa Bay 2, Milwaukee 1
Toronto 14, Boston 1
Texas 4, N.Y. Yankees 2
Houston 7, Oakland 3
Tuesday's Games
L.A. Angels (Weaver 11-6) at Baltimore
(Tillman 7-5), 7:05 p.m.
Seattle (Iwakuma 8-5) at Cleveland
(Bauer 4-5), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-7) at
Detroit (An.Sanchez 7-4), 7:08 p.m.
Milwaukee (Garza 7-7) at Tampa Bay
(Cobb 6-6), 7:10 p.m.
Toronto (Stroman 6-2) at Boston (R.De
La Rosa 3-3), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 2-0) at Texas
(N.Martinez 1-6), 8:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Gibson 8-8) at Kansas City
(Shields 9-5), 8:10 p.m.
Oakland (Samardzija 2-1) at Houston
(Feldman 4-8), 8:10 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee (Gallardo 5-5) at Tampa Bay
(Price 11-7), 12:10 p.m.
Oakland (Hammel 0-3) at Houston
(Keuchel 9-7), 2:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Richards 11-3) at Baltimore (W.Chen 11-3), 7:05 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-2) at Cleveland (Kluber 10-6), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Noesi 5-7) at Detroit (Scherzer 12-3), 7:08 p.m.
Toronto (Buehrle 10-7) at Boston
(Lester 10-7), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 7-6) at Texas
(Lewis 6-8), 8:05 p.m.
Minnesota (P.Hughes 10-7) at Kansas
City (Duffy 5-10), 8:10 p.m.
***********************************************
NL Standings
National League Glance
East Division
W L Pct
GB
Washington 57 46 .553
—
Atlanta
58 48 .547
½
Miami
52 53 .495
6
New York
51 55 .481
7½
Philadelphia 46 60 .434
12½
Central Division
W L Pct
GB
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
59 48 .551
56 48 .538
56 49 .533
52 53 .495
43 61 .413
West Division
W L Pct
Los Angeles 59 47 .557
S. Francisco 57 49 .538
San Diego
46 59 .438
Arizona
46 60 .434
Colorado
43 62 .410
—
1½
2
6
14½
GB
—
2
12½
13
15½
Monday's Games
Atlanta 2, San Diego 0
Arizona 2, Cincinnati 1, 15 innings
Tampa Bay 2, Milwaukee 1
N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 1
Miami 7, Washington 6
Chicago Cubs 4, Colorado 1
Pittsburgh 5, San Francisco 0
Tuesday's Games
Arizona (Cahill 1-7) at Cincinnati
(Leake 7-9), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Garza 7-7) at Tampa Bay
(Cobb 6-6), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Hamels 5-5) at N.Y. Mets
(Gee 4-3), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Strasburg 7-8) at Miami
(H.Alvarez 7-5), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (J.De La Rosa 11-6) at
Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 5-11), 8:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Harang 9-6) at L.A. Dodgers
(Beckett 6-5), 10:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Lynn 11-7) at San Diego
(T.Ross 9-10), 10:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Liriano 2-7) at San Francisco (Hudson 8-7), 10:15 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee (Gallardo 5-5) at Tampa Bay
(Price 11-7), 12:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 5-10) at N.Y.
Mets (Za.Wheeler 5-8), 12:10 p.m.
Arizona (Miley 6-7) at Cincinnati (Simon
12-5), 12:35 p.m.
Washington (Roark 10-6) at Miami
(Hand 2-2), 12:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 5-10) at San Francisco (Lincecum 9-7), 3:45 p.m.
Colorado (B.Anderson 1-3) at Chicago
Cubs (T.Wood 7-9), 8:05 p.m.
Atlanta (A.Wood 7-8) at L.A. Dodgers
(Greinke 12-6), 10:10 p.m.
St. Louis (J.Kelly 2-1) at San Diego
(Hahn 6-2), 10:10 p.m.
***********************************************
Baseball History
This Date in Baseball
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
July 29
1908 — Rube Waddell struck out 16
as the St. Louis Browns beat the Philadelphia A's 5-4.
1911 — Joe Wood of the Boston Red
Sox beat the St. Louis Browns with a 5-0
no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader. Wood fanned 12 and allowed
three baserunners on two walks and a hit
batsman.
1915 — Honus Wagner, 41, became
the oldest player to hit a grand slam as
Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn 8-2. The grand
slam was an inside-the-park homer. Wagner remained the record holder until 1985,
when Tony Perez hit one the day before
his 43rd birthday.
1928 — The Cleveland Indians
scored eight runs in the first inning and
nine more in the second and went on to
beat the New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn
Field. Johnny Hodapp singled twice in the
second and sixth innings.
1936 — The Brooklyn Dodgers beat
the St. Louis Cardinals, 22-7, in the first
game of a doubleheader, then lost the
second game 5-4.
1955 — Smoky Burgess of the
Cincinnati Reds hit three home runs and
drove in nine runs in a 16-5 rout of the
Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field.
1968 — George Culver of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a 6-1 no-hitter against
the Phillies in the second game of a doubleheader at Philadelphia.
1983 — Steve Garvey of the San
Diego Padres ended his NL record of
1,207 consecutive games. The streak
ended when he dislocated his thumb in a
collision with Atlanta pitcher Pascual
Perez while trying to score.
2000 — Eddie Taubensee hit a gametying homer with two outs in the ninth and
homered again in the 11th to lead Cincinnati to a 4-3 win over Montreal.
2001 — Craig Monroe homered in his
first major league at-bat as the Texas
Rangers beat Tampa Bay 2-0.
2003 — Boston's Bill Mueller became
the first player in major league history to
hit grand slams from both sides of the
plate in a game and connected for three
homers in a 14-7 win at Texas.
2006 — Tomas Perez tied a major
league record with four doubles, going 5for-5 and leading the Tampa Bay Devil
Rays to a 19-6 rout of the New York Yankees.
2010 — Anibal Sanchez pitched a
one-hitter in the Florida Marlins' 5-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Sanchez retired his first 13 batters and
matched a career-high with eight strikeouts.
•Today's birthdays: Chad Billingsley
30; Mike Adams 36.
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NFL Preseason
2014 NFL Preseason Schedule
All Times EDT
Sunday, Aug. 3
NY Giants vs. Buffalo at Canton, Ohio,
8 p.m. (NBC)
WEEK 1
Thursday, Aug. 7
Indianapolis at NY Jets, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Washington, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Denver, 9 p.m.
Dallas at San Diego, 10 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 8
Miami at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 9
Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at NY Giants, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.
Green Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m.
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Interested candidates should
submit resumes to:
[email protected]
A CHAIN finance corporation
has an immediate opening for a
Customer Service
Representative/Cashier.
Excellent starting salary plus
complete benefit package,
including retirement. Monday
through Friday work. Contact
David Keese at (334) 768-2192
DUMP TRUCK DRIVERS
needed. Must have CDL’s, a
clean MVR & 3 yrs. experience.
Call 706-884-3001 or fax
resume to: 706-884-3120
200 Buildings
COMMERCIAL
BUILDING
for rent - 2400 sq. ft., previously converted to church
located beside Sunny’s.
Call 706-773-9099
310 Services Offered
BLAIR’S LAWN CARE
Licensed & Insured. Lawn Care
& Bush Hogging. In Valley,
Fredonia, surrounding areas.
Free Estimates 706-585-1364
AAA LAWN SERVICE &
PRESSURE WASHING
FREE ESTIMATES -Call 334756-7588 or 706-590-0554
560 Burial Lots
2 MAUSOLEUMS in Lakeview
Memory Gardens, Phenix City,
AL, Chapel B, Level 2, Spaces 8
& 9 indoors. Cash or take trade
car, motorcycle, truck, jewelry
OBO. Will be moving need to
sell. Call 334-756-8035.
590 Automobiles
2008 HONDA ACCORD
V6, 4 door, sunroof,
30 mpg. $11,500.
Call 334-524-6842
Subscribe to
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN
West Fraser’s Opelika facility is a modern
high-tech sawmill. Currently we have an
Industrial Electrician position available.
Requirements: High school or equivalent,
basic maintenance skills, PLC, electronics,
hydraulics, and mechanical experience.
Excellent benefits include health/dental/vision,
401K, life insurance, paid vacation.
Please mail resume to:
West Fraser, 2100 Industrial Boulevard,
Opelika, AL 36803. Or fax to (334) 742-9979,
Attn: Pam Adcock
Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V
SURPLUS VEHICLES
The City of Valley is accepting sealed bids
on two surplus vehicles:
2001 Chevrolet Impala, 150,000 miles,
Good Condition
2000 Ford Crown Victoria, 156,000 miles,
Good Condition
Vehicles are available for viewing at Valley Police
Department. Bid forms are available at
Valley City Hall.
All bids must be delivered to Valley City Hall by
Thursday, August 7th, 2014, 1 p.m., e.s.t.
Respecting People. Impacting Business.TM
Mig Welders
Mig Welders needed! Express Employment
Professionals is now hiring Welders for local
forestry manufacturing facility located in LaGrange,
Georgia. These are evaluation to hire positions.
Job duties include heavy assembly, set up and
weld components. Must weld within acceptable
tolerances and company guidelines.
Qualified Mig Welding Applicants must:
Have Mig welding experience
Have flexible shift availability
Contact or come into our office to submit an
application or you can do it on line at:
www.lagrange.expresspros.com
ROOFING, GUTTER & SIDING
Locally Owned. Licensed &
Insured.
334-354-8440
Express Employment Professionals
209 A Ridley Ave
LaGrange, GA 30240
706-884-9003
Local Computer Repair
Virus Security,
Set-Up & WEB DESIGN
Call 334-524-3468
Street Maintenance
Technician/Truck Operator
CALL A.R.S.for all your
BOOKER SEPTIC TANK CO.
FIELD LINES INSTALLED
& PUMPING
Call 334-576-2748
LOCAL Handyman Svcs. LLC
Honest Dependable & Fair
Additions, Granite countertops,
Cabinets, Painting, Carpentry,
Tile, Windows, Vinyl Siding,
Roofing & Decks. Sr. Disc.
Ref. Available. 706-773-7174
410 Apartments
for Rent
TWO BEDROOM apartment in
Lanett. Total electric. $350 mo.
111A S. 6th Ave. Call 706-7732893.
2BR, 2 FULL Baths, Duplex,
quiet neighborhood, excellent
condition. Call 334-644-4747
leave message.
The City of Valley has an opening for a
full-time Street Maintenance Technician.
Applications are available at Valley City Hall
at 20 Fob James Drive, Valley, Alabama.
The deadline for submitting applications is
Friday, August 1, 2014 at 5:00 pm ET.
Qualifications Include: A valid CDL Driver
License Class B or better. Applicant should be
able to operate backhoe, front end loader,
tractor, chainsaws, and other various hand tools.
Applicant should be able to drive a dump truck
and other types of large trucks.
Education: High School Diploma or GED or
one year of applicable experience.
The City of Valley is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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460 Rental Houses
LOVELY HOME for rent in
West Point. Beautiful 3BR,
2BA brick home on corner lot
in Booker Hills. $1,100 month.
12 month lease. 706-643-0206
3 BR - HUGULEY - $600mo.
Call 706-588-8573
3 BR, 1-1/2 BATH - in Lanett
$600 deposit, $600 rent.
Faught Properties - Call 706443-4747 9am till 4pm or call
706-443-4746 4pm till 9pm.
500 Lots
MOBILE HOME LOTS
Lee County
Call 334-756-3636
ONE ACRE HOUSE LOTS
for sale in Lee County.
Call 334-756-3636
510 Acreage
12 ACRES for $40k on
Co. Rd. 187, Lanett
Call Randall 334-707-5804
LMRealty.
If you like making superior quality products that excite your
customers, Yamaha Motor Manufacturing in Newnan, GA
currently has an opening for a Reliability Engineer for new
recreational vehicles. The Key Priority is for New Model PreProduction Quality Planning and interacting with the
manufacturing team to help their inputs create a product our
customers will love. Other duties include Warranty & Market
Quality Issue Management, Root Cause Analysis and Testing
(opportunity to test ride our products). Qualified candidates
will have the following: Leadership and Project Management
experience, solid capability for Root Cause Analysis &
Testing, good mechanical/electrical technical experience,
High School Diploma or GED (Bachelors in Mechanical
Engineering preferred), a strong knowledge in Quality
Management Systems. Yamaha offers competitive wages
and excellent benefits including quarterly bonus, paid
holidays, vacation, 401k match, medical, dental and vision
plans.
Interested applicants should send resume and salary history to:
Job Code: YMMC2809
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Company
1000 GA Hwy 34 East
Newnan, GA 30265
Fax 770-254-4041
Email [email protected]
No phone calls please
Briefly Told
Briefly told items may be emailed to [email protected]. Please keep brief. Announcements
are published twice a week.
•W.F. Burns Middle School sixth grade orientation will be held Monday, Aug. 11 at 6 p.m. in the
new gym.
•LaFayette High School Class of 1999 will
have a class meeting on Saturday, Aug. 2 at noon at
Jack's in LaFayette.
•Parents of sixth grade students at W.O. Lance
Elementary School, who would like participate in
this year's beginning band program, call the office,
644-5915 or Leslie Starkey.
•The Shawmut Neighborhood Watch will
meet Tuesday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m., at Pine Forest
Church on 30th Street in Valley. All Shawmut residents are invited to attend.
•The Fabulous Fabs will meet Friday, Aug. 1 at
5:30 p.m. at Sunny's Restaurant in Valley. Those who
worked at Fairfax Mill Towel Department or Fairfax
Fab Martex Towel Department are invited. Call 334644-2837 for information.
•Beulah High School seniors may purchase
reserved parking passes for $15, purchase lockers
for $10 (if installation of new lockers is completed)
and pick up their class schedules on Wednesday, July
30 from 8 to 10 a.m. Juniors may purchase reserved
parking passes for $15, purchase lockers for $10 (if
installation of new lockers is completed) and pick up
their class schedules on Wednesday, July 30 from 10
a.m. to noon. Students are required to provide a copy
of their driver's licenses and proof of insurance.
•Beulah High School sophomores may purchase reserved parking passes for $15, purchase
lockers for $10 (if installation of new lockers is completed) and pick up their class schedules on Thursday, July 31 from 9:30 to 11 a.m.; and freshmen may
purchase lockers for $10 and pick up their class
schedules. Students are required to provide a copy
of their driver's licenses and proof of insurance. Permits sold prior to July 11 will be honored.
•Valley High School will hold orientation in the
school cafeteria and schedule pick up for currently
enrolled students on Thursday, Aug. 7 at 9 a.m. for
12th graders, 10:30 a.m. for 11th graders and 1:30
p.m. for 10th graders. Freshmen will register on Friday, Aug. 8: Last names ending with A-M at 9 a.m.
and N-Z at 1:30 p.m. Orientation will take place in
the Valley High School cafeteria.
•Valley High School will have new student registration for students new to Chambers County
Schools Monday, July 28 from 8 a.m. to noon. Students must be withdrawn from the previous school.
Bring the following items for registration: copy of
birth certificate, Social Security card, Alabama shot
record (immunization), two proofs of residency and
a copy of withdrawal paperwork. Students must be
enrolled by a legal guardian. For questions or concerns, contact the school at (334 756-4105, Ext 306
or 307.
•The TLC will meet Thursday, Aug. 7 at noon at
First United Methodist Church in LaGrange. Lunch
with Wanda Lowe. Cost, $6. To reserve a seat and
lunch, call 706-884-4635 or email to [email protected].
•Join us for a couples dance and a beginner dance
lesson on Friday, Aug. 8 at the Lafayette Christian
School Gym, 1904 Hamilton Road in LaGrange. The
dance lesson is at 7:30 p.m. and the dance is from 8
to 10:30 p.m. Attire: smart casual. Visitor couples
are welcome, $20 per couple. For more information
call Moonlight Ballroom Dance Club: 706-8812734.
•W.O. Lance Elementary School will hold registration for kindergarten and new students for the
2014-2015 school year beginning July 21. Come to
the school between 8 a.m. and noon or 1 to 4 p.m. to
register. Original birth certificate or other document,
Alabama blue immunization record and proof of residence(light bill, lease agreement, rent receipt, etc.)
are required. Students must be five years old on or
before Sept. 2 to start kindergarten.
•W.O. Lance Elementary School will hold
meet the teacher day on Tuesday, Aug. 12 from 2:30
to 4:30 p.m. There will be two orientation meetings
for parents on Aug. 12. The first is from 11 a.m. to
noon and the second will be from 1 to 2 p.m. For information concerning orientation meetings, call the
school at 334-644-5915.
•Five Points Elementary School registration
will be held Monday, Aug. 11 from 8 a.m. to noon and
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. CDT. All parents of returning and
new students must attend registration. Parents, who
have students attending kindergarten this school
year will need to attend orientation on Aug. 11 at 8
a.m. or 1 p.m. For questions, call the school at 8647515.
•“Join Us on the Journey” will be presented
by the Pastoral Institute as its annual fundraising
event on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at noon at First United
Methodist Church of West Point. Tickets are $35 or
$375 to sponsor a table of eight. Food, fun and door
prizes. Call 334-768-2341 for a reservation.
•Powell Chapel’s PHYRE (People Helping
Youth Reach Excellence), in partnership with the
Chambers County School District, will be holding a
countywide Back to School Bash Saturday, July 26
at LaFayette High School's band field. There'll be
free school supplies for students of all ages, free food,
games, motivational speakers, live music, a spirit
stick competition and much more. For information,
contact Adrian Holloway 334-497-0731.
•The 41st Spence and Crim family reunion
will be held Monday, Sept. 1, on Labor Day at Rocky
Point Beach, 1230 County Road 222, Lanett, 1-334499-2420. Relatives, who would like to attend and
haven't received a family reunion letter, contact
Felecia Brock, P.O. Box 322, LaFayette, Ala. 36862
or LaFrederick Spence, Sharlotte Truitt, Larry
Spence or Pastor Jerome Spence.
•A support group for people with lupus, who
live in Lee, Chambers Macon, Elmore and Tallapoosa counties, will meet the third Monday of each
month from 6 until 8 p.m. at East Alabama Medical
Center Health Resource Center on Pepperell Parkway. For information, call 334-749-9974.
•The Shawmut School Reunion will be held
Saturday, Aug. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school
gym. All classmates are invited.
•The Interfaith Food Closet will be open Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Israel has full support of Congress
WASHINGTON (AP)
— As the war in Gaza
escalates, U.S. lawmakers are pressing the
Obama administration
to take no action that
puts pressure on Israel
to halt its military campaign against Hamas.
Many even have criticized the administration's effort to stop
violence that has killed
more than 1,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians,
and more than 40 Israeli
soldiers and three civilians this month.
"At times like this,
people try to isolate Is-
COUNTY
rael," House Speaker
John Boehner, R-Ohio,
said Monday. "We are
here to stand with Israel, not just as a broker
or observer but as a
strong partner and a
trusted ally.
"What does that
mean? Well, it doesn't
mean issuing vague, onthe-one-hand, on-theother-hand statements.
No, it means backing up
our words and showing
solidarity with our
friend."
Israel escalated its
operations
against
Hamas on Tuesday as
the conflict entered its
fourth week, and Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of a
"prolonged" campaign
against Hamas.
This week, Congress
will discuss a $225 million request from the
Defense Department to
urgently bolster Israel's
Iron Dome missile defense system.
Republicans and Democrats are clashing
over whether to approve
the funds in a larger
spending bill or separately, though no one
publicly opposes the
payments. Senate appropriators already have
approved doubling next
year's money for the system.
Whereas the Obama
administration and lawmakers agree on Iron
Dome, other actions in
Congress are more contentious.
Until Monday, Sen.
Ted Cruz was hindering
the appointment of several U.S. ambassadors to
key allies by vowing to
block all State Department nominees awaiting
confirmation.
The Texas Republican said he was releasing his holds after the
Federal Aviation Administration answered his
questions about its 36hour ban last week on
U.S. airline flights to Israel. Cruz had claimed
the prohibition was an
"economic boycott" of Israel to pressure it into a
cease-fire with the
Palestinian
militant
group Hamas.
In a weekend call
with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
President
Barack Obama stressed
the need for an "immediate, unconditional, humanitarian cease-fire."
Obama, a White House
statement said, suggested larger questions
would then come later.
Such
talk
has
alarmed lawmakers of
both parties.
In a letter last week
to Obama, Sens. Chuck
Schumer, D-N.Y., Ben
Cardin, D-Md., and
Lindsey Graham, RS.C., said a cease-fire
must eliminate Hamas'
ability to fire rockets
and place no restrictions
on the Jewish state.
"Israel must be allowed to take any actions
necessary
to
remove those threats,"
the senators wrote — a
position that presaged
by two days the Israeli
government's
unanimous rejection of Secretary of State John
Kerry's cease-fire proposal.
Over days of intense
diplomacy, Kerry has
tried to secure commitments from both sides
that would lead to peace.
Congress, by contrast,
has focused its energies
on Palestinian actions
and critics of Israel.
Cardin and Graham
joined three Republican
senators — Marco Rubio
of Florida, Mark Kirk of
Illinois and Kelly Ayotte
of New Hampshire — in
sending
a
sharply
worded letter to U.N.
Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon after he described Israel's military
operations as an "atrocious action."
House Reps. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.,
and Ted Deutch, D-Fla.,
have a resolution condemning Hamas' use of
human shields. Cruz
and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., followed
Monday in the Senate.
state exit, and Harvill said he hadn't but would be
meeting with state DOT officials this week and
would bring the matter up.
Harvill said there could be some money in the
three-mill fund for local paving projects.
He asked the committee to authorize the sale of
county graders and dump trucks at auction. The
county leases equipment for a few years, sells it at
auction, and makes enough in the process to keep
relatively new equipment in its inventory. The committee approved a motion to allow the equipment to
be auctioned. It will require approval of the full commission at a regular meeting.
Tara Barr of the Cooperative Extension System
thanked the commission for its increased support
last year, and said it would be asking for level funding in the next budget year.
Barr said 4-H activity is increasing in the county,
and the Cooperative Extension System hopes to expand the program to additional schools this year.
Donnie Smith of the county Emergency Management Agency said he would be asking for the same
funding, which is used as the local match for federal
and state grants that fund the county agency.
Smith said time is running out for grant funds to
erect more weather sirens in the county. The county
can get $234,237 in grant funds for 10 sirens, but
must come up with $78,082 in local matching funds.
He said if the county could fund a few of the sirens,
it could keep the grant availability alive.
Revenue Commissioner Wendy Williams and Probate Judge Brandy Easlick said they didn't expect
any major changes in their departmental budgets.
Easlick had earlier told the committee she would
like to replace one part-time position with a full-time
position to facilitate service to the public.
Maj. Clay Parrish said he saw no major changes
in the budget for the jail, but mentioned a lot of repairs are needed.
Dendy said those would be covered by the capital
budget and would come from Alabama Trust Fund
revenue.
Sharon Hawkins of the Chattahoochee Humane
Society said the contract with the county to maintain
an animal shelter would be the same.
The committee discussed renovations to the old
courthouse with District Court Judge Calvin Milford
and Circuit Court Judge Steve Perryman. Milford
said the Public Building Authority in LaFayette had
built the Department of Human Resources building,
which is leased by the state. When the debt is paid
off on that building, the PBA will transfer it to the
county, and the rental proceeds could be used to pay
for courthouse improvements, he said.
The county's $50 court cost fee is now paying the
current county debt, and when that is retired in
2017, those funds would be available for courthouse
renovations as well, he said.
Milford explained that court cost collections have
declined, but that's because a push to collect overdue Continued from page 1
fees raised the total temporarily. It now reflects the
tellectual and development disabilities.
level of court activity, he said.
The tournament is a two-day, 18-hole scramble
Dendy mentioned the possibility of merit raises
with
four-member team competing. Last year's tourfor county employees and said the matter would be
nament drew 80 golfers. The large field is testimony
addressed in subsequent budget meetings.
to the belief this is a special cause.
The golf tournament has shotgun starts, one at 9
a.m. on Saturday and another at 1 p.m. Sunday.
For those who want to sign up for this year's tournament, checks for the $50 registration fee should
be made out to Valley Haven School. To enter, or for
more information, contact the Riverside Pro Shop at
in attendance and announced that the foundation (334) 644-4503 or Robert Hale, Valley Haven School,
has a goal that involves more than the naming of the at (334) 756-7801 or 756-2868. The deadline is noon,
Wednesday, Aug.6.
stretch of highway in Anderson's memory.
Walt Meadors' son Drexel, along with West Point
He said the foundation would be working with the
Georgia Conservancy, Interface, Georgia Tech and Rotary Club members, organize the event each year.
other interested groups to make that stretch of high- The tournament is named for Walt Meadors in honor
way "the most restorative highway in America." De- of his commitment and years of service to the people
tails on what would be involved will be developed served by Valley Haven School. Meadors passed
away this past November and is missed by all.
and announced later by the foundation, he said.
Rep. Randy Nix read the resolution passed by the
Georgia General Assembly designating the Ray C.
Anderson Memorial Highway.
“Ray Anderson was truly a visionary,” said Nix.
“Not only did he revolutionize the carpet industry,
but his commitment to manufacturing sustainability
has proven that good environmental stewardship is
good business.”
Pierre Howard of the Georgia Conservancy
praised Anderson for his leadership in sustainable
manufacturing and concern for the environment. He
said the foundation's plans to make the Ray C. Anderson Memorial Highway an example of what can
be done in terms of sustainability and environmental responsibility will continue the work that had
been the focus of Anderson's life since 1994.
Howard said that sustainability was in accord
with the creation account in Genesis, saying it is humanity's job to sustain what God created.
“Mr. Anderson’s impact on industry continues,”
said John Wells, president and CEO of Interface
Americas and member of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation’s Advisory Board.
“Ray’s legacy rests not only on the shoulders of
the 3,500 people of Interface who are bringing sustainability to life every day in our factories and in
their communities,” Wells said. “His far-reaching influence includes all of industry and the next generation of leaders, via his influence on higher
education.”
Lanier said the foundation exists not just to provide funds but to "educate, inspire and connect — to
keep telling the story to compel people to do their
part."
MEADORS
ANDERSON

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