Art before the horse

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THINGS
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CHECK
OUT
ON THE
INSIDE
Plastic bags become
purses.
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Millions hanging up landlines to go wireless only.
See page 8A
Jimmie Johnson wins
Allstate 400 in Indianapolis.
See page 1B
FROM TODAY’S
FORUM
“They talk about helping
seniors, so why don’t they do
something about the pharmaceutical
companies
charging us a hundred dollars for a little tube of medicine. That’s where our
money goes — not for the
health care but for the medicine.”
“Somebody said the government
is
stupid.
Politicians are very intelligent. Nobody can act that
dumb for real.”
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Today’s High: 86
Tonight’s Low: 67
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Dear Abby...................5B
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Art before the horse
BY MISTY WATSON
mistywatson@daltoncitizen.com
Derek Gray didn’t consider
himself artistic.
But when he began learning
how to weld so he could fix farm
equipment, he found his artistic
side.
One of Gray’s friends told
him, “If you can weld horseshoes
you can weld anything.”
So Gray, the assistant superintendent at Fort Mountain State
Park, learned to weld horseshoes
into sculptures resembling cowboys.
“Then I started welding other
stuff out of horseshoes too,” said
Gray, a 2001 graduate of Murray
County High School. “It’s a good
stress reliever. It’s like planting (a
garden). You watch the sculpture
grow in front of you.”
Gray has been making his
sculptures for friends and family
for three years now.
He has a flower that stands
more than 5 feet tall, a butterfly
and a dragonfly made from horseshoes and other metal pieces,
such as spikes and nails. He
makes
“Welcome”
signs,
Christmas wreaths, snowmen,
napkin holders and coat racks.
Gray gets many of his ideas
from images online. When a
friend requested a “unique”
sculpture, he looked for something not being welded with
horseshoes. He wasn’t able to
find a dragonfly so he decided to
make one for her.
But Gray says all horseshoe
sculptures are “unique.”
“I can build two or three of the
same sculpture, but they all turn
out looking different,” Gray said.
“They all have a different shape.
That’s what I like about them.”
Most of the horseshoes are
used as they are, without cutting.
Though some projects, especially
lettering, require more manipulation.
Officials
to choose
ambulance
service
BY JAMIE JONES
jamiejones@daltoncitizen.com
More than 100 of the
Lumiblades kits have been sold
since Philips began offering them
in April, the company says.
Buyers are mostly using them for
prototyping, and plan to order
larger numbers of customized
OLEDs when they are ready to go
to production.
Random International, a trio of
London-based artists, used 1,024
Lumiblades to make an art installation called “You Fade to Light.”
As people walk past the structure,
which is 2.7 meters (9 feet) wide
by 1.3 meters (4.25 feet) high, a
camera and computer turn off the
The Whitfield County Board of
Commissioners has until a Sept. 30
deadline to pick a company to run
its ambulance service, but one official believes it will happen sometime next month.
Jeffrey Putnam, Whitfield
County Emergency Management
director, anticipates a decision from
the five-man commission in midAugust. Putnam said he has
reviewed documents from the five
companies that submitted bids last
month.
The bid literature was quite extensive and detailed, taking up about 10
boxes. Putnam has prepared information on the top three companies
and plans to give the information to
county administrator Bob McLeod
for review. Putnam declined to say
which three companies made the cut,
saying he wanted McLeod to have
the information first.
“It will be up to him as far as
how long it takes to get it to the
commissioners,” Putnam said.
Commissioner Randy Waskul
said he has not seen any of the bids
yet —“I’ll leave that up to the professionals,” he said, referring to
McLeod and Putnam working out
the contract details — but he
expects to have input in the final
decision.
“Like most everything, we’ll
probably get information on the top
three or four so we can go through
them, possibly interview them,”
Waskul said. “Something of this
magnitude, we want to hear from
their customers they have currently,
I want to hear about their service,
liability issues, etc. This is a big
ticket item.”
Earlier this spring, the board of
commissioners put the county’s
ambulance service out to bid for the
first time. By competitively bidding
the ambulance service, county officials believe they can save money.
In May, commissioners extended the county’s contract with
Whitfield EMS through Sept. 30 to
allow more time to receive and
review the bids. The county is paying Whitfield EMS $158,055 for
the three-month extension. The
county paid Whitfield EMS
$632,220 and provided an $85,000
Type 3 ambulance for the fiscal
year from July 2008 through June
30. Whitfield EMS has provided
ambulance service for the county
since 1986.
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➣ See AMBULANCE, 3A
MISTY WATSON/THE DAILY CITIZEN
Derek Gray explains how he welds horseshoes into sculptures, like this butterfly.
Gray typically uses a standardsized horseshoe. Some of his
sculptures use horseshoes made
for ponies, which are smaller, and
draft horses, which are larger.
Friends donate the shoes to
Gray after they have taken them
off their horses.
“I haven’t done it in a while,
but I can make my own horseshoes,” he said. “It would probably take me two weeks to get it
right, though.”
Gray paints many of his pieces
black, but he lets some of them
rust.
“I like the rustic look better
than modern,” he said.
His next project is a chair.
“I haven’t quite mastered that
in my mind yet,” Gray said.
The chair will use 26 horseshoes, which is several more than
most of his sculptures, he said.
He used four on the butterfly and
five on the flower.
Philips lets bright idea out of lab
TOBY STERLING
Associated Press Writer
AACHEN,
Germany
—
Someday, our ceilings and walls
might radiate light, illuminating
indoor spaces as brightly and
evenly as natural daylight.
Though that possibility remains
years off, the Dutch electronics
company Philips is letting people
tinker with the technology that
would enable it.
The world’s biggest lighting
maker has begun selling do-ityourself kits with little glowing
wafers called “Lumiblades.” They
come in red, white, blue or green
for anyone who wants to pay nearly $100 per square inch.
It’s one of the first chances people outside research labs have had
to get their hands on lights made
from organic light emitting
diodes, or OLEDs.
The company’s aim is to get
designers, architects and other creative types thinking about how
these flat lights can be used, and to
start collaborating on early products.
General Electric Co., Siemens
AG and Royal Philips Electronics
NV, which are developing OLEDs,
believe the technology will eventually be more efficient than traditional incandescent bulbs, energysaving compact fluorescent lights
and even the LED lights just now
reaching the market.
OLEDs have a key advantage:
AP PHOTO
In the future, our homes may be lighted not by bulbs, but by
light emanating in natural colors from luminous walls, windows and ceilings.
They emit light evenly from a
whole surface, rather than a single
point. That eliminates the need for
lampshades and other coverings
that scatter light and protect eyes
from glare. Creating light and then
immediately shading it is an inefficient way of doing things, from
an engineering standpoint.
For now, the Lumiblades are
just small, flat lights — interesting
in and of themselves.
“We believe that OLEDs have a
lot to offer in terms of design, in
terms of its beauty, in terms of
light effects,” said Dietrich
Bertram, who heads Philips’
OLED operations in Aachen, just
across the border from Philips’
home country, the Netherlands.
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“I was at a local grocery
store and there were two
ladies there together checking out in front of me. One
paid for a lot of beer and
some other things with a
credit card. The other lady
bought a bunch of meat and
Cokes with food stamps.
Looks to me like if they can
afford beer they don’t need
food stamps. Now I know
why people who need help
can’t get help.”
“Obama extended the
invitation Friday in phone
calls to the two men as he
sought to calm a national
debate over racial profiling.
He invited both to share a
beer. Why beer? Could have
been Coke or tea!”
“They talk about helping
seniors, so why don’t they do
something about the pharmaceutical companies charging
us a hundred dollars for a little tube of medicine. That’s
where our money goes —
not for the health care but for
the medicine.”
“I am taking donations for
next season’s World Series
of Poker. I’ll split my winnings with you. Please reply
and I’ll call back and put my
number in.”
“You want to fix the economy? Cut the corporate
greed between the politicians
and business and cut the
greed out on Wall Street.”
“I went to the Salvation
Army Food Bank to get food.
They are open from 1-3:30.
They didn’t call anyone back
until 2:30. That’s crazy.”
“Obama had a TV
appearance the other night
and he told more lies.”
“My prayers are with the
Morales family.”
“Somebody said the government
is
stupid.
Politicians are very intelligent. Nobody can act that
dumb for real.”
“The health care bill will
devastate the economy and
drive up the deficit even further?”
“I am not rich and probably never will be but I have
never understood why the
president and the Democrats
think the government should
pay our way. We need to
earn it on our own.”
“My vote for the most
neglected cemetery goes to
the Hopewell Cemetery in
Cohutta. It’s a disgrace.”
“In reference to President
Obama’s statement about the
Cambridge police: The
police need to remember
that they are public servants,
not public tyrants.”
“When is 911 going to
realize there is a town named
Varnell?”
“To the person who said
if God wanted us on the
moon he would have put us
there: Does he think if God
wanted us to fly, he would
have given us wings and we
wouldn’t have to build airplanes?”
“Murray County, please
leave the traffic enforcement
up to the professionals at
the Georgia State Patrol.”
“Anyone who believes
Hamilton Medical Center
gives you great care has
never been to a real hospital.”
“This economy has
everyone pinching pennies.
Today I saw a stretch limo at
Wendy’s.”
“So if God wanted a man
on the moon he would have
put one there? Yesterday I
went to Atlanta, does that
mean that if God wanted me
there, He would have put me
there?”
“We need a whole page of
Bible verses dedicated to the
Lord, After all, it’s his
world.”
Editor: There are publications with whole pages of
Bible verses — they are
called Bibles.
“Obama was right about
the police acting stupidly.
Let someone try to stop you
from going in your own
house after showing proof of
residency and see how you
feel.”
“Thanks Obama for
standing up for the people.
The police departments are
sorry and at least you are
looking out for us.”
“The Whitfield County
Sheriffs Department should
be commended for the great
job they did escorting a
funeral procession from
Dalton to the Westside area
this week. The two deputies
did a great job.”
TODAY’S CITIZEN
NAME: Casey Marie
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PLAY: Soccer
SHE SAID: “Always
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Ambulance: Choice soon
➣ Cont. from page 1A
The new contract is
expected to run to Dec. 31,
2012, with an option for
two additional one-year
terms. The winning bidder
will provide at least five
advanced life support
ambulances for 24 hours a
day, seven days a week.
The county owns the eight
ambulances
Whitfield
EMS currently uses.
The five companies that
submitted bids are:
■ American Medical
Response of Georgia
(operating
out
of
LaGrange): $595,000.
■ Angel Emergency
Medical Services (based
in
Catoosa
County):
$635,000.
■ Care Ambulance
Service (headquartered in
Montgomery,
Ala.):
Option 1 - $720,000;
option 2 - $420,000;
option 3 - $300,000.
■
Lifeguard
Ambulance (based in
Pensacola, Fla.): Option 1
- $578,000; option 2 $250,000.
■ Whitfield Emergency
Medical Services (based
in Dalton): Option 1 $1.25 million; option 2 $975,000; option 3 $658,800 plus one ambulance.
Bright: Flat lights coming
➣ Cont. from page 1A
lights on panels opposite
the passers-by, mimicking
their motion, like a giant
monitor.
“Having worked with
the OLEDs, I see it as far
more of a material than a
light source,” said Hannes
Kochs, one of the installation’s designers. The diffuse light cast by the
OLED panels makes them
“stunning, and utterly different” from other kinds of
light, he said.
Lumiblades run from
about 70 euros ($100) for a
small square to 500 euros
($700) for a piece the size
of a mobile phone. The
bigger the piece, the
brighter it is.
When switched off,
Lumiblades
resemble
small mirrors, with an aluminum backing inside two
glass plates.
When switched on, a
microscopic layer of
organic material inside
begins to emit light, and
the Lumiblade glows.
Only the faintest hint of
warmth is perceptible.
This technology is early
stage. Philips isn’t trying
to win prizes for presenta-
tion of the kits, which are
sold online and come only
with a simple wire. (The
Lumiblades have to be
plugged in, though battery-powered OLEDs are
possible.)
“All the contents of this
experience kit are engineering samples only and
do not comply with existing lighting and safety
norms,” a manual included
in the box says.
The company recommends buying a converter
box and dimmers for an
additional 70 euros to
make sure users don’t
“overdrive” their panels.
OLEDs have no bulb to
blow, but cranking up the
juice makes the lights burn
brighter, and then wear out
quicker.
When used at recommended currents, the lights
in the kit are designed to
last for 10,000 hours, at
which point they will have
faded to half of their original brightness. That compares with a life span of
1,000 hours for an incandescent bulb, and is about
the same as the current
generation of compact fluorescent lights.
The company says it
sees interest from artists,
architects, jewelers and
some industrial applications where very even
lighting is necessary.
Separately, Philips and
other companies are working with vehicle makers on
using OLEDs in display
panels, where their thinness and coolness would
be valuable. TVs with
OLED-based displays are
also starting to emerge.
Philips
eventually
hopes to market window
panes that are transparent
during the day and emit
light at night. Similarly,
GE, which is developing
cheap, flexible OLEDs
encased in plastic, imagines a rollable, light-emitting window blind.
Bertram says his personal dream has been the
same since he started
working on OLEDs many
years ago: “I really want to
see the sun rise on my ceiling, even if it’s dark and
rainy outside.”
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LETTERS
Less government, more freedom
To the editor:
I heard on the TV today that the reformed health care plan
that President Obama is pushing would include funding for
abortions. Abortions must never become a part of a mandated
“health benefit” in our country. Congress must exclude abortion from any government coverage or taxpayer funded health
plan. State objections to providing abortions will be overruled
by federal statutes not specifically excepting abortions from
what is publicly funded.
I am against this government controlled health care plan.
I do believe we need to make some changes in our health care,
but having the government take control of it is not the answer.
What the government gives, it also has the authority to take
away. In other countries where the government handles health
care, there are long waits to be seen and many people with
diseases like cancer are too far advanced to be cured when
they finally are seen.
What has made America the great country that we are is
because of our American system that is like no other country.
We believe in liberty and the right to happiness as our God
given rights. Before 1973, I could have put life, liberty and
the right to happiness. But Roe vs. Wade, that gave us the
right to legally kill the innocent unborn, says that not all
Americans believe in the right to life. That was the beginning
of our downfall in America.
If only the American people could see what an error Roe
vs. Wade was and correct it, how much more God would bless
America. Abe Lincoln wrote “I shall try to correct errors
when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast
as they shall appear to be true views.” America lost its moral
compass when we decided we had the legal right to say “If
you don’t want the baby in your womb, kill it.”
We lost one of our God given rights, the right to life with
Roe vs. Wade. Do we want to lose the second one, liberty,
with the government controlling our lives? The dictionary
defines liberty as “freedom to choose, not confined, free.”
When the government tells us what doctor we can see and
when or whether the procedure that our doctor says we need
is absolutely neccessary, we are not a free people.
The first 10 constitutional amendments, ratified in 1791,
known as the Bill of Rights were designed to make sure the
federal government would not abuse its great power. The federal government has already taken away many of these
rights.
For more than 200 years, our American system has worked
well until recent years when some of our rights have been
taken away. Our free enterprise system of equality of opportunity and of American individualism means there shall be no
domination by any one or any group, whether it be business
or political. Our conception of self-government is that only
through liberty, freedom and equal opportunity will we have
the initiative and the inventive spirit to make America the
great country it can be.
Economic freedom cannot be given up if we want to preserve our political freedom and our American way of life.
When the government starts taking over our businesses and
running our lives our world as we know it will be no more. It
will increase corruption in government as if we don’t have
enough already. It will undermine leadership and stifle initiative and invention.
We must stand up as Americans and insist that our
American way of life not be taken away from us. Cemeteries
are full of Americans who have given their most precious gift,
their life, to preserve our freedoms. We should say as honest
Abe Lincoln said many years ago, “We are highly resolved
that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation,
under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people , shall not
perish from the earth.”
Helen L. Kizer
Dalton
WORDS OF WISDOM
Bible Text: “When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you; and when you pass through the
rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk
through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames
will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD, your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior ....”
Isaiah 43:2-3
Thought for Today: “Diplomacy is the art of saying
’Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.”
Will Rogers
American humorist (1879-1935)
Wild, wet race
Too much water makes
for ruined basements and
canceled baseball games.
Too little of it might set the
stage for good politics in
next year’s gubernatorial
race.
A federal judge’s ruling
this month will leave much
of metro Atlanta dry three
years from now if we can’t
reach an agreement with
Alabama and Florida on how
to use Lake Lanier’s water.
Without a new deal,
Georgia’s take from the lake
will revert to what it was in
the 1970s, when Atlanta was
much smaller than it is now.
The prospects for a negotiated settlement appear
grim. The ruling by U.S.
District Court Judge Paul
Magnuson throws the issue
to Congress, where Georgia
has 15 members compared
with 36 from Florida and
Alabama combined. Getting
the rest of Congress to sign
on to an equitable plan will
be a tall task for our delegation.
The three states’ governors are all Republicans, but
that hasn’t yet yielded a settlement. This isn’t a partisan
issue.
And the likelihood that
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue
can strike a deal with the
other governors now, after
the judge’s order has
removed any leverage he
might have had, is about as
low as Lanier was during the
recent drought. All three
states will have new governors after the 2010 elections,
and neither the current office
holders nor their successors
i
n
Alabama
a
n
d
Florida
will
be
inclined to
g i v e
Georgia an
i n c h .
Relying
too heavily
Kyle
on a deal
Wingfield
would be a
mistake.
All of
which means Georgia voters,
and particularly those in
metro Atlanta, will be looking for answers from the
numerous candidates vying
to replace Perdue.
We are 51 weeks away
from the party primaries.
Campaigns are still fleshing
out their agendas.
Of the 10 declared candidates, six Republicans and
four Democrats, only three
list a detailed policy agenda
on a campaign Web site. Just
two of the three mention
water.
This far out, policy detail
can be mostly a function of
how long a candidate’s been
in the race, as well as political strategy. So I don’t put
too much stock at this point
in how much detail one campaign has versus another. In
any case, no campaign has
explained the crucial matter
of how to pay for its ideas.
What I will say is that the
proposals out there so far
include new reservoirs, conservation efforts and investing in technologies still in
their infancy, such as water
reuse and desalination.
Cost will be key, since
state revenues will probably
still be smarting from the
recession when the next governor
takes
office.
Immediacy, too: More reservoirs would be nice to have
right about now, but any new
governor will be hardpressed to get a new series of
dams approved by environmental authorities, planned,
funded and built before
another drought strikes.
We’ll
need
additional
options.
More important for the
way the gubernatorial race
takes shape, water is one
more issue that will be perceived by many people
across the state as an
“Atlanta problem” rather
than a “Georgia problem.”
The other is, of course,
transportation.
But neither of those
issues is about only Atlanta
and its future. And solving
both will require, at the very
least, the blessing of the governor and the Legislature.
Making that case to voters well beyond I-285 will be
difficult, no doubt. Atlanta is
certainly an economic
engine for the rest of
Georgia, but an Atlanta-centric campaign may be problematic in a state where the
rural vote still often acts as
the tiebreaker.
Good thing the candidates
have 51 weeks to hone their
message. They’ll need every
hour.
■ Kyle Wingfield writes a
twice-a-week column for the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
THE DAILY CITIZEN
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Monday, July
27, the 208th day of 2009.
There are 157 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 27, 1909, during
the first official test of the
U.S. Army’s first airplane,
Orville Wright flew himself
and a passenger, Lt. Frank
Lahm, above Fort Myer,
Va., for one hour and 12
minutes.
On this date:
In 1789, President
George Washington signed
a measure establishing the
Department of Foreign
Affairs, forerunner of the
Department of State.
In 1866, Cyrus W. Field
finished laying out the first
successful underwater telegraph cable between North
America and Europe (a previous cable in 1858 burned
out after only a few weeks
of use).
In 1974, the House
Judiciary Committee voted
27-11 to adopt the first of
three articles of impeachment against President
Richard Nixon, charging he
had personally engaged in a
course of conduct designed
to obstruct justice in the
Watergate case.
In 1996, terror struck the
Atlanta Olympics as a pipe
bomb
exploded
at
Centennial Olympic Park,
directly killing one person
and injuring 111. (Antigovernment extremist Eric
Rudolph later pleaded
guilty to the bombing.)
Ten years ago: The
House approved President
Bill Clinton’s one-year
extension of normal trade
with China. With Air Force
Col. Eileen Collins at the
controls, space shuttle
Columbia returned to
Earth, ending a five-day
mission.
Five
years
ago:
Democrats
assailed
President George W. Bush’s
handling of the Iraq war at
their convention in Boston
and painted a vivid portrait
of John Kerry as a decorated Vietnam War hero.
One year ago: A gunman went on a rampage at
the Tennessee Valley
Unitarian
Universalist
Church in Knoxville,
killing two people and
wounding six others. (Jim
D. Adkisson later pleaded
guilty to murder and
attempted murder and was
sentenced to life in prison
without parole.)
Today’s Birthdays: TV
producer Norman Lear is
87. Actor Jerry Van Dyke is
78. Olympic gold medal
figure
skater
Peggy
Fleming is 61. Comedian
Bill Engvall is 52. New
York Yankees star Alex
Rodriguez is 34.
Paying a premium for insurance
This week President Obama promised
“the reforms we seek” will bring greater
“inefficiencies to our health care system.” It was a slip of the tongue, but the
Obama-inspired health care bill moving
through the House of Representatives
suggests the president accidentally told
the truth. The bill, approved last week by
two House committees, would spend
much more than necessary to subsidize
medical coverage for uninsured
Americans while failing to deliver on
Obama’s commitment to control health
care costs.
The Congressional Budget Office
(CBO) estimates the legislation would
cost $1.3 trillion during its first decade:
$438 billion for Medicaid and the
Children’s Health Insurance Program,
$53 billion in tax credits for small businesses that offer health insurance to their
employees, and $773 billion in subsidies
for a government-administered “insurance exchange” in which people could
choose among various health plans,
including a newly created “public
option.”
One reason the tab is so high: The bill
defines its target too broadly. U.S.
Census Bureau data indicate that nearly
40 percent of the 46 million U.S. residents who were uninsured at some point
in 2007 had annual household incomes
of $50,000 or more. Another 23 percent
or so were already covered by existing
government programs or could have
been. Instead of focusing on the minority
who can’t afford insurance but are ineligible for taxpayer-funded health care, the
House bill takes aim at “the uninsured”
generally.
By 2018, the CBO
projects, the legislation would provide
insurance to 37 million Americans who
currently lack it, at a
cost of $234 billion.
That works out to
about $6,300 a person
for a year of coverage,
which seems pretty
pricey,
especially
Jacob
since the total cost
Sullum
would be higher:
People participating in
the insurance exchange would be expected to pay part of their premiums.
According to a December 2007 report
from America’s Health Insurance Plans,
the average annual premium for nongroup health insurance that year was
about $2,600 for individual coverage and
$5,800 for family coverage. The Census
Bureau reports that three-quarters of
uninsured Americans live in family
households, which in the general population average three people each. Taking
that into account, buying insurance for
37 million people in 2007 should have
the cost around $78 billion, or a little
more than $2,000 each.
How much would it cost in 2018?
Kaiser Family Foundation data on
employer-provided health benefits
(which tend to cost a lot more than policies purchased by individuals) indicate a
recent premium growth rate of 5 percent
a year, which would make $2,000 in
2007 about $3,400 in 2018, a little more
than half what the House bill would
spend to insure one person. Even if pre-
miums double during the next decade (as
they did during the last decade), simply
buying insurance for 37 million people
would still be about one-third cheaper
than the subsidy scheme created by the
House bill.
Also keep in mind that government
spending, especially on health care programs, tends to be much higher than
anticipated. “When Medicare was
launched in 1965,” note Cato Institute
policy analysts Michael Tanner and Chris
Edwards, “Part A was projected to cost $9
billion by 1990, but ended up costing $67
billion. When Medicaid’s special hospitals subsidy was added in 1987, it was
supposed to cost $100 million annually,
but it already cost $11 billion by 1992.”
The subsidies championed by Obama
would only aggravate the problem of
runaway government spending on health
care. “In the legislation that has been
reported,” CBO Director Douglas
Elmendorf told the Senate Budget
Committee last week, “we do not see the
sort of fundamental changes that would
be necessary to reduce the trajectory of
federal health spending by a significant
amount. And on the contrary, the legislation significantly expands the federal
responsibility for health care costs.”
The bill does have a great name,
though. In the spirit of the spending
binge that Obama dubbed a New Era of
Responsibility, it’s called America’s
Affordable Health Choices Act.
■ Jacob Sullum is senior editor at Reason
magazine, and his work appears in the
new Reason anthology “Choice” (BenBella
Books)
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Monday, July 27, 2009
GEORGIA
Down to Business
Ball knew the SCORE
Ex-boxing champion
Forrest killed in Ga.
ATLANTA — Vernon
Forrest, a former three-time
champion who gained stardom when he became the first
boxer to defeat “Sugar” Shane
Mosley, was shot and killed
during an apparent robbery in
Atlanta, police said Sunday.
Atlanta Police Sgt. Lisa
Keyes said in an e-mail
Sunday that Forrest, 38, was
shot “multiple times in the
back” Saturday night. Keyes
said there are no suspects.
Officials seek ID
of drowning victim
ATLANTA — Newton
County officials are seeking
the public’s help in identifying
a man who drowned in the
Alcovy River.
Coroner Tommy Davis said
a man’s body was pulled from
the river Saturday afternoon.
Atlanta councilman
carjacked at gunpoint
ATLANTA — An Atlanta
city councilman is safe after
being carjacked at gunpoint in
northwest Atlanta.
Atlanta police Sgt. Lisa
Keyes said Councilman Ceasar
Mitchell was carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday morning.
3 more teens charged
in fundraiser theft
MARIETTA — Three
more Marietta teenagers have
been arrested for allegedly
helping a friend steal from
young girls who were trying
to raise money for their
father’s struggling business.
Cobb County police Sgt.
Dana Pierce said Katie
Leathers
and
Alexa
Michalski, both 18, and an
unnamed 16-year-old girl
were charged Friday with
being parties to a robbery.
A high school cheerleader,
17-year-old Chelsea Steele,
had been arrested earlier on
charges of grabbing a cash
box with $147 from the girls’
pool-side stand on July 3 and
getting into a waiting car.
—Associated Press
AP
PHOTO
Astronauts Tom Marshburn, upper left, and
Christopher Cassidy, seen just below Marshburn,
mission specialists for STS-127, share duties on the
fourth spacewalk of Endeavour’s current mission
and its crew’s joint activities with the space station.
NASA patches
air-purifying system
on space station
CAPE CANAVERAL,
Fla. (AP) — A space station
air purifier was working
again Sunday after it shut
down at the worst possible
time, when the on-board
crowd had swollen to a
record 13.
The repair by flight controllers, albeit temporary,
came as a relief to NASA.
Even if the carbon dioxide-removal system had
remained broken, shuttle
Endeavour would not have
had to undock early from
the international space station, said flight director
Brian Smith. But the system
needs to work to support six
station residents over the
long term, he said.
The machine for cleansing the station atmosphere,
on the U.S. side of the
sprawling outpost, failed
Saturday when it got too hot
and tripped a circuit breaker.
Flight controllers managed to get the unit up and
running again 8 1/2 hours
later in manual mode. That
means extra people are
needed in Mission Control
— six each day — to handle
the approximately 50 computer commands that need
to be sent up every few
hours.
Normally, the system
runs automatically. Smith
said engineers hopefully will
come up with a software
solution soon to have the
system back in automatic.
An air-cleansing system
on the Russian side of the
station is working fine. In
addition, the station has
about three weeks’ worth of
canisters for removing the
carbon dioxide exhaled by
six crew members.
The shuttle and its crew
of seven will depart
Tuesday, as originally
planned.
Before leaving, the shuttle astronauts have their fifth
and final spacewalk to perform.
During today’s spacewalk, Christopher Cassidy
and Thomas Marshburn will
rearrange some power cable
hookups, fold down a piece
of popped-up insulation on
the station’s smaller, dexterous robotic arm, and install
TV cameras on the brand
new porch of Japan’s space
station lab.
On the Net:
NASA:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/m
ain/index.html
CELEBRATING
40 YEARS
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Come celebrate with us during the
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This communirow,
Bi-Lo
ty lost a fine man
Charities is helping
with the passing of
provide groceries
Earl Ball. Ball was
to the American
a local resident for
Red Cross. Now
more than 40
through Aug. 25,
years, a businessBi-Lo shoppers can
man who was also
buy for $5 a speactive in civic
cially marked groaffairs and politics.
cery bag which
Scoop
Mr. Ball had many
contain three comThornton
accomplishments
plete family-sized
in is life and one of
meals. The bags are
the things I best
then dropped off in
remember him for was his a bin near the store
work with SCORE (Service entrance. Contents include
Core of Retired Executives) macaroni and cheese, beans,
a group which offered its soup, spaghetti fixings and
expertise to small business- tuna. The bags are available
es, free of charge. Mr. Ball at any area Bi-Lo store.
came to the newspaper
■■■
office
regularly
with
SCORE-related information
and took the job seriously.
We talked several times
about the local business
scene and he was always a
knowledgeable and gracious
visitor.
■■■
There are bonuses and
there are BONUSES!
Teresa Moore of Dalton
enjoyed one of the latter
kind at the end of June, staying at the Atlantis resort on
Paradise Island in the
B&B Discount sales, in
Bahamas, courtesy of her that big honking building
longtime employer, Avon.
across from West Yellow
For the sixth straight Knife in Rocky Face, has
year, Moore surpassed her been selling books for sevsales goals and earned the eral months without telling
free trip.
me. (No telling how many
Moore
worked
at bargains I missed, but when
Hamilton Medical Center I got in there this week there
for 20 years before retiring were still several thousand
to sell Avon products full to chose from.)
time. She’s made her sales
Hardbacks go for a buck
goal all six years since and paperbacks for 50 cents.
going full time.
Not bad, not bad at all.
“I’ve got a lot of friends
There are many bestand know a lot of people selling authors featured,
and that helps,” Moore said, including Larry McMurtry,
in explaining her success. Len
Deighton,
David
“But I really focus on visit- Weber, John LeCarre,
ing business offices.”
Patricia Cornwell, Bill
Moore also was recog- O’Reilly, Elmore Leonard
nized for selling more jew- and a wide array of genres
elry than any other salesper- are represented.
son in her division, which
A book hound would
includes more than 14,500 have a hard time sorting
sales reps.
through this pile and not
■■■
finding some keepers.
For the second year in a
Speaking of book stores,
the Book Nook on North
Hamilton Street downtown
Dalton continues to give
away one paperback to new
customers. Veteran customers who send in new
customers also qualify for a
freebie. There’s an excellent
selection of books at the
store and the Cubbyhole
Cafe, housed at the same
location is fine place for
lunch, Monday through
Friday.
■■■
Art
in
Motion
Performance Studios will
have an open house and registration Aug. 1 and 8 from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to celebrate its grand opening.
Various dance classes,
including ballet, jazz,
pointe, tap, modern and predance are available, as well
as Mommy and Me, cheer,
pre-gymnastics and gymnastics. Discounts are available for multiple siblings.
Class availability is limited
so early registration is recommended.
The studio is at 3957
Cleveland Highway, Unit D
in Dalton. For more information, including pricing,
visit
www.aimperformancestudios.com.
■■■
The new Dug Gap Day
Care and Pre-School will
host an open house at 702A Mineral Springs Road on
Sunday, Aug. 2 from 3-5
p.m. For more information,
call (706) 278-2557 or
(706) 581-0449 ... Ribbon
cuttings for new businesses
in Chatsworth include
Magnolia
Family
Medicine, 1115 Highway
76, Suite B on July 28 at 10
a.m., (706) 695-5500; and
Sweet-N-Simple — a wedding and event planning
business — at 522 H. Bond
Road, but will have their
ribbon cutting at the
Chatsworth-Murray
County
Chamber
of
Commerce office at 126 N.
Third Ave. on July 31 at 10
a.m., Call (706) 517-1776
for more information.
The Daily Citizen
Plastic bags become purses
BY LAUREN PEEPLES
Athens Banner-Herald
DANIELSVILLE, Ga. —
Like
many
women,
Danielsville resident Bobbie
Sue Bolmon happened upon
a hobby to relieve stress and
enjoy some creativity. Her
hobby, while not necessarily
unusual, does rely on some
unique materials. Her handcreated handbags also lend
support to recycling efforts
by incorporating assorted
plastic bags.
Bolmon began creating
the purses 20 years ago.
“I use to watch the
’Crook & Chase’ show in
the afternoons, and the lady
would show how to create
purses from plastic bags,”
Bolmon said. “I started just
to have something fun and
relaxing to do. I still have
the first beach bag I created
from Bi-Lo bags.”
Born in Elbert County,
Bolmon’s family moved to
Franklin County and was
raised in Royston.
“I grew up on a farm
where Mom taught us to sew
and make our own clothes,”
Bolmon said. “We learned to
take care of ourselves in
every aspect.”
Bolmon moved with her
husband, Haley, to Madison
County 43 years ago. “We
bought a farm and raised
cattle and chicken,” she said.
“My husband was a truck
driver, so a farm gave me
ways to entertain my seven
kids.”
With five sons and two
daughters, Bolmon has 16
grandchildren and 13 greatgrandchildren. “They keep
me busy, but having a hobby
that I enjoy and find relaxation with is an advantage,”
Bolmon said. “Making the
purses gives me something I
can sit down at the end of
the day and take a break
with.”
Since her husband passed
away, Bolmon serves as a
full-time caregiver.
“I am usually always
working on a purse, and it is
a project that I am able to
stop when I need to and
return to when I can,”
Bolmon said. “People usual-
ly think it is hard to do, but
it really is not.”
The third of 11 children,
Bolmon’s family always has
sewn and crocheted.
“My sisters all enjoy and
take part in making things
this way regularly,” she said.
“One of my sisters even
opened a little shop at the
mall one time that included
various handmade items she
had created.”
On average, Bolmon dedicates approximately six to
seven hours on each creation.
“It depends on the size,”
she explained. “I tend to
work on each purse a little at
a time and come back to it,
but overall it takes several
hours to complete one.”
This past spring, Bolmon
completed Easter bags for
the children in her family.
“The bags take some time
to complete. However, it’s
not that difficult to learn,”
she said. “I have used every
type of bag, from the red
ones that the Athens BannerHerald used to arrive in to
loaf-bread bags. It also
serves as a fun and creative
way to recycle.”
Bolmon’s sister-in-law
Elena Hart of Danielsville
describes Bolman as a wonderful and caring person.
“She has many talents,
including cooking, sewing,
crocheting and gardening,”
Hart said. “She is always
willing to share those talents
with others.”
Hart admires Bolmon’s
courage throughout her life.
“She has been through
some trying times, but always
comes out on top,” Hart said.
“She is not one to give up and
is always ready and willing to
help others. She has always
been more like a sister to me
than a sister-in-law.”
Bolmon plans to continue
creating shopping-bag purses
for years to come.
“People
are
always
amazed by the creations,”
she said. “Everyone has their
own passion and enjoyment;
mine is creating these bags. I
honestly find it to be the
most relaxing thing I can do,
and I get so much enjoyment
from it.”
Take a walk on the mild side
BY JENNIFER RIZZI
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
On any given day around
noon, you won’t likely find
Dick Fisher sitting indoors.
The 82-year-old prides himself on spending time outdoors at least once a day, usually for a brisk two-mile walk
in Pittsburgh’s North Park. He
walks the same path whether
it’s July or January, and he’s
done it for 15 years.
“It’s become a habit,” he
said. “I just don’t feel right if
I don’t do it.”
Fisher recognizes the benefits of outdoor activity at any
stage in life, and attributes his
strong physical condition to
the daily 40-minute trek.
“It’s my routine,” he said,
adding that the exercise has
helped him rebound from several surgeries. “I’m not out to
break any distance or speed
records, but it’s done my body
a lot of good.”
Fisher’s steady outdoor
walking regimen is one that
all seniors should try to emulate, according to Dr. Robert
Palmer, clinical director of
geriatric medicine at the
University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center. The simple
habit of taking low-impact,
daily walks can substantially
increase seniors’ mental and
physical health, he said.
“When the weather is pleasant, going outdoors for even a
brief walk is very therapeutic
for cardiovascular effects and
improving endurance,” he said.
“It keeps circulation normal
and helps cognition by preventing memory loss.”
SHNS
Safe exposure to sunlight
on an outdoor trail can
increase levels of Vitamin D,
an additional health benefit.
For some, Palmer said it
might be feasible to incorporate more physically demanding activities like biking and
swimming into an exercise
plan: “They’re very good aerobic activities that can benefit
the heart.”
Seniors who want to
increase physical endurance
but feel unable to attempt
such exertion can certainly
reach their goal while walking, he said. They can
improve strength and stamina
by selecting more challeng-
ing courses with slopes and
hills.
“Walking up and down
hills strengthens leg and hip
muscles and helps with better
balance,” he said. “It’s something simple and doable —
almost anyone can go for a
walk.”
Older, more arthritic
seniors might be hesitant to
hit the pavement if they suspect it might do their joints
“more harm than good.” The
actual effects, however, are
quite the opposite.
“Studies show that walking with arthritic knees
reduces pain and need for
medication,” Palmer said. “It
also improves quality of life
and mood.”
Dan Bickel, park manager
at Moraine State Park in
Pittsburgh, recommends that
seniors improve their technology skills along with exercise. In
geocaching, which is quickly
gaining popularity in outdoor
circles, treasure-hunters follow
a handheld global positioning
system unit to find a prize
stashed in a secret location.
“Seniors get pretty proficient at using the GPS at the
end of the program,” Bickel
said. “It’s good for seniors
whose kids buy them a GPS
and they want to learn how to
use it.
County Sheriff’s Office with
DUI, failure to maintain lane
and driving too fast for conditions.
■ Thomas Wesley Odell,
38, 430 Old Federal Road S.,
Chatsworth, was charged
Sunday by the Murray
County Sheriff’s Office with
terroristic threats and acts.
■ Logan David Waters
Patterson, 19, 218 Oak St.,
Tunnel Hill, was charged
Sunday by the Chatsworth
Police Department with a
taillight violation, underage
consumption and DUI.
Mexico police
arrest 4 in US
border agent death
BY
AND
GILLIAN FLACCUS
MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press writers
CHULA VISTA, Calif.
— Police in Mexico have
announced the arrests of four
men in connection to the
killing of a U.S. Border
Patrol agent as their counterparts in the United States
search hospitals for suspects
possibly wounded in the first
such shooting in more than a
decade.
The men detained in
Mexico are allegedly part of
an immigrant smuggling
ring, and 21 people were
found with them when police
detained them and seized
four guns near Tecate,
Mexico, said Elias Alvarez
Hernandez, coordinator of
federal police in Baja
California state.
During a news conference
Saturday, Mexico police did
not say what evidence they
had against the four, whom
they identified as Jose
Quintero Ruiz, 43, and his
brother
Jose
Eugenio
Quintero Ruiz, 49, and taxi
drivers
Jose
Alfredo
Camacho, 34 and Antonio
Valladares, 57.
Agent Robert Rosas was
killed Thursday while
responding alone to a suspected border incursion near
Campo, a town in rugged,
arid terrain in southeastern
San Diego County. He was
shot in the head and body
and was dead when other
agents arrived, said Keith
Slotter, special agent in
charge of the FBI’s San
Diego bureau.
Alvarez said that one of
the suspects told police that a
man detained Friday with a
handgun had shot Rosas.
Tecate police said Friday
they had arrested 36-year-old
Ernesto Parra Valenzuela
near the crime scene with a
Border Patrol-issued weapon
after the shooting, according
to the Los Angeles Times.
The man, who was
injured, was taken to a hospital, according to a news
release. Federal investigators
have said they notified hospitals on both sides of the border to be on alert for patients
with suspicious or unexplained injuries.
Investigators have said
FRE
blood evidence at the scene
indicated at least one culprit
and possibly others had serious injuries, perhaps by gunfire. They didn’t know how
many shots were fired, if
Rosas fired any shots himself, or how many guns were
used.
But FBI spokesman
Darrell Foxworth told The
Associated Press in an email late Saturday that he
could not confirm or comment on any arrest reports.
American officials have
expressed concerns that the
drug cartel battles plaguing
Mexico could spill into the
United States with the targeting of U.S. law enforcement
officials. Slotter said investigators aren’t ruling out the
possibility that Rosas was
slain by drug smugglers or
even human smugglers.
Arturo Sarukhan, the
Mexican ambassador to the
United States, said Mexican
law enforcement agencies
are cooperating in the case.
Rosas was the first
Border Patrol agent to die in
a shooting in more than a
decade, according to The
Officer Down Memorial
Page Inc., which tracks fallen officers using information
provided by law enforcement agencies. Another
agent, Luis Aguilar, was
intentionally run over by a
fleeing man driving a drugladen Hummer in January
2008.
Rosas, a three-year
Border Patrol veteran, had a
2-year-old son and an 11month-old daughter, said
Richard Barlow, acting chief
patrol agent for the Border
Patrol’s San Diego sector.
Authorities could not
confirm reports that he called
for backup and then went
ahead before anyone arrived,
but said it isn’t unusual for
agents to work alone along
the border.
The FBI is offering a
$100,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest
and conviction of the killer
or killers.
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The Officer Down
Memorial Page Inc.:
www.odmp.org
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Americans going wireless-only
BY GINA KIM
Sacramento Bee
Millions of cost-cutting
Americans are asking: Ditch
the landline phone and go
completely wireless, or keep
paying two bills for dependability and peace of mind?
Many have already clipped
the cord.
Wireless-only households
have surpassed those solely
dependent on landlines,
according to the Centers for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention, which tracks the
information.
Still, some won’t give up
on their landline with its
comforting
dial
tone,
whether out of laziness, safety concerns, sound quality,
cell phone costs or simply
tradition.
“It’s a fixture in the
house, kind of like the refrigerator,” said technology analyst Larry Magid. “It’s just
there, it’s reliable, it’s wired
and glued in place because
of the cord, and there’s no
meter on it.”
There were 270 million
cell phones in use in
December 2008, the most
■ Hannah Athan of
Dalton received a doctor of
pharmacy degree from South
University
School
of
Pharmacy in June.
■ Adam H. Bailey was
named to the dean’s list of
academic
honor
at
Oglethorpe University in
Atlanta for the spring 2009
semester. His parents are
Lanny and Cherie Bailey of
Dalton. Students named to
the dean’s list have at least a
3.5 grade point average and
carry 12 or more credit
hours for the semester.
Bailey graduated magna
cum laude in May with a
bachelor of arts degree.
■ Several local students
graduated from the Medical
College of Georgia this
spring. Receiving a doctor of
physical therapy degree
recent figure available from
the CTIA-The Wireless
Association trade group.
That’s up from 110 million
in 2000. It means 87 percent
of Americans have a phone
they take everywhere, the
group found.
More than 20 percent of
households were wirelessonly in December, and
another 15 percent said they
took most calls on cell
phones instead of landlines,
according to the CDC’s
National Center for Health
Statistics. Just 17 percent of
households had a landline
without a cell phone.
“I have both a landline
and a cell phone, and every
time I pay that landline bill I
wonder why,” said Stephen
Blumberg, an NCHS senior
scientist.
Blumberg fell into tracking phone use in 2003, when
the CDC realized that people
giving up landlines could
cause potential bias in the
center’s health surveys,
which are taken over the
phone. The studies have
found that home ownership,
not age, is the biggest predictor of a wireless home.
Renters are four times less
likely to have a landline,
Blumberg said.
There were also health
differences between those
with and without landlines.
Wireless-only adults are
more likely to smoke, binge
drink, go without health
insurance and not wear a
seat belt, according to
Blumberg.
The CDC doesn’t know
why this is, but collects the
information to mitigate distortion in surveys.
“It may be as simple as
persons who are wirelessonly are more likely to be out
with friends, socializing outside the home,” Blumberg
said.
Wireless and telecom
industry analyst Jeff Kagan
doesn’t see the landline
phone dying completely, just
a transformation of the
industry. Everything is
becoming connected, he
said, so that one day a person
will be able to talk on a cell
phone that will transfer
seamlessly to a home phone
when the user walks through
the door, and even connect to
the Internet and TV. There
are already Internet-based
phone calls with Skype and
Vonage.
“We’re moving in that
direction in the next 10 to 20
years,” Kagan said.
Businesses are letting go
of landlines at a much slower pace than private phone
customers, ensuring the job
security of Jose Olagues, a
telecom
analyst
for
California State University,
Sacramento.
Landlines are generally
cheaper than cell phones,
Olagues said. And businesses need the dependability of
phones that don’t cut out or
run out of battery life.
Still, the 35-year-old
Olagues ditched his landline
at home when AT&T started
offering DSL broadband
without a phone number last
year.
“I don’t think we had a
phone plugged in for a year
anyway,” Olagues said. “All
we got was telemarketers.”
There is something lost
when people turn wireless,
said Kevin Wehr, associate
professor of sociology at
Sacramento. Area codes no
longer matter, people lose
the safety of an electricityfree phone, and there is longing for the simpler times of
the past — the ring tone on
Wehr’s iPhone is the oldstyle telephone ring.
“It punches some nostalgia buttons,” he said. “It
sounds interesting and old
school.”
Dan Weiser, Web editor
for the U.S. House of
Representatives and former
KCRA news director, canceled his landline this week.
The unintended consequence
is that the 51-year-old can no
longer call his cell phone to
figure out where he misplaced it.
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Compute: School systems
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BRIEFS
Girl shot in head at
wedding reception
INDIANAPOLIS
—
Police say a 18-month-old
girl was shot and critically
injured during a wedding
reception at an Indianapolis
park. Two women also were
wounded by gunfire.
Police have not identified
the child, who was struck in
the head by a bullet Saturday
night when a dispute at the
wedding
reception
at
Lawrence Community Park
led to gunfire. The two
women were shot in their legs.
Lawrence Police Chief
Paul Whitehead tells The
Indianapolis Star three people have been arrested.
AWOL zoo bird
recaptured in park
PHILADELPHIA
—
Philadelphia Zoo spokesman
Bill Larson says a tropical
bird that flew the coop two
days ago was recaptured
Saturday morning in the
city’s Fairmount Park.
The juvenile sun conure
(CON’-yer)
disappeared
Thursday during the Festival
of Flight bird show.
Larson says the zoo’s animal department followed up
more than 100 leads after
putting out the word about
bird, which is mostly yellow
with a green tail.
Scholar says he
wants to ’move on’
BOSTON — Black
Harvard scholar Henry Louis
Gates Jr. says he’s ready to
move on from his arrest by a
white police officer, hoping
to use the encounter to
improve fairness in the criminal justice system and saying “in the end, this is not
about me at all.”
After a phone call from
President Barack Obama
urging calm in the aftermath
of his arrest last week, Gates
said he would accept
Obama’s invitation to the
White House for a beer with
him and Cambridge police
Sgt. James Crowley.
Iranian opposition
requests memorial
TEHRAN, Iran — Ali
Reza Beheshti, the top aide to
Iran’s opposition leader Mir
Hossein Mousavi, told The
Associated Press Sunday that
his boss has requested permission from authorities to hold a
memorial service for victims
of post-election unrest.
Mousavi signed the
request
with
Mahdi
Karroubi, the other reformist
candidate in last month’s disputed presidential election.
Police have said at least
20 people were killed in the
post-election unrest.
Pro-reform Web sites
have reported families of
slain protesters have been
banned from mourning publicly.
Private security may
be used in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — U.S.
military
authorities
in
Afghanistan may hire a private contractor to provide
around-the-clock security at
dozens of bases and protect
vehicle convoys moving
throughout the country.
The possibility of awarding a security contract comes
as the Obama administration
is sending thousands of more
troops into Afghanistan to
quell rising violence fueled
by a resurgent Taliban. As
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PHOTOS
On the left is an example of improper tree-pruning practices. The
photo on the right shows rapid growth as a result of topping.
Tree topping – why not?
SUBMITTED BY THE
WHITFIELD COUNTY
EXTENSION OFFICE
Pruning trees can be a
beneficial
maintenance
practice if done correctly; it
can lengthen the life of the
tree, increase the landscape
value of the home and
reduce homeowner liability.
However, improper pruning
can increase disease, decay
and pest problems which all
lead to decreased life for the
tree.
Topping, also known as
stubbing, dehorning and
heading, destroys the shape
of the tree and impedes
branch control. It doesn’t
actually reduce the size of
the tree; instead, the tree
has to work harder to grow
back and replace the lost
leaf canopy. The leaves are
required to manufacture
food for the trunk and roots,
especially in times of stress
such as drought or freezing
temperatures. This rapid
growth won’t slow until the
tree returns to its original
size unless the health of the
tree is compromised by
poor pruning practices.
To correctly prune a tree,
look for the branch-bark
ridge. This is found where
the growing branch and
expanding trunk come
together in a corky or raised
ridge. Once you find that,
look on the bottom side of
the branch where it joins
the trunk. There should be a
slight swelling there. From
the ridge to this swelled
area is called the “branch
collar.” Rather than cutting
flush against the tree or
leaving a long stub, cut at
the edge of the collar.
Prune branches smaller
than your thumb using hand
clippers or a hand saw,
carefully cutting at the edge
of the collar without damaging it. Larger branches
should be cut using the
three-cut method. Make
your first partial cut a few
inches away from the
branch collar to prevent
bark tearing. For your second cut, move a short distance out from the first and
remove the entire branch,
reducing the weight so you
can make your final pruning cut neatly. Start your
third and final cut on the
outside edge of the branchbark ridge and cut through
to the outside edge of the
branch collar.
For more information on
correct pruning practices,
call Brenda Jackson at
Whitfield
County
Extension, (706) 278-8207
or the Dalton City Arborist
at the Department of Public
Works, (706) 278-7077.
School systems
After using the
all over the country
netbook for four
are wrestling with
years, Billy has to
the idea of requiring
give it back and still
students to have lapdoesn’t have a comtop computers in the
puter. The school
coming school year.
system gets stuck
Few recent issues
with thousands of
have caused more of
crummy computers,
a stir.
most of which will
James
The battle comes
be in lousy condition
as the price of lapand too slow and old
Derk
tops plummets and
to lease to another
schools wrestle with
kid.
the increasing costs of textA better idea, I think, is to
books and other materials. In offer students a great deal on
my city, the school district “real” laptops and use the
plans to charge parents $70 a schools’ incredible buying
year to rent a “netbook,” a power to negotiate a great
lesser-powered laptop, plus price. Some current laptops
about $45 a year for insurance. have sold for $399; about the
A student who already has same price as a netbook-type
a laptop won’t be allowed to computer, with no bulk disuse it and must rent another count at all. After four years of
one (duh) and still will have to payments (if needed), the kid
rent textbooks.
has a real computer that probSome other districts offer ably will take him a year or
full-powered laptops that have two into college, if needed, or
replaced textbooks. Costs for it can be passed down to a
families range from nothing to younger sibling.
more than $100 a year (tax
As for using computers to
rates often make up the differ- replace textbooks, I wish them
ence).
luck. My MBA program used
Netbooks are popular for both “real” books and PDF
their small size and light versions that cost half as
weight, but they’re underpow- much. The first thing we all
ered and less sturdy than a reg- did was take the PDF file to
ular laptop.
Kinko’s and have it printed
School-issued laptops raise and bound. Granted, we were
other issues. Some families all old fogey types in graduate
have religious objections, school who were used to
some simply don’t want the “real” books. And, certainly,
Internet in their homes, period. the PDF file was handy when
Others want to make sure the it came to searching the full
Internet’s red-light portions are text.
carefully filtered out, and no
But the idea of “reading”
filtering technology is 100 per- 125 pages of accounting on a
cent effective. Even if a home laptop screen was just awful.
doesn’t have Internet access, (Reading it in the first place
chances are a neighbor’s will. was bad enough.) Let’s hope
And Billy’s netbook will easily the new generation can get
pick up the signal from that used to it.
house, because odds are they
James
Derk
owns
haven’t turned on encryption CyberDads, a computeron their wireless router.
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OBITUARIES
• Ernest J. Cronic, Rome
• John M. Fuson, Rocky
Face
• John Dennis Gillian,
Dalton
• Richard Lee Keown,
Tunnel Hill
• Pauline ‘Suzie’ Mikel,
Tunnel Hill
• Nathan Rice,
Chatsworth
• Grace Stone Sarrels,
Dalton
• Robert Reed Turner,
Gordon County
Obituary notices are
posted online at
www.daltondailycitizen.com
Ernest J. Cronic
Ernest J. Cronic, age 59,
of 213 Marshall Lane,
Rome, died Saturday morning in a Rome hospital.
Mr. Cronic was born Jan.
3, 1950 in Canton, Ga., a son
of the late Dewitt and Edna
Brookshire Cronic. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Mr.
Cronic served in Vietnam,
and prior to ill health he was
associated
with
Shaw
Industries in Dalton for 26
years.
Besides his parents, Mr.
Cronic was preceded in
death by one brother, Johnny
Cronic, and by two sisters,
Billie Faye Cronic and Mrs.
Nancy Cornette.
Survivors include his
fiance, Nancy Williams
Payne; his stepchildren,
Jody Williams and Brandy
Williams, both of Rome;
his
stepmother,
Mrs.
Gladys Givens, of Resaca;
three
brothers,
Dave
Cronic, of Jasper, Glenn
Cronic, of Carrollton, and
Chris Cronic, of Dalton;
and four sisters, Mrs. Linda
Cook, of Taylorsville, Mrs.
Connie Pendegrass, of
Cedarown, Mrs. Cindy
White, of Dalton, and Mrs.
Angela
Howard,
of
Tennessee.
Funeral services for Mr.
Ernest J. Cronic will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m.
at John House’s Cave Spring
Chapel Funeral Home with
the Rev. John Vine officiating. Interment will follow in
the Cave Spring Cemetery
with military honors provided by the honor guard of the
Shanklin-Attaway Post 5 of
the American Legion.
The family will receive
friends at the funeral home
today from 6 to 8 p.m.
This announcement is
courtesy of Ponders Funeral
Home, 138 Melrose Drive,
Dalton, GA. (706) 226-4002.
Your selected independent funeral home.
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John M. Fuson
John McKeel Fuson, 57,
of Rocky Face, passed away
Saturday, July 26, 2009, at
Quinton
Memorial
Health
C a r e
Center.
He was
preceded
in death
by his pare n t s ,
Fuson
Homer
Fuson and
Westelle Bone Fuson.
He attended Dalton
Church of the Nazarene
Survivors include his
wife, Susan Louise Fuson of
the residence; two daughters,
Lindsay Fuson and Kelli
Fuson, both of Dalton; sister,
Kay Hampton of Waverly,
Tenn.
The funeral is today at 11
a.m. at the Westside Chapel
of Julian Peeples Funeral
Home with the Rev. Gary
Mimbs officiating.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Kelli Fuson
Education Fund, care of
Gene and Tina Hannigan,
1104 Walston Ave., Apt.
104A, Dalton, GA 30720.
Special thanks are extended
to the staff of Hamilton
Medical
Center
and
Amedisys Home Health
Care.
Words of comfort maybe
sent and the guest register
signed at www.julianpeeples.com.
Julian Peeples Funeral
Home, Westside Chapel,
Rocky Face, in charge of
funeral arrangements. For
more information, all 706272-9777.
www.legacy.com
John Dennis
Gillian
Mr. John Dennis Gillian,
age 87, of Dalton, departed
this life Sunday, July 26,
2009 at
the local
hospital.
John was
born Aug.
8, 1921in
Catoosa
County, a
son of the
Gillian
J a m e s
John and
Fannie Jane Faucette Gillian.
He was also preceded in
death his wife, Virginia Lee
Gillian; brothers, Thomas
Lee Gillian, James Franklin
Gillian, Sam Gillian; sisters,
Lois Wallace and Dorothy
Whaley. He was a member
of
Sheridan
Avenue
Assembley of God.
He is survived by his sons
and daughters in law, Vernon
and
Jeannie
Gillian,
Knoxville Tenn., Tex and
Betty Gillian, Cohutta,
Ricky Lane Gillian, Cohutta;
daughters and son in law,
Glenda Adams, Cohutta,
LaGonda Gribble, Dalton,
Joan Rymer, Chatsworth,
Billie and Ronnie Phillips,
Dalton, Sister Bessie Gates,
Dalton; 18 grandchildren; 16
great-grandchildren
and
three great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and
nephews. Services to celebrate the life of Mr. John
Dennis Gillian will be held
Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the
Melrose Chapel of Ponders
Funeral Home with the Revs.
Jack Cornett and Junior
Clayton officiating. He will
be laid to rest at the West Hill
Cemetery next to his wife.
Pallbearers will be some of
his grandsons. The family
will receive friends at the
funeral home from 6 until 9
p.m. today.
Messages and condolences may be sent to the
Gillian family at www.pondersfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements by locally
owned
and
operated,
Ponders Funeral Homes, 138
Melrose
Drive,
Drive,
Dalton, GA. 706-226-4002
Your selected independent
funeral home.
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Richard Lee
Keown
Richard Lee Keown, age
74, of Tunnel Hill, passed
a w a y
S u n d a y,
July 26,
2009 at
his residence.
He was
preceded
in death
by his parKeown
e n t s ,
Luther
and Mattie Lee Keown.
Survivors include his wife
of 52 years, Frances
“Cricket” Keown, of the residence; daughter and son-inlaw, Sandra and Glen
Thomas, of Rocky Face;
sons and daughter-in-law,
Stevin and Malinda Keown,
of Chatsworth, and Dennis
Keown and Scott Keown,
both of Tunnel Hill; sisters
and brothers-in-law, Ima
Jean Wells, of Dalton, Janice
and Mitch Harper, of Dalton,
Debbie Dunn, of Dalton,
Donna Collins, of Atlanta,
and Larry and Tammie
Keown, of Rocky Face;
grandchildren,
Shawna,
Erica, Jeff and Monica,
Private M.C. Matthew
Keown, and MaKayla Lee
Thomas and Jay and
Matthew Ayers.
The funeral service will
be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at
the Westside Chapel of
Julian Peeples Funeral Home
with the Revs. Allen
Robinson and Bill Castell
officiating.
Burial will be in
Whitfield
Memorial
Gardens. The U.S. Marines
will render military honors.
A white dove release will
conclude the service.
The family will receive
friends at the funeral home
today from 5 to 9 p.m.
An online guestbook can
be signed at www.julianpeeples.com.
Julian Peeples Funeral
Home, Westside Chapel,
Rocky Face is in charge of
the funeral arrangements.
www.legacy.com
Pauline ‘Suzie’
Mikel
Pauline “Suzie” Mikel,
71, of Tunnel Hill, passed
away Friday, July 24, 2009,
at Chatsworth Health Care
Center.
She was preceded in
death by her husband,
Winford E. Mikel; son,
Anthony Thomas; father,
Oscar Black; mother, Ruby
Black; brothers, Oscar
“Pete” Black and Truman
Black.
Survivors include her
children, Kenny Lee Hooper
of Tunnel Hill, Melvin
Phillip and Trish Hooper of
Dalton and Ricky and
Brenda Hooper of Ringgold;
sister, Nellie McClure of
Tunnel Hill; brothers and sisters-in-law, Melvin “Jake”
and Rebecca Black of
Ringgold, Alvin “Buck” and
Jurialean Black of Rocky
Face; sister-in-law, Nora
Black of Benton; grandchildren, Amy S. Martinez,
Jammie R. Howard, Rachel
Hooper, Felisha C. Hooper
and Lydia F. Hooper; great
grandchildren,
Chasidi
Miller, Madison, Victoria,
Aydon
and
Cameron
Martinez, Jessie J., Xavier
and Kristen Howard; several
nieces and nephews.
The funeral is Monday at
2 p.m. at the Pleasant Grove
Chapel of Julian Peeples
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Jeff Johnson and Chaplain J.
Dwight Wilson officiating.
Burial will be in United
Memorial Gardens. A white
dove release ceremony will
conclude the service.
The family will receive
friends at the funeral home
today from 5 until 9 p.m.
Messages of comfort may be
sent and the guest register
signed at www.julianpeeples.com.
Julian Peeples Funeral
Home, Pleasant Grove
Chapel, Dalton, is in charge
of funeral arrangements. For
more information, call 707259-7455.
www.legacy.com
Nathan Rice
Mr. Nathan Rice, 34, of
Chatsworth, passed away on
July 23, 2009, at his home.
He is preceded in death
by his grandparents, Leonard
and Cleo Rice and Irene and
John Anderson.
He is survived by his
wife, Stephany Rice of
Chatsworth;
children,
Destini Manis and Caleb
Rice; brother, Kenneth (Ken)
Rice of Chatsworth; mother
and father James and Carol
Rice; mother-in-law Sheila
Manis, brother-in-law and
sister-in-law Matthew and
Ariel Manis; aunt, KaK;
nieces and nephews; Carter
Manis, Kenneth Ney and
Drew Southers.
Services are today at 2
p.m. in the chapel of Shawn
Chapman Funeral Home
with the Rev. Robert
Richardson officiating.
Interment will follow in
Murray Memorial Gardens.
The family received
friends yesterday at Shawn
Chapman Funeral Home.
Arrangements made with
integrity by Shawn Chapman
Funeral
Home
and
Crematory, Chatsworth.
www.legacy.com
Grace Stone
Sarrels
Mrs. Grace Stone Sarrels,
92, of Dalton, passed away,
Sunday, July 26, 2009.
At her request, she was
cremated.
A memorial service will
take place at a later date.
Words of comfort may
sent to the family at
www.lovefuneralhomega.com.
Love Funeral Home, 1402
N. Thornton Ave., Dalton is
in charge of arrangements.
www.legacy.com
Love
Funeral Home
Family Owned Since 1935
278-3313
Robert Reed
Turner
Mr. Robert Reed Turner,
age 43, of the Hill City
Community in Gordon
County, departed this life
Saturday evening, July 25,
2009 from injuries sustained
in a motorcycle accident.
Reed was
born July
27, 1965
i
n
Whitfield
C o u n t y.
He was
preceded
in death
Turner
by
his
grandparents, Hubert Turner, Walter
and Ethel Priest.
Reed was a good husband, son, father and brother.
He was a hard worker who
was up at the crack of dawn
and never missed or was late
for work. He was employed
at Sakai Company in
Adairsville. He loved making a garden in the spring
and sharing vegetables with
neighbors. He was also an
avid outdoorsman who loved
to ride and raise horses and
loved to ride his HarleyDavidson. He was a member
of the Sugar Valley Baptist
Church.
He is survived by his loving wife of 20 years, Rita
McGill Turner of the residence; children, Constance
Turner, Walt Turner both of
Hill City, Bret Turner of
Calhoun; step-daughter and
her
husband,
Kelly
Crumbley and Thyrone
Johnston of Resaca; parents,
Robert and Linda Turner of
Hill City; sister, Tammy
Turner Thornton of Calhoun;
brothers, Mark Turner and
his wife, Melaine of
Calhoun, Andy Turner and
his wife, Evi of Hill City;
grandmother, Mrs. Farris
Watson of Resaca; several
nieces, nephews, aunts,
uncles and cousins. Services
to celebrate the life of Mr.
Robert Reed Turner will be
held Tuesday 2 p.m. at the
Hill City Baptist Church
with the Rev. Kenny Sheriff
officiating. He will be laid to
rest at the Hill City Baptist
Church Cemetery with Nate
Thornton, Mitchell Turner,
Matthew Turner, Michael
Turner, Brian Turner, Chris
Turner, Frankie Cantrell and
Joe Baldwin serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive
friends at the Calhoun
Chapel of Ponders Funeral
Home on today from 5 until
9 p.m.
Please visit our Web site
at
www.pondersfuneralhome.com to share words of
comfort and memories with
Reed’s family.
Arrangements by locally
owned and operated Calhoun
Chapel of Ponders Funeral
Home, 675 Jolley Road,
Calhoun, Georgia. 706-6257577. Your selected independent funeral home.
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IV tube chemical linked to preemie liver woes
BY LINDSEY TANNER
AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO — A chemical used in many plastic
products and already under
scrutiny for potential health
risks is suspected of raising
the risk of liver problems in
premature babies, according
to a new study.
The small study in a
German hospital suggests a
chemical known as a phthalate, used in some intravenous feeding bags and
tubing, may raise preemies’
chances for liver damage.
Rigorous research on
phthalates’
effects
in
humans is lacking, and at
least one expert found the
German study unconvincing.
There is no solid proof
implicating the phthalate
studied, DEHP.
However, the researchers
said their results show that
hospitals treating newborns
or preemies should turn to
IV feeding equipment that
doesn’t contain DEHP.
Some hospitals in the U.S.
already have switched.
Premature babies’ livers
are immature so they are
already at risk for liver complications. They also are
often fed intravenously, a
practice already known to
increase liver problems. The
new
study,
published
Monday in the journal
Pediatrics, says one possible
reason is DEHP. Animal
studies suggest the phthalate
chemical may cause various
health risks including liver
abnormalities and reproductive system damage.
Phthalates (pronounced
thowl-ates) are found in
many products besides medical supplies — toys, vinyl
flooring and cosmetics.
They’re used to stabilize fragrances and make plastics
flexible. Some countries and
California have restricted
their use.
They are different from
bisphenol-A, or BPA, a plastic-hardening chemical that
also has raised health concerns and is found in food
containers and other products. It’s no longer used in
many baby bottles.
In a 2002 phthalates advisory, the Food and Drug
Administration recommended alternatives for patients
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most at risk from the chemical leeching out of plastic
medical equipment, including sick infant boys because
of possible damage to developing reproductive organs.
The
German
study
involved 30 mostly premature infants treated in a
Mannheim intensive care
unit before the hospital
switched to feeding equipment without the chemical,
and 46 infants treated there
afterward.
Serious liver problems
involving reduced flow of
bile, a digestive fluid produced by the liver, developed in 50 percent of the
infants fed with the tubes
containing DEHP versus just
13 percent of the other
infants.
The researchers took into
account other factors that
might contribute to liver
problems, and the two
groups were mostly similar.
However, the chemical
group was intravenously fed
for an average of 26 days,
four more days than the
other infants.
That is a limitation that
could have skewed the
results. But that alone
“wouldn’t have accounted
for the magnitude of the difference”
between
the
groups, said Deborah CorySlechta, an environmental
medicine professor at the
University of Rochester
medical school.
“This is a pretty strong
damnation of” phthalates,
she said. “It needs to be
replicated. But I still think
this makes a very strong
case for getting rid of these
compounds” in infant intensive care units, she said.
Edmund Crouch, a scientist who served with the
Rochester professor on a
National Research Council
committee on phthalates
risks, was skeptical and said
the study doesn’t rule out
other factors that might have
caused liver problems.
Steve Risotto of the
American
Chemistry
Council, which represents
chemical makers, also disputed the results and said the
study “doesn’t show any
direct cause and effect.”
But Beth Lyman, a pediatric nutrition nurse at
Children’s Mercy Hospital
in Kansas City, called the
results intriguing. Her hospital switched to phthalatefree feeding systems more
than a decade ago. Lyman
said she’d noticed fewer
liver problems in IV-fed
infants since then, and that
the study makes her wonder
if the switch might have
contributed.
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PRO BASEBALL: ATLANTA BRAVES
Bats lead the way
McCann, Kotchman, Johnson homer
BY COLIN FLY
Associated Press Writer
AP PHOTO
Mets outfielder Jeff Francoeur, who was traded by the Braves earlier this month, should
walk away from baseball.
Baseball
not for
Francoeur
T
he Atlanta Braves’ Frank
Wren is one of the major
league’s more creative general managers. Always thinking
outside-the-box for ways to
improve his team, he kept coming
back to the same question in his
head: “How can I put Jeff
Francoeur in the best position to
help us win?”
Francoeur, the 25-year-old
homegrown talent from Gwinnett
County’s Parkview High, had been
in steady decline the past two seasons with the
Braves. He
turned in his
worst performance as a big
leaguer last season, batting .239
with just 11
home runs in
155 games. 2009
wasn’t any better
for him despite
Adam
showing promise
Krohn
in spring training. Through 82
games with
Atlanta, his on-base percentage,
.282, was worst among everyday
outfielders in all of baseball.
Wren was stumped for the
answer to his question until finally,
one day earlier this month, he
started to chuckle. He had figured
out the answer: Trade him within
the division so the Braves can face
a sub-.250 hitter 20 games a year.
Just like that, Francoeur was off to
the Mets.
Now, it is possible Francoeur
could respond like a true competitor and make the Braves pay for
trading him. In 11 games with the
Mets, he’s hitting .333 with two
home runs. But so what if he’s off
to a hot start with a new team? Is it
time to put him on the cover of
Sports Illustrated again?
My point is his average will
level out eventually, and the Mets
will be stuck with the same undisciplined, incompetent hitter the
Braves got rid of. So much in the
way Wren was creative in making
Francoeur better for the Braves by
trading him, Francoeur must get
creative in making himself a better
professional athlete by trading
sports.
Francoeur should quit baseball
right now. He’s still got four years
of college eligibility remaining, so
why not take up Clemson on its
scholarship offer and start a career
in football?
Remember, Francoeur was a
better football player than baseball
player, and guided Parkview to
back-to-back, undefeated state
championship seasons in 2000 and
2001 as a defensive back/wide
receiver. The only reason he didn’t
become a Tiger is the Braves
offered him a $2.2 million signing
bonus out of high school.
Think about it, the knock on
Francoeur the baseball player is
he’s too aggressive at the plate. He
doesn’t have the patience to wait
for a pitch he can hit. He just
wants to hit now, hit hard and
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MILWAUKEE — Derek Lowe
began waving emphatically as
soon as he saw where Jason
Kendall’s shot was going. Lowe’s
gestures
to
Nate McLouth
were meaningless, but the
center fielder
made the play
all the same.
C a s e y
Kotchman hit a
three-run
Lowe
homer
and
McLouth made
a pair of great catches in the sixth
when Lowe began to tire, lifting
the surging Atlanta Braves to a
10-2 win over the Milwaukee
Brewers on Sunday.
“I was waving him over there, I
had the perfect angle of it,” Lowe
said.
“Maybe that’s why I got there,”
joked McLouth, who won his first
Gold Glove last season. “It was a
good series. Coming in, all these
games are big the rest of then season, but when there are teams that
are right there in the wild card
(race) with us and you have a
chance to move ahead of a team or
separate from teams, it makes
them that much more important.”
Atlanta and Milwaukee are
certainly headed in opposite
directions.
The Braves have won eight of
11 since the All-Star break and
even though they remain 6 1/2
games behind Philadelphia in the
NL East.
Kelly Johnson, who hit a tworun homer in the ninth in his first
start since coming off the disabled
list Thursday, said he can feel a
difference over the time he was
gone rehabbing his ailing right
wrist.
“Confidence. I think everybody’s really stepped up their
confidence level, everybody’s
been playing so good,” Johnson
said. “It’s also like a swagger, it’s
just a feeling being in the clubhouse. Everybody’s a little louder,
having a little more fun. Things
like that. You can really tell.”
It’s no fun for Milwaukee,
which fell to 7-14 in July and is
fourth in the NL Central after
starting the month with a twogame lead in the division.
“We’re not pleasing a lot of
people so we’ve got to figure out a
way to get it going,” said Corey
Hart, who hit a two-run homer in
the sixth for the only runs off
Lowe.
Kotchman’s deep drive to right
off Braden Looper in the sixth
gave Atlanta a 5-0 lead and the
Braves scored five times off
Milwaukee’s bullpen, starting
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AUTO RACING: NASCAR SPRINT CUP
AP PHOTO
Atlanta Braves' Brian McCann hits a run-scoring double during
the first inning of Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee
Brewers in Milwaukee. McCann finished the day 3 for 4 .
BOXING
Forrest killed in ATL
BY CHARLES ODUM
Associated Press Writer
AP PHOTO
Jimmie Johnson heads into Turn 1 late in the Allstate 400 at
the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in
Indianapolis on Sunday. Johnson won the race.
Johnson wins again
BY JENNA FRYER
Associated Press Writer
INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie
Johnson cashed in on the most
expensive speeding ticket in
NASCAR history, grabbing an
improbable third victory at
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
when a penalty to Juan Pablo
Montoya blew the race wide open.
In a performance that mirrored
his dominating Indianapolis 500
victory nine years ago, Montoya
was in cruise control as he led 116
laps and built a 5-second lead over
the competition. Then NASCAR
flagged him for speeding on a
routine pit stop with 35 laps
remaining, and the driver became
unglued.
“I swear on my children and
my wife that I was not speeding!”
he shouted over his radio. “There
is no way! Thank you NASCAR
for screwing my day.”
Crew chief Brian Pattie begged
his driver to calm down and focus
on salvaging a solid points day, to
no avail.
“Don’t tell me to relax, dude!”
Montoya yelled. “We had this in
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ATLANTA — Vernon Forrest,
a former three-time champion
who gained stardom when he
became the first boxer to defeat
“Sugar” Shane Mosley, was shot
to death during
an
apparent
robbery
in
Atlanta, police
said Sunday.
Sgt.
Lisa
Keyes said in
an
e-mail
Sunday
that
Forrest, 38, was
Forrest
shot
several
times in the
back Saturday night, which an
autopsy confirmed. Keyes said
there are no suspects.
“Vernon was one of the few
decent people in boxing,” promoter Gary Shaw said. “I mean really
decent. He cared about mentally
challenged adults. He cared about
kids. I just can’t believe it.”
Fulton County medical examiner Michele Stauffenberg confirmed the case was a homicide
and that the autopsy showed
Forrest died from “multiple gunshot wounds involving the torso
and thigh.” Keyes said a police
report on the shooting was not
immediately available.
Forrest, a native of Augusta,
Ga., who lived in Atlanta, was a
member of the 1992 Olympic
team. He also was a former IBF
welterweight and two-time WBC
junior middleweight champion
with a 41-3 career record with 29
knockouts.
“He was one of the most gracious and charitable fighters in
boxing and he will be missed by
the entire boxing community and
all of his friends at HBO,” HBO
Sports president Ross Greenburg
told The Associated Press.
Greenburg helped put on eight
of Forrest’s fights.
“Maybe Vernon’s lasting legacy will be for Americans everywhere to rise up and end this kind
of senseless violence,” Greenburg
said.
Those who knew the fighter
praised his role in launching the
Destiny’s Child group homes in
Atlanta, which work to provide
homes for the mentally disabled.
“It was truly his calling,”
Forrest’s
publicist,
Kelly
Swanson, said of his work with
children. “When he wasn’t boxing, this was his full-time job.
“When they would see him,
they would just light up, and some
of them couldn’t even talk.
Vernon was very much involved.
He’d have some of the kids over
to his house on Sundays. They
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PREP SPORTS: SOUTHEAST
Keller resigns as Raiders’ baseball coach
BY ADAM KROHN
adamkrohn@daltoncitizen.com
Southeast baseball coach Jason
Keller, who has led the Raiders the
last seven seasons, is steppig down
from his post, he told The Daily
Citizen on Sunday. He’s leaving
Southeast to be closer to his family in San Antonio. He will be an
assistant coach at Uvalde High
school, which about an hour west
of San Antonio.
Keller informed Raiders athletic director Scott Ramsey of his
decision last Tuesday.
“I always knew I wanted to go
back home,” Keller said. “But it had
to be the right time, the right opporW W W
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tunity and the right fit. Uvalde has a
rich baseball and football tradition,
and go about three rounds deep into
the state playoffs every year.
The fact the
school is close
to home was a
deal breaker for
me.”
Keller said
he’ll be next in
line for the head
Keller
baseball coaching
job
at
Uvalde.
Ramsey understood Keller’s
need to be closer to home.
“If I was living somewhere
other than Georgia, I’d want to get
back home too,” Ramsey said. “I
totally understand where he’s coming from. He stayed here for seven
years and we hate to lose him, but
I’m extremely happy for him.”
Keller took over as Raiders
coach in 2003 and last year
Southeast compiled a 10-15 overall record and 4-10 region record
in its first year in 6-3A.
Keller addressed his players
Tuesday in a meeting at the
school cafeteria. Raiders outfielder Tanner McCutchen, who
will be a senior in 2009-10, said
Keller was emotional while
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telling the players of his decision.
“He loves all of us kids,” said
McCutchen, who also quarterbacks the Raiders’ football team.
“We’ve known him since we were
little, so in a way it was like a dad
leaving. But everyone is behind
him 100 percent.”
Keller is the third Raiders
coach to resign in the last four
months. In March, girls basketball
coach Jeff McDonald resigned
after four seasons for health reasons. In May, boys basketball
coach Joey Bryson stepped down
after just one season to accept the
same position at Stephens County
High School in Taccoa.
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AP PHOTO
Police say Vernon Forrest (left) has been shot and
killed in an apparent robbery. Atlanta Police Sgt.
Lisa Keyes said in an e-mail Sunday that Forrest
may have been robbed and was shot "multiple times
in the back" Saturday night in Atlanta.
Killed: Robbed Sat.
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were part of his family.”
Swanson said Forrest was
not married and has one son,
Vernon Jr.
Inside the ring, Forrest
was known for taking two
wins over Mosley in 2002.
On Sept. 13, 2008, Forrest
reclaimed his WBC 154pound title by beating Sergio
Mora in a rematch of a fight
won by Mora.
The win over Mora was
Forrest’s last fight. He suffered a rib injury while training for an April fight against
Jason LeHoullier, which was
canceled, and Forrest had to
vacate his title.
Ken Hershman, vice president in charge of boxing at
Showtime, which aired
Forrest’s first fight with
Mora, said Forrest was a
popular fighter dedicated to
his charity work.
“He wasn’t looking for
anything, he just did it
because it was the right thing
to do,” Hershman said.
“Vernon was a young,
vibrant guy coming to the
end of his career. He still had
a lot of life ahead of him.”
There were tentative plans
for a title fight against Sergio
Martinez,
perhaps
in
October, Shaw said. Plans
for an August fight against
Martinez were pushed back
the rib injury.
“Instead of being an
Olympian, a two-time world
champion, a guy who beat
Shane Mosley twice, the guy
who did some good for boxing — maybe his legacy will
be for something else,” Shaw
said. “Maybe boxing will
finally get around the violence outside of the ring.
Maybe Vernon’s name and
legacy will be for that.”
Forrest is the third prominent boxer to die this month.
Former two-time champion Arturo Gatti, who retired
in 2007, was found dead July
11 at a Brazilian resort.
Gatti’s
wife,
Amanda
Rodrigues, is being held as
the prime suspect.
Another former champion,
Alexis Arguello, was found
dead on July 1 at his home in
Managua, Nicaragua. He was
elected mayor of Nicaragua’s
capital last year.
“If the saying is bad
things come in threes, hopefully we’re done with that for
a long time to come,”
Hershman said. “I hope
that’s the case. I mean, ironically three great people,
three great human beings,
too. Not a good few months.”
Forrest’s trainer, Buddy
McGirt, also worked with
Gatti. McGirt said Forrest
planned to start training Aug.
1 for his next fight.
“I just feel so bad. He has
a son you know,” McGirt
said. “Someone is going to
be raised without a father
because somebody wanted to
rob someone.”
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the bag.”
Indeed he did, but the
penalty took him out of contention and relegated him to
an
11th-place
finish.
Montoya, who had moved
as high as sixth in the Sprint
Cup standings as he ran out
front, instead lost a spot and
is now 10th in the race for
the Chase for the championship.
The difference in his paycheck was severe: Johnson
earned $448,001 for the victory, while Montoya’s share
of the purse was knocked
down to $224,048.
The performance was
reminiscent of Montoya’s
win in the 2000 Indy 500,
when he led 167 of 200 laps
in his first race at the storied
track. His team celebrated
his return Sunday with a
retro paint scheme that
duplicated that winning car,
and as he clicked off lap
after lap, it was deja vu for
the Colombian driver.
“I was cruise(ing). I was
super fast,” a calmer
Montoya said after the race.
Too fast, actually.
NASCAR said the electronic
timing
system
caught Montoya twice
exceeding the limit as he
drove down pit road.
“There’s nothing to prove
wrong,”
said
Robin
Pemberton, vice president of
competition. “It’s about as
simple math as you can use.”
The penalty opened up
the race for anyone else to
claim, and overshadowed
Johnson’s third win in the
last four years at Indy.
Johnson, who won for the
third time this season, also
became the first driver to
win in consecutive seasons
since Indy opened to
NASCAR 16 years ago.
Johnson wouldn’t speculate on if he would have won
the race if Montoya had not
been penalized.
“I do know I have the trophy,” he offered. “I hate it
for him. I know it is a story,
Juan led so many laps, but
when we come back and
look at it two months from
now the stat sheet is going to
have a ’W’ next to my name.
That’s all that matters.”
Current points leader
Tony Stewart, a two-time
Brickyard winner who finished third, wasn’t sure anyone could beat Montoya. A
victim of his own Indy
heartbreak, Stewart could
commiserate
with
Montoya’s disappointments.
“He never really was
challenged all day,” Stewart
said. “He did a great job. I
know what he’s feeling like
— he’s got to be sick inside.
He had the car, he had the
talent to do it, he just made a
mistake and it cost him.”
Johnson had to hold off
Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin to get it,
though. After Montoya’s
penalty, Martin moved into
the lead for the restart with
24 laps to go and Johnson
lined up on his outside.
Johnson sailed to the front
and pulled away, only to have
to hold off Martin over a
nerve-racking final five laps.
Martin, who at 50 became the
oldest polesitter in Indy’s 100
years, finished second and
moved up two spots in the
standings to ninth.
“I would have liked to
win it,” Martin said. “Just
got beat by Superman.”
It was a 1-2 finish for
Rick Hendrick for the second straight race — Martin
and Jeff Gordon led the way
in Chicago two weeks ago
— and gave the team owner
his seventh victory in 16 visits to The Brickyard.
“I still get chills when I
walk down Gasoline Alley
and see the grandstands on
both sides of the track,”
Hendrick said.
Greg Biffle was third and
followed by Brian Vickers
and Kevin Harvick, who
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with Brian McCann’s
solo homer in the seventh.
Lowe (10-7) has been a
main beneficiary of the
added offense. In the veteran right-hander’s last four
starts, he’s 3-0 with a 2.63
ERA and has allowed only
two homers. He struck out
three and forced 10 groundball outs before running into
trouble in the sixth and
needing McLouth to bail
him out.
“I went from the most
part getting groundballs to
what amounts to about
1,000 feet of two outs and a
home run,” Lowe said. “The
play of the game is clearly
the Kendall ball. The inning
really could’ve unraveled,
but he makes a great play,
we come back and a great
win. Our offense has been
phenomenal the whole second half.”
Looper (9-5) had been
the only Brewers starter succeeding, going 4-0 in his
previous six appearances,
but he gave up a first inning
run on McCann’s two-out
double and fell apart in the
sixth.
McCann walked with
one out, Garret Anderson
singled to put runners on the
corners and Matt Diaz’s RBI
single made it 2-0.
Kotchman followed with his
homer off Looper, who has
allowed a major-league high
24 this season and left after
the inning.
“I was able to limit the
damage most of the time
until that last inning.
Unfortunately, that threerun homer really hurt,”
Looper said.
McLouth, acquired from
Pittsburgh for three players
on June 3, made sure
Milwaukee didn’t rally in
the bottom of the inning.
Ryan Braun singled with
one out and McLouth made
a leaping catch near the wall
to save a run off a long drive
by Prince Fielder.
With two outs, Hart
homered off Lowe, cutting it
to 5-2, and J.J. Hardy and
Jody Gerut hit consecutive
singles, but McLouth saved
two more runs when he
tracked down Kendall’s
deep drive to left-center
field. McLouth had been
playing shallow and shaded
to right, needing a full sprint
to make the grab.
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AP PHOTO
Loren Roberts tees off on the first play off hole after
the final round of the Senior British Open
Championship at the Sunningdale golf course, in
Sunningdale, England on Sunday.
Roberts wins in play off
SUNNINGDALE,
England (AP) — Loren
Roberts won his second
Senior British Open title on
Sunday, beating Mark
McNulty on the third hole of
a sudden death playoff.
Fred Funk also took part
in the playoff, but was eliminated on the first extra hole
when he made par as
Roberts and McNulty
birdied. The remaining pair
parred the second playoff
hole before Roberts clinched
victory with another par at
the next hole.
Greg Norman, the thirdround leader, missed birdie
chances at the first three
holes and double-bogeyed
the 17th after driving into
trees. Norman finished in a
tie for sixth place, three
strokes behind the leaders.
Roberts, who won in
2006 at Turnberry, and Funk
each shot a 67 in the final
round. McNulty shot 64.
Bernhard Langer (65) was
fourth with Sam Torrance
(67) fifth. Norman (71) and
Larry Mize (68) were next.
Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ontario —
Jason Dufner played six
holes in 1 under to top the
Canadian Open leaderboard
before play was washed out
because of the latest round
of heavy rain and lightning,
forcing the tournament to at
least a fifth day.
Dufner, the second-round
leader after rounds of 68 and
63 on the saturated Glen
Abbey course, had a onestroke lead over Anthony
Kim and Jerry Kelly. Kim
was 4 under after nine holes
in the third round, and Kelly
was 1 under through six.
The players are scheduled
to resume play at 7:30 a.m.
Monday, the first time the
tournament has gone past the
weekend since 1988. PGA
Tour officials still hope to
complete four rounds in the
event drenched by about 5
inches of rain in four days.
Scott Verplank was two
strokes back at 12 under
along with Retief Goosen,
Bob Estes, Peter Tomasulo
and Michael Letzig.
Evian Masters
EVIAN-LES-BAINS,
France— Ai Miyazato of
Japan won the Evian
Masters with a birdie on the
first playoff hole, beating
Sophie Gustafson of Sweden
to clinch her first victory on
the LPGA Tour.
Miyazato steadied herself
and sank a putt from about 6
feet after Gustafson had
missed her birdie putt from
the edge of the green.
Miyazato shot a 3-under 69
and Gustafson had a 70 as
both finished at 14-under
274.
Gustafson had a chance
to win it on the 18th, but her
eagle putt stopped at the
edge of the hole.
grabbed his best finish in 15
races.
Kasey Kahne was seventh and followed by David
Reutimann,
four-time
Brickyard winner Gordon
and Matt Kenseth.
A cut tire caused Kyle
Busch to finish 38th and
drop out of contention for
the Chase. The bad day cost
him four spots in the standings. He is 14th with six
races left to set the 12-driver
Chase field.
“I think it’s pretty selfexplanatory that we’re trying to fight for a spot in the
Chase,” said Busch, a threetime winner this season.
The tire problems that
plagued last year’s race
were never a factor, as
Goodyear made good on its
promise to find the right
compound for one of the
biggest races of the season.
Goodyear’s product last
year couldn’t last longer
than 10-to-12 laps, and the
tiremaker spent 11 months
diligently correcting the
problem.
“Goodyear did a great
job with the tires, that’s for
sure,” said 15th-place finisher Carl Edwards. “I can’t
imagine how much money
they spent to come out here
and make this a great race
and a safe race for all of us.”
knock the cover off the ball
every time he’s at the plate.
Call me crazy, but that
sounds like a football player’s mentality to me.
At 25 years of age, if he
leaves for college football
now, he’ll already be a
more developed athlete
than his peers on the football field. And he’s not too
old that he couldn’t hang
with the competition. If he
can parlay his aggression
and frustration on the diamond into hard hitting on
the gridiron, he should
make a very good football
player. No doubt, he’d
make a better football player than baseball player.
Look at Chris Weinke.
He played in the Toronto
Blue Jays’ minor league
organization for six years
before accepting Florida
State’s offer to play football. Not only did he compete at a high level despite
being away from the game
for so long, but he also
won a Heisman Trophy and
a national championship.
And guess how old he was
when he returned to football? 25 years old, same as
Francoeur.
If Francoeur walked
away from baseball today,
he will have already made
about $7 million. So he’s
come out on top from that
perspective. Why not walk
away from a game that you
— at least from an outsider’s perspective — don’t
appear to have the passion
to want to play or get any
better at and go do something you love to do?
Can you imagine the
hype surrounding
Francoeur should he play
college football? If he lived
up to the hype, he’d be a
lock for a first-round pick
in the NFL draft. Or, if he
didn’t want to go the college route, he could help
the United Football League
— which needs all the
marketability it can muster
— get off to a fast start.
Go ahead, Frenchy. Your
scouting report hasn’t
changed since you got to
the big leagues in 2005.
You can keep converting
those low and away breaking balls into double-play
grounders while getting
booed by 45,000 at Citi
Field, or you can move on
to your true calling.
What are you waiting
for? The gridiron is calling
for you.
Adam Krohn is a sports
writer for The Daily
Citizen. You can write him
at adamkrohn@daltoncitizen.com or follow him on
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Inductees Rickey Henderson, left, and Jim Rice
laugh after taking the stage during a ceremony at
the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.,
on Sunday. Rice waited 15 years to be voted in.
Evans on Rice: Finally
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.
(AP) — Jim Rice had one
Hall of Fame endorsement a
long time ago. The problem
for Rice was, former teammate Dwight Evans doesn’t
have a ballot.
After 15 years of waiting, Rice was inducted into
the Baseball Hall of Fame
on Sunday with Rickey
Henderson and the late Joe
Gordon.
“I couldn’t be happier.
He’s finally being recognized,” Evans, who played
alongside Rice in the
Boston Red Sox outfield
during
Rice’s
entire
career, said prior to the
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ceremony. “I spent the
entire 16 years with him. I
think this is 10, 12 years
too late.”
Evans said he felt
steroids helped keep Rice
out of the Hall until his final
year of eligibility.
“Steroids played a lot in
the escalation of the stats,”
Evans said. “The stats are
all padded. Finally, it’s been
exposed the last two or
three years. They said,
’This guy did it on his own
and he should be recognized for it.’ I truly believe
that’s what has happened
here. It’s too late, but it’s
happening.”
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“Unbelievable,” McCann
said. “They’re game-saving
catches. Getting him on our
team is just such a big
acquisition. He’s a Gold
Glove center fielder. He’s
got five tools. He can hurt in
so many different ways.”
NOTES: Braves LHP
Mike Gonzalez pitched a
clean seventh in his first
appearance since taking a
line drive off his forearm in
Thursday’s game. ... Braves
RF Ryan Church (elbow)
was out, but hopes to return
for the Florida series starting Tuesday after hurting
himself swinging Saturday
night. ... Braves RHP Tim
Hudson (ligament replacement) is scheduled to make
his third rehab start at
Triple-A Gwinnett on
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Sunday
At Paris
21st (Final) Stage
101.9 miles from Montereau-Fault-Yonne to the
Champs-Elysees in Paris
1. Mark Cavendish, Britain, Team Columbia-High
Road, 4 hours, 2 minutes, 18 seconds.
2. Mark Renshaw, Australia, Team Columbia-High
Road, same time.
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same time.
4. Gerald Ciolek, Germany, Team Milram, same
time.
5. Yauheni Hutarovich, Belarus, Francaise des
Jeux, same time.
6. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Cervelo Test Team,
same time.
7. Jose Joaquin Rojas, Spain, Caisse d’Epargne,
same time.
8. Marco Bandiera, Italy, Lampre-NGC, same time.
9. Daniele Bennati, Italy, Liquigas, same time.
10. William Bonnet, France, Bbox Bouygues
Telecom, same time.
11. Lloyd Mondory, France, AG2R-La Mondiale,
same time.
12. Geoffroy Lequatre, Agritubel, same time.
13. Nicolai Trussov, Russia, Team Katusha, same
time.
14. Cyril Lemoine, France, Skil-Shimano, same
time.
15. Leonardo Duque, Colombia, Cofidis, same
time.
16. Sebastian Lang, Germany, Silence-Lotto, same
time.
17. Matteo Tosatto, Italy, Quick Step, same time.
18. Steven de Jongh, Netherlands, Quick Step,
same time.
19. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Team Saxo
Bank, same time.
20. Yukiya Arashiro, Japan, Bbox Bouygues
Telecom, same time.
Also
26. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, Astana, same
time.
39. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas, same time.
44. Christian Vande Velde, United States, GarminSlipstream, same time.
55. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Garmin-Slipstream,
same time.
56. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo Bank,
same time.
62. Lance Armstrong, United States, Astana, same
time.
63. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo Bank,
same time.
75. George Hincapie, United States, GarminSlipstream, same time.
97. Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, same time.
141. David Zabriskie, United States, GarminSlipstream, 30 seconds behind.
149. Danny Pate, United States, GarminSlipstream, :44.
Final Standings
Individual
1. Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, 85:48:35.
2. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo Bank,
4:11.
3. Lance Armstrong, United States, Astana, 5:24.
4. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Garmin-Slipstream,
6:01.
5. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo Bank,
6:04.
6. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, Astana, 6:42.
7. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas, 7:35.
8. Christian Vande Velde, United States, GarminSlipstream, 12:04.
9. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Liquigas,
14:16.
10. Christophe Le Mevel, France, Francaise des
Jeux, 14:25.
11. Mikel Astarloza, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi,
14:44.
12. Sandy Casar, France, Francaise des Jeux,
17:19.
13. Vladimir Karpets, Russia, Team Katusha,
18:34.
14. Rinaldo Nocentini, Italy, AG2R-La Mondiale,
20:45.
15. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgium, SilenceLotto, 20:50.
16. Stephane Goubert, France, AG2R-La
Mondiale, 22:29.
17. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Cervelo Test Team,
26:21.
18. Alexandre Botcharov, Russia, Team Katusha,
29:33.
19. George Hincapie, United States, Team
Columbia-High Road, 33:27.
20. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Quick Step, 34:09.
Also
77. David Zabriskie, United States, GarminSlipstream, 2:02:36.
141. Danny Pate, United States, GarminSlipstream, 3:32:39.
151. Tyler Farrar, United States, GarminSlipstream, 3:48:13.
PRO BASEBALL
MLB Glance
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Philadelphia
56
40
.583
—
Atlanta
51
48
.515
6 1/2
Florida
51
48
.515
6 1/2
New York
46
51
.474 10 1/2
Washington
30
68
.306
27
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
51
45
.531
—
St. Louis
53
48
.525
1/2
Houston
50
48
.510
2
Milwaukee
49
49
.500
3
Cincinnati
44
53
.454
7 1/2
Pittsburgh
43
55
.439
9
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
62
36
.633
—
Colorado
54
44
.551
8
San Francisco
52
46
.531
10
Arizona
43
56
.434 19 1/2
San Diego
38
61
.384 24 1/2
———
Sunday’s Games
Washington 3, San Diego 2, 10 innings
Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 2
Atlanta 10, Milwaukee 2
N.Y. Mets 8, Houston 3
Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 2
Colorado 4, San Francisco 2
Florida 8, L.A. Dodgers 6
Arizona 9, Pittsburgh 0
Today’s Games
L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 5-4) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter
8-3), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Jimenez 7-9) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 2-3),
7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Geer 1-6) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-2),
7:10 p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 10-6) at Chicago Cubs
(Zambrano 7-4), 8:05 p.m.
Washington (Stammen 3-5) at Milwaukee (Suppan
5-7), 8:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moyer 9-7) at Arizona (Garland 5-9),
9:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-4) at San Francisco
(Lincecum 10-3), 10:15 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
New York
60
38
.612
Boston
57
40
.588
Tampa Bay
54
45
.545
Toronto
48
51
.485
Baltimore
42
55
.433
GB
—
2 1/2
6 1/2
12 1/2
17 1/2
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Detroit
52
44
.542
—
Chicago
50
48
.510
3
Minnesota
49
50
.495
4 1/2
Cleveland
41
58
.414 12 1/2
Kansas City
38
59
.392 14 1/2
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
58
39
.598
—
Texas
54
42
.563
3 1/2
Seattle
51
47
.520
7 1/2
Oakland
41
56
.423
17
———
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 7, Oakland 5
Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 1
Baltimore 6, Boston 2
Texas 7, Kansas City 2
Minnesota 10, L.A. Angels 1
Cleveland 12, Seattle 3
Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 8:05 p.m.
Today’s Games
Kansas City (Chen 0-5) at Baltimore (R.Hill 3-3),
7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 9-4) at Tampa Bay
(J.Shields 6-6), 7:08 p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 6-8) at Boston (Beckett 11-4), 7:10
p.m.
Detroit (Galarraga 5-8) at Texas (Tom.Hunter 2-1),
8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Danks 8-6) at Minnesota
(Perkins 5-6), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Pavano 8-8) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders
8-6), 10:05 p.m.
Toronto (R.Romero 8-4) at Seattle (F.Hernandez
11-3), 10:10 p.m.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Allstate 400 at The Brickyard Results
Sunday
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis
Lap length: 2.5 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (16) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 160 laps, 128
rating, 190 points, $448,001.
2. (1) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 160, 128.9, 175,
$336,350.
3. (7) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 160, 114, 170,
$314,573.
4. (12) Greg Biffle, Ford, 160, 108.4, 160,
$282,000.
5. (6) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 160, 114.4, 160,
$256,548.
6. (19) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 160, 94.3, 150,
$246,253.
7. (8) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 160, 98.6, 146,
$234,548.
8. (5) David Reutimann, Toyota, 160, 98.8, 142,
$220,848.
9. (22) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 160, 91.1, 138,
$222,376.
10. (25) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 160, 80.8, 134,
$225,065.
11. (2) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 160, 131.7,
140, $224,048.
12. (18) Joey Logano, Toyota, 160, 79, 127,
$216,101.
13. (9) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 160, 85.1, 124,
$202,851.
14. (17) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 160, 80.4, 121,
$190,979.
15. (41) Carl Edwards, Ford, 160, 70.7, 118,
$209,406.
16. (21) David Stremme, Dodge, 160, 70.6, 115,
$194,290.
17. (13) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 160, 69.8, 112,
$195,115.
18. (10) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 160, 81.1, 109,
$167,025.
19. (27) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 160, 63.8, 111,
$177,525.
20. (33) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 160, 61.9, 103,
$158,675.
21. (24) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 160, 57, 100,
$164,125.
22. (11) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 160, 67.7, 97,
$169,248.
23. (31) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 160, 53.3, 94,
$182,454.
24. (29) David Ragan, Ford, 160, 56.2, 91,
$160,425.
25. (38) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 159, 63.5, 88,
$195,731.
26. (4) Bill Elliott, Ford, 159, 79.7, 85, $148,625.
27. (40) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 159, 51.7, 82,
$164,375.
28. (32) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 159, 48.4, 79,
$167,135.
29. (28) Paul Menard, Ford, 158, 41.2, 76,
$177,781.
30. (37) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, 158, 41.9, 78,
$144,850.
31. (26) Scott Speed, Toyota, 157, 42.1, 70,
$155,898.
32. (35) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 156, 38.1, 67,
$152,325.
33. (43) Terry Labonte, Toyota, 154, 33.5, 64,
$144,025.
34. (14) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 144, 69.6, 61,
$160,775.
35. (23) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, engine, 139, 47,
58, $150,525.
36. (3) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, engine, 127,
85.5, 55, $162,925.
37. (15) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 118, 62.4, 52,
$161,110.
38. (20) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 112, 68.5, 49,
$190,048.
39. (36) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 108, 27.1, 46,
$142,125.
40. (42) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 45, 27, 43,
$150,050.
41. (39) Mike Skinner, Toyota, transmission, 35,
27.9, 40, $141,925.
42. (34) Dave Blaney, Toyota, brakes, 23, 30.8, 37,
$141,825.
43. (30) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 21, 30.4,
34, $142,216.
Canadian Open
Sunday
At Glen Abbey Golf Club
Oakville, Ontario
Purse: $5.1 million
Yardage: 7,253; Par: 72
Second Round
Third-round play was suspended by lightning.
No one finished the round
Jason Dufner
68-63 — 131 -14
Anthony Kim
69-66 — 135 -13
Jerry Kelly
65-67 — 132 -13
Michael Letzig
69-67 — 136 -12
Retief Goosen
65-69 — 134 -12
Bob Estes
67-67 — 134 -12
Peter Tomasulo
65-68 — 133 -12
Scott Verplank
65-67 — 132 -12
Nationwide Tour
Cox Classic
Saturday
At Champions Run
Omaha, Neb.
Purse: $725,000
Yardage: 7,165; Par 71
Third Round
Rich Barcelo
69-62-68-65 —
Tom Gillis
65-67-67-66 —
Brent Delahoussaye 64-67-68-67 —
J.J. Killeen
63-66-71-67 —
Matt Every
62-68-70-68 —
Michael Sim
66-65-67-70 —
264
265
266
267
268
268
-20
-19
-18
-17
-16
-16
Jonas Blixt
Blake Adams
64-65-69-70
67-65-69-68
— 268 -16
— 269 -15
AP SPORTLIGHT
July 27
1937 — The United States wins the Davis Cup by
beating Britain four matches to one.
1954 — Chick Harbart beats Walter Burkemo 4
and 3 in the final round to win the PGA championship.
1969 — Betsy Rawls wins the LPGA championship
by four strokes over Sue Berning and Carol Mann.
1973 — The Miami Dolphins beat the College AllStars 14-3 in Chicago.
1986 — Greg Lemond becomes the first American
to win the Tour de France. LeMond’s teammate,
Bernard Hinault of France, finishes second.
1986 — Pat Bradley sinks a 12-foot birdie putt on
the first playoff hole to defeat hard-charging
Japanese veteran Ayako Okamoto in the LPGA-du
Maurier tournament. Bradley birdied five of the first
six holes and finishes at 6-under 66 for a 72-hole
total of 276.
1993 — Reggie Lewis, the 27-year-old Boston
Celtics star who collapsed during a playoff game
on April 29 from a heart ailment, dies after a light
workout at the team’s practice facility at Brandeis
University.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 145.882 mph.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 44 minutes, 31 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.400 seconds.
Caution Flags: 3 for 14 laps.
Lead Changes: 9 among 7 drivers.
Lap Leaders: M.Martin 1-4; J.Montoya 5-30;
T.Stewart 31-32; D.Gilliland 33; J.Montoya 34-92;
C.Mears 93; J.Montoya 94-124; B.Vickers 125-126;
M.Martin 127-136; J.Johnson 137-160.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led):
J.Montoya, 3 times for 116 laps; J.Johnson, 1 time
for 24 laps; M.Martin, 2 times for 14 laps; T.Stewart,
1 time for 2 laps; B.Vickers, 1 time for 2 laps;
C.Mears, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Gilliland, 1 time for 1
lap.
Top 12 in Points: 1. T.Stewart, 3,054; 2. J.Johnson,
2,862; 3. J.Gordon, 2,847; 4. Ku.Busch, 2,608; 5.
C.Edwards, 2,556; 6. D.Hamlin, 2,518; 7.
R.Newman, 2,506; 8. K.Kahne, 2,482; 9. M.Martin,
2,471; 10. J.Montoya, 2,461; 11. G.Biffle, 2,445; 12.
M.Kenseth, 2,429.
GOLF
Evian Masters
Sunday
At Evian Masters Golf Club
Evian-les-Bains, France
Purse: $3.25 million
Yardage: 6,373; Par: 72
Final
x-won on first playoff hole
x-Ai Miyazato
69-66-70-69 —
Sophie Gustafson 71-66-67-70 —
Meena Lee
69-69-72-65 —
Cristie Kerr
70-68-67-70 —
Helen Alfredsson 70-69-68-70 —
Paula Creamer
70-67-70-70 —
Karrie Webb
69-69-68-71 —
274
274
275
275
277
277
277
-14
-14
-13
-13
-11
-11
-11
Senior British Open
Sunday
At Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course)
Sunningdale, England
Purse: $2 million
Yardage: 6,616; Par: 70
Final
(x-won on third playoff hole)
x-Loren Roberts
66-68-67-67 — 268 -12
Mark McNult
69-67-68-64 — 268 -12
Fred Funk
64-65-72-67 — 268 -12
Bernhard Langer
72-67-65-65 — 269 -11
Sam Torrance
67-65-71-67 — 270 -10
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AP PHOTO
Tour de France winner
Alberto Contador, second-placed Andy Schleck, left, and third-placed
Lance Armstrong.
Contador
wins Tour
PARIS (AP) — Alberto
Contador won the Tour de
France for a second time
Wednesday, and Lance
Armstrong capped his return
to the race with an impressive third-place finish.
Over nearly 3,500 kilometers and 21 stages of races
over three weeks, Contador
repelled many challenges in
the mountains, excelled in the
two time-trials — winning a
pivotal race against the clock
in the 18th stage — and won
the first Alpine stage.
Contador, the 2007 champion, also had to battle a rearguard action within his Astana
team, where the comeback of
Armstrong to the Tour after 3
1/2 years of retirement raised
questions about who would be
the team leader.
Contador began the Tour
on July 4 as the pre-race
favorite. At only 26 years
old, the Spaniard is already
one of cycling’s greats, having won all three Grand
Tours of France, Italy and
Spain.
He had to sit out last year
because of a doping scandal
at Astana that erupted before
he joined.
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CROSSWORD
BRIDGE
HOROSCOPE
Famous hand
Happy Birthday: You 22): Attentive and helpful
have some wonderful ideas gestures will win you benebut, if all you do is talk about fits. Someone you meet will
them, you will never get offer something worth
things off the ground. You checking into. Develop a
have to be willing to do the partnership that allows you
work yourself. If you can to accomplish far more than
stay on track and follow you can by yourself. 3 stars
through with your plans the
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
rewards will be much better 22): Determination and
than even you
practicality will be
imagined. This is a
what counts. You
year for progresowe it to yourself to
sive
action,
take care of your
advancement and
own
business.
feeling proud. Your
Think big and a
numbers are 4, 10,
moneymaking
17, 24, 35, 37, 41
opportunity
will
ARIES (March
develop. A change
21-April
19):
will give you the
Refuse to let a perboost you need. 3
sonal problem dicstars
Eugenia
tate what you can
SCORPIO
accomplish. You
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Last
may have to give a
Size down and be
little more time to
less indulgent if
home, money and relation- you want to get ahead. You
ships but, with the right atti- have to budget your time and
tude, you should be able to money in order to get your
take care of business. 3 stars ideas and plans moving in a
TAURUS (April 20-May positive direction. Face your
20): You don’t have to go it competition head on and
alone today. Partner up with don’t back down. 3 stars
someone who can compleSAGITTARIUS (Nov.
ment your attributes and you 22-Dec. 21): Communicate,
will have a winning combi- ask questions and go to the
nation. Put your energy into source in order to find out all
developing your own ideas you need to know to get your
and projects. 3 stars
plans underway. If you jump
GEMINI (May 21-June from one thing to another,
20): You only have to make you will fall short of your
a couple of adjustments to expectations. 4 stars
come out on top. Your good
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22fortune coupled with the Jan. 19): Your focus should
support you are given will be on professional and finanlead to a winning combina- cial gains. Put an end to any
tion. Don’t let someone’s messy, personal issues.
jealousy trip you up or cause Productivity is what counts
you to fall short. 5 stars
and anyone trying to stop
CANCER (June 21-July you can expect a negative
22): If you don’t get what’s response. 2 stars
going on, ask questions. You
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20can’t possibly fix what’s Feb. 18): You’ll be fortunate,
wrong if you don’t under- no matter what you do and
stand
the
situation. good things will come from
Emotional problems brought an unexpected source. A
on by an older relative or friend will be there to back
someone wanting to meddle you if you need help and
in your affairs must be sti- encourage you to follow
fled. 2 stars
through with your plans. 5
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): stars
You’ll take the people who
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
know you best off guard 20): A financial proposal
with your serious, no-non- will be exactly what you
sense attitude. Just because need to pursue something
you are willing to go the dis- you’ve always wanted to do.
tance and do your best does- An encounter with someone
n’t mean you should let oth- who can complement your
ers take advantage of your plans and your personal life
industrious attitude. 4 stars
will develop through unusual
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. circumstances. 3 stars
D e c l a r e r ’s
principal concern is to make
the contract. In
attempting to
meet this goal,
he does not pay
much attention
to overtricks,
but
instead
bends
his
efforts to fulfilling his primary
assignment.
Consider
this classic case
from a rubberbridge game
many
years
ago. West led a
club,
and
South, Harold
Ogust,
won
East’s jack with
the
queen.
Ogust saw that
he could make the contract easily if he cashed the K-Q of
spades and the suit proved to be divided 3-2.
But he also realized that if the spades were divided 4-1, he
would be in serious trouble and would probably be defeated.
Unwilling to stake his all on a 3-2 spade division, Ogust
devised a method of play that would give him a chance to
make the contract even if the spades did not break.
At trick two, he cashed the spade king, then continued
with the queen. When West followed with the eight, Ogust
overtook the queen with the ace. This extraordinary play had
solid reasoning behind it.
If East had followed to the spade, the plan was to continue the suit and thus establish dummy’s remaining three
spades to assure nine tricks. But when East showed out on
the second spade, Ogust was able to substitute the alternate
line of play he had reserved in case the spades were not 3-2.
He led dummy’s ten of diamonds. It did not matter
whether East covered with the queen or not. Ogust could not
be prevented from winning four diamond tricks eventually,
and he wound up making three notrump.
If he had cashed the K-Q of spades initially, Ogust would
have been defeated. His play of overtaking the queen could
have cost him a trick or two if the spades had been divided
normally, but the overtake gave him a better chance to make
the contract.
Tomorrow: Disposing of a hot potato.
CRYPTOQUIP
TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH
In myasthenia, nervemuscle connection is lost
DEAR
DR.
ease, one in which
DONOHUE:
I
a person’s immune
would be most
system
turns
grateful if you
against its own
would
explain
body. In this case,
myasthenia gravis.
it turns against
My cousin has it. I
muscle receptors,
grew up with her.
with muscle weakShe lived next door
ness as the result.
to us, and we were
Symptoms
and still are like sisdepend on which
Paul G.
ters. Her husband
muscles are affectcalled to tell me Donohue
ed. When it’s eye
about her and this
muscles, double
illness. He didn’t
vision
results,
give many details, but he because the eyes cannot stay
left me with the impression in alignment. Eyelids often
that she would end up crip- droop. Speech can become
pled. Is that the case? Is unintelligible, and swallowthere no treatment? — L.C. ing difficult. Arms can’t do
what they used to do. These
ANSWER: That’s not weakness spells fluctuate,
the case. It’s highly unlikely and the symptoms disappear
that your cousin will be for a time, only to come
crippled at all. Many treat- back.
ments exist for this illness.
With the passage of time
“Myasthenia” (MY-uh- and without treatment,
STHEE-knee-uh) literally symptoms worsen and
means “muscle weakness.” become more persistent.
Muscles move only when
Myasthenia doesn’t have
they get a signal from a cure medicine. But it has
nerves. The signal is a chem- several effective control
ical messenger with the medicines. I’ll mention only
name acetylcholine. The one, Mestinon. Many others
chemical has to swim across exist. Mestinon provides
a small gap between nerve more acetylcholine. Quite
and muscle, and then land often, the thymus gland — a
on what’s called a receptor, a mystery gland in the upper
landing dock. In myasthenia, chest — is removed, and
the landing dock is cluttered symptoms usually improve.
with antibodies, and the Your cousin and her husacetylcholine cannot land. band ought to contact the
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Gravis
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Since my gallbladder
was removed, I have been
troubled with diarrhea. My
surgeon told me it would get
better. It isn’t; it’s getting
worse. What can be done?
— R.C.
ANSWER: Somewhere
between 5 percent and 10
percent of patients develop
diarrhea after gallbladder
surgery. The cause is
believed to be an outpouring
of bile acids into the intestine. They speed up the passage of undigested food
through the tract.
Treatment with medicines that tie up bile acids
often puts an end to this
problem.
Questran
(cholestyramine) is one
example;
Colestid
(colestipol) is another.
You should let your surgeon know that your diarrhea hasn’t gone away.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Every morning upon
wakening, I take my temperature. It’s always on the low
side, around 97 (36.1 C). Is
this an indication of illness?
— N.N.
ASK THE DOCTOR
Dr. Donohue regrets that he is
unable to answer individual
letters, but he will incorporate
them in his column whenever
possible. Readers may write
him or request an order form
of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475,
Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
ANSWER: Why are you
doing
this?
It’s
an
unhealthy
compulsion.
You’re going to drive yourself crazy with this morning
ritual.
Normal body temperature of 98.6 (37 C) really
isn’t normal. There’s a wide
range of temperatures
among
humans.
Furthermore, temperature
changes throughout the day
and night. It’s higher when
we are active, and drops
when we rest. In the earlymorning hours, it hits a low
— around 97. In the late
afternoon, it’s at its highest,
99.3 (37.4). And even those
values should not be taken
as immutable.
Your temperature reading by itself is not an indication of any illness. That
you have no other symptoms should put your mind
at ease.
MATT HAMILTON/The Daily Citizen
Lisha Williams leans in to hug her father Robert
Brown as her mother Mary looks on Saturday
night at the Emery Center. Friends and family
“boasted and roasted” Brown, a retired Emery
Street and Dalton High educator and local actor
who also was honored for his service to the
Emery Center and being a mentor.
The Browns watch their granddaughter, Lindsay
Williams, as she dances during the event.
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The Daily Citizen
Monday, July 27, 2009
5B
DEAR ABBY
■ MUTTS
Mom fears burning bridges
in day care exit interview
■ WIZARD OF ID
■ CATHY
■ GARFIELD
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I
ing with her. Be kind, calm and nonhave decided to take our son out of the
confrontational, and do not tell her
day care where he has been for the past
how to run her business. Explain that
six months. It’s a small center, run by a
you are seeking other options for your
woman, “Joni,” who serves as director
son because she has been preoccupied
and lead teacher. She started the serand seems not to have enough time to
vice two years ago and manages a staff
address your parental concerns. Say
of about 12.
you understand how complicated it is
Joni is the reason we are leaving.
running a business even in the best of
She seems incredibly stressed out all
times, but as much as you like her,
the time. She is curt with us when we
your first responsibility must be to
Jeanne
talk and has been too harried to discuss
your child. Period.
our concerns over our boy’s care. She
Phillips
appears to be more preoccupied with
DEAR ABBY: I am a college stufinances than the quality of care she is
dent with a gender-neutral name. I
providing. One of our favorite teachers just quit, often need to exchange e-mails with people
and she confided that it was because of the dif- who have never met me, and I am frequently
ficulty she had working with Joni.
assumed to be male when I am, in fact, female.
Because we told Joni we are going, she has
Is there a polite way to correct this in my
requested an “exit interview” to discuss what return e-mails? Or should I not let people know
didn’t work for us. I am hesitant about it. If we they have made a mistake until they meet me in
let her know the impact her stress is having on person? — Z.W., CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
the quality of service she provides, she might be
able to hire an administrator and make improveDEAR Z.W.: A sure way to let people know
ments. On the other hand, she may take offense. they have made an incorrect assumption would
Our community is small, so we will see her be to sign your return e-mail “Ms. Z.W.”
around, and because there are few child care
centers, we may need to go back to this one
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
someday. Should we be frank with her or let it also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was foundgo? — MIDWEST MOM
ed by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box
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■ HOCUS FOCUS
■ SNUFFY SMITH
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■ HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
■ ROSE IS ROSE
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■ TUNDRA
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6B
THE DAILY CITIZEN
Monday, July 27, 2009
FINANCIAL
254
Money to Lend
Low Rates, Affordable Payments.
CASH LOANS COMPANY
706-278-7600
Subject to our liberal credit policies
EMPLOYMENT
310
General
American Mats is looking for a
product
development
and
marketing person for door mats
and rugs. The successful
candidate
should
have
experience in this field. Salary
will commensurate with your
experience. Call Mike Brown at
706-876-0058 or send resumes
to 706-217-6917. Or email
resumes to:
sales@americanmats.com
CAGLE’S FARMS, INC. is now
accepting
resumes
for
a
Hatchery
Supervisor.
Candidates
must
possess
agriculture experience, DOT
(Department of Transportation)
Regulation
Experience,
Communication Skills, Computer
Skills, and Organizational Skills.
Bi-Lingual is a plus, but is not
required. Candidates must have
a High School Diploma.
A
College Degree is a plus, but is
not required. Submit resumes to
tjennings@caglesinc.com.
FUN JOB!!! C.E.B., Inc. now
hiring 18-23+ sharp guys & girls
to work and travel. Travel
expenses paid in full. Sign on
Bonus. Fun outgoing personality
a must. We train. 1-866-9184795
Wood
Sample
Supervisor
needed.
Experience
and
references
required.
Send
responses
to:
woodsamples@gmail.com
320
Trucking
Opportunities
502
Free Pets
Free to good homes only. 4
kittens. 8 weeks old. Back &
White and dark Charcoal. 706217-9310
Free to a good home w/ fenced
yard. Rescued handsome black
Lab mix, male. 1 yr. old neutered
& has shots. Great w/ kids &
other animals. 706-694-3728 or
706-260-1897
Full bloodied male Boxer free to
a good home. Great w/ kids.
Needs plenty of room to room.
706-275-0023 ask for Brittany
706-264-5871.
ITEMS FOR SALE
611
Land & Lots
CORNER LOTS ONLY
$19,900!!
See lot numbers: 30, 31, 96, 138
GREYSTONE SUBDIVISION
In City of Chatsworth
KERRY OR SUE
HIX
706-695-6431
706-217-5550
706-270-2433
Misc. Items
For Sale
2 Tickets to Tennessee VS. Ohio!
Saturday, September 26, 2009.
Time: TBA Neyland Stadium
Section: JJ Row: 23 Seat: 32 &
33 $60. ea. 706-581-1471
Disney / Beach area. 7 day, 6
night stay. With 2 Disney tickets.
Paid $750. Sell for $249. Good
for 1 year. 706-241-4144
704
704
Land & Lots
*Street Lights *Garbage Svs
*In City of Chatsworth
* Sewer *Underground Utilities
Lot # 40,41,42,43,44,
49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,99
GREYSTONE SUBDIVISION
In City of
Chatsworth
KERRY OR
SUE HIX
706-695-6431 706-217-5550
706-270-2433
Land for sale, 5-10 acre tracts in
Westside area. Call 706-2178335.
Before Your Sale
"Prepare to start early.
Collectors and antique dealers
like to show up early in the
morning
"Spruce up. If your sale is in the
garage, clean it out and sweep.
If it’s outside, mow the lawn.
"Gather lots of shopping bags.
Most people underestimate
how many they will need.
""To place an ad in the Yard
Sale Section of this newspaper:
Call Jennifer 706-272-7703
or
Laura 706-272-7707
PETS/LIVESTOCK
501
Pets for Sale
EXOTIC BIRD FAIR
Forest Park GA
Atlanta State Farmers Market
I-75 , exit 237. Aug. 1st & 2nd
Admission $5
423-240-8423
www.birdfairs.net
BEAUTIFUL LOTS AVAILABLE
$16,900 - $19,900
Chatsworth - Hwy 76 to Duvall Rd.
end of Duvall Rd. Subd is on the
left.
GREYSTONE
SUBDIVISION
KERRY OR SUE
HIX
706-695-6431, 706-217-5550
or 706-270-2433
LOTS ONLY $16,900
CORNER & CREEK LOTS
$19,900
Investors & builders
multiple lot discounts.
GREYSTONE SUBDIVISION
In City of
Chatsworth
KERRY OR SUE
HIX
706-695-6431 706-217-5550
706-270-2433
BANK FINANCING WITH
APPROVED CREDIT
Investors & Builders
multiple lot discount!
OVERSIZED LOTS
Lot #46 & 47
ONLY $19,900
GREYSTONE SUBDIVISION
KERRY
OR SUE
HIX
706-6956431, 706-217-5550
or 706-270-2433
705
Look for the solution to today’s Sudoku Puzzle
on page 7B of the classifieds.
705
Homes For Sale
MOUNTAIN VIEWS!!
Mill Creek border lots &
Corner lots still
available!
ONLY $19,900
GREYSTONE
SUBDIVISION
KERRY OR SUE HIX
706-695-6431, 706-217-5550
706-270-2433
728
Commercial
Rental
Homes For Sale
No Credit Check. Owner
Financing. Rent to Own or
Lease Purchase.
STOP RENTING TODAY MOVE
IN TOMORROW!!!!
Don Babb 706-463-2333 or
706-397-2087 hhf@vol.com or
Mark Burnett 706-529-5901
DALTON.
4906 Muse Rd. 2 BR 1 BA fixer
upper, 2 acres. $74,000, $1,000
dn. as low as $650 month.
315 Foster 2 BR 1 BA fenced
yard, $79,900, $1,000 dn as
low as $550 month
CHATSWORTH
3887 Maple Grove Rd. Brick
home, 3 BR 2 BA $115,000
$5,000 dn, as low as $850 mon
WESTSIDE
3038 Hurricane Rd. 2 BR 1 BA.
$69,900, $1,000 dn, $615 mon
TUNNEL HILL
2898 Dogwood 2 BR 1 BA,
$69,900, $1000 dn. $595 mon.
COHUTTA
373 Wolfe St. 4 BR 2 BA,
$85,000, w/ $1,000 dn. as low
as $650 month.
1216 Percheron Drive in
Mountain Oak Estates. 3
bedroom, 2 bath. Formal living
room, eat-in kitchen. Northwest
school district.
$159,000.
Chatsworth’s Newest and
Nicest Subdivision!
GREYSTONE
SUBDIVISION
In City of
Chatsworth
KERRY OR SUE HIX
706-695-6431 706-217-5550
706-270-2433
GREYSTONE SUBDIVISION
In City of
Chatsworth
KERRY OR SUE
HIX
706-695-6431 706-217-5550
706-270-2433
$8,000 TAX REFUND!!
LOTS AVAILABLE
GREYSTONE SUBDIVISION
From Hwy 411 N, turn left at
red light at
Cowboys store,
subd. on rt.
KERRY OR SUE
HIX
706-695-6431, 706-217-5550
706-270-2433
YARD SALES
TIP
OF
THE
DAY
ONLY $16,900!!
See lot numbers:
6,7,8,9,10,11,18,21,22,26,32,33,35,3
6,37,45,48,92,93,94,97,98,100,101,1
02,120,121,123,135
$2,000Dn. Starting at $700/mo.
OWNER FINANCING. Several
3Bd/2 Ba. homes in Whitfield &
Murray Remodeled, very nice.
Owner/Broker706-529-0650
(including telephone & cable)
**Truck Driver Training**
Low Cost Opportunity. Get your
professional career started
today. 706-624-9461.
Land & Lots
Creek Lots for only
$19,900
These lots border Mill Creek
GREYSTONE SUBDIVISION
KERRY OR SUE HIX
706-695-6431, 706-217-5550
or 706270-2433
Beautiful Land For Sale.
Beaverdale Community.
One 5+ acre tract left. Owner
financing
available.
For
information call Kevin 706-2178335
704
*302 S. Thornton 5,500 SF,
includes
utilities,
between
Newspaper office & Bank of Am.
6.5 ACRES!! 3 Bedroom,
2 Bath, kitchen, living room.
178 Red Oak
Way. Chatsworth.
$55,000
Call 706-6029304 or 706-618-9896
726
Commercial
Buildings
*19,000 sq.ft. - 2105 E. Walnut
Ave. Retail space, Next to
Hobby Lobby, across from Mall.
*97,000 sq. ft., 454 Hwy 225
(Bretlin)
*Retail space - Dalton Place
Shop. Ctr. 2518 Cleveland Hwy.
1200, 1400, 44,000 SF avail.
706-279-1380 Wkdys 9-5:30
727
Commercial
Propeties
*1515 Abutment Rd. 10,000 sq.
ft. includes utilities. Many sizes
or suites. 1.3 mi. S. of Walnut
*Camelot Bldg, Near I-75. 1514
W. Walnut Ave. Between Long
John Silvers & Burger King.
5,500 S/F.
706-279-1380 wkdys 9-5:30.
31,000 sq ft. Masonry building, 4
loading docks & offices. 1 block
off 4 lane Abutment Rd. on
Callahan Rd. 706-226-6245
Crown Mill Village Lofts
Office Space Available
730 sq. ft.
$700 all utilities included
Call today! 706.218.7404
Office
space
for
lease.
Available Now! 1400 sq. ft. suite
and 2,500 sf. suite. 800 College
Dr. 706-226-6245 8:30a-5:00p
Office: 2700 S.F. Excellent
condition. 1143 E. Walnut Ave.
Call: 706-581-1037
815 E. Walnut Ave. Fmrly
AAMCO Trans. Best Traffic
location. Equip & complete
office. 706-279-1380 wkdys 95:30
Restaurants for rent: *410 S.
Hamilton (fmrly Bailey’s Diner)
Incl. equipment $3,495 mo. *801
E.
Walnut
Ave.
Barrett
Marketplace $2995/Mo. $2000
dp. (fmrly El Taco) fully furnished.
706-279-1380 wkdys 9-5:30
Office on Thornton Ave. and
Retail bldg on Glenwood Ave.
for rent. 6000 & 4800 sq. ft. Call
706-278-9687
Retail and Office Space
for Lease.
Walnut Ave. + other locations
706-278-1566
The Daily Photo
Call: 706-5290410
Lease purchase. 3 br, 1 ba. 4047
Nottingham Dr. Dalton, Ga.
Fenced Yard, central heating/air,
screened in porch. $75,000.
$2000/down, $550/ month. Call
423-580-3469 leave msg.
small ads BIG DEALS
Call the Classifieds
217-NEWS
Rosie and Joyce of Chatsworth, GA
To submit your photo, email photo, name
and city to: lauramartin@daltoncitizen.com
THE DAILY CITIZEN
RENTAL HOUSING
751
Apartments
$115/wk. 1bd, new carpet &
paint, close to hospital.
Also 1 & 2 bd S. 41 Hwy.
Power, water & cable
furn’d. Deposit Required.
1st week 1/2 price.
Denise 706-463-1598 or
En Español 706-463-0945.
1 STORY completely furn. effic.
Cable TV, phone, microwave,
kitc. supplies, linens, utilities
furniture North Tibbs Road.
$149/weekly, 278-7189.
1 STORY, 1 bedroom, low utility
bills. Water furnished, washer/
dryer connection, utility room,
attic storage. N. Tibbs Rd.
(706)278-7189
1, 2, & 3 Bd Apt’s - Starting at
$125/week. Power, water,
cable furnished.
For details. 706-463-0672,
706-463-0671 & Español
706-463-0945
1130/1132 Burleyson $485mon
$240dep. 2BR 1BA. *707-2
Lance 2BR 1.5BA $525/mo.,
$260 dep. Newly remodeled, 2
weeks free w/1 yr. lease. 706279-1380 wkdy 9-5:30
1st month, 1/2 off! 2 bd, 1 ba,
w/d hookup, c/h/a. Power, water,
& cable furnished. Close to
downtown. $175/wk or $650/ mo.
$200/dep. 706-581-4615
2 bdrm apt. off Cleveland Hwy,
Remodeled, all new appliances
& carpet. $450/mo., $200/dep.
706-695-4029 - 706-618-3866.
2 bedroom 1 bath. Patio, ceiling
fan, c/h/a, W/D hook-up, water
furnished. $375 month, $150
deposit.No pets. 706-695-3288.
3 bdrm 2 ba apt. 1/4 mile rom
Hospital Hardwood, jacuzzi tub,
walk-in closet. $700 mon $250
dep No Pets! 706-313-9636
A SWEET DEAL FOR YOU!!
Well maintained.
Convenient location!
Call PARK CANYON APTS
706-226-6054
Email: parkcanyon@optilink.us
AMAZING SPECIAL THIS
WEEK!
Super Deluxe Townhome
2 Bedroom, 1 1/2 bath
huge closets, pool
w/ cabana.
BEST DEAL IN DALTON
BEST LOCATION
TRUE LUXURY
706-279-1801
City west near Creative Arts
Guild. 2bd 2ba, CHA, WD conn.
Lease, references req’d $550
mon $300 dep. 706-463-3171
DIVE INTO SUMMER
SAVINGS!
Large 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms.
Call Today
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Apartment Homes 706226-6424
Motel Rooms For Rent: S. Dixie
Hwy. 41. Standard - $95/wk. Lg.$125/$135wk. Dep.= 2 wks.
rent. Furnished + TV, basic
cable, private phone. 706-2791380 wkdys 9-5:30
MOVE RIGHT IN, 1 & 2 BD
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util’s, w/d furnished, TV, In
Chats., & Dalton, near hospital.
706-313-1733 or 313-5411
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Starting at $129.99/wk plus tax
Suite Deals 1BR $175.00 per
week. Call 706-278-0700
STAYLODGE - WILLOWDALE
MOVE IN SPECIAL
1st Week $100.00
706-278-0700
UNDERWOOD LODGE
Furnished Efficiency with
kitchenette. All Utilities &
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Available.
Move In Specials $70-$90
for first week!
706-226-4651
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**COHUTTA – 3/2 285 Wheeler
Dam Road $583 a Mth & $1000
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**DALTON – Bear Creek
3BR/1.5BA $800 a Mth and
$1000 Down
**DALTON – 3/2 Doublewide
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2BR/1BA $425 a Mth. &
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3BR/1BA $600 a Mth. &$600
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**DALTON 212 W Ezzard Ave
2BR/1 BA $395 a Mtn.
**DALTON 1010 Foster St.
3BR/1BA $130 a Wk & $300
deposit.
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$550 a Mth & $225 Deposit
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805
Buses
Silver Eagle 318 Jimmy. 9
speed, RR. 2 coleman roof air
and heat units. 7000 watt
generator. Was Bluegrass bus.
Road ready. $15,000. Call: 706277-1724
806
Domestic Autos
1999 Ford Taurus SE, tan. Good
condition, new tires, great a/c,
recent oil change. Everything
works and has had regular
maintenance. Clear title. $2,300
OBO. Call 706-537-0849 to
schedule time to see.
1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue. 6 cyl.
100,000 miles. Blue. Runs good,
good tires, interior in good cond.
New trans. $4,900. OBO. Call
706-428-2491
807
Import Autos
1992 BMW 525i Black, Runs
Good, Needs some work, A/C,
CD player, 151,654 miles
Tan Leather Int., Asking-$8000
706-270-9663
2 bedroom 1 bath, kitchen with
appliances. Nice lot #11. Birch
off of 41 South. $400 month. Call
706-278-9687
4 BR 2.5 BA, living room
w/fireplace,
double
garage,
corner lot eat in kitchen. Rent
$950, $500 dep. Grassdale Rd.
Call 770-434-4177.
NGEMC area, *3 bdrm. $575
month. $350 dep. Cable & water
furnished. *1 bd $140 wk. utilities
furnished. 706-694-8010
1998 MB 500 SL Convertible.
Sport Package. Both tops. White
w/ gray leather/ Books &
records. Low miles. Good
condition. Reduced to $14,950.
Will accept trades. Phone 706264-1932
Secluded Townhouse 2 bd, 1.5
bath. Off Hwy 2 between Dalton
& Ringgold. No pets. $400/mo.,
$250/dep. 706-581-2062.
Summer Special 2 week FREE
w/ 1 yr. lease - Sweetwater Rd.
3 BR 2 BA, $145wk, $290dep.
So. end of Murray Co off Hwy
225 S 1/2 + acre lots, beautiful
country setting. Several to
choose from. Sweetwater Rd.,
2005 BMW M3 Cabriolet, 36k
miles, 6 sp., still under factory
warranty, carbon black on black,
Harman/Kardon sound,
navigation, heated seats,
xenon headlights, garage kept,
one owner, asking $43,000.
Call: 706-260-1673
Chatsworth Hwy. 225 Fm Chats
Hwy. Take Hwy 225 S 13 mi. Fm
Calhoun, take Hwy 225 N, 6 mi
past Elks Golf Course, 1 mi N. of
4-way at Nickelsville. 706-279-
1380 wkdys 9-5:30
753 Condos For Rent
2br, 2.5 ba Condo in Dalton city.
Great location. All fees included.
$750/mo. Call 706-397-9987 or
706-264-2976
LEASE PURCHASE
2 BR 2 BA condo in Chatsworth.
Call: 706-217-8335
758
Duplex For Rent
2 bedroom Duplex Hwy 225 N.
Appliances
washer/
dryer
hookup. $350/mo., $200/dep.
706-581-2062
MOBILE HOMES
778
807
Reduced. 2006 Honda Accord
EXL. Like new. Gray. Full
warranty. 41
k miles.
Loaded. Leather seats, XM
radio, sunroof, 34mpg. Like new.
Great Cond. Must sell! No tax!
$16,499. obo.
706-614-7719
809
Looks like new!
Gorgeous
2005 BMW 525I Sedan with
66,000 miles. Silver ext. Gray
int.,
4DR,
Automatic,
6
Cylinder engine. Pre-OwnedPre
Certified,
Still
under
Warranty, Sirius Satellite Radio.
Asking: $27,000. Call: 706-2718699
Trucks
1977 Fruehauf 40ft. Dry Van
trailer, Tandem sliding axle, roll
down door $1,000.
1992 Peterbilt model 379 truck
tractor, Conv. sleeper cab,
Caterpillar 400-hp Diesel engine,
Eaton 10-speed trans., Tandem
axle 965 K. miles indicated
$6,000 FIRM. Brenner insultated
tank trailer, 6500 gallon capacity,
3 compartment $9,500
1973 Fruehauf Insulated tank
trailer, 2 compartment, 304 s/s
construction 47K lb. Max GVW
$9,500. 1994 Kenworth Truck
tractor, Conv. sleeper cab,
Tandem Axle, Trans. - 10 speed
Eaton engine - Caterpillar 3406,
1,094,807 miles - $6,000
2001 Ford Taurus SES, A/T, P/S,
ABS, P/W, P/L, P/Driver Seat,
AM/FM, 6 CD changer, white,
charcoal cloth int., new tires,
140,200 miles. Great car!
$2,600. Call Scott 706-278-1884
812Sport Utility Vehicle
2005 Buick Rendezvous
Good condition. 80K miles.
26mpg. Great running car. Price
reduced $10,600. Call: 706-6948065
2005 GMC Envoy SLT. Loaded
with every option available. 47K
miles, 1-owner, garage kept, non
smoker, $12,000. Call 706-2808268
2006 Toyota 4 Runner SR5
4WD. 4.0 6 cyl. Like new. One
owner
n/s
middle
aged
accountant. Garaged. Panasonic
XM w/IPOD controls. Black
w/grey
interior,
roof
rack,
sunroof, cargo cover, hitch & tow
pkg, 17” alloys, Husky mats, no
dings or wrecks, 65,000 hwy
miles. Sell for NADA of $20,875.
706-280-3182
Utility Trailers
Mobile Concession stand (log
cabin), great for carnival or fair,
completely self contained, AC,
Espresso cart, $15,000.
Call: 706-581-4122 for details.
812Sport Utility Vehicle
2003 Grand Cherokee Laredo
Jeep. 2 wd. Local, one owner.
Well maintained, Good gas
mileage. Silver. $7,900.
Call 706-280-7170
851
7B
Boats
2005 Yamaha Waverunner(s)
160 HP High Output Motors
Adult Ridden/Fresh water
Very Low Hours $6500 each
with extras 706-313-4295.
856
Motorcycles
& Bikes
2006 CBR 600 F4I, blue. 5,300
miles, jardine slip on pipe. 2
years warranty remaining. Never
been laid down. Excellent
condition. $5,.400 or best offer.
Call: 706-508-3955
2009 Piaggio- Vespa Scooter
250. 70 mpg, 85 mph. 3 yr
warranty,
touring
case.
$4,600.00. Call 706-980-2674
Great on Gas! 2003 Suzuki
Savage 650. Runs great!
Original owner. Low miles, like
new, always garage kept. Teal
green. Windshield, saddle bags
included. Just Reduced to
$2,500 OBO. 706-275-7035.
Like new. 2004 Explorer. V8
engine with 3rd row seat. Well
maintained. Many extras. Only
$9,500. Call: 706-280-1431
2006 GMC 16 ft box truck Yellow. 6.0 V8 Unleaded engine w/
300 hp. Auto. Transmission,
A/C, ABS brakes, Power
Steering, 2 Bucket Seats,
AM/FM radio, 10 ft loading ramp
w’ 1000lb capacity. Mileage
ranging from 40,000 – 75,000
miles. Sale price is $12,000 $14000. Only
method
of
payment accepted is certified
check or money order. Sorry no
financing Contact Josh Hall @
Penske, Day- 706-277-9477,
Night- 423-304-6669
Monday, July 27, 2009
2004 Eddie Bauer Limited
Edition Ford Explorer. $12,500
OBO. 82,300 miles. Health
Issues Force Sale. 4WD. Fully
Loaded. Single Owner. Excellent
condition. Black/tan exterior; tan
interior. Leather seats. Contact
706-260-0283.
2003 F-250, 4 door- crew cab. ,
diesel,
103k
miles.
4x4.
Automatic, Excellent condition.
Asking $16,500. 706-264-7883
or 706-629-4000.
811
2005 Super Charged Mini
Cooper. 6 speed. Convertible.
Premium Sport Package. One
owner, 40,000 miles,
Harmon/Kardon parking
sensors, cruise control, auto air.
Price $21,000.
Call: 706-313-1119.
Import Autos
RECREATION
851
Boats
JUST LIKE NEW!!
2006 FLHXI Harley Davidson
Street Glide, vivid black, full
Rinehart exhaust, passenger
detachable back rest, AM/FM
radio & CD player, security
system, garage kept, only 4,300
miles. Please call 706-581-3516.
LEGAL NOTICES
901
2001 21’ Bullet Bass Boat.
225 Optimax. $15,500. $14,500.
Call: 706-226-2161
Public Notices
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Board of Trustees of the City of
Dalton Employee Pension Plan will hold
their Regular Meeting on Tuesday, July
28, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of City Hall. The Public is
invited to attend.
07/27
Administrative Assistant
needed for well established Dalton company.
Qualified applicant must have excellent written
and oral communication skills, knowledge of
Microsoft Word, the ability to create Excel
Spreadsheets and an understanding of AS400
Computer System. Applicant must be able to
work with little supervision, meet scheduled
goals and prioritize work duties.
Previous Carpet Customer Service experience
is also preferred.
Send resumes to Blind Box U-10
c/o The Daily Citizen
PO Box 1167 • Dalton GA 30722
Mobile Homes
For Rent
**1 or 2 bedroom. Small, quiet,
well maintained park. $260 up.
Westside. 706-280-1035
1 & 2 bdrm mobile homes &
Apartments in Whitfield & Murray
Co. $85 per week & up. Utilities
furnished. 706-278-4048
2 WEEKS FREE! 2 & 3 BD
homes, many w/ hdwd floors.
Large lots & private pond. Pets
welcome. Carbondale area.
Water/garbage service included
$120/wk. 706-383-8123
Connector 3 / I-75 area. 2
bedroom, 1 bath house. Washer/
dryer, covered porch. $100/wk.
Call Leo 678-641-9685
Move in SPECIAL- 1st Week
FREE! 3 bd 2 ba. 14x70 sgwide
968A Beaverdale Rd. Quiet.
Water, lawn maint. furnished,
CHA, hrdwd, refrig & stove. $120
wk, $200 dep. No Pets 706-2716718
Owner Finance: Lease purchase
or rent. 3 bd 2 ba, doublewide on
1 acre. New carpet & paint.
Starting at $550 mon. Good
area in Chatsworth Steve 706270-1342
Got Stuff?
If you’ve outgrown your hard drive, given up your
golf game, ditched your diamond, stored your
stereo or garaged your guitar...
Don’t Stash it - Cash it!
Sell it in the classifieds
Call Us!
706-272-7703 or
706-272-7707
TRANSPORTATION
801
Antiques
& Classics
Homes For Rent
3 BR 1 BA 1309 Coogler $160
wk, $320 dep. 706-279-1380
wkdys 9-5:30
3 bedroom Duplex off Cleveland
Hwy, Williams Rd., 502 Palin
View Dr. $500/mo, $250/dep.
Appliances, & washer/ dryer
hookup. 706-581-2062
1976 Chevy Impala, 4-door,
good
condition
&
clean.
Everything original, PS, PB,
upholstery good. 70,010 actual
miles. Auto, 350 eng. Kept
covered.
$4,000 Firm. 706-226-1224.
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SERVICE DIRECTORY
FOR ALL YOUR
HEATING AND AIR
NEEDS CALL:
Short Stop
Heating & Air
706-278-0074
706-965-9018
423-991-7652
Mini-Warehouse/Storage
Accurate ClimateControlled Storage.
1515 Abutment Rd.
BELOW MARKET PRICES
SERVICE DIRECTORY
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Construction
Home Repair
Landscaping
Pressure Washing
Tree Service
J&M Power Digging
Top Soil
Dozer
Track Hoe
Back Hoe
Dump Truck
Lots cleared
Footings
Drive Ways
Rock (hauled)
Septic Tanks
Field Lines
Fill Dirt
706-217-9531
706-275-0578
CALL: 706-279-1380
weekdays 9-5:30
Automotive
Are you tired of looking at
those junk cars ( buses,
dumptrucks) in your yard?
We can solve your
problem!
You call, we haul..
also scrap metal!
Jim and Sondra Lockhart
home: 706-694-8675
cell: 423-400-1302
J & S Salvage
and Towing
Carpentry
CARPENTRY
A-1 Handyman
Remodeling & Repairs
All types of home repairs
25 years experience.
'Bathroom 'Carpentry
'Floors
'Painting
'Electric & Plumbing
'Kitchen 'Doors
'Windows
Small or Large
We do it all
Terry Hammontree
706-463-0816
Cleaning Services
P & K JANITORIAL
Basic Office Cleaning
#Daily #Weekly #Monthly
Rates
'Commercial 'Dr. Offices,
'Banks 'Churches, Etc.
Licensed & Insured
FOR A FREE ESTIMATE
Call Krista
706-264-9276
krista@pandkjanitorial.com
**Home Repair**
New window and door
installation
Bath and kitchen remodels
Electrical & plumbing
repairs
Decks
COMPLETE HOME REPAIR
WITH TOTAL CUSTOMER
SATISFACTION
35 Years Experience
Call Dave @
706-537-1549
$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Available 24 hours a day
#Lighted #Fenced
#Smoke Detectors
#Sprinkler System #Clean
#Dry #Safe #Pest Control
10x10 - $79/mo.
10x15 - $109/mo.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Home Improvement
DOC’S HOME REPAIR
& REMODELING
*Ceramic Tile
*Decks
*Textured Ceilings
*Additions *Flooring
*Custom Building
*Roof Repairs
Free Estimates
“NO JOB TOO SMALL”
20 Years Experience
References Provided
Tim Dockery
Cell: (706) 264-6918
HOMESTYLES
The Professionals for all your
home remodeling and
repairs.
'Room Additions 'Decks
'All types of siding
'Windows 'Home repairs
'Drywall 'Painting
'Ceramic tile floors
& counters
'Hardwood Floors &
laminates 'Garages
For Free Estimates
Terry L. Scrivner
Cell Phone 706-260-1284
Home Repair
***Are you tired of
sloppy work, no shows,
& overcharging?
We specialize in quality work,
dependability, reasonable rates
AAA DALTON REPAIRS &
IMPROVEMENTS for your
Langford Brothers
Construction
Residential & Commercial
%All Types Masonry Work
%Remodeling
%Decks
$Painting
%Plumbing & Wiring
%All Types of Home &
Commercial Care
Over 40 Years Experience
Locally owned & operated
Free Estimates
Fully Insured
No job to small or big!!
706-280-0961
Landscaping
AAA Lawn Care
& Landscaping
Mowing & Trimming
Weekly, Bi-Weekly, or 1 Time
No Contract Required
Mowing, rimming, Blowing
Edging, Fertilizing, Pressure
Washing,
Plant / Flower
installs, Shrub Trimming,
Mulch, Trash and Debris
Removal w/ Dump Truck,
Tree Planting, Trimming, and
Pruning, Lot Clearing, Decks
Storage Buildings & Bobcat
Work.
Fully Insured, Free Estimates
AAA Lawn Care
& Landscaping
Call 706.280.9557
C & M LANDSCAPING
COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL
Professional Quality Service,
At the best price in town!
home & commercial repairs &
improvements. Plumbing,
Electrical, Carpentry, Painting,
Roofing, Floor Replacement,
Handyman Work, Remodels &
much more!
"MOWING "TRIMMING
"MULCHING "PLANTING
"WEED REMOVAL
"LEAF GATHERING
"GUTTER CLEANING
"PRESSURE WASHING
AND MUCH MORE
receives compliments from past
customers. No one needs to be
overcharged in this
economy. Free, detailed
estimates sent out or delivered
quickly. We can also be found in
the Yellow Pages under
Home Improvements.
** Free Estimates
**Insured
AAA DALTON REPAIRS &
IMPROVEMENTS
Call Mike 706-280-2357
All Your Lawn Care &
Landscaping Needs
FREE ESTIMATES
We trim trees too
close to your house!
'Cement Driveways
'Mowing 'Trimming
'Blowing 'Edging 'Fertilizing
'Plant & Flower installs
'Shrub Trimming 'Mulch
'Pea Gravel & Rock installs
'Cut trees 'Tree planting &
Trimming, 'Lot Clearing,
'Decks 'Storage Building
Tree Service
All Phases:
Brick, Block, Stone,
Cement, & Stucco.
No job too small!
I’ll beat any local job.
FREE ESTIMATES
Call 226-6963 or
706-280-1341
Painting
ALL PRO PAINTING
REMODELING &
ROOFING
27 years experience.
Reasonable Rates.
Free Estimates
No job to big or small!
Also, Mobile Home Repairs
Call For Big
Discounts!
706-971-3079
706-428-1773
T&M
Painting and
Remodeling
)Painting )Roofing
)Textured Ceilings
)Sheet rock )Additions
)Decks & Porches
)Plumbing )Electrical
Big or samll.
No job turned down.
Free estimates.
40 years expereince.
Will beat any price.
Pressure Washing
Work, and more
Call Michael For Your
Free Estimate
GUESS LANDSCAPING
Cell: 706-280-4250
$ Exterior /Gutters Cleaning
$ROOF CLEANING (Black
streak removal, algae removal)
Masonry
C.W. MASONRY
cmlandscapedalton.webs.com
'Mowing 'Mulching
'Trimming 'Seeding
'Gutter Cleaning
'Pressure Washing
'Painting 'Handyman
Residential & Commercial
$Houses/ Mobile Homes
$ Concrete Cleaning
$Vinyl/ Brick/ Masonite
$ Prep for Painting
$ Mold Removal
$References Available
FREE ESTIMATES
Call Scott 706-264-9482
706-271-7160
or 706-229-0555
ESCAPE YARDWORK!
ELROD’S
PRESSURE
WASHING
706-618-6708
706-483-9641
Call Cameron Cox
706-581-9656
If You’d
Rather Be
Relaxing, Leave
the Yard Work to
Us!
IN THE
CLASSIFIEDS!
MUNGUIA
LANDSCAPING
D % Sims % Inc
Precision Pressure Washing
Commercial & Residential
Fully Insured
North Georgia’s Largest
& Most Reliable
13 years of Service
Houses/Driveways
Decks /Fencing
Oven Exhaust Hoods NFPA
Certified
Fleet Services
Don Sims
706-264-4617
Lanning’s
Outdoor
Services
Complete Tree Service
Stump Grinding,Bobcat Service
Decorative Landscape
Edging & Concrete Curbs
Concrete Acrylic Overlay
and Acid Stains
www.lanningoutdoors.com
Free Estimates.
Cell:706-260-6169
(leave message)
***DALTON***
TREE SERVICE
INC.
Stump Grinding
%24 Hour
Emergency Service
Free Estimates
Insured
($2,000,000 liability)
%Hazardous Tree
Removal
Complete Tree Service/
Crane
Portable Remote Control
Stump Grinding.
“Large or Small
we grind them all
for less”
“Total Tree Care”
From Top to Bottom!
23 Yrs. Experience
706-218-8733
Act Before the Next Storm
A & A TREE
SERVICE,
LLC
& STUMP
GRINDING
Insured - $1 Million Liability
&Trees Pruned
&Bucket Truck and
Chipper
&Removal & Clean-up
&Experienced
Hazardous Tree
Removal
&Lot Clearing
FREE ESTIMATES
706-260-9573
COLLINS TREE
SERVICE
Crane Service.
No Job Too Small,
No Tree Too Tall!
Stump Grinding
Specializing In Dangerous
Tree Removal.
Full Equipment:
Fully Insured - Free Estimates
Darren Lanning
Insured/Owner
Firewood For Sale 706-217-9966
Larry’s
Trees To Dirt
Full Line of Equip. Available.
Complete Tree
Removal Service.
including
Hazardous & Dangerous
Storm Clean-Up
Lot & Land Clearing
Stump Grinding,
Any Size, Any Where
Firewood For Sale
FULLY INSURED
FREE ESTIMATES
706-581-3870
Years of Expereince
Whitfield
EvergreenArborist
1037 Keith Mill
Rd. Dalton, Ga
30720
“CUTTING DOWN
YOUR WORRIES”
“All Types of Tree Work”
Free Estimates
Fully Insured
20 years experience with
climbing & bucket truck
stump removal
Firewood For
Sale
Phone
706-275-7017
Cell 706-463-6108
Windows
WINDOW
WORKS!
New Vinyl
Replacement
Windows
Decks
Carpentry
ALL MAJOR CREDIT
CARDS ACCEPTED.
$FREE ESTIMATE$
$
Call: 259-3792
706-483-6496
Our Windows Qualify for
30% Stimulus
Rebate
For More Information
“Jesus Loves You - John 3:16
Call David at
706-264-1284