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WAYCROSS JOURNAL-HERALD
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GEORGIA BIOMASS IS A WIN-WIN-WIN!
Waycross, Georgia
Friday, May 13, 2011
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EVERYONE’S TALKIN’
GEORGIA BIOMASS ...
“In the last 16 years we
have created many jobs for
this area, not just (for)
Ware County. With this
project (Georgia Biomass)
we have (brought)
$290,000,000 in capital investments and a
$20,000,000 payroll at
minimum wage, which is
recurring revenue for this
area. And that’s a low ball
number. OADA is responsible for all of it. If you
take away OADA’s effort,
we will not be economically sound.”
— Owen Herrin
Former OADA Chairman
“The pellet mill will encourage complementary
industry in Ware County.”
— Nick Taylor
Local Banker
“Georgia Biomass is a
welcome addition to the
Waycross-Ware County industrial base. Congratulations to the Okefenokee
Area Development Authority, the Waycross-Ware
County Development Authority, the City of Waycross, the County of Ware,
the State of Georgia and
CSX in their efforts to locate this state-of-the-art
‘green energy’ facility
here. I am excited about
the positive impact Georgia Biomass will have on
our local economy. In addition, their presence only
enhances our industrial
image and capabilities
across the state, country
and even the world. Welcome, Georgia Biomass!”
— Danny Yarbrough
City Commissioner
Grand Opening Of World’s Largest Green
Energy Plant Draws International Crowd
Photo By GARY GRIFFIN
Leonard Birnbaum (seventh from left), chief commercial officer for RWE, accompanied by local leaders, Georgians and Europeans, cuts the ribbon.
“I am really excited for
Georgia Biomass and for
the community as a whole.
Ware County will not be
the only place impacted by
this plant. All of this region is going to benefit
greatly, I believe. Georgia
Biomass should not be the
end but the beginning for
Ware County.”
— Carlos Nelson
Ware Commissioner
“It is one of the best things
to ever happen to Waycross, Ga.”
— Norman Davis
City Commissioner
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—page 4—
Against the backdrop of the Waycross-Ware County Industrial Parkʼs gargantuan Georgia Biomass mill, Georgiaʼs Lt.
Gov. Casey Cagle said: “You donʼt get to be first much. Today weʼre first!”
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By MYRA THRIFT
Staff Writer
“We delivered.”
Two small words spoken. But
what a powerful message!
With those words, Sam Kang,
managing director for Georgia
Biomass, welcomed a crowd of
business and industrial promoters from around the world, the
state and the southeastern Georgia region Thursday to the grand
opening for the world’s largest
fuel pellet plant including Lt.
Gov. Casey Cagle and former
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue.
“You don’t get to be first
much. Today we’re first!” said
Cagle.
Indeed, the Georgia Biomass
project, the first to venture into
the uncharted waters of pelletizing pine trees with the aim of
some day displacing the pollutant coal as a primary source of
energy, is being watched closely
by the eyes of the world.
A year ago at the site in the
Waycross-Ware County Industrial Park, another crowd gathered for the groundbreaking for
the massive facility. On the 319acre site there was nothing but a
large mound of dirt visible.
“There’s no mound of dirt
now. Today, we are making pellets,” Kang said. “We delivered.
Many companies are talking
about building large facilities.
But here we are. We delivered.”
Kang thanked people in the
business community and the
city, county and state governments for their support over the
last year including the governor,
(see PLANT, page 3)
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Vol. 93, No. 113
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Church News __________14-15
Classified Ads ________16,17
Comics__________________10
Dear Abby ________________4
Editorials ________________5
Extended Forecast ________4
Family News __________12-13
Obituaries ________________4
Sports __________________6-7
Page - Two
Waycross Journal-Herald,
Journal-Herald Friday, May 13, 2011
Mill Hires 75
Local Workers
FIRST TRUCK WEIGHS IN
Timber growers and loggers will have
a bigger profit margin now that the
Georgia Biomass plant has started
converting pine trees into “clean,
green energy.” The historic first truck
into the mill created a “Kodak mo-
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unheard of.” Other mills sometimes
have to keep trailers overnight when a
client delivers a load. “We inspect the
quality of the timber at weigh-in and if
it is not up to our specs, we wonʼt accept it,” he said.
By MYRA THRIFT
Staff Writer
Georgia Biomass made a certain
75 or so Waycross area citizens
happy — and the feeling was mutual.
Some 70-plus workers from
here in southeast Georgia were
hired to work at the world’s largest
pellet plant mill and their work
ethic and enthusiasm were hailed
by more than a couple of the
speakers who took the mic at
Thursday’s opening ceremony.
Paul McMillan, the human resources manager for Georgia Biomass, was the fellow in charge of
screening and hiring all 80 employees that today are working at
the plant in the industrial park.
He is also in charge of setting up
policies to guide employees in
their experience, training and development, as well as compensation and benefits.
“We did a lot of training,”
McMillan said. “We spent a good
three months in training how to
perform their jobs, how to write a
standard operating procedure and
document their activities.”
Work at the plant depends on
the kinds of job the employee is in,
McMillan said. A lot of employees
are material handles, some drive
large Volvo front end loaders that
can pick up a load of logs at once.
They then move that load to the
wood yard and after 22 days, the
logs go to a de-barker and from
there to the chipper.
McMillan said he was proud
that the plant could hire local people who had the incentive to work
and to do a good job at what they
do.
Photo By BRAD WILLIAMS
Paul McMillan, human resources director, was responsible for the hiring of 80
workers, 90 percent of them
local residents.
“We found local people who
were highly skilled and highly motivated,” McMillan said. “We did
not have to go looking for employees.”
Most of the people hired by
Georgia Biomass — 90 percent —
McMillan said, were found in
Waycross, Ware County and immediate surrounding areas.
Georgia Biomass, he said, is
looking to build more than a work
team — “we are a family. We support each other. It’s not watch your
back here, but rather we support
everybody’s back. This is too massive a project to be done alone. It
takes each one supporting the
other.”
“We have some that operate
switch engines and since we do not
have any finished goods inventory
here, they load the product onto
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EVERYONE’S TALKIN’
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“The pellet mill will encourage competitiveness in the
market especially if the
weather is inclement. In the
past 10 years, timber crews
have been able to harvest
more timber at a smaller
size, which means that they
have become more efficient.
It will also produce by-products from the chemicals in
the wood to supplement their
profits. If the pellet mill
were to be totally environmentally sound and resourceful, which it might
pursue one day, it could use
the remains from a clear-cut,
or slash, to power its steam
boilers. The market for pulpwood left the South 15 years
ago. The market for sawtimber plus chip-and-saw
will receive a boost from the
pellet mill.”
— I.W. Strickland
Forestland Owner
“I welcome them here. I am
glad they chose Ware
County. They have a very
impressive facility. You can
see it all the way from U.S.
1 North when you’re headed
He pointed out that throughout state,” Cagle said. “It is a joy to
(continued from page 1)
Lindstrand said. He said constructowards Alma.”
OneGeorgia, economic develop- tion workers were on the job 10 the last few months, as many as welcome you here.”
— Gene Dixon
400 people would be working on
ment agencies and the people of hours a day, seven days a week.
Dr. Leonhard Birnbaum, chief
Ware Commissioner the area.
commercial officer for RWE, who
Waycross Mayor Clarence the construction site at one time.
Few people get the
chance to visit deep
inside “the belly of
the beast” ... which
at the Georgia Biomass plant in the
Waycross-Ware
County Industrial
Park is the “hammer
mill” or the “pelletizer.” The entire
process comes
down to this portion
of the assembly line
where the raw material is turned into
clean and green energy pellets, tiny
fragments of pine
trees that will be
burned to generate
electricity in Europe. Journalists
who visited the pelletizer Thursday
heard (and felt) the
powerful hum and
noticed the near antiseptic cleanliness
of the brand new facility.
... Plant Opens
“I have been out there (to the
Biomass plant) and looked
around and it is fabulous
what they have done here. I
can’t say enough about how
great this is for our community. It is great how CSX
partnered with us to put the
rail spur in at the plant. I saw
the new rail cars and was
just impressed. Marvin (her
husband) has four fraternity
brothers in the timber industry around the state. I have
talked to them and they tell
me this will be great for
Waycross and Ware
County.”
— Diane Hopkins
City Commissioner
“It’s definitely a good thing
to have these jobs. I wish it
had 10 times more. But I am
thankful for what we have. I
hope (that the opening of
Georgia Biomass) will be
the goose that lays the
golden egg. I also have some
reservations. I think we are
doing too much give-away
from the taxpayers in reference to ad valorem taxes.”
— Danny Turner
Ware Commissioner
“It is one of the best things
to ever happen to Waycross,
Ga.”
— Norman Davis
City Commissioner
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“We delivered a world class
project on time and under budget,”
Kang said. “And we have a great
day planned.”
Mats Lindstrand, of Biomass
Capital Management, said he felt a
little like Winston Churchill — this
has been three years of hard work,
blood, sweat and tears. He pointed
out that the Georgia Biomass facility is comparable to the “spindle
top” oil fields created after Luis T.
Borges found oil in Texas and then
Capt. Anthony Lucas became responsible for the oil boom.
“This has the potential to be
your spindle top as the fuel pellets
created from pine timber will be
replacing coal as an energy source
in Europe,” Lindstrand said.
Lindstrand noted that the threeyear journey would not have happened without a lot of people.
“It was a major risk, a result of
the visionary leadership of RWE,”
Lindstrand said. “We took a $200
million risk and stuck with it. And
we are here today because of it. As
Europeans, we are quite frankly
impressed with the leadership of
the state, Gov. Sonny Perdue. He
got it and he went into the business
mode immediately. Lt. Gov. Casey
Cagle and Gov. Deal’s help is continuing.”
He noted that it took 750,000
hours of work to build the facility
and thanked Ware County Manager Paul Smith and Planning and
Codes Director Wayne Kilmark for
their part in getting the rail connector built in the industrial park.
“The leadership has been good
but the delivery was even better,”
Billups expressed appreciation to
all of those involved in the project.
“Today is a beautiful day all
across the region,” Billups said.
“The citizens of Waycross are very
grateful and thankful for this particular day. It was not just Georgia,
Waycross and Ware County but the
entire world. A year ago we saw
that mound of dirt and today we
see a beautiful transformation that
could not have been done without
partnership. We worked together.
We have started something that
will carry on long after we are all
gone.”
Billups noted that the region
prospers with every tree that is cut.
“We can recall when this began
there were a number of naysayers
but we congratulate you for what
came to pass,” said Billups. He
commended Clarence Gooden and
CSX who he said “came to the
table and made concessions” to get
the project moving forward.
“I applaud all who had a hand in
it,” Billups said.
Ware County Commission
Chairman Jimmy Brown recognized Lt. Gov. Cagle and former
Gov. Perdue, both of whom were
seated at the center table. He also
recognized James Willis and the
Georgia Power Co. who helped in
locating the company here.
“Your decision to locate here
was a good one and we as a community will not let you down,”
Brown said.
“To say we are happy to be here
would be a major understatement,”
said Hans Bünting, chief financial
officer for RWE.
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“We are invested all over the
world and seldom do we get as
good reception as we got in Georgia. Georgia is the ideal place to do
business with its 25 million acres
of forests. Only Oregon has more
but trees grow faster here than they
are harvested,” Bünting said.
He noted that one of the most
important aspects of locating in
Ware County was the CSX rail
yards and the port in Savannah,
adding that the company needed
good partners in both rail and sea
transport.
“This is only the beginning for
Georgia Biomass,” Bünting said.
Lt. Gov. Cagle called the ribbon
cutting event a “special occasion
for all of us.” He added that government does not create jobs but
creates circumstances that allows
for the creation of jobs.
“We got out of the way,” Cagle
said. He added that having Georgia Biomass in Georgia will mean
good jobs — not just the initial 85
jobs — and a residual impact for
people with forest land, loggers
and other businesses that create a
support network.
“Georgia Biomass’s success is
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also takes friendships.
“I can also add that it takes
trust,” said Birnbaum. “This community of people came together
and trusted each other.”
He pointed out that doing something for the first time is always
the toughest job, adding that the
RWE company made a huge investment in the middle of a financial crisis.
“We are so impressed with
Georgia,” Birnbaum said. “One
last item — why? Why did we believe it was a good idea?”
He explained that Europe uses a
lot of electricity and needed to
look at renewable energy.
“You had the raw materials, the
leadership, the friendship and the
sustainability” for the green energy
concept, he said. “We will be the
largest trader and the largest investor. It is rare to be the first and
to be the most successful.”
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Obituaries
William Lynn Taylor
Wife Loses Sight Of Her Future
After Husband Admits He’s Gay
by Abigail Van Buren
DEAR ABBY: I recently
learned that my husband of 35
years is gay. I never suspected and
I am stunned. I have loved him
since we met. I still do. I have
never been interested in anyone
else. We have three children and
eight grandchildren who all adore
him.
I learned his secret from an
email he left on the computer
screen. It took a few days, but I
confronted him and he told me
everything. He has been with men
since before our marriage. He assured me he has never done anything that could have caused me to
get a disease. I went for an examination and I’m fine.
I’m lost about what my next
step should be. I’m in my late 50s.
Starting over isn’t something I
ever considered. I’m seeing a therapist who suggested it might be
simpler to consider myself a
widow. I have no interest in having sex with my husband again,
but being apart from him terrifies
me. I feel like I’m in prison. Have
you any suggestions?
— HELPLESS IN MIAMI
DEAR HELPLESS: You are
not “in prison” and you’re not
“helpless.” You’re probably in
shock, knowing your husband deceived you from the time you met
him. That’s understandable. My
advice is to do NOTHING until
you regain some sense of balance.
Finding that email was no accident. Consciously or unconsciously, your husband wanted
you to see it. That you no longer
want to have sex with him isn’t
surprising. Some things to consider: Does he still want to have
sex with you? How do you feel
about having sex with anyone? Is
your husband involved with more
than one person or just one? And
does HE want to stay married?
Some women (and men) remain
married to their bisexual spouse.
Others marry people they know
are gay. I do not agree with your
therapist that you should “consider yourself a widow,” unless
you want to be married to the living dead.
Before making any decision
about your future, you should contact the Straight Spouse Network.
It’s a confidential support network
of current or former heterosexual
spouses or partners of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender
mates. It helps straight spouses or
partners cope constructively with
the coming-out crisis and assists
mixed-orientation couples and
their children to build bridges of
understanding. The phone number
is (201) 825-7763 and the website
is www.StraightSpouse.org. I
wish you luck on your journey.
***
DEAR ABBY: I’m a 19-yearold woman. When I was 4, my
mom went to prison for eight
years. It turned her life around. At
38, she now has a college degree,
a loving husband, a good job and
a new home.
My two younger sisters say
they don’t want to be part of
Mom’s life, but they never fail to
call her at holiday and birthday
time to pick up the gifts they know
she has bought them. Afterward,
they don’t contact her or answer
her calls and texts until the next
holiday. It leaves Mom depressed
and feeling used. I have tried
telling them they’re wrong, but
they don’t listen. They say I’m
wrong for getting in their business. Is it wrong to want my
mother to be happy?
— DAUGHTER ON THE
OUTSIDE
DEAR DAUGHTER: I don’t
blame your mother for feeling depressed and used. Your two
younger sisters are manipulative,
selfish and self-centered. However, your mother is enabling
them to behave that way. Talk to
her and suggest family counseling. She may be giving and giving
out of guilt, they may be taking
and taking in order to punish her,
and that’s not healthy for any of
them.
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Today is Friday, May 13, the
133rd day of 2011. There are
232 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 13, 1981, Pope John
Paul II was shot and seriously
wounded in St. Peter's Square by
Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali
Agca (MEH'-met AH'-lee AH'juh).
On this date:
In 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what
became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists
went ashore the next day).
In 1846, the United States declared that a state of war already
existed with Mexico.
In 1861, Britain's Queen Victoria declared her country's neutrality in the American Civil
War, but also acknowledged that
the Confederacy had belligerent
rights.
In 1917, three shepherd children near Fatima, Portugal, reported seeing a vision of the
Virgin Mary.
In 1918, the first U.S. airmail
stamps, featuring a picture of a
Curtiss JN-4 biplane, were issued to the public. (On a few of
the stamps, the biplane was inadvertently printed upsidedown, making them collector's
items.)
In 1940, Britain's new prime
minister, Winston Churchill, told
Parliament: "I have nothing to
offer but blood, toil, tears and
sweat."
In 1958, Vice President
Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat,
were spat upon and their limousine battered by rocks thrown by
anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.
In 1961, actor Gary Cooper
died in Los Angeles six days
after turning 60.
In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities
and the radical group MOVE
ended as police dropped a bomb
onto the group's row house; 11
people died in the resulting fire
that destroyed 61 homes.
In 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated federal appeals
Judge Stephen G. Breyer to the
U.S. Supreme Court to replace
retiring Justice Harry A. Blackmun.
Ten years ago: Moderate
Basque nationalists won a key
election in Spain's semiautonomous Basque region. The
center-right won Italy's parliamentary elections, setting the
stage for the return to power of
media magnate Silvio Berlusconi
(behr-loos-KOH'-nee).
Actor-playwright Jason Miller
("That Championship Season")
died in Scranton, Pa., at age 62.
Five years ago: Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and
Retired City of Waycross Police
Chief William Lynn Taylor, 70,
died Wednesday night (May
11, 2011) at
Satilla Regional
Medical Center
after an extended illness.
He was born
in Atlanta, the
son of the late
Beeder Brooks
Taylor
Taylor
and
Thelma Mills Taylor. Chief Taylor
made Waycross his home for the
majority of his life. He graduated
from Waycross High School in
1958. Upon graduation from high
school he served in the United
States Navy.
He began his career in law enforcement with the Atlanta Police
Department before moving back to
Waycross. Chief Taylor served as
police chief for the City of Waycross as well as public safety director from 1978-2001.
Upon his retirement from law
enforcement, he served on the
Waycross City Commission. He
was a member of Grace Episcopal
Church. Chief Taylor was an avid
sports fan. He loved baseball, collecting sports memorabilia and
was in attendance when the Atlanta Braves won the 1996 World
Series.
He also loved his animals.
Along with his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Beeder
Brooks Taylor Jr.
Chief Taylor is survived by his
wife, Paulette Taylor, of Waycross;
a brother, Phillip Taylor (wife Fredree), of Eatonton; a sister, Virginia Wahl, of Milledgeville; a
nephew, Troy Taylor, of the Dominican Republic; a niece, Andrea
Jones (husband Frankie), of
Milledgeville; a sister-in-law,
Carol Taylor, of Dalton; and numerous other relatives.
A funeral will be held 11 a.m.
Saturday at Grace Episcopal
Church.
All retired and active officers of
the Waycross Police Department
and members of the Waycross
High School class of 1958 have
been asked to serve as honorary
pallbearers and should gather at
the church by 10:45 a.m. Saturday.
A private family burial will be
held in Greenlawn Cemetery.
The family will receive friends
following the service Saturday at
the church.
The family will also receive
friends this evening from 6 until 7
at Miles-Odum Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Grace Episcopal Church,
401 Pendleton St., Waycross, Ga.
31501, or to the Okefenokee Humane Society, 1501 Blackwell St.,
Waycross, Ga. 31501.
Sympathy may be expressed by
signing online at www.milesodumfuneralhome.com
Holley, Houston Holley, Elizabeth
Brabham, Raylin Turpin and
Mikalah Colley; one sister, Juanell
Cox, Waycross; and several nieces,
nephews and other relatives.
A funeral was to be held this
morning at 11 at Hosanna Church.
Entombment will follow in the
Greenlawn Mausoleum.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Hospice Satilla “Hospice
House” 808 Evergreen Way, Waycross, Ga. 31501.
Sympathy may be expressed by
signing online at www.milesodumfuneralhome.com
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is
in charge of the arrangements.
Olivia McCarty Colley, 78, of
Waycross, died Tuesday evening
(May 10, 2011)
at Baptist Village after a
short illness.
She was born
in Waycross to
the late Carlton
Joseph
and
Oleta
Thrift
McCarty and
lived here most
Colley
of her life. She
was a member of Sweat Memorial
Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She was a foster care
provider for 15 years and enjoyed
making crafts.
She was also preceded in death
by a great-grandson, Noah Turpin,
and one brother, Herman McCarty.
Survivors include her husband
of 60 years, Lewis David “L.D.”
Colley Sr., Waycross; three children, Laura Mercer (husband
Wayne), of Brantley County, Charlotte Poston (husband Dave), of
Fernandina Beach, Fla., and David
Colley (wife Brenda), of Barnwell,
S.C.; seven grandchildren, Krystal
Dixon, Blackshear, Lori Holley
(husband
Travis),
Brantley
County, David Brabham (girlfriend, Jennifer), Barnwell, S.C.,
Trey Colley (girlfriend Kristy),
Barnwell, S.C., Tracey Turpin
(husband Jason), Barnwell, S.C.,
Holly Mercer, Valdosta, and
Courtney Mixon, Statesboro;
seven great-grandchildren, Ryan
Kemp, Georgia Holley, Gracie
William “Bill” Aycock, 87, died
Thursday night (May 12, 2011) at
the Hospice Satilla House after a
brief illness.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced
later by Music Funeral Home.
Olivia M. Colley
William ‘Bill’ Aycock
Darla Ullah
Darla Ullah, 50, died Thursday
evening (May 12, 2011) at the
Hospice Satilla House after an extended illness.
Nellene T. McQuaig
Nellene T. McQuaig, 77, died
Thursday afternoon (May 12,
2011) at the Hospice Satilla House
after a brief illness.
Raymond Keith Scurry
A funeral for Raymond Keith
Scurry took place Thursday morning at Swamp Road Baptist
Church with the Rev. Joe Chancey
officiating.
Burial was in Swamp Road
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were Stanley Chancey, Steamer Chancey,
Paul Chancey, Ricky O’Berry, Jack
Tatum, Cornbread Collins, Damon
King, Coley Thrift, Ray O’Berry
and Joe Corley.
Arrangements were with Music
Funeral Home.
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or if it’s the devil? I need to
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and I think I know what God
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worry that the devil might be
trying to mislead me. How can
I know? — H.T.
A: I have no doubt that Satan
will do everything he can to
lead us astray. He is a master of
deception, and sometimes he’ll
even try to persuade us that his
voice is actually the voice of
God — but it isn’t. The Apostle
Paul wrote that sometimes
Satan “transforms himself into
an angel of light” in order to deceive us (2 Corinthians 11:14
NKJV).
But the Bible also tells us that
the closer we are to Christ, the
less hold the devil has on us —
and the less we should be concerned about being led astray.
The Bible says, “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the
devil, and he will flee from you”
(James 4:7). This doesn’t mean
Satan will give up or quit trying
to lead us astray — but his efforts will be much less affective.
Pray earnestly about your decision, and ask God to guide
you. In addition, make sure you
aren’t seeking something that is
wrong or selfish, but that you’ll
be in a place where you can live
without compromise for Christ.
I often think of Jeremiah’s
words of caution to his friend
Baruch: “Should you then seek
great things for yourself? Seek
them not” (Jeremiah 45:5, emphasis added).
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guide us. The Bible says, “In all
your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths
straight” (Proverbs 3:6).
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Osama’s Death Good For Obama
By COKIE ROBERTS
And STEVEN V. ROBERTS
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Polls go up and down. President
Obama’s “bounce” from the assassination
of Osama bin Laden is already starting to
recede. But the last two weeks have redefined Obama’s presidency and enhanced
his re-election prospects.
The images generated by the president
— his dramatic late-night announcement
from the White House, his wreath-laying at
Ground Zero, his rousing speech before
2,000 cheering soldiers at Fort Campbell,
his interview on “60 Minutes” — will all
endure long after his ratings return to normal.
Those images are already part of our national history and mythology. They are permanently collected and instantly available
(for free) on YouTube. And it’s a sure bet
that they will appear countless times in paid
commercials and Web videos promoting
Obama next year.
Indelible images are a critical part of any
presidency, for good or ill. When George
W. Bush grabbed that bullhorn just days
after 9/11, he sent a message of courage
and resolve that rallied the American people.
But when he flew over the devastation
caused by Hurricane Katrina, he conveyed
an attitude of remoteness and neglect that
torpedoed his presidency beneath the waterline.
In 1979, when 66 American hostages
were seized in Tehran — and paraded
blindfolded through the streets — the symbolic display of American weakness fatally
damaged Jimmy Carter’s re-election
prospects.
Eight years later, when Ronald Reagan
stood at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate and demanded, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this
wall,” he embodied a renewed sense of
American strength and determination.
Obama has lacked a defining moment,
an episode and an image that says, “I am
president, I am commander-in-chief, I am
capable of filling the frame and handling
the job.” Now he has one. He is Obama of
Abbottabad.
Democratic pollster Peter Hart told NBC
News that bin Laden’s death could become
“a possible ... tipping point” for Obama’s
presidency. David Axelrod, the president’s
closest political adviser, emphasized the
moment’s symbolic value to the New York
Times: “It was a reaffirmation of that American determination and American spirit —
the ability to do the things that some people
thought impossible. And that has value.”
Yes, it does. Democrats have long struggled with the label “weak on defense,” and
for good reason. Lyndon Johnson’s disastrous use of American power in Vietnam
left a generation of party leaders timid and
traumatized. Carter failed miserably in rescuing the hostages in Iran. Bill Clinton
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By vowing to capture bin Laden “dead
or alive,” and then failing to make good on
his threat, Bush gave Obama an opportunity to exorcise those Democratic demons.
And in his revealing interview with “60
Minutes,” the president described his determination to seize that chance.
“Shortly after I got into office,” he said,
“I brought (CIA chief) Leon Panetta into
the Oval Office and I said to him, ‘We need
to redouble our efforts in hunting bin Laden
down. And I want us to start putting more
resources, more focus and more urgency
into that mission.’”
Once bin Laden was dead, Team Obama
put a lot of resources and urgency into solidifying the political benefits of that success. Republicans have always known the
value of surrounding themselves with people in uniform, and now Obama has his
own set of images that identify him with
symbols of honor and heroism, from firefighters in Manhattan to paratroopers in
Kentucky.
In case anyone missed all the visual
cues, Obama on “60 Minutes” referred repeatedly to the assault team as “our guys.”
Only a few questions remain: Who plays
Obama in the movie version of “SEAL
Team Six”? Does it come out before November 2012? And is Obama a sure shot
for re-election?
The answer to the last one is no. Not
with 9 percent unemployment and $4 gasoline. In the latest NBC poll, only one out of
three Americans says the country is headed
in the right direction, and fewer than four in
10 approve of Obama’s handling of the
economy.
Pollster Hart says those numbers should
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re-election.” And he’s right. They should.
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Boehner’s Hard Choices
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Top investors and business leaders gathered at
New York’s Economic Club this week seeking assurance from House Speaker John Boehner that his
House Republicans would go along with the president and the Democratic-controlled Senate in raising
the debt limit.
Since the government operates
in the red, that limit, currently
$14.3 trillion, must be raised if the
government is to continue borrowing, which it does at the rate of
$125 billion a month, to pay its
bills.
If Uncle Sam can’t borrow, it
will begin defaulting on its debts.
No one quite knows what this
Boehner
would do to world credit markets,
but almost everyone agrees it would be bad, very
bad, and especially for our economy and its recovery.
Boehner says, yes, it would be irresponsible not to
raise the ceiling but that it would be even more irresponsible to do so without spending cuts attached to
show the world we’re serious about deficit reduction.
The speaker also said the spending cuts should exceed the amount of the increase in the debt ceiling.
It’s doubtful that either party wants to revisit the
debt ceiling before the 2012 elections. To get past
that point would take an increase of about $2 trillion.
Depending on the time frame, a cut of that magnitude might be doable. The two debt-reduction plans
out there, the president’s and House Budget Com-
mittee chairman Paul Ryan’s, call for deficit reduction of $4 trillion over periods of 10 to 12 years.
The problem is with the specifics. We can’t get to
something like a balanced budget without some tax
increases and Boehner refused, at least for the moment, to consider them.
And he says it is “the will of our people” that we
address “the drivers of our debt.” The speaker should
look behind him because on one of those drivers of
the debt his army ain’t there.
Over the recess their constituents bluntly told Republican lawmakers they wanted no part of their plan
to replace Medicare with vouchers. They like
Medicare the way it is, which unfortunately happens
to be expensive and fast-growing.
Boehner is the key to any deal on the debt ceiling.
Just how unenviable a task that is became glaringly
apparent when Tea Party leader William Temple
pitched up in the capital threatening to un-elect any
of the 87 freshmen Republicans the party helped
elect if they voted to increase the debt ceiling.
As a sample of what the speaker has to put up
with, Temple accused Boehner and Ryan of “a cowardly act of treason against future generations” for
signing off on the 2011 budget compromise.
Temple said his followers might go along with a
small increase in the debt ceiling if it was accompanied by repeal of health care or a balanced budget
amendment to the Constitution. In the Tea Party, do
they drink the tea or smoke it?
Good luck, Mr. Speaker.
‘Big Sis’ Urges Reform
The Augusta Chronicle
You want a Homeland Security secretary with a lot
of nerve.
Just not this kind.
Secretary Janet Napolitano recently stumped in Atlanta for comprehensive immigration reform — which begs the
question, what does amnesty have
to do with either border security or
national security?
Regardless, she’s got a lot of
nerve lecturing us about illegal immigration — when her government
is 1) suing Arizona for trying to
crack down on it, in lieu of the federal government doing its job and 2) Napolitano
ignoring the border so much that
Arizona officials are accepting donations for a border
fence.
What next — bake sales for national security? Isn’t
that the legendary goal of the left?
But the blue ribbon for disingenuousness has to go
to President Barack Obama.
Knowing full well that such legislation currently has
no chance in Congress — and not having proposed a
bill himself in over two years, despite promising during
the 2008 campaign to do so on Day 1 as president and
his party having control of both houses of Congress —
he nonetheless put the issue center stage in a transparent electioneering stop in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday.
Shamelessly carried out, it must be said, next to a
border fence his administration has done everything in
its power not to complete.
This, after denying the state of Texas federal disaster funds for the devastating massive wildfires the state
has suffered. Some argue the denial is bald punishment
for what is a largely Republican state.
But in the text of the speech itself, he laid bare the
depths of his duplicity: At one point, he told the crowd,
“I’m going to do my part to lead a constructive and civil
debate on these issues.” Yet, earlier in the same speech,
he openly mocked Republicans, saying, “You know,
they said we needed to triple the Border Patrol. Or now
they’re going to say we need to quadruple the Border
Patrol. Or they’ll want a higher fence. Maybe they’ll
need a moat. Maybe they want alligators in the moat.
They’ll never be satisfied.”
Real constructive, Mr. President. And a real show of
disdain and disrespect for every law-abiding American
who has repeatedly asked the federal government to do
its job and secure the border — particularly landowners who are subject to cross-border violence and have
even been killed.
Meanwhile, Mr. Obama has ignored invitations to
tour some of the 2.5 million acres of Texas that have
burned.
The president also tried to make it appear as if the
border is secure, the fence is finished and he’s gone
“above and beyond” what has been asked for.
Absolutely, positively, none of which is true.
“Five years ago,” said Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.,
“legislation was passed to build a 700-mile doublelayer border fence along the southwest border. This is
a promise that has not been kept. Today, according to
staff at the Department of Homeland Security, just 5
percent of the double-layer fencing is complete — only
36.3 miles.
“The Government Accountability Office, Congress’s
investigative arm, reported in early 2009 that only 32
miles of double-layer fencing had been built. That
means under President Obama, only 4.3 miles of double layer fencing has been built.”
According to the GAO, notes Sen. John Cornyn, RTexas, more than half of the U.S. border remains unsecured today.
These are facts, but this president is wholly unconcerned with facts. He is in eternal campaign mode and,
hoping most folks won’t look behind his soaring rhetoric, is quite simply trying to score political points
against Republicans, however disingenuous he has to
be in the process.
The Afterlife
Heaven And Hell Explored
By Dr. GARY SCOTT SMITH
Center for Vision & Values
Grove City College
Heaven and hell are in the news and on Americans’ minds a lot lately. “Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven
and Back” is currently number one on The New York
Times Best Seller List for nonfiction.
It details a four-year-old’s near-death experience as
told to his pastor father. “The Boy Who Came Back
from Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles,
Angels, and Life beyond This World” describes the
similar experiences of a six-year-old after he awoke
from a two-month coma caused by a car accident.
Rob Bell’s controversial “Love Wins: A Book
About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person
Who Ever Lived” has provoked much debate, especially among evangelicals, by arguing that hell might
not exist. Meanwhile, the death of Osama bin Laden
has prompted considerable speculation about his
eternal destiny.
Despite the secularity of our era and the assault of
new atheism on orthodox Christian doctrines, large
majorities of Americans still believe in heaven and hell.
Many, however, are reluctant to consign anyone to hell
except for the perpetrators of horrific evil like Osama
bin Laden and Adolf Hitler. In this age of tolerance and
relativism, failure to believe in Jesus’ atonement on the
cross for human sin or to live by traditional moral standards does not seem like a valid basis for anyone going
to hell. To many, the concept of everlasting suffering is
unjust, offensive, or even absurd.
Americans have long been fascinated with the nature of the afterlife, and many have provided detailed
pictures of heaven and hell. While Americans’ visions of heaven are often rooted in religious traditions and scripture, they have been closely connected
to what was happening on earth. As Alan Segal argues, Americans tend to imagine an afterlife containing what they judge to be the “best, most lasting,
virtuous, and meaningful” aspects of this life and
“eliminating those things” they consider “the most
difficult, frustrating, evil, and inessential.”
Depictions of the afterlife, he adds, “are mirrors
of our cultural and social needs” that can be promoted and manipulated. The types of heaven people
hope for, historian Paul Carter contends, provide an
“unconscious commentary on what they cherish or
regret in this world.” The general political, economic, and social climate has helped shape various
conceptions of heaven as reflected in literature, sermons, art, and music.
At various times, Americans have pictured heaven
as an unparalleled paradise, an unending banquet, a
celestial city, a refuge of the redeemed, a glorious
kingdom, a magnificent home, a haven from the
world’s ills, a posh vacation resort, a perpetual playground, and a therapeutic center.
The Puritans depicted a God-centered heaven
where the redeemed constantly worshipped the Trinity in a beautiful, blissful environment. While
Jonathan Edwards agreed that heavenly life revolved
around glorifying God, he also accentuated the communion of the redeemed.
During the Victorian age (1840 to 1900) perceptions of heaven shifted from a God-centered heaven
that focused on worshipping and serving the Trinity,
to a more human-centered heaven revolving around
family and fellowship.
Deeply affected by the nation’s increased emphasis on individualism and voluntarism, during the
mid-19th century heaven was depicted principally as
a heavenly home where relationships with earthly
family members were extremely important. During
the antebellum years, Southern slaves combined
African and biblical ideas to produce a distinctive
portrait of the afterlife that emphasized God’s punishment of cruel owners and rewarding of faithful
slaves, which supplied them with hope and comfort.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many depictions of heaven emphasized service, education,
and personal growth as these concepts, promoted by
progressivism and the Social Gospel movement, became dominant in American society.
By 1900, these themes had replaced rest and worship as the principal occupations of heaven’s residents and realizing earthly dreams became as
important as glorifying God. After 1930, the increasing growth of theological liberalism, the fundamentalist counteroffensive, and the rise of
neo-Orthodoxy produced disagreements among
Protestants over the reality and nature of heaven.
Beginning in the 1960s, many African-American,
feminist, and liberation theologians echoed the arguments of Social Gospelers that Christians must work
primarily to establish a just society on earth rather
than help individuals get to heaven.
Recently, evangelicals, Mormons, and New Agers
— groups that espouse very different perspectives —
have most discussed the nature of the afterlife.
Increased anxiety, the impact of the therapeutic
worldview (which exalts self-fulfillment and personal happiness), the emergence of an entertainment
culture, concerns about the breakdown of the family
and the impoverishment of personal relationships,
and the growing acceptance of a postmodern, relativistic perspective on life have prompted many
Americans during the past decade to portray heaven
as a place of comfort, self-actualization, bliss,
amusement, and robust fellowship.
As Americans continue to ponder and discuss the
nature of heaven and hell, understanding our history
and recognizing that contemporary conditions affect
our portraits of the afterlife can be quite helpful.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Scott Smith chairs the
history department at Grove City College and is a
fellow for faith and the presidency with The Center
for Vision & Values. He is the author of “Faith and
the Presidency From George Washington to George
W. Bush” (Oxford University Press, 2009) and the
newly released “Heaven in the American Imagination” (Oxford University Press, 2011).
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(GHSA), Region 2-AA and The Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (GEMC) announced that the Pierce
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Award honoring exemplary sportsmanship demonstrated
during the 2010-2011 school year. Also, PCHS received the
2011 Region 2-AA All-Sports trophy exemplifying overall
success in region competitions. Points are awarded to the
top 4 places in all region activities.
PCHS has won this award 5 years in a row and 7 times
ATLANTA (AP) — The Chicago Bulls were turned down
total (2003-04, 2007-11). The final region standings were:
by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
1. Pierce Co. (43), 1. Vidalia (43), 3. Tattnall Co. (26),
Now, they’ll have a chance to beat ‘em.
4. Appling Co. (21), 5. Jeff Davis (20.3, 6. Toombs Co.
With MVP Derrick Rose in more of a supporting role, the
(19.3), 7. Brantley Co. (12), 8. St. Vincent’s (17), 9. McInBulls
cruised into the Eastern Conference final with a 93-73
tosh County Aca. (7), 10. Long Co. (0.3)
PCHS Wins GEMC Spirt, Region Awards:
rout of the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night, wrapping up
Pierce-Buford Series To Be On WWUF: Pierce the series in six games.
But Rose will surely play a leading part in the next round,
County’s Class AA “Elite 8” best-of-three matchup with
when
the Bulls take on Miami’s super trio of James, Wade
thirdh-ranked Buford High in Buford will be carried live on
WWUF 97.7. PCHS (17-12) and the Rebels (25-3) will play and Chris Bosh. Game 1 is Sunday in Chicago.
“It’s going to be a great matchup,” Rose said. “We’re fine
Game 1 on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Game 2 will follow at 6 p.m..
with being considered the underdog.”
The “if” game will be played Wednesday at 3 p.m. Mike
Carlos Boozer scored 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting,
Woodard will handle the play-by-play and Rick Head will do
grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out five assists. Luol Deng
the color.
hit some big baskets early and finished with 13 points, plus
Dodgers’ Finances Complex, Daunting: NEW five steals. Joakim Noah scored 11 and stifled the Hawks
YORK (AP) — The man charged by Major League Baseball with three blocks. Omer Asik chipped in with two swats of
with sorting through the finances of the Los Angeles
his own. Keith Bogans made only one basket, but it was a
Dodgers is finding a complex jigsaw of companies. As Tom big 3-pointer as the Bulls put it away in the third quarter.
Schieffer traces the money from the baseball team to Frank
And, boy, did everyone play some defense.
McCourt, he has found the Dodgers are comprised of 26 in“What goes underrated about them is the depth of their
terlocking entities, just two fewer than all the properties on team,” said Atlanta’s Al Horford, who had a miserable night
a Monopoly board. Trying to crystalize the Dodgers’ bottom and a tough series overall. “They just wear on you. They just
line is like trying to capture the shifting borders of the strike kept coming, kept coming every game. It seemed like their
zone. “The complexity of the situation is daunting,” he said starters were fresh.”
Thursday during an interview with The Associated Press at
Rose was hardly invisible, scoring 19 points and dishing
Major League Baseball headquarters. “The way things are
out 12 assists. But he took a playoff-low 14 shots and finstructured, sometimes they’re for tax purposes and someished with his second-lowest scoring total of the postseason,
times they’re for liability purposes, but it does require you
content to let his teammates carry the load.
to try to follow the dollar through the process, and that
Chicago shared the ball on offense, earning assists on all
takes a little bit of time. And some of the entities are shells
that were set up maybe to do something else and that don’t but seven of its 41 baskets. And the Bulls never let up at the
really bear a great deal on it. What you’re trying to do is fig- defensive end, limiting the Hawks to just 37 percent on 27of-74 shooting.
ure out what is pertinent ... and it just takes a little bit of
“They just got on a roll,” said Joe Johnson, who led Attime.”
lanta with 19 points. “Boozer probably had his best game that
he played all series. ... You have him scoring and playing big
Ex-Cowboy RB Ron Springs Dies: DALLAS
(AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs, like that, obviously they’re going to be tough to beat.”
The Bulls haven’t been this far since 1998, when Michael
who spent the past four years in a coma after losing oxygen during a 2007 operation, has died without ever regain- Jordan and Scottie Pippen were on their way to a second
ing consciousness. He was 54. Former Cowboys teammate three-peat. Pippen sat near the Chicago bench, relishing a
Everson Walls, who donated a kidney to Springs for a
new generation that’s carried his old team into contention
transplant, says the Springs family informed him that his
for another championship.
friend died about 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Medical City Dallas
AP LASERPHOTO
With the loss, Atlanta extended an infamous playoff mark:
hospital. The hospital is where Springs first slipped into the The Hawks have never advanced past the second round since Chicago’s Derrick Rose shoots overAtlanta’s Josh
coma in 2007 after undergoing surgery to remove a cyst
Smith in the second quarter of Game 6 Thursday.
moving from St. Louis in 1968.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama offensive lineman
Aaron Douglas, a junior college transfer and onetime Tennessee starter, was found dead on the second floor balcony of a home in Fernandina Beach, Fla., after attending a
party, according to police. Fernandina police chief James T.
Hurley released a statement describing what authorities
know about Douglas’s final hours. Witnesses said the 21year-old Douglas was taking a taxi to Jacksonville after dinner with friends when two women apparently approached
the cab and invited him to a party. He arrived between 11
and 11:30 p.m. Douglas was seen at the residence as late
as 2 a.m. before a male resident and others discovered him
“apparently dead” on the balcony Thursday morning, Hurley said. Douglas was pronounced dead at the scene. The
medical examiner’s office is investigating the cause of
death.
Alabama Lineman Dies In Florida:
Celtics Working To Keep Rivers: BOSTON (AP)
— The Celtics are working on a deal with coach Doc Rivers
that would bring him back for another run at an NBA title
with Boston’s aging Big Three — and then keep him on the
bench to work with the rebuilt roster that is expected to follow. The two sides are nearing agreement on a deal for
“more than two or three years,” a person with knowledge of
the negotiations told The Associated Press on Thursday,
speaking on the condition of anonymity because the details
were still being worked out. Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss
confirmed that a deal was being discussed, but said no announcement was imminent, and general manager Danny
Ainge said on the radio that the sides were working on a
AP LASERPHOTO
long-term deal.
Atlanta’s Brian McCann drives in the winning run during
LANTA (AP) — A 38-year-old TV sports anchor from
Chicago was found dead Thursday morning in his Atlanta
hotel room, where he was staying while covering the
Chicago Bulls-Atlanta Hawks NBA playoff series. Daryl
Hawks worked for WMAQ-TV since 2008. Atlanta police
spokesman Carlos Campos said Hawks was taken to a
hospital where he was pronounced dead and police do not
suspect anything criminal. Hotel employees found him in
his room at about 9:30 a.m. after he missed a wake-up call,
WMAQ reported. WMAQ colleagues were stunned by
Hawks’ death, said Frank Whittaker, station manager and
vice president of news.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.
(AP) — Coming off his worst performance in nearly a year, Nick
Watney looked better than ever
Thursday in The Players Championship with an 8-under 64 that put
him atop the leaderboard.
Coming off what he described
as a “minor injury,” Tiger Woods
looked to be in big trouble.
Nine holes into his first tournament since the Masters, Woods
said he couldn’t go on. He withdrew after his highest nine-hole
score at this event — a 42 — and
had no idea when he might return.
“I’m having a hard time walking,” Woods said.
Watney opened with three
straight birdies, didn’t let a double
bogey slow his momentum, and
finished with his best score ever on
the TPC Sawgrass — his previous
best was a 68 — to take a one-shot
lead over Lucas Glover, the winner
last week at Quail Hollow.
The surprise came from 54year-old Mark O’Meara, who
qualified by winning the Seniors
Player Championship and who
played nine holes of practice
rounds with Woods the last two
days.
O’Meara finished with a long
birdie on the 18th for a 66 in his
first round at Sawgrass in eight
years.
Davis Toms also had a 66, and
he managed to do that without a
single bogey on his card.
Braves Rally To Beat Nats
from his forearm about seven months after receiving the
kidney. In 2008, Springs’ wife, Adriane, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors she says caused brain
damage to her husband during the cyst surgery.
Chicago Sports Anchor Found Dead: AT-
Tiger Limps
Off After Just
Nine Holes
ATLANTA (AP) — Martin Prado hit a
tying grand slam in the seventh inning,
then scored the winning run on Brian McCann’s single to right field in the 10th for
Atlanta in a 6-5 win over Washington.
Doug Slaten (0-1) walked Prado to open
the 10th inning, and Prado advanced to second on Nate McLouth’s sacrifice bunt.
Slaten intentionally walked Chipper Jones
— who hit his fourth homer in the third inning — and McCann delivered the winning
hit.
Braves players rushed out of the dugout
to join him as soon as he rounded first base.
Craig Kimbrel (1-1), who blew his third
save in the Braves’ 7-3 loss to Washington
in 11 innings on Wednesday night, struck
out the side in the 10th to earn the victory.
Danny Espinosa hit a two-run homer for
Washington in the second inning, and Ivan
Rodriguez added a sixth-inning shot for the
Nationals.
METS 9, ROCKIES 5
DENVER (AP) — Carlos Beltran hit a
career-high three homers and drove in six
runs to help the New York Mets beat
Ubaldo Jimenez and the Colorado Rockies
9-5 on Thursday in a game delayed more
than two hours by rain.
Beltran homered from both sides of the
plate and reached all parts of the ballpark
(see TPC, page 7)
with his three two-run homers: straightaway center in the first, deep left in the seventh and into the right-field seats in the
ninth.
The switch-hitting outfielder became the
eighth Mets player to hit three in a game,
and first since Jose Reyes on Aug. 15,
2006, at Philadelphia.
Reyes hit a two-run single in the fourth
that chased Jimenez (0-3) and kept the
Rockies’ ace searching for his elusive first
win of the season. He lasted just 3 2-3 innings in his shortest stint of the season, surrendering five runs and three hits while
walking six.
With San Francisco beating Arizona earlier in the day, Colorado fell out of at least
a tie for the lead in the NL West for the first
time since April 5. The Rockies have now
dropped six of their last seven contests, including two of three against the Mets, a
team they swept in a four-game series at
Citi Field last month.
Relying on his curveball, Jonathon Niese
(2-4) was solid for 6 1-3 innings, allowing
solo homers to Jonathan Herrera and Todd
Helton.
CARDINALS 9, CUBS 1
CHICAGO (AP) — Unbeaten Jaime
Garcia pitched seven effective innings and
Matt Holliday homered to start an early
NFL Players Ask For $707M In TV Dispute
the 10th inning against Washington.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seeking
more clout in their fight with the NFL,
locked-out players asked a federal judge
Thursday to make $4 billion in disputed
broadcast revenue off limits to the league
and to award them at least $707 million
in damages, too.
U.S. District Judge David Doty took
the request under advisement after a twoSerena Williams Pulls Out Of French: PARIS
hour hearing that included arguments
(AP) — Serena Williams pulled out of the French Open, a
from attorneys for the league and the
decision that was expected because the 13-time Grand
Slam singles champion has been off the tour for more than players.
Jeffrey Kessler, an attorney for the
10 months. Williams, who won the 2002 French Open, hasn’t competed since early July, sidelined by two foot opera- players, urged Doty to rule quickly on the
request to put the $4 billion “war chest”
tions and blood clots in her lung. She returned to practice
last month and said she aims to be back on tour this sum- in escrow because of the ongoing lockout. The players have argued that the
mer. Her older sister Venus — a seven-time major singles
league can make it through the work
champion — is also in doubt for the clay-court French
stoppage in part because it illegally seOpen, which starts May 22. Tournament organizers said
cured that money by renegotiating TV
they have not heard from Venus, who hasn’t played since
contracts for 2011 that allows the NFL to
January because of a hip injury.
get paid even if there are no games to
televise.
Gregg Levy, an attorney for the
league, said the players have no right to
damages, and he accused them of “sandbagging and ambush.”
Levy told reporters afterward the
league never intended to finance a work
stoppage with money from the networks.
He said the players don’t have the right to
access the money, however, and balked
at the proposal for an escrow arrangement.
“It would in effect give the players
some entitlement to that money which
we don’t believe they are entitled to,”
Levy said.
The damages award alone could
amount to a huge piece of leverage for
the players in their fight with the NFL
over the next collective bargaining agree-
ment. And so could making the broadcast
money off limits.
“I think that the owners predicated a
lot of their strategy in having a revenue
stream for 2011,” said Marc Greenbaum,
a labor law professor at Suffolk University Law School in Boston who is following the case. “If Judge Doty grants
the players’ request, an important part of
their strategy is undermined.”
None of the team owners or highranking league officials attended the
hearing. Players Ben Leber, Chester Pitts
and Steve Smith were present, as was the
head of the NFL Players Association, DeMaurice Smith.
Leber is one of the 10 named plaintiffs
in the federal antitrust lawsuit against the
league pending before one of Doty’s colleagues, U.S. District Judge Susan
Richard Nelson.
(see BASEBALL, page 7)
On March 1, 10 days before the lockout began, Doty ruled that the NFL failed
to maximize revenues for the players, essentially leaving money on the table for
the last two years to gain leverage in the
labor fight. He described it as an “unconscionable advantage.”
That order overruled a special master’s
decision in February to award $6.9 million in damages to the players for an
extra Sunday night game given to NBC
last season, but it left open the chance for
the players to seek more damages over
the objections of the league.
“We continue to believe that the special master got it right, that Judge Doty’s
findings did not give adequate deference
to the special master and we are hopeful
that Judge Doty will look at this record
and see that the players’ claims for dam(see NFL, page 7)
Pros Hit The Weight Room During The Lockout ...Baseball
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A
pair of three-pound, fluorescent
green dumbbells ordinarily wouldn’t be intimidating for a professional athlete or any guy in the
gym, even a sports writer.
It’s a different story at Power
Train Sports Institute.
Trainer Steve Saunders, founder
and CEO of Power Train, and his
staff make simple exercises a grueling task for their clients, which
include a lengthy list of NFL players.
With the lockout dragging into
a third month, players are finding
their own ways to stay in shape.
Several members of the Philadelphia Eagles have been working out
with Saunders this offseason at his
South Jersey location. It just so
happens I’ve lifted weights for
years and work out there, too, giving me a chance to see from the inside how Saunders helps some real
athletes.
When Saunders tells someone to
grab tiny, bright-colored dumbbells, there’s a lot of trepidation.
Lying face down on an incline
bench, the person holding the
dumbbells shrugs his shoulders up,
extends his arms outward and
stays parallel to the ground. Then,
while maintaining the extension,
he brings his hands forward in
front of his face, never letting his
arms drop below his head. This is
usually one of the last exercises in
an upper-body session.
Think it’s easy? Try it. Three
sets, 12 repetitions.
“He’s been tough on me since I
got here and that’s exactly what
I’ve been needing,” said Atlanta
Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon, who traveled from Texas to
6 p.m.
NBA
NBA Daily Playoff Glance
All Times EDT
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-7)
Thursday, May 12
Chicago 93, Atlanta 73, Chicago wins series
4-2
Friday, May 13
Oklahoma City at Memphis, 9 p.m.
Sunday, May 15
x-Memphis at Oklahoma City, 3:30 p.m.
CONFERENCE FINALS
Sunday, May 15
Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, May 18
Miami at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 22
Chicago at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 24
Chicago at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Playoff Box
CHICAGO (93)
Deng 6-14 1-2 13, Boozer 10-16 3-3 23,
Noah 5-7 1-1 11, Rose 8-14 2-3 19, Bogans
1-3 0-0 3, Asik 2-3 1-1 5, Brewer 1-3 0-0 2,
Korver 3-7 0-0 7, Watson 0-3 0-0 0, Gibson 57 0-0 10. Totals 41-77 8-10 93.
ATLANTA (73)
Smith 7-15 4-7 18, Horford 2-10 3-4 7, Collins
2-2 0-0 4, Teague 2-6 0-0 4, Johnson 7-18 44 19, Crawford 2-10 4-4 8, Pachulia 0-2 1-2
1, Williams 0-3 0-0 0, Armstrong 1-1 1-2 3,
Sy 2-3 1-2 5, Powell 1-1 0-0 2, Wilkins 1-3 00 2. Totals 27-74 18-25 73.
Chicago
27 18 25 23—93
Atlanta
17 18 18 20—73
3-Point Goals-Chicago 3-13 (Bogans 1-3, Korver 1-3, Rose 1-4, Deng 0-3), Atlanta 1-11
(Johnson 1-4, Wilkins 0-1, Smith 0-3, Crawford 0-3). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsChicago 42 (Boozer 10), Atlanta 50 (Pachulia
13). Assists-Chicago 34 (Rose 12), Atlanta 14
(Johnson 4). Total Fouls-Chicago 22, Atlanta
12. A-19,378 (18,729).
2011 All-NBA Teams List
First Team
F — LeBron James, Miami
(119) 595
F — Kevin Durant, Oklah. City (69) 492
C — Dwight Howard, Orlando (118) 593
G — Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers (98) 551
G — Derrick Rose, Chicago (118) 593
Second Team
F — Pau Gasol, L.A. Lakers
(2) 259
F — Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas
(47) 437
C — Amar'e Stoudemire, N.Y.
(2) 258
G — Dwyane Wade, Miami
(24) 392
G — Russell Westbrook, Okla. City 184
Third Team
F — LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland
135
F — Zach Randolph, Memphis
67
C — Al Horford, Atlanta
62
G — Manu Ginobili, San Antonio
106
G — Chris Paul, New Orleans
157
Other players receiving votes, with point
totals: Rajon Rondo, Boston, 68; Paul
Pierce, Boston, 55; Carmelo Anthony, Denver-New York, 53; Kevin Love, Minnesota,
48; Tim Duncan, San Antonio, 43; Blake Griffin, L.A. Clippers, 36; Tony Parker, San Antonio, 27; Kevin Garnett, Boston, 22; Deron
Williams, Utah-New Jersey 19; Steve Nash,
Phoenix, 17; Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee, 13;
Monta Ellis, Golden State, 11; Nene, Denver,
11; Andrew Bynum, L.A. Lakers, 9; Kevin
Martin, Houston, 7; Tyson Chandler, Dallas,
7; Joakim Noah, Chicago, 5; Marc Gasol,
Memphis, 3; Al Jefferson, Utah, 3; Kendrick
Perkins, Boston-Oklahoma City, 3; Andrea
Bargnani, Toronto, 2; Chris Bosh, Miami, 2;
Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia, 1; Emeka
Okafor, New Orleans, 1; Eric Gordon, L.A.
Clippers, 1; Gerald Wallace, Charlotte-Portland, 1; Jason Kidd, Dallas, 1; Luis Scola,
Houston, 1; Luol Deng, Chicago, 1; Ray
Allen, Boston, 1.
M.L. B ASEBALL
National League
East Division
Philadelphia
Florida
Atlanta
Washington
New York
Central Division
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Milwaukee
Houston
West Division
W
24
21
21
18
17
W
22
20
18
16
16
14
L
12
15
18
19
20
L
16
17
19
20
21
23
Pct
.667
.583
.538
.486
.459
Pct
.579
.541
.486
.444
.432
.378
AP LASERPHOTO
Atlanta safety Thomas DeCoud goes over teammates to
haul in a pass during a workout Tuesday at Buford High
School.
work with Saunders. “My arms
have never felt the way they felt.
Once I go against these centers and
the guys inside, I feel I’ll be
punching a lot more efficiently. I
look forward to seeing that. I look
forward to getting back to work
whenever they call us.”
It might be a while as the labor
situation unfolds in the courts. For
now, Weatherspoon and other
players have to get ready for the
season on their own. Weatherspoon moved in with Maclin, his
college roommate at Missouri, a
month ago. So did St. Louis Rams
wide receiver Danario Alexander,
who also went to Missouri.
“I wanted to change the scenery
and see what Steve has to offer,”
said Weatherspoon, who had been
working out at Plex, a training facility in Houston. “I heard a lot
about Steve. I knew he trained
James Harrison, Hines Ward and a
lot of the Steelers and a lot of the
Eagles, so I wanted to get up here
and see how they do it.”
Saunders has four other gyms,
all in Pennsylvania. Several Steelers train with him at his Pittsburgh
facility. Harrison, a three-time AllPro linebacker and The Associated
Press 2008 Defensive Player of the
Year, has worked with Saunders
for more than five years.
“These guys have a tremendous
desire to be the best in their profession and to get better,” Saunders
said. “Everybody is looking for
that edge.”
But no matter how much you
can bench press or curl, it doesn’t
compare to the physical stress
you’ll endure in one session at
Power Train. Time-under-tension
— the amount of time your muscles work during a specific set —
is one aspect of Saunders’ training
methods. It’s no fun.
Put it this way. One set of eight
TUT reps bench pressing 135
pounds is far more exhausting than
doing four regular reps of 365.
“Everybody likes to train what
they’re good at,” Saunders said.
“Go in any gym across America on
a Monday and you’ll see 90 percent of the guys benching. Most
people will take the path of least
resistance. They don’t have the
knowledge to switch things up, do
progressions or really diagnose
what they need for themselves.”
That’s why they go to Saunders.
Scoreb oard
S PRING S PORTS
Area Schedules
Friday, May 13
Football
Ware County scrimmage
Page - Seven
GB
—
3
4½
6½
7½
GB
—
1½
3½
5
5½
7½
W
L Pct GB
San Francisco
21 16 .568
—
Colorado
19 16 .543
1
Los Angeles
18 20 .474 3½
Arizona
15 21 .417 5½
San Diego
15 22 .405
6
Thursday's Games
St. Louis 9, Chicago Cubs 1
N.Y. Mets 9, Colorado 5
San Francisco 3, Arizona 2
L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, ppd., rain
Atlanta 6, Washington 5, 10 innings
Friday's Games
San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-5) at Chicago
Cubs (Dempster 1-4), 2:20 p.m.
Florida (Volstad 2-2) at Washington (Gorzelanny 2-2), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Lohse 4-2) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 33), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Hamels 4-2) at Atlanta (Beachy
1-1), 7:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-0) at Houston (Norris 2-2),
8:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 2-2) at Milwaukee
(Gallardo 3-2), 8:10 p.m.
San Diego (Moseley 1-4) at Colorado (De La
Rosa 4-1), 8:40 p.m.
Arizona (J.Saunders 0-4) at L.A. Dodgers
(Kershaw 4-3), 10:10 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Florida (Ani.Sanchez 2-1) at Washington
(L.Hernandez 3-4), 1:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Blanton 1-1) at Atlanta (Jurrjens
4-0), 1:10 p.m.
San Diego (Harang 5-2) at Colorado (Chacin
4-2), 3:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Dickey 1-4) at Houston (Happ 24), 4:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Karstens 2-1) at Milwaukee
(Narveson 1-3), 4:10 p.m.
St. Louis (McClellan 5-0) at Cincinnati (Cueto
1-0), 4:10 p.m.
Arizona (Collmenter 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers
(Billingsley 2-2), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Vogelsong 2-0) at Chicago
Cubs (D.Davis 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday's Games
St. Louis (Carpenter 1-2) at Cincinnati
(T.Wood 2-3), 1:10 p.m.
Florida (Vazquez 2-3) at Washington (Marquis 4-1), 1:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Halladay 5-2) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 4-3), 1:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Capuano 2-4) at Houston (An.Rodriguez 0-1), 2:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Correia 5-3) at Milwaukee
(Greinke 1-1), 2:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 3-3) at Chicago
Cubs (Zambrano 4-1), 2:20 p.m.
San Diego (Latos 0-5) at Colorado (Hammel
3-2), 3:10 p.m.
Arizona (I.Kennedy 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly
3-3), 4:10 p.m.
BRAVES BOX
Braves 6, Nationals 5, 10 innings
WASHINGTON
AB R H BI BB SO
Bernadina cf 3 0 1 0 1 1
b-Morse ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Desmond ss 5 0 0 0 0 4
Werth rf
5 0 0 0 0 4
L.Nix lf-cf
4 1 1 0 1 1
LaRoche 1b 3 2 1 1 1 1
Espinosa 2b 3 1 1 2 0 0
Slaten p
0 0 0 0 0 0
I.Rodriguez c 4 1 1 1 0 1
Cora 3b
4 0 0 0 0 1
Zimmermnn p 3 0 0 0 0 2
S.Burnett p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hairston 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
35 5 5 4 4 15
ATLANTA
AB
Prado lf
4
McLouth cf 4
C.Jones 3b 4
McCann c 5
Uggla 2b
3
Hinske rf
4
Freeman 1b 3
Gonzalez ss 4
D.Lowe p
2
Gearrin p
0
a-Conrad ph 0
O'Flaherty p 0
Venters p
0
c-Mather ph 1
Kimbrel p
0
Totals
34
R
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
H BI BB SO
2 4 1 0
2 0 0 1
1 1 1 1
1 1 0 2
0 0 1 1
0 0 0 2
0 0 1 2
2 0 0 1
0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
8 6 5 12
Avg.
.250
.235
.215
.226
.282
.205
.210
--.217
.233
.143
--.231
Avg.
.281
.265
.272
.310
.205
.326
.228
.250
.154
--.125
----.167
---
Washington 020 201 000 0—5 5 0
Atlanta
001 000 400 1—6 8 1
One out when winning run scored.
a-walked for Gearrin in the 7th. bgrounded into a fielder's choice for
Bernadina in the 9th. c-grounded out for
Venters in the 9th.
E-Uggla (3). LOB-Washington 5, Atlanta 6.
2B-L.Nix (4). HR-Espinosa (4), off D.Lowe;
I.Rodriguez (2), off D.Lowe; C.Jones (4),
off Zimmermann; Prado (5), off S.Burnett.
RBIs-Ad.LaRoche (15), Espinosa 2 (20),
I.Rodriguez (11), Prado 4 (24), C.Jones
(26), McCann (20). SB-Bernadina (3),
Desmond (13). S-McLouth.
Runners left in scoring position-Washington 3 (L.Nix, Zimmermann, Ad.LaRoche);
Atlanta 3 (Hinske 2, Uggla).
Runners moved up-Cora, McCann.
WASHINGTON
IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Zimmermann6.1 5 3 3 2 11 4.13
Burnett
.2 1 2 2 1 0 6.46
Slaten (L) 2.1 2 1 1 2 1 2.00
ATLANTA
IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Lowe
6 5 5 5 3 6 3.73
Gearrin
1 0 0 0 0 3 2.79
O'Flaherty
1 0 0 0 0 1 0.92
Venters
1 0 0 0 1 2 0.83
Kimbrel (W) 1 0 0 0 0 3 2.55
Inherited runners-scored-S.Burnett 2-2. IBBoff Slaten (C.Jones), off D.Lowe (L.Nix).
HBP-by D.Lowe (Espinosa). Umpires-Home,
Jim Joyce; First, Ron Kulpa; Second, Jim
Wolf; Third, Derryl Cousins. T-3:04. A-19,758
(49,586).
Thursday’s Linescores
St. Louis
050 010 300—9 16 0
Chicago
000 001 000—1 9 0
J.Garcia, M.Boggs (8), Salas (9) and
Y.Molina; C.Coleman, J.Russell (5), Berg (6),
Grabow (7), Marmol (9) and Castillo. WJ.Garcia 5-0. L-C.Coleman 1-3. HRs-St.
Louis, Holliday (5).
New York
200 300 202—9 6 0
Colorado
100 100 300—5 9 1
Niese, O'Connor (7), T.Buchholz (7), Isringhausen (8), F.Rodriguez (9) and Thole;
Jimenez, Mortensen (4), F.Morales (7),
Belisle (8), Lindstrom (9) and J.Morales. WNiese 2-4. L-Jimenez 0-3. HRs-New York,
Beltran 3 (8). Colorado, Herrera (2), Helton
(4).
Arizona
000 000 020—2 11 2
San Francisco 010 000 20x—3 8 0
D.Hudson, Demel (7), Vasquez (8) and Montero; Cain, Affeldt (8), R.Ramirez (8), Romo
(9), Ja.Lopez (9) and Whiteside. W-Cain 3-2.
L-D.Hudson 3-5. Sv-Ja.Lopez (1).
NL’s TOP TEN
G AB R H Pct.
Holliday StL 31 118 28 46 .390
Ethier LAD
37 145 19 53 .366
Berkman StL 33 112 27 40 .357
Polanco Phi 36 143 20 50 .350
Votto Cin
36 129 29 45 .349
Kemp LAD
38 142 23 48 .338
GSanchez Fla 36 137 22 46 .336
Wallace Hou 36 119 18 39 .328
SCastro ChC 35 152 21 49 .322
JosReyes NYM37 162 22 51 .315
Home Runs
ASoriano, Chicago, 11; Berkman, St. Louis,
10; Braun, Milwaukee, 10; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 9; Beltran, New York, 8; Bruce, Cincinnati, 8; Fielder, Milwaukee, 8; Howard,
Philadelphia, 8; CYoung, Arizona, 8.
Runs Batted In
Berkman, St. Louis, 32; Howard, Philadelphia, 32; Pence, Houston, 31; Fielder, Milwaukee, 29; Holliday, St. Louis, 26; CJones,
Atlanta, 26; Braun, Milwaukee, 25; IDavis,
New York, 25; SDrew, Arizona, 25.
Pitching
JGarcia, St. Louis, 5-0; McClellan, St. Louis,
5-0; Halladay, Philadelphia, 5-2; Harang, San
Diego, 5-2; Correia, Pittsburgh, 5-3; Jurrjens,
Atlanta, 4-0; Marcum, Milwaukee, 4-1.
American League
East Division
Tampa Bay
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Toronto
Central Division
Cleveland
Kansas City
Detroit
Chicago
Minnesota
West Division
W
22
20
17
17
17
W
23
20
20
15
12
L
15
15
19
20
20
L
13
17
18
23
23
Pct
.595
.571
.472
.459
.459
GB
—
1
4½
5
5
Pct GB
.639
—
.541 3½
.526
4
.395
9
.343 10½
W
L Pct GB
Los Angeles
21 17 .553
—
Oakland
19 18 .514 1½
Texas
19 18 .514 1½
Seattle
16 22 .421
5
Thursday's Games
Tampa Bay 7, Cleveland 4
Kansas City 11, N.Y. Yankees 5
Baltimore 2, Seattle 1, 12 innings
Friday's Games
Boston (C.Buchholz 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees
(Colon 2-1), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Hochevar 3-3) at Detroit (Verlander 3-3), 7:05 p.m.
Seattle (Fister 2-4) at Cleveland (Carmona 33), 7:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Guthrie 1-5) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 3-2), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Weaver 6-2) at Texas (Ogando
3-0), 8:05 p.m.
Toronto (R.Romero 2-4) at Minnesota (Pavano 2-4), 8:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Humber 2-3) at Oakland
(McCarthy 1-3), 10:05 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Seattle (Bedard 1-4) at Cleveland (White 10), 1:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Floyd 4-2) at Oakland
(T.Ross 2-2), 4:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Bergesen 0-4) at Tampa Bay
(W.Davis 4-2), 4:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Francis 0-4) at Detroit (Penny
3-3), 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Haren 4-2) at Texas (Holland 31), 4:10 p.m.
Toronto (Jo-.Reyes 0-3) at Minnesota (Blackburn 2-4), 4:10 p.m.
Boston (Beckett 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees
(Sabathia 3-2), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Kansas City (Davies 1-5) at Detroit (Scherzer
6-0), 1:05 p.m.
Seattle (Pineda 4-2) at Cleveland (Tomlin 41), 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Arrieta 4-1) at Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 0-0), 1:40 p.m.
Toronto (Morrow 1-2) at Minnesota (Duensing
2-2), 2:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 1-4) at Texas (C.Wilson 4-2), 3:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-3) at Oakland
(Cahill 6-0), 4:05 p.m.
Boston (Lester 4-1) at N.Y. Yankees (F.Garcia
2-2), 8:05 p.m.
Thursday’s Linescores
Tampa Bay
040 001 002—7 11 0
Cleveland
000 002 011—4 10 0
Shields, Jo.Peralta (8), Farnsworth (9) and
Shoppach; Masterson, Durbin (6), R.Perez
(8), J.Smith (9) and C.Santana. W-Shields 41. L-Masterson 5-1. HRs-Cleveland, A.Cabrera (6).
Kansas City 060 201 020—11 16 0
New York
000 040 010— 5 8 2
O'Sullivan, Bl.Wood (7) and Treanor; Nova,
Sanit (4), Carlyle (8) and Cervelli. W-O'Sullivan 2-2. L-Nova 3-3. HRs-Kansas City, Hosmer (2), Me.Cabrera (5). New York, Cano (9),
Al.Rodriguez (6).
Seattle
000 000 000 001—1 5 0
Baltimore 000 000 000 002—2 10 0
(12 innings)
Vargas, J.Wright (10), League (12) and Olivo;
Britton, Gregg (10), Ji.Johnson (11) and Wieters. W-Ji.Johnson 2-1. L-League 0-3.
AL’s TOP TEN
Joyce TB
Kubel Min
Bautista Tor
MiYoung Tex
G
34
35
29
37
AB
109
124
100
146
R
20
14
29
19
H
39
44
35
51
Pct.
.358
.355
.350
.349
Hafner Cle
29 102 13 34 .333
AdGonzalez Bos37 152 23 50 .329
MIzturis LAA 29 122 13 40 .328
HKendrick LAA38 153 28 49 .320
Konerko CWS 37 138 18 44 .319
Betemit KC 28 101 16 32 .317
Home Runs
Granderson, New York, 12; Bautista, Toronto,
11; Cano, New York, 9; Konerko, Chicago, 9;
Teixeira, New York, 9; Beltre, Texas, 8; Francoeur, Kansas City, 8; Quentin, Chicago, 8;
Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 8.
Runs Batted In
AdGonzalez, Boston, 29; Beltre, Texas, 28;
Konerko, Chicago, 28; MiYoung, Texas, 28;
Lind, Toronto, 27; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 27;
Aviles, Kansas City, 26; MiCabrera, Detroit,
26; Francoeur, Kansas City, 26.
Pitching
Cahill, Oakland, 6-0; Scherzer, Detroit, 6-0;
Weaver, Los Angeles, 6-2; Masterson, Cleveland, 5-1; Britton, Baltimore, 5-2; Price,
Tampa Bay, 5-3; Chen, Kansas City, 4-1.
BASEBALL HISTORY
May 13
1911 — Detroit's Ty Cobb hit his first grand
slam. After six innings, the Tigers led the
Red Sox, 10-1. Boston came back to win
the game 13-11 in 10 innings.
1911 — The New York Giants scored a
major league record 10 runs before the St.
Louis Cardinals retired the first batter in the
first inning. Fred Merkle drove in six of the
Giants' 13 runs in the first en route to a 195 rout. Rube Marquard of the Giants entered the game in the second inning and
set a record for relievers with 14 strikeouts
in his eight-inning appearance.
1923 — Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians struck out twice in one game for the
first time in his career. Washington Senator
rookie Wally Warmoth was the pitcher. In a
14-year career, Sewell had only one other
multiple strikeout game.
1942 — Boston's Jim Tobin became the
only pitcher in modern history to hit three
home runs in one game. Tobin led the
Braves to a 6-5 win over the Chicago
Cubs. His fourth at-bat was a fly ball
caught against the fence in left field.
1952 — In an Appalachian League game,
Ron Necciai of the Bristol Twins struck out
27 batters while pitching a 7-0 no-hitter
against the Welch Miners.
1955 — Mickey Mantle hit three home runs
— two left-handed and one right-handed —
as the Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2.
1958 — Teammates Willie Mays and Darryl
Spencer each had four long hits as San
Francisco beat the Dodgers in Los Angeles 16-9. Mays had two homers, two triples,
a single and four RBIs, and Spencer had
two homers, a triple, a double and six RBIs
for a combined 28 total bases.
1958 — Stan Musial got his 3,000th hit with
a pinch-double off Chicago's Moe
Drabowsky at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals
won 5-3.
1980 — Ray Knight of Cincinnati hit two
home runs in the fifth inning — including a
grand slam — to lead the Reds to a 15-4
rout of the New York Mets.
1982 — The Chicago Cubs won the
8,000th game in franchise history with a 50 victory over Houston at the Astrodome.
1989 — Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota
Twins tied a major league record with four
doubles against the Blue Jays. He became
the 35th player to hit four doubles in a
game, the first since Toronto's Damaso
Garcia in 1986.
1993 — George Brett hit his 300th career
home run in the sixth inning of Kansas
City's 7-3 victory over Cleveland. Brett
joined Hank Aaron, Stan Musial, Carl Yastrzemski, Willie Mays and Al Kaline as the
only players with at least 3,000 hits and
300 homers.
1998 — The Atlanta Braves set an NL
record and tied a major league mark by hitting home runs in 25 straight games, doing
it when Ryan Klesko hit a two-run shot in
the sixth inning against St. Louis.
2000 — Todd Stottlemyre of Arizona
earned his seventh victory of the season
as the Diamondbacks beat the San Diego
Padres 6-2. It was Todd's 136th career win.
He and father Mel Stottlemyre became the
first father-son combination to record 300
wins.
2007 — San Francisco rookie Fred Lewis
hit for the cycle in a 15-2 win over Colorado, just four days after being called up
from Triple-A Fresno.
2009 —Alfonso Soriano hit his 53rd leadoff
homer in Chicago's 6-4, rain-shortened win
against San Diego, tying Craig Biggio for
second on baseball's career list and setting
a club record.
2009 — Soon after Adam LaRoche became the first player to have a home run
taken away following a video replay review,
Ross Gload lost one the same way when
umpires reversed their call. LaRoche
wound up with a double for Pittsburgh at
PNC Park. Gload's pinch-hit drive was finally called foul at Milwaukee and he eventually struck out. Both players had already
rounded the bases when umps changed
the original call.
2009 — Ryan Zimmerman's 30-game hitting streak ended when he went 0 for 3 with
two walks in Washington's 6-3 victory over
the San Francisco Giants.
2010 — Mat Latos pitched a one-hitter, allowing just a sixth-inning single that deflected off him, and also drove in the lone
run to lead the San Diego Padres over the
San Francisco Giants 1-0. Latos retired the
first 15 batters. Eli Whiteside opened the
sixth with a one hopper that hit off Latos'
glove hand and bounced toward shortstop.
Third baseman Chase Headley's throw to
first wasn't in time.
Today's birthdays: David Hernandez 26;
Barry Zito 33.
G OLF
PGA
Tournament Players Championship
At TPC Sawgrass - Stadium Course
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Purse: $9.5 million
Yardage: 7,215; Par 72 (36-36)
First Round
Nick Watney
30-34—64
Lucas Glover
31-34—65
Mark O'Meara
34-32—66
David Toms
33-33—66
Martin Kaymer
33-34—67
Rory Sabbatini
35-32—67
Fredrik Jacobson
35-32—67
Graeme McDowell
35-32—67
Alvaro Quiros
35-32—67
Davis Love III
34-34—68
Ben Crane
33-35—68
J.B. Holmes
34-34—68
Jason Dufner
32-37—69
Brian Davis
32-37—69
Y.E. Yang
36-33—69
Matt Kuchar
33-36—69
Luke Donald
35-34—69
Robert Allenby
34-35—69
Troy Merritt
34-35—69
Jeff Overton
36-33—69
Jason Day
35-34—69
Steve Stricker
35-34—69
Kris Blanks
34-35—69
Paul Goydos
33-36—69
Charlie Wi
35-35—70
Bryce Molder
34-36—70
Garrett Willis
36-34—70
Justin Leonard
35-35—70
Mark Wilson
35-35—70
Angel Cabrera
35-35—70
K.J. Choi
35-35—70
Justin Rose
37-33—70
Steve Marino
34-36—70
Ricky Barnes
35-35—70
David Duval
36-34—70
Ryan Palmer
35-35—70
Trevor Immelman
35-35—70
Ian Poulter
36-34—70
Aaron Baddeley
36-34—70
Webb Simpson
35-35—70
Hunter Mahan
34-36—70
Stewart Cink
35-35—70
Kevin Streelman
37-33—70
Shaun Micheel
35-36—71
Ben Curtis
37-34—71
Chris Couch
36-35—71
Sean O'Hair
34-37—71
Heath Slocum
36-35—71
Brian Gay
34-37—71
Paul Casey
38-33—71
Jonathan Byrd
36-35—71
Michael Bradley
37-34—71
Louis Oosthuizen
37-34—71
Kevin Chappell
35-36—71
Robert Karlsson
36-35—71
Ryan Moore
36-35—71
Phil Mickelson
34-37—71
Jim Furyk
34-37—71
Jason Bohn
36-35—71
Chris Stroud
35-36—71
Kevin Sutherland
37-35—72
Josh Teater
37-35—72
Blake Adams
37-35—72
Ernie Els
37-35—72
Chris Riley
37-35—72
Matt Jones
37-35—72
Spencer Levin
35-37—72
Martin Laird
35-37—72
Dustin Johnson
37-35—72
Charl Schwartzel
35-37—72
Cameron Beckman
35-37—72
Rocco Mediate
37-35—72
Charley Hoffman
38-34—72
Kenny Perry
37-35—72
Andres Romero
36-36—72
Corey Pavin
36-36—72
Matteo Manassero
35-37—72
Alex Cejka
34-38—72
Edoardo Molinari
33-39—72
Hunter Haas
35-37—72
Peter Hanson
35-37—72
J.P. Hayes
36-37—73
Greg Chalmers
37-36—73
Jerry Kelly
37-36—73
Padraig Harrington
34-39—73
Carl Pettersson
36-37—73
John Rollins
36-37—73
Scott Verplank
36-37—73
Ryuji Imada
36-37—73
Kevin Na
37-36—73
Ross Fisher
37-36—73
Kevin Stadler
38-35—73
Joe Durant
36-37—73
Michael Connell
36-37—73
Arjun Atwal
36-37—73
Brandt Snedeker
35-38—73
Retief Goosen
36-37—73
Bill Lunde
37-36—73
Chad Campbell
38-35—73
Charles Howell III
38-35—73
J.J. Henry
36-38—74
Derek Lamely
37-37—74
Bill Haas
37-37—74
Tim Clark
36-38—74
Sergio Garcia
34-40—74
Zach Johnson
36-38—74
Chad Collins
35-39—74
Anthony Kim
38-36—74
Robert Garrigus
37-37—74
D.A. Points
39-35—74
Camilo Villegas
37-37—74
Johnson Wagner
38-36—74
Brandt Jobe
37-38—75
Boo Weekley
38-37—75
Vijay Singh
42-33—75
Tommy Gainey
34-41—75
Tim Petrovic
38-37—75
D.J. Trahan
40-35—75
Gary Woodland
36-39—75
Geoff Ogilvy
35-40—75
Alex Prugh
40-35—75
Keegan Bradley
38-37—75
Chris Kirk
36-40—76
Michael Sim
38-38—76
Pat Perez
38-38—76
Bubba Watson
38-38—76
Adam Scott
38-38—76
Bo Van Pelt
37-39—76
Nick O'Hern
36-40—76
John Senden
Vaughn Taylor
Stuart Appleby
Francesco Molinari
Stephen Ames
Jimmy Walker
Dean Wilson
Rickie Fowler
Troy Matteson
Brendan Steele
Jhonattan Vegas
Henrik Stenson
Matt Bettencourt
Marc Leishman
Brendon de Jonge
Tiger Woods
37-39—76
40-36—76
42-34—76
39-37—76
36-41—77
38-39—77
35-42—77
38-39—77
39-39—78
40-38—78
39-39—78
38-41—79
38-41—79
43-38—81
40-41—81
WD
T RANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB-Announced the owners formally approved the designation of Nolan Ryan as the
control person of the Texas Rangers.
American League
NEW YORK YANKEES-Selected RHP
Amaury Sanit from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
(IL). Optioned INF Ramiro Pena to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Designated RHP Jess Todd
for assignment.
National League
HOUSTON ASTROS-Announced RHP Nelson Figueroa and INF Joe Inglett each
cleared waivers and have been sent outright
to Oklahoma City (PCL).
NEW YORK METS-Placed 1B Ike Davis on
the 15-Day DL, retroactive to May 11. Recalled OF Fernando Martinez from Buffalo
(IL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS-Promoted Jeff
Ferguson to director of football operations &
sports medicine.
COLLEGE
SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE-Named
Judy Stroud coordinator of women's basketball officials.
GEORGE WASHINGTON-Named Ryan
Freeburg assistant volleyball coach.
GEORGIA-Named La'Keshia Frett Meredith
director of basketball operations.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN-Announced freshman RB Martez Eastland was granted a release from the football team. Reinstated
junior RB Zeke Rozier.
OKLAHOMA-Extended the contract of Lon
Kruger, men's basketball coach, for seven
years.
ST. THOMAS, MINN.-Announced the retirement of men's basketball coach Steve Fritz.
Named John Tauer men's interim basketball
coach.
O N T HIS D ATE
May 13
1891 — Isaac Murphy wins his second
straight Kentucky Derby aboard Kingman. In
the stretch, Kingman comes from last in the
four-horse field to beat Balgownan by onehalf length.
1976 — The New York Nets overcome a 22point third-quarter deficit to beat the Denver
Nuggets 112-106 and win the last ABA championship in six games.
1995 — Team New Zealand's Black Magic 1
completes a 5-0 sweep in the America's Cup,
beating Dennis Conner's borrowed boat
Young America by 1 minute, 50 seconds.
2005 — Tiger Woods misses the cut at the
Byron Nelson Championship to end his
record of 142 consecutive cuts made over the
last seven years on the PGA Tour. Needing
a par on the 18th hole at Cottonwood Valley,
Woods misses a 15-foot putt. He taps in for a
bogey and a 2-over 72, leaving him at 1 over
for the tournament.
2007 — Rafael Nadal becomes the first
player to win the Rome Masters three consecutive times by beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-2, 6-2. The victory extends his
winning streak on clay to 77 matches. By
reaching the final, the Spaniard broke John
McEnroe's record for most victories (75) on
one surface.
TV S PORTSWATCH
Friday, May 13
AUTO RACING
12:30 p.m.
SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final
practice for 5-Hour Energy 200, at Dover, Del.
2:30 p.m.
SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy
Hour Series," final practice for FedEx 400, at
Dover, Del.
8:30 p.m.
SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, Lucas Oil
200, at Dover, Del. (same-day tape)
BOXING
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — Junior welterweights, Kendall Holt
(26-4-0) vs. Julio Diaz (38-6-0), at Santa
Ynez, Calif.
GOLF
1 p.m.
TGC — PGA Tour, THE PLAYERS Championship, second round, at Ponte Vedra Beach,
Fla.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m.
MLB — Regional coverage, Boston at N.Y.
Yankees or St. Louis at Cincinnati
10 p.m.
WGN — Chicago White Sox at Oakland
NBA BASKETBALL
9 p.m.
ESPN — Playoffs, conference semifinals,
game 6, Oklahoma City at Memphis
He trains pros, college and high
school athletes and soccer moms,
too.
Saunders’ system appeals to
many athletes because he sets up
specific workouts and diet programs catered to each player’s individual needs. That’s not always
the case with team trainers. Sometimes a team will assign the same
workout to the whole squad but
players say privately they much
prefer doing sessions that are tailored to their needs.
Saunders targets weaknesses
and muscle imbalances in athletes
and puts together a program designed to fix those particular areas
while improving overall strength,
health and conditioning.
“Some areas are stronger than
others because of the sport they
play and overuse of specific motor
patterns or how they trained before, so basically we take an athlete and see what we need to work
on, and there’s a lot that goes into
that,” Saunders said.
“It’s not only physical stuff, but
you have to see what you are
working with mentally with athletes, too. Some guys are workout
warriors and they’ve done it all
their life. Some guys have gotten
by on natural talent and this is the
first time they’ve gone somewhere
else. They don’t know what’s out
there so you have to expose them
to it slowly.”
The workouts can be a humbling experience at first. Doing it
in a gym filled with elite athletes
adds some pressure. Of course,
there’s trash-talking, especially if
someone outside the fraternity is in
the group.
...TPC
Watney had not missed the cut
since last June when he had rounds
of 76-75 for an early departure last
week at Quail Hollow. Instead of
letting it get him down, he came to
Florida to practice and then came
out firing.
PGA champion Martin Kaymer,
who can return to No. 1 in the
world by winning or finishing
alone in second, opened with a 67
and became part of the biggest
news of the day. He was in the
group with Matt Kuchar and
Woods, although it became a twosome on the back nine when
Woods left.
U.S. Open champion Graeme
McDowell also was at 67 along
with Rory Sabbatini, Alvaro
Quiros and Fredrik Jacobson.
...NFL
ages and injunctive relief need not
go beyond and should not go beyond what the special master ordered,” Levy told reporters.
Thomas Heiden, another attorney
for the players, accused the league
of manipulating broadcasters to
serve as banks for the lockout.
In addition to the $707 million,
the players are also seeking unspecified damages for other alleged
breaches, including digital and advertising rights. The extra NBC
game, the players argued, was worth
$39 million, which would entitle
them to more than $15 million
based on their 57.5 percent share of
TV revenue in the CBA that expired
March 11.
The players have also asked for
at least three times the total amount
of compensation awarded by the
court.
The TV revenue fight is a separate battle from the court fight over
the lockout, though Doty’s decisions
will almost surely influence the tack
of attorneys for both sides.
Nelson ordered the lockout lifted
on April 25, saying it is irreparably
harming the players and their careers. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals has put the order on hold
pending a June 3 hearing in St.
Louis.
burst in St. Louis’ victory over
Chicago.
Garcia (5-0), who carried a perfect game into the eighth in his
previous start against Milwaukee,
allowed one run and nine hits. He
complemented his 84-pitch outing
by hitting an RBI single.
St. Louis finished with 16 hits
and took two of three in the series
without manager Tony La Russa,
who is back in St. Louis recovering from shingles.
Holliday led off a five-run second with his fifth homer, a long
shot off Casey Coleman (1-3) that
cleared the bleachers in left field.
Colby Rasmus singled, Yadier
Molina doubled and with one out,
the Cubs intentionally walked
Tyler Greene to load the bases.
But Garcia foiled that strategy
with an RBI single, Jon Jay followed with a two-run double and
Allen Craig hit a sacrifice fly to
make it 5-0.
GIANTS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 2
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Matt Cain had his best outing in
nearly a month, Nate Schierholtz
added three hits to help San Francisco beat Arizona to complete a
perfect homestand.
Eli Whiteside doubled twice to
help the Giants go 6-0 at home.
They swept Colorado and then
Arizona to extend their seasonhigh winning streak to six games.
Gerardo Parra, Xavier Nady
and Justin Upton had two hits
apiece for Arizona, which has lost
four straight.
The Diamondbacks scored
twice in the eighth and had the
tying run at third base with one
out in the ninth before Javier
Lopez got the final two outs for
his first save in nearly five years.
Cain (3-2) scattered seven hits
over 7 2-3 innings in his first win
since April 15. The San Francisco
right-hander also survived a scary
moment in the seventh when he
appeared to get hit on his pitching
hand on a ball thrown by Arizona
starter Daniel Hudson (3-5).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ORIOLES 2, MARINERS 1
BALTIMORE (AP) — J.J.
Hardy singled in two runs in the
12th inning, and the Baltimore
Orioles rallied to beat the Seattle
Mariners for a three-game sweep.
After Seattle scored in the top
half of the 12th, the Orioles
bounced back in the bottom half
against Brandon League (0-3).
ROYALS 11, YANKEES 5
NEW YORK (AP) — Eric
Hosmer and Melky Cabrera
homered and Kansas City beat
New York, sending the Yankees to
their first home series loss of the
season.
New York’s Robinson Cano
homered a day after he was hit in
the head with a pitch, and Alex
Rodriguez homered for the first
time in 65 at-bats.
RAYS 7, INDIANS 4
CLEVELAND (AP) — James
Shields pitched seven strong innings to finally beat Cleveland,
and Tampa Bay did some more
road repair to their record with a
victory over the Indians.
Shields (4-1) gave up two runs
and seven hits. The right-hander
came in 0-4 in six starts against
Cleveland, the only AL team he
hadn’t beaten. He improved to 40 with 1.12 ERA in his last five
starts overall.
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SHABQADAR, Pakistan (AP)
— A pair of suicide bombers attacked recruits leaving a paramilitary training center in Pakistan
today, killing 80 people in the first
retaliation for the killing of Osama
bin Laden by American commandos. The Taliban claimed responsibility, blaming the Pakistani
military for failing to stop the U.S.
raid.
The blasts in the northwest were
a reminder of the savagery of alQaida-linked militants in Pakistan.
They occurred even as the country
faces international suspicion that
elements within its security forces
may have been harboring bin
Laden, who was killed last week in
a raid in Abbottabad, about a three
hours’ drive from the scene of the
bombing.
“We have done this to avenge
the Abbottabad incident,” Ahsanullah Ahsan, a spokesman for the
Pakistani Taliban, told The Associated Press in a phone call. He
warned that the group was also
planning attacks on Americans living inside Pakistan.
The bombers blew themselves
up in Shabqadar at the main gate
of the facility for the Frontier Constabulary, a poorly equipped but
front-line force in the battle against
al-Qaida and allied Islamist groups
like the Pakistani Taliban close to
the Afghan border. Like other
branches of Pakistan’s security
forces, it has received U.S. funding to try to sharpen its skills.
At least 80 people were killed,
including 66 recruits, and around
120 people were wounded, said
police officer Liaqat Ali Khan.
Around 900 young men were
leaving the center after spending
six months of training there. They
were in high spirits and looking
forward to seeing their families,
for which some had brought gifts,
a survivor said.
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Crops and homes along the levee have started to flood as the water starts topping over the broken levee in Lake Providence, La. Thursday.
Cajun Country Braces For Floodwaters
BUTTE LAROSE, La. (AP) — Army Corps
of Engineers Col. Ed Fleming leaned over a
podium and warned the crowd gathered at a
volunteer fire station that where they were
standing was projected to be swamped by up to
15 feet of water from Mississippi River flooding. The crowd let out a collective gasp.
“From the ground?” an incredulous resident
shouted at the meeting Thursday.
“From the ground,” replied Fleming, head of
the corps’ New Orleans district.
To try to protect heavily populated Baton
Rouge and New Orleans from the bulging Mississippi River, federal engineers are close to
opening a massive spillway that would flood
hundreds of thousands of acres in Louisiana
Cajun country.
With that threat looming, some 25,000 people in an area known for small farms, fish
camps, crawfish and a drawling French dialect
are hurriedly packing their things and worrying that their homes and way of life might soon
be drowned.
The corps could open the Morganza floodway north of Baton Rouge as early as this
weekend, a move that would relieve pressure
on the city’s levee system.
Opening the gates for the first time in 38
years will unleash the Mississippi on a wild
ride south to the Gulf of Mexico through the
Atchafalaya River and divert floodwater from
the river into the basin’s swamplands, backwater lakes and bayous. Several thousand homes
would be at risk of flooding.
Even if engineers decide not to open the
spillway, no one seems to doubt that a major
flood is bound for Butte LaRose, Krotz
Springs, the oil-and-seafood hub of Morgan
City and other swampland communities in the
Atchafalaya Basin.
The Morganza and the nearby Old River
Control Structure were built in the 1950s to
keep the Mississippi on its current course
through New Orleans, one of the world’s
busiest ports. If the river rises much higher at
New Orleans, the Coast Guard said Thursday
it would consider restrictions on shipping, including potentially closing the channel to the
largest, heaviest ships.
Shipping interests have pushed for the opening of the Morganza, saying the move would
keep ships cruising. If the river closes, history
shows the costs grow quickly into staggering
figures.
In 2008, a 100-mile stretch of the river was
closed for six days after a tugboat pushing a
barge collided with a tanker ship, spilling about
500,000 gallons of fuel and stacking up ships.
The Port of New Orleans, citing an economic
impact study it commissioned, estimated the
shutdown cost the national economy up to $275
million a day.
For the people of this region, river flooding
and hurricanes are familiar hazards. Floodwaters damaged or destroyed many homes and
fishing camps in Butte LaRose in 1973, the last
time the corps opened the Morganza.
Maxim Doucet was born that year. His parents stayed put, even when the floodwaters
started lapping at the rear of their grocery store.
Doucet has no intention of leaving town this
time, either. The water didn’t seep into the store
when the flood gauge hit 27 feet in 1973, so
Doucet can’t believe the center of town will be
submerged in 15 feet of water.
While most of his neighbors were packing
up, Doucet deployed a team of workers and
heavy machinery to erect a 6-foot levee around
his home on the banks of the Atchafalaya
River. A dump truck hauled in roughly 1,000
cubic yards of clay for a bulldozer and frontend loader to fashion a protective ring around
the rear of Doucet’s three-story house.
The Nose Knows: Allergy Season Here With Vengeance
By CAROLYN THOMPSON
Associated Press
There may be a dusting of truth to allergy
sufferers’ complaints that this season is,
well, a bigger headache than years past.
Heavy snow and rain in some parts of the
country have nourished a profusion of tree
pollen, while a sudden shift to warm, sunny
weather has made its release more robust.
Add in the wind, and the suffering skyrockets.
Warnings for a difficult season have come
from allergy specialists from New York to
Atlanta, Chicago to California.
“This past week has been one of the worst
ever,” rasped Lynne Ritchie, 70, as she
bought allergy medicine this week at a Manhattan drugstore.
Dr. Stanley Schwartz hears that from patients all the time — every year, in fact, he
noted with a wry smile.
“Literally, every year is the worst year,”
said Schwartz, chief of allergy and rheumatology for Kaleida Health and the University at Buffalo. “Now it may actually be, but
when it’s there and you’re feeling it, you
don’t remember what last year was like.”
April was a historic month for weather,
according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia all set records for the wettest April
since 1895.
Pollen counts and allergy attacks vary
widely from region to region, locality to locality and day to day, and no one entity
tracks the full complexity of their ups and
downs across the country. This year, though,
signs really do point to a particularly prickly
season.
Dr. Joseph Leija, the allergist who performs the Gottlieb Allergy Count for the
Midwest, said last month that tree pollen
was unseasonably high in Chicago and pre-
dicted “one of the worst allergy seasons
ever.”
At Holy Name Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J., allergy director Dr. Theodore
Falk told The Record newspaper that tree
pollen “just exploded” last week because of
a cool spring.
In Los Angeles, rain, a heat wave and the
Santa Ana winds created an “allergy storm,”
Dr. Jacob Offenberger said in the Los Angeles Daily News in February. Around the
same time, unseasonable warmth had Dr.
Kevin Schaffer of the Atlanta Allergy and
Asthma Clinic describing this year’s pollen
levels as “off the charts.”
A sampling from the National Allergy
Bureau’s tracking website showed high
pollen counts in several cities this week, including Albany and New York City, with
their birch, oak and maple trees, and Oxford, Ala., where walnut, pine and willows
are in bloom. The bureau is part of the
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and
Immunology.
“It’s been a very bad season so far. ... A
lot of people suffering,” said Dr. William
Reisacher, director of the allergy center at
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.
“A lot of people who haven’t suffered in
previous years have come in for the first
time in several years with symptoms,” he
said, noting that the Northeast’s sudden
change from cold, snowy winter to warm
spring has worsened the situation.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of
America lists Knoxville, Tenn; Louisville,
Ky.; Charlotte, N.C.; Jackson, Miss.; and
Chattanooga, Tenn.; as its “2011 spring allergy capitals.”
The annual ranking is based on pollen
scores measuring airborne grass, tree and
weed pollen, and mold spores, along with
the number of allergy medications used per
patient and the number of allergy specialists
per patient.
Four of those five cities are in states —
Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky —
that all had drenching springs and significant flooding, although a number of factors
can figure into the degree of suffering.
Medications used in the past may not be
as effective if symptoms are worse this year,
Reisacher said. Many of his patients in New
York have required multiple drugs, including nasal sprays, oral antihistamines and eye
drops.
Madison Sasser, a 21-year-old senior at
Belmont University in Nashville, left her
doctor’s office with two kinds of nose spray
and eye drops Thursday after already enduring an allergy-related sinus infection
three weeks ago — right before final exams.
“It’s been awful,” she said. “My eyes
have been so itchy and red, and I sneeze and
cough. It’s just been terrible.”
While water that encourages tree growth
and mold might be chiefly to blame in the
South, in Dallas it’s the wind that’s helping
to scatter the allergens.
“We’ve had heavy winds and the tree pollens were in heavy bloom, and all the wind
was causing a lot of people a lot of problems,” said Jill Weinger, physician’s assistant at the Dallas Allergy & Asthma Center,
where some patients were returning for
treatment after years of absence.
Despite anecdotal evidence, it’s difficult
to determine whether this year is really
worse than previous years, said Angel Waldron, spokeswoman for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation, which plans to tabulate
pollen counts for cities later in the season.
But in general, she said, allergy seasons
have been getting longer and more challenging.
“We do know that climate change and
warmer temperatures are allowing trees to
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ever before, it’s actually because of the
longer season. It’s a longer time to endure.”
In Louisville, Ky., 20-year-old Jared
Casey’s glazed eyes scanned the aisles of a
Walgreens drugstore Thursday afternoon.
He greeted the allergy season with an overthe-counter purchase of Claritin-D at the beginning of February — six weeks earlier
than last year.
He switched to Zyrtec at the beginning of
May, when his ears began plugging up, and
said his symptoms are lasting longer than in
years past.
“It’s been a lot worse,” he said. “My ears
have stayed plugged up for two weeks.”
Though medication can help, there are
other ways to lessen the misery.
Reisacher tells patients to shower and
change clothes after coming inside and not
to toss clothes worn outside onto the bed.
Tree pollen is sticky and tends to linger on
fabric, skin and hair.
He also advises shutting bedroom windows before bedtime to prevent pollen from
invading in the early morning. Pollen counts
are highest between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Kristen Fennimore of New Egypt, N.J.,
counts herself among the than 35 million
Americans plagued by seasonal allergic
rhinitis — also known as hay fever, a condition characterized by sneezing, stuffiness,
a runny nose and the telltale itchiness in the
nose, roof of the mouth, throat, eyes or ears.
Until recently, the 28-year-old legal assistant said, she was feeling pretty good and
thought she might get off easy this year. But
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is putting off changes to Social Security, but the massive
retirement and disability program
still faces long-term financial
problems from an aging population and an economy that has been
slow to rebound.
Those problems are getting new
attention today as the trustees who
oversee Social Security and
Medicare release their annual reports on the programs’ finances.
Medicare is in worse shape than
Social Security because it is also
being hit by rising health care
costs. But both programs will become insolvent in the coming
decades, unless Congress acts, according to the trustees.
Last year, the trustees reported
that the Medicare trust funds
would be exhausted by 2029 and
the Social Security trust funds
would run out of money by 2037.
Don’t expect the projections to get
much better, if at all, after another
year of high unemployment and
lagging tax receipts.
The reports “present important
news for programs that serve as
critical lifelines for millions of
older Americans and demonstrate
the need for our elected leaders to
strengthen — not undermine —
these pillars of financial and health
security,” said John Rother,
AARP’s executive vice president.
Both Democrats and Republicans agree that Medicare must be
addressed soon, but the consensus
ends there, even as a bipartisan
group of lawmakers headed by
Vice President Joe Biden is holding talks on ways to tackle the nation’s mounting debt.
Most Republicans and some
Democrats in Congress have said
they won’t vote to increase the
government’s ability to borrow
without significant spending cuts.
The government is expected to
reach its borrowing limit of $14.3
trillion in the next few days. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
says steps are being taken to delay
until August what would be an unprecedented default on the debt.
Changes to Medicare, the government health insurance program
for older Americans, could be part
of an agreement to increase the
debt ceiling, but Social Security
appears to be off the table.
Many Democrats, including
Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid, D-Nev., have been adamant
that they will not support cuts in
Social Security benefits, even if
they target future retirees. Senate
Republican leader Mitch McConnell
acknowledged
that
changes to Social Security won’t
be part of any agreement.
“I would love for Social Security to be a part of it,” McConnell
told reporters Thursday. “The president can speak for himself, but I
think he’s not interested in doing
Social Security without raising
taxes. We don’t think that’s necessary.”
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.,
chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, said Social Security is
not in crisis.
“It is a long-term issue,” Baucus
said. “It is an issue that should be
addressed sooner, rather than later,
to give workers time to plan for
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Two people were hurt Thursday
when one vehicle slammed into
the rear of another at the intersection of Evergreen Road and Gorman Road, said Ware County
Sheriff Randy Royal.
Dennis A. Harrison, 35, 2300
12th Street, and Brian Eugene Nipper, 32, 2800 Evergreen Road,
were taken by ambulance to Satilla
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Nipper, in a 2004 Ford Focus, was
stopped at the stop sign. Harrison’s
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Harrison was charged with following too closely. Royal said both
drivers were being tested for blood
alcohol content.
Cpl. Wade Bennett investigated
the 9:55 a.m. accident.
By MYRA THRIFT
Staff Writer
A Millwood man who has previously served time in prison for
manufacturing marijuana was arrested Thursday afternoon on new
charges after lawmen found a huge
growing operation at his home on
Herrin Road in Millwood, said
Ware County Sheriff Randy Royal.
Michael Wayne Mancil, 59, of
7968 Herrin Road, Millwood, was
taken into custody about 4 p.m.
when Ware County Sheriff’s Department officials and rangers with
the Georgia Department of Natural
Resources executed a search warrant at his home, said Royal.
“Agents flying with the Governor’s Task Force spotted several
large marijuana plants in a wooded
area at his house and we obtained
a search warrant for his home and
the surrounding area,” said Royal.
Mancil is charged with manufacture of marijuana, possession of
marijuana with intent to distribute,
felony possession of marijuana
and will likely be charged with
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trafficking in marijuana after the
final weighing of his product,
Royal said.
Royal said he was previously arrested in 1996 and served 10 years
in prison on those charges, Royal
said.
“In all of the bags, several
pounds of high quality cultivated
marijuana buds were located,
along with several trays of fresh
seedlings. In the background in the
woods are several marijuana plants
still in pots several feet tall and it
got dark on us so we didn’t get it
all,” said Royal. “We are going
back out there this morning. I had
deputies stay on the property all
night long to make sure nothing
was bothered.”
Royal said so far lawmen have
collected 226 seedlings, 11 gallon
bags of compressed, compacted
marijuana buds, three sandwich
bags filled with high quality cultivated buds, five 30-gallon trash
bags of high quality processed
marijuana buds and 28 plants in
Lessons From Godʼs Commandments
Moral haze gratifies a generation raised with the
idea of self-fulfillment and self-determination.
Heroes are rebels. Fashionable figures are trend setters. Edgy language and actions prick the curiosity of
an entertainment savvy people. What has the average
household, however, forfeited by accommodating a
somewhat obnoxious, do-as-you-please attitude?
Speaker, Josh McDowell wrote: “We look around at
a society in which teen pregnancy has increased over
500 percent in the past 30 years; We look around at a
society in which suicide among young people has
jumped 300 percent in that same period; We look
around at a society in which over 4,000 kids a day
catch a sexually transmitted disease, and we worry that
society is going to seize our kids.
“We fear that the culture is going to capture our
children that our kids will soon be making choices, living lives and paying the consequences of a value system they’ve picked up from the world around them.
One that rejects Biblical truth, mocks Biblical morality, and glorifies promiscuity and violence and laughs
at drunkenness and rudeness.”
Movie producers recognize how to bring moral ambiguity home. Pop-culture marketers know how to
bring disrespect or promiscuity home. That is why it is
crucial, for Christians to know the centrality of God’s
commandments for family life.
Moses during his departing years encouraged the
next generation of God’s people to ensure the faith
was transmitted. The generation Moses led failed to
obey God’s commandments forfeiting the right to the
Promised Land.
Deuteronomy 6:1-2, instructions given by Moses,
reads: “Now this is the commandment, and these are
the statutes and judgments which the LORD your God
has commanded to teach you, that you may observe
them in the land which you are crossing over to possess, that you may fear the LORD your God, to keep
all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the
days of your life, and that your days may be pro-
Wild And Peaceful
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A local 1970s R&B band, Wild
and Peaceful, will have a reunion
concert to be held at the Waycross
Exchange Club Friday, May 27, at
9 p.m.
The band has not played together in more than 30 years.
This concert is to benefit and establish a scholarship fund for a deserving student who would like to
further their education in music.
“It is a wonderful idea,” said a
member of the Ware County High
Band Boosters, the folks who will
screen the students and make sure
they meet the criteria to be eligible
for the scholarship.
The concert will also be a memorial for two members who have
passed on, Julius “Rockhouse”
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Department of Natural Resources Ranger Jason Shipes (left
to right), Ware County Sheriff Randy Royal and Lt. Jody
Ponsell show a sampling of the marijuana seized Thursday.
large gallon container pots, and
lawmen do expect to find more.
“We received information that
this person was growing marijuana
again and we added his name to a
list of locations for the helicopters,” said Royal. “From the air,
some of the plants in large pots
were spotted and that’s when we
got the search warrant and headed
out there.”
Mancil was alone at the house
when he was taken into custody,
Royal said.
“We will obviously be out there
most of the day today,” Royal said,
“with a continuation of the search.
What you see in that picture is just
what we could pick up with our
hands. There’s a lot more.”
Jazz Band At Biomass
By Lucas Clabough
Pastor, Central Baptist
longed.”
The words Moses delivers outline several characteristics related to receiving God’s commandments: including knowledge of right a wrong, a deep-seated
reverence for who God is and a prolonged life. Moral
absolutes center on God’s commandments as extensions of God’s very nature. Without God, ethics become man-made prescriptions.
Truth extends from God. To assume a person should
love supposes there is an absolute example of a person
who loves.
To reason, justice is a cultural norm when punishing
crimes, proposes there is an absolute standard of justice.
Both justice and love are two examples of absolute
moral obligations that burden humans with responsibilities rooted in God’s character. The primary source
of such revelation is found with the revealer, God, who
chooses to communicate his word through written text,
the scripture.
Teaching children any moral foundation or ethical
value system begins with assuming universal, absolute
ethical propositions. Ethical propositions are hypothetical opinions, however, without biblical foundations
extending from God’s nature.
God is the source of truth, morality and our society’s past as well as future.
Lucas Clabough is the pastor of Central Baptist
Church, 201 Ava St., in Waycross.
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Ware County High School band director Dr. Albert Bussey
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celebrating the grand opening of the Waycross Georgia
Biomass plant. The band director received a $500 check to
be used to provide equipment for the Ware County High
jazz band, which performed for more than an hour at the
ceremony. The band played a specially impressive rendition
of the state song, “Georgia on my Mind,” just one of the
many numbers during a pre-ceremony set while guests
mingled.
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Swamp, mainly affecting underbrush and timber in the southwest
quadrant of the swamp.
Based on the latest surveillance
flight Thursday afternoon 104,936
acres have been burned, said public information officer Denise Croker.
Croker said no night flight was
made Thursday.
The latest thrust of the fire, Croker said, was toward the south.
Today, however, the 243 personnel
fighting to contain the blaze, anticipate south-southwest winds that
will push smoke toward Homerville and maybe affect the path of
the fire somewhat.
Anyone to the northeast of the
fire should prepare for smoke that
might diminish visibility while
driving. And those who have
breathing problems should consider staying indoors as much as
possible.
A public meeting is planned at
the Charlton County Courthouse
auditorium at 7 p.m. today to offer
updated information to the community.
An information center is, for
now, being established in the Fargo
area with all efforts under a unified
command of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Georgia Forestry
Commission, Florida Department
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Letter Carriers Collecting Canned Food Saturday
Doug Ferrell (left to right),
Waycross postmaster, Felton
Baker, case manager with
Concerted Services, Inc.,
Billy Gill, letter carrier supervisor, and Wendell Bacon,
vice president of the local
chapter of the National Association of Letter Carriers,
took a few moments Thursday at the Waycross Post Office to remind area residents
to help them “Stamp Out
Hunger” Saturday with donations of non-perishable food
items for the local food bank.
Canned foods and other nonperishables should be placed
in bags and hung on mail
boxes or placed inside mail
boxes for the letter carriers
to pick up on their routes
Saturday. All of the product
collected will be kept in the
local area. This event is
being sponsored nationally
by the NALC and supported
locally by members.
GSP Turns In April
Statistics, Numbers
Troopers assigned to the Waycross post of the Georgia State Patrol investigated four traffic
crashes during the month of April
in Ware County, including one
fatal wreck, said Sgt. R.E. Moseley.
The accidents resulted in one fatality and seven injuries, he said.
Troopers from Post 22 also issued 40 traffic citations in the
county in April, Moseley said, including 14 citations for speeding,
eight for seatbelt violations and
two for child restraint violations.
Troopers also issued 74 warnings in April, Moseley said.
The post serves all of Ware,
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didn’t know they would be coming
to evacuate him and his wife, Judy.
“We didn’t give him an option,”
said his daughter, Konie Calais
Heard of Lafayette.
Calais said he had planned to
wait until the floodwaters rose
high enough to float his homemade boat, so he could patrol the
neighborhood and protect his
property.
“I made up my mind I wasn’t
going to leave,” he said. “After I
sat down and drank about 10 or 12
Coors, I said, ‘Well, it’s time.’”
Water may drive these families
out of their homes, but it’s also
what will bring them back to repair
and rebuild. Five generations of
Pamela Guidry’s family have
called Butte LaRose home. Her father was a commercial fisherman.
Her brothers catch crawfish for
money. She worked at a seafoodpacking business.
“I didn’t want my kids growing
up in a city. I wanted them to learn
how to live the hard way,” she
said. “They had to learn how to
survive on their own down here.
Once you’re out of Butte LaRose,
you’re out in society, out of our
own little world.”
Guidry said her family weathered the 1973 floods and the great
flood of 1927 without any thought
of leaving town for good.
“The water receded. They
cleaned up. Their lives went on,”
she said.
The state Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries has not announced any plans to cut short
commercial or recreational fishing
seasons in anticipation of Morganza’s opening, but a spokeswoman said officials will monitor
the situation.
If the corps gets permission to
open half of Morganza’s 125 gates,
water from the Mississippi is expected to arrive in Butte LaRose in
about one day. Within three days,
it would reach Morgan City, a
community of about 12,000.
Morgan City Mayor Timothy
Matte said the main floodwalls
should be able to handle the river’s
frontal attack, but he was less cer-
tain about the back levees that protect the city from floodwaters that
collect in lakes north of town. He
said the waters could reach within
a foot of the top of those levees.
“It is very close to the top,” he
said.
On Thursday, two shipyards
were closed in preparation for the
arrival of high water, but the
town’s riverboat casino remained
open. In Butte LaRose, inmates
from the St. Martin Parish jail
filled sandbags for residents to
pick up. Some wondered if it was a
futile gesture.
Teresa Meyerer said basin communities are being treated like
“sacrificial lambs.”
“They say it’s for the good of
the metropolitan areas,” she said.
“I’ve seen what they do in metropolitan areas. They pave paradise
and put up a parking lot. Is the destruction worth it for dollars?”
Meyerer fought back tears as
she packed her belongings in plastic bags and loaded some of her
cherished paintings and art supplies into the back of her car. The
camp she bought in Butte LaRose
13 years ago is her “salvation.” On
weekend retreats from her Baton
Rouge home, she can fish off a
deck and watch eagles hunt.
“I doubt if I’ll ever come back
here,” she said.
As people gathered at the Butte
LaRose volunteer fire station to
hear Fleming deliver his ominous
forecast of so much water, a few
skeptics scoffed, but many were
shaken.
“It’s over with,” muttered Pierre
Watermeyer. “That’s it. There’s no
sense in pretending.”
The Okefenokee Area Fellowship
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ues to be a highly successful
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ple throughout southeast Georgia
as was attested to at the recent annual fundraising banquet that featured Mark Richt, Georgia Bulldog
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The FCA depends primarily on
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“We now have a website up and
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Those who prefer to mail donations should do so to Okefenokee
Area FCA, P.O. Box 687, Waycross, Ga. 31502.
Call Crews for more information, (912) 281-9510, or email
tcrews@fca.org
“I figured I’d give Mother Nature a run for her money,” said
Doucet, who owns a construction
company called Monster Heavy
Haulers.
On the other side of Butte
LaRose’s main street, Russell
Calais nursed a beer as his family
loaded all his belongings into moving trucks. Affectionately described by one of his daughters as
“a typical bull-headed Cajun,” he
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Photo By MYRA THRIFT
Waycross Mayor Clarence Billups presents Satilla Care
Center administrator Althoria Gordon with a framed proclamation designating this week as “Nursing Home Week” in
Waycross.
Families of those who died at Satilla Care Center over the
last year were invited to release bouquets of colorful balloons Monday in memory and honor of their beloved family
members.
A flurry of purple, yellow, green, blue and red balloons float
upward after family members and friends of residents at
Satilla Care Center who died this year remembered their
family member.
By MYRA THRIFT
Staff Writer
A celebration of the lives of
residents of Satilla Care Center
who have died in the last year was
held Monday at the facility, cul-
as “Nursing Home Week” in Waycross.
Administrator Althoria Gordon
welcomed the guests to the event
and introduced Mayor Billups and
Robert Trimm, of Satilla Health
gene Williams, Louise Wesley,
Arvin Young, irene Newborn,
jeannette McQuaig, Addis Harris,
Walter Bishop,
Henry Strickland, Nellie Kirkland, Alice Corbitt, Marie
Greene, Moses Carter, Ruby Sirmans, Lois Groszmann, Jeneene
Dyals,
Juanita Coble, Faye Sirmans,
Daniel Byrd, Golda Byrd, Jesse
Memory, Allie Joyner, Mildred
Guy, Sadie Altman, Gaston Griffin, Eloyce Dixon,
Betty Davis, janie Wright,
Doretha Jenkins, John McSwain,
‘Nursing Home Week’ Is Designated With Ceremony At Satilla Care Center
minating with the release of a
huge bouquet of colorful balloons.
Waycross Mayor Clarence
Billups presented the center with
a proclamation declaring the week
Reunions
Smith-Sceale
Reunion Saturday
The Smith-Sceale family reunion
will take place Saturday, at the
home of Randy McCarthy, 3350
Dixie Union Road.
All friends and family are invited
to attend.
Steedley Reunion
Saturday At Noon
Descendants of John F. and Sophonia Byrd Steedley will have a
family reunion Saturday at Obediah’s Okefenok.
Lunch will begin at noon.
Friends and family are invited to
come and bring their favorite covered dish.
Peacock-Mock
Reunion Saturday
Descendants of Wilson Joseph
and Mindy Peacock Mock will
have their family reunion Saturday.
The reunion will take place at
Laura S. Walker State Park, Group
Building 4. Doors open at 11 a.m.
Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m.
Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish to share.
For more information, contact
Bud Mock at 449-4885 or Shirley
Boyd at 287-1728.
Strickland Family
Reunion Saturday
The families of William “Bud”
Strickland and Daniel Beal Crawford
will gather at Laura S. Walker State
Park, Group Shelter 1, Saturday.
Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish. Lunch will be served between 12 and 1 p.m.
For information, call Charlie
Strickland, in Austell (770) 9487069.
Lucas Reunion
Saturday, Sunday
Descendants of William Fredrick
Lucas, Henrietta Thomas Lucas and
Rachel Vandelia O’Berry Lucas
will be celebrating their annual
family reunion Saturday and Sunday.
The Saturday event will be held
at the Hoboken Community Center,
235 Chicago Ave. in Hoboken. A
catered meal will be served about
6:30 p.m.
On Sunday, at 11:45 a.m., family
and friends will begin gathering at
The Hoboken Community Center.
Ice, paper products and eating utensils will be furnished.
Everyone is asked to bring covered dishes, desserts, tea or drinks.
The meal will be served at 1 p.m.
For information, call Janice
Long at 283-2932.
Minnie Howell
Reunion Sunday
The Minnie Howell family reunion will be held Sunday at the
home of Sarah Thornton in Blackshear.
Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish. The meal will be spread
about 1 p.m.
For more information, call 4496342.
Jordan Family
Reunion Sunday
Descendants of Joseph and Rebecca Jordan, buried at the Old Jordan Family Cemetery off North
River Road, are invited to attend the
annual Jordan reunion Sunday at
Shriner’s Lake on the Jamestown
Road.
All friends and family are invited
to join. Music and fellowship will
begin at 11:30 a.m. followed by a
short business meeting at 12:45
p.m. and lunch at 1 o’clock.
Everyone is asked to bring a basket lunch and beverage to share. Ice
and papers good will be furnished.
After lunch, a slide show presentation on the Jordan family will
be shown. Everyone is asked to
bring any old photos of the family
so they can be scanned for future
generations.
For directions and more information, contact James Jordan at
(912) 285-2189 or (912) 614-3236,
or email Jerry Barnard at jerrybarn@gmail.com
Annual Lee Family
Reunion Sunday
The 21st annual reunion for the
family and friends of Noah Albert
Lee and Lizzie Inez Dowling Lee
will be held Sunday at Hoboken Elementary School lunchroom.
Lunch will be spread at 1 p.m.
Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish.
James Reunion
Saturday, Sunday
Descendants of William Duncan
James and Amie Thornton James
will hold their 91st consecutive annual reunion Saturday and Sunday.
The reunion will be held at the
old James home place on Floyd
James Road, located three miles
Northwest of Manor.
The Will James family reunion is
a long-standing tradition in the
Manor community attracting several hundred family members and
friends from all over Georgia,
Florida and many other states.
Participants descend from one of
the area’s largest pioneer families.
Deacon Ben James, whose father
was a Revolutionary War soldier,
came to Ware County (now Pierce
County) from Liberty County in
1825. William Thomas James, son
of Deacon Ben James and father of
Will James, settled in the Manor
area in 1847. It was there he raised
a large family.
Fellowship, food and fun activities will be interspersed with spirited music and singing all Saturday
afternoon beginning at noon. Sunday morning activities begin at 10
and culminate with a traditional reunion dinner at 1 p.m.
Signs will be posted with directions from Highway 84 in Manor to
the reunion site. For more information, call Carl James at (912) 2859081 or Curley James at (912)
283-8901.
Barnard Family
Reunion May 21
All descendants of Jonathan
Daniel and Anna Bacon Barnard
are invited to the annual Barnard
family reunion Saturday, May 21,
at Lake Ware ( Shriner’s Lake ) on
the Jamestown Road.
Jonathan and Anna Barnard,
originally from Tattnall County
had five sons who settled in Ware
and Pierce counties as well as
northern Florida. Over the past
few years more and more descendants from all the brothers have
attended the annual event.
Fellowship will begin at 11:30
a.m. followed by lunch. Everyone
is asked to bring a basket lunch and
beverage to share. Ice and papers
good will be furnished.
After lunch, a slide show presentation on the Barnard family will
be shown and everyone is asked to
bring any old photos of the family
so they can be scanned for future
generations.
For directions and more information, call Wendell Barnard Jordan at 284-9626 or 312-1540, or
email Jerry Barnard at jerrybarn@gmail.com
Services, and Randy Wheeler, director of support services.
A huge bouquet of white longstemmed roses was placed on a
table at the center of the ceremony, each rose bearing the name
of a resident who died while at the
nursing home in the year since the
last Nursing Home Week.
“Welcome Home” by Michael
Smith was played in memory of
the residents.
Ms. Gordon read off a list of
names of the 32 residents who are
no longer with the facility.
They include James Sistar, Eu-
Elizabeth May and Alice Combee.
After the names were read, a
prayer was offered by Jimmy
Scurry.
Family members, current residents of the facility and friends
were then invited to release the
balloons they were holding, many
of them in shades of deep purple,
while the Sara McLachlan recording of “In the Arms of the Angels”
was played.
After the ceremony, residents
and their families were treated to
refreshments in the front lobby of
Satilla Care Center.
Dance At Ware Middle School Auditorium
Smith Family
Reunion May 21
The Granville and Georgia
Sweat Smith family reunion will be
held Saturday, May 21, at the
Mixon Pond House in Waresboro,
beginning at 11 a.m.
Everyone is asked to bring a basket lunch and drinks to share. Eating utensils, paper products and ice
will be furnished.
For more information, call Sadie
Music at (912) 285-2439.
O’Berry-Bennett
Reunion June 12
The O’Berry-Bennett family reunion will be held Sunday, June 12,
at Indian Mound Baptist Church social hall in Millwood.
The meal will be served at noon.
Everyone is asked to bring a basket
lunch to share, along with paper
plates, napkins, eating utensils and
drinks.
All relatives and friends are invited to attend.
For information, call Ann Peacock at 449-6810.
SPECIAL PHOTO
Waycross Dance and Gymnastics and
Coach Rocket, director of gymnastics, will
Dancers Studio on Main will present their
present the Rocket Star Gymnastic perspring “Disco” dance production Saturday, formance group. Anne Townsend and
at 2 p.m. at Ware County Middle School auBrenda Davis, directors of dance, invite
ditorium. These young dancers are ready to everyone to attend enjoy the show at Ware
perform their routines for friends and famCounty Middle School. “Bring your daughily. They want to invite everyone to come be ter, granddaughter, or niece to see these
a part of a great “Disco” afternoon of entercute talented dancers,” said Townsend.
tainment. Routines will be set to Disco hits, There is no charge for admission. Dancers
Turner Family
such as “Steppin’ Out (I’m Gonna Boogie
include Clara Grace Roundtree (front row
Tonight),”
“Boogie
Shoes,”
“She
Works
Hard
left to right), Grace Christopher, Fiona Lee,
Reunion June 4
Kaleigh Joiner; Josie Augustine (back row
The Turner family reunion is set For The Money,” “Do You Believe in Magic,”
left to right), Nevaeh Cory, Milla Tuten and
for Saturday, June 4, at the Lions “Shake, Shake, Shake,” “ABC,” “Yankee
Emma Wallace.
Club Building, 711 Columbus St. Doodle” and “Kids Just Wanna Have Fun.”
The meal will be spread at 12:30
p.m. Everyone is asked to bring
food and drinks, along with photos,
quilts for children are asked to bring
Health, Information
Walters Addition
games and fishing poles.
a sandwich or salad for lunch.
For information, call Pam at Fair Is Saturday
Event Is Saturday
(912) 674-1840 or Troy at (912)
The Walters Addition Commu- Drinks and dessert will be provided.
A communitywide health and inProjects for the day will include
632-5413.
formation fair will be held Saturday nity Club will celebrate its 61st anthe option to finish projects in
niversary
Saturday
at
7
p.m.
at
St.
from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Shiloh
progress, begin a new project from
Ammons Family
Missionary Baptist Church, 1700 Peters Missionary Baptist Church,
one of the kits or patterns and fab300 Fireman St.
Reunion June 11
Martin Luther King Drive.
The theme for the occasion is ric available, cut and assemble kits
The descendants of James B. and
Speakers will be community
“Enduring
Faith.” Speaker for the for new volunteers.
Catherine Robinson Ammons will physicians and attorneys.
For more information, call
occasion
will
be Evangelist Shawn
have a reunion Saturday, June 11, at
The public is invited to attend.
Cheryl
Sloan at 338-0459.
Holmes.
Hoboken School cafeteria. Lunch Refreshments will be served.
President Mildred Porter and
will be spread at 12:30 p.m.
For more information, call Susan members invite everyone to attend. Northside Club
Eating utensils will be furnished. Oliver at (912) 287-0056.
Meeting Saturday
The daughters of James and
Quilt For Kids
The Northside Community Club
Catherine Ammons were Lete A.
Walker, Molly A. Allen, Julie A. Dixie Union Club
will hold its last meeting of the year
Sew-In May 18
Allen, Tassie A. Allen, Cassie Ore- Meeting Tuesday
The next “sew in” for Quilts for Saturday at 3 p.m. in the dining
gon A. Prescott, Hettie Easter A.
The Dixie Union Homemakers Kids Inc. will be held Wednesday, room of Greater St. Paul MissionPrescott, and their sons were John, Club will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday in May 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at ary Baptist Church.
Athalee, Bob, Math and Hampton. the club room with Juanita Sander- Brooks United Methodist Church,
All members are asked to attend,
All friends and relatives are in- son and Shirley Aldridge serving as 400 Pinehurst St.
said Alphonso Cecil, president, and
vited to attend. For more informa- hostesses, and Aldridge providing
Those interested in helping make dress is casual.
tion, call (912) 458-3302 or (912) the door prize.
584-8921.
Grace Lee will present the project. All members are asked to atMcDonald Family
tend, said a club member.
Socially Speaking
Graduation
Reunion June 11
The annual McDonald family reunion will be held Saturday, June
11, at the Gibson Pond House.
Lunch will be served around
noon.
Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish to share.
For more information, call 2833475.
Memorial Dinner
Saturday At 1 p.m.
A family dinner in memory of
Clyde Barnar Johnson will be
hosted by her family Saaturday at
1392 Barnar Lane.
The meal will be shared about 1
p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Firecracker Dr. Marissa Cooper Engaged To Wed Shawn Warmstein
Pageant
Her Grandparents Host Elegant Engagement Party At Boca Raton Home
Saturday,
June 11,
Nahunta
NAHUNTA — The third annual
Mr. and Miss Brantley County
Firecracker pageant will be held
Saturday, June 25, at Brantley
County High School.
A portion of the proceeds go to
help pay for the fireworks for the
July 4 celebration. Deadline to
enter is June 18. Forms are available at KT Bugs, Heritage Bank
and Hendrix Heating and Air in
Nahunta, or mail information to
Kathy Hendrix, 877 Buffalo Creek
Drive, Nahunta, Ga. 31553.
A queen or king and four runners-up will be chosen in each division, along with “People’s
Choice.” Everyone who enters will
receive a trophy and gift.
Optional event winners will receive gold medals with the exception of photogenic and dress.
Admission fee is $5 for adults, $1
for students with fee credited to the
choice of contestant for the People’s Choice prince or princess.
Contestants must be a resident,
attend school or have a direct family contact in Brantley County to
enter the pageant. There will not be
a practice but a diagram has been
included with the traditional Twalk on the entry form. Those entering the photogenic competition
must turn in photos with the application form or by Friday, June 10,
to KT Bugs or Hendrix Heating
and Air in Nahunta. None will be
accepted the day of the pageant.
Score sheets may be obtained by
including a self addressed stamped
envelope with the form. Each contestant will be judged individually
first, then all will return for judging of the optional events. This is a
“non-glitz” pageant with contestants encouraged to dress in age appropriate attire of their choice.
Entry fee is $50, which includes
prettiest hair, dress and eyes,and
contestants may enter prettiest
dress and photogenic for $10 each.
The 2010 reigning kings and
queens are asked to crown the
2011 winners.
For more information and forms
to print visit the website at
www.BrantleyBlueandGold.com
Compassionate Friends
Compassionate Friends is a mutual
assistance and self-help organization
offering friendship and
understanding to families who have
experienced the death of a child.
Their siblings are also welcome.
We are a non-profit organization.
Our group meetings are held every
second Thursday of each month.
Meetings are held at the Brantley
County Library on Hwy. 82 in
Nahunta, GA and start at 7 p.m.
Enlisting much interest this social season is the engagement of
Dr. Marissa Nicole Cooper to
Shawn Philip Warmstein.
The engagement is announced
by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Marc
Harvey Cooper, of Boca Raton,
Fla., formerly of Waycross.
Dr. Marissa Cooper attended
Ware County Magnet School, in
Manor. After moving to Boca
Raton, Fla., she graduated from
Spanish River High School. She
then attended and graduated from
the University of Florida, in
Gainesville, and the University of
Florida Dental School. She is
presently finishing her residency
in Orthodontics at Nova Southeastern University, in Davie, Fla.
She will graduate, as an orthodontist in December.
Shawn Warmstein graduated
from Majory Stoneman Douglas
High School, in Coral Springs,
Fla. He then attended and graduated from the University of
Florida in 2005.
He is in public relations in
Miami, Fla.
He is the son of Mrs. Leanne
Warmstein, of Coral Springs, Fla.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warmstein, of Lauderhill, Fla.
Dr. Cooper is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Cooper, of Delray Beach, Fla.,
formerly of Waycross, and Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Axelband, of Delray Beach, Fla., formerly of Long
Island, N.Y.
Mr. Warmstein is the grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fershtman,
of Huntington, N.Y., and Mr. and
Mrs Irving Warmstein, of Boca
Raton, Fla.
Soon after Dr. Marissa Cooper
and Shawn Warmstein became en-
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SPECIAL PHOTO
Betrothed couple, Dr. Marissa Cooper and Shawn Warmstein, are honored with an engagement party hosted by her
grandparents at their Florida home.
gaged, her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Cooper, sent invitations to their family and friends,
living in the Florida area, to
“meet, greet and congratulate our
granddaughter Marissa and her fiance Shawn on their recent engagement.”
The Coopers are remembered
for the elegant parties and gather-
their home.
Friends enjoyed a feast of party
foods and beverages, while chatting about the upcoming nuptials.
It was also another cause for
celebration.
The engagement party was held
on the birthday of Marissa’s dad,
Dr. Marc Cooper, so Marissa held
a birthday cake while her “Poppy”
Social Notes
PCHS Class 2001
Reunion June 4
The Pierce County High School
class of 2001 will be having a 10year class reunion June 4 at Lakeview Golf Course.
For more information, call (912)
449-3071 or send an email to amferrell20@gmail.com
“We look forward to seeing you
there,” said a class spokesman.
Sirmans Funding
Two Scholarships
Any high school seniors who are
planning to pursue a degree in a
field of service such as education,
health, ministry or social services
may qualify to apply for a scholarship from the Hamp Sirmans Scholarship Fund.
Two $1,000 scholarships will be
awarded for the 2011 fall semester.
This fund was established a number of years ago through Trinity
United Methodist Church to honor
Hamp Sirmans for his many years
of service to his church and community.
He passed away last March after
a 15-year struggle with Alzheimer’s.
Applications and requirements
may be obtained from the church
secretary at Trinity.
Applications must be returned to
the church office by July 1.
the 2011-12 school year.
If you are interested in your child
attending DAFFODIL next year,
please stop by and pick up a registration packet at 1321 Buchannon
St.
Children must me 4 by Sept. 1 in
order to be eligible.
Registration packets must be
complete in order for administration
to register your child. Incomplete
registration packets will not be accepted.
If you have any questions or concerns, call Dr. Linda Houseal at
(912) 287-2311.
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Raymond Cooper, stood and sang
“Happy Birthday” to his beloved
son.
Attending this special occasion
were Marissa’s parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Marc Cooper, her other
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Axelband, Shawn’s mother, Mrs.
Leanne Warmstein, and his father,
Robert Warmstein and wife Karen.
Friends Share Day At The Beach
The 2001 class of Brantley
County High School has planned a
10-year class reunion for June 25 in
Waycross.
For more information, send an
email
to
brantley.county.class.of.2001@gmail.co
m
WHS Class 1961
Reunion Planned
Waycross, Georgia
Jewelers
ings held at the popular couple’s
delightful home in Waycross.
The engagement party was held
at 3 o’clock on a Sunday afternoon at their home in Delray
Beach, Fla.
Sixty guests were seated around
the screened-in patio area, with
foods and beverages placed on tables on the patio and throughout
BCHS Class 2001
Planning Reunion
The Waycross High School class
of 1961 is planning a 50th class reunion for the weekend of Sept. 30
and Oct. 1 at the Okefenokee Golf
and Country Club.
If you have any questions, please
All classmates have not been locall Elaine Thornton at (912) 462cated.
Members of the class are
DAFFODIL Is Still
asked
to
contact Doris Beasley Ger5966 or Deborah Bernal at (912)
Accepting Students
50731a
mano
at
(912)
283-3512 or by email
Registration packets are still
267-0701.
at
doris.germano@century21
or
being accepted at DAFFODIL for
Lynn Gailey Barber at (912) 4496432 or hmbarber@accessatc.net to
provide information on the followA NEW ERA
ing classmates: Linda Gail Carlson,
HAS ARRIVED
Danny Ray Deal, Rudy Duncan,
Sharon Horn, Margaret McFadden
The World’s Most
or Ronald Oswald.
Accurate Watch.
“We are planning a wonderful reunion and certainly don’t want any
classmates to miss the event,” said
PRECISIONIST By Bulova
a class spokesman.
Crawford
SPECIAL PHOTO
Dr. Marissa Cooper, granddaughter of former Waycrossans
Raymond and Anne Cooper, is engaged to be married. Her
fiance is Shawn Warmstein.
OTC Continuing
Education Classes
Okefenokee Technical College is
offering the following continuing
education classes: Introduction to
Computers, Microsoft Word 2010,
Digital Photography and Adult
CPR/First Aid.
To enroll, call 287-5854. To learn
more, check out OTC’s Facebook
page.
Klassy Ragz
A Fine Consignment Boutique
• Spring Apparel • Home Decor
• Easter Dresses
Tues. - Fri. 10-6 • Sat. 8-3
152 Main Street
Blackshear, GA
449-1927
Consignment By Appt. Only
SPECIAL PHOTO
Followers Sunday School Class members
of Blackshear First Baptist Church welcomed spring when classmate Ann Wall
treated them to a day at the beach in her
lovely, new condominium at Fernandina
Beach, Fla. “We enjoyed the perfect
weather and the sunny beach views from
the second story balcony,” said class President Margie Wallace. “This is just one of the
many fellowships we Christian sisters
enjoy. We so thank Ann and husband
William Wall for inviting us to spend the
day.” Joining Ann as hostesses were her
pretty sisters, Sue Shoemaker and Marian
James, of Blackshear. They served a delicious lunch of sandwiches, fruits and
desserts to classmembers Jean Bowen (left
to right), Ann Wall, Ann Hampton, Frankie
Odum, Sue Wainright, Margie Wallace and
Nickie Carter. Special guest was Ann
Hampton’s daughter, Debbie Hampton. Mrs.
Wall drove her friends to the beach on the
church van. Before returning home, everyone enjoyed dining at Cedar River Restaurant, to complete a “perfect day.”
Maisie Serves At Winthrop Graduation
Maisie Aldridge, here with
dad, Victor Aldridge, received the honor of being
Assistant Chief Marshal for
this year’s commencement
exercises at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. at
both the Thursday and Saturday ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate
studemts. Only six students
are chosen for the prestigious position of Student
Marshal. Grade point average determines the selection. Maisie, as assistant
chief marshal this school
term and as “chief” student
marshal (upon what would
have been her “return” next
year) is indicative of having
the top grade point average
in the rising junior class at
Winthrop. Maisie will continue her educational pursuits upon ariving in Alaska
later this summer (following
SPECIAL PHOTO
her marriage to Airman First
Class Daniel Stewart of Pebble Hill) where she is enrolled as a transfer student
at the University of Alaska,
Anchorage. She plans to
complete the dance degree
she began at Winthrop then
pursue a pre-medical degree
in occupational therapy and
possibly continue graduate
study in the medical area.
Page - Fourteen
FRIDAY
Religion
Dr. Hall Honored
By New You Folks
Impact Ministering At Solid Rock
HOBOKEN — The
Impact Drama Ministries of Waycross
will be at Solid Rock
Church Sunday at
6:30 p.m. Pastor
Lawrence Hill invites
everyone to come
and experience the
ministry with his
members. “Impact
Drama is a group of
young adults on fire
for God, who spread
the gospel through
music, skits, drama
and the word,” Hill
said. “We pray you
will come and receive a blessing.”
Just Right Planning
Garage Sale Saturday
Pastor J.E. Harris of Just Right
Fellowship Ministry, 1804 Albany
Ave., invites the public to a garage
sale at the church Saturday at 8
a.m.
Items to be sold will include
household goods, women’s and
children’s clothes and jewelry.
Greater Mt. Zion
Youth Hosting BBQ
The Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E.
Church youth department and The
Upper Room youth department
will have a barbecue fundraiser
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
behind Memorial Stadium at Bit
Tanner Field.
Chicken and rib dinners will sell
for $8. Slabs of ribs and Boston
butts will be available for sale in
the afternoon.
Everyone is invited to come and
help the young people raise
money.
Ministry Cancels
Anniversary Event
The Sounds of Harmony under the
direction of Bishop Albert Bussey
and Minister Terrance Lattimore.
Diocese Bishop S. V. Cohen and
the host pastor, Bishop Michael
Flynn, invite the public to attend
and share in these services.
Sing Will Benefit
Transplant Patient
There will be a benefit gospel
sing at Liberty Christian Church,
2341 Illinois Ave. in Emerson
Park, tonight at 7.
The featured groups will be
Chosen and Forgiven, from Waycross, and The Fisherman, from
Douglas.
Proceeds will go to help defray
expenses for Ronnie Taylor who is
needing a double lung transplant
and is currently on Mayo Clinic of
Jacksonville’s transplant list.
Refreshments will be served following the sing.
Pastor Richard Jeffers and
members invite everyone to attend.
St. John Breakfast
Saturday, 7-10 a.m.
St. John Missionary Baptist
Church will serve breakfast Saturday from 7 until 10 a.m.
The meal will include a choice
of two meats, eggs, grits, biscuits,
coffee and juice.
The board of trustees invites the
public to come out for fellowship.
Way Of The Cross
Plans Family Event
Way of the Cross Outreach Mission is inviting everyone to its
Family and Friends Day service
Saturday at 4 p.m.
Dinner will be served at the
church, 512 Lee Ave., across from
the Flash Foods store.
Call Pastor Mark Howard at
District Assembly
(904) 507-3054 or Tausha Howard
Concludes Saturday
at (904) 507-3069 for more inforThe Waycross District Consoli- mation.
dated Assembly is holding its final
service at H.J. Echols Memorial
ʻ7-Upʼ Program Is
Tabernacle, 1120 H.J. Echols
Planned Saturday
Drive today and Saturday at 7.
The ministerial staff of LightBishop Larry Boston, of Victohouse
Christian Harvest Ministry
ria International Fellowship Ministries, of Jacksonville, Fla. will be is hosting a “7-Up” program Satthe guest evangelist tonight. He is urday at 6 p.m.
Seven different speakers will
to be accompanied by a group of
participate.
singers, The Robinson Family, of
Call Missionary Shirley Moten
Jacksonville, Fla., and God Promat (828) 335-5692 for more inforises, of Valdosta.
The assembly will conclude mation.
with Pastor Kenneth Kirksey, of
Power House of Faith Ministries, Health Fair Planned
speaking at the 11 a.m. service Sat- At Shiloh Saturday
urday.
A communitywide health and
The guest choir Saturday will be information fair is planned at
Wings of Deliverance, 1101
Pendleton St., has to cancel the
choir anniversary event previously
announced for Saturday.
The event may be rescheduled.
Come Join Us For Worship
Services
* Sunday School
10:00 a.m.
* Worship
11:00 a.m.
* Evening Worship
6 p.m.
* Wednesday Prayer Services
7 p.m.
(Youth, RA’s, GA’s, Mission Friends)
D EENWOOD
EENWOOD
B APTIST
A P T I S T C HURCH
HURCH
1505 Hilliard Ave. Waycross, GA
www.deenwoodbaptist.org
Pastor: Jarrod Everson
Minister Of Youth & Music: Tommy Youmans
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
1700 Martin Luther King Drive,
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Special speakers from the community, physicians and attorneys
are among those scheduled to
come. The public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Contact Susan Oliver at 2870056 for more information.
Others involved will be the
Rev. Roy Williams, pastor of
Elizabeth Baptist, Dixie Union,
and First African Baptist, Hoboken; the Rev. Kenneth Price, pastor of Taylor Chapel, Millwood,
and Family That Prays Together
Stays Together Ministry, Waycross; Elder Danny Buskey, pastor Lion of Judah Church of God
in Christ; and a prison ministry
choir from Jacksonville, Fla., featuring “Miss Happy.”
Everyone is invited to “come
out and enjoy the celebration.”
Delk Is Preaching
At Hephzibah Church
DIXIE UNION — Gregory
Delk is preaching at Hephzibah
Baptist Church Sunday at 11 a.m.
The church for which Hephzibah Church Road is named has
services on Sundays and at 6 p.m.
Wednesdays.
Everyone is invited.
New Mt. Pleasant To
Host Special Event
The Rev. Jackie L. Hooper and
members of New Mt. Pleasant
Missionary Baptist Church will
celebrate their Friend and Family
Day Sunday at 11 a.m.
The day will begin with Sunday
School at 9:30.
A dinner will be served after
morning worship, and everyone is
invited to come to celebrate the occasion at worship and fellowship
at the meal.
Pine Valley Planning
Homecoming, More
Pastor Danny Varnadore and
members of Pine Valley Church invite everyone to their homecoming and revival beginning Sunday.
The events Sundaywill begin
with Sunday School at 10 a.m. At
11 a.m., the Red Rose Christian
Bluegrass group will sing. This
will be followed by dinner on the
grounds.
Revival services will begin Sunday night at 6 and continue Monday-Wednesday at 7 p.m. The
revival speaker will be the Rev.
Jimmy Cothern, of Alma.
Pine Valley Church is located on
Highway 122 (Carswell Avenue
Extension) five miles west of Corridor Z.
Stephone Dean officiating.
ary Baptist Church Sunday at 11
A dinner is to be served between a.m.
the services.
Davis is the pastor of Little
Rock Baptist in Nahunta.
He is a man of God and a inspiWoodard Chapel
rational speaker, said a St. John
Plans Homecoming
Woodard Chapel Church on the trustee. The public is invited to
Brunswick Highway has revival come out for worship and fellowservices planned Sunday at 11 ship in the Lord Jesus Christ.
a.m. and 6 p.m. and MondayWednesday at 7 p.m.
Helps Ministry Seeks
T.F. Yawn will preach.
More Food, Clothing
The Rev. Ronnie Saylor is comThe Higher Heights, True Word
ing to preach the homcoming serv- of God, Inc., Jehovah Jireh food
ice Sunday, May 22, at 10 a.m.
and clothing ministry is seeking
donations of food and clothing
Prophetic Service
from local organizations and indiAt True Foundation
viduals.
True Foundation Church Of
Any donation will be appreciGod, 1212 Albany Ave., will be ated, as the ministry seeks to win
having a prophetic service and lost souls to Christ and serve the
Youth In Action night Sunday, community in the physical needs
starting at 6.
of its people.
The event will feature ProphetMembers believe Proverb 22:9:
ess Barbara Howard, of Douglas, “He that is kindly in eye will be
as the speaker and a praise dance blessed, for he has given of his
by Prophetess Virgina Jackson, of food to the lowly one.”
Douglas, and New Birth, of True
Call 285-2474, 548-2906 or
Foudation Church of God.
281-9493 for more information.
The public is invite to “come
out and be blessed,” said Pastor
Faith Of God Has
Louvenia Brown
High Attendance Day
At Macedonia MBC
PATTERSON — Members of
Macedonia Missionary Baptist
Church will observe their annual
Sunday School High Attendance
Day Sunday at 9:45 a.m.
St. James Baptist Church, of
Patterson, will be the guest for
Sunday School and High Attendance.
St. Paul Baptist Church, of Ludowici, and First African Baptist
Church, of Sapelo, Island, will be
the guest church for morning worship service at 11.
Deacon Talmadge Washington,
chairperson, and the Rev. Johnny
Gipson, pastor, invite everyone to
attend the service and stay for dinner afterward.
Wahoma Schedules
Sing Saturday Night
Wahoma Church of God of
Prophecy, 3266 Minnesota Ave.,
will be hosting a sing Sunday at 6
Menʼs Day, Deacons
Ordained On Sunday p.m. featuring the group, Beyond
CRAWLEY — New Pleasant the Ashes.
Grove Baptist Church is hosting
816-7903.
Men’s Day Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
with the Rev. Larry O’Hara speakSpeaker At St. John
ing.
An ordination service for dea- Is Pastor T.L. Davis
cons will take place at 3 p.m. that
Pastor T.L. Davis will break the
day with Vice Moderator J. bread of life at St. John Mission-
29th Anniversary
Members of Faith of God
Church Ministry are celebrating
the 29th anniversary of the church
with services Sunday.
Bishop Michael Flynn, pastor of
First Born Church of Waycross, is
the scheduled speaker at the service hosted by the men of Faith of
God at 11:30 a.m.
The women of the church will
host the 3:30 p.m. service with
Minister Stacy Ketter, of Philippians Church in Jacksonville, Fla.,
speaking.
The anniversary theme, “A
House Built on a Rock Shall
Stand,” is based on Matthew 7:25.
A dinner will be served between
the morning and afternoon services.
Bishop Larry Atkinson and First
Lady Wanda Atkinson join the
members to invite everyone to
come, help them celebrate in worship and in fellowship at dinner at
the church, 1509 Louisiana Ave.
(Newtown).
FILE PHOTO
Dr. Martha M. Hall is the
founder and pastor of New
You Ministries of Life and is
being honored for her ministry by members of the
church.
Friends, Family Day
Coming To Antioch
The annual Friends and Family
Day will be celebrated at Historic
First African (Antioch) Baptist
Church, 615 Knight Ave., Sunday
at 11 a.m.
Pastor Jimmy R. Boyd, formerly
of Waycross but now a resident of
Valdosta, will deliver the message.
He currently serves as the assistant pastor of Serenity Christian
Center in Valdosta where the Rev.
Floyd Royles is pastor.
He is the son of Albert and Faye
Boyd, of Waycross. He is married
to the former Danita Sermons.
They have five children.
The Rev. L. Perry McNeal, interim pastor of First African, the
Rev. James Howard, associate pastor, Calvin Gunn, chairman of the
deacons, and members of Antioch
Baptist Church invite the public to
attend.
Dinner will be served immediately after the service on the
church grounds.
Homecoming Plans
With Kirkland Family
A homecoming service is
planned at Waycross Holiness
Baptist Church, 210 East Blackshear Ave., Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
The Kirkland Family, from
Douglas, is coming to sing.
Pastor Nancy Luke invites
everyone to come.
New Elizabeth Plans
A Men, Women Day
DIXIE UNION — Members of
New Elizabeth Missionary Baptist
Church are planning their Men and
Women Day celebration Sunday.
The women’s service, with
Evangelist Lawanda Kelly, of Augusta, speaking will be at 11:30
a.m.
Stanley Evans, pastor of Miracle First Born Church, will speak
at the 3 p.m. men’s service.
Everyone is invited to both services at the church, 4320 Bickley
Highway.
TRINITY
1005 CHURCH ST.
WAYCROSS, GA. 31501
283-5526
11:00 a.m. - Morning Service
Welcome To
“The Gate Keeper”
Lion of Judah Church of God In Christ
Rev. Dan Pegram
6:00 P.M. - Evening Worship
“Mark”
Study Of God’s Word
Our motto “Our Business is God’s Business and
God’s Business is Soul Business”
Matthew 28:19-20
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Adult & Youth Bible Study: Tuesdays 6:00 p.m.
PREP Marriage Building Seminar: Thursdays 6:00 p.m.
2913 Albany Avenue • Waycross, Ga 31503
Pastor & Founder Danny L. Buskey: 912-283-8730
20322a
PATTERSON — Boys, ages 818, are invited to attend a workshop Saturday at 10 a.m. at the
Bud Newton Center in Patterson.
Lunch will be served and recreational activities will be available.
For more information or to request transportation, call 2812622.
Dr. Martha M. Hall’s “faithful
years of service as a true woman
of God” are being celebrated by
members of New You Ministries
of Life with services Saturday at
7 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m.
They are planning for a full
night of praise and worship Saturday with various ministries joining together with New You.
Overseer Jackie Harris, of Just
Right Ministries, Waycross, and
Antioch Baptist Church, of
Homerville, is the speaker Saturday.
Wo r s h i p O p p o r t u n i t i e s
SPECIAL PHOTO
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Saturday Morning
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Kingdom
Life Event
Is Coming
May 25-29
Kingdom Dominion Ministries,
300 Mary S., downtown Waycross, will host its first Kingdom
Life Conference May 25-29.
The purpose of the conference
is to minister to married couples,
singles and youth. Newlyweds,
long-time marriage partners, singles, those divorced or separated
and teenagers will be ministered
to in such a way that it will bring
a refreshing to their lives and relationships.
The conference schedule is:
•Wednesday, May 25, 7 p.m.,
Bishop Johnathan and Dr. Toni
Alvarado, married couples only;
•Thursday, May 26, 7 p.m.,
Bishop Johnathan Alvarado;
•Friday, May 27, 7 p.m., Pastor
Tracey Troy, of Whiteville, N.C.;
•Saturday, May 28, 9 a.m., singles only;
•Saturday, May 28, noon-4
p.m., Kingdom Saturday, a community event; and
•Sunday, May 29, 10:30 a.m.,
Pastor Carlos and Lady Chenille
White.
Everyone is encouraged to
mark their calendars and come
expecting God to increase you in
every area of your life.
Call Kingdom Dominion Ministries at 283-1468 or 590-7120
for more information.
Parents Dedicate Children At Sweat
A large group of parents and children participated in the dedication of children to
God at Sweat Memorial Baptist Church:
Richard and Allison Dial and daughter,
Tessa (back, left to right); Todd and Kellie
Ragle and daughter, Sydney; Joey and
Angie Wildes and son, Owen; Scott and
Haley Livingston and daughters, Lillie and
Liberty Baptist Has
Homecoming Sunday
FILE PHOTO
Pastor Willie
J. White Is
Appreciated
By Members
Of Church
In Manor
Marlee; Ralph and Amber Pittman and
daughter, Anniston (front, left to right); Matt
and Julia Benton and son, Breck; Rick and
Amanda Bridges and son, Holden; Dustin
and Betsy Kinnon and son, Ryder; John
Mark and Kellie Spikes and son, Easton;
and Jamie and Lacee Keen and daughters,
Loralei and Lilah.
Church Events
speaker for Thursday and Friday,
May 19 and 20.
The ministry is under the leadBICKLEY — Liberty Baptist
ership
of Apostle J.C. Murray and
Church in the Beach-Bickley comPastor
Doris Dupont, who invite
munity announces its homecoming
everyone to attend.
Sunday at 11 a.m.
Members of Liberty invite
friends to join them starting with
Sunday School at 10 a.m. followed
by worship service at 11. The servic will include special singing and
the Rev. Matt Tuttle bringing the
homecoming message.
This will be the kick-off their revival services Monday at 7 p.m
with Robbie Gill preaching, Tuesday at 7 p.m. with Greg Carter as
the guest speaker, and Wednesday
at 7 p.m. with Clint Carter preaching.
Doves Fellowship
Wednesday Morning
Willie J. White is being honored as the pastor of Manor
Chapel Missionary Baptist
Church.
SPECIAL PHOTO
Moody Is Leading
Prayer Clinic Here
BLACKSHEAR — Helen
Moody is coming to speak on the
“full armor of God” and intercessory prayer at a women’s prayer
clinic at Power’s Center, 3537
Dean Still Road.
The clinic will begin at 9 a.m.
Saturday, May 21. Everyone is invited to come expecting deliverance, healing and direction for
their lives as they come into the
presence of God.
They are encouraged to bring
pillows or blankets to use as they
pray. Dress casually.
Call Helen Moody at 647-2245,
Carolyn Sellers at 284-0227,
Sherry Moody at 282-3620,
Thessa Williams at 816-6950 and
Havannah Green at 467-1094.
The Kettle Creek Church Doves
will meet in the church fellowship
hall Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. to
enjoy a meal and “dirty bingo.”
Doves are members, 55 and
older, who invite their peers to join
them for fellowship. Bring a covNorthside Is Having
ered dish and a small gift.
The guest speaker is to be Mary Family, Friends Day
Family and Friends Day is hapFals, children’s Sunday School aspening at Northside Temple Holisistant director.
ness Church, 1216 Abner St.,
Sunday, May 22, at 3 p.m.
COCWIH Has Youth
The people participating include
Revival Next Week
Mother
Betty Clark, praise and
The Church of Christ Written In
worship;
House of Prayer, led by
Heaven, 617 Blackwell St., has
Pastor
Ernestine
Nelson, guest
planned a youth revival Wedneschoir;
Elder
Melad
Smith,
speaker;
day-Friday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m.
Stanley Evans, pastor of Mira- and Queen Esther Williams,
cle First Born Church of the Liv- soloist.
“We are asking all our family
ing God, of Nahunta, is the
and
friends and all surrounding
scheduled speaker.
The pastoral staff, Senior churches to come be a part of our
Bishop T. Brown, Youth Minister family,” said Pat Williams,
Johnny Wilkins and Youth Presi- spokesperson. “Help celebrate
dent Stephanie Dent, invite every- with us. Dinner will be served in
one to “come, hear this anointed the social hall.”
man of God.”
Fun Day At New
Bethel In Screven
SCREVEN — New Bethel Life
Changing Ministries is preparing
for a fun day for everyone with
food and games in the church
parking lot Saturday, May 21, from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
MANOR — Members of
Ticket prices range from $1 to
Manor Chapel Missionary Baptist $5 for fun slides and trampolines
Church are honoring Pastor
and food like lemonade, hot dogs,
Willie J. White for his ministry
soda and barbecue sandwiches.
among them Sunday, May 22, in
A yard sale will take place.
the 11:30 a.m. service.
The morning speaker is to be
Eagle Eye Vision
the Rev. James Owens, who is
Plans For Revival
bringing his members from New
Members of Eagle Eye Vision
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Ministries, 303 1/2 Blackshear
Pastor White is known for his
Ave., is preparing for revival servtheme, Jude 1:24, 25, which beices Tuesday-Friday, May 20, at 7
gins: “Now unto Him that is able p.m.
to keep us from falling ...”
The speaker Tuesday and
The day’s services will begin
Wednesday is to be Evangelist
with Sunday School at 10 a.m.
Martha Miller, of True Foundation
Everyone is invited to come
Church of God, where Louvenia
and worship and give honor to
Brown is the pastor.
this man of God, said Jack Harris,
Evangelist Caroly Miller, of
Eagle Eye, is the scheduled
a member of Manor Chapel.
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and
realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men,
they were astonished and they took note that these
men had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:13
SUNDAY SCHOOL.........9:45
MORNING WORSHIP. 11:00
EVENING WORSHIP..........6
WED. BIBLE STUDY..........7
Pastor, Dwayne Smith
a.m.
a.m.
p.m.
p.m.
Hebardville United Methodist Church
113 East Waring St. • Waycross • 283-1379
New Bethel Cutting
Ribbon On May 22
JESUP — New Bethel Life
Changing Ministry, 531 Brown St.,
invites the public to its ribbon cutting ceremony and Family and
Friend Day service Sunday, May
22, at 1 p.m.
The ribbon cutting is at 1 p.m.
The family and friend service is at
2. A reception is planned after the
service.
Austin Chapel Hosts
Missionary Memorial
Members of Austin Chapel
C.M.E. Church, 508 Hamilton St.,
will observe its first missionary
memorial service Sunday, May 22,
at 3 p.m.
The date has been changed since
it was previously announced.
The public is invited to attend.
a.m. and Monday-Wednesday,
May 23-25, at 7 p.m.
Everyone is invited to come
hear the evangelist, David Simmons. They are also invited to dinner after the Sunday morning
service.
Higher Dimension
Planning Revival
Everyone is invited to “come
hear a word from God” at revival
services at Higher Dimension
Ministries, Inc. Wednesday-Friday,
May 25-27, at 7:30 p.m.
The guest speaker is to be Chris
Smithson, pastor of Assembly of
Worship.
Apostle Diane Blue, senior pastor, and Zachory Sumner, pastor,
invite the public to services at the
church, 1928 ABC Ave.
Womenʼs Conclave
Wednesday-Sunday
Women’s Conference 2011 is
coming to True Foundation
Church of God, 1212 Albany Ave.,
Wednesday-Saturday, May 25-28,
at 7:20 p.m. and Sunday, May 29,
at 11:30 a.m.
The conference organizers expect a “mighty move of the Holy
Spirit as women from the area
unite in prayer and praise” at the
Women of Greater conference.
Walking By Faith
Revival Scheduled
Walking By Faith Ministry,
3157 State St., has scheduled an
end of spring revival Friday and
Saturday, May 27 and 28, at 7 p.m.
Apostle Felton Jones, of God’s
Tabernacle of Deliverance in
Blackshear, is the scheduled evangelist.
“This man of God in one of
God’s best secret weapons that is
being revealed in these last days,”
said Pastor B.T. Taylor. “Come and
be revived.”
Big Bethelʼs ʻSpring
Festivalʼ Is May 29
Big Bethel Free Will Baptist
Church, 1222 Thomas St., is to
present “A Spring Festival in
Songs” Sunday, May 29, at 7 p.m.
Various singers from the community will entertain those who attend. Refreshments will be served
at the end of the program.
“Please come and help us celebrate this joyous occasion,” said
the Rev. A. Keith Scott.
Emmanuelʼs Bible
College In Session
An Emmenuel’s Bible College
Spring 2011 Intensive is to happen
at the Quality Inn (formerly Holiday Inn) Friday, May 27, from 6 to
8 p.m. and Saturday, May 28, beginning with breakfast at 8 a.m.
Revival Plans Made
Breakfast is from 8 to 8:45 a.m.
At Newbern Baptist
with a class session from 9 to 9:45,
MILLWOOD — Revival serv- a break at 9:45, class from 10 to
ices are planned at Newbern Bap- 10:45, question and answer session
tist Church Sunday, May 22, at 11 from 10:45 to 11 and then lunch.
TRI-COUNTY BAPTIST CHURCH
707 Elizabeth St. Waycross, Ga.
912-337-1742
Singing The Old Hymns, Preaching The Word
Schedule of Services
Sunday a.m. 10:30
Sunday p.m. 6:00
Wednesday p.m. 6:45
Pastor: Marien Mullis Music Dir: Micky Mullis
Clayton Davis Will
Preach At Indian
Mound On Sunday
Page - Fifteen
Indian Mound Church will celebrate homecoming Sunday with
an 11 a.m. worship service.
The congregation will honor
their pastor, the Rev. Clayton
Davis, and his wife, Betty Davis,
on this day.
Davis, known as “Brother
Clayton,” has been the pastor of
Indian Mound for the past 35
years.
“He has touched numerous
lives in Ware County and neighboring counties,” said a prominent member. “He is loved and
respected by all.”
Community members, who
wish to join family and friends in
honoring him, are invited to join
FILE PHOTO
the members for worship and din- Rev. Clayton Davis has been
ner, or come to the dinner after
the pastor of Indian Mound
their own church service.
Church for 35 years.
You’re Invited;
Bring A Friend
To Friends Day
At Calvary UPC
Sunday Morning
The registration fee for “Comparisons of The Gospels” with Dr.
Dennis Myles Golphin is $20.
Call Dr. Carla Hardy at 2829659 or 285-5056 for more information.
Emmanuel’s Bible College is
headquartered at 600 Genoa St.
Calvary United Pentecostal
The chancellor is Dr. Michael-Angelo James; Hardy is the president. Church, 1606 Isabella St., a
growing church in the city that
thinks church should be a warm,
Union Service Plans
welcoming place for all people,
At Northside Temple invites everyone to Friend’s Day
The fifth Sunday union meeting Sunday at 10 a.m.
at Northside Temple Holiness
Members say they love their
Church will be a series of services, community and want to share
Thursday, Friday and Sunday, May their friendship with those who
26, 27 and 29, at 7:30 p.m.
live here or near here. Friend’s
Thursday, May 26, is youth Day is intended as an awesome
night. Women’s night is Friday, worship service where they want
May 27. Worship on Sunday, May to meet new friends.
It is to be a worship service
29, will include Sunday School at
10 a.m. and morning worship at where everyone will experience
an uplifting message that applies
11:30.
A dinner is to be served in the to real life and upbeat music that
inspires.
social hall after the service.
Since it is a growing church,
Bishop Vandell Milton, overseer, and Elder Melad Smith, pas- members expect everyone can fit
tor, invite everyone to “come and right in.
Friend’s Day will include Sunbe a blessing to us and receive a
day
School at 10 a.m. (children
blessing.”
are directed straight to their
proper class) and worship at 11.
Prayer Camp 2011
After the service a kid’s slide,
Coming June 2-4
Ultimate Frisbee for all ages, a
DOUGLAS — Global Refor- jam session and singing in the
mation Equipping Center is pre- sanctuary are planned. Hot dogs,
senting Prayer Camp 2011 hamburgers and drinks will be
“Territorial Dominion, Hostile served free.
Takeover” June 2-4 at The Quality
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Inn in Douglas.
401 PENDLETON ST. • 283-8582
Apostle Robert Shields, Tampa,
Sunday Services
Fla., has been invited as the special
guest speaker by the prayer camp Eucharist 8 & 10:30 a. m.
Nursery at 10:30 a. m.
executors, Prophetess Barbara
Howard and Prophetess Virginia
Jackson.
327-3459 or (786) 443-3554 or
email
to
Channel 42 Sunday @ 6:00 pm
intercessor47@yahoo.com or inwww.grace-episcopalwaycross.com
tercessor33@hotmail.com
And You Hath He Quickened Who
Were Dead In Trespasses and Sins
Sunday Services:
Bible Study.......................10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship.........11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship............6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Services:
Prayer Meeting.................6:00 p.m.
Pastor, Mike DeVane
1600 Cherokee Circle • Waycross, GA
Kettle Creek Church
2523 Carswell Avenue
“A Church ALIVE is worth the DRIVE”
Sunday School......................................9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship................................10:45 a.m.
Kids Church-3 yrs. to 3rd Grade.......10:45 a.m.
Evening Worship -......................................6:00 p.m.
Monday Morning Prayer.....................10:00 a.m.
Wednesday Prayer Meeting.................7:00 p.m.
Wed. “Soul House” 3-12 yrs..................5:45 p.m.
Thursday Youth “Salt & Light”............6:30 p.m.
Thursday Women’s Bible Study............7:00 p.m.
Saturday Prayer............................7 p.m.- 8 p.m.
www.kettlecreek.cc
Nursery Provided (Sun. & Wed.)
EVERYBODY
Page - Sixteen
Call In YOURS
TODAY
283-2244
Reads The Classifieds
www.wjhnews.com
PERSONAL AND
CONFIDENTIAL
PREGNANT?
NEED Help? Call
Birthright, 283-8333
PUBLIC
NOTICE
THE CITY of Waycross
will receive sealed bids
from Fuel Card Vendors
for the annual contract
of a:
Fuel Card Fueling System
Bids will be accepted until
10:00 a.m., Wednesday,
May 25, 2011. Bid packets may be obtained from
the Purchasing Dept.,
2nd Floor, City Hall, 417
Pendleton Street, 31501.
912-287-2956.
www.waycrossga.com
Linda Jones, CPPB
Purchasing Director
LOST &
FOUND
Very friendly Dog-Lots of
German Shepherd Mixed.
May be 6 yrs. old &
spayed. Collar w/no tags.
283-3290.
REWARD! Lost: Female
English Bulldog-Answers
to Riley-Tan & White. Eye
cond. on right eye. Call
614-4355.
AUTOS
FOR SALE
“87 CADILLAC DeVille.
85k miles.$1100
550-7468
We Can Finance You
Slow or Bad Credit
Bankrupt * No Credit
Nice Selection of
Clean Vehicles
Auto Brokers
515 Albany 285-2111
STATE AUTO PARTS
We buy junk cars & sell
used parts. 281-3081
or 281-2901.
2006 TOYOTA Avalon
XLS. Gray. Very nice.
912-614-6187.
TRUCKS
FOR SALE
ʻ08 Ranger; ʻ04 Ranger;
ʻ03 S10. 288-5194.
ICE CREAM Vending
Truck for Sale. 284-0159
or 288-3912.
BOATS &
MOTORS
Tractor Work, bushhog,
rototil, property clean up
& dirt work. Gordon @
912-337-5037.
POOL CONTRACTOR
Needed to install diving
board and stand at existing residential swimming
pool. Prior experience required. Call (912)2821432 anytime.
SEWING
30 years experience.
Reasonable rates. 912722-9138 leave message. OFFICE RN needed for a
local Home Health
PRESSURE WASHING
Houses, driveways,
Agency. This position
fences & etc. Free Est.
needs someone with ex912-816-3649.
perience in Auditing,
Home Health, Medicare,
Hudson Tree Service.
Complete Clean Up. 449- Joint Commission and
Computer experience.
8855 or 387-6616.
This position offers full
House Husband Cleantime benefits such as
ing Service. We will clean
health insurance, paid
your house the way you
days off, mileage reimwant the job done. Call
bursement and company
FMI, 283-0466 or 387sponsored profit sharing
6708, ask for James.
plan. Call Kacie Sasser at
HERSEYʼS TREE Re(912) 283-1262 or email
moval & Trimming Serv- ksasser@ahce.net. EOE
ice. Free Est.
NEEDED CLASS B CDL
Lic. & Insured. Phone:
Driver. Apply in person
(912)816-5546.
@ Hoboken Building
HANDY MAN
Supply, 4614 E. Main St.,
AVAILABLE
Hoboken.
Strong hands available
for fence building, tree re- Medical Office seeks enmoval, tear down and re- ergetic, motivated recepmoval of old buildings,
tionist for part time
yard and pasture mowing position. Medical experi& lot clearing: 912-496- ence a must. Please send
3221 or 912-276-0605.
resume to: Sandra McGEORGIA COURIER
Clure, 3221 Glynn AvOpen for Business
enue, Brunswick, GA.
Licensed, Bonded & In31520.
sured. (912)387-9971 or
HOME HEALTH Aide
leave message at
with GA license needed
(912)283-9155.
per visit for local home
EXPERT TRIGGER
health agency in WayJOBS
cross, GA. Home health
Stiff trigger spoiling your
experience is strongly
aim? An expertly done
preferred. Excellent rates
trigger job will keep your
available. Contact Kacie
firearm right on target.
Sasser
at (912)283-1262
Call Lester at
or email
(912)462-8650.
ksasser@ahce.net. EOE
COMPLETE CARPET,
HEAVY DUTY Truck
Wood & Tile Installation.
Parts Dist. looking for
Call Lamar Carter
Outside Sales Person for
@ 281-7783.
Waycross & surrounding
Bushwhackerareas. HD Exp. a plus but
Bushhogging. 449-5031
not necessary. Send resume to: Outside Sales,
LAWN
207 Savannah Ave., East
SERVICE
Dublin, GA. 31027
TIMʼS LAWN Care. Free
Estimates. 288-1838.
LAWN MOWER
SERVICE
No Job to Small.
Raking leaves or straw.
816-0108.
Keithʼs Lawn Care
Service.
Cheapest in Town!
912-288-4086.
House Husband Lawn
Service. We do any kind
of lawn work. No job to
big or small. Call FMI,
283-0466 or 387-6708,
ask for James.
HELP
WANTED
12FT. JON Boat & Trailer. Waycross-Ware County
$400. 614-4274.
Chamber of Commerce
seeks administrative assistant for Full Time TemCAMPERS
porary Position beginning
FOR SALE
June 1, 2011 through August 31, 2011. Send reʻ08 TRAV. Trailer.
sume and cover letter to
Wildwd. LE 19BH,
Georgia Department of
1 Owner, A+. Sleeps 5+,
Labor, Job Number
Full BA, BR, Kit., appl.,
GA7943319, 600 Plant
AC/Gas, Ent. Pkg., sofa.
Avenue, Waycross, GA
$11,000. 287-1682.
31501. Deadline is
Wednesday, May 18th
MOTORCYCLES
at 4:00 p.m.
FOR SALE
Debbie Rowell
Waycross
Cardiology Clinic
Customer Service
Representative
Simmons Manufacturing
of Waycross has an immediate opening for a
Customer Service Representative. Applicant must
have knowledge of computers, and excellent telephone analytical skills.
This position will receive
customer orders by
phone, fax or mail and
enter them into computer
with accuracy and expediency. Handles customer
inquiries, problems and
complaints using excellent communication skills.
Ensures timely
and accurate
communication with sales
representatives, customers, and other employees to facilitate
customer satisfaction. 2-3
years related customer
service experience. Must
be computer literate.
On-site applications for
this position only, will
be accepted on
Wednesday, May 18th
between 9 am and l:00
pm at Simmons, 3450
Simmons Dr. Qualified
candidates may fax resumes to
912-338-7565, No phone
calls please. An Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V
YARD SALE: Sat., 1702
FISH PONDS are open.
Hazel St. Ladies Clothes JOURNAL-HERALD Very clean. Catfish, Brim
through plus size. Shoes,
& Bass. Clean BathCLASSIFIED POLICY:
handbags, & household.
rooms. 285-7490, No
Mens clothes.
Ads must be prepaid.
calls after 8:00 pm.
YARD SALE: Sat. May Credit will be extended 2 GREENLAWN Ceme14th. 9:00. 2606 Heritage only with prior approval.
tery Companion
Circle (Frontier Estates),
Mausoleum Crypts on
off Wacona Dr. Clothing,
CLASSIFIED
Desirable Heart Level.
bathroom & kitchen sinks,
$9000 for both.
ADVERTISING
lots
912-270-2941.
RATES
of stuff!
$1.00 per line per
FARM
insertion minimum $9.00
YARD SALE: Sat. May
PRODUCE
14th. 8 till 12. 54 Pecan
OUT OF TOWN
Rd., Waycross. Lots of
$2 per line per
Red Barn, Hwy 84,
stuff!
insertion minimum $18
Manor. 912-283-5060.
YARD SALE: Sat. 8 a.m.
Line charges are
Some vegetables are
until. 325 E Blackshear determined by type size.
ready.
Ave. Lots of misc items.
Examples:
TV, computers, cltohes, &
Onions, Squash.
8
point
I
much more.
449-6573.
YARD SALE: At 500 E.
Blackshear Ave. Clothes,
toys, household goods,
etc. Sat. May 14th @
8:00 until.
YARD SALE: 808 Hill St.
Sat. May 14th.. 8 until.
YARD SALE: 1615 Moss
Creek Rd. Sat. May 14th,
7 a.m. until 11 a.m. Absolutely no early sales.
New queen sheet sets &
other sheets, towels, rugs,
new womens purses,
aquariums & fish stuff.
Lots of misc.
Myrtle Ave. Lots of Stuff!
GARAGE SALE: Gigantic. 8 banquet tables full,
plus. 703 Sargeant St., 2
Streets down from Health
Dept. & Food Lion. Fri. &
Sat.
GARAGE SALE: 1150
Riverdale Dr. All day Friday till noon on Sat. Childrens clothes, household
items, toys, etc.
CHURCH YARD Sale:
Raising money for youth of
Waresboro
Baptist
Church. Kids clothes, toys,
household items, etc. At
Imtec parking lot. Off State
St. behind Crosbyʼs. Sat. 7
a.m. until 2p.m.
6-FAMILY Yard Sale: Sat.
May 14th. US 1 Flea
Market, 4065 Memorial
Drive. If Rains Sale will
be inside. 8:00 Until.
Come set up with Us-No
Charge!
Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
40315a
• No Credit
Check
• Low Monthly
Payments
• We Finance
• Utility Buildings
• Homes
• Fences
• Around Pools
• And More
30 pt. 6
Deadline: 12 Noon Day
Before Publication
Mondayʼs Edition:
12 Noon on Friday
Saturdayʼs Edition:
10a.m. on Friday
Department Hours:
Monday thru Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Moore Farms Strawberries, cabbage, cucumbers, new potatoes,
onions & squash. Monday
- Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
& Saturday. 8 till 2.
285-3432.
Hey! Blueberry Plants.
Still $1-1 Gal. 1 yr. old.
Jumbo Early Berries,
V-1, Stars, OʼNeals.
Thou. 2 choose from.
“Fresh Berries” u/pic$1.50 lb.-we pic -$3.50 lb.
3 mi. from Waycross. Call
912-288-4375.
MISCELLANEOUS
SALES
WAYCROSS
LIONS CLUB
has Brooms, Mops,
and Flags for sale @
EyeCare 1, Waycross
Mall or call
285-8920 or 283-6088.
ON WATER SITES
Fishing, camping, swimming, full or partial hook
ups. Very private & clean.
Rent by weekend, week,
etc. 285-7490. No calls
after 7:00 pm.
Experienced Servers,
Counter Help/Cashier
and Dishwashers.
Must Pass Drug Screen.
Apply In Person @
Matt’s Italian
Restaurant & Pizzeria
501 City Blvd.
Between 2 & 4 p.m.
No Phone Calls Please
BIDDIES FOR Sale
Various Breeds & Ages
Available.
Also Fresh Eggs & Roosters.
Call 912-281-0018.
NOTICE
Faith Apartments- 2, & 2 & 3 BR, mobile homes.
3BR Duplex Apts. in Way- Waycross Area. Starting
cross. 449-5055.
@ $300.
912-552-7618
Central Park Apts.
1,2,3, BR w/Pool.
912-283-7131.
BLACKSHEAR 2BR
Apts. 449-3633; after
hours 281-6306.
2BR APT. For details call
288-1838.
EQUAL HOUSING
All real estate advertising in this
newspaper is subject to the Federal
Fair Housing Act of 1968 which
makes it illegal to advertise “any
preference, limitation or discrimination-based on race, color, religion,
sex or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference,
limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under
the age of 18 living with parents or
legal custodians, pregnant women
and people securing custody of
children under 18. This newspaper
will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in
violation of the law. Our readers are
hereby informed that all dwellings
advertised in this newspaper are
available on an equal opportunity
basis.
To complain of discrimination call
HUD toll-free at
1-800-669-9777, the toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.
APARTMENT
RENTAL
RV LOT for Rent.
285-3317.
1BR NICE Apt. for Rent.
$425 mo. $200 dep.
Water, sewer & garbage
pick up furn. 614-7879.
1-2BR furn. Utl., Washer
& Dryer. A/C Sat TV 2839981; 283-6454.
HOUSE
RENTALS
MH LOT. 285-1600
ROOM
RENTALS
FURN. 912-282-5428.
BUILDING
RENTALS
CLINIC & Office Space
for Rent. Call 283-8739.
HOMES
FOR SALE
HOUSE FOR Rent-No
Pets. City of Blackshear.
449-4376 or 282-3230.
NEW 4BR/2BA. 9ft. ceilings, ceramic & wood
floors, screen porch, 2
For Sale or Rent:
3BR/2BA. $550 mo. Nice car garage. $137,800. 0
down, $750 per mo.
neighborhood.
4.625 % fixed 30 years.
904-228-5518.
USDA Qualified. Cayman
3BR/1BA. Cent. H&A.
$400 mo. 502 Wilkerson Builders, Wacona Subdivision. 284-9222
St. 387-9688.
or 288-5880.
3910 Seymore
LEASE PURCHASE.
Rd./Jamestown.
3BR/2BA. 2 yrs. old.
3BR/2BA. Cent. H&A.
Many Upgrades. 2506
Stove/Frig/DW, Carport.
LeJune Rd. $199,000.
$650 Rent; $500 Dep.
282-2419.
670-0700.
House for Sale: Folkston; Brick/U.S. Steel;
2BR-1 & 1/2BA. Central
Heat & Air; Extra large
two car garage; office;
covered patio; fenced
yard; garden spot; fruit
trees; estimated square
RENTALS
NICE 2BR Duplex.
ft. 1,400; lot size 159 feet
285-3374.
by 150 feet. Nice quiet
Private Lots. 283-9200. neighborhood; (912)496Jamestown Duplex for
4194, (912)337-1007,
2BR/2BA. 1920 Vann
Rent. 2BR/1BA. Washer
(912)614-1676.
and Dryer provided. Nice, Rd., out Jamestown. Reg.
$495 mo., Now only
big.$465 per mo. $350
For Sale: Foreclosure:4/3
$350. New carpet.
sec. dep.
home on 1.2 acres. 2,631
614-7314.
Coley Properties,
Sq. Ft. 2501 Pebble Hill
912-288-6298.
Rd. $120,000. Recently
2BR MOBILE Home. In
HOLLY ROSS Estates.
1-2-3 BR. 283-7303
PROGRESSIVE CARE UNIT (PCU)
RN/LPN Staff Nurse 7P-7A
Unit Secretary/CNA 7P-7A and 7A-7P
SATILLA REGIONAL SPECIALTY
PHYSCIANS- SURGICAL
Medical Office Assistant, Full Time
SATILLA REGIONAL SPECIALTY
PHYSCIANS – ORTHOPEDICS
Office Manager, Full time
Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner, Full time
2M
CNA/Unit Secretary, Full time
remodeled. 284-2271
for info.
Case Management Assistant, Full time
FOOD AND NUTRITION
Trayline Aide, Part-time
Cashier, Part-time days and hours vary
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Housekeeper 2:30 PM until 11:30 PM, Full time
Housekeeper 7:30 AM until 4:30 PM, Full time
SECURITY
Security Office, Full time days and hours vary
SATILLA REHAB INSTITUTE
Occupational Therapist, Full time
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, Full time
2A
CNA/Unit Secretary, Full time
3 MAIN
RN/LPN, PRN, days and hours vary
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Assistant Shift Care Coordinator (RN), Full time
7P-7A
FLEX POOL
RNs and LPNs, 1 year of acute care experience
required
HEART CENTER
Cardiovascular Tech, Full time
Echo Sonographer, PRN
Transporter, Full time
County. Water Furn. Call
285-8342.
PHARMACY
Pharmacist, Full time
Certified Pharmacy Tech 6:00 PM-6:00 AM
2C
CNA/Unit Secretary, as needed
REVENUE MANAGEMENT
Code-Based Reimbursement Analyst, Full time
www.satillamotors.com
RV LOT. 285-1600.
TOWNHOUSE, 3/3.
$1000/mo. Owner is a licensed real estate agent. 2BR/1BA SMALL House
283-7661.
for Rent. Red Bud Drive.
$300 dep. $400 mo. Call
Sandy Creek Apts.
282-7269.
1,2, & 3 BR Apts. Water &
Sewer Inc. $400 to
2/1. $500. 510-908-4063.
$575 + $150 dep.
912-285-1852.
MOBILE HOME
IMAGING
Transporter, Full time days and hours vary
CLEAN CARS
TRUCKS
MOBILE HOME
LOT RENTALS
3BR/2BA $700 Mo +
$675 Dep. No pets.
285-4995
PIERCE COUNTY NURSING
HOME
CNA, PRN positions available
LPN Staff Nurse, Full time
Housekeeper/Floor Care, Part-time
SATILLA CARE CENTER
LPN Full time and PRN
CNA, Full time and PRN
Business Office Manager, Full time
SENIOR BEHAVIORAL CENTER
Nurse Manager, MSN preferred
RN, Full time and PRN
CNA, PRN, days and hours vary
Social Worker/Therapist, PRN
REGISTRATION
Registration Clerk, as needed
HEALTH INFORMATION
SERVICES
Coding Specialist, Full time, Certification required
Wa l k e r Tr e e S u r g e o n
Over 23 Years Experience
Insurance Claims Welcome
Residential &Commercial
Licensed &Insured
Trimming • Pruning
Limbing •Topping
Complete Clean Up
Stump Grinding
Free Estimates
Owner
Wade Walker 283-2602
2 & 3 BR Central Ave.
No pets. 285-7428.
2BR/2BA Apt. Cent. Ave.
Area. 285-8908.
OPPORTUNITY
CASE MANAGEMENT
Social Worker/Discharge Planner, Full time
61114a
285-3559
24 pt.5
3
4
40405a
1237 Albany Ave.
Waycross
We Buy And Sell
Commercial Properties,
Apartments, Houses and
Duplexes. Great Income
Producing Properties
Provide Excellent Tax
Shelters and Over
$75,000.00 Of Income
Per Month. Jelott
Properties.
Jack Lott 912-283-6350
Cell 912-614-2194
point
14 point
NEW TO you Yard Sale:
DOGS/CATS
Closed Saturdays
Sat.14th. 7:30 until. @117
AND PETS
Our phone number:
Bent Court. Blackshear.
Turn off Ware St. on to
283-2244
FREE TO good home. 2
Sunny Medow Drive, folOut-of-towners dial
puppies. Lab mix. 614low sigsns. Household
1-912-283-2244
7976
items, Mens & Ladies
Dress Hats & Suites,
Mailing Address:
FREE TO GOOD HOME
Shoes, Bed Spreads & all Waycross Journal-Herald Playful female lab mix,
P.O. Box 219
types of clothing.
youngster, great with
Waycross, Ga. 31502
kids,
dewormed with all
MULTI-FAMILY Yard
shots. Call 282-1933, or
Sale: Sat. May 14th.
Errors:
647-2982 after 5p.m.
Baby furn., carseats,
Publisher responsible for only
one (1) incorrect insertion &
toys, clothes. 7 till 11.
FREE KITTENS. Long
in no way liable for any
3408 Wren Dr. .
hair tabby. 5 wks. old.
adjustments greater than the
282-7483.
LARGE YARD Sale: Lots amount of space the error
occupied
of misc. Name your own
CKC REG Basset Hound
price, no reasonable offer Cancellations/Corrections No puppies. 6 wks old. $100.
refused. 1000 New Mex- corrections allowed until after Call 288-6583.
the ads first insertion.
ico Ave. Friday & SaturNo cancellations allowed until
day-8am till?
FARM
after the ads first insertion.
Sunday-8am till Noon.
LIVESTOCK
PHONE NUMBERS:
LARGE ESTATE Sale:
Waycross City Police 911
507 Central Ave., Blacks4 BORE Cross Show
Waycross Fire Dept. 911
hear. Fri. & Sat. May 13th
Goats. Bred Nannies &
COUNTY
& 14th. 8am until. In back
Others. 285-7490, no
yard. Furn. galore, appli- Ware Co. Fire Dept. 911
calls after 8:00 pm.
Sheriffs
Office
911
ances, antiques, colWare County Police 911
lectibles, glassware,
Ga. State Patrol 287-6606
pictures, antique & vin- Ambulance Service 911
tage jewelry, old coins, S.R.M.C. Hosp. 283-3030
Elvis memorbialia, & so Civil Defense
911
much more! Donʼt Miss! Poison Control 283-3030
283-0987
GARAGE SALE: Sat. Rape Crisis
Or 1-800-656-4673
May 14th. 7 till 2. 904 E.
1983 Suzuki Motorcycle
G5 450 Cruiser with Auto.
Office Specialist II
Trans. & Shift Dr. Only
8600 org. mi. Always
Waycross Cardiology
garage kept. Very clean. Clinic is seeking a PRN
Excel. cond. $1800. 614Office Specialist II. A
Charlton Visiting Nurses
4-FAMILY Yard Sale:
4274.
GED /HS diploma, along is in need of a Part-Time
with 3-5 years of hospital per visit. Licensed Physi- 2106 Gilmore St., Waycross. Sat. 8am until.
related billing and insur- cal Therapist. Interested
BACKHOE/
NIce namebrand girls
ance experience is reFILL DIRT
applicants contact
clothes & shoes-sizes 2tquired. Billing and coding
Amanda Anderson at
8, namebrand womens
courses
are
preferred.
JOINER FILL DIRT
912-462-6773 or
clothes & shoes-sizes
Please apply online at
288-3872 or 288-3873
800-446-9116.
SM-XL, purses, housewww.jaxhealth.com.
FULFORD FILL Dirt,
hold items, bunk beds,
EOE
GARAGE AND
Landscaping, Backhoe,
lots of misc. Donʼt want to
Registered Nurse &
YARD SALE
Septic tanks. 283-1016.
miss this!
Cooks needed for summer camp. June & July.
2-FAMILY
Yard Sale: Sat.
BUS. SERVICES
Call 283-4320 or come by Moving Sale: Saturday,
May 14th. 7:30 till 12.
May
14th.
8
am
till
2
pm.
the Ga Lions Camp for
MISCELLANEOUS
1630 Rainbow Dr. Dryer,
the Blind on Laura Walker 1015 Cherokee Circle,
clothes, & other houseWaycross
Rd.,
Waycross.
Well Drilling. 338-9775.
hold items.
Two-Way
Used Cars
10
POULTRY
AND FOWL
EOE/AAP Employer
Classified
You Can Sell It ... Thru The
Call 283-2244
HOMES
FOR SALE
FOR SALE: Foreclosure:
4/2.5 home in Cherokee
Heights. 2,239 Sq. Ft. on
.89 acres with 2 car carport. 1100 Atlantic Ave.
$75,000. 284-2271 for
info. Bank Financing
available.
4BR/3BA (hadicap ac- 3BR. WE Fin. 338-9775.
BEACH
cessible)Lg Closets,
3BR-2 & /12BA. 8929
RENTALS
Open Floor Plan,huge
Central Ave. Brantley Co.
fireplace. Also 3BR/1 BA
2335 sq. ft. $139,000.
Well maintained gated
283-9691.
older home & MH spot w/
28 unit community beachseptic, well , lights. on ap- 3BR-1 & 1/2BA House for
front, w/tennis court,
prox 7 acres. Pecan
Sale: 507 Pineview Dr.,
3BR/2BA
Condo. 1st
Waycross. Fenced in
trees, Fruit Trees, 2 wells,
floor,
ocean
view
back
yard,
garage.
Nice
too much to list. With adpool/side in Amelia Isneighborhood, Cent.
ditional acres avail.
H&A. Ceramic tile in
land, FL. $1,450 wk.
$199,000.
kitchen. $56,000 OBO.
(706)216-0016.
579-9966
912-282-5215.
FERNANDINA BEACH.
2BR/1BA. Cent. H&A.
3BR. C. Air. Color TV.
Lge. lot. Emerson Park
632-2222 or 4825.
Area. $25,900 OBO. 912-
PRICE REDUCED!
$
599,000
This position performs technical duties in support of
the city’s human resources activities - Minimum
Requirements: Associate’s degree in a Business
related field; with five years of professional level
payroll experience; or any equivalent combination of
education, training, and experience. Must be 18 years
of age, and high school diploma or GED; possession
of a valid driver’s license issued by the State of
Georgia
Salary: $12.59 per hour
The preparation or consultation on preparation of
grant proposals, research of service needs and
compatible funding sources, preparation. May assist
Federal, State, or local grant administrators with all
aspects of administering a statewide grant programs.
Bachelor Degree Degree in Public Administration,
Business Management or Political Science or any
equivalent combination of education, training, and
experience
Salary: $15.30 per hour
Property Includes 2 Homes:
901 Cherokee Dr. & 514 Atlantic Ave.
2BR/1BA Cottage in Fernandina. Weekly Rental.
449-4390 or
283-5857.
COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY
FOR SALE: 6200 Sq. Ft.
BRAND NEW 2000 sq. ft.
Steel Building. Fenced in
Mobile Home on 1 acre in
back lot@2402 Albany
pecan orchard on paved
road in Blackshear. 283- Ave. For info: 285-1010912-281-7506. Priced Re6087.
duced!
28X70 Doublewide on
This stately Georgian Colonial Home is an
architectural masterpiece. Designed by famous
architect Roy Benjamin, designer of the Florida
Theatre, this 5,040 sq. ft., two story brick home in
Cherokee Heights features 6 massive columns, 6
bdrms., 3 full baths, 1 half bath, central heat &
cooling, security system and much more. The
property also includes a 3 bdrm., 2 bath carriage
house with a strong rental history. For more
information, contact Cyntha Herrin at Monroe Realty:
Cell (912) 614-0125, Office (912) 285-2748.
REALTY & INVESTMENTS, INC.
504 Lott Street
Waycross, Georgia
Phone: 285-2748
THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN REAL ESTATE
Ware County Board of Education
Bus Sale
No. 35
No 47
No. 61
No. 69
MOBILE HOMES
FOR SALE
MOBILE HOME for Sale.
28x70. 4BR/2BA. Needs
to be moved. 285-4432 or
912-282-0700.
,
1990 Bluebird
1990 Mini Bluebird
1991 International
1993 Bluebird
337-8209.
June 4, 2011
10:00 a.m.
1993 Bluebird
No. 70
1995 Chevy
No. 73
1985 Dodge Van
D-1
1976 International Chapter I Bus
Transportation Department • 1870 West Wacona Drive
Waycross, Georgia 31503 (912) 287-2318
2.33 acres. Pond.
$55,000 or make offer.
404-580-6886.
2002 28X50 Destiny.
Double pain windows.
Heat pump. Excel. cond.
$19,000. Call Andy
@ 385-3728.
DW in Pierce Co.
Screened porches,
20X30 barn, Fenced
yard. $85,000.
912-807-8923.
LOTS OR LAND
FOR SALE
$200 Down. 288-7780.
FARMS &
ACREAGE
3 ACRES
Located in Waresboro
on Dead End Rd. Very
Private. Also 7 Acres.
Owner Fin. 285-7516
or 288-1939.
3 ACRES
located in Hacklebarney
on paved road. Wooded,
good location. 285-7516
or 288-1939.
2 ACRES
located 5 minutes from
Waycross. Septic and
Water mobile home
ready. Call 285-7516
or 288-1939.
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CONTROL ROOM
Page - Eighteen
... House
A Georgia Biomass factory
employee monitors plant
operations in the control
room of the facility Thursday afternoon. Journalists
on a tour of the WaycrossWare County Industrial Park
facility learned that every
phase of operations at the
mill are monitored in the
large control room. Nearly
all of the factoryʼs employees are Waycross or southeast Georgia citizens. “This
area has the exact work
ethic that we were looking
for and we were pleased to
discover this,” said Mats
Lindstrand, a co-founder of
Biomass Capital Management. He indicated it was as
important a “puzzle piece”
as the availability of raw
product (pine trees) and the
transportation infrastructure
(roads and rails). Also
praised at Thursdayʼs grand
opening was the value of
Okefenokee Techʼs “Quick
Start” training which was
utilized.
Democrats and Republicans are
also sparring over how to fix
Medicare. House Republicans
have passed a plan that would replace Medicare with a voucherlike payment system for future
retirees, but GOP leaders in Congress have acknowledged that the
plan is unlikely to pass.
House Democratic leader Nancy
Pelosi says some Republicans are
now “trying to run away from the
vote” but that Democrats stand
ready to remind voters.
Nearly 55 million retirees, disabled people and children who
have lost parents receive Social
Security benefits, which average
$1,077.22. More than 46 million
people are covered by Medicare.
Six trustees oversee Social Security and Medicare, including
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis,
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Social
Security Commissioner Michael
Astrue.
Real Life Is
Alcohol-Free
... McMillan
rail cars and the switch engines
move the cars into place. The cars
are loaded and then are on their
way to the port in Savannah.
“Most of the plant is automated,” McMillan said. “That
way, we are able to operate with a
very lean staff. It takes 16 employees to run the plant end to end. We
work 12 hour shifts and two shifts
a day, 24-7. Those 16 mostly work
with computers and electronics instruments. They see the production
flow from flat screen monitors and
can trouble shoot through the use
of electronics.”
The Georgia Biomass plant is
one of the most technologically advanced plants in the world,
McMillan said.
McMillan moved to Savannah
from Cleveland, Ohio in 1986 and
worked for a timber manufacturer
and building supply company.
“I got a lot of experience with
the forest product industry through
them,” McMillan said. He later
worked with a dental instrument
company in the human resources
department.
... Bombs
Some people were sitting inside
public minivans and others were
loading luggage atop the vehicles
when the bombers struck, witnesses said.
“We were heading toward a van
when the first blast took place and
we fell on the ground and then
there was another blast,” said 21year-old Rehmanullah Khan. “We
enjoyed our time together, all the
good and bad weather and I cannot
forget the cries of my friends before they died.”
The scene was littered with
shards of glass mixed with blood
and flesh. The explosions destroyed at least 10 vans.
It was the first major militant attack in Pakistan since bin Laden’s
death on May 2, and the deadliest
this year.
Militants had pledged to avenge
the killing and launch reprisal
strikes in Pakistan.
The Taliban spokesman suggested the attack was aimed as
punishment against Pakistani authorities for failing to stop the unilateral U.S. raid that killed bin
Laden, something that has sparked
popular nationalist and Islamist
anger.
Offer Expires Monday, May 16, 2011
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