January 19, 2010 by The Times-Herald

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

What killed Newnan woman?

Her vehicle veers off bypass into stormwater detention pond By SARAH FAY CAMPBELL sarah@newnan.com

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Moments after the car went off the road and into the pond, Coweta County Fire Capt. Craig Sherrer wears a self-contained breathing apparatus and prepares to enter the submerged vehicle to look for other passengers. Assisting are Lt. Chase Freeman and Officer Jeremy Wood of the Newnan Police Department.

A Newnan woman died Monday after her vehicle veered off the Newnan Crossing Bypass and into a stormwater detention pond, but the cause of death is still under investigation. Debra Brannon, 52, was pronounced dead by Coweta Coroner Ray Yeager. Yeager said Brannon’s remains will be sent to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy. There was some trauma to Brannon’s body, Yeager said. Her death may have been caused by a medical condition that caused the motor vehicle crash, or she may have just wrecked then drowned, he said. Shortly before the crash occurred just south of the Ashley Park center, someone called 911 to report a woman driving erratically in the parking lot of the Newnan McDonald’s. The description matched that of Brannon’s vehicle, said Trooper Russell Clark of the Georgia State Patrol, who is investigating the accident. There were no witnesses who saw exactly what

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Newnan HELPING ONE ROOF AND FOOD PANTRY continues Volunteers honor Martin Luther King’s legacy ‘Pothole Patrol’ By W. WINSTON SKINNER winston@newnan.com

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Newnan patched an estimated 325 potholes in 2009, but the recent winter freezes have the potential to wreak havoc on roads. The freezes and thaws of winter take a toll on the streets as moisture gets into the pavement and expands, breaking up the pavement below the surface. Luckily, Newnan is continuing its well-received “Pothole Patrol” and will resume work on these street-level nuisances now that the weather has improved, according to city Public Works Director/City Engineer Michael Klahr. Citizens are once again invited to call the city to report a pothole. The city’s goal is to patch them within 72 hours of learning about them. Klahr

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Georgia Power Company employees volunteered for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday, helping at One Roof Ecumenical Outreach MInistries and the Coweta Community Food Pantry. Kneeling are Nancy Gamble and Mario Castillo. Standing are Candace Gamble, Phillip Thomas, Sylvia Castillo, Jenny Rice, Bernard Knox, Derrick Smith, Derenda Rowe of One Roof, Todd Chesnut, and Denzel Smith. Not pictured are Lynn Evans, Ken Evans, Henry Teagle Jr. and page 2 Georgia Power Area Manager Jan Alligood.

Local Georgia Power Company employees celebrated the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday by helping out at One Roof Ecumenical Outreach MInistries and the Coweta Community Food Pantry in Newnan. “This is pretty much becoming an annual thing with them,” noted Derenda Rowe, executive director of both One Roof and the food pantry. “I’m very appreciative.” In honor of King’s legacy, Georgia Power employees used Monday, a company holiday, for volunteer service and community enhancement, said company spokesperson Konswello J. Monroe. Employees in Georgia Power’s Metro South Region, which includes Coweta as well as Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry and South Fulton counties, commemorated the day by volunteering with several community organizations. One Roof, an alliance of churches from different denominations that bring community resources together to meet the financial and spiritual needs of individuals struggling in the

community, was the organization selected for the Georgia Power service project in Coweta. Fourteen people came to One Roof’s headquarters — 320C Temple Ave. on Monday morning. They helped in the food pantry — bringing food into the building from a storage container outdoors and then sorting it and checking it for expiration dates. “Chick-fil-A provided lunch for them, so that’s a great thing,” Rowe said. Georgia Power employees have volunteered at One Roof in the past on MLK Day. They also have helped in other ways. “They’ve been very supportive of the food pantry this year — several different groups from Georgia Power,” she said. Other places in the region where Georgia Power employees volunteered Monday included Rainbow House, Securus House and Hope House, Clayton County; Haven House, Henry County; Fayette Care Clinic, Fayette County; and Christian City, south Fulton.

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Thomas manned the ‘Flying Fortress,’ rode the ‘Mustang’ By FREDDY BURDESHAW Special to The Times-Herald

Captain Earl Thomas is dressed for military duty in 1944 after he had transitioned from flying B-17s to P51s.

Earl N. Thomas is one of a rare breed these days, even among the many rare breeds of “The Greatest Generation” — the Americans who won World War II and established the United States as a superpower. While helping to defeat Adolf Hitler and his Nazi

cronies in that awful war, Thomas piloted 33 strategic bombing missions in the venerable B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber. This service qualified him for a ticket home from the fighting in Europe. At that time, bomber crew members were commonly relieved and sent back to the States for softer duties after completing 25 missions.

Earl Thomas is an uncommon man. Instead of accepting more relaxed work back in the safety of the homeland, Thomas took the very unusual step of volunteering for more combat, this time flying the great P-51 “Mustang”fighter. He eventually flew 10 combat missions in that aircraft into Germany. The 88-year-old Thomas, a

resident of Peachtree City, settled in the metro area when he hired on with Delta in 1949. He and his wife Patricia, have three daughters, Kathleen, Deborah, and Mary, who live on the north side. His son, John, also lives in Peachtree City. After World War II and

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Earl Thomas was a World War II pilot and later worked page 2 for Delta Airlines.

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Thomas manned the ‘Flying Fortress,’ rode the ‘Mustang’

THOMAS Continued from page 1A separation from the Army Air Force in 1946, Thomas hired on as a pilot based in New York City flying with Trans-World Airlines. This began a rewarding two years making international flights to Europe and the Middle East. He then moved to Atlanta when he became a pilot with Delta Air Lines. He would spend 32 years with Delta before retiring. “I have nothing but praise for Delta, the many different types of planes I flew with the company, and its management,” he said. Growing up in Roanoke, Va., Thomas was a high school athlete with considerable potential. He played football, basketball and baseball. “I was the jock in the family,” he said. “My older brother was the brains, being valedictorian of our high school, which graduated 900 students that year.” Thomas has continued sports throughout his life, especially golf. Last summer, he was still winning a “semi-annual” Stableford tournament at the Canongate course. A few years back, he was four-time club champion at the old Lakeside golf club. He won the inaugural club championship staged at Lakeside, and the very last one. He retired the trophy when Lakeside closed, and it is displayed on a shelf in his apartment. Thomas has literally shot his age or better hundreds of times. During his military service, Thomas continued to play basketball and baseball on base teams. It was shortly after the beginning of World War II in 1939 that Thomas unwittingly took the first step toward the military and joining the big fight. Neither he nor anyone else could anticipate when and if the United States would become involved. “I joined the Army National Guard in January 1940, just trying to make a few bucks,” Thomas said. “Like most people during the Great Depression, I wanted to make a little money somehow. The Guard was paying a dollar every drill night, which was once a week.” The path Earl Thomas was to take in the coming years proved to be remarkable. His Guard unit was called to active duty in September 1940 and assigned to providing coastal defense in the area of Hampton Roads, Va. As a young corporal, Thomas’ duties included man-handling 155-millimeter artillery projectiles that weighed 95 pounds. He soon had his fill of that. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Thomas decided he wanted to spend the war flying, so he applied for duty as an aviation cadet. After passing the necessary tests, he was accepted, thus beginning his life’s work as a pilot. During the next couple of years, various phases of flight training took Thomas to stops in Miami, Fla., Montgomery, Ala., Jackson, Miss., Columbus, Ohio, Pyote, Texas, and Alexandria, La. Thomas earned his commission as a second lieutenant and his pilot’s wings in May 1943. The day approached when he would ship out overseas and join the great crusade. In December 1943, he went to Grand Island, Neb., and took possession of a Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress.” He would fly the big plane across the Atlantic to the European Theater of Operations — England. The B-17 was a four-engine heavy bomber used by the U.S. Army Air Force and the 8th Air Force in the daylight precision

strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial, civilian and military targets. Its maximum speed was 287 mph and its range was 2,000 miles. From its belly was dropped more bombs than from any other U.S. aircraft in the war. When the first copy rolled out for its initial flight bristling with many machine guns, a reporter called it a “Flying Fortress.” The name stuck. The plane was immortalized in movies, including “Twelve O’Clock High” starring Gregory Peck. Thomas landed what he thought was “his” Fortress in Scotland after ferrying it from Nebraska. He was surprised that the aircraft he had flown across so many miles of ocean was not going to be assigned to him any longer. In fact, after he checked in with his permanent unit at RAF Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, England, he learned standard practice was for aircraft to be randomly assigned on a daily basis. No crews had “permanently assigned planes.” At Molesworth, Thomas was assigned to the 360th Bombardment Squadron, which was one of four bomb squadrons in the storied 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), the “Hell’s Angels” Combat Team. Its historic achievements are well portrayed by, among many others, distinguished aviation artist Keith Ferris. The first combat mission Thomas piloted took place Feb. 4, 1944, and it was one of his most memorable. He and his 10-man crew took off in a B-17F nicknamed “Doolittle’s Destroyer” with a load of more than 5,000 pounds of bombs they would drop on a target at Frankfurt, Germany. Thomas was to fly a number of missions in the B-17F model. But most of his combat flying was in the B-17G version of the aircraft, which included a vital modification. More guns were added under the nose in what was called a “chin turret.” This was necessary because the Fortresses had been vulnerable to head-on attacks by Luftwaffe fighters. The G-model was armed with a total of 13, 50-caliber machine guns. To his dismay, on that first mission, Thomas’ aircraft developed engine trouble — a malfunctioning supercharger, the device that improved power in the thin air of high altitude by forcing compressed oxygen into the engine. This was a perilous development. Thomas had problems keeping his bird in the formation with the other planes — an arrangement known as the “combat box.” Sometimes called “the battle box,” the formation allowed the Fortresses to protect one another with their combined defensive firepower against hostile German fighters. “I fought desperately to prevent that plane from becoming ‘a straggler,” Thomas said. “I already knew the odds were against ‘stragglers’ returning to England. Stragglers were planes that couldn’t stay in formation because they had been damaged or were having engine trouble. I was just trying to stay alive. You survived by staying in formation.” Second Lieutenant Edgar Miller would co-pilot with Thomas on 16 missions before he qualified to pilot his own plane. He was an observer that day on Thomas’ first mission as pilot. “I was more scared on that mission than on any other I flew during the war,” said Miller. “We were in that Fmodel plane with no chin turret guns, and fighters made eight or 10 passes at us headon. Being just an observer, there was nothing I could do to fight back, and that was agoniz-

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ing. Tommy talks about that supercharger being a problem, but mainly I remember those fighters.” While the box formation offered safety, it also had its drawbacks, because forming all the planes up in the air extended the flying time of a typical mission. Thomas said, “It would take an hour or an hour and a half for the entire box to form sometimes.” Throughout the war, Thomas and his crew avoided the fate of many other flyers who were shot down, killed or seriously wounded. Early B-17 losses had been as high as 25 percent on average. When they were attacking some targets, the loss rate was even higher. Fortunately, the aircraft that Thomas piloted never lost more than one engine at a time, and his planes were never damaged enough by the enemy to jeopardize his life or the lives of his crew. “For me, the worst part of flying combat was the sight of other B-17s being shot down or blown up in mid-air,” said Thomas. “Many guys were unable to parachute to safety. I never saw a single B-17 go down where all the crew members got out.” In March 1944, Thomas was promoted to first lieutenant and flew 114 hours of combat missions, sometimes flying four or five days in a row. The most harrowing missions were the nine he flew to Berlin. “Those flights lasted over nine hours, in the very cold conditions of high altitude, and through extended periods of thick flak in the well-defended Berlin area,” Thomas said. The mission on March 6 was probably the toughest of all as around 100 Messerschmidt 109s and Focke Wulf 190 fighters swarmed around and through the formations. “We lost more planes and more men on that mission than on any other,” Thomas said. “The only good thing about those Berlin trips was that the Luftwaffe fighters would not come after us while we were over Berlin flying through flak,” Thomas said. “They didn’t like flak any more than us.” “Flak” was jagged pieces of metal from exploding anti-aircraft fire. It caused enormous damage to planes that were hit. Bomber losses to flak were heavy throughout the war. “With all the noise from the aircraft engines, if you were close enough to hear the explosions, you knew your aircraft had been hit,” Thomas said. By late April 1944, Thomas had earned a position as a lead crew pilot. He eventually completed 33 credited combat missions in the Fortress. After taking part in the pre D-Day bombing, he flew his last B-17 mission in the aircraft known as “Sack Time” — bombing oil refineries in Hamburg, Germany, on June 20, 1944. The attack on Hamburg required an extraordinarily long bomb run of nine-and-one half-minutes at low speed, in clear weather — a hazardous situation. Many planes were repeatedly hit by flak, but they continued to bore in on the target and dropped their bombs with high accuracy. Thomas, by then promoted to captain, received his second Distinguished Flying Cross for his role in the Hamburg mission. Because of his competence as a pilot and his leadership, all his original crew members completed their combat tours without injury. “Tommy was the best pilot I ever knew,” Miller said. “He was a natural pilot. He taught me everything I knew in those 16 missions I flew with him. He was just tremendous — very gutsy. When we were taking evasive action from fighters, he put that B-17 into positions where you wondered if we would come out of it.” According to Miller, Thomas

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always wanted to be a fighter pilot. After his last flight in B-17s with the 360th, Thomas transferred to the First Scouting Force at Steeple Morden Airfield to fly the P-51 “Mustang.” Thomas was among the first bomber pilots to join the first of the experimental P-51 reconnaissance units. The North American Aviation P-51 was a long-range single-seat fighter. It was fast, well-made and highly durable. It was armed with six, 50-caliber machine guns. Its maximum speed was 437 miles per hour and — with external fuel tanks, its range was 1,650 miles. It gained fame for its role as an escort for strategic bombers going deep into the German heartland — the only fighter suitable for such long missions. Thomas learned to fly the P51 in only a week and began flying reconnaissance missions in four-plane formations. Their mission was to fly ahead of the bomber groups and provide reports on weather conditions and enemy defenses. Two “Mustangs” would be flown by experienced fighter pilots, the other two by exbomber pilots like Thomas. The ex-bomber pilots were needed in the Scouts because they best understood what was required for the bombers to penetrate the European weather conditions. On one “Mustang” scouting mission, Thomas lost a fighter pilot wingman who developed engine trouble over Germany. Thomas said, “He asked me to give him a heading for neutral Switzerland, which was not too far away. I never found out what happened to him. It was very rugged terrain.” After 10 P-51 missions in September 1944, Thomas volunteered for formal P-51 fighter pilot training back in the States. But it was not to be. “The needs of the service” prevailed and — because of his bomber experience — Thomas was required to become a B-17 instructor pilot at MacDill Air Base in Tampa, Fla. After a short stint at Macdill, Thomas transitioned to duty as a B-29 “SuperFortress” instructor pilot. This new, pressurized successor to the B-17 had the range for long Pacific missions. Later, the “Enola Gay” — probably the most famous B-29 of all — was piloted by Paul Tibbets to deliver the first atomic bomb strike on Hiroshima, Japan, that ended the war. When the war was over, Thomas remained on active duty until the summer of 1946. He spent his last days in the Army Air Force ferrying B-29s to their last resting place in “the bone yard” at DavisMonthan Air Base near Tucson, Ariz. That was then. Thomas and his calico cat, Baby, recently entertained a visitor in their apartment in Peachtree City. Thomas spoke of his part in the long ago, big battles with the Luftwaffe over the skies of Europe. In those years, all Americans generally understood what was happening “over there.” Today, precious few Americans understand what happened there back then. Even fewer Americans can say they were actually there, like Thomas. Earl Thomas is now in the middle of another big battle. He suffers from cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy that saps his strength and his energy. Nevertheless, as he firmly told his visitor, “I plan to win this battle and be back on the golf course by April.” The visitor left believing every word.

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Along with Coweta Fire Department’s Rescue One, crews worked with ropes to get the victim, who had been rescued from the submerged vehicle, up the embankment to the roadway. Emergency medical crews were able to detect a pulse for Brannon on the scene, but “she lost the pulse en route” to Piedmont Newnan Hospital, said Coweta Coroner Ray Yeager.

The car that ran off Newnan Crossing Bypass Monday morning is pulled from the detention pond.

What killed Newnan woman?

WRECK Continued from page 1 happened, Clark said. However, “there are no skid marks of any kind” where the vehicle left the roadway, Clark said. “It appears she came around the curve and went straight off the road” and into the water, he said. There is a fairly steep embankment leading from the roadway to the detention pond. Crews from the Georgia State Patrol, Newnan Police, Coweta EMS, and Newnan and Coweta f ire departments responded to the scene. Lt. John Byrom of the Newnan Fire Department said that when he and his crew arrived, three NPD officers, Chase Freeman, Jeremy Wood, and Scott Kilgore, had already gotten Brannon out of the car. Along with Coweta Fire Department’s Rescue One, crews worked with ropes to get

Volunteers reach out 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Representatives of Coweta churches, organizaContinued from page 1 tions and businesses will have Rowe is busy getting ready the opportunity to learn more for One Roof’s annual meeting, about One Roof at that meetwhich will be held Jan. 25 at ing.

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Pothole patrols continue POTHOLES Continued from page 1

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Brannon up the embankment to the roadway. The firefighters then used a wench to flip the car upright so they could make sure there were no other passengers trapped inside. Emergency medical crews were able to detect a pulse for Brannon on the scene, but “she lost the pulse en route” to Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Yeager said. Witnesses said the car Brannon was driving had Heard County plates. However, Brannon’s residence is in Newnan, Yeager said. Members of the dive team from the Peachtree City Fire Department also responded to the call, said Asst. Chief Joe O’Conor of the PCFD. By the time divers arrived, Brannon’s vehicle was already out of the water, O’Conor said. Divers searched the detention pond to make sure there had been no other passengers in the vehicle. “The search did not find anything,” O’Conor said.

“After our initial push to get all the potholes patched, with the help of the public in reporting them to us, we are patching more on a routine basis,” said Klahr. Newnan citizens can call 770-253-1823 to report a pothole problem, or e-mail a complaint to mklahr@cityofnewnan.org.

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More troops, aid go to Haiti, but hunger persists PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti on Monday even while victims of the quake that killed an estimated 200,000 people still struggled to find a cup of water or a handful of food. European nations pledged more than a half-billion dollars in emergency and long-term aid, on top of at least $100 million promised earlier by the U.S. But help was still not reaching many victims of Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quake â&#x20AC;&#x201D; choked back by transportation bottlenecks, bureaucratic confusion, fear of attacks on aid convoys, the collapse of local authority and the sheer scale of the need. Looting spread to more parts of downtown Port-au-Prince as hundreds of young men and boys clambered up broken walls to break into shops and take whatever they can find. Especially prized was toothpaste, which people smear under their noses to fend off the stench of decaying bodies. At a collapsed and burning

shop in the market area, youths used broken bottles, machetes and razors to battle for bottles of rum and police fired shots to break up the crowd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am drinking as much as I can. It gives courage,â&#x20AC;? said JeanPierre Junior, wielding a broken wooden plank with nails to protect his bottle of rum. Even so, the U.S. Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s onthe-ground commander, Lt. Gen. Ken Keen, said the city is seeing less violence than before the earthquake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is there gang violence? Yes. Was there gang violence before the earthquake? Absolutely.â&#x20AC;? U.S. officials say some 2,200 Marines are set to join 1,700 U.S. troops now on the ground and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Monday he wants 1,500 more U.N. police and 2,000 more troops to join the existing 7,000 military peacekeepers and 2,100 international police in Haiti. While aid workers tried to make their way into Haiti, many people tried to leave. Hundreds of U.S. citizens, or people claiming to be, waved IDs as

they formed a long line outside the U.S. Embassy in hopes of arranging a flight out of the country. Roughly 200,000 people may have been killed in the magnitude-7.0 quake, the European Union said, quoting Haitian officials who also said about 70,000 bodies have been recovered so far. EU officials estimated that about 250,000 were injured and 1.5 million were homeless. Even many people whose houses survived are sleeping outside for aftershocks will collapse unstable buildings. And while the U.N. said that more than 73,000 people have received a weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rations, many more still wait. So many people have lost homes that the World Food Program is planning a tent camp for 100,000 people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an instant city the size of Burbank, California â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, according to the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s country director, Myrta Kaulard. About 50,000 people already sleep each night on the city golf

course where the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division has set up an aid camp. In town, Bodies still lay in the street six days after the quake, but Haitians had made progress in hauling many away for burial or burning. People were seen dragging corpses to intersections in hopes that garbage trucks or aid groups would arrive to take them away. Six days after the quake, dozens of rescue crews were still working to rescue victims trapped under piles of concrete and debris. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are still people livingâ&#x20AC;? in collapsed buildings, U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs told The Associated Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hope continues.â&#x20AC;? She said some might survive until Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a few special cases could make it further: Rescuers pulled a 30-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman from a ruined supermarket on Sunday. Officials said they had had survived for so long by eating food where they were trapped.

Stunned by images of the disaster, the European Union Commission said it would contribute euro330 million ($474 million) in emergency and long-term aid to Haiti. EU member states also poured euro92 million ($132 million) in emergency aid, including 20 million pounds ($32.7 million) from Britain and euro10 million ($14.4 million) from France, which also said it was willing for forgive Haitiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s euro40 million ($55.7 million) debt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The impact of this earthquake is magnified because it has hit a country that was already desperately poor and historically volatile,â&#x20AC;? said British Development Secretary Douglas Alexander. U.S. officials, meanwhile, agreed with U.N. officials on a system to grant priority to humanitarian flights, responded to criticism that military and rescue flights had sometimes been first in line, according to the U.N. Some countries and aid groups such as Geneva-based

Doctors Without Borders had complained planes filled with doctors and medical supplies had been forced to land in the neighboring Dominican Republic and come in by road, delaying urgent care for injured quake victims by two days. The problem may be eased by U.S. expansion of the cramped airportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capacity. The U.S. military spokesman in Haiti, Cmdr. Chris Lounderman, said about 100 flights a day are now landing, up from 60 last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ramp was designed for 16 large aircraft,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At times there were up to 40. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why there was gridlock.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have a small airport ... which was devastated by the earthquake and you have hundred of planes which want to land,â&#x20AC;? said French U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally normal that there are delays, but I think that the situation has dramatically improved.â&#x20AC;?

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Obituaries Ms. Stella Lynn Hopson Ms. Stella Lynn Hopson, 55, of Newnan, Ga., died on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at Tanner Medical Center in Carroll County, Ga. She was born in Rome, GA, to the late James Warren Hopson & Hazel Ellen Jones-Hopson. She was a machinist with Yokogawa Corporation for 20 years. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by sister, Pamela Ann Hopson; brothers, James Hopson & Kenneth Hopson. The funeral service is Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of McKoon Funeral Home; Rev. Chuck Novak will officiate. The family received visitors at the funeral home on Monday from 6 until 8 p.m. Condolences may be expressed online at www.mckoon.co. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her memory to The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK, 73123-1718, or to The Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia, 2625 Cumberland Pkwy Ste: 400, Atlanta, GA 30339-3911. In addition to her mother, she is survived by sons, Chad DeVane, Rob DeVane & his wife Lisa; daughter Courtney DeVane; sisters, Kim Pierce & her husband Wimp, Dianne Weaver, Sheila Dover; brothers, Ronnie Hopson & his wife Linda, Charles Hopson & his wife Jean; grandson, Dylan DeVane; granddaughter, Desirae Thornton; and companion, Terry Crawford. McKoon Funeral Home, 770253-4580.

Mr. J. Bert Smith Mr. J. Bert Smith, 74, of Newnan, Ga., died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mr. Smith was born March 21, 1935, in Coweta County, son of the late Edgar and Edna Attaway Smith. A U.S. Navy veteran, he lived in Coweta County most of his life, retired from Sara Lee Corporation in Newnan, and was a member of East Newnan Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Janet Stone Smith of Newnan; two sons, Stan Smith and his wife, Marcia, and Brian Smith, all of Newnan; and two grandchildren, Deanne Rosso and her husband, Brandon, of Bishop, and Drew Smith of Newnan. He was preceded in death by his sister, Elsie East. A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 at East Newnan Baptist Church with the Rev. Pat Latta, the Rev. Frank Powers, and Dr. Bobby Helton officiating. Dr. Melvin Payne will conduct a private interment service for the family in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends, and the body of Mr. Smith will be at East Newnan Baptist Church from 5 until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Flowers are appreciated, or memorial contributions may be made to East Newnan Baptist Church Building Fund. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home of Hogansville is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be expressed at www.mckibbenfuneralhome.co m.

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windows, leaking roofs and damaged walls, but do not have permanent repairs made until your insurance company has inspected the property and you have reached an agreement on the cost of repairs. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Save all receipts, including those from the temporary repairs covered by your insurance policy. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; If your home is damaged to the extent that you cannot live there, ask your insurance company if you have coverage for additional living expenses incurred while repairs are being made. Save all receipts to document these costs. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Generally, damage caused by wind, wind-driven rain, trees or other falling objects, and the collapse of a structure due to weight of ice or snow are all covered under most standard homeowners policies. Frozen pipes as the

Deaths Rufus Cheaves, of Newnan, Ga., died Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later. Roscoe Jenkins Funeral Home, Inc., Newnan. Stella Lynn Hopson, 55, of Newnan, Ga., died on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at Tanner Medical Center in Carroll County, Ga. The funeral service is Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of McKoon Funeral Home, Newnan, Ga. The family received visitors at the funeral home Monday from 6 until 8 p.m.

Newnan Baptist Church. A private burial service for the family will be held in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends, and the body of Mr. Smith will be at East Newnan Baptist Church, from 5 until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, Ga.

Funeral service for Mary Wright, age 62, of Newnan, Ga., will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at 1 p.m. in the SellersSmith R. W. S. Memorial Chapel. Burial in the Mt. Venus Baptist Church Cemetery. J. Bert Smith, 74, of Newnan, Family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday from Ga., died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. 6 until 8 p.m. Sellers-Smith Funeral Home, Inc., Newnan, A memorial service will be 3 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 20 at East Ga.

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Mortensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey to provide an education for a group of young girls in remote Pakistan. American Place Theatre has partnered before with the Centre, including the popular presentation of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Secret Life of Bees.â&#x20AC;?

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Editorial Volunteers vital in any community Monday was the annual national holiday celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights giant who dedicated much of his life in service to others. On the King holiday, workers from the utility giant Georgia Power spent the day doing volunteer service around our state. It was a noble example of people helping people and community service. Here in our community Georgia Power workers volunteered to help the One Roof Ecumenical Alliance Outreach, an alliance of churches of various denominations that strives to help needy people in our community. One Roof operates the Coweta Community Food Pantry and a thrift store on Temple Avenue that provides clothes and other items. Monday’s gesture by the Georgia Power workers was

indeed a newsworthy example of volunteerism at its best. We applaud Georgia Power, its workers and all volunteers who are committed to helping their fellow man. And we remind everyone volunteer service is something that is needed every day in our community and in every community in our state and nation. There are countless volunteers who unselfishly serve in our community each and every day. Many get little recognition. Among us there are many more people who have the time and the energy for volunteer service. To those we would say join the thousands of volunteers who already are working to help their fellow man. A growing army of volunteers can make our community, our state and our nation a better place. Join that army of volunteers today.

Sound off THINK ABOUT USA: It is such a sad situation in Haiti. But before our president sends millions of dollars there shouldn't he be thinking about the situations here in the USA? People here needing medical attention, there’s no jobs, homes being lost, etc. ..... STOP IT: Stop trying to predict the end of time. Only God knows when this world will end. We need to prepare for the day that God will return by surrendering our life to Christ. ..... QUESTION: If you stood 100 members of the Senate and 100 randomly selected American citizens side by side -- considering the motives of the present and challenges of the future -- which group would you prefer to govern you? ..... BLAME GAME: You say Bush should be graded because he left us two wars we can’t win and a failing economy. Iraq has been won. Afghanistan women can vote. The economy was great until the Democrats took over in 2006. Obama’s stimulus was nothing more than a payoff to union buddies. ..... UNSAFE: I used a cab to go to the Atlanta airport. The driver was constantly on the two-way radio and acting as dispatcher for the company, all the while driving up the interstate in heavy traffic in the dark. Scared me to death. How unsafe can you get? ..... EXPLAIN SLOW DRIVERS: Slow drivers the problem? What is slow to you? I ask because, technically, to even be considered impeding the flow of traffic a vehicle would have to be going 50 mph in a 70 mph zone. Explain how

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First and foremost, there will still be no weapons permitted inside K-12 schools or government agency offices. This bill retains the same consistencies for K-12 schools, school functions and government agency offices as current law. It is against federal law for anyone under 21 to purchase a handgun. Georgia law currently requires that you be 21 years of age or over to obtain a carry permit. My proposal even prohibits those over 21 and who have obtained a lawful carry license to carry in any dormitory or residential housing on the campus of a public college, university or institution of postsecondary education, but they may exercise their right as a lawful adult to carry on campus. Also, under this proposal, real property owners will have the right to determine if lawfully-carried weapons are permitted on their land. No government should infringe on private property owners’ decision to allow lawfully-carried weapons. This is not necessarily an expansion of carry areas. It is feasible that some property owners will not permit lawfully carried weapons. The provision also provides lawfully-carrying citizens specific guarantees on securing their weapons in a parked vehicle when visiting places where weapons are not permitted. There is currently no continuity in the weapons licensing process. Georgia’s 159 counties have 159 different ways of issuing licenses. There is no way an

Letters to the Editor Another side of the story My husband was the one that came to your house with my 3-year-old and 8-year-old on a four-wheeler. My 3-yearold wanted to feed your horses an apple. We explained to our children they had to ask permission before they could go on the property or feed your animals. (Trying to teach our children the right things to do.) My husband saw someone at the barn so he rode the fourwheeler on the grass meadow/field — not your front yard. There he was yelled at by a man. I was born here on Lassetter Road. We had 18 acres with horses, cows and pond. My parents were never mean to the neighborhood kids that played in the fields. I have

lived in this area for 32 years. Let me not forget that my older sister used to work in the barn for you and that is where she got her passion for horses. My 3-year-old loves them. Maybe we were going to ask you about keeping a pony at your barn, and, of course, we would pay a fee. If you have a problem with my family, you might stop by the house and tell us about it and not go to the newspaper. I can promise your neighbors will remember this. Hope you never need anything from them. Nique Moore Sharpsburg

application or enforcements don’t fall through the cracks. I’ve corrected this by centralizing all licensing under the guidance of the secretary of state’s office. By bringing the system under the secretary of state’s office, each county will have the same standards and each lawful citizen can expect the same process. The bill maintains all background checks currently in place while imposing new disqualifiers on who can obtain a license. The law must be fair to law-abiding, weapon-carrying citizens and ensure that any infractions and prohibitions are monitored and reported correctly, effectively and efficiently. Georgia’s laws deter criminals. Georgia’s law enforcement officers prevent and stop crime. This common sense approach to changing Georgia’s current weapons legislation will mean safer communities throughout Georgia and a better understanding of weapons restrictions, from the lawful carrier to our hard-working law enforcement. By clarifying years of confusion and muddled bureaucracy, this legislation will f inally get all Georgian’s on the same page. It’s just common sense.

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Worshippers urged not to ’sanitize’ King’s legacy ATLANTA (AP) — A scholar and activist invoked the fiery side of Martin Luther King Jr.’s rhetoric Monday at the civil rights icon’s church, urging the audience not to “sanitize” King’s legacy or let the president off the hook on issues like poverty. Across the country, WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans marked what would President Barack Obama have been King’s 81st birthday served plates of steaming hot with rallies and parades. And lunches to the needy Monday, days ahead of the anniversary one of several ways the of his historic inauguration, nation’s first black president President Barack Obama honpaid tribute to Martin Luther ored King by serving meals to King Jr. on the federal holiday the needy. honoring the slain civil rights But in the city where the leader. 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner Obama held a discussion at was born, it was Princeton the White House with black University professor Cornel elders and their grandchilWest who reminded listeners dren about the push for racial that King’s message of nonvioequality that King led until he lence came with a fiery was assassinated in 1968. The urgency. West delivered a paspresident also was to speak at sionate keynote address to the Kennedy Center during a hundreds at Ebenezer Baptist musical celebration of King’s Church on the 25th federal legacy. observance of King’s birthday. His outing was part of an West told the crowd to array of holiday tributes. remember King’s call to help Worshippers at King’s others and not enshrine his Ebenezer Baptist Church legacy in “some distant museheard Princeton University um.” Instead, West offered, scholar Cornel West deliver a King should be remembered as passionate keynote address in a vital person whose powerful Atlanta, urging them not to message was once even consid“sanitize” King’s legacy. ered dangerous by the FBI. In Washington, Obama “I don’t want to sanitize spent the day with King Martin Luther King Jr.,” said observances. West, who teaches in “How are you sir? God bless Princeton’s Center for African you,” the president said, American Studies and is the greeting one man among the author of “Race Matters” and 19 other books. “I don’t know about you, but I don’t even West also told the mostly mention his name without black audience to hold Obama’s administration shivering and shuddering.”

Obama honors slain civil rights leader dozens of men and women who filed into the dining room at SOME, or So Others Might Eat. The organization, a short ride from the White House, provides the poor and homeless with food and other services. Obama handed them preassembled lunch plates of chicken, potato salad, mixed vegetables and bread. He brought the Obama whole family: first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha, mother-inlaw Marian Robinson and some aides. Mrs. Obama poured hot coffee while 8-year-old Sasha tagged along and handed out packets of sweetener. Mrs. Robinson walked around serving pastries from a baking sheet. Malia, 11, walked among the rows of diners, chatting with them and shaking hands. accountable even as they celebrate his historic presidency. The anniversary of Obama’s

One woman asked Mrs. Obama if she had brought the family dog, Bo. She did not. Back at the White House, Obama and Mrs. Obama sat around a conference table in the Roosevelt Room for a discussion with people who had been active in the civil rights movement, including Dorothy Height, the longtime chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women, and Willie Glanton, the first black woman elected to Iowa’s state Legislature in the mid-1960s. Obama told reporters the conversation served as a reminder “that there were some extraordinarily courageous young people ... who were actively involved in bringing about one of the great moments in United States history.” Monday — the 25th federal observance of King’s birthday — was the president’s second day of reflection on the civil rights leader’s legacy, whom Obama credits with paving the way for his 2008 election. inauguration as the country’s first black president — seen by many blacks as part of the ful-

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2010 Honda Battle of the Bands returns to Atlanta on Jan. 30 2. Virginia State University “Trojan Explosion Marching Band” 3. North Carolina Central University “Marching Sound Machine” 4. Prairie View A&M University “Marching Storm” 5. Southern University “Human Jukebox Marching Band” 6. Albany State University “Marching Rams” 7. Tuskegee University “Marching Crimson Pipers” 8. Florida A&M University “Marching 100.” This year, the Honda Battle of the Bands National Anthem will be performed by a local vocalist selected through a promotional radio contest. In conjuction with Atlanta radio station WVEE/WAOK-FM, five finalists were selected by a panel of judges at an open audition Jan. 16. The winner

will be announced on air Friday. As the largest and most highly anticipated musical event of its kind, the Honda Battle of the Bands serves as a platform to shine a rare spotlight on the pageantry, pride and showmanship of HBCU music and culture. It is also the only national music scholarship program of its kind. The event will include the announcement of the third annual Honda Battle of the Bands Fox Music Experience award winner. The Fox Music Experience provides one lucky Invitational Showcase student musician the opportunity to spend a few weeks in the summer interning on the Twentieth Century Fox studio lot in Los Angeles learning film and television music production firsthand. For more information, visit www.HondaBattleoftheBands.c

‘Ask A Lawyer Day’ Friday in Heard County “Ask A Lawyer Day” will be from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. offered by Georgia Legal This is a free event. Services Program, Piedmont Regional Off ice, at Heard The library is at 564 Main St., County Public Library Friday Franklin. For information con-

tact GLSP at 404-563-7715. Attorneys will provide brief advice on subjects such as family, consumer, wills/estates, and bankruptcy.

the 1950s. Tens of thousands marched in San Antonio, with some singing “We shall overcome,” an anthem of 1960s civil rights workers, and others chanting “Yes, we can,” the slogan used by Obama’s campaign. Mark Melchor, a 22-year-old university student, wore a jacket from his Latino fraternity, a group that participates in the event every year. King represents “civil rights for everybody,” he said. “There’s always going to be more work to be done. Minorities still have a disadvantage in the world. It’s getting better but still.” In South Carolina, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People vowed to step up efforts to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds. The flag flies on a 30-foot pole on the front lawn of the Capitol, after it was moved in 2000 from a perch atop the Capitol Dome. Thousands turned out for the rally and a march through downtown Columbia. Theron Foster showed his 8-year-old daughter the African-American History monument less than 100 yards from the flag. “I want her to know both sides of the story of South Carolina,” Foster said. “I want her to see what an insult this state puts right next to the story of her people.”

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The Honda Battle of the Bands returns to the Georgia Dome on Jan. 30. Performing during the 2009 event was the Florida A&M University Marching Band with 410 members.

Hip-hop icon Ludacris, 1,800 student musicians, an aspiring vocalist and more than 60,000 fans will converge in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome on Jan. 30 to celebrate music, community and creative expression at the world’s largest and best-known marching band showdown — the 2010 Honda Battle of the Bands Invitational Showcase. This year’s dynamic threehour show kicks off promptly at 3 p.m. and features a special guest performance by “Ludacris,” along with performances from the country’s top eight Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Marching Bands. Atlanta’s own Clark Atlanta University opens the show and leads the “great eight” band performances in the following order: 1. Clark Atlanta University “Mighty Marching Panthers”

fillment of King’s dream — is Jan. 20. “Even with your foot on the brake, there are too many precious brothers and sisters under the bus,” West said of Obama. “Where is the talk about poverty? We’ve got to protect him and respect him, but we’ve also got to correct him if the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is going to stay alive.” King’s youngest daughter, Bernice King, presided over the ceremony with her aunt, Christine King Farris, the civil rights leader’s only living sibling. His other children, Martin Luther King III and Dexter King, did not attend the service at the church where King preached, which was packed to its 2,200-person capacity. In Washington, D.C., Obama honored King’s legacy of helping others serving lunch at a social services organization. Later Monday, Obama discussed the civil rights movement with a group of black elders and their grandchildren. He was later scheduled to speak at a King Day concert at the Kennedy Center. “How are you sir? God bless you,” the president said, greeting one man among the dozens of people who filed into the dining room at SOME, or So Others Might Eat. His daughters and first lady Michelle Obama joined him. Marches and parades took place around the country, including one in Montgomery, Ala., where King gained renown leading a bus boycott in protest of segregation during

om. Group and individual tickets for the show can be purchased at the Georgia Dome Box Office, Ticketmaster.com or www.HondaBattleoftheBands.c om, for $10 and $12.

Cindy G. Brown, Clerk Of Superior Court, Coweta County Is Notifying The Following Citizens To Report To The Coweta County Justice Center – 72 Greenville Street – 1st Floor – Cranford Hall On January 25, 2010 At 8:30 A.M. To Serve As Trial Jurors For Superior and State Court, Coweta County To Wit: Amanda Gale Alexander, Mary Ann Adams, Kelly Michelle Alford, Mary Christine Allington, Earline Archer, Chrystal C Arnold, Shannon R Arnold, Pamela Wells Ashley, Mary G Baldwin, David Michael Bales, Harold Douglas Banks, Alissa Michelle Barnett, Susan H Becker, Melissa L Beckham, Stephanie Marie Beddow, Angela Bell, Christy L Bennett, Sylvia Renee Bitner, Byron K Bodiford, Paulette Joseph Bogs, Eric Booth Bollinger, Julie Theresa Boyd, Shelley K Boyd, Stephanie Ann Boyd, William B Boyd, Jeremy David Brach, John R Bratcher, Richard Phillip Burkett, Tina Louise Burton, Willie H Butler, Robert J Cahir, Sophia Rose Camp, Madeline Cancel, Jesse Carr, Yasper F Cedeno-Huete, Karen Tequilia Cleveland, Terry Lee Cleveland, Mary Eleanor Cochran, James Earl Collier, Deborah Sims Collins, Ann F Conner, Mark Glenn Cooper, Emelda Delfin Crawford, David C Crouse, Nancy A Crowe, Jimmy Lee Dash, Raymond Louis Dash, Dawn Michelle Davidson, Lois Jean Davidson, Miriam L Davison, Frank Inman Dekle, Marla Jo Dewberry, Rudolph J Diak Jr, Elena Ruth Dickerson, Trudi Lea Dockstader, Christopher Duncan Duke, L D Dunnon Jr, John Keith Edmonds, Jonathan M Etheridge, Joe C Felder, Maria Elaine Fields, Anne Tant Finley, Melissa Beth Frambes, Stephanie L Fretwell, Marie B Gay, Margie Smith Gill, Gina Gillmann, Richard Glen Goldstein, Joanie Elaine Grainger, Daniel Harper Gray, Carman Grier, Toni Grier, Victoria L Grooms, Chandra McQuain Gross, James Hall, Jeffrey A Hall, Carey Lynn Harkabus, Devan Reese Hayes, Roger Dale Hendrix, Roland Eugene Hewitt, Rhonda Lynn Hill, Michael James Himes, Stephen S Horton, Brian Keith Hosmer, Robert L Jackson, David J Johnson, Eileen Catherine Johnson, Leon H Johnson, Shirlee Elston Johnson, Judy Karuth Johnston, Joseph Stanley Jones Jr, Kay Frances Jones, Zachary Dean Keller, Judy Keye, Douglas S Landers, Judy Lane,

Gregory A Lashley, Faye W Lewis, Jennifer Nicole Lichty, David Lee Linnenkohl, Anthony Clark Long Jr, Joan C Lynch, Jenny Dianne Maddox, Julie Delynn Manley, Doris Manuel, Tabatha L Mauriello, Kisha Greene Maynard, Karen McCarty, Martha B McDonald, James Patrick McDowell, Donna F McGraw, Terrace Ray Mendenhall, Michael Wayne Miller, Brenda N Morris, Kevin Wayne Mott Sr, Sandra R Moye, Samuel Marcus Nance, Barbara W Neely, John Brittain Newman, Joshua Fuller Newton, Mariano Pacetti, Richard Troels Pedersen, Don Eldon Phillips III, Ann C Poe, David D Porter, Elaine Prather, Alyson P Putnam, Dell T Rabun, Pam Rakestraw, Robin Amanda Reagor, Willie Brandon Reese, Danny Thomas Rexroad, Angela Rhodes, Ruby L Rice, Lacey Marie Richardson, Dale Arthur Richmond, Scarlett S Roberts, Telia Y Roberts, Danny M Ryals, Melvin Samuels, Clare Vineyard Schubert, Andriann M Selby, James Herbert Sellers Jr, Lisa D Shackelford, Helen Floyd Sherman, Christopher Elliott Sims, Sara B Slayton, Starr Brantingham Smalley, Barbara C Smith, Brett Franklin Smith, Camille D Smith, Mattie Ruth Smith, Patrico Antawnelley Smith, Phillip Corey Smith, Cecil Randolph Spooner Jr, Danielle Renee Stafford, Robert Hulan Stanfield, David Sonny Stephenson, Amanda Michelle Stitcher, Donna L Stokes, Susan M Storey, Teresa D Suttles, Craig S Terry, David W Thomas, Jr, Charles W Thompson, Audrey E Tobin, Robert Michael Townes, Milton Howard Truitt Jr, Georgiann Truscott, Joe Tucker, Jr, Eugene T Tully, Hilarie Kaye Turner, Robert Madison Turner, Michelle Renee Twilley, Kristie Wallace Vessell, Marnessa Patrice Vital, Ina P Wacaser, Patricia A Wagner, Clint Marvin Walker, Warren Sevareid Walker, Barry C Wallace, Brenda J Wallace, Daniel M Walsh, Christopher Eugene Walworth, April Talethia Ward, Mickey Leon Warren, Monica Diane Weckherlin, Gaye Lynn Wells, Malcolm C Westberry, Sherri Annette White, Megan Lea Whiteman, Harry L Wiggins, Angela S Wilder, Brandi Lee Williams, Sharon Louise Williams, George Henry Willix Sr, Susan Elizabeth Wilson, Kerrie E Wisecup, Thelma Pauline Wurster, Rebecca L Wyatt, Katherine Lynn Wynn, Jeremy Chad Yeager, Marvin Thomas Yeager, Tasha Machelle Zackery.

Acne seems to break out at the worst of times. For the typical teenager, it can be a constant battle trying to control the breakouts. They’ve tried every available over-the-counter remedy, and still keep getting pimples.

Not Another Pimple! Dr. Mark Ling is conducting a research study testing an investigational topical medication. If you or your child are between the age of 12 and 40 and have facial acne, you may qualify for this study. All office visits and study drug are provided at no charge and participants may be eligible for reimbursement for time and travel. If interested, please contact the research staff at 770-252-6900. MedaPhase, Inc. was founded by Dr. Mark Ling to research new treatments for skin disease. Dr. Ling is former Director of Dermatology Clinical Research at Emory University. He trained at Harvard and Duke, and is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine and Dermatology. MedaPhase is in Newnan and serves the southern Atlanta region.

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Health Health Happenings SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS: • Cancer Support Group

Next meeting: to be announced First Baptist Church, Room 139, 15 West Washington St. For more information, call Katie Jackson at 770-502-9097 To donate or receive medical equipment, call John Weinig, 770-502-1835.

• Grief Support Group Meets Sundays, 4:30-6 p.m. Unity Baptist Church, 311 Smokey Rd., Newnan Call the church for information, 770-2532483.

• Narcotics Anonymous Meets Monday-Thursday, 6 p.m. Fridays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. 9 Perry St., Newnan Club For information, Call Jeff D. at 678-6971301.

• Multiple Sclerosis Support Group Meets second Tuesday of the month, 7-9 p.m. Heatherwood Baptist Church in Newnan, 721 Shenandoah Blvd. Call 770-502-1984 for information.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Has regular meetings at Newnan Presbyterian, St. Paul’s, Ramah Baptist Turin United Methodist, Senoia United Methodist, Grantville Baptist, and at 9 Perry St. in Newnan For details and meeting times, Call Chris at 770-842-4519.

• Eating Disorders Anonymous Every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Room 303, Peachtree City United Methodist Church Robinson Road Campus Group is open to high school students through adults. For more information contact the church at 770-487-6499 or Anne Jaeckel at 770-4871432.

• Celiac Disease Support Group Meets second Saturday of the month, 1 p.m. Piedmont Newnan Hospital, board room Contact Bill Becker for information at wbecker@numail.org or 770-683-2613. The group is a chapter of Celiac Sprue Association/USA

• La Leche of Newnan Mother to Mother Breastfeeding Support First Monday of the month, 6:45 p.m. Coke’s Chapel UMC Childcare Center, Lower Fayetteville Road Sharpsburg Call Lara McCarthy at 678-423-9881 or Debbie Carr at 770-253-5796 for details. Babies and children are welcome. Meetings are free.

• Free Parenting Classes Coweta Pregnancy Services, 29 Brown Street, Newnan Tuesday nights 5-6 p.m. and Wednesdays 11 a.m. to noon. Topics include nutrition, safety and loving discipline. Participants may earn baby items. Call 770-251-7158 for information.

• Amputee Support Group Meeting Meets regularly Espresso Lane Coffee Shop, Court Square, Newnan The group leader is a member of Amputee Coalition of American and Certified Peer Visitor. For information, call 770-254-8762 for information.

• Stroke Support Group Meets third Thursday of each month, 4 p.m. Center for Therapeutic Recreation Roosevelt Institute, Warm Springs For more information, call 706-655-5658.

• “Good Grief” Support Group of VistaCare Group will meet May 18, 6 p.m. Piedmont Newnan Hospital, 6 p.m., basement conference room Meets 5:30 p.m. on the last Tuesday of every month.

• Breast Cancer Survivors Network Meets second Thursday of the month, 6:30 p.m. Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Medical Office Building, Room 201 For details, call Sharen Norman, 770-2530865.

• Overeaters Anonymous

St. Andrew’s in the Pines Episcopal Church, Peachtree City

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 — 6

What’s in a cigarette? FDA to study ingredients By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is working to lift the smokescreen clouding the ingredients used in cigarettes and other tobacco products. In June, tobacco companies must tell the FDA their formulas for the first time, just as drugmakers have for decades. Manufacturers also will have to turn over any studies they’ve done on the effects of the ingredients. It’s an early step for an agency just starting to flex muscles granted by a new law that took effect last June that gives it broad power to regulate tobacco far beyond the warnings now on packs, short of banning it outright. Companies have long acknowledged using cocoa, coffee, menthol and other additives to make tobacco taste better. The new information will help the FDA determine which ingredients might also make tobacco more harmful or addictive. It will also use the data to develop standards for tobacco products and could ban some ingredients or combinations. “Tobacco products today are really the only human-consumed product that we don’t know what’s in them,” Lawrence R. Deyton, the director of the Food and Drug Administration’s new Center for Tobacco Products and a physician, told The Associated Press in a recent interview. While the FDA must keep much of the data confidential under tradesecret laws, it will publish a list of harmful and potentially harmful ingredients by June 2011. Under the law, it must be listed by quantity in each brand. Some tobacco companies have voluntarily listed product ingredients online in recent years but never with the specificity they must give the FDA, said Matt Myers, president of the Campaign for TobaccoFree Kids. For example, Altria Group Inc., based in Richmond and the parent company of the nation’s largest tobacco maker, Philip Morris USA, has posted general ingredients on its Web site since at least 1999. Cigarette makers say their products include contain tobacco, water, sugar and flavorings, along with chemicals like diammonium phosphate, a chemical used to improve burn rate and taste, and ammonium hydroxide, used to improve the taste. Scientific studies suggest those chemicals also could make the body more easily absorb nicotine, the active and addictive component of tobacco. “Until now, the tobacco companies were free to manipulate their product in ways to maximize sales, no matter the impact on the number of people who died or became addicted,” Myers said. “The manner of disclosure previously made it impossible for the government to make any meaningful assessments.” About 46 million people, or 20.6 percent of U.S. adult smoke cigarettes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, down from about 24 percent 10 years ago. It also estimates that

In June, tobacco companies must tell the FDA their formulas for the first time, just as drugmakers have for decades. Manufacturers also will have to turn over any studies they’ve done on the effects of the ingredients. about 443,000 people in the U.S. die each year from diseases linked to smoking. Tax increases, health concerns, smoking bans and social stigma continue to cut into the number of

cigarettes sold, which were estimated to be down about 12.6 percent in the third quarter compared with the same period last year. Cigarettes and their smoke contain more than 4,000 chemicals;

among them are more than 60 known carcinogens, according to the American Cancer Society. But scientists say they can’t yet tell all they’ll learn from the new data because so little is known about how the chemicals combine to affect people. “The reality is that we have known so little over time that it’s difficult to know with much accuracy what getting a good look is going to tell us about what we could do in the future,” said Dr. David Burns of the University of California-San Diego, scientific editor of several surgeon general reports on tobacco. The real test is whether the FDA acts on the information it receives, said David Sweanor, a Canadian law professor and tobacco expert. Canadian authorities are collecting similar data, but they haven’t taken much action based on it, which is critical, he said. The European Union also has similar submission requirements. Myers warned that a list of ingredients or an unexplained product label is “just as likely to mislead as it is to inform” if consumers don’t know about the relative effects of ingredients. Altria has supported what it has called “tough but fair regulation.” But its chief rivals — No. 2 Reynolds American Inc., parent company of R.J. Reynolds, and No. 3 Lorillard, both based in North Carolina — opposed the law. They said it would lock in Altria’s share of the market because its size gives it more resources to comply with regulations and future limits on marketing under the law. Altria’s brands include Marlboro, which held a 41.9 percent share of the U.S. cigarette market in the third quarter, according to Information Resources Inc.

Georgia gets failing grades for tobacco control programs From STAFF REPORTS closeup@newnan.com While Georgia gets an average grade from the American Lung Association for smokefree air, the state fails in the areas of tobacco prevention and control spending, cigarette tax, and cessation coverage. The American Lung Association (ALA) has released its State of Tobacco Control 2009 report, which grades the strength of both federal and state laws to protect citizens from tobacco-related illnesses. The ALA report finds the federal government made major strides but still has significant room for progress. Most state governments, however, failed to enact what the group calls “critical measures” to protect people from deadly tobacco products. According to the association, smoking related illness remains the number-one preventable cause of death in the U.S., killing more

American Lung Association State of Tobacco Control 2009 Georgia Grades: Tobacco Prevention & Control Spending — F Smoke-free Air — C Cigarette Tax — F Cessation Coverage — F Source: http://www.stateoftobaccocontrol.org

than 393,000 Americans each year and costing the economy more than $193 billion. Another 50,000 Americans die from exposure to secondhand smoke. The U.S. Surgeon General has declared there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. “Our leaders in Washington have made a strong start in confronting the tobacco epidemic and taking steps that ultimately will save millions of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars for the

American economy. Ending the epidemic, however, will require more hard work,” said Charles D. Connor, American Lung Association President and CEO. “Forty-six million adults smoke, and political leaders in the states need to stand up to the tobacco industry and enact policies proven to reduce the devastating death and disease caused by tobacco use.” To arrive at the grades published in State of Tobacco Control 2009, the American Lung Association compared policies against targets based on the most current, recognized scientific criteria for effective tobacco control, or policies considered the best in the nation. The federal government took major and meaningful steps to curb the enormous burden caused by tobacco use in 2009. For two decades the American Lung Association has advocated giving

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HOT TOPICS IN MEDICINE

Why did AMA cave in? Check the hidden file By William C. (Bill) Waters III, MD

“The doctors know best and they are on board with the health plan,” announced President Obama. And, indeed, the head of the American Medical Association endorsed the present Senate version — an amazing switch from previous positions. Does this mean U.S. physicians favor the trend toward nationalization of health care? Toward singlepayer control? Toward the government’s calling the shots on diagnosis and treatment? Toward rationing? Accepting the cuts to doctors? Not so fast. First of all, the AMA membership has dwindled down to only 120,000 out of about a million U. S. doctors, meaning some 88 percent aren’t even in the organization. Second, there’s no good poll of what those remaining members, like me, actual-

ly think. So why would a physicians’ organization, previously dedicated to preserving the doctor-patient relationship, come over to the other side? The reason may surprise you; it did me. Since the 1980s the AMA has had a deal, at one time secret, with the federal government to provide the only authorized code book for medical treatment. It’s Waters called Current Procedural Terminology (CPT). It’s revised annually and lists thousands of procedures, from injections to major surgery. Doctors must use the right name and number for anything they do in order to get paid, whether by Medicare, Medicaid, or private

insurance. The AMA gets tens of millions of dollars from selling this copyrighted volume to doctors, clinics, hospitals, insurance companies, etc, They won’t release the actual figure, but many critics say it’s more than the members pay in dues. So, although the officials claim innocence, one has to question the allegiance of the Association’s leadership. And the AMA isn’t the only organization which has become a surprising bedfellow of the health nationalization establishment. You may have read that the Association of Retired Persons (AARP) favors the bill, even though the act provides for a $500 billion cut over several years in Medicare services, which of course most of the organization’s members rely on. Why? Again we must look at the balance sheet. AARP is a not-for-profit organization, but it pays its huge staff very well, including the execu-

tives who run it. Much of its revenue comes from “Medigap” health policies, which charge a premium for supplementing the 20 percent of charges which Medicare doesn’t pay. The Senate plan puts the squeeze on “Medicare Plus” or “Medicare Advantage” options, which exclude the need for AARP’s Medigap. Thus some of AARP’s competition would dissolve. Who was it who said, when trying to figure out motives, “Follow the money”? Well, many state medical groups, including the Medical Association of Georgia and a large number of specialty organizations, have banded together to oppose the AMA position. So far this includes some 92,000 doctors. Not a real ovation of approval from the physicians, right? By the way, this group of dissenters includes me. I have the feeling that, after a halfcentury, the AMA is leaving me.

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BENTON HOUSE CELEBRATES OPENING Group provides

education on children’s nutrition Food For Thought: A Dietary Intervention Support Group will meet Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at Cornerstone United Methodist Church, 2956 Highway 154 (Thomas Crossroads), Newnan.

tions, and vitamin/mineral supplementation.

Food For Thought is a support group for parents implementing dietary interventions for their children.

The program will include an informal panel discussion on Gluten Free/Casein Free cooking and a recipe swap.

This group educates and empowers parents so that they can improve the lives of their children through better nutrition, dietary modifica-

For further information send an e-mail to Coweta@p2pga.org or contact Georgia Fruechtenicht at 678378-8974.

The group is led by Dr. Jill Dickerson, pediatrician, PAPP Clinic and Georgia Fruechtenicht.

THE GRACE OF SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES

Benton House Retirement Community recently celebrated its opening with festivities for new residents and visitors. Pastor Bill Reeves of First United Methodist Church in Newnan was able to be a part of the invocation with a prayer. “We are so excited about being a part of the Coweta County community and sharing our knowledge and resources about senior housing,” said Jennifer Miranda, executive director of Benton House. Pictured are new residents holding the ribbon, from left to right, Rosemary Bradley, Patricia Martin, Carolyn Palmer, Irene Cohen, and Val Cefaly, with Jennifer Miranda, director, and Ginger Couch, community relations director. Family members and visitors surround the tree.

SeniorLiving events Centers have regular events The Grantville Senior Center is located at 123 LaGrange St. in Grantville. For information on daily activities or special events, call 770-583-2706. The Tommy Thompson Senior Center, on Hospital

Road in Newnan, offers daily programs. Call 770-683-8600 for more information. The Panther Creek Senior Center, located at 2285 W. Hwy. 16 in Sargent (next to the Fire Dept.), will meet Wednesday, Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for January luncheon and birthdays. The East Coweta Senior

Center, located at 300 Howard Road in Senoia, will meet Wednesday, Jan. 20 from 1-3 p.m. for Bingo, cribbage and bridge. Refreshments will be provided. The Welcome Community Activity Center, located at 1792 Welcome Road in Newnan, will meet Tuesday, Jan. 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Card making,

Bunco, and board games activities will be offered.

Daily exercise is not the only type of activity that brings proven health and longevity benefits. Those who want to live longer and remain healthier as they age should also make it a point to remain socially active. According to recent research, seniors who are more socially active are more likely to preserve their mobility as they age. In fact, they may even walk faster than their more socially isolated counterparts. Researchers point out that scoring just one point below average on the scale of social activity lowers a senior’s motor function as if he or she were five years older. That is to say that a 67-year-old would act like a 72-year-old, thereby reducing longevity and independence. At WESLEY WOODS OF NEWNAN – PEACHTREE CITY our highly trained professionals have the experience and sensitivity required to address the special needs of caring

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STATE Continued from page 6 authority to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco products. Congress passed this legislation early in 2009, and it was signed by President Obama June 22. Congress also more than

Health happenings HEALTH Continued from page 6 Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, 8:30 a.m. For details, call Barbara at 770502-1358.

• Heart Healthy Classes Last Tuesday of the month, 12:30 p.m. Piedmont Newnan Hospital Cardiac Rehab Center Call 770-304-4160 to register.

• Alzheimer’s Disease Support Group Third Wednesday of the month, 2 p.m. Call Ellie Farrington at 770-2534402 for more information. Savannah Court Assisted Living Community

• Survivors of Suicide Support Group Now meets second Monday of the month. Crossroads Church, 2564 Highway 154, Newnan Call 770-301-4890 or 770-2516216 for details.

• Cancer Support Group of East Coweta Meeting 2 p.m., fourth Tuesday of the month Call Ivie Bowman, 770-599-3245 for details E-mail: senoiaunitedmeth@bellsouth.n et Senoia United Methodist Church, Bridge & Seavy Streets

• TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly Monday evenings, weigh-in 6:15 to 6:45 p.m., meeting, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Community Christian Church, 1717 Hwy. 154, Sharpsburg For details call Ruth at 770-2548913, or Dianne at 770-502-0580.

SPECIAL EVENTS: • Community Blood Drive Feb. 4, 8 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m. Newnan First United Methodist, 33 Greenville St.

grams to offer comprehensive cessation benefits. Georgia’s tax on cigarettes is .37 cents per pack, and the association maintains that raising the state tax may prevent young people from smoking or encourage longtime smokers to quit. For more information on the report, visit online at www.stateoftobaccocontrol.org.

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Please call my research staff for more information at 770-252-6900. MedaPhase, Inc. was founded by Dr. Mark Ling to research new treatments for skin disease. Dr. Ling is former Director of Dermatology Clinical Research at Emory University. He trained at Harvard and Duke, and is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine and Dermatology. MedaPhase is in Newnan and serves the southern Atlanta region.

P.S. In the study mentioned above, points on the social activity score were awarded on the basis of the frequency of engaging in activities such as attending church or sporting events, eating at restaurants, visiting relatives, volunteering, playing bingo, and traveling.

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Georgia gets failing grades for tobacco control doubled the federal cigarette tax, from 39 cents to $1.01 per pack. In addition, both chambers of Congress passed healthcare reform legislation that could expand coverage under Medicaid and private insurance for helping smokers quit (cessation). As the House and Senate passed bills are reconciled, the Lung Association urges Congressional leaders to require state Medicaid pro-

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Newnan’s Lendell Arnold (22) and Alec Ogletree (far right) attempt to stop East Coweta’s East Coweta’s Angelica Zackery puts up a jumper as Newnan's Bernicia Orr defends. The Maderius Gibbs during Saturday’s game won by Newnan 52-48. Lady Indians ended their nine-game losing streak with a 64-39 win.

Local teams take to the road tonight By TOMMY CAMP tommy@newnan.com All eight of Coweta County’s basketball teams will be on the road tonight. East Coweta travels to Lovejoy, Newnan visits Riverdale, Northgate plays at Lithia Springs and Heritage journeys to Griffin Christian. Tipoffs for the girls’ games are set for 6 p.m. with the boys playing at approximately 7:30 p.m. Newnan and East Coweta are coming off their meetings in the Max Bass Athletic Center Saturday where the Newnan boys won, 52-48, and the EC girls took a 64-39 decision over their Newnan counterparts. Those games, as do all rival matchups, were hard-fought, emotional games which may or may not take their toll on tonight’s action. The Newnan boys, 6-5 on the year, held EC’s potent offense to its lowest production of the year at 48 points and a seasonlow four-point fourth quarter. That final period, which EC entered leading 44-40, spelled the difference. Larry Harden led Newnan with 15 points including a three-pointer which gave him at least one from beyond the arc in 10 of the Cougars’ 11 games. Jarrett Coleman scored 11, his first game in double figures for the year. Brandon Farmer paced the Indians, who are now 6-7, with 13 points and Joshua Houston

had 11. The East Coweta Lady Indians ended a nine-game losing streak with their win over the Newnan girls and are 3-11 on the year. The EC girls had not won since beating Lovejoy, 62-40, in the fourth game of the season on Dec. 4. Brittney Menefee paced EC with a season high 18 points while Tryesa McKenzie had 15, also tops for the year for her. Newnan fell to 4-7 with the loss, the Lady Cougars’ fourth in the last five games. The Lady Cougars were led by Ashley Montgomery’s 11 points. The Riverdale girls, 10-4 on the year, are coming off a major upset win over Westlake on the road last Saturday. It was the first region loss for the Westlake girls in nine games. The Riverdale boys lost to Westlake, 66-53. Lovejoy, which split its games at Newnan on Friday, the boys losing and the girls winning, played Pebblebrook on Saturday with the Wildcats taking a 71-63 win. There was no report on the Lovejoy-Pebblebrook girls’ game. Northgate faces a Lithia Springs boys team (11-3) that had its seven-game winning streak ended last week by Fayette County. The Lithia Springs girls are 8-5 heading into tonight’s action.

Hawks fall short in 4th quarter By GEORGE HENRY Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) — With Kevin Durant guarded tightly, Jeff Green knew he could give Oklahoma City its best chance to pad a slim lead. “It was a play drawn up for Kevin, but Atlanta did a tremendous job in denying the ball to him,” Green said, “so I just made the play.” Durant scored 29 points, Green had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and the Thunder ended the Atlanta Hawks’ three-game winning streak with a 94-91 victory Monday. Green’s three-point play made it 94-88 with 12.2 seconds remaining. Dribbling from the top of the right wing, he used his right hand to dunk past Josh Smith’s outstretched arms. “Big-time play,” Durant said. “If he had laid it up, Josh Smith is such a great shot-blocker, he’d stop that. “That would have been a shot-clock violation.” Durant made his first 14 free-throw attempts before his 15th bounced off the rim in the final seconds. Smith called timeout in mid-air after grabbing the rebound. Jamal Crawford, who defeated Phoenix with a buzzer-beating, three-pointer on Friday, missed a straightaway three as time expired, a shot that would have sent the game into overtime had it been good. “It shouldn’t have come down to that,” Crawford said.

“We should’ve won the game earlier.” Oklahoma City improved to 15-4 against the Eastern Conference. Joe Johnson scored 23 points for Atlanta, which had won five of six. The Hawks shot just 6 for 23 in the fourth quarter, including Crawford’s 0for-6 performance. “It was like the rim had a lid on it,” Crawford said. “The shots just wouldn’t go down for us.” Durant, whose 29.1 scoring average ranks third in the NBA, didn’t score 30 points for the first time in six games. He was hardly concerned, focusing instead on Oklahoma City’s ability to prevent the Hawks from getting clear looks at the basket. “Of course making shots is good, but if we can come back on defenseand get the stop, that means we’re in the game,” Durant said. “I think we got stops when we needed them and we scored as well. “It’s easy to play defense when you’ve got guys behind you who are going to help you out.” Though Smith’s three-point play forced an 88-88 tie with 2:48 remaining, Atlanta never led after Russell Westbrook’s jumper put the Thunder ahead 16-15 with 5:09 left in the first quarter of play. Smith, who finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, but he blamed himself for failing to get better position on Green’s three-point play. “I reached in and he kind of took my

balance from me,” Smith said. “I had to contest the shot, but I knew was going to make it because he can palm the basketball extremely well, and he had a step on me.” Johnson blamed the Hawks for lacking intensity before the game began. “We did come out a little lackadaisical and thought we would turn it on and off,” Johnson said. “In the second half, we thought we would pick it up, but we never did.” Green gave the Thunder their biggest lead at 15 when his two free throws made it 69-54 midway through the third. But it his three-point play near the end made a bigger difference. “After (Durant) couldn’t get the ball, I didn’t want to force it to him,” Green said. “I know I’m capable of putting the ball on the floor. “I just wanted to make a play. I just wanted to make a difference.” NOTES: Thunder C Nick Collison missed the game with a mild concussion. ... Atlanta C Zaza Pachulia had four points and nine rebounds in 15 minutes after missing two games with the flu. ... Oklahoma City improved to 19-6 overall and 7-1 on the road, when leading after three quarters. ... The Hawks dropped to 3-10, including 1-3 at home, when entering the fourth with a deficit. .... Atlanta has dropped six of seven at home against the Thunder, who left Seattle and changed their name from SuperSonics before last season.

McGwire’s redemption tour gets an E-3 for effort Over the last week the only really interesting non-football news besides Gilbert Arenas’ brain going into meltdown was Mark McGwire’s admission of taking steroids and that story still has legs. From the crucifixions by ESPN’s John Kruk and FOX sports commentator Jack Clark to Sunday’s fanfest held in St. Louis where McGwire, the Cardinals’ newest hitting coach, was in attendance to “talk about the future” and not what he did during the steroid era. I am willing to give him a second chance, but give me a break over how he is seeking his redemption. If a player has taken illegal drugs like cocaine, marijuana or methamphetamines or was an alcoholic and was part of a forum, I doubt he’s in any position to say there would be no discussion about the past, but only the future. While that could be convenient, addicts don’t know if they will stay clean for an hour, a day, a week or never while an alcoholic is one drink away from failure so harping on the future could

be tough. Also, Stuart why did Crosby McGwire finally Sports writer decide on January 13 in an interview with Bob Costas on the MLB Network to admit his use of steroids and in an interview with Karl Ravech on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight program that was conducted later in the day. The Hall of Fame induction announcement was made last week and McGwire did get his obligatory 20 percent of the vote, but the announcements of inductees from 2006 to 2009 could have been just as good a time to have come clean. As far as I know there is no book coming out, so we can rule out the publicity associated with

that as a possible reason. The Cardinals may have said something about it with spring training coming up soon, but I doubt it which means the only theory I will go with is that McGwire decided to confess hoping that the truth would set him free. I would hope that was the reason even when he said that he would have admitted it in 2005 when he went before the congressional committee that included Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of our area, but he couldn’t get immunity for his testimony. Let me think about this a second as I consider Sammy Sosa who claimed he didn’t speak English very well while Rafael Palmeiro claimed he never, I repeat never, took steroids and Curt Schilling who was against them and would do everything in his power to help eradicate them. Of course that was when Schilling wasn’t in front of the United States Congress, C-Span, CNN, FOX and anybody else that had a camera nearby, but I digress a little. My point is that McGwire chose to plead the

fifth amendment of the Constitution on the advice of counsel, which is his right, but in 2010 it isn’t that much more than a hollow excuse. McGwire laid it at the feet of the advice he got from his lawyers and nothing more. Also, my problem with this redemption tour is whoever is handling him must be related to Kim Etheridge who was Terrell Owens’ rep when he had 25 million reasons to live as his explanations for using steroids and this warrants him an E-3 (error on the first baseman). I will not throw stones at his rationalizations for using steroids when he did and his contention that they did not make him any bigger or stronger since I don’t play a doctor on television. However, all that aside, we need to embrace Andre Dawson’s selection to the hall and remember that pitchers and catchers report in approximately three weeks and the Atlanta Braves will open the season at home against the Chicago Cubs on April 5.

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This week, The Mini Page begins a three-part series about the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

Welcome to Canada!

The 21st Olympic Winter Games will be held from Feb. 12 to Feb. 28, 2010. Athletes from up to 80 countries will compete for medals in 15 different sports. Thousands of spectators will watch these events in person. Several of the venues, or competition areas, are outdoors, where it will be freezing cold and snowing.

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Canada is the United Statesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; neighbor to the north. Instead of states, the country is divided into 10 provinces and three territories. Vancouver is in the province of British Columbia, in the southwest corner of Canada. The city is home to about 600,000 people. Whistler is about 75 miles north of Vancouver.

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Bringing the world together Billions of people across the world will tune in to catch the action on TV. The Olympics are a special time for the world, when people of different races, religions and beliefs come together to cheer on their country and enjoy the beauty, inspiration and excitement of sports.

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Before the Winter Games begin, athletes must qualify, or meet the requirements, for the Olympics. Some sports, such as alpine skiing, rank athletes from around the world. Those with the highest rankings will go to Vancouver. For other sports, each country has its own national competition to determine who will move on. For example, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships are being held in Spokane, Wash., through Jan. 24. More than 100 of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best figure skaters are trying to qualify for 10 total spots in four different Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker categories: are two-time U.S. pairs womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s champions. singles (two spots), menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singles (three spots), pairs (two spots) and ice dancing (three spots).

Height: 6-0 Weight: 187 Hometown: Prosser, Wash. Most of the noise at Boise State University swirls around quarterback Kellen Moore and the Broncosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; football team, which went undefeated in the regular season. Though not widely recruited despite a starry high school career, Moore has proven he can play on a big stage, with a bigtime beat. This fall the slinging sophomore left-hander completed 64.8 percent of his passes for 3,325 yards and a school record 39 touchdowns. Moore, who was intercepted just three times, also leads the nation in passing efficiency. As of this writing, Moore and the Broncos (13-0 record) were hoping to complete their perfect season against unbeaten Texas Christian in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1. The son of a high school coach, Moore is smart, a leader, and surrounded by a host of talented teammates. Together, they are harder to tame than, well, bucking broncos!

A growing sport The Mini Page talked with two Olympic curlers for Team USA, Allison Pottinger and Jason Smith. They both started curling with family AND FRIENDS WHEN THEY WERE KIDS h)T doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 7 or youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 30, you can still curl and be good at IT v 0OTTINGER SAID h9OU CAN CURL YOUR whole life.â&#x20AC;? Smith thinks the Olympics will get more people interested in the sport. A curling stone and broom. The granite stone h) M weighs 19.1 kilograms, or hoping that more than 42 pounds. it gets more and more players to play,â&#x20AC;? he said. h!S LONG AS THE GAME KEEPS GETTING bigger â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to make our country stronger at the world championship level.â&#x20AC;?

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How does it work? Curling is kind of like a giant game of shuffleboard played on ice. Each team takes turns sliding â&#x20AC;&#x153;stonesâ&#x20AC;? down the ice â&#x20AC;&#x153;sheetâ&#x20AC;? toward a target made up of concentric (kun-SEHN-trick) circles, or smaller circles inside of larger ones. Each match is made up of 10 â&#x20AC;&#x153;ends,â&#x20AC;? which are like innings in baseball. The competing teams each deliver eight stones per end â&#x20AC;&#x201D; two per teammate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for a total of 16. While one person delivers the stone, other teammates use brooms to sweep the ice in front of the stone. This helps to control the speed and direction of the stone as it heads toward the target.

The Mini Page talked with two world-class Olympic hopefuls from Team 53! BOBSLEDDER 3TEVEN (OLCOMB AND SKELETON SLIDER .OELLE 0IKUS 0ACE 4HEY told us more about their sports.

Larry: What is the hardest thing about speed skating? Lee: The ice! Lacy: What can be plowed but not planted? Laura: Snow!

Skeleton also requires a fast start. A slider sprints down the track and then jumps head-first onto the sled, picking up speed with every second. The only way to steer the skeleton is by shifting your weight on the sled.

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At the top of the ice track, bobsledders sprint as fast as they can while pushing the sled. There are only two Olympic bobsled/skeleton/luge tracks in the U.S.: Lake Placid, N.Y., and Park City, Utah.

Bobsleds, also known as bobsleighs, are built for either two people or four people. In the Olympics, men compete in both twoand four-man events, while women race only two-person sleds. One of the most important parts of bobsledding is the start. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when team members push the sled as fast as they can for about 150 feet. Then they jump into the sled and steer it down the track. h"OBSLEDDING IS LIKE A ROLLER COASTER that goes 90 mph without any of the SAFETY MECHANISMS v (OLCOMB SAID h4HERE ARE NO SEATBELTS AND IF YOU crash you get yanked out of the sled. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a thrilling ride.â&#x20AC;?

Noelle Pikus-Pace is one of the top skeleton sliders in the world. She said competing in Vancouver would be a dream come true. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would mean that all the hours of working out, of being away from family, of studying, training and preparing had finally paid off,â&#x20AC;? she said.

h) LOVE THE SPEED AND RHYTHM OF EVERY COURSE v 0IKUS 0ACE SAID h7HEN we are going 80 to 90 mph, we have to be able to put ourselves within an inch or two of where we want to be.â&#x20AC;? Otherwise, sliders can fall off the skeleton and crash. Add` ^c ndjg cZlheVeZg [dg cZlh VWdji i]Z Danbe^Xh VcY fjVa^[n^c\ ZkZcih# Next week, The Mini Page visits Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

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One of the most popular sports at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Winter Olympics will be curling. It is a favorite game for many Canadians, and thousands will pack the Vancouver Olympic Centre venue to watch. Olympic curling is played in a round-robin tournament â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one for men and one for women. There are 10 teams in each tournament, and each TEAM HAS FOUR MEMBERS h2OUND ROBINv means that each team plays all the others. The top four teams advance into a playoff to decide the winner. Curling has been a part of the Winter Olympics since 1998 and has grown in popularity every year. In the U.S., it is mainly played in northern states such as Minnesota and Wisconsin, where there are curling clubs and special arenas.

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Some Winter Olympic sports are all about speed. Bobsledding and skeleton are events where competitors slide down a long ice track with several twists and turns. Instead of racing other people, they are racing against the clock, trying to get the best time on the course. Using only strength and gravity, these daredevils are going fastest at the finish line. Because speed and strength are so important, bobsled and skeleton athletes train for many hours a day. They lift weights and run. In fact, they spend much more time training than they will ever spend racing, because most runs down the ice track last less than a minute. Team USA bobsledders and skeleton sliders compete in different events around the world every winter. The top finishers in these events will compete in the Winter Olympics. Olympic hopefuls in these two sports will find out on Jan. 20 whether they will be going to Vancouver as a part of Team USA.

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APTS. FOR RENT UNFURNISHED

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APTS. FOR RENT UNFURNISHED

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Columbia Wood Townhomes

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$399 MOVE IN SPECIAL! $20 APPLICATION FEE!! WITH AD

2 BRs starting at $599 3 BRs starting at $747 for 12 months

APTS. FOR RENT UNFURNISHED

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No Deposit!!

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3 BR, 2 Bath. New & clean apartment homes. Hogansville. Total electric, yard maintenance incl. No Credit Check! $650/ month. 404-925-2993 HOMES FOR RENT UNFURNISHED

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2 Homes! No Deposit!

3 BR, 2 bath Craftsman Style homes, 2-car garage, hardwood floors, separate DR, too many upgrades to mention! 119 & 93 Strong Rd. $1,290 Call Jason:

678-859-8492

HOMES FOR RENT UNFURNISHED

704

Lakeside 4 BR, 3 baths. $1,295

678-873-3182

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 — The Times-Herald — 11 HOMES FOR RENT UNFURNISHED

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FOR RENT 3 BR / 1 BA $695 28 Martin St. 2 BR / 1 BA $595 6 Ozmore St. smokerisemanagement.com

24 HR info line 770-253-2300 office: 770-683-4807

2 Really Nice Ranch Homes 3 BRs, 2 baths, garage, $900 - $999 GRFA accepted.

770-318-8230 678-877-6184 3 & 4 BR Homes

In Newnan, Sharpsburg & Welcome. $875 - $1,150 discount rent.

770-490-4581

3 BR, 2 Bath Northgate HS. 56 Hudgens Rd. $850 / month.

No deposit! Call Bill:

678-618-9623

3 BR, 2.5 Bath With screen porch attached to 5-stall barn on 38 acres. All amenities for boarding. Beautiful, well maintained and very private. West Coweta. $1,450/ mo.

770-301-0674

3 Homes • Grantville, 3 BR, 2 bath, clean, painted, ready to move in. $800 • Newnan, 3 BR, 2 bath, near Ashley Park, lawn service included. $1,100 • Newnan, Avery Park, 3 BR, 2 bath, $1,175 www.actingright.org

678-378-6664

79 Arnold St. Grantville 3 BR, 2 baths, central H/A. $600 plus deposit.

770-301-4698

Newnan

3 BR, 2 BA, basement, garage, $900 3 BR, 2 BA executive home, $1,200

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Grantville

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Newnan

21 Pinelea Dr.. 3 BR, 2 BA, $795 / $795 5 Powell St. 2 BR, 2 BA, $550/$550 8 Main St. 3 BR, 2 BA, $850 / $850

Senoia

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Rent-to-Own Hogansville 204 Dickinson 5 BRs, $600

706-302-6713

Senoia Area 4 BR, 3 baths. $1,200 per month. On country setting

770-301-6082

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King Cameron redux? ‘Avatar’ aims for Oscar glory BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — James Cameron may get to proclaim himself king of the distant moon Pandora at the Academy Awards. Cameron — who borrowed Leonardo DiCaprio’s line from “Titanic” and declared himself “king of the world” when that film sailed to Oscar glory 12 years ago — positioned himself for a repeat with his Golden Globe wins Sunday for the sci-fi blockbuster “Avatar.” The tale of big, blue aliens in conflict with rapacious humans on Pandora earned the Globes for best drama and director, prizes that also preceded the Oscar run of “Titanic.” “This is a trip,” said Cameron, recalling that as “Titanic” was becoming a box-office and Oscar juggernaut, he had thought to himself, “enjoy this ride, it ain’t never going to happen again.” Yet “Avatar” has soared to a worldwide box office of $1.6 billion, second only to “Titanic” at $1.8 billion, and could end up surpassing his 1997 smash about the doomed luxury liner. A key difference for Cameron’s success this awards season is that he’s doing it with a space fantasy, the sort of far-out tale that usually goes overlooked except for visual effects and other technical honors during Hollywood’s prestige period. “Hopefully, this is part of a trend of the acceptance of science fiction as a legitimate

dramatic form of cinema,” said Cameron, whose films include the sci-fi tales “Aliens,” “The Abyss” and the first two “Terminator” movies. Globe acting winners also firmed up their Oscar prospects, including dramatic-performance recipients Sandra Bullock for the football tale “The Blind Side” and Jeff Bridges for the countrymusic story “Crazy Heart.” The musical or comedy acting prizes went to Robert Downey Jr. for the crime romp “Sherlock Holmes” and Meryl Streep for the Julia Child tale “Julie & Julia.” Cameron Supporting honors were presented to Mo’Nique for the Harlem drama “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire” and Christoph Waltz for the World War II saga “Inglourious Basterds.” Like “Avatar,” “Titanic” was a visual marvel, but it was an epic period drama, too, the kind of movie awards voters have embraced since the early days of the Oscars. Peter Jackson achieved rare awards acceptance for fantasy adventures with his “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, though those films had a long and distinguished literary pedigree in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Cameron made everything up himself for “Avatar,” a 22nd century story of interspecies

romance set on Pandora, where intrusive humans are mining a priceless energy source, steamrolling over the world’s natives to do it. Pandora’s inhabitants, the 10foot, blue-skinned Na’vi, fight back with help from a paralyzed human (Sam Worthington), whose mind is transferred to an “avatar” resembling the natives. In something of a “Dances With Avatars” story, he finds a mentor and romantic interest in a fierce Na’vi princess (Zoe Saldana). “Thank you for believing in blue people,” “Avatar” producer Jon Landau told the Globes crowd. Assuming “Avatar” earns a best-picture nomination for the Oscars, it will have more company than usual. Oscars organizers have doubled the best-picture category to 10 nominees, aiming to bring a broader range of movies into the fold. The Oscars often are dominated by small and sober dramas, but this time, blockbusters could hold sway in the top category. Along with “Avatar,” potential nominees include two other scifi smashes, “Star Trek” and “District 9,” the hit “Inglourious Basterds,” and the animated blockbuster “Up.” Cameron said he was aiming only for a crowd-pleasing commercial success this time, not another awards contender. “We have been down that road. It is a nightmare. You have to wear a tux all the time, and here we are again,” Cameron said. “What the hell did we do?” Maybe expand his Oscar kingdom to the cosmos.

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