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Perdue working on
dropout problem
ATLANTA (MNS) - With
Georgia ahead of only South
Carolina and the District of
Columbia in its graduation
rate, Gov. Sonny Perdue has
in recent months launched
several initiatives aimed at
preventing high school stu
dents from dropping out of
school.
The moves include hiring
counselors and a technical
college program that that
works with young teens.
“The governor is com
pelled to address this issue
from several different angles,
with the cornerstone being
a high-school-completion
coach in every high school
in Georgia,” Perdue press
secretary Heather Hedrick
said.
Perdue and the legislature
set aside $15.4 million to
provide $40,000 apiece for
the completion coaches,
though the governor had
initially asked for $55,000
each, Hedrick said.
Ga. uses new debt
for construction
ATLANTA (MNS) -
Tuesday, Gov. Sonny Perdue
gets a big check to spend on
untangling highway conges
tion and expanding roads in
all four corners of the state.
The $450 million check
comes from the sale of a
new type of bond that allows
the state to contract for
construction projects today
based on money it would
normally expect in federal
tax dollars over the next
dozen years.
For the first time, the
state of Georgia is issuing
Grant Anticipation Revenue
Vehicle bonds, nicknamed
GARVEE, backed by money
the state anticipates getting
from the federal government
in the next two, six-year
cycles of highway funding.
The program allows the
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Atlanta 93 72 t-storm
Augusta 91 75 t-storm
Bainbridge 92 75 t-storm
Brunswick 91 79 t-storm
Cartersville 95 72 t-storm
Chattanooga.TN 90 71 t-storm
Columbus 96 75 t-storm
Cordele 96 74 t-storm
National Cities
Atlanta 93 72 t-storm
Boston 82 67 mst sunny
Chicago 88 69 sunny
Dallas 103 81 mst sunny
Denver 84 62 t-storm
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state to bill the federal tax
payers not only for the fed
eral share of construction
costs but also for interest
paid to the investors who
bought these bonds.
Man: I was trying
to neuter my dog
SAVANNAH (MNS) - A
Savannah man is in jail after
he attempted to neuter his
Chihuahua, police said.
Animal Control offi
cers were called to west
Chatham County Tuesday
afternoon on a report of ani
mal cruelty, said Anthony
Fulton, a spokesman for
the Savannah-Chatham
Metropolitan Police.
They found the Chihuahua
barking. Officers then saw
a rubber band around the
dog’s testicles, according to
a police report.
The dog’s owner, 39-year
old Tresler Wright, told offi
cers he was trying to neuter
his pet, according to Fulton.
Police arrested Wright and
took him to the Chatham
County jail, where he is
being held on a charge of
animal cruelty.
The dog is being treated at
VCA Animal Hospital.
“He’s OK,” said Lt. Brenda
Boulware, commander of the
Animal Control Unit. “We’re
going to hold the dog until it
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Gainesville 93 74 t-storm
Helen 91 69 t-storm
Lagrange 95 71 t-storm
Macon 95 74 t-storm
Marietta 93 71 t-storm
Milledgeville 95 75 t-storm
Houston 91 75 t-storm
Los Angeles 79 64 pt sunny
Miami 88 80 t-storm
Minneapolis 89 69 pt sunny
New York 88 73 mst sunny
STATE BRIEFS
(the case) is adjudicated.”
Anyone who attempts to
neuter or spay an animal
without a medical license
will face charges, police
said.
Judge approves
Walker pledge
AUGUSTA (MNS) - The
federal judge who presid
ed over former state Sen.
Charles Walker’s trial has
accepted a deal that ensures
money for restitution is
safely set aside.
U.S. District Judge Dudley
H. Bowen Jr. signed an order
Monday approving Walker’s
pledge of 35 securities val
ued at nearly $700,000.
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Peachtree City 92 71 t-storm
Perry 95 74 t-storm
Rome 95 72 t-storm
Savannah 94 75 t-storm
St. Simons Island9l 79 t-storm
Statesboro 97 77 pt sunny
Thomasville 93 74 t-storm
Valdosta 93 73 t-storm
Warner Robins 95 74 t-storm
Waycross 95 73 t-storm
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St. Louis 91 73 mst sunny
Washington, DC 88 72 pt sunny
The securities will remain
in a Smith Barney account
unless Walker’s appeal of
his fraud and conspiracy
convictions are reversed by
the 11th Circuit Court of
Appeals.
Attorneys are waiting
to see whether the federal
appeals court will request
oral arguments or decide to
rule on the case based on the
written briefs and record.
The U.S. District Court
Clerk’s office certified
Walker’s case Tuesday, send
ing the appeals court the
entire record of the trial
in Augusta’s federal court
house last summer. Walker
was convicted of 127 crimi
nal counts June 3, 2005.
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OBITUARIES
DR- ALFONSO PARDO JR.
WARNER ROBINS - Dr. Alfonso Pardo Jr., 55, passed
away Tuesday. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m.
today in the chapel of Heritage Memorial Funeral Home.
Pardo was born in Redondo Beach, Calif. Survivors include
his three children, two siblings and six grandchildren.
Ga. sales tax ItolMay
getting under way
By Vicky Eckenrode
Morris News Service
ATLANTA - For Georgia’s
fifth year of selected tax
free shopping, teachers also
will have state-issued gift
cards to redeem, and energy
conscious consumers will get
their own break.
Intended to coincide with
the annual run on school
supplies as classes start
again, the tax holiday with
its additional breaks this
year started at 12:01 a.m.
on Thursday and runs until
midnight Sunday.
Parents, teachers and
penny-pinching consumers
will avoid paying state and
local taxes on a hodgepodge
of school supplies, clothes,
shoes and computer equip
ment during the extended
weekend.
So, a pair of SIOO ten
nis shoes - the maximum
amount exempted for a sin
gle item of clothing or foot
wear - will cost between $5
and $7 less, depending how
much local taxes is charged
on items.
But for consumers buy
ing more costly computer
equipment or stocking up on
school supplies, the break
has been a popular event
since Georgia first started
tax-free weekends in 2002.
Shoppers will keep from
paying an estimated sll mil
lion in state taxes and $8.5
million in local taxes this
weekend, said Charles Willey,
spokesman for the Georgia
Department of Revenue.
“Each year there’s been
an increase in the amount of
savings,” he said.
South Carolina shoppers
also will get a sales tax
holiday this weekend, from ’
12:01 a.m. Friday through
midnight Sunday.
Among the exempted
items: clothing, footwear
and most accessories, but
not jewelry; school supplies;
computers and printers; and
bed and bath items.
This is the seventh year
South Carolina has had a
sales tax holiday before the
start of school.
According to the state
Department of Revenue, the
holiday saved taxpayers $2.6
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City of Perry
The Mayor and Council of the City of Perry invite
you to attend a meeting to discuss the proposed
Airport District regulations and how it will
affect your property. The meeting will be held on
Monday, August 7, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in the Perry
City Hall, 1211 Washington Street, Perry, Georgia.
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million last year.
South Carolina lawmakers
also have approved a second
sales tax holiday for 2006,
stretching over the two days
after Thanksgiving.
In Georgia, items labeled
with the Energy Star stamp
also will be exempt in the
coming days. That ranges
from energy-efficient appli
ances like washers and dry
ers to specialized windows
and doors.
The state tried out a sales
tax holiday on the energy
efficient items last year, but
this is the first time it is
combined with the school
and clothing holiday.
Willey said he expects
there are some consumers
who have waited for the
upcoming weekend to make
a large appliance purchase
but it remains unknown
whether the typical shopper
takes advantage of the addi
tional break.
“There are couple of times
in there you might buy to
stock up on like florescent
light bulbs,” he said.
Because this year’s sales
tax holiday hits a week later
than last year, retailers said
it will coincide with college
students shopping for new
dorm furniture and class
supplies.
“Even with gas prices being
higher, we are still anticipat
ing an incredible weekend
when you combine the tax
free (weekend) with all the
back-to-college traffic,” said
Tony Moss, manager of the
Target store in Athens.
Also this year, teachers
have been given SIOO gift
cards from the state to pur
chase classroom supplies.
Audrey Chaplin, owner of
School Days two school sup
ply stores in Augusta, said
the upcoming weekend is
typically in the middle of
her busiest time of the year
with teachers and parents
coming in to prepare for the
new school year.
She said this year’s tax
free holiday and the gift
cards for teachers who often
pick up classroom supplies
out of their own pockets will
make things more hectic
than usual.
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