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Susie Briefs
Minority enrollment
rate steady
ATHENS (MNS) - The
percentage of black and
Hispanic students entering
the University of Georgia
this fall remained relatively
stable from last year, but
university officials are tout
ing a larger number of stu
dents from other racial and
ethnic backgrounds.
About 20 percent of the
new first-year students who
indicated race on their appli
cations are non-Caucasian
the same percentage as
the incoming class of fall
2005 including about 125
Hispanic students, up from
almost 90 in 2005, and 380
black students, up from
about 360 in 2005.
But this year’s fresh
men class is expected to
have even more students
from other racial and eth
nic groups, including 368
Asian-American, 17 Native
American, 126 multiracial
and 187 international stu
dents representing 54 dif
ferent countries, according
to data released Thursday
by UGA’s Office of
Undergraduate Admissions.
“This is the most diverse
class in the history of the
university,” said UGA
Provost Arnett Mace.
The Hispanic percent
age of the incoming class
has increased from about 2
percent in August 2005 to
nearly 2.5 percent this year,
but the percentage of black
students has remained the
same at about 7.6 percent.
Admissions officials won’t
have official enrollment fig
ures until mid-October but
project the incoming class
will be nearly 5,000 stu
dents, nearly the same as
last year.
Offers to black and
Hispanic students increased
to more than 600 black and
nearly 200 Hispanic stu
dents for fall 2006 - likely
the largest number of black
and Hispanic students
offered admission since
UGA stopped using race as
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Local 5-Day Forecast
Sun
8/13
90/70
Slight chance of a
thunderstorm.
Sunrise Sunset
6:58 AM 8:21 PM
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Atlanta 83 67 pt sunny
Augusta 84 69 t-storm
Bainbridge 92 72 t-storm
Brunswick 88 76 l-storm
Cartersville * 84 67 pt sunny
Chattanooga.TN 84 67 pt sunny
Columbus 90 71 pt sunny
Cordele 90 70 t-storm
National Cities
Atlanta 83 67 pt sunny
Boston 77 62 mst sunny
Chicago 85 69 mst sunny
Dallas 103 82 sunny
Denver 83 61 t-storm
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an admissions factor, accord
ing to Nancy McDuff, UGA
associate vice president for
admissions and enrollment
management.
UGA stopped considering
race in admissions decisions
in 2000 after a 1997 lawsuit
challenged the university’s
admissions policy. UGA also
has dropped other factors
that once helped in gaining
admission, including being
male or being the child of a
UGA graduate.
About 63 percent of the
2006 incoming class is
female, compared to last
fall’s 60 percent.
The increasing majority of
females going to college is “a
discussion at virtually every
conference I go to,” UGA
President Michael Adams
said Thursday.
Researchers have claimed
that females are maturing
faster and are becoming
more academically focused
than males, so “we’ve got to
do a better job of preparing
(young men) educationally,”
Adams said, citing a speech
he gave in 2001 on the gen
der gap in education.
The average high school
grade point average for
incoming freshmen has
remained steady since last
year at about 3.75, but the
average SAT score dropped
10 points from 1242 in 2005
to 1232 this year.
Thurmond Dam fish
kill pauses power
AUGUSTA (MNS)
- About 30,500 fish were
sucked through Thurmond
Dam’s turbines this week,
prompting the Army Corps
of Engineers to intermit
tently suspend hydropower
production.
The small blueback her
ring congregate near the
dam in huge numbers dur
ing warm weather because
the water is often colder
there, Corps spokesman
Billy Birdwell said.
The schooling baitfish pre
fer oxygenated water, which
is sometimes found in deeper
areas during hot weather.
Tue
8/15
96/72
Mostly sunny. Highs
in the mid 90s and
lows in the low 70s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:59 AM 8:19 PM
Mon
8/14
94/71
Plenty of sun. Highs
in the mid 90s and
lows in the low 70s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:59 AM 8:20 PM
TRENT WILLMON
a little more livin’
j City Mi Lofand
Dalton 87 68 pt sunny
Dillard 81 61 pt sunny
Dublin 89 67 pt sunny
Duluth 83 66 pt sunny
Gainesville 82 68 pt sunny
Helen 83 64 pt sunny
Lagrange 87 67 pt sunny
Macon 87 69 pt sunny
Marietta 83 66 pt sunny
Milledgeville 89 69 pt sunny
Houston 94 75 t-storm
Los Angeles 80 65 pt sunny
Miami 90 81 t-storm
Minneapolis 82 63 t-storm
New York 83 67 sunny
When oxygenated lay
ers of water coincide with
the dam’s intakes, fish are
pulled in, Mr. Birdwell said.
The fish kills this week
began Sunday and contin
ued through Tuesday, said
Ed Bettross, regional fish
eries biologist for Georgia’s
Wildlife Resources Division.
“It was similar to the event
they had a couple of years
ago, when they had to shut
down their operations due to
entrainment,” Mr. Bettross
said.
From Aug. 6 to Aug. 11,
2004, an estimated 80,000
herring were sucked through
the turbines, forcing suspen
sion of power generation
until the fish moved away
from the intake areas.
Generation was halt
ed Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, when levels exceed
ed the allowable threshold of
5,000 fish per hour.
Fish mortality Wednesday
and Thursday was minimal,
but monitoring will contin
ue until changes in water
temperature and dissolved
oxygen levels push the fish
away from the 30-foot-wide
turbine intakes 80 feet below
the surface.
A 1996 Clemson University
study estimated the lake’s
herring population at 68
million.
Developers boost
of banner year
ATLANTA (MNS) - The
past 12 months were record
setting in Georgia’s efforts to
attract and expand business
in part because of stronger
international ties, economic
development officials said
Thursday.
“The (overseas trade)
missions that we led, those
are key,” Chris Clark, the
Georgia Department of
Economic Development’s
deputy commissioner for
global commerce, told the
agency’s board meeting in
Atlanta.
“We’re getting more and
more leads from our inter
national offices.”
The state agency reported
STATE AND REGION
Meteorologist
Jsrry Mathews on
Turns ter Mews”
Wed
8/16
95/73
Times of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
mid 90s and lows in
the low 70s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:00 AM 8:18 PM
Moon Phases
Full
Aug 9
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New
Aug 23
UV Index
Sun 8/13 H Very High
Mon 8/14 ■ Extreme
Tue 8/15 H Extreme
Wed 8/16 H Extreme
Thu 8/17 Extreme
The UV Index is measured on a 0-11
number scale, with a higher UV Index
showing the need for greater skin pro
tection. o sm 11
| fay U, Lo Cond.
Peachtree City 83 66 pt sunny
Perry 88 69 pt sunny
Rome 86 67 pt sunny
Savannah 88 71 t-storm
St. Simons Islandßß 76 t-storm
Statesboro 90 72 t-storm
Thomasville 91 71 t-storm
Valdosta 88 70 t-storm
Warner Robins 88 69 pt sunny
Waycross 91 70 t-storm
Hi Lo Cond-
Phoenix 99 85 t-storm
San Francisco 76 58 pt sunny
Seattle 81 60 sunny
St. Louis 93 74 pt sunny
Washington, DC 85 69 sunny
being involved in 254 expan
sion or relocation projects
during the 2006 fiscal year
that ended in June. That
resulted in plans to add
nearly 25,000 jobs in the
state and increase invest
ment by more than $5.7 bil
lion - record levels for the
department.
The state’s financial bait
it offers to prospective com
panies, which include job
creation tax credits and
other corporate tax breaks,
has helped Georgia remain
competitive, said Rep. Ron
Stephens, R-Savannah, and
who attended Thursday’s
meeting
“A lot of it has to do with
the incentives package that
we’ve put together over the
years that eliminated the bar
riers,” said Stephens, chair
man of the House Economic
Development committee
The leading reason for the
past year’s boost was the
March announcement that
Kia Motors Corp. would
build its first U.S. factory in
West Point, Ga. Clearing at
the site already has started
and the plant is expected to
start up in 2009.
But expansions with exist
ing companies, such as
poultry processor Perdue
Farms in Houston County
and luxury aircraft maker
Gulfstream in Chatham
County, also helped the state
bump up its efforts.
“Gulfstream, which in
any other given year might
have been one of the largest
combined announcements,
they had 1,500 workers and
a $322 million expansion,”
Clark said, “Gulfstream
and their suppliers account
for over 7 percent of the
total economy of the coast of
Georgia.”
Department of Economic
Development Commissioner
Craig Lesser pointed out
the larger role interna
tional trade is playing in
the agency’s efforts, both
to help small and medium
sized businesses distribute
to overseas markets and to
promote Georgia to foreign
investors.
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Thu
8/17
95/72
A few thunderstorms
possible. Highs in
the mid 90s and
lows in the low 70s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:OIAM 8:17 PM
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Obituaries
ANNIE RUTH CRAY HOLER
PERRY - Annie Ruth Gray Boler, 92, died at Serenity
Gate on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006. Graveside Services will
be held at 10 a.m. today at Perry Memorial Gardens with
Rev. Jenny Jackson-Adams officiating. The family suggests
contributions to Serenity Gate Hospice. Boler, daughter
of the late Walter W and Harriet Roberts Gray, Sr., was a
lifelong resident of Houston County. She was a bookkeeper,
part owner of the Houston Drug Company and a home
maker. A member of the Perry United Methodist Church,
she was in the Susannah Wesley Sunday School Class and
the Delphian Club. Survivors include her children; Nany
Sherrod of Atlanta, Gary Boler of Perry and Wayne Boler
of Macon; brother, Walter Gray, Jr. of Perry; sister, Lessie
Campbell of Groveland, Fla.; grandchildren, Tiffany Crone
of Acworth and Scott St. John of Raleigh, N.C.; six great
grandsons; niece, Betty Whipple. She was preceded in death
by her husband, W.W. “Watt” Boler. Please sign the online
register at watsonhunt.com.
BESSIE H. DAVIS :
WARNER ROBINS - Bessie Haynes Davis, 85, passed away
on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006. Services will be held at 11 a.m.
on Monday in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home with
interment following in Magnolia Park Cemetery. Visitation
will be Sunday evening from 6-8 p.m. at McCullough
Funeral Home. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be
given to Serenity Gate Hospice 1120 Morningside DR Perry,
GA 31069. Davis was born on Aug. 22, 1920 in Eastman,
Georgia. She was a homemaker and a member of Bonaire
First Baptist Church. Her husband, George W. Davis, and
her parents, John and Willie Mae Harrell Haynes, siblings,
Bill and James Haynes, and a grandson, Keith Madden, pre
ceded her in death. Survivors include her daughters, Betty
Diehl (Fred), Shirley Field (Eugene), Elaine Hicks (Harry),
siblings, Evelyn Rogers, Pearl White, Floyd Haynes, Harold
Haynes, Sara Owens, eight grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren. Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign the
Online Registry for the family. McCullough Funeral Home
has charge of arrangements.
RUTH E. LEE
PERRY - Ruth E. Lee, age 69, died on Wednesday Aug. 9,
2006. Services will be private.
Lee was born on May 6, 1937 to the late William and
(Abernathy) Howard. She was a retired glass
ware inspector with Owens Illinois and of the Baptist
faith. Survivors include her son, Michael Lee of Kathleen,
daughter, Kathy Elizabeth Whitfield of Jonesboro, brother,
Thomas Edwin Howard of Marietta, sister Emma Howard
Walker of Peachtree City, niece, Linda Owens of Tyrone,
four grandchildren; Lori Lee Greene of Hampton, Katie Lee
Nelson of Locus Grove, Nathan Alan Lee and Aaron Michael
Lee both of Kathleen, two great grandchildren and her
beloved pet, Sam Lee. She was predeceased by a sister, Mary
Elizabeth Howard and a brother, James William Howard.
In lieu of flowers the family ask that donations be made to
Serenity Gate C/O Heart of Georgia Hospice, 103 Westridge
Drive, Warner Robins, Georgia 31088. Please sign the online
register at watsonhunt.com.
Atlanta airport
steps up security
By DANIEL YEE
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - Airline pas
sengers in Atlanta faced long
lines and delays Thursday
morning after the federal
government raised its threat
warning to the highest level
for commercial flights from
Britain to the United States
in response to a terror plot
uncovered in London.
Passengers at Hartsfield-
Jackson Atlanta
International Airport were
being told to pour out liquids
before boarding planes. That
included bottled water, tooth
paste, shampoo, cologne,
lotion and hair gel. Baby
formula and medicine had to
be presented for inspection,
the Transportation Security
Administration said.
By 8:45 a.m., the line
of waiting passengers at
Atlanta’s airport had spilled
outside the terminal, with
at least 700 people waiting
in humid, 77-degree tem
peratures. National Weather
Service meteorologist Eric
Avila said the high was
expected to reach 93 degrees
Thursday, with thunder
showers possible.
The wait time Thursday
morning was about two
hours and airport officials
were urging passengers to
arrive at least three hours
early. A line about a quarter
mile long snaked from the
security checkpoint through
the airport’s main atrium
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and back to the end of the
baggage claim area.
Delta Air Lines spokes
man Anthony Black said
operations would continue
normally and there would be
no flight cancelations. But
Delta was expecting delays
on flights coming from the
United Kingdom because of
heightened security there,
Black said. Black said Delta
was cooperating with domes
tic and international secu
rity authorities but declined
to give details on security
procedures.
British authorities said
Thursday they had thwarted
a terrorist plot to simultane
ously blow up several air
craft to the U.S. using explo
sives smuggled in hand lug
gage, averting what police
described as “mass murder
on an unimaginable scale.”
Officials raised security to
its highest level in Britain _
suggesting a terrorist attack
might be imminent _ and
banned hand-carried lug
gage on all trans-Atlantic
flights.
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