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Sure Briefs
Teachers announce
endorsements
ATLANTA (AP)
Democratic Lt. Gov. Mark
Taylor picked up the endorse
ment Wednesday of one of
the state’s largest teachers
groups, despite an effort by
Gov. Sonny Perdue to woo
educators this election year.
The 40,000-member
Georgia Association of
Educators praised Taylor’s
work on the HOPE schol
arship and pre-kindergarten
as well as his consistent sup
port for lowering class sizes
and opposition to education
funding cuts.
The GAE “strongly feels
that Mark Taylor will con
tinue his staunch support
for public schools, chil
dren and public education
employees,” the group said
in a statement.
The GAE also endorsed
Democrat Jim Martin in the
race for lieutenant governor
and incumbent state schools
Superintendent Kathy Cox,
a Republican.
Perdue has made an
aggressive effort this year
to court teachers, who are
widely credited with helping
him upset Democratic Gov.
Roy Barnes in 2002. Perdue
pushed through a raise for
teachers and handed them
SIOO gift cards to help buy
back-to-school supplies for
their classrooms.
He also introduced legis
lation to lower class sizes
in elementary and middle
schools.
There was no immediate
comment from the Taylor
or Perdue campaigns on
Wednesday.
In endorsing Martin over
Republican state Sen. Casey
Cagle in the race for the No.
2 spot, the GAE pointed to
Martin’s strong pro-educa
tion record over 18 years in
the state Legislature.
The GAE praised Cox
for her work to rework the
state’s curriculum and the
implementation of the fed
eral “No Child Left Behind”
laws.
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Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
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9/30
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Highs in the low 80s
and lows in the mid
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9/29
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lows in the upper
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Augusta 76 52 sunny
Bainbridge 77 54 sunny
Brunswick 80 66 mst sunny
Cartersville 71 45 mst sunny
Chattanooga,TN 65 45 mst sunny
Columbus 75 52 sunny
Cordele 78 52 sunny
National Cities
Atlanta 70 46 mst sunny
Boston 69 49 rain
Chicago 59 50 pt sunny
Dallas 82 67 sunny
Denver 75 45 pt sunny
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The group also trumpeted
Cox’s work leading the state
Department of Education
through tough economic
times, which saw cuts to,
education funding.
Robbers use sex
store handcuffs
STONE MOUNTAIN (AP)
- Three robbers used hand
cuffs taken from a sex store
shelf to tie up the store’s
workers and steal money
from the cash register, police
said.
DeKalb County police
were looking for three sus
pects they say robbed the
Starship Enterprise adult
novelty store in this Atlanta
suburb around 1:20 a.m.
Wednesday.
The robbers, armed with
handguns and wearing
masks, handcuffed the store
employees before getting
away with money from the
register, said Office Herschel
Grangent.
No one was hurt in the
robbery.
Group to establish
new state chapter
ATLANTA (AP) - The
president of the national
Christian Coalition says she
will establish a new Georgia
chapter with a new lead
er now that the Christian
Coalition of Georgia has said
it will split from the group.
But Roberta Combs,
president of the national
Christian Coalition, did
not say Tuesday when that
would happen.
“The Christian Coalition
- or any group - is not about
individuals,” Combs said.
“Maybe we can work togeth
er in the future.”
Sadie Fields, the chairman
of the Georgia group, said
the split with the Christian
Coalition of America was
because of the national orga
nization’s liberal “drift.”
Three other states chap
ters - Alabama, lowa and
Ohio - have also left the
Sun
10/1
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in the upper 50s.
Sunrise Sunset
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Dalton 69 46 pt sunny
Dillard 67 42 pt sunny
Dublin 78 49 sunny
Duluth 69 44 mst sunny
Gainesville 69 47 mst sunny
Helen 68 44 pt sunny
Lagrange 72 46 sunny
Macon 75 49 sunny
Marietta 69 44 mst sunny
Milledgeville 75 49 sunny
Houston 82 70 mst sunny
Los Angeles 80 60 pt sunny
Miami 88 76 t-storm
Minneapolis 55 47 rain
New York 66 50 rain
Christian Coalition.
Fields said she became
concerned by the changing
direction of national organi
zation, which included tak
ing stances on issues like the
minimum wage, the envi
ronment and Internet law
instead of core issues like
abortion and same-sex mar
riage.
Combs agreed that the
coalition had begun broad
ening its agenda. “Family
values reach beyond abor
tion and gay marriage,” she
said.
The national Christian
Coalition, which claims
more than 2 million mem
bers, was founded in 1989
by religious broadcaster the
Rev. Pat Robertson.
Violent crime in
Atlanta dropping
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta’s
violent crime rate last year
went down to its lowest level
since 1969.
Police Chief Richard
Pennington announced the
drop Tuesday at the police
department’s annual “Crime
Is Toast” awards breakfast.
Homicides and rapes led
the decline, Pennington said,
continuing a trend of falling
violent crime rates in recent
years.
Killings dropped 21 per
cent last year, from 112 to
90. Rapes were down 16 per
cent, according to Atlanta
Police Department statistics
supplied to the FBI.
Aggravated assaults were
down 9 percent, and rob
beries and larcenies dropped
8 percent. Burglaries, how
ever, had only gone down 1
percent.
Atlanta Mayor Shirley
Franklin said she would
lobby the City Council for
continued financial support
of police, whose starting sal
ary is about $37,000.
“There’s no question, we
need to raise salaries, and
we need a new police head
quarters,” Franklin said.
STATE AND REGION
Meteorologist
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Perry 76 49 sunny
Rome 71 45 pt sunny
Savannah 80 56 mst sunny
St. Simons Islandßo 66 mst sunny
Statesboro 82 56 sunny
Thomasville 80 55 sunny
Valdosta 81 55 sunny
Warner Robins 76 49 sunny
Waycross 82 55 sunny
Phoenix 101 78 pt sunny
San Francisco 68 51 mst sunny
Seattle 75 52 sunny
St. Louis 66 56 pt sunny
Washington, DC 67 49 pt sunny
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 ♦
Obtiuaries ;
KIFFIN n. PAYNE
HULL - Kiffin D. Payne, DMD, 45, passed away Sunday.
Payne was born in Macon to the late Lila Hicks Payne and
George W. Payne. He was a graduate of Warner Robins High
School, Suriviors include his sisters; DeLisa Braucht of
Covington, Kimberly (Bruce) Miles of Kathleen and Sherry
(Lee) Livingston of Leesburg, Va.
Perdue proposes Georgia tax
breaks for biofuel producers
By SHANNON
McCaffrey
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA (AP) - Gov.
Sonny Perdue announced
a tax incentive on Tuesday
designed to lure biofuel
manufacturers to Georgia
and tap the state’s crops for
the growing alternative fuels
market. ,
Perdue said he wants to
exempt materials and equip
ment used to build biofuel
facilities from the 4 per
cent state sales tax. The tax
break would be available to
facilities processing ethanol,
biodiesel and other fuels
made from Georgia-grown
products. Perdue made the
announcement at the site set
to house Bull Dog BioDiesel’s
new facility in Ellenwood.
“It is vitally important
that we decrease our depen
dence on foreign oil,” Perdue
said. “New alternative fuel
production facilities are
proving that with leadership
and innovation this can be
done.”
The tax incentive is expect
ed to cost between $2 million
to $4 million a year.
Perdue unveiled the alter
native fuels incentive as the
state’s top environmental
officials launched a five-city
tour to seek input on the
state’s energy plan. Some
environmentalists had criti
cized the plan for not doing
more to encourage the devel
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opment of alternative fuels.
Georgia crops like peanuts,
cottonseed oil and corn could
become tomorrow’s gasoline
if the biofuels industry takes
off as expected. In addi
tion, the state’s struggling
timber industry could see
a boost. New technology is
being developed to convert
pine cellulose from wood
into ethanol. About 25 mil
lion of Georgia’s 37 million
acres are covered in forest,
so the boon for the state
could be substantial.,Perdue
is seeking re-election in
November. A spokesman for
his Democratic rival, Lt. Gov.
Mark Taylor, said Perdue
had four years to push an
alternative fuels plan, yet
had waited for an election
year news conference.
“Mark Taylor believes that
alternative fuels are a great
idea for Georgia’s consum
ers and for our economy, but
unlike Sonny, Mark Taylor
will get it done,” Rick Dent
said.
Bull Dog BioDiesel pro
duces fuel from animal
fats, cooking waste oil and
soybean oil. The company
is constructing a plant in
Ellenwood that’s expected to
employ 15 people.
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