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weather conditions. At the
same time, they are also
monitoring the conduct of
their riders. Let’s recognize
these hard-working, dedicat
ed employees.”
Schools have planned
activities to thank their bus
drivers. The Perry schools
will have their annual
Bus Driver Appreciation
Breakfast for all their driv
ers, hosted by Perry High.
All Perry principals will be
present on Oct. 23 to person
ally thank the drivers.
Centerville Elementary
School will also provide
breakfast for the driv
ers who serve Centerville
Elementary. Breakfast will
be served from 8:00 a.m.
until 8:30 a.m. in room 204
for drivers to stop by for
a meal once their morning
routes are completed.
Parkwood Elementary
School has a “Hats Off”
theme this year. Parkwood
drivers will be given a hat
filled with an appreciation
key ring, snacks and a cold
beverage. Warner Robins
Middle School will recognize
their bus drivers with a spe
cial token of appreciation,
a gift selected especially for
him or her.
During National School
Bus Safety week, the school
system is placing special
emphasis on bus safety,
AGENTS
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first class of 15 graduates,
they then go to high intensi
ty drug training and a week
long meth course, before
being assigned.
“All of my agents are
already trained in meth,”
Richardson said of his exist
ing five agents.
His office has worked a
couple of cases with the Perry
GBI office and participates
in regional task forces in
Cochran and Milledgeville.
The 15 new agents will
provide assistance to local
law enforcement and the
U.S. Drug Enforcement
Agency in the areas of high
est need for methamphet
amine investigative work.
Local law enforcement is
STATE
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When Westfield defeated
First Presbyterian 6-4
in the “if” game (the last
two teams remaining, both
with one loss), it was the
only time on Saturday the
Hornets went through
a game without trailing.
It all started when
Westfield beat Tattnall
Square in eight innings 3-2
after trailing 2-0 going into
the seventh inning.
FPD, which had disposed
MURDER
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Durham made allega
tions of being a battered
woman and alledged
it was an accident. “An
attorney no longer in the
office believed her and she
pled guilty to involuntary
manslaughter,” Lumsden
said.
“She then filed a habe
as corpus, claiming she
was not properly advised
and the conviction was
thrown out and we tried
her again.”
Lumsden said Durham
again claimed to be bat
tered, “but the jury didn’t
believe her, since she
spent several hours driv
ing around town looking
for him and one of the
shots was in the back.”
After the shooting,
Lumsden said, “she took
him to the hospital and
made up a fictional sus
pect, with a description
for police.”
The jury found Durham
guilty as charged at trial
of murder and the weap
ons possession charge on
March 18, 2004. She was
sentenced to life, with
five years probation on
the weapons charge.
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including children getting to
the bus, riding to school and
disembarking in the after
noon. Safety tips for par
ents, children and drivers
are provided online.
Tips for parents
Getting ready for
school
■ Allow enough time in
the morning for unhurried,
calm school preparation.
■ Have children put
everything they cany in a
backpack/school bag so they
won’t drop things along the
way.
■ Have them wear bright,
contrasting colors so they
will be more easily seen by
drivers or put a piece of
high-visibility, reflective tape
on coats and backpacks.
■ Help your children leave
the house on time and allow
for weather. Plan to arrive
at the bus stop 10 minutes
before the scheduled pick-up
time.
Walking to the bus
stop
■ Walk your child to the
bus stop. Have older chil
dren walk in groups. There
is safety in numbers; groups
are easier for drivers to see.
■ If they must cross the
street, tell your child to
look left, right and then left
again. They should do the
same thing at driveways
and alleys. Exaggerate your
head turns and narrate your
actions so your child knows
you are looking left, right
burdened with street-level
meth dealers and must
devote the bulk of their
resources toward that type
of enforcement.
“Georgia is waging an
effective battle against the
scourge of methamphet
amine with a strong local,
state and federal coalition,”
said Perdue. “An additional
15 agents on the GBI Meth
Force will double the state’s
efforts to combat meth and
related crimes like burglar
ies, assaults and even homi
cides.”
In Houston County, much
of the crime has been direct
ly attributed to meth use
including theft, fraud and
some violence as well as the
possession, trafficking, dis
tribution and manufactur
ing charges.
Meth use, sales and distri-
of four-time defending
champion John Milledge
Academy, would then hand
the Hornets the only loss of
the day, 5-2.
Westfield had a lead for
the first time in the first
elimination game with
Tattnall Square, but the
Trojans scored three runs
in the top of the seventh for
a 6-4 advantage. Caroline
Pfohl started scripting her
status as a folk hero with a
pinch-hit solo home run in
the bottom half.
Pfohl had two more at
Marshall, Collins face off
By RATLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Is the Eighth District
Congressional race about
the people of the district or
which part is in control of
the House in January?
In a debate this past week,
incumbent U.S. Rep. Jim
Marshall, R-Macon, said the
campaign is about who can
best represent the people of
the Eighth District. “I do my
best to vote for the people of
the district. I’m not wed to
any partisan politics.”
Former Congressman Mac
Collins, R-Jackson, said the
campaign is about who will
control the house. “We need
Congress to support the
president. We do not need
a Congress that will cut and
run and increase taxes.”
Marshall said “Congress
needs people to work across
the isle to get things done,
like Joe Lieberman.”
He said rural healthcare,
agriculture and Robins
Air Force Base are what
are important to Middle
Georgia. “I follow the lead
of Georgians and do what’s
right for people of this coun
try.”
Collins said he was “there
for Robins with Sam Nunn
in the Senate during the
first base closures hearing
in ’93 and again in ’95.”
When asked about the role
of representatives and the
number one priority, Collins
said, “security is the top pri
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■ Remind your children
to walk on the sidewalks. If
they have to walk on roads
with no sidewalk, remind
them to always walk against
traffic and stay off the road
as much as possible.
Waiting for the bus
■ Don’t let your child play
running games or push and
shove at the bus stop.
■ Stay out of the road!
Make sure your child is at
least 10 feet (five giant steps)
from the road while waiting
for the bus.
Boarding the bus
■ Warn children that if
they drop something, they
should never immediately
pick it up. First, tell the
driver and follow the driv
er’s instructions. If a child
bends over to pick up an
object, he or she might not
be seen by the driver.
■ Give your child a note
(or follow school policy) if
you would like the child to
get off at a stop other than
the one he is assigned. The
driver is not allowed to let
a child off at another stop
without written permission.
Exiting the bus
■ Encourage your children
to secure lose drawstrings or
other objects that may get
caught in the handrail or
door of the bus stop as they
exit.
■ Six feet on either side of
the bus and 10 feet in front
of the bus are considered the
“Danger Zone.” This is the
bution in Georgia requires
an ever-increasing amount
of local law enforcement
resources. Meth arrests in
Georgia have increased by 96
percent since 2001. The addi
tional agents will be funded
with more than $1 million in
the FYO7 Amended or FYOB
budget cycle.
The money will be used for
the new Meth Force agents
or the backfill of experi
enced agents reassigned to
the Meth Force. Richardson
said his office is losing one
agent to the task force and is
sending agents to Savannah
and Canton.
“It would have been nice
to have several people a few
years ago,” Richardson said.
“By giving law enforce
ment tougher laws to
address the dangerous prob
lem of clandestine meth labs
bats as the game went nine
innings. She reached on an
error in the eighth, but it
was her hit in the ninth that
won the game 11-10.
“I couldn’t have done it
without my team,” said
Pfohl. “We’ve worked hard
all year. Everyone encourag
es everyone. I’m so excited.”
Westfield had a four-run
sixth inning to come from
behind and beat FPD 6-5 to
force one last game. Pfohl’s
bat was again crucial with a
two-run single.
“We got on the comeback
ority, then the prosperity
of the people. To continue
the strong economy the tax
cuts need to be made per
manent.”
Marshall said the number
one priority for him was “to
protect and grow Robins Air
Force Base. We don’t need
someone who won’t support
rural healthcare and agri
culture.” When asked about
the United Nations AIDS
health funding, Marshall
said the “Congress has com
mitted to contribute $3 bil
lion. The U.S. has to do its
fair share.”
Collins said he didn’t trust
the UN with billions of dol
lars, especially after oil for
food. “Don’t dole it out, keep
it in house,” he said, “like
the president has done to
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area in which it is most dif
ficult to see children around
the school bus, so remind
your children to take five
giant steps in front of the
bus before crossing.
■ When you meet your
child at the bus stop after
school, wait on the side
where the child will be
dropped off. Children may
dash across the street, excit
ed to see you.
Tins for students
Walking to the Bus
Stop
■ Make sure you leave
home on time so you can
walk to the bus stop and
arrive at least 10 minutes
before the bus is scheduled
to arrive.
■ Always walk on the side
walk to the bus stop; never
run. If there is no sidewalk,
walk on the left, facing traf
fic.
■ When crossing the
street, look left, right and
then left again. If cars are
blocking your view, go to the
nearest corner to cross.
Waiting for the Bus
■ While at the bus stop,
wait quietly in a safe place
away from the road.
■ Don’t play running
games or push and shove at
the bus stop.
■ Stay out of the road!
Make you are at least 10
feet (five giant steps) from
the road while waiting for
the bus.
■ Line up away from the
in Georgia, progress has
been made in reducing the
number of meth labs in our
state,” said GBI Director
Vernon Keenan.
According to the DEA,
the number of meth labs in
Georgia dropped nearly one
third from 2004 to 2005 and
this trend is continuing in
2006. This has been attrib
uted to the efforts of Perdue
and the General Assembly to
restrict access to precursor
chemicals used to produce
methamphetamine (anhy
drous ammonia and pseudo
ephedrine).
In Middle Georgia, “the
meth made here is mostly
anhydrous,” Richardson
said, “because the anhy
drous ammonia is in use”
in the farming industries
here. “There’s some Red P
in North Georgia.”
wagon,” said head coach
Rodney Culverhouse, who
said his team often strug
gled when it got behind in
games during the regular
season. At times he had to
remind his players it was
a state championship event,
but for every dropped ball or
missed scoring opportunity,
there would be a catch or
relay throw of the remark
able variety and heads-up
move on the basepaths.
Culverhouse said there
was no doubt Gilliam would
be pitching as much as five
in Eighth District debate at Perry
prevent AIDS in Georgia.”
When asked if the
Republican’s have lost their
conservative way, Collins
said, “no, we have not. We
have been able to cut taxes,
grow the economy and have
been reducing the deficit
every month, lately,” adding
that a lot of the costs of the
war were unexpected.
“We know who the money
comes from,” Collins said.
We need to make the tax
cuts permanent.”
Marshall said there is “way
too much politics. We need
to insist both sides need to
get back to the business of
the country.”
When the issue of faith and
politics came up, Marshall
said “I like my job so much.
I get to help people as I
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street as the school bus
approaches.
Boarding the Bus
■ Do not run alongside the
bus while it is moving. Wait
until it comes to a complete
Btop and the driver signals
for you to enter.
■ When the bus approach
es, step back at least from
the curb so the bus driver
can pull up.
■ Enter the bus in line
with the younger students
in front. Hold the handrail
while going up and down the
stairs.
■ Go directly to a seat.
■ If you drop an item,
never pick it up right away.
Tell the driver first and fol
low their instructions. If
you bend over to pick some
thing up, the driver might
not see you.
On the Bus
■ Stay in your seat while
the bus is moving.
■ Let the bus driver con
centrate on the road. Lots of
students talking very loudly
is distracting, and it’s the
driver’s job to get you to
school safely.
■ Never put your head,
arms or hands out the win
dow.
■ Keep the aisles clear
someone may trip over a
backpack or lunchbox.
Exiting the Bus
■ Be aware of the street
traffic around you. Drivers
are required to follow certain
rules of the road concerning
school buses, but not all of
Anhydrous (aka Nazi or
Birch) describes the meth
od used to manufacture the
drug, utilizing the fertil
izer as one of the ingre
dients. The Red P method
uses phosphorus (sometimes
from Red Devil Lye) in the
cooking of the drug.
While labs are down,
Keenan said, “Georgia is a
major distribution point for
meth smuggled from Mexico
for the entire east coast of
the United States. These
additional agents will part
ner with federal law enforce
ment in metro Atlanta to
combat this tremendous
problem.”
InAugust, the U.S. Attorney
for the Northern District of
Georgia announced that two
of the largest federal seizures
of crystal meth on the east
coast were here in Georgia
games if it came to that. He
even consulted the father
with the question, “Can she
pitch five games?” Gilliam
herself said, if she had to,
she would have gone a sixth
time, something she’s done
as a travel ball player.
“I’d have to have my
defense behind me,” she
said.
Westfield’s previous state
championship, the only
other one in fastpitch not
won by John Milledge, was
in 2001 and was also a five
game marathon. Only back
go along. There’s no doubt
we’ve gone too far in taking
religion out of government.”
Collins said “we should
follow the founding fathers
and keep the government
out of the church, but not
the church out of the gov
ernment.”
The candidates seemed to
agree on a couple of issues
like pensions for federal
employees and the war in
Iraq but had different ideas
on what needs to be done.
Both agreed with the
National Association of
Retired Federal Employees
on retirement. “Retired
employees should be treated
the same as active employ
ees,” Collins said.
“It seems right to the same
benefits to both,” Marshall
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them do.
■ Make sure there’s noth
ing sticking out of your pock
ets or backpack that could
get caught on the handrail
of the bus or the bus door as
you exit.
■ If you have to cross the
street, cross in front of the
bus. Walk on the sidewalk
to a point that’s at least five
giant steps ahead of the bus
before you cross. Make eye
contact with the bus driver
to be sure that the bus driv
er can see you.
■ Stop and look before
hurrying away from the bus
at the end of the day.
Tips for drivers
■ Be aware of school zone
signage and reduce speed in
school zones during posted
hours.
■ Be ready to stop at
all times. Children do not
always notice oncoming traf
fic.
■ Always try to make eye
contact with children wait
ing to cross the road.
■ Be patient and wait for
children to complete their
crossing before proceeding.
■ Stop when a STOP pad
dle is help up by a crossing
guard.
■ Never try to pass a bus
that has stopped to let chil
dren off. Wait until the stop
sign on the side of the bus
has been retracted before
proceeding
-174 and 341 pounds. This
represents 234 kilos of meth
seized in 2006 in two drug
busts, compared to the 282
total kilos seized all of last
year in Georgia.
GBI estimates that 95 per
cent of meth available in
Georgia is now imported into
the state from Mexico. “The
biggest problem is no longer
the homemade meth labs,
but the drugs coming in,”
Richardson said. “Mexican
meth is cheaper, cleaner and
easier to buy than it is to
make.”
In his 2007 budget pro
posal, Perdue also includ
ed $1 million for metham
phetamine substance abuse
treatment to treat approxi
mately 200 adults with fami
lies affected by the drug at
about $5,000 each.
then, the Hornets lost the
first game and had to win
four in a row Lana Mackey,
an eighth-grader, pitched all
five of those games.
Culverhouse was the coach
back then, so it must be
asked what makes the title
in 2006 particularly sweet.
He said it would have to be
the fact that he lost six start
ers from last year, leaving
him with only three players
with any real state-tourna
ment experience.
“They got it quick now,”
said Culverhouse.
said. “It costs an awful lot
of money, but we should find
the money to do that.”
As to the war, Marshall
said, “we should stay in Iraq
as long as we need to get the
job done. The key in Iraq
is Iraqis securing their own
country. We have to devote
the resources for that,” he
added, suggesting Special
Ops forces imbed with the
Iraqi forces. “The last thing
we need to do is cut and
run.”
“I wish the rest of your
party thought that way,”
Collins said.
As to what to do in Iraq,
Collins said, “We’re doing a
good job of training in Iraq,
but I think we need more of
our personnel to rotate them
in and out.”
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