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Mother may appeal decision to keep Potter on the shelves
ATLANTA (AP) - A moth
er who fought to ban Harry
Potter books from her chil
dren’s suburban Atlanta
school district is considering
an appeal after the Georgia
Board of Education voted
Thursday to keep the books
on the county’s library
shelves.
The board members voted
without discussion to uphold
the Gwinnett County school
board’s decision to deny
Laura Mallory’s request
to remove the best-selling
books from school libraries.
Mallory has worked for
more than a year to ban
the popular books from
Gwinnett schools, claiming
the popular fiction series is
an attempt to indoctrinate
children in religious witch
craft.
“It’s mainstreaming witch
craft in a subtle and decep
tive manner, in a children
friendly format,” she said.
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Gwinnett school officials
have argued that the books
are good tools to encourage
children to read and to spark
creativity and imagination.
Banning all books with
references to witchcraft
would mean classics like
“Macßeth” and “Cinderella”
would have to go, they said.
Mallory, a mother of four
from Loganville, questions
the educational value of the
fiction series.
“That’s the kind of stuff
in these books - murder and
greed and violence. Why do
they have to read them in
school? If parents wanted to
get these books, they could
get them in bookstores,” she
said.
An appeal to the Superior
Court would likely allow
Mallory to bolster her case
with expert testimony and
witnesses, which she said
the state board had banned
her from using.
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“My hands were tied, com
pletely,” she said.
The Harry Potter series,
penned by J.K. Rowling, is
no stranger to controversy.
The books have been
challenged 115 times since
2000, making it the most
challenged books of the
21st Century, according
to the American Library
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Association.
The challenges most
often claim that the series
encourages children to ques
tion adult authority and
promotes witchcraft, said
Deborah Caldwell-Stone,
the deputy director for
the association’s Office for
Intellectual Freedom.
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Obituaries
RICHARD CUfBQB IZZ
FORT VALLEY - Richard Dale Clybor, 56, passed away
Sunday. A memorial gathering will be held at Chezlisas
Restaurant located at 511 North Davis Drive today from
noon-5 p.m. Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign the
Online Registry for the family. McCullough Funeral Home
has charge of arrangements.
ROBERT E. (BOB) THOMAS
Robert E. (Bob) Thomas, formerly of Oconee County,
passed away Wednesday after a yearlong battle with cancer.
He lived in Newton County with his loving wife, Elizabeth,
of 56 years.
Bob was born Nov. 27, 1928 to his
parents James A. and Jennie B. Comer
Thomas in Farmington. He graduated
from the Oconee County High School
in 1947 and attended North Georgia
Military College. As the Korean War
escalated, he joined the United Stated
Air Force in 1949 where he served
as a Radar Maintenance Supervisor.
After his Honorable Discharge in October 1952, he
continued to serve his country by working for the
Warner Robins Air Logistics Command as a Logistics
Management Specialist until his retirement from Federal
Service in October 1986.
Bob and Elizabeth moved to Newton County where they
became volunteers for Meals on Wheels and shared a won
derful life together.
He was active in the National
Association of Retired Federal Employees and a mem
ber of the Conyers Presbyterian Church. More than
anything, Bob was a family man. He provided
for and cared for his wife, daughter and son by set
ting a wonderful example. He is survived by his wife
Elizabeth Kenimer Thomas, daughter Kay Thomas
Atkisson and her husband Wayne of Acworth, son
Robert (Bobby) Thomas and his wife Kathy Hester
Thomas of Oconee County, grandchildren Wade
Whittle, Amy Whittle, Brett Thomas, and Laura
Thomas, and brother Howard (Hot) Thomas and
his wife Mary Hannah also of Oconee County. The family will
receive guests at the Lord and Stephens Chapel from 4-7
p.m. today. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1
p.m. at the Lord and Stephens Funeral Home Chapel
West. Burial will take place at the Willoughby Cemetery on
Highway 15 in Oconee County. Reverend Franklin Shumake
will officiate. Pallbearers
will be Mark Thomas, Mitch
Thomas, Wade Whittle, Brett
Thomas, Oliver Kennon, and
Larry Weatherford.
In lieu of flowers the
family requests that con
tributions be made to the
Antioch Christian Church
in Oconee County or the
American Cancer Society.
Lord & Stephens, WEST is
in charge of arrangements.
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