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For once, the word was barely adequate to describe PERIODICAL 500 Vlilill 8 “55108 00001* 4 COOI * Georgia Newspaper Project Main Library University of Georgia ATHENS GA 3G6G2-OGG2 3-DlGrr 306 Aug. 28, 2007 \si !llvn s/m Voi vn Si\(i IS7O INSIDE: Country responds to Little Leaguers’ sense of fair play Man dies in motorcycle accident Today Isolated T-storms High: 90 Low: 71 Weather hhjnews.com Scientist gathers her data on the ’fly’ Web what a group of boys from Warner Robins had accom plished. Not 24 hours after knock ing off the powerful Texas team to become national champions, the Warner Robins American Little League All-Stars capped their amazing post-season run by defeating the inter FRONT PORCH IN BRIEF Shirley Hills sets council meetings Shirley Hills Elementary School has scheduled its School Council meetings for the 2007-08 school year. Meetings will be held at 7:30 a.m. in room 403. The meetings are as follows: Sept. 20, Nov. 15, Feb. 28, 2008 and April 17, 2008. Shirley Hills Elementary is located at 300 Mary Lane in Warner Robins. For more information, contact Principal Dr. Traci Jackson at TJackson@hcbe.net or 478-929- 7824. Feagin Mill MS to host blood drive A Red Cross blood drive will be hosted by at Feagin Mill Middle LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville national champions from Tokyo Japan 3-2 in eight innings. Dalton Carriker, the heart of a team that played team baseball like no other, drove a pitch from Junsho Kiuchi high over the right field wall leading off the eighth inning to end a pitcher’s duel and give the Georgia lads a title like no TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007 Houston Healthcare recognized; cal endar of events. QA More. bit School Sept. 6 from 2-7 p.m. The drive will be held in the school cafeteria. Those wishing to donate blood are encouraged to make an appointment by contacting the Feagin Mill Middle School Health Technician, Liz Tosi, at 478-953- 0430, Ext. 34448. Drop in appoint ments are also welcome. Feagin Mill Middle is located at 1200 Feagin Mill Road in Warner Robins. For more information, contact Principal Dr. Jesse Davis at JwDavis@hcbe.net or 478-953- 0430. FVSUto offer horsemanship course Horse lovers, and beginner riders too, can sign up now for a horse manship workshop at Fort Valley State University’s Equine Center on ( - v,^B other: world champions. A total of 24,400 packed the stadium and the hill out side the outfield fence to see the champions of the two brackets battle for the title. Colorful pre-game ceremo nies including the parade of flags of all 65 countries where Little League base ball is played plus all sixteen campus from Sept. 4 - Dec. 4. For more than a dozen classes, workshop participants pay $5 to take two-hour lessons on Tuesdays from 6-8 p.m. Participants will be taught how to guide horses in a clo verleaf pattern around barrels and weave them around poles. They can also learn how to ride a horse while it’s walking or trotting back and fourth in an arena. Families are encouraged to take the two-hour sessions together. Children as young as 3 years old can participate. All children must be accompanied by an adult. There will be an informal horse show at the end of the three months where participants compete in timed events that test lessons they've learned. Awards will be given. To register, contact Dr. Curtis Borne at 478-825-6262 or bornec@fvsu.edu. SPOfit Westfield contends at Viking Invite; WR and NS compete in cross country meet. Goll 711 and more. /1| participating teams gave the event an atmosphere befit ting the major leagues ver sion of the series. “Dusty” Baker was recognized for his contributions to Little League, the ceremonial first pitch was thrown, and then the irrepressible Little League mascot Dugout See AMERICAN, page ioA If here //e/ghhorv /nee/ I BIRTHDAYS Today ■ Sha’Kemia Wright (Happy 8th!) E-mail' your birthdays to: hhj@e vansnewspapers.com or donm@evansnewspapers. com, or send them to: 1210 Washington St., Perry. 31069 attn: Don Moncrief. You can also call him at 987-1823, Ext. 231. 1 ' AW /s i TVS / will ) Ni w si'M'/ r - - www.hhjnews.com Little League World Series Southeast (WFtALL) 3, Japan 2 INDEX NEWS 2A OBITUARIES 3A OPINION 4A SPORTS 7A COMICS 8A CLASSIFIED 9A News tip hotline: 6 a.m.-4 p.m: 987-1823 Ext. 231 4 p.m.-until: 397-8811 Award-Winning Better Newspaper Contest Getty Images