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Proposed bill could get pet owners up to $3,500
By LEAH BISHOP
The Red & Black
After footing vet bills, sup
plying dog food and replacing
soiled rugs, man’s best friend
can become an expensive
companion.
A proposed federal bill,
introduced by U.S. Rep.
Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)
could help cover these pet
ownership costs by allowing
pet owners to deduct up to
Univ. gets
nearly $1
million for
car safety
By JULIA CARPENTER
The Red & Buck
The University’s Traffic Injury
Prevention Institute recently
received an $838,470 grant from
the Governor’s Office of Highway
Safety to continue to train tech
nicians how to keep Georgians of
all ages safe on the road.
Three main programs will ben
efit from the new grant: the Child
Passenger Safety Technician cer
tification, Georgia Teens Ride
with Parents Reducing Incidents
of Driver Error and Car Fit.
Statewide, all three programs
certify about 215 technicians
annually to teach the courses.
“The focus of our grant this
time is on training and educa
tion,” said Frankie Jones, GTIPI’s
director and author of both the
PRIDE and Car Fit programs.
Technicians from the Child
Passenger Safety training course
teach parents how to put their
children in child safety seats,
since most seats on the road are
improperly installed or used
incorrectly, Jones said.
“Most parents are aware now
of the importance of making sure
their child is restrained,” Jones
said. “But we still see a lot of
misuse for example, one arm
over the harness means they
aren’t properly restrained.”
The Georgia Teens Ride with
PRIDE program aims to help
both teenagers and their parents
navigate the sometimes stressful
leaming-to-drive process. The
course is particularly targeted at
teenagers between ages 14 and
16 as they apply for a learner’s
permit or prepare to test for a
standard driving license.
The main objective is to keep
students aware of common road
hazards, but instructors also
include parents in the process.
“Research shows that parents’
influence has a significant impact
on changing teens’ high risk
See TRAFFIC, Page 2
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$3,500 from their taxable
income.
“Families have raised con
cerns about how the reces
sion has impacted them and
their pets,” said Anne Tyrrell,
press secretary for McCotter.
“The bill is intended to pro
vide tax relief to these fami
lies and pet owners.”
Act 3501, entitled Humanity
and Pets Partnered through
the Years Act, or the HAPPY
Act, would serve to cover pet
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care expenses for legally
owned, domesticated ani
mals.
Tyrrell said these expenses
would mainly include veteri
nary costs, but specifics of
what qualifies as pet care
expenses are yet to be deter
mined.
“The current recession has
led to an increase in the num
ber of animals in shelters and
a decrease in the number of
pets being adopted,” Tyrrell
LASTING LEGACIES
TIMELESS TRADEMARK
Swim and dive teams earn wins over Emory
By CAROLINE BURLESON
The Red & Black
Georgia Swimming and Diving
had an impressive win for both teams
Wednesday night against Emory
University at the Gabrielsen
Natatorium.
With a sweep by the men and
women, Georgia Swimming and
Diving is off to a good start for the
week.
The Lady Bulldogs pulled away
with an impressive victory, posting a
score of 145-92, improving their home
win streak to 67 straight since the
1995-96 season. The Lady Bulldogs
have a perfect 18-0 all-time record
against the instate rival and are 3-0
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said.
Patrick Rives, superinten
dent of the Athens-Clarke
County Animal Control, hopes
the expenses of having pets
spayed or neutered would be
included in the HAPPY Act’s
covered costs.
“If people are able to
deduct the costs of spaying
and neutering, that would
certainly reduce the number
of animals that go into shel
ters," Rives said. “It could
for the season. The Bulldogs won
their first meet of the season
Wednesday with a 147-80 victory.
They are now 33-9 against Emory
and have now won 25 straight in the
series.
Allison Schmitt pulled off an
impressive performance for the Lady
Bulldogs with a win in the 100-yard
butterfly in a time of 54.85 seconds.
Schmitt, along with Kelsey Gaid,
Colleen Haase and Kristen Shickora,
kicked off the meet with a victory in
the 200-yard medley relay in 1:45.80.
Morgan Scroggy was a double
winner for the Lady Bulldogs with
wins in both the 50-yard freestyle in
23.75 and the 500-freestyle in 4:51.58.
Wendy Trott claimed the 200-yard
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have an effect on controlling
local population of strays. All
around, the holy grail of shel
tering is having pets spayed
and neutered.”
Students at the University
said this bill could help find
homes for stray animals of
Athens.
“A lot of my friends want
dogs, but they know how
much my boyfriend and I
See PET, Page 2
Eighty years of
famed hedges
By RACHEL G. BOWERS
The Red & Buck
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth
installment of “Lasting Legacies,”
a series examining historical
aspects of the University.
Tomorrow's final installment will
profile alumni who come back to
campus for Homecoming.
With the crisp autumn air set
ting in and buzzing fans clothed in
red and black, the click clack of
the Georgia Bulldogs’ football
cleats is muffled, but audible. The
athletes jostling in the tunnel
prime themselves for the onslaught
of an opponent between the hedg
es on the pristine green grass of
Sanford Stadium.
A stadium that originated out
of a desire to eclipse instate rival
Georgia Tech’s Grant Field has
grown to hold more than 92,000
fans and is adorned with one of the
most celebrated and recognized
symbols in all of sports.
The hallowed ring outlining the
field serves as an aesthetically
pleasing barrier that encloses 22
players contending for their respec
tive team’s next first down, touch
down, loss or victory.
The eminent mark of Georgia
football tradition has remained in
the ground for 80 years, encapsu
lating epic wins and heartbreaking
losses all the while.
In 1929, the planting of privet
Ligustrum hedges around the field
proved to be the final step in com
pleting the construction of the
University’s Sanford Stadium.
“Charlie Martin was the father
of the hedges,” said Dan Magill,
former head coach of the Georgia
men’s tennis team.
Charlie E. Martin first set foot
on the University’s campus in 1908
as a student, and never really
stepped away from the Bulldogs
See HEDGES, Page 8
< Kenny Pauley, the director
of athletic turf and grounds,
and his assistant, Bryan
Farmer, trim the hedges.
freestyle in 1:50.25 while Kelsey Scott
took the 1,000-yard freestyle when
she touched the wall with a time of
10:23.97.
Hannah Moore won both the
3-meter springboard with 302.93
points and the 1-meter board with a
score of 301.57.
The Bulldogs opened the meet
strong by winning the 200-yard med
ley relay consisting of teammates
Shane Hall, Craig Jennings, Michael
Arnold and Richmond Green. The
team touched in with a time of
1:32.90. Arnold also went on to win
the 100-yard butterfly in 50.29 while
Chris Thompson took the 100-yard
See SWIM, Page 9
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