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How to watch the September 11 20th anniversary ceremonies
Many of the major
networks are going all
out Saturday to cover the
20th anniversary of the
September 11, 2001 ter
ror attacks. A least four
networks are broadcast
ing live that day from
Lower Manhattan as
commemorative events
are held at Ground Zero,
the Flight 93 National
Memorial and other
sites connected with the
tragedy.
At Ground Zero, family
members will read the
names of loved ones they
lost in the World Trade
Center attack. There
will be six moments of
silence, acknowledging
when each of the towers
was struck, when each
fell and the times cor
responding to the attack
on the Pentagon and the
crash of Flight 93.
The program will com
mence at 8:30 a.m. ET,
and the first moment of
silence will be observed
at 8:46 a.m. The com
memoration is expected
to conclude at about 1
p.m. Then, at sundown,
the annual Tribute in
Light will illuminate the
sky above Ground Zero
Politico has reported
that President Biden
will be in attendance for
some part of the Ground
Zero observances on
Saturday, but the White
House has not confirmed
that.
Former President
George W. Bush will
deliver keynote remarks
commemorating the 20th
anniversary of 9/11 at the
Flight 93 National Memo
rial in Shanksville, Penn
sylvania. The livestream
for that event starts at
9:45 a.m. ET on the Flight
93 National Memorial
Facebook Page.
Below is an outline of
what the networks have
planned on this national
day of mourning.
ABC
Good Morning Amer
ica Saturday - A special
edition of the show will
air at 7 a.m. ET9/11 Twen
ty Years Later: America
Remembers - World
News Tonight anchor
David Muir and GMA‘s
Robin Roberts will lead
live coverage of events
from Lower Manhattan,
Washington, D.C. and
Shanksville, Pennsylva
nia. Programming will
include ceremonies at
Ground Zero, the Penta
gon, Shanksville and else
where. Coverage begins
at 8 a.m. ET
CBS
9/11: Twenty Years
Later Norah O’Donnell
will anchor a live special
report from Ground Zero.
She will be joined by
correspondents in lower
Manhattan, at the Penta
gon and from Shanksville,
Penn. Airs: 8:30 a.m. ET.
CBS This Morning:
Saturday - will have full
coverage from the sites
of the three attacks on
the anniversary, plus in
terviews with survivors,
Gen. Raymond Thomas
and musician Elvis Per
kins, who lost his mother
in the 9/11 attacks. Airs:
7 a.m., ET
CNN
The network will have
live coverage of events
in New York City, Penn
sylvania and Washington,
DC.
Shine A Light - Jake
Tapper hosts this com
mercial-free discussion
with young adults who
lost parents on 9/11,
with profiles of some of
the first responders and
military members who
felt called to service after
the attacks. The event is
produced by the organi
zation 9/11 Day. Musical
artists H.E.R., Brad Pais
ley and Common will take
part in the discussions
and will each perform
as part of the broadcast.
Airs: 7 p.m. ET
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
Fox News will air
the moments of silence
corresponding with the
attacks “beginning in the
8 a.m. ET hour.”
Fox & Friends Week
end, America’s News
room, Cavuto Live and
Fox News Live will all
broadcast from Lower
Manhattan on Saturday.
The Five - The Fox
News roundtable will air
live from Citi Field ahead
of the MLB’s New York
Mets versus New York
Yankees game, preempt
ing regularly scheduled
programming. Former
Mets’ manager Bobby
Valentine and retired
Mets’ player Mike Piazza,
both whom were with the
team in 2001, are sched
uled to join. Airs: 5 p.m.
ET
THE HISTORY CHAN
NEL
Four Flights - This the
two-hour documentary
unveils “surprising con
nections, strange coinci
dences and detrimental
decisions” that impacted
travelers aboard Ameri
can 11, United 175,
American 77 and United
93 - and America as a
whole - on September 11,
2001. Debuts: 9/11, 8 p.m.
ET/PT
9/11:1 Was There-1
Was There is a unique
documentary of the
events of September 11
captured by ordinary
people who chose to pick
up their video cameras
and capture the events
of that dark day. Told “in
the moment without in
terview, commentary or
narration,” 1 Was There
weaves together per
sonal video from a dozen
people. Debuts: 9/11, 10
p.m. ET/PT
NBC
Today - Savannah
Guthrie and Hoda Kotb
will anchor a special edi
tion of the show starting
at 7 a.m. ET.
NBC News Special Re
port - Guthrie and Kotb
will be joined by Nightly
News anchor Lester Holt
SEE 9/11 CEREMONIES 5A
Kudzu & Clay:
Nature’s alarm clock
1 am a big
advocate of
naps. Sleep, in
general, is one
of my favorite
things. There
is something
more attractive
about napping
than sleeping
at night. Maybe
it’s because
it’s during the
daytime and
there is an ele
ment of taboo to
it. Not everyone has time
for a nap. It’s a luxury.
The older 1 get though,
the harder it is for me
to really sleep when 1
take a nap. Lately, 1 just
lay there with my eyes
closed and listen to the
annoying symphony of
leaf blowers and bark
ing dogs in my neigh
borhood and dream of
sinister ways to silence
them.
Sometimes when 1 am
taking a nap or sleep
ing in on a weekend my
wife or son will come
in and wake me up for
whatever selfish reason.
Then I’ll get up and get
cranky and my wife will
say, “you weren’t even
asleep,” and most of
the time when she says
that, she is accurate.
She knows that when I
am really asleep and she
wakes me up 1 violently
flinch. Then, when 1
suddenly come back to
consciousness, she asks
me why 1 always wake up
like that, as if I’m some
kind of weirdo. Well, 1 am
a weirdo, but that has
nothing to do with why 1
am such a jumpy bundle
of nerves.
High school was about
the time that 1 really got
into napping. As a kid,
I would fight naps with
all my being, but in high
school, I fell in love with
the professional nap. A
professional nap is not
your average Sunday
recliner or sofa nap. A
professional nap is a
complete, pants off, un
der the covers with the
fan on full blast nap. The
only difference between
night sleep and a profes
sional nap is that they
are usually shorter and
you don’t have to wake
up in the middle of them
and go to the bathroom.
In the case of teenaged
me, they are also much,
much deeper.
My family had a very
strict rule about eating
dinner together and on
time every single night.
We were pretty liberal
with many other things,
but if your fanny wasn’t
in that seat at 6 p.m. to
eat your carrot sticks
and bunless hotdog,
burnt grilled cheese, or
‘untidy Joseph’ (sloppy
Joes) then there would
be hell to pay. 1 found
this out the
hard way.
My routine
those days was
to come home
from school,
maybe eat
something, and
immediately
get to work on
taking a pro
fessional nap.
1 was usually
the only one
in the house, it
was nice and quiet, and
I’d immediately be off to
dreamland. The first few
times 1 missed dinner
1 was cut some slack
because 1 was a growing
kid, but after a while,
this insubordination
really started to irritate
my father. He insisted 1
set an alarm. 1 did, but
1 started sleeping so
deeply that not even that
would wake me up. Then
the old man took matters
into his own hands.
The first thing he
did to wake me up was
pulling all the covers off
me. This would wake me
up by freezing since the
fan was always on high.
But 1 adapted. The next
thing he used was cold
water which certainly
did the trick of jolting me
out of bed, but depend
ing on the amount used,
the bed was still soaked
when it was time for
actual sleep and that
caused all kinds of other
problems.
The final solution
came as summer waned
one year in the form of
a creature that was from
then on referred to as
nature’s alarm clock. 1
was so deep into a slum
ber that 1 probably could
have been pronounced
dead. All of a sudden 1
was woken to one of the
shrillest sounds 1 have
ever heard. Right in front
of my face were two of
my dad’s meaty fingers
holding a freshly molt
ed, screaming cicada
plucked off of a tree.
Sure the creepy-looking
bugs sound enchant
ing when they are in a
chorus high in a tree,
but right in front of one’s
face, they are one of the
loudest natural sounds
on Earth. And to give
the cicada more inspira
tion to scream, the old
man slowly waved a
lit cigarette around its
abdomen, cackling with
evil joy.
I assure you no insects
were harmed when this
event occurred, at least
not physically. 1 never
took another nap during
SEE NATURE’S CLOCK 5A
KUDZU &
CLAY
Chris Walter
Gordon State College Foundation
receives USDA grant funds
The Gordon State
College Foundation has
received $21,300 in grant
funds from the United
States Department of Ag
riculture (USDA). Funds
will be used for the
purchase of equipment
for the newly established
Gordon State College
Digital Media Arts Lab.
USDA Deputy Under
Secretary for Rural De
velopment, Justin Max-
son announced that the
grant is a part of a $185
million investment by the
USDA to equip, rebuild
and modernize essential
services in rural areas of
32 states.
“It has been wonderful
Do you ever need to
have your spirit lifted? If
you do 1 have the answer.
Just go by the County
Extension office and say
hi to Octavia Jackson. If
all of us had such a bub-
Valdosta State Univer
sity recently celebrated
more than 300 distin
guished and accom
plished students who
earned Dean’s List status
during Summer 2021, in
cluding one student from
Lamar County.
Chloe Clements of
Milner earned the Dean’s
List honor.
Dean’s List honors are
reserved for the high
est achieving students
partnering with USDA,
and we are very grate
ful for the support that
we have received for
the GSC Digital Media
Arts Lab,” said Montrese
Adger Fuller, GSC Vice
President of Advance
ment, External Relations
and Marketing.
GSCF’s proposal in
cluded the importance of
developing tech skills re
lated to new media fields
to benefit the students at
Gordon State College.
Dr. Ed Whitelock said,
“The equipment that
this grant allows us to
purchase is essential to
the development of our
bly personality life would
be much more enjoyable.
She acts like all Chris
tians should.
THANK YOU,
MIKE WELDON
at VSU, and these stu
dents are recognized for
exemplifying excellence
in the attainment of their
educational goals.
To qualify for Dean’s
List at VSU, students
must achieve a semester
grade point average of
3.50 or higher on nine
or more semester hours
with an institutional
grade point average of
3.00 or higher.
new Nexus degree in Film
Production and will allow
us, as well, to continue
to expand the means by
which we present our
performing arts program
ming to the community. 11
The establishment of a
digital media arts lab will
assist GSC in upholding
its mission as an access
institution that provides
exceptional and acces
sible education through
innovative teaching,
engaged learning and
transformative experi
ences for the benefit of
students, the communi
ties the school serves
and the world.
• Sufficient Grace
Ministry, 226 Main St.,
Barnesville offers Bible
study, testimony sharing,
fellowship and refresh
ments, Thursdays at 7
p.m. for more informa
tion call 770-358-6238
• Rock Springs
Church: log on to rock-
springsonline.com and
watch live services
Sundays at 8 a.m., 9:30
a.m. and 11 a.m. Wednes
day evening activities at
7 p.m.
• Compassion Car
Ministry offers trans
portation to medical
appointments for Lamar
County residents who
have been diagnosed
with cancer. Drivers will
pick up the patient and
take them to physicians
offices, treatment centers
and the airport for out
of town treatment. Call
Barnesville First Baptist
Church at 770.358.2353
to schedule a trip.
FLASHBACK
In honor of
Elizabeth Sellers
Sept. 5-11
10 years ago
Lamar firefighters
from the Milner station
responded to a fatal
fire at a home at 280
Shadowmore Dr. Septem
ber 1. Pike firefighters
assisted in battling the
blaze which completely
destroyed a mobile
home. The identity of
the person killed in the
fire was not immediately
available.
25 years ago
Two Upson EMS
personnel were disci
plined after wrecking an
ambulance at 3:30 a.m.
The driver, 21-year-old
Lashley Todd Hall, ran a
stop sign at the intersec
tion of Liberty Hill and
Old Alabama roads. He
and attendant Eric Simp
son were not fired as had
been rumored around
the county.
50 years ago
Groundbreaking
ceremonies were held at
the site of the new Lamar
State Bank building next
to First Presbyterian
Church. Rev. Jack Mum
med gave the invoca
tion. Designed by archi
tects Gerald Bilbro and
Dick Spangler of Griffin,
the building was to have
3500 square feet of space
on the main floor.
100 years ago
In answer to requests
on the part of a large
number of local swine
growers, a government
veterinarian was to be
here Sept. 6-7 to give
hogs a treatment which
made them immune to
cholera for life. The cost
was $1 to $1.25 depend
ing on the size of the
hog. Those desiring to
have their hogs treated
were advised to contact
county demonstration
agent W. C. Adams at
once.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Need your spirit lifted?
Chloe Clements
makes Dean's List
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