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STATE BRIEFS
Georgia sending
6uard to N.M.
ATLANTA (AP) - A con
tingent of volunteers from
the Georgia National Guard
is preparing to leave for New
Mexico, to help state and
federal officials secure the
U.S.-Mexico border.
Georgia Gov. Sonny
Perdue and Maj. Gen. David
Poythress Are scheduled to
give the 150 volunteers a
send-off Thursday morn
ing at the Georgia National
Guard Oglethorpe Armory
in Ellenwood, just south of
Atlanta. The volunteers are
expected to arrive in New
Mexico on Friday, according
to the governor’s office.
The Georgia National
Guard was contacted by
the National Guard Bureau
requesting assistance at
the U.S.-Mexico border on
Tuesday.
“The Georgia Guard has
always responded to requests
for help,” Perdue said in a
prepared statement.
The volunteer soldiers
will receive the same pay
and compensation as their
full-time active duty coun
terparts. No guard members
are being called to active
duty involuntarily.
Poythress said the deploy
ment “will not affect the
Guards ability to respond to
hurricanes or other emer
gencies in Georgia.”
Perdue had said last
month that he would offer
some of Georgia’s National
Guard troops to help with
the border patrols outlined
by President Bush. However,
Perdue said he didn’t want
the Guard to be overused,
especially since so many
troops based in the state
have just returned from a
dangerous year in Iraq.
The Georgia National
Guard includes approxi
mately 12,000 Army and
Air National Guard mem
bers, approximately 1,300 of
which are deployed to the
Middle East.
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Athens 96 69 pt sunny
Atlanta 93 69 mst sunny
Augusta 93 72 pt sunny
Bainbridge 100 73 pt sunny
Brunswick 87 78 t-storm
Cartersville 96 69 mst sunny
Chattanooga.TN 92 68 mst sunny
Columbus 98 72 mst sunny
Cordele 98 72 pt sunny
National Cities
Boston 85 71 mst sunny
jGfcicago 87 69 t-storm
Dallas 95 76 sunny
Denver 86 60 t-storm
02005 American Profile Hometown Content Service
Police shoot man at
mobile home park
DOUGLASVILLE (APj -
A sheriffs deputy shot and
killed a man who was hold
ing a knife and threatening
a woman and children at a
mobile home park.
The Wednesday night inci
dent began as a domestic
disturbance call.
At the home, authorities
found a man armed with a
knife arguing with a woman.
There were also three chil
dren in the room.
The man then began yell
ing at deputies and pointing
the knife at them, Douglas
County Sheriff Phil Miller
said.
“He kept telling the depu
ty, ‘Shoot me, shoot me’ and
pointing the knife at him,”
Miller said.
At one point the suspect
ran to the back of the mobile
home.
When deputies followed
him, they say he turned and
thrust the knife toward one
of them.
That is when one of the
deputies shot the man once.
The suspect was taken to
Douglas Wellstar Hospital
where he was declared dead.
The woman was also taken
to the hospital and treated
for a possible broken jaw.
Names of the suspect and
deputy were not immediate
ly released.
Perdue sent letter
on water dispute
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia
Gov. Sonny Perdue has sent
a letter to the governors of
Alabama and Florida seek
ing a personal meeting to
resolve the 16-year battle
between the three states
over water.
The letter, which is dated
June 22, came two days after
Georgia went to court to
stop the federal government
from sending as much water
downstream to Florida.
“I believe that our person
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Dalton 97 69 mst sunny
Dillard 87 62 pt sunny
Dublin 98 70 pt sunny
Duluth 94 68 mst sunny
Gainesville 92 70 pt sunny
Helen 91 65 pt sunny
Lagrange 96 68 mst sunny
Macon 97 70 mst sunny
Marietta 93 71 mst sunny
Milledgeville 100 74 pt sunny
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Houston 87 73 t-storm
Los Angeles 82 66 sunny
Miami 89, 80 t-storm
Minneapolis 87 64 t-storm
New York 86 74 pt sunny
al involvement in mediation
at this time is essential,”
Perdue wrote in the letter. “I
feel that there is too much at
stake to leave this to a court
to decide.”
Neither Alabama Gov. Bob
Riley nor Florida Gov. Jeb
Bush has responded, Perdue
spokeswoman Heather
Hedrick said.
On Wednesday, U.S.
District Judge Karon Bowdre
ordered officials with “abso
lute authority” to resolve
the dispute to attend a hear
ing Friday if the issue is not
settled earlier.
If a resolution is not
reached by that time, Bowdre
has set a status conference
in her chambers for Friday
afternoon.
The hearing should include
officials with “absolute
authority to make the deci
sions necessary to resolve the
current dispute,” the judge’s
order said. Bowdre’s order
canceled a status hearing for
Thursday, opting instead for
another conference call.
Alabama, Florida and
Georgia have been trying
to determine how much
water to send down the
Chattahoochee River to
protect freshwater mussels
in a Florida river but leave
enough water upstream for
Georgia and Alabama.
Last week, Bowdre
increased the water flow by
60 percent.
Subsequent conference
calls have caused Bowdre to
reduce the flow from 8,000
cubic feet per second to
6,250.
Alabama Chief Deputy
Attorney General Keith
Miller has said negotiations
are progressing in a positive
direction.
Winn-Dixie files
bankruptcy plan
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
(AP) - Winn-Dixie Stores
Inc. said Thursday it has
filed plans to emerge from
bankruptcy by the end of
October, as the supermar-
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Peachtree City 94 65 mst sunny
Perry 98 70 mst sunny
Rome 102 70 mst sunny
Savannah 91 74 pt sunny
St. Simons Islandß7 78 t-storm
Statesboro 98 74 pt sunny
Thomasville 95 73 pt sunny
Valdosta 93 71 pt sunny
Warner Robins 98 70 mst sunny
Waycross 92 70 pt sunny
I City
Phoenix 107 87 pt sunny
San Francisco ...Si 54. windy .. ~,
Seattle 78 57 pt sunny^
St Louis 97 77 pt sunny
Washington, DC 88 73 mst sunny
ket chain struggles to boost
sales and regain customers.
The Jacksonville-based
company, which is about
two-thirds as large as it was
when it filed for Chapter 11
reorganization in February
2005, will present the plan
to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Jerry A. Funk at a hearing
later Thursday.
The chain wants Funk to
approve the plan on Aug. 4
and set in motion the pro
cess to secure approval of its
creditors.
The chain said it expects
to emerge from reorganiza
tion with sufficient financ
ing and liquidity to make
significant investments in
current stores and to open
new stores. The company
also expects to have only
a minimal amount of long
term debt.
Winn-Dixie cited competi
tive pressures when it filed
for bankruptcy, caught in
the crush between Wal-Mart
and Publix.
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OBITUARIES
MSGX HAROLD STEWARX USAF (RET)
WARNER ROBINS - Harold Stewart passed away on
Tuesday, June 27. Visitation will be Saturday
from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at McCullough
Funeral Home with graveside services
to follow in Magnolia Park Cemetery.
Stewart retired from the United
States Air Force as a Master Sergeant
where he served during the Korean
Conflict. His parents, Roy and Elizabeth Stewart; daughter,
Debra Stewart, preceded him in death.
WARNER ROBINS - Franklin Grady Herring, 67, passed
away on Wednesday. Services will be held at 10 a.m. today
in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home with interment
following in Andersonville National Cemetery at noon.
Herring was born on April 17, 1939 in Latta, S.C. He was an
Air Force veteran. His parents, James Curtis Herring and
Annie Herring; sister, Frances Caulder and brother, D. J.
Herring preceded him in death.
Justice clears Ga.
voter ID rules
By SHANNON McCAFFREY
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA (AP) - The U.S.
Department of Justice on
Wednesday approved rules
governing the issuance
of photo IDs to voters in
Georgia, clearing the way
for the State Election Board
to decide whether to require
them for the July 18 pri
mary.
The rules establish what
kinds of documents must
be presented to obtain one
of the free IDs, as well as
where and when they will
be distributed. Critics of the
law _ which mandates that
all voters present a govern
ment-issued photo ID to cast
a ballot _ are expected to
respond in the coming days
by seeking an injunction to
block the law.
Members of the State
Election Board said last
week that once they received
approval from Washington
they would then decide
whe.ther the law could be
implemented for the prima
ry, which is now less than
three weeks away. A special
meeting ,of the board has
beeircatted far Thursday.
Board members Tex
Mclver and Randy Evans
said Wednesday that unless
unanticipated problems arose
Thursday they expected to
begin issuing the IDs for the
July contest. Both men were
appointed by Republicans to
the five-member board.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2006 ♦
Lawyers in the Justice
Department have already
cleared Georgia’s amended
voter ID law. Under the
Voting Rights Act, Georgia
must have changes in its
elections approved by the
federal government.
The Republican-backed
law was first passed in
2005, but a federal judge
blocked enforcement, saying
it amounted to an unconsti
tutional poll tax. The state
Legislature amended the
law early this year to make
photo IDs free to anyone
who needs them in all 159
counties. Still, two separate
challenges to the voter ID
law are pending, one in fed
eral court and the other in
state court.
The state court chal
lenge was filed by former
Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes.
Arguments in that case are
scheduled for Monday.
Under the rules the state
Election Board adopted laq|
week, anyone needing a voter
ID card must provide one
or more documents showing
date of birth, evidence of
being registered
proof of name and
Student ID cards, nursing
home cards, a pilot’s license,
a birth certificate, a utility
bill and a bank statement
are among the long list of
acceptable ID’s which may
be used to fulfill all or part
of the requirement in order
to receive a voter ID.
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