Advance tickets for Saturday’s game are $10
By Kevin Hogencamp
No one seems to know when – or if — Albany has ever won a professional sports championship.
That may change Saturday.
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Three Albany State University faculty members have joined forces with state and local cancer centers to improve breast cancer research. Dr. Ashok Jain, director of the center for undergraduate research; Dr. Seong Seo, associate professor of chemistry; and Dr. Arun Saha, assistant professor of physics, will participate in the breast cancer research project.
At ASU, the project seeks to train faculty to become proficient cancer researchers by increasing research capabilities and building upon the current success of the ASU Natural Sciences Department in attracting research funding that will contribute to cancer research, as well as address health issues in rural Southwest Georgia. The program is funded by the Department of Defense.
“The award is imperative for the department to become self-sustainable in basic research,” Jain said.
The training program will consist of a three-part mentorship program between ASU, the Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition (SWGCC) and the Georgia Health Sciences University that will result in research to benefit breast cancer patients. Topics to be studied include the effects of diet on breast cancer; use of nano-particles to find new ways of delivering cancer medications; and use of microwaves to diagnose breast cancer in its early stages.
Breast cancer is a disease that plagues women all over the U.S. It has been shown that African-Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans have a higher rate of breast cancer than white women. In Georgia, African American women are more likely to die from the disease.
For more information, contact Dr. Ashok Jain at 430-4817.
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In an effort to save more children’s lives, a new law requiring six and seven- year-olds to be in a booster seat will go into effect on July 1. The legislation, introduced as House Bill 279 in the House by Representative Alan Powell of Hartwell, and as Senate Bill 88 in the Senate by Sen. Jeff Mullis of Chickamauga, was advocated by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Safe Kids Georgia.
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By: Eric Tabor
Albany Panthers Indoor Football
Media Relations Director
In his corner of the locker room, linebacker Larry Edwards smiled and laughed as he answered questions. On the other side, the linemen were busting defensive end Lionel Bibbins for his white “Gucci slippers,” that Bibbins grinned and swore were just Rockports. And defensive back LeVance Richmond was off the hook, because even when things went wrong, they went right.
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This year the Flint RiverQuarium joins the downtown Independence Day festivities on July 4 with special admission price, extended hours and a joint program with Thronateeska before the city fireworks display. But first, Marine Corps Logistics Base will start the celebration off with a bang on Friday, July 1.
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By Kevin Hogencamp
Vester Weaver got her wish: Her husband is home.
Superior Court Judge J. Richard Porter of Cairo ruled Friday that Weaver could return to his home while he awaits trial on an domestic aggravated assault charge.
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HR 1380, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NAT GAS) Act provides a host of tax credits and subsidies to create incentive for vehicles fueled by natural gas. Some conservatives in Congress support this bill. In the past, I may have been supportive, as well. There is a conservative philosophical thread in the idea of tax credits to unshackle the burdens and create an incentive to use more natural gas and thereby reduce our dependency on foreign oil. However, this conservative thread could prove to be a Trojan horse which creates a host of unintended consequences.
In the 1970s, one of the answers to the oil crisis was the big push for Ethanol. “We will grow our own fuel and tell OPEC to eat sand!” The battle cry was inspiring. However, we experienced unintended consequences. Because of subsidies and tax breaks, ethanol producers could pay more for corn than other traditional markets. Farmers did just what you and I would do. They sold in the highest paying market. Food prices went up, fuel prices continued to climb, and the true cost to produce a gallon of ethanol was higher than the cost of a gallon of gasoline. Ethanol distilleries started and failed. Investors lost money, people lost jobs, and communities were left holding the bag to pay for infrastructure improvements funded by local bond issues.
Now, we have this push to encourage more vehicles to run on natural gas. Let’s review what we might be able to learn from Ethanol. Natural gas is used in more ways than powering vehicles. It heats our homes and it is also used in the production of fertilizer. When the government subsidizes vehicles that use natural gas, then the demand for natural gas rises, the price rises, and those other buyers (home heating and fertilizer producers among others) have to ante up and the consumers of their products will have to ante up as well.
Another unintended consequence is the additional complexity in the tax code and the growth of bureaucracy. Right off the bat I can see how the IRS, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, and the Environmental Protection Agency will need to create a new program with more staff, more office space, more equipment and communications, etc., etc., ad nauseum. It will happen and this is exactly the opposite of what conservatives fight for on a daily basis.
Our current economic conditions are forcing all of us to step back and take a fresh look at economic reality. We cannot continue to do business the way we always have and hope that it will all work out. We have to get back to a basic understanding of what drives the economic engine in America. It is not government programs that stimulate any particular sector of the economy. It is government getting off the backs of entrepeneurs and business (small ones and big ones as well) and letting people make and keep as much money as they can possibly make.
The best way to create the incentives for energy efficiency and innovation is to address burdensome regulations and restrictions on all energy related industry and unleash American ingenuity.
Former Albany resident Don Cole, of Cordele, is president of RTT Associates, an information technology consulting company.
Charles Gage Daughtry. infant
Master Charles Gage Daughtry passed away peacefully in the arms of his loving parents, Charles Jarrett Daughtry and Kimberly Neal on Tuesday, June 21 at Phoebe Putney Hospital. He was born on June 15, 2011.
The memorial service was held Friday, June 24 at Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors.
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Albany State University Department of Fine Arts will hold a “Celebration of Life in Music for Jesse Walker” at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 30, in the ACAD Auditorium. The event will feature remarks by ASU personnel as well as musical performances in memory of the late Walker.
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GAINESVILLE — June 2, 2011 — Chattahoochee Bank of Georgia and HeritageBank of the South are pleased to announce a lending collaboration which will expand mortgage services in the region. Chattahoochee Bank of Georgia, a locally owned community bank, which opened for business in the fall of 2008, has seen steady growth in deposits and loans. The Bank was looking for a cost-effective way to offer mortgage solutions to its customers and the community as a whole.
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