Reward offered in burglary case
Albany police say that recent burglary victim, Angela Law, is offering a reward f to anyone who leads police to the person or people who broke into her home last Wednesday.
Mrs. Law is posting flyers in her neighborhood. Herr phone number is 776-4323.
“(She) is doing her part to assist the Albany Police Department,” said police spokeswoman Phyllis Banks.
Riggins speaks, sort of
Dougherty County Board of Education member Velvet Riggins, who unlike three other board members has been apologetic while she has shunned the public from the process of hiring a new superintendent, spoke last week.
Sort of.
Riggins e-mailed this statement after the board’s decision to hire embattled candidate Dr. Joshua Murfree, an Albany State University executive, as superintendent.
“By virtue of Dr. Murfree’s broad-based experience and expertise, he will be able to play the leading role in directing and integrating highly interrelated programs that assist family and youth who may face such dire situations as poverty, premature parenthood, substance abuse, unemployment and homelessness so our students can realize their maximum academic and personal potential, resulting in those children becoming educationally and emotionally successful and thereby enhancing their ability to pursue productive careers.
Dr. Murfree will help link the needs of family, school and community.
I heard it quoted somewhere, ‘We need to demonstrate in this world that we celebrate children, believe in them, challenge them, and prepare them for their world. And most important, (we need to) create opportunities for them.’
I am confident that Dr. Joshua Murfree and the staff of DCSS will provide this for our children.”
In deciding to hire Murfree, the board essentially gave him a blank paycheck: The board didn’t decide how much to pay him in salary in benefits, nor were any other terms determined.
Lose weight, win cash
Registration is underway for the YMCA’s Weight Loss Competition, Team Lean 2010. Team Lean is a 14-week weight-loss competition where team camaraderie can inspire participants to develop a lifelong positive attitude toward healthy eating and physical fitness.
The competition will kick off with the first weigh-in on April 21 and end on July 28. Teams of three, made up of family members, friends, co-workers, etc., ages 12 and above, will compete to lose the highest percentage of weight during the competition. Individuals may also compete in the Individual Category if they don’t want to participate with a team. The top three teams and top three individuals will win cash prizes.
Information and entry forms are available at the YMCA Central Facility in Albany and the Lee Branch in Leesburg, and on the YMCA website at www.albanyareaymca.org. Call 436-0531 for more information.
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