The Dodge County News

Age: 88

Died: Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Arrangements: Rollins Funeral Home, Inc. of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

Age: 77

Died: Friday, September 27, 2013

Arrangements: Hardy-Towns Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

The Dodge County High School (DCHS) Lady Indians hosted Toombs County on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. The Lady Indians continued to dominate on the diamond defeating the Lady Bulldogs nine to two. Lizzie Massingill pitched four innings with five strikeouts, four walks and allowed only three hits. Katie Selph came in to close with one strikeout and one walk. At the plate Selph was two for two, Annie Moore was two for three with one run batted in (RBI), Margaret Simmons was one for two, Nikki Graham was two for three with three RBIs, Lila Coleman was one for one with one RBI, Haley Holloway was one for two and Caitlyn Smith was one for one. [Full Story »] 

Age: infant

Died: Monday, September 23, 2013

Arrangements: Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman is in charge of arrangements.

Age: 69

Died: Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Arrangements: Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

The Dodge County Indians cross-country team was in fast and furious mode last Thursday when they attended the West Laurens meet. All of the runners competed to the expectations of the coaches. Coach Dana Niblett and coach Paula Selph were excited with the results of the meet. [Full Story »] 

In his instantly notorious New York Times op-ed, Vladimir Putin was much too modest. At the end, he argued no country is truly exceptional. He, of all people, shouldn’t be so dismissive. Russian exceptionalism is one of the profoundest forces in world history. [Full Story »] 

Let’s hear it for Chicago, America’s gun control capital, also the murder capital of the USA. Runner-up is New York City, stringent gun control laws accompanied by the nation’s second-highest murder rate. We must find a way to make these murderers comply with our gun control laws. The ratings came from the FBI, not a gun rights group. As Rico on TheoSpark.net reminds us, “’Gun free’ does NOT mean ‘murder free.’” [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
Thank you for sending me the article and the pictures; they were very professionally done and appreciated by the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) and us. Pictures were taken this morning (Wednesday, September 18) as we graciously accepted Dodge County High School’s (DCHS) team giving us their donation back to the RMH and had the opportunity to meet other outstanding, polite and wonderful students and faculty at DCHS. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
In June the Supreme Court struck down a key component of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in a five to four vote. President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 act into law. The act was enacted to combat common practices at the time like voting literacy tests and poll taxes. The court’s decision effectively removed the restraints on nine states, mostly in the south, from having to secure advance federal approval when making certain voting related decisions. Georgia is one of the nine states that had seen immediate reactions to the ruling. The City of Eastman has also seen immediate action. [Full Story »] 

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