WAYCROSS JOURNAL-HERALD

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WAYCROSS JOURNAL-HERALD

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South Georgia’s Greatest Newspaper W AYCROSS J OURNAL - H ERALD Waycross, Georgia Monday, May 16, 2011 wjhnews.com CSX Transportation Presents Partnership Award To OADA By MYRA THRIFT special he felt being a part of such a to locate a $120 million, 319- Biomass Staff Writer grand day in Waycross and Ware pine pellet factory here. acre As acknowledgement of an industrial County.  Gooden spoke from his heart about recruitment coup and the building of “This is indeed a great day for Way-  economic development and how CSX Georgia Biomass in the Waycross-Ware  cross, Ware County, CSX and Bio-  fits into the mix. County Industrial Park, CSX Trans-  mass,” said Karle, a retired CSX exec.  “First, CSX is one of the largest fa- portation Company has rewarded the ef- “We have so much to be thankful for.”  cilities of its kind in the world and Way- forts of the Okefenokee Area Gooden, who started with CSX as a  cross is one of the three largest CSX Development Authority (OADA) with laborer, was in charge of the “grubby,  facilities,” Gooden said. “CSX goes its annual Partnership Award.  dirty, grimy jobs,” Karle said. Part of  into communities like Waycross and Clarence Gooden, Waycross native his assignment was to cut the grass at  helps develop (industrial) complexes and current executive vice president of the REA building and sweep it out.  and that provides business for us.” sales and marketing and chief commer- Karle drew a hearty laugh from the  He pointed out that a CSX site selec- cial officer for CSXT, made the presen-  crowd when he added, “He did a fairly  tion committee will visit a community tation to OADA chairman Roger good job. But I was in Jacksonville re-  to certify a site. When that site is lo- Williams in the presence of about 75 cently and noticed the grounds at the  cated, industrial prospects want to know Photo By MYRA THRIFT  the utilities, the water source,  CSX local political, business and industrial  about  headquarters. They look real Clarence Gooden (right), executive vice president of sales and marketing  capabilities, fire departments, ed- leaders. good.”  sewer and chief commercial officer of CSX Transportation Corporation in Jack-  ucational opportunities and the work  Karle also recognized James Willis,A.A. “Gus” Karle, who has been a sonville, Fla., presents the annual CSX Partnership Award to the Okefeno-  ofpromoter of the Waycross area, intro-  force. Power, who he said was in- Georgia kee Area Development Authority, chaired by Roger Williams. duced Gooden to the crowd, saying how  strumental in helping to get Georgia (see CSX, page 8) Obama Works To Rebuild His Grassroots Campaign Army PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President with during his first run, a herculean 50-  Obama’s strategy. He argued that spired by Obama’s days as a community the University of Southern California in Barack Obama’s re-election campaign is state organizational effort to reconnect Obama’s team must “act like an insur- organizer.  October 2010. And Las Cruces, N.M., barely a month old, but Camille Gerva-  with its supporters — some of them now gent campaign” to win re-election. Under the slogan “I’m In!,” volunteer  volunteers are running a voter registra- sio and other volunteers nationwide al- disillusioned with the president because  In some ways, Obama’s first campaign events are under way across the country,  tion drive at a farmer’s market. ready are hard at work. of his policies — while giving it an early never folded. from brainstorming sessions at coffee  “We’ve expanded upon what we did in “Are you with us? Are you in?” Ger-  indication of any vulnerabilities among After he was elected, he turned it into houses to holding phone banks, house  2008,” said Jeremy Bird, the Obama vasio asks into her iPhone, dialing critical constituent groups.  an organization called Organizing for parties and door-to-door neighborhood  campaign’s national field director. “We through a call sheet resting on her laptop Without having to focus on a primary America to communicate with support- canvassing events.  could have said we’ll come back to you to line up supporters for an election 18  opponent, Obama’s campaign also is ers, rally them behind his policies and In Florida on Saturday, Obama volun-  when we run another presidential elec- months away. spending much of its time and money  encourage get-out-the-vote efforts during teers were asked to bring a cell phone  tion, but we’ve maintained contact with In call centers like this one on the trying to build foundations of support the midterm elections. The group, run  and charger to staff phone banks around  our supporters, they’ve been involved in eighth floor of an office building, the  early in battleground states like Pennsyl- through the Democratic National Com- the state. In Bloomington, Ind., near the  voter outreach, legislative fights, training president’s backers are trying to take ad- vania, New Mexico and Ohio that  mittee, has been criticized even by some campus of Indiana University, the presi-  people.” vantage of a head start over the still- backed Obama last time but have since Democrats for being ineffective at trans-  dent’s backers are running phone banks  Beyond the reintroductions, the early forming Republican field and the  elected Republican governors, weaken- lating support for Obama’s campaign twice a week.  efforts are also aimed at a changed politi- benefits of incumbency to rebuild a ing state Democratic Party operations.  into support for his policies. New York City supporters held a sem-  cal landscape. grassroots effort that mobilized millions “Every single day we have to go Since Obama officially announced his  inar on using Facebook as an organizing  When Obama locked up the Demo- of voters in 2008.  scratch and claw for those votes,” Jim re-election campaign in early April, his tool. Los Angeles backers entered data  cratic nomination in 2008, he was able to Obama’s campaign has pledged to Messina, Obama’s campaign manager,  advisers have been working to reignite collected from thousands of voter com-  turn to Democratic governors like Ed reach out to every voter it was in contact said recently in a video outlining the grassroots campaign that was in-  mitment cards from an Obama event at (see GRASSROOTS, page 8) W hat’s Inside Vol. 93, No. 115 a Gri s Nation Billy Graham _____ 4 SEAL-Mani p ___ ______ Classified Ads 13 ar A y __________ In Wake Of bin Laden Raid Comics 12 ____________ De bb 4 ____________ Editorials 5 ____  over the covert operation is even putting thee St pf snaps the Awe Extended Forecast 2  umENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) — Jo y Ne ________  of  cityFort Pierce, Fla., on the map for vacation des-115-pound barbell up to his chest and swiftly lifts it Famil ws 11 Obituaries ________2,3  The city’s National Navy UDT-SEAL Mu- tinations.over his head, holding it with gritting teeth and __ Sports 6-7 locked — the only museum dedicated to the secretive  seum arms as sweat streams down from his gray ____________ hair line.  SEALs — has been flooded with calls from people The barbell hits the ground in a clang seconds  planning to visit. Partly later. After eight reps, the 54-year-old businessman  nothing short of joining the SEALs offers a But dressed in camouflage pants rushes to the next ex-  more true-to-life taste of their toughness than the Cloudy cruciating exercise.  workout places run by ex-Navy commandos. Stumpf is one of a growing number of Americans  “Every little boy has got a SEAL in them,” y — Co putting themselves through grueling fitness pro-  Stumpfjoked after completing one of the workouts  Breez ol grams modeled after Navy SEAL workouts as inter-  Southern California. in est in the elite military unit has soared since one of  Former Navy SEAL Cmdr. Mark Divine said his Hi 79/53 L Most have been from the general public caught raid.  days seems to be dreaming of what it’s like to be a o  business its teams killed Osama bin Laden. Everyone these  has been inundated with inquiries since the —page 2— know a SEAL or at least look like one.SEAL,  in the excitement over the surprise attack on bin up Book publishers say they cannot order the print-  Laden’s compound in Pakistan. He said military Give Blood Here  candidates aren’t showing greater interest and Navy ings of the memoirs of former SEALs fast enough, Many events take place while people are dialing 1-800-Hooyah! like mad to  officials say visitors to recruiting centers have not AP PHOTO at the Exchange Club Whe p n s   k i id t  ei a s b c - n eht en dalozt ehiwhtT-sh on  embirts sgniyas “ :ekil siinALSEnd aiagn u   s h   i r rds e a r n e e l t la g o h f e     d t foc ol t y aialnve cs haballorn  2 yaM cirotsih e rtCe . “ ontirape o Joe Stumpf works out with rings in a routine designed to fairgrounds (todayʼs top el mirror U.S. Navy SEAL training at the SEALFIT exercise of page 1 photo). There is ,yp sotivile ysolutvo d p i — nre!thg llaC w st o m   ue  b p s l t e d o e w y h e e r   o  yvaN SU eht ni ”s.ALSE (s o e u e l   d S n E ’t A s L ta S, n   d p   a a g c e h 8 a ) nce of making it center in Encinitas, Calif. the fair, of course, in the autumn. And there are gun shows, car rodeos, Kerry Presents U.S. Demands To Pakistan Government bull-riding events, civic club events, etc. One of ISLAMABAD (AP) — U S. Sen. John U.S. Navy SEALs. But they also seem to policy going forward. The U.S. has long pressed Pakistan to the most important   ’n . atra sc  events at the fairground fan ioctTaanbali lufr hgfA lareewop  itsreni gnosns ehtl nogacaitstveiasntakeKreyrrairvedlateSundayandymfeihrrKegay  Pve q is f a a k A   . g h n s i G b  fn o e tb hcei y r r a t y e moseeklytquic went ht e  efowarare , angheirce talan tiw seit gnireve slyolwhf  oskri hhtenaciremA ot gnita relnds”demafic epic fo s“ si ta l  occurs on the fourth suspicions about Pakistan’s harboring of Parvez Kayani, handing him the list of nuclear-armed country. 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