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Jl 4 Lowdown on the acting life POLICE BLOTTER Shots miss Jonesboro woman fleeing carjacker (A 3 5 I watched the offender" spray the Impala and two other vehicles. The suspect insisted he did not spray-paint any vehicles and that the paint on his body and clothing came from standing too close to other youngsters who he claimed were spray-painting the curb, McDaniel reported. The suspect claimed the youngsters who identified him as the vandal had "chased him all around the complex to try and fight him and that they were all lying on him," the officer said. McDaniel charged the suspect with criminal trespass, and the teen was released to his mother. Pedestrian robbed Jammie McFarland, 24, told Clayton police that she was walking to her apartment on Summerwind Drive near Jonesboro at 1 a.m.

on Aug 24 when a man covering his face with a red bandanna ordered her to drop her purse. The victim said she complied, and the suspect then demanded her car keys. McFarland said she surrendered them, but the man threw them back at her and fled on foot with the purse containing her driver's license, credit cards and $2 in change. i 1 0 fcjiLJiJJl-iiUlJiMJlii ''Tin iiumi miiWiWiiiil imiai limn "I think a lot of actors make the mistake of not knowing how much luck is involved in this industry." CHRIS DEMETRAL Television actor said. That, he added, is why preparation is always key in pursuing an acting career.

"I've always said that I think you lose the audition within the first 10 seconds," said Demetral. "I think the producer, director and the casting director look at you and you either look like what that character is in their minds or you don't. If you don't, boy, you better pull out an absolutely exceptional performance. Otherwise, they're just going to pass." Sophomore Kelli Gainer, who attended last Thursday's workshop, said she was grateful for Demetral's honesty. The Tri-Cities High School graduate majoring in pre-veterinary medicine is enrolled in her first acting class.

"I liked it," said Gainer, "because he talked a lot about the industry itself, as far as what to look for people that try to take advantage of you. He was just very helpful in helping me understand how to go about getting a part." Gainer also can appreciate what Demetral described as the bottom line. "Ultimately, the most rewarding part is someone watching your performance and enjoying it," Demetral said. "You took them somewhere else. You made them laugh or you made them cry.

I think that's really special, and I'm blessed to have the success that I've had." For more information about Chris Demetral, go to his Web site at www.chrisdemetral.com TV star levels with CCSU students By SHANDRA HILL For the Journal-Constitution There were no sugarcoated sentiments coming from the podium. Instead, actor Chris Deme-tral, speaking to about 50 alert acting hopefuls, offered nothing less than what he called the truth. "I try to put a stress on keeping things fairly realistic because acting is a difficult business," said Demetral. 'i think it's one of the most difficult ones in the world, when you consider that only 2 percent of SAG Screen Actors Guild members make over $10,000 a year. The average salary per year for SAG members is only SoOO." Demetral, lead actor in the Sci-Fi Channel's "The Secret Adventures of Verne." talked to Clayton College State University students lat week during a 1 vhour acting workshop.

It was among activities planned for the campus theater's 30th season. During the free program, Demetral, 24, who's been acting since he was 11, talked about the pros and cons of the business, offered tips on how to break in to it and shared some of his experiences over the years. "I tried to give them the inside scoop on everything from casting directors to head shots to the pitfalls that happen along the way, even things other actors will try to pull on you while you're in the auditioning room with them," said Demetral, whose last name means Crazy Jim in Greek. "Some actors think that a stare-down is very intimidating. Others will try to talk to JOHNNY CRAWFORD Staff Chris Demetral, star of "The Secret Adventures of Jules Veme" on the SciFi Channel, presents a free workshop on acting at Clayton College State University.

Young jump-roper raises funds by By BILL MONTGOMERY bmontgomeryaJc.com A Jonesboro woman escaped injury last week when shots were fired at her car in what Clayton County police called an attempted carjacking. The 40-year-old victim told officers she was on her way home at around 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 30 when a man and woman in a Chevrolet Suburban stopped her at Stanebrook Drive and Ga.138 to ask directions to an apartment complex. The woman said she complied, and when the SUV drove away, a man wearing a red baseball cap and light-colored shirt ran to the driver's door of her 2001 Ford Taurus and yelled, Stop the car and get out!" The victim sped off as four to five shots rang out, and she heard one of the bullets hit the rear of her Taurus, reported Officer M.W.

Ward. The woman said she drove frantically into her driveway, hitting her mailbox and then ran into her house and called 911. Ward said he found five shell casings at the intersection. Spray-painting charge Investigating a vandalism call at an apartment complex in the 5700 block of Ga. 139 near College Park on Aug.

26, Clayton police Officer Darrell McDaniel reported several youngsters said they knew who had sprayed Derrik Jones' blue 1965 Chevrolet Impala with orange paint. McDaniel reported that he went to the 13-year-old suspect's apartment, and while talking to the boy and his mother, noticed orange paint from the youth's forehead and fingernails to his pants. During the interview, three youths "walked up and advised they bounds books outside the classroom last year, although she's yet to tackle "Death ot a Salesman. In fact, she's a normal child in most ways: She likes ham sandwiches and hot dogs, loves Britney Spears (her sing ing, but not her dancing) and recently got her ears pierced. "She's certainly not perfect," Tammy Burroughs said, "She cuts up at home now and then, but then again I'd worry if she didn t.

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One of the fastest growing segments of their business is bottled water and sport drinks. Shandra Hill contributed to this article. IVeopranc 1 with Compoalt Ideal for sports injuries Lightweight therapeutic Inferior horseshoe problems 1 Lightweight tures," he plays the French writer of such adventure classics as "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Around the World in Eighty Days." The show has completed its 2001 run on the Sci-Fi Channel and can be seen in syndication beginning this month. Demetral who married his wife, Jana, a third-grade teacher, two years ago said he'd be the first to admit that much of his success has been the result of being in the right place at the right time. "I think a lot of actors make the mistake of not knowing how much luck is involved in this industry," he In the end, Taylor secured donations from more than 100 people.

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Belvedere," "The Wonder Years," "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Lois Clark." On "The Secret Adven Taylor never knew her grandfather. But when she learned about the American Heart Association fund-raiser, she began asking her mother questions. Tammy explained that the money would benefit those with "damaged or broken hearts like your grandfather," and that was all Taylor needed to plunge wholeheartedly into the assignment. With the help of her mother, she prepared lists and phone numbers. When she visited her grandmother West-berry in Jesup, she went door-to-door, talking to many of her grandfather's old friends.

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They practiced every morning at 7 while waiting for the car pool to arrive. Taylor became so accomplished that she jumped five minutes or longer than any other first-grader during the jumping competition in last year's fund-raiser. Also a prolific reader, she devoured more than 100 Teachers and students alike are issued water bottles, and the school's lone vending machine provided by Coke stocks bottled water and fruit juice. "It doesn't mean they don't do it. They just don't do it on our watch," said headmaster Patricia Crone.

Even as the arguments continue, soda opponents agree that their message is still receiving little attention from those who need to hear it most parents and kids. There are signs that things are beginning to change. Mad 1 Georgia National Golf Club "Voted as one of the top courses in Metro Atlanta" SOFT DRINKS, fromJl fer a wider variety of Coke products, including water and juice. In addition, it would work with bottlers to eventually replace vending machine fronts with more noncommercial school images. Some observers contend that little has changed in the way Coke does business.

Many schools are in multiyear contracts that they asked for in their negotiations. The Center for Commercial Free Public Education says that more than 350 school districts have exclusive agreements, and that bottlers are still signing them. "A ton of districts we've been working with say Coke is still bidding and negotiating for exclusive contracts," said the center's program director, Emily Heath. The companies insist they are giving the schools what they ask for. "It has not, and never has been, a requirement," said Pepsi spokesman Larry lob-bonsky, speaking of exclusive contracts.

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