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1 rn I i i 1 V1 I Kl i 'd 1 I i i i i i 4 I 4 I I B6 wwwledger enquirercomnews SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25 2004 COLUMBUS LED QU I i'r Georgia UGA will cut $52 million k4 ATHENS The University of Georgia will cut $52 million from its budget as part of I statewide budget cuts mandated by Gov Sonny Perdue UGA Provost Arnett Mace ordered the cut on Thursday because the university faces a $128 million reduction in state i funding i The $52 million cut will i involve shaving nearly $29 million from the 14 schools and colleges and trimming another $127 i million from university libraries and administrative offices Another $650000 will be cut rom university physical plant spending actors including i student demand teaching load and available external spending were used to determine the school andcollege cuts Mace said SAVANNAH Templeton Jr on tap to replace Kemp Georgia Democrats on riday tapped their Chatham County party chairman to run jfor the legislative seat beingvacated by state Sen Rene Kemp Hinesville Rex Templeton Jr 36 of Savannah will face the top ranking Republican President Pro Tempore Eric Johnson in November Kemp announced Tuesday he was bowing out of his re election campaign to focus on his battle with prostate cancer Court appointed mapmakers placed Kemp and Johnson both veteran lawmakers in the same district when they redrew Senate map earlier thisyear Rene Kemp served so long and so well I felt I owed it to him that this seat not go said Templeton an insurance agent and lifelong Savannah resident exit so close to the election meant the Democratic executive committee had to quickly find a replacement ATLANTA Judge blocks gas blend regulation A judge has temporarily blocked federal regulators from requiring metro Atlanta drivers to use a different and potentially more expensive gasoline blend starting in January to combat the dirty air US District Judge Clarence Cooper issued the temporary restraining order riday at the request of state environmental regulators who contend the blend in use now specially designed for the region works better and is cheaper than the blend federal officials want used not the end of said Ron Methier chief of the air protection branch of Environmental Protection Division gotten the matter before the court We lose a good The ruling stays the switch pending a further hearing which officials said they expect to be held within the next two weeks Over the past two years metro Atlanta drivers have been using a special low sulfur blend of gasoline that state environmentalists claim has helped clean the air Just this week the state was able to claim that it was in compliance for the first time in 25 years with the federal one hour ozone standard one of several measurements of air quality Already in the works however was the push by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to require a switch to federally reformulated gasoline starting in January an order issued in 2003 after the air 7 quality was reclassified from to MARIETTA Hensley fund amount disputed Organizers of a trust fund to help the 13 year old daughter of slain American hostage Jack Hensley say there have been false reports that a significant amount of money has been raised for the girl As of Thursday only $2500 had been donated according to a statement on a Web site for Jack Hensley has been a great deal of misinformation about our effort on behalf of Sara not the least of which are the rumors that significant funds have been the release from the Tega Cay SC Rescue Squad The squad decided to set up the fund for the teenager after hearing that Hensley was a founding member of the squad 30 years ago said Bruce oster Bauman spokesman for the South Carolina volunteers On Wednesday the family received official word that Hensley had been decapitated After struggling financially in Georgia Hensley accepted a construction job in Iraq to support his wife and daughter He was working for Gulf Supplies and Commercial Services based in the United Arab Emirates when he was taken hostage rom wire reports Set the stage for a ouooeoeful school yearl REE CONSULTATION Affordable one on one tutoring in the comfort of your own home! 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