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Fire and rain at State Mutual Stadium
The rain part: Nearly three quarters of an inch of rain fell at the airport on Thursday, enough to force a two-hour delay to the start of the night's Braves-Greenville Drive game. The fire? A fired-up Braves' manager, Randy Ingle, gets tossed by Mario Seneca after disputing a call. The Drive won, 3-0. The Braves and Drive play again tonight at 7. As for the forecast: 20 percent chance of showers with a high of 94--and heat index of 102 degrees is possible.
>Photo by Mills Fitzner.
Reminders
>School starts today for Rome City, Floyd County students.
>The 'back to school' sales tax holiday continues through midnight Sunday. Shoppers can purchase certain clothing items, computers and computer accessories tax-free. For more, click Buzz
>First Friday concert featuring Uptown Entertainment, 7 p.m., Bridgepoint Plaza. Rain site: City Auditorium.
Politics
>Advance voting for primary runoff ends this evening: On the ballot is the U.S. Senate race between Democrats Vernon Jones and Jim Martin. Voting continues at civic center, Fourth Avenue office until 7 p.m. Friday. (See below)
>Floyd Democrats had a grand opening of their new office at 326 Broad St. set for 5 tonight... GOP women, Young Republicans meeting Tuesday... Ron Morris releases platform in his bid for Floyd tax commissioner (see Politics)
Dining
>Consider it a 'mini-scoop': Sundae's Sweet Shop'sp opening robably is a week or two away. The new shop at RiverWalk already has a buzz of its own.
>Latest regional public health restaurant inspection scores: Your best source of regional restaurant inspection scores--Floyd, Bartow, Gordon, Polk and Chattooga> Click Dining Guide
>Dine Out for Kids set for Sept. 16
Campus Headlines
Berry students in Costa Rica; Shorter soccer's new venue>Campus Headlines
Gas watch
>Gas prices, good and bad news: The good news is they're down another six cents a gallon from Monday. The bad news: Prices are still more than a dollar higher than this time last year> Below
>House adopts energy amendment cosponsored by Gingrey: The House adopted an amendment co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey that allows the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce energy costs by purchasing alternative fuels made from domestic energy sources> Gingrey
Sports
>Norman Arey's Sports: A new target for Spurrier's rants; could Wake Forest lose coach to Penn State? > Arey
>Rome Braves lose delayed game, 3-0 > Sports
>Plus: Game photos from Mills Fitzner> Photos
WeatherCenter
> 20% chance of rain, high of 94. Heat index: 102> WeatherCenter
Downtown Headlines
>First Friday concert tonight (Uptown Entertainment) to be preceded by Alive After Five push by downtown merchants> Downtown Headlines
Regional gas prices continue to drop; still $1 more than a year ago (7/31)
Gas prices are down six cents a gallon since Monday morning's report. Statewide, the average: $3.84, down 6 cents since Monday. Murphy Oil at Wal-Mart in East Rome was at $3.72 a gallon at 4 p.m. Thursday. A year ago: we were paying $2.76.
| Bartow | Chattooga | Floyd | Gordon | Polk | Georgia | |
| Ticker | Down | Down | Down | Down | Down | Down |
| Range | $3.79- $4.60 | $3.64- $3.86 | $3.74- $3.91 | $3.73- $4.00 | $3.75- $4.00 | $3.84 |
| Links | Cartersville | Summerville | Rome | Calhoun | Cedartown | State |
Summer on a tankful? Here's an interesting challenge undertaken by Danni Brancaccio of Vancouver, Wash., the daughter of an old friend who edits the paper there. Danni is trying to limit her travel this summer to one tank of gas. She's driven 203 miles so far with 35 days to go. Click One Tank or Bust
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