Rebecca Miller knows what it takes to go out with a bang. She proved that by scoring two goals in a state championship game on her home field. It's the type of stuff kids daydream about in class, but the FPD senior striker insists she didn't plan it that way.

"It was definitely not how I expected it to go," Miller said.
 
Her coach had a good feeling about it though.
 
"I told her before the state championship I thought she was gonna have a hat trick," FPD soccer coach Josh Trieste said. "I'm not disappointed she didn't have a hat trick."

After all, disappointment is not a word used to describe FPD's leading scorer. 

"Anything that's got Rebecca Miller's got a chance," Trieste added.

That proved to be the case this year for the Lady Vikings, who sailed through unchartered waters in their first season of GHSA competition.

Some Macon City Council members are working to breathe new life into Macon's anti-smoking ordinance.

Councilwoman Nancy White says several sponsors of the ordinance met Wednesday with Mayor Robert Reichert to talk about drafting a new version.

The original draft, which Reichert vetoed last month, attempted to restrict smoking in many public places, bars, and restaurants.

"We talked about some of my reservations and why I had vetoed the ordinance," says Reichert. "They wanted to work with me to modify the ordinance because I think they're very interested in passing it again."

Reichert says he vetoed the first draft because it was too broad and that business people didn't have enough opportunity to voice concerns.

He also says he wants the city to work with the county to pass a similar law. Some opponents said a city-wide smoking ordinance would force business out into the county, where bar and restaurant patrons could smoke. 

Macon's Law Enforcement Memorial welcomed some special visitors Wednesday as part of National Police week.

Deputy Chad McDonald and Deputy Mike Thomas were the newest names carved into the memorial at the Macon Centreplex. McDonald died after a 2007 automobile accident, and Thomas died after a 2008 motorcycle accident.

McDonald's niece Bryanna came to Wednesday's observance with her family. She remembers her uncle as a hero. "He had went and locked people up and saved people's lives."

Councilman Ed DeFore pushed for the memorial, and says fallen public safety officials should be remembered. ""I've got the names of the first Macon policeman that was killed in 1921 and the rest of them through this year," he says.