"It's really hot," says Yvonne Shaw.

Shaw and her family visit Lake Tobesofkee every year, but this Memorial Day they brought something new.  "We even got a tent so that when they are out of the water they can sit in the shade."

She says her family members have never experienced a heat stroke because she makes sure to bring a lot of water and juice.  "Just to keep ourselves hydrated you know, because once we're in the sun, you're sweating a lot, so you use a lot of water, so you need to put that back in. So we make sure we have a whole case of water."

Others aren't as prepared for the heat.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are different degrees of heat stress.

Heat stroke happens when the body becomes unable to control its temperature.  The CDC says body temperature can rise to 106 degrees or  higher within 10-15 minutes. 

City leaders, retired servicemen and women and dozens of others came out to a Memorial Day ceremony at Linwood Cemetery.

The ceremony kicked off with patriotic songs from a local violinist and an introduction of the keynote speaker, Retired Lt. Colonel Jacqueline G. Scott.

Scott spoke about the importance of remembering what the day represents. Some people also watched a wreath laying and retiring of colors, while others walked around to visit grave sites of the fallen.

"It's not about the barbecue, the hot dogs, the hamburgers, the beer, the wine, it's about our fallen heroes. They gave the ultimate price for us to have this freedom," says Alice Jackson, President of the Macon Cemetery Preservation Corporation.

The cemetery is also the burial site for Macon's Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Rodney Davis.  

If you're tired of the design on your Georgia license plate and you're creative juices inspire you to produce something better, now's your chance.

Georgia Department of Revenue officials plan to produce a new vehicle license plate in 2012, and they're having a contest to find it.

They're asking people and businesses around the state to come up with the new design. Entries must promote Georgia as the peach state, but beyond that, most anything goes.

Penny Reitz serves as deputy commissioner for tags in the Bibb County tax commissioner's office. Reitz and her boss, tax commissioner Tommy Tedders, like the idea of having a contest to determine the new tax design.

Reitz blends her sense of humor and love of the University of Georgia Bulldogs when suggesting her design.