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Vol. 126 Issue No. 12 500
Legal Organ For Peach County. City of Fort Valley and City Of Byron
Sheriff ID'S
Body Found
Near Railroad
Tracks
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Guy Loyd Campbell
By Victor Kulkosky
News Editor
The Peach County Sheriffs Office
had identified the man found dead next
to the railroad tracks near Byron on
Friday morning.
According to reports, he is Guy
Loyd Campbell. 31, who lived nearby.
According to a statement from the
Sheriff, the Norfolk Southern rail
road called 911 around 6 a m.
and reported a train crew had ""Setflf ‘
a man lying on the tracks just south
of Byron. When deputies and emer
gency responders arrived, they found
Campbell dead.
According to reports. Sheriff Deese
said Campbell had grown up near the
train tracks and it seemed surprising
he'd been hit. Campbell lived about
a quarter of a mile away and his wife
reported seeing him around 4:40 a.m.
According to Sgt. John Edwards,
who is investigating the case, a pre
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Peach County's Newspaper
Kay Road Principal
Doing the Math
(And the Other Stuff, Too)
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of Gene und Emily Sheets. We stopped by last week to discover these
Lady Bankston roses blooming prolifically and creating a stunning sight,
This creeping variety is long on < visual splendor but has little fragrance,
Alas, they bloom only briefly, so enjoy them now. _
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TRKAS8BES FftOM TNI PfPOT UR. The safe at the historic Passenger Depot in Fort Valley had of been safe unopened the building for years. hers. Depot She owner had
Renee Cairo recently deeded the depot to the city, but with the proviso that the contents a in were
the the depot, safe opened 72 cents earlier in change, this month. and The stunning contents find: included collection a sheath of old of photos documents and from documents Valley from Insurance the Fort Co., Valley a longtime Kiwanis occupant Club. The of
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documents and photos range from the club's founding in 1922 to the 1970s. The earliest photo appears fo be the one above. The
back has a notation "1923f" and identifies the hat-toting subjects: Front (L-R): Beddingfield (no first name provided), a fireman; John
David Duke, a peach farmer; Judge A.C. Riley Jr.; L. Warwick, o minister; Leighton Shepard, a lawyer; Coca-Cola; Prof. Ralph Newton; Strother, Ed Oil Mur¬
ray, a banker; Hale Robert, a grocer; F.O. Miller; Moss Copeland, a pharmacist; W. Brisdendine, Dave Co.
Gardens (?); Back Row (L-R): Mayor Harris Neil; Postmaster A.M. Siefert; Glenmore Green; E. G. Clark; Dr. Nance, a dentist; John
Cook, ATT; Russell Edwards, clothing merchant, J.D. Fagan, a farmer; N.W. Jordan Sr., City Clerk; Dr. Marcus Hickson; J. Strickland,
auto dealer; A.C. Riley Jr.; Fred Hume, B.T. Marshall, a grocer; and Joel Mann Martin, Editor of The Leader-Tribune. We will publish
more about the Depot, the safe, and die historic Kiwanis pictures in the coming weeks.
Check Out our
Letters To The Editor.
See page 4 and Page 9
By Victor Kulkosky
News Editor
When Angela T. Ezell got the call
to become Principal of Kay Road
Elementary School at the start of the
current school year, her main task
was already laid out for her: raise
those math scores. The two-year-old
school between Byron and Fort Valley
had gotten off to shaky start, missing
AYP twice and quickly falling into
Needs Improvement status.
In an interview in her office at
KRES, Ezell said it was with math
scores that the school fell short, so it’s
in that subject that most of the efforts
are going. There are multiple tools
+to help KRES students do the math.
One program is FOTS, or Focus On
The Skill, which involves every teach-
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It's azalea time in Middle Georgia, as these beauties at the Sheets home
amply illustrate. The red ones are aptly named Christmas Red, while
the white ones are Pristine White. They are among several variehes of
azaleas that the two retired educators cultivate. King Solomon Pinks
are visibles in the background. Photos by Victor Kulkosky
Your dollar* spent In locallv-owned
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the impact dollars on your community national
chains. as When spent shopping at locally,
fund you simultaneously city services create through jobs,
more
sales tax, invest in neighborhood
improvement community development. and promote
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er working daily with each student to
do either remedial math or acceler¬
ate practice for students whose math
skills are better. A software program
called IXL Math uses the Georgia
Performance Standards to offer stu¬
dents practice problems. Ezell said the
software has so many problems that
students never get the same problem
twice. If a student answers incor¬
rectly, the software can backtrack and
“reteach.”
The school's N1 status also made
available Title I funds that offer free
tutoring for any student who signs
up. Those tutoring services could be
in school, at home, or with businesses
such as Sylvan learning center.
A district-wide math facilitator also
works with teachers at KRES and
all Peach Schools to offer instruc¬
tional strategies bas ed on the the latest
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research, Ezell said.
But that's not all. KRES also has
an Early Intervention Program; if a
student shows signs of struggling with
math, a special teacher is empowered
to remove that student from the class¬
room for focused one-on-one or small
group instruction.
The school system also held a Math
Parent Workshop that provided parents
with strategies they can use at home to
help their children with math.
Student teachers from Fort Valley
State and Macon State are available
for one-on-one or small group sessions
as well.
So, is all of this working?
Ezell said some CRCT predic¬
tor tests suggest improving meets or
exceeds numbers at Kay Road.
“We set our expectations high for
students in all areas, but math is our
focus,” Ezell said.
Not one to stick to her desk, Ezell is
likely to be seen popping in anywhere
around KRES.
“Myself and my Assistant Principal
are very visible to make sure our teach¬
ers and students are learning,” she said.
Teaching and learning are in Angela
Ezell's blood. The Fort Valley native
went through the Peach County Schools
and graduated in 1985 - although her
youthful appearance doesn't tell you
she graduated from high school 27
years ago. Her son Detrick is also
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