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m- W I..II.II • Ml II..II.....I inn ij l 4*2 ALL FOR GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT UNIV OF GA ATHEN5GA 30602-0001 4^ »] [*] a £* ft I I s , f i M % I r i PA »i M ► IP ’ Vi VI 4 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 fjt SiSS . 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 Continued to page 8 What’s INSIDE Peach In 8 Out » Police Beat..... s Opinion ••••••*•••< 4 Goontry Living • •• 8 Feith Matter! eeeee 8 Sports eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 7 eeeeeet >*•**< .8 Local eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee# 0-10 Lefals eeee*********eeeeeeeeeeeee 1148 ••**e**e**e*#**e***eeee 14 Jnst Per Ton ***e*************ee* 18 Local Weather Forecast My Chudy Wednesday, Mor. 28 Hi: 78* to: 56* My °oudy Thursday, Mar. 28 Hi: 80* % Lo: 59* Thunder Storms Friday, Mar. 30 Hi: 83* Lo: 61* Sunny Saturday, Mar 31 Hi: 83* C Lo; 51* Portly Cloudy Sunday, Apr. I Hi: 66* Lo: 50* S« i Tim's Total Fitness 1 ft Of Service 301 - -w } See page 2 Peach County's Newspaper Kay Road Principal Doing the Math (And the Other Stuff, Too) 1 im Angela . , T I. tzell, c n Principal o • • I of Kay Road Elementary School. Z Photo by 7 Victor muiKOSKy „ ,, , - P : d * : ,e V.V * * k You're not in Texas - these yellow roses grow in Fort Valley, at the home 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. _ jpMK. to 8 V * -it 9 it 4# m % mm I r V f *e 5 ■ o * 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 a a 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- - v .4 r. 4- : - r s r w- V* ) m vv. » «r * 4 a? £Sl . W’ 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 1 ■ businesses have three times 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 I 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 // f r i slim '• ( ft. \t nrspapet MABCH 88,8018 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 Continued to page 13