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The ADVANCE, November 9, 2022/Page 12A
TRUNK OR TREAT — Robert Toombs Christian Academy's National Honor Society and
Beta Club held its 10th Annual Trunk or Treat on October 27, 2022. When RTCA first
held Trunk or Treat, there were only eight vehicles decorated; this year there were 21
vehicles decorated. "This is a great way to get our students involved in the commu
nity. Students are allowed to bring in a certain number of large bags of candy and
decorate their cars for community service hours, RTCA students are required to have a
certain number of community service hours to graduate, and this is one of their favor
ite events to participate in. We are looking forward to making next year's event even
bigger," states Terri Kennedy, Trunk or Treat coordinator and High School Math teacher.
L to R: National Honors Society and Beta Club members Meredith Durden, Hannah Wil
liams, Railee Thomas, Ella Newton, Maddie Joyner, Kylie Acosta, Justin Bowers, Jacob
Sanford, Bishop Lampp, TJ Stanley.
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Georgia school districts
awarded federal grants for
electric school buses
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia school systems
will receive $51.1 million in
federal grants for the pur
chase of electric school bus
es, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
announced Wednesday
The Clean School Bus
Program, announced last
May, is aimed at accelerat
ing the nation’s transition to
zero-emission vehicles and
produce cleaner air in and
around schools and their
communities.
Altogether, nearly $1
billion from the bipartisan
infrastructure spending bill
Congress passed last fall
will go to 389 school dis
tricts spanning all 50 states;
Washington, D.C.; and sev
eral tribes and U.S. territo
ries.
“As many as 25 million
children rely on the bus to
get to school each day,” EPA
Administrator Michael S.
Regan said. “Thanks to the
Biden-Harris administra
tion, we are making an un
precedented investment in
our children’s health, espe
cially those in communities
overburdened by air pollu
tion.
“This is just the begin
ning of our work to build a
healthier future, reduce cli
mate pollution, and ensure
the clean, breathable air that
all our children deserve.”
In Georgia, school
bus grants are going to 15
school districts. The larg
est grants of $9.9 million
each are headed for school
systems in Atlanta, Clayton
County and Savannah-Cha
tham County.
The awards announced
Wednesday represent the
first $1 billion of a five-year,
$5 billion program created
under the infrastructure
law.
EPA is designing the
next rounds of program
funding to launch in the
coming months. Through
future rounds of funding,
EPA will make available
another $1 billion for clean
school buses during the
next fiscal year.
The agency encourages
school districts not selected
in the first round of grants -
and those that did not apply
this funding cycle - to par
ticipate in future rounds.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News
Service, a project of the
Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.
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(Lto R): Front row: Haylee Doyle. Kandise Tootle, Grace Holt, MaryLaura Tippett, Back
Row: Ansleigh Edwards, Tiera Shaw, Daniel Cerrillo, Tami Gonzalez, Brittney Bryant,
Kingston Ryals, Riya Patel and Bailey Hutchins.
Toombs County 4-H’ers Take Top
Honors at Southeast District Cotton
Boll and Consumer Jamboree
In the midst of to
day’s economy, everyone
is interested in making
the most of their money.
Toombs County 4-H’ers
recently completed a series
of workshops dealing with
making wise consumer
choices. Through these
workshops, youth learned
to be financially literate,
making money work for
them by making wise fi
nancial decisions.
The youth then put the
skills they had learned into
action as they participated
in the 2022 4-H Cotton
Boll and Consumer Jambo
ree on November 3, 2022,
at the Toombs County
Agricenter. At the contest,
youth judged 4 classes of
items, “shopping” for the
best deal. Members also
had to give a short presen
tation about the impor
tance of cotton to Geor
gia. Juniors gave a short
commercial, and seniors
presented a 90-second
public service announce
ment. Sixteen counties
from Southeast Georgia at
tended the event. Toombs
County 4-H entered 2
teams consisting of 7 high
school and 5 middle school
youth.
The senior or high
school team placed second
overall with the 4 high in
dividuals advancing to the
state contest in December.
Advancing to the state con
test are Riya Patel, Bailey
Hutchins, Grace Holt and
Kingston Ryals. Round
ing out the first place team
were MaryLaura Tip
pett, Tami Gonzalez and
Brittney Bryant. Riya Pa
tel placed 5th overall, and
Grace Holt placed 7th
overall at the event. Bailey
Hutchins and Kingston
Ryals placed in the top 20.
Bailey Hutchins was also
awarded 2nd place overall
for her cotton PSA.
The junior or middle
school team was composed
of first year team members
Daniel Cerrillo, Haylee
Doyle, Ansleigh Edwards,
Tiera Shaw and Kandise
Tootle. According to the
coaches, “Our Junior team
placed 7th and did really
well!” Tiera Shaw placed
9th overall for the event.
Kandise Tootle received
3rd place individually for
her cotton PSA.
The teams were
coached by Cheryl A. Pop-
pell, 4-H Coordinator. The
Cotton Boll and Consumer
Jamboree is sponsored by
the Georgia Cotton Com
mission and the Univer
sity of Georgia’s College of
Agricultural and Environ
mental Sciences Coopera
tive Extension.
For more informa
tion about 4-H in Toombs
County, contact the Coun
ty Extension Office at 526-
3101. UGA Extension of
fers educational programs,
assistance and materials to
people without regard to
race, color, national origin,
age, sex or disability.
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