Barrow journal. (Winder, Ga.) 2008-2016, February 17, 2016, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016 BARROW JOURNAL PAGE 7A TEACHING YOUNG STUDENTS Zea Patterson teaches fifth grade club Presidents about how to be leaders in their classrooms. Two Barrow residents chosen at 4-H summer camp counselors To be named a Georgia 4-H summer camp coun selor is one of the highest honors a 4-H member can receive. Two Barrow County 4-H members recently received that honor: senior Zea Pat terson (Winder-Barrow High School) and college freshman C.J. McLocklin (Lanier Tech) were named as 2016 4-H Camp Coun selors. They join a unique and small group of Barrow County 4-H’ers who have achieved such an honor. Being selected as a 4-H camp counselor is not your normal job interview: the leadership counselors will test your limits and per sonality through a series of games, teamwork activ ities and dancing until you drop all while being observed by the leadership counselors, camp direc tors, and state 4-H staff. Then there are the inter views; four interviews to be exact as county agents, state 4-H staff, camp directors and State 4-H Leader Arch Smith ask questions about you. your 4-H experience, and what you are doing there. It is an intensive process but ultimately rewarding. The applicants will be assigned to one of the four 4-H centers through out the state for the 2016 camp season: Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Wahsega 4-H Center in Dahlonega, Fortson 4-H Center in Hampton, and Burton 4-H Center on Tybee Island. Patterson is the Barrow County 4-H Council Pres ident. A long-time member of the archery team, Patter son has branched out into Headmaster’s Corner by the many unique programs 4-H has to offer including poultry judging, wildlife judging, project achieve ment, teaching multiple different classes and its many community service projects. “She has become a driv ing force behind many of our community service projects and is dedicated towards helping others” says AmeriCorps member Jonathan Page. Patterson plans to attend the University of North Georgia after gradua tion and major in middle school education. McLocklin is a 4-H alumni in his freshman year at Lanier Technical College. The son of County extension coordinator, Wanda McLocklin, C.J. practically grew up in the 4-H program but that is not why he took part in its programs. A dedicated volunteer C.J. took part in many if not all opportunities offered by the 4-H pro gram and was a frequent teen leader helping to teach classes. Passionate about STEM 4-H LEADER CJ McLocklin does some maintenance to the team mascot, Minibot. programs was one of the principal founders of the 4-H robotics program now based at Sims Academy and continues to work the robotics program helping expand opportunities for youth.. For more information on the 4-H Club and its programs contact the Barrow County Exten sion Service at 90 Lan- thier Street in Winder or call 770-307-3029 and speak with County exten sion coordinator Wanda McLocklin (wandamc @ uga.edu), county exten sion program assistant Tif fany Coles (tcoles@uga. edu) or AmeriCorps State member Jonathan Page (jspage@uga.edu). House vote on FY2017 could come by Friday Last week was the fifth week of the 2016 legislative session, and I am pleased to report that by Friday all of the subcommittees of the House Appropri ations Committee had finished their work on the bud get for fiscal year 2017. I worked Friday night with staff to incorporate the changes the sub committees made to the Governor’s proposed spend ing plan. This week, we begin moving the appropriations bill through the House, with a vote expected as early as Friday. The full House last week also took care of some important bills. House Bill 757 passed with a unanimous vote on Thursday, Feb. 10. Known as the Pastor Protection Act, it is modeled after sim ilar laws already in place in other states. If this Act becomes law, it would reaffirm the sep aration of church and state in Georgia by doing three, common-sense things. First, clergy would not be required to perform mar riages or other religious rites that violate the tenets of their faiths. Second, churches, synagogues and other places of worship, as well as religious organiza tions, would not be forced to host events that violate their doctrines. And third, businesses like Chick-fil-A could not be forced by local ordinances or licensing reg ulations to open on days designated as “days of rest” by the owners’ religions. I strongly supported this bill and spoke in favor of it from the House well. As I said there, this legisla tion is an opportunity for us to come together and tell Georgia’s pastors, priests, rabbis and other clergy that we stand with them and we want to protect them. The other bills passed by the House last week were: •HB 739, which would allow those with concerns about Common Core or any other public school curricu la to have online access to materials under consider ation for use in local class rooms. •HB 659, which would require local school boards and charter schools to post financial informa tion online. K-12 education is the single-largest expense in the state budget. If this bill becomes law, taxpayers would be able to see how both state and local tax rev enues are spent in local schools. • HB 767, which would require motorists to move over a lane if possi ble, or to slow down if that isn’t possible, for all utility service vehicles. I believe we should treat all service vehicles and utility work ers with the same respect we currently show public safety agencies providing roadside services. •And HB 821, which would require all state licensure boards to stream line licensing processes for military spouses and tran sitioning service members who move here from anoth er state. This bill would allow those with licenses in other states to continue to practice their trades in Georgia temporarily until they get their permanent state licenses. In-between the work of the House Appropriations Committee and the regu lar sessions of the Georgia House last week, I spoke to Advancing Georgia’s Leaders in Agriculture and Forestry as well as to rural hospital CEOs assembled at the Capitol by the organiza tion, Hometown Health. Highlights of the week for me were visits by some of our hometown folks. They included a couple of local school nutritionists, kids at the Capitol for Skills USA, the new executive director of The Tree House in Winder, and Pastor Dave Stroup of the Gospel Light Baptist Church in Winder. That’s my report for the fifth week of the session, which officially is half over. Rep. England has served in the Georgia House since 2005. He represents Dis trict 116, which includes most of Barrow County. February 17, 2016 ~ Crossword Puzzle Steve Cummings DINNER THEATER - The ACS Drama Club did an out standing job performing Joseph Kesserling’s Arsenic and Old Lace this past week. The Satur day night performance during Mystery Theater week is always so much fun, as students serve dinner to the guests before the actors take the stage. This farcical story about the Brewster sisters - two kind, gen tle spinsters living in Brooklyn during WWII who murder lone ly old men by offering them a poison-laced drink - has delight ed theater-goers and movie buffs for over 70 years. A big “Thanks!” to Fine Arts Directory Jack Bamford, to our numerous parent volunteers, and to all of the student thespians for a job well done! ATHENS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL “Affordable Quality Education Since 1970” K3-12TH CALL (706) 549-7586 www.athenschristian.com Across 1. Afraid feeling 5. Cause to be embarrassed 10. A group of hunting animals 14. At some prior time 15. Papier- , art material 16. Disney's “ and Stitch” 17. College army 18. Essential oil from flowers 19. Solo vocal piece 20. “Bodyguard’s” female star 23. Liz’s 3rd husband Mike 24. A weapons emplacement 25. 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