WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016
BARROW JOURNAL
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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!
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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. Vast desert in N Africa
28. Fasten by sewing
32. Organic compound
33. Cooper’s Hawk (abbr.)
34. Immerse in a liquid
35. A beatnik’s abode
36. Utter sounds
38. Used esp. of dry vegetation
39. Live in
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44. Indian frock
46. Stand for a coffin
47. The Great Emancipator
53. Brown coat mixed
with gray or white
54. Lightly fry
55. New Yorker film critic
Pauline
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58. Lasiocampidae
59. Another name for
Irish Gaelic
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2. Enough (archaic)
3. Adrenocorticotropin
4. Public recitation
5. “Gunsmoke” actress Blake
6. Waited with breath
7. -Breaky Heart
8. Sacco and Vanzetti artist Ben
9. Those who inspire others
10. Capable of being shaped
11. Cardinal compass point (Scot.)
12. TV advertising award
13. Zen Buddist riddle
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22. Universal standard time
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26. Zanzibar copal
27. NE Arizona pueblo people
29. Pith helmet
30. Small trout-like fish
31. Greek hell
37. Herbal teas
38. Struck a golf ball
40. Dash
41. Removes writing
42. Coal laborers
43. Old world, new
45. Mental representation
46. Someone who bites
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48. Albanian word for snow
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51. Gull suborder
52. Crimefighter Elliot
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