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Houston County High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America mem
bers who recently attended the National Leadership conference in Nashville, Tenn.,
were, from left: Lindsay Wynn, Erika Rappenecker, Ginny Johnson, Sara Smith and
Kaylie Sims. Accompanying the students to the conference were their advisers, Nelda
Clay and Jane Cooper.
HCHS FCCLA students
capture national awards
Special to the Journal
Houston County High
School Family, Career and
Community Leaders of
America members recent
ly attended the National
Leadership conference in
Nashville, Tenn.
At the conference stu
dents attended motivational
University engineers trying
to turn poultry into fuel
By STEPHANIE L
SCHUPSKA
University of Georgia
Two and a half pounds
of litter - that’s about how
much one chicken produces
in its lifetime. A team of
University of Georgia scien
tists is working to turn the
poultry state’s waste litter
into a valuable alternative
fuel product.
That’s good news in
Georgia, where chickens,
specifically broilers, rank
No. 1 in the state’s agri
culture, with a leaving-the
farm value of almost $4 bil
lion. Poultry litter is mostly
manure mixed with a bed
ding material such as wood
shavings.
Two and a half pounds of
litter per broiler is 2.5 pounds
of by-product waiting to be
converted into something
usable, said Jimmy Palmer
of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. With
funding from an EPA grant,
UGA researchers are search
ing for ways to add value to
poultry waste.
“This will help us collec
tively deal with environmen
tal issues of growing agricul
ture,” said Palmer, an EPA
regional administrator.
“A waste is a terrible thing
to mind,” he said, twisting
a common phrase. “We’re
looking for better ways to
deal with waste.”
Through a process called
fractionation, the UGA
researchers plan to produce
two types of materials from
the poultry litter, separat
ing the fine and coarse
parts, said Mark Risse, a
UGA Cooperative Extension
engineer and member of the
research team.
The scientists form the
fine, nutrient-rich mate
rial into pellets for fertilizer.
Because the processed fertil
izer pellets would allow a
slower release of nutrients
into the soil, pollution from
pathogens and nutrients in
the poultry litter would be
reduced.
“Most poultry litter is cur
rently being directly land
applied as fertilizer,” said
K.C. Das, coordinator of the
UGA Biorefinery. “It makes
sense to a point. But in north
Georgia, there’s not enough
land to spread the litter.
Through this process, we’re
producing a better energy
product as well as a better
fertilizer.”
and informational sessions
to, according to a release,
“enhance their leadership
skills and competed in STAR
Events.
Winners from the school
were: Silver medalists in
National Programs in Action
Occupational Lindsay Wynn
and Erika Rappenecker,
Georgia State Vice President
The research team puts
the coarse, energy-rich poul
try litter material through
an intense heating process
called pyrolysis to create
cf&r and bio-oil. The char
can be used anywhere char
coal is used. Bio-oil can be
refined further and used as
diesel-like fuel.
UGA engineers say devel
oping a cheap source of ener
gy from poultry litter would
provide a cleaner source of
energy, helping the state
grow in an economically and
environmentally sustain
able way. They estimate that
in the United States, using
poultry litter as fuel could
save 283 million gallons of
fossil fuel.
“Two or three companies
are looking at Georgia right
now,” Risse said. “They’re
looking at pelleting litter for
fertilizer. There’s a very real
opportunity for research
that can be used not 10 years
from now, but now.”
“A lot more is said than
usually done, and we’re
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Johnson and Gold medalists
in Illustrated Talk
Occupational, Sara
Smith and Kaylie Sims.
Accompanying the students
to the conference were their
advisers, Nelda Clay and
Jane Cooper.
about to do it,” Palmer said
of the project.
Besides Risse and Das, the
UGA research team includes
Cooperative Extension engi
neer John Worley, professor
Sid Thompson and graduate
student Kaushlendra Singh.
The project builds on work
Thompson did 15 years ago
and had to shelve due to a
lack of application at. the
time. Now, with the demand
for alternative fuels increas
ing, his halted research can
continue.
The project team is in the
process of showing they can
break up poultry litter into
two parts and use both. The
researchers will also have
to determine whether the
processes should be done at
centralized locations across
the state or at individual
farms.
“Poultry Utter represents
two times the energy con
sumption on a farm,” Das
said. “You have everything
you need to produce energy
on the farm already.”
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Autry named to PR society
Special to the Journal
The Public Relations
Society of America has
elected Jimmy Autry among
15 new members to its pres
tigious College of Fellows,
announced PRSA President
and CEO Cheryl Procter-
Rogers, APR, Fellow PRSA,
recently. The new honorees
will be inducted during a
ceremony at PRSA’s 2006
International Conference
on Nov. 11 in Salt Lake
City.
“I am honored to welcome
the members of the class
of 2006 into the College
of Fellows,” said Procter-
Rogers. “They join a dis
tinguished group of public
relations professionals who
have advanced the profes
sion, serving as role models
of distinction and mentors
to current and future prac
titioners.”
This will bring the num
ber of members of the
College of Fellows to 436
out of the nearly 22,000
members of PRSA. Election
to the College, based on
lifetime achievement, is a
professional honor award
ed to senior practitioners
and educators. Fellows are
called on to continue their
service to the profession
through the College.
“The honor of being des
ignated a Fellow by PRSA
is one of the profession’s
highest awards for indi
vidual achievement,” said
Scott Shirai, APR, Fellow
PRSA, chair of the College
of Fellows. “It clearly
identifies outstanding
professionals who have
significantly advanced the
profession with exception
al performance and lead
ership throughout their
careers.”
According to the PRSA
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for the College of Fellows,
a member of PRSA must
have practiced or taught
public relations for 20 or
more years, demonstrated
superior capability as a
practitioner or educator,
exhibited personal and
professional qualities that
serve as a role model, and
advanced the state of the
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Marketing at Electricities
of North Carolina in
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and Carrollton, GA, begin
ning in the summer of 1980.
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Public Relations Officer for
Southern National Bank
of North Carolina (now
BB&T).
One of the 158
Scripps-Howard
Newspapers nation
al Journalism scholars
in 1976-77, Autry is a
Summa Cum Laude grad
uate of Pembroke State
University (now UNC-
Pembroke), completing
the requirements for two
degrees (Communicative
Arts and Math) in three
years. He was awarded his .
B.A. in Communicative
Arts-Journalism. He is
listed in Who’s Who in
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in Environmental Energy
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