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2A ♦ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 Warner Robins to host policy forum Special to the Journal ATLANTA - Earlier this summer the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and the Georgia School Boards Association presented 11 education pol icy forums across the state for local school board and state legislative candidates. More than 200 people attended the half-day tutori als. As a result of that suc cess, the two organizations will provide two additional opportunities. The first will be presented Sept. 13 at Middle Georgia Technical College in Warner Robins followed by one Sept. 14 at Atlanta Technical College. Both meetings will begin at 12:30 p.m. and end at approximately 4:45 p.m. There is no charge to Centerville Rotary works to ensure literacy Special to the Journal Did you know that Friday is International Literacy Day? Currently, the world is in year three of what was pro claimed the Literacy Decade by the United Nations in 2003. Today, although there are almost 4 billion literate peo ple in the world, another 860 million people remain illiterate. Approximately two-thirds of those are women. Perhaps the greatest tragedy is, according to a release, that 100 million of the world’s children have no access to schools or educa tion. “Literacy for all continues to be an elusive goal and ever-moving target. One of the major obstacles to world literacy is a lack of resourc tf es. To that end, Rotary International asks each of its clubs to sponsor a com munity literacy program. Community Events ■ REPUBLICAN BREAKFAST - The Republican Breakfast meet ing will be held at 8:30 a.m. at Sonny’s BBQ in Warner Robins. Guest speakers will be Congressman Mac Collins and State Representative Larry O’Neal. Continental breakfast ia available for $3.25. ■ WORK SESSION - The Houston County Board of Education will hold its work session Sept. 11 at 6:30 p.m. at Bonaire Elementary School. ■ TOBACCO CESSATION - A free four session course to help you quit smoking and/or using tobacco will be held Sept. 11 from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at the Houston Health Pavilion EduCare Center. Call 923- 9771 to register. ■ MEETING - The Houston County Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting Sept. 12 at 1 p.m. at the board’s central office building in Perry. ■ RETIRED EDUCATORS - The Houston County Retired Educators will meet at Creekside Restaurant at 12840 Highway 96 Fort Valley on Sept 13 at 11:30 p.m. for lunch, program and How to Submit ■ To submit your event for the Community Calendar, fax the details to (478) 988-1181, e-mail to cperkins@evansnewspapers.com or mail to Houston Daily Journal, PO. Box 1910, Perry, GA 31069 50 YEARS AGO... ■ August, 1956 - Henderson Baptist Church dedicated Sunday School annex The new Sunday school annex at Henderson Church Baptist was dedicated at a special service. Rev. R. L. Harvey of the Sunday School Department of the Georgia Baptist Convention was the main speaker. attend. The presentations provide a non-partisan, factual view of education in Georgia and of education policy issues par ticipants will be faced with as candidates and as elect ed policymakers. Experts cover a wide range of sub jects including accountabil ity, achievement gap, choice, charters and vouchers, cur riculum and standards, early learning, education finance, governance, school leader ship and teacher quality. On-line registration is available. Just visit www. registereasy.org/policyfo rums and follow the direc tions. To request a regis tration form, call 404-223- 2280. More information is also available at www.gpee. org or www.gsba.com. The Centerville Rotary Club accepted that chal lenge and is doing its part to help ensure literacy for the world’s children. At its weekly meetings mornings, each guest speak er is asked to write words of encouragement about read ing and learning and then sign a new book purchased with club funds. The books are pre sented to the Centerville Elementary School, Eagle Springs Elementary School and Thomson Middle School for their libraries. The club has purchased more than 100 books for their libraries since its charter meeting in 2004. Centerville Rotarians strongly encour age everyone to find ways, no matter how large or small, to help create a literate com munity, society and world. The Centerville Rotary Club meets every Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. at the Piccadilly Cafeteria located at 2745 Watson Boulevard. fellowship. The group meets every second Wednesday Sept, through May. For more Information, call Hulda Cook 953-2992. ■ WORK SESSION - The Warner Robins City Council work session is scheduled Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. in the upstairs conference room, Warner Robins City Hall, 800 Watson Blvd. ■CANCERLUNCHEON - The annual prostate can cer luncheon will be held Sept. 14 from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Houston Health Pavilion EduCare Center. Lee Brown, RNC, FNR will discuss the prevention and early detection of prostate/ testicular cancer, the most common form of cancer found in men. Pre-registra tion is required. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. until noon. Guest speaker will follow at noon. For more information, call 923-9771 to pre-register ■ MEETING - The Warner Robins City Council will meet Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the council chamber, Warner Robins City Hall, 800 Watson Blvd. A prelimi nary meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. in the upstairs conference room. ■*' f 49p, W j&'&r „ WksW ■ -apW&W I I H fiw" " V"’"r ' r'V§r P V f|f|| ■ m a ■. S' * ' ' . 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