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Parkwood Elementary
School celebrated the arts
at its Jan. 25 PTO meeting.
According to a release,
second and third graders
gave a “fabulous” choral
performance. In addition,
students, parents and staff
attended the first student
"Art Show. ” Framed art
work by every Parkwood
Elementary student (some
pictured) was on exhibit
for all to enjoy. Parents
also had the option to pur
chase the professionally
framed works to hang up
at home and share with
other family members.
The school offered a spe
cial thanks to art teacher
Michael Gillies for bringing
the art show to Parkwood.
Contributed
Houston County Career
and Technology Center
students who are Future
Business Leaders of
America members recently
created 35 coloring books
to be donated, along with
packets of coloring cray
ons, to the Children’s Wing
at the Houston Medical
Center. Students are
shown above presenting
the coloring books to two
of the nurses on duty. Left
to right are: Donna Carrier,
RN; Carolann Simpson,
chapter advisor; Kourtney
Howell, Becca Sills, Casey
Anderson, Rebecca Witt,
Tim Mosely, Bill Evans and
Robbie Cantrell, RN.
Contributed
HICKS
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would be in a circle togeth
er doing group activity.
These actions discriminated
[against] my very special
niece.
TOLLESON
From page 4A
from soybean oil, and last
year, bio-diesel production
accounted for five percent
of soybean oil use. This year
13 percent, or 2.6 billion
pounds of soybean oil will go
toward bio-diesel production
- that is eight percent of the
estimated U.S. soybean pro
duction in 2006.
America’s bio-diesel indus
try will add $24 billion to the
U.S. economy over the next
10 years, and production of
bio-diesel will create nearly
40,000 new jobs in all sec
tors of the economy.
It will keep $13.6 billion
within our own borders -
money that otherwise would
have been spent on foreign
oil.
We also need to look fur
ther at ethanol. There afe
more than 100 ethanol bio
refineries in operation in 19
states - including Georgia
- with the capacity to pro
duce more than 5.4 billion
gallons annually. In 2006,
ethanol production reached
an all-time high with nearly
five billion gallons. Blended
in more than 46 percent of
the nation’s gasoline, etha
nol can be used as an alter
native fuel or as an octane
boosting, pollution-reducing
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No child or person should
be treated like that. So this
bill is not a ‘onesize [sic] fit
all’.”
Precisely. One size does
not fit all.
The problem with current
Georgia law is that parents
of special needs children
additive to gasoline (EBS is
representative of 85 percent
ethanol and 15 percent gaso
line).
The majority of ethanol is
produced from corn, but it
also can be produced from
many other crops including
wheat, barley, milo/sorghum,
and sweet potatoes.
New technology will allow
ethanol to be made from
“cellulosic” feed stocks,
including corn stalks, grain
straw, paper pulp, munici
pal solid waste, switch grass,
and other sources.
America now imports 60
percent of the oil we use at a
price tag of $25 billion. With
worldwide demand rapidly
growing and concern about
the environmental impact,
the deployment of clean,
reliable sources of energy
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Celebrating arts
Coloring books
are given one size and told
to make it fit, through the
public schools, even if it
doesn’t.
Contrary to what she was
trying to say, the senator’s
story actually serves to illus
trate the need for SB 10.
There are parents who
clearly is in the best interest
of our state and nation.
In fact, Gov. Sonny Perdue
requires all state-owned fuel
ing facilities to maximize the
purchase of gasoline blended
with ethanol and diesel fuel
blended with bio-diesel for
use in state vehicles when
available and economically
practicable.
I want to see Georgia
using home-grown, cleaner
burning environmentally
friendly energy like E-85
fuel. The only E-85 retail
pump in Georgia is right
here in middle Georgia. My
flex-fuel truck can run on
E-85 ethanol and I fill up
in Perry each Sunday and
try to make it last all week
while I’m in Atlanta doing
the people’s business.
It is my hope that I will
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have had experiences simi
lar to those of her sister and
niece, only in public schools.
However, unlike the sena
tor’s sister, these parents
have had zero options for
improving their child’s situ
ation.
SB 10 gives parents the
see the day when we are
no longer dependent on for
eign oil because we are using
alternative fuels such as bio
diesel and ethanol.
Our agricultural resources
will make Georgia a leader
in the production of these
fuels, and at the same time
will create jobs for the people
who are living and raising
their families here. That’s
good news for all of us.
Call me when you need
me . . .
Sen. Ross Tolleson
serves as Chairman of the
Natural Resources and the
Environment Committee. He
represents the 20th Senate
District which includes
Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson,
Laurens, Pulaski, and
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- if your current school isn’t
doing it right, you can find
another that better meets
your child’s special needs.
Georgia Family Council
is a non-profit organization
that works to strengthen and
defend the family in Georgia
Telfair counties and parts of
Houston and Wilcox counties.
He may be reached by phone
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2007 ♦
BMS hosting
career day
Special to the Journal
Bonaire Middle School
will host its 10th Annual
Career Day for eighth
grade students Feb. 16.
The event will take place
on the Connections Hall and
in the gymnasium between
9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
According to a release, the
objective of the event is to
“help students make bet
ter decisions about their
future.” \
Students will have the '
opportunity to hear a vari
ety of speakers talk about
their careers in law enforce
ment, medicine, athletics,
art, journalism, business and
forestry.
In addition, several local
businesses, service orga
nizations and colleges -'
will exhibit and have rep
resentatives present to ;
answer students questions.
According to Vicki
Walker, event coordina- '
tor, “Career Day exposes
students to various career
opportunities. This is
an excellent way to help;'
them better understand
the requirements for dis- ,
ferent occupations.”
For more information, con
tact Walkeratvwalker(f'hcbe.
net. Bonaire Middle School •
is located at 125 Highway
96 East. Cynthia Randail t
serves as principal.
NGCSU honors .
local student
Special to the Journal
Aaron Mashburn of
Warner Robins was among
those named recently to the 1
Dean s List at North Georgia
College & State University. ,
Students who achieve a 3.5 !
grade point average or better '
carrying 12 or more credit I
hours in one semester are.
placed on the Dean’s List.
North Georgia College &
State University is a pub- ■
lie, co-educational, compre
hensive university, as well
as the Military College oU
Georgia - one of only six <
senior military colleges in
the nation. North Georgia
offers the only minor in lead
ership among public univer
sities in the state. The uni- ;
versity, founded in 1873 in ,
Dahlonega, enrolls almost ,
5,000 students and offers ,
undergraduate and gradu
ate degrees in more than 50
academic and professional
fields.
by equipping marriage advo
cates, shaping laws, prepar
ing the next generation and
influencing culture. For more
information, go to www.geor
giafamily.org 7701-242-0001,
greggYgafam.org.
at 404-656-0081 or via e
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