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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016
Etheridge recognized by city
ETHERIDGE RECOGNIZED
The City of Winder’s Citizen Recognition Program
recently announced John Etheridge as the
December 2016 recipient. Etheridge, right, is
pictured with Mike Murray, Citizen Recognition
Committee chairman, at the Dec. 6 City Council
meeting.
The City of Winder’s Cit
izen Recognition Program
recently announced John D.
Etheridge as the December
2016 recipient.
Mike Murray, Citizen Rec
ognition Committee chair
man, presented Etheridge
with an award at the Dec. 6
Winder City Council meet
ing. Etheridge's wife, Lucille,
and other family members
were present for the award
ceremony.
The program was designed
to acknowledge outstanding
citizens who have made a
significant contribution to or
positive impact on the citizens
of the Winder community,
according to a news release.
Citizens who receive the
award “have exemplified a
strong sense of volunteerism,
civic pride and commitment
toward the betterment of the
Winder community.”
Etheridge was bom on Feb.
2. 1931 in Barrow County
and has always lived there. He
was a volunteer member of
the Winder Fire Department
from 1969-1992, and served
as fire chief from 1980-1987.
Etheridge helped lower the
city’s ISO rating during his
tenure as fire chief and was
instrumental in the planning
stage of construction of the
John O. Mobley Public Safe
ty Building, according to the
release. When the city hired
its first full-time fire chief,
Etheridge accepted a position
as deputy fire chief. He served
again as fire chief from Feb
ruary-June of 1992.
Etheridge has been a
member of the First United
Methodist Church Men’s
Fellowship for many years,
has been a member of the
Auburn Masonic Lodge for
65 years, and is still an active
member on the Board of
Trustees at Loreley Condo
minium in Helen. Etheridge
is a devoted family man. He
and Lucille married in 1950
and have two children, Cindy
Gilstrap and Mike Etheridge:
four grandchildren, James,
Michael, Jessie and Jake; and
2 great-grandchildren, Carson
and Kaleigh.
Etheridge opened a gas sta
tion on the comer of North
Broad Street and New Street
and ran it for 20-plus years.
He was bom on a farm and
still farms today.
Issues continued from 1A
Trump’s aggressive agenda
as he prepares to take office
Jan. 20.
“They’ve put the (U.S.
House of Representatives)
schedule for next year out
already, and frankly it’s
brutal, but we are excited
about that.
“There’s so much work
to do and I believe we have
a window of opportunity
now that we absolutely can
not squander. ...There is a
tremendous understanding
and awareness that we’ve
got to make things happen
right now.”
As Republicans, who
already control both hous
es in Congress, prepare to
take over the White House
as well, Hice said the top
two priorities after the tran
sition will be repealing and
replacing outgoing Presi
dent Barack Obama’s sig
nature Affordable Care Act
and major tax reform.
“The repeal part of
Obamacare will be one
thing, while the replace
part will be another and
there are going to be dis
cussions and debates about
how long those processes
should take and what it’s
going to look like,” Hice
said. “I am pushing for a
replacement, whatever
that may look like, in this
next Congress. There are
some trying to push it out
three years, but I think that
would be disastrous for us
to try to pass it off to the
next Congress beyond this
one.”
Hice added Senate
Republicans would likely
attempt to maneuver around
a possible Democratic frli-
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also said Trump appears
committed to eliminating
the “regulatory burdens”
placed on American busi
nesses and said that regu
latory agencies should not
be entirely under control of
the Executive Branch.
“The president appoints
the heads of all these agen
cies and departments and
we’ve created a monster
where all the agencies do
the bidding of the presi
dent.” Hice said.
“The only way to do
away with it is a bill in
the House, approved by the
Senate and signed by the
president. And therein lies
the problem.
“We have not had a pres
ident willing to do away
with and eliminate the
regulatory actions of these
agencies.”
State legislators speak
The audience at Tues
day’s breakfast also heard
from state legislators,
including Sen. Frank Ginn
(R-Danielsville), Rep.
Terry England (R-Auburn)
and Rep. Regina Quick
(R-Athens), about their
thoughts on the upcoming
legislative cycle.
Ginn said the state needs
to continue to focus on
workforce training in an
effort to help spur more
economic development.
Quick said the state
needs to re-examined its
education funding formula
and come up with one that
is “fair and equitable for all
Georgians.”
When asked by a constit
uent about future income
tax reductions in lieu of a
higher sales tax, England
said he would be reluc
tant to move too far in that
direction at this time.
“When you look at our
revenues following the eco
nomic recovery, sales tax
has remained flat for about
the last six years, which
is concerning to me and
others.” said England, who
chairs the House appropria
tions committee.
“I hope that’s a result
of people putting more
money back into savings
and paying down debt, but
I suspect it’s also probably
a shift over to more E-com-
merce.
“My inclination is for
us to wait a little bit and
see what’s going to happen
with our sales tax revenues.
Then if we do decide to
do something, let’s be very
cautious about it.”
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Schools continued from 1A
“Elementary-wise
and high school grades,
He also cautioned, “Edu-
we’ve been putting a lot of
for example, to know what
cation is a messy business”
emphasis into literacy and
each is, and should be,
and said, “we "re really try-
early literacy.”
teaching.
ing to quantify things that
He added, “I think
McMichael said he tries
aren’t quantifiable.”
that’s why were starting
to tell teachers “if you’re
The key, he said, is
to see our graduation rates
doing the right things in the
developing steady gains
improve now. We’re start-
classrooms, the test scores
and scores, by any mea-
ing to see those kids ( who
will come along.”
sure.
had an emphasis on literacy
He also noted cautions,
Large changes, not
in the lower grades) move
saying the CCRPI is “still
accompanied by a trend
into the high schools.”
based in large measure
of improvement, should
McMichael also singled
based on that one test - one
be viewed with suspicion,
out the large gains at two
test, one day.
McMichael said.
elementary schools. “I’m
“One test can’t define a
The CCRPI assesses a
very proud of Auburn and
child or a teacher,” he said.
broad range of indicators
Statham for the gains they
McMichael also said the
including student achieve-
made,” he said.
CCRPI is a “step in the
ment, student attendance,
He explained the schools
right direction because it
academic growth year to
have tried to focus “on what
brings in some other pieces
year, achievement gaps,
are our best practices” and
- student growth.
and the performance of
spread those throughout
‘That’s a real important
at-risk students.
the district.
part - where does a student
Barrow’s overall CCRPI
He said teacher planning
start at the beginning of
score was 54th out of 197
includes grade-level and
the year and where does a
districts, placing the system
department-level work and
student end up at the end
in the top third of Georgia
working between middle
of the year.”
districts in performance.
Barrow County CCRPI scores
School
2015 CCRPI
2016 CCRPI
Auburn Elementary
60.7
76.0
Bethlehem Elementary
75.7
80.9
Bramlett Elementary
80.8
82.2
County Line Elementary
75.7
76.8
Holsenbeck Elementary
78.0
72.4
Kennedy Elementary
82.9
80.9
Statham Elementary
71.5
82.2
Yargo Elementary
76.7
71.3
Bear Creek Middle
72.0
73.9
Haymon-Morris Middle
78.0
79.5
Russell Middle
75.2
76.8
Westside Middle
67.7
69.7
Apalachee High
76.0
76.9
Winder-Barrow High
80.2
74.5
Elementary overall
75.8
76.9
Middle overall
71.6
74.1
High school overall
76.3
74.5
System CCRPI score
75.1
76.7
State elementary schools
76
71.7
State middle schools
71.2
71.5
State high schools
75.8
75.7
State avg. - all schools
75.5
73.6
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