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Wednesday, January 26,2022
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Model aircraft exhibit opens
at Bowen Center for the Arts
Photos by Erica Jones Dawson County News
From now until Feb. 19, the Bowen Center for the
Arts is hosting a model aircraft display in conjunc
tion with the North Georgia Model Aviators.
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
From now until Feb.
19, the Bowen Center for
the Arts is hosting an
impressive display of
dozens of model aircraft
courtesy of the North
Georgia Model Aviators.
According to a press
release by the Bowen, the
display, which officially
opened on Jan. 15, con
sists of more than 50
model aircraft contributed
by 25 of the North
Georgia Model Aviators
(NGMA) members. The
aircraft, ranging in size,
color and type, hang from
the Bowen’s ceilings and
walls and cover tables in
the center of the rooms in
the art center.
Throughout the dura
tion of the exhibit, repre
sentatives of the NGMA
will be available periodi
cally to answer questions
and to teach exhibit visi
tors about the art of build
ing and flying the model
aircraft.
“Docents will be avail
able periodically through
the week and each
Saturday to welcome
guests, answer questions
and to man the NGMA
‘Getting Started/Flight
Training’ station that will
include a flight simulator
and lots of information on
getting started in the
hobby,” the release said.
“Learn the types of train
ing models and view the
Member’s starter aircraft,
complete with all the
bumps and bruises of
learning to fly.”
Featured lectures and
demonstrations will take
place every Saturday,
according to the release.
“On Jan. 29 at 1 p.m.,
expert Bob Marks will
demonstrate the basics of
the art of flying radio-
controlled craft,” the
release said. “Another
expert, Michael
Smallwood, will also plan
on his demo of FPV (First
Person View) flying and
teach some basics of the
art. Richard Rider will
also be back with his
handmade 3D printing
machine to demonstrate
aircraft part-making.”
For information on
dates and times of addi
tional scheduled events
and demos during the
NGMA exhibit, check
with the Bowen, the
release said. It added a
special thanks to Event
Coordinators Michael
Smallwood and Greg
English, as well as all of
the NGMA club mem
bers.
The Bowen is located
at 334 Highway 9 North
and is open Tuesday
through Friday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. and
Saturdays from noon to 4
p.m. For more informa
tion on the Bowen,
including scheduled
events, future exhibits
and other questions, go to
https ://www.bowenarts.
org/ or contact Executive
Director Ginny
Greenwood by calling
706-216-2787 or email
ing director @bowenarts.
org.
Above, below: From now until Feb. 19, the Bowen Center for the Arts is
hosting a model aircraft display in conjunction with the North Georgia
Model Aviators.
Kemp unveils record state budget request
By Dave Williams
Capitol Beat News Service
Gov. Brian Kemp is asking the
General Assembly to approve a record
$30.2 billon state budget heavy with
new spending on schools, health care
and public safety.
The fiscal 2023 budget, which takes
effect in July, takes advantage of a huge
revenue surplus driven by higher-than-
expected state tax collections. The tim
ing is fortuitous for Kemp, who is run
ning for reelection this year facing both
Republican primary and general election
opposition.
The state’s robust financial outlook is
allowing the governor to fulfill a com
mitment he made on the campaign trail
in 2018 to give teachers a $5,000 pay
raise.
The fiscal 2023 budget would include
a $2,000 raise for teachers who received
the first $3,000 increase three years ago.
In addition, the $29.9 billion fiscal
2022 mid-year budget Kemp is propos
ing would give school administrators
and support staff a one-time salary sup
plement of $2,000, while $1,000 would
go to school bus drivers, nurses, nutri
tion workers and part-time school
employees.
Kemp’s health-care spending requests
focus particularly on rural Georgia. He
is recommending $1 million to support
programs at Mercer University aimed at
addressing a shortage of physicians in
rural parts of the state.
Kemp also wants to expand Medicaid
coverage for new mothers from six
months to a full year.
Besides the teacher pay raise, the gov
ernor also is calling for a $5,000
increase for law enforcement personnel
and other state employees.
On the crime front, he is looking to
build on existing initiatives targeting
street gangs by funding a new anti-gang
unit in the state attorney general’s office.
Kemp also is asking for more than $7
million to upgrade the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation’s crime lab equipment
and hire 32 additional staff in the crime
lab and medical examiner’s office to
handle their increased volume.
The state’s coffers also are healthy
enough to pay for a nearly $1.3 billion
package of bond projects.
Highlights include $80 million toward
the expansion of the Savannah
Convention Center, a $210 million proj
ect that already has received substantial
bond funding.
The bond package also puts $37.1
million toward Phase I of the Science
Hill modernization project on the cam
pus of the University of Georgia in
Athens, $28.5 million to build a
Technical and Industrial Education
building at Southern Regional Technical
College in Moultrie and $28 million for
the Gateway Building at Georgia
Gwinnett College.
The mid-year and fiscal 2023 budgets
will get a first airing next week at joint
hearings of the Georgia House and
Senate Appropriations committees.
This story is available through a news part
nership with Capitol Beat News Service, a
project of the Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.
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