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Friday, February 17,2017 Lake Oconee News Page A9 Protests Continued from A1 attended event. “Were excited to have all of you here,” said Josh Findlay, district director for 10 th District Congressman Jody Hice. Representatives of Geor gia’s U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue joined Hice’s represen tatives for a scheduled series of one-on-one help sessions with constituents who couldn’t travel to the Senators’ Atlanta offices or one of Hice’s three offices in the 10 th District. Isakson, Purdue and Hice were not scheduled to be there. That’s clearly not what the crowd expected and when they were told that this was not a town hall meeting, the place erupted. “We want democracy,” chanted many in the room. Then, “hear our voice, hear our voice...” followed by “shame, shame, shame...” At that point, all the rep resentatives left the room. Boos were followed by more chants, “shame on you, shame on you...” and “vote them out, vote them out...” as cameras clicked and video recorded the scene and sounds. Handmade signs yelled “Immigrants built this nation” and “Medicare 4 All.” Video of the meeting later appeared on the internet and TV newscasts in stories about how Republican poli ticians were being besieged in town hall meetings in cities, large and small. There was a roll call in the crowd. People cheered when their county was called out - Morgan! Putnam! Ogletho rpe! Greene! Oconee! But there were also folks from outside the 10 th con gressional District. “They’re not going to talk to us one-on-one so let’s talk to them on social media,” yelled one woman who said she was a mother and business owner in Atlanta. Another speaker, identi fying herself as a member of the Atlanta Board of Educa tion, urged others to run for local public office. “This is an extremely important time,” she said, “and all people got to come together and be heard.” Some were from Emory Medical School and there were graduate students from the University of Georgia. About 40 supporters of Planned Parenthood, some carrying pink signs or holding pink t-shirts, were angry that the orga nization faces a cutoff in funding by the Republican congress. Planned Parent hood performs abortions but, by law, only uses federal funds for the large number of other women’s health services they provide. About 15 minutes into the event, Findlay returned and told the audience they could still sign up for the face-to-face meetings. He also agreed to listen and take notes of comments from anyone who wanted to address the large group. Mark Engel/Staff The Trump administration's policies from immigration to cuts in funding to Planned Parenthood brought demonstrators to Greensboro. Video of the protests was shown nationwide on network television. BOE Continued from A3 The Board has asked Houston to present the specific new programs he is using to resolve the issues facing the school system at March’s meeting. Also discussed at the work session, and approved at Monday night’s monthly Board of Education meeting: The addition of a social worker for the school system to help teachers, students and parents deal with personal issues that inhibit education. Hired a part-time coor dinator for the new REACH scholarship program. The coordinator will also work with community volunteers and have literacy inter vention and instructional duties. Create an Early Literacy Specialist position for Greensboro Elementary School. 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A molecular biologist expressed concern for the environment because some people don’t believe in science. For more than 90 minutes the stories and opinions from the podium were spirited. They were punctu ated frequently by shouts of support from the audience. People had a chance to do a lot of venting. At the end, many of them thanked the representatives for listening and applaud ed Greene County Sheriff Donnie Harrison and his deputies who were on hand. 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