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QOctober 10, 1996 AUGUSTA FOCUS
Griggs students receive special honor
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From left: Winnette Bradley, pricipal; Tiffany Stiles, middle school student of the month; and
Jaala Cordon, high school student of the month. Photo: Derick Wells
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Mr. David Whatley, Medical
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This award is given to one em
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and downtown) who consistently
acts as a positive role model.
Anne Spensley, voluntary
services specialist, down
town division
Ms. Spensley works in the vol
untary services section of exter
nal affairs at the downtown divi
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And a vote for Democrats is your best chance to
make sure she doesn’t lose the things she’s worked
so hard for.
And you can bet those benefits won’t continue if
the Newt Gingrich Refiublicans have their way,
continuin%(to cut, slash and eliminate proirams
we’ve worked hard for. They want to roll back
Affirmative Action and put assault weapons back
on the streets.
You have the power to stop them.
The Democratic Party is there, fighting for the things
that are important to families, protecting our values.
Over 10 million new jobs ® Increased the
minimum wage ® Protected the Health Care of
millions ® Made Student Loans for college more
By Derick Wells
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
Twostudentsatthe A.C. Griggs
Alternative School were honored
Friday, Oct. 4 as Students of the
Sonth. Tiffany Stiles was tops in
the middle-school category and
Jaala Cordon received top marks
in the high-school category. Stu
dents were graded by faculty
members in a number of areas
including behavior, academics,
courtesy, respect for selfand oth
ers, maturity and cooperation. If
for any reason the students have
disciplinary problems during
their tenure, the award will be
taken away.
The Student of the Month
Award is part of Principal
Winnette Bradley’s “Project the
Positive” slogan. Incentives like
this award are meant to encour
age students to be their best by
rewarding good behavior and
hard work. At the end of the
school year, the Student of the
Month who is most improved will
receive aspecial gift. When asked
what the gift would be, Mrs. Bra
dley said only, “It’s a secret.”
The presentation of certificates
was held in the lunch room be
fore the students and faculty.
friendly ‘hello’ and never forgets
that her customers are patients,
their families, volunteers and fel
low employees.”
Charlene Watterson,
kinesiotherapist, uptown di
vision
- Ms. Watterson is a member of
the Rehabilitation Medicine
Service’s kinesiotherapy staff.
Her nomination read, “Ms.
Watterson recently devised an
exercise program for our psychi
atric patient population. She and
a recreation therapist devised
another ward group activity for
the Nursing Home Care Unit.”
Drye selected GNA
Nurse of the Year
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Call for entries for second
annual 888 Torch Awards
The Better Business Bureau,
Inc. (BBB) located in Augusta
will conduct a 1997 888 Torch
Award for Marketplace Ethics
competition and submit the
names of the three winning com
panies to competein the national
award contest.
Established in 1995, the Bet
ter Business Bureau Torch
Award for Marketplace Ethics
was created to gain public recog
nition for companies that main
tain a solid commitment to con
ducting their business practices
in an ethical fashion. The 888
Torch Award is designed to pro
mote the importance of ethical
business practices, and the will
ingness and efforts made by out
standing businesses to ensure
that our community’s market
place remains fair and honor
able for everyone.
The 888 Torch Award will be
awarded to three companies: one
affordable ® Cut Taxes for 15 million working
families ® Cut the cost of buyinlfl a home ® Signed
the toughest, smartest Crime Bill ever,
Democrats are dealing with the hard issues. But they
can’t continue to do it without your vote.
On Nov. sth, vote for the people who care about you.
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Paid for by the Georgia Democratic Party.
Mary C. Drye of Augusta has
been selected Nurse of the Year
for the Georgia Nurses Associa
tion, 10th District.
The retired Veterans Affair
Medical Center employee has
restarted her career, and now
works as an infection control
nurse at the Heritage House
nursing home in Summerville
(off Walton Way).
Ms. Drye will be commended
by her peers during the GNA
1996 Annual Convention, Oct.
15-18 at the Radisson Riverfront
Hotel & Convention Center, Au
gusta. Ms. Drye, along with her
husband Kenneth Drye, are the
proud parents of Dr. Betty Drye
Glover, a resident physician at
Memorial Hospital in Savannah.
large (more than 1,000 employ
ees); one mid-size (100-999 em
ployees); and one small (1 - 99
employees).
The winning companies will be
submitted as entries in the na
tional competition. The national
winnersofthe 888 Torch Award
for Marketplace Ethics will be
announced and acknowledged at
a special recognition ceremony
in Washington, D.C. on April 1,
1997.
Entries for thisaward are open
to any person or organization
wishing to place nominations.
Candidates will be evaluated by
anindependent prestigious panel
of judges from the business and
academic community.
Nominations must be submit
ted no later than October 18,
1996. To receive entry forms,
please contact: 888, Inc., P. O.
Box 2085, Augusta, Ga. 30903.