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MAKCH 14, 2002
Clyburn named NASBE Policy Leader of the Year
The National Association of
State Boards of Education
(NASBE) hasnamed staterep
resentative William Clyburn
Sr. as its Policy Leader of the
Year. The award is given an
nually to recognize the impor
tance of visionary leadership
tothe quality of Americanedu
cation. Previous recipients
include Secretary of Educa
tion Richard Riley, Colorado
Governor Roy Roemer, former
First Lady Barbara Bush, and
Chicago Mayor Richard M.
Daley. ;
Rep. Clyburn spent 22 years
as a teacher, coach, elemen
tary school principal, and high
school principal in the Aiken
CSRA Job Fair set for Augusta March 14
The Georgia Department of
Labor’s Augusta Career Cen
ter and the city of Augusta
mayor’s office will co-sponsor
a job fair Thursday for em
ployers and job seekers in the
Central Savannah River Area
(CSRA).
The job fair will be held
Thursday, March 14, 2002,
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Julian Smith Casino, 2200
Broad St. in Augusta.
About 50 employers are ex
pected to participatein thejob
VA offers limited help as a locator
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Veterans Affairs and the
Georgia Department of Vet
erans Service is limited, by
law, to the extend that it can
help locate a veteran.
“The VA will try to for
ward a letter to a veteran,”
Georgia Commissioner of
Veterans Affairs, Pete
Wheeler,commented. “How
ever,itisuptotheveteranto
contact the sender of thelet
teriftheveteran sodesires.”
The proper procedure is to
write a letter to the veteran
and place it in an unsealed
envelope, bearing the
veteran’s name, with suffi
cient postageto cover mailing
costs. Acoverlettertothe VA
should be included, giving as
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Public school system before
being appointed ajudge for the
state’s Worker Compensation
Commission. In 1992, he was
elected to the South Carolina
House of Representatives
where he continues to serve.
Brenda Welburn, NASBE
executive director, said, “Rep.
Clyburn exemplifies true
policymaking leadership —es
tablishing ambitious goalsand
then working in a consensus
building way to achieve them.
The results in S.C. speak for
themselves.”
Inthestatelegislature, Rep.
Clyburn was co-sponsor and
key bipartisan broker of the
1998 South Carolina Educa
fair, including such industries
as communications, food ser
vice, manufacturing, and medi
cal services.
For moreinformation about
the job fair, contact the Au
gusta Career Center at (706)
721-3131.
The career center provides
jobseekersand employers with
a wealth of new information
and resource services, modern
technology, and a customer
focused, state-of-the-art busi
much information' as possible
about the veteran, such as his
full name, date of birth,.last
known address, service serial
number, VA claim number if
known, social security num
ber, last military address, rank
and date of discharge.
The request packet should
be mailed to VA Regional Of
fice— Atlanta, Attention: Pri
vacy Act Office (211 D 1700
Clairmont Road, Decatur,
Georgia 30330.
Ifthe addressis located, the
VA will put it on the envelope
and forward the letter to the
veteran. Should no informa
tionbeavailable or theletteris
returned tothe VA, the writer’s
original letter, but not the en
velope, will be sent back tothe
requestor by the VA.
tion Accountability which es
tablished statewide academic
achievement standardsand as
sessments for public schools.
He was also co-sponsor of the
“First Steps” early education
legislation to better prepare
preschoolers for learning in
school.
Born in Camden, S.C.,
Clyburn is the 14* of 15 chil
dren. Hegraduated from Allen
Universityin 1964 and earned
his M.Ed. in Educational Ad
ministration from the Univer
sity of S.C. in 1974. Rep.
Clyburn has been married for
38 years; he and his wife,
Beverly, have three children.
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Georgia Career Network, an
on-line information resource,
helps equip workers and new
entrants into the job market
with the tools and information
needed to evaluate career op
tions, prepare for work, and
find the right job. It also pro
vides employers with an abun
dance of workforce-related in
formation. The network can
be accessed at the career cen
ter or via the Internet at
www.dol.state.ga.us.
“Letters will not be for
warded to aid in the collec
tion of debts or for the pur
pose of canvassing, harass
ing or propaganda,” Com
missioner Wheeler pointed
out. “Nor will a letter be
forwarded if the contents
might be harmful to the
physical or mental health of
theintended recipient.”
Anyone desiring to locate
a veteran whose address is
unknown may get assistance
in following these procedures
by contacting any office of
the Georgia Department of
Veterans Service. The near
est field office location is lo
cated in thelocal phone book
inthe state government sec
tion under Department of
Veterans Service.
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FORT GORDON, Ga.
Fort Gordon’s Drill Sergeant
of the Year will be announced
ataluncheon March 18, 2002,
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Gordon Club on 19t St.
There are four candidates
Georgia ACDA Male Honor Choir seeks performers
The Georgia American Cho
ral Directors Association
(ACDA) is calling on its mem
bers to nominate high school
male singers of the highest
caliber in grades 11 and 12,
undergraduate college and
university malefreshmen and
sophomores, and church male
singers ages 16 through 20
from throughout the state of
Georgia. Nominees will be af
forded the opportunity to per-
Military Police guardhouse relocates
FORT GORDON, Ga.
Effective March 11, the mili
tary police guardhouse at Gate
5 has been relocated to the
vicinity of 44* Street and Av
enue of the States, which is
past the Youth Services/Child
Development Center.
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for the honor. They are: Ser
geant First Class (SFC)
Mariano Alverez of the 73
Ordnance Battalion with 12
monthsexperience; SFC Lynda
Dunn of the 447* Signal Bat
talion with 14 months experi
form together under the direc
tion of male choir conductor
and composer extraordinaire
Dr. Uzee Brown, president of
the National Association of
Negro Musicians and chair of
the Department of Music at
Morehouse College.
The 2002 Male Honor Choir
will perform on Friday, July
26, at 8:15 p.m. in Spivey Hall
at Clayton State College and
University in Morrow, Geor
The relocation allows the
Georgia Department of Trans
portation to begin widening
Avenue of the States to four
lanes.
Access to Gordon Terrace
and Olive Terrace family hous
ing from Avenue of the States
ence; Staff Sergeant Harry
Ferguson of the 369* Signal
Battalion with 13 months ex
perience; and SFC Doug Fos
ter of the 551* Signal Battal
ion with 17 months experi
ence.
gia, as part of the Georgia
ACDA Conference. For more
information, please call Geor
gia ACDA Male Honor Choir
organizer Dr.SandraScott, spe
cial assistant to the president
for Special Events, director of
Institutional Advancementand
Special Programs, director of
Choral Activities, and profes
sor of Music at Paine College,
at 706.821.8223, or e-mail her
at sandrascott2ooo@aol.com.
will be at 42™ Street, which
means traffic will have to go
past the guardhouse and turn
toreach either of the two hous
ing areas.
Motorists are reminded to
be alert to routing and sign
changes in the area.