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Vietnamese learning English
in Griffin-Spalding schools
Two Griffin High School students
have lived in several cities in the United
States and have attended several
schools, but the Griffin-Spalding School
System is the only one to offer help in
teaching them to speak English.
The two students are Vietnamese and
they came to the United States 2 years
ago.
The Griffin-Spalding County School
System hired Miss Alice Way as a
special education teacher for students
with hearing impairment last January.
Miss Way, a native of Taiwan, has
been tutoring the 2 students for an hour
two afternoons each week to help them
learn English.
Actually, English will be the fourth
language for John Chou and Wayne
Mei. Before coming to the United
States, they knew Vietnamese, Can
tonese and Mandarin, the official
Chinese language.
Officials in the school system
recognized the problem the 2 boys
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“What we’ve always wanted
to obtain seems more important
thad what we’ve always had.”
How to get your home ready for cold winter
There are a lot of things dad
can do about the home to make
sure the family is conserving
energy, but a good part of the
load falls on mom and the
children.
Some of the things the family
can do to help conserve energy
include:
1. Set the water heater on the
medium setting. This generally
is appropriate for nearly all
household uses.
2. Take short showers
because showers use less water
than tub baths. The long shower
obviously wastes hot water.
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Miss Way enjoys the challenge.
would have in communicating with
their teachers and fellow students and
called on Miss Way. She agreed to help.
“I am doing this because it is a
challenge and it is very rewarding,”
Miss Way said.
Miss Way has the credentials to aid
the 2. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin,
English, some French and uses sign
language with the students she teachers
in her daily classes at Anne Street
Elementary School.
Asked if it were more difficult to
learn Chinese or English, Miss Way
said that there were some things about
the Chinese language that would be
more difficult and some that would be
more difficult in English.
Miss Way said her goal in tutoring the
2 students is to achieve a medium
between Chinese and English.
“These are smart students and they
are willing to learn. We must try to
reach a medium so they do not depend
on one language more than they do the
other,” she said.
She stressed that she is not at
tempting to teach the Vietnamese
students to read.
“They know how to read in their own
language. They just need to know how
to speak in English what they are
reading,” she said.
Miss Way said working with the
Vietnamese students and teaching
them English is much like the work she
does in the classroom each day with the
students with hearing impairments.
“We are working with systems of
communication,” she said.
Miss Way apparently came to the
United States about the same time the
students did. She came to the United
States in 1975 to do graduate work at
Georgia State University. She com-
3. Repair leaky water faucets,
especially hot water.
4. Don’t use hot water
needlessly. Flow reducing
attachments are available to
restrict the flow of hot water.
Mom probably uses more
energy in preparing food for the
family and doing the family
wash than all other family
members together.
Utilities providing in
formation on energy con
servation, Georgia Power Co.,
Atlanta Gas Light Co. and
Central Georgia EMC, also
have some tips to help save
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday Affernoon, October 4, 1977
energy in the kitchen and
laundry room.
These include:
1. Plan meals so that as little
energy as possible will be
necessary in preparation.
2. Do not use the oven or
range as a heating unit for the
kitchen.
3. Do not preheat the oven
unless it is necessary. When
preheating, do not set the
thermostat above the tem
perature desired. The oven will
not heat any faster.
4. When using the oven, cook
pleted her graduate work and received
her master’s degree in March.
Before coming to the United States,
she was a student at the National
Taiwan University where she majored
in English literature. She sounded very
much like a Georgia or Georgia Tech
alumnus when she said, “It is the very
best."
Miss Way decided to stay in the
United States and chose the Atlanta
area because she has a brother who
lives there and works for the state.
During her spare time, Miss Way
reads and enjoys Bible study. She
describes herself as being “very
Christian.”
Asked why she chose teaching
children with hearing impairments
rather than in the regular classroom,
she said, “I want to teach those who
need help most and the child who is deaf
is a child without a language.”
Miss Way also said that in addition to
wanting to help others, she also finds
that teaching those with hearing im
pairments is a challenge and that it is
very rewarding. She said it is a
challenge to tutor the Vietnamese
students and that she sees the rewards
of her work.
Miss Way asked more consideration
from fellow students for the Viet
namese.
“They are excluded in many things
and they should not be. They are dif
ferent — they are Vietnamese and they
do not speak fluent English,” she said.
Careful not to express any political
preferences, Miss Way said she was
looking forward to the day when she
becomes a naturalized citizen of the
United States, “so I can vote for the
President,” she said.
NEWS
County names Wilkerson
public works director
Spalding County Commissioners
today named Floyd Wilkerson to be
public works director and set the date
for an election to fill a board, vacancy.
Bobby York, assistant warden, will
succeed Wilkerson as warden. The
changes are effective No. 1.
Wilkerson, a long-time county em
ploye, has supervised much of the road
work in the county in his capacity as
warden.
He is familiar with that and
programs designed to protect soil from
erosion and other destructive activity.
Commissioners P. W. Hamil and
Frank Thomas believe him to be
especially qualified to handle the new
responsibilities with his background of
county work as warden.
Commissioner Frank Thomas was
elected vice chairman of the board,
City eyes quota hiring
The Griffin City Commission is
considering setting up a racial quota
system in its hiring policies, to be
followed until that time when the racial
make up of city employes is propor
tionate to that of the community.
All of the commissioners agreed
steps must be taken to increase the
number of blacks in certain city
departments, especially the police
department which includes 5 blacks in
its more than 60 members.
After a lengthly discussion this
morning, the board agreed to take
formal action next week on a proposal
that the next 4 out of 7 police officers
hired will be black.
In other city departments, of the next
5 employes hired, 2 will be black.
According to Personnel Officer
Calvin Perry, female applicants will
receive the same consideration as
Study predicts DeKalb will topple
Fulton as Georgia’s most populous
ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly 8 million
people will call Georgia home by the
year 2010, according to a new
population projection released today by
Gov. George Busbee.
The study also predicts that DeKalb
Candidates
sign up
for county
David Elder and Tom Bearden today
qualified to be candidates for the board
of county commissioners.
Elder, who served 17 years or so on
the board before deciding not to run
.again, was the first to pay his fee.
Bearden, who runs an electronics
business here, was the second to sign up
for the race.
They will seek to fill the unexpired
term of Reid Childers. It runs through
Dec. 31, 1980.
Qualifying will end at 5 p.m. on Oct.
21.
as many foods aS possible in it
at the same time. v
5. Reduce the -oven tem
perature 25 degrees when
cooking in glass or ceramic
utensils. They absorb heat and
baking is faster.
6. Frozen foods should be
thawed or partially thawed
before cooking. This reduces
the cooking time and the
amount of energy needed.
7. The lowest temperature
setting possible should be used
when using surface units. Foods
do not cook faster when higher
Vol. 105 No. 235
settings are used.
8. Tight fitting lids should be
used. Less energy is necessary
if food vapors and heat stay in
the pan.
9. Surface units should be kept
clean and properly adjusted.
10. Automatically controlled
heating units should be used.
These conserve a considerable
amount of energy.
In addition to the tips for the
kitchen, the utilities also
presented several recom
mendations for conserving
energy in the laundry room:
succeeding Reid Childers. Both com
missioners commended Childers for his
service as a commissioner and wished
him a speedy recovery. Childers
resigned because of ill health.
The commissioners set a Nov. 8
election to fill the unexpired part of
Childers’ term which runs through Dec.
31, 1980.
They set the qualifying time to run
until Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. The qualifying fee
is 3 percent of the commissioner’s
salary which figures to be $151.20.
Judge John Snider of the Probate
Court will handle candidate qualifica
tions and the election.
Warden Wilkerson reported to the
commissioners this morning that the
26.9 miles of paving under a state bond
program had been completed.
males.
Commissioner Dick Mullins first
brought up the quota system, which he
termed “the simplest thing to im
plement.”
“We are behind, but we can’t cover
all past sins today. It’s not fair to
deserving whites to know they can’t get
a job with the city for the next 4 or 5
years. It’s not right for white people
who have applied for a job to take the
test when we know they won’t be
hired,” he said.
Perry presented a new procedure to
assess job applicants which he said will
demonstrate their ability to show
capability in certain job applications.
The tests would require less reading
and include more actual on the job
experiences. Personnel from other
cities would be called in to administer
the evaluations.
County, within the next 10 years or so,
will topple Fulton as the state’s most
populous county.
The study was conducted by the State
Data Center, a division of the state
Office of Planning and Budget.
Busbee said the projection shows
Georgia with 7,917,000 residents by the
year 2010, representing a 58 per cent
growth rate and an average annual ad
dition of 85,461 persons between now
and then.
The latest estimates of Georgia’s
current population, released earlier
this month, showed the state with
5,011,300 persons, representing an aver
age annual growth of 70,562 persons
between 1970 and 1976.
The projection indicates Georgia will
gain its six millionth citizen by 1990, its
seven millionth by the year 2,000 and
will be just shy of 8 million persons by
2010.
DeKalb will become the state’s most
populous county between 1985 and 1990,
according to the report, pushing Fulton
to the number two position.
The 10 largest in 2010, according to
1. Always wash and dry a full
load.
2. Make sure lint filters are
clean.
3. Use the permanent press
cycle. This will save on ironing.
4. Wipe the inside of the dryer
drum occasionally with a damp
cloth. Lint buildup on the inside
of the dryer reduces efficiency.
5. Dryer moisture exhaust
openings should be kept clear.
They should exhaust to the
outside.
6. As many items as possible
should be washed in cold water
V
Weather
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA —
Fair and chilly again tonight with lows
in the mid 40s. Sunny and mild Wed
nesday with highs in the mid 70s.
LOCAL WEATHER — Low this
morning at the Spalding Forestry Unit
42, high Monday 70.
He said an additional 12 miles of
repair and resurface work remain to be
done.
Commission Chairman Hamil said he
hoped the General Assembly next year
would continue the program.
Mrs. Louise Manuel of Riley circle
came to thank the commissioners for
moving ahead on a paving petition for
that area. Assessments already in the
works, the commissioners noted.
Wilkerson reported that work could
begin any day on the first part of a
connector with 1-75.
The connector has been in the
planning and developing stages for
several years.
It will be a 2-lane road at first and
plans call for it to be a 4-lane route
eventually.
The new procedure is being used by
other cities and large industries. Both
Georgia Tech and the University of
Georgia are having sessions to teach
people how to assess applicants, Perry
continued.
“I’m opposed to having people from
out of town. . .The very idea of us
getting some joker from Savannah to
test our police applicants is ridiculous.
All it is is paper work to show the
federal courts,” Mullins said.
“It means elected officials are going
to have to come to grips with the
problem.. .to bite the bullet. There has
been no progress in the hiring of blacks
for years... It behooves the city to have
more blacks in its police department.
We are doing nothing, just lip service,”
commented Mayor Raymond Head.
The board agreed to take action on
the matter next week.
the study, would be: DeKalb, 810,400;
Fulton, 608,500; Cobb, 510,300; Gwin
nett, 336,000; Clayton, 281,900; Rich
mond, 250,200; Chatham, 247,000; Bibb,
228,900; Muscogee, 203,900 and
Dougherty, 167,200.
The present ranking: Fulton,
DeKalb, Cobb, Chatham, Muscogee,
Richmond, Bibb, Clayton, Gwinnett
and Dougherty.
People
••• and things
Small flower girl stealing the show as
she attempts in vain to hold back sobs
while walking down church aisle at
wedding.
Young boy, trash can in hands, riding
on skateboard to county dumpster.
Two youngsters in rear of car stopped
on North Expressway at Spalding
Junior High drawing clown faces in
vapor on inside of rear window.
to reduce the amount of hot
water used. If hot water is
necessary for the wash cycle,
cold should be considered for
the rinse cycle.
The utilities stressed that
these tips are designed to help
conserve energy and there
should be a substantial saving
to the family. Although the
savings may seem small on the
monthly bill, they mount to a
considerable sum over a period
of months and years.
Further information on
energy conservation is
available from the utilities.
