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Vol No 110. issue 10
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Inside & Out
Breakfast With bunny
Beach Area Child Care Center,
a United Way agency, is spon¬
soring the Third Annual Break
fast with the Easter Bunny on
Saturday. March 27 at 8:00 a
m. The tickets are $3.50 each
and may be purchased from any
Board member or by calling the
Center at 825-8823 The fun
includes breakfast, door prizes,
face painting, balloons, a visit
by the Easter Bunny, and an
Easter Egg Hunt Come, bring
your camera, and join in the
fun!’
CONSIGNMENT SALE
Pilot Club of Peach County is
holding a Children’s Consign
ment Sale on Saturday, March
20, from 8:00 a m to 4:00 p. m
at the Mattie Kate Aultman
Building at the Byron United
Methodist Church Anyone who
has children’s clothes (size 0-14
-all seasons), maternity clothes,
children’s books or video's, chil¬
dren’s furniture, and toys that
they want to sell are invited to
participate Each contributor
prices her own items and takes
home 60% of her sales’ Contrib¬
utors are also invited to a spe
cial preview sale!' Call Sandra
at 825-4123 or Tars at 950-3092
to sign up to participate NOW!!!
Come, have some fun, and
make some money$S$$$!
Pre-K application
Little People Pre-K is now- tak
ing applications for the *99'00
school year Children must be 4
years old on or before Septem
ber 1, 1999 This is « FREE pro
gram funded by the Georgia lot
tery Call Kathy or Linda at
825-71221 between 8:00 a m
and 6:00 p.m., for details
Veterans Service
A representative of the Geor¬
gia Department of Veterans
Service will be in residence each
Wednesday afternoon from 1:00
p.m to 4:00 p.m. to assist you ui
veteran related matters at the
Peach County Courthouse -
across from voter registration
office
Festival sponsorships
Anyone interested in being a
Georgia Bsach Festival sponsor
contact the festival office at
825-4002
Test workshop
The Youth Development Min¬
istry will conduct a Test Taking
Workshop on March 13, 1999
time 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m
at the Shiloh Baptist Church.
We are inviting parents as well
as their children to attend this
workshop. We are asking all
interested persons that would
like to offer their services to
help in conducting this work¬
shop to most with us an March
6,1999 at 10:00 a m here at the
Shiloh Baptist,
FV8U Prk-K
Applications are being
ed for Baach Pre-K for the 1999-
2000 school year The child
must be four years old on or
before Sept. 1, 1999. Applica¬
tions may be picked up at
Myers Hall Ms,. Gano
Building at FVSjU and the Old
Byron Elementary School in
Byron For more information
call Janet Simmons at 825-6236
or Willie Mae Johnson 825-
6176
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No more warnings says BOE
Dress code to be strictly enforced
Students in the Peach County
School System can look forward
to tougher enforcement of dress
code regulations
Peach County Superintendent
Billy Pack told the school board
last week that students found to
be pi violation of the school dress
code in grades six through 12
will be sent immediately to Sat¬
urday school
Failure to attend Saturday
school will result in a three day
suspension (See our article on
Shirts out.)
Joe Cobb appeared before the
board ui her capacity as presi
dent of the Touchdown Club to
ask the board to do whatever
possible to keep the existing
coaching staff intact. (See our
article Cobb 1
Chairwoman Rachel Rumph
thanked Cobb and said the
board would consider all she
had said
Superintendent Billy Pack pre¬
sented the financial report for
January
"At the end of January, you’d
completed 58.33% of your bud¬
get, you’d received 61.60% of
your revenue.
The good news, “Pack added,”
is your fund equity at the end of
January was 19 million You
haw completed 58% of your bud
get. when we did the budget we
projected... the year' s ending
fond equity W5u)d be $700,000
At this time, a little over half
way through your budget we are
Kitting on 1.9 million *
Pack noted that the fund equity
increased 1.2 million in Decern
ber due to an infusion of tax
money
New wells carry
$2.8 mil. price tag
The total price tag on VhvtVU
ley’s three new wells is expected
to be $2.8 rnilhon
A little over $2 million in bids
were let at this regular
meeting
Port Valley Utility Commis
sion General Manager Ken
Werner explained that the total
is below the estimated cost of
the project in part because bids
for work on Housers Mill have
not been let due to time con
straints
The water well construction
project was divided into three
parts, according to Werner, in
competition in
in the bidding proca a s . addi
tion to bids on pumps for the
three wells, contracts
were let for well construction
pipelines and an elevated tank
All of the bids opened on
March 3rd
voted unani¬
mously to award the contract
for pumps to the Johnston
Pump company for a total low
bid of $100,912
and tank
The commission awarded the
contract for ion of the
three wells to Hammack Wall,
Inc for a low bid of $949,966
John R Walker, Inc, was the
low bidder ehaeen by commis
sioners to install the new
pipelines for $536,975.76
bid from B ea m Steal Qa u te ac
tors for construction of an oval
aid elevated tank at a coat of
$409,200. The tank will be riai
ble from 1-75 and will help to
W‘nfib‘lbfiu“. '
'I think it shows why you need
50% of what you would in
tax revenue in fund equity so
that you would have enough to
cover those months when you
didn't get any*
After reviewing a breakdown of
tax revenues, Peck added. *1 just
wanted to point out to you that
the two major things in your rev
enue are property tax and mot *
vehicle taxes. If you don't get
these you have to begin to worry
about your budget ’
Board members voted unani
mously to extend the contracts
for “Success for All’ facilitator*
Pack explained that the fadli
tators work with the new read¬
ing program at Hunt Eiemen
tary and Hunt Primary
“Your facilitators work on an
extended contract." Pack said.
“but this first year the majority
of their days were spent at the
beginning of the year and so the
principals and Mr Clark, the
director of Title I, have requested
five additional days for those
people'
Board members also unani
mously passed motions estate
ludung new guidelines for deal
mg with non-resident students
Under the new rules, new*admi*
sions for non-resident students
in grades K-5 will be limited to
siblings of currently enrolled stu
dents (See our article Non-reai
.)
The board unanimously
approved a Pnarti County High
School field trip for the band
Band director Randolph Linaey
an invitation to perform
at Magic World in Orlando on
May 14th The band leaves on
advertise the city of Fort Valley ,
according to Werner
In the remainder of his month
ly report, Warner noted that
that “construction of the fiber
optic city ring and school con
nection started on February
22nd Activation of the first
phase connecting the school
board to the high school is
scheduled for this Friday*
Werner added that MEAG will
connect Fbrt Valley to the
wide cable system by early
April ,
The utilities commission now
has a new office telephone sys
torn which was installed and
activated late in that day last
Wednesday The new system
provides for more automated
transfer of calls. There is no
The commission is modifying
the design erf the
platforms for the gas peak
plant, according to Werner, to
meet state requirements and
the project will be rebid this
month. Werner explained that
the platforms eliminate a poten
tin! safety concern
The is also mak¬
ing progress toward shifting
from two billing to four.
The initial startup activity,
Werner reported, will begin in
late April Customers will be
notified and new meter reading
schedule* will begin- Customer
bills an the new billing cycle will
begin in early May according to
In
of MEAG’e trust agreement
until a work ion could be
held to go over the details
. the 13th Parents will fund the
trip
The board voted unanimously
to accept Nathan Smith's low bid
cm computer table* for the five
new computers for each class
room Smith built all of the cub
by holes at Byron Middle and
some cabinets for the school sys
tem
He will do half of the tables this
yew and half in next fiscal yew
Board members voted to adopt
the proposed calendar for the
Left to right at
Conservation
Banquet, George
Hancock. Mark
Collier, Mrs. Col¬
lier and Edrill
Tyner.
Collier is conservationist of
Mark Collier was named as
***** County’s Conservationist
of the Year by the Ocmulgee
^ ver Soil and Water Canaarva
District. Around 175.guaats
attended the annual banquet,
h#w February 4. at the Houston
County High School in Warner
Rob'roy (Georgia
Mark Collier has been the
Extension coordinator in Peach
County since 1991 A Certified
Crop Advisor, Mark has done
the job of delivering Extension
education to local farmers,
focusing not only on production,
but conservation as well His
efforts have included program¬
ming on minimum tillage at a
time when these practices are
dramatically increasing, encour
aging and writing waste man¬
agement plans, and facilitating
a pesticide jug recycling day just
three weeks ago Mark has been
recognized by his fellow county
agents, serving as District
Director for both the Georgia
Connty Agricultural Agents and
the Georgia 4-H Agents Associa
tions He is currently president
of the Port Valley Kiwanis Club
Each year. The Ocmulgee River
District selects nine individuals
who apply soil and water ronser
vation to their land or
promote* conservation in their
community The district com pn*
as Bibb, Crawford, Dooly. Horns
ton, Macon. Peach. Pulaski. Tay
is no
‘sex ring here’
There have been no additional
arreste and no further arrest are
anticipated.
District Attorney Wayne Till is
last week of two Fbrt Valley 9tate
University students and two Fbrt
Valley residents in connection
with sexual activity with under
Tiihs said There is no evidence
to indicate that there was any
kind of aex ring or prostitution
ing in the city of Fbrt
Valley or at Fbrt Valley State Uni
Fort Valley State University
officials have completed their
inveetigation into the allegation*
sexual misconduct tan the cam
pus, according to Gregory Homer.
(See SEX Page2A)
1999 2000 school yew (See our
article on the school calendar)
The board accepted a $1200 bid
on a surplus vehicle
Pack told the board that the
school system must provide occu¬
pational therapy for thoae stu
dents who qualify
Peach County currently con
tracta for four hours a week.
Pack explained, but the student
load haa men to require two
additional hours
The board voted unanimously
to extend the contract with the
occupational therapist to six
hours a week
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Volunteers, or district supervi
mm. meet monthly to plan land
use programs with the U.S.D.A
Natural Resources Conserve
tion Service and the Georgia
School reconvenes
August 9th this year
Next year's school calendar
envisions a tightly packed year
Adopted unanimously by the
board of education last week,
the calendar provides for begin
ning pre-planning on August
4th with the first day of classes
on August 9th Winter break
begins on December 17th
Other than Thanksgiving and
Christmas, a parent's conference
day on October 15th and Labor
Day, school will be in session
every day during the first
semester
Second semester begins with
the third and fourth of January
as teacher work days Superin
tendent Billy Pack explained
that teachers will complete first
testa in December and
some time will be needed to
PEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS
SCHOOL CALENDAR
1999-2000
August 4,5,8.
August 9^^ .Firet Day-Students
i Inhnr Day Holiday
October 15, .Teacher/FVren t Confomnee
Student Holiday
17.
Student Ho liday
January 5, Students Return To School
January IT. •Martin Luther King Holiday
Teacher^)tudeut Holiday
--President*!’ Day Holiday
‘ Ibocbeg/Btud eat Holiday
March 9 « ----End 3rd 9 Weeks
March 17, mm .1 CRS-fiOIT x «f dkl
St uden t 9»l idi » y
April 17,18, 19,20,21
May 19. Of .Graduation
50c Per Copy
Superintendent Pack to»d
board members that Mercer Uni¬
versity will provide an opportu
ruty for student* in grades three
through five to attend three pro¬
fessional performances at the
Grand Opera House
The total cost of $17,100 works
out to $15.00 per student
Members voted unanimously to
fund the project
In other business, the board
unanimously adopted new poli¬
cies dealing with requests for
research and communicable dis
Soil and Water Conservation
Commission District supervi
sore assist with water quality
projects, promote educational
programs and discus* current
issues
arrange schedules for the next
semester
Students will return on the 5th
of January The 17th of January
is a holiday, the 21st of Febni
ary is a holiday March 17th
would be a teacher workday and
a student holiday
Spring break is the week
before Easter next year
Pack noted that, “Before, we've
always had Good Friday and the
week following but because
Easter is so late, the calendar
committee and the staff thought
that April 17th through the 21st
should be the holidays'
May 19th will be the last day
for students next year The last
day this year is June 4th
May 19th will also he gradua
tion day