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Accentuate the positive
If you look back over last year in Peach County, the
overall theme would be progress and one of a positive
nature. Going into the new year, things have taken on
more of a negative tone.
Things like the problem between the tax commissioner
and school superintendent and the negative light shone on
our university. And other areas like Warner Robins’
seeming effort to in effect, claim back as much of Peach
County as was taken to make our county. Surely, this is
not the case but one could look at it that way.
While there is always something negative it is all in
how you look at it and whether or not you take it in stride
or let it cripple you. We can either choose to accentuate
the positive or wallow in the negative.
Negatives tend to grow and simmer when there is no
communication. Effective communication is the key to
diffusing most any situation.
When negatives arise in government, they should be
faced, dealt with as effectively as possible and then move
on. Let’s all try to celebrate the positive and turn the
negatives into positive. Our whole community will benefit.
Motivation...one key to being successful
The story is told of a young
football player whose father
had just passed away. His
conch told him how sorry he
was about his dad’s passing,
and wanted to know if there
was anything he could do.
"Yes, there is one thing,” the
young player said. “You can let
me start Friday night.”
Well, this astonished the
coach because “Joe", we will
call him, even though a fine
young man, was not at the
level in his football career to be
a starter. He was only a
sophinore and had gotten to
pin when the team was thirty
points ahead or behind. But
tin coach said, “alright Joe,
y - i v ill start the first series of
pla> * Friday night."
Ci Friday night the coach
wo true to his word and Joe
si n >! it his inside linebacker
position on defense. On the
First ploy from scrimmage he
sacked the opposing
quarterback. He was in on the
tackle one of the next two
plays, forcing the opposition to
punt on fourth down.
Joe played so well that first
series the coach sent him back
in on t tie next series, the next
series, and so on. He played
Thought of the week
“For with God , nothing is
impossible. »
Luke 1:37
Tiik Meeting Place
Peacti County Commission - - every second
lu>• .day of month, 1st floor annex. Public Meeting
P xml, Peach County Courthouse, 6 p.m.
Port Valley City Council - -every third Thursday of
month, courtroom at City Halt, 6:30 p m
Board of Education - -every first Tuesday of
month m board office, Vineville, 6 00 p.m
Byron City Council - - every first Monday of
month at old school, 6 00 p m
Utility Commission - - every second Monday of
month, courtroom at City Halt, 7:30 pm
Hospital Authority -- - every fourth Thursday of
rrv nth m hospital conference room, 9:00 a m
PC Water ft Sewer Authority- third Monday of
month at 6 p rn public meeting room, courthouse
annex, I ort Valley
PC Tax Assessors - first Thursday ol month. 6
p m . 1st floor annex. Courthouse. Pubfic Meeting Rm
PC Development Authority second Thursday of
month. 8 a m , Chamber ot Commerce office, Vmevtle
31.1 ort Valley,
Outcome not always as planned
The Millennium Keepsake
Edition this week which is
actually “pre-millennium", was
something we truly wanted to be
spectacular.
It was a problem trying to
keep from being bogged down in
reading the old newspapers. I
have a penchant for reading
those papers and could spend
days doing nothing but.
We wanted to do something
really special and ended up
having to remake pages three
times due to press constraints,
Originally, we had more color on
front and back, but it looked
awful and not solid. Also, the old
pages did not reproduce as well
as we had hoped at first, so we
kept trying to get something
which looked better.
The oldest paper we
reproduced, from 1916, just
would not clean up nor get any
better than what it printed,
Thus, I was disappointed with
that, but overall could accept the
final product. A perfectionist
from way back, it is hard for me
to do that, but 1 have learned you
just can’t always get the end
result which you had planned on.
We also discovered something
in pre-press that we didn’t notice
in layout. At one time or another,
the size of paper used for printing
the older newspapers, changed to
a wider one. Once discovered,
this also necessitated remaking
at least two pages.
But, in spite of working over
From where I sit T I
&ob Tribble
the entire football game,
recording three quarterback
sacks, six solo tackles and
eight assists before the game
was over.
Joe’s team was not suppose to
win the ballgame, but they
pulled off a 21-14 upset victory
over their bitter rivals, partly
due to the outstanding play of
the young linebacker
After the game the coach
came over to Joe in the locker
room and congratulated him
on his great performance. Then
he said, “Joe, what in to world
inspired you to play like you
played tonight. This is the
second year I have coached you
and until tonight, I had never
seen you play so well.”
Joe looked up at his coach
with tears in his eyes, set with
a smile on his young face and
said. “Coach, not many people
knew it, but my dad was blind.
So you see, tonight was the
first time he ever got to watch
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me play.
This moving story reminds
me of the country music song
entitled. Holes In The Floors of
Heaven to where this
granddaughter knows her
grandmother is watching over
her from up above,
The real point I want to make
concerning this story is that
Cooperative Education Internship II
Dr. Joyce Jenkins, Chair of
the Depart of English and
Foreign Languages at Fort
Valley State University, is
excited about the recent
revival of English 2313,
Cooperative Education
Internship II. The class has
been dormant fpr the last four
or five years and only last year
began to emerge once again as
a viable course for Fort Valley
State University students.
It is with good reason that
Dr. Jenkins and her six
students are excited as this
Internship affords students
the opportunity to be involved
in a work experience planned
and coordinated with
cooperating agencies to
provide on-the-job training
related to the students’
Day At A time
Vicky
Whitehead
the weekend and all of the
problems we encountered, we
managed to finally get
on the press which worked.
I kept reminding myself it
would have taken my ancestors
in the paper business, three
times as long with having to set
lead type or on the old linotypes
Or feed the paper in sheets
through the printing press.
I have to tip my hat to my
employees. They patiently kept
trying this and that to see if we
could get a better product. In fact,
they had more patience than me
because I was becoming
frustrated. But, because they
were so patient, I was able to
keep my cool. Thanks guys -
Gary, Jonathan, Ronnie and
Marc. I don’t think Denise was
involved but if she was, thanks to
her also.
This was the first time we had
attempted anything with old
newspapers and it was a learning
experience. We now know what
to do and what not to do.
If you have never had any
experience with an old
Joe was motivated to an
outstanding game of football,
far above his level of
experience. We all know what
a key part motivation can play
in our successes. Simply put, if
you are going to be a w inner in
life, you better stay motivated
You better believe you can
climb that mountain and be
mentally prepared when you
tackle it.
Greg Brezina, a former
linebacker for the Atlanta
Falcons, spoke to those
attending t he a n n u a I
Manchester High School
Sportsmanship Banquet last
classroom
training. The
Three of the Positive
six students
currently Side
enrolled in the
class have Jane
already applied M /iriStOri
for, registered
tor and been
accepted for their internship
for this spring semester. 2000
and they are Kenya Hardison,
Dwan R. Smith and Shakils
Henderson,
Kenya is a junior English
major from Fort Valley, and
she will be serving as an
intern at the Anderson House
Heritage Museum on campus.
Shakila Henderson, a senior
and the current Miss Fort
Valley State University, is
Wednesday, January 26, 2000
newspaper, you just don’t know
how careful you must be. There
are so brittle and fragile. You
must treat them softer than you
would a baby. Even a whisp of air
can cause them to become tom.
The library has many of them
on microfilm, however, we could
not get them to print out light
enough so we also had to nix that
thought. Thanks, to the library
for their help, however.
We also could not find one
from the year the county was
formed.
One thing I did leam however,
is that the newspaper’s goal has
not changed much in 100 years.
Back then, it listed goals of being
community-oriented, of belonging
to the people. We still strive for
that aim today.
It is also interesting that
formats have changed so much
and newspapers of today are
much more pleasing to the eye.
But, some newspapers do things
which were done back then but
at one time thought to not be
acceptable - tombstone heads for
one. That means two headlines
week. Greg is a motivational
speaker and if those who heard
him will put his words in
action they will succeed.
General George Marshall
once said, “A leader is a person
who exerts an influence that
makes you want to do better
than you thought you could ."
Friends, motivation works the
same way. It will make you do
better than you ever thought
you could. Look at the young
football player. Joe. He was
motivated because in his heart
he knew his dad was watching
him play football for the First
time.
from
Covington. GA
and majoring
in Political
At' Science with a
minor in
Economics; she
too will work at
fSRk 't; the Anderson
House
Svd Connell, the curator of
the Museum, is fortunate to
have these two young ladies
serve as interns with her And
they, in turn, are fortunate to
work with this most
professional curator as they go
about the business of keeping
the Alfonso Biggs Collection
and the oldest building >n
campus in top operating shape
for the many visitors who
come to the campus to tour the
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side-by-side on the page.
This is an area which I still
have trouble with. I don’t like it
and you will hardly ever see us
do it unless the other story is
boxed and screened and then
only as a last resort It is just
something that was ingrained in
me from the very beginning and
now that it is acceptable, I can’t
let go of the old style.
100 years ago, headlines were
in all caps We sometimes do sub¬
heads this way or use in heads
for emphasis but not on a regular
basis. Headlines, back then, for
the most part, were also smaller.
Even though one line at a time
had to be set, the newspaper,
even then was not without its
share of errors
One column which ran in the
1900s I enjoyed, was called
“Sidewalk Reporter”. The editor
went up and down the street and
wrote about conversations he had
with whomever he met on a
particular day. Sometimes the
conversation was about issues of
the day, other times just passing
the time of day.
We hardly ever spend that
much time just talking to
everyone we meet on the street
nowadays but perhaps we
should. We can learn a lot by
1 linking at the past and adapting
it to the future
We enjoyed putting this
section together and hope you
also find something inside that
you like too.
Webster says motivate is to
“provide with an incentive;”
“move to action ” If
you are a
leader in your profession, it is
your responsibility to motivate
your troops to lead them to
new heights
If you are a follower, and
someday want to be a leader,
then let yourself become
motivated You will never
reach the top in anything you
do just being content to be
average. Don't sit on the
sideline and let life pass you
by. Do as the linebacker Joe
did Get motivated for
whatever the reason'
Museum
Ms Dwan Smith, a senior
English major from Warner
Robins, has taken a different
route and will he doing her
internship with the Rural
Business Outreach Center
Two other popular spots for
internships are the Thomas
Public Library and the Adult
Literacy center both located in
Fort Valley
To the students, good luck
and enjoy your time in the
community To Dr Jenkins,
thanks for reviving this
worthwhile course, and to
individuals in the community
Should you w ish to provide the
setting for an internship of
this nature, please contact Dr
Joyce Jenkins on campus at
825-6392