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WEDNESDAY, October 10, 2001
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Mrs. Crooks at 100th birthday party, left. Right photo shows two of the distin¬
guished guests at the party. Dr. and Mrs. Dan Nathan.
You only turn 100, once
Mrs. Nella E. Crooks and family extend
their heartfelt thanks and sincere apprecia¬
tion for the many beautiful cards, floral
arrangements, gifts, telephone calls, tapes,
CD’s, e-mails, pictures, and visits that made
her one hundredth birthday an unforgettable,
once in a lifetime experience. And to help
express their joy Mrs. Nella’s daughter,
Sylvie has written this poem.
Mother’s 100th Birthday Party
Now whoever said it couldn’t be done
A one hundredth Birthday party that
wouldn’t be fun
We did it for all in our own backyard
With a tent, balloons, tables, and it wasn’t
even hard
God gave us the sunshine, No spirits were
low
Four Crooks kids brainstormed and pro
duced a grand show
Written invitations, a program, and also a
plan
The mailing and waiting of “yes” and
“no’s”—if you can
Now it’s three o’clock in the morning
Outside a new day’s a-dawning
But somehow I can’t sleep at all
No wonder, Mom’s party was a ball!
It’s like a movie in my head
The folks we met, the things we said
The punch, the ice cream and the cake
That Myrna brought, all for mom’s sake
It was her 100th Birthday of sharing
With faitiily and friends, with love and
sharing
Mayor Stumbo was sad he couldn’t keep
the date
But called the next morning —right at
eight
A beautiful letter also came the next day
With apologies for not coming our way
He gave a great plug for mom’s book on
T.V.
Said he’d use a few poems, when the
PCHS student learns about
community involvement at GSU
ATLANTA, October 3, 2001
- Fort Valley’s Afton Ellis of
Peach County High was
among the more than 90
Georgia school student body
presidents who met in
Atlanta on Saturday,
September 29 at Georgia
State University (GSU) to
attend the first Student
Leadership Conference
sponsored by Coca-Cola
Enterprises, Inc. (CCE) and
the GSU Andrew Young
School of Policy Studies.
The conference is a pilot
program developed by the
Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling
Company to reward, encour¬
age and educate young peo¬
ple in leadership positions
on high school campuses in
Georgia. Coca-Cola Enter¬
prises will provide grants
and awards to participating
schools that implement
effective leadership demon¬
stration projects during the
school year.
“We are looking for lead¬
ers for the 21”’ century,” for¬
mer U.S. Ambassador
Andrew Young told students
in welcoming remarks.
“Now is the time for you to
Community
moment proved free
When greeting Cyd, Nella, and Mrs. Bell
Had guest sign in, use name tags as they’d
sell
Woven Words- the poems written by Mom
Deltas Sylvia and Lilly ushered guest
through... and some
Alfred prayed before our MC-Ken
Mary G and Syl served ice cream and then
Doctor Tillis brought self-composed moving
singing
As Bobby Lawrence did lots of filming
Several spoke of days gone by
Like fan, whose praise of Mom stood high
Sheila, Motea, Linda, and Ed also spoke
Their contributions brought tears or an
occasional joke
Then came time for Mom to speak
From the pad that Cyd had prepared all
week
Mom insist on telling us what to write
But alas all planning soon took flight
Dr. Nathan flipped the page too fast
And I kept fiddling with her clasp
That slipped down from her silver hair
I fiddled and pinned— as if she’d care
She spoke of course right from the heart
As though memorized from the very start
Closing with Wesley’s lifetime plan
In life...”do all the good you can”
We started at four and ended at six
The Michael’s left early, but joined in the
kicks
We all feel quite humble that over eighty
came
To help us show Oma, she IS a grand dame
So a great THANK YOU to all that came
To share in this 100th from far and near
With flowers,e-mails, gifts, calls, cards of
good cheer
Can we now expect to see you all next
year?
get started. It’s been said
that there is no end to what
you can accomplish if you
don’t mind who gets the
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“The responsibilities of
leadership in today’s cli
mate are especially chal
lenging,” said Mike Howard,
CCE vice president and
general manager. “We can
be proud that so many
young people aspire to these
positions and are willing to
take advantages of opportu
nities to learn the appropri
ate skills.”
Other guest speakers
were corporate executives,
volunteers, and political
and business leaders, as
well as college students
involved in community pro
jects. Speakers included
Alicia Philipp, president of
the Community Foundation
of Greater Atlanta; Dennis
Boyden, manager of corpo¬
rate and external affairs for
BellSouth Corporation;
Michele Nunn, executive
director of Hands-On
Atlanta; Mike Mescon, CEO
of HA&W Mescon Group
and Ramsey Chair of Pri-
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Kiwanis Club installs officers
On Thursday, October 4,
2001, The Fort Valley Kiwanis
Club held their annual Officers
Installation Meeting at the
C.W. Pettigrew Center on the
campus of Fort Valley State
University. A total of 68 mem¬
bers and spouses were in atten¬
dance. President Bob March
man called the meeting to
order and asked Dr. Dan
Nathan to honor the group
with an invocation.
After dinner, the Past Presi¬
dents of the Club were recog¬
nized and several of them gave
remembrances of the current
events from the era of their
term. One of the favorites
being Judge George B. Culpep¬
per III, term 1962, who fondly
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The Fort Valley Kiwanis Club installed new officers at their annual meeting last
week.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
In accordance with the Georgia Minimum Standards
and Procedures for Local Comprehensive Planning, the
City of Fort Valley City Council will hold a public meeting
to discuss the update of the Five-Year Work Program
for the City of Fort Valley.
The meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. on October 16th
at the City Hall located at 204 W. Church St., Fort Valley, GA.
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vate Enterprise at the
Andrew Young School of
Policy Studies; Sam
Zamarippa president of His
panbiz; Everett Hill, area
vice president of The
Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling
Company; Markel Hutchins,
national president and CEO
of the National Youth Con
nection; and, Dr. Johnetta
B. Cole, president emeritus
of Spelman College,
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(NYSE: CCE) is the local
Coca-Cola bottling company
partner that produces, mar
kets, and distributes the
world’s favorite soft drinks
in thousands of communi
ties across many parts of
the United States, Canada,
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Judge Culpepper spoke
to the group.
remembered his first Kiwanis
meeting in 1926 with his
father, George Culpepper Jr.
A musical selection of patri¬
otic songs was performed by
Dr. Ray Gotko and the Kawinis
Singers. This was followed by
the installation of the 2001-
2002 Board of Directors, by Joe
Andrews, Lieutenant Governor.
The Board consists of W.L.
Brown, Robert Church, David
Cleveland, Sydnia Connell,
Ken Joyner, Bob Marchman,
Matt Wilhoit, and David Yel
ton. Andrews also installed
Bill Gresham as President and
Mike Brennan as President
Elect,
The evening concluded
with the Passing of the Gavel
and remarks from Gresham
who thanked the member¬
ship for their support of the
Club and a special request
for prayers for our country
and political leaders.