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3 Together applications available Rebuilding Together is an all volunteer group recently launched in Fort Valley. Its purpose is to rehabilitate homes for elderly or disabled neigh¬ bors who own their homes but are unable to do the needed repairs themselves. Four words describe our objective for deciding on the repairs needed. Homes need to be WARM, DRY, SAFE, SANITARY. The group has set a goal of repairing five houses in Fort Valley for the coming year, 2005. All work is done at no cost to the County residents to see change BY JERRY MURTAGH The Leader-Tribune Residents outside Valley will see a in their utility bills ning in October. tion of bills for water sewer customers the city will be at same rate as those the city except for base minimum. The minimum for the city $5.20. The base for outside the city Lecture series continues Friday Nationally known human rights activist Kathleen Neal Cleaver continues Fort Valley State University’s fourth annual John W. Davison Lecture Series on Oct. 15 with a pre¬ sentation on the univer¬ sity campus. Cleaver’s presenta¬ tion, “The Revolution from the Inside,” will begin at 7 p.m. in the C.W. Pettigrew Farm and Community Life Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. Cleaver, who has spent most of her life participating in the human rights struggle, dropped out of Barnard College in 1966 to work full time with the Stu¬ dent Nonviolent Coordi nating Committee (SNCC) as part of the Campus Program. From 1967 to 1971 she was the communica¬ tions secretary of the Trick or treat for spooktacular cause The Byron Lions Club is participating in a frightful¬ ly fun service project spon¬ sored by Lions Club Inter¬ national and Lenscrafters Foundation. During Nightmare on Main Street, the Byron Lions Club will be giving out candy and collecting eye glasses, eye glass cases, lenses and hearing Church fire ruled arson Insurance and Safety Fire Commis¬ sioner John W. Oxendine announced that a ifre which destroyed a church in Crawford County Monday night, was arson. The Livingstone Baptist Church was located at 1045 Union Church Road, Fort Valley. The structure, which was less than two years old, was a total loss. Oxendine is asking anyone with any information about this fire to call the Arson Hotline at 1-800-282-5804. TOje Header-Crtbune Community ; ■*:' -V . Wednesday,October 13, 2004 homeowners. Anyone who wishes to have a home considered, should follow the steps list¬ ed below to apply: (1) Go to city hall and ask to see Martha McAfee or Jo Cobb. (2) There is an informa¬ tion form that will need to be completed. (3) An application form will be given to you if all eligibility criteria are met. (4) The deadline for returning applications is Nov. 19, 2004. We have two new volun¬ teer workers to add to the $6.20. The rate charged to all customers will be $2.20 a cubic foot (CCF). In the past, this rate was available only to city cus¬ tomers and those outside the city paid $4.17 a CCF. General Manager Ned Watson announced com¬ pletion of a project con¬ necting fiber from Fort Valley State University to the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG) Substation 1. Black Panther Party, the first women member of its Central Commit¬ tee. After sharing years of exile with former hus¬ band Eldridge Cleaver, she returned to the United States in 1975 and began working to challenge racist injus¬ tice. She has worked to free activists who some believe have been unfairly convicted of crimes, including Geron imo (Pratt) ji Jaga and Mumia Abu-Jamal. In 1984 she graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in history from Yale College and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1989, she became an associate at the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine and Moore. In 1992 Cleaver joined the faculty of Emory University Law aids. They will be located on the corner of Main Street and Hwy. 49. All glasses collected will be cleaned, repaired, classified and given to those in need, here and abroad. This project is not just for kids. All donations from kids or adults, are gratefully accepted. Rewards of up to $10,000 are given for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an arson. Calls are taken 24 hours a day; callers can choose to remain anonymous. The commission¬ er’s office, and the Georgia Arson Con¬ trol Board, Inc., sponsor the Georgia Arson Control Reward Program and hotline. Oxendine’s arson unit is assisting the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office and Crawford County Fire Depart¬ ment in the investigation. thirteen workers named in the last news article, They are Steve Prince and Joe Rinehart. We are in need of many more volunteers due to the fact that all five houses selected will be repaired on the SAME DAY and the work is to be completed in ONE DAY. The day is set for Saturday, April 23, 2005. Each house will have a complete crew of workers with various skills. If you are unable to vol unteer any personal labor, you are still needed to be a part of this worthy project. The “dark fiber drop” will allow the University to connect to all other units of the University system. Watson said. Commission members voted unanimously to adopt a joint resolution to apply $95,000 in accumu lated funds to reduction of future principal install ments due on outstanding Combined Cycle Project Bonds in the years 2018 School. She has also been a visiting faculty member at New York’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yale Uni¬ versity’s Graduate School and Sarah Lawrence College, where she was the Joanne Woodward Pro¬ fessor of Public Policy in 1999. In 2001 she returned to Emory Law School as a senior lec¬ turer and research fel¬ low. Currently Cleaver holds an appointment as a senior lecturer in the African American Stud ies Department of Yale University. She is the co-founder and producer of the International Black Panther Film Fes tival which as been based in Harlem since 1999. Cleaver also serves as a co-director of the Human Rights Research Fund, part of a network of anti-racist organizations that docu- If you cannot bring your glasses to Night¬ mare on Main October 30th, call 478-956-3854 for more informaton or drop-off locations. Or give them to any Byron Lion or Lioness. The Byron Lions Club thanks you in advance for your support in “scaring up” those glasses. In addition to volunteer labor, we also need dona tions of materials and donations of money to buy other materials needed. All donations are tax deductible, A projected budget of $15,000 total is allowing $3,000 per house. Please decide to be a part of this project. Give your name to Martha McAfee and you will be notified of the next meet ing date, submitted by Betty Rinehart to 2024. Members also voted unanimously to appoint Secretary and Treasurer Patrick McFall as the commission’s agent for getting State and Federal financial aid for Disaster Relief, With no further busi ness, the commission went into closed session to discuss the purchase of land. & Activist Kathleen Cleaver to speak at Davison Lecture series ment American viola tions of the human rights of citizens who challenge what they consider racist and mili tary policies within the United States, For more information on this year’s John W. Davison Lecture series, contact Dr. Cynthia D. Sellers, assistant to the president, at (478) 825- 6106 or email her at sellersc@fvsu.edu. Elect ' Matt Mullis PC Tax Commissioner November 2,2004 Has ■: General Election I will be out trying to see as many people as possible until the elec¬ tion. If I miss seeing you, I would appreciate your vote. 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