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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE
Pine Street Festival to
begin this month
The 10th annual Pine Street City wide Festival will be
free to the public with all events taking place at Fred
Douglas Lodge at 702 Pine Street, Fort Valley.
EVENTS:
Sunday June 10th - The Gospel Explosion Concert1
Opening Ceremonies
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Monday June 11 - Movie Under the Stars
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday June 12 - Games Day/Meet &
Greet (Checkers, Dominoes, etc.)
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday June 13 - Volleyball Tournament
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Thursday June 14 - Block Party
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Friday June 15 - The Gerald Harris Spade Tournament/
The Horse Shoe Tournament
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Saturday June 16 - Kids Fun Day & Voter
Time. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Concert Under the Stars featuring Conquest Band and
Commonground
Time: 9:00 p.m.
For More Information call • (478) 335-3099.
Town and Country welcomes
newest members
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Jean O’ Shields (center) welcomed new members Kay Whitley (far right) and Sue Humphries to Town and Country Garden
Club at the May picnic at Pineola Farms. Hostesses for the event were Delise Knight, Beckie Adamson and Cyriline Cantrell.
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Kicking off this year’s Pine Street Festival, Mayor John Stumbo signed his yearly proclamation Monday in recognition
of the event. From left, festival founder Shirley Schofield, Peach County Planning & Zoning Director Ricky Blalock
and Nazerlene Williams along with the mayor.
Peach native
honored as
chief resident
Turkessa J. Walker, M.D., the daughter of Phyllis Walker, Fort
Valley, and a 1994 graduate of Peach County High School, has
been selected as Chief Resident of the combined Internal Medicine/
Pediatrics residency program at Tulane University Medical Center,
New Orleans, Louisiana. As Chief Resident, she will have adminis¬
trative and training responsibilities within the residency program.
Turkessa graduated from Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta,
in 2004. She is currently completing the four-year Internal Medicine
Pediatrics Residency Program at Tulane University Medical Center.
Upon completion of her residency program next year, Turkessa
will enter a fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Allergy/Immunology
at the Medical College of Georgia.
JUNE 6, 2007
6AED awards Peach leaders
Peach County grad¬ S N* j,
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Sandra Walker,
Councilwoman of fir
the City of Byron I
Jana Jones, Program
Manager of Fort Valley
Main Street, Joan
Hayes, Executive
Director of Byron I
Better and Peach Home County Town [ .1
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Commissioner Martin
Moseley. Submitted Photo
The Board of the Georgia
Academy for Economic
Development announces four
local graduates from the 2007
Region 6 Multi-Day Training
Program. Class participants
represented a number of pro¬
fessional and non-professional
economic development fields,
including elected officials, pub¬
lic servants, business leaders,
educators and social service
provider's from 10 counties in
Middle Georgia.
The academy provided each
of the graduates an opportunity
to gain a unique understanding
of the complexities of economic
and community development
on the local, regional and state
levels.
Created in 1993 by then
Governor Zell Miller's
Development Council, the acad¬
emy assembles a cross section of
economic development profes¬
sionals and resources to provide
this training in all 12 service
delivery regions in Georgia.
The board of directors of the
academy consists of 27 members
representing public and private
economic development organi¬
zations and agencies from across
Georgia. Since its organization,
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the academy has provided train¬
ing for thousands of professional
and non-professional economic
developers around the state, and
since 1998 the academy has
been offered annually.
The academy's multi-day pro¬
gram, taught in five days over
a four-month period, includes
training in the basics of eco¬
nomic and community develop¬
ment, plus specialized segments
on entrepreneur and small busi¬
ness support, tourism product
development, downtown devel¬
opment, quality planning, and
other essentials for community
success. In addition, the curric¬
ulum features specific leadership
skills such as consensus build¬
ing, teamwork, ethics in public
service, building diverse teams
and other segments needed for
effective community leadership
in economic development.
Local elected officials receive
certification training credits
through the Association County
Commissioners of Georgia
and the Georgia Municipal
Association for completion of
this program, and the program is
certified for 3.5 CEUs through
the UGA Georgia Center for
Continuing Education.