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126 Issue No. 35
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Bullying _ II
Policies
By Victor Kulkosky
News Editor
At its regular monthly meeting held
last week, the Peach County Board of
Education approved several new or
revised policies ranging from treat¬
ment of homeless students to adjust¬
ments to the dress code.
Assistant Superintendent Jim
O'Shields addressed the board con¬
cerning the school system's new pol¬
icy on homeless students. He said
action on the policy had been delayed
for an extra month after school social
worker Stephanie Buford received
input that the policy needed greater
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Winners of the
Nightmare on
Main Street
Costume Contest
0-1 - 1st Place; Blairc Tennille; 2nc
Mace; Kinnley Chavira; 3rd Place;
Dominic Castro
2-3 - 1st Place: Stetson Crane;
2nd Place: Keygan Tranna; 3rd Place:
Brielle Decker
4-5 - 1st Place. McKenzie Davis;
2nd Place: Savanna Sissons; 3r£
Place: Dakota Childers
6-7 - 1st Place; Ada Bergsprom;
2nd Place: Walker Helms; 3nJ Place:
Madison Joiner
8-9 - 1st Place: Timothy Leonnig, Placed
2nd Place: Tinsley Jones; 3rd
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2nd Place; Katy Vorisck; 3rd
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Winners of
the Lions Club
Costume Contest
O- 4 years of age- 1st Place Logan
Johnson; 2nd Place Karah Gibbs; 3ni
Place Hillard Shaw
5-8 years of age -! Ist Place Thomas
Johnson; 2nd Fteen Kaliyah Jones;
3rd Mace Nora Hortman
9-12 years of age - 1st Place Vivian
Alcanter; 2nd Place Alyssa Skipper:
3rd Place Jay lee McDonald
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Members of the Sonic Sounds Dulcimer Club entertain guests at the
annual Veterans Day Breakfast held last Saturday at American for free, Legion while
Post 76 on Highway 49 in Fort Valiev. Veterans ate
others paid $6 a ticket for a hearty breakfast of pancakes, biscuits,
grits, sausage, bacon, coffee and tea. The breakfast raises funds
to support send Peach the Georgia County War High Veterans ROTC students Home in to Milledgeville, leadership training, and other to
Post activities. About 140 people had breakfast, served by Post
members and tupporters Earnhardst, including JoLee Earnhardt, Henson, Betty Susan Franklin Henson, and
Delia Jordan, Jo James
Hardison. Photo Victor
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that specifies how to fold the flag, followed by burning. Photo by Mark Walker
By Harace Holloman
Intern for The Leader Tribune
With precision and delicate care, the
Bov Scouts of America Troop 59 set
pieces of the American I lag amongst an
open flame in a flag retiring ceremony
;lt American Legion Post 76 annual
Veterans Day service.
The event was held at Everret Square
» ,ark and su pp° ners ga,hered on ,hc lawn
;mnmd ,he Veterans Monument with
r *eld chairs to listen to the service. I his
is a Veterans Day celebration we always
have each year in honor of the veterans
who have served our country,” said
Commander James Earnhardt. Guest
speaker Colonel Bryant Culpepper a
retired Army Reserve judge, spoke on
the importance of honoring soldiers on
Veterans Day.
“If it wasn’t for the American fight¬
ing man we wouldn’t have the country
we have today; we might not even have
a country at all,” said Culpepper. “I
think the least we could do is once a
year take time out and remember and
think about the people that have been
faithful to our country.
The traditional Placing of the
Wreath" ceremony, where participants
replace the wreath at the Monument site,
featured Ann Lanter and Betty Franklin,
widows Post
bag pipe player preformed “Going
Home" followed by a rendition of
“Taps” over a loud speaker.
Later the Boy Scouts of America
retired a flag that had never flown over
American soil. The flag was originally
the foreign country of Cambodia when
an American civilian bartered with a
local citizen and brought the flag back
to its country of origin. The ritual and
importance of retiring a flag was not
lost on Assistant Scout Master Ken
Day. “The scouts that we have this
teaches them that it’s not all fun and
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Vivian Alcantar, left, watches intently as Ms. Janie Stump prepares to open the Civil War diary of her
great-great-grandfather, Lt. William t, Kilten, and two letters he wrote to his wife while in a Union pnion
camp. Her father, Dr. Jason Shirer, is at the lower right. Students in the Gifted Program of the Peach
County Schools got a close look at the 147-year-old diary as part of their ongoing unit on the Civil War.
Photo by Victor Kulkosky
By Victor Kulkosky
News Editor
Each year, students in the Peach
County Schools gifted program get
a rare opportunity to see history up
close. The opportunity comes cour-
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zation for America, they get to learn
what are flag stands for," said Day.
Day, who is also a retired war veteran,
spent 9 years in the Marine Core and
served as a Sargent in E-5. "To me
Boy Scouts is a way that I can help
young men grow up to become good
men, coming out here and seeing all
the veterans makes me happy to be an
American," said Day.
The Veterans Day memorial con¬
cluded with Hot dogs and drinks
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tesy of man who's been dead for 147
years.
Gifted teacher Janie Stump brings
her father. Dr. Jason Shirer, up from
Savannah each year bearing a valuable
package: the Civil War diary and let
ters of his great grandfather. William
November 9,2011
Re-elected
Victor Kulkosky
News Editor
Voters in Byron and Fort Valley
gave incumbents new terms and said
“yes" to ballot questions expanding
the availability of alcoholic bever
ages.
Larry Collins was re-elected as
Mayor of Byron, defeating challenger
Mike Love. This will be Colllins'
fifth term as Mayor and third in a row.
Also in Byron City Council races,
James Richardson defeated Al Harper
and Farrell Bass ran unopposed.
Byron voters also approved two
ballot questions on Sunday alcohol
sales. One to allow package sales on
Sunday and another to allow liquor by
the drink on Sunday.
Fort Valley voters re-elected incum
bents Beth Collins to an At-large City
Council seat; she beat challenger
and former Councilman Norman
Fitzgerald. Mayor Pro-tern John Ezell
defeated Tony McGhee for an Hast
Ward City Council seat. At-Large
Utility Commissioner Dollie Horton
ran unopposed, as did West Ward City
Councilman Jimmy Barnes.
Fort Valley voters approved a ballot
question that will now allow liquor
drink in the city. Supporters
of the measure pushed it as a way of
attracting restaurants and increasing
employment and tax revenue.
° n Results
Mayor Larry Collins 336
Mike Love: 250
City Council Post 1
James Richardson: 386
Al Harper: 179
Sunday Alcohol by the Drink
Yes: 350 No: 229
Sunday Alcohol Package Sales
Yes: 356 No: 225
Fort Valley Contested Results
City Council At-Large
Beth Collins: 361
Norman Fitzgerald: 207
City Council East Ward
John Ezell: 164 Tony Mcghee: 80
Liquor by the Drink
Yes: 323 No: 247
E. Killen, a Confederate officer who
died in a Union prison camp in 1864.
Killen was a farmer from nearby
Henderson in Houston County.
“He was a good man,” Jason Shirer
told the gifted students gathered in a
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