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Vol. 126 Issue No. 37 Peach November 29,2011
Legal Organ For Peach County , C/fy of Fort Valley and City Of Byron
Three
Charged
in Campus
Robbery
By Victor Kuikosky
News Editor
Three men are facing multiple fel¬
ony charges after an alleged robbery
and assault on the Fort Valley State
University campus earlier this month.
According to an incident report
provided by FVSU Campus Safety,
the incident took place at the Moore
Hall dormitory on campus. Witnesses
told FVSU and Fort Valley officers
that a group of unknown men came
to a dorm room at Moore Hall. One
student was returning to his room
and saw the men knocking on the
door. The men asked the student if
his roommate was in and he opened
the door for them, assuming the men
knew his roommate.
According to report, the suspects
shoved aside the student and started
hitting the roommate while repeat¬
edly asking, "Where's the money
at?" Witnesses two of the men had
guns, one either a 9 mm or .45-cali¬
ber automatic and the other a small
revolver. The suspects took money,
a cell phone, a room key and an ID
card and left the building.
The victims reported that one
roommate's friend had apparently
bought things with counterfeit money
and the suspect's possibly believed
the roommate also had counterfeit
money.
Campus police arrested two sus¬
pects the next day. Benjamin Ryan
Raymond, of 820 State University
Dr., Fort Valley, and Christian Jamal
Searcy, 414 Lilly Ave., Macon,
are charged with burglary, armed
robbery, aggravated assault, false
imprisonment and weapons charges.
FVSU police made a third arrest
on November 14. D'zavius Kentrez
Williams, of 118 Redbud Dr., Eaton
faces the same charges, plus a drug
possession charge. The case has been
referred to the local District Attorney.
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Peach County Over Tho Top! Trojans QB Kentel Kendrick stretches his right arm over the goal line to
score Peach County's second touchdown. The Trojans came from behind to beat heavily favored Carrollton,
19-15 and advance to the semi-finals against Cairo this coming Friday. Photo by Victor Kuikosky
By Victor Kuikosky
News Editor
In a post-game interview. Peach
County Head Coach Chad Campbell
summed up the key to his team’s thrill¬
ing 19-15 win over Carrollton in three
words;
“They never quit."
Down 15-6 at the half, the Peach
County Trojans charged back with an
eight-and-a-half minute, hard-hitting
drive to seize the momentum.
“You hit them straight in the mouth
and they did not like it one bit,"
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Hall. Tis the season .... Photo Contributed by Jo Ann Dankel
Campbell told the players after the
game.
It was Carrollton that started the
smash-mouth football. The home team
took the opening kick and drove down
field, with their running backs tearing
off big chunks of yardage. Carrollton
capped the drive with a 25-yard pass
from Dallas Dickey to Josh Barge, fol¬
lowed by the PAT to go up 7-0.
The Peach Trojans answered
with a very similar drive: good runs
capped by a TD pass. This was one
was a screen pass from Kendrick to
Debarriaus Miller, who wove through
the Carrollton defense for a 34-yard
TD. The PAT was blocked, leaving
Peach County down 7-6.
Carrollton drove to the end zone
again, finishing with a 28-yard run
by running back Desmond Addison.
Carrollton compounded the missed
Peach County PAT with a successful
two-pointer to go up 15-6, but that
turned out to be their last successful
visit to the end zone.
The scoreless second period featured
both defenses tightening up. Peach
County got within field goal distance.
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Job
Shadowing
Gathering Program
Steam
By Victor Kuikosky
News Editor
Willing Peach County businesses
could soon find themselves attachec
to a shadow, come rain or come shine
indoors or outdoors.
Those “shadows" would be GEC
students visiting businesses to watch
how jobs are done in the real world
The students would be participants in ;
new campaign called Peach L.E.A.P.S
Ahead to a Brighter Future, the brair
child of the Peach Alliance for a Bettei
Workforce. The alliance is coalitior
of individuals and organizations com¬
mitted to improving the local work
force and increasing opportunities foi
young people to find productive work
Members include Literacy Educatior
for Adults in Peach Inc., the Peach
County Chamber of Commerce, ant
individuals including retired educa¬
tors and area work force development
officials. The alliance has held severe
meetings in the past year or so in ar
effort to develop ideas for improving
job training and work force quality ir
Peach County.
At an alliance meeting held this
month, members heard a presentatior
on a proposed job shadowing plar
from Pat Alston, who described her
self as a business consultant “retiree
from a lot of things." She recentl)
relocated to Fort Valley. The job shad
owing idea emerged during previous
alliance meetings at which attendee}
discussed possibilities for apprentice
ship programs. Alston volunteered tc
develop an outline for job shadowing
campaign, entitled “Peach L E A P.’}
Ahead to a Brighter Future.”
The purposes of the campaign
Alston said, are to, “improve the level
of worker education in the county
encourage students to stay in the edu
cational system, provide experientia
learning for students completing theii
GED,” and “collaborate with busi
nesses as Partners in Progress."
Partners in Progress would be local
businesses willing to host GED stu¬
dents as job shadowers who woulc
observe daily operations at participat
ing businesses.
Alston said the first step in the cam
paign would be to appoint a Campaigr
Coordinator who would have over
all responsibility for managing PeatT
LEAPs Ahead. The coordinator’}
responsibilities would include distrib¬
uting a questionnaire to local busi
nesses, then collecting analyzing tht
responses. The coordinator would alsc
screen, approve and monitor Partner
in Progress and student shadowing
participants.
The campaign coordinator woulc
also be in charge of promoting the
campaign, fundraising, coordinating
with schools and maintaining a jot
bank. Alston introduced the idea of
a “Treasure Chest" of money from
donations and grants that would: “con
tribute to the Stay in School Initiative
assist job shadow students, provide
GED Scholarships and defray cam
paign costs."
Building the Treasure Chest woulc
be the first step, followed by print
ing campaign materials such as Jot
Shadowing Agreements. Guideline}
for Students and partners, and sign 1 -
that participating businesses coulc
display to announce themselves a}
Partners in Progress.
Before the official campaign launch
Alston said Peach LEAPs Aheac
should begin a pilot program with t
handful of businesses in order to fine
out how job shadowing would wort
and address any challenges that
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