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vacation experience.
CLCP/L.E.A.P. - LITERACY
EDUCATION FOR ADULTS
IN PEACH INC.
Did you know that Adult
Education classes are avail¬
able weekly to residents 16
years of age and older in Fort
Valley and Byron? Adult Basic
Education (ABE) and General
Educational Development
(GED) preparation classes
A YEAR IN REVIEW Continued from front
nership details
throughout the year -
promised to end the local
pital's financial struggles and
but guarantee the new
would finally get built.
August 2012 saw
grower Bill McGchee tell
Kiwanis Club that the
crop had benefitted from
ly perfect conditions - cold
the right time and to the
degree, gradual warming in
spring, rain as needed and
mer heat - all working
to produce one of the best
in memory. August is also
month in which the
passed new legislative
maps that eliminated
Hooks as Peach County's
Senator, moving the county
what would be Macon
Cecil Staton's district,
putting sitting
Robert Dickey and Lynmore
James in redrawn districts they
could likely win. l>egal chal
lenges against the redistreiting
plan are underway.
Toward the end of the month
Peach Regional and thc Medical
Center announced details
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PUBLIC HEARING
PEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
6:30 P.M., TUESDAY. JANUARY 10. 2011
The Peach County Board of Conunissioners will hold a Public Hearing on January, 10. 2011, al
6 .30 p.m. in the public meeting room of the Peach County Commissioners' Chambers located at 213
Persons Street. Fort Valley, Georgia 31030
The purpose of the bearing is to notify the public of a proposed Off Road Vehicle* Ordinance,
and to listen lo comments from thc public in reference to the proposed ordinance.
the proposed ordinance is to prov ide for the regulation of off road vehicles in the
unincorporated limits of Peach County Copies of the proposed ordinance arc located at the Peach
County Commissioners office. 213 Person* Street, for public review prior to the public hearing
Marcia W Johnson. County Administrator
Peach County Board of Commissioners
DECEMBER 28, 2011
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OPEN MEETING ON
SCHOOL CHOICE COMING
TO WARNER ROBINS:
Free Screening of New
Documentary. Making the
Grade in Georgia.
SCHOOL CHOICE
MEETING
A free community meeting on
school choice options is coming
to Warner Robins on Tuesday.
January 17, 2012,6-8 pm at the
Hilton Garden Inn, 207 North
Willie Lee Parkway. Warner
Robins, GA , 31093.
I he event, which is co-spon
sored by the Georgia Charter
their partnership, in which the
local hospital authority would
keep ownership of the new hos
pital and lease it to the Medical
Center. The Medical Center
began assuming control of day
to-operations.
In September, Fort Valley got
a shot of good publicity when
a positive article about the city
and its prospects appeared in
“Georgia Trend,” a magazine
read by business and govern
ment development officials.
The city hosted the annual
ComSouth Hambone Jam,
which saw increased attendance
and barbecue team participa
tion. September also saw Avera
Drugs close its doors. The Fort
Valley store had been the oldest
continuously opearting pharma
cy in the state and one of the last
of the Main Street businesses
surviving from the glory days of
Downtown Fort Valley.
September was a good
month for the Byron Police
Department, which won the
Governor's Challenge for its
outstanding work in traffic safe
ty, and received a well-equipped
pick-up truck as a prize.
Schools Association and The
Center for an Educated Georgia.
will feature a screening of the
new documentary. Making the
Grade in Georg,a The 30 min
ute fllm confronts Georgia s 48th
p,^ nationa , in aca .
demic performance, its 65% high
studcnt dropout rate> and shows
how more educational freedomof
choicecanbenefitallstudents.lt
also explores educational altema
ti ves such as tuition-free charter
schools, home schooling, online
virtual schoo i s< hybrid schools
a ‘ nd more
Making thc Grade in Georgia
br ings dozens of expet1 jnter .
views to bear, including prin
cipals. parents, teachers, law¬
makers. policy experts and leg¬
islators, to show all sides of the
school choice issue.
A question and answer ses¬
sion with representatives from
‘ he Gc ° rgia S cho ? ls
Association and the Center f for
an Educated Georgia will follow
the f|lm Seating is limited. For
f urtber information contact: Nina
R ub j n . 404-835-8903.
Contact: Georgia Charter
Schools Association
Nina Rubin
404-835-8903
nrubinf^gacharters.org
follow us @GAChartersRock
October featured the annu
al Peach County Chamber of
Commerce Banquet, the higlight
of which was presentation of
awards recognizing outstand
ing service. Awardees included
Marie Usry (Pat Joiner Peavy
Award), Emory Lightfoot Sr.
(H.E. Byrant Education Award),
Martin Moseley (Durward
Gassett Award), Linda and Tiger
Smith (Citizens of the Year);
and the Tim Dupree Oustanding
Support Award for supporting
the military and their famlies
went to Kay Meyer, Charles
Sims, David Dinardo, Lisa
Hammm and Patricia Partridge,
The November elections
were good for incumbents. In
Byron, Mayor Larry Collins
won re-election, as did coun
cilmen James Richardson and
Farrell Bass. Councill members
Beth Collins. John Ezell and
Jimmy Barnes won re-election
in Fort Valley, as did Utility
Commissioner Dollie Horton,
Byron voters approved Sunday
liquor by the drink and pack
age sales, while Fort Valley
approved liquor by the drink.
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DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
JANUARY
January 3- DDA Board
Meeting
6 p.m. Troutman House
January 5th- Design
Committee
meets 8:15 a.m. at Troutman
House
January 5th—Fort Valley
Historic Preservation Com¬
mission Meets 6 p.m. at
Troutman House
January 6th—Registration at
FVSU
January 10th —Promotions
Meeting at Austin 8 a.m.
January 10th—Fort Valley
Arts Alliance meets 6 p.m. at
the Austin Theater
January 12th—7 p.m.
Introduction of new Design
Guidelines for local historic
district at the Austin
January 15th — Martin
Luther
King Holiday
FEBRUARY
February 1st to 14th—
Valentine’s Day Promotion
Drawing
February 2nd- Design
Committee Meets 8:15 a.m.
at Troutman House
BYRON Continued from front
called a “truly historic struc
ture,” the Kay Clinic, where
Dr. James B. Kay and his nurse
wife Lena Adair Kay practiced
obsetrics and gynecology for
decades. (The building still
exists and is now a private
home near the Old Depot.)
The Kays practiced not only
,ui Byron but as far afield as
Roberta, Bonaire, Macon and
Montezuma. Over the years.
they delivered around 3,000
babies, Collins said.
Dr. Kay's influence spread
far and wide, well beyond the
homes where he and his wife
practiced themselves. It was
Dr. Kay who promoted the
practice of getting new mothers
back on their feet as quickly as
possible after giving birth. The
customary practice before him
was for new mothers to stay
in bed for a “lying in” period
of about two months. Modern
science has determined Kay's
approach is better for the moth
er's circulation and healing,
Collins said.
Dr. Kay, Collins recalled,
always drove a large Buick,
often handled by his long
time chauffeur and porter C.Q.
Moore. Dr. Kay converted the
passenger seat of his auto into
a bed that allowed a mother or
patient to lie down on the way
to or from the doctor's office.
Dr. Kay and the other his
toric figures connected with
the stained glass window are
among the “larger than life”
figures who comprise the
history of Byron, Collins said,
Even the word “BYRON" in
the middle of the window has
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THE LEADER TRIBUNE
February 7th—DDA Board
Meets at 6 p.m. at Troutman
House
February 9th—FV HPC
meets 6
p.m. at Troutman
February I0& 11th —
Murder
Mystery Dinner Theater at
Austin Theater
February 14th-Valentine’s
Day
February 17th—Arbor Day
at South Peach Park
February' 20th — Presidents
Day Holiday
February 24th—Flag Day
Coming: A Children’s Play.
Crowns by FVSU in March &
a Casino Night Buffet at the
Austin. Dates to be announced.
For a complete listing of up
to date events , please see the
Chamber’s website at:
www.peachchamber.com, or
visit his youtube account at:
ww.youtube.com/user/per
ryswansonproductions
January 12th, 2012 at the
Austin Theater:
There will be a public meet¬
ing for all the residents of
the Everett Square Historic
District and the Downtown
its symbolism. The letters are
green; green and white were
the colors of the old Byron
High School. Byron High
School sat where the Byron
Municipal Complex now sits.
Among the instructions to the
architects was to design the
Municipal Complex to be remi
niscent of the red brick and
white columns of the old Byron
High School, Collins said. The
circular drives leading up to
the complex are roughly where
the bus ramps were for the high
school.
The stained glass window is
the work of Ralph and Kathie
Lambert of Fort Valley, who
run a studio and teach classes
in the ancient art.
In an interview, Ralph
Lambert said he put the
window together over a few
years, while Kathie did the
challenging work of selecting
the glass to go into the window,
Ralph Lambert took hundreds
photos of Byron and contracted
with a design studio to come up
with ideas for the stained glass
window. He said he would say
more about the studio closer
to the formal dedication of the
window,
Picking out the layers of glass
for the Byron window took
several days, while cutting the
glass took a few years. Lambert
said. There were challenges to
putting together a multi-pan
eled work. For instance, the
glass depicting the sky had
to be consistent across several
panels, which required a lot of
cutting from many pieces of
glass. One of the requirements
Railroad District at the Austin
Theater, January 12th at 7 p.m.
Please join the Design
Guidelines Committee &
the Fort Valley Historic
Preservation Commission as
the “up-dated new Design
Guidelines" are unveiled.
These guidelines were in des¬
perate need of a reprint and the
Corn-mission had the oppor¬
tunity in receiving a Grant to
have the guidelines custom
designed with photos for our
historic districts in Fort Valley.
If you are a resident of either
historic district or a business
owner or absentee building
owner, please plan to attend.
The guidelines have been for¬
matted to uploaded to the Fort
Valley Main Street website in
the near future.
This meeting will be very
informative and will cover,
Commerical & Residential
Guidelines along with infor¬
mation regarding tax credits
for income producing busi¬
nesses and tax credits for
homeowner improvements.
Intro to new Design
Guidelines at the Austin
Theater
for the window was to cover up
air-conditioning ducts behind
it, so the glass had to be “opal
escent,” which lets through
light but can’t be seen through,
Lambert said,
There were numerous subtle
touches to the Byron window.
The panel depicting the old jail,
for instance, includes a tiny
lock that is permanently open,
Lambert said. Multiple layers
of glass created the effect of
the “windows" in the old jail
panel. The panel depicting
the Methodist Church fea
tures a miniature stained glass
window that Ralph Lambert
assembled separately and then
incorporated into the image of
the church, thus, stained glass
within stained glass. The bars
on the jail, as well as several
pieces of the locomotive, were
made out of brass that was
attached to the glass, crcat
ing a three-dimensional effect,
Lambert used a technique
called patina to cover the shiny
brass with black color to help it
blend in.
The various smaller pieces
were bound together with the
copper foil method introduced
by the famous Tiffany Studio
starting in the I9th century.
It is, to date, the biggest piece
the Lamberts have produced,
I'm very proud to have
gotten thc opportunity to do
something with such high vis
ibility," Ralph Lambert said,
“I'm honored that the City of
Byron contracted with me to
do it."