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i llllllllllllilllfl Mill I.III...II...II •ALL POP ADC III! 301 I I1II...1I...I..I.I Co V 'O GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT UNIV Of- GA ATHENS GA 30602-0001 i jor nps 6 i & a * ;t 3 services Sunday ; March 11th See po«« 14 w m * i IS W Vol. 126 Issue No. 10 500 Peach County's Newspaper KABCH 7 ,2012 Legal Organ For Peach County, City of Byron Fort Board of Ed Weel<; Studying $$$ 5-Day ana Personnel Are Factors By Victor Kulkosky Newt Editor Students and parents - you might be getting a piece of August back, but don't book that extra week at the camp¬ site just yet. At the regular monthly study session last week, Superintendent of Schools Joe Ann Denning presented the Peach County Board of Education with a pro¬ posal for a school calendar featuring a return to a five-day week. The proposal was put together by school district staff after ”a lot of work looking at finances," Denning told the board. She said the BOE would prob¬ ably need to have a called meeting to go over personnel issues and in-depth discussion of the financial issues. That meeting was held last week and includ¬ ed a three-hour closed session on per¬ sonnel questions. The BOE did not vote at that meeting. The BOE held its regular meeting Tuesday evening after the Leader Tribune went to press. Check Facebook and our website for updates. Last Tuesday. Denning told the BOE the proposed calendar includes an Aug. 13, 2012 first day of school for stu¬ dents, with 170 days of instruction. That is still short of the 180 days rec¬ ommended by the state, she said. The proposed calendar includes a Continued to page 3 What's INSIDE Peach In 6 - Out ______ u Police Beet......, 8 Opinion------------ 4 Country Living. S Faith Mutton.. 6 Sports............. 7 School............ 8 Local 9 10-18 Classifieds 18 Tax Tima... 14 Local Weather Forecast Sumy Wednesday, Mar. 7 Hi: 72* lo: 52* Ctovdy Thursday. Mar. 8 Hi: 78* Lo. 56* flMidarSfwwers Friday, Mar. 9 Hi: 80* U: 60* Showers Saturday, Mar. 10 Hi: 63* Lo: 53* Qoue/y Sunday, Mar; II Hr. 69* <#2 lo: 57* Crazy but True Paralyzed Archer Aims, Hits Her Targets • * ' ; i m KIRANfS 7 t A 0 *. Wf im ’■ i ik w Aiming Nigh. Paralympic archer Lee Ford-Faherty demonstrates her bow g thengTrtls ddkmd F or tM alley Kiwanis Club last week. The long piece extending to a balance that reduces unwonted bow movement. Photo by Victor By Victor Kulkosky News Editor Lee Ford-Faherty has already deter mined she will be the Gold Medal winner in women’s archery at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London this summer. Kay Center's Louis Maxwell Sets Another Record -r I ■ Light Turnout for Early Primary, SPLOST Vote By Victor Kulkosky News Editor Just 493 Peach County voters cast their ballots in early voting for the Presidential Preference Primary and SPLOST renewal, according to data from the Peach County Board of Elections & Registration That equals about 3% of the county's 14,536 registered voters The turnout is a little more than half of the 903 early votes in the 2008 Presidential Preference Primary. The Democratic Primary is still taking place, but with President Barack Obama the only candidate, party voters have little reason to vote. The Republican Primary is part of a 10-statc contest known as Super Tuesday, which many elections watchers say could be a make-or-break day for GOP contenders. Thirteen more states and ter¬ ritories have primaries scheduled in March, with a grand 9 I Dickey Honored For Supporting Literacy aamrnew HF mm ........ ■ m * K f See page 3 The Perry resident made this cheeky pronouncement to the Fort Valley Kiwanis Club last week, while also recounting her numerous spinal sur geries, the result of nutritional defi ciencies stemming from auto-immune diseases including arthritis, Crohn’s Disease and Celiac. Georgia's GOP Primary at a Glama «t Stake* 74 (groportionaf) 293 n 33 m nee __ m. reet. i 25 ft IUtaT&S»»e NUm i t A ■ ** me§ HHG IJ-L _ * #2, M aMSSGGPGWB!# ||___L_. -aII ** -21, Okie-66, m*m - 43, Tea-ne e - 51, SenaeiH -17, tirpais - 4* MGOP el Slob: 437 4 Sftflfl — 9 *\X'hy Shop Local! Whom you chop clot* to homo, you enable total husiuett owners to grow and biro mart of your neighbors. Who knows, the job you create by shopping local might he you Spend a few dollars at your hometown business today! And one more thing: She’s only been shooting since 2008. Her “issues” - she refuses to use the term “problems" - and astounding confidence inspire many people to ask if she’s crazy. “I usually answer yes," Lee said. Like many people back in 1976, 5-year-old Lee was inspired by the achievements of Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci in the Summer Games. She tried to follow in the foot¬ steps of her first idol and tried gym¬ nastics, along with dance and speed skating, but her then undiagnosed ill¬ nesses limited her ability to perform. “Autoimmune is the gift that keeps on giving,” Lee said. Life went on and “11 years of college and one daughter later,” Lee was living in Buckhead. Atlanta in 2005 when her back gave out. “1 felt like I’d been shot,” she said. Malnutrition from her digestive prob¬ lems had contributed to a herniated disk that paralyzed Lee’s left leg and required emergency surgery. About three years later, a friend talked Lee into going out for a session of archery. She’d been pretty good with compound bows, but this style uses recurve bows, which require more physical effort from the shtxiter. But for someone with Lee’s issues, archery proved much less strenuous, and she developed a passion for the sport, enough of a passion that Jim White, Continued to page 3 On Jan. 21, 2012, Louis Maxwell began his quest to set another unof¬ ficial record in the powerlifting field. It would not take long to see how the day was going to go, with the squats being first. Earlier in the year, Louis had squatted 660 lbs. in a USAPL event. After the second squat of 611.5 lbs., the decision was made to attempt a new record. On the final lift of the day, Louis would attempt 666 14 lbs. The lift would take place in front of USAPL-certified head judge to make sure the lift was good. Louis had to get the right depth without moving his feet and wait on the judges' signals for the lift to be good. He had to get two out of three judges to give him a white light to the lift to set a new record. With his lifting suit on and knees wrapped, Louis approached the bar and had a good set-up to begin the lift. When the signal to squat was given he took a big Continued to page 5 Peach Schools Contribute to Record Reading Day m 0 wi Keyshawn Brown shows intense focus os he fakes an Accelerated Reader quiz on "Top JO Football Rushers" at Fort Valley Middle School last Friday. Keyshown joined his schoolmates and K-8 students throughout Peach County and the nation in Read the MosI From Coast to Coast. Students tested on 3.5 million books in one day. Photo by Victor Kulkosky By Victor Kulkosky News Editor They grabbed their books. They read their books. They tested on their books. Some went back for seconds. By the end of the day. students at Peach County Schools had played their part in setting a nationwide record of over 3 million books read in a single day. The reading frenzy held last Friday was part of Read the Most From Coast to Coast, sponsored by Renaissance Learning, a company that provides electronic learning support tools and services to schools. Their most famil¬ iar product is Accelerated Reader Enterprise, which encourages students to read books and take online quizzes about those books, with instant results. To participate in Read the Most, individual teachers registered on the sponsors Renaissance Place Real Time platform. Students signed in and took their AR quizzes, which were immediately tallied both school-wide and nationwide. At Fort Valley Middle School, Media Specialist Marla Sellers was busy with eager readers from Vanessa Harvey’s class. She dealt with com¬ puter glitches, along with checking books in and out. Jaylon Simmons, wearing a birthday tiara, read and tested on “Miss Mary is Scary,” while Jessica Lopez kept informed on current events with a book on Pakistan. Frederick Smith pre¬ ferred culinary matters with “How to Eat Fried Worms.” Keyshawn Brown, nattily attired in red shirt and matching tie, displayed scholarly intensity as he penised “Top 10 Football Rushers." Sellers said registered teachers could receive prizes. The schools were also offering prizes for students. At around 10 a.m. On Friday, about 140 FVMS students had already taken 290 AR quizzes, starting at 7:30 a.m. The nationwide tally was at around 464,000 By the end of the day, Peach County students in grades K-8 had helped their fellow students around the nation shatter the Read the Most record The nationwide tally was 3,581,992 AR quizzes The previous year's record of 2,177,586 was passed at 12:15 p.m. CST, according to the Read the Most From Coast to Coast website. . —a—at