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Taking Lunch
This little fellow really is hanging by his tippy toes. Some
where he learned to suspend himself precariously and scoop
seeds out of the bird feeder with his paws. He had himself a
nice meal, backed up the wire and scampered off into a tree.
(News Staff photo by Jay Jordan.)
Watt Wiser
Electricity Is Up
During Summer
Almost everyone is aware
that energy bills are higher
now than they were 10 years
ago, but fewer people are
familiar with all the reasons
behind these increases.
Obviously, the skyrocket
ing cost of fuel to generate
electricity has played a part.
But an increasing demand
for electricity, especially
during certain times, also is
a factor.
In Georgia, the heaviest
demand for electricity
peak demand normally
occurs on consecutively hot
summer weekdays when
temperatures rise above 88
Committee To
Hold Meeting
The committee estab
lished to recognize Forsyth
County’s 150th birthday in
1982, will meet on Tuesday,
July 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Forsyth County Courthouse
community room.
The sesquicentennial com
mittee, established recently
by the Cumming-Forsyth
County Chamber of Com
merce, is planning activities
and events for the year of
1982. Forsyth County was
created on Dec. 3,1832.
The committee will be ac
cepting volunteer members
from the community, and
will be accepting help and
historical information from
the citizens of Forsyth
County.
To aid the committee con
tact interim president Donna
Parrish or secretary
Shirley Clements at 887-1305.
MEAT SITUATION
Pork is plentiful right now,
but production is declining
seasonally. Weekly output is
averaging 9 to 11 percent
below the record highs of a
year ago. Beef supplies are
adequate. Weekly output in
June is averaging two to four
percent below year earlier
levels, and four to six per
cent below the 197840 aver
age for the month.
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degrees. The most likely
time of day for heavy de
mand is between noon and 8
p.m. when air conditioners
are usually employed to
keep homes and businesses
cool.
With each consecutive day
of hot weather, demand
rises, reaching a peak each
day, then dropping off as
night brings some relief
from the summer heat.
These peaks are important
because a large portion of
the price Sawnee EMC pays
for its energy is related to
how much our consumers
contribute to peak demand.
It is not hard to see that
consistent increases in our
contribution to peak demand
will eventually mean higher
prices for the electricity we
use and higher bills for our
consumers. But there is a
solution.
Our Watt Wiser program,
sponsored this summer in
cooperation with our power
supplier, Oglethorpe Power
Corporation’ is one method
of dealing with this problem.
Through Watt Wiser, a news
paper/radio campaign to en
courage wise energy
management, we are pro
moting the idea of shifting
the use of heavy energy ap
pliances to times other than
noon to 8 p.m. on potentially
high demand days.
An example is washing
and drying clothes at night
or before noon, or using an
outdoor grill instead of an
oven to cook meals on these
days.
We are not really asking
the consumer to use less
electircity we want our
consumers to use all they
need but we are asking
that energy be used during
off-peak times as much as
possible. Nor are we sug
gesting that your electric bill
will be less as a result of
these practices. But over the
long run, the electric rates of
Sawnee EMC will be lower if
enouch consumers partici
pate in this program of sensi
ble energy management.
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With Kool And Gang
Six Flags To Hold
Fourth Celebration
Recording artists Kool and
The Gang, a super fireworks
display, in-park rock bands,
and special late night hours
highlight Six Flags’ Star-
Spangled, Late-Night July
4th Celebration.
The party will begin July 3
at 10 a.m. and go until 3 a.m. >
July 4.
Kool and The Gang have
bounced across the charts
with such hits as “Cele
brate”, “Ladies Night” and
Can Attend Special Class
Seventh Graders Pass Test
If passing the SAT (Schol
astic Aptitude Test) were the
only criterion for entering a
college or university, at least
398 Georgia seventh graders
could qualify now.
As part of the Talent Iden
tification Program con
ducted by Duke University,
9,00012-year-olds in 13 south
eastern states were given
the SAT to see how they
stacked up against high
school seniors taking the
test. Of the 709 Georgia stu
dents taking the exam, the
scores of 398 students
equaled or surpassed the
scores of the average high
school senior. Fifty-four
Georgians had combined
scores on math and verbal
tests of 1,000. (The average
score of freshmen entering
schools in the University
System of Georgia last year
was 816.)
Patrol Predicts Holiday
Traffic Fatality Number
The Georgia State Patrol
is predicting that traffic ac
cidents may take the lives of
21 persons on the state’s
highways during the upcom
ing July 4th Holiday period.
Georgia Public Safety Com
missioner Colonel Hugh Har
dison said the prediction is
higher than last year when
15 persons died because of
expected increases in the
amount of travel this year.
Declining gasoline costs is
the principal reason for
more expected travel.
The holiday period begins
on Thursday, July 2, at 6
p.m. and ends at midnight
Sunday, July 5 covering 78
hours. The prediction also
calls for 437 injuires and 1004
accidents.
Colonel Hardison said the
patrol will call on all its
resources for enforcement
during the period including
widespread use of aircraft,
radar, unmarked cars, and
road checks in an effort to
hold down the deaths. Local
enforcement agencies will
work closely with the patrol
to provide a unified effort
toward traffic law violators.
The Patrol will also be work
ing at the local level with
groups and organizations in
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“Too Hot”. The nineman
group is currently enjoying
the success of their latest
single, “Jones Vs. Jones”.
The band will be in concert
for two performances at 9
p.m. and midnight in the
park’s new 5,000 seat concert
facility.
In addition to the concert,
special bands will be per
forming throughout the park
and the Mellow Yellow Jam
will kick out at the Crystal
Jeffry Jones, a student at
Stoneview Elementary
School in DeKalb County,
was one of the grand winners
in the talent search. His
score in the verbal section of
the test ranked in the top
three in the Southeast, and
his combined scores in math
and verbal tests ranked in
the top six. Young Jones, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Jones of Lithonia, had a
combined score of 1,200 out
of a possible 1,600.
At an awards program in
Atlanta for the 398 Georgia
students, Jeffry walked off
with a thesaurus, dictionary,
complete works of Shake
speare, an encyclopedia, a
handheld computer and a
$625 scholarship to a three
weeks’ summer program for
the gifted at Duke Univer
sity.
According to Robert Sa
promoting safety through
safety breaks and the like.
The Civil Air Patrol will fly
in support of Patrol activ
ities, weather permitting.
A year ago 15 persons died
in 925 accidents while 431
WEEKEND IN ATLANTA.
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Pistol.
The Great Rock ‘n Roll
Time Machine, a multi-me
dia history of the rock music
era, continues in the Con
temporary Theater through
July 12.
Regular park admission
includes all special activities
and concert.
Six Flags, open daily, is
located on 1-20 West, just
minutes from downtown At
lanta.
wyer, director of the Talent
Identification Program, this
is its first year. Goals are to
help school systems inden
tify gifted students, to assist
the students in appropriate
school and college place
ment and to provide re
search data on gifted
students. Sawyer says the
program at Duke will last at
least three more years.
About 36,000 gifted stu
dents are enrolled in special
classes in Georgia public
Hodges Wins Award
W.C. Hodges of Statesboro
has been named Tree
Farmer of the Year by the
Georgia Forestry Associa
tion.
Hodges was judged the
most productive tree farmer
out of 2,171 registered tree
were injured. In observance
of the holiday, State Patrol
Headquarters, State Capitol
and Decatur drivers licenses
offices will be closed on Fri
day, July 3. All other drivers
offices in the state will be
closed on Saturday, July 4.
Now the whole family can spend a long weekend at the Radisson
Inn Atlanta and stay within a budget. For only s3o* a night, you get
superb accommodations for up to 4 in a room, free tennis on our
six lighted courts, the use of our two outdoor pools, a free
p continental breakfast and a complimentary welcome cocktail,
r And when you’re ready to visit Six Flags, Underground Atlanta
and Stone Mountain, you'll find you’re just minutes away.
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schools, according to Allan
Gurley, director of the spe
cial programs division for
the Georgia Department of
Education. Of the 100 schools
participating in the talent
search, 67 were public
schools.
School systems in the state
will receive information
about the 1982 Talent Identi
fication Program in the fall,
says Sawyer. The students
take the SAT in January.
farmers in Georgia. He
farms 1,000 acres in Bulloch
County, 500 of which are in
trees.
Last year’s winter, Milton
Hopkins of Fitzgerald, was
named Tree Farmer of the
South in February of 1981 ■
SSOOO TO WIN
DEMO DERBY
See over 100 cars
demolished to find the Demo
Champion.
DEMO DERBY
1 p.m., Sunday, July 5
Dixie Speedway
Hwy 92-Woodstock
926-5315
So plan a weekend at the Radisson Inn
Atlanta now. The S3O rate is good
Thursday through Sunday. For reserva
tions, call (404) 394-5000 or toll free
(800) 228-9822.
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