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Issue 47 Thursday, DECEMBER 2, 2021
The Voice of Crawford County Since 1921
also serving Byron and Peach County
1 Sections 8 Pages, 3 Inserts One Dollar
Crawford participates in economic development academy
Parade, Christmas
celebration
Downtown Saturday
Ready or not, it’s Christmas time and Roberta’s Christmas
Celebration will be held downtown Roberta this Saturday,
December 4th, 2021 beginning with vendors in the street
and park 12:30 to 4 p.m.
In conjunction with vendors, kids will have lunch with San
ta and the Volunteer FireFighters in the Park. 1-3 p.m. Fun
and games will continue until all parade entries will go to
the Recycling Center on Hicks Streets at 3:30 to line up for
the parade...step off time is 4:30 sharp! After watching the
parade you can end the evening with reading of the Christ
mas story and a visit with Santa to tell him what you want
for Christmas!
Winners of the parade will be presented and that will in
clude the winners of the Kiwanis TRIKE, WAGON and BIKE
presentation for children four years to fifth grade. Kiwanis
will present prizes for best decorated trike, bike or wagon.
Other prizes will be presented for Floats or parade presenta
tions.
Come celebrate with Roberta Saturday in the Ever Won
derful Christmas Celebration and perhaps finish your
shopping.
High school to
start a Key Club
The Board of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development
announces recent participants from the November 17,2021 The
Essentials program held in Forsyth. Participants were commu
nity and economic development professionals, elected officials,
public servants, business leaders, educators, and engaged
citizens from across Georgia. The Essentials provided attendees
an opportunity to gain a unique understanding of the complex
ities of economic and community development on the local,
regional, and state levels. Created in 1993, the Academy as
sembles a cross-section of experts, research-based curriculum
and resources necessary for building a vibrant economy. The
Board of Directors of the Academy represent public and private
economic development organizations and agencies across
Georgia. Georgia EMC and Georgia Power provide facilitators for
the program on behalf of their members and stakeholders. The
Georgia Department of Community Affairs provides staff and
resources to execute the program statewide. Since its inception,
the Academy has provided training for thousands of Georgians.
For more information on the Georgia Academy for Economic
Development: The Essentials visit www.GeorgiaAcademy.org.
The Essentials participants included: Jessica Walden, Bibb
County; Brenna G. Taylor, Berrien County; Patti Temple, Crawford
County; Joyce White, Monroe County; Conner Bearden, Dodge
County; Mandy Britt, Toombs County; Lauren Beaty, Bibb County;
Holly Wharton, Taylor County; Cherise Cartwright, Glynn County;
Dialo Cartwright, Glynn County; Joe Black, Bibb County; Alonzo
Allen, Peach County; Niki Sappington, Lamar County and Jamie
Wilson, Pulaski County.
The Kiwanis Club of Ro
berta is excited that Craw
ford County High School
will be starting
a Key Club
this year. Key
Club is part of
Kiwanis, the
largest service
organization in
the world and
one of the most
prestigious. Key
Club is for stu
dents who want
to help improve
their school
and community
through service
and leadership.
Since Key Club is inter
national, there are officer
positions at the club, dis
trict, state, and international
level. The mission statement
says that “Key Club is an
international, student-led
organization that provides
its members with oppor
tunities to provide service,
build character and develop
leadership”.
Ms. Samson is thrilled to
serve as the Key Club Advisor
for Crawford High School.
She met with the Kiwanis
Club in Roberta to ask for
their support in chartering a
Key Club at Crawford High
School. She wanted to offer
the students at Crawford
another club that can help
students grow, develop into
leaders, and provide oppor
tunities to earn scholarships.
The founding club officers
are as follows: Abby Skinner
(President), Alyssa Elliott
(Vice President), Haley Ad
ams (Secretary), Shelby Raw
lins (Treasurer), and Joanna
Hernandez (Editor).
The club has decided to
take on two primary ini
tiatives this year. The first
initiative is school-wide
recycling. The club had recy
cling bins donated through
DonorsChoose. Club mem
bers plan to collect recycling
from classrooms as well as at
sporting events, where way
too many plastic bottles are
thrown away. The recycling
program will help students
lower their ecological foot
prints and help the commu
nity learn about the impor
tance of recycling.
Club members
will collect data
to show how
much recycling
helps the envi
ronment. For
example, recy
cling one ton of
plastic saves the
following: 5,774
kWh of energy,
685 gallons of
oil, 30 cubic
yards of landfill
space, and ma
rine species such
as sea turtles.
Key Club members hope that
the community will support
this initiative and use the
recycling bins properly at
events. Plastic bottles with
caps on, empty aluminum
cans, and cardboard should
be placed in the designated
recycling bins. The money
earned from recycling goes
to the Keep Roberta/Craw-
ford Beautiful nonprofit
program. Please help our
community earn money that
can be used to fund projects
that will support maintain
ing our community.
The second initiative is to
help the teachers at Craw
ford High School incorpo
rate more hands-on activ
ities and utilize awesome
resources for review such as
Gimkit.
One barrier is the amount
of time it takes to make such
activities. Ms. Samson cred
its her hands-on activities
to her volunteers over the
years. She says that without
her amazing volunteers, she
would not have the materials
needed for activities such as
Macroinvertebrate Mayhem,
Oh Deer, Survival, Invasive
Species, Sockosomes, etc.
Key Club members will earn
volunteer hours for making
manipulatives and typing up
games in Gimkit for teach
ers. The club hopes that
this initiative will help the
students at Crawford better
understand key concepts in
their classes and improve
assessment scores.
Youngblood recognized
Riley Youngblood, part of the CCHS softball team which
went to the Elite 8, has been named First Team All Region.
She caught 119 innings with two errors leading team with
.983 fielding percentage, 1st in RBI with 10 of 20 being in
state playoffs, 1st in HR 1 regular season and 3 in playoffs,
2nd batting average .400,2nd in hits 28.
Shop local first
Santa made his debut at Musella Market during small business
Saturday. The Roberta-Crawford Chamber and Santa urge all to
shop first at home this season.
Boys and girls lose to Taylor County
The Crawford County Eagles Basketball Teams played Taylor Boys lost 72 to 41. PHOTOS BY CAREY LEE
County last week. The Ladys Eagles lost 55 to 32 and the
