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THE JACKSON HERALD
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2011
CWL Museum holds Wall of Fame dedication
BY KATIE HUSTON
THE CRAWFORD W.
Long Museum held its Wall
of Fame dedication ceremony
Sunday afternoon with con
tributing members honored.
The event coincided with
the museum’s one-year
reopening anniversary. It
began with a wine and cheese
reception for guests and was
followed by comments from
community leaders. After the
ceremony, guests were treat
ed to tours of the museum.
Museum board of directors
presented Lesa Campbell
with a bench in honor of
her mother, the late Sally
Holsenback, for the influence
the two woman have had on
the museum.
“Thank you for all the
work that you have done over
the years in making this pre
sentable,” Jefferson mayor
Jim Joiner said. “Once again,
you’ve done a great job.”
Both Campbell and her
mother’s name were inscribed
on the bench, which will sit
on museum premises.
During a brief speech,
Joiner spoke about the ori
gins of the museum, rec
ognizing those who helped
make it happen.
The process began back
in 1951, when the Georgia
Historic Commission agreed
to provide half the money for
the purchase of a building in
FAMILY RECOGNIZED
Relatives of major contributors to the Crawford W. Long Museum were recog
nized at the unveiling of the museum’s Wall of Fame on Sunday. Plaques are now
included at the museum with names of the over 600 people who helped develop the
museum over 50 years ago.
which to house a museum
honoring Dr. Long, the doc
tor who discovered anesthe
sia. The other half would be
up to the citizens of Jefferson
to join together and raise,
which they did in less than a
year’s time. Joiner said that
over 600 people contribut
ed, and their names are now
present on a plaque located
upstairs at the museum on the
Wall of Fame.
The first officers of
the Memorial Museum
Association - which was
incorporated in 1955 - were
those who led the fundrais
ing efforts. Those members
were also recognized at the
ceremony along with original
staff members.
Photo by Katie Huston
In closing. Joiner credited
the residents from over 50
years ago, along with those
still contributing today.
“(These are the) people
who deserve credit for the
existence of a museum hon
oring Dr. Crawford W. Long
and his discovery of an effec
tive anesthesia for surgery,”
he said.
Eight area schools honored by state agencies
THE OFFICE of Student
Achievement and the Georgia
Department of Education
have honored several local
schools for improvement and
achievement during the 2009-
2010 school year.
The schools were recog
nized under Georgia’s Single
Statewide Accountability
System (SSAS), which
awards schools based on their
performance on state curric
ulum exams and Adequate
Yearly Progress (AYP) status.
Overall, 345 schools in the
state were honored.
The schools are awarded on
four levels — platinum, gold,
silver and bronze — in two
categories — greatest gains
and highest performance.
Those schools making great
est gains showed the great
est improvement in scores
on the Criterion-Referenced
Competency Tests (CRCT)
or the Georgia High School
Graduation Tests (GHSGT).
Schools honored for high
est performance showed the
highest achievement on the
CRCT or GHSGT.
Jefferson High School was
one of 17 schools in the state
that were honored for both
greatest gains and highest
performance.
Other area schools honored
were:
•Benton Elementary
School, greatest gain, gold
award
•Commerce Middle School,
greatest gain, platinum award
•Gum Springs Elementary
School, highest performance,
bronze award
•West Jackson Primary
School, highest performance,
bronze award
•Jefferson Academy, high
est performance, gold award
•Commerce Elementary
School, highest performance,
silver award
•Jefferson Elementary
School, highest performance,
silver award.
The awards are being
announced as part of the
release of the state’s Annual
K-12 Public Schools Report
Card.
The report card, which
features the SSAS awards,
was developed by the Office
of Student Achievement and
provides bottom-line data for
Georgia’s preschools, K-12
schools, colleges and uni
versities, technical colleges.
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Rep. Benton: HOPE to
be a target of changes
BY MARK BEARDSLEY
FACING growing
costs for one of the
most popular pro
grams in the state,
one challenge facing
the Georgia General
Assembly, which
convened Tuesday,
is how to secure the
future of the HOPE
Scholarship.
“A lot of things are being
thrown out. from raising the
grade point average to bas
ing it on income to mak
ing them (recipients) earn
it in college and reimburse
them. I kind of like that idea,”
said Rep. Tommy Benton
(R-Jefferson), whose 31st
House District covers most
of Jackson County.
“We spend so much on
kids having to take remedial
courses in college. That is
absolutely ridiculous. If the
colleges think kids need to
be remediated, they need to
tell us what to teach in 11th
and 12th grades so we don’t
need to spend that money. It’s
foolish.”
Benton said Gov. Nathan
Deal — who was sworn into
office on Monday — wants to
keep the grade point average
requirement at 3.0.
“That’s fine, but a lot of
folks that got a 3.0 aren’t col
lege material,” said Benton, a
retired history teacher.
According to Benton,
unless some recalibration of
eligibility or payment takes
place, HOPE will be unable
to meet its obligations in
three years.
HOPE, along with pre-K
education, is funded by the
GeorgiaLottery for Education.
And while lottery sales con
tinue to increase each year, so
does the demand for HOPE
Scholarship money.
“One of the biggest prob-
BENTON
lems is that since
I’ve been in the
legislature, we’ve
increased the HOPE
allotment twice.
Both times the
Board of Regents
increased tuition,”
Benton complained.
“We try to help par
ents and the students
and the Board of Regents
raises tuition and we’re back
to square one.”
One likely result, Benton
predicted, will be to do away
with the book allowance,
which at $150 per semester
is already hugely inadequate,
given the price of college
textbooks.
Originally, HOPE was
designed to also fund tech
nology for school systems,
but when there wasn’t
enough money to go around,
the General Assembly used
a constitutional amendment,
subsequently approved by
the voters, to not only elimi
nate technology money, but
also to prevent HOPE funds
from being used for other
purposes.
“We had some governors
that raided that fund a couple
of times, so we wanted to
make sure there’s not going
to be any more spending of
lottery money for anything
more than what was original
ly intended, minus the tech
nology,” Benton explained.
District 31 Rep. Tommy
Benton can be reached by
phoneat706-367-5891 (home)
or 404-656-0177 (office); or
by e-mail at tommy.benton@
house.ga.gov.
For daily updates on leg
islative action and links to
Georgia representatives. U.S.
Congressmen. Senators and
other officials, visit Benton’s
website at www.tommyben-
ton.com.
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