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Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 3A
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Pike County Clerk of Supe
rior Court Pam Thompson was
recently honored for 20 years of
service in the clerk’s office.
Employees honored by county for years of service
Pike commissioners
and others recently rec
ognized employees for
reaching milestones of
service with the county,
including sheriff Jimmy
Thomas and Superior
Court clerk Pam Thomp
son who both served 20
years and Patricia Wells
who has worked for
five years at the Senior
Center.
James ‘Jimmy’ Thom
as “Jimmy” was thanked
by county manager
Brandon Rogers for his
20 years of service to
Pike County in the Sher
iff’s Department. Sheriff
Thomas was presented
with a 20-year certificate
and pin. Chairman Briar
Johnson noted all the
years of good work the
sheriff has done and
thanked him for his
service.
Pam Thompson was
recognized for 20 years
of service to Pike Coun
ty in Superior Court.
She was previously the
deputy clerk and now
is the Clerk of Superior
Court. Thompson was
presented with a 20-year
certificate and pin.
Patricia Wells was
recognized for five
years of service to Pike
County at the Senior
Center. Rogers noted
that the past year has
been challenging with
COV1D-19 and noted
that she stepped up and
handled it well. She was
presented with a 5-year
certificate and pin.
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Above left, Vanessa Virruepa (holding book) and Addison Johnson read ‘Sanna-Tizer Disinfects the Substitute: The heroes’ journey of a teacher and her second
grade students’ to local primary school students. Above right, Ben Richardson (holding book) and Elijah Moss read to Pike County Primary School students. The
book was written by Ninth Grade Academy students and is available at A Novel Experience bookstore, the NGA building and the PCPS building.
Ninth Grade Academy Students to host booksigning April 16
PRAYER:
Power to
give awards
FROM PAGE ONE
Nominations are
also needed for the
2021 “Prayer Power
Faith Award / Scholar
ship” which is award
ed to graduating Pike
County seniors who
have displayed growth
and maturity in their
spiritual life during
their high school
experience. They may
be home schooled or
have attended private
or public school. All
nominations must be
received by the first
day of April, 2021.
For more informa
tion go to prayerpow-
er4u.net/awards or to
request a nomination
form, email prayer
power4u@bellsouth.
net.
EDWARDS:
Chairman
of ABA
FROM PAGE ONE
’’The tremendous
interest in this year’s
Washington Summit
shows how engaged
our members are in
the important issues
facing our country
and our industry,”
said ABA chairman
Jim Edwards, CEO of
United Bank based
in Barnesville and
Zebulon. “This is a
great opportunity for
us to find policy areas
where we can work to
gether with Congress
and the administration
to defeat this pan
demic and grow the
economy to the benefit
of our customers and
the communities we
serve.”
Students at Pike’s
Ninth Grade Academy
worked together to write,
illustrate, market, pub
lish and sell their book,
Sanna-Tizer Disinfects the
Substitute: The heroes’
journey of a teacher and
her second grade stu
dents. They were featured
on an Atlanta news station
and have sold enough
copies to cover the cost of
printing the book and the
initial investor. Now they
are working on identify
ing a local family that has
been negatively affected
by COVID-19 so they can
present them with some
of the proceeds from the
book sales. They hope to
give a $300 donation to
start and eventually reach
a goal of raising $5,000 to
help local families.
A reading and signing
event will be held Friday,
April 16 from 6 to 7:30
p.m. at A Novel Experi
ence Bookstore on the
courthouse square. Stu
dents who helped write
and illustrate the book will
present their book and
sign copies of the book.
The book may be pur
chased at A Novel Experi
ence in Zebulon or the
NGA building. The cost is
$16 for soft cover and $20
for hardcover. Proceeds
from book sales will go
toward the project-based
learning program at NGA
and also to families in
the community who have
been adversely affected
by the COVID-19 pan
demic. Copies are selling
quickly but the book
will be reprinted. Email
hudsonj@pike.kl2.ga.us
to reserve a copy.
Six classes of ninth
grade literature and two
classes of world history
students were divided
into illustrators, writers,
editorial and marketing
teams, designers and
software engineers.
“This required lots of
creativity and communi
cation skills,” said NGA
teacher Jan Hudson.
In their world history
classes, students studied
and researched pandem
ics, including the black
plague, Spanish flu, Ebola
and H1N1. They also stud
ied the CDC recommen
dations for fighting the
COVID-19 virus. In their
language arts classes, the
students learned about
the archetype of the hero’s
journey. They followed
heroes in literature as they
began the story in the
ordinary world, accepted
the call to adventure,
crossed the threshold and
then returned with the
solution to the problem.
Students who helped
write, illustrate and design
the book include, George
Blake, Tristan Cantrell,
Adora Chatterton, Tobin
Cofer, Jonathan Collins,
Brayden Conkle, Sebastian
Facundo, Madilyn Fox,
Cyan Hendrix, Gregory
Justus, Raymond Mc-
Clanahan, Madison Mort,
lan Norsworthy, Jadelyn
Pressley, Ella Pritchard,
Sabrina Soper, Ayden Stan
ley, Aniya Walker, Hunter
Wick, Bennesia Wilkins,
Charles Bailey, Garrett
Bruce, Jacob Case, James
Davis, Ja’ell Draughn,
Amelia Elkins, Marlee Fer
guson, Richard Gebhardt,
Trenton Chappell, Tony
Harper, Memphis Hous-
man, Addison Johnson,
Brody Harmon, Savannah
Jones, James Marshall,
Austin Meyers, Dominic
Meza, Vanesa Virrueta,
Mikea Teal, Jackson Terry,
Isabella Vazquez, Austin
Wall, Addie Williams,
Jacob Wingard, Kate-
lyn Bradberry, Braxton
Brown, Michael Cromer,
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Jessica Dimas-Clark, Aus
tin Dover, Rylan Flournoy,
Lanie Garner, Allison
Mansperger, McKenzie
Memmler, Peyton Michel,
Caleb Morris, Analeigh
Nichols, Harlee Norris, Ara
Julyja Peters, Carson Ras-
bury, Alexis Soares, Shalon
Johnson, Landen Kemp-
son, Sebastian Langston,
Catherine McCrary, Na
thaniel Strickland, Wyatt
Tolbert, Margaret Turner,
Gavin Weldon, Joseph
Weldon, James Bowden,
Skylin Creath, Preston
Eley, Logan Eubanks, Jake
Gilpin, Emma Harrison,
Madison Hayes, Skylar
Keadle, Lexi Lunsford,
Tommy Moore, Hannah
Pike, Travis Prudente,
Wyatt Varner, Sara Belle
Wilson, Haleigh Corley,
Rachel Curphey, Jaylan
Fletcher, Ashlee Griffin,
Kaitlyn Maloney, Ashton
Norton, Dakota Roberts,
Kendall Ballentine, Cody
Adams, Ava Michel,
Dashawn Thomas, Andrew
Tingle, Mackenzie White,
Seth Bonner, Charles Boyt,
Cameron Britt, Sydney
Brown, Tyson Clark, Brady
Daniel, Brylee Daniel, Cart
er Dyke, Colton English,
Hana Odum, Cierra Gordy,
Chris Jett, Luke Moon,
Kyle Nixon, Sarah Parker,
Walker Pittman, Madison
Potts, Hendrick Smith,
C’Ajha Walker, Collin Whel
an, Donavon Browning, Mi
chael McGouirk, Ledavion
Hunt, Katelyn Minyard,
Joshua Tomarchio, Savan
nah Stowers, Cameron
Steele, Jonathan Hankins,
Madalanne Jones, John
Moerman, Leah Governo,
Noah Buffington, Logan
Brooks, Chloe Bivens,
Kenleigh Smith, Benjamin
Richardson, Elijah Moss,
Kade McLeRoy, Luke
Mann, Sara Jones, Kait
lyn Hedden, Lily Glover,
Landon Goodman, Andrew
Edwards and Lily Alpough.
Other students made up
a marketing team who
worked directly with the
publisher to establish a
budget for the book size,
color and price point.
The students chose to
dedicate the book to all
teachers dealing with the
pandemic challenges.
“This book is dedicat
ed to all teachers work
ing tirelessly through
the pandemic. You
have fought like mad to
stay connected to your
students ...you’re heroes
and you’re absolutely
essential!”
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