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Wednesday, August 11, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 3A
SRE accepting Bright
Ideas applications
Southern Rivers En
ergy is accepting Bright
Ideas grant applications
for creative, classroom-
based learning projects.
The Bright Ideas grant
program is sponsored
by the Southern Rivers
Energy Trust through Op
eration Round Up, fund
ing innovative lessons
and projects designed
to energize learning. The
Bright Ideas program
distributes grants up
to $1,000 for certified
teachers in grades pre-K
through 12th grade at
public or private schools
located in the co-op’s
nine-county service terri
tory: Bibb, Coweta, Craw
ford, Lamar, Meriwether,
Monroe, Pike, Spalding
and Upson. Grants will
not be awarded for
professional develop
ment, general classroom
supplies, iPads or Smart-
Board purchases.
All applications must
be submitted online by
Sept. 3, 2021. Any applica
tions received by Aug. 13
will be entered in an Early
Bird prize drawing for a
$250 Amazon gift card.
Grant winners will be
notified when the Bright
Ideas Brigade makes its
rounds in October. For
more information or to
apply online, visit south-
ernriversenergy.com.
“The Bright Ideas
education grant pro
gram is part of Southern
Rivers Energy’s ongo
ing commitment to our
schools and communi
ties. Southern Rivers
Energy is a not-for-profit
electric cooperative that
serves more than 19,000
meters in nine counties.
Bright Ideas grants give
teachers the power to
put their creative teach
ing ideas into action,”
said Kathryn Claxton
Green of SRE. “We know
budgets are limited and
that educators often dip
into their own pockets
to help pay for materials
and supplies for their
creative lesson plans.
This program provides
opportunities for innova
tive, creative learning
experiences that are
otherwise unavailable
through regular school
funding.”
Any certified teacher,
instructing students in
grades pre-K-12 (public
or private school) in
Bibb, Coweta, Crawford,
Lamar, Meriwether,
Monroe, Pike, Spalding
and Upson counties. The
Southern Rivers Energy
Trust sets aside a total
of $15,000 annually for
Bright Ideas grants. The
maximum grant amount
is $1,000.
Bright Ideas projects
muse use innovative,
creative learning experi
ences for students (25
points), provide in
structional experiences
otherwise unavailable
(20 points), involve team
work (15 points), directly
and actively involves stu
dents (10 points), have
clearly defined goals and
learning objectives (10
points), provide ongoing
benefits to students (10
points) and provide an
adequate budget sum
mary (10 points).
To apply, go to south-
ernriversenergy.com.
For questions about the
Bright Ideas program,
email Kathryn Green at
kathryn@srivers.net.
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Williamson Wings recently held a ribbon cutting event and the restaurant is officially open for orders. In addition to wings
served with homemade sauces and dry rubs, they offer breakfast, hamburgers, Philly cheese steaks, loaded fries and more.
Williamson Wings holds ribbon cutting
During a ribbon
cutting event hosted
by the Pike County
Chamber of Commerce,
Williamson mayor Steve
Fry welcomed the busi
ness to the city.
“We are so grateful
to have Maggie and
Terry Bryan operating a
new restaurant here in
town,” he said.
Family, friends and
Chamber members
gathered for the official
cutting of the ribbon.
Williamson Wings is
open from 7 a.m. to 7:30
p.m. and their menu
includes breakfast
biscuits and platters,
traditional and boneles
wings, Philly cheese
steaks, hamburgers, ap
petizers such as jalape-
no poppers, fried okra,
mozzarella sticks, fried
mushrooms, pickle
fries, chilli cheese dogs
and more, as well as
desserts and coffee
drinks.
Williamson Wings is
at 743 Highway 362. Call
770-229-0057 for more
or to place an order.
CITIZEN SCIENCE: Makes learning fun, hands on
PHOTOS COURTESY OF PIKE COUNTY EXTENSION
Above left, Caroline Lee, Brandi Baade and Morgan Hurkmans test water samples during the
Citizen Science program at the UGA Griffin Research and Education Garden. Above right,
Ashley Wright learns to build a bee hotel from Garden Coordinator Becky Griffin.
FROM PAGE ONE
These citizen scien
tists reported in the
post-program evalu
ation that they fully
intended to put the in
formation they learn to
use within the next year
and that the academy
increased their knowl
edge base in all of the
given topics.
“I absolutely loved
today! Thank you for the
wealth of information
and resources I can take
back to my classroom
and implement this fall,”
said one teacher.
To get involved with
any future these citizen
science projects, con
tact the Pike County
Extension office to
learn more and become
involved. Additionally,
Pike County Extension
holds programs through
out the year that focus
on projects such as
Adopt-A-Stream and
Great Georgia Pollinator
Census.
Pike County’s John Mixon leads Georgia Farm Bureau Committee
Pike County Farm
Bureau (PCFB) Director
John Mixon is serving as
chairman of the Georgia
Farm Bureau (GFB) For
estry Committee and is a
member of the American
Farm Bureau Federation
(AFBF) Federal Lands Is
sue Advisory Committee.
Mixon grows trees
for timber, pulpwood
and chip-and-saw on 150
acres, and he runs John
W. Mixon & Associates
Forestry Consultants.
Mixon holds member
ships in the Georgia
Forestry Association,
Arborist Association and
the Society of American
Foresters. He served as
director of the Georgia
Forestry Commission
from 1973 to 1995. He
also served a stint as
president of the National
Association of State For
esters.
Mixon lives in The
Rock and belongs to
Mountain Gap Church
in Zebulon. He has three
children and nine grand
children.
Mixon leads the GFB
Forestry Committee in
shaping the organiza
tion’s policy relating to
timber production in
Georgia. The commit
tee, made up of timber-
land owners from each
of GFB’s 10 districts,
gathered during the GFB
spring commodity meet
ings. The committee is
one of GFB’s 20 commod
ity advisory committees,
which are scheduled to
meet again at the GFB
Commodity Conference
in August.
Georgia is consistently
ranked as the nation’s
top state for forestry.
Georgia timberland own
ers who produce timber
and related products gen
erated more than $836
million in farm gate value
and provided 65,530 jobs
in 2019, according to the
UGA Center for Agribusi
ness & Economic Devel
opment.
On the AFBF Fed
eral Lands Committee,
Mixon helps AFBF form
policy on management
of federal land. The issue
advisory committees ad
dress topics that concern
broad segments of Ameri
can agriculture.
PHOTO COURTESY OF
GEORGIA FARM BUREAU
At right, Pike County Farm
Bureau’s John Mixon chairs
the Georgia Farm Bureau
Forestry Committee and
serves on the American Farm
Bureau Federation Federal
Lands Committee.
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