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Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - Pike County Journal Reporter - Page 3A
TEACHER: Of the Year honored at NGA
PHOTO BY RACHEL McDANIEL / PIKE COUNTY JOURNAL REPORTER
Pike County’s District Teacher of the Year Clayton Moon was surprised in his classroom re
cently with the announcement by school administrators, teachers and friends. Pictured are (l-r)
board of education chairman Allen Edwards, Ninth Grade Academy principal Lindsay Busby,
District Teacher of the Year Clayton Moon and superintendent Dr. Michael Duncan.
FROM PAGE ONE
Moon currently teach
es psychology, sociology
and World History and
according to superinten
dent Dr. Michael Duncan,
his strength his innova
tion in getting students
involved and actively
learning in the class
room. Dr. Duncan said he
is always willing to try
something new and his
students benefit greatly
from that.
“I’m just so proud that
1 get to represent Pike
County and this great
school system,” said
Moon as he was celebrat
ed in his classroom.
“I want to encourage,
change and inspire stu
dents the way my teach
ers did for me. 1 want to
be the person who has
faith in student/athlete
success, regardless of
what others might think.
1 want to be the teacher
who is so creative in the
profession, that a class
period whisps by in the
blink of an eye. 1 want to
inspire by good humor
and hard work. 1 am still
working toward these
goals and every day is a
delightful learning experi
ence. Teaching keeps me
young and the students
at Pike County are fun to
be around. ”
He credits his mom,
Susan Moon, as an inspi
ration and encouraging
force for his career in
education.
“She taught in Lamar
and Upson counties and
her former students
always speak highly of
her. She supported all my
aspirations, pushed me
through college, attend
ed every football game 1
played and coached, and
encouraged me to write,”
he said.
He noted that a few
other teachers who en
couraged him along the
way include Upson High
School head football
coach David Stephenson,
Upson High School his
tory teacher and football
coach Gary Gill, recre
ational league basketball
coach Jeff Middlebrooks
and fourth grade teacher
at Atwater Elementary
Mrs. Hayes.
Moon was instrumen
tal in working with the
entire NGA faculty and
most of the students
as they published and
promoted the children’s
book Sanna-Tizer Disin
fects the Substitute.
“This was an amazing
feat for students who
were faced with so much
during the pandemic.
When inspirational teach
ing methods are encour
aged throughout school
system, creative ideas
are born, and meaning
ful assignments become
worthwhile products,” he
said.
Outside of the class
room, he stays active
with his family and has
written and published
several books, including
a novella in 2016, a short
story in 2017, two books
of poetry in 2019 and a
children’s book. He will
launch a children’s book
titled Where Do Peanut
Butter Jelly Sandwiches
Come From? in the spring
of 2022. The book will be
dedicated to his mother
Susan S. Moon.
“1 am blessed to have
a beautiful family,” he
said. “My wife, Melinda,
and 1 are so proud of
Seth, Greylen and Sara.
Seth will graduate Gor
don State College in 2022
and start his career as
an educator. Greylen will
graduate Pike County
High School and begin
college in the fall of 2022
and Sara will be a junior
at Pike County High
School.”
CONCORD
COUNTRY JUBILEE
OCTOBER 16 & 17
Fun for the whole family:
Arts, Crafts, Entertainment, Food,
Fellowship & Fun.
Mark your Calendar ■ Call everybody
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CITY OF ZEBULON
NOTICE OF ANNUAL BUDGET
PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC
HEARING
This notice is to advise the public that the proposed
budget for the City of Zebulon for FY 2022 will be pre
sented to the Mayor and Council on Tuesday, October
12, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. during the regular Zebulon council
meeting, which will be held at the City Hall in Zebulon,
Georgia. The proposed budget will be made available to
the citizens of Zebulon for review beginning October 12,
2021. The Mayor and Council will then conduct a public
hearing on October 28, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. at the City Hall
located at 7818 Hwy 19 South, Zebulon, Georgia 30295.
Anyone desiring to be heard on the budget may appear be
fore the Mayor and Council during the public hearing on
October 28. The Mayor and Council will then consider the
proposed budget for final approval, and will also set the
millage rate, at a called meeting to be held November 4,
2021 at 5:30 p.m. at the City Hall located at 7818 Hwy 19
South, Zebulon, Georgia 30295. #iso 10/13
JUBILEE: Grand Marshal announced
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Above, Pat Strickland celebrating her 95th birthday and
(below) at age 16. She will serve as the Grand Marshal of the
Concord Country Jubilee on Saturday, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m.
FROM PAGE ONE
While in Concord, she
went back to school to
get her teaching certifi
cate so she could help in
the school system during
integration. She taught
seventh grade at the
school in Concord.
“When 1 got engaged
to Roger, 1 had no idea
what I was getting into.
1 was a tiny little frog
in a great big pond in
Little Rock and 1 came
to Concord and all of
the sudden 1 was a big
dog. 1 wasn’t familiar
with small town interac
tions. Roger grew up with
friends all up and down
the street. He had to go
into the Army but he
always wanted to come
back to Concord - it was
his home. He knew ev
erybody in Pike County
and Spalding and every
place else. 1 reaped the
benefits and pleasures
of living for many years
in his home place,” she
said. “My family was
very small. 1 was an only
child and didn’t have a
whole lot of close rela
tives in town. I found out
what a big family was
like because there was a
Strickland family in every
house up the street and
lots of Strickland fami
lies.”
During her years in
Concord, she wrote
columns for the Jour
nal Reporter, served as
secretary for the Garden
Club, worked as clerk at
Concord Baptist Church,
sang in the choir and
was a member of the bell
choir, served many years
on the Pike County Board
of Family and Children’s
Services, volunteered in
adult education pro
grams and enjoyed play
ing tennis and walking.
She also helped found
the Pike County Arts
Council and the Concord
Community Club which
created the walking track
through the city that was
named in honor of her
late husband.
“No mere paragraphs
of words can describe
the graciousness of Pat
Strickland. Her physi
cal beauty from years of
dancing and tennis, free
of destructive devices
and her inner peace and
faith endear her to many
friends. Pat is an example
of a life well-lived, with
more to come,” said Ann
Yearwood in a nomina
tion letter for the Gra
cious Ladies of Georgia
recognition. And Pat was
of course honored as a
Gracious Lady of Georgia
in 1998.
“So many little Georgia
towns have all but dried
up but Concord is an
exception. The reason?
Pat and her late husband
Roger. They have worked
and struggled, created
and cajoled lo these five
decades to keep Concord
alive and well. And they
have succeeded greatly,”
said Lelia Freeman.
Her husband Roger
helped run the R.F. Strick
land Company which was
established in 1887 after
Isaac Strickland’s sons
moved his store into the
city of Concord after the
railroad and depot were
established there. The
store had originally been
outside of what is now
Concord in an area called
Hardhead but when the
railroad came through in
1887, the city of Concord
was formed and named
after an abandoned
church - Concord Primi
tive Baptist Church - that
was torn down to make
way for the town. The
current R.F. Strickland
Building was constructed
in 1907 and has been
operated by five genera
tions of Stricklands, in
cluding current mayor of
Concord John Strickland.
She was in a retire
ment community called
Sun City in Bluffton, S.C.
for 20 years after her
husband Roger died -
from 2001 to 2021 - and
she recently returned to
Concord.
She enjoys playing
bridge and is looking for
a local group of ladies to
join in the community.
“The Strickland Com
pany was a major part of
my mother’s life. She did
an awful lot for the city of
Concord over the years,”
said mayor John Strick
land. “Mother is looking
forward to being Grand
Marshal and she has
written to all her friends
in Sun City and Bluffton,
S.C. to let them know
about it.”
She will be riding in a
1928 Ford in this year’s
Concord Country Jubi
lee parade and hopes to
be an active part of the
community and Jubilee
celebration for many
years to come.
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CITY OF ZEBULON PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of Zebulon and Council do hereby announce that the millage rate will be
set at a meeting to be held at the City Hall, 7818 Hwy. 19 South, Zebulon, on Novem
ber 4, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. Pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-32 do
hereby publish the following presentation of the current year’s tax digest and levy,
along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
CURRENT 2019 TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
CITY
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Real & Personal
30,807,362
30,492,862
31,665,415
34,624,921
39,275,181
43,626,408
Motor Vehicles
1,020,400
834,280
630,750
538,510
448,920
369,380
Mobile Homes
105,194
85,916
84,704
84,704
84,704
84,704
Timber-100%
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
Heavy Duty Equipment
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
Gross Digest
31,932,956
31,413,058
32,381,869
35,248,135
39,808,805
44,480,492
Less M&O Exemption
2,626,824
2,089,988
2,829,777
3,256,702
3,998,468
5,456,886
Net M&O Digest
29,306,132
29,323,070
29,552,092
31,991,433
35,810,337
38,626,606
Adjusted Net M&O Digest 29,306,132
29,323,070
29,552,092
31,991,433
35,810,337
38,626,606
Gross M&O Millage
13.841
14.216
14.057
14.978
13.683
13.492
Less Rollbacks
3.989
4.334
4.615
5.101
4.696
5.106
Net M&O Millage
9.852
9.882
9.892
9.877
8.987
8.386
Net Taxes Levied
277,635
280,682
285,260
284,825
321,825
323,898
Net Taxes 8 Increase
15,234
3,047
4,578
-435
37,000
2,073
Net Taxes % Increase
5.84
0.01
1.60
-0.20
12.00
0.01
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