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Page 10A — Wednesday, August 17, 2016 The True Citizen
7 Phone Apps Every
Student Should Have
Celebrating a Century of Safety, Service and Innovation...
Georgia DOT turns
By: Michaela Carter
mcarter.truecitizen@gmail.com
Technology has advanced in
so many ways over the years.
There are now thousands of
phone apps that can be used
in multiple ways. With more
young people gaining access
to technology and all of its
wonders, it is becoming a lot
easier for students to remain
successful in school. Whether
attending high school or college,
there are apps can be used in so
many ways to assist with life
as a student. Here are some es
sential apps to have that can be
beneficial to all students!
ANY.DO
Any.do is an app that serves
as an online agenda. It allows
you to make check lists, cre
ate tasks, and type out ideas.
This app is helpful for making
life a lot more organized while
helping to eliminate having to
carry an actual agenda around.
On this app, you can also share
your check lists and tasks with
anyone, which is perfect for
group projects.
DROPBOX
Many may be familiar with
using Dropbox on a computer,
but having it on your phone will
guarantee that you will always
have access to assignments,
notes, etc. Dropbox is an alter
native to using a jump drive and
it prevents you from incidents
such as losing your jump drive.
SCRIBD
This app is considered to be
the world’s biggest library on
line. On Scribd, you can search
for nearly any document or book
that can assist with your studies.
It also allows you to create your
own library and share materials
with others.
CRAM
Cram is a great alternative
to physical flashcards which
can be hard to keep up with. It
allows you to create your own
flashcards and to search for
flashcards that are already made
on specific topics.
DUOLINGO
Taking a foreign language
class can be difficult, but using
Duolingo will help you out. This
app turns learning a foreign lan
guage into games which keeps
you entertained while studying.
It offers Spanish, French, Ger
man, Portuguese, Italian, Irish
Gaelic, Dutch, Danish, Swedish
and English.
REFME
RefME makes creating cita
tions 10 times easier. With this
app, you simply take a picture to
scan a book’s barcode. This will
then create a citation formatted
in APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.
EVERNOTE
With Evernote, taking notes
and organizing them becomes a
lot less stressful. It allows you
to store all your research, data
or notes. You can use this app to
save information from different
websites and articles, and then
access it all in one place. If
you’re doing a group project,
you can not only chat with group
members, but also share pages
with them.
There are a ton of other re
sourceful apps that can help
you during the school year. Use
technology to your advantage by
discovering all it has to offer!
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Recently members of Mr.
Stan Dodson’s art club at BCHS
completed a community project
entitled, “Artists Pallets.” The
art club, known as ARTreach,
is dedicated to fulfilling the
group’s mission of uplifting
others through art with a pur
pose. This pallet project used
inspiring famous artists quotes
painted on shipping pallets in
an effort to beautify the com
munity. These pallets will be
on display at the Burke Office
Park during the performance of
Driving Ms. Daisy.
HOME COUNTRY
By: Slim Randles
You have to hand it to Windy.
When Alphonse “Windy” Wil
son chooses to speak, it is a
bombastic sampling of creativ
ity. Windy has yet to find a word
he can’t make better through his
own unique methods.
Well, what got him fired up
the other day was a meeting of
the ladies of the garden club
down at the nursery. Windy’s
been helping Dewey with his
manure business on the one
day a week he spends helping
others. Today wasn’t a helper
day, but he couldn’t pass up the
audience.
They hadn’t gotten through
old business when Windy stood,
smiled, and spoke.
“Dear ladies,” he said, “what
an opera-tune moment this is,
finding you all coagulated here
in an effort to beatify the yards
of our fair town. And what, you
may ask, brings me to this con
flagration? It’s the latest thing
in gardening. Our chairman of
the board refers to it as ‘cow
pasture tea’ and it nutritionalizes
plants right down to bedrock.
As Dewey says, the only way
to improve on cow manure is to
liquidize it. Well, he hasn’t said
it yet, but he will.
“Now what exactly is cow
pasture tea you’re undoubtedly
asking yourselves at this mo
ment. It’s a varietal combina
tion of composted cow manure,
water, and some acid we put in
there to matriculate it properly
into the life-giving succulence
we require. Then we put it in
a drum and pull the drum be
hind a tractor-like conveyance
that looks an awful lot like an
old riding lawn mower. We
spray this on your lawn, and
in ninja-seconds, this liquor of
life perambulates deep into the
rootiness of the grass and makes
it want to grow.”
He smiled at the group and
noticed a lot of them were gig
gling in appreciation of his talk.
He puffed up and continued.
“And what does the Dewey
Decker Manure Combine charge
for this incompartible service?
A mere $ 10 for an average-sized
lawn. Think about that, ladies.
Ten dollars. Twenty fifty-cent
pieces. Why you’d spend more
than that on a wedding dress or
a trip to the Bermudas!”
A number of the ladies
clapped at that, thinking that
might satisfy him, and it did. He
smiled and sat.
He could get used to this
corporate life. Maybe it wasn’t
too late to climb the ladder to
success.
100 years old
Exactly a century ago—on
August 16, 1916— the seeds
were planted for what would
grow into the Georgia DOT.
The rutted dirt roads, not fit for
bicycles and automobiles, were
well on their way to becoming
the paved infrastructure that
is now the 10th largest in the
nation.
The State Highway Depart
ment of Georgia was formally
created by the Georgia legisla
ture, as a result of the Federal
Aid Road Act of 1916, which
mandated formation of a state
highway department in order to
receive federal funds. In 1972,
the State Highway Department
of Georgia became the Georgia
Department of Transportation.
From those dirt roads of 1916
to the paved roads crisscrossing
the state in 1939 to today’s
modern transportation system,
Georgia DOT’S endeavors have
improved mobility, enhanced
quality of life and contributed
to the economic development
of Georgia. Innovations like
intelligent transportation sys
tems, the HERO program, ex
press lanes, diverging diamond
interchanges, fiber optics for
incident management and a
host of other achievements
have contributed to Georgia’s
recognition as a leader in trans
portation innovation.
State Transportation Board
(STB) member Jamie Boswell,
who represents the 10th Con
gressional District, said it’s
hard to believe the transforma
tion of the Georgia highway
system.
“From growing up on a dirt
road in Greene County in the
1940’s to actually seeing In
terstate 20 construction in the
1950’s near our farm, we now
have connectivity throughout
our state and improvements
continuing in all parts of Geor
gia,” Boswell said. “I can’t
think of anything that has had
a greater economic impact than
what has been accomplished
by the Georgia Department of
Transportation. Thanks to all
the employees over the last 100
years for making this happen.
And we are just beginning.”
Earlier this year, Gov. Na
than Deal signed a proclama
tion declaring 2016 as Georgia
Department of Transportation’s
Centennial Year and recognized
Georgia DOT for construct
ing, maintaining and operating
a transportation system that
has increased mobility and
enhanced quality of life while
providing economic growth
that continues to make Geor
gia the number one state for
business.
Don Grantham, the STB’s
12th Congressional District
representative, said the nu
merous changes over the last
century placed emphasis on dif
ferent modes of transportation.
“Road improvements have
enticed travelers to come
through our state to not only see
the beauty but to enhance and
encourage economic growth,”
Grantham said.
Commissioner Russell R.
McMurry said Georgia DOT
is proud of its legacy of em
ployees striving to provide the
best possible transportation
system for Georgia’s citizens.
He also recently contemplated
the future.
“While a centennial is a time
to reflect on the past, it is also
a time to look ahead to new
challenges,” McMurry said.
“Drones, connected vehicles,
self-driving cars - these are just
a few of the evolving technolo
gies that will have a tremen
dous impact on transportation
in the not-too-distant future.
In the next century, Georgia
DOT will continue to embrace
change and rise to meet new
challenges, break new barri
ers and positively affect more
lives.”
Georgia DOT celebrates the
centennial throughout 2016.
For all things centennial, visit
www.dot.ga.gov/centennial.
There you’ll find a statewide
event calendar, decade-by-
decade timeline, historical
items, videos, and award win
ning student art. You can even
take a Centennial Road Trip.
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