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Page 2 — Wednesday, September 7, 2016, The True Citizen
Can Georgia Keep HOPE Alive?
By Michaela Carter
Mcarter.truecitizen@gmail.com
Georgia’s lottery-funded
HOPE scholarship program
has assisted in funding college
tuitions since 1993, but the fund
is expected to be exhausted by
the time current pre-kindergar
teners are ready for college.
Many students, including a large
number from Burke County,
have benefited from receiving
this scholarship after maintain
ing at least a 3.0 GPA in high
school. For a few years now, the
HOPE scholarship program has
had its share of financial stress
as it struggles to provide for all
of the qualifying students.
Recently, a study conducted
by The Committee to Preserve
HOPE Scholarships stated that
HOPE will run out of funds by
the year 2028. The author of this
report, Nancy Badertscher, says
her committee wanted to inform
everyone ahead of time about
HOPE’S financial status.
The report found that after
changes were made in the pro
gram in 2011, HOPE experi
enced an 89 percent decrease in
SCHOLARSHIP
full-tuition scholarships which
caused thousands of students to
be dropped from the program.
HOPE will now cover only
71-88 percent of tuition costs,
depending on the college or
university.
In 2016 alone, HOPE spent
$1,097,567,000 on education, a
record number for the scholar
ship program.
Badertscher feels that HOPE
“should be there for your kids”
as it has served about 1.7 million
students since its beginning.
FARM FEST 2016: THE LINEUP
Terri Malcolm promoted
to chief medical officer
A woman with family ties to
Keysville has been named to a
top post in a Sun City, Arizona
hospital. Terri Malcolm, M.D.
has been selected by Banner
Boswell Medical Center as their
new chief medical officer. She
will assume her new post on
Sept. 12.
Dr. Malcolm has been part of
the Banner family since 2008,
having served most recently as a "*" err ' Malcolm, M.D.
regional medical director with Banner Medical Group. In
that role, she provided operational and clinical leadership
to the specialty physicians within the Arizona West Region
of BMG, so she is acutely familiar with Banner Boswell's
patient population and service area. Prior to her current
role, she held a variety of other leadership positions within
Banner Medical Group while also caring for patients in
her role as a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist at
the Banner Health Center in Surprise, AZ.
Additional leadership roles have included serving as
a Banner Medical Group board member. Banner Health
Network board member and medical executive committee
member at Banner Del E. Webb. She is a graduate of the
Banner Health Advanced Leadership Physician Program
and has a Masters of Business Administration degree.
Among her many contributions, Dr. Malcolm was respon
sible for leading and directing efforts to improve clinical
care for providers of endocrinology, general surgery,
neurosurgery, obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedics, and
podiatry in the AZ West Region.
Dr. Malcolm is the daughter of Eula and George Dean
and granddaughter of Mrs. Annie Mae Saxon of Keysville.
HEAR YE, HEAR YE
Pull up a chair for some song and dance, Burke County style. In
addition to the popular Cricket Ridge Bluegrass Band, 10 a.m., a
line-up of local musicians is on tap: Jessica Taylor, 9 a.m.; Shani
Chastain, 9:30 a.m.; Evangeline Crawford, noon; Gracy Mulling, 2
p.m.; and Bill Cobb, 2:30 p.m.. The all-day entertainment will kick
off after Rev. Wes Lawson of Rosemont Baptist Church opens the
Farm Fest with a prayer.
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THE TRACTORS ARE COMING,
THE TRACTORS ARE COMING
Celebrate Burke County’s rich farming history with the annual
Farm Fest Parade at 11 a.m. The Liberty Street procession will
feature tractors, tractors and more tractors including a number of
antique models.
ACT YOUR AGE
Saturday is a good day to be a kid. Farm Fest volunteers have lined
up a huge field of mechanical rides and inflatables, along with kid-
friendly contests and activities throughout the day.
TAP YOUR TOES
Some of Burke County’s best dance troops will be putting on shows
Saturday. Center Stage Dance Academy students will show off
their stuff at 12:30 p.m., and Brittany’s Dance Academy will take
the stage at 1:30 p.m.
LET THE COMPETITIONS BEGIN
Lots of friendly competitions are on tap for Saturday, including the
annual Pie Eating Contest and Watermelon Eating Contest, which
will begin at 1 p.m. The Burke County Cooperative Extension Of
fice will hold hayseed and hay bale guessing contests. In the latter
contest, the person who comes closest to the correct weight of the
bale will win a $50 certificate for beef, compliments of the Burke
County Cattleman’s Association.
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RACKS BY THE
TRACKS
Festival goers will have a chance
to taste the best ribs and chicken
in Burke County at the annual
Racks by the Tracks cook-off
that runs in conjunction with
Farm Fest. Up to 15 grilling
teams will be battling over brag
ging rights and their share in
the $1,300 purse. Judging be
gins at noon, and most teams
will be selling samples to the
public. An informal competition
will be held for Burke County’s
best grilled chicken, and judges
will be pulled straight from the
crowd. For more information,
email farmfestinfo@yahoo.com
or contact organizer J.C. Ellison
at 706-437-0529.
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