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The True Citizen, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 — Page 3A
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Osborn selected for Hull College
Women’s Leadership Academy
Burke County alum Madison
Osborn continues to excel both
inside and out of the classroom.
The former Bear turned Au
gusta University Jaguar was
recently selected among a
highly competitive applicant
pool to participate in the Hull
College Women's Leadership
Academy.
Of the more than 50 women
who applied, Osborn is one of
the 15 chosen to participate in
the grant-funded program.
According to AU’s website,
the Hull College Women’s
Leadership Academy empow
ers a community of career-
focused young women to learn,
lead and achieve. Building
upon the existing AU Leader
ship Certificate program for
undergraduate students, par
ticipants of the program will
obtain leadership training and
mentoring opportunities. In
addition to participating, Os
born will also receive the ADP
Leadership Scholar designa
tion and a $1,000 scholarship.
Though Osborn has tran
sitioned from high school to
college, she can still be seen
in the hallways of the public
schools and working at the
board office. Once a BCHS
work-based learning student,
she returned to her former job
as an AU intern, an opportunity
BCPS Public Information Of
ficer Amy Nunnally welcomed
with open arms.
“Madison continually dem
onstrates her ability to produce
a high volume of work while
consistently maintaining high
standards for quality and ac
curacy,” Nunnally said. “I am
tremendously grateful for her
contributions to our school
district and the compassion
she radiates every day. Madi
son is more than a co-worker;
she's my best friend. I am
confident that she has the intel
ligence, talent, work ethic and
communication skills to add
value in whatever endeavor she
chooses. This is just another
example of the hard work and
determination she puts into all
that she does.”
Osborn will graduate from
AU in May with a bachelor’s
degree in business administra
tion with a focus on digital
marketing and a certificate in
hospitality administration.
She is a recipient of the Zell
Miller Scholarship and has
been named to the dean’s list
each semester of her college
career. She is also a member
of Beta Gama Sigma Honor
Society and Phi Kappa Phi
Madison Osborn
Honor Society.
Steadfast in her faith, Osborn
is also a worship leader for the
Augusta Wesley Foundation, a
student ministry at AU.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Housing Authority of the City of Waynesboro
will conduct a Public Hearing to discuss the Agency
Annual Plan and Five Year Plan as established by
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act
of 1998.
The purpose and goals will be explained and the
Housing Authority will receive comments from all
interested parties.
This public hearing will be conducted on Tuesday,
March 30, 2021 at 3:30 PM at the Housing
Authority Office located at 570 Wallace Street in
Waynesboro, Georgia. All interested parties are
invited and encouraged to attend this meeting.
Public Invited to
Candlelight Memorial
ForAhmaud Arbery
On One-Year Anniversary of His Death
Bill to block defunding police in
Georgia advances in state House
BEAU EVANS
Capitol Beat News Service
A bill aimed at preventing
Georgia city and county gov
ernments from making deep
cuts in the budgets of their
local police agencies advanced
in the Georgia House of Rep
resentatives Tuesday.
Sponsored by state Rep.
Houston Gaines, R-Athens, the
bill would limit local govern
ments from reducing funds for
police by more than 5% over
a 10-year span. It includes
exemptions for smaller juris
dictions and for spending on
equipment purchases.
Gaines highlighted recent
failed attempts by some Athens
and Atlanta elected officials to
slice millions of dollars from
their police budgets amid
protests over police brutality
and racial injustice that swept
across Georgia and the country
last summer.
“These efforts are underway
in our state and certainly some
thing I think we need to fight
against,” Gaines said. “We all
recognize that supporting law
enforcement is of the utmost
importance and, in my opinion,
the most important role that
our local governments have.”
Gaines’ bill cleared the
House Governmental Affairs
General Government Subcom
mittee on a party-line vote. It
heads to the full committee for
another vote before potentially
moving to the House floor.
The bill comes after last
summer’s protests following
high-profile killings of Black
men by police officers, includ
ing the deaths of George Floyd
in Minnesota and Rayshard
Brooks in Atlanta.
Property destruction and
violence at some of those pro
tests sparked a backlash from
conservative leaders over a
push by some progressive of
ficials to curb police funding,
dubbed “defund the police.”
The subject took center stage as
an issue for both political par
ties in the 2020 election cycle.
Opposition to the bill came
Tuesday from the Georgia
Municipal Association and the
Association County Commis
sioners of Georgia (ACCG),
which represent city and coun
ty governments. Decisions on
police funding should be left
to local officials, said Todd
Edwards, ACCG’s deputy leg
islative director.
“Police power is one of our
inherent or supplemental pow
ers under the constitution,”
Edwards said. “We’d like to
maintain our flexibility to fund
and manage police forces how
our local elected officials -
those accountable to the public
- feel is the best use of taxpayer
dollars.”
The family of Ahmaud Arbery, who was gunned down last year
near Brunswick while jogging, would like to invite the public to a
candlelight memorial on Tuesday, February 23 at New Springfield
BaptistChurch.The address is 1996 Hatcher Mill Rd. Waynesboro,
Georgia and the time is 5:00 p.m. The event will be a gathering of
family and friends who wish to rememberthe 25-year-old, as well
as a call for an end to racist brutality in the community and the
country at large. Organizers request that attendees bring theirown
candles to light, and to wear a blue ribbon in memory of Ahmaud.
On Sunday, February 23,2020, Arbery, an African-American, was
out fora runwhen he was pursued by three white men intwo trucks
who eventually ambushed and then fatally shot him. Arbery was
unarmed. The father and son who confronted and shot Arbery were
Gregory andTravisMcMichael. The man in the second truck, William
“Roddie” Bryan, who followed behind, recorded the incident on his
cell phone camera which soon became public, inciting nationwide
outrage forthe implication that the killing was a racist attack.
Glynn County police failed to make any arrests in the case for
overtwo months, despite public outrage. Eventually, after intense
public pressure, the McMichaels were arrested on May 7, and
Bryan on May 21 and all charged with felony murder. The case is
awaiting trial.
Also, the family is working on launching The Ahmaud Arbery Foun
dation which is not affiliated with The 223 Foundation.
CROSSWORD
Gov. Kemp signs S26.5B
mid-year state budget
DAVE WILLIAMS
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian
Kemp signed a $26.5 billion
mid-year budget Monday that
restores $2.2 billion in spend
ing cuts the General Assembly
imposed on state agencies
last June due to the economic
impact of the coronavirus
pandemic.
During a brief signing cer
emony, Kemp noted the early
reopening of Georgia business
es forced to shut down by the
vims allowed the legislature to
adopt the fiscal 2021 mid-year
spending plan last week with
no new cuts and no furloughs
or layoffs of state employees.
“Thanks to our measured
reopening and strong fiscal
management, Georgia weath
ered the storm,” he said. “This
balanced budget sets our state
on a clear path to recovery in
the coming months.”
The governor’s original
mid-year budget plan called
for $1,000 bonuses to Geor
gia teachers and other school
workers saddled with the re
sponsibilities of delivering
online instruction to students
stuck at home during the pan
demic.
Later, as the spending plan
went through the General As
sembly, lawmakers ordered
up the same bonuses for about
57,000 state workers earning
less than $80,000 per year,
and the University System of
Georgia extended the bonuses
to income-eligible employees
of the state’s public colleges
and universities.
The mid-year budget also
includes $20 million to extend
broadband connectivity in mral
Georgia, $1 million in market
ing funds to help bring back a
state tourism industry rocked
by COVID-19 and $289,000
to help the Grady Regional Co
ordinating Center continue its
vital mission of coordinating
emergency room use during
the pandemic.
The General Assembly
moved quickly to complete
work on the mid-year budget
in order to have state spending
commitments through June
30 in place in case the vims
forced a temporary shutdown
in the legislative session, as
happened for three months
last year.
With the mid-year budget
delivered and signed, lawmak
ers will focus next on the $27.2
billion fiscal 2022 state budget,
now before the Georgia House
of Representatives.
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40) no stone unturned
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3) Memorial column
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5) Orchestral composition based on
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9) In a talkative manner
10) Polish labor leader Walesa
11) Prefix with "lock” or "knock"
12) Former Monopoly token
13) Type of expensive vase
21) The captain may keep it
22) Nibble for a horse
25) Mesa, California
26) Turkish leaders
27) Toaster oven setting
29) Times in classifieds
30) Update, as a 55-Down
32) Annoying person
33) Pertaining to the Holy See
34) Sidestep
35) Nervous
37) Therefore
39) NASA failure
42) Some puddings
43) Small plant outgrowths
48) Santa's helper
50) Hawaiian souvenir
53) Turn the cheek
55) World book?
56) Amusement park attraction
57) Operates, as a computer
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