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Page 14 — Wednesday, February 2, 2022, The True Citizen
BCHS Beta Members
compete in state convention
The purpose of Beta club
is to recognize and improve
student leadership skills and
encourage service to others.
The motto of the club is “Let
Us Lead by Serving Others.”
Students have collectively
logged thousands of hours in
service to their community.
National Beta members from
Burke County High School are
celebrating their recent par
ticipation in the Georgia Senior
State Convention. They placed
in the following competitions:
Drawing Division I (Sam Gil
pin): 2nd place; Mixed Media
Art Division II (Lucy Zhang):
1st place; Drawing Division
II (Nancy Daniel): 4th place;
Photography Division II (Cas
sidy Morris): 5th place; On
site Art Drawing Division II
(Nancy Daniel): 5th place;
Technology (Keegan McDon
ald): 3rd place; Apparel Design
(Mallorie McCafferty, Alii
Osbom, Liannis Perez, Karsyn
Posey, Savannah Salemi): 1st
place; Speech Division II (Jada
Curd): 1st place; Fiber Arts
Division II (Kayla Wilder):
2nd place
Advisors include Christina
Hillis, Garry Fulcher, Tonya
Torek, and Erica Johnson, who
serves as State Sponsor as well.
The conventions bring to
gether students from across the
state to compete in a variety
of competitions ranging from
academic and STEM-based
to visual and performing arts.
Members worked diligently on
online exams and in prepar
ing competition submissions.
These victories at the state
level provide the opportunity to
compete at the national level.
The National Convention will
be held at the Gaylord Op-
ryland Resort & Convention
Center in Nashville, Tennessee
July 1-4, 2022.
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The Georgia Emergency
Management and Homeland
Security Agency, in partner
ship with the National Weather
Service, encourages Georgians
to learn and understand the
threats of severe weather as
well as prepare for various
weather events during Severe
Weather Preparedness Week
on Feb. 7-11.
“Georgia has seen severe
weather happen at any time
of the year,” said GEMA/HS
Director Chris Stallings. “We
always want our citizens to be
well prepared before any type
of weather event strikes, so
they have ample time to review
or change their plan of action
if needed.”
Spring is traditionally a
period where the threat of
tornadoes, damaging winds,
large hail and lightning from
severe thunderstorms greatly
increases. Severe Weather
Preparedness Week serves as a
reminder to review emergency
procedures and prepare for
weather-related hazards.
• Monday, Feb. 7 - Family
Preparedness/NOAA Weather
Radio Day: Purchase a life
saving NOAA Weather Radio
and choose an out-of-state
friend as a “check-in” contact
to call if your family gets
separated.
• Tuesday, Feb. 8 - Thunder
storm Safety: Leam the differ
ence between a thunderstorm
watch and a thunderstorm
warning.
• Wednesday, Feb. 9 - Tor
nado Safety (Drill at 9 a.m.):
Determine in advance where
you will take shelter in case of
a tornado warning.
• Thursday, Feb. 10 - Fight-
ning Safety: Fearn the 30/30
rule. If after seeing lightning,
you cannot count to 30 before
hearing thunder, go indoors.
Stay indoors for 30 minutes
after hearing the last clap of
thunder.
• Friday, Feb. 11 - Flood
Safety: Copy important docu
ments, seal them in a watertight
container and add them to your
Ready kit.
Severe Weather Prepared
ness Week isn’t just for in
dividuals and their families.
GEMA/HS highly encourages
schools, businesses and other
organizations to use this as
an opportunity to evaluate
their preparedness for a severe
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