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THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY. TANUARY 28, 2009 - PAGE 5A
Airport Authority Gets More Authority
The Jackson County
Airport Authority will now
have complete control over
airport grounds.
The Jackson County
Board of Commissioners
approved an intergovern
mental agreement in a
called meeting Monday
giving the authority to the
airport board. The airport
authority will be charged
with reviewing any subleas
es at the airport.
The airport authority
members attended the two-
hour meeting Monday to go
over the contract with the
BOC.
In the only other business
at the meeting, the BOC dis
cussed changing the legisla
tion for the authority board
so that terms are three years
each instead of one year.
There was also some discus
sion on changing the terms
to five years.
The BOC will vote on the
matter 6 p.m. Monday.
— Planning Commission Tables Variance Request
Cont. from Page 1A
-modate the project.
Owensby made a motion
to recommend that the
city council recommend
acceptance of the variance
request.
The motion died for lack
of a second.
Perry reading from a set
of books about zoning law,
indicated that the commis
sion could not recommend
approval lacking evidence
that failure to do so would
grant a hardship. He and
Eubanks suggested that
Davis look for an alternate
design.
“I think they ought to plan
it out differently before we
change the setbacks,” com
mented Eubanks.
Perry made a motion to
deny the request, which
passed 2-1 over the dis
senting vote of Owensby.
A few minutes later, howev
er, Perry proposed tabling
the matter instead to allow
Davis and the Scotts to con
sider other options.
Denying the request
would have prohibited
the Scotts from coming
back to the planning
commission on the mat
ter for 180 days. With the
2-1 vote rescinded and
the matter tabled, they
can still seek a variance
in 30 days if they’ve been
unable to come up with
an acceptable change in
design.
— Of Love And Valentine's Day
Cont. from Page 4A
culture!
While the love affairs
of the British roy
als are facts, another
Englishman gave us a
fictional romance that
is part of the universal
culture. Is there anyone
over the age of 16 who
has not heard "... never
was a story of more woe/
Than this of Juliet and
her Romeo."
The whole tragedy,
summed up in these
final lines of Romeo
and Juliet, is one of ado
lescent behavior gone
awry. As a teacher, I chal
lenged my students to
write about Romeo and
Juliet's lives, had they
lived, 10 years later. The
responses were interest
ing and not as romantic
as Shakespeare's play.
Why is it that authors
use tragic endings in
their romances? In the
opera Madame Butterfly,
the heroine commits sui
cide when she learns her
lover will never return.
Cleopatra commits sui
cide by snakebite when
Antony abandons her.
Tristan and Isolde die of
broken hearts. Pyramus
and Thisbe die by taking
their own lives on the
same sword. Somehow
the stories seem more
poignant with deathly
finales.
On the other hand,
there are love stories
made poignant by the
living devotion to the
other partner. In The
Odyssey, the poet Homer
immortalizes love worth
waiting for with his
epic of Odysseus and
Penelope. Penelope
rebuffs hundreds of suit
ors in her 20-year wait
for Odysseus to return
from the battle of Troy.
After the 1861 death
of Prince Albert, hus
band of Queen Victoria,
Victoria wears the black
of mourning for 40 years
until her death in 1901.
One of the wonders of
the world, the Taj Mahal,
is a monument of the
love an Indian prince
had for his favorite
wife. It remains one of
the beautiful sites to
visit and reflect on the
expressions of devotion.
One needs not be an
international figure of
history, literature nor
royal blood to experi
ence the joys and pains
of love. Living day by
day with spouse, partner,
family and neighbors
with devotion to their
well-being is a great love
story of its own. Its suc
cess or failure in small
and great ways does
influence our culture
and our lives.
Happy Valentine's Day.
Claire Gaus is a retired
educator and volunteers in
the community in a num
ber of capacities. She lives
in Commerce.
OPEN HOUSE...Athens Christian
School's annual Open House will
be held on Friday, January 30,
and Saturday, January 31. This is
an opportunity to receive
enrollment information and tour
our modern facilities.
Interested parents are invited to
meet in the Theater Room in the
High School at 9:00 A.M. or 7:00
P.M. on Friday, or at 10:00 A.M. on
Saturday. No reservations are
needed.
We cordially invite you to come
and visit “the happy learning
place.” We guarantee that your
children will receive a quality
education in a caring, peaceful,
Christian atmosphere. For further
information, please call (706)
549-7586.
ATHENS
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
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Learn All Their Sight Words
These kindergarten students from Commerce Primary School have
mastered all 260 sight words. Pictured with the principal, Kim Savage, are
Cohen Brown, Jaiden Anderson, Joely Wofford, Chloe Neisler, Marietta
Martin, Alex Vandiver and Callie Hill wearing their sight word T-shirts.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Bid Packages One through Thirty-Two (1-32)
Project: New Commerce High School
Owner: Commerce City Schools
Architect: Robertson/Loia/Roof Architects & Engineers
Construction Manager: Charles Black Construction Company, Inc.
Contractors are invited to submit lump sum bids for Bid Package One through Thirty-
Two (1-32), New Commerce High School.
Sealed bids will be received by the Construction Manager until 3:00 p.m. Thursday.
February 26. 2009 at the Gainesville office of the CM, Charles Black
Construction Co., 604 Washington Street, Suite A, Gainesville, Georgia. Bids
must be submitted in Duplicate on the CM Proposal Form along with a 5% Bid Bond if
required by the Bid Package. A thorough review of the bid package description and bid
documents is required prior to submitting bids.
The form of agreement will be AGO Document 640, 1994 Edition, between the CM and
the Successful Bidder.
Bidding documents are available for the COST OF REPRODUCTION from:
AGC Plan Room / Gainesville Whiteprint
312 Bradford Street NW
Gainesville, Georgia 30501
(770) 534-2086
Documents will be available for review at the following locations:
Both offices of Charles Black Construction Company, Inc.
1955 Highway 129, South 604 Washington Street, Suite A
Cleveland, Georgia 30528 Gainesville, Georgia 30501
Dodge Plan Rooms
2129 Northwest Parkway
Suite 105
Marietta, Georgia 30067
AGC Builder’s Exchange
1940 The Exchange
Suite 300
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Reed’s Construction Data
30 Technology Parkway
Norcross, Georgia 30092
Gainesville Whiteprint
312 Bradford Street, NW
Gainesville, Georgia 30501
INDEX TO BID PACKAGES
BID PACKAGE #
BID PACKAGE NAME
BID DATE
1
Sitework
February 26, 2009
2
Chain Link Fence
February 26, 2009
3
Concrete
February 26, 2009
4
Masonry
February 26, 2009
5
Structural & Miscellaneous Steel
February 26, 2009
6
SBS - Modified Bit Sheet Roofing
February 26, 2009
7
Hollow Metal Doors and Frames
February 26, 2009
8
Finish Hardware
February 26, 2009
9
Wood Doors
February 26, 2009
10
Aluminum Framed Storefront /
Glass and Glazing
February 26, 2009
11
Installation of Doors & Hardware
February 26, 2009
12
Metal Framed Skylights
February 26, 2009
13
Drywall / Ceiling / E. I. F. S. /
Acoustical Panels
February 26, 2009
14
Resilient Flooring, Carpet & Base
February 26, 2009
15
Wood Flooring
February 26, 2009
16
Tile
February 26, 2009
17
Painting
February 26, 2009
18
Metal Roof Panels
February 26, 2009
19
Visual Display Boards
February 26, 2009
20
Gym Equipment
February 26, 2009
21
Specialties
February 26, 2009
22
Tennis Courts
February 26, 2009
23
Food Service Equipment
February 26, 2009
24
Overhead Coiling Doors & Shutters
February 26, 2009
25
Casework
February 26, 2009
26
Science Casework
February 26, 2009
27
Aluminum Canopies
February 26, 2009
28
Hydraulic Elevators
February 26, 2009
29
Plumbing
February 26, 2009
30
Fire Protection - Sprinkler
February 26, 2009
31
H.V.A.C.
February 26, 2009
32
Electrical
February 26, 2009
***See Bid Package Description, General Package Notes & Construction Manager’s Special Conditions Prior to Pricing***
Rod Nix, Project Manager
Charles Black Construction Company, Inc.
P. O. Box 960, 1955 Highway 129, South
Cleveland, Georgia 30528
• The Construction Manager and Commerce City Schools reserve the right to
reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities.