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Julie’s
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By
Julie Griffis
If You
Switch,
Beware
PERSONALLY, I could
care less what phone service we
use at home as long as the
phone works.
There is a problem,
however, if you're using a call
ing card at a ’Fay phone since
some take AT&T cards only
and others MCI, Sprint, etc.
only. :
At the airport, you have to
find a ghone that corresponds
with the card you have.
* * *
OF COURSE, on television
they say you can use certain
numbers such as
1-800-COLLECT and others
regardless of what the of
Ehone you're using. The pro
lem is remembering the
number you're supposed to
call.
I can only remember the
1-800-COLLECT one, and I
don’t think that’s the one I
need. Besides, who writes down
those numbers and keep them
handy for that one time out of
a thousand when one is
needed?
IT’S ALMOST easier to
trek across three airport park
ing lots and use the phone in
the car. If you have a phone in
the car, which I don’t. Tommy
won’t buy one for me.
But, I'm warning you. And
1 have no problem sag'ng I told
you so in the future. Don't ever
switch to MCI unless you want
them to drive you insane when
you switch back to whatever
you had in the first place.
When Stan and I fiOt mar
ried he had MCI. However
several months later, he decid
ed to switch. I had no idea
what phone company we were
using. I didn’t care. It’s not one
of those things that generally
comes up*duriljg dir:ner.
I DIDN'T EVEN even
know we had switched until
that day. The day I got the
phone call.
“This is Lorna Lolapaloosa
from MCI. We'd like to know
why you switched,” she said.
“I didn’t know we switch
ed,” I said. “My husband must
have done that, so you'll have
to talk to him.”
I told her he would be home
after about 5:30 that day.
The next day, about noon,
Eugene Bigmouthson called.
“This is... From MCIL
We'd like to know why you
switched,” he said.
“I didn’t switch,” I said,
“My husband switched. You'll
have to talk to him.”
I also told Eugne when my
husband would be home.
This went on for about
three weeks — at least 10
phone calls in all from 10 dif
ferent people. It was never the
same person.
s * *
AFTER ABOUT the fourth
call I started saying, “Like I
told the fou;dpeople who have
already called, they’ll have to
talk to my husband. Didn’t
they put that anywhere in their
stupid little computers?”’
“You’vgfot it on there that
we switched. Why can’t you
add that you should only call
here after 5:30 p.m. during the
week?”’ :
So, after about three weeks
and six more phone calls dur
ing the day, they finally called
in the afternoon at 5:15 p.m.
“No, like I explained to the
10 people earlier, after 5:30 —
A-F-T-E-R 5:30,” I said slowly
into the phone. Call back in 15
minutes.”’ :
“I will,” she said.
She didn’t.
* * *
FINALLY, AFTER about
a month, on a Saturday, we got
the call. :
“This is Felicia Foolalg:fi
with MCI. Iwascalli:fto
out wh{ you switched?”’
I, of course, answered the
phone. ;
“Well Felicia,” I said. “Like
I told the 15 egeople who have
already called, my husband
switched. I didn’t switch. And
I have no idea why he switch
ed. He didn't tell me. He just
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Teachers Move From Traditional
Methods To Creative Learning
By BUDDY ROBERTS
Associate News Editor
Three local teachers have
encouraged their peers to break
away from traditional methods
of teachin%;
Kathy Floyd, Jeffney Flet
cher and Missy Lanier
presented the program,
“Creative Activities for the
Middle School Learner,” this
month at the Georgia Middle
School Association’s con
ference in Savannah.
They are seventh grade
teachers at Summerville Mid
dle School.
Their presentation focused
on a move away from
“bookwork’’ in class and
toward ‘“hands-on’’ activities
that make students interested
in learning.
“Today we have to compete
with television, video games,
and kids’ social lives,”” Ms.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS MAKE PRESENTATION AT CONFERENCE
Kathy Floyd, Missy Lanier, Jeffney Fletcher Show Students’ Work
Family Crisis Is
Focus Of Group
By JULIE GRIFFIS
Feature Writer
Chattooga County resi
dents who are victims of
domestic abuse may soon be
able to seek the services of a
newly-formed organization to
help those in abusive
situations.
The Friends of Family
Crisis (FFC) will begin two pro
grams for victims of domestic
violence this month. During
1993, the incorporated non
profit goup organized its
16-member board of directors,
set goals and planned several
prlt;frams, according to Melissa
Gifford, volunteer coordinator.
To initiate its aid in Chat
tooga, Walker, Dade and
Catoosa counties, FCC will
begin its Court Advocacy Pro
gram and its support group for
victims of domestic violence,
Ms. Gifford exxlajned.
The Court Advocacy Pro
gram will help victims learn
about and use the court s{stem
to.combat domestic violence.
Ms. Gifford said that
workshops will be held onee a
week in each county, at which
trained volunteers will mk
one-on-one with victims t
gett.ing restraining orders.
ther clinics will deal with
parenting and other issues of
interest.
The group is also looking
for volunteers to go to court
with victims to offer moral sup
Fletcher said. ‘“We've got to
entertain kids and make learn
inF fun. What we look for is an
effective way of teaching con
cepts in a hands-on way.”
Ms. Floyd said the method
can be used to combat school
dropouts.
“We have a high dropout
rate here, so we need to do
thin%ls to motivate kids to stay
in school, find ways other than
the traditional methods.”
While disElayin%l their
students’ work at the con
ference, the teachers
distributed a handbook listing
and explaining a number of ac
tivities for use in subjects
taught at the middle school
level: social studies, science,
math, and language arts.
“We really published a
book,” Mrs. Lanier said. “We
compiled almost 100 activities
that we do and other teachers
can do for little or no cost.”
port, teach the clinics and
workshops, offer counseling,
and direct victims to agencies
that can help them find hous
ing and employment.
According to Ms. Gifford,
victims who want to file
restraining orders with the
court will receive help in com
pleting the necessary form and
get information about the
court process.
She said, volunteers, or ad
vocates, will be available on a
limited, as needed, basis to ac
con'xfiiany victims to court.
e srogram will work with
local and state agencies to help
victims get out of violent situa
tions, according to Ms. Gifford.
‘‘Advocates will direct vic
tims to housing authorities,
employment aiencies, and
other programs they may need
in beginning a new life,” she
said. *“The advocates will help
victims find legal help to get
divorces.”
Advocates also will help
victims get -any needed
med};sl, ; cjl::l;ional, or
psychologi "
Alon%:vith the Court Ad
vocacy Program, FCC will
sponsor a weekly support
group for victims. A tramned
counselor will hold weekly ses
sions at confidential locations
for victims to learn to cope
with life out of the batberinfi
situation, Ms. Giffor
She added that FCC is also
Library Offers A ‘Magic Trip’
New Reading Program Encourages Youths To Discover Books
The Chattooga County
Library is launching a new
year-long reading program that
aims to encourage children and
families to discover ‘‘the
limitless world of information,
entertainment and adventure
at the library and in books.”
That’s according to Susan
Stewart, library director, who
said that children, pre
schoolers to 14 year olds may
join Ms. Fizzle and her Mafic
School Bus friends for
“Reading is a Magic m’F:
‘“Reading is a Magic Trip”
Their presentation garnered
an invitation to participate in
next year’s conference, and
another to present it at
Valdosta State College later
this year. Mrs. Lanier and Ms.
Floyd attended last year’s con
ference and decided to apply to
present their ideas this year.
“In trying to reach non
motivated students and in try
ing to keep others interested,
we began searching for alter
natives to worksheets and tex
tbooks,” Ms. Floyd said.
“Some of the activities are not
our own, but have been passed
along by other teachers and
through. .. instructional
ma%azines." :
he teachers are moving
away from the time-honored
process of students reading
material in textbooks, flllmi
out worksheets, and taking a.
test. g o
“There is more involved in
seeking volunteers for its fund
raising projects.
“Our board is such a small
group, we can't raise anywhere
near the amount we will need
alone,” she said.
Ms. Gifford estimates a
need of about $150,000, which
would go toward buying land,
a house, or both for a shelter
for battered women, a paid
volunteer coordinator and a
paid director for the shelter.
“A shelter is badly needed
for dt'.he Pfourl-gof;l:tyca;ea." she
said. ““Pe m Chattooga,
Catoosa,eog)ade and Walker
counties, in the lgast, have gone
to shelters in Dalton.
“They (Dalton Shelters)
can’'t accommodate them any
more,” Ms. Gifford said. “They
suggested we get a shelter for
this area.”
As far as fund-raising goes,
the grougohtalzs solddt.l;o:-shirts,
squeeze bottles, and key rings
at various festivals and fairs in
the four-county area.
“We're going to have to do
n‘xiuch mtc!\lr:, ' Ms. Giffor;l said,
adding that a speakers bureau
has been formed in .l;llg)es w?l{
speaking to grou at wi
hold fund-raisers &sr FCC and
donate the funds to the
organization.
“And we're hoping so
meone will donate a house we
can use as a shelter, or donate
land that we can build a house
on,” she said.
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is a free, noncompetitive
reading program that begins
March 1? and lasts untilgtl;he
end of February, 1995.
The reading program will
focus on science andg:nath ac
tivities together with reading
books. Storytimes will be hel
at all three Chattooga County
Library Branches.
Storytime at Summerville
Library is 10 a.m. each
Wednesday; at Trion Library,
it is 2:15 p.m. each Thursday,
and at Menlo Library,
storytime is at 3:30 p.m., the
learning than that,”” Mrs.
Lanier said. “We're trying to
get away from those tradi
tional methods because a lot of
kids aren’t learning that way.”
An example of the hands-on
activities is a science lesson
about mitosis, the process of
cell division. Groups of
students are assigned to depict
a phase of mitosis using con
struction paper, yarn, scissors
and ilue.
The students make models
of what a cell iooks like during
the phase they’ve been assign
ed and write a paragraph
describing the process. ‘“They
get to create something, and
they have to know about it,”
Mrs. Lanier said. ‘“So rather
than doing bookwork or a
worksheet, they’re learning in
a fun and creative way.”
.« At least two students say
that they enjoy learning in
such a way. : :
“It’s a lot more fun, and
you learn a lot more doing it
with your friends than just tak
ing a test,” said Adam Daley.
Pupil Janice Moore com
mented about the mitosis pro
ject in science.
“I learned more about it
than I would have out of a
book,” she said.
Other projects include il
lustrated book summaries,
mobiles that summarize what
students have learned, time
lines highlighting important
historic dates, research pro
jects and presentations about
foreign countries, and using
sales papers and catalogs in
students’ math assignments.
“This is active participa
tion, them learninias they do
something,” Mrs. Lanier said.
“We’re having a lot of suc
cess with it because it takes in
to account children’s different
levels and abilities,” Ms. Flet
cher said. “It’s good for
children of all learning styles
because it meets the needs of
all children, and they enjoy it.”
The teaching method also
involves displaying the
students’ work. ‘“We concen
trate on that,” she continued.
“They know that we don’t Lust
put what they did in a book or
chunk it in the trash can.”
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first Wednesday of each
month.
A monthly storytime is set
for 5:30 p.m. on the first
Wednesday of each month at
McDonald’s, Summerville. The
restaurant will provide a treat
for each child who attends.
Once the new Summerville
Librery opens, additional
storytime hours for school-age
chilr(i;en will be added, accor
ding to Ms. Stewart.
Children who participate
will receive free personal
reading logs to record the titles
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SUMMERVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ENJOY CREATIVE LEARNING
Teachers Say Method Meets Needs Of All Children
of the books they read.
Children will read for time.
Eight hours is required to com
plete the program. At the end
of the program, children will
receive a reading certificate
and a Happy Meal from
McDonald's.
“We think this program
will help children and families
learn to love reading and to
better use all the resources of
the library,”” said Susan
Stephens, CKildren's Librarian.
‘‘Learning to enjoy reading as
a child sets the stage for a
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lifetime of learning, enjoyment
and success.”
This program featuring
characters from the popular
book series, ‘‘The Magic School
Bus,” was developed by the
American Library Association
with the support of
McDonald’s. McDonald's also
is providing funding for books
and supplies for storytimes.
For more information, or to
sign up a child, visit one of the
Chattooga County Library
branches in Summerville, Trion
or Menlo.