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Chattoogans To 6% Fop oy Tuesday
feh. 29 Birthaay obies Get thance A¢ Rare Fersonal telebrations
BY D. J. LAAN
Staff Writer
Five special Chattooga
County resi(s)ents will be “leag—
ing” for joy next Tuesday, Feb.
29, when they all celebrate birth
days.
Seth Lindsay, Trion will cel
ebrate his third “real” birthday
although he will be 12 years old
on Tuesday.
Ray Norman, Trion, will ob
serve his 16th birthday next
week. But he was born in 1936.
Louise Stewart, Pennville,
will turn “sweet 16” on Tuesday,
although she’ll actually be 64.
Joe Hill, Summerville, will
be 14 on Tuesday although some
folks say he will really be 56.
Betty Jean Kay, Trion, will
turn 15 on the last day of Febru
ary — or could she really be 60?
All have different memories
of their birthdays and all fall into
one specific statistic — only one
in every 1,500 births occur on
Leap Year day.
LEAPING TRUTH
Leap Year days occur every
four years, according to the Na
tional Association of Leapers,
San Francisco, Calif. If a year
contains 29 days in February, is
divisible by the number 4, and
the year is also divisible by 100
and 400 - -then it is an official
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Insurance Assistance March 3
Chattooga residents with insurance problems or ques
tions ca receive assistance directly from the Commissioner
of insurance’s office by contacting his insurance investigator
working in the area.
An investigator from the office is scheduled to be in Sum
merville from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. on March 3 at the Court
house Annex. Call this location at 857-0700 to confirm the
investigator’s schedule.
In addition to receiving assistance with insurance prob
lems or questions, Commissioner Oxendine’s Office offers
complimentary homeowner, automobile and life insurance
policy reviews. This service is designed to provide you with
information you should know before purchasing insurance
Friday March 10, 2000 ?
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10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. / .-
187 Seventh Street, Summerville ol
Phone 857-3490 for directions or information
Eligibility: Georgia resident;
4 years old on/before September 1, 2000
WHAT TO BRING TO REGISTRATION:
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Seth Lindsay, a Trion Middle School student,
will officially turn 3 years old on Tuesday,
although he’s been around for 12-years. He
Leap Year.
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the years, 1700, 1800 and 1900
were not leap years and did not
feature Feb. 29.
The year 2000 was the first
and how to avoid common mistakes.
Over $35 million has been recovered by Commissioner
Oxendine since 1995 on behalf of Georgia citizens who con
tacted his office.
If you cannot meet with the Investigator during these
hours, you can speak to an investigator by phone at 1-800-
656-2298 or you can write the details of your problem and
send them to the following address:
John Oxendine, Commissioner of Insurance, State of
Georgia, 2 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive, Atlanta, GA 30334,
Attention: Consumer Services Division,
www.state.ga.us\ga.ins.commission
There is no fee for this service.
said he doesn’'t mind the “kiddingl;' from his
many friends about his unique Feb. 29 Leap
Year birthday. (Staff Photo By D. J. Laan).
official century Leap Year in 400
years.
The need to create a Leap
Year arose from the fact that the
time taken by the earth to orbit
the sun (one year) is not an ex
act number of days.
The exact length of a year is
actually 365.2422 days. The sea
sons, which are determined bfi
the exact rotation of the eart
around the sun, would drift by a
quarter of a day every year. Af
ter 100 years, the seasons would
have drifted by 25 days and sum
mer would occur on the calendar
when it should be winter.
STORIES
All the Leap Year day celeb
rities have their own unique sto
ries and memories.
Norman, owner of
Grandpa's Restaurant, said not
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rable birthday for him but it will
be the day that he officially re
tires.
“I got into the fast-food
business in 1984 after a long ca
reer in textile management,” he
said.
Norman said he plans to of
ficially celebrate his birthday and
retirement at a reception from 2
g‘.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in the
rion Heiihts Baptist Church
fellowship hall.
He said he recalled his
“first” birthday celebration when
he was 4.
“I used to get confused as to
why everyone else was havir?
birthdays and I wasn’t,” he said.
SETH LINDSAY
Lindsag' will be 12 Tuesday
but he said his friends like to
tease him and tell him he’s really
only 3.
“I still have a birthday every
}'ear whenit’s nota leagyear and
have it on March 1,” he said.
He said he is looking for
ward to having his birthday on a
school day this g:ar.
Seth attends Trion Middle
School and is the son of Richard
and Vanessa Lindsay, Trion.
Hill, Summervili,e, will unof
ficially turn 56 on Tuesday but
said he still feels as if he were 14,
which the calendar claims he is.
“You can'’t §row old living
this long and only being 14, can
you?” he asked with a big smile.
Ms. Stewart, Pennville, who
will celebrate her 64 years on
Tuesday jokinglr said she’s so
glad that she will be old enough
to get a driver’s license on her
“16th birthday.”
“That’s risht, I'll finally be
old enough to drive,” she said.
Ms. Kay, Trion, said she,
too, will cele{;rate her “sweet 16”
birthday on Tuesday.
BIG EVENT
According to the National
Retail Card Association, Leap
Day and Leap Year cards account
for nearly $400,000 in business
each four years.
A website and an interna
tional club have been established
specially for folks with Feb. 29
bnrthda{)s. It is at http://www.
leapdaybabies.com
A number of famous people
have Leap Year birthdays, In
cluding actor Antonio Sabato Jr.,
actor Dennis Farinna, NFL
ard John Nyland with the Dal-
Fz:‘s Cowboys and, the late actress
and sing,er Dinah Shore and
bandleader Jimmy Dorsey.
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Trion Teacher Of The Year Honored By Optimists
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Vicki Hamrick, a reading and language arts
teacher at Trion Mi%ldle Scho% was
recognized by the Summerville-Trion
Optimist Club Friday as being chosen the
s¥\stem’s Teacher of the Year by her peers.
Shown from left in front are Liz Lindsey, Mrs.
Hamrick’s student teacher; Mr. and Mrs. C.
Hamrick Honored As
Trion Teacher Of Year
Vicki Hamrick was honored
by the Summerville-Tricn Otpti
mist Club as Trion Teacher of the
Year. She was nominated by her
peers and then by teachers from
another school system for the
honor.
She presented a proiram to
the Optimist Club about her job
and her kids. She was accompa
nied to the meeting by students
Benjamin Desper 111 and Tabitha
Reynolds and student teacher Liz
Lindsey. She also was accompa
nied by Trion Superintendent
Dr. Don Elam ang Trion High
School and Middle School Prin
cipal Ben Desper 11.
Mrs. Hamrick has been
teachinfi for 21 years and re
ceived her bachelor’s degree
from Tift College. She received
her masters degree from Georgia
College State University in
Mille(fgeville.
She teaches reading and
language arts in the Trion Middle
School and also is the junior var
sity cheerleading sponsor.
Student Desper said while
introducing Mrs. Hamrick, “Mrs.
Hamrick makes learning fun.”
“The kids I work with is
what makes my “job special,” Mrs.
Hamrick said, “They’re the kind
of kids that one day you're their
best friend in the whole wide
world and the next day you're the
big enemy. That's what makes
them special.”
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She continued, “They keep
me laughing, they keep me
happy. I can’t imagine working
with any other group of students
than these seventh graders.”
HOOKED
Mrs. Hamrick decided to be
a teacher after a teaching expe
rience in a class she took because
it fulfilled her desire for a class
before noon, “so I could get out
in the sun.”
“I was in college 20-some
thing years ago and I couldn’t
make u%my mind what I wanted
to be when I ‘grew up’. I had a
roommate that was a born
teacher. She knew from the day
we started out that teaching was
what she wanted to do,” Mrs.
Hamrick said.
Her roommate talked her
into the class and during the
class she was working with a
young person who didn’t know
the primary colors. While work
ing with that child the love of a
career teaching was born.
“While teaching him those
colors, the look on his face when
he was learninfg was what
sparked my love for teaching. I
was hooke&."
Mrs. Hamrick told the
group about working with other
programs at the school such as a
special reading program for
middle schools where they read
for three hours in the gymna.
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P. Fetner, {zarents of Mrs. Hamrick; Vicki
Hamrick; Tabitha Reynolds, student and
Benjamin Desper 111, student; back row, Dr.
Don Elam, Trion Schoo! Superintendent;
Optimist Stacy Nelson and Trion High School
and Middle School Principal Dr. Ben Desper.
(Staff Photo By Gene Espy).
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She was presented a plaque
arlldba check by the Optimist
Club.
Trion Jazz Band
Goes To Gadsden
The THS Jazz Band will
travel to Gadsden today, Feb. 24
to attend a jazz festival from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Trion City Schools’ school
holidays will be on Friday and on
Monday.
The varsity baseball team will
play Pe;g)erell at home at 5 p.m.
on Monday.
Applications for the Trion
Bulldog Alumni Scholarship will
be available through March 1.
Sc_?ool counselors fiave the de
tails.
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