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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
PAGE 5A
Letters to the Editor
Thanks for support at rabies clinic
BOE receives report
on latest ELOST funds
Dear Editor:
The doctors and staff of Commerce
Veterinary Hospital and Jefferson
Animal Hospital would like to thank
the citizens of Jackson and Banks
counties for their support of our
annual rabies clinics.
As veterinarians, one of our most
important goals is to protect citizens
as well as their pets from the danger
of rabies. Our annual rabies clinics,
held May 14 - 17, were the most
successful clinics we have ever held.
We vaccinated 2,550 pets in Jackson
and Banks counties in a four-day
period at 23 locations.
We would like to thank the Jackson
and Banks County Environmental
Health Department, as well as the
Jackson County Extension Service
for their assistance in gathering sta
tistical information on the incidence
of rabies, identifying and establis
hing locations to hold the clinics,
and printing and distributing flyers
with information on clinic locations
and times.
We are also very appreciative of
the efforts made by the Jackson
County, Banks County, Commerce,
and Jefferson school systems to dis
tribute information on the rabies
clinics to their students. Thank you
to all of the area businesses and
schools who allowed us to take over
their parking lots in order to offer
this service to the public.
Thank you also to Mark Beardsley
and the MainStreet Newspapers for
not only publishing our schedule but
also for their continuing efforts to
publish stories about the incidence
of rabies in our area and the impor
tance of yearly vaccinations for pets.
We are also thankful for the willing
ness of WJJC and WCON radio
stations to broadcast the schedule
for the clinics on air.
Most of all, we would like to
thank the citizens of Jackson and
Banks counties for taking the time
and making the effort to bring their
pets to be vaccinated at the rabies
clinics.
In spite of the crowds, the barking
dogs, and the heat, with animals
and children in tow you continue
to support our efforts. As our area
continues to grow, we will be buil
ding more and more houses in rural
areas.
This continued development
increases the chance of contact bet
ween wildlife (the source of rabies)
and our citizens as well as their pets.
We must continue to make vaccina
ting our pets a priority in order to
protect our families from the danger
of rabies.
Again, thank you all for your
support. We realize that the success
of preventing rabies lies not in our
efforts but in the willingness of you
all to protect your families and your
pets through continued rabies vac
cinations.
Sincerely,
Doctors and Staff of Commerce
Veterinary Hospital and Jefferson
Animal Hospital
Recognizing BCHS teacher Kasey Hanley
Dear Editor:
As we enter the final week of school for the
2007-2008 year, I am full of excitement for my
graduating senior. I find moments of sadness and
pride for our teachers at BCHS. I can truly talk
about one of them all day.
I think, as parents, we seem to go to the school
when we are upset and we do not thank them
enough, so I felt compelled to put this in the paper
for all to read.
If your student is as lucky as mine to have this
teacher, you will truly understand what I am say
ing. The past four years have not come without
trying moments as most of us have felt. He is a
case worker for the students with IEP and truly
fights and stands by his students. I believe he
went up and above. He made her fight every chal
lenge she encountered through the four years, and
many times he did not even have her as a student,
so he had to keep up with her.
He would e-mail, call me whatever he had to do.
As this week approached with our final meeting,
it brought tears to my eyes to see how proud of
her he was.
I am now excited that she will be furthering
her education and with the support and the push
from this department. I know it would have been
much harder without this help. I am very proud
of them. I believe if any parent is willing to work
with them they can help provide a brighter future
for our children.
If I could give a teacher of the year award to
this person, I would. This teacher, in the last four
years, has been attending school for his master’s
degree, has had a son, coaches the wrestling team
and still, in the background, stands behind his
students at BCHS. I can only pray that my other
children will have him as a teacher.
The name of this teacher is Kasey Hanley and
we should be proud to have him at BCHS.
Sincerely,
Barb Hill
Media not reporting truth about Obama
Dear Editor:
I have often wondered why the
news media today is so afraid to
publish the REAL truth about Barack
Hussein Obama.
Do they not remember the
Constitution of the United States
gives us the right to voice opinion
and question matters of importance
to the common good?
Well, I know this, our current
news media is pushing to get Barack
Hussein Obama elected as our next
president. How truly sad because
they will not reveal the truth about
this candidate. If it were any other
candidate, they would gladly print
anything they could find about them
but this is not the case with this
candidate.
Truth be known is that Obama
was born to an atheist mother and
Muslim father. Obama was educated
in a muslim school in the Phillipines
that has educated many of the ter
rorists we are fighting today. Fact
is, Obama has hidden these facts
and only reveals his Catholic school
education he got later in years and
tries to make us believe he is of the
Christian faith, which he has most
definitely disproved.
He was sworn into his current
office using the Koran and not the
Holy Bible.
What else is not shown by the
media is that he has not had one
piece of legislature submitted dur
ing his tenure in the Senate. If you
cannot get it done as a senator, then
you surely will not get it done as
president.
The man is a smooth talker and
can tell you exactly what you want
to hear whether it is true or not. Fact
be known, he is dangerous.
I am amazed at how our media
today is unwilling to do their jobs
and print the truth about this person.
I hope that America will wake up
and realize the danger this person
poses to the nation if he is elected
president.
Sincerely,
Stephen Webb
Gillsville
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
Banks County Board of Education
members were informed of the fig
ures for the most recent Educational
Local Option Sales Tax during a
work session last Thursday.
School system financial director
Mike Beasley told BOE members and
superintendent Chris Erwin the most
recent check was for $282,082.52.
This was the 17th highest amount of
the 68 checks received.
Also at last week’s work session,
the BOE approved the following
personnel items during a closed ses
sion:
•certified personnel, resignations:
Jay Reid, teacher, BCHS; Eric Bona,
teacher, BCHS; Kristen Walls,
teacher, BCPS and William Meyer,
teacher, BCHS, all for the end of the
2007- 08 school year.
•certified personnel, new hires:
Heidi Moon, Elisha Rhymer, James
Dean Goodwin, Donna Jo Dillard
and Kimberly Goodwin, teachers,
2008- 09 school year.
•certified personnel, transfers:
Vickie Martin, from para-profes
sional to teacher, 2008-09 school
year and Angie Bowen, from tech
nology instructional specialist to
teacher, 2008-09 school year.
•classified personnel, resignations:
Robin Newell, para-professional,
effective May 1 and Renee Williams,
para-professional, effective May 5.
•classified personnel, new hire:
Walter Carter, custodian.
•classified personnel, medical
leave: April Turner, para-profes
sional.
Students recognized for writing test
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
The Banks County Board of
Education recognized several
students during its May meeting
Monday night for excelling on the
fifth grade writing test.
Students recognized included:
Conner Allen, Yelenny Argueta,
Jordan Barnett, Kayla Berry, Cara
Black, Carliann Broome, Gregory
Coughlin, Brittney Espinoza, Tyrsa
Goodwin, Kade Hart, Jocelyn
Heredia and Ashley Hill.
Also, Cori Hughes, Savanna King,
Brittany Langston, Will Ledford,
Emma Matthews, Taylor Mullins,
Jennifer Parrott, Brooks Roberts,
Leia Rylee, Amber Sanders, Austin
Segars, Tiffany Sheppard, Jared
Slaton, Kaelan Standridge, Bonnie
Taylor, Noah Trebec, Marissa Wade
and BayLeigh Watson.
The BOE also recognized Banks
County High School senior Jay
Harn for his recent performance
at the Georgia High School
Association Class AA state track
meet in Jefferson. Harn won the
state championship in the 200-meter
and 800-meter events in the wheel
chair competitions and was runner-
up in the shot put.
Superintendent Chris Erwin
also announced Pam Strickland as
the administrator of the year for
2007-08. Strickland, who oversees
the special education program for
the school system, has been in the
education field for 35 years and will
be retiring this summer.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Professional Moving Services
Bid Number 208-618
BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA is requesting proposals,
along with a statement of qualifications from qualified
firms for moving services to relocate office furnishings,
equipment and files for the new Banks County
Courthouse Annex and the renovated Banks County
Courthouse. To qualify for consideration, a firm must
demonstrate experience with similar projects,
availability of qualified personnel and ability to
complete the work within a stated time period and
budget.
Interested firms must obtain a copy of the RFP packet
and attend a mandatory presubmittal meeting at 9:00
a.m. on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at the Banks County
Courthouse. Packets can be obtained by contacting
either Angela Sheppard, Banks County
Administrative Officer, at (706) 677-6200 ext. 105, or via
e-mail at asheppard@co.banks.ga.us or Leonard Burris,
Banks County Technology Administrator, at (706) 677
6841 or via e-mail at lburris@co.banks.ga.us.
For consideration, proposals must be received no later
than 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 by the
Banks County Board of Commissioners, 144 Yonah-
Homer Road, Suite 1, Homer, GA 30547. All proposals
must be submitted in a sealed envelope and marked
with the following information: Your Company Name,
Address & Phone Number, Bid No. 208-618,
Professional Moving Services.
Banks County reserves the right to accept or reject any
or all proposals, to waive irregularities, informalities
and technicalities, and award the contract in the best
interest of Banks County. In no way will Banks County
be obligated to award this project based solely on price
or low bid. Any proposal received after 11:00 a.m. on
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 will be rejected.
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