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Pot growing gear
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"And we are prepared to issue a press
release concerning the equipment and
how it will be used to do good work in
the community."
After Dr. Gornto expressed an inter
est in the gear, Doering approached
his employers, the Glynn County Com
missioners, with a request to allow
him to donate it to the school system
for their agricultural and horticultural
programs.
The commission unanimously
approved the request at their Thurs
day, Oct. 16 meeting.
• In other police related business
dining the Oct. 16 meeting, the county
commission also approved, at Chief
Doering's request, the acceptance of
a $251,600 grant from the Georgia
Governor's Office of Highway Safety.
Referred to as a HEAT grant - High
way Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic
- the state money will principally be
used to further the police department's
efforts in combating the increase in
vehicle accidents that have occurred
over the past eight years, according to
Doering.
Citing some traffic statistics, Doer
ing told the commission that there were
2,341 accidents in Glynn in 2000. That
number jumped to 3,087 last year.
Traffic fatalities are also on the rise
said Doering.
Traffic fatalities jumped from 11 in
2000 to a high in 2006 of 26.
In 2007 there were 15 fatal acci
dents with 18 people killed and so far
this year there has been 15 fatal acci
dents with 17 people killed.
Doering said, "The HEAT grant pays
for 100% of the salaries and benefits of
two additional police officers and the
purchase of three fully equipped patrol
cars along with fuel and maintenance
for a year."
The grant includes specialized traffic
enforcement equipment for the vehicles
such as alcohol sensors, radar and lidar
speed detection devices. The grant also
pays for specialized training.
The only grant match required on
the county's behalf is the assignment
of an currently budgeted police officer
to man the third new patrol car. This
will give the HEAT program three cars
and three officers.
"I have eight traffic patrol officers
now," said Doering, "one of them will be
moved to the HEAT program."
Doering also told The Islander the
department currently has four lidar
speed detectors, the three that come
with the HEAT vehicles will make
seven towards his goal of 10 of the
devices for the department.
Lidar operates in a similar manner
to radar, except it uses a laser instead
of a radio wave to measure vehicle
speed. Operated much like a pistol,
with 'instance on' capabilities, lidar can
defeat and is not registered by radar
detectors.
The HEAT grant is for one year, but,
according to Doering it has second and
third year renewals if federal funds are
available.
The second year is an 80% grant,
which would require the county to
include an estimated $23,316 in the
police department's FY 2009/10 bud
get.
The third year is a 60% grant which
would require the county to match 40%
in the FY 2010/11 department budget.
The commission voted unanimously
to accept the $251,600 HEAT grant for
this year. □
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and their origin. As an example, composite decking manufacturers have
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Rhythm Cycles on display at Art Downtown/Gallery 209
Rhythm Cycles, a series of vibrant
paintings by Brunswick artist, Sue
Russell, will be on display through
October 31 at Art Downtown/Gallery
209 and Southeast
Georgia Health Sys
tem Outpatient Care
Center Art Gallery
from November 1
through December
5.
Using the bicycle
as a catalyst for her
creative impuls
es, Russell grabs
spokes, circles and
ellipses to take rides
with shape, space,
paint and expres
sion. Russell's
favorite subjects are
musicians, people involved in daily
routines, objects in intriguing places
... the rhythm of life.
Russell has a BFA in Graphic
Design from the University of Geor
gia and an MA from Arizona State
University. She has 30 years experi
ence teaching and exhibiting art in
the US, Saudi Arabia and Germany.
She currently shows her work at Art
Downtown/Gallery 209 in Brunswick
and The Little Art Gallery in Raleigh,
NC.
Russell and her husband, Padgett
Cleveland, lived and worked in Saudi
Arabia and Germany and traveled
around the world with backpacks,
sketchbooks, cameras and journals,
honing their observation skills and
enjoying life. They returned to the
states in 2000 and now reside in
Brunswick and Cedar Mountain, NC
where she directs Hemlocks Studio, a
summer artists' retreat center.
For more information, contact Lynda
Dalton-Gallagher at 912.262.0628. □
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