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Vol 38 Issue 24
Going to Nationals
Rising Brunswick High School senior Chris Smith practices for the National SkillsUSA com
petition on a computer operated milling machine at the Golden Isles Career Acad
emy. The SkillsUSA competition will be held this month in Kansas City, Missouri.
Islander Staff Photo - Permar
GICA sends seven students to
National SkillsUSA competition
By Matthew J. Permar
CCGA holds
Candidate fomm
Last Tuesday evening can
didates for state and local offic
es participated in a two and
a half hour forum held at the
College of Coastal Georgia.
Candidates for Geor
gia State Senate District 3
included Terry Carter, Wil
liam Ligon and Griffin Lotson;
State Representative District
167 included Roger Lane and
Neal Boatright; State Repre
sentative District 179 included
Alex Atwood, Cap Fendig, Bill
Keim, and Shaw McVeigh.
Local candidates for Glynn
County Board of Commission
ers who spoke were Clyde Tay
lor, Sam Tostensen and Jim
Yale (At Large Post 1); Rich
ard Strickland and Bill Tipton
(District 3); Mary Hunt (Dis
trict 4).
Board of Education candi
dates included Gloria Bruns
and Mike Hulsey (At Large
Post 1); Marie Dodd substi
tuting for Millard Allen and
Bob Ingram (District 2); Ruby
Robinson and Hank Yeargan
(District 4).
State Senate District 3
candidate comments
Terry Carter emphasized
pushing back Obama-care and
eliminating/reducing govern
ment interference in business
and individuals lives. He also
said he would promote a con
sumption tax rather than an
income tax. "It's time to cut
government like small busi
nesses have had to cut. And
we shouldn't reduce govern
ment through attrition only."
On illegal immigration: the
laws need to be enforced. On
not cutting higher education:
"Education is a great equal
izer. We should give the local
systems a chance to run their
own system rather than have
Atlanta trying to run local
schools. It (state dept, of edu
cation) is a huge bureaucracy
and it needs to get out of the
paper pushing business. On
not cutting higher education:
"Eliminate inventory tax, cor-
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Candidate Jorum
“This has been the Golden
Isles Career Academy’s (GICA)
very first year of existence and
we already have seven stu
dents going the SkillsUSA
national competition in Kan
sas City, Missouri next week,”
said Dr. Ralph Gornto in an
interview last week.
‘We are all extremely proud
of these students,” continued
Gornto, “They are going to the
competition and they are going
to do a great job represent
ing the Glynn County school
system and the career acad
emy. We wish them the best
of luck in Kansas City. They
are already successful, and we
hope that success continues.”
Dr. Gornto is GICA’s Direc
tor of High School Programs
and was named interim CEO
when CEO Andy Lundell
recently announced his resig
nation for personal reasons.
The seven students who are
going to the SkillsUSA compe
tition in Kansas City June, 21-
26 all won First Place honors
in their respective categories
at the Georgia SkillsUSA com
petition last March.
GICA Precision Machining
instructor Todd Hunnewell
said students must win first
place at the state competition
to qualify for the national com
petition and that all 50 states
will be represented in Kansas
City.
Students who will compete
for GICA in Kansas City and
their categories are:
• Chris Smith - CNC (Com
puter Numerical Control) Mill
ing Technology. Smith will be
a senior at Brunswick High in
the fall.
• Dillon Spaulding - Col
lision Repair Technology.
Spaulding just graduated from
Brunswick High.
• Robert Sizemore - Health
care Occupations-Nurse Assist
ing. Sizemore’s base school is
Glynn Academy.
• A four student team under
the instruction of Kevin Pul
len will compete in Broadcast
News Production.
The team includes Abree
Bell as the Technical Director,
Carmen Carroll and Hannah
Stepp as on-camera broadcast
ers and Cody Whittington as
the Floor Director.
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SkillsUSA
Groups make
final appeal to
BOE for funds
By Matthew J. Permar
Although the Glynn County
Board of Education (BOE) is on
the last lap of their budget pro
cess and has advertised their
2010-2011 budget for final
adoption, two groups made
last ditch efforts last week to
be included in the budget.
During the BOE's regular
meeting last Tuesday, June 8,
students from the school sys
tem's strings music program
asked the board to consider
replacing money for the pro
gram back in the budget.
In addition, a large group of
supporters and staff from both
the Glynn Brunswick and St.
Simons Island Public Librar
ies were there asking the same
thing, "Please keep us in the
budget."
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Strings & Libraries
JIA signs
development
agreements
• Authority on fast track
toward revitalization
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
Last week the Jekyll Island
Authority formally approved
project development agree
ments for two new hotels and
the beach village retail and
dining area.
Jones Hooks, Executive
Director of the JIA, said, "We
are ready to go. The (project
development) schedule is tight
but everyone, developers, JIA
board and staff, is committed
to the time schedule."
Mid 2012 is the target finish
date for the entire revitaliza
tion project including the retail
area, two hotels and the new
convention center.
Demolition and site work is
scheduled to begin in October
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JIA
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