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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 3
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Facing Change Together
AWWIN Introduces
WOPP Women
Leadership Summit 2008
Shay to Keynote
Chatham County Young
Democrats Meeting
AWWIN, Inc (A
Working Woman In Need) has
partnered with University of
Phoenix - Savannah and
GAWL (Georgia Association
of Women Lawyers, the
Savannah Chapter) to host a 2-
day Women Leadership
Summit at the University Of
Phoenix Campus. Join us
November 13th and 14th as we
present WOPP (Women of
Power & Prosperity) 1st
Annual Women Leadership
Summit 2008.
This is promised to be
two days you will not want to
miss. Over the two days,
Employers, Leaders,
Visionaries, etc will come
together in one arena, to
Educate, Motivate and
“Groom Up To Leadership”
the lives of working women,
women seeking employment,
women seeking a higher edu
cation or women seeking to
own businesses. The partici
pants will also get the opportu
nity to hear enriching stories of
transformation and success,
words of encouragement and
life lessons. We expect a net
work of women from all walks
of life, to attend this life chang
ing experience.
Please consider support
ing the first annual Women's
Leadership Summit,
"Grooming Up to Leadership".
The purpose of this summit is
to provide a platform where
successful women leaders can
teach other women through
the sharing of life experiences
and skill sets. Organized men
toring programs for women
are limited. "Grooming Up to
Leadership" sets the stage for
future mentorship and profes
sional development opportuni
ties. The program covers all
aspects of personal presenta
tion from dress to etiquette to
intellectual and rational to
responses to workplace prob
lem solving, communications
and conflict.
Some of the participating
vendors are International
Paper, St Joseph's/Candler,
Memorial University Medical
Center, Darby Bank and Marti
Barrow of the Savannah Area
Tourism Leadership Council
will share the exciting mes
sage of how the Tourism and
Hospitality industry provides
not only jobs but the opportu
nity to grow and have a thriv
ing career. With tourism being
the area's 2nd largest industry
and providing more than
16,000 jobs locally, they have
a lot to offer! Vendors will
share their hiring process, job
openings if available, require
ments needed to be a part of
their team, etc.
GAWL, (Georgia Association
of Women Lawyers the
Savannah Chapter) will share
also if you are looking for an
opportunity to start or advance
See AWWIN, page 13
Patrick Shay
The Chatham County
Young Democrats is looking
for members to join and seek
ing interested person to self-
nominated executive board
position. The position open
are V.P. Community
Outreach. The regular meet
ing will be held on Thursday,
November 13, 2008 at the
Democratic Party
Headquarters at 109 West
Victory Drive in Savannah
from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
The featured guest
speaker is Commissioner
Patrick Shay. He will be dis
cussing sustainable practices
that young people should uti
lize when running for office.
Commissioner Shay
was elected to the Chatham
County Commission in 2004,
and served as a
Commissioner previously
from 1992 to 1996. He also
served the public for the past
ten years on the Georgia
International Trade Center
Authority, serving for 6 years
as Chairman.
Shay received a B.S. in
Environmental Design from
the University of
Pennsylvania, and later
obtained a Master of
Architecture degree from
Clemson University. Shay
also studied Urban Design at
the Charles E. Daniel Center
in Genoa, Italy. Shay is an
Associate Professor of
Architecture at Savannah
College of Art and Design,
until recently teaching Studio
in Urban Design.
Shay is the senior prin
cipal at Gunn-Meyerhoff-
Shay Architects, founded in
1956. He is a LEED certified
designer, and a member of the
American Institute of
Architects.
Patrick and his wife,
Janice, live in downtown
Savannah, and have raised
two sons, Kerry and David.
The Chatham County
Young Democrats is the
county’s official youth arm of
the Chatham County
Democratic Committee
(CCDC). Members of our
organization strive to make a
positive difference in the
community.
For more inforamtion,
goto www.chathamy-
oungdems.com.
by Thomas B. Lockamy, Jr.
Instant is not one of my
favorite words. Instant break
fast, instant potatoes, instant
kharma, instant gratification,
instant grits and instant fixes
all fall into the same category;
good intentions typically
resulting in poor results.
The reality is - there are
no instant fixes in education.
Over the past four years, with
the support of our broader
community, we have moved
collaboratively in the right
direction. We have introduced
a number of key ingredients to
the mix: differentiated instruc
tion, specialized data teams,
assessment teams, E-
SPLOST, school construction,
PTA, community engagement,
improved bus service, more
rigorous curriculum, high
expectations, school uniforms,
and the list goes on and on.
Creating a world class educa
tional system takes time,
patience, and experience using
just the right mixture of ingre
dients and synergies.
Now we approach yet
another challenge that we
must consider together with
thoughtful deliberation and
careful regard for families,
communities and most impor
tantly, our students. The next
challenge before us is redis
tricting our schools into fully
energized yet harmonious
learning communities.
Before we begin there
must be unilateral agreement;
redistricting is not an instant
fix. It is not a magic bullet. It
is simply the next step on our
Thomas B. Lockamy, Jr.
journey to World Class. It is a
necessity, albeit challenging,
but it is an absolute necessity.
Local school attendance
zones have not been redrawn
in several years. In the mean
time our population has
migrated. For example, I am
reminded of the prevalent joke
in the 70's and 80's about the
possibility of Wilmington
Island sinking due to over
growth. While Chatham
County has not witnessed
exceptional growth in the last
ten years, we have witnessed
an east-to-west migration or
rather a reversal of the growth
pattern from just 30 years ago.
No one can deny the excep
tional expansion and growth
in West Chatham County. In
addition, other communities
have sprouted in various cor
ners of our county while older,
more established communities
have waned and in some cases
replaced with all new commu
nities. Where neighborhoods
once housed families with
children, some communities
See Facing Change, page 14
•i:
Outage Planned for Nov. 15
Georgia Power is dedicated to providing its customers with reliable
electricity 24 hours a day-365 days a year. One of the ways we
do this is by regularly monitoring our equipment to ensure it's
operating to the best of its ability.
We recently found that the ground wire on the transmission
line serving customers on Wilmington and Tybee islands is
damaged and needs to be replaced. This wire is necessary
to protect the transmission line from lightning strikes that can
result in extended power outages.
Georgia Power crews from across the state will work together on
Saturday, Nov. 15 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. to replace this ground wire.
Customers east of Turner Creek on Tybee, Wilmington and Talihi islands
will experience a temporary outage. We expect to have power restored
within six hours. In case of inclement weather, the planned outage will
take place on Nov. 22. Oatland and Whitemarsh islands will not be affected
Georgia Power will contact impacted customers using its automated
phone system to provide details about the event.
Please use extreme caution in the work zone. Be sure to follow road signs
and police who will be directing traffic.
As we work to improve reliability in your area, we appreciate your
understanding and apologize forthe inconvenience this outage
will cause.
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