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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
State honors local day care centers
By Luci Joullian
HHJ Staff Writer
Four local day care centers
have recently received
“Center of Distinction” cer
tificates from Georgia’s
Office of School Readiness
(OSR). The distinguished
centers are Children’s
Friend on Moody Road,
Meadowdale on Leverett
Road and Cherished
Children in Warner Robins.
Perry’s Meadowdale was
also selected for the honor.
The Standards of Care
program, which awards cen
ters that meet certain stan
dards for the care of infants
to 4-year-olds, includes
Perry Mayor Jim
Worrall (left) presents
the City of Perry
Beautification
Commission Yard of
the Month award to
Winbon and Judy
Golden during a
meeting of city coun
cil. The Goldens live at
907 Washington St
Other recognized for
landscaping efforts
but not present were:
Lumpkin Shell as
Business of the
Month and Tucker
Elementary School as
Campus of the Month.
HHJ/Emily Johnstone
Batchelor wins hog show
By Luci Joullian
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Justin
Batchelor, a ninth-grader at
Perry High School, took top
honors at The Houston
County Young Farmers and
Agribusiness Association’s
28th Annual Market Hog
Show on Saturday.
Batchelor was one of
about 40 local Future
Farmers of America (FFA)
and 4-H members showing
hogs at this year’s event.
The exhibitors purchased
the hogs last fall and had
the chance to auction them
off after the show.
Exhibitors’ hogs were
judged, in a series of classes
according to their weights,
on leanness, physical sound
ness, length, balance and
overall form. Exhibitors
were judged on their ability
to lead.their animal in the
ring while a judge observed.
The winners from each
class competed for the title
of grand champion - an
honor that went to
Batchelor and his 269-
pound hog Pork Chop. The
show’s reserve champion
was Katie Claxton, a Perry
Middle School eighth-grad
er.
After the show, prizes
were also awarded to those
exhibitors who excelled at
keeping their record books -
ledgers that the students
recorded information about
their animals, including pro
curement, medical care,
feeding and care. The junior
(first through fourth grades)
record book champion was
Tyler Claxton. The interme
4-H’ers learn about gun safety
Glenn Duckworth of Elko,
owner of Glenn's Gun
Repair, shows Houston
County 4-H’ers the proper
way to dismantle and clean
a gun. Members of the
SAFE Shotgun team spon
sored by local 4-H learn
marksmanship and gun
safety skills. The team la
open to all Interested
Houston County youth In
grades 6-12 and Is
coached by volunteer lead
ers Mark Collins and Undy
Barron. For more Informa
tion on the program, con
tact Jessica Fincher at
642-2020.
training for child care staff
and also includes a two-day
visit from the Office of
School Readiness.
“The certificate means
that the center is providing
exemplary care,” said
Marsha Moore, executive
director of OSR, the agency
that administers Georgia’s
pre-kindergarten program.
“Centers that earn this dis
tinction are providing chil
dren with appropriate nur
turing and preschool activi
ties that stimulate healthy
development and learning.”
The voluntary program
was started in 1998 by OSR
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diate (fifth through eighth
grades) champion was Katie
Claxton and the senior
(ninth through 12th grades)
champion was Kelly
Whiddon.
Several herdsman awards
were also given. The herds
man competition honors
those students who have
done the best job of caring
for their hog and have dis
played the most knowledge
of swine breeds, nutrition,
showmanship, record-keep
ing and other things related
to swine production. The
junior herdsman champion
was Tyler Claxton. The
intermediate champion was
Kaci Whiddon and the sen
ior champion was Kelly
Whiddon.
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Reserve Champion, Katie Claxton kneels with Phillip
Todd and her hog.
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to support quality care and
education in child care cen
ters.
“One of their main objec
tives is to increase the inter
activity between teacher
and child,” said Children’s
Friend Center Director
Wanda Scott. “We ask our
selves, ‘am I really listening
to what a child is telling
me?”’
Scott also said that OSR is
looking for centers that
emphasize cleanliness and
health and that are “work
ing on language skills, not
only for the children, but
also for the teachers.”
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Grand Champion Justin Batchelor ; with Phillip Todd and
“Pork Chop
Two of the most stringent
evaluation instruments in
the country are used to eval
uate a center that applies to
be part of the initiative. The
nationally recognized rating
scales are: the
Infant/Toddler
Environment Rating Scale-
Revised (ITERS-R), which
assesses the quality of cen
ter-based care for children
up to 30 months of age; and
the Early Childhood
Environment Rating Scale-
Revised (ECERS-R), which
assesses the quality of cen
ter-based child care for chil
dren 30 to 60 months of age
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