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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Bonaire MS teacher honored
Georgia Power recognizes state’s most promising new teachers
Special to the HHJ
PERRY - Jalanda Goff,
an eighth-grade science
teacher for Bonaire Middle
School, is among 15 of
Georgia’s best and bright
est new teachers selected to
receive a New Teacher
Assistance Grant from
Georgia Power. Under the
program, nominations were
submitted to Georgia
Power by each of the 15
Georgia public colleges and
universities with a school of
education. To be eligible for
the grant, candidates had
to be in the top 25 percent
of their class academically;
be a first-year teacher
employed by a public school
in Georgia; and demon
strate a high aptitude for
teaching.
A graduate of Georgia
College and State
University, Goff was recog
nized at an awards lunch
eon Wednesday at the New
Perry Hotel in Perry.
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To celebrate the 100th day of school, students at Eagle Springs Elementary School
did a service project of collecting items for HODAC and the Rainbow House. The stu
dents brought in 162 teddy bears/stuffed animals, 136 coloring/activity books, 167
toothbrushes/toothpaste, and 74 boxes of crayons. The school’s faculty and staff
members expressed thanks to the students and parents for such a phenomenal
effort. Pictured with the collected items are Shealy Bloodworth, counselor; Andrea
McGee, principal; and Kim Sanderson of the Rainbow House.
Joann Martin
Navy Petty Officer Ist
Class Joann Martin, daugh
ter of Mary V Justus of
Warner Robins, is currently
in the middle of a routine
scheduled deployment,
while assigned to the air
craft carrier USS Harry S.
Truman, homeported in
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Jo Wilbanks, Georgia
Power’s region distribution
manager, presented her
with a SI,OOO education
grant.
The luncheon to cele
brate Goff”s achievements
was attended by Danny
Carpenter, Houston County
superintendent of schools;
Pamela Greenway, chair
man of the Houston County
Board of Education; Cindy
Randall, principal of
Bonaire Middle School; Dr.
Heide Hlawaty and Dr.
Martha Jones from Georgia
College & State University;
and Georgia Power’s Area
Manager for Perry, Neal
Rearden.
Georgia Power began the
program as a way to
encourage new teachers to
stay in the profession and
to provide them with funds
to purchase classroom sup
plies, equipment or materi
als not already provided by
their schools. Recipients
ESES conducts 100th
Day Service Project
HOMETOWN NEWS
Norfolk, Va.
Martin and more than 7,
600 of her fellow shipmates
of the Truman Carrier
Strike Group (CSG),
deployed in support of the
global war on terrorism.
Carriers like the Harry S.
Truman are deployed
throughout the world to
maintain U.S. presence and
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2 St. Johns
Medical Park Dr.
St. Augustine
797-4633
can use the grant money to
purchase items such as
books, journals, art sup
plies, educational CDs or
DVDs, computers or projec
tors.
“Teacher retention is a
major issue in Georgia,”
Garrett said. “In the next
five years, 50 percent of our
baby boomer age teachers
will retire, so it’s critical
that we hire a significant
number of new teachers
and give them incentives to
stay with the profession.
The program is Georgia
Power’s way of telling new,
young teachers that busi
nesses care about them.
The bottom line is that
we’re not creating any new
jobs in Georgia that don’t
require an educated work
force. Unless businesses
lend their support to
improving the quality of
education, Georgia’s eco
nomic viability will be
diminished.”
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versatile and powerful
weapons and aircraft avail
able.
Martin joined the Navy in
July 1990.
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Carolyn Howard accepts her award for five years service with the city Community
Development Department from Mayor Donald Walker (right) as her husband, a Warner
Robins Police Department traffic officer, looks on.
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Clifford Avery, a city utilities supervisor, accepts his award for 10 years of service to the
city from Mayor Donald Walker. “He installs most gas service lines in the city ” Walker
said.
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Capt. Bill Capp Jr., administration operation commander with the Warner Robins
Police Department accepts his certificate and pin from Mayor Donald Walker for 25
years of service with police department.
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Perry Fire Department
Ladies Auxiliary
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