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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
GOAL
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speech and took part in a
personal interview.
The four finalists were:
• Amanda Brantley, a
practical nursing student
from Warner Robins;
• Sandy Melvin, an early
childhood care and educa
tion student from
Montezuma;
• Stephanie Wilson, a
radiologic technology stu
dent from Warner Robins;
and
• Cornell Worthy, a com
puter information systems
networking specialist stu
dent from Kathleen.
On March 1, the four met
with a panel of judges made
up of a member of MGTC’s
board of directors, and a
representative from each of
the five chambers of com
merce in the college’s serv
ice area. This panel selected
Wilson as MGTC’s GOAL
ORDINANCE
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“The mission of Vision 2020 is to dis
cuss problems in the public interest
and come up with recommendations
for the four governmental entities to
endorse. If we start making exceptions
in each jurisdiction the mission of
Vision 2020 is nullified. We recom
mend you take this and vote it up or
down.”
Warner Robins City Councilman
Terry Horton asked about variances
for special circumstances.
“You have to have limits and you
have to have norms,” said Sanders.
“Whatever we do here has to be
enforceable and if every jurisdiction
has its variances than what we have
done is for naught.”
Gordon Turner of the Macon Kennel
Club said he sees no rationale for mak
ing distinctions between the kind of
domestic animal, as the proposed ordi
nance does.
“Why not six dogs or six cats instead
of three of each?” he asked.
Sanders called it “a judgment issue.”
“The law should be aimed at what a
person can provide for and whether
they can keep their animals from
becoming a nuisance instead of setting
arbitrary limits,” said Turner. “There
is no provision for licensed therapy
dogs. I would like to see the language
BOE
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until the end of the school
year. She has been principal
there for six years.
O’Dell thanked Melnick
for being a trailblazer for
women educators.
As Assistant
Superintendent of Student
Services, she will provide
support for all areas of spe
cial education and other stu
dent services to ensure that
each student achieves suc
cess in the educational envi
ronment.
“I appreciate the board of
education and Danny
Carpenter for allowing me
to share the gifts I’ve been
given,” O’Dell said. “I hope
to continue our goal of pro
ducing high-achieving stu
dents and I think this
department will the lead the
way.”
O’Dell is married to Dr.
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student for 2005.
Wilson and her nominat
ing instructor, Patty
Melnick, will attend the
state GOAL competition in
May.
“Ms. Wilson changed edu
cational direction from lib
eral arts to workforce devel
opment, and has sacrificed a
full-time job with benefits to
attend MGTC,” wrote
Melnick in her nominating
letter. “She is a single moth
er of one son who currently
balances full-time school
with motherhood and work.
She is a true leader among
her fellow students in the
(radiologic technology) pro
gram.”
During Tuesday’s Rotary
meeting, Wilson delivered
her GOAL-winning speech.
“Technical education is
going to open doors for me
that my degree alone would
not,” she said.
more flexible so the local government
can grant variances in special circum
stances.”
Sanders disagreed.
“We just cannot have each govern
mental entity granting variances or we
have just wasted our time here,” he
said.
Horton doubted the proposal as writ
ten would pass muster.
“This will never pass in the city of
Warner Robins without a provision for
a variance,” he said. “There are just so
circumstances where variances will be
justified like in the use of therapy ani
mals. Each jurisdiction must have
some way to provide a variance.”
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall said he
thinks his city would also prefer to
have a provision for variances.
“Is there any way we could word it so
that Vision 2020 would have to
approve the various variances?” he
asked.
But Sanders held firm.
“We have been discussing this since
September and it is time to move on
and take a vote,” said Sanders. “I don’t
believe in talking an issue to death. It
is time to take action. If one of the gov
ernmental entities votes this down
then they should be ready to come
back with something in writing to take
Denton
O’Dell, a
retired min
ister. The
couple
resides in
Warner
Robins.
They have
two sons
and four
O’DELL
grandchildren.
In other business, the
board approved unbudgeted
expenditures in the amount
of $730,448 presented at a
called meeting on Saturday.
This money will be used to
purchase items such as a
GPS tracking system for
school buses in the system
and corresponding software.
The bulk of these funds
will be used to purchase
1,700 barcode readers for
system teachers to account
and keep track of textbooks.
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MGTC instructor Patty Melnick (left) nominated
Stephanie Wilson for the college’s Georgia Occupational
Award of Leadership award. Wilson was named the
GOAL winner Tuesday.
Also being
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rhythm, for
all 34 schools in the systems.
Also at the meeting:
• The board passed a
measure that will rezone
students in the Mill Pond
subdivision, and portions of
Tucker, Bass and Houston
Lake roads back to Quail
Run Elementary School.
The transfer will affect 21
students. Several parents
attended the board’s work
session Monday to protest
the transfer. Each family
has the option to submit a
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The proposed revision was approved
with Horton and Worrall voting
against it.
The group then moved on to a gener
al discussion on the issue of developing
a unified land use plan for the county
and cities.
“We need to have standards,” said
Sanders. “It is only logical and intelli
gent to bring the governments togeth
er to pinpoint differences and make
them the same in order to save money
and time for us all.”
Tim Andrews of the Houston County
Planning and Zoning Office reported
that a study had been commissioned in
1995 to come up with a unified land
use plan for the county, but it had not
been adopted.
“What we are looking for are bones
of contention and differences between
the different jurisdictions such as
width of streets and the like,” he said.
“If there are differences they need to
be standardized.”
Horton said he thinks the municipal
ities may not want to give up any of
their authority.
Vision 2020 will hold its next meet
ing on Thursday, May 26 at 10 a.m. at
the County Annex on Carl Vinson
Parkway.
request to the board for chil
dren to stay at the school
they currently attend.
• Steve Monday was
appointed principal of
Warner Robins High School.
He has served as interim
principal since October,
when principal Mark Wilcox
left.
“Than you for your confi
dence and I hope to continue
the tradition of excellence at
Warner Robins High,”
Monday said. “The student
will continue to be the pri
mary customer at Warner
Robins High School.”
Monday is married to the
former Andrea Oglesby of
Macon. She teaches gifted
language arts at Feagin Mill
Middle School. They have
two children, Matthew, 9,
and Katie, 7. The family
resides in Bonaire.
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build a shopping center on
the land.
An adjacent tract totaling
33.296 acres had its zoning
changed from R-AG to R-4,
or multi-family residential.
Developer Tom Brightman
told the Home Journal that
he planned on building clus
tered single-family homes
and apartments on the prop
erty.
The commission also
approved the annexation of
an 88.33-acre tract owned
by Thomas Mason on Hunt
Road south of Ga. 96. The
zoning on the property was
changed from R-l to R-3.
Robert Story said that the
owners planned on building
a development of single
family residences averaging
1,700 square feet and priced
at approximately $150,000.
Deliverance Tabernacle at
101 Dunbar Road asked to
be annexed into the city and
its request was approved.
The commission approved
a variance on rear setback
DRUG
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“We want to teach coping
skills, and instill in young
people this is not expected
behavior,” Williams said.
“We want the community to
know what’s going on. I
would have liked to see this
room filled.”
Gail Stuckey attended the
workshop and brought her
son and a friend.
“I want them to be aware
of what drugs look like,
know the street names and
the consequences of taking
them,” Stuckey said.
Her son, 11-year-old Jerry
Stuckey said he has seen
drugs in the pages of his
health textbook, but never
as up close as he did at the
workshop.
Aaron Tharpe, who is 10,
said he learned about the
consequences of drugs, and
how much they can affect
the body.
As Franklin directed a
presentation about the
drugs, Quinones individual
ly allowed audience mem
bers to see seized drugs such
as marijuana, cocaine,
methamphetamine, crack,
ice, ecstasy, LSD, and
gamma hydroxybutyrate
(GHB).
As the plastic bags were
passed from hand to hand in
the audience, many looked
at the drugs in disbelief.
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requirements so Etsuko
Tryggestad could build a
screen porch on her resi
dence at 218 Vining Way.
The following home-based
businesses were approved:
A cleaning service at 507
Forest Lake Drive.
A personnel recruitment
business at 104 Garden
Court.
A general contracting
business at 103 Mossy
Ridge.
A tax preparation busi
ness at 1235 Kingswood
Drive.
A roofing business at 101
Port Terrace.
A disc jockey business at
601 Hidden Creek Circle.
A home daycare business
at 101 Colonial Avenue.
A roofing business at 109
Ignico Court.
A computer base business
at 100 Briarwood Drive.
A home restoration busi
ness at 105 Port Terrace.
A gift basket business at
813 Randolph Avenue.
Franklin also told the
audience about the effects of
prescription drugs such as
Oxycontin, a painkiller and
Xanax, a drug that treats
anxiety and depression, and
how they are abused.
He also discussed over the
counter drugs that are
abused, such as Robitussin
cough syrup and Coricidan
pills that are used to treat
the common cold.
Franklin said abusers
ingest about 30 of the
Coricidan pills, which are
nicknamed Skittles, to cre
ate an intense high.
Franklin talked about the
newest drug in the area,
methamphetamine, which is
a manufactured drug.
“These labs this drug is
made in doesn’t have
beakers and Bunsen burn
ers,” Franklin said.
He pointed to a display of
acetone, batteries, a bucket
and pseudoephedrine pills.
“This is a lab,” Franklin
said.
He said he is a strong pro
ponent of workshops like
the one held Tuesday night.
’Tm a firm believer in
education and people
becoming actively involved,”
Franklin said. “We want to
intercede, but we need com
mitment not just from law
enforcement but everyone.”
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