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USDA-NRCS
official to
speak at FVSU
Special to the HHJ
FORT VALLEY - James
E. Tillman Sr., state conser
vationist for the USDA
Natural Resources
Conservation Service, will
be the keynote speaker at
the Fort Valley State
University Cooperative
Extension Program’s 23rd
Annual Ham and Egg
Breakfast at 8 a.m. April 19.
“He is an excellent
resource person to explain
some of the new incentive
type programs that deal
with soil conservation that
have been established
through the most recent
Farm Bill,” said Mark
Latimore Jr.,
professor/extension special
ist and organizer of this
year’s event. “We want to
aid in enhancing his intro
duction to the citizens of
Georgia.”
Tillman, who became
Georgia’s state conserva
tionist on Feb. 15, previous
ly served as the deputy state
conservationist in Davis,
Calif. Before that he was
assistant state conserva
tionist for programs and
acting state administrative
officer with NRCS in
Temple, Texas. Tillman also
served in various capacities
with NRCS in Kansas,
Missouri, Oklahoma,
Illinois, Texas and
California.
In addition to Tillman’s
remarks, participants may
hear legislative reports from
invited state senators and
representatives.
“This program is spon
sored each year to give
farmers and other citizens
an opportunity to discuss
current rural and farm leg
islation affecting them,”
Latimore said. “This break
fast provides an opportunity
to promote agricultural
commodities playing a vital
role in Georgia’s economy.”
Registration for the Ham
and Egg Breakfast is $5.5Qu
per person. To register, or'
for more information, con
tact the FVSU Extension
Agriculture and Natural
Resources Program at (478)
825-6269.
Isakson joins
Senate military
caucuses
Special to the HHJ
WASHINGTON - U.S.
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-
Ga.) has joined several
Senate organizations
focused on the needs of var
ious military branches.
Isakson has joined the Air
Force, Reserve, Army and
National Guard Senate cau
cuses.
“These organizations rec
ognize the vital role our mil
itary plays at home and
abroad and I am pleased to
join them,” Isakson said.
“Each of these caucuses
serves as an important vehi
cle in ensuring that
Congress meets the needs of
our, forces and their fami
lies.”
The Senate Air Force
Caucus is chaired by Sen.
Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.). It
works to bring attention to
the Air Force’s positions and
needs on Capitol Hill.
The Senate Reserve Caucus
is co-chaired by Sens. Saxby
Chambliss (R-Ga.) and
Mark Pryor (D-Ark.). It
works to bring focus and
provide much-needed sup
port to our country’s
Reserve components and
their families.
The Senate Army Caucus
is co-chaired by Sens. James
Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Daniel
Akaka (D-Hawaii). It works
to focus more attention on
the programs and needs of
the U.S. Army.
Isakson served in the
Georgia Air National Guard
from 1966 to 1972. He also
is a member of the Senate
Veterans’ Affairs
Committee.
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SMOKING
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and be-all nanny for all peo
ple.”
Perdue has until May 10
to decide whether to sign or
veto the ban.
Smoker Warren Saye of
Tucker remembers the first
time he walked into his
favorite Wafile House and
was told DeKalb County
had a ban on smoking in all
restaurants.
“I said ‘l’m going to have
to find me another place,”’
said the 80-year-old Saye
who has been retired for
years. “I stopped for a while
and found another place (in
Gwinnett County), but I
ended up going back when
they got a smoking ban, too.
I’d still like to have a ciga
rette when I get through
drinking my coffee.”
As a rule, most restau-
PERRY
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Charlie McGlamry that will
cover 800 acres - 100 acres
of that in water - off Ga.
127, he said.
There are plans for more
than 1,500 homes to be con
structed on this property,
according to Howard.
He also told the group
thqt the Houston County
Board of Education pur
chased about 100 acres near
the site and could build a
new high school, stadium
and middle school.
Not all of the new con
struction is so far outside
the original “core” of the
city limits.
RELAY
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“We used to collect
money door-to-door if we
had to,” Cole said.
The Relay team started
with a handful of eager vol
unteers, but Coleman said
that the group has now
swelled to 12 members.
“We started out as
friends and it just grew,”
Coleman said.
The team collected dona
tions from friends, neigh-
PORK
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governments in our
state.”
“If local leaders or resi
dents do not have the will
or desire to tax them
selves to pay for these
projects, it’s a loud and
clear signal that these
projects may not be justi
fiable or worthy or being
prioritized above other
local needs,” he wrote in
a commentary published
by the organization.
McCutchen said in an
interview he was sur
prised to find that once
they gained control of the
Legislature, Republicans
dispensed the same type
local assistance grants
they so vigorously criti
cized Democrats for
doing.
There are fewer grants
under Republicans and
they are better scruti
nized, he said, but he
argued in his analysis
that lawmakers should
return responsibility for
most local projects to the
communities and adopt
much more stringent cri
teria for funding any
rants prefer a statewide ban
on smoking to local bans.
The Huddle House would
prefer that, while Waffle
House officials say they
really don’t care one way or
the other.
“We want local communi
ties to decide for them
selves,” says Pat Warner,
head of public relations for
the Waffle House.
A statewide ban, he said,
“would be easier on us, but
again we don’t want to be
championing one way or the
other.”
Sen. Don Balfour, R-
Snellville, a Waffle House
executive, however, was one
of the ban’s chief support
ers - saying it would put all
restaurants on a level play
ing field.
The other major player in
Part of Perry along East
Lane that has been vacant
for at least 50 years is now
the site of new homes.
Perry is a participant in
the Warner Robins Area
Transportation Study
(WRATS) group that works
together on ways to put
infrastructure into place to
support future growth and
development.
Howard said indicators
suggest that within the
next couple of decades, sev
eral county roads will be
extended to meet state
highways, such as Kings
Chapel Road intersecting
bors and relatives for
Saturday’s yard sale.
Heavy rains passed
through the area on Friday,
but Coleman said that she
was pleased with the
turnout.
Coleman said that the
group has already spon
sored two bake sales in the
area, and plans on organiz
ing bigger events in the
future. The group is
already preparing for a
future projects.
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Southern diners, Huddle
House, would prefer to have
either a total smoking ban
for a state or no ban any
where in the state.
“There’s not a lot of con
sistency to local smoking
bans,” said Mike Wiemers,
vice president of operations
for Huddle House. “Some
areas you can smoke in the
county and across the street
in the city you can’t. We
would like to see consisten
cy statewide, be fair and
equitable in any establish
ment that serves food.”
The Georgia Restaurant
Association also prefers a
total ban or none at all.
“In general, the situation
we have currently in
Georgia is unmanageable,”
said Ron Wolf, executive
director of the state associa-
with Ga. 247.
This would be one way to
provide an east-to-west cor
ridor in that part of the
county, he said.
While he does not foresee
any further extension to the
Perry Parkway which
stretches from U.S. 341 to
the Perry Industrial Park,
he does think the long
awaited Ball Street
Extension will become real
ity within the next few
years.
Howard said the project is
now in the design phase and
is expected to be open for
bids some time next year.
“family fun day” at Bonaire
Middle School April 30.
The daylong event will fea
ture live entertainment, a
cake walk, bingo, carnival
games, an auction, and a
raffle. Team members are
also planning a special walk
for cancer survivors at the
event.
For more information
about the team, contact
Earline Cole at 923-9731.
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Math teams place at
Math Counts
MACON - The Bonaire Middle School Math team
placed second at the annual Math Counts com
petition held at Macon State College. Ashleigh
Herd and Jan Turner placed in the Top Ten
Individual competition. Pictured are members of
the winning team (from left) Jamieson Jensen,
Jamie Barnwell, Ashleigh Herd, Jan Turner, and
math teacher Carla Roberts.
Also, the Warner Robins Middle School team
placed fourth.
submitted
tion. “The proliferation of
local bans, from our per
spective, has created some
incredible inequities in our
business. We support the
idea of having it uniform
statewide.”
Wolf and his cohorts don’t
like the fact that the ban
does not apply to bars.
“The law should apply to
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restaurants and bars and
others equally,” Wolf said.
Geno Hill has been
through the beginning of
smoking bans at two AMF
bowling alleys - the first in
Stone Mountain and cur
rently AMF Gwinnett
Lanes near Norcross.
It had an effect on both,
he said.
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