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Ethusiasm ctiues t ru high amg a grup Spaldig Cuty residets recetly mbilized t be-cme egaged vluteers t imprve the cmmuity.

Grw Better, the mvemet that bega llwig therelease the Uiversity Wiscsi study that rakedSpaldig Cuty as the lwest i the metrplita Atlataarea with regard t umerus issues such as crime, thehigh schl drp-ut rate, health-related matters, sigle-paret hmes ad ther scial actrs, is represeted by aFacebk page that has grw t iclude mre tha 700

members.Durig the grup's secd meetig, "Thik Tak 2," held

at Bakstreet Cae April 7, leaders rm Impact RacigMiistries, A.Z Kelsey ad Maistay Academy, SpaldigCuty Cllabrative, Yug Lives, Sle Plus ad 4-H pre-seted their greatest eeds t the grup.

Peple, I dt thik, really kew what was gig . Ithik the 11Alive stry just lit a spark, said page uderad Gri residet Heather Beauchamp. I thik it was amixture t kwig. I thik at rst, there was smedeesiveess, but w, I thik peple kw the statisticsare what they are. I thik w, peple are just cused chage.

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A drive throughGriffin... in 1979

Griffinite sharesvideo showingthe downtownfilmed from thepassenger seat

of his car- he plugged his

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Grow Better movementgains momentum withsecond meeting

Grin ocials say ComprehensivePlan meetings do not meetthreshold o Sunshine Laws

For the second Think Tank meeting, participants broke up into ourgroups - civic/policy; mentoring; health/tness, and environmental/gardening in order to better acilitate matching participants withan existing organization. Pictured above is the environmental andgardening group.

The Gri Plice De-partmet has re-spded t Bard Cm-missi members ccersregardig lcal crime byimplemetig a ew meth-d law ercemet Prblem orieted Plicig which will shit cerscus rm reactiary tpreemptive.

Chie Frak Stricklad ex-plaied that Uirm Patrlcers histrically patrlledthe city ad respded tcalls as they were reprted.nw, that cus has sigi-catly shited.Theyre targetig prblem

areas. Were ut there try-ig t slve the rt theprblem, he said. I have

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Dr. Bill Hardee, senior pastor o First Baptist Church, let, toured the Spalding County Senior Center duringits April 8 grand opening with Commissioner Raymond Ray, who explained that all the woodwork in thelibrary was completed using reclaimed wood.

The Steerig Cmmit-tee that is tasked withprvidig iput r the10-year revisi t the city

Gri CmprehesivePla has thus ar held twmeetigs, with the thirdslated r April 19, at a lca-ti yet t be determied.

There are diereces pii regardig whetherthese meetigs must meetGergias s-called Su-shie Laws, which legallyspeciy which meetigsmust be made pe t thepublic.

Accrdig t Three Riv-ers Regial CmmissiPlaer Arda Smith,wh is actig as the city Gris csultat theprject, the meetigs aret pe t the geeral

public.Its t csidered a

pe meetig. Theyre (citycials) t makig a deci-si at all as t whats g-ig it the pla, she said.Its still gig t have t g

thrugh a public hearig.She said the Steerig

Cmmittee, which is cm-prised cmmuity stake-hlders wh all vluteertheir service, is respsibler prvidig iput r citycials.

The Steerig Cmmitteeis just ur way gettigiput rm the cmmuitywithut it beig t muchiput, she said. We watthe iput, but we ca dit withut havig a publicmeetig.

Hwever, cmmuity vl-uteers are t the lypeple preset at these

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Gri-Spaldig CutyAirprt Directr Rb-ert Mhl said he atici-pates the Federal AviatiAdmiistrati (FAA) wills apprve his requestt desigate ur parcels lad at the curret airprtas essetial r aviati

use, which will allw him tmve rward with his plat secure buyers r thseareas icludig the KiwaisFairgruds, Airprt RadWalkig Track, a wdedarea with a bike trail t thertheast the airprtad the ld ruway thatrus perpedicular t thecurretly-used ruway.

It lks like its mvigrward. We just have t

d sme admiistrativeprcedures required bythe FAA, he said. Theyreaskig that we d a up-date t ur Airprt LayutPla (ALP). That is a 10-yeardcumet that utlieswhat the lg-rage plais r the airprt. Becausewere plaig t mve,the FAAs ly requirig ust d the map page itsel,with thse parcels lad

idetied. Theyll still beairprt prperty, but theyllbe idetied as esse-tial r airprt use. I a ewairprt is t built, all thatges away ad we g backt rmal.

Hwever, i buyers r theur parcels are secured,cials may use the pr-ceeds t begi purchasiglad r the ew airprt.

Were at the pit where

were ready t purchaseprperty, s we have t buythe lad up rt. Well get90 percet that back, butwe have t have the udsup rt, he said, addigthat all ther prelimiarytasks have bee cm-pleted, icludig evir-metal studies the pr-psed site that resulted ia Fidig n Sigicat

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She described the GrwBetter ert as lsely r-

gaized, ad said the pri-mary cus is t ecurageidividual cmmuity i-vlvemet.

We just wat t get pe-ple wh are t aware hw t vluteer t matchup with a grup. There ares may peple i twwh wat t vluteer, adthere are s may rgaiza-tis i tw that are des-perate r vluteers, shesaid. We wat t match upcitizes with the rgaiza-tis that are already utthere.

Fr Impact Racig Miis-tries, David Ddd tld the

Thik Tak 2 crwd that

the rgaizati's greatesteed as stag r his cm-muity ceter KetuckyAveue i the FairmtCmmuity. "Prbably e the biggest eeds wehave is r peple t cmeut ad dig it the lives the kids that are there,"Ddd said.

Autum Bares sharedthe eed r 30 metrs atA.Z. Kelsey Academy adMaistay Academy. Shewuld like lcal busiessesi eed iters t get ituch with her ad t d-ate items r award cer-emies.

Slate Fluker shared withthe grup that Yug Lie

started a subset miistrycalled Yug Lives, which isa Yug Lie prgram spe-cically r tee mms "tcmbat the grwig dem-graphic tee mms. Wewuld lve t have metrst help tee mms...t lvethem where there are, helpwith the curriculum r lieskills ad spiritual develp-met," Fluker said.

Bria Miller, the uder Sle Plus, a rgaizatithat prvides a art utlet

r childre ad shes rhmeless peple, sharedirmati abut the Backt Schl Blck Party evetscheduled r August 3 with

the grup. Miller watst take this year's evetbeyd prvidig schlsupplies with activities thatwuld prmte a healthyliestyle.

The Stream Clea Upevet scheduled r April 13was discussed, with Spald-ig Cuty 4-H ad exte-si represetative AlexaRbis sharig the gals Gri's Adpt-A-Streamprgram. Rbis traisvluteers t check lcalwaters r chemicals adbacteria.

Beauchamp says thistype sharig is the maipurpse the Grw Bettergrup. Were basically justprvidig a marketig ser-vice r these peple adgrups, she said.

There was just sme kid a gap i cmmuicati,she said. There are a lt peple wh wat t help,but didt really kw whatt d.

As a example, she cit-ed the upcmig StreamClea-up, sayig eamg her persal grup rieds had previuslyheard this evet, but thatce it was publicized the Grw Better Facebkpage, a additial 20 vl-uteers have siged up tparticipate i the aual

evet.She stressed that GrwBetter is t a plitical r re-ligius rgaizati, r is ither persal grup.We just wat t brig pe-ple wh wat t help t-gether, she said. We watt cheer each ther adkeep the mmetum g-ig. We have all these able-bdies ad a lt passi.I lve Gri it has a greatsul ad great spirit. Theres excuse. Its time.

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multiple uits rm each shit, alg with the K9s, assigedt Ze 1. Were pretty much takig a prti each shitad makig them a crime suppressi uit.

Capt. Dwaye Jes, wh said his ivlvemet will primar-ily be t desig a ew perrmace matrix, said that pr-activity best describes the traditial law ercemet

techique w beig utilized by Gri cers.T equip cers r this chage, Jes said traiig, i-cludig 16 hurs cverig Prblem orieted Plicig adeight hurs Iterpersal Cmmuicati, will be pr-vided.

Traditial plicig is that cers respd t calls. Wereaskig ur cers t help idetiy the prblems ahead time. Were askig cers, i their patrl capacity, t ide-tiy prblems, whether its dilapidated husig, truacyad literig, plus idetiy where were havig damaget prperty like taggig gag grati, Jes said. Wereidetiyig prblems ad aalyzig thse prblems i r-der t idetiy a eective respse strategy. Thats Prb-lem orieted Plicig.

The perrmace matrix Jes will develp will be used

t aalyze ver time the success the traditial p-licig techique.

Were gig t d bere ad ater. We eve keep statis-tics r years, s we ca g back ad check year-t-date,Jes said. What we ca see is cumulatively, did the actiimpact ad decrease crime? But its mre tha that itsals abut quality lie. Were decreasig crime ad bydig s, we hpe t imprve the quality lie r peplewh live there.

He the explaied that quality lie ivlves much mretha actual crime statistics.

Its als abut percepti we dt wat peple tear they culd ptetially becme crime victims. Wedt wat peple t have the percepti that crime is srampat they cat veture utside their hmes, he said.I dt thik that percepti is that rampat; I thik itsprbably islated t certai areas, ad were tryig t wrkwith them. Its like the ld adage takig yur cmmu-ity back, but we dt wat the respsibility reprtigprblems t ly lie with the residets. We wat ur -cers t be practive ad idetiy the prblems. Were gigaway rm the ccept reactig. We eed help rm urresidets. We als eed ur cers. I additi t eedigthe help ad ivlvemet the cmmuity, we eed buy-i rm the cers, as well.

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meetigs. Gri City Ma-ager Key Smith said vari-us departmet heads alsatted, ad that the mem-bers the Bard Cm-missiers are ex cimembers the Steerig

Cmmittee, as well.Whe tld the SushieLaws require meetigs iwhich there is a qurum cmmissiers presett be pe t the public,Arda Smith said, Theresever bee a qurum.

Theres ever bee mretha e r tw there.

Gri Plaig ad De-velpmet Directr TaurusFreema was uable t pr-vide either a list SteerigCmmittee members r theames thse i atte-dace at the rst tw meet-igs, sayig Arda Smithwas i pssessi theetirety the paperwrk.She, the ther had, saidshe des t have either thse tw pieces ir-mati.

Besides, the SteerigCmmittee is ly irma-tial. Were still gig tg t the cmmissiers tpreset the (Cmprehe-sive) Pla, she said.

Smith claimed eve i aqurum cmmissiersare preset, it still des trequire the meetig t bemade public.

Eve thugh Gergia lawrequires it, it still depeds the lcal gvermet what type meetig it isad what lcal rdiacesays, she remarked.

Ater beig irmed thatlcal rdiace cat su-persede Sushie Laws, shesaid, Its t that its super-sedig, but that cmmu-ity is allwed t say which

meetigs, I believe.Freema ccurred with

Arda Smiths determia-ti that the meetigs dt all uder the prtec-ti the Sushie Laws.

Because they are tcductig ay publicbusiess they are t vt-ig aythig, he said.

The Steerig Cmmit-

tee is givig iput theCmprehesive Pla. Theyare erig their iput rhw theyd like t see thecity grw ver the ext 20years. The cmmissiers

are there ly t receiveirmati. They are tthere t make ay decisi.

They ly atted r theirkwledge.

He did ackwledge,thugh, that cmmissi-ers d egage i discussi gvermet busiess atthese meetigs.

I they hear smethig

that iterests them, theyca say aythig they like,but they aret swayigthe Steerig Cmmittee,Freema said, addig thathe cat address the is-

sue a qurum because,I dt keep a rster; I dtkw whs gig t at-ted. Meetigs are ptialr Bard Cmmissiersmembers.

Accrdig t Stepha Rit-ter, the Gergia AttreyGeerals oce, the Su-shie Laws d apply t suchmeetigs as thse the

Cmprehesive Pla Steer-ig Cmmittee.

I thik the curret statu-try law is crystal clear that. I theyre havig adiscussi abut city busi-ess with a qurum, that isa meetig. Perid, he said.I they dt kw i theresgig t be a qurum,thats e, but i there is aqurum, they eed t stptalkig ad stp the meet-ig.

Ritter als stressed thatthere is lcal rdiacethat wuld verride statelaw.

Thats a very clear, -braier theres rdi-ace they ca have thatwill have greater legal im-prt tha the SushieLaws, he said.

Like Arda Smith adFreema, Key Smithsaid he des t have a list which r hw may cmmissiers have at-teded the rst tw meet-igs, sayig, the es whchse t be, but he didaddress the issue wheth-er the meetigs are subjectt the Sushie Laws.

I dt thik it meets thethreshld a advertised,agedaed meetig. Theres reas why it cat be,but I dt thik it meetsthe threshld puttig

ut a ageda, he said.Theyre t clsed-drmeetigs.

Impact. oce we have theprperty purchased, theur prject, the FAA adGDoT (Gergia Departmet Trasprtati) will ap-prve. Theyve already tldus they will apprve.

I cials pted t t use

the uds r the purchase prperty r the ew air-prt, he said udig wuldhave t be secured t im-prve the existig airprt.

Accrdig t Mhl, u-der ederal guidelies, thecity Gri ad SpaldigCuty wuld have a re-quired lcal match r theseimprvemets, which verthe ext six t eight yearswuld be cmmesurate twhat they wuld pay it

the cstructi a ewairprt.

S, theyre either gigt pay r the ew airprtr theyre gig t pay rimprvemet the i-rastructure at the existigairprt, he said. The FAA istryig t help us get meyt buy prperty t buy theew airprt. I the ew air-prt is cacelled, we will

t be allwed t sell ay the prperty, ther thathe Kiwais (Fairgruds),ad the grat assuraces( the ur parcels) will bereistated. Right w, werereally just hld, i a wait-ad-see mld.

Mhl said he expects theALP update prcess, iclud-ig al FAA apprval, willbe cmpleted by the ed July r early August.

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O.C.G.A. 50-14-1 (2010) "Sunshine Law"50-14-1. Meetings to be open to public; limitation on actionto contest agency action; recording; notice o time and place;access to minutes; telecommunications conerences

(a) As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) "Agency" means: (A) Every state department, agency,board, bureau, commission, public corporation, and author-ity; (B) Every count y, municipal corporation, school district, orother political subdivision o this state; (C) Every department,agency, board, bureau, commission, authority, or similar bodyo each such county, municipal corporation, or other politicalsubdivision o the state; (D) Every city, county, regional, orother authority established pursuant to the laws o this state;and

(2) "Meeting" means the gathering o a quorum o the mem-bers o the governing body o an agency or o any commit-

tee o its members created by such governing body, whetherstanding or special, pursuant to schedule, call, or notice oor rom such governing body or committee or an authorizedmember, at a designated time and place at which any publicmatter, ocial business, or policy o the agency is to be dis-cussed or presented or at which ocial action is to be takenor, in the case o a committee, recommendations on any pub-lic matter, ocial business, or policy to the governing bodyare to be ormulated, presented, or discussed. The assem-bling together o a quorum o the members o a governingbody or committee or the purpose o making inspections ophysical acilities under the jurisdiction o such agency or orthe purposes o meeting with the governing bodies, ocers,agents, or employees o other agencies at places outside thegeographical jurisdiction o an agency and at which no fnalocial action is to be taken shall not be deemed a "meeting."

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Sprigtime, as always,has brught a abu-dace wers, sushiead warmer temperatures,but this year, it has als sig-aled the begiig theGri Lcal Fd Alliace,which has bee rmed tserve everye ivlved ithe lcal d market.

Spaldig Cuty Exte-si Service Cuty AgetWade Hutches said head Jay Averett, Mead-wlark Gardes, alg withAshley Gree, wh is alskeely iterested i the l-cal d ecmy, recg-

ized the eed t prmtethe Gri Farmers Market.Fllwig the rmati the Alliace, Hutchessaid iterest has sigicat-ly icreased.

We prbably quadrupledur amut iterest rmlks we had ever see be-re at the Farmers Market,Hutches said.

Ather the Alliacesgals is t educate the pub-lic t the may beets buyig lcally-grwprduce, such as keepigshppig dllars i the l-cal ecmy by purchas-ig ruits ad vegetables atthe height reshess ad

utritial value. Grwers

may als beet rm edu-

catial pprtuities de-siged specically r theirrle i the marketplace.

We wat t help ex-pad the kwledge base grwers ad csum-ers grwig, sellig, pur-chasig ad preparig,Hutches said. We watt teach grwers hw tsustai their lad use r u-ture grwth. Ather galis t prvide educati adawareess where urd cmes rm.

oe key cmpet this ert is the SustaiableAgriculture Prgram beigered by the Cuty Ex-tesi Service.

Theres a lt iterestrm peple i grwig r-gaically, r sme degree that grwig sustaiably s we cllectively decidedt use the marketig udswe received t supprt thesustaiable grwig pr-gram ad brig them tus at the Farmers Market,Hutches said. We eedpeple t cme ut t theMarket ad participate withus.

Gree said there wasmuch discussi bere theal schedule ad lcatir the Market rm 1 t6 p.m. Fridays begiigJue 7 at the Kiwais Fair-gruds was selected.

She said this is advata-

geus because there are cmpetig markets whichwill result i a greater um-ber grwers sellig theirprducts, as well as mreshppers wh will still havethe weeked pe t shpther markets, i they schse.

The Kiwais Fairgrudwill allw grwers t set upad sell with ease; reducedcsts resultig rm lwervedr ees, require-met r city persel rrad clsures; Kiwais Clubvluteers had t erassistace; ad space rthe Market t grw ad ex-pad i the same lcati.Averett said these thigsrepreset what the Alliaceeeds t be.

We eed a alliace peple wh are willig tcme tgether. I see brig-ig vedrs ad csumerstgether. Its ur lcal decmy, he said.

Gree said she believesthe Alliace has the pte-tial t set the wheels i m-ti t restre sme sese balace t what cewas a much mre aturalprcess.

It seems like the d sys-tem has gtte s ar ut whack the simple act grwig d ad theeatig it, she said. Its a ast

d ati ad juk d

has becme the rm. Mymm grew up a arm;my graddad was a r-gaic armer bere it waseve called rgaic. Rud-up didt eve exist.

That much mre aturalstate is much mre impr-tat that may realize, Av-erett said.

The whle d system iss cmprmised, t lyby chemicals, but by GMo(geetically-mdied r-gaism). GMo is i virtuallyeverythig i the grcerystre, he said. Its like thecrpratis have turedus it guiea pigs. This isar beyd Gri, Ga., butwe ca create sme agri-cultural awareess. We dhave a lt peple herewh dt have much m-ey, but we wat them thave gd d t eat.

T accmplish these gals,the GLFA is seekig mem-bers ad vluteers. Thseiterested i additial i-rmati search Facebkr "Lcal d alliace Gri, GA" r may ctactGree at [email protected].

The wrld arud usis cstatly chag-ig. Althugh we may ttice the miutia adaily basis, ver time, the

diereces ca be shck-ig. Such is the case with avide lmed i 1979 by lie-lg Gri residets Davidad Reba Baugh.

Etitled A Drive Thru Gri-, David Baugh said thevide was basically a ex-perimet with sme ewad at-the-time cuttigedge electric equipmet.

I had a huge, chuky VCR a RCA SelectaVisi e the very rst esthat came ut. I paid $1,200r it; I thught my wie wasgig t kill me, he said.

That vide was prettymuch a experimet, mrer less. I wated t see iI culd recrd i the car. Iwated t g ut arudtw ad sht a vide,ad it wrked.

David Baugh said i ad-diti t the VCR, he alspurchased a iverter thatculd be plugged it thelighter his 1979 Plym-uth Gld Duster. The i-

verter cverted batterypwer t electricity, pwer-ig the vide camera usedt lm the lcal sceery.

At that time, we didthave battery pack cameraslike we d tday, he said.My wie was actually hld-ig the camera because shedidt drive. A lt thigswere dieret the.

Baugh said util recetly,the vide, which depictssceery i ad aruddwtw Gri, was ev-er viewed by aye ther

tha amily members.There was really way

t share it back the therewas Iteret ad backthe, it was prbably br-ig, because yu culd justdrive dwtw ad see itr yursel, he said. I everrealized that 30-smethigyears later, thers wuldbe lkig at it. I kw thequality is awul, but I thikit des have sme impr-tace. I didt realize utilI gt that vide ut adplayed it just hw much

Gri has chaged.It was up his retiremet

that he ud himsel withtime t g thrugh ld am-ily vides ad begi theprcess cvertig themt mre mder rmat-tig. He said public iteresti this rst prject has e-curaged him t ctiue.

Ive had sme cmmetsrm peple sayig hwmuch theyve ejyed it.oe pers said they sawthe huse they ce livedi, he said. It brught backa lt memries r me,t. I met my wie at wrk iearly 1969 ad we marriedDec. 19 that same year.our rst date was at theBlue Gse. Its t thereay lger, but I ticed itwas i the vide. Later ,whe I asked her t marryme, we were parked at theld A&W. They tre that

dw years ag ad builtGriths, but the rigialA&Ws was i the vide, t.

There are sme very histr-ic places rm my lie i thatvide.

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Yu may be t busy trealize it, but April isStress Awareess Mth.Spsred by the HealthResurce netwrk, a -prt health educatigrup, Stress AwareessMth is desiged t pr-mte awareess abutways t reduce stress i urlives. Ad i yure a mem-ber the s-called Sad-wich Geerati, yu maywell have plety stresst deal with especiallyacial stress. Ad thatswhy yu may wat t lkat this mth as a ppr-tuity t explre ways de-stressig yursel. Tuderstad the scpe the prblem acig peplei yur situati, csiderthis: oe ut every eight

Americas aged 40 t 60 israisig a child while carigr a agig paret, accrd-ig t the Pew ResearchCeter. The deiti eldercare ca rage rmhavig the paret livig ies hme t helpig payr the parets stay i aassisted livig r ursighme acility. Whe yucsider the csts ivlvedi this type care, addedt the expeses raisigyur childre ad pssi-bly eve prvidig smeacial supprt t themas yug adults, its easy tsee hw yu culd pte-tially ace ermus strais,bth emtially ad -acially. T help ease thisburde, csider these sug-gestis:

Save. As a Sandwich Gen-erati member, yureprbably withi shutigdistace yur w re-tiremet s yu eed tsave r it. This may t beeasy. Yu dt kw hwmuch acial supprtyu may smeday have

t prvide yur elderlyparets ad eve ateryur childre are grw,they may eed sme helprm yu. Urtuately, ihelpig these bmeragchildre, may peple dis-rupt their day-t-day cashw ad raid their savigs.

Thats why its imprtatt try t pay yursel rstby deerrig part eachpaycheck it a 401(k) adby autmatically mvigmey each mth rmyur checkig r savigsaccut it a IRA. Talk. Many people in theGreatest Geerati (verage 80) have t eve pre-pared a will. I yur paretsare i that grup, yu maywat t talk t them abuttakig acti. Als, d ut

wh, i aye, is hadligtheir ivestmets. Ad aski yur parets uderstadhw Medicare wrks ad ithey eed t add supple-metal health isurace,such as Medigap. Plus, yueed t d ut i yur par-ets have created a pwer attrey r health caredirective. Its best t havethese cversatis serrather tha later. Delegate. You eventuallymay have t take sme re-spsibility r yur par-ets care but yu dthave t d it ale. Yuculd, r example, wrkwith a acial servicesprvider that ers trustservices, which ca be i-valuable i yur parets areicapacitated ad useul

eve i they aret. A pr-essial trust cer ca,amg ther duties, helpmaage yur parets i-vestmets, pay their bills,keep their recrds ad su-pervise distributi theirassets t beeciaries. Ishrt, a qualied trust -cer ca make lie a lt easierr yu.

Stress Awareess Mthlasts ly 30 days, but bytakig the right steps, yuca de-stress yursel rmay years t cme. Aterall, just because yure ithe Sadwich Geerati,it dest mea yu have tbe squished.

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"Stress Busters" for the sandwich generation

Question: I think I have tendini-tis. It hurts whenever I lit my let

hand. What can I do about this?

Tediitis ca be ex-tremely aggravatigas well as paiul. It is re-quetly a result repeti-tive use a extremity,which makes it mre ag-gravatig because we eedad use ur extremitiesevery miute every day.

There is dwtime rcertai bdy parts.

Teds may becme i-amed i the hads, wrists,

elbws, shulders, eet,ad kees with repetitiveacti, athletic activity, reve daily chres. Whe itccurs, there will be paiwith specic mtis that isureletig ad reprduc-ible with each ctiuedmti. A gd physicalexam ca islate ad ide-tiy the ijured ted withthe bservati whichmuscles are activated whethe pai ccurs.

Medical treatmet r te-diitis requetly icludesimmbilizati, ste-ridal ati-iammatrydrugs, r either ral r i-

jectable sterids. There areptetial csequeces reach these itervetis.

A recet research article ithe Jural MaipulativePhysitherapeutics uder-scres evidece r the e-cacy a umber c-servative treatmets r thisexasperatig cditi. Asis the case with a umber huma cditis, dieretpeple will respd t vari-us treatmet mdalities,but cservative care is vic-trius agaist this eemyi the vast majrity cases.

Smetimes tediitishas bee preset r slg that the iamma-ti causes calcicati the tissue. I this case,

deep ultrasud is very e-ective i the relie thispai. We have used ultra-sud aggressively withgd results i the cliic

because it is eective withthis prblem ad it is a verysae treatmet mdality tuse. It is als cmrtable,ad I ejy visitig with pa-tiets while perrmig thishads- therapy.

A mre recet weap iur arseal agaist tedi-itis is the laser. Usig urdieret wavelegths irared light i laser rm,we ca peetrate deeplythrugh ski it musclead ted. The laser willstimulate eergy prduc-ti iside the cells thatare ijured s that healigis greatly accelerated. Wehave see terric resultswith this istrumet.

Ather use irared

light i a dieret wave-legth is the irared saua.This is very helpul whethere are multiple musclesad teds ivlved be-cause we ca treat the e-tire bdy. This is the sameirared treatmet we usewith brmyalgia ad rheu-matid arthritis. Lk my website uder the tabGet Steamed t see hwthis lks.

A additial methd tctrl lcalized pai is theuse cused, lcalizedelectrtherapy. I like t ruthe electrtherapy thrughmy w gers s that Ica cmbie trigger pitmassage therapy with pairelie. This als allws met directly eel the respset the electrtherapy i mypatiet. It is very cmrt-

able as well as eective ipai ctrl.

Smetimes we ca al-leviate a prblem with ated via adjustmet the jit ver which thatted travels. Jit dys-ucti ca put uduestress adjacet muscles,teds, ad ligamets. Iwe ly treat the tedprblem ad leave the u-derlyig jit prblem u-addressed, we have lyaddressed part the issue,ad it may recur quickly.

It is als smetimes

helpul t csult a gdeurmuscular massagetherapist. The deep tissuewrk they d might makeyu sre at rst, but it deswders t stimulate circu-lati ad assist muscles ihealig.

I have a ried wh is arthpedic surge. He isa athlete himsel, ad heuderstads the rustrati havig a bdy that dest perrm cmmad.He tld me that he has hadsuccess extractig stemcells rm a patiets wtissue, the ijectig thsestem cells it a iamedted. The area is the im-mbilized s that the stemcells ca take rt ad grwew tissue. Frequetly, hesays, this prevets mreivasive prcedures suchas surgery. It is rereshigt d a surge wh willhelp yu avid surgery.

S, there yu have it! Thereare may ptis availablet yu r tediitis. Fidsmee rst wh ca helpyu accurately diagsethe prblem ad the -er yu multiple ptis rtreatmet s that yu cad the e that wrks ryu best.

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MICHELE MEMMOSARAH WALKER, Dietician intern

With all the ews d-relat-ed health issues, peple arebecmig icreasigly mre aware

abut what they put i their bdies.We always assciate uts as beig agd surce prtei, but there aremay ther reass why we shuldadd uts t ur diets. oe greathealth beet uts icludes hearthealthy m-, plyusaturated adomega-3 atty acids, which ca helplwer yur chlesterl. Eatig abut1.5 z each day (abut 1/3 cup), yuca reduce the risk r develpigheart disease.

I additi t these heart healthy ats, uts als ctai ber, vitamis, mier-als ad atixidats. Yu ca add uts t s may thigs like salads, smthies,breads, ht r cld cereal. Yu ca eve use them t make hmemade trail mix.

There are may types uts that have a variety dieret avrs. The maiidea t help get a well balaced utriti pla, like with ay d we eat, is tuderstad servig sizes, prtis ad mderati. Belw is a list just a ew my avrite kids uts that g great with meals, sacks r by themselves.

Pecans (Servig size per pers: oe z. r arud 19 halves)Pecas have a sweet, mellw avr ad a meaty texturethat ca be icluded i may recipes such as whle tp salads ad grud as a catig r sh. Pecas ctaimre tha 19 vitamis ad mierals icludig vitami A,vitami E, lic acid, calcium, several B vitamis ad zic.oe servig prvides 10 percet the recmmeded DailyValue r ber.

Walnuts (Servig size per pers: oe z. r arud 14halves)Waluts are a delicius igrediet t add t breads,smthies ad eve spaghetti sauce. Waluts are rich iatixidats ad have a higher amut omega-3 attyacids, tha ther uts. omega-3 atty acids help maitaigd chlesterl levels r heart health. They are als verygd surces magesium, phsphrus ad ber.

Pistachios (Servig size per pers: oe z. r arud 49uts)Pistachis have a mild avr t them are gd with salads,

grai dishes ad as a catig r dieret meats. Pistachisctai atixidats, such as lutei ad zeaxathi thatare gd r yur eyes, ad they are a excellet surce vitami B6, cpper ad magaese.

Almonds (Servig size per pers: oe z. r 23 uts)Almds ca be used whle, sliced, as ur r made it abutter (example-like peaut butter). It is my avrite ut tput salads r t grid up r a catig tilapia llets. Al-mds ctai mre prtei ad ber tha ay ther treeut ad are a excellet surce vitami E, magesium,calcium ad late.

Hazelnuts (Servig size per pers: oe z. r 21 uts)Hazeluts, als kw as lberts, are usually ud pairedwith savry, citrus ad sweet avrs, mstly chclate.

They ca be used i sweet ptates r a little extra avrad are very gd i mus. They ctai m-usatu-rated ats ad are a excellet surce vitami E, cpperad magaese.

Macadamias (Servig size per pers: oe z. r 12 uts)Macadamias are usually eate raw r rasted. They have auique rich, buttery taste ad smth texture, ad are mstcmmly used whe bakig ckies. Macadamias caals be baked i mus. Eve thugh they ctai a highat ctet, arud 30 percet yur daily-recmmededamut, 75 percet the at is musaturated r gdat.

The cmbiati ber, prtei ad at i uts gives satiety, a eelig ull-ess, t meals ad sacks, makig them a great chice whe tryig t lseweight. Hwever, try t be midul what yu eat with them. May pepleeat uts cadied r heavily salted, ad this makes it a less healthy sack chice.

Try t eat uts plai r i recipes. Dt be araid t try ew ideas r ds. Guts!

Ive bee raisig childre r ver10 years w, tw bys ad egirl. It is, withut dubt, the hard-est thig I d. Fu? Yes. Reward-ig? Yu kw it is. But t easy. Yukw that, t. I read bks. I heedadvice rm thse whve alreadybee where Ive bee. I pray t Gdr guidace. I pray t Gd r sa-ity. Ad, smetimes, I just pray t Gdad simply say, Yu kw. Yu kw.Because, I am all ut wrds rm us-ig them all three little peple.

I dt have all the aswers. Im ithe treches learig this as much asmay yu are. Ad, it seems I learsmethig ew abut hw I paretthem all the time. The ther eve-ig I was tr yig t help my daughter,Aa, pick ut smethig t wear rher recgiti as a Gergia YugAuthr. She chse a rmal, witerdress that I was t bard withher wearig. It wast a rmal evet.Ad, it ist Sprig. Cme . It waslikeed t Custards Last Stad. Shewast bedig. nr was I. Frustrat-

ed, I said rmly, Lk at me. Yu arenoT wearig that dress. Is that clear?Yu dt have t yell! she respd-ed.

Later, I heard her the phe withher dad. I kew whe she shut herbedrm dr it was s I wuldthear her tellig me. I allytalked t her dad ad explaied thatI was rm with her but yellig wasivlved. I was bafed as t hw shealways receives me beig rm as yell-ig.The ext day I shared this stry with

sme my miistry parters. Whati I addressed a situati with yu sim-ilarly? e them said. Yu mightreceive it as yellig because whatad hw Im sayig it. It wuld prb-ably hurt yur eeligs, wuldt it?

Uh, yes, it prbably wuld.S, hw culd I have chaged hw Icmmuicated with her? With a verycalm, That dress is t a pti. Iyu ctiue t argue with me, it willbe the same as disbeyig. The, yurdisbediece will cause yu t lseprivileges. Calmly. Withut havigt get rustrated ad hard. I thik werget that ur childre are peple.With suls ad eeligs. There is big Gd i us ad little Gd i them.My Dad always says, Whe we yellat ur childre, we are als yellig atGd. Let that e sik i. I as muchas the arragemet ur wrds adthe te ur wrds matter i hwwe cmmuicate with adults, theymatter i hw we cmmuicate withur childre.

I dt always get it right. I just shtr gettig it right mre tha gettigit wrg. Smee ce tld me tview ur childre as bak accuts.We make depsits it them, ad wemake withdrawals. They key is t al-ways make mre depsits tha with-drawals. Ive ever rgtte that. Weshuld strive t always ivest it urchildre as much as we pssibly ca.S, whe we d ail, it is easy r themt rgive us, because they are certai ur lve.

Fathers, dont exasperate your chil-dren by coming down hard on them.Take them by the hand and lead themin the way o the Master. Ephesians 6:4(MSG)

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Celebrate Springand visit thePlant Emporium for new

plant selections.Artists will have their

work on display andavailable for purchase.

Don't miss this funafternoon as talentedartists demonstrate

their skills.

Saturday, April 20

7th Annual

232 W. Taylor Street, Griffin

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ward wiig ph-tgrapher Greg Fs-

ter will be the eaturedspeaker at the meetig the West Cetral GergiaShutterbugs scheduled r6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9at the Thmast-UpsArts Cucil Gallery the curthuse square i

Thmast. Phtgraphers all ages ad skill levelsare ivited t atted. Thereis admissi ee.

A Gri ative, Fsterbega his career as a ews-paper phtgrapher butmved t magazies, spe-cializig i prtraits adeature stries. His wrk

has appeared i Sprts Il-lustrated, Frtue, TimeMagazie, Frbes, The new

Yrk Times, The Ls Age-les Times ad The AtlataJural Cstituti, aswell as ther publicatis.His phtgraphs have alsappeared i bks eatur-ig sprts phtgraphy, televisi dcumetariesad i crprate adver-tisig r busiess giatssuch as Cca-Cla, nrlkSuther Railrads adHBo. I 2004, e Fstersphtgraphs was icludedi Sprts Illustrateds 50thAiversary issue.

T view samples Fs-ters wrk, visit his websiteat www.gregsterpht.cm. Fr mre irmatiabut the Shutterbugs ph-

tgraphy club, visit www.wcgshutterbugs.blgspt.cm.

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Artist Pat Burs has a uique way seeig Gd's crea-tures. Whether she is paitig a private mmet i the

x de r ashiig rusty wire it the image ad like-ess The Crab, Pat traslates nature i rereshigly re-alistic rms. Geeratis Gallery is pleased t preset herrigial paitigs, sculptures, ad prits util April 28th.

The public is ivited t cme ad meet Pat ad hear hertalk abut her wrk at the Recepti r the Artist plaedr Saturday, April 13th rm 4:00 - 7:00 pm.

nw that her childre are grw ad she has retiredrm the amily cstructi busiess, the last ur yearshave bee spet ull time the Artists passi r digart. oe the mst prlic artists rm the Frsyth area,Pat keeps a backlg ideas ad images wig it ex-istece.

Prbably the mst uique art rm i Pats prtli isher Spirits i Ste series. She picks ualtered stes rtheir shape, texture ad relies, ad the reveals i paitwhat she sees. They begged t be tuched i rder tully appreciate them... which I ecurage lks t d.

Sice 2010, Pat has see her wrk shit rm shws, cm-

petitis ad multiple galleries t mre cmmissi wrk .Its very rewardig t create special wrks art r idi-viduals ad crpratis, but it des leave less time t sup-ply galleries with ther pieces. Pat welcmes iquiries rcmmissis, especially prtraits peple ad aimals.

Mre irmati is available at www.gallerygeeratis.cm r by callig 678-588-1911. The gallery is lcated iThe Village at Idia Sprigs, 1825 Hwy 42 Suth, Flvil-la, GA 30216. The gallery is pe Tuesday ad Fridaymrigs r art classes, ad Saturday rm 10:00 am- 4:00 pm.

Art show in IndianSprings Gallerycelebrates creaturesgreat and small

Griffin photog to speakat Shutterbugs meeting

Gri Chral Arts, uderthe directi Dr. StepheJ. Mulder, will preset achral ccert Suday,April 14, 2013, at 3:00 pmat the First Uited Methd-ist Church Warer Rbis(205 n. Davis Drive, WarerRbis). The perrmace

is part the Warer Rb-is Ccert AssciatisSeries. Tickets ($10 adult)will be available at the dr.Studets all ages are ree charge.

The repertire r the War-

er Rbis ccert will ea-ture Jh Rutters GLoRIAad Rbert Rays GoSPELMASS, as well as ther se-lected repertire rm Gri- Chral Arts sixth seas.

Fr mre irmatiabut Gri Chral Artscall 770-468-3072 r visit

the GCA website: www.gri-chralarts.rg. Fr ques-tis abut Warer RbisCmmuity Ccert As-sciati, e-mail: [email protected].

GCA performs in Warner Robins

EMILY ROWLANDBarnesville Chamber o Commerce

Lamar Arts Baresville, Gergia i cjucti withthe Baresville BBQ & Blues Festival exteds a welcm-ig ivitati t all Plei Air Artists t eter a juried cm-petiti takig place Saturday, April 27 called Pait the

Tw.Ispirati will be as thick as the smke i the air, risig

rm grills ad smkers maed by smilig cmpetititeams, perrmig a perect sciece their persal bar-becue recipes.The raspy ad sulul suds live heartelt blues music

will t mask the laughter childre laughig ad mem-ries beig made.

Baresville's stuig architecture, datig back ver 100years, has bee kept vibrat with paited scees, a wigutai ad rigial histrical details.

BBQ & Blues is the perect time year t pait this tw.Late April brigs a beautiul breeze ad perect sulight,while the estival brigs a verbearace ispirati rartists. The music, the passi the teams, the sese cmmuity cmig tgether the artists will be pleased,

reprted TJ Imberger Festival Chairma.This is the ith year r BBQ ad Blues, ad the rst yearthat the estival has cllabrated with Lamar Arts r thePait the Tw cmpetiti.

The artists will arrive at the Trai Dept dwtw be-twee 8 ad 9 a.m. Saturday t sig i, where their cavasr paper will be stamped. Artists will receive a sig t placeat their paitig site with their etry umber, ad theirwrk will be prduced right site i the middle the es-tival, r prches Victria hmes histric Thmas-t Street.

Art will be judged by Mac residets Dt Brw adPam Prest at 3:30 p.m. at the BBQ & Blues Stagig Area,ater which the public will be ivited t view the artwrkad meet the artists. A silet aucti will be held rm 4 t5 p.m. t sell the artwrk.

Artists will be requested t set a miimum bid r their art-wrk all sales will g thrugh Lamar Ar ts with a 20 percetcmmissi, ad artists will retai the cpyright r theirwrk with a pprtuity t er prits at the Dept GitShp.

I yu are iterested i beig a part the Plei Air Pai

the Tw Cmpetiti i Baresville, ctact ElearSteckr at 770-584-3745 r Jh Vtaw at 770-468-0288 rmre irmati.

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Cviviality abudswhe ve, eisty e-males, Sugar Lee, Carlee,nita, Mavis ad Crystal Ede Falls, Gergia, decidet shake up their prsaiclives.

Jessie Jes, nichlasHpe ad Jamie W-te, the same writers thatbrught yu The Dixie SwimClub (the peig cmedyrm Mai Streets 2011 sea-s) er up ather hilari-us Suther cmedy.

The acti i this rllick-ig Suther cmedy takesplace i SPA-DEE-DAH!, the

abaded church-tured-day-spa.Ater the lss a dear

ried, the wme real-ize time is precius, ad itheyre gig t achievetheir dreams, they have tget it w!

The cmic tesi mutswhe a sexy ex-byrieduexpectedly shws up, amarriage prpsal cmesrm a ulikely suitr ada arch rival vws she'll stpat thig t steal the spaaway rm her rieds.

By the time the wmelauch their ew, imprvedlives, yuve gt a side-split-tig, jyul cmedy that will

make yu laugh ut ludad shut Hallelujah!Yu will have a te-tappig

gd time i this uplitigtheatrical experiece.

Mai Street Players islcated at 115 nrth HillStreet, Gri, Gergia, tymiles suth Atlata. Per-rmaces r The Hallelu-

jah Girls are May 16 thrughMay 26th: Thursdays @7:30PM, Fridays @ 7:30PM,ad Saturdays @ 7:30PMad Sudays at 3:00PM.

Geeral Admissi AdultTickets are $20. IdividualSeir Tickets are $15 adStudet Tickets are $10.Grups te r mre re-

ceive a 10% discut. For tickets and inormation

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Main StreetPlayerspresents "TheHallelujahGirls"

The pe raters, expsed

brick walls ad ts widws i the Dvedwbuildig that give the eel-ig a artists lt r stu-di sets the stage well rthe Dvedw Art ad Mu-sic Sprig opeig that willbe held Friday, April 12 at 6p.m.

Mellw acustic jamsrm lcal musicias JasHard, Krysta nick, adthe Sage Hill Strig Badwill at thrugh the pespace ad lcal paiters,sculptrs, phtgraphersad a istallati artistwill have pieces r sale.

Jurey Church pastr Mi-chael Mdy said he eredtheir space t evet rga-izers Lisa Husma Deyad Catherie Ritchie Parksbecause he saw a eed tcreate smethig the etirecity ca ejy ad he watsJurey t be a church thatexists r its city.

our gal ad midsetbehid hstig thigs like[Dvedw Art ad MusicSprig opeig] is prmt-

ig arts ad music ad, curse, the gspel -- addig all thse thigs t-gether, Mdy said.

nie lcal artists -- RyaRss (sculptures ad pait-igs); Jas Trres (istalla-ti art pieces); CatherieRitchie Parks ad DaielleValimt (phtgraphy);Laurie Eurich, Ted Clemets,Katie Hardie, Jel Pasch,ad Ja Yacy (paitigs)will have wrk displayedad r sale. Twety per-cet the prceeds aswell as the $5 cver ($10r etire amilies - all agesare welcme) will help udJurey Churchs missitrip t Jamaica i Jue. Sev-eral amilies will be gigdw t what Mdy callsthe real Jamaica (as p-psed t the richer, turistside Jamaica) t prvidecmmuity utreach t theyuth, sick ad pr.

Park said she is very ex-cited ad pleased withthe respse s ar, sayig60 peple have RSVPd t

the evet ad she expectsmre. She als had mreartists apply t the shwtha she culd t it thespace, which was a pleasatsurprise.

I really thught we wuldbe strugglig t ll thespace, were gig t bestrugglig t t everythigthat we gt. We had t turaway peple because wewuldt have the space.I thik were gig t beverwhelmed with wrk.Im excited, Park said.

Mdy ad Park say theywuld like t see this evetbecme s successul thatthey add a secd shwi the all, mst likely iSeptember. Fr mre i-rmati abut the Dve-dw Art ad Music Sprigopeig, visit the Facebkevet.

Dovedown Art &Music Spring Opening

ANNA NEWSOMEAMP-IT-UP Project Manager

At sme pit i time, every classiceeds a little upgrade. At the WrldMaker Faire 2012 i new Yrk last Septem-

ber, nYUs Iteractive TelecmmuicatisPrgram (ITP) did just that, reimagiigthe classic Piewd Derby with a dippigtrack ad -lds-barred car desig. Withits site wrkshp edless supplies rcar buildig, t its award r a edible divi-si racecars, the nerdy Derby truly em-braces creativity ad ivati. Fr thisreas, the nerdy Derby was a huge hit atthe Faire, catchig the atteti WiredMagazie ad ellw makers alike.

The nerdy Derby mdel iveti admauacturig ts i perectly with theew partership betwee Gri-SpaldigCuty Schls ad Gergia Tech, AMP-IT-UP, awarded i octber 2012. AdvacedMauacturig ad Prttypig Itegratedt Ulck Ptetial, AMP-IT-UP r shrt, isa Math ad Sciece Partership uded bythe natial Sciece Fudati t pr-mte wrkrce develpmet, ad t cul-

tivate the ext geerati creative STEMivatrs right here i Gri, Gergia.

The ve-year, $7.3 milli prject aims tcreate middle ad high schl curriculum,extracurricular activities, ad cmmuityparterships that will prmte creative de-sig, ivati, ad mauacturig.

The AMP-IT-UP team rm Gergia Techwill be preset bth Saturday ad Sudayat the Mayig, with nerdy Derby as thecrw jewel their activities ered verthe weeked. All materials t build yurcar are prvided site, s just shw up!

There will be prizes awarded r the ast-est ad slwest cars each day, as well as,a Peples Chice award. other activitiesered iclude demstratis rm sev-eral rbtics teams rm Gri-SpaldigCuty Schls ad a irmati bth

abut summer ellwship pprtuitiesr teachers. We ecurage everye tstp by ad lear mre abut the AMP-IT-UP partership, ad curse, g r glryi the nerdy Derby!

Mre irmati abut the AMP-IT-UP prject ca be ud at https://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/ampitup.

Georgia Tech and The Nerdy Derbycome to the Great Griffin Mayfling

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Tuesday, April 9; The Cllec-tive; a meetig lcalartists at 'stache studi at116 S. Sixth Street; 6 p.m;whether yu are a visualartist, musicia, writer, ac-tr, dacer, directr, raye wh just has a lver the arts ad the mve-

met i yur cmmuity,ji The Cllective.

Tuesday, April 9; Redhead Ex-press preseted by GriArea Ccert Assciati;7:30 p.m. ; eaturig cu-try, bluegrass, ld timeylk ballads, Irish, gspel,rigials,ad eve 50s ad60s all de acustically.;www.griccerts.rg rcall 770-228-3229 r mrei.

Thursday, April 11; The FlitRiver Iris Sciety; aualIris Shw; UGA ResearchGarde Ellis Rad; 1- 4p.m.; ree admissi; therst ty guests will receivea ree iris.

Friday, April 12; the FirstDvedw Art & MusicFest; 6-9 p.m.; art by Laurie

Eurich, Rya Rss, Ted Cle-mets, Jas Trres admre; music rm Krystanick, Jas Hard, ad TheSage Hill Strig Bad; allart will be r sale; Dve-dw buildig is lcated at315 W. Slm Street iGri.

Saturday, April 13; Saturdaymrig stryteller; Anvel Experiece bk-stre i dwtw Zebu-l; Brig the little esr a stry every Saturdaymrig at 11 a.m. t hear

Sam's avrite tales.

Sunday, April 14; GriChral Arts presets achral ccert at the FirstUited Methdist Church Warer Rbis; 3 p.m.;the perrmace is part the Warer Rbis CcertAssciatis Series; tickets($10 adult) will be available

at the dr; Studets allages are ree charge.

Sunday, April 14; GriBicycle Caliti; SlwSpkes amily bike ride;3 p.m.; r mre i visitwww.acebk.cm/gri-bicylecaliti.

April 26-27; Aual Bares-ville BBQ & Blues estivali dwtw Baresville;music, d, barbeque c-test ad paitig; r mreirmati visit www.bbqadblues.rg.

Saturday, April 27; Pait theTw Plei Air Art Cmpe-titi; Dwtw Bares-ville; artists will prducewrk -site i dwtwBaresville, eaturig aaspect Baresville BBQad Blues r the cmmu-ity; art will be judged adplaced r sale; $30 perartist, $40 at the dr; cash

awards r rst, secdad third places; r mreirmati visit www.lamararts.rg.

April 27-28;The Great GriMayig; Gri BicylceCalliti Bike Rde ;10a.m. ; r mre i visitwww.grichamber.cmad www.acebk.cm/gribicylecaliti

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CORRECTION OF STATISTIC INCLUDED IN THE LAST PRINT EDITION:The City Gri gl curse des t lse $2.5 milliaually - the crrect umber the gl curse lsses is$250,000-$300,000 per year.

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Mark Adrews, Gri ative, GriHigh graduate ad lg-time Griresidet is the Pike Cuty High SchlAthletic Directr i Zebul. Adrews re-cetly received tw the highest h-rs awarded t a athletic directr by theGergia High Schl Assciati. At theaual Gergia Athletic Directrs Cer-ece held i Savaah recetly, Cach A-drews was selected the Regi 2-AAA Ath-letic Directr the Year ad the AthleticDirectr the Year r the state Gergiar Regi AAA.

Athletic Directrs r all classicatisare miated ad vted by their peerswithi each regi. Regi AAA csists 65 schls ad 8 sub-regis. CachAdrews was vted by the 7 schlsi 2-AAA t represet them as the Regi

2-AAA Athletic Directr the Year. next,each the 8 sub-regi wiers were c-sidered r the Gergia AAA Athletic Direc-tr the Year. They each submit a packet irmati persal accmplish-mets, the academic perrmace theschls athletes ad the accmplishmets his schl i the Directrs Cup. The Di-rectrs Cup tallies pits r each schlsawards i champiship level play r allsprts. Based these accmplishmets,Cach Adrews was selected the AAA Ath-letic Directr the Year r the state Gergia. It is a great hr t kw thatmy peers selected me r this award, saidAdrews.

Cach Adrews als shared the credit withhis cachig sta, c-wrkers, ad admi-istratrs at a sta meetig recetly. oe the criteria r the state award is academicperrmace by ur studet/athletes. S,part my success is directly attributable tthe jb yu d i the classrm, Adrewstld the PCHS teachers. A dedicated cesta makes it easier t accmplish every-thig a athletic directr eeds t accm-plish a daily basis, a experieced adcmmitted cachig sta ad a ivestedad supprtive admiistrative team allctribute t makig ur athletic prgramtp-tch, shared Adrews.

It really meas a great deal t me t re-ceive this recgiti rm my cachigpeers ad t brig it back t Pike CutyHigh Schl t share with thse wh are ssupprtive ur athletic prgram, statedCach Adrews.

Andrews named Georgia Region AAA Athletic Director o the Year

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Every sprig the City Gri Strmwater Di-visi rgaizes a vluteerstream clea-up t remvetrash ad debris rm theCitys waterways. Vlu-teers prvide the mapw-er, while the City prvideslgistical supprt by dis-psig the cllected gar-bage ad prvidig luchad evet T-shirts r theparticipats. James Mre,Strmwater Deputy Direc-tr, Remvig the trash isimprtat, but equally im-prtat is gettig residetspersally ivested i the

health their lcal water-ways.The City Gri advises

citizes t be the lk-ut grups vluteers

remvig trash ad debristhrughut the city the mrig Saturday,April 13 as part the Gri- Strmwaters AualVluteer Stream Cleaup.Vluteers will be assem-blig at the old Wal-MartParkig Lt, 643 nrth Ex-pressway ad aig utacrss the city t remvelitter rm the etwrks small streams ad drai-age chaels that sakethrugh ur eighbr-hds.

Questis regardig thisevet, iquiries abut par-ticipati, spsrship,

ad/r t suggest a streamt be cleaed, please c-tact City Gri Strmwa-ter 770 229 6424.

Gri Strmwater is adivisi City GriPublic Wrks ad is taskedwith prtectig the Griswatersheds by maitaiigthe citys draiage ira-structure, reducig d-ig, ad prevetig waterplluti.

City o Grin announces stream cleanup

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Native America Heritage Day at Stately oaksPlatati ers special prgrams celebratigthe evets 30th Aiversary startig at 10 a.m. t 3p.m., Saturday, April 20, 2013. Mst amily-rietedexhibitis ad activities take place thrughut alie-size wrkig replica a Muscgee Idia Vil-lage. Stately oaks is at 100 Carriage Lae, Jes-br, GA 30228, the crer Jdec Radad Carriage Lae, suth Mai Street i HistricDwtw Jesbr.

Visitrs ca much ative America cui-sie like ste-baked crcakes, sip sassaras tea,while strllig amg the Idia village, viewig

demstratis i arrw makig, basket ad gerweavig, blw gu shtig, beadig, pttery mak-ig ad rig, ad see ld-time musket shtig,amg thers. Childre ca lear rst-had hwt light a re withut matches. Parets may brwseamid Idia arts ad crats exhibits, purchase beau-tiul, had-crated jewelry ad ther gits.

Thrughut the day, guest may see ad walk with authetic native America dac-ers, liste t their music, ad hear the legeds Idia atis tld by strytellers wh,like the exhibitrs, are clrully clad i perid clthig. There are additial exhibits ithe Histric Jesbr/Clayt Cuty, Ic., museum buildigsthe 1840-era PlatatiHuse ad utbuildigs--icluded i the 30th Aiversary Prgram althugh Platatihme turs are priced separately.

Admissi r native America Heritage Day is $6 r adults, $4 r seir citizes, ad$3 r childre uder 12 years ld. All uirm-wearig By, Girl, Cub ad Brwie Scutspay hal-price. Admissis are cllected at the etrace with parkig the museumgruds. Fr irmati telephe (770) 473-0187.

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GED studet Zachary Jekis wasamed ruer-up at the stateEAGLE - Exceptial Adult Gergia iLiteracy Educati - cmpetiti adpressial develpmet durig theweek March 18, 2013 i Atlata.Havig rst w the disticti as

Spaldig Cutys EAGLE delegate invember, Mr. Jekis wet t withe Suther Crescet Techical Cl-lege title later that same mth. Headvaced at the state level it the Fi-al 8 ad was amed First Ruer Upr the State Gergia, wiig $500ad a iPad.nmiatig istructr Carl Tuckerstated, Zachary is a e represeta-ti the utstadig GED studetsat Suther Crescet Techical Cl-lege. We are prud his erts, bthpressially ad persally, adcgratulate him his success at thestate level.

Mr. Jekis has eared his GED adis curretly erlled i the CrimialJustice prgram at Suther Crescet

Techical Cllege. His gal is t be-

cme a Gergia State Trper.The Exceptial Adult Gergia iLiteracy Educati (EAGLE) Prgramcelebrates adult learers i pursuit excellece. The prgram recgizesad hrs studets wh have dem-strated exceptial achievemet istatewide adult educati classes. Theccept EAGLE is e desiged tcreate a greater awareess educa-tial pprtuities that are availablei lcal cmmuities acrss the statead t ster ivlvemet i lielglearig pursuits.

Adult Educati teachers i public,private, ad gratee agecies mi-

ate studets at the lcal prgram

level t participate i the EAGLE rec-giti prgram at the state level.Selecti criteria iclude studetcharacter, attitude, attedace, lead-ership ad cmmuity ivlvemetad activities. Frm this grup, estudet is selected t represet the l-cal prgram at the state EAGLE Lead-ership Istitute based a iterview,essay ad speech.The EAGLE Leadership Istitute is a

tw day evet desiged t recgizead celebrate the accmplishmets each the EAGLE delegates adprvide pressial develpmetsessis cused icreasig lead-

ership, cmmuicati ad lie ma-agemet skills.

Every EAGLE delegate is csidereda ambassadr ad spkespers rliteracy servig lcal cmmuitiesad the state by prmtig lielglearig. Sice its icepti i 1993,the EAGLE Award prgram has rec-

gized mre tha 1600 utstad-ig studets acrss the state. I ad-ditial t servig as vluteer rlemdels r amily members, rieds,eighbrs ad c-wrkers, EAGLE del-egates serve as metrs, peer tutrs,ad recruiters ther studets itlcal adult educati prgrams.

Idividually ad cllectively EAGLEdelegates tell the adult educatistry i ways that e else caarticulate ad i ways that thers,pursuig lielg learig gals, careadily uderstad. The EAGLES makea dierece i their amilies ad theirrespective cmmuities ad we sa-lute them. Mr. Jekis is excep-ti! Sice nvember, hes spket a umber cmmuity rgaiza-tis, tellig t ly his stry, buticreasig awareess the ppr-tuities that exist r may thers ithe Suther Crescet Techical Cl-lege delivery area. Cmpleti theGED r thse lackig a high schldiplma, imprvig basic skills eed-ed i tdays wrkplaces ad pst-secdary educati, r imprvigEglish-laguage skillsall thisis pssible, i ree Adult Educaticlasses ered i each SutherCrescet Techical Cllege cuties.Fr irmati abut classes earyu, visit ur website at www.sctech.edu r call us at 706-646-6121 r 770-229-3176.

Local GED Student Named State Runner-Up

Ater ly a year participatig i the Gergia Adpt-A-Stream prgram, the city Gri w baststw stream mitrig traiers wh i the last year havecertied 24 vluteers r bilgical mitrig lcalstreams ad rivers, 14 r chemical mitrig, ad sever bacterial mitrig.

Lcal stream mitrig traier Alexa Rbis re-ceived the Gergia Adpt-A-Stream Traier the Yearaward. Rbis is a emplyee the city Gri adals wrks with the Spaldig Cuty 4-H Prgram. She hasbee active traier i the bilgical ad chemical mitr-ig prgrams sice 2011.

Durig this time, Alexa has created strg partershipswith may etities icludig the city Gri, SpaldigCuty 4-H, ad Spaldig Cuty t icrease awareess ur waterways. Thrugh scial media, ewspapers, l-cal radi statis ad wrd muth, she has spread thewrd t lcal citizes ad lcal cuty cials abut theimprtace mitrig the streams the cuty. Shehas held chemical, bilgical, stream survey ad water-shed assessmet wrkshps t teach them hw t prp-erly cllect water quality data ad eve vetured it thesixth grade classrms i the cuty t teach them what itmeas t mitr.

I lve ature ad the water ad I lve beig a traier rAdpt-A-Stream. I lve sharig my kwledge with therpeple ad seeig ethusiasm grw rm there. I lve g-ig ut t mitr ad I hpe that my lve r that tras-mits t my studets. The umbers i the class really d tmatter, I will teach as may r as ew as are preset. I amhappy t g ut with ew vluteers ad help them gaicdece ad I am glad t be their ctact r Adpt-A-Stream, Rbis said.

As the statewide vluteer water quality mitrigprgram, Gergia Adpt-A-Stream relies heavily mretha 50 lcal Adpt-A-Stream Prgrams. I 2012, therewere ver 450 wrkshps led ad 4,900 vluteers traiedstatewide. Gergia Adpt-A-Stream prgram awardedGri a 2012 Watershed Award r havig a utstadiglcal prgram.

I additi t Adpt-A-Stream activities, the City Gri- maitais a extesive public awareess prgram di-rected at the Citys utility custmers, icludig Watershedeld days r lcal schls, a Strmwater Utility Aual Re-prt, ad educatial yers that are distributed t Gris24,000 water custmers every year.

near the ed 2012, the city ished cstructi a319 grat-uded stream restrati prject i which 500eet piped stream ruig betwee three high-prlead high-trac areas was daylighted ad restred. Grials hsts a aual eld day as a educatial pprtu-ity t eighbrig lcal gvermet cials, lad devel-pers, ad egieers ivlved i watershed prtecti.

The city Gri maitais a citize advisry bard,which meets 12 times per year with the express purpse actig as a advisry bdy t the bard cmmissiers all issues evirmetal sustaiability.

While the city GrisAdpt-A-Stream prgramdata cllecti activities

are just gettig uder way,there are ew cities asimilar size that have sucha cmprehesive publiceducati ad utreachprgram.

About Georgia Adopt-A-StreamAdpt-A-Stream ecurag-es idividuals ad cmmu-ities t mitr ad im-prve sectis streams,wetlads, lakes r estuar-ies. The gals Adpt-A-Stream are t icreasepublic awareess theStates pit surce pl-luti ad water quality is-sues, prvide citizes withthe tls ad traiig tevaluate ad prtect their

lcal waterways, ecur-age partership betweecitizes ad their lcal gv-ermet ad cllect qualitybaselie water quality data.

T btai mre irmatir t participate i Adpt-A-Stream r Cuece,call the Evirmetal Pr-tecti Divisis Adpt-A-Stream State Crdiatrat 404-675-6240 r visitur website: www.Ger-giaAdptAStream.rg.

JESSICA W. GREGORY ::: Publisher; [email protected]

Griffin Adopt-A-Stream sees success after only one year

Local volunteers nd and remove a rusty bicycle rom a local stream.

Alexa Robinson received theGeorgia Adopt-A-Stream awardor Trainer o the Year.

The City o Grin receivesGeorgia Adopt-A-Streamwatershed award or a Phase 2municipality.

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LOUIS GREENEDirector, Spalding County

Parks and RecreationThe City Gri- adSpaldigC u t ya g r e e di 1991t h a tSpaldigC u t y

wuld becme respsibler Parks & Recreati acili-ties with the excepti City Park. This was a giatstep rward as the Cutyuded a etirely ew de-partmet idepedet the City.

Sice 1991, the Cutyhas added may parks(apprximately 626 acres)either thrugh purchase prperty r leases suchas orchard Hill ad Suy-side Parks. Park prpertiesare prvided t yuth as-sciatis t prvide yuthprgrams, ad the cutyis respsible r adultprgrams. oe must g tspaldigparksadrec.cmt see the may wder-

ul parks we have built admaitai.

Please visit Wymia Tyusolympic Park ad DudeeLake Park, tw regialprperties that are 150acres each. The Park at Sixthlcated dwtw i theceter Gri, with itsamphitheater, is a ppularspt r hstig lcal evetssuch as Mvies i the Park,Jue Jam ad Dctberest.

The ewest gem i urParks System is the Se-ir Ceter at 885 Mem-rial with ver 27,000 squaret, prbably e thebest ad brightest i thestate.

As Parks ad Recreati

Directr, I believe that emust lk at ay City rCuty ad see hw theytake care their yuth adtheir seirs. I this were theyardstick all were measuredby, we wuld prbably bee tp 10 withi thestate.

DOUG HOLLBERGCity o Grin At-large

Whe themedia ex-pses ac m m u -itys dirtyl a u d r y ,it ca bedisturbig,damagig

ad hpeully, eye peig.Frtuately r Gri adSpaldig Cuty, ur great-est resurce is ur geer-us ad carig citizes whhave resiliece t vercmeadversity ad wrk tgeth-er i makig ur hmetwthe best it ca be.

Frsyth Cuty is a cm-muity that vercame the

stigma the 1980s H-sea Williams Civil Rightsmarches t becme theperceived best by pla-ig, wrkig ad ivest-ig tgether t be a sae,educated ad whlesmecmmuity. Their electedad -elected leaderssupprted ad ecuragedthe kid ivestmet thatwuld t drai their l-cal gvermets thrughscial services ad public

saety.The City Gri c-

tiues t address issuesad pprtuities that willimprve the well beig revery citize. City maage-met has bee directed taddress the crimial ele-met ur cmmuitywith a mre practive v/sreactive plice departmet.A Cde Ercemet TaskFrce has bee establishedt aggressively target is-sues icludig cde vila-tis, sub-stadard hus-ig ad crime. Ivestmeti cmmuity ameities,public utilities ad busiessrecruitmet will stregtheur lcal ecmy.

Each us has a duty t

aect every segmet ur daily lives psitively ticlude ur Family, Gv-ermet, Arts ad Eter-taimet, Media, Busiess,Educati, Church, adCmmuity. It is time t re-mve the lth, crime, drugs,slums, igrace, illegiti-macy, eg ad the egativ-ity that ctiues t pisur quality lie. Tgether,we ca make Gri adSpaldig Cuty a Cmmu-ity Excellece!

Q: A study conducted by the University o Wisconsin has been used to compare Forsyth and Spalding

counties which respectively ranked frst and last in a comparison o statistical data regarding crime,

health, school drop-out rates, household income and other social actors. How do you respond to Spalding

Countys ranking in last place In these categories in the metro-Atlanta region?

This is the third installment of a new featurein which The Grip will allow local officials toaddress current events and answer ques-tions on relevant topics. This feature is in-tended to be an additional method of keep-ing our readers informed by giving theminsight into how their elected officials viewdifferent issues. It is our hope that it will alsoincrease public interest and involvement inthe political process.

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JAMES R. WESTBURY, JR.Chairman, G/S Board oEducation

The studyhighlightsthe chal-l e g e sthat weace asa schls y s t e mad pr-

vides the pprtuity tdiscuss tw iitiatives thatwe were udertakig t

trasrm the cmmuitywell bere the study. First,t empwer ur studets tmake better lie chices, weare implemetig district-wide character educati.

The mst strikig idicatri the study was the um-ber sigle paret huse-hlds. Childre br ithmes withut ecessarystructure are at a sigicatdisadvatage t succeedi schl, ad t tethese same childre drput ad repeat the cycle.our prgram will be cm-prehesive ad emphasizeapprpriate decisis tsucceed i lie. Equally im-prtat, we will emphasize

the ptetial each childregardless hme circum-stace ad ispire that childt strive t reach his r herullest.Secd, we are activelystudyig a cllege adcareer academy i cl-labrati with SutherCrescet Techical Cllegead surrudig schlsystems. I successul, thiswuld ehace ur educa-tial erigs. This mdelhas icreased the gradua-

ti rate where it has beeimplemeted i ther areas the state. A career readywrkrce will attract jbst ur cmmuity ad pre-pare ur studets r thesepprtuities.Ulike the Frsyth Cutycmmuity, ur cuty hast develped verightad has much greater racialad sciecmic diversi-ty. Imprvig the quality lie i Spaldig Cuty willrequire the cllabrative e-rt ur schls, busiessleaders, ad ur churches,ad we ivite them t jius i this ert.

ZACHERY SPANKY HOLMESG/S Board o EducationDistrict 3

I d tplace a lt value cm-p a r i s s t u d i e s ,due t i-

csiste-cies. Thep r e s e t

study is skewed due t thedemgraphics, scial ec-mic status ad availableresurces. Im sure thereare thigs Spaldig Cu-ty d that Frsyth Cutyd t d ad vice-versa.Furthermre, Im sure theelected cials i eachcuty are dig the bestwith the resurces, madeavailable r their use.I am prud my hmecity/cuty, therwise Iwuld have ever chset make this my HoME!With that said, I d t be-

lieve ay elected cial rar ce, s they culd ailr t imprve the quality lie i Spaldig/Frsythcuties. All we ca d iskeep ur shulders pressedagaist the wheel ad leavethe rest up t the Lrd!

Thaks r this pprtuityt ctribute this subject.

RITA JOHNSONSpalding County District 3

I recgizethe prb-lems ada c k w l -edge theissues. Wehave sev-

eral majrissues taddress e beig ur l-cal schl system, the therecmic develpmet. Itis imperative that we d allthat is ecessary t cus bth the graduati addrput rate. My slutii mvig rward is t re-vamp, rethik ad chagethe curret midset thelcal schl systems. Re-gardig the 2d majr is-sue, the hspital ad seirexpasis alg with thepsitive eergy surrud-ig bth UGA Gri adSuther Crescet are allpsitives i Spaldig Cu-

ty. I strgly suggest weeectively prmte theseetities by givig themmre visibility ad presswhich culd attract mrebusiesses t the area. I willwrk algside theBard Educati, ad the Ec-mic Plaig ad De-velpmet Departmet ia ert t make imprve-mets t Spaldig Cuty.

DR. CURTIS JONESSuperintendent, G/S SchoolSystem

Thak yu r allwigme tshare myth u g h tsabut the1 1 A l i v eews seg-

m e t , H e a l t h yad u-healthy: A

tale tw Gergia cu-ties.

The segmet was disap-pitig as it created auair image ur cm-muity. A ctrast betweeexceptial ad uexcep-tial creates sesatial-ism, ad thats what thiswas.

our 2010-11 high schlgraduati rate was 74%as calculated by the Ger-gia Departmet Educa-ti. Later that year thatrate was recalculated usig

a dieret rmula t 59%because Gergias Racet the Tp applicati. Thesame umber studetsgraduated but uder a di-eret rmula. Bth um-bers are valid ad reliable.I 2012 ur rate rse t 63%rm 59%, ad we are stillt satised.

We are wrkig with urparters t ctiue t im-prve.oe partership is withGergia Tech t imprvesciece achievemet imiddle schls. A secdpartership is with UGA-Gris Kids Uiversity. (Weare similarly wrkig with

Mercer Uiversity.) Fiallyur partership with theGri Husig Authrityt help reduce pverty willhave tremedus psitiveimpact i the uture.

our bard educatiis leadig a majr cus character educati t da way r mre studets tmake better chices s thatmre will graduate.

Thigs are lkig up.We are darig t d better.Maybe e day reprterswill ask us what we are d-ig t imprve istead reprtig ly the egativ-ity.

JEFF JORDANProessor and Program Di-rector, UGA-Grin Campus

While itis easyt makec mp a r i -ss be-t w e e w e a l t h ycuties irth At-

lata ad ther cuties i

the state, the act remaisthat there are plety is-sues we eed t deal withhereregardless whatthigs are like i Frsyth.Sayig that, this is still awderul cmmuity witha great umber peplewh care abut the type irmati that was i thereprt ad are determiedt make imprvemets.

RYAN MCLEMORECity o Grin District 3

I take itas a chal-lege. A-ter I sawthe article,I tried tread all thecmmetspsted

Facebk t get a ideaabut what thers thik. Iculd tell may were upset,eelig that it was a exag-gerated cmparis. I u-derstad the reacti its

hard t t get deesiveabut ur hme. But likethe grup that has rga-ized, I believe this stryis a call t acti as wellas a pprtuity t usethe utside evaluati ur cuty as a metric rdevelpig as a cmmu-ity. There are tw sides tchagig the cmmuity.

The rst side is ivlvemetwhich seems t be the -cus the grup that hasrgaized. The secd sideis tagible ivestmet. Smay the actis we takeas a cmmuity are hard tmeasure t see i a dier-ece is beig made. Tagi-

ble ivestmet ivlves thewilligess t use resurcest make a dierece thatpeple ca see. As a quickexample, i we wat t elim-iate blight i this cmmu-ity, we ca. It will cst adthe legal prcess is t urried, but it ca be de. Ithis example, i elimiatigblight is truly a pririty the cmmuity, lets ide-tiy every elemet blightthat curretly exists, cstut what it wuld take, adg big. Gig small ad i-cremetally rarely chagesaythig. Im excited abutthe ivlvemet. Lets talkccrete ideas.

MERRILEA REEVESChairman, Spalding CountyBoard o Health

o March7, 2013,the Spald-ig Cu-ty Bard Healthhad a re-

treat td i s c u s sthe health issue SpaldigCuty. Durig this retreat,plas were made t assessad idetiy health prb-lems aectig ur cm-muity ad mechaismst imprve the healthstatus Spaldig Cutycitizes. At preset, weare at the begiig stage assessmet ad plat ivlve ay iterestedSpaldig cuty citize taid with cus grups adshared parterships wheassessmets are cmplete.

We became aware ithe sprig the recet

released Cuty HealthRakigs rm the Statead bega t pla mea-sures eeded t ully ide-tiy issues ad ccersregardig health i urcuty.

The secd retreat isplaed r Jue, whe cl-lected data ca be betterevaluated ad plas madet determie eeded -cus grups. The SpaldigCuty Bard Health is apractive grup wh strivest btai ptimal evir-met r psitive healthchages ad utcmes.

The Spaldig CutyHealth Departmet sta

wrk diligetly each day tprvide educati t pre-vet egative utcmesad daily treatmets rthe prblem. I yu are i-terested i beig part this prcess, please ctactay bard member r Cy-thia Tidwell, Cuty nurseMaager (770-467-4737).Curret bard healthmembers are: Raymd Ray(Cuty Cmmissier).Shaheer Beyah (City Cm-missier), Jim Smith, LeeHwell, Jhie Mcdaiel,Dr. Gerge Cap, ad Mer-rilea Reeves (Chairma).

GOVERNMENT


Editor's note: We e-mailed this question and asked or responses rom all members o the city and county commissions, G/SBoard o Education members, city and county managers and all members o the Spalding Collaborative Executive Com-mittee. The question was sent to all ocials on March 25, and each was inormed that their response would be publishedunedited. All ocials were given the same word limit, and were inormed o the manner in which responses would be cut inthe event they exceeded the limit. Spalding Collaborative members Stephanie Windham, Carmen Caldwell, Will Doss, DonnaPark, Cynthia Tidwell, Robert Dull, and Jewel Walker-Harps did not submit responses. City o Grin Manager Kenny Smithnor commissioners Joanne Todd, Cora Flowers, Cynthia Reid-Ward, Dick Morrow, and Shaheer Beyah submitted responses.Spalding County Commissioners Gwen Flowers-Taylor, Bart Miller, Chipper Gardner and Raymond Ray nor the county man-ager, William Wilson, submitted responses. Board o Education members Pete Graham, Barbara Jo Cook, Michael Kendall didnot submit responses.

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