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Lockette during interview after Seattle Seahawks defeated Denver
Broncos Super Bowl Sunday 2014. (File Photo)
Chairman Sinyard will
present a proclamation to
him during a recognition
ceremony at the Albany
Civic Center at 11:30 a.m.
Mr. Lockette will be available then to meet and greet
his supporters after the
program.
For more information,
contact Assistant City Manager, Lonnie Ballard, 4313234.
GO SEAHAWKS!
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ATC Holds Spring 2014 National Technical Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Special to the Metro
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online on Fridays!
Spotlighting everyday people where they work, worship and live
Ricardo Lockette Recognition
Celebration at Civic Center
The City of Albany and
Dougherty County want to
recognize Ricardo Lockette
of the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks.
The Seahawks defeated
the Denver Broncos on
Super Bowl Sunday, Feb.
2, 2014.
Born in Albany, Georgia,
a graduate of Monroe High
School and Fort Valley
State University, Mr. Lockette deserves our community’s best. The community
is encouraged to come out
and celebrate with his family and friends Sat., Mar. 22,
2014. It will be “Ricardo
Lockette Day” in Albany
and Dougherty County.
Mayor Hubbard and
has gone daily digital!
Albany Technical College held its annual spring
National Technical Honor
Society (NTHS) induction
ceremony Thurs., Mar. 20,
in the Kirkland Conference
Center.
NTHS is the acknowledged leader in the recognition of outstanding student
achievement and technical
education. The organization
also offers scholarships every year to its members.
Keynote speaker for the
ceremony was Dr. Shirley Armstrong, Executive
Vice President and Vice
President for Academic
Affairs at Albany Technical College. Dr. Armstrong
has been a member of the
Albany
Tech family for over 30
years. She previously
served as Dean of Academic Affairs for the Technology,
Business and Public Services division at Albany
Tech. Prior to this position
she was the Clinical Coordinator
for the Radiography Program and then Program
Director for the Radiologic
Technology program for
Albany
Tech. After graduating
from Terrell County High
School, Armstrong started
her formal education at
Wiregrass
Technical College, formerly Valdosta Technical
College in Valdosta, where
she grew in the field of
technical
education and gained valuable training in the field of
Local Students Art Contest Sponsored By Kwanis Club
Is 34 Years Old
Special to the Metro
With Spring comes the
annual season of art displays and competition,
courtesy of the Kiwanis
Club of Dougherty County
and students and teachers
in art programs at public
and private schools in
Dougherty and Lee counties.
This marks the 34th year
the Kiwanis Club of
Dougherty has sponsored
the local Student Art Contest.
Public events kicked
off the awards ceremony
on Sun., Mar. 16, at the
Albany Museum of Art.
Overall first-, second-,
and third-place winners
were announced in “Best
of Show”. They were: first
place, Emily McPeters,
Deerfield-Windsor School,
for her mixed-media piece
entitled “Kindred Spirits”;
second place, Hannah
Harper, Westover High
School, for a mixed-media
entry entitled “Die First”;
and third place, Emily McPeters, for a mixed-media
piece entitled “Smoker’s
Death”.
Other winners in the competition were: Sixth Grade:
1st place, Malik Wade,
Albany Middle School;
2nd place, Tyler Jenkins,
Albany Middle School; 3rd
place, Jimmy Jones, Albany
Middle School; Honorable
Mentions, Avery Eakes,
Deerfield-Windsor School;
Chloe Brown, DeerfieldWindsor School; and Aja
Walker, Robert Cross Middle School.
Seventh Grade: 1st place,
Carlton Grubb, DeerfieldWindsor School; 2nd
place, Rebekah Wood, Lee
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Reception guests at the mall view art entries from an earlier
competition. (File photo)
County Middle School; 3rd
place, Anthony Anderson,
Albany Middle School;
Honorable Mentions, Sean
Stafford, Albany Middle
School; Morgan Rhodes,
Albany Middle School;
Chandler Newman, Deerfield-Windsor School; and
Brooks Custer, DeerfieldWindsor School.
Eighth Grade: 1st place,
Lavosky Warren, Albany
Middle School; 2nd place,
Albert Mumphery, Albany
Middle School; 3rd place,
Alexandria Michas, Deerfield-Windsor School; Honorable Mentions, Diamonte
McFarlans, Albany Middle
School; Ladaisha Cogdell,
Albany Middle School;
and Jordan Jones, Albany
Middle School.
Ninth Grade: 1st place,
Maggie Ricks, Deerfield-
Windsor School; 2nd place,
Khalil Brown, Dougherty
High School; 3rd place,
Eshuntavious Sumbry,
Dougherty High School;
Honorable Mention, Khalil
Brown, Dougherty High
School.
Tenth Grade: 1st place,
Delaney Smith, Westover High School; 2nd
place, Helena Augenstein,
Deerfield-Windsor School;
3rd place, Hadden Kelley,
Deerfield-Windsor School;
Honorable Mentions,
Hadden Kelley, DeerfieldWindsor School; Helena
Augenstein, DeerfieldWindsor School; and
Hadden Kelley, DeerfieldWindsor School.
Eleventh Grade: 1st place,
Cheyenne Brown, Lee
County High School; 2nd
place, Mallory Sammons,
Deerfield-Windsor School;
3rd place, Meghan Hogan,
Lee County High School;
Honorable Mentions, Brittany Mitchell, Westover
High School; Mallory Sammons, Deerfield-Windsor
School; and Vycountess
Wright, Westover High
School.
12th Grade: 1st place, Hannah Harper, Westover High
School; 2nd place, Emily
McPeters, Deerfield-Windsor School; 3rd place, Hannah Harper, Westover High
School; and Honorable
Mention, Anicesa Fudge,
Westover High School.
All winning artwork will
remain on exhibit in the
newly-renovated Willson Auditorium at the art
museum until mid-April.
Following that, elementary
artwork will go on display
in the Sears wing at Albany
Mall for two weeks, followed by a two-week exhibition of middle and high
school entries.
A reception for the elementary art exhibitors
hosted by the mall management is slated for Fri., April
11, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the
Sears wing.
First place in each grade
level and the “Best in
Show” artwork will be taken to Carrollton Sat., Apr.
26, where the entries will
vie in competition at the
Kiwanis District of Georgia
Art & Music Showcase.
The Kiwanis Club of
Dougherty County cochairpersons for this year’s
contest and exhibitions are
Kristin Caso and Kevin
Armstrong.
ASU Hosts Business Speaker Series
Special to the Metro
Albany State University
students practiced their professional presentation skills
during the College of Business, spring 2014 Business
Speaker Series. The keynote speaker, Precious L.
Williams, Esq., President
and CEO of Perfect Pitches
by Precious LLC., shared
techniques with students
about how to roll out plans
for business ideas and proj-
ects in front of an audience.
“When you have passion
and intensity, your passion
becomes contagious,” said
Williams. “Some people
may present a lot of facts
and figures, but a winning
presentation has passion
behind it.”
The theme for the series
was “Empowering Entrepreneurs, Transforming
Ideas into Innovations.”
“Her story was fascinat-
ing, she used her flaws to
her advantage and built on
them,” said ASU junior
marketing student, Ronald
Thomas.
A gifted orator, Williams
has won 12 business competitions in N.Y., including
the Harlem Business Alliance’s 3rd Annual Business
Plan competition, the “Per-
Radiography.
Dr. Armstrong’s passion
for technical adult education runs deep. A member
of the American Technical
Education Association,
the Georgia Society of
Radiologic Technologists,
and the Dougherty County
Development Authority,
Armstrong received her
bachelor’s and master’s degree in Trade and Industrial
Education from Valdosta
State University, and completed her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from
Florida A&M University in
the fall of 2013.
Armstrong believes that
every student can learn, but
it takes a great teacher to
get the information across
in a logical and comprehensible manner. She further
believes that, students don’t
care how much a teacher
knows until they know
how much the teacher cares
about them.
Her professional affiliations include: Dougherty
County Rotary Club, United Way Education Impact
Solution Team, Girl Scouts
Women of Distinction
Committee, Leadership
Albany, Dougherty County
Developmental Authority;
as well as other professional societies, including
Georgia Society of Radiologic Technologies. She
has been a registered radiologic technologist for more
than 35 years.
Ten Albany Tech students
were inducted at Thursday’s ceremony. Students
eligible for induction into
the NTHS must be enrolled
at Albany Tech; must have
completed two consecutive
quarters of coursework, a
minimum of 24 credit
hours; must have at least a
3.5 GPA overall and must
have made no lower than a
B on any course exam. Eligible students must also exemplify the personal qualities of an honor student:
safety conscious; working
well with others; dependable; trustworthy; responsible; honest; takes pride
in work; exhibits good citizenship; and makes a neat
and clean appearance. In
addition, the student must
be recommended by his/her
advisor and must maintain
the required grade average to remain a member of
NTHS.
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Editorial
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THE METRO GAZETTE
MAR. 21- 27, 2014
Publisher’s Point
Why Do We Marvel In Other’s Shortcomings?
By Judith Hampton Thompson
Editor/Publisher
When we make a mistake
or encounter problems or
bad judgment regarding
ourselves or in our family
member’s lives, do we run
to tell the next guy? Are
we excited about it? Does
it feel good to walk up on
someone ranting about how
stupid the mistake was?
No. We ask close friends
and even our pastor’s to
pray for us. The point is
we feel awful. A kind word
from the heart to minister
to a broken person goes a
long ways. So, why do we
put distasteful material like
this on the front pages of
our papers? The gate keepers of news hold a great responsibility in the decisions
they make to disseminate
news. Yes, I agree that
the news is news worthy.
However, placement of
it, takes on a whole new
meaning.
Public officials and anyone else, who is known
throughout the community
or the world make mistakes, are not perfect by
any means; in fact, they
don’t ask to be on that
pedestal. The community
puts them on that shelf.
Let’s keep the main thing
the main thing. People
who choose to run for office have a genuine heart
for mankind or something
like that. Gluttons for
punishment might be in
order here. But, we want to
make them saints.
We go to church and
we live a lie. WE don’t
practice what we preach.
How many times have
politicians, news report-
ers, editors, publishers
been observed behaving
in a less than perfect situation? They didn’t do the
right thing in your opinion.
Truth of the matter is all of
us have done something a
little stupid, questionable
that only we can justify;
or at least try to justify.
We’ve become or have always been a nation of do as
I say do, not what you see
me do generation.
Where are the people who
attend church service on
Sunday who could have
made the decision to place
that story on any page other
than the first one? Do we
take anything away from
our hour, hour in half worship services, other than
who is sleeping with who,
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Reflections: Note Of Every Moment Defined
The Day Like No Other in Selma
By Peggy King Jorde
Metro Guest Contributing
Editorial Writer
On the morning of the
49th Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee celebration, I
arose early eager to take
note of every moment that
would define the day like
no other.
In the days before, there
had been a parade, programs, speeches and dinners; but today was to be a
culmination, a coming together. Today was destined
to be remarkable.
A quiet dramatic sunrise
showed off rusty laced
clouds stretched gleaming
across the horizon to the
east towards Montgomery.
I stepped barefoot with toes
curled onto the cool concrete of the St. James Hotel
veranda outside of my
room; perfect for overlooking the slow roll of the Alabama River as it arched its
way right past me, southward towards the famed
Civil Rights landmark Edmund Pettus Bridge; which
almost seemed within arms
reach from where I stood.
Not a soul stirred except a
bird at once perched on a
nearby red brick smokeless
chimney, a good omen perhaps for the day ahead.
I arrived in Selma two
days earlier with one of
my children, my daughter
Lena, the eldest of two and
a dear family friend. We
had come to participate in
a celebration honoring my
late father, Attorney C.B.
King of Albany, Georgia.
The Voting Rights Museum of Selma had seen
fit to celebrate my father’s
memory and commitment
to his family, work, community, and Civil Rights
by bestowing the honor
of including his memory
into the Legal Guardian’s
Room.
The Freedom Singers
lifted us with song, Shirley and Charles Sherrod
shared personal reflections
about “C.B.”, and there
were those who remembered with as much pride
and ownership, my father’s
extensive vocabulary and
his ability to wield it like
a sword against his foes in
the courtroom. One man
jested that he thought dad
had lost his bid for being
the first black man since
Reconstruction to be elected Governor of Georgia in
1970, because “folks just
could not understand what
he was saying.” Humor
aside, no one could overlook the courage and vision
it took for any black man or
woman to run for political
office thus providing options and opportunity at the
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local people who are doing positive things to promote the pursuit
of happiness and well-being in Albany, Leesburg, Sylvester,
Dawson and surrounding communities. It will provide uplifting
and construction stories that inspire, motivate and compel its
audience to make the community a better place to live.
All too often, the media focuses on stories which leave their
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shortcomings or mistakes. Currently, murder, rape, gangs and
destruction appear to lead typical media outlets with big headlines
and blasting newscasts. The Metro Gazette offers a brighter side
of life - one where people taking the time to offer help to someone
they don’t know is a huge story; where a good time is an event
where families and friends gather; where the color of one’s skin
doesn’t matter; and where how deep someone’s pockets are is
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Keeping In Touch
With
Rep.
Bishop
Congresssman Bishop Invites Students To Participate
in 2014 Congressional Art Competition
Special to the Metro
ALBANY, GA – Today,
Congressman Sanford D.
Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) invited
high school students from
Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District to participate in
the 2014 Congressional Art
Competition.
“I have long believed
that in our southwest and
middle area of Georgia,
we have some of the best,
the brightest, the most creative, and the most talented
young people in the world,”
said Congressman Bishop.
“The Congressional Art
Competition is an excellent
medium through which we
can channel the creativity
and imagination of young
students across the nation,
promote art education, and
give recognition to the
outstanding work that our
schools are doing to enable
young people to realize
their potential.”
The winner of this year’s
competition will have his
or her artwork displayed
for one year in the Cannon Tunnel, a busy underground walkway to
the U.S. Capitol from the
House office buildings. All
participants will be invited
to attend a reception at the
Thronateeska Heritage Museum in Albany at 2:00 PM
on May 2, 2014. The winner will also be invited to
join Congressman Bishop
at a national awards reception in Washington, D.C.
All artwork must be
submitted to the Albany
District Office at 235 West
Roosevelt Avenue, Suite
114 no later than April 18,
2014. The official compe-
Congressman Sanford D. Bishop,Jr.
tition rules can be found
here. For more information,
please contact Toni Pickel
in the Albany District Office by email at toni.pickel@mail.house.gov or by
phone at 229-439-8067.
Additionally, Congressman Bishop’s office is
running a competition to
promote science, technology, engineering, and math
in Southwest and Middle
Georgia.
Peggy King Jorde
polls for African American
voters. It was revolutionary.
After all, the Voting Rights
Act was signed only 5
years earlier. My father was
one of many in the Movement testing the waters,
setting the stage, and opening the gateway for today’s
political successes by African Americans. At the end
of the ceremony and before
we moved to a reception
in a nearby gallery, Lena
and I looked on proudly as
a distinguished portrait of
dad was well placed on the
wall.
Suddenly darting from
view, the bird abandoned
its chimney perch, as two
police boats slowly zigzagged and sputtered upriver beneath the bridge’s
span. On the bridge,
bomb sniffing dogs feverishly pulled officers by
their leashes at a deliberate pace. It was an abrupt
reminder of the hateful
acts that plagued the black
community. Special church
breakfast programs were
underway and throughout
the city, congregations
hosted visitors and speakers
from near and far; rallying
for new causes and remembering the lessons learned
from the past. By late afternoon, we made our way
to Broad Street to join hundreds of onlookers lining
the street waiting for the
bridge crossing procession
to begin. When the moment
seemed right, we stepped
from the curb into the flow
of brothers and sisters,
mothers and fathers, and
children powered by song,
memory, courage, dignity
and respect for the sacriS
See SELMA............Pg 3
Learn To Live In The Moment
By Kuanita E. Murphy
Metro Contributing Editorial
Writer
As a youngster, listening
to the life experiences of elders was one of my favorite
pastimes. I recall sitting for
hours listening to ever detail. Two in particular were
my favorite storytellers,
my great aunt Jessie Sampson (1918-2003) and my
grandfather Albert Murphy
(1911-1993).
What may have been
considered to be merely
rambling chatter to others
was to me a minuscule portion of an intricate tapestry
of history. In hindsight,
they each brought history
to life. The historical facts
that I read were times in
which they actually lived!
As they shared with me, I
would imagine what it was
like to actually live during the Great Depression
(October 1929), World War
II (1941) and the attack on
Pearl Harbor (1941), and
to embark upon the Civil
Rights Movement (1955).
They experienced a time of
change in America’s history.
And so, I spent hours
asking questions like when
they got married, what
were some of their childhood experiences, and
so on. Though they each
were unique individuals,
the commonality was their
tenacity of spirit. I recall
once a story that my great
aunt shared with how she
would work in the fields
all week, yet she and her
husband had little material
things. Raising a family
and providing proper clothing and adequate food was
challenging at best. When
I asked her, “how did you
survive?” Her response
simply was, “We made it
by God’s grace…We were
content to take life one day
at a time.”
Of course, in my youth,
I failed to realize the profoundness of her response.
In fact, I may have been
even more perplexed.
Nonetheless, as an adult, I
often find myself borrowing a portion of tomorrow’s
troubles when in fact I need
to consider my aunt’s advice, “take life one day at a
time.”
What I now understand
is that life deals to each of
us seasons of prosperity as
well as of great challenges.
Nevertheless, how one responds to life experiences
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Kuanita E. Murphy
is an individual choice.
God never promised a lifetime of sunny days. Days
of adversity and uncertainty
are also a part of the forecast.
Thus, I am committed to
living in the moment. No
man knows the future, but I
am confident in who holds
the future. In the meantime,
I am content to live simply
one day at a time.
Quote for the week: “Some
things in life are better handled in 24 hour increments
~the good, the bad, and the
ugly.” ~Kuanita Murphy
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THE METRO GAZETTE
ASU Professor Elected VP Of The Ga Council of Moody To Make Special Appearance
Teachers Of English
At Lungapalooza Benefit
Special to the Metro
Dr. James Hill, ASU professor of English and chair of
the Department of English,
Modern Languages and
Mass Communication, will
serve a two-year term as
vice president of the Georgia
Council of Teachers of English (GCTE). A long stand-
ing member of the Council
and an Executive Board
member, he was elected to
office in February at the annual conference.
Hill previously served as Director 1 of the GCTE Board
of Directors and leads the
organization’s diversity initiatives.
For more information, con-
Special to the Metro
Dr. James Hill
tact Hill at (229) 430-4833.
Chehaw BMX Track Begins Renovation
Special to the Metro
Renovation is currently
under way at the Chehaw
BMX track. Developments
will include rebuilding the
current property in order to
expand the track, update its
features, and increase the
tracks difficulty. Designed
by the constructor of the
2012 London Olympics,
Chehaw’s rebuild will award
the track state-of the-art
facilities that will host any
level of rider in the country.
The track will be taken from
a level 5 in difficulty, to the
highest difficulty level, 10,
while remaining conducive
to riders of all skill levels.
Construction is underway
and is scheduled to be completed by March 29.
For more information call
229.430.5275. Chehaw is
located at 105 Chehaw Park
Rd. in Albany, Georgia.
Albany Music Awards
executive producer and acclaimed author Germaine
Moody joins forces with local artists to benefit Marcy
Horne Delaney for the
Lungapalooza Benefit Concert at the State Theater on
March 22, 2014 in Albany.
ALBANY, GA. -- Albany's
music industry continues to
expand while doing good for
others this coming weekend
as Albany Music Awards executive producer Germaine
Moody makes plans to appear and speak briefly at the
upcoming Lungapalooza
Benefit Concert for Marcy
Horne Delaney. The concert
will raise money for Marcy's
double lung transplant sur-
gery. In addition to saying
a few words to thank artists
for donating their time and
talent, Moody will introduce an artist performance,
donate a signed copy of his
latest groundbreaking and
historic book "50 Seeds of
Greatness" to be auctioned
off for the benefit, and also
present Marcy with a complimentary signed copy as
well. "I'm so honored to take
part in Lungapalooza, this
is what music is all about
and also what the upcoming
Albany Music Awards is all
about, sharing and coming
together in the name of music, to make change, to make
lives better, and of course to
rock out!", said Germaine.
Artists scheduled to perform
include Blastov, Sydney and
Andrea, Vajelly, Corvus and
Germaine Moody
Canis, Mopeland, Barbara
and Chip Cornett, Meow
Kapow, and Unbreakable
Bloodline. Lungapalooza
will be held Saturday March
22, 2014 at the State Theater, 313 Pine Ave in Albany,
doors open at 5:30pm, $10
admission. For more information you can search "Lungapalooza" on Facebook,
supporters can also donate
at http://www.gofundme.
com/4ux1vk.
Theatre Presents Award
Entertainment ASU
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“Mr. Peabody And Sherman”
By Bob Garver
Metro Contributing Movie
Reviewer
Hollywood is really scraping for franchises now. I
doubt many kids today have
even heard of “Rocky and
Bullwinkle” let alone the
“Peabody’s Improbable History” segments contained
therein. They haven’t missed
much; the segments were
little more than filler while
the moose and squirrel were
on break. I guess it doesn’t
matter. The film, for all
its faults, does not require
knowledge of the cartoon to
be enjoyed.
The animated film follows the adventures of
world’s smartest dog Mr.
Peabody (Ty Burrell) and his
adopted human son Sherman
(Max Charles) as they travel
through time getting into all
sorts of trouble. The whole
thing is set in motion when
a classmate of Sherman’s
named Penny (Ariel Winter)
teases him for basically being a dog since he has one
for a father. Sherman bites
her, and Mr. Peabody has to
invite her and her parents
(Leslie Mann and Stephen
Colbert) over for an apology
dinner. Penny dares Sherman
to show her Mr. Peabody’s
time machine known as the
WABAC, they take a joyride, and Sherman promptly
loses her in ancient Egypt.
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SELMA from..........Pg 3
fices made and battles won. I
reflected upon “Bloody Sunday” and imagined the dynamic intensity of fear and
courage that must have been
present that day. I reflected
upon my own family’s
challenges in the name of
Civil Rights and the Albany
Movement. I was happy to
be in Selma with my daughter, remembering together;
and hopeful that while she
never knew her grandfather,
The Voting Rights Museum
celebration and this remarkable day would be with her
forever; and that it would
compel us all to keep rel-
The musical contains adult
language.
The Albany State Uni“It is one of the few muversity Theatre department
sicals that can be honestly
presents the Tony Award and called a ‘rock musical’ with
Pulitzer Prize winning rock
its rollicking score,” said
musical, Next to Normal.
Dr. Mark Burnette, ASU
Opening night is March 20
assistant professor of Fine
for a 3 day run. The show
Arts and the play’s director.
begins at 7:45 p.m. in the
“Through a powerful and
ASU ACAD Auditorium.
memorable musical score,
Next to Normal tells the
Next to Normal invites the
story of Diana Goodman,
audience to share in the daia wife and mother of two
ly life of the Goodman famwho has the mental illness,
ily, allowing us to better exbipolar disorder. Through an perience how mental illness
electrifying score of nearly
impacts not only the life of
30 rock songs, the audience
the person with the illness,
shares in the emotional highs but the entire family.”
and lows that Diana and her
General Admission is $5
family experience, ultimately for adults and tickets are
discovering that hope exists available at the door. Admisno matter what the diagnosis. sion is free for ASU stuSpecial to the Metro
It’s up to the dog and his boy
to set things right, both with
Penny and with history.
We take trips to Egypt
(where Penny wants to
marry King Tut because
she knows he’ll die young
and she mistakenly thinks
she’ll inherit the kingdom
after he croaks), France during the Revolution (where
Sherman wants a piece of
cake, but Marie Antoinette
is hogging it all), Italy during the Renaissance (where
Mr. Peabody has a mishap
that causes an otherwise
unhappy Mona Lisa to smile
for Da Vinci) and Troy
(where Sherman wants to
be the youngest member of
the Greek army, and yes, he
invades in that big wooden
horse), among others. The
film is never consistent on
whether or not the trio actually affect history with their
antics. On one hand, Mr.
Peabody is single paw-edly
responsible for the Mona
Lisa’s smile, but there are
no reports in the future of
a talking dog showing up
for important historical moments. Another thing I found
odd is that Sherman corrects
Penny for believing the legend that George Washington
chopped down a cherry tree,
but practically the next scene
shows him and Mr. Peabody
flying a kite with Benjamin
Franklin, which is equally
evant in some meaningful
way, the significance of this
pilgrimage.
Jorde is the daughter of
the late Attorney C.B.King
and Carol King, of Albany,
GA. She currently resides
in New York City, where she
is an architect and cultural
projects consultant. Her
signature project was the
preservation of the National
Historic Landmark African
Burial Ground in NYC. She
and her husband, Dr. Ulrich Jorde, a cardiologist in
heart failure and transplant
at Columbia Medical Center
in New York City, have two
college-age children.
fictional. Is the movie interested in an accurate version
of history or not?
The film spends a lot of
time on the adoptive relationship between Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Several
people, including a meddlesome social worker (Allison
Janney) don’t believe a dog
is fit to raise a boy. I’m not
sure what lesson we’re supposed to be learning from
this storyline, is it that we
shouldn’t be so quick to
judge anthropomorphic talking dogs? Got it, I guess.
One common complaint I’ve
heard about the movie that
I do not share is that Mr.
Peabody is an unlikeable
character because he’s an arrogant know-it-all. While he
does sometimes venture into
this territory, he’s above all a
loving parent and it’s hard to
stay mad at him.
The humor is hit and
miss, mostly miss. The gags
tend to center around Mr.
Peabody being an expert at
everything and the fiddling
he and Sherman do with
history. The film’s target
audience is young kids and
there’s just not that much
for adults to enjoy too. I
found myself laughing at
the darker gags (my favorite
involve the violent practices
in Egypt), which probably
isn’t healthy. Viewers of all
ages beware: Mr. Peabody
The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
From left, Kacy Whitley, Daniel Butler,
Austin Farms, Maya Broadwater and
Ishmael McKinstry rehearse scene
from Next to Normal.
dents, faculty and staff with
proper ASU ID.
For more information
contact the ASU Office of
University Communications
(229) 430-4671.
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ATC Foundation Holds Annual Roast
Special to the Metro
Honors Guest: Dr. T. Marshall Jones, Retired Chair/
Professor, Music and Fine
Arts, Albany State University.
The Albany Foundation
held its annual “Roast” event
Fri., Mar. 14, 2014, in the
Kirkland Conference Center
on the campus of Albany
Technical College, with a
Silent Auction in the atrium
of the Kirkland Conference
Center. This year’s honored
guest was Dr. T. Marshall
Jones, retired Chair/Profes-
sor of the Music and Fine
Arts department at Albany
State University.
“Roasters” for this year’s
event included: Clift E.
Felton, retired educator and
administrator, Terrell County
School System; Patsy Martin, Realtor, Coldwell Banker/Walden and Kirkland
Realtors; Dr. James L. Hill,
Professor of English and
Chair of the Department of
English, Modern Languages,
and Mass Communications,
Albany State University; Dr.
Leroy E. Bynum, Jr., Dean
of the College of Arts and
Humanities, and Professor
of Voice and Opera, Albany
State University; and Dr.
Anthony O. Parker, President of Albany Technical
College.
Dr. T. Marshall Jones, a
native of Orange,Virginia,
received his formal education in the public schools
of Orange County, Va., and
graduated from George
Washington Carver High
School in Rapidan, Virginia.
He holds a bachelor’s degree
in Instrumental Music from
Virginia State University
Harris Among Guest Sharing Her Role in Civil
Rights Movement
Special to the Metro
Rutha Mae Harris was one
of many speakers, panelists
and groups invited to the
2014 Fulbright Enrichment
Seminar held in Atlanta, GA
Feb.27 through Mar. 2.
The Atlanta Fulbright Enrichment Seminar is one of
nine enrichment seminars
hosted across the United
States by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of
Educational and Cultural
Affairs (ECA) as part of its
flagship Fulbright Program.
The seminars, an integral
part of the Fulbright experience, benefit first-year Fulbright foreign students and
support the overall mission
of the Fulbright program, to
increase mutual understanding between the people of
the United States and the
people of other countries.
The seminars focus on
critical issues facing U.S.
society that also resonate
in other countries. They
provide exposure to the diversity of viewpoints in the
United States and promote
dialogue among the seminar
participants.
The Atlanta Fulbright Enrichment Seminar, “Leadership in Action - Advocating
for Civil Rights,” explores
the civil rights movement of
the mid-twentieth century
and its implications for current social movements. It
highlights the ways in which
individuals advocate for
equality and justice within
their communities and ensure representation for all.
The seminar featured lectures, panel discussions, site
visits, community outreach,
Rutha Mae Harris
U.S Congressman Paul Broun
Attends Kiwanis Luncheon
Republican Congressman Paul Broun of Athens was a
special lunch guest of Dr. Glenn Dowling at the March
17 meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County.
Rep. Broun is also a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat
from Georgia being vacated by the retiring Sen. Saxby
Chambliss of Moultrie. Rep. Broun (center) is pictured with
Dr. Dowling and fellow Kiwanian Erin Whatley. (Photo by
David Shivers)
and volunteer opportunities.
Through these events, participating students develop a
better understanding of U.S.
contemporary life and culture, policy formulation, and
public attitudes on an array
of important issues.
The U.S. Congress established the program in 1946,
following legislation introduced by the late Senator J.
William Fulbright for fund
the “promotion of international good will through the
exchange of students in the
fields of education, culture,
and science.” Today, Fulbright is the most widely
recognized and prestigious
international exchange program in the world, supported
for more than half a century
by the American people
through an annual appropriation from the U. S. Congress
and by the people of partner
nations. The program actively seeks out individuals
of achievement and potential
who represent the full diversity of their respective societies and selects nominees
through open, merit-based
competitions.
From its inception, the Fulbright Program has fostered
bilateral relationships in
which other countries and
governments work with
the U.S. to set joint priorities and shape the program
to meet shared needs. The
world has been transformed
to ensuring decades, but
the fundamental principles
of international partnership
and mutual understanding
remain at the core of the
program’s mission.
Harris, a lifelong resident of
Albany, joined the Albany
Movement and the Original
Freedom Singers, traveling
over 50,000 plus miles signing for the cause of freedom
and raising funds for The
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Along
with Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., she was jailed four
times during the Albany, GA
Movement in 1961-62.
Harris’ professional career began in 1963 when
the Freedom Singers were
signed to a recording contract with Mercury Records.
She has also recorded with
the Landmark Gospel Singers, Georgia Mass Choir, and
Whitney Houston and the
Georgia Mass Choir. She
has performed in 46 states,
the Bahamas, Virgin Islands,
at Carnegie Hall, Radio City
Music Hall, the Civic Opera House in Chicago, Ill,
The United Nations in New
York, The Newport Jazz
Festival in Rhode Island,
The March on Washington
in Washington, D.C., and the
Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, D.C.
In 1998 Harris organized
The Albany Civil Rights
Museum Freedom Singers,
a group that performs every
second Saturday in each
month and travels to any
other city when asked.
MAR. 21- 27, 2014
(Petersburg); a M. Mus. Degree from
the University of Michigan
School of Music (Ann Arbor), and earned a Doctorate
of Music Education Degree
from the
University of Oklahoma
School of Music at Norman.
Other studies include Eastern Michigan University,
Northwestern
University and Westminster
Choir College in Princeton,
New Jersey. He also served
two years in the Adjutant
General
Corps, Special Services, of
the United States Army.
Dr. Jones served as Band
Director at the Lapeer State
Training School – Lapeer,
Michigan, before assuming
the position
of Director of Bands at Albany State University (College) in 1963. Over a period
of six years, he built the
band from
about 32 members to 125+
before taking a leave of absence to pursue a doctorate
degree at the University of
Oklahoma.
During his tenure there, he
served as a Graduate Assistant in the University Band
Program and as a Teaching
Assistant in
the School of Music.
SeeJONES.....Pg5
Lee Economic Developer Speaks At Kiwanis
DoCo Luncheon
Special to the Metro
Lee County is continuing a successful economic
develop strategy that has
been in place since the mid2000s, Winston Oxford, executive director of the Lee
County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Authority told the
Kiwanis Club of Dougherty
County on March 17.
“In 1990, the population
of Lee County was about
14,000.” Oxford began.
“Over the past 20 years the
population has more than
doubled to almost 30,000.
With this rapid growth
there’s been a lot of pressure
put on local government officials for local services because the residents desire local s services. Prior to 1990,
Lee County was quite rural,
and farmers didn’t require
much in the way of government services.”
“An economic developer is
a salesman, basically,” Oxford said. “He’s a salesman
for his community, the community is his product. In order to sell, a salesman must
know what his product. He
has to know his market, he
has to get out and research
his market. He can also be
sure that his competition is
never standing still. It is my
job to help increase jobs and
increase the tax base so that
elected officials can provide
local services.”
Oxford, an Americus native,
recalled that after he arrived in Lee in 2004 a study
was undertaken by several
entities, including the state
Department of Industry and
Trade, Georgia Power, local
EMCs, and the University of
Georgia, to identify what the
county’s economic development strategy should be.
“After the study it was determined that Lee County
was not an industrial (destination),” he said. “It was determined that the best thing
for Lee County to do was
to try to recruit commercial
(retail interests). From 2002
to 2006, there were only
four successful industrial
investments, and that was
during five of the best years
Georgia ever had for recruiting industrial investment.”
Lee County’s current taxbase mix is about 60 percent
residential, 13 percent commercial, but only .005 percent industrial, Oxford said.
Much of the county’s land
still in agricultural use, with
a lot in conservation status,
which in turn reduces prop-
erty tax revenue.
As a result, he said, “We
do things a little different
in Lee County. We deemphasize what I call the
traditional approach of chasing smokestacks. We don’t
turn smokestacks away, but
Lee County has pretty much
stuck to a plan of extending water and sewer lines to
expand our commercial corridors. We’ve expanded our
commercial tax (base) from
$120 million to a little over
$240 million.”
The IHOP restaurant, he
gave as an example, generates tens of thousands of
dollars in sales each week,
which translates to that
much in sales tax revenues
for county each month, lessening the property tax burden on homeowners.
Retail recruitment is continuing to be successful,
with businesses opening
such as the Publix supermarket on Highway 19,
Chick-Fil-A, and the new
Price Chevrolet dealership on Ledo Road. Other
companies are eyeing locations on Lee County’s two
main commercial corridors,
U.S. Highways 19 and 82.
While not naming names,
Oxford said two restaurants
are looking at Ledo Road,
two restaurants are showing
Winston Oxford
interest on the last available out-parcel in the Publix
shopping center, two convenience stores are under
construction, a grocery store
is looking at a Leesburg site,
a dollar store considering a
location on Highway 82, and
Albany Tractor Company
is planning a location in the
Oakland Meadows Commercial Park facing Highway
82.
Connector roads are also
in the works that will make
it easier and more convenient for residents to travel
from one side of the county
to the other. The Forrester
Parkway project will connect the east and west sides
of the county, cutting as
much as six to eight minutes
off a trip to the Publix area
for many shoppers. A Westover Road extension initially
connecting to Fussell Road
is planned and is expected
to eventually connect Ledo
Road to Albany Mall. That
project is also very important to Albany, Oxford said.
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Ordination Ceremony To Be held at
Harvest Kingdom Jubilee Ministries
Annual Church Revival At New
Beginning
MAR. 21- 27, 2014
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Special to the Metro
In accordance with Titus
chapter 1, Pastor Howard K.
James Jr. of Harvest Kingdom Jubilee Ministry and
Pastor Travis Mack of Real
Faith Church have been
equipped, appointed and
called by God for Pastoral
ministry.
It is God Himself who
called these men to the
ministry and qualified them
with gifts -Acts 20:28;
Ephesians 4:11). When God
calls and qualifies a man
for the ministry, it will be
apparent both to that man
and to the rest of the church.
Pastor James and Pastor
Mack have shown evidence
of the calling, qualification, and authority found in
Scripture.
Although the ordination
ceremony itself does not
confer any special power; it
simply gives public recognition to God’s choice of leadership. Hence, on Sunday,
March 23rd at 12:00 noon,
an ordination ceremony will
be held at Harvest Kingdom
Jubilee Ministries located
at 1711 S. Slappey Blvd to
demonstrate the commissioning of these awesome
men of God. All are cordially invited to attend this
blessed ceremony governed
by our Covering, Pastor
Ronald Smith of Berachah
Fellowship Church.
whose credit is shot, where
does the next guy live or
how many young girls are
pregnant out of wedlock?
We all ere in the flesh, make
huge mistakes, and this will
not change as long as we
live. So, everyone, in my
opinion deserves a few “get
out of jail cards” metaphorically speaking for the times
when we error. There’s a
lesson in the testing. What
would be refreshing perhaps
would be that all the folks
who point the finger see the
other three pointing back
at ourselves. If you have
managed to get through life
up until now without ever
cheating, lying, gossiping,
bouncing a check, sabotaging your credit, running out
of gas, been late paying a
bill, having a thought that
was not shareable, give
someone the middle finger
when that person cuts you
off in traffic, then to you I
say liar, liar, pants on fire or
es, will be our guest speaker.
We are cordially inviting
you to join us during this
The New Beginning Missionary Baptist Church along week at 7:30 p.m.
It is our prayer that
with our Pastor, Rev. Solothrough
this service, souls
mon Loud Jr., would like
will
be
revived,
saved, and
to extend a friendly invitahealed.
We
look
forward to
tion to you for our Annual
Church Revival Mon., Mar. the blessing your presence
will bring and we encour31, 2014 through Fri., Apr.
4, 2014. Rev. Jack Johnson age you to freely praise and
worship God in Spirit and
who pastors County Line,
in truth at New Beginning
Mt. Nebo, and Chapel Hill
Missionary Baptist Church- Missionary Baptist Church;
Special to the Metro
Pastor Howard K. James, Jr.
Pastor Howard K. James Jr.
has a tremendous passion
for God’s word coupled with
a love for God’s people.
He has a contagious spirit
of generosity that flows
through every facet of his
life. Having received his
mandate from God, Pastor
James unselfishly fulfills his
calling as founder and visionary of Harvest Kingdom
Jubilee Ministries (HKJM)
in Albany, GA. Pastor
James’ vision is uncompromisingly clear, with one central principle; to see souls
harvested from the fields of
the world and to witness and
participate in their maturing
through the Word of God
into a faith-filled victorious
lifestyle. Being a man of
faith, his chosen foundational scripture for Harvest
Kingdom Jubilee Ministries
is 1 Cor. 2:9-“Eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard, neither
has it entered into the hearts
of man, the things that God
has prepared for them that
love Him.” He is married to
First Lady Christine James.
They have four children and
one grandchild.
you are delusional at best!
Let me introduce you to
The Truth. Not even you are
without fault.
Let’s start bearing the infirmities of the weak and stop
talking about others saying
dumb stuff like “I don’t
believe he or she did something that stupid.” After all,
you know you don’t believe
the words that are coming
out of your mouth either.
It’s called posturing, deflecting, if you will. Oh yes,
Richard Pryor, used to say,
“pass the potatoes.” God
bless!
Healthy Minds: Philippians 2:5-8, Romans 8:6-7; Healthy Bodies: Exodus 15:26,
Psalms 103:1-3, Jeremiah 17:14; Hungry Souls: Psalms 107:8-9, Proverbs 27:7 and
Made Whole: Acts 4:8-9, Mark 10:52
“Pray For The Children”
Kingdom Church House
of Prayer
2401-U Dawson Road, Albany
229-449-0027 • 229-376-8238
Pastor Howard K. James, Jr.
Pastor Travis Mack is the
Pastor of a new and rising
church, (Real Faith Church)
where all are “Real People”
with “Real Faith” serving a
“Real God”. He has been in
ministry for 22+yrs serving
under the power of God. He
has been married for 17yrs
to his lovely wife Bridgett
Mack and they have three
children. He is currently
doing a mission in Gordon,
AL. However, his plans are
to start serving the Albany/
Lee counties areas this year.
He is also the founder of
Go Ministries, a nonprofit
Christian performing arts
organization dedicated to
spreading the Word of God
through the performing arts.
JONES From .....Pg5
Dr. Jones has served as
Guest Conductor/Clinician/
Adjudicator in Georgia,
North Carolina, Virginia,
Illinois, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and South Carolina. He
has also presented lectureperformances at the State,
Regional and National Music Educators Conferences
in Nashville, Atlantic City,
Miami and Anaheim, California.
As Founder and Performer
with the ASU Jazz Quartet,
Dr. Jones has presented Lectures/Concerts all over the
State, and
toured with the “First Georgia Festival of the Arts in
Italy” during 1977. He also
performed on four occasions
on the
Governor’s Arts Program at
Symphony Hall in Atlanta,
and on two occasions for the
Georgia Legislators at the
Governor’s Mansion.
Dr. Jones has served on the
Board of Directors of the
Southern Arts Federation,
National Assembly of State
Arts agencies;
appointed to a three-year
term (1985–87) to the National Endowment for the
Arts, serving as Co-Chair
(with Ellis
Marsalis) of the Jazz Fellowships Music Panel;
served as Vice-President and
President of the Albany Area
Arts Council;
Vice-President and President
of the Albany Symphony
Association, Board member
of the Concert Association
and Board
Member of the Easter Seal
Society, where he served as
Chairman of the 1984 Easter
Seals Telethon. He is past
Board
Member of the Albany Museum of Art, Charter Member and Past-President of
Leadership Albany. He was
appointed as
the first African-American
President of the Georgia
Council for the Arts by Governor Joe Frank Harris in
located on 209 N. Monroe
Street in Albany, GA.
" Gospel Recording Artist Gives Views on Alternative
Lifestyle"
Special to the Metro
Tye Tribbett, award-winning gospel recording artist,
shared recently that although
he agrees that homosexuality may be "natural," he does
not believe it is "God's best
for our lifestyle, according to
the Bible."
Speaking exclusively to
Sister 2 Sister magazine
about his observations on
how some churches approach dealing with congregants who may experience
same-sex attraction, Tribbett
said he agreed with the interviewer's suggestion that homosexuality was "natural,"
but made it clear that he does
not believe God approves
of it.
"There are lots of things
that are natural to us that
may not be God's best for
us," he told the publication, which is featuring his
interview in its April issue.
"That's my only thing. I'm
not saying that homosexuality is not natural. I agree
with you that it is. There
are several things that come
naturally that's not God's
best. Children 2 years old,
'Did you eat that cookie?'
'No.' Lying came naturally to
them."
He added, "Nobody taught
that kid how to lie. It came
in the flesh package, but
that's not God's best. There
are certain things that can
trigger the not-so-great
natural in all of us. But is it
God's will or God's best for
1985–87.
Honors, Awards and
Appointments include:
“Teacher of the Year” (1976
& 1983), Albany State University; cited by the Georgia General Assembly for
“Outstanding Performances
and Contributions” promoting Jazz as an Authentic
Art Form (1978); Chairman
of the University System
of Georgia Fine and Applied Arts Academic Advisory Committee (1980–81);
Southern Division Representative to the National
Committee on Instruction
us, period? And I don't condemn homosexuality, but I
don't believe it's God's best
for our lifestyle, according
to the Bible."
This was not the first time
the popular Christian artist
spoke on homosexuality and
feelings people might view
as natural.
Speaking in a video interview published online in
2008 about how much he
"loves the Word of God" and
how God had been working on him, the 38-year-old
singer, who grew up in the
Pentecostal Apostolic tradition, shared how he learned
to deal with "carnal" inclinations.
In the video, Tribbett
speaks on the "doctrine of
feelings" in relation to Galatians 5:16, which states:
"So I say, walk by the Spirit,
and you will not gratify the
desires of the flesh."
"It's the 'doctrine of feelings,' where you do what
you feel and it's justifiable.
You be true to yourself
when you do what you feel.
We call it keeping it real.
Whereas if someone makes
you mad, you cuss or you
swear at them. Why are you
cussing? 'I felt like it.' …
You're justifying, you're being true to yourself. I call it
a 'doctrine of feeling,' where
it's actually walking in carnality."
Going on to share about
the time he felt God had led
him to Galatians 5:16, Tribof MENC (1979–82); received the “Golden Deeds”
Award from Mt. Zion Baptist Church, where he has
served as Minister of Music
and Director of the (Senior)
Sanctuary Choir since 1974;
Southern Representative on
the Board of the National
Association for the Study
and Performance of AfricanAmerican Music (formerly
National Black Music Caucus) serving as Southern
Region Membership Chairman. He was honored by the
Albany Symphony Orchestra for services rendered as
bett said he found the content of the Bible verse to be
"crazy … because He didn't
say that if you walk in the
Spirit you won't feel it."
"Whether you walk in the
Spirit, pray, fast or not,
you're gonna feel the lust
of the flesh. Yes that's a real
feeling," he said. "Whether
you're in the Spirit or not,
you're gonna feel the lust of
the flesh. But if you walk in
the Spirit you won't fulfill it.
The sin is not feeling it, the
sin is fulfilling it."
Referencing 2 Corinthians 6:14, a verse that warns
Christians against being
"unequally yoked with unbelievers," Tribbett added,
"We're in the image of God,
so if you function in homosexuality, that's not who you
are. You're yoked to another
spirit. You're agreeing with
something else. So God is
saying, 'Don't agree with
lust, agree with Me and let's
get this job done, let's get
this kingdom work done."
Tribbett, a New Jersey native and the son of ministers,
has several music nominations and awards under his
a Board Member and first
African-American President
of the Association. He is
the recipient of numerous
plaques, citations, resolutions, and certificates.
Dr. Jones is a member of
the Georgia Music Educators Association, Music Educators National Conference,
College Band Directors
National Association, International Association of Jazz
Educators, Kappa Kappa Psi
National Band Fraternity,
Kappa Phi Kappa EducaSeeJONES.....Pg8
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Ms. Theresa Ann King
DAWSON, GA – The funeral service for the late Ms. Theresa Ann King, who died Sun., Mar. 15, 2014, is incomplete
at this time, but will be announced at a later date.
Albritten’s Funeral Service will be in charge of the arrangements.
Sis. Katie M. Lunsford
DAWSON, GA – The funeral service for the late Sis. Katie
Lunsford, who died Tues., Mar. 18, 2014, is incomplete at
this time, but will be announced at a later date.
Albritten’s Funeral Service will be in charge of the arrangements.
Enoch Rex Wingate, Sr.
ALBANY, GA – The funeral service for the late Enoch Rex
Wingate, Sr., 65, who died Sun., Mar. 16, 2014 at his residence, will be held Thurs., Mar. 20, 2014 at 3pm at Mathews
Funeral Home. The Rev. Richard Ledford will officiate. A
private family interment will be held at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Mathews Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mary Gail White
ALBANY, GA – The funeral service for the late Mary Gail
White, who died Wed., Mar. 19, 2014, is incomplete at this
time but will be announced at a later date.
Kimbrell-Stern, Inc. is in charge of the arrangements.
Howard Jackson Smith
ALBANY, GA – The funeral service for the late Howard
Smith Jackson, 73, who died Tues., Mar. 18, 2014 at Phoebe
Putney Memorial Hospital, will be held Fri., Mar. 21, 2014
at 11am at Kimbrell-Stern. Tony Haefs will be officiating.
There will be a private burial at Crown Hill Cemetery for
the family.
Kimbrell-Stern, Inc. is in charge of the arrangements.
terment followed at Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, GA.
Kimbrell-Stern, Inc. was in charge of the arrangements.
Charles William (Billy) Tyson
ALBANY, GA – The funeral service for the late Charles
William (Billy) Tyson, 69, who died Sat., Mar. 14, 2014 at
Kennestone Hospital, will be held Thurs., Mar. 20, 2014 at
11am at Mathews Funeral Home. A private family interment
will follow in Riverside Cemetery.
Mathews Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Deacon Translee Macklin, Sr.
ALBANY, GA – The funeral service for the late Deacon
Translee Macklin, Sr., 94, who died Sun., Mar. 16, 2014
at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, is incomplete at this
time, but will be announced at a later date.
Meadows Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Elizabeth Whitfield Adkins
ALBANY, GA – The funeral service for the late Mrs. Elizabeth Whitfield Adkins, 87, who died Mon., Mar. 17, 2014
at Palmyra Nursing Home, was held Wed., Mar. 19, 2014 at
Kimbrell-Stern with the Rev. Will Archibald officiated. In-
How To Deal With Grief
Special to the Metro
Grief is the normal response of sorrow, emotion,
and confusion that comes
from losing someone or
something important to you.
It is a natural part of life.
Grief is a typical reaction
to death, divorce, job loss,
a move away from family
and friends, or loss of good
health due to illness.
Just after a death or loss,
you may feel empty and
numb, as if you are in shock.
You may notice physical
changes such as trembling,
nausea, trouble breathing, muscle weakness, dry
mouth, or trouble sleeping
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You may become angry—
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People in grief may have
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the desire to return to work.
While these feelings and
behaviors are normal during grief, they will pass.
Grief lasts as long as it
takes you to accept and
learn to live with your loss.
For some people, grief
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others, grieving may take
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Scientists Spot New Obesity Gene Genetic Testing
“Findings Could Also Help Efforts To Find Ways To Treat Diabetes”
Special to the Metro
Scientists who identified
a gene that appears to be
strongly linked with obesity
say their discovery could
help efforts to find drug
treatments for obesity and
diabetes.
"Our data strongly suggest
that [the gene] IRX3 controls body mass and regulates body composition,"
study senior author Marcelo
Nobrega, an associate professor of human genetics at
the University of Chicago,
said in a university news
release.
Although the research
showed an association between the gene and obesity,
it did not prove a cause-andeffect link.
The IRX3 gene was first
pinpointed through an
analysis of about 150 brain
samples from people of
European ancestry, according to the study, which was
published online March 12
in the journal Nature.
To verify the role of IRX3
in obesity, the researchers
created mice without the
gene and found that they
weighed about 30 percent
less than normal mice. Much
of this weight difference was
due to reduced amounts of
fat in the mice without the
IRX3 gene.
"These mice are thin.
They lose weight primarily
through the loss of fat, but
they are not runts," study
co-author Chin-Chung Hui,
a professor of molecular
genetics at the University
of Toronto, said in the news
release.
"They are also completely
resistant to high-fat dietinduced obesity," Hui said.
"They have much better
ability to handle glucose,
and seem protected against
diabetes."
The researchers also found
that mice with altered function of the IRX3 gene in the
hypothalamus -- the part of
the brain that controls eating
and energy output -- were as
lean as mice that lacked the
gene.
This suggests that the
gene's activity in the hypo-
vaccines at the same time
had a fever of 100.4 degrees
Fahrenheit or higher on the
day of or the day after vaccination, compared with
9.5 percent of those who
received the pneumococcal
vaccine only and 7.5 percent
of those who received the flu
vaccine only, the investigators found.
For every 100 children,
there were an additional 20
to 23 cases of temperatures
of 100.4 F or higher in those
who received the vaccines
together, compared to those
who received only one of
the vaccines, the findings
showed. There were also 15
additional cases per 100 of
temperatures of 102.2 F or
higher among children who
were given the vaccines at
the same time, compared to
those who received the flu
vaccine alone, but not compared to those who received
the pneumococcal vaccine
alone.
Rates of fever among the
different groups of children
did not differ in the two to
seven days after vaccination,
according to the study published online Jan. 6 in the
journal JAMA Pediatrics.
"While our data suggest
that giving children the
influenza and pneumococcal vaccines together at the
same visit increases the risk
of fever, compared with getting only one of the vaccines
at the visit, these findings
should be viewed in context
of the benefit of vaccines
to prevent serious illness
in young children, as well
as the recognized need to
increase vaccination rates
overall," study first author
Dr. Melissa Stockwell, an
assistant professor of pediatrics and population and
family health at Columbia
University, said in a university news release.
"Parents should be made
aware that their child might
develop a fever following
simultaneous influenza and
pneumococcal vaccinations,
but that the benefits of these
vaccines outweigh the risk
of fever and, in most cases,
the fever will be brief,"
Stockwell said.
"For the small group of
children who must avoid
fever, these findings provide
important information for
thalamus controls body mass
and composition in mice,
and that genetic predisposition to obesity is wired in
the brain, according to the
study authors.
Findings from animal studies often can't be replicated
in human trials, however.
Previous research has
suggested that mutations in
a gene called FTO play a
strong role in determining
obesity risk in people. But
this study found that the
obesity-related mutations in
FTO interact with IRX3, and
that FTO itself has only a
minor effect on obesity risk.
SOURCE: University of Chicago, news release, March
12, 2014
Special to the Metro
Genetic tests are tests on
blood and other tissue to
find genetic disorders.
Over 2000 tests are available. Doctors use genetic
tests for several reasons.
These include finding genetic diseases in unborn
babies, finding out if people
carry a gene for a disease
and might pass it on to their
children, screening embryos for disease, testing for
genetic diseases in adults
before they cause symptoms, making a diagnosis
in a person who has disease
symptoms, and figuring out
the type or dose of a medicine that is best for a certain
person.
People have many different
reasons for being tested or
not being tested. For some, it
is important to know whether a disease can be prevented
or treated if a test is positive.
In some cases, there is no
treatment. But test results
might help a person make
life decisions, such as family
planning or insurance coverage. A genetic counselor can
provide information about
the pros and cons of testing.
NIH: National Human Genome Research Institute
Temporary Fever May Occur When Kids
Under 2 Get 2 Shots at Once
Special to the Metro
Higher risk for a day or two
if flu and pneumococcal vaccines given together, study
finds
Young children who receive flu and pneumococcal
vaccines at the same time
are at increased risk for temporary fever, a new study
reports.
While parents should
be told about this risk, the
benefits of the vaccines outweigh the risks of fever, the
researchers said.
The study included 530
children, aged 6 months to
23 months, who were followed for a week after receiving flu and pneumococcal vaccines either separately
or at the same time. The
annual flu shot is recommended for healthy people
over 6 months of age, and
the pneumococcal vaccine is
recommended for children
younger than 5 years old, according to the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nearly 38 percent of the
children who received the
Water Myths Revisited, From Weight Loss
To Hydration
Special to the Metro
Increasing intake won't help
you shed pounds, expert
says
Dieters are often told to
drink plenty of water, but
doing so won't help them
shed excess pounds, an expert says.
"There is very little evidence
that drinking water promotes weight loss. It is one
of those self-perpetuating
myths," Beth Kitchin, an assistant professor of nutrition
sciences at the University
of Alabama at Birmingham,
said in a university news
release.
"I'm not saying drinking
water isn't good," she said,
adding that she's aware of
only one study that showed
people who drank more
water burned a few extra
calories. "And it was only
a couple of extra calories a
day," she said.
Another popular misconception is that the temperature of drinking water affects weight loss.
"You will hear that icecold water helps burn extra
calories," Kitchin said.
"While there may be a few
extra calories lost, it won't
be nearly enough to make a
dent in your weight-loss endeavors."
Many people also believe
they need to drink eight
8-ounce glasses of water
a day. Although people do
need to get fluids, it doesn't
have to be water, Kitchin
said. Instead, it can be things
such as diet soda, green tea,
mineral water mixed with
juice, or even coffee and
other caffeinated beverages,
she said.
"People think coffee
doesn't count, but actually it
does," Kitchin said. "When
you drink coffee, your body
is retaining much of that
fluid -- especially for people
who are habituated to drinking caffeine, as the body
adapts."
SOURCE: University of
Alabama at Birmingham,
news release, March 12,
2014
clinicians and parents," she
added in the news release.
Study co-author Dr. Philip
LaRussa, a professor of
pediatrics at Columbia and
specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at New YorkPresbyterian/Columbia,
pointed out that "these findings are a first step; the next
step is to figure out if there
are any measurable biological markers, such as findings
in a blood sample, that are
associated with increased
risk of fever after vaccination.
Albany ARC To Host Southwest GA Reentry
Coalition For The Gov. Office of Transition,
Support and Reentry
Special to the Metro
On Tuesday, March 25,
2014 at 10:00AM Albany
ARC will be hosting the
Southwest Georgia Reentry
Coalition for the Governor's
Office of Transition, Support
and Reentry. The meeting
will be held in the Albany
ARC Program Office located
at 3005 Old Dawson Road
in Albany. The Southwest
Georgia Reentry Coalition
is a collaboration of local
advocates and professionals
who have a vested interest
in the successful reentry of
individuals coming out of
jails and/or prisons, and putting the necessary supports
in place to link individuals
with needed community resources and to minimize the
recidivism rate.
Some of the entities represented are DOJ, law enforcement, Probation/Parole on
the local and state levels, the
Housing Authority, Vocational Rehabilitation, mental
health organizations, as well
as local churches and other
groups who currently serve
as liaisons for this population.
The Governor has established a committee headed
by Bob Keller to facilitate
these efforts in the southwest
area of Georgia. They have
developed a program that
will be implemented and
tracked over a 5-year period
in 5 pilot cities (Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Columbus,
and Macon). Albany will
not be one of the 5 cities
tracked, but the same efforts
will be made to implement
the same system for "returning citizens" in our area.
The program is designed to
establish a multi-step plan
for offenders when they
initially enter the penal system to first determine their
individualized areas of need/
strength/risk, emphasizing
planning for a successful return to the community upon
release. The next phase will
specify the supports that
will need to be in place for
the individual upon release,
to include family and community supports, probation/
parole supports, obtaining
the needed forms of identification that can be barriers for an individual upon
release, addressing housing
needs, accessing healthcare
services that will be needed
for continuity of care, and
any other areas that need
to be addressed in order to
provide support. The final
phase will be implemented
once the citizen returns to
the community and will be
designed to provide a specific plan for supporting the
individual in all identified
Senior Beat
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Alzheimer’s Deaths Are Drastically Under-Counted
Special to the Metro
An analysis of 2 aging
studies published in the journal Neurology tallied fatalities among nearly 2,600 seniors 65 and older from the
mid-1990s up until 2013.
All were initially dementia-free although annual
clinical testing revealed that
almost 22% ultimately developed Alzheimer's a diagnosis that appeared to triple
or even quadruple the rate of
death.
Upon death, approximately 90% were autopsied
and because all were organ
donors, the cause of mortality was clearly noted in each
case. Number crunching on
a national scale revealed
that among all Americans 75
and up, Alzheimer's likely
accounted for more than
500,000 deaths in 2010 5 to
6 times higher than figures
previously reported by the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
In fact, while the CDC
currently ranks Alzheimer's
#6 among the leading causes
of death in the U.S. Investigators now say the illness
more accurately sits atop the
list alongside killers #1 and
2: heart disease and cancer.
I'm Dr. Cindy Haines of
HealthDay TV, with the
news that doctors are reading – health news for health-
ier living.
Boomers Should Consider Shingles Vaccine, Physician Says
Special to the Metro
Painful condition, caused by
same virus responsible for
chicken pox, can last several
weeks
People older than 50 can
reduce their risk for developing shingles by being vaccinated against the varicellazoster virus that causes the
painful condition, an expert
says.
"People who have had
shingles previously can
still receive the vaccine. If
you are above the age of 50
years old, you should talk
to your health care provider
about the shingles vaccines,"
advised Dr. Khalilah Babino,
immediate care physician at
Loyola University Health
System.
Shingles is caused by the
same virus responsible for
chicken pox. Most people
who get shingles are older
than 50 because the virus
can remain dormant in the
body for years before being
activated again, according to
background information in a
university news release.
People at particularly high
risk for developing shingles
include those who've had
chicken pox and those with
cancer, autoimmune disorders, or chronic lung or kidney disease.
An outbreak of the virus
can last for several weeks.
People with shingles develop a blistering rash usually
in a band on one side of the
body. Most often, the rash is
on the chest or back.
Anyone who develops
shingles on their face should
seek immediate medical
attention since this could
result in vision loss, advised
Babino, who is also an assistant professor in the department of family medicine at
Loyola University Chicago
Stritch School of Medicine.
"If you are diagnosed with
shingles, you are contagious
as long as you have blisters
and ulcers," Babino said in
the news release. "Since it
can be spread from person
to person it is important to
cover your rash and wash
your hands frequently. It
also is important to avoid
people who have not received the chicken pox vaccine, pregnant women and
anyone with a weak immune
system."
Aside from a blistering
rash, people with shingles
may also experience fatigue,
headache, tingling, itching
and burning pain.
"Fortunately, there is antiviral medication to treat
shingles," Babino noted.
"The medication does not
kill the virus like antibiotics
kill bacteria, but they help
slow the virus and speed
recovery. . . I recommend
starting these medications
within 72 hours of the onset
of rash. Since shingles can
be very painful, you might
also need prescription pain
medication."
Although most people
with shingles don't develop
any complications from the
virus, there is a 10 percent
chance of developing a painful nerve condition known
as postherpetic neuralgia,
which can last for up to a
year, the news release noted.
SOURCE: Loyola University Health System, news
release, March 4, 2014
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Dr. Jones was employed
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at Albany State University,
where he served as Director of Bands, Chairman of
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the Fine Arts Department
until his retirement in June
of 1996.
Dr. Jones served as an Adjunct Professor of Music at
the University and recently
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on May 1, 2010 – rendering a total of 47 years to the
University. On April 2, 2011
Dr. Jones was honored with
a banquet in which the Lyceum Series at Albany State
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Dr. Jones coordinated the
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity’s
(Gamma Omicron Lambda
Chapter) Mentoring Program
(Go To High School/Go To
College) from 1998 to 2009
for about 50 to 60 boys at
Southside Middle School.
After over twenty years
of service on the Georgia
Council for the Arts (under
Governors George Busbee,
Joe Frank Harris, Zell Miller, Roy Barnes, and Sonny
Perdue), Dr. Jones was appointed to the Georgia Humanities Council in 2003.
He was recently re-appointed to a new three-year
term through 2014 under
Governor Nathan Deal.
Dr. Jones has been associated with the Celebration
Concert Series by the Albany Symphony Orchestra
at Mt. Zion Baptist Church,
which showcases the music
of African-American composers and performers. He
has served as Master of Ceremonies since its inception
in 1998.
Dr. Jones is married to
Mary Watson Jones, a retired
Reading Specialist from the
Dougherty County School
System. She
is currently an Instructor
serving as Reading Coordinator in the Department of
English, Modern Languages
and Mass
Communication at Albany
State University. They are
the parents of Reverend Brian Marshall Jones (Stephanie), a 1999
Graphic Art and Design
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THE METRO GAZETTE
Swishhhhhhh, Two Points!--Season Is Finally Over
By Walter L. Johnson II
Metro Contributing Sports Writer
The 2013-2014 basketball season is finally over
for high school and college
teams in Albany and surrounding towns.
But before saying goodbye, let’s take one brief look
at the handful of remaining
squads that played for a trophy of some kind, only to
fall short in the end.
First, at the high school
level, two teams from GHSA
Region 1-A played for the
Class A public school state
championship on Saturday,
March 8.
The Mitchell County High
School Lady Eagles from
Camilla, however, were
denied in their quest to take
home the coveted crown,
as the Randolph-Clay Lady
Red Devils cruised to a 5232 win.
The Lady Eagles finished
the 2013-2014 campaign at
25-7 overall, with four of
those losses coming to Randolph-Clay, as well as two
losses to eventual Class AA
quarterfinalist Pelham, and
another to Class AAAAAA
Valdosta.
Head Coach Rosemary
Sanders will lose four players to graduation, including
top scorers A’miracle Jones
and Shonbreka Holton, who
averaged 16.2 and 14.5
points per game, respectively, throughout this past
season.
Turning to local college
basketball, the Albany State
University Lady Rams run
in the NCAA Division II
tournament may have ended
after playing two games, but
not before pulling out one
of the biggest wins in their
program’s history.
The ASU women, who
came into the South Regional as the No. 5 seed, made
a huge rally in the second
half to stun No. 4 seed Delta
State, 49-45, in the first
round at Fort Lauderdale,
Fla. on Friday.
Unfortunately, though, the
Lady Rams season ended the
following night, as top seed
and host Nova Southeastern
cruised to an easy 96-69
win.
As a result, one of the
best seasons Albany State
has had in recent memory
(prior to this season, the
ASU women’s last trip to the
NCAA tournament came in
1998) ended at 22-7.
Although he’ll lose five
of his players to graduation,
Head Coach Robert Skinner
looks to return a solid nucleus for next season, including
freshman Artisha Holston,
and sophomore Keidra
Green, who scored 16 and
15 points respectively in the
upset win over Delta State.
And on that note, that
ends “Swishhhhhhh, Two
Points!!!!!!!” for this season.
Enjoy the upcoming spring
and summer months.
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Walter L. Johnson
Monroe High School FBLA Students Volunteer You Don’t Have To Push Yourself To the Point
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Of Pain To Gain Exercise Benefits
Special to the Metro
Future Business Leaders of America members of
Monroe high school chose to
spend their Sat. Mar. 1, 2014
volunteering their time to a
worthy cause.
The students volunteered
as Road Marshalls at the
Snicker Marathon. Road
Marshalls make sure that
the runners stay on course
during the race, handle any
emergency situations which
may occur and cheer the
runners along. Proceeds
from the marathon benefit
hospice. Business and Com-
Special to the Metro
The American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons
says you're at greater risk
for exercise-related injury
if you:
Exercise excessively or
increase the intensity or
duration of exercise too aggressively.
puter Science teacher and
FBLA advisor, Nicole Mal-
lory, accompanied students
to this event.
Sports Fitness- Listen To Your
Body
Special to the Metro
Sports can be a great way to
get in shape or stay that way.
Having a specific goal can
be a great motivator. Physically, you need strength and
endurance. Your training
will vary with your sport.
You would not train the
same way for pole vaulting as for swimming. You
might, however, cross train.
Cross training simply means
that you include a variety of
fitness activities in your program. Research shows that
cross training builds stronger
bones.
Remember to listen to
your body. If you frequently
feel exhausted or you are in
pain, you may be overdoing
it. Injuries can be the result.
And be sure that you use
your body and your equipment safely. What you eat
and drink is also important.
Water is the most important
nutrient for active people.
Drink it before, during and
after workouts.
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Exercise in extreme weather.
Exercise without appropriate equipment, such as shoes
that aren't designed for your
activity.
Have had a previous injury,
are a smoker or lead a sedentary lifestyle.
Have certain musculoskeletal problems, such as high
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How Well Do Football Helmets Protect
Players from Concussions?
Special to the Metro
PHILADELPHIA, PA – A
new study finds that football
helmets currently used on
the field may do little to protect against hits to the side of
the head, or rotational force,
an often dangerous source
of brain injury and encephalopathy. The study released
today will be presented at
the American Academy of
Neurology’s 66th Annual
Meeting in Philadelphia,
April 26 to May 3, 2014.
“Protection against concussion and complications of
brain injury is especially
important for young players,
including elementary and
middle school, high school
and college athletes, whose
still-developing brains are
more susceptible to the lasting effects of trauma,” said
study co- author Frank Conidi, MD, DO, MS, director of
the Florida Center for Headache and Sports Neurology
and Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology at Florida State University College
of Medicine in Port Saint
Lucie, Fla. Conidi is also the
vice chair of the American
Academy of Neurology’s
Sports Neurology Section.
For the study, researchers
modified the standard drop
test system, approved by the
National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment, that tests
impacts and helmet safety.
The researchers used a crash
test dummy head and neck
to simulate impact. Sensors
were also placed in the dummy’s head to measure linear
and rotational responses to
repeated 12 mile-per-hour
impacts. The scientists conducted 330 tests to measure
how well 10 popular football
helmet designs protected
against traumatic brain
injury, including: Adams
a2000, Rawlings Quantum,
Riddell 360, Riddell Revolution, Riddell Revolution
Speed, Riddell VSR4, Schutt
Air Advantage, Schutt DNA
Pro+, Xenith X1 and Xenith
X2. The study found that
football helmets on average
reduced the risk of traumatic brain injury by only
20 percent compared to not
wearing a helmet. Of the 10
helmet brands tested, the
Adams a2000 provided the
best protection against concussion and the Schutt Air
Advantage the worst. Overall, the Riddell 360 provided
the most protection against
closed head injury and the
Adams a2000 the least, despite rating the best against
concussion. “Alarmingly,
those that offered the least
protection are among the
most popular on the field,”
said Conidi. “Biomechan-
ics researchers have long
understood that rotational
forces, not linear forces, are
responsible for serious brain
damage including concussion, brain injury complications and brain bleeds. Yet
generations of football and
other sports participants
have been under the assumption that their brains are protected by their investment in
headwear protection.” The
study found that football
helmets provided protection from linear impacts, or
those leading to bruising and
skull fracture. Compared to
tests using dummies with
no helmets, leading football
helmets reduced the risk of
skull fracture by 60 to 70
percent and reduced the risk
of focal brain tissue bruising
by 70 to 80 percent. The
study was supported by
BRAINS, Inc., a research
and development company
based in San Antonio, Fla.,
focused on biomechanics of
traumatic brain injury.
areas and hold him/her accountable for utilization of
the implemented supports.
Albany Advocacy Resource
Center has been actively
involved in the provision
of support services for alike "returning citizens"
for many years through its
TAPP, Treatment Court and
Mental Health Programs.
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MAR. 21- 27, 2014
THE METRO GAZETTE
Monroe High Students Participate Westover’s Literary Team Wins
in “Laws of Life” Essay Contest
Region Competition
Sponsored by Georgia Rotary Club
Special to the Metro
Special to the Metro
School level winners were
announced for the 20132014 Georgia Laws of Life
Essay Contest.
The Laws of Life Essay
Contest is part of the Georgia Rotary Districts Character Education Program. It
is an annual event and more
than 41,800 Georgia high
school students wrote Laws
of Life essays this year.
Monroe High School was
one of only two high schools
in the Dougherty County
School System to participate in the contest this year.
Over 56% of the school’s
population participated by
writing essays in the 10th,
11th and 12th grades. On
March 10, the grade level
and school winners were announced as follows:
10th Grade Winner-Kiana
Jackson; Honorable Mention: Davon Wesley, Jayline
Hilson
11th Grade Winner-Shannon
Williams; Honorable Mention: Bryan Bartie, Tysheria
Green, Ty’Tianna Thomas
12th Grade Winner and
School Winner-Darien Shannon; Honorable Mention:
Terriyuna Davis, Konosha
Gordon, Sharondrea Hicks
Grade level winners will
receive a cash award of
$50 and the School winner
will receive a cash award
of $100. The Laws of
Life contest’s top six state
student winners will be
announced in late March.
Contest chairperson for
Monroe High School is Ms.
Teresa Warner. Pictured
are the school winners
from left to right: Darien
Shannon(School winner), Kiana Jackson(10th
grade winner) and Shannon
Williams(11th grade winner).
Westover’s First Attempt In ATC’s
College Robotics Competition
Special to the Metro
The Albany Technical
College Students Achieving Success in Engineering
Technology (SASET) Program held a Robotics Competition with several area
high schools on Wednesday,
March 12th at the Kirkland
Conference Center. Teams
signed up from Albany
High School, Monroe High
School, Westover High
School, Dougherty High
School, Terrell County High
School, Lee County High
School, and Calhoun County
High School, the competition was designed to allow
high school students with
an interest in Engineering
Technology, particularly
robotics, to take VEX Robots, they have put together
and compete against others on tasks assigned to the
robots. The competition
was a basketball game with
the robots. Each group of
students had to design and
construct a robot of their
own which works on remote
control. Materials were
previously provided. There
were twenty-eight teams and
each team was given three
chances to compete with a
partner and then selected
the top sixteen teams. The
teams competed in quarter
finals, then semi finals and
the final. Six teams from
Westover competed against
the twenty- eight teams from
five different counties. Five
awards were distributed
1st, 2nd, and 3rd places, an
award for good sportsmanship, best design and for the
best journal documentation.
Westover received three out
of the five awards. Awards
received by Westover were:
1st Place, 3rd Place and the
award for good sportsman
ship; First Place -Team Nagini; Members of the 3rd Period Physics Class, William
Bice, Thomas Langstaff,
Lane Hatcher, Mark Picket
and Chandler Kirkland.
Third Place -Team Heisenberg, Demetris McCray,
Mariam Ferzo, Aubery
Smith, Iesha Wright, Sahaara Bryant, Tyler Cox
Clay Sheffield, Sisy Zachariah is Honors Physics Teacher. The SASET Program is
part of a $2.4 million grant
Albany Tech received nearly
three years ago from the
Department of Education to
encourage students to pursue
careers in the areas of Engineering Technology via the
SASET Project. Participants
Westover Literary Team
Places in Region 1-AAAA
The objective of the Georgia
High School Association
(GHSA) organization is
to promotion of education
in Georgia from a mental,
physical, and moral viewpoint, to standardize and encourage participation in athletics, and to promote sportsmanship and an appreciation
for and study of music,
speech, and other fine arts
through Region and State
competitions. This year’s
competition was held Mar.
6, 2014, at Darton College.
Westover High School was
the only school in the region
to place in all areas of Competition. The following winners placed in their area of
competition: Jordan Nembhard – First Place in Girls
Dramatic Interpretation;
Dominique Riggins- First
Place in Boys Dramatic Interpretation; Kristen BeatyFirst Place in Girls Essay;
Jessie Tyson- First Place in
Boys Quartet; Justin BenardFirst Place in Boys Quartet;
De’Twaun Sewell- First
Place in Boys Quartet; Callistus Lubrin- First Place in
Boys Quartet; Dillion Notzin the SASET program are
not only exposed to using
their critical and analytical
thinking skills, but are also
learning effective ways of
communicating with others
to successfully complete
a project. The goal of this
competition, along with the
annual Robotics Enrichment Academy held in May,
is to introduce participants
to the field of Engineering
Technology with the hopes
of ultimately being able to
enroll them in one of ATC's
(Albany Technical College)
five affiliated academic programs: Electromechanical
Engineering Technology,
Civil Engineering Technology, Telecommunications
Engineering Technology,
Drafting Technology, and
Electronics Technology.
Second Place in Boys Essay; Nyah Beckhom- Third
Place in Girls Trio; Allyn
Jones- Third Place in Girls
Trio; Raven Reese- Third
Place in Girls Trio; Kiara
Stubbs- Third Place in Girls
Trio; Jessie Tyson- Third
Place in Boys Solo; Delaney
Burnett- Third Place in Girls
Extemporaneous Speaking;
and Othellious Cato- Fourth
Place in Boys Extemporaneous Speaking.
The GHSA is a voluntary
organization composed of
over 400 public and private
high schools. It strives to
promote good sportsmanship and a cooperative spirit
among its member schools.
It endeavors to maintain
high standards so that each
pupil competing in each
school is on the same basis.
In the field of athletics its interest is the safety of the participants; it is on this principle that its athletic rules
are based. The GHSA operates under a Constitution
and By-Laws which outlines
the scope and purpose of the
Association. It contains the
standards of eligibility to be
met by high school pupils
for attaining the privilege of
participation in interschool
contests, and rules controlling the participation among
schools. By adoption of the
Constitution and By-Laws
through its membership,
member schools have by
their initiative acted to operate and discipline their
interscholastic activities and
contests. Selina Bentley is
Westover’s Literary Coach.
MHS Small Business Development
Pathway Students Attend Forum
MHS Small Business Development Pathway attended
Empowering Entrepreneurs:
Transforming Ideas into Innovations sponsored by Albany
State University's College of
Business earlier this month.
The motivational speaker
for the hour was Attorney
Precious Williams, Esq., a
woman who is on a mission:
to help others unlock the
greatness within themselves
through the power of speech.
As President and CEO of
Perfect Pitches by Precious,
LLC, she helps take your
pitches and presentations to
the next level completely!
She is also a successful New
York City based attorney,
serial entrepreneur, teacher,
mentor and motivational
speaker. She is a Phi Beta
Kappa, magna cum laude
graduate of Spelman College and Rutgers School of
Law-Newark.A gifted orator,
Precious has been a keynote
speaker at a number of fundraisers and corporate training
events. Additionally, she has
won 12 business pitch competitions in New York City including the Harlem Business
Alliance’s 3rd Annual Business Plan competition, the 1st
Annual Perfect Pitch contest,
and the Workshop in Business Opportunities Executive
Summary and Elevator Pitch
Competition.
She also became the 2013
Black Enterprise Elevator
Pitch Champion in Columbus, Ohio, May 16, 2013; and
is featured in the February
2014 issues of Black Enterprise. This event has left a
lasting impression on MHS
Small Business Development
students and further sparked
their interest in becoming entrepreneurs. Kathie Stewart,
Small Business Development
Teacher
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The American Legion Post
512 Executive Board meets
every 3rd Monday at 8:00 p.m.;
General Body meets every
4th Monday at 8:00 p.m. The
meeting is held at the post.
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The American Legion Post
5 1 2 Wo m e n ’s A u x i l i a r y
meets every Monday after the
first Sunday at 8:00 p.m. The
meeting is held at the post.
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Sons of the American Legion
(SAL) Post 512 meet every
second Tuesday of each month
at 7:30 p.m. The meeting is held
at the post.
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The American Legion Post
512 Past Commanders meet
every 3rd Monday at 7:00 p.m.
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Albany\Dougherty County
Chapter of the NAACP
Executive Committee
meets every first Saturday.
General Body meets every
third Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
The meeting is held at 136
N.Magnolia St. Office hours
M-Thur. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Email:
albanynaacp@hotmail.com,
(229) 432-7941.
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Albany Beauty Culture
League meets the second
Monday of each month at 10:00
a.m. at South Slappey Beauty
Salon, 509-A South Slappey
Blvd.
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Albany Area Clergy Women,
Inc. meets every second
Saturday of each month at
10 a.m., at New Beginning
Christian Church, Inc., 711
S. Monroe Street. All clergy
women, known or unknown,
are invited to attend. Contact:
Dr. Lilly R. Hatch, reporter, at
(229) 894 6155, or President Harriett Gainer at (229) 4329640.
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Albany State University
Albany Alumni
Chapter
meets every first Thursday at
6:00 p.m. at the Orena Hall on
the campus of Albany State
University.
All Alumni are
invited to attend.
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The Artesian Toastmasters,
12 noon, every Thursday,
814 Radford Blvd. Marine
Corps Logistics Base, Albany.
Contact: Eunice Parks, (229)
639-8324.
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The Albany Community
Toastmasters, first and third
Thursdays of each month at 7
p.m. The Community Policing
Center, 1721 E. Oglethorpe
Av e n u e . C o n t a c t : J e w e l l
Howard at (229)787-0014.
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The Cutliff Grove Family
Resources, Inc. meets every
second Saturday at 10 a.m.
Cutliff Grove Baptist Church,
835 W. Broad Ave., Albany,
Georgia. For more information
call (229) 435-2308.
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Albany AGLOW Fellowship,
a nondenominational women’s
fellowship, meets every
third Thursday of the month
at the Women’s Federated
Clubhouse, 1012 North Van
Buren Street. Refreshments
at 7 p.m., following by praise
and worship. Hear powerful
testimony from a different
speaker every month! Free
and open to the public! From
more information call (229)
436-6722.
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The Albany State University
Toastmasters Club # 5091
meets every first and third
Saturdays from 10 a.m. until
noon in the ACAD Building,
Room 172. The club is open
to ASU faculty, staff. alumni
and supporters. Contact
Blenda Mattox, president,
at (229) 395-1250 or email
_blendamattox@att.net_
(mailto:blendamattox@att.net)
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Albany Area Chapter of IAAP
(International Association of
Administrative Professionals)
monthly chapter meeting is
held every fourth Monday at
6 p.m. at Phoebe Northwest,
2336 Dawson Road, Albany,
Georgia.
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Teens Speaking Out Forum
every Sunday at 7 p.m. on
www.blogtalkradio.com/teensspeaking-out or dial-in to listen:
(646) 716-6058. Teens and
young adults, who have issues
and are looking for ways to
overcome their dilemma without
discrimination are invited to
join. Youth are allowed to speak
out concerning how they feel
about their situation. Solutions
through a thought management
program, mentoring to teens,
counseling and support are
offered through the program.
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Goodwill Industries Albany
Career Center, hours of
operation: Monday - Thursday,
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.
- 3 p.m. The center is located
at 2015 N. Slappey Boulevard,
(229) 317-0970.
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Albany Civil Rights Institute,
326 Whitney Ave., Open
Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.; Admission fee for
non-members; ACRI Freedom
Singers perform every second
Saturday at 1 p.m. Monthly
Community Night Program
at 7:30 p.m. on the Thursday
of the last full week of the
month beginning in February.
P. O. Box 6036, Albany, GA 31706, (229) 432-1698
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Emergency Assistance
Providers: (Rent, Utilities,
Food, Clothing, etc). Albany
Outreach Center, 314
N. Jefferson Street, 4322405; Dougherty County
Neighborhood Service
Center, 1003 W. Gordon
Avenue, 883-1365; The
Salvation Army, 304 W. 2nd
Avenue, 435-1428.
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
VICTIMS: Liberty House, 4397065; Open Arms, 431-1121.
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Ram Rooters meet every
1st Thursday at the American
Legion Post 512.
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SOUP KITCHENS: Albany
Rescue Mission, 604 N.
Monroe St., lunch noon, Monday
- Friday; Arcadia Baptist
Church, 1214 N. Jackson
St., lunch noon, Tuesday only;
First Baptist Church, 400
Pine Ave., lunch 11:00 a.m.,
first and third Saturday of the
month; Friendship Outreach
Mission, 714 W. Broad Ave.,
Tuesday - Friday 11:45 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m.; Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, 1905 Martin Luther
King, Jr. Dr., Thursdays, 11:30
a.m. - 1p.m.; St. Clare’s Soup
Kitchen 2005 Martin Luther
King, Jr. Dr., lunch 11 a.m.
- 12:30 p.m. (closed during
summer months); St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, 212 N.
Jefferson St., lunch 11:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (closed
during summer months); The
Salvation Army, 304 W. 2nd
Avenue, evening meal, 5 -5:30
p.m. seven days a week.
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The Albany Kiwanis Club
meets every Wednesday
at noon at Darton College
Student Center Room 252,
2400 Gillionville Rd.; contact
Roger Marietta, at (229) 8942425.
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National Active and Retired
Federal Employees, meet
the third Wednesday of every
month at Ole Times bUFFET
AT 11:30 a.m. Contact Virgil
Halte (229) 291-0613.
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Fort Valley State University
Albany Area Alumni Chapter
meets every third Saturday at
10 a.m., at Carter’s Grill and
Restaurant, Worth, Mitchell,
Terrell and other South
Georgia counties are invited to
attend. Contact: Marye Jones
Wright, president, at (229)
432-6602.
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National Alliance on Mental
Illness-Albany (NAMIAlbany) meets the 2nd and
4th Tuesdays at Phoebe
Northwest, 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
FMI call Pam Barfield at (229)
343-8791.