Entries from April 2016
“Giant Killers” honored with a plaque
The 1975 Dodge County Indian Boys Basketball team was recently honored with a plaque, which was placed in the lobby of the L D Bowen Memorial Gym to commemorate their amazing game against Jones County the night of January 25, 1975.
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Receive utility vehicle
Eastman Dodge County Recreation Department receives utility vehicle
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Clint Williams is named conservationist of the year
The Central Georgia Soil and Water Conservation District held its 54th Annual Conservationist-of-the-Year program on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at the First Baptist Church in Cochran, Georgia. This annual program is sponsored by the local banks of the Central GA District, which is comprised of Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Twiggs, Johnson, Washington and Wilkinson counties.
Seaborn “Clint” Williams, of C Williams Family Investments, LLC, was selected as the 2016 conservationist of the year for Dodge County.
Clint developed a deep appreciation and love for land, agriculture and forestry. C Williams Tree Farm consists of 1,500 acres of timberland currently, which is owned by Clint Williams and his brother Chip Williams. Their operation started out in 2005 with 600 acres of land inherited from their grandfather, S.C. Cadwell. Since 2006, they have added 900 acres to their land base. Clint and Chip have done it all from selling the timber, spraying the cutover sites and burning the tracts, to replanting the seedlings with all their own equipment. The land consists of Loblolly pines, Long Leaf pines, and Slash pines.
Clint has participated in many different programs through NRCS and the Georgia Forestry Commission. He is also in the process of enrolling in the Tree Farm Program. He has specifically been a part of the CSP program for the last seven years, which has allowed him to do many activities on his property. [Full Story »]
Seaborn “Clint” Williams, of C Williams Family Investments, LLC, was selected as the 2016 conservationist of the year for Dodge County.
Clint developed a deep appreciation and love for land, agriculture and forestry. C Williams Tree Farm consists of 1,500 acres of timberland currently, which is owned by Clint Williams and his brother Chip Williams. Their operation started out in 2005 with 600 acres of land inherited from their grandfather, S.C. Cadwell. Since 2006, they have added 900 acres to their land base. Clint and Chip have done it all from selling the timber, spraying the cutover sites and burning the tracts, to replanting the seedlings with all their own equipment. The land consists of Loblolly pines, Long Leaf pines, and Slash pines.
Clint has participated in many different programs through NRCS and the Georgia Forestry Commission. He is also in the process of enrolling in the Tree Farm Program. He has specifically been a part of the CSP program for the last seven years, which has allowed him to do many activities on his property. [Full Story »]
Lakeside Assmebly and Leonard Floyd invite community to draft party on May 1
Lakeside Assembly and Leonard Floyd would personally like to invite the Dodge County community to a draft party for the former Dodge County/Georgia Bulldog standout on Sunday, May 1. The Chauncey-Eastman native has always kept his hometown close and would like to thank the community for their continued support and celebrate with them on his journey to the NFL.
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Vote early and often
The Republican Establishment’s message to Donald Trump: We know how to lose without you.
We keep hearing about the need for guest worker programs:
“How many times do I have to point out that we already have twenty-odd guest worker programs, and don’t need another one?”
John Derbyshire on VDARE.com 2-27-16
“Under the tyrannical, anti-American rule of Obama, illegal aliens are now more likely to win $150 million in the Power Ball lottery than facing deportation to their third world sewer of origin.”
John Lillpop VoiceOfLIllpop.blogspot.com
John Lillpop appears regularly on CanadaFreePress.com. The writers there are far better than most newspaper columnists.
It’s exhausting to read the lamestream nonsense dispensed by Kathleen Parker, George Will and other purported “conservatives.” George Will warned us in the 1970s that Ronald Reagan was unelectable. Will suggested liberal Republican Senator Howard Baker instead. There are many better writers around the Internet, which I try to point out in each column. Many of them never appear in newspapers. To me, most weekly papers are better than dailies.
Don’t forget – Senator John McPain (RINO – Arizona) said in 2000 that, “Hillary Clinton would be a great president.”
Unfortunately, only about 5 percent of Congress members since 1995 have lost their primary. The incumbent return rate remains high.
We need to reinvigorate the Republican Party with a conservative message; hard to do, says Laura Ingraham (LauraIngraham.com). If you are not listening to Laura Ingraham’s radio show, you’re missing a good one.
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We keep hearing about the need for guest worker programs:
“How many times do I have to point out that we already have twenty-odd guest worker programs, and don’t need another one?”
John Derbyshire on VDARE.com 2-27-16
“Under the tyrannical, anti-American rule of Obama, illegal aliens are now more likely to win $150 million in the Power Ball lottery than facing deportation to their third world sewer of origin.”
John Lillpop VoiceOfLIllpop.blogspot.com
John Lillpop appears regularly on CanadaFreePress.com. The writers there are far better than most newspaper columnists.
It’s exhausting to read the lamestream nonsense dispensed by Kathleen Parker, George Will and other purported “conservatives.” George Will warned us in the 1970s that Ronald Reagan was unelectable. Will suggested liberal Republican Senator Howard Baker instead. There are many better writers around the Internet, which I try to point out in each column. Many of them never appear in newspapers. To me, most weekly papers are better than dailies.
Don’t forget – Senator John McPain (RINO – Arizona) said in 2000 that, “Hillary Clinton would be a great president.”
Unfortunately, only about 5 percent of Congress members since 1995 have lost their primary. The incumbent return rate remains high.
We need to reinvigorate the Republican Party with a conservative message; hard to do, says Laura Ingraham (LauraIngraham.com). If you are not listening to Laura Ingraham’s radio show, you’re missing a good one.
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Camp is named Dodge Teacher of the Year
By Dr. Melinda Dennis
Dodge County school superintendent
The Eastman Rotary Club, in conjunction with the Dodge County School System, announced the 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year at their meeting on Friday, April 15, 2016.
The nominees were introduced and their many accomplishments read by the principals of the respective schools. Teacher of the Year plaques were presented to each nominee. The nominees included: Wendi Camp, Dodge County High School Teacher of the Year. She graduated from the University of West Georgia in 2006 with a B.A. in French and obtained her M.Ed. in 2009 from Georgia College and State University. Mrs. Camp has been teaching at Dodge County High School since 2006 and is currently teaching French. She believes her greatest accomplishments in teaching include bringing cultural awareness to her students and instilling the importance of a positive and optimistic attitude. Mrs. Camp quoted French novelist Marcel Proust, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new lands but in seeing with new eyes.” Mrs. Camp stated in her philosophy of teaching that she believes in holding high expectations for each of her students, as well as giving them the knowledge on how to achieve the expectations she sets for them. She also believes that in order to hold high expectations for her students, she must also hold high expectations for herself as a teacher and be willing to go the extra mile to help students who are struggling.
Dr. Melinda Dennis named Camp Dodge County System Teacher of the Year. She is a model of optimism and positive attitude, hard work and determination and has created a classroom culture that is safe-haven, inviting students to take risks in their acquisition of knowledge. She wants students to realize their true potential and sets high expectations for both herself and her students. She is a continuous learner and has taken it upon herself to visit students who are homebound or hospitalized so they don’t fall behind. She utilizes email to keep her parents informed of student progress and to provide study tips.
Camp also realizes that a student’s home life influences school behavior and achievement. She quotes Nicholas Ferroni: “Students who are loved at home, come to school to learn, and students who aren’t, come to school to be loved.” She reminds herself of this as she attempts to truly know and understand her individual students.
In a letter of reference, a former student stated: This teacher “uses all of her experiences to help teach her students greater life lessons. She taught me that it is okay to get knocked down as long as I put everything I have into getting back up. She taught me that success isn’t always getting the right answer, or being the best, but rather, that success is learning from mistakes and improving from there.” Aren’t these the real life lesson we want all our children to learn?
Not only is this teacher dedicated to her professional life, she is also very involved with church activities and even volunteers in a neighboring school district when our school days don’t align.
Rachel Godfrey Spires, Dodge Pre-K Teacher of the Year. Spires graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University in 2011 with her B.S. in Early Childhood Education. She worked as a kindergarten paraprofessional at North Dodge Elementary for a year and a half before joining the faculty of Dodge Pre-K as a teacher. Spires says that watching her students get excited about something they have learned is what she enjoys most about teaching. Her philosophy of teaching is that her students should feel that it is “my” classroom and not Mrs. Spires’ classroom. Her personal goal is to make every child want to come to school every day.
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Dodge County school superintendent
The Eastman Rotary Club, in conjunction with the Dodge County School System, announced the 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year at their meeting on Friday, April 15, 2016.
The nominees were introduced and their many accomplishments read by the principals of the respective schools. Teacher of the Year plaques were presented to each nominee. The nominees included: Wendi Camp, Dodge County High School Teacher of the Year. She graduated from the University of West Georgia in 2006 with a B.A. in French and obtained her M.Ed. in 2009 from Georgia College and State University. Mrs. Camp has been teaching at Dodge County High School since 2006 and is currently teaching French. She believes her greatest accomplishments in teaching include bringing cultural awareness to her students and instilling the importance of a positive and optimistic attitude. Mrs. Camp quoted French novelist Marcel Proust, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new lands but in seeing with new eyes.” Mrs. Camp stated in her philosophy of teaching that she believes in holding high expectations for each of her students, as well as giving them the knowledge on how to achieve the expectations she sets for them. She also believes that in order to hold high expectations for her students, she must also hold high expectations for herself as a teacher and be willing to go the extra mile to help students who are struggling.
Dr. Melinda Dennis named Camp Dodge County System Teacher of the Year. She is a model of optimism and positive attitude, hard work and determination and has created a classroom culture that is safe-haven, inviting students to take risks in their acquisition of knowledge. She wants students to realize their true potential and sets high expectations for both herself and her students. She is a continuous learner and has taken it upon herself to visit students who are homebound or hospitalized so they don’t fall behind. She utilizes email to keep her parents informed of student progress and to provide study tips.
Camp also realizes that a student’s home life influences school behavior and achievement. She quotes Nicholas Ferroni: “Students who are loved at home, come to school to learn, and students who aren’t, come to school to be loved.” She reminds herself of this as she attempts to truly know and understand her individual students.
In a letter of reference, a former student stated: This teacher “uses all of her experiences to help teach her students greater life lessons. She taught me that it is okay to get knocked down as long as I put everything I have into getting back up. She taught me that success isn’t always getting the right answer, or being the best, but rather, that success is learning from mistakes and improving from there.” Aren’t these the real life lesson we want all our children to learn?
Not only is this teacher dedicated to her professional life, she is also very involved with church activities and even volunteers in a neighboring school district when our school days don’t align.
Rachel Godfrey Spires, Dodge Pre-K Teacher of the Year. Spires graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University in 2011 with her B.S. in Early Childhood Education. She worked as a kindergarten paraprofessional at North Dodge Elementary for a year and a half before joining the faculty of Dodge Pre-K as a teacher. Spires says that watching her students get excited about something they have learned is what she enjoys most about teaching. Her philosophy of teaching is that her students should feel that it is “my” classroom and not Mrs. Spires’ classroom. Her personal goal is to make every child want to come to school every day.
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