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The Central Georgian
The City of Macon will be awarding fifteen $2,000
scholarships for traditional undergraduate students attending Mercer
during the 2010-2011 academic year. These scholarships will be funded by
the University.
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for more information.
Eatonton City Market. 4 – 7 p.m. each Thursday
through September on the Courthouse Square in downtown Eatonton. For more
information contact Eatonton Better Hometown, Katy Smith 706-749-9150 or
eatontonbht@yahoo.com.
Downtown Farmers Market in Milledgeville is open
every Tuesday through November 2010 between 4pm - 7pm, in the lot
across from Suntrust Bank on Hancock St/Hwy 22. For more information,
please contact the Mainstreet office at 478-414-4014.
On
Saturday, July 17th at the Macon Centreplex, the Evolution Extreme
Action Sports Tour presents an event featuring top pro athletes from
the extreme disciplines of BMX, Extreme Trials, and Freestyle Motocross.
The event time begins at 12 noon.
Today in Black History
On July 12, 1937 ,Emmy award-winning entertainer, William "Bill"
Cosby, was born in Philadelphia, PA.
Bill Clinton throws support behind
Baker
ATLANTA -- Former President Bill Clinton has thrown his support behind
Attorney General Thurbert Baker in the race for governor in Georgia. In a
release distributed by Baker's campaign Monday, Clinton called Baker "a
man for this moment" who has offered detailed plans to turn Georgia
around.The Clinton endorsement provides Baker's campaign with a
high-profile boost. Former Gov. Roy Barnes has been the prohibitive
frontrunner in the Democratic race.
Construction at Plant Vogtle could
resume soon
The Associated Press
ATLANTA -- Construction could soon resume on a planned nuclear power plant
in eastern Georgia after it was stopped because a contractor failed to ask
its workers in writing about drug or alcohol abuse.
The Shaw Group is building two new reactors planned for Plant Vogtle near
Waynesboro. Shaw officials plan to discuss the issue during a meeting
Monday with the Atlanta-based Southern Company.
Shaw Group spokeswoman Gentry Brann said the company has completed the
missing paperwork for its workers. If the Southern Company approves, work
could resume on backfilling two excavation sites for the proposed reactors
Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning.
Construction directly related to the future reactor sites was stopped July
2 after an internal audit identified the problem. The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission is investigating.
A Fort Valley State University alumnus is the newest member of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities
Committee for the 2010-2012 term.
“It is a honor for me to be selected from a list of applicants as a member
of EPA’s Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Committee,” said James W. Ford,
the 1971 agriculture education graduate, who was a former state
conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Tennessee where
he resides.
The committee is an independent entity that advises the EPA on a wide
range of environmental issues. “While the committee membership includes a
wide and diverse range of perspectives and backgrounds, the members share
a commitment to dealing with complex environmental issues that are
important to agriculture,” said Lawrence Elworth, agricultural counselor
to the administrator. “We look forward to the benefit of their knowledge
and insight.”
Ford is among twenty-nine members selected from a large pool of applicants
responding to a request for nominations published Nov. 6, 2009 in the
Federal Register. New members include representatives from academia,
agriculture and related industries; non-governmental organizations; and
state, local, and tribal governments. They will provide expertise on
topics such as non-point source water pollution, agricultural air issues,
and environmental markets - while crafting environmental policies
important to agriculture and rural communities.
“It is my desire to be one of the most effective members. One of my goals
is to be a voice for small farmers, minority farmers and the 1890
community,” Ford said, referring to 1890 land-grant institutions such as
Fort Valley State.
Georgia plans hearings on nuclear plant
costs
The Associated Press
ATLANTA -- Utility regulators are planning hearings on the cost of adding
two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in eastern Georgia.
The state's Public Service Commission will hear testimony next week on how
much money Georgia Power has spent on what is expected to be a $14 billion
project. The Southern Co. subsidiary says the project remains on schedule
and under budget.
The commission decided last year that Georgia Power needed two more
nuclear reactors at the site to meet the state's future electricity needs.
But federal regulators are at least months away from deciding whether the
project can proceed.
Georgia expanded its monitoring of construction costs after the last
reactors at Plant Vogtle were built late and went over budget.
