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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. Click here 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.


Sandersville's Plant Washington is prime example of why clean energy has to become a priority


FVSU alum elected to EPA Committee



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.
 


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Georgia plans hearings on nuclear plant costs
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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.


Our Health: Black Men at Greater Risk of Aggressive Prostate Tumors: Study




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