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.
Throughout the month of August, Macon's Douglas
Theatre will feature Charvis Harrell's "Quality of Hurt" from
10am to 5pm.
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.
Deal, Barnes meet in 1st forum since
primary
By SHANNON McCAFFREY - Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA -- Gubernatorial hopefuls Roy Barnes and Nathan
Deal clashed on Saturday over embryonic stem cell research, tort reform
and tax returns in their first face-to-face meeting since winning their
respective party's nominations for governor.
The two, along with Libertarian John Monds, squared off in a forum
Saturday sponsored by the Medical Association of Georgia.
The one-hour session focused heavily on healthcare issues and Deal moved
quickly to link Barnes with the Democratic-sponsored health law as well as
President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Southwest-Macon, Peach County Highlight
Opening Weekend of Prep Football Season with Road Shutouts
The Southwest Patriots opened the game on their first possession
with a 58-yard touchdown pass. A few possessions later Southwest scored on
a 25 yard scoring strike. Berrien's offense was unable to mount an attack
against the Patriots' defense, which forced five interceptions from the
Berrien County quarterback in an 18-0 road win. Southwest-Macon is now 1
and 0. The Patriots' next game is at home against Wilkinson County on
September 2nd.
Peach County, the 2009 GHSA (AAA) champs, was dominant in their
20-0 shutout win over Warner Robins. The Trojans' defense held the Demons'
offense without a first down in the second half. It had been more than a
decade since Warner Robins had lost by 20 or more points and the first
time the team had been shut out to start the season since the late 1960's.
Peach County is 1-0, while Warner Robins drops to an uncharacteristic 0-1.
Westside High played stayed steady defense as the Seminoles were
able to run away from Stone Mountain High in the second half in a 20-9
home win. The Seminoles' running attack was led by Terrell Johnson who had
89 yards rushing and Marqueze George who collected 61 yards on eight
carries. The Seminoles record is now 1 and 0 and Stone Mountain drops to 1
and 1.
OTHER PREP SCORES ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA
Luella 26, Jones County 8
Mary Persons 27, Jackson 24
Northside-Warner Robins 38, Union Grove 0
Peach County 20, Warner Robins 0
Southwest Macon 18, Berrien 0
Towers 30, Central-Macon 21
Westside-Macon 20, Stone Mountain 9
Baldwin 14, Burke County 8
Bremen 27, Howard 0
President Obama on Higher Education in
Austin, Texas: "We Are Not Playing for Second Place"
Ga., Tenn. eye federal money for
high-speed rail
The Associated Press
ATLANTA -- Georgia and Tennessee are applying for a $34 million federal
grant to continue the development of a high-speed rail service from
Atlanta to Nashville. Georgia Department of Transportation officials said
Monday that the money would help speed up development of the train system.
The funds would come from the Federal Railroad Administration under the
U.S. High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program created by Congress last
year.
Tennessee and Georgia already got $14 million in federal funds last year
to develop plans for the Atlanta-to-Chattanooga leg of the rail service.
Under a plan submitted by the states, the rail service could eventually
stretch from Chicago to Florida through Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia.
Ga. voters cast 78,000 ballots in early
voting
The Associated Press
ATLANTA -- Georgia elections officials say that more than 78,000 voters
have already cast their ballots in the runoff election by mail or in
person. The Secretary of State's office said Monday there are another
25,000 mail-in ballots that are still outstanding. Cobb County voters had
the highest turnout in the early voting process with some 6,249 voters.
Fulton County had about 3,800 voters and Forsyth County had another 3,700
voters. Hall County and Gwinnett County rounded out the top five.
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.
