Pre-K is the right start for our chit- ill afford during these lean economic was sold June 29, 1993, garnering $1.13
dren, providing a strong educational times, billion, providing $360 million for the
foundation for four-year olds at an age Additionally, a reduction in the education program. At this time 35
when their imaginations are at their hours will also mean some teachers percent of the lottery proceeds were
peak; and, they are developing their and paraprofessionals who cannot be. used for education. However, most
individual personalities and behaviors, reassigned will have to seek other recently the administrators of this pro-
When then Governor Zell Milleremployment; or, at the very least, part- gram somehow let it go below the 35
talked about his vision of the HOPE time work to supplement their short- percent. This should not be allowed
Scholarship Program and its educa- ened hours. There's also talk about the and never happen again.
tional components, he referred back to local school boards making up the dif- The Georgia Pre-K should at it
the poverty he experienced as a child, ference, but most county boards are least be maintained at its current level;
He realized at an early age the impor- experiencing the same financial and, if and when economically feasible
tance of education. It is for this and crunch as the state and they don't have increased. It offers social and educa-
other reasons, he promised hope for a lottery, tional development to children most in
the least among Georgia's future gen- The proposed plan includes need, at a critical point of their devel-
erations, through educational access, increased transportation, as well. opment. It also gives thousands of par-
Surely, he did not imagine the pre-k However, this is no help if children • ents an opportunity to work. The rev-
program being relegated tO a "Mothers have no one to pick them up from the enues should be closely watched so the
Morning Out" as the planned cuts to bus stops. Some parents, vho are not current hours and transportatiCn can
the current program will make it. fortunate enough to have someone at be kept; and, when economically feasi-
The proposed changes to pre-k the bus stops in the middle of the day ble, more children can be enrolled in
include cutting the hours from 6.5 per to pick up children, will lose their jobs. the program. If the proposed changes
day to four a day. If this cut is • There are not many employers who are implement#d, for sure other state
approved by the Georgia Genera] will allow their employees to leave in programs such as TANF and unem-
Assembly, children will be short- the middle of day to pick up their chil- ployment will increase.
changed by the Georgia Lottery. Even dren, drop them off at a caregiver and Georgia HOPE is the benchmark of
if parents enroll their children in day return to work. the nation. Renowned for its excel-
care centers it will mean more money lence, let's keep it and one of its most
out of the household, which many can THE FIRST Georgia Lottery ticke important components, pre-k viable.
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Callaway Golf
Team Splits
Matches
The Callaway High
School Golf Team won.
against Pacelli in a match
held Thurday, Mar. 3.
The Cavalier team score
was 174 and low medalists
were Matt Caraway, Aaron
McClellan and Patrick
Strickland all shooting a 43.
Callaway defeated Pa-
celli at Overlook on
Thursday. CHS team score
was 174. Low medalists for
the match were Patrick
Strickland, Aaron McClellan,
and Matt Caraway each
shooting a 43. Taylor Pike
rounded off the scoring with
a 45. Also playing for CHS
were l t.Putnal and Cody
Cald ¢ll. . ....
"This outing..was, a, defi ....
nite improvement from the
match against Troup County
and the team appears to be
settling in to match play after
a month of playing against
each other," noted Golf Coach
John Bradshaw. "I expect the
team will continue to card
solid rounds on the way to the
region tournament next
month."
Tile CAVALIER Golf
Team lost a one-point contest
to Troup High School on
Tuesday, March 1.
The final score in the
match was 184-185.
Matt Caraway was low
medalist for the Cavaliers
and the match, shooting a 43.
He was followed by Patrick
Strickland at 45, Taylor Pike
with a 48, and Aaron
McClellan at 49. Also play-
ing for the Cavaliers were
Clint Putnal and Joe Lee.
Attend
next counal
muuna
and what
is goimJ on+
Photo By BOBBY LANE
SOLID PERFORMANCE - Callaway pitcher Kane Keith
(9) turned in a very good performance against Mt. Pisgah
leading the Cavaliers to a 9-5 win on Thursday, Mar. 3.
Unfortunately no other information regarding the game
was made available. Looking ahead, the Cavaliers were
scheduled to travel to Troup on Saturday, Mar. 12, at 3:30
p.m., and travel to Central of Carrollton, Monday, Mar. 14,
at 5:30 p.m.
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