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Georgia Southern Eagles Excel in the Classroom and on the Course

Georgia Southern's Katherine Barrs, a Statesboro native double majoring in math and biology, recently earned a Barry Goldwater Scholarship, the preeminent undergraduate award for students pursuing research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. She is one of fewer than 500 college students nationwide to earn the scholarship.

Georgia Southern golfer Steven Fisk capped off a record-breaking career as the runner-up in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships.

It was his 13th top-five finish and the 25th top-10 finish in a career that include nine wins and being named Sun Belt Golfer of the Year and PING First-Team All-American.

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emember the Bookmobile? Many of the lazy summer days of my youth were spent with legs draped across a chair reading a carefully chosen selection from the Bookmobile. We waited with anticipation for the portable library on wheels to visit us in the country every couple of weeks, so we could swap the books we had read on rainy afternoons for new ones full of new ideas, people and places. Thanks to Dr. Yvette Ledford, former curriculum director of the BOE, a new generation of young Bulloch County readers is lining up to choose books for summer reading from The Book Bus. Inside, Hayley Greene shares with us the story of how The Book Bus came to be, and how businesses from across the County are supporting the project.

Local food blogger and TV cooking show contestant, Rebekah Lingenfelser, is releasing her debut memoir, Some Kinda Good: Good Food and Good Company, That’s What It’s All About, this summer. Her new book shares recipes, along with short stories, restaurant reviews and more than 100 beautiful color photographs. Get your copy at the Statesboro Main Street Farmers Market on Saturday, August 24th from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 a.m., Rebekah will be there with her new book sharing good food and great recipes!

A very special group of Bulloch County law enforcement officers has been recently outfitted in state-of-the-art uniforms to optimize their job performance and to provide them with the latest in safety equipment. Inside meet K9 officers Dutch, Rio, Rocky, Gismo, Mono and Pike, who each received specially made vests through the Georgia Police K9 Foundation. Find out how the new vests keep the dogs cool and safe as they perform their essential duties.

The Bulloch County Board of Education shares their 2019-2020 Annual Report beginning on page 19. Read all about the successes of students and teachers, plus all the info you will need for the coming school year. It’s great to know that our school system is dedicated to preparing students for success and for enhancing community value in education.

Ogeechee Technical College is another great asset in education for the community.

Beginning on page 51, see how OTC is training tomorrow’s workforce today! They share information about recent awards for the College, along with important information about new programs and how to register for your own pathway to success this year.

We hope you’ll enjoy reading this issue of Statesboro Magazine. Keep it as a handy reference on education throughout the year. And always remember what Dr. Seuss said, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

Enjoy!

Jenny Foss, Editor

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contributors

Doy Cave

Hayley Greene

From Eagle Nation is a column brought to you by Georgia Southern University, where we cherish our place in the larger Statesboro community. In each issue, we hope to bring interesting and informative stories to the readers of Statesboro Magazine.Doy Cave is the Marketing Content Manager in the Office of Marketing and Communications at the University, and resides with his family in Statesboro.

Hayley Greene is the public relations/marketing specialist for Bulloch County Schools (BCS). With more than 20 years in her field, her early career included serving as the president of two chambers of commerce and an economic development authority and being the communications manager for a major electric utility before coming to BCS. She has received national awards for her work and been a sought-after speaker for state and national associations in her field. Green received her bachelor’s degree in communication arts from Georgia Southern University in 1991. A Jenkins County native with deep Evans County roots, she made Bulloch County her home ten years ago. She is a mother of three, a fourth-grade Sunday school teacher, and an active member of three music ministries.

Rev. Dr. H. William Perry Bill Perry grew up in Live Oak, Florida, a small town just south of Valdosta, GA. After graduating from Stetson University, he earned three degrees from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In 2004, he retired as pastor of First Baptist Church of Statesboro after serving that congregation for 22 years. He and his wife, Margaret, registrar of Statesboro High School before her retirement in 2005, have two daughters, five grandsons, and one granddaughter. Bill has been very much involved in community life in Statesboro. He is an avid reader and has been a runner since 1973.

Frank Fortune Frank is the national award winning freelance photographer who holds the distinction of shooting 20 years’ worth of covers for Statesboro Magazine.

He retired from Georgia Southern after having been responsible for capturing the University’s history on film and video for 30 years. Throughout his career Frank’s enjoyed all aspects of photography, including sports, still-life, landscape, and architecture. He and his wife, Mandy, are the proud parents of teens, Jack and Cate.

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Lazar Brown Oglesby Lazar Brown Oglesby is the owner of Honey Catering and Café and Dolan’s BBQ both located in Millen and Honey Too located in Statesboro. Lazar attended Ogeechee Technical College where she earned a Culinary Arts degree. In 2012 Lazar followed a lifelong dream and opened Honey Catering and Café. She enjoys cooking Southern food with an adventurous twist! Lazar is known for her famous cheesecakes of which she has over 100 flavors. Lazar recently started the Honey Blog to share her recipes and stories.

Ric Mandes Ric Mandes, a popular essayist, retired after 27 years as Director of Public Relations and Development for Georgia Southern. His memories about growing up and living in South Georgia inspire his writings. He’s a published author and former newspaper columnist for the AJC.

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table of contents

THE CULTURE Some Kinda Good Rebekah Lingenfelser Releases New Memoir

K9 Foundation Outfits & Protects Area Canine Officers Student Tips Just in Time for Back to School

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BONUS SECTIONS Bulloch County Board of Education 2019-2020 Annual Report

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Ogeechee Technical College 2019-2020 Continuing Education Guide Preparing Tomorrow’s Workforce!

IN EVERY ISSUE From the Editor News & Notes Calendar of Events Look Around Transitions

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Wine Down

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The Spiritual Pathway

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Written by Rev. Dr. H. William Perry

The View from Here

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ABOUT THE COVER Children from Kids World Learning Center get a visit from The Book Bus, Bulloch County’s answer to the Bookmobile. The excited readers are captured getting off the bus with their three free books by Statesboro Magazine’s Editor Jenny Starling Foss.

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ULY 18 – 21 MARY POPPINS 3:00 P.M. MATINEE $20/PERSON 33 EAST MAIN STREET - EMMA KELLY THEATER AVERITT CENTER FOR THE ARTS

“This show is indeed, to quote one of its sparkling new songs and a self-appraisal by Mary Poppins, Practically Perfect. So, go.”

The Bank’s family lives at Number 17, Cherry Tree Lane with their misbehaved children, whose latest nanny has just quit with a fit.

Enter Mary Poppins, the “practically perfect” nanny who teaches with magic and bonds with the children as no other nanny has.

With patience, kindness, and a little bit of magic, Mary and her friend Bert help the family set things right - maybe more right than they’d ever been before. Mary Poppins is an enchanting mixture of irresistible story, unforgettable songs, breathtaking dance numbers and astonishing stagecraft. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”

JULY 4 FIRECRACKER FEST 2019 5:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. MILL CREEK REGIONAL PARK 888 HIGHWAY 24 EAST STATESBORO

Celebrate July 4th with a BANG at Mill Creek Park! Kids games, inflatables, frog jumping contest, live music & more! The evening will conclude with a spectacular fireworks show!

JULY 20 CHRISTMAS IN JULY 9:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. STATESBORO MAIN STREET FARMERS MARKET VISIT STATESBORO! WELCOME CENTER 222 SOUTH MAIN STREET STATESBORO

Christmas is too fun to only celebrate once a year! Come out on July 20th for our first Christmas in July event and see all the special vendors we will have that day! Fresh food, crafts, jewelry, soaps, and much more! It will be a day of fun for the whole family!

JULY 27 ANTI-BULLYING DAY 10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. FREE COMMUNITY EVENT! MILL CREEK REGIONAL PARK 888 HIGHWAY 24 EAST STATESBORO

JULY 5 F1RST FRIDAY DOWNTOWN PICNIC 5:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. COURTHOUSE SQUARE DOWNTOWN STATESBORO

Cool off from the Statesboro heat with free lemonade and watermelon on July 5! It’s a summer celebration on the Courthouse lawn. A family friendly event. Bring a friend!

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Join us for a day of fun community bonding & games. Let’s all come together for a common cause: to end bullying! There will be a silent auction for chair sets, cookware, umbrellas, wagons, and a 50” flat screen TV. Bouncy houses, face painting, cotton candy, food, and music! Children attending the event will receive baggies with school supplies!

All proceeds will go to You-Nique Mentoring Program & Georgia K-9 Foundation.

For more information call (912)243-9200.

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BAREFOOT: MIKE LESTER 8:00 P.M. $15/PERSON 41 WEST MAIN STREET – WHITAKER BLACK BOX THEATER AVERITT CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Mike Lester is a standup comedian and actor originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was voted one of Minnesota’s City Pages “Artists of the Year” in 2016. Mike ran a popular online sketch series with his group Lestaril, which led to the lead role in “Beware of Brobots,” a national ad campaign for Sonobi. In 2017, he appeared in two online ads for CHEEZ-ITS® produced by Funny Or Die, and starred in a national commercial for the product Screenflair.

AUGUST 3 JAYCEES NIGHT OUT THEME: FAMOUS COUPLES OR DUOS 6:15 P.M. – 12:00 A.M. $30/PERSON IN ADVANCE; $40/PERSON DAY OF EVENT MUST BE 21 OR OLDER TO ATTEND FIRST STOP - SOUTHERN SOCIAL 125 GATA DRIVE STATESBORO

Jaycees Nite Out is a fundraising event the Statesboro Jaycees host twice a year. Proceeds from this JNO will go to, Restoring The Breach, Inc. Their mission is to provide light in darkness by uplifting the poor in spirit and rebuilding the community, thus raising up the foundations of many generations. Join us on August 3rd and walk the red carpet as your favorite celebrity couple or duo for your chance to win best dressed in our costume contest. Tickets can be purchased through on our website: https://statesborojaycees.com/jno/

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AUGUST 29 VELVET CARAVAN LIVE! 7:30 P.M. $20/PERSON 33 EAST MAIN STREET - EMMA KELLY THEATER AVERITT CENTER FOR THE ARTS

AUGUST 10 PETE THE CAT AUTHOR JAMES DEAN BOOK SIGNING EVENT 2:00 P.M. BOOKS-A-MILLION 343 HENRY BOULEVARD STATESBORO

James Dean’s art has sold in more than ninety galleries and shops across the United States. He has devoted his paintings to Pete the Cat for ten years and has turned his natural love for cats into his life’s work. James published his first adult book, The Misadventures of Pete the Cat, a history of his art work, in 2006. He illustrated his first self-published children’s book, Pete the Cat I Love my White Shoes, written by Eric Litwin, in 2008, and the follow-up book, Pete the Cat: Rocking In My School Shoes, in 2011. James lives in Savannah, Georgia with his wife, Kimberly.

Velvet Caravan’s unforgettable, unique, and high-energy live performances have left audiences all over the country wanting more. This acoustic-based quintet still calls Savannah their home as they bring their Southern charm with them as they travel nationally and internationally.

Their eclectic sound of Latin and gypsy music draws in even the toughest crowds and keeps them on their toes as they shift musical gears throughout their performances. Praised for its “compositional whimsy and ferocious technique” (The Austin Chronicle), Velvet Caravan is a band you will not want to miss.

AUGUST 31 WILLOW HILL SCHOOL REUNION & SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISING EVENT 6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. $20/PERSON IN ADVANCE; $25/PERSON AT THE DOOR WILLOW HILL HERITAGE & RENAISSANCE CENTER 4235 WILLOW HILL ROAD PORTAL, GEORGIA

Please join us for an all classes reunion for a special evening to gather, re-connect, and reminisce.

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Swicord Named Morris Bank Bullich County Market President

Mayor Jonathan McCollar Leads Delegation of 23 to Frederick, Maryland

On July 9th, 2019, Mayor Jonathan McCollar led a delegation of 23 community leaders and citizens, at their own expense, to Frederick, Maryland. The individuals that participated in the visit have been working to help make the Creek On The Blue Mile project a reality. The trip’s focus was to explore Carroll Creek, a main feature of Frederick, Maryland’s downtown, for inspiration and ideas for the Creek On The Blue Mile project in Statesboro, Georgia. City officials in Frederick provided a guided tour of the project along with presentations in regards to its past construction and future expansion goals.

Mayor McCollar said, “Carroll Creek was a creative way for a city to embrace downtown revitalization while addressing a storm water issue. I feel this is a great example of what the project in Statesboro could address and do for our city.”

The delegation walked the Carroll Creek development to experience its architecture, design, and landscape. The trip included visits to local businesses and restaurants to gather an understanding of potential new developments. The Carroll Creek project increased quality of life and had a multi-million dollar economic impact all while addressing a major storm water issue. The Creek On The Blue Mile is currently being studied by engineering firm Freese & Nichols to determine project viability for Statesboro. www.creekonthebluemile.com

OTC Time Capsule Holds 2019 Memorabilia

Ogeechee Technical College faculty and staff recently buried a time capsule on the grounds of the College’s new Industrial Technology Building. At the recent ribbon cutting and open house, wooden coasters commemorating the day were provided on which attendees could write messages. When years from now the capsule is opened, the messages will help demonstrate the thoughts and ideas of 2019. In addition to the coasters, a current College catalog and Student Handbook, a roster of employees, current day College publications, and other items were included.

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Morris Bank recently announced that Anna Swicord will become Bulloch County Market President.

She will be responsible for directing the operations and strategy of Morris in Bulloch County. Swicord will succeed Brett Morgan who served as President of Morris Bank in Bulloch County and prior to that President/ CEO of Farmers & Merchants Bank.

No stranger to banking, Swicord will bring with her an impressive 43 years of experience to her new role. Her list of accomplishments ranges across all aspects of banking and leadership positions including, Banking Officer, Branch Manager, Commercial Lender/Vice President, Senior Vice President, and most recently Executive Vice President/Chief Lending Officer of Farmers & Merchants Bank.

Along with her extensive banking experience, Swicord has served on numerous community boards and councils including, Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce (Chairman, 2001), Hospital Authority of Bulloch County (Chairman, 2006-2012), Ogeechee Technical Foundation (President, 2001), Coastal Area District Development Authority (Bulloch County Appointee), Statesboro Arts Council, Statesboro Mall Association, and the United Way. As a result of her involvement in and out of the bank, Swicord has been recognized as Altrusan of the Year (1988), a Paul Harris Fellow (2000), and a Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Award recipient (1989).

Francys Johnson Appointed to Georgia Board of Governors

Leadership Southeast Georgia Graduates Class of 2019

Twenty-five business and civic leaders from ten southeast Georgia counties graduated from the 2019 session of Leadership Southeast Georgia (LSEGA), wrapping up with a session in Chatham County.

“We’ve put this group through the paces, with sessions that ranged from tours of the nuclear submarine base in St. Mary’s to a working farm outside of Statesboro,” said Lee Beckmann, a Georgia Ports Authority official who has served as chairman of the leadership group for the past two years. “We had professionally led sessions on essential topics such as leadership styles and communication. Still, the most important opportunity was that of getting to know classmates, and the most powerful message was the overall interconnectedness of our coastal communities.”

The five-month program, which is in its 20th year, is designed to connect and inspire engaged community leaders to improve the overall quality of life in Coastal Georgia.

The group’s schedule for 2019 included stops in Glynn, Bulloch, Camden, Bryan and Liberty counties before the final session in Chatham. Stops were chosen for their ability to give unique perspectives on key topics that included natural resources, education, agriculture, military impact, disaster preparedness and economic development.

The LSEGA graduating class of 2019 includes: Laura Lee Bocade, DIRTT Environmental Solutions (Chatham) Stephanie Brown, Jekyll Island Authority (Camden) Leia Dedic, Savannah Economic Development Authority (Chatham) Dr. Robin K. Ellert, Department of the Army (Liberty) Chris Ellison, The Heritage Bank (Long) Justin Farquhar, Development Authority of Bryan County (Bryan) Jenny Gentry, JP Morgan Chase & Co. (Chatham) Emily Goldman, Georgia Ports Authority (Effingham) Gloria Goosby, Georgia Southern University (Bulloch) Allyson Harvin, SERVPRO of Savannah (Chatham) Staci Ignell, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Chatham) Kimberly Iler, Coldwell Banker Commercial (Effingham)

Will Johnson, Evans General Contractors (Chatham) Francesca Macchiaverna, HunterMaclean (Chatham) Dawn Malin, McIntosh County Industrial Development Authority (McIntosh) Ronald McGee, Comcast (Chatham) Tanya Milton, The Savannah Tribune (Chatham) DJ Roberson, Daniel Defense, Inc. (Effingham) Madison Roesel, The SACK Company (Bulloch) Matt Sawhill, Georgia Power – Southern Company (Bulloch) Ryan Sewell, Sterling Seacrest Partners (Chatham) Kevin Smith, P.E., Thomas & Hutton (Chatham) Ron Stalnaker, Georgia Southern University (Bulloch) Mark Stovall, SunTrust Bank (Glynn) Walter Strong III, The Strong Group / Alair Homes Savannah (Chatham)

Pembroke Pastor and Attorney Francys Johnson was recently appointed to serve as a Member at Large on the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia.

The State Bar of Georgia is the governing body of the legal profession in the State of Georgia, operating under the authorization of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Membership is a condition of admission to practice law in Georgia. The Board of Governors is comprised of the Attorney General of Georgia, officer members and elected and appointed Board of Governors members.

“I will use my time striving to balance the scales of justice for all people,” said Johnson reacting to the appointment.

Johnson is a bi-vocational pastor who has served Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Pembroke for the last 20 years, and also practices criminal and civil law in the state and federal courts in Georgia from his office on East Main Street in downtown Statesboro. A graduate of Georgia Southern University and The University of Georgia School of Law, Johnson previously served on the Political Science and Criminal Justice faculties at Georgia Southern University and Savannah State University, teaching courses on Criminal Law; Constitutional Law; Race and the law; and the Civil Rights Movement. He is a recognized thought-leader on voting rights, having testified before Congress; lecturing across the country and writing on the other subjects including race, measuring equity, and understandings of power in public policy.

Francys Johnson began his two-year term at the Annual Meeting recently held June 8, 2019, at the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida.

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Debut Memoir, Some Kinda Good!

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eorgia Southern alumna Rebekah Faulk Lingenfelser will release her debut memoir, Some Kinda Good: Good Food and Good Company, That’s What It’s All About, this summer.

Lingenfelser received her Bachelor of Science in Public Relations on the Statesboro Campus and is a longtime Statesboro Herald food columnist and a regular contributor to Southern Soil magazine.

“Graduating from Georgia Southern University with a degree in public relations was a milestone achievement in my life. One that set me up for success on a fun and exciting career path,” said Lingenfelser. “The skills that were nurtured in my classes, such as writing, public speaking and media relations, I use every day as a PR professional, and those same skills were certainly beneficial when I made the decision to write my first memoir.”

Lingenfelser’s new book features 23 Southern and coastal recipes, 26 restaurant reviews and more than 100 color photographs. In the book, she includes a compilation of short stories highlighting her national TV cooking competitions, her journey through Savannah Technical 12 statesboromagazine.com

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College’s Culinary Institute of Savannah, family traditions and hard-won life lessons.

“Told with heart and mouthwatering detail, Rebekah Lingenfelser’s Some Kinda Good is like sharing a meal with your most knowledgeable food friend (who also sends you home with the best leftovers ever),” said “Food Network Star” winner Jessica Tom, author of Food Whore: A Novel of Dining & Deceit. “From the personal essays and restaurant reviews to the recipes, this is a book to savor.”

A native of Augusta, Georgia, Lingenfelser was a top 10 finalist on Season 14 of Food Network’s show, “Food Network Star,” a top 36 finalist on ABC TV’s “The Taste” and represented Georgia in Dr. Oz’s Nationwide Healthy Recipe Challenge. Her culinary cooking style is Southern, coastal cuisine with a focus on Georgia-grown, in-season ingredients.

Some Kinda Good, Good Food and Good Company, That’s What It’s All About’s official release date is July 20, and the memoir will be available globally as both a hardback and eBook to more than 39,000 bookstores and major online retailers, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The book will also be available for libraries and schools.

Lingenfelser will be holding a book launch event on Saturday, August 3, 2019, at E. Shavers Booksellers in Savannah from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. She will also be available to sell and sign books at the Statesboro Main Street Farmers Market on Saturday August 24, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Lingenfelser resides in midtown Savannah with her husband, Kurt. For more information, including media opportunities and Lingenfelser’s book signing tour dates, visit RebekahLingenfelser.com or email SKGFoodBlog@gmail.com.

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K9 Foun Outfits & Protects Area Officers WRITTEN BY JENNY FOSS

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eorgia Police K9 Foundation (GPK9F) is an All-Volunteer 501(c)3 non-profit, which helps raise awareness within the State and the local communities of the infinite contributions made by the Police K9s and how they save lives to make communities safe throughout Georgia. The Foundation’s goal is to protect as many of Georgia’s four legged officers as possible by providing them with safety equipment, such as, bullet-proof vests, heat alarm systems, and Naloxone (Narcan Kits), in the event a K9 is directly exposed to any opioids during a search and seizure.

Recently, the Georgia Police K9 Foundation was able to outfit five area canine officers with protective vests as part of their uniform. K9 Mono and K9 Rio of the Statesboro Police Department and K9 Gismo and K9 Dutch of the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, have all received the LOF Defence Systems K9 Street Fighter ballistic vests for protection. These K9 protective vests are made of a soft body armor specifically constructed to be lightweight. This helps protect the Law Enforcement K9s from becoming exhausted from heavier vests, which may cause overheating.

In Georgia, heat indexes can reach over 100 degrees in a matter of minutes. Keeping a K9s’ body temperature down is crucial to avoid heat exhaustion or even a heat stroke while they are working. The fabric in the LOF vest helps regulate the K9’s body temperature keeping them comfortable and cool and could potentially be worn for entire

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shifts so the four legged officers are protected at all times. K9 Officers unreservedly run into dangerous situations, whether or not a suspect could be armed with a lethal weapon. These vests are bullet resistant and shield the K9’s vital organs during any apprehension that may involve tracking and even, detaining, a fleeing suspect, before an officer can take full control.

The Georgia Police K9 Foundation is dedicated to the protection of K9 officers against work related injuries or worse yet, death. K9 Mono’s, K9 Gismo’s and K9 Dutch’s vests were sponsored by Susan Mack and the Prissy and Andy Armstrong Foundation. K9 Rio’s vest was sponsored by LOF Defence Systems due to the work the Georgia Police K9 Foundations founder and handler of K9 Rio does throughout the State of Georgia.

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All four K9s are trained in detecting the odors of narcotics. K9 Gismo and K9 Dutch are trained additionally in tracking and apprehension. K9 Pike of the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office will be receiving his LOF vest in a few weeks. The Georgia Police K9 Foundation also purchased a protective vest for K9 Rocky of the Georgia Southern University.

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the Statesboro Police Department. Since 2016, the foundation has assisted over 300 K9s throughout the State in some manner. The foundation has assisted the local area law enforcement K9s in Bulloch County with a value of over $50,000 worth of protective equipment (heat alarms, narcan, medical kits, vests, etc.), training and training equipment. The total value of the vests is over $5,000.

The foundation also takes care of some medical costs for two retired K9s from Statesboro Police Department and Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office. Once a K9 has retired, the Handler will adopt their K9 partner and best friend. In the absence of State or local retirement benefits for the K9s, GPK9F will help provide retirement support (food and medical care), for the retired law enforcement K9s, who have competently served their communities for years.

Chances are that everyone’s life has been impacted by a K9 in some manner throughout their life and they do not even realize it. Before attending sporting events, concerts, or large functions, explosive detection K9s sweep the areas to ensure a safer environment for those in attendance. K9s are important in communities by locating/detecting illegal narcotics, as well as, engaging in the most dangerous settings, while dealing with some of the most violent offenders without hesitation.

These four-legged heroes are asked to face situations most people would not. Not only do law enforcement K9s assist by enforcing the laws, but they also assist with locating a missing child or elderly person.

The Foundation’s members are thankful for the support of area sponsors and donors to the K9 cause. There are multiple avenues through which to join the Foundation’s mission. All donations are tax deductible. You may contact the Foundation through their website at GPK9F.org. Donations may be mailed to: Georgia Police K9 Foundation, 28 East Main Street, Statesboro, Georgia 30458. Follow Georgia Police K9 Foundation on Facebook and Instagram, too. Together, we can assist active and retired law enforcement K9s to create safer communities. S

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2019 2020 Annual Report

BULLOCH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS

Visit www.bullochschools.org/board for a schedule of meeting dates and times, maps of the areas that each Board member represents, Board agendas and meeting packets, and official minutes of meetings.

Board meetings are held in the board room of the school district’s Central Office.

WATCH BOARD MEETINGS LIVE OR LATER Bulloch County Board of Education 2019-20 – Pictured Standing (L-R): Dr. Stuart Tedders, Maurice Hill, Mike Sparks, and Jimmy “Jay” Cook; and Seated (L-R): Cheri Wagner, April Newkirk, Glennera Martin, and Heather Mims.

District 1 CHERI WAGNER Term: 1/1/2013 – 12/31/2020 clwag68@yahoo.com District 3 DR. STUART H. TEDDERS 912.478.1922 (W) Term: 1/1/2017 – 12/31/2020 stedders@bullochschools.org District 5 GLENNERA MARTIN 912-764-3291 (H) Term: 1/1/2015 – 12/31/2022 gmartinsugarhill@yahoo.com District 7 HEATHER MIMS, VICE CHAIRMAN 912.541.3514(H) Term: 1/1/2017 – 12/31/2020 hdmims@bullochschools.org

District 2 MIKE SPARKS, CHAIRMAN 912.842.2460 (H) Term: 1/1/2011 – 12/31/2022 msparks@bullochschools.org District 4 APRIL NEWKIRK 912.690.5973 Term: 1/1/2019 – 12/31/2022 aprilcnewkirk@gmail.com District 6 JIMMY “JAY” COOK, JR. 912-489-3137 (H) Term: 1/1/2015 – 12/31/2022 jlcook1964@gmail.com District 8 MAURICE HILL 912.764.7134(W&H) Term: 1/1/2005 – 12/31/2020 hillmaurice@yahoo.com Board Secretary MARY HENLEY Administrative Assistant to Superintendent 912.212.8500 mhenley@bullochschools.org boe@bullochschools.org

Superintendent of Schools CHARLES WILSON, ED.S., MBA, CPA 912-212-8500 cwilson@bullochschools.org

Board meetings can be watched live or later. They are live streamed online at www.bullochschools.org/ boardlive, and the unedited videos are uploaded and archived to the same website immediately following each meeting.

OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS The public may direct all Open Records Requests to the Custodian of Records recordscustodian@bullochschools.org.

BOARD LEGAL COUNSEL Edenfield, Cox, Bruce & Edenfield 115 Savannah Avenue Statesboro, GA 30458 912.764.8600 | www.edenfieldlaw.com

KEY ISSUES FORUM An online source of FAQs, information, and feedback www.bullochschools.org/keyissues

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STRATEGIC PLAN VISION

By 2020, we will become a school system that prepares our students to be contributing members of society, based upon their interests and abilities, and the opportunity to pursue the colleges and careers of their choice.

BULLOCH COUNTY SCHOOLS STRATEGIC PLAN (2015-2020) Adopted by Board of Education 02/12/2015; Revised 01/06/2016

COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS

STAKEHOLDER & COMMUNITY SUPPORT

RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION

Increase College & Career Ready Performance Index Scores

Increase stakeholder and community involvement for student success

Develop funding plan to improve school operating capacity

Provide all students with relevant, realworld learning experiences

Develop partnerships with parents, community & organizations

Develop a place for necessary facilities & infrastructure upgrades

Utilize new and existing technologies

Develop partnerships with regional employers & postsecondary

Improve school nutrition: quality, health, costs, & local partners

Provide professional development needed for all employees

Increase stakeholder access to information

Develop plan to attract, retain & promote effective employees

BELIEF & CORE VALUES We believe everyone can learn and grow in a continuous improvement culture that incorporates our core values.

Our core values signify our expectations of ourselves and each other, from the boardroom to our classrooms.

Be Relational: We build relationships with others through integrity, compassion, and respect.

Be Purposeful: We pursue what needs to be accomplished through appropriate and intentional effort.

Be Reflective: We evaluate our efforts in relation to our purpose.

Be Resourceful: We implement resourceful solutions through innovation and collaboration.

Be Courageous: We exemplify commitment, determination, and grit in making needed changes happen.

Be Accountable: We hold ourselves accountable for the decisions we make and the actions we take.

MISSION The mission of Bulloch County Schools is to prepare students for success and enhance community value.

SEE THE COMPLETE BULLOCH COUNTY SCHOOLS STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-2020 AT WWW.BULLOCHSCHOOLS.ORG/STRATEGICPLAN. Bulloch County Board of Education Annual Report • 3

STATE RECOGNITIONS Governor’s Office of Student Achievement

Georgia Department of Education

Georgia School Public Relations Association

GA Association of School Personnel Administrators

Silver AWARD Greatest gains in student achievement

Title I Distinguished Schools

Best in Class Award for Multimedia

Best in Class Award Employee Recruitment Materials

SEB Middle School

Bulloch County Schools Cultural Diversity Video

SEB Middle School

Bulloch County Schools Cultural Diversity Video

BULLOCH COUNTY SCHOOLS AT-A-GLANCE SCHOOLS • 15 Schools (total) • 9 Elementary Schools (PK-5) • 3 Middle Schools (6-8) • 2 High Schools (PK, 9-12) • 1 Middle-High (6-12) ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTERS •Transitions Learning Center (6-12) • Graduation Performance Academy (9-12) • Cedarwood (GNETS)

FACULTY & STAFF • 1,486 Full-time • 2,121 full, part-time, contract, substitute, & seasonal employees • 653 Classroom Teachers • 60 Administrators • Bulloch County’s 2nd largest employer TRANSPORTATION • 113 School Bus Routes • 113 drivers, 22 bus monitors, and 7 mechanics make up our driving force • 5,000+ student bus riders; Ride 2x daily • 6,200 miles bus drivers travel each day • 1.1 million miles bus drivers travel annually • 20 days regular rotation for bus inspections & service STUDENT MOBILITY RATE 17.0% 4 • Bulloch County Board of Education Annual Report

MILLAGE RATE • Bulloch: 9.427* •Bryan: 15.075 •Candler: 14.000 •Chatham: 18.881 •Effingham: 17.077 • Emanuel: 13.657 • Evans: 14.000 •Jenkins: 15.466 (Bulloch County Schools also receives a one percent local option sales tax. This mixed portfolio helps keep property taxes lower.

If you factor in LOST collections, the effective millage rate is 15.735) SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM • 59.18% Students who receive free or reduced-price lunches.

• 90.86% of students at Langston Chapel Elementary School receive free or reduced lunch; Highest percentage in district.

• All students receive free breakfast.

PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURES 2015: $7,651.70 2016: $8,383.34 2017: $8,511.00 2018: $8,876.00 GRADE-LEVEL READING • 46.7% - 3rd grade students reading at or above the grade level target • 71.7% - 8th grade students reading at or above the grade level target

STATE RECOGNITIONS Monsanto Corporation

Friends of the NRA

Ogeechee Technical College

GA Department of Audits & Accounts

$2,500 America’s Farmers Grow Communities Grant for STEM

$3,100 Grant for Equipment

Adult Education EAGLE Delegate

SEB High School JROTC Rifle Team A GHSA Sanctioned Sport

Cathleen Brown Bulloch County Schools Transportation Department

Certificate of Achievement for Excellent Financial Reporting

Stilson Elementary School

Bulloch County Board of Education & Troy Brown, CFO

BULLOCH COUNTY SCHOOLS AT-A-GLANCE STUDENT ENROLLMENT 10,634 (March 2019 FTE) 14% Special Programs 3% English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL Services) 8.2% Gifted Services 5,449 Male 5,185 Female STUDENT DIVERSITY 24 Countries 18 Languages 49.4% Caucasian 38.4% Black 6.5% Hispanic 1.6% Asian/Pacific Islander 3.9% More than one race & other 0.2% American Indian/Alaskan Native

10 754

11 590

9 907

12 613

PK 541

K 809 1 823

ENROLLMENT

BY GRADE

8 752 7 789

2 814 3 807

6 815

5 796

4 824

ECONOMICALLY DISADVATAGED 62.8% HOUSING DISPLACED 176+

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS 4% of students SCHOOL ATTENDANCE Score is based on students w/less than six unexcused absences divided by enrollment; 100-point scale)

State Elementary Average 91.8 Bulloch County Schools Avg. 86.9 State Middle/High Average 90.3 Bulloch County Schools Avg. 88.5 SCHOOL DISCIPLINE 4,391 Total discipline incidents 1,755 Students involved in incidents 24.8% led to out-of-school suspensions 53.6% led to in-school suspension 0.5% led to expulsion from system SAFE & SUBSTANCE-FREE ENVIRONMENT Total Reported Bullying Incidents 43 Total Reported Fighting Incidents 149 Total Reported Battery Incidents 28 Total Reported Disorderly Conduct 177 Total Reported Threats 69 Total Reported Drug Incidents 12 Total Reported Sexual Harassments 14 Total Reported Weapons-Knife 9 Total Reported Weapons – Gun 0 STUDENT SUPPORT PROVIDERS School Social Workers for District: 3 School Psychologists: 5 School Counselors (Full-Time): 27 School Resource Officers: 6 School Safety Director: 1 Bulloch County Board of Education Annual Report • 5

STRATEGIC PLAN DASHBOARD

Bulloch County Schools Strategic Plan Dashboard

ACHIEVEMENT

Preparing students for success and enhancing community value

By 2020, we will become a school system that prepares our students to be contributing members of society, based upon their interests and abilities, and the opportunity to pursue the colleges and careers of their choice.

4-Year Cohort Graduation Rates 84.50% 75.10% Bulloch

Bulloch

72.60%

79.00% Georgia

84.90% Bulloch

79.40% Georgia

82.50% Bulloch

80.6%

85.10% Bulloch

Georgia

81.56%

SAT Class of 2018 Mean Score Avg. Bulloch: 1060 Georgia: 1033 United States: 1068

Georgia

ACT Class of 2018 Composite Score Avg.

Georgia

by Institution

Bulloch: 20.4 Georgia: 20.4 United States: 20.8 Class of 2014

Class of 2015

Class of 2016

Class of 2017

Class of 2018

Note: Updated graduation rate data is released each September. For the most recent data visit www.bullochschools.org.

56.6%

Graduates who were deemed college-ready based on national assessments (SAT/ACT)

Top Institutions Graduates Attend

Georgia Southern University, East Georgia State College, Ogeechee Technical College, University Of Georgia, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Georgia College & State University

46.86%

74.8 (C)

2.0%

Bulloch County’s overall College & Career-Ready Performance Index is higher than 63% of GA school districts.

See CCRPI Scores on Page 13

Dropout rate for grades 9-12

372

Students age 16 and older who are dual-enrolled

224

178 students took 224 AP exams. Studentsscored a three or higher out of five on 117 of the tests (52.2%) to earn postsecondary credit for the course.

District’s performance grade assigned by the Georgia Department of Education, based on College & Career-Ready Performance Index results

2017 graduates who were eligible for the HOPE or Zell Miller Scholarship

Number of college courses taken by dual-enrolled students

Advanced Placement (AP) Class of 2018

617

Number of 2017 Graduates

606

Number of 2018 Graduates.

646

Number of 2019 Graduates.

None of our schools are on the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s state turnaround list. Three-year CCRPI averages show no schools require state intervention

LEARNING

2,500+

Professional development hours completed by Bulloch County Schools’ faculty & staff

2800+

Students using YouScience career aptitude tool to help make college and career decisions.

4500+

Number of elementary school children learning better leadership skills and habits through Stephen Covey’s The Leader in Me program.

20

Career pathways offered across three high schools

COMMUNITY

RESOURCES

24-7

$1.7 million

Launched online school registration tool

80

Number of beds built by Statesboro High School Construction students for Beds for Bulloch, a partnership with Luke’s Project 11, BAK Builders, & Tippins Polk Construction Company for children in need.

Launched online tool to rent school facilities at www.bullochschools.org/rent

$10K

3,000

Books to be distributed through the Bulloch Book Bus to increase childhood literacy skills

sq. ft.

77%

78% 69%

Number of after school care sites operated by the Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks & Recreation Department at our elementary schools.

Grant from the Coca-Cola Company to Portal Middle High School athletics after the school was selected as one of 50 national winners of the Powerade Powers Up High School Athletics contest.

200+

Hours of parent engagement events in our schools

Amount of internal and external square feet of school facilities

Avg. elementary school capacity; 5308 enrollment with 6,909 capacity.

9

ENGAGEMENT

Avg. middle school Avg. high school capacity; 2,298 capacity; 2,790 enrollment enrollment with 2,958 capacity with 4,070 capacity

27

Number of E-SPLOST projects completed since 2016

12

New playgrounds and/or recess areas for elementary students

$43 million

Bonds secured to begin in June 2018 to begin E-SPLOST IV projects.

938

Parents who participated in the GA School Climate Survey for Bulloch County Schools

400+

Number of regular, active parents and community members who volunteer in our schools with PTOs, advisory councils, and events

23,047+

Followers across our social media platforms; up 20%+ from previous school year

2.43 million

Visits to our district and school websites in 2018-2019

COLLEGE & CAREER

STATE SUPERINTENDENT & BOARD HONOR 2019 REACH GA SCHOLARS 2nd Cohort of graduates receive $120K in scholarships +HOPE

B

ulloch County Schools’ second cohort of REACH Georgia scholars were honored during two local ceremonies in May 2019 by State School Superintendent Richard Woods, state dignitaries from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement and the State Board of Education as well as the Bulloch County Board of Education and its Foundation for Public Education. The five scholars will receive a combined $120,000 in scholarships from the REACH program in addition to HOPE scholarships.

The majority of the graduating scholars were honor graduates, some are the first in their family to go to college, and for the second year in a row, one is a valedictorian. In 2014, they were each selected to be a REACH scholar based on the strength of their seventh-grade academic, attendance, and behavior records.

REACH Georgia is a needs-based mentoring and scholarship program designed to ensure that the state’s academically promising students have the academic, social, and financial support needed to graduate from high school and complete college. Bulloch 8 • Bulloch County Board of Education Annual Report

County Schools began participating in the program in 2013.

Since that time the school district has selected 35 students, five each year, to be REACH Georgia scholars. The Bulloch County Foundation for Public Education provides the annual $7500 in local matching funds that are combined with additional financing from REACH Georgia and participating colleges and universities in the state.

The scholars from the Class of 2019 were the following: (Front Row L-R: Alberto Rodriguez -Plans to attend Georgia Southern University and major in Construction Management; Brian Phillips -Plans to attend Ogeechee Technical College and Georgia Southern University and major in Logistics; Nancy Martinez-Plans to attend Wesleyan College and major in Biology; Michael Vescio- Statesboro High School Valedictorian; Plans to attend Georgia Southern University, where he was accepted into their honors program and major in Biochemistry; and Destiny Hartwell -Plans to attend the University of Georgia and pursue a major in Sports Broadcasting.

YOUSCIENCE HELPS STUDENTS CHOOSE CAREERS

B

ulloch County Schools’ three high schools use a new online career assessment tool, YouScience, to help students select career fields that best match their skills and interests. YouScience helps build communities by aligning talent with education and industry. Its talent discovery platform uncovers students’ natural talents and aligns them with suggested best-fit, high-demand pathways and careers. Knowing the careers for which their interests and skills are best suited, can help students

focus on learning more about the education and skills required for those careers.

Guidance counselors provide the innovative tools to ninth through twelfth-grade students. They also help parents and students better understand career aptitude results and recommend next steps for students. Any students who have not yet completed a YouScience assessment can do so at www.youscience.com and check with their counselor for login information.

FUTURE GEORGIA EDUCATORS

B

ulloch County Schools’ Teaching as a Profession career pathway helps to lead students to education professions.

The school district hosts an annual Georgia Future Educators’ Signing Ceremony to honor high school graduates, who have completed the pathway program and plan to pursue education majors in college. The Teaching as a Profession career pathway is part of the district’s Career Technical & Agricultural Education program. The courses provide students an

opportunity to explore the field of education and its possibilities.

The career pathway is also one of the initiatives the school system implemented to help create a future pool of culturally diverse Bulloch County education leaders for possible future positions with the school district. The 2019 Future Georgia Educators were Malory Gagne, Cara Richardson, Hope Hutchens, Shanya Mikell, Allison Martin, Addison Platt, and Jackson Hamilton.

GRADUATION PERFORMANCE ACADEMY

Free summer & night school option helps students catch up or move ahead

B

ulloch County Schools provides high school and select middle school students the opportunity to earn academic credits outside of the regular school day to either recover credits in order to graduate on time, or to move ahead and graduate early. Launched in January 2018, with a $196,000 federal grant, the GPA has already served nearly 300 students.

Located in the William James Educational Complex at the rear of the district’s Central Office, the GPA operates from 4:15 p.m. until 6:45 p.m., Monday through Thursday during the school year.

In the summer two, three-hour sessions are offered for students to either choose a morning or afternoon half-day or combine them for a full-day.

The GPA’s flexible hours plus free meals and bus transportation help remove any barriers to student participation. The program is one initiative to help further reduce the dropout rate and continue to raise the district’s graduation rate, which is currently 85.1 percent.

Students in the GPA have support from the program’s guidance counselor, who serves as a graduation specialist, and four certified teachers, one for each of the four core subjects. The program has proved to be just the boost that some students need to then dualenroll at one of Bulloch County’s three post-secondary institutions or be employed at one of the many available work-based-learning job sites.

Bulloch County Board of Education Annual Report • 9

RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION

New playground at Stilson Elementary

New athletic complexes at three middle schools

New right-turn lane lane at Sallie Zetterower Elementary improves

New playground at Mill Creek Elementary School

traffic flow

E-SPLOST FUNDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR SCHOOLS

Since 2003, the Bulloch County Board of Education has leveraged Statesboro’s growth as a regional retail sales and tourism hub to fund capital improvement needs for our public schools. This is done by using an education special purpose local option sales tax (E-SPLOST) which reduces the need or extent of property taxes or future millage rate increases. E-SPLOSTs also cause the tax burden to be shared more fairly among property and nonproperty owners and leverage the sales taxes paid by visitors to our community.

In November 2017, more than 90 percent of voters approved to continue the collection of a one-cent education special local option sales tax for an additional five years (January 2019- December 2023). Previously approved in 2003, 2005, and 2009, this fourth E-SPLOST allowed the Bulloch County Board of Education to secure $43 million in bonds in June 2018, in order to immediately begin capital improvements to school and athletic facilities. These needs were identified by each school’s principal and were reviewed and prioritized by a community committee.

Since 2016, the school system has made significant capital improvements funded by remaining E-SPLOST III funds and bond proceeds leveraged from approval of E-SPLOST IV. For complete information about E-SPLOSTs I-IV and the progress of current projects visit www.bullochschools.org/esplost.

Groundbreaking for new Portal Middle High School Agricultural

Construction progress

Education Barn

Athletic track resurfacing at Statesboro High School

Portal Middle High School

New playground

Portal Middle High School

Athletic Complex improvements

at Portal Elementary School

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for Portal Middle High School Agricultural

Education Barn

Concessions & Fieldhouse additions

Nevils canopy wall and connection of west wings

Electronic retractable bleachers installed

in all middle school gyms

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY GENERAL FUND HIGHLIGHTS ($ MILLIONS) Fiscal Year

QBE Revenues

Property Tax Revenues

Local Option Sales Tax Revenues

Total Revenues

Total Expenditures

Revenues over/(under) Expenditures

Ending Fund Balance

FY ‘10

$36.70

$16.40

$9.70

$70.10

$68.60

$1.50

$13.40

FY ‘11

$41.40

$17.30

$10.00

$73.10

$66.60

$6.50

$19.90

FY ‘12

$39.30

$17.10

$10.40

$69.10

$68.90

$0.20

$20.10

FY ‘13

$39.50

$16.60

$9.60

$69.10

$69.30

-$(0.2)

$19.90

FY ‘14

$38.40

$16.50

$9.90

$68.80

$71.00

-$(2.2)

$17.70

FY ‘15

$44.80

$17.40

$10.40

$78.40

$75.60

$2.80

$20.50

FY ‘16

$47.30

$17.20

$10.30

$78.70

$82.70

-$(4.0)

$16.50

FY ‘17

$52.10

$17.60

$10.60

$84.30

$86.00

-$(1.7)

$14.80

FY ‘18

$58.20

$18.20

$10.80

$91.80

$89.80

$2.00

$16.70

FY ‘19 (In Progress)

$56.50

$18.30

$10.30

$89.50

$84.90

$4.60

$16.70

FY ‘20 (Budgeted)

$66.50

$19.00

$11.40

$101.60

$101.80

-$(0.2)

$16.90

*For complete budget information on all Bulloch County Board of Education funds, capital projects, ESPLOST and state audit reports, visit www.bullochschools.org/budget

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

3.5 of 5 Stars

Financial Efficiency Rating

AA-

Standard & Poor’s Credit Rating

FISCAL YEAR 2020 ALL FUNDS BUDGETED Total General Fund Expenditures - $143,048,435

7%

Fiscal Year 2020 Raise for non-certified employees

Other Support Services $746,180 School Administration $7,558,660

Maintenance & Operations $8,686,502

$3,400

General Administration $682,746 Business Administration $1,044,164

Debt Services Principal $7,675,000

Central Support Services $1,799,705 Educational Media Services $1,344,677 Improvement of Instructional Services $2,191,145

Instruction $80,278,015

Raise for teachers Fiscal Year 2020 (certified employees)

$2 perhour raise

for school bus drivers

Debt Services Interest $1,930,000 Student Transportation Services $7,297,762 Food Services Operation $5,897,810

Pupil Services $4,881,732

Bulloch County Board of Education Annual Report • 11

BULLOCH COUNTY SCHOOLS REPORT CARD SCHOOL CLIMATE & FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY BY SCHOOL

School climate has a significant effect on a child’s ability to achieve academically. Georgia is the first state in the nation to require its school systems to be accountable for their school climates and financial efficiency. TThese are the components of the school climate and financial efficiency data for each of our schools. This data is released annually by the Georgia Department of Education in October and January. For more accountability data for our school system and schools, visit www.bullochschools.org/accountability.

SCHOOL

School Climate Score

Perception of a school’s climate based on responses from the state’s annual GA School Climate Surveys.

Discipline

Safe & Substance-Free Environment

Attendance Rate

The closer to 100, the more positive the school environment (100-pt. scale)

Financial Efficiency (Out of 5 Stars) School’s impact on student achievement in relation to per- pupil expenditure

(100 pt. scale)

Student

Faculty/Staff

Parents

BES

93.4 (4 Stars)

75.63

84.87

87.54

97.93

96.72

96.15

4.0

JPBES

93.0 (4 Stars)

74.27

88.04

89.87

94.39

96.91

96.82

4.0

LCES

89.4 (3 Stars)

70.13

75.53

83.34

90.77

96.36

94.04

2.0

LCMS

82.10 (3 Stars)

67.16

73.04

77.81

72.55

89.92

93.35

3.0

MLES

91.60 (3 Stars

71.63

81.83

91.77

96.15

94.78

93.92

1.5

MCES

89.10 (3 Stars)

73.99

81.05

82.51

87.31

94.92

95.04

3.0

NES

94.3 (4 Stars)

79.38

87.63

84.92

98.05

100

95.03

3.0

PES

91.9 (4 Stars)

78.36

85.48

85.65

96.12

94.87

93.48

2.5

PMHS

84.40 (4 Stars)

69.96

80.83

69.81

83.58

88.98

91.67

2.0

SZES

92.90 (4 Stars)

74.87

87.33

87.49

96.58

97.84

93.77

3.5

SEBHS

81.10 (3 Stars)

n/a

79.12

73.51

88.69

92.30

92.46

4.5

SEBMS

85.1 (4 Stars)

69.28

80.86

77.14

85.48

88.27

95.04

4.5

SHS

80.10 (3 Stars

59.47

76.72

70.64

68.98

89.42

93.02

4.0

SES

93.0 (4 Stars)

73.45

83.72

87.26

98.43

96.67

95.40

2.0

WJMS

83.6 (4 Stars)

68.43

76.0

74.80

78.26

88.40

94.85

3.5

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BULLOCH COUNTY SCHOOLS REPORT CARD COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS PERFORMANCE INDEX (CCRPI)

The College & Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) is Georgia’s comprehensive school accountability measurement tool. The overall CCRPI score is based on a 100-point scale. It measures schools’ and their school systems’ performance in four areas: Content Mastery; Academic Progress; Closing the Achievement Gap; and College & Career Readiness. For high schools, the graduation rate is added as a fifth measurement area.

CCRPI scores are the basis for accountability in Bulloch County Schools’ five-year Strategic Waivers School System (SWSS) contract with the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA). The district’s 2015-16 (FY ’16) CCRPI scores are the baseline performance data year for the contract. From the baseline year (2016) through 2021, the district’s 15 schools must show at least a three percent improvement each year on the gap between the 2016 score and a perfect score of 100. To See Bulloch County Schools’ performance on all state and national assessments, visit www. bullochschools.org/accountability. Bulloch County Schools’ overall district score for 2018 was 74.8, which resulted in grade of C from the GOSA.

ELEMENTARY

Content Mastery

Progress

Closing Achievement Gap

College & Career Readiness

2018 CCRPI Total Score

Component Weight

30%

35%

15%

20%

100%

Georgia

65.7

84.4

85.0

79.1

77.8

Bulloch

63.2

80.7

63.2

80.3

72.7

BES

78.0

80.2

77.3

83.7

79.8

JPB

68.0

96.0

75.0

83.4

81.9

LCES

39.9

68.2

70.5

73.8

61.2

MLES

55.5

80.8

11.1

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84.2

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83.8

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STUDENT RECOGNITIONS Professional Association of GA Educators BULLOCH COUNTY STAR STUDENT Abby McMillan Southeast Bulloch High School

National FFA Organization 7th PLACE IN NATION Nursery/Landscape Career Development Event Team Amonica Kirkland, Cayla Morris, Caree McGahee, & Heidi Sawyer Portal Middle High School

WE CAN HELP

Students & families collect over three tons of food Bulloch County Schools hosted a We CAN Help food drive on Nov. 5 - 9, 2018, for our community’s two local food banks. The project was in partnership with Woodmen Life Chapter 158’s Fight Food Insecurity campaign and in recognition of National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Month.

SEB CULINARY ARTS STUDENT EARNS STATE HONOR

Athena Russell of Southeast Bulloch High School was named a ProStart Student of the Year state finalist. The ProStart Student of the Year Award represents the best of Georgia’s culinary arts students and reflects great accomplishment and excellence in the career pathway. Russell was offered a $2,000 scholarship from Coca-Cola and the Georgia Restaurant Association to support her postsecondary culinary arts education.

Georgia FCCLA Leadership Conference 19 GOLD & 2 SILVER MEDALS Statesboro High FCCLA Chapter

Georgia FCCLA FIRST STATE OFFICER ELECTED in school history Keylee Phillips of Statesboro High GA FCCLA Vice President of Community Service

STUDENTS RAISE $6.2K FOR LITERACY Students and teachers from Bulloch County Schools raised more than $6,200 in September 2018 for Ferst Readers of Bulloch County. By donating their spare change in a competitive drive, more than 5,200 children from 300 classrooms collected 742 pounds of change.

Ferst Readers of Bulloch County partners with the school district to encourage reading, improve literacy in pre-school children, and encourage families to read at home by supplying free books. Ferst Readers mails new books and literacy materials free of charge each month to children in Bulloch County who are five-years-old and younger.

MATTIE LIVELY ELEMENTARY PRE-K STUDENT WINS $1.5K FOR COLLEGE

GA Path2College 529 Plan & DECAL selects four state winners Sarah Porter, a pre-kindergarten student at Mattie Lively Elementary School was selected as one of four state winners in the second annual Pre-K to College Sweepstakes. Porter and each state winner received $1,529 for their college savings, and their schools each received $529. The contest is sponsored by the Georgia Path2College 529 Plan and the Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL).

SEB ADVANCED CHORUS WINS NATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL

Group also marks 10 years of superior ratings by GA’s music educators Southeast Bulloch High School’s Advanced Chorus earned the highest rankings at the Festival of Gold in San Francisco, California in April 2019. Under the leadership of Choral Director Brent Whitaker, the 48-member Advanced Chorus was invited to participate in the exclusive national festival which is reserved for the most elite choirs in the nation. Dr. Anton Armstrong of the St. Olaf Choir, and Dr. Craig Jessop of the “Singing Sergeants” and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir were both clinicians and judges for the event. This year the Advanced Chorus also celebrates a decade of straight superior ratings from the Large Performance Group Ensemble festival by the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA).

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FACULTY & STAFF RECOGNITIONS GA Assoc. of Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences

Georgia School Public Relations Association

Carl Perkins Outstanding Service Nominee

GOLD AWARDS For Annual Report; Student Handbook; and Multimedia & Film Categories

Bethany Gilliam Statesboro High School

Hayley Greene Public Relations & Mkt. Specialist

2018-2019 SCHOOL-LEVEL TEACHERS OF THE YEAR Tasheina White Daisy Lewis Marci Cochran Triann Favors Kem Dennard Paige L. Rountree Nicole Riggs Samantha Motes Valarie Thompson Diana Hendricks Courtney Alligood Steven Bonnette Meredith Simmons Anna Swint Kimberly Wagoner Stacy Cowart

Brooklet Elementary School Julia P. Bryant Elementary School Langston Chapel Elementary School Langston Chapel Middle School Mattie Lively Elementary School Mill Creek Elementary School Nevils Elementary School Portal Elementary School Portal Middle High School Sallie Zetterower Elementary Southeast Bulloch Middle School Southeast Bulloch High School Statesboro High School Stilson Elementary School William James Middle School Pre-K Teacher of the Year (SEBHS)

2018-19 BULLOCH COUNTY SCHOOLS RETIREES

This year’s retirees have served our community a total of 901 years.

Denise Brookins Beverly Schofill Jo McCullough Nancy Moseley Carolyn Wright Dorothy Wilkerson Julie Chambers Christie Page Roosevelt Martin Lisa Sapp Dana DiNitto Lue Wiggins Annette Milton Jennifer Quick Willie Wooden Nancy Smith Dr. Debbie Cartee Larry Williams Dr. Virginia Bennett Katherine Roberson Emerson Chester Dr. Ken LeCain Janice Wilson Felecia Prince Cynthis Davis Lucy Brinson Rebecca Anderson Patricia Akins Sandra Stall Vickie Bohannon Karen LeCain John Page Robert Ware Vicky Marshall Barbara Brinson Gwendolyn Lane Deloris McCall James Freeman Ruby Mikell Donald Garrick

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Bulloch County Schools Aspiring Leaders Program Alumni

PROMOTION Statesboro High School

PROMOTION SEB Middle School

Chad Prosser Promoted from assistant principal to principal

Brad Boykin Promoted from assistant principal to principal

TASHEINA WHITE, 2018-2019 BULLOCH COUNTY TEACHER OF THE YEAR (COHORT 2020) Tasheina White, the music teacher and choral director for Brooklet Elementary School (BES), is the 2020 Bulloch County Teacher of the Year.

An educator with 10 years of experience, she has served BES and Bulloch County for four years. She obtained a Masters of Art in Teaching (MAT) for Music Education from Piedmont College and a Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.) in Music Therapy from the University of Georgia.

During her four years at Brooklet Elementary School, White has managed to build a chorus of over 60 voices, create a dynamic step team, and write two original musicals for her students to perform. She also serves on the school’s Lighthouse Team which manages a leadership operating system at the school.

2019 TRANSPORTATION HONORS Director’s Cup Special Director’s Award Bus Monitors of the Year Service Technician

John Whitaker Brad Boykin, Principal of SEB Middle Betty Tremble & Ruby Hill Stephen Peavy

Team Brooklet Team Julia P. Bryant Team Langston Chapel Team Mattie Lively Team Mill Creek Team Nevils Team Portal Team Sallie Zetterower Team Stilson Team Special Education

Paula Watson Kenneth West Tim Mock Ernest Harris Faith Mobley Edward Rich Frances Robinson Stacey Goode Cindy Powell Lucinda Walker

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BULLOCH COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION A charitable foundation that supports these worthwhile education programs

REACH GA Scholarships • STAR Student/Teacher Innovation Grants to Teachers • Teacher of the Year Program We’ve provided to help make college possible for

Innovation Grants Since 2006, the Bulloch County Foundation for Public Education (Foundation) has funded more than 200 innovative teacher grants totaling nearly $250,000 to fund learning experiences for Bulloch County children.

$1,000

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People who annually participate in one of our main fundraisers Statesboro Turkey Trot 5K Saturday before Thanksgiving; In Downtown Statesboro

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Bulloch’s REACH Georgia Scholars since

Charitable Giving The Foundation provides a way for individuals, businesses, industries and civic organizations to invest in local education programs that benefit public, charter, private and home-schooled students. In addition, the Foundation’s two major fundraising campaigns are the Statesboro 5K Turkey Trot and Bulloch County Schools’ Jeans Fridays, which is an employee payroll deduction option.

College Scholarships The Foundation funds Bulloch County Schools’ annual participation in the REACH Georgia Scholarship Program with a $7,500 annual contribution. As a result, each year five graduating REACH scholars each receive $20K - $30K in scholarships for college in addition to the HOPE scholarship.

STAR Student / STAR Teacher The Foundation is the local underwriting sponsor for the Professional Association of GA Educator’s STAR program. The Foundation’s financial support makes this program possible locally for Bulloch County’s public, private and charter schools.

$250,000 Innovation grant funds provided to more than 200 teacher projects since 2006

Teacher of the Year Program The Foundation is one of the main corporate sponsors for Bulloch County Schools’ Teacher of the Year program. The Foundation annually provides a $1,000 grant to the district’s teacher of the year.

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Book Bus Brings Books to Bulloch’s Children School system’s book mobile project aims to improve literacy and early language skills WRITTEN BY HAYLEY GREENE

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ulloch County Schools unveiled its new Book Bus on May 9, 2019, and this summer the book mobile made stops throughout the county to provide free books to children from infants to elementary-age. The literacy project is meant to instill a love of reading, build early language skills and increase the number of books available to children at home. A state grant, partnerships with local civic organizations and businesses, and collaboration from students and educators made the project a reality.

Pre-school illiteracy is one of the most critical issues the school system faces. Educators see the book mobile as a way to help ensure all children read on grade level by third-grade, which is a key indicator of future academic success, and improve reading skills in all children.

The idea to convert a retired school bus into a book mobile first came about in January 2017, after a brainstorming session among teachers and district administrators. Dr. Yvette Ledford, a former curriculum director for the district led the more than two-year, first phase of the project which required her to identify and apply for grant funds, secure a school bus, work with various contractors to convert the bus’ interior and exterior, and collaborate with local businesses and organizations to stock the bus with books and create a resupply inventory.

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The initial seed money for the Book Bus came in January 2018, when the school system received a $20,000 Early Language and Literacy Mini-Grant from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement and the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy at Georgia College.

Corporations like Books-a-Million and Gumdrop Books donated nearly $10,000 in books to help stock the bus mobile, and Walmart Distribution Center also donated an additional $2,500.

Whitfield Signs stepped up to help make the Book Bus visually appealing. Other community partners include the Statesboro Regional Library, Altrusa International Club of Statesboro, Ogeechee Technical College, Digital Office Equipment, Boy Scouts of America (Pack 935), Madison Meadows, Little Lotts Creek, Merritt & Merritt Law Firm, Elm Street Church of God, African American Business Owners Community Foundation, Ivory Tower Tattoo Studio, Bulloch County Schools’ Transportation Department, and Concerned Clergy of Statesboro. This generous financial support along with in-kind donations have made the Book Bus a reality and stocked it with more than 3,000 free books to give to children this summer.

“For this project to have longevity, we will continue to need volunteers and organizations committed to annual giving,” Ledford said. “Of course we literally want children to get on the bus and find interesting books to read or have read aloud to them, but we also want our community to get on the bus and support initiatives to improve literacy in Bulloch County.”

Ledford and her family are relocating to the Atlanta area this summer, but the school district’s parent and family engagement specialists and the district’s Transportation Department will take over the long-term management of the book mobile’s schedule, programming, sustaining book and financial donations and ongoing maintenance. The school district will continually post the Book Bus’ schedule on its website, social media profiles, and electronic messaging system.

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There’s no food in your food!

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firmly believe that my children, if left to their own devices, would eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a side of potato chips for every single meal for the rest of their lives.

As a parent who attempts to make good nutritional choices for his children, this is a frightening realization. However, as a parent who also spends his weekday mornings trying to convince teenagers to get up, get dressed and get to school on time, sandwiches and chips are a necessary evil.

I think we can do better, though, so I asked Brittany Parham, nutritional coordinator for Eagle Dining at Georgia Southern for some professional help. In her role at the University, Parham not only helps college students with dietary concerns and food allergies, but also promotes healthy eating, and encourages students to understand balance in their food choices.

“We know it starts at a very young age to get balance when it comes to food,” she said. “It means a lot to get them on the right track when they’re little and then get them to eat well throughout their life.”

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Parham says our kids’ affinity for processed junk food is one of the main reasons Pinterest was invented. “That’s where I get a lot of my copycat recipes,” she said. “I’ve even made my own version of Spaghetti O’s that don’t have all the junk and preservatives in them.”

Making these “copycat” versions of junk foods can allow parents to control how much sugar or salt is making its way into their child’s lunchbox. And while the preparation can be more time intensive on the front end, kids can eat the leftovers later in the week to change up their selections.

Parham also says you can take some of the same foods they like and present them in different ways to add variety to lunches. Instead of peanut butter and jelly or ham and cheese on bread, try them in wraps and toast them to make them a little more fun to eat. She also suggests making your own “Lunchables” with whole wheat crackers, ham from the deli, and real cheese instead of the processed “cheese product.”

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To encourage children and teens to find that balance, Parham suggests parents talk with their kids and come up with a list of foods they like from each of the food groups (proteins, fruits, veggies, dairy and whole grains). Parents can then buy those items, list them in their groups on the refrigerator, and kids can choose an item from each group when packing their lunch.

“Having that visual definitely helps a lot for the parent as well as the child,” said Parham. “Because once the child gets to that point where they can read and they know what the words mean, then they can say, ‘Okay, I want this and this and this,’ and they can essentially pack their lunch without you having to worry about if it is really balanced.

They can pick one from each column.”

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If you’re a parent, and you’re still reading this, you may be under the impression that you have to be Martha Stewart in order to give your kids good nutrition. Parham, however, says this doesn’t have to be the case.

Parents can start with just one day a week to be “lunch from home day,” letting the children and parents get used to the preparation. In the end, Parham says it’s about teaching kids that balance, and getting them involved in the process.

“Letting the kids get involved in not only cooking at home, but then fixing their own lunch … gives them a kind of ownership of it, and they take pride in that,” she said. “So then it takes a little bit of the burden off the parent, who can say, ‘Okay, I can be here and fix my lunch while they’re fixing their lunch, and if they have questions or need help, I’m right here anyway.’”

Helping my kids steer their way into good nutrition will definitely take some work, but I think it’s worth it — if for no other reason than to keep SKIPPY® off the menu at future family Thanksgivings.

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Drinking on a work night WRITTEN BY HUNTER MCCUMBER

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rinking on a weeknight can be a double-edged sword.

While a nice cocktail can help ease you out of work mode and into the evening, booze can do as much harm as help, loosening you up so much you walk into your 9 a.m. meeting the next day with really bad headache. You deserve a drink for your hard work and you shouldn’t have to wait for the weekend to get it—but you do have to do it right.

Sometimes, after a really long day, you just don’t have INGREDIENTS 2 OZ WHISKEY 2 DASHES BITTERS 1 SUGAR CUBE ORANGE PEEL (FOR GARNISH)

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enough energy to do anything more than pour straight whiskey into a lowball glass and call it an evening. But if you can muster a little effort, you should seriously consider making an Old Fashioned. A touch of sugar and bitters makes whiskey (or your preferred base spirit) all the more comforting, and muddling the sugar cube can actually feel quite therapeutic. Just make sure your lowball glass is thick enough to stand up to a Monday’s worth of stress before digging in with your muddler.

METHOD IN AN OLD-FASHIONED GLASS, MUDDLE THE SUGAR AND BITTERS. ADD A LARGE ICE CUBE. ADD WHISKEY ON TOP OF THE MUDDLED SUGAR AND STIR WITH YOUR BAR SPOON. GARNISH WITH A ORANGE TWIST (IF DESIRED).

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Farmers Market Friends and Finds WRITTEN BY LAZAR BROWN OGLESBY

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love the honey suckle and magnolia scented spring and summer of South Georgia. Fresh vegetables and fruits abound, crops spring from the red clay, fish start biting in the river, and the young of native animals can be seen peaking from their mother’s shadow. In the dog days of summer, I relish dinners cooked with family and friends filled with ingredients right from their garden or local market. Farmers Markets, no matter how small, are a huge asset to any community. The farmer and the buyer both reap the benefits of a job well done.

I have been a guest chef at the Statesboro Main Street Farmers Market a few times, and every time I leave in awe of the hard work and dedication shown by all of the talented vendors, and the patrons from all walks of life, who support their community. I usually grab muscadine lemonade from Chad Montgomery with 4&20 Bakers, fresh cut flowers from Wilmor Farms, loaves of bread, jam, jellies, and green tomatoes for frying from Jacob’s Produce.

Those first green tomatoes are like gold! I started out using bread crumbs to coat my green tomatoes, but anything with a buttery Ritz® cracker is bound to be better! I included the recipe so you can try a fun twist on a traditional crumb coating. Also, if you have watched the movie, Fried Green Tomatoes, you will know the movie line, “Secret’s in the Sauce,” rings true with most dishes, and this dish is no exception. Make the remoulade sauce. You just might eat it on anything!

Nearly every small town has a street corner lined with tents and pick-up trucks, with the tail gates down, selling fresh produce. My little town, Millen, hosts a farmers’ market every Tuesday in a shady grove of pecan trees situated near the railroad tracks. I love talking with local farmers, bakers, and artisans about their operations. The excitement builds as I anticipate the new crop these magicians have coaxed from the earth each week. I always grab a bag of Ogeechee Peaches, fresh peas, squash, black berries, or plums.

My weekly market haul of fruit is usually dedicated to some type of dessert. Sour cream pound cake is a go-to dessert for my family, and we all know everything tastes better in a cast iron skillet. The juices from the fruit compliment the buttery cake still warm from the oven.

Freshly whipped cream is truly the icing on this rustic cake.

Support your local farmers. You will be in for a sweet reward.

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Fried Green Tomatoes 4-6 Green Tomatoes 1 c. Buttermilk 2 c. Crushed Ritz Crackers 2 c. House Autry® Seafood Breader Oil for Frying Thinly slice green tomatoes into rounds.

Place in bowl and cover with buttermilk.

Preheat oil to 350°. In a separate bowl mix together Ritz® cracker crumbs and seafood breader. Take tomatoes from buttermilk and dip in breader, making sure to press into breading to coat. Deep fat fry for approximately 5 minutes until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve immediately with remoulade.

Remoulade 1 c. Dukes® Mayonnaise ¼ c. Vinegar 1 Tbsp. Ketchup 1 Tbsp. Hot Sauce 1 Tbsp. Parsley 1 Tbsp. Sweet Pickle Relish 1 Tbsp. Chopped Green Olives 1 Tbsp. Sugar 1 tsp. Granulated Garlic 1 tsp. Seasoned Salt 1 tsp. Pepper Place all ingredients in bowl and mix well.

Refrigerate until ready to serve. Can be made days in advance.

Skillet Pound Cake with Farmers Market Fruit 3 sticks Salted Butter 1 c. Sugar 3 Eggs 2 ½ c. Self-Rising Flour ½ c. Sour Cream 1 Lemon, Juice and Zest Place one stick of butter in a 10-inch cast iron skillet. Place skillet in 350° oven and melt butter completely. Be careful not to brown or burn butter. Turn oven down to 325°. While the butter is melting in the skillet, place two sticks softened butter and sugar in mixer and beat until fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Add flour and sour cream alternately. Mix until combined. Remove hot skillet from oven and pour batter over melted butter. Place in center of oven and bake at 325° for 30-45 minutes, until the cake is set. Serve warm in the skillet with fresh farmers market fruit and freshly whipped cream.

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the spiritual pathway

A Good Investment WRITTEN BY REV. DR. H. WILLIAM PERRY

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da Fuller received the first Social Security check in the United States. Her Social Security number was 000-00-0001. She paid $22 in Social Security taxes before her retirement in 1940. She was 100-years-old when she died in 1975, and during the period from 1940 to 1975 she received $21,000 in benefits. That’s nearly $1,000 for every $1 she paid in. Sounds like a pretty good investment to me.

Decades ago a relative of mine left a profession he was successful in and bought a farm. He knew little about farming, made some unwise decisions, and lost the farm within two years. Poor, poor investment.

Do you invest time and effort in some activities that interest you? I have a friend who scouts the shores of the Atlantic, looking for items brought in by the waves and left there by sunbathers. He loves it.

I’ve spent some time this spring preparing the soil, planting tomato plants, and nourishing them. In spite of the extreme heat we’ve been experiencing, the plants seem to be thriving. It’ll be a few more weeks before I see if the investment in plants, soil, fertilizer, water, and sweat will pay dividends. But even if no tomatoes appear, the work has blessed me.

But you know, of all the investments I’ve mentioned, there are others that are far superior. Last week I found a folder in my files that had items in it that go back to my teenage years. In it was a poem written to me by Mrs. Swain, my Sunday school teacher when I was 9-yearsold. She wrote the poem after I preached my first sermon in my home church when I was a 19-year-old college student. The essence of the poem was that she was proud of me and saw a wonderful future for me 76 statesboromagazine.com

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in pastoral ministry. Between the lines I could see that she was glad she invested time and effort in me when I was a boy. And she did spend a lot of time with us boys, taking us on picnics, swimming outings to the springs of the Suwannee River, telling us about Jesus as we rode with her in her car. I am so grateful for the investments she made in my life. She taught me of the importance of investing oneself in the lives of people.

My first pastorate after seminary was in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Just before we left the church there and moved to Georgia, I sat down with a boy on the sofa of his family’s living room, opened my Bible and read to him about Jesus and our need to trust in Him. He did put his faith in Jesus, and I had the privilege of baptizing him before we left Tennessee. A couple of years later he wrote me a note, thanking me for taking the time to visit with him and lead him to Christ. That note still reminds me of the importance of investing time and effort in others.

Living in Statesboro for 38 years has given me the opportunity to watch children grow up, get married, and have children of their own.

I’ve seen some make sacrificial investments of time and energy in the lives of their children, teaching them and showing them what is essential in life. When the children excel, develop Godly character, spend time loving and serving Jesus Christ, I see Christian joy in the parents.

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the view from here

Release WRITTEN BY RIC MANDES

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he sun was beginning to lift the curtain of night as the tidal waves of the Atlantic bathed the edge of America. Mammoth sand dunes formed in majestic shapes of pyramids eligible for the Sahara. A chorus of gulls out for a morning glide added to this coastal portrait with vocal sounds loud. Very loud.

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Ben stirred to the melody of the rippling finale of ocean’s voyage beginning from the Azores.

Leaning forward on his beach towel, Ben took it all in, this creation of magical movements. He and Lynn and the twins made this annual visit each summer. Across the years of this solid time out, now and then, Ben would ease from the chambers as Lynn slept and walk the path leading to his beach spot. Lying in the composure of the leaping Atlantic, the dying of the moon caused by the rising of the sun, Ben allowed this creation to remind him in vivid detail how large life really was.

He and Lynn met their freshman year at a small community college.

Both enrolled in English Composition. The minute he first saw her, there were those green eyes, ponytail, and a smile slowly delivered.

They became study buddies. That Christmas they were engaged, and come the spring of the next year, the majesty of the wedding vows took life. The approaching of their sophomore year, they decided to transfer to the University for Ben to get started in pre-law and Lynn pre-med.

Ben’s goal was to be an attorney, general in practice. Lynn had designs on becoming a physician’s assistant. As seniors each became eligible to enter Law School and the Medical College.

They had rented a small apartment on the edge of the University campus. Monday through half day Saturday their devotional was to meet the demands of textbooks, class notes and finally “shadowing.”

Both had received assignments in Jacksonville as Ben clerked with the firm of Sanders, Sanders and Hook. Lynn interned with one of the leading ophthalmologists at Mayo. Saturday afternoons, they closed the curtains to academic demands and held each other, exhausting their desire as lovers. Usually that night Ben would grill hamburgers for a few fellow students and drink a beer.

The evening they graduated, the twins, Tom and Tim, were conceived. Now nine years of age, they brought a slate, to Mom and Dad, of adventure, endless energy and staccato “Whys.”

“God love us when their hormones kick in.” Ben allowed.

Lynn responded with a devilish grin, “Oh come on, Daddy, let’s do hope they ask questions rather being too quiet with that dreamy look.”

Lynn delivered it all with a soft beckoning whisper. “You better be careful, lady, or you’re going to be in big trouble,” Ben offered in a husky tone.

Twenty years to the day he first saw her, the Bing Crosby lyrics came alive, “You were meant for me. I was meant for you.” The night they spoke of being in love. Each day until forever, Ben and Lynn told each other and the twins “I love you.” Expressed as an anthem, a benediction. The gift to the four was just not saying this sacred verse, but putting it into action.

Now having enjoyed a breakfast basket brought by Lynn who upon sauntering up, with her unbelievable smile, “I thought this is where I would find my man.” As they finished the muffins and orange juice, the merry-go-round of little children’s voices came rolling down the dunes to the ocean. Those times of the twins returned to Ben and Lynn when their boys were magically living that same song.

Later, Ben and Lynn showered together with a bit of mischief. As he lathered her beautiful body, it was when his hand moved under her right breast, he felt the lump.

A sudden din came to him fading his law practice, the twins, but most of all, this precious lady.

Lynn, turned to Ben, her eyes filling with tears. “I found it yesterday and was going to tell you.”

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Beyond the Spotlight: Otis Redding His Family, Music, and Legacy Exhibit opening at the Museum on Main inside the Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau 5:30 p.m. | Monday, May 6, 2019 Photos by Jonathan M. Chick/Georgia Southern University Statesboro Campus

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