Stockbridge Amphitheater Not So World Class

 

Many knew the new amphitheater in Stockbridge would not be properly maintained.   The grass is very high in the flower beds around the trees and other flora.  There has not been any groundskeeping that is supposed to go with any high class in the game facility.  Many people have been talking about this deplorable situation.  If they cannot properly maintain an amphitheater, then should the citizens believe that the city will properly maintain a new police department.  Yes, getting new things comes with a price, and many times it is the simple things that can tear down the image of a supposedly "world-class" town.  Remember these items when election time rolls around.

The Staff.

Very Important Info For Henry County Citizens

Henry County continues to be running high numbers of people infected with Covid-19.  The sad report is that out of nearly a quarter of a million people who live in the county only 23 percent have been vaccinated.  This is a poor number for this many people and knowing that the vaccine has been available for months.  The Christmas holidays are fast approaching and that means there will be large groups of people gathering and in those there will be people who either have Covid-19 or are carriers.  They could spread this disease to the elderly and those with poor immune systems and out of those several could die.  It would be a heavy burden upon a person knowing they could have prevented the death of a loved one for taking a shot that doesn’t cost anything.  Wearing a mask helps, but it is not the only thing to help against this horror.  Wash your hands regularly and practice safety to make the holidays a merry time ahead.

The Staff.

More History to be removed by the misguided

“More History to be removed by the misguided”

The following should make people boil about what the Henry County BOC is now contemplating at Heritage Park.  The park was created to be a place to put historical items from Henry County’s past to be remembered.  It looks like the “woke” crowd doesn’t want any remembrance at all.  They have already removed the Confederate Monument from the square in McDonough and placed it in a shipping container.  Read  the following:  “Henry County is considering the removal of the historic train and other items at Heritage Park in McDonough. The board of commissioners will consider voting to surplus the items during the Tuesday, November 16, meeting.

The meeting will start at 5:30 pm. This is one hour earlier than the normal time. Agenda items from November 3 are also on the agenda. The board had to cancel the November 3 meeting because a quorum wasn’t present.

Heritage Park historic train

The train at Heritage Park is a steam locomotive. The train commemorates the Camp Creek train wreck. The wreck occurred in McDonough during June 1900.

County staff are recommending the board surplus the steam engine. To surplus an item allows the county to discard, sell or scrap the item. In their report, staff write the following:

Heritage Park is home to old structures and buildings that have not been maintained over the years. At this time, the cost to repair the buildings and structures isn’t worth preserving as we head in a new direction with revitalizing the image of the park. The train symbolizes an old train wreck which occurred in Henry County years ago. We are looking to [improve] the park and area to shed light on the positive things that have happened and are happening in Henry County. The silo and old road scraper are rusted and unsightly. We are recommending surplus these items so we may remove them and begin improvements to the park.

What do they want next the destruction of the Veterans Wall of Honor?  If those who claim to love history continue to vote these unworthy people into office then there will be more destruction to come.   The train they are wanting to scrap is a representation of the engine that crashed in the Camp Creek Train Wreck of 1900 when more people died at that incident than any other train wreck in Georgia History.  This is an item to let the people who visit Henry County know of the accident and those who lost their lives.  The other items they are scrapping were donated to the Park for museum pieces.  They are likely to want to do away with the Veterans Museum at the park as well.  This type of destruction of history is always done by those with no morals, scruples or thinking processes.  Please let these people who fill those chairs hear an ear full about what they are planning at the meeting. 

 Because public comment occurs at the end of the meeting, residents can also email board members in advance. Email addresses for each commissioner are below:

Chair Carlotta Harrell – charrell@co.henry.ga.us

District I Johnny Wilson – johnnywilson@co.henry.ga.us

District II Dee Clemmons – dclemmons@co.henry.ga.us

Dist. III Greg Cannon – gcannon@co.henry.ga.us

District IV Vivian Thomas – vthomas@co.henry.ga.us

District V Bruce Holmes – bholmes@co.henry.ga.us                                                                                                                                          The staff

Henry County Continues the Apathy

Henry County Continues the Apathy

It has come and gone that in this election only 9% of the registered voters in Henry County turned out to vote.  There are over 171,000 registered to vote in the county.  This is pathetic.  It continues the trend of the last several years of elections that only a handful turn out to elect or vote on decisions that cost the taxpayers in the pocket.   There is an old saying that goes like this, “you get what you want and deserve.”  There is a new tax for roads that will go to the hands of those who do not know how to handle the taxpayer's money in the county.  Those few who voted handed them the key to the treasure chest.  Those who voted in the municipal elections also had a low turnout of just 9% and they have put people either back in office or those who have strings attached to them that run back to the underlying problem in the county.  It appears those in the county who don’t vote have no feelings about their own lives or the lives of their loved ones.  It begs the question as to why register to vote if you don’t exercise your right to do so?

Enjoy what you get as things will continue down a path of disorganization for the foreseeable future.

The Staff

20 Years Of Sorrow Loneliness And Wasting Away

20 years of Sorrow loneliness and wasting away 

It has been 20 years since Islamic terrorists attacked the United States by bringing down the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and the plane crash in Pennsylvania. When this terrible attack happened America rose up as our ancestors did when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan in 1941. We came together and we helped each other. We sent our men and women of the military off to fight to give an account for us. We cheered as they left in airports across the country. We were in a fight for our country. We had to let the terrorists know they did not win. We did this for many many years. We lost so many servicemen and women in the fight we did not ask for. 

For those of us that lost loved ones on September 11th, 2001. it only seems like yesterday and not 20 years. we live every moment every day in our hearts and in our minds. We cry daily because we love & miss our loved ones so much that it physically hurts us. Some of the survivors that lost loved ones who could not handle the pain decided to end everything and kill themselves. When you see newscasts about your loved one's death every day for many years it puts a strain on your emotion and your mind and it does affect you. I myself have had health problems to get worse over the years and I attributed it to the sorrow, the pain, and heartache of the loss of my loved one Lisa, the lady I was going to marry. I think of her every day. I cry every day but to no avail.  I know she will not be coming back. I strain every day just to get by doing common housework that everyone does without thinking about it. I have to plan it out days in advance so I will be physically able to do it. Living alone with heartache and loneliness compounded by my physical disabilities makes life very hard and very questionable. The life I live is what you would call a living hell. 

Since 20 years have passed things have changed throughout our nation. We were attacked again this time by China releasing a virus that has spread all over the world. As we deal with this virus to this day it has torn our nation and split it into two separate groups. The people that believe the virus is real and what everything the government suggests we do to protect ourselves such as wear masks and get vaccinated for the virus. These people have what is called common sense and should be commended for doing the right thing. Then, we have the other side, these people do not believe they should be forced to wear a mask or get vaccinated for the virus. These people do not understand that we had been attacked in a different way than we were 20 years ago. These people believe making them wear a mask violates their freedom as Americans. What they fail to understand is being free and an American comes with responsibilities and that is to help protect your fellow Americans. So you can say the anti-maskers are un-American. By not doing what the government says is best to do they are putting everybody at risk including the freedom that they cherish so much. So we are fighting amongst ourselves splitting into several different groups. People will not even talk to each other if they are on a different side of this issue and it has turned violent in some cases. With what is going on in the current events overseas and here on the Homeland you can say the terrorists have won.

To my sweetheart Lisa I love you today as much as I did 20 years ago. I think of you every day and I miss you every day of my life. I wonder and think of what we would be doing now, what our kids would be doing, and how they would be growing up being teenagers now. It all makes me so sad and lonely thinking about it but that is all I have. And yes darling it does make me bitter at times. When I see people with their kids talking about marriage it breaks my heart that we're unable to get married and have a family of our own. This time of year is always hard for me sweetheart. I miss you so much till it hurts deep inside my soul. But this year is even worse. Your uncle Ron is missing overseas and we do not know what has happened. Your father is getting reports from the agency but they do not know what has happened. I pray they will find him safe but I am afraid I must prepare for the worst. This will indeed go down as one of the worst September's I've ever had to live through. I love you sweetheart with all my heart. 

Alfred Britt.

What's Up With This

 

“What’s Up With This”

The city of Stockbridge has voted to spend $30.5 million of the T-Splost at a recent meeting of the council.  Remember some of these very same members complain regularly about the road conditions in the area and how slow it is to get around in the area.  According to the breakdown of projects, they will put $4 million on the Rock Quarry widening project and $2 million on the Rock Quarry Rd extension that has been discussed for years.  The other $24.5 million dollars is for trails, sidewalks and pedestrian bridges.  It seems that foot traffic is more important than highway traffic.  Complain about not being able to get around in the area and then give the bulk of the money to foot traffic.  It must be a sign of the times they feel they can get somewhere on foot quicker than by car.  You just can’t make these things up about these people.  This sounds just like those people on capitol hill in Washington, D.C. who love their pork barrel projects that they include in infrastructure bills.  Hope you people are awake because while you were sleeping the project money to fix the road problems was allocated to local pork.  Remember this while you sit in traffic and maybe you will remember it at the polls next election.

Carlos San

Stockbridge,GA.

Biden Ed Plan DEAD Before Leaving Thought Box, Without New Gen of Academic-parenting OPINION

Academic-parenting is a concept that grew out of my early studies of how

to improve the Quality of the Condition of Education in the school my

youngest attended at the time. And from several surprisingly frank,

honest, and unexpected admissions by other parents of the challenge to

help and support their child at home. And these were parents of fifth

and sixth graders. I came to believe then and still do there is a need.

And by the fall of 2008, I had a descriptive name for it. Today as an

Autodidact Education Anthropologist (AKA as a student) of the field of

education, I can show you the need, which you'll see in the last part of

this post.

In a general sense: Academic-Parenting is activities you can do with

your kids to prepare them to learn in a formal teaching environment and

support them through High school graduation. The goal is to keep it

super simple. And the following reading academic-parenting skill most of

you already know; some to all of:

1. Reading to your child before they know how to read, and then

discussing what you read with them.*

2.  Reading the same book or text with them as they learn to read. Then

discussing it afterward.*

3. Reading together. Not necessarily the same book or text. Or even at

the same time. Then discussing what each of you read.*

* Discussing is not a lecture. It is a conversation where all parties

are comfortable expressing themselves. Effective communication between

you and anyone is identical to building a bridge. The longer you build

on the bridge and keep it open, the stronger it becomes. But if it

collapses, it is damn hard to rebuild. And children (bless them) may

occasionally be trying. The goal is to keep them comfortable and the

communication bridge open as you use your parental authority to address

the situation.

I don't know if anyone else uses the phrase academic-parenting. However,

people write blogs and books detailing numerous simple things you may

already know or can learn to do to equip your kid(s) for formal

schooling and support them through high school graduation.

I find it frustrating when someone writes an opinion without verifiable

facts. And I always wonder if their thoughts were pulled out of some

sunless crevasse or creatively made up for the sake of being argumentative.

The following section will show fact checkable evidence with links

(another pet peeve) showing the impact of parents' education level on

student's measurable academic scholarship, using National Assessment of

Education Progress (NAEP) published results.

1971 Parental Education impact on 17-year-old student acquisition of

Reading Proficiency; TABLE 1: Parent Education Level and Corresponding

Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average Score(1):

 > Not a high school graduate = 52%

 > Graduated high school = 57%

 > Some education after high school = 60%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 1, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

1978 Parental Education impact on 17-year-old students learning of

Mathematics Proficiency; TABLE 2: Parent Education Level and

Corresponding Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average

Score(2):

 > Not a high school graduate = 56%

 > Graduated high school = 49%

 > Some education after high school = 61%

 > Graduated college = 63%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 2, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

Forty-one and more years later, in 2019

2019 Parental Education impact on 12th-Grade student acquisition of

Reading Proficiency; TABLE 3: Parent Education Level and Corresponding

Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average Score(3):

 > Did not finish high school = 54%

 > Graduated high school = 54%

 > Some education after high school = 57%

 > Graduated college = 59%

 > Unknown = 51%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 3, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

2019 Parental Education impact on 12th-Grade student acquisition of

Mathematics Proficiency; TABLE 4: Parent Education Level and

Corresponding Percentage of available Points earned by Mean or Average

Score(4):

 > Did not finish high school = 44%

 > Graduated high school = 45%

 > Some education after high school = 49%

 > Graduated college = 54%

 > Unknown = 42%

Mean, or Average Score percentages in Table 4, are the equivalent of a

classroom grade. All equivalent classroom grades would be a letter grade

of an "F" if the minimum classroom proficiency were a 70 or better.

METHODOLOGY:

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We translate large-scale Standardized Test measurement

systems through a process named "Calculating the Percent of a Perfect

Score." This KISS (keep it super simple) method converts results to a

percentage and equivalent classroom grade. This translation eliminates

the need for an education authority to tell you what they want you to

believe. Or provide an explanation you may not understand. The process

was created by a Founder of The Afterclap. He spent nine years serving

on Public School Councils with a Georgia legislated expectation to make

positive suggestions to improve the Quality of the Condition of

Education in the school he served. And be able to explain how well

students performed on large-scale standardized tests to parents and

interested stakeholders. As a former student and now as a parent, he

understands the implications of the Classroom Grade and suspects you do

as well. If your child brings home a grade of 57, the score eliminates

some questions and opens the door to specific targeted questions from

"what did you learn today?" To, "what have you not learned yet?" 

Bruce Kendall.

SOURCES:

(1) 1995 > Digest of Education Statistics > National Assessment of

Educational Progress (NAEP) Long Term Trends. > "Table 105. Average

student proficiency in reading, by age and selected characteristics of

students: 1971 to 1992."> Where the earliest year listed for Parental

education impact on 17-year-olds in "Reading Proficiency" was 1971.

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d95/dtab105.asp

(2) 1999 > Digest of Education Statistics > National Assessment of

Educational Progress (NAEP) Long Term Trends. > "Table 123. Average

mathematics proficiency, by age and by selected characteristics of

students: 1973 to 1996." Where the earliest year listed for Parental

education impact on 17-year-olds in "Mathematics Proficiency" was 1978

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d99/d99t123.asp

(3) 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading,

Grade 12, Parental education level, from 2 questions [PARED] and

National jurisdiction. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/landing

(4) 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics,

Grade 12, Parental education level, from 2 questions [PARED] and

National jurisdiction. https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/landing