Columbia newsmakers

Mr. ABAC Title

Michael Crawley, son of Johnny and Teresa Crawley, of Appling, will compete with 23 other men for the title of Mr. ABAC at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College on March 14. He is a wildlife management/criminal justice major.

New member

Autumn Hostetter, daughter of Beryl Hostetter of Augusta, has been inducted into Berry College's Chapter of the National Creative Society. She is a psychology major.

Challenge Award

John Martin, Project administrator with R. W. Allen & Associates, Inc. has received the "Challenge" Award for his commitment to excellence on the construction of Walgreen's on Columbia Road, in Martinez.

Graduates

The following area students were recently named fall 2001 graduates of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga.: Patrick Anderson, Garry Eschelback, Mari Springs, all of Appling; Kate Channell of Augusta; Robert Albright, Marjorie Hamilton, Christopher Lewis, Angela Simpson, Jeffrey Starcher, Scott Wade, Amy Wright, all of Evans; Stephen Montoya of Grovetown; and Amy Eckenroth of Harlem.

Navy News

Navy Hospitalman Lisa Kujawa, daughter of Lois and William Kujawa of Evans, is halfway through a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf while assigned to the dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor, home ported in San Diego.

State Meeting

Local Family and Consumer Science Teachers attended the GATFACS Winter In-Service meeting in Atlanta. The teachers that attended were Sandi Taylor, Jacki Atkinson, Laotha Carswell, Martha McGough, Barbara Howard, and Debbie Seymour.

Service Project

A "Thinking of You in Georgia-Carolina" banner was signed by more than 900 students as part of an FCCLA community service project at Evans High School. Following the September 11 incident, FCCLA members implemented a project to collect money and gifts for the children in the Twin Towers area. This project resulted in the donation of $800 to the Children in Crisis in New York City. Ms. Angela Hillestrand from Saturn of Augusta organized the project and actually delivered the gifts and money to the Children in Crisis Center in New York from the Evans chapter as well as a number of Saturn dealerships throughout the South.

In Feb., the FCCLA members collected and shipped more than 3,500 Valentine cards to be distributed by the Children in Crisis organization.

Students are now collecting plastic Easter eggs, filling them, and shipping them to low income areas to be distributed to pre-school and kindergarten classes.

Picture (from left to right): Ms. Angela Hillestrand, Chris Rawlings, Julie Hall, Brienne Lee, Don Brigdon, Martha McGough, and Laotha Carswell.