The Colotl controversy has prompted the state Board of Regents to re-examine its policies regarding whether illegal aliens enrolled at state colleges and universities should be charged the higher tuition rate. But many critics, and public sentiment, seem to favor prohibiting them from being enrolled at all. Those slots should go to legal Georgia residents and to out-of-state students who are citizens or in the country legally, they say.
STATE SENATE candidate Lindsey Tippins announced Monday that if elected, he will donate his $17,500 annual salary as a legislator to the Cobb Schools Foundation to create five $3,500 scholarships for local students each year. Students at the five high schools (Allatoona, North Cobb, Harrison, Hillgrove and Kennesaw Mountain) in Senate District 37 would be eligible.
Such a move would be par for the course for Tippins, who during his 12 years on the Cobb school board donated his school board salary to the foundation for scholarships - a total of just more than $240,000 during those dozen years.
Tippins is trying to unseat incumbent Sen. John Wiles (R-Kenn.).
POLITICAL PATTER: A reminder that Cobb's Rho Zeta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, in conjunction with the Cobb Political Education Coalition, will host a forum this evening for Georgia's attorney general candidates at Southern Polytechnic State University.
The event will take place in the Burruss Auditorium of the Joe Mack Wilson Student Center from 7-8:30 p.m.
Expected to be on hand are candidates Sam Olens, Rob Teilhet, Preston Smith, Max Wood and Ken Hodges. Moderating will be Maynard Eaton and "Good Day Atlanta" host Mark Hayes.
For more, call (770) 977-7915.
WONDERING WHO TO VOTE FOR? The Cobb County Republican Women's Club will host a Cobb Commission candidates' forum at its monthly meeting at noon Friday at the Hilton/Marietta Conference Center on Powder Springs Street. Cost is $22 for members and $27 for guests. To make reservations call Billie Dendy at (770) 785-2522 or e-mail her at dendybillie@comcast.net.
And yes, all of the candidates running for commissioner and commission chairman this year are Republicans.
THE MARIETTA KIWANIS CLUB will hold the long-anticipated unveiling and dedication ceremonies next week — at 2 p.m. July 2 — for its “Forever Remember” statue on Roswell Street, and the public is encouraged to attend.
The life-sized bronze statue of a woman holding a folded U.S. flag is meant to honor not just those who serve in uniform, but those who anxiously “stand and wait” for their safe return, according to club President Victoria Turney.
The statue will be erected in the city’s newly dedicated Joe Mack Wilson Park at the corner of Roswell and Anderson streets just in time to be on view during the city’s annual July Fourth Parade (to be held this year on July 3).
The dedication will take place at the site. A private reception for club members, project supporters and sculptor Dennis Smith of Utah will take place afterward.
For more, go to www.foreverremember.us.
THE STRAND THEATRE on Marietta Square will hold its annual installation of sidewalk bricks in August, and the deadline for order one of the inscribed bricks is Friday, reports Theatre spokeswoman Christy Rosell. Brick pledge forms can be found online and must be postmarked or dropped off at the box office by that date. Donations are tax-deductible, and The Strand will accept donations of any size. Go to www.EarlSmithStrand.org or call (770) 293-0080.
SATURDAY’S AT ITEM about avowed Smyrna atheist Ed Buckner being invited to debate against Islamic spokesmen in England, and Buckner’s prediction to AT that the MDJ’s conservative readers would be pulling for him, brought forth a sharp retort from reader Jim Storey.
“I will be one who is not pulling for him or the Islamists, since the entire debates are foreign to what the U.S. was founded on,” e-mailed Storey, who then critiqued several of the debates’ titles.
“Subjects like ‘Secularism’ or Islam: Which One Makes More Sense for Modern Human Society?’ Neither — just look at North Korea as a prime example of a secular society and Iran as a prime example of an Islamic society.
“‘Islam or Atheism: You Decide.’ Well, I decide against both.
“And ‘Is a Secular Society a Better Society?’ Definitely not! Consider North Korea, Cuba and numerous other secular societies. ...”
MARIETTA MAYOR Steve “Thunder” Tumlin has been taking numerous overdue steps to make city council meetings more transparent and more inviting to the public. And he’s done so despite the steady resistance of powerful Councilman Philip Goldstein, who many say has used the old set up to quietly maximize his influence over the council and its committees.
But as Councilman Van Pearlberg quipped the other day, “Things are changing around here. We’ve gone from the ‘Book of Philip’ to the ‘Book of Thunder.’”
PEOPLE: Jenn Hobby, a radio personality for Atlanta’s The Bert Show on Q100, 99.7 FM (the second most popular morning show in Atlanta) announced on-air Monday morning that her boyfriend, Grant, proposed to her over the weekend and she said yes. Her boyfriend happens to be Grant Rivera, principal at Campbell High School. Hobby was formerly married to rock band Sister Hazel’s guitarist, Ryan Newell.
THE COBB COUNTY LEGAL SECRETARIES ASSOCIATION recently hosted Senior Judge Michael Stoddard. He presented a scholarship check from the Beth Hale Memorial Scholarship Fund to recent high school graduate Ashli Crepsac. Ashli’s mother, Donna, and grandmother, Sandy, were present to accept this check. Ashli will be attending the University of Georgia in the fall. The scholarship is named after Beth Hale, who was the Judicial Assistant to Judge Stoddard at the time of her death.
MORE PEOPLE: Congressman Phil Gingrey’s 10th grandchild was born May 3 at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. Barbara Foley “Ley” Collins was born to Phyllis and Jerry Collins. Gingrey was in the delivery room at the hospital, which is where he has delivered over 5,000 babies himself. …
After pedaling 110 miles on the Horsey Hundred out of Georgetown, Ky., two weekends ago, last week Dale Covington, 71, of Marietta completed a 371-mile loop from Fayetteville to Columbus and back in the 2010 Bicycle Ride Across Georgia. Both rides drew more than 1,000 cyclists. Dale is 71 years old. ...
Kimberly Angle, while visiting family and friends in Powder Springs where she grew up, found out that her novel, “Hummingbird,” has been nominated for the Georgia Children’s Book Award 2010. Angle was a McEachern Homecoming Queen and Miss McEachern High School back in 1986.
MUST MINISTRIES, a faith-based group that serves people in need in Cobb and Cherokee counties, is providing summer lunches for school age children again this year. The program, which began in 1995, is designed to provide continuous support for families with reduced or free lunches throughout the school year. MUST Ministries delivers 2,000 sack lunches each weekday to the neighborhoods of these children until school begins. Lunches include sandwiches, chips, fruit, dessert and a juice box.
Last year, MUST delivered more than 100,000 lunches. There is even greater demand this year. The program is funded through donations. Volunteer work is available for anyone who would like to help make sandwiches or assemble and deliver lunches.
To volunteer time, services or financial assistance, call (678) 218-4488 or visit the website at www.mustministries.org.
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