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Thanks for helping with cleanups
Keep Liberty Beautiful
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Keep Liberty Beautiful thanks all of these fantastic groups and businesses and our 1,361 volunteers for their participation in the 2009 Great American Cleanup events this spring. Arbor Day tree plantings, city and roadside cleanups, special recycling collection events, Earth Day activities and awareness programs were all made possible because of you!

Ace Hardware
Applebee’s
Arlington Park Neighborhood
Bethesda Church
Boy Scout Troup #500
Bradwell Institute
Bradwell Institute Interact Club
BSA Pack 432
Chief Lamar Cook
Chili’s
City of Flemington
City of Gum Branch
City of Hinesville
City of Midway
City of Riceboro
City of Walthourville
Coach Brandi Helton
Coach Donnie Smith
Coach Father Will Carter
Coach Gloria L. Osborne
Coach Karen Bell
Coach Kim Sachau
Coach Kris Samuel
Coach Lavonia LeCounte
Coach Rene’ Harwell
Coach Robert Stokes
Coach Shannon Watson
Coach Sylvie King
Coach Terri Willett
Coach Toby Mahan
Coach Wayne King
Coastal DNR
Coastal Courier
Coastal Electric Cooperative
Cycle Club
Delta Sigma Theta
Dixie Stables
Dorchester Presbyterian Church
Eleanor Hudson
Family Connection
Farmers Natural Foods
Fellowship of Love Church
First African Baptist Church
First Methodist Kindergarten & Pre-K
First Presbyterian Christian Academy
First Steps
Fort Stewart 3rd Sustainment Brigade
Fort Stewart BOSS
Fort Stewart DPW
Fort Stewart Schools
Georgia EPD River of Words
Garden Heights Neighborhood
Gary Dodd
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Georgia Forestry Commission
Georgia Hunting & Fishing Federation
Georgia Power Company
Georgia Theater Company
Girl Scout Troup # 30394
Gum Branch Fire Department
Hampton Island
H.C. Developers
HDDA
Highsmith Foundation
Hinesville Area Arts Council
Hinesville Fire Department
Hinesville Rotary Club
Holmestown Community
Interstate Paper
Isle of Wight Community Club
Jeanette Replogle
Jordan Essentials
Keep Georgia Beautiful
Kiddie Kare Day Care
Kiwanis Club of Liberty County
L’Boogie
Lake Gale Community
Lewis Frasier Middle School
Liberty County 4-H Club
Liberty County Chamber of Commerce
Liberty County DFACS
Liberty County Environmental Health
Liberty County Extension Service
Liberty County Health Department
Liberty County High School
Liberty County High Interact Club
Liberty County Recreation Department
Liberty County Retired Educators
Liberty County Road Department
Liberty County Schools
Liberty County Solid Waste Department
Liberty Regional Medical Center
Live Oak Public Library
Mark Floyd
McDonald’s
Melon Bluff Nature Preserve
Midway Middle School
MMS Builders Club
MMS Science Club
Miller Pasture
Municipal Solar Financing
Northwest Exterminating
Phi Theta Kappa
Pine Ridge Neighborhood
Prevent Child Abuse Liberty
Project Reach GANG
Read Across Liberty Volunteers
Riceboro Church of God
Savannah Technical College
Seductive Ryderz
SNF Chemtall
St. James Church
St. Peter’s AME
St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church
Target Distribution Center
Temple of Praise
The Coastal Bank
The Georgia Conservancy
The Heritage Bank
Tower Drive Neighborhood
Trade Hill Community
Tree of Life Farms
True Born Gang
United Way
VIP Promotional Products
Water System Management
WB Vending
Woodmen of the World
Yellow Bluff Company
Youth Challenge
YMCA
 
KLCB notice:
• Keep your “butts” off the streets and sidewalks! Cigarette litter needs to be disposed of properly. For a free cigarette litter pocket ashtray, call 368-4888.

For more information on Keep Liberty County Beautiful programs, contact Swida at 368-4888 or klcb@coastalnow.net.
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Visit with children a real eye-opener
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One of my favorite activities as a state senator is when I get to speak to students at our local schools. This year, I spoke to third-grade students at May Howard Elementary and Marshpoint Elementary in Chatham County and Button Gwinnett Elementary in Liberty County.
The students from each of the schools had been studying civics and were familiar with the three branches of government — executive, judicial and legislative. I explained my role as a senator in the legislative process and told the children how the citizen legislature in the state of Georgia works.
Presenting each of the schools with a Georgia state flag, I explained the three principles for which the state flag stands — wisdom, justice and moderation — and had them recite the pledge to the flag with me. 
The students at all three schools were bright, respectful and well-disciplined — a tribute to their families and especially to their teachers, who had prepared the students for my visit with ideas for great questions.
The students in Ms. Hutchinson’s class at Marshpoint Elementary were impressive in singing the preamble to the Constitution during my visit. What a great way to learn such an important part of our nation’s history — another wonderful example of the great job our teachers are doing.
I was delighted last week to receive thank-you letters from some of the students. Here are excerpts from a few of their letters:
 
Dear Mr. Carter,
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come speak to us. I learned so much! I learned that there are two kinds of Pledge of Allegiances. That is pretty cool.
Do you travel all over the world do you? I really like that you taught me more about the three branches of government.
— Megan
 
Dear Sen. Carter,
Thank you for telling us about your job and your favorite thing about your job. I liked the Georgia state flag. I still have more questions. Do you have to work on Saturday and Sunday? Are you the only one who makes the laws?
Yours truly,
Ryleigh 


Dear Sen. Buddy Carter,
Thank you for coming and letting us have a little bit of your time. I want you to know that I learned something new. The Georgia pledge! Justice, wisdom and modesty! Thanks again!
— Liam
 
Dear Sen. Buddy Carter,
Thank you for coming and helping us learn more about the government and some of your job. Thank you for giving us a Georgia flag. It was fun when you came. Thank you for giving us some questions so we could answer them.
P.S. Did you ride in a limousine? I was going to ask you a question but then I forgot. But now I remember. How many rooms are there where you work? You can send me a note if you can.
Your friend,
Erin
 
I’m uncertain whether the students learned as much from me during my visit as I learned from them. One thing that I was reminded of was the honesty that comes from the innocence of childhood. I wasn’t quite sure how to interpret some of the questions, such as the one asked in this letter:
 
Dear Sen. Carter,
I loved your speech. Thanks for coming to our school. I think my favorite part was when we held the flag. It was so fun! I have a question: How many people voted for you?
Sincerely,
Shelly
 
I also was more than a little concerned about a recurring question in the thank-you notes that was posed to me during one of my visits by a beautiful, brown-eyed girl who, with a very serious look on her face, asked “Did you ever get re-elected be-fore?”


What a great group of young people! My faith and hope in our future has been reassured. What an amazing job our families and teachers are doing on a daily basis to support and encourage our next generation. Thank you for your dedication to teaching our leaders of tomor-row.

Sen. Buddy Carter can be reached at Coverdell Legislative Office Building (C.L.O.B.) Room 301-A, Atlanta, GA, 30334. His Capitol office number is 404-656-5109

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