V L I 60 N 5, 2012 Two Terrific Pianists In Concert Tuesday

VOLUME L ISSUE 60 NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Two Terrific Pianists In Concert Tuesday

Two of the finest pianists in the area She studied music un- School in Tift
will be spotlighted in the First Tuesday
concert on Nov. 6 when ABAC presents der Shirley Burch and County. She has
A Night of Music for Two Pianos featur-
ing Becky Anderson and Gina Lawhon. at Florida State Univer- been church

The concert begins at 7 p.m. in the sity under Dr. Tommy pianist for First
Chapel of All Faiths.
Wright while pursuing Baptist in Tifton
The First Tuesday series features
regional professional artists on the first degrees in German for 33 years. She
Tuesdays of five months during the
year. Dr. Susan Roe, Director of Music and English. She is a is a graduate of
for the School of Liberal Arts, is the
First Tuesday Program Director. All member of "Four North Texas
First Tuesday performances are open
to the public at no charge. Grands," a four-piano State University.

The performance will feature some group which performs She taught piano
of the most popular music in the classi-
cal repertoire including Richard within the state. and accompa-
Addinsell’s “Warsaw Concerto”, Franz
Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody”, and Ser- Anderson worked Pianist Anderson and Lawhon will per- nied performing
gei Rachmaninoff’s “18th Variation”. A with the German Con- groups for 10
sulate General in Atlan- form Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Chapel years at ABAC.
taste of ragtime music will be added
into the concert with William Bolcom’s ta for 10 years before Lawhon has ac-
“The Serpent’s Kiss”.
returning home to Fitzgerald, where companied numerous recitals at ABAC,
Anderson is the pianist for Central
United Methodist Church in Fitzgerald. she and her husband, Tim, are publish- Albany State University, and Valdosta

ers of Fitzgerald's community newspa- State University, and has played with

per, “The Herald-Leader”. She has the Brandenburg Quartet. Lawhon has

served on the boards of Communities performed and accompanied many

in School, the Blue-Gray Museum, the Georgia Baptist events as well as nu-

Downtown Development Authority, the merous solo concerts and performanc-

Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Arts Council, and es with the Albany Symphony. She has

the Humane Society. recorded one piece of sacred music,

Lawhon is an elementary school mu- “Praise His Greatness.”

sic teacher at Len Lastinger Primary

Cordell Lecture Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. 100 Sodexo Canned

A former newspaper reporter who 1971. Always open to the public at no Food Drive Nov. 1-13
now writes about rural America will be charge, the lecture series in Cordell’s
the featured speaker at the Cordell honor began in 1985. Sodexo’s second-annul canned
Lecture Series on Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. in food drive be-
Bowen Hall, Room 100 on the campus of “Survival of Rural America” exam- gins Thurs. All of
ABAC. ines the causes and effects of the mas- the proceeds will
sive depopulation of rural communities be donated to
Richard Wood, a former reporter for throughout the world. Using Kansas as a Ruth’s Cottage.
Clubs and organi-
the “Rocky Mountain News” in Denver, surrogate for rural areas everywhere, it zations have from
Nov. 1 to Nov. 13
will speak on his book, “Survival of tells the stories of people in small, re- to collect as many
Rural America: Small Victories and Bit- mote towns who are trying to stabilize canned goods as you can! The winner
ter Harvests”, published in 2008 by the their populations, and – in most cases - will be determined on the 13th and
University Press of Kansas and selected are failing to do so. will receive a $100 gift card to
as a Notable Book by the Kansas Center Walmart. As for any faculty, staff or
for the Book at the State Library of Kan- Wood received a B.A. in history from commuter students who does not have
sas. the University of Kansas, an M.A. from a meal plan, bring in five canned
New York University in political sci- foods items from 11-2 on the Nov.13
The Cordell Lecture Series is named ence, and his law degree from and your lunch will be free!
in honor of Tom M. Cordell, former Georgetown Law Center in Washing-
dean and coordinator of the continuing ton, D.C.
education program at ABAC. Cordell,
who passed away in 1991, was recog- Wood is a native of Kansas City, IL,
nized as “Man of the Year” by the but now makes his home in Estes Park
and Denver, CO.
“Progressive Farmer” magazine in

Schools and clubs participating in the Stallion Marketplace can set-up Friday from noon—3 p.m. or by 9
a.m. Saturday morning. Be ready for a great day—close to 200 students have signed up and the number
will continue to increase. If you have questions contact Brooke Jernigan at [email protected].

Two-Day Career Connections Nov. 13-14 Mark Your Calendar

The fourth annual Career culture has been strong, Choral Day
Connections event will take growing, and in a state of C oncert
place Nov. 13-14 on the campus technological development. Thursday @ 4 p.m.
of ABAC. The event will run Through Career Connec-
from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. each day in tions, our students learn Concert Band
the new two-day format. more about the future needs Performance
of the employers, and the Nov. 13 @ 7 p.m.
On Nov. 13, the focus will be
employers learn much
on the fields of agriculture and about the current state of
horticulture. The second day of young people interested in
the event will spotlight jobs in the agricultural industries.”
forestry and wildlife. Organizations and companies partic-
ipating in the event will include Kubota
The Career Connections job fair will Tractor Corp., Brickman Landscape
feature a forum for employers to recruit Group, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., Auburn
future interns and employees and to University - College of Agriculture,
communicate industry issues and op- Pfizer Animal Health, Perdue Farms,
portunities to ABAC students. Employ- Inc., Southwest Georgia Farm Credit,
ers will also have the chance to give
feedback to faculty and students about Sanderson Farms, AgCareers.com,
Black Gold Farms, and Lasseter Equip-
human resource needs and promote ment Group.
agribusiness and green business prac-
tices to ABAC students. Businesses interested in participat-
ing in the Career Connections event
“The state of the national economy can register online at www.abac.edu/
has caused the nation to question the ag/careers/. For more information on
future of certain career paths,” said Dr. the Career Connections event, interest-
Tim Marshall, Dean of the School of ed persons can contact Marshall via e-
Agriculture and Natural Resources. mail at [email protected].
“During the last four years when other
industries have suffered greatly, agri-

Cane Grinding, Syrup Making Nov.10 and 17

Take a step back in time on Village is one of the few

Nov. 10 and Nov. 17 with the annu- places left where visitors

al cane grinding and syrup mak- can go back in time to see

ing parties at the Georgia Museum sugar cane grinding with

of Agriculture and Historic Village a mule leading the way.

at ABAC. The resulting juice from

Visitors can also enjoy live mu- grinding the cane is

sic on the Gibbs House Porch as poured into a cast iron

well as wool washing and dying kettle where it’s cooked

and spinning demonstrations at down into syrup.

the Clark Cabin throughout the Admission to the Georgia

day. Concessions will be availa- Museum of Agriculture

ble at the Drug Store including and Historic Village on

soup and corn bread, hotdogs, ice Tuesday-Friday is $7 for

cream, and peanut butter and jelly adults, $6 for seniors (age

sandwiches. 55 and over), $4 for chil-

The “Wild at Heart” exhibit of dren 5-16 years of age,

wood carvings, photos, and paint- and free for children four

ings of outdoor creatures and and under. Saturday ad-

scenes will also be available for The annual cane grinding at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture mission is $10 for adults,
viewing in the Museum Gallery. $8 for seniors (age 55 and
Featured artists include Ronald and Historic Village will take place Nov. 10 and 17.
over), $5 for children 5-16

Goodman from Fitzgerald, Evelyn years of age, and free for

Mercer from Hahira, and Thomas Bland a bottle of syrup available for purchase children four and under.

from Reidsville. from the Museum store. For more information on these and

Visitors can also take a ride on the For many Southerners, cane grind- other upcoming events, interested per-

steam train pulled by the 1917 Vulcan ing and syrup cooking are family tradi- sons can contact the Museum staff at

locomotive, and visit with costumed tions that have been passed down (229) 391-5205 or visit the Museum’s

interpreters who will explain how through many generations. The Geor- website at www.abac.edu/museum.

grinding the cane eventually results in gia Museum of Agriculture’s Historic

ABAC Closed Nov. 21–26 Ms. Fran Retires After 14 Years at ABAC
for Thanksgiving Holiday
Ms. Fran Kester celebrated 14 great years
The ABAC campus will be at ABAC Thursday during her Retirement
close at 5:30 on Nov. 20 and Reception. Kester began working at
will re-open at 8 a.m. on ABAC on October 29, 1998. During that
Nov. 26 in observance of the time she received her American citizen-
Thanksgiving Holiday. ship and was known for exclaiming “God
Bless America.” She plans to relax and
Dining For Hunger with spend time with her family during her re-
ABAC Phi Theta Kappa tirement.

Join ABAC’s Phi Theta Kappa in a case
study focusing on how much food is wast-
ed on a daily basis.

Nov. 5-9 PTK members will demon-
strate the amount of food thrown away
daily in the dining hall by placing hay
bales in the Meadows. Each hale bale will
represent 100 pounds of food thrown
away in the dining hall.

As a conclusion to the project, Phi The-
ta Kappa will be hosting a dinner on Nov.
15 to emphasize how little some people
actually get to eat for a meal. The dinner
will be at the St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
Social Hall, and tickets for the dinner will
be $5 per person. Dr. Renata Elad, ABAC
Professor of Agricultural Economics, will
be the guest speaker. Participants will
receive a meal, however it may not be
the same as the person sitting next to
you. Please come out and support
ABAC’s Phi Theta Kappa.

For tickets or more information please
contact Hans Schmeisser,
[email protected], Chase Hagood,
[email protected], or Kim Talley, ktal-
[email protected].

The FOCUS is an electronic publi- Meth Awareness Day Seminar
cation produced by the ABAC
Public Relations Office . ABAC students attended a panel discussion last Wednesday on drug awareness
and how to prevent the negative consequences of meth addiction. The event was
Please submit information by sponsored by the Student Development Center, Criminal Justice Club, and Stu-
Thursday at noon to Ashley Mock dent Life and Housing.
at [email protected] for inclusion in
the next FOCUS.

ABAC Birthdays

7 Deborah Drummonds
7 Kathy Moreno
8 Tim Marshall
8 Robert Carpenter
11 Judy Perry
11 Alma Young