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T H U R S D A Y , MAY 9, 1996
LOCAL
DEMOCRACY
Running for Office
Dorothy B. Note
State
representative,
Districj 149 i . '
Position salary:
$10,641, plus
$59 daily
allowance during
legislative
session
portion duties: Represent west
Savannah in the General Assembly
Occupation: Retired educator, '
Incumbent District 149 state
representative
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Background: Pelote taught for 30
years in iphatham County schools.
She sat on the Chatham County
Commission from 1985-90 before
being elected to the Georgia
Mouse in 1990,
the quote: "I always say that I'm
not a politician, I'm a public
servant; And I want to return
something to my community, to
help make a difference."
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Jumper from Talmadge Bridge
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By Brad Swope
Savannah News-Press
A woman1 who jumped, off the Talmadge Bridge on
Wednesday afternoon survived the normally fatal 200foot fall, apparently without serious injury.
"She must have hit the water in just the right way. It's
amazing/' Savannah Police Department spokesman
.Mark ICeller said, ;
The woman, who was not immediately identified, had
parked her car along the northbound lanes of the bridge
over the Savannah River before witnesses saw her jump
off the sideabout 2:40p.m., Keller said.
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After witnesses reported the jwnp, police officers and
Savannah Fire Department rescue workers rushed to the
Georgia Porte Authority's Ocean Terminal, which is just
below the bridge on the north bank ofthe river. .
Once they spotted the woman in the water, a police officer and a Turecamo tugboat crew member were able to
rescue the woman by throwing her a life preserver,
Keller said.
Brought ashore at the terminal, she was checked by
emergency medical technicians, who found scrapes but
no broken bones, Keller said.
The woman, who appeared to be in her early 40s, had
movement in all her limbs, he said,
"There did notappear to be any extensive injuries."
She was taken to Memorial Medical Center for treatment
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Several people have jumped off the enormous suspension bridge since it opened in March 1991, but this
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DOING THAT MAY POLE THING
SavannahChatham County
Board of
Education
District 6 seat
Position salary:
$300 a month
Position duties: A
member represents the^resJderrts
c^;h|i or her district
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Responsibilities include drawing
up the school system's budget
arid making ipolicy for the Astern,
Party: Republican
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Occupation: Business consultant
Back|ppound: Glover received a
Bachelor's of Business
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Administration with .a: major In
accounting from Savannah State
College; He'^rv^d as alirst ;
lieutenant In the U.S; ArnTy^arid •
worked wrth the Small Business
BuriceDay
State
representative,
pstrictl53
Position salary:
$10,641, and
$59 daily
allowance during
legislative
session
Position duties: Represents
eastern Chatham County in
General Assembly
Party: Republican
Occupation: Author, investor,
incumbent District 153 state
Herzog vows
to battle her
Cultural
director
By John GIMMBS ;• .
that there are divisions
Savannah News-Press
founder
Mldtowh Re|XjbllcM£touhcil..;:
:Gioyerl^a merriber of the Knights
of Peter Clavercq and a
communicant at Most Pure Heart
of Mary Catholic Church.
The quote; "My main reason for
running Is this newly-elected
board is going to be the board. .
that takes us into the 21st
Century, and that board will be
the board to help, in preparing the
system and.pur children to move
jnWithe^21st Century; As aboard
member you would nekl to be
Innovative and pro-active, and
look for ways to ^nhiance the
school board and not only be
reactionary." •
Police and rescue workers scramble to pull a woman from the
Savannah River after she Jumped from the Talmadge Bridge on
Wednesday. The woman, seen In the water just to the left of the
tugboat, apparently escaped the 200-foot fall without Injury.
Carl Elmorft/Savannan Nws-Press
Savannah State College students do a Caribbean May Pole dance on Wednesday while hundreds of Chatham
County middle school students look 011. Trie ev^
Festival. Among the events still to come this week Is a*food tasting paity In Alexis Cl^
from 1 1 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Friday. Cuisine from 31 countries will be made free for the sampling.
Debate over Chatham teacher pay
ByAnneMuHer
Savannah News-i'rcss
.A debate about teacher pay raises has turned, into a
long, hard look at how many positions and programs
are paid for with local, rather than state, dollars.
"I think the feeling of the board is that there are some
programs, some events we can look at cutting — one
mentioned cTMonday) night was the convocation," said
board President Karen Matthews.
"We know over the long run there are going to have to
be some cuts made."
About 300 teachers attended a public hearing Monday
night, protesting the administration's plan to reduce
the amount of money it pays teachers above the state's
salary rate. They asked the board for the 6-percent
raise promised by the governor.
Although the local salary supplement would be
reduced, teachers would get a 3-percent overall pay
A PUBUC HEARING on the budget will be held May
13 from 5^8 p.m. at Savannah Tech.
BUDGET WORKSHOPS have been scheduled at the
school district's central office at 208 Bull St. for
May 9,16, 21, 23 and 28. times for all workshops
will be from 7-10 p.m.
raise under the plan, which the board will vote on
before the end of June.
"The .last place we would look to cut is at the school
level," Matthews said, "but we basically feel that is
coming if the governor keeps up with the 6-percent raises."
The board would first look to cut programs and events
that don't contribute to the academic success of students, Matthews said.
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vZishol^Herzog -. has
fired /a$ the cify's; Oultuiil . Affairs;
Office! dractbr, but she's not throwing
in the towel.
r^n^Wedne
attorney said his client is requesting
a- federal Investigation into job discrimination at City Hall, and she
plans to follow that up with a lawsuit
"It is unfortunatej" attorney Harold
J.Cronksaid, .
City Manager Michael Brown said
Wednesday he's upholding the decision to fire Zisholtz-Herzog made last
month by leisure Services Bureau
Director Joseph C. Shearouse. . •
Shearouse's decision was justified
because Zisholtz-Herzog did a poor
job running the Cultural .Affairs
Office and working with Savannah's
arts community, Browii said, The
offi.ce receives $447,847 annually to
sponsor musical, dramatic and artistic events,
"We're committed to a first-ra.te cultural arts program," Brown said. "It's
pretty clear to me that there are divisions out there (in the arts community) that need to be healed."
Despite protests from some local
artists, the Cultural Affairs Office will
continue to be part of the Leisure
Services Bureau, Brown said.
The
Equal
Employment
Opportunity Commission, a federal
agency guarding against job discrimination, will review Zisholta-Herzog's
firing, Cronk said. After the agency
finishes its investigation, ZisholtzHerzog will file suit, he said.
"The process will now move into the
court system, where Mr. Brown and
Mr, Shearouse will be given ample
Michael Brown
£ it M anager
opportunity to explain their actiQns,v
CronksaioV
The HEOC won't confirm or* de^iy an
investigation, but officials said their
discrimination reviews canr take
months. •
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In ah April 11 letter to Browii; Crept
alleged that City Hall has few Jewish
or women leaders, and that ZisholtzHerzog was discouraged by supervisors when she pushed for cultural
and religious diversity in ciiy arts
programs.
Brown and Shearouse have denied
that Zisholtz-Herzqg's religion, gender or cultural philosophy played a
role in their decisions.
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A native of New York, ZisholtzHerzog was hired in September 1994
after helping Jackson, Miss., plan an
African-American cultural district
She earned $53,000 last year.
Speaking Wednesday, ZisholtzHerzog said she was dismayed that
the city publicized her firing before
calling her or sending her a letter.
Nobody from the city had contacted
her as of late Wednesday, she said.
"The level of their unprofessionalism is shocking," Zisholtz-Herzog
said.
A search for her replacement will
begin immediately, Brown said.
representative
Background: A native of
'Jacksonville, N.C., Day now lives
on Tybee Island. He was a Tybee
Island councilman and police
commissioner before being
elected to the Georgia House in
•1994. Day's father, Cecil Day Sr.,
founded the Days Inn of America
chain; Burke Day once served as.
assistant to the company's
'•chairman.
Hie quote: "I've truly enjoyed
[serving my constituents and
'effectively amplifying their
concerns In the state legislature.
If they will have me, I hope to
continue as a hardworking
advocate for the 'islands district.'
as well as parts of Savannah I
represent."
The Savannah NewM*raM wfll coritinuc to
nm announcement* of candidates seeking
offlce who imet ttM deadHne to fll« tor the
Jury 9 primary. The deadline tor quatffyfng for
local election* ended In Aprfl. The deadtae
tor ctato office* I* Friday. Complete atorte*
on thOM running for office wff appear In
later edrtion*.
Students are doing their pan to help Pulaski Monument
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n the end it was the children.
Not the red-bricked Jim Williams
house to the west.
Not the Gothic-style synagogue to the
east.
Not the blooming
hydrangeas, the sensu
ous roots of the magno
lia trees, the residence
featured in "This Old
House."
In the end, on a
humid May morning in
Monterey Square with
dark clouds gathering
to the south and the
Jane
sound of a train whistle
in the air, it was the
Flshman
children from Pulaski
Elementary School
who drew the biggest crowd, attracted the
most attention.
They descended the bus in a storm, two
steps at a time, all in blue and white, all dif-
ferent sizes and shapes, to celebrate in song
their school namesake, Cnsimir Pulaski, a
heroic Polish soldier.
And the tourists, curious, easily distracted,
in no particular hurry, put away their maps
long enough to listen. So did the key-toting
office workers in walking shoes and nylon
stockings, who escaped their downtown
offices long enough for some diversion. So did
the woman from the national park system on a
rented bicycle, a former Girl Scout and scout
leader from Vermont who stopped oft in
Savannah to visit the legacy of Juliette
Gordon Low.
So did a kindergarten teacher from Germany
who ran back to her car to got her camera
and a parking ticket.
The children came to celebrate their interest and their fight for art. In a two week peri
od, the students from the elementary school
on Montgomery Street and DeHennc Avenue
pooled their pennies and nickles and dimes
and quarters and raised $527 for the renova
tion ofthe crumbling statue of Lady Liberty.
who rises in the square that commemorates
the U.S. capture of Monterey, Mexico, in the
Mexican-American War.
The pre-kindergarten 4-year-olds raised the
most — $84. The first-graders came in second,
with $57.
As a reward* those two classes won the
chance to board a bus. spread their blankets,
oat some submarine sandwiches and listen for
a few hours to the school choir. lx»d by Kd
McKown. the school's third-, fourth and fifth
graders sang songs such as "A Friend
Indeed." "This World." "Brain Power" and
"Great Day."
"Pulnski is from Poland." said Kli/abeth
Oliver. 10. "He fought in the Revolutionary
War"
"He was wounded in battle." said David
Llinet. 10.
Pinned on easels, student art anchored the
choir. Organized by art teacher Tatheycq
Handley. the pictures were modern-day renditions of Greek vases, the transmission shop
across from the school and portraits of people
from China and Hawaii.
During the two-week drive for i\inds, counselor Ginger Douglass.cq who announced the
school would donate 10 percent from all the
school supplies sold during that period,
turned the experience into a math lesson.
Over the public address system, Douglass
would ask "If we collected 14 dimes and three
$1 bills in school supplies, how much would
the statue ftmd get?"
Helatives ofthe students also made the trip
to the square
Fdwin and Kli/abeth ('hnpman never miss
nnytning their youngest granddaughter.
Alysha. participates in.
"Last week we went to Tallahassee. Fla.. to
see our oldest grandchild, Menova Stevens,
get her master's in chemistry from Florida
A&M She was magna cum laude.
"But this 0 1 wouldn't miss this for the
world." said Edwin Chapman. "My grandchild
announced we were here, the teacher brought
us a blanket 1 felt like a regular VIP."