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Posted By Kate on January 4, 2011

Part 2: A long article, but a memory refresher of some of the major events that occurred in July.

Saturday, July 10, 201
Georgia’s First Black American Senator. Athens Native, Mike Thurmond, current Georgia Labor Commissioner qualified to run as a candidate for the US Senate seat of Republican Sen Johnny Isakson. R J Hadley, another Black is also vying for the nomination. One of them will be eliminated in the July Primary Election, who will then face Johnny Isakson for the seat in the General Election.

Saturday, July 10, 201
Go Figure. I Did. Superintendent Jackson Explains. The Superintendent gives this explanation: Your home cost $100,000. Your tax assessor sets the fair market value of your house and then takes 40% (by state law it must be 40%) of that on which to charge you a tax, thus $40,000. So you pay property taxes on $40,000, but how is that determined? One mill is 0.001 of the value of anything. Something called a mill rate is a percentage of that value – one thousandth of the 40% value – (0.001 of $40,000) = $40 (the amount of taxes due on your property if the mill rate is 1). If the millage rate is set at 5 or 10 or whatever, you must pay 5 or 10 times the $40. Here’s the reason that your taxes may be reduced even if the mill rate stays the same. The tax assessor is by state law required to determine the fair market value of all properties in the county boundary and the aggregate number is called the tax digest. If we are in a recession and property values have dropped (land and homes are selling for much less thus the fair market value has decreased) then the total value of all property in the county shows a decrease in the digest or sum. Because the economy is sinking, the digest will be a smaller number, the county may not be able to collect enough taxes to support the current budget and will need to raise the mill rate therefore increasing their revenue to continue all the standard services that you pay for through your taxes (fire protection, road paving and constant improvement, etc.). In a bad economy, market values decrease and assessed values decrease, therefore tax bills decrease. If the assessed value of your home is less because of a bad economy and the mill rate stays the same, your tax bill will be less. However, some local governments may raise the mill rate regardless of the state of the economy so that a prepared budget can be met. If 17 mills does not bring in enough money to cover the school budget – all the expenses of running a school system for a year, then the system must increase the mill rate. It all depends on the fair market value of your property and the fair market value may change from year to year depending on the activity of the economy.

Saturday, July 10, 201
Saturday Stroll Today Features Wildlife. A zoologist and wildlife program specialist conducted the nature walk at Harris Shoals Park in Watkinsville today. Berkley Boone is an amphibian and reptile specialist and Clint Murphy is a wildlife specialist. Both men used their experience to guide participants around the park to talk about wildlife in general and both men work at Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail at Memorial Park in Athens. Proceeds from the event ($5 per person) will go to improvements at Bear Hollow for 2 orphaned bear cubs. Their mother bear was killed. The stroll around Harris Shoals Park will be about a mile and last an hour. About 12 people are expected to attend. A new sign is present at the Shoals Park: “WARNING – Bear Sightings – Use Caution” The sign was placed in the Park about a month ago when a resident spotted a black bear there.

Saturday, July 10, 2010
Toyota’s Acceleration Problem Solved or Is It? When the uncontrolled gas pedal in the Toyota Avalon caused wrecks and some deaths by speeding up rather than slowing down when the brake was applied, the automaker looked into the problem and announced that it was probably due to the floor mat positioned against the gas pedal and could be prevented by moving the mat to its correct position. The Japanese automaker recalled many thousands of the Avalons thinking the problem would soon go away. The problem persisted, however, and entities outside the company began to investigate. Dr David Gilbert from Southern Illinois University looked into the electronics which is coded for the brake to override the gas injection when applied. By manipulating the code, he found a flaw in the coded electronics and presented it to company officials who gave him a luke-warm reception. The problem remained with other Avalon owners continuing to report the same problem. In one instance, a young man sits in jail, convicted of killing a person in a traffic accident in which his Avalon did not stop but accelerated into the victim’s vehicle. The public has kept up with the progress the company has made to eliminate the problem and as a result, sales of the Avalon have decreased significantly. Since the company seem to ignore Gilbert’s finding and made clear to the University’s administrators that they did not endorse his work, he went to other outlets, one being the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. He next plans to present his findings to Congress. Oconee residents who own an Avalon, may wish to follow this item in the national and local news media.

Saturday, July 10, 2010
Oconee County Trail Riders Enjoy New Trail. Linda Kundell (and husband Jim) moved to Oconee County about a decade ago (from Clarke County) and recently saw the opportunity to increase interest in horses and pleasure riding. She formed a club or group called the Oconee County Trail Ride Volunteers with the intention of blazing a trail somewhere in the county for horseback riding. She approached the Oconee Parks & Recreation Department to inquire about a possible trail at 364-acre Heritage Park on U S Hwy 441 at the far southern end of the county. That’s when it started. After mapping a trail, volunteers gathered on scheduled days and worked to clear the path. It is about 5 feet wide (to accommodate emergency vehicles) and about 4 miles long. A bike path already existed in the park but was not suitable for horses so the bike group and the horse riding group worked together to meld the 2 paths for benefit of both pastimes. It can also be used for just hiking by foot. Kundell has hopes of finding more beautiful places to construct other trails for horseback riding. As trail development ensued, the number of volunteers increased and now there are about 15 members. It is now a beautiful setting for just relaxing with nature (it runs by a stream) and spending some quiet time alone or with friends. The Chamber ribbon cutting for the Trail was on June 6, 2010. See Photo Album at www.aPVOC-GA.com

Saturday, July 10, 201
Copper Thieves On The Rise. Several Georgia Power Companies have come together to offer a $500 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest of anyone who steals copper from their properties such as substations, utility poles and transformers. Tinkering with such devices and removing the copper causes outages and puts a lineman in danger of electrocution when working on the equipment.

Sunday, July 11, 2010
Governors Struggling to Balance State Budgets. Medicaid is on the brink of running out of funds for the upcoming year. There are 2 ways to help the States. One is for the Feds to print more money to prop up Medicaid for the short term. So as more individuals get on the roll, the funds run out again and taxes would have to be raised. The other way is to find the money in Fed Programs that are wasteful, extravagant, or have lived out their lifetime of usefulness and apply those funds to Medicaid thereby stabilizing the account for the long term without raising taxes. What is the issue that the public is most concerned about? Runaway spending of money that we don’t have. Now which method makes more sense? So goes the discussion at the National Governors Association this weekend.

Sunday, July 11, 2010
Class Size to Increase for 2010-11 School Year. Lynda Hale, Curriculum & Instruction Assistant Superintendent announced at the July Work Session of the Board that the class size restrictions have been lifted as of the State Board of Education’s edit in May of this year. This fall, the system is free to increase the number of students in a single class to fit their needs and to lessen the number of teaches, thus saving funds. In the past, the Oconee system has stayed a few numbers below (between 19 and 21) what the state allowed (between 22 and 24). The state now will allow as high as 32 in the higher grade levels, although, most classes will not need to increase to that number said David Weeks, Chairman of the Board.

Sunday, July 11, 2010
Oconee School System Adopts “SpringBoard” SpringBoard is a curriculum designed by the College Board for as young as 6^th graders to engage is exercises to strengthen their critical thinking skills and writing skills in preparation for AP (Advance Placement) courses in high school. The 2 high schools in Oconee County have more students enrolled in AP courses than any other high school in the state. For this, Newsweek Magazine named both Oconee High Schools among the top 5% of schools for enrolling the greatest number of students in AP Courses. “The AP seems to be popular with our students here and we are doing all we can to help more students engage in and pass the college courses,” said the curriculum director Scott Gordon. These courses put students way ahead of others in their first years in a college program. One of the main objectives of the new curriculum is to teach students how to study effectively so as to use time efficiently which allows for so much more activity in their lives. Oconee Students love to take on added responsibility.  During the 2008-09 school year, half  (460) the juniors and seniors took the exams and 75% of those passed. The new curriculum will cost about $15,000 plus the cost of teacher training. For the next year, the course will be offered to 7^th and 8^th graders. After that, AP courses will be offered to freshmen and sophomores, not just juniors and seniors. What a Great School System!!!

Sunday, July 11, 2010
Fair Tax Becoming The Main Issue. Former Chief of Staff for Congressman John Linder, the Fair Tax Proponent, Rob Woodall is running to replace his former boss in the midterm election since Linder announced his retirement as of Jan 1, 2011. There are 8 others who declared for the same Congressional seat, but Woodall, running on the Fair Tax platform seems to be ahead at the moment. All in the race agree that a Fair Tax is needed to replace the present conglomeration of code and argue the small difference on how they would go about writing a bill that would replace the IRS. Congressman Linder resigned his seat effective January 1, 2011. His constituents voted each time overwhelmingly to put him back in office for 20 years. His reason is that he has aged without spending much time with family and he wishes to be with them. He has given his support to his former Chief of Staff.

Monday, July 12, 2010
Big Names Endorse Georgia Candidates. Former Alaskan Governor Sara Palin and former Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney endorsed Karen Handel for Georgia Governor and former President Bill Clinton endorsed Attorney General Thurbert Baker for Georgia Governor. Newt Gingrich has endorsed former Congressman Nathan Deal for Georgia Governor. There are 7 candidates running for the governor’s seat. Will these endorsements help or hinder? Karen Handel spoke openly about the endorsements saying “That’s nice but I’d rather have the endorsement of the voters.”

Monday, July 12, 2010
Population Growth For Last Decade. Oconee County’s population topped its largest influx of people in 2006 – a rate of 3.9%. Other rates of growth:  year 2004 – 2.1%; year 2005 – 2.6%; year 2006 – 3.9%; year 2007 – 3.5%; year 2008 – 3.2%; year 2009 – 2.4%. Year 2010 population figures are not known yet. Barrow County, one with the fastest growth in the early 2000s (average of 5.0% for the 6 years) was hit with the lowest growth rate – 2.7% in the year 2009. Jackson County’s average growth for the same time period is 4.5% with its lowest influx of people in 2009 at 2.1%. Jackson’s growth had reached 7.4% in 2006. Clarke County’s growth pattern showed a steady trend downward starting at 3.3% in 2004 and a rate of 1.0% in 2009. Some of these people are moving from county to adjacent county, but most of them are from outside the greater Athens area and out-of-state. “If you build, they will come” is the old Realtor cry. These data seem to support that quote put another way: “If you don’t build, they will not come.”

Monday, July 12, 2010
Google Regains License To Operate in China. Earlier in this year, China denied Google the right to operate inside China because of Google’s alleged “law breaking content.”  Google immediately started re-routing it’s users to the site in Hong Kong which is not under mainland China’s censorship. The Internet guru announced today that China had renewed its license to operate in mainland China for another 2 years as long as it will abide by the content restriction. The Google url address for China is google.cn. There are some 384 million internet users in China compared to about 200 million in the US.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Georgia Chamber Hears Health Care Reform From Newt Gingrich. The former House Speaker spoke at a gathering of Chamber leaders today for an hour explaining how the Obama health care could be repealed and replaced with a reform of Medicare. His elaborate chart mapped the complexity of the change which indicated that Medicare was headed for some drastic changes. He said he was saddened that the Republicans lost the opportunity to change the present system under Bush – and now it will be harder to force a change. When asked the question, he did not rule out a run for the Presidency in 2012 but would not give a positive answer. He will make a decision in March 2011. He did say that Obama must become a one-term President to save this country.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Rain Again Today. According to the weather report, scattered showers appeared again today and left about 1.5 inches at the Athens Ben Epps airport. The needed showers covered Oconee County.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Candidates Running for Congress Seat Report Money Raised. Incumbent US Rep Paul Broun raised $175,000 and his challenger, Law Student Russell Edwards raised about $103,000. Edwards, a newcomer and not well known in the area, said his main message is that voters should send a leader to Washington that is moderate referring to Broun’s provocative stand on issues. Broun has been elected twice by the electorate from the 10^th District. Both candidates are from Athens.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Tight Fitting Cap to Stop Oil Leak. Today, tests are being made to position a cap over the leaking oil pipe to stop the massive oil spill in the Gulf. The chief disaster manager had to wait until the government gave the Okay that it was safe before beginning the exercise. The cap is a 75 ton arrangement of metal pipes that will be lowered down on the leaking pipe in hopes of stopping the flow of oil. The rig is designed to either divert the oil into piping for collection at the surface or capture it in the pipe for closing off permanently. Robots will slowly begin closing each opening. BP plans to monitor the work every 5 hours and at the end of 48 hours, they will evaluate the results. At present, oil is still gushing out although nearly a million gallons have been diverted to the surface for collection. BP estimates that a total of nearly 2 million gallons are leaking every day that it is being left open. Two relief wells are being drilled nearby to relieve the pressure in the leaking well.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Obama’s Help for Dem Candidates Goes Unappreciated. Democratic Congressional members, noting the massive gatherings of disgruntled citizens, some calling themselves The TEA Party and some by other names, Democrats are criticizing Obama’s policies resulting in angry exchanges between administration officials and Congress in a White House memo. He immediately took the defensive and reminded them how much he has helped fund the re-election of each Congressional member up for re-election even though some have not invited him to appear at their fund raisers. White House Press spokesman, Robert Gibbs made the statement that the Republicans could win a majority in the House to which House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi fired back. Gibbs later amended his statement by saying he “doesn’t think that will happen.” There is disarray among the Democrats now.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
New Businesses Still Coming to Watkinsville. At the Watkinsville City Council Meeting tonight, business license were approved for the following: 1) Lifeboat Pre-K Tutoring Center at 1450 B Greensboro Hwy; 2)The Classic Cottage at 1021 Industrial Blvd; 3) All About Pine Straw at 73 North Main Street; and 4)The Bridal Store at Town Center.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Former VP Cheney Gets a Heart Pump. The 69 year old Republican and former Vice President  has lived with heart problems for many years surviving 5 heart attacks since age 37. Today, he emerged from the hospital in northern Virginia after surgery to implant a heart pump in his chest, saying that he feels fine and is taking it easy while recovering.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Stock Market Reacts to Bumpy Economic Recovery. The Fed Chairman, Ben Benacke issued a statement today that the economy is still weak which sent stocks down again. Investors are not regaining their confidence in a questionable recovery. Stocks fell sharply to almost no gain to end a long streak of gains. Unemployment is still slightly below 10%.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Watkinsville’s Harris Shoals Park May Be Expanded. Mayor Joe Walter is in negotiation with neighboring land owners to the Park to offer a deal to sell to the city to expand the Park boundary. The Park has become very popular with use by more citizens recently and many more children visit to play on the playground equipment.  Walter is talking to city residents about the idea and he said all comments have been positive. Funds for the expansion most likely will come from SPLOST monies and the Council could apply for grant from several sources. The Mayor said a draft plan will be ready in several weeks for citizen input before any action will be taken by the Council.  Completion of the project is probably several years hence – maybe 2013.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Agri-Cycle Files Bankruptcy, Land For Sale. The 86-acre plant, located in Talmo, GA has 3 ponds which hold discarded grease from restaurants. The grease usually dries, but the frequency of rain in the area this Spring and Summer resulted in a constant sludge. In 2007, one of the ponds holding a mixture of grease and water caught fire and a local Judge ordered the plant closed. The company was cited by the State EPD for its contamination (mixture spilling over into nearby stream) and told them to present a plan to the State for cleaning it up. A plan was submitted but did not satisfy the officials. They were then taken to court and the Judge gave them 90 days and imposed a fine each day that it was not cleaned up. Company officials say there is no money to follow the mandated cleanup. Agri-Cycle filed for bankruptcy (Chapter 7) in April 2010 and today placed a “For Sale” sign on the property thus avoiding any compliance with the court orders. Jackson County Assessors value the acreage at $1 Million. All companies working with the environment should have a contingency fund for just such situations.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Our Judge Steve Jones Nominated for the Federal Bench. Judge Jones, if confirmed, will serve in the Northern District of Georgia. He is now one of 2 Judges (Judge Lawton Stephens is the other) for the Western Judicial Circuit that includes Oconee and Clarke Counties. Jones is from Clarke County and is also the person that coordinates activities for OneAthens and Partners For a Prosperous Athens to bring down the 30% poverty rate in Clarke County. Jones believes that to solve problems that he sees in the court room, action must be taken outside the court room to try to help those people before they get in trouble with the law. Jones was appointed by then Governor Zell Miller in 1995. Since 2004, Jones has conducted the Felony Drug Court Program. In his early days as a district attorney, he presided over the Child Support Recovery Unit. Jones graduated from Clarke County Cedar Shoals High School in 1981. His replacement will probably be appointed by the new Georgia Governor in 2011 if he accepts the nomination and is chosen.

Tuesday. July 15, 2010
Roy Barnes (D) vs Nathan Deal (R). According to a statewide poll conducted by the Georgia Newspaper Partnership, the governor’s race with 7 candidates will be narrowed down to 2, a contest between former Governor (Barnes) and the retired Congressman (Deal) which will plunge them into a runoff in August. In an effort to gain votes from Independents, Barnes is running from anything that speaks of the Obama policies. He knows that most Georgians are unhappy with the direction the country is taking under the leadership of Barak Obama. But Georgia Republicans have a history of large turnout, so the midterm election may end up in a situation that, of the top 2 vote getters, neither will receive a majority (50% plus) and a run-off  will follow. Results will be known by the end of the day, Tuesday, July 20.

Tuesday. July 15, 2010
Oconee Citizens Sponsored Political Forum.
About 100 citizens attended the forum held at the Veterans Park Community Center dining room. All Candidates were present and were asked to answer questions from the audience. Candidates for the State Representative were: Tommy Malcom (R), Hank Huckabee (R), Kirk Snook (R) and Suzzy Dupree (D).  Candidates for the Oconee Board of Commission were: Margret Hale (I) and Tammy Gilland (R). Candidates for the Board of Education were: Mack Guest (I), Mark Thomas (R) and Carter Strickland (D). All were Republicans except Dupree and Strickland. Only Hale and Guest were incumbents. Both are Republicans. Russ Page and Lee Becker organized the event and served as moderators. Questions were relevant to the specific seat and were along expected lines, but the Democrat Strickland said that he was in favor of firing the Superintendent of Schools, Dr John Jackson – a shocker. The event lasted about 2 hours with a greet-and-meet session held after the event adjourned. Another Forum will be held on July 15 co-sponsored by the Oconee GOP and the Oconee Regional Republican Women at the Watkinsville Community Center beginning at 6:30 pm.

Thursday, July 15, 2010
Applications Received to Fill Post 5 on Bd of Ed. The Board decided to allow interested citizens to apply for the seat vacated by Tom Breedlove who moved out of State rather than appoint a candidate. The following are those who applied and will speak before the Board for 3 minutes each.

At the August 2 Meeting, the Board of Education will hear from each applicant for 3 minutes on why they wish to serve on the Board. In other announcements, school starts August 5^th. Classes begin for students on August 5th; however, teachers will report on August 2nd.  The Convocation, a system-wide Meeting on the first day for employees, has been canceled to allow for maximum planning and preparation time for teachers.  Parents: you may notice slightly larger classes in some schools/grades due to the economic situation.  Oconee County class sizes are still comfortable and smaller than in most school systems around the state.  Principals and teachers used their best professional judgment in deciding which classes should be slightly larger, based on the makeup of the students in a particular class.  Please discuss any concerns regarding class sizes with your building principal. EMPLOYEES WILL ENJOY ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OPTIONS. Our school system is in the process of expanding and upgrading the benefits package offered to eligible employees.  Employees may sign-up for these new options during Open Enrollment this fall, with benefit selections taking effect January 1, 2011.  Dental insurance and short-term disability coverage are among the options included in our new benefits program.

Friday, July 16, 2010
Medicare Scam Worth Millions Uncovered. Authorities have arrested 36 people out of 94 suspects today many of them in the Miami area for a total of about 251 million nationwide. Such schemes as billing Medicare for the same wheelchair multiple times; paying patients to use their SSN number to create and submit fake claims; and submitting false claims for physical therapy that was never received. Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the raid today of health offices around the nation involved 360 undercover agents from her office. Oconee Citizens may have been affected by this event.

Friday, July 16, 2010
Custom Built Cap Stops Oil Leak For Now. The special cap will be left in place until the crew can kill the leak permanently, BP officials said. The cap is connected to tankers at the surface of the water and the oil reaches the tanks through a series of pipes. The pressure of the oil has decreased significantly and scientists and engineers are wondering if the reservoir of oil has been depleted since so much has leaked into the Gulf since the April 20 accident. Meanwhile, work is continuing on the 2 relief wells adjacent to the leaking well which should meet up with the leaking well by end of the month, officials said.

Friday, July 16, 2010
Georgia Voters Willing to Vote an Increase in the Millage Rate. Georgians tend to balk at the idea of raising taxes, but when it comes to a tax for the local schools, 50% of those polled are more willing to agree to a raise in the millage rate to fund the schools where budgets have been cut and teachers furloughed in recent years. This according to a poll taken in Georgia by the Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. Democrats were more likely than Republicans to increase funding for schools and women were likely than men. Many believe and rightly so, that the future of our economy depends on the education of our future citizens while at the same time, believe that the cost per student could be more effectively used.

Barrow County to Consider 1 Cent Sales Tax. Voters in Barrow County will make the decision in July when they will vote on a referendum to extend their 1 cent education sales tax called e-LOST which is scheduled to expire at the end of September.

Friday, July 16, 2010
School Held In Cyber Space. The Georgia Cyber Academy’s President, Renee Lord from Bogart is advocating for the school to expand the school from 9^th to 12^th grade (only serves 1 through 8 grades now). The Cyber Academy as it is called teaches students via the Internet and is essentially a Public Virtual Education entity. If the expansion is allowed, it would be the first virtual school in the State of Georgia in contrast to a public brick school. However, the parents behind the effort say they need money for the additional grades. State funding gives the virtual school about $3,200 per student versus about $10,000 per student in the traditional public school. Bond says that students that have not been able to meet the Federal criteria (of No Child Left Behind) are doing so much better in the Cyber Academy. A virtual school falls into the category of a Charter School. Earlier, the Charter School Commission rejected the expansion but later amended the decision to allow it with conditions to improve some weaknesses in the math curriculum. The Commission expects a “slew” of petitions for virtual schools by August 1.

Friday, July 16, 2010
Georgia Voters Like the Anti-Illegal Immigration Arizona Law. In a Mason Dixon Poll for the Georgia Newspaper Partnership, results revealed that 68% of the 625 “likely voters” were asked, “would they support a law similar to the Arizona Law” which allows law enforcement officers, when stopping a person for some suspected crime (running a red traffic light), to asked for proof of citizenship such as a driver’s license while 24% said they would not support such a law. Opponents claim that would be “profiling” which is against a person’s privacy rights. The Fed is suing the State of Arizona to repeal the state law saying that only the Feds have the right to enforce immigration laws. But most law enforcement asks to see the motorist’s driver license as a standard practice anyway. The State of Arizona is counter-suing. Georgia is home to more illegal immigrants than Arizona according to the US Department of Homeland Security report – 480,000 versus 460,000 – 6^th in the nation. California, Texas, Florida, New York and Illinois all have more than Georgia. Arizona is 7^th.

Saturday, July 17, 2010
Single-Stream Recycling for Watkinsville.  Mayor Joe Walter is looking into a curbside recyclable service for city residents that would cost $10 per month. The company, Curbside Service located in Bogart and is owned by Jennifer and Jesse Bond. They have offered to reduce the $10 by $1 for every 100 people that sign up. The mayor is reaching for $4 per month per household which would require about 600 residents to sign up. So far, 50 people have signed on.
Single stream recycling allows paper, glass and plastic to be disposed in one container. The items are then separated at a Lawrenceville, GA facility. The Clarke County Commission is in discussion to convert its present recycling facility into a single stream facility similar to the facility in Lawrenceville. Bond says this will save money for her business.

Saturday, July 17, 2010
Saturday Stroll in Watkinsville’s Harris Shoals Park. The subject of the Stroll today was “Trees” with John Ritzler as guide. About 12 people attended Ritzler’s tour along the banks of Calls Creek that runs through the park. The creek banks are lined with some irregular-shaped trees, some of which are very old. The group studied the types of tree, their age and past history that may have shaped their present condition. Participants were also reminded of the other vital role that trees play beside the aesthetic and nut bearing – they remove CO₂ from the air, and save each of us on energy bills by providing shade. Ritzler lives in Athens and is CEO of a company he formed called New Urban Forestry – mission to assist in the care and preservation of urban trees.

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