Greg Hlozek of Peachtree City has been awarded a

Georgia Board of Regents Scholarship at The State University of

West Georgia. The scholarship is earned through academic

achievement. Hlozek completed his freshman year in the top

25 percent of his class with a 3.7 grade point average.

Kristin Michelle Hall , daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Wayne L. Hall of Fayetteville, has completed an orientation at

Berry College in Rome designed to familiarize students with

the campus, curriculum and student activities. During each

SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising and Registration)

session, participants met with student body leaders, faculty,

administrators and academic advisors. Hall is a graduate of Sandy

Creek High School.

Firefighter/emergency medical technician

Joseph Fannin with the Fayette County Fire Department and

volunteer firefighter Ronald G. Todd with the Fayetteville Fire

Department have completed a training program in Pressurized

Container Fire Control taught by the Georgia Fire Academy

Division of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth.

In the classroom and in practical exercises, emphasis is

placed on the unique properties of flammable and

nonflammable gases and liquids stored under pressure that would be

transported or found in homes, businesses and industries.

During practical exercises, liquid petroleum (the

most common pressurized gas) is used to demonstrate

firefighting methods for safe containment of pressurized gases and liquids.

Deborah Lowre Toksoz of The Memory Cottage in

Peachtree City has been accepted as a member of Professional

Photographers of America. As a PPA member, Toksoz has agreed

to abide by the association's code of ethics and is participating in

the association's certification, degree and continuing education

programs.

Toksoz specializes in children's and family portraits designed

to capture the personality of an individual in unique

studio portraits or in locations throughout Fayette County. She

offers color, black and white and handtinted portraits.

Patrol officer Heather Horne with Peachtree City

Police Department has completed a D.U.I. Detection and

Standardized Field Sobriety Testing course taught by the

Georgia Academy Division of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center

in Forsyth.

This training program includes the observation

techniques involved in recognizing when a driver may be operating a

vehicle under the influence of intoxicants. Patterns of driver behavior

and the more common driving errors committed by drivers under

the influence of intoxicants are identified. Students are taught

the safe methods of stopping and approaching a suspect driver

and the observations to make in order to confirm the earlier suspicions.

Emphasis is placed on the proper manner in which

to administer field sobriety tests in order to determine whether

an arrest is appropriate. The field sobriety tests taught meet

the standards of the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration and the International Association of Chiefs of

Police. Practical exercises are conducted during the day and night and

are used to emphasize the importance of a proper response to

this problem.

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