Georgia Magazine - March 2013 - (Page 7)

gratulations to these heroes and champions, provide reliable electricity to GreyStone er members every day! am of Tony Brown, Patrick LeCroy and ones captured the world championship e help of coach Matt Williams. Before the Constitutional Convention of 1787, instability and division threatened the future of the United States. On Nov. 5, 1786, George Washington wrote in a letter to James Madison: … a liberal, and energetic Constitution, well guarded and closely watched, to prevent incroachments, might restore us … Washington wrote that the Constitution must be “well guarded and closely watched.” If it wasn’t, all of the blood and treasure spent in the Revolutionary War would have been pointless. Violations of the Third Amendment to the Constitution, written to prevent the government from using private homes to house military personnel, provide a profound illustration of what can happen if citizens don’t “closely watch” their government. According to law professor Tom W. Bell, of Chapman University near Los Angeles, the Third Amendment has been violated on a number of occasions. In an online paper about the Third Amendment, at tomwbell. com/writings/3rd.html, Bell writes: It would be remarkable … if the Third Amendment had been violated openly and repeatedly over a period of several years without creating an uproar. Yet this seems to have been the case with regard to the quartering of troops during the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Bell offers evidence that violations of the amendment did occur during both wars without any “uproar.” Of course, the wars ended, and quartering of troops became history, but we still have the responsibility to be vigilant about the actions of government ofﬁcials today. Constitutional violations go unnoticed if the citizens are not paying attention or do not speak up loudly enough when violations occur. —Jim Jess greystonepower.com Find us on March 2013 Want to know what’s in the current issue of GEORGIA Magazine—and what’s on the horizon? Subscribe to the E-blast list bl Ge ast ! bo on t ar d! ddition to the world champion team, the owing were in the Top 12 of the Journeymen sion for co-op linemen: Taylor Shadrix, Sam ight, Josh Kirby, Derek Carruth, Jack Rider, t Orr, Bryn Speck, Shane Crider, Matt Ingram, d Childers and Tim Costner. E- king their victory even sweeter, they broke myth that it was impossible to win a world mpionship using fall arrest devices which de climbing more difficult, yet kept them safer. Sign up for GEORGIA Magazine’s E-blast for the latest information on articles, contests, partnerships and more, delivered right to your inbox. To subscribe, visit bit.ly/gamagnews. Picture this? Guess where this is and you could Win a $25 gift card! In “Picture this?” the reader whose photo of a Georgia place is published wins a $25 Target gift card—as does the person who correctly guesses what the photo is and where it was taken. The winner’s name (drawn at random from correct guesses) and the answer will appear in a future issue. If you’re ready to guess, or have a photo for us to consider, email picturethis@ georgiaemc.com or mail to “Picture this,” P.O. Box 1707, Tucker, GA 30085. Submissions for consideration should be 300-dpi photos you have taken of locations that are easy to identify, but not too prominent. Please send photos and guesses separately. Guesses for the March contest must be received by March 20, 2013. With all correspondence, please include your name, address and phone number. Our winners from the January 2013 issue are Roger Roach, of Rocky Face, who took the photo, and Carol Oliver, of Dalton, who correctly guessed that it is the old Dalton Regional Library, also known as the William C. Martin House. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Celebrating the Georgia lifestyle GEMC Third Amendment violations uring a storm, they’re our heroes. Today, ey’re our champions. The GreyStone team of ny Brown, Patrick LeCroy, Josh Jones and coach att Williams recently won first place overall after mpeting against 205 teams from around the rld during the International Lineman’s Rodeo Kansas. ® January 2013 More online at www.georgiamagazine.org 7 http://www.bit.ly/gamagnews http://www.bit.ly/gamagnews http://tomwbell.com/writings/3rd.html http://tomwbell.com/writings/3rd.html http://www.georgiamagazine.org http://www.georgiamagazine.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Georgia Magazine - March 2013

Georgia Magazine - March 2013
Contents
Viewpoint
Mailbox
Liberty Notes
Picture This?
Georgia News
Calendar of Events
Currents
Notes on a journey
From a one-red-light Southern town
Around Georgia
My Georgia
Georgia Gardens
Georgia Cooks
The 2013 Readers' Choice Awards
Snapshot

Georgia Magazine - March 2013