Please Help

A note from one of Milton's Pastors.

Critical urgent need for blood for Bruce Smitherman who has been a member of this church a long time and is in Emory Hospital with a serious liver condition. He has been losing blood for several weeks and has received about 30 units of blood so far. He has type O-negative blood. If you have O-negative or O-positive blood please contact Susan Smitherman on her cell phone at 770.329.9481.These folks are great. Hope you can assist.

John Wolfe

Milton Citizen Survey Results And Open House

The results are in, your opinions have been tallied.
Join the Mayor and City Council at the Open House, Wednesday, May 14th - 6:30pm at City Hall.

The Open House is the third phase of the City of Milton Comprehensive Plan process, the Community Agenda. Preliminary Milton Survey results will be presented, these surveys are a critical component of the Community Participation Plan phase of Milton's Comprehensive Plan Update process.

Tonight's agenda includes:
Community Agenda Overview
Visual Choices Survey-Review of building designs & streetscape
Map Review of Character Areas & Infrastructure Investments
Public Comment

I encourage you to attend this important meeting and let your voice be heard as we plan for the City's future!

Later this month the CPAC will hold two Community Visioning sessions. These workshops are the continuation of the Community Participation Plan process of Milton's Comprehensive Plan Update. Click here for more details.

May City of Milton MeetingsMonday, May 19th - City Council Meeting, 6PMTuesday, May 20th - Board of Zoning Appeals, 7PM, agenda Tuesday, May 27th - Planning Commission Thursday, May 29th - Comprehensive Plan Community Visioning Meeting, 6PM, agenda Saturday, May 31st - Comprehensive Plan Community Visioning Meeting, 9AM, agenda
All my best,

Julie Zahner Bailey
Milton City Council
770-664-5529
(h)404-310-6344
Julie4Milton.com

Important City Of Milton Meetings

Citizens Survey Results City Council Meeting Board of Zoning Appeals

The City of Milton will hold an Open House session Wednesday, May 14 at 6:30pm, to kick off the third phase of the City of Milton Comprehensive Plan process, the Community Agenda. Meeting agendaThe Community Agenda phase will provide residents and business owners with the opportunity to speak about projects and programs within the new city that are "Uniquely Milton" and will chart a course for future Mayor and City Council implementation.

Special topics during the Open House include:

Results of the Milton Comprehensive Plan Survey Questionnaire
Visual Choices Survey that asks attendees to rate designs for buildings & streetscapes
Map exercise to review character area & infrastructure investments
Public Comment

All are invited and encouraged to attend this important meeting and let your voice be heard as we plan for the City's future!Community Visioning meetings being held May 29th and May 31. Join your neighbors for one or both sessions and be part of the vision for the Milton Comprehensive Plan.

All:

We already knew Milton was a wonderful place to live. The following just confirms our beliefs. Many thanks to Mrs. Carol Accurso for heading this up and bringing it to our attention. We hope to see you next Tuesday!

- Tim Enloe / Accessmilton.com

Molly Welch is a 2005 graduate of Milton High School. Molly suffered a severe brain injury after her car hit head-on with a truck. Help us to help Molly return to a normal life.

Please join us at “Foster’s Grille” in Crabapple Tuesday, May 20th ALL DAY for GREAT FOOD and the chance at a raffle to win a BIG SCREEN TV!

Drawing will be at 8:00 pm – You do not need to be present to win!

Portions of the proceeds from this day will be donated to the Welch Family to aid in the expense of helping Molly on her Road to Recovery. Bring your family, friends…..everyone!

To Find out more about your own Foster's Grille, click here=> http://www.accessmilton.com/Advertisers/FostersGrille.php

Send Us your Gardening Pictures!!!!

It is Spring time in Milton and time to garden. Into vegetable gardening, flower gardening or something in between? Then share the beauty and email us your spring gardening pictures!

Tired of talking to yourself about your green thumb? Then join the Milton Garden Club today. To find out more, click here=> http://www.accessmilton.com/MiltonGardenClub.php

Milton Passes Height Restriction on Ga. 9

by Jason Wright / www.northfulton.com / Appen Newspapers

May 06, 2008

MILTON -- Don't plan on seeing high rises overlooking the neighborhoods that dot Ga. 9 in Milton anytime soon.

After deferring the decision since October, City Council voted 5-1 (Councilman Bill Lusk had to leave early) to restrict the heights of buildings along Ga. 9 south of Webb Road to two stories and 30 feet. In addition, a new set of more stringent buffer restrictions -- which ensure single structures can't be built right next to each other -- were also passed.

Originally Milton's council passed a set of design guidelines for the Ga. 9 corridor in October, a major victory for area residents sick of seeing the piecemeal fashion in which construction has taken place along the important road. But they chose to defer the height and buffer restriction portions for fear setting limits to the area could interfere with future tax revenues and Atlanta Regional Commission and Georgia Regional Transportation Authority funding.

That cash could be used to create a pedestrian-friendly downtown area in the future. In short, Ga. 9 has been identified by ARC as a "mega corridor" for future growth. That means multi-story buildings and sustainable living/working communities.The plan was to conduct tax and revenue modeling as part of the ongoing Comprehensive Plan update, but such modeling is still two to three months away.Community Development Director Tom Wilson, who did not support the approval, said he wasn't exactly sure the consequences of restricting heights on a major commercial corridor."I can't say [it would affect revenues], but I suspect it might. Is that gray enough for you?" he asked.

Wilson also said cities are not told why grant monies don't come through in the end."It's quite likely we may never know if this may cost us or not."The important parts of the approval are twofold, said Councilwoman Tina D'Aversa. One is that the Ga. 9 guidelines exclude Deerfield Parkway and Morris Road, which are zoned for high-rise office buildings."I think we've got ample opportunities for these buildings,' said D'Aversa.

Another is that nothing binds council from allowing a taller building to come in on Ga. 9 if they want it.This point was important to Councilwoman Julie Zahner Bailey, a staunch opponent of tall buildings on Ga. 9."We're not restricted to just this height [barrier]," she said.

Mayor Joe Lockwood, who generally is centrist in his approach to city matters, seemed to be in the middle on the argument."I certainly don't want to see three-story buildings near neighborhoods," he said. "But I don't just want to see a flat line, either. Sometimes we can go up and see greenspace."Eventually, though, he was won over by the idea that council could go back and fix any unintended consequences.

The one dissenting vote was cast by Councilwoman Karen Thurman. An accountant by trade, she said she wasn't comfortable making any decisions that could cost the city in the long run."I need to know the financial consequences of decisions." she said.

In other business, council

•Deferred one rezoning on Webb Road and one zoning modification on Ga. 9 until more information could be provided about Milton's current sewer situation in the area. Among the points of contention was the revelation by City Attorney Angie Davis that she believes Fulton County's intergovernmental agreement on sewer with Milton does not cover the entire city – which could be a lynchpin of future zoning and rezoning cases."To do this justice we have to secure this information," said Councilman Bill Lusk.
•Approved a resolution to establish the citizens' participation group for the revision of the Milton Tree Preservation Ordinance.
•Approved a lease agreement for the continued use of the Hickory Flat fire station at Birmingham Crossroads.

New Poll Up.

A new poll is up regarding noise generated from schools and churches. Do you believe such entities should answer to the same noise ordinance as private residences? Vote up the upper right corner of this news blog today!

Fulton To Increase Water Rates 15 Percent

Conservation reduces county use by 30%

By D.L. BENNETT www.ajc.com

Fulton County officials praised county water users Wednesday for their success at conservation — then socked them with a 15 percent rate increase for their effort.
The conservation penalty the County Commission adopted Wednesday 6-0 matches the increase Atlanta utility officials asked to impose earlier this year but which the City Council so far has resisted. The average water/sewer bill should increase nearly $9 per month to a total of about $68 per month, water officials said.

The county provides water and sewer service to some areas of north Fulton County. It provides sewer service only in Sandy Springs and south Fulton. The county also has some north Fulton customers who only get water.All will get the 15 percent hike.

Utility managers said water use has dropped by as much as 30 percent since last year when Gov. Sonny Perdue asked each county to cut usage by at least 10 percent because of the lingering drought. That has Fulton facing potential default on its bonds, said Angela Parker, public works director."We just can't swallow this reduction in revenues," Parker said.
She said Fulton one day might roll back the rates if the drought ends and revenues return to pre-drought levels.

Commissioners said they felt Fulton had to raise rates despite the slumping economy.
"I'm deeply concerned about raising water rates, but we have no choice," Commissioner Emma Darnell said. "This is a minor range of situations where a rate increase can be justified."
Economy Jackson of Atlanta protested the action on behalf of Habitat for Humanity, which builds low-cost homes all over Fulton.

"Because people are saving money, they are being charged," she said. "We are doing what you asked us to do. We are opposed to this rate increase."Atlanta's proposed conservation penalty continues to be stalled in the City Council's utilities committee and does not appear to be headed toward passage.

Atlanta water utility officials began pushing on Tuesday a four-year rate hike plan that includes the money the conservation penalty would have collected. It would bump up the average water/sewer bill 80 percent — from $84.60 a month to $151.92 — during the next four years.
Council members are expected to consider the rate increases in the next seven weeks as they consider the 2008-09 budget, which starts July 1 and has a projected $140 million shortfall.

Wreck Kills Milton Woman.

By DOUG NURSE www.ajc.com

A 53-year-old Milton woman was killed in a two-car accident Tuesday.

Carol Roberts was pronounced dead at the scene on Hopewell Road south of Bethany Bend Road. The driver of the second vehicle, Evan Reiss, 19, was treated at North Fulton Hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

The accident occurred about 10:50 p.m. when a northbound 1998 Volvo driven by Roberts crossed into the southbound lane and collided with an oncoming 2003 Acura driven by Reiss.

Sprawl Is Just One More Nail In Economic Coffin

By: Mike Thomas www.orlandosentinel.com

Urban sprawl can ruin the environment and our quality of life.
But could it also undermine our economy? There is growing sentiment among urban planners that cities are surrounding themselves with the slums of tomorrow. These are the outlying developments, many thrown up with reckless abandon during the housing bubble to feed speculator demand.In 2005, Florida cities and counties gave out a record 208,000 permits for detached homes, mostly out in the burbs of Central Florida and coastal cities.

These far-flung projects have been hit hardest by the plunge in housing values. Dropping prices can kick off a spiral of foreclosures, rentals and abandonment. A recent eye-opening piece in The Atlantic Monthly titled "The Next Slum?" picked examples of new subdivisions around Charlotte, N.C., Sacramento, Calif., and Florida's Lee County -- some with $500,000 homes -- falling into crime-ridden decay. As this happens, such developments bring in less tax revenue but require more services in the form of police patrols and code inspection.

Making matters worse, some demographic researchers think the current housing downturn simply exacerbates a long-term trend. As people age, they go from being homebuyers to home sellers. This means that with the impending retirement of the baby boomers, we are entering an era of more sellers in proportion to buyers.And the sellers will be selling suburban homes designed to raise children, while a growing percentage of buyers won't have children.

Arthur Nelson, director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, predicts a glut of 22 million "large-lot" detached homes by 2025, with large lot defined as one-sixth of an acre and up.Put another way: If we didn't build another house in the suburbs, we still would have too many of them 17 years from now. The home-vacancy rate in Central Florida is a staggering 7.4 percent, by far the highest in the nation."For Sale" signs are multiplying on the urban fringes, along with unkempt yards."There are more empty houses the farther out you go," says Jack Connor of Alliance Appraisal & Consulting Services. "I was down in Kissimmee, at a development on Lake Toho, and it is a ghost town."Empty downtown condos have become a housing-bubble poster child. But the glut in the outlying burbs is the real time bomb.

Sprawl supporters say these areas provide affordability. But the Charlotte Observer recently reported that starter-home subdivisions there are most prone to problems. Virginia Tech's Nelson notes we have mitigating factors in Florida. Growth has stalled, but history says it will resume, making us better able in the long term to soak up excess housing inventory. And given our narrow peninsula, the suburbs here are denser and not as far-flung as they are around Sacramento, Atlanta and Charlotte. But getting to long-term stability will require short-term survival. We need aggressive police and code enforcement in at-risk subdivisions. If they tip into a state of decay, they may never recover, and new growth will pass them by. We also need a hiatus on developing outside urban service areas. It's past time to stop moving out and start filling in. But Florida politicians never say no to developers. Not even the possibility of a looming crisis will change that.

Pedestrian-Friendly Development On The MInds Of Urban Planners

By DAVID PENDERED wew.ajc.com

The effort in North Fulton to shape future developments into places that are easier to walk around is in line with trends urban planners are discussing at a national convention in Las Vegas.
Suburbs across the country are trying to shake off development patterns that required a car trip to get to work, school or a store, said Dena Belzer, an urban economist, after speaking Monday at the American Planning Association's convention.
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The old patterns worked when most people who lived in the suburbs were concerned mainly with good public schools for their kids and easy access to the amenities of the central city, without the perceived downsides of urban living, Belzer said.

But demographic patterns are changing, she said. And a rising proportion of suburban residents want to be able to easily walk to their destinations or get there on a bus, Belzer said.
"Everybody agrees that households with children have particular things they're looking for —proximity to cultural amenities and good schools," Belzer said.

"But studies of the coming demographics, the baby boomers, show they want to live in more compact neighborhoods with access to transit," Belzer said. "Most of the opportunities, over time, to create those kinds of communities will be in the suburbs, not the central city."
Belzer specializes in connecting growth trends with real estate development and local development regulations. She's a principal with Strategic Economics, in Berkeley, Ca.

Local leaders from Sandy Springs to Milton and Johns Creek are crafting plans to encourage future developments to be places where people can live, work and play without having to drive from one destination to the next. North Fulton today is filled with separate clusters of homes, shops and offices that are designed to be accessed mainly by a car.

Local Restaurant Owner Works Hard To Fight Leukemia.

Foster's Grille Owner Michael O'Keefe continues to works hard through his participation in Team In Training; a group which focuses on raising money to fight Leukimia through fund raising Marathons. One of our readers was kind enough to forward the following email from Michael. Times like these continue to confirm that Milton is a wonderful place to live, work, and play due to the fantastic folks that make up this city's dynamic; both residents and businesse owners alike. By the way, if you are looking for the best burgers in town, check out your local Foster's Grille by clicking here=>

http://www.accessmilton.com/Advertisers/FostersGrille.php

"I finished the County Music 1/2 Marathon in Nashville this past Saturday. As a group, the 800 plus Team in Training participants raised over $2.5 Million for the event. I raised almost $3,000 as of today for the event, thanks to the local community and the support of Northwestern Middle School.

Overall, I finished in 1:49:57, which was 2024 out of 21,398 which would put me in the top 10% of all runners.As you can see from the attached photo’s, I ran in honor of my mother and Northwestern Middle School who lost a student in January to Leukemia. It is their memory, and the good the fundraising does to fight Leukemia that is what this effort is all about. I will be choosing another event to compete in later this year, and hope to be the top fundraiser for that event.Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks - Michael O'Keefe

O'Keefe Holding Group LLC

Foster's Grille of Alpharetta & Crabapple"

One Person...For One Cawz.

by Tim Enloe; Magnolia Media, LLC

It is amazing to me the power that one person can have. A simple soul doing a simple act and with that positive act so many can benefit. Such is the instance of Milton's very own Lizbeth Grall; the founder of the "Pawz For A Cawz" adoption extraganza held at Wills Park this past Saturday. Numerous adoption / rescue groups were part of this wonderful doggie day and many breeds were represented, from Greyhounds to German Shepherds and everything in between.

Thanks to Lizbeth's many long months and late nights of preperation, dogs whose lives would have been cut short due to over crowding and lack of interest are now in the loving arms of their new families. If you haven't had the chance to meet Lizbeth, you are truly missing out. You can see her passion within minutes of meeting her and Milton, Georgia is lucky to have her as a resident.

I have seen first hand her acts of compassion; most notably that of Leo aka "Superdog", who was days away from euthinasia in late 2007. To see the before and after pictures of this wonderful fellow would make even the toughest guys well up. Leo was last seen this past Sunday at Alpharetta's Corner Deli patio giving out some wonderful kisses and love!

She plans on having the "Pawz For A Cawz" event annually. So grab your calendars for spring '09 and make a note to come and hang out with man's best friend.

The following is a video of the first of many "Pawz For A Cawz" events to come!

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***Near Miss On Bethany Road***

A silver BMW with tinted windows was driving south on Bethany Road at a very high rate of speed at roughly 7:45pm on Sunday evening. Witnesses estimated the driver was going 90 plus miles per hour. A resident's daughter pulled out of their driveway onto Bethany headed south towards Mayfield Road with her children. The BMW came up on them so fast that a loud screech could be heard all up and down the neighborhood as the offending driver slammed on his brakes. The vehicle then went up on the shoulder of the road to keep from hitting the Honda and narrowly missed the fire hydrant. The BMW is believed to be a late model two or four door model and was last seen pulling into a yellow house off of Green Road before Arnold Mill.

Milton Officer A. Kelton responded to the 911 call and wrote up a report. After which, he headed towards the area of Green Road. Additional city officials have been contacted regarding this incident.

Remember, our two land roads are home to many of Milton's residents. Treat these neighborhoods as you would treat your own!

Do you have a speeding issue in your neighborhood? Then contact us at tenloe@magnoliamedias.com and we would be happy to share your report!

City of Milton, Georgia | Comprehensive Plan Status.

Tom Wilson of the City of Milton recently released the following letter regarding Milton's Comprehensive Plan:

On behalf of the Mayor Joe Lockwood and the Milton City Council, I would like to welcome you to the Milton Comprehensive Plan interactive Web site area and extend an opportunity for you and your neighbors to be involved in helping chart a path for the City of Milton’s future.
The Milton Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) will oversee the planning process for the city in developing priorities that incorporate the values of the majority of the residency and shape these objectives into a desirable implementation program. The Milton City Council has enlisted the expertise of a private consulting firm to manage the overall comprehensive planning process through 2008 in an effort to meet with area residents in creating a truly interactive public involvement program that meets the needs of an evolving municipal economy.

This interactive Web site area includes an online form that allows Milton citizens a continuous opportunity to provide public input as part of the ongoing Comprehensive Plan process. The Milton CPAC includes the members of the Planning Commission, Chairperson of the Board of Zoning Appeals, Chairperson of the Design Review Board, and the seven citizen appointments of the Milton Mayor and City Council membership. The CPAC Chairman, George Ragsdale, also sits on the City’s Planning Commission.

Consultants for the Milton Comprehensive Plan will develop an exciting program that will last over a 12-month period, utilizing the Georgia Department of Community Affairs minimum standards as the underlying foundation in the performance schedule.

The City of Milton is currently operating under the Focus Fulton County 2025 Comprehensive Plan Update, originally adopted by the Fulton County Commission in November 2005.
The city’s staff will continuously monitor and update this Web site with associated informational files attached to the Milton Comprehensive Plan site to serve as educational tools for Milton residents to review and provide public involvement comments.

The Milton Mayor and City Council has viewed the Comprehensive Plan process as one of the most important goals in the list of priorities for our new municipality, where we are both proud and excited to bring this involved process on behalf of the Community Development Department to the citizens of Milton.

Submit your comments onthe Comprehensive Plan

Sincerely,

Tom Wilson,
Community Development Director

To find out more, please visit the City of Milton Web site found here=>http://www.cityofmiltonga.us/

Greening Up Milton, Georgia!

Milton -

It was a beautiful Friday in Milton with a few scattered clouds as city and staff leaders came together in celebration of Arbor Day. To mark the event, a Princeton American Elm tree was planted by the play ground at Bell Memorial Park. Many local children listened in as council person Tina D'Aversa shared some education on trees and the benefits they provide.

Milton To Celebrate Arbor Day With Tree Planting At Bell Memorial Park

4 p.m. TODAY!

On Friday, April 25, the City of Milton will recognize National Arbor Day with a special tree planting event. The ceremony, which will begin at 4 p.m. at Bell Memorial Park, will include the planting of a "Princeton' American Elm tree donated by Tommy Nobis, Jr. of Buck Jones and Associates.

The Princeton American Elm is a wonderful shade tree with large, leathery foliage that turns yellow in the Fall. The hardy tree can grow three to six feet a year during its early development, and can eventually reach 80 to 100 feet in height. Princeton American Elm trees were selected by the National Park Service to line all three blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House.

Who: Milton City Council Members, Citizens and Students
What: Tree Planting in recognition of National Arbor Day
Where: Bell Memorial Park, between the playground and
the Pavilion
When: Today, Friday, April 25 at 4:00 p.m.

In Milton, Regular Folks To Police Code Violations

By DOUG NURSE www.ajc.com

Milton could have 20,000 code enforcement officers.
But that's unlikely since the entire city isn't expected to turn out for a Citizens Code Enforcement Training Program being offered at 1 p.m. Saturday.

But the city will have more eyes and ears to help make developers toe the line, keep the community neat and in compliance with city laws. Homeowners' association leaders are encouraged to send at least one person.

Topics will include the city's sign ordinance, tree preservation ordinance, erosion control practices and the state water conservation policy.The program will focus on identifying common code violations and acceptable techniques to remedying violations, according to the city Web site.

After attending the class, citizen officers can serve as a volunteer citizen deputy, the city Web site says.

The session will be conducted at City Hall Court Room (Suite G).

Milton Manager Gets $137k Salary, Referee Time.

By DOUG NURSE www.ajc.com

The contract for Milton's newly hired city manager, Billy Preston Beckett, has the standard stuff. Including: a $137,000 salary, $600 car allowance, 12 months severance pay, a 401(k) plan.
Then there's a perk you don't see everyday: Beckett will be allowed to take vacation time during the Arena Football League season to travel as a referee.

"As long as he gets his city manager job done, I'm OK with it," said Mayor Joe Lockwood.
Eight months after its first city manager departed, the Milton City Council hired Beckett, former Riverdale city manager and longtime Fayette County administrator.

Beckett said in an earlier interview his priorities for now are pretty basic — get to know the city staff members; get up to speed for projects already in the pipeline, and familiarize himself with the contract with CH2M Hill-OMI, which was hired by the city to provide day-to-day services.
Becket served as Riverdale city manager from 2000-04, and as Fayette County administrator from 1985-2000.

Before coming to Georgia, Beckett worked in Raleigh County, W. Va.; Franklin County, Va.; and Collier County in southwest Florida.

Beckett, 59, holds a Master of Urban Affairs, Public Management from Virginia Tech, and has completed all work except the thesis for Master of Urban and Regional Planning.

Most recently, he was a city manager in Florida. He also served in the U.S. Army from 1970-72.

Just An Eighth Grade Education?

Accessmilton.com has some great readers. Many times, we receive points and topics of interest with a request to share. Take a look at the following piece sent to us by Miltonian Abbe Laboda.

Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such stated that they only had an 8th grade education? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, KS. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by the Salina Journal. Check this out. How well would you have done when you were in the 8th grade? How well would you do today?

1895 8th GRADE FINAL EXAM

Grammar (Time, one hour)

1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no Modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of lie, lay and run.
5. Define Case; Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cents/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs.for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $1.20 per meter?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U. S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)

1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, and syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, sub-vocals, diphthong, cognate letters, and linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)

1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall & Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Also notice that the exam took five hours to complete. Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning, doesn't it? What happened to us? It is kind of humbling, isn't it?