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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL VOTE From page 1A requirements change. The electronic machines that now make voting pos sible have to be maintained and tested in preparation for each election. On the eve of an election, workers can be found at the poll location setting up. Tuesday mornings, all work ers are required by the state to be in their precincts by 6 a.m. to swear in and finish setting up. The manager swears in the assistant(s) and clerks. The assistant swears in the manager. The number of assistants and clerks varies depending on the size of the precinct. All workers are trained to be familiar with various situations. They know what to do in the cases of a voter not hav ing identification to being disabled. Each precinct is equipped with a Voters With Disabilities kit to allow those who are blind, for example, be able to vote confidential ly- Sue Walker of the Board of Elections stresses that no voter will be turned away, whether there is an identifi cation problem or a registra tion problem. Staff at the Board is on call the day of the election to assist with any problems or questions the poll workers may face. Walker assures that there continues to be a paper trail even though the voting pro cess is now computerized. This allows names, address es, and vote counts to be cross-referenced so that they can be checked and checked again. In the event of a discrepan cy, the voter will be allowed to cast a provisional vote on election day and over the next couple days, arrange ments will be made to satis fy the missing requirement or to verify registration. The voter will be mailed a let ter explaining whether or MDA From page 1A MDA Firefighter Appreciation Month. Please save your change and help them “fill the boot.” “It’s nice to get out in the public, talk with the people, and give the kids stickers and NEW From pa ge 1A Borghelli said. The new ambulance for the south end will be a 24- hour, seven days a week, and the second 24-hour unit for the south end, Borghelli said. Six additional full time employees will staff that ambulance. PERRY From page 1A at the meeting by Perryan Jack Smith, have made requests for annexation of two sites, one 46.13 acres, and one 153.661 acres, into the City of Perry. Development plans would be for one-fam ily homes. The two develop ments, if approved, would bring about 700 new homes to the area. The members of the board unanimously voted to approve the requests, but will now have to hear citi zens a second time, and vote a second time. Planning and Zoning votes are essentially recommenda tions to the elected officials. The final decision will be made by the Perry City Council. Subscribe today Call 987-1823 ,v'-'. ■; ‘i L HDJ/Kristy Warren Harry W. Miller casts his advanced vote in the primary election. not the vote was eventually cast. At the close of the polls, the line is closed and the remaining voters will be allowed to cast their bal lot. However, the work has just begun for the Board of Elections employees. According to Joy Greene, manager of the Kathleen precinct and part-time employee of the Board of Elections, her location has only five voting machines and it may take her an hour to close down her machines and make final calculations, but then she has to drive to Perry to turn in all the sup plies, which means stand ing in line with the other poll managers to ensure all equipment and documenta tion are accounted for. For precincts like Feagin Mill, toys,” says Micheal Land of the Perry Fire Department. “We always get a lot of positive support from the public,” said Mark Barron. “They always tell us how happy they are to see us out there.” Proceeds will support MDA’s efforts to continue serving local families in the Central and West Georgia areas, including 46 fami- “The Med Stop location is ideal to reduce call times in the south and east end of the county,” Borghelli said. “We will still have some based at Periy Hospital,” he added. One of the north end ambulances will now be sta tioned at Houston Pavilion. Another short hour ambu lance will be will be post ed at County Fire Station No. 7 on Water Road near Smithfield Church Road on J We Have It I I hhj news. com 11 I Check Us Out | I PUBLIC NOTICE The Houston County Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing on July 18, 2006 at 6:oopm at the County Annex in Warner Robins, GA. for the purpose of hearing objections if any to an application filed by Charlie Frank Gooch for the purpose of selling Beer, Wine and Liquor comsumption at 501 Dunbar Rd. Warner Robins, GA. All interested parties are invited to attend. Charlie Frank Gooch P.O. Box 1842 • Ft. Valley, GA 31030 305-479-6542 the process is much longer, as they have closer to 20 vot ing machines. Back at the Board of Elections, the staff has been in the office all day and must remain until late into the night or the wee hours of the morning, tallying up the paper trail from all 28 loca tions and uploading the indi vidual station computer data to the office database. For those who believe a final outcome is possible in one night- it’s not. Absentee ballots from the military (however, you need not even have a legitimate reason to receive an absentee ballot) are still being received and the votes cast by provision ary ballots must be verified. June 19 was the cut-off to register to vote in the July 18 election, but there lies in Houston County, by providing assistance in the purchase and maintenance of wheelchairs, leg braces and speech communication devices, as well as funding research aimed at curing neuromuscular disease. In addition, children living with muscular dystrophy, ages 6-21, can attend MDA Summer Camp at Camp Twin Lakes in Rutledge for the west side of the county. This one, along with the 24-hour ambulance at County Fire Station No. 1 will help develop a relation ship with the fire depart ment, said Borghelli. “The fire stations are more strate gically located,” he said. EMS shares in training with the city and county fire departments, Borghelli said, “Our specialty is medical and we get rescue training LOCAL ISTMt - ifiPf .?; It ■ * I ‘ 1 . “ I infmßßSm f? Jgc -JnT* *| W i f " T mmmM B show m , -w ■ *4sh' Hop 1 'V IW " Sms W f iBBBI SB t " " * /-^ ' m Hk -W —mb H '■ tjm IB K fl m § wf , - -.1 . 5 . s t n -W ■ ’ SB *' <- WBBußMmmkm v : . J| > 'V' Jill J k • om ||| \' |g•. g | \ - ..VC r X C « lIBMMMMiiLI \ 'v % £ Z tt « - C 5 S 1 i 1.11 n~- : - r. ~Jk.*r. —-KHHBHBHBmB HDJ/Kristy Warren Joy Greene and Debra Presswood must make a change to each precinct’s box after an injunction involving forms of ID was passed down to them Friday. is still time to register for November’s governor’s race. Registration is available at one week where they will participate in specialized events and develop new friendships, build self-confi dence and discover indepen dence. At the end of their fund raising campaign, a repre sentative from the Perry Fire Department will make a check presentation during the 2006 MDA Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon broad- from the fire departments.” While some of the firefight ers are also EMTs (emergen cy medical technicians), each ambulance has at least one paramedic with the other being an EMT-intermediate, which Borghelli explained is more training than an EMT. Some of the EMS person nel are also full-time police or firefighters. Ned Dixon is one of those who works full time for EMS and a local fire V W. we can! Ways to Enhance Children s Activity & Nutrition A 6-session national education program for children ages Bto 13 and their parents or caregivers Leant how so eat healthy, increase exercise <1- reduce “screen " time. HOUSTON WELLNESS the Department of Human Resources, recruitment offices, libraries, the County cast on WMAZ-13 (CBS) on Sept. 3 and 4. MDA (www.mda.org) is a voluntary health agency working to find treatments and cures for 43 neuromus cular diseases through pro grams of worldwide research, comprehensive medical and community services and far reaching professional and public health education. MDA is the first non- department. “Our paramedics and EMTs are dedicated to com munity service,” Borghelli noted. “They to demonstra tion for local organizations and at schools and serve on committees to improve treatment.” On of those is the STAR program, where EMS per sonnel meet with special needs families “so we know what their needs are.” Tuesdays and Thursdays July 11,13,18, 20, 25 &27 6:30 -7: 30 p.m. Houston Wellness Center 233 N, Houston Road, Suite 133, Warner Robim To sign up, call 923-4567. Cost is S3O per family. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2006 Annex Building in Warner Robins and at the Board of Elections offices in Perry. profit organization honored with the American Medical Association Lifetime Achievement Award for “sig nificant and lasting contri butions to the health and welfare of humanity.” For more information about the “Fill-the-Boot” campaign or MDA, please contact Bridgett Monroe at (478) 471-9090. “We meet with other agen cies constantly,” Borghelli said, other ambulance ser vices, police and fire depart ments, “to determine the best way to serve the com munity. Our focus is to be servants of the community.” “We want to be sure we’re there in the time of need and give the most professional service possible,” Borghelli said. “Most of us live in county.”. 6A *<•**» ;