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♦ WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2006
Byron police take
part in challenge
Special to the Journal
Larry Moore and Brian
Collins of the Byron Police
Department had their names
drawn to compete in the 5.11
Challenge shooting competi
tion at the Big Horn Lodge
in Montana.
According to a news
release, thousands of sworn
law enforcement officers
from around the world
entered their name in a
chance to compete in this
shooting competition.
Moore and Collins were two
of the 64 randomly drawn to
compete in the 2006 event.
Each participating officer
receives a gear bag from
sponsors totaling more
than $1,500 but the 5.11
Challenge is unique in that
teams not only receive these
individual prizes, but com
pete for department-wide
prizes as well.
The departments of the
first through third place
teams receive SIOO,OOO,
$50,000, and $25,000 worth
of gear respectively.
Last year the finalists
donated all of their depart
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Larry Moore and Brian Collins of the Byron Police Department.
Centerville FD battles more than flames
Special to the Journal
Centerville firefighters
are putting on their “hero”
gear and battling more than
flames this summer.
From Aug. 4-6, local fire
fighters will be at Galleria
Mall entrances and inter
sections raising money for
the Muscular Dystrophy
Association and the fight
against neuromuscular dis
ease.
For more than 50 years,
firefighters across the
nation have teamed up with
MDA to fight muscle dis
ease. MDA commends these
national heroes, including
Governor Perdue, who has
proclaimed the month of
August as MDA Firefighter
Appreciation Month.
Local firefighters are ask
ing the entire community
to save their change to help
them “fill the boot.”
Proceeds will support
MDA’s efforts to continue
serving local families in the
Central and West Georgia
areas, including 46 fami
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
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In response to this,
Challenge sponsors
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First Choice Armor® and
Streamlight® and 5.11
Tactical among others,
increased their own dona
tions bringing the total
gear sent to the region
to almost $500,000.
Moore and Collins complet
ed their three-day competi
tion July 19 and had lots
of positive feedback about
their experience.
Each team had to show
shooting skills with rifles,
shotguns and handguns.
We felt pretty good about
our chances and are happy
to be in the top three says
Moore We 11 be watching the
website (www.sllchallenge.
com) every week to see how
we fair.
Moore and Collins cur
rently hold the third place
in the competition.
They are keeping their fin
gers crossed that their score
Twin Lakes in Rutledge for
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 represen
tative from the Centerville
Fire Department will make
a check presentation during
the 2006 MDA Jerry Lewis
Labor Day Telethon broad
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
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will hold up for six more weeks.
The Byron Police Department
team ended up the match in
first place for their compe
tition but there are eight
weeks of competition with
eight officers each week and
only the top three teams will
come back for the finals in
Aug. 25-27.
The finals will decide
first, second and third place.
The 5.11 Challenge shooting
match was designed to bring
officers together from all
over the world in an effort
to improve communication
between officers and give
back to the men and women
of Law Enforcement.
“We had a great time
and made some great
friends. It was a chance of
a lifetime,” said Collins.
The weekend ended with
a fishing trip down the Big
Horn river and a trip to
the Little Bighorn National
Monument where the offi
cers were able to see an
important part of America’s
history by touring the battle
field of Custer’s Last Stand.
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
profit organization honored
with the American Medical
Association Lifetime
Achievement Award for “sig
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butions to the health and
welfare of humanity.”
For more information
about the “Fill-the-Boot”
campaign or MDA, contact
Bridgett Monroe at (478)
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Beverly Stephens, Dir. of Patient Care Services with Heart of Georgia Hospice, left,
presents Stacey McAfee with a 10-year service award pin and plaque. McAfee was
hired on July 3, 1996 and is a Certified Nurses Assistant. She works at Serenity Gate
in Perry.
School welcomes new teachers
Special to the Journal
Officials for the Houston
County School System will
hold their annual New
Teacher Orientation today-
Friday, at Perry Middle
School.
According to a news
release, around 300 newly
hired teachers will attend.
Topics covered the first
day include the Code of
Ethics, personnel issues,
professional responsibili
ties, professional learning
and breakout sessions spe-
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