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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Georgia's PINES libraries preparing
to debut Evergreen-powered catalog
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When PINES librar
ies open their doors—both
physical and virtual on
Sept. 5, users will experience
a new view of the PINES
catalog and collections.
A new, web-based PINES
catalog will debut that
day, featuring book covers,
reviews, tables of contents
and a variety of easy-to
use searches that will allow
library users to locate mate
rials quickly and efficiently
throughout the system.
According to PINES
Program Director Julie
Walker, the Evergreen soft
ware project was conceived
to meet the unique func
tional needs of a large group
of public libraries that are
committed to sharing mate
rials.
“After more than two years
in development,” Walker
said, “the new software is
generating considerable
excitement, both in Georgia
and across the country.
We’ve even had inquiries
from as far away as South
Where do college students stand
on parents’ health insurance?
Special to the Journal
The following are ques
tions and answers from
Georgia Insurance and
Fire Commissioner John
Oxendine.
Question: My daugh
ter is a full-time college
student. Is she still cov
ered under my health
insurance policy?
Answer: Most health insur
ance policies cover depen
dents who are full-time stu
dents until the age of 23.
Individual policies differ,
so check with your health
insurer about how the policy
defines a full-time student
and the maximum age of
coverage. Most policies con
sider a student taking at
least 12 credit hours per
semester (six or nine in the
summer) to be a full-time
student. However, college
students who marry will lose
their status as a dependent
under their parents’ policy
regardless of their age or
status as a full-time student.
It is also important to
know the difference between
how a college student not
living at home can obtain
coverage through a Health
Maintenance Organization
or a Preferred Provider
Organization.
For example, a student
insured through an HMO
may be outside the HMO
service area of physicians
and hospitals while away at
school. If this occurs, the
student likely will have cov
County students cited for achievement at MGC
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Middle Georgia College
Vice President for Academic
Affairs Dr. Mary Ellen Wilson
has announced that 33 stu
dents from Houston County
have been cited for scho
lastic achievement during
MGC’s summer semester.
The following Houston
County students were
named to to the college in
Cochran’s Dean’s List for
summer 2006: David Lewis,
and Christopher McGough.
To attain the Dean’s List
a student must have a grade
point average of 3.5 out of a
possible 4.0 while maintain
ing a full academic load.
The following Houston
County students were
named to MGC’s Merit List
for summer 2006: Sean
Amirault, William Baker,
Michelle Colbert, Sade
Cook, Daniel Davis, Mallory
Dawson, Morgan Dawson,
Andrew Dearing, Joy Fisher,
Matthew Floyd, Cody Hall,
Lisa Hancock, Kristie Hanks,
Joshua Hastings, Sarah
James, Megan Kane, Timothy
Kijawski, Sarah Kile, Joseph
Kune, Atish Lakhu, Clayton
Lewis, Christopher Millner,
Mitchell Patterson, Craig
Africa.”
Evergreen is open-source
software, which means it is
royalty-free, and its license
permits anyone to study,
change, and improve the
software, and to distribute
the software either as is or
after modifications have
been made.
Mozilla’s Firefox web
browser is a popular exam
ple of open-source software.
Work on the program began
in June 2004. Evergreen
developers relied on input
from the end-user commu
nity staff members work
ing daily in the 252 PINES
libraries to guide their
design of the program. The
design team included Brad
LaJeunesse, senior proj
ect administrator; Jason
Etheridge, system support
specialist and user interface
developer; Mike Rylander,
database developer; and Bill
Erickson, systems develop
er.
Although Evergreen
might one day be used
in libraries around the
world, the Georgia Public
erage for emergency care,
but may have to travel to a
physician and hospital with
in the HMO service area for
other care.
Similarly, an insurer may
pay benefits at out-of-net
work levels for students wOx
endineho are outside a PPO
nOxendineetwork. Check
your plan provisions or
speak with your insurer
to know the level of ben
efits provided when a stu
dent is away at school and
outside the service area.
Be sure the college student
has a copy of the relevant
insurance cards and knows
how to obtain any required
approvals before seeking
treatment.
Question: What if a col
lege student is not cov
ered under his or her par
ents health insurance?
Answer: Students who
don’t have health insurance
through a parent’s health
insurance policy, or who
have limited coverage due to
network service areas, may
buy a student health insur
ance plan.
Student plans are sold by
an insurer that has contract
ed with a college to offer cov
erage to its students. In gen
eral, these plans have more
limited benefits and more
exclusions than traditional
health insurance plans. For
example, most student plans
have limited catastrophic
coverage of $50,000 per acci
dent or illness.
Many policies also will
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Library Service developed
the Evergreen Integrated
Library System software
platform specifically for use
in Georgia’s PINES librar
ies, and it’s the employees
and patrons at PINES librar
ies who are most enthusias
tically anticipating its debut.
GPLS staff members will be
conducting a series of train
ing classes for librarians
throughout the state in July
and August.
PINES libraries will
close over the Labor
Day weekend in order to
migrate to the Evergreen
platform. These include
all local branches of the
Houston County Public
Libraries.
Current PINES library
cards will not change,
Walker noted, and users will
not have to register for new
cards to continue using the
system.
A statewide consortium
comprised of 252 public
libraries in 123 counties.
PINES offers Georgia citi
zens a shared catalog of
more that 8 million items,
Oxendine’s office plans to send
investigator to Warner Robins
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Georgia residents with insurance problems or questions
can receive assistance directly from the Commissioner’s
Office by contacting his insurance investigator working
in your area.
An investigator from the office is scheduled to be
in Warner Robbins from 9:30-11 a.m. Aug. 25 at the
Chamber of Commerce.
You can 478 922-8585 to confirm the investigator’s
schedule.
In addition to receiving assistance with insurance prob
lems or questions, the commissioner’s office, according to
a release, offers “complimentary homeowner, automobile
and life insurance policy reviews. This service is designed
to provide you with information you should know before
purchasing insurance and how to avoid common mis
, takes,” the release stated.
If you cannot meet with the Investigator during these
hours there are other ways that you can receive assis
tance.
Investigators are available to assist you by phone from
8 a.m. until 7 p.m. via their toll free number at 1-800-
656-2298.
You can also contact them by e-mail or through their
website at www.gainsurance.org.
Or you can write a letter explaining the details of
your problem and mail it to the following address: John
Oxendine, Commissioner of Insurance, State of Georgia,
2 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive, Atlanta, GA 30334,
Attention: Consumer Services Division.
According to the release, there is no fee for this ser
vice.
exclude routine examina
tions and injuries sustained
while under the influence of
alcohol or drugs.
If you have fire and insur
ance questions, you can
send them to: Insurance
and Fire Commissioner
Brad Winger .
To attain the Merit List a
student must have a grade
point average of at least 3.5
LOCAL
with a single library card
that is welcomed in all mem
ber libraries.
Now boasting more than
1.6 million registered card
holders, PINES is a national
leader in library coopera
tion and resource-sharing,
and Evergreen is certain to
enhance that position.
PINES users may request
materials from any PINES
library to be shipped to
a pick-up library of their
choice. Intra-PINES loans
are provided free-of-charge
to PINES users.
The new catalog will be
available from workstations
within all PINES libraries,
as well as for users logging
in from home, beginning
Sept.s, at www.gapines.org.
Staff client software allow
ing library staff to catalog
materials, perform checkouts
and check-ins, place holds,
and process payments is also
a component of Evergreen.
These features also will be
implemented in libraries
when Evergreen goes live,
Walker said.
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2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30334 or
call 404-656-2070 or toll free
at 1-800-656-2298, Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 7
p.m.
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PducE Beat
Car ride goes bad
for pair, father
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
A man and woman who
have a child together were
in a car with the wom
an’s father when the man
threatened the woman.
He told her, it was report
ed, that if she was caught in
Warner Robins again he had
two cousins he would have
“beat her (expletive).”
Upon hearing his daugh
ter being threatened, the
father became upset and
told his daughter to turn
the car around and drive
back to the house so the
man - her baby’s daddy
- could get all his things
and get out.
Back at the house the
man kept talking trash to
the father of his baby’s
mother while gathering
his things. The father then
took a machete from above
the refrigerator and walked
outside with it.
All parties agreed he never
brandished the machete or
threatened anyone with it,
but he did hold the knife
down and slightly behind
him while he demanded a
cell phone back from the
other man.
The man was arrested
for threatening his baby’s
mother. The father of the
woman was arrested for
simple assault and domes
tic violence charges and the
machete was placed in to
evidence.
Buckle up
If you have an open war
rant, you might want to
buckle up while out driving.
Neal Everette Duckworth
found that out Friday.
Duckworth, 27, of 410 A
Wilson Drive in Centerville,
was reportedly stopped on
Corder Road for not wear
ing his seatbelt.
He provided the requested
license and proof of insur
ance, but a check reported
ly revealed he had an open
warrant for deposit account
fraud. He was'instructed to
exit the vehicle and placed
under arrest.
Person(s)
unknown
Between Aug. 10-11,
person(s) unknown stole a
car from the parking lot of
Bahama Bob’s Sports Bar.
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On Sunday a man could
not find his cell phone,
so he called the number.
Another man answered.
When asked to return the
phone the suspect report
edly used a curse word and
said, “I ain’t bringing the
phone back.” The owner
then called T-Mobile to have
the phone disconnected.
Person(s) known
On Friday, a man report
ed his children told him
their mother, his estranged
wife, said “she was going
to beat them hard after the
divorce is final.” He was
told of another incident
when th£ boy was grasped
by the shirt, told to stop
talking back and told to
go to his bedroom, by the
mother, a civilian employee
at Robins Air Force Base.
On Friday, about 1:30
a.m., a man was walking in
the street of a Sandy Run
Road mobile home park,
exchanged words with
another man, who then
came to the road and cut
the victim on the right side
with a broken bottle.
The suspect was ques
tioned and released but is
still under investigation.
Domestic
tranquility
On Friday a man and wife
were arguing, reportedly all
day.
He said he got up to go
to the gym and as he was
leaving she said “you know
good and well you are going
to see your woman.”
He then drove off and
when he got back the argu
ment continued. At some
point a glass vase was bust
ed in the garage. He swept
it next to her car tires and
she reportedly said “If my
tire gets cut, I’m going to
kill you.”
The woman then left
the house and when she
got back there was Dawn
dishwashing liquid all over
her car. Both parties were
in agreement to separate
for the evening, the deputy
noted.
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