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♦ FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2006 6A Kids day Fmmfr-m. m / %•; r^HHia IEHhHh ■' ' '-fxSii'''*' JJKfe* , I safe r^ f p ijnk JKIDS I JF LH sj I L ■ ||r- :■•:• / f ■ • 1_ -4^ ■ . L / * ® I * J ENI/Gary Harmon Drake Hardy shows how important car seats are for children during Kids Days at Perry Chiropractic Health Center in Perry. Dr. Gillis and Dr. Carter gave the children who par ticiapted a free scoliosis screening. mL, s m-. ftp Mr I \ 1 j 4^ -Jfe \ i R—. -*J BBsJP| Rjj f * I sfi < ft afi*sWf. Mfck. ffg|HH /*s ImH • C&'ft'Tjsi ENI/Gary Harmon Ginger Forehand hands out balloons to the children who participated. Erin Edwards shows off her new ballon while her dad, Jimmy Edward looks on. W \ .- , 7 j*| ft ■SBfP* M P A ENI/Gary Harmon Dr. Brian Gillis goes over Scoliosis serening with Anna Burke and her mom Selena. i i - ■’. . S™fe^ki-Sj£B6«s H jB ENI/Gary Harmon Anna Burke with Perry fireman Kelvin Ross. LOCAL HANGAR From />o£r l 4 doubling the number of fully enclosed hangars at the airport. He said construction of one of the hangars would be funded this year using the FAA grant and the bank loan. “We have a waiting list to fill one hangar already,” MacDonald said. “The rental money will be used to pay back the loan.” He noted “rental revenue funds 45 to 60 percent of operations at the airport now.” The DOT grant is for con struction of the “T” hangar taxiway. MacDonald noted the airport would have to build a retention pond on site and “may use that dirt for this construction as in-kind matching for the grant.” MIXING From page iA getting the 70 percent. Duke added not all tanks have that option, but should not be dismissed out of hand based only on height, he said. He explained that by saying a corral pole could be put on top of the tank to increase the height to pos sibly meet a wirelss provid ers needs and avoid putting up a monopole tower. “We (just) want to inves tigate it before we slap up a tower,” Duke said. So far, there are wireless providers also on Perry’s Tucker Road tank and Centerville’s Galleria tank. In other business, the commission: Y<mm? Wtm&mte fitoipßgsrcist Es Run Your Empfoyment Ad W/th U», And! You*ll Find Them/ I $250 per line per day m sl3°° per column inch display | - —^ jpBI JJT JjtiSßßmt , g§j '"•'” § ’ P -' _T-s © $Sj „, V; 1 1! Make Your Move. Transfer students find Mercer University the perfect place to complete their undergraduate degree. An exceptional educational experience Nationally ranked for quality and value Transfer-friendly admissions process Attractive financial assistance packages Programs in liberal arts, business, education, engineering, music, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, law, and theology More than 20 degree programs in over 60 major areas of study Transferring to Mercer is a move in the right direction. www.mercer.edu Commission Chairman Ned Sanders who also serves on the Airport Authority noted there are also other projects at the airport including lengthen ing the runway and improv ing a “precision” approach. He noted one of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax projects is the straight ening of a road to the air port, which is needed for the precision approach improvements. MacDonald said the preci sion approach would “make us more popular with jet traffic. It will make us sig nificantly more attractive to business fliers,” he said. He explained that by saying business travelers plan weeks in advance, and sometimes have to divert to other airports because of weather simply because the airport does not have instrument approach capa bility. • Signed a planning fund ing agreement with Sprint/ Nextel in which the county will be paid $112,097 by Sprint/Nextel to cover the planning costs for the re banding of the 800 MHz frequencies. The Federal Communications Commission has required the re-banding to avoid interference with the wire less and emergency radio communications. The county uses the 800 MHz system for public safety radios and the 911 Center. The 12 agencies on the 800 MHz system include city police and fire depart ments, emergency medi cal services, and the Peach and Houston county fire UntAaii OndNti.ll day* p> lor *t 4pm <Cmtt U. *. tmt 4T*-*am-919+ .. ■■ 'J I wmwm i \%\mHBKL '. . -mm ■ flft | *Af Mercer, there is never a I shortage of outlets to obtain j| I support or have my questions I i answered. As a transfer I student, lam a valued 7 [ individual in an environment I [ where my efforts are noticed, i encouraged, and rewarded.” ■ [ Hy* JASON BLIZZARD 1 ; Senior, History Major H jHwfll Macon. Go. i t w Mercer 1 V 1 \? \ \R> fI \ HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Community activist Walton Wood commended the commission for its sup port of the airport, during the public comments por tion of Tuesday’s meeting. He also suggested taking some of the money from the Development Authority and “giving it to the airport to solve the spec building problem.” Wood noted the 120,000 square-foot building also called the Mid Georgia Corporate Center out near the airport has remained vacant for five years and said there was “nothing out at the site indicating it was available to anybody." Wood also voiced his objections to the SPLOST money being used to pay back the remaining $2.1 million of the loan for the spec building and the coun ty paying $245,000 for oper ations of the Development Authority. and sheriff’s departments and 911. The agreement covers 45 channels, 269 mobile units and 720 por table radios. The scheduled planning completion date is in January 2007. • Accepted three local assistance grants from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs total ing $19,000. There is a $5,000 grant for the coun ty for a one-year lease for an Epilos laser engraving system for Warner Robins High School. The $4,000 grant is to provide funding to supple ment recent state budget cuts, and the SIO,OOO grant to fund a program for chil dren at risk, teen pregnan cy, drop out and abuse pro grams at Kids Journey. Important Dates for Transfer Students Transfer Orientation: August 11,2006 Fall Classes begin: August 22,2006 Learn more about what Mercer has to offer. Call today to schedule a visit to campus. mercer.edu/trx (800) Mercer-U