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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
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Cody playing Carnegie Hall
By JOE SERSEY
Journal Correspondent
Cameron Cody is gradu
ating early. The Houston
County High School student
is going from playing in local
venues to a musical PhD. He
is playing at Carnegie Hall
in May 2007.
“Over the years, all of you
have supported me in my
talent of playing the piano,”
Cody said in an email release.
“I want to ask you to attend a
concert that I will be playing
at Christ United Methodist
Church.”
Cody is playing Sunday
at the Methodist church at
511 Russell Parkway at 2:30
p.m.
In his email to his fans
and supporters, he thanked
them for their help. He
began playing at the church
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non-emergency number
at the county dispatch/E
--911 center with the permit
number. The non-emer
gency number is 542-2000.
Centerville residents are
also asked to notify county
dispatch of the fire permit.
Alan Dozier, Chief of Forest
Protection with the Georgia
Forestry Commission
reminds homeowners that
only yard debris should
be burned. The burning
of paper, household trash,
plastics, or other man-made
materials is prohibited and
invalidates the permit.
Fires are required to be
extinguished by dusk and
the permit holder must take
adequate precautions to pre
vent flames from escaping.
Landowners seeking permis
sion to burn forest lands,
agricultural space, or debris
piles larger than 6 feet by
6 feet should continue to
METH
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we work, in drug investiga
tions. “They’re using other
crimes to offset the drug
costs.”
During morning meet
ings at the Investigations
Division with property
crime and fraud investiga
tors, Franklin said, “we talk
about the same people.”
Franklin said most of the
drug cases are metham
phetamine. “Before it was
more spread out, coke, weed,
crack,” Franklin said.
“I don’t know if they’ve
learned, or tell each other
what they’ve tried,” Franklin
said of the drug users. “They
go through stages of crimes,
we see trends of credit card
fraud, scams, thefts, shop
lifting.”
The type of meth used
has also changed. “Before
it was just a few cases a
month .were ice. Within the
past year now ice has taken
over. It’s hard to find regular
meth or ‘dirty’ anymore,”
Franklin said.
“The ice we see now is
in greater quantities versus
when users used to make
their own meth to support
their habit,” Franklin said,
but now “the seizure of labs
has greatly reduced here.”
Franklin said, “it’s not that
they’ve quit, they’ve gone
somewhere else to make it
- to more rural areas.”
Anhydrous ammonia, an
agricultural fertilizer, is one
of the ingredients used in
the production of metham
phetamine. “We don’t have
much anhydrous here,”
Franklin said.
The increased jail popu
lation of meth users also
brings increased medical
costs. Those include meth
amphetamine users’ dental
bills from a condition known
as “meth mouth,” where
their teeth are literally rot
ting out of their head.
Holt explained “metham
phetamine is a very caustic
substance, causing an awful
lot of dental deterioration to
users.”
In a Sept. 20, press release
Dr. Robert M. Brandjord,
American Dental Association
president explained “meth
mouth is characterized by
rampant tooth decay and
teeth described by meth
users as blackened, stained,
when he was 5. Now at 15,
he reports that he has joined
the staff at Christ United
Methodist Church.
“As I type this e-mail, I
remember the looks on many
of your faces as I played
at many different times,”
he said, “and the support
that I saw is what keeps me
going.”
He encouraged music lov
ers to take time to attend
his concert, “and we will all
thank God for what he has
given us in life.”
Joining Cody for the concert
will be Theresa Alexander
and the Houston County
High School Ensemble.
The concert is free, but
donations are encouraged to
help offset Cody’s expenses
for the Carnegie Hall event.
The exact date of his New
York debut has not been set.
call their local Forestry
Commission County Unit.
In Houston County, that
number is 988-7124.
By calling 1-877-OK2-
BURN or checking online,
homeowners can automati
cally find out if conditions
are appropriate for burning
fires measuring less than 6
feet by 6 feet. The caller’s
zip code, telephone number,
and the call’s date and time
stamp serve as a burn per
mit for both the caller and
the Forestry Commission.
“If everyone makes sure
conditions are right for
burning before setting a
fire, the number of wildfires
in Georgia can be reduced,”
said Dozier.
The major cause of wildfire
is debris burning that gets
out of control, Dozier said,
and last year 8,250 wild
fires burned 32,419 acres
in Georgia. “The lingering
drought has created con
ditions in some areas that
could make burning risky,
so proper site preparation
rotting, crumbling or falling
apart.”
“The extensive tooth decay
of meth mouth is attributed
to the drug’s dry-mouth
effect and its propensity to
cause cravings for high-cal
orie carbonated beverages,
tooth grinding and clench
ing, and extended periods of
poor oral hygiene.”
Back in February, while
going over the county bills,
County Commissioner Tom
McMichael noted, “our den
tal expenses are running
extremely high because of
meth. “Over the past three
months the county has paid
SB,OOO for dental care at the
jail,” he said.
“We have no choice but
to treat them,” McMichael
said at the time. “It’s your
tax money going for this.
Meth is a serious problem in
Houston County.”
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Marshal announces Robins software funding
Special to the Journal
Rep. Jim Marshall
announced that Robins ALC
is slated to receive $59.6
million in military con
struction funds in HR 5122,
the John Warner National
Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2007
Conference Report, includ
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“This is absolutely the
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The new facility will
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for the 402nd Software
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and emergency planning
are absolutely critical,” he
added.
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Without this facility, the
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Instead, the Group would
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Currently, Marshall said, the
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Software Maintenance
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There is no additional
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workload.
Reaching the s2l mil
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deal of teamwork between
year,” said Dozier. “It’s the
perfect time to review pro
cedures regarding fire safety
because the May-September
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Rep. Marshall and Sen.
Chambliss. Sen. Chambliss
and Rep. Marshall were
able to earmark sl4 million
and $7 million for this proj
ect, respectively
Typically, in conference,
these amounts would have
been collapsed into a single
amount of either $7 mil
lion or sl4 million credited
to both. Through a great
deal of work on the part of
Sen. Chambliss and Rep.
Marshall, in this instance,
the conferees agreed that
the two amounts should be
combined to reach the s2l
million goal to construct
the SSF in one phase, as
opposed to two.
“I particularly wish
to commend the leader
ship of AFMC, Gen. Bruce
a third of Georgia has just
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have debris that’s ready to
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effectively they were able
to respond to my requests
for assistance as this effort
evolved. There were quite
a few surprises, and thingß
changed rapidly, but Sen.
Chambliss’s office, the Air
Force and my office all
responded quickly. And to
the extent that more funds
are needed to finish this
project, Gens. Carlson,
Collings, and Owen have
assured me that the Air
Force will be able to make
up any financial shortfall,”
said Marshall.
“This was a real team
effort, and it shows what
you can do once you put your
mind to it,” said Marshall.
For more information
about safe burning, burn
permits and prescribed
burning, visit www.gfc.state.
ga.us/OnlinePermits.
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