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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2006 8A CHANGING From page iA students and teachers,” Kinchen said. “In addition the winter and fall break can be used as remediation time for some of the students. “We have 180 days and there are no more with out incurring additional cost, both in personnel and resources. It must be man aged effectively." This calendar is voted on yearly. The next school 06-07 cal endar year will be voted on CENTER From page iA Service Board in Columbus. She was hired last month to succeed Don Blair, who retired after many years of service. She and her hus band, who is retired, have moved to Houston County and are living in the Feagin Mill area. They have four grown children and are espe cially happy to be near their grandchildren who live in Milledgeville. “The strengths we have here are a really experienced and dedicated staff,” Jackson said of her new job. “They are caring and compassion ate and we have a very sup portive board as well.” She sees the big challenge as meeting clients’ needs for care with limited resources, and his hoping to build com munity support and under standing of the problems of those with mental and emo tional disabilities. She would like to talk to community groups to gain their support and to help reduce the stigma associated with mental disabilities. “Housing,” she said, “is always a challenge with many ending up homeless.” She and her husband, who is retired, have moved to Houston County and are living in the Feagin Mill area. They have four grown children and are especial ly happy to be near their grandchildren who live in Milledgeville. At home, she says, she’s a “homebody,” enjoying cook ing, reading decorating and spending time with her fam ily- A reception was held Friday morning at Flint Energies to welcome Jackson to the com munity. COLLECTION From page iA According to a release from the local library system, Houston County library patrons who have fines over a specified dollar amount and/or library materials overdue over a specified time period will be turned over to Unique Jan. 1, 2007. Unique Management Services, the release reads, will make several attempts to contact the delinquent patron by mail and then by telephone. “If these efforts do not produce results, the patron’s delinquency infor mation will be reported to the credit bureau.” “In the spirit of fairness, the Houston County Public Libraries will consider December an amnesty month for those patrons who return overdue materials during the month. Overdue fines amnesty is applicable only to overdue materials being returned during the month of December.” For more informa tion or with questions call: Centerville Library - 953-4500, Perry Library - 987-3050 or Nola Brantley Memorial Library - 923- 0128. Great Deals Free AD for items under SSO Call 987-1823 for details Mans tan during the January BOE meeting. The main changes are in the start and end ing days of the school year. Kinchens said. There are (also) many days mandated by state officials for testing. Regular academic testing alone takes six days. These days equate to 17 days lost from high school. Middle school students lose 19 days. Elementary students lose 14 days. Other instructional inter ruptions include the follow ing activities: Spirit Week - two weeks; Homecoming - Get Your Piece of the Holiday Pie HIGH-SPEED! iIfi'ERNET THAT BLOWS THE DOORS OFF THE COMPETITION. f -al ft _ ißfiaP Limited-time offer Subject to availability in certain locations. 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