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city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 247
BELOW THE FOLD: American Patriots help out families in need m County wins Outstanding Landfill Operation Award
Saturday
December 30,2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
WR reschedules
council meeting
Warner Robins reschedules
council meeting
The pre-council and council
meetings scheduled for Tuesday
has been cancelled and resched
uled for Thursday. The pre-coun
cil meeting begins at 4 p.m. in
the upstairs conference room at
City Hall. The council meeting is
scheduled to follow at 6:30 p.m. in
council chambers at City Hall.
The Great Christmas
Tree Round-up set
Recycle your Christmas tree
during The Great Christmas
Tree Round-Up Jan. 6, 2007 on
Maple Street. The event, co-spon
sored by Flint Energies and ABC
Professional Tree Services and
hosted by Keep Warner Robins
Beautiful, will run from 8 a.m. until
1 p.m. Free tree seedlings will be
given in exchange for Christmas
trees.
Board of Health plans
next meeting
The Houston County Board
of Health will meet at noon
Thursday in the conference room
at the Houston County Health
Department, which is located at
98 Cohen Walker Drive in Warner
Robins.
Lodge to sponsor
youth awareness
The Warner Robins Moose
Lodge and Women of the Moose
will sponsor a youth awareness
program Jan. 6,2007 in the Moose
Lodge Family Center located at
400 Carl Vinson Parkway.
The program is slated to begin
at 10 a.m. and is for sophomores,
juniors and seniors. They, accord
ing to a release, will be required to
present a series of “Kids Talks” to
the target group: 4-9-year-olds.
Three scholarships, $7,000,
$3,000 and $2,000 are available
as part of the program. Contact
Walter Zurowski at 922-4367 for
more information.
BIRTHDAYS
Today
■ Allen Hawk
■ Terry Myers Jr.
Dec. 31
■ Mark Snay
■ Haley Crofutt
Jan. 1, 2007
■ Helen Cleland
■ Nancy Kuehn Branscom
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Angel City could have devil of a New Year
Unadilla passes ordinance to allow alcohol sales this Sunday only
By RATLIGMTNER
Journal Staff Writer
New Year’s falls on a Sunday this
year so if you want a drink you’ll
have to go to Unadilla or stock up
on Saturday.
There are no Sunday by-the
drink or package sales permitted in
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From left, Linda Harris, Lynn Cochran, Sandra Eaton, Beth Jones, Sandra Brenner, Michelle Lee, Thaina Brown-
Brake, Vicky Alexander and Karen Adams. The ladies are part of Houston Healthcare’s Outpatient Diabetes
Management program, which was recently awarded national recognition by the American Diabetes Association.
Association recognizes Houston Healthcare program
From Staff Reports
Houston Healthcare’s Outpatient
Diabetes Management program
has been awarded national recog
nition from the American Diabetes
Association for quality diabetes edu
cation services.
Receiving this national achieve
ment award demonstrates dedication
and commitment to serving persons
who have diabetes, said Mary Jane
American Patriots assist two military families
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
American Patriots is not
an old organization in terms
of the Red Cross, Masons or
Moose lodge, but like these
other organizations, it does
more than just talk.
Motivation for the group’s
formation came from a sin
gular event. An event that
still weighs heavily on many
who live in this nation: Ji
ll.
Proof of their intent is
in their mission statement:
“To promote American
Patriotism through group
and charity rides, commu
nity service, social func
tions and to provide fam
ily support to our members.
We remember those who
gave their lives during the
events of Sep£. 11, 2001 and
See PA TRIOTS, page 8A
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Houston County, Perry, Centerville
or Warner Robins. Sunday pouring
or by-the-drink sales were, until
Thursday, also not permitted in
Unadilla. The city council approved
an ordinance Thursday, however,
that permits Sunday sales for that
specific area just for New Year’s Eve,
Kinnas, executive director, Marketing
and Community Relations at Houston
Healthcare.
The American Diabetes Association
Education Recognition is a voluntary
process, which assures that approved
education programs have met all the
National Standards for Diabetes Self-
Management Education Programs.
Programs that achieve this recogni
tion status must have a staff of knowl
edgeable health professionals who can
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Santa brings a smile to a young boy’s face as members of the American Patriot’s
cycle club gathered at the Museum of Aviation Dec. 24 to bring gifts and Santa to
help families out during the holidays.
said City Manager Ronnie Brand.
He said the ordinance includes any
future New Year’s Eve that falls
on a Sunday and it goes into effect
immediately.
The change was prompted by
Angel City and its planned New
Year’s Eve Bash. “They were going
provide state-of the-art information
about diabetes management for par
ticipants, Kinnas explained.
“The process gives professionals a
national standard by which to mea
sure the quality of services they pro
vide,” said Beth Jones, RNC, Certified
Diabetes Educator and Director of
Community Education for Houston
Healthcare. “And of course, it
assures the consumer that he or she
See PROGRAM, page 8A
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to have all these people out there,”
Brand said. “They had gone to the
state and the state told them to
come to us,” for the permit.
Angel City may be the only benefi
ciary of the change, Brand added.
“I don’t think there are any oth
ers,” he said in regard to permits.
Angel City, which according to
its website, is the first town built
See CITY, page 8A
Aug. 13 started out as
a typical day and Alex
Adcock was a
typical 13yearold boy.
He loved soccer,
baseball, basketball,
skateboarding and all
things outdoors when his
life was changed forever.
While enjoying a sunny
afternoon on a
trampoline, the
unthinkable happened:
he fell and fractured his
neck...
Alex Adcock:
His story
By BRENDA MUNDA
HCBOE School Nurse
He was
unable to
move or
breathe on his own. His sis
ter, Austin, saw the accident
happen and his mom, Kristy,
was the individual who gave
CPR until help arrived.
He was transported to the
Children’s Hospital at the
Medical Center of Central
Georgia where he received
initial care.
Adcock is now a quad
riplegic. He was put on a
ventilator and had a halo
applied to stabilize his head
and spine. Things went
from bad to worse, however,
when 10 days later, a mishap
occurred during his trache
otomy surgery.
The surgeon nicked an
artery and Alex had to have
emergency open heart sur
gery.
This development was
devastating because he had
been unable to verbally
communicate with the ven
tilator tube inserted and was
looking forward to talking
with his family and friends
again.
Shortly after this occurred,
he suffered another setback
when he developed pneu
monia. By mid-September
See ADCOCK, page 8A
County facility
receives award
Special to the Journal
The Georgia Chapter of
the Solid Waste Association
of North America present
ed the 2006 Outstanding
Landfill Operation Award to
the Houston County Solid
Waste Facility during its
Annual Business Meeting at
the Sea Palms Golf & Tennis
Resort on St. Simons Island
recently.
The Houston County Solid
Waste Facility, according to
a release, is a model for its
See FACILITY, page 8A
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