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Note: Due to the holiday our next newspaper will not come out until Wednesday In the interim, we wish you a vary safe and prosperous Happy New Year! legal organ for Houston County, 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 $2,000 are available as part of the program. Contact Walter Zurowski at 922-4367 for more information. BIRTHDAYS Today ■ Allen Hawk ■ Terry Myers Jr. Dec. 31 ■ Mark Snay ■ Haley Crofutt Jan. 1, 2007 ■ Helen Cleland ■ Nancy Kuehn Branscom PERIODICAL 500 Hilll 8 *55108 0000l * 4 Award-Winning y'SSjjjV Better Newspaper VwGjR/ Contest )i.11itt...i11.i11ii...i.1!1.,.1!.,i1t...„1>51...!l COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Mam Library UNiV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 December 30, 2006 i IS7O Angel City could have devil of a New Year Unadilla passes ordinance to allow alcohol sales this Sunday only By RATLIGMTNER Journal Staff Writer New Year’s falls on a Sunday this year so if you want a drink you’ll have to go to Unadilla or stock up on Saturday. There are no Sunday by-the drink or package sales permitted in National achievers r ¥ j ftm .$H i*l§ \ \ v; =1 “ /r -if Aji ffli s/tmJL mbi 1- m I ■ j P & K 7 jr 1 Aj WHHK JHHk ,mM ENI/Gary Harmon 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 www.hhjnews.com 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 , .. VJBjiLc i ? nfwfflr \*sa9x ‘-3 <ft& MmWII , ’fW\. jiHf u fgMpßßpiglfeig - !■ / jSSUmf m B|^Bp§^ Journal'Nancy Hawk 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 Two sections • 16 pages 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 HI Evans Family