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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 137, NUMBER 47
BELOW THE FOLD: Centerville tables raise; approves items Absconder arrested INSIDE: A day of wellness just for women
Friday
March 9,2007
The Home Journal s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Boy Scout Troop 96
plans yard sale
Boy Scout Troop 96, sponsored
by Crossroads United Methodist
Church will hold a yard sale
Saturday in conjunction with the
Peaches to Beaches yard sale.
Scouts and leaders of Troop
96 are hoping to raise funds to
cover the expense of the scouts'
summer camp program. They will
be attending at Camp Thunder in
Molena.
The cost per scout is $215. To
donate items to the troop, contact
Vickie Graham at 987-4621 or
951-6441.
WR rec to register
for ‘Spring Dayz’
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department will begin registration
Monday for “Spring Dayz", a day
camp for spring break.
The camp will be held from
7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday (five days), April
2-April 6 for boys and girls ages
7-12 years old.
The cost is $54 for city resi
dents, $lO2 for county residents
and $l6B for out-of-county resi
dents. Bring a sack lunch every
day - drinks and snacks will be
provided. For more information,
call 929-6945.
Correction
In the picture entitled "A tough
Rowe to hoe" in Thursday's
Houston Daily Journal, the soc
cer player in the picture is mis
identified. She is actually Allison
Burnham. We apologize for the
error.
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attn: Don Moncrief. You can
also call him at 987-1823,
Ext. 231.
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Perry Hospital earns Gold Seal of Approval
From staff reports
By demonstrating compli
ance with the Joint Commission
on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organization’s national standards
for healthcare quality and safety,
Perry Hospital has earned the
Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of
Approval.
Houston Medical Center also
earned the Gold Seal of Approval
following their accreditation sur
vey in July 2006.
“We seek accreditation for
Perry Hospital and all of our facil
ities because we want to demon
strate our commitment to patient
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Perry, Northside, Hawkirtsville and other local school runners make the rounds during a track meet held at
McConnell-Talbert Stadium Tuesday. For most - girls and boys - it marked the beginning of their competitive sea
son.
Centerville tables council raises;
approves other agenda items
ByNANCTHAWK
Journal Staff Writer
One of the biggest
issues on tap during the
Centerville City Council’s
meeting Tuesday was a
salary increase for council
members.
The last salary increase, it
was explained* was in 1991.
Police arrest absconder
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Brian Edward Dearmore
was a wanted sex offender.
Dearmore, 28, was arrest
ed in Florida on Tuesday
and will be extradited back
to Georgia, according to the
Houston County Sheriff’s
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'well done' for its
donation to
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safety and qual
ity care,” said
Dr. Tony Alford,
CEO of Houston
Healthcare.
“We view
obtaining Joint
Commission
accreditation
and the valida
tion of our com
pliance with the
National Patient
Safety Goals
as another step toward achieving
excellence.”
“I am very proud of the employ
ees of Perry Hospital. They work
Making the rounds
Legal information provided
by the city attorney laid
down the main rule that it
must be publicly displayed
for three weeks before it
can be voted on.
That said, council mem
bers agreed, however,
they were not ready for a
See COUNCIL, page fA
Office. He was wanted for
registration of sex offend
ers for failing to notify the
sheriff of his whereabouts,
as is required by the terms
' of his probation.
He’s been on the Georgia
Bureau of Investigations
Sex Offender
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said Lora Davis, Perry Hospital
Administrator.
“Above all, the national stan
dards are intended to stimulate
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77?/s classic Chevy will be just one of many - among many other makes and models - on
display at the Perry Police Department Annual Special Olympics Car Show hosted by
Hamby Chevrolet Saturday. The show is slated to run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and includes
door prizes, food, music, a parts swap area and more. Hamby is located on Highway 41
South, Exit 135 off Interstate 1-75.
Northside girls basketball
team eliminated. Baseball,
tennis and golf
results, too. J||
hard every
day and
have a
sincere
dedication
to quality
healthcare.
Their
efforts
were rec
ognized fey
both of the
inspection
teams,”
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One section • 10 pages
continuous, systematic and orga
nization-wide improvement in
an organization’s performance
and the outcomes of care,” says
Kurt Patton, executive director,
Hospital Accreditation Program
of the Joint Commission. “The
community should be proud that
Perry Hospital is focusing on the
most challenging goal - to con
tinuously raise quality and safety
to higher levels.”
The Joint Commission evaluates
and accredits more than 15,000
hospitals and healthcare organi
zations in the United States. An
independent, not-for-profit
See GOLD, page fA
"If we can't have
new leadership,
come to a
meeting of the
minds, we need to
have a change/'
- Warner Robins Mayor
Donald Walker
Housing
Authority
under lire
By RATLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins Mayor
Donald Walker said he
has a problem with the
city’s Housing Authority.
“I’m not very happy
with the leadership down
there,” Walker said at
Monday’s pre-council ses
sion.
“If we can’t have new
leadership, come to a
meeting of the minds, we
need to have a change.”
Warner Robins Housing
Authority Executive
Director Charles
Alexander said he has no
idea, the board has no
idea. “I don’t know what
See FIRE, page fA
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