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♦ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2007
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Journal/Charlotte Perkins
4 Cr/s/s Intervention Team training class for law enforcement officers was held last week at the Wellston Center in
Warner Robins. The course, coordinated by Capt. Lisa Angell for the Warner Robins Police Department, had support
and expertise from NAMI-Georgia and NAMI-Central Georgia, Phoenix Center and Houston Healthcare Complex.
Instruction was provided for understanding and dealing with the mentally ill and others in crisis situations. Attending
the course were Al Elvins, James Cyree, Kenneth Beck, George Runyon, Scott Sullivan of the Houston County
Sheriff’s Office; Lewis Wade and Amy Wheeler of the Macon Police Department; Raymond Schulten of the Centerville
Police Department; Robert Smock, Neiia Banks, Natasha Hubbard of Houston County 911; Jeff Herb, Julius Wilcox
and James Green of the Warner Robins Police Department; Albert Hill of the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.
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ABOVE: Nerves and jitters
continue to wave through
the young contestants as
they enter the final rounds
of The Reader’s Digest
Word Power Challenge.
RIGHT: Several finalists
continue reading while
waiting for the next round
of the word challenge.
Journal/Nancy Hawk
Locals compete in Reader's Digest contest
Special to the Journal
It’s official. This year’s
Readers Digest Word Power
state champion is Meredeth
Anderson from Watkinsville,
a suburb of Athens.
The 13-year-old Oconee
County Middle School stu
dent qualified for the cham
pionship round by finish
ing preliminaries in the top
10. Then in the final round
she found herself in a sud
den death duel for the title
against Torah Day School of
Atlanta’s Maia Hoberman,
where she then battled her
way to first.
Next up is a trip in May
to Universal City Studios
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Crisis intervention training
in Orlando and a chance to
meet NBC TV weatherman
A 1 Roker, National Word
Power Moderator.
This year’s winner
describes herself as a “vora
cious” reader, says she stud
ied very little for the com
petition, uses the family’s
computer only about two
hours weekly and does not
play video games.
The eighth grader also
likes a mix of music and took
piano for a half dozen years.
Anderson comes from
an academically oriented
family. Her older brother
recently won the state math
championship. The Word
Power state finals are host
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ed each year at the MGTC
Adult Literacy Center
by the Certified Literate
Community Program of
Houston County.
CLCP Coordinator Skip
Holmes pinned the event’s
continued success on a team
of experienced volunteers
working closely together,
calling this years event the
best to date and saying prep
arations are already under
way for 2008.
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On Monday, Perry Police Officer Keith Kindle presented a plaque to Don Matthews,
service manager at Hamby Chevrolet for the dealership ’s, sponsorship of the annual
car show to benefit Special Olympics. Also pictured are Perry High Auto Shop teach
er Cliff Beakes and students Spencer Anderson, Chris Kreager, Jamar Whitfield and
Derek Lawson, who were volunteers and/or participants at the car show. Another
Perry Police Department event coming up is the Lap Around Perry bicycle ride.
The 10-, 25-, or 50-mile ride will be April 21. It will be leaving from the Public Safety
Building on Washington Street. There is a S2O donation. With that you get a Torch
Run shirt or cap, fruit snacks and water. For more information on the ride, contact
Kindle at 808-9861 or Perry Police Department.
Community Events
■ FREE TAX HELP
- AARP is currently offer
ing tax assistance - through
April 14 - at the Perry
Library for “taxpayers
with moderate incomes.”
They are there Thursdays
from 12:30 p.m.-4 p.m. and
Saturdays from 9 a.m.-l
p.m.
■ PERRY IDOL
- Auditions for the Perry
Idol contest will be held
today at the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce,
101 Gen. Courtney Hodges
Blvd. The competition is
open to all singers; profes
sional or amateur. There
is an audition fee of $lO
per person. An applica
tion must be completed
by 5:30 p.m. on the day of
the audition. Judges will
be Mary Therese Tebbe,
Todd Wilson of the WNNG
Gold’s hosting
charity event
Special to the Journal
Gold’s Gym fitness
facilities in communities
throughout the country,
according to a release, are
opening their doors for
the first-of-its-kind nation
wide Spin-a-Thon charity
event March 31 in support
of the American Diabetes
Association and the fight
against diabetes.
Gold’s Gym, according to
the release, invites mem
bers and non-members
to burn calories and have
fun in the national Spin
a-Thon event while rais
ing funds to fight diabetes.
“Local residents will enjoy
Spinning in unison with
individuals from across the
United States in a national
effort to raise much needed
funds in support of diabe
tes prevention and aware
ness,” the release reads.
Diabetes is one of the
biggest health crisis fac
ing our country today,
Thank you
Morning show and others.
Those who are selected
through the audition pro
cess will be announced after
all auditions are complet
ed. The cost will be $5 per
person and $25 for a fam
ily of five. Those attending
will be able to cheer on
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with more than 75 million
Americans affected by the
disease.
It is estimated that
nearly 21 million have the
disease and another 54
million have pre-diabetes,
and Gold’s Gym hopes this
nationwide event will help
educate Americans about
importance of exercise in
the fight against the dis
ease.
Residents interested in
participating in the Spin
fund-raiser can register
online at www.diabetes.
org/tour-teamgolds.com or
contact their local Gold’s
Gym at www.goldsgym.com
for event times and partici
pation information.
For more information on
the national Spin-a-Thon
and Gold s commitment to
fighting diabetes, please
contact Kristie Rowling at
310-392-4244 or via email
at riester.com.
their favorites while enjoy
ing festival food. The grand
prize will be a recording
studio package. To obtain
an application for the audi
tion, visit the chamber office
or contact Tammy Vice at
tammy@perrygachamber.
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