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♦ TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2007
PANDEMIC
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their arm instead of their
hand to prevent the spread
of flu. If you sneeze in you
hand, then tough you face or
someone else it spreads the
virus, just as the sneeze or
cough would, she explained.
She defined a pandemic flu
outbreak as when there is a
new strain of the influenza
virus, which infects humans
and is spread easily from
person to person.
This is different than
the seasonal flu, which is
predictable with known
strains and vaccines pre
pared. A new virus would
not have a vaccine and it
would take sic to 8 months
to create one.
The most serious pandem
ic flu was in the Spanish flu
outbreak in 1918-19, which
killed about 550,000 in the
United States alone. It,
unlike the seasonal flu and
BOOKS
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They’ve both rejoiced in the
growth of Grace Church,
and to top it all off, his life
time dream of having books
published has come true.
His devotion to the
Bulldogs is not to be ques
tioned. He’s a University
of Georgia graduate, and
he understands just how
strongly fans feel, and how
vehement they’re likely to
be about other teams than
the one they cheer for, but
his first order of business
has been launching a series
of books with devotions for
sports fans, bringing his love
of God together with his love
for sports.
And just to give you the
short answer, he started out
with the books that Howard
Books, a division of Simon
and Schuster, wanted him to
MOTORCYCLES
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• $25,241.95 to Sun Gard
HTE of Lake Mary, Fla., for
program maintenance and
support of the Pistol system.
It is the annual contract for
software support.
• $17,140 to Sytech
Corporation of Alexandria,
also a sole source, for the
annual repair and mainte
nance contract for Sytech
equipment.
• $21,097.83 to Identix,
Inc. of Los Gatos, Calif.,
another sole source, for the
annual repair and main
tenance contract for the
Livescan fingerprinting sys
tem.
• $6,494.97 to Brannen
Motor Co. of Unadilla, for
an emergency purchase to
replace the engine in a police
vehicle.
Another four of the 17
total purchases approved
were for the city fire depart-
PROJECTS
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Corder Road from Russell
Parkway to Houston Lake
Road. City purchasing agent
Mark Baker said the contract
is in from Womack Paving
for the repaving from Pine
Street to Russell Parkway.
Walker said the state DOT
is handling Pine Street
north to Watson Boulevard.
He said the city would do
the extension first then the
widening.
The widening includes
realignment of the Leverette
Road/Arrowhead Trail inter
section. It required the pur
chase of numerous right-of
way parcels including whole
tracts including the Code
Lounge.
The joint city/county proj
ect, Walker said will cost
about $1.2 million.
About 4.6 million in
SPLOST was set aside
for the project, which will
instead be used for other city
road projects.
Part of the cost saving
came from negotiations with
vendors and the rest from
a federal grant secured by
Sen. Saxby Chambliss.
“Cities our size do not
get direct federal grants,”
Walker said, “but Chambliss
got it for us.”
more recent lesser pandem
ics affected people under 65
and otherwise healthy.
Later pandemics in 1957-
58 and 1965, and the sea
sonal flu usually impact the
elderly, the very young and
those with compromised
immune systems.
The flu of 1918 took three
weeks to get across the
U.S., Jones said, before the
Interstate system and regu
lar air travel. “We anticipate
it would take days now.”
She said the new risks
today include increased
global travel and commerce,
greater population density,
more elderly, more nursing
homes, day cares and those
with already weakened
immunity, as well as the pos
sibility of bioterrorism.
The impact of a pandemic
flu is estimated at 15 to 35
percent of the population
getting sick. In the 13 county
north central Georgia area,
Jones estimated the 35 per
cent, would be 171,106 sick.
do first.
The books, each with 90
devotions for college sports
fans, don’t just cover foot
ball either.
He’s got anecdotes about
“Bear” Bryant, naturally,
but you’ll find information
on softball player Stephanie
Vanßrakle’s record-setting
2005 season in the same
book. How did he come up
with 90 devotionals just for
sports fans of a particular
university?
He worked at it.
“I started with Auburn
first,” he says, “because it’s
the closest.”
He drove to the univer
sity library there, and went
through countless newspa
per articles as well as read
ing countless books.
He also got great help on
his home computer.
“Once I had the idea,” he
says, “I discovered the won
ders of the Internet.”
ment, including:
• $20,875.30 to Allan
Vigil Ford of Morrow for a
2008 Ford Crown Victoria.
• $5,174.95 to the Georgia
Association of Fire Chiefs in
Savannah, as a sole source
for training materials.
• $3,845 to Nafeco of
Decatur, Alabama, for fire
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“It would overwhelm any
healthcare system,” she
said and expects there to be
makeshift hospitals set up.
People would be encour
aged, through the media, to
stay home and take care of
' their sick. “We would rely
on all of our stations here
as well as our newspapers
and radio to get informa
tion out,” Jones said, on how
people can care for them
selves.
Houston County
Emergency Management
Agency Director Jimmy
Williams said it could cause
stores to close down, and
crowd emergency rooms.
“Basically our work force is
going to be diminished as
well, so people are going to
have to take care of them
selves,” Williams said.
He estimated about 40
percent of the workforce
wofild be out, with people
sick or caring for the sick
and expected schools to be
closed and public event to be
He has been on a search
for good sports stories that
would give him a starting
point for writing about mat
ters of faith and Christian
living.
So, for example in God
Bless the Vols, he gets his
readers to deal with the sub
ject of “cuss words” by bring
ing up Charlies Lindsay who
“played tackle and had a
pretty good vocabulary of
four letter words.” He even
mentions Gordie Howe’s
comment that “American
professional athletes are
bilingual; they speak English
and profanity.”
But his lesson is a gen
tle reminder to Christians
that “Our words, however,
reveal what’s in our hearts,
and what God seeks there
is love and gentleness, not
vileness.”
Each devotion in the series
begins with a Bible verse.
Then there’s an anecdote,
hose.
• $2,354.45 to Vitco Safety
Products of Macon for turbo
jet nozzle and equipment for
fire engines.
Other big purchases
included $19,365.30 to Zuma
Athletic Wear in Montezuma
for cheer leading uniforms for
the Recreation Department
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cancelled. With businesses
closing to, there would be
shortages of food, water and
medical supplies.
Which is why Jones
encourages a three-day to 2-
week emergency supply kit
of water and non-perishable
food. “You may be on your
own for sometime.”
A pandemic outbreak com
mittee has been comprised
with local healthcare, emer
gency response and elected
officials to help prepare a
local response. Jones said
the purpose is not to scare
people but to plan.
The North Central Health
District has free presenta
tions on the matter available
for schools, churches, civic
groups, businesses and oth
ers. To schedule a presenta
tion call 751-3029 or visit
www. northcentralhealthdis
trict.com, where there is also
information about preparing
for a pandemic.
or the story of a player who
won over adversity, or lost.
The books include a wealth
of well-written sports sto
ries, some funny, some sad,
some exciting, each one lead
ing to a thoughtful, spiritual
conclusion, and some think
ing points.
The books are reader
friendly with an engag
ing style, and will be sold
nationwide (and locally) at
bookstores and on the major
Internet book sites such as
Amazon.com.
Locally, you can buy
them at Perry Bookstore,
Perry Drug Company, The
Swanson, Priester’s, Lamb’s
Well, and Books-A-Million.
It’s a series that McMinn
and his publishers hope will
reach sports fans across the
country with a Christian
message. And, yes, he’s
looking forward to writing
one called, God Bless the
Bulldogs.
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PECAN
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always battle scab, a fun
gal disease that can defoli
ate trees and cut yields.
But due to dry conditions
this year, “you’d be hard
pressed to find any, even
in susceptible varieties,” he
said.
In a wet summer, farmers
may spray for the disease
more than 15 times try
ing to keep it from taking
over. This year, however,
they’ve sprayed half that
many times. One spray can
cost $lO to sl4 per acre.
Because heat and
drought slow insects’ feed
ing and reproduction, he
said, farmers have sprayed
much less to control bugs
such as aphids, mites and
shuck worms, too. And
recent high temperatures
have almost completely
shut these bugs down.
But the crop isn’t har
vested yet. In the next three
to four weeks, the trees
will, enter a critical time
for water. Harvest starts
in mid-October and ruAs
through Thanksgiving.
Any hurricanes or storms
with high winds between
now and then could cut
the crop short of expecta
tions.
Pecan trees are alter
nate-bearing, meaning
they produce a full crop
every other year. Most
trees in the state are on
the same cycle, and this is
an “on” year for Georgia
pecans.
Some farmers are inter
ested in evening out this
cycle, Wells said, and have
started using a technique
called fruit thinning.
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The technique has been
around a long time in farm
ing. The idea is to remove
some developing fruit, or
nuts, early in a season,
reducing the overall load
on a tree. The tree then
concentrates energy into
the remaining fruit, ensur
ing better quality fruit.
“Fruit thinning basically
helps ensure better quality
in a year like this,” he said.
“And it can lead to a bigger
crop the following year in
pecans.”
The idea for doing this
with pecans started in the
early 19905, but it’s only
now gained a little popular
ity. It has to be done at the
right time for pecans, he
said, and some care needs
to be taken to prevent tree
damage.
For more than half a
century, Georgia farmers
have been major U.S. pecan
suppliers. They now grow
pecans on 140,000 acres.
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