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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL iHHV ■ % li fc> 3mPMI^BWBS * /»» II i iMrtjfnl Contributed Betty Byrd, center, was presented the Home of the Month award by Keep Warner Robins Beautiful recently. Also pictured are KWRB members Terry Duernberger and Jack Steed. Health department awards grants Special to the Journal In an effort to further increase access to care in rural areas, Dr. Rhonda Medows, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health, announced this past week $1.5 million in grants to six regional community groups. The grants, accord ing to a release, will help strengthen Georgia’s Rural Health Safety Net Program and solidify the program’s goals of maintaining itself as a self-sustaining system, lead to improved health sta hewwsmessez- HmHßomoDmmm- mmmupmnKsl more (MONK UvMZwksj imm famnomMmWMm © Re-live the Magic of the © 2007 Little League World Series In a unique partnership with ABC Sports, Cox Communications will re-air the 2007 Little League World Series on wcoxls this weekend and throughout the month of September. Air dates and times are: • Dates: September Ist - September 30th • Days: Saturdays and Sundays • limes: s:3opm - B:3opm (both days) Additionally, the game will be re-aired on its’ one (1) year anniversary. Tune into wcoxl 5 on August 26,2008 at 3:30 PM and celebrate, again Sunday’s win. 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Houston, Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Peach and Twiggs Counties will ben efit. “The grant recipients have met the challenge of pro viding a regional approach to healthcare with a vari ety of innovative ideas,” said Medows. “Through the grant process, DCH is able to reward groups like these with grant money that helps them to better serve Georgia’s citizens in the areas that need it most.” The DCH State Office of VisitiQu^Shawraom EH nMgpMSZm 929-2701 1902 Elberta Rd. Warner Robins, GA Licensed & Insured Rural Health administers the funding for the RHSN Program. The RHSN pro gram will provide finan cial and technical support to the grantees to collab oratively design and imple ment a working plan that increases access to physical health, prevention servic es, behavioral health, etc.; moves towards consumer driven health care; encour ages a regional approach to services so that providers are more financially stable; and uses medical technology to improve health outcomes and improve efficiency. D.R. HORTON Tuesday, September 18,2007 at 10:00 am. Located at 203 Hearthwood Drive, Kathleen (approx. 1.3 miles south of Hiwy 96, off S. Houston Lake Rd.). R-C for Yvonne Ehule Realty Wednesday, September 19,2007 at 1:00 pm. Located at 524 S. Houston Lake Road. , mm V * m ® «: afe *. BW- W Bft -jmL w: Ba, B WlJp/ a reality. Proceeds form the sale of this vehicle tag raise awareness, provide support, and fund research for childhood cancer. Visit their website www.SupportCancerKids.org for more information on the foundation and instructions on how you can reserve your “Joanna Tag.” ■ COMPUTER JL jLJjJLt -SERVICES Specializing in: hardware repairs/upgrades, and virus removal. 4501 Russell Pkwy Suite 2 Warner Robins 478-333-6515 Friendly, hometown service at affordable prices. www.tdzcomputers.com Breakfast Served All DAY! (v m o n 0/tt rken n birew'*** FREE SENIOR DRINK ; with any purchase j 495 Booth Rd. Warner Robins ypjpl (in front of the new Wal-Mart) 478-225-2337 [l9^ General who oversaw Joint Stars transition to retire Special to the Journal Gov. Sonny Perdue recently announced the retirement of Lt. Gen. David B. Poythress, Georgia’s adjutant general, from the National Guard and the military. Poythress oversaw the transition of the 116th Air Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base to a Joint Stars unit and the only Air Force total-force blended wing. He has led the Georgia Department of Defense and the National Guard since 1999, will retire in November, capping a 44-year military career. Under his leadership, the Department of Defense was the first state agency to receive the Oglethorpe Award for performance excellence. He will enter private busi ness as the Chief Executive Officer of American United Bancorp, Inc., in Gwinnett County. Perdue named Maj. Gen. William T. Nesbitt as the replacement for Poythress. Nesbitt commanded the Joint Task Force GB, a task force of more than 7,000 BABY From page iA caregivers. For more information, visit www.jpma.org. For more information about baby safety topics such as childproofing, scalding, playground safety, drowning prevention and child passen ger safety, call 478-923-9771 or visit www.usa.safekids. Jo^pa The Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation, Inc. has issued a progress ! report on their efforts to make the “Joanna Tag” available in 2007. With a w goal of 1000 reservations needed to make this specialty tag available at every tag office in Georgia, they are only 200 reservations away from making this tag SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2007 9 lU U S US H B • Jpg s ■ , x |S • BgaSaak .IrffgP ' wk 'Wm ill , ! 1' I Contributed Gov. Sonny Perdue announced this week that Lt. Gen. David B. Poythress, Georgia’s adjutant general, left, would be retiring. Poythress helped oversee the transi tion of the 11Gth Air Control Wing unit to Robins Air Force Base. personnel from all services to conduct military support operations for the Group of Eight Summit at Sea Island in June 2004. General Nesbitt org. Safe Kids of Houston County works to prevent accidental childhood injury, the leading killer of chil dren age 14 and under. Its members include volunteers from the Houston County community. Safe Kids of Houston County is a mem ber of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organi zations dedicated to prevent ing accidental injury. Safe KC kftoi'y 45741 | D.O.T. PHYSICALS PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICALS DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING WORKERS’ COMP INJURY CARE CJCCUBMIONAL HEALTH JL & Wellness A Service oe Houston Healthcare Hwy 127 &. Moody Road 478-988-1853 was the first National Guard officer selected to command a task force comprised of both active duty and National Guard personnel. Kids of Houston County was founded in 1992 and is led by Houston Healthcare. Safe Kids of Houston County meets the third Tuesday of each month at 12:30 p.m., except for July, at the Houston Health Pavilion in Warner Robins. For more information on Safe Kids of Houston County, contact Patsy Zoumberis, coordina tor, at the aforementioned 478-923-9771. Executive Suites PLUS GWEN KIRKLAND PRESIDENT • 349 Margie Drive Warner Robins, GA 31088 Phone: (478) 971-4378 Fax: (478) 971-4973 Email: kirkwdtc@aol.com 9A 147636 53462