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♦ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2007
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The People ’s Business
A quick guide to what our
elected and appointed
officials are doing
The Perry City Council
Meeting Tuesday
■ Heard a presentation in
work session from Ray Smith
of Kendall Metering and Rick
Fero of Triton Water, regard
ing a proposed new water and
gas metering system that would
be computerized, using three
fixed-base towers and a central
computer system.
■ Noted the purchase of a
new digital recording system for
the minutes of meetings
■ Held public hearing with no
opposition for a 494.535-acre
Planned Unit development to be
built by Woodland properties at
a location near Perry Parkway,
Highway 341 North and Airport
Road Extension
■ Held a public hearing with no
opposition regarding the rezon
ing and annexation of 12.353.
acres from Houston County,
which will be zoned industrial
as part of the Perry-Houston
County Airport development.
■ Approved liquor license
requests from Mohammad
Quddus for Beer Packaged to
Go, 1205 Main Street; Pierre
Beauchamps for Super Food
Mart, 517 Perry Parkway, and
Habibullas M. Ulmer for Perry
Texaco Food Mart, 1315 South
Perry Parkway.
■ Increased building inspec
tion fees
■ Approved a request from the
Houston County Commissioners
to waive the permit fee for a new
purchasing warehouse facility on
Kings Chapel Road
Agency offers cooling assistance
Special to the Journal
The Middle Georgia Community Action
Agency will begin scheduling appoint
ments Wednesday for those who want to
receive assistance with household cooling
costs. Applications will be taken on a first
come,first-served basis at Christ Lutheran
Church, 733 Carroll St., Perry, for 9 a.m. to
3 p.m.
To be eligible for assistance, households
must have an income at or below 150
Local Coast Guardsman plays key
role in cutter changing homeports
Special to the Journal
The Coast Guard Cutter
Munro officially changed
homeport from Alameda,
Calif., to Kodiak, Alaska,
during a ceremony at Coast
Guard Base Kodiak recent
ly-
It did so with the help
of many, one of which was
Joshua Scott Thigpen.
Thigpen is a fireman E-3
for the Coast Guard and a
native of Perry. He gradu
ated from Houston County
High School in 2007, with his
mother and father, Richard
and JoAnn, still living in
Perry - along with at least
one other relative.
As far as the move, accord
ing to a release, it provides
a large patrolling cutter
to the Alaska and Bering
Sea area to replace the
recently decommissioned
Coast Guard Cutter Storis,
previously home ported in
Kodiak.
The Munro is a 378-foot
high endurance cutter
named after Petty Officer
Ist Class Douglas Munro,
the Coast Guard’s only
Phillips enters training
Special to the Journal
Lianna M. Phillips
has entered Basic Cadet
Training at the U.S. Air
Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colo., in prepara
tion to enter the first aca
demic year at the academy.
The six-week, two-phased
orientation program must
be successfully completed
by the cadets prior to enter
ing their freshman year.
The training prepares men
and women to meet the rig
orous mental and physical
challenges experienced by
new cadets.
Phase one involves per
sonal in-processing, orien
tation, and training in the
fundamentals of being a
cadet.
She is the daughter of
Charles and Donna Phillips
of Grove Lane, Kathleen.
■ Approved a recommen
dation of the Public Works
Oversight Committee to assign
two employees to clean up city
cemeteries,
■ Approved the funding of
lights for the youth football
field at Creekwood Park and
placed a $1.5 million building for
Creekwood park on the priority
list for capital improvements
■ Tabled a DDA request to
place the Commerce Street
gazebo on site where the Elwood
Waites building is to be removed
on the basis that the land in
question does not belong to the
city,
■ Voted to proceed with the
automated meter reading pro
posal discussed in the work ses
sion (see related story)
■ Voted to endorse the
Georgia Municipal Association's
position on House Speaker
Glenn Richardson’s proposal to
end property taxes in Georgia
and replace the funds with an
expanded sales tax. The Council
opposes Richardson’s proposal.
The Houston County
Commissioners
Meeting Thursday
■ Heard from citizen Maurice
Braswell who suggested that
they not increase business
license fees, but cut costs
instead by reducing costs and
by such measures as not hav
ing a separately elected County
Commission Chairman or a
county administrator.
■ Appointed Betty Pearsall
of Centerville to the Houston
County Library Board, and
Kristina Simms of Perry to
the Region 4 Mental Health,
percent of the federal poverty level. The
maximum incomes allowed are $15,315 for
a one-person household, $20,535 for a two
person household, $25,755 for a three-per
son household, $30,975 for a four-person
household.
When applying, the follow information
will be required: proof of income for the last
30 days for all household members 18 and
over; Social Security cards for all household
members; current electric bill.
Medal of Honor recipient.
The Munro’s primary duties
include Law Enforcement,
Search and Rescue, and
Homeland Security. The
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■ Voted to increase business
license fees (see related story)
■ Adopted new flood dam
age prevention regulations
which basically update the old
regulations to be in compliance
with the FEMA National Flood
Insurance Program
■ Voted to increase building
permit fees, except for church
sanctuary buildings (see related
story)
■ Voted to authorize placing
recently retired Judge Brenda
Morton on the Magistrate Court
Payroll as a senior judge, to
assist the court on an as-needed
basis. Morton will also be eligible
to serve in other counties on a
per diem basis, and will be paid
by those counties.
■ Authorized the creation of
a new HVAC Technician, Grade
17, position for the Public Works
Department at the request of
Director Tommy Stalnaker. Two
other currently unfilled positions
at a lower level of pay will be
abolished to make this higher
level position possible
■ Approved one annexa
tion request from the City of
Centerville, having to do with
a 15.61 acre site between
Thomson Road and Houston
Lake Road, which will be used
for housing development
■ Approved two annexation
requests from the City of Warner
Robins. One is in he area of Carl
Vinson Parkway and will be used
for commercial purposes. The
other is the property of Jonas
and Jason Alday off Houston
Lake Road and will be used for
commercial purposes.
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WRPD gets new BMW metorcycles
Special to the Journal
The Warner Robins Police Department
rolled out two new 2007 BMW R 1200 RT-
P motorcycles to outfit the Traffic Unit
Tuesday.
The new BMW’s will replace the aging
Harley-Davidsons that have been on the
traffic fleet for years.
The new BMW motorcycles are police
specific containing mounts for radars
and lasers; video cameras and LED light
systems. The new motorcycles also offer,
according to a release, better handling
Health Department to offer flu shots
Special to the Journal
Officials from the Houston
County Health Department
announced this week they
will begin offering flu shots
Oct. 15. The shot will cost
$25 and is available at no
charge to those on Medicaid,
Peachcare and Medicare
Part B.
The health department is
open Bam to 4:30 pm. No
appointment is necessary.
Everybody is encouraged
to be vaccinated, but par
ticularly:
■ People 50 years old or
older
■ Children 6 months to 6
years old
■ Adults and children with
chronic health conditions
■ Women who will be at
any stage of pregnancy dur
ing flu season
■ People who can give the
flu to those at high risk (i.e.
caregivers)
■ Healthcare workers
■ Anyone who wants to
prevent getting the flu
“This year we have plenty
of flu vaccine, so we won’t
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shot in the arm to
help protect you,
will you do the
same?"
- County Nurse Manager
Debbie Liby
have the supply problems
that we have had in the
past,” said Debbie Liby,
county nurse manager. “We
want everyone to come and
get a shot and be protected
from the flu. We are com
mitted to keep our citizens
of Houston County healthy.
“Only 40 percent of Health
Care Employees are willing
to be vaccinated. Because
we want to make sure every
one in Houston County is
protected, 100 percednt of
Houston County Health
Department Employees are
receiving the vaccine. We
are getting a shot in the arm
to help protect you, will you
do the same?”
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ment is offering the pneu
monia vaccine.
This vaccine is recom
mended for all persons 65
yrs or older, anyone under
65 yrs of age with a chron
ic illness (i.e. Diabetes,
Chronic lung disease, chron
ic heart disease,chronic liver
disease, alcoholism, Sickle
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clear implant). Contact
the health department for
pricing, as some individuals
qualify for the vaccine at a
reduced price.
“The health department
also offers Zosterix, the
shingles vaccine,” Liby said,
“but we encourage anyone
who is interested in this vac
cine to call ahead as we have
a limited supply. We will
also be offering Pneumonia,
Tdap/Td and all other vac
cines as requested.”
If you have any ques
tions about the flu shot or
any service provided by the
health department, call 478-
218-2000.
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