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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2007
Some kids take longer to find their stride
QUESTION: My two kids
are as different as night
and day. You’d never even
know they were bora to
the same parents. One of
them is having trouble in
school and the other is
something of a superstar.
I’m very worried about
this. Do some kids start
out doing poorly and then
catch fire?
DR. DOBSON: Thank
goodness they often do. Let
me give you an encouraging
illustration. Several years
ago I attended a wedding
ceremony in a beautiful gar
den setting, and I came away
with some thoughts about
parents who are raising a
child like your son.
After the minister had
instructed the groom to kiss
the bride, approximately 150
colorful, helium-filled bal
loons were released into the
blue California sky.
Within a few seconds the
balloons were scattered all
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Special to the Journal
Beth McLaughlin was
presented the 2007 Storz
Memorial Membership
Award at the Air Force
Association’s national con
vention held in Washington,
D.C. in September. She was
selected by the National
Awards Committee as the
AFA member who did the
most to promote member
ship last year.
“This is a tremendous
honor,” said Lynn Morley,
2007 Georgia State AFA
President. “Beth was cred
ited as the one AFA member
worldwide who made the big
gest difference in member
ship in 2006-2007, and AFA
has about 124,000 members
and 215 chapters! She can
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however needed. She is ener
getic, professional and a true
go-getter.”
' According to the awards
committee, the award “is
presented annually to the
individual AFA member who,
in the judgment of the com
mittee, has done the most to
promote AFA membership,
over and above that normal
ly expected of an individual,
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having given the same pre
sentation to the city’s Public
Works Oversight Committee
earlier.
Under the terms of the
proposal all old water and
gas meters would be replaced
with more efficient meters.
One option would be
to have drive-by radio
readings, which would
decrease the time taken by
meter reader and increase
accuracy.
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schools don’t explode with new children overnight,
because if you don,t, The entire city of Warner
Robins will begin to look like the intersection of
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across the
heavens,
some of
them ris
ing hun
dreds of
feet over
head and
others
cruising
toward the
horizon.
Dr. James
Dobson
Focus on the Family
A few balloons struggled
to clear the upper branches
of the trees, while the show
offs became mere pinpoints
of color on their journey to
the sky.
How interesting, I thought,
and how symbolic of children.
Let’s face it: Some boys and
girls seem to be bom with
more helium than others.
They catch all the right
breezes and they soar effort
lessly to great heights, while
others wobble dangerously
close to the trees. Their fran
tic folks run along under
neath, huffing and puffing to
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most recent-
lv completed
AFA mem
bership year,
and by doing
so, has con-
trihut ed to
the effec-
tiveness and
betterment
MCLAUGHLIN
of the Association.”
McLaughlin has just com
pleted a two-year term on
the AFA National Board of
Directors where she served
as a leadership develop
ment director. In this vol
unteer capacity, she worked
to promote the local, state,
and national Air Force
Association mission - “to
support, educate and advo
cate for the Air Force, its
community and people.”
While on the committee, she
wrote a Marketing Plan to
grow membership which was
distributed to every attendee
at the 2006 AFA national con
vention. Previous AFA honors
she has recieved include the
national Exceptional Service
Award (2006), national Medal
of Merit (2005), Georgia
Medal of Merit (2004) and a
The cost of the drive-by
system would be $2.79 mil
lion with annual payments
of $303,000 a year. Smith
and Fero said that the city
would gain $743,000 in rev
enues from having greater
accuracy.
A second, more expensive
plan would be the Flex Net
Fixed Base AMR, which
would eliminate all manual
reading, and would work
from thee satellites with
information retrieve on a
city hall computer system.
This system would include
alerts regarding any one
Buford Highway and 1-285. Trust me, you DO NOT
want that to happen. So, I say, it is the responsibil
ity of the city/county officials to plan and regulate
growth. If they don’t, Houston County will become
an unbearable place to live and it will be a disaster
in the making. Just look north. Think about it.
Richard Powers, Cumming
Announces the addition of
Jody Velie, MD
Board, Eligible,
American Board of Family Medicine
Specializing in
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keep them airborne. It is an
exhausting experience.
In short, I have words of
encouragement to you and
all the parents of low-flying
kids.
Sometimes the child who
has the greatest trouble get
ting off the ground eventually
soars to the highest heights.
That’s why I urge you as par
ents not to look too quickly
for the person your child will
become.
QUESTION: I hear so
much about children who
have ADHD. Can you
describe this problem
for me and tell me how I
might recognize it in my
son?
DOBSON: The term ADHD
stands for Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder,
which is an inherited neuro
logical syndrome that affects
approximately 3 to 5 percent
of children in the United
States.
It refers to individuals who
Chapter Citation (2006). She
has served as the AFA Carl
Vinson Memorial Chapter’s
Vice President of Public
Affairs since 2002 and as the
AFA Southeast Region Vice
President of Communications
since 2004.
McLaughlin is the Director
of Community and School
Affairs for the Houston
County Board of Education.
After graduating from
Warner Robins High,
she earned an Associates
of Science from ABAC,
a Bachelor of Business
Administration in Marketing
from the U niversity of Georgia
and a Master of Business
Administration from Georgia
College and State University.
An active volunteer, in addi
tion to AFA, she contributes
her time to United Way of
Central Georgia, Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce,
Warner Robins Area Chamber
of Commerce, Georgia School
Public Relations Association,
Relay for Life, Southside
Baptist and education advi
sory committees. She and her
husband, Mike McLaughlin,
and son, Zachary Burris, live
in Bonaire.
leak, backflow, and any other
problem with the meter, and
would help the customer
service representative help
the customer with any ques
tions dealing with a leak or
problem with their utility
bill.
The cost of the Flex Net
system would be $3.23 mil
lion, with annual payments
of $350,000 a year. The posi
tive cash flow over 12 years
was estimated at $171,000.
The council has voted to
have a detailed proposal from
the companies and to proceed
with studying his option.
are easily distracted, have a
low tolerance for boredom or
frustration, and tend to be
impulsive and flighty. Some
of them are also hyperactive.
Children with ADHD have
a pattern of behavior that
sets them up for failure in
school and conflict with their
parents.
They have difficulty fin
ishing tasks, remembering
details, focusing on a book or
assignment or even remain
ing seated for more than a
few minutes. Some appear
to be driven from within as
they race wildly from one
thing to another.
They are often very bright
and creative, yet they’re seen
as lazy, disruptive and ter
ribly disorganized.
ADHD children often suffer
from low self-esteem because
they have been berated as
defiant “goof-offs” who refuse
to follow the rules.
They sometimes have few
friends because they can
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drive everyone crazy - even
those their own age.
As for how you can rec
ognize such a child in your
home, it is unwise for a par
ent to attempt lo diagnose
ADHD themselves.
There are many other prob
lems, both psychological and
physical, that can cause the
similar symptoms. Disorders
of the thyroid, for example,
can make a child hyperactive
or sluggish; depression and
anxiety can cause the dis
tractibility associated with
ADHD.
Therefore, you must have
assistance from a physician,
a child developmentalist or
a psychologist who can con
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If you see the symptoms
I’ve described in your child, I
urge you to have him or her
seen professionally. Again,
you should not try to diag
nose your child! The sooner
you can get that youngster
in to see a person who spe
cializes in this disorder, the
better.
Dr. Dobson is founder and
chairman of the board of the
nonprofit organization Focus
on the Family, P.O. Box 444,
Colorado Springs, CO. 80903;
or www.family.org. Questions
and answers are excerpted
from The Complete Marriage
and Family Home Reference
Guide and Bringing Up Boys,
both published by Tyndale
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