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Business of the Month Keep Warner Robins Beautiful recognized Atlantic Southern
Bank on Houston Lake Road with the Business of the Month Award for October.
Pictured are, front: Terry Duernberger, KWRB, Beth Hatper, Barbara Singletary, Stan
Cook, Cheryl Taylor, KWRB and Jack Steed, KWRB. Back: Angela Albritton, Sarah
Feathers and Renita Benson.
CHAMBLISS
From page iA
all “surge troops home by
July 1, 2008.”
Immigration
On the current hot topic
of immigration reform,
Chambliss, who is a strong
supporter of agricul
ture, currently backing a
major farm bill, said that
he believes the American
people “will support a true
temporary work program,”
with immigrant workers
coming to this country for
fixed periods of time and
then returning to their
homes.
“But first we’ve got to
secure the border, or there’ll
be no credibility,” he said,
noting that while a bill was
passed to build a fence, and
80 miles of fencing has been
completed, there was no
funding for the project.
“We need more border
patrol agents,” he said, add
ing that more air surveil
lance was also needed at
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at The Medical Center of Central Georgia
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be on hand to help Ariel, Erin, and Victor Fortson, The Children’s Ai^^oWwlb.MM
Hospital’s Miracle Family light the Children’s Tree at The Medical Center
of Central Georgia. Get in the holiday spirit with favorite carols from the
Mercer Children’s Choir. Vail
• Candy canes
• Autographed photo of Warner Robins American Little League World
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October business
the borders.
Healthcare
Chambliss defended his
vote against the Democrats’
proposed State Children’s
Health Insurance Program,
which President Bush
vetoed.
“Johnny (Isakson) and
I both voted against it,”
Chambliss said, “A fiscally
irresponsible bill came to
the floor that had provi
sions that worried me.”
Chambliss said that the
SCHIP provisions raised
the eligibility level for the
children’s’ health insurance
program to 300 percent of
the federal poverty level,
which would allow some
states to set the bar as high
as $66,000 for a family of
four.
Georgia’s Peach Care pro
gram, which is 70 percent
funded by SCHIP currently
sets eligibility at 235 per
cent of the poverty thresh
old, or $42,000 for a fam
ily of four, and states could
continue to set their own
levels.
Chambliss said that he
was also concerned about
an “express lane” provision
that would insure illegal
alien children under the
program. He acknowledged
that failure to insure these
children would mean that
hospitals stood the cost in
the form of indigent care.
Bush influence
Regarding President
George W. Bush, Chambliss
said that he thought that all
presidents lost some influ
ence and power during the
last two years of a second
term, but that Bush would
continue to be a major influ
ence, particularly by using
his veto to block excessive
spending, and by continu
ing with the war.
Chambliss expressed con
cern that if Democrats take
over the White House and
also control the congress
following the next election,
President Bush’s changes
to the country’s tax laws
will expire.
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QUILT
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A few years ago, her
friend Laverne Stewart from
Alabama, stitched the rib
bons into a quilt.
Now, thanks to the com
bined efforts of Vista Care,
the Houston County 4-
H, and a local framer, the
quilt made of ribbons will
have a permanent home at
Rock Eagle, the 4-H camp in
North Georgia, where future
generations of young people
can see it beautifully-framed
in a shadow box, and learn
about the girl who set goals
and attained them.
Rea, when she first saw
the framed quilt, was moved
to tears. It will be part of her
legacy, and that’s important
just now, because she has
been told she is terminally ill
with cancer.
Shonda McFadden, of
Vista Care, which is provid
ing hospice care for Rea,
explained that the Vista Care
Foundation funded the fram
ing, as part of its goal of help
ing with last wishes.
“It had really been on her
heart,” McFadden said of
Rea’s feelings.
The challenge of framing
the intricate quilt for future
preservation fell to Connie
Potter, owner of The Mitred
Corner, who was on hand to
help carry the huge shadow
box frame into Rea’s living
room so that she could see
it before it was moved to
Rock Eagle. The Houston
County Extension Office and
4-H leaders here made the
arrangements for the framed
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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
quilt to be on permanent dis
play at 4-H camp.
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In this
Louisiana
Extension
Service
Photo,
Jean Rea,
right, and
her brother
Louie
Thompson,
show off
their prize
winning
cattle.
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