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Volume 138, Number 8
FRONT PORCH
"Where neighbors meet"
HHJ history
50 years ago:
Those confused when the
playoffs arise because Perry and
Northside High School's athletic
teams are in a sub-region ... well,
be happy it’s not 1958. During
that time, Perry was part of an
18-team sub-region. And, the
sub-region was broken down into
four groups. As the tournament
begins, it is also reportedly taking
place in four different locations,
and with some confusing termi
nology. Consider this from the
Houston Home Journal story: “To
stay in the tournament, you must
win on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday nights. A loss on any one
of these nights will knock you out
of being one of the two finalists.
But, you can lose Tuesday and
Thursday night and still be in the
finals. If you lose on Friday night
you must play again Tuesday.
If you win Friday night but lose
Wednesday ...” Well, you get the
picture.
30 years ago:
A fund is set up a for 14-month
old child who was severely burned
after pulling a pot of boiling hot
water on top of himself from the
stovetop. Also, Edwards-Harper
Company, a men and boys cloth
ing store in Perry, owned and
operated by Louis “Smokey”
Harper for 45 years, is sold.
10 years ago:
Plans to construct a post office
in Perry hit a roadblock, accord
ing to one member of the Perry
Planning Commission and one
from the U.S. Postal Service.
The problems reportedly stem
over the previous owner of the
property and the contractor for
the project, both reportedly run
ning into “financial difficulties".
- Compiled by Don Moncrief
Birthdays
Jan. 24
■ Rick Ganus
Jan. 26
■ Randy Rape
Jan. 27
■ Garnet Burgin
■ Sidney Stewart
p Kenneth Rich
H Buena Harrison (Happy
91st!)
■ Tishua Powell
■ Denise Burdeshaw
Jan. 28
■ Richard Bostic
Jan. 29
Marion Taylor
HI Very Lynnwood
■ Doretha Stripling
Anniversary
Jan. 29
■ Van and Mitzi Sexton
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BELOW THE FOLD: PERRY HOSPITAL. WINS PAIIENI SAFI TY AWARD
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Perry Chambep honors
Downtown Merchants, others
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Diane Culpepper, left, was honored by the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce as Volunteer of the Year for 2007.
Culpepper’s lengthy military service was noted along with her many contributions to the Chambers efforts in
recent years. The honor was presented by out-going Board Chairman Kelly Mullins.
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Editor’s Note: A story
and photo on the Downtown
Merchants will be in
Wednesday’s paper.
The Perry Area Chamber
of Commerce held its
52nd Annual Meeting on
Peppy Hospital wins safety award
Special to the Journal
Perry Hospital has been award
ed the Partnership for Health and
Accountability’s Patient Quality
and Safety Award for its project that
reduced after-hours entries into the
hospital pharmacy. The hospital’s
project titled, “Eliminating Access to
Pharmacy After Hours: A Patient Safety
Accomplishment,” won third place in the
less than 100 beds category. According
to a release, these annual awards recog
nize Georgia health care organizations
for achievement in reducing the risk of
medical errors and improving patient
safety and medical outcomes.
“At times,” according to the release,
“it is necessary for nurses to enter the
pharmacy after-hours if they need medi
cations that are kept in the pharmacy.
However, the Perry Hospital staff, over
concerns of increased likelihood of medi
cation errors, decided to limit and/or
eliminate after-hours entries into the
pharmacy.
They also wanted to be in compliance
with The Joint Commission standard
of MM.4.50, which requires safeguards
to be in place when non-pharmacist
healthcare professionals are allowed by
law or regulation to obtain medications
after-hours when the hospital pharmacy
is closed.
“By educating the medical staff and
nursing staff along with re-evaluating
See SAFETY, page SA
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Houston County HS sweeps
county swim championship;
high school basketball and more.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Thursday, with the lead
ership passing from Kim
Mullins to Daniel Brown.
A number of honors were
presented during the pro
gram.
The Perry Downtown
Merchants Association
received the prestigious
Seabie Hickson Award for
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fast; HCBOE to begin ‘Be There
Campaign’; HS Honor Bolls. More.
their work during the last
year to boost the down
town area and the city as
a whole. Their efforts at
rejuvenating Christmas at
the Crossroads were par
ticularly noted by Chamber
President Megan Smith,
who presented the award.
Diane Culpepper was
honored as Volunteer of the
year and Com South was
named Small Business of
the Year.
Kelly Mullins, reflect
ing on her year in office
noted that the Chamber
increased revenues, began
a Diplomat program
See HONORS, page 11A
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Local babies calendar
designed to raise money for
Joanna McAfee Foundation.
www.hhjnews.com
Courtesy
Pictured is Perry native
John David Howard, who
recently won the title of
America’s Safest Teen
Driver for 2007.
Local teen
is safest
driver
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
NASCAR has yet to
call.
John David Howard is
not waiting by the phone,
but he wouldn’t mind
hearing it ring, picking
it up and hearing Rick
Hendrick’s voice on the
other end. Hendrick, for
those unfamiliar, is the
car owner of this year’s
NASCAR Nextel cham
pion, Jimmie Johnson, as
well as that of Jeff Gordon
and now Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (who is only the sport’s
most popular driver) as
well as Casey Mears.
Hendrick comes to
Howard’s mind because
he, a Perry High School
See SAFEST, page 9A
Pictured are,
from left, Sandy
Johnson, assis
tant director of
pharmacy for
Perry Hospital;
Dr. Tony Alford,
CEO of Houston
Healthcare
Complex; Laura
Gentry, PI coor
dinator for Perry
Hospital; Jerry
West, director of
quality resource
management
for Houston
Medical Center;
Tommi Gill, chief
nurse execu
tive for Houston
Healthcare
Complex and
Joseph Parker,
president of the
Georgia Hospital
Association.
Contributed