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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017
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NGMC BARROW HOLDS RIBBON CUTTING, CELEBRATION
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow, formerly Barrow Regional Medical
Center which was acquired by the Northeast Georgia Health System, held a
ribbon-cutting ceremony and community celebration Thursday.
BY THE FIRE
The event included soup and s’mores by the fire on the hospital’s front lawn,
live music, entertainment and giveaways. Northeast Georgia Health System
officially purchased Barrow Regional at the end of 2016 after announcing
plans to do so in October. Photos by Jessica Brown
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RECEIVING A DONATION
From right: Project Adam director Gina McDonald and case manager Mike
McDonald accept a $15,000 Jackson EMC Foundation grant check from foun
dation board member Lisa Maloof and Jackson EMC District Manager Joe
Hicks that will help 12 men who cannot afford treatment get help for alcohol
and drug addictions.
Jackson EMC Foundation awards
$52K to agencies serving Barrow
The Jackson EMC Foun
dation board of directors
awarded a total $77,792 in
grants during its Decem
ber meeting, including
$52,427 to organizations
serving Barrow County.
Those donations includ
ed:
•$15,000 to Project
Adam, a Winder-based
nonprofit serving Banks,
Barrow. Clarke, Franklin.
Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson
and Madison counties that
focuses on the prevention
and treatment of alcohol
and drug dependency, to
cover the entry fees of 12
men who can't afford to
enter the residential treat
ment program and do not
have family to assist them.
•$11,927 to Fragile Kids
Foundation, a Georgia
nonprofit that provides pre
scribed medical equipment
that Medicaid and private
insurance will not cover to
medically fragile children,
to help fund the purchase
and installation of critical
medical equipment such
as electronic wheelchair
van lifts, strollers, toilet
ing and bathing systems in
the counties Jackson EMC
serves.
•$10,000 to Eyes of
Love Lighthouse Mission
in Buford, a grassroots
ministry that collects and
distributes clothes, food
and furniture to those in
need in Gwinnett, Hall,
Barrow counties to help
them get back on their feet,
to help with rent on the
building used to house the
mission's inventory.
•$8,000 to Eagle Ranch,
a Chestnut Mountain home
for boys and girls in cri
sis serving all of Northeast
Georgia, to cover the annu
al subscription costs for
an electronic health record
database system that
securely stores state-re
quired records and tracks
the ongoing progress of the
youth being served.
•$7,500 to Adventure
Bags, an Auburn-based
nonprofit that sources and
stuffs comfort bags and
distributes them to dis
placed children through
local DFCS offices,
domestic violence shelters,
fire departments, group
homes and children’s shel
ters in Jackson EMC’s ser
vice area to provide com
fort and security in a crisis.
Any individual or chari
table organization in the 10
counties served by Jackson
EMC (Clarke, Banks, Bar-
row, Franklin, Gwinnett,
Hall. Jackson, Lumpkin.
Madison and Oglethorpe)
may apply for a founda
tion grant by completing
an application.
Those are available
online at http://www.
jacksonemc.com/founda-
tion-guidelines or at local
Jackson EMC offices.
Applicants do not need
to be a member of Jackson
EMC.
Station continued from 1A
station has outgrown its
original design inten
tions,” Whiddon said.
“...(County) staff spends
multiple hours per week
keeping it operation
al and there are no real
backup capabilities for
emergency pumping.”
In March 2015, the
county commissioned
a study of the station
to determine the best
options for dealing with
the aging system.
After the analysis by
Precision Planning,
the county determined
the best option was to
replace the station with
a more efficient one that
would meet velocity
requirements.
Whiddon said the new
station will do just that
and will have the capa
bility to pump up to 1
million gallons per day.
In March 2016, com
missioners approved a
task order to complete
design engineering for
the project and money for
the project was included
in the current fiscal year
budget.
Of the $670,000, a lit
tle less than $400,000
will come from the coun
ty’s water and sewer
fund, $100,000 will
come from the county’s
SPLOST 2012 collec
tions, and $179,000 will
come from unassigned
fund balance after the
board also approved an
FY2017 budget amend
ment Tuesday.
“This will be big help,”
Whiddon said following
the vote.
Auburn considers partnership with
online university for learning program
By Sh aron Hog'an
News-Journal Reporter
Auburn City Council will consid
er, when it meets on Feb. 2, entering
into a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with Columbia Southern Uni
versity (CSU) for their Learning Part
nership program.
Police chief Carl Moulder, at the
work session meeting on Jan. 19,
explained CSU of Orange Beach, Ala.,
is an online university accredited by the
Distance Education and Accreditation
Council and is recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education.
Many CSU courses are geared toward
a career in public service.
The Learning Partnership program
is a non-binding agreement that allows
CSU to offer a 10 percent tuition dis
count on all online classes to employ
ees, their spouses and children, at no
cost to the city.
The program also allows for an appli
cation fee waiver - $25.
Textbooks are provided at no addi
tional cost.
Moulder said the program would be
no cost to the city. The council will
meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2,
in the council chambers.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at the Jan. 19 meet
ing, the council:
•met in closed session for approxi
mately one hour to discuss personnel -
vacant public works director’s position.
No action was taken.
Events planned at Auburn Library
The following events are coming up at
the Auburn Library:
•Family Story Time - 11:15 a.m. on
Saturday, Jan. 28, for kids of all ages. “We
combine all the elements of our other story
times to provide fun for the whole family,”
said Bel Outwater, library manager.
•Bookworms Tween Book Club - 4
p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28.
•Ready to Read Pre-K Story Time -
11:15 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, for ages
two and up with a caregiver.
•Stitch, Knit and Crochet Club - 1
p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30.
•Libratory Club - 4 p.m. on Monday,
Jan. 30.
The library is located at 24 5th St.
Library hours are: Monday, 11 a.m. to 8
p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m.: Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to
5 p.m.; and closed on Sundays.
For more information contact the
library at 770-513-2925 or www.aubum.
prlib.org.
Trip continued from 1A
speech turned into chants
of “We want Trump,”
Hughes said.
Hughes praised Tramp
and his speech. She said
that as a black woman,
she initially support
ed Ben Carson during
the Republican prima
ry season, but switched
to Tramp once Carson
dropped out of the race.
“I've been watching
Donald Trump for 30
years and he's always
been Donald Trump,”
Hughes said. “He’s not
changed from day one.
He can offer an oppor
tunity for the poor and
middle class to get back
their money. Our income
shrank across the
board during Obama’s
presidency. Trump
will put America first.”
Hughes, who was
unsuccessful in her
Republican primary chal
lenge against state Rep.
Terry England last year,
suffered a far more dev
astating loss during the
campaign when her son
was murdered in North
Carolina in April.
She said “black-on-
black crime” is one of
her top issues and liked
Tramp’s campaign vows
to be tough on crime.
She also said Tramp can
help improve health care
access for and treatment
of veterans — includ
ing homeless veterans,
another issue she is pas
sionate about and active
in.
“I stand on Republi
can principles and limit
ed government,” Hughes
said.
“We are bankrupting
our children and grand
children and they are
going to pay for our mis
takes. I believe Donald
Tramp can fix this.
“Donald Tramp is not
a politician. He’s not a
typical president. Peo
ple should give him a
chance.”
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