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Wednesday, June 19,2013
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they actually spend their
money.
With an answer to the suit
required by June 20 and an
agreement proposed, city at
torney Gary Moore said
council had four options: in
sist on its version of the in
tergovernmental agreement;
sign the authority’s adapta
tion of the agreement; op
pose the changes to the
order; or agree to the order
alterations and not sign an
agreement.
Indigent care
Council member Greg
Bird questioned if the two
parties could set aside a con
sent order. Moore replied
that while the order has the
nature of a contract, it is a
valid order from a judge.
“The only way to get that
changed officially would be
to submit the issue to a judge
and see if he would change
it,” Moore said.
Bird added that the ques
tion of if the money should
be going to indigent medical
care, which can include peo
ple of all ages, needs to be
answered.
“The real issue has to do
with indigent care and that,
seems to me, to sort of stand
on its own,” he said. “That’s
an issue that needs to be re
solved. ... Obviously, the
hospital authority is spend
ing money in areas other
than indigent care and on
what authority does the au
thority get to do that? That’s
the real question for me.”
Because the order stipu
lates “hospital care,” the
money would be a funding
source for Southeast Geor
gia Health System, mayor
Bill DeLoughy said.
“It shouldn’t be an issue,”
he said. “This was probably
put in many, many years be
fore the ... indigent care pol
icy.”
State law dictates that the
proceeds from the sale or
lease of a hospital owned by
an authority must be used
for indigent medical care.
But the authority sold a
nursing home, not a hospi
tal, and thus believed it was
not required to follow the
statute.
“Muddying the water up
even more, apparently there
is some history that that
building that was actually
sold was at one time used as
part of the hospital,” Moore
told council. “It’s a very com
plex issue as to what that is.”
As far as he knows, the
building was never used as
part of the hospital and was
connected by a walkway,
Stein responded.
Council wants to broaden
the statement, council mem
ber Jim Gant said.
“We do not want just indi
gent,” he said. “You don’t ei
ther because we can’t afford
it. Your money will be gone
in two seconds.”
“That’s exactly right,”
Stein said.
Gant proposed replacing
indigent with senior citizens.
Stein urged the council to
sign an agreement, noting
that judges usually support
such agreements between
parties and saying that the
city could have a voice now
but may not in court.
Moore said that a judge
does not have to go along
with an agreement reached
by the parties.
No suggestions
The authority’s version of
the agreement did not con
tain a commitment to
broaden the authority’s sup
port of seniors, Gant said,
adding that he felt the docu
ment was unacceptable.
“I think our position is
that they’re not a bank, that
they should spend more
money on senior citizens
and not just the senior cen
ter, which does benefit sen
iors but it’s a limited
number of seniors,” he said.
“There’s many more ways
that money can be used.”
Council has given the au
thority ideas on how they
might impact more seniors,
council member John Mor
rissey said.
“We haven’t had a lot of
input from other people,
which we would like to have
and we’ve suggested that all
along, but it’s been slow go,”
Stein said. “There’s been no
one saying, ‘You need this or
you need that.’ So we need
input. There’s no question
about that and the hospital
authority is ready to do
that.”
About 20 minutes later,
Stein reiterated that the au
thority has not received sug
gestions from anyone.
“The authority has virtu
ally had to go out and try
and figure out what to do
and what not to do,” he said.
“That’s not the purpose of
it.”
Stein later clarified to the
Tribune & Georgian that he
meant input from council.
“The city has not sug
gested programs and the au
thority has taken and
considered requests from
others,” Stein wrote in an
email. “... I was speaking to
the council and told them
just that. Input from the
city, not from other
sources.”
Plan
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ing that the nuances of a
permit should be discussed
at the commission’s meeting,
which is at 5:30 p.m. Tues
day, July 23, at city hall.
“There are conditions that
citizens weren’t aware of,”
he said. “But at the same
time, perhaps the planning
commission was not aware
of and we need to have that
re-visited. We need to come
back after the professionals
tell us, based on the input,
what makes the most sense.”
Quintal addressed the
council, saying a special use
permit could be revoked if
he fails to comply and that
he will not be dealing with
liquids that could leach into
the ground.
Any cars he accepts must
be drained of gas and only
the tires, rims and catalytic
converter will be removed
before the entire vehicle is
loaded into a container,
Quintal said.
Quintal plans to accept
aluminum cans, batteries,
anything made from tin or
heavy steel, vehicles and
metals that do not contain
iron with each material
being placed in a container
within a building, not piled
on the ground.
“It’s valuable,” he said of
the materials. “I’m buying it.
I’m going to protect it.
There’s no concern of these
big huge piles of trash.
There’s no trash because
everything on that property,
I purchase. I’m not in the
trash business.”
Quintal said he does not
want to damage St. Marys
nor is he looking to make a
million dollars. He simply
sees a need in the commu
nity and identified 200 busi
nesses using the phone book
that could recycle materials.
“If I’m making it look
nasty and I’m bringing the
property values down, ‘Hey,
you’re out of here,”’ he said.
Council member Jim
Gant questioned if the roads
could handle the truck traffic
and wanted to know specifi
cally how screening and
plants will be utilized to
make the site look nice.
In other business, council:
• authorized police chief
Tim Hatch to hire two offi
cers.
• approved an ordinance
change to allow St. Marys
police officers to enforce
docking and waterfront ac
cess ordinances.
• annexed nearly a half
acre of land owned by Jack
Gross Sr. into the city.
Tribune & Georgian file photo
A proposed recycling center that would be located in St. Marys would collect aluminum
cans, batteries, vehicles and more.
Submitted photo
Camden County High School art teacher Grayson Day is pictured holding artwork by Jasmine
Perkins, who won second place in the LAVFW patriotic art contest, Kayla Love with an 8-by-
10 copy of her 18-by-24 entry and Kamika Shaw, third place patriotic art contest winner.
High school students net
awards in VFW art contest
The Ladies Auxiliary to
the Veterans of Foreign
Wars (VFW) No. 8385
sponsors a patriotic art con
test every year.
This year, the contest was
open to students in ninth
through 12th grade. Art
teacher Grayson Day pro
moted the contest and had
15 entries.
The first-place winner was
Kayla Love, a senior at Cam
den County High School.
Love’s entry went on to be
judged at the Georgia state
level by the ladies auxiliary.
Second place went to Jas
mine Perkins in the 12 th
grade, and third place went
to Kamika Shaw in the 11th
grade.
The local awards were
presented in April at the
VFW post home, where the
contestants were presented
with money and certificates
by Cmdr. Darrell Harp and
ladies auxiliary president
Betty Harp.
Recently at the Depart
ment of Georgia’s state con
vention, Love received third
place and received a certifi
cate of recognition. The
LAVFW announces that the
first-place winner from
Lawrenceville won second
place in the National
LAVFW contest, winning a
$5,000 scholarship.
First- through eighth-
place entries will be on dis
play at the National
Convention in Louisville,
Ky., July 20, and then will be
featured in the LAVFW na
tional magazine in the Sep
tember issue. That is the
highest level the state of
Georgia has attained.
Trial jury duty slated to start July 15
The following list of
names has been submitted
for trial jury duty. These
citizens are asked to report
to the Camden County Su
perior Court at 9 a.m.
Monday, July 15.
Those whose names ap
pear in the list who have
not received a summons in
the mail should call Joy
Lynn Turner, clerk of supe
rior court, at (912) 576-
5631.
The jury list includes
Shauna Renee Alberto, Jef
frey Michael Allen, Jennifer
Lynn Allen, Shirley
Arnold-Alexander, Leslie
Blake Barnes, Amanda
Hogsed Barney, David E.
Barrett, Robert Albert
Bastien, Arthur M. Beach,
Solomon Jeffery Beasley,
Owen C. Belanfante, Ken
neth Leon Blue, Shirley
Michelle Bowen, Melinda
Carter Briggs, Melanie H.
Britt, Gayle Bue, Georgia
Sabin Buntyn, Kathie
Marie Burdette, Jeanie
Elizabeth Burns, Casandra
Melvina Campbell, William
Anthony Campbell, Mar-
ilee Lyn Carpenter, Ellen
Theresa Charbonneau,
Pamela A. Charneski, Lora
Rabon Clark, Cady Lynn
Clarke, Davis Yancy Clegg,
Robert Gordon Click.
Also, Kathleen Grota
Corey, Josephine Marie
Corum, Joe Dennis Cow
art, Linda Sue Cox, Helen
Barnes Craig, Amy Renee
Creel, David Lawrence
Crew Jr., Rosemary H.
Cuthbert, Erica Elaine
David, Scott Henry Day-
ment Jr., Wanda Dianne
Deaton, Michael Francis
Demarco, Ian Macwilliams
Dent, Carolyn Garris
Dixon, Kevin Michael
Doetch, Jennifer M. Down
ing, Henrietta Doretha
Eason, John L. Feller, Irene
H. Flancher, Anna Pricilla
Fletcher, Joyce D. Fore
man, Dianna Lynn Forster,
Lissette Rivera Fuentes,
Omar Henry Garay, Jason
Kenneth Garner, Travis
David Giesbrecht, John
Earl Glover, Latanya Renee
Gray, Valarie Gresham,
Jerry A. Gross.
Also, Veronica Marie
Gunter, Marquis Duwan
Hammond, Andre Lepone
Henton Jr., Donna Leigh
Hightower, Joshua Lee
Hill, Ann Bethune Hol
comb, Ryan Theodore
Horton, David Willie
Hosea, James Maurice
Houze, Larry Anthony
Howard, Rebekah Faye
Howard, Kellie L. Hoyt,
Brandon Dewayne Huck-
aby, Nicole Gwendolyn Ivy,
William Randall Jeffcoat,
Rose Ann Johnson, Sabrina
Ellen Kelly, Robert
Stephen Keogh, Rosa B.
Kight, Shirley Bell Kight,
Michael Roy Kilpatrick,
Windy River Korioth,
Dennis W. Lawson, Re
becca Danielle Lemley, Jay
Andrew Madden, Juanita V.
Martinez, Mallard Eugene
Mason, Robert J. Mason
Sr., Symone Ariel Massey.
Also, William H.
McArthur, Frank Joseph
McCrea, Ryan McDonald,
Michael James McGuire,
Andrew John McLellan,
James E. McNamara, Jean
nette B. McPhee, Becky
Renee Miller, Sarah Jayne
Minchin, Louise V.
Mitchell, Judson G. Moore,
Robert J. Morrow II, Wade
Jack O’Berry, Tabitha Bret
O’Bryant, Vincent F. Pas-
sarella, Hiteshkumar C.
Patel, Marion Patterson,
Joseph Matthew Pentecost,
Anthony Byron Pollins II,
Ellen Sharp Raybon, Eric
Richard Redlak, Lynda
Leslie Rice, Rory Mark
Riff, Krystal Star Risch,
Berto Luis Rivera-Correa,
Clayton Keith Roberts,
Johnnie L. Robinson,
Breeann Nichole Roehm,
Kim Marie Rogers,
Thomas Rowland Ross.
And, Horace Rowell,
Edwin Sanchez, William
Leslie Sanders Jr., Temeshia
Rene Sapp, Wilbur Horace
Sheffield, Dana J. Shep
pard, Mae Francis Shier-
ling, Christopher Wayne
Shumway, Christopher
Emmit Simpson, Margie
Morgan Slacum, William E.
Smith Jr., Dennis Randolph
Stephens, Carl S. Stoeffler,
William Keith Striby Jr.,
Jacob Daniel Stull, Harold
Dean Thornton, Anne Eliz
abeth Toth, Tomy Triyanto,
Carlos Julio Valenzuela,
Leslie Jo Walker, Otto
Walker Jr., Sonya Bessent
Walker, William T. Walker,
Vicky Loraine Walsh,
Michael Terrance Walton,
Susan Elease Washington,
Damon Jerome Watts,
Wayne Francis Weninger,
Jarie Travis Wharton,
Frances I. Whitemore,
Ronald Daniel Williams,
Rodger Tyler Wooten and
Dido Felipa Wright.
Request for Proposals
Camden County Schools is accepting proposals for
Drug Screening of students to be implemented dur
ing the 2013-14 school year. Students involved in all
interscholastic competitive activities sanctioned by
the GHSA will be randomly tested throughout the
school year. Others who might be included in the
screenings are students found to be in violation of
system drug and alcohol policies, as well as those
whose parents request they be included in the
screenings. Total screenings during the school year
will involve approximately 400 students.
Proposals will be accepted for screening services
from labs whose standing and reputation are above
reproach with preference given to any lab with
proven experience in such student screening pro
grams, and whose office is within a 30 mile radius of
the school system administrative offices.
If interested in submitting a proposal qualified labs
should call 912-729-8356 to request a proposal
questionnaire.
Please submit proposals to the attention of Arthur
Van Blarcum, Assistant Superintendent of Schools,
no later than 4:30 P.M. on June 26, 2013. Proposals
may be mailed, delivered in person, or scanned and
emailed to avanblarcum@camden.k12.ga.us.
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