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LMI sets its sights
on Sydney |
Leisure Management Interna
tional (LMI), the company that
manages and operates the Au
- gusta-Richmond County Civic
Center Complex, hasbeen selected
to design, build and operate a
- 20,000 seat arena in Sydney, Aus
tralia.
~ The Olympic Coordinating Au
thority for the 2000 Olympic
Games in Sydney selected LMl’s
team, the Millennium Consortium
to head up the venture. The new
venue will host the gymnastics
events of the 2000 Olympic games.
- Houston-based LMI was se
lected earlier this year to manage
the Augusta-Richmond County
Civic Center and Bell Auditorium.
LMI manages several arenas in
cluding Miami Arena, the Mem
phis Pyramid and the Summit in
Houston.
Black colleges
win funding
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
The nation’s historically black
colleges have been tentatively
approved for a 27.6 percent in
crease in federal funding next
year, thanks to strong lobbying
efforts by Congressman Charlie
Norwood (R-10).
Clark-Atlanta University and
Morehouse College School of Medi
cine will be the prime beneficia
ries of the grants in Georgia.
The funding request has been
approved by the House Appro
priations Committee, and is sched
uled for a vote by the full House
next week as part of the Labor,
Health and Human Services, and
Education Appropriation Act. The
- committee action authorizes $25
million in grants for historically
. black graduate schools, an in
' crease of $5.4 million over both
the Clinton Administration bud
' get proposal and Fiscal Year 97
spending levels.
Norwood, a key member of the
House Committee on Education
and the Workforce, has pushed
‘committee members since early
this year to increase funds avail--
able to institutions. The former
dentist from Augusta pointed out;
thatover halfofall African-Ameri~
.can physicians, dentists and phar
macists, and 75 percent of veteri--
narians, graduate from the col
.leges and universities who will be
_eligible for the increased grants.
“These health care profession
“als practice primarily in rural and
‘medically-underserved areas, and
provide local access to health care
‘that many Americans would not
have otherwise,” Norwood says.
“We need to establish a sense of
- prioritiesin federal spending,and
health care for rural and poor
Americans should be very high on
that list.”
The funding is offset by budget
cutsinotherareas, sotheincrease
has no effect on the federal deficit.
Holmes named
director of MCG
compliance office
Geoffrey 1. Holmes, who has
worked for 34 yearsin the pharma
ceutical research industry, hasbeen
named director of the newly-estab
lished office of Clinical Trials Com
pliance at the Medical College of
Georgia.
The new office will serve as the
university’s internal monitor to help
ensure thatevaluationsof new treat
ments are conducted in compliance
with MCG, state and federal policies,
Mr. Holmes said. And, it will work
closely with the Human Assurance
Committee, a 24-member institu
tional review board charged with
evaluating the safety and value of
studies that involve patients.
MCG president Francis J.
Tedesco announced plans to open
the office of Clinical Trials Compli-.
ance in February when two former
MCG researchers were indicted on
172 counts of research misconduct
and other charges.
Working with Mr. Holmes in the
new office will be administrative
manager Lynnette Johnson, infor
mation systems specialist Joe
Rovira and internal review board
_ compliance coordinator Michelle
* Christiano, who will be working
' closely with Human Assurance
» Committee members and Dr.
+ George Schuster, chairman.
» Mr. Holmes is still recruiting a
Clinical Trials Compliance Coordi
nator who will review the manage
- ment of research dollars and coordi
nate educational programs for study
hoordinators and investigators.
Myers elected vice president of school
board association for 1997-98
Y.N. Myers Jr., a member of the
Richmond County Board of Educa
tion, has been elected vice presi
dent of the Georgia School Boards
Association for the 1997-98 fiscal
year. He was officially elected by
the GSBA Delegate Assembly,
which is comprised of representa
tives of boards of education from
around the state, on June 13 at the
association’sannual business meet
ing. He began his term as vice
president on July 1.
Mr. Myers has served as a mem
ber of the Richmond County Board
of Education for 10 years, two of
which he served as vice chairman.
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educator.
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answer your questions about the proposed amendment to the ARTS 2015 Long Range
Transportation Plan on August 4th, 6th & 7th, 1997 at 3 locations in the Augusta/Aiken area.
Transportation Plan Meetings
August 4, 1997 Columbia County Government Complex
630 Washington West Dr.
Evans, GA 30809
4-7 pm.
August 6, 1997 Aiken Mall Food Court
. 2441 Whiskey Road
Aiken, SC 29803
4-7 pm.
August 7, 1997 Augusta Mall Community Room
3450 Wrightsboro Road
Augusta, GA 30909
5-7p.m.
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