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November 18, 2004
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McDonald’s ® and friends “give
a hand” for World Children’s Day
Los ' Angeles, Ga
(NYSE: MCD) McDon
ald’s launched the kick
off of World Children’s
Day in Los Angeles,
with tennis champions
Venus and Serena
Williams, Olympic track
and field legend Carl
Lewis, and famed Amer
ican Idol judge Randy
Jackson. The celebrities
created and donated
autographed handprints
to the “Give A Hand”
program. The hand
prints, which will be
auctioned on eßay
(www.ebay.com)
November 10-20, are
part of McDonald’s
World Children’s Day
fundraising activities.
Handprints from Hilary
Duff, Haylie Duff, Clay
The Noncommissioned
Ofticer of the Quarter
The Noncommissioned
Officer of the Quarter is Sgt.
Christopher Pryor, who is
assigned Headquarters Com
pany, U.S. Army Garrison and
works as a senior systems
administrator in the Direc
torate of Plans, Training,
Mobilization and Security.
In this position, he provides
automation support for a
moderate-sized local area net
work. His duties include soft
ware and hardware installa
tion, troubleshooting, equip
ment accountability and turn
in.
He is also responsible; he
can be found supporting
DPTMS and the Installation
Operations Center with their
missions and exercises.
Sgt. Pryor has served four
years in the Army, while com
plete a bachelors degree in
Three Richmond County schools named Title | Distinguished schools for 2005
The Georgia Department of
Education named Barton
Chapel Elementary, Glenn
Hills Elementary and Rollins
Elementary Title I Distin
guished Schools for fiscal year
2005.
The Tide I Recognition and
Distinguished Schools pro
gram honors those Tite I ele
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Aiken, Alejandro Fer
nandez, Brooke Shields,
Blair Underwood, Andy
Dick, Nick Carter, and
Kwame Jackson, among
others, will also be avail
able for bid with pro
ceeds benefiting Ronald
McDonald House Chari
ties ® (RMHC®).
Throughout November
at participating McDon
ald’s restaurants, cus
tomers can purchase and
personalize paper cutout
hands for $1 and Novem
ber 18-20, a portion of
sales from Happy
Meals®, Mighty Kids
Meals®, and Extra Value
Meals will be donated to
RMHC and other vital
children’s causes.
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Christopher Pryor
computer/ information sci
ence from the University of
Maryland and then continue
with his graduate studies.
He enjoys snowboard
ing, fishing, playing
music, attending con
certs and last but not
least building computer
and programming.
mentary and secondary
schools that make adequate
yearly (AYP) progress three or
more consecutive years.
Barton Chapel is one of 42
schools making AYP for four
consecutive years and will
receive a Certificate of Recog
nition and a $40,560 grant.
Glenn Hills and Rollins will
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Photo Credit: Bill Parrish
L-R: Dean Barrett, Senior Vice President, McDonaid’s Global Brand Business; Ken Barun, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ronald McDon
ald House Charities®; Olympic track and field legend Carl Lewis; tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams; and Ronaid McDonald, McDon
ald’s chief happiness officer, “Give A Hand” for the launch of Worid Children’s Day. These celebrities along with a bevy of others created and
donated autographed handprints to the “Give A Hand” program to be auctioned off on eßay (www.ebay.com) November 10-20. Proceeds from
this fundraiser, as well as other related events held in the month of November will benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities® and other
vital children’s causes.
Free course teaches teens to drive with PRLD.F
In Georgia, approxi
mately 200 teens are
killed in car crashes every
year, with driver error,
not wéaring seat belts,
alcohol and aggressive
driving behavior being
the top causes of car
crashes.
Georgia Teens Ride
with PR.I.LD.E. or Par
ents Reducing Incidents
of Driver Error is a free
program that helps estab
lish a dialogue between
parents and new teen
drivers ages 14 to 16,
prior to the 40 hours of
supervised practice driv
ing time required by law.
It focuses on driver atti
tude, knowledge and
behavior.
The program takes
each receive a Certificate of
Recognition for making AYP
for three consecutive years.
Joretta Akpo-Sanni, Barton
Chapel principal, credits the
school’s success to a dedicated
staff and students.
“I believe that this accom
plishment was made through
the sacrifices of former princi
pal Sylvester Brown, support
ive parents, dedicated teachers
MAU Inc.
Teresa W. McGuire has
recently joined MAU
Inc.’s Industrial Services
division in Augusta, Ga.
as a Staffing Specialist,
responsible for recruit
ing, interviewing and
placing qualified candi
dates. She is certified in
Microsoft 2003 and
holds an Army Family
Team Building Master
Trainer Certification.
She is a former Kerr
Business College teacher
in addition to being the
current treasurer for the
International Association
of Administrative Profes
sionals. McGuire earned
a BS in Accounting from
Arkansas State University
and is currently working
AUGUSTA FOCUS
place on Saturday,
November 20 from 2 to
4:30 p.m. at Wesley
United Methodist
Church, 82% North
Belair Rd.,Evans. A
rollover demonstration
will be held at 2 p.m.
Volunteers from SAFE
KIDS of East Central
Georgia, led by the MCG
Children’s Medical Cen
ter, and Jones Driver
Education will teach the
program.
To sign up, call (706)-
364-6238 or 706-721-
7606, or e-mail Jones
drivered@knology.net.
The program was devel
oped by the Georgia Traf
fic Injury Prevention
Institute.
MCG Health System is
and students,” she said. “We
have accepted an opportunity
to assure that each child
receive a quality education
that will propel them to being
a life long learner and a pro
ductive contributor to socie
ty.
The number of schools
honored varies from year to
year and is dependent on the
number of schools meeting
hires new staffing specialist
on her Masters in Man
agement at Troy State
University.
MAU Inc. (Manage
ment, Analysis & Uti
lization) is a certified,
minority-owned full
service human resource,
staffing, recruiting and
outsourcing company
with offices located
throughout Georgia,
South Carolina and Illi
nois. Founded in 1973,
MAU has steadily grown
into a multi-faceted
business with .an interna
tional customer base and
a presence in 40 states.
For more information,
please visit
www.mau.com or call
(866) 304-6281.
composed of three sepa
rate organizations- MCG
Health, Inc. and the clin
ical services offered by
the faculty employees of
the Medical College of
Georgia and the members
of the Physicians Practice
Group. The physicians
of MCG Health System
are community physi
cians, faculty employees
of the Medical College of
Georgia, and employees
of the Physicians Practice
Group, not employees of
MCG Health Inc. MCG
Health, Inc. is a not-for
profit corporation oper
ating the MCG Medical
Center, MCG Children’s
Medical Center, the
MCG Sports Medicine
Center, MCG Ambulato
the criteria. Under the No
Child Left Behind Act, at least
75 percent of the monetary
awards must be given to those
schools with the highest per
centage of students coming
from lower income families. In
Georgia, a student from a “low
income” family is defined as
one who is eligible for free or
reduced-priced school meals.
Schools receiving monetary
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ry Care Center, the Geor
gia Radiation Therapy
Center and related clini
cal facilities and services.
MCG Health, Inc. was
formed to support the
research and education
mission of the Medical
College of Georgia a‘nilto
build = the economic
growth of the CSRA, the
state of Georgia and the
Southeast by providing
an environment for facul
ty employees of the Med
ical College of Georgia
and the Physicians Prac
tice Group and commu
nity physicians to deliver
the highest level of pri
mary and specialty health
care. For more informa
tion, please visit
www.MCGHealth.org.
awards must use funds for edu
cational purposes only. Each
school will decide specifically
how funds will be spent.
Schools may:
Provide monetary awards to
principals, teachers and staff
Use funds to purchase
resources/instructional supplies
for the school
Use funds for special school
wide projects.
Teresa W. McGuire