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4A November 18, 2004 Focus on the Gflfld NWA 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 2525 WASHINGTON ROAD 738-0554 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. 4 f; , i 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 : {7 R™ B KR | : & ;i’?fifl:w. N 'f; ’fl ; g : e B o ) - . ¥ m ) 2 ,:i.g‘_.w.\_,(.,v,_‘ ‘- , :,:, ej " f;’m .. N o v B L e e S -- 5l a i { o \ ¢," : % '-"'.«h.:’ B s %‘. ‘4;(’_‘ W V& iy P : > e F £ ; : : : ! - % e fi g’ - & { X i ‘ ' . : " ” ~gp.,‘~ i & = o oy s p . A £ . i) w« g PO AT — ; » ) V@x - 00l et 3 ¢ v:t SR ik J’m ke % 1 s ",,;. p : ) afi : g}!‘ = -4 ‘ ’F *! g > i e % » it . ETOY . e : z l s i 'l:'{3‘(l' % ~-“ w 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 R LS L B e 5 R Rt R IA il RSB T o S e W T Lkl e e ST e : D e Sa e . LSI Rl i;\g;‘,;’,_’:‘.»t_:,\\)‘,'; e e ) 3 SR 4 :,,.%i“__;.: e i so e O it $ ! i e R i ¢B4 gy gi‘n?‘ sok: g g 3 e : 3 ; KV e g 3 L -{‘,;::",,33‘\5, 22 3 ¢ e IR 1 L N R ’ vy o ; ‘ i ¢ ”%’ré WAt | pEiL A : ‘ e Lot R ‘ G e S : L TR & RS St R "t N . et .«}:@» R eot / c o SN T g L A 4 R e ’ W T 1) <R ?.m"w S ’ § Al \\ ¢ 3 Gg M i I LA 8 \?\/I s N i . Lo Foe gl A 3 4 SO o 808 e P s S |ST b B 8 vt A f; 2 3 i ¥ 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