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Hospital reports
profit for January
The Peach County Hospital
Authonty reported a profit of
$45,479 for the month of Jan
uary
Jeff Blair, presented the
financial report, and noted
that January’s profit ia the
f> *t in several months
Blair explained that much of
the loss experienced in fiscal
998 was attributable to low
ontient census. In January, the
patient census count was up
and that contributed to the
improved performance
Asked it the hospitals fate is
tied to the patient census.
Blair said it is certainly an
important factor although it is
not the only factor affecting
the performance of the hospi¬
Lawmakers work on important issues and bills
During this week, members, of
the General Assembly wen* work
mg on a number of important
issues and bills effecting the peo¬
ple of our state In what was
labeled “the largest property tax
cut in Georgia’s history,’ the
House panned the Governor’s pro¬
posal aimed at helping young,
first-time home buyers ami those
on fixed incomes, such as the
elderly keep man* money in their
pockets, rather than pay it in tax
The cut would have the greatest
impact on lower-priced homes,
i mtootially wiping out all property
for the owner of a $60,000
home by the eighth year, it would
help homeowners by raising the
standard $2,000 homestead
exemption to $4,000 Uus year, and
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in other business, the author¬
ity voted to accept recommen¬
dations of the Medical Execu¬
tive Committee concerning
privileges for two doctors.
The committee recommended
that Azmi A Kabbani receive
an extension of his provisional
appointment to the end of
March to allow time to get all
of his required paperwork in
The committee also recom¬
mended extension of the
appointment of Dr George U.
Anmah to the end of March to
clarify his category and privi¬
leges desired and to provide
appropriate paperwork
There being no further busi¬
ness, the meeting adjourned
State Representative
Robert Ray
eventually to $20,000 Fbr n Geor¬
gian with a home valued at
$150,000 or less, the average sav¬
ings would be about $45 this year
and $450 annually when the gov¬
ernor's plan is fully implemented
The governor has stated that
cities, counties and school sys¬
tems, which rely on property taxes
to operate, would he fully reim¬
bursed by the state for any lost
revenue from the tax relief by the
General Assembly
The- House also passed legists
tion ruling that liefbre a court case
can begin, consent of the court's
obtained It also allows trackers to
mail in their fines for minor traffic
offenses act calls for a bench war
rant of a person who fails to show
up in traffic court and raises the
fine from $50 to $250
There are only some 14,000 sur¬
viving World War 1 Veterans in
the United States, and the House
took time out this week from its
busy schedule to recognize one, of
our veterans from the war to end
all wars "James H Lindsey, 103
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Montezuma’s Boy Scout
Troop 86 rose bright and
early to help plant trees at
the Middle Georgia Region¬
al Landfill.
Scoutmaster Dr, Carl
Williams brought his scouts
to the site early on Satur¬
day, February 20th to help
plant a visual buffer
between the landfill and
Highway 49 South
Peach County Commis¬
sioner Joe Collins explained
that the site is not ready for
business yet and that the
commission is negotiating
with a private waste compa¬
ny, Shamrock Environmen¬
tal, to operate the site.
years-old. a front line medic who
fought for our country in France
and Germany Mr Lindsey was
named a Chevalier of the National
Order of the Legion of Honor by
French Counsel General, Jean
Paul Monchau this week at the
Capitol The occasion marks the
both anniversary of the Armistice
of World War I.
The House moved this week to
add to the Quality Basic Educa
tion formula the potential of
teaching foreign languages in ele
mentary schools
The House passed the Victim's
Reimbursement Act of 1999 this
week Under the measure, victims
of one of the seven deadly sins
would gain the property rights to
their story. It gives the state of
Georgia the right to tax persons
who want to make some kind of
production for profit on factual
accounts of a violent felony The
perpetrator has to have been con¬
victed and sentenced to imprison
ment or execution order the law
A convicted perpetrate, who
attempts to sell the story about
the crime that he or she has com
mitied, would be taxed 100 per
cent on the gross revenue of such
a production, so he or she could
not profit financially from a vto
lent crime of his or her doing TV
tax money would go toward the
compensation of victims and their
families, 75 percent would go to
Georgia Crime Victims Emergen
cy fund and the other 2f> percent
would go to the general fund of
the county where the serious
felony was committed
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After hours
Ann Walton, the new executive director of the American
Camellia Society chats with folks attending the Chamber of
Commerce Business After Hours last week held at Massee
Lane Gardens.
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“They would operate the
site and do the day to day
operation," Collins added
The Middle Georgia
Regional Landfill was bom
in 1993 when the Environ¬
mental Protection Depart¬
ment (EPD) refused to give
Peach County a permit for
vertical expansion of its
existing landfill.
“Denial of the permit,"
Collins observed, “occurred
only a few weeks prior to
the previous permit expir¬
ing Commissioners at that
time had to hustle to try to
find an alternative."
Since the experience in
1993, Peach County entered
into an agreement with
Dooly and Macon counties
to construct a regional land
mi.
Collins noted that it took
until December of 1997 to
get a permit for the new
landfill.
Even if it takes some time
before we actually use the
landfill, Collins said, it’s
like an insurance policy
“When prices go up we’ll
have the landfill available,"
Collins observed.
In the meantime, Collins
said, having our own land¬
fill improves our position
even when we contract out
to use other people's landfill
space They know we have
other options and that can
help keep prices down,
Collins noted