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The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, December 20,2001 - Page 5A House Votes To Expand Veteran’s Benefits Birthday Party For Jesus A Birthday Party for Jesus was held at Lauren and Kim Davis house out on New York Road, Sunday afternoon December 16. The children attending the party were (l-r front row) Jordan Cheshire, Morgan Roberts, Kris Cheshire, Olivia Youmans, John Daniel Melvin. Middle row: Hailey Scott, Kyndall Scott, Lauren Davis, Little Jack Bell. Back row: Ms. Denise Bell, Kim Davis, Kelly Cheshire, and baby Til, Santa Claus (honored surprise vistor), Kayla Hobbs and Baby Jackson Scott. Not pictured Barbara Cheshire, Joy Scott, Joan Roberts, Stacey Scott, Harrold and Patsy Hobbs, Todd Thornton, John Melvin, Amber and Suzanne Usry, Cecelia Chambliss and Crystal Youmans. The Party was about the true meaning of Christmas (sharing and caring). The children all brought gifts for a needy child. A surprise appearance by Santa Claus rendered everyone speechless, and they filled Santa’s pack so he could deliver the gifts. Ms. Kayla Hobbs read Christmas stories to them, and they all sang Christmas Carols around the fireplace. A good time was had by all and memories made for the children to last a lifetime. SIZEMORE LAW OFFICES W. James Sizemore, Jr. Attorney At Law Personal Injury Criminal • Family Law / Divorce General/Business Law ^ Conveniently Located in Downtown Leesburg 101-A Walnut St 759-0430 Moorman Crafts Unique Gifts For Unique People 372 Lovers Lane Road - Leesburg (Between Robert B. Lee and Mayhaw Road) 759-2194 Open Fridays and Saturdays In spite of a tight federal budget, legislation has been passed by the U.S. House that promises to bring a number of veterans benefits up to current and future cost- of-living levels, according to Representative Sanford Bishop. The Second District Con gressman said the House approved one bill to provide a 2.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment for veterans pension and compensation programs and another to increase educational, hous ing, burial, health care and other benefits. The measures now go to the Senate for final approval, he said. "Veterans earned these benefits through faithful service to the country," Representative Bishop said. "It would impose an unfair hardship on millions of veterans if Congress did not act this year to prevent a further erosion of these benefits through inflation." The House-passed legisla tion: * Increases basic educa tional assistance for full-time study from the current $650 a month to $800 on January 1, 2002; $900 on October 1, 2002; and $985 on October 1, 2003. * Increases the veterans home loan guarantee from $50,700 to $60,000. * Increases the grant for specially adapted housing for severely disabled veterans from $43,000 to $48,000 and from $8,250 to $9,250 for less severely disabled veterans. * Extends to September 30, 2009, the authority for housing loan guarantees for members of the Selected Reserve. * Increases the burial and funeral expense benefit for service-connected veterans from $ 1,500 to $2,000 and the burial plot allowance from $150 to $300. * Increases the automobile and adaptive equipment grant for severely disabled veterans from $8,000 to $9,000. * Expands the definition of undiagnosed illnesses for Persian Gulf War veterans to include fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic multisymptom illness, and any other illness that cannot be clearly defined. * Adds type 2 diabetes to the list of diseases presumed to be service-connected among Vietnam veterans exposed to herbicide agents and extends the authority to classify additional diseases as service-connected to 2012. Recycle Your Christmas Tree That tree of Christmas past can give your community a cleaner future. Your old Christmas tree can be recycled into mulch, fuel or fish habitats, especially since our public landfills will no longer accept trees. The mulch is used for public beautification projects, and in many commu nities is available free to citizens. Just remove all the decorations and bring the tree NO ONE SEES THE WHOLE INSURANCE PICTURE LIKE YOUR INDEPENDENT SAFECO AGENT. Your local independent agent doesn't work for any one insurance company. So you can count on them to shop around for you. And if they do recommend SAFECO, you know ifs because it's the right insurance for you. SAFECO www.safeco.com Reynolds, Shugart & Associates epur. chut’t icMtvuwee. . . epue need fo &no<v cm.! Bill Chambers Motors Serving the People of Lee and Dougherty County and all of Southwest Georgia for over 47 years. (( Trade with Bill and save a bill! ,, U.S. 19 North at Creekside Drive Leesburg 883-0887 409 W. Oglethorpe Albany 436-4046 • 439-2101 WWW. Billchambersmotors. com to a recycling center near you, and you'll receive a nursery seedling while supplies last as a thank-you gift. Since 1991 more than 1,000,000 seedlings have been given to recyclers. Many are now tall, sturdy trees that enhance our environment. Sometimes the best gifts don't even have to be wrapped. 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