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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2008
THE JACKSON HERALD
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BROWN RECOGNIZED
Doris Brown (center) received the 2008 President’s Award from the Jackson County
Community Outreach program. Brown received the award for her years of dedica
tion to education and for her support in the JCCO. Photos by Justin Poole
RECEIVES HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Pictured are members and workers for the Potter’s House, a Christian support
center for addiction and recovery for men. The Potter’s house received the 2008
Humanitarian Award from the Jackson County Community Outreach Program.
JCCO honors seven at annual banquet
Mike Beatty is
keynote speaker
By Justin Poole
SEVERAL LOCAL people
were honored Saturday at the
10th annual Jackson
County Community
Outreach banquet.
The JCCO hosted
the awards banquet at
the Commerce Civic
Center with nearly
300 people from com
munities throughout
Jackson County pres
ent. The keynote speaker for
the evening was state commis
sioner Mike Beatty.
Beatty, a native of Jefferson
and resident of Jackson
County, is a state commis
sioner of community affairs.
Beatty spoke about the impor
tance of the youth for the
future of the community. Some
of the points during the key
note address included Beatty's
“Four Knows.”
Beatty said that to be
successful the four things
each person has to know
are: “Know who you are,
know what you believe,
know why you want to
be successful and know
what to do when you get
there.” Beatty said that
the real success is the
process of achieving.
Gene Gilliam, JCCO awards
committee chairman, present
ed the honor awards to this
year’s recipients.
The Community Leadership
Award was presented to Roy
Stowe, who has served on
various boards that focus on
improving the community.
The 2008 Humanitarian
Award was given to The
Potter’s House and accepted
by program director Kevin
Montford. Montford intro
duced Mike Nation who was a
recipient of the goodwill from
the Potter’s House. Nation
said a few words of thanks to
the people who support com
munity outreach programs.
Paula Mathis, CNA work
ing at BJC Medical Center,
received the Certified Nursing
Assistant Award, which is
given based on devoted and
loving medical care and a
demonstration of leadership.
Three Young Adult Awards
were presented at the ban
quet. These awards recognize
role models who exemplify
an outstanding public service
commitment. They went to:
Jackson County senior Abbey
Boehmer, East Jackson junior
Anna Pierce and East Jackson
graduate Joshua Barnett.
James Scott Jr., JCCO presi
dent, presented the President’s
Award. The President’s Award
is awarded to an individual
demonstrating a strong com
mitment to the JCCO and its
mission to the community.
The 2008 President's award
was presented to Doris Brown.
Brown had been active with
the JCCO since 2003 and was
an educator for 37 years and
taught in several school sys
tems, including Jefferson.
BEATTY
BJC looks for $640,000
in reimbursements
By Mark Beardsley
FINANCIALLY beleaguered
BJC Medical Center got some
good news this week.
It stands to receive almost
$640,000 in cash reimburse
ments from various programs.
Meeting Monday afternoon,
the authority voted to allow CEO
Jim Yarborough to take the steps
necessary to meet the “match
ing funds” it must put up to
receive the government reim
bursements.
But the lion’s share, $350,000,
will come from the federal gov
ernment’s Medicare cost report.
Essentially, the auditors have
concluded that BJC was under
reimbursed over the year for the
Medicare services it provided.
The two other reimburse
ments are for “disproportionate
share” services under Medicare,
a program designed to compen
sate hospitals for higher costs
for Medicare patients. States
pay into the fund in order to
get money back, and BJC must
pony up more than $245,000 for
its part of Georgia’s match for
which it will receive more than
$535,000.
Yarborough indicated he
would try to find the money
for the match without borrowing
money, but if he cannot, he is
authorized to tap the hospital’s
line of credit.
In other business Monday, the
authority approved courtesy staff
privileges for Drs. Byron Kelly
and Travis Whitehead, in the
emergency department, and con
sulting staff privileges for Drs.
Mark Matthews, cardiology;
Mark Ellis, pain management;
Robert Kushner, radiology; and
Rick Thornton, podiatry.
OB CLOSURE
Relating to the decision to
cease offering obstetrics ser
vices — the delivery of babies
— Maura Cobb told the board
that more than 11,000 babies
were bom at BJC Hospital since
1960.
She added that surrounding
facilities have been informed that
BJC will deliver no babies after
Dec. 1, but said the Medical
College of Georgia will provide
an “educational program” for
staff in the event that someone
arrives in labor at the emergency
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HONORED BY JCCO
The JCCO presented seven awards including the
President’s award at Saturday’s banquet. Pictured
are Abbey Boehmer (left), recipient of a Young Adult
Award and Paula Mathis recipient of the CNA Honor
Award. Not pictured are Community Leadership Award
winner Roy Stowe, Humanitarian Award winner Kevin
Montford of the Potter’s House, Young Adult Award
winners Anna Pierce and Joshua Barnett.
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