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The True Citizen, Wednesday, March 10, 2021 — Page 3A
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2020 Optimist of the Year
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Blood drive in Burke on March 18
Shepeard Community Blood
Center is teaming up with the
Burke County Sheriff’s Office
to host another local blood
drive.
The blood mobile will be at
the sheriff’s office, located at
225 Highway 24 South, Thurs
day, March 18, from 11:30 a .m.
to 6:30 p.m.
Donors are asked to wear
masks during their donations
and to bring a photo ID. All
those who give will receive a
free T-shirt. High school stu
dents will also earn red cord
points.
For additional information,
visit shepeardblood.org or call
706.737.4551.
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PR&M H INTERVIEW
Saturday, March 13
Burke County YMCA
9AM-noon
Two deserving citizens, Neal Leonard Sr., left, charter president, and Wilbert Roberts, right, charter member, were selected as
the Waynesboro Optimist Club’s 2020 Optimist of the Year. The awards were presented by the Rev. Ashley Moore Jr., current
president of the Waynesboro Optimist Club.
Burke C ounty staff and volunteers awarded
For questions or more information:
burkecounty@vineyardaugusta.or ( j
.or 706-863-9766.. _
Meridith Franks
County Extension Agent
Two Burke County Exten
sion staff members and one
Burke County 4-H volun
teer were awarded for their
dedicated work in the Burke
County 4-H program. Terri
Black, Burke County Fam
ily and Consumer Sciences
(FACS) Agent, was awarded
the Georgia Association for
Extension 4-H Agents (GAE4-
HA) award for “Outstanding
Support for local 4-H program
by a FACS professional”. Me
ridith Franks, Burke County
4-H Extension Agent, received
the GAE4-HA “Outstanding
New Extension Professional”
award given to 4-H profession
als in their first 5 years of work.
April Eckerman, Burke
County 4-H Volunteer, was
awarded for her continuous
work serving our local 4-H
program. April has been a vol
unteer for 4 years attending the
District Project Achievement
(DPA) contests, state wildlife
contest, serving as a judge at
DPA and a coach for the wild
life team, and assisting with the
4-H homeschool club as well
as our shotgun team. She also
serves as a member of the 4-H
Program Development Team
(PDT) and gives input on the
program.
“April and her family have
been such an asset to our pro
gram. She is an amazing leader
for our students and provides
helpful guidance for our 4-H
club. We are so honored to have
her serve with our program in
Burke County,” said Meridith
Franks, Burke County 4-H
Agent.
If you would like more infor
mation about 4-H or any other
Extension programs, please
contact the Burke County
Extension Office at 706-554-
2119.
Bill would liberalize
patient visitation rules
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Jesse C. Stone
|ON A. LEVIS
and staff of LEVIS LAW FIRM, LLC,
formerly known as Merrill & Stone, LLC,
extend heartfelt congratulations to
JESSE C. STONE
upon his recent appointment as
Superior Court Judge of the
Augusta Judicial Circuit
DAVE WILLIAMS
Capitol Beat News Service
A bill letting some family
members visit Georgians in
hospitals or nursing homes
during health emergencies
like coronavirus cleared the
state House of Representatives
Monday after an emotional
debate.
The legislation, which passed
113-57 and now moves to the
Georgia Senate, was revised
numerous times as it went
through the chamber’s Human
Relations and Aging Commit
tee to address safety concerns
expressed by hospital and nurs
ing home administrators.
Under the scaled-back ver
sion of the measure the House
passed, “legal representatives”
designated to make decisions -
which could include a family
member - would be allowed to
visit a hospital patient for up to
one hour a day.
“Essential caregivers” -
which also could include a
relative - could visit nursing
home residents for up to two
hours daily.
From a practical standpoint,
supporters said legal repre
sentatives or caregivers would
pose no more of a health threat
to the patients or residents they
visit than the many facility staff
who regularly come into their
rooms.
“If we can have the myriad
of staff coming and going into
these facilities, why can’t that
one legal representative come
in for one hour a day ... that
person who can help them
make decisions and understand
what they’re going through?”
said Rep. Jesse Petrea, R-
Savannah, the Human Rela
tions and Aging Committee’s
chairman. “That’s what this
bill does.”
House Speaker David
Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, sup
ported the bill from an emo
tional standpoint. In a rare
appearance in the well of the
House, Ralston described
how a young husband called
him last summer asking if the
speaker could help him gain
permission to visit his dying
wife, who was in the hospital.
Ralston was powerless to help.
“He said ‘goodbye’ on Face-
Time,” Ralston told his House
colleagues. “I hope you will
send a message ... to the peo
ple whose pleas and hurt and
heartbreak we’re trying to
touch in some way.”
But the bill’s opponents
argued hospitals and nursing
homes have imposed necessary
visiting restrictions to keep
residents and patients safe.
“This is a feel-good, tug-at-
your-heartstrings bill,” said
Rep. Debra Bazemore, D-
Riverdale, the House’s deputy
minority whip. “However, I
trust the medical professionals
when they warn that to keep
our loved ones healthy and
safe, we will have to endure
some precautions.”
Rep. Ed Setzler, R-Acworth,
the bill’s chief sponsor, said he
took the concerns of health
care professionals into ac
count in working through the
multiple revisions he made
to strengthen the measure’s
protections.
“We’ve taken all this feed
back and boiled this down to
the core essentials,” he said.
“This bill gives the patient the
right to have their next of kin
at their bedside to make critical
decisions.”
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