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-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1993
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Students of the Week
Tucker Elementary Students of the Week for Feb. 19 are Jona Edwards,
Bernard Askew, Jonathan Little, Matthew Kramp, George Scott, Nicky Meads,
Curt Gentry, Chris Cassady, Alexis Roberts, Ashley Moore, Denise Ridley, Trey
Singleton, Jimmy Pund, Kyle Padgett, Bradley Dugger, Frederick Martin,
Lindsey Brown, Ben Smith, Presley Rice, Bruce Gibson, Heather Whiddon, Josh
Brickie, Earnest Roberts and Morris Clarington.
911, from 1A
a private line with no charge
according to GTE District Manager
Skip Dawkins. Those who do
choose to change to a private line
will have to pay $1.55 extra
monthly for the private line.
Dawkins said, “We’ve looked at
many different ways, and the only
way we’ve found is to get existing
party line users on a private line.”
Taylor said, “If we can put a man
on the moon, we should be able to
find a way for the information to
show up on the screen.”
Dawkins said the 911 system
can’t adapt to the party lines. He
said sometimes the system can be
“tricked” into identifying the caller,
but it’s not dependable.
Dawkins suggested the commis
sion write the Director of External
Affairs to see if there can be a rate
adjustment. It is currently manda
tory by state law the $1.50 fee be
Waste,
from 1A
compliance with state regulations.
A major component of the plan
will encourage local governments
to institute more local volunteer re
cycling programs, as well as more
commercial recycling efforts. Addi
tionally, tires will no longer be
disposed of in the landfill, and yard
trimmings going into the landfill
will be reduced by 90 percent.
Group,
from 1A
The group has asked the school
board for statistics to back up the
success of a whole-language ap
proach but has not been satisfied
with the answers they have received
from the board.
“The administration has been
very professional and courteous to
us, but we have reached an impasse
where we have agreed to disagree on
this issue,” Sadler said. “We do not
want to throw the entire whole-lan
guage approach out, but we do want
phonics addressed differently.”
Along with the approach to
phonics, many parents are alarmed
about inventive spelling being al
lowed in elementary grades. Inven
tive spelling allows students to
spell words in creative ways until
they reach third or fourth grade.
“We don’t need to let our chil
dren get into bad habits and then
have to re-train them later,” Sadler
said.
The group will continue to meet
in an effort to effect change in the
way phonics are being taught in
Houston County schools. For more
information, contact Sadler at 929-
4906.
Booker,
from 4A
wrought in their families, their
town and their own lives. I wonder
if they think of what their actions
may have done to a mentally-re
tarded girl who may not even under
stand the ramifications of being
sexually assaulted. And I wonder if
they think of what they have done
to their own futures.
Whatever they may be thinking
now, maybe if they had bothered to
think a little before they acted, they
wouldn’t be facing a future in
prison. And maybe an innocent girl
wouldn’t have suffered needlessly in
a world where she has probably al
ready done more than her share of
suffering.
paid by everyone with a phone.
Committee member Larry Snell
grove said, “We’ve been talking
about this a year and a half. If
there’s something we can do, let’s
do it.” He said if there’s nothing
that can be done, they need to know
it and tell those concerned and move
on.
Currently 141 Houston County
residents have party lines. E-911
Director Lee Stripling said during
1994 party lines will become non
existent.
Committee Chairman Sherrill
Stafford said he will write the Ex
ternal Affairs director to find out if
Rules, from 1A
consumers of Houston County. She
said she was “excited” about her ap
pointment. “It’s interesting to learn
about all the issues discussed and
handled by the Board of Health,”
she said.
Houston County Physical Health
Director William Carter gave his
first report to the board after being
on the job 30 days. He said,
“Overall my impression is my ar
rival was positively received by
employees.
“We’re in the process of building
a team.” He stressed a strong
relationship between Warner
Robins and Perry health depart
ments be encouraged.
He said the Physical Health De
partment has four goals he’s trying
to implement. “The first is that we
lose no more (workers).”
Concerns, from ia
very comfortable with what we are
doing,” he said. “Our teachers and
principals respond with excitement
about this curriculum, but our next
step is to allow you to voice your
concerns and hear your side.”
Several parents expressed their
concerns to Blackmon at the meet
ing, but he declined to comment in
view of the upcoming March 9
board meeting when there will be a
formal presentation of opposition
to the whole-language curriculum.
Supporters of the curriculum were
allowed to speak at the Feb. 9
Board of Education meeting.
One question Blackmon did ad
dress was the issue of whether or
not parents could be involved in
helping select curriculum in the fu
ture.
“I don’t see why we can’t in
volve parents more in this process,”
he said. “We should be able to in
Letters , from 4A
Medicaid and most private insurers.
Unlike Dr. Kevorkian, hospice operates openly. Ours is
a community-based organization that opens its arms to ev
eryone. Further information about our service can be ob
tained by calling 922-1777, or writing to us at P.O. Box
1023, Warner Robins, Ga. 31099.
Although our service is only provided to terminally ill
patients, experience has taught us that the earlier hospice
enters a case, the more effective our help can be. For this
reason, and because it is also good personal planning, we
invite all inquiries-even those where there may be imme
diate need for hospice.
It is not our place or our intention to pass judgement on
Dr. Kevorkian or on the people whose desperation drove
them to seek his services. But those who think his way is
the only way should be advised they are wrong.
Sincerely,
Jackie Conners
Executive Director
there can be a change, in the rate
structure, and the subject will ap
pear on next month’s 911 Commit
tee agenda.
UGA info
Plan your garden during the winter
months, and place your seed order
early so there will be no delay in
getting the seed you want, say
horticulturists with the University
of Georgia Extension Service.
Many times the newer, more
popular varieties are sold out
completely, and you may have to
settle for alternative choices.
He said they need to hire more
people, but he doesn’t “have answer
to that right now.”
The second goal is to improve
the communication system inter
nally.
Carter said they will focus on
making the clients feel like “they
are the most important person
there.”
He said they will also focus on
individual needs and the responsibil
ity of each person to make sure ev
ery person feels important.
“Basically they are a good group
of people. They just need a focus.”
The board also approved an im
munization grant that will place a
licensed practical nurse at the De
partment of Family and Children’s
Service. The nurse will provide
immunizations for children.
voke some sort of parent group to
overview the curriculum that is se
lected.”
Sadler said she was pleased with
the turnout and the way the meeting
was conducted.
“I feel good about the way the
meeting went, but we still have a
lot of questions we want answered,”
she said. “We are planning ahead to
our presentation at the March 9
meeting, and we’ll just have to see
what happens then.”
Following the March 9 board
meeting, there will be a public
hearing held at Houston County
High School’s auditorium. Educa
tors will demonstrate the whole
language approach to the parents
and citizens in attendance, and any
one with comments or questions
will have a voice at that forum. A
date for the public hearing has not
been set.
Shipley, from 4A
lar in the Kennedy and Johnson
administrations.
I would highly recommend two
books to get Clinton's background,
goals, and view of government, nei
ther of which are written by conser
vatives: Bill Clinton: The Inside
Story, by Robert E. Levin, and
Putting People First, by Bill
Clinton and A1 Gore.
This is the kind of reasoning
which desires to penalize those who
have done well.
Those who have benefited most,
Bill says, should pay the most.
What does he mean? Benefited from
what? From taking advantage of
opportunities and taking risk, pit
ting their brains and brawn against
the free market forces carefully pro
tected by Republican administra
tions?
Because business and
professional persons saw
opportunities and had the courage to
take them they should carry the
burden for those who didn’t?
Because they were rewarded for tak
ing risks others would never have
taken and worked long hours that
many would never consider doing
they should pay more? Why?
Bill doesn't see it that way. He
sees the successful as beneficiaries
of a benign government run by pro
business Republicans that some
how favored them above their fel
lows, because he sees everything in
terms of what government will al
low and can do. Except for a brief
law school professorship, govern
ment service is all he has known!
This is the heart of the difference
between conservatism and lib
eralism. To understand the liberal
agenda, read The Liberal
Establishment, by M. Stanton
Evans.
Conservatism sees government's
role as the preservation of the free
market forces, because it believes
that the American people, if
released from the shackles of big
government, have the courage and
brains to succeed without the
wisdom or money of a political
benefactor and the compassion to
help those less fortunate without
the coercion of government.
Liberalism believes the
American people have none of the
above and desperately need the
wisdom, money, and coercion of a
federal bureaucracy managed by the
politically correct elite.
Liberalism is self perpetuating.
It establishes itself in the body of
government and uses%ititleraents
Legal
Notices
Legal Notices
HOUSTON COUNTY GEORGIA
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND
PROPOSALS
Planning, Administrative and
Related Services
Houston County, Georgia is
requesting statements of qualifications
and proposals from consultants with a
strong record or qualifications which will
enable it to successfully assist the
County with development and
implementation of Community
Development Block Grant programs.
Responding firms should be qualified to
provide planning, administrative and
related services for a period of 2 years.
Houston County seeks to immediately
contract for planning and application
development services for FY 1993
CDBG funds. Construction of a Senior
Citizens Center is anticipated. If
Community Development funds are
awarded for construction programs (in
1993 and/or subsequent years), this
procurement action may also lead to
additional contract(s) (or contract
addendums) for planning,
administrative, and other related
sen/ices. All contracts are subject to
Federal and State contract provisions
prescribed by the Georgia Department
of Community Affairs.
Criteria for evaluation included (1)
willingness to assist with the
development of local capacity, (2)
CDBG experience, (3) key
personnel/qualifications, (4) capacity of
organization, (5) current workload, (6)
level of service proposed, (7) mobility
and proximity to project, (8) experience
with similar projects, and (9) cost.
Proposers shall also cite examples of
similar projects, and other communities,
and include references from within those
communities. References will be
contacted.
Questions may be directed to Steve
Engle, Management Services Director,
200 Carl Vinson Parkway, Warner
Robins, GA 31088, (912) 542-2115. For
consideration, all proposers must
submit their proposals no later than 5:00
p.m. on March 1, 1993. Proposals
received after this date may not be
considered.
Houston County reserves the right to
accept or reject any and all proposals
and to waive informalities in the proposal
process. Houston County is an Equal
Opportunity Employer. Further, in
accordance with Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,
Houston County does not discriminate
on the basis of handicapped status in
the administration or operation of its
programs.
2-81 2/20
to build its power. To fund these
give-away programs, you guessed
it, it reaches deep into the pockets
of the most available and plentiful
source of revenue it can find, the
great middle class, through
taxation.
That is why any new taxes will
not be spent to make any apprecia
ble reduction in the deficit, but, in
stead, will fund more give-away
programs. It has always amazed me
how compassionate the liberals can
be with my money.
That is why you will see only
cosmetic cuts in the cost of gov
ernment. Government is the power
base for the liberal agenda and thus
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self-perpetuating at taxpayer ex
pense.
The result of Clinton’s disas
trous resurrection of the old liberal
tax and spend policies of the 60's
will be larger deficits, increased
governmental intrusion into our
lives, "for our good,” and a whole
sale slaughter of the goose that lays
the golden egg, the small business
man.
It is interesting to observe that
in our Lord's parable of the talents,
the one talent given to the slothful
servant was taken from him and
given to the one who had produced
the most talents, rather than divided
equally over the group!
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