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Wednesday, April 13,1994 “H0u5t0n Times-Journal
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Chief, from 1A-
Initially, and, tor die first three
to four months after being hired,
the new person is expected to work
with the county’s emergency man
agement office. After that he or she
will most likely begin working out
of one of county’s existing
volunteer fire departments.
Snellgrove added that the new
fire chiefs salary will come out of
Thompson, from ia
Tuesday morning at Perry City
Hall.
“It has been an honor and a priv
ilege to work with this board over
the past four years,” he said upon
making his announcement. “But,
after a lot of praying and thinking
about this, I have decided that, at
this point, my family should be my
first and foremost priority. I have
two small children. I also need to
focus more attention on my own
business and job.”
School, from 1A
requested that the board build one of
the schools south of Highway 96 in
Perry. Perry Middle School cur
rently leads county middle schools
in the number of temporary class
rooms on the grounds with 19 tem
porary rooms.
"Any plan that has been pro
posed does not meet the needs of
that facility (Perry Middle School),"
said Tom Whitten, spokesman for
Concerned Citizens of Perry.
Blackmon repeated the board's
position that all five of the sys
tem's middle schools were over
crowded. He noted that several years
ago, the board was faced With the
need for new facilities due to con
tinued growth within the county
and mandates from the state through
QBE demanding smaller class sizes.
"All of the sudden, we needed
more classrooms," said Blackmon.
He said the board addressed the
needs at the high school level be
fore addressing the needs at the mid
dle school level.
"With the placement of these
middle schools," said Blackmon,
"we can relieve all five middle
schools."
Blackmon added that Perry Mid
dle School was "first on priority"
for a new wing. The wing, which is
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the county’s fire tax budget and,
that, in addition to supervising,
planning and directing the overall
operation and management of all of
the county’s fire departments, the
person will also be responsible for
leading the planning of future fire
stations.
As for chain of command, com
missioners said that the new fire
A Pulaski County native,
Thompson has lived in Houston
County for the past eight years. He
works as a pharmacist at Rite-Aid
Pharmacy in Hawkinsville and is a
partner in Middle Georgia Home In
fusion, a home health care business
located on Ball Street in Perry.
He was elected to the Houston
County Commission in 1990 and
begin serving his first and present
term in 1991. He is presently serv
ing as the commission’s vice
scheduled to open for the 1995-96
school year, will'house 14 class
rooms.
Blackmon said the library at
Perry Middle School had been ex
panded, and met state guidebV.es. He
added that the cafeteria will be ex
panded.
"We do not expect a metal build
ing out at that facility (Perry Mid
dle School) by Fall, 1995," said
Blackmon.
Board member Skip Talbert
added that the student population
was projected to fall.
After the board meeting, Donald
Free, a member of Concerned Citi
zens of Perry, said that his group
was not satisfied by the actions of
the board.
"They were a little arrogant at
the meeting," said Free. "I don't
think they have the concerns of the
county as a whole."
Each middle school will cost the
county $6 million. The first school
will be constructed using state and
local monies as part of the state fa
cilities plan.
In order to build the second
school, the board either had to raise
the funds through a referendum or
find a creative way to get the
money, such as an intergovemmen
chief will be classified a department
head and, like all other county de
partment heads, will report directly
to the chairman of the county
commission.
Likewise, all volunteer chiefs of
individual fire stations will report
to and work through the new
county fire chief.
chairman and is in charge of all
county projects and issues related to
roads and bridges.
Additionally, he serves as the
county’s representative on the
Perry/Houston County Airport
Authority.
Thompson and his wife, Kathy,
have two daughters, Stephanie, 10,
and Heather, 5.
Qualifying for upcoming elec
tions starts Monday.
tal loan.
A new government authority,
the Houston County School Dis
trict Building Authority, has been
set up by the Legislature for the
purpose of building the second new
middle school.
The authority will issue bonds
in the amount of $6 million to
build the school. The board will
then lease the school back from the
authority in an lease-to-own agree
ment, with the authority using the
lease money to pay off the bonds.
At the end of the agreement, the
board will become the owner of the
new school.
By going through the Houston
County School District Building
Authority, the board avoided the
problem of getting a bond referen
dum passed by the voters of Hous
ton County.
In a meeting with Concerned Ci
tizens of Perry on March 24, board
member Tiena Fletcher said the ar
rangement would not result in a tax
increase to pay for the middle
school.
The act was passed by the Geor
gia House of Representatives by a
vote of 132-0, and by the House of
the Senate by a vote of 47-0.
The mysterious, frustrating fibromyalgia
Every year between three to six
million people (most of them
women) are diagnosed with a
mystery condition: fibromyalgia.
It's also called a host of other
names: fibrositis, myofascial
spasms, muscular rheumatism, or
myotendinosis.
But no matter what you call it,
this condition is a particularly
frustrating one. Patients say they
are plagued by sleeping problems,
followed by severe morning fatigue
and aches and pains in the muscles
and joints. When pressed, stuck,
heated or cooled, these areas may be
quite painful.
Yet, standard medicine can give
only temporary relief. Patients
may be given a non-steroid
medication, injected with cortisone
or sent to a physical therapist for
treatment with heat and massage.
Sometimes these hit-or-miss
solutions can make the patient feel
worse.
The search for a viral or
chemical cause of fibromyalgia has
also left researchers empty-handed.
In fact, the Harvard Medical School
Health Letter says: "No specific
Loudermilk, from 4A
Still, during that election year I
was pregnant and, as pregnant
women get, emotional at times.
They (everyone, basically) say
pregnant women are just too emo
tional but the only time I remember
breaking down and crying was one
evening when Bill Clinton and A 1
Gore held a public forum for col
lege grads that aired on MTV.
It was so depressing. These
young adults (just one or two years
younger than me) had no hope of
getting a job that would allow them
to begin a career and Clinton and
Gore didn't assure them or me they
could change that.
It made me think: "If it's this
bad now, what will my child have
Kusar is on
collegiate
dean’s list
Joseph Kusar, a freshman Bus
iness Administration major at
Western State College of Colorado,
has been named to the school's
Dean's List for winter term.
He is the son of Joseph Kusar of
Perry.
abnormality has consistently been
found in the muscles or connective
issues of people with fibromyalgia
and nothing is known to be awry in
their body chemistry.”
So what's the key to helping
these patients get bettor?
First, we have to look at the
whole person, rather than just her
muscles. For example, this illness
has strong psychological
component such as anxiety,
compulsiveness and depression.
This means that while treating
fibromyalgia, issues like being
abused as a child or living with an
alcoholic must also be addressed.
Many people with this puzzling
pain disorder are also sedentary and
out of shape. Research shows that
aerobic exercise can improve sleep
disturbances, fatigue and pain of
fibromyalgia.
And although chiropractic is not
a treatment in itself for chronic
muscle pain, it has been a blessing
to millions. Here's why: Wrapped
around the outside and lining the
inside of muscles is a strong sheet
of connective tissue called muscle
fascia. You see it when you
to face?"
I cried for two hours.
* * *
Also because I have a child, I
worry about crime, especially the
fact that criminals are getting
younger and younger.
We have allowed our justice sys
tem to stretch the freedoms ensured
all Americans in the Bill of Rights
so badly out of shape that people
are not afraid anymore of being
caught for committing a crime.
I don't think people should be
publicly flogged for a few cases of
vandalism but I would probably
vote to perform a "Bobbit" (named
for Lorena) on rapists and child mo
des ters without blinking an eye.
Letter, from 4A
our help. For this reason, we have a constant need for new volunteers. If
you would like to learn more about hospice volunteering, I invite you to
call or visit us at 2066 Watson Blvd. in Warner Robins, or call 922-1777.
In the meantime, we should all be grateful to the volunteers of Hospice
of Houston County for the wealth of time and compassion they give for
the betterment of our community. Remember Volunteering is a "work
of heart!" God bless you all!
Sincerely,
Virginia Bell, Volunteer
Coordinator
separate meat from a bone or pull a
piece of meat apart It looks like
cellophane or plastic and it carries
the many nerves, blood vessels, and
lymph supply to the muscles. If
this muscle fascia is damaged, this
essential supply can be interrupted
and chronic muscle problems can
result
Chiropractic adjustments restore
this nerve-muscle relationship and
alters the concentration of enzymes
and other chemicals necessary for
muscle health.
Remember, the nervous system
coordinates and organizes your
entire body. A body that has a has
a healthy flow of nerve impulses
between the brain and the body
parts is stronger and able to heal
itself.
One good thing Knox said that I
agreed with is that violent crime of
fenders should be required to serve
their entire sentence under "harsh
conditions” (in other words, drop
the color televisions, sleeping in
and reading most of the day and
using our tax dollars to set up
athletic leagues and departments and
providing other recreational
equipment). Work them from
sunrise to sunset and make them
wish they'd never broken the law.
The way the system is now,
criminals are treated better than
most law abiding citizens.
Personally, I think my daughter
deserves to be treated better than
Charles Manson.