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get interneUunding By Jj JOHNSON Times-Journal Editor WARNER ROBINS Members of the Houston County Library Board are waiting news this week they will receive fund ing to enter the information high way. A part of the fiscal year 1996 budget to receive approval late this week by the Georgia General Assembly is funding for several public libraries to link to the University System internet computer communications net work. Library System Director Judy Golden told members of the board here March 9 money for the project was in the budget which would go through confer ence committees during the final week of the legislative session. Should the money clear the budget, the library system will receive money for equipment to link computers at die Warner Robins library to the University System network at Macon College. Perry and Centerville would be linked into the system through modems which would enable users at those libraries to dial into the system without paying long distance tolls. Golden said she was excited about the prospect of being able Schools improve, senior night recognition at football games, hospital home bound instruction, very helpful counselors, teachers always willing to help, most teachers honest in the grading systems, teachers made learning less difficult, school system has quality education and school system has a great deal of diversity. Some of the negative experiences listed included teacher that yells a great deal, teacher that calls a stu dent stupid, takes too long to evalu ate a student for a disability, rezon ing of schools, child had to be Tribble but Democrats are leery of that. With deficit spending running an average of about S2OO billion a year, we all know something has to be done. A balanced budget that does not tamper with Social Jails will be created following a formula from the General Assembly. Each sheriff would have to give approval to the concept, “Once the decision is made, the authority is created and the first funds are used, the project will move forward with no way to back out,” Talton said. He believes there would be some efficiency gained in operating just one jail as opposed to several jails in the three counties. Talton said the crime problem in the United States is continuing to Samuel E. Palmer, MD proudly announces the association of William D. Lyles, MD * Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology • Caring for the female patient of of all ages. Teen pregnancy and prevention through education and contraception, postmenopause, pelvic pain, routine exams, PAP smears, bleeding disorders, and PMS. • Former Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Robins Air Force Base • Medical degree from Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. • Residency completed at Meharry- Hubbard Hospital and Nashville General Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee. Accepting New Patients For appointments, please call 912-988-1282 1025 Keith Drive • Perry, Georgia * Member of Perry Hospital's Medical Staff * to offer library patrons access to the internet computer network known as Peachnet Patrons would be able to uti lize the University System research files through the com puter network, Golden said. In other business, members of die library board agreed to relin quish their rights to the Houston County history book authored by Bobbie Nelson for the Bicentennial celebration 20 years ago. Nelson told board members she hopes to republish the book at a later date. The book was published through a joint arrangement with Nelson, the library board and the Houston County Commission which allowed the library system to participate in profits generated by sale of the books. Board members re-elected Jane Gramley as chairman of the group. Other officers for 1995 include Jane Perfect, vice chair man; Mike Gray, treasurer; and Dottie Stafford, secretary. Members also approved spending $370 to have Ambient Fence Co. of Perry install a fence around the satellite dish at the Perry library. Frances Worrall of Perry was welcomed as a new member of the board. (Continued from page 1A) retested for the gifted program and the dress code. Suggestions for improvement included better control of discipline, teach phonics, reduce teacher/stu dent ratios, weed out weak teachers, improve racial relationships between students, get more parents involved in the schools, carry fewer children per each school bus, inform students when a child is failing, more financial support for extracur ricular activities, a later starting time, a nine-week reporting system and consistency in discipline. (Continued from page 4A) Security benefits is the only clear answer. (Bob Tribble is president ofTrib Publications, owners of the Houston Times-Journal.) (Continued from page 1A grow, with many criminals leaving jail early for various reasons and committing crimes again. He admitted to a frustration with the court system which allows so many appeals to sentences for heinous crimes. He said Carl Isaacs, who was tried in 1973 for the Alday family murders, and retired in Houston County in 1989, still sits on death row. “I believe in fair trials, but it sometimes seems the criminals are running the justice system,” Talton added. P'SlOk *s / A jypjL mm - Jji *PPi wB / JB waßk . mßmmm §p; 1 £ > v , , - A , , „ % Wm&mKUL w - •. t ||| H I Ij vt Times-Journai Photo by Eric Zellars IS HE OR ISN’T HE? lzzy, the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games mascot, paid a visit to Perry Elementary School students recently to remind them the Summer Olympic Games are now less than 500 days away. The events will be held in Atlanta and are expected to bring many visitors to the state during the two week run of the games during the summer of 1996. 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