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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, July 15, 2009 -11
Sports with Walter Moore
Walter Moore
Williams Joins
FVSU Coaching
Staff
Former Savannah State foot
ball assistant Ivy Williams has
joined the coaching staff at
Fort Valley State. Williams
comes to FVSU after spend
ing time as an assistant at
Northwestern Oklahoma.
Before coaching in
Oklahoma, Williams spent
four years at SSU where he
coached running backs.
Williams' coaching resume
includes stops at Marshall,
Kansas State, New Mexico
State, Kansas, Arizona State,
Akron, Texas Tech, Alabama
and the Detroit Lions.
Williams, 60, will coach wide
receivers at FVSU.
McNair Laid To
Rest
Former professional football
player Steven LaTreal
McNair, 36, was laid to rest
on July 11 in Prentiss,
Mississippi. Funeral services
were held for the former
Alcorn State football star on
the campus of Southern
Mississippi in Hattiesburg,
MS. He is survived by his
wife, Jonula Mechelle
McNair; children, Steven L.,
Steven O., Tyler and Trenton;
mother, Lucille McNair;
father, Selma McNair; broth
ers, Fred, Tim, Jason, and
Michael. McNair's remains
lied in state at Reeves Funeral
Home in Mt. Olive, MS on
Friday, July 10. Rev. James
Dampier officiated the funer
al.
Alexander Joins
Islanders Staff
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
men’s basketball head coach
Perry Clark has named for
mer South Carolina State and
Tennessee State head coach
Cy Alexander as his new
associate head coach.
Alexander, who most recently
served as the head coach at
Tennessee State, has 24 years
of head coaching experience
and has a career record of
344-306. In six seasons with
the Tigers, he led the team to
a 67-107 mark. Prior to taking
over the Tiger program,
Alexander spent 16 seasons at
South Carolina State. In
Orangeburg, S.C., he led the
Bulldogs to five seasons of
20-plus wins. During his
tenure, Alexander directed the
Bulldogs to five NCAA
Tournaments and five MEAC
championships. He posted a
277-202 won-loss record,
making him the winningest
coach in MEAC and SCSU
history, as the Bulldogs fin
ished first or second in the
MEAC in all but one of his
final 12 seasons. The program
was named the American
Sports Wire Black College
National Champions three
times (1996, 1998, and 2000)
under Alexander’s guidance.
Jackson State AD
contract Extended
Jackson State University has
extended Athletics Director
Robert Braddy's contract
through June 30, 2010.
During his tenure as AD, JSU
has won the Southwestern
Athletic Conference Dr.
James Frank Commissioner's
Cup Award for all-sports com
petition three consecutive
years. In 2000, Braddy served
as interim AD and the Tigers
won the conference award.
Also, JSU football, men's and
women's basketball, women's
tennis, men's and women's
golf and women's indoor and
outdoor track and field, have
won conference champi
onships under Braddy.
Savannah Tech (Liberty Campus) to
Receive Governor’s Commendation
A group of Savannah
Technical College staff
members will travel to
Atlanta next month to
receive the Governor’s
Commendation for
Excellence in Customer
Service.
The Liberty Campus
Student Success Team was
selected from among 240
nominees representing 39
state agencies.
In thanking the team
and announcing the winner
to the campus, College
President Dr. Kathy Love
said, “This award verifies
that a customer service
mindset goes a long way
toward making our cus
tomers feel welcome and
makes their college experi
ence a pleasant one.”
“This is quite an honor
for us,” says Liberty
Campus Director Terrie
Oliver. “We all place great
value in the quality of cus
tomer service we deliver
and for it to be recognized
by others is especially
nice.”
The group will be rec
ognized at a ceremony July
23 in Atlanta and will have
a photograph taken with
Governor Perdue.
The Student Success
Team works with students
for admission, financial aid,
registration and retention.
Savannah Technical
College is a unit of the
Technical College System
of Georgia and serves 4700
students each quarter with
campuses in Savannah,
Effingham and Liberty
counties.
The Liberty Campus,
located on Airport Road in
Hinesville, enrolls approxi
mately 700 students each
quarter and also operates an
office in the Army
Education Center on post at
Fort Stewart.
For more information
about the campus and the
academic programs avail
able, visit www.savan-
nahtech.edu .
Spirit Realm
Then I was blowing like
I was out of breath and water,
like running water came out of
me. like living water poured
out of me, actually poured out
of me. I looked at the calendar
and I looked at the clock and it
was over. JESUS IS COM
ING SOON!!! My air condi
tioner was on but I was HOT
on FIRE, and out of breath.
His voice said, "TELL THE
PEOPLE I AM COMING
SOON! SOONER THAN
THEY THINK. GET
READY!!! I AM COMING
SOON, "saith God.
He said to put in all
the papers this message to and
for the people. Then Selah! I
meditated. I thought on it. I lay
on the bed and was very quiet
and thought on what I had
encountered. I was so weak.
Then the room became lighted
with a very bright white light.
I was in this huge room-
empty room.
I humbly and weakly
raised my hands in Praise to
God and a song came to
minean old song - "In this very
room" then I began to pray, I
reached over on the table for a
piece of grape candy (only 1
piece) and I ate it. As I sucked
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Evangelist Rachel Thomas
on it, my thought went back to
that room again and I saw in
place of the tree in the chair
was a HUGE BLEEDING
HEART and tears of blood
shed for the unsaved world.
On people, Jesus is still bleed
ing for you -shedding tears for
your combined sins.
Your combined sicknesses and
diseases because you are cru
cifying Him afresh. Think
about it - Have you lied lately.
Have you fornicated recently?
Have you stolen anything or
killed? If your answer is yes,
then you are crucifying our
Lord afresh, over and over
again. Why?
He died for you and gave
His life for you. ENOUGH
ALREADY!! It’s TIME to
STOP SINNING I Be ye also
READY for the coming of the
Lord! The time is now!
Get out of darkness and
into His marvelous light.
Come to Jesus now just as you
are - worn, weary and sad. You
must let Him into your heart
sincerely and truly and
because He loves you. He will
be faithful and just to forgive
you of all your sins and
cleanse you of all unrighteous
ness. Come to Jesus - come
before it's too late. Say this
prayer in all sincerity of your
heart.
Dear Lord Jesus, I con
fess that I am a sinner and
need a Savior. I ask for for
giveness of my sins and I ask
you to be my personal Savior.
I am trusting in you and you
alone for my salvation. I
believe You suffered and died
on the Cross to pay the full
price for my sins and to give
me new life and that you rose
again from the grave. Thank
you for saving me. Amen.
This is very important.
You need now to fellowship
with a Bible believing Bible
preaching church that can
teach you and help you grow
in your new life in Christ
Jesus.
Health Insurers Must be Accountable
By Dr. Christina Mayville
The American Medical
Association (AMA) is con
sidering a national health
insurer code of conduct, call
ing on the U.S. health insur
ance industry to adopt con
sistent practices regarding
costs, business transparency
and the physician-patient
relationship.
While health care
providers - physicians, nurs
es, hospitals - adhere to strict
professional and medical
guidelines, no similar proto
cols exist for health insurers.
And although regulated
to some extent like many
industries, health insurers
have had no meaningful self
regulation - an important
business practice and one
that a code of conduct
ensures.
Why is this important?
It is important because health
insurers are the primary
bridge between physicians
and their patients, between
hospitals and physicians, and
between patients and hospi
tals. Health insurers should
provide easy access to neces
sary health care. But they
often are an obstacle.
In my practice of neu
rology, I frequently
encounter situations which
demonstrate the need for
such a code of conduct.
Recently a patient whom I'd
seen regularly presented with
a new neurological problem
which did not seem related to
the chronic condition for
which he is routinely fol
lowed. .
If the recommended
test had been approved, the
subsequent emergency room
visit, transfer via ambulance
and
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avoided. The patient would
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hospital and had a routine,
rather than emergency, neu
rological consultation and
operation.
The AMA’s proposed
code of conduct will lay out
clear principles to be fol
lowed by health insurers,
addressing medical and pay
ment issues, monitoring and
compliance frameworks, and
restrictive practices that
damage the physician-
patient relationship. It seeks
to shine a light on any third
party who influences the
health care of a patient,
ensuring that the physician
provides that care - not a
managed care company -
and that no unauthorized
changes are made without
the knowledge of the physi
cian and patient.
Health care reform has
stepped onto the stage in
Washington. Much debate
will take place about what
needs to added and what
needs to be fixed. Holding
the health insurance industry
accountable - to itself - is a
strong starting point.
Dr. Christina Mayville is a
neurologist in Macon, Ga.
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