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Amy Michelle Phelps and Jonathan Aaron Fouse
Phelps, Fouse plan
Oct. 9 wedding vows
Mr. and Mis. David
l’helps of Perry announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Amy Michelle
Phelps, to Jonathan Aaron
Kouse. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Fouse of Macon.
The wedding will be at 6
p.m. on Oet. 9, 1999, at
Crossroads United
Methodist Church.
The bride-elect is the
granddaughter ot the late
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland
Chainbless of Dawson, and
the late Mr. and Mrs. David
• ’helps Sr., of Perry.
She is an honor graduate
nl Perry High School and
received her bachelor’s
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Cynthia Yvonne Askew and Car! Fairfax will be mar
ried on Sept. 4 at 5 p.m. at Creekwood Park in Perry.
Hear Rev. Randy Reese
Tharpe Memorial
Baptist Church
2758 U.S. 41 No.
1/2 mile north of Hwy. 96
7:30 p.m. nightly
Sun., Aug. 29 - Fri., Sept. 3
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Serving Our Lord since 1913
B. Condred Pirkle, pastor
lion from Valdosta State
University. She is pursuing
a graduate degree at Mercer
University. She is employed
as an English teacher at
Houston County High
School.
The groom-elect is the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Sharp of Lynn
Haven, Fla., and the late
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fouse
of Panama City, Fla.
1 le is a graduate of First
Presbyterian Day School in
Macon and is pursuing a
degree in business manage
ment at Macon State Col
lege. He is employed by
Gaea m Macon,
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Local News Roundup
Hospital to offer free screening for peripheral vascular disease
Fhom Staff, CoMMunrrr Reports
Houston Healthcare
Complex will conduct free
screenings for persons suf
fering from leg pain to
determine their risk for a
common condition known
as Peripheral Vascular Dis
ease.
PVD is caused by blocked
blood flow in the arteries of
the legs and can cause pain
or swelling, difficulty walk
ing, numbness and skin
discoloration.
The free screenings will
be held Sept. 13 from 9
a.m. until 5 p.m. at the
Houston Healthcare Pavil
ion in Warner Robins, Sept.
14 from 12 until 5 p.m. at
the Perry Hospital Outpa
tient Surgery Center and
Sept. 15 from 9 a.m. until 5
p.m. at the Pavilion.
Persons suffering from
leg pain or other PVD
symptoms should call 923-
9771 to make an appoint
ment for the free screening.
During the screening,
participants will be asked
to complete a questionnaire
and information form to
help determine their risk
for PVD. A brief exam will
involve taking the person’s
arm and ankle blood pres
sure to further assess the
potential of disease.
Nurses and physicians
will be on hand to conduct
the screenings and answer
questions. Persons who
appear to be at moderate or
high risk for PVD will be
advised to see their person
al physician for additional
evaluation.
Houston Healthcare
Complex is conducting
these screenings as part of
Legs for Life, a national
screening week for PVD Leg
Pain held Sept. 13-18 and
sponsored by the Society of
Cardiovascular and Inter
ventional Radiology.
The screening program at
Houston Healthcare Com
plex is being coordinated by
Meeks
Lance and Laura
(Meeks) Carter of Perry
announce the bir of their
son, Alek Zachariah
"Zach". on August 12,
1999. Grandparents are
Lewis and June Meeks,
Richards and Rusty Crter.
all of Perry.
Germundsen
Connie and Alan Ger
mundsen of Kathleen
announce the arrival of
their son, Hunter Blake
Germundsen, born on
May 13, 1999, at the Med
ical Center of Central
Georgia in Macon.
He is the grandson of
Mary Hunt Wilson and the
late Marion T. Wilson of
Kathleen amd Doris Ger
mundsen of Perry.
Great-grandparents are
the late Elder and Mrs.
George R. Hunt of Kath
leen, Mrs. Audrey Holder
field and the late James
Holderfield of Perry.
Hs great-great grand
mother is Mrs. Mae Prince
of Gadston, Ala.
Rev. Randy Reese
Dr. Robert J. Balotin, an
interventional radiologist
and SCVIR member.
According to Balotin,
vascular disease, such as
PVD, is most common
among men and women
over the age of 50, people
suffering from diabetes,
people who smoke and
people with high blood
pressure or high choles
terol levels. “PVD starts so
quietly, that many people
may not recognize they
have a problem,” Balotin
said. “Many people think
their leg pain is simply a
natural effect of aging."
Early detection and
treatment of vascular dis
ease is important. “The
earlier it is identified and
treated, the better the
chance that the condition
can be controlled with
exercise, diet improvement,
and, if the person smokes,
smoking cessation,"
Balotin added.
For more information
regarding the Legs for Life
PVD screening program at
Houston Healthcare Com
plex. please call Health-
Source at 923-9771.
Summerville honored
Melissa
C. Sum
merville
has been
named to
the 33rd
annual
edition of
Who’s Who
Among
American
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LH
Summerville
High
School Students, an honor
reserved for only five per
cent of high school stu
dents in the United States.
Local insurance agency
honored for achievement
Beavers & Moore Insur
ance Agency Inc. in Perry,
was recently honored for
achieving Senior Partner
status in the Grange Mutu
al Insurance Co.
According to a
spokesman. Senior Partner
status is limited to those
agents who are top proper
ty and casualty producers
in Grange Insurance’s six
state area.
This is the 12th year that
Advertisement for Bids
City of Perry - Owner
Sealed proposals for furnishing all labor and materials for Contract W-2, Water
Lines - 1999, will be received by the City of Perry, Georgia, at the Office of the
City Manager, City Hall, Perry, Georgia, on September 16,1999, until 2 p.m., local
time, and then publicly opened and read aloud.
The work consists of the following:
Furnish and install approximately 985 LF of 8-inch diameter
water lines and 23,620 LF of 12-inch diameter water lines, com
plete with valves, hydrants, connections and other appurte
nances.
The Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations:
Engineering Department, City Hall, Perry, Georgia; and TM Corporation,
Engineers, Roswell, Georgia.
The Contract Documents may be obtained from TM Corporation Engineers,
P.O. Box 369, Roswell, Georgia 30077, upon payment of S2OO.
A pre-bid conference will be held on September 9, 1999, at 9:30 a.m. in the
Engineering Conference Room, on the second floor of City Hall.
A certified check payable to the order of the City of Perry, Gerogia, negotiable
U.S. Government Bonds or satisfactory bid bond executed by the bidder, in an
amount equal of 5% of the amount of Bid, shall be submitted with each bid. The
successful Bidder will be required to furnish and pay for satisfactory perfor
mance and payment bond or bonds.
If at the time this Contract is to be awarded, the lowest bid submitted by a
responsible Bidder does not exceed the amount of funds available to finance
the Contract, the contract will be awarded. If such bid exceeds such amount,
the Owner may reject all bids or may award the contract by reducing the items
listed in the bid to produce an amount which is within the available funds. The
Owner reserves the right to reject any item in the bid and to award the contract
based upon the remaining items.
Bids may be held by the City for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the
date of opening of bids for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating
the qualifications of the bidders? prior to awarding the Contract.
George A. Potter, Interim City Manager
Beavers & Moore Insurance
Agency, Inc. has received
this honor.
“Grange Insurance
Senior Partners are a sym
bol of excellence and pro
fessionalism a character
istic of the independent
agent network,” said Phil
Urban, Grange Insurance
President and CEO.
“In honoring them we are
not only celebrating past
successes, but also antici
pating the many great
prospects for success in
our future," he said.
Senior Partners from
Georgia and Kentucky were
rewarded with a resort
weekend at the luxurious
Chateau Elan Winery and
Resort on May 21-23. Some
64 agents were recognized,
including eight first-time
senior partners. Agents
were awarded plaques hon
oring their achievements.
GEMA continues work to
make schools safer
As more than 1.4 million
Georgia children head back
to the classroom this
month, the Georgia Emer
gency Management Agency
continues to carry out an
ambitious program to make
schools safer.
The agency is helping
local authorities to reduce
the potential for school vio
lence and to be better pre
pared to respond in the
event an incident occurs.
Although GEMA's School
Safety Project was initiated
last year, the passage of
Senate Bill 74 by the 1999
General Assembly provided
momentum. This law
requires every public school
in the state to develop and
implement a wide-ranging
safety plan to address acts
of violence, acts of terror
ism, natural disasters, haz
ardous materials and radio
logical incidents.
The law also requires
GEMA to develop a model
safety plan as a guide for
local schools, and to pro
vide training and technical
assistance to public school
systems to develop their
plans. The measure was
signed into law by Governor
Roy Barnes in April.
"Georgia is among the
top 10 states in the nation
for violent death in the
school setting, and that is a
situation we will not toler
ate," said GEMA Director
Gary McConnell. "We have
developed a very proactive
program to combat this
problem and are pursuing
it aggressively."
GEMA has provided
training in various ele
ments of school safety to
more than 7,500 educators,
public safety personnel,
and local emergency man
agers across Georgia since
the project began last year.
McConnell said three area
school safety coordinators
were hired earlier this sum
mer and deployed statewide
to work with local officials in
implementing school safety
plans and to respond to
school violence incidents in
the event they occur.
A fourth coordinator will
be added within the next
month. In addition, the for
mer chief of the Macon-
Bibb County Board of Edu
cation Campus Police has
joined GEMA and will be
responsible for research
and planning efforts in the
field of school safety.
McConnell said the train
ing and technical assis
tance provided by GEMA
personnel includes crisis
response team develop
ment. site surveys and
safety audits, crisis man
agement planning, exercise
design, emergency opera
tions planning, search and
seizure, bomb threat man
agement and model school
safety plans.
Private schools are not
required to have safety
plans, but GEMA strongly
encourages them to develop
and implement similar
plans at their discretion.
PSA test offered
In recognition of Septem
ber as Prostate Cancer
Awareness Month, Perry
Hospital and Houston Med
ical Center Laboratories are
offering prostate specific
antigen (PSA) blood test
during the week of Sept.
20-24, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Cost will be $lO (due at
time of service; insurance
will not be filed). A physi
cian’s order is required. For
more information or to pre
register, call 988-1691 or
542-7723.