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Page 2B Wed.. Aug. 25, 1999, Houston Home fon nut l . •ffijjSfc>; '. .§\..';v,.;l: ; ’: ; -f:'lpi' 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 ' U gree .tUri6Lu^aadaxy:giluc.a ‘ ** -»<*• *■ e „ .. £\ w S. 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 “f/7te OZttt/H'A utif/t a neto fpci/itMiunj tun/ a tWuHo/*r*oto ” 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, - - - - pv 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 ■ t 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.