Newspaper Page Text
2A
♦ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2003
( If I Houston Irlivnu
(Lhr JJmtnial
Reader
INFO
1210 Washington St.
P.O. Box 1910
Perry, GA 31069
2060 Watson Blvd.
Warner Robins, GA 31093
(478) 987-1823
See us online at
www.hhjnews.com
Evans Newspapers Inc.
Management
Daniel F. Evans
Editor & Publisher
Bobbie Parker
Assistant to the Publisher
Julie B. Evans
Vice President/Advertising
Lula Batchelor
Accounts Receivable
Rex Gambill
Managing Editor
Cheri Adams
Sales Manager
Sharon Jackson
Classified Ad Manager
Caroline Little
Legal Advertising Manager
Beverly Ellis
Production/Technoiogy
Manager
Billy Townsend
Print Operations Manager
Billy Lacey
Circulation Director
Staff
Emily Johnstone
Associate Editor
Charlotte Perkins
Lifestyle Editor
Luci Joullian
Heather Fasciocco
Jon Suggs
Joan Dorsett
Staff Writers
Stacey Shy
Paginator
Don Moncrief
Sports Editor
Josh Gordon
Sports Writer
Jim Hayes
Bonnie Evridge
Tiffany Falcon
Display Advertising Sales
Nicole Crofutt
Advertising - Major
Accounts
Chrissy Calloway
Classified Advertising Sales
Angel Elledge
Lee Smith
John Davidson
Graphic Artists
Wayne Lenderman
Press Foreman
Michael Land
Pressman
James Pippin
Malcolm Taylor
Press Helpers
Heather Rainey
Pre-Press
Jimmy Townsend
Mailroom Manager
Betty Goodroe
Robert Buckner
Circulation
Questions
Delivery Questions:
If you have questions regarding
delivery service, you may call The
Home Journal offices at (478)
987-1823.
How to place a Classified
Reader Ad or Classified Display
Ad:
Call (478) 987-1823 between the
hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday. For infor
mation on display classified
advertising call Sharon Jackson at
(478) 987-1823. You can fax an
ad 24 hours a day to (478) 988-
9193.
Display Advertising:
For questions concerning retail
advertising call Julie Evans at
(478) 987-1823.
Circulation:
For questions concerning circula
tion, call (478) 987-1823 ext. 229.
Circulation director Billy J. Lacey
can be reached at (478) 987-1823
ext. .240.
Delivery by mail:
Delivery by mail is available for
$62 in-county and $75 elsewhere
per year paid in advance.
POSTMASTER: Send address
changes To: P.O. Box 1910 Perry,
GA 31069 The Houston Home
Journal, A periodical, mailed
(ISSN 1526-7393) at Perry, Ga.,is
published Tuesday through
Saturday For $62 per year by
Evans Newspapers Inc., 1210
Washington St., Perry, GA 31069:
(478) 987-1823 Fax (478) 988-
1181. Not published Thanksgiving
and Christmas.
Office Hours:
The Home Journal offices in Perry
and Warner Robins are open from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
Whom do you call?
News: Rex Gambill, 987-1823
Sports: Don Moncrief, 987-1823
Lifestyles:
Charlotte Perkins, 987-1823
Newsroom: 987-1823 ext. 239
Newsroom Fax: (478) 988-1181
Errors and omissions:
The advertiser agrees that the
publisher shall not be liable out of
damages arising out of errors in
advertisements beyond the
amount paid for the space actual
ly occupied by that portion of the
advertisement in which the error
occurred. There shall be no liabili
ty for non-insertion of any adver
tisement beyond the amount paid
for such advertisement.
This newspaper is a member of
The Georgia Press Association,
The National Newspaper
Association and
The Associated Press
Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
Wed
10/1
V l '
*
-
77/50
Sunny skies. High
77F. Winds NE at 5
to 10 mph.
Sunrise Sunset
7:28 AM 7:21 PM
BlltV CURRINGTON t m -
featuring "Walk A Little Straighter” . **' In a 1 Unto NUtnf
it - J
Georgia At A Glance
\ y \
\ Atlanta w V
\ 71/47 O X Augusta
\ £J V 75/51
\ Warner Robins \ \
\ 77/50 J, V V
V * Savannah —r 3^
} , Verry 77/59
I 78/49- _'~~ % &
X Valdosta
W I# rJ
Area Cities
] n rrtvTrr*!
Wi: ' '■ .4
Albany 78 57 mst sunny
Athens 73 50 sunny
Atlanta 71 47 mst sunny
Augusta 75 51 sunny
Bainbridge 81 58 mst sunny
Brunswick 76 63 windy
Cartersville 73 47 mst sunny
Chattanooga,TN 72 49 pt sunny
Columbus 77 54 mst sunny
Cordele 79 53 mst sunny
National Cities
Atlanta 71 47 mst sunny
Boston 64 48 mst sunny
Chicago 58 38 pt sunny
Dallas 82 60 pt sunny
Denver 56 38 rain
©2003 American Profile Hometown Content Service
Defining the
core customer
Whom to help? -
Advocates search
for the right
answer
By Jon Suggs
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - If
the state must make cuts to
mental health and addictive
disease services, who gets
left out?
A group of concerned indi
viduals recently gathered to
begin formulating an
answer to the question,
which faces the state
Department of Human
Resources as it works to
meet the budget reductions
mandated by Gov. Sonny
Perdue.
Dozens of attendees -
advocates for consumers of
the health system and rep
resentatives of health care
providers, including mem
bers of the National Mental
Health Association, the
National Alliance for the
Mentally 111 and the Georgia
Mental Health Consumer
Network - gathered for the
department’s “Defining the
Adult Mental Health and
Addictive Diseases Core
Customer Meeting” last
week at Middle Georgia
Technical College.
The assemblage spent the
morning split into seven
break-out small-group dis
cussions, each charged with
the task of finding a means
to define the state’s “core
customers” - to determine
whom the state’s dwindling
resources should be spent
on.
In the afternoon, the
groups rejoined for a final
brainstorming session.
Among the issues dis
cussed:
• How to transition from
the current system to one
with a clear, consistent defi
Fri
10/3
Thu
10/2
/ ik:.
75/44
Sunshine. Highs in
the mid 70s and
lows in the mid 40s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:29 AM 7:18 PM
78/48
Mix of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
upper 70s and lows
in the upper 40s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:28 AM 7:20 PM
Dalton 72 47 pt sunny
Dillard 68 43 pt sunny
Dublin 78 49 mst sunny
Duluth 71 45 mst sunny
Gainesville 70 48 mst sunny
Helen 70 46 mst sunny
Lagrange 75 47 mst sunny
Macon 77 49 mst sunny
Marietta 71 50 mst sunny
Milledgeville 76 47 sunny
Houston 81 60 sunny
Los Angeles 77 62 mst sunny
Miami 86 77 t-storm
Minneapolis 48 29 pt sunny
New York 66 53 mst sunny
nition.
• How this will affect peo
ple in the system now.
• How it will affect new
people trying to get into the
system.
• While a defining policy
is needed, there is reluc
tance to legislate a standard
that, once in place, might be
difficult to change.
• Any substance abuser
who applies to the system
should be eligible for, at
minimum, screening and
referral.
• People who present
themselves in crisis should
be offered services to resolve
the crisis.
• How to develop a finan
cial eligibility formula that
is uniform across the state
and has “real teeth in it.”
• How to encourage those
who can pay - through
insurance or other resources
- to pay.
• Three keys for the defi
nition: diagnosis, function
ality and ability to pay.
• How does the system
ensure the core customers -
whoever they may be - are
being served?
The session was coordi
nated by Carroll Benson,
director of revenue maxi
mization and Medicaid sys
tems design for the state
Department of Human
Resources.
“We’re going to take what
we have here today back to
Atlanta with us and see if we
can’t start building the cri
teria,” Benson said.
One or two more similar
sessions will be scheduled
before the matter is taken to
the board for consideration.
The goal is to have a firm
definition in place before the
next fiscal year begins in
July.
“There’s some real work
ahead as we take the defini
tion and start trying to
implement it,” Benson said.
LOCAL
Sat
10/4
/ ,
73/49
A few clouds. Highs
in the low 70s and
lows in the upper
40s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:30 AM 7:17 PM
Moon Phases
• I
New First
Sep 26 Oct 2
Full Last
Oct 10 Oct 18
UV Index
Wed 10/1 8 High
Thu 10/2 8 High
Fri 10/3 8 High
Sat 10/4 8 High
Sun 10/5 8 High
The UV Index is measured on a 0-11
number scale, with a higher UV Index
showing the need for greater skin pro
tection, 0 s— 11
Sun
10/5
lte.
78/56
Times of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
upper 70s and lows
in the mid 50s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:30 AM 7:16 PM
Peachtree City 74 46 mst sunny
Perry 78 49 mst sunny
Rome 75 48 pt sunny
Savannah 77 59 pt sunny
St. Simons Island7s 65 windy
Statesboro 77 54 mst sunny
Thomasville 79 58 pt sunny
Valdosta 78 60 windy
Warner Robins 77 50 mst sunny
Waycross 78 59 windy
Phoenix 102 78 sunny
San Francisco 69 56 pt sunny
Seattle 75 51 ftt sunny
St. Louis 66 45 rain
Washington, DC 68 51 mst sunny
Nursing applicants increase in response to shortage
By The Associated Press
MACON, - Applications
to Macon State College’s
nursing program are
increasing in response to a
shortage of nurses.
Macon State is increasing
its enrollment by 25 stu
dents in response to the 48
percent increase in applica
tions to the program since
last year.
AVOID BACK SURGERY WITH THE
DRX SPINAL DECOMPRESSION
Ji V
Hr jjßr
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
(To send in your event for
the Community Calendar,
fax the details to 988-1181, e
mail to hhj@evansnewspa
pers.com or mail to Houston
Home Journal, P.O. Box
1910, Perry, GA 31069.)
Today
• The Perry Public
Library is hosting the “River
of Words” exhibit through
Oct. 4. “River of Words” is
an international art and
poetry program for youth in
affiliation with the Library
of Congress Center for the
Book. The exhibit contains
art and poetry contest
entries from students all
over Georgia on the theme of
“watersheds.”
• “Little Lambs Story
Time” is at 10:30 a.m. each
Wednesday at The Lamb’s
WelL.Each week toddlers are
invited to sing action songs
and listen to stories read by
Mrs. Allison and Mrs. Sue.
Light snacks and a small
prize are given at the end of
the session. The Lamb’s Well
is located at 115 Margie
Drive, Warner Robins.
Please call (478) 971-2677
for more information.
Thursday, Oct. 2
• The University of
Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service will host a
Wheat Production Meeting
at 7:30 a.m. in the Houston
County Ag Building in Perry.
Chick-fil-A, doughnuts and
coffee will be provided.
RSVP by Tuesday, Sept. 30,
to 987-2028. The meeting is
sponsored by Houston
Fertilizer & Grain Company.
• The Housing
Authorities of the City of
Warner Robins and Houston
County will be holding a
voter registration drive from
9 a.rn. until noon at the
Housing Authority office,
112 Memorial Terrace,
Warner Robins.
• Flint Energies will hold
its 66th Annual Meeting at
10 a.m. in the Flint Energies
Utility Building, 101 S.
Macon Street, Reynolds.
Members can take part in co
op business, receive free
gifts, hear entertainment by
the Cleghorns of Kathleen,
enjoy a free barbecue lunch
and have chances to win
prizes. 988-3500.
• The Houston County
Board of Health will meet at
“It’s an exciting time for
us,” said Pam O’Neal, who
heads the nursing and
health sciences program.
“We can’t grow fast enough
to meet the demand out
there for nurses.”
In the past, the college
usually accepted 60 new
nursing students each fall.
The college will hire two
new instructors to accom
modate the growing inter
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
11:30 a.m. in the conference
room of the Houston County
Health Department, 98
Cohen Walker Drive, Warner
Robins.
• Author Carlton A.
Morrison will be at the Nola
Brantley Memorial Library
in Warner Robins from 2 to 3
p.m. to talk about his book,
“Running the River:
Poleboats, Steamboats, and
Timber Rafts on the
Altamaha, Ocmulgee,
Oconee and Ohoopee.”
Morrison will have his book
available for autograph.
• Volunteers are needed as
The Rainbow House
Children’s Resource Center
restarts the First Steps pro
gram at Houston Medical
Center. First Steps offers
emotional support and infor
mation to new parents. The
Rainbow House will host a
celebration of the revival of
the program from 4-7 p.m. at
108 Elmwood Drive, Warner
Robins. For more informa
tion or to register, call
Kemberlie Sanderson at 923-
5923.
Saturday, Oct. 4
• New Life of Perry is
hosting a “Mega-Family
Yard Sale” to benefit Perry
Volunteer Outreach. The
yard sale starts at 8 a.m. at
2089 U.S. 41 S., Perry. For
more information, call (478)
922-9158.
• The Houston County
Republican Party will hold a
breakfast at 8:30 a.m. the
Piccadilly Restaurant on
Watson Boulevard, Warner
Robins. The guest speaker
will be A 1 Bartell, candidate
for U.S. Senate. No reserva
tions are necessary, and the
breakfast is open to the pub
lic. For more information,
call Judy Goddard at 971-
3254.
• Fort Valley State
University will sponsor
Annual Parents’ Day activi
ties. The theme for Parents’
Day 2003 is “FVSU:
Bringing the Family Closer.”
There will be an opportunity
for participants to join the
Parents’ Association and
other activities include a
musical tribute, comedy
show and the FVSU vs.
Alcorn State football game.
For registration informa
tion, please contact Dr.
Cynthia Sellers at (478) 825-
6291.
est in nursing.
The class, part of the col
lege’s two-year program to
earn an associate’s degree
in nursing, will begin in
early 2004.
“This shortage is project
ed to last longer than any
in recent history,” O’Neal
said. “And I do not believe
we’ll saturate the market,
so our nursing program
will continue to grow.”
New medical
breakthrough
treats:
• Herniated Discs
• Degenerated Discs
• Sciatica
• Failed Back Surgery
• Severe Low Back Pain
Phone 922-4091
for a free
consultation
to learn if you
qualify
for the DRX9OOO
-iS ,
CM
James C. Smith, MA, DC
Smith Spinal Care Center
1103 Russell Parkway
Warner Robins 922-4091