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SUNDAY
January 30, 2005
Volume 135, Number 276
Award-Winning
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2004
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Inside TODAY
WR native braves
the bright lights
When the national tour
of “Little Shop of
Horrors” opens at at
Atlanta’s Fox Theatre on
Tuesday night, Northside
High School will be well
represented with 25 stu
dents and two drama
teachers in the audience
- and one of their own on
stage.
Lifestyle, page 1C
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Jan. 30
Barbara Crottv
Riley Hunt
Lisa Mitchum
Jim Musgrove
Jon Suggs
Jan. 31
Theron Bramblett
Tammy Hart
Martha Watson
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Area DEATHS
Sandra Dee “Sandy”
Jenkins
Obit, page 2A
INDEX
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COMICS 5C
CROSSWORD 5C
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OBITUARY 2A
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Law officers process a Lincoln Navigator involved in a chase and fatal shooting Thursday evening that ended in Perry’s Woodlawn Cemetery.
Chase ends in fatal shooting
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - A man fleeing from and
shooting at law enforcement offi
cials was shot dead in Woodlawn
Cemetery Thursday night.
Filling
a need
New Volunteer
Medical Clinic
to open Monday
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - The
spirit of volunteerism is
alive and well in Houston
County.
The fruit of the labors of a
large group of those volun
teers will ripen on Monday,
as the doors of the
Volunteer Medical Clinic of
Houston County will open
to the public.
Nearly 20 percent of
Americans do not have
health insurance and, of
those, 80 percent are
known as the “working
uninsured.” Many families
in Houston County fall into
that group.
“Our goal is to serve the
community by improving
the health status of these
individuals who are work
ing and valuable members
of our community only nei
ther they, nor their employ
ers, can afford medical
insurance,” said Kathy
Keebaugh, MD, one of the
organizers of the clinic.
“Because they are
employed, they do not qual
ify for Medicaid,” said Dr.
Keebaugh. “They are trying
Taylor wants state to lower drug costs
The Associated Press
ATLANTA - Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor
has called for the state to use its
buying power with drug manufac
turers to create a program that
would allow uninsured seniors and
those with limited incomes to buy
drugs at discounted prices.
The state already negotiates lower
drug prices for those enrolled in its
Medicaid and State Health Benefit
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Authorities were not ready to
identify the man, or his passenger,
who was apparently not injured, at
press time.
“The very dangerous chase began
in Unadilla where the suspect stole
the vehicle, and fled up Interstate
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Two of the people who helped make the Volunteer Medical Clinic of Houston County
a reality are, from left, David Campbell, Houston Healthcare executive director of
Physician Services and Manages Care; and Jack Steed, Volunteer Medical Clinic
board chairman.
hard to make ends meet
and are unable to stretch
their financial resources
enough to cover the cost of
health care.”
The Volunteer Medical
Clinic will be located in the
former Parkway Med-Stop
building owned by Houston
Healthcare at 125 Russell
plans. Taylor contended the same
benefit could be extended to thou
sands of Georgians who lack health
insurance but aren’t covered by
those programs.
He said the program he is propos
ing through legislation would cost
the state nothing, but would provide
“a huge help for Georgia’s working
families.”
“When you look at the benefits,
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Parkway, Warner Robins.
Because the leased space
has been used previously as
a medical facility, it is well
designed to meet the needs
of the clinic. Houston
Healthcare is leasing the
building to the Volunteer
Medical Clinic for $1 a year.
Initially the clinic will be
75,” said Perry Police Chief George
Potter. “During the chase, the driver
sideswiped a Georgia State Patrol
car.”
Potter said the suspect fired at law
officers from the stolen black
Lincoln Navigator, and they
open on Mondays and
Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 8
p.m.
Potential patients of the
clinic must meet four crite
ria:
1. They must be between
the ages of 18 and 64
2. They must reside in
Houston County
See CLINIC, page 3A
you really have to wonder why we
haven’t been doing this all along,”
he said.
Taylor, a Democrat, is an
announced candidate to challenge
Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue next
year.
Perdue’s spokesman, Dan
McLagan, said a similar program in
Maine has faced numerous legal
challenges and ended up costing
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returned fire.
“One suspect was dead,” he said.
“None of our guys were shot.”
Gary Rothwell, special agent in
charge of the Perry office of the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation,
See SHOOTING, page 3A
Urban
METH
Drug with
rural ties
becoming
threat in
some cities
By MARTHA IRVINE
AP National Writer
CHICAGO - Already
known as a rural scourge,
methamphetamine is
becoming a problem in a
number of U.S. cities.
In the Atlanta area,
methamphetamine users
account for the fastest
growing segment of addicts
seeking treatment.
Rehabilitation centers there
are seeing an uptick in the
number of women meth
addicts. Officials in
Minneapolis-St. Paul say
they’re treating an alarming
number of meth users
younger than 18. And meet
ings of the 12-step group
Crystal Meth Anonymous
have increased in Chicago
from one night a week a few
years ago to five a week.
“Most people just think it
happens in the farmlands
and the prairies, or out back
See METH, page 8A
that state an extra S4O million.
Taylor’s spokesperson, Kristi
Huller, said the Maine program
included more than a prescription
drug benefit.
Under Taylor’s proposed “Georgia
Rx,” qualifying Georgians would
pay sls a year for a card that would
entitle them to the reduced drug
prices the state pays for its Medicaid
See TAYLOR, page 3A
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