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Parkway Memorial Gardens was recognized by Keep Warner Robins Beautiful (KWRB)
with the Beautification Award of Excellence. Pictured are Jack Steed (of KWRB),
Andrew Hollis (superintendent), Michael McDearmid, William Tyler (groundskeeper)
and Mary Ealer (KWRB). Not pictured are Guy Fussell and Rose Coleman, and owners
Charles Carter, Leroy Carter and Lois Carter.
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Warner Robins High School was recognized by Keep Warner Robins Beautiful (KWRB)
and the Central Georgia Board of Realtors (CGBR) with the Clean Campus Award.
Pictured are (front row) Shaunte Haslem (custodian), Terry Duemberger (of KWRB),
Antonio Mathis and James Ambeler (of Middle Georgia Consortium), Tamela Thomas
(of CGBR), Kemonde Lindley (CGBR), Jack Steed (KWRB) and Gary King (custodian);
(back row) Edwina Mercer (head custodian), Mary Ealer (KWRB), Steve Monday (prin
cipal), Emma Ward (custodian), Ronnie Walker (assistant principal) and Patrice Bryant
(custodian).
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U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (left) is pictured with new Warner Robins staff member Chris
Player.
Kingston welcomes addition to WR staff
Special to the HHJ
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Chris Player has joined the
staff of the Warner Robins
office of U.S. Rep. Jack
Kingston (R-Savannah).
“Chris is an exceptional per
son and brings many skills
to the job,” Kingston said.
“His education and back
ground make him a natural
to help people. We are lucky
to have him and I’m happy
he’s part of the Kingston
team in Warner Robins.”
A native of Berrien
County, Player grew up in
Nashville and graduated
from Tift Area Academy.
While in college, he worked
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as an intern for Kingston in
his Washington, D.C., office
before receiving his bache
lor’s in political science from
the University of Georgia’s
School of Public and
International Affairs.
Player will join Christan
Johnson in the Warner
Robins’ office working on
key issues and projects with
in the First Congressional
District and helping con
stituents who have prob
lems with federal agencies
such as Social Security,
Medicare and the Veterans
Administration.
Kingston’s Warner Robins
office is located at 402-B
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Abortion waiting periods
approved by House
By KRISTEN WYATT
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - Women
seeking abortions in
Georgia would get new
warnings about the proce
dure’s health risks, and a
24-hour waiting period,
under a bill approved over
whelmingly in the state
House.
The bill, long the top pri
ority of abortion oppo
nents, also tightens
parental notification
requirements for minors.
Parents would have to be
notified either by telephone
or in person before a minor
could have an abortion.
The measure also calls
for a brochure to be given
to patients, which would
include fetal pictures and
would tell pregnant women
that fathers are financially
responsible for the child,
even if they don’t want it.
The bill passed 139-35
and now heads to the
Senate for consideration.
Abortion opponents cele
brated after the vote.
“I’m flying off the roof
right now,” said Pat
Chivers of Georgia Right
To Life. “The support we
received was just heart
warming.”
Sponsors say the waiting
period and doctor warnings
will reduce the number of
abortions.
“We need to do every
thing we can to discourage
abortion,” said the bill’s
sponsor, Republican Rep.
Sue Burmeister of Augusta.
She described the measure
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On Feb. 16, Lynn Morley, president of the Carl Vinson Memorial Chapter of the Air
Force Association, attended the 78th Air Base Wing weekly staff meeting and pre
sented Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Swenson, a certificate of appreciation and signed
copy of Gen. Robert Scott’s “God is My Co-Pilot.” Swenson has been the chapter
newsletter editor for the past year, and is leaving the Warner Robins area for Yokota,
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as an education effort, say
ing that pregnant women
sometimes aren’t aware of
adoption alternatives and
that abortions can be med
ically dangerous.
In a somber, two-hour
debate, lawmakers from
both parties quoted the
Bible and said they were
hoping to reduce the num
ber of abortions.
“I believe that sometimes
God allows us to make deci
sions that we regret later ...
and that if given a little
time they might not make
that decision,” said Rep.
Hinson Mosley, R-Jesup.
Most Democrats support
ed the bill. The opposition
came mostly from black
Democrats, some of whom
argued that the waiting
period would unduly bur
den poor women.
Rep. Pam Stephenson, D-
Atlanta, said pregnant
women have “the right to
be free from unnecessary
government intrusion.”
One Democrat suggested
an amendment to exempt
rape and incest victims
from the requirements,
saying it was insensitive to
show pictures of fetuses to
pregnant victims.
Rep. Mary Margaret
Oliver, D-Decatur, said vic
tims “will be further trau
matized” by the suggested
informational booklet that
would be given to abortion
patients. Her amendment
was later defeated, 90-81.
Many of the most contro
versial aspects of the bill
were removed before the
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House voted on it. The
measure originally outlined
the risks doctors would
have to tell to women,
including a link between
abortions and breast can
cer.
Most doctors say that
link doesn’t exist, and they
argued that the medical
talk should be determined
by the doctor, not state law
makers.
“We’ve taken out all that
language,” Burmeister
assured the House when
she started her remarks.
Also gone from the final
version was a provision
allowing fathers and grand
parents to sue abortion
doctors for malpractice.
Abortion rights groups said
that provision could allow
even rapists to sue when
they thought an abortion
shouldn’t have been per
formed.
Abortion rights support
ers were happy those por
tions were dropped but said
they still had problems
with the bill.
“We are concerned that
there is no exception for
cases of rape or incest,”
said Becky Rafter, spokes
woman for NARAL Pro-
Life Georgia.
Sponsors called the final
version a fair compromise.
“Neither side is perfectly
happy,” said Republican
Rep. Sharon Cooper. “It’s a
give-and-take.”
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