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completing the course in an
average of 3:30. The record
to beat was made by firemen
Kirk Crumpton, who com
pleted the training in 2:36.
As Crumpton suited up in
his gear, he declared his vic
tory. Firefighters are not
allowed to run from one task
to the next, but must move
quickly.
The training exercise
must be done in full turnout
gear. At least 60 pounds of
it. It includes an oxygen
tank, and mask, boots and a
helmet.
Healthcare personnel
must be on duty for the
training exercise so the fire
fighter’s vital signs can be
taken before and after the
course, to make sure they
are up to the exercise.
Howell says this is done
because firefighters must be
in top physical shape.
“Their blood pressure
must be at a normal rate
before and after the exer
cise,” Howell said. “The rea
TRAIL
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The greenspace is growing
as two parties wish to
donate parcels of land, con
tingent on the city paying
for the appraisals. Attorney
Jim Elliott explained they
want the appraisals so they
can take the tax deduction
for the donations.
The council voted to pay
for the appraisals, which
were estimated at SSOO, not
to exceed $3,500. The
parcels of 20.53 and 0.35
acres are in the Country
SPAM
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help them transmit the e
mails.
The bill also outlines mis
demeanor charges for lesser
violations.
Criminal penalties for
felonies under Perdue’s plan
include up to five years in
prison and a $50,000 fine.
BUDGET
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stand it. They had to do
their special projects, which
they have railed against for
years,” charged Rep.
Dußose Porter of Dublin,
leader of the minority
Democrats.
By funding special proj
ects instead of a Democrat
suggested move to shift a
proposed state employee pay
raise to October from
FERRY
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Phelps said Blackshear
told the agent, “I normally
charge white inmates S6OO,
but since you’re black, I’ll do
it for $200.”
After the transaction
Blackshear was arrested for
the following felonies: pos
session of marijuana-more
than one ounce, possession
of marijuana with intent to
distribute, and driving or
possessing drugs to an
inmate without consent of
the warden.
Phelps said additional
charges are pending.
“He violated state and fed
eral laws doing something
like this,” Phelps said. “I am
quite sure the state will take
away his certification. He
will not be able to work in
any type of law enforcement
again, that I know of.”
Phelps said he hopes the
arrest will send a message to
law enforcement and correc
tions officers that they can
not violate the laws they are
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son is that the number one
cause of fireman’s death in
the line of duty is heart
attacks.”
The course begins with a
stair climb, carrying a rolled
50-foot section of hose up
two flights of steps, and
returning to the starting
point. Next, there is the lad
der extension raising a 24-
foot ladder and returning it
to the starting position sim
ulating raising the ladder to
the upper story of a build
ing.
Next comes a ventilation
exercise, in which a fire
fighter is given an ax and
must strike a target 20
times. This simulates mak
ing a ventilation hole in a
burning structure.
The hose advance is next
on the list in which a 100-
foot water hose must be
dragged up to 50 feet, while
the hose is fully charged or
with the water running.
This simulates the fire
ground operation of taking a
hose to a fire.
Wood area near Echo Lane.
Walker noted that during
the past 11 years, the city
has spent $717,268.02 to
upgrade existing recreation
and collaborated with the
county, Warner Robins
Little League and the soccer
league “to build one of the
finest facilities around.”
He recognized that resi
dents are using the Village
at Town Centre park for
recreation - “to walk, feed
the fish,” Walker said. “It’s
not just a business a park.”
The misdemeanor charge
would include up to a SI,OOO
fine and one year in prison.
It also would allow
Internet companies to sue
people who use their service
for spam.
Most the proposed law
covers spam that originates
in Georgia, but there are
January, Porter said,
“They’ve put projects ahead
of people.”
House Appropriations
Committee Chairman Ben
Harbin, R-Evans, countered
that the budget approved by
his committee softens cuts
the governor proposed to
make to community hospi
tals and eases the rate
increase the governor pro
posed for state workers’
sworn to uphold.
It’s sad we have people
like this,” he said. “They
need to take their job seri
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And the training still isn’t
finished.
Firefighters must drag a
165-pound dummy 50 feet.
The dummy, nicknamed
Rescue Randy, was dragged
all across the bay of the
Perry fire station.
The next task was ladder
removal and replacement, in
which firefighters are given
a 14-foot ladder which is
removed, placed in position,
then returned to its regular
position on the fire truck.
Then it’s back to the
healthcare staff for a round
of blood pressure tests, and
the checking of heart rates.
Firefighter and First
Responder Billy Gordon said
this training is very relevant
to his job.
“No two fire calls are the
same,” he said. “These exer
cises may not all be used on
one call, but they are all
used. Every call is different,
and these exercises are used
differently at them, whether
it’s ventilating rooms,
accessing patients, or drag
ging hose, it’s used.”
He also noted that once a
land swap with the state and
federal governments is com
plete for land at the north
end of the base, the resi
dents would have a place to
fish regularly.
The council also praised
the efforts of J.W. Young and
his Eagle Scout project at
Town Centre Park. J.W., a
student at Central
Fellowship Christian
Academy, has built four
handicapped docks at the
pond for fishing and is build-
some provisions for working
with authorities in other
states.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen.
David Shafer, R-Duluth,
called spam “a phenomenon
of the computer age that is
as costly as it is annoying.”
“Certainly this won’t
solve the entire problem,
health insurance costs.
“I think we’ve put people
over politics,” he said.
“What Mr. Porter’s trying to
do is put politics over peo
ple.”
The spending bill is for the
12-month period beginning
July 1. It sets state spending
at $17.4 billion, up just over
$1 billion from the current
level.
As Perdue recommended,
ously. You can’t enforce the
laws when you’re trying to
make a buck and that’s
what he was doing - making
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Billy Gordon of the Perry Fire Department performs the ventilation exercise, one of the
tasks performed by the department during its Semiannual Firefighter Physical Agility
Test.
ing benches and trashcan
holders for the park.
Councilman Matt Stone
encouraged J.W. “to keep up
the great work,” and com
mended the 14-year-old for
“living up to what the Lord
tasks us to do.”
Young also had a few
requests from the council,
including plans for exiting
benches so his will match,
and a donation for the cost
of additional materials,
adding he’d raised and spent
S6OO so far, and needed an
but I think it will be a sig
nificant contribution,”
Shafer said.
Democrats also attempted
to add language to the plan
similar to a bill sponsored by
Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, a fel
low Democrat who has
announced plans to run for
the measure includes 2 per
cent pay raises for teachers,
university system employees
and state workers, account
ing for about $l5O million of
the new spending.
The measure includes
more than S2OO million in
new money for K-12 schools
and colleges and universi
ties, more than S3OO million
to meet rising costs of vari
ous state health care pro
money on the side.”
Phelps praised the work of
Dodson and interagency
effort.
additional S6OO. Walker and
Councilman Dean Cowart
personally offered to make
donations, as did a couple of
people in the audience.
Young also reported there
was a large trashcan in the
pond and that there was
“very visible profanity on
one of the drain pipes.”
Public Works was
instructed to retrieve the
can that may have blown in.
Young also asked the pond
be made catch-and-release
only and available to those
with a lifetime handicapped
governor.
Taylor’s plan is aimed at
cracking down on Internet
crime, including sexual
predators who target chil
dren. It would allow investi
gators to get information on
suspects more easily and
protect Internet service
providers from lawsuits for
grams and nearly SIOO mil
lion to pay first-year debt
costs on $1 billion in school,
college, transportation and
other building programs.
The House committee’s
version spares hospitals
from some of the cost-saving
measures Perdue had pro
posed as part of an effort to
rein-in Medicaid costs, and
would relax harsh rules
imposed last year on the
“It was a good case, with
several agencies - Dooly
State Prison, Perry Police
and the GBI - working
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fishing permit. He also
asked for additional handi
capped parking spaces near
the ponds.
Walker said there are not
enough fish in the ponds for
regular fishing, but noted
once the land swap is com
plete, the city will have a
regular fishing site at the
water reservoir there. The
mayor said two parking lots
are being built in the imme
diate area for Georgia
Military College, which
would provide additional
handicapped spaces.
handing over that informa
tion.
Senate Republicans added
some aspects of Taylor’s
plan to Perdue’s spam bill in
a committee last month - on
the same day Taylor held a
news conference to
announce his bill.
state’s Peach Care for Kids
program, which provides
health care for children of
the working poor.
As part of last year’s cost
savings effort, the agency
which manages that pro
gram wrote new rules cut
ting off coverage for kids for
three months if their- par
ents were even a day late
making monthly premium
payments.
together. I like to see more
cooperation like this. It
makes a difference in our
community.”
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