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March 13, 2005
Volume 135, Number 306
Award-Winning
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2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
Inside TODAY
Hang time
Northside’s Mitchell
Bell catches some air dur
ing the long jump during
a track and field meet
hosted by Warner Robins
at the stadium.
Sports, page 1B
Happy BIRTHDAY?
March 13
Rodney E. Bridges Jr.
Geoff Dale
Blaine Tinnin
(Surprise your friends! Let us
know when their birthday or
anniversary is, and we'il put their
names in the paper that day. Just
send the name and date at least
a week in advance, and we’ll do
the rest. E-mail to
hhj@evansnewspapers.com, or
mail them to us at the address
inside. No phone calls, please.
Many happy returns!)
Area DEATHS
Daisy Lois Crookshank
Tammy A. O’Herron
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 1D
CLUB NEWS 8A
COMICS 5C
CROSSWORD ... 5C
INDICTMENTS ... .7A
LIFESTYLE 1C
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL MENUS . .5B
SCHOOL NEWS .. ,6B
SHELTER PETS .. .4C
TV LISTINGS 5C
WEATHER 2A
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Ga. House
approves
redrawn
maps for
Congress
By KRISTEN WYATT
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - The state
House approved a new set of
congressional districts this
week, fulfilling a major goal
of Republicans who took
over the chamber this year.
The new map rearranges
the state’s 13 congressional
districts to erase the parti
san gerrymander passed in
2001, when Democrats ran
state government. Typically
Congressional districts are
drawn just once a decade,
but the GOP said the odd
shaped districts were so
unfair to them that it need
ed to be done sooner.
The map, approved 104-
72, features more-compact
districts, and safer districts
for the seven Republicans in
Congress. The only incum
bent who was left without a
district was Democratic
Rep. John Barrow of
Athens, who would be
paired with a longer-serving
Republican, Rep. Charlie
Norwood? Georgia now has
seven Republicans and six
Democrats in the U.S.
House.
Republican leaders said
the map was a much-needed
improvement over the cur
rent map. They showed pic
tures of current odd-shaped
districts on a projection
screen and said the gerry
mander of 2001 was a wrong
that must be righted, even
though that plan was OK’d
by a federal court.
“We were forced to sit
back as our communities
and our counties were sliced
and diced,” said Rep. Bobby
Franklin, R-Marietta. He
pointed out that the current
plan splits 34 counties; the
GOP bill splits only 17.
Democrats complained
that a new map wasn’t
needed and that the GOP
was just doing the same par
tisan drawing that they
once accused Democrats of.
See MAPS, page 3A
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Akbar Ayaz (left) serves as interpreter as Brig. Gen. Mehrab Ali (right) presents Senior
Airman Jason Lindgren with a gift to thank him for the work he performed while
deployed in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Advanced practice nurses demonstrate at the State Capitol recently in support of
the ability to write prescriptions for their patients.
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Locals rally for Georgia to allow advanced
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Linda Easterly, president of the Georgia Nurses
Association - and Director for Occupational Health
and Wellness for Houston Healthcare - speaks to
the advanced practice nurses demonstrating for the
ability to write prescriptions.
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
Georgia is the only state
in the Union that does not
allow advanced practice reg
istered nurses W write pre
scriptions.
“Well, that doesn’t seem
like such a big deal,” you
might say. “I don’t know if I
really want Dr. Joe Bob’s
nurse to be writing prescrip
tions anyway - might not be
safe. What’s in this for me?”
Well, it could be a big deal
because it might result in
better and less expensive
healthcare for all of us.
Got your attention here,
didn’t I?
Advanced practice regis
tered nurses are different
from your regular nurse.
Out of 97,000 nurses in the
state of Georgia, only 4,500
meet the criteria to be an
APRN. APRNs have to have
a four-year college degree as
well as a two-year master’s
program which includes
work experience. APRNs
work under their own
license and have to purchase
their own malpractice
See APRNs, page 3A
Afghans thank
Robins airman
Handmade gifts presented for
computer specialist’s handiwork
Story and photos by
Teresa D. Southern
ROBINS AIR FORCE
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Gifts of marble and
lapis lazuli. Works
of the hands.
This is how Senior
Airman Jason Lindgren was
thanked by Afghan Army
officers who made a special
trip to thank him for the
work he performed while
deployed in Kabul,
Afghanistan.
Brig. Gen. Mehrab Ali, a
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Change
coming
to Peppy
roads
Improvements
planned for
chronically
congested
crossroads
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - “Relief is com
ing,” said Mayor Jim
Worrall.
Turning lanes and a traf
fic signal will be installed at
the intersection of
Perimeter Road and Macon
Road (also known as U.S.
41).
Worrall said traffic at the
intersection has been a
problem for about 15 years
and schools in the area have
caused more traffic conges
tion.
“This is the worst inter
section in town as far as
traffic flow is concerned,”
Worrall said.
The city of Perry present
ed plans to the Georgia
Department of
Transportation that asked
that a traffic signal be
placed at the intersection.
The plans were sent back
to the drawing board, saying
turning lanes must be added
to the roadway before traffic
lights could be installed.
The turning lanes must be
added to Perimeter Road at
Macon Road, on Macon
Road in front of the Perry
Village shopping center, and
at Park Avenue and Macon
Road. The plans have been
revised with those changes
included. Right of way on
Macon Road must also pur
chased to provide room for
the turning lanes.
To begin the project, plans
presented must be approved
by the state DOT, and once
they are, the roadwork will
begin 60 to 90 days there
after.
Worrall said the city will
use funds from its SPLOST
See ROADS, page 3A
charge of all Afghan Army
communications, said he
wanted to give Lindgren a
token for his service.
Lindgren was deployed in
October as a noncommis
sioned officer with the
Office of Military
Cooperation, Afghanistan.
He serves as a computer
networking specialist in the
78th Communications
Squadron.
“I thank him for the work
with the Afghan defense
connection and networking
system,” Ali said. “When he
finished I promised I would
See THANKS, page 8A