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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
CANCER
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likely to be diagnosed with
cancer than females. Black males
are 22 percent more likely to be
diagnosed than white males,
while white females are 10 per
cent more likely to be diagnosed
than black females.
The leading cancer among men
is prostate cancer while breast
cancer leads the way with
women.
And the biggie: 30 percent of
all cancers can be related to
smoking cigarettes.
But the meeting was not all
about gloom and doom.
“This is the decade of cancer,”
said Robinson. “New research
and new drugs are decreasing
the mortality rates and all of the
news is good. Money is increas
ing all the time for cancer
research.”
The best news is with child
hood cancers. Children have a 70
percent cure rate due to their
high participation in clinical tri
als of new drugs and treatments.
Sixty percent of all children with
cancer participate in clinical tri
als, while only 2 percent of
adults do so.
But a cure for cancer does not
always involve radiation,
chemotherapy, and surgery.
Thirty to 35 percent of all cancer
cox
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first, Cox said, and don’t get
treatment until once in the
penal system. He proposed
legislation “is really for
patient welfare and safety of
the public,” Cox said, as well
as the decreased costs to the
penal systems and sheriffs
office.”
New York state has a sim-
DANIEL
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of Georgia; and
• educational specialist
from West Georgia College
Since December, she has
served as assistant principal
at Northside Middle School.
GRANT
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“We will be able to start
doing the engineering work
and put the project out for
bids,” he said. “We’ll start
that process in a few weeks,
and should be done with the
work by the end of the sum
mer.”
MacDonald said the total
cost of replacing all of the
runway and taxiway lights
is estimated to be $200,000.
The airport could either
take out a loan to pay for the
rest of work or wait until it
secures a new FAA grant
next year.
The good news came less a
week after the airport
learned that they did not
win a $225,000 grant from
the Georgia Department of
Transportation. The grant
would have paid for about
75 percent of the cost of
BRAG
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BRAG is not a race in the
sense that the Tour de
Georgia was. It is a family
oriented tour where the rid
ers set their own pace on a
set course. Riders start the
day’s course when they feel
like it and arrive at that
day’s destination when the
mood hits.
Most of the riders will
spend the night of June 13
camping at Houston County
High School, but at least 25
percent are expected to
spend the night in local
motels. The rest will set up
tents on the grounds of the
school, sleep in the gym, or
bring along their own recre
ational vehicles for the
night.
The ride will begin today
as riders will spend the
night at the Columbus Civic
Center. They will set out the
next day for a 63-mile ride
to Thomaston. Monday will
see them ride 65 miles to
deaths could be prevented by a
healthy diet and exercise.
In Houston County, 54.2 out of
100,000 residents will get lung
cancer. The rate statewide is 49.2
per 100,000. Locally 14.6 per
100,000 will get colon cancer
while the rate in Georgia is 15.7.
The state figure for breast can
cer is 24.2 per 100,000, while
locally it is 22.5. Prostate cancer
strikes 25.5 out of 100,000 in
Houston County while statewide
the number is 17.4.
The incidence of all cancers in
Houston County is 162.6 per
100,000. The number is identical
for the state.
The group discussed the chal
lenges that local cancer victims
face, including:
1. Transportation to medical
care,
2. Cost of medicine,
3. Language barriers,
4. The feeling that nothing can
be done to cure the cancer, and
5. Indigent funding.
The group decided to concen
trate on trying to educate the
male population about the threat
of cancer and the availability of
early-detection. They also decid
ed to work on providing better
transportation for victims as
well as the sharing of informa
tion and resources.
ilar law - Kendra’s law, “an
alternative outpatient pro
gram, with great success evi
denced by increase in med
ication compliance, a
decrease in public and self
inflicted violence and home
lessness.”
Part of Cox’s these is a
proposed law for the
Prior to that position, she
was the principal at Wayne
James Bacon
Elementary - a Title I
Distinguished School - for
five and one-half years.
grading and paving a grassy
field where the airport plans
to build two new, 16,000-
square-foot, 14-bay covered
hangers. Airport officials
are facing a crunch as more
and more private and com
mercial pilots want to house
their planes at the airport.
At least 26 aircraft are wait
ing for space at the airport.
Myrtle Field’s long history
stretches back to World War
11, when the field was used
as a landing strip for the
U.S. Army Air Corps during
training exercises. Over a
period of decades, the air
port has grown in size and
in use. While a majority of
the operating budget comes
from rental fees, ad valorem
taxes and fuel sales, the air
port also is supported by
Houston County and the
city of Perry.
Warner Robins and then 74
miles on to Dublin on
Tuesday. They will celebrate
Flag Day in Dublin and
spend Wednesday as a lay
over day. On Thursday they
set out for Vidalia 53 miles
away. The next stage is 65
miles to Jesup and then 59
miles to Jekyll Island for the
finish.
While at Houston County
High School, the riders will
be able to take shuttle buses
to the Museum of Aviation
as well as local restaurants
and movie theaters. There
will also be a block party
Monday night at the school.
The party is not limited to
riders, so local residents are
encouraged to attend and
welcome the visitors to the
International City.
Local business owners are
encouraged to display
“Welcome BRAG Riders”
banners on the marquees as
well as offering discounts to
riders and their families.
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General Assemble to enact.
Her thesis takes into
account the scope of the
problem, the current laws
and the constitutionality as
well as the implications for
public health.
Cox received the 2005
Master of Public Health
Research Award from the
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Central Georgia Cancer Coalition and Mercer University School of Medicine spoke
Cancer Challenge Luncheon Wednesday at the Houston Health Care Pavilion
Mercer University School of
Medicine for the thesis enti
tled “Strategies for Assisted
Outpatient Treatment in
Georgia Using Kendra’s
Law as a Model.”
Cox recently graduated
from Mercer with her mas
ter’s in public health and is
looking forward to a job in
that field with Bibb County.
Cox received her bachelor’s
degree in public health edu
cation in 1991 and is a mem
ber of the Georgia Health
Association, Georgia Rural
Health Association and the
Mercer Public Health
Association.
She lives in Centerville
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FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2005
HHJ/Timothy Graham
with her daughter Courtney,
who attends Centerville
Elementary School.
They both participate in
taekwondo, even though
Margaret Cox has been diag
nosed with relapsing/remit
ting multiple sclerosis. Cox
said she tries not to let it
affect her life.
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