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Graduates from the Perry Police Department’s Junior Police Academy stopped for a picture Thursday at their gradu
ation ceremony, surrounded by some of the officers who made the two-week camp possible. The camp was largely
organized by School Resources Officer Keith Kindle, far right.
Higher gas prices could mean lower auto insurance rates
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Higher gas prices could
have some positive impact
on your wallet. If you find
yourself driving less to save
on the high price of gas, you
could wind up saving mgney
on your car insurance.
A recent analysis by the
Consumer Federation of
America indicated that driv
ers could save an average of
five to 10 percent on their
auto insurance rates if they
reduced their annual mile
age.
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look at how much you drive
each year,” explains Dave
Roush, CEO of Insurance,
com, “and a small change
in your yearly mileage could
result in big savings.”
Insurance companies con
sider whether or not a driver
is using a car for business or
pleasure, and even reducing
the number of miles driven to
work each week could result
in savings.
The CFA report uses the
example of simply reducing
miles driven each week from
200 to 175. This small annu
al mileage reduction from
10,400 to 9,100 could make
a big difference to auto insur
ance rates.
Drivers can cut down on
their mileage by car-pooling
for work, making fewer trips,
or consolidating errands into
one trip.
“If you drive less than
10,000 miles annually, you
could see a savings of about
five percent on your premi
um,” Roush said.
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This results in fewer claims,
encouraging insurers to lower
rates.
J. Robert Hunter, director
of insurance for the CFA, sug
gests that it’s a good idea
if “consumers who are driv
ing less shop around before
renewing their policy.”
Roush agrees with Hunter’s
advice. “It’s important to reg
ularly confirm you’re getting
the best deal from your auto
insurance. You might find that
you’ve saved several hundred
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Keep children's
minds sharp with
summer activities
Special to the HHJ
The final school bell has
rung on the 2005-2006
academic year across the
state, sending Georgia chil
dren happily running out
of schools and into summer
break. While parents may
be tempted to let their chil
dren completely forgo aca
demic pursuits this sum
mer, there are numerous
fun activities they can do
with their children to rein
force lessons learned this
past year and to reiterate
the importance of lifelong
learning.
The Partnership for
Reform in Science and
Mathematics wants to help
parents, particularly when
it comes to the critical suc
cess areas of science and
math.
PRISM’s educational
specialists and Georgia
teachers know that long
vacation breaks can cause
knowledge retention prob
lems and that kids learn
best from hands-on activi
ties, especially in science
and math.
PRISM offers the fol
lowing tips to make the
Summer of 2006 fun and
educational
Make it a point to engage
your children in activities
that show them how they
fit into the larger world
and how science and math
factor in, as well. Try:
■ Stargazing on a clear
night, pointing out constel
lations that you know or
your children know. Check
out books on astrology and
stargazing at the library to
help.
■ Letting your kids
count the change from
your trips to the grocery
store.
■ Having you^,children
collect differed kinds
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of rocks, leaves and even
insects from your yard or a
nearby park or stream.
■ Having younger kids
keep up with the scores
at baseball games, whether
it’s a relative’s game or
a minor or major league
team game.
■ Letting your kids set up
a lemonade stand outside
your home. Shop together
for fresh lemonade ingre
dients, let them add up
the cost of the ingredients,
measure and mix to get in
more math and science and
do the selling and sales.
■ Encouraging appropri
ate, limited Internet use.
On rainy days, the comput
er in your home or at your
local library can provide
hours of distraction that
the children will barely rec
ognize as educational time.
PRISM has compiled a
list of hundreds of fun, edu
cational Web sites where
children can work alone on
self-guided, fun activities or
where you can find activi
ties that you can direct.
To find the list, go to
www.mathsciencesuccess.
org and select Parents
and pick the age-appro
priate guide, then select
Educators, Mathematics
and Science Resources,
Parental Information and
then choose a subject from
the Subject Area drop-down
menu.
Sites include animal
diversity, children’s but
terfly site; the Future
Scientists and Engineers of
America, and many more.
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