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Kyle Bullock and Cohen Moore build a new porch for Rosa Hill. Bullock is a member
of the First Presbyterian Church of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Moore is a member of Perry
Presbyterian Church.
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First Presbyterian in
Hattiesburg, Miss., and
Perry Presbyterian.
According to the Rev.
Parker Agnew, pastor of
Perry Presbyterian, this
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Velma and Alex Hendricks from Warner Robins, take a
break in the summer heat at the Peach Festival held this
weekend in Byron.
is the fourth summer the
youth groups have gotten
together for a week of com
munity service and worship.
Last summer the youth
groups met in Hattiesburg,
and the year before in
Southern Pines.
“Soul-to-Soul” winds up
involving many people in
the church. Some opened
their homes to the visit
ing young people, while the
women of the church, led by
Anne Agnew, planned meals
for them.
The teens also helped two
sisters living on Pitts Road,
painting one home and doing
repairs on the other.
They did yard cleaning
and mowing as well, and
visited with nursing home
residents.
PATROL
From page 1A
the Air Force Reserve.
Jackson, aHouston County
native and Northside High
graduate has spent 18 years
in the Air Force, the past
14 in the Reserve. “Master
Sgt.” West’s unit, the 94th
APS, is based at Robins Air
Force Base.
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Perry Hospital and the
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From left, Matt Dunlap, Aubrey Cole, Charles Bingham, Kaiylin Stovall, Elizabeth
Clark and Ryan Hayward take a break from performing Friday at Matt Arthur
Elementary School in Perry. The group were clowns in a circus put on for members
of the Houston County YMCA’s Camp Can Do.
Leave dogs home when visiting beaches
Special to the HHJ
Man’s best friend can
prove to be a nesting shore
bird’s worst nightmare on
Georgia’s beaches.
With summer here, the
Georgia Department of
Natural Resources-Wildlife
Resources Division encour
ages residents and travelers
to give the birds a better
chance of survival by leav
ing their dog at home when
visiting any of Georgia’s
coastal beaches. This is
especially important dur
ing April, May, June and
July, which are the breed
ing months for Georgia’s
native beach-nesting birds.
“Nesting shorebirds
already face daunting natu
ral dangers such as storms
and predators,” said Brad
Winn, Program Manager
with the WRD Coastal
Nongame Endangered
Wildlife Program. “Humans
and dogs on beaches can
scare the birds away from
their nests, and bring the
added threat of nests and
young being trampled. Dogs
are prone to harass and kill
the adult birds and the
chicks.”
Residents on Georgia’s
barrier islands can also help
by keeping cats indoors,
since cats are inclined to
kill birds even when they
are well fed.
Beach-nesting birds such
as the Wilson’s plover, list
ed as rare in Georgia, prefer
Jackson began as a deten
tion officer in May 1990. He
moved to Patrol in February
1993, and was promoted to
corporal on March 8, 1997.
“I like working with peo
ple, I like helping people,”
Jackson said.
He made sergeant on Jan.
6, 1997. He was the ser
geant over patrol, a supervi
sor. His new duties as Patrol
Lieutenant include keeping
up with the patrol vehicles
maintenance and equip-
Medstop.
A proposed agreement
will be presented for a vote
at the council’s next meet
ing, which will be on July
18. Under franchise agree
ments, cable companies pay
the city a small percentage
of the profits made by pro
viding the service locally.
pyrotechnic business who
perform fireworks displays
during publicly recognized
and sanctioned events.
Circus comes to town
to nest above the high-tide
level on wide expanses of
flat beach or in the dunes.
They lay eggs directly on
the beach in shallow scrapes
in the sand. After hatching,
the chicks hide on the beach
or in the grass. Disturbance
by humans and pets can
cause adult birds to aban
don the nests and young
chicks, exposing them to
predators and excessive
heat from the sun.
In addition 'to provid
ing critical nesting habi
tat, Georgia’s beaches also
serve as key wintering and
stopover points for several
seabird and shorebird spe
cies such as the red knot,
piping plover, whimbrel,
black skimmer, American
oystercatcher, brown peli
can and royal tern. Birds
from as far away as the
Arctic region come through
Georgia as they follow
migration routes to South
America.
WRD encourages resi
dents to leave dogs behind
when visiting any of
Georgia’s beaches, but the
dogs are actually banned
on certain islands protect
ed by Georgia Board Rule
391-4-7. These islands
are Williamson Island, St.
Catherines Island Bar, Little
Egg Island Bar, Pelican Spit
and Satilla River Marsh
Island.
“It’s important to under
stand that this is necessary
ment. Monday he and West
were matching up new tags
for the patrol cars.
It’s mostly office work
now,” Jackson said, “more
eight-hour days, five days a
week. I liked the days off,”
that came with the 12-hour
shifts.
Jackson and his wife
Stephanie have one son,
Jonathan.
Lt. Mike Stokes was also
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to ensure the protection of
these rare birds, especially
during their nesting sea
son,” Winn said. “We want
residents to be able to enjoy
Georgia’s beautiful shore
line while taking care not
to disturb its diverse array
of wildlife.”
In order to share the
beaches with the native
birds that nest on them,
please follow these tips:
1. Leave dogs at home.
They destroy nests and
chpse birds.
2. Hang out with the
crowd, and avoid remote
stretches of beach where
birds may be nesting.
3. Walk or drive below the
last high tide line to avoid
injuring chicks or eggs.
4. Learn to recognize
Georgia’s coastal birds,
be aware of their nesting
areas from March through
August, and teach others to
appreciate Georgia’s native
beach-nesting birds.
Georgians can support
conservation of shorebirds
and other nongame wild
life by purchasing a license
plate featuring a bald eagle
or a hummingbird for their
vehicle, or by donating to
the “Give Wildlife a Chance”
State Income Tax Checkoff.
Sales of the wildlife license
plates are the primary
source of funding for the
WRD Nongame Wildlife and
Natural Heritage Section.
promoted from sergeant on
June 6.
He is an accident recon
structionist and supervises
the Traffic Division. Stokes
began as a deputy in Patrol
on Nov. 15, 1989. He was
promoted to sergeant in
Traffic on July 1, 2001.
His wife Karen is a detec
tive for the Warner Robins
Police Department Criminal
Investigation Division.
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