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BOE reduces an additional$2.4 million rom the 2012-13projected budget shortall

COMPILED BY SHEILA A. MARSHALLSta Writer; [email protected]

SB 292 Social Responsibilityand Accountability ActProvides that theDepartment o HumanServices will create anestablished drug test tobe administered to eachapplicant or temporaryassistance or needyamilies or Medicaidbenets. This would requirethat each person whoapplies or benets submitto a drug test, and woulddeny benets to applicantswho ail such test.Passed Senate vote March 7.

SB 438Provides that no healthinsurance plan oremployees or the state oGeorgia will oer coverageor abortion services.Passed Senate vote March 7.

SB 87 Georgia EducationalFreedom ActRelating to the scholarshipor special needs students,so as to expand eligibilityor the program.Senate tabled March 7.

SB 469Provides that certainprovisions prohibiting

mass picketing will apply tocertain private residences;provides action to enjoinunlawul mass picketing;provides punishments andpenalties and injunctiverelie; and provides publicpolicy concerning reusal ordecision to withdraw roma labor union or employeeorganization.Senate passed and adoptedMarch 7.

HB 1114An Act to repeal certainprovisions regardingoering to assist in thecommission o a suicide; toprohibit assisted suicide;

to provide or certainreporting requirementswith respect to beingconvicted o assisting in asuicide; and to provide civilliability or wrongul deathcaused by assisted suicide.

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When re destroyed thebuilding that housedSaehouse Coee and Teaon Hill Street in downtown

Grin last month, the localcommunity rallied behind

the Slade and Saehouseamily, reely givingsupport and monetarydonations to meet theinsurance deductible and

rebuild.

Individuals whose liveshad been touched byprograms and internshipsat Saehouse steppedorward, organizing undraisers, showing up themorning ater the reto serve coee, and tosalvage what they couldrom the wreckage.

There were also some whostepped orward to help,even though they liveacross the Atlantic Ocean.

I have known the guysat Saehouse or a coupleo years now but onlythrough the world o

quality independentcoee, said John Gordono Square Mile CoeeRoasters in London.

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Ater a our-month longprocess o employee andcommunity membersweighing in with ideasand recommendations,the Grin-SpaldingCounty Board oEducation reduced theFY13 projected generaloperating budget decitby $2.4 million at its boardmeeting on Tues. March 6.

Among the cost reductionsolutions were:

Reduction of ve assistantprinciple positions; ourat the middle school leveltook early retirement

incentives; A.Z. Kelsey andTaylor Street Achievementwill share a position Reduction of fivecounselor postions - threeat the elementary leveland two at the high schoollevel Elimination of the mediacenter paraproessionalpostion Elimination of theposition o academic

coordinator at the middleschool level and reduce

travel unding or middleschool athletics Development of asystem o centralized,neighborhood bus stopswhile still transportingstudents living within oneand hal miles o school Adjustment to the localsupplement line on theteachers salary scheduleto neutralize the eect ostep increases Reduction of one specialspositions allocated at theelementary school level Elimination of fundallocation or the 20-dayinstructional extensionprogram Expansion of the cluster

model or providingservices to elementarygited students whilecontinuing to operateProgram Challenge at theElementary EnrichmentCenter Reduction of thenumber o licensespurchased annually or theOdysseyware and NovaNet

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blog, DirtyCup.com, andloved that they were doingsomething a little dierentin the world wide interwebo coee, said Gordon, whowas the 2010 and 2011 UKBarista Champion.

Gordon put together anunusual undraiser on Feb.29 at the Prurock Cae inLondon to raise money orthe Saehouse Comebackproject - a thumb wrestlingcompetition. (A promotrailer or the event with asoundtrack o Eye o the

Tiger can still be viewed atdirtycup.com.)

The undraiser was achance to help Hunt,Amanda and Jacob in anylittle way we could, showthe world what a generouscommunity o coeeproessionals, geeks andconsumers we have in the

UK, said Gordon.See, our side o the coeeindustry is actually very,very small. The calibre ogenuine, generous andcaring people that I mysel

am surrounded by is byar the most awe-inspiringthing. So I try my best togive back what many owhom are now very closeriends have given to me.

The UK undraiser raisedalmost $5,000 U.S. dollars.Four UK coee roastingcompanies participated,and everyone had a goodtime drinking beer and

coee, playing variousgames and participatingin the thumb warchampionship, said Gordon.We also have a littlesurprise coming their waytoo or the new shop.

Though Jacob Orr, managero Saehouse, says nailingdown a date or theopening o the newshop (theyre planningto rebuild in the samelocation that burned) isimpossible at this pointdue to insurance red tape,they remain as optimistic astheir temporary sign reads:

Well be right back. Unti lthen, you can visit themjust down the street in theold Corner Cae Building onthe corner o Solomon andHill.

SHEILA A. MARSHALLSta Writer; [email protected]

We have to decide whowe are araid o and whowe are mad at. This is whatGeorgia Governor NathanDeal says lawmakers mustdetermine in order toenact sweeping reorm othe states criminal justicesystem.

According to Deal, reormis crucial in light o the$1.2 billion currently spenteach year on the system hebelieves is not meeting the

needs o Georgia taxpayers.We cant aord tocontinue locking everyoneup, while at the sametime not jeopardizingthe saety o law abidingcitizens, Brian Robinson,Deals chie o sta orcommunications, said. Atthe end o the day, whatwere looking at is savingtax dollars and saving lives.

While there are no quick oreasy xes or the currentconditions o the prisonsystem, the Special Councilon Criminal Justice Reormor Georgians (SCCJR),created in 2011 by the

legislature, has beentasked with establishingguidelines or the systemsoverhaul.

The SCCJR reports that overthe past 20 years, Georgiasprison population has morethan doubled to 56,000inmates, with a recidivismrate that has remainunchanged at 30 percent.Its analysis indicated thatunder current policies,that population willincrease by an additionaleight percent by 2016.

This would necessitatethe expenditure o anadditional $264 million toexpand prison capacity.

Ocials now saysentencing decisions havein large part contributedto the prison populationgrowth, with drug andproperty crime oendersrepresenting almost 60percent o the imprisoned.

Statistics show that in2010, more than 5,000individuals classiedas lower-risk drug andproperty oenders wereincarcerated or the rsttime, a number that

accounts or 25 percent o

new admissions that year.

O particular interest to thegovernor are the roughly3,200 lower-risk deendantsadmitted to prison eachyear ater being convictedo drug possession charges.

Deal believes divertingthese nonviolent drugoenders to alternativeprograms rather thancontinuing to incarceratethem within the statepenal system is one reormmeasure that will serveboth o his goals o savingtaxpayer money, as well aslives.

Society would be betterserved i we get them intoa really tough Drug Courtprogram, Robinson said.

There are now ewerthan 15 such programsstatewide includingone in Grin but thatnumber is set to increasewith $10 million in undingearmarked by Deal.

Their (Drug Court)track record at stoppingrecidivism is phenomenal,Robinson said. But i weput people convicted ominor crimes in the prisonsystem, we teach themhow to be worse criminals

we harden them.

Ocials stress that whilethe Drug Court systemhas a proven track recordo success, it has beenand will continue to bereserved or those whoare convicted only opossession charges.

The intent o this is notto help distributors, butto help addicts, Robinsonsaid.

In addition to saving tax

dollars by diverting these

oenders rom the penalsystem, Robinson saidthe measure will also hasthe potential to alleviateovercrowding.

Were going to have morebeds and more moneyto put away the violent,hardened criminals thatwe need to put away thatwe want to put away, hesaid. I you hurt someone,youre going to prison.

While these diversionarytactics may serve toalleviate the nancialburden o incarceration, itwill increase the burden onGeorgias already stressed

probation and parolesystem.

Most inmates are eligibleor (parole) considerationater serving one third otheir sentence, said SteveHayes, o the Departmento Pardons and ParolePublic Aairs Oce.

While there are exceptionsto that ormulation, suchas those convicted oviolent crimes, the resulto early release is a post-incarceration monitoringsystem that is alsooverburdened.

There are provisions

in the proposed reormlegislation that were eitherled or discussed thatwould require supervisiono all oenders, Hayes said.Our caseload now alreadyaverages 85 per ocer.

Although the cost o parolesupervision is signicantlylower than incarceration approximately $4.65 perday as opposed to $51.19-- lawmakers are alsopreparing or anticipatedbudgetary needs or theDepartment o Pardons

and Parole. To meet thatneed, proposals have beendiscussed that would investa portion o these savingsto support probation andparole supervision.

How will local acilitiesbe impacted by reorm?

Although the SpaldingCounty Jail is not part othe state prison system,Spalding County SheriWendell Beam, whoseoce oversees the localacility, said the proposedreorm might potentiallyimpact the jail.

I people would still berequired to make bond,it wouldnt aect us, heexplained. As ar as theinitial charges, i it remainsa bondable oense, wewould still have to housethem. I its issued like atrac citation and theyresimply told when to appearin court, it would have an

aect on us, as ar as thenumber o people we holdin our acility.

Beam said until lawmakerscomplete revisions to thecriminal justice reormlegislation, he will beunable to prepare or anypotential changes, but didsay that local oendersoten do meet the criteriabeing discussed ordiversionary programs.

There are a lot omisdemeanor drug chargeswhere they are brought to

jail and have to post bond,and most o them are ableto do so, he said. For those

who cant aord bond,though, theyre housedhere until their court date.

As or the proposed reormmeasures, Beam remainsoptimistic, yet realistic, thatthe intended savings willcome to ruition.

Hopeully theyll put a loto careul thought into thisbeore they make thesechanges. Hopeully theyllprotect the law abidingcitizens, he said.

I would have to say theonly immediate relie itwould give is that it maydelay imprisonment. In

most cases, the stricterpenalties require servingsome time and or therepeat oenders, theytypically end up in prison.For probation, parole orany type o supervision tosucceed, theyve got to bewilling to work or it, or itwill not have any positiveeect. For some people,to deter criminal behavior,they have to know theywill eventually have to paywith some time out o theirlives.

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WHAT PROGRAMS COSTThe average cost perperson per day o variouscorrections programs inGeorgia:

State prison

$51.19

Probation detention center

$43.10

Drug court

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Day reporting center

$16.39

Probation

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Note: Based on the two-year rate o elony reconvictions as o August 2009. Sources: GeorgiaDepartment o Audits, Department o Corrections, Administrative Oce o the Courts.

AND WHICH WORKS BEST?Recidivism (repeatingcriminal behavior) ratesater various programs:

State prison

29%

Probation substance abusetreatment center

22%

Probation detention center

18%

Probation

15%

Drug court

7%

Ga. lawmakers examine cheaper options than prisonProponents ofreform say thestate's billion-dollarcorrections systemhas two strikesagainst it: It coststoo much, and it

often doesn't work

UK Barista Champion John Gordon put together a undraiser eaturinga thumb wrestling championship or the "Saehouse ComebackProject" in London. (Screenshot rom the promo video at dirtycup.com)

sotware programs Consolidation of A.Z.Kelsey Academy and TaylorStreet Achievement Centerinto one location usingthe A.Z. Kelsey Academybuilding while continuingto serve the populationsseparately

Reduction in the numbero school resources ocersto one each at GHS, SHS,and A.Z. Kelsey Academy/

Taylor Street AchievementCenter (as combined) andtwo school resources tobe shared among the ourmiddle schools Implement a plan toprovide centralizedregistration services.

Assistant Superintendentand CFO Jim Smith said,The board o educationmade some hard decisionstonight in cutting costs or

next school year. I want tothank them or approvingthe superintendentsrecommendations alongwith the 55 stakeholderswho participated on ourcost-reduction teams. Theteam members did theresearch that ultimately ledto the recommendationspresented to the boardo education the rst o

February.

Dr. Jones told boardmembers that beginningwith school year 2013-14there should be a plan todo away with the 10 workschedule adjustment daysor employees in placeto help meet the budgetdecit or 2012-13.

For more detailedinormation regarding thecuts, visitspalding.k12.ga.us.

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JENNA HOWARD

With 419 delegatesup or grabs across 10states, Super Tuesday wasanything but boring.

A week beore SuperTuesday, Rick Santorumwas creeping up in thepolls making Mitt Romneysweat. As i that wasntbad enough or Romney,

he had a ew linguisticblunders like, admitting hiswie owns two Cadillacs,and that, while he doesntpay attention to NASCAR,his riends own NASCARteams. It almost appearedthat Romney was too outo touch with reality andvoters were beginningto see that. Yet, Romneydidnt are too badly. Hewon Virginia, Vermont,Ohio, Massachusetts,Alaska, and Idaho givinghim about 200 delegates

in one day (he still gaineddelegates in states wherehe lost because o theproportional rule oawarding delegates).

Total, Romney is estimatedto have about 405delegates, but a candidate

needs 1144 delegates tosecure the nomination.

Remember, the RepublicanParty changed its processor awarding delegatesso this election season isdragging on, making eachprimary ar more importantthan the last. Romneydidnt win Georgia, whichwas a little surprising sincehe and his wie spent sometime here right beore theelection.

Santorum did surprisinglywell in Super Tuesday. Hehad been lagging in thepolls since the Republican

election process began,but over the past coupleo weeks has he soared tothe top. Santorum tookNorth Dakota, Tennessee,and Oklahoma givinghim about 75 delegates.He only has about 170delegates total, whichmeans hes still pretty arbehind. He isnt likely towin big states like NewJersey or Caliornia statesthat have a lot o delegatesand award them with awinner-take-all strategy.

Santorum wins overevangelical Christians, but

in order to win the generalelection, Republicans aregoing to need Moderatesand Independents.Santorums social agenda

just wont appeal to thatconstituency.

In act, there has been a airamount o crossover votingby Democrats in openprimaries or Santorumprecisely because heis seen as the weakestcandidate who would loseto Obama in the generalelection. Republicans need

to keep that in mind. Yes,your vote counts vote orthe person who appealsto you. But remember,elections are a strategy andthere are plenty o peopleworking against you toput their candidate in thepresidents seat.

The other two Republicancandidates, Newt Gingrichand Ron Paul did verypoorly in Super Tuesday.Gingrich only won Georgiaand gained only 72delegates. In my opinion,Gingrich probably wouldvewon Virginia, but since heand Santorum ailed tocomplete the applicationcorrectly, neither was ableto appear on the ballot.

Although Paul did notwin any states, he stillgained some delegateswhere he got enoughvotes to be awarded some

delegates. In total he stillonly received 21 delegates.Alabama and Mississippiwill be crucial states orboth Gingrich and Paul inorder or them to sustain inthis race. Paul is probablythe only candidate who hastried desperately to attractyoung voters, moderates,and independents neededor the Republicans to winthe general election. Yet,empirical studies show thatthese constituencies justdont come out or primaryelections.

At this point, Romney still

seems to be the winnerin this election becauseRepublican voters still seehim as the candidate whohas a chance at beatingObama in the generalelections. Plus, he has themost delegates needed tomathematically win at thispoint. I Santorum wants towin, he has to win the bigstates and that means heneeds to lay o his socialagenda and start appealingto other constituencies.

I Romney wants to secure

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I desire you wouldremember the ladies andbe more generous andavorable to them thanyour ancestors, wroteAbigail Adams to herhusband, John Adams,on March 31, 1776. It wasmonths beore an elite

group o gentlemen signeda document that stated, Allmen are created equal.

Fast orward to 2005. I wasdoing a bulletin boardon my wall with the title,REMEMBER THE LADIES.

A group o girls came up asI did the last staple. What'sthat about? one asked,pointing.

Every March is Women'sHistory Month where welearn about the importanceo our mothers andgrandmothers. We learnabout the contributions

women have given toour society. We didn'thave the right to vote,ladies, I began, only tobe interrupted by a groanrom the girls because I wasknown to go on historicaltangents.

Did you always think wehad rights? Rights to vote?Rights to plan how manybabies we could have?Rights to own land ordivorce bad husbands? Igot very bold. And the girlsstopped rolling their eyesand listened.

Many years later I stillhope they learned alittle something rommy tangent and why it'simportant to "rememberthe ladies" every Marchand every month, day, andyear, especially during anelection year. I have many

suggestions as a eministto tout ways we canRemember the Ladies ona national, state and localscale.

We need a national holidayto celebrate surage orwomen. We are coming upto the 100th anniversary othe ratication o the 19th

Amendment and so arthere hasn't been anythingplanned that I have heardo.

When I get on my tangentabout how important thisis, I am constantly asked,What is surage? Onehundred years ago thatquestion would never havebeen asked. Surage is theright to vote, which womenobtained in 1920 when

Tennessee was the 36thstate to ratiy it, allowingthe amendment to takeeect. Georgia did notratiy the 19th Amendmentuntil Feb. 20, 1970.

To take it a step urther,I nominate several neladies whom we can honorwith a national holiday -Abigail Adams, Susan B.Anthony, Harriet Tubman,Elizabeth Cady Stanton,

Alice Paul, and BarbaraJordan.

On a state scale, we needa women's studies courserequired or middle schoolor high school. As a ormereducator, I see too manyyoung women actuallyignorant (and I use thatword with ervent anger)

about where we have beenin womens' rights andwhere we urther need togo. I am not necessarilytalking about reproductionrights (personally, I am pro-lie) but the sheer right toown land, gain custody ochildren, surage, divorcerights all o which did notexist until the 20th centuryand was enabled by the19th Amendment.

Third, on a communitylevel, each March weneed to take part inWomen's History Monthin every library, school,and community center toocus on the contributionswomen have given to oursociety.

We are more thanmothers; we are editors,teachers, lawyers, doctors,politicians, a uture

president, and engineers.

Our girls need to know thatthey can be more than justmothers and housewivesit's all a matter o choice.

But they have gotten thechoice through the hardwork o our eminist sisterswho ought or the right to

hold occupations and gainan education.

As I type this, I glance at myramed picture o IsabellaCombs Hedger, my greatgrandmother, who was asuragette. She got outand marched or the rightto vote in the early 1900sand swore she would vote,sick and on a deathbed inecessary, beore any manwould stop her. She nevermissed an election.

And neither have I.

We stand on the shoulderso Abigail Adams and theother great women o thepast when we go to theballet box in November2012. Do me a avortakeyour daughters. Tell themnever to orget where wehave been and where weare going.

Remember the LadiesCelebrating Surage and Women's History MonthLetters to theeditor on anytopic & responsesto any articlesin The Grip arewelcomed &encouraged andmay be published

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Refections onSuper Tuesday

Ron Paul stillhas a chanceW. SHAUN BENTON

Could the year 2012 notonly be the end o theworld, but also the endo the Republican Party?I personally dont thinkso. However, I eel thiscould be the year theRepublican Party correctsits course. The Americanpeople have grown wearyo being sold lies romour own candidates.

Limited government, lessgovernment intrusion into our lives, more personalliberties, constitutionalvalues, reedom... These arethe stances in which we, theRepublican voters, believeour party represents.And yet, our candidatescontinue to disappoint us.

And then there was Paul. Ashining light in the growingdarkness o our politicalprocess. A man who hasdecimated his opponents inthe demographic o 18-30years o age. Obviously thisdoesnt seem to be a victoryconsidering he hasnt won

the rst caucus or primary.However, victory can bedened many ways.

Victory or Paul would bewinning the presidency othe United States. However,there are many more battlesoutside o the presidency.Paul has managed towake up a demographico our population that isgenerally unaware anduninterested about thepolitical process. He hasalso brought subjects to

the debate table that weremissing, such as: our atcurrency crisis, auditingthe Federal Reserve,resh ideas or oreignpolicy, reigning in the outo control governmentdebt, eliminating severalunnecessary government

departments, and returningstates rights, just to namea ew. Now many o theseideas are being echoedby the rontrunners. Theact is, Paul has alreadyachieved victory in mosto his battles. But thebiggest victory Paul hasachieved so ar is theawakening and educationo Americans. Paul single-handily revived America'scuriosity. By bringing orththese notions that ourConstitution was beingundermined, millions opeople set orth a journeyto discover the truth. Someto prove him wrong, many

to prove him right, all tobecome inormed. ThatsVictory!

Immediately ollowing theresults o Super Tuesday,many mainstream mediapersonalities counted theresults as a loss or Paul. Thetruth couldnt be more tothe contrary. Pauls numbershave continually doubled inmost every state comparedto his 2008 candidacy. Bythose in his campaign,although we certainlyhad hoped or higherturn out at the polls, theresults were as expected.

In many states where Pauldid not campaign, such asGeorgia, he still receiveda percentage o the votetally. It seems the messageo reedom and personalliberty still resonates withmany Americans.

In conclusion, to those whoare let not sure i Paul isyour candidate, ask yourselthis, Who else running hasa proven 30-year consistenttrack record o voting tolimit government?

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Whitney Houston sangit like no other. I get soemotional baby, everytime I think o you-hoohoo, I get so emotionalbaby. Aint it shockingwhat love can do. I mustconess. I like to pretend Ican belt it out like Whitney

did. No doubt. I cannot.But, I can make sure Imemotionally investingin my spouse. And, myemotional investments aremuch better received sansthe poor Whitney Houstontune attempts. In the lastissue, I introduced thethree parts o marriage.

This issue, I address theemotional part o marriage.

Merriam-Webster Onlinedenes emotion as:a: the aective aspect oconsciousness: eelingb: a state o eeling c:a conscious mentalreaction (as anger

or ear) subjectivelyexperienced as strongeeling usually directedtoward a specic objectand typically accompaniedby physiological andbehavioral changes in thebody

I like the conscious mentalreaction description.Because, to avoid havingto sing, Youve lost thatloving eeling, I believe ittakes a conscious eort.

The rst thing we need toreconcile is the act that

we are never going to haveanother rst kiss again.And, we all know, thereis nothing like that rstkiss. But, i we can come toterms with this, we will bemuch better o.

Here are ways that Krisand I keep the home reburning. And, Im not

reerencing sex.that isnext issues topic.

We make time or eachother away rom thechildren. During theseprecious moments, wedont talk about nances orother house business. Wesimply enjoy each other.

We make a conscious eortto communicate the rightway. We dont addressissues in the orm o anattack. And, we make surethe other knows we valuewhat they are saying oreeling.

We avoid situations thatwould make us vulnerableto directing our emotionsaway rom each other tosomething or someoneelse.

We make ourselvesaccountable to oneanother.

We take time daily, eveni its just ve minutes, toconnect with one another.

This might include praisingeach other, discussingour day, making the otherlaugh or just holding each

others hand. Even whenKris is on a trip, we makegood use o the phone.

When he is looking hot, Itell him!

When Im looking hot, hebetter tell me! And, whenhe orgets, I prompt himwith an, Ahem. Notice

anything nice? And, likeit or not ladies, sometimes,men need prompting.

Along the lines ocommunication, doeverything within yourpower to never criticizeeach other. Girls, i youwant your husband to ghtlike a warrior or you andthe amily, then treat himlike one. Every time I makea jab a Kris, I emasculatehim. But, when I praise himand assure him that he isappreciated, he draws backhis bow and aims precisely.

This goes both ways.Our words are powerul.

They speak lie or death blessing or cursing.

I youve ever read The FiveLove Languages by GaryChapman, then you knowthat we all receive andgive love dierently. Tokeep the emotional part omarriage working, I thinkits important to know howyour partner receives love.How we give love is usuallyhow we receive it. There isno right or wrong way. Itswhy we are all earully andwonderully made.

And, the greatest way toemotionally invest in ourmarriage is to live out 1Corinthians 13:

4 Love is patient and kind.Love is not jealous orboastul or proud5or rude.It does not demand its ownway. It is not irritable, andit keeps no record o being

wronged. 6It does not rejoiceabout injustice but rejoiceswhenever the truth wins out.7Love never gives up, neverloses aith, is always hopeul,and endures through everycircumstance.

Emotionally invest throughevery circumstance. Everyday is another opportunityto all in love all over again.

DR. BOB HAYDENDC, PhD, FICC

Back injury can be a pain in the sacroiliacDr. Bob: I recently hurt myback while lifting my childfrom the backseat of mycar. The pain is mostlyin the back of my pelvisabout 2 inches to the rightof the base of my spine.What is the likely sourceof this pain, and how can Itreat it?

The location o your painsounds like a sacroiliac

joint. This is very common.While 80% o thepopulation suers romlow back pain at sometime in their lives, sacroiliac

joint dysunction (SJD)accounts or likely 15 to25% o these cases. SJD canbe painul, bothersome,and debilitating, but itis usually easily treatedconservatively and doesnot require surgicalintervention.

The sacroiliac joints are thelargest joints in the spine.I you look at someonesback, you will nd twosmall dimples on eachside o the lower backat about the level o thebelt. This is the location othe sacroiliac joint. As thename implies, it is the jointbetween the sacrum, thattriangular bone on whichyou sit, and the Ilium, thelarge bone on each side othe sacrum that hold upyour pants and containsthe hip joint lower down.

These joints are richlysupplied with nerves andsupported by large, broadligaments that providestability. The joint isdesigned to move in a waythat absorbs shock as youwalk, which relieves stresson the spine and hips withweight-bearing.

SJD presents with low backpain, typically at the beltline, sometimes radiatinginto the buttock or thigh.It is most common in

adults, but can happenin teenagers with athleticactivity. It is sometimesassociated with leg lengthinequality, abnormalitiesin the gait, prolongedexercise, or more seriousconditions, such as racture,dislocation, inection, orinfammatory arthritis. Thiscondition is very commonin pregnancy becausethere are hormone inducedchanges in the sacroiliacligaments during the thirdtrimester which causedthis joint to loosen inpreparation or childbirth.

My experience with SJD is

that the requent cause isunknown. There are minormovements that can bevery stressul to this joint,such as getting into or outo your car, which involvesplacing all o your weighton one oot, twisting, andleaning as you aim yourselto a car seat. Certainly,bending and twisting to lita child is enough to causeSJD.

Diagnosis o SJD is madewith a combination o agood history, a physical

examination thatincludes orthopedic andneurological testing, gaitanalysis, and sometimesimaging to rule out anyserious pathology. Itis usually successullytreated by adjustingthe sacroiliac joint or

joints. Occasionally theadjustment is augmentedwith physiotherapy,such as ultrasound, todecrease swelling othe sacroiliac ligaments,or electrotherapy tocontrol reactive musclespasms. During the acute

phase (rst 72 hours), icecompresses are better thanheat, and will ease thesoreness. Your chiropractormay also suggest somestretches to keep these

joints moving and supple.

Occasionally, SJD isstubborn. There is aspecial belt, a trochantericbelt, that can be used toaugment the adjustment.It holds the sacroiliac jointstogether by applyingpressure just above thehips. I have used them onoccasion with good results.I have also had signicantsuccess in correcting theunderlying cause o SJDwith customized orthotics,which I use to correct gaitproblems and leg lengthinequality.

The sooner you getappropriate care oryour SJD, the better yourprognosis. Dont wait andlet it become chronic,because it might be harderto treat. However, or thevast majority o people,while it is a pain in thesacroiliac, it is easy tocontrol.

SUBMITTED BY AMY DUNHAM

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This year, consider applyingsome o those same spring-cleaning techniques to yourinvestment portolio.

Here are some ideas youmay want to put to work:

Get rid o clutter. You probablydont have to look too araround your home to ndthings that are broken orsimply no longer useul toyou. I you poke aroundyour portolio, you mightmake similar discoveries:an investment that haschronically underperormed,duplicates anotherinvestment or met yourneeds in the past but is lessrelevant to your currentsituation and goals.

Consolidate. Over the years,you may have accumulatedmultiple versions ocommon household

items brooms, mops,hammers which popup mysteriously in variousparts o your home. Youmight nd it more ecient,and even less expensive, iyou consolidated all thesethings in one centralizedlocation. As an investor,you also might nd thatconsolidation can oeryou some benets. Byconsolidating all accounts inone place, you can cut downon paperwork, reduce eesand, most importantly, uniteyour investment dollars sothat its easier or you to seewhat you have and thenollow a single, coherentinvestment strategy.

Prepare or turbulent weather.As you know, springtimecan bring heavy rains, hail,strong winds and otherthreats to your home. Justas you need to saeguardyour home, youll want toprotect the liestyles othose who live in that home namely, your amily. Youcan help accomplish thisby reviewing your lie anddisability insurance to makesure its still sucient oryour needs.

Get proessional help. You maynd that you cant do allyour spring cleaning byyoursel. For example, iyour carpets and rugs areheavily soiled, you mayneed to call in a proessionalcleaner. Similarly, whenyou decide to tidy up yourportolio, youll need someassistance rom a nancialproessional someonewho can study your currentmix o investments andrecommend changes, as

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SUBMITTEDSpalding County took stepsin January this year to beremoved rom the ozoneair quality nonattainmentarea o Metro Atlanta.Spalding County wasdesignated to be one o20 counties in the MetroAtlanta nonattainmentarea several years ago bythe Georgia EnvironmentalProtection Division(EPD) and by the USEnvironmental ProtectionAgency (USEPA). Thisdesignation was becausethe state and ederal airquality standard or ozonewas not being met in largeparts o the region.

Designation o anonattainment area carriesa stigma with it that makesit harder or a county toattract new industries,and harder to obtain

ederal highway unds orroad projects. Periodically

the USEPA updates thenonattainment areas dueto increases or decreasesin air quality. In Dec. 2011,the State o Georgia wasgiven the opportunity byUSEPA to propose a smallernonattainment area.

Spalding Countycontracted with Joe

Tanner & Associates, agovernmental aairsconsulting rm withenvironmental expertise,to help the County makethe case to EPD and USEPAthat it should come o thenonattainment list. Thisis possible since Spalding

County contributes only avery small portion o thepollutants that orm ozonein the region.

Chairman Gwen Flowers-Taylor, with the consultantsassistance, wrote to EPD onFebruary 17, 2012 making anumber o technical pointsas to why Spalding Countyshould not be includedin the nonattainmentarea. That eort paid o:EPD sent a proposednonattainment area listto USEPA on February 29,2012, excluding Spaldingand several other suburbancounties.

The rst hurdle hasnow been crossed, saidCounty Manager WilliamWilson. Now EPD and ourconsultants will work toconvince USEPA to dropSpalding County rom thenonattainment area list.

The ederal decision willbe made by May 29, 2012.We are optimistic aboutour chances, said Flowers-

Taylor. We have good airquality here in SpaldingCounty.

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March 16; Friday; Flint RiverRegional Library BookClub; "The Garner Files";6 p.m. in the libraryconerence room For moreinormation call (770) 412-4770.

March 16; Friday; SpaldingCounty Democratic

Party; Spalding CountyCourthouse Annex; 7 p.m;meeting is open to thepublic.

March 17; Saturday;Hollonville Opry House;eaturing The Four Fathers;Blue Jam; Blue Harvest;Klassic Kuntry; music startsat 6:30 p.m.

March 17; Saturday; GrinBicycle Club; 8:30 a.m;40-mile group ride;leaves rom First UnitedMethodist Church, 1401Maple St.

March 19; Monday; GrinBusiness and ProessionalWomens Club; 6 p.m. at J.Henrys.

March 20; Tuesday; TheExchange Club o Grin;Meets at noon at the GrinCountry Club.

March 20; Tuesday; Ceramicsclasses. From 5 to 9:30 p.m.at the Spalding CountyParks and Recreationmain oce. For additionalinormation call 770-467-4750.

March 23 - 25; Friday throughSunday; "All Shook Up"presented by Camelot

Theatre, directed by BradFowler; a tomboy girl allsin love with a roustaboutman and must gure outhow to win his attention;set to an Elvis soundtrack;or more inormation visitwww.camelottheatre.comor call (770) 227-0869.

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SUBMITTEDThe Grin-SpaldingCounty School System isproud to announce theMost Valuable Parents orJanuary and February 2012.

These individuals werenominated by their schoolor notable volunteerservice at the school. Thankyou and congratulations tothese volunteers:

January 2012Anne Street Elementary -Sonya ColquittBeaverbrook Elementary -Maria ZepedaCowan Rd. Elementary -

Tasha SmithFutral Rd. Elementary -Missy Wyatt and WandaYaYa PutnamJackson Rd. Elementary -Monica Hart

Jordan Hill Elementary -Jolene HensleyCarver Road Middle - LindaReaginKennedy Road Middle -Carla WatkinsRehoboth Road Middle -Janice HamiltonSpalding High School -Larry FosterFebruary 2012Anne Street Elementary -Sonya ColquittCrescent Elementary - StacyBallardCowan Road Elementary -Reba Gaston

Futral Road Elementary -Fran StaceyJackson Road Elementary -Rae BottsJordan Hill Elementary -Linda McDowell

Moreland Road Elementary- Linda BirathOrrs Elementary - JoannaCarpenterRehoboth Road Middle -Dana MooreGrin High - Marsha IvyEach month, one volunteeris selected as the district-level volunteer o themonth. Congratulations toJanuarys district-level MVP,Ms. Maria Zepeda romBeaverbrook ElementarySchool. Ms. Zepeda visitsthe library daily to helpthe media specialist andparaproessional. She truly

enjoys helping the teachersand students. We wouldalso like to congratulate theFebruary district-level MVP,Ms. Sonya Colquitt romAnne Street ElementarySchool. Ms. Colquitt makestime nearly every day tohelp out the studentsand sta at Anne Street.February marked the sixthmonth this program hasbeen in eect and wehave recognized over 70parents so ar. Thank youto all o the volunteerswithin the Grin-SpaldingCounty School System.Your support is trulyappreciated!

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SHEILA A. MARSHALLSta Writer; [email protected]

The Grin-SpaldingCounty Airport is one othose subjects that stirsdeep emotion among localresidents.

People either love theairport or they hate it, said

Airport Manager RobertMohl.

The primary reason theairport generates such adeeply negative publicopinion, he said, is that itconsistently operates at aloss.

Thats because o theairelds age. As withanything, as it ages, it willrequire more and morerepair, Mohl said.

In its current Zebulon Roadlocation, he added thatoptions that would put it inthe black are limited.

The only way to makeit so we are covering ourdepreciation is to put inmore hangars and a newtaxiway. That would requireinrastructure on the eastside o the aireld, he said.It would take a very, verylong time and a majorinusion o capital. We couldbe the best little airportin Grin, though, but theoperative word is little.

Even i city and countyocials elected to investin those inrastructurechanges, Mohl said theairport would remainunable to signicantlycontribute to the local taxbase.

We could bring in enoughto benet the airport, butnot everyone else, he said.

Mohl said that just as thecity o Grin, SpaldingCounty and the Grin-Spalding County SchoolSystem receive ad valorumees or locally ownedvehicles, aircrat are anotherpotential revenue source.

Planes do the same thing,but we dont have thelarger corporate jets thatpay the higher ad valorumrates. Right now, all theaircrat in the hangars paya whopping $110,000,

he said. But i you applythe Spalding County taxrate to only our middleo the road, run o the millcorporate jets, those jetswould bring in $1.3 million.

That revenue does not costlocal ocials anything otherthan operational cost, hesaid, with much arther-reaching benets.

We would be contributingto the city and the countyinstead o being a drain.Even so, at its currentoperating costs, eachtaxpayer only pays a dollaror two or the aireld, Mohlsaid. Weve signicantlystreamlined operationsor years and years now.

The decit, according tothe 2013 budget that I justgot Monday is less than$100,000, and it hasnt beenless than $100,000 in many,many years.

Ater comparing options, aswell as local developmentneeds, Mohl is certain theoptimal choice is to scrap itall and start rom scratch.

For those who arguethat Grin and SpaldingCounty should not

operate an airport, thecounterargument is thatthe current acility shouldsimply be closed.

However, Mohl said that ithat were to happen, thepair would be nanciallyliable to the ederalgovernment or potentiallymany millions o dollars.

I dont have any hardnumbers, but as it wasexplained to me, the cityand county would berequired to pay 95 percento the airports currentmarket value, he said,estimating that would bein the ballpark o $5 to $8million. In addition, anaudit would have to beconducted to determinehow much money has beenspent locally rom ederalgrants. We do an audit everyyear, but nobodys everdone a specic audit to ndout what the costs wouldbe to close down the airportand repay the ederalgovernment.

That audit would beextensive, as repaymentor airport grant monieswould not be limited torecently utilized unds, butsome dating back severaldecades.

I you add all that up, youregoing to exceed the costso building a new airport,Mohl said. Its cheaper,instead o closing down theold airport, to build a newone.

While Mohl is unableto denitively state theamount o ederal and statenancial assistance thatwould be contributed toa new airports costs, hesaid or $6 or $7 millionin local unds, the ederalgovernment is going tohand down some $55million to build a localairport.

Not only would thisincrease the tax base, hesaid, it would also be aboon to local industrialdevelopment.

The site or the new airportis right o Highway 16,which is minutes rom I-75.

The new industrial part thecounty has built is also inits vicinity were going tobe opposite it on the northside o Highway 16, he said.

With local services includinga premiere state awardwinning recycling programand sucient water andelectrical supplies, Mohlsaid development is withinreach.

Were going to be whateverybody else is lookingor and no one else inthe region has that, hesaid. That is jobs andopportunity right there.

The economy is going toturn around, and those

communities that invest intransportation are goingto be the ones reaping thebenet.

Mohl said that in addition tothe uture growth potentiala new airport wouldcreate, the current airportsbusiness would continue tofourish.

O the current 95 GeneralAviation Airports in thestate o Georgia, Grin isranked 10th with regardto business and industry.Were in good shape now.But, i I had the runway,these businesses couldexpand. Right now, were

just geographically limited,he said. The payroll on theaireld now is $7 million,and it provides $21 millionin local economic impact.For every one dollar spent,three dollars is returned tothe local economy. I I hada larger airport and it hadeverything in place, wewouldnt just be housingthe larger corporate jets. Wewould be bringing about 50

current tenants with us, sowell be ahead o the gameand prepared or growth, aswell.

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House immediatelytranserred bill to the SenateMarch 7.

HB 797Would revise undingor state charteredspecial schools; provideor submittal o charterpetitions to the CharterCommittee o the StateBoard o Education; andprovide or resubmittal oa charter petition to a localBoard o Education uponexpiration o the charterterm o a state charteredspecial school.Passed House vote March 7.

HB 872An act to provide or thecomprehensive revisiono provisions regardingsecondary metal recyclers,relating to cancellation ocerticate o title or scrap,dismantled or demolishedvehicles.Passed House vote March 7.

HB 1198An Act relating to generalprovisions or parentand child relationshipsgenerally, so as to modiyprovisions relating tograndparent visitationrights; to provide oran opportunity to seekgrandparent visitation incases where the parent isdeceased, incapacitated,incarcerated or otherwiseunable to exercise his orher discretion regardinga decision to permitgrandparent visitation.Passed House vote March 7.

HB 954An Act that would changecertain provisions relatingto criminal abortion and tochange certain provisionsrelating to when abortionis legal. This bill wouldrequire the determinationo gestational age prior toabortion and require certainreporting requirementswith respect toperormance o abortions.

This bill would eectivelyban abortions ater 20weeks o gestation, otherthan to avert the deatho the pregnant womanor avert serious risk osubstantial and irreversiblephysical impairment oa major bodily unctiono the pregnant woman.No such condition shallbe deemed to exist i itis based on a diagnosisor claim o a mental oremotional condition o thepregnant woman or thatthe pregnant woman willpurposeully engage inconduct which she intendsto result in her death or insubstantial and irreversiblephysical impairment oa major bodily unctionor preserve the lie o anunborn child.House immediatelytranserred to Senate Feb. 29,and Senate immediately readand reerred March 5.

HB 1116An Act relating toabortion, so as to prohibitthe perormance ovasectomies in Georgia. Thisbill was introduced in directresponse to HB 954, whichseeks to ban abortions ater20 gestational weeks.Bill was frst read in HouseFeb. 22, with a secondreading on Feb. 23, but noaction has been taken.

legislation, cont.

Georgia House o RepsJohn Yates, District 73217 State CapitolBuildingAtlanta, GA 30334404-656-5126

David Knight, District 126

613 Coverdell LegislativeOce BuildingAtlanta, GA 30334404-656-3904

State SenateRonnie Chance, District 16109 Georgia State CapitolAtlanta, GA 30334404-651-5795

U.S. House o RepsLynn Westmoreland, District 32433 Rayburn HouseOce BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515202-225-5901

U.S. SenateSaxby Chambliss416 Russell Senate OceBuildingWashington, D.C. 20510202-224-3521

Johnny Isakson131 Russell Senate OceBuildingWashington, D.C. 20510202-224-3643

State and ederallegislators' contactinormation

'Just closing' the airport could cost millions

A longer runway than the current one, pictured above, could allow orlarger jets and potentially bring Spalding County $1 million more inad valorum taxes, says Airport Manager Robert Mohl.


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