Jackson Progress-Argus (Newspaper) - September 7, 1994, Jackson, Georgia w m the Experience is usually something we get when we are looking for something Inside Today i j Business Budness Highlights Calendar Church 12B JOA 2A Legal Notice 12A - 8B - 11B Sports 4A 6B& 7B 1B& 2B Volume 121 - Number 36 ( USPS 272- 140) September 7,1994 Serving Butts County Since 1873 2 Sections 28 Pages 50 Cents per copy COPYRIGHT Jackson Argus 404- 775- 3107 W ' Ji W Kenneth Dutton ( and Robert Ridgeway of the Butts County Explorers Post practice handling a fire hose during one of their training sessions which are held every Thursday at the Jackson Fire Photo by Susan Jones Explorers Post offers learning and fun Sylvan Grove sees profit of $ 78,358 in July By Susan Jones In its second the Butts County Explorers Post offers youth 14 to 19 years of age the opportunity to learn while doing and members are having fun in the process. The project is coordinated by the Boys Scouts of America and the Jackson Fire Jackson High School math teacher Holly Carter sponsors the Capt. Brian JHS says that anyone within the age range is invited to The original membership list contained 40 only about eight actively U. Richard Fick said the membership dwindled because they didn't give it a But we must be doing something right or the others wouldn't still How many jobs can you get where you can try it out to see if you like said Jason It's a learning experience and teaches us Ask he's come a long Ken Dutton said that during the course he has learned the value of teamwork and that if he listens to other people I won't get The Explorers Post has been giving youth on experience in Jackson Fire Chief Mark Cook says he provides the same training as he does his volunteer The 18- olds don't lack a whole lot to be through with the basic ( he The training allows them credit towards Last year members expressed an interest only in firefighting but this year they plan to branch out into other Capt. Hammock said that Martin director of the Emergency Management will provide EMT training and Sheriff Gene Pope will deliver classes on law Michelle the only female member of the said she joined because she wants to be an EMT to help She added that it's being the only See page 3A By Herman Cawthon Sylvan Grove Hospital made a profit of $ 78,358 for the month of according to a report by Hospital Administrator Jack The report was given at the regular meeting of the Hospital Authority on September 1. This is the largest profit for the hospital since before 1991, Frayer comparing it to June's profit of $ 8,152. Total profit for the date is $ 178,088. A portion of the profit will be paid to the hospital authority according to a lease agreement between the authority and the Sylvan Grove Hospital Corp. Frayer said the profit was brought about by a number of including an average daily census of 11.71 patients for the There were 334 hospital patients and 912 outpatient and emergency in four of the hospital patients had private The doctors and nurses are cooperating said and are giving better service to the He said they are all working hard to make the hospital and gave special thanks to Dr. Rao for his The hospital also has a new person in charge of Ron and Frayer said he is doing a great job in keeping up and fixing up the He added that James T. O'Neal has done a remarkable job in helping with some of the plumbing problems at the In other Tom Webb was unanimously elected as a new authority Webb is a native Butts successful and offers a wide range of experiences to the He replaces Arthur who resigned after serving for many A training session for members of the committee who will check records of those receiving indigent care will be held Sept. 15, at 5 p. at Mcintosh The committee 1 - of Pete Byrd Fred Head and Tom A meeting of those responsible for health care in Butts County will be held at 6: 30 p. m. on Sept. 22, at the Butts County following the authority's regular See page 3A Jackson approves Gerald Davis as new city probation service By Larry Stanford The City of Jackson has gained a probation service and lost a Municipal Court At the city council's August 16 Municipal Court Clerk Gerald Davis submitted a letter of At the same the council approved a contract with new G & M Probation to handle JPA begins weekly school feature { mge Beginning this the Jackson Argus will begin running feature pagea on each of the four schools in Butts Each school will have a page of its own in the newspaper on a week Stories and photos on the pages are by students and staff of the This week's edition features The - Devil's Advocate on page 14A, with stories and photos by students at Jackson High Next week's edition will feature a page on Henderson Middle Each page is sponsored by a local tion services for the The council had previously discussed the need for an independent probation service at their August 2 Mayor Charlie Brown informed the council that persons fined by the city court for various offenses are put on probation if they cannot pay the fine In the the Police Department has handled the but Chief Mike Riley said it was an accounting for his Riley said an outside agency was Brown said a probation service would be able to handle the money for the Under the service persons on probation would pay the probation company $ 30 a month plus a portion of the fine until the fine was paid off. The probation company would turn the fines over to the city and make its money off the $ 30 a month At the August 2 Mayor Brown presented the council with two bids for probation One of the bids came from an out- of- town and the other was from the Municipal Court Davis told the that he was planning on retiring from the clerk's position in December and take up probation services The council agreed to use company for the probation Davis tendered his resignation as Court Clerk at the August 16 meeting in line with city's personnel policy and to avoid any potential conflict of At a o called meeting on August 25, the council approved by a 3- 2 vote a malt beverage retail license for the new Ingle's The license application had been tabled for the past several weeks while the company supplied the city with the correct Theodore Patterson was absent from the meeting and a motion to ap prove the application met with a 2- 2 with Harold Duke and Liz Car michael Jones voting against the Mayor Charlie broke the tie in favor of the Duke and Jones said their negative votes were to call attention to Ingle's choosing another power com pany over the after the city had provided the site with temporary electricity during A diving Lady Devil Jackson Lady Devil third baseman Wendy Brown dives for a ground ball against Social Brown could not get to the ball in but the Lady Devils handled Social Circle with winning both games of a 18- 7 and 21- 6. Photo by Larry Stanford Teen seriously injured in accident By Larry Stanford A two- car accident early Monday morning at the intersection of Four Points Road and Highway 36 resulted in four one serious enough to have a helicopter come to the According to the Butts County Sheriffs a 1990 Isuzu pickup driven by Jason 18, of was traveling west on Four Points Road when it ran the stop sign at Highway 36 and broadsided a 1994 Oldsmobile Sierra traveling south on Highway 36. The driver of the Ronny 47, of and three Mary 36, of and two teenaged ages 14 and 12, were The 14- old was injured seriously enough to warrant a. which transported her to Egleston Children's Hospital in Her condition is not known at this The other three people were transported to Sylvan Grove Hospital for Paulk has been charged with pending the outcome of blood and disregarding a stop The accident remains under This is the second time in weeks that an accident victim has been transported from Butts County to a hospital by The first occurred at a traffic accident on Highway 16 at 1- 75. There have also been two transports from Sylvan Grove Hospital in the last two A house fire early Tuesday morning severely damaged the kitchen and dining room and caused smoke damage to the rest of the The fire occured at a residence on Highway 36 just outside Jackson city When county firefighters ar- 1 See House page 2A
