Nat’l Guard leaving today on 10-month deployment

1. The Metter Advertiser A Candler County Institution since 1912
Volume 100, Number 11 Metter, Georgia 30439 75¢ February 22, 2012
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Nat’l Guard
leaving today
on 10-month
deployment
The community is in- Mayor Billy Trapnell. Lo-
vited to take part in a cal police will escort them
send-off party today as through town. Once on
Agriculture Development I-16, the troops will trav-
Team members of the el to Camp Atturberry,
265th RSG of the Georgia IN for their deployment
Army National Guard, equipment issue before
stationed here in Met- heading to Afghanistan,
ter, depart en route to a where they will stay for a
10-month deployment to minimum of 10 months.
Afghanistan. “We want to give them a
Following a luncheon good, proper send-off,” the
for the troops at the Ar- Mayor continued, invit-
mory at 11 a.m., catered ing downtown residences photo by mandi carroll
by Bevricks and Ricky and businesses to deco-
and Beverly Patrick, the
group will travel to Met-
ter High School for a pro-
rate their windows and
lawns in patriotic fashion
to show their support of
Tuesday shooting at Club 46
gram today at 1 p.m. the troops. Additionally, Metter Police are investigating a shooting at Club investigated at press time. Updates will be posted
The troops will load the Trapnell said, he wants 46 on Tuesday afternoon after 1 p.m. According to through breaking news alerts at www.metteradver-
bus at 2 p.m. and circle to see the community line Chief Dennis Nelson, the victim is a white male, tiser.com as they become available.
through downtown before up along the route the whose name has not yet been released. The victim This is the second shooting at Club 46, located
heading to the interstate. bus will take with flags was transported by helicopter to Memorial in Savan- on Hwy. 46 east, in less than a month. Two arrests
“They will travel down flying. nah and was listed in stable condition at the time of were made after a shooting incident on January 28 in
South Leroy Street to The Agricultural Devel- the transport, Nelson said. The case is being actively which an unnamed 27-year-old black male was shot.
Pineland State Bank, loop opment Team is a 58-per-
Great American Clean-up
the downtown area and son team consisting of ag-
then head out Hwy. 121 ricultural specialists and
south to I-16,” explained a security element.
You’ve been flushed! to be held on March 31
Don’t be surprised For $20 you can re- The Great American Clean-up. Department at 912- all at Candler County
if this purple com- move it from your yard, Cleanup is approaching Gloves and bags will be 685-7845 or email Landfill, 912-685-2822
mode appears i n but for just and your help is needed! provided, but participat- myeomans@pineland. or by e-mail at canco@
your front $25 you can This year, participants ing groups will need to net or Becky Love- pineland.net.
yard! both remove it can expect to receive a bring their own Pik-Stiks.
For the next and ‘flush a free breakfast and free
Baseball, softball
The committee has
month, un- friend!’ And t-shirt, gloves and trash identified areas of the
til the Relay if you don’t bags -- and can win a vari- city and county that need
for Life event want to ever ety of door prizes as well!
on March 23,
Candler County
Hospital is host-
see it again, Sponsors, including
you can pay the City of Metter, Can-
$30 to have dler County, Allied Metal,
attention and will make
assignments the morning
of the Cleanup. However,
registration to conclude
organizations can pick Saturday is the absolute final day to register
ing a “You’ve the commode Metter Graphics, Geor- their own projects when for baseball and softball at Metter-Candler Rec-
Been Flushed” removed per- gia Power, AllGreen and they pre-register. reation Department.
fundraiser allow- manently and Bevricks, are encouraging Keep America Beau- Leagues include T-ball for ages 4-5; coach
ing citizens to exclude your clubs, churches and com- tiful’s Great American pitch for age 6; rookie baseball or softball for
move this ‘prize’ house from being munity organizations to Cleanup is the nation’s ages 7-8; mite baseball or softball for ages 9-10;
into the yard of ‘flushed’ again! pre-register for this year’s largest community in- midget baseball or softball for ages 11-12; and
another. To find out Cleanup, which will be on volvement program, in- junior baseball or softball for ages 13-14.
If it appears in how you can ‘flush Saturday, March 31. volving an estimated 3 Evaluations and team placements will be Feb.
your yard, don’t a friend,’ contact The event will begin million volunteers and 27 through March 2, while team practice will be
fret! Complete with Bridget Dixon at with breakfast in the attendees. held March 5-23. Opening Day has been set for
instructions, the (478) 299-0382 or downtown park at 8 a.m., Registration for the Saturday, March 24.
commode includes call Kym Bowman followed by the clean-up Cleanup is due by March Registration fee is $40 per participant. Reg-
rules on how to have it Candler County Hospital, drive from 8:30-11:30 a.m. 23. For more information, istration must be in person. No phone registra-
removed. (912) 685-5741. Door prizes will be award- contact Marie Horton at tions are allowed.
ed at the conclusion of the the Metter Public Works
Hospital in black for 2011
by Jerri Goodman reported that Room 164 has OR expansion additional monitors.” ditional renovation work.
What a difference a year had a complete renovation, Director of Nursing Nancy The monitors will cost an es-
makes! This was evidenced thanks to the donation of a Pence reported that the hos- timated $48,000, Pence said, Pharmacy & 340B
during the January meeting family. Room 156 has also been pital’s operating room services adding that it is a “chargeable A potential revenue source
of Candler County Hospital completed. have changed over the last service,” so the money will be that could bring in an addi-
Authority, where CEO Ste- However, as the Authority nine months. recouped. tional $800,000 a year is the
phen Shepherd reported that was told during the meeting, “We’re having 60-70 scopes Authority members ap- 340B Drug Pricing Program,
the hospital posted a $307,551 the roof continues to remain a per month,” she said, contrib- proved the purchase of the ad- which provides deep discounts
profit in 2011. That figure com- serious problem that must be uting the increase to the new ditional monitors. for covered outpatient drugs to
pared quite positively against addressed. gastrointerologists working certain federal grantees and
the 2010 loss of $1,041,677. “Every time it rains we have out of the local hospital. “And Radiology expansion certain non-profit hospitals.
“2011 was a very good year,” to cover the computer (in one (general surgeon) Dr. (Akram) The Authority also ap- The local Authority approved
Shepherd said. “We ended the office) to protect it,” Shep- Hassanyeh’s business has in- proved $18,000 in architec- a motion to contract into the
year with money in the bank herd said. “What is happen- creased. As a result as you can tural fees for the installation program, of which Georgia Hos-
of $307,551, which is $218,000 ing is the underlayment of the imagine, we have a lot of pa- of a new 5,000 sq. ft. radiol- pital Association, along with a
better than was budgeted and roof was done wrong and it is tients at any given time that ogy department which will be number of other state hospital
$1.3 million better than the pulling the outside portion of we’re having to recover.” located south of the hospital. associations, is affiliated.
previous year. the room completely off. It is To accommodate the needs of The facility will be a modu- “The size and magnitude of
“I call that a very good year.” pulling, ripping and tearing. the patients, Pence said the four lar building that, once a new all these hospital associations
With a collective sigh of relief, Eventually, it is going to pull existing bays used to prepare hospital is built, could be re- working together would be a
the Authority is now able to re- back completely and when it patients for surgery need to be turned or relocated to the significant benefit to us,” said
view its current facility needs does, we are going to have a converted to a recovery area. new facility. Shepherd.
and start looking at some con- flood coming down the walls “We can prep the patients Once the radiology de- He explained that the pro-
crete plans for the future. wherever it happens. We have and start their IVs down the partment is relocated, the gram would also benefit the lo-
already got a lot of water dam- hall,” she said. “We have got to hospital’s laboratory and re- cal pharmacies, providing an op-
Facilities update age in the ER. Eventually, we expand our space, and, in order spiratory departments will portunity for them to purchase
Giving the facilities report, are going to have to address to do that and safely take care be moved into the radiology their prescription drugs through
Authority member Gail Curl the roofing problem.” of the patients, we have to add area, which may require ad- the hospital at a lower rate.
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