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Newspaper Page TextOBITUARIES A2 Fayette County News Wednesday, January 25,2023 Garold (Jerry) W. Hagist Garold (Jerry) W. Ha gist, age 89, of Peachtree City, passed away Jan. 14, 2023. Mr. Hagist was retired from General Motors, and he was also a proud veteran of the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by a son, Gary Hagist, and a brother, Edward Hagist. Survivors include his wife of 20 years, Betty D. Hagist; son, Russell Hagist; daughters, Michelle White, Kimberly Rolling, and Jen nifer Devine. He is also sur vived by grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Mowell Funeral Home Fay etteville Chapel, with Pastor B.J. Cobb officiating. Jerry is laid to rest at Westmin ster Memorial Gardens. The family request in lieu of flowers, donations be made to The American Heart Association. We wel come you to provide your condolences, thoughts, and memories of Jerry on our Tribute Wall. Mowell Funeral Home & Cremation Service Fay etteville Chapel. MOWELL F U N E RA L HOME Cremation Service 180 N. Jeff Davis Drive Fayetteville, ga 30214 770-46 1-764 1 * Fax:770-460-1 003 FYTOFFICE@MOWELLS.COM 200 Robinson Road PEACHTREE CITY, GA 30269 770-487-3959 • Fax:770-487-5959 PTCOFFICE@MOWELLS.COM Kaiser Permanente Grants $200K Toward Improving Maternal, Infant Care in Georgia Leah Banks Investigative Reporter leah@fayette-news.net FAYETTE — In efforts to curve racial disparities that lie in marginalized communities, Kaiser Permanente is granting $200,000 to Center for Black Women’s Wellness and Geor gia Family Connection Partner ship to help improve maternal and infant health in Georgia. Georgia Family Connection Partnership will work with Butts, Lamar, Meriwether, Spalding, Fayette, and Clayton Counties. Family Connection Collaboratives plans to enhance prenatal and postnatal care, re duce the rate of lowbirthweight births and infant mortality, and address disparities in maternal care with Kaiser’s funding. Racial disparities in women’s health have been dis cussed on a national scale. According to the Centers for Disease Control, black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy- related cause than white women. There are many factors associated with this statistic, in cluding variation in quality healthcare, underlying chronic conditions, and alleged struc tural racism and bias. The Center for Black Women’s Wellness will receive $96,855 from the grant and plans to utilize funds for im proving outcomes among black women and birthing persons in Atlanta during the prenatal and postnatal period through edu cation, training, linkages to doula services for childbirth, and stronger coordination of health care services post-deliv- eiy. The Georgia Family Con nection Partnership will receive $99,000 from the grant and will work to expand and en hance community-based work to improve women’s health and reduce the rate of low birth- weight births. This program has helped counties in devel opment, implementation, and evaluation of local strategies to improve women’s health and decrease low birthweight births and infant mortality by under standing and addressing socio- environmental factors in health. Charmaine Ward-Millner, vice president of marketing, communications, and com munity relations for Kaiser Per manente Georgia, says she was excited about the grant being gifted to organizations that pride themselves on maintain ing the life of mothers and chil dren. “First of all, this is so im portant because if we look at any of the statistics that are out there, Georgia has the worst maternal mortality ratio of any state in the nation. I believe we rank number 47 in terms of low birthweight babies,” Ward- Millner said. “So, we know we have a huge disparity when it comes to [maternal health].” According to Ward-Mill ner, Kaiser wanted to make sure that it was investing in changing this disparity. “So, giving to the Center for Black Women’s Wellness and Georgia Family Connection Partnership is our first step in doing this,” Ward-Millner said. Ward-Millner does not shy away from looking at the sur rounding effects of maternal and infant health as it relates to the environment and socioeco nomic status of those who are impacted most. “What we’re really looking at is addressing the socioenvi- ronmental factors. So, if you think about it, the questions be come “Where are they living?” “Do they have access to healthy food?” I mean, those types of things all have an impact,” Ward-Millner said. For Kaiser Permanente Georgia and Ward-Millner, the importance of this grant is to not only save the lives of moth ers, but also the lives of future generations. “When we think about our future, we have to think about our babies, and so, it is so im portant that we invest in those initiatives,” Ward-Millner said. Carmichael - Hemperley Funeral Home and Crematory 135 SENOIA ROAD, PEACHTREE CITY, GA 30269 770-631-9171 OFFICE * 770-631-9144 FAX We have had our crematory onsite since 1996. | Tyrone Council Approves $23,800 of New Technology Sydney Spencer News Reporter sspencer@fayette-news.net The Tyrone Town Coun cil met on Jan. 19 and unan imously approved an upgrade of portable radios for public works department personnel at a cost of $23,866. Town Manager Brandon Perkins presented the issue to council, stating a need for six new portable radios. He explained how the current technology being used by department personnel is outdated and in need of up grade. “Currently, our public works personnel, when they’re out in the field, the only way they have to com municate are cell phones and they have some lower- end off-the-shelf radios that are kind of point to point. So, it’s kind of difficult for them. Cell phones are fine, but when we’re trying to get a message out to the group, especially for storm re sponse, it can be difficult,” said Perkins. Perkins went on to ex plain that funding for the portable radios was available through the CARES Act, ear marked to assist with effec tive communication. “In order to work to wards a more effective way to communicate, I would like to provide them each with a portable radio. This is a first responder law en forcement quality radio. In fact, they’re very similar to what the officers carry. This is a state contract purchase. The original quote was for $25,000 and I went to look ing at our funding source, the CARES Act, and there was $23,866.18 left and I called the guy and asked if he could work with me,” said Perkins. After consideration and review, council moved to ap prove the upgrade in tech nology. Grass or llirf? Tyrone Council Approves Turf Fields at Hadley Park Sydney Spencer News Reporter sspencer@fayette-news.net At the Town of Tyrone’s council meeting on Jan. 19, a request was made to allow Turfplaner of Georgia to perform its turfplaning services on fields two through six at Handley Park. The request was unanimously approved by the board. Tyrone Town Manager Brandon Perkins presented the request to the board by explaining what was wrong with the current baseball fields and expressed con cern for necessary repairs and maintenance. “We have been meeting with representatives from the baseball association a little more frequently here lately, trying to talk out some things and have a better working relationship. During one of those meet ings, it was brought to our attention that some grading and field maintenance was needed,” said Perkins. Perkins went on to talk about what field work was necessary. He stressed how essential turfplaning would be and how injuries could occur if the maintenance was not performed. “The fields have gotten to a point where there were cosmetic issues. More im portantly, what this turf planing does is it cuts down the lip between the dirt in field and the grass outfield. It can help prevent a ran dom pop up, you know, a ball rolling and popping up hitting someone in the face, that kind of thing,” said Perkins. The Town of Tyrone has its own youth baseball league called the Tyrone Youth Baseball Association (TYBA), and games take place at Handley Park. Per kins mentioned how au thority from the TYBA had noticed the baseball fields are no longer up to stan dards and need attention. “TYBA had been looking at this for quite a while and brought it to our attention and we looked at it. They had some funding set aside and said if you can partner with us, we’ll help the town get this accomplished. So, what we agreed to is that the town will take this on, and they would pay us back with 50 percent of the cost,” said Perkins. Perkins spoke about why Turfplaner of Georgia was the company selected to perform the job. He ex plained how they were the only company to acknowl edge his bid. “Turfplaner of Georgia is really the only company in the area that does this kind of work. It’s special ized equipment. I did put it out for bid, but I got zero bids. I knew that turfplan ing was kind of a proprie tary process, but there are other companies that do a similar type of work. At any rate, we got no other bids other than Turfplaner. TYBA has agreed and we’re going to invoice them for $7,400 upon approval,” said Perkins. After careful considera tion, the board moved to approve the request. fk Body That’s FUN to Live in Again is Closer Than You Think! Make TODAY your January 1st I help people who are age 45+ to reach and exceed their health goals with customized lifestyle protocols in the areas of: Food • Movement • Sleep • Stress • Mindset My personalized habit-based coaching helps you achieve a body that’s FUN to live in again!! BOOK A FREE DISCOVERY SESSION TODAY! Jessica S. Walker Certified Health Coach IIN • Precision Nutrition Dragon Boat I DBF Race Official LI USDBF Certified Coach LI 21 Eastbrook Bend, #216 | Peachtree City jessica@momentumtransformations.com FAYETTE COUNTY NEWS P.O. Box 96, Fayetteville, Ga. 30214 ■ Phone: 770-461-6317 Fax: 770-460-8172 ■ fayette-news.net Award-winning member of the Georgia Press Association and the National Newspaper association. The Staff Leah Banks Investigative reporter • leah@fayette-news.net Sydney Spencer News Reporter • sspencer@fayette-news.net Jennifer Lyons Legals Editor, Classifieds • legals@fayette-news.net Luke Haney Editor, Digital Media Coordinator Debbie McClain Publisher, Co-owner Bridge Turner Managing Editor, Co-owner Fayette County News (USPS 188-420) is published Wednesdays for in county rates of $40 yearly. Georgia out-of-county is $50, and out-of-state is $60. Published by Upson Newspapers, Inc., 219 Thomas Street, Thomaston, GA 30286. Periodicals postage at Fayetteville, GA, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Fayette County News, P.O. Box 96, Fayetteville, GA. 30214. Our Goal: Fayette County News is proudly published for the citizens of Fayette County and East Coweta by Upson Newspapers, Inc., owned and operated by Debbie McClain and Bridge Turner. Our goal is to produce qual ity, community-oriented publications of which our readers can be proud. We will attain that goal through diligence, teamwork, and dedication to printing the truth in an accurate, fair, balanced, and objective manner. Our Policies: Signed letters to the editor are welcomed and encouraged. We do not edit for content, only grammar, spelling, and punctuation when necessary, as designated by Associated Press style guidelines. Unsigned, li belous, or profane letters will not be published. Please limit letters to 400 words or less and to only two letters per month. Liability for errors in ad vertising will not exceed the space occupied by the error. We reserve the right to edit all submitted materials. The Meeting Place Fayette County Board of Edu cation meets the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Fayette County Commission meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Fayette County Planning Com mission meets the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Fayetteville City Council meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. Fayetteville Planning Commis sion meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. Fayetteville Work Session meeting on the last Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. at Fay etteville City Hall. Peachtree City Council meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Peachtree City Planning Com mission meets the second and fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Tyrone Town Council meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Tyrone Planning Commission meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Tyrone Downtown Devel opment Authority meets at 9 a.m. on the second Monday of the month. Brooks Town Council meets the third Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m.