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LCAC gets teen pregnancy prevention grant

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Walter Geiger
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Friday, March 4. 2011
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The Lamar County Activity Center received a grant from the Health Promotion Resource Center at Morehouse School of Medicine that aims to prevent teen pregnancy. The program will follow 60 local, low-income 11-12 year olds for five years to track their progress.

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#1 Anonymous on 03/04/11 at 04:56 PM
what a great opportunity for the future of lamar county! congrats to all involved in bringing this highly respected program here, where it is much needed.

how can we learn about job opportunities?
#2 aglenn on 03/04/11 at 05:17 PM
I will be interested in learning more about this program.
#3 Sheila Tolley on 03/05/11 at 05:58 PM
Is this grant funded from donations or tax revenue?
#4 cats on 03/06/11 at 07:49 AM
Well good luck with this making some sort of difference.
I left Georgia at the age of 16. Even then I knew I didn't want to follow the script of early marriage (maybe) and pregnancy while still a teenager.
When I moved back here at the age of 40, I was so disappointed to see that the trend continues, and may be more pronounced.
I had hoped a quarter of a century would have changed this.
Parent(s), please make it abundantly clear to your children that an education is the most important job your child has while in your home, that you have no intention of raising grandchildren and that there is a big wide world of wonder out there to explore and there will be time for marriage and children later in life.
Your children are listening and watching your actions.
#5 Brenda Parker on 03/06/11 at 07:45 PM
This is a joke right? No really, a joke? Right?
#6 Anonymous on 03/07/11 at 07:22 AM
very true, which is what's good about this program. it seems to take a holistic approach to focus on self-esteem, career goals, education, etc. to prevent pregnancy rather than just abstinence or sex education-- teens getting pregnant is about more than just sex.
#7 Anonymous on 03/07/11 at 07:55 AM
How about we just put birth control in the water system at the middle school, high school and run it through certain streets in Barnesville...gesh your tax dollars at work
#8 ozzie nelson on 03/07/11 at 09:39 AM
while an education is important, the most important thing to give your children is a moral education and not a card of birth control pills or a trip to the abortion clinic. yes an education is important but we also should stress that a stay at home, MARRIED MOMA, and homemaker is the ultimate career choice and the hardest career for a woman . for those mothers with dead beat daddys i salute you for having to do it all. before all you feminists start with the june cleaver comments, lets face it , AMERICA was a better place with more stay at home moms. the loss of family and CHRISTIAN values will be the downfall of our country. lets stress to our young people that the importance of waiting until they are married to have sex is not just about education, career and finances but about obeying GODS WORD! i hope im wrong but this seems like another government attempt to break up the traditional american family and push a planned parenthood liberal agenda. im not against encouraging children not to get pregnant but it imperative that we stress that the act of premarital sex is whats wrong , not the new child. HUCKABEE/PALIN 12
#9 Lil mama on 03/07/11 at 01:00 PM
Ya cant stop my check! ima get mines.
#10 Sheila Tolley on 03/07/11 at 01:34 PM
How about girls keep your legs together and boys keep your pants on?
#11 ann on 03/07/11 at 03:54 PM
Problem with teen pregnancy is out out control. Look at how many grandparents ends up raising these kids. Thats a story that needs to be told!
#12 Anonymous on 03/07/11 at 07:30 PM
so many kids, and it has been mentioned on these comments many times, they have babies on purpose to get welfare, food stamps, WIC, medicaid, etc. I know it's not a surprise, everyone knows it. But the gov't does nothing about it for fear of NAACP being after their(&#6#$. I really don't think the grant will help. I would love to see their results in 5 years
#13 ann on 03/08/11 at 07:04 AM
You should have been in school that day!
#14 mban on 03/08/11 at 07:15 AM
This program will be wonderful for our county.

Parents really need to have serious talks and open door policy with there children, boys and girls, about sex and pregnancy and the life time responsibility for a child.

Stopping the "checks" would be a great way for the government to cut back on spending and would also get rid of a big incentive to get pregnant as a teen for some!
#15 annon on 03/09/11 at 05:32 PM
I am one of those grandparents who is raising her grandchild. There are lots of reasons why these young girls are getting pregant..one of them is that they so badley want to be loved by the future daddy that they will do anything to keep him in their life..and that includes pregnancy..only to find out that he's NOT going to there for either of them. And of course most of these couples are on drugs and end up losing the baby to DFCS..and the cycle continues...
#16 Sheila Tolley on 03/09/11 at 06:19 PM
What was the money source of the grant money?
#17 Anonymous on 03/09/11 at 09:58 PM
what does it matter? cheaper than paying for "entitlements".
#18 political paul on 03/10/11 at 04:44 PM
Did you finish the second grade?
#19 Sheila Tolley on 03/10/11 at 06:36 PM
Did you have proper upbringing that consisted of any religious values which would have caused teens to abstain from sexual relations until after marriage?

What does second grade have to do with it?
#20 unknown on 03/11/11 at 09:12 AM
A great thing for the community if it will be used for that purpose.

ABSTINENCE
#21 annon on 03/11/11 at 10:43 AM
I agree with you! But don't forget it DFCS & judges that gives these kids back.I say about 90% of the time the parent they still don't deserve to have them back. Look at some of the kids these days the judge or dfcs sends them back and what happens they end up dying.
#22 Anonymous on 03/12/11 at 10:44 AM
why dont u mind ur business
#23 Shirley on 03/12/11 at 08:20 PM
I don't quite understand. What has the NAACP have to do with this?
#24 Anonymous on 03/12/11 at 09:42 PM
Federal funding from the Office of Adolescent Health in partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine
#25 Anonymous on 03/12/11 at 09:45 PM
Contact the Activity Center @ 770-358-6777 or stop by the office to pick up an application.
#26 Anonymous on 03/12/11 at 09:49 PM
Contact the Activity Center @ 770-358-6777 for more information about the Activity Center/MSM Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and other programs sponsored by the Activity Center.
#27 Sheila Tolley on 03/13/11 at 10:18 AM
Is the truth hurting you?
#28 Sheila Tolley on 03/13/11 at 10:20 AM
from which federal government....it can't be ours, WE ARE BROKE!
#29 cantstopdarock on 03/13/11 at 09:08 PM
broke and a idiot
#30 me on 03/14/11 at 10:52 AM
lol you're funny. we need that seriously!
#31 Anonymous on 03/14/11 at 11:38 AM
You are one to speak on religious values, after all you were only married four times. Sheesh the nerve!
#32 Anonymous on 03/15/11 at 07:50 PM
Office of Adolescent Health & Morehouse School of Medicine should give you a clue as to who they are targeting!!!!
#33 Anonymous on 03/15/11 at 08:55 PM
Sorry...Who are they targeting?...because the newspaper says 11 and 12 year olds
#34 Sheila Tolley on 03/16/11 at 12:29 AM
Don't cut me short. I am not dead yet. I have names to spare do you need to borrow one?
#35 Robert Whitted on 03/16/11 at 10:23 AM
Because if the NAACP ain't happy, AIN'T nobody happy.
#36 Robert Whitted on 03/16/11 at 10:26 AM
Thank you Vernon Worthy. I guess after you sealed this deal for us, you could not understand the need for an apology to Mr. Rooks.
#37 3OH2OH4Psychology on 03/16/11 at 02:57 PM
Abstinence is unnatural and possibly psychologically unhealthy. No other animal or organism, when reaching its sexual maturity, abstains from sex. The kids need to be educated on the use of contraceptives and let them decide if they want to take the path. Teach the the facts instead of fear mongering and guilt tripping with religion.
#38 Anonymous on 03/17/11 at 07:38 PM
You're not serious are you?
#39 Robert Whitted on 03/18/11 at 06:29 PM
Dead serious. Check it out for yourself.
#40 Sheila Tolley on 03/18/11 at 06:32 PM
Well damn. Load up kids. Let's go f---!
#41 Sheila Tolley on 03/18/11 at 06:39 PM
"teens getting pregnant is about more than just sex."

No it isn't.

Eliminate all the sexual activity and we will pay for the babies that are born from "lack of sex."
#42 Anonymous on 03/18/11 at 09:25 PM
So, you are saying the women raising children with dead beat dads should stay at home and raise the babies? They already are, it's called welfare. Some of us mother's have to work to pay for our $36.00 a can formula we don't get for free. Some of us mother's have to work 40 hours a week to pay for our child to go to the doctor, because we do not get to do that for free either. I am a happily married working mother, and it makes me angry that I can only spend 4 hours a day with my baby before she goes to sleep. But, it takes two working in this household to allow my (1) baby, not 10 babies, to eat and remain healthy.
#43 ozzie nelson on 03/20/11 at 12:34 PM
NO, THATs not what im saying Gloria Steinham, i was commending them for having to do both. if you have to work to take care of your child then i commend you too, but what i was saying that families that can have the mother at home ,while daddy is working ,do have less problems generally. Some families have to both work in order to make ends meet, but others do it because they treasure their career and their"things" ( suv, vacations, mini mansions etc. ) more than their children. we have tried both and id much rather give up trips to the beach etc. and eating out and hiring baby sitters than for both of us to work. so you do what you want , and we will do what we want, but i dont like the government and anyone else degrading stay at home moms and moms that dont have a career. My main point was that the problem with pre marital sex is that it , itself is the sin , not the resulting child .
#44 Little Johnny on 03/21/11 at 05:19 AM
awwwww Ms. Tolley....not again????
#45 Sheila Tolley on 03/21/11 at 08:21 AM
Get on 12.1 Little Johnny..not me. He is the one who thinks abstinence is unhealthy. He must be a Catholic priest. Keep your little boys at home.
#46 Anonymous on 03/21/11 at 03:56 PM
Do we have too?
#47 Sheila Tolley on 03/21/11 at 06:22 PM
12.1 thinks it is important that you do. You must attend these feel trips.
#48 Little Johnny on 03/21/11 at 08:17 PM
"Feeltrips"? That what my priest calls them.
#49 Sheila Tolley on 03/24/11 at 12:42 PM
Celibacy can be a choice in life, or a condition imposed by circumstances.

While attending a Marriage Weekend, Frank and his wife Nancy listened to the instructor declare, "It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other."

He then addressed the men. "Can you name and describe your wife's favorite flower?"

Frank leaned over, touched Nancy 's arm gently, and whispered, "Gold Medal-All-Purpose, isn't it?"

And thus began Frank's life of celibacy...
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