| Texas Insurance Agent wins National Award
Austin - Contact: Patrick Royal (401) 465-0800 E-Mail: Patrick.royal@iiaba.net Media contacts Bill Roof - 800.880.7428, X124 http://www.iiat.org IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27 , 2007 Matt Berry Honored With Woodworth Award Austin, Texas independent insurance agent receives national award for lifetime of professional service WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26, 2007Matt Berry of the William Gammon Agency in Austin, Texas, and former president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, today received the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big I) bestows upon an individual. After 24 years of service to his state and national association, he is still being called upon as a valued resource and leader, Big I President Alex Soto said. As a state association staff person so aptly put it, It has really not mattered what the request has been; he has always answered the call and then given his best to the task placed before him.
Inpatient facilities fill gap
The bedrooms are bright and cheery, some decorated with nautical or sports designs, so children in need of intensive inpatient treatment for behavioral and emotional issues will feel at home. "I didn't want it to have an institutional feel," said Sherri Johnson, program administrator and founder of Seacoast Youth Academy near Socastee. "I wanted a place where they're comfortable. They can relax and feel safe and nurtured." The academy is one of two new centers that, for the first time in Horry County, provide inpatient care for children, adults battling mental illness and drug addiction, and troubled elderly. The new youth academy and two new programs at an existing psychiatric center in Conway are filling a need that has for years forced patients needing specialized, inpatient treatment to seek it outside the Grand Strand, not always the easiest or best option for sick patients and their families.
Man accused of planting bomb at South Austin health clinic
A Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested and charged a 27-year-old for allegedly planting a bomb at a women's health clinic in South Austin that performs abortion procedures.
Paul Ross Evans is accused of violating United States code by using a weapon of mass destruction, manufacturing the explosive device and preventing freedom of access to the clinic's entrance. Local and federal authorities are conducting an investigation into the incident, which came exactly one week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ban on partial-birth abortions.
Police said they could not determine if the suspect specifically targeted the health clinic.
Patrol officers began examining a suspicious package at the Austin Women's Health Center parking lot located at 1902 South I-35 at about 2:15 p.m.
Actions Taken on Abortion-Related Legislation in Kansas, Missouri ...
Kansas: The House on Wednesday voted 97-27 to approve a bill (HB 2062) that would change the state's definition of a "person" to include an "unborn child" from the time of conception and allow prosecutors to charge anyone who attacks a pregnant woman with a separate crime against the fetus, the AP/Joplin Globe reports. Under current Kansas law, it is a felony to injure a pregnant woman, but the fetus is not also treated as a victim. Abortion-rights opponents support the measure, while abortion-rights advocates say the measure is a step toward banning abortions. The bill now moves to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D), who has not indicated whether she will sign or veto it (Hanna, AP/Joplin Globe, 4/25).
Missouri: The House on Monday voted 101-48 to pass a measure (HB 1055) that would designate facilities performing second- or third-trimester abortions or more than five first-trimester abortions each month as "ambulatory surgical centers," the AP/Joplin Globe reports.
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