...clearly a cooperative effort between the two state agencies with the money and the grant-making experience," said Pat Willis, the executive director of one of Voices for Georgia's Children, which pushed seven years for this reform.Universities...

...involve up to 11 percent of the federal budget, yet often receive little discussion during congressional campaigns, said Pat Willis, the executive director of Voices for Georgia's Children, a child advocacy group.Organizers have invited the four...

...side benefit."It's true, we didn't start out saying, 'How can we change this code to save money?' " said Pat Willis, the executive director of Voices for Georgia's Children, an Atlanta-based advocacy group that's part of the...

...austerity cuts" to the student-funding formula that began in 2003.Some of the faces will be social workers, said Pat Willis, the executive director of Voices for Georgia's Children, an Atlanta-based advocacy organization. Fewer social...

...about austerity cuts. That's just the world we live in today."Some of those faces will be social workers, says Pat Willis, executive director of Voices for Georgia's Children, and Atlanta-based advocacy organization. Fewer social workers...

NORTH AUGUSTA - The North Augusta city council has given the green light to a second part of a walking and bicycling track that now arcs from downtown Georgia Avenue to Martintown Road. Construction should begin early next year on the Greeneway project, now in planning stages. Phase I of the track, laid along the bed of an abandoned railroad, extends from near the 13th Street Bridge to Martintown Road. It was completed in 1995.

...14 million) oak hill; 100; 400,000 perry; 320; 100,000 salley; 200; 100,000 talatha; 600; 200,000 valley public service authority; 2,900; 1.3 million wagener; 500; 400,000 Reach Pat Willis at (803) 279-6895.

...retiring rather than resigning," he plans to join his wife, Judy, at their new home in Satellite Beach, Fla., in what he calls "a beautiful house on the water just an hour from Orlando." Reach Pat Willis at (803) 279-6895.

...swimming area is to be completely buoyed and sand will be hauled in for the shoreline. Plans are to begin construction on the bathhouse and office facility as soon as possible, Dr. Sanders said. Reach Pat Willis at (803) 279-6895.

...in a Charleston newspaper, five members of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, based in Butler, Ind., addressed largely hostile audiences last weekend in Summerville and North Charleston. Reach Pat Willis at (803) 279-6895.