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♦ TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006
HOLMES
From page 1A
and owner of his own busi
ness, took all of Holmes
woodworking and cabine
try classes while at Pearl
Stephens.
Kelson Brooks is another
of his most memorable stu
dents. Brooks was interest
ed in welding and drained
Holmes of his knowledge.
“’You’ve got all I know,”’
Holmes remembers telling
Brooks, “’We’ll have to send
you somewhere else.’”
Both Head and Brooks
attended Macon Technical
School after graduating high
school.
Holmes also takes pride
in being the first to tai
lor Industrial Arts classes
for women. Holmes began
“leather crafts” specifically
for the ladies, who were
not allowed to take wood
working or welding class
es. Holmes recalls that the
girls out performed the guys
when it came to neatness
and patience.
After 18 years at Pearl
Stephens, Holmes was asked
to become assistant princi
pal at Tabor Junior High,
which was his position for
two years. For the following
five years, he wore the hat of
ninth grade principal for the
school, a position that was
only supposed to last a year.
In January of 1991,
Superintendent Harold
Chapman called upon
Holmes to come to Perry
High School as assistant
principal and Supervisor
of Vocational Education.
Reluctantly, says Holmes, he
went. It did not take him
long to realize he had made
the right choice.
“Perry High School was
the best kept secret in the
county,” he says. He recalls
it was the kind of town
where “you could leave car
doors unlocked and windows
down.”
Holmes said the school
offered programs for stu
dents that no one knew
about. He encouraged the
school to market their pro
grams better so that every
one knew what he had found
out by moving to the school.
When Tony Hinnant
became superintendent,
he created the position of
coordinator of Vocational
Education and asked Holmes
to fill the spot. This was
his position until Hinnant
retired.
Charles Holloway then
promoted him to execu
tive director of vocational
Education/assistant to the
superintendent. This gave
Holmes more responsibility
for the remainder of his full
time career, traveling with
the superintendent and tak
ing on some of his tasks. In
2003, Holmes retired, but
ARREST
From page 1A
Phase I Apartments, 120
Ignico Drive, Warner Robins,
concerning a robbery. Upon
arrival, the victim told police
that he was walking to his
apartment when three black
males restrained him and
stole an undisclosed amount
of money from his person.
The victim provided
descriptions of the suspects
and police officers conducted
a search of the area. The
search resulted in three 15-
year-old black male juveniles
being located and detained.
The victim was transported
to their location and subse
quently identified them as
the suspects that had robbed
him.
The victim did not sustain
any injuries.
The juveniles were trans
ported to the Warner Robins
Police Department where
they were charged for the
offense of robbery by force.
They were then released
to their parents per the
Department of Juvenile
Justice.
Anyone with information
concerning the aforemen
tioned incident is encour
aged to contact Detective
Art Cumutte of the Warner
Robins Police Department
Criminal Investigations
Division at 918-2977 or 929-
1170.
with the promise he would
return.
For three years he did
return as “part-time,” basi
cally performing the same
job he had retired from. He
was the executive director
for Career Technology and
Agriculture Education.
This year, Holmes retired
(again) from the career
that he says was “never a
job.” That day in June, he
and three other part-tim
ers retired and left with the
“combined experience of 150
years.”
All the years Holmes
was teaching the youth of
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Houston County, he was also
supporting a family. When
he and his wife Rosa, also
an educator, were starting
their young family. Holmes
sometimes worked two jobs.
When his wife became preg
nant he worked as an orderly
at Hallmark Nursing Home
for 13 months.
He would go in at 11 p.m.,
get off at 7 a.m., only to go
teach at his day job. Holmes
also held down jobs at Sears
and Belk in the Houston
Mall to bring home extra
money to his family. From
1972-1978, he was an aux
iliary policeman for Warner
LOCAL
Robins. He relieved officers
on weekends and holidays,
rode patrol and provided
back-up.
“I guess that’s just my
nature,” he says of his ser
vitude.
Not going into retire
ment lying down, Holmes
became a Warner Robins
City Councilman in January.
He says he wants to be “an
ear and a voice” to the peo
ple. Being a newer member,
Holmes says that right now
he is “in school” and believes
that things are at the right
pace for him to learn.
“It’s a friendly atmo
sphere,” he says, “People
working for people.”
He says his time with the
council has been a team
experience, sharing district
issues with fellow members
and‘then going about how
to find the solution or the
person who can provide the
solution.
“We work together for
the betterment of Warner
Robins,” says the council
man.
A hot topic of council meet
ings these days is annexa
tion.
“We’re sticking to our
guns,” Holmes says, ’’We’re
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requiring things be done.”
Holmes has been active
in politics for quite some
time, lobbying every
February with the Teacher’s
Association. About 15 years
ago he attempted to run for
city council, but conceded
due to confrontation.
“You can’t go into dirty
politics and fight amongst
yourselves,” he explains.
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