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2A ♦ THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2006 Hr Jpii m u/n HHKgMMMiIgiMM • « w - # ■I v ___ u - , i I f. Sjsf 3f lljK fflill / v ***st liiTii jnnk MES^^Ss .Mg fl ffinl M MhMBHHBiBF *JMBb ri/ . I < ir IMH—M 4fl|ni “ * ■ w \ W\ j *f|. Hf * * J - 3 T@f®**s ,r * ' " V ’ i, "" ,v Photo by Gamma Omicron Shirley Lowery and Betty Haselden, left, and Shirley Lowery read to fourth graders at Linwood Elementary. Gamma Omicron Sponsors Power Pack Literacy Program Special to the Journal Local organizations in Perry and Warner Robins joined forces with Gamma Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma to raise more than $2,000 to spon sor the Power Pack Literacy Program for approximate ly 300 fourth graders from Pearl Stephens Elementary, Linwood Elementary, Miller Elementary and Morningside Elementary. The Gamma Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma’s Power Pack Program has been in exis tence for over six years. Gamma Omicron joins jvith community orgahiza-.': tions to furnish books for students at four different schools. A first grade class is chosen and the organiza tions follow them through fifth grade. The children receive two to three books each year so that when they leave elementary school, they have been able to start their own personal library. The following contribu tors in Perry and Warner Robins are as follows: Perry: TAHSERIA and AKITA, Warner Robins: Houston County Retired Educator s Association, the Third District GAESP Elementary Principal’s Organization, the Warner Robin s Rotary Club, VALIC, and Flint Energies. Books that were shared with the students are as follows: Lu and the Swamp Ghost, Saturdays and Teacakes, Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, Big Moon Tortilla, Casey At Bat and The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. The students were won derful listeners and truly appreciated their books, said Patsy Hutto in a release. A special thanks to the con tributing organizations and (To submit your event for the Community Calendar, fax the details to (478) 988-1181, e-mail to cperkins@evansnewspapers.com or mail to Houston Home Journal, EO. Box 1910, Perry, GA 31069.) Friday • The Warner Robins High School Class of 1996 will be having its 10-year reunion through Saturday. wrhsclassof96@yahoo. com Tuesday • The Perry Housing Authority will hold its quarterly board meeting at 4 p.m. at the Perry Housing Authority Conference Room at 822 Perimeter Road. The meeting is open to the public. Aug. 3 • The Warner Robins City Council work session is scheduled for 4 p.m. in the upstairs conference room, Warner Robins City Hall, 800 Watson Blvd. Aug. 5 • Houston Healthcare’s Family Fair 2006 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Galleria Mall in Centerville. Join Houston Healthcare for Photo by Gamma Omicron Carolyn Glass read to fourth graders at Miller Elementary. jjBSET g||l i • -it* . % ,hM JL ' * 7 RESk- jW” *•. .any Delta Kappa Gamma for students love to read, she helping our Houston County said. Community Calendar this annual event offering health screenings and information for the entire family. There will be digital fingerprinting, clowns, face painting and more available for children. Call 923-9771 for more information. Aug. 7 • The Houston County Board of Education will hold its work session at 6:30 p.m. at Houston County Career and Technology Center, Warner Robins. • The Warner Robins City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the council chamber, Warner Robins City Hall, 800 Watson Blvd. A preliminary meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. in the upstairs conference room. Aug. 8 • The Houston County Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting at 1 p.m. at the board’s central office building in Perry. • The Warner Robins Police Department Citizens Police Academy will begin Aug. 8. The classes will be every Tuesday from 6 until 8 p.m. at the Warner Robins Police Department Training Center. Grace Hodges at (478)929-7253 ore-mail ghodges@warner robins.org or download the application from the Web site at www.wrpolice.org. LOCAL TOP LEFT: Celebrity Reader Peggy Jackson, former principal at Morningside reads to 4th graders at Morningside Elementary. Per Hutto: “A special thanks to Sandy Cooper, a repre sentative of TAHSERIA and a teacher at Morningside, for being present and a supporter of Power Pack.” BOTTOM LEFT: Tricia Parker of Pearl Stephens reads to fourth graders Photo by Gamma Omicron Total Cancer Care Now Available in Hawkinsville Board-certified physicians offering: Medical oncology- * Hematology * Radiation oncology • CT scanning/irmgmg Genetic counseling * Wellness and nutritional services mmm * m ■■ u W SRHRSSft GEORGIA CENTER FOR TOTAL CANCER CARE at The Dan S. Meddock Canter Treatment Center Located on the campus of Taylor Regional Hospital 760 341 Boulevard ♦ Hawkinsville GA, 31036 • (478) 783*402 0 WkjM NASA aircraft, scientists come to Robins AFB Special to the Journal ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE - A National Aeronautics and Space Administration ER-2 high altitude airborne science aircraft and a team of some 56 scientists and support personnel have arrived at Robins to conduct mis sions through the middle of August. The NASA team will be using the 116th Air Control facilities on the west side of Robins. According to a release, the science objective of this mission is the calibration and validation of the Cloud- Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation satellite which will provide new insight into the role that clouds and atmospheric aerosols (airborne particles) play in regulating Earth’s weather, climate, and air quality. CALIPSO combines an active lidar instrument (meteorological instru ment) with passive infrared and visible imagers to probe the vertical structure and properties of thin clouds and aerosols over the globe. CALIPSO launched April 28 with the cloud pro filing radar system on the Cloud Sat satellite. CALIPSO and Cloud Sat are highly complementary and together will provide new, never-before-seen 3-D perspectives of how clouds and aerosols form, evolve, and affect weather and climate. CALIPSO and Cloud Sat fly in formation with three other satellites in the A-train constel Dance & Gymnastics Perry, Ga Cheerleading (478) 987-2838 Dance and Gymnastics I CHEERIEAtING 1 For Boys & Girls Now Enrolling Classes Begin August 7th i y y Instructors are certified by: AS KAT (Kinder Accredited), USAG Gymnastics Safety Certified, National Male Cheer Coaches, U. of Ga. Dance Degree, Choreographers, All Department Leaders have College Degrees Pre-School Tumbling - Walking - 5 yrs. Dance - Ballet, Tap, Jazz - 3 yrs - high school USA Gymnastics - 5K - Bth grade Cheerleading - 4th grade - college HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL A National Aeronautics and Space Administration ER-2 high alti tude airborne science aircraft lation to enable an even greater understanding of our climate system from the broad array of sensors on these other spacecraft. The ER-2 aircraft NASA is operating at Robins is one of two Lockheed ER -2 Earth resources aircraft used as flying laborato ries in the Sub-Orbital Science Program under the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. The aircraft, based at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., collect information about our surroundings, including Earth resourc es, celestial observations, atmospheric chemistry and dynamics, and oceanic pro cesses. The aircraft also are used for electronic sensor research and development, satellite calibration and satellite data validation. In 1981, NASA acquired its first ER-2 aircraft. The agency obtained a second ER-2 in 1989. They replaced two Lockheed U-2 aircraft, which NASA had used to collect science data since 1971. The U-2s, and later the ER-2s, were based at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., until 1997, when the ER-2 aircraft'and their operations moved to NASA Dryden. 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