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♦ SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2006
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RAFB recieves three
awards for excellence
From staff reports
Robins Air Force Base has
’ received three Shingo Prize
C awards.
* The Shingo Prize for
* Excellence in Manufacturing
f deemed the “Nobel Prize
for manufacturing” by
Week recognized
•fnine government entities
that achieved dramatic per
formance improvements
with the 2006 Shingo Prize
Public Sector Award.
“The Shingo Prize rec
ognizes the best in manu
facturing,” said North
American Shingo Prize
Director Ross Robson. “The
2006 Recipients are not only
saving American taxpayers
money, but increasing the
quality and availability of
- military weapons that pro
tect Americans at home and
soldiers abroad.”
* Robins was awarded a
? gold and two bronze awards.
’ The Gold award was for
the C-5 Programmed Depot
Maintenance. The bronze
awards were for F-15 Avionics
Squadron and F-15 Program
Depot Maintenance.
The recipients - evalu
Perry Girl Scouts seeking troop leaders from community
By KRISTY WARREN
Journal staff writer
According to Linda
Stanley, site coordinator for
Perry Girl Scouts and leader
of Brownie Troop 498, the
organization is in need of
leaders.
For Stanley, Girl and Boy
Scouts have played a major
role in her adult life. She
was a troop leader when her
daughter, now in college,
was in Girl Scouts and was
also a leader for her older
son’s troop.
Now she is back in that
role with her granddaughter.
Stanley is a big advocate of
the Scouts and the life skills
it teaches. She also encour
ages involvement with the
program to keep them from
making poor decisions with
their spare time.
“Even if it is not the
Girl Scouts they need to
be involved in something,”
says Stanley. “We’re not the
only organization that keeps
them busy, but we are one of
the best.”
Parent support is key for
leaders like Stanley to be
able to make the Scouting
experience the best they
can. Fortunately, she is able
to rave about the parents of
her current troop members.
In the past, the Scouts
organization has been able to
send surveys home with the
kids from school to recruit
girls and volunteers.
This year though, due to
many other demands to /do
the same, schools are no lon
ger sending outside organi
zation material home with
the students.
Now, the Girl Scouts have
to rely on other means to get
the word out about signing
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ated by on-site examiners
and recognized as either
Platinum, Gold, Silver or
Bronze are scored in the fol
lowing areas: cost improve
ment; leadership; empower
ment; vision and strategy;
innovation and develop
ment; partnering practices
with suppliers and custom
ers; environmental practic
es; quality and results; and
consistent improvement in
each of those areas.
There were no Platinum
recipients. The other 2006
Gold recipients are:
• Hill Air Force Base, F
-16 Common Configuration
Implementation Program,
Ogden, Utah
• Rock Island Arsenal,
Joint Manufacturing and
Technology Center, Rock
Island, 111.
The 2006 Silver recipients
are:
• Letterkenny Army Depot,
HMMWV, Chambersburg,
Pa.
• Red River Army Depot,
HMMWV Texarkana, Texas
The other 2006 Bronze
recipients are:
• Sandia National
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Brownie Troop 498, led by Linda Stanley. Kneeling: Jillian Stanley, Madyson Kelly,
Mariah Haley, Lily Sutton. Standing: Lizzi Neal, Amber Thomas, Shakeerryah Barrett
Jr. Troop 325, Amanda Rabon, and Alyssa Waters. Missing from Troop 498 are Kaitlyn
Albritton and Kati Shim.
up and volunteering to be
leaders.
All leaders are required to
attend Girl Scout Council
Training, so even if you have
never been a scout leader,
you will still be able to share
your time.
“It’s leaders we lack,”
explains Stanley. She says
a leader does not have to
have experience with Girl
Scouts, nor have a child in
the program.
Laboratories, Neutron
Generator Production,
Albuquerque, N.M.
• Tobyhanna Army Depot,
AN/TPS-75 Radar Systems,
Tobyhanna, Pa.
The Shingo Prize for
Excellence in Manufacturing
recognizes world-class orga
nizations throughout the
year with three types of
prizes: the Business Prize,
the Research Prize and the
Public Sector Prize.
The Shingo Prize for
Excellence in Manufacturing
is administered by Utah
State University’s College
of Business. Public Sector
awards will be presented at
the 2nd Annual Shingo Prize
Public Sector Conference
and Awards Ceremony
to be held Sept. 7, at the
Tropicana Resort and Casino
in Las Vegas. Speakers will
include Lt. General Donald
Wetekam, U.S. Air Force;
Michael Kirby, U.S. Army;
Art Smalley, Art of Lean,
Inc.; Gary Convis, Toyota;
and John Van Gels, Boeing;
among others.
For more information, visit
www.shingoprize.org.
“You don’t have to be a
camper,” she says, “Just
willing to work with young
people.”
Stanley, however, is a
camper. She takes her troops
camping at Cumberland
Island, and Girl Scout owned
camps Martha Johnston and
Mani Pines.
This year her troop has
chosen to go to Amicalola
Falls to see the kangaroo
rehab.
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Kings Chapel Elementary School teachers were ready to go at the stroke of mid
night when Georgia’s sales tax holiday began and the SIOO teacher gift cards were
activated. The teachers began their evening at 11 p.m. at a local restaurant for food
and fellowship, and then entered Wal-mart at 12:01 a.m. to begin their shopping
for school supplies. Shown in the attached photo are, from left, Kim Waters, Angie
Battle, Tammy Morrow, Cathy Karchella, Kelly Voss, Kelly Gray, Amber Churcher and
Karen Denison. Lisa Barnett, media specialist, also joined the shoppers.
McCord graduates from course
Special to the Journal
Army Pvt. William G.
McCard has graduated
from the Small Arms/
Artillery Repairer Advanced
Individual Training course
at Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Aberdeen, Md.
The course is designed
Last year, the troop vis
ited the Georgia Aquarium
as their year-end trip.
The girls sell cookies to pay
for their own trips and other
events they do throughout
the year. The Scouts like to
give the girls options and let
them choose what they want
to do., Stanley says.
The Girl Scouts have four
goals set in place to build
character in the girls. The
program goals are to develop
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to train soldiers to perform
direct and general support
maintenance and repairs on
small arms and other relat
ed infantry weapons, such
as shoulder-fired weapons,
handguns, machine guns,
mortars, and towed artil
lery.
individual potential; relate
to others; develop values;
and contribute to society.
With these values, the Girl
Scouts “mold the leaders of
tomorrow,” says Stanley.
“You never find any Girl
Scout that says ‘I don’t want
to.’”
According to The Girl
Scout Council of Greater
New York, there are many
successful and famous for
mer Girl Scouts. Some of
the names listed are Shirley
Tenaple,.Black, Mm<, Tyler
Moore, Roselyn Carter, and
Barbara Walters.
Stanley says it is wonder
ful to see the shyest girl
in the troop blossom and
become more outgoing
through camping, selling
cookies, and participating in
other activities. The Scouts
host summer camps, mother
daughter events and father
daughter dances.
Upcoming “scout round
ups” started on Thursday at
the following schools: Tucker
Elementary from 1 p.m.
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Special to Journal
McCard is the son
of William L. McCard
of E. Flournoy Road,
Hawkinsville and Frankie
Y. Rich of Ashley St., Perry.
His wife, Jessica, is the
daughter of William B. and
Rose N. McGhee of Oaklawn
St., Fort Valley.
until 2 p.m.; Morningside
Elementary from 3 p.m.
until 5 p.m.; Perry Primary
School from 4:30 p.m. until
5:30 p.m. Round ups will
also be held today at Wal-
Mart in Perry from 10 a.m.
until 2 p.m. and Tuesday
from 5:50 p.m. until 7:30
p.m.
Sign up surveys will also
be available inside Wal-Mart
at the greeter’s stand, at the
Perry Public Library, and
The New Perry Hotel. All
eyrea schools will have,
sigii-up forms available for
pick up in the office.
Girl Scouts will have a
Fun Night Roundup for girls
and parent volunteers on
Aug. 15 from 6:30 p.m. until
8 p.m. at the Cross Roads
Methodist Church on Hwy
341 S in Perry. Troops will
be formed depending on the
available number of adult
volunteers to train as lead
ers.
For more information,
you may call Stanley at 472-
7244.
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