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Pictured, Rick Davis, sales and marketing representative for the Georgia National
Fairgrounds & Agricenter and Sheila Jones, executive director of the Perry Area
Convention & Visitors Bureau, recently promoted the Perry area to members of the
Airstream travel trailer club at their annual rally held in Salem, Oregon.
Jones, Davis promote
Perry on the West coast
Special to the Journal
Two Perry representa
tives recently traveled near
ly 3,000 miles to promote
the city known as “The
Crossroads of Georgia” to
members of the Wally Byam
Caravan Club International.
Sheila Jones, execu
tive director of the Perry
Area Convention & Visitors
Bureau and Rick Davis, sales
and marketing representa
tive for the Georgia National
Fairgrounds & Agricenter,
were in Salem, Oregon, over
the Independence Day week
end to attend the annual
rally for the WBCCI.
The WBCCI is a club for
owners of Airstream travel
trailers.
Jones and Davis, during
their visit, introduced the
Airstreamers to the Perry
area because the WBCCI
will hold its 50th anniver
sary international rally
at the Georgia National
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Some 1,500 Airstreams
will converge on Perry late
June/early July 2007 for
their weeklong rally; some
staying as long as a month
or more.
The WBCCI rallies
are always held over the
Independence Day weekend
to coincide with the birth
day of Byam, the founder
of Airstream, who was born
on the Fourth of July, it was
explained in a release. This
will mark the first time ever,
however, the WBCCI will
hold its international rally in
the area known as Region 3
to WBCCI members. Region
3 includes Georgia, Florida,
North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia.
“We are excited that the
WBCCI has chosen Perry
as the 2007 rally site,” said
Jones. “This group will have
a great economic impact on
our area during their visit.
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Tourism is big business for
Perry. Our Southern hos
pitality and great location
keeps visitors coming back
for more.”
Davis said, “We are
very happy the WBCCI
International Rally will
finally be coming to Perry.
We have been working with
this group for several years
and are pleased to welcome
them to the Georgia National
Fairgrounds & Agricenter
and the Perry area. I’m sure
they will all enjoy themselves
while they are here.”
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William Reeves of First Assembly receives his Gold Medal of Achievement from
Georgia District Royal Ranger Commander, Derek Goodwin, at right, as his parents,
Wayne and Patsy Reeves look on.
Reeves honored at
award ceremony
Special to the Journal
William Reeves of Warner
Robins was recently hon
ored in an awards cer
emony at First Assembly
for achieving the high
est accomplishment of
National Royal Ranger rec
ognition, the Gold Medal of
Achievement.
Reeves received the medal
from Georgia District Royal
Ranger Commander, Derek
Goodwin, at a Council of
Achievement ceremony
attended by members of
the Warner Robins First
Assembly congregation.
The Council of
Achievement ceremony
included the reading of
congratulatory letters to
him from President George
Bush, Gov. Sonny Purdue,
U.S. Congressman Jim
Marshall and mayors of
both Warner Robins and
Centerville. Additionally,
Reeves was presented an
American flag flown by an
Air Force E-8 Joint Stars
aircraft during a combat
mission of Operation Iraqi
Freedom in honor of his
Gold Medal status.
Reeves earned the
Royal Ranger Gold Medal
of Achievement by first
becoming a bronze and sil
ver medal award recipient.
To accomplish that, he com
pleted 16 skill merits, 48
different knowledge based
Bible merit achievements,
wrote an essay demonstrat
ing an understanding of the
goals of Royal Ranger min
istries and by completing a
ministry outreach service
project.
Reeves achieved Royal
Ranger of the Year commen
dation at First Assembly
for 2004, 2005 and 2006.
He is a ninth grader at
the Westfield Schools and
is the son of Wayne and
Patsy Reeves of Warner
Robins.
The Gold Medal of
Achievement was estab
lished nationally as an
award of highest honor for
Royal Rangers in 1963.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2006 ♦
Since its inception, less
than 6,000 young men in
the United States have
qualified for this honor.
Reeves is the 90th young
mail in the state of Georgia
to feceive the Gold Medal of
Achievement during its 43
year history.
Royal Rangers is an out
reach of the Assemblies of
God that applies applica
tioii of the Bible, life experi
ence and Christian service
to grow and develop boys,
according to a release, “to
become excellent examples
of dhristian men.”
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