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♦ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006
Professional Big Band group
returns for CLCP fund-raiser
Special to the Journal
The Houston County
Certified Literate
Community Program
announced this past week
the Sept. 16 return of Still
Swinging, The Les Still Big
Band at the Homer J. Walker
Civic Center in Warner
Robins.
This year’s performance,
according to a release, rep
resents a record-setting
sixth year in a row for the
“popular” 18-piece, Glenn
Miller style orchestra from
Atlanta.
“Fans are promised a big
ger and better than ever
show this year,” said CLCP
Coordinator Skip Holmes,
also of WNNG, “including
the return of The Atlanta
Swing Dance Association,
which brought the house
down last September with
stunning exhibitions in cos
tume.”
Also back again The
Swing Shift, a four-voice
ensemble reminiscent of
the Modernaires, plus solo
ists from Houston County’s
four high school bands and
this year for the first time,
musicians representing area
church orchestras.
“Additionally,” Holmes
said, “patrons will discover
a more comprehensive event
program including coupons
and special discounts from
restaurants and other busi-
FVSU hosts military appreciation day
Special to the Journal
The Fort Valley State
University Army ROTC
Wildcat Battalion will host
the third annual Military
Appreciation Day on the
university campus in con
junction with the first
FVSU home football game
of the season today. The
Wildcats take on the Tigers
of Morehouse College at 6
p.m. in Wildcat Stadium.
’’Saturdays activities are a
way for our cadets to dem
onstrate the close, dedicat
ed relationship that exists
between our department, the
community and the FVSU
faculty, staff, administrators
and students,” said Lt. Col.
Antonio Foster.
Busbee named outstanding
assistant principal
Special to the Journal
Suzanne Busbee, assis
tant principal at Bonaire
Elementary School, was
named the Outstanding
Assistant Principal for
District 3 by the Georgia
Association of Elementary
School Principals.
The award was present
ed at the most recent 3rd
District GAESP meeting.
Busbee has served in the
role of assistant principal for
10 of her 26 years in educa
tion. She was nominated for
the award by Eric Payne,
Bonaire Elementary prin
cipal and Keith Lauritsen,
Russell Elementary
principal. At the time,
Busbee served as assistant
principal at both schools.
“Ms. Busbee is an excep
tional educator and admin
istrator,” wrote Payne in his
nomination letter. “She is an
excellent assistant principal
and will be an excellent prin
cipal one day. Her work ethic
and commitment to children
make her a very worthy
candidate for this award.”
Added Lauritsen, “Suzanne
has proven herself to be an
innovative administrator, a
hard worker and an excel
lent role model for students,
teachers and parents. She
is always a professional and
deals with everyone in a
compassionate and caring
way. Ms. Busbee is, without
a doubt, one of the bright
est and best administrators
I have ever been around.”
The award criteria requires
that the nominee be an active
assistant principal with a
minimum of two years at his
or her present school and
hold a Georgia leadership
Four musicians to perform
with Atlanta big band
Special to the Journal
Four high school musicians have been selected by
their band directors as outstanding solo musicians and
will perform with Atlanta’s Les Still “Still Swinging”
Orchestra.
They are: Perry Hi# School senior Adam Seward
on guitar; Houston County High School senior
Jonathan Clopton on trumpet; Northside Hi# School
sophomore Johnny Fells on alto saxophone; and
Warner Robins High School senior Joseph Rimando on
alto saxophone. (He also performed during last year s
event.)
The students will play with the 18-piece, Glenn Miller
style orchestra and will also be featured on a CD.
The CD will be sold by the Houston County Certified
Literate Community Program with all proceeds used to
help support adult literacy. The big band show and the
CD sales are the sole, annual fundraiser for the CLCP
The show will also feature the Perry High School Jazz
Band at 6:15 p.m., under the direction of Bruce Fisher.
nesses, along with drawings
for a number of outstanding
door prizes with a minimum
100 value.”
Yet another highlight of
the evening, he pointed
out, would be 21st Century
Partnership executive direc
tor and former Channel 13
personality Mary Therese
Tebbe sharing emcee duties
with Holmes.
About a dozen door prizes
will be given away, valued
from SIOO to S6OO each.
Tickets are $lO, with
“The active and continued
support of the university s
administration throughout
the history of our depart
ment has greatly strength
ened the academic and
social skills that our Reserve
Office Training Corps
graduates take with them
as newly commissioned
officers in the U.S. Army.”
Appreciation Day activities
include military static dis
plays and a cookout next to
Wildcat Stadium.
A highlight of the celebra
tion includes a precision para
chute demonstration jump
by the U.S. Army’s Silver
Wings Parachute Team.
Discount tickets are $5 with
valid military identification
BUSBEE
certification.
Busbee’s background
includes an undergraduate
degree in Education from
the University of Georgia,
two master’s degrees
from Georgia College
and State University,
and an Educational
Specialist degree from the
University of Georgia.
She is a member of the
Professional Association
of Georgia Educators
and Georgia Association
of Elementary School
Principals. Active in the
community, she is a mem
ber of Trinity United
Methodist Church and has
been involved with the Girl
Scouts, Boy Scouts, Houston
County schools’ football and
wrestling programs, Upward
Basketball and American
Little League.
In addition, Busbee serves
as her school’s United Way
coordinator and is a Relay
for Life team member.
students receiving a dis
counted rate of $5. Tickets
may be purchased at City
Hall, Warner Robins Senior
Citizen’s Center, Middle
Georgia Technical College
and the Warner Robins Area
Chamber of Commerce. For
more information about this
event, please contact Skip
Holmes, CLCP Program
Coordinator, at (478) 447-
2876.
To learn more about the
CLCP visit its website at
www.houstoncountyclcp.
card and $3 for cadets in
uniform.
Regular general admis
sion is sls; children (6-12)
$5; non-FVSU students $10;
individual reserved tickets
(per game) S3O; reserved
ticket packages $75; park
ing $5.
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Warner Robins firefighter Randy Willis checks the meat Wednesday at the Training
Center. Firefighters cooked 1,500 Boston butts to sell as part of the department’s
fund-raising efforts for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
WRFD raises money for Jerry’s Kids
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Warner Robins Fire
Department smoked and
wrapped Boston butts again
this year for Jerry’s Kids.
Firefighters were out at
the training center at mid
night Wednesday to begin
the first day of cooking the
Boston butts.
“These will come off about
2 p.m.,” Firefighter Randy
Willis said, Wednesday,
and we’ll start another
batch about midnight for
Thursday.”
“We pre-sold about
1,500,” said Willis. “It’s one
of our big fundraisers for
MDA.”
The Boston butts sold
for S2O a piece and were
handed out and picked
up between 4 and 7 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday.
Homemade barbecue sauce
was also available for sale.
Last year the depart
ment raised about $16,747
of the $132,125 donation
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to the Muscular Dystrophy
Association thanks to
people of Warner Robins
taking their butts home.
“It seems to do real well,”
Willis said.
The Boston butt sale was
just a part of the depart
ment’s annual fund-rais
ing for MDA, which also
includes boot drives, a golf
tournament and the gos
pel sing. The firefighters
have been out with boots
in hand at the two Warner
Robins Wal-Marts the past
two weekends and will be
out again this weekend.
The proceeds from the
sale and all the other fund
raisers will be given to
the Muscular Dystrophy
Association during the
annual Jerry Lewis Labor
Day Telethon on WMAZ
13 (CBS), which is hosted
by the Warner Robins Fire
Department. The depart
ment is one of the top non
union fire departments in
the county in MDA contri
butions.
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The firefighters and local
celebrities will be doing
the local segments of the
national MDA Labor Day
Telethon from the Wellston
Center, according to
Assistant Training Officer
Dean Christian. People can
come by or watch on TV
from 8 p.m. to midnight
Sunday and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday.
“There will be the fish
bowl for donations, a bunch
of kids with muscular dys
trophy,” Christian said.
“We’ll be selling T-shirts,
kids can come by and meet
the fireman and the celeb
rities - the WMAZ person
alities.”
The Warner Robins Fire
Department has been co
hosting with Macon for 10-
12 years and the last three
has hosted the local por
tion for the Middle Georgia
Muscular Dystrophty
Association. “We used to
do it at the Houston Mall,”
Christian said.