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VOLUME 136 , NUMBER 189 Below THE Fold: Police investiqatinq bomb threat at Houston County High School ■ Community concert series set Thursday September 28,2006 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH IN SPORTS ■ Westfield’s Lady Hornets locked up their seventh-straight region championship. Also, Warner Robins’ softball team rolled as did Perry’s. Also, look for news on Georgia Tech, youth football photos and more. - See 1B IN BRIEF Safe House to hold candelight vigil Representatives from the Salvation Army Safe House would like to invite others to join them in their Candelight Vigil, designed, according to a release, to promote community awareness for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The vigil is set for Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Salvation Army Church located at 96 Thomas Blvd., in Warner Robins. Gator fans to gather at Olde Time buffet Gator fans will be gathering at the Olde Time Country Buffet on Tuesday at 7 p.m. for dinner and the reorganizing of the Middle Georgia Gator Club. All fans of the Gators are wel come. For more information call Linda Horky at 953-8366. Church to offer blessings for animals Pets will be blessed at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, which is located at 1209 Macon Road in Perry, Tuesday, starting at 6:30 p.m. The annual Blessing of the Animals is in observance of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Fr. William Anderson says that all animals are welcome at this service. Marching band invite to be held at stadium The Heart of Georgia Marching Band Invitational will be held Oct. 7 from 9 a.m.-10 p.m. in McConnell- Talbert Stadium. The cost is $5 per adult, $3 per child. The event will be hosted by the Warner Robins High School Band Boosters, Inc., and will feature bands from all over the southeastern part of the United States competing against one another. BIRTHDAYS Today ■ Victor Stimus ■ Doris Westmoreland ■ Shaun Phillips DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Kiffin D. 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E-Vl/Oary Harmon Two sections • 18 pages Banner years The following Houston County schools have been honored by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement: Greatest Gains Elementary (Principal Jolie DeLoreto) dXSi&yS) - Linwood Elementary (Principal Hilda Gillis) SfILViR- Huntington Middle (Principal Gwendolyn Taylor) MOfin - Centerville Elementary (Principal Cindy Flesher) Highest Percentage MLVHI-Quail Run Elementary (Principal Doug Rizer) ■HWONM3DI - Matt Arthur Elementary (Principal Jolie DeLoreto) BHOffBBi - Kings Chapel Elementary (Principal Paulette Tompkins) Six schools earn governor honors Editor’s Note: The below is a follow-up to a story that ran in Wednesday’s Houston Daily Journal. In it, only Matt Arthur Elementary School was singled out for excel lence. That, leaving out the other schools listed below, was not entirely our fault as the information came straight from a- release from the governor’s office. The below, with the cor rect information, is from the Houston County Board of Education. We apologize for the incovenience. Special to the Journal Six Houston County schools have been hon ored with seven awards by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement. Matt Arthur Elementary, Centerville Elementary, Concent series set Special to the Journal The Warner Robins Community Concert Association has announced 2006-2007 concert season schedule. Once again, all concerts will be held at First United Methodist Church at 205 N. Davis Drive, Warner Robins. The Oct. 15 concert, featuring the church’s Moller pipe organ, will At A Glance What: Community Concert Association concert season When: Key dates: Oct. 15, Jan. 21, 2007, March 11,2007 and April 29, 2007 Where: First United Methodist Church in Warner Robins Cost: S2O for season tickets; $9 for single concerts; students free Bomb threat a hoax By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Warner Robins Police are still investigating a bomb threat hoax called in to Houston County High School Wednesday morn ing. “We’ll see if we can trace the call,” said Maj. John Wagner. Wagner said about 10 officers were dispatched to the school about 7:30 4B Kings Chapel Elementary, Linwood Elementary, Quail Run Elementary and Huntington Middle are six of 269 schools recognized across the state for improv ing and promoting excel lence in student academic achievement. The test scores of 2,072 Georgia schools were reviewed to determine the schools with the most sig nificant academic achieve ment. Matt Arthur Elementary is one of only 15 schools state-wide to win two awards. Two schools return as winners again this year, having won awards in 2005. Quail Run Elementary won a gold award in 2005 because at least 97 per cent of its students met or exceeded standards. See HONORS, page ioB be presented by Nicholas Bowden, organist at the 10,000-member Peachtree Presbyterian Church. On Jan. 21, 2007 the Manhattan Piano Trio will return, fresh from winning the Plowman National Chamber Music Competition. The March 11, 2007 concert will feature the Belgian Brass Quintet, See SERIES, page ioB a.m. Wednesday morn ing after a bomb threat was called into the school. Officers cordoned off the area, closed the road for a time and evacuated the students from the school, Wagner said. A canine team went through the school with administrators, Wagner said and “the all clear was given about See THREAT, page ioB