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6A FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 •lournal Hay Lightner Houston Medical Center Administrator Skip Philips shows Hospital Authority members the second entry perspective artist rendering of the hospital with the northwest tower addition. HOSPITAL From page iA Road. Philips told the authority, the designers are working to minimize the noise of the plant for our neighbors. BASE From page iA the Russell Parkway gate, closed Sept. 4, as part of a group of construction proj ects totaling approximately $1.6 million to provide cano pies over both inbound and outbound traffic. 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs spokesman Lt. Evart C. Lagasse said the project is supposed to be finished by December. He said the base has made accommodations at the other gates to accommodate the traffic from Gate 14 includ ing additional hours of oper ation. One additional gate was also opened. The Marchbanks Drive Gate, located south of the Museum of Aviation, was opened for Ga. 247 north bound, right turn entry only traffic, Monday to Friday HOLDUP From page iA He faces a maximum of 40 years in prison, said Chief Assistant District Attorney Katherine Lumsden. Dean provided informa tion about the store’s staff, customer patterns and cash availability to another man who is alleged to have been the gunman, Lumsdem said. Dean also drove the gun man to and from the store, provided the weapon for one robbery, and used his rela tionship to the staff to help the gunman gain entry to the store. The co-defendant, and MEETING From page iA Returning the ballot, which was wrapped around the September edition of Georgia Magazine, qualifies mem bers for the mail drawing prizes, according to Jimmy Autry, Flint Energies senior vice president of Member and Community Relations. Attendees at the meet ing will also qualify for a prize drawing to be held just before the barbecue lunch that will be served at noon. The top prize is a $1,500 Flint Energies shopping spree that can be used to pay a member’s electric bill or to SUSPECTS From page iA look to see if they recog nize anyone, said Det. Tom Williams of the Warner Robins Police Department Criminal Investigations Division. Police said the suspects should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information is urged to contact Williams or Det. Art Cumutte of Warner Robins Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 929-1163 or 929- 6911. While originally set for completion in 2010, Philips said, if everything stays on schedule, the project should be finished in 2009. Hospital Authority Chairman Ed Dyson said with this project, “we are trying to do things to bring gfjr *...*• • * • ENI/Gary Harmon A vehicle heads down Russell Parkway in Warner Robins. from 5 to 8 a.m. only. Gate One (Green Street gate) and the main gate, Gate Three (Watson Boulevard gate) will contin ue normal operations. Gate Five (Martin Luther King alleged gunman Christopher Vann is awaiting trial on armed robbery and Aggravated assault charges arising from these incidents. Dean was charged by Warner Robins Police about two weeks after the second robbery, following the inves tigation by Det. Mark 4 y- VANN Wright of the Warner Robins Police Department Criminal Investigations Division. Vann was arrested near purchase appliances at the Flint Appliance Center. Entertainment for the morning will be provided by the Northside High School Jazz Band. The business meeting will include reports from the Chairman of the Board John Neely, financial and business reports, and a presentation We’re Full Of Bright Ideas B ffl ■ fl B . ■■ : WL r ■ ■ 0: ■ IB i J ™ c Tie Store /-•>* V| A" Division- of Southeast i Electrical Supply g* ■m rn - 926 Carroll St. • Perry. GA 31069 478-224-8888 ' T-F 9am-spm SAT l()am-2pm about the best care for the community.” Philips said, “one of the things that allows us to move forward is the quality of people working behind us, to provide the community access to the best quality services.” Boulevard gate) is scheduled to be open every day from 5 a.m. to midnight with one outbound lane scheduled to be used as a third inbound lane to alleviate the large inbound traffic flow. the scene following the April 2 robbery of the store at 1202 Moody Road and later charged with both robber ies. According to Wright, Vann was found walk ing in area within an hour of the 11 p.m., April 2, rob bery. Lumsden prosecuted the case DEAN before Superior Court Judge George Nunn. Sam Hart and Caroline Harrington repre sented Dean. by Chief Executive Officer Bob Ray. Members are asked to bring the back page of their Georgia Magazine cover wrap/Official Notice with them to the meeting. That page includes the agenda for the meeting and other necessary informa tion. LOCAL Two armed career criminals each get mandatory sentences By RAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Two Warner Robins men will be spending the next 15 years in federal prison. According to Maxwell Wood, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, the two were sentenced on Wednesday in federal court for violations of federal firearms laws. Both had pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Duross Fitzpatrick to 180 months imprisonment. Jason Whittaker, 24, of Warner Robins, had previ ously entered a plea of guilty on June 22. He was appre hended by officers from the Warner Robins Police Department and found in possession of several sto len firearms. Whittaker had prior convictions for burglary, aggravated bat tery and rioting in a penal institution, which qualified him as an armed career criminal, Wood said. The second man, Michael Joseph Sarber, 23, of Warner Robins, entered his plea of guilty on May 23. His charge stems from the Aug. 26, 2005, burglary of Northside Pawn Shop, in which he stole a firearm from the shop. Sarber had three prior convictions for burglary, which qualified him as an armed career criminal, Wood said. “These prosecutions represent the effective ness of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative. Targeting armed career criminals will make our community safer,” Wood said. “These two young men amassed serious criminal records in a very short time. Under the Armed Career Criminal Act, seri ous offenders received serious time,” Wood said, I $ 40% OFF MEN’S SPORT SHIRTS IBy Van Heuserv and Sun River"; Reg. 20.00-45.00, SALE 12.00-27.00 30% OFF CHILDREN’S SETS By Specialty Baby , Pogo Club", Graphite', more. Reg. 20.00-42.00, SALE 14.00-29.40 39.99-49.99 ATHLETIC SHOES FOR HIM & HER By NIKE, Reebok, Skechers "and more. 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