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VOLUME 136, NUMBER 192
BELOW the Fold: Museum breaks ground on WWII exhibit hangar ■ Grocer to offer flu vaccinations ■ RAFB C-5 unit earns major award
Tuesday
October 3,2006
The Home Journal's
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ Westfield's girls cross country
team finished first in the Deerfield
Invitational while the Hornets
came home third. For Westfield's
junior varsity, it was first across
the board. Also, notes on the
Falcons and more.
- See 1B
IN BRIEF
Church to host flu
presentation
A presentation on Pandemic
Flu planning will be held Oct. 26
at 6:30 p.m. at St. Christophers
Episcopal Church, Macon Road,
in Perry. The presenter will be
Jennifer Jones from the Office of
Emergency Preparedness.
There will be a 30-minute pre
sentation followed by a question
and answer session. Call the
church at 987-2190 for information
and to let the planners know the
number of people who will attend.
Lake Joy Elementary
to hold Drum Circle
The Music Department of Lake Joy
Elementary School, in cooperation
with Houston County High School
and fnehds, will host a Community
Drum Circle today at 6:30 p.m. in
the Lake Joy Elementary School
Gymnasium. Guests are encouraged
to bring a hand drum for this ener
getic and therapeutic experience.
Lake Joy Elementary is located at
995 Lake Joy Road.
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, today, 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.
BIRTHDAYS
Oct. 1
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Today
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donm@evansnewspapers.com or
send therp to: 1210 Washington
St., Perry 31069; attn: Don
Moncriet. You can also call him at
987-1823, Ext. 231.
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■ Michael Lance Green, 48
■ Elizabeth Marie Marshall
Bozeman, 65
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Perry council to vote on millage rate
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
The Perry City Council has a full agenda for
tonight, with a vote coming up on the 2007 mill
age rate, a public hearing on the Wooden Eagle
subdivision, and decision time on new landscap
ing regulations and the granting of a cable fran
chise to Cox Communications.
Regarding the millage rate, the big question is
whether it will be for 13.33 as originally adver
tised, or for 13.05 as proposed by Councilman Joe
Kusar, who wants to see a full rollback based on
higher property assessments.
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Museum breaks ground on new hangar
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Museum of Aviation
broke ground Friday on a
new hangar that will house
World War II exhibits.
The $4.3 million, 60,000-
square-foot hangar will be
full of World War II exhibits
including the Flying Tigers,
the 507th D-Day paratroop
ers, the 483rd Bomb Group
and the Tuskegee Airmen.
The displays will also
include the Bell Aircraft
Plant in Marietta, the 33rd
Air Depot Group - the first
group to deploy from Robins
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Pictured is a design plan for the Museum of Aviation’s World War II hangar.
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during WWII - as well as
a history of maintenance
at Robins and a diorama of
downtown Wellston.
“The project will take
about 60 days to prepare
and another eight-to-nine
months to complete,”
said Museum of Aviation
Foundation Board of
Directors Chairman retired
Col. Pat Bartness.
It will help preserve some
of the vintage aircraft from
the WWII era as about a
third of them are currently
outside.
The aircraft on display
inside will include the UC
At A Glance
What: Perry City Council meeting
When: Today, work session at 5 p.m., regular council
meeting at 6 p.m.
Where: Council chambers
Agenda Items: Millage rate, hearing on Wooden
Eagle subdivision, landscaping regulations and more.
Kusar has argued that the city has an adequate
reserve fund of $2.6 million in case of unforeseen
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Valiant, PT-19A Cornell,
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B-298 Superfortress, B-25J
Mitchell, P-51D Mustang,
P-40N W’arhawk. C-46A
Commando, C-47J Skytrain,
and the nose section of a B
-29A and a cutaway display
of a DC-3/C-47.
“Veterans have been
asking when the museum
was going to do something
like this,” said former
Flying Tiger and WWII
and * Korean War veteran
Oliver Bateman. “It will
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circumstances.
Another source of debate during public hear
ing could be the Wooden Eagle subdivision being
proposed by local developer Charlie McGlamry.
Under the terms of this petition for annexation
and rezoning, 85.367 acres at the southwest cor
ner of Sandefur Road and Lake Joy road would
be developed. 44.367 of those acres are already
in Perry, and 41.0 would be annexed from the
unincorporated area of the county.
The council will also hold a public hearing on the
second phase of the Walker Farm Subdivision.
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C-5 team earns award
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The C-5 team at Robins
Air Force Base has been hon
ored for getting the planes
back in service faster.
Leigh Thompson, deputy
squadron director of the
559th Maintenance Wing,
explained the team was
awarded for reducing turn
around time from 260 days
to 150 days, and therefore
Grocer to offer flu vaccinations
Special to the Journal
The Winn-Dixie in Bonaire
will be among two of the gro
cery chain’s stores offering
flu vaccinations next week.
The other will be the Winn-
Dixie in Dublin. Flu vaccina
tions will be offered at the
store in Bonaire, which is
located at 785 Highway 96,
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Runners
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the Mercer
Cross
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Invitational
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Saturday
in Macon.
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reducing the number of air
craft in for maintenance
from 12 to seven. “It allows
the warfighters to have five
more aircraft available than
before,” Thompson said.
For its efforts, the C-5
team has been identified as a
benchmark team by the Air
Force. The C-5 Programmed
Depot Maintenance Process
Improvement Team
See A WARD, page 6A
Oct. 12 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Shots will be offered at the
Dublin store - it is located at
2101 Veterans Blvd. - Oct.
11, also from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
The vaccinations cost $25
per person. Customers using
their Winn-Dixie Customer
Reward Card, however, will
See FLU, page 6A