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► SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2006 2A Rimando appointed to advisory council Special to the Journal Joseph Rimando, a senior at Warner Robins High School was among those appointed to the 2006-07 Student Advisory Council, as appointed Thursday by State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox. “This is a great group of Btudents,” Cox said. “These students come from all over the state and can each bring a unique perspective to the group.” The superintendent began the council in 2003, when she took office. Members of the FVSU police joining Houston radio system By RAY LIGHTS FR Journal Staff Writer Houston County is help ing pay for operation of its public safety radio system by letting more agencies in. The Fort Valley State University Campus Police from Peach County is the latest agency to join Houston County’s 800 MHz radio emergency/911 radio sys tem. Peach County fire and sheriffs departments are already on the Houston County system with the same fees and Peach County has built an 800 MHz tower in Fort Valley. “It produces some revenue for us with no adverse affects on the public safety cover age in Houston County,” said Commissioner Tom McMichael. How much revenue? The FVSU campus Police are buying 15 radios and will have to pay Houston County a one-time $75 per radio programming fee for a total of $1,125 plus another S3O a month user fee per radio. That’s another $450 a month. Houston County paid the $12.5 million cost of the changeover to the system with part of the 2001 special purpose local option sales tax. It was one of the county Community Events ■ BAND COMPETITION - The Heart of Georgia Marching Band Invitational will be held Saturday from 9 a.m.-lO p.m. in McConnell- Talbert Stadium. The cost is $5 per adult, $3 per child. The even will be hosted by the Warner Robins High School Band Boosters, Inc. As far as the venue, accord ing to a release, the boosters have invited bands from all over the southeastern part of the United States to com pete against one another. ■ MEETING - The Houston County Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the board’s central office building in Perry. ■ WORK SESSION - The Warner Robins City Council work session is scheduled for Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. in the upstairs conference room, Warner Robins City Hall, 800 Watson Blvd. ■ MEETING - The Warner Robins City Council will meet Oct. 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the council chamber, Warner Robins City Hall, 800 Watson Blvd. A prelimi nary meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. in the upstairs conference room. ■ SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING - Linwood Elementary School will hold a school council meeting Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. in the media ppntpr ■ SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING - Eagle Springs Elementary School will hold a school council meeting Oct. 19 at 7:15 a.m. in the media ppnfpr ■ FALL FESTIVAL -FALL FESTIVAL - The Sacred Heart Fall Festival will be held Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church, 250 South Davis Drive, Warner Robins. Parking will be available at the church, Robins Federal Credit Union amd Macon State College - Warner Robins Campus. Country music star T. Graham Brown will hold a free concert alog with concerts by Josh Graf & Company and the Buttercats. Various rides and games will also be at the festival. council advise her on policy issues and provide input on how state policy is having an impact in the classroom. The members - all high school students - also serve as ambassadors for the Georgia Department of Education in their schools. There are 52 members of the council, each from a dif ferent school district in the state. They were chosen through an application process that included biographical infor mation and essay questions. There were 640 applications submitted from 120 different wide projects of the 2001 SPLOST. In other business during the council’s meeting this week, the county finally received its fiscal year 2005 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant. 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