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VOLUME 136, NUMBER 195
Below THE Fold: Fair officials say attendance numbers best so far ■ Local teacher earns honor few share
Tuesday
October 10,2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ Houston County's volleyball
team locked up a second seed
for the Area tournament with a
win over Morrow. Also, Warner
Robins and Northside both com
peted in the Westover Cross
Country Invitational meet. Plus,
look for news from NASCAR,
Georgia and Georgia Tech.
- See 1B
IN BRIEF
Union Grove to hold
Health Day, brunch
The Union Grove Missionary
Baptist Church will host its Sixth
annual Health Day and brunch at
the Vision Center located at 1231
South Davis Drive in Warner Robins
Sunday.
According to a release, physicians
will be on hand and speak on good
health practices and HIV-AIDS.
A meal will be served and there
will be free testing for glucose, blood
pressure, HIV and cholesterol. Flu
shots will be available for $25 with
Medicaid and S4O without.
Hospice volunteers will be also be
on hand and there will be vendors
with giveaways. For more informa
tion on this free program call 922-
5514.
RFCU offers voting
forms for pickup
Robins Federal Credit Union has
voter registration forms available at
the following Robins Federal Credit
Union locations: 321 Perry Parkway
in Perry, 4245 Log Cabin Drive in
Macon, 502 South Houston Lake
Road in Warner Robins, and 803
Watson Boulevard in Warner Robins.
The deadline to register to vote is
Tuesday. (You can also use this form
if you've had a change of address or
a name change).
Houston County Board
of Health to meet
The Houston County Board of
Health will meet at noon Thursday
in Room 113 of the Houston Career
and Technology Center, which is
located at 1311 Corder Rd. in Warner
Robins.
WR Rotary Club to
roast Talton
The Warner Robins Rotary Club
will host a roast and fund-raiser for
State Rep. Willie Talton Oct. 17. The
event is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. A
silent auction will take place before
dinner is served. Tickets are $35
each or S3OO for a table of 10.
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A battle of the bands was held in McConnell-Talbert Stadium Saturday. During that time high school bands
from the various classifications -A to AAAAA - and from all over the southeast went head-to-head compet
ing for a large assortment of trophies. TOP: The band from South Effingham, featuring a traveling theme,
performs. ABOVE: Cameron Vaughn plays the xylophone for West Laurens. In proving it realty is a small
world... Vaughn is the grandson of Aaron and Betty Adams of Warner Robins.
Fair officials say attendance numbers best so far
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
More people came out this
year so far compared to last
year.
“Friday and Sunday were
over last year,” said Michele
Treptow, communications
director for the Georgia
National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter.
Treptow said attendance
numbers would be released
after the fair, but attendance
on Friday and Sunday were
record days, “the best so
far,” for the Georgia National
Fair. .
“We’re very, very pleased,”
Treptow said. “Everything
is going well.”
She said about 3,000
turned out Saturday night
for the Gretchen Wilson con
cert at Reaves Arena, which
she said, seats about 8,000
for a concert.
Wilson sold out the con
cert last year, but cancelled
the show. Because of that
she agreed to do this year’s
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"We're very
pleased. Everything
Is going well.”
- Michele Treptow,
communications director for the
Georgia National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter
fair at a base rate.
Tickets are still available
for The Beach Boys on Friday,
Big & Rich with Special
Guest Star Cowboy Troy
on Saturday and Sunday’s
Country Gold Tour 2006 fea
tures Leroy Van Dyke and
the Auctioneers with Rex
Allen Jr., Jimmy Fortune,
Jean Shepard, Billy Joy
Royal and Tommy Cash.
For the Beach Boys fea
turing Mike Love, tickets
are S3O for Best of Show
Reserved Seats and $25
for Blue-Ribbon Reserved
Seats.
See FAIR, pdge $A Gretchen Wilson performs for the crowd Saturday at the Georgia National Fair.
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Georgia Archives Week
Observance
focuses on
history, culture
Special to the Journal
This week, beginning
this past Saturday and
running through this
Sunday, has been declared
“Georgia Archives Week.”
Gov. Sonny Perdue offi
cially kicked off the week
long event with a procla
mation signing today at
the Capitol in Atlanta.
The theme of this year’s
celebration is “Faces of
Georgia.” To that end,
exhibits and events to be
held across the state are
designed, according to a
release from the Georgia
Historical Society, to pro
vide the citizens of Georgia
an opportunity to learn
more of Georgia’s his
tory and culture through
records and archival col
lections.
“Numerous institutions
will highlight the vital role
of archivists and archives
as well as the variety of
records that are available
for research,” the histori
cal society release reads.
Participating orga
nizations include the
Savannah Lock and Dam
in Augusta, the Georgia
Historical Society in
Savannah (www.georgia
history.com), the Tubman
Museum, in Macon,
See WEEK, page pi
Local teacher
earns honors
By KRISTY WARREN
Journal Staff Writer
Gov. Sonny Perdue
and State School
Superintendent Kathy
Cox announced the names
of 199 teachers designated
as “Master Teachers.”
“These 199 teachers
have shown they are mas
ters in the art of inspir
ing Georgia students to
learn,” said Perdue in a
press release.
“I’m proud to recognize
these individuals who
have proven themselves
to be leaders in one of
See TEACHER, page pi
ENI/Gary Harmon