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i,egal orgXn for Houston County, ~ h | city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville -f 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. DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Lawrence Jacob Eli Miller, 83 ■ William E. “Bill” Kelly ■ Andrew “Andy” Marble PERIODICAL 500 a Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest ItifSiifiiiilliillittilLllimlliullmttMltt COO1 * * GECRGiA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 3GSG2-GGG2 3-DIGIT 306 October 10, 2006 ■Mnmm uimmm (SmsmSmm U&d) Band stand ■ 4ft - *•- - Pj|l r Ml 4 m £ IfHf ■■■ I 4- -s--a w J tsMtesdi lllilMlIPIIIil! lIUUHUUIIIIWIII lI | iI!HiIIHUPiIIIW , ' .. # HHHI ™lmPf I j. I'l 1 I \ I I I 1 4 1 L i i f. I I 1 f i ] 1 1 1 f I 1 iIHHH H H H ■I I i 1 j i I I I I i I I JB9' |K Journal-Don Moncrief 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 www.hhjnews.com "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. ■ // _ " «Ps9re; yy .avjy /•*£*»* ft,'* t v ,V~ > _• •iidnSgps 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