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Journal' Charlotte IVrkins
Penny Ingram, left, Lois Athon and Norma Mayo get together to make sure Mayor Jim
Worrall of Perry gets his red poppy in observance of Veterans Day.
VETERANS
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“Our location is more conve
nient. Atlanta traffic is grid
locked and there are baggage
waits of up to six hours.” he
said. “People would rather
come this way, than go that
way,” he said, noting the
growth in Henry and Coweta
counties.
He noted the Perry Airport
adding instrument service
would help attract corporate
jets, but not commercial
flights
“What could we do to
encourage major airlines to
bypass Atlanta and come
here?” he asked. “We need to
approach Bibb County, work
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poppies.
The American Legion
Poppies are used to raise
funds for the legion and aux
iliary, which in turn assists
with them. We can’t he a
state with just one airpori.”
He said it would benefit
Centerville and Warner
Robins more than Bibb
County if the Lewis B.
Wilson Airport in Macon had
expanded flight service. He
admitted however, expand
ing the service and capac
ity of the Lewis B. Wilson
Airport in Macon “has it’s
own set of problems we can’t
do anything about.”
One of those being it
would “encroach on Robins
Air Force Base air space,”
Edwards said.
Houston County
Commission Chairman Ned
Sanders, a Vision 20/20
member, noted that with
about 350,000 people. Middle
Police responded to Houston
Medical Center at 8:43 p.m.
Monday regarding the stab
bing.
Anyone with information
concerning the case or the
veterans locally. The pop
pies can be found elsewhere
in town, but coming to the
ceremony will make an extra
memory, too.
Georgia is not a bad market
area.
He said the joint use of
airports has been profitable
in other areas, in Charleston
and in Pittsburg.
Edwards said a function
ing air terminal facilitates
jobs, businesses like hotels
and rental car agencies as
well as commercial freight
carriers like UPS and FedEx.
“If the base is joint use it
gets FAA (Federal Aviation
Administration) funds.”
Perry City Councilman
Brian Bowen asked, “Who’s
in charge? Who’s gonna do
it? Who’s gonna say let’s
have another airport?”
Edwards said the people in
the community have the say
about another airport .
location of Driskell is asked
to contact Det. Brad Mules
with the Warner Robins
Police Department Criminal
Investigation Division at
918-2981.
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LOCAL
Unemployment rate remains unchanged
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The unemployment
rate for Houston County
remained at 4.3 percent for
September.
The rate, unchanged from
August, is down for half
a percent from September
2005 for the Warner Robins
Metro Service Area, which
includes all of Houston
County.
According to the Georgia
Department of Labor the
unemployment rate is 4.3
percent, the metro Warner
Robins rate is also below
the national and state aver
ages of 4.4 percent and
4.6 percent for the month
of September. The Metro
Warner Robins rate is con
sistently below the state
and national averages, hav
ing been below the state
average for the past 12
months.
Meanwhile, in the metro
Macon area the jobless
rate declined to 5.7 per
cent in September, down
two-tenths of one percent
from 5.9 percent in August.
The area’s jobless rate was
5.8 percent in September
of 2005.
While the jobless rate
remained the same in metro
Warner Robins, the number
of jobs increased by 300 to
55,700 for September. There
are 3,000 more jobs than
the 52,700 in September
2005.
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Warner Robins Area Compared to Georgia
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'■Warner Robins Area GA I Warner Robin* Area: 4.3% n
I Georgia: 4.6%
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Note: Warner Robins Area includes Houeton County
Source Georgia Department of Labor ■ Michael L. Thurmond. Commissioner
The number of unem
ployment insurance initial
claims is also down 119 for
the month to 208 from the
327 in August. There were
only 161 initial claims in
September 2005.
Statewide, of the 14
metro service areas, only
Hinesville had fewer initial
claims at 171. Metro Macon
had 792, and of the 30,685
initial claims in September
state wide, 12,885
were in metro Atlanta.
According to the Georgia
Department of Labor, for
three out of the last four
months, Georgia’s jobless
HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
rate has been higher than
the national rate.
For the month of
September Georgia lost
5,200 non-farm jobs, 2,600
in trade and services, 1,400
in construction and 1,000
in manufacturing according
to the Department of Labor.
Georgia labor market data
are not seasonally adjusted
and are available at www.
dol.state.ga.us.
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