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♦ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2006 6B Perry chamber holds annual fall challenge, Taste of Perry Special to the Journal The Perry Area Chamber of Commerce held its Ninth Annual Fall Challenge and Taste of Perry Oct. 24. The event, according to a release from the chamber, was a “huge success with fun, food and entertainment for everyone.” The morning started with a clay shoot and break fast at the Gameland’s of Henderson Village. The winners of the clay shoot were: First place: Scott Carter; second Mike Lewis and third. Chip Shelton. l,' :. ■; ~- h , |#|| I N_ i i - '-; , iHil '• • • \ ' V ■ i : "... . •? ** V • X-Vs . -?Tv “• ■/ * f-s-x ' Submitted Above are some scenes from the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce’s Ninth Annual Fall Challenge and Taste of Perry held Oct. 24. CLARIFICATION The first two paragraphs of information ran in the Friday I Saturday Houston Daily Journal. It was taken from a news report in the HHJ from 1965. The third paragraph contains an update on how Dorsett’s career progressed following that report: Ralph A. Dorsett, a resident of Byron, served in the U.S. Navy where he reached the rank of lieutenant. At one point during his tenure, he was home based at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland and with Patrol Squadron 44. During that time, he was also deployed to the naval station in Keflavik, Iceland. One of his accomplishments was as a pilot on, at the time, one of the Navy’s newest antisubmarine warfare aircraft, the Lockheed P3A Orion. His squadron flew patrols in the aircraft that covered the breadth of the Atlantic Ocean and with port calls at such locations as Bermuda, Newfoundland, Canada, the Azores, Puerto Rico and Europe. Dorsett retired at the rank of commander after 22 years of service in the Navy j Reserves. The day continued at Houston Lake Country Club for the golf scramble and lunch. The winning golf scram ble teams were: First place, CB&T Bank of Middle Georgia; second, Security Bank and third, Houston Springs. Closest to the pin winners were: Floyd Gregory, Terry Padgett, Chad Layfield and Darren Farber. Longest drive winners were: Jason Stevens, Jerry Lasseter, Chad Layfield and Darren Farber. The Taste of Perry, per the release, ended the fun filled day on a high note at the Houston Lake Country Club Pavilion. Local restaurants and caterers provided samplings of their specialty dishes, the Mossy Creek Band per formed live and the atmo sphere was “beautiful.” Winners for the Best Decorated Tables were: First place, Priester’s Pecans; second, Anderson’s Bakery and Catering and third, The Front Porch Tea Room. LOCAL Salute to Veterans Danny Pickens Danny Pickens of Centerville joined the Air Force in July 1963 in Charlotte, N.C. After com pleting the Airframe Repair Course (aircraft sheetmet al repairman) training in Amarillo, Texas, in December 1963, he was assigned to Robins Air Force Base. He was stationed here from January 1964 to January 1966, and in support of B -52G bombers and KC-135 tankers. In July 1965, Pickens mar ried Gloria Wadsworth of Crawford County. They lived off North Davis Drive. •In January 1966 Pickens Edward J. Tesseniar Edward J. Tesseniar of Warner Robins was bom in Tryon, N.C. He was one of six children. “My parents were farmers and my father worked in a cotton mill,” he said. Three of Tesseniar’s brothers served in the U.S. Army. He served in the U.S. Air Force from August 1956 to February 1977, retiring as a master sergeant in 1977. After retiring from the Air Museum officials announce contest winners Special to the Journal The Museum of Aviation Education Department announced winners of its Fourth Annual SkyScapes Poster Contest recently. The awards ceremony took place Nov. 4. A total of 247 entries were received this year from five elementary schools Bonaire, Shirley Hills, Lake Joy, Centerville and Robins. This year s theme was the brown thrasher, which has been nominated as the mascot for the new Fabulous Flight Interactive Science Center in the Century of Flight Hangar. Another contest was held for fourth graders to name the mascot and 504 entries came in from eight participating elementa ry schools Shirley Hills, Centerville, Matt Arthur, Perdue, Robins, Northside, Russell and Quail Run. Prizes were awarded to the top seven poster winners. The first place winner of the Brown Thrasher illustration was Stephanie Kinsey from Bonaire. Awards also went to: second place - Shannon Stephenson, Bonaire; third Place - Sharon Stephenson, Bonaire; fourth place - J.D. Moralez, Bonaire; and fifth place - Katie Stringham, Robins. Jessica Wilson from Bonaire received the Teacher s Choice Award and a Director s Choice Award went to Carly Moore, Lake Joy. The winning mascot name was TWIG NEWTON sub mitted by Matthew Huntt of Matt Arthur Elementary. His prize was an ACE field trip for up to 90 students in his 4th grade class. Honorable mention win ners receiving a new water color set were: Ashton Davis, Char-Broiled Sizzling Steaks mmuin IKHIf 1-75 Exit 130 • W7-M7? DONATE TO GOODWILL. ♦ 1355 Sc'i-n MR www.goodwillworks.org Building lives, families, amt was sent to Southeast Asia/ Thialand to support the war in Vietnam - in particular F-105 and F-4C/D fighters. He earned two Vietnam cam paign ribbons for his efforts. In January 1967, he returned with an assignment to Mac Dill AFB in Florida to support the F-4C/Ds. He was honorably discharged in October 1967. He also attended Embry Riddle Aeronautical College at Daytona Beach and upon graduation, he and Gloria moved back to Warner Robins. That was in January 1970. Here, he worked at Airmotive Associates at Lewis B. Wilson Airport until March 1971. In April 1971 he was hired Jt*HH 11a jpl a jpj|j| TESSENIAR his wife, Joan. The couple will celebrate their 47th wedding anniversary in December. They have three adult children, Steve, Laura and Patricia. Two of those are vet erans, having served in the T OF AVIATION - *> Shirley Hills; Angelica Rogers, Bonaire; Cole Stover, Bonaire; Lauren Rossman, Shirley Hills; Erin Plunkett, Bonaire; Mack Taylor, Robins; Han Buyul Choi, Robins; Corey Thomas, Bonaire; Tyler Little, Robins; and Nick Betit, Bonaire. "Have Cameras, Will Travel" rv v turner VV?n RHCTCGRARUy Aerial ( In tc ei aptly -J Ml lumei • ttf'ltJJ (f HAPPY PAWS * BOARDING KENNEL ’' " Ha PPY' Healthy, & Safe" J§ Dog Boarding [Make Reservations for Holiday Travel Owner on premises by appt. only 321 Lake Joy Rd. 478-218-2905 ■40017 HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL at Robins as a sheet metal manufacturer, he said, to manufacture the necessary parts to modify the first five C-130s into gunships for Viet nam. Since, he has worked as a sheetmetal repairman, elec tronic technician, equipment specialist technician and, as he put it: “the old Table of Allowance Manager.” “Gloria and I, with our son Wes, bought our first house on Arrowhead Trail in Warner Robins in 1973,” he said. “In April 1977, Gloria, Wesley, Andrew, and I moved to Centerville where now Gloria and I still live in the same house we built in 1976.” He retired from Robins AFB in June 2006. Air Force. They also have six grandchildren: Josh, Chris, Aubrey, Alex, Taylor and Allie. Tesseniar’s places of ser vice include: Lackland AFB, Texas; Chanute AFB , 111., Robins; Langley AFB, Va.,; Hawaii (Temporary Duty); Turner AFB in Albany; British Guinea, South America (TDY); Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific (TDY); Vietnam; Biggs AFB in El Paso, Texas; El Centro Naval Air Station in El Centro, Calif.; Eglin AFB in Florida; Tiaf, Saudi Arabia; and Vandenburg AFB in Lompoc, Calif. Force, he and his wife and spent seven years in Saudi Arabia, working for Boeing Aircraft Company. He now lives with The SkyScapes Poster Contest was sponsored by the Air Force Association, Kathy Percell, Staples and Jim Balletto. Judging was per formed by Gaiy Lister, Dudley Bluhm, Rosa Kreill-Rawls, Kathy Percell, Joy Raynor, and Dianna Tressler. Melissa Spalding, Museum education director, left, congratulates Matthew Huntt from Matt Arthur Elementary School for winning the Name the Brown Thrasher Mascot Contest. Submitted I???? 772 ! 1 oaot-