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♦ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2006 2A |l||!|||p S Ki 1 I \ r - —1 Robins Federal Credit Union donated $5,000 in Base Exchange gift cards to Mary Theresa Tebbe of the 21st Century Partnership on behalf of the deployed troops. Journal/flay Lightner RDC looking at county fire and land use plans By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Unified fire protection and the comprehensive land use plans have been sent to Middle Georgia Regional Development Center for review. Ralph Nix, chairman of the RCD told members of Vision 20/20 during thier recent meeting there “are a lot of variables” regarding the unified fire protection plan. “We recognize one size may not fit all. It may not be countywide all at one time,” Nix said. “We are collecting infor mation and data now and looking at alternatives,” Nix said, “and what mergers might look like.” The basic plan calls for the city fire departments to expand their service areas - Warner Robins north of Ga. 127 and Perry south of Ga. 127. Warner Robins Fire Department has told Vision 20/20 in the past, with exist ing and planned resources it can cover south to Ga. 96 without additional per sonnel or equipment. The Perry Fire Department on the other hand is report edly not prepared to move north to Ga. 127 and not at all ready to go south of city limits without addition al personnel, stations and 3/fia S • • s~h fun Nun - 1 /fyle Heqlrh toqlf ** Same route as the Dogwood 5K ** Saturday, December 2 Registration: 10 a.m. Race starts: 10:30 a.m. Downtown Perry at the New Perry Hotel (Comer of Main & Ball Streets) Fun for the Whole Family! $lO pre-registration fee (sls day of race) For an application, call 988-1827 or visit www.hhc.org. Houston Healthcare Supporting the troops equipment. “The single most impor tant thing,” Nix said, “is to have water in place and trained personnel and equip ment in place.” Much of south Houston County does not have water or sewer service. Residents are served by personal wells and septic tanks. Currently residents in the unincorporated areas pay an extra fire tax to support the 11-full-time-employee, eight-station, county fire department supplemented by volunteers. Residents would have to pay for the expanded fire service. The extra cost may be off set by a homeowner’s reduc tion in fire insurance costs. For example Warner Robins city residents have an ISO rating of three while in unin corporated Houston County the ISO rating is nine. Nix said the RDC is look ing at “if you need to cre ate special tax districts,” to pay for the expanded fire service. He is also attempting to identify the negatives, “for example if we have Class 1 fire system in one area it would affect the desire of annexations.” As for the comprehensive land use plan, Jake Cox, ’iM* m fk»»»mv UtMtmtMU county planner, said the plans have been reviews by the public and have been sent to the local govern ments and sent to RDC. The RDC will review the plans and send them to the Department of Community Affairs for the 120-day review. The DCA will make recommendations and send them back. Cox said the local govern ments could make changes, accept the recommendations and send them back again for approval. The city and the county will be recerti fied, Cox said. He said the local gov ernments are required to have their plans certified to remain eligible for state grants, which are used to help fund projects from roads to parks. Jim Boswell, representing the Houston County Board of Education noted the only thing that came up in conflict to the plan was Oaky Woods. They wanted multipurpose, mixed use - industrial, com mercial and residential. Warner Robins City Councilman Doug McDowell, who was on the planning committee with Boswell said, “we put the area in as rural residential. We didn’t want it to circumvent coun ty zoning.” LOCAL CwmiNnY Events ■ THEATRE PERFORMANCE- The Warner Robins Little Theater, which is located at 502 South Pleasant Hill Drive, is present ing Romantic Comedy. Romantic Comedy was made into a movie in 1983 with Dudley Moore as Jason and Mary Steenburgen as Phoebe. Make your reserva tion for one of the perfor mances today-Saturday by calling 929-4579 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. ■EXHIBITION- Middle Georgia College’s Peacock Gallery announced this past week it will be host ing an exhibition by artist Bridget Conn. The exhibit entitled “Memory Womb” will remain in the gallery today until Jan. 18, 2007. ■ MEETING - The Houston County Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting today at 1 p.m. at the board’s central office building. ■ SUPPORT GROUP - The Multiple Sclerosis Support group will meet today at 7 p.m. in the Houston Health Pavilion EduCare Center. ■ BRAIN CLASS - Maintain Your Brain is a program presented today by Tracy Ford of the Alzheimer’s Association at 7 p.m. in the Houston Health Pavilion EduCare Center. Information will be given on how to keep your brain functioning and signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Dinner will be pro vided. Pre-registration is required. Call 478-923-9771 to pre-register. ■ CONCERT - The How to Submit ■ To submit your event for the Community Calendar, fax the details to (478) 988-1181, e-mail to jtidwell@evansnewspapers.com or mail to Houston Daily Journal, PO. 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Seating for tick ets purchased at the $32.50 level will take place in the “hot potato seats” and will include an exclusive peel ‘n’ stick Wiggles game. ■ SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING - Northside Middle School will hold a school council meeting today at 6:55 a.m. at the school. ■ ARTHRITIS DAY - Arthritis Day will be held Wednesday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Houston Health Pavilion EduCare. Lunch will be served and four sessions will be pre sented focusing on arthri tis. Topics include Houston Healthcare’s Human Motion Institute program, arthritis drugs, pain man agement and more. You must pre-register. Lunch will be served from noon -12:30 p.m. Call 923-9771 to pre-register. ■ COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS -For anyone dealing with the loss of a child, Compassionate Friends will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Houston Health Pavilion EduCare Center. ■ WORK SESSION - The Warner Robins City Council work session is scheduled for Thurday at 4 p.m. in the upstairs confer ence room, Warner Robins City Hall, 800 Watson Blvd. FOOD. FAMILY. FRIENDS. FREE CAMERA PHONE. PLENTY TO GIVE THANKS FOR. FAIR & FLEXIBLE PLANS START AS LOW AS s29»99per month. Other monthly Surges apply See beta*** Requires tvmyear subscriber agreement Now nights start at 7pm.* > No huge overages > Nationwide long distance included > Unlimited Nights 8t Weekends 1687 Bass Road 478-476-4402 HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL ■ FALL BAZAAR - The Fall Bazaar will be held at Mt. 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