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legal organ for Houston County, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville VOLUME 136, NUMBER 219 BELOW THE FOLD: County, city work together to “keep on truckin’” ■ County students score well on ITBS Wednesday November 15, 2006 The Home Journal s FRONT PORCH IN SPORTS The Houston Daily Journal names its All-Houston County fast-pitch team. In football. Perry is busy pre paring for its state tournament game against Cairo. - See 1B IN BRIEF Westfield to perform award-winning play The Westfield Schools one-act play was recently named GISA AAA state runner-up. The school's per formance of the play “The Art of Remembering' 1 also earned Trish Davis a Best Performance award. The story unfolds as Rebecca, played by Katie Beth Stubbs, goes through an old trunk which brings back memories from her youth. These are brought to life by the rest of the cast: Trish Davis as Reba. Beau Lunceford as the introducer, Katie Beth Stubbs as Rebecca, and Hannah Parker as Becky. The crew includes Jeremy Stubbs, Lee Stokes, Jacob Parnell, Kimberly Campbell, Elizabeth Campbell, Katie Cawthon and Kaitlin Chasteen. Westfield also placed second in region competition, garnering two of five Best Performance awards: Trish Davis and Katie Beth Stubbs. The group prepared under the direc tion of Kathy Stubbs and will offer a community-wide performance Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of Westfield's Arts and Sciences Building. Admission is $3. Genealogical Society to meet The Central Georgia Genealogical Society. Inc. will meet Thursday, at 7 p.m. at Flint EMC, which is located at 1600 Elberta Rd. in Warner Robins. Per a release from the society: “Visitors are always welcome." There is no admission charge. For more information about CGGS, visit their website at www.cggs.org. Exceptional citizens board to meet The board of directors’ monthly meeting for the Houston County Association for Exceptional Citizens, Inc., will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the conference room of Workshop 11, located at 716 North Young Ave. BIRTHDAYS Today ■ Torrie Minter DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Edward Allen Jr.. 81 ■ Margaret Duncan Giles, 83 ■ Robert Neal Fairchild, Sr., 65 ■ Tracie Louise Hamil Dockery ■ Lilian “Lily'' Boone, 95 ■ Peng Seaman, 69 PERIODICAL 500 111111 l 8 , *55108 00001 1 4 Award-Winning j|®l Better Newspaper Vffßw Contest 'Qa&r COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Man Library UN IV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGfT 306 November 15, 2006 Servmg Hoi srox Corsp Si\n: IS7Q Christmas & Crossroads 1 * J Hik. Msmwtk " ffe. ill jj§§§ Journal Charlotte Perkins Downtown Perry is getting ready for Christmas at the Crossroads, which will have a 19th Century theme this year. Caleb Rogers and Amber Seabolt capture the spirit of the old-fashioned holiday plans, which will include a lamp-lighting event. They are in the cast of the Perry Players’ production of “A Christmas Carol," based on the story by Charles Dickens. Holiday event to lie bigger, better tban ever By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Lifestyle Editor Get ready for an old fashioned Christmas with candle light ing, carol singing, a live nativ ity scene, live music for out door dining, trolley rides and even breakfast with Santa. Christmas at the Crossroads, a long standing and much-loved tradition in downtown Perry, has dwindled a bit in recent years, but that's all over, accord ing to Marti Tolleson and Kate Lewis, who are co-chairing a bigger-and-better than-ever Christmas at the Crossroads this year for the Downtown Development Authority. wt, T » > i iili 1 * . 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Here’s the plan: On Dec. 2, the Mahala Club and the Perry Kiwanis Club will start the fun at 7:30 a.m.. Their Breakfast with Santa, to be held in the old lunchroom behind See EVENT, page fA Supporting the warfighter Symposium used to address future By NANCY HAWK Journal Staff Writer The 2006 Requirements Symposium was held this past week at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry. According to symposium officials, the venue repre sents a project that has grown and developed into a strategic planning enter prise that has brought more than 270 public and private sector organizations. The symposium was sponsored by the Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce-Aerospace Industry Committee in partnership with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. The purpose, according to officials, was to discuss the future of the Air Force "This symposium allows the networking of contractors and Aerospace Industry to build trust and understanding of needs, as well as defining the research and development arenas." - Warner Robins Chamber of Commerce President hrank Feilds Schools get ITBS scores Special to the Journal The Houston County School System received its lowa Test of Basic Skills scores for the September 2006 administration. Overall, Houston County students out performed the national average rank of 50th percentile. Composite scores for Houston County are: M Third grade - 65th percentil6, N Fifth grade - 65th percentile, and H Eighth grade - 58th percentile. The ITBS tests third, fifth and eighth grade students on reading, language, math, social studies and science. A 50th percentile rank means that a child performed at grade level and that he or she performed better than 50 percent of the students in the nation on that portion of the test. Ranking in the 40th to 60th percentile range is considered average. The 2006 ITBS scores are as fol lows: Fall 2006 ITBS Scores Percentile Ranks Rdg. Lang. Math Social Total Total Total Studios Science Composite Grade 3 58 59 59 68 63 65 Grade 5 63 64 61 67 67 65 Grade 8 56 55 59 55 61 58 Officials work as one to ‘keep on truckin’ Detail dedicated to Houston Lake Road By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Houston County and Warner Robins touted their spirit of cooperation Monday with the rolling out of a new work detail truck. Both Mayor Donald Walker and Commissioner Jay Walker noted the cur rent state of cooperation between the city and county. “It’s unique, unusual,” the mayor said. “We are very fortunate to have the leader- * ship to do this.” His brother the commis sioner said, “Never in my 24 years in office has there been cooperation like there is now.” Warner Robins City an Evans Famin Newspaper Three sections • 18 pages requirements and sustain ment changes in an ever evolving global environ ment by providing indus try with WR/ALC require ments for the next two to five years. “It has been an incred ible job and the staff of the Aerospace Industry Committee has worked hard to coordinate the meet ing of some 270 vendors,” said Frank E. Feilds, presi dent of the Warner Robins Chamber of Commerce and master of ceremony. “And thanks to members of the Air Logistics Center for their invaluable help.” “A lot of shifting in prior ity always goes on,” Feilds added in regard to how recent elections impacted See FUTURE, page §A Councilman Terry Horton agreed. “It’s a wonderful situation today. We get a fair shake from the county. There is a lot of cooperation. “We have a shared interest in the beautification of our roadways,” said Commission Chairman Ned Sanders. The elected officials credited the work their employees, especially coun ty Director of Operations Tommy Stalnaker and city Public Works Director Joel Musselwhite. “Travis McClendon (county pub lic works director) really helped put this togeth er, “ Commissioner Tom McMichael said. See OFFICIALS, page *4 I