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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: Houston County Board of Education adopts a new logo ■ Walgreens to replace Conoco in Warner Robins
Thursday
November 16,2006
The Home Journal's
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
Warner Robins' girls swim team
opened its year with a win - by beat
ing Houston County, actually. The
Bears, however, turned the tables
later by beating the Demons.
In football, the good news for
Mundy's Mill is it qualified for the first
time in its four-year history. The bad:
It's going up against Warner Robins.
- 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 performance of
the play “The Art of Remembering’’
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 Lunce'ord 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
direction of Kathy Stubbs and will
offer a community-wide performance
today 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 today 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 today at
7 p.m. in the conference room of
Workshop 11, located at 716 North
Young Ave.
BIRTHDAYS
Nov. 15
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Tiffany Alley’s second grade class at David A. Perdue Primary show off their handmade holiday
cards Tuesday. The class, along with many other schools around the county, made the gifts with
the intent to lift the holiday spirits of deployed troops.
Schools send holiday cheer
From staff reports
For the seventh straight
year Houston County Schools
are sending holiday cheer to
deployed troops.
The students created cards,
letters and banners for the
annual “Operation Seasons
Greetings” tour with the Band
of the Air Force Reserve from
Robins Air Force Base.
Executive Director of the
21st Century Partnership, Mary
Therese Tebbe who serves as
the volunteer emcee for the
morale boost
HC Board Of Education adopts new logo
Special to the Journal
The Houston County
Board of Education Tuesday
unanimously approved a
new logo for the system.
The logo was designed free
of charge by graphic art
ist Stephanie McGuire
of Mar San Graphics in
Macon.
It will be used on all
HCBOE materials to cre
ate, according to a release
from the HCBOE, an “easi-
www.hhjnews.com
Perry Bementary to get a new name
Introducing: the Herman Ragin Center
Special to the Journal
The Houston County Board of Education
Tuesday unanimously voted to rename the
Perry Elementary School complex
for Herman C. Ragin Sr., former
jj3Sffijfc| Houston County teacher, coach, ath
r»®rf letic director and principal.
A dedication ceremony is planned
for the Herman Ragin Center Jan.
14, 2007, at 2 p.m. at the Eric P
Hj Staples board office.
Ragin was born in Houston
County and attended school in
BBRIt i* Perry, graduating from the Perry
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ing tour collected the donations
Tuesday from the nine partici
pating schools.
The schools collected items
for distribution to troops in
different locations including
Ramstein Air Base, Germany
and Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, as
well as Coalition forces and the
non-specific (for security rea
sons) Southwest Asia.
Centerville Elementary,
Feagin Mill Middle, Northside
High, Pearl Stephens
Elementary, Perdue Primary
and Westside Elementary
all collected for troops in
Southwest Asia.
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County
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B ■High-Achieving students
ly recognizable graphic that
communicates the system’s
mission and ultimate goal
to graduate students.”
The approval of the logo
also marks the achieve
ment of one objective of
the board’s communication
County High collected for
Coalition forces, Parkwood
Elementary for Ramstein
Air Base and Eagle Springs
Elementary for Incirlik Turkey.
The seven-show tour
includes a final show sched
uled for Ramstein, with a stop
at Landstuhl Hospital to visit
injured troops.
This year’s tour includes the
Band of the Air Force Reserve
from Robins AFB, Country
music star Jamie O'Neal,
Grammy award winner John
Popper of Blues Traveler, the
New England Patriot cheer
leaders and national radio host
Delilah.
The two-week tour leaves
Robins AFB Sunday.
goal. That objective reads,
“Develop a new system logo
and tagline to use on all
communication pieces, to
present a unified, positive
image and to better iden
tify our mission to produce
high-achieving students.”
Training School in 1945. He attended Johnson
C. Smith University on an athletic scholarship
and received his Bachelor’s degree in 1949. Ragin
holds a M.Ed. in Education Administration from
Atlanta University.
He taught in North Carolina before returning to
his hometown to become the first black head foot
ball coach and athletic director in Houston County.
He taught science and coached at the high school
level from 1953 to 1964. In 1964, he became the
first principal at King’s Chapel Elementary and
remained there until his retirement in 1980.
Ragin still resides in Houston County and is an
See RA GIN, page 6A
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There are several com
ponents of the design, with
each chosen to reflect the
mission and goals of the
board.
A mortarboard, symbol
izing the goal of helping all
students reach graduation,
is at the center of the large
H.
Twelve stars arc over the
H, one each for grades one
through 12, illustrating
See LOGO, page 6A
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Two sections • 20 pages
Veterans
HS gets a
blueprint
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
The Houston County
Board of Education held its
regular meeting Tuesday in
Perry.
Among the many agenda
items (some of which are
covered in separate stories
today) was presenting the
architectural footprint of
the proposed Veterans High
School.
It was reviewed by board
members for information
and accepted as drawn.
Plans show the school to
be a two-story building that
is architecturally designed
to accommodate expansion
easily.
A description of total
space lists it as 272,000
square feet. That is com
pared to, according to a
board official, Houston High
Schools 261,000 sq. ft. Board
approved current design
rendering.
In another agenda item,
the board looked at an issue
affecting King’s Chapel and
Perry Primary.
King’s Chapel is currently
using a septic line for dis
posal. This septic line issue
has to be brought up to code,
it was noted.
Perry Primary, on the
other hand, is experiencing
substantial growth.
According to Dave
McMahan, facilities
See VETERANS, page 6A
Walgreens to
replace Conoco
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Walgreens will replace the
Conoco at the southeast cor
ner of Watson Boulevard and
Houston Lake Road.
Dave Madsen from the
Paradise Group said they
will tear down the existing
Conoco station to put up
the Walgreens. The Warner
Robins Planning and Zoning
Commision granted the
Paradise Group a variance
to the parking lot require
ments on Tuesday.
Madsen said there are
several conditions with’ the
site including the adjacent
Hardee’s and an access
easement that prevent them
from being able to provide
50 parking spaces.
He said the store will have
a drive-thru and should
See WALGREENS, page 6A