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‘Do you hear what I hear ' Base to be loud, proud during exercise j, j& as, it | HISS LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, , city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville VOLUME 136, NUMBER 219 BELOW THE FOLD: Chamber awarded U.S. Chamber of Commerce accreditation Libraries to offer: Food for fines program Friday November 17,2006 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH IN SPORTS For Houston County, beating Newnan in the first round of the state football playoffs appears to be a tall order - literally. Also, Perry's cheer squad finishes runner-up at the state tourney, the Demonettes tip off their basketball year and local golfers fared pretty good after the first day of the Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship. - See 1B IN BRIEF Warner Robins HS changes show time Due to Northside High School's football playoff game today, the show time for today's performance of the Warner Robins High School Theatre One Act play “Working," has been changed to 6 p.m.. in the Warner RoDins High School Theatre. UMC to hold Fall Festival Dec. 2 Andrew United Methodist Church would like to invite everyone to attend their annual Fall Festival Dec. 2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. According to a release from the church, there will be arts and crafts, a wagon ride, a community-wide yard sale, a gently-used clothes clos et and breakfast and lunch. There will also be musical entertainment. Admission and parking are free. Proceeds will go to the Houston County Habitat for Humanity. Andrew UMC is located at 2430 Highway 127 in Kathleen. Vendors are encouraged to reg ister. Call 987-7934 for further infor mation. BIRTHDAYS Today ■ Diane Sorrows ■ Daryl Alexander E-mail your birthdays to: hhj@evansnewspapers.com or donm@evansnewspapers.com or send them to: 1210 Washington St., Perry 31069; attn: Don Moncriet. You can also call him at 987-1823. Ext. 231. DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Olgie Darrell Fielder, 88 ■ Thelma Fitzgerald. 90 PERIODICAL 500 llillll 8 "55108 OOOOI* 4 Award-Winning Better Newspaper W Contest i t liUI VMiill t IttlMllf f iltttfft tllflltttf ill tttf i CQOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Librarv UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 November 1 7, 2006 \STHTTSJ(! H(H stoN Cot \7 V Si\( i !S7f) Special to the Journal Warner Robins Air Logistics Center and the 116th Air Control Wing are participating in a joint Operational Readiness Exercise through Sunday. According to a release from the base, Phase II of the exercise, today-Sunday tests the deployed units' abilities to perform their wartime missions and Hospital land sale now under contract By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer The Hospital Authority’s land out on U.S. 41 is now under contract. Houston Healthcare CEO Dr. Tony Alford told the Hospital Authority Wednesday the Highway 41 prop erty is now under contract for pur chase by a buyer only identified as “Highway 41 East, LLC” out of Macon. The contract was signed Oct. 31 and the authority has received SIOO,OOO TWO BY FOUR am ££/ aWKKI Journal Ray Lightner Warner Robins Police Department’s Motor Squad, the motorcycle unit, has two officers - Tim Pippio and David Hale. Motor squad an elite pair By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer The Warner Robins Police Motor Squad does everything from accident reconstruction to escort ing the President. The two-man motor cycle unit has two officers - Tim Pippio and David Hale. Pippio has been with the department for six years and one and Head chamber singles out local affiliate Special to the Journal Thursday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board awarded the Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce with a three-star accreditation for, according to a release from the local chamber, its “effective organizational procedures and steadfast commitment to positive change in this commu nity.” The chamber was also one of only 10 to receive this level of award - among WWW.HHJNEWS.COM earnest money so far, according to Executive Director of Marketing and Community Relations Mary Jane Kinnas. The Hospital Authority of Houston County accepted last month the offer of $43,000 an acre offer on the approximately 135-acre tract, for a total selling price of $5,798,980. The deal includes a 90-day inspection period, which began Oct. 31. According to the Secretary of State’s corporation office, George S. Greer is the organizer and registered a half with the Motor Squad. Hale has been with the Motor Squad for seven of his nine years with the department. The officers work all the serious wrecks in town with injuries or fatalities, do all the escorts from funerals to high-pro file visits including the President and vice pres ident's visits. They are also nationally certified ' VHt I *--|V 5 I > t i -i CH.UI»t9 II " I. ,I't‘.ffßi I ACCREDITED a total of 24 being accredited. According to the release, there are more than 7,000 Chambers of Commerce in the U.S., but only 310 are accredited by the U.S. Chamber ensures their people and the equip ment used for wartime contingencies are ready to go at a moments notice. During this period, the release reads, they will be setting off ground burst , simulators, which are used to simulate r incoming artillery. “You may also hear sirens which are used to alert the military members of agent for Highway 41 East LLC. The corporation was created Oct. 16, of this year and the office address is 438 Cotton Ave., Macon. Greer is also the agent for several other active limited liability corpo rations in Macon including Athens Gameday Holdings on Mulberry Street; Bald Eagle Creek on Canyon Road; CDB Properties and Waterford Properties on Brandywine Road; MKI Properties on Bass Road; Sierra Warranty on Riverside Drive; Advance Floor Coverings on Rivoli child safety seat techni cians. “It's not all ticket writ ing,” Hale said. A huge part of their job is public relations. “We’re talking to people all the time. We’re out in the open, people ask us questions, ask about the bikes.” The officers and the bikes are in parades and car and bike shows all over Middle Georgia. “We’ve won quite a few awards from car shows,” Hale said. They represent the department at funerals for officers that have been killed in the line of duty. “That’s the memorable stuff,” Hale said. And, they also provide child safety seat checks, give DUI safety briefings on See DUO, page 6B of Commerce as offering quality pro grams, practicing sound organiza tional procedures, and reliably con tributing to positive change in their communities. “In order to receive accredita tion,” the chamber’s release reads, “we had to demonstrate competency in the following areas: governance, finance, human resources, govern ment affairs, program development, See CHAMBER, page 6B incoming artillery. In addition, different , colored smoke grenades are used to promote an effect of realism." "We would like to inform the com munity,” the release continues, “about what the base is doing to clear up any confusion surrounding the possible noise disturbances that may occur dur ing this time period." Two SECTIONS • 12 PAGES Road in Bolingbroke; and Ella Jane Jr. Properties of Ann Arbor, Mich. The Hospital Authority acquired the land in May 2004 for $5,358,400 as a possible site to relocate Houston Medical Center. The deci sion to stay put and expand the Watson Boulevard site was made in December 2004. The board received an update on the expansion/certificate of need proj ects for the hospital from Houston Medical Center Administrator Skip See SALE, page 6B Commission tobies Lake Joy Road request By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer The Warner Robins Planning and Zoning Commission and residents, during the organization’s recent meeting, had some questions about another development at the inter-j section of Lake Joy Road., Ga. 96 and Beaulah Churclj Road. To that end, the boarJ tabled the request to annex and rezone a total of 10.45 acres so the consultant could address some of the concerns of neighbors and the board. Tom Daniel from Omni Consultants of Peachtree City represented the appli cants who asked for the rezoning of two tracts of 9.36 acres and 1.09 acres from R AG (residential agricultural) to C-2 (general commercial). Bill Schwanebeck, devel oper/owner of the adjacent Savannah Square subdivi sion objected to the rezoning to C-2, but agreed the prop erty was in a commercial area. “I’d like to request an orderly transition from the R-l (3/4 acre lot minimum) to commercial,” he said. “I ask for C-l (neighborhood commercial) for those lots adjacent to us.” Schwanebeck, who is also the chairman of the county planning and zoning board, said C-l is “much more con ducive to the area.” Daniel said he asked for C-2 because there is C-2 across the street. As an only See TABLES, page 6B Local libraries to offer fine' relief Spcial to the Journal If you’ve been putting off returning your overdue library books for fear of what it’s going to cost from your wallet, the Houston County Public Library System has a deal for you. They are offering a plan that will save you money and help feed the hungry at Christmas. Each library branch - Perry, Centerville and Warner Robins - will accept canned food and dry See OFFER, page 6B as Evans Family Newspaper