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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2006
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WR Chamber ol Commerce
adds new feature to site
Special to the Journal
A unique new feature was
recently added to the Warner
Robins Area Chamber of
Commerce website at www.
warner-robins.com. The
Guide to Warner Robins
book is now available elec
tronically.
According to a Chamber
release, “It is designed to
display major information
about the Warner Robins
area and the guide book can
be viewed page by page.”
To reach the guide, click
on the animated link at the
bottom left of the site.
From there you’ll
find the following sec
tions plus more: Art and
Leisure, Shopping and
Dining, Faith and Religion,
Recreation, Transportation,
Economic Development,
Military and Aerospace,
Housing, Banking/Finance,
Education, Health and
Wellness and Government.
The guide was produced by
the Chamber of Commerce
and Great Southern
Publishers.
Copies were given to
the Robins Air Force Base
Early voting proves to be
very popular in Houston
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
According to the official
and complete countywide
election results, the largest
single source of votes was
touch screen absentee votes.
Voters going to the polls
during early voting the week
before the election cast 4,717
votes. There were also 2,063
traditional absentee ballots
mailed in.
Of the 58,062 registered
voters, 53.77 percent or
31,219 voted in the Nov. 7
election. Without the absen
tee votes, both mail-in and
early voting, the turnout
would have been only 24,435
or 42.08 percent.
The single largest precinct,
Feagin Mill Middle School,
with 6,418 registered vot
ers, had the second largest
turnout with 2,368 voters.
However that percentage
turnout 36.9 percent was
the fourth lowest precinct,
ahead of 28.34 percent from
Warner Robins Recreation
Center, 33.56 percent at
the Crossroads Center pre
cinct, and 34.34 at the Eagle
Springs Elementary pre
cinct.
The highest percentage
turnout precinct was Quail
Run Elementary with 52.42
percent or 964 or 1,839 reg
istered voters coming out.
Following in a close second
was the Kathleen precinct,
with 52.38 percent or 627 of
1,197 registered voters turn
ing out. The Hayneville Fire
Station precinct was the only
other precinct with more
than 50 percent turnout at
50.42 percent or 541 of 1,073
voters participating.
The race that garnered the
most votes was the race for
governor with 31,072 voting.
The candidate getting the
most votes with 25,311 was
Carolyn Gann, the unop
posed incumbent Clerk of
the State Court. Incumbent
Insurance Commissioner
John Oxendine had the most
votes with 22,400 in a con
tested race.
The closest race in
Houston County was the
Attorney General’s race
with incumbent Democrat
Thurbert Baker beating out
Republican challenger Perry
McGuire 50.43 percent to
49.51 percent or 15,379 to
15,098.
The race for the District 2
Board of Education, current
ly held by Jim Boswell, who
did not seek another term,
was the closest local race.
Marianne Melnick beat out
Kathy Brown 51.19 percent
to 48.67 percent or 3,514
votes to 3,341. There were
nine write-ins.
Melnick won four of the
seven precincts and won the
absentee votes 55.18 percent
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or 618 to Brown’s 44.24 per
cent or 492 votes.
Brown had both the high
est single precinct votes
and highest single precinct
vote percentage in the race.
She had 1,115 at FMMS to
Melnick’s 939, which was
the second highest. Brown
won 85 percent of the votes
cast at Russell Elementary
to Melnick’s 15 percent.
Only 20 votes total were
cast in the District 2 race
at Russell, with Brown get
ting 17 and Melnick getting
three.
In the other school board
races incumbent Fred Wilson
defeated challenger John
Geldreich 1,913 or 74.32
percent to 658 or 25.56 per
cent with three write-ins.
The single precinct highest
number of votes was 357
for Wilson from the Lindsey
Elementary precinct where
Geldreich also received his
highest single precinct votes
with 135. The Houston Mall
precinct had the lowest num
ber of votes for both with
two for Geldreich and eight
for Wilson.
Wilson had the highest
percentage of votes at the
Elberta Center precinct with
81.44 percent or 215 votes to
48 votes or 18.18 percent for
Geldreich. The closest pre
cinct in the race was RECR
at 40 percent or 20 votes for
Geldreich to 60 percent or
30 votes for Wilson.
In the District 6 at-large
race, incumbent Griff
Clements handily won re
election 20,130 or 74.4 per
cent, to Bob Swecker’s 4,072
or 15.05 percent, and Jehad
Yasin’s 2,796 or 10.33 per
cent. There were also 59
write-ins.
Clements won all 28 pre
cincts and absentee ballots.
His highest single precinct
was FMMS with 1,525 votes.
Swecker also had his high
est single precinct at FMMS
with 301 votes. Yasin’s high
est single precinct was Perry
Primary School where he
received 224 votes.
Clements highest vote per
centage was 79.97 percent at
Bonaire Middle School pre
cinct. His lowest was 67.43
percent at WATS.
Swecker’s highest vote
percentage was 24.77 per
cent at WATS. His lowest
was 8.18 percent at Rozar
Park precinct.
Yasin’s highest vote per
centage was 20.5 percent
at ROZR. His lowest was
6.99 percent at Northside
Elementary precinct.
Yasin beat out Swecker in
for second in four precincts
- Henderson Fire Stations,
Morningside Elementary,
Perry Primary and ROZR.
In the District 2 County
Commission race, incum-
them to the area.
Copies were mailed to
all chamber members this
week.
bent Jay Walker, Republican,
defeated Democrat challeng
er Maurice Braswell 20,467
or 67.5 percent to 9,836 to
32.44 percent. Braswell won
three precincts - Elberta
Center 214 or 61.67 percent,
Pearl Stephens Elementary
258 or 58.9 percent, and
Lindsey Elementary 322 or
58.44 percent.
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LOCAL
Community 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 reser
vation for one of the per
formances today 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.
■ FALL BAZAAR - The
Fall Bazaar will be held
at Mt. Calvary Lutheran
Church, 336 Carl Vinson
Pkwy, Warner Robins,
today from 8:30 a.m. to 2
p.m. Proceeds will go to
mission projects such as
Howto 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. Box 1910, Perry, GA 31069
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FAIRFIELD FINANCIAL
Cali Wallace Martin
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Project Linus, Preemie
Project at Houston Medical
Center, Pregnancy Center
in Warner Robins and
many others. Fresh cin
namon rolls, pies, cakes,
breads, a diabetic food cor
ner, and many other home
made craft items as well as
a white elephant table will
be available. Breakfast and
lunch will be served by the
senior youth Any ques
tions call 922-5783.
■INDOORYARD SALE
- Happy Hour Workshop II
will hold an indoor yard
sale, “huge,” according to a
release from the organiza
tion, Saturday from 8 a.m.-
1 p.m. The workshop is
located at 716 North Young
Ave., in Warner Robins.
All proceeds are to bene
fit those developmentally
challenged. Also, per the
organization, “good, clean
quality items are appreci
ated and accepted.”
■ PARADE DATES
- The 49th Annual
Christmas Parade will be
held in Warner Robins Dec.
2at 10 a.m. The parade
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will begin at the intersec
tion of North Houston Road
and Watson Boulevard
and proceed east to City
Hall. Per a release: “Each
year thousands of families
attend this much anticipat
ed holiday event which pro
vides a great opportunity
for area organizations and
businesses to gain valuable
exposure and show off their
community spirit.” There
is still time for schools,
churches, civic groups, clubs
and businesses to partici
pate in this year’s parade.
Anyone interested in volun
teering should contact the
Warner Robins Chamber of
Commerce by Monday. For
information and an applica
tion contact the Chamber
at 922-8585.
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