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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2006
Warner Robins to
raise mayor's salary
ByRATLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Warner Robins City
Council, during its meeting
this past week, proposed rais
ing Mayor Donald Walker’s
salary to SIOO,OOO.
Councilman Dean Cowart
suggested the idea with
Walker voting against.
The raise won’t go into
effect until after the next
city election, explained
City Attorney Jim Elliott.
The city will have to adver
tised the proposed increase
for three week in the legal
organ, The Houston Daily
Journal, before it can be
approved, he said.
Walker suggested a salary
study, but emphasized “I’m
going to vote against it.”
The city council will also
have to ask the General
Assembly to change the city
charter so the council has
the authority to change the
mayor’s salary. Walker, who
has been mayor for 12 years
Air museum hosting CAP exhibit
Special to the Journal
The Air Force Air Museum
will be hosting a Civil Air
Patrol historical exhibit Dec.
2 at the museum main build
ing. It will be open from 9
a.m.-5 p.m.
According to a release, the
show will exhibit items from
the organization’s 65-year
history.
: Some of the items includ
ed will be the first Georgia
Wing Commanders uniform
and photos. Items from the
estate of Lt. Col. Winship
Nunnally will be displayed.
Other items will include
vintage uniforms, manuals,
insignia, posters, photos and
other published Civil Air
Patrol media.
The exhibit will have
approximately 300 items for
viewing from two private
collections. A video presen
tation of CAP history will
also be available for viewing
during the day.
Civil Air Patrol Assistant
National Historian Major
James Shaw, CAP will be
attending the day-long dis
play.
Lt. Col. Todd Engelman,
CAP will have items from
his private collection as part
of the exhibit. Both will be
available for questions.
Information on the Civil
Air Patrol and its benefits
will be available for those
interested.
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$55,000.
“He’s worth more than we
pay him,” Cowart said.
Members of the council
agreed.
“We don’t have a city man
ager, at least give him that,”
said Councilman Steve
Smith.
Added Councilman John
Havrilla: “When you look
at the degree of responsibil
ity, there are 500 employees.
He touches everybody’s life
every day. “
Havrilla also noted it has
been a number of years since
the 19905, when the salary
was last changed.
During the meeting, the
council also approved hiring
two certified police officers
to work in code enforcement,
doubling the code enforce
ment.
The SIOO,OOO approved by
council includes salaries and
equipment.
Cowart said it is some
thing the city has been try
iary of the U.S. Air Force,
is a nonprofit organization
with nearly 57,000 members
nationwide.
CAP performs 95 percent
of continental U.S. inland
search and rescue missions,
as tasked by the Air Force
Rescue Coordination Center,
and was credited by the
AFRCC with saving 73 lives
in 2006.
CAP was founded on Dec. 1,
1941, less than a week before
the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor led to America’s
involvement in World War
11. Its members soon proved
their worth by conducting
aerial patrols, vigilance that
discouraged and eventually
stopped deadly German Ü
boat attacks on shipping in
American waterways. Sixty
four members died while
carrying out CAP missions
during the war.
Its volunteers also perform
homeland security, disaster
relief and counterdrug mis
sions at the request of feder
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Havrilla and Councilman
Terry Horton met with
concerned residents on
Deerwood Circle. “They’re
concerned about what’s
going on in their neigh
borhood, Horton said. “We
need to make sure people
know we’re concerned about
the older areas of Warner
Robins.”
Walker said the current
code enforcement staff closes
out about 80 case a month.
“This is a crime source as
well,” the mayor said. “The
more we clean it up, the bet
ter it gets.”
In other business, the
council approved the aban
donment of the right of way
along Tommy Stalnaker
Drive in the Advanced tech
nology Park, as all four par
cels on the cul-de-sac have
the same owner.
The city will retain ease
ments to access the utilities
on the street.
al, state and local agencies.
The members play a leading
role in aerospace education
and serve as mentors to the
nearly 22,000 young people
currently participating in
CAP cadet programs.
For additional information
check out at the website www.
cap.gov, www.caphistory.org,
or caphistorian@mchsi.com.
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Hill decorated with Commendation
Special to the Journal
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