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2A ♦ 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. CAR the official auxil Donate Your Car to Goodwill! One Car at a Time ... Creates One Job at a Time When you donate your car to Goodwill you II iBIIfF ’ \ get a tax deduction and your car will become BDI IMfiT X. pad of Goodwill s Automotive Training Program _ l||gj? \ Goodwill s trainees will learn valuable job skills J in automotive technology so they (fan get good M|Sn| / Call 1 -866-Let-lt-Go or mSf / visit www.goodwillworks.org w j ft Bullrfincj livoh. tfimillua M nnd coinmuniliH« a / ONE JOB A T A TIME. gg £~> f MB' SUMMEEML fFLgI n *. 4 /JEsJ iiBU For more information or a tour of Summerhill Call Carol Baxter at: (-*"8) 98~-3100 500 Stanley Street • Pern, GA 31069 now, currently makes about $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 VOL Two Complete Pair 0! Eyeglasses s 69™ \ Come Home To Summerhill! Security, Service, and Southern Hospitality Offering Independent Living Villas, Assisted Living Secure Alzheimer's Care, and Skilled Nursing. Summer Special at Summerhill at Assisted Living • Move in Assistance within 30 mile radius • 7 certificates for free beauty salon services • 15% discount for first 3 months rent ing to get do now for a few years. 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. 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