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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 230
BELOW THE FOLD: Fort Valley State University and Middle Georgia Technical College reach agreement to join forces
Tuesday
December 5,2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
Football fans will be seeing
double this weekend as both
Warner Robins and Northside won
and subsequently earned berths
in the semifinals and a visit to teh
Georgia Dome.
In basketball, Houston County
and Perry met with the Panthers
winning for the boys - and improv
ing to 3-0 - and the Lady Bears
winning for the girls. Westfield’s
girls and boys were also in
action.
- See 1B
IN BRIEF
Georgia Chamber to
host annual meetings
The Georgia Chamber of
Commerce will host its annual
meeting dinner and Eggs & Issues
breakfast Jan. 8-9, 2007 at the
Georgia World Congress Center
in Atlanta. Ron Galloway, a pro
business author, filmmaker and
speaker will headline the dinner
the first day ( Monday).
That Tuesday more than 2,500
business and community leaders
and elected officials will gather
again at the GWCC for the annual
Eggs & Issues breakfast.
Newly re-elected Gov. Sonny
Perdue, Lt. Gov.-elect Casey
Cagle and Speaker of the House
Glenn Richardson will all be on
hand to share their remarks about
the new legislative session.
According to Georgia Chamber
President & CEO. George Israel,
"Each year's Eggs & Issues
Breakfast seems to get larger and
take on more importance, and
we expect the 2007 events to be
especially significant following the
elections. Tickets are SIOO each
with tables of 10 available for
SI,OOO. Eggs & Issues breakfast
tickets are SSO with tables of 10
available for SSOO.
For more information, visit
www.gachamber.com, or contact
the Georgia Chamber at 404-223-
2264 or toll free in Georgia at
1-800-241-2286.
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Santa Claus points to the crowd and checks to see if they have been naughty or nice in Saturday’s Christmas
parade in Warner Robins.
County kicks off Christmas season
From staff reports
The Christmas season
has officially arrived in
Houston County. The lights
are sparkling everywhere
with parades in both Perry
and Warner Robins, visits
from Santa,-a honk of spe
cial events, Christmas tree
lightings, celebrations of the
birth of Christ and music in
the air - from country to
gospel to traditional carols.
The children’s and
adults’ choirs of First
Baptist Church presented
“The Gospel According
to Scrooge” on Friday
night, while the kids from
Centerville Elementary
School showed off their act
ing and singing in three
performances of “Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory.”
On Saturday morn
ing Perry’s Christmas at
the Crossroads celebra
tion started with pancakes
and picture-taking. A big
crowd of all ages turned
out for the “Breakfast with
Santa” event hosted by the
Perry Kiwanis Club and the
Mahala Club.
At mid-morning Warner
Robins held its 49th annu
al Christmas Parade, with
Perry following at 2 p.m.
Then in Perry, the celebra-
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Cast members of the Perry Players upcoming production of “The Christmas Carol” lead the procession down
Carroll Street in downtown Perry after the annual Community Candlelight service.
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The county’s royal court of beauties, make their way down Carroll St. The royal float
includes the pageant winners of the past year of 2006.
tion continued on Carroll
Street with live music and
al fresco dining.
There was more to come
with a festive Holiday tea
Sunday afternoon at the
Front Porch in downtown
Perry, and - at the same
time - Boy Scouts were
busy setting out over 900
luminaries along the down
town Streets.
This is a longstanding tra
dition in Perry and is done
to light the way to the city’s
Candlelight Community
Service.
The service attracted
hundreds, who were most
ly bundled up in sweaters
because of the winter chill.
The Perry High School band
presented a concert of
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Two SECTIONS • 12 PAGES
Museum
offering
ride of
your life
Special to the Journal
The Museum of Aviation
can now transport you to
exotic places or take you
back in time. A new vir
tual reality 4D motion-based
simulator ride called the
“Transporter” will open to
the public Dec. 11 featuring,
according to a release from
the museum, exciting simu
lated flights and wild ride
experiences.
The seven-seat six-axis
motion simulator, which
will feature several six-min
ute ride experiences, will
be open to the public daily
from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., except
on Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Years Day.
Among the rides will be
a Desert Storm fighter
plane mission from the
deck of an aircraft carrier,
a World War II battle over
the Island of Iwo Jima, a
stunt pilot barnstormer
ride during the 1920 s and
a time machine ride back
to dinosaurs, Christopher
Columbus ships and man s
first steps on the moon.
This newest addition to the
museum will allow guests
to experience the sights,
sounds and movement of
being on a plane or an air
craft carrier without leav
ing the Museum grounds,
explained Pat Bartness,
Museum of Aviation
Foundation President and
Chief Operating Officer.
There are even points in the
ride where you feel the wind
through the cockpit of a plane
and the bumps and accel
eration* of a powerful jet.
Seahawk: Battle for Iwo
Jima, for instance, places
riders in a Seahawk prop
plane launched from a World
War II battleship deck. The
plane flies over Iwo Jima,
See RIDE, page 6B
FVSU,
MGTC agree
to join forces
Special to the Journal
Fort Valley State
University and Middle
Georgia Technical College
made history this past
week.
Dr. Larry E. Rivers,
president of Fort Valley
State University, and Dr.
Ivan H. Allen, president of
Middle Georgia Technical
College officially joined
forces Friday when they
signed a Memorandum of
Understanding between the
two institutions.
“This agreement is a gen
eral understanding that we
will work together on spe
cial programs and initiatives
that will benefit our stu
dents and our community,”
Rivers said. “Dr. Allen and
I share a vision of making
education accessible and
affordable to the people of
Middle Georgia.”
Allen said, “It has long
been the vision of our state
to provide seamless educa
tion for our citizens. This
is definitely a start in that
direction and will allow
Middle Georgia Tech gradu
ates the viable option of con
tinuing their education at
a quality institution, Fort
Valley State.”
“This memorandum
means that Fort Valley
See JOIN, page 6B