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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. BIRTHDAYS Today ■ Annie Andel ■ Gwen Thomas-Johnson ■ Jerry Horton ■ Rusty Cranford DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Diane Ridley Mccoy (Shone) ■ Samuel Leo Hill, 91 ■ Nicholas "Nick" Michael Francis Mungavin, 26 ■ Eileen “Lee" Guimond, 77 ■ Faye Virginia Ritchie, 78 PERIODICAL 500 IIIIH 8 "55108 0000l 1 4 Award-Winning /MxK Newspaper Belter Newspaper Contest vXtfS'' (■■l lii tiiieliii!liiiitliiiiiiiiiiiiilin t i!i!|i nil COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 December 5, 2006 Serving p|K3RI ■; W « r 1 i -Mat ■ ■ ■ .- / Mer' KNl'Gary Harmon 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- Pl r S -■ 1 r v '. a / v m Jr mil C fe,:; wmr :; v % w . * J| *'*% v **'•«• - liiyi iM .Journal Charlotte Perkins 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. WWW.HHJNEWS.COM :*%& • -fa * . „ § -£ ? • tV” y, f <<■ Mr t ■i ’ i d St mhM f " mt Journal Nancy Hawk 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 See PARADE, page 6B \x I:\ tvs Fwiii y \t w sr\niJ 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