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♦ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2006 6A t f W : : rMBHSPPii J V f IjppP* ’ 4 % „. <" ppP* Jlr Jan Derico packs a new paracute. ■ I ' f .4j: J ggtf^QP r > i aiß& i ,. Tr .. ENI Gary Harmon Robert Elliott packs the ejection seat paracute on an F 15.. SHOPS Front page iA emergency basic assembly parachutes (BA-22) for air crews on KC-135 tankers and C-130 cargo aircraft, and advanced concept ejec tion seat (ACES II) person nel parachutes, a standard ejection seat chute used in all U.S. Air Force jets and drogue chutes used on F-15 FEES From page iA The Zone 2 area is “as far out northeast as we would go. It is one of our longest trips now from downtown.” Gray said a joint public safety station, both police and fire, is planned. All of the future stations would be joint use, Gray said, “the bulk being a fire station,” with a meeting room and office for police for inter views. Gray also said the fire LUMSDEN From page iA candidates nominated to fill the new position created by the General Assembly dur ing the last session. The other nominees were: ■ Jeffrey L. Grube, 52, Warner Robins, a sole prac titioner, since 1982. Grube is one of the few in the county qualified to defend death OBITS From page $A RUTH HENDRICK RICHARDS Ruth Hendrick Richards, age 84, of Anniston, Ala., a former resident of Perry for 50 years, passed away Thursday. Richards was born Dec. 8, 1921 in Hiram to the late Hershel and Lou Hendrick. She was a retired manager of the Utilities Department for the City of Perry and was a member of Perry Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, John S. Richards and her children, David Richards and Janet Carol Richards. Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Kathryn and Rick Searle of Anniston, Ala. L; sisters, Evelyn Shipp of Hiram; Vermel Thomas of Dallas, Eva Bee Newman and her husband, Gene of Hiram and Bobbie Lee of Dallas; grandchildren, Jonathan Searle, Jacob Searle, and Sara Kathryn Searle; nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Sunday at Clark Funeral Home in Hiram with Rev. Parker Agnew officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Perry Presbyterian Church, Second & Sunset Streets, Perry, GA 31069 or Faith Presbyterian Church, 4100 Ronnaki Rd., Anniston, AL 36207. Clark Funeral Home in Hiram was in charge of arrangements. SARA S. CLARK —— ——— MACON - Sara Ann Clark, 72, passed away Wednesday. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church in Byron with interment following in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be given to The Alzheimer’s Association 277 Martin Luther King Blvd. Ste. 201 Macon, GA 31201-3498. ENI Gary Harmon aircraft. To pack one stan dard chute takes about four hours, one member of the squadron said. The Life Support Shop takes care of “huge” 20-man life rafts used on KC-135 and C-130 aircraft for passenger use. Employees also pack one-man rafts used on KC -135, C-130 and F-15 aircraft for pilot use, life preservers for pilot use, life preservers department would start identifying parcels and cost availability. “We’ve got feel ers out with private concerns and will make overtures to them,” Gray said, when asked about possible dona tions of land. “But we’re going to plan for it as if we have to buy the land.” In his presentation to council, Gray proposed seven projects for the future including reconstruction of the existing headquarters fire station. This project ide ally would be done concur rently with the building of penalty cases. ■ Walter G. “Bo” Sammons Jr., 48, of Warner Robins. He has been a partner in Sammons & Sammons since 1996. ■ Bob Turner of Warner Robins, formerly with the Firm of O’Neal, Long and Hall. Earlier this year, Turner was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Houston County Chief Magistrate Judge u **#r y^SHHEBE wh ENI/Gary Harmon Fabric worker, Diane Couch, sews patches on Air Force shirts. • ; ; : .7” ' :v ' ENI Gary Harmon Sam Sellers shows off some of the Fl 5 survivial gear. for passenger use and escape slides used on KC-135 air craft used for the evacua tion of passengers from the aircraft. Visitors come into the Fabric Shop where employ ees are busy sewing stripes and patches on uniforms. The service may not be life saving, but for an Airman who doesn’t know how to sew, it’s a life saver. the new facility, Gray said, but if it cannot be done, he prioritized it down on the list after a second new station in the area of the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter and ext 134 of Interstate 75. New public safety stations are also planned, in order of priority, for the areas of Gurr and Kings Chapel roads; Airport Road, Valley Drive and Perry Parkway; Lake Joy and Langston roads; and Saddlecreek Road midway between Arena Road and Ga. 247. David Pierce. The governor’s 19-mem ber Judicial Nominating Commission, which selected the nominees, was chaired by former Attorney General Mike Bowers and included local attorney Mike Long of the firm O’Neal, Long and Hall. Long also serves as attorney for the county and the Houston County Development Authority. 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