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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville VOLUME 136, NUMBER 235 BELOW THE FOLD: Lumadem ready to aaauma judgeship I Airport Authority gets ready for upgrades Tuesday December 12,2006 The Home Journal's FRONT PORCH 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 autho». 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 for the 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 speak. 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 at 1-800-241- 2286. Efforts under way to recover films Efforts are under way to gather Ralph Tabor's films of first grade classes in Perry. These will be converted onto DVDs for preser vation. Missing films are of the classes that graduated in 1959, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1980, 1981 and 1982. Anyone having these films or information about there where abouts is asked to contact Floyd Tabor, 1401 Cater circle, Perry, GA 31069, phone 987-2984 or e mail floydtabor@pobox.com. BIRTHDAYS Today ■ Tim Cannon ■ Conchita Swift E-mail your birthdays to: hhj@evansnewspapers.com or donm@evansnewspapers. com or send them to: 1210 Washington St., Perry 31069 attn: Don Moncrief. You can also call him at 987-1823, Ext. 231. DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Martha Cooper Scarbrough, 71 ■ Jesse C. Harrell, 80 PERIODICAL 500 min 8 “5510 8 0 0001* 4 Award-Winning Better Sews paper VVjy Contest )iiHilliiiilfitliiiinliflliiiifiii|}iii l ililfi,ili COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 December 12, 2006 Serum, floi sros Cmxn Sims 1870 Mock accident tests emergency response By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer The pilot of a crashed F-15 flagged down local firefight ers Monday near Northrop Grumman to direct them to his wreck. That was just a part of the mock emergency sce nario local emergency per sonnel from Warner Robins and Robins Air Force Base police and fire responded to The thrill of victory and agony of defeat - & ■' EL . 1a I’ 4 " wLM • W v nprj t jpj *" BhPh m . ENI/Gary Harmon The Northside and Warner Robins football teams had mixed results in the GHSA state semifinals at the Georgia Dome over the weekend. The Eagles advanced to the Class AAAA state championship with a 20-10 win over St. Pious X, while the Demons fell to Peachtree Ridge 13-7. ABOVE: Northside storms onto the field before its contest. BELOW: Warner Robins players look on during the Demons' loss. For complete coverage, see Sports on 18. v** 'ill . a***: "i ?. • wkW* -r * <9l VJSW ~ T 01. m *' V Li \Mi *flt\ »&■ um 1 SRPn *.*a*m*~- m BL-- W m x 9 1 ]i§ . \ : M : - D3c i I •fiftyttr*',. . jfe * Jt-'J. W*' by T Sr i) - : • •'.> > Lumsden looking forward to judgeship By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Katie Lumsden didn’t always want to be a judge. But after a certain time of serving in the district attorney’s office, Lumsden said, she became interested. “I enjoy public service and I am always interested in doing work that benefits the community.” “I am really looking for ward to it,” she said. Lumsden, currently chief assistant district attorney www.hhjnews.com Monday morning. The 78th Air Base Wing had several incidents going on Monday morning test ing Crisis responsibility, explained George Jozens, Chief of Media Relations for the 78th ABW public affairs. The off-base incident included the crash of an F-15 off Industrial Park behind Northrop Grumman and Cascade Corporation, locat in the Houston County Judicial Circuit, was hired at the district attorney’s office about 10 years ago by then DA Edward Lukemire, now a Superior Court judge. “It was one of his last acts LUMSDEN as DA,” Lumsden said, before Lukemire left for the ed at the Fire Department Training Center. Warner Robins Fire Department had two engine companies respond along with a crash truck and an engine from the base to put out the plane and two buildings, which caught fire. Lt. Ross Moulton, from WRFD Engine 701, said police and EMS also respond ed. The response was coordi nated with the fire depart Superior Court bench. She will join Lukemire and Judge George Nunn on the Superior Court as well as Judge L.M. Buster McConnell, who has served in senior status and “has been critical in keeping the cases moving,” Lumsden said. “The county has needed the third judge for some time,” she said. She expects McConnell will continued to be uti lized but to a lesser extent now that there is a third ment on base. A staging area was set up by Cascade with a medi cal unit, the GSAR truck and two more engines. The Georgia Search and Rescue truck is a $1 million dol lar multi-county unit that responds from Houston County Fire Department. In the drill, Moulton said, “we met the pilot on the road. We conducted search and rescue operations on the judge position. The position, as well as the salary, and another assistant district attorney, were approved by the state General Assembly at the last session. “I’m not sure what the salary is,” she said when asked, “but there is a flat salary from the state and it is supplemented by the county.” Lumsden will be sworn in a judge on Jan. 2, 2007 by Gov. Sonny Perdue in state House chambers in Atlanta. .tv E v t w / writ.) rrr Two sections • 12 pages two buildings and put the fires out. The base engine put the plane out.” The on-base portion of the drill caused delays at all entry points to the base Monday. These exercises simulating life-like emergencies ensure cooperative and compatible procedures to keep the local community safe during any type of incident or accident, explained Jozens. Robins releases name of victim By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Retired Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Bruno was killed as the result of injuries of a traffic accident at the base gas station Thursday. After a pick-up truck struck a pole they both impacted a sports utility vehicle, which struck Bruno. After being stabilized on-scene by base person nel, Bruno later died at the Macon Medical Center as a result of the accident. “It is a sad day when we lose a member of the Air Force family,” said Col. Warren Berry, 78th Air Base Wing Vice Commander. ”We extend our support, thoughts and prayers to Chief Bruno’s family and friends.” Another retiree, Emerson Coleman, was driving near the base gas station and suffered a medical condi tion which caused him to lose control of his pick-up truck and hit the pole about noon Thursday, according to George Jozens, Chief of Media Relations, 78th Air Base Wing public affairs. Coleman was treated and See RETIRED, page 6A Authority preps for airport upgrades By NANCY HAWK Journal Staff Writer The Perry-Houston County Airport Authority is busy working on grant preps and finances for the airport upgrades. At a meeting this past week, several members-rep resentatives of the GADOT and the FAA worked on the fine points of grant applica tion. Several opportunities have presented new possibilities for improving the airport’s taxiway and runway, allow ing it to be more competi tive for corporate business needs. Perhaps in particular, in regard to additional han gar space, these upgrades couldn’t have come at a bet ter time. The airport currently receives an income from the rentals, but they have been as much as a 100 percent in See AIRPORT, page 6A