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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, **!
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 236
BELOW THE FOLD: Visitor No. 100,000 expected (and to recognized) for "Walk Through Bethlehem" ■ Base volunteers fill stockings
Wednesday
December 13,2006
The Home Journal's
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Students seek
formalwear
Do you have any formalwear in
your closet? The Warner Robins
High School Student Council is
asking for donations of formal and
semi-formal wear to sell Jan. 13,
2007 so that there will be afford
able formals for prom-goers.
The donations, according to a
release, should be freshly dry
cleaned and in a hanging bag.
Donations will be accepted
in Proceeds from the sale will,
according to the release, ben
efit the women and children of
Gateway Cottage,
For more information, e-mail
demonsdressdrive@yahoo.com,
or see any WRHS Student Council
member.
Museum offers
special ornament
To honor the legacy of Brig.
Gen. Robert t. Scott, the Museum
of Aviation has created a com
memorative ornament of his P-40
soaring in the clouds.
The ornament is limited to
1,248 pieces and is three-dimen
sional, 24 carat gold-plated brass
and hand painted with a red silk
hanging ribbon.
The cost is S2O and it is avail
able at the Museum of Aviation.
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
■ Dale Waite
■ Kathy Crenshaw
■ Kenny Roberts
■ 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.
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■ David C. Stroman. 56
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Shirley Hills set to host annual ‘Walk through Bethlehem’
Expecting 100,000 th visitor
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Lifestyle Editor
You could set a record at the
“Walk through Bethlehem”
this weekend.
Planners of the big annual
event at Shirley Hills Baptist
Church have been keeping
count all along and they’ll
be celebrating when “visitor
number 100,000” arrives.
What’s going to happen?
That’s a secret, but it’s
bound to be an unforget
table moment for someone.
Thousands of Middle
Georgians attend this
event each year. Now in
its 10th year, it is a cos
tumed re-enactment of life
in Bethlehem at the time of
the birth of Christ. The cast
includes Roman Centurions,
busy shopkeepers, artisans,
and other citizens of the
ancient city, and tours lead
to Mary and Joseph in the
stable with the baby Jesus.
www.hhjnews.com
At A Glance
What: “Walk Through
Bethlehem”
When: Friday-Sunday, tours
ongoing from 4-10 p.m.
Where: Shirley Hills Baptist
Church
Cost: Free
Other: Special recognition for
the 100,000 th visitor planned
(what type is being kept secret)
The roles of Mary and
Joseph are taken in turn by
members of the church who
have small babies.
There are also camels and
farm animals.
The “Walk Through
Bethlehem” begins Friday
and continues through
Sunday, with ongoing tours
from 4-10 p.m. each eve
ning.
Visitors go first to the
church sanctuary and
See WALK, page fA
The Warner Robins International City School of Ballet
fulfilled some high expectations at the Children’s
Hospital of Middle Georgia in Macon Monday with a
set of performances from Paquita. The performance
was followed by room visits where the visiting bal
lerinas gave children signed ballet slippers to catch
their dreams in.
ABOVE: From left, Anna Craig, Caitlyn Quinn, Mary
Kate Hunnicutt, Ashlyn Vanwert, Bailey Joyner and
Leah Tucker line up to perform.
LEFT: Quinn performs.
BELOW: Hunnicutt and Joyner hand out gifts.
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Live animals are part of the scene, as they were in Bethlehem at the time of the birth
of Christ,
Three sections • 18 pages
Price seek
absconder
By RAT LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Have you seen Alex
Dawson?
Dawson is considered
an absconder according
to the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation Sex
Offender
Registry
forfailing
to reg
ister his
address
with local
authori
ties.
Dawson
pled
guilty to
statutory rape but has
failed to register as a sex
offender as required after
he was released from pris
on.
This is the second time
he has violated the terms
of his probation. According
to court records, Dawson
had unauthorized contact
with the victim on Dec.
22, 2005, and was jailed
for about a month earlier
this year for the viola
tion of terms of his pro
bation. He was restored
back to regular probation
in March.
Arrest warrants were
issued for violation of pro
bation in May and again
in October as he failed to
register his address with
the Sheriffs Office as
See ABSCONDER,page $A
Base volunteers
fill stockings for
Salvation Army
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
For the 19th year, the
contracting workforce at
Robins Air Force Base
has stuffed stockings
and dressed bears for the
Salvation Army.
Volunteers from con
tracting came up with
more than 400 stockings
and bears this year for the
local Salvation Army. They
filled about 225 stockings
and dressed 175 bears,
created unique personali
ties for each bear.
See STOCKINGS, page 44
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