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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 240
BELOW THE FOLD: Chiropractic office and police help kids in crisis ■ Middle Georgia College recognizes Perry retiree
Tuesday
December 19, 2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
Don’t miss our follow-up on
Northside's state football title.
Also, Warner Robins and
Northside met on the basketball
courts Saturday with the Lady
Eagles beating the Demonettes
and the Demons dominating the
Eagles.
At Houston County, the Bears
girls and boys basketball teams
got past Perry and Westfield's
squads won on Friday but then fell
to Central Fellowship Saturday.
IN BRIEF
Choirs to perform at
Perry Library
The combined choirs of Perry
First Baptist Church, Grace
Church and Rehoboth Baptist
Church will perform at 1 p.m.
today at Perry Library.
The choirs will sing two selec
tions; there will be three piano
ensembles and then Christmas
caroling for everyone. There is
no cost
Museum offers
special ornament
To honor the legacy of Brig.
Gen. Robert L. 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.
Students seek
formalwear
The Warner Robins High
School Student Council is ask
ing for donations of formal and
semi-formal wear to sell Jan. 13,
2007 so, according to a release,
there will be affordable formals for
prom-goers.
Donations should be freshly
dry-cleaned and in a hanging
bag. Donations will be accepted.
Proceeds from the sale will ben
efit the women and children of
Gateway Cottage.
For more information, e-mail
demonsdressdrive@yahoo.com,
or see any WRHS Student Council
member.
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■ Hazel M. Moss. 88
■ Art “Ski" Piotrowski, 69
■ Wanda Kennedy, 67
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Police seek 3 suspects in robbery
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins Police are looking
for three suspects in a Saturday
night aggravated assault and armed
robbery on a man on Melvin Street
near Southern Avenue.
One of the suspects has been iden
tified, said Det. Art Curnutte of the
Warner Robins Police Department
Criminal Investigations Division,
but, he added: “We’re not ready to
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Fairgoers soar to new heights during the Georgia National Fair this past October.
Fair receives 3 awards
International Association also designates it to Top 50 list
Special to the Journal
The Georgia National Fair
received three awards of
excellence for its agricultural
and competitive exhibits pro
grams from the International
Association of Fairs and
Expositions.
In addition, the fair earned
three other awards during
the annual IAFE convention.
This marks the 15th con
secutive year the Georgia
National Fair has been des
ignated an award-winning
fair. Since 1992, the Georgia
National Fair has won a
total of 69 IAFE awards for
its agricultural, competitive
exhibits, and communica
tions programs.
The fair also was desig
nated a Top 50 Fair by carni
valwarehouse.com.
With an attendance
of 431,499, the Georgia
National Fair ranked No. 44;
up six slots from last year’s
ranking. Reithoffer Shows
ranked No. 7 for Carnivals
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release the name. I’m still working
on the others.”
About 10 p.m. Saturday, offi
cers of the Warner Robins Police
Department responded to the
Houston Medical Center concerning
the incident.
At the hospital, the victim told
police he was walking on Melvin
Street near the intersection with
Southern Avenue when three black
males approached him.
The victim said one of the suspects
Playing the Top 50 Fairs
with total attendance of 1,
802,636 at four fairs.
“I congratulate the entire
staff for its team effort to
develop and present agricul
tural programs for exhibitors
and the general public,” said
Executive Director Michael
Froehlich said. "These
awards reflect the Fair’s
ongoing commitment to
agriculture, education, and
youth."
There are a total of 14
Agriculture Award categories
each divided into five divi
sions. The Georgia National
Fair competed against other
fairs whose annual atten
dance ranged from 250,001
to 500,000.
The IAFE has a member
ship of more than 3,200
from around the globe. The
Agricultural Awards are
sponsored by John Deere.
The Georgia National
Fair has been designated a
Southeast Tourism Society
“Top 20 Event for October”
initiated a conversation with him
and then suddenly grabbed him.
The victim attempted to defend
himself and all three suspects
attacked him.
During the struggle, one of the
suspects cut the victim and an undis
closed amount of money was stolen
from him. All three suspects then
departed the area in an unknown
direction.
The victim sustained a laceration
to his abdomen and was treated
Fair thee well
Following are the awards for excellence given
to the Georgia National Fair by the International
Association of Fairs and Expositions:
Agricultural Awards of Excellence
• Overall Program for the Nonagricultural Fairgoing
Public
Agricultural Awards Second Place
• Overall Program for Competitive Agricultural Exhibitors
• Video of a Special Event for Exhibitors or Fairgoers
(Poultry World)
Agricultural Awards Third Place
• Fair Agriculture Photo (Bo Peep Costume Contest)
Competitive Exhibits Contest Awards of Excellence
• Competitive Exhibits Display Method and/or Prop
• New or Unique Strategy to Increase the Number of
Competitive Exhibitors or Attract New Competitive
10 times (1991, 1996,
1997, 2000-2006). The fair
has received one “Special
Events Directory and Events
Business News Top 200
Event” award. In 2002, the
Fair was designated one of
Southern Living magazine’s
“Our Best 202 Things About
the South First-Prize Fair.”
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at Houston Medical Center and
released.
“He was stapled up and released,”
Curnutte said.
The suspects were described as
being between 20 and 25 years old.
The victim provided the following
descriptions of his attackers:
■ Suspect No. 1 has a medium
complexion and is approximately 5-
foot-9 with a slender build.
He was wearing his hair in
See ROBBERY, page 6A
"The thing that
really moves
us forward is
people working
together.”
- Sen. Ross Tolleson. R-Perry,
during the Warner Robins
Chamber of Commerce Eggs
and Issue breakfast Thursday
Delegation
addresses
key issues
By RslY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Houston’s legisla
tive delegation provid
ed the issues portion of
the Warner Robins Area
Chamber of Commerce
Eggs and Issues breakfast
Thursday.
The issues six of the
seven members of the
local delegation discussed
include transportation,
education, medical care,
growth and taxes. “The
thing that really moves
us forward,” said state
Sen. Ross Tolleson, R-
Perry, “is people working
together.”
Tolleson and State
Senator Robert Brown.
D-Macon, did disagree
on the issue of income
tax exemption for
See ISSUES, page 6A
Center helps
kids in crisis
By RA Y LIGHT NER
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins’ Police
Department now has
lots of new stuffed ani
mals thanks to a local
chiropractic office and its
patients.
The cuddly critters are
for officers to give to kids
in crisis explained Capt.
John Clay of WRPD com
munity initiatives office.
“We keep them in the
patrol cars to give to
See CENTER, page yA
MGC honors
Perry retiree
From staff reports
Dec. 8, the Middle
Georgia College
Foundation Board honored
retiring member Lt. Col.
Earl Cheek Sr., of Perry.
MGC Vice President of
Student and Institutional
Development John
McElveen presented
See HONORS, page jA