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JBswiiitat Putlg 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. DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Cornelia T. Cranford. 93 ■ Hazel M. Moss. 88 ■ Art “Ski" Piotrowski, 69 ■ Wanda Kennedy, 67 ■ Theresa Irene Ellis Morrison PERIODICAL 500 Illllil 8 '“SB 108 0000l 1 4 Award-Winning Newspaper Better Newspaper Contest litliiSliiiilliillifiiilillliif||iiill,iiii| l ||inl| COQI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UN IV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 December 19, 2006 is”. v]s '<}M()L 'jT }s((£' ynr 'N'/y i J , liyf'O) 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 ■fe m m m * V 9 : h a » t a m mm £ ■ ;hi « kmw..* » ■ ENI Gary Harmon 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 www.hhjnews.com 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.” m Fmm Nmwmmi Two sections • 12 pages 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