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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 137, NUMBER 007
BELOW THE FOLD: Warner Robins P&Z OKs Peach County rezonings ■ HCBOE holds elections; addresses agenda items
Thursday
January 11,2007
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IN BRIEF
Donations needed for
Habitat sale
Donations of items for a garage
sale are needed by Houston
County Habitat for Humanity.
The items will be accepted each
Wednesday and Thursday at Faith
Evangelical Lutheran Church,
located at 301 N. Pleasant Hill in
Warner Robins, from 9:30 a.m. -1
p.m. now through Jan. 26.
The sale will be Jan. 27 from
8 a.m. to noon at the church.
According to a release, money
raised will help to build the next
Habitat home in Houston County.
For more information and
instructions about dropping off
larger items, call 923-2239.
Prom dress sale to be
held at WRHS
A sale of affordable formal wear
will be held at Warner Robins High
School from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday.
According to a release, more
than 125 dresses suitable for
proms and pageants have been
donated and will be sold at prices
from $lO to $45.
There are also dresses suitable
for mothers of brides and grooms.
All proceeds will go to benefit the
women and children of Gateway
Cottage.
The sale is sponsored by the
WRHS Student Council.
Police to offer course
on handgun basics
The Warner Robins Police
Department will be conducting a
course on Handgun Basics for
Women. The class will be held
at the Warner Robins Police
Department Firing range Jan. 22
and 23 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 27 at
8 a.m.
The cost of the course is $25.
For further information contact
Grace Hodges at the Warner
Robins Police Department Training
Center at 929-7253.
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Basketball was in full swing in Houston County Tuesday with all
of the county’s schools in action. ABOVE: Warner Robins High
School’s Braxton Dugger goes in for a layup. For more, see 18.
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HCBOE holds elections; addresses agenda items
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
The first meeting of the 2007 year,
Tuesday, the Houston County Board
of Education held elections for chair
man and vice chairman. To that end,
Pamela Greenway was re-elected to
be chairman and Tom Walmer was
elected vice chairman. The meeting
then returned to its regular session.
Several main issues voted on by
the board were passed. They includ
ed: Rezoning was passed as dis
Basketball breaks out
cussed in the December meeting and
with information gathered at the
Jan. 4 public meeting.
The personnel report contained
several items, one of the most nota
ble being the announcement of a
teachers job fair for Feb. 3.
The Teachingand Learning Section
of the Central Administration also
gave a briefing on a new program for
pre-K entitled the Work Sampling
System.
This system establishes the guide
lines: focus observation on particu
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Carpenter to
retire in June
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
Houston County School
Superintendent Danny
Carpenter started at
Northside High School, as a
coach, some 33 years ago.
Tuesday during the board
meeting, and in front of
members of the Eagles’
state championship winning
team, Carpenter came full
circle as he announced he
had decided to retire, effec
tive June 30.
Only minutes before, all
in attendance were able to
view the winning touchdown
on the big screen. Then, the
meeting moved forward and
Carpenter was given the
floor after the election of the
new board.
“I knew when I started
this meeting,” he said, “I
was OK and things would
work out. Yet the sight of the
game and these guys making
the state championship has
left me teared up. I’ve tried
to dedicate my life to this
school system and I hope I
have made a difference.
“It is now that I must
announce my retirement
effective on June 30, this
year. I found that this was
a wonderful place to be and
working with the board, in
this system a fabulous expe-
WR P&Z OKs Peach
County rezonings
Approves 8 home business requests
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Warner Robins
Planning and Zoning
Commission of gave its OK
to an annexation and two
commercial rezonings in the
area of Gunn Road and Ga.
247 Connector.
The board, a recommend
ing body to the city coun
cil for zoning and annexa
tion, recommended approval
for the annexation of three
tracts totaling 99.365 acres
from Peach County and the
rezoning of it from residen
tial agricultural to C-2 (gen
eral commercial) for Henry
Wells Jr. Chris Howington
represented the Wells fam
ily, but gave no indication of
plans for the land.
The other rezoning was
for two tracts totaling 80.4
acres on Gunn Road in
Houston County from R-3
(7,500 square foot minimum
lot) to C-2 and R-4 (multi
family residential) for F&P
Builders. Oliver Bateman
from Ramsbottom of Macon
lar knowledge, skills and behaviors;
summarize, record, and interpret
observations; provide valid criteria
for evaluation; support curriculum
and instruction.
Gifted Education was also part of
the briefing. It explained the AP and
AP Audit Report, which was created
at the request of secondary schools.
This provides teachers and adminis
trators with clear guidelines on cur
ricular and resource requirements,
helps colleges and universities bet
ter interpret secondary school cours-
Two sections • 18 pages
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rience.
“There were different
opinions,” he added, “but
working together, we found
a way to make things hap
pen and I am proud of my
experiences here. Working
things out always meant
doing our best for Houston
County school system.”
Carpenter went on to
thank elected officials in the
county, adding he found “no
closed doors. All were will
ing to listen when we spoke
about the needs of the school
system.”
He also told the audience
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represented the applicant,
but also gave no details of
the plans for the site.
The board also approved
three variances.
The first was, for Verizon
Wireless of the East LR per
mits a 150-foot monopole on
the property at U.S. 41 and
Lakeview Road. Community
Development Director
Robert Sisa explained a 50-
foot single user monopole
or an 80-foot pole for two
users are permitted without
a variance.
Jan Blackman from
Verizon said the pole is for
three users.
The property owner Jim
Thornton said the pole would
be 100 feet from the proper
ty lines. They also had a let
ter confirming this question
from Sisa: “The structure
will break down in that 100-
foot area?”
The other two were for set
back variances - one allows
a five-foot reduction in the
rear setback on lot 4 of the
Everett Square commercial
See REZONINGS, page nB
es marked “AP”
Currently some of the AP class
es offered in Houston County are-
European History, Human geogra
phy, Chemistry, Statistics, Spanish,
Microeconomics and Music Theory.
Since 2004, classes offered have
been growing, these classes allow
some offset of college and university
costs that students have to cover.
AP classes taught through the high
school and given credit by a second
ary school, can be as little as $65
See AGENDA, page nB
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