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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 021
Wednesday
January 31, 2007
The Home Journal's
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
WRHS students offer
free pet photos
Warner Robins High School's
"photo kids" will be offering free
Valentine pet photos Feb. 10.
To that end, you can bring your
pet to Paws. Claws & and Fins at
315-B Highway 247 in the Sandy
Run Plaza between 11 a.m. and
3 p.m. and take home a photo
of your pet. While the photos are
free, donations will be accepted
for the Homeless Animal Rescue
& Placement Services.
For more information, contact
Jody Wayne. Warner Robins High
graphic arts teacher at 478-929-
7886 or by e-mail at jwayne@hcbe.
net.
Kozak second
runner-up in pageant
Miss Georgia and Warner
Robins High School graduate
Amanda Kozak was second run
ner-up in the Miss America pag
eant held Monday. Oklahoma's
Lauren Nelson was crowned Miss
America with Shilah Phillips, the
first black Miss Texas, the first
runner-up.
- from staff reports
Houston County
Democrats to meet
Houston County Democrats will
meet Feb. 20 at 6 p.m at Eagle
Springs Clubhouse in Centerville.
According to a release, several
by-laws changes will be proposed
for a vote at the March meeting.
Environmentalist Dave Wittenberg
will be their guest speaker. Visitors
and new members are welcome.
For further information, call 213-
4079 or visit their website at www.
hocodemocrats.com.
St. Patrick church to
hold presentation
A presentation on remarriage
and the annulment process will
be held Thursday, from 7-9 p.m.
at St. Patrick Catholic Church,
located at 2410 Hwy. 127 (near
Houston Lake Road), in Kathleen.
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BELOW THE FOLD: Feild steps down as WR Chamber president INSIDE: Three injured in wreck
Police crack down on gambling
Make raids on three businesses
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins Police raid
ed three businesses Friday in
a crackdown on video poker
machines.
“We have a history of prob
lems with them,” said, Lt.
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TOP: Steve Schleiger and Tracy Feltman from the Ga.
Department of Natural. Resources get ready to empty a
tank of shellcrackers into the Flat Creek pond south of
Perry.
ABOVE: The stock fish are both Blue Gill and Red Ear
Sunfish, commonly called shellcrackers.
Feild steps down as
chamber president
By KiYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Frank Feild has stepped
down as president and CEO
of Warner Robins Area
Chamber of Commerce due
to personal reasons.
Chamber Chairman Steve
Williams could not elaborate
on the reasons, just that
it was personal, and Feild
tendered his resignation as
President and CEO effective
this past Thursday. Feild
had been president and CEO
for the past two and a half
years, Williams said.
“He is definitely going to
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Lance Watson of the Warner
Robins Police Department
Narcotics Intelligence Unit.
Watson said he was
working with the District
Attorney’s Office on the
crackdown on video gam
bling. “We gave them a
"He is definitely going
to be missed. He
helped us move on to
being a much better
chamber."
- Chamber Chairman Steve
Williams
be missed,” Williams said.
“He helped us move on to
being a much better cham
ber.”
In the weekly chamber
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"This is what happens. Maybe this will
serve notice."
- Warner Robins Police Department Narcotics Intelligence Unit
Lt Lance Watson
warning. Kelly (Burke, DA)
gave a seminar,” to local
business owners.
Biologists add more fish
to recreation area
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
The fishing pond at the new Flat Creek state rec
reation area is gradually developing its own eco
system, with some help from the Department of
Natural Resources.
The small pond, still shallow enough to have a swampy
look with weeds peeking through the top of the water,
was stocked with 8,000 channel catfish two months ago.
according to Maxie Gray, DNR area manager.
Last week, DNR biologists Steve Scheleiger and Tracy
Feltman, provided new food for the catfish by adding
42,000 tiny bluegill sunfish and 11.000 red ear sunfish,
commonly known as shellcrackers. In a few more months,
they’ll be adding bass, Gray said.
Fle added that the pond will be fertilized to encourage
the growth of aquatic plants and plankton. In short, the
fish must be fed before they’re big enough to be caught
and turned into food for the dinner table.
The target date for opening the fishing pond to the pub
lic is now June 2008, Gray said.
Also, a well is now providing a slow source of water for
the pond and rainwater will do the rest
With the trees bare of leaves, the pond can be seen
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The investigation revealed
that several businesses
were paying cash for win-
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ning tickets from gambling
devices, while they are only
allowed to issue vouchers for
in-store merchandise.
“This is what happens,”
Watson said. “Maybe this
will serve notice.”
“We’ll probably go try
another in a few weeks, he
added.”
See GAMBLING, page lA
Salvation
Army offers
safe house
By RA Y LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Salvation Army has
a safe place for women and
children trying to get out
of abusive relationships to
stay.
“The best bet,” said Capt.
Glenn Queener, Warner
Robins Salvation Army
director, “is to get out imme
diately if being abused and
call law enforcement.”
The Salvation Army Safe
House is a place for women
and children trying to get
away from relationship vio
lence - physical, mentaj or
emotional - to stay for up to
30 days. The safe house also
provides services for tempo
rary protective orders and
relocation.
There is space for 18, and
it is currently at capacity.
But, “One of our non
negotiables,” Queener said,
“is if a woman comes to us,
we will find a place for her.
We will do whatever it takes
to get her out of there.”
The service area is
Houston, Peach and Pulaski
counties, but clients can
come from anywhere.
“If someone calls from
New York and needs to be
here, we’ll get them here.
If we need to get someone
to New York we’ll do that,”
Queener said.
The Salvation Army Safe
House was conceived in
1984 and opened in 1985. It
has been in operation for 22
years now.
The services provided
include both emergency and
ongoing.
There are also support
groups that meet each week
for the women including one
for Spanish speakers.
“The primary goal,”
Queener said, “is to empow
er them so they can see
for themselves they can do
See SAFE, page lA
Piano man
First grader Vincent
Glover, who is already
an accomplished pia
nist, took first place
in the elementary
school division during
the Kiwanis Talent
Show held Saturday
night. Proud of his
trophy, he sat down
to play some more.
Other first place win
ners were Dymon
Zanders in the middle
school division and
Lindsey Wells in the
high school division.
Look for more pho
tos in the weekend
Lifestyle.
Journal Charlotte Perkins