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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 028
BELOW THE FOLD: City changes septage rules Group plans MS concert INSIDE: Young farmers to sponsor hog show
Friday
February 9,2007
The Home Journal s
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IN BRIEF
Perry community
blood drive to be held
The Perry community blood
drive for the American Red Cross
will be held in memory of Laura
Galloway from 2-7 p.m. Monday at
the Crossroads United Methodist
Church, Main Street, Perry.
All donors are asked to ring a
photo ID. For more information,
call Eunice Galloway at 827-1377
or visit www.redcrossblood.org.
Exceptional citizens
to hold yard sale
The Houston County Association
for Exceptional Citizens (501 c
org) will hold an indoor yard sale
Feb. 17 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the
Happy Hour Work Shop 11. The
workshop is located at 716 N
Young Avenue in Warner Robins.
All proceeds benefit the devel
opmentally challenged. Also,
“good, clean quality" donations
are accepted and appreciated.
Republican party to
hold mass meeting
The Houston County Republican
Party will hold its annual mass
meeting Feb. 24 at the Ted Wright
Park Activity Center located at
2841 Moody Rd., in Bonaire.
Registration will be from 9-10
a m. with the doors closing at 10
a.m. “sharp."
According to party chairman
Judy Goddard, there will not be
a February Saturday breakfast
meeting due to the meeting.
Other Republican party events
coming up are: March 24,
Houston County Republican party
Convention; April 21, Eighth District
Republican party Convention and
May 18-19, Georgia Republican
State Convention, Duluth.
BIRTHDAYS
Feb. 8
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■ James Wimberly Jr.
■ Joann Sanderlin
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or don rn (a evansn ewspapers.
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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Ls. Col. Jeff Thetford, center ; landed a gerneral aviation aircraft at all 106 airfields in
Georgia with the help of friends, Lt. Cols. Ed Bododny, left, and Ben Sutton. The trip was
put together to raise awareness of the Robins Air Force Base Aero Club and the Georgia
Air National QttSltf. It took nearly three years to complete.
By SENIOR AIRMAN PA UL ROSS
116th ACW/PA
/n many cases using an airplane to
conquer a mountain could be con
sidered cheating
But if your mountain is landing at
all 106 airfields in Georgia, an air
plane is the only way to fly.
Lt. Col. Jeff Thetford conquered his
mountain Nov. 5, 2006 when he landed at
the Hartsfield Jackson airport in Atlanta.
The 330th Combat Training Squadron
director of operations set out on a nearly
three-year journey to raise awareness of
the Robins Air Force Base Aero Club and
to spread information about the Georgia
Air National Guard. The Robins Aero Club
is an organization run by the 78th Air Base
Wing that provides all the necessities for
learning how to fly general aviation aircraft,
“It’s one thing to take a kid down to the
mall to a recruiter,” he said, “but seeing an
aircraft at the airfield is something totally
different. General aviation is a tangible
City changes
septage rules
ByRAYUGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins has
changed it regulations for
accepting septage.
The handling of septage
- the residue coining out of
septic tanks - is one of the
biggest problems the cities
and the county are facing.
The issue was one of several
topics discussed in the meet
ing with the local legislative
delegation in December.
The problem is that
septage is a higher concen
tration of waste than what
comes through the sewer
lines and because of that it
raises the pollution levels
at treatment plants beyond
what is permitted.
At one point both Warner
Robins and Perry stopped
accepting septage. Warner
Robins is again taking it
in but with more stringent
regulations. Mayor Donald
Walker said septage will
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thing; you can touch it, see it and hear it.
General aviation has the ability to excite
the public’s imagination.”
Motivation for the journey also came from
the desire to do something difficult.
“Why do you go to all 106 air fields? You
do it because they’re there,” Thetford said.
“They’re meant to be visited and seen. It
was a chance to do something difficult and
combine the challenge of it with meeting
folks and telling the 116th story.”
Thetford, who also serves as operations
officer for the Robins Aero Club, was able
to complete his journey because of the
help two great friends and the availabil
ity of resources through the club. Lt. Col
Ed Bodony and Lt. Col. Ben Sutton, both
Georgia ANG members, accompanied him
on many of the flights.
“I’m grateful for the support of my
friends,” said Thetford. “I’m grateful for hav
ing an aviation club here, that at a moder
ate price, can give people the chance
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Mayor Jim Worrall presented a proclamation Tuesday honoring the scouting program. Present for the event were
Cub Scouts from Pack 419, and Boy Scouts from Troop 96, both of which are sponsored by Crossroads United
Methodist Church. The mayor also reminded the audience that the scouts will hold their annual Pinewood Derby
at the church on Saturday morning, and a benefit pancake breakfast will be held there from 7-10 a.m.
Scouts honored
Two sections • 12 pages
WR plans new
animal shelter
By RATUGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins has
plans and the need for a
new animal shelter. The
city just needs to find a
location.
City Animal Control
Director Capt. Brenda
Parks-Mathern told the
city council she has a
floor plan for the building
thanks to the the work
of Jessica Albert, a stu
dent at Savannah College
of Art and Design. The
design is in a pod for
mation for future expan
sion, with the overall cost
estimated at $350,000 to
$400,000.
Parks-Mathern said
there is another $60,000
in donations from patrons
for a new facility, with
more patrons willing to
donate once a location is
selected.
Mayor Donald Walker
said a possible location is
on the Corder Road exten
sion, if a usable tract can
be located on the old city
landfill site. There is also
a county owned tract in
the same area.
That location would
alleviate one of the prob
lems with the existing
shelter. “The public does
not know where we are,”
Parks-Mathern said. “We
Group plans special MS concert
Special to the Journal
The Multiple Sclerosis
Benefit Concert Series
will make a stop in Warner
Robins today. The concert
is slated to be held in
the Homer J. Walker Civic
Center and begin at 7:30
p.m. - with doors opening
at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $lO and
available at the door start
ing at 4 p.m. Artist seats
are also available for S3O
per person, which, accord
ing to a release, entitles
the purchaser to a “meet
and greet” with the art
ists, a gift bag and “the
best seats in the house.”
Artists on the dais
include: Roger Neal, The
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are very small.”
The current site has 36
pens for dogs, which are
packed all the time as the
shelter takes in animals
from the city, Robins Air
Force Base, Centerville
and the county. The cur
rent site only has three
parking spaces, one of
which is handicapped.
The initial plans call for
80 pens, “still not nearly
what we need,” Parks-
Mathern said. “We need
to look at the future, not
just build for today.”
Councilman Terry
Horton said with the
additional pens, “We can
run a lot more animals
through this than the cur
rent facility.”
“It will carry us for a
while,” Mayor Donald
Walker said. “I’m com
fortable with this.”
City Council is review
ing the proposed plan,
and may take action at its
next scheduled meeting.
Another issue the coun
cil discussed Monday for
action at a later date was
a change in probation ser
vice providers.
Major John Wagner
presented the police
department’s request
to contract for city pro
bation to serve with
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Isaacs, The Hoppers,
Laverne and Edith Tripp,
The Galloways, the
Skyline Boys Quartet,
the Alan Harris Family,
Joan Gregory, Terry Trip,
Amazed, Debbie Bennett
and Brenda North.
Several regional art
ists w’ill also perform, the
release states, to include
Tracy Wells and Michael
Warren.
Also, according to the
release, a $7,000 power
chair will be given away
to someone locally that
has MS and a percentage
of the money will be given
to the local chapter of the
National MS Society and
the MS Kids Connection.