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BELOW THE FOLD: American Legion recognizes Slappy INSIDE: State considers pushing up primaries
Thursday
February 22,2007
The Home Journal s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Impact fee seminar
to be held
A free impact fee seminar,
sponsored by The Home Builders
Association of Warner Robins and
the Home Builders Association of
Georgia will be held Wednesday
from 10 a.m.-noon at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter (Miller-Murphy Howard
Bldg.) in Perry.
The guest speaker will be Deron
Hicks, a respected Georgia land
use attorney with Page, Scrantom,
Tucker and Ford, PC.
He will answer questions such
as the following: Will impact fees
impact me if I ... own a business,
plan to remodel, want to build a
new building for a business, sell
my home and buy another exist
ing home, as well as: Can impact
fees by used to pay for new and
existing infrastructure ... building/
maintaining schools or roads, cre
ating/maintaining water and sewer
systems, and more. Reservations
are requested. Call 478-328-7339
or 478-328-7006.
Dog obedience class
registration set
Warner Robins Recreation
Department will hold registration
for a dog obedience class March
14 from 6:30-7 30 p.m. at Perkins
Pavilion behind the department,
which is located at 800 Watson
Blvd., in Warner Robins.
Dogs must be at least 6 months
old (but they ask you “do not”
bring the dog to registration).
The cost is SSO for the 10-week
course. For more, call instructor
Trudy Reynolds at 953-4488, or
the department at 929-6946.
Organization to hold
induction ceremony
100 Black Men of Greater
Houston County will hold its inau
gural induction ceremony today
at 7:30 p.m., at Middle Georgia
Technical College, located at 80
Cohen Walker Drive in Warner
Robins.
BIRTHDAYS
Today
■ Mattie Lou Bynum
■ Chad Minter
■ Sean Berry
E-mail your birthdays to:
hhj@evansnewspapers.com
or donm@evansnewspapers.
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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Mayor offers reward
Hopes $2,500 will bring sign violator to justice
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
“All is not happy in Warner
Robins,” said Mayor Donald
Walker during the city coun
cil meeting Tuesday.
To that end, he has offered
a $2,500 reward for informa
tion leading to the arrest
of the person - or persons
- who tampered with the
letters on the sign at the
Piccadilly Cafeteria on Feb.
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American Legion recognizes Slappy
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
Senior Trooper Elbert Slappy was recent
ly recognizd by the American Legion for
“dedication and commitment” to his job.
Slappy is a real Georgia native. He is origi
nally from Jeffersonville, moved to Cochran
at one point but now resides in Warner
Robins, where he has served for pretty
much the past 16 years.
He graduated from Twiggs High School
and attended Ft. Valley State University.
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Senior Trooper Elbert Slappy works on
assignments. The 16-year veteran is a
member of Georgia State Patrol Post 15,
Battalion H.
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"I hope I have to pay that reward. I
know someone knows who did this. This
action will not be tolerated."
- Warner Robins Mayor Donald Walker
The sign board at the
Watson Boulevard restau
rant was announcing a
lunch with Tigger, but some
one replaced the “T” in the
Winnie the Pooh character’s
Majoring in agriculture, he landed a job at
Goldkist in Conyers, bringing with him a
homegrown sense of purpose, work ethics
and hometown roots.
The quiet start to his career in law enforce
ment, really was sparked by an Army reserve
commitment of eight years.
“The discipline, the focus and getting the
job done, inspired me to look at law enforce
ment as a career,” he said. “Yet I came to
this career without the preconceived notions
about how the job gets done. I started fresh
in this career.”
The process, he explained, started when
his friend, who was also a trooper, insisted
he take the test.
He did in 1991. Several months - a back
ground investigation, polygraphs and other
evaluations - later, he entered in to the Law
Enforcement Training Center building in
Forsyth.
“I began a physical training program,” he
said. “Driver training and weapons train
ing came next. It all was a total of three
months, but everything is covered through
that time.
“If you do not pass you can be recycled if
you choose not to leave.”
After graduation, he was assigned to a
Field Training Officer where he learned
to work in rural settings, busy streets and
highway traffic.
Milledgeville, Madison and Forsyth was
where he was put during that time.
His take on public service: “Being a troop
er you meet with the public at many levels,
but that is training too. Responding to acci
dents, there is a lot of emotion. Even when
giving out a ticket, just remaining calm
See SLAPPY, page §A
name with an “N”.
Walker said that “action
will not be tolerated. It ain’t
funny.”
Police have been
See REWARD, page $A
Which sway did it go?
Motorhome show
returning to Perry
Special to the Journal
Even this far out from
the arrival date, their thun
der may be heard.
Such may be the case for
hundreds of motorhomes
and a variety of accessory
merchandisers who will
assemble in Perry in mid-
March in a display of recre
ation vehicles at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter.
The motorhome exhibi
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Garyn Schlageter is wide-eyed over a display at the
G-gauge train show held at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter this past weekend. The
show included elaborate large-scale structures and
trains from all eras as well as vendors selling trains,
tracks and accessories. For more, see our Lifestyle
section Saturday.
Two sections • 18 pages
tion is slated to run March
19-22 as part of a conven
tion of an international
motorhome owners’ club,
the Family Motor Coach
Association, based in
Cincinnati.
March 19, from 3-7 p.m.,
a special viewing of the
motorhome exhibits for
visitors will take place.
In addition, those who
wish to learn more about
the motorhome lifestyle
See SHOW, page $A
Perry’s
Crystal
Greer
heads the
ball toward
Mary
Persons ’
goal in
the Lady
Panthers
win over
the Lady
Bulldogs
Tuesday at
home. For
more, see
18.
ENI/Gary
Harmon