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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 137, NUMBER 49
BELOW THE FOLD: Perdue, others invited for event ■ Work just beginning for Airport Authority INSIDE: Governors discuss port
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PORCH
IN BRIEF
NAMI-Central Georgia
to hold yard sale
NAMI-Central Georgia, Inc. will
have, according to a release, a
"big’' yard sale April 7 from 8
a.m.-noon - or, “whenever” as the
release reads.
All proceeds benefit the clients.
NAMI is located at 209 Elberta
Road in Warner Robins. It is a
United Way agency serving the
mentally ill with employment, and
residential care, as well as field
trips and recreational outings. To
make the yard sale a success,
they are asking for donations of
household goods, knick-knacks,
appliances, furniture, electronics,
toys, tools, et cetera. They can,
according to the release, “pick
up" donations within reasonable
distance. Call 328-0508 and leave
a message for Kelvin.
Marshall to be guest
speaker at club
Congressman Jim Marshall will
speak at the Saturday meeting of
the Middle Georgia Democratic
Women's Club. The meeting
begins at 9 a.m, but those who
will attend are asked to come ear
lier in order to have breakfast.
The cost of breakfast is $5.
Houston County Democrats are
invited to attend. The meeting
will be held at Chef Audrey's
Bistro on Margie Drive in Warner
Robins. RSVP to Beth Perera at
beth@chefbeth.com or 953-1933
by Thursday.
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Ruth Fry and her grandaughter, Amanda Culberson, check out some for sale items in
Perry at the Peaches to Beaches yard sale this past weekend. For more, see page 6A.
Perdue invited for 25th annual event
Special to the Journal
The FVSU Cooperative Extension
Program’s Ham and Egg Breakfast
will celebrate its silver anniversary
at 8 a.m., April 10, at the C.W.
Pettigrew Farm and Community
Life Center. Activities, including a
ham exhibition, a raffle, door prizes
and legislative updates will be a part
of the 25th annual event.
This year’s invited guests will
include Gov. Sonny Perdue, Georgia
'Work just beginning'
for Airport Authority
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
The Perry-Houston
County Airport Authority
is not resting on its laurels.
The Monday night meeting
March 5 saw a full house.
“The work itself is only
just beginning,” Chairman
Art MacDonald relayed.
Ned Sanders reminded
the members present: “It is
important for the author
ity to start by laying down
milestones, for land acqui
sitions, multiple funding
sources expenditures and
phase work.
“A special meeting of the
authority will be necessary
to set these guidelines while
respecting the legal, gov
ernmental requirements
associated with grants.”
The airport will be
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Agriculture Commissioner Tommy
Irvin, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, state
senators George Hooks, D-Americus,
and Ross Tolleson, R-Perry; and state
representatives Lynmore James, D-
Montezuma and Willie Talton, R-
Warner Robins.
According to extension' officials,
the breakfast continues a six-decade
tradition that began in 1916 as a
way for farmers to display their
dairy and meat commodities.
“It also served as a way to teach
searching for a new air
port manager. In the inter
im MacDonald and David
Morgan will be filling in
where needed.
“O’Neal insurance will
again be providing insur
ance coverage for the air
port, but some issues in
the grant funding will also
need to be addressed,”
MacDonald said.
“Additionally new signs
have come in,” MacDonald
added. “Runway signs
will be replaced. By way
of personnel changes,
Billy Jereles, current
Vice President of the
Airport authority has
agreed to chair the long
range planning commit
tee. Billy Jereles has been
a positive force for the
See AIRPORT, page 6A
farmers and their families how to
grow and prepare nutritious foods,”
said event coordinator Dr. Glenwood
Hill, retired extension program
leader for Agriculture and Natural
Resources. “Through the sale of
prize-winning hams and eggs, the
shows provided cash when no other
crops were available to help farmers
purchase seeds, fertilizer and other
supplies.”
Hill, who currently works as a
consultant for the extension pro
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Jon Morgan puts the finishing touches on a remote control plane at the Model Airplane
show held at the Georgia National Fairgounds in Perry recently.
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State, local BOE to
salute school board
"They are elected by the citizens to
represent the community's voice and
make the community's vision for our
schools become reality/'
- Superintendent of Schools Danny Carpenter, on school board
members
Special to the Journal
The Houston County
School System is joining
in a statewide celebration
to salute the efforts of
local school board mem
bers. The week of March
12-16 has been proclaimed
School Board Appreciation
Week in Georgia.
“Our board members
work very hard to ensure
that the students of
Houston County receive
the best education possi
ble,” said Superintendent
Danny Carpenter. “They
are elected by the citizens
to represent the commu
nity’s voice and make the
community’s vision for
our schools become real
ity.”
The Houston County
Board of Education is
comprised of seven mem
bers elected to four-year
terms. Five are elected
to represent their vot
ing district and two are
elected at-large. The
Houston County Board of
Education members are:
■ Pamela Greenway,
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Chairman, Post 5
■ Tom Walmer, Vice
Chairman, Post 1
■ Dr. Marianne Melnick,
Post 2
■ Gillis “Skip” Dawkins,
Post 3
■ Fred Wilson, Post 4
■ W. G. “Griff”
Clements, at-large, Post 6
■ Dr. Charles “Toby”
Hill, at-large, Post 7
See SALUTE, page 6A
Today is Parapro
Appreciation Day
Special to the
Journal
Houston County
schools will honor
their dedicated para
professionals who
serve in classrooms
throughout the coun
ty today.
Paraprofessionals,
according to a release,
provide additional
instructional supervi
sion in classrooms.
See PARAPRO, page 6A
gram, said that the original event
expanded to include family night
suppers and 4-H talent shows. The
first show featured 27 hams and
17 dozen eggs. By 1966 the show
included an auction and an open
house that featured city and local
official updates.
In 1982, the FVSU Cooperative
Extension Program revived the
show’s traditions by holding its
first Ham and Egg Breakfast in the
See EVENT, page 6A