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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 137, NUMBER 56
BELOW THE FOLD; Centerville, WR councils approve items ■ Groups to host poker run INSIDE: Organization to offer cancer class
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March 22, 2007
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FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
HCHS to present
Roaring 20s spoof
Houston County High School
will present Thoroughly
Modern Millie, according to a
release, featuring “dancing, sing
ing and comedy the whole family
will enjoy. This Roaring 20s era
spoof is based on the 1960 s film
by the same name, which starred
Julie Andrews.
Show times are: Thurday-
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday
at at 2 p.m.
Tickets will be on sale at the
school box office from 5-6:30 p.m.
or from cast members through
today for general admission of
SB. At the door, tickets are $lO.
Tickets are $5 for children under
age 5 and seniors age 65 or
older.
Call 988-6340, Ext. 32366 for
more information.
Scout pack to have
canned food drive
Cub Scout Pack 419 is having
a canned food drive Saturday as
a “Good Turn for America 1 ' service
project.
According to scout leaders,
flyers have been placed in sev
eral neighborhoods. Canned food
items, may also be dropped off
at Crossroads United Methodist
Church on that day from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
The collected canned foods will
be donated to Loaves and Fishes
to be distributed to those in need
for the Easter holiday.
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attn: Don Moncrief. You can
also call him at 987-1823,
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State, Air Force form
landmark partnership
Special to the Journal
Gov. Sonny Perdue
announced Tuesday that
Georgia companies will
have more chances to win
Air Force contracts under
a Cooperative Research and
Development Agreement
between the state and the
Air Force based at Warner
Robins Air Logistics Center
at Robins Air Force Base.
The agreement, which
will facilitate the transfer
of new technologies to WR
ALC, will also, according to
a release, “enhance the cen-
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A peach farmer off Highway 127 in Houston County sprays his peach trees as they begin to bloom.
Groups to host poker run
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
You can ride and party
to benefit the Georgia
Firefighters Burn
Foundation.
The American Patriots
motorcycle club and
Friends on the Hill res
taurant are holding the
Everyday Hero Poker
Run Saturday to do just
that.
The motorcycle ride
begins and ends at
Friends on the Hill at
104 Westcliff Blvd., in
Warner Robins, with
stops at Crickets Bar &
Grill on Russell Parkway,
The Hangar on Houston
Avenue in Macon and
Smokes in Houston
Mall. The cost is $lO a
hand with prizes for best
and worst hands.
According to Sheila
Chandler, the bene-
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greatest partnerships our center has
ever embarked upon.”
- WR-ALC Commander Maj. Gen. Tom Owen
ter’s military value to the
Air Force.”
“This historic agree
ment represents the State
of Georgia’s first formal
research and development
partnership with the United
States Air Force,” Perdue
Peach preserves
At A Glance
What: Everyday Hero
Poker Run
When: Saturday, 9:30 a.m.
Where: Run begins at
Friends on the Hill, located
at 104 Westcliff Blvd., in
Warner Robins
Other: Call Friends on the
Hill at 923-2110 for more.
fit coordinator for the
American Patriots, the
motorcycle club was
formed Sept. 11, 2002,
to remember those lost
on Sept. 11, 2001. The
club does charity rides
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said. “We are excited about
the opportunity to provide
the USAF easier access to
the innovative technologies
being developed by research
universities and companies
right here in Georgia.”
See FORM, page 6A
and community service,
Chandler said. “They
give up their time,
money and of themselves
for charity.”
The other events and
activities, along with the
poker run, include a tail
gate party and a drive-in
classic car show begin
ning at 4 p.m. at Friends
on the Hill.
The tailgate party
features the music of
Southern Crossroads
from 4-9 p.m. At 9 p.m.
the party continues to
midnight with music
from Josh Graff & Co.
There will also be a
50/50 raffle, an auction
and door prizes from
Outback, Cheddars
and Backyard Grill.
Weather permit
ting there may also
be a dunk tank. “It
always raises a lot
See RUN, page 6A
HC-WR soccer; Bear goit
ers edge Panthers in a
playoff; HC rallies
past WR in base- 1D
ball and more ID
City council calls for
Alexander to resign
Not all sold on idea in 3-2 vote
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Warner Robins City
Council has joined in the
calls for the resignation of
Charles Alexander.
Alexander is the execu
tive director of the Warner
Robins Housing Authority.
City Councilman Dean
Cowart proposed the resolu
tion requiring the Housing
Authority to release
Alexander from service,
because, the council said,
Centerville council
approves 2 items
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
The Centerville City Council met
Tuesday in its normal work session.
Among the items up for discussion
was once again pay raises for council
members. And once again it remained
a non-issue - they tabled it the last
time they met - as no council member
pursued it any further.
The council did discuss and approve
the appointment of one new Downtown
Development Authority member.
The two candidates, Mike Black
and Mark Conn, were both praised
for their contributions to the city of
Centerville but in the end, Conn got
the nod.
Another issue the council discussed
and approved was the repainting of
the city’s recycle containers.
The cost per container it was noted
was was $250 per container. Money for
this refurbishment, it was reported,
will come from the money saved from
the purchase of the new trash compac
tor.
Two sections • 20 pages
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of the continued blight in
the housing projects and
discontinuation of the
HUD’s program of home
ownership. Councilman
Clifford Holmes seconded
the motion.
Councilmen Doug
McDowell and John
Havrilla objected to the
resolution because, they
said, of lack of informa
tion and short notice of the
request.
Cowart reportedly
See RESIGN, page 6A
Oldfield
escapes
rezoning
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Will the historic Oldfield
neighborhood in Perry
start giving way to com
mercial development?
The answer seems to
be no.
On Tuesday night, the
Perry City Council voted
unanimously not to grant
a rezoning request to
Colleen McGhee, who was
hoping to use an Oldfield
corner lot facing Houston
Lake Road as office and
parking space for her pro
fessional cleaning busi
ness.
The council went
against the recommen
dation of the Planning
Commission, which had
recommended the change
from residential to com
mercial zoning. There was
substantial discussion at
the March 6 meeting lot,
with Ann Catheryn Willis
King Toomer represent
ing a number of residents
of the Oldfield commu
nity, who turned out to
express their opposition.
See ESCAPES, page 6A
WR approves
Ga 96 rezoning
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Despite residents’ objec
tions, Warner Robins
City Council approved
the annexation of 92.655
acres south of Ga. 96
between Moody and Mt.
Zion roads Tuesday.
The three tracts had
been zoned R-l (single
family residential) and
had been annexed into
the city as such. The
request was to rezone
them all to higher density
See REZONING, page 6A