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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 108
BELOW THE FOLD: McConnell-Tklbert Stadium’s track getting a makeover ■WR Chamber of Commerce sells its former building
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Cross country series
plans under way
The seventh Annual Middle
Gedrgia Cross Country Summer
Series will be held agan be held
on Ihe course behind/adjacent to
Pearl Stephens Elementary School
in Warner Robins. The following
races are planned: June 14 - 3000
meters;
July 12
- 4000
meters
and July
19 - 5000
meters.
Each race
is slated to start at 7:30 p.m. on
each of the Thursdays listed above.
There will also be awards for the top
five in each age group - male and
female.. The entry fee is $5 with
registration taking place on race
day For more information, contact
David Erpelding at 478-328-3208 or
via b-mail at Erpelding@bellsouth.
Houston County HS to
host tennis camps
The Houston County High
School tennis teams will host two
week long tennis camps in June.
Thd camps will run from 9 a.m.-
nodn June 18-22 and from 9
a.rrf-noon June 25-29.
The entry fee is $75. Beginner,
intermediate, and advanced play
ers are welcome from ages 6-
16. Instruction, according to a
release, will include tennis rules,
scoring and lots more from high
school and collegiate players
and a certified USPTR instructor.
E-riiail jrichardson@hcbe.net or
ricfilss2@belisouth.net for more.
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Optimist Club honors law enforcement
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The Warner Robins Noon Optimist Club Law Enforcement Officers of the Year are, from left, Warner Robins Police
Department Sgt. Craig Clifton, Perry Police Department Officer Joseph Balli, Centerville Police Department Sgt.
Dallas Perry, 78th Security Forces Senior Airman Michael Buck, 11Gth Security Forces Squadron Master Sgt. Pat
Walsh and Houston County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Sgt Ronnie Harlowe.
ByRAYIIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Warner Robins Noon Optimist
Club presented its annual Law
Enforcement Officer of the Year
Awards Thursday.
The club is the oldest, continuously
operated service club in Warner Robins
and its annual Respect for Law pro
gram recognizes Outstanding achieve
ment in law enforcement by members
of each of the six law enforcement
agencies in Houston County. May is
Law Enforcement Month, explained
Chamber sells its
former building
Special to the Journal
Well, that didn’t take
long. On the heels of it mov
ing into its new building,
the Warner Robins Area
Chamber of Commerce
announced Friday the sale
of the former Chamber
building on Thursday. The
building’s new owner is
Dr. Mobolaji Ogunsakin
of Infection Specialists of
Middle Georgia.
Ogunsakin, according to a
release, plans oh relocating
to this facility following an
extensive renovation. He is
also a member of 1 the Warner
Robins Area Chamber of
Commerce and plans, accord
ing to the release, to have
the chamber host a grand
opening and ribbon cutting
ceremony later tbis year.
' The chamber office, once
located at 1420 Watson
Boulevard, is now open in
its new location at 1228
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club president Toni Ballenger, and the
awards are presented at the end of the
month.
The six officers of the year are 78th
Security Forces Senior Airman Michael
Buck, 116th Security Forces Squadron
Master Sgt. Pat Walsh, Centerville
Police Department Sgt. Dallas Perry,
Houston County Sheriffs Office
Investigator Sgt. Ronnie Harlowe,
Perry Police Department Officer
Joseph Balli and Warner Robins Police
Department Sgt. Craig Clifton.
“We honor their service to the com
munity and we honor their willing
Watson Boulevard - just a
few blocks down from the
previous office.
The grand opening of the
new chamber will be held
dune 28 from 4:30-7 p.m.
The grand opening event
will include a ribbon cutting
ceremony, which will start at
5:15 p.m. and will provide,
according to the release, an
opportunity to network with
other chamber members and
to tour the newly renovated
facility.
“The renovation of this
building which housed the
20th Century cafeteria and
later the Social Security
Administration offices is
another success story of the
redevelopment of ‘down
town’ Warner Robins, the
release reads.
The chamber will also host
an open house which will be
held on the following day,
See CHAMBER, page jA
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Womack Paving’s Jonnny Ellison smoothes where the track used to be at McConnell-
Talbert Stadium as part of the process to replace the track. For more, see 7A.
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ness to lay down their lives every day
for the safety of others,” said Jason
Ashford, Optimist program chair
man.
Ashford, a senior assistant district
attorney, said “the ceremony is about
the wonderful achievements of law
enforcement. I am so proud of law
enforcement in this community.”
He also thanked the supervisors for
their willingness to get the officers
the recognition they deserve for going
above and beyond the call of duty.
Master Sgt. Pat Walsh of the 116th
See OFFICERS, page 6A
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County drops
objections to
Peach hospital
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Peach Regional Medical
Center received the certifi
cate of need for its planned
relocation to Byron.
The state-required certifi
cate had objections in both
Houston and Peach coun
ties because of the proposed
relocation of the hospital.
In Peach County, the city
of Fort Valley was opposed
because the city did not
want the hospital to leave
for Byron. In Houston, the
Hospital Authority was
opposed because it moves
the hospital closer to both
the Warner Robins and
Perry hospitals.
See HOSPITAL, page 3A
Man hit during
police chase
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
A man running from police
was hit by a passing car
Friday morning as he tried
to cross Elberta Road.
According to Georgia
State Patrol Trooper Kevin
Ford for the Forsyth Post,
the incident began with the
GSP running radar along
Ga. 49. “We got a vehicle
speeding on Ga. 49 and U.S.
41,” Ford said. The driver
failed to stop at the stop sign
and made a left on Houston
Lake Road, a left on Dunbar
Road.
Ford said the chase on
Dunbar Road was at speeds
above 80 miles per hour in
the 35 mph zone, with the
driver at times on the wrong
side of the road.
The subject turned right
See CHASE,page jA
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