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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 124
BELOW THE FOLD: Traffic stop results in 50-pound pot bust ■ Commissioners attend ACCG policy meeting
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June 26, 2007
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Fort Valley to give
away snow cones
Fort Valley Main Street/
Downtown Development Authority
will, according to a release, be
giving away free snow cones in
Fincher Park July 7 from 1-3 p.m.
To get the snow cones, the release
states, patrons must visit downtown
Fort Valley merchants during the
week of July 2 and obtain a free
ticket. They may then redeem the
ticket for a snow cone July 7 at the
bandstand.
American Red Cross
looking for ‘heroes’
The Houston-Middle Georgia
Chapter of the American Red Cross
is currently taking applications for
“Hero of Middle Georgia.”
Hero per their release - but not
full limited to this description - is:
“A person who risks his or her life
to save another; a person of admi
rable courage: anyone regarded as
an ideal or model. To that end, they
are asking people to nominate the
person who comes to mind when
you think of the word “hero.”
The nomination deadline is July
2. Aug. 16, according to the release,
the Heroes of Middle Georgia
Coordinating Committee will honor
six local heroes from Robins Air
Force Base, Bleckley, Houston,
Pulaski or Wilcox Counties. Visit
middlegeorgiaredcross.org to
download a nomination form or call
them at 478-923-6332 for more
information.
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Base unit earns community service award
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The 19th Air Refueling
Group has once again won the
Community Service Award,
presented annually by the
Military Affairs Committee of
the Warner Robins Chamber
of Commerce.
The award recognizes the
organization that has done
the most to preserve and
enhance the positive relation
ship between the civilian com
munity of Warner Robins and
Robins Air Force Base. Col.
Theresa Carter, 78th Air Base
Wing commander, said “the
award recognizes civilian and
team members’ efforts to help
McNees reflects on some pretty dark nights
"l saw a lot of horrible things and after the war I used
to have all kinds of bad dreams. So many won't talk
about it at all."
-John McNees
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Donna Wilson of Warner Robins, stands between her parents, John and Marjorie McNees of Perry. Wilson organized
the recent reunion of the 68th Medical Regiment. At 86, McNeese was the youngest of the men from the regiment
who attended the event.
Traffic stop results in pot bust
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
A traffic stop Friday afternoon led to
the seizure of about 50 pounds of pot and
drug trafficking charges for two Florida
residents.
According to Houston County Sheriffs
Narcotics Sgt. Manny Quinones, there
were two big bundles and 10 one-pound
bags. “The bundles were too big for our
scales,” Quinones said, “so they are being
sent to the crime lab for testing.”
Aaron Timothy Orr Jr., 23, of Tampa and
Jaleesa D. Munford, 18, Dade City, were
each charged with trafficking marijuana
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
‘Racing with the Moon’
AgGeorgia Farm
Credit breaks
ground on
new (acM-
our community. It evidences
our true dedication to the
community. We care for one
another and we care about
each other.”
The 19th AFG was hon
ored again for its fund-rais
ing effort, the annual Haunted
House held before Halloween
at the American Legion Post
172. The $5,000 raised was
divided up with $3,000 given
to Heart of Georgia Hospice
and $2,000 to the American
Legion post.
It is the third time the Black
Knights have won the award,
“unfortunately, with the
stand down of the 19th leav
ing the base, there will not be
another,” said Lt. Col. Blaine
and are
being
held
without
bond
in the
Houston
County
Jail.
At 2:24
p.m . ,
Deputy
Wayne Mitchell was working Interstate
75 just north of the Perry Parkway
when he noticed a Chevrolet Malibu
See BUST, page 6A
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Holt, acting commander of the
unit.
“We start the one year
countdown on 23 June,” Holt
said. “The unit is BRAC’d.
Our final aircraft leaves 23
June 2008.”
The deactivation is part of
the 2005 Base Realignment
and Closure decisions. Holt
said, “the unit will deactivated
for a time, until a decision is
made where the flag will be
unfurled.”
The Black Knights have
an 80-year history and have
been at Robins since 1967,
Holt said. “We have air crews
over the skies of the Middle
East right now and they take
See A WARD, page 6A
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By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Lifestyle Editor
Ask John McNees
what his favorite
song was back in the
19405, and he’ll think a little
and come up with “Vaughn
Monroe. Racing with the
Journal/Charlotte Perkins
Commissioners attend policy meeting
From staff reports
Houston ( County
Commissioners Tom
McMichael and Chairman
Ned Sanders participated
in an Association County
Commissioners of Georgia
committee meeting June 21.
Sanders and McMichael
along with more than 50
other county commissioners
and officials from across the
state met June 21, at the
Little Ocmulgee State Park
near Mcßae to discuss issues
affecting counties throughout
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Moon”
He’s remembering the
time when he was a young
soldier with a sweetheart
named Marjorie who wrote
to him every day, but it’s a
fitting song in another way,
too, because there were dark
nights in McNees’ life, nights
of black-outs, when he would
have welcomed some moon
light to race with. That
was when he was doing his
best to get wounded fellow
soldiers to the First Army’s
evacuation hospitals.
A member of the 68th
Medical Regiment, which
landed on Omaha Beach just
a week after D-Day, McNees
was an ambulance driver
who had to get the job done,
black-out or not.
“It was like putting on
a blindfold and driving,”
he remembers. At 86, he
laughs a little as he explains
that he navigated by bump
ing into trees on one side of
the road and then the other,
but he gets serious again
explaining about the nature
of the job during the battles
that raged across Europe as
the Allied forces drove the
Germans back.
“We’d have four on lit
ters (stretchers) and five
sitting,” he says, and he
doesn’t shrug off the impact
of his close encounters with
so many who were wounded
in action.
“I saw a lot of
See MOON, page 6A
the state. The ACCG Revenue
& Finance Policy Committee
members discussed develop
ment policies that will aid
counties in providing services
efficiently and cost effectively.
In particular, the committee
discussed proposed statewide
tax reform and infrastructure
development districts among
other issues.
“It is critical for our county
officials to have an active level
of involvement in ACCG’s
policy committees,” said
See MEETING, page 6A
a a Evans Family Newspaper
Lt Col. Blaine
Holt, acting
commander
of the 19th
Air Refueling
Group, talks
with the media
while holding
the community
service award.
The annual
award was
presented to
the unit by the
Military Affairs
Committee of
the Warner
Robins Chamber
of Commerce.
Journal/Ray Lightner