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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 132
BELOW THE FOLD: County unemployment rate on the rise RAFB to get new commissary County landfill wins silver award
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Weekend
July 7,2007
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Blood drive to be held
at Crossroads UMC
A Perry community blood drive
will be held Monday from 2-7 p.m.
at Crossroads United Methodist
Church. Donors are asked to bring a
photo ID and will be eligible to enter
the American Red Cross drawing
for two Delta Air Lines round-trip
tickets for flights within the US. For
more information or to schedule an
appointment for donating blood or
platelets, call Vivian Bethune at 988-
3018.
Georgia Agricultural
Authority to meet
The next meeting of the Georgia
Agricultural Exposition Authority will
be held Wednesday in Perry, at 1
p.m. in the Board Room of Reaves
Arena.
Group looking for the
biggest trees
The national nonprofit American
Forests is seeking the largest trees
in the nation for the National Register
of Big Trees, a biennial listing of the
largest known of 826 species in the
U.S. The group will accepting nomi
nations for the register until Aug. 1.
According to a release, due to
a new rule that requires trees be
remeasured every 10 years, the ‘OB
register might reflect some major
changes.
There are currently champion
trees in 43 states and the District
of Columbia. States without a
champ include: Arkansas, Delaware,
Kansas, Massachusetts, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.
Florida tops the list of states with 160
champs. Visit www.americanforests.
org for more.
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Commission: U.S. 41 runoff not going away
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Carol Reynolds was back
before the county commis
sion this week with concerns
about water runoff from
neighboring subdivisions
going through her yard.
She said there are “addi
tibnal problems, since there’s
been more rain.”
She also had additional
information. “I found out
that area has had drainage
problems since 1937.”
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County Jobless rate on the rise
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The unemployment rate in the metro
Warner Robins area rose to 3.6 percent in
May, up one-lOth of one percent from 3.5
percent in April.
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Reynolds also raised drain
age issues from two new sub
divisions off Dunbar Road,
which are also draining
through her yard. Another
new subdivision in the area,
is not and she asked “if this
one is not, why are the oth
ers?”
Last month the County
Commissioners pledged
to investigate water run
off from the Amelia Place
subdivision on U.S. 41 after
Reynolds and about two
dozen neighbors came out
Pony(tail) express
While up for the month, the rate is down
from 4.5 percent in May 2006 and also
remains below the current rates in metro
Macon - 4.6 percent, the Middle Georgia
area - 4.3 percent, state - 4.1 percent and
the national rate of 4.3 percent.
See RATE, page 8A
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"ITs up to you to take care of your part.
There Is nothing else we can do legally.
It's up to you to do something.”
- Commission Chairman Ned Sanders
at the previous meeting.
“We can’t understand
why the water has to come
through our ditch,” Reynolds
said last time. “We know
this can be alleviated. We
ask you to restrict permits
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until it is,” Reynolds said.
“It is shocking to see how
others have made provi
sions, but Amelia Place has
not,” Reynolds told the com
missioners last month.
Commission Chairman
Landfill wins silver
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Houston County’s landfill
was named the best in the
state last year and now is
the second best for all 50
states.
The Houston County Solid
Waste Disposal Facility has
been selected to receive the
2007 Landfill Management
Silver Excellence Award from
the Solid Waste Association
of North America.
“About 75 percent of
the reason for the award
is because of the employ-
Base to get new commissary
Special to the Journal
The long awaited
announcement that military
and retirees will be shopping
in a new Base Commissary
by October of next year
is sure to make shoppers
happy, according to a release
from Robins Air Force Base.
The Defense Commissary
•Agency has announced the
award of a contract for the
construction of the new com-
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Ned Sanders had some
answers, but not ones
Reynolds wanted to hear.
“I spent time with the engi
neers out there to ensure
the numbers were correct,”
Sanders said. “Amelia Place
is in the county, the drain
age ditches along the high
way belong to the state DOT
and the ditches on the east
and west of U.S. 41 go to a
culvert that has been under
the road since the road was
built.”
See R UNOFF, page 8A
Participants
in a cheer
leader
camp, host
ed and held
at Houston
County
High School
recently,
reach new
heights
while
practic
ing jumps.
For more
on the
camp, see
Tuesday’s
Houston
Daily
Journal.
ENI Gary Harmon
ees at the landfill and 25
percent is all the county
employees,” County Director
of Operations Tommy
Stalnaker said.
“Most importantly are the
customers,” Stalnaker said.
“It is quite an honor.”
The formal award will
be presented in October at
WASTECON 2007 in Reno,
Nev. “It’s quite an award,”
Stalnaker said. “It is some
thing to be proud of.”
Stalnaker was praised
by the county commission
ers for his service to the
See SILVER , page 8A
missary and the 15-month
project is targeted for com
pletion in 2008.
The contract was awarded
Monday for $15.8 million to
Caddell Construction Co.,
Inc., Montgomery, Ala. The
Air Force’s Air Education
and Training Command’s
DeCA Contracting Support
Flight made the award
under the Streamlined
See BASE, page 8A