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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 149
BELOW THE FOLD: E.H. Cheek FFA Scholarship Fund up to SIIB,OOO ■ Health officials warn of mosquito-borne viruses
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Wednesday
August 1,2007
The Home Journal’s
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Group offers service
to some homeowners
Rebuilding Together, Warner
Robins affiliate, is now accepting
applications to repair and rehabili
tate homes for low-income elderly
and disabled homeowners in Warner
Robins. Qualifying homeowners who
are 62 years of age or older, or
disabled homeowners can fill out
the necessary application at the
Warner Robins City Hall Community
Development Office. Applications
will be taken until Oct. 31.
According to a release, all materi
als are provided free of charge for
renovations and repairs.
More information may be obtained
by calling the Development Office at
929-1140 or going online at www.
rebuildingtogether.org.
Lake Joy to hold
council election
Lake Joy Elementary School
will hold a School Council election
Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria.
According to a release, four par
ent or guardian members will be
elected.
Lake Joy Elementary is located
at 985 Lake Joy Road in Warner
Robins. For more information,
contact Principal Doug Rizer at
drizer@hcbe.net or by calling 478-
971-2712.
WRHS band to hold
Family Day
The Warner Robins Hhigh School
band will hold a Family Day Aug. 11,
from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Demon
Valley. The students, who according
to a release, have been working very
hard in preparation for the upcoming
school year, will perform for their
parents during that time.
A good photo opportunity, per the
release, would be from 10-11 a.m.
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WR to crack down on gaining machines
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Despite vendors’ objections,
Warner Robins is considering more
regulations for coin operated gam
ing machines.
A proposed ordinance, similar to
the one enacted in Perry, would
put more requirements and regula
tions on coin-operated video gaming
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Journal/Charlotte Parkins
Tim Lewis of Elko visits with his old teacher and mentor, E.H. Cheek, at Cheek’s home
in Perry. The two have worked together for years on raising money for scholarships for
deserving members of the Future Farmers of America.
E.H. Cheek FFA Scholarship
Fund now stands at SIIB,OOO
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Lifestyle Editor
Looking back, Tim Lewis remembers
being “a shy kind of fellow with no
public speaking skills.”
Earl Cheek, his advisor in the Future
Farmers of American at Perry High School,
pushed him to get over his shyness and
showed him that he could make a public
speech. He also became president of the
FFA, which in Perry, has always been an
organization that builds leadership skills,
wins state and national awards, and makes
connections between future farmers, young
farmers established farmers.
Cheek, who celebrated his 90th birthday
a few months ago, first came to PHS in
1937, and except for some time off to serve
his country during World War 11, he’s made
his home here ever ■since.
When he first arrived, Cohen Walker,
who was later to the Chairman of the
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’ln every little hole-in-the-wall place, there seems
to be no enforcement. Kite close one down and it
opens an another place.”
- Warner Robins City Councilman John Havrilla
rooms. City Attorney Jim Elliott
told City Council he been contacted
Board of Education, was teaching in the
school’s agriculture department with him.
Jim Gooden was principal.
50 years later, at the golden anniversary
of the FFA, Cheek came up with a plan.
He wanted to raise $50,000 for scholarships
for deserving FFA members.
A man who doesn’t mind asking anybody
for money for a good cause, Cheek did a
lot of talking in the next few months, and
maybe a little arm-twisting, and he came
up with SIO,OOO on his own. In the mean
time David Walker, local attorney, did the
work free to set up a 401. k tax deductible
foundation, and Cheek asked Tim Lewis,
by then the advisor to the Young Farmers
Organization, to set up some fundraisers.
Lewis, who says he didn’t know the first
thing about dove shoots, nevertheless man
aged to get a bunch of Perry area landown
ers into the action.
See SCHOLARSHIP, page 6A
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by vendors who object to it because
the machines are already licensed by
FMMS's Jolley named
teacher of the year
Special to the Journal
Floyd Jolley, Feagin
Mill Middle School honors
teacher, is the 2007-2008
Houston County Teacher
of the Year.
The announcement was
made at Monday’s open
ing session of the Houston
County School System.
Jolley expressed his edu
cational philosophy in this
way.
“When children see you
are genuinely interested in
what is happening in their
lives, you can reach them
and teach them. Through
my experiences in educa
tion, I have come to discov
er that teaching and learn
ing are really the same. It
is through teaching that
we learn, and it is through
learning that we are able to
teach others.”
, Also recognized were
finalists for the honor:
Jennifer Pritchett,
Houston County High;
Angela Heath, Perry High;
Kylie Ray, Perry Middle,
and Valerie Deal, Perry
Primary.
In addition to recogniz
ing Teachers of the Year
Health officials warn of
mosquito-borne viruses
Equine encephalitis found in Bibb
County, West Nile virus in Fulton
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Buzzz! Slap!
It’s mosquito season in
Middle Georgia and along
with the annoyance factor,
there’s a slight but serious
health risk to consider.^
Two sections *l4 pages
the state.
Mayor Donald Walker said there
is a direct correlation between the
increase in armed robberies and
“these machines because some are
making large cash payouts.”
Sate law prohibits cash payouts.
Winning payouts are supposed
to be made in coupons or vouch
ers for merchandise. Perry Police
See GAMING, page 6A
Avoiding the bite
Jennifer Jones of Perry, Public Information Officer of the
Macon-based North Central Georgia Health Department,
which serves Houston County, offers the following tips for
avoiding mosquito bites, noting that infants and the elderly
are he most at risk for complications from mosquito bites.
- Dawn and dusk, she says, are the times when mosqui
toes are most active. If you are working outdoors in areas
where mosquitoes are biting, covering up is a good idea.
- Us§ insect repellant with an EPA-approved active ingre
dient such as DEET, Picaridin, or Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus.
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from each of the 34 schools
in the systems, officials
announced Employees
of the Year from various
departments:
■ Maintenance Employee
of the Year - Ronnie
Collier;
■ Custodian of the
Year - Hillard Turner,
Morningside Elementary;
■ School Nutrition
Manager of the Year -
Martha Waid, Warner
Robins High;
■ Bus Driver of the Year
- Amanda Thomas; and
■ Bus Monitor of the
Year - Vivian Jenkins.
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Floyd Jolley
Mosquitoes, along with
being pesky and persistent,
can carry disease from one
creature to another, and
that includes carrying
Eastern Equine Encepalitis
from horses to humans
and West Nile Virus from
See VIRUSES,page 8A
, - Mosquitos lay their eggs in
standing water. Jones says that
even small amounts can provide a
breeding place. Get rid of or treat
. standing water with larvicides.
Dump out containers Such as
recycling bins, clay pots and
wheelbarrows.