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♦ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2007
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T7»e Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for
Elegant Hair Designers Monday. The salon is located at 413 Belmont Drive in Warner
Robins. The newly established facility is operated by Tamala Harps. For more informa
tion about the organization, contact Harps at 478-225-6577.
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First Assembly of God holds a ribbon cutting for Loving Care Daycare.
Local church holds ribbon cutting, dedication
Special to the Journal
The Warner Robins Area
Chamber of Commerce,
according to a release, host
ed a ribbon Cutting ceremo
ny for the First Assembly of
Clod’s Loving Care Daycare
Center addition July 26. The
church is located at 6040
Watson Blvd., 247 Connector
in Warner Robins.
Loving Care Daycare
Center opened in 2000 pro
viding daycare for 97 chil
dren within six age-defined
classrooms under the direc
tion of 21 full and part time
teachers and assistants.
According to the release,
growth of First Assembly’s
Youth Ministry and increased
demand for daycare in the
community prompted a Fall
2004 decision of the Official
Elwood Waites will be relo
cating his insurance busi
ness on Washington Street
to 1211 Macon Road, Suite
B, Perry in a few weeks.
Waites, whose current
Washington Street location
was in the news recently
and is slated for destruc
tion, wants his custom
ers to know that he is not
going out of business, and
signs will be posted direct
ing customers to his new
location once he makes
the move.
JoumaJ/Charlotta Perkin*
Ribbon cutting
Board of First Assembly
to construct an additional
building on the church cam
pus to house a Youth Chapel
and an addition to Loving
Care Daycare Center.
Committed sacrificial giv
ing from the congregation of
First Assembly has funded
the First Assembly Annex
Building, which now hous
es the Youth Chapel that
opened in October 2005, the
release reads. The addition
to Loving Care, according to
the release, will provide for
excellent care and children’s
ministry as many as 166
children daily on the First
Assembly campus.
“We want people to know
that we really do care about
the youths who attend
Loving Care,” said Church
Administrator and Chairman
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of the Loving Care Board of
Directors, Richard Azbell.
“We are not here to just
baby-sit, but rather to guide
and instill values in the lives
of the children.”
Rev. Roger Brumbalow,
Superintendent of the
Georgia District of the
Assemblies of God, shared
remarks concerning the new
addition and was proud to be*
apart of the growing work at
First Assembly. Members
of the Loving Care Board
welcomed guests to tour the
new facility following the
ribbon cutting ceremony.
Marian Cabe is the Daycare
director and Reverend Glynn
Grantham is the Pastor of
First Assembly.
For more information
about Loving Care Daycare,
call Azbell at 478-953-8334.
LOCAL
Jackson named to Kia position
Special to the Journal
According to a release,
Kia Motor Manufacturing
Georgia Inc. has cho
sen a Georgia native and
a veteran of the automo
tive industry as its direc
tor of human resources.
Kia officials named J.
Randy Jackson Director of
Human Resources effective
July 16.
Prior to joining Kia,
Jackson, whose sister,
Delbra Hayes and her fam
ily reside in Perry, was
employed in senior human
resources management by
Mercedes Benz USA and
International Inc. in Vance,
Ala., where he helped sup
port their recent expansion
and growth.
Before Mercedes, Jackson
was with Toyota North
America, located at their
corporate office based in
Erlanger, Ky. In that role,
he was general manager
of human resources and
administration. At that
time, he helped start up
plants in West Virginia,
Indiana, Mexico and
Alabama, along with sev
eral Toyota expansions in
Canada and the U.S. In
addition, he assisted many
Toyota suppliers with their
start-up needs.
Prior to Toyota, Jackson
was director of human
resources for Alcan
Aluminum, North America,
and was based in Louisville,
Ky. During that time, in
1992, Jackson led the proj
ect to relocate new plants
to LaGrange. While lead
ing the project, he worked
very closely with Jane
Fryer at the LaGrange-
Troup County Chamber of
Commerce, the Economic
Development Group and the
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Community Events
■ HCHS PARKING
PERMITS - Houston
County High School student
parking permits, according
to a release from the school,
are now on sale. Permits
are being sold, according
to the release, on a first
come first-serve basis in the
attendance office. Permit
sale hours on today and
Thursday are 8 a.m.-noon.
Additional purchases will
be offered beginning Aug.
6 before and after school
each day. According to the
release, the following docu
ments are required to pur
chase a parking permit:
Current vehicle registra
tion card, proof of auto
mobile insurance, current
driver’s license of student
driving the vehicle and $35
cash, or check/money order
made payable to Houston
County High School. To
purchase a parking permit,
the student may not have
any unpaid fines.
■ HCHS FRESHMAN
ORIENTATION
- Houston County High
School will host a freshman
orientation Thursday at
6:30 p.m. Incoming fresh
men and their parents,
according to a release, are
invited to attend the open
house to receive important
information on school
rules and procedures.
Also per the release,
there will not be an open
house for students in 10th
through 12th grades. To
receive their schedules,
sophomores, juniors and
seniors should report to
their connection teacher
on the first day of classes,
Aug. 6.
■ WRHS
ORIENTATION
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State of Georgia. Currently,
Fryer is the president of
the Chamber.
At that time, Jackson was
very active in supporting
growth at the Industrial
Park. He assisted with
attracting new industry
to the area by sharing the
positive experiences he had
with Alcan in working with
the development and the
community. He was also
involved with many other
community activities dur
ing that time in LaGrange.
In the early part of his
career, he was in human
resources with Frito Lay
Inc., based out of Dallas,
Texas, and located at their
Pulaski, Tenn., plant.
Jackson started his career
in human resources with
Lawtex Industries Inc.,
based in Dalton after
graduating college at the
University of Georgia.
During his career, Jackson
has worked with many
different cultures in the
United States, Canada,
Mexico, Europe and Japan.
“I am now very excited and
- Warner Robins High
School, according to a
release, will hold a drop-in
orientation and two open
houses. Students and their
parents are encouraged to
attend, the release reads.
The drop-in orientation
will be held Thursday from
4-6 p.m. The open hous
es will be held Aug. 21 at
the main campus at 6 p.m.
and Aug. 23 at the Rumble
Academy at 6 p.m.Warner
Robins High is located at
401 South Davis Drive in
Warner Robins. Principal
Steve Monday may be con
tacted either by phone at
478-929-7877 or by e-mail
at smonday@hcbe.net.
■ SLIDES OF ITALY
- Martin Beeland will pres
ent a slide program, Italy
at Leisure Thursday at the
Perry United Methodist
Church Primetime
Luncheon, which begins at
noon. He will have more
than 100 slides of his and
his wife’s recent trip to
Italy. The cost of the lun
cheon is $5 and reserva
tions must be made by call
ing the church office at
987-1852, by July 31.
■ FAMILY HEALTH
FAIR - The Annual
Family Fair will be held
Saturday from 10 a.m.-2
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JACKSON
HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
looking forward to working
with the Korean culture.”
Jackson says among all cul
tures he has learned and
personally subscribes to a
“continuous improvement
and learning philosophy”,
along with “self develop
ment” to succeed with any
thing you do in work or life.
Jackson has been published
in the National SHRM mag
azine for Human Resources
Professionals, and is rec
ognized as a leader in his
field around the country.
He has coached, mentored
and developed many other
human resources profes
sionals with their careers,
and continues to make con
tributions to the human
resources field. In addition,
has served on many labor
law panels and projects
with various law firms deal
ing with the NLRB Board.
Jackson is a native of and
grew up in Jones County,
just outside of Macon. His
mother and father, Pauline
and James Jackson, are cur
rently retired in that area.
Jackson is a 1975 graduate
of Jonesco Academy, Gray.
In addition, Jackson gradu
ated from the University
of Georgia with a degree
in industrial psychology in
1979.
He also received his MBA
degree in business and cost
management from Century
University, and earned a JD
degree in law from UCLA.
Jackson also has his legal
certification in Labor Law
from the Institute of Applied
Management and Law.
He is married to Debbie
McHan Jackson, from
Dalton and they have two
children, Jamey, 25, and
Jennifer, 21.
p.m. at the Galleria Mall,
Centerville. Join Houston
Healthcare for this annual
free event which offers a
large variety of booths to
provide information from
all areas of family life. This
year the Family Fair will
include health screenings
and education, recreational
and special interest and
activity groups, physician
and special needs organiza
tions, family entertainment
and more. Call 478-923-
9771 for more information
or to reserve a booth for
your non-profit group or
organization.
■ AG EXPO MEETING
- The next meeting of
the Georgia Agricultural
Exposition Authority will
be held Aug. 8 in Perry, at 1
p.m. in the Board Room of
Reaves Arena.
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