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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2007
Dawkins named to
head state group
From staff reports
Skip Dawkins of Perry,
who has served 14 years on
the Houston County Board
of Education, has now
been named president of
the Georgia School Boards
Association. He took office
July 1 and will serve for one
term.
Dawkins is retired from
Alltel Communications.
He and his wife, Betty, are
members of Perry United
Methodist Church, and
Walker honors pair of firefighters
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Mayor Donald Walker
honored two Warner Robins
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Lt. Scott Brantley listens with his 3-year-old son Brock and Chief Robert Singletary as
Mayor Donald Walker talks about the firefighter’s off-duty recreational pursuits as a
participant in the annual Scottish Highland Games, where Brantley throws things like
rocks and telephone poles. Brantley thanked Singletary “for letting me work at the best
fire department in the entire nation.”
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Lt. Scotty Durham accepts his 20-year certificate from the mayor as Singletary looks
on. Durham was part of the Katrina response contingent from Warner Robins and led
a team there. “I’ve seen a lot of changes in 20 years,” Durham said. “We’ve gone from
riding on the tailboards to riding inside the truck. I’ve got 11 more years to go and I
want to thank you for that.”
Community Events
■ HOMEOWNER
SERVICE - Rebuilding
Together, Warner Robins
affiliate, is now accepting
applications to repair and
rehabilitate homes for low
income elderly and disabled
homeowners in Warner
Robins. Qualifying hom
eowners 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
materials are provided free
of charge for renovations
and repairs. More informa
tion may be obtained by call
ing the Development Office
at 929-1140 or going online
at www.rebuildingtogether.
org.
■ HOUSING
AUTHORITY MEETING
- The Quarterly board meet
have four daughters and 10
grandchildren.
Dawkins, who served as
chairman of the local school
board, has been active in
the state and national school
board efforts.
He served on the GSBA
governmental operations
committee and has also
served on the National
School Boards Association
Federal Relations Network.
He has trained school board
members from across the
firefighters for 20 years of
loyal dedicated service with
the Warner Robins Fire
Department Monday night.
Both serve on local Georgia
ing of the Perry Housing
Authority will be today at 4
p.m. in the Perry Housing
Authority Conference Room,
822 Perimeter Road, in
Perry. The regular monthly
board meeting of the Warner
Robins/Houston County
Housing Authority will be
Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in
the Warner Robins Housing
Authority Conference Room,
112 Memorial Terrace, in
Warner Robins.
■ BUSINESS WRITING
PLAN PROGRAM - The
University of Georgia Small
Business Development
Center will offer the fol
lowing continuing educa
tion program: Writing an
Effective Business Plan. It is
scheduled for Tuesday, from
6-8 p.m. at 151 Osigian Blvd.,
in Warner Robins. The cost is
S4O pre-paid. According to
a release, the course details
are as follows: “A business
plan helps you start, build
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state.
Search and Rescue team.
Both were part of the first
training group 20 years
ago led by then Lt. Robert
Singletary.
and manage your business.
This course will explain the
sections of the business plan,
what information is required
for each section, and the
general format needed. You
will receive a detailed plan
ning outline and other infor
mation to help you develop
an effective business plan
right away.” Register online
at www.georgiasbdc.org/ce/
macon or call 478-751-6592.
Warner Robins
Search for Homes
atREMAX.com
921 Hwy 96 2711 A Watson Blvd.
(478) 218-8080 (478) 953-8080
hath office independently owned & operated.
www.warnerrobinshomes.com
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The Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Butterfly Kisses to the
Chamber family with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday. The children’s boutique is
located at 4993 Russell Parkway and is owned by Emily Kent. For more information
call Kent at 478-333-3777.
Centerville librarian picked for
PINNACLE’S inaugural class
Special to the Journal
Georgia Public Library
Service has announced
the inaugural class of
PINNACLE, the Public
Library Institute for New
and Creative Leadership
Education.
Selected as members of the
PINNACLE Class of 2008
are: Jimmy Bass, head of
the Newnan-Coweta Public
Library; Ted Bazemore, vir
tual services librarian with
the Clayton County Library
System; Brijin Boddy, head
of the teen department
for the Chattahoochee
Valley Regional Library in
Columbus; Anne Bowen,
deputy director of the
Ocmulgee Regional Library
System in Eastman;
Sarah Boyd, head of the
adult services depart
ment with CVRL; Lecia
Eubanks, director of the
Cherokee Regional Library
in Lafayette; Trudi Green,
team leader for informa
tion services for the Athens
Regional Library System;
Sandy Hester, director of
the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill
County Library; Gina
Jenkins, principal librar
ian/branch manager for
the DeKalb County Public
Library; and Colleen
Knight, adult services
librarian with the Bartow
County Library System.
Also selected as
PINNACLE members
for 2008 are: Jo Lahmon,
branch manager for the
Cobb County Public Library
System; Lisa Mac Kinney,
assistant director of the
Hall County Library
System; Beata Mengel,
youth services librarian
with CCLS; Ashley Moore,
assistant branch manager
for the Gwinnett County
Public Library; Karen
Odom, head librarian at
Houston County Public
Libraries’ Centerville
branch; Jill Prouty, library
administrator with the Flint
River Regional Library
System’s Peachtree City
Library; Susan Stephens,
director of the Chattooga
County Library System;
Jeff Tomlinson, assistant
director of the Uncle Remus
Regional Library System
in Madison; Leigh Wiley,
librarian with the DeSoto
Trail Regional Library
in Camilla; and Beverly
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Williams, subregional man
ager for the Georgia Library
for Accessible Services in
Atlanta.
According to a release,
the goal of the program is
to ensure the future of high
quality library leadership
across the state. Attendees
must hold a master of
library science, a master
of science in library science
or a master of library and
information science degree,
be currently employed in a
public library in Georgia,
and have at least two years
of professional library expe
rience.
“We had an extremely
strong and diverse group
of applicants,” said David
Singleton, deputy state
librarian. “I am very
impressed by the qualifi
cations and very encour
aged by the leadership
potential of the 20 selected
candidates. I believe that
PINNACLE can become a
national model for train
ing the next generation of
library leaders.”
The institute begins
with a one-week retreat in
November and will include
eight monthly two-day ses
sions, culminating at the
Fall 2008 convention of the
Georgia Council of Media
Organizations.
Session topics at
PINNACLE 2007-2008 will
include situational leader
ship, time management,
analytical and creative prob
lem solving, financial man
agement and performance
measures, human resource
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management and adminis
trative law, managing con
flict and group dynamics,
ethics, power, best practic
es, process improvement,
project coaching, media
relations, leadership in a
political environment, and
effective presentations. One
session will include train
ing in the Public Library
Association’s six-step plan
ning model, “Planning for
Results,” which provides
an acclaimed results-driven
approach to meeting com
munity needs and devel
oping means to anticipate
future demands.
Ten mentors, including
all five of PINNACLE’S
steering committee mem
bers, have volunteered to
serve as mentors for the
inaugural class, and each
will be assigned to work
with two of its members.
The steering committee
includes Singleton; Lyn
Hopper, assistant state
librarian for library devel
opment; Julie Walker,
assistant state librarian for
technology support servic
es and strategic initiatives;
Kathryn Ames, director
of ARLS; and Greg Heid,
director of the Newton
County Library System.
Joining them as mentors
will be Stella Cone, director
of GLASS; Susan Cooley,
director of the Sara
Hightower Regional
Library in Rome; Dusty
Gres, director of the
Ohoopee Regional Library
in Vidalia; Lois Roberts,
director of the Statesboro
Regional Library; and
Claudya Muller, director of
CVRL.
“Together, our excep
tional group of mentors
have more than 200 years
of experience in the library
profession,” said Singleton,
“and each brings nationally
recognized leadership and
management skills to share
with our first PINNACLE
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The PINNACLE steering
committee worked with the
Carl Vinson Institute of
Government, a public ser
vice and outreach unit of
the University of Georgia,
to design the curriculum,
and CVIG will lead the
training sessions.