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♦ FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2007
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The Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce honored Roy N. Cowart and his
office staff recently with the Small Business of the Month Award for July. The firm is
located at 233 N. Houston Road in the old Houston Mall. For more information about
the business, call 478-922-8515.
HEIST
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a suspect in a Friday rob
bery “with the same M. 0.”
at the Dollar General, 104
Plaza Connector.
In that incident he walked
into the store at 8:15 a.m.
went to purchase a small
item, and snatched the
money out the drawer when
the clerk opened the regis
ter. He also confessed to the
Friday robbery, Dykes said.
For the Friday incident
Hickey is charged with rob
bery by sudden snatching.
He remains held in the
Houston County Jail with
out bond on both felony
charges.
Dykes said the Wednesday
robbery is the sixth in the
city since July 7. “We’ve had
quite a few for us. Three
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501(c)(3) organization. The
Houston Heart Institute,
Houston Healthcare
Complex MSO and the
Houston Medical Center
Foundation already are.
The possibility of the
change was one of the rea
sons for the authority’s
high bond rating of A 2 from
Moody’s Investors Service
and a long-term A+ desig
nation from Fitch Ratings.
It was those ratings that
allowed the authority to get
the absolute lowest rate,
Alford said.
The board also voted to
ratify the actions taken
since the last meeting at
the authority’s direction to
get the bonds issued.
Alford said a total of
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unsolved.”
Dykes said the others
include the July 7 robbery
at the Flash Foods on Sam
Nunn Boulevard, July 10
at Wal-Mart, July 25 at the
Fillers on Houston Lake
Road and about midnight
Wednesday at the Krystal
on Sam Nunn Boulevard.
Dykes said warrants have
been taken for the Wal-
Mart incident, but officers
are still looking for the two
suspects in the Krystal rob
bery.
In that incident, Dykes
said, two black males
entered the store brandish
ing handguns and made the
employees get down on the
floor. They took an undis
closed amount of cash from
the safe and fled.
Dykes said one clerk was
$72,055,000 in bonds were
issued “at an ‘all in’ rate of
5.3 percent.”
Alford said the ratifica
tion “put the exclamation
point on the bond issue,
which started 14 month
ago. It was an incredible
effort to convince folks we
deserve a good rating.”
Alford praised the work of
Mary Jane Kinnas, ececi
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pushed to the floor and suf
fered a scrape to her arm.
The suspects possibly fled
in an SUV “An SUV was
seen leaving that area in a
hurry,” Dykes said.
The suspects are described
as black males, thin in
build, possibly teens. One
was dressed all in red, with
a red bandana covering his
face. The other was dressed
in black with a black shirt
covering his face.
There is not other descrip
tion Dykes said and there
is no surveillance video.
“There was no take in the
machine,” Dykes said.
Anyone with informa
tion on this incident is
asked to contact Det. Chris
Sutcliff of the Perry Police
Department Criminal
Investigation Division at
988-2824.
tive director of marketing,
on the Powerpoint presen
tation, “fine tuning it, mak
ing it first class.”
He also praised the work
of the chief financial offi
cer Frank Powell as well.
“Frank has a few more gray
hairs,” Alford said, “putting
up with me, the bond rat
ers, plus everything else he
has to do.”
LOCAL
Community Events
■ PHS ELECTIONS
- Perry High School will
hold a School Council elec
tion Tuesday at 7 a.m.
in the Perry High School
Auditorium. School council
meetings are held quarterly
and interested parents must
be present on the morning
of the election to be nomi
nated and selected. Perry
High School is located at
1307 North Avenue in Perry.
For more information, con
tact Darryl Albritton at
dalbritton@hcbe.net or 478-
988-6298 Ext. 21295.
■ NHS ELECTIONS
- Northside High School
will hold a School Council
election Sept. 10 at 6 p.m.
in the media center. Four
parent representatives will
be elected. Two of the repre
sentatives will be elected to
for a two-year term and two
representatives would serve
one-year terms. Meetings are
held quarterly. Interested
parents must be present on
the night of the election to
be nominated and selected.
Northside High is located at
926 Green Street in Warner
Robins. For more informa
tion, contact Principal Robin
Hines at RHines@hcbe.net
or 478-929-7858.
■ PMS ELECTION
GNFA Calendar
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■ Horseman’s Quarter
Horse Association Futurity
Show
■ Reaves Arena, Covered
Horse Arena, Horse Barn,
Beef/Dairy Barn
■ Estimated number of
people is set at 1,500
■ Information: 770-227-
2159
Today- Sunday
■ Classic Car Show
“Summer Showdown”
■ Fairgrounds
■ Estimated number of
people is set at 500
■ Information: 478-225-
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Aug. 31 - Sept. 3
■ Georgia Federation of
Saddle Clubs Championship
Show
■ Reaves Arena, Barns
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- Perry Middle School will
hold a School Council elec
tion Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m.
in the gym. One parent rep
resentative will be elected.
The term of office is two
years with meetings held
quarterly. Interested parents
must be present on the night
of the election to be nomi
nated and selected. Perry
Middle is located at 495
Perry Parkway in Perry. For
more information, contact
Principal Thomas Moore at
TMoore@hcbe.net or 478-
988-6285.
■ WRMS ELECTIONS
- Warner Robins Middle
School will hold a School
Council election Sept. 11 at
6:30 p.m. in the lunchroom.
Two parent representatives
and two parent/business
partner representatives will
be elected. The term of office
is one to two years. Warner
Robins Middle is located
at 425 Mary Lane, Warner
Robins. For more infor
mation, contact Principal
Dr. Donald Warren at
DWarren@hcbe.net or 478-
929-7832.
■ TES ELECTIONS
- The Tucker Elementary
School Council will meet
Sept. 18 at 5:15 p.m. in
the media center. Tucker
■ Estimated number of
people is set at 8,168
■ Information: 770-445-
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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Elementary is located at 1300
Tucker Road in Perry. For
more information, contact
Principal Dr. Kim Halstead
at KHalstead@hcbe.net or
478-988-6278.
■ QRES ELECTIONS
- Quail Run Elementary
School has scheduled its
school council meetings for
the 2007-2008 school year.
All meetings are held at
7:15 a.m. in the data room.
Meetings are set for: Sept.
18, Nov. 13, Feb. 5, 2008
and April 8, 2008. Parent
Barry Vincent is serving
as the school council chair
person for 2007-08. Quail
Run Elementary is located
at 250 Smithville Church
Road in Warner Robins. For
more information, contact
Principal Dr. Cheryl Thomas
at cathomas@hcbe.net or
478-953-0415.
■ HOSPICE CANCER
PAD GROUP MEETING
-The Hospice Cancer Pad
group meets at 9 a.m. the
first Wednesday of each
month in the fellowship hall
of First Baptist Church of
Perry, located at 1105 Main
St. Everyone is welcome.
Contact Helen Cleland at
988-9845 for more informa
tion.
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P.O. Box 1367, Perry GA
31069
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