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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2007
BLUEBIRD
From page iA
After the summer rush
was over at Bluebird, Mark
Mattingly, Production
Manager of Bluebird was
ready to get this baby into
the shop.
In the next couple of months
that followed, the Bluebird
production and paint
teams lead by Production
Supervisor Clay Hughes and
Paint Supervisor Robert
Colbert began to restore the
bus from the ground up.
Now, everything on the
bus is new, except the handi
capped exit, which was still
working great with a little
grease.
They even included an AM/
FM radio with CD player so
that the “kids can ride and
be proud of their bus”, said
Mattingly.
Added Worrall: “The kids
are so excited about the bus
and this is the great thing
that Bluebird does for com
munity outreach.”
On Monday, Worrall got to
see the finished bus for the
first time and described it
as, “unbelievable”.
And here’s a sidenote:
Believe it or not more than
65 percent of Bluebird
employees actually live in
Houston County and the first
Bluebird plant was on Carroll
Street in Downtown Perry
back in 1927. That’s right.
And, this year also marks
Bluebird’s 80th Anniversary'
of building school buses in
Peach and Houston County.
Blue Bird Corporation is one
of the world’s leading bus
manufacturers, delivering
thousands of school buses,
commercial buses and rec
reational vehicles to the
market each year. Today it
' Our purpose, is to
assist ARK in ensuring
the protection of water
quality and natural
habitat in the
tributaries of the
Ocmuigee in Houston
County and middle
Georgia."
- Walton Wood
PROJECT
From page iA
at the Gates subdivision runs
into Saul’s Branch, a wet
weather stream that runs
into a spring that feeds Mossy
Creek southeast of Lake Joy.
The Woods are volunteers for
the Altamaha Riverkeepers
and have a special concern
for Houston County’s impact
on the Ocmuigee basin.
“Our purpose,” Wood
explains, “is to assist ARK
in ensuring the protection
of water quajity and natu
ral habitat in the tributaries
of the Ocmuigee in Houston
County and middle Georgia.”
Big jobs sometimes start
with small steps.
That’s why Becky Wood
was out one day last week
with work gloves on, using a
weed eater to clear the leaves
and debris away from the first
street drain to be stenciled
with a friendly reminder.
The stencil, which features
a fish, and the words “No
Dumping, Drains to Stream,”
will be one of many painted
to remind Houston County
residents that the only thing
going into those drains should
be rainwater. They have also
placed doorhangers on the
doorknobs of each home with
the message “Be the solution
to stormwater pollution.”
This education program,
which is being conducted
by the Houston County
Department of Public Works
is one the Woods are sol
idly behind. Here’s the mes
sage they’re helping to send:
When it comes to storm
drains, you shouldn’t pour
anything down a gutter than
you wouldn’t drink or swim
in: Wash your car on your
lawn and not in the driveway
or street; Don’t overuse fer
tilizers or pesticides; Pick up
pet wastes because fecal bac
teria from animals can lower
water quality; Fix your car’s
oil leaks and bring used oil to
a recycling location.
For more information
on this program, visit the
department’s web page at
hcpublicworks.dyndns.org.
has grown to approximately
1,800 employees.
For 80 years, Blue Bird
Corporation has contin
ued to set industry stan
dards with its innovative
design and manufactur
ing capabilities. Blue Bird
has an extensive network
of dealers and service-parts
facilities throughout North
America. Blue Bird manages
to back its mission state
ment with everything the
produce daily, it says: With a
Commitment to Operational
Excellence, “Team Blue
Bird” will: “Provide Our
Customers Quality Products
and Services that Represent
the Best Overall Value.
Working Together with
Honesty and Integrity, We
Seek Continuous Growth,
Enhanced Profitability and
a Secure Future.”
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Perry
Mayor Jim
Worrall
stands
next in the
doorway of
the newly
refur-
bished
bus.
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