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Warner Robins Police
Department Chief Brett
Evans, Warner Robins
Police Department Chief
of Operations Maj. John
Wagner, Warner Robins
Police Department Maj.
Harry Dennard - three men
he credited for helping him
keep his sanity - and the
dozens of other law enforce
ment officials there that day
and the days that followed.
Most especially, he said,
he thanked God.
“Folks, I can tell you. I’m
a frail human being. I don’t
make those kinds of deci
sions on a daily basis. God
was there that day. God was
there from the time I met
Bo until the time someone
picked him up. And God
needs the glory and the
praise.
“And I give it to him, and
I can tell you He saved me
and now he’s saved me over
again.”
Weathers, who is still
recovering - at least for now
shakes hands with his left
hand - also echoed thanks
for the aforementioned.
He also mentioned a few
more. He thanked police
officer Brett Rozier - the
first on scene - for taking
the “target off my back.”
He thanked members
of the fire department,
explaining that a unit just
happened to be nearby -
painting fire extinguishers
of all things, he said - and
was the first to treat his
injuries. One of the firemen
he knew, Troy Hamilton.
“I remember when I was
wrestling with them,” he
said, "... you’d be surprised
at how much it hurts when
they’re doing things to you
after you’ve been shot with
a shotgun. (Well), he calmed
me down. Told me just to
let them take care of me
and I was going to be all
right. That the ambulance
would be here soon, put me
SITES
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program is designed to pro
mote and enhance boat
ing and fishing tourism in
Georgia and to boost eco
nomic development in com
munities across the state.
This initiative will result in
quality fisheries resources
statewide, including family
friendly fishing and recre
ation access points that will
increase fishing participa
tion in Georgia.
“As Chairman of the
Senate Natural Resources
Committee, I am very excit
ed about Laurens County
being part of the Go Fish
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Warner Robins Police Department Capt. Bill Capps,
second from left, his wife Taletha “Tee" and Warner
Robins Mayor Donald Walker listen as Warner Robins
Police Department Chief Brett Evans reads the citation
to accompany his award of the Medal of Honor. The cer
emony took place Monday at the city council’s regular
meeting.
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Warner Robins Code Enforcement Officer Bo Weathers,
his fiance Karley Lamb (the wedding date is set for Jan.
24, 2009) and son Drue Weathers listen as Evans reads
the citation to accompany his award of the Purple Heart
during the Monday ceremony.
on a board and get me out
of here. It went exactly as
he said.”
He went on to cite the
leadership of the city for
going to “great lengths to
ensure every employee is
trained in every aspect of
their job.”
“For times like this,”
he said. “(Making it pos
sible) where I can stand up
here and receive the purple
Initiative,” said Sen. Ross
Tolleson. “I want to thank
Governor Perdue and
DNR Commissioner Noel
Holcomb for working with
me to bring this boat ramp
to Laurens County.”
The program also consists
of a Go Fish Georgia Center
that will be built on 120
acres located on the south
side of the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter
in Perry. This facility will
include a visitor’s center
that will market and pro
mote fishing opportunities
throughout the state, an on
site public fishing lake and
a fully functioning warm
water hatchery.
“The building of these new
Houston
Lake
heart.”
And in particular, he
thanked God, and of course,
Capps.
“We all like to believe that
every police officer in this
city would have the guts
and bravery to put himself
in the line of fire to pull you
out,” he said. “Well I know
from experience Capt. Bill
Capps will, and I will be
forever grateful.”
mega ramps in Effingham
and Screven counties as part
of Governor Perdue’s Go
Fish Initiative is great news
for fisherman and our local
economy,” said Rep. Jon
Bums. “I want to thank our
state and local partners for
working together to make
this a reality.”
Fishing contributes
approximately $1.5 billion
to Georgia’s economy each
year. DNR estimates more
than 10,000 jobs in Georgia
are related to sport fishing,
which generates sls million
in state income taxes, and
sl9 million in state sales
taxes.
For more information, go
to www.goflshgeorgia.com.
SHELTER
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it was money it would cost
the County and the City of
Centerville - the other two
players in this.
The figure, the price those
two would have to pay per
animal, Councilman Terry
Horton explained, up until
that point had been adver
tised as S4O per animal and
$6.50 for authorization. It
had even been voted on and
approved by four members
of the council at a previous
meeting, he added.
However, * figures the
council was provided with
Monday revealed they were
going to lose hundreds of
thousands of dollars - had
been for years (under the
same ratio “presumably”,
or just in general) Mayor
Donald Walker pointed out
- under that concept.
Not only that but the data
suggested - several differ
ent proposals were provided
(i.e. charging SSO per ani
mal, $8.50 for euthanasia,
if necessary and/or SB3 per
animal, $16.50 for euthana
sia) they were going to lose
money even at higher rates.
To that end, and after a
considerable debate in excess
of 30 minutes, Walker sug
gested a $63 per animal fee
and $16.50 for euthanasia.
Several council members
latched onto those numbers
- pretty much everybody
expressed regret they didn’t
have the figures/data ear
lier in the ballgame - as
a suitable compromise but
Councilman Terry Horton
felt it was quite possibly
still a deal breaker. (Horton,
it could be said started this
originally about two months
ago when he asked the
Vision 2020 Advisory Board
one simple question: Did
they feel there was support
a unified shelter?)
“Basically,” he said after
listening to and being a part
of the overall debate Monday,
“what I hear you saying is
at this point we just want to
build a shelter to take care
of our animals and let the
County and Centerville go
and build them a shelter.”
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“That’s basically what I’m
hearing. I mean it’s going to
be difficult for them to go
back to their governing bod
ies and come up with $63 an
animal and $16.60.
“Plus, us expect them
to put $250,000 dollars in
($200,000 the County was
chipping in and $50,000
coming from Centerville,
and that going toward an
additional 2,000 feet). I just
don’t think it’s going to hap-
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Horton also argued that
since the city was going to
lose money anyway this
was the lesser of two evils,
seeing as under a “unified
body” they would be losing
less money than going it
alone.
“Our costs are going to
go up, they’re going to go
way up,” he said. “I think
we’re missing that part of
the deal.”
Despite his urgings, and
after more debate, Horton
himself made the motion
voted on. It was: To charge
the County and Centerville
$63 per animal and $16.50
for euthanasia. Any monies
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the City of Warner Robins
generated when people came
and pay fines, et cetera,
would go to the City of
Warner Robins. The City of
Warner Robins, the County
and City of Centerville
would strike a contract and
re-new it annually. (Note:
The aforementioned is basi
cally how things have been
operating for years, anyway,
it was pointed out - that
noted from hearing Vision
2020 Chairman Ned Sanders
speak during that group’s
meetings leading up to
Monday). And, the County
and City of Centerville do
not put up any money for
the new facility.
“We will just build the new
building, not the additional
kennel,” Horton concluded
adding he was making the
motion, but not going to
vote for it.
And in fact he opposed it a
short time later as did fellow
Councilmen John Havrilla
and Bob Wilbanks. For it,
however, were Walker and
Councilmen John Williams,
Tom Simms Jr., and Clifford
Holmes.
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