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LEGAL < »RGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY.'
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Volume 138, Number 74
The
FRONT DOOR
'Always open"
“Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye
in the ways, and see, and ask for
the old paths, where is the good
way, and walk therein, and ye
shall find rest for your souls.”
- Jeremiah 6:16
FRONT PORCH
"Where neighbors meet"
HHJ history
50 years ago:
The Davis Warehouse on
Jernigan Street catches on fire.
The business loses some bales
of cotton, but the automatic sprin
kler system pours water onto
the fire extinguishing it quickly.
Perry FFA recieves the top "Gold
Emblem” rating for having one
of the nation’s top FFA chapters.
The national convention attracts
nearly 10,000 FFA members,
including some from Puerto Rico
and Hawaii.
30 years ago:
The Houston County Salvation
Army renders services to those
on the Gulf Coast affected by
hurricanes. They take supplies
such as fresh water, ice, food,
anil generators.
10 years ago:
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall seeks
help from state agencies for
grant monies that would enable
the city to employ an official his
toric planner. This person would
have the knowledge and exper
tise to help define areas about
town that could be classified as
legitimate historical districts.
The interstate 75 lighting proj
ect is completed. The total cost
for the project of installing 21
new poles along the roadway
was $530, 654.
Sources: The Daily Sun, HHJ
- Compiled by Krystal Riner
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G-RAMP project off, ruooiog
City of WR adopts Master Program
Management Agreement with IDI
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
The Warner Robins City
Council voted Monday to put
the “key into the ignition”
as Mayor pro tem Clifford
Holmes described it. They
are moving forward, taking
the G-RAMP project out for
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Military Affairs Committee of WR Chamber sponsors
• trip for family members of deployed soldiers .
Special to the Journal
Some of the families of deployed
soldiers got a special treat last
weekend.
The Military Affairs Committee of
the Warner Robins Area Chamber
of Commerce sponsored a group
of 90 family members of deployed
soldiers on a trip to Six Flags this
past Saturday.
Elaine Goggans, chairman of the
project said the Military Affairs
City ot Centerville set to celebrate sotfi Anniversary
By KRYSTAL RISER
Journal Staff Writer
The City of Centerville
is celebrating its 50th
Anniversary this Saturday
with food, activities for the
entire family arid a fire
works show.
“This is going to be an
event I don’t think this
Plain or fanciful
Chocolate Bundt cakes taste (and
look) out of this world. Grape har
vest time is here. September is
Food Safety Month.
Food
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
its first drive.
The resolution approved
unanimously is as follows:
“Whereas the City had
received a proposed Master
Program Management
Agreement from
Industrial Developments
International, Inc., to pro
Six Flags or bus-t
city has ever seen,” said
Patrick Eidson, Centerville
City Manager.
Activities will start at 1
• p.m. with face painting, a
24-foot rock climbing wall,
a moonwalk, and several
other things for children
to do.
Also, don’t forget to pick
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"The Chamber and the Military Affairs Committee
really enjoy doing this lor our soldiers and their
families. We consider it an honor and a privilege
to help our in anyway that we can."
- Elaine Goggans
Committee members were happy
to do this for the soldiers’ families
vide development, con
struction management and
other services relation to
the Georgia-Robins Aircraft
Maintenance Partnership
project currently being con
sidered by the City; and
“Whereas, the agreement
would provide a vehicle by
which the city can secure
services needed to further
study G-RAMP and the
associated due diligence on
the project; and
each year.
Tech Sgt. Mike Bullard said that
up a barbecue plate that
the Rotary Club will be
preparing.
All proceeds will go
toward the efforts the club
is making to eradicate polio
At 2 p.m., the Thompson
Middle School band and
Chorus will take the main
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Down but not out
FOOTBALL: Warner Robins
pounds Beach. Perry preps for
Hawkinsville. SOFTBALL: Lowndes
beats HC, NS. More.
Sports
INSIDE: Demon Valley Drive open
for business... mostly
SATURDAY: WR animal shelter
moving forward
“Whereas the mayor and
council deem the agreement
to be in the best interest of
the city,
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At 5 p.m. the city will
recognize those involved in
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“Now, therefore, be it
resolved that the mayor
and council of the City of
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his department depends on the
Military Affairs Committee to pro
vide trips such as this each year.
“This trip wouldn’t be possible
were it not for the many businesses
that donate the buses, food, and
water for us,” Goggans said.
This year Robins Federal Credit
Union donated the costs of two
buses for the transportation of the
families to and from.
See TRIP, page lA
the celebration. .
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a fireworks show at the
Galleria M»n
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Family
mem
bers of
deployed
soldiers
prepare
to leave
on a Six
Flags trip
Saturday.
The trip
was spon
sored
by the
Military
Affairs
Committee
of the
Warner
Robins
Chamber
and made
possible
through
the dona
tions of
local busi
nesses.
ENi/Gary
Harmon