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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2008
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RAFB stands up new organization
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
Robins Air Force Base
stood up a new organization
Wednesday.
The 787th Installation
Acquisition Group is a part
of the base - located on
and serving - but in the
big picture, it’s much big
ger. It represents 11 bases
- from Georgia to Florida
to Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana - and falls direct
ly under Air Force 1 Materiel
Command.
The group is actually only
“provisional” - meaning,
said its Director, Lt. Col.
Todd Pospisil, that “man
power changes” have yet to
be made (its building is also
under construction) until
late Fiscal Year ’O9 or early
FY ’lO.
Its mission, or what LAG
is, Pospisil said, is “an Air
Force initiative where we’re
going to manage he 71 con
tracting offices across the
U.S. ... which spend about
approximately sls billion
dollars annually.
Flint elects new board member
Special to the Journal
Jackie (Clarence J.)
Robinson of Juniper, was
elected to
serve on
the Flint
Energies
Board of
Directors
at the
annual
meeting of
members
held Oct.
21 at the
Georgia
fill *
ROBINSON
National Fair and
Agricenter in Perry.
Robinson was elected
to replace former board
member Jimmy Wells
of Ellaville. He will rep
resent Flint members in
Taylor, Schley, Marion and
Chattahoochee counties.
Robinson is the General
Superintendent and Vice
President of Robinson
Paving.
He oversees all of
Robinson’s construction
sites in a 60-mile radius of
Columbus (including Fort
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“Now why that’s impor
tant at Robins Air Force
Base (which he said spends
about $5 or $6 billion a year)
is because of the five regions.
Robins Air Force Base will
host one region, the south
east region (the 787th IAG
and the 11 bases).”
Pospisil added that thanks
to the “great” partnership
and support (i.e. letting
them advertise from their
websites, trying to match
the Hope Scholarship up
with positions, etc) from the
Warner Robins and Perry
Chamber of Commerce’s,
they were further ahead
in standing up their region
than anyone else.
All told, Pospisil said
he anticipated the group
bringing in anywhere from
300-350 new jobs.
How many of those will
actually come from the com
munity, however, he said
remained to be seen.
He hoped many, he said,
but he said initially they
would probably populate
the unit with military per
Benning) and all of their
projects along Interstate
1-185. He has worked for
the family paving business
since he was 14.
Robinson graduated from
Tri-County High School
and has numerous certifi
cates from the Continuing
Education Center of
Columbus State University
in the field of construction
safety, construction prac
tices and small business
education.
Outside of work,
Robinson acts as praise
and worship director at
Brown Springs Church of
God, is treasurer of the
Brown Springs Volunteer
Fire Department, serves
on the council of the
Chattahoochee (jouncil of
Boy Scouts, and is a sport
ing clay shooting instruc
tor. He also sponsors and
coaches the local FFA skeet
team.
Robinson and his wife
of 28 years, Barbara, have
three children and two
grandchildren.
For an application,
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or call
988-1827.
sonnel because they’ve
already been trained.
The message he said for
local contractors out there
was that the procedure for
applying would not change.
The rationale for doing
this, he said, is because
“Currently at those 71
installations, a lot are locat
ed at geographical locations
that are somewhat isolated,
small towns having a hard
time keeping up with the
skills of the base and man
aging assets they have.
“(Under this format) a
contract might be awarded
at the region but the day
to day interaction with the
mission customers will be
done at the base.
“But contracts are written
here to try to relieve a little
bit of pressure on them.
It’s a recognition we’ve not
been able to keep up with
mission needed outside an
install.
“So we’re still doing the
same mission, just reorient
ing how we’re going to do
that mission.”
71st annual meeting
Flint Energies hosted
more than 1,000 members
at its 71st annual meeting.
More than 2,500 members
participated in the annual
meeting process by return
ing their mail ballot. The
theme of the event was the
“Our Energy, Our Future.”
Directors Sam Wellborn
111 and Neal Talton were
also re-elected to three
year terms on the Board of
Directors.
The Flint Energies Board
presented the third “Spirit
of Flint” award to the fam
ily of the late Jimmy Wells,
a director from Schley
County who served the
Flint Energies Board of
Directors for 25 years until
his passing this past sum
mer.
Two $1,500 Flint
Energies shopping sprees
that can be used to pay a
member’s electric bill or
to purchase appliances at
the Flint Appliance Center
were awarded.
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HC School System receives occreiMoo
Special to the Journal
The Houston County
School System has com
pleted a district accredita
tion visit by the Southern
Association of Colleges
and Schools. A 10-member
SACS Review Committee
performed a Quality
Assurance Review Oct. 27
through 29.
This review, according to a
release, sought substantia
tion that the school system
meets standards, engages
in continuous improvement
and implements methods
that provide for quality
assurance.
The visit culminated with
an exit report and a rec
ommendation for district
accreditation.
The audit included inter
views with 510 stakeholders
to include teachers, support
staff, administrators, board
members, parents, students
and other community mem
bers. Essential documents
were evaluated.
Ten schools and 43 class
rooms were visited. Schools
visited by the QAR team were:
Kings Chapel Elementary,
Lake Joy Primary, Parkwood
Elementary, David Perdue
Elementary, Russell
Elementary, Feagin Mill
Middle, Huntington Middle,
Warner Robins Middle,
Houston County High and
Perry High.
Team leader Veronica
Harts of Lake Charles,
Louisiana gave the exit
report.
“We saw in our classroom
visits that instructional time
is very protected here in
a positive learning environ
ment,” she said. Among the
many strengths identified,
she included the positive
relationship between the
board, administration and
leadership and schools; open
and collaborative dialogue
among stakeholder groups;
the system’s strategic plan;
community support; high
expectations for all, from
all; and transparency.
RE-ELECT
GEORGE NUNN
1 SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
HOUSTON COUNTY
rvOTE FOR EXPERIENCE
(22 years)
court (since 1996)
GemSlaKluncil of Superior Court
District of Georgia
Georgia Supreme Court
Justice 4 1 i£
• Member, Bar (since 1972)
• City of Perry Municipal Court Judge (6 years)
• City of Perry City Council (8 years)
|» Past Chairman of Administrative Board, Perry United
I Methodist Church
• Sunday School Teacher (35 years)
I*. Past President, Kiwanis Club of Perry
• Emory University School Of Law
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“I am honored to serve you as Superior Court Judge. j
I am proud that Houston County has one of the most J
respected courts in the state. With your support, I 1
lookforward to continuing to serve you.
Thankyou,
George F. Nunn, Jr. ”
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Commendations were:
establishing and implement
ing a systematic process to
develop the System Strategic
Plan for Improvement; uti
lizing collaborative efforts
to recruit and place highly
qualified personnel; demon
strating a high level of gov
ernance and leadership; and
embracing and involving all
stakeholders in promoting
an exemplary model of com
munity involvement.
Superintendent David
Carpenter remarked, “We
are very proud we have main
tained our accreditation
through SACS. Although
our schools have a long his
tory of full accreditation by
SACS, this is the first year
that we have participated in
this process at the district
level.
“Our goal is to ensure that
our school system meets the
highest standards and that
we meet the needs of our
students and community.
“This affirms that each of
our schools and our system
as a whole provide high
quality education, which is
especially important to our
high school graduates as
they seek entry to colleges
and universities.”
The team identified chal
lenges faced by the system,
which included: popula
tion growth; accessibility
to technology outside of the
classroom for economically
disadvantaged students;
finding alternate ways to
gather input from the com
munity and parent stake
holders; and dealing with
future state funding.
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Recommendations were:
to refine efforts and initia
tives to solicit input from
the community; to design
and implement a process
that promotes equity and
availability in technology;
and increased vertical artic
ulation of the curriculum
from elementary to middle
to high schools.
The QAR team’s written
report of findings will be
submitted within 30 days to
AdvancEd, the SACS parent
company. Final approval is
expected from the AdvancED
Georgia Commission within
a couple of months. The
designation will be good for
five years.
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