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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008 2A B, JB .«^^—•- nB . T ■hii* , Ja& f WBT J wf tj» jPfwt,- ■ ■ •?% 188 »E«HBSa^SiHBwjBBH^^^B| SoHBMHt .%?....« - ENI/Gary Harmon Huntington Middle School was host to some special visitors Tuesday when two buses arrived with education stakeholders from across the state. The local school was one of 13 stops on the 16th annual Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Bus Trip Across Georgia that serves to honor achieving schools and programs and showcases best practices that might be adaptable elsewhere. ABOVE: Dr. Gwen Taylor addresses the group. BELOW: The buses arrive. _ • t n I 1 . MBBHBIBBBfIBHBBBBBB . fIftBBBBMIJ i '., ~ ? _ BBlffai i .4i pj ■ >i< j| MyflUl County changes two street names; sets moratorium on sign permits By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor Freddy Krueger might have been mad. Nobody else was (nobody spoke out “against” at least.) Elm Street is no more, or at least any Elm Street’s in the “county” portion of Houston County. (Elm Street in Perry is safe.) The Houston County Commissioners voted unani mously Tuesday during their regular meeting to change the name of Elm Street to West Houston. They also voted to change Brown Drive to Holiday Street. “This originally came from the private roads com mittee,” explained County Attorney Tom Hall in regard to why. He also noted it was tabled about a year ago until further study could be done. (And by the way, for those Maker: Warning system under way By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor How long did it take the county to mobilize once it found out the referendum for an All Hazards Warning System for Houston County had passed Nov. 4? “At 8:15 a.m., Nov. 5” said County Director of Operations * Tommy Stalnaker to the Vision 2020 Advisory Board during its meeting Thursday at the County Annex. “I received a telephone call. I’m going to hold the name but I think you’ll be able to figure out who it was (if not Houston County Commission Chairman Ned Sanders, it’s a mystery). “’I just want you to know we need to start imple mentation today on the All Hazards Warning System,”’ Stalnaker said the person on the other end of the line said (once again presumably Sanders). Since that day, Stalnaker said, he and Emergency Management Director Chief Jimmy Williams have been “conferring.” “Over the next 45-60 days,” he explained, “we expect to have more mate rial to tell you where we’re at and where we’re going. As far as timelines, it takes an awful lot of people to pull this together. That’s the beginning, pulling together all the various consultants and engineers and various experts in the field.” “It has not laid dormant since the election Nov. 4 and that voice I can’t imagine will let it. He wanted to ensure who didn’t know, Freddy Krueger is the monster in the horror movie series Nightmare on Elm Street.) “To determine which roads are public and which are pri vate.” He also noted that where the former Elm Street indicated a sharp turn on county maps it was instead a “gentle curve”. “This is an area of growth,” he said. Based on the let ters sent out, approximately 11 families will be affect ed. “This will help in that growth.” It will also help avoid con fusion in regard to 911, sher iff, fire and/or ambulance responses, “or anything else,” Chairman Commissioner Ned Sanders said. “It’s to straighten up and clarify some of our older records,” Sanders said. “(They’ve) been overgrown we were proceeding ahead. He has pushed forward. He made a pledge to the citizens when this was voted on (that if it was approved) it was going to happen and happen in a timely manner. I can assure you, with him pulling the train it’s going to hap pen and going to happen in a timely manner.” Whereas that is pushing forward, a couple of other items on the advisory board’s agenda were voted to be put on hold - at least until those who could speak to them had something to report. Laws governing low-speed vehicles was one. Dual use of Robins AFB’s runway (the vision to have a civilian ter minal outside its gates). In regard to the vehicles, “We really haven’t had a public outcry,” said Warner Robins Police Department Operations Division' Commander Maj. John Wagner, “as far as vehi cles riding up and down in Warner Robins. Gas prices have come down. About the only place we’ve seen them is on Davis Drive. “So we’ve had no change in legislation. It’s been a mute point in the city. We’ve had absolutely no complaints on that. No accidents have occurred. We’ve had no inju ries or incidents, so it’s been pretty much a mute point.” On the runway, Centerville Mayor Bubba Edwards echoed what he had said last meeting in that there had been no new progress. He also added he knew the City of Warner Robins and the county were tied up in the Bus trip across Georgia with the passage of time. This brings them in line with modern surveying and map ping we have today.” Another action the commis sioners voted unanimously to approve was the adoption of a 30-day moratorium on the issuance of any sign permits in unincorporated Houston County. In conjunction with that, they voted to adver tise for a public hearing on an amendment to Section 97 of the Comprehensive Land Development Regulations on signs. Background on this - Hall referred to it as “technical problems” - was the county was slated to hold a public hearing on this Sept. 2. Or, that was the date advertised. 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He has been a fixture in the local community, serving on the board of directors of Flint Energies for 15 years (currently serving as assis tant secretary/treasurer.), American Dairy Association - SUDIA State Board of Directors, Houston County Development Authority (current member and past chairman), Atlantic Bank Community Board, and Administrative Board Chair of Bonaire United Methodist Church. He is currently serving as vice-chairman of Georgia EMC Board of Directors, vice chairman of GEMC Directors Association, Warner Robins Chamber of Commerce, Southeast Dairy Herd Improvement Association and Dairy Farmers of America Co-op. He and his wife, Ginger, currently reside in Bonaire. 1108 Washington St., Ste.A PERRY, GA Call 478-988-0006 Nonni's 1801 Watson. Blvd 923-4 B 5 ' o» LQ ' P/P£s; Pineapple 4 Pumpkin Pie < Raspberry Rose Spearmint Strawberry Tropical Punch Vanilla Watermelon White Grape TALTON [70735 hum Vnra