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♦ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2008
HC Development Authority celebrates Little League award
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
“(We’ve got a) lot of details
on paper (that) we (now)
need to get on dirt.”
So said Jay Flesher at
Wednesday’s Houston County
Development Authority
meeting and in regard to
Tuesday’s announcement
that Warner Robins has been
selected by Little League
International as the site of
the new Southeast Region
Headquarters.
Flesher, along with Morgan
Law were singled out by Neal
Rearden, Chairman of the
Development Authority, as
the two most responsible for
“pulling this off.”
“They really pulled the
community together,” he
said. “Together they put
HCFD to hold Boston Butt tundraiser
Special to the Journal
The Houston County Fire
Department Honor Guard
will hold its annual Boston
Butt Fundraiser Dec. 20.
Members will be pre-sell
ing tickets throughout
December. The tickets are
S2O.
The proceeds will go
toward the honor guard for
the use of purchasing uni
forms for future new mem
bers and other miscella
neous items they purchase,
such as flowers for funerals,
cards and so forth.
Any assistance they can
receive will be greatly
appreciated.
Tickets can be purchased
ahead of time at the Houston
County Fire Department/
EMA Headquarters building
at 200 Carl Vinson Parkway,
Warner Robins or call 478-
542-2040 or Honor Guard
member Michael Anderson
at 478-338-1028 for more
information.
The Boston Butts will be
ready for pickup at HCFD
Headquarters at 200 Carl
Vinson Parkway Dec. 20
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together one heck of a pack
age and went up and repre
sented Houston County in a
big way.”
Rearden added there
were a lot of others that
deserved praise. Some
he included were: Warner
Robins Mayor Donald
Walker, Georgia Gov. Sonny
Perdue, Houston County
Commission Chairman Ned
Sanders, the Warner Robins
American Little League,
Warner Robins Chamber,
Warner Robins Convention
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“It was truly a major effort
to make that successful,” he
said.
The announcement
Tuesday was made by
between noon to 5 p.m.
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Stephen D. Keener, President
and Chief Executive Officer of
Little League International
via a news release.
“We trust our relationship
will continue to grow,” he
said, “And that the people of
the Warner Robins area will
enjoy having this important
center of Little League activ
ity in their community. And
we know that our volunteers
in the Southeast Region will
find that the new site will
be convenient because of its
more central location, and
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rate.”
The original field of 18 cit
ies in six states was narrowed
to Morganton, N.C., and
Warner Robins in November.
The next phase in the pro
cess, Keener said, will be to
reach acontractual agreement
with Warner Robins. Upon
completion of that, opera
tions at the current Southeast
Region Headquarters in
Gulfport, Fla., a suburb of St.
Petersburg, will begin trans
ferring here.
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member Michael Anderson at 478G38'1028 for more info.
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purchasing uniforms for future new members, and other
miscellaneous items such as flowers for funerals, cards and so forth.
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According to the release,
the Southeast Region
Headquarters serves as
the administrative cen
ter for Little League
Baseball and Softball activi
ties in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, and West Virginia.
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Championship game (for
merly the Southern Region
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