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Caller ID showed suspect) location
From Staff Reports
Deputies went to Mary Lou
Garcia’s home last Thursday
after a telephone caller ID
showed that was the location of
Garcia’s son, Alfonso Garcia Jr.,
according to Houston County
Sheriffs Office Col. Billy Rape.
Garcia is saying that when
deputies arrived at her residence
they mistreated her, forcing
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SALVATION
response from Houston
County was so overwhelming
that no actual angeltrees had to
be set up. Robins Air Force Base
assumed the majority of the
angels this year. The employees
who took the angels bought
gifts that will be supplemented
with toys and food that the
Salvation Army buys from a
wholesale distributor. Says
Corbitt, “A lot of organization
goes into planning and carrying
out the program.”
Corbitt emphasizes that
November and December are
the most important months of
the year for gathering the
money that will fund the orga
nization’s year-round projects.
These programs include operat
ing the Salvation Army retail
stores in Warner Robins and
Perry; a safe house for battered
women; a program called
League of Mercy - an organized
visitation to nursing homes and
hospitals; and youth summer
camps in Jasper, Georgia.
Corbitt hopes to expand this
list of programs by building a
new safe house and starting a
drop-in center for senior citi
zens. “We look to enhance our
program over the next two to
three years and to increase our
facility space,” he says. Corbitt
also has an interest in begin
ning a 365-day-a-year feeding
program like the one that his
division had at his previous
appointment in Athens,
Georgia. “You don’t like to
think that anyone in the com
munity is going hungry, and
that’s a relatively inexpensive
program to run. So there’s no
reason, if we have the facilities,
not to do it,” says Corbitt.
“Hopefully, these things will
come to be before they ship me
out again,” he laughs. Corbitt,
who, along with his wife, has
been serving Salvation Army in
Georgia for over 14 years and
has been in Warner Robins
since June, says that the aver
age appointment time for a
Salvation Army officer is three
and-a-half years at each loca
tion.
Of course, three years is a
long way off and Corbitt has his
mind on the present. The num
ber of people and programs
affiliated with the Warner
Robins division are growing so
rapidly that his biggest chal
lenge right now is finding the
facilities to contain them. The
organization has outgrown its
Thomas Boulevard Church
facility and the thrift store on
Green Street. Of course
finances are always a challenge
for any non-profit agency, but
Corbitt is adamant in express
their way inside and causing a
surgical wound to bleed while
restraining her while looking for
her son.
Rape said deputies went to
Garcia’s residence on Burns
Drive when a telephone call
came through to his girlfriend’s
residence, where he is said to
have caused damage, that
showed the suspect was at the
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ing his thank for the support,
both financial and personal,
that the Houston County com
munity has provided.
“The community is very good
at supporting the Salvation
Army. I’ve noticed how much
respect the community has for
the Salvation Army,” says
Corbitt. “It’s such a responsibil
ity on our part to keep things
going the way they have been
and to do everything we can to
Weekday Senior Membership
$1 00/ Per Month
or
SI,OOOL*.
Includes Dues and
Cart Fees
Monday - Friday Only
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HJ C ALL 923-5222 FOR INFORMATION
W.E. Strickland. M.P.
1119 Momingside Drive
( ) 7877
Fax (478) 987-5169 - Jh’ J M y
To all current and former patients,
I would like to thank each of you for the sup
port and patience given me during my recent
leave of absence.
Effective immediately, I have resumed my reg
ular office hours. Please call the office for an
appointment at 987-2827.
Accepting new patients.
A provider for most major insurance compa
nies and Medicaid.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ed. Strickland
address.
The sheriffs deputies involved
in the incident have been asked
to write individual statements
about what occurred that day.
Rape said he is waiting for one
of the four to return to work
from an illness.
Rape said the suspect turned
himself in the morning after the
incidents occurred.
ensure the public’s trust of the
Salvation Army and do every
thing as professionally as we
can.”
* Readers interested in volun
teering with or making a dona
tion to the Salvation Army can
contact Mr. Corbitt at 922-2226
or stop by the division’s Warner
Robins office at 305 Green
Street.
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Fire
out!
Firefighters Craig
George and David
Bostick load hose
after dousing a
fire that caused
damage to a piece
of heavy machin
ery that was being
used to clear land
off Russell
Parkway Tuesday
afternoon. County
Fire Investigator
Bill Smith said the
fire was caused by
an electrical
shortage.
Tuesday, firefight
ers were also
called to a resi
dence on
Sandefur Road
where a couple
said their
waterbed caught
fire. There was
minimal damage
from the fire, said
Smith, that was
caused by the
bed’s heater.
Reported Burglary
at Savannah
Apartments
From Staff Reports
On Monday, at approximately
10:25 pm, officers responded to a
reported burglary at Savannah
Apartments on Ignico Drive in
Warner Robins. Upon arrival, offi
cers learned that two unidentified
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of Gerald Ferguson’s apartment
and told him that he owed them
money.
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as approximately 6 feet tall and
190 pounds, with a dark complex
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The second suspect is said to be
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200 pounds, with a medium
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