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WEDNESDAY
July 30, 2003
Volume 134, Number 134
Award-Winning
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2003
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Contest
INSIDE TODAY
VOltz: No such thing
as 'healthy suntan'
Columnist
David Voltz
sets the
record on
suntans
straight:
“Tanned
skin is dam
aged skin,
mutated by
exposure to
ultraviolet (UV) radiation to
produce more melanin (the
body’s protective pigment) in
an effort to protect itself.
And no, tanning beds and/or
booths are not safer. Ask a
dermatologist.”
Column, page 7A
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Westfield kicks off
new football season
With last year’s state
championship game on their
minds throughout spring
practice and summer work
outs, the Westfield Hornets
football players began prac
tice Monday with the goal of
improving every day and get
ting another shot at the title.
Head coach Ronnie Jones
described the first couple of
days as a “learning process.”
Story and photos, page 1B
AREA DEATH
Patricia Cawthon Brown
Obit, page 5A
INDEX
COMICS 4B
CLASSIFIED .5B
CROSSWORD 4B
LIFESTYLE 6A
OBITUARY 5A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS . . .3A
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
PERIODICAL
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Holloway bids tearful farewell
Embattled former superintendent praised by colleagues during emotional reception
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Former Houston County Schools Superintendent Dr. Charles Holloway fights back tears, briefly unable to continue his farewell
remarks at the reception given for him on Monday. Offering comfort are Assistant Superintendent James Kinchen (left) and Board
of Education Chairman Fred Wilson (right). The crowd of educators and community members rose several times to give the depart
ing superintendent a standing ovation.
Board hires help lor superintendent search
Georgia School Board Association to conduct search for Holloway’s replacement at cost of $6,500
By Luci Joullian
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Former Superintendent Dr.
Charles Holloway may have just recently
vacated his position, but the search for a
new superintendent is already under
way.
The Houston County Board of
Education took a step toward finding a
new superintendent at its Monday night
meeting when it selected the Georgia
School Board Association (GSBA) to lead
the search.
Don Rooks, a GSBA representative,
First C-130J arrives
for new partnership
By Heather Fasciocco
HHJ Staff Writer
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE -
The Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center reaches anoth
er milestone Monday as work
ers welcomed the arrival of a C
-130J Hercules, the first as part
of a sustainment partnership
with Lockheed Martin
Aeronautics.
The partnership, the first of
its kind, will modify the aircraft
through a $565,474 contract.
Lockheed Martin executive
vice president Bob Elrod recog
nized the center for meeting the
company’s similar objectives of
preparing the Hercules for the
21st century in one of the most
progressive projects.
“This is not your dad’s
Oldsmobile,” Elrod said, “but
the new C-130J.”
The agreement will incorpo
rate the expertise and responsi
bilities of both Lockheed Martin
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attended the meeting to brief board
members on the search process, which
will cost the Houston County system
$6,500.
“I like to characterize this process as a
soup-to-nuts search,” said Rooks, who
repeatedly emphasized that GSBA would
not select a new superintendent for the
county, but simply aid them in the search
process.
“Every decision in this process is made
by you on the board,” he said.
Rooks laid out a rough timeline that
the board and GSBA would follow in
and WRALC, including goals
both have set to reach through
an interim contractor support
contract ending Jan. 31, 2006.
Over the long term, locals hope
the ALC will be designated a
major licensed C-130J repair
center. Robins and Lockheed
Martin officials envision a
future C-130J Sustainment
Management Office with both
Air Force and Lockheed Martin
individuals working together to
support the aircraft.
The C-130J delivered Monday
will undergo a series of 30 mod
ifications performed by the cen
ter’s Maintenance Directorate,
and work is expected to be com
plete April 1, 2004. The work
accomplished under the con
tract will upgrade the fleet to
match the configuration of
planes coming off the produc
tion line at Lockheed Martin’s
Marietta plant.
See C-130J, page 5A
selecting a new permanent superintend
ent. The board must first establish can
didate criteria, advertise and distribute a
formal vacancy announcement, receive
applications and then screen candidates.
GSBA will then conduct resume and ref
erence checks on the candidates. The
board then selects candidates to inter
view. Second interviews and visits to the
school districts of final candidates may
also help aid in the selection process.
Rooks noted that GSBA can speed up
or slow down the selection process to
meet the needs of the board and the
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A C-130J Hercules sits in the background as the official party stands at attention waiting for flags
to be posted. The arrival of the C-130J initiates a partnership agreement between the Warner
Robins Air Logistics Center and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.
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By Luci Joullian
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Former Houston
County Schools Superintendent
Dr. Charles Holloway was hon
ored at a farewell reception
Monday afternoon at the board
office.
The room was full of parents,
teachers and administrators
who have followed and been a
part of Holloway’s tenure as
superintendent since the Texan
joined the school system in
1998.
Although much controversy
has surrounded Holloway, espe
cially in the past year, his fellow
educators were eager to sing his
praises Monday.
Carpenter credited Holloway
with improving test scores,
helping to establish the Third
Grade Gate - a reading test
that third-graders must now
pass in order to advance to the
fourth grade - and for develop
ing classroom Internet services.
All of the gathering’s speak
ers agreed that Houston
County schools had been bet
tered by Holloway’s efforts.
“We are a step closer to being
the best school system in the
country because of Dr.
Holloway,” said current school
board Chairman Fred Wilson.
Former Board Chairman
Shirley Lowery noted
Holloway’s efforts in reducing
the pupil/teacher ratio and for
“leveling the playing field for
our at-risk schools.”
Pearl Colbert, president of
the Houston County branch of
the NAACP agreed.
“Dr. Holloway listened to
what we had to say,” she said.
See HOLLOWAY, page 5A
school system, which is currently being
headed by Interim Superintendent
Danny Carpenter. But, said board chair
man Fred Wilson, “We won’t be rushing
the selection in any way, shape or form.
Selecting a superintendent is one of the
most important tasks a board has.”
Finding a new superintendent is not
the only growing pain that the system is
experiencing. The board seems to be fac
ing another round of construction prob
lems. Warner Robins Middle School
Principal Donald Warren addressed the
See BOARD, page 5A
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