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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Board of Realtors donates
$16,000 to Partnership
By Heather Fasciocco
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Each year the Central
Georgia Board of Realtors
identifies a community
organization to provide
monetary assistance.
This year the board opted
to support the 21st Century
Partnership, a nonprofit
booster organization that
focuses on supporting
Robins Air Force Base. The
Partnership is using the
funds to prepare for the next
base realignment and clo
sure (BRAC) process.
The Warner Robins Area
Chamber of Commerce’s
industrial development arm,
the Warner Robins Industry
Now Group (WRING), is
working to help the
Partnership reach a
fundraising goal of $1.2 mil
lion.
To date, WRING has col
lected close to $400,000 and
has uncollected pledges
amounting to $175,000.
Robins Federal Credit
Union will match up to
$500,000 of donated funds
until June 2004.
“We are aware the dead
line for the Robins Federal
Credit Union matching fund
donation is closing in,”
WRING co-chair Mark Byrd
said. “I think we are going
to make it with donations
like that of the Central
Georgia Board of Realtors,
but there is still a ways to
go.”
Earlier this year board
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Boswell; and representa
tives from secondary school
councils - the goals for the
rezoning are to:
• Create zones in which
all students in a middle
school would all attend the
same high school, creating a
better feeder system.
• Design high school
zones to equalize student
population at each high
school based on future
growth projections and
school capacity.
Public forums to discuss
the rezoning are scheduled
for:
• Thursday, Nov. 13,
Houston County High at 7
p.m.‘
• Monday, Nov. 17,
Northside High at 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, Nov. 18,
Warner Robins High at 7
p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 20, Perry
High at 7 p.m.
A recommendation will be
made at the December
board meeting, either at the
work session on Dec. 8 or at
the regular meeting on Dec.
9. It is anticipated that
changes would take effect
the 2004-05 school year,
with the exception of Bert
Rumble Middle School,
which would become effec
tive 2005-06 with the open
ing of the new campus.
Teen charged with murder
WARNER ROBINS - A
16-year-old has been
charged with the murder of
a man shot to death in
Warner Robins last week.
Jeffrey Isiah McCrary of
365 Rogers Ave. #4, Macon,
is currently being held at
the Regional Youth
Detention Center, according
to Warner Robins Police Lt.
Bobby Brantley.
On the night of Sept. 29,
police dispatched to the area
of North Fifth Street found
Bryant Monroe dead outside
an apartment building. He
had been shot multiple
times.
The victim lived nearby,
police said.
McCrary turned himself
in to police over the week
end, Brantley said.
“He knew we were looking
for him,” said the detective.
McCrary was an acquain
tance of the dead man,
Brantley said.
The 16-year-old has been
charged as an adult with
murder.
Brantley said police are
looking for others connected
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From left, Central Georgia Board of Realtors members
Cathy Lee and Dawn Melden present a check for $16,000
to WRING co-chairs Mark Byrd and Neil Suggs, who
accepted the check on behalf of the 21st Century
Partnership. In addition to the $16,000 raised in a raffle
contest, individual members donated an estimated
$90,000 to the Partnership, making the board the
Partnership’s single largest trade group contributor.
members were treated to a
presentation by co-chairs
Bvrd and Neil Suggs. After
the presentation members
took out their checkbooks to
meet the Partnership’s
needs. The group handed
over an estimated $90,000.
However, the board contin
ued to support the
Partnership’s cause by pre
senting a check for $16,000
Thursday after just four
weeks of selling over 300
raffle tickets.
The board’s donation has
made them the
Partnership’s single largest
trade group contributor.
Central Georgia Board of
Realtors representatives
and raffle co-chairs Cathy
Lee and Dawn Melden were
surprised to hear the board
has led the way for other
“We know that zoning
changes are never easy, and
we will do everything possi
ble to ease the transition,”
said board chairman Fred
Wilson.
Dr. Greg Gentry, Director
of Program and Planning
Evaluation, stressed the
importance of addressing
overcrowding at Houston’s
most populated schools.
“Systemwide, student
enrollment increased by
about 750 students this year
alone, with a large percent
age of the growth concen
trated in the area south of
Russell Parkway to (Ga.)
Highway 96,” Gentry said.
“According to county and
city officials, this area is pro
jected to grow even more
over the next three to five
years by as many as 3,465
homes.”
Board Policy JBCCA,
“Student’s Assignment to
School,” addresses school
zone changes:
“If zoning changes cause
the reassignment of stu
dents in high school, stu
dents who will be in grades
ten, 11 and 12 at the time
the zoning change takes
effect may attend the school
in the new attendance zone,
or the child and family may
exercise the option to
remain in the previously
HOUSTON BRIEFS
with the incident and more
arrests are expected.
Police would not comment
on a possible motive for the
shooting.
- Emily Johnstone
Police investigate
home invasion
WARNER ROBINS -
Three men forced their way
into a Warner Robins resi
dence Saturday night, tied
up two people with tape and
made off with jewelry and
money, according to police.
Warner Robins Police
Department responded to a
call at 508 S. Second St.
after the armed trio gained
entry into the house
The City of Centerville
will hold a special council
meeting on Thursday,
October 9, 2003 @ 6:oopm.
Agenda:
Discussion of Millage Rate.
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area associations to join in
ensuring the viability of
Robins AFB.
“We have stuck together
as a board,” Lee said. “We
had a lot of selling agents,
around 30, and it was a
group effort.”
Individual board members
were asked to make a three
year commitment to support
the Partnership by making
monetary donations.
“This is one of the fastest
growing communities,”
Melden said. “The area has
a good market which is sta
ble and with constant
turnover, ... whereas others
are stagnant. Without this
base, we wouldn’t have a
job. Most Realtors come for
the success of the communi
ty so we are basically bene
fiting our jobs.”
assigned school until the
student completes high
school.”
The option not to move
applies to full-time students
who have completed ninth
grade in a Houston County
high school prior to a change
in school zones. Also, this
option would have to be
exercised prior to the begin
ning of the 2004-05 school
year.
When attendance zones
change for elementary or
middle schools, any student
who has one year remaining
(elementary, grade 5; middle
school, grade 8), may remain
at the school for one year
after zoning changes take
effect. The option to attend
a previously assigned school
is available only at the
beginning of the school year
in which a change
takes effect.
To remain in a previously
assigned school, the parent
or guardian must:
1) Submit in writing to the
Superintendent of Schools
an out-of-zone request
according to a specified
deadline;
2) Accept responsibility
for the transportation of the
student(s); and
3) Continue to reside in
the attendance zone from
which the transfer was
requested.
between 10 and 11 p.m.,
according to a news release.
Two people, a man and
woman, were bound with
tape, said Sgt. Chris Rooks.
The man received a slight
injury to the head during
the incident, Rooks said.
A vehicle also taken dur
ing the robbery, he said.
The green Ford Explorer
was later recovered along
Appian Way.
A home invasion was
reported last Wednesday in
the same block of S. Second
Street, in which money and
jewelry was also taken.
Anyone with information
is asked to contact Detective
David Rice at 929-1956.
- Emily Johnstone
LOCAL
WARREN R. BLACK
WARNER ROBINS - Warren
R. Black of 306 S. Briarcliff
Road, passed away on Thursday,
Oct. 2, 2003, at Portsbridge
Hospice in Macon. Funeral
services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6,
2003, from the chapel of McCullough
Funeral Home, and burial followed at
Magnolia Park Cemetery. Visitation was
held from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5,
2003. Memorials may be given to the
Warren R. Black Fund at 306 S. Briarcliff
Road, Warner Robins, GA 31088.
Born in Enterprise, Ala., Black was a
Golden Glove State Boxing Champion. He
was a four-year veteran of the U.S. Navy
and fought in World War 11. He was retired
from civil service at Robins Air Force Base,
where he worked as a parachute foreman.
He was a member of the Martha Berry
Eastern Star and a Mason. He was also a
member of Trinity United Methodist
Church and was a deacon emeritus with
Shirley Hills Baptist Church. His wife,
Donna E. Black, and daughter, Deborah
Walls, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his two daughters, Faye
Black of Warner Robins and Ann Long of
Warner Robins; sister, Hazel McLogin of
California; seven grandchildren; and eight
great-grandchildren.
Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign
Online Registry. The family maybe contact
ed at the Briarcliff residence. McCullough
Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
LINDA JEAN DEVANE
BYRON - Linda Jean Devane passed away
on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003, at her home.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 7 (TODAY), at the chapel of
McCullough Funeral Home, with interment
following at a Glen Haven Memorial
Gardens. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
Monday at McCullough Funeral Home. In
lieu of flowers, the family suggests dona
tions to Livingstone Baptist Church
Building Fund, RO. Box 2160, Byron, GA
31008.
Devane was born in Macon. She was a
retired dietitian for the Houston County
Board of Education and a member of
Livingstone Baptist Church. Her father
Jessie Thompson preceded her in death.
She is survived by her husband, Randy
Devane of Byron; daughter, April Harbin of
Byron; granddaughter, Savannah Harbin of
Byron; mother, Bobbie Thompson of Byron;
brothers, David Thompson of Byron, and
Tommy Thompson of Macon.
Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign
Online Registry for the family. McCullough
Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
WILLIE ALVIN NORWOOD JR.
JACKSONVILLE - Willie Alvin Norwood
Jr. died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003. Funeral
service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct.
7, 2003 (TODAY), at King Chapel C.M.E.
Church, with burial in Sandbed Church
Cemetery.
Survivors include his mother, Priscilla
Norwood of Donalsonville; father, Willie
Alvin Norwood Sr. of Perry; and several sib
lings.
Richardson Funeral Home has charge of
arrangements.
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WARNER ROBINS - Maj.
Michael Popkin, 66, died
Saturday, Oct. 4, at his home.
Funeral services will be held at
3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the
chapel of McCullough Funeral Home.
Interment will follow at Parkway Memorial
Gardens. The family will receive friends
from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday at McCullough
Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to
Central Baptist Church, Joy in the Journey,
1647 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins, GA
31093.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late Jacob
and Sarah Popkin, he had been a resident of
Warner Robins for 30 years. Popkin was
retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a
veteran of the Vietnam War. He also retired
from civil service at Robins Air Force Base
as a computer programmer. He obtained a
master’s degree in computer sciences from
Georgia College, and his bachelor’s in math
from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
His brothers, Eugene Popkin and sister,
Irene Porter, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife of 42 years,
Nancy Popkin of Warner Robins; children,
Stacy Summers (Chad) of Hawkinsville,
Kristy Lamb (Scott) of Warner Robins, and
Richy Popkin (Lynda) of Kathleen; brother,
Paul Popkin of Tamarak, Fla.; grandchil
dren, Matt Summers, Sarah Summers,
Lauren Lamb, Avery Lamb, Rylee Lamb,
Jordan Popkin, Richie Popkin.
Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign
Online Register Book. McCullough Funeral
Home has charge of arrangements.
ARETHA KENDRICK WESTBROOK
UNADILLA - Aretha Kendrick
Westbrook, 77, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003
in the Perry Hospital. Funeral services were
held Thursday, Oct. 2, at 1 p.m. in the
Greater Word of Deliverance Ministries, Inc.
of Perry with burial in the Evergreen
Cemetery. Pastor Milton Wynn officiated.
She was born in Houston County to the late
Verna Taylor and Willie B. Kendrick. She
was a member of the Greater Word of
Deliverance Ministries, Inc., where she
served on the mother board. She was the
widow of the late J.W. Westbrook St. and a
homemaker.
Survivors include her children, Bettie
Waters of Cincinnati, Lula (Pastor Milton)
Wynn, J.W. (Clemmie) Westbrook Jr., Elder
J.C. (Veronica) Westbrook and Janie (Arden)
Smith, all of Perry, Reatha (Leon) Thomas
and Josephine Wade, both of Unadilla; two
sisters, Rosa Lee Taylor of Unadilla and
Laverne Cooper of New Jersey; four sisters
in-law; one brother-in-law; 28 grandchil
dren; 42 great-grandchildren and a host of
other relatives.
Alvie Coes Funeral Home in Unadilla has
charge of arrangements.
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