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TUESDAY
October 21,2003
Volume 134, Number 193
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Sanders takes bad
breaks in stride
Despite the disappoint
ment of having long runs
blanked out of the stat
sheet, Warner Robins
High School junior run
ning back Alton Sanders
has managed to keep his
head about him, becom
ing more mature with
each new creative way to
cancel out his efforts.
Sports, page 1B
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Cantrell Center
breaks ground
Eleven years and over
14 employees later, the
Cantrell Center for physi
cal therapy and sports
medicine staff are cele
brating the groundbreak
ing for what will be a new
20,000-square-foot facility.
Business, page 8A
I Area DEATH
Jesse Lee McMillan
Obit, page 7A
INDEX
BUSINESS 8A
CLASSIFIED 5B
COMICS 4B
CROSSWORD 4B
OBITUARY 7 A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS . . .7A
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
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Heart Walk raises almost $35,000
Boeing Co. hosts record
breaking event at museum
By Heather Fasciocco
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - The
Warner Robins High School
cheerleading squad had
bagged groceries to raise
money for new uniforms
and spirit materials, but
where did half of those pro
ceeds go?
The American Heart
Association’s Heart Walk in
Houston County received
the cheerleaders’ portion to
fund research on the num
ber one killer for men and
women - heart disease.
“It gives us a sense of
accomplishment,” said sen
ior varsity squad member
Lara Kile.
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Parrish Construction president Dave Cyr and Parrish Construction Director of
Marketing Jay Flesher present a $15,000 check to Congressman Jack Kingston and
WRING co-chair Neil Suggs on behalf of the 21st Century Partnership. Kingston
received the presentation along with Suggs to Show his support of reaching the finan
cial goal of $1.2 million by the Warner Robins Industry Now Group for the upcoming
base realignment and closure process.
Parrish donates to 21 CP
By Heather Fasciocco
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Adding to the long
list of 21st Century Partnership donors is
Parrish Construction, which has now con
tributed the largest amount of money from
any construction company.
The $15,000 donation is helping the part
nership edge closer toward its $1.2 million
goal.
The partnership is raising funds as it pre
Thousands enjoy family fun at Mossy Creek
Mild temperatures, blue October
skies contribute to attendance
By Charlotte Perkins
HHJ Lifestyle Editor
HOUSTON COUNTY -
It’s an October tradition.
Less than an hour after
the gates opened at the
Mossy Creek Barnyard
Festival on Saturday morn
ing, the huge grassy parking
area was filling up, with cars
and vans as far as the eye
could see.
Friday’s rains had gone
away, and with clear skies
and a light breeze, the semi
annual festival was drawing
a huge crowd. For Mossy
Creek, that usually means
that more than 15,000 peo
ple of all ages (and from sev
eral states) are roaming
happily through the pine
straw carpeted festival
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our school,” said junior var
sity squad member Jessi
Singletary.
But overall the six cheer
leaders who walked during
Saturday’s Heart Walk at
the Museum of Aviation
agreed with fellow sopho
more varsity squad member
Meghan Brown that pulling
together as a community is
what supporting one anoth
er is all about.
“We wanted to show our
respect for people who have
been through this,” Brown
said.
Along with the spirited
group, over 200 people from
Houston County came out to
support the Heart Walk.
See HEART WALK, page 6A
pares for the upcoming base realignment
and closure (BRAC) process.
The Warner Robins Industry Now Group,
the industrial development arm of the
Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce
has raised over $400,000 and has had near
ly $200,000 donations pledged in its effort to
support the partnership, and by extension,
Robins Air Force Base.
“We realize how important this base is to
See PARRISH, page 6A
grounds.
Mossy Creek organizer
Carolyn Chester wasn’t
ready to estimate the num
bers as the first day of the
fall festival got under way,
but she was all smiles as she
called it “a great crowd.”
Not, of course, that bad
weather has ever stopped
Mossy Creek loyalists from
turning out. The first half
dozen festivals were held on
soggy, rainy days, she said,
and people still- came.
Chester said good weather
always brings out a bigger
crowd and also that of the
two Mossy Creek festivals
held each year, it’s the
October festival that draws
the bigger crowd.
One reason for that is that
See MOSSY CREEK, page 6A
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Survivors and supporters walked a mile for the American Heart Association’s Heart
Walk in Houston County. The walk brought in close to $35,000, which far exceeded
their goal from last year’s proceeds of $26,000.
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Olivia Crosby and her friend Ansley Shuttlesworth make a party of eating com on the
cob, while Olivia’s mother, Donna Crosby, tempts son Lane with an ear of his own.
Scott Society
honors Epps
Georgia aviation pioneer
inducted at fourth annual event
By Heather Fasciocco
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Georgia’s‘first family of avi
ation was honored Saturday
night at the Fourth Annual
Scott Heritage Society.
The elite society honors
those individuals who have
contributed to the nation’s
aviation heritage and
American values.
The event embodies the
auspicious aviation career of
retired Air Force Brig. Gen.
Robert L. Scott Jr. Scott,
who was unable to attend
the affair for health reasons,
is known for his tour with
the Flying Tigers and fulfill
ing his life-long dream of
walking the Great Wall of
China at age 72.
Aviation pioneer Pat Epps
and his family were toasted
for their involvement in
shaping aviation in America
throughout the family’s gen
erations.
“I feel very fortunate
about being honored,” said
Pat Epps, the son of Ben Sr.,
and who co-founded the
Greenland Expedition
Society in 1981.
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Epps credits his father
with being the driving force
behind his love for aviation.
Ben Epps Sr. had built his
first airplane, powered by a
two cylinder air-cooled yet
heavy engine that eventual
ly would not be able to fly.
With perseverance Ben
Epps Sr. rebuilt and
achieved his goal.
Throughout the early 1900 s
to 19305, he would reform
previous models by enhanc
ing the landing gears, flight
See EPPS, page 6A