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TUESDAY
April 6, 2004
Volume 135, Number 68
Award-Winning
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2003
Better Newspaper
Contest
In BRIEF
Hill to run for
school board
PERRY - Dr. Charles
M. (Toby) Hill has
announced that he
intends to qualify as a
candidate for the at-large
Post 7 position on the
Houston County Board of
Education in this year’s
general election.
Post 7 is currently held
by Karen Mertens.
A longtime resident of
Houston County, Hill is a
retired educator who
served in a number of
administrative positions
with the Houston County
school system and also
served as superintendent
of Crawford County
Schools. After his retire
ment in 1998, Hill was
employed by HODAC as
director of the Gateway-
Cottage until 2001. He is
currently serving as
Social Science
Coordinator for Georgia
Military College at
Robins Air Force Base.
- From staff reports
Inside TODAY
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Fend ley Relays
Sports, page 33
Lisa Hughes
Evelyn New
Annie Patterson
Joel Rich
Mayor James Worrall
Area DEATHS
Cecil L. Gillispie
Minnie E. Rush
Nancy Elizabeth Walthers
OBITS, page 2A
INDEX
BUSINESS 7 A
CLASSIFIED 4B
COMICS 9A
CROSSWORD 9A
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS . . 6A
TV LISTINGS 9A
WEATHER 2A
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Albritton named
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Principal Jeff Faircloth to retire
From staff reports
HOUSTON COUNTY -
Dr. Darryl Albritton will be
the principal of Matt Arthur
Elementary School begin
ning the 2004-05 school
year. He will replace retiring
Principal Jeff Faircloth.
Since 1999, Albritton has
served as the principal of
Kings Chapel Elementary
School.
“I will always cherish the
five years spent at Kings
Chapel Elementary because
of the great relationships
that have been established
with the students, parents,
and teachers,” Albritton
said. “I look forward to the
opportunities that await me
at Matt Arthur Elementary,
and 1 am excited about the
challenge. It is an honor to
be chosen to lead such a fine
school.”
Previously he was assis
tant principal of Perry High
School for two years from
1997 until 1999. For 11
years he taught at Tucker
Elementary School, from
1986 until 1997, where he
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Lauren Thompson, were also on hand.
Perry tupns out
fop Dawg Jawg
By Emily Johnstone
HHJ Associate Editor
PERRY - Rozar Park was
filled with dogs and their
owners Sunday afternoon
for the first Perry Dawg
Jawg.
The Dawg Jawg was such
a huge success that plans
are being made for it to
become an annual event in
conjunction with the Perry
Dogwood Festival, said
Animal Control Officer
Happy Wyatt.
About $1,125 was raised
at the event, Wyatt said. All
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Dr. DARRYL ALBRITTON
was the 1991 Teacher of the
Year. He has 18 years of
experience in education.
A product of the Houston
County School System,
Albritton graduated from
Perry High School in 1981.
Albritton holds the follow
ing degrees:
• Doctorate in Educational
Leadership, University of
Sarasota;
See ALBRITTON, page 6A
proceeds go toward the con
struction of a new animal
shelter for Perry.
And that does not include
corporate donations which
are still being tallied, she
added.
“It was great!" she said.
“We are very pleased with
the turnout."
The event started in early
afternoon and soon the park
was swarming with happy
participants, competing in
different activities such as a
Dawg Walk/Run, costume,
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Joey Ashcroft of Perry shows his acrobatic skills on one of the many items set up for
young people to enjoy during the Dogwood Festival.
Downtown hosts
Dogwood Festival
By Emily Johnstone
HHJ Associate Editor
PERRY - Crowds were
drawn to downtown Perry
this past weekend to enjoy
the annual Dogwood
Festival.
Both Saturday and
Sunday dawned bright and
clear and many took advan
tage of the warm spring
days to get outside and be a
part of the popular festival
sponsored by the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce.
All along Carroll Street
and in other places about
town, people strolled along
looking at arts and crafts,
eating carnival-type foods
and listening to various
entertainment.
Chamber CEO and
President Megan Smith said
she believes attendance was
up from last year.
And, there were more out
of-town people in town over
the weekend because of the
festival, she said.
Smith said she had calls to
the Chamber offices for
warded to her cell phone
and received numerous calls
from people coming in from
out-of-town places seeking
the location of the Dogwood
festivities.
The clear, warm weather
was welcome, too, she said.
“It was beautiful,” Smith
C-5 shop takes on extra work
Reduced flow days result in increased capability at Robins
By Usa Mathews
Special to the HHJ
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE - C-5 pro
duction branch experts cutting 43 days off
the cargo giant’s A and B model pro
grammed depot maintenance (PDM) time is
earning them extra work which puts more
aircraft back in the fight quicker.
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What a pro! Austin Nash of Perry shows he can spin a
basketball on his finger as well as this former
Globetrotter player. Michael Douglas (left) was on hand
at the Dogwood Festival to delight the crowds with his
basketball skills.
said.
The Ag Building on
Carroll Street was filled
with hungry festival-goers
looking for a good breakfast
early Saturday.
Chuck Ramsdale, Kiwanis
Club member, said in the
first two hours of the popu-
The new workload includes depainting
seven of the 18 aircraft currently scheduled
for PDM, torque deck replacement, crash
damage aircraft repair and other unsched
uled depot level maintenance.
Robins’ cutting the PDM flow days allows
production branch maintainers to do the
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lar pancake breakfast, over
60 pounds of pancake mix
went onto the griddle.
Arts and crafts vendors
lined the streets and an
entertainment stage fea
tured a number of crowd
pleasing performances.
See DOGWOOD, page S A