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TUESDAY
November 30, 2004
Volume 135, Number 234
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& JK Warn
Demons vie for
state championship
Warner Robins is sport
ing new gatorskin boots
after its 40-0 route of
Ware County in the
Georgia Dome.
Succinctly put, it was a
dismantling.
“You never imagine it
being that way in a semi
final game,” said Demons
head coach Bryan Way.
“You feel fortunate
enough to get the win.”
Sports, page 1B
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Area DEATHS
Patricia Gail Anderson
Sara H. Dupree
Lisa Holland
Elijah Keith Jerry
Edna “Bea” Jones
George Washington
Livingston
Vera H. Melvin
Dr. Robert James “Jim”
Moye Jr.
John “Jack” Nelson
Peter Michael Van Wart
Obits, page 7A
INDEX
BUSINESS 6A
CLASSIFIED 5B
COMICS 4B
CROSSWORD ....4B
OBITUARIES 7A
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
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9 LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry ; city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Area merchants optimistic about season
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Businesses around Houston
County showed a significant
increase in sales this week
end as the Christmas shop
ping season got under way.
Many stores opened early
Friday for eager shoppers,
and the urge for purchasing
merchandise continued
throughout the weekend.
Adriana Dale, store man
ager at Stein Mart, said the
store has been doing well
since opening Friday at 8
a.m.
“We met our projections
and sales are still up,” Dale
said Sunday. The most popu
lar items contributing to the
sales increase included
home stereo systems, food
items and jewelry gift sets.
Stephanie Kutae, store
manager of Michaels, said
Candlelight and carols
Perry holds
its 25th
Christmas at
Crossroads
Story and photos by
Charlotte Perkins
PERRY - For the first
time in a quarter of a centu
ry, Perry’s interdenomina
tional Christmas at the
Crossroads service wasn’t
held at the courthouse
square.
That building is being
renovated, and the service
was moved a block away to
the grounds of the big white
frame Perry United
Methodist Church.
The music was provided
by the adult choirs of Perry
UMC and First Baptist
Church of Perry, with choir
members filling the front
steps of the church as wor
shippers stood or sat on the
oak-shaded grounds.
The event was sponsored
by the Perry Ministerial
Association.
The Rev. Jenny Jackson-
Adams, pastor of the host
church, welcomed the
crowd. Perry United
Methodist’s associate pas
tor, Roland Fall, gave the
message. Also taking part in
the service were the Rev.
Keith Ivey of Rehoboth
Baptist Church, Father Bill
Anderson of St.
Christopher’s at the
See CHRISTMAS, page 8A
New WR chamber board members outline plans
By ED BANIA
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - The seven
recently-appointed board members
of the Warner Robins Area Chamber
of Commerce have objectives they
want to accomplish during their
three-year tenures.
They want to continue supporting
Robins Air Force Base, attract new
industries and support the business
es that are already here.
The chamber recently held an
election for board members. A solic
itation letter was sent to all cham
ber members requesting the names
of possible candidates for the board.
The members had two to three
weeks to submit their list of nomi
nees.
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the Warner Robins location
also met sales projections.
“We’ve been very busy
since opening at 6 a.m.
Friday morning,” Kutae
said.
Gift ideas contributing to
high sales included scrap
booking kits and children’s
craft kits.
Kutae also suggested gifts
baskets.
All items can be pur
chased here - the basket,
shrink-wrap and items to fill
it, Kutae said.
Kutae said gift cards are
also available and can be
used towards one of the arts
and crafts classes offered
there such as painting, cake
decorating and children’s
drawing.
People that are causing
the sales increases at stores
around the area are faced
See MERCHANTS, page 3A
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Mary Claire Kinnas holds her candle at Sunday night’s Christmas at the Crossroads
service in Perry.
The nominating committee of the
board narrowed the list down to 14.
Next, all of the chamber members
voted for seven of the nominees. The
total ballots cast was 244.
Member terms begin Jan. 1, 2005
and last until Dec. 31, 2007.
The chamber is very involved with
businesses and industries in the
community.
• Ron Carbon, executive director
of the 21st Century Partnership,
said the chamber is one of the lead
ing business groups in Middle
Georgia. The chamber helps make
Middle Georgia a better place to live
and work by focusing on the needs
of businesses and citizens, according
to Carbon.
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Christina Richie of Maurice’s at Galleria Mall in Centerville builds a display of one of the
store’s most popular items, which are sweaters with matching scarves and beanies.
She said the store offers several other gift ideas such as screen-print T-shirts.
gy and willingness,
and I think that’s
important to any
body who wants to
serve,” Carbon said.
The number one
priority of the
chamber, according
to Carbon, is to sup
port the base. He is
looking forward to
presenting his ideas on supporting
the base to members of the board.
“I have a good bit of connectivity
to help strengthen Middle Georgia,”
Carbon said. “We should attract
diverse businesses throughout
Middle Georgia to diversify the
area.”
• Rick Drury, regional manager of
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CARBON
Engineered Support
Systems Inc., based
in St. Louis, Mo.,
has been on the
chamber’s
Aerospace Industry
Committee. He said
the work of the
committee is gov
ernment directed.
Drury’s term on
the committee expires in December.
“I wanted to keep working with
the chamber because of the good
things they do,” he said.
Drury and his company have
worked with Robins Air Force Base
for 27 years.
“Being on the chamber board, I
See CHAMBER, page 3A
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ByRAYUGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
This past Thanksgiving
was “by far the most spe
cial” for U.S. Sen. Saxby
Chambliss, R-Ga.
Chambliss spent
Thanksgiving Day with the
troops stationed in Iraq.
Chambliss said Monday he
was “truly inspired by the
visits with troops in Iraq,
Afghanistan, Kuwait,
Germany and officials in
Jordan and Pakistan as well
as Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Chambliss, the chairman
of the Senate Armed
Services Subcommittee on
Personnel went with fellow
Sens. John Kyle and Ben
Nelson.
They visited the police
training facilities in Jordan
and Iraq, where “they’re
running about 3,000
through a month.”
Chambliss said he was
“inspired by the numbers
we’re getting,” but noted
concerned about the quality
of people.”
He explained there are
some, educated and not,
who are just looking for a
job. They get eight weeks of
training and are put into
See CHAMBLISS, page 3A
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