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Warner Robins Mayor Donald Walker shows the girls of Junior Girl Scout Troop 259
awards won by the city.
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girls from Robins Air Force
Base Junior Girl Scout
Troop 259 took an interest
in their community. They
planned a visit to City Hall
and a meeting with the
Mayor of Warner Robins,
Donald S. Walker, as part of
their Sign of the Rainbow
badge. This badge has the
girls take a look at people
around them both near and
far. They learn about cultur
al diversity and their per
sonal responsibility to make
the community they live in
and world a better place.
The meeting with the mayor
was an opportunity for the
girls to learn how their com
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the city is currently doing to
help its citizens and what
plans are being made to pre
pare Warner Robins for the
challenges of this new cen
tury.
The evening consisted of
meeting the mayor in his
office, a walk around city
hall, discussion of the histo
ry of Warner Robins (for
merly Wellston) and a mock
council meeting. During the
meeting in his office, the
girls learned about the
awards and honors that
Warner Robins is earning in
its fight against illiteracy
and how together with insti
tutions of higher learning
the city of Warner Robins is
committed to improving the
quality of life in central
Georgia.
While looking at the
Gallery of Mayors, Walker
told the girls about how two
men were mayor of Warner
Robins while serving in fed
eral prison. A whirlwind his
tory lesson told about the
birth of Wellston as a train
stop and its eventual trans
formation into the city of
Warner Robins because the
people of Macon didn’t want
another military base. The
mayor even included infor
mation of current events - a
new Wal-Mart and the
Wellston Trail.
While the girls were treat
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Warner Robins Mayor Donald Walker shows awards won by the city to Morgan, Aailyah,
Stephanie, Katie, Caitlin, Marissa, Kai and other girls from Junior Girl Scout Troop 259.
ed to snacks the mayor took
a moment to show them how
city government works. A
mock city council was
formed from the girls pres
ent. Six girls were chosen by
lot. A motion was presented
to ban the sale and con
sumption of candy of any
time within the Warner
Robins city limits. The girls
in favor of this ban argued
for improvement in chil
dren’s health and reduction
in dental cost for parents,
while the opposition made
only one statement: “We like
it!” A call for a vote was
issued and it was a three-to
three tie. The mayor cast his
vote against the ban claim
ing that he, too, had a
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“sweet tooth.”
The evening concluded
with the mayor selecting
one girl to take his annual
Girl Scouts cookie order.
The mayor presented each
girl a special City of Warner
Robins pin. He also present
ed to Teri Faust, the troop’s
leader, a special key to the
city. He said that the key
was presented to Junior Girl
Scout Troop 259 of Robins
AFB.
“A key to the city will open
many doors within the city
but more importantly it is
the key to the hearts of the
city’s citizens,” he said.
Special guest for the
evening was a toy monkey
mascot from a Brownie Girl
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Scout Troop in Ohio. The
monkey is part of a mascot
swap that help the girls
share their scouting experi
ences with other girls. While
the monkey is visiting with
Troop 259, their Unicorn
Mascot is visiting with the
Brownie Troop. After a
month the mascot will
return to their own troop
with pictures, stories and
information about how the
girls in the other unit live
and play. Like the visit to
the Mayor’s Office, this
exchange helps the girls to
learn that we even though
we are different; we are
much the same and need to
respect and care about each
other.
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