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WEDNESDAY
April 20, 2005
Volume 135, Number 333
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Spice it up!
TV cook Tyler Florence
shares some tips for mak
ing pork sensational.
Hearth&Home, page 13A
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Running the Richard
Fendley Relays
The 23rd annual
Richard Fendley Relays,
were held Friday at
McConnell-Talbert
Stadium.
Sports, page 10A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
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Linda DeShazo
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Area DEATH
Paul K. Cummings
Obit, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 12A
CLUB NEWS 2A
COMICS 11A
CROSSWORD ...11A
HEARTH&HOME .13A
OBITUARY 2A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS . .16A
SPORTS 8A
TV LISTINGS ... .11A
WEATHER 2A
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city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Hall of Fame to induct now members
Saturday
ceremony
planned at
Museum of
Aviation
Special to the HHJ
WARNER ROBINS - Four
aviation greats will be
inducted into the Georgia
Aviation Hall of Fame on
Saturday, bringing the total
enshrined to 70.
The four newest members
are U.S. Marine Corp Lt.
Col. Aldine “Al” Patton,
retired Air Force colonel and
former senior Delta Air
Lines Vice President
Thomas “Pre” Ball, World
Airways, Inc. Chief
Executive Officer Hollis
Harris and former
Chairman of the Georgia
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Centerville getting new fire truck
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
CENTERVILLE - In a
special called meeting
Monday night, the
Centerville City Council
RAFB, union
ink new deal
Agreements aimed at strengthening
relationship, easing disputes
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
ROBINS AIR FORCE
BASE - Base and union offi
cials signed three agree
ments Monday.
One agreement signed by
Maj. Gen. Mike Collings,
commander of the Warner
Robins Air Logistics Center,
and Tom Scott, president of
the American Federation of
Government Employees
Local 987, pledges to work
together as a team to sup
port and enhance the WR
ALC’s mission, and improve
working conditions for the
workforce at Robins Air
Force Base.
A partnership council was
also established in this
agreement.
This council will include
eight members who are
Scott or another designated
union member, three other
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Aviation Hall of Fame Board
of Directors, retired Army
Col. Robert H. Sprayberry.
Patton, an Augusta resi
dent since 1961, is widely
known for his efforts to pro
mote sport aviation. He
designed, built and restored
over a dozen airplanes and
performed the initial test
voted to purchase a new fire
truck at a cost of $164,689.
After approving the
motion Mayor Ronnie Brand
asked for comments, to
which Centerville Fire Chief
representatives of AFGE
Local 987, the WR-ALC
commander or designated
member, and three other
management representa
tives.
The partnership council
will meet quarterly to make
sure their signed agreement
is being upheld. After a year
the council will review itself
to see if it has been effective.
Collings said the measure
is aimed at reducing com
plaints and fostering better
relationships within the
center.
“The most important part
of this is communication,
that we sit down and talk,”
Collings said. “We need to
discuss things openly and
make sure everyone is
informed about the direc
tion we need to go in.”
Also signed by the two was
See RAFB, page 15A
HOLLIS HARRIS
flights on over 30 experi
mental aircraft. He founded
the Experimental Aircraft
Association Chapter 172 in
Augusta, created an airfield
for sport flying and was
named Boshears Fly-In
Aviator of the Year in 1993.
Ball first soloed in 1928
and was a barnstormer and
Sewell Park
sparks debate
By RAV LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Does Sewell
Park need a police precinct again?
Sewell Park “was a family park
once upon a time,” teacher Rita
Sumner said. “The park is not a
place to meet to fight, or to meet to
sell drugs.
“And don’t tell me it’s not like
that,” she added. “My students talk
all about all that goes on out there.”
Area resident Woodrow Colbert
called Sewell Park “a dangerous
Larry Sharpless responded
with a simple “Thank you.”
The city of Centerville
currently has two fire rescue
trucks - one that is a 1970
model that is considered
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Maj. Gen. Mike Collings and Tom Scott shake hands after signing three agreements
designed to provide better working relationships between the Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center and the American Federation of Government Employees Local 987.
ALDINE PATTON
aerobatic pilot. He was
called to hctive duty with
the Army Air Corps after
Pearl Harbor and rose to the
rank of colonel in less than
three years. He began a long
career with Delta Air Lines
in 1936, retiring in 1971 as
vice president of flight oper
ations. As Delta’s chief pilot
antique, and a 1988 model.
The new Fireline ICT
Freightliner truck is expect
ed to arrive in about six to
seven months from
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ROBERT SPRAYBERRY
in 1947, he delivered the
first commercial jet to the
state of Georgia and went on
to set national speed records
in several commercial trans
ports.
Hollis Harris also had a
long career with Delta Air
Lines after serving in the
See MEMBERS, page 15A
place to go. It’s been like that for
two years now.”
Police reportedly have set up road
blocks around the park in recent
weeks, and have responded to
numerous complaints of fighting,
loud music and drug sales.
“You can’t put enough police out
there,” Colbert said.
“All people should be able to got
there without be threatened or shot
at or harassed,” Colbert said.
“Women and children go to that
See COUNCIL, page 3A
Fla.
“We’re thrilled to death,”
Sharpless said. “This has
been long overdue. Chief
(Frank) Wadsworth worked
See TRUCK,page 3A