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♦ WEEKEND, MAY 7-9, 2005
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Perry, GA 31069
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Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
Fri
5/6
75/53
Partly cloudy. High
near 75F. Winds N
at 5 to 10mph.
Sunrise Sunset
6:43 AM 8:20 PM
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Georgia At A Glance
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Area Cities
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Hi Lo Cond.
Albany 77 54 pt sunny
Athens 70 50 pt sunny
Atlanta 70 50 pt sunny
Augusta 71 54 rain
Bainbridge 79 57 pt sunny
Brunswick 69 57 rain
Cartersville 73 50 pt sunny
Chattanooga,TN 69 48 mst sunny
Columbus 76 55 pt sunny
Cordele 77 55 pt sunny
National Cities
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Atlanta 70 50 pt sunny
Boston 56 44 pt sunny
Chicago 73 53 pt sunny
Dallas 82 63 mst sunny
Denver 73 46 pt sunny
©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service
(To submit your event for the
Community Calendar, fax the
details to (478) 988-1181, e-mail
to hhj@evansnewspapers.com
or mail to Houston Home
Journal, P.O. Box 1910, Perry,
GA 31069.)
Saturday, May 7
• AARP Chapter 1952 is hold
ing a Trash and Treasures sale
from 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the
Wellston Center, 155 Maple St.,
Warner Robins. The sale is a
fund-raiser, and will include
household items, linens, knick
knacks, small appliances,
clothes, jewelry and accessories,
cookbooks, and hardback and
paperback books. The chapter is
seeking donations for the sale;
items may be brought to the
Wellston Center after 1 p.m.
Friday, May 6. Rosita Huckeba,
987-7220.
• The 2005 Old Book Sale will
be held in the Georgia building at
the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter,
Perry, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. As 3
bag sale begins at 2 p.m.
Proceeds benefit Houston
County public libraries. (478)
923-0128.
• Warner Robins High School
will present The Follies at 7 p.m.
Under the direction of Tammy
Millette, students will present
Broadway and popular music
through song and dance. The
Follies, a popular annual event at
WRHS from 1962 until 1979, is
making a return this year. The
audience will enjoy a trip through
time, with Frank Sinatra and Elvis
Presley songs as well as num
bers from ‘The Phantom of the
Opera,” “Grease,” “Mamma Mia,”
The Wiz” and more. Tickets are
$8 for adults, $5 for students, if
purchased in advance. Adult tick
ets are $lO at the door.
Monday, May 9
• Centerville Senior Care meets
9 a.m. each Monday at
Centerville City Hall for exercise
class featuring strength and flex
ibility stretching led by a certified
instructor. All exercise partici
pants must provide a signed
Physician Referral Form from
their doctor. 988-1813.
• Perry Senior Care meets 10
a.m. every Monday at Rozar
Park for exercise class featuring
strength and flexibility stretching.
All exercise participants must
provide a signed Physician
Sun
5/8
84/58
Times of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
mid 80s and lows in
the upper 50s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:42 AM 8:21 PM
Sat
5/7
82/56
A few clouds. Highs
in the low 80s and
lows in the mid 50s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:43 AM 8:21 PM
City
Dalton 74 50 mst sunny
Dillard 68 45 pt sunny
Dublin 74 51 rain
Duluth 70 48 pt sunny
Gainesville 69 51 pt sunny
Helen 71 47 pt sunny
Lagrange 74 50 pt sunny
Macon 74 52 pt sunny
Marietta 71 49 pt sunny
Milledgeville 73 50 pt sunny
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Houston 82 60 mst sunny
Los Angeles 66 53 pt sunny
Miami 83 70 pt sunny
Minneapolis 75 59 mst sunny
New York 60 48 cloudy
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Referral Form from their doctor.
988-1813.
• An American Red Cross
Blood Drive will be held from 2-7
p.m. at Shirley Hills Baptist
Church, 615 Corder Road,
Warner Robins.
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly
(T.0.P.5.) meets each Monday at
the Bonaire First Baptist Church,
142 W. Ga. 96, Bonaire. Weigh
in from 6-6:30 p.m.; meeting
6:30-7 p.m. Heather, 922-1214,
or Jeneal, 922-0384.
• The Lt. James T. Woodward
Camp No. 1399 of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans meets at 7
p.m. on the second Monday of
each month at New China Buffet
111, 1531 Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins. Gary L. Hudgens, com
mander, (478) 396-2620.
Tuesday, May 10
• The Russell Elementary
School Council will meet at 7:30
a.m. in the school media center’s
conference room, 101 Patriot
Drive, Warner Robins. Grace
Lee, Russell Elementary
Interrelated Teacher and School
Council Secretary. 929-7830 or
sglee@hcbe.net
• Warner Robins Senior Care
meets 9 a.m. each Tuesday at
the Houston County YMCA (cor
ner of Ga. 96 and Moody Road -
922- for exercise class fea
turing strength and flexibility
stretching led by a certified
instructor. All exercise partici
pants must provide a signed
Physician Referral Form from
their doctor. 988-1813.
• Lindsey Elementary School
will host a Carrabba’s Night in
two sessions - 5:30 to 7 p.m. or
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are
$lO per person; adults only. No
take out. 929-7818.
• The American Culinary
Federation's Middle Georgia
Chefs Association will meet at 6
p.m. at The Crowne Plaza, 108
Ist St., Macon. Chef Reginald
Shankle will be doing a demon
stration. There is no charge to
attend, and anyone interested in
food is welcome. 987-7049 or
923- or
mgcanewsletter@yahoo.com, or
www.geocities.com/mgcanewsle
tter/home.html
• The Families Against
Methamphetamine Abuse
(FAMA). support group meeting
meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second
and fourth Tuesdays of each
month at the Centerville United
LOCAL
Mon
5/9
85/57
Mix of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
mid 80s and lows in
the upper 50s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:41 AM 8:22 PM
Moon Phaese
• •
Last New
May 1 May 8
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First Full
May 16 May 23
UV Index
Fri 5/6 hoi Very High
Sat 5/7 Very High
Sun 5/8 ho Very High
Mon 5/9 10 Very High
Tue 5/10 fioj Very High
The UV Index is measured on a 0-11
number scale, with a higher UV Index
showing the need for greater skin pro
tection. 0 SUM#? iMM 11
fcitT
Hi Lo Cond.
Peachtree City 71 48 pt sunny
Perry 75 53 pt sunny
Rome 78 51 pt sunny
Savannah 69 54 rain
St. Simons Island 69 57 rain
Statesboro 73 55 rain
Thomasville 77 56 pt sunny
Valdosta 74 54 pt sunny
Warner Robins 75 53 pt sunny
Waycross 74 52 rain
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Phoenix 80 61 mst sunny
San Francisco 64 53 rain
Seattle 62 48 pt sunny
St. Louis 77 58 mst sunny
Washington, DC 56 48 rain
Methodist Church. 953-6955.
• The Middle Georgia Chapter
of the Georgia Real Estate
Investors’ Association (GaREIA)
meets every second Tuesday of
each month and will meet at 6:30
p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel,
108 First St., Macon. Anyone
may attend. GaREIA is a not-for
profit, volunteer organization
whose purpose is to educate,
motivate, and provide networking
opportunities for its membership
of real estate investors. Kin
Shackelford, shack®midgaprop
erty.com or (478) 475-0380.
Wednesday, May 11
• Centerville Senior Care meets
9 a.m. each Wednesday at
Centerville City Hall for exercise
class featuring strength and flex
ibility stretching led by a certified
instructor. All exercise partici
pants must provide a signed
Physician Referral Form from
their doctor. 988-1813.
• Perry Senior Care meets 9:30
a.m. Wednesday at Rozar Park
for exercise class featuring
strength and flexibility stretching.
PVO Bingo immediately follows
exercise. All exercise participants
must provide a signed Physician
Referral Form from their doctor.
988-1813.
• The Warner Robins
Newcomers Club meets at 9:30
a.m. on the second Wednesday
of each month in the auditorium
of the Flint Energies building,
1600 Elberta Road, 328-0228.
• The Houston County Retired
Educators Association (HCREA)
meets at 11 a.m. on the second
Wednesday of each month
(Sept.-May) at China Buffet, 605
Russell Parkway, Warner
Robins. All retired educators are
welcome. Jo Ann Hill, 987-3357.
Thursday, May 12
• The Centerville Downtown
Development Authority will meet
at 6 p.m. in the Centerville City
Hall Community Room.
• The Crossroads Quilt Guild
meets on the second Thursday
of each month at 6:30 p.m. at
Rozar Park, Keith Drive, Perry.
The guild does not meet in
October.
• The Middle Georgia Orchid
Society meets on the second
Thursday of the month at 7 p.m.
New members interested in
learning about orchids are wel
come. Call (478) 988-3234 for
meeting location.
Tue
5/10
_ L,
84/59
Times of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
mid 80s and lows in
the upper 50s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:40 AM 8:23 PM
Hi Lo Cond.
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submitted
Dr. Ronnie Thomas teaches HCHS student Jonathan
Harrison about artificial insemination. The artificial cow
has a replica of a reproductive tract inside, allowing stu
dents the opportunity to learn the practice without the
cost of live animals.
HCHS teacher
named National Ag
Teacher of the Year
Special to the HHJ
WARNER ROBINS - Dr.
Ronnie Thomas, agricultur
al teacher at Houston
County High School, has
been named a 2005 National
Agriculture in the
Classroom Teacher of the
Year.
Thomas is one of only five
national winners of the
award given by the Georgia
Farm Bureau (GFB).
“This award is attributa
ble to working with Donna
Rocker with the Georgia
Farm Bureau, my agricul
tural students, as well as the
elementary schools in our
county,” Thomas said. “lam
very honored to be named a
national teacher, but wish to
share this honor because it
was a team effort.”
Donna Rocker, GFB pro
gram specialist/field services
coordinator, Georgia
Agriculture in the
Classroom said Thomas was
the first Georgia Agriculture
in the Classroom Educator
of the Year in 2004.
“He was certainly very
deserving of the award with
his outreach to elementary
school students in Houston
County in addition to the
work he does with his ag ed
students,” Rocker said. “I
was especially impressed
with his fifth grade partner
ship project this year. I hope
other agriculture education
teachers will use this as a
model.”
She said she met Thomas
a few years ago when he
attended one of her
Agriculture in the
Classroom Staff
Development courses. As
part of the course, partici
pants are required to do
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team presentations.
“Ronnie did an outstand
ing job, and fortunately he
was willing to be an AITC
trainer,” Rocker said. “Until
last year I was the only one
doing this training.”
Thomas will be conduct
ing a course at Houston
County High School June
20-22.
As an award winner,
Thomas and the other four
winners will have an oppor
tunity to share the story of
their classroom success on
June 9 during a luncheon
awards program. Each
teacher will participate in a
panel and have five minutes
on the program.
Georgia Agriculture in the
Classroom Council, Inc. is a
non-profit organization
operated through the
Program Specialist in the
Field Services Department
at Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation. The board is
composed of professionals in
education and agriculture,
including the Georgia
Department of Education,
Georgia Council on
Economic Education, Gold
Georgia Department of
Agriculture, and Georgia
Farm Bureau.
The purpose of the council
is to encourage more effec
tive teaching about agricul
ture and its role in an inter
dependent society and to
assist Georgia’s educators in
implementing the instruc
tion of agriculture-related
concepts in the classroom.
Through balanced represen
tation between education
and agriculture, the council
serves as a network for
Georgia educators and
agribusiness leaders.