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♦ SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2005
RREWORKS
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banned outright.
The ordinance was accept
ed by the council during its
regular meeting Tuesday.
But the ordinance must go
through a second reading at
an open meeting before it
can be adopted.
Walker said Friday he
planned to research whether
the city should ban all fire
HARVEYS
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bagger to stocker to man
agement positions.
Williamson graduated from
Middle Georgia College in
1971 with an associate’s
degree in business. During
that time he continued to
work at his father’s store.
Williamson worked at sever
al stores in Macon and
Warner Robins as he rose
through the management
ranks.
After the Piggly Wiggly
store he worked at closed in
1996, Williamson started
working for Harveys
Supermarkets, landing the
top spot in Fort Valley in
January 1997. Williamson
SPLOST
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option sales tax revenue.
“We work with the cities,”
Sanders said, while not
directly referring to the
squabble Macon and Bibb
County have with sharing
their 1-percent sales tax.
The $318,174 was divided
up, with Centerville getting
$35,967, Perry getting
$51,313 and Warner Robins
getting the lion’s share at
$218,489 for projects within
their respective city limits.
Construction of
AWARD
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group has been recognized
with the nomination for the
2005 Zachary and Elizabeth
Fisher Distinguished
Civilian Humanitarian
Award.”
“We are so proud of the
MGMAC for winning at
AFMC, said Faye Williams,
Warner Robins Air Logistics
Center Public Affairs deputy
director. “They have done so
much for the base.
Whenever we need them,
To use earplugs or
not to use earplugs?
Custom earplugs or
those purchased over the
counter are good means to
waterproof, particularly
over the summer. Children
who have ventilation
tubes, must be particularly
careful about getting water
in their ears. Lake water
and bath water will go
down the tube easier than
chlorinated pool water.
Using earplugs will keep
the water out of the ears
and keep that water from
entering the middle ear
where it can mix with bac
teria and grow into the
“drainage” that drips out
into the ear canal.
Ear Band-Its, a water
proof neoprene headband
can provide an extra layer
of protection. These keep
the swimplugs securely in
place and again keep water
out of ears. Many children
have difficulty keeping up
with the earplugs once
they are out of the water.
Consider getting a cord
attached to the earplug
and then pin the cord to
the swimsuit or T-shirt.
Also available are lanyards
with a convenient case or a
Velcro wristband with a
pouch to hold the swim
plugs, noseplugs, and swim
works outright or merely
restrict their sale. A final
ordinance could either ban
sparklers or restrict their
size, allowing smaller
sparklers to be sold within
city limits.
“I want to make sure we
have the authority to do this
(ban fireworks),” Walker
said, adding he wants to pro
tect the city from any legal
stayed at the store for eight
and a half years before he
was sent to Perry to replace
James Fowler, who was
transferred to a Food Lion in
Hawkinsville being convert
ed into a Harveys store.
“I love that I’m back home
in Houston County,”
Williamson said. “I’ve been
part of this community since
1956, and it’s just great to
be back here working in the
community I grew up in.”
Eddie Howard, assistant
manager of the Perry.
Harveys, was transferred to
take the top spot at the Fort
Valley store.
“This store was in good
shape when I got here,” he
Centerville’s new City Hall,
Sanders noted, was funded
with the five-year SPLOST
passed in 2001.
The county SPLOST
expires in September 2006,
County Director of
Administration Steve Engle
said, but no formal action
has been taken at this time
to ask the voters for another
one. The Houston County
Board of Education is asking
voters for its own SPLOST
later this year.
In other business, the
they are there to help. They
offer their time and support
to us without reservation.
The MGMAC members
whole heartedly deserve this
award, and I believe they
have a good chance of win
ning at Air Force level.”
The award, established in
1996, by the Secretaries of
the Air Force, Army and
Navy is named in honor of
Zachary and Elizabeth
Fisher, both of whom con
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Annette Peppard
Audiologist
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goggles.
Earmolds can also be
used for the cell phone
headset. A custom product
cam be fit onto the headset
for better acoustics and
allowing the talker to drive
with both hands. Many of
the headsets that are pur
chased for the cell phone
either do not fit well in
every ear or are uncom
fortable. A custom product
will insure that you will
use your headset with ease
and comfort. The same
type of earmold can be
used with earbud headsets
for portable CD players
and MP3 units. The ear
mold fits on the headset
and because the sound is
challenge.
“That’s what they pay me
for,” he said.
Howell was critical Friday
of anything less than an out
right ban.
“It’s going to make our job
that much harder,” he said.
“How are we going to meas
ure the number of grams of
explosive in a sparkler?”
said. “If all I could do was
keep the store running at
the same level that was
enough for me.”
But Williamson said he
has big plans for the overall
look and operation of the
store.
“I want to open it up
more,” he said. “Pull some
of the endcaps and displays
out and make the store look
a little more open and
ordered.”
Williamson manages
around 40 employees at the
store, which he said sees
between 8,000 and 9,000
customers per week.
“Coming here was a great
commission:
• Voted to renew inmate
work contracts with McEver
Probation Center and Dooly
State Prison, each for
$37,500 a year. The six work
crews are used to keep the
county roads free of litter.
• Voted to deny the one
bid of $249,775 for a fire
engine (custom pumper) and
“to re-bid it for a better
price,” said Commissioner
Larry Thomson.
• Voted to accept an
tributed extensively to the
support and welfare of the
members of the Armed
Services of the United
States.
The award is a multi-serv
ice award designated to rec
ognize and reward individ-
or organizations(s)
demonstrating exceptional
patriotism and humanitari
an concern for members of
the Armed Forces or their
families.
delivered farther done the
ear canal, the sound is bet
ter and the volume does
not need to be as loud.
Talking about loud vol
ume, there are custom ear
molds for motorcyclists
that fit comfortably under
the motorcycle helmet (Did
you know that it is the
wind noise that causes
hearing loss?). There are
earmolds for hunters with
a Sonic II valve for occa
sional high impact noise. A
full-thickness filtered
sound plug is good for
those in the communica
tion industry and
Defend Ears for noise pro
tection and speech compre
hension, as well as vari
eties for musicians.
An ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure.
Be careful and have a
good summer!
For more information
about hearing protection
and hearing health care
you can look on the web:
www.allaboutears.com;
www.shhh.org; www.bet
terhearing.org; www.audi
ology.org
Please contact me if you
have any questions at
hearingassoicates@alltel.n
et
LOCAL
The ordinance is now
scheduled to go before the
council for a second reading
June 21, but Walker said he
may ask the city for more
time.
Three other local munici
palities also have a fire
works ban in the works:
Houston County, Centerville
and Warner Robins.
opportunity to manage a
bigger store,” he said. “It
was a big step for me.”
While he takes pride in
every part of the grocery,
Williamson said he loves to
work at the store’s front
end, near the registers and
the front doors.
“It’s where the customers
get their first and last
impression of our store,” he
said. “If you don’t take care
of them on their way in or
their way out, you can’t
keep them.”
Decades after he began
bagging groceries at his
father’s Piggly Wiggly,
Williamson still finds his
work both exciting and
$89,600 Homeland Security
grant, which the county fire
department will use for 20
ensembles of dress-out gear,
two handheld computers
and search and rescue train
ing, explained Houston
County Fire Chief Jimmy
Williams.
• Approved the sale of the
Public Meetings Building on
Carroll Street to J.C.
Westbrook for $65,000. The
minimum bid price was
$64,200.
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Both the Perry Area
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the Perry Downtown
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“It’s never the same,”
Williamson said. “It’s a new
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climb every day.
“There’s never a dull
moment.”
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area. Both groups saw sub
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