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THURSDAY
June 16, 2005
Volume 135, Number 375
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Baseball camp
Camp attendees includ
ing Cole Gaylord, 8, tee
off.
Sports, page 3B
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Once a custodian...
HHJ columnist (and
Parkwood Elementary
School principal) Steve
Tesseniar explains how
the more things change,
the more they stay the
same.
Opinion, page 4A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Jane Bailey
Wade Stewart
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Many happy returns!)
Area DEATH
Dorothy M. (Dottie) Fisher
Obit, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 9A
COMICS 6A
CROSSWORD ... .6A
ENTERTAINMENT .7A
LEGALS 4B
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
POLICE BEAT ... .5A
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 6A
WEATHER 2A
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™ LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
WR P&Z endorses new subdivisions \
561 more residential lots set to come into the city off Gunn, Hunt roads
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
Like me in a fast-food drive
through, Warner Robins keeps hol
lering, “Super-size me!”
Tuesday night, the Warner Robins
Planning and Zoning Commission
gave preliminary approval to four
new subdivisions containing 561
residential housing lots.
The four developments given pre
liminary approval were:
• Maplewood Subdivision off
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A group of friends, all students at Perry High School, pose with the 320-pound hog they
caught on a family farm in Dooly County near the Houston County line. Pictured are
(from left) Tim Lindsey, 16; Daniel Hudson, 17; Jeff Collins, 15; and Brad Knowles, 16.
A hog of a tale
Perry teenagers capture big
boar just over county line
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
Daniel Hudson has been a hunter for
most of his young life, but he knew some
thing big was waiting for him when he
heard his hunting dogs in a barking frenzy
on a recent hunting trip.
Hudson and a group of friends caught a
320-pound hog on a friend’s farm in Dooly
County near the Houston County line late
last week.
Hudson, 17, a rising senior at Perry High
School, said the hog is one of the biggest he
has tracked in at least three years.
“We went out to these people’s land that
have problems with wild hogs rooting
around in their fields,” Hudson said.
See HOG, page 3A
Baffle honored in ceremony
‘Mr. F-15’ retires after five decades with USAF
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
The man known as “Mr. F-15” was recog
nized for 50 years of service to the Air Force
at Robins Air Force Base on Tuesday.
Crawford A. Battle has retired after five
decades of service as a civilian employee of
the Air Force.
“Anyone who flew, touched, or saw an F-15
knew Mr. Battle as ‘Mr. F-15,’” said Maj.
Gen. Mike Collings in recognizing Battle’s
service to the Air Force.
“I first met Mr. Battle while I was at
Tyndall Air Force Base in the ‘Bos,” said
Collings. “I came to Robins for a visit and I
asked someone to point him out to me. I
wanted to see whether he had a halo, or
horns and a tail. He was revered by every
one who was associated with the F-15.
“It was an incredible opportunity to be
associated with Mr. Battle,” said Collings.
“His fingerprints are all over the F-15.
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Hunt Road with 160 lots.
• O’Brien Farm at 122 Hunt Road
with 105 lots.
• Cobblestone Crossing off Gunn
Road with 198 lots.
• Beau Claire off Gunn Road with
98 lots.
One residential development did
not meet with such swift approval,
however. The Summitt Group of
Macon requested that the city annex
a 22.83-acre plot located south of
Gunn Road and north of Ga. 247.
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A live 320-pound hog is lifted up on the
side of a truck. The hog was caught on a
family farm in Dooly County near the
Houston County line.
Nothing went on that plane without his
approval.”
Battle’s career with the Air Force took a
roundabout beginning.
Battle was born and raised in Uniontown,
Ala., and graduated from the University of
Alabama with a degree in aeronautic engi
neering. As soon as he finished classes, he
took the Air Force entrance exam. When
told he would not be able to get a class date
for 18 months, Battle talked to a Navy
recruiter and was signed on in five days.
After serving four years as a Navy aviator,
he left the service and began looking for a
civilian job in aviation. Lucky for them,
those Air Force recruiters were still looking
for a few good men back home in Alabama
and Battle took a job in 1959 as an aero
space engineer at Brookley Air Force Base
in Alabama.
While at Brookley he provided key
See MR. F-15, page 3A
Commission member E.L.
Greenway had some questions for
Summitt representative Jim
Rollins.
“The word is that this will be a
mobile home park,” said Green way.
“This is near Eagle Springs. Are you
not worried that this will devalue
the homes up and down Gunn Road?
How many mobile homes do you all
plan on putting in there?”
Rollins responded that a decision
had not yet been made as to whether
HC Fire Dept,
raising funds
Photo studio going door to door
selling portraits to benefit county
ByRAYUGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Houston County’s volun
teer firefighters began
their annual fund-raiser
this week.
Houston County Fire
Chief Jimmy Williams said
Excalibur Photography
will be knocking on doors
selling photos or coupons
to get photos made, at $35.
Donations beyond that
can be *fe»the time,
Williams said, and donors
are not obligated to buy
any additional photos.
Williams said, “checks can
be made out to us,” and
given to the photographer
or sent to the fire depart
ment.
BOE adopts
new pay scales
Salary study results in changes
to classified employees’ pay
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
A number of classified
employees in the Houston
County School System will
be receiving raises effective
July 1.
In its meeting Tuesday
afternoon, the school board
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Crawford A. Battle is presented the Outstanding Civilian
Career Service Award by Maj. Gen. Mike Collings at
Battle’s retirement ceremony Tuesday at Robins Air
Force Base.
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or not the property would be used
for mobile homes.
“I have reservation about this,”
said Greenway. “I don’t know if we
should go through with this without
knowing how many mobile homes
they will put in there.”
Rollins said that he would return
to the commission with a request for
rezoning before any action is taken
to develop the property.
The commission also endorsed the
See P&Z, page 3A
Houston County has
about 100 volunteer fire
fighters to supplement the
11 full-time firefighters.
Williams said he works
with the Excalibur to allow
the volunteers to be avail
able respond to call and to
go to training. The photog
raphers will have a letter
on Williams’ letterhead
with his signature, explain
ing the fund-raiser.
The fund-raiser will
begin in the area of the
Elberta Road Fire Station
and work counter-clock
wise through the unincor
porated areas of the coun
ty, with the three-and-a
half-month process
See FUND-RAISER, page 3A
allocated $1.2 million from
the system’s general fund
be provided for the raises.
Bobby Stephens, an inde
pendent consultant, began
performing a salary study
in September on all classi
fied employees.
See BOE, page! 3A
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