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THURSDAY June 16, 2005 Volume 135, Number 375 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest Inside TODAY MM j|£& , scat tfrfffiSj Mi ; 'F|BBr L'-**■ ’' -* ■ns Baseball camp Camp attendees includ ing Cole Gaylord, 8, tee off. Sports, page 3B - Pt * A 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 (Surprise your friends! Let us know when their birthday or anniversary is, and we'll put their names in the paper that day. Just send the name and date at least a week in advance, and we'll do the rest. E-mail to hhj@evansnewspapers.com, or mail them to us at the address inside. No phone calls, please. 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 PERIODICAL Stuff if iM»tUi(lliiitif>fiiiiil| l itl!i ll i l f l || l(l || 6* Georgia Newspaper Project Mam Liixarv UN IV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30502-0002 3-GiGiT 306 June 16, 2005 Serving Houston County Since 1870 i/sft Y d3‘iintstmt 33xmie|f (Ehe ™ 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 Perry boys catch hog ~?;£* ■ : 'Vt- m BK; ms 407*'%-" w y ||pEiBPPK 11 WSBsmk: Mm- \' mmBMSC. *Bfjr..„. jmwr i e»• - ' mJSS®P. ■ itfiTilff JmJt / ■ t|kh i, .v: o '■fw jmfeij/ •# _ ,: submitted 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. www.hhjnews.com 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. K L s v * 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 HR. Hr Jr I \ M I ar Mil- ' ■ I ■\ . n I HHJ Timothy Graham 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. TWO SECTIONS *lB PAGES 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 an Evans Family Newspaper 50c j|l I lill|!lll||