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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
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Carbon said as the BRAC
commission has done with
other bases affected by the
process, a representative is
being sent to have a first
hand look at bases to be
closed or realigned.
Carbon said this is being
done prior to June 30, when
the BRAC commission is
scheduled to be in Atlanta
for a regional hearing.
Last week, base officials
received data from the
Department of Defense
ranking Robins against
other military installations
in the nation.
Carbon said the data is
“monstrous,” and he and
volunteers are working
though it to find Robins’
standing.
“Robins came out very
strong - not the first, but a
heck of long way from last,”
said Ron Smith, a consult
ant to the 21st Century
Partnership. “Robins is a
strong player in the
Department of Defense’s
plans for today and the
future,” Smith said.
Since last month’s
announcement of bases to
be closed or realigned, the
Partnership’s committees,
such as Family Transition
and Community Growth
Planning, have been busy.
Megan Smith, a member
of the Family Transition
team, said she plans to
launch a magazine showcas
ing Middle Georgia commu-
PAGEANT
From page 1A
Miss Warner Robins
Outstanding Teen Channing
Wood, a rising senior at
Houston County High
School who is competing in
the Miss Georgia’s
Outstanding Teen Pageant
on Friday, said she has been
competing in pageants since
she was 16 months old.
“I’ve competed in more
pageants than I can count,”
Wood said. “I competed in
Alabama before we moved
here.”
Erin Atcheson, a sopho
more theatre major at
Valdosta State crowned Miss
Tifton in an open competi
tion, said she got involved
with pageants through her
love of dance.
“It was another way to
perform,” Atcheson said.
Atcheson, Kozak, Miss
Historic North Georgia
Kasey Minyard and Miss
Columbus Catheryn Shaw
are all from Houston
County, and will compete in
the Miss Georgia Pageant
June 22-25 at the Bill Heard
Theatre at the River Center
for the Performing Arts. The
final night of competition
will begin at 9 p.m. and will
be televised locally. Wood,
along with Miss Coastal
Georgia’s Outstanding Teen
Sagen Woolery, both from
Houston County, will com
pete in the Miss Georgia’s
Outstanding Teen Pageant
at St. Luke’s Ministry
Center Wednesday through
Friday.
Kozak said the pageant’s
tight schedule doesn’t allow
for many pre-competition
rituals.
“The day is packed,”
Kozak said. “You wake up,
go to production, you do
that, you go to personal ritu
als ... on the day you get 20
to 30 minutes to get ready.
You’re literally doing your
makeup in the car on the
way.”
Kozak said, however, that
she takes time every day for
prayer. When the competi
tion begins and the groups
are slowly narrowed down to
finalists, contestants have
little time to feel sorry for
themselves if they don’t
make the cut. Kozak said
the girls that are eliminated
still have to perform in the
remainder of the competi
tion.
“In just being crowned
Warner Robins, it was just
shocking for me,” Kozak
said. “You just have such a
level of competition. These
are just amazing girls.”
Kozak said she has been
preparing for the state com
petition since July. Each of
nities.
The group also plans on
making this information
available on the Internet
through the Web sites of
chambers of commerce.
Smith is president of the
Perry Area Chamber of
Commerce.
Carbon said preparing for
the BRAC commission
staffers visit is very impor
tant.
He said MacGregor would
be coming from Moody Air
Force Base near Valdosta on
June 28 and he would more
than likely enter the city via
Russell Parkway.
“But we don’t know the
departure route, which will
be either Ga. 247, Watson
Boulevard or Russell
Parkway,” Carbon said.
His statement is indica
tive of the detail that the
group is considering to
make sure Robins leaves a
good impression.
He said he would like for
local businesses to display
the acronym “EDIM
GLAFAD (which stands for
the slogan Every Day in
Middle Georgia is Armed
Forces Appreciation Day)
and messages such as, “We
support our troops.”
On June 30, the BRAC
commission will hold a
regional hearing in Atlanta
for closed or realigned bases
to state their case.
Smith said he and
Partnership representatives
plan to attend the hearing.
the girls is not only judged
on appearance and talent,
but is required to keep up
with current events and
develop a platform - an
issue or organization they
will advocate if crowned
Miss Georgia or Miss
Georgia Outstanding Teen.
Kozak and Wood said they
are both working to promote
Big Brothers Big Sisters, an
organization that mentors
to children who need help
and guidance.
“I have to show the judges
that I can do the job,” Kozak
said. “It’s like any job inter
view.”
Atcheson said she is work
ing on a platform that
encourages implement
mandatory performing arts
curriculums in schools.
“It’s about basically
encouraging kids to get
involved,” she said.
Atcheson said she has
been involved with dance
since she was 4 years old.
“I’m still deciding what I
want to do, but I would real
ly like to teach dance -
that’s my passion.”
Atcheson said she hopes
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the judges will remember
her during the competition.
“I think the thing for me
is what they see is what they
get,” she said. “I’m who I
am on a day-to-day basis -
it’s not fake.
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them to really get to know
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Kozak said the competi
tion will be intense this year,
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but will depend largely on
what the judges are looking
for in the next Miss Georgia.
“On any given night, a dif
ferent girl could be
crowned,” Kozak said. “It
totally depends on the
judges.”
For more information on
the pageants, visit
www.missga.org.
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