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♦ FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2005
tTlje^Jcrurnal
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Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
92/74
Vanable clouds with
scattered showers
and thunderstorms,
mainly in the aft.
Sunrise Sunset
6:47 AM 8:35 PM
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Georgia At A Glance
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Area Cities
| City Hi Lo Cond. |
Albany t-storm
Athens 88 71 t-storm
Atlanta 85 69 t-storm
Augusta 89 73 t-storm
Bainbridge 95 75 t-storm
Brunswick 90 77 t-storm
Cartersville 85 69 t-storm
Chattanooga,TN 80 65 t-storm
Columbus 90 74 t-storm
Cordele 94 75 t-storm
National Cities
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Boston 81 67 pt sunny
Chicago 83 64 sunny
Dallas 96 74 sunny
Denver 93 63 mst 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.)
Today
• The Museum of Aviation will
offer a free public viewing of the
movie “We Were Soldiers" at 10
a.m. as part of its Patriotic Film
Festival. The movie will be
shown in the Vista Scope
Theater, located on the first floor
of the Eagle Building. Heather
Fasciocco, (478) 926-6870.
• Robins Duplicate Bridge
Club offers “Introduction to
Duplicate Bridge” at 12:30 p.m.
every Friday except the second
Friday of each month at 151
Maple St. Ruth B. Suggs, (478)
923-4574; or Gerald Peavy,
(478) 922-0943.
• An American Red Cross
blood drive will be held from 2-7
p.m. at Southside Baptist
Church, 1040 S. Houston Lake
Road, Warner Robins.
• An American Red Cross
blood drive will be held from 2-7
p.m. in the Activities Building at
Trinity United Methodist Church,
129 S. Houston Road, Warner
Robins.
Saturday, July 30
• The Perry Farmers Market is
open from 8 a.m. until noon at
the intersection of Commerce
and Washington streets.
• A car wash to benefit
Houston County Animal Rescue
and Kindness (ARK) will be held
from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. behind
Chick-fil-A, Sam Nunn Blvd.,
Perry. Cost is $5 or donation. All
proceeds benefit the animals. To
volunteer, call 987-4825.
• Houston Healthcare will hold
Family Fair 2005 from 10 a.m.
until 2 p.m. at the Galleria Mall in
Centerville. Over 50 exhibit
booths will be on display offering
hearth screenings, information,
freebies and tips on keeping
families healthy. Highlighting this
year’s event, along with clowns
and face painters, will be a spe
cial showing of Nickelodeon’s
Hullabaloo show. Houston
Health Source, 923-9771.
• A Tea Party with Miss
Warner Robins will be held at 2
p.m. at the Senior Activities
Center on Maple Street.
7/30
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86/71
A few thunderstorms
possible. Highs in
the mid 80s and
lows in the low 70s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:49 AM 8:33 PM
86/71
Scattered thunder
storms. Highs in the
mid 80s and lows in
the low 70s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:48 AM 8:34 PM
| City Hi LoCond. |
Dalton 85 69 t-storm
Dillard 81 64 t-storm
Dublin 93 72 t-storm
Duluth 84 69 t-storm
Gainesville 84 70 t-storm
Helen 83 67 t-storm
Lagrange 86 70 t-storm
Macon 90 73 t-storm
Marietta 84 69 t-storm
Milledgeville 89 72 t-storm
Los Angeles 83 65 sunny
Miami 91 81 t-storm
Minneapolis 83 68 sunny
New York 83 70 cloudy
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Mothers, daughters, grandmoth
ers and granddaughters are
invited. Miss Warner Robins
Amanda Kozak will speak to
attendees on social etiquette.
Admission price is $lO per per
son. Contact Warner Robins
Police Capt. Lisa Angell at 929-
6901 by July 27 if you plan to
attend.
• The 2006 Miss Warner
Robins Pageant and The Miss
Warner Robins Outstanding
Teen Pageant will be held at the
Homer J. Walker Civic Center.
Marcy Waugh, 922-6412 or
mwaughso@cox.net; Brenda
Littlefield, 922-1802, or
castlebs@bellsouth.net
Sunday, July 31
• Robins Duplicate Bridge
Club offers lessons every
Sunday from 3-5 p.m. at 151
Maple St. Ruth B. Suggs, (478)
923-4574; or Gerald Peavy,
(478) 922-0943.
Monday, Aug. 1
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly
(TO PS.) meets each Monday
at Centerville First United
Methodist Church, 101 Wilson
Drive, Centerville. Weigh-in at 9
a.m.; meeting 9:30 a.m. Day
care available. 987-9959 or 922-
0291.
• 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 stretch
ing. All exercise participants
must provide a signed Physician
Referral Form from their doctor.
988-1813.
• 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- or Jeneal, 922-0384.
• Robins Duplicate Bridge
Club offers newcomers games
every Monday at 7 p.m. at 151
Maple St. Ruth B. Suggs, (478)
923- or Gerald Peavy,
(478) 922-0943.
LOCAL
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Sun
87/71
Scattered thunder
storms. Highs in the
upper 80s and lows
in the low 70s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:49 AM 8:32 PM
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Moon Phases
UV Index
Fri 7/29 n Extreme
Sat 7/30 F High
Sun 7/31 F Very High
Mon 8/1 l & Very High
Tue 8/2 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 ■■■■!? 11
San Francisco 71 58 mst sunny
Seattle 76 57 mst sunny
St. Louis 89 67 sunny
Washington, DC 81 70 t-storm
Tire
8/2
92/72
Partly cloudy,
chance of a thunder
storm.
Sunrise Sunset
6:50 AM 8:32 PM
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Peachtree City 85 69 t-storm
Perry 92 74 t-storm
Rome 89 70 t-storm
Savannah 93 76 t-storm
St. Simons Island9o 77 t-storm
Statesboro 95 76 t-storm
Thomasville 93 75 t-storm
Valdosta 94 74 t-storm
Warner Robins 91 74 t-storm
Waycross 93 74 t-storm
Tuesday, Aug. 2
• Warner Robins Senior Care
meets 9 a.m. each Tuesday at
the Houston County YMCA (cor
ner of Ga. 96 and Moody Road -
922-2566) for exercise class
featuring 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.
• The Houston County Board
of Elections will meet at 5:30
p.m. at the Board of Elections
Office, Houston County
Government Building, 801 Main
St., Room 206, Perry. 987-1973.
• The Ocmulgee Chapter,
Sons of the American Revolution
(S.A.R.) meets at 6:30 p.m. the
first Tuesday of each month at
the Blue Plate Restaurant in
Macon. Visitors welcome.
Darrell Johnson, (706) 647-
3919.
• Robins Duplicate Bridge
Club meets every Tuesday at
7:15 p.m. at 151 Maple St. Ruth
B. Suggs, (478) 923-4574; or
Gerald Peavy, (478) 922-0943.
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(478) 218-9080
Hours: Tue. - Sat.
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
116TH
From page 1A
flying the E-8C - the world’s
only Joint Surveillance
Target Attack Radar
System.
The merger combined the
talents of airmen, soldiers,
guardsmen and civilians to
train and deploy combat
mission-ready aircrews to
conduct ground surveil
lance, target detection, and
battle tracking necessary for
the plans and operations of
joint force commanders
around the world.
Three months after the
merger, the wing deployed
nine of its then 11 aircraft
and 750 troops to support
operations Iraqi Freedom
and Enduring Freedom.
“We integrated successful
ly and went to war success
fully at the same time,” said
Brig. Gen. George T. “Tom”
Lynn, 116th ACW com
mander and an Air National
Guardsmen. “The real suc
cess story of the 116th is the
men and women in this
organization who wanted to
make this work. The people
who helped forge this total
force wing will always be a
part of Air Force history.
“There are plans for other
organizations to form some
type of total force con
structs,” he said. “We may
end up being the only truly
‘blended wing’ in the Air
Force, but it works great for
the 116th.”
But their success did not
come easily.
Blending presented chal
lenges for almost everyone
involved. From the Air
National Guard commander
down to the brand-new
active-duty airman, the two
cultures collided and there
was little guidance from
higher headquarters.
“Since we have become
one team, sometimes it is
difficult to determine what
status a person is in,” said
Chief Master Sgt. Linda
Bynum, chief of manpower
for the wing. “There is no
easy way to distinguish
between categories of people
since (Air Reserve techni
cians) wear their uniform
every day.”
An Air Reserve technician
is a government civilian
employee who during the
week wears a military uni
form. By law, an ART cannot
perform certain command
actions against and active
duty airman except when
activated.
While it is a good thing
that people cannot distin
guish the difference, it is
important to know the sta
tus since there are certain
things that people cannot
ask technicians to do when
they are not on military sta
tus, Bynum said. This is
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both for the protection of
the ART and supervisor.
“Although it may be frus
trating at times for the
leader, we still have to
accept this as a cultural dif
ference and deal with it in a
professional manner,” she
said.
Despite these challenges,
the chief firmly believes the
unit is a success.
“The wing has implement
ed policies and procedures to
comply with both active
duty and Air National
Guard policies, and we have
proven that we can meet the
mission requirements of the
theater commanders, and
that’s what the mission is all
about,” she said.
One of the biggest benefits
the chief said she sees in the
Future Total Force wing is
the variety of perspectives
and experiences each side
brings to the table.
“From my observations,
(guardsmen) tend to be
older and experienced, and
have set processes in place,”
Bynum said. “This is a plus
for the experienced mem
bers to train the active-duty
airmen who rotate in and
out.”
And, the guardsmen get
the benefit of new ideas on
improving those processes
from the diverse views of the
active-duty airmen, she said.
Wing leaders learned early
on that being the first is not
always easy.
The “people issues” were
one of the greater challenges
the wing faced when merg
ing, Lynn said.
“There was a great lack of
knowledge by the active
duty and the Air National
Guard members of each
other’s systems: pay, promo
tion, recognition, etc.,” he
said.
The only way the wing
overcame this unfamiliarity
was through education and
day-to-day exposure to each
other’s ways.
“It (was) imperative that
people meet these issues
head-on without fostering
an ‘us and them’ atmos
phere, but instead fostering
an atmosphere of ‘one wing,
one family, one fight,”’ Lynn
said.
The two wings joined with
essentially no direction
other than, “Make it happen
and (jon’t fail,” Lynn said.
There was no template to
follow, the general said.
“We didn’t have the bene
fit of lessons learned,” he
said. “Therefore, many of
the issues we faced were
new and unexpected.”
But ask almost anyone in
the wing, the general said,
and they will say the blend
ing has been a success.
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