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FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2006
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group for the base Robins Air
force Base, not only in base
closure times but lobbying
for missions, and aircraft.
Showing those who make
the decisions that Robins
has the capability and work
force to support existing and
new missions.
Executive Director Mary
Therese Tebbe, during that
Thursday meeting, gave an
example of the need for the
partnership to be prepared
for base realignment and
closure commission, citing
what happened to the com
munity around Eaker AFB
in Mississippi.
“They never thought
they’d close. They had the
B-52s and five presidents
had visited the base. They
were closed.
“It took the Department
of Defense 10 years to turn
over the property which was
not maintained,” she said.
“It was an eyesore along the
interstate. The city can’t
afford to tear down the 100
asbestos infested buildings.’
The local partnership has
an ongoing capital campaign
planning top raise $340,000
a year for the next five
years. It currently is operat
ing below its $240,000 a year
budget, said Smith.
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markings from the early
19505, the bomb shell will
most likely be displayed
inside the Eagle Building,
according to Stephanie
Robinson, a marketing spe
cialist with the museum.
“We’re looking at the
Eagle Building, but that
hasn’t been ironed out yet,”
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So why the extra $ 100,000?
Smith explained, “We have
to ready for the unexpect
ed ... If the clean air thing
come back.”
Smith said the recent
land swap deal is another
great showing of cooperation
going on in the community
with the Houston County
Development Authority,
Warner Robins, Robins Air
Force Base and local devel
opers, all in a loose format
ting now, Smith said, “but
we’re tightening it up. Were
working on a concept now.”
He noted the annual con
tracts are currently under
review. One contract was cut
back $550,000 and another
was cut entirely. The land
swap would allow some to do
work with the base without
a contract, he said.
The youth training pro
grams, getting middle
schoolers interested in math
and science, is one of the
most progressive, effective
programs we have, Smith
said.
He also noted the propen
sity for retirement at Robins
has doubled in the past five
years. “We’ll need to replace
that work force, but the base
personnel director is very
comfortable with the local
schools’ ability to provide
that,” Smith said, noting
partnerships with Macon
Sate and Middle Georgia
technical college.
shf 1 said.
Paul Kalani, who works
on exhibits for the museum,
said that it could take at
least two months to finish
painting the bomb.
The Mark 6 Atomic Bomb
was developed in 1949 and
was the first mass-produced
nuclear weapon in the U.S.
arsenal , according to the
National Museum of the
United States Air Force.
The last Mark 6 atomic
bomb was retired in 1962.
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$2.1 million last year, up
by nearly 7 percent from
the year before. This year,
the Reithoffer Midway plans
to unveil a new, $1.5 mil
lion “wild-mouse” style roll
er coaster at the Georgia
National Pair. According to
Ashley Brown, who helps
coordinate on-site entertain
ment for the fair, the ride is
the first full-scale traveling
roller coaster in the U.S..
According to Brown, rid
ers don’t only race along a
track at high speed, the cars
they ride in actually spin as
well. Similar rides can be
found at Wild Adventures
in Valdosta and at Disney’s
Animal Kingdom theme
park in Florida.
Plans are also on the table
to expand the fair’s nightly
laser light show with a third
laser and new music, a show
fairgrounds officials say will
be “truly worthy of Disney.”
Tightrope daredevil Jay
Cochrane will be replaced
this year by The Nerveless
Nocks, a stunt act featuring
a motorcycle high-wire act
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above the lake and gymnas
tics on a giant wheel.
The fair is reaching out
this year this year to attract
teens, bringing a free, inter
active video game exhibit,
featuring Sony Playstation
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Brown said that none of
the games are violent, and
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This year’s fair will also fea
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show. The Living Illusions
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“It gives them a chance
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The Marchan Tiger show
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Grizzly bears. The Grizzly
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turing kangeroos, an orang
utan, and even koalas; and
a street music group called
Vocal Trash, which performs
music with trash cans, water
bottles, and other “trash.”
The Georgia National Fair
is slated for Oct. 6-15, with
a special “Sneak-a-Peek”
day Oct. 5, featuring a lower
admission price, pay-one
price midway rides, a free
outdoor concert and food.
Tickets for the fair’s concert
series go on sale Aug. 26
“Every year we try to
bring new and exciting acts,”
Froehlich said. “I think this
year’s fair offers the best all
around appeal.
“I thinks its a lineup that
appeals something for every
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