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♦ FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2006
580th Aircraft
Sustainment Group
earns top honors
By Ist Lt. Sequoiya Franks
Robins Air Force Base
The 580th Aircraft
Sustainment Group won top
honors for their service to
the community during the
10th annual Community
Service Award presentation
at the Museum of Aviation
Wednesday.
The award is sponsored
by the Military Affairs
Committee of the Warner
Robins Chamber of
Commerce to recognize the
organization that has done
the most to preserve and
enhance the positive rela
tionship between the base
and Warner Robins commu
nity.
“The relationship between
Warner Robins and the base
is strengthened through vol
unteer support and selfless
efforts made by all who work
here,” said Terry Smith,
chairman of the Warner
Robins MAC. “This award
is a small token of affection
and appreciation for the men
and women who work every
day to support the war fight
er in addition to strengthen
ing the community bond."
The two runners up
were the 402nd Aircraft
Maintenance Group and the
78th Services Division which
received plaques for their
efforts.
Smith said of the 48 points
available, only three sepa
rated the winner from the
runners up.
“It was very difficult to
Burgess receives
award from state
Special to the HHJ
ATLANTA On May 1,
Secretary of State Cathy
Cox honored Cara Burgess
of Houston County High
School with an Excellence in
Citizenship award. Burgess
received a certificate signed
by Secretary Cox and a let
ter from her office.
For the ninth year, the
Excellence in Citizenship
Awards recognize high school
seniors from across the state
who voluntarily give of their
time in the community,
maintain a good scholastic
Success
stories
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published
Special to the HHJ
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The National Head Start
Association has partnered
with oral history website
Commontales.com to publish
Head Start Success Stories
to raise awareness of the
program’s successful history
and current financial needs.
; NHSA President and CEO
Sarah Greene defined the
project’s goal: “The most
disadvantaged parents and
children in America need
Head Start to elevate them
selves to the next level of
achievement.”
; Stories dating from Head
Start’s inception in 1965
to present appear on the
Gommontales website.
There is also wide geo
graphical spread, with sto
ries spanning the U.S. from
Alaska to Puerto Rico. And
alumni are just as diverse
in their career paths:
Among many high-achiev
ing alumni are a professor
at Georgetown University, a
best-selling children’s book
author, and a decorated Air
Force major.
Head Start’s holistic meth
od focuses on child develop
ment in all areas, not just
the classroom.
choose a winner, and really
everyone wins in this exer
cise because all of the units
deserve to be recognized for
countless hours of service
outside the base gates,” he
said.
“It’s truly an award for the
people,” said Lt. Col. Chris
Overman, deputy director of
the 580th ASG. “I’m proud
of their efforts, and this
award supports their day-to
day commitment to apply
ing the core value of service
before self in the community
while supporting the ‘people
first, mission always’ values
at work.”
Overman said activities
his members participated in
include volunteering time to
Boy and Girl Scouts, com
munity cleaning efforts
and volunteering with local
schools to serve as mentors
to children.
Col. Theresa Carter, 78th
Air Base Wing commander,
discussed how volunteers
are often t he unsung heroes
who take time to comfort the
poor and care for the elderly.
She said Robins volunteers
are a part of that heart and
soul of America who truly
make a difference in a world
faced with adversity.
Carter commended the
committee’s dedication to
their partnership with the
base, and acknowledged the
sacrifices of members of
Team Robins who gave back
time and energy to the com
munity throughout the year.
and attendance record and,
through, their leadership, set
an example for their fellow
peers. Designed to distin
guish outstanding young
Georgians who reach out to
others and share their time
and talents, one graduating
senior from each Georgia
high school was nominated
to receive the award.
Of Georgia s 586 public
high schools and 274 inde
pendent schools with high
school-level instruction, 345
schools participated in this
year s program.
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POLICE BEAT
Hole In fence leads to trailer damage
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
On Sunday, person(s)
unknown, described as two
black male teens, cut through
the yard of a Landings Drive
female residence, went
through a hole in the fence
and threw pieces of cinder
block at her trailer, subse
quently causing damage to
the siding. The victim asked
for the report so she could
get a copy to her landlord
so he could fix the hole in
fence and the damage to the
trailer.
On Monday, person(s)
unknown, let the air out of
three tires on a pickup truck
on King Drive between 2-3
a.m. with damages estimated
at S7OO. Person(s) unknown
also dented the front driver
side fender of a 1994 Honda
Civic parked in a yard on
Pine Valley Drive, with dam
age and repair estimated at
$2,442.
Also on Monday, person(s)
unknown siphoned almost
100 gallons of gas out of a
truck parked at the Pilot
truck stop. The driver said
he filled up the tank and
went to sleep waking three
hours later to find the tank
almost empty. He was, how
ever, also unable to provide
documentation of the S3OO
gas purchase.
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LOCAL
Break in or get
beat up
On Monday, a man report
ed three black males jumped
him on Ignico Drive because
they wanted him to break
into 103 Ignico Drive but
he refused. A description
of the vehicle and suspects
matched a vehicle found
on Tabor Drive and a dark
skinned Hispanic male,
Eduardo Vasquez Garcia,
29, of 217 Tabor Drive, No.
41, Warner Robins, who was
identified by the victim. A
second suspect, also a dark
skinned Hispanic male,
Roman Ruiz Gonzalez, 35,
of 201 Red Fox Run, Warner
Robins, was also identified
and both were charged with
disorderly conduct (fighting)
and paid the $l5O cash bond
to get out of jail.
Terroristic threats
or acts
Bringing a three-foot
sword to work might be con
sidered a threat, even if not
removed from the sheath or
any verbal threats have been
made. For the safety of fel
low employees, the manager
took the sword and called
police. The man with the
Katana sword was report
edly looking for a fellow
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employee who had urinated
in his drink on an earli
er date, and who was not
at work yet. The man was
advised to leave the build
ing until contacted by his
supervisor, pending further
disciplinary action or pros
ecution. The sword was con
fiscated for safe keeping by
the police.
Pay up or go to jail
A man reportedly leased a
truck for a local move June
9. The vehicle was turned in
over the weekend in Chicago.
The rental manager said
warrants would be taken if
full payment for rental were
not made.
Crack pipe might
be a probation
violation
Sitting in a car in the mid
dle of the street in front of a
known drug house at 2 a.m.
with a crack pipe in your car
might be considered loitering
- drug related activity. Michel
Tuggle, 41, of 322 Lincoln
Ave., Macon, was charged
with loitering - drug related
activity, after his car was
reportedly observed stopped
in the roadway at Southern
Avenue and Paul Street for
several minutes. As officers
approached he reportedly
Local student
featured on program
Special to the HHJ
The nationally syndicated,
Teen Forum Show, broadcast
live from Georgia Southern
University for the American
Legion’s Georgia Boys State,
had a familiar face on it
June 14.
Reginald Whitehead, a ris
ing senior from Perry High
School, was featured on the
program HELP which is a
segment geared at talking
about current events such
as the war in Iraq, President
Bush’s recent trip to Baghdad
and immigration.
The Teen Forum Show is
also kicking off its Summer
’O6 Radio Star Search Tour.
Every year Teen Forum
interviews thousands of
young adults from all across
the southeast to find new
talent to become the next
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shut the lights off. He told
police he was out looking
for a friend but the house
he was parked in front of,
909 Southern Ave., report
edly has had two search war
rants executed on it. While
police checked the driver’s
information, K-9 Drachen
conducted a free air sniff
of the vehicle and report
edly alerted on it. Inside
the vehicle, inside the dash
board cover beside the con
sole, police reportedly found
a suspected crack pipe, silver
in color with a copper filter
in the end. A piece of rubber
tubing was reportedly found
in the driver’s pocket, tub
ing commonly used to hold
a crack pipe. After speaking
with Tuggle’s parole officer,
a hold was placed on him for
violation of probation.
'Don Juan' a lover
and a fighter
On Tuesday, at 3:10 a.m.,
a woman reported an over
night friend at her Ignico
Drive apartment hit her in
the mouth for no apparent
reason with a cup then choked
her. No visible injuries were
reportedly observed and the
woman declined medical
treatment. She was unsure
of Don Juan’s last name, but
would seek a warrant if he
could be identified.
correspondent and/or colum
nist from their city.
The Teen Forum Show
gives teens a voice tackling
different issues including:
politics, drug and alcohol
abuse, mental health issues,
race, dating issues, teen vio
lence and much more.
The show is produced and
hosted by teens.
According to a release,
however, “The show not only
appeals to today’s teens it
also opens the lines of com
munication between parents
and youth.”
It airs weekly on five radio
stations in the state and on
20 plus radio stations all
around the U.S.
To learn more about the
show and/or to tryout for
Radio Star Search, visit
www.teenforumshow.com