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Robins Birthday Event Sold Out for Saturday Night

Robins Air Force Base will finish off its 70th birthday celebration with a big bash Saturday night.

It's also a party to mark the 64th birthday of the United States Air Force.

The celebration at the Museum of Aviation starts at 6 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are sold out.

Jerry Chalker could almost tell you Robins' entire history. He started working there in 1959. That's 52 years ago.

At 71 years old, Chalker will end his career as computer programmer next month.

He says he's proud of his work and what Robins has become since he came on board.

Chalker said, "It's such a part of the community here, that we have gone through BRACs, but the community has been so supportive of the base and rightfully so, because it's such a big part of the reason the town has grown so."

Organizer Jackie Trotter says the event is actually oversold, with about 540 guests attending.

The key note speaker is Sen. Saxby Chambliss.

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Central Georgia Soldier Gets Surprise Homecoming

A Central Georgia soldier returned home today after spending eighteen months in Afghanistan.

The family of Army Specialist Jordan Clements cooked up a big surprise to welcome him home.

Clements rode in style from the airport in Atlanta down I-75.  His family arranged for a white limo to meet him and bring him home.

"I'm so excited, so excited. I can't wait." says Candy Clements, Jordan's stepmother. His father said, "  My baby's finally coming home."

Clements' brother, Dusty, says Jordan has no idea what his family has planned. "He thinks we're all at the airport waiting for him right now," says Dusty Clements.

When Army Specialist Clements landed in Atlanta and saw that his whole family wasn't there waiting for him like usual, he called his father.

Answering his cell phone James Clements says, "We'll see you when you get home."

Americus-Sumter Edges Bears

Americus-Sumter jumped out to a 14-0 lead and then held on to beat the Houston County Bears 20-15 Thursday night at McConnell-Talbert Stadium.

Bradley Newkirk returned the second half kickoff for a touchdown for Houston County to get the Bears back in the game but they never could catch up.

Houston County dropped to 0-3 on the season.

They play Warner Robins on September 23.

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RAFB Faces Economic, Production Challenges

Major General McMahon says the nation's debt is the number one threat facing the future of Robins Air Force Base.

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At the Robins Region Progress Report in late August, local, state, and national leaders agreed with that assessment.

Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss said they've already trimmed some Department of Defense programs such as the F-22 fighter plane. He promised more cost-saving measures will come and that the next round will cut deep.

Man Robs Warner Robins CB&T Bank

Warner Robins police are looking for a man who robbed a bank Friday morning.

 

They say the man walked into the CB&T at 1444 Watson Boulevard just before 10 a.m. and handed the clerk a note demanding money.

Then he left on foot with the money.

 

He did not show a weapon and no one was injured.

 

Police say the robber was around 6 feet tall and 30 to 40 years old.

Anyone with information on the case can call Warner Robins police at (478) 929-6911.

 

Board of Education Hosts Social Workers State Meeting

Board of Education Hosts Social Workers State Meeting

 

Houston County, GA – The Houston County Board of Education will host a district meeting for the School Social Workers Association of Georgia on Sept. 22, 2011.   The meeting will be held from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Houston County Board of Education’s Herman Ragin Center in Perry. 

Here is the agenda:

 

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.                  

Trevis Killen, Ed.S., School Social Worker, HCBOE

Welcome

8:45 – 9:15 a.m.                    

Kathy James, Ed.S., Student Services Coordinator, HCBOE

“What is the BRIDGE Law?”

9:15-10:15 a.m.