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Sharks Win Wheelchair State Basketball Championship

Sharks Win Wheelchair State Basketball Championship

HOUSTON COUNTY, GA – The Houston County Sharks won the 2011 Junior Varsity (JV) Wheelchair Basketball State Championship at a tournament held at Warner Robins High School on March 5.  The Sharks finished the season undefeated.  This team also won the 2010 and 2009 JV Wheelchair Handball State Championship.  This school year is the Sharks’ best season since the Houston County Adapted Sports Program was established three years ago. 

 

Christy Jones, Bonaire Middle School counselor, serves as the area coordinator of the program.  Other coaches are Molly Griffith of Huntington Middle School, Brenda Arnett of Warner Robins High School, Ryan Brown, community coach and Rusty Basham, community coach.  The team is pictured. 

 

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Get a Bird’s-Eye View Into the Robins Regional Chamber At Chamber 101

WARNER ROBINS, GA- The Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce would like to invite new members as well as established members to the exciting Chamber 101.  Sponsored by Jackie McLear, Pre-Paid Legal Services, the event will be held at the Chamber on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 8:00 a.m.

 

Chamber 101 provides an opportunity for new members to be introduced to the Chamber, for existing members to be refreshed and to give a jumpstart to members who desire to become more involved.  It’s also used as a tool for prospective members and anyone interested in learning more about joining.

Guests will have an opportunity to introduce themselves and their business to each other.  They will also have a chance to share information about their services or products and learn about what other members have to offer.  The Chamber will also highlight its latest efforts concerning Social Media.

Poet Phebe Davidson To Appear at Macon State

Poet Phebe Davidson To Appear at Macon State

The poet Phebe Davidson will read from her work on Wednesday, April 6, and Thursday, April 7, at Macon State College.

The April 6 reading will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the Warner Robins Campus auditorium. The April 7 reading will take place at 2 p.m. in room 112 of the Professional Sciences and Conference Center on the Macon Campus.

Both readings are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Clay Morton at (478) 471-5368.

 Davidson is the author of more than twenty books, including such poetry collections as Milk and Brittle Bone, Dreameater, Conversations with the World, A Note on Demographics, The Drowned Man, Fat Moon Rising, and Back to Square One: New and Selected Poems.

Robins Regional Education Foundation Partners with Belk To Raise Funds

WARNER ROBINS, GA- The Robins Regional Education Foundation announces they will participate in Belk Fundraiser to raise money for various programs supported by the Robins Regional Chamber’s Educational Affairs Committee.  These include the L.V. Osigian Teacher of the Year Award and the STAR Student and Teacher Recognitions Program. 

 

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Warner Robins Hotels Try to Boost Leisure Business

The Warner Robins hotel industry continues to grow with 22 now in the city.

Five have opened since 2009, including the Marriott Courtyard at the corner of Watson Boulevard and Carl Vinson Parkway. The hotel hosted a grand opening on Friday.

Hotel Association President Debra Bouvia says at least three more hotels are in the planning stages.

She said they are looking at ways to keep the hotel business going in a crowded market and a slow economy.

Friday, Baptist preacher from Camilla, Georgia Rick Williams was on a shopping trip. He said, "Some guys call, but I like to visit."

He visited several hotels in Warner Robins looking for a place to hold the Georgia Baptist History Conference in October. He said, "Whether you live in North Georgia or deep South Georgia, you can get to Warner Robins easily."

Wilkinson Honored for Single-Sex Classes

In its third year of single-gender classrooms, Wilkinson County Middle School says it's won national recognition.

The school will receive the High Flying Schools award this weekend at a national conference on at-risk youth sponsored by Georgia Southern University. 

Three years ago, the middle school began separating core classes, like math and reading, by gender.

Principal Angela Smith says she's seen progress. 

"What we're doing is making a difference," Smith said, "while we do have some challenges, we still believe that we're very much on the right track."

Test scores show some gains, but not in every subject and every grade.

Boys' math scores show big drops in the number who failed sixth and seventh grade crct standards, but more eighth grade boys fail that math test now, than three years ago.

6th and 7th grade girls math scores show little progress since 2007, but fewer eighth graders fail now. 

Young Wheelchair Athletes Excel in Houston Co.

The team gives kids a chance to participate in what so many high schoolers consider a rite of passage --- high school sports.

After Warner Robins High School sophomore David Presley lost the use of his legs to Muscular Dystrophy five years ago, he never thought he'd dribble a basketball again.

Now, he plays number 41 for the Sharks.

"The sharks have given me everything," says Presley, crediting the team with helping him make friends and build leadership skills.

"I'd probably be one of them guys just sitting in the corner," says Presley. "When I got on the sharks it basically helped me make more friends."

His mother and step father, Denise and Don McGraw, say the Sharks played a major part in their decision to move their family from Crawford County to Warner Robins.

"We didn't know anything about handicapped teams," says Denise McGraw. "We found out about this. We knew, we had to come do this."