2014 Houston County STAR Students, Teachers & STAR System Winners Announced

Submitted by Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce, Membership/Investment Organization

Thursday, February 6th, 2014, 12:43pm

Pictured (l-r): Sherin Hinnant (teacher) & Willa M. Wang (student)- Houston County High School; Patricia Ogletree (teacher) & Hunter Riley Craft (student) -Northside High School; Debra Anderson (teacher) & Jacob Allen Turner (student)- Perry High School; Jeremy Williams (teacher) & Emily Megan Deyton (student)-Veterans High School; Louis Leskosky (teacher) & Brendan Kennedy- Warner Robins High School; and Grady Knight (teacher) & Gehrig Allan Broxton (student)- Westfield School.

WARNER ROBINS, GA- The Robins Regional Chamber’s Educational Foundation and the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2014 Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) System Award winners.  The 2014 STAR System Winners for Houston County are: student-Willa M. Wang and teacher- Sherin Hinnant from Houston County High School.  The award is given to one student from a high school in the county.  STAR students compete for System Title and System STAR student in turn compete for region honors in the 12 STAR Regions.  Region winners and their STAR teachers are invited to further compete for the state STAR awards.

Six seniors and teachers from each high school in Houston County were awarded on Wednesday evening.  The 2014 STAR students and their teachers who were recognized include:

Houston County High School                                               Northside High School

Willa M. Wang                      STAR Student                           Hunter Riley Craft                   STAR Student

Sherin Hinnant                       STAR Teacher                        Patricia Ogletree                    STAR Teacher

Perry High School                                                                   The Westfield School

Jacob Allen Turner                STAR Student                          Gehrig Allan Broxton              STAR Student

Debra Anderson                    STAR Teacher                         Grady Knight                          STAR Teacher

Warner Robins High School                                                  Veterans High School

Brendan Kennedy                  STAR Student                          Emily Megan Deyton              STAR Student

Louis Leskosky                      STAR Teacher                         Jeremy Williams                    STAR Teacher

The recipients were honored at an Awards Reception, each receiving an engraved plaque.  Each System Winner was also given a $250 gift certificate.  Mr. William Carroll, Westfield’s Head of Schools and Dr. Robin Hines, Superintendent of Houston County Schools were also present to offer encouragement and congratulate the students for their achievement.

The STAR program is sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Foundation, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Department of Education.  Since its inception, the STAR program has honored more than 24,000 students and the teachers they have selected as having had the most influence on their academic achievement.

To obtain the STAR nomination, students must have the highest score in one sitting on the three-part SAT and be in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average.

For more information about the STAR Program, call Aura Lee Durham, Chief operating Officer for the Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce at 478.922.8585 or Beth McLaughlin, Director of Community and School Affairs for the Houston County Board of Education at 478.988.6390.

For more photos from this event, please visit the Chamber Flickr page:http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinsregional/

Pictured (l-r): Christina O’Brien- Vice Chair, Educational Affairs (RRCoC), Sherin Hinnant (teacher), Willa Wang (student) and Marc Martin- Chairman (Perry CoC)

New base workout facilities offer advanced readiness training

Submitted by RAFB

Thursday, February 6th, 2014, 10:09am

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – The fitness center here will cut the ribbon Friday on a new set of workout areas geared to Mixed Martial Arts training, Warrior Athletic Readiness, and Fitness on Demand. UFC Featherweight Cole Miller, a middle Georgia native, will be on hand to open the MMA room which offers specialized training using the latest fighting techniques to help individuals subdue an aggressor.

“Our Security Forces and military units have learned that you’ll perform on the battlefield the same way you train” says Scott Peavy, Fitness Program Coordinator.

A newly-renovated Warrior Athletic Readiness –W.A.R. room offers a variety of strength and conditioning equipment for the demands of military duties. A Fitness on Demand kiosk gives individuals or groups the convenience of workout routines according to their schedule.

UFC’s Miller to help open new facility at Robins

Submitted by 13WMAZ Web Staff

Thursday, February 6th, 2014, 1:06pm

 

Robins Air Force Base invited a special guest to help them open a new Mix Martial Arts training facility Friday.

Macon-native Cole Miller, an Ultimate Fighting Champion featherweight, will open the newly-renovated Warrior Athletic Readiness – W.A.R. room at 1 p.m.

The gym now features an MMA room which offers specialized training using the latest fighting techniques to help individuals subdue an aggressor, according to a news release.

Miller, 29, who was a Mount de Sales Academy baseball standout, has a record of 28 wins – 8 losses in the UFC.

Job opening in Warner Robins

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Thursday, February 6th, 2014, 9:55am

Each Thursday, a Georgia Department of Labor representative joins 13WMAZ to share several open jobs in the Central Georgia area.

You can watch this on 13WMAZ-TV on Thursday mornings and again at 5 p.m.

The jobs are updated here weekly.

Call the Department of Labor Career Center at (478) 751-6164 and give them the job number of the position that interests you. You can also check out other jobs on the Georgia Department of Labor’s website.

Job Title:    PAINTER

Location:    Warner Robins GA

Pay:          Depends On Experience

Education:  N/A

Job Number: GA8154744

Must have 24 months commercial painting experience. Must have a valid GA driver’s license.