Talk:Warner Robins, Georgia

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[edit] Warner Vegas

Don't know if this is worth mentioning or not, but local youth - and some old-time townies - refer to the city as "Warner Vegas," or simply as "Vegas" or "the Vegas." There are two differing theories as to the origin of the name. The first is that students from neighboring Macon's Mercer University would travel to WR on weekends to drink, and related the name of the town to a popular party destination. Mercer was a Baptist-affiliated school (not anymore as of 2006), so it would follow that the students would want to get away from Macon's bars, where they could possibly run into Mercer faculty. The second theory is that airmen rotating through RAFB in the '60's and '70's thought that the many commercial venues at the east end of Watson Boulevard (formerly WR's main drag) and their flashy neon signs looked a lot like a scaled-down, tackier version of Las Vegas's famous strip. Today, you can still see the remnants of some of the signs and their former Flash-Gordon-Ming-Alert glory, but by-and-large, the east end of Watson is a pot-holed remnant, a catch-all for seedy pawnshops, used car lots, and ratty auto parts places.

[edit] Schools

Isn't Houston County High School in the city limits as well?

Yes. The land from Houston Lake going west to Lake Joy was annexed in 2005.

Houston County High School's address is 920 Highway 96, Warner Robins, GA, 31088

The Warner Robins branch of the Georgia Military College should be included on the list.

[edit] Warner Robins American Little League

The Warner Robins American Little League team became the third team from GA to go to the Little League World Series (see [1]). Official series games in Williamsport, PA began on August 17, 2007. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.30.30.95 (talk) 01:57:46, August 19, 2007 (UTC) Joey Rules —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.185.169.68 (talk) 19:10, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats to the World Champs!

Show em' how Mid GA does it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Macondude (talk • contribs) 04:58, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] EDIMGIAFAD

I don't know who put that it stands for "Every day in middle georgia is armed forces appreciation day," but, being a resident, it stands for "Every day in middle georgia is air force appreciation day" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.230.161.164 (talk) 01:43, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

As a native of WR myself, I agree, so I changed it. Jdebona (talk) 17:00, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

It used to be air force, but changed to armed forces in order to honor all branches of the military. I am changing it back. --SayCheese (talk) 03:21, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notable Residents

Since this section changes often I cleaned through it and took off any names whose articles did not give any indication that they ever lived in Warner Robins in order to keep this list factual. I also took off anyone who didn't have a Wikipedia article. If someone should be on the list but doesn't have an article, feel free to either create an article or add them back along with a link.--SayCheese (talk) 23:32, 24 February 2008 (UTC)