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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 133
WEEKEND
July 8, 2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Community Health Fair
■ The Warner Robins campus of
Macon State College will be the site of
Community Health Fair 2006.
The event is free and open to
the public. Screenings, which include
hypertension, diabetes, smoking ces
sation and safety, will be given.
It is slated to run from 3-6 p.m.
Local student makes Dean’s List
■ Melissa Peters of Warner Robins
was among the 327 students named
to the Reinhardt College Dean's List
for Spring Semester 2006.
A Reinhardt Dean s List student
must maintain a 3.5 grade-point aver
age based on successful completion
of a minimum of 12 semester credits
with no grade less than a B.
With an enrollment of more than
1,000 students, Reinhardt College
is a four-year liberal arts institution
with a residential Main Campus in
Cherokee County and an off campus
center in Alpharetta. Affiliated with The
United Methodist Church, Reinhardt
offers 33 programs of study ranging
from business, communications and
education to liberal arts, psychology
and music.
Williams named a top Airman
■ Master Sgt. Renee Williams of
Robins Air Force Base was recently
named one of the Air Force's 12
Outstanding Airmen of the Year tor
2006.
An Air Force selection board at
the Air Force Personnel Center in
Texas considered 33 nominees, who
represented major commands, direct
reporting units, field operating agen
cies and air staff agencies, for the
honor. The board convened in May
and selected the 12 based on supe
rior leadership, job performance and
personal achievements.
The nominees are authorized to
wear the Outstanding Airman of the
Year ribbon, while the 12 winners will
wear the bronze service star device
on the ribbon. The winners will also
wear the Outstanding Airman Badge
for one year from the date of formal
presentation.
The winners will be honored dur
ing the Air Force Association Air and
Space Conference and Technology
Exposition in Washington, D.C., in
September. They will also serve as
members of the Air Force Association’s
enlisted advisory council for the next
year.
- Special to the HHJ
INDEX
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WEATHER 3 A
OPINION 4 A
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SPORTS 1 B
COMICS 4 B
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Evans buys stock in Dooly paper
Special to the HHJ
Robert Tribble who
serves as president of Dooly
Newspapers Inc. which has
owned The News Observer
for the past 22 years, has
announced that Daniel F.
Evans of Perry has pur
chased stock in Dooly
Newspapers, Inc. Evans has
been named Vice President
of Corporation.
In the agreement, Evans
will handle the day to day
Advance
voting
begins
Monday
Inside
Sample ballots for both
the Republican and
Democratic Primaries
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ Staff Writer
While the official primary
election day is not until July
18, absentee voting is well
under way and advancing
voting at voting machines
wall begin on Monday.
Voters who wahfTb avoid
the rush can vote Monday
through Friday at the
Board of Elections offices
in the Houston Government
Building (the old court
house) in downtown Perry
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
or in the Houston County
Annex on Carl Vinson
Parkway in Warner Robins
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30
p.m.
Advance voting is not
allowed on July 17, which
is the Monday before elec
tion day.
On Primary Election Day,
all precinct polling places
will be open from 7 a.m. to
7 p.m.
In Georgia’s primary elec
tions, voters may vote in
either the Republican or the
Democratic primary. It does
not matter which party’s
primary the voter has previ
ously voted in.
This election is significant
primarily because voters
will be choosing their par
ties’ nominees for governor
and for lieutenant gover
nor.
On the Republican
ballot, the race get
ting the spotlight is
between former Christian
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Warner Robins Mayor Donald Walker, right, swears in three new police officers, from
right, Darren Johnson, Jesse Mettendorf and Brandon Smith, as Police Chief Brett
Evans looks on.
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news and advertising opera
tions and Tribble will handle
the accounting.
Peggy King will remain
with The News Observer as
editor and publisher.
While readers should
notice few immediate chang
es in the newspaper, there
will be some internal chang
es.
Printing will now be done
in Perry on the Evans press
at the Houston Daily Journal
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Members of the Ugandan Children’s Choir perform. They will do so again Sunday at Second Baptist Church.
Ugandan Children’s Choir to perform
By KIMBERLY CASSEL
PRITCHETT
HHJ Contributing Writer
Warner Robins will get
a taste of Africa when the
Ugandan Children’s Choir
performs at Second Baptist
Church in Warner Robins
Sunday night.
Twenty-five children, ages
8 to 15, are members of
the group who attend the
Royal Junior School and
Orphanage in Kampala,
Uganda, according to Second
Baptist Church Music
Minister Gary Morton.
The singing group consists
of 8 boys and 17 girls who
play musical instruments,
sing and dance.
Morton said that his cous
in, Ted Moody of Mount
Gilead Baptist Church in
Griffin, helped organized
the tour for the children.
He said the church had been
working with the orphan
age for the last two or three
years to help build a new
facility for them.
The children are on the
instead of in the press room
of the Adel News Tribune
in Adel.
A new advertising sales
person soon will be calling
on local advertisers and ad
composition will be complet
ed by graphic artists from
the Evans organization.
As we make changes, only
one person will working full
time in the Vienna office,
there will be times when the
office must be closed, usually
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“Suubi Tour,” according
to Morton, which means
“hope” in the Ugandan
language. “They sing every
for short periods of time.
“We apologize ahead of
time for any inconvenience,
but encourage persons who
plan to visit our office to call
first,” Mrs. King said.
“We will continue taking
news, ads and payments in
the Vienna office. We also
still will be selling some of
the most commonly used
office supplies from this
location,” she added.
“We very much appreci-
Sunday and some Wednesday
nights,” he said, adding that
the churches will be taking
up love offerings to help the
Council accomplishes
much in a short time
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Warner Robins approved
16 bids and two budget
amendments, swore in three
new policemen, honored the
fire chief and eliminated a
school zone, *ll in about 20
minutes, during a meeting
Thursday night.
The 16 bids were approved
unanimously as a group and
included equipment and
materials purchases, main
tenance contracts, repairs
and an amendment to an
existing contract.
It was that last item, actu
ally first on the bid list that
raised the ire of Councilman
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ate the support we have
received from Dooly County
advertisers and readers since
purchasing the business in
1984, and we are especial
ly pleased that Peggy will
remain in her present posi
tion,” Tribble said.
“Dooly County is her
home and we have been
very fortunate to have
her run our newspaper all
these years,” he added.
See DOOLY, page 6 A
children raise money for the
orphanage.
Morton said that even
See CHOIR, page 6 A
John Harvilla.
While voting .for the bids
as a group, he dissented on
the change of contract for
the purchase of rock. “We
had a firm, fixed price,”
Harvilla said.
“I expect them to honor
the price they give us ...
We’ve had a few of these in
past.”
City Purchasing Agent
Mark Baker explained,
“rock prices increased 5
percent. They can’t sell it to
him at that price anymore.
The hauler has to pass it on
to us.”
Baker noted the increased
See ROCK, page 6 A
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