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jsfattstan ILuly Journal 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 LOCAL 2 A WEATHER 3 A OPINION 4 A LIFESTYLE 1C SPORTS 1 B COMICS 4 B CLASSIFIEDS .... 5 B PERIODICAL 500 Hill 8 *5 510 8 0 0001*4 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest liiliilliiiilliilliitii COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT ' Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 2-DIGST 306 July 8, 2006 ■»> Serving .Hovsms Since 187$ \ 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 See VOTE, page 5A .*- f ' ' M | m v| Hsp£j| £«KHfi^^Hß| vv K" - SI »C n » X N jnrT^l^^ illillf|l ■■ I * 8 HHJ/Ray Lightner 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. WWW.HHMEWS.COM 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 v $ it, ‘\ ■fe contributed 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 |P|Hr iffljj H " ■ jjP** - 'I»-^i'ySw^^P«K^ • ■*' ~;Jpy ■-'- > * .yoB •virmv “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 \ \ / v ins / mrmmmmmni ii THREE SECTIONS • 18 PAGES 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 contributed