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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Houston 3Dmly Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Pony, GA 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www. hhjnows. com Reader ora?® Classified Advertising: Call (478) 987-1823 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can fax an ad 24 hours a day to (478) 988-9194. Display Advertising: Call Nicole Crofutt at ext. 224. Delivery by mail: Delivery by mail is available for $62 in-county and SB2 elsewhere per year paid in advance. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box 1910, Perry, GA31069 The Houston Daily Journal, A peri odical, mailed (ISSN 1526-7393) at Perry, Ga., is published Tuesday through Saturday for $62 per year by Evans Newspapers Inc., 1210 Washington St., Perry, GA31069; (478) 987-1823 Fax (478) 988-1181. Not published Thanksgiving and Christmas. Office Hours: The office in Perry is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. NEWS TIPS: Call (478) 987-1823 ext. 231 Newsroom Fax: (478) 988-1181 Presentation editor: Contact James Tidwell at jtidwell@evansnewspapers.com Corrections: The HDJ strives for fairness and accuracy, and will print a correction or clarification when one is in order. Call ext. 231. Advertising errors and omissions: The advertiser agrees that the pub lisher shall not be liable for damages arising from errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. There shall be no liability for non-insertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. This newspaper is a member of The Georgia Press Association, The National Newspaper Association and The Associated Press STATE BRIEFS Fourth victim dies in plane crash SUCHES (AP) - A fourth person has died after a plane crash that also killed three girls. Mark Bradly died Sunday afternoon at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., his mother-in-law, Sherry Ballou, said. Also killed in the Saturday crash were Sidney Bradly, 11; Samantha Orbin, 7; and Caitlyn Orbin, 4. Sidney Bradly was Mark Bradly’s daughter and the Orbins were his stepdaugh ters, said Ballou, who spoke to The Times of Gainesville from the family’s home on Hilton Head Island, S.C. Mark Bradly’s son, Mark Bradly Jr., was injured in the crash. He has been brought to Shriners Hospital for Children in Cincinnati and was listed in critical condi tion, Ballou said. Ballou said her son-in-law had just received his instru ment certification and that the family was going on a camping trip somewhere in north Georgia. She said the Bradly s’ 14-month-old son, Walker, stayed home with his moth er. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board ■ are investigating, said Lt. Matt Hromalik of the Union County 911 Center. The plane crashed after the pilot overshot the run way and was coming back around to try it again, Hromalik said. “I believe he hit some power lines, and then the house,” he said. The plane caught fire on impact, Hromalik said. Police officer shoots man HOLLY SPRINGS (AP) YOUR WEATHER TEAM! TODAY’S 'jjfc i Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Wed 7/12 4^ 95/71 Slight chance of a thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 6:37 AM 8:45 PM TRENT WILLMON -—— a lit>tvle more livin’ AVA.LABjLi - iS SOU Georgia At A Glance I Atlanta W \ \ 90/70 iSv Augusta » z ./L—. Q O /7 o \ Warner Robins 1 \ '96/71 J. ' v V \ * Savannah 4^-,- > / Perry \ 91/74 t / 95/72 X £ 1 / Valdosta <n \ j QP/7P V \jLg/ Area Cities Albany 96 73 t-storm Athens 91 70 t-storm Atlanta 90 70 t-storm Augusta 92 73 t-storm Bainbridge 97 75 t-storm Brunswick 87 78 t-storm Cartersville 92 70 t-storm Chattanooga,TN 87 69 t-storm Columbus 95 74 t-storm Cordele 96 73 t-storm National Cities Boston 83 71 t-storm Chicago 82 69 t-storm Dallas 97 79 sunny Denver 90 61 p! sunny ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service - A police officer shot and killed a man after a two county chase. The Holly Springs offi cer was standing in front of a police cruiser and was struck when the suspect’s Mercedes Benz slammed into the cruiser as police were cornering him. The officer shot at the sus pect, killing him, Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison said. The incident began in Cobb County shortly before 5:30 p.m. Sunday, authori ties said. A Marietta police offi cer was assisting a motor ist on Interstate 75 when the driver of a Mercedes did not change lanes and nearly struck the officer, Marietta police detective Jake King said. The officer jumped into his car and chased the sus pect. When the Mercedes entered Cherokee County, the officer was told to call off the chase. But Holly Springs officers, assisted by Cherokee County sheriff’s deputies, took up the chase. Authorities tried , using spiked “stop sticks” to puncture the suspect’s tires but he drove around them, Garrison said. Officers were eventually able to box the car in. But the suspect put the car in reverse and struck a police car, Garrison said. “Then he put the car in drive, ramming another police car, and throwing that vehicle into a Holly Springs officer,” Garrison said. The officer fired. The Mercedes traveled another 100 yards, crossed into the southbound lanes and ran off the road into a wooded area. The driver, identified as David Michael Purdy of Ball Ground, was dead at the scene. Another occupant, believed to be Purdy’s son, was unharmed and taken Meteorologists Derek Klnkade and Jerry Mathewson Thu 7/13 S' K., 94/73 Partly cloudy, chance of a thunder storm. Sunrise Sunset 6:38 AM 8:44 PM 93/73 Isolated thunder storms. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the low 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:38 AM 8:45 PM Dillard 85 64 t-storm Dublin 95 71 t-storm Duluth 90 69 t-storm Gainesville 89 71 t-storm Helen 87 66 t-storm Lagrange 92 70 t-storm Macon 95 72 t-storm Marietta 91 71 t-storm Milledgeville 96 75 t-storm Los Angeles 81 63 sunny Miami 88 80 t-storm Minneapolis 89 70 pt sunny New York 85 76 t-storm into custody, Garrison said. The officer, who also was not named, is on administra tive leave. Seniors may create housing problems ATLANTA (AP) - The number of people 65 and older living in metro Atlanta will more than triple in the next 24 years, accord ing to the Atlanta Regional Commission. The wave, estimated at 917,000 people, is the result of a big number of aging baby boomers and a grow ing number of retirees flock ing to Atlanta because of its amenities and climate. But some question whether Atlanta’s housing market will be affordable enough for a swelling senior popula tion. Seniors on fixed incomes often can’t afford a tradition al neighborhood home and have problems with mainte nance because of declining physical skills, said Kathryn Lawler, director of the Aging Atlanta program. About one in four Atlanta seniors pays more than 35 percent of his or her income for housing, according to research by the Commission. And many seniors are not able to afford houses even in neighborhoods built for those 55 and older, where homes usually cost from $200,000 to $500,000; That’s why some devel opers, like Noel Khalil, are building housing for seniors "Have Cameras, Will Travel" STATE AND REGION Sat 7/15 Frf 7/14 /TV 94/72 A few thunderstorms possible. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the low 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:39 AM 8:44 PM 0 Full Jul 11 • New Jul 25 UV Index Wed 7/12 H Extreme Thu 7/13 H Extreme Fri 7/14 H Extreme Sat 7/15 ■ Extreme Sun 7/16 |<o| Very High The UV Index is measured on a 0-11 number scale, with a higher UV Index showing the need for greater skin pro tection. o mmmmm 11 TURNER RUCTCGRARUy Aerial rhctofiraphy Grad I inner • 478-9ZMC33 u 4/S-4IMMI \» a. ™ W*'* « ’i*’ Sun 7/16 92/70 Partly cloudy with a stray thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 6:39 AM 8:43 PM Moon Phases Last Jul 17 0 First Aug 2 ■ City Hi Lo Cond. Peachtree City 91 68 t-storm Perry 95 72 t-storm Rome 97 72 t-storm Savannah 91 74 t-storm St. Simons Islandß7 78 t-storm Statesboro 94 75 t-storm Thomasville 94 74 t-storm Valdosta 92 72 t-storm Warner Robins 96 71 t-storm Waycross 91 71 t-storm Phoenix 108 89 mst sunny San Francisco 66 55 windy Seattle 68 55 rain St. Louis 92 76 t-storm Washington, DC 90 75 t-slorm who can’t afford high rent. Khalil built the 132-unit Columbia Heritage Senior Residences in Atlanta with federal tax credits to keep rent affordable. The maximum rent for a two-bedroom unit there is $795 a month. “What I am very concerned about is, as the tsunami of boomers age, I am not clear in my mind we will have enough housing for them,” Khalil said. A local nonprofit, Mercy Housing, is planning a 65- unit apartment complex for seniors in Chamblee. Ground hasn’t been broken on the project yet, but the organization already has a list of 35 applicants. Some of the counties in the state are beginning to respond to the housing demand by creating special zoning for senior housing. Cobb County was the first in the state to do so, hoping to make it easier to locate seniors’ homes near trans portation lines, shopping areas and traditional neigh borhoods. But some Cobb County residents argue that senior housing is too-high density for many neighborhoods and could create problems. All-You-Can-Eat Shrimp-$10 95 /Catfish-$9 95 Friday & Saturday - spm - 10pra fltsgnJtrfer. RTS Ik it * M 74677 BONAIRE - Josh Frost, beloved son of Beth Collins and Bob Farquhar of Bonaire and Randy and Diane Frost of Musella, died on Saturday, July 8, 2006. He was 25. Josh was employed at Tolleson Lumber in Perry and was a long time employee of My Father’s Place restaurant in Warner Robins. Survivors other than his parents, a sister Jessie Allison Frost of Savannah, grandparents Myra Collins of Kathleen and Buck Frost of Lizella, and many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. The family will receive friends at Heritage Memorial Funeral Home on Monday evening from 7 until 9 PM. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 11:00 AM at the Bonaire United Methodist Church. Burial will fol low in the Bonaire Cemetery. Heritage Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrange ments. MARVIN W. OWEN Warner Robins - Marvin W. Owen, 83, a long-time resi dent of Houston County, died Saturday, July 8, 2006, at the Elberta Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Interment and memorial services will be held in Ohio at a later date. Mr. Owen was bora in 1922 in Abbeville, Georgia to William S. and Alice D. Owen. He came to Warner Robins and worked on the construction of the first hanger built at Robins Air Force Base. He served in both the Marine Corps and the Maritime Service during World War 11. He and his wife, Wanda Hepler of Eden Township, OH, moved from Atlanta to Warner Robins in 1954 and he worked in the construction trades until his retirement. Wanda, his wife of nearly 60 years, survives as well as a niece, Cathy Owen Nisbet, who lives in Riverside, Ca. Mr. Owen was a friend to all animals and it is requested that any memorials be given in his name to HARPS, Inc., EO. Box 7363, Warner Robins, Ga, 31095. Heritage Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrange ments. State appeals voter ID restraining onter By DOUG GROSS Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) Georgia’s attorney general on Monday filed an emer gency appeal of a judge’s order blocking enforcement of the state’s voter photo ID law in next week’s primary elections. Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker filed the motion in the Georgia Supreme Court on behalf of Gov. Sonny Perdue, accord ing to Richard Diguette, a spokesman for Georgia’s high court. The motion seeks to stay a temporary restraining order , issued Friday by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Melvin Westmoreland. “We-’re pleased it’s moving forward,” Perdue spokes man Dan McLagan said of the appeal. “We can’t for the life of us understand why the Democrats have been so hellbent on making it easier for dead people, felons and illegal immigrants to cast ballots in their primary.” The action came with eight days to go before Georgia’s July 18 primary elections. In a sharply worded rul ing, Westmoreland said Friday that Georgia’s voter ID law “unduly burdens the fundamental right to vote rather than regulate it” and would cause “irreparable harm.” The new law requires that every voter who casts MANIC MONDAYS OFF All CUTS % r Men, Women & Children Call For Appointment. * Must present coupon! x 'SPA SLALOM V •■Li, . Bsssssssbi a JelkhdJwau to treat uourseli llcS\) j An&c he jsr"~wwwrm^ I UhcßApeucic CDAssApe |§tesfj I C>Ay SpA Massages, Facials ftnd Much, Much More... Call Us To Enhance Your Physical, Mental & Spiritual Well-being! m £2TT CEffIffiKATES AVAILABLE 1010 BXLL ST. Downtown PefcAy 478-218-7490 TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2006 a ballot in person provide a valid, government-issued photo ID. Elections officials had already distributed sev eral dozen of the new voter photo IDs to people, mostly seniors, who don’t have a driver’s license, passport or other qualifying photo ID. Supporters of the mea sure, like Perdue, argue that it’s needed to crack down on voter fraud. Opponents say it unfairly affects the poor, rural voters and minorities who are least likely to have a driver’s license or other picture ID. They also comolain that absentee bai loting, which has been used for voter fraud m she past, is exempt from the law. In requesting the restraining order, former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, a Democrat, argued before the judge Thursday that the law violates the state’s constitu tion, which he said guaran tees the right to vote. Barnes was not immedi ately available for comment Monday morning. Lane McCraw, a spokeswoman for Barnes said he and other lawyers in the case were studying Baker’s motion. “At this point, we feel it is without merit,” McCraw said. 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