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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 138
WEEKEND
July 15, 2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Green Street Gate
construction update
■ Construction on Gate 1, also
known as the Green Street gate on
Robins Air Force Base, is scheduled
to be completed Aug. 1.
The original date of July 14 has
been pushed back to Aug. 1 due
to reasons such as the excessive
thickness of the existing asphalt
pavement that had to be demol
ished and modifications that were
made to the structure, according to
the 778th Civil Engineer Squadron.
The money to complete the project
arrived this week and bollard instal
lation is scheduled to start the week
of July 17.
To accommodate the alternate traf
fic routes, Gate 15 (the Air National
Guard main gate) will be open dur
ing normal duty hours. Only people
traveling northbound on GA-247 will
be able to enter the base through
Gate 15.
Gates 5 and 14 will continue normal
operation with additional manning
from Gate 1. When Gate 1 is “sub
stantially completed,” the contractor
will begin construction on Gate 14.
The canopies, which are about
118 feet long and 60 feet wide, will
cover inbound and outbound traf
fic lanes and will house air curtain
heaters which will blow warm air on
the guards during the winter and
cool air during the summer. The
outbound lanes are covered since
they are often used as incoming
lanes during special times and high
traffic flows.
Just n reminder
■ Good men and women have
invested enormous effort to give vot
ers choices and to assure the core
of our democracy remains strong.
It is not only a privilege to vote, but
an obligation as a citizen of this
great state. Go to the polls and vote
your conscience, regardless of party
affiliation or political philosophy on
Tuesday.
DEATHS
■ Ethelyn Clerkley
■ Ellen E. Endler
■ Thelma A. Markham
■ David Miller Pierce
INDEX
LOCAL 2 A
WEATHER 3 A
OBITUARIES 6 A
OPINION 4A
LIFESTYLE. 1C
SPORTS 1 B
COMICS 4 B
CLASSIFIEDS .... 6 B
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Community saddened by death of Judge David Pierce
Editor’s Note: An obituary with
Judge Pierce’s biography is on 6A.
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ Staff Writer
News of the death of David Miller
Pierce on Wednesday brought sad
ness to Houston County and espe
cially to his many friends in Perry
and in the legal profession.
While Pierce’s friends were aware
that he had been very recently
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,
nobody seems to have been expect
ing the sudden loss.
Pierce, 61, was a Hawkinsville
native, who moved here in the 1970 s
to practice law. At the time of his
death he had served for nine years
as Chief Judge of the Magistrate
Court of Houston County.
Houston County Superior Court
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A contestant successfully leads her dog through the course at the Agility Dog Show being held through Sunday at
the Georgia National Fairground & Agricultural Center. For more dog show photos, see page 2A.
Alltel changing names as of Monday
By RAY LIGHTNER
HDJ Staff Writer
The phone company is changing its
name Monday.
The local telephone, broad
band, DSL and Internet provid
er, Alltel will change its name and
colors as of Monday. “We’re gonna
have new Windstream green start
ing out Monday,” said Billy Taylor,
Windstream’s vice president of wire
line services for South Georgia.
“Alltel was formerly GTE, but we’ve
10th anniversary of Olympic Torch relay remembered
By KRISTY WARREN
HDJ Staff Writer
Flame bearers from the
1996 Olympic torch relay
met in front of Warner
Robins City Hall Thursday
as they did 10 years ago.
Of the 10 Warner Robins
relay members from 1996,
two were present with their
torches donning the same
Summer Olympic Games
running outfits they did 10
years ago.
Dr. Dan Callahan and
Hazel Colson were nomi
nated by unknown persons
to be a part of the Olympic
torch’s journey to Atlanta.
Each paid S3OO to keep their
torch as a commemoration
of their part in history. The
device was deactivated and
historical data is engraved
in gold on the torch with the
number of each individual
runner on the bottom.
Callahan refers to the
event as “a great experience
we will always treasure.”
Colson has had her torch
encased along with a plaque,
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Judge George Nunn, who attended
Emory University School of Law
with Pierce and later practiced
law with him in the Perry firm of
Nunn, Geiger and Pierce, said of
Pierce, “He was a good friend. You
could always count on him.”
Nunn spoke of his late friend
and professional colleague as “a
hard worker with lots of energy ...
always active, always involved.”
He described Pierce as “very
disciplined,” in everything he did,
whether at work, at Perry United
Methodist Church, where he served
in many leadership roles, or in his
personal life.
Fellow attorney Larry Walker
called Pierce, “ non-pretentious,
quiet, thoughtful and intelligent...
always a gentleman.”
Walker said that Pierce was a
Gone to the dogs
windstream.
communications
been the same local company in Perry
for 50 years,” said Taylor.
Customers can expect to see the
Windstream name on the building
and trucks as well as on their bills.
a detailed and decorative
map of the course and a
picture of herself running
with the torch. She has also
made an album of the event
with pictures, newspaper
clippings, letters and notes.
Callahan keeps his torch on
a stand on his bookshelf,
saying that it is of interest
to everyone, children and
adults alike. He tells kids
that they can one day carry
the Olympic torch as well.
At the next Museum of
Aviation Foundation Board
Meeting, Callahan and
Colson will donate their
torches to the museum to
share with the public, what
has been such a big part of
their lives for the last 10
years.
Colson and Callahan met
working together 49 years
ago at what was then Warner
Robins’ only hospital located
near the old post office on
Davis Drive. Callahan was
the fourth doctor in Warner
Robins and Colson was a
See TORCH, page 8A
‘worthy adversary” as an attorney.
“It’s a great loss to this com
munity,” he added. “We’re
going to miss him very much.”
Pierce will be especially missed
by members of the Perry Rotary
Club. He was a member of the
Rotary Club almost from its found
ing, and was honored at the club’s
recent banquet for 30 years of per
fect attendance. He had served as
president of the local club as well
as a leader at the district level.
Members of thq club will be honor
ary pallbearers at his funeral on
Saturday.
“His legacy of service has been
an example to all of us,” said Steve
Rodgers, current Rotary president.
“In everything he did, he typified
the Rotary motto, ‘Service above
See PIERCE, page 7A
Dependng on the billing cycles, Taylor
explained, some may still get bills
from Alltel, but payment will go to the
Windstream.
“The bills will look similar, with
a similar format,” explained Alice
Hartnett, the corporate communica
tions manager.
There will be no employee changes
at the Perry office, Taylor said. The
employees “are very excited to be an
entirely new wireline company.”
See ALLTEL, page 7A
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Hazel Colson and Dr. Dan Callahan stand with the Olympic Torch, of which they were
flame bearers 10 years ago.
THREE SECTIONS • 22 PAGES
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» Chief Magistrate Judge David Pierce
Voters
to make
choices
Tuesday
See page 8A for sample
ballots for both parties
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HDJ Staff Writer
While advance voting has
been going on for the last
week, and absentee voting
is well under way, Tuesday
is the day that will set the
stage for the next three
months of campaigning in
Georgia.
Many candidates on
both the Republican and
Democratic party primary
ballots have been running
unopposed for their par
ties’ nominations, but will
face competition on the
November ballot.
Voters on arriving at the
polling places will choose
one party’s ballot or the
other. The purpose of the
election is to choose the can
didates who will represent
the party in the November
general election.
Some voters continue to
be confused about the two
“Coxes” on the ballot. Cathy
Cox, Georgia’s Secretary of
State, is running for gover
nor on the Democratic bal
lot. Kathy Cox, Georgia’s
Superintendent of Schools,
is seeking a second term for
her post on the Republican
ballot.
See VOTE, page 8A
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