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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL JCouatoM Jlaily journal Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Perry, GA 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader □mf® 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. GA 31069 The Houston Home 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. 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This newspaper is a member of The Georgia Press Association, The National Newspaper Association and The Associated Press STATE BRIEFS College Student shot in drug deal DALTON (AP) - Two peo ple have been arrested in the shooting death of a college student, originally reported as a botched robbery and now believed to be a drug deal that went bad, authori ties said. Ryan Weston Darville, 21, of Dalton, and Jermaine Lamar Spivey, 22, have been charged with murder in the death of Thomas Dexter Canavan, a 19-year-old stu dent from Jackson. Darville shot Canavan in the chest after trying to grab mari juana from him without paying, sheriffs officials said. Canavan was a fresh man majoring in chemistry at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville. He and three friends had arranged to meet an unknown person July 7 to sell marijuana, Whitfield County Sheriff Scott Chitwood said. Allen Norris, 19, Adam Norris, 17 and Tyler Brackett, all of Dalton, were with Canavan in the car when he was killed. The three told police Canavan was robbed in the parking lot of Galaxy Bowling on the Cleveland Highway. But investigators found evidence that the shooting took place else where, the sheriff said. “During the meeting and transaction the shooter made an aggressive move to grab the marijuana, at that time discharging the firearm into the vehicle, striking the victim in the chest area,” Chitwood said. Canavan’s friends drove him to Hamilton Medical Center. Chitwood said his office and the district attorney are considering whether the teens who were with Canavan will face charges. Steve Williams, a lawyer for the families of Canavan’s friends, said the teens were scared and panicked. Darville was arrested YOUR WEATHER TEAM! TODAY’S life Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Mon 7/17 ‘ 'Hr -89/72 A few thunderstorms possible. Sunrise Sunset 6:40 AM 8:43 PM Sun 7/16 93/73 Scattered thunder storms possible. Sunrise Sunset 6:39 AM 8:43 PM Georgia At A Glance \ \ Atlanta V \ 88/72 , X S V Augusta \ 92/75 \ ( -/ - "‘m. \ Warner Robins \ \ 98173 l V S V #N ! ' Savannah > /"h \ Party .._ 98/76 §> I 94/tK_/" ""\ x & i / Valdosta <n \ 4/' • 94/73 l | :*iß!!;Bjjwy:?r).!i.iri|j»ij)».irjpiij!M | Area Cities fci ir Hi Lo Cond. Albany 97 75 t-storm Athens 90 73 t-storm Atlanta 88 72 t-storm Augusta 92 75 t-storm Bainbridge 98 77 t-storm Brunswick 94 78 t-storm Cartersville 90 72 mst sunny Chattanooga,TN 85 70 sunny Columbus 96 76 t-storm Cordele 96 75 t-storm i National Cities I City Hi I o Cond Atlanta 88 72 t-storm Boston 85 75 pt sunny Chicago 91 72 mst sunny Dallas 100 80 pt sunny Denver 97 65 msit sunny ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service Thursday. He was already on probation for drug charg es, according to Whitfield County Superior Court records. A female who was at Darville’s home when he was arrested Thursday was also being questioned by police. Electronic voting faces lawsuit ATLANTA (AP) - Just days before Georgia’s pri mary elections, a coalition of groups opposed to the state’s electronic voting machines filed a lawsuit challenging the system. The legal challenge, filed Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court, claims the system is illegal and uncon stitutional because it fails to give voters a verifiable record showing their ballot was recorded correctly. Georgia implemented the new system in 2002. “If I had some evil intent and I wanted to disenfran chise an entire state, what better job could I do than what happened in 2002?” said Garland Favorito, a plaintiff in the lawsuit and co-founder of VoterGA, the coalition that filed the law suit. The lawsuit comes one day after a federal judge blocked Georgia from using a new law that would require vot ers to show a picture ID in next week’s primaries and the Nov. 7 general election. NOTICE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION JULY 18, 2006 POLLING PLACES OPEN 7:OOAM - 7:OOPM HOUSTON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS 987-1973 00035909 Meteorologists Derek Kinkade and Jerry Mathewson "Where Middle Georgia Turns for News'* Tue 7/18 89/71 Scattered thunder storms possible. Sunrise Sunset 6:41 AM 8:43 PM TRENT a little more livin’ AV&a.ABi.B .viiKiigvsiß sold | City Dalton 90 72 sunny Dillard 85 67 t-storm Dublin 96 73 t-storm Duluth 88 72 t-storm Gainesville 88 74 t-storm Helen 87 69 t-storm Lagrange 91 72 t-storm Macon 93 74 t-storm Marietta 89 73 t-storm Milledgeville 96 76 t-storm fcitF Houston 92 75 t-storm Los Angeles 86 68 mst sunny Miami 86 80 t-storm Minneapolis 100 80 pt sunny New York 91 77 pt sunny The voting group is not seeking to halt Tuesday’s election, or the use of elec tronic voting in it, and says the lawsuit was not timed to embarrass Secretary of State Cathy Cox. Cox spearheaded the implementation of the system, at an initial cost of $54 million, and is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. The lawsuit asks a judge to stop the state from using any electronic voting sys tem that does not produce a paper ballot and a system for hand-counting at least some ballots to ensure the accuracy of the machines. Favorito said the lawsuit was filed now because the group first tried to change the voting system in the Georgia Legislature _ which finished its session in late March _ and through an unsuccessful attempt to get an order from Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue. Secretary of State spokes woman Kara Sinkule said Thursday she had not read the specifics of the lawsuit, but said computerized vot ing has been popular among voters. She said complaints about it are based on “a lot of misinformation.” “The reality of it is that millions and millions of Georgians have voted safely and accurately on our voting system in hundreds of elec tions throughout the state over the last four years,” she said. STATE AND REGION w ?«•»- mmtj m4M i Jl Wed 7/19 89/70 Slight chance of a thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 6:41 AM 8:42 PM Import Phases Full Last Jul 11 Jul 17 • 0 New First Jul 25 Aug 2 . 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All of the “no” votes came from Republicans, in defi ance of their own leaders. “The liberties and freedom embedded in the right to vote must remain sacred,” House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-111., said in a statement. “Principles like these cannot wait for discrimination to rear its ugly head.” Southern conservatives complained that the act pun ishes their states for rac ist voting histories they say they’ve overcome. “By passing this rewrite of the Voting Rights Act, Congress is declaring from on high that states with voting problems 40 years ago can simply never be forgiven,” said Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., one of several lawmakers press ing for changes to the law to ease its requirements on Southern states. “I sincerely hope the U.S. Senate corrects these prob lems so when the bill returns to the House for final pas sage I can vote for it,” said Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., whose state is one of those under federal scrutiny. The House overwhelm ingly rejected amendments that would have shortened the renewal from 25 years to a decade and would have struck its requirement that ballots in some states be printed in several languag es. * Supporters of the law as written called the amend ments “poison pills” designed RE-ELECT H a t jm / ■ / m wr K® IH 'Si?- HHHr ■ a B WALKER Jackie Whitley 1217-1 S. Houston Lake Road Warner Robins, GA 31088 (478) 988-7960 www.cottonstatesmsurance.com Jackie.Whitley@cottonstates.com SATURDAY, JULY 15,2006 to kill the renewal because if any were adopted by the full House, the underlying renewal might have failed. Supporters used stark images and emotional lan guage to make clear that the pain of racial struggle _ and racist voting practices _ still stings. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., displayed photos of civil rights activists, including himself, who were beaten by Alabama state troopers in 1965 as they marched from Selma to Montgomery in support of voting rights. “I have a concussion. I almost died. I gave blood; some of my colleagues gave their very lives,” Lewis shouted from the House floor, while the Rev. Jesse Jackson, another veteran of the civil rights movement, looked on from the gallery. “Yes, we’ve made some progress; we havte come a distance,” Lewis added. “The sad truth is, discrimination still exists. That’s why we still need the Voting Rights Act and we must not go back to the dark past.” The very debate over changes to the act is tes tament to the influence of Southern conservatives, even over their own GOP leaders who had hoped to pass the renewal as a fresh appeal for support from minorities on Election Day. With rare bipartisan sup port among leaders of the House and Senate, the renewal was widely expected to sail through Congress and on to the White House for President Bush’s signature. Republican leaders, how ever, were forced to postpone a House vote last month when conservatives rebelled during a closed meeting. Unable to satisfy the dis senters and eager to pass the bill this week, Republican leaders announced late Wednesday they would -allow the House to consider amendments, none of which passed. 3A 00035954