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Mmishni 33mta3jmmml VOLUME 136, NUMBER 140 Wednesday July 19, 2006 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH INSIDE ■ Parker and Schafer Suggs of Warner Robins made Nafional Hot Rod Association history this past weekend when they both won at the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Jr. Drag Racing League Eastern Conference finals in Bristol, Tenn. Also, Jchn Wooten, a co-op trainee at Robins Air Force Base earned two gold and one silver medal at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Anchorage, Alaska recently. - See 1B IN BRIEF Yard sale ■ Byron Better Hometown is sponsoring a community wide yard sale Aug. 5 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. According to a release from the organization, there is no charge to set up. Locations available include Byron United Methodist Church parking lot and the parking lots at the old school on the corner of Main Street and Moseley Road. Call 478-956-5555 for more information. Gate update ■ Construction on Gate 1, also known as the Green Street gate on Robins Air Force Base, is scheduled to be completed Aug. 1. To accommodate the alter nate traffic routes, Gate 15 (the Air National Guard main gate) will be open durirfg nor mal 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 man ning from Gate 1. BIRTHDAYS ■ Back by popular demand, e-mail your birthdays to: hhjnews@evansnewspapers. com DEATHS ■ Lucille ‘Sug’ Harper ■ Ruth Gaylor ■ Estelle Stone INDEX LOCAL 2 A WEATHER 3 A OPINION 4 A LIFESTYLE 1C SPORTS 1 B COMICS 4 B CLASSIFIEDS .... 5 B PERIODICAL 500 8 RUM Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest COOI * GEORGE NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UN IV OF GEORGIA „ ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 July 19, 2006 Smvim; Houston Cot m y Si.\a: 1870 LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville Verbal exchange leads to shooting Bystander also struck by bullet By RAY UGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Two men exchanged words at the Fillers on Houston Lake Road in Perry, then one pulled out a gun and shot the other. Frederick Lamar Jackson reportedly shot flip : Wsrnmm • ■ I H JS V m 1L 1? tUf aS 1 9 - -Ip •; ** m « flHBk HlJPIwk met TMnm •'rif sHB fife * JWMrwfwi is - VI Ka . ■ Jf M h|mH B fiBHI m, . A iHHBHi.pf - 4Uk ;mssmmd#A ..... W - = ‘i'fr’ ‘ v ' ’-v, t\ § 1 -- 111 m -rfrL ■ mtp ‘■WsF«e fIVaBS ' « -t ■ : J SSL. bBl ja HDJ/Kristy Warren The first students of Middle Georgia Technical College’s harboring program experiment in their lab at the Houston Mall for the first time. They are, from left, standing: Coldy Rouse, Keith Ray and Frederick Jackson. Sitting: Octavious Fields, Johnny Foster and Cecil Ash. MGTC adds barbering to program By KRISTY WARREN Journal staff writer Middle Georgia Technical College has added Barbering to its list of courses this summer. MGTC has long had a cosmetology program, but now wants to cater to more specific needs of the area with a barbering pro gram. Tuesday of last week marked the first day of class es for the nine enrolled in the school’s first ever quarter of barbering. According to pro gram chair of Cosmetology and Barbering, Wanda Webb, students will learn theory, personal images, and skin, scalp and hair theory in their first semester. The program is a total of five quarters with the last See MGTC, page 6A BL " m '' HDJ/Kristy Warren Warner Robins Fire Chief Robert Singletary answers questions from members of Perry City Council during a peer review presentation. www.hhjnews.com Rontrell Hayward in the leg. In turn: “The bullet went ‘through Hayward’s leg and struck a 14-year-old black male juvenile in the foot,” said Capt. Bill Phelps of the Perry Police Department. Phelps said police arrived at h ' Nayr 1 •-;* jB T ' \ T' iBjBBHf ' V v HHffiv f wL. \ M I 4 Nk. HDJ/Kristy Warren Instructor Tarrell Small demonstrates as student Mallory Hammond looks on. This is Small’s second year at MGTC; however, she has been teaching since 1990. ■ the scene at about 6:50 p.m. “Officers were on the scene immediate ly and but the shooter had fled the JACKSON scene in a car,” Phelps said. three sections • 18 pages “Officers put out a Be On The Lookout for the car.” Jackson, 24, turned him self in at the station about an hour later, “when he found out we were look ing for him,” Phelps said. Hayward, 20, and the juvenile were treated and released from the hospital. “Both had non-life threaten- WRFD provides Perry FD with results of peer review Recommendations call for additional personnel, stations By KRISTY WARREN Journal staff writer A peer review done by the Warner Robins Fire Department on Perry’s Fire Department was presented to the City of Perry Public Safety Committee at a meet ing Monday. During that meeting, Warner Robins fire chiefs recommended more staff on duty and two more Fire stations at a minimum for the Perry Fire Department. Warner Robins Fire Chief Robert Singletary, with the ing injuries,” Phelps said. Jackson, of 1980 Kings Chapel Road, Perry, remains at the Houston County Jail without bond on charges of aggravated assault, battery and carrying a concealed weapon. “There is no excuse for somebody having to shoot someone, when they could See SHOT, page 6A Man charged with arson By RAY UGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Anthony James Pettis has been charged with arson in the early morning fire Monday on McArthur Boulevard. On Monday at 12:51 a.m., officers of the Warner Robins Police Department responded to 708 McArthur Boulevard to investigate a reported fire. Police —— determined Jm the resident at f' ,r " that loca- H ~ tion awoke 9 kind discov- m ered the the residence on fire. PETTIS Warner Robins Police and Fire Department personnel deter mined the cause of the fire was arson and a suspect was observed leaving the rear of the residence at the time of the fire. There were no inju ries during the incident and the damage to the residence was minimal, police said. Pettis, 34, of 1440 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins, was located shortly after the incident at his residence and was arrested and charged with one count of arson in connection with the inci dent. Police said Pettis was also wanted in Michigan on an outstanding warrant for theft. He is being held at the Houston County Jail without bond. Det. Scott McSwain of the Warner Robins Police Department Criminal Investigations Division is conducting the investigation. Anyone with information concerning the incident may contact him at 929-6908. assistance of Deputy Chief Jeff Onstead, performed the review of the department over a two-month period. Using resource materi al from the National Fire Protection Agency, the International Standards Organization and 55 years of combined experience, the evaluation focused on management of department and personnel; support ser vices such as prevention, inspection, and education; equipment and apparatus; See PFD, page 2A