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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL &xu»fcm stsU|}snmuii Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Parry, GA 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader DKF® 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 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, GA 31069: (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 Georgia insurers unveil easy-access ATLANTA (AP)-Georgia’s largest health insurer plans to offer its members a per sonalized medical record that can be accessed over the Internet. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia on Monday unveiled “the personal health record” and said it will be available to the insurer’s 3.1 million members starting in late August. Kaiser Permanente, meanwhile, is planning to roll out an electronic health record in Gwinnett County this week. All 286,000 of Georgia’s Kaiser members will be able to use it starting Sept. 8. Currently, most patients who want to see their records must request a paper copy from each physician, and it’s usually written in medical jargon. The Blue Cross personal health record will be load ed with claims data, test results and other informa tion from each participat ing health care provider the patient sees, said Shannon Troughton, a Blue Cross spokeswoman. Medical thesaurus soft ware will translate medical jargon into more common terminology - for example, a “hypertension” coding will be entered into the record as “high blood pressure,” Blue Cross officials said. The personal health record was piloted by Georgia Blue Cross’s sister organization in New York, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield. “I think it’s really cool,” said Laurel Pickering, exec utive director of the New York Business Group on Health, which evaluates health insurance offerings for companies. Federal health officials have been pushing the health care industry to adopt standard electronic YOUR WEATHER TEAM! TODAY’S Todays Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Wed 7/26 4s^ 96/74 Isolated thunder storms. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the mid 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:46 AM 8:37 PM Georgia At A Glance \ Atlanta \ \ 91/71 0- —Augusta \ / 92/75 \ f *4f X ' Ns V V Warner Robins 1 \ \ 96/73 v s S \ * Savannah > . I*l \ 84/76 | J 96/73 "X q ( / Valdosta <n \aJ • 95/73 J Area Cities HI Lo Pond. Albany 96 74 t-storm Athens 94 71 pt sunny Atlanta 91 71 pt sunny Augusta 92 75 pt sunny Bainbridge 98 76 t-storm Brunswick 91 79 t-storm Cartersville 92 71 pt sunny Chattanooga.TN 87 69 pt sunny Columbus 95 74 t-storm Cordele 97 74 t-storm National Cities City Hi Lo Cond. Atlanta 91 71 pt sunny Boston 85 71 t-storm Chicago 84 71 t-storm Dallas 96 80 t-storm Denver 89 65 pt sunny ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service medical records that could be accessed by doctors and hospitals across the country. The government’s target for achieving the change is within the next 10 years. Search resumes for man in Lanier GAINESVILLE (AP) - Two nonprofit foundations are expected to help authori ties resume the search for a man presumed drowned in Lake Lanier. Hall County authorities plan to resume the search Monday for Marc Lee Webb, 38, who was last seen fall ing from a Waveßunner on July 8 after he hit a large wave near Holiday Marina in Buford. The International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists and The Seth Foundation will help in the search by providing addi tional divers and search equipment, Sheriffs Maj. Jeff Strickland said. The search equipment includes a rotating sonar that maps the lake’s bot tom, as well as a remote operated underwater vehicle equipped with cameras and a recover claw. The remote operated vehi cle locates and photographs potential targets detect ed by the rotating sonar, Strickland said. Additional divers funded by The Seth Foundation will utilize a “mixed gas system” that allows for more search time at the bottom of Lanier, which is nearly 100 feet deep in some areas, Strickland said. Woman rescued stuck in mud SAVANNAH (AP) - A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew had to rescue a woman who became stuck up to her neck in mud in a creek. Kimberly Rozier, 36, apparently drove her Thu 7/27 r 95/73 Partly cloudy with a stray thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 6:48 AM 8:35 PM 94/74 Partly cloudy with a stray thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 6:47 AM 8:36 PM TRENT WILLMON a little more livin’ . .. AUA.~.LABir; •-yttBROVKR m s:i :s soi,;. I city di Lobond. Dalton 92 71 pt sunny Dillard 86 65 pt sunny Dublin 97 72 t-storm Duluth 90 70 pt sunny Gainesville 90 72 pt sunny Helen 89 67 pt sunny Lagrange 92 70 t-storm Macon 95 73 pt sunny Marietta 90 73 pt sunny Milledgeville 97 74 pt sunny Houston 88 76 t-storm Los Angeles 82 68 pt sunny Miami 89 80 t-storm Minneapolis 91 71 mst sunny New York 88 75 pt sunny vehicle into Jones Creek and then climbed out and began swimming, said Chief Terrell Chipp of the Midway Volunteer Fire Department. Rozier was arrested Saturday afternoon on charges of disorderly con duct and obstruction, and is being held at Liberty County Jail, Deputy Marty Adams said. A fire crew arrived at the scene after receiving a call after 11:30 p.m. Friday. “We were told when the woman drove the car into the water she just jumped in and began swimming,” he said. “A man who was in the vehicle with her tried to get her to come back to the shore, but gave up when she kept swimming farther away.” Delta brings 160 evacuees to Atlanta ATLANTA (AP) - A plane carrying 160 evacu ees from Lebanon landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport just after midnight Sunday. Delta Air Lines Inc. oper ated the specially chartered 767 wide-body aircraft from Cyprus as part the U.S. State Department’s mass evacu ation of U.S. citizens from Lebanon. So far about 7,500 Americans have been evac uated from Lebanon since Israel began its offensive in reponse to the capture of two Israeli soldiers July 12 in a cross-border attack by Lebanon-based Hezbollah guerrillas. U.S. officials estimate about 25,000 Americans are in Lebanon. Dina Sleiman of Virginia Beach, Va., was visiting her husband’s family in Lebanon when the fighting began. Sleiman and her family - her husband, Dani, and three children, ages three to 11 - fled from Saida to the north of Beirut and spent STATE AND REGION Jerry Methewson wmma ewes Tvarnt ne Frl 7/28 4^7 93/73 Isolated thunder storms. Highs in the low 90s and iows in the low 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:48 AM 8:34 PM Ji4 Sun 7/30 Sat 7/29 /3^ 94/73 Isolated thunder storms. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the low 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:49 AM 8:34 PM Moon Phases r First Aug 2 New Jul 25 ip © Last Aug 16 Full Aug 9 UV Index I Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Very High Wed 7/26 Thu 7/27 Fri 7/28 Sat 7/29 Sun 7/30 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 mam \bily U LoW Peachtree City 91 68 pt sunny Perry 96 73 t-storm Rome 97 72 pt sunny Savannah 94 76 t-storm St. Simons Island9l 79 t-storm Statesboro 98 77 t-storm Thomasville 95 74 t-storm Valdosta 95 73 t-storm Warner Robins 96 73 t-storm Waycross 95 73 t-storm j City Hi Lo Cond. Phoenix 99 85 t-storm San Francisco 74 57 mst sunny Seattle 81 63 pt sunny St. Louis 94 77 t-storm Washington. DC 88 74 pt sunny two days on a bridge with hundreds of other people hoping to get on a U.S. mili tary ship to Cyprus. “I am so glad to be home,” Sleiman said by phone from the airport. “We were in a safe area, but they kept talking about things escalat mg. Delta CEO Gerald Grinstein, who was on the 14-hour flight from Cyprus, said the company is ready to fly more evacuees to the United States if the U.S. State Department needs more help. “This is part of the Delta DNA,” Grinstein said. The flight cost the U.S. government $1 and was no charge to the passengers, who were offered compli mentary hotel accommoda tions for up to 48 hours in Atlanta in partnership with Intercontinental Hotels Group. The Atlanta-based Delta will offer passengers spe cially discounted travel to their final destinations in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands. < g3Bfc HOMB REPAIR 10AH agpftrltfk City of Warner Robins DOES YOUR HOME NEED REPAIRS? CII Do you own your home? *| \m Do you have equity in your home? Is your home within the limits of the City of Warner Robins? g Please contact the City of Warner Robins, Department of Community Development to see if you qualify for a U.S. Department of HUD funded low (0% to 3%) interest rate loan (Certain income restrictions apply-Maximum income ranges from $32,950f0r a single person to $62,150f0r a family of 8) Apply at Warner Robins City Hall, 700 Watson Blvd. upstairs in the Department of Community Development or call 929-1140 for more details. ' . 35349 OBITUARIES PAUL LEON MONTGOMERY WARNER ROBINS - Leon Montgomery, 65, passed away on Thursday. Montgomery was born November 22, 1940 in Thomaston. He was a self-employed carpenter most of his life. His wife, Gaynelle Hutson Montgomery, his parents, Paul Frank Montgomery and Lillie Jane Montgomery, and brothers, Henry Montgomery and Chester Stanley Montgomery, all preceded him in death. Perdue, others state support lor Israel By CHARLES ODUM Associated Press Writer ATLANTA - Political and religious leaders spoke in support of Israel’s military efforts against Hezbollah at a rally Sunday, with some speakers calling for the com plete demolition of the guer rilla army. “We cannot negotiate with Hezbollah,” said Steven A. Rakitt, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. “It is time to demolish Hezbollah. We are here to say ‘Enough is enough.’” U.S. Rep. David Scott, D- Ga., told a crowd of about 5,000, many waving Israeli flags, that Israel’s fight is the world’s fight. “There is a cause for the world, and that is for us to go forward from here and stand with Israel, support Israel, encourage Israel to go forth and to disarm, disman tle and destroy Hezbollah,” Scott said, adding it also is time to similarly bring down terror organizations Hamas and al-Quaida. “If we cannot get Syria and Iran to turn around, we must be willing to stand up and go forward and disman tle and disarm Syria and MANIC MONDAYS i OFF MS 4,. Men, Women & Children Call For Appointment. * Must present coupon! ■lies jke. miiimii shop 50% Off (Already Discounted Items, Cherokee Unisex Scrubs & Dansko Shoes NOT Included) JULY 26th - AUG. 4th BUY 1 get 1 FREE Shirts Select Shoes just $19.99 Clearance Rack - EVERYTHING SB.OO Hours: M-F Bam-6pm Sat 9am-lpm CLOSED Sunday 1544 Watson Blvd. Warner Robins, GA (478) 328-9977 M TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006 ♦ Iran,” Scott said. Gov. Sonny Perdue and his wife, Mary, drew a warm ovation when introduced. By far the loudest ovation and cheers came for DeKalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson, who has pushed U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., to a runoff. Johnson responded by blowing kisses to the crowd. Johnson did not speak at the rally, but he received a nod from U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., who said, “Hank, when you’re success ful, you may never receive a greater reception.” Many political hopefuls took advantage of the rally as a campaign opportunity, but Perdue made only a brief appearance, leaving immedi ately after his speech. “We’ve come together today under solemn circum stances,” Perdue said. “We want to say with such clarity, we have come togeth er in support for the state of Israel.” All-You-Can-Eat Shri m p-$ 10 9 VC atfis h -$9 95 Friday & Saturday - spm * 10pm BrggnJfdar its KxM WILM WEDNESWU Pull Card From Deck Deceive That Amount Off! 225 WES PARK DR. 478.987.2737 Opm MoMti-nturvtei 8:30 l.m. airtil 8:30 frttays tram £3O a.a. until SM f * Saturdays fra. 8:90 *.». Mill WO p.m. Everything In The Store! 3A