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VOLUME 136, NUMBER 145 Wednesday July 26, 2006 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH INSIDE ■ The Tigers used the gameplan of scoring quick and then held off the Eagles to capture the Middle Georgia Baseball League's cham pionship Monday. Also, two Warner Robins American Little League teams con tinue to roll and Perry High School sets its Night of Champions. Two more: Braves Notebook and Georgia Tech head coach Chan Gailey says he’s now a "big picture" kind of guy. - See 1 and 6B ■ What’s cooking in Sara's kitch- en? Get a sample of what Cottage Living magazine is offer ing for the summer harvest. - See Food 1C IN BRIEF DOT contractor shifting lanes According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, their contractor has begun shifting north and south bound traffic to the two new outside lanes (one lane in each direction) of Houston Lake Road at a location between the south side of the intersection with State Route 96 and South Tammie Circle. The purpose of this shift is to coordinate with the construction of the inside lanes. They request that motorists observe the signs, barrels, cones and other markings that will alert and direct them through this construction area. - Special to the Journal BIRTHDAYS E-mail your birthdays to: hhj@evansnewspapers.com or donm@evansnewspapers.com or send them to: 1210 Washington St., Perry 31069: attn: Don Moncrief. You can also call him at 987-1823, Ext. 231. DEATHS ■ Florence E. “Flo” Norris INDEX LOCAL 2 A WEATHER 3 A OPINION 4 A SPORTS 1 B COMICS 4 B CLASSIFIEDS .... 5 B FOOD 1C PERIODICAL 500 8 illll 4 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest COOI * GEC/R'GAA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Mato unrary UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 July 19, 2006 Smwwj Wjcs'mx Ok.wy S/a <:l tfflt LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville JL'r 1 I JH \ B \ flj Br 1H ’id ISBKf? BHpBRHi ill JP ~ 1 W •', ” MB .-■ * jOR k wtm. ; Iff™Tf ' w » fig tf 1 r HHP 1 ■ %**& P ; jr v / f i v. • W * r:\-C 1 Warner Robins Women's Healthcare Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, from left, Kathy Grube, Julie Conway and Debra Fingle take advantage of Senate Bill 480, which went into effect July 1 and allows them to write prescriptions. New law provides prescription power By Brian Shreve Journal Intern “It’s been a really long time coming,” said Dr. Leslie Tidwell of Warner Robins’ Women’s Healthcare. After more than a decade of lobbying, nurses in Houston County and around the state are celebrating a new law giving them prescriptive authority. Senate Bill 480, signed into law by Gov. Sonny Perdue in March, went into effect July 1 and applies to advanced practice registered nurses, including nurse practitioners, certi fied nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists and psychiatric health nurses. By giving APRNs the power to write pre- lint violation leads to cash, cocaine and two arrests ByRAYUGHTNER Journal Staff Writer It all began with a tint viola tion. A July 18 traffic stop in Perry led to two arrests in two coun ties and the seizure of 10 kilos of cocaine and $189,920 in cash. Perry Police Sgt. Ron Brainard stopped a vehicle on 1-75 because the windows were too dark around 2:10 a.m., July 18. Brainard checked the vehicle with his canine partner Rex, and based upon Rex’s hit on the vehicle, decided to search the vehicle, explained Det. Drew Dodson of the Perry Police. Brainard and Field Training 22)oVe Officer John Kessler searched the vehicle and located cocaine - about three grams - and a bag that contained $189,920 in cash, Dodson said. The driver of the vehicle, Ryan Cox, 28, 1853 Fernandina, Fla., was arrested. He has been charged with conspiracy to traf fic in cocaine, with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine and the window tint violation. Dodson said the follow-up investigation led to the arrest of Lawrence Kenneth Wathour, 28, 1916 Holmestown Road, Midway, in Douglasville where Douglas Sheriffs Department seized about 10 kilos of cocaine. See LEADS, page 6A www.hhjnews.com scriptions, the law is said to benefit patients by saving them time spent seeking a doctor’s signature, allowing them to get prescriptions filled wherever they wish and by improving medical efficiency in rural areas. There are approximately 5,000 APRNs working in Georgia, 40 of whom work in Houston County. “Now, prescriptions will have our names at the bottom instead of the doctors,” said Kathy Grube, an NP at Women’s Healthcare. “So, we’re more accountable for what we do, and it helps us see patients more efficiently.” Before APRNs are allowed to write pre scriptions, the law dictates there must be See LAW, page 6A I Three sections • 18 pages ENI/Gary Harmon \ y I \/\ vs; ! Ft Mii'V Xu >\/si> 1/7 A>- Below the fold ■ Tint violation leads Perry police to cash, cocaine and two arrests ■ District dignitaries attend Perry Rotary Club meeting Perry planners apppove new subdivision Builders want to annex, develop site on Kings Chapel Rd. By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Staff Writer More farm land is headed toward housing development if the Perry City Council approves a request for rezoning and annexation of 44.14 acres not far from the inter section of Kings Chapel Road and Arena Road. The request, made by Keith Roughton of Kathleen for TCR Builders, Inc., was approved on Monday night by the Peny Planning Commission, which means a public hearing will be held and the Perry City Council will make the final decision. The land has been zoned for residential and agricultural (R- Ag) use by Houston County, and if the request is approved, would become part of the City of Perry, with a zoning (R2A) which allows single family homes to be built op lots of a minimum site of T2f,000 sq. ft. Community Planner Mike Beecham said that, if approved, See SITE, page 6A Dignitaries visit Rotary meeting By KRISTY WARREN Journal Staff Writer District Governor William James Blankenship and Assistant District Governor Les Arent were at Perry’s Rotary Club meeting Monday with a message from International President William B. Boyd. The focus of the 2006/2007 year will be on membership growth; the local Rotary Foundation; striv ing for literacy throughout the world; and entertainment, which mostly takes place with the fellow ship at the weekly lunches. Blankenship says that the Perry Rotary Club has been “exemplary” in its activeness and service. “I always appreciate the stellar clubs of Rotary of which Perry is one,” he said. The club concentrates on lit eracy, with Blankenship saying that “teaching a man to read and See VISIT, page 6 A Perry Police Field Training Officer John Kessler and Sgt. Ron Brainard show the $189,920 in cash seized following a traffic stop on the interstate for a tint violation. Photo courtesy of PPD