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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Muuatun flaily .Tjimrtuii Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Perry, GA 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader drop® 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. 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This newspaper is a member of The Georgia Press Association, The National Newspaper Association and The Associated Press Camden man must halt for survey WOODBINE (MNS) - A man building a house near an old African-American cemetery in west Camden County has been ordered to stop construction until a comprehensive survey is conducted to determine whether there are unmarked graves on his property. County attorney Brent Green said the property owner, James Herrin, must get permission from the Camden County Commission after the study is completed before he can resume con struction of the home on a piece of property adja cent to the Bullhead Bluff Cemetery. The order was issued by the county in response to complaints by area residents that Herrin’s home is being built over the oldest part of the cemetery, where an undetermined number of unmarked graves are locat ed. “This is a very critical and touchy issue for these peo ple,” Green said. Herrin did not return calls Monday for comment. But Loretta Riggins-Hylton, a senior planner for the county, said she spoke with Herrin on Monday and he said he’d be willing to accept an archaeologist’s offer to use ground-penetrating radar at no cost to determine whether there are unmarked graves on his property. Hospital plans S7O million expansion ATHENS (MNS) - Athens Regional Medical Center is planning the most expensive expansion in the hospital’s history and intends to begin construction even before another large expansion is completed. The project would cost nearly S7O million, add- YOUR WEATHER TEAM! TODAY’S Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Thu 8/3 4^-prr 94/74 Partly cloudy with a stray thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 6:52 AM 8:30 PM 96/74 Partly cloudy with a stray thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 6:52 AM 8:31 PM TFtEIVT WILLMON a little more livin’ available wbrrbvbh «cs:r! :s bold Georgia At A Glance \ Atlanta y \ \ 97/74 N S. Augusta \ 101/77 \ *4? >s ' s >v \ Warner Robins . A \ 97/74 1 V k. % \ ) s Savannah } r -,.\ Perry Y 98/76 } ) 96/74 —q ( / Valdosta <n \j/ • 94/72 £****s ■" j Area Cities Hi Lo Cond. [city Albany 94 73 t-storm Athens 101 74 t-storm Atlanta 97 74 t-storm Augusta 101 77 t-storm Bainbridge 95 75 t-storm Brunswick 93 78 t-storm Cartersville 95 74 t-storm Chattanooga,TN 91 72 t-storm Columbus 98 75 t-storm Cordele 96 74 t-storm National Cities Hi Lo Cond, ICity Atlanta 97 74 t-storm Boston 88 68 t-storm Chicago 76 66 rain Dallas 101 81 mst sunny Denver 80 58 t-storm ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service ing 175,800 square feet to ARMC’s South Tower at the intersection of Prince and Talmadge avenues. The expansion would add fifth and sixth floors to the exist ing South Tower, built in 1994, and also add a new three-story building between the tower and another ARMC building, the Medical Services Building. The two-story addition would add 44 new beds to the hospital’s capacity, which now is 315. The three-story addition would provide redesigned and expanded surgery, endoscopy and laboratory facilities, and would free up space for future expansions of the hospital’s cardiology and radiology departments. Hospital administrators cite a simple reason for the expansion: There are more of us in Northeast Georgia, and we are getting older, and therefore more likely to need medical care. “We’re anticipating the growth in the area,” said Larry Webb, ARMC senior vice president and chief financial officer. “I imagine by the time we get this built, we’ll be full.” Inpatient admissions to ARMC increased by nearly 12 percent over the past five years, from 15,973 in 2000 to 17,817 in 2005, according to the hospital’s records. Throng of birds killed at lake AUGUSTA (MNS) - Stormy weather is a sus pect in a weekend bird kill involving about 1,000 mar tins, swallows and crows at Thurmond Lake north of Augusta. “We think it was probably lightning,” said Vic VanSant, the regional wildlife super visor for Georgia’s Wildlife Resources Division. High winds also can kill large numbers of roosting birds, he said. Frl 8/4 / w * 95/73 A few thunderstorms possible. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the low 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:53 AM 8:29 PM [CitT Dalton 95 74 t-storm Dillard 91 69 t-storm Dublin 102 73 t-storm Duluth 97 73 t-storm Gainesville 98 76 t-storm Helen 93 71 t-storm Lagrange 96 72 t-storm Macon 99 74 t-storm Marietta 97 75 t-storm Milledgeville 101 75 t-storm Icity Houston 92 75 t-storm Los Angeles 81 66 mst sunny Miami 87 80 t-storm Minneapolis 86 64 mst sunny New York 94 77 t-storm STATE BRIEFS “They had some big storms blow through there over the weekend,” he said of the lake. The dead and dying birds were found in large numbers Sunday at three locations: near the observation tower at Lake Springs Recreation Area in Columbia County, on a small island about 400 yards away from the Lake Springs park, and near a peninsula on the reservoir’s South Carolina side. Alan Dean, a ranger for the Army Corps of Engineers, estimated as many as 1,000 birds were affected, with many still alive but impaired, when rangers visited the areas Sunday. Domestic violence puts man in prison AUGUSTA (MNS) - An Augusta man who threw his girlfriend into the trunk of a car after she announced their relationship was over pleaded guilty Monday. It was Aldric R. Wright’s 17th arrest, Assistant District Attorney Robert Homlar said of Wright’s arrest for kidnapping, domestic violence battery and cruelty to children. On Monday, in Richmond County Superior Court, Wright pleaded guilty to •Air Conditioning Repair •Engine Repair •Tune Ups, Belts & Hoses ini. mwn, am. i——MmWMMM a—rttfcPtf Cggjjj M«l STATE AND REGION Meteorologist Jerry Mat hews on Tern* tor Maws* Sat 8/5 . 98/73 Scattered thunder storms. Highs in the upper 90s and lows in the low 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:54 AM 8:28 PM Hi Lo Cond. Hi Lo Cond. ASEMASTER MECHANIC ?«* <my Mon 8/7 Sun 8/6 ,»,L. 100/74 Partly cloudy. Highs 98 to 102 F and lows in the mid 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:54 AM 8:27 PM Moon Phases < 0 Full Aug 9 First . Aug 2 m • New Aug 23 Last Aug 16 UV Index Thu 8/3 it Extreme Fri 8/4 S Extreme Sat 8/5 H Extreme »«»»»» Sun 8/6 || Extreme Mon 8/7 || Extreme 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 itatoi 11 Hi Lo Cond. [city Peachtree City 95 71 t-storm Perry 96 74 t-storm Rome 99 74 t-storm Savannah 98 76 t-storm St. Simons Island 93 78 t-storm Statesboro 102 78 t-storm Thomasville 94 74 t-storm Valdosta 94 72 t-storm Warner Robins 97 74 t-storm Waycross 97 72 t-storm Hi Lo Cond. | City Phoenix 102 81 t-storm San Francisco 74 56 mst sunny Seattle 74 54 pt sunny St. Louis 92 73 t-storm Washington, DC 101 81 pt sunny a reduced charge of false imprisonment and the two other misdemeanor charges. The incident involving Wright and Monica Dawson took place the night of Feb. 11, when an argument broke out after an intoxicated Wright showed up at her home. When she told him he had to leave permanently, he picked her up and threw her into the trunk of a car, the prosecutor said in court Monday. “’lf I have to go, you’re going, too,”’ Ms. Dawson quoted him as saying. Her two children, ages 11 and 7, witnessed the violence and remain traumatized, she told the judge Monday. Wright apologized in court and said he had had no inten tion of harming her. Wright has been arrested repeatedly, although few convictions have resulted. He was arrested in March 1994 and again in February 1995 on aggravated assault charges, but the first case was dismissed and the sec ond ended in acquittal. Wright has convictions for drugs, theft and driving offenses. Judge J. Carlisle Overstreet sentenced Wright to serve four years in prison, followed by four years’ probation. He also imposed a SI,OOO fine. CHIEF MASTER SGT. MARTIN HOLLIS, USAF (RET) WARNER ROBINS - Chief Master Sgt. Martin Hollis, USAF (Ret), 90, passed away Sunday. Graveside ser vices will be held at 11 a.m. today in Andersonville National Cemetery. Hollis was born on May 1, 1916 in Hamilton County, Tenn. He was pre- ceded in death by his parents, two sisters and a step-son. ROBERTA MAE VEASEY 1 WARNER ROBINS - Roberta Mae Veasey, 86, passed away Sunday at Peachbelt Nursing Home in Warner Robins. Graveside services and interment will be held in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, MD. Veasey was bom on May 10, 1920 in Cabin Creek; W.V Her husband, mother and father, daughter and two brothers all preceded her in death. Survivors include sev eral loving nieces and nephews. Some candidates made the primary interesting By Walter C. Jones Morris News Service ATLANTA - The mud slinging may be what sticks in most people’s minds about the primary, but there were plenty of things that made the last few months pleasantly enter taining for those addicted to politics. Who could forget Mark Taylor’s television com mercial attacking Cathy Cox about her use of gov ernment funds in investor fraud ads, which he claims were intended to boost her own campaign for gover nor. His spot included a clip from a television interview in which she stated that she never said her name in any of the controversial ads. Then he plays piec es of three ads in which she introduces herself by name. Even if Cox support ers didn’t appreciate the irony, it was sure to strike most viewers as humorous. One of Greg Hecht’s ads also tweaked the funny bone, though it was proba bly unintentional. An early spot in his race for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor pro claimed that he had a plan for reducing gasoline prices and those interested should view it bn his campaign Web site. The plan? Petition some one else to do something. Namely President Bush and Congress. Cox’s staff staged one of the most unique press conferences of the campaign, even if it was just a conference call. Reporters were invited to listen to two legislative vet erans recount what really happened with the bills cre ating the Georgia Lottery that funds the HOPE Scholarship and pre-kin dergarten programs. Taylor takes credit for creating <^> 905 Downtown Carroll St. • Perry 478-987-1392 HttMMMMM Sd#P 50%0ff A® (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 _ 00036421 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2006 ♦ OBITUARIES DAVID OVERTON JEWELERS •Jewelry Repair & Cleaning •Watch Repair •Engraving •Appraisals •Estate Jewelry •Class Rings r those programs, although he was one of many politi cians playing a role. But instead of discrediting Taylor, the two lawmakers wound up backing his side of the story. It’s not every day a candidate helps an opponent deliver a message to the press. Down-ballot shenanigans also provided some comic relief. For instance, the sec retary of state race drew so many candidates that they could have formed two bas ketball teams and deter mined the winner under the hoops. The Democratic contest included Angela Moore, who demonstrated her commitment to the free-enterprise system by selling businesses ads on the back of her campaign literature. The offbeat approach didn’t get her more than 18 percent of the vote, but it would have put her in an interesting posi tion as secretary of state overseeing the propriety of elections. In the same race were Shyam Reddy, an Indian- American who was born in Georgia but who tapped into the Indian immigrant community. There was also Walter Ray, a former legis lator and ex-member of the Pardons and Parole Board, who was working with an American Indian constitu ency. Before a judge halted the requirement for a photo ID to vote, Ray donated money to a Cherokee tribe so it could set up a stand outside the Capitol and other places to issue IDs. Ray had found a little noticed reference in the voting-ID law to authorize use of IDs issued by tribes. Despite different angles for the state’s Indian vote, Ray and Reddy still came in behind Moore, who also missed the runoff. Honrs: Mon., TUes., Thurs., Fri 10am-6pm Wed. 10am- lpm 3A