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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Muuaiun iD.'uiy .Ijouriuii Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Perry, GA 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader □rap® 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, 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 9 tnr. <• • -o Ross defendants offered deals SAVANNAH (MNS) - Two of the three men indicted on murder charges in the death of a 19-year-old debutante that spotlighted the racial divide and crime in this coastal city are being offered plea agreements in exchange for their testimony against the alleged shooter, accord ing to lawyers involved in the case. Kevin Huckabee, who Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police detec tives say drove the get away car after the Dec. 24 shooting of Jennifier Ross off Orleans Square, was arraigned Tuesday before Superior Court Judge Penny Haas Freesemann. Huckabee pleaded not guilty during the hearing to charges that include malice murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and theft by receiving stolen property. Assistant District Attorney Christy Barker said Huckabee has until Aug. 25 to accept the plea offer, details of which were not revealed in court. A jury trial for all three is tentatively scheduled for early December. Chief Assistant District Attorney David Lock would not comment on details of the proposed deal. Huckabee’s attorney, Public Defender Michael Edwards, was trav eling following Tuesday’s hearing and could not be reached for comment. Attorney Richard Darden, representing alleged gun man Michael Thorpe, said the plea offer has also been extended to co-defendant Webster Wilson. Corbitt quits chair in Ware County WAYCROSS (MNS) - Ware County Commission YOUR WEATHER TEAM! I TODAY’S affc Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Fri 8/4 97/75 Scattered thunder storms. Highs in the upper 90s and lows in the mid 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:52 AM 8:30 PM Georgia At A Glance L/ Atlanta V 96/74 jO'^Sjgk 1 ®\ Au 9 usta 97/77 \( + \ \ Warner Robins \ \ \ '9B/76 V V \ Savannah \ • \ 96/75 ( / Perry J C ( Valdosta » 91/74 Area Cities Hi jJ-O Cond. Iciiy Albany 94 74 t-storm Athens 98 75 t-storm Atlanta 96 74 t-storm Augusta 97 77 t-storm Bainbridge 93 75 t-storm Brunswick 93 78 t-storm CarterSville 96 73 t-storm Chattanooga,TN 90 71 t-storm Columbus 96 75 t-storm Cordele 97 75 t-storm National Cities Hi Lo Cond. I City Atlanta 96 74 t : storm Boston 75 66 t-storm Chicago 85 67 sunny Dallas 104 80 mst sunny Denver 85 63 t-storm ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service Chairman Carlton Corbitt stunned his fellow com missioners Tuesday with an abrupt resignation announcement. Citing the loss of the ability to do his duties as chairman, Corbitt said he is resigning effective Monday. He leaves less than halfway through his four-year term, and a special election must be held to replace him. Corbitt said in a letter that he was fulfilling a promise to step aside should he no lon ger be effective as chairman. That time had come, he said. Commissioners can operate efficiently only if the “mem bers are collegial and treat their fellow members with respect and deference,” he said in the letter. “We have lost those prin ciples in Ware County. I have been effectively removed from the Board of Commissioners and the pros pects for ever again being allowed to do my duty and to meet my obligations to the citizens are, in my view, slim to none,” Corbitt wrote. “It’s shocking,” Commissioner Carlos Nelson said. “Just came out of the blue. I never thought he would resign.” Commissioner Joe Cornelius said he learned of the resignation while run ning a tractor on his family farm. “I kind of didn’t know what to think,” Cornelius said. The resignation ends a long-running battle between Corbitt and the other four commissioners. Mother sentenced lor cutting son McDonough (ap> - a mother accused of cutting off part of her son’s toungue with hot scissors avoided a 5-year prison sentence and was sentenced to 10 years probation. But before going on proba- Sat 8/5 / H- 99/74 Slight chance of a thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 6:54 AM 8:28 PM 98/74 Slight chance of a thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 6:53 AM 8:29 PM TFtE]\rr WILLMON a lit.tle more livin’ available; -vhbricvrb kvs:<' :s soi.c rcityT Dalton 96 73 t-storm Dillard 92 68 t-storm Dublin 99 74 t-storm Duluth 95 73 t-storm Gainesville 97 76 t-storm Helen 94 71 t-storm Lagrange 95 73 t-storm Macon 98 75 t-storm Marietta 95 73 t-storm Milledgeville 99 76 t-storm [city Houston 92 75 t-storm Los Angeles 80 65 pt sunny Miami 87 79 t-storm Minneapolis 91 70 sunny New York 82 73 t-storm STATE BRIEFS tion, Samantha J. Davis, 33, will serve 60 to 180 days in a detention center. Judge Wade Crumbley also told Davis to complete a 26-week parenting class, a nonviolence class and have only supervised visits with her son. Henry County pros ecutors had recommended that Davis serve five years in prison. But the boy’s father testified Tuesday that he did not want her to go to prison. “He told the judge she is a good woman, and he doesn’t feel his son is unsafe around her,” Davis’ lawyer, Rickey L. Richardson, said. Davis heated a pair of scis sors on a stove in August 2004 and held it to her 6- year-old son’s neck before cutting off a piece of his tongue as punishment for talking back, authorities said. Her estranged hus band, Toby Davis reported the injuries to police and she was arrested. The child has been in his father’s custody since then. Davis pleaded guilty in June to two child cruelty charges. But the state’s case was hampered when Toby Davis filed court papers refusing to cooperate with the prosecu tion and asking that charges be dropped. The boy also signed an affidavit saying he did not want his mother SUGARLOAF A Lovely Sidewalk Community In Perry These Homes are quality built all brick homes We have 3 & 4 bedroom homes starting at 131,900. Homes have features such as custom cabinets, fireplace, sod, sprinkler system Builder is giving a $5,000 bonus if you contract on one of our last 2 completed homes and close within 30 days We have a new loan program available to use that is a 100% loan with no PMI Information Center open daily Mon, Thur, Fri 12-6 weekdays, Sat 11-5 Sun 1-5 Stop by and visit with Karen or give her a call at 954-HOME (4663) Located on the Perry Parkway nght across from the new Court House Coming Soon Another CARTER-WILKES S/D REMINGTON CHASE & (478) 971-2115 331 Margie Drive. Warner Rabins. U. 31088 Disclaimer Bonuses based on certain completed homes only Loan program based upon credit and may not apply to alt purchasers STATE AND REGION Meteorologist Jerry Mathews on Turns Ht News* Sun 8/6 4 98/75 Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 90s and lows in the mid 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:54 AM 8:27 PM Hi Lo Cond. Hi Lo Cond. CONSTRUCTION. INC. |H Fairciothßealtv m, cr Tue 8/8 Mon 8/7 /L 98/75 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 90s and lows in the mid 70s. Sunrise Sunset 6:55 AM 8:26 PM Moon Phases © © Full Aug 9 First Aug 2 # • New Aug 23 Last Aug 16 UV Index Fri 8/4 Extreme Sat 8/5 # Very High Sun 8/6 P Extreme Mon 8/7 H Extreme Tue 8/8 n Extreme ■iM The UV Index is measured on a 0-11 number scale, with a higher UV Index showing the need for greater skin pro tection. 0 11 Hi Lo Cond. City Peachtree City 94 72 t-storm Perry 97 75 t-storm Rome 96 73 t-storm Savannah 96 75 t-storm St. Simons Island 93 78 t-storm Statesboro 100 78 t-storm Thomasville 93 74 t-storm Valdosta 91 74 t-storm Warner Robins 98 76 t-storm Waycross 96 73 t-storm Hi Lo Cond. City Phoenix 97 80 t-storm San Francisco 72 57 pt sunny Seattle 78 56 mst sunny St. Louis 88 71 mst sunny Washington, DC 94 74 t-storm prosecuted. Henry District Attorney Tommy Floyd said he did not know if the father’s refusal affected the sentence. “The judge didn’t say, ‘This is why I’m doing what I’m doing.’ I know the father was very reluctant to pros ecute and we feel he influ enced the child,” Floyd said. In the meantime, Richardson said Samantha Davis was relieved by the sentence. “She was hoping for straight probation but at least it isn’t the five years in prison the state wanted,” he said. Pair sentenced for abandoning child CARROLLTON (AP) - A mother and her boyfriend have been sentenced to five years in prison for abandon ing the woman’s 2-year-old son on the side of the road. Martha Velazquez Lopez, 23, and her boyfriend Dionicio Fuentez Lorenzo, 23, both from Columbus, were sentenced Tuesday. The couple was charged with abandoning Lopez’s 2- year-old son Jorge Enrique Lopez on the side of a Carroll County road road in 2005. The toddler was later found by motorists. p WL*. OBITUARIES JENNIE MAE ROBERTS (KNOT) PERRY - Jennie Mae Roberts (Knot) died Sunday. Service will be held at 11 a.m. today at New Hope Baptist Church with burial in the Smyrna Cemetery. Survivors, children, Rosie Gray, Dorothy, Edna, Margaret and Willie Roberts; several siblings and grandchildren. Richardson Funeral Home of Perry has charge. JOAN M. EUBANKS PERRY - Joan M. Eubanks, 86, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2006. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Watson - Hunt Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Perry Memorial Gardens. The Reverend Roland Fall will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:30-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Eubanks, a native of Ontario, Canada, was the daughter of the late Edward and Violet Langridge. Educated in busi ness administration she spent her career in government service starting with the Canadian Government in Ottawa, Ontario, then the war years in Washington, D.C., with the British Admiralty Delegation. Following the war she served in Wiesbaden, Germany with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association where she met and married her husband, Wayne who predeceased her in 1984. After return ing to the U.S. and obtaining U.S. citizenship she re-entered government service and retired from Robins Air Force Base in 1983. She was a member of Susannah Wesley Class at Perry United Methodist, the Delphian Club, Book Browsers Club and the Perry Country Club. Survivors include her brother-in-law, Aaron Eubanks (Shirley), Memphis, Tenn., nephew, David Eubanks (Shirley) Muncie, Ind., neice, Carol (Bob) Riccardi, St. Louis, Mo., two grand neices; Megan Eubanks, Indianapolis, Ind., and Elizabeth Bruning of St. Louis, Mo., grand nephew, Jonathan Bruning, Auburn, Mass. Please sign the online register at watsonhunt.com. Space shuttle Atlantis heads to launch pad By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis was hauled to the launch pad early Wednesday, a major step toward a mission to resume construction of the international space station for the first time in three years. The pre-dawn trip to the launch pad was delayed twice this week because of stormy weather. The four-mile trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building started shortly after 1 a.m. and took under eight hours. In the next few days, fuel and power lines will be hooked up to the" vehicle, the shuttle’s auxiliary power units will be test-fired and cargo will be loaded onto the shuttle. Next week, Atlantis’ crew arrives at the Kennedy Space Center for a week of dress rehearsals that include a practice launch countdown, an exercise to practice escap ing from the launch pad and instruction on using emer gency equipment. Atlantis hasn’t flown since October 2002, and there has been no construction on the international space sta tion since December 2002. 5 - f| •m‘ *' Sizzling Summer Rates 5p .55* 13 month CD 5.00 S 6 month CD Security mm. 'y— That’s my bank. JIDrtMMm Member FDtC Bibb 722-6300 • Houston 722-7130 jones 986-3157 • www.securitybank.net * Minimum opening drpotit b SLOOO. Ann uni Pen an age Yield (APY) if ejjkutr June 21, 2006 and mbjen to chongr. Special ram availablefor a limited tone nniy A penally may be imposed Jar early u hlxlrawal Some mtrwtiom may apply. 0003b3t05 THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2006 ♦ During the 11-day mission, Atlantis’ six astronauts are scheduled to conduct three spacewalks and deliver and install a 35,000-pound addi tion with giant solar arrays that power the space sta tion. The deadly Columbia accident in early 2003 halted all expansion of the orbit ing space lab and forced a reduction in the crew size from three to two. The crew size returned to three mem bers last month after space shuttle Discovery delivered European Space Station astronaut Thomas Reiter to the international space sta tion.' - ■«->■ The window for launch* ing Atlantis starts ’Aug. 27 and lasts until Sept. 13, but NASA managers are consid ering opening up the window a day earlier. Atlantis’ launch will be the second of the year, and only the third shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster killed seven astronauts. 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