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VOLUME 136, NUMBER 152
Friday
August 4, 2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
INSIDE
■ A later school start will enable
Westfield's football team to attend
camp - same as the Hornets
did last year - at Georgia
Southwestern University.
Also, Braves Notebook
and Mora turns up the heat on
Falcons.
- See 1/2B
IN BRIEF
Ya done good
Holly M. Arnold who gradu
ated Summa Cum Laude from Mercer
University recently. Her-major is in
Human Services.
Also, Georgia College & State
University held its graduation recent
ly with the following local students
graduating:
■ Amanda D. Wallace of Kathleen
with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Middle Grades Education;
■ Marion D. Bard of Kathleen, with
a Master of Business Administration
degree;
■ Donald Shavers of Kathleen,
with a Master of Management
Information Systems degree;
■ Somer A. Ramsey of Perry, with
a Master of Arts in Teaching degree in
Secondary Education;
■ Johanna E. Goff of Perry, with
a Master of Education degree in
Educational Technology;
■ Christy B. Peterson of Perry,
with a Master of Education degree in
Educational Technology.
Perry HS to open its
doors to public
The ribbon cutting/open house for
Perry High" School will be Aug. 13 at
2 p.m., school officials announced
this week.
BIRTHDAYS
Today
■ Jan Tennant
■ Cheryl Forney
■ Tommy Purser
■ Janet Phillips
■ Joann Bussell
■ Rose Anne Musgrove
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.
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ Dr. Alfonso Pardo Jr.
INDEX
LOCAL 2 A
WEATHER 3 A
OPINION 4 A
SPORTS 1 B
COMICS 4 B
CLASSIFIEDS .... 5 B
PERIODICAL 500
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
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When he was 24, Philip Willard
suffered from depression
following a divorce and began to use
crack cocaine. When he was 32, he
finally realized that he needed help ...
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New Hope International Bishop Jeff Poole studies up on the scriptures.
He is one of several local leaders involved in Celebrate Recovery, a pro
gram designed to help men and women suffering from dependencies and
addictions.
New Hope offers just that
By KRISTY WARREN
Journal Staff Writer
New Hope International offers
the nationally recognized program
Celebrate Recovery for men and
women suffering from dependen
cies and addictions.
Th 6 program was founded in
1991 by Pastor John Baker at
Saddleback Church in California.
The program has also been praised
by President George W. Bush as “a
ministry that does what govern
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ment cannot - change hearts.”
The program consists of eight
principles based on the Beatitudes
and 12 steps and their Biblical
comparisons.
The Recovery program at New
Hope International is led by Carl
Pierce. He attended training at
Saddleback in Calffornia, where he
learned how to structure the pro
gram and of the accomplishments
the ministry had made.
See HOPE, page 5A
Below the fold
■ Safety road checks turn up drugs and booze and
turn into tickets and arrests
■ Things weren’t quite as bad as they looked for this trio
handcuffed on the streets of Perry Thursday
■ WRPD investigates murder
Authority to pay off
Perry spec bulldiog
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Perry spec building
will be paid off early.
The Houston County
Development Authority
is getting $2.1 in Special
Purpose Local Option Sales
Tax funds to pay off the
still-vacant Perry specula
tive building, saving about
$156,000 in interest.
But since the SPLOST
money will not come in until
March of 2007, the Authority
voted Wednesday to pay off
the debt now to save on the
interest, taking the $2.1
million from its unreserved
fund balance.
The county will pay the
Authority back the $2.1 mil
lion in SPLOST money no
later than March 31, 2007,
explained Chairman Neal
Rearden.
The Authority pays $234 a
month in maintenance and
$28.70 a month for water
and electricity on the spec
building.
According to the
Road checks turn up drugs, booze
and turn into tickets and arrests
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Local law enforcement set
up road safety checks, spon
sored by the Georgia Office
of Highway Safety over the
weekend.
The safety checkpoints
checkpassingdriver’slicense,
registration and insurance.
But also finds people who
are driving under the influ
ence, in possession of illegal
drugs, open containers and
those with open warrants.
Dale Evan Foskey Jr., 20,
WRPD investigates murder
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
On Tuesday, at approxi
mately 1:43 p.m., officers
with the Warner Robins
Police Department respond
ed to 140 Vernon Drive in
reference to a deceased per
son. Felicia L. Hardman, 29,
was found inside of her home
with multiple stab wounds.
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Authority’s financial report,
the spec building is valued at
$2,494,563.04 and is consid
ered part of the Authority’s
sll million in total assets.
“We’ve got a net worth of
sll million,” said Authority
member Guy Starling, when
giving the financial report.
Executive Director Morgan
Law said he has had a hand
ful of new inquiries since
the last meeting and three
site visits from prospective
industries.
“We showed the spec
building Northrop plant and
some raw land,” Law said,
during a joint effort with
the Warner Robins Chamber
of Commerce, which then
showed the “various oppor
tunities in our community.”
The Authority heard a pre
sentation on branding from
the Warner Robins Area
Chamber of Commerce’s
Tonya McClure. “The
Chamber logo has not been
updated in I don’t know how
long,” she said.
See SPEC, page 5A
of Oglethorpe, had an open
warrant, but he was outside
the 100-mile maximum trav
el range on extradition.
Normally this would mean
he’d be let go, but on Friday
night at Moss Oaks and
Marshallville roads Foskey
reportedly admitted to hav
ing drugs in his car before it
was search and two bags of
marijuana were found in the
console, beside the driver’s
seat.
Foskey was charged
See CHECKS, page 2A
Hardman was pronounced
dead on scene by County
Coroner. Danny Galpin.
Tuesday’s homicide was
the first of the year in
Warner Robins.
The city had only one in
2005, four in 2004 and five
in 2003.
Investigators spent
See MURDER, page 2A
At a glance
It might have looked like
a major law violation
Thursday morning, “but
there was not much to
it,” explained Capt. Heath
Dykes, of the people hand
cuffed and on the ground.
Police did find $25,000
in cash, a few marijuana
leaves and a smoking
device, Dykes said but the
suspects provided receipts
for the cash. It wasn’t
all good news for those
stopped, however. “We
cited one of boys for the
smoking device,” Dykes
said.
ENI/Gary Harmon