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Pottsimt Jbtlj loutml 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 INI Award-Winning Newspaper /Q/45t!lS&\ Better Newspaper \j Contest l>iliilliiiilli l || a ii l il > II| lla f | III || IIISI | I || SII || COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 July 19, 2006 Serving Houston County Since: 18Wj LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville ' \ •»»\ * » » 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 ... to light B ■| ■ JoumaiyKristy Warren 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 * */, ' „ |.iß> ‘~**~*~ ' J ■ Jll . p “ s, ' l *""' , “ WWW.HHJNEWS.COM 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. Two SECTIONS • 12 PAGES 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