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VOLUME 136, NUMBER 155
Wednesday
August 9, 2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
INSIDE
■ Season previews for Perry's
and Westfield's fast-pitch teams.
Also, the Falcons'wide receiver
situation is reason for panic and
Georgia switches Dixson from
defense to offense. Plus, don't for
get to look for rec pics of your little
ones as the Warner Robins/Perry
Recreation departments hold a
football draft for Midget players.
- See 1B
IN BRIEF
Sons of Confederate
Veterans reminder
Members of the Lt James T.
Woodward Camp No. 1399 of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans would
like to remind those interested, that
they meet on the second Monday of
each month at 7 p.m. at Sonny’s Real
Pit Barbecue located at 811 Russell
Parkway in Warner Robins.
Ride with PRIDE
The Warner Robins Police
Department will be offering a free,
two-hour program, Georgia Teens
Ride with PRIDE. Aug. 26, from 9
to 11 a.m.
It will be held at the Warner Robins
campus of Macon State College, 100
University Drive on Watson Boulevard
and across from the city Recreation
Department.
PRIDE - parents reducing inci
dents of driver error - was created by
the Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention
Institute in an effort to reduce the high
number of crashes, injuries and fatali
ties involving teen drivers in the state.
The course is designed to help par
ents and their new teen drivers, ages
14-16, and their parents learn what
they need to do during the 40 hours of
supervised practice driving time.
To register for the Aug. 26 class,
contact Grace Hodges at 929-7253.
- Ray Lightner
BIRTHDAYS
Aug. 8
■ Michael Tanoff
Today
■ Joey Pittman
■ Marian Lord
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
■ Hugh M. Mantooth
INDEX
LOCAL 2 A
WEATHER 3 A
OPINION 4 A
SPORTS 1 B
COMICS 4 B
CLASSIFIED 5B
PERIODICAL 500
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
City: It's ready to scrap
New ordinance makes life harder on thieves
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
First they went after vacant
properties and homes under
construction.
Then, according to Warner
Robins City Council members
during their meeting Monday,
they went after businesses and
city property and family prop
erty - even that of the mayor.
They are thieves, taking
metal wiring, fixtures, pipes
and air conditioner parts to
sell for scrap.
And, it’s costing a lot more
to the city than the the crooks
realize. For example: While
they got about SSO worth of
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in front of the
shuttle Discovery
(STS-114) Roll-
Out to Pad B at
Kennedy Space
Center.
Submitted
Siblings' careers really taking off
By KRISTY WARREN
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins
High School
graduates,
brother
and sister
Keith Howard and Christine
DuQuesne have plans for
extremely bright futures.
With Howard at the Naval
Academy in Annapolis, Md.,
and DuQuesne working at the
Kennedy Space Center, the two
are doing their mother, Penny
Cliff, proud.
DuQuesne graduated from
high school in 1999 and attend
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"It would be cheaper It we Just left out
some SSO bMs and a note that says, 'Take
these, but don't take the colls.'"
- Purchasing Agent Mark Baker, on scrap thieves that have struck
the city as of late
copper and aluminum from
a city air conditioner at the
Wellston Center, it cost the city
$9,100 to replace the unit.
“It would be cheaper if we
just left out some SSO bills and
a note that says, ‘Take these,
but don’t take the coils.’”
Purchasing Agent Mark Baker
said.
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ed Georgia Southern, partici
pating in a co-op program with
Robins Air Force Base after
her first semester. She then
transferred to Georgia Tech
and graduated in December
2004. DuQuesne worked hard
to pay her own way through
college. She maintained the
HOPE scholarship while going
to school full time and work
ing 30-40 hours per week as
a waitress to cover her living
expenses at Tech. With a major
in Technical Engineering, she
spent a lot of time doing math.
In January2oos, she began her
job as a Life Support Engineer
“They pried the top off, cut
all the copper connections and
pulled them all out,” Baker
explained. “If we fence them
in, they cut through. They are
equipped to do this. They did
some of the mayor’s proper
ties. Barry Smith got hit too.”
The incident at the
See SCRAP, page 64
at Kennedy Space Center. The
space center is a “huge island
wildlife refuge eight times the
size of Manhattan” on Florida’s
east coast about 45 minutes
from Orlando.
Her job in the Propellants
and Life Support Branch “pro
vides personal and protective
equipment services in the
Space Shuttle, Delta and Atlas
launch vehicles and their pay
loads, and other tenant orga
nizations at Kennedy Space
Center and Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station,” according to the
branch.
See CAREERS, page 6A
How about a little Hibiscus ssculentus (trans
lated: Okra)? Texas Is chill. See FOOD - 1C
Three sections • 18 paqes
Below the fold
■ High schools to add graduation coach
■ Speed kills - but not for those attending this
business expo
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Journal/Charlotte Perkins
Sen. Ross Tolleson, R-Perry, makes a last min
ute phone call to Sen. John Bulloch, who was
en route to the New Perry Hotel from Thomas
County. With Tolleson is administrative aide,
Leah Tatum-Dick. Tolleson and Bulloch were
co-hosts for a workshop on water quality
Tuesday.
‘Trading’ places
Officials poor into Perry
in quest for better wder
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BpdMMRI OTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Is there a cost-effective way for farmers, indus
tries and municipal wastewater plants to reduce
the pollution of Georgia’s watersheds?
Yes, there apparently is a way that’s working
in other states. It’s called “Water quality trad
ing,” and a big team of experts and governmental
officials were in Perry on Tuesday morning to
discuss how it works.
For Sen. Ross Tolleson of Perry, who is chair
man of the Senate Natural Resources and
Environment Committee, and his Thomas coun
ty colleague, Sen. John Bulloch, chairman of
the State Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
Committee, it was a time to listen and learn.
Tolleson said in his opening remarks that
Georgia has to consider both the quantity the
quality of its water supply
Water quality trading, in the simplest
See WATER, page 2A
High schools to add
graduation coach
Special to the Journal
A new coach will be working in every Georgia
high school this year - a graduation coach.
The coaches, according to a news release, was
championed by Gov. Sonny Perdue and will work
in each of Georgia’s 385 high schools on ground
level strategies for keeping students in school
until they receive their diploma.
For three days, beginning this past Tuesday
and running through Thursday, the new coaches
will gather to discuss strategies and receive train
ing on high school completion.
“Finishing high school, going to college and
finding that first job are important milestones
that every young Georgian should experience,”
Perdue said. “High school graduation coaches
will help at-risk students stay in school by
working closely with them, their teachers,
See COACH, page 6A
PY Chamber of Commerce
to host business exposition
Special to the Journal
The Perry Area Chamber of Commerce will
host 2006 Business Expo Thursday from noon-7
p.m. at the Holiday Inn of Perry.
According to a release from the organization,
“In today’s fast-paced society where speed is
the ‘word,’ you wil want to join the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce for Speed Marketing,
Speed Learning and Speed Networking.”
The first “speed” course is from noon-5:30
p.m. The second, Speed Learning, costs $lO
See HOST, page 6A
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