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VOLUME 136 1 NUMBER 160
Wednesday
August 16, 2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
INSIDE
■ Northside High School crowned
its Ironman champions Monday,
while Westfield’s softball team
picked up a two-for-ohe deal.
Also, look for Braves and
golf notebooks and a story on
Georgia's special teams.
- See 1B
IN BRIEF
Happy Hour to hold
‘huge’ yard sale
Happy Hour Workshop 11, located
at 716 North Young Ave in Warner
Robins will hold a, according to a
release, “huge" indoor yard sale
Saturday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. All pro
ceeds, also according to the release,
benefit the chal
lenged (501 c or.). Also, good clean
quality items are appreciated and
accepted as donations, the release
states.
U.S. Rep. Jim
Marshall to visit
U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall will be
guest of honor at the VFW Post 6605
on Corder Road in Warner Robins on
Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Rep. Marshall is being honored
for having been inducted into the
Ranger Hall of Fame for his service in
the Vietnam War. The induction took
place recently at Fort Benning. The
VFW event is open to the public.
Perry Primary School
sets meeting dates
Perry Primary School has
announced its School Council
Meeting Dates. They are: Oct. 24,
Jan. 23, 2007, March 20, 2007 and
May 22, 2007. All will be held in the
cafeteria.
BIRTHDAYS
Today
■ Les Arent
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
■ Alma Howington, 66
■ Ernestine R. Davis, 86
■ Azalee Bridges Johnson,
83
■ Burtus William Burnam
■ Lottie R. Cantrell, 82
■ Wardale Bragg, 57
INDEX
LOCAL 2 A
WEATHER 3 A
SPORTS 1 B
COMICS 4 B
CLASSIFIED 5 B
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PY police on top of false bottom
Secret compartment leads to arrest; also:
woman stabs ex-boyfriend - both go to Jail
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
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traffic stop for an improper
tag led to the discovery of
a false compartment in a
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Connie McLemore and Kim Kersey prepare cheeseburgers for lunch Tuesday at Perry High School
County schools singled out for nutrition participation
Special to the Journal
The Georgia Department
of Education honored this
week a slew of Houston
County schools for reach
ing, according to a release,
a “high level of participation
during the last school year
and in the School Nutrition
Program.”
They are: Kings Chapel
Elementary, Lindsey
Elementary, Miller
Jean Coleman, center, beams as board member Fannie Corbin makes a presentation at the open house and
ribbon cutting held at the new Cherished Children building on Myrtle Street in Warner Robins,
www.hhjnews.com
pickup truck and the arrest
of the driver.
“It’s now a felony in
Georgia to have false com
partment in a vehicle,”
explained Perry Police Capt.
Elementary, Parkwood
Elementary, Pearl Stephens
Elementary, Russell
Elementary, Westside
Elementary, Perry Middle,
Thomson Middle, Warner
Robins Middle, Perry High
and Northside High School.
Schools earning this dis
tinction, according to the
release, generally share
“two common character
istics: administrators,
See SCHOOLS, page 6A
Heath Dykes. TW law wenA
into effect Jluly k.
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Police Sgt. Itfcrian,
observed the truck wiitfe m
improper drive-out tag, TW
Schools Honored by Hw» 6«otyia DOC were
selected based on the following student
participation criteria:
Lunch
Elementary
Middle
High
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Elementary
Middle
High
K-12
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tailgating party?
-FOOD, 1C
Tima sections • 18 pago*
Below the
FOLD
■ A dream becomes real
ity for Cherished Children
■ Warner Robins water
lines being extended out
ward
Officials
get earful
on taxes
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
In the first of three pub
lic hearings on setting the
county tax rate, county
commissioners heard a lot
about impact fees and even
questions of their credibility
Monday.
Of the three residents
who spoke out, each asked
why taxes were going up.
“When you campaigned for
the Special Purpose Local
Option Sales Tax, why
didn’t you tell us you were
going to raise taxes irregard
kss?" asked James Burch.
“At that point in time, ” said
Commissioner Chairman
Ned Sanders, “we did not
know. Without SPLOST the
millage rate would not be
9.32, it would be going up and
we’d be doing without. We’d
be pushed to recommend the
tax cap be repealed,"
The SPLOST pro
vides slOl million in
See EARFUL, page 6A
WR water
moving on
By RAY LIGHTNER
J/mmal Staff Writer
City water is on the way
to the area of New Hope
Church, U.S. 41 and Russell
Parkway.
At a cost of $194,503, city
workers are laying 3,200 lin
ear feet of 16-inch pipe out
Russell Parkway.
Phase I of this project will
extend to the west side of
the Sullivan Road intersec
tion in Peach County.
City workers are digging
down about 34 feet at U.S.
41 so the gravity flow lines
can bo used, Mayor Donald
Walker told city council last
week.
The last gravity flow man
hole on the line will be set at
Sullivan Road.
Walker said it will
See WATER, page 6A
Dream a reality far
Cherished Children
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Jonrrul Lifestyle liditrrr
A dream has come true, and a big
crowd gathered on Saturday morning
to celebrate it.
Cherished Children, which is now
beginning its fifth decade of caring
for Warner Robins babies, toddlers
and pre-schoolers, has a new home.
After years of making do with
remodeled houses and separate loca
tions across the city, the staff and
children have moved into one brand
new roomy brick building, all freshly
painted and decorated with murals to
inspin' children’s imaginations.
Cherished Children was begun
by .lean Coleman 41 years ago in
an effort to provide daycare for
See DREAM, page 6A
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