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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 PERIODICAL 500 igilVllKH 8"**55108 00001* 4 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest ftiliiiliiitlliiiliititlililiiiiiinlliiMilttliiili COGI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Man Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-OIGIT 306 August 16, 2006 ServmG Houston CtivxTY SiXcelhWl LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY* city of Perry, city of Warner Robins \m> urn or O^mviiUE 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 A Thursday morning traffic stop for an improper tag led to the discovery of a false compartment in a 1,000,000 served Give or take Je Rl MMu v » jj ... p -'jf . gmr V J| ;.1 ‘ . .j J&BSSBSu&B^ fe. .’ah <%a 1 ’ v - j V' '£*$ d tM Hmwki 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. About L 55» a.m.v 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 K-t 2 Elementary Middle High K-12 driver- stowing down, ifeMfeihg fae flew off traffic, Dykes. s4sw&. He- would not ilei tSte> otffioor g« behind kIM, Ewsmwows pwliod over the Nnssuu s»eku!> trwck for a. tag vwiltatJkwi on north btwwd twtoretate 75 at exit 13*6. like foawd the driver dud wot Stave aw operator's 90 percent and above 90 percent and above 04 percent and above &6 percent and above Breakfast 00 percent and above 40 percent and above 30 percent and above 40 percent and above now about tom* radpaa that mate tar a graat 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 ■ W "SW Vi H snr,n