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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL 34uushm Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Perry, GA 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at vwvw. hhjnews. com Reader □KIP® Classified Advertising: Call (478) 987-1823 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can fax an ad 24 hours a day to (478) 988-9194. Display Advertising: Call Nicole Crofutt at ext. 224. Delivery by mail: Delivery by mail is available for $62 in-county and SB2 elsewhere per year paid in advance. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box 1910, Perry, GA 31069 The Houston Home Journal, A peri odical, mailed (ISSN 1526-7393) at Perry, Ga., is published Tuesday through Saturday for $62 per year by Evans Newspapers Inc., 1210 Washington St„ Perry, GA 31069; (478) 987-1823 Fax (478) 988-1181. Not published Thanksgiving and Christmas. Office Hours: The office in Perry is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 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There shall be no liability for non-insertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. • This newspaper is a member of The Georgia Press Association, The National Newspaper Association and The Associated Press State Briefs Remarks don't sR well with ministers AUGUSTA (MNS) - Augusta pastors who hosted the National Dialogue and Revival for Social Justice in the Black Church this week think conference speak er U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney damaged their effort to rally the black community into action, according to one of the pas tors. McKinney’s inflamma tory remarks Tuesday about electronic voting and accu sations about Sept. 11, 2001, and the Bush administra tion counteracted the posi tive work accomplished dur ing the first day and night of the conference, said the Rev. K.B. Martin, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church. “Nobody was impressed with her attitude and the attitude of her staff,” the Rev. Martin said. “They were disrespectful.” The Rev. Martin said he and host pastor the Rev. Clarence Moore, pastor of Good Shepherd Baptist Church, and others were very upset by the perfor mance. Speaking Tuesday morning, the second day of the two-day conference, McKinney said electronic voting is a Republican plot to disenfranchise black vot ers, and she repeated earlier accusations that President Bush profited from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The Rev. Martin said some of the pastors were saying McKinney must have lost her mind. After her speech, the Rev. A 1 Sharpton, the presi dent of the National Action Network that is sponsoring the National Dialogue, asked media representatives to line up behind microphones in the aisles to ask McKinney questions. She, however, told the media to go sit down and let the people ask questions, prompting WGAC AM radio YOUR WEATHER TEAM! • | . w .l l-M.M.V . 1.f . 1 .1 ■■■■■■ JMyu » JM |w l wf|nQn[|n ll nf|[[r|T ll f| l irfiii l iinrit^7aQft ( tfiftifflfifttWTTi^-IfTirrifflf-fn , -^^lfri BsißEnam Met Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Sat 8/19 94/72 Sunny, along with a few afternoon clouds. High 94F. % Sunrise Sunset 7:03 AM 8:16 PM Georgia At A Glance \ Atlanta ~ V \ 91/71 0- VX Augusta \ / 92/73 \ ( \ 94/73 • s > i• V SaV< *92^2 f ' Perry t~> } 94/72v_X £ ( Valdosta Zt • 93/71 Area Cities |6ity HI Lo Cond. | Albany 95 72 t-storm Athens 92 71 pt sunny Atlanta 91 71 pt sunny Augusta 92 73 t-storm Bainbridge 98 75 t-storm Brunswick 88 76 t-storm Cartersville 92 71 pt sunny Chattanooga.TN 89 71 mst sunny Columbus 95 74 mst sunny Cordele 96 73 t-storm National Cities Atlanta 91 71 pt sunny Boston 84 70 pt sunny Chicago 77 65 rain Dallas 102 81 mst sunny Denver 77 59 t-storm ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service reporter Scott Hudson to go to the microphone and say, “We are people too. And we vote.” Sexual assault closes schools ELLIJAY (AP) - Gilmer County schools were closed Friday after an employee at Ellijay Elementary School was sexually assaulted and stabbed before school opened. A member of the school’s janitorial staff was attacked when she arrived for work around 6 a.m. Thursday, Ellijay Police Chief Larry Callahan said. “He forced her at knife point into the building, and sexually assaulted her, Callahan said. “She suffered additional injuries, other than the sexual assault.” The woman, who was also stabbed several times, was taken to North Georgia Medical Center for treat ment. Jury convicts fetish molester SAVANNAH (MNS) - A 39-year-old Savannah man with a wicked foot fetish was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday night for molesting two young girls. A Chatham County jury convicted David Wesley Finnan of all 10 counts he faced, including aggravated child molestation, aggravat ed sexual battery, enticing a child for indecent purposes and giving a false name to police. The latter charge stems from Finnan telling detec tives his name was Wesley Langdon Chavis after police launched an investigation into the molestation allega tions in September 2004. During the two-day trial, witnesses testified that Finnan told them he changed his name to Chavis to protect Mon 8/21 93/72 Scattered thunder storms possible. Sunrise Sunset 7:04 AM 8:14 PM Sun 8/20 95/73 Isolated thunder storms. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the low 70s. Sunrise Sunset 7:04 AM 8:15 PM TFIEIMT WILLMON a little more livin’ Lo Cond. | Dalton 93 72 pt sunny Dillard 86 66 t-storm Dublin 96 70 t-storm Duluth 91 70 pt sunny Gainesville 90 73 pt sunny Helen 88 68 t-storm Lagrange 93 70 mst sunny Macon 94 72 mst sunny Marietta 91 71 pt sunny Milledgeville 94 73 mst sunny Houston 92 74 t-storm Los Angeles 81 63 sunny Miami 91 79 t-storm Minneapolis 72 58 rain New York 84 74 pt sunny his identity as a member of the Gambino crime family. He told them he stood to inherit millions. In reality, Finnan led an unremarkable life working at a local painting company, save this: He spent much of his time thinking about feet and underage girls. The Georgia Department of Family and Children Services investigated in 2001 after a girl showed up to her second-grade class with a hickey on her neck. She told case workers that Finnan, a relative by marriage, left the mark. The suspect was never charged for lack of evidence. UGA makes list of 'Best Colleges' ATHENS (MNS) - Make that eight in a row for the University of Georgia. In the 2007 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Dr. Brian Gillis, D.C. r il iM-rv'r /«' «.(J I k wmmm STATE AND REGION ~ \\ < ■ <;J V V ” *9wwy iiaifwwtwii Tu« 8/22 4^ 93/71 Scattered thunder storms. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the low 70s. Sunrise Sunset 7:05 AM 8:13 PM Moon Phases UV Index Sat 8/19 H Very High Sun 8/20 ■ Very High Mon 8/21 ■ Very High Tue 8/22 H Very High Wed 8/23 | Very High The UV Index is measured on a 0-11 number scale, with a higher UV Index showing the need for greater skin pro tection. 0 gMiii? jjjjMn • Vehicle Accident? • Back Pain? • Headache? 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Of the 124 public and private insti tutions that U.S. News & World Report ranked, UGA comes in at No. 60. “We’re traveling in an impressive peer group of top institutions and are most pleased to be included among the nation’s top public uni versities again this year,” UGA President Michael Adams said in a Thursday news release. UGA also ranked 45th out of 50 colleges in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” list. Of the eight public colleges on the list, UGA ranked sev enth. UGA continues to fall on the great prices list. In 2002, UGA ranked No. 21 nationally on the list, while it clocked in at No. 41 last year. WHY ARE YOU SUFFERING, WHEN CARE IS SO CLOSE? If treatment is indicated it could be at little or no cost to you because Workers' Compensation and most insurance companies cover chiropractic core to policy limits. GOP rips Taylor on immigration By BRANDON LARRABEE Morris News Service ATLANTA - Republicans blasted Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor for not taking a more active role earlier this year in leg islative efforts to crack down on illegal immigration as Gov. Sonny Perdue released an ad touting the controver sial measure. The. coordinated moves Thursday suggested an effort to use an issue that has stoked national passions in Perdue’s effort to fend off Taylor, his Democratic challenger in this fall’s elec tions. Sen. Chip Rogers, the Woodstock Republican who sponsored the main anti-ille gal immigration bill in the 2006 session, said Thursday that Taylor had failed to show leadership on the issue. “This governor has shown that when faced with an issue that is affecting Georgia citi zens, and a difficult issue, no question, that he shows leadership,” Rogers said. “His opponent, on the other hand, has not shown leader ship on this issue and has, on a number of occasions, suggested that it’s simply a federal issue.” Taylor has said he would have signed Senate Bill 529, the immigration legislation, a stance his campaign reiter ated Thursday. “Mark Taylor fully sup ported Senate Bill 529 and believes that illegal immi gration is just that - ille gal,” spokeswoman Chrissy Noonan said in a statement issued after Rogers’ news conference. But Rogers said support ing the bill after the fact wasn’t enough. “Simply saying that (Taylor) would sign a bill after the fact that it has been signed and that the polls say that clearly the Georgia people want this may be sup- U. Moore's Furniture m 7 U ere on fit the hooh ii exfiensiue 24 months same as cash on your largo selection of: L Hi II lip; JBk 36602 Middle Ga’s Largest Solid Wood Dealer 474-1340 2950 Riverside Drive • Macon, GA 30,000 Sq. Ft. of the Finest Selections in the Industry • On-The-Job Injury? • Neck Pain? • Hip Pain? SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2006 porting, but it’s not leader ship,” Rogers said. However, Perdue would not say before the legislation passed whether he would sign it, and it was not in the governor’s official agenda for the 2006 session. And like Taylor, Perdue’s office said last year that, at least initially, the governor also thought of immigration as something the federal gov ernment should deal with. “We recognize that there are serious concerns about illegal immigration, but the governor believes this is primarily a federal issue,” Heather Hedrick, Perdue’s press secretary, told the Atlanta Journal- Constitution in February 2005. By October of that year, Hedrick suggested Perdue was open to legislation, but still placed most of the responsibility on the nation al government. “Although illegal immigra tion is primarily a federal issue, we will take action at the state level to limit the drain on taxpayer-funded programs by illegal immi grants who don’t contrib ute to the system,” she told Morris News Service. In a statement, Democratic Party Chairman Bobby Kahn derided Perdue’s claims to lead on the issue. “Governor Perdue’s record on illegal immigration is like his record on so many other issues - he uses TV ads and press releases to try to cre ate the illusion of action, but he certainly hasn’t shown any real leadership,” Kahn said. Subscribe today Call 987-1823 Sofas • Solid Oak Cherry Bedroom Groups Youth Bedroom Gallery Custom Window Treatments Pictures • Mirrors Lamps • Entertainment Centers Leather Gallery • Mattresses m Jn • Slip and Fall? • Shoulder Pain? • Arm/Leg Pain? Bf "M Dr. Stacy Carter. D.C. 3A After Hours? 1 ,987-9666 A