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Houston ©ails JawfSslP VOLUME 136, NUMBER 168 Weekend August 26, 2006 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH INSIDE ■ In Sports today: Houston County’s girls volleyball team con tinues to roll, picking up a pair of wins Thursday. Westfield gained plenty of insight with its football scrimmage against Tiftarea and local Houston County resident Will Palfrey has collected more than 100 college football helmets. Also look for Georgia, Georgia Tech notebooks and news from NASCAR. -See 1B IN BRIEF Achievement nominations sought The Warner Robins Business and Professional Women's Club sponsors an annual “Woman of Achievement" award, which honors a woman who is outstanding in her career field, or whose services on behalf of work ing women in research, education or community services makes her worth of special recognition. The deadline for the application is Oct. 6. The award dinner will be held Oct. 19. For eligibility criteria and nominat ing procedures of the 2006 Woman of Achievement award, call Audrey George, 953-7480, or Lib Barnhart, 923-2554 or 923-2195. - Special to the Journal WRMS sets meeting dates Warner Robins Middle School has set its School Council meeting dates. They are as follows: Sept. 12, Dec. 5, Feb. 6, 2007 and May 1, 2007. All, according to a release, are slated to be held in the Media Center. BIRTHDAYS Today ■ Jeremy Simmons ■ Joe Pallini ■ Lori Chaloult Sunday ■ Emma Lois Gibson, 75 ■ Delores Anderson Monday ■ Gena Davis ■ Pete Stokes ■ Heather Rogers ■ Kelly Henderson 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. INDEX WEATHER 3 A OPINION 4 A SPORTS 1 B COMICS 4 B CLASSIFIED 5 B LIFESTYLE 1C PERIODICAL 500 8 lllil 4 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 August 26, 2006 - Sf-RV/ya Houston' Cm vn Si.\a: mO) LEGAL COUNTY, city of Perry, city of wXrner Robins and city of Centerville Geraldines Laser Light Show Fime M ,\c Wade r» raU p Stiuwaiker Tood Nisognn ' £ # f ' ' rttch jI L 1 Officials in it foithe ridel V * * v» •' Y . 44 •'j . v fi. j' t V/fvt?} vri IvIVC'V i> * T»T» , -T T, T' I \ J ■ ' * A f * LJJII I p By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Lifestyle Editor Michael Froehiich has a joke he likes to tell about himself and his identical twin. “He’s a judge,” Froehiich says, “but I’m a Fair Man.” And that’s the truth. Froehiich grew up right around the comer from the Ohio State Fairgrounds, USDA designates Houston County, others as natural disaster areas Special to the Journal ATHENS - Houston County is one of the 155 Georgia counties designated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought and excessive temperatures that occurred from March 1, 2006, and continuing, announced Dr. Harry L. Kemp, Acting State Executive Director for the Georgia USDA Farm Service Agency. The decision makes all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eli gible for low-interest emergency loans ww m hNjp'to com -. ■ ■ ■■———.— *.— 4|p| "V. ’ ' : " l mnt ~ S X £te SiW'*'"™- ' • 1 ■* |S ? «sL m JP ~ 9_|Zj| 4'; 4 ' -' J| V ! § fsfco a about tfia fairgrounds* and has been a “fair man” all of his working life. jfflnj He’s been executive director of the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter for 15 years now, and says he’s seeing local people who enjoyed the fair as kids coming back to the fair with kids of their own. He still clearly loves his job and approaches each from USDA’s Farm Service Agency. According to a release, farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. FSA will then, according to the release, consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to the emergency loan program, to help eli gible farmers recover from adversity. < _ J , - | « . «r ■■ * •' ■ . look and plenty of enthu , v i r.. Geoigia NadoiMif Fair? a brand new approach to ooanlna the fair Froehiich T* d*ti \l sh opened 4 ®® Marionettes ;ian Mike ky board Leon [sons Racing Geraldine’s fme Music >le the Clown it Robot metier jian Mike i tyboard Leon is son's Raang '. V-' 'l;'-'-'.' Geraldines f| ime Music f the Clown IjL #** .’■€'• CiW •'• / % «.'"f •vv«^.v^r vV^^-^;; >' Possum Light Show Henry PA” Hillbilly te County down Slip Hanneford.• 1 : M afcer Todd |h> $ i^j*** 1 USDA has also made other pro grams available to assist farmers and ranchers, including the Emergency Conservation Program, Federal Crop Insurance and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. Interested farmers may contact their local USDA Service Centers for further information on eligibility requirements and application proce dures for these and other programs. Additional information is also avail able online at: http://disaster.fsa.usda. gov. Naked with bleach; group goes from fight to flight POLICE BEAT-6A THRkE sections • 22 pages Below the fold ■ USDA designates Houston County, 154 oth ers as natural disaster areas ■ Cricket’s to hold Poker run today in benefit of Ronald McDonald’s House From victim to detainee Breuwet charged with false statement in reported kidnapping ByRAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer You should always tell the truth, espe cially when talking with the police. O n Tuesday, Craig Richard Breuwet, told police he was walking to his vehicle in the Watson Boulevard Wal-Mart parking lot when he was approached by two suspects and forced into his vehicle at gunpoint. Breuwet claimed he was ordered to drive to a loca tion in Macon, where he was reportedly assaulted by the two suspects, then escaped, and flagged down a citizen to call for help. He was transported to the Medical Center of Central Georgia, where he was treat ed for minor injuries. During the course of this investigation, Breuwet later admitted to investigators with the Warner Robins Police Department Criminal Investigations Division the events he reported were See CHARGED, page 8A Cricket's to hold Poker Bun tor charity By RAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Looking for a ride? There’s a Ronald McDonald House Charity Poker Run today beginning at Cricket’s Bar & Grill in Warner Robins. Registration starts at 10 a.m. and the first bike heads out at 11 a.m. Cost is $lO a hand and $5 for an extrahand. Breakfast and lunch will be provided to partici pants, said Lisa Kay Jackson, organizer for the event. Live entertainment pro vided by Big Mike and the Booty Papa’s at AP’s Hidden Hideaway in Macon will fol low the ride. There’s also a live See RUN, page 8A BREUWET At A Glance What: McDonald House Charity Poker Run When: Today, 10 a.m. Where: Cricket’s Bar & Grill Cost: $lO a hand, $5 for an extra hand