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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL jHiraatan flatly .IfaurtuU Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Perry, GA 31069 (478)987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader trap© 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: PO. Box 1910, Perry, GA31069 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. NEWS TIPS: Call (478) 987-1823 ext. 231 Newsroom Fax: (478) 988-1181 Presentation editor: Contact James Tidwell at jtidwell @ evansnewspapers.com Corrections: The HDJ strives for fairness and accuracy, and will print a correction or clarification when one is in order. Call ext. 231. Advertising errors and omissions: The advertiser agrees that the pub lisher shall not be liable for damages arising from errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. 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 Police arrest man In kidnapping case ALPHARETTA (AP) - Police have arrested a man in the kidnapping of a woman earlier this week. Joseph Almond was taken into custody Thursday night while being treated at North Fulton Regional Hospital. Police said they were noti fied after a hospital staff member recognized Almond from news reports. Almond was taken into custody with out incident, police said. Almond is suspected of kidnapping a woman at gun point from an office building parking lot Tuesday. Police chased the vehicle with the suspect and the woman in it until the suspect jumped out and escaped into the woods. Thursday’s arrest came less than an hour after authorities searched Almond’s apartment in Sandy Springs. There, detec tives found enough evidence to charge Almond in the kid napping. Almond has also been charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault, using a firearm during the commis sion of a felony, fleeing and attempting to elude, posses sion of cocaine and posses sion of marijuana. Other charges may be pending in other jurisdic tions, police said. fn Observance Of The Labor Day Holiday, The Houston Daily Journal Will Be Closed Monday September 4. We Will Re-open On Tuesday September sth @ 8:00 Am. 15 YOUR WEATHER TEAM! TODAY’S ills, Today's Weather | Local 5-Day Forecast Sun 9/3 Q 90/66 Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the mid 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:12 AM 7:57 PM l/SHitlßk \intr)'A jjSMEHHHH Georgia At A Glance \ \ \ Atlanta V \ 85/64 0 Augusta \ _,,/ ' 89/70 \ ( C# \ V Warner Robins \ \ 94/58 i V V \ ) ) Savannah *^gyv"v > i'APeriy \ 94/72 •> I ' 91/67v._./" X. % ( / Valdosta <n Area Cities HTtOConci L 94 69 pt sunny 88 66 sunny 85 64 sunny 89 70 t-storm 95 71 pt sunny 93 76 t-storm 85 63 pt sunny 77 61 pt sunny 91 69 sunny 93 69 pt sunny Albany Athens Atlanta Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Cartersville Chattanooga,TN Columbus Cordele National Cities Hi Lo Cond. 85 64 sunny 67 62 rain 71 60 pt sunny 86 74 t-storm 76 49 sunny Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service Hispanics set to surpass blacks ATLANTA (AP) Hispanics will outpace blacks as the most powerful minor ity consumers in the country next year, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. Still, the vast majority of states will continue to see blacks as their strongest minority market because the nation’s Hispanic population is concentrated in a hand ful of areas, study author Jeffrey Humphreys said. Hispanics are expected to have buying power of $863.1 billion, compared to black buying power of $847 bil lion in 2007. Hispanics _ the nation’s largest and fastest growing ethnic minority will comprise about 8.5 per cent of the nation’s total consumer market next year. “Hispanic buying power is a good leading indica tor of political power,” said Humphreys, director of the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the university. “Now that Hispanics have the strongest buying power, that suggests Hispanic political clout will be on the upswing as well.” The annual study by the school’s Terry College of Business and the Selig Center bases buying power on a person’s disposable Tue 9/5 -1 IlsiL 90/67 Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the upper 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:13 AM 7:55 PM Mon 9/4 92/68 Partly cloudy with a stray thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 7:12 AM 7:56 PM ■ We Celebrate Hometown Life Stories for and about hometov-rts just like yours. Look for us each week in this paper. mz Dalton Dillard Dublin Duluth Gainesville Helen Lagrange Macon Marietta Milledgeville jcity Houston Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis New York income, which is the amount of after-tax income he or she has available for spending on goods and services. Lawyers want dentist trial moved LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Lawyers for a dentist accused of killing his wife in their Gwinnett County home in December 2004 have asked that his trial be moved out of the suburban Atlanta county. Jury selection is to begin next Thursday in the case of Barton Corbin, who also is accused of the 1990 kill ing of his college girlfriend, Dorothy “Dolly” Hearn, in Augusta. That case was reopened after Jennifer Corbin’s death. Both deaths initially were believed to be suicides. Corbin’s attorneys, Bruce Harvey and David Wolfe, maintain that Corbin is innocent in both cases. WE BOY GOIDI Satterfield & Dempsey Jewelers 100 H. Houston lake HO • Centerville. GA 1971=12001 STATE AND REGION Meteorologist Jerry Methewson ISmws MtfSi Ovirgia Turns tor Mews* Wed 9/6 . . 90/66 Isolated thunder storms. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the mid 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:13 AM 7:54 PM Moon Phases fA !■-, First Full Aug 31 Sep 7 • • Last New Sep 14 Sep 22 UV Index Sun 9/3 Very High Mon 9/4 H Very High Tue 9/5 | Very High Wed 9/6 I Very High Thu 9/7 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. o :*: mmm 11 Ui Lo Cond m: Peachtree City l Perry I Rome I Savannah ! St. Simons Island! Statesboro ! Thomasville ! Valdosta ! Warner Robins ! Waycross ! 84 64 pt sunny 82 60 pt sunny 93 67 pt sunny 85 63 sunny 86 67 pt sunny 84 63 pt sunny 87 63 sunny 89 67 sunny 84 63 sunny 89 68 pt sunny Hi Lo Cond. 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Sunrise Sunset 7:14 AM 7:52 PM m Lo Cond. 86 62 sunny 91 67 sunny 85 63 pt sunny 94 72 t-storm 193 76 t-storm 96 73 t-storm 94 71 pt sunny 93 70 t-storm 91 68 sunny 95 70 t-storm Hi LoCond. 102 83 pt sunny 73 55 windy 84 56 sunny 77 62 pt sunny 78 68 t-storm t. , I , in HKiOitiiitaM aBBr iH§ til Pick up a piifWi^mm If Hamby Pin Patrol finds you " wearing a pin, You Will Be Registered to Win The Car! by one of these Visit OIIP web Site at ColM Baoker RotdiiDS Free ***Mminlof V \J,„SS,XnS&« rules and regulations mm state • nv ■ Byron Bush focuses Ga. trip on Burns, war on terrorism By BEN EVANS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Two former Republican congress men have the best shots of ousting U.S. representatives from Georgia this fall, but when President Bush vis its the state next week he’ll be stumping for only one of them. Max Burns could get a six-figure boost in fundrais ing when Bush visits the Savannah area on his behalf Thursday in the most pop ulous part of Democratic Rep. John Barrow’s eastern Georgia district. Burns is trying to win back his old seat, two years after Barrow narrowly upset him. While the president also is planning a speech in Atlanta the same day, it appears that Mac Collins - the state’s other former GOP repre sentative seeking a return to Congress - will have to watch from the sidelines. Bush has no plans next week for a stop in Macon or elsewhere in the cen tral Georgia district that Collins is trying to win from Democratic Rep. Jim Marshall. And it’s not that Collins couldn’t use Bush’s help. The campaigns’ most recent finance reports, filed in July, show Marshall had $1.2 million in the bank ver sus less than SBOO,OOO for Collins. National Republicans have pegged Burns’ and Collins’ challenges as potential bright spots in an election year that looks increasingly gloomy for the party. Although plenty of time remains for another visit by Bush to the Peach State before the Nov. 7 elections, Georgia political observ ers say the White House’s schedule could signal that national Republicans now view Burns’ race against Barrow as their best shot in the state. “One can certainly sus SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006 ♦ pect that there are con clusions being made that the Marshall-Collins race is the much tougher race for the Republicans,” said Mike Digby, political sci ence professor at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, which is in Barrow’s district but within miles of Marshall’s district. “There may be thoughts that they don’t want to waste the president’s time and prestige in a race where the chance of success is not high,” Digby said, referring to Collins’ bid to unseat Marshall. A Collins campaign spokes man and national party officials cautioned against reading too much into the president’s schedule. “I can tell you that the Republican leadership from one side to the other is excit ed about both of these races. We believe they’re both excel lent pickup opportunities,” said Ed Patru, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. Collins spokesman Bill Hagan said the president has a standing invitation to visit on Collins’ behalf, and added that he wouldn’t be surprised to see another Bush trip to Georgia as the election draws closer. Several national Republican lead ers already have visited the district recently, including Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois. Vice President Dick Cheney campaigned there for Collins last year. “This is one of those parts of the country where it’s a good thing to have the pres ident come down,” Hagan said. “He’s welcome any day of the week.” While Bush may not stump in the district that Collins is trying to win, that doesn’t necessarily mean Collins won’t be -.appearing)* .With Bush at one of his stops' in Georgia. • j y # Si fßHpfeg* 3A