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VOLUME 136, NUMBER 178
BELOW the Fold: Centerville Authority asks residents for downtown ideas □ Houston Healthcare, RAFB to host breast cancer luncheon
Weekend
September 9, 2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ Football and plenty of it. Also,
Perry’s cheer squad has made
some changes this year. In
addition, look for stories on the
Braves, Georgia, Georgia Tech
and more.
- See 1B
IN BRIEF
Parkwood, Russell
set meeting dates
Parkwood Elementary will have
its School Council Meetings on the
following dates:
Sept. 21, 2006, Nov. 30, March
8, 2007 and May 3, 2007.
Also, Russell Elementary School
has set its School Council meeting
dates. They are: Sept. 18, Nov. 14,
Feb. 13, 2007 and May 22, 2007.
All, according to a release, will
start at 7:30 a.m.
Ya done good
Christy Marie Johnson of
Bonaire and LaChaka Toliver of
Warner Robins. They were named
to the Summer 2006 dean's list
at Valdosta State University in
Valdosta. To make the dean’s list,
students had to maintain a cumula
tive grade point average of at least
3.0 and must have had a semester
grade point average of at least 3.5
with at least nine hours of course
work.
WR Band Boosters to
host competition
The Heart of Georgia Marching
Band Invitational will be held Oct. 7
from 9 a,m.-10 p.m. in McConnell-
Talbert Stadium. The cost is $5 per
adult, $3 per child. The event will be
hosted by the Warner Robins High
School Band Boosters, Inc., and will
feature bands from all over the south
eastern part of the United States
competing against one another.
BIRTHDAYS
Today
■ Linda Pritchett
■ Eddie Coatney
■ Lee Roberts
Sunday
■ Joseph Ray
E-mail your birthdays to:
hhj@evansnewspapers.com or
donm@evansnewspapers.com or
send them to: 1210 Washington
St., Perry 31069: attn: Don
Moncrief. You can also call him at
987-1823, Ext. 231.
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ Carolyn B. Cummings
INDEX
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WEATHER 3 A
OPINION 4 A
SPORTS 1 B
PERIODICAL 500
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
o|ty of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Two dead, 3 others critical from wreck
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Two men were killed Friday morn
ing and three others remain in criti
cal condition after a collision at the
Ga. 247/Ga. 247 Spur intersection
near the Perdue Farms Plant.
At about 6:41 a.m., according to
'School’s out’ ...
... OF THE QUESTION?
Push under way to move 1
voting elsewhere
Below are the schools used as voting precincts and how
they are ranked by the board of education in regard to
safety concerns (i.e. red is most concerned and green is
concerned, but not as much as red or yellow).
Active Inactive
School Voters Voters Total Year
Centerville Elementary 2,579 574 3,15$ 1984
Eagle Springs 3,198 1,308 4,506 2004
Houston County High 2,323 333 2,656 1994
Lindsey Elementary 1,487 572 2,059 1994
Matt Arthur Elementary 2,281 428 2,709 2004
Miller Elementary 1,796 380 2,176 1974
Morningside Elementary i I.ftMHHBMMiIi
Northside Elementary 1,964 440 2,404 1994
Northside Middle ■HHMB.S64 846 3,410 1976 J®
Northside High 1,450 531 1,981 1974
Pearl Stephens Elementary 1,121 466 1,587 1994
Perry Primary 3,979 959 4,938 2002
Quail Run Elementary 1,790 268 2,058 1994
Russell Elementary 2,176 970 3,146 1974
Crossroads Center 722 SMBBfifl-,170 1994
Totals 45,046 11,828 56,874
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
If you’ve gone into one
of Houston County’s pub
lic schools in recent years,
you know that you can’t just
walk right down the hall.
You’ve got to* stop at the
principal’s office and explain
your business, and you prob
ably won’t be turned loose to
wander through the build
ing after that.
Even a newspaper report
er stopping by gets a quick
security check.
“It’s not that I don’t trust
you. I just need to check
this out.”
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Houston County Sheriff s Cpl. Sean
Alexander, the five occupants were
in a 1995 Buick LaSabre on the 247
Spur, attempting to cross to Ga.
247 northbound. As the car crossed,
Alexander said, a southbound trac
tor-trailer struck the car on the
driver’s side door, killing the driver
"We are trying to come up with a
win-win situation. Our goal is to ensure
the safety ol our students while at the
same time accommodating the needs of
various voting precincts."
- Dave McMahan, facilities director for the school system
The principal calls the
central office.
It makes sense. The peo
ple in the front office want
control over who’s coming in
the building and why.
There’s just one day that
they don’t have that control,
and passenger. The driver, Rastus
Moore, 33, of Madison, Fla., and
front seat passenger, Jose Valdez,
25, of Jennings, Fla., died on the
scene, Alexander said.
The three backseat passen
gers were taken to Macon Medical
Center, where they remain in criti-
and that’s election day if a
school is a designated poll
ing place.
Voters, while they must
identify themselves before
voting, don’t get stopped at
the front door, and in some
See VOTING, page 8B
TWO RPr.TiUSSKfG PAGES
LLOYD
Local students know
‘formula’ for success
Represent Georgia as semifinalists in
Discovery Channel's scientist challenge
By KRISTY WARREN
Journal Staff Writer
Three of nine Georgia
students named to compete
for the title of “America’s
Top Young Scientist of the
Year” are from Houston
County,
■ Mark Ellgass of
Huntington Middle School
■ Rahul Joshee of Warner
Robins Middle School
■ Jason Lloyd of Bonaire
Middle School
In total, 400 students in
grades five through eight
from 43 states, Puerto
Rico, and Washington D.C.
were chosen to compete in
the Discovery Channel’s
Young Scientist Challenge.
Beginning Thursday, 40
finalists will be chosen
from the 400 semifinalists.
Mark Ellgass, who is now
in the eighth grade, said the
inspiration for his science
fair entry was Hurricane
Katrina. When he saw the
devastation, he wanted to
Centerville Authority solicits
design ideas from residents
By JOE SERSEY
Journal Correspondent
The Centerville
Downtown Development
Authority held a town
hall meeting at the city
offices Thursday night
to get design ideas from
Centerville residents.
According to DDA chair
man Henry Hppson, the
citizens who attended urged
the committee to seek an
area that is conducive to
walking and bike paths.
Houston Healthcare, Robins AFB join
forces for breast cancer luncheon
Special to the Journal
Houston Healthcare and
the Robins Air Force Base
Health and Wellness Center
will host its 11th Annual
Breast Cancer Luncheon
Oct. 4 from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at the Museum
of Aviation’s Century of
Flight Hangar.
The guest speaker for
this year’s event is Dave
cal condition and were in surgery
at press time. All five were occu
pants of the car and were employees
of Quality Service Integrity Inc., a
cleaning service company contracted
by Perdue Farms.
Eddie Sapp of Dexter was driving
See WRECK, page 8B
JOSHEE
develop a project “to help
improve the economy.”
Using his interest in
engineering, he decided to
come up with a type of
siding that was tougher
than that currently on the
market. He began testing
the siding on the market
by dropping a ten pound
weight from about two
yards up using a home
made Damage Assessing
Devise- what Ellgass calls
a D.A.D- made of PVC pipe,
steel bars and pin, a bun
gee cord, and a four by six
wood base. Pulling out
the pin, the weight drops
onto the siding, which is
placed on the wood base.
Noting the visual damage
on the store-bought vinyl,
masonite, and hardy board
siding, Ellgass set out to
make a siding that could
withstand the test.
Using carbon fiber tape,
Plexiglas, and a rubber
See FORMULA, page 8B
“We want to develop a
centralized area where peo
ple can leave their cars at
home and walk to dinner,”
Hopson said. “We want
a handicap accessible area
where developers can build
mom and pop stores, out
door restaurants, and craft
shops.”
Hopson said one attendee
suggested a small amphi
theater.
Since its inception two
See DOWNTOWN,page 8B
What: 11th Annual Breast
Cancer Luncheon
When: Oct. 4, 11:30 a.m.-1
p.m.
Where: Museum of Aviation
Century of Flight Hangar
Why: Educate/support
Balch, author of Cancer for
See L UNCHEON, page 8B
ELLGASS