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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Quarter guest !7) ft mfk sJBSmKBSBSSL - f *< f Ekzr---fcE~ES f^S 1 --~ BEE... .: Em * £l. J| ENI/Gary Harmon Horse owners show their horses for the judges during the Georgia Quarterhorse Association horse show held Friday-Saturday at the Georgia Nationial Fairgrounds and Agricenter. "3” ~ *> ' ■’*»*•■■ j •; ~x£„. . <£. : 'v-k .. ■', '•'• '' -' vE 1 ?-?'M'< ENI/Gary Harmon Owner’s wait while their horses are being judged. Annual Sheriff s Poker Run is Saturday By RAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Deputies, bikers and poker, all to help the children. The Houston County Sheriffs Office will hold its fourth annual Poker Run to benefit the Georgia Sheriffs Youth Homes today. Registration starts at 11 a.m. at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. The registration fee is sls per hand and $25 per couple with extra hands at $lO. The rain date is the following Saturday. The event has grown each year with more rid ers from all over the state, from Atlanta to Brunswick. Sgt. Ronnie Harlowe, one of the ride’s organizers, said the route will be about 100 miles. The first bike heads out about noon with the last one out at 1 p.m. The last bike has to return by 4 p.m. This year’s ride will also be in memory Sgt. Harlowe’s son, Deputy Ronnie Harlowe 11, who was killetj in a motor cycle accident in Peach County on April 5. He was a dispatcher for the Houston County 911 Center. “He was involved in it,” Harlowe said of his son. “He loved to ride motorcycles too.” But you don’t have to ride to participate, Harlowe said. “People can come out to buy tickets for door prizes and raffles. You can support the cause that way.” Top prizes will be awarded for the top three hands of straight poker with S3OO for first, S2OO for second and SIOO for third. There will also be door prizes and food and drinks will be provided. T-shirts will also be avail able. Sponsors and donors for this year’s ride include AAA Pools, Ace Hardware of Bonaire, Advance Auto Parts, Audio Shop, Bank Sikstrhe tariay! Cal 987-1823 of Perry, Bert’s Blades, BMW Motorcycles of Atlanta, Brooks Auto Parts, Byron Better Built Portable Buildings, Calhoun Automotive, Capitol Cycle, Cool Beach Tan, Cracker Barrel, First United Methodist Church, Flooring Installation Management Inc., Fudruckers, Galleria Cinemas, Home Depot, Home Furniture and Mattress Outlet, Houston Lake Country Club, Hughes Honda, Jo Ann Bankston, Logan’s Roadhouse, Lowe Toyota, Macon Communications, Mane Craze, Marjorie’s Hair Salon, McNeal Construction Inc., NSA, O’Reilly’s Auto Parts, Outdoor Power Sports, Papa John’s, Peach Automotive Group, Perry Pawn Shop, Sears, Southern Lighting, Stanley Discount Furniture, Staples, Terry Gore, Terry Holmes Ford Lincoln Mercury, Hyundai, Tires Plus, Tony’s Pawn Shop, Total Computer WHAT'S NEW IN HEARING TECHNOLOGY Hearing Associates, Inc. is Sponsoring a Consumer Seminar September 14 th , 2006. Meet Dr. James Martin, Widex Hearing Aids. CALL NOW TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT! Bring This Ad & Receive up tp SSOO OFF On A Pair of Digital Hearing Aids Offer Expires October 1,2006 Hearing Associates. Inc. Annette R. Peppard AU. D. licensed Audiologist Solutions, Town and Country Motorsports, Tractor Supply Company, Tuesday Morning, Wal-Mart, Warner Robins Gun and Pawn Shop, Waterford Golf and WOW Motorcycles. The Georgia Sheriffs Youth Homes began in 1960 with the opening of the Georgia Sheriffs’ Boys Ranch for neglected abused and abandoned children. Some years late it merged with the Cherokee Boys estate near Dalton and they became the Georgia Sheriff’s Youth Homes. In the 19905, two more residential child care programs - Pineland and Herrington Homestead and a camping program, Camp Pioneer, opened. A fifth campus, Mountain View will open in Murray County this year For more information please call Sgt. Manny Quinones at 808-8002, Sgt. Ronnie Harlowe at 808-7984 or Ruthie Wright at 542- 2125. n? 302 Margie Dr. Warner Robins, GA (478) 953-2705 Mon-Fri 9-5 • Sat by Appt LOCAL "* 1 w. IKE* ' HP ' \f im Vh-v" ijm ■'~ \ V'E: ‘**' w iiv\\ W»** |4>>|uJP fl m Journal/Kristy Warren Rosean Finney, Destinie Williams, and Kelcey Coates make purple and turquoise rib bons they will wear for National Suicide Prevention Week, Sep. 10 - 16. Hodac’s Teen HQ spread awareness By KRISTY WARREN Journal Staff Writer The students of Teen Headquarters are being proactive this month in tak ing steps to raise awareness of suicide and Sickle Cell Anemia. National Suicide Prevention Week is Sunday- Sept. 16. The students have made ribbons in the colors of suicide preven tion, said Kuwana Johnson, Educational Specialist at the center. They will wear the purple and turquoise ribbons to school next week to support suicide preven tion. They have also been researching the problem and creating a fact sheet to distribute that week. In a press release, Hodac points out that talking LETTER From page 4A relieved to move into coun ty taxes only (a selling point listed with most homes for sale in real estate ads). Now Vision 20/20 wants to give me and other coun ty residents “enhanced fire protection” on the unlikely chance my house catches fire or I need other fire services. I say NO thanks! If I call the fire depart ment or the police depart ment they will respond, I do not need to pay additional taxes to help out the city ijp |y ffer# m m. % 1 ' JBSIIPf! aK \ BWlißt v; ' % I J JftM w Go Karts, I Scooters & LDirt Bikes Ea m iGu itariS Electric Guitar $ 59 00 Acoustic Guitar Adult $ 39 88 Child $ 24 88 Banjos $ 42 73 Shampoo - Lotion „ on Household Cleaners I Cell phone accessories: Cases, Auto & Home Chargers and much, much more @ $1 M each. Kitchenware, Clothes, Cleaning Supplies. TONS OF ITEMS! 79 Green St. - Warner Robins, GA Q 99-0009 (One Block From Hwy. 247) L HOURS: 10am - spm Mon-Sat 00038046 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2006 * about suicide does not cause someone to become suicidal. In 2002, suicide was the 11th cause of death in the U.S. and rates among youth have increased more than 200 percent in the last 50 years. Hodac asks that every one join them for Suicide Prevention Week and “together we can reduce the number of suicides in the U.S. by promoting sui cide prevention and aware ness.” This month, the students of Teen Headquarters are also working to raise aware ness of Sickle Cell Anemia, as this is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America wants “the public to reflect on the children and adults residents (they can move just like I did). City offi cials should not be able to pass any additional taxes (we already pay 1.19 mills for fire service) onto county residents! Can any politician come up with any idea better than: “How can we get more money out of the tax payers?” Forget authorizing a study with our tax dollars so you can increase our taxes more, ask the county residents if they actually want “enhanced fire pro tection” aka another prop erty tax increase. Let us ‘T/ta&e 'fycwi t 7ft<ztfoe4& iTwintS.et - s 99°° iF.ullfS.et - s ll9°° iQ.ueen tS.et - $ 159 00 iKingiS.et - s 229°° whose lives, educations and careers have been affected by the disease.” “National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month” was made official in 1983 when the House unani mously passed the reso lution, introduced by the Congressional Black Caucus, asking President Reagan to designate September as the month of reflection. Throughout September, Teen Headquarters will have educational materials displayed at the center. For educational materi als you can display dur ing Sickle Cell Awareness Month, call 800-421-8453 or e-mail your request to scdaa@sicklecelldisease. org. You can also call Hodac at 953-5675. vote on the issue, at the same time we are voting for our county officials. Alan Parker, Houston County WARNER ROBINS SUPPLY OF PERRY We Rent! 612 Ball St. Perry, GA 987-2334 M a ™ Electric • m Guitar J W 10 Amp m Amplifier 4 fc s ßß 9s Ji 5A 137463 137994