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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Iferilg -Immiai Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Pony, a A 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader Classified Advertising: Call (478) 987-1823 between tbe 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 562 in-county and SB2 elsewhere per year paid in advance. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. 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 Trial opens for dentist in killing ATLANTA (AP) - It has been nearly two years since Jennifer Corbin’s 7-year-old son found his mother shot to death in her bedroom. Initially ruled a suicide, her death evenutally led to investigators to her husband, suburban Gwinnett County dentist Barton Corbin. It also prompted authorities in Augusta’s Richmond County to reopen the case of the 1990 death of Barton Corbin’s dental-school girl friend, Dolly Hearn, and re examine Corbin’s possible role. Both women were found shot once in the head, a gun lying nearby, and Hearn’s death also was initially ruled a suicide. Corbin now faces murder charges in both cases. His attorneys have argued that both women’s deaths were suicides and not similar. They will get their chance to try to prove that before a jury soon as opening state ments will be made later this month in Corbin’s first trial - this one for his wife’s death. Prosecutors plan to pres ent evidence of Hearn’s death during the trial. Jury selection started late last week and is expected to last two weeks as 650 Gwinnett County residents have been summoned as prospective jurors. District Attorney Danny Porter said he expects his case to take about two weeks to present to the jury _ “pret ty long for a trial,” he said. The bulk of the state’s evi dence is paper, not physical, and Porter said he could call more than two dozen wit nesses. Gwinnett prosecutors are not seeking the death pen alty, as their case does not meet the criteria, Porter said. However, if Corbin is con victed in Gwinnett County, YOUR WEATHER TEAM! TODAY’S MGT Todays Weather Local 5-Day Forecast /V 75/65 Thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:19 AM 7:45 PM v 1 Georgia At A Glance V Warner Robins 1 y \ \ Savannah Valdosta -ty Area Cities | City HI LoCond. | Albany 82 65 t-storm Athens 70 62 rain Atlanta 70 61 rain Augusta 76 68 rain Bainbridge 83 67 t-storm Brunswick 86 74 t-storm Cartersville 71 60 rain Chattanooga.TN 69 57 rain Columbus 75 66 rain Cordele 80 67 t-storm National Cities [City . Hi Atlanta, . , , 70 61 rain .... 805t0n,,.; . . ,74 62 mst sifjny Chicago 66 55 rain Dallas 86 66 sunny Denver 83 56 sunny ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service he would be eligible for the death penalty in Richmond County. Corbin’s lead attorney, Bruce Harvey, didn’t return repeated telephone messag es last week. National media are expected to be present in the courtroom for the trial. Porter said he has spoken to Court TY People magazine and the television program “Inside Edition.” The media frenzy after Corbin’s arrest prompted a judge to impose a gag order - which was later lifted - and Corbin’s attorneys have asked for a change of venue because of all the attention. While he acknowledged the media might affect a potential jury pool, Porter doesn’t expect it to other wise factor into his approach during the trial. “The only affect that the media attention has on me personally is that you want to make sure you’re doubly prepared so that you don’t look like a fool in front of the whole country,” Porter said. “But in terms of trying the case, in terms of strat egy, there’s really no differ ence.” Corbin was first indicted by a Richmond County grand jury on charges of felony and malice murder in Hearn’s death less than three weeks after Jennifer Corbin’s death on Dec. 4, 2004. Weeks later, a Gwinnett County grand jury indicted him on charges of felony murder and a firearms vio lation in the death of his wife, a 33-year-old preschool teacher and mother of their two sons - ages 5 and 7 at the time. The Corbins’ oldest son found his mother’s body, a revolver next to her on the couple’s bed. Five days ear lier, Barton Corbin had filed for divorce and was suing for custody of their boys and ownership of the $217,900 home in the affluent Atlanta Thu 9/14 89/67 More sun than clouds. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:20 AM 7:42 PM 87/64 Clouds giving way to sun . Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the mid 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:19 AM 7:44 PM Dalton 72 59 rain Dillard 65 56 rain Dublin 78 65 t-storm Duluth 69 59 rain Gainesville 68 63 rain Helen 67 58 rain Lagrange 73 60 t-storm Macon 73 65 rain Marietta 69 59 rain Milledgeville 73 67 rain Houston 90 67 pt sunny Los Angeles 83 63 mst sunny Miami 89 78 t-storni Minneapolis 76 57 mst sunny New York 73 67 pt sunny suburb of Buford where she died. Man drowns over weekend in Lanier GAINESVILLE (AP) - Divers have recovered the body of a man who drowned in Lake Lanier while swim ming with his son. The body of Brandford Palmer, 49, was found by Hall County Sheriffs divers Sunday morning in 25 feet of water. Palmer was on a cabin cruiser boat with his friends and his 13-year-old son Saturday evening when he and the boy decided to go swimming, Hall County Sheriffs Maj. Jeff Strickland said. Palmer became too tired to swim back to the boat and disappeared under the water, Strickland said. The son was wearing a life jacket, but Palmer was not, Strickland said. Investigators believe the drowning was an accident. Program tracks down elderly CANTON (AP) - When 86-year-old Katie Prance wandered away from a care giver last year, her daugh ter Pat Madden turned to a Cherokee County program that helps track down the wayward elderly. “You hear so many stories about the elderly getting lost, and either they’re never found, or by the time some one gets to the them, it’s too WARNER ROBINS SUPPLY OF PERRY We Rent! 612 Ball St. Perry, GA 987-2334 STATE AMP REGION Jerry Mtttwwion Frf 9/15 89/67 Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:21 AM 7:41 PM Im jj Sat 9/16 Sun 9/17 87/67 Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:21 AM 7:40 PM Moon Phases <§ #> Last Sep 14 Full Sep 7 First Sep 30 New Sep 22 UV Index Wed 9/13 Thu 9/14 Fri 9/15 Sat 9/16 Sun 9/17 High Very High Very High Very High 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 Hi : In 11 E^v— Peachtree City 73 58 rain Perry 75 65 t-storm Rome 73 60 rain Savannah 85 70 t-storm St. Simons Islandß6 74 t-storm Statesboro 87 73 t-storm Thomasville 84 67 t-storm Valdosta 83 67 t-storm Warner Robins 74 65 t-storm Waycross 88 68 t-storm Phoenix 97 78 mst sunny San Francisco 75 54 windy Seattle 67 51 pt sunny St. Louis 77 57 pt sunny Washington, DC 72 65 rairl late,” said Madden, whose mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. “This helps ensure something like that won’t happen to her.” The county has outfitted 11 residents with the Project Lifesaver wristbands, which make it easier for police to track down small children or the elderly who have gone missing. Each $276 wristband con tains a tracking device that’s set to a personal frequency. If the user has gone missing, officers can search for the person using a mobile track ing system. The sheriffs office has three mobile units and is ordering another three, said Major Vic West. They hope to eventually have a track ing device in each of the county’s seven police pre cincts, and another they can take onto a helicopter dur ing a search. People Pleasing! (We will delight you!) ■■nnn jlAaSwiat 1*75 ixtt 136 • 587*trrr Horn REPAIR 10AN IBljyga City of Warner Robins your home need repairs? fi II Do you own your home? | Do you have equity in your home? is your home within the limits of the City of Warner Robins? I Please contact the City of Warner Robins, Department of Community Development to see if you qualify for a U.S. Department of HUD funded low (0% to 3%) interest rate loan (Certain income restrictions apply-Maximum income ranges from $32,950f0r a single person to $62,150f0r a family of 8) Apply at Warner Robins City Hall, 100 Watson Blvd. upstairs in the Department of Community Development or call 929-1140 for more details. - MMB772 ' SSSSSSmmmmmmmmmEmmmmmmmmmmmmmammm EARL CENTERVILLE - Earl L. Smith, 81, passed away Friday. Smith was born in LaGrange to the late Robert Lee and Ellen Irene Glosson Smith. Survivors include his wife Jewel Hearn Smith of Centerville, daughter: Anita (Bill) Smith Stevens of Warner Robins, two grandchildren and two nieces. HAZEI. WATSON PERRY - Hazel Watson, 84 died on Sep. 8, 2006 in a local nursing home. Graveside Services were held Sunday, Sep. 10 at Woodlawn Cemetery. No flowers and donations are requested to Perry Volunteer Outreach or Second Memorial Baptist Church. Watson was the daughter of the late Joseph L. and Cleo Swearingen Lewis. She was a member of the Second Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors include her children, Sandra Hunt (Riley) and Derry James Watson, both of Perry; two grandchildren, Holly Bradford and George Hunt, both of Atlanta; and five great granchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Osborn Vinson Watson. Please sign the online register at watsonhunt.com KATHLEEN C. HAWKINS WARNER ROBINS - Kathleen C. Hawkins, 76, passed away on Saturday. Graveside services will be held today at 10 a.m. in Glen Haven Memory Gardens. Hawkins was born on November 18, 1929 in Cadwell. Survivors include her husband and son, a sister, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. STEWART B. SEYMORE. SR. WARNER ROBINS - Stewart B. Seymore, Sr., 70, went home to be with the Lord Friday. Services will be held at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home with interment following in Magnolia Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the fam ily suggests donations be made to the American Cancer Society. Seymore was born on December 18, 1935 in Comer. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was owner and operator of Warner Robins Welding Company. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Haynesville and also a member of the National Vintage Racing Association and Tyrian Lodge No. 111. His wife, Lillian Harvey Seymore and his parents, James E. and Gussie Lord Seymore, pre ceded him in death. Survivors include his children, Butch Seymore (Janice), Gina Dawson, and Kenneth Seymore (Sarah), all of Warner Robins; grandchildren, Jessica, Melissa, Jenny, Mike, Lindsey, Justin, Kelly, and Katie; and great-grandchildren, Emily, Evan, Elizabeth, Erin, Baleigh, and Carleigh; and several nieces and nephews. Strong earthquake shakes Gulf of Mexico By PHIL DAVIS Associated Press Writer TAMPA, Fla. - The larg est earthquake to strike the eastern Gulf of Mexico in the last 30 years sent shock waves from Louisiana to southwest Florida on Sunday, but did little more than rattle residents. The magnitude 6.0 earth quake, centered about 260 miles southwest of Tampa, was too small to trigger a tsunami or dangerous waves, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The USGS received more than 2,800 reports from peo ple who felt the 10:56 a.m. quake. Scientists said it was the largest and most widely felt of more than a dozen earthquakes recorded in the region in three decades. “This is a fairly unique At* (As Shown! 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Jeb Bush was informed of the situa tion, Stone said. 3A ay