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VOLUME 136, NUMBER 183
BELOW THE Fold: Warner Robins PD investigating traffic fatality ■ Attendance Protocol Committee continues its war on truancy
Tuesday
September 19,2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
TORCH
IN SPORTS
■ Who's queen of the county
in volleyball? That would be
Houston County which beat
Northside, Warner Robins and
Perry Saturday to claim top hon
ors.
- See 1B
IN BRIEF
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, $3 per child. The event will be
hosted by the Warner Robins High
School Band Boosters, Inc., and will
feature bands from all over the south
eastern part of the United States
competing against one another.
Sacred Heart to hold
Fall Festival
Sacred Heart's Fall Festival will
be Oct. 21 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at
250 South Davis Drive, Warner
Robins. The festival will include
live Radio Disney broadcast and
prizes for kids; entertainment stage
including Best Country WDEN and
country music star T. Graham
Brown; hot air balloon ride; Bingo;
Granny's Attic flea market; paint
ball; 50 and more arts and crafts
vendors; silent auction; premium
raffle to win money, vacations, and
other major packages; carnival
games; sports challenges; carnival
food and food by vendors such as
Chick Fil A, Moe’s Southwest Grill,
Backyard Burger, and Papa Johns;
pony ride; and many rides ($lO
wristband) including a mechanical
bull, bungee trampoline, airborne
parachute, rock wall and more.
Service Center to
hold ribbon cutting
The Community Outreach
Service Center will host a ribbon
cutting and open house Thursday
from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
To get to the center, take Davis
Drive in Warner Robins north to
Duke Ave. Take a right and the
center is one mile on the left. I
BIRTHDAYS
Sept. 18
■ Wayne Merritt
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.
ANNIVERSARIES
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■ Josh and Danielle Ray
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Homeowners voice opposition to developmenl
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The intersection of Ga. 96
and Lake Joy Road is quickly
becoming a commercial hub,
much to the chagrin of area
homeowners.
Robert Reed, presi
dent of the White Columns
Homeowners Association has
stated some of residents’ con
The Gulden rule
Library director retires
after dedicating more
than 30 years of service
to Houston County
fly CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Judy Golden isn’t a person
who seeks the spotlight, but
she couldn’t avoid it on Sunday
afternoon as those who have
worked with her over the years
unveiled a portrait of her, pre
sented her with a handmade,
autographed quilt and named a
room in the Periy Library “The
Judith A. Golden Local History
Room.”
Golden has served Houston
County libraries for more than
30 years. Her last day as Director
of Library Services for Houston
County will be Sept. 30.
She brushed back tears several
times as library board members
and library employees expressed
their affection and gratitude.
Most of those making the pre
sentations had a few tears to
shed, too.
Jane Gramley, vice chair
person of the Houston County
Library Board, praised Golden
for her high regard for patrons,
her love of children, her dedica
tion to providing library staff
with the best possible working
conditions, and her capacity to
make the most of a tight bud
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Houston County’s Debra Goodman (9) preps for a kill while teammate Nicole Williams
(8) sets her up Saturday during the county volleyball championship. See 1B for more.
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cerns about the commercial
development and the annexa
tions by Warner Robins in let
ters to county officials.
The homeowners of his
neighborhood and that of
Magnolia Hills, he said, are
deeply concerned with the
plans to place a large com
mercial developments the
middle of two major subdivi-
"lt hasn't been like a
job. It's been a labor
of love every day''
- Director of Library Services for
Houston County, Judy Golden
get.
She was also praised for her
efforts to get a new library for
Centerville, and her successful
efforts to get the county’s librar
ies on the latest county sales tax
proposal.
Golden said, “It hasn’t been
like a job. It’s been a labor of
love every day.”
Golden had thanks for her
staff, saying, “They’re the
most wonderful friends anyone
could have,” and also thanked
a number of elected officials,
including Rep. Larry O’Neal,
Sen. Ross Tolleson, former Rep.
Larry Walker, and the Houston
County Commissioners for their
work to increase funding for the
library system.
She said that she plans to
spend more time with her
See GOLDEN, page 6A
The thrill of the kill
next to commercial develop
ment,” he said.
City and county zoning offi
cials both have said they have
not yet received plans for
development behind the Pubiix
at the southwest corner of the
intersection.
The developer of the Pubiix,
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The Atlanta developer would! v
not return repeated phone
inquiries on plans for the
Attendance Protocol Committee
continues its war on truancy
By KRISTY WARREN
Journal Staff Writer
The Houston County
Attendance Protocol
Committee met Sep. 7 to
discuss proactive initiatives
to address attendance.
The committee first met
in January 2005 as Georgia
HBII9O requires that com
munities and schools ere
WRPD investigating traffic fatality
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Warner Robins
Police Department Traffic
Division is investigating a
traffic fatality.
On Thursday, at 10:50
p.m., police were dispatched
to Watson Boulevard
and South Second Street
ate a Student Attendance
Protocol Committee to
address truancy.
At this year’s meeting,
the committee discussed
previous goals set and the
results, as well as future
initiatives.
While the goal was to
reduce the number of
See TRUANCY, page 6A
to an accident with inju
ries. Officers found a 1997
Lincoln Town Car driven
by Ray Earl Smith of Fort
Valley had run off the road
and struck a parked truck.
Preliminary investiga
tion revealed Smith may
have suffered a medical
See FATALITY, page 6A