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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Tfauafcm Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Perry, GA 31069 (478) 987-1823 . See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader DROP© 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: P.O Box 1910, Perry, GA 31069 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. 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This newspaper is a member of The Georgia Press Association, The National Newspaper Association and The Associated Press 4 State Briefs Plains man gets 23 years in shooting ALBANY (AP) - A fed eral judge has sentenced a Sumter County man to nearly 23 years in prison for drug and firearms offenses and for attempting to shoot a U.S. marshal during his arrest last year. U.S. District Judge W. Louis Sands sentenced Darren Cantrell Miller, 23, of Plains to 188 months for intent to distribute more than 5 grams of cocaine and attempted assault on a fed eral officer, and 84 months for carrying a firearm in fur therance of a crime. Miller pleaded guilty to the charges and appeared before the judge on Friday. His legal problems began in June 2005 when agents of the Sumter Drug Task Force raided an Americus house and found ecstasy tab lets, cocaine, marijuana and a handgun. Cantrell agreed to help the agents arrest other drug dealers, but dis appeared after his release. The case was transferred to federal jurisdiction and local and federal authorities located him last September in a Montezuma mobile home. While they attempt ed to arrest him, Cantrell attempted to shoot the fed eral agent, but his revolver misfired four times, officials said. Two killed, two injured in wreck ADEL (AP) - Two teenag ers were killed and two more critically injured after their car crashed into a tree early Saturday morning in Cook County. Brandon Nugent, 16, and Brian Kohler, 17, died from injuries sustained in the accident, which involved no other vehicles. Kohler was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, and Nugent, who was driving the car, later died at South YOUR WEATHER TEAM! TODAY’S Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Wed 9/20 v> ‘ ■»* ■ x : 81/53 Sunshine. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the low 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:22 AM 7:35 PM , n i Georgia At A Glance \ Atlanta \ 74/50 0 iNs, Augusta \ / W V 80/57 \( %A X V Warner Robins \ \ \ *) \ Savannah > s" UerV \ 85/61 / W ) 82/SK_X "X 5 l / Valdosta t W W - 85/58 Area Cities [city Hi LoCond. Albany 84 56 Athens 78 53 Atlanta 74 50 Augusta 80 57 Bainbridge 83 59 Brunswick 85 69 Cartersville 74 49 Chattanooga,TN 68 46 Columbus 81 55 Cordele 84 56 National Cities Hi Lo Cond. [clt7 Atlanta 74 50 sunny Boston 71 53 rain Chicago 59 46 sunny Dallas 86 69 sunny Denver 72 44 t-storm ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service Georgia Medical Center. The two survivors were not identified. Sgt. Don Whitaker with the Georgia Highway Patrol’s Tifton office said Nugent lost control of the vehicle, which likely flipped several times before hitting the tree. He said he does not believe alcohol played a role in the crash. R.E.M. highlights hall inductions ATLANTA (AP) - The four original members of R.E.M. gave a rare performance Saturday night, as the band that launched Athens, Ga. into the spotlight as an inde pendent rock hotbed was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. “This is going to be loud,” lead singer Michael Stipe said as the group, which formed in the college town in 1980, launched into “Begin the Begin” from their 1986 album “Life’s Rich Pageant.” The group, which has won three Grammys and sold over 70 million records, has performed as a quartet only a handful of times since 1997, when drummer Bill Berry left the group after suffering a brain aneurysm onstage in 1995. Saturday’s performance, though, was by far the larg est and the first that had been publicized in advance. 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Sunrise Sunset 7:23 AM 7:34 PM We Celebrate Hometown Life Dalton Dillard Dublin Duluth Gainesville Helen Lagrange Macon Marietta Milledgeville sunny sunny sunny sunny sunny sunny sunny sunny sunny sunny [city Houston 87 65 sunny • Los Angeles 72 58 pt sunny Miami 89 77 t-stcrnr, Minneapolis 60 45 sunny New York -71 53 pt sunny Many of the roughly 1,500 people at the Georgia hall’s black-tie induction ceremo ny clearly were there to see the group. “It’s been a sellout and the buzz has been going on for many weeks now,” said Lisa Love, director of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. “R.E.M. is one of the most influential bands in the world; they’re up there with U 2 and some of the other greatest bands ever in terms of the impact they’ve had.” Love said several R.E.M. fans from outside the United States bought tickets for the ceremony. The three remain ing members - Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills - have continued to tour and record without naming an official drummer. In their three song set, R.E.M. also per formed their top-ten single “Losing My Religion” and “Man on the Moon,” a song they dedicated to former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, who died Wednesday at age 73 of cancer. Also inducted to the hall Saturday were Allman Brothers founder Greg Allman, writer-producers Dallas Austin and Jermaine Dupri and the late Felice Bryant who, along with her husband, Boudleaux Bryant, wrote country and rock standards including “Rocky Top,” Wake Up Little Susie” and “Love Hurts.” Special Services: • Deluxe Pedicure • Sea Salt »Warm Towels Wraps in Advanced technology pedicure chair does not hold water or bacteria! 478-922-4282 STATE AND REGION Meteorologist Jerry Methewson Turns «»r Mews* Frl 9/22 IN- -i-JL*. 87/62 Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the low 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:24 AM 7:31 PM 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 mmm n Hi Lo Cond. 73 48 mst sunny 72 45 sunny 84 54 sunny 73 49 sunny 75 54 sunny 73 48 sunny 77 49 sunny 80 53 sunny 73 48 sunny 81 56 sunny Hi Lo Cond. Mm Sun 9/24 Sat 9/23 / >v, 86/59 A few thunderstorms possible. Sunrise Sunset 7:25 AM 7:30 PM Moon Phases t • New Sep 22 Last Sep 14 • m Full Oct 7 First Sep 30 UV Index Wed 9/20 U] Very High Thu 9/21 8 Very High Fri 9/22 8 Very High iWl'l Sat 9/23 8 Very High life# Sun 9/24 ■ Very High Hi LoCond. [citT Peachtree City 75 47 sunny Perry 82 53 sunny Rome 75 48 sunny Savannah 85 61 sunny St. Simons Islandßs 69 sunny Statesboro 87 63 sunny Thomasville 85 59 sunny Valdosta 85 58 sunny Warner Robins 82 54 sunny Waycross 86 59 sunny rciTT Hi Lo Cond. 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For a house valued at $150,000 on the market, that would save the owners $14.50 per year. “When Mark Taylor is gov ernor, there will be no state property tax in Georgia,” he told delegates at the Democrats state_ convention. As he was formally accept ing the Democratic nomina tion for governor that he won in the July 18 primary, Taylor announced he would eliminate the small property tax the state levies on resi dences. The tax, collected by coun ty tax collectors, is 1/4 mill, or 25 cents on SI,OOO of assessed value. Properties in Georgia are assessed at 40 percent of their fair-market value. Taylor’s opponent, Gov. Sonny Perdue announced a tax cut of his own when addressing a Republican fund-raising dinner Wednesday. His $142 million cut would come by eliminating the state income tax on senior citizens. Earlier in the year, he signed into law a GOP bill to exempt seniors from property tax. 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