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VOLUME 136, NUMBER 183
Below the Fold: House candidates discuss health issues at forum B Insurance commissioner issues warning in regard
Wednesday
September 20,2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ Perry’s Horseshoe Pitcher’s
Club rolls to the Georgia
Horseshoe Pitchers Association
Interleague Championship.
In football read previews of
Perry’s and Westfield’s upcom
ing games, as well as pro and
college reports.
In softball. Houston County’s
Lady Bears are on top of the
division.
-See 1B
IN BRIEF
WR Rotary Club marks
calendar dates
The Warner Robins Rotary Club
has set the following dates on its cal
endar: ■ Oct. 17: Roast and fund
raiser for State Rep. Willie Talton.
Event is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. A
silent auction will take place before
dinner is served. Tickets are $35
each or S3OO for a table of 10; ■
Oct. 21 and 22: The Mossy Creek
Barnyard Festival; ■ Nov. 14: The
club's annual golf tournament at the
Landings; ■ Dec. 12: The club's
annual Christmas party, which will be
held in Hangar One at the Museum
of Aviation.
Local students among
VSU graduates
The following area students are
Summer 2006 graduates of Valdosta
State University in Valdosta: Jesse
Earhart Gilmour of Perry (Bachelor
of Fine Arts - Mass Media), Jeffrey
James Dixon of Warner Robins
(Master of Public Administration),
Ryan Richard Fallon of Warner Robins
(Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy)
and Kelly Lynn Williams of Warner
Robins (Associate of Arts).
BIRTHDAYS
Today
■ W. C. “Bill” Cox - Happy
95th!
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
Today
■ Bill and Billie Cox - Happy
61st!
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ Clyde E. Hackney, 77
■ Nellie S. Williams, 82
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,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
The ‘real’deal
Council warns about annexation misgivings
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
They’re at it again.
That was the warning issued by
Warner Robins City Councilman
Dean Cowart - not for the first time,
apparently - during the council’s
meeting Monday and in regard to
real estate agents telling people they
are not in the city or will not be
annexed in.
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House candidates discuss health issues
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Healthcare is one of those
issues that touches every
individual and every family.
At a candidate’s forum on
Monday night, Tony Sellier
told the audience about
his fight with cancer, Beth
Perera talked about her
baby daughter’s heart sur
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"They may not
understand, (but) it will
be annexed
- Warner Robins Councilman Dean
Cowart
said, “(but) it will be annexed.”
The paperwork may not show city
taxes, Cowart added. It may not
£&? [fcoa© tocos ££)
gery and Ron Bass explained
to the audience that the
most recent replacement
for his leg brace, which was
provided by the Shriner’s
when he was a child, had
cost $8,200.
The panel of candidates,
which also included Rep.
Larry O’Neal, Rep. Willie
Talton, and Scott Taylor,
didn’t seem to be debating
as much as sharing points
be in the city, but “if you have city
sewer, you are most likely in the
city,” he said.
Mayor Donald Walker offered this
explanation. He said that some sub
divisions/developments came to the
city and asked for city sewer. In the
past, the city put the sewer in with
the stipend that the land be annexed
once it became contiguous with city
limits.
“It’s part of the covenant,” Walker
said. “It will come in when it’s con
of view and values that were
often similar. Where they
differed had to do mainly
with root causes and solu
tions.
The event, held at
Middle Georgia Technical
College, was sponsored by
HODAC, Families Against
Methamphetamine Abuse
and the local chapter of the
National Alliance for the
Mentally 111.
Three sections • 18 pages
Robins Air Force
Base personnel J
Ae/d a ceremony
Monday to com
memorate the
Air Force’s 59th
birthday. Part of
the ceremony,
which was even
tually moved
indoors due
to rain show
ers, featured
the most senior
ranking mem
ber (Maj. Gen .
Allan Poulin)
and junior rank
ing (Airman
Christopher
Reed) cutting the
birthday cake.
TOP: Attendees
salute the flag.
INSET: The cake
has to be taken
indoors.
RJfICWy Burton*
Key topics included the
shortage of trauma centers
around the state, funding
for indigent care, meeting
the needs of the uninsured,
long-term services for men
tally ill adults, rehabilita
tion for substance abus
ers and the growing prob
lem of methamphetamine
addiction, the impact of
illegal aliens on healthcare
See ISSUES, page 6A
tiguous to city limits.”
That stipend is a former practice
of the city. Now the city requires
annexation before putting sewer
lines in.
Cowart also advised people plan
ning to buy homes in the Warner
Robins area to: “Please read your
documents.”
Apparently you could add the word
“especially” if you’re looking at the
Windsor Heights subdivision.
See CONCERNS, page 6A
Perry drug
dog hits on 3
hsofmeth
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
A traffic stop Sunday
night led Perry Police to
three pound
of meth.
The stop
for a win
dow tint
violation
and failure
to maintain
lane was
made about
6:30 p.m.
Sunday
according to
Perry Police Captain Heath
Dykes.
Field Training Officer John
Kessler made the traffic stop
on a silver Ford Escort with
Florida tags on southbound
Interstate 75 by mile mark
er 138, Dykes said. “Based
on the inconsistencies in the
driver’s story,” Dykes said,
Sgt. Ron Brainard and his
canine Rex were called to
the scene.
“They (Kessler and
Brainard) work together,”
Dykes explained on traffic
stops along the interstate.
“The dog hit on the car,”
Dykes said, and officers
found three pounds of crys
tal methamphetamine inside
a book bag in the car.
Dykes said Rex has been
with the department about
four to five months.
He has found four
pounds of marijuana about
See METH, page 6A
Oxendine warns
of fraudulent
contest winnings
Special to the Journal
Insurance Commissioner
John W. Oxendine said
numerous individuals in
Georgia and other states
have been sent bogus letters
and checks regarding con
test winnings in an attempt
to defraud them
“Anyone who gets this let
ter or check should throw
them away,” Oxendine said.
“Do not attempt to deposit
the check, do not respond to
the letter, and do not send
them any money.”
The letter, under a forged
MAG Mutual Insurance
Company letterhead, claims
that recipients won $250,000
in a contest.
The mailing includes a
worthless check, allegedly
backed by MAG Mutual,
for approximately $2900
to cover “administrative
See CONTEST, page 6A
BUCHHEIT