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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Houston flatly .Ijounutl Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Perry. G A 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader Classified Advertising: Call (478) 987-1823 between the hours of 8 am 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. GA 31069 The Houston Home Journal. A peri odical. mailed (ISSN 1526-7393) at Perry. Ga., is published Tuesday through Saturday for 562 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 State Briefs 12 student cheats kicked out of IIGA ATHENS (MNS) - University of Georgia fac ulty, staff and graduate stu dents reported more than 300 cases of academic dis honesty during the 2005-06 school year, according to a report released Monday. Officials expelled 12 stu dents out of about 200 who violated UGA’s academic honesty code for plagiarism, unauthorized assistance, lying and tampering. University officials expelled two students in fall 2005 for unauthorized assis tance because they “failed to respond to notification that they had been reported for academic dishonesty,” said academic honesty coordina tor Deborah Bell, adding that being expelled for a first violation is “very unusual.” An academic honesty panel of faculty and stu dents reviewed the cases, found the students violated the honesty code and recom mended expulsion, Bell said. Last year, 10 students were expelled for violating the honesty code a second time. By comparison, students who violate the student code - which also includes behav ior out of the classroom, such as underage drinking are suspended after a sec ond alcohol or drug-related offense. The types of academic con duct violations have been consistent over the last few years but the number of academic dishonesty cases has increased each year, said Bell. “It’s not necessarily because more cheating is going on on campus, but because we have a process for handling (academic mis conduct) that faculty are allowed to participate in,” she said. Since fall 2000, when an YOUR WEATHER TEAM! TODAY’S Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Sat 9/23 88/69 Slight chance of a thunderstorm. Sunrise Sunset 7:24 AM 7:31 PM Fri 9/22 86/68 Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the upper 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:24 AM 7:32 PM T, r,in\ Vnituniaft/Mw* | Georgia At A Glance Augusta 84/69 >btns ( l Savannah \ 87/69 l V Valdosta Ci JU 0 89/66 /-"—Y Area Cities HI LoCond. [City 88 68 pt sunny 81 65 cloudy 81 66 t-storm 84 69 pt sunny 88 70 pt sunny 86 73 pt sunny 82 66 t-storm 79 68 t-storm 86 71 t-storm 88 68 pt sunny Albany Athens Atlanta Augusta Bainbridge Brunswick Cartersville Chattanooga.TN Columbus Cordele National Cities Hi Lo Cond. [City 81 66 t-storm 68 58 pt sunny 69 58 t-storm 98 80 pt sunny 55 38 rain Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver ©2005 American Protile Hometown Content Service instructor or student reports alleged misconduct, the case usually is resolved within a week through a discus sion between the student, the instructor and a trained facilitator. If the case isn’t resolved through discussion or the student wishes to appeal, the case goes to an academic honesty panel. Before 2000, an academic honesty panel heard allega tions of academic miscon duct and often took months to resolve a case, even then without the instructor’s input. “Students on campus are also taking academic integ rity more seriously” and reporting it more when they see it happen, Bell said. Last fall, the student academic honesty council - - a small group of students trained to educate other stu dents about academic hones ty - launched a plan to post a plaque with an academic honesty statement in every classroom on campus. Camden inmate injured on river WOODBINE (MNS) - An inmate at the Camden County Jail was hospitalized Saturday after he crashed a Sheriffs Office personal watercraft into a private dock while with another prisoner. The Sheriff’s Office couldn’t explain why the men were there or what they were doing. Riley Harrell, the owner of the dock, said there were no law enforcement officials in the area at the time of the accident. Harrell said he saw two of the watercraft “criss-cross ing and running around in the water” near his dock on Crooked River late Saturday afternoon and walked away just before he heard a crash. When he returned to the waterfront, Harrell said he saw a personal watercraft Sun 9/24 89/66 Scattered thunder storms possible. Sunrise Sunset 7:25 AM 7:30 PM We Celebrate Hometown Life , Storm for *mt about homstowm jut* Bk« [Cit7 Dalton Dillard Dublin Duluth Gainesville Helen Lagrange Macon Marietta Milledgeville Icity Houston Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis New York wedged under an 18-foot metal ladder on his dock. Harrell said he asked the two men if they were officers when he saw the personal watercraft both bore labels that said “Camden County Sheriff’s Office Water Patrol” and “Bill Smith Sheriff.” The men said they were not. Lt. William Terrell, a Sheriffs Office spokesman, refused to name the inmates, provide their criminal back grounds or say how they got out of jail, if they were super vised, how they got the keys to the personal watercraft, why they were riding them on the river and who would pay for the medical bills and repair the dock. “I don’t know what hap pened,” Terrell said. The sheriff also was unavailable for comment. Berry announces "misplaced" data ROME (AP) -Officials at Berry College say personal information on more than 2,000 students who applied for financial aid was “mis placed” by a consultant, creating a possible security breach. In a statement posted Wednesday on Berry’s Web site, President Stephen R. Briggs said college officials were notified late Monday afternoon that information from federal student aid forms collected during the 2005-06 academic year had been misplaced by a finan cial aid consultant. The data included names, Social Security numbers and reported incomes related to 2,093 people who submitted a federal aid application to Aged Hand-cut Steaks Breen derby 1*75 Ceil 135 • 507*5877 37609 STATE AND REGION Meteorologist Janry fclathawaon Turn* Cmt NMrwi** Mon 9/25 £ &£ 83/55 Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the mid 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:26 AM 7:28 PM Moon Phases # • Last New Sep 14 Sep 22 €> ® First Full Sep 30 Oct 7 UV Index Fri 9/22 ft Very High Sat 9/23 S Very High Sun 9/24 8 Very High Mon 9/25 8 Very High Tue 9/26 « 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. o aMM. mmmm 11 City Hi Lo Cond- Peachtree City f Perry f Rome f Savannah f St. Simons Island! Statesboro ! Thomasville f Valdosta f Warner Robins f Waycross i 82 68 t-storm 76 61 cloudy 87 66 pt sunny 80 64 t-storm 80 67 cloudy 78 63 cloudy 84 66 t-storm 85 67 pt sunny 81 64 t-storm 84 68 pt sunny | City Hi Lo Cond. Phoenix San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Washington, DC 91 79 t-storm 70 60 pt sunny 89 78 pt sunny 60 54 rain 69 62 pt sunny Berry, a private college in northwest Georgia. Of those, 1,322 are currently enrolled at Berry, Brigg said. “Based on what we know at this time, no first-year students are involved,” he said. The Rome News-Tribune reported that the informa tion, in both paper and digi tal form, was misplaced by the consultant at a regional airport. Briggs said college officials “have no reason to believe that information has been obtained by unauthorized persons or used fraudulent ly.” Prime Rib Seasoned to Perfection / 903 Carrol St. \Q INTERIORS 478-987-4511 <2F xtravaganza Massee Lane Gardens October, 19tk 11:30a.na. Included.: A fabulous lunck Holiday Arrangements . Ticket FASHION SHOW witk n e Jackets • Lounge Pajamas VO<A \ tev’vovs JeWelcv • Handbags Ccn’L° n n etc ect ect Saoe Tke Date foe Lots of Fun & Faskions. Mr. Dan Wells of Warner Robins will be Master of Ceremony. Tables are available in groups of 8 & 10 Also single tickets are sold. Tue 9/26 80/57 Plenty of sun. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the upper 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:26 AM 7:27 PM H^^Cond. 82 63 t-storm 86 67 pt sunny 84 67 t-storm 87 69 pt sunny 186 73 pt sunny 90 72 pt sunny 89 69 pt sunny 89 66 pt sunny 86 68 pt sunny 91 66 pt sunny Hi Lo Cond. 93 74 sunny 82 53 sunny 66 49 pt sunny 81 67 t-storm 72 65 pt sunny oreen derby -75 Exit 136« 987-8877 37608 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 ♦ Obituaries SYLVIA TABOR SHEAUf Sylvia Tabor Shealy of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, died Monday, September 18, 2006, of complications from a massive stroke. Bom on March 19, 1936 on the Tabor farm in Houston County, Sylvia is the daughter of the late Floyd Hunt Tabor and the late Sara Gilbert Tabor. Sylvia was an honor student at Perry High School, where she was active in cheerleading, the debate team and the drama club. She was also active in the Perry United Methodist Church and the 4-H organiza tion. After graduating from Perry High School in 1954, Sylvia attended Wesleyan College in Macon, where she earned a BA in education in 1958. Sylvia married Thomas Theodore “Sonny” Shealy of Reynolds in 1957. After a brief residence in Tampa, Fla., Sylvia and Sonny lived in Macon for 23 years where Sylvia taught elementary school and was active in the Macon Junior Women’s Club, the Junior League of Macon and Forest Hills United Methodist Church. They moved to Atlanta in 1981 and resided there until they became full time resi dents of Blowing Rock, North Carolina and an active mem ber of the Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, where she served as president of the United Methodist Women. In addition to her husband, Sonny, and countless other relatives and friends, Sylvia is survived by her children, Sandy Shealy Wilhoit and her husband, Dr. Randy Wilhoit, of Greenville South Carolina; Tommy Shealy and his wife Jan Shealy, of Charlotte, North Carolina; Sara Ann Shealy Vaughan and her husband, Woody Vaughan, of Atlanta; and by her eight grandchildren, David Wilhoit, Chris Wilhoit, Kevin Wolhoit, Loren Shealy, Claire Shealy, Mathes Vaughan, Sally Vaughan and Ann Thomas Vaughan. A funeral service will be held on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 1 p.m. at Sandy Springs United Methodist Church in Sandy Springs. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to the Sandy Springs United Methodist Church or to the Blowing Rock Methodist Church. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at Sandy Springs Chapel Funeral Directors, 136 Mt. Vernon Hwy., Sandy Springs, 404-255-8511. .IF.RBY H. TALLEY WARNER ROBINS - Jerry H.Talley, 69, passed away Monday. A memorial mass will be at 1 p.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Sacred Heart Church Building Fund 205 S. Davis Drive Warner Robins, GA 31088. Gingrich defends the pope By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, longtime foes in American politics, forcefully defended Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday against a wave of Muslim criticism over a speech last week. When asked about the con troversy prior to her speech at an American Cancer Society event, Clinton, D- N.Y., said the pope’s follow up statement should have been enough to settle the matter. “It’s just outrageous and offensive that people would be threatening violence against him based on what he said, especially when there is so much they should be working on together,” Clinton said. The former first lady has a huge lead in her Senate DAVID OVERTON JEWELERS ‘Jewelry Repair & Cleaning y ‘Watch Repair ‘Engraving Hours; !/// ‘Appraisals Mon., Tties., Thurs., Fri ‘Estate Jewelry l0a v "’ t ’j Pm ‘Class Rings 10am-lpm 905 Downtown Carroll St. • Perry 478-987-1392 ■ SHEALY re-election bid this year. Her opponent, Republican John Spencer, had criticized her Tuesday for not speaking out in the pope’s defense. After appearing onstage with Clinton at the cancer event, Gingrich was even more outspoken about the religious tension. “I think what he said in his entire speech ... is that Islam has to come to grips with having a genuine dia logue of mutual respect,” said Gingrich, a Georgia Republican when he was in the House. “Everything you’ve seen of the vicious ness and the evil that has been said since then by fanatics reinforces the pope’s speech.” Both Clinton and Gingrich, who as House speaker sparred for years with President Clinton, are considered potential presi dential candidates in 2008. 3A 00038501