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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL 3&n*ofcm Haily.TJmmuil Perry Office 1210 Washington St P.O. Box 1910 Perry, GA 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www. hhjnews. com Reader QKF® Classified Advertising: Call (478) 987-1823 between the hours o* 8 a.m. #nd 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, 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, GA31069: (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 Sure Briefs Teachers announce endorsements ATLANTA (AP) Democratic Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor picked up the endorse ment Wednesday of one of the state’s largest teachers groups, despite an effort by Gov. Sonny Perdue to woo educators this election year. The 40,000-member Georgia Association of Educators praised Taylor’s work on the HOPE schol arship and pre-kindergarten as well as his consistent sup port for lowering class sizes and opposition to education funding cuts. The GAE “strongly feels that Mark Taylor will con tinue his staunch support for public schools, chil dren and public education employees,” the group said in a statement. The GAE also endorsed Democrat Jim Martin in the race for lieutenant governor and incumbent state schools Superintendent Kathy Cox, a Republican. Perdue has made an aggressive effort this year to court teachers, who are widely credited with helping him upset Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes in 2002. Perdue pushed through a raise for teachers and handed them SIOO gift cards to help buy back-to-school supplies for their classrooms. He also introduced legis lation to lower class sizes in elementary and middle schools. There was no immediate comment from the Taylor or Perdue campaigns on Wednesday. In endorsing Martin over Republican state Sen. Casey Cagle in the race for the No. 2 spot, the GAE pointed to Martin’s strong pro-educa tion record over 18 years in the state Legislature. The GAE praised Cox for her work to rework the state’s curriculum and the implementation of the fed eral “No Child Left Behind” laws. YOUR WEATHER TEAM! TODAY’S Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Sat 9/30 80/55 Abundant sunshine. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the mid 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:29 AM 7:22 PM Fri 9/29 75/49 Mainly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the upper 40s. Sunrise Sunset 7:28 AM 7:23 PM i Mnwcaw I’mlilf | Georgia At A Glance \ y\ \ Atlanta V \ 70/46 Cf-U, JW Augusta \ , / 76/52 \f W\ V Warner Robins \ \ 7&49 V V... \ ) *) \ Savannah \ • V \ 80/56 *S f - \ Peny r~> } %r : J 76/49 ._X "'X C ( / ... Valdosta w O • 81/55 Area Cities I city Hi Lo Cond. Albany 79 52 sunny Athens 72 47 mst sunny Atlanta 70 46 mst sunny Augusta 76 52 sunny Bainbridge 77 54 sunny Brunswick 80 66 mst sunny Cartersville 71 45 mst sunny Chattanooga,TN 65 45 mst sunny Columbus 75 52 sunny Cordele 78 52 sunny National Cities Atlanta 70 46 mst sunny Boston 69 49 rain Chicago 59 50 pt sunny Dallas 82 67 sunny Denver 75 45 pt sunny ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service The group also trumpeted Cox’s work leading the state Department of Education through tough economic times, which saw cuts to, education funding. Robbers use sex store handcuffs STONE MOUNTAIN (AP) - Three robbers used hand cuffs taken from a sex store shelf to tie up the store’s workers and steal money from the cash register, police said. DeKalb County police were looking for three sus pects they say robbed the Starship Enterprise adult novelty store in this Atlanta suburb around 1:20 a.m. Wednesday. The robbers, armed with handguns and wearing masks, handcuffed the store employees before getting away with money from the register, said Office Herschel Grangent. No one was hurt in the robbery. Group to establish new state chapter ATLANTA (AP) - The president of the national Christian Coalition says she will establish a new Georgia chapter with a new lead er now that the Christian Coalition of Georgia has said it will split from the group. But Roberta Combs, president of the national Christian Coalition, did not say Tuesday when that would happen. “The Christian Coalition - or any group - is not about individuals,” Combs said. “Maybe we can work togeth er in the future.” Sadie Fields, the chairman of the Georgia group, said the split with the Christian Coalition of America was because of the national orga nization’s liberal “drift.” Three other states chap ters - Alabama, lowa and Ohio - have also left the Sun 10/1 80/59 Sunshine. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the upper 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:30 AM 7:20 PM We Celebrate Hornetou ii Life |6lty Dalton 69 46 pt sunny Dillard 67 42 pt sunny Dublin 78 49 sunny Duluth 69 44 mst sunny Gainesville 69 47 mst sunny Helen 68 44 pt sunny Lagrange 72 46 sunny Macon 75 49 sunny Marietta 69 44 mst sunny Milledgeville 75 49 sunny Houston 82 70 mst sunny Los Angeles 80 60 pt sunny Miami 88 76 t-storm Minneapolis 55 47 rain New York 66 50 rain Christian Coalition. Fields said she became concerned by the changing direction of national organi zation, which included tak ing stances on issues like the minimum wage, the envi ronment and Internet law instead of core issues like abortion and same-sex mar riage. Combs agreed that the coalition had begun broad ening its agenda. “Family values reach beyond abor tion and gay marriage,” she said. The national Christian Coalition, which claims more than 2 million mem bers, was founded in 1989 by religious broadcaster the Rev. Pat Robertson. Violent crime in Atlanta dropping ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta’s violent crime rate last year went down to its lowest level since 1969. Police Chief Richard Pennington announced the drop Tuesday at the police department’s annual “Crime Is Toast” awards breakfast. Homicides and rapes led the decline, Pennington said, continuing a trend of falling violent crime rates in recent years. Killings dropped 21 per cent last year, from 112 to 90. Rapes were down 16 per cent, according to Atlanta Police Department statistics supplied to the FBI. Aggravated assaults were down 9 percent, and rob beries and larcenies dropped 8 percent. Burglaries, how ever, had only gone down 1 percent. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said she would lobby the City Council for continued financial support of police, whose starting sal ary is about $37,000. “There’s no question, we need to raise salaries, and we need a new police head quarters,” Franklin said. STATE AND REGION Meteorologist Jerry Mathewson Turns ter News' Mon 10/2 ' 83/59 Sunny. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the upper 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:30 AM 7:19 PM Moon Phases • New Sep 22 Full Oct 7 Fri 9/29 Sat 9/30 Sun 10/1 Mon 10/2 Tue 10/3 The UV Index is measured on a 0-11 number scale, with a higher UV Index showing the need tor greater skin pro tection. o mmm Mmm 11 - inpCond. | awfcbfjM—BßWßßßßWllbiarmilMlin.il rJi:ia.lUjUuJXx«*rtmiWH»B Peachtree City 72 44 mst sunny Perry 76 49 sunny Rome 71 45 pt sunny Savannah 80 56 mst sunny St. Simons Islandßo 66 mst sunny Statesboro 82 56 sunny Thomasville 80 55 sunny Valdosta 81 55 sunny Warner Robins 76 49 sunny Waycross 82 55 sunny Phoenix 101 78 pt sunny San Francisco 68 51 mst sunny Seattle 75 52 sunny St. Louis 66 56 pt sunny Washington, DC 67 49 pt sunny Johnnie L. 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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 ♦ Obtiuaries ; KIFFIN n. PAYNE HULL - Kiffin D. Payne, DMD, 45, passed away Sunday. Payne was born in Macon to the late Lila Hicks Payne and George W. Payne. He was a graduate of Warner Robins High School, Suriviors include his sisters; DeLisa Braucht of Covington, Kimberly (Bruce) Miles of Kathleen and Sherry (Lee) Livingston of Leesburg, Va. Perdue proposes Georgia tax breaks for biofuel producers By SHANNON McCaffrey Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) - Gov. Sonny Perdue announced a tax incentive on Tuesday designed to lure biofuel manufacturers to Georgia and tap the state’s crops for the growing alternative fuels market. , Perdue said he wants to exempt materials and equip ment used to build biofuel facilities from the 4 per cent state sales tax. The tax break would be available to facilities processing ethanol, biodiesel and other fuels made from Georgia-grown products. Perdue made the announcement at the site set to house Bull Dog BioDiesel’s new facility in Ellenwood. “It is vitally important that we decrease our depen dence on foreign oil,” Perdue said. “New alternative fuel production facilities are proving that with leadership and innovation this can be done.” The tax incentive is expect ed to cost between $2 million to $4 million a year. Perdue unveiled the alter native fuels incentive as the state’s top environmental officials launched a five-city tour to seek input on the state’s energy plan. Some environmentalists had criti cized the plan for not doing more to encourage the devel Aged Hand-cut Steaks . SSSSJSISj -75 exit 136 » 9«7-6477 3760 S The Cochran Firm lawyers will be at the following locations on Friday, September 29th and Saturday, September 30th, 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Sunday October Ist, 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. opment of alternative fuels. Georgia crops like peanuts, cottonseed oil and corn could become tomorrow’s gasoline if the biofuels industry takes off as expected. In addi tion, the state’s struggling timber industry could see a boost. New technology is being developed to convert pine cellulose from wood into ethanol. About 25 mil lion of Georgia’s 37 million acres are covered in forest, so the boon for the state could be substantial.,Perdue is seeking re-election in November. A spokesman for his Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor, said Perdue had four years to push an alternative fuels plan, yet had waited for an election year news conference. “Mark Taylor believes that alternative fuels are a great idea for Georgia’s consum ers and for our economy, but unlike Sonny, Mark Taylor will get it done,” Rick Dent said. Bull Dog BioDiesel pro duces fuel from animal fats, cooking waste oil and soybean oil. The company is constructing a plant in Ellenwood that’s expected to employ 15 people. 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