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Below the Fold: Georgia voters sound off in survey ■ Governor names local teacher to commission ■ GFC makes it easier to get burn permit
Weekend
September 30,2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ Football. Also, Perry’s Lady
Panthers edge Peach County
and Westfield ends the regular
season.
- See IB
IN BRIEF
4- to meet; seeks
new members
If you are young person from
Houston or Peach county in grades
5- and with an interest in horses,
the Middle Georgia 4-H Horse Club
would like to invite you to their
meeting Monday.
It will be held at the Peach
County Cooperative Extension
is slated
information contacf the Houston
County Extension office at 478-
987-2028 or sellison@uga.edu.
Lake Joy Elementary
to hold Dram Circle
The Music Department of Lake Joy
Elementary School, in cooperation
with Houston County High School
and friends, will host a Community
Drum Circle Tuesday at 6:30 p.m,
in the Lake Joy Elementary School
Gymnasium.
Guests are encouraged to bring
a hand drum for this energetic and
therapeutic experience. Lake Joy
Elementary is located at 995 Lake
Joy Road.
Houston Springs to
sponsor parade
Houston Springs will sponsor
Perry’s Christmas Parade again
on Dec. 2 at 2 p.m.. If you are
interested in participating in the
parade, email Melanie Lewis at
melanie@houstonsprings.com for a
parade application. For more details,
see Lewis’ column in today's Lifestyle
section.
Church to offer
blessings for animals
Pets will be blessed at St.
Christopher's Episcopal Church,
which is located at 1209 Macon
Road in Perry, Tuesday, starting at
6:30 p.m.
The annual Blessing of the
Animals is in observance of the Feast
of St. Francis of Assisi. Fr. William
Anderson says that all animals are
welcome at this service.
BIRTHDAYS
Sept. 30
■ Albert Haynes
Oct. 2
■ Ethel Jones
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ Pam Upshaw Kezar, 38
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A Rose is a Rose
But Ms one is governor appointee
By KRISTY WARREN
Journal Staff Writer
Rose Powell, seventh grade math teacher
at Feagin Mill Middle School, was appointed
Classroom Representative to the Georgia
Professional Standards Commission, as
one of two middle school representatives
for the state.
Powell, sworn in at the Sept. 14 board
meeting in Atlanta, will have the goal of
upholding the purpose of the PSC, which
is to “establish and enforce the criteria for
teacher certification in Georgia.”
Powell’s goal as appointee is that of the
PSC: to “simplify the certification pro
cess and encourage the highest number of
qualified individuals to become educators
in Georgia, and to improve the level of
teacher preparation through appropriate
standards of certification.”
“I am very excited and honored to be
appointed to this position and I am extreme
ly proud to be a member of the Houston
County Board of Education,” said Powell,
who is a product of the Houston County
Wish Grant-ed
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School System herself,
having graduated from
Terry High School. As
Classroom Representative,
Powell will attend the
monthly PSC Board meet
ings in Atlanta.
Appointments were
made by Gov. Sonny
Perdue with consideration
given to nominees. Powell
believes her “different”
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POWELL
background may have led to her being
selected. Powell has not been teaching for
20 years as one might assume.
She began as an Administrative Assistant
at Warner Robins Middle School 13 years
ago. With the encouragement of many,
including then-principal, Larry Beck and
Assistant Principal Eldon Hawkins, Powell
decided to go to college to obtain a degree
in education.
“I have been very fortunate to have
had the opportunity to work with
See ROSE, page zA
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Much of the increase in the jail population
these days can be attributed to methamphet
amine use.
That is according to Jail Commander Maj. Charlie
Holt. “We’re housing about 100 more inmates than
when the jail first opened,” Holt said.
Besides possession and trafficking charges, users
also end in jail for thefts, shoplifting and fraud charges,
committing those crimes to get money for the highly
addictive drug.
Houston County Sheriffs Office Sgt. Wayne Franklin
of the Narcotics Unit said “a lot of the shoplifting, thefts
and credit card fraud cases, are by the people
See METH, page SA
Eroding the mind
Researchers have
mapped brain decay
caused by methamphet
amine use.
The damage affected
memory, emotion and
reward system.
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Source: UCLA
Burn ban to end
By RATLIGIITNER
Journal Staff Writer
The statewide bum ban,
in effect since May, expires
Sunday, and permits for out
door burning will be issued
beginning Monday.
In preparation for the
lifting of the annual ban,
the Georgia Forestry
Commission has made it
easier to get permission
for outdoor burning activi
ties, for those in unincor
porated areas, with its toll
free line, 1-877-OK2-BURN.
The permits are also avail
able online at www.gfc.state.
ga.us/OnlinePermits.
City residents have to call
their respective fire depart
ment’s non-emergency num
ber to get a burn permit.
In Perry, the fire depart
ment number is 988-2850,
in Warner Robins call 929-
6964 and in Centerville call
953-4050.
Warner
Robins’
Jeremy
Grant
(20) and
Houston
County’s
Wes
Johnson
meet head
on during
the two
teams’
game
Friday in
McConnell-
Talbert
Stadium ,
For more,
see 1B
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■ Memory (Hippocampus)
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methampnetamme users, as compared with non-users
line(s)
Numbers to call for
a burn permit:
■ Georgia Forestry
Commission: 1-877-OK2-
BURN (for unincorporated
areas) (Note: For those in
unincorporated HC, call 911
center at 542-2000 with
permit number from GFC
■ Perry: 988-2850
■ Warner Robins: 929-
6964
■ Centerville: 953-4050
Centerville residents are
asked to get the permit from
the Forestry Commission
and then call the city fire
department with the permit
number.
Residents in unincor
porated Houston County,
once obtaining a per
mit from the Foresty
Commission, have to call the
See BURN, page 8A
Georgians
sound off on
politicians
Special to the Journal
Following are the results of
a three-day poll of 800 likely
Georgia voters conducted by
Strategic Vision, LLC Sept. 22-
24.
The poll has a margin of
error of ±3 percentage points.
In the poll, 350 (44 per
cent) Democratic voters were
surveyed; with 330 (41 per
cent) Republican voters sur
veyed; and 120 (15 percent)
Independents and other party
affiliation polled.
.The poll found that 55 per
cent of respondents approved
of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s job
performance, with 34 percent
disapproving, and 11 percent
undecided.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
received a 51 percent approval
rating with 37 percent disap
proving, and 12 percent unde
cided.
Sen. Johnny Isakson
See SOUND, page zA