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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Moualmt fiatlulaurual Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Perry, QA 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader dmp© 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, 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, 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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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 Stcte Briefs Prosecutors: Mchols In plot ATLANTA (AP) - The rape defendant accused of kill ing four people in a shoot ing rampage that started at a courthouse called the alleged victim in the case that touched off the violence from jail and tried to intimi date her, prosecutors said in an emergency motion filed late Friday. The motion, which asks that Brian Nichols be ordered not to intimi date witnesses, also alleges that the defendant has had access to a cell phone from his jail cell and has been plotting with other inmates on future escape attempts. The motion asks that he be barred from having contact with other inmates. The motion does not elabo rate on the plot, but a defense motion filed almost simulta neously seeks to bar a fellow inmate whose cell was next to Nichols at the jail from testifying about an alleged plot to escape from the jail first hatched in 2005. Prosecutors are asking for a judge to order the sheriff to appear at an emergen cy hearing Saturday or the first available opportunity to explain the methods used to maintain security of Nichols at the jail. “Due to the nature of the charges in this case, includ ing the murder of two per sons involved in the prior trial of this defendant in another case, the state expressed concerns about the defendant contacting witnesses with the intent to intimidate or terrorize,” the motion says. The call to the woman Nichols was accused of rap ing was allegedly made Thursday night. The woman told prosecutors she hung up the phone after hearing that the call was from Nichols. “I felt that the phone call was inappropriate and was shocked that I received it,” [YOUR WEATHER TEAM! TODAY’S «NfcJ Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Sun 10/1 86/57 Abundant sunshine. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the up per 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:30 AM 7:20 PM LOOKS LIKE HOMEMADE. TASTES LIKE HOMEMADE: Georgia At A Glance ©v Augusta 86/58 T* V \ \ Savannah V \ 88/61 jf Valdosta Area Cities Albany 90 61 sunny Athens 83 54 mst sunny Atlanta 80 53 pt sunny Augusta 86 58 sunny Bainbridge 89 64 sunny Brunswick 86 69 sunny Cartersville 81 51 pt sunny Chattanooga,TN 78 53 pt sunny Columbus 87 61 sunny Cordele 89 60 sunny National Cities Atlanta 80 53 pt sunny Boston 62 54 rain Chicago 70 56 sunny Dallas 95 74 sunny Denver 80 53 mst sunny 02005 American Profile Hometown Content Service the woman said, according to the motion. “It made me feel uneasy.” The woman told authori ties Nichols had made threats to her in the past. “Brian Nichols indicated to me on the date he raped me ... that if I turned him in that he would haunt me and my family,” the woman told authorities, according to the motion. “I felt the phone call was a continuation of this type of threatening mental ity.” Ex-coach arrested for molestation SAVANNAH (MNS) Frank Williams, a lan guage-arts teacher and for mer boys basketball coach, was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of child molestation and one count of sexual battery. Williams spent seven sea sons as an assistant coach at Savannah High School before he accepted the head coaching job at Beach in 2003. During his tenure, the Bulldogs posted a 74- 16 record and advanced to the state semifinals twice, including an appearance in the Class AAAAA state championship game last season that Beach lost to Norcross, 66-49. He is accused of inap propriately touching a 17- year-old female Beach High School student on May 5. He surrendered to cam pus police Thursday at the Chatham County Sheriffs Complex. Williams was accompanied by his attorney as he was taken into cus tody at the Chatham County Detention Center. After processing, Williams, 47, was released on bond with conditions set by the Chatham County Recorders Court. He would not com ment on any of the charges. In May, Williams was placed on administrative leave while the school system investigated the student’s allegation. He was placed on Tue 10/3 85/57 Abundant sunshine. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the up per 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:3IAM 7:18 PM Mon 10/2 84/55 More sun than clouds. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the mid 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:30 AM 7:19 PM | City Hi Lo Cond. " Dalton 81 54 t-storm Dillard 76 46 t-storm Dublin 88 55 sunny Duluth 79 51 pt sunny Gainesville 80 56 pt sunny Helen 78 49 pt sunny Lagrange 83 54 sunny Macon 86 56 sunny Marietta 80 54 pt sunny Milledgeville 85 56 pt sunny Houston 92 70 mst sunny Los Angeles 74 59 cloudy Miami 86 78 t-storm Minneapolis 76 57 sunny New York , 66 56 t-sto/m leave with pay, pending the outcome of an investigation by the campus police and the school system’s human resources office. “Pending the outcome of the investigation, Williams was transferred to anoth er department within the school system preventing any further direct access to children,” said school system spokesman Bucky Burnsed in a Thursday news release. Small plane lands on 1-75, no one hurt MACON (AP) - A small plane lost power over Interstate 75 in Macon but the pilot managed to bring it down, hitting only the guard rail so that nobody was hurt, authorities said. The single-engine Beechcraft plane ended up in the median around 12:30 Friday afternoon, Bibb County Sheriffs spokesman David Davis said. A man and his wife were the only people on board, Davis said. The couple from Brooksville, Fla., were traveling from there to Lawrenceville. Aside from a cracked windshield, there didn’t seem to be much damage to the plane, said woman who works at a nearby bank. She declined to give her name. She said the pilot and pas senger walked away from the craft. Eddie Sayed, who works at a nearby filling station, said he saw the plane as it went down. It wasn’t smoking or making unusual noises, he said. WARNER ROBINS SUPPLY] | OF PERRY | We Rent! 612 Ball St. Perry, GA 987-2334 STATE AND REGION Meteorologist Jerry Methewson SDwrtMttaiOMnhi Turns Iwr Ms ws* Wod 10/4 v* * 81/61 Sunshine. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the low 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:32 AM 7:16 PM Moon Phases m First Sep 30 a Last Oct 14 UV Index Sun 10/1 6 Very High Mon 10/2 Very High Tue 10/3 i Very High Wed 10/4 | Very High Thu 10/5 8 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 mr. mmm in l Ci *y Hi Lo Cond. Peachtree City 82 54 sunny Perry 87 57 sunny Rome 82 54 pt sunny Savannah 88 61 sunny St. Simons Islandß6 69 sunny Statesboro 91 61 pt sunny Thomasville 90 64 sunny Valdosta 90 62 sunny Warner Robins 87 57 sunny Waycross 90 60 sunny Phoenix 100 78 pt sunny San Francisco 63 52 pt sunny Seattle 61 44 pt sunny St.- Louis 83 63 sunny Washington, DC 71 55 rain ATTENTION POOITBY WORKERS For Information About A Potential Claim Contact The Cochran Firm 1-800-THE-FIRM 1-800-843-3476 (EN ESP AftOL) 1-800-241-9787 YOU MAY HAVE BEEN SHORTCHANGED OUT OF EARNED WAGES. A new U.S. Supreme Court decision may impact what your employer must pay you. If you have worked in the poultry industry in the past 2 years ‘you may have been shortchanged out of earned wages. You may be entitled to as much as $17,000. Lawyers from The Cochran Firm will be available to speak with you to determine if you can make a claim to receive back wages. Blv Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Founding Partner 1937 2005 No representation is made that the quality o( legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers. 137463 fflr Thu 10/5 «,.» • * 82/62 Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the low 60s. Sunrise Sunset 7:32 AM 7:15 PM & Full Oct 7 • New Oct 22 PAM UPSHAW KEZAR ELKO - Pam Upshaw Kezar, 38, died unexpectedly at her residence on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. A lifelong resident of Houston County, she is survived by her husband, Chuck Kezar; children, Summar Haslam of Kathleen, Hydee Kezar and Hollee Kezar, both of Elko; parents, Jack and Pat Grimes Upshaw of Kathleen; sisters, Kathy Stewart of Kathleen and Rhonda Dimsdale of Byron. Please sign the online register at watsonhunt.com. ROBERN SCOTT PRIEST Robern Scott Priest, 34, passed away Aug. 24. Priest was born Nov. 15, 1971 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., and spent most of his youth traveling in a military family. He graduated from Auburn University in 1995. He had worked in the construction industry on the Peninsula over the past year with Outback Construction of Poquoson. He was a member of Woodland Heights Baptist Church in Richmond, but had been attending Liberty Baptist Church in Newport News. Priest is survived by his parents Col. (USAF retired) Bob and Pam Priest (Yorktown, Va.); his sister Stacy (Jeff) Nadeau and their sons lan and Eric (Canton, MI); grand mother Mary Priest and aunt and uncle Wayne and Marsha Buzzell (Warner Robins); grandparents Greg and Leola Gregory (Oklahoma City, Okla.); and numerous cousins. He is preceded in death by his grandfather Lt. Col. (USAF) Gordon S. Priest. A graveside service was conducted Sept. 24 at Peninsula Memorial Park with the Rev. Terry Green officiating. Arrangements were by Weymouth Funeral Home, Newport News, Va. Perdue: Managed care will go lorward By Brandon Larrabee Morris News Service ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue delivered a detailed defense Friday of his initia tive to move more than a million patients on taxpayer funded health-care plans to managed-care organizations as doctors continue to com plain about the new system. In a speech to the Medical Association of Georgia, Perdue vigorously defend ed moving Medicaid and Peach Care recipients to care management organizations, or CMOs, as the main thrust of a reform effort that has so far proven to be contro versial. He also rejected calls from MAG and some of its mem bers to delay the care-man : agement transition, though 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. m v ;>7'‘ '' FoMFjF ■■ ■ www.cochranfirm.com SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 that is largely a moot point now that the program has rolled out across the state. “I don’t have that option, folks,” Perdue said. “And we’re going to move ahead and we’re going to do it right.” During the often blunt speech, Perdue recalled that the CMO plan was hatched at a time when state rev enues were expected to start growing at about five per cent while health-care costs were increasing far more rapidly. “In our case, it was taking dollar for dollar away from education, transportation, (the) environment and other things that we have to do for the citizens of Georgia,” he said. “And we had to do something, qpd we did it through our CMOs.” Days Inn 368 South Main Ave. Pine Mountain, CA Days Inn 201 L,ect Drive Perry, GA 3A