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VOLUME 136 , NUMBER 192
BELOW THE Fold: County awards contracts for two major construction projects ■ Restrictions set around airport
Thursday
October 5,2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ Perry's football team will get
its first taste of sub-region action
when it hosts Central. Houston
County on the other hand had
little time to worry about its loss
to Warner Robins as the Bears
have been busy preparing to
travel to Lowndes.
Also look for Georgia, Georgia
Tech news and more.
- See 1B
IN BRIEF
Fair opens today for
Sneak-a-Peek event
The fairground will open at 3
p.m. today for the Sneak-a-Peek.
The event offers fairgoers a peek
at what the fair has to offer this
year.
Fair admission: $3 for adults
and seniors, children 10-and-under
get in free. Pay-one-price Midway:
Rides open at 3 p.m.; sl2 for
unlimited rides (does not include
fair gate admission or SPEED,
nonmechanical Midway rides, Agri-
Lift or boat rides).
The opening ceremony with
Sen. Ross Tolleson will be at 4
p.m. at Reaves Arena.
Sneak-a-Peek food includes:
Funnel cakes, cotton candy, gyros
and corn dogs. Music: Free out
door concert featuring Stillwater
and opening act Big Mike and the
Booty Papas. Music has a 7:30
p.m. start time.
- Charlotte Perkins
Staton to speak at
Republican breakfast
The Republican Breakfast
Meeting will be Saturday at 8:30
a.m. at Sonny’s Real Pit BBQ,
which is located at 811 Russell
Parkway in Warner Robins.
The guest speaker will be Sen.
Cecil Staton. A continental break
fast will be available for $3.25. No
reservation is necessary.
Correction
In Wednesday's HDJ story:
“Question on horses, pigs puzzles
council,” horses may be kept in the
R-1 and R-2 zonings if there is a
minimum of “2-acre lot" (for one
horse), not “20-acre lot" as was
reported.
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
City of Perry sets new millage pate
New landscaping requirements also approved
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Perry Councilman Joe
Kusar prevailed Tuesday
night, getting a majority vote
for his recommendation that
the city’s 2007 tax millage be
set at 13.05, rather than the
originally approved 13.33.
The reduction brought the
millage into line with higher
property evaluations.
Debate between members
of council has been largely in
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Tricia Hipps, Allison Westbrook and Savannah White reenact the story of a
mother’s twins drowning in the river as tour guide Maria Rowe looks on.
County awards bids for 2 projects
By RATLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Two more major road proj
ects from the 2001 Special
Purpose Local Option Sale
Tax soon will be starting.
The Houston County
Commissioners, during
their meeting Tuesday,
awarded the bids for the
Moody Road and Carl
Vinson Parkway/Leverette
Road projects. The same
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work sessions, having to do
with the amount of reserve
funds needed. There have
been no comments from
the public at the required
hearings. Voting against the
change were council mem
bers James Moore and Brian
Bowen.
Under Georgia law, only
40 percent of the assessed
value of a given piece of
property is taxable.
Thus, with a home assessed
at SIOO,OOO, property taxes
are levied on $40,000. Perry’s
two companies - Folsom
Construction of Cordele and
Georgia Asphalt of Macon
bid on the projects and each
was awarded a project for
their low bids.
Folsom Construction was
low bidder at $3,765,031.95
for the widening of Moody
Road from two to five lanes
from Feagin Mill Road to
Ga. 96 with intersection
improvements throughout.
The estimated com
property tax levy would be
$13.05 on each SI,OOO of
assessed value, or in the case
of a SIOO,OOO home, about
$522. Under the 13.33 mill
age rate, it would have been
about $533.
At the meeting, the city
council also approved a non
exclusive franchise for Cox
Communications to provide
cable service. This will ini
tially be in areas contigu
ous to areas Cox is already
serving on the city’s north
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pletion is 24 months,
explained County Director
of Operations Tommy
Stalnaker, with a 10 per
cent bonus if they’re done
in 18 months.
“There’s a good possibil
ity they’ll be done in 18
months,” Stalnaker said.
Commission Chairman
Ned Sanders said the proj
ect will make Moody look
like it does from Ga. 96
See PROJECTS, page SA
Two sections • 16 pages
Green piece
Approved by the Perry City
Council:
• Landscaping amendment that sets ,
standards for gazebos, signs, decora- IWtk
tive paving, street trees, hedges,
shrubs, grass and vines
To be the subject of
future work sessions: i jgaL
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property owners maintain the right-of-way strip between side
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Cassie Ashcroft plays the daughter of FSA Dennard,
in which she speaks to her father’s grave.
Restrictions set around airport
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Houston County has
updated its airport hazard
district regulations.
“The whole thing has
to do with safety,” said
Commission Chairman Ned
Sanders during the commis
sion’s meeting Tuesday. “It’s
a worthwhile purpose with
out being unduly restric
tive.”
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Deanne
Lambert
recognizes
unmarked
graves
during the
Perry High
School
Drama
Club’s pro
duction of
“A Ramble
Through
Evergretn
Cemetery,”
a narra
tion of the
lives of
deceased
Perry
families
Tuesday.
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Harmon
The height restrictions,
County Building Official
Tim Andrews explained, are
150 feet within 10,000 feet
of the airport and 350 feet
up to 14,000 feet.
Andrews said the changes
“allow for protection of the
airport from encroachment
that would interfere with
flightlines.”
Andrews said the ordi
nance allows existing
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