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♦ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2006
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Child molester back in jail
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Convicted child molester
Charles Edward King is back
in jail again.
King, 45, was arrested
Tuesday for violating the
terms of his probation again.
He has three previous viola
tions of the terms and/or
conditions of his probation
since being released from
prison in 2003.
He pled guilty to and was
sentenced to 10 years, two
to serve, Aug. 2, 2001, in
Houston County Superior
Court for child molestation.
The offense occurred Jan.
21, 2001 and King was given
credit for his pre-trial con
finement.
The special conditions of
his sentence included the
special conditions for sex
offenders and to stay away
from the victim and her
mother.
King registered with the
PROJECTS
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to Russell parkway. He
said the widening of Moody
south to Ga. 127 is part of
the 2006 SPLOST.
Georgia Asphalt bid
$4,190,346.62 for the Moody
Road project. The Macon
company had the low bid at
$6,141,862.80 for the Carl
Vinson/Leverette project,
which was almost $2 mil
lion lower than Folsom’s
$8,008,630 bid.
The 30-month project
includes the widening of
Carl Vinson Parkway from
Russell Parkway to Watson
Boulevard from two to five
lines and the widening of
Leverette Road from two to.
three lanes from Houston
Lake Road to Corder Road.
If done in 24 months, there
AIRPORT
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non-conforming uses to
remain, but as the non-con
forming pre-existing struc
tures are abandoned or
destroyed, they cannot be
replaced. Andrews said there
is a tower within the zone.
Sanders, a pilot, said the
tower is charted on pilot’s
maps. “Once precision
instrument approach is in
use at the airport, planes
could be coming in as low as
200 feet.”
Commissioner Larry
Thomson added, “if some
one hits a 150-foot struc
ture, he shouldn’t be there.
He should know where he
is.”
The ordinance also applies
to trees, limiting them to 75
feet in the specified zones.
Other restrictions include
no use of the land or water to
create electrical interference
with navigational signals or
radio communications; to
make it difficult for pilots to
distinguish between airport
lights and other lights; to
impair pilots’ visibility by
glare; or create bird strike
hazards.
In the 1,700-foot segment
of the approach zone and the
end of the primary runway
the following are prohibited:
• Churches, schools, lodg
es, clubs, theaters, hospitals,
institutions and other places
of public assembly;
• Multi-family dwell
ings in excess of four units
per structure or in a group
development;
• Storage of hazardous
materials and any use where
a concentration of people
and the presence of hazard
ous materials is customary.
Anything built in the
zone requires a permit from
the county and the needs
approval from the Federal
Aviation Administration.
Andrews said the restric
tions are similar in language
to those for Robins Air Force
Base and the conditions only
apply to the unincorporated
areas of Houston County.
Thomson asked if Peach
County had been contacted
or was enacting similar legis
lation, as part of the airport
is in Peach County. “We can
ask them,” Sanders said.
state Sex Offender Registry
Feb. 24, 2003, after complet
ing his original prison time,
according to the registry.
In November of 2003, his
probation was revoked for
60-90 days to serve in the
detention center, according
to court records. The revo
cation was suspended upon
his comple
tion of sex
offender
and drug
treatment
programs.
In October
of 2004,
Allen failed
to report as
instructed
to his proba
tion officer
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with the disposition of that
case on April of 2005. On
Jan. 21, Allen had a new
felony arrest, according to
court records and was held
in the County Jail until Feb.
21, with additional stipula-
is a five percent bonus to the
contractor.
Stalnaker said all major
projects from the 2001
SPLOST the county was
tasked with are now under
construction except Feagin
Mill Road. He said the five
county projects and one
Centerville project were all
done with county staff. He
commended the county staff
for the efforts.
In a road-related matter,
James McGhee of Henderson
asked when Hodge Road
would be paved. He said
he is “trying to better my
community, trying to turn a
facility into a daycare center
on Hodge Road.
McGhee even went to the
neighbors along the unpaved
road between Ga. 26 and
Kersey road, and acquired
signatures of support for
what he was doing, and the
In a related matter, the
commissioners approved the
appointment to the Perry-
Houston County Airport
Authority of Peach County
Commission Chairman
James Khourv as an ex-offi
cio member of the authority.
Sanders said Peach County
is a player in the airport as a
portion of the airport is in
Peach County.”
Commissioner Tom
McMicheal has some reser
vations, saying he remem
bered, “when Peach County
walked away from the air
port. I don’t want to see that
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tions upon his release.
Those stipulations includ
ed attending and successful
ly completing an out-patient
drug treatment program at
Unlimited Visions, attend
ing and successfully complet
ing Narcotics Anonymous
or Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings and sex offender
counseling at the Houston
County Sheriffs Office. He
also had to live in Warner
Robins.
The conditions had been
previously imposed and a
violation of any special con
dition could result in revoca
tion in full probation, mean
ing he’d be sent back to
state prison for the remainer
of his original 10-year sen
tence.
According to the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation Sex
Offender Registry, King last
lived at 5627 U.S. 341 S.
Room 25, in Fort Valley and
his address was last verified
on Sept. 27.
paving of the road. Stalnaker
said the road was not on the
SPLOST list and the county
has unsuccessfully attempt
ed to acquire right-of-way to
pave the road in the past.
“All of the right of way on
the east side is owned by one
individual who is not willing
to work with us. Those on
the west side are amenable,
but we can’t take all the
right of way on the west side
or the road will be up in the
houses there.”
Sanders explained, “we
have to bring the road up to
county standards before we
can pave them." with rights
of way and setbacks.
McGhee asked if he could
talk with the property owner.
Sanders told him it was his
“free speech right to try.”
happen again.”
Sanders assured him “it's
a different time and differ
ent people.”
Peach, Houston and Perry
are working together so the
airport can qualify for a 75/25
cost share grant from the Air
Georgia Financial Assistance
Initiative for Rural Georgia.
Houston is not considered
rural, but Peach is under the
state guidelines. The county
is using the SPLOST funded
Airport Road re-alignment
as the 25 percent matching
portion of the grant to get a
total of $2.6 million.
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side as annexation pro
ceeds. -
A detailed landscaping
amendment to the city code
was approved. This amend
ment sets standards and
requirements for amenities
such as gazebos and signs,
as well as for decorative
paving, street trees, hedges,
shrubs, grass and vines.
In a seperate but related
- in regard to beautifica
tion - subject work ses
sions and discussions must
be held first, but citizens
in all Perry neighborhoods
can expect a crackdown on
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unmown grass in the future,
and probably a require
ment that property owners
maintain the right-of-way
strip between sidewalks
and streets. Discussions are
under way to tighten up on
city regulations regarding
yard maintenance.
There were no final votes
on rezoning and annexation
requests at the meeting,
although several are now in
the process of moving from
first to second readings.
The second phase .of the
Walker Farm subdivision,
which will eventually reach
from Sam Nunn Blvd. to
Thomson Road, is under
discussion now. Planners
say it will have a boule
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vard from Thomson to Sam
Nunn, and council mem
bers have specified that no
homes should have direct
access to either the main
highways or the boulevard.
Developer Charlie
McGlamry spoke to coun
cil about the Wooden Eagle
subdivision plans with will
be at the southwest corner
of Sandefur Road and Lake
Joy Road.
Final votes on these proj
ects have not been made.
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