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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136 , NUMBER 196
Below the Fold: Chamber of Commerce to offer leadership class ■ Tucker Elementary School receives $5,000 grant
Wednesday
October 11,2006
The Home Journal's
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ With Valdosta having a record
of 1-5, it may be the best time
or the worst time in the world
for Warner Robins' football team
to take a road trip the Wildcats’
way.
See 6A
FOOD
■ Barbecue adds spark to end
of-season cookouts. How does
bacon-wrapped barbecued
shrimp sound for starters? Or,
maybe you'd just like some good,
old-fashioned country-style ribs?
To finish it off. try a slice of sour
cream chocolate sheet or banana
cream sheet cake.
- See 1B
IN BRIEF
Man accused of sex
with 13-year-old
Deonta Winslow. 19. was arrest
ed Friday by the Houston County
Sheriff’s Office on charges of statu
tory rape and aggravated child
molestation.
He is accused of having sex with
a 13 year-old girl, not a family mem
ber, said Assistant District Attorney
Jason Ashford who will be prosecut
ing the case.
“Since the victim is 13, she cannot
give consent," Ashford said, explain
ing the statutory rape charge. "But it
was not with force,” he said, which
would then be a rape charge.
Winslow is set to go to the Grand
Jury for indictment in the near future,
Ashford said. Ashford added he can
not talk much about the case since it
is still under investigation.
The case is being investigated by
the Houston County Sheriff’s Office
Juvenile Division.
- Hay Lightner
Disability ministry to
hold plant, yard sale
The Heart of Georgia
Developmental Disabilities Ministry
will hold a plant and yard sale
Saturday at 200 Rio Pinar Drive in
Warner Robins. Proceeds will go to
the organization’s goal which is to
build homes for the developmen-
disabled to meet their special
needs.
BIRTHDAYS
E-mail your birthdays to:
hhj@evansnewspapers.com or
donm@evansnewspapers.com or
send them to: 1210 Washington
St., Perry 31069; attn: Don
Moncrief. You can also call him at
987-1823, Ext. 231.
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Shelby and Katyn Yuhas pick oht a pumpkin for Halloween at the hosting of the 11th Annual Pumpkin Patch in Warner Robins. The patch
is at United Methodist Church located at 511 Russell Parkway in Warner Robins. Offering photo ops, face painting, a beanbag toss, maze
and more, it will be held now-Oct. 31 and be open from 9 a.m. until dark Monday-Saturday and on Sunday from 1-6 p.m. Groups can also
call the church at 922-0211 to make a reservation.
Dollar generous
Tucker Elementary receives $5,000 grant
By KRISTY WARREN
Journal Staff Writer
Tucker Elementary is one of the two Georgia
recipients of the Dollar General Back-to-School
Grant.
Media Specialist, JoAnne Horrell applied for the
grant through the corporate office in Goodlettsville,
Tenn. back in June and was contacted last week as
a winner. Applicants were judged based on creativ
ity, statement of need, and use of funding.
Horrall entitled her application “Read and
Rewind.” With the money, the school will buy hand
held recorders, batteries and books.
As Georgia has revamped the Language Arts cur
riculum, said Principal Kim Halstead, “the funds
will help in areas where we are lacking in our own
collection.”
Students will read books and record themselves
then be able to play it back and listen.
“It increases fluency and expression in literacy
circles,” said Halstead, speaking of the small group
activity used in Language Arts classes.
The school will receive a $5,000 grant from dona
tions made by customers to more than 8,000 Dollar
Generals nation wide.
“If it wasn’t for the community donating, we
wouldn’t have as much to donate,” said Tammy
Lancaster, manager of store 9116 next to Wal-Mart
in Perry.
“It’s just such a generous amount,” said Horrell,
See GRANT, page $A
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Tucker Elementary students and Dollar General employees
give congratulatory high-fives recently after it was announced
the school was a recipient of the Dollar General Back-to-
School Grant.
Wings, wheels
L, Museum to hold monstrous event
It is free to the public and will run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Vehicle
entrants will compete for trophies in 49 judged classes and, according to
a release from the museum, will have “free chances to win door prizes and
See EVENT,page fA
Two sections • 14 pages
Special to the Journal
Approximately 250 vintage, classic and custom
ized cars, trucks and motorcycles will be displayed
once again at the Museum of Aviation during the
14th Annual Wings and Wheels Car, Truck and
Motorcycle Show Saturday.
Proceeds from the show benefit the Museum of
Aviation, one of the largest education-focused aviation
museums in the United States.
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an Evans Family Newspaper
Chamber to
offer class on
leadership
Special to the Journal
Applications are currently
being accepted through Oct.
27 for the 2007 Leadership
Warner Robins Class.
The program, according to
a release, uses selected ele
ments of the University of
Georgia’s Fanning Institute
curriculum and incor
porates best practices of
other Chamber Leadership
Programs around the coun
try.
“It is a premiere offering
and requires a serious com
mitment,” the release reads.
Each session includes
formal instruction in lead
ership. Featured subjects
include Understanding
Leadership, Making Group
Decisions, Managing
Conflict, Community
Leaders Role in Local
Economic Development,
Communicating
See CLASS, page $A