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LIT AL OR( AN K)K Hoi s ION Coi NTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 197
Below the Fold: President Bush visits Houston County en route to fund-raiser ■ Police hunt absconder .■ Candidates to debate
Thursday
October 12, 2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ One minute Colquitt County's
on top of the world - ranked No.
1 - the next minute they’re not
(following a loss). The challenge
for the Bears is to ensure they
keep heading in a downward
direction versus back to the top.
- See IB
IN BRIEF
Association to hold
yard sale
The Houston County Association
for Exceptional Citizens will hold,
according to a release, a “huge" yard
sale Oct. 21 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at
716 North Young Avenue in Warner
Robins.
Central Fellowship
sets barbecue/auction
Central Fellowship Christian
Academy will hold a barbecue/auc
tion Oct. 28 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (for
lunch) and 5-6:30 p.m. (for dinner).
Participants have either a choice
of pulled pork or smoked turkey by
Satterfields. A silent auction will run
all day with a live auction set for
7 p.m. Call 788-6909, Ext. 129 for
more information.
Perry Hospital to host
Lunch n’ Learn
The Perry Hospital will host
the Lunch n' Learn Program
“Understanding Dementia" Oct. 23
from noon-1 p.m. The guest speaker
will be Dr. Javed Fazal, Internist
and member of the medical staffs of
Houston Medical Center and Perry
Hospital. The program will take
place in the Perry Hospital Medical
Library.
According to a release, a “free,
healthy" lunch will be served. Pre
registration is required for lunch as
seating is limited. Call 923-9771 to
register.
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
tally disabled to meet their special
needs.
BIRTHDAYS
■ Charles Kirby 111
■ Meghan Hill
■ Kimberly Mace
■ Jordan Kushinka, 11
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ Georgia M. Ross, 90
■ Henrietta P. Byars, 81
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Workers go about the business of reshaping the intersection of Perimeter and Macon roads in Perry. The changes
include the addition of a red light, turn lanes and sidewalks.
Intersection left hanging
And that’s finally a good thing
By RATLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
There is a light at the end of a very
long tunnel.
In this case a traffic light, seven
years in the making, at the intersec
tion of Perimeter and Macon roads.
Seven years ago Perry requested a
traffic light at Perimeter Drive and
Macon Road.
On Tuesday, work started in prepa
ration to hanging that signal light to
the apparent doubt - but pleasure - of
some.
“I never thought I’d live long enough
to see this happen,” said Perry Mayor
Jim Worrall.
Because Macon Road is a state and
a federal highway (Ga. 11/U.S. 41), the
city had to get approval from the state
Department of Transportation to put
the signal up and to get the state to
pay for some of the improvements to
the Macon-Perimeter Road intersec
tion.
The state is the manager of the
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"I never thought I'd live
long enough to see this
happen.”
- Perry Mayor Jim Worrall
federal route, explained City Manager
Lee Gilmour.
The improvements including instal
lation of turn lanes, the traffic con
trol device and sidewalk and drain
age improvements were a portion of
$1,350,000 the city budgeted for road
and street improvements from 2001
Special Purpose Local Option Sales
Tax.
According to Gilmour, the total
cost of the project is “estimated at
$243,000, with some, about 30-40 per
cent from the state and some from the
county.
“The county has graciously agreed
to be the general contractor for the
project,” he said.
Presidential visit
Final completion will depend a lot
on the weather and availability of
equipment, Gilmour added but, “I
hope it will be done in six to nine
months,” he said.
The intersection will remain open
during the project, said Gilmour. “It
would be too much of a mess to com
pletely shut it down.”
The ever-increasing flow of traffic
on Macon Road, Gilmour said, was
one of the reasons the City Council
kept requesting the light from the
DOT.
The upgrade and expansion at Perry
High School was another reason.
There have also been a series of
accidents at the intersection, “primar
ily fender benders, but accidents none
the less,” Gilmour said.
The increased traffic has made it
difficult for people to turn onto or off
of Perimeter Road, he said. “It made it
less safe for residents in subdivisions
in the area to get out onto Macon
Road.”
Two sections • 22 pages
Stop thief!
DA to hold
prevention
seminar
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
‘Tis the season for
thievin’.
As the holidays approach,
the number of the holiday
shoppers increase and so do
the crimes of fraud and theft.
To help local merchants, the
Houston County District
Attorney’s Office will for the
fourth year now host a loss
prevention/shoplifting semi
nar.
The free event, from 10
a.m.-l:30 p.m., Oct. 25,
includes lunch and tips for
merchants to protect them
selves and “to reduce your
risk of profit and inventory
loss,” said District Attorney
Kelly Burke, in a letter to
local businesses.
Speakers at the seminar
include Derek Lyman, a
U.S. Secret Service special
agent, and Russell Rowe of
See SEMINAR, page 6A
At A Glance
What: Prevention/shoplifting
seminar
When: Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-1:30
p.m.
Where: District Attorney’s
office in the Houston County
Courthouse in Perry
Cost: Free
Other: Must reserve a seat
by Friday. Call 218-4810 for
more.
Police hunt
sex offender
By RA Y LI GHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Have you seen Timothy
Wayne McClure?
The convicted sex offender
has absconded or more accu
rately never showed up for
probation once released from
prison. “That happens a lot
of times, they get out and
don’t bother to report,” said
a probation officer from the
Dublin Probation Office, who
declined to give his name.
“He got out and hasn’t
been seen since.”
McClure was released
Aug. 2 from the D. Ray
James Correctional Facility
See POLICE, page 6A
President
George W.
Bush meets
and greets
Robins Air
Rorce Base
personnel
following
his landing
aboard Air
Force One
Tuesday.
He later
traveled
to Macon
where he
attended a
fund-raiser
for former
U.S. Rep.
Mac Collins
in his politi
cal bid. For
related
story, see
3A.
U.S. Air Force
photo by Sue Sapp
Candidates
set to debate
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The day has come.
The first official debate
between Gov. Sonny Perdue,
a Republican, and Democrat
challenger, current Lt. Gov.
Mark Taylor is tonight at
Reaves Arena at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter. Libertarian
gubernatorial candidate
Garrett Michael Hayes will
also be participating in
See DEBA TE, page <L4
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