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- VOLUME 136, NUkiBEmS9 Below the Fold: Pilot Club project a real “Lifesaver" n Hospital Healthcare administrator talks about expansion plans Saturday October 14, 2006 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH IN SPORTS ■ Football Also, Westfield's cross country boy's varsity team finished third at region, while the varsity girls were second. The Lady Hornet girls and boys junior varsity team's finished first. - See 1B IN BRIEF Early voting set; rally to take place Early voting week will be Oct. 30-Nov. 3 at the County Annex in Warner Robins or Board of Elections in Perry (old courthouse). To obtain an absentee ballot, visit www.Sos. State.Ga.Us/Elections. Also, the Republican breakfast meeting has been canceled to allow for participation in the "Moving Georgia Forward Rally.” The rally, slated to have in atten dance Gov. Sonny Perdue, all state wide and local GOP candidates among others, will be held Nov. 4 from 5-7 p.m. at Hooterville Farms. The farm is located at 519 Landings Drive. Hwy 41 (between Russell Parkway and Hwy, 96) in Warner Robins. You must RSVP by Nov. 2. Disability ministry to hold plant, yard sale The Heart of Georgia Developmental Disabilities Ministry will hold a plant and yard sale today at 200 Rio Pinar Drive in Warner Robins. Proceeds will go to the organization’s goal which is to build homes for the dis abled to meet their special needs, Correction In Friday's Houston Daily Journal story “Candidates field ?s at open forum." we mispelled the name of Dr. Jehad Yasmin, District 6 race chal lenger. We apologize for the error. BIRTHDAYS Saturday ■ Barbara Shaheen Sunday ■ Brianna McCrary ■ Emily Graham Monday ■ Jeremy Rowland. 18 ■ Robbie Minter ■ Torrie Minter 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. DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Marty Woodard, 71 ■ Gary Bruner, 47 ■ Stanley D. Webling, 72 PERIODICAL 500 illllWllllll 8 w 55 * 4 Award-Winning Better Newspaper Contest i*.!i.ii....ii,,ii,„ ll { liii 1 iii, I1 jj, I1 j| i.fi,,.f! COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UN IV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 October 14, 2006 \Servim; Holstox Cot \n Si.xa: 1870 f SWA Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor Journal Rm I ightner By RAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer The first debate of the governor’s race was held at the fairground in Perry Thursday, but it could have been at Boggin in Elko. Just to clarify, Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor is running against incumbent Sonny Reach out and touch someone ro VM J ■ --KJVj «4fe.' / M V MM JM a M . m M y / J M K - / Mr I . d"-' aj 1 i mm JMbT. ..V fIMPI' 11 r i " - TPLV- - " ■■ - - - ■ ll* .m. -.m . ENI/Gary Harmon Houston County’s Eric O’ Neal looks for running room in the Bears’ game against Colquitt County Friday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium. For more, see 18. Pilot Club project a ‘Lifesaver’ By KAY LI GUT HER Journal Staff Writer The Pilot Clubs of Perry and Warner Robins have been offering Project Lifesaver since 2000. Project Lifesaver provides, for a S3OO cost, a wristband tracking device for seniors, children and others who might wander off. Evelyn McCain of the Warner Robins Pilot Club said the devices are available for people with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, traumatic brain damage and other brain disorders. “We work very closely with the police,” McCain said. “We work through the Sheriffs Office because they can go anywhere in the county and the state.” In the six years, McCain said, the Pilot Club has helped place 154 units. “We don’t have that many active now,” she noted, as some buyers have passed away, "We've never responded to a call and not found the patient." - Houston County Sheriffs Office Capt. Alan Everidge www.hhjnews.com Mud flap Candidates get down, dirty Perdue for governor. After Thursday’s debate, however, it wasn’t all that clear who was running against who, what with all the mud. At times it even seemed like Taylor was running against Larry O’Neal and at one point Taylor even asked if Perdue was running against him or his father. Taylor brought up O’Neal’s name almost much as Perdue’s as he kept referring to mk. I * l4 jbi* W. I ->, • 1L • Y' II ENI/Gary Harmon Houston County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Alan Everidge demonstrates the Project Lifesaver device. moved out of the area or lost the units. When the program began in 2000, however, McCain said, there were 1,600 Alzheimer’s patients in Houston County. Nationwide, there has been a 50 percent increase since then, she said. Houston County Sheriffs Capt. Alan Everidge said the average locate time is about 45 minutes. “We’ve the land deal and tax break in almost every question, related or not to the matter. Perdue in response said the “Big Guy has morphed into Pinocchio, and Pinocchio has morphed into a robot,” as he said Taylor 'Til be glad when this is over. It doesn't pay enough to put up with all this." - State House Rep. Larry O’Neal never responded to a call and not found the patient.” He said the Houston County Sheriffs Office was one of the first in the state and the first agency in Middle Georgia to use Project Lifesaver. “It’s a lifesaving device,” he said of the transmitter. “The earlier they put it on the better,” he said, explain ing those in the later stages of Alzheimer’s fight chang kept repeating jg the same thing / over and over. Both sides had vocal supp most with sign sort at the political torum, which was held at Reaves Arena. When asked about being the sole issue in Taylor’s campaign, O’Neal said he is “tired of being his (Taylor’s) whipping boy. I’ve got a record I can run on so does he. I wish he es so it’s better if they can adapt to it. Everidge recommended it to anyone with a family member with a brain dis order. He said there is a sls a month maintenance fee, in which “we come out and check the device, check the batteries, to make sure it works.” He said each patient’s See PROJECT, page 6B — —- —- i v /: i i\ s /• isni.Y V/ wsrsn.iA Two sections • 14 pages j* Gov. Sonny Perdue Journal Ray f.ifrhtnrr would. I’ll put my record of improvement against his any day.” As to the mud slinging, O’Neal said “I think the people of Georgia deserve better than this. I’m sorry See MUD, page 6B Authority firm on land price By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Prices and the commis sions paid were part of the discussions at Wednesday’s Houston County Development Authority meeting. Two purchase proposals were scheduled but neither was ready for the meeting “We have not heard back on the property purchases,” explained Executive Director Morgan Law. The prospective pur chasers of property in the Advanced Technology Park on Osigian Drive were Mercer Engineering Research Center and McNeal Properties. Both have purchased land in the park previously. “Did we give him a no on the proposal?” Authority member Larry Snellgrove asked of the McNeal pro posal. Law said he had discussed buying part of the 3.8 acres out there at $90,000 an acre. “Given the number of lots he’s purchased from us, I told him I didn’t feel it would be accepted,” said Law. Some of the off lots in the same area sold for $112,000, Snellgrove said. “If I’m not mistaken, the Authority See LAND, page 6B Eggs, Issues Administrator talks about future changes By JOE SERSEY Journal Correspondent Skip Phillips was the guest speaker at the Warner Robins Chamber of Commerce sponsored Eggs and Issues Thursday at the Museum of Aviation. Phillips is the administra tor of the Houston Medical Center and came to update chamber members on what’s happening at the center and to explain expansion plans. The Warner Robins Chamber of Commerce pres ents Eggs and Issues break fasts a year said Frank Feild, chamber president. “We bring the community together and give them a perspective on the issues,” he said. Feild said that the See FUTURE, page 6B