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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL House of Thomas appearing in Perry Special to the Journal House of Thomas will be appearing at Wayne Morris Ford in Perry Saturday from 1-4 p.m. According to a release, “you don’t want to miss this special opportunity to meet the guys from House of Thomas and get a free signed copy of their debut album release ‘Without A Doubt.’” Afterward, the band will be performing a free concert at The Joshua Cup Coffee House in Macon at 9 p.m. The new House of Thomas radio single release “More Than Just Alive” is quick ly, according to the release, becoming a favorite request ed song on contemporary hit radio stations nationwide. The album features unique sounds inspired by groups like Collective Soul, Third Day and Bon Jovi that are sure, the release states, “to have you on your feet.” Based out of Atlanta, House of Thomas has won Submitted The group left from Bonaire on Oct. 9 and returned Oct. 12, after working on homes in Chalmette and East New Orleans. Back row, from left: Mark Moyer, Bill Woodson, Dick Hamilton, Bob Robbins and Brian Passmore. Middle: Tim Buice, Terry Everett, Judy Hamilton; front row: Susan Lambert, Carolyn Holmes, Kay Bates and Arlene Passmore. Not pictured: Bobby Gale and Wayne Langford. Local volunteers join New Orleans mission Special to the Journal A number of people from Houston County recently returned from a mission trip to help with the rebuilding of homes in New Orleans. According to the team leader, Dick Hamilton, “This was our seventh trip, and they don’t get any eas ier. However, each time we receive more blessings than we can count.” The team traveled to the Gulf coast to support a small mission oriented effort known as “To the Least of His”, led by Pastor Bobby Gale. “His goal is to help wher ever the need arises, no mat ter what it takes or where it is,” Hamilton said. “This time we had 13 ‘angels’ from four middle Georgia churches and one Alabama THESE SERVICE PROVIDERS 1 I _ \, , HAVE SPONSORED THIS L- g g ~ C. uiurcn & ixcngion p AGE 1 R c ji^io, JS Institution And Place Your Ad On This Page C ailing 478-987-1823! 11812 U.S. 41N] Perry, GA 987-1112 Q*&£e:rs Floorincp.MßJlCA Irk THE BANK W OF PERRY Please worship at the church of your choice 1006 Main St. • Perrv 987-2552 Member FDIC numerous competitions in the southeast, and is catch ing the hearts of fans every where they go. In a special pre-release of “More Than Just Alive,” House of Thomas was voted No. 1 by popular listener response for five consecutive weeks on one of Atlanta’s Top Christian FM radio sta tions. You can hear them and more by tuning in to 102.1 FM “The Hook,” and have a chance to win House of Thomas prizes. For specific details and directions contact The Hook at 478-923-6253 or The Joshua Cup at 478-951- 2744. The official House of Thomas website is www. houseofthomas.org or www. myspace.com/houseoftho mas. The story begins eight years ago. Brothers Ronnie and Robbie Lee pieced together an acoustic act to perform country and rock songs for a corporate church. Although most had never worked together pre viously, we worked as a well oiled machine accomplish ing God’s work. We gutted one home, and started on another. Part of the team worked on rebuilding a third ’’synopsis of what this trip entailed. Regarding the progress in New Orleans since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina last year, Hamilton said, “You can see some improvements as you enter the city, but 14 months have passed and there are still places that are uninhabit able, without power.” Hamilton’s summary of the trip follows: “The team arrived at the Aurora United Methodist Church, which provides shel ter for all the volunteers, during the early evening Subscribe today Call 987-1823 %anne 's 0 PERRY FLORIST 734 Main Street Perry, Georgia 31069 987-1656 800-516-1004 00037545 Serving Houston County Perry • Warner Robins Member FDIC CBST | 00037528 Bank of Middle Georgia Christmas party. They stumbled into a club gig performing week ends throughout the 1996 Summer Olympics under the name of My Brothers’ Band. A responsive crowd influ enced the band to add some additional members, move Robbie to his niche of elec tric guitar, and continue per forming wherever they were accepted. By the following year, they were performing at wed dings, corporate functions, churches, and coffee hous es all over north and west Georgia. Eight years later, in the spring of 2003 My Brother’s Band retired - enabling the Lee brothers to pursue other opportunities. Within the following month, Ronnie was asked to perform at an open mic church service. He and Robbie decided to pull things back together and do what came natural - play Christian originals for a music-loving crowd. After three rehearsals, the hours. We unload our things and locate our rooms and cots. Aurora UMC is located on the westbank, and the relief effort is headed by Kathy and Jake. “They have worked cease lessly and tirelessly since August 2005 trying to help the city get back to some semblance of normalcy. The long hours, devastation encountered, and their up beat attitudes can not be matched. The church has given up the space, and Kathy and Jake receive and validate the many requests for help. 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I would have told you earlier but I was afraid you would be mad. “We had been planning to do it for some time. In fact, to familiarize our selves with every detail of the structure, David and I made a sketch of the tower, drawing it to scale. Then we practiced climbing the tower. We did it in three stages. The first night we went a third of the way up. The next night, two thirds of the way and the final night we went all the way to the Good manners build foundation for respect Question: Do you think a child should be required to say “thank you” and “please” around the house? Dobson: I sure do. Requiring these phrases is onp method of reminding the child that his is not a “gimme-gimme” world. Even though his mother is cooking for him and buying for him and giving to him, he must assume a few atti tudinal responsibilities in return. Appreciation must be taught, and this instruc tional process begins with fundamental politeness at home. 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It makes me a little weak in the knees to some rather cruel behav ior toward animals. We’ve caught him doing Dr. James Dobson Focus on the Family there is anything more to be concerned about? Dobson: Cruelty to ani mals is often a symptom of serious psychological dysfunction that should be “TIeUA "Penny @tecutenA 736 Main Street Perry, Georgia 31069 Jackie & Terry Mullis 987-1965 J80037542J OOP 37 S 3 9 Bonaire Church of Christ “Speaking Where The Bible Speaks. ” Visitors Always Welcome! Sunday Services: Bible Study 10 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. PHILLIP STUCKEY, Evangelist 10QQ37544 459 South Highway 247, Bonaire, GA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2006 Thomas”. With only one performance under their belt, they still placed third for best band performance with their orig inal song “Nothing”, which later became their debut radio single release. know that last Friday night you were dangling 559 feet above Fort Valley. That’s dangerous, Bill, downright dangerous. Please tell me you won’t do it again. I don’t think my old ticker can stand the mental trau ma.” ...” I’m not going to do it again daddy, I promise. But I will never forget the experience. When you get to the very top you can see in the dis tance the lights of Byron, Warner Robins and Perry. The blinking beacon light that warns approaching planes at night is right beside you. At that height the winds pick up and the tower sways back and forth. It’s a little scary, but also exhilarating.”... ” Bill, please never, ever do that again.” ... ”1 won’t dad.” See POWELL, page 6B went up through the cen ter of the tower, we didn’t climb on the out side. The tower has four sides and is open evaluated by a profession al. Typically, children who do such things are not just going through a phase. It should be seen as a warning sign of possible persistent emotional problems. It also appears to be . associated with sexual abuse in child hood. I don’t want to alarm you or overstate the case, but adults committed to a life of violent crime were often cruel to animals in their childhood. This fact was verified in a recent study by the American Humane Association. I suggest that you take your son to a psychologist or other behavioral special ist who can evaluate See DOBSON, page 6B some pretty awful things to neigh borhood dogs and cats. Of course, we pun ish e d him, but I won der if Arnold's Auto Sen ice 1202 Main St. Perry, Ga. 31069 Complete Car Maintenance Pick-up & Delivery "Road Service Call Thomas or Shelby 987-9439 laaaial 3B I 3%87