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city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136 , NUMBER 205
Below the Fold: Westfield Schools begins Homecoming activities ■ District Attorney to hold Task Force seminar
Tuesday
October 24,2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ It was like nothing Warner
Robins head tootball coach
Bryan Way had ever seen. The
Demons scored 21 points in 35
seconds en route to a win over
Tift County.
- See 1B
IN BRIEF
University women to
offer book sale
The Warner Robins Branch of the
American Association of University
Women will hold its 41st annual used
book sale at Houston Mall Thursday-
Saturday. On sale will be tons of
books - from antique to travel.
The sale will open with a sneak
preview from 5-6 p.m, Thursday.
Those who attend the $5, one-hour
preview will have the first opportunity
to browse through the books.
There will be no admission charge
during the remainder of the sale from
6-9 p.m., Thursday; 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.,
Friday; 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saturday.
All books will be half-price on Oct.
28. For further information visit www.
aauwwrga.org.
Organization to hold
resource fair
Saturday, One Church One Child
of Georgia. Inc. will sponsor a Foster
Care and Adoption Resource Fair.
This resource fair will provide infor
mation to prospective foster and
adoptive parents on the needs of
children in state custody. For more
information visit w-ww.ococg.org.
The Foster Care and Adoption
Resource Fair is open to the public.
For more information, call 770-306-
1750.
Pandemic Flu
presentation set
A presentation on Pandemic
Flu planning will be held Thursday
at 6:30 p.m. at St. Christophers
Episcopal Church, Macon Road,
in Perry. The presenter will be
Jennifer Jones from the Office of
Emergency Preparedness.
There will be a 30-minute pre
sentation followed by a question
and answer session. Call the
church at 987-2190 for information
and to let the planners know the
number of people who will attend.,
BIRTHDAYS
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■ Betty Cardell
■ Ashley McClinton
■ Christopher Jackson
■ Linda Fountain
■ Brenda Brown
DEARLY DEPARTED
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Bush to visit Perry
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing, Editor
Residents of Houston County
might have felt a bit snubbed when
President George Bush visited
Middle Georgia Oct. 10.
After all, he was so-close-and-yet
so-far, having landed at Robins Air
Force Base, taken part in a meet
and-greet of about 200 base employ
ees/military personnel, before being
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A close up view of the sculpture shows “Fessor” Staples in glasses and hat. He was
principal of Perry High School from 1937 to 1969, in addition to setting a record as “the
winningest basketball coach in America,” with a record of 924 wins and 198 losses.
While he was coach, the Perry Panthers won eight state basketball championships and
25 region championships. For more, see 68.
Westfield Homecoming
events get under way
Special to the Journal
The Westfield Schools
began its Homecoming
activities this week.
This year’s them is cen
tered around and called
“A Night on the Nile” as
the Hornets prepare for a
Friday night football match
up against the Patriots
of Pinewood Christian
Academy.
Dress-up day for the
students include Disney
Day Wednesday, ‘Bos Day
Thursday and Green and
Gold Spirit Day Friday.
The traditional homecom
ing pep rally Friday after
noon will feature the crown
ing of Mr. Westfield.
The school will also cel
ebrate Alumni weekend at
the football game, welcom
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Return trip
What: President George Bush
visit
When: Oct. 31, 5 p.m.
Where: Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry
Cost: Free (more details inside)
whisked off to the Wilson Convention
Center in Macon.
Bronze bonds
ing alumni from Westfield,
Beechwood, Baker Academy
to a family barbecue. That is
set to begin 6 p.m.
The homecoming parade
will begin at 7 p.m. and
will feature class ban
ners and members of the
Homecoming court, fol
lowed by the presentation
of the Heritage Award, the
Headmasters Award and the
Alumni Award.
Kickoff is at 8 p.m. at the
Hornets Nest. The 2006
Homecoming queen will
be crowned at halftime by
the 2005 Queen, Lee Anne
Sexton of Perry.
The Homecoming dance
will be held Saturday night
in the Westfield gymnato
rium.
Members of the
See HOMECOMING, page 6B
There, he took part in a fund-rais
er for Mac Collins, the Republican
challenger in the Bth Congressional
District.
For those who missed out on the
chance to meet him, or for those who
felt he could have at least put his
feet up a spell in Houston County,
well the good news is: He’s coming
back.
Bush will be visiting Houston
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Members of the 2006 Westfield Homecoming Court are, front row: Sarah Moredock,
Jackie Izzard, Morgan Irby, Marynan McLendon, Taylor Byrd. Back row: Molly Portman,
Sydney Smith, Kelly Franklin, Hannah Moredock, Kaki Tuggle and Mallory Eubanks.
Two sections • 12 pages
Peach joins Houston in
on-line civil issues filing
But, is that - the system - a good thing?
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Did you know you could
file civil issues on-line
here?
The Peach County
Magistrate Court recently
joined Houston County in
implementing on-line fil
ing.
You can file things like
statements of claim, dis
possessories flandlord/ten
ant issues) and answers to
complaints online for an
additional fee of $lB. Other
courts offering online filing
in central Georgia include
Bibb, Twiggs, Macon,
Crawford and Dooly coun
ties.
Houston County, has
used the online filing for
at least six months now.
“Very few use it,” said
DA sets Task Force seminar
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The ninth annual Gang
Task Force seminar is
Thursday.
The seminar, held this
year in the Warner Robins
High School Auditorium, is
for all interested citizens
in Houston County. Free
hot dogs and drinks will be
provided, starting at 5:30
p.m. and there will be T
shirts for the first 200 and
door prizes.
Parents, educators, police
officers, community lead
ers and citizens are invited
to a program, which will
begin about 6:30 p.m. “It’s
free,” District Attorney
Kelly Burke said, “just
show up.”
This year’s guest speak-
an Evans Family Newspaper
County Oct. 31. He is scheduled to
attend a 5 p.m. fund-raiser at the
Georgia National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter in Perry on that date
where he will once again stump for
Mac Collins.
Of course when he visited Macon
he also took the opportunity to speak
in regard to topics such as the war
on terror, North Korea and taxes,
See BUSH, page 6B
"It's more ol a
nuisance to us.
Ynu still have to
come to court and
you have to come
to sign the court
papers."
- Houston County Magistrate
Court deputy clerk Glenda
Blackgrove
Glenda Blackgrove deputy
clerk for Houston County
Magistrate Court.
She was also unsure if the
service, implemented under
the late Chief Magistrate
Judge David Pierce, would
See FILING, page 6B
er is Det. Choice Barnes
of the Valdosta Police
Department. Barnes will
talk about gang indicators
- what parents can look
for.
“We all know about being
dressed in colors,” Burke
said. There are lots of other
things to look for if they
are getting into gangs.”
There will also be a
roundtable discussion with
the gang investigators from
the four local law enforce
ment agencies, where they
will take questions from
the audience, Burke said.
The Gang Task Force
includes the four law
enforces agencies in the
county, Warner Robins,
Perry, Centerville and
the Sheriffs Office, the
See SEMINAR, page 6B