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Mfmmhm lomtl VOLUME 136, NUMBER 206 Below the Fold: Centerville Police Department receives $15,000 grant ts Chamber of Commerce still has leadership class openings Thursday October 26,2006 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH IN SPORTS ■ Look for: Results from the GISA state cross country meet - with pictures: a Houston County and Warner Robins Elite Eight softball preview and more. - See 1B IN BRIEF Journal aims to recognize veterans Hey veterans. We want you ... to tell us and the readers a little about yourself. To that end, and in prepara tion for your day, Veterans Day Nov. 11, we re asking you to do just that. We re asking you to submit a little bit about yourself, who you are, where you live now (just the city is fine), what branch of service you serve or served in and the timeframe you served (i.e. 1947-1967), places you were stationed and maybe even your greatest accomplishment. We would even like to have a picture of you in your hey-day (i.e. in uniform). You can e-mail your sub missions to Don Moncrief, managing editor, at donm@evansnewspapers. com or hhj@evansnewspapers.com (the latter please if you've got photos attached). Or, you can mail them to: 1210 Washington Street, Perry 31096. University women to hold book sale The Warner Robins Branch of the American Association of University Women will hold its 41st annual used book sale at Houston Mall today- 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. For further information visit www. aauwwrga.org. Southside Baptist to hold festival Southside Baptist Church of 1040 N. Houston Lake Rd. in Warner Robins is having a Family Fall Festival today from 6-9 p.m. There will be food, fun and fellow ship for all ages. There will be also be gamesand rides, as well as live entertainment. Costumes are wel comed. (Please no witches, devils, ghosts or ghouls). There is also no admission charge - only a food donation for a local community food bank. (Small jars of peanut butter, jelly, can goods, dry milk, small bags of flour and sugar and rice.) DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Bettye G. Hanners, 76 ■ Jacob Russell Thomas PERIODICAL 500 pi mm 8 ®*55108 00001* 4 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest tiillilliaiitf iilliiiiilillliiillmillmimlilliiill COOI * GECRG'.A NEWSPAPER PROJECT Man Library UN IV OF GEORGIA ATnEiVS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 October 26, 2006 Houston C 'ot \n Si.\( i: 1870 LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville Where will he live? ' •Journal Charlotte Perkins Margaret and Johnnie Arnett share the front porch swing with their son, Johnnie Mack. They’re hoping to see group homes built by the Heart of Georgia Developmental Disabilities Ministries so that he can continue to have security and independence when they can no longer provide for his care. By CHARLOTTE PERKINS HHJ Lifestyle Editor Although the bonds of love between par ent and child last a lifetime, it’s in the nature of family life all around the world that a parent’s major responsibilities are over when a son or daughter reaches adulthood. For some few, however, parenting is a lifetime job. Take Margaret and Johnnie Arnett of Kathleen. They’re retired now, and while their other three chil dren have long since flown the nest, their oldest son, Johnnie Mack still lives with them, as he has for the last 57 years. His life is good in many ways. He has a job at Happy Hour. He likes to swim. He goes bowling once a week, and has bowled in the Special Olympics . He’s a loyal fan of the Warner Robins High School Demonettes softball team, which his sister Brenda coaches, and attends almost all of their games. On Sunday mornings he’s at Shirley Hills Baptist Church with friends he’s known for years. He loves music of all kinds and has a huge collection of CDs. Get him talking about music and he’ll tell you he’s a big “Alabama” fan. www.hhjnews.com All donations to the Heart of Georgia Developmental Disabilities Ministries, Inc. are tax deductible. Make checks out to Heart of Georgia DDM. The mailing address is 615 Corder Road, Warner Robins, GA 31088 Volunteers are an important part of this ministry. Individuals to contact for more information on Heart of Georgia DDM, are: ■ John Bodenhamer, 987-0004, jrbodenhamer@cox.net ■ Audrey Clance, 953-4687, apcjim@alltel.net ■ Hulda Cook, 953-2992, hhdcook@juno.com ■ Dr. Napp Granade, 988-877, nsgranade@aol.com ■ Helaine Landon, 953-0117, helainelandon@aol.com ■ Shirley Randal, 935-8809, Srran9o9@aol.com ■ Carol Sapp PhD, RN, 922-7750, carolsapp@netzero. net ■ Ben Taylor, 994-6364, taylormadeforthejob@mail.com ■ Judy Youmans, 953-1457, Jeyl@cox.net As for TY he likes game shows and “wrasslin’.” “I like the good guys, not the bad ones,” he says. He likes his mom’s cook ing and he likes the pizza at Stevie B’s too. Without a loving family and good community sup port agencies, however, Johnnie Mack Arnett’s life could be very different. Because of a cerebral hem orrhage at birth, he has been disabled all of his life. The brain dam age caused a neurological vision problem that can’t be corrected with glasses. His speech is halting, and How to help his coordination isn’t good. Some adult activities, like driving a car, have always been beyond his capabili ties. It’s been a long time since he was a baby. The Arnetts were a young couple then, living in Mobile, Ala. Margaret Arnett still remembers the difficult delivery, the doctor explain ing that he had suffered brain damage but very little more. The young couple hoped that once they got their baby home, he’d be all right, Johnnie began to See NEED, page 6A Two sections • 20 pages PD makes arrests in home invasion By RAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Three suspects are now in jail on charges from an Oct. 17 home invasion on Arnold Boulevard. The three, Ronald Anton Wells, Jarvis Antwon Williams and Ras Robel Robinson are charged with armed robbery, burglary and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. They are accused of being part of the early morn ing home invasion where five masked black males forced their way into the residence. Police responded about 1:41 a.m. and were told one of the suspects demanded money from the victims, to which an undisclosed amount was relinquished. All five suspects then departed the residence in an unknown direction. There were no injuries sustained during the inci dent. The next day, Wells, 16, 103 Mauldon Court, Warner Robins, was arrest ed and he is currently being held at the Regional Youth Development Center. Warrants were also issued for Williams and Donshea Simmons. On Monday at approxi mately 12:40 a.m., Williams, 19, of 115 Demetree Drive Centerville police awarded grant By RAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer The Centerville Police Department has been awarded a major traffic enforcement grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety in Atlanta. The department received the $15,000 grant in rec ognition of its lifesaving work as the coordinat ing agency of the GOHS Middle Georgia Traffic Enforcement Network. The Middle Georgia Traffic Enforcement Network region includes law enforce ment agencies in the nine counties of Houston, Peach, Twiggs, Macon, Dooly, Crisp, Pulaski, Wilcox and Turner. There are 16 such traf fic enforcement networks throughout the state. “This says thanks for the dedication and support of the Centerville Police Department and Traffic Enforcement Network Coordinator, Capt. Roger Hayes, for their region wide efforts to protect Georgians from speed ers and impaired drivers,” said GOHS Director Bob Chamber still has class openings Special to the Journal The Chamber of Commerce is still taking applications - until Friday - for its Leadership Warner Robins Class. The program, accord ing to a release from the chamber, 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 offer- mEv-Ms. jy Mint Nmsmttui ja Ml in Warner Robins, surren dered to the Houston County Sheriff’s Office con cern i n g the afore mentioned arrest war rants. Also on Monday, three arrest war rants were obtained o n Robinson, 25, 319 SIMMONS a Mm ROBINSON Ferguson St., Warner Robins. Robinson was already incarcerated at the Houston County Detention Center for an unrelated offense and the aforemen tioned arrest warrants were served there. The whereabouts of the fourth named suspect, Simmons, 20, are still unknown. His last known address is 110 Parkway Drive in Warner Robins. Anyone with information concerning his whereabouts is encouraged to contact their local law enforcement agency. See ARRESTS, page 6A pr Wish grant-eiT Breakout of what tbt ■ Centerville PolidSmkm Department planSiEP I £ grant: I • $7,500 to go tdivard I •j jppport activities I If - et I • $7,500 for traf- I I ftcsafety equipment ■ IDcillcis Of the $15,000 half goes to support the activities of the Traffic Enforcement Network and half is to be spent on traffic safety equip ment for the Centerville Police Department. Hayes said the $7,500 will buy three in-car cam eras. “It’s pretty nice for the officers, with these three, all the cars will have cam eras,” Hayes said. The $7,500 for the network, Hayes said, See GRANT,page 6A ing and requires a serious commitment,” the cham ber 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 Effectively, Leading Community Change, Valuing Community Diversity, Conducting See OPENINGS, page 6A