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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Jtuuahm fUuly .TJuunutl Perry Office 1210 Washington St P. 0. Box 1910 Perry, QA 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader □rat?© Classified Advertising: Call (478) 987-1823 between the hours of 8 a m and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can fax an ad 24 hours a day to (478) 988-9194 Display Advertising: Call Nicole Crofutt at ext. 224. Delivery by mall: Delivery by mail is available for $62 in-county and SB2 elsewhere per year paid in advance. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box 1910, Perry, GA 31069 The Houston Home Journal. A peri odical. mailed (ISSN 1526-7393) at Perry, Ga., is published Tuesday through Saturday for $62 per year by Evans Newspapers Inc., 1210 Washington St., Perry, GA31069: (478) 987-1823 Fax (478) 988-1181. Not published Thanksgiving and Christmas Office Hours: The office in Perry is open from 8 a m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. NEWS TIPS: Call (478) 987-1823 ext. 231 Newsroom Fax: (478) 988-1181 Presentation editor: Contact James Tidwell at jtidwell@evansnewspapers.com Corrections: The HDJ strives for fairness and accuracy, and will print a correction or clarification when one is in order. Call ext. 231. Advertising errors and omissions: The advertiser agrees that the pub lisher shall not be liable for damages arising from errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. There shall be no liability for non-insertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. This newspaper is a member of The Georgia Press Association, The National Newspaper Association and The Associated Press State Briefs Taylor wants to up minimum wage ATLANTA (AP) - Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor sought to shore up his Democratic base on Tuesday, proposing a $1 increase in Georgia’s mini mum wage. Trailing in the race for governor with less than two weeks to go before the Nov. 7 general election, Taylor turned to one of his party’s greatest hits, likely to ener gize core supporters. Taylor noted that his Republican opponent, Gov Sonny Perdue, voted against the last minimum wage hike in Georgia five years ago. The minimum wage was boosted in 2001 from $3.25 to $5.15 an hour, bringing it in line with the national rate. “ Georgia’s families not only deserve this raise, they have earned this raise,” Taylor said in a news release. “Working families haven’t had a raise in five years. That’s wrong, and I will change it.” Taylor’s proposal would hike the minimum wage in Georgia from $5.15 to $6.15 an hour. «»'■’** Vi “Catch your favorite team on WNNG 1350 for play by play action with Mike Davis and Greg Elrod” CRUNCH TIME Every Wednsday Night from Sonny's BBQ 7 p.m.- 8 p.m. We’re also carrying the Georgia Tech Games. ■ 1 r* 1. 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Albany 76 51 t-storm Athens 59 48 rain Atlanta 60 47 rain Augusta 68 55 rain Bainbridge 78 53 t-storm Brunswick 80 58 t-storm Cartersville 61 * 47 rain Chattanooga.TN 57 45 t-storm Columbus 70 52 t-storm Cordele 73 53 t-storm National Cities HI Lo Cond. | Atlanta 60 47 rain Boston 52 37 mst sunny Chicago 46 37 rain Dallas " 69 50 windy Denver 54 35 sunny ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service Federal agents kill Florida fugitive LITHONIA (AP)-A fugi tive from south Florida was shot and killed by federal agents in suburban Atlanta early Wednesday when he refused to put down what they thought was a gun, but turned out to be a shoe. Agents from the Southeastern Regional Fugitive Task Force went to an apartment complex near Lithonia about 4 a.m. to arrest 24-year-old Youwiers Vilpie, said U.S. Marshal Richard Mecum. The agents were serving a warrant from the Drug Enforcement Administration office in south Florida, Mecum said. Vilpie was also wanted for questioning in two homicides in Ft. Myers, Fla., Mecum said. When the agents arrived at the apartment, “they identi fied themselves and tried to get him out,” Mecum said. Feds arrest three men In drug bust ATLANTA (AP) - Federal authorities arrested three Warner Robin - High School Northside - High School Houston County High School Weather Dalton 61 46 rain Dillard 52 39 rain Dublin 71 50 t-storm Duluth 59 45 rain Gainesville 58 48 rain Helen 57 45 rain Lagrange 67 47 t-storm Macon 69 50 t-storm Marietta 60 45 rain Milledgeville 68 51 rain I<w Houston 71 49 sunny Los Angeles 83 56 sunny Miami 85 75 rain Minheafrolis 46 35 rain New York 53 40 mst sunny men and charged them with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crystal meth amphetamine after find ing drugs worth more than $27 million in the Clayton County house where two of them lived. “These arrests and sei zures remind us that metro Atlanta remains a major drug distribution hub,” U.S. Attorney David E. Nahmias said Tuesday. “But we will maintain our focus on attacking these drug traf ficking organizations until they decide that they don’t want to risk operating in our communities.” The investigation into the alleged activities of Leonardo Garcia-Miranda, 30, Ramon Luis Soto-Maciel, 29, and Rafael Heredia-Ramos, 42, all from Mexico, began a month ago, according to the complaint. On Monday, agents bought about 1 kilogram of cocaine from Soto-Maciel. Best Cooks In Perry! GAME DAY Pre game starts 7:30 STATE AND REGION hi I ■■ I I— I II ■ H I TT ■ Peachtree City 64 44 t-storm Perry 71 50 t-storm Rome 62 45 rain Savannah 74 56 t-storm St. Simons Islandßo 58 t-storm Statesboro 75 58 t-storm Thomasville 78 53 rain Valdosta 78 54 rain Warner Robins 70 50 t-storm Waycross 79 54 t-storm EEH HI Lo Cond. Phoenix 84 58 sunny San Francisco 76 51 sunny Seattle 59 49 rain SaSMSSuis 52 45 rain Washington. 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Other rest* idtons may appf* ; 4 ; • ■ ' "Overage mimrtas are MS each on the national 390 elan Nights are defined as 7190 pm to 6 00 am Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, and Weekends are 7:oopm f-rtriay through 6:o9am Monday 00037989 Obituaries RETTVE G. HANNERS WARNER ROBINS - Bettye 0. Banners, 76, passed away Monday. Visitation will be today from 6-8 p.m. at McCullough Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Pinecrest Cemetery located in Mobile, Ala. J^ERRY RU Jacobßu^sei? I Thmnaß, June 27, 2006-Oct. 23, 2006, “Our Little Boy” - Marcus and Melissa Thomas. Please sign the online register at watsonhunt.com. Mary Perdue takes a leading role in her husband's campaign ATLANTA (AP) - The race for governor in Georgia has produced a surprise star: Gov. Sonny Perdue’s wife, Mary. As the campaign has heat ed up, the soft-spoken Mary Perdue has taken on a more visible role, even appearing solo in her husband’s latest television commercial. “I probably know Sonny Perdue better than anyone on earth,” she says. “I know his heart, his love for this state and his desire to leave things better than we found them.” With tough attack ads from both candidates hitting the airwaves, Mary Perdue helps soften Perdue’s rough edges. Political experts say she conveys a message to women voters in particular: I trust him and you can too. Women voters are expected to play a critical role in the general election just two weeks away. Mary Perdue has also been able to strike a mildly disapproving, mother ly tone when it comes to her husband’s rival, Democratic Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor. In one television spot she fusses that she won’t let the family dog, Lucy, watch television now that Taylor has begun attacking Perdue. Then she delivers the zinger: “It’s such a shame.” In another TV ad she strikes a blow for sisterhood, saying that she hopes Taylor doesn’t do to her husband “what he did to CaihyCoir.” Taylor defeated Cox. fche seq retary of state, in at hard THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006 ♦ fought primary battle. Cox would have been the first female gubernatorial nomi nee from a major party in Georgia. While Perdue has been facing questions about his Florida land deal and has gone on the attack against Taylor, Mary Perdue has helped him also play the fam ily man. Sunny images of his grandchildren, his wife and the family dog have been Fix tures in many of his ads. Mary Perdue’s prominent role on TV stands is in sharp contrast to Taylor’s wife, Sacha, who’s been absent from her husband’s cam paign spots so far. Experts say the Taylor camp is likely worried about highlighting the age gap between Taylor and his 30-year-old wife. She is nineteen years his junior. Still, the Taylor camp said Sacha Taylor has been hitting the campaign trail hard for her husband, visit ing 46 counties in the last two weeks. This past week end she stumped for him in Sylvester and Lumpkin. She recently marched in a parade in Perdue’s home turf of Houston County. Mary Perdue, 56, has been gradually getting used to the spotlight, taking on a higher profile as first lady. The former speech thera pist has made foster children and child welfare key issues at a steady stream appear ances throughout the state. 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