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♦ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006
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notice that his baby son
didn’t really seem to see him
until he was very close.
“You couldn’t get his
attention unless you were
right down in his face,” he
remembers.
Still Johnnie Mack was an
active child in his own way.
He didn’t sit up or crawl for
along time, but he learned to
walk at nine or ten months.
“He was so strong and
determined,” his mother
says.
Later, his dad says, he
struggled to learn to ride a
bicycle against all odds.
He worked at it until he
was black and blue with
bruises, and did learn to
ride, but he finally took a
bad fall and gave it up.
Meanwhile, he started
to school in special educa
tion classes, and his par
ents gradually learned from
a friendly pediatrician and
from his teachers how best
to give him the attention
and discipline he needed.
There were other children.
They both had jobs.
But they saw to it that
he was brought up right,
despite any disabilities. He
helps with household chores.
He dresses neatly, and keep
his room in the family home
tidy and organized. He’s
up every weekday morning,
ready for the van to arrive to
take him to his job working
with newspaper and card
board recycling.
Today, he’s silver-haired,
and it’s easy in talking with
Houston County building permits drop in September
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Permits for single-family
homes are down in Houston
County for the month of
September.
There were 104 permits
issued for single-family
dwellings in all of Houston
County in September. That
is down from the 150 per
mits issued in August and
the 159 permits issued in
September 2005.
Each city and the unincor
porated areas of the county
each also had fewer permits
than the previous month
and from September 2005.
Warner Robins had 44
permits in September, down
from 61 in August and
down one from the 45 in
September 2005. September
was the second lowest num
ber of permits for the city,
topping only June’s 38.
Centerville’s 13 permits
were also down one from
last year and down from the
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Journal Don Mom-riff
Johnnie Mack shares a win with his favorite coach - alias
sister Brenda Arnett, Demonettes softball coach.
Mark Ballard in benefit for DDM
The Heart of Georgia Disabilities Minsistries, Inc.
and the Flint Energies Foundation, will hold a fund
raiser Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. at the Wellston Senior Center
in Warner Robins.
The program will be an evening df comedy with Mark
Ballard. There will also be a silent auction and refresh
ments. Admission is sl2.
him, to catch glimpses of the
man he might have become
had not a brain injury lim
ited his options.
What’s more impressive,
however, is how well he
and his family have coped
through the years. He has
three loving younger siblings
- two brothers, Jimmy and
Jeff, and a sister, Brenda.
All of them are committed
to making sure their older
brother has a secure home
after their parents are gone,
or even if advancing age or
20 issued in August.
In Centerville the 13 per
mits is the third highest for
the year so far, below the
20 in August and the 14 in
June.
In Perry there were 19
permits issued in September,
down from the 33 in August
and the 26 in September
2005. January was the only
other month this year when
Perry had only 19 permits.
In unincorporated Houston
County there were 28 per
mits issued, down from 36 in
August and 37 in September
2005.
September also had the
lowest number of permits of
the year so far.
The average prices of
the homes permitted coun
ty wide in September also
dropped to $144,791.53,
from August’s $159,328.33.
It’s also down from the
$152,133.86 average price in
September 2005.
While there were fewer
homes permitted, the aver
done in Leadership Practices
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A diverse group of instruc
tors has been hand-picked to
make these presentations.
The cost is $750 for
tuition, which, according
participating law enforce
ment agencies
in the Middle Georgia
Traffic Enforcement
Network region will coor
dinate year-round waves
of high visibility concen
trated patrols, multi-juris
dictional road checks, and
sobriety checkpoints as law
enforcement partners in the
illness keeps them from pro
viding a home for him.
“Brenda has said that he
can live with her,” Margaret
says.
But the Arnetts want
their daughter to have her
independence, and - besides
that, they know all too well
that life is unpredictable
- and they want a plan for
Johnnie Mack that will be as
solid as brick and mortar.
So they’re pinning their
hopes on the Heart of
Georgia Developmental
age prices were up in Warner
Robins and in the unincor
porated areas from the pre
vious month.
In Warner Robins the
average price was up to
$117,976 from August’s
$109,359.18. In the unincor
porated areas the average
price went fr0m5163,142.77
in August to $184,042.50 in
September.
Like the county wide aver
age, Perry and Centerville
average prices were also
down. Perry dropped from
$142,346.06 in August to
$128,372.63 in September.
Centerville dropped from
$182,889 in August to
$169,391.53 in September.
Manufactured home per
mits were also down county
wide with only eight in
September compared to 12
in August.
Unincorporated areas of
the county were the only
ones to issue any permits in
September.
No permits for apartments
to the chamber, covers all
expenses. The class size is
limited to 25.
For additional informa
tion or application materi
als, contact the chamber at
922-8585.
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Johnnie Mack Arnett enjoys music of all kinds and collects CDs. His favorite group is
‘‘Alabama. ”
Disabilties Ministries, an
independent non-profit
agency that has been formed
in Houston County, mostly
by other parents facing the
same challenge.
This group, which meets
regularly at Shirley Hills
Baptist Church is commit
ted to building group homes
for adults with developmen
tal disabilities. They have a
site, on the new mid-county
campus of Central Baptist
Church.
These homes would be
modeled on Christian family
life. There would be four to
six residents in each home,
with two live-in house-par
ents and a weekend relief
were issued in the month of
September or August.
For the year Warner
Robins has issued 128 per
mits for apartments, all in
February; Centerville has
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Every effort would be made
to keep the residents func
tioning as independently as
possible, sharing in the day
to-day chores of the home,
participating in community
and church activities.
If Johnnie Mack lived
there at some point in the
future, he would still go to
Happy Hour, to church and
to the social and recreation
al activities he enjoys, and
maybe the home would be
full of the sound of country
music, too.
For the Arnett’s, whose
son is one of a group of
developmentally disabled
adults smiling in a photo
issued four, all in May; and
Perry has issued 20 - 16 in
February and four in May.
None have been issued for
the unincorporated areas of
the county.
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taking part of the effort to
build these homes is another
step in the lifelong challenge
of caring for their son.
To see the homes built,
with sufficient funds for
ongoing operation, will give
them the reassurance they
need that they have done
their best by their son and
by the whole family.
Through sharing their
story, they are hoping to help
the community understand
how important the work of
the Heart of Georgia DDM
is, and to encourage both
volunteer support and finan
cial support for the building
of the group homes.
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Anyone with information
concerning the home inva
sion is encouraged to con
tact Det. Art Curnutte of
the Warner Robins Police
Department Criminal
Investigations Division at
918-2977 or 929-1170.
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