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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL flmly .^turtuii Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Parry, QA 31069 (478)987-1823 See us online at t www.hhjnaws.com Reader OKP® 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, GA 31069: (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 Boy charged in school bomb threat CORNELIA (AP) - A 10-year-old north Georgia boy has been charged with threatening to blow up his school. The Cornelia Elementary School student told friends he was going to “blow up some teachers” and bring bombs to school, officials said. One of the friends told the principal, and on Friday school officials and police found the student’s back pack in a classroom with two devices inside. The stu dent said the devices were bombs. Habersham County Board of Education Police Chief Don Ford said Thursday the fifth grader is charged as a juvenile. Ford described one device as a small glass jar contain ing a white solid substance and a plastic sandwich bag. The other was a candy wrap per containing a tubular piece of cardboard, about the size of an index finger, stuffed with the white solid substance. The boy has been charged with four counts of mak ing terroristic threats and two counts of possessing a destructive device, even though the devices were not thought to be flammable or explosive. The “destructive device” charge was leveled because, “If you represent it as such, then you can be charged with it,” Ford said. Habersham School Superintendent Dr. Judy Forbes said the child has been suspended. The boy is currently with his parents. Funeral home owner Investigated GRIFFIN (AP) - A funer al home owner may fade charges after a decomposing body was found there along YOUR WEATHER TEAM! I uLnjj Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ I Sat Sun Mon Tua Wad 10/28 10/29 10/30 10/31 11/1 — "T— ~ 66/44 70/44 74/53 77/55 72/46 Considerable cloudi- Mainly sunny. Highs Mainly sunny Highs Mix of sun and Occasional showers ness Highs in the in the low 70s and in the mid 70s and clouds. Highs In the possible. Highs in mid 60s and lows in lows in the mid 40s lows in the low 50s upper 70s and lows the low 70s and lows the mid 40s. in the mid 50s. in the mid 40s. Sunrise Sunset Sunrise Sunset Sunrise Sunset Sunrise Sunset Sunrise Sunset 7:50 AM 6:49 PM 7:50 AM 6:48 PM 7:SIAM 6:47 PM 7:52 AM 6:46 PM 7:53 AM 6:45 PM LOOKS LIKE HOMEMADE. .. TASTES LIKE HOMEMADE.' Georgia At A Glance Moon Phases \ XN •*> \ Atlanta V New First \ 58/42 X Augusta ° ct22 ° ct 29 \ ..::...-..k2v 68/46 \ / I . * \ w? 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'* *,<*■*., « / , with unclaimed cremated remains. Authorities are investigat ing Roger Miller, owner of Miller’s Funeral Home, to determine what happened. State regulatory agents went to the funeral home earlier this week on an embalming complaint. But when they got there, they found a body that had been there since Oct. 20, Griffin police spokeswoman Felita Morgan said. Authorities also found 22 cremated remains. Police say Miller told them the cremat ed remains were still there because they had never been claimed by anyone. Arrest could spell end to theft ring ARCADE (MNS) - When a state trooper discovered a stolen Maxima on Monday, he might have blown the top off a multi-state car theft ring, police say. Old or New? Come Take a Look! * * t .\A v ?fe jellify hlie hi(]htinn S'tcrc A- Divi'Wn e : Soiul!. :i ■' hU-ftO; ■ S.; : fr 926 Carrol Street. • Perry. GA 31069 478-224-8888 T-F9am-spm SAT l()am-2pm STATE AMD REGION Hi Lo Cond. J A Georgia State Patrol trooper was driving through Arcade when a device in his cruiser detected a signal from a LoJac in the Maxima. The trooper quickly found the Maxima and a stolen 1965 Mustang parked at a nearby house. On Wednesday, police returned to the house and arrested two men who thought they were meeting to sell the Maxima and 2 grams of methamphetamine to a pair willing buyers. Instead of meeting a rou tine sale, the men met with undercover officers, includ ing the city’s police chief. Chief Dennis Bell described the suspects as “middle men” in a larger theft ring and said Wednesday’s arrests could be the first of many. “I can assure you more charges are coming out of it,” said Bell, one of the undercover officers. “I think it’s going to turn into some thing a lot larger.” | City HI Lo Cond; FAMILYFEST 2006 OCTO9SK 31 5 - £JM Live Music I / Candy Games | / Train Rides \ I 1 Popcorn J I \ ...And Much More / JB Family Fun z 7 First Baptist Perry Parking Lot 1105 Main Street Contact: Rhonda Garbisch 987-2002 Ext. 15 39964 OBrruftWES ANNETTE PARSONS JOSEY BONAIRE - Annette Josey, 65, passed away Tuesday. Services will be held at 1 p.m. today at First Assembly Church of God with interment following in Magnolia Park Cemetery. Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign the Online Registry for the family. WILLIAM T. HILL. JR. William T. Hill, Jr., age 82, of Geneva, Fla., passed away Sunday. Hill was born June 30, 1924 in Hawkinsville. He is survived by his wife, Janet, son, Randall Curothers, daugh ter, Sharon Leonard, son, William T. Hill 111, son, Frank Hill, 10 grandchildren, five great grandchildren; five step children; nine step grandchildren and four step great grand children. Democrats, for gains in ATLANTA (AP) - The past four years have been good for Republicans in the Georgia Legislature. Over the course of two elections, they’ve claimed majori ties in both the House and Senate for the first time since the post-Civil War era of Reconstruction. Now, entering their first election with control of both chambers, Georgia Republicans say they hope to at least hold their lead and possibly shift a few more seats to their columns. Democrats, meanwhile, say some aggressive campaign ing and a nationwide anti- Republican mood offer their best shot in a while to stop the momentum and begin chipping away the GOP’s advantage in the Capitol. Even top Georgia Democrats aren’t predict ing they’ll take control of either chamber in the Nov. 7 elections. Republicans hold a 100-79 lead, with one inde pendent, in the House and a 34-22 edge in the Senate. But they say picking up just a few seats would signif icantly increase their clout at the statehouse. “Our goal is to get 80 House seats and 25 Senate seats,” said Will Wingate, a political consultant working on several legislative races for the Democratic Party. “With 80 and 25, you can FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 ♦ GOP hope Legislature control a lot of the agenda; if you’ve got a good politi cal idea or good issue, some Republicans are more likely to go with you.” The Democrats are hop ing for a boost from appar ently growing discontent with national Republicans. With the war in Iraq drag ging on, President Bush’s approval ratings flagging and the scandal over for mer Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Foley sending sexu ally explicit computer mes sages to teenage congressio nal pages, they’re hoping at least a handful of undecided voters will be more inclined to vote for Democrats. “We know the Republicans took advantage of it two years ago with Bush and with (U.S. Sen. Johnny) Isakson on the ticket,” Wingate said, referring to strong showings by the two top-ticket Republicans that observers believe helped Republican legislative can didates. “We’re hoping a national wind might mean 200 or 300 votes for us in some districts.” Republicans, on the other hand, say they don’t think their march to power has topped out and they stand to pick up a few more seats. “There’s room to grow,” said Marty Klein, a spokes man for the Georgia Republican Party. 3A