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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136 , NUMBER 209
Tuesday
October 31,2006
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN SPORTS
■ Look for: Houston County’s
Lady Bear volleyball team makes
it to the Sweet 16, Houston
County and Warner Robins
has its softball season come to
an end, the Demons fall to Tift
County in football and more.
- See IB
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.
Museum department
to hold fund-raiser
The Museum of Aviation Education
Department is having a fund-raiser.
Proceeds will be used to support
student educational field trips at the
Museum. For sale will be barbecued
Boston butts for S2O, and tubs of
chocolate chip cookie dough for sl2.
All orders must be prepaid, and are
due by Nov. 10. Buyers will pick up
their purchases in the Museum of
Aviation Freedom Park on Dec. 2.
Contact Melissa Spalding at the
Museum of Aviation, 926-5558; or
by e-mail at mspaulding@museu
mofaviation.org. for information on
ordering.
Westfield Schools to
hold Fall Festival
The Westfield Schools in Perry will
hold its annual Fall Festival Nov. 4
from 4-7 p.m. on the school campus
located at 2005 Highway 41 South.
Sponsored by the Westfield Parent
Teacher Association, the festival will
include food, games, prizes, a live
auction, inflatables and more.
BIRTHDAYS
Today
■ Charlotte Mau
■ Vivian Bethune
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ Carl Edward “C.J.” Joiner, Sr.,
78
■ Tammy White, 41
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Below the Fold: Voters sound off in latest poll ■ Traffic accident results in fatality
Local shootouts to air on Court TV
By RA T LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Wednesday at 8 p.m., Court
TV will show two shootouts
from Perry.
The shootouts involve
Chad Payne and Eric
Barnett, former members of
the Houston County Sheriff s
Office Interstate Criminal
Enforcement Unit. Payne is
now with the Butts County
Sheriffs Office ICE Unit
and Barnett is now with the
Perry Police Department.
Payne said the shootings
will be aired on the Nash
Entertainment TV show
called Most Shocking. Payne
who still lives in Perry, said
producers “came down and
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Strongman Willie Raines blows up - to the point of explosion - a hot water bottle Tuesday at Tucker Elementary.
Raines visited the school as part of Red Ribbon Week and with an anti-drug message.
Voters sound off in poll
Special to the Journal
Attached are the results of a three
day poll of 800 likely Georgia voters
conducted by Strategic Vision, LLC
Oct. 20-22.
The poll has a margin of error of
±3 percentage points. In the poll,
350 (44 percent) Democratic voters
were surveyed; with 330 (41 percent)
Republican voters surveyed; and 120
(15 percent) Independents and other
party affiliation polled.
The poll found that 55 percent of
respondents approved of Gov. Sonny
Perdue’s job performance, with 35
percent disapproving and 10 percent
undecided.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss received a
49 percent approval rating with 38
percent disapproving, and 13 per
cent undecided. Sen. Johnny Isakson
received a 54 percent approval rating,
with 38 percent disapproving, and 8
percent undecided.
President Bush’s overall approval
was 43 percent approving, 40 percent
disapproving, and 17 percent unde
cided.
When asked if they approved of the
president’s handling of the economy,
49 percent approved; 42 percent dis
approved; and 9 percent were unde
cided.
When asked if they approved of the
president’s handling of the Iraq War,
41 percent approved; 49 percent dis
approved; and 10 percent were unde
cided.
www.hhjnews.com
Cutting to the chase
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In hot water (bottle)
When asked if they approved of the
president’s handling of the war on
terrorism, 53 percent said approved;
39 percent disapproved; and 8 percent
were undecided.
When asked if they approved of the
president’s handling of the immigra
tion issue, 34 percent approved; 57
percent disapproved; and 9 percent
were undecided.
When Republicans were asked if
they viewed Bush as a conservative in
the mode of Ronald Reagan, 19 per
cent said yes; 63 percent said no; and
18 percent were undecided.
When asked if they thought Georgia
was headed in the right direction or
wrong direction, 56 percent said right
direction; 33 percent said wrong direc
tion; and 11 percent were undecided.
When asked if they would like to see
the Supreme Court overturn Roe v.
Wade, 56 percent said yes; 36 percent
said no; and 8 percent were unde
cided ______________
When asked if they expected another
terrorist attack in the United States
in the next six months, 76 percent
said yes; 14 percent said no; and 10
percent were undecided.
When asked if they favored an imme
diate withdrawal of United States mili
tary forces from Iraq within 6 months,
41 percent said yes; 49 percent said
(Sutcliff) and shot some foot
age here.”
Even though no lon
ger with Houston County,
Payne said he still plays a
part in stopping drugs com
ing here while working in
Butts County. “Yesterday,”
he said Friday, “I stopped a
car and located 5 oz. of meth
(ICE) which was destined
for Warner Robins.
The driver said it was
his sixth trip to Houston
County.”
The first shootout also
involved Sutcliff, who was
shot in the arm by the driver
following a chase on April
26, 2004. Payne and Barnett
had initiated a chase after a
driver fled a traffic stop.
The truck accelerated to
speeds of 100 mph on local
no; and 10 percent were undecided.
Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor received a 47
percent job approval rating; with 39
percent disapproval; and 14 percent
undecided.
In a match-up between Perdue,
Taylor, and Libertarian candidate,
Garrett Hayes, the results were Perdue
51 percent; Taylor 32 percent; Hayes
9 percent; and 8 percent undecided.
In the race for lieutenant gover
nor, the results were Republican
Casey Cagle 47 percent; Democrat
Jim Martin 39 percent; Libertarian
Allen Buckley 7 percent; and 7 per
cent undecided.
In the race for secretary of state,
Republican Karen Handel led
Democrat, Gail Buckner, 35 per
cent to 29 percent with 3 percent for
Libertarian Kevin Madsen, and 33
percent undecided.
In the race for attorney general,
incumbent Democrat Thurbert Baker
led Republican Perry McGuire 48 per
cent to 29 percent; with 23 percent
undecided.
In the race for school superinten
dent, Republican incumbent Kathy
Cox led Democrat Denise Majette 46
percent to 30 percent with 3 percent
for Libertarian David Chastain, and
21 percent undecided.
See POLL, page 6B
Two sections • 12 pages
roads, ran a red light before
the second deputy and
Sutcliff, hearing the chase
on the radio, joined in.
The truck eventually
crashed into a telephone
pole on Valley Drive. During
the course of the search/
arrest that followed a shoot
out erupted in which Sutcliff
was shot in the arm.
The shooter was eventu
ally taken into custody, pled
guilty before going to trial
and was given approximate
ly 107 years in prison for a
variety of offenses.
The second shooting, was
a “suicide by cop” incident
at Woodlawn Cemetery
following a chase up and
See AIR, page 6B
Two teens
arrested in
robbery
By RAT LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Two teens were arrested
and charged soon after their
Sunday
morning
Conoco
robbery
in Warner
Robins.
Sunday at
3:37 a.m.,
officers of
the Warner
Robins
Police
Department responded to
the Conoco located at 2835
Watson Blvd in Warner
Robins, concerning an
armed robbery. Upon arriv
al, the clerk advised that
two black males entered the
store and one produced what
appeared to be a handgun
and demanded money, to
which she complied.
The suspects then fled the
area with an undisclosed
amount of money and were
last seen running eastbound.
There were no injuries sus
tained during the incident.
Authorities with the
Houston County Sheriffs
Office stopped a suspicious
vehicle leaving the area.
Evidence of the armed rob
bery was found inside the
vehicle.
See ROBBERY, page 6B
Accident ends
in fatality
Special to the Journal
Officers of the Warner
Robins Police Department,
according to a release, were
dispatched to an accident at
Watson Blvd. and Highway
41 at 5:04 p.m. Saturday in
response to an accident.
Upon arrival, the officers,
according to the release,
found that a 2000 Ford
Mustang driven by Clarice
Bryan of Fort Valley and a
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee
driven by Hazel Southerland
of Perry had collided and
struck three other vehicles.
Preliminary investigation,
according to the release,
revealed that Bryan had
attempted to make a left
turn from Watson Blvd.
onto Highway 41 to trave
south and was struck by
Southerland.
The impact caused
See ACCIDENT, page 6B
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