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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 PERIODICAL 500 VIIBIIIIJIII 8 "*5 510 8 0 0001*4 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest COOI * GEORGE NEWSPAPER PROJECT Man Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 October 31, 2006 Bmm Btmm Cvrrrr Smae im 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 m a jil W B . _.. k JB Wf MB tBUi PW P* r 'jgSBM Mt Jgp ENI/Gary Harmon 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 The following are slated to air on Court | TVs "Most Shocking” Wednesday | i ■ April 2004 chase in Perry that resulted f I I in several arrests but not before a shootout § | r3j| BApril 2005 chase in Perry ending in the K J NMM|NHMONMNmMMNMNMnNmMNHieM^ talked with me, Eric and (Perry Police Sgt.) Chris 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 a \ /' Tj \\ I \ Uli ) /V/ H S7M rm GLENN