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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Knutat Uni^j^urual Perry Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Pony, G A 31009 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Reader IMP® 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 mail: 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) as 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. 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This newspaper is a member of The Georgia Press Association, The National Newspaper Association and The Associated Press Subscribe today Call 987-1823 Great Deals Free AD for items under SSO Call 987-1823 for details r toasts/ S/Za/serJoT C //im 1 Olivia Culpepper is a 3 1/2 year old who has recently been diagnosed with AML (Acute myelogenous Leukemia). She is the daughter of Cindy and Allen Culpepper of Henderson. Olivia has a 14 year old brother and a 9 year old sister. She has started on an aggressive regimen of chemotherapy. -^SVT\ ■V~> J§ Qfo *s N<|'\ fw Drop Off Points: Hawkinsville: To Be Announced Henderson: Henderson Baptist Church Unadilla: Flag Bank Byron: Life Point Church YOUR WE AT HER TEAM! TODAY’S Todays Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Thu 73/41 Morning showers Highs in the low 70s and lows In the low 40s. Sunrlae Sunset 6:54 AM 5:44 PM LOOKS LIKE HOMEMADE. TASTES LIKE HOMEMADE.' Georgia At A Glance \ Atlanta W \ 64/37 O X^Augusta V Warner Robins V * Savannah -W ) ‘Perry 79/46 ® I •'Wmx'J 75/42 C* Valdosta 1 • 8 2/ 48 ( " Area Cities Lo Cond Albany 80 45 rain Athens 67 37 rain Atlanta 64 37 rain Augusta 71 45 rain Bainbridge 81 47 rain Brunswick 78 52 rain Cartersville 63 36 cloudy Chattanooga,TN 55 33 pt sunny Columbus 72 43 rain Cordele 78 46 rain National Cities |Ciiy^^^^in?Cond Atlanta 64 37 rain Boston 54 36 pt sunny Chicago 41 25 mst sunny Dallas 64 46 cloudy Denver 52 33 pt sunny ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service PUBLIC NOTICE The Houston County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Not 7th, 2006 at 6:oopm at 200 Carl Vinson Parkway in Warner Robins, Georgia lor the purpose of hearing objectives, if any, to an application filed by Jayantibhai Patel for the purpose of selling alcohol at 270 Hwy 26 East, Bko, Georgia. All interested parties are invited to attend. 40249 {Dales cAoiesri/>ez, // J? 006 {DIeA up al{Dezzi/ cSeAeol {Tunes / / aun. till £ MB Phone Number: 478-987-0535 Frf 11/3 64/37 Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the upper 30s. Sunrise Sunset 6:55 AM 5:43 PM SjyPpO'lpfela (Dliviai (Sulbepperr BBQt Bund; Contact: Tammy Pike STATE AND REGION Sat / M' ~ 64/38 Mostly sunny Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the upper 30s Sunrise Sunset 6:55 AM 5:42 PM | City Mi Lo (bond Dalton 61 35 pt sunny Dillard 60 28 pt sunny Dublin 77 41 rain Duluth 63 35 rain Gainesville 64 39 rain Helen 63 34 rain Lagrange 67 37 rain Macon 72 41 rain Marietta 63 35 rain Milledgeville 74 42 rain Houston . 7 0 52 ram Los Angeles 75 56 pt sunny Miami 84 72 t-storm Minneapolis 37 22 cloudy New York 55 37 pt sunny Smri arf 1 || m U Meteorologist Jerry Mathowson nMhors WlHrtrffiM Cooraia Turns tor Mews” Sun 11/5 ■ c, 66/42 Mix of sun and clouds Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the low 40s. Sunrise Sunset 6:56 AM 5:42 PM Moon Phases fv First Full Oct 29 Nov 5 m • Last New Nov 12 Nov 20 UV Index Thu 11/2 5 Moderate Fri 11/3 5 Moderate Sat 11/4 5 Moderate Sun 11/5 5 Moderate Mon 11/6 5 Moderate The UV Index is measured on a 0-11 number scale, with a higher UV Index showing the need for greater skin pro tection. 0 M % WM MM 11 |6ity til Lo Cond. Peachtree City 65 35 rain Perry 75 42 rain Rome 63 34 pt sunny Savannah 79 46 rain St. Simons Island7B 52 rain Statesboro 81 46 rain Thomasville 82 48 rain Valdosta 82 48 rain Warner Robins 74 42 rain Waycross 82 46 rain Cond. Phoenix 85 61 mst sunny San Francisco 65 55 rain Seattle 51 50 rain St. Louis 51 28 sunny Washington, DC 55 36 pt sunny STILL USING DIAL-UP? Hiah-Sneed Internet is available! V* J Enjoy the Work! Wide "world wide waft” sign up today! -■ ' \ ffl . to 00040063 IST - Mon 11/6 / m,,.& J 3Uul. 68/47 Partly cloudy Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the upper 40S Sunrise Sunset 6:57 AM 5:41 PM HIP rej§||f ||| 111 jl|l I|| Pp fill a|i lli fill l|p ’ " * aunt tat' m on m. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2006 ♦ Atlanta pleased with crime ranking, but Macon has doubts ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta police are pleased with the city’s improved ranking in violent crime in a recently released annual list. Meanwhile, officials in Macon expressed skepticism about their city’s ranking on the list. The rankings are based on an annual list of the nation’s safest and most dangerous cities compiled by Morgan Quitno Press. Atlanta fell to the 17th most dangerous city in nation after being ranked seventh in last year’s list. Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington credited the improvement to better policing strategies. “Even 17th is too high for a city like this,” Pennington said. “We’re going to work extremely hard to take us out of the top 20.” During his tenure, the Atlanta Police Department has increased foot patrols downtown, put surveil lance cameras in the city’s Buckhead and Midtown areas, improved its speed in apprehending criminals, boosted its use of crime map ping and made commanders more accountable for crime reduction, Pennington said. The department also is focus ing more on smaller crimes, such as aggressive panhan dling and disorderly conduct, that can lead to more serious crimes, Pennington said. “It’s not over yet,” Pennington said. “We’re going to keep pushing, but it’s a big accomplishment.” But Macon officials cast doubt Monday on the report, which ranked Macon as the 40th most dangerous city in the country. And nation wide, among cities with pop ulations between 75,000 and 100,000, the report ranks Macon the eighth most dan gerous city. “We go through this every single year,” said Macon police Sgt. Melanie Hofmann, the department’s spokeswoman. “It’s pretty much a propaganda thing.” Pluggingjnto its formula a city’s FBI statistics, Morgan Quitno measures how a city compares to the national average in six crime catego ries: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft. The outcome of that equation is multiplied by an equal weight assigned to each of the categories. The numbers produced by each category are added together to pro duce a final score. But the problem with the study’s method is in its equal weighting, Macon police say That means that a lawn mower stolen from some one’s yard is assigned the same weight as a murder. By that rationale, Macon Police Chief Mike Burns suggested in an e-mail, the city could have 100 more murders and 150 fewer auto thefts and be classified as a safer city. “As long as I am chief, I am going to report all our crimes accurately so we really know what is going on in our city,” Burns said. Morgan Quitno Press acknowledges that the FBI, police and criminologists caution against rankings according to crime rate. But the company argues that the rankings tell a “very important story” about the incidence of crime in the country. Atlanta was ranked the most dangerous city in Georgia, with Macon in sec ond place. Those cities are fol lowed by Albany, Savannah, Columbus, Athens and Roswell. 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