Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL 111 jIlLg MKj Journal Ray Llghtner Houston County Commission Chairman Ned Sanders pre sented the Veterans Day proclamation to Bob Cruthirds and Cecil Palmer of the Ocmulgee Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution Tuesday during the council meetings. PLAN From page iA LLC, PO. Drawer 8269, Warner Robins, 31095, have the same registered agent, H. David Moore, 108 Olympia Drive, Suite 100 Warner Robins, which is the address of McGlamry Properties. Attorney Doug Dillard now represents all three land owners. Paul and Dillard spoke against the county’s proposed Land Use Plan claiming it amounted to tak ing of their land. Paul, said he and Autry “see this as taking our land. The plan as proposed is an immediate killer to the value of our land. It is an absolute taking of our land.” Dillard said the rural resi dential designation puts a “freeze on development.” Both Dillard and Paul said they were “completely sur prised by what is happen ing.” Paul said he and Autry did not find out about the pro posed change to the land use plan until last Thursday. County Commission Chairman Ned Sanders said the public hearings were held GENUINE From page lA While there, howev er, he was able to see Lee Greenwood, an entertainer who has done much for the American military through USO tours. His first trouble spot was being part of the refueling depot in Riyadh, Saudi Arab. Brannan said he was used to the climate, as he had been there several times before the call up for the Gulf War. Still, a transfer of station from Iceland to Riyadh was to be difficult. Many watched the scud air raids on the news but Brannan had a closer view of the night sky - and the impact. The initial wave came in at 15 scuds + a night. Then within three weeks, the fight seemed to lose momentum. Later, he said, they came at around mid night - two or more a night. The action was nicknamed, “Midnight Charlie”. The unit Brannan worked with was also assigned to work with British and French troops. That being the case, he found himself the Christmas of 1990 sitting with French troops through DESERTION From page iA a violation of Article 35 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Davis is out, having already served his time, most in pre trial confinement. Neither he nor his family is entitled to any pay, Schmidt said, but Davis still holds his mili tary ID card and he and his dependents can still receive medical care until the appeal is finalized. Schmidt explained the record of the trial was approved by the conven ing authority and is now in the hands of the officials in Washington, D.C. She said the appeals process usually takes from eight months to a year and a half. and notices were published in the paper as required by law. Sanders told Paul “your co-council was aware. He represents Oaky Woods.” Paul said he had just hired Dillard on Thursday. Sanders repeatedly told both “the comprehensive plan is a recommendation, not an ordinance, not a law, not in concrete, and not irre versible. It is a guide for orderly development.” Sanders said the recom mendation of rural residen tial for the land fits with the use in the area. “There is no change in zoning.” Dillard said the recom mended plan, which he knowingly admitted is required by law, is just a guide. There’s no plan, no vision. “It reflects the exist ing uses.” Dillard argued, “you know what we want to do with this land. We made a presenta tion to the planning com mittee.” Dillard claimed the state planner from the Middle Georgia Regional Development Center recom mended mixed use. “We want to build a mixed use development, a “wonderful” Christmas meal of pork. This was a normal feast for an American or French dinner table but to be sitting in the heart of the Muslim Middle East it was a “no, no,” he said. Muslim was banned for troops working in this particular theater of operations. “It is probably the one thing I like to give the French troops credit for,” he said. One of the discourag SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 7 save OVER 50% OFT THE COVER PRICE( Just Fill Out & Return The Form Below Or Call Our Office At 478-987-1823 \ Name: L Phone: - Address: 1 City: State: Zip: ! - $10.20 -j/Ktilk lr - $38.52 -^LiUMiM - $00.34 (Above prices include tax) Credit: CZU Master Card CH VISA CH Discover - Card #: Exp: ( / RO. Box 1910 • 1210 Washington Street • Perry, GA 31069 I 478-987-1823 County honor veterans ./ ’l’ ' lvv I Journal Ray IJghtner Warner Robins Mayor Donald Walker proclaimed Nov. 11 as Maj. Gen. Joseph A. McNeal Day in Warner Robins in honor of the Tuskeegee Airmen. Toledo Bradford, chapter president of the 15-member Maj. Gen. Joseph A. McNeal Chapter of the Tuskeegee Airmen was on hand for he occasion. with industrial, residential, commercial - a community of 40,000 over the next 20 years,” Dillard said. Dillard asked the county to sit down and talk with the three property own ers. “You’re not in a race. The comprehensive plan is not due to the state until February.” He asked that the plan be sent to the county Planning Commission “to work this through. We suggested mixed use, the RDC sug gested mixed use and we provided the language for it in the plan.” The county does not have mixed use zonings. “We’re not creating something other jurisdictions don’t have,” Dillard said. Part of their objections came from an early version of the comprehensive plan that had part of the land listed for parks or public use. Even though it was not longer part of the plan, developer Charlie McGlamry challenged the commission ers and Becky Wood who asked that it stay as is to donate their own personal land for public use, saying he’d match them acre for ing moments of this tour, Brannan said, was in watch ing the news. He said it gave many troops the feeling that things weren’t going well. He pointed out much of the protests were covered and the military often thought they too, were looked down on. “Much like the troops returning from Vietnam had been,” he said. It wasn’t until he returned to the states that he really felt that wasn’t true. LOCAL acre. “At least there’s changes from parks to rural resi dential,” Dillard said. “You know that’s not what we want.” He asked commissioners “for the chance to work with you, to adopt what we want - what you really want for the future of this county.” Dillard admitted to the history of the land. “I understand it’s been a wild life management area for a while. It was a tree farm owned by Weyerhaeuser. It’s a wildlife management area now only because the cur rent owners let it be one.” As far as the advertising of hearings, Wood said, “we went to three. They were adequately published. We’d like it to stay a wildlife man agement area.” Developer Joe Kovac, who also owns adjacent land asked “why this would be the one area with controlled growth? I think people developing it would do a bet ter job than has been done.” Sanders said, “rural resi dential does not restrict any future development or des ignation.” Sanders accommodated In fact, one of the big gest boosts came when an elderly lady from California sent him a lucky penny that her son had carried during World War 11. Why did he retire here in Georgia, after all he joined the military to move from Georgia? “It is just one of the circles of life,” he said. “It really is my home here. I saw a lot in my 20 years of duty, but I did not find another home.” WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2006 My * / WBBF .# Sf ■ V W.Tisf _ HHHHHIH^Hi Journal Ray Light net Walker proclaims November as Poppy Month and pres ents the proclamation to the American Legion Post 172 Poppy Princess Amber Webb and Post Commander Ron Coldiron. Amanda sold poppies at a $1 a piece to many of those gathered at Monday’s meeting. the developers and attorneys, moving the public comment portion of the meeting to the top of the agenda so they could voice their objections. Later in the meeting the board voted unanimously to send the community agenda portion of the 20-year com prehensive plan update to the Middle Georgia Regional Development Center and the state Department of Community Affairs for offi cial review. “If I thought it was taking anyone’s land I’d be against it,” said Commissioner Larry Thomson, as he seconded Commissioner Gail Robinson’s motion to approve. Commissioner Tom McMichael reiterated what Sanders told the developers, DAVID OVERTON /EWELERS ‘Jewelry Repair & Cleaning / ‘Watch Repair > Engraving Hours: \yVwS. A I/s / ‘Appraisals Mon. -Fri. ‘Estate Jewelry 9: 3oarn-s:3opm ‘Class Rings 9:3oam-2pm 905 Downtown Carroll St. • Ferry 478-987-1392 Come See Our Newly Expanded Showroom! Middle Georgia’s Largest Selection Of l ighting Fixtures Jil SOUTHERN Blighting HOME LIGHTING CENTER Est. 1987 Fans, Framed Prints Lamps & Framed Mirrors Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-5:30 __ , _ . m sat io 2 P m 2508 Moody Road; 3E 00040054 saying the plan leaves the doors open. It is not intend ed to be zoning hearing. It is just a guide.” Robinson said the impor tance of getting the plan completed, submitted and approved by the state. “This is a guide, not a change in zoning,” Robinson said. “The plan is intended to be neutral.” I THUMU SIDIMCI HCPLKCMEKT WIHDOWS ilji jH c JLn SI MONTON gggiiii pHEI LInTILiMI 929-2701 929-0624 5A