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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 220
BELOW THE FOLD: HCBOE exceeds United Way goal Libraries turn to outside agency for collections ? Heart of Georgia holds open house
Weekend
November 18,2006
The Home Journal s
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IN BRIEF
UMC to hold Fall
Festival Dec. 2
Andrew United Methodist Church
would like to invite everyone to
attend their annual Fall Festival Dec.
2 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
According to a release from the
church, there will be entertainment,
arts and crafts and much more.
Admission and parking are free.
Proceeds will go to the Houston
County Habitat for Humanity.
Andrew UMC is located at 2430
Highway 127 in Kathleen. Call 987-
7934 for further information.
School to hold
election; meetings set
Shirley Hills Elementary School
will hold its school council parent
election Dec. 7 at 6 p.m.
The election will be held in the
cafeteria.
Also, Shirley Hills has the fol
lowing council meetings set: Jan.
11, 2007. March 16, 2007 and
May 17, 2007. All, according to a
release, are set for 7:30 a.m. in
the cafeteria.
In addition Pearl Stephens
Elementary School has set the fol
lowing council meetings: Feb. 15,
2007, April 19, 2007 and June 7,
2007. All, according to a release,
will be held at 6 p.m.
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■ Jertonzio Lowe
■ Geraldine Johnson
■ Lanna Ray
Sunday
■ Vivian Murphy
■ Ronnie Harden
■ Iris Heaberlin
■ Ralph Dorsett
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ Anne Helen Kilraine, 79
■ Henry Francis Doar, 86
■ Joanne W. Carter, 72
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November 18, 2006
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Stadium. For more, see 18.
Local hospice
beats strong
By RAY LIGIITNER
Journal Staff Writer
Heart of Georgia
Hospice held an open
house Friday, and with a
definite purpose.
Executive Director Tim
Poole said the open house
was a way “to reconnect
with the public, a way to
reopen ourselves to the
public since the name
change in July.”
Formerly Hospice of
Houston County, the name
was changed, Poole said,
to better reflect the ser
vice of the 10-county area,
which includes Houston,
Bibb, Dooly Crawford,
Macon, Peach, Pulaski
and Taylor counties.
The open house was
also “a thank you to the
community, “ Poole said,
“to thank everybody for
the work we’re able to do
in the community.”
Heart of Georgia
Hospice Board Chairman
Joe Collins said helping
with hospice care “is one
of most important things
we can do.”
The open house was
also a time for current
and former staffers,
volunteers and survi
vors’ family members to
visit. November is also
See HOSPICE, page jA
www.hhjnews.com
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Lifestyle Editor
Joyce Jackson has high
hopes for Phoenix Center
and the people it serves. She
knows from long hands on
experience that the devel
opmentally disabled, the
mentally ill and substance
abusers are in need of both
crisis intervention services
and ongoing support.
She also knows the chal
lenges of inadequate fund
ing and an increasing state
emphasis on privatization,
Green with envy
Board mulls changing 'interruptions’
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
The school board work
session Tuesday brought
an issue to the public eye
concerning “instructional
interruptions.”
James Kinchen, assistant
superintendent for School
Operations presented con
cerns which has become a
HCBOE surpasses United Way goal
Special to the Journal
The Houston County
Board of Education will give
$78,195.20 through United
Way of Central Georgia to
help the community. School
system employees raised
$10,526.65 more than in
2005 and surpassed the
$75,000 goal for 2006.
The following is a list of all HCBOE coordinators who donated their time and effort to raise funds
for United Way:
m Andy Payne
m Robin Engle
m Jennifer Davidson
■ Suzanne Busbee
■ Dr. Doug Rizer
m Jimmy Creech
IK Lucy Hubbard
fll Debra Gray
1! Gaylord Winge
M Kelli Brown
M Traci Jackson
Ml Melindy Hartley
W Vanna Brown
■ Cynthia Beal
"The strengths we have here are
a really experienced and dedicated
staff Jhey are caring and compassionate
and we have a very supportive board
as well."
- New Phoenix Center executive director Joyce Jackson
and she’s taken on a big
job as executive director of
Phoenix Center, which serves
a profoundly needy popula
deterrent to the school sys
tems’ mission: to produce
high-achieving students.
First, the school year’s
quantitative definition of
operation: It begins with
180 school days of student
attendance (190 for teach
ers), two days for emer
gency dismissals and 10
days in the year for Time
Several schools had 100
percent of their faculty and
staff members contribute.
Quail Run Elementary,
Bonaire Elementary and
Linwood Elementary were
recognized for this achieve
ment. Northside High raised
$10,472.35 - the most con
tributed by any one school.
Matt Arthur Elementary
Ml Gayle Billingsley
li Lara Shirey
■ Gail Yansom
• Gwen Gresham
M Stacey Brock
■ Patricia Walker
■ Shelley Holmes
■ Billie Abbott
Ml Terry Manning
W Dave Jernigan
■ Brenda Strom/Beverly
Breeze
m Sue Moore
Ml Erin Baker
tion in Houston, Crawford
and Peach Counties.
A native of Milledgeville,
Jackson was educated at
of Task experiences (which
field trips are scheduled
from). From around the
base 180 days, fall break,
Thanksgiving week,
Christmas break, winter
break and spring break are
taken.
“The scheduled breaks
are a stress relief for
See CHANGING, page 8A
raised the most per capita,
with $65.77 per employee.
Technology Services, with
just 28 employees, contrib
uted more than $1,700.
The Board’s United Way
campaign was held Sept. 11-
27. Each school and depart
ment selected a coordinator
to facilitate the campaign at
their site.
Ml Mary Catherine Cutrell
■ LaTanya Walker
Ml Patrice Burke
• Karen Bard
• Monique Spurgeon
Ml Sarah Brown
■ Julie Davis
W Tom Moore
M Josie Smith
a Nancy Moran
a Tammy Dunn
a April Gibson
a Beth McLaughlin
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Georgia State College, where
she received her bachelors
and masters degrees in psy
chology. It was in graduate
school as a house parents
with the
disabled at Central State
that she found her calling.
Since that time, she has
been a team leader and ser
vice director, worked with
community services, and for
several years has been the
director for Developmental
Disabilities for the New
Horizons Community
See CENTER, page SA
Robbery
suspect
arrested
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Aaron Demond Trice, 18,
was arrested Thursday for
a Nov. 4
attempted
armed rob
bery.
Members
of the
Warner
Robins
Police
Depart
ment
Criminal
Investigations Division
served a search warrant
at 205 Meadowdale Drive,
Thursday in reference to
information received dur
ing the investigation of the
attempted armed robbery of
Total Beauty Supply located
at 1239 Watson Blvd.
Police said the clothing
worn during the robbery
attempt was recovered at
the home and Trice con
fessed to his involvement in
the incident.
He was arrested, pro
cessed and is currently in
the Houston County Jail in
Perry, charged with attempt
ed armed robbery.
The investigation began
back Nov. 4, about 7:43
p.m., when officers with the
responded to Total Beauty
Supply in reference to an
armed robbery.
The victim, Lee Friend,
told police a black male came
into the business around 7:40
p.m. and walked directly to
the front of the counter.
She said the suspect then
threatened Friend with a
IX6 board, and told her to
give him the money.
Friend’s husband came
See SUSPECT,page HA
Libraries to use
collection agency
Special to the Journal
Call it a New Year’s reso
lution or read into it what
you will, but effective Jan.
1, 2007, Houston County’s
public libraries will be crack
ing down on some wayward
patrons.
As of that date, the librar
ies will be under contract
with Unique Management
Services, Inc. to handle the
collection of unpaid library
overdue fines and the col
lection of overdue library
materials.
Unique Management
Services, Inc. is based in
Jeffersonville, Ind., and han
dles collection services for
libraries nationwide.
See COLLECTION, page HA
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