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MWlwrt/Bears -IB - 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 FRONT PORCH Our featured advertiser: Curtis Photography Children's Christmas Special. Sitting fee is a S2O donation to Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation. All packages are 15 percent off and will include a special gift in honor of your donation to the foundation. The special will run from Monday through Dec. 20. Call Curtis Photography at 929-2407 for more informa tion or visit their website at CurtisPhotographyonline.com. 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. BIRTHDAYS Saturday ■ Susan Robinson ■ 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 PERIODICAL 500 min 8 1, 55108 00001* 4 Award-Winning Better Newspaper VjJje-gj 'jrJ Contest Xjbnigy lii !!>!!■■! il!ii|{iitiili({iii l ||ii 1 f!, ) ,,,(,{| 111 || COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 November 18, 2006 Jackson takes over reins of Phoenix center 4 r t jpl 9h 1 \ V- ' s^ . • | , JACKSON - i - "‘ ; --r ' ‘ if \ La „ - I ' I jj jjll Northside’s Tijuan Green looks for daylight during the Eagles’ win over Lee County Friday in McConnell-Talbert 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 j ■ j \i y f 1 Three sections • 20 pages 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 wee