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♦ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2006
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The Perry High School
Chapter of FCCLA (pictured)
recently attended the larg
est ever Georgia FCCLA Fall
Leadership Rally held at the
Georgia National Fair Grounds
in Perry. Nineteen students
were part of the 3,200 Georgia
FCCLA members present. The
event, according to a release
from Perry High School,
was memorable, with the
Amplify your Life theme
displayed in numerous ways
including skits, posters and
shirts. Students were also
able to listen to, according
to the release, an amazing
speaker in Bobby Petrocelli,
10 Seconds, Inc., as he spoke
of living life to its fullest and
being a leader. Afterward
members were able to enjoy
fair festivities and games.
Submitted
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the absentee votes.
The largest single pre
cinct for Floyd in Houston
County was Bonaire Middle
School where he had 427
votes to 132 for Harris. His
largest percentage of votes
came from the Rozar Park
precinct at 84.07 percent,
which was also the lowest
for Harris at 15.38 percent.
Rozar Park was also
where Harris had the few
est number of votes with
only 28. Floyd’s lowest vote
precinct was Morningside
Elementary with 132, where
Harris had 73.
Harris’ highest single
precinct was Kathleen with
186 votes to 412 for Floyd.
His highest percentage was
46.87 percent of the votes at
the Henderson Fire Station
precinct, which was also the
lowest for Floyd at 53.13
percent.
House Districts 146 and 145
are each solely in Houston
County and the incumbent
Republicans Larry O’Neal
and Willie Talton each
defeated Democrat challeng
ers about 70 percent to 30
percent.
Talton defeated challenger
Ron Bass 5,941 or 70.12 per
cent to 2,530 or 29.86 per
cent. There were two write
ins. O’Neal defeated Scott
Taylor 11,065 or 70.21 per
cent to 4,686 or 29.74 per
cent. There were also eight
write-ins.
Talton won each of 12 dis
tricts and the absentee vote,
which was also his largest
single source of votes at
1,338 and the largest per
centage with 78.43 percent
to 21.57 percent for Bass.
While his lowest percentage
at 21.75 percent, the absen
tee votes were the second
largest source of votes for
Bass with 368.
His top single precinct was
Northside Middle School
where he had 413 votes. His
highest percentage, 46.48
percent, came at the Elberta
Center precinct, which was
also the lowest, at 53.52 per
cent, for Talton.
Talton’s lowest single
precinct vote count was
143 at the Warner Robins
Recreation Center, which he
won at 70.1 percent to the
61 votes or 29.9 percent for
Bass. The lowest single votes
by precinct for Bass was 47
at Bonaire Middle School,
but it was his second lowest
percentage at 23.8 percent.
The other precincts
of District 145 include
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Eagle Springs Elementary,
Houston County Technical
Center, Lindsey Elementary,
Houston Mall, Miller
Elementary, Northside High
School, Pearl Stephens
Elementary and Crossroads
Center.
In the race for House
District 146, incumbent
Republican Larry O’Neal
defeated Democrat chal
lenger Scott Taylor 11,065
to 4,686 or 70.21 percent
to 29.74 percent, with eight
write-in votes. Taylor won
only one of the 12 precincts,
Morningside Elementary
52.08 percent to 47.92 per
cent. The Democrat had 163
votes to O’Neal’s 150.
Absentee votes were the
largest single source of votes
for both candidates with
O’Neal winning 2,825 to 902
or 75.74 percent to 24.18
percent. There were also
three write-ins.
Absentees were also the
widest vote margin in the
race with 1,923 votes sepa
rating the two candidates.
The highest percentage
for O’Neal came from the
Rozar Park precinct with
77.52 percent to Taylor’s
lowest percentage, 22.48
percent.
The other precincts in the
district include the County
Annex, Bonaire Middle
School, Bonaire Elementary,
Feagin Mill Middle School,
Houston County High
School, Perry Primary,
Quail Run Elementary,
Russell Elementary and
Ted Wright Park.
All three incumbent sena
tors in the Houston County
delegation ran unopposed
and Houston County was the
largest single county in the
multi-county jurisdictions
for the two Republicans but
lowest single county for the
Democrat.
Robert Brown, State
Senator from District 26,
had 1,552 votes over five
precincts and absentee votes
in Houston County. There
were also 15 write-ins.
Brown’s highest sin
gle precinct was Lindsey
Elementary with 488 votes.
His lowest was three from
the Crossroads Center.
Senate District 26 also
includes precincts at Elberta
Center, Pearl Stephens
Elementary and the Warner
Robins Recreation Center in
Houston County, as well as
31 precincts in Bibb County,
five in Twiggs County and
seven in Wilkinson County.
Brown received 18,292 votes
in Bibb, 2,070 in Twiggs and
1,769 in Wilkinson.
Showing patriotism
District 20 State Senator
Ross Tolleson, R-Perry, had
10,141 votes in Houston
County over 10 districts and
absentee votes. He had 99.1
percent of the votes as there
were also 92 write-in votes.
Absentee votes were the sin
gle largest source of votes
for Tolleson with 2,427. He
next highest total was 1,328
votes at Perry Primary. The
lowest precinct for Tolleson
was Hayneville Fire Station
where he had only 259 votes
from the 704 registered vot
ers.
The other precincts in
the district include Bonaire
Middle School, Bonaire
Elementary, Houston County
High School, Henderson
Fire Station, Kathleen,
Morningside Elementary
and Rozar Park in Houston
County.
The district also includes
one precinct in Bleckley
County, 16 in Dodge, 7 in
Johnson, 20 in Laurens,
three in Pulaski, six in Tefair
and six in Wilcox. Laurens
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County, with 8,284 had the
second highest vote total for
Tolleson. The 1,206 votes
in Wilcox were the lowest
county total.
District 18 State Senator
Cecil Staton, R-Macon, had
13,513 votes in Houston
County over 14 districts and
absentee votes. Staton had
98.82 percent of the votes in
Houston as there were also
161 write-in votes. Absentee
votes were the single largest
source of votes for Staton
with 2,895. He next high
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Feagin Mill Middle School.
The lowest precinct for
Staton was Crossroads
Center where he had only
190 votes from the 738 reg
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Wright Park.
Houston County was his
second highest source of
votes in the multi-county
district, behihd the 13,513
in Bibb County.
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The lowest vote count,
1,889, came from Crawford
County.
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district include Jones and
Monroe, which had 4,643
and 4,347 votes respectively
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