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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL THANKSGIVING From page iA accent, and the ladies who get together every morning at Rozar Park in agreement that pumpkin pie can’t com pare. Most of the ladies remem bered chicken, not turkey, for Thanksgiving, but they also remembered fresh ham, because fall was hog-killing time. Betty Hancock gets a dreamy look on her face talking about the cakes her mother and aunts made when the whole family gath ered for Thanksgiving. “That devil’s food cake was made from scratch, not the box stuff,” she says, “and it had that white icing on it.” Others remember the fresh coconut and caramel cakes created by their moth ers and grandmothers, who had wood stoves or kero sene stoves, but managed to COURT From page iA 0 ability to object to the annexation and request mediation,” according to the filing. The request for an injunc tion has been reviewed but has not been signed by a Superior Court judge. “It was sent upstairs but came back unsigned,” according to a court clerk. SCAM From page iA and forward the information to the appropriate agency for further investigation. “If individuals receive collect calls from scam mers claiming to work with Medicare, they should not accept the charges,” said DAS Director Maria Greene. “With the enrollment for Medicare Part D upon us, these types of incidences are likely to occur. People with Medicare should be on guard and protect themselves.” The open enrollment period for Medicare Part D began Friday and ends Dec. 31. Scammers have used this as an opportunity to take advantage of those ben efiting from the drug benefit program. APPROVES From page iA the bend in Leverette Road near Hatcher for apart ments. The applicant did not ask for the multi-family zoning to begin with because he was not sure of the tract size for the apartments. City Attorney Jim Elliott said the total size of the entire tract will be slightly less than the 121.836 acres as the tract excludes about 10 feet along the eastern border to pre vent the creation of islands. Councilman John Havrilla expressed concerns about the buffer and asked, “what’s coming closest to Deerfield and Prestige?” He was told the apart ments. The large commer cial development also will have offices on the west side as a buffer between the resi dential and commercial. Havrilla was concerned about what was going in the commercial tract and that residents would have to look at the commercial property. The city could not disclose what was going there yet, except to say it was a large commercial tract. vpf* and Music Festival Starting December 2f thought December Iff*, 2006 Tor schecFuFecF events ancCacfcfitionaCinformation visit Übob www.perrycFowntown.com or contact Marti ToFCeson at 987-0751. create masterpieces all the same At Doris Williams’ child hood home near Perry, there was always chicken with cornbread dressing, and col lard greens, and - of course - tater pie. “We had a big crowd,” she remembers. “My older sister and my mother would do all the cooking.” Ollie Coney’s family went to her grandmother’s house, and grandmother apparent ly reigned supreme when it came to cooking. “She raised turkeys and guineas and chickens,” Coney says, “and we would have some of all of them.’ The conversation veers toward the killing and preparation of all those doomed Thanksgiving birds and hogs. Hardly a lady in the room hasn’t wrung a chicken’s neck, and they can demonstrate exactly how to do it. The annexation and rezoning request by Jack Smith calls for a planned used development or PUD with about 360 homes. It was zoned R-AG (residential agricultural) in the county. According to the submit ted plans there would be 127 60x90-foot lots, 87 70x90- foot lots and 146 80x100- foot lots. The minimum side set backs are five feet with 20- foot front and rear setbacks. Medicare beneficiaries can enroll, change or renew their drug plan options for 2007 during this period. For help, individuals can call the Georgia Cares hotline at 1-800-669-8387 or go the Medicare Drug Plan Finder at www.medicare.gov. Also, Georgia Cares SMP would like to warn seniors to be aware of telemarket ers and door-to-door sales men claiming to work for Medicare or the Social Security Administration; salesmen pressuring you to make decisions about your healthcare and insurance benefits; and companies seeking you to offer “free” services and requesting per sonal information. If you suspect Medicare fraud, error or abuse, report it at the aforementioned number. Mayor Donald Walker said he didn’t mind com mercial by his house. “I’ve got a Wendy’s in front of my house. I don’t mind a bit. It’s nice rent check coming in.” The city also annexed the Flash Foods, 3211 Ga. Highway 247 Connector. It will stay at the C-2 zoning. The site has been having septic tank problems for years. City Planner Robert Sisa said the owner would tear down the existing build ing and build a new one on the one-acre site in Peach County. Walker said the city was able to negotiate with the city of Byron to de-annex the tract as well as another 40 acres so it could be annexed into Warner Robins. “Once we went across the interstate,” Walker said, “Byron in a panic annexed about 40 acres on this side through the General Assembly.” The city also annexed 1.85 acres for Scott Free from R AG to C-2 near the intersec tion of Ga. 96 and Lake Joy Road. It is in the same area as a proposed Walgreens, the Publix shopping center and Lowe’s. .■ Jpl DAVIS Susie Mae Harris, whose father farmed near Marshallville, had a hard working childhood, but remembers it with smiles and no small amount of pride. She remembers making a The legal description of the site is: 153.661 acres of land lying and being in land lot(s) 118, 139 and 140 of the Tenth Land District of Houston County, as shown on the plat of survey entitled, Survey for WR. Richardson, Jr., by Terry M. Scarborough RLS No. 2223, dated Nov. 15, 2005. The county has also object ed to commercial and other PUD zonings and annexa tions by the city in the area WRECK From page iA Petersdorff attempted to avoid the collision by steer ing right and was partially off the road when he was struck by the Caravan. Hernandez-Torres was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision and his passenger in the van was transported the Medical Center of Central Georgia. Come See Our Hewly Expanded Showroom! HlMkOmiu'i L«|ni MMlm Of UfkHn« IWam ■■SOUTHERN Kill LIGHTING HOME LIQHTINQ CENTER Bst. 1987 Fans, Framed Prints Lamps & Framed Mirrors Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-5:30 __ _ _ __ , _ , m 9 sat 10 -2 Pm 2508 Moody Road ™ ™ 00040054 DAVID OVERTON JEWELERS ‘Jewelry Repair & Cleaning / ‘Watch Repair -Engraving Hours; / ‘Appraisals Mon. -Fri. ‘Estate Jewelry »:30am-s:3opn, 'S/' ‘Class Rings 9:3oam-2pm 905 Downtown Carroll St. • Perry 478-987-1392 GEORGIA DISCOUNT FLOORING 913 N. Davis Drive • Warner Robins * 478-329-8273 LAMINATE SALE! $lO2 Per sa. ft. HOURS: Mon - Sat 10-7 LOCAL game of picking cotton, and meeting the challenge of get ting to 200 lbs. in a day. Her mother had a wood stove where she turned out tater and peach pies along with the roast hen and dressing. They usually had blackberry jam, not cran berry sauce, which was still a rare store-bought treat at that time. Frances Walker remem bers a bit of sibling rivalry - envying her older sisters, who got to cook, while they had her running back and forth to get things for them. “I had to go get things and hand things to them,” she says, “and I wanted to learn to cook.” It’s clear enough that, like most of us, they’re thankful for those cherished memo ries from childhood. What are they thankful for today? For their health, they say almost in unison. For health, for life, for the strength to carry on. of Langston Road and Ga. 127. There was a second objection to another 46.13 acres for the same day, June 27, by the county. 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