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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville VOLUME 136, NUMBER 228 BELOW THE FOLD: Robins Air Force Base holds tree-lighting ceremony ■ Hospitals contribute more than $292 to local economy Friday December 1,2006 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH IN SPORTS Football reviews: After knock ing off one top contender in the state tournament playoffs, Warner Robins now has to duplicate that success against another, even bigger one. The Demons will travel and play Norcross today, a team ranked No. 19 in the nation. For Houston County, it in its history, has qualified once before for the semifinals. That was before those games were played in the Georgia Dome. The Bears would like to play in the state's premier site but to do that, they have to knock off Roswell, a team with two state championships in its history. -See 1B IN BRIEF Perry church to hold blood drive A blood drive will be held at Crossroads United Methodist Church in Perry Monday from 2- 7 p.m. Also, blood drive officials, via a news release, would like to thank Dominoes for the “delicious pizzas they donate to all donors.” For more information on the drive, Eunice Galloway at 827- 1377. Efforts under way to recover films Efforts are under way to gather Ralph Tabor’s films of first grade classes in Perry These will be converted onto DVDs for preser vation. Missing films are of the classes that graduated in 1959, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1980, 1981 and 1982. Anyone having these films or information about there where abouts is asked to contact Floyd Tabor. 1401 Cater circle, Perry, GA 31069, phone 987-2984 or e mail floydtabor@pobox.com. Perry author to be at book signing Ellie Loudermilk, author of A Ramble Through Olde Perry, will be at Two Friends on Carroll Street in downtown Perry from 10-11 a.m.. Saturday. She will autograph copies of her book, which tells the history of Perry in the 19th century. BIRTHDAYS Nov. 28 ■ Mattie Holt, 11 Dec. 1 ■ Faye Jones ■ Darrell Patrick ■ Sandra Sessoms DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Lamar Keene. Jr., 77 PERIODICAL 500 Hill 8 "55108 00001" 4 Award-Winning Better Newspaper W'jjJ—jfw Contest i>>iiitliiMffiiii lt iii!i!!fiiifiiiiilii>iilif[ >ll || COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main U Drary UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DiGiT 306 December 1, 2006 Serving Houston County Since 1870 - - - -K8 S* I -mmmw WEST-ern wear Local barber a cut above “(Lester) Maddux was campaigning through Houston County. He wanted me to vote for him. Taking a minute, I finally said: ‘Sure I’ll vote for you if you’ll let me ciat your hair.’”, Ei <Hi J UwW , liiiwnßwarwiwin'TC.a-.*,... ■» i » " " ' " '■ /> jS WsSjm v f f ' %ff » Joumal/Nancy Hawk Jack West cuts hair for Larry Gray of Perry, a new customer since March. By Nancy Hawk Journal Staff Writer are, precision, the ham of an electric razor are often the tools that lull a customer into a deep peace as he has his hair cut by Jack West. A nod or two and conversation up again. tVluch of the yvorttTS problems have been solved in that barber-chair, no doubt. The conversation always seems positive and community is always a big part of that Conversation. A barber for 56 years, West represents a major slice of the Americana that so many of us knew growing up. Since the age of 3, West has called Perry his home and business is steady. In an age where there are frosts and nail care, style and glamour in every hair establishment, West represents the simple haircut. With the passing of his father when he was 13, things had to change for West during his See BARBER , page 6A I ‘ajt# "' f - V^v?& ENI Gary Harmon Robins Air Force Base held its annual tree-lighting ceremony Wednesday on the installation. TOP LEFT: The tree. TOP RIGHT: Santa hands out gifts. BELOW: Robins Elementary School chorus members perform. ■ ■ ■ , —-r-v —■. —-■ '■ . . -H. l-.ialr •ta' W ■# } Mt ] Wmjam Jr ‘ ~ KhpT 3Bb « ~ *?* * I MBs&tafe \ ’ i '"Si i aShß^-v ;' IR . ■•■* iwtß-FW aHUL .- 0 JbW | IflH H Mki am www.hhjnews.com Tree lighting ■ Hr - ■ wf * mßßrßmtW'r fee, 'jmXL StH-fr W Two sections • 12 pages PD makes arrest In burglary From staff reports James Jarrett Johnson, according to a police report, has been arrested for the burglary of T-N-T Auto Sales in Warner Robins. Johnson, according to the report, admit ted to the incident. Events sur rounding the arrest are as follows. On Nov. 22, several items - one of them being a 1996 Toyota Camry - were reported as being taken from the Watson Blvd. establishment. That, the investigation, led to warrants being signed against Johnson, 28, for bur glary, theft by taking-motor vehicle, theft by receiving stolen property and theft by taking. Johnson’s admission, according to the report, gave detectives information leading to the recovery of the vehicle, as well as other property taken during the burglary. He is presently being held in the Houston County jail for these charges, along with charges brought by the Houston County Sheriffs Office. Anyone with information regarding these incidents is asked to contact Det. Shane Mann with the Warner Robins Police Department- Criminal Investigations Division at 478-929-6911, or the Houston County Sheriffs Office-Criminal Investigations Division at 478-542-2085. Hospitals add $292 million +to economy From staff reports Houston Medical Center and Perry Hospital gener ated more than $292.1 mil lion in revenue during 2004 for the local economy. According to a recent report by the Georgia Hospital Association, Houston Healthcare had direct expenditures of more than $118.6 million in 2004. When combined with an eco nomic multiplier developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, the total economic impact of those expenditures was more than $292.1 million. This output multiplier considers the “ripple” effect of direct hospital expendi tures on other sectors of the economy, such as medical supplies, durable medical equipment and pharmaceu ticals. Economic multipliers are used to model the result ing impact of a change in one industry on the “circu lar flow” of spending within an economy as a whole. “This new report shows that Houston Healthcare See HOSPITALS, page 6A an Evans Family Newspaper tm JOHNSON