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city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville l Jr ,e * lß
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 233
Friday
December 8,2006
The Home Journal's
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Democrats to host
dinner, meeting
The Houston County Democrats'
dinner meeting will be Dec. 14 at
7 p.m. at Fuddruckers restaurant,
which is located at 133 Margie
Dr., in Warner Robins.
According to a release, during
that time they will introduce their
newly elected officers. The dinner
is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. Call
923-2323 for further information.
Perry Middle School
band to perform
The third annual Perry Middle
School Jazz Band spaghetti din
ner will be today. Dinners will
include chicken parmesan. pasta,
bread, salad, dessert and tea
from My Father's Place in Warner
Robins.
Meals will be served in the Perry
Middle School cafeteria or will be
available for pick-up from 4-7
p.m. The Panther Jazz Band and
various small ensembles will pro
vide entertainment from 5-7 p.m.
The cost of each ticket is SB. For
tickets call the band room at 988-
6100 or e-mail ahursey@hcbe.net
or chursey@hcbe.net.
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.
BIRTHDAYS
Today
■ Bobby Irwin
■ Teresa Hawk
■ Brantley Stewart (Happy first)
■ Bronson Ray
■ Michael Hutchinson
E-mail your birthdays to:
hhj@evansnewspapers.com
or donm@evansnewspapers.
com or send them to: 1210
Washington St., Perry
31069.
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ Ruth Hendrick Richards, 84
■ Doris Virginia Moore, 77
■ Sara Ann Clark, 72
■ Mathea “Thea” Baker, 80
■ David Jewett Walton, 63
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BELOW THE FOLD: Gov. Sonny Perdue names Perry’s Katherine Lumsden Superior Court judge
Police make arrest in burglaries
Special to the Journal
The Warner Robins Police
Department Criminal Investigation
Division, according to a release from
the division, had been investigating
several residential burglaries that
had occurred at 1008 Feagin Mill
Road (Richmond Apartments) dur
ing the past three months.
According to the release, three
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Jart Derico of the Parachute Shop stretches out a parachute for packing.
Robins Air Force Base squadron saves lives
Special to the Journal
Robins Air Force Base’s
402nd Maintenance
Wing fixes aircraft
and sends them back
to the warfighter.
Those who work
for the 573rd
Commodities
Maintenance Squadron, an
entity within the wing, go a
little further. They save lives.
How? For starters, as you
enter the remodeled rooms in
the huge warehouse they call
home, to the right you will
see the Life Support Shop. To
the left you will see the Fabric
Shop and in a separate room
in the rear you will find the
Parachute Shop.
The missions of these shops,
according to a release from
RAFB, are probably known to
few on-base and off, but their
missions are “vital” to the
safety of the warfighter.
In the Parachute Shop,
employees are at long
tables working to pack
See SHOPS, page 6A
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apartments had
been burglarized
along with a fourth
in which entry was
not made during
that time (the three
months).
Those ivestiga
tive efforts came
to fruition in the
form of an arrest
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Virginia Richey from the Life Support Shop inflates rafts
to check to ensure they meet standards.
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Wednesday.
Division personnel announced via
the release Thursday, it had arrested
Aaron Harrington.
The 21-year-old, who also resided
at the apartment complex (in apart
ment No. 20) was in turn charged
with two counts of burglary.
Also according to the release, the
two burglaries in which he was
arrested for occurred Oct. 27 and
HARRINGTON
Six fire stations
PY turns to impact
lees tor funding
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Perry has hired a con
sulting firm to come up
with a development impact
fee for the city.
At Tuesday’s meeting,
the city council approved
the contract for $18,970
with Services Policies
Management Group of
Atlanta.
Revenue from the fees
would go toward fire pro
tection and parks in the ser
vice areas, explained City
Manager Lee Gilmour.
“Impact fees will help
diversify the city’s revenue
stream,” Gilmour said, “to
have newcomers and devel
opers pay their fair share.”
The other bidder for the
job, Ross & Associated of
Perdue names Lumsden
Superior Court judge
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Wednesday, Gov. Sonny
Perdue named Katherine
Lumsden the third judge
for Superior Court of the
Houston Judicial Circuit.
Lumsden, 35, of Perry, is
the chief assistant district
attorney for the Houston
Judicial Circuit.
“I am pleased that Katie
was selected to be Houston
County’s next Superior
Court judge,” said District
Attorney Kelly Burke.
“She has served Houston
County admirably for the
past 10 years, six of which
have been as my chief assis
tant.”
“When I appointed Katie
to the chief assistant posi
tion,” he added, “she was
all of 29 years old. She
had four years of prosecu
tion experience. However I
could see that she had the
heart and smarts to carry
out the office mission. Now
that she is a young (com
paratively) Superior Court
judge, I still see that heart
and smarts as she gets
ready to take the bench.”
Burke said Lumsden’s
work ethic and tempera
ment will fit in with the
existing judges. Houston
County’s two sitting judg
es, Judge George Nunn and
Judge Edward Lukemire,
“have performed like
workhorses over the past
decade,” Burke said, “and
now they get another
workhorse to help carry
the load.”
Lukemire also is a for
mer district attorney.
“People have asked me
over the last few months
what I wanted in a judge,
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Nov. Sunday at apartments No. 18
and 19 - next door to the accused.
According to the release, the inves
tigation is continuing and additional
charges are expected to be added
against him.
Anyone with information is asked
to contact Detective Brad Mules
with the Warner Robins Police
Department Criminal Investigation
Division at 918-2981.
Atlanta bid $46,920 for the
job. The city opted for the
low bidder.
During his presenta
tion to council back in
November, Barry Hall from
SPM, noted there were a
number of mandatory pub
lic hearings and procedures
involved in the process of
implementing the fees.
That has yet to take place.
“This is just another step
or two - we are moving
forward,” said Deputy Fire
Chief Joel Gray on plans
for the new fire stations.
Gray said the impact fees
would fund the stations.
A new station in the
area of Houston Lake and
Moody roads is the top pri
ority, Gray said.
See FEES, page 6A
and I always reply that I
want a judge who doesn’t
get mad easily, knows when
to say when, and cares
about the people they are
dealing with. Katie mea
sures up in all those cat
egories.”
“Her prosecution experi
ence will help her more than
anything, because she has
probably tried more cases
than anyone in Houston
County over the past five
years, Burke noted. “Her
juror evaluations are con
sistently scored as an ulti
mate professional and she
is respected throughout the
local bar,” Burke said.
Lumsden is a member of
the Houston County Bar
Association, Prosecuting
Attorney’s Council of
Georgia and National
District Attorney’s
Association. She earned
a bachelor’s degree from
Florida State University
and a law degree from the
Walter F. George School of
Law at Mercer University.
She is married to Derrek
Lumsden.
Her two-year term begins
Jan. 1, 2007. The position
will come up for election
in 2008 for the term that
begins in Jan. 1, 2009.
Burke also had high
praise for the governor for
his selection. “I commend
him for making this selec
tion. Katie’s work ethic,
her public endeavors and
her poise were rewarded by
Governor Perdue. I have
always felt him to be a man
who rewarded accomplish
ment and today he did just
that.”
Lumsden was one of four
See LUMSDEN,page 6A