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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL 1150 HK* 41354 11/30 & 12/14 Notice of Rezonlng City of Perry Georgia Notice is hereby given: the Perry City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at 6:00 p.m, in the Perry City Hall for the purpose of receiving any comments relative to a rezoning petition. This petition requests to Rezone 0.55 acres from City of Perry R 3, Multi-Family Residential District to City of Perry C 2, General Commercial District for property lo cated at 1532 Houston Lake Road and described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Land Lot 81 of the 11th Land District of Houston County, Georgia known and designated as Parcel "B", con taining 8,977 square feet, and Par cel ”C”, containing 15,010 square feet, as shown on a plat of survey prepared by Lee R. Jones, Sur veyor, dated September 1, 1995 and recorded in Plat Book 47, Page 145, Clerk's Office, Houston Superior Court. Said plat and the recorded copy thereof are hereby made a part of this description by reference thereto. 41920 12/14 & 12/28 Notice of Rezoning City of Perry Georgia Notice is hereby given: the Perry City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in the Perry City Hall for the purpose of receiving any comments relative to a rezoning petition. This petition requests to Rezone 12.86 acres from City of Perry Rl, Single-Family Residential .District to City of Perry R-2A, Single-Family Residential District for property located Between Quinelle Drive & Frank Satterfield Road and described as follows: All that tract or parcel of Jand situate, lying and being in Land Lot 230 of the 13th Land District of Houston County, Georgia known and designated as Parcel "B", com prising 12.86 acres, according to a plat of survey of said property enti tled "Survey for Perry Club Council", prepared by Milton Beckham Co., certified by Milton Beckham, Geor gia Registered Land Surveyor No. 1031, dated January 26, 1972, re vised May 16, 1973, a copy of which is of record in Plat Book 16, Page 177, Clerk's Office, Houston Supe rior Court. Said plat and the re corded copy thereof are hereby made a part of this description by reference thereto. 41921 12/14 & 12/28 lien PROBATE lIOU NOTICES NOTICE HOUSTON COUNTY PROBATE COURT Jason Winters has peti tioned to be appointed Administrator of the estate of Theron Odie Win ters, deceased, of said County. The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond and/or grant of certain pow ers contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12-232. All interested parties are hereby notified to show cause why said petition should not be granted. All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed with the court on or be fore on December 18, 2006. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no ob jections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing. WITNESS THE HONORABLE JANICE D. SPIRES By: Michelle L. Elvins, Clerk 41163 11/22-12/14 NOTICE PROBATE COURT OF HOUSTON COUNTY Re: PETITION OF Bobby and 'Lossie Glover TO PROBATE IN SOLEMN FORM THE WILL OF Maggie Rounds, DECEASED, ’UPON WHICH AN ORDER FOR •SERVICE WAS GRANTED BY THIS COURT ON November 29, '2006 TO: Unknown Nieces and Nephews and all and singular the heirs of said decedent, and to whom it may con 'cern: • This is to notify you to file objection, if there is any, to the above referenced petition, in this Court on or before January 8, 2007. BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objec tions to the petition must be in writ ing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing. WITNESS, the Honorable Janice D. Spires, Judge By: Michelle L. Elvins, CLERK 41467 12/7-12/28 PETITION FOR TEMPORARY LETTERS OF GUARDIANSHIP OF MINOR IN THE PROBATE COURT " OF HOUSTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA IN RE: ESTATE OF Deja Thomas, Larry Thomas, Jr., & Kara Robinson, MINOR * ESTATE NO. 2006-GM-0116 PETITION FOR TEMPORARY LET TERS OF GUARDIANSHIP OF MI NOR Lenora Brooks, TEMPORARY "MBS GUARDIAN(S) DATE OF SECOND PUBLICATION: December 14, 2006 TO: Larry Thomas You are hereby notified that a petition for the appointment of a temporary guardian has been filed regarding the above-named minor. All objections to the Petition de scribed above either to the appoint ment of a temporary guardian or the appointment of the petitioner(s) as temporary guardian(s), must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed with this Court no later than 14 days after this notice is mailed, or 10 days after this notice is personally served upon you, or ten days after the second publication of this notice if you are served by publication. All pleadings must be signed before a notary public or Georgia probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court person nel at the below address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. ********* NOTE: If a natural guardian files an objection to the creation of the temporary guardianship, the Pe tition will be dismissed. If a natural guardian files an objection to the ap pointment of the petitioner(s) as guardian(s), or if a parent who is not a natural guardian files an objection to the petition, a hearing on the mat ter shall be scheduled at a later date. JANICE D. SPIRES PROBATE JUDGE By: Michelle L. Elvins, CLERK ADDRESS P.O. BOX 1801 PERRY, GA 31069 TELEPHONE 478-218-4710 41468 12/7- 12/14 NOTICE HOUSTON COUNTY PROBATE COURT Sharon T. Stich has peti tioned to be appointed Administrator of the estate of Ryan Stich, de ceased, of said County. The peti tioner has also applied for waiver of bond and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12-232. All interested parties are hereby no tified to show cause why said peti tion should not be granted. All objec tions to the petition must be in writ ing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed with the court on or before on Janu ary 3, 2007. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing. WITNESS THE HONORABLE JANICE D. SPIRES By: Michelle L. Elvins, Clerk 41808 12/7- 12/28 CITATION PROBATE COURT OF HOUSTON COUNTY RE: ESTATE OF MANUEL KALEB ABARCA, JR., (FORMER) MINOR/WARD. Date of Publication, if any: December 14th, 2006 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The conservator(s) of the above estate, has/have applied for Discharge from said trust. This is to notify the above interested party(ies) to show cause, if any they can, why said conservator(s) should not be discharged from office and liability. All objections must be in writing, set ting forth the grounds of any such objections, and filed with the above Probate Court, (address) P.O. Box 1801, Perry, GA 31069 on or before January 15th, 2007, said date being more than 30 days from the date of publication, or if personally served, then 10 days from the date of such sen/ice. All pleadings must be signed before a notary public or pro bate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings, un less you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court person nel at the below address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled for a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing. Janice D. Spires PROBATE JUDGE By: Kim Willson PROBATE CLERK/DEPUTY CLERK ADDRESS P.O. Box 1801 Perry, GA 31069 TELEPHONE 478-218-4710 42015 12/14 Great Deals Free AD for items under SSO Call 987-1823 for details Money; injury leads Braves to release Giles, Reitsma ' By Travis Haney Morris News Service ATLANTA - One of the Atlanta Braves’ fan favorites is now looking for employ ment. Because of the team’s payroll challenges and his declining statistics, start ing second baseman Marcus Giles’ contract was non tendered Tuesday, officially making him a free agent. The Braves also non-ten dered Chris Reitsma’s con tract because of health con cerns about the right-handed reliever. Reitsma had nerve transposition surgery in late July. Teams had until midnight to inform the league office which players they intended to non-tender. Atlanta GM John Schuerholz had already told both Giles and Reitsma of the team’s decision by Tuesday afternoon, and so the team announced the news early. “We have to make these decisions,” Schuerholz said. “They’re not easy, they’re not comfortable, they’re not enjoyable. But our job is to use our resources to put our best team on the field.” Schuerholz conveyed Monday through an e-mail that players are non-ten dered, generally, for two reasons: One being “finan- Roommate to influence Johnson’s decision Atlanta - imagine being both Calvin Johnson’s teammate and roommate right now. Picture yourself sleeping a screen pass away from the man who can make you a better player just by his being on the field. Visualize yourself routine ly kicking back and watch ing some late-night TV or playing Playstation 2 at mid- night with the man who could mean the difference between contend ing for a confer ence title and bowl eligibility next sea son. , --/y Adam Van Brimmer Morris News Service Think about being Taylor Bennett ... and the daily temptation to pressure col lege football’s best wide receiver to pass up NFL mil lions to return to Georgia Tech for his senior year. Could you resist like Bennett - who’s only the heir apparent quarterback at Georgia Tech next season - has the last few months? “I told myself I wouldn’t talk to him about it,” Bennett said, “until after the bowl game.” That will give Bennett 14 days to work on his roomie. The NFL Draft application deadline for underclassmen is Jan. 15, 2007, two weeks after Georgia Tech plays West Virginia in the Gator Bowl. Many think Bennett stands a better chance of getting the Alabama coach ing job than talking Johnson into another year of cheap pizzas and Madden football Rudd comes out of retirement to race for Yates Ricky Rudd will come out of retirement to drive in the Nextel Cup Series next year. One year after walking away from the sport, Rudd will drive for Robert Yates Racing as Dale Jarrett’s replacement. Yates will change the car number from 88 to 28, the original number when he bought the team from Harry Ranier in 1989. Rudd is the latest driv er to return to the sport after retiring. Bill Elliott did it three years ago; Mark Martin continues to do it after celebrating his “Salute to the Fans” tour in 2004. By bringing Rudd, 50, out of retirement, Yates will rial considerations” and two being “concerns regarding health, especially with play ers recovering from sur gery.” Giles, 28, fit cleanly into the first category, Reitsma neatly into the second. The Braves did not want to pay Giles the $5 million to $6 million he was set to receive in 2007, his final year before becoming a free agent. The team is cutting things awfully close to their budgeted SBO million pay roll, making moves such as Tuesday’s a necessity. “It’s what we must do if we’re managing this team and this roster and this financial roster appropri ately,” Schuerholz said. “It wasn’t a pleasing circum stance, but it was under stood by both.” The move “wasn’t com pletely out of the blue,” said Giles’ agent, Joe Bick. Nor was the decision received harshly, Bick said shortly after getting off the phone with Giles. “I don’t think it’s a slap in the face,” Bick said. “They made a judgment on what they could do financially and how that translated to what he does on the field. Obviously, they thought that it wasn’t a match.” Since his All-Star season in 2003, Giles’ numbers had challenges. Johnson is, NFL folks whisper, a “once-in-a-gen eration player.” Potentially the top pick in the draft depending on the team in that spot. No lower than fifth overall, guaranteed. “I’m encouraging him to leave,” deadpans Bennett before cracking up. Nothing else about Bennett’s face and body lan guage betrays his thoughts about Johnson’s future. He doesn’t roll his eyes or snort at the mention of Johnson returning. What is a foregone conclu sion to outsiders - Johnson’s gone - is in doubt to one of the wide receiver’s closest confidants. Johnson says he has not and will not contemplate next year until after the bowl game. He has spent three years telling everyone who asks he intends to play four years for the Yellow Jackets. Head coach Chan Gailey spent 16 years coaching in the NFL and predicts instant pro stardom for Johnson. Yet he still assumes Johnson will return. “Sure we do,” Gailey said Sunday. And so do I. It takes a contrarian to know a contrarian, and Johnson is a modern-day Galileo in cleats. He picked Georgia Tech and catching passes from Reggie Ball over Georgia and highly regarded quar terbacks David Greene and D.J. Shockley. He is a guy who, given the choice last summer of help ing design environmentally friendly luxury condos or building a better third-world toilet, picked the dirty job. He is the anti-star, unwill- have two cars on the cir- cuit. David Gilliland will drive the No. 38 Ford, and both cars are expect ed to be sponsored by candy maker Mars. Rudd NOTEBOOK Don Coble Morris News Service once drove for Yates, win ning three races and posting 34 top-fives. He closed the doors on his own race team in 2000 to drive for Yates, then he left after three sea sons to compete at the time - at Wood Brothers been in decline as his sal ary increased. In 2006, he hit a career-low .262 in 141 games. Giles battled through a variety of minor injuries and said repeatedly that he wasn’t comfortable hit ting in the leadoff spot after years of batting second. But in his six years in Atlanta, Giles’ scrappy play in the field and child-like verve is what endeared him to many Braves fans, espe cially younger ones. The Braves tried to trade Giles several times to sev eral teams “for months,” Schuerholz said, but every attempt was unsuccessful. “We talked for months with teams and weren’t able to make a trade,” he said. “Maybe (the other teams) felt like his salary had got ten too high. I can’t really speak for them.” Several teams, including San Diego and Boston, are thought to be interested in the now-unattached Giles. Bick said Giles was some what disappointed to reach the end of his Braves’ ten ure, but that he was hopeful about his future. “I think there will be a significant level of interest in Marcus,” Bick said. Martin Prado, Pete Orr, Willy Aybar and Kelly Johnson figure to be in the .2a Z vff v '-I; - I * ... \ W ||| ? ■ft ft ft ftj Morris News Service Georgia Tech junior wide reciever Calvin Johnson (21) has to decide on entering 2007 NFL Draft. ing to demand attention - or more touches in Georgia Tech’s offense - despite being featured in Sports Illustrated and anointed as the college football’s most talented player by TV ana lysts. He comes from a loving, close-knit family that val ues education. Johnson’s mother, Arica, works for the Fulton County schools and has a doctorate degree. Calvin’s older sister, Erica, graduated from Clark Atlanta University and is in medical school. And he is loyal. Johnson has given Georgia Tech more than any one player can be expected to. Racing. Elliott plans to make sev eral selected starts next year, while Martin will drive selected races at Ginn Racing. ONLY WHEN I LAUGH: Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle both made it through 36 regular season races and two all-star events without getting a scratch. Both, how ever, have been injured dur ing the off-season. Biffle suffered a separat ed shoulder while testing last week at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway; Johnson broke his wrist while play ing around on a golf cart in Central Florida. Biffle and Kyle Busch were THURSDAY, OECEMBER 14, 2006 » mix to fill Giles’ spot at sec ond. Because none of those players have much experi ence, Atlanta has also been working to find a new sec ond baseman through a trade. The Angels’ Chone Figgins, who also fills the need for a leadoff hitter, and Pittsburgh’s Jose Castillo have been recently discussed in potential deals. Schuerholz seemed uncon cerned that the Braves do not have an obvious choice to hit leadoff, noting that the regular season is still months away. “I still don’t know how this 25-man roster is going to look,” he said. “We’ll have a leadoff hitter, that’s for sure.” Reitsma, the 28-year old who began the year as the team’s closer, had an astronomical 8.68 ERA in 27 games this past season before learning he had a rare medical condition that required a nerve to be moved in his pitching arm. Reitsma, who is expect ed to be healthy by spring training, might be in line for an incentive-based deal - maybe even from the Braves. Schuerholz said the team would talk with Reitsma and his agent about restructuring his contract for less money. Gailey says Johnson is as valuable an ambassador for the program as he is catch ing passes. And Johnson has one year of eligibility remaining. His roommate hopes Johnson takes advantage of it. Bennett won’t harass Johnson about his future from Jan. 2 through the 15. He won’t threaten to poison his mouthwash or spike his shampoo with Icy Hot. But Bennett will convey a message to his roomie every chance he gets. “We could do magical things if (you) come back,” Bennett will tell Johnson. Don’t worry, Taylor, he will. testing new tires for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. when Biffle blew a tire and smacked the first turn wall. Before the crash, Biffle said the re-designed track was fast, but very bumpy. Johnson was playing in Mike Hampton’s charity golf tournament in Lecanto on Monday. He was sprawled atop a golf cart when he lost his grip and fell. “I wasn’t holding tight enough, landed awkwardly on the ground and heard a little pop,” Johnson said. While both will spend the holidays recovering, they are fexpected to be ready to test at the Daytona International Speedway in January. 11B