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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville VOLUME 136, NUMBER 238 Friday December 15,2006 The Home Journal's FRONT PORCH IN BRIEF YMCA to host holidays day camp Slots, according to Houston County YMCA executive direc tor Jim Mercer, are “tilling fast" for their YMCA Christmas Break Day Camp. “Your students can have lots of fun at the YMCA." he added. The camp will be offered from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the three weeks: Dec. 21-22, Dec. 26-29 and Jan. 2-4,2007 at the Houston County YMCA, 2954 Moody Road The cost per week for full mem bers is $34 for week one, S6B for week two and ssl for week three. For program members, week one is S4O, week two is SBO and week three is S6O. Houston Lodge holds elections Houston Lodge No. 35 held elections Monday night. Elected to offices for the year 2007 are: Worshipful Master - Scott Barfield, Senior Warden - John Croom, Junior Warden - Alan Shaw, PM, Treasurer-Sherman Rankin, PM, Secretary Jim Huffman, PM, Tyler - Russ Ford, PM. Joe Smoak, PM three-year Board of Trustees, Ernie Wright, PM board of directors and appointed were: Keith Onsted - Senior Deacon, Jeff Onsted - Junior Deacon, Dave Baxter - Senior Steward, John Shirley - Junior Steward, MM Cloud - Chaplin. Museum offers special ornament To honor the legacy of Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, the Museum of Aviation has created a com memorative ornament of his P-40 soaring in the clouds. The ornament is limited to 1,248 pieces and is three-dimen sional, 24 carat gold-plated brass and hand painted with a red silk hanging ribbon. The cost is S2O and it is available at the Museum of Aviation. BIRTHDAYS Today ■ Leon Walker ■ Gale Garrett ■ Gracie Coatney ■ Johnny Webb ■ Noelda Walker ■ Connor Holt, 14 E-mail your birthdays to: hhj@evansnewspapers.com or donm@evansnewspapers. com or send them to: 1210 Washington St., Perry 31069 attn: Don Moncrief. DEARLY DEPARTED ■ Robert E. (Bob) Thomas PERIODICAL 500 111111 l 8 *55108 OOOOI* 4 Award-Winning Better Newspaper W Contest illflllllllllltltllMnlt tll»allii>Uii»>t>tt lull COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Mam Library UN IV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 December 15, 2006 ■ :s< wv “ BELOW THE FOLD: Perry native named senior assistant DA WRP&Z approves nine home businesses Ethanol arrives %> If Wr ‘ MMTWJtgffm ffc HIBHk— a £ — mm. 1 Journal Charlotte Perkins Georgia State Sen, Ross Tolleson pumps ethanol into his vehicle. State's tirst public 'Hex-fuel' pump opens By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Staff Writer Back in October, State Senator Ross“¥cKleson and his wife, Sally, bought a Tahoe with a difference. They chose a “flex-fuel” vehicle, or FFV which can run on gasoline or ethanol. On Tuesday, Tolleson filled the tank with ethanol for the first time. He didn’t have that option before, because the very few ethanol pumps in the state at this point are ;|3||HhBHP SKI ---rrwr '' “ Journal Charlotte Perkins An ethanol pump. Perry native named senior assistant DA By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Jeff Lasseter, has been an assistant district attorney in Middle Georgia for over 16 years. Lasseter has been pro moted to Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Houston Judicial Circuit. “It came out of the blue,” Lasseter, a Perry native, said of the new title. “I promoted Jeff to Senior Assistant District Attorney because Jeff is a tremendous asset to the prosecution community and the bar in general,” said Kelly Burke, District Attorney. “He is well respected throughout the legal community and his knowledge and wisdom has been instrumental in assist ing our younger prosecu tors in fulfilling their roles as advocates for the State in Houston Superior Court. www.hhjnews.com on military bases or in pri vate industrial use. It was a big day for Tolleson, because, as chair man of the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee, he was celebrat ing a milestone event for Georgia, and it wasn’t in Atlanta. It was in his hometown of Perry, which can now boast of the first EBS Ethanol pump for public use in the state. He saved some money, too, with the cost at $1,949 per gallon. The pump, which even had its own ribbon cutting, is located at the Fillers just off 1-75, Exit 135. Fillers is a Perry-owned business, one offspring of the third generation Davis Oil Company, now headed by Davis Cosey with Dennis Burnett as sales manager of the new biofuels division. If you’ve been hearing about biofuels and ethanol for years, and thought some of the talk sounded like pie in-the-sky, think again. Ethanol is here, and if you have a late model car you may be able to use it starting today. Mark Hamby, of Hamby Chevrolet, said See PUIMP, page 6B Em * WsM LASSETER I’m pleased that Jeff joined us in Houston County and I look for ward to his serving for many years to come.” Lasseter began his career in prosecution in the Macon Judicial Circuit, a position he held from November 1990 until com ing to the Houston Judicial Circuit July 1, 2005. He moved to Macon in 1992 while working for the District Attorney there. The Macon circuit includes Bibb, Crawford and Peach counties He has returned home to Perry since joining the Houston DA’s office. The Perry native was born in the doctor’s office «*** ■ - ■j<a . .-«nw MSEr- ■ tM»>i mi rfn — mmmmmm —■ mm — —p—wwww—————— Journal Charlotte Perkins Mark Hamby, of Hamby Chevrolet stands with Davis Cosey of Davis Oil Company. on Carroll Street and grew up on Main Street. He worked at the fam ily business - Longhorn Butcher on Sunset Avenue, which his brothers contin ue to own and operate. He is also a graduate of The Westfield Schools, Mercer and Mercer Law School. He has a 10-year-old daughter Anna. “I spend most of my off time with her,” he said. Since coming to the Houston circuit, he has been busy, as his primary responsibility is the pros ecution of all felony prop erty crimes. He has had 302 cases assigned to him so far this year. The property crimes sec tion has about 600 to 700 a year, Lasseter said, assigned to two attorneys. He has worked on property crimes with fellow ADA Duncan Munn and will soon be work ing with Holly Veal. When Lasseter came on board in 2005 he was assigned 292 existing cases and with the 300 each year, he has “whittled his caseload down to 200 cases with a lot of help from a lot of people.” “The office works great as a team, “ he said. While he handles a lot of cases, Lasseter said “all the cases are important to me.” Burke cited one of the more notable prosecutions - the conviction of Michael Greenwood, a serial crimi nal who was captured, charged and prosecuted in Houston County. “As a result of the tre mendous job done by Mr. Lasseter,” Burke said, “on May 12, 2006, Greenwood received a sentence of 34 years to serve 25 years with out parole.” m Jluvm.s WAmux WtumrAmit Two sections • 12 pages HCBOE names principals and APIs Special to she Journal The Houston County Board of Education, during its monthly meeting Tuesday, approved Superintendent Danny Carpenter’s recom mendations for principals and assistant principals for instruction for the 2007-08 school year. They are as follows: Dr. Cheryl Thomas was named principal of Quail Run Elementary. Thomas holds doctorate and spe cialist degrees from Argosy University. She also holds a mas ter’s degree from Georgia Southwestern State University and a bachelor’s degree from State University of New York at Cortland. She is presently the assis tant principal for instruction at Quail Run Elementary and has been with the Houston County School System for eight years. Thomas will replace Dr. Douglas Rizer who has been named prin cipal of the new Lake Joy Elementary. Elgin Mayfield, Jr., was named principal of Perry Primary School. Mayfield holds a master’s degree from Columbus State University and a bachelor’s degree from Valdosta State University. He is presently the assis tant principal for instruction at Parkwood Elementary and has been with the Houston County School System for 10 years. Mr. Harold Sapp, cur rent PPS principal, will See NEW, page 6B Commission approves home businesses By RAT LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Nine home businesses were approved Tuesday by the Warner Robins Planning and Zoning Commission. The businesses vary from a home daycare to mobile medical imaging. There were objections by neighbors to only one of the requests - a roofing business by Jimmy L. Riley at 104 Greenwood Drive. The primary objection came from another home operated construction con tractor, Barbara Martin, who lives two blocks over. She was concerned about heavy equipment coming into the neighborhood. The only equipment Riley brings home is a 1-ton pick up truck, which he parks on the side of his home. Martin’s picture of the truck, which she referred to as a “dump truck” (spec-wise it’s not), convinced the board to approve the request for the one-man business. “It looks to me it’s pret ty well kept. It’s an ordi nary vehicle,” said Planning Commission Chairman E.L. Greenway. “Yes it is,” Riley said. “The only thing in my yard is my personal truck and my lad der. The roofing materials are sent to the job site.” Riley noted he has had a home occupation permit since 1997 at his previous residence, 102 Silas, with no See APPROVES, page 6B