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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Mtnobu JVuiy .^uurtuii Perry Office 1210 Washington St P.O. Box 1910 Parry, GA 31069 (478) 987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnaws.com Reader UKF® Classified Advertising: Call (478) 987-1823 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday You can fax an ad 24 hours a day to (478) 988-9194 Display Advertising: Call Nicole Crofutt at ext. 224. Delivery by mail: Delivery by mail is available for $62 in-county and SB2 elsewhere per year paid in advance. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box 1910, Perry, GA 31069 The Houston Home Journal. A peri odical, mailed (ISSN 1526-7393) at Perry, Ga„ is published Tuesday through Saturday for $62 per year by Evans Newspapers Inc., 1210 Washington St., Perry, GA 31069: (478) 987-1823 Fax (478) 988-1181. Not published Thanksgiving and Christmas. Office Hours: The office in Perry is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 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This newspaper is a member of The Georgia Press Association, The National Newspaper Association and The Associated Press State Briefs Man could face a death sentence MOULTRIE (AP) - A drug offender charged with mur der in the execution-style slayings of a snitch and four others in his household, including a 3-year-old boy, could face the death penalty if convicted. A Colquitt County grand jury returned a 25-count indictment last week against Jerry Johnny Thompson, 45, of Nashville. The indictment was released Tuesday. Thompson, also known as “Cubano,” and Wilma Ann Yvonne Stover, 20, were charged in August in the 2004 murders of Jaime Cruz Resendez, 25; his wife, Katrina “Tina” Darlene Resendez, 29; the couple’s son, Juan Carlos Resendez, 3; Katrina’s mother, Betty Watts, 50, of Norman Park; and family friend and housekeeper, Liliana Alegria Aguilar, 30. Children returning home from school discovered some of the bodies in the Resendez home and alerted the sheriffs department. Investigators found the other victims, including the boy’s body hidden in a bed room. Jaime and Katrina Resendez had been arrested in nearby Berrien County in 2003 after drug agents found 138 pounds of mari juana in their mobile home. The couple began cooperat ing with authorities, giving information that led to the arrests of several drug deal ers in Texas. According to news reports, the Resendez couple had lived in fear, moving three times in a year and telling neighbors they were trying to escape their past. Five counts of the indict ment against Thompson have the required aggravat ing circumstances to qualify as capital crimes, but pros- YOUR WEATHER TEAM! I TODAY’S jffc I Today's Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Sat 12/23 71/45 Showers ending by midday. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 40s. Sunrise Sunset 7:34 AM 5:35 PM rwi««/wf/‘| \ ... j Georgia At A Glance \ Atlanta V \ 66/41 \-v Augusta I y • 74/54 \ f \ Warner Robins \ \ 71/45 f V V m: \ *) \ Savannah -WvO"" > \pJv \ 78/51 -b. / 72/45 x % ( Valdosta * <n Area Cities HI Lo Cond. mE. Albany 71 47 rain Athens 70 43 rain Atlanta 66 41 rain Augusta 74 54 rain Bainbridge 74 51 rain Brunswick 72 57 rain Cartersville 69 40 pt sunny Chattanooga.TN 58 35 pt sunny Columbus 68 46 rain Cordele 72 49 rain National Cities | City Hi Lo Cond. Atlanta 66 41 rain Boston 54 37 rain Chicago 41 28 cloudy Dallas 59 39 pt sunny Denver 36 19 pt sunny ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service ecutors have not indicated whether they will seek a death sentence. Assistant District Attorney David Miller of Valdosta declined to comment on the case citing an ongoing inves tigation. He did not return a call from the Associated Press on Wednesday. The grand jury considered only the charges against Thompson, not Stover. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents have said Jaime Resendez was involved in a marijuana traf ficking ring that stretched from Texas to Moultrie. The drug link resulted in federal indictments in April 2005 of Thompson, Stover and four other associates of Resendez for trafficking more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $1 million. Thompson is serving a 27- year sentence, without the possibility of parole, on fed eral charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to dis tribute marijuana. In a letter to The Moultrie Observer newspaper, Thompson admitting his involvement in trafficking “175 pounds of weed” but denied killing anyone. “Jaime was a major drug cartel member who snitched on his bosses in Mexico, and he was stealing money from these treacherous people and I didn’t know all of this at the time,” Thompson wrote. “... I didn’t do it, and the real murderer is still free.” Leaders support downtown site ATLANTA (AP) - Civic leaders support building a SIOO million civil and human rights center in downtown Atlanta. A report released Wednesday by a panel of leaders says the 2.5 acres of land offered in October by Coca-Cola near Centennial Olympic Park is preferable - Mon 12/25 60/38 Showers. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the upper 30s. Sunrise Sunset 7:35 AM 5:36 PM Sun 12/24 68/49 Occasional showers possible Sunrise Sunset 7:35 AM 5:36 PM We Celebrate Hometown Life Stortes for ami about homssowro )uk like yours. book for us each week m this pap** to Cond. Dalton 66 38 pt sunny Dillard 68 36 rain Dublin 72 46 rain Duluth 65 39 rain Gainesville 66 44 rain Helen 71 40 rain Lagrange 67 41 rain Macon 71 45 rain Marietta 65 39 pt sunny Milledgeville 71 45 rain Houston 61 44 pt sunny Los Angeles 68 46 sunny Miami 81 71 t-storm Minneapolis 35 19 sn shower New York 57 40 rain to other sites, including his toric Auburn Avenue. The report said the Centennial Park site “fits well with the vision of the center.” It notes the poten tial visitor traffic, location, cost, its ability to be devel oped quickly, acreage, access to public transit and poten tial to spur further develop ment. The center would show case the papers of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which Atlanta acquired last summer. It also would recognize contributions of other Georgians to the civil rights movement. Child molestor arrested in Miami ATLANTA (AP) - A man who authorities in Georgia and Texas say faked his death to avoid trial on child molestation charges has been arrested in Miami. Julian Dale Pipkins, 40, was living in a shelter there and working as a laborer when he was arrested Wednesday without inci dent. Pipkins is being held in the Miami-Dade Pre-Trial Detention Center but will be extradited back to Georgia, where he faces charges in Fayette County. HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA 2006 Report on Projects Funded Through Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2006 Expenditure* Original Current Prior Year FY2006 Remaining Committed to Project Estimated Cost Estimated Cost Expenditure* Expenditure* Fund* SPLOST Project* Uncommitted 2001 SPLOST Road, Street and Bridge Improvements $55,821,250 SSB 478,663 $15,246,810 $3,766,833 $40,465,020 $40,465,020 ; Public Safety Communications System $12,500,000 $12.505,786 $12,495,786 SIO.OOO *O. : 3. - Municipal Allocations $16,678,750 $17,572,976 $11456,333 $3,879,655 $2.236,990 $2,236,990 : - All 2001 SPLOST projects are currently on budget Georgia DOT contracts on Corder Road and South Houston Lake Road (Bear Branch Road to Perry Parkway) are approximately twenty-four months behind schedule due (o design issues with Georgia DOT. All other projects are complete, or on schedule for completion. STATE AND REGION i.iJJi.U' Jerry Rtathewson Turns tat News" I Tue 12/26 .1 57/35 Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 50s and lows in the mid 30s. Sunrise Sunset 7:36 AM 5:37 PM Moon Phases • New Dec 20 Full Jan 3 UV Index Sat 12/23 W\ Low Sun 12/24 3 Moderate Mon 12/25 £j Low Tue 12/26 3 Moderate Wed 12/27 3 Moderate The UV index is measured on a 0-11 number scale, with a higher UV Index showing the need tor greater skin pro tection o wmm mmm 11 » Ci< y Hi Loc ° nd Peachtree City 67 37 rain Perry 72 45 rain Rome 68 38 pt sunny Savannah 78 51 rain St. Simons Island 72 57 rain Statesboro 79 48 rain Thomasville 78 52 rain Valdosta Warner Robins Waycross Phoenix 67 42 sunny San Francisco 59 43 pt sunny Seattle 48 42 rain St. Louis 45 30 pt sunny Washington, DC 61 42 rain Police had been looking for Pipkins since he failed to show up for his Nov. 6 trial on charges he molest ed his fiancee’s 12-year-old daughter. Police said Pipkins told his son to say he had drowned during a fishing trip near Galveston, Texas. '•--.. 'Ws^> SItDSD '&OJt'rD*lf "ZtOWflS: jr\ j Open Dec. 26, 27, Jan. 1,2,3 - 1 to 7p.m. M t'k. 1 And Hours: Tmurs., H ~5; Fn. & Sat.. 1110; Sun., 1-0 Closed Christmas Cue & Christmas Dav! •Kid's Soetplav *Go Karts -Bir tuday Parties •Batting Cages -Miniature Golf ‘Banquet Facilities •Arcade *Laser Tag •Much More 'p'Zt 'n s4&ssf f 815 Russell Pkwy. • Warner Rohins • 478-329-8002 M Wed 12/27 61/35 Abundant sunshine. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the mid 30s. Sunrise Sunset 7:36 AM 5:37 PM First Dec 27 Last Jan 11 75 55 rain 71 45 rain 78 51 rain Middle Georgia’s Largest Family FurfCenter i 4r " King namesake debuts new tribute to parents' vision By ERRIN HAINES Associated Press Writer ATLANTA - Even as Coretta Scott King mourned the death of her husband, within days of his assassina tion she traveled to the city where Martin Luther King Jr. was killed to continue his work. Now Martin Luther King 111 says he is work ing through the grief of his mother’s death this year by carrying on the work of the dreamer and the dream keeper to eradicate war, pov erty and racism and promote nonviolent conflict resolution through his new nonprofit organization, Realizing the Dream. King co-founded the group earlier this year with former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, a lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr.’s during the civil rights movement. In describing the group’s goals, King echoes many of the ideals of The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, which his mother founded shortly after King’s death in 1968. King’s new venture is a breakaway from the center, though he says that perhaps one day the two groups can coexist under the same roof. “At some point, we stopped doing that, but I wish we’d continued that,” King said of the King Center’s mission to provide nonviolence, con flict resolution and leader ship training. “I’m trying to relaunch part of that effort. Many peo ple talk about ‘the dream,’ but realizing the dream is about it actually happen ing,” King said. So for now, he’s taking the dream on the road. King has spent much of this year touring cities like Los Angeles, Oakland, Calif., San Antonio, Tex., Pine Ridge, S.D., and the Katrina-rav aged Gulf states, as part of a 20-community national tour to educate himself on the needs in those areas and build relationships with business, religious, govern ment and community lead ers to bring positive change to those communities. Several entertainers, ath letes, media personalities and politicians are pitching in to help King raise money for his new venture, auc tioning “dreams” in a year long fundraising campaign. Among the first items being FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2006 4 auctioned Thursday are lunch with former television news anchor Walter Cronkite and attending the movie pre miere of “Ocean’s 13” with star George Clooney. Though he had the idea for Realizing the Dream before his mother’s death in January, King said the project took on new meaning and urgency after she died from complications from ovarian cancer. King said he was touched by his father’s example, but that he was also profound ly inspired by his mother’s work, to which he was a wit ness and partner for much of his life. “Mom had the greatest impact on me,” King said. “I couldn’t help but be inspired by the many things she did. And the work is still there. I’m just so thankful for her example.” King has worked as a human rights activist, trav eling to Africa, Europe and Asia spreading the mes sage of nonviolence. He has also served as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference - the organization co-founded by his father in 1957 - and as president of The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, which Coretta Scott King founded in Atlanta shortly after the civil rights leader was killed in 1968. City of Centerville DDA Meeting has been rescheduled for January 18,2007 at 6:00 pm Licensed • Fully Insured 100% Financing «r '*** "" Visit Our Showroom For FREE ESTIMATES Hometown Service Since 1979 APPLE enterprises] 1902 ELBERTA ROAD 478 929-2701 www.appleenclosures.com 3A 42449 40509 I \ 42442 434445