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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 31
BELOW THE FOLD: HCBOE names 13 inductees for inaugural Hall of Fame ■ New drug prosecutor joins DA office
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Thursday
February 15, 2007
The Home Journal s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
City of Perry to give
out free seedlings
As part of the Arbor Day obser
vance, the City of Perry will be
giving out free seedlings from 9
a.m.-2 p.m. Friday at Perry City
Hall.
Robins Ramblers
offering free lessons
"Do something good for your
self! Make time for fun, fitness and
friendship.” So reads a release
from the Robins Ramblers. The
group, which gets together in
the Warner Robins Recreation
Department building located
at 800 Watson Blvd in Warner
Robins is offering 10 free lessons
for western square dancing.
Open house dates are March
14 and 21 with classes beginning
March 2. The class is limited. Pre
register by calling 923-8275.
Crisis intervention
volunteers needed
Hodac is looking for volunteers
to provide “crisis intervention” to
sexual assault and domestic vio
lence victims of Houston County.
Volunteers must be 18 years of
age or older, have reliable trans
portation and the desire to make
a positive impact on their com
munity.
Training dates will be Saturday
and Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information, call Hodac
at 953-5675.
BIRTHDAYS
Feb, 11
■ Brook Settles
Feb. 13
■ Stephanie Reed
■ Wade Williams
■ Michele Williams
Today
■ Gretta Long
■ Haley Kernes
■ Donquaveous Young
■ Ross Kothe
ANNIVERSARY
Today
■ Joel and Jennifer Rich (four
years)
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ William Allen Miller. 22
■ James C. Ogletree. Jr., 78
■ Barbara Whipple Bitter
■ James Randolph McLeod
Sr., 92
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
WR wants your input on spending money
Up for dissemination is $669,000
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins wants your input
on how it will spend $669,000 in
Community Development Block
Grants from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
The city held a public hearing
Tuesday and will be accepting com
ments on the plans in person, by
phone or fax at the Community
Development office at City Hall. Call
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Parents and children do the electric slide.
BOE selects 13 for inaugural Hall of Fame
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
Who says 13 is an unlucky
number?
Not so for some of the
county’s top educators. The
Board of Education accept
ed, during its February
meeting Tuesday, the names
of 13 former teachers as
inaugural inductees to the
Houston County Teacher’s
Hall of Fame.
The selection committee
consisted of Danny carpen
ter, Matt Arthur, Herman
Ragin and Tom Hunt.
Nominated were:
Gladwyn Barfeild, Ruby
Carpenter, Earl Cheek,
Claire Coleman, Mamie
Coleman, Blanche Collins,
Frances Couey, Florence
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929-1118 or fax comments to 929-
6944 until March 8.
Kathy Hart, the city Community
Development Block Grant program
director, said all comments go into the
annual CDBG plan and are reviewed
by HUD, where the program is moni
tored.
“It lets HUD know the public com
ments,” she said.
Hart introduced the local appli
cants present at the hearing, who
each explained what they do.
A cotillion smiles
Hall of Famers
Below are the Board of Education's inaugural
nominees to the Houston County Teachers Hall of
Fame:
Gladwyn Barfield
Ruby Carpenter
Earl Cheek
Claire Coleman
Mamie Coleman
Blanche Collins
Frances Couey
Harrison, Sarah Lewis,
Molly Moss, Ad Redmond,
Susie May Tharpe and
Malissa Tucker.
Honorees were nominat
ed based on a variety of rec
ommendations to include
testimonials from students
“All applicants for funding are wor
thy,” she said, “but the CDBG funds
are decreasing $46,000 from last
year’s $715,000.”
She said the grants are limited to a
15 percent cap of the total budget on
public service. They also must meet
three objectives:
fj benefit low-to-moderate-income
residents, defined as having 80
percent or less of the area median
income. The median income for a
family of four is $58,900 in Warner
Robins.
[) address slum and blight;
[j meet a particular urgent
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dance.
Florence Harrison
Sarah Lewis
Molly Moss
Ad Redmond
Susie May Tharpe
Malissa Tucker
and colleagues and degrees
earned. They had to have
retired before 1975.
All nominees were
approved by the board. A
community celebration of
these honorees will be held
March 18 at 2:30 p.m.
In other news from the
board’s meeting:
- It had representatives
from the following guest
schools in attendance:
Linwood Elementary,
Morningside Elementary,
Shirley Hills Elementary,
Feagin Mills Middle and
Northside High.
- Northside High’s cast
and crew of “Joseph &
the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat” were pre
sented to the BOE. Many
members of the play had
received awards at the One
ACT competitions held in
Atlanta. BOE audience and
members were also treated
to a performance by NH&’*
quartet, singing “Mary Did
You Know”.
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Spending tips
To voice your opinion on where
the City of Warner Robins should
spend $669,000 in Community
Development Block Grants from
the U.S. Department of Houston
and Urban Development use the
following available methods:
Phone-929-1118
Fax - 929-6944
Deadline: March 8
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.See MONET, page 6A
‘Buckling’ under
pressure
Police discover
a lot more than
seatbelt abuse
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
You should always wear
your seat belt, for many rea
sons. But for these folks, the
sls fine for not buckling
up, is now the least of their
problems.
It’s the charges they face
for what else was in the car
and what they didn’t have
- like licenses, insurance or
registration that have them
in more hot water.
At 4:54 p.m. on Sunday,
Elaine Ethel Hill was pulled
over at Georgia Avenue and
Bargain Road for not wear
ing her seat belt.
After a check came back,
she was arrested for driving
without insurance and driv
ing on a suspended registra
tion.
An inventory of the car,
prior to towing reportedly
turned up a burnt marijua
na cigarette in an open ciga
rette pack.
See DISCO VER, page 6A
Drug prosecutor
joins DA's office
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Emory D. Christian has
joined the Houston County
District Attorney’s Office as
a drug prosecutor.
Christian has seven years
prosecution experience,
including experience in High
Intensity Drug Trafficking
prosecutions, in Lake
County, Ind.
She worked in the HIDTA
unit as a prosecutorial initia
tive manager, which entailed
initiating federal and state
criminal charges on behalf
of 28 local, state and federal
law enforcement agencies.
Christian was responsible
See JOINS, page 6A
"Drug dealers
already know about
the severity of drug
prosecutions in this
county. Now they
need to know that we
will be coming after
them with two
talented
prosecutors."
- District Attorney Kelly Burke