Newspaper Page Text
Jfeib jotttttsgl
VOLUME 137, NUMBER 38
BELOW THE FOLD: Perry police and fire units respond to accident INSIDE: Hornets fall just short at state tournament
„ - Jrß
Weekend
February 24, 2007
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
wmmmmmmm
IN BRIEF
Middle Georgia TC
to hold open house
Middle Georgia Technical
College is hosting an open house
for eighth and ninth grade stu
dents in the Houston County
school system Tuesday from 6-8
p.m. According to a release, the
evening will be "full of educational
and entertainment events for stu
dents and parents alike.”
Faculty and staff will be on hand
to give "insightful” presentations
about “Life After High School,”
emphasizing what to expect in
regards to staying in school,
applying for college admission
8 financial aid, and other future
career choices.
Students and parents will be
able to tour many of MGTC’s
25-plus programs, where demon
strators will be on hand to exhibit
exciting aspects of their programs,
such as “Michael,” an actual
breathing, life-like mannequin that
the Practical Nursing program
uses. Food, live music, and door
prizes will also be available and
the entire family is welcome. For
more information, contact Alicia
Long, at 478-988-6883.
BIRTHDAYS
Feb. 23
■ Nelson Galloway
Today
H Will Bridger
Sunday
■ Margaret Wallace
Monday
■ Deontae Lowe
E-mail your birthdays to:
hhj@evansnewspapers.com
or donm@evansnewspapers.
com or send them to: 1210
Washington St., Perry 31069
attn: Don Moncrief. You can
also call him at 987-1823,
Ext. 231.
ANNIVERSARY
Today
■ Hal and Linda Pritchett
DEARLY DEPARTED
■ Billy “King” Solomon
■ William Mulcahy. 73
PERIODICAL 500
liniiill
8 **5510 8 00001* 4
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Belter Newspaper
Contest
IE Bfi IEif BB* 6 II Be SI BCCCsIt
COOI *
GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT
Main Library
UNIV OF GEORGIA
ATHENS GA 30602-0002
3-DIGiT 306
February 24, 2007
Today
Partly Cloudy
High: 67 Low: 53
Weather
hhjnews.com
Car size matters
to seniors
Web
Probation violations increase
Nearly double ‘O4 mark
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Violation of probation cases have
almost doubled from 2004 to 2006.
In 2004, the District Attorney’s
office had 577 filings for violation of
probation. Last year there were 1,147
filings.
In 2005, there were 943 violation
of probation filed, up 366 or about
75 percent from the previous year,
which is the largest single jump this
century.
The number of cases has grown
steadily since 2003 after fluctuations
up and down from 2000 to 2003. The
VOP unit handles more cases per staff
'“**• iif Sm -j - . . v •.
-fiy. f •.<-t" C' . * l**- !/r
vs* - -so* ' ' ' iff W-r-lfSaW; Jf
' ■' * W v ,x,
Jgjjjjgpi 5
:—tG- ; ————.—,2^.—-.-^^— —— *
ENlGary Harmon
Houston County’s Christian Schmidt (6) gets airborne while trying to score for the Bears in
their win over Peach County Thursday at home. For more, see 18.
Sam Nunn accident
- —i——— ! ; L
Journal Ray Lightner
Perry police and fire units responded to an accident at about 12:20 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Sam Nunn Boulevard and the northbound
Interstate 75 off ramp. Before speaking with all the witnesses including the driver, Perry Police Cpl. G. Hill said it appeared the driver of the Chevy
Lumina ran the red light and hit the truck. Hill said the woman also may not have been wearing her seatbelt She had a cut on her face and may
have hit her head on the steering wheel upon impact with the front bumper of the tractor trailer from H&H Trucking of Valdosta that was pulling
through the intersection. The driver of the Lumina was taken to the hospital by ambulance. The truck driver was not injured.
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Christian prey-er
www.hhjnews.com
Seniors help
Demons
muscle way
into \ n
state I 0
fS6Q " ———— *
T OD£) ’ —— ; 7 mmrn
666 -1,.,, jwwwi - »»| t,.i,„..|,„...,i ; LfiHWU.
or — m —pn- —-
400 " = * SI " ' | W
. —■— ——-..y..—> ......... —....... ......y —™ ........ ,—....... — ...... —i —,. —...ai,,* ....
5600 tool 2065 .506:3 5664 5666 5666
member than any other unit. District For most of 2006, Assistant District
Attorney Kelly Burke said. See INCREASE, page jA
VOP Filing* By Year
SmSs' i■ f llnflHHSf fi ? hi- - » * , ~.. •
Train show
brings out kids
ot all ages
ic
Man indicted
in DUI death
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
* Joseph Calvin Huckaby, 17, of Perrv was killed
in the early morning hours of Nov. 5 in a single
car wreck on Grovania Road in Elko.
On Tuesday, the Houston County grand jury
indicted the driver, Ronald Alan Sinyard Jr., 21,
of 3351 U.S. 41 South, Unadilla, on charges of
homicide by vehicle (three counts), driving under
the influence (two counts) and other charges
in the wreck in which Huckaby was killed and
Joshua Jackson Williams, 19, of Elko, the front
seat passenger in the 1997 Chevy Tahoe, was
critically injured.
The 11-count indictment also includes seri
ous injury by vehicle (three counts) driving with
suspended or revoked, license, open container vio
lation and reckless driving. The indictments are
formal charges not a finding of guilt.
At the time of the crash, Sinyard was charged
with first-degree homicide by vehicle, serious
injury by motor vehicle, weaving/failure to main
tain lane, driving too fast for conditions, driving
with a suspended/revoked license, DUI of alcohol
and driving with open container in the motor
vehicle. The DUI and suspended license charges
were second offenses for Sinyard according to the
sheriffs office.
He is currently free on $5,000 bond.
Chief Assistant District Attorney Jason Ashford
said no trial date has been set. “He still has to be
arraigned,” Ashford said. “Within the next few
months the trial should begin.”
According to reports, the vehicle was west
bound on Grovania Road between Ga. 11 and
Ellis Roads at about 5 a.m. The driver reportedly
failed to maintain his lane as he entered a slight
curve in the roadway, ran off the road and start
ed down a small ditch. He reportedly attempted
to steer back onto the roadway but failed to
See INDICTED, page 7A
mmsMrnMsisMsmim
.<rar . ......... : :... ..
Three sections • 20 pages
Sheriff Office
warns of scam
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Franklin Adkins received
a $1,900 check in the mail
saying he had won $75,000.
To claim his prize from
and according to the North
American Prize Pool, all the
Kathleen resident had to do
was deposit the check in his
account and send them a
check for $1,900.
He was suspicious, called
the contact number and then
called the Sheriffs Office.
“It’s a check scam deal,”
said Lt. Jon Holland of
See SCAM, page 7A