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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 137, NUMBER 41
BELOW THE FOLD: Major Perry subdivision clears first hurdle INSIDE: Americus man indicted on child porn charges
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March 1, 2007
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IN BRIEF
Renowed artist to
perform at Ist UMC
Mark Hayes, internationally
renown composer and keyboard
artist will be in concert along
with area choirs at First United
Methodist Church, Warner Robins
Saturday at 7 p.m.
Admission is free and the
concert will include popular
choir works by Hayes as well as
solo piano pieces. First United
Methodist is located at 205 North
Davis Drive in Warner Robins.
RAFB to hold Easter
egg hunt
The Robins Air Force Base
Chapel will host their annual
Easter egg hunt for those in the
community with base access.
This event will be held March
31 at Robins Elementary School
from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Their will also be inflatables,
games, face painting, food and
drinks.
Contact Marcia Little or Liz
McCarthy at 926-2821 if you have
any questions.
Dog obedience class
registration set
Warner Robins Recreation
Department will hold registration
for a dog obedience class March
14 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Perkins
Pavilion behind the department,
which is located at 800 Watson
Blvd., in Warner Robins.
Dogs must be at least six
months old (but they ask you “do
not” bring the dog to registration).
The cost is SSO for the 10-week
course. For more, call instructor
Trudy Reynolds at 953-4488, or
the department at 929-6946.
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Drug filings down in 'O6
By RATUGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
While felony drug charges
were down 13 percent, illicit
drug activity continues to be
the primary criminal offense
in Houston County.
The number of felony drug
charges filed in the District
Attorney’s Office dropped by
13 percent from 593 in 2005
to 517 in 2006, according
to District Attorney Kelly
Burke. There were 502
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STAR award recipients display their honors.
Students, teachers
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
The Student Teacher Achievement
Recognition Program focuses on outstand
ing students and teachers of the county.
Students, according to the criteria, are
selected by Scholastic Assessment Test -
standing in one sitting; students must be in
the top 10 percent of their class.
The students in turn select a STAR teach
er - someone who has been most instrumen
tal in his or her academic development.
These students are the pool that is
See STAR, page 6A
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charges filed in 2004.
Burke said the drug pros
ecution unit, consisting of
Senior Assistant District
Attorney George Hartwig,
ADA Emory Christian and
administrative assistant
Lindsey Watkins “has the
most prosecution experience
in my 10 years as DA.”
“They also carry the high
est case counts, Burke said,
“as their caseload is never
ending.
“It is certainly a formi
have SIAR quality
The 2007 STAR students and
teachers
Houston County: Student Zhe Liu and
teacher Cathy Murphey
Northside: Student Michael Alexander Sorrell
and teacher Carmen Horton
Perry: Student Eleanor Anne Dannenberg
and teacher Joseph Sendek
Warner Robins: Student Jenna Llene
Ziessnenhene and teacher Barbara Hilliard
The Westfield Schools: Student Christopher
Thompson and teacher Doug Crosby
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dable prosecution team and
one that will work closely
with law enforcement to
fight the ongoing battle over
illegal drugs in our commu
nity.”
Burke explained repeat
offenders are a significant
problem as the Department
of Corrections has to release
“non-violent” offenders in
order to make room for new
inmates. That is why, unfor
tunately, he said, one will
See FILINGS, page 6A
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David Carpenter accepts congratulations after being
named the new superintendent of schools.
BOE selects
Carpenter
ByNAN£XM4WK
Journal Stuff Writer
The room at the Houston
County Technology Center
went from a murmur to a
full out buzz as the crowd
waited on the results of
the Houston County Board
of Education election.
Everyone seemed to have
a horse in the race as the
many speculated on what
direction the vote would
go.
Ruth O’Dell waited con
fidently.
David Carpenter was ani
mated and engaged. Both
were part of a two-candi
date race.
The atmosphere changed
quickly as the board
returned.
“After a careful process,
meant to be fair to two out
standing candidates, the
decision has been made to
select David Carpenter as
superintendent of schools.”
Tom Wamler was the first
to deliver the news. After
making the formal recom
mendation, the chairman
moved for a second. The
motion carried unanimous
ly.
’1 will stay the course. As time
unfolds and for the good of the county
we may need to make corrections, but
there is no need to change what we
have hi place."
- Newly elected Superintendent of Schools David Carpenter
Major subdivision cleared for Perry
From staff reports
A major new subdivi
sion has cleared its first
hurdle, and will be recom
mended for “approval with
conditions” by the Perry
Planning Commission.
The final decision will
be made by the Perry City
Council after a required
two and a public
hearing.
The 233-acre Planned
Unit Development, which
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Proof of the difficulty of
the process came through
the comments of board
members.
“This was a tough deci
sion when each candidate’s
qualifications were stacked
side by side,” explained
Fred Wilson. “It was evi
dent that we have an educa
tion system of excellence.
“In all, the information
available by career choices,
academic choices and expe
riences; most of all it was
important to be objective,
I give my support to David
Carpenter,” he said.
Marianne Melnik too
expressed the same tough
decision-making process.
“These experienced profes
sionals bring so much to
the possible choices,” she
said. “With all the infor
mation available this still
remains a tough decision.
Still, let me ask that no
matter the decision pro
cess, that everyone back
the elected candidate.”
Added Skip Dawkins:
“Having been involved
in the last selection pro
cess, we made the choice
See SELECTS, page 6A
is now expected to have
around 470 houses, is
planned for land owned by
the Talton family at the
northeast corner of Talton
Road and Bear Branch
Road, north of Perry. The
landowner is also asking
for annexation of the land
into Perry.
Rob Tuggle, Perry
attorney, represented the
Talton family, which has
owned the land and farmed
See CLEARED, page 6A