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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 53
BELOW THE FOLD: Plans for youth coffee house started E.L. Greenway passes away INSIDE: FVSU, MGTC sign agreement
Weather Sunshine
Weekend
March 17,2007
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FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Andrew UMC to
dedicate new building
The public is invited to attend
a worship service and ceremony
Sunday when those of Andrew
United Methodist Church in
Kathleen dedicate their new com
munity building to the late Rev.
Gene Bates. The building is on
the grounds of the Andrew UMC
complex, and is already used for a
variety of community activities.
The church will hold worship
service at 10 a.m., followed by
the ceremony and a catered lun
cheon.
Anyone wishing to stay for the
luncheon is asked to call for res
ervations at 987-7934.
U.S. Rep. Marshall to
speak in WR
Congressman Jim Marshall will
speak at the Saturday meeting of
the Middle Georgia Democratic
Women's Club at Chef Audrey's
Bistro on Margie Drive in Warner
Robins.
The meeting begins at 9 a.m.
Those who arrive earlier may
purchase breakfast for $5.. For
further information, contact Beth
Perera at beth@chefbeth.com
953-1933. New members wel
come. For more information
about the Democratic Women's
Club visit www.gfdw.blogspot.
com. ,
BIRTHDAYS
Sunday
■ Wanda Turpin
■ Brenda Horton
■ Logan Donaldson
■ Willene Stewart
Monday
■ Donna Williams
■ Chris Wood
■ L.H. Soloman
■ Pat Harris
E-mail your birthdays to:
h hj (aevansnewspapers.com
or donmtaevansnewspapers.
com or send them to: 1210
Washington St., Perry 31069
attn: Don Moncrief. You can
also call him at 987-1823,
Ext. 231.
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2 arrested for trafficking
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Vicente Bernal Escalera
and Takesha Lafay Bessent
each face drug and seatbelt
charges following a March 8
traffic stop.
The Warner Robins police
officer reportedly observed
a black Camaro fail to stop
at the Walnut Street/Ignico
Drive intersection before
turning onto Ignico Drive.
The vehicle then turned
right onto Ga. 247 at which
time the officer conducted
the traffic stop.
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Journal/Charlotte Perkins
The Perry Library hosted an American Girl party Wednesday, with girls and their dolls invited. The American
Girl dolls represent different periods of American history, and each one is the subject of a book. See 6B for
the story.
Plans for youth coffee house get under way
tty CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Lifestyle Editor
Charlie Johnson is a man with a mission.
He wants the young people of Perry, especially
those in the 17 to 20 age range, to have a place
to go “where everybody knows their name.”
But this would be a non-profit coffee house
with music, a place where young adults are
welcomed, could feel part of things and could
feel safe from the problems at home or on the
streets. It could even offer counseling or tutor
ing for those who need it.
Johnson has been led by his Christian faith
to make this happen because he’s the father
of teenagers and sees today’s teens as hav
ing to deal with troubled homes and negative
messages from the popular culture - messages
that degrade women, for example, or Satanic
symbolism.
He wants to create a place where they would
feel “wanted, valued, loved and respected.”
His idea took its first steps toward becoming
a reality on Tuesday night when a small group
gathered at Perry High School just to toss
around ideas.
Charli Mitchell, a secretary at the school,
See HOUSE, page SA
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ESCALERA
The car
reportedly
slowed but
did not stop
until the
occupants
had stopped
moving
around in
the car.
The driv-
er, Escalera, advised he did
not have a Georgia license.
The passenger, Bessent,
spoke with another officer
and two young children were
observed in the back seat -
neither reportedly properly
American girls
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Journal/Charlotte Perkins
Charlie Johnson, second from right, who wants to start a non
profit coffee house for young people in Perry, held his first meet
ing Tuesday. Among those attending were, from left, Vakara Bass,
Charli Mitchell, Johnson’s wife Elaine and Christine Vines.
BESSENT
secured.
In fact,
one child’s
seat was
reportedly
not even
secured to
the seat and
the other
child, age 5,
was not in
a seat. Bessent reportedly
explained the driver had
just picked her up to give
her a ride home. Escalera
consented to a search of
his person, wherein police
See ARRESTED, page 8A
No hitter gives Sellers ,
200th. Also, Northside
tennis, Bear-
Panther golf 1 D
and more ID HR"
21 CP looks to
future of RAFB
New mission among topics of discussion
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The 21st Century
Partnership is looking to
the future of Robins Air
force Base.
During the group’s meet
ing Thursday the addition
of a new mission including
a flying mission, increasing
the missions already here
and the possibly retire
ment, of the C-5 were all
discussed.
Executive Director Mary
Therese Tebbe noted all
the work done laying the
an. Evans Family Newspaper
Two sections • 18 pages
"We have to look
10 years down
the road."
Retired Maj. Gen. Ron Smith
groundwork for the F-22
funding and the education
initiatives within the com
munity to attract and train
future workers.
This is one of the pri
orities of base command
er Maj. Gen. Tom Owen,
See FUTURE, page 8A
CLCP set to
pet on Word
Power finols
Special to the Journal
The Houston County
Certified Literate Community
Program is
getting ready
to host its
annual pro
duction of
the Readers
Digest Word
Power State
Finals.
According
to a release,
more than
100 sixth,
seventh and
eighth grad
ers will gath
er Monday
at Middle
Georgia
Technical
College’s
Adult
Literacy
Center on
Corder Road
to vie for
a chance to compete in the
May face-off at Universal City
Studios in Orlando, where,
NBC TV weatherman A 1 Roker
is the national celebrity host.
This year, local celebrity
and host Mary Therese Tebbe,
Executive Director of the
See WORD, page 8A
Zoning leader
passes away
By RATLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
E.L. Greenway, long
time member of the Warner
Robins Planning and Zoning
Commission, died Thursday
afternoon at the age of 81 at a
Macon hospital.
Greenway had served on
the five-member board since
August of 1968. “He was a ded
icated member of the board,”
Warner Robins Community
Development Director Robert
Sisa said. “He did a great job.”
Greenway was chairman
“for 20 years, at least since
See LEADER, page SA
AT A
Glance
What: Readers
Digest Word
Power State
Finals hosted by
Houston County
CLCP
When: Monday
Where: MGTC's
Adult Literacy
Center on
Corder Road
Other:
Contestants
will be vying
for a chance
to compete in
the May face
off at Universal
City Studios in
Orlando