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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 137, NUMBER 66
BELOW THE FOLD: WR police crack down on illegal parking INSIDE: Perry Fire working with EMS to improve response time
Friday
April 6, 2007
The Home Journal’s
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Stafford to speak at
club’s meeting
Dotty Stafford of HODAC will
be the speaker at the regular
meeting of the Middle Georgia
Democratic Women's Club April
21. The meeting, which begins
at 9 a.m. will be held at Chef
Audrey’s Bistro on Margie Drive
in Warner Robins. Members are
requested to bring cleaners and
paper products, such as tissue, to
donate to Gateway House.
Guests are welcome. Breakfast
will be served for $5, including
gratuity. RSVP to Beth Perera at
Beth@Chefßeth.com, 953-1933
by April 19.
Warriors to hold
dance team auditions
The Middle Georgia Warriors
football team is holding dance
team auditions Saturday at noon.
Dancers should be at least 18
and arrive in appropriate dance
attire and be prepared to pres
ent a three-minute routine. The
registration fee is $25. Auditions
will be held in Macon at the Rosa
Jackson Community Center,
located at 1211 Maynard Street.
For additional information, visit
their website at www.midgawar
riors.com or contact Nicole at
478-978-1874.
Second Memorial to
hold yard sale
The community is invited to a
yard sale Saturday beginning at
7 a.m. in the church parking lot of
Second Memorial Baptist Church,
1845 Kings Chapel Road, Perry.
In case of rain, it will be inside in
the Fellowship Hall.
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Local names surface as 'OB contenders
By BEN EVANS
Associated Press Writer
Georgia Democrats John
Barrow and Jim Marshall
will again be among the
Republican Party’s top
congressional targets in
2008, according to an elec
tion analysis from White
House political adviser
Karl Rove.
The report, intended
for a private audience but
released at a congressio
nal hearing, lists the two
Georgians among the coun
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‘Mater master
Bennett’s offerings a customer favorite
By NANCY HAWK
Journal Staff Writer
On the southeast corner of the Salvation
Army parking lot in Perry, a light-brown
pickup truck sits most mornings.
There, a gray bearded man calls out a por
tion of his inventory: “Maters, taters, honey,
syrup, jellies and jams.”
A young lady makes a small purchase of
WR police crack down on illegal parking
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins Police
cited 17 people Saturday for
parking in the fire lane at
the Houston Road Piggly
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try’s 20 most vulnerable
House Democrats. It also
shows that party elders are
confident in Republican Sen.
Saxby Chambliss’ ability to
hold onto his job, calling the
seat “not competitive.”
Republicans narrowly
missed knocking off Barrow
and Marshall in November.
Marshall, from Macon,
beat Republican Mac
Collins by just 1,752 votes,
or 1 percent, in Georgia’s
Bth District. Barrow, from
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tomatoes and heads back to her car.
“It is all about the taste,” the man says.
“You cannot get the same taste out of store
bought tomatoes.”
The pickup is approached by yet another
customer. A man and his wife discuss their
meal purchase plan.
“The red potatoes and Mississippi
See MA TER, page jA
Wiggly.
And did the council mem
bers hear about it during
their meeting this week.
“We had a lot of calls about
the citations,” Mayor Donald
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Tolleson, Goddard, Staton
respond to name dropping
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Their names have been mentioned, but
are they interested?
Maj. Gen. Richard N. Goddard, respond-
Walker said. But, he added:
“You guys make the laws.
I am the chief law enforce
ment officer.”
Councilman Doug
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ing to the suggestion that he might be a
strong Republican challenger for Rep. Jim
Marshall’s seat in 2008, sounded quite a
bit like a candidate.
“I haven’t ruled it out,” he said, “and I
See RESPOND, page jA
County denies nooning
for landlocked parcel
ByRAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Wendy Earwood can’t
rezone her land to sell it to
the neighbors, but if they
buy it they might be able
to.
Earwood’s request to
rezone 1.14 acres off Ga.
96 from R-l (single family
residential) to C-2 (general
commercial) was denied
because the only access to
the city is by easement.
“We have no choice,”
Commissioner Larry
Thomson said, making the
motion to deny.
County Building Official
Tim Andrews explained
the site “has a present non
conforming use, which is
valid as long at it is not
changed.”
As it is now, Andrews
said, “it is not viable as
commercial.”
The property is sur
rounded on three sides by
commercial, Earwood said,
and one of the adjacent
property owners wants to
buy it. Andrews said if they
buy it to enlarge their exist-
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Com South, Goin’ Postal of Perry, and the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce. They, at a cost of $lO per shirt,
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ing site with road frontage,
“conditions would support
rezoning.”
Andrews said Earwood
could not reapply for a
rezoning for six months,
per county law, after the
decision is made, but a new
property owner could.
Another rezoning request
that the planning com
mission denied was Mike
Williams’ request to rezone
4 acres from residential
agricultural to C-2. It was
sent back to the planning
commission. Williams, who
operates a golf cart repair
service as a home occupa
tion on the site, asked to
change the zoning to C-2 so
he could make the business
look better and construct
a building, getting rid of
a bunch of small sheds on
the site.
The board agreed to send
the request back since
Williams has new infor
mation on the request for
the Planning and Zoning
Commission to consid
er - that the land across
See REZONING, page 7A