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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 97
BELOW THE FOLD: Perry approves greenspace initiative Student wins 5 awards INSIDE: Perry child molester back in jail
Friday
May 18, 2007
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Delegation reception
to be held at MGTC
The Houston County Legislative
Delegation Reception will be
held May 31 at 6 p.m. at Middle
Georgia Technical College - in
the lobby of Building A, which is
located at 80 Cohen Walker Drive
in Warner Robins.
According to a release, this
is an opportunity to meet with
Georgia state representatives
and senators to let them know
“how much we appreciate them
working on behalf of the Middle
Georgia area.
The cost is S2O per person and
you must RSVP by May 29. To do
that, visit this website: http://war
nerrobinsgacoc.weblinkconnect.
com/C WT/External/WCPages/
WCEvents/EventDetail.
aspx?EventlD=l6ol
Association to hold
‘huge’ yard sale
The Houston County Association
for Exceptional Citizens (501 c org)
(Happy Hour Workshop) will hold,
according to a release, a “huge"
indoor yard sale Saturday from 8
a.m.-1 p.m. at 716 North Young
Avenue in Warner Robins.
All proceeds, according to the
release, benefit
challenged persons.
Good clean quality donations
accepted and appreciated.
Contact Judy Goddard at 478-
335-5403 for more information.
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DDA soon to be DOA
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The three new mem
bers of the embattled
Warner Robins Downtown
Development Authority
may only serve for one more
meeting.
That’s because the next
meeting is likely to be the
last for the authority as
members expect to vote
to transfer the last of the
DDA assets to the city’s
Redevelopment Agency and
request that the city coun
cil deactivate the DDA. The
only reason the board didn’t
do it at Wednesday’s meet
ing was to give them time
to tie up any loose ends like
debts and property sales.
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Perry catcher Jeff Stewart successfully blocks the plate as a Troup player attempts to score in the two teams’ AAA
state tournament opener Wednesday in LaGrange. For more, see 9A.
Peppy Council approves
greenspace initiative
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Will Perry eventually develop resi
dential sprawl and lose touch with its
rural and agricultural roots? Will all the
pecan orchards, grazing land for horses
and farm fields give way to subdivi
sions? Not if City Manager Lee Gilmour
can help it.
At Gilmour’s recommendation,
the Perry City Council has approved
a greenspace lease program aimed at
maintaining traditional agricultural use
of land as the city grows and annexes
land.
Under the program, Gilmour explains,
landowners using land for agricultural
or related uses, can agree to annex
a minimum of 50 acres into the city
with the city leasing the land for
five years. The lease payment would
See INITIATIVE,page 6A
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
That decision came at the
end of the meeting, as mem
bers - both new and old
- realized there was no lon
ger a need for the authority,
as the city is creating the
Redevelopment Agency to
handle the redevelopment
of the older and downtown
areas of the city.
City Attorney Jim Elliott
said the city council is
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"It gave the new agency a good place
to start. It gave us land and money. We
had to take care of business mid it got
taken care of."
- City Councilman Doug McDowell
Local UGA student
earns five awards
From staff reports
University of Georgia for
est environmental resources
and wildlife major and Perry
resident. Sara Johnson was
recognized with five separate
awards and recognitions at
the Daniel B. Warnell School
of Forestry and Natural
Resources 76th Annual
Spring Awards Banquet.
“I would like to congratu
late Sara for her tremendous
dedication to her education
and all of her efforts as a stu
dent leader who helps make
the Warnell School a great
place to obtain a degree and
prepare for a career,” Warnell
School Interim Dean Robert
Warren said. “Sara has prov
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expected to constitute the
Redevelopment Agency
at Monday’s meeting and
appoint the mayor and
councilmember to the new
agency.
The next to last DDA
meeting began normally
enough with old business,
the land sale from the last
meeting that wasn’t.
See DDA, page 6A
en her ability to succeed in
our rigorous academic pro
gram and we are certain she
will make a marked contribu
tion in whatever career path
she chooses to pursue.”
The awards and recogni
tions bestowed upon her
include:
• Ag Hill Council
Outstanding Senior in Forest
Resources - Based on schol
arship, extra-curricular and
community activities and
leadership, this award is pre
sented by the Ag Hill Council
to an outstanding student at
the Warnell School.
• Gamma Sigma Delta
Outstanding Senior in Forest
See A WARDS, page 6A
SPORTS: Warner
Robins and Houston
County 1-2
in region QA
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Fund-raiser to benefit
ill Northside student
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
Powder puff. In compari
son it is an appropriate
title.
That’s because what they,
Fellowship of Christian
Athletes from Warner Robins,
Northside and Houston
County High schools, will be
doing Thursday is just that
compared to the monumen
tal battle Chris Johnson has
been waging.
The former Eagle defen
sive end, who would no doubt
love to be back out there
today, was diagnosed with
leukemia July 14, 2005.
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Perry resident Sara Johnson was recog
nized with five separate awards and rec
ognitions at the Daniel B. Warnell School
of Forestry and Natural Resources 76th
Annual Spring Awards Banquet.
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What: Fellowship of Christian
Athletes powder puff flag foot
ball game
Why: To raise money to
help defray medical costs for
Northside student/athlete Chris
Johnson
Where: Northside High School
practice field (right behind the
school)
When: Thursday, 6 p.m.
Cost: $5 at the gate (a dona
tion of more is welcome)
He has been waging war
with it since.
See BENEFIT, page 6A
Jury convicts
2 WR men for
'O6 robbery
Special to the Journal
A Houston County jury,
according to a release, delib
erated for almost three hours
Wednesday before convicting
two Warner Robins men of
armed robbery and posses
sion of a firearm during the
commission of a crime.
Ronald Felix Emory, 17,
of 223 Crescent Drive and
Kris Miles Powell, 19, of 437
Sarah Drive, were convicted
in Houston Superior Court
for a robbery that occurred
at the Wachovia Bank Oct.
16, 2006.
During the three-day trial,
prosecutors, according to
the release, presented evi
dence Powell drove Emory
to the Wachovia bank where
a Family Dollar manager
was robbed of daily receipts
at gunpoint by Emory.
A witness testified they
saw a truck matching the
description of Powell’s
uncle’s truck leaving the
scene of the robbery at high
speed. Further investigation
by Warner Robins police dis
covered a pair of sunglasses
See CONVICTS, page 6A