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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
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Perry Office
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P.O. Box 1910
Perry, GA 31069
(478) 987-1823
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Communhy Events
■ DEMOCRATIC
WOMEN’S CLUB
MEETING - The Middle
Georgia Dermocratic
Women’s Club will hold its
regular monthly meeting
today. The meeting begins
at 9 a.m., but, according to a
release, “please come earlier
in order to have a nice break
fast of pastries, coffee and
fruit.” The cost of breakfast
is $5. The meeting will be
held at Chef Audrey’s Bistro
on Margie Drive in Warner
Robins. Those interested
in attending are asked to
RSVP to Beth Perera at
beth@chefbeth.com or 953-
1933 by Thursday. New
members are also welcome.
Visit www.gfdw.blogspot.
com for more.
■ INDOOR 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.-l
p.m. at 716 North Young
Avenue in Warner Robins.
Stop and Shop robbed
From staff reports
Warner robins Police are a
seeking a black male suspect
in the Friday morning rob
bery of the Stop and Shop on
Ignico Drive.
The suspect entered the
store about 10:45 a.m. and
robbed the clerk at gun
point, taking an undisclosed
amount of cash and fleeing
on foot. There were no inju
ries during the incident.
The suspect is described as
a black male, s’B” to STO”
with a slender to medium
build.
Anyone with information
is asked to contact the Det.
Scott McSwain of Warner
Robins Police Department
Criminal Investigations
Division at 929-6908 or 929-
1170.
YOUR WEATHER TEAM!
TODAY’S
Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
Sat
5/19
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83/50
Mainly sunny High
83F Winds NNE at
5 to 10 mph
Sunrise Sunset
6:34 AM 8:29 PM
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Albany 87 55 sunny
Athens 80 50 sunny
Atlanta 79 50 sunny
Augusta 81 56 sunny
Bainbridge 87 58 sunny
Brunswick 79 63 sunny
Cartersville 80 49 sunny
Chattanooga.TN 74 48 sunny
Columbus 82 54 sunny
Cordele 86 53 sunny
National Cities
Hi Lo Cond.
Atlanta 79 50 sunny
Boston * 58 49 rain
Chicago 77 50 sunny
Dallas 80 60 pt sunny
Denver 79 55 t-storm
©2005 American Profile Hometown Conlenl Service
All proceeds, according to
the release, benefit develop
mentally challenged persons.
Good clean quality dona
tions accepted and appreci
ated. Contact Judy Goddard
at 478-335-5403 for more
information.
■ WESTFIELD NEW
BUILDING RIBBON
CUTTING - The Board of
Trustees of The Westfield
Schools would like to invite
the Houston County com
munity to attend the rib
bon-cutting and open house
ceremony for The Westfield
Schools’ new Arts and
Sciences Building Monday
from 5-5:30 p.m., in the
Recital Hall of the Arts
and Sciences Building. This
event is co-sponsored by the
Warner Robins and the Perry
Chambers of Commerce.
The Westfield Schools is
located at 2005 US Highway
41 South in Perry. For
more information, contact
Mia Geiger at 987-0547 or
mgeiger@westfieldschools.
net.
■ TOBACCO
BfewtiEiamisiMilisem
r 830 Hwy. 26 East-Elko. G A 31025
Owners—Tim and Susan Lewis
l Open: Tue. ■ Sat. B:3oam ■ s:oopm • Closed: Sun. & Mon
Baskets * Color Bowls
’ Geraniums * Caladiums
Bring your own pots. We custom
design and plant them for you.
Directions to Lewis Farms:
Take I-75 exit #127 (Montezuma/Hawkinsville); go 5.5 miles east on
k GA Hwy 26; nursery on right at intersection of Elko Rd. and Hwy.
26, go 2.5 miles east toward Hawkinsville; nursery on right from
Hawkinsville, go west on Hwy. 26 to Houston county line;
continue 4.5 miles to nursery on left
r —Located 1/4 mile east of the Elko Mud Boggin—
“Plant Care With a Personal Touch”
L Call (478) 954-1507 • timlewisl @alltel.net
Sun
5/20
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92/59
Sunny. Highs in the
low 90s and lows in
the upper 50s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:33 AM 8:30 PM
88/56
Sunshine. Highs in
the upper 80s and
lows in the mid 50s
Sunrise Sunset
6:34 AM 8:29 PM
Dalton 79 47 sunny
Dillard 73 44 sunny
Dublin 84 50 sunny
Duluth 78 47 sunny
Gainesville 79 53 sunny
Helen 78 46 sunny
Lagrange 81 48 sunny
Macon 82 50 sunny
Marietta 78 49 sunny
Milledgeville 81 48 sunny
Houston 83 61 sunny
Los Angeles 74 58 pt sunny
Miami 84 72 t-storm
Minneapolis 79 50 t-storm
New York 59 52 rain
CESSATION SERIES
- The tobacco cessation
series will be held Monday
from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. in
the Houston Health Pavilion
EduCare Center. It is a free
four-session course to help
you quit smoking and/or
using tobacco. Call 478-923-
9771 to pre-register.
■ TOBACCO
CESSATION SERIES
- The Phoenix Center
Community Service Board
will meet Monday at noon at
the Thomas Miller Library,
315 Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd., Fort Valley. Call Karen
Lynch at 478-988-1002 for
more information.
■ SCHOOL ELECTION
- David Perdue Primary will
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Arts Training
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Mostly sunny. Highs
in the upper 80s and
lows in the low 60s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:33 AM B:3IPM
Moon Phases
UV Index
Sat 5/19
Sun 5/20
Mon 5/21
Tue 5/22
Wed 5/23
The UV Index is measured on a 0-11
number scale, with a higher UV Index
showing the need for greater skin pro
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(478) 987-5295
756 Carroll Street Perry, Ga. 31069
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Wed
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Sunshine. Highs in
the upper 80s and
lows in the low 60s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:32 AM 8:32 PM
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Ml Lo Cond.
Peachtree City 79 44 sunny
Perry 83 50 sunny
Rome 80 48 sunny
Savannah 80 57 sunny
St. Simons Island 79 63 sunny
Statesboro 82 54 sunny
Thomasville 87 56 sunny
Valdosta 86 51 sunny
Warner Robins 84 48 sunny
Waycross 85 53 sunny
Hi LoCond.
Phoenix 99 74 mst sunny
San Francisco 70 51 mst sunny
Seattle 61 47 rain
St. Louis 80 59 sunny
Washington, DC 70 57 rain
hold school council elections
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the
school cafeteria.
■ SCHOOL COUNCIL
- David Perdue Elementary
School council will meet
Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the
principal's office.
■ SCHOOL COUNCIL
- Bonaire Middle School
council will meet Tuesday at
7 a.m. in the school confer
ence room.
■ SCHOOL COUNCIL
- Perry Primary School
council will meet Tuesday
at 6 p.m. in the school caf
sisriß
■ SCHOOL COUNCIL
- Lindsey Elementary School
council will meet Tuesday.
Congratulations, Karen!
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We are proud ofyou and your exemplary
academic successes, your work ethic,
integrity and dedication to helping others.
You will certainly achieve your goals in life
and make meaningful contributions in all of
your endeavors. With love from
Mom, Dad, Jo Anne and Stephen
Obituaries
JENELL DAWKINS
DAWKINS, Mrs. Jenell, age 92, a resident of Greenville,
Ala., died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at her home. Funeral
services will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2007, at 11:00
a.m. from the Chapel of Dunklin & Daniels Funeral Home.
Graveside services will be held at Magnolia Cemetery in
Andalusia, AL at 3:00 p.m., with Rev. Paul McLendon offici
ating. Dunklin & Daniels Funeral Home Directing.
Mrs. Dawkins is survived by her daughter, Mary D.
Stabler of Greenville, AL, son, Gillis R. (Betty) Dawkins
of Perry, GA, grandchildren, Dan (Ramona) Thompson of
Buford, GA, Cara (David) Wood of Greenville, AL, Michelle
Gregory of Greenville, AL, Mary Catherine (Scott) McNees
of Charles Town, West Virginia, Jennifer (Sean) Yllander
of Douglasville, GA, Beverly (Alex) Smith of Bonaire, GA,
Cynthia (Joel) Whitmoyer of Jacksonville, NC, seventeen
great-grandchildren, sister-in-law, Raye (Don) Fletcher of
Montgomery, AL, and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers are Dan Thompson, David Wood, Sean Yllander,
Hunter Gregory, Dalton Gregory, Peter McGowin. Honorary
Pallbearers are Michael Gregory, Adams Thompson, A.J.
Yllander, and Zack Yllander.
Donations may be made in memory of Mrs. Dawkins to
the Bobbie Wallace and Allison Skinner Scholarship Fund
at First Baptist Church of Greenville, AL or The Houston
County Heritage Foundation Board of Education at PO. Box
6239, Warner Robbins, GA, 31095.
Online condolences may be made at dunklinanddaniels.
com.
Dunklin & Daniels Funeral Home Directing.
Wind shift sents flames toward
park bridges, boardwalk
FOLKSTON (MNS) -
After more than a month
of wildfires repeatedly
threatening the Okefenokee
Swamp Park, flames have
finally damaged part of the
popular tourist attraction.
Park manager Martin Bell
said 1,400 feet of a boardwalk
and two bridges leading from
the park into the swamp
were burned Wednesday
night. The wooden base of
a metal observation tower
was also damaged by flames,
he said.
“We went to some extreme
efforts to save it,” Bell said of
the boardwalk and bridges.
“There’s nothing to salvage.
It’s been a blow today.”
The fire was likely caused
when winds shifted direc
tions and reburned areas
near the boardwalk, includ
ing some unburned under
growth near the damaged
structures that had been
constantly watered to pre
vent them from burning.
Firefighters will be posted
at the swamp park to protect
undamaged structures as
well as wildlife until the fire
threat has ended, Bell said.
He said the park remains
open to visitors but the only
access they will have to
the swamp will be by train
because water levels are too
low to offer boat tours.
“We’re going to survive,”
he said. “We’ll look at
rebuilding once we get some
water out here.”
The wind shift also blew
heavy smoke into areas
east of the fires, prompting
the Coastal Georgia Health'
District to issue an advisory
for residents.
According to the advisory,
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the heavy smoke can cause
coughing, a scratchy throat,
irritated sinuses, shortness
of breath, chest pain, head
aches, stinging eyes, and a
runny nose.
The smoke could also cre
ate problems for people with
heart or lung disease, aller
gies, asthma and “chronic
obstructive pulmonary
disease,” according to the
advisory. The health district
recommended even healthy
people limit exposure to
smoke, stay indoors with
doors and windows closed,
and to run an air condition
er with the fresh air intake
closed. Anyone experiencing
problems from the smoke is
advised to contact a physi
cian. The change in wind
direction did more than blow
smoke to the east.
The Big Turnaround Fire
grew more than 20,000 acres
Wednesday and the Bugaboo
Scrub Fire also grew more
than 4,000 acres. The burned
acreage was all contained
within the boundaries of
the Okefenokee National
Wildlife Refuge.
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The President and Fellows of
YALE UNIVERSITY
announce that
Karen Suzanne Bemis
is a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of
Arts at the three hundred sixth
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Monday the twenty-eighth of May in the year
two thousand seven at ten-thirty o’ clock in the
morning on the Old Campus
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