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jpmJn Mmmml VOLUME 137, NUMBER 99 BELOW THE FOLD: Woman reports being carjacked ■ Relay for Life INSIDE: Horse show, auction 3fe Tuesday May 22, 2007 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH IN BRIEF RAFB Gate 5 to be closed until June 24 According to a release from Robins Air Force Base, Gate 5, which is located at the intersec tion of Martin Luther King Road and Ga. Highway 247, is sched uled to be closed from now until June 24 to complete its construc tion project. Alternate gates available to base drivers while the gate is closed will be: GATE 1 The Green Street gate is open Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. GATE 3 The main gate at Watson Boulevard is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. GATE 14 The Russell Parkway gate is open seven days a week from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. A|l drivers are asked to be patient and expect longer wait times at the gate. Also, according to the release, when the gate reopens, the traffic patterns for those arriving to the base through the gate will differ. The entry path will be similar to Gates 1 and 3 where vehicles will enter the gate and make a turn to the south before arriving to the canopy for ID checks. The new design will also add a third inbound lane and is expect ed to reduce the need to use the shoulder when waiting to enter the gate from Ga. Highway 247. SBA to hold small business courses The Small Business Association will present the following class es/courses and on the following dates: June 19-20 - Basic CEO Training; June 21 - Cost and Pricing Course. The location will be Arthur K. Williams Micro Business Enterprises Center/SBDC, which is located at 230 Jackson Street in Albany. Go to www.ccr.gov for details on free online registration. For details and training registra tion, go to www.ussmc.com. For additional information, call 404-331-0100, Ext. 501 or 229- 420-1144. PERIODICAL 500 mill 8 *55108 00001 1 4 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest COOI * GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 May 22, 2007 sm im Hol stos Cm sty Sist i: IS7O - - ■■ - ---- » - - Today Weather Sunny High: 91 Low: 61 hhjnews.com Web Graduation need-to-knows In the heart of the heat j ■ • I - ; | • | ' 1 - I. • ■ WM ■ | . .. I IBMM— ■ ENI/Danny Evans A firefighter battles a fire inside a residence on Greenwood Drive in Perry Friday. Fire departments halt kitchen blaze By RAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer A Friday evening fire on Greenwood Drive started in the kitchen. According to Perry Deputy Fire Chief Joel Gray, firefighters were called about 5:50 p.m. Friday to the house fire at 1027 Greenwood Drive in Perry. Gray said three units and • or . * Mifpsit J§§lp'v JB&&W s**■**' - T £ v ' 1 RR P*' ... *'*■*««• J| ENI/Danny Evans Perry Deputy Fire Chief Joel Gray commands the fire scene. city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville EMS responded to the struc ture fire including two from Perry and one from Warner Robins Fire Department. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to get the fire LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, www.hhjnews.com Pictures from the car show hem s " rtw sA "It smoked up the rest of the house, but the house Is salvageable." - Perry Deputy Fire Chief Joel Gray j'-i VRHflrMta. v under control, Gray said. While a cause was unde termined, Gray said the fire started in the kitch en, where it caused the See BLAZE, page 6A SPORTS: A day at WRALL. Also, our All-Houston County boys soc cer team, Macon "7B Music, golf. # H Police looking for shooter By RAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Warner Robins Police are investigating the shooting of a man Friday night on Camellia Circle. Officers of fjie Warner Robins Police Department responded to the Houston Medical Center, about 10:30 p.m. Friday to investigate the report of an aggravated assault. The victim, a 24-year-old male from Warner Robins told police he was shot once in the leg while he walked in the 600 block of Camellia Circle by an unknown per son who was driving dark Wbman reports being carjacked By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Warner Robins Police are investigation a Friday night carjacking near Macon State College. About 11:30 p.m. Friday officers of the Warner Robins Police Department respond ed to the 200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in reference to a theft of a vehicle and kidnapping. A 23-year-old female from Warner Robins report ed that earlier in the eve ning she was sitting in her parked vehicle on University Boulevard when a black A bright start Pf ] - • ■•• P" v ‘'TTTSSStM m t * ■pj* * rT I \ V Journal/Charlotte Perkins Cancer survivor Jane Jackson gets the Relay for Life under way Friday, when she arrives with the relay torch. For more, see 6 A. whpwhumpimui,. ..uah -iw» my- w ll .■ aw C\ v n s Fsxmx JfrimysmMßi\ One section • 10 pages colored four-door vehicle. Acquaintances of the victim discovered him on Camellia Circle after the shooting and took him to the Houston Medical Center for treatment. Police were then notified. Police are seeking a dark colored four-door vehicle in connection with the inci dent. Anyone having infor mation concerning the incident may call Det. Scott McSwain of Warner Robins Police Department Criminla Investigation Division at 929-6908 or 929-1170. male approached her and demanded money from her. She told police the suspect forced his way into her vehi cle and then forced her to drive him to various loca tions in the city of Warner Robins. The suspect eventually forced the victim from the car in the 200 block Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and stole the vehicle from her. She solicited aid from a business in the area and notified police. The victim suffered a minor injury See REPORTS, page 6A