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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 126
BELOW THE FOLD: Housing permits down in Houston County ■ Susan Pierce accepts Perry Rotarian of the Year honors
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June 28, 2007
The Home Journal’s
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IN BRIEF
Georgia Games to be
held in Atlanta area
The Georgia Games event, which
includes 40 sporting events, will be
held at various venues throughout
the Atlanta area July 12-22.
Modeled after the summer
Olympics, the Georgia Games,
according to a release, give ath
letes of all ages and skill levels the
opportunity to compete in a true
amateur sport competition.
Established in 1989, the Georgia
State Games Commission hosted
its first amateur championships
in the summer of 1990. The first
Georgia Games Championships
featured 18 sporting events and
3,100 athletes. Since then, 22 new
programs and events have been
added, making the Georgia Games
Championship Festival one of the
largest Olympic-style amateur
sporting events in the country.
For more information about com
peting, volunteering, or becoming
a sponsor, contact the Georgia
Games at 770-528-3580 or visit
their website at www.georgiagames.
org.
SBA to host web chat
on entrepreneurship
The Small Business Association
will host a live web chat on Youth
Entrepreneurship today from 1-
2 p.m. During that time, Arthur
Woods, young entrepreneur and
business owner will answer ques
tions on teen entrepreneurship.
Chat participants can join in
by going online to www.sba.gov,
and clicking the “Online Business
Chat" icon.
BIRTHDAYS
Today
■ Debbie Parker
E-mail your birthdays to:
hhj@evansnewspapers.com
or donm(» evansnewspapers.
com or send them to: 1210
Washington St., Perry 31069
attn: Don Moncrief. You can
also call him at 987-1823, Ext.
231.
ANNIVERSARY
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■ Walter and Margaret Watson
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21st CP calls tor SIOO million investment in base
By RA Y LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Before, when new missions came
to Robins, the money came with it.
“Now, no money comes with it,”
said retired Maj. Gen. Ron Smith,
explaining that to the members of
the 21st Century Partnership dur
ing the group’s meeting this week.
“The model has changed dramati
cally. We’ve got to figure out how to
do this.”
Smith said the Air Force sees the
value in the depot system and in
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Nicky Hall heads the ball to Samantha Taylor during the soccer camp hosted and held at Perry High School June
21-22. For more, see 108.
Housing permits
down in county
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
For the first five months of this year,
housing permits are down 13.07 per
cent from the same time last year.
There were 658 single-family dwell
ing permits issued in all of Houston
County for the first five months of the
year. There were 759 permits issued
in the first five months of 2006.
The largest drop was in the unin
corporated areas of the county where
there were 168 permits for the first
five months of this year, down 30.57
percent from the 242 for the first
five months of 2006. There were also
fewer permits in Warner Robins - 299
this year, which was down 8.45 per
cent from the 344 for the first five
months in 2006.
Perry and Centerville each have had
more permits for the first five months
that the same period in 2006.
Perry, with 128, was up 2.4 percent
from 125 for the first five months in
2006. Centerville, with 63 permits
in the first five months of 2007, is
up 31.25 percent from the 48 per
mits issued in the first five months
See PERMITS, page nB
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
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"Some sister bases are kicking our fanny. We have
to ask ourselves: 'What have we invested in our
base and what are we willing to invest in the $4.2
billion asset for the state?"'
- Retired Maj. Gen. Ron Smith
sending more work, but because of
the global war on terror and budget
tightening, the money is not com
ing.
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He said other bases are getting
community support via providing
land and facilities to the base. He
cited several examples of states buy-
Rotarian honors
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Susan Pierce
accepts Perry
Rotarian of the
Year honors on
behalf of her late
husband Judge
David Pierce. She
is being embraced
by new Rotary
President Rob
Brooks. David
Pierce was a
member of the
Perry club for 30
years, serving as
President, District
Director, Assistant
Governor, Paul
Harris Fellow and
Will Watt Fellow.
He was serving as
Chief Judge of the
Magistrate Court
of Houston County
when he died at the
age of 61 last sum
mer. Brooks said
the annual award
will be named in
Pierce’s honor
starting next year.
For more, see 128.
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ing land for the bases including
Oklahoma City making an adjacent,
former General Motors assembly
plant available to Tinker Air Force
Base, Louisiana offering SIOO mil
lion for the location of a new cyber
command in the state, Utah building
a new management complex for Hill
Air Force Base, the Ohio legislature
approving $2 million for new work
loads at Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base and the Connecticut legisla
ture earmarking the same amount
to attract new missions.
See BASE, page 128
Deadly
crossing
slated for
makeover
GDOT to present plans
By RATLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Georgia Department
of Transportation will
hold a public information
open house concerning the
improvements planned
along U.S. 41, Ga. 49 in
Houston and Peach counties
including intersections with
Houston and Houston Lake
roads.
The “Hilltop” intersection
has been the site of numer
ous serious accidents includ
ing wrong-way drivers and
some fatalities. The project
includes widening and inter
section improvements as
well as noise barrier walls.
The open house is today at
Eagle Springs Elementary
School in Centerville from 5-
7 p.m. The school’s address
is 3591 Highway 41 North,
Byron.
The purpose of this open
house, according to the DOT,
is to provide the public with
an opportunity to view the
proposed project, ask ques
tions and comment on the
proposal. The Open House
will be informal and the
public is invited to attend
anytime during these hours.
There will be. no formal pre
sentation.
The proposed Project STP
-0007-00(125) would have
four 12-foot travel lanes,
two in each direction, with
a 44-foot depressed median.
In addition, intersections
along Ga. 49/Ga. 11/U.S. 41
would be improved/shifted
to increase safety, making
them “T” intersections.
The “Y” intersection
where Ga. 49 merges with
Ga. 11/U.S. 41 would also be
shifted to create another “T”
intersection where the two
facilities meet. The scope of
work of the 2.25-mile project
includes:
• 6,515 feet where Ga.
49 and Ga. 11/U.S. 41 run
together;
• 2,000 feet of relocated
Ga. 11/ U.S. 41;
• 141 feet of Spooner
Drive;
• 45 feet of High Point
Way;
• 189 feet of Driveway
Connector;
• 700 feet of Houston
See CROSSING, page 128
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