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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 137, NUMBER 130
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Thursday
July 5,2007
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Greenway: Decision
does not impact HC
On 28, the U.S. Supreme Court
ruled in two cases involving school
districts which used race as a factor
in deciding which schools students
would attend.
The cases involved a Seattle
school system and the Jefferson
County School System in Kentucky
which includes Louisville.
This decision, according to
Houston County Board of Education
Chairman Pam Greenway, does not
have any impact on the Houston
County System.
Greenway, who is an attorney,
noted that the local system is still
under the longstanding federal court
order which requires that historically
segregated systems work toward
a “unitary” status, but said that the
system does not use the race of
a child to determine school place
ment.
- Charlotte Perkins
Northside parking
permits to go on sale
Northside High School parking
permits will be on sale beginning
July 16, from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Permits, according to a release, will
be sold by class, beginning with
seniors July 16, followed by junior
purchases July 17, sophomores
July 18 and any remaining students
July 19.
To purchase a parking permit,
students must have: A parking per
mit form signed by their parents, a
valid driver’s license, proof of insur
ance for the vehicle being registered
and the $35 fee.
Forms are available in the office
from 7:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. during
the summer. All items must be pre
sented to purchase a permit.
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BELOW THE FOLD: Local teen battling brain tumor Sheriffs Office seeking suspects in robberies
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Using a lifesized, full-weight model, Perry firefighter Chris Kersey demonstrates one of challenges of his job, getting
a fallen firefighter to safety.
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Perry Police Officer Keith Kindle is
not your average 61-year-old.
Before work most mornings he takes
a 10-15 mile ride on his mountain
bike.
That’s despite having had a knee
replacement, but he explains that his
knee doesn’t hurt. It just “doesn’t
work” sometimes.
Knee problems, like back problems
Local teen battling
brain tumor
Prayers, funds sought for
family of Kody Lucas
From staff reports
Kody Lucas, 14, of Perry
left Sunday for a two-month
stay at St. Jude Hospital in
Memphis, Tenn.
He will have two months
of intensive chemotherapy
and radiation in an effort to
stop the spread of a brain
tumor.
Lucas has been diagnosed
with anaplastic astrocytoma,
and in addition to the two
months at St. Jude’s, will
have another nine months
of chemotherapy and radia
tion after returning home.
According to his aunt, Erica
Dean, the family is appeal
ing to the community for
both spiritual and financial
support.
“We would like to first ask
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seem to come with the territory in
police work. (At least one other officer
on the Perry force has had hip replace
ment surgery.)
An Air Force veteran, who worked
for the Houston County Sheriffs Office
before he came to the Perry Police
Department, Kindle has been with the
city since 1986.
He keeps up with the department’s
state certification administration
paperwork and serves as the Perry
our community to pray for
Kody and his family,” Dean
said, “Second, this will be a
financial hardship for them.
His mother, Donna, wants to
be with him every step of the
way as I know all the moth
ers out there would want to
be.”
The embattled teen, also
the son of Bobby Lucas, has
had multiple health prob
lems since early childhood.
He had to have hernia sur
gery at 9 months, and was
diagnosed with a rare bone
disorder, Ollier’s Disease, at
the age of 2. This disor
der causes bones to be very
brittle and leads to tumors
of the cartilage.
He had his right hip
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Kody Lucas, a ninth grader at Perry High School is now at
St. Jude Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., where he will have
treatment for brain cancer.
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High School School Resource Officer.
He’s philosophical about not being on
patrol any longer, and when discussion
of the proposed early retirement plan
for hazardous duty personnel comes
up, he’s not thinking about himself.
“We need it for the young guys,” he
says.
Young guys like Ephraim Wheeler,
a 36-year-old father of six, who plans
to work as a Perry firefighter until
See RISK, page 6A
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hospital's
lab receives
accreditation
Special to the Journal
Perry Hospital’s
Laboratory has, accord
ing to a release, been
awarded an accreditation
by the Commission on
Laboratory Accreditation
of the College of American
Pathologists, based on the
results of a recent on-site
inspection.
Bill Jones, Interim
Laboratory Manager
for Perry Hospital, was
advised of this national
recognition and congratu
lated for the “excellence
of the services being
provided” by the lab.
“Laboratory tests are a
very important part of
healthcare,” he explains.
“Over 80 percent of the
diagnostic decisions phy
sicians make are based
on laboratory results. In
order to make sure we
provide the best qual
ity results, we are con
tinuously preparing for
accreditation.”
According to Jones,
the College of American
Pathologists is one of the
most highly regarded
accreditation institutions
in the world and its seal
of approval is accepted by
other accrediting agen
cies, including the Joint
Commission of American
Hospitals. “Any laborato
ry that receives accredita
tion from them must pass
a stringent list of checklist
items, all of which address
quality and safety issues,”
explains Jones. “Perry
Hospital’s Laboratory
has maintained this
See LAB, page 6A
HCSO seeks
suspects in
robberies
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The Houston County
Sheriffs Office is look
ing for the suspect in the
early morning burglaries
of two convenience stores
in Bonaire.
In both incidents, the
suspect used a pry tool or
device to gain entrance to
the stores and took lot
tery tickets. The white
male suspect was cap
tured on surveillance
video at Andy’s Food Mart
Saturday wearing a cam
ouflage bandana over part
of his face.
Andy’s Food Mart, 355
S. Ga. 247 was burglar
ized sometime after mid
night and the incident
was reported about 4:05
a.m. Some $25 in lottery
tickets was taken.
On June 26, a 2991
Moody Road store
See SUSPECTS, page 6A