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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
VOLUME 137, NUMBER 139
BELOW THE FOLD: Warner Robins sells additional land ■ NFL player McMichael hands out school supplies
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WEDNESDAY
July 18,2007
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
AARP Driver Safety
Program offered
The Houston County AARP is
offering a comprehensive driving
course designed to update drivers
aged 50 and over on the knowl
edge and skills of driving. Upon
course completion, participants are
eligible for a 10 percent discount on
auto insurance. Pre-registration is
required by calling Lamar Odum for
Warner Robins classes at 788-5121
or Paul Bennet for Perry classes
at 782-1888. The cost is $lO per
person. Perry classes will be 12:30
p.m.-5:30 p.m., July 26 and 27 at
the Perry Hospital Cafeteria. Warner
Robins Classes are 5 p.m.-9 p.m.,
Aug. 6 and 7, at the Houston Health
Pavilion EduCare Center.
Democratic women
hosting meeting
The Middle Georgia
Democratic Women’s Club will
hold its regular monthly meet
ing at Chef Audrey’s Bistro,
Margie Drive, Warner Robins,
on Saturday. Jackie Clark of
Gateway Cottage will be the
speaker. Members are asked
to bring school supplies for
the children in the Gateway
program. The meeting begins
a 9 a.m. with most members
arriving earlier for a $5 break
fast of pastries, coffee and
fruit prepared by Chef Audrey.
New members and visitors
are welcome. RSVP to Beth
Perere, beth@chefbeth.com
call 953-1933 by Thursday.
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School tax millage down, county up
Fractional decrease, increase add up to a tenth of a mill
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
There’s good news and
not-quite-so-good news for
property tax payers.
The good news is from the
Houston County Board of
Education
Despite a rapidly grow
ing school system and the
increased demands of meet
City
denies
request
By RA Y LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Warner Robins is
know for annexation,
but Monday it denied a
request to come into the
city, affirming the deci
sion of its Planning and
Zoning Commission.
The city denied
Garrutte Martin’s
request to annex 2.47
acres on Moody Road and
rezone it from R-l (single
family residential) to C
-2 (general commercial).
The denial means the
applicant cannot reapply
for six months.
Martin had applied for
the C-2 zoning, agreed to
the lesser C-l (neighbor
hood commercial), looked
at it and then withdrew
his request and reapplied
for the C-2. He explained
at the planning meeting
that he could not put in a
7,500 square foot fitness
center under C-l, which
has a 3,500 square-foot
maximum.
See DENIES, page <yA
WR sells
more land
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
A doctor has purchased
two more lots at the
Village at Town Centre.
The Warner Robins
Redevelopment Agency
approved the sale of two
more lots in the in Village
at Town Centre to Dr.
Cheryl Howard-Young.
Gary Lee negotiated the
deal for the two lots on
Prince Street for the list
price of $72,000 for both.
The purchase is in
addition to three other
lots Howard-Young pur
chased last month. Lee
said the lots on the back
on the Town Centre
development off Davis
Drive “have to go with
the others to even be of
value.”
The purchase was
unanimously approved
by the agency at its meet
ing Monday that lasted
all of 3 minutes.
See LAND,page fA
SPORTS: Thorton wins
forst professional award,
games washed 4 4 ■
out and more. || II
ing state and federal “No
Child Left Behind” stan
dards, Houston County’s
school tax millage will not
go up this year.
At a meeting on Monday,
the Houston County Board
of Education tentatively set
the school tax rate at 12.47
mills, which is a fraction of
a percent lower than last fis
cal year’s rate of 12.50.
At the same time,
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Cheer camp particpant, Jada Jacskon, tries her skill at a cheer competition move during the Northside cheer camp
Tuesday at Parkwood Elementary School in Warner Robins. See Sports on 11A for more pictures.
NFL player McMichael hands out school supplies
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Randy McMichael remem
bers what it was like getting
that list on the first day of
school and not being able to
fill it.
“I was in those chairs,”
he told the children gath
ered Friday at the Houston
County Housing Authority
Youth Center on Green
Street. McMichael grew up
in Fort Valley, playing foot
ball at Peach County High
School and the University of
Georgia.
He’s starting his sixth
year in the National Football
League, playing this year for
the St. Louis Rams after five
years at tight end for the
Miami Dolphins.
He and his wife handed
out school supplies and red
and black Reebok gym bags
Friday. McMichael also auto
graphed posters for his
See NFL, page fA
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the Houston County
Commissioners have
announced their intention
of increasing the countywide
taxes it will levy this year
by 1.61 percentage over the
rollback rate. Steve Engle,
county administrator, said
the proposed county tax rate
is 9.45 mills, up from 9.32
mills.
For property tax payers the
school decrease and county
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Randy McMichael and his wife, Cawanna, handed out school supplies and autographed
posters Friday for the children of T.J. Calhoun Homes on Green Street. Jolejah Pery is
shown here picking up her supplies and Reebok gym bag.
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government increase in the
millage will come down to a
tenth of a mill.
Stephen Thublin, assistant
superintendent for financial
and business operations for
the school system, said that
an increase in the county’s
net tax digest and the guar
anteed rollback from a long
established one percent sales
tax, which is the amount
of taxable property, made it
possible to hold the line on
the tax millage while meet
ing educational needs.
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The Houston County Tax
Digest for 2007 is close to
$3.5 billion, up dramatically
from $2.2 billion five years
ago.
The school system is also
growing dramatically, and
currently has 4,600 employ
ees, with a proposed budget
of over S3OO million.
Regarding millage: A
mill is a value equal to one
thousandth of a U.S. dollar.
School boards and other gov
erning groups set millage
See TAX, page $A