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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 144
BELOW THE FOLD: Goodwill seeks help following burglaries 9 County students excel at CRCT 9 Traffic stops lead to arrests^
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Wednesday
July 25, 2007
The Home Journal’s
FRONT
PORCH
IN BRIEF
Georgia Chamber
plans for luncheon
The Georgia Chamber of
Commerce will hold the 2007
Congressional Luncheon Aug. 21 at
the Miller-Murphy-Howard Building,
Georgia National Fairgrounds &
Agricenter. According to a release,
Sen. Saxby Chambliss will be the
keynote speaker. The reception will
begin at 11 a.m. and lunch will begin
at noon.
Tickets are $45 per person, and
tables of eight are available for $360.
Register online, at www.gachamber.
com. For more information call 1-
800-2411-2286.
HCHS parking permits
currently on sale
Houston County High School stu
dent parking permits, according to
a release from the school, are now
on sale.
Permits are being sold, according
to the release, on a first-come first
serve basis in the attendance office.
Permit sale hours through
Thursday, and then again Aug. 1-2,
are 8 a.m.-noon.
Additional purchases will be
offered beginning Aug. 6 before and
after school each day.
According to the release, the fol
lowing documents are required to
purchase a parking permit: Current
vehicle registration card, proof of
automobile insurance, current
driver’s license of student driv
ing the vehicle and $35 cash, or
check/money order made payable to
Houston County High School.
To purchase a parking permit, the
student may not have any unpaid
fines.
First UMC to hold Red
Cross blood drive
An American Red Cross Blood
Drive will be held Friday from 1:30-
6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist
Church of Centerville, which is locat
ed at 600 North Houston Lake Blvd.
Call Sara Colbert at 953-5387
or the church office at 953-3090 for
an appointment. Or, according to a
release, you may just come on in
during the hours of the drive.
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sheriff in hot water
Man addresses charges, vows return
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
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Students excel on CRCT
Special to the Journal
Criterion-Referenced Competency Test sys
tem scores have been released by the Georgia
Department of Education for the state test
given at the end of April. Houston County
students, according to a release, scored higher
than the state average in every subject for
every grade.
Students in grades one through eight were
tested in the areas of reading, mathematics
and English/language arts; students in grades
three through eight were also tested in social
studies and science. The CRCT, according to the
release, measures what knowledge and skills
students are expected to have mastered by the
end of the school year. Based on standards set
by Georgia, student scores are categorized as
either: does not meet standard, meets stan
dard, or exceeds standard. This is the eighth
year this test has been administered.
CRCT scores, according to the release, are
used to give Georgia schools a report card
and as “gates” for certain grades, meaning
students must pass certain portions of the test
to be promoted to the next grade. An eighth
grade gate went into effect in 2006. Students
were required to pass the reading and math
portions of the test for promotion to the ninth
grade. A third grade reading gate went into
effect in 2004, and a fifth grade reading and
math gate became effective in 2005.
Of the 36 tests given, 25 were aligned to
the new Georgia Performance Standards. The
new GPS curriculum, according to the release,
is more rigorous and focuses on mastering
* See CRCT, page 6A
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
self, his business
dealings and out
standing charg
es against him,
Christopher Kelley
said he would be
returning to town
in October.
In an e-mail
addressed to
District Attorney
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"My company got over extended with payroll and
several under-bMded jobs, and not this flagrant
disregard for all the clients I had."
- Christopher Kelley
Kelly Burke (a courtesy copy sent
here to the paper), Kelley denied
committing the crimes, explaining
he “just had a business that failed.”
Kelley, 34, is wanted for theft by
2007 CRCT. percentage of meets or exceeds standards
Grade Subject Standard Georgia met Houston County
or exceeded met or exceeded
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Math New GPS 82 88
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Math New GPS 81 86
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Lg. Arts New GPS 86 88
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Science New GPS 70 76
| Social St QCC 89 I 93
4 ; Reading New GPS 85 90
| Lg. Arts New GPS ; 84 89
| Math I QCC 78 87
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! Social St QCC | 88 93
5 | Reading New GPS 86 .90
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conversion (two counts) and two
bench warrants from Superior Court
by the Houston County Sheriffs
Office and is listed on Macon
Regional Crimestoppers. Burke said
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Kelley is wanted for a bad check
charge and the thefts by conversion,
which are felonies since each is more
than SSOO.
Kelley may face similar allegations
in Peach and Bibb counties, Burke
said. And “based on prior dealings
with him,” Burke said (prior to
Kelley’s e-mail), “we have started
bond forfeiture proceedings.”
“I don’t want to spend «the tax
payers’ money,” said Burke. “We’ll
get the bondsmen to do it first, but
See RETURN, page 6A
Goodwill seeks help
following burglary
By RATLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
On July 16, two Goodwill locations
were burglarized and the donations
were stolen.
One of the two locations was the
Centerville Galleria Mall dona
tion center. The other was on
Poplar Street in Macon. Capt. Sid
Andrews of the Centerville Police
Departyment said there are cur
rently no suspects and there was no
surveillance video.
“We are currently monitoring
pawn shops,” Andrews said.
See GOODWILL, page 6A
Stops lead to arrests
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
According to police reports, three
men are in jail following two traffic
stops late Friday night on Interstate
75 southbound.
Two Moultrie men were detained
about 11:15 p.m. Friday follow
ing a traffic stop for changing
lanes without using a turn signal
near mile maker 134. The driver,
See ARRESTS, page 6.4
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Time
to
reflect
Bikers and
bikes are
reflected
in Walt
Alexander’s
sunglasses
during the
Fifth Annual
Poker Run,
sponsored by
Crickett’s Bar
and Grill in
Warner Robins
and held this
past weekend.
For more, see
page SA.
ENI Gary Harmon