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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 146
BELOW THE FOLD: Houston Healthcare issues bonds to cover expansion INSIDE: Houston Healthcare’s Family Fair coming soon
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Friday
July 27,2007
The Home Journal’s
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IN BRIEF
Perry HS to hold Class
of ‘67 reunion
The Perry High School Class of
1967 will hold its 40th reunion Oct.
19-20.
For more information or
to help with planning, e-mail
PHS67Reunion@msn.com or call
987-5430.
Langston Road closed
for construction
Langston Road, according to a
release, will be closed to through
traffic between Ga. 127/Houston
Lake Road and Lake Joy Road due
to utility construction on Monday and
Tuesday. The road will reopen to
through traffic on Wednesday.
Foundation to hand
out school supplies
The Nece Hopson Memorial
Foundation, Incorporated will,
according to a release, distribute
school supplies Saturday from 11
a.m.-1 p.m. at Tabor Academy
Cafeteria at Northside High School.
Tabor Academy is located at 926
Green Street in Warner Robins.
Ag Expo Authority
sets next meeting
The next meeting of the Georgia
Agricultural Exposition Authority
will be held Aug. 8 in Perry, at 1
p.m. in the Board Room of Reaves
Ar@n3
WRHS to hold drop-in
orientation, more
Warner Robins High School,
according to a release, will hold a
drop-in orientation and two open
houses. Students and their par
ents are encouraged to attend, the
release reads.
The drop-in orientation will be
held Aug. 2 from 4-6 p.m. The open
houses will be held Aug. 21 at the
main campus at 6 p.m. and Aug. 23
at the Rumble Academy at 6 p.m.
Warner Robins High is located
at 401 South Davis Drive in Warner
Robins. Principal Steve Monday
may be contacted either by phone
at 478-929-7877 or by e-mail at
smonday@hcbe.net.
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State denies parole for convicted murderer
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The State Board of Pardons and
Paroles recently denied parole for
Edward Paul Vollmer for the second
time since his 1993 murder convic
tion.
Vollmer, 37, was convicted in
Houston County Superior Court
in 1993, for the murder of U.S.
Navy Sailor Conway Utterback, 20.
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will also be available at the Perry Book Store.
Perry authop wpites
9-11 novel
By Charlotte Perkins
Journal Staff Writer
When he was
just out of
Westfield High
School, Nick Shelton pub
lished a book of devotion
als.
Last year, as a student
at Mercer University, he
created an online Christian
community on the website
called The Body of Christ.
Org.
Now he has published a
novel, The American Truth,
that combines history, con
spiracy and suspense, in a
thriller about the events of
Sept. 11, 2001.
Shelton is the son of Lisa
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Nick Shelton of Perry has
published his second book
and first novel, a fictional
treatment of the Sept. 11,
2001 terrorist attacks on
the U.S.
Shelton and the late Jeff
Shelton, and the grandson
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Vollmer was given a life sentence for
the April 4, 1992 murder.
This is the second time he has
been denied parole, according to the
state parole board.
“Some crimes are so dark and
gruesome that the community
should not have to be reminded
of the details,” said Parole Board
Chairman Garland R. Hunt.
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of Frank Shelton, all of
Perry. He has focused his
studies at Mercer on litera
ture, religions economics
and politics.
In the coming school
term, he will be completing
his undergraduate degree
at Oxford University in
England.
At Oxford, he will be
studying the literature, with
an emphasis on the works
of his favorite author C.S.
Lewis. After completing
his undergraduate degree,
Shelton plans to study for
his masters in globalization
from Oxford.
The American Truth is a
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"Some crimes are so dark and gruesome that
the community should not have to be reminded
of the details. But the Parole Board for the sake
of the community and the victims must revisit
these heinous crimes."
- Parole Board Chairman Garland R. Hunt
Grants could help
fund siren system
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Houston County may get
grants to pay for a county
wide early warning siren
system.
County Fire Chief Jimmy
Williams told the members
of Vision 2020 there are some
grants available through
the Federal Emergency
Management Agency and
the county has pre-qualified
thanks to its pre-disaster
mitigation plan approved in
2003.
Williams said that the
plan included improvements
to the county emergency
radio system and the out
door warning sirens. The
800 MHz radio system is in
place, Williams said, but the
sirens have not been added
due to the cost.
The county has pre-applied
for a S6OO-some thousand
75/25 grant, which requires
25 percent local participa
tion, Williams said. He said
he expected to be notified
to submit the full grant
package in October through
December of this year.
“It will give us some time
to budget the local participa
tion portion in next year’s
budget,” he said.
The project is estimated
at about $1.6 million for a
"We have started a path towards a
siren system, and are methodically going
down that path."
- County Commission Chairman Ned Sanders
HHC issues bonds
to cover expansion
By RAYLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
Houston County Hospital
Authority will be issuing up
to $75 million in bonds to
fund the current expansion
project.
The seven-page resolution
approved by the authority
contains about 20 “whereas”
statements and another 21
sections spelling out the pro
cess for issuing up to $75
million in revenue anticipa
tion certificates. The inter
est rate will not exceed 6
percent and the total inter
est paid by the authority
shall not exceed $5.75 mil
lion.
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vendor to plot out site loca
tions and get the system in
place. Williams admitted the
.system has been under con
sideration since the ’9os.
Williams said he has also
applied for a SIOO,OOO grant
to piggyback on the Board
of Education’s phone alert
system.
“It is different than
reverse 911,” he said, “in
that there’s an individual
contract with a vendor with
the phone lines.”
Both Williams and 911
Director Capt. Ricky
Harlowe said the reverse
911 would likely tie-up the
911 phone lines and did not
recommend it.
“It’s a double-edged
sword,” Harlowe said. “We
have 28 lines coming in, but
if we put out a bulletin and
it gets to the 28th line with
incoming calls from people
calling back, callers will get
a busy signal.”
With any sort of system,
Harlowe said, “we have to
make sure we can incorpo
rate it into the MOSCAD
system. The current system
can do more that what we do
with it now. It can operate
the sirens, it has additional
capacity.”
Williams also said it
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The resolution also rolled
in the existing $lO million
2002 bonds, which will be
recalled and reissued at the
new rate, explained bond
consultant Jim Pannell. He
also explained the need for
the “not to exceeds” which
are “higher than you actu
ally will have to do.”
The bonds will be issued
through Wachovia Bank
beginning Aug. 23 and
mature not later than Oct. 1,
2042. The 2002 bonds with a
variable rate will be recalled
on Aug. 23 and reissued the
next day, Panned explained.
Other language in the
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