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VOLUME 137, NUMBER 150
BELOW THE FOLD: Another arrest made in home invasion B Local hospitals part of nationwide effort B WRPD to hold police academy
Thursday
August 2,2007
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IN BRIEF
Governor’s annual
fish fry slated
Gov. Sonny Perdue's annual fish
fry will be Aug. 11 from noon-2 p.m.
at the Georgia National Fairgrounds.
Last year, according to a release,
more than 1,500 people attended.
Admission is $lO, which includes
the catfish dinner. RSVP by calling
404-260-5941, or going online at
www.gagop.org.
HC Board of Health to
meet today
The Houston County Board of
Health will meet at noon today in
the conference room at the Houston
County Health Department, which is
located at 98 Cohen Walker Drive in
Warner Robins.
Center to hold
business plan writing
The University of Georgia Small
Business Development Center will
offer the following continuing educa
tion program: Writing an Effective
Business Plan. It is scheduled
for Aug. 14, from 6-8 p.m. at 151
Osigian Blvd., in Warner Robins.
The cost is S4O pre-paid.
According to a release, the course
details are as follows: “A business
plan helps you start, build and man
age your business. This course will
explain the sections of the business
plan, what information is required for
each section, and the general format
needed. You will receive a detailed
planning outline and other informa
tion to help you develop an effective
business plan right away."
Register enline at www.geor
giasbdc.org/ce/macon or call 478-
751-6592.
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Police thwart plan to steal
baby from womb
web
County to increase tax rate
Several voice opposition
By RATLIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
County taxpayers will be
paying a little more in taxes
when the tax bill comes.
How much is a little?
$3 more for a SIOO,OOO
house and $7 more for a
$200,000 home. Commission
Chairman Ned Sanders
said the “slight, marginal
increase” in the millage rate
to 9.45 mills is up 1.39 per
cent from last year’s rate of
9.32 mills and 1.6 percent
Local hospitals part of nationwide
effort to reduce medical errors
From staff reports
Houston Healthcare, including Houston
Medical Center and Perry Hospital, has
launched an initiative to raise patient safe
ty awareness among its staff, physicians,
patients and community through charter
membership in the National Patient Safety
Foundation’s Stand Up for Patient Safety
program.
This program, according to a release, is
part of a nationwide effort led by the NPSF
and leading hospitals and health systems to
WRPD Citizens Police Academy set to begin
From staff reports
The Warner Robins Police
Department will be con
ducting a 12-week Citizen’s
Police Academy starting next
Thursday.
The classes will be
Thursday evenings begin
ning Aug. 9 and running
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
above the rollback rate of
9.3 mills.
The Houston County
Commissioners set the mill
age rate Tuesday following
the third public hearing on
the tax rate increase. The
final hearing was also the
most attended, with six
members of the public and
four members of the media
on hand.
Four of the residents also
took the opportunity to
speak out against the tax
increase.
LEGALS.
HOB
Getting ‘sprayed’ by the Hour
reduce medical errors and improve the qual
ity of patient care. As part of the Stand Up
for Patient Safety program, Houston Medical
Center and Perry Hospital will:
• Support educational and training oppor
tunities to make patient safety a top priority
for all staff members;
• Provide patients and their families with
information on how to make their healthcare
safer; and
• Encourage patients to ask questions
4 See EFFORT, page SA
through Oct. 25, and will
meet at the Warner Robins
Police Department Training
Center located on Stalnaker
Avenue off Ga. 247 South
near Northrop Grumman
and Cascade Corporation.
The purpose of the acad
emy, according to a release, is
not to teach attendees to be
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“It’s just $3. It’s just $6,”
said Walton Wood, “It is just
a tax increase.”
Maurice Braswell said, “it
seems the county responsi
bility has decreased through
annexation, but you keep
asking for more and more.
We have to accept increas
es in taxes, and tax assess
ments and fuel costs, which
you say you can’t do any
thing about.”
Braswell was also critical
of new equipment purchases
versus, he said, other coun
ties which buy used.
David Wittenberg said
“people in the county try
police officers, but instead,
the release reads, it is an
opportunity for them to gain
a better understanding of the
responsibilities and challeng
es of the police profession.
Participants learn about
the criminal justice sys
tem and how they can work
See ACADEMY,page SA
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"People in the county try to make ends
meet and sometimes have to make
priorities... it doesn't seem you have to
prioritize in the county"
- David Wittenberg
to make ends meet and
sometimes have to make
priorities,” telling the com
missioners, “it doesn’t seem
you have to prioritize in the
county.”
Wittenberg referred to the
increased tax digest, which
Commission Chairman Ned
Another arrest made
in WR home invasion
By RAY LIGHTNER
Journal Staff Writer
The fourth of five sus
pects front a July 23 home
invasion is now in jail.
Demarius Lamon Moore,
16, of Macon, turned
himself in to Warner
Robins Police Tuesday
and remains held with
out bond in the Houston
County Jail on charges of
burglary, theft by taking
motor vehicle and armed
robbery.
The fifth suspect, 16-
year-old Renaldo Smith
of 518 American Blvd., in
Warner Robins, remains
at large.
Smith is wanted for,
and Moore and the oth
ers have been charged for,
their parts in the home
invasion of 835 Johnson
Road.
In that incident, the vic
tim, 18-year-old Marcus
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Sanders said has grown $1.3
billion or 59 percent from
five years ago. “The county
is getting a 9 percent pay
raise every year and you
are spending every bit and
asking for more,” he said.
“I’m not getting any more
See INCREASE,page SA
Brown
came
in from
work and
when he
turned on
the light,
reported
ly discov
ered five
subjects
inside
his resi
dence.
Brown
told
police one
of the five
pointed
a gun at
him and
demand
ed money.
He said
he com-
plied and the suspects
left with his money, items
from the residence and
See ARREST, page SA
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Susan
Schultz
slides into
the water
during
Happy
Hour
Service
Center’s
annual
picnic.
The event,
accord
ing to a
release,
was to
mark fin
ishing up
their sum
mer pro
gram. For
more, see
Friday’s
Houston
Daily
Journal.
ENlGary
Harmon
Behind bars
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