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» laMMittt ilnilw LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville VOLUME 137, NUMBER 156 BELOW THE FOLD: Base offers separation incentives Perry puts moratorium on PUDs INSIDE: Health - Page 5A WmtSmL Friday August 10,2007 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH WHEM'NHGHBORS‘MEfc'I IN BRIEF WR Rec Dept, to hold volleyball registration Warner Robins Recreation Department will begin volleyball registration Monday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at their office off Watson Blvd. (across from Robins Federal Credit Union). The cost is $25 for city of Warner Robins residents, SSO for county residents or SBS for out of county. The required fee is due at registration. The age control date is Aug. 31. For more information, call 929- 1916. Eggs & Issues slated at Museum of Aviation Eggs & Issues will be held Aug. 23 at 8 a.m. at the Museum of Aviation, Hangar One. The meeting, according to a release, will feature guest speak ers from the Houston County Board of Education, including new Superintendent David Carpenter. The cost is sl2 per person. The deadline to register is Aug. 21 at 5 p.m. (no cancellations after that day). The late registration fee is sls. Huntington Middle sets key dates Huntington Middle School has scheduled a School Council election and meetings for the 2007-2008 school year. The election will be held for a parent/guardian representa tive Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. in the media center. All School Council meetings will be held at 7 a.m. in the office conference room. The schedule is: Sept. 4, Dec. 4, Feb. 5, 2008 and May 6, 2008. Huntington Middle is located at 206 Wellborn Road in Warner Robins. For more information, con tact Principal Gwendolyn Taylor at gtaylor@hcbe.net or 478-542-2240. CORRECTION The Houston County Board of Education is projecting an enroll ment of 25,800, with an increase of about 600 students from last year. The number of the increase was incorrect in a story on the start of school. We regret the error. BIRTHDAYS Aug. 8 ■ Joel Keith Rich, II PERIODICAL 500 I H ill j 8 *5 5108 0000l 1 4 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest 90£ JJOIQ-E wr. VIDHO3O JO AINn Ao3TOiid H3cWdS«\3W V.DHOBO -i-ODO riT ,, "B , "ii ,,, a , i ir , ir , "irii ,l, i Aug. 10, 2007 S/A-uu. UorsmvCorvn .Vnr/- /.V7^ - Today Wcsthci* Part 'y cloudy High: 100 Low: 77 hhjnews.com Utah Ex- Barrow worker faces theft charges "The actions of this drunken man put the lives of officers, children and everyone on the streets at risk.” - District Attorney Kelly R. Burke Man gets 8 years for assault on 2 deputies By RAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer A Bonaire man pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting two deputies with a car back in November. Moments before his jury trial was to begin, Joseph Ronald Adcock, 44, of 109 Chisom Court, pleaded guilty in Houston County Superior Court to two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, felony fleeing and eluding, driving with a suspended license, County approves Feagin Mill area annexations By RATLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer The City of Warner Robins continues to grow in the mid county area. The Houston County Commissioners did not object to three annexation requests by the city along or near Feagin Mill Road. The first request was to annex 1.865 acres at the south east corner of the intersection of Feagin Mill Road and U.S. 41. The land currently zoned R-AG (residential agricul tural) in the county will be zoned C-2 (general commercial) in the city. The other two tracts are near the intersection of Houston Lake road and Feagin Mill Road and the request See APPROVES, page iA Base to offer separation incentives From staff reports Robins Air Force Base officials announced an opportunity for civilian workers to apply for separation incentives Aug. 20-Aug. 31. There is the potential for up to 225 separation incen tives to be offered. The actual numbers and positions to be vacated will be the result of a deliberative process due to the need to carefully guard the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center’s critical missions. See INCENTIVES,page xA SPORTS: Demonettes build on playoff experi ence; Music win; Westfield elind- Tfl nated. More. # H Inside Prison guard charged with sexual assault - page 2A to serve eight in prison for the crimes from the Nov. 1, 2006, incident. Adcock was also given a $2,500 fine, and required to See ASSAULT page iA A sign of the times I.AMAU WWW.HHJNEWS.COM mb). w-Jtaai rnmmLLm reckless driving and sev eral other traffic offenses, said Jason Ashford, Chief Assistant District Attorney for Houston County. Superior Court Judge Edward D. Lukemire sen tenced Adcock to 20 years www.perrypantherfootball.com Perry puts moratorium on PUDs By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Staff Writer The Perry City Council voted Tuesday night to put a 90-day moratorium on new Planned Unit Development propos als. PUDs are zoned for mixed use, so that developers can combine residential and commercial uses. The motion was made by Councilman Joe Kusar, who suggested 60 days, but amended his motion when City Planner Mike Beecham asked for 90 days instead. Kusar said that this would allow for review of the city’s PUD standards, which have been the subject of some citizen oppo sition as well as council questioning in recent months. The moratorium does not affect any PUD proposals already proposed. A PUD-related request, being made for rezoning of 400 acres along Highway 341 south, Arena Road and Saddlecreek Road, was scheduled for a vote at Tuesday night’s meeting and citizens who have pre viously opposed the rezoning were present. However, the vote was delayed until-Aug. 21 at the request of Ryan Smith on behalf of Charlie McGlamry. This is the proposed Heart of a ‘ Lyon ’ Teen takes down purse snatcher By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Jared Lyon is being called a hero by members of his church. Last week Lyon, a 17- year-old Northside High student, was dropped off early by his mother for the Wednesday night ser vice and was picking up paper that had blown on the lawn of Christian Hope Church on North Davis Drive explained Rev. Mark Watkins. “He heard a lady yell ‘he stole my purse,’ and saw a * 2001 * SOMETHING IUEW MLmJP mLmm ■ m Nmmm TWO SECTION • 10 PAGES New Hope International VBS. 10A , development known as Nunn Farms. In another vote, the council approved a special exception which will allow a home at 1400 Swift Street to be used as a fam ily personal care home facility for young women who have mental disabilities but because they are 18 or older can no longer qualify for foster home care. This home will be under state licensing standards and will have round-the-clock staff. Airport matching grant The council also voted to provide match ing funds of $50,500 for a lighting system at the Perry Airport. Billy Jerles represent ed the Airport Authority in making the request. The authority has just received a grant from the Georgia Department of Transportation which requires match ing funds from the city and from the Houston County Commissioners. The Commissioners have also approved match ing funds, and the total project cost is esti mated at $404,000. Liquor licensing In other business the council approved See PERRY, page iA MWMfmffmmim V' guy on a bicycle with the purse,” Watkins said. “Jared told the young man ‘if you don’t stop I’ll have to tackle you,”’ Watkins said. “Lynon tack led the man and the bike, retrieved the purse and gave it back to the woman.” Bruce Goddard called Jared a hero on his blog and said the “purse snatcher picked the wrong place to snatch a purse on Wednesday night in Warner Robins, or at least he snatched a purse in front See LYON, page zA An auto mobile passes a recently erected billboard off U.S. 41 - about a hundred yards from Perry High School - advertis ing ‘‘some thing new”, which in turn goes hand in hand with something old com ing at the end of August ... football! ENI/Gary Harmon