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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville . * volume 137, number 164 www.hhjnews.com Two sections *l4 pages BELOW THE FOLD: City of WR objects to chamber consolidation Concert tickets on sale INSIDE: WR to wait on filling vacancy Wednesday August 22,2007 The Home Journal’s FRONT PORCH WHUERENeGHBORS s WUEET IN BRIEF Perry, Centerville plan November elections The cities of Perry and Centerville with hold non-partisan city council elections Nov. 6. Under Georgia election law, the times for candi dates to sign up, or “qualify”, are as follows in both cities: 8:30 a.m -4:30 p.m., Aug. 27-31. In Perry, three posts are up for election: District 1, wth incumbent Bobby Glover; District 2, incum bent James Moore, and District 3, incumbent Riley Hunt. The qualify ing fee is $126. The salary for the post is $6,600 annually. Terms are for four years. Qualifying takes place at City Hall. The election will be Nov. 6, with all voting at Rozar Park. In Centerville, Post 3, incumbent Sherod Wilson; and Post 4, incum bent Robert A. Smith, Jr. are up for election. The qualifying fee is $72. Councilmembers earn S2OO per month, with four year terms. Voting win be at City Hall Nov. 6 - Charlotte Perkins. Perry High School to hold council election Perry High School will hold a School Council election Tuesday at 7 a.m. in the Perry High School Auditorium. School council meet ings are held quarterly and inter ested parents must be present on the morning of the election to be nominated and selected. Perry High School is located at 1307 North Avenue in Perry. For more information, contact Darryl Albritton at dalbritton@hcbe.net or 478-988-6298 Ext. 21295. BIRTHDAYS Aug. 21 ■ Cash Stimus Rich (Happy 1st!) Today ■ Bill Moss ■ Trevor Garrett ■ Carli Rayne Boyles E-mail your birthdays to: hhj@evansnewspapers.com or donm@evansnewspapers.com, or send them to: 1210 Washington St., Perry 31069 attn: Don Moncrief. You can also call him at 987-1823, Ext. 231. ANNIVERSARY Today ■ Joe and Babs Smith (Happy 50th!) PERIODICAL 500 IIIIIEIIiII 8 5510800001 1 4 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Belter Newspaper Contest ■>am COOI * Georgia Newspaper Project Main Library University of Georgia r\ t ntri'to ooOtui-vjwwL 3-DfGrr 306 Aug. 22, 2007 ■Serving Houston Sinci: 1870 - ---—^—- Today Vifeatlier Most| y sunp y High: 104 Low: 75 hhjnews.com Wfil, China’s beef embargo ■ICU frustrates U.S. producers Tt t *■ tmP ; WSMEtm • y ':, flHraft' ? ■ 4 ;.jy ?i " " ''^ljlpb' , ,vi . . raß* •' f"\ 4KttIL-. ~rw HHi||’'T: ;' "n : '- ■M:wW JM !■ —r'T— * * FOOD: Bake you* own pizza; season sensa tions; restau rant report. 1D More. ID International tastes TOP; Rudy Santana and Esthela Estarza were among the performers at the International Tasting Party held by the Middle Georgia Democratic Women’s Club Saturday. Their mother, Isabella Santana, teaches a class in Mexican folk dancing at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Contributed/Tina Simms LEFT: Michelle Taylor per forms a Middle Eastern belly dance. She is one of several students of Melek Foster who danced for the more than 120 in atten dance. Joumal/Charlottc Parkins BELOW: Sisters Kennya and Betzy Santana per form a Mexican folklore dance. 3 ContrHmted/rhui Simms SPORTS: Never-say qutt attitude pays off In 1 NS athlete; Golf results; EQ Music and more. ||D WR annexes tract for PDE By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer The city of Warner Robins continues to grow in the mid-county area with the annexation of another 76.72 acres. City Council approved the request from Willis Family Properties LLC to annex three tracts totaling 76.72 acres at the south west corner of Feagin Mill and Houston Lake roads and rezoningthe land from Residential Agricultural to Planned Development Extraordinary. The mixed-use plan pre sented by Zan Thompson, includes, residential, apartments, commercial out parcels or “opportu nity lots,” as Thompson called them, for a bank and drug store as well as a commercial development including a grocery store. The PDE approval is for the land use only, with the final site plan coming back to the city council for approval with specifics on sizes, what is going in and where it will be. “Specific uses will be negotiated later,” said Warner Robins objects to chamber consolidation By RAYLIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer The Warner Robins City Council passed a resolu tion in opposition to the proposed chamber con solidation. “I am against a great er Houston County Chamber of Commerce,” said Councilman Dean Cowart. He proposed the reso lution that the Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce not combine with the Perry chamber. “They should just repre sent the city,” he said. Cowart said “I believe we have one of the great est assets in the Warner Concert for Literacy tickets on sale now By RAY LIGHTNER Journal Staff Writer Tickets are on sale now for the seventh annual Concert for Literacy. The concert to ben efit the Houston County Certified Literate Community Program is Sept. 29, at the Homer J. Walker Civic Center in Warner Robins. Showtime is 7 p.m. and doors open at 6 p.m. “Come one, come all,” invites Houston County CLCP Program Coordinator Skip Holmes, “as CLCP partners 1 1 an Evans Family Newspaper] city consultant Jesse Fountain, “and you can exclude things,” he said regarding concerns about some uses including alco hol sales near the Sandy Valley Baptist Church. The city council also upheld another Planning and Zoning Commission decision, denying the request to annex and rezoned from Troy Deßosa. He had asked that 1.865 acres at the southeast corner of the intersection of Feagin Mill Road extension and U.S. 41, be annexed and rezoned from RAG to C-2 (general commercial). Community Development Director Robert Sisa told city coun cil the denial was based mainly on traffic genera tion in the area, U.S. 41 not being upgraded and the use not being present ed. Mayor Donald Walker noted there was widen ing of 41 planned in the future and there are large residential developments coming on line. See ANNEXES, page 6A Robins Area Chamber of Commerce.” He said he is concerned “the interest of the chamber would not be the interests of Warner Robins.” Councilman Doug McDowell, who voted with Cowart on the resolution, noted the Warner Robins Chamber has 1,300 mem bers and Perry has about 300. “I think they’ve done an outstanding job,” he said, “and I’d like to see it continue.” Cowart said this idea of consolidations comes up every couple of years. “It was defeated once, but has come up again,” he See CHAMBER, page 6A with the city of Warner Robins, Hodac and Heart of Georgia DDS Ministry for another grand night of Big Band favorites and dancing.” The performers include the 18 piece, “profes sional Glenn Miller style” Still Swinging Orchestra from Atlanta, “under the able direction of band leader Les Still,” Holmes said, plus the four-voice Swing Shift vocal ensem ble “reminiscent of the Modernaires.” The Atlanta Swing See CONCERT, page 6A