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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Volume 137, Number 177
Perry HS wins Governor's Civ
School takes Class 3A state championship for SAT improvement
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Perry High School went
all out to welcome Gov.
Sonny Perdue and Georgia
Superintendent of Schools
Kathy Cox on Monday.
Cheerleaders greeted
the helicopter as it landed
behind the school, and the
marching band accompanied
the dignitaries to the gym
where the entire student
body was gathered for some
thing that looked very much
like a pep rally.
The students didn’t know
why the governor was visit
ing, but they cheered and
clapped as if a rock star had
arrived.
“You the man, Sonny!”
one student shouted.
Their cheers were even
louder when they realized
that they were the real stars
of the show, and the gov
ernor was there to honor
them.
Perry High School, he
explained, had won the
Governor’s Cup trophy, and
were state champs in the
Class 3A Division for having
the highest rate of improve
ment in SAT scores.
Aside from a huge tro
phy for the school, Perry
High School juniors and
seniors each won a T-Shirt
proclaiming * them win
ners of the Governor’s Cup
challenge, and Principal
Darryl Albritton received
See CUP, page 10A
Plans under way for health center
Federal planning grant will help with clinic for poor, uninsured in county
From staff reports
Community Health Works
of Forsyth, has been awarded
an SBO,OOO federal planning
grant to Community Health
Works of Forsyth, to help
increase access to healthcare
for the poor and uninsured
through the creation of a
Federally Qualified Health
Center in Houston County.
Community Health
Works CEO Greg Dent
thanked the offices of both
Sen. Saxby Chambliss and
Representative Jim Marshall
for their support of the grant
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Shoo-fly pie and peach cobber. Auction
raises money to help less fortunate around
the world. Also, tea cakes and sugar
cookies: A longtime favorite and easy to make.
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Perry High School cheerleaders greet the arrival of the helicopter carrying Gov. Sonny Perdue and State Superintendent of Education Kathy Cox
Monday.
application.
Houston Healthcare CEO
Dr. Tony Alford, who is on the
board of Community Health
Works, said that planning
to have a health center for
low-income and uninsured
citizens in Houston County
is “a significant step in the
right direction.”
Alford said that a major
reason for the increase in
the cost of healthcare is due
to the resources expended
treating indigent patients
“because they do not access
healthcare until they are
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BIRTHDAYS
Sept. 19
■ Trish Hawk
Sept. 20
■ Stacey Deese
■ Landon Shehee f \
■ Robin Hamsley ]
■ Pat“meme"
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your birthdays
to: hhj(p evansnewspapers.com or
donmift evansnewspapcrs.com, or send them io:
1210 Washington St., Perry 31069 attn: Don
Moncrief. You can also call him at 987-1823,
Ext. 231.
ANNIVERSARIES
Sept. 19
■ Charline and Les Arent
■ Danielle and Josh Ray
Wednesday-Friday, September 19-21, 2007
really sick.”
“By getting into the sys
tem early,” Alford said,
“indigent patients can avoid
emergency rooms, which
are already overcrowded,
and also avoid unnecessary
admissions to the hospital.
Even more importantly,
they can improve their basic
health and extend their
lives.”
The Houston County
planning grant is part of
s6l million in new health
center grants recently
See CENTER, page 9A
This week in HHJ history:
30 years ago:
Ten inches of rain falls on Houston County. Only it only falls on
an area 75 feet long and 12 feet wide. The rainfall was an experi
ment by a team from Barnesville Experiment Station to help the Soil
Conservation Service determine erodibility of county farmland.
20 years ago:
Miss Georgia, Kelly Jerles, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William
Jerles of Perry, begins her bid to become Miss America at the
preliminaries held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Also, County
Commissioners begin studying implementation of the Emergency
911 system.
10 years ago:
The Eight Annual Georgia National Fair opens. The theme:
Harvest. In addition, a ceremony is held honoring former Georgia
Gov. Joe Frank and his wife Elizabeth at the fairgrounds. To that
end, the road leading in from the West Gate is named Gov. Joe
Frank and Elizabeth Harris Blvd., and a bust of Harris is built at the
foot of the clock tower. Also, Perry Mayor Jim Worrall returns from
a doctor’s visit with some great news. He has won his approximate
five-year bout over cancer.
HBMB
'Joanna' tags reaching deadline
Only 100 more orders needed
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
The deadline is drawing near. The Joanna
McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation is
just 100 orders short of reaching the goal
of 1,000 orders of the “Joanna tags.”
Jeff McAfee, Joanna’s father, is making a
special plea now.
“We have had an incredible response to
our request for help securing the remain
ing reservations,” he wrote in a recent
message to supporters of the foundation,
“but we need one last push!”
McAfee said that due to state policy, if the
remaining 100 reservations for the tags are
not made by the end of this month, the tag
will not be manufactured until 2008.
SPORTS - 3B
Punt, pass and kick pics. FOOTBALL: Perry returns
to action at Jackson, Bears host Parkview of “old”;
Hornets host Homecoming. Also, the latest local
softball and volleyball results and lots more.
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The tags can be reserved at the tax office
at the Houston County Courthouse, or the
order can be downloaded and mailed in,
with a $25 check.
Whether you place the order in person, or
mail the order in, the tag will be reserved
and you will receive a receipt from the
state in the mail, McAffee said.
When 1,000 reservations are reached,
you will receive a letter from the state with
instructions on how to receive your tag.
To learn more, go to
info@SupportCancerKids.org.
The Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer
Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organi
zation with the mission of raising aware
ness, provide support and fund research
for childhood cancer.
See TAGS,page $A
‘i I Ztere neig/thor* mvt m i
Christopher
Richardson of Warner
Robins was named to
the dean’s list at the
Savannah College of Art
and Design in Savannah
for summer quarter 2007.
* Per a release from
the school, full-time
undergraduate students
who earn a grade point
average of 3.5 or above
for the quarter receive
recognition on the dean’s
list.
Richardson is a Sound
Design major.
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Clarification
In “The People’s Business’’
on Page 3A, it was reported
that Woodland Property
Partners, Inc., planned to
have “mixed use, including a
six story apartment complex”
at a site which will be part of
Houston Springs. According
to a company spokesperson,
the plan is to have “three to
four story condos,” not apart
ments.
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