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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL The People ’s Business A quick guide to what our elected and appointed offi cials are doing Perry City Council Meeting: Tuesday ■ Set the tax millage Houston County Commission Meeting: Tuesday ■ Approved a request during work session from Sheila Jones, Executive Direction of the Perry Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, to purchase new signs for the city's historic walking tour ■ Welcomed councilman-elect Willie King to the meeting. King, who faces no opposition for the post, has begun to attend meet ings regularly and will succeed longtime council member Bobby Glover in January ■ Heard from citizen Martin Beeland who expressed concern over the city's water and sewer rates and asked that monthly rates be averaged from winter rates rather than summer. ■ Set the millage rate for FY 2008 at 13.01, which is slightly lower than last year’s rate of 13.05, because of an increase in the tax digest. ■ Learned that Charlie McGlamry has withdrawn his request for a rezoning and annexation related to 400 acres of land (the Nunn farm) adjoining Highway 341 South, Arena Road and Saddlecreek Road. ■ Approved a request for a waiver of parade fee for the 2007 Kiwanis/Fair Parade to be held on Saturday, Oct. 6. ■ Approved the Public Safety Committee’s recommendation to hold trick-or-treating on Oct. 31 hereafter, except when the date falls on Sunday HOUSE From page iA “Will we remember that the loss of this building was for a driveway?” she asked the council, “and is that progress?” Shelton noted that Perry already has several drug stores, including one that has little business. Kim Muhins of the DDA spoke, saying, I appreciate the architecture in Perry PEACHES From page iA Graham, Baxley, Surrency, Odum, Screven, Jesup, Brunswick, St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island. The 2008 Peaches to the Beaches Yard Sale is set for March 14-15, with some communities also participat ing on Sunday. For information, con tact Evelyn Simmons at the Golden Isles Parkway Association, at 912-375- 5035 or via e-mail to simmonseb(S)bellsouth.net. ‘Montezuma Mennonite School BENEFIT AUCTION Saturday, September 29, 2007, 10:00AM, Auction Preview and Supper, Friday, September 28, 2007, 6:3OPM - B:3OPM Crafts Homemade Quilts Lunch Stand Mim A j-ij. (Many more items too numerous to fist / Auction Site: Montezuma Mennonite School Exit 127 of 1-75, turn Right onto Hwy 26W, go .approx. 12 miles, turn Right on Mennonite School Rd. ■ Aapproved a section of the city’s alcoholic beverage license law which will bring it into confor mity with state law ■ Approved entering into an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Commerce, in order to have data storage/pro cessing services in another loca tion in case of a natural disaster or other emergency making it impossible to operate the city’s computer system in Perry. The Houston County Board of Commissioners Meeting: Tuesday ■ Unanimously authorized the purchase of 2.764 acres on Gunn Road from Eagle Springs, LLC at a price of $150,000 per acre. Said parcel is to be the sight of the new 15,000 square foot Centerville Library approved in the 2006 SPLOST referen dum. ■ Heard from citizens Walton Wood and Maurice Braswell. Wood expressed concern about loss of local control in HR9OO is passed and stated that he thought the cost of land for the new Centerville Library was too high. Braswell also expressed concerns about the cost of the land for the library. ■ Passed a Resolution to the Warner Robins American Little League Team recognizing them as World Series Little League World Champions. ■ Voted to appoint Shaw Blackmon to fill Larry Snellgrove's unexpired term on the Houston County Development Authority. Blackmon’s term will expire Aug. 9, 2011. ■ Voted to reappoint Grace Harmon to a three year term on the Board of Adjustments and Appeals. Harmon’s term will expire Oct. 2, 2010. ■ Approved a request from more than anybody,” and not ing that he had read “Elbe’s book.” He said, however, that the Paradise group had worked for three years on the site, spending a lot of money to acquire here pieces of prop erty, and that the money received by the city (for the sale of the parking lot) would be used to beautify the downtown area. Patrick Scott of Paradise Developers said that Walgreen’s beheves that Perry is a very strong LEE'S RENTAL CENTER Where Pros Go For Tools And Equipment Since 1966 • Construction Equipment • Homeowners Equipment • Party Equipment 2001 Houston Lake Road Perry, GA 31069 478-988-1229 www.leesrental.com Farm Raised Frozen Beef Barrel Train Rides Amanda Holmes of Bonaire for a special exception to have s small business in her home manufac turing stained glass, which she will deliver to customers. ■ Approved a request from Sam Metcalf of Perry to have a home business at 207 Kings Crest Blvd. Metcalf and his wife will be the only employees. ■ Approved a request by Jody Parham to have a small lawn care business at his home in Byron. ■ Unanimously authorized the purchase of 2.764 acres on Gunn Road from Eagle Springs, LLC at a price of $150,000 per acre. Said parcel is to be the sight of the new 15,000 square foot Centerville Library approved in the 2006 SPLOST referen dum. Centerville City Council Meeting: Tuesday ■ Terminated the employment of Chief of Police Ernie Pardo who has been on sick leave since June. Acting Police Chief Willie Tilton will remain in the position until the appointment of a new chief. 21st Century Partnership According to Executive Director Mary Terese Tebbe, Several members of the 21st Century Partnership will attend the annual Air Force Association Convention in Washington, D.C. next week. Partnership members will be joined by Sen. Ross Tolleson, Commissioner Tom McMichael, and representatives from Flint Energy, Georgia Power, and Trane Corporation, to discuss potential applications for alter native sources for Robins Air Force Base with Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, William Anderson. market, and that the drive way from Washington Street would be well-landscaped and could not be done according to traffic requirements if the house remained standing. Scott said that the com pany would give the house to anyone wilhng to move it. However, Shelton noted that because of its brick construc tion, it would probably be irreversibly damaged in the effort. The council voted to allow Paradise to remove the building. Animals Bake Sale Tools For more information call: 478-244-0086 Marvin Yoder 478-472-2614 Steven Overholt MALKIN From page 6A George Soros-funded ANSWER “die-in” usurping the names and legacies of those who have died serv ing in Iraq. Describing her son’s heroism and her sup port of the counterinsurgen cy efforts in Iraq, she said: “You can’t ‘take’ someone’s life who gives it . . . and Mark willingly gave his life. . . . God redeployed Mark to heaven.” ENDORSES From page iA best known locally as the former commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. An Air Force veteran, with a distinguished record as a pilot, he retired in 2000 as a major general. 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The bottom line does come down to oil” He also > criticized Democratic positions on healthcare, and called Social Security “a train wreck about to happen.” On the subject of illegal immigration, he said that securing the borders was of the first importance, and that illegal entry should not be a path to citizenship, but that worker programs were needed to support agri culture and construction businesses. 9A 153479 |S3HQ3