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Web ■ ‘Kite Runner' controversy ■ How common are medical errors? ■ The green way to throw out tech toys SB Wmm j r ; Volume 137, Number 182 Alice in wonderland Family pet helps police find lost 3-year-old rgs i \ ; m ———i —i 5 ; ; , :g§f ..- j i .amM K ? )te JH 1 - V'- j ■ ! lm| HL .k / \ ... ■ '****W (t jT >/ P | Sr i;y BBBBBBBMBmBjMBBMBBMMMBiifi i h i l l Journal/Charlotte Perkins Malik Glover cuddles with his mom, Tikitia Glover, under the watchful eye of Alice, the dog who stayed beside him when he toddled away from home and into the woods last Friday. By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Staff Writer This is a story with a happy end ing, thanks to a dog named Alice who stayed with a lost and barefoot 3-year old as he sun went down, and barked at the noisy helicopter that was cir cling overhead. Maybe Malik Glover will read this story someday, and realize how many people were hunting for him, how many neighbors were out volunteer ing, and how terrified his mom, Tikitia Glover, was until he was brought back safely. “My body hurt, my mind hurt,” she says, “I can’t even explain the emo tions.” So here’s Tikitia Glover’s story. She and her husband Raymond are newcomers to Perry. They just moved here in July and bought a house in the PERIODICAL 500 8 mm 4 COOI * Georgia Newspaper Project Man LiDrary University of G earoa ATHENS GA 306G2 OCO2 3-DIGIT 306 Oct. 6-9, 2007 S IJ ' ' r C )L \TY Sl\( l 1870 ■' :V ■ ' V-.. ' RELIGION - 6A Group made up of local teens to perform at fair. Powell asks: Is your salvation a “faulty diagnosis”? More. LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE "My body hurt, my mind hurt. I can’t even explain the emotions." - Tikitia Glover Gresham Creek subdivision off Macon Road. She’s a school counselor with a new job at Perry Primary. Their daughter, Areyhon, is a student at Tucker Elementary. Raymond Glover is still working in Atlanta and com muting back and forth. Last Friday night, about 7 p.m., Tikitia Glover got little Malik settled on the sofa, watching his favorite video and munching on popcorn and started her housecleaning. A few minutes later she came back to BIRTHDAYS Oct. 6 ■ Kayla Jackson (Happy 18th!) Oct. 7 / —-v ■ Misti y~\ Randles ) ■ Jerry HLy Grimes Oct. 8 ■ Kim Willison Oct. 9 ■ Richard Schawo ■ Robert Huff E-mail birthdays to: hhjlaevansneuispapers.com or donm(a evansnewspapers.com. Mail to: 1210 Washington St., Perry 31069 attn: Don Moncrief. Or, call 987-1823, Ext. 231. ANNIVERSARIES Oct. 6 ■ Brittani and Shane Hawk nrifTW Saturday-Tuesday, October 6-9, 2007 This week in HHJ history: 30 years ago: As Forrest Gump would say: “It happens." Mechanical prob lems with the typesetting system make it: “Impossible to include all items that normally appear in the week’s edition.” Also, a national study that targets Houston County’s men 18 and older concludes: They (we) are on average six pounds heavier than their 1960 counterpart. In order to get within the weight of their 1960 counterpart, they would need to lose 507,000 pounds. 20 years ago: The Houston County Board of Education gets told by the lead er of the Houston County Taxpayers Association that legal action is “a very distinct possibility” if the board refused to lower its budget proposal. At contention was a $23.01 million school bond referendum going up for vote. 10 years ago: County Commissioners vote to build a new courthouse and locate it on Perry Parkway and to remodel the old one “for other uses." - Compiled by Don Moncrief the living room and saw the front door ajar, and Malik nowhere in sight. She ran around the house looking for him and then ran outdoors. She called to her daughter to come and help, and ran around the neighbor hood looking for the little boy, asking if anyone had seen him. By that time she admits she was getting hysterical. She stopped, took a deep breath, and called 911. She has nothing but praise for the response she got for her tearful call. “I was running up the street looking for him, and I could hear them com ing,” she says. Capt. Bill Phelps called in reinforce ments fast, and the search was under way. While two officers searched the Glover home from top to bottom See LOST, page 11A SPORTS - IB FOOTBALL: Panthers may have lost mL more than a game in loss at Central. SOFTBALL: Northside beats Jones County to set several school marks and post No. 1 seed fdtjffl^oMJLotsfhore. Perry Council takes a stand against tax plan By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Staff Writer The Perry City Council is taking a stand against Ga. House Speaker Glenn Richardson’s proposal to abolish all property taxes in Georgia and replace the rev enue with more sales taxes. On Tuesday night, the council voted to support the Georgia Municipal Association’s position in opposition to Richardson’s proposal, which is being billed as “The GREAT Plan for Georgia.” The plan is also being opposed by the Association County Commissioners of Davis Cosey named ‘Pioneer in Biofuels’ By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Staff Writer There’s a lot of talk about biofuels these and just about everybody is in agree ment that the nation needs to reduce its dependence on foreign oil and start making more use of ethanol. In Perry, that’s not just talk. Did you know that you can T tii: | Jp WL AbIISIEbb - H JoumaPCharlotte Perkins Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin pumps some ethanol-based fuel at Fillers, while Davis Cosey, just named a “Pioneer in Biofuels,” cheers him on. Thanks to ail the donors that came to the Perry Community Blood Drive at Crossroads United Methodist Church to give the gift of life. I want to thank all the workers and all the businesses for displaying posters and especially to Dominoes for providing delicious pizzas for the blood drive. Please bring a friend to our next Perry Community Blood Drive. I hope to see you all Dec. 3. Vivian Bethune Know someone or some agency that could use a pat on the back? Send your “Kudos" to hhj@evansnewspapers.com. www.hhjnews.com \V/iere neighbors /nee/ wmsmmmsmm Georgia and the Georgia School Boards Association. Locally, Mayor Jim Worrall, School Board Chairman Pam Greenway, ACCG President Tom McMichael, and GSBA President Skip Dawkins have also been public in their opposition to the Richardson plan. GMA’s concerns, as stat ed in a handout for elected officials, include a loss of local control of local funds. They point out that while local government budget ing processes take time and involve public hearings and advertising, there are no such requirements at the See PLAN, page 11A buy E-85, an ethanol-blend ed fuel, in two Perry loca tions now? Not only that, but you can buy a flex-fuel car or truck in Perry that allows you to fill your tank with E-85, but use regular fuel if you need to fill your tank somewhere else. That option is crucial because at the present time, Perry is still the only See COSEY, page 11A Clarification: In Wednesday's story “Man pleads guilty to vehicular homi cide, other charges,” the district attorney release mentions that Ronald Alan Sinyard left a “Mud Boggin” Nov. 4, 2006, leading up to the early morning Nov. 5 incident. According to Stephen Wiley of the Elko Mud Boggin organization, the fact he had been at the Mud Boggin was inconsequential to the events that followed. “He left the Mud Boggin between 11 and 11:30 (a.m.)," Wiley said, “and went to two beer busts after that. So the fact he was at the Mud Boggin had nothing to do with it." Award-Winning Newspaper Better Newspaper Contest