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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL Reader npnr ' uuvjLrvS/ ' Houston 3|nuntal Peppy Office 1210 Washington St. P.O. Box 1910 Parry, GA 31069 478-987-1823 See us online at www.hhjnews.com Classified Advertising: Call 478-987-1823 between the hours of 8 a m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can fax an ad 24 hours a Today’s Weather Local 5-Day Forecast Thu 11/1 79/54 Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s and lows in the mid 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:52 AM 6:44 PM Wed 10/31 ijSbsi 76/53 Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the low 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:51 AM 6:45 PM pE&Wf/f’ Georgia At A Glance \ Atlanta \ 70/50 q Augusta V Warner Robins \ \ 77/53 j V k \ \ * ) Savannah w 1 v I. p__L \ 75/63 *\ f / Perf y & J 7?/5 V / % ( / Valdosta - , 79/62 Area Cities Albany 80. 59 pt sunny Athens 72 52 mst sunny Atlanta 70 50 mst sunny Augusta 74 57 pt sunny Bainbridge 82 60 pt sunny Brunswick 74 66 rain Cartersville 71 48 mst sunny Chattanooga,TN 68 44 sunny Columbus 75 55 mst sunny Cordele 79 58 pt sunny Leaders graduate Chamber class Special to the Journal The Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce recently held the 2007 Leadership Warner Robins Class graduation Oct. 16. The ceremony was held at the Houston Lake Country Club in Perry. The keynote speaker for the evening was Dr. Tony Alford, CEO for Houston Healthcare. The 2007 honorees were presented with commemo rative plaques in honor of their successful completion of the class. The recipients are: Susan Bowers, Robins Air Force Base; Gary Cox, NavCom Defense Electronics, Inc.; Amy Day, BB&T Bank; Nathaniel Demere, The Boeing Co.; Brian Fern, American Red Cross; Tommi Gill, Houston Healthcare; David Johnson, ARINC; Lynne Layfield, Robins Air Force Base; Christopher tm'klSMSkdsmuasst Cef nun your mfi/erflsemen *■ w/M v«l nmngzpGD &fJ2Xn£3 £lf£l?yOi«K ijiixmwznr? co/7fegp ostms Contact a Cl0s«/#fetf Rep today at aTS-9BT-taas w-aaa-ara-arra day to 47e 988-9194 Delivery by mail: Delivery by mail is available for in and out of county. Call 987-1823 for fates. POSTMASTER: Send address chang es to: 1210 Washington St. Perry, GA 31069 The Houston Home Journal, is a peri odical, mailed (ISSN 1526-7393) at Perry and is published Wednesday and Saturday for S4O per year by Evans Newspapers Inc., 1210 Washington St., Perry, GA 31069: 478-987-1823 Fax 478-988-1181. Not published Thanksgiving and Christmas Office Hours: 8 am. 1o 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. NEWS TIPS: Call 478-987-1823 Ext. 231 or 234 Newsroom Fax: 478-988-1181 HHJ general e-mail: ■ hhj@evansnewspapers.com Managing editor: ■ Don Moncrief, 987 1823, Ext. 231; Fri 11/2 75/51 Plenty of sun. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the low 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:53 AM 6:43 PM We Celebrate Hometown Life Dalton 71 45 mst sunny Dillard 68 43 mst sunny Dublin 77 53 pt sunny Duluth 69 48 mst sunny Gainesville 69 52 mst sunny Helen 70 47 mst sunny Lagrange 73 50 mst sunny Macon 76 53 pt sunny Marietta 70 48 mst sunny Milledgeville 75 51 pt sunny Moore, Triad Construction Co.; Christina O’Brien, Robins Federal Credit Union; William Richman, Macon State College; Wanda Suckow, Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce; David Veal; Linda Watson, Houston Healthcare; Joseph Wetherington, Warner Robins Police Dept.; and Kimberly Young, Robins Federal Credit Union. Each year the Leadership Warner Robins Program pres ents the Dr. Dan Callahan Community Leadership Award. The LWR class selects the recipient of the award. This honor is granted to the student who has shown out standing leadership during the course of the program. This year’s recipient was Christina O’Brien. Per a release: “Congratulations to the Leadership Class of 2007. We are grateful for your commit ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals will be received by the CITY OF PERRY, GEORGIA at CITY HALL, 1211 WASHINGTON STREET, PERRY, GEORGIA 31069 until November 30, 2007 at 10:30 A.M., Local Time for the construction of: CITY OF PERRY, GEORGIA - WATER AND SANITARY SEWER MAIN RELOCATION S.R. 127 Widening and Reconstruction/Bridge Replacement STP-0675(8)/ BHF-0675/9) The work to be done consists of furnishing all materials, labor, tools, skills, equipment and incidentals for the relocation of approximately 700 L.F. 8” PVC DR 18, C9OO Water Main and Appurtenances. Plans, specifications and contract documents are open to public inspectior at the office of PBS&J, 1800 Parkway Place, Suite 1200, Marietta, Georgia 30067. Plans and contract documents may be obtained by qualified bidders from PBS&J, 1800 Parkway Place, Suite 1200, Marietta, Georgia 30067, upon payment of SIOO.OO. No Refund. 55633 donm@evansnewspapers.com Staff writer: ■ Charlotte Perkins, 987-1823, Ext. 234; cperkins@evansnewspapers.com Photographer: • ■ Gary Harmon, 987-1823, Ext. 229: gharmon@evansnewspapers.com Sports writer: ■ Matthew Brown, 987-1823, Ext. 237; mbrown@evansnewspapers.com Corrections: The HHJ strives for fairness and accu racy, and will print a correction or clarifi cation when one is In order. Advertising errors and omissions: The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable for damages arising from errors In advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the adver tisement. There shall be no liability for non-insertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such adver tisement. Sun 11/4 73/46 Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 40s. Sunrise Sunset 7:54 AM 6:41 PM Sat 11/3 70/50 Mostly sunny. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the low 50s. Sunrise Sunset 7:54 AM 6:42 PM Moon Phases m j Full Oct 26 # New Nov 9 UV Index Wed 10/31 § Moderate Thu 11/1 5 Moderate Fri 11/2 5 Moderate Sat 11/3 5 Moderate Sun 11/4 5 Moderate The UV Index is measured on a 0-11 number scale, with a higher UV Index showing the needfOTjjgatevskin pro- Peachtree City 72 47 mst sunny Perry 77 54 pt sunny Rome 70 43 mst sunny Savannah 75 63 rain St. Simons Island 74 66 rain Statesboro 74 58 cloudy Thomasvllle 80 62 pt sunny Valdosta 79 62 cloudy Warner Robins 77 53 pt sunny Waycross 77 59 rain rhent in contributing to the excellence in business leader ship that Warner Robins has to offer.” An open invitation is also extended to the gen eral membership to nomi nate candidates for the 2008 Leadership Program. For more information about LWR, call Aura Lee Durham, VP of Operations for the Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce at 478-922-8585. Middle GA’s Newest Flea Market November l a in Reynolds, GA Located in the old Hinton’s Hardware on Hwy 128 N. Thursday - Saturday 10-6 Come be a part of the fun!! For Info: Call Dunn’s Antiques 478-956-4266 Douglas Shane Cartar Mr. Douglas Shane Carter, 49, of Marshallville, Georgia passed away Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 at his home after a battle with brain cancer. A memorial service was held in his honor Saturday, Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Watson-Mathews Funeral Home in Montezuma, Georgia. Mr. Carter was born on Nov, 26, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Keith Carter and the late Carol Andrasen Carter. Mr. Carter spent 32 years as an aircraft mechanic and inspec tor for the federal government and as an avid auto mechanic. He also restored old cars. He was a member of the VFW and the Boy Scouts of America. He was co-founder of the Southern States Ghost Research Society. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam. He was an incredible father and husband. He will be greatly missed. Survivors include his lov ing wife, Oneta Miller Carter of Marshallville, Georgia; two daughters, Cassy A. Carter of Niceville, Fla., Candace M. Isom of Marshallville, Georgia; WR man sentenced to 35 years "This case shows how absolutely depraved some people are/' -Assistant District A ttomey David Cooke Special to the Journal A Warner Robins man was sentenced this past week to 35 years in prison for sexu ally molesting several young girls and producing sexually explicit videos of himself with a dog. John Charles Huff, 65, of 102 Victor Street, pleaded guilty this past week in Houston County Superior Court to four counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and one count of bestiality. Senior Judge L. A. McConnell sentenced Huff, and also required he be reg istered as a sex offender should he ever get out of prison, which is unlikely, McConnell added. Warner Robins police were called to Huffs house in February of this year where two children said he had sex ually abused them. Inside the house, police investi gators from the Houston County Sheriffs office found numerous items of child pornography, pornographic videos, and obscene written material involving children, including stories about the neighborhood children iden tified by name. In court, Assistant District Attorney David Cooke point ed out to the court that the defendant had a video surveillance system which he used to record himself masturbating in front of several children as well as documenting other horrific crimes that he committed against children. Police investigators also found video evidence of him 4 Last Nov 1 m First Nov 17 Ludous Lester Sept. 8,1904 - Oct. 29,1976 Odessa Lester Sept. 5,1916 - Oct. 9,1971 God saw the road had gotten rough. The hills hard to climb. So he decided to take our Lucious and Odessa away without telling us goodbye. We know that Ul Jack, John Aaron, Lester, Sonnyboy and Smokey are together with you all. One day the other 13 children will meet also. We will be as one big family having a good time. Sadly missed by: (children) Robin, Clementine, Berenda, Mable, Cora, Essie, Dessattne, Jack, Billy, Randy, Stone, Plenty, Bubba,, Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren, Other Relatives &. Friends. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2007 two sons and daughter-in-law, Christopher A. and Tricia Carter of Niceville, Fla., and Hunter J. Miller of Marshallville, Georgia and one grandchild, Bailey Lynn Carter of Niceville, Fla. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Marshallville First Baptist Church. Watson-Mathews Funeral Home, Montezuma, Georgia had charge of funeral arrangements. Call them at 478-472-8191 for more. WHIIam John Douglas WARNER ROBINS - William John Douglas, 58, passed away Oct. 8. Burial will be private. Douglas, a native of Belfast N. Ireland, was the son of the late Harry Taylor Douglas and Jean (Forbes) Douglas. He was a maintenance technician with McGlamry Properties. He is survived by his mother, Wt Watson-Hunt 4VY-I t Funeral Home ™ T Tl M Serving Middle Georgia Since 1942 £ 1208 Main Street ~ Perry, Georgia 31069 ~ 478.987.2423 £ Draper Watson www.watsonhunt.com Lisa Hays HUFF sexually abusing the children and a dog in his home. “The chil dren will have to live with what Mr. Huff did to them for the rest of their lives. We expect Mr. Huff will serve the entire extent of his sentence in prison”, said Cooke. “The State recommendation in this case was that Huff be required to serve decades in prison, and we’re glad the court agreed”, said Cooke. “This case shows how absolutely depraved some people are. These children will probably be in counsel ing for yeaio as they learn how to cope with this assault upon them. As a commu nity, we need to give these children every possible resource available to help them in their life journey. As for Mr. Huff, it is point less to worry about prison counseling as he will spend FRESH AIR PURIFIERS\ There’s nothing quite like walking outside and taking a deep breath of fresh, clean air after a thunderstorm. Wouldn’t you like to be able to step back inside and enjoy'that same fresh air all the time? We would like to introduce you to Fresh Air by Eco Quest: Lfvjsssy By duplicating the same processes nature uses to clean the air outside, Fresh Air by Eco Quest™ keeps indoor air fresh and clean smelling day and night. Collectively known as SynAirG™, these processes work together synergistically to eliminate smoke and odors as well as kill bacteria, mold and mildew in unoccupied areas. Call NOW for a FREE trial offer! clean water, fresh air is Independent Distributor essential to our well being. 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Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday ir, the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home with interment following in Andersonville National Cemetery. the balance of his natural life in prison. Maybe he can find the comfort he needs in the confines of his prison environment.” said Kelly Burke, District Attorney. “Judge McConnell’s sen tence reflects the attitude of Houston County when we tell predators like Huff to stay away from our chil dren”, said Burke. Burke and Cooke praised both the Warner Robins Police Department and the Houston County Sheriffs Department, specifically Sgt. Darin Meadows, for their excellent investigation which revealed the extent and gravity of these crimes. PANSIES, CABBAGE, & KALE Get yours at .Lewis Farms Nursery 830 Htty. 26 • Elko. GA Call Tim Lewis at 2 (478)954-1507 "" * I" 1 _ 1 ir""—" 4fjl IW " 'W A iL B wBHBMM ÜBBSM V f••- ; I 3A