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DoiTt forget! The start of daylight savings time is Sunday at 2 a.m. Set your clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday. Many also use the opportunity to put new batteries in household smoke detectors. Mmm 8 Volume 137, Number 190 W J ■RSJK W f *'r W* SF?? ■ ■H.jg P - \ AiJlrf r ~ MWP I #’ jpft mg&mis&m- ■ ’■“ ■ ' ■' --r 'I-'"*.-. - y- < ■* ' flfj?|y‘ *a^|i«i^y.ifflr 58 f 1 : i v A for* V* iiT*^ '^’j y,|> TME^.. y. *-5V *•>■'"} r ! JTCr <• iLT!* 4- :^l)Hra T-a. j4Bg w - v - 'BkJjar ». **»• ■•» ••- 'WP 3 **’ —E— n a . 3x :.. ..fl-T&MiPT3', Jfc-JTr-'&WQBWBHgaMM——— ENI/Audrey Evans 7/i/s house off Brendale Lane - a spooky haunt that one passerby said “just gets better and better every year” in Perry had a humorous tongue-in-cheek message for onlookers on Halloween night. Hilltop ES has celebration, dedication By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Staff Writer Harold Sapp is a veteran school leader, but opening a new school is a challenge. He says that whenever he wants to know that every thing’s going to work out fine, he just goes outdoors and takes a look at the vista before him. Hilltop Elementary, one of the three new schools opened by the Houston County school system for 2007-08, has what is unar guably the best view of any of the schools. It’s on a hill just off Moody Road with treetops stretching out below toward the horizon. That’s how it got its name, Six county schools win statewide accountability awards Special to the Journal Six Houston County schools recently won Single Statewide Accountability System awards from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement. Perry Primary, Miller Elementary, PERIODICAL 500 111111111111 l 8 ,, 55108 0 0001 1 4 CGOI * Georgia 'Newspaper Project Main Library University of Georoia ATHOLS GA 3CSC2-GCG2 3-OK3FT 306 Si R\ INC, 1 [oi 'S ION C'Ol.N l V SIN(T 1870 RELIGION - 6A Sacred Heart Fall Festival. ALSO: Reflections - Earline Cole talks about living in a world of do’s and don’ts. More. LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUN'F'f^ CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE Vacation plot and how it got its mascot - the hawk. In fact, Sapp told an audi ence of kids, parents and grandparents at the dedica tion ceremony Sunday that there’s even a real hawk which soars overhead at times. The school also has soar ing goals, with a mission statement emphasizing “high expectations for all students in a safe, consis tent community that con tinuously pursues knowl edge, crating independent, global citizens.” At the dedication cer emony, first year teacher Pam Dooley directed the third grade music class in See HILLTOP,page 14A Pearl Stephens Elementary, Bonaire Elementary, Quail Run Elementary and Houston County High won six of 263 awards given this year across the state to recognize schools for out standing student achievement. The test scores of more than 2,200 Georgia BIRTHDAYS : Nov. 3 ■ Sheila Gentry ■ Gavin Ray Nov. 4 ■ Travis Sorrow ■ Dori Melendez Nov. 5 ■ Terry Lee Myers 111 ■ Judy Hayes Nov. 6 ■ Jerry Monroe (Happy 50th!) E-mail Mrflidays to: Mi@Bvamnewqnpirs.cani or dflnm@nvansnnwipipßrß.cnin. Mall to: 1210 Washington ft.. Parry 31088 alto: Don Moncrlef. Or, caN 0871823, Ext. 231. / * Saturday-Tuesday, November 3-6, 2007 VpT’ . 0 iffilr . ' 5 ..i' a iif HpMiMl ff'-v'nattis!' ■ '■'Sr .'&r- 'JSf" **&>■ 9 LltL _ Journal/Charlotte Perkins Joshua Spalding and Ryleigh Carver, Hilltop fifth grad ers, lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the dedication cer emony for their school. This week in HHJ history: 30 years ago: Maj. Gen. John R. Spalding, then commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center signs a proclaimation for “No Smoking Day” on RAFB. In other non-related to the smoking news, the base announces Spalding has received the highest non-combat decoration - the Distinguished Service Medal and RAFB also announces its Combined Federal Campaign has set an all-time high for money raised, this time generating $485,968.58. 20 years ago: Local schools celebrate National School Lunch Week with special meals. They include food items from cultures such as West Africa, Scandinavia and the Middle East. Also, in sports, Jones County rallies from a 7-0 deficit to steal the Region 3- AAA softball title away from Perry. 10 years ago: The Perry Area Convention and Visitors Bureau uses a raffle to demonstrate “tourists’ buying power.” To that end, they asked owners during a motorcoach rally to turn in receipts from local businesses as part of the rally. When totalled, the dollar amount in terms of money spent in the community comes out to $40,000. Also, the Houston County Development Authority approves bonds in the amount of $5.5 mmlion for an assisted care home. - Compiled by Don Moncrief schools were reviewed to determine the schools with the most significant academic achievement. The awards are presented in collab oration with the Georgia Department of Education. Award-winning See A WARDS, page 14A SPORTS - IB FOOTBALL: Houston County hosts Valdosta in search of first region win. CROSS COUNTRY; Warner Robins sweeps region. ALSO: Perry Taekwondo to host championships. Much more. A chain is as strong ... Teen battling cancer a blue ribbon winner ■•%&:■• , |fe*s£ ff. Journal/Charlotte Perkins Luke Campbell who returned from chemotherapy this past week, is battling T-cell lymphoma. He got his spirits lifted recently by winning a Georgia National Fair blue rib bon for his sculpture made of Lizella clay. "I was on vacation in North Carolina, and I started getting to the point where I couldn't take the heat outdoors. I'd get really out of breath. I started having trouble swallowing, and trouble sleeping. Every day It got worse.” -Luke Campbell By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Staff Writer What did you do on your summer vacation? Luke Campbell’s summer turned out to be a rough one, and things aren’t back to normal yet, so getting a blue ribbon at the Georgia National Fair recently was a morale booster. The first place award was for a work of art in clay, and this 16-year-old who loves the outdoors, fishing and hunting, did his art class project by creating a chain of natural clay from Lizella. Campbell, who is a junior at the Westfield Schools this year, and the son of Sandra Morgan and Gary Campbell, has also been earning a badge of courage for the last few months. He’s battling a form of cancer called T-cell lympho www.hhjnews.com l\ 'here /ie/g///x>/ s //tee/ Elois Smith of Houston County was recently recognized - along with others - by Randall L. Peters, president of Heart of Georgia Technical CORRECTION: The names in the photo caption for the picture right were a bit mixed up in Wednesday’s paper. The corrected order is: Dr. Argene Claxton, center, and, from left, Tyson Strickland, Tabitha Williford, Ashton Kate ANi Evans' Family Niavspaim k ; " ■ ■ ■ ■ -■■■ • 1 ma. He managed a few hours at school last week, but he was back in Atlanta this past week for another round of chemotherapy. Fortunately, this is a form of cancer that doctors know how to tackle, and the prog nosis is very good, but that means, as he puts it himself, “following the road map.” Chemotherapy is hard on the body at the same time that it’s a lifesaver. He’s lost his thick dark hair and it’s grown back to about the length you’d expect on a marine in boot camp. He’ll probably lose it again. His immune system is weakened, not by the cancer, but by the treatments that are saving his life, and for that reason, he can’t be with crowds of fellow-students. He’s studying at home, See WINNER, page 14A College, and named to the president's list for summer quarter 2007. In order to earn that honor, Smith, a part-time student, had to have arn a 3.65 or higher grade point average for the quarter. Know someone or some agency that could use a pat on the back? Send your “Kudos" to hhj@evansnewspapers.com. Jones and Jordan Wood.