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Volume 137, Number 194
Mistletoe Market runs through Sunday
Vendors number 70+
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
It’s beginning to look a lot
like Christmas.
The McGill building
at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds has been trans
formed into one big bou
tique, with decorated trees,
plants and hanging wreaths
and more than 70 vendors,
both local and state-wide,
offering bright ideas for
Christmas giving.
There’s something for
almost everybody on your
list to include home decor,
fashions, tableware, gour
met food items and even bird
feeders and birding advice.
The event, organized by
the Balvaunuca Club, will
continue all day today, and
Sunday afternoon until 5
p.m. Shoppers can find one
of-a-kind gifts and also enjoy
live entertainment and live
Christmas music, including
a 1:30 p.m. concert tomor
row by Doubting Thomas.
And to add to the spirit of
the season, all proceeds
Young Lake Joy ES artist wins national poster competition
From staff reports
Nicholas Moulder, a fourth grader at Lake Joy Elementary
School got a standing ovation at Tuesday’s Houston County
Board of Education meeting.
Nicholas, the son of Guy and Rhonda Moulder, took first
prize in the National School Bus Safety Poster Contest, for a
poster he created that will be used across the nation in 2008
to promote bus safety.
The Georgia Association for Pupil Transportation is
awarding him SIOO as the state winner, and the National
Association for Pupil Transportation is giving him a SI,OOO
savings bond. Houston County Director of Transportation
Frank Scott presented Nicholas with a plaque at the meet
ing.
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It’s here! What to do about the slut.
Also, Second Annual Jingle Jog set for
Dec. 1; Cans for Kids ongoing through
Dec. 10. More.
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
will go to local charitable
efforts. The 2007 vendor
list includes the follow
ing: Accent Antiques, AK’s
reassure Chest, Alice Goff
Designs, Arbonne, Art
from the Heart, Barbara’s
Babies, Barb’s Bangles, The
Beadcare, Bead Me Up/East
World, Bird Watcher Supply
Company; Blackberry Patch,
Butterfly Kisses, Butterfly
Cottage, CamoGirl,
Capstone Ventures, Carlton
Interiors, Carrie Lynn’s
Antiques, Cheap Chicks
Designs, Close to My Heart,
Conus, Bob Cochran Pottery,
Cocoon , Creative Beads;
Downtown Gardener, Easy
Living Gardener Center;
Evans Publishing; Fine
Crafted Woods by Phil,
Flip Flop Frenzy, Gilbert
Photography, Green Thumb;
Houston Arts Alliance,
Impressions, Mary Ingram,
Ink Thread Sports, Jodi’s,
Jimmy Ridings, Jr. Service
League of Americus, Kerri
Moore Interiors, Jennie
Hart Barn, Malatchie Shack
and Barn, KindaGoaty,
See MARKET, page 11A
BIRTHDAYS
Nov. 17
■ Diane Sorrows ■ Daryl Alexander
Nov. 18
■ Susan Robinson
■ Jertonzio Lowe
■ Geraldine Johnson
■ Kimmery Garner ■ Lanna Ray
■ Wanda Neiderkorn
Nov. 19
■ Vivian Hawk ■ Ronnie Harden
■ Iris Heaberlin ■ Harley Crumley
■ Payton Grace Collier
Nov. 20
■ Ken Hawk
■ Juanita Danptler (Happy 91st!)
■ Erin Jessop
ANNIVERSARY
Nov. 17
■ Barbara Jean and Freddy
Cumbess
■ Jamie and Chad Daugherty
Saturday-Tuesday, November 17-20, 2007
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Journal/Charlotte Perkins
The Mistletoe Market is a great time for kids to do
some shopping. Shown here are Beau Hargrove, Beck
Beckham, Charles Hargrove and Sallyanna Tolleson.
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Nicholas Moulder is all smiles as he receives applause for
winning first prize nationally in a school bus safety poster
competition. At right is Frank Scott, the Houston County
School System’s director of transportation. In the back
ground are Nicholas’ parents, Guy and Rhonda Moulder.
This week in HHJ history:
30 years ago:
Officials from the State Department of Transportation along with city officials gather together for
an official dedication ceremony for the Perry Downtown renovation project - reportedly three and a
half years in the making.
Also, Tolleson Lumber celebrates its 50th year in Perry and a report has it that the University
of Georgia is (was) interested in building a 500-seat amphitheater on U.S. 341 North. In addition,
upwards of 50 Houston County farmers say they will join a nationwide farmers strike movement and
a tractorcade slated to travel to Plains, hometown of then-President Jimmy Carter.
20 years ago:
The search intensifies for the murderer of Perry High School student Carla Ragin (a previous
HHJ history blurb). The latest as of this date: Investigators close off the home, after it had been re
opened to the family, for the second time - "Let's just say we are going back over the crime scene
more thoroughly,” said District Attorney Theron Finlayson at the time. Also, a SI,OOO reward is
offered for any information related to the murder.
In sports, Westfield's Lady Hornets claim their second state title, while the Hornets football squad
locks down the region title.
10 years ago:
Police arrest and charge a Louisiana man in connection with two local church burglaries, Perry
police also capture a car thief after a wife saw a man driving her husband's 1988 Camaro and called
it in.
- Compiled by Don Moncrief
SPORTS - IB
BASKETBALL: Warner Robins season pre
view. VOLLEYBALL: The All-Houston County
team. FOOTBALL: Bears begin focusing on ‘O9.
OTHER: Scholarship signings. More.
Agency warns seniors ...
Be on the lookout for
prescription scams
Special to the Journal
Seniors, according to
a release from Middle
Georgia Cares, ate encour
aged to take precaution now
through Dec. 31 and the
Open Enrollment Period
of the Part D Prescription
Plans.
Georgia Cares Advises
individuals to not give
out any personal informa
tion unless they are cer
tain the drug companies
are legitimate and have
their best interest in mind.
“Beneficiaries should also,
without a doubt, use cau
tion when approached or
persuaded about changing
plans,” Georgia Cares offi
cials warn.
Although much of the
scamming has been detect
ed and reduced, con artists
and fake companies, as in
the past, are on the look
HCBOE approves 'OB-09 calendar
Special to the Journal
The HdffstOn County Board of Education approved
the 2008-2009 school calendar during its monthly meet
ing this week. Board members, according to a release,
reviewed several calendar options at the October board
meeting and sought public input before selecting the
calendar.
Veterans Day was added as a holiday and the fall break
was shortened, but otherwise the calendar is similar to
those followed the past two school years.
School calendar dates are as follows:
Aug. 4,2008
9 Sept. 1,2008
Oct. 9-10, 2008
| Oct. 13, 2008
Oct. 14, 2008
| Nov. 11,2008
Nov. 24-25, 2008
| Nov. 26-28, 2008
Dec. 22-Jan. 2, 2009
| Jan. 5, 2009
Jan. 6, 2009
| Jan. 19, 2009
Feb. 16, 2009
| Feb. 17-20, 2009
Feb. 23, 2009
| April 6-10, 2009
May 25, 2009
| May 29, 2009
www.hhjnews.com
First day of school
Labor Day holiday
Fall Break, students and
teachers
Columbus Day holiday
Student holiday, professional
learning for teachers
Veterans Day holiday
Holiday, students and teachers
Thanksgiving holidays
Christmas holiday
Student holiday, teacher
work day
Second semester begins
Martin Luther King holiday
Presidents' Day holiday
Winter break/intersession
Student holiday, professional
learning
Spring break
Memorial Day holiday
Semester ends
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I just want to let PVO know that I am
proud to live in a city that has people
like them. I saw them working at the
young couple's home where the man is
paralyzed and I thought: What a bless
ing that group of men was to them. Mr.
Frank Shelton has done so much for
the people of Perry that are in need and
I just thank God for him and the ones
that he(p him.
- Theresa Holderfield
Know someone or an agency that
could use a pat on the back ? Send your
“Kudos" to hhj@evansnewspapers.com.
Award-Winning
Newspaper
Better Newspaper Contest
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out for opportunities to
take advantage of Medicare
beneficiaries during this
time to steal their informa
tion and money.
Here are some facts
Georgia Cares asks you to
keep in mind:
■ The Social Security
Administration and
Medicare do not call or
visit;
■ Medicare Drug Plans
are not allowed to ask you
for your bank account,
Medicare number, cred
it card or other personal
information over the tele
phone;
■ No one can come to
your home uninvited.
Information on free or
low cost prescription drugs
is available at no charge.
Call you local State Health
Insurance Program,
pharmacist or physician
See SCAMS, page izA
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