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Web the air 9 ('lose call in the Midwest 9 Direct hit in Bangladesh BSBB Kkß 0 *l! 1!%%% ll JlvUlblwi J&XfvLVs 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. m ’ . ■ WL* I I IB Contributed This poster by Nicholas Moulder mil be used nationwide to promote school bus safety. PERIODICAL 500 mill 8 "55108 0 0001 1 4 COOI * Georgia Newspaper Project Main Library University of Georat a ATHENS GA 3-QJGIT 3Q6 Nov. 17-20, 2007 MyGTTTO" Or, in ,-k-,r Sfc-Tp* \W$ HEALTH - 7A 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 * ,-Y JH 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. mm, 4 - $ mJh % .&&&.. J£gl ;i? PSfcwM • Jswc* j§|B@ \ §t IS i W ■' m \ i " Journal/Charlotte Perkins 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 'lt //ere nelg/ihor s tneef 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 ’mm’ Jr Wy, vjjvyßF'J - ——~jK. ——— ..■--••*■■•*—~i •*•iHnum 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 #