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CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Volume 137, Number 198
Christmas at the Crossroad begins this weekend
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
The annual celebration of Christmas at
the Crossroads begins this weekend.
Highlights include a breakfast with Santa,
a Jingle Bell Jog and Fun Run, the annual
Christmas parade and Perry’s traditional
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Student receives Congressional Silver Medal
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Houston County High
School junior Barak
Phillip, son of Donna and
Chuck Phillips of Kathleen,
received the Congressional
Silver Medal for youth on
Wednesday at Houston
County High.
U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall
presented the student
with the silver medal, rec
ognizing him for his com
munity service and other
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BASKETBALL: Northside and Westfield season previews;
Warner Robins and Perry go to overtime in season
opener. SWIMMING: Warner Robins gets its season
going at Cobb Relays. More.
community candlelight worship service on
the Old Courthouse Square.
Breakfast with Santa is from 7:30-10 a.m.
today, with the Mahala Club and the Kiwanis
Club co-sponsoring a pancake breakfast and
photos with Santa for children.
The Jingle Bell Jog begins at 10 a.m. at
Main and Ball Street. This one-mile and 5K
Crossing the ‘Prickett’ line
accomplishments.
The Congressional
Award is a public private
partnership created by
Congress to promote and
recognize achievement,
initiative, and service in
America’s youth. The pro
gram provides a unique
opportunity for young
people to set and achieve
personally challenging
goals that build charac
ter and foster community
service, personal devel
opment, and citizenship.
The award gives young
BIRTHDAYS
Nov. 28
■ Mattie Holt (Happy
belated 12th!)
DOC. 1
■ Sandra Sessoms
■ Janet Mathis
Doc. 4
■ Annie Andel
■ Leroy Young
■ Dr. Henry Leavengood
E-mail birthdays to:
hhj@evansnewspapers.
com or
donm@evapsnewspapers.
com. Mail to: 1210
Washington St., Perry
31069 attn: Don Moncrief.
Or, call 987-1823, Ext. 231.
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people the opportunity
to set challenging goals
and achieve them, to build
character, self-confidence
and encourage volunteer
ism. There are six levels of
award: bronze, silver and
gold medals and bronze,
silver and gold certifi
cates.
Phillips has already
received his bronze medal
and said he would “go for
the gold” now.
Each level in the pro
gram is cumulative.
See MEDAL, page ioA
This week in HHJ history:
Development Association puts up four billboards in various locations (for is p aced on as.
about 10 miles south of Forsyth) to let those on the road know: Perry has Every service for the trave .
man ... Houston County farmers' wives let it be known - Area
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or STAR, program. The program itself was celebrating its 20th year of operation. Playing at the Perry drive
$2 for a “car load”: Bruce Lee in The Bodyguard.
XSfcSRf resident Trelles Francis spearheads a last-ditch effort - with supporters <rom her to Atlanta
-to save the old Flint River Ferry in Marshallville, reportedly the last river ferry in operation in ,h e state, s time
has come," says an unidentified State DOT representative, and apparently - with a solid bridge being built e
as Francis and others mobilized - he was right.
1 Lies hit the newstand on this date. The first tells of a 4-month-old infant whoi the father and
EMS are unable to revive - the cause of death is ruled as asphyxiation. The other rega ds an j' d h
Robins resident who hangs herself - although it is ruled she never meant to actually kill herself as strange as
sounds - in the county jail. Even more bizarre: Her sister is a witness ... she was her cellmate attheme.
event is sponsored by Houston Healthcare
and the Perry Exchange Club.
The annual Christmas parade, co-spon
sored this year by Houston Springs and the
Houston Home Journal, starts at 2 p.m.
and will follow a route through downtown
Perry.
At 3:30 p.m. today, following the parade,
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Prom dress drive begins at Warner Robins High
School. Also: Two presidents, one senator, cheese
and a flying frog. What's that all about? Take The
Quiz to find out.
www.hhjnews.com ]
County Agent Peggy Bledsoe will share
Holiday recipe at Leta’s on the Square,
(across from the old courthouse in down
town Perry).
Several recipes will be prepared
to help make your holiday t season easi
er. Recipes for cookies, dips, rubs, quick
See CHRISTMAS, page ioA
Police looking
ior missing man
From staff reports
The Warner Robins Police
Department is asking that
citizens be on the look out
for a man whose family has
reported him missing.
Anthony Alonzo Robinson,
38, of Artis Wilson Drive,
Warner Robins, was last
seen by family members on
Sept. 22.
According to police, it
is believed that he may
have been abusing narcot
ics. He was scheduled to
See MISSING, page ioA
Centerville awarded
S7BK tor expansion
Special to the Journal
Georgia Environmental
Facilities Authority
Executive Director Chris
Clark announced this week
the approval of a Georgia
Fund loan of $788,914 for
the city of Centerville. The
loan, approved by the GEFA
Executive Committee, will,
according to a release,
help finance an expansion
of the city’s sewer system
to serve the Sentry Oaks
See A WARDED, page ioA
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Barack
Phillips, sec
ond from left,
receives the
Congressional
Silver
Medal from
Congressman
Jim Marshall.
With him are
his parents,
Donna and
Chuck Phillips
of Kathleen.
Journal Charlotte
Perkins
I want to thank the City of Perry and
Jim Moody in particular for the recent res
toration project at Evergreen Cemetery.
The cemetery is clean, fences have been
mended, gravesites have been restored
and other graves have been recovered
which is testimony to the care that Jim has
given to this project.
This historical landmark dates to the
early days of Perry as the first grave was
placed in 1826.
Also, the Drama Department of Perry
High School will be performing an
interactive “Walk Through Evergreen
Cemetery" Dec. 8 in an effort to make
Perry's history alive once more.
Families with ancestors in this ceme
tery may wish to honor those families and
show pride in this community by placing
flowers on the gravesites before the tour.
- Ellie Loudermilk