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Web ■ FDA considers salt warning labels ■ latest health hard ship: The night shift M White House lowers growth projections SBB ■ LEGAL ofiltAN FOR HOUSTON COUNT'S^ 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 ’ ‘ ' " - m J Wb i4;ill a .4.1*6 .... t! z.*\ * t\u*:.?• 1 Bh-L- . 20 £ ?J& llllilllll !# ’ Jfefc.^» jBrrTOpW j A - ENI/Gary Harmon Floyd HoIt; ol Perry maneuvers N. ootten eomWne through the field as he hanreats the cotton on Lyman Prtcketfs farm in Pen y Monday. For more, see fOA 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 PERIODICAL 500 if 001® 4 jnm - CsSSSyi I** 1 ** t ‘“TGjSwk. ivfatn Library Unroerstv of Gecraa ATHOLS GA 33aE-GBQ2 3-DiGtT 306 Dec. 1-4, 2007 \BW S „ SPORTS - IB 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. '|| % V w Saturday-Tuesday, December 1-4, 2007 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 rmr o tc“e'= 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, in v ; I* jf Jf COM MU NITY - 4-B 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 I‘s i Ziere s meet m llte© IM® 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