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LEGAL ofitfAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
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Houston County’s drum line performs while marching in the Christmas parade held in Perry Saturday. For more, see
page 128.
Commissioners vote
no on home business
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
A man requesting a special exception
to run a water damage clean-up business
from his Kings Crossing Court home in
Bonaire was turned down by the Houston
County Commissioners Tuesday morning
after a number of residents of the subdivi
sion came out to object to the plan.
William Newman, who had gotten the
approval of the County Zoning and Appeals
Commission earlier, explained to the com
missioners that he did not plan to keep
equipment and supplies at his residential
home, but would keep those things in a
storage facility along with the truck used
for the business.
Supplies and promotional materials, he
said, would be delivered to his home, which
is on a cul-de-sac, but would not be kept
at his home, he said. His wife, Virginia
Newman, said that she and her husband
were proud of the appearance of their
home, have young children and had no
intention of keeping cleaning chemicals
stored there.
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applesauce, apple crisp, apple cake and much, much more.
And, Yvonne Sutherland: “Party like it's Christmas.”
Much more.
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He also had a notarized letter from
the current president of the Homeowners
Association for Kings Crossing Court say
ing there was no objection to the plan,
but the past-president, Pam Wysinski said
that she was representing about 20 resi
dents who had called her and opposed
the plan because it was in violation of the
subdivision’s covenant to have other than
residential use.
Residents also claimed that numerous
Fed-Ex and UPS trucks were making deliv
eries on the street.
Resident John Smith said that the letter
from the current president did not rep
resent the members and that no meeting
was held before it was written. Another
resident, Viriginia Smith, presented the
Commissioners with three letters of oppo
sition.
Following the public hearing the commis
sioners voted unanimously to turn down
Newman’s request because of the objec
tions of the surrounding homeowners.
In other business, the commissioners:
See VOTE, page SA
BIRTHDAYS
Dec. &
■ Rusty Cranford
Dec. 7
■ Kenny Greene
■ Mavilyn Beal-Bauer
■ Buddy Brown
■ JoAnn Tarnoff
E-mail birthdays to:
hhj@evansnewspapers.
com or
donm@evansnewspapers.
com. Mail to: 1210
Washington St., Perry
31069 attn: Don Moncrief.
Or, call 987-1823, Ext. 231.
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ANNIVERSARY
Dec. 9
■ Robin and Jay Loudin
Wednesday-Friday, December 5-7, 2007
This week in ###fJ history:
50 years ago:
It's the latest in technology: The Philco 1253. “Plays 10 12-inch or 12 10-inch records 'quietly and gently."'
Complete with “Featherweight Tone Arm - no needle to change!” Still, it’s not as cheap as an Ipod at $104.95. In
news. Adj. Gen. Alpha Fowler Jr., warns cities which had made no progress toward organizing a National Guard
unit to date - due to their popularity - stood a good chance of not being able to have one.
30 years ago:
Then Perry Mayor James McKinley receives an official inviation to attend the commissioning of the U.S.S.
Oliver Hazard Perry in Bath, Maine. The ship is an anti-missile unit named after Perry, a War of 1812 hero - and
which the City of Perry was named after. And speaking of Perry’s mayor... One day to be Mayor Jim Worrall, at
that time an educator, is named the Kiwanis Club of Perry Man of the Year.
20 years ago:
State patrol troopers based in Perry receive special recognition from Washington for their efforts in the Drug
Enforcement Administration's "Operation Pipeline.” And example of their efforts: During the first 10 months of the
year, troopers seized 1,054 pounds of cocaine. Also, 19 Westfield seventh graders were invited to apply for the
Duke University Talent Identification Program based on their performance on the lowa Test of Basic Skills.
10 years ago:
The Older Americans Council receives grants for the local Meals on Wheels program thank to Kraft Foods
sponsorship. Arid would you believe! Santa almost never came this year but did, according to a cute advertise
ment from Perry Chiropractic Health Center PC. Apparently, according to the ad, which goes into great detail on
how he was healed, “Twas the Night Before Christmas and Saint Nick had a Crick ..."
- Compiled by Don Moncrief
SPORTS - 3B
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FOOTBALL: A lighter shade of fcM, Northside’s Tijuan
Green, that is. Also, Eagles headed back to the Dome; Perry
comes up just short. SWIMMING: Local schools fare well at
different meets. Westfield basketball and much more. <
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Carter Whiddon lights Lynn Whiddon’s and Marxine Marshall’s candles at the start of
the candlelight service held Sunday in Perry.
Local cities to
get big bucks
Perry to receive $350,000; Centerville
$200,000 and Warner Robins $50,000
Special to the Journal
State Transportation
Board member Larry
Walker and Georgia
DOT Commissioner
Gena Abraham this week
announced the recipients
of the Transportation
Enhancement program
funds for Fiscal Year ‘OB
and FY ‘O9 for the Bth
Hearings planned on Ball St.
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
It’s been talked about for more than a decade, and now
it looks like it will be a reality: The Ball Street Extension,
which will include more than a mile of two-lane roadway
and a 700 foot long bridge across Big Indian Creek. The
project will be the subject of discussion at a public hear
ing to be held Dec. 12 at Perry City Hall.
There will be an informal open house from 5-7 p.m.
with Georgia Department of Transportation officials on
hand to talk with citizens about the plans.
'The roadway will begin near Totlesoir "Lumber
See HEARINGS, page SA
Candlelight service
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Congressional District.
Among the money allo
cated, according to a
release, $200,000 will go
to Centerville for a pedes
trian network project
along both Wilson Drive
between Collins Avenue
and Houston ’Lake Road
and along Thomson Road
See BUCKS, page SA
I was traveling home from Atlanta Nov.
18 when I stopped at a gasoline station
in Perry. I accidentally left my wallet and
as we walked in my home, I received a
phone call from a Justin West with the
Perry Police Department who had posses
sion of my wallet. I drove back to Perry,
retrieved it and came home. West could
not have treated me more kindly or with
more professinalism and I would like to
compliment the Perry Police Department
on their professionalism and concern.
This type of activity reinforces my faith,
including the kind individual who actually
retrieved my wallet and took it to Police
Department, from Tyrone, in humanity
and human nature. Again, my trerjiendous
debt of gratitude goes to West and to the
Police Department of Perry. They obvi
ously have “Perry's finest."
- William Grow, M.D.
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