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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
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Volume 137. Number 205
lUCinCi ® Local: Perry Public Safety Department holds holiday dinner. More. B Sports: HoCo girls edge
llßwlVCa Warner Robins in exciting Bear Brawl finale. More. B Food: A feast for the New Year. Much more.
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Teamwork pays at Perry High School. Among the educational leaders work
ing hard to give the students a bright future are Director of Counseling Hazel
Jackson; English Department head Angela Heath; Math Department Head Mary
Gentry; ROTC Director, Col. Craig Ughtfoot and Principal Darryl Albritton.
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Let's see how much you know about our
public high schools?
1. Out of Houston County's fobr
high schools, which one ranked highest in
Georgia's 11th grade writing test, with 97 percent
of students passing?
2. Which school won the Governor's Cup
for most improvement in SAT scores?
3. Which school's FFA Landscaping team
took first place nationally this year?
4. Which school's one-act play won first in
the region?
The answer to all four questions is Perry High
School.
Some people are quick to give Principal Darryl
Albritton much of the credit for the good things
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BIRTHDAYS
Dec. 28
David Caldwell
Chad Moate
Gayle Barlow
Ricnard C. Collins
Dec. 27
Francis Bowen (Happy
85th!)
Sally Hair
Durward Mercer
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.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
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"We're adding
academic rigor."
- Perry High School Principal Dr. Darryl
Albritton
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happening at Perry High these days, but Albritton
himself is quicker to give credit to his faculty and
staff and to the students as well.
On Wednesday, you could have heard a pin
drop at Perry High, even with more than 1,100
teenagers right on the verge of Christmas vaca
tion. Final exams were going on and in room
after room, young people were in deep
See BRICK, page jA
This week in HHJ history:
60 years ago:
Well, not much going on in the final issue of the Houston Home Journal heading into the new year. Other than
the numerous Christmas greetings/advertisements, seeing a movie at the Roxie Theater - a “Martin Thompson
Theater” - is about the hottest thing going. Playing this week: “For the Love of Rusty," “Raiders of Red Rock,”
“The Arnelo Affair,” “Exposed,” and “Oregon Trail Scouts."
30 years ago:
A new technique is applied to five warehouse buildings and one shop building on Robins Air Force Base
designed to extend their life - although the newspaper article doesn't specify: extend how long? The buildings,
according to the newspaper article were built to last 10 years, or “the duration of World War II.” At the time the
new technique was applied - some sort of epoxy injection - they had already lasted 35!
In Sports, Northside’s girls win the Houston County tournament, apparently an annual event at that time, by
beating Perry 57-51 at Northside.
10 years ago:
An “early" year in review story is run in the Houston Home Journal. Among the items listed as significant during
this timeframe: The courthouse moving, three Perry men going on trial for burning Oak Grove church, Northrop
workers narrowly avoiding having the plant close - negotiations keep it open - the new Perry Post Office, more
sales tax, a search for new BOE superintendent (currently still open as the new year began) and jail and magis
trate court changes.
- Compiled by Don Moncrief
With new job and orders in hand, he reported to Fort
Drum, N.Y., home of the 10th Mountain Division, which
oh by the way, he added, just happened to be rumored
to be the most deployed unit in the Army. More evidence
of that came when after being in the unit for only two
months he got the call to deploy to Iraq.
Fire support
For Perry son in Iraq, it came as a yellow ribbon
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
Wendy Daugherty tied
a yellow ribbon around a
dogwood tree in her yard
in Perry.
After a month it still
looked pretty much new.
Six months later it was
showing its age.
After a year had passed,
it was tattered and worn.
At the end of 15 months,
ripped here, frayed there,
faded from its former
dark hue, she finally was
able to take it down.
Her son, Jason - the
relief of all reliefs - was
safely back home from
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Jason Daugherty marks his time during a 15-month deployment to Iraq.
Perdue worker pads nest egg by $50,000
Special to the Journal
A Perdue Farms employee has feath
ered her nest with a large lottery win.
Vera Coleman, 47, of Warner Robins
won a $50,000 top prize playing the
Georgia Lottery instant game, Fast s’s.
Fine Foods, located at 545 North Davis
Drive in Warner Robins, sold the win
ning ticket.
“I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I feel
wonderful.”
Coleman and her husband, Malcolm,
have four adult children and four grand
children. The couple, according to a
release, plan to pay bills with their win
nings.
deployment in Iraq.
In fact, he’s not only
safely back home, he’s lit
erally back home - mean
ing where he was born
and raised: in Perry.
Jason’s story begins
here and progresses on up
and into where he attend
ed Perry High School.
At age 19, after having
worked a couple of pretty
much “dead-end” jobs, he
felt the need for some
thing more. So,* he joined
the Army - entered basic
training the day after
New Year’s in 2002.
“I guess you could say I
needed a solid career,” he
said. “Something steady.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery
Corporation, according to the release,
has returned more than $9.5 billion to
the state of Georgia for education.
All Georgia Lottery profits go to
pay for specific educational programs
including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship
Program and Georgia’s Prekindergarten
Program. More than 1 million students
have received HOPE, and more than
850,000 4-year-olds have attended the
statewide, voluntary prekindergarten
program.
For more information, visit the Media
Center on the Georgia Lottery website
at: www.galottery.com.
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Something different.
“I joined knowing some
what what to expect ...
but not really” - a state
ment that, based on his
facial expression, held a
lot more weight than its
words. “Still, it hasn’t let
me down yet.” Apparently
not as he said he loves
it and plans on doing at
least 20 (years).
His first assignment
was at Fort Knox in
Kentucky and as a Kl 9
Abrams tank operator.
Why tanks?
“I don’t know,” he said.
“I guess just that whole
tank mentality.”
See SUPPORT, page $A
Quote, me on that ...
“This is a sad day for all
Americans. One of the most
important foundations of American
Democracy is freedom of the
press. Falling to protect my rights
for freedom of speech under the
Constitution’s First Amendment
laws, the New York Court of
Appeals, opened the door to those
wishing to curtail the U.S. press
and media willingness and ability
to freely investigate and report on
matters important to our survival as
a free nation."
- Dr. Rachel Enhrenfeld,
on the New York Court of
Appeals ruling in the mat
ter of Ehrenfeld vs. Mahfouz
(The court’s decision may
be read here: http://www.
nycourts.gov/reporter/
3dssries/2007/2007_09961.
htm)