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!. ? j JttSSllw JMbmf Jowmal LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE a. - - - 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. r x. .. ■ D 1 D J [ LJ * ■ J lIJ ' I oi SI In iVffli 1 111 in iWm ■lM£', Jte ; «•• : » ! V "fSgs • jeSsß, l JBBkA jL t^areߣ^jgE KBs • if a hRBP ' re» ’‘’MJHM a _ ~ Jounud/Chartotte Perldni 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 PERIODICAL 500 11111111 l 8 “55108 00001* 4 Georgia Newspaper Project Main Library University of Georgia ATHENS GA 30602 ALL rOH ADC 301 Dec. 26,2007 1 ■•■■•■■-■ ■ ' -■■ ---- ■ ■--■ ■ -- : - ■ -■---■---V ----- ■- - 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 ■ "We're adding academic rigor." - Perry High School Principal Dr. Darryl Albritton V .Vi- ’’ ■ 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 « j .v- * * & Jm ter'* Contributed 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. ' U W Z/r/r nct)*///)(>rs //trr/ w www.hhjnews.com 1 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)