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NEWS Woman recovering after being shot in face; Byron resident dies in tractor trailer accident. J^ltJMfl®" pirn [ 7-ZW-- -■ • . Volume 138, Number 005 FRONT PORCH "Where neighbors meet" HHJ history 50 years ago: The Houston County Health Department warns Perry proper ty owners to comply with its reg ulation requiring “approved toilet facilities in each residence, place of business where people are employed or in any other build ing where people are congre gated. (No kidding.) The warn ing is reportedly given because “several” have been cited - the complaints apparently stemming from residents who believe they are being discriminated against - plus, “other notices are being mailed out.” 30 years ago: Houston County schools get a mixed bag of results from a four-month survey conducted by Dr. Phillip McKillup, professor of mathematics at the University of Georgia. On one hand he says the local school system pres ents the best atmosphere for teaching of any in the state. On the other, he notes a “slippage" in test scores for those grades three through five and recom mends several suggestions. 10 years ago: Dodge County snaps Perry High School's basketball team’s 19-game win streak. Also, the $750 million supplemental bud get passed by the Georgia House of Representatives con tains $9.7 million for a new build ing and several other improve ments for the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter. - Compiled by Don Moncrief Birthdays Jan. 15 Steven Tennant Jan. 16 Chrissie Tomlinson Po Harris Jan. 17 Rita Davey Scott Josey Jimmie Carol Daniels Elouise Simon I Jerry Johnson Steve Skipper Doretha Bennett Jan. 18 Joey Barlow Linda Gentry Kudos Know someone or some agency that could use a pat on the back - a “kudo"? Send your Kudos to hhj@evansnewspapers.com, attention: Don Moncrief Award-Winning Newspaper Better Newspaper Contest PERIODICAL 500 muni 8 "55108 0000l 1 4 liillillniiliiilfiniililtilitl Georgia (Newspaper Prefect Universtty of Georgia ATHENS GA 306Q2 ALL FOR ADC 301 January 16,2008 [SmiM, l.loi Mi>\ Coi xh Sty i- IS7O jBL \\m ' -r-% i I j^n^^Bß^B LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE The courage of Cora There stood Cora Williams. Her husband gone, and although they were her main source of inner strenth, circumstances were made worse by the fact she still had four children to raise... What to do? Well, for one thing, whatever she did, she was not going to do it alone... Contributed Cora Williams sits surrounded by some of the children at the Houston County Child Development Center during her retirement ceremony Dec. 28, 2007. She did so with 35 years of service. 35 years plus a lifetime of memories By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor Cora Williams’ memory banks are plenty full. “It’s all theje,” she says when asked to recall the past, “I just tells people I have to think about it for awhile.” Group recognized for preserving landmark By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Staff Writer For all the memories they hold, school buildings usual ly don’t stand forever. They give way to overcrowding, to wear-and-tear, to new construction, to changing needs. Across Georgia, the schools built in the first half of the 20th century are disappearing from the land scape, but the old Perry High school, built in 1925 for $85,000, is still standing and is in pristine condition, and is the hub of the coun ty’s rapidly growing school system. The brick building on Main Street that now serves as the central offices for the Houston County Board of Education, could easily have gone the way of other old schools. Empty and falling into disrepair at one point, it See LANDMARK, page SA BUSINESS Goodwill Industries elects seven new board members. More. SPORTS - Sr — jmlKSmmSm *1 Local youth hoops; high school basketball, swimming and wrestling wraps. Wednesday, January 16, 2008 One event is the excep tion. It was the day she vis ited the Veterans Hospital in Dublin to check on her husband, who had just been moved there. What branch of service he had been in, she couldn’t recall (see “think about it for awhile”). She did, how lljsMßlf 6 jp l^B f *s® x i Wm H 1 A f -imm " I VB ■- •■ ■ : mWm ‘-1 WP|. : i§ mm ms WmSSF ’ ’'*%! - jWj?- SsfMws* 'v® •* jf ■ * mKHJ ' -jKhB Journal/Charlotte Perkins Seated in the vintage classroom at the Houston County Board of Education are Mayor Jim Worrall, local histo rian Bobbe Nelson, former Ga. House Majority Leader Larry Walker, Author Billy Powell, former Superintendent of Schools Tony Hinnant and former school facilities director Bill Loudermitk. FOOD « *** * , La. - #*•, r . From cheesy chicken and rice to beef taco bake... “comforting casseroles”. More. ever, know he had been cap tured, and was pretty sure the timeframe was World War 11. “When he came home, he was hurt,” she said. “He was on disability, and he was always sick. But they said he wasn’t (disabled), so one time they finally cut him off. They said I could come in and try to get it back (it wasn’t much, she added) but I never was (able to come in, thus unable to get it back).” “And I finally got him to go to the doctor and the doctor sent him there. (But), when I got down there they told me (at this point her voice AN I‘AA.\S 1 ; \M11A Nl-VVSPAIM k| SCHOOL If Westfield’s debate team wins region, guns for state. Middle School Honor Rolls. www.hhjnews.com begins to crack from the painful memory) he didn’t have very much time.” There stood Cora Williams. Her husband gone, and although they were her main source of inner strenth, circumstances See CORA, page 8A