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Volume 138, Number 20
FRONT PORCH
"Where neighbors meet "
HHJ history
50 years ago:
The 15-year-old Houston
County youth (as mentioned in
previous history blurbs) accused
of shooting a 16-year-old teen
from Montezuma with a shotgun is
indicted for murder.
Also, then 17-year-old Bill Morris
of Perry scores 439 points out of a
possible 500 and wins first place
in the local Safe Driving Road-e
--o and a 65-year-old Perry man
is found on his farm dead from a
shotgun wound. The coroner later
rules - adding the man had been
in poor health for some time - the
wound was self-inflicted.
30 years ago:
Perry receives a $127,000 grant
to put up seven special light tow
ers on both side of I-75 where it
intersects with Sam Nunn Blvd. It
is said the lights will brighten the
area up to look “like a small city.”
Also, Sen. Sam Nunn, then
a member of the Senate Armed
Services Subcommittee on
Military Construction, announces
sl2l million in new construction
for Georgia’s military base. Of
that, Nunn says, $6.92 million is
earmarked for Robins Air Force
Base.
10 years ago:
The reported “third wave" of
Operation Strap N' Snap results in
reportedly more than 300 tickets
being issued for seatbelt viola
tions.
Also, the Navy's Blue Angels
- with practicing being done out of
the Perry-Houston County Airport
- headline the base’s annual air
show and a 16-year-old Houston
County teen is caught and charged
with conspiracy to cause damage
to a police dog - reportedly trying
to poison it. Prior to his attempt,
the juvenile reportedly tried to pay
two seperate people to perform
a “death hit” on the animal. Also,
according to the newspaper report,
he had been under surveillance for
some time as trying to form a gang
in the area.
- Compiled by Don Moncrief
Birthdays
March 8
■ Rebecca Walker Coleman
■ Joyce Griffin
■ Tammy Bassett
■ Benjamin Birdsong
March 9
■ Greg Flowers
March 10
■ Tedra Rogers
■ Robin Wayne
■ Mark Weeks
■ Christina Gonzalez
■ Valen Embree
■ Jeff Lamb
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Peaches to Beaches Yard Sale set
Special to the Journal
Bargain hunters alert! The
Peaches to Beaches Yard Sale,
which is Georgia’s longest at
221-miles, will be held in 19
communities along US 341
Friday and next Saturday,
linking peach-growing coun
ties in middle Georgia with
the beaches of Brunswick
and the Golden Isles.
In Perry, yard sale sites
will be located in the historic
downtown district.
Maps of participating ven
dors will be available at the
New Perry Hotel beginning
at 8 a.m. FYiday.
Participating vendors will
include a variety of sidewalk
sales at downtown business
es as well as traditional yard
sale fare, from handmade
crafts, old and new items,
antiques and more.
Official yard sale hours
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Contributed/Dawn Pace
Linwood Elementary is celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday this week with Read Across America. Monday, students wore “crazy hats” for Crazy Hat
Day. Pictured above is Stephanie Jordan with her students wearing theirs. The week was to continue with a serving of Dr. Seuss’s birthday cake
with lunch Tuesday, wearing green for Green Eggs and Ham Day Thursday and on Friday wearing wearing “crazy socks” for Crazy Socks Day to
celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Fox in Socks.
Perry HS receives 82,000 to
help more students graduate
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Greg Gentry has a big job
at Perry High School. He’s
the Graduation Coach under
the state program aimed at
making sure more Georgia
students wear that cap and
gown and get their diplo
mas.
He also has help from a
non-traditional source - a
Perry business determined
to make a difference.
LIFESTYLE
Etiquette classes
offered. ‘This and
That’ shop opens
in Perry. Much
more.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
will be Friday and Saturday,
8 a.m. to 6 p.m., rain or
shine.
The Peaches to Beaches
Yard Sale is being orga
nized by the Golden Isles
Parkway Association, a
membership organization
that represents Chambers of
Commerce, Convention and
Visitors Bureaus and other
organizations in towns and
cities along and near the
parkway.
Participating communi
ties, in addition to Perry, are
Culloden, Roberta, Fort Valley,
Hawkinsville, Eastman,
Helena, Mcßae, lumber City,
Hazlehurst, Graham, Baxley,
Surrency, Odum, Screven,
Jesup, Brunswick, St. Simons
Island and -Jekyll Island.
For information, call the
Perry Area Convention and
Visitors Burau at 988-8000.
Graphic Packaging’s
Project Manager Lamar
Allen, recently presented
a check for $2,000 to the
school. Allen, who is the
Community Coach for Perry
High, said, “I can’t think of a
better return for our money
than to help these kids pre
pare for their future.”
The funds will go to help
with one of Gentry’s biggest
challenges - aiding students
in “credit recovery” when
they have failed a course.
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SPORTS
Westfield opens
with win. Also,
more baseball,
soccer and much
more.
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Getting
ready for the
big sale are
Grace Peavy,
Cindy Collier,
Caroline
O’Neal, Griffin
Peavy, Holly
Peavy and
Robin O’Neal,
all on the
front porch of
Carrie Lynn’s
Antiques,
which is one
of the many
shopping
stops along
the 221-mile
Peaches to
Beaches Yard
Sale, which
starts Friday.
flournal/Charlotte
Perkins
Graduation
Coach, Dr.
Greg Gentry,
accepts a
$2,000 check
from Perry
High School’s
Community
Coach Lamar
Allen as Jenny
Hattaway, lead
counselor with
HCBOE looks
on. The funds
will be used to
bover program
expenses and
scholarships
for the school.
ENI/Gary Harmon