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Volume 138, Number 36
FRONTDOOR
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“This is the confidence we
have in approaching God: that if
we ask anything according to his
will, he hears us. And if we know
that he hears us - whatever we
ask - we know that we have
what we asked of him.”
• 1 John 5:14-15
FRONT PORCH
"Where neighbors meet”
HHJ history
50 years ago:
Houston County eating estab
lishments, for the third-straight
year, are recognized by the
Georgia Department of Public
Health as one of the top three in
the nation in regard to maintain
ing a compliance rating of 90
percent or above.
30 years ago:
The Peachland Advertiser and
TV Guide, a joint venture publica
tion between the Houston Home
Journal and Fort Valley Leader
Tribune makes its debut. The
tabloid, which is free, is initially
delivered to 20,000 homes.
Also, a story in the HHJ
goes nation wide, including the
Associated Press. The story
revolves around a Florida literacy
test the HHJ publishes over the
course of four weeks. It turns out
just having the test is controver
sial to Florida officials - report
edly a guarded “secret.” How
did the HHJ get the test to start
with? According to the editor at
the time, who adds he ran it as a
way to get the message across to
legislators that Georgia needed
one, one of his reporters was on
vacation in Florida, saw it and
“just picked it up.”
10 years ago:
Westfield School begins plans
to add after-school care thanks
to a new expansion project. The
project includes a new kindergar
ten and pre-kindergarten wing,
which is slated to be ready before
the school reopened in the fall.
- Compiled by Don Moncrief
Birthdays
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E-mail birthdays to:
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Mail to: 1210 Washington St., Perry
31069 attn: Don Moncrief. Or, call
987-1823, Ext. 231.
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SOCCER: Hiram had double-trouble as It took on
Warner Robins In playoff action with both its girls
and boys losing. Also HoCo boys win. BASEBALL:
Eagles sweep, Bears stay alive. MORE.
Sports
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Deja vu at the county jail
Too many inmates, too little room
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Can you remember the days back
before the new jail was opened in
2002, when Houston County didn’t
have enough jail space, and had to
pay board to keep inmates in jails in
other counties?
Well, those days are back.
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A wreck truck driver works to right an 18-wheeler during an accident in Bonaire Wednesday.
Trucker charged in accident
From staff reports
The Houston County
Sheriffs Office Traffic
Division is investigat
ing a vehicle crash, which
occurred at the intersection
of Georgia 96 and Thompson
Brown to sook Perry Council Post
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Daniel Brown announced Thursday
that he will be a candidate for the unex
pired Perry City Council post of Brian
Bowen, who resigned in April.
Brown is a local real estate broker and
current Chairman of the Board of the
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce. He
has attended numerous council meetings
in a business capacity or in his chamber
leadership role, and recently has pre-
Payne running for sheriff
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Chad Payne, a 17-year veteran of law
enforcement, who worked for nine years
as a sergeant with the Houston County
Sheriffs Office, has announced that he
will run for sheriff of Houston County
in the Republican primary election. He
will be squaring off against incumbent
Sheriff Cullen Talton, who is seeking his
10th term.
Payne, 41, lives in Kathleen with his
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
The state-of-the-art jail built with
Special Purpose Local Option Sales
Tax funds has beds for 506 inmates,
and the inmate population is run
ning as high as 518. The county
has already begun paying Pulaski
County $35-$45 per day to board
inmates, with four there this week.
With the rapid growth Houston
County is undergoing, Sheriff
Mill Road Wednesday. The
crash occurred at approxi
mately 1:30 p.m.
According to a Sheriffs
Office release, Willie C.
Mims of Danville was driv
ing a log truck and travel
ing westbound on Georgia
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BROWN
father of two young children, he wants
See BROWN,page SA
PAYNE
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"We're out of space
with a few boarded out
right now."
- Sheriff Cullen Talton^
Cullen Talton wants to see work
starting on an expansion that was
96 and Old Hawkinsville
Road.
As he approached the
intersection, according to
the release, the traffic signal
cycled to red for east/west
traffic. From evidence on
scene and the witness state
sented the chamber’s
position in opposition
to impact fees.
“I feel like my busi
ness knowledge and
leadership qualities
are what the City of
Perry needs,” Brown
said in making the
announcement. He
also noted that as a
wife, Pat, and two chil
dren. He is currently
a deputy sheriff and
Criminal Interdiction
Expert with the Butts
County Sheriffs Office.
A specialist in high
way drug investigations
who has trained young
officers across the state,
he is an army veteran.
See PAYNE, page SA
Perry Players present
ing ‘Picnic’. ‘ls that
Spiderman on the wind
shield?’ MORE.
Lifestyle
ments, the release reads, he
ran the red light and struck
a Ford Winstar van.
According to a release
from Flint Energies, the
accident resulted in three
poles being broken and
subsequently wires being
Leta’s $6,357, Cheddars $4,277
Local establishments raise more
than SIO,OOO tor Rainbow House
The big winner was Rainbow
House Children’s Resource
Center during Power of
Prevention night at two estab
lishments in Houston County
Monday.
Leta’s in Perry raised
$6,357, Cheddars in Warner
Robins $4,277 - a combined
$10,634 to go toward the child
advocacy center’s mission.
The venue called for a host
of local celebrities to wait on
tables during the special night
Monday.
At Leta’s, Perry Dentist
Dr. Mike Kinsley, volunteers
Traci Williams and her daugh
ter Sara Beth and Houston
County Assistant District
Attorney Jason Ashford were
the top “spinners”, while at
Cheddars it was Northside
High School Athletics
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funded in the 2006 SPLOST.
“We’re out of space with a few
boarded out right now,” Talton
said, pointing out that he had
asked for more space when the
Commissioners set the size of the
original jail.
He explained that having 506
beds does not mean that 506
See ROOM, page HA
knocked down. Along with
that, 824 members lost
power with it, according
to the release, with some
being restored shortly after
the accident and the rest
expected to be back no later
See ACCIDENT, page zA
Director Conrad Nix, WNNG
radio personality Joe Bishop
and Houston County District
Attorney Kelly Burke.
“In Houston County,” Burke
said leading up to the event,
“we saw 332 confirmed cases
of child abuse in 2007. That
is 332 cases too many, but we
are getting better each year
in recognition, counseling and
prosecution.
“Having tried numerous
child sexual abuse cases over
the years, I can tell you that
jurors have been incredibly
impressed with the Rainbow
House. The Rainbow House
provides a safe and comfort
able environment where chil
dren can be forensically inter
viewed and tell their story in
their own words.”
See RAISE, page SA
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