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Volume 138, Number 38
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FRONT DOOR
''Always open"
Others said, This is the Christ.
But some said, Shall Christ come
out of Galilee? Hath not the scrip
ture said, That Christ cometh of the
seed of David, and out of the town
of Bethlehem, where David was?
So there .was a division among the
people because of him.
- John 7:40-43
FRONT PORCH
"Where neighbors meet"
HHJ history
50 years ago:
R.H. Watson Jr. is appointed
clerk of the Houston County Board
of Commissioners, by the commis
sioners. Also, a 7-year-old boy is
killed when hit by a car. According
to Officer C.A. Jones, the boy ran
out from behind a truck and the
accident was “unavoidable.”
30 years ago:
County commissioners vote to
re-evaluate property taxes for some
15,000 residents. To that end, they
also form teams and add county
residents shouldn’t be overly con
cerned as the re-evaluation could
just as well result in a decrease
rather than an increase.
Also, officials at Robins Air Force
Base announce they are study
ing a proposal to align Gate 2
with Watson Bouievard. The pro
posal was being studied, accord
ing to the story, via a request
from the Georgia Department of
Transportation and the Houston
County Commissioners. Per state
traffic and safety engineer Archie
C. Burnham Jr.: “The results of this
study indicate that there is a very
substantive accident problem ...” at
the location.
10 years ago:
A couple of Perry High School
wrestlers receive invitations to
compete in the Asics National
Free-Style Championship held
annually at North Dakota State
University.
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Bully on Bulloch
SOCCER: Bulloch Academy edges Westfield.
OTHER: Perry’s Kim Burgess signs with FVSU,
while HoCo’s Kyle Davis is headed to Piedmont.
GOLF: Demons finish fourth at state. MORE.
Sports
BELOW THE FOLD: Owen to be re assigned to AFIVIC Headquarters
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Who should pay the cost of growth?
A guide to Perry's impact fee proposal
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
There’s been plenty of debate
about whether or not Perry should
have impact fees on new construc
tion, with some strong objection
from builders and developers as
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Owen to be re-assigned to AFMC headquarters
Special to the Journal
Headquarters United States
Air Force officials announced this
week that Maj. Gen. Tom Owen,
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
Commander will leave Robins to
be assigned to Headquarters Air
Force Materiel Command at Wright-
Patterson AFB, Ohio. Owen will be the
Director of Logistics and Sustainment
for the command.
According to the release, the effec
tive date has not been announced.
Officials also announced that Mqj.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
well as opposition from the Perry
Area Chamber of Commerce.
Now the decision is coming down
to the wire, and more citizens may
want to add their voices to the
debate. Why? Because impact fees
on new construction essentially
provide some relief to those who are
Star burst
Gen. Polly Peyer will be assigned as
WR-ALC Commander.
Peyer is presently the Director of
Resource Integration, Deputy Chief
of Staff, Installations and Mission
Support, Headquarters United States
Air Force. No date of her arrival has
been announced.
“I’m very excited by the prospect of
moving to HQ AFMC as the Director
of Logistics and Sustainment,” Owen
said. “I’ll be in a position to help lead
the direction of logistics throughout
our command as we transform and
improve so many of our key processes.
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already paying property taxes.
The City Council has now gone
through the steps required by state
law for imposing impact fetes, and
has decided that an impact fee
ordinance should be put into final
form for public hearings and a vote.
Public hearings will be held on
'Count' on us
Crossroads United
Methodidt Church
celebrates 40 years of
worship* service.
Religion
ABOVE:
Westfield School
fifth grader
Carrie Kinman
has her balloon
burst during the
balloon toss. She
was taking part
in the school’s
recent field day
activities.
LEFT: Sixth
gradet William
Amos passes his
egg oh to Griffin
Cawthon as
Tyler Moreland
looks on. They
are allso sixth
graders.
ENI/Gary Harmon
The job will offer man}’ challenges
and I will benefit greatly from my two
years here as Center Commander. I
will deeply miss the people and mis
sions at Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center and Robins AFB.
My family and I will bliss Middle
Qeorgia, as we’ve made many friends
here in this and our previous two tours
at Robins AFB. I offer my utmost sup
port to the incoming Commander, Maj
Gen Polly Peyer. I have the highest of
respect for her as a friend and true
professional who is ready for leader
ship of this key Air Logistics Center.”
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City Council meetings on June 9
and June 23. A vote on a detailed
proposal could be held as early as
June 23.
What arc impact fees?
New growth has an impact on city
services and infrastructure.
See IMPACT,page ioA
Phase 11 start nears
County antes
up $4.4 million
lor Carl Vinson
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
In a way you could say
the Houston County
Commissioners got
“straight” to business
(minus the approximate 45
minutes of discussion and
other decisions leading in,
that is) during their meeting
Tuesday in the courthouse
in Perry.
For starters, the group
voted to award a contract
increase of $1,021,901.10
for improvements at the
LevereJJ and Corder roads
and Arrowhead Trail inter
section.
The overall contract itself,
previously $6,141,862.80
and now $7,163,7639.90, is
part of Phase I of the Carl
Vinson Parkway project.
The new increase, the
money comingoutofSPLOST
’Ol funds, said Commissioner
Larry Thomson and the
first change order on the
project, added Commission
Chairman Ned Sanders, who
also added it was “unusual”
and “refreshing”, will ensure
the intersection maintains
its aesthetics.
That from Commissioner
Tom McMichael, who said
if they didn’t do this they
would have streets offset
ting (Leverett Road and
Arrowhead Trail). “It just
lines them up. Makes it a lot
more feasible ... for traffic
flow,” he said. “It’s just got
to be done.”
October is the deadline for
that to be complete, said
county DirectorofOperations
Tommy Stalnaker.
Along those same fines, the
commission also approved
awarding a $4,404,308.80
contract for the stretch of
road from Watson Boulevard
to Bateman Road.
This is Phase II of the Carl
Vinson Parkway project, the
money for it slated to come
out of ’O6 SPLOST funds,
Thomson said.
If you imagine the por
tion of Carl Vinson that runs
between Lowe’s and Home
Depot all the way up to where
it meets - and passes by -
Elberta Road only to come
to a stop sign, now imagine
it this way: Five lanes, with
attention paid to “left turns”
and some “traffic signals” in
particular to ease congestion,
Sanders said.
“It also means they’ll
geometrically rearrange
the intersection north with
Elberta Road,” he added.
“The disconnect, they’ll
straighten it out.”
See COUNTY, page ioA
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