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Volume 138, Number 41
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FRONT DOOR
'Always open'’
"But the wisdom tiiat comes from
heaven is first of all pure; then
peace-loving, considerate, submis
sive, full of mercy and good fruit,
impartial and sincere. Peacemakers
who sow in peace raise a harvest
of righteousness."
• James 3:17-18
FRONT PORCH
"Where neighbors meet”
HHJ history
50 years ago:
Members of Perry Presbyterian
Church in Perry unanimously vote
to move the church building to its
new location at Sunset Ave., and
Second Street.
30 years ago:
It’s official: The emergency
room in Perry will re-open. In
the end it’s the Houston County
Commissioners who provide a
solution, hiring a doctor at $12,000
a month to man the center on
the weekends. Based on figures
provided by the Hospital Authority
- the total deficit - according to the
newspaper report, the total dollars
budgeted was $168,000. Of that,
$95,000 was to be used to pay
physicians at Warner Robins and
$45,000 for the same purpose in
Perry.
Also, the Houston County Board
of Education takes advantage of a
state library allotment and agrees
to purchase $50,463 worth of •
books and magainzes to go into
the schools.
10 years ago:
Perry Kiwanians celebrate their
60th anniversary with a banquet
and, according to the newspa
per report, a “star-studded" pro
gram. Perry Mayor Jim Worrall
also hands out several member
ship awards.
- Compiled by Don Moncrief
Birthdays
May 19
☆ Harold Haygood it
May 20
it Chuck Stubbs it
May 23
ir Mary Jane Kinnas it
it Wendy Fluellen it
it Benjamin Cagle ?it
iti Keona Adams it
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.
Anniversary
May 22
Betty and Henry Dawkins
(happy 59th!)
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Double trouble
BASEBALL: On the heels of its loss in the state play
offs, Westfield gets even more bad news - Head
Baseball Coach Billy Sellers is leaving. SOCCER:
Three from HoCo sign scholarships. MORE.
Sports
BELOW THE FOLD: City awards medals to officers involved in Warnet Robins shootout
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
WR votes to build it 'alone'
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
The City of Warner Robins
is back in the doghouse - a
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Houston County police officers, pictured and inset, carry the Special Olympics torch
down Davis Drive from Warner Robins en route to Macon Friday.
Wednesday, May 21,2008
ANIMAL SHELTER
doghouse of its own mak
ing. Or, it literally will be
one of its own making, and
only of its own making, once
it’s built.
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American Cancer Society
Relay For Life
Survivors Celebrating Life!
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The Warner Robins City
Council took no action on
adopting a resolution to
enter into an intergovern
mental animal maintenance
Purple ‘passion’
Downhonw delights
Tomato sandwiches, potato
salad, deviled eggs, cole
slaw, pimento cheese.
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agreement Monday during
its pre-council meeting.
Instead, a different motion
- one from the other end of
the spectrum - was made
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Officers recognized
for standoff bravery
One receives Medal of Valor,
the other the Purple Heart
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
The City of Warner
Robins recognized two
of its more well known
heroes Monday. Warner
Robins Police Department
Capt. Bill Capps, the offi
cer credited with saving
and protecting the life of
Code Enforcement officer
Beau Weathers, received
the Medal of Valor, while
Weathers was awarded a
Purple Heart.
“I don’t feel in some
ways I earned this,” said a
thankful, humble, Capps,
a 28-year veteran of the
force, and in regard to the
incident April 23 where
both he and Weathers were
attempting to get a Warner
Robins resident to com-
'1 made a choice that day that I'm very
proud of. I'm not ashamed to admit
I chose life over death. His life was
more important... I’d do It again. And
to be recognized like this Is just
overwhelming."
- Warner Robins Police Department Capt. Bill Capps
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and approved.
The problem turned
out to be money. Oddly
enough, to a certain extent
See SHELTER, page <fA
ply with code enforcement
standards. They were
subsequently fired upon,
Weathers being struck by
a shotgun blast. “I feel like
that day, that time, I had a
friend. I had a companion
who was shot.
“I made a choice that
day that I’m very proud of.
I’m not ashamed to admit
I chose life over death. His
life was more important ...
I’d do it again. And to be
recognized like this is just
overwhelming.”
Capps, who Mayor Donald
Walker said he knew had
been shot at “at least
three times now,” added he
owed a debt of gratitude
to many. His appreciation
extended to the mayor,
See BRA VERY, page 9A