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Volume 138, Number 52
FRONT DOOR
"Always open "
"Sow to yourselves in righ
teousness, reap in mercy; break
up your fallow ground: for it is
time to seek the Lord, He
come and rain righteousness
upon you.
- Hosea 10:12
FRONT PORCH
"Where neighbors meet"
HHJ history
50 years ago:
Warner Robins’ then-mayor
is charged with bringing three
cases of liquor, a gift he says,
back from Washington D.C. He
is fined $250.
30 years ago:
More than 4,000 people crowd
together in the pecan orchard
ownded by U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn
to kick off his re-election cam
paign.
Also, a 500-pound bear cross
ing I-75 in Perry is struck and
killed - inadvertently - by a coun
ty resident who just happened to
be in the right place at the wrong
time (ditto for the bear). The
bear was reportedly taken to the
Houston Correctional Institution
where it was butchered and later
served to inmates.
10 years ago:
The Perry Cubs youth baseball
club gets its 15 minutes of fame
when it is the guest at Luther
Williams Field in Macon for a
game between the Braves and
Capital City Bombers. And guess
who just happened to be rehab
bing at the time: John Smoltz.
- Compiled by Don Moncrief
Birthdays
June 26
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June 27
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June 28
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June 29
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☆ft Melonie Robinson ft
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June 30
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Anniversaries
June 28
Trish and Allen Hawk
June 80
Cindy and Wayne Bellew
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Elephants from clay
Class is in session at the Perry
Arts Center. Also: ‘The moment
the romance took a nosedive and
bombed’ - Rich. More.
Lifestyle
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Independence Day celebration - the INSIDE story
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
When you’re the only game in
town ... Actually when you’re - with
no “Big Bang Boom” or “No Sparks
in the Park” scheduled to compete
against - pretty much the only
“big” game in the state, you can
expect a lot of people to show up.
Such will be the case for this
year’s 25th Annual Independence
Day Celebration Thursday at
McConnell-Talbert Stadium in
Warner Robins. In fact, last year’s
Perry votes 4-1 in favor of impact fees
Also agrees to work with county on emergency warning siren system
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
The controversial question
of whether to have impact
fees on new construction in
the city’s growth area has
been answered by the Perry
City Council, and there was
tough talk on both sides.
Councilman Joe Kusar sug
gested to opponents of the
impact fee, who have been
mostly developers and build
ers, that they had tried to
“stir the community up” and
had shown “a lack of commu
nity concern” in their cam
paign of newspaper ads.
Realtor Scott Free said
after the vote, “We should
replace them all. The whole
city council, except Riley
Hunt, and that includes the
mayor and the city manager,
too.”
The issue of charging
impact fees has been contro
versial from the outset, and
the question voted on by the
council, based on a motion by
Council member Joe Kusar,
was to have the fees starting
in July, 2009, and to get the
question “out of limbo.”
Councilman James Moore
expressed some reservations
related to the current eco
nomic slump, but voted yes
to Kusar’s motion. Council
members Phyllis Bynum-
Grace, Willie King also voted
yes, while Hunt voted no.
An ordinance has been pre-
WR Housing Authority celebrates $2.2 million renovation
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
Chances are they’ll remem
ber the new white ceilings
for a long time to come.
Ditto for the new cream-col
ored walls, the shiny bright
speckled new tile, the new
roof, and in some, maybe
most, cases the new appli
ances.
A lasting impression is
an understatement but the
air conditioning. Ah, that’s
something they’ll never for
get.
That’s a perhaps south
ern-necessity the residents
of Cam Campbell, a pub
lic housing development in
Warner Robins have never
had (ceilings, walls and
appliances, they had, albeit
very old).
Now, thanks to a $2.20
million renovation they do
- along with the new ceil
ings, walls, et cetera.
See RENOVATION,page 10A
Saturday, June 28, 2008
celebration was a record-setting
event, and this year will be likewise,
said Allen Tatman of the Warner
Robins Civitan Club.
But here’s the thing, Tatman
added. He really, really, really - all
of the organizers “really” - wants
people not to shy away from watch
ing/observing the event from inside
the stadium itself despite any fear
of traffic congestion.
For several reasons, one he said
being the fact the Warner Robins
Police Department has been work
ing extremely hard on a very
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Decision time - Perry Mayor James Worrall, City Manager Lee Gilmour and City
Councilman Joe Kusar listen during final discussion of impact fees.
pared, but may have some
adjustments before the final
implementation.
The one-time fees, as
defined in the proposed ordi
nance will pay for 50 percent
of the cost of new fire stations
and parks necessitated by
the annexation and growth
outside the Perry Parkway.
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Several members of the Warner Robins Houston Authority, along with some distinguished guests, stand in front of
a newly-renovated two-bedroom home in the Cam Campbell development off South Davis Drive in Warner Robins
Wednesday.
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"It's a ’pyro musical.' The fireworks are set to
music. People don't know but there are keys to
the music that triggers him when to set them olf.”
- Warner Robins Civitan Club member Allen Tatman
aggressive plan to prevent traffic
congestion.
That plan includes not only what
will go into keeping things flowing
on the ground but even helicopter
support from above via the state
The total amount to be
raised through impact fees
under the ordinance to
be voted on is limited to
$2,215,000, or 50 percent of
the actual estimated cost of
the projects.
When that amount is col
lected no further fees would
be collected unless the
Council goes through the
process of public hearings
and another vote for a new
impact fee ordinance.
Impact fees would be a
one-time fixed amount to
be paid by the builder at
the time that the building
permit fee is paid. Later
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patrol, he said.
The bottom line is: “We’re pre
pared,” he said. And here’s a special
note to churches and/or anyone that
has a bus. There will be a special
See CELEBRATION,page 11A
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
The City of Perry will
take part in planning
for a county-wide emer
gency warning system
which would be oper
ated by the 911 center,
and have the goal of
having sirens placed sot
that over 95 percent of
the county’s residents
would receive an audi
ble warning of danger
ous weather conditions
or other impending
dangers.
Following presen
tations by County
Commission Chairman
Ned Sanders and by
Jeff Patterson of the
Perry Public Safety
Department, the con
sensus of the council
members was that while
Perry already has sirens
in place, its system will
have to be expanded
and upgraded in the
coming years, and it is
in the city’s long term
interest to participate
in the county wide plan.
According to Sanders,
the municipalities and
county government
would share the cost
proportionately to pop
ulation. His estimates,
based on census data,
was that
See SYSTEM, page 10A