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Volume 138, Number 55
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FRONT DOOR
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“What this means is that those
who become Christians become
new persons. They are not the
same anymore, for the old life is
gone. A new life has begun!"
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
FRONT PORCH
"Where neighbors meet"
HHJ history
50 years ago:
A woman is killed when she
jumps from and is run over by a
truck carrying a load of cotton.
Tragically, smoke from the
brakes, results in one of the
workers riding in the back yell
ing out “fire”. The woman, who
was riding in the middle and up
front in the cab, is reportedly
already terrified of fire. So, when
she hears the word, she pushed
another woman to her right out
the door and then jumps out
herself. The other woman fell
clear but she did not, being
crushed under the wheels.
30 years ago:
A patrolman flushes out a bur
glar at the Price Rite Grocery.
The store was not in opera
tion at the time - boarded up
- but did have items inside. The
patrolman gave chase but was
unable to catch the perpetrator.
Also, Dr. Leonard W. Bell, O.D.
is awarded a presidential cita
tion for excellence in the field of
optometry.
10 years ago:
Local officials announce if
they get the “thumbs up” from
state officials, they will begin the
“long awaited” filling of Houston
Lake, following construction of a
new dam. The old dam, accord
ing to the newspaper report,
had been destroyed by the flood
of 1994.
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Severe Weather Warning Alert System
Vision 2020 wants decision in 'your' hands
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
Now you see? That’s why we need
an early warning system. We never
know what’s coming.
Just kidding but Houston County
Board of Commissioners Chairman
Ned Sanders added a new twist to
the Severe Weather Warning Alert
System saga: A referendum.
Sanders had barely set down
after exchanging seats with Warner
Robins Mayor Donald Walker
Candidates state their case at forum
From Staff Reports
For those who hadn’t
yet made up their minds,
Thursday night’s forum at
the Warner Robins cam
pus of Macon State College
offered an opportunity to
compare the candidates’
views.
However, with “safety”
INSIfJI:
Primary
f i r r; r ion
WRAPS UP
TI If SO AY
County Sheriff.
Challenger Chad Payne’s
supporters were out in force
in their visibly green shirts,
while the sheriffs support
ers wore yellow.
At the request of mod
erator Joe Bishop of WNNG
Radio, the audience held
their applause until each
segment of the debate was
over, but they cut loose for
Talton and Payne, giving
evidence that this was the
most exciting race.
The event included oppor
tunities for candidates from
Perry City Council all the
way to the U. S. Congress
to state their views. Each
WR finds buyer for
propane gas plant
Timeline affects proposed
location for animal shelter
By DON MON GRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
The good news is the City
of Warner Robins has a
buyer for its Peak Shaving
Propane Gas Plant. The
bad news is ... well; there
is no bad news. It’s just
that the length of time esti
mated to move the pieces
associated - storage tanks,
large and small, and equip
ment - affects another
project near and dear on
the city’s mind right at this
point: The future animal
shelter.
You see the city had
wanted to build its new
shelter on that site.
But, they were also hop
ing to be told something
far less than 12 months.
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green and
yellow T
sliirts all
around, it
was evident
that plenty
in the crowd
had already
made up
their minds
in the race
for Houston
Journal/Krystal Riner
Perry City Council candidates Daniel Brown, Charles Lewis and Dudley Christie take part in the WNNG 2008 primary
forum held Thursday night at Macon State College in Warner Robins.
candidate had an opportu
nity to make his or her own
introduction and to close
with an appeal to voters.
Questions were asked
Nevertheless, that’s what
they’ve been told by Total
Energy, a company out of
New York.
Total Energy comes into
the picture as one of three
bidders for the plant, which
the council voted to be
declared surplus - allow
ing for it to be sold - back
in early June. In fact it
was the one the council
voted unanimously to go
with during its meeting
Monday.
Their council had three
offers it was explained by
Mark Baker, Purchasing
Agent for the city. The
first was from a company
in Georgia. But its repre
sentatives only wanted to
offer .85 cents a gallon on
See BUYER, page SA
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Tuesday during the Vision 2020
meeting, this time in City Hall in
Warner Robins. Walker is now the
Vision 2020 chair. Sanders is now a
board member.
And just like the name applies,
a visionary, at that (not that he
wasn’t before).
“In my presentations to the cit
ies,” he said, his latest addressing
questions/concerns on the system
at the Warner Robins City Council
meeting Monday. “While receiving
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VVe would put it before the voters. Let them tell
us ’up' or down."
- Houston County Board of Commissioners Chairman and Vision 2020 Advisory
Board member Ned Sanders
a commitment to receive support
for the concept ... in principle ... I
could tell funding was an issue they
would have a hard time with. It
would be a ‘sticking point’ but not
a ‘show stopper.’
by David Cranshaw of the
Macon media and Charlotte
Perkins of The Houston
Home Journal.
Issues emphasized includ
Thank you Perry
On the afternoon of June 14, our office building took a direct hit from a tremendous
lighting storm resulting in a fire that totally destroyed the property. I cannot offer
enough praise to all of the firefighters and other members of the Department of
Public Safety of the City of Perry and other county agencies for their hard work contain
ing, and eventually extinguishing the blaze. Hopefully, Perry will never experience another
fire of this magnitude, but preparation for such emergencies is of vital importance. When
you see a firefighter, tell them how much you appreciate them... When you see a Council
Member, express upon them the importance of adequate Public Safety budgets. We must
continue to offer our firefighters and police officers the most adequate training and modern
equipment available.
Words cannot describe the outpouring of public support during this difficult time. Perry
is such a special community made up of special people. The sincere, earnest loyalty and
support of my office manager Cheryl Skeen, and her staff, has been paramount during this
period of transformation and unexpected change. So many businesses and individuals have
offered assistance and prayers during these trying times. I dare not list them for fear of for
getting someone, but you know who you are and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Lois McMaster Bujold is quoted "Adversity does teach who your real friends are." If this is
true, and I believe it is, I am blessed with many friends.
After 21 years at our previous location, we have relocated. Our new address is 1007
Jernigan Street (previously occupied by Gieger & Gieger). Our telephone, fax, e-mail, etc.,
contact information is the same as before. We are thrilled with our new office location,
which has made it possible to provide uninterrupted services to our clients. We appreciate
your patience, support, friendship and prayers. In a speech given April 2,1957 by Dwight D.
Eisenhower, he said: "We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a
single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective".
Our objective is to continue providing the outstanding professional services our clients
have benefited from in the past.
Sincerely,
C. Snyder Chapman, CPA
Certified Public Accountant
1007 Jernigan St.
Perry
ed taxes of all kinds. Both
candidates for 147th District
Seat in the Georgia General
Assembly, Buddy Harden
and Carden Summers, said
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“That’s the reason for an alterna
tive approach ... One reason for an
alternative approach.”
The alternative approach is for
the aforementioned referendum
See DECISION, page SA
they would like to see tax
reform, but not of the kind
that would reduce local con
trol.
See FOR UM, page 10A