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Local Lines • Happy Hour recognizes MGTC Cosmetology students • Flu vaccine available soon at Houston County Health Dept. • Spiders celebrates 15 years Volume 138, Number 77 1 arrested in thefts at Peppy HS Bus ramp damaged by stolen vehicle By KRYSTAL RINER Journal Staff Writer Six vehicles were bro ken into on Perry High School property Sept. 19, according to Capt. Heath Dykes of the Perry Police Department. Most of the vehicles belonged to students, he said. I Pod’s, cell phones and other items were sto len. In what was apparent ly a related incident, on Monday school Resource Officer Thomas Daily dis covered a vehicle in the ditch close to the post office on North Ave. Officers at that time also observed two black males running from the vehicle. It was a Plymouth Voyager van that belongs to a teacher at Perry High School. According to Dykes, the two boys entered the van and then drove it through the bus ramp, damaging the awning, and knock ing over several poles. The collision caused extensive damage to the vehicle and the bus ramp. * The two suspects - juve niles - are students at Perry High School. Both were arrested. Prior to stealing the van they had broken into another teacher’s vehicle and stolen a Nintendo DS Game boy, and other items, Dykes said. Both students were charged with eight counts of entering an auto, one count of theft by tak ing a motor vehicle, inter ference with government property and disruption of a public school. The students are being held at the Youth Detention Center in Macon pending their hearing. “We were able to recover most of the high dollar items, such as I Pod’s, cell phones, and the Nintendo, ” Dykes added. PERIODICAL 500 81! mi COOI * Georgia Newspaper Project Main Library University of Georgia ATHENS GA 3GBG2-00G2 3-DtGfT 306 September 27,2008 Serving Houston Count y Sinc e 1870 A special home Heart of Georgia DDM moves from vision to breaking ground. Lineberger - Lessons from Daisy. Birthdays, engagements and more. Lifestyle BELOW THE FOLD: li/luseum of Aviation nears opening of WWII hangar exhibit LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE SEE YOU AT THE POLE 'lt was all about prayer' "Seeing the students come out and show their witness to God shows their strength, and I believe this is a way to bring everyone closer together.” - Sen. Ross Tolleson By KRYSTAL RINER Journal Staff Writer Just before sunrise on Wednesday morning, nearly 100 students, teachers, par ents and community leaders gathered around the flagpole at Perry High School. The same thing took place at riot all, of the schools in Houston County and around the nation. It was part of a program called “See You At The Pole”. See You At The Pole is all about prayer. It’s about students, teachers, admin istrators, and the commu nity coming together and laying aside all tjie labels and groups for one day to Museum of Aviation nears opening of WWII hangar exhibit By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor “Red light,” said the jump master, all the while feeling his heart pounding in his chest like a sledgehammer. Fear mixed with adrena line to make a potent cock tail. His first and foremost thought: God please be with us. His men - his “stick” - knew what red light meant. “Get ready!” “Get ready in this case to paratroop into German territory. Get ready to face insurmountable odds - 10-1 against.” Nevertheless he knew he had a job to do. He was a professional. “We’re coming up on the drdp zone,” he said. “Stand up! Hook up! Equipment check!” Shortly thereafter came the call from the pilot. Front Porch "Where neighbors meet" A look back 50 years ago: Perry High School’s Homecoming Queen is crowned. She is Patsy Todd. Her atten dants are Kay Tabor and Beverly Jacobs. 30 years ago: Saturday, September 27, 2008 zM*' -4. .•* WlXt Mr M i'A ■ • ! fBT ft., • §jjspk {■s ■■Jllllll’ '*-•<<’j '»lhk. 21mJ1 : r mm, vtfl W W mK&m'ww Hr (Hflh 4m -■J mmmr*} - ; zZSZZk m \jmrn. Tip * SHRHSr . . ' Jill Farmer, left, Lindsey Williamson and Sen. Ross Tolleson pray along with other students at Perry High School dur ing See You At The Pole ceremony held Wednesday across the nation. simply connect with God in prayer and connect with fel low Christians around the flagpole. “Steady ... steady .. green light!” “This is it,” he yelled. “Go go-go-go!” So goes the narrative for an extraordinary ride. It’s a ride you too can take as part of the Museum of Aviation’s World War II Hangar exhibit, set to open Oct. 17. The ride takes place aboard a cut-away C-47. It is the first of several “immersion” experiences - it a flight over France - among the 6,000 square foot exhibit. “The C-47 is actually skinned over with scrims (a type of cloth covering),” said Exhibit Designer/ Curator Michael Pierce, who was earlier quick to point out that it took the 100 s of people involved to See EXHIBIT, page yA 8,000 people come to the Perry Kiwanis Club's first Farm-city Festival. Sen. Sam Nunn and other offi cials are guest speakers. 10 years ago: Opening ceremonies, a parade, and opening concerts are set for the Ninth Annual Georgia National Fair. See You At The Pole was started in the early 90s in Texas and has spread nation wide. Since 1991, SYATP has v> ■ * i i FjBHP HaSi - ... Wr A* flfip ims Designer of the Museum of Aviation’s World War II Hangar exhibit Michael Pierce goes over the lay of the future exhibit Thursday. The three big name concerts are: Alan Jackson with LeAnn Womack, Brian McKnight, and Alabama with Kelly Jereles Kristensen. Sources: The Daily Sun, HHJ - Compiled by Krystal Riner Birthdays Sept. 27 Crossing the line CROSS COUNTRY: Westfield hosts meet. SOLF: Riley narrowsly misses cut. HORSESHOES: Lallier first at Brunswick tour ney. OTHER: Football, softball and more. Sports grown to great proportions, in 2007 more than 2 million teenagers met for SYATP in all 50 states. fi Randall Price fir fir Larry Davis fir Sept. 28 •fir': Billie H. Greer fir A fin Polly Larsen fir fir . Tianna Henley (Happy first birthday! firfir Sept. 28 fir Sandra McGowan fir fir Jerry Greene fir fir Betty Croom fir www.hhjnews.com “The purpose of us com ing together is to pray for our school, our faculty, See PRA YER, page 8A — - AN hVANS hAMU Y NEWSPAPER .... ... - W! ENI/Gary Harmon ENI/Gary Harmon e Front Door "Always open" Award-Winning Newspaper Better Newspaper Contest