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Local lines • Man arrested for hit-and run of juvenile • Mossy Creek Festival • WF students visits Egypt '**%&■>. Volume 138, Number 84 Two given Lifesaving Valor Award By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor “Without these two great individuals, I’m not here. I owe them my life.” So said Warner Robins Middle School Athletic Director Mike Martin while speaking at the Warner Robins City Council meet ing Monday. Martin was referring to Robin Coy, a dental hygien ist and mother of a cheer leader at Bonaire Middle School and Warner Robins Firefighter Danny Williams, both of whom after lightning had struck the field and sub ■ffifo : UTCbT## jfl^j A 4|fc £jj £ I^7 jffSSKSm HIPJIpKL 4| ,Jji ' jK 1H - &Pwlj4r J§|| - - : jpr . ■■'• : « jßgk dit.- \ rfrtiff /*/%' Made Haynes and Dominic Harrison from Perry get ready for Halloween by carving their pumpkins. PERIODICAL 500 mm * COOI * Georg a Newspaper Project Main Library University of Georgia ATHENS GA 30602-0002 ALL FOR ADC 301 " 1 - ■ Food From scratch - Triple Berry Crisp; Easy Cheese Sauce. Notes from AFarr: ‘Swamp Gravy’ More. LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE "Coach Martin is living proof God does do miracles." - Robin Coy sequently Martin performed CPR on him until life sup port personnel could arrive on scene. As Warner Robins Fire Chief Robert Singletary said while awarding the two the Warner Robins Fire Department’s ' Lifesaving Valor Award for their actions that Sept. 11 date : “From a Front Porch "Where neighbors meet" A look back 50 years ago: Houston County Sheriff C.C. Chapman is cleared by a grand jury of “criminal intent” in the over payment of frees totaling $lO, 315 which he had since paid back to the county. 30 years ago: M.L. “Robby” Robbins is selected as chairman for the 18th Senatorial District Caucus. It is held in Atlanta. Also, the Southeastern Regional Association of Small Business Wednesday, October 22, 2008 bystander, (the bystander) said they refused to give up. Until they got a pulse.” “Because of their actions, Coach Martin is doing quite well and improving on a daily basis.” “I was just don’t know what to say,” Coy said. “I believe I was just in the right place at right time. One of the things with being a dental hygienist is you have to have had CPR. It just worked out. Coach Martin is living proof God does do miracles.” Oh, and by the way, can you guess who her See A WARD, page <jA The great pumpkins Investment Companies formally commend Sen. Sam Nunn for his “outstanding record” over a six-year span of supporting small busi nesses. 10 years ago The American Legion Auxiliary begins preparations for its Poppy Week observance. Perry Mayor James Worrall gets things started with a proclamation in that regard. Sources: The Daily Sun, HHJ - Complied by Krystal Rlner Birthdays \ * > I Sri WR approves ordinance on ordinances; council votes to give full-time-Holmes full-time salary By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor Tired of finding itself on the defensive as of late, the Warner Robins City Council took action Monday to lessen greatly the chances of that happening in the future. The group voted to approve an ordinance on, of all things, ordinances. It reads to start that no ordinance can be approved unless it has been read to the public at “two consecutive meetings of the mayor and council”. And yes, this was the second reading of the ordinance, it. receiving a unanimous Sports FPD ends Lady Hornets’ bid at state title. HC volleyball squad earns state berth. More. Oct. 20 ☆ Dustin Lateefuddin ☆ Oct. 22 ☆ Ricky Kerr ☆ ’☆ Crystal McCullum ☆ Oct. 24 ☆ Christopher Jackson -ft ☆ Gavin Garner-Berry ☆ ☆ Theresa Lemon ☆ 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. RBH| www.hhjnews.com vote. The ordinance was the brainchild of Councilman Bob Wilbanks who drafted it, he said, because he felt the council - including himself, he added - could do a better job of making decisions. Specifically, not making a decision only to come back at a later date (after new information had come in, etc) to change it (i.e. voting to close Demon Valley Drive and later voting to re-open it; and perhaps on the horizon is the one regarding saggy pants). “Basically when we change the laws in the city,” he said. “When we change See ORDINA NCE, page 9A Energy Assistance Program apens Special to the Journal Georgia’s rgular Energy Assistance Program, accord ing to a release, will open Nov. 4 for homebound and elderly (65 years of age and older) and on Dec. 2 for all other eligible households. The point of contact local ly is Terri Grimsley at the Senior Center at Rozar Park in Perry. She can be reached by phone at 478-328-0333. The program, according to the release, provides finan cial assistance to low-income, elderly and handicapped households to help pay their home heating costs. However, emergency assis tance may be available to those who have been discon nected or are in danger of disconnection. Households participat ing in the program must meet incme criteria and be responsible for the cost of heating their homes. To be eligible, households must have an income equal to or less than 150 percent of the federal poverty guide lines - $15,600 or a one person household, $21,000 for two people, $26,000 for three people, $31,800 for four people, $37,200 for five people, $42,600 for six people, $48,000 for seven See ASSISTANCE, page 9A ENI/Gary Harmon an Evans Family NlwspaphrJ Front Door "Always open'* For the wrath of man does not pro duce the righteous ness of God. Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickeness, and receive with meek ness the implanted word, which is able •to save your souls. - James 1 20-21 Award-Winning Newspaper Better Newspaper Contest