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'Till 1 llQttiiin! Motw# Mtmtnm Volume 138, Number 85 Local lines • HC School System receives accreditation • Robins AFB stands up new organization Centerville tax proposal draws heat from business community By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor On the table for the City of Centerville is a proposed 27.06 percent property tax increase, as voted on by the council to pursue during its meeting last weels. The actual tax digest pub lished for 2008 calls for a “net L s&h&iit-*- **%£• jm IL. nP bHb fiKL ' ■ «P \' , JHL , m * ; ’ *r»r 5 . A ■* . m - ■ r J , •• -» i JMgm jbsp ” ' Hr 'sE ;/& Af= jBmM ffpf- -:«jp . Has. j Even with voting starting 45 days before the General Election date, crowds have been steady at the two advanced polling places this week. Just after noon on Friday, more than 100 voters were waiting out- t side of the Houston County ; Government Building, with l more lines inside, i See related story page 5A | and Sample Ballot BA. \ Journal Charlotte Perkins PERIODICAL 500 mill 8 55108 00001 4 COOI * lAavri Library University of Georgia ATHENS GA 30602-0002 ALL FOR ADC 301 Si r\ ii 1 lot-sTu\ ( ; oi.\i\ Kiwi 1S 7 () LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE School Fall Costume Party at Westfield; Elementary School Honor Rolls. More. taxes percentage increase” of 38.42. That compares to 11.53 in 2007, 19.76 in 2006, 15.25 in 2004 and 25.89 in 2003. The mill rate would go from 10.698 to 13.698. When the vote was called for, only Mayor Bubba Edwards stood alone against it. He, however, has since dis Beating the crowd? Front Porch "Where neighbors meet" A look back 50 years ago: Winn-Dixie Cement Corp., earns the Portland Cement Association trophy for safety. It is the 17th time since 1933 the plant has earned it. Also Stewart Bloodworth of Perry and others take a tour of Atlanta as part of a trip by Future Farmers of America. They spent five days visiting Atlanta businesses as part of this goodwill tour. 30 years ago: The American Association of Retired Persons offers income tax assistance, “TAX-AIDE” to the elderly. Saturday, November 1, 2008 iv . * Ir* W ' LA. a W, covered plenty of support from business leaders. “He doesn’t think it’s the right time to be raising taxes,” said Neil Suggs of Marble Masters of Middle Georgia, Inc., who along with 10 others met with the mayor over lunch this week to hear first-hand from him, Suggs said, regarding what Perry and Warner Robins each train a team of six to IRS standards and to do the honors. 10 years ago Ferrellgas employees, including those locally become owner of the company. The company, according to the newspaper story, funds the pur chase through a federally qualified Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Sources: The Daily Sun, Houston Home Journal - Compiled by Krystal Riner Birthdays Nov. 1 TV Lora Arledge ☆ i-r Diane Bramblett ☆ Don't forgot to turn your clocks back one hour Sunday! "They're going to cut out all building with this. They’ll lose way more they're talking about getting. They're cutting their own throat and the people of Centerville." - U.S. Land developer Charlie McGlamry was going on, “and neither do we. Not with our econ omy being like it is. We’re Nov. 2 ■£r Joe Leigh ☆ ■£r Conner Tate ☆ Allison Elisabeth Tucker ☆ Nov. 8 A Sheila Gentry ☆ ☆ Jessica Scarlett ☆ NOV. 4 Tommy Pierce ☆ Dori Melendez •& 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. Sports Middle School football playoffs. Northside versus Warner Robins! More. forced to have to put things off until it gets better. They can too. City of WR: 'ln-hoAse' work saves millions By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor Millions ... and counting. That’s the estimated sav ings Montie Walters of the City of Warner Robins’ water, gas and sewer depart ments, told the city council that staff fijpm those depart ments had saved the city by doing as much work as they could “in house”. In the sewer department, Walters, who said they had about 20 projects going in that area, pointed out the city was laying the pipe for the Macon State College expansion. But instead of ordering new pipe, as he said they typically do but added they wefe trying to change that process to again save more money, he said they had scoured the city and found the pipe, manholes, etc, they needed. “We’ve probably on this project alone saved $25,000,” Police arrest three on armed robbery charges Special to the Journal According to a release, officers of the Warner Robins Police Department responded to Buffalo Bob’s restaurant Friday at about 10:45 a.m. in reference to an armed robbery. According to the release, the victim, Donna Dobin, was working at the restaurant, which is located at 726-D North Davis Drive, when three black males entered with hand guns. The suspects took an undisclosed amount of currency and fled the scene. Dobin sustained no injuries. Officers made contact with the three males on a side street off of North Davis Drive and recovered the money See ARREST, page $A an Eva n s Ram i i y News pa per www.hhjnews.com ■ HL_ hHHHHBI a_ “And,” he added, “they don’t really have a plan See PROPOSAL, page yA he said. In regard to gas, he first gave an update on the Peach Shaving Plant, a backup plant the city is in the pro cess of selling. He said the company that is buying it has filled six trucks full of gas and should have it removed by the end of the week - with plenty more left to go. “That was a big deal,” he said about the sale, “at almost a million for the plant.” The sale of the plant also becomes important in anoth er way, he added. Remember the “scoured the city”? That’s because Walters said currently they have pipes and such stored all over the city. Once the plant’s lot is vacated - a nice, flat area he said they can lock/secure - it’s going to be used as a staging area to round up and store all that inventory. See SA VES, page <)A ’HESS! wpHp * m jdtmk yapp #" •; AS Correction: We regret - immea surably - that a letter was left off of Nathan Skinner. Nathan was one of our Halloween coloring contest winners, earning third in the age 7-9 category. Also, the photo credit should have gone to Charlotte Perkins. We do apologize for the mistakes.