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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Volume 138, Number 86
Local lines
• City of Perry preparing to
honor veterans
• Robins AFB to hold Military
Retiree Appreciation Day
Public sounds off on proposed tax increase
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
Centerville’s mayor and
City Council played to a full
house Monday ... twice.
The first time was at 10
a.m. The second was at 4
p.m.
Those were the designated
times for public hearings
regarding the city’s propos
al to adopt a millage rate
of plus three, which will in
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Thousands of Catholics converged on the Georgia National Fairgrounds Saturday for the ‘‘One in the Spirit”
or “Unidos en el Espiritu” homecoming hosted by the Diocese of Savannah. The services and activities, in both
English and Spanish, brought people together from all walks of life. Here, one of the volunteer childcare workers,
Claire Sullivan, smiles as little Jesus Aribe tries on her eyeglasses. For a complete story and more photos, see
Saturday’s Houston Home Journal.
City of WR votes to surplus, sell lots
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
If you’re interested in lots, the City
of Warner Robins has lots of lots for
sale.
The Warner Robins City Council
voted Monday to surplus land tracts
Tl-11 off Long Street (which is off
Dunbar and near King Drive).
The lots will be sold to the high
est bidder, providing, according to
the council’s resolution, those bids
are above SSOO. And, the council also
added the stipulation they could reject
any bid.
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Food
Cool weather, hot soup. Recipe of
the week: Brown sugar pound cake.
Agnes Farr on: Solo cooking. Peggy
Bledsoe on: Mailing food. More.
turn require an increase in
property taxes by 27.06 per
cent.
It’s fair to say it was not
exactly a warm, receptive
crowd. Not one spoke in
favor of it, whereas 27 for
mally spoke against it dur
ing the early meeting, and
about half stood up as an
opponent to it at the later
meeting.
The early meeting filled
the room to capacity
One in the Spirit
In other action, the council:
■ Held the second reading of a peti
tion by Bryan Upshaw to annex Land
Lot 119 - 0.32 acres - into the city. And,
seeing as it was the second reading,
they voted on and approved it unani
mously.
■ Approve purchasing bids at a cost
of approximately $55,000.
Those include $12,500 for renova
tion of the pool circulation system
at Sewell Park, $9,466.33 for the
OSSI Maintenance Contract for Field
Reporting (Translated: Professional
service, software and support for the
Front Porch
"Where neighbors meet"
A look back
50 years ago:
Two contracts totaling almost 2 1/2
million dollars for highway construction
in Houston, Peach, and Pulaski coun
ties is tabled at a regular Perry City
Council meeting. One of the projects
includes making Ball Street one-way
south from Charlie Farmer’s house.
Also, members of the Perry FFA
chapter proudly announce that their
sweetheart Miss Beverly Jacobs was
chosen as first runner up in the Miss
Georgia Pageant.
30 years ago:
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
- approximately 81 - with
people spilled out into the
waiting area trying to hear.
The second meeting had just
shy of that mark. A third
meeting is set for Nov. 10
at 6 p.m., at City Hall. That
will be prior to the vote fol
lowing on the same date.
There were plenty who
said the council should just
do like them: Live on their
budget and when things got
tight, “tighten your belt.”
Two trucks from the Perry Fire
Department respond to extinguish a
blaze at Tolleson Lumber Company.
The blaze breaks out in a shed; dam
ages are an estimated SIOO,OOO.
10 years ago
Coaches, boosters, parents and
assistant coaches honor the Westfield
softball team with a dinner. Three mem
bers were recognized for making the
region team.
Two residents of the Church Home
for the Aged take off to the skies. The
two take part in Discovery Flight Tours
at the Perry-Houston County Airport.
Sources: The Daily Sun, Houston
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"We've never had to lay off anybody in 61 years in business.
In the past year we've had to lay off 13 for lack of work. If
a tax hicrease conies, we win possibly lose some more jobs.
And this is something we want to avoid at all costs."
- Warner Robins Supply Owner Mark Bayer
Developers were quick to
point out just how much of
a strain the city was asking
them to absorb, not to men
Warner Robins Police Department).
It also included $5,094.84 for the
landfill bill for solid disposal, but at
the same time it was noted by Monte
Walters of the water, sewer and gas
department that it won’t be long
before, thanks to new equipment/pro
cedures, that bill is no more.
Also, $5,964 annually goes to Cox
Communications. The purpose is for
“Voice Over IP Access Line (a type of
phone system). This is a change in car
riers - from AT&T - that it was noted
will save the city $497 monthly, $4,296
for the year.
Sports
Perry X-country team
best in region. Hornets
to host MBS in football
playoffs. More.
tion what it would mean for
future growth - translated:
none - and even that they
could literally go - not that
County amends land
development rep.
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
The Houston County
Board’ of Commissioners,
during their meeting
Tuesday in Perry, voted to
amend the Comprehensive
Land Development
Regulation for Houston
County.
“Tips amendment,”
explained Tim Andrews,
chief of building inspec
tions and coordinator for
Planning and Zoning,
“more specifically Section
95 ‘Home Occupations’.
“As directed by the com
missioner, the staff was
directed to go back and
look at our ordinances, and
make sure they adequately
described home occupa
tion.”
What the amendment
does, he said, was divide it
into two categories: Home
office and home business.
“Home activity would be
where there would be no
activity at the home. The
home would be just utilized
for the administrative side
of the business.
“A home business in con
trast to that would have a
certain degree of activity
going on at the home.
“For example: Daycares;
where people make small
gifts, beauty shops.
Photography shops where
there’s a small studio. Or
piano lessons. Things of
that nature would be con
sidered a home business.
Andrews further
explained that the catego
ries provided a template for
the commissioners where
they could in turn address
any concerns.
“And 'hopefully this is
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they wanted to - across the
street and build in Warner
Robins cheaper.
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all inclusive of those con
cerns that have already
been addressed (at previ
ous meetings).”
In other business, the
commissioners approved:
■ A Special Exception
for Frank Turner so that
he could establish a hunt
ing club on 2.52 acres (just
the base camp - the actual
hunting area is more than
a 1,000). There were some
concerns from the commis
sioners regarding disposal
of waster but Turner sat
isfied their questions to
where it received a unani
mous approval.
■ A Special Exception for
Robert Smith so that he
could see paintings from his
home and on the Internet.
Smith said he previously
sold them in Macon but
that the studio he sold
them - they are his wife’s
paintings; he said he was
just the “money man” - out
of took a 40 percent cut.
A Special Exception for
Robby Rollins so that he
could operate a distribution
and installation business
(mostly windows, he said).
Rollins said no material
was stored on his property
- said he operated by going
to a residence, making an
estimate, and then if he
received the job, the mate
rials were then delivered to
the residence receiving the
work.
■ An abandonment of
easement/right-of-way for
Ron Pry so that he could
install a secondary septic
system.
■ A change order for
water line extensions along
Georgia Hwy. 96, Bear
Drive and
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