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——e Volume 138, Number 86 Local lines • Perry considering making one-way streets in Oldfield • Centerville looks at amend ment to alarm ordinance Consensus: Time to rally behind Obama By KRYSTAL RINER Journal Staff Writer The victory of Barack Obama as the newly-elect ed President of the United States was a day that made history. Locally, students at schools around Houston County participated in “mock elec tions”, learning the impor tance of the right to vote and that every vote does count. “Although I am not old enough to vote yet, this elec tion was very important me, Obama’s term will have impact on me as I prepare to enter the working world after high school and col lege,” said Courtney Chikas a senior at Perry High School. Twelve out of 15 people asked in Houston County the day following the elec tion said that even though Perry Publix opens doors on Wednesday if l .4 .3 11 M K U r I; _r E__ : ■ Perry Publix Manager Don McFadyen, right, talks with Grocery Manager Tim Krepps and Grocery Team Leader Stephen Smith about stock ing the shelves for the store’s opening on Wednesday. ENI/ Gary Harmon From staff reports The new Perry Publix Super Market will have a ribbon cutting at 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, with the doors opening to customers for the first time at 7 a.m. PERIODICAL 500 Bli 108 00001*"4 COOI Georgia Newspaper Project Main Library University of Georgia ATHENS GA 30602-0002 ALL FOR ADC 301 SERVING I lOUSTON C'OI.NTV SIN( l l 870 LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE Lifestyle Balvaunuca Club getting ready for Mistletoe Market 2008. Lineberger: “Only one chance to make this day count”; Evans: “Heading home, Part 11. More. they didn’t vote for him or necessarily agree with him on certain issues, the bal lots have been cast and the decision has been made. The consensus is: It’s time to rally around him and our nation. “’Change’ is a word we have heard a lot about over the past several months,” said Mark Leisman of Bonaire. “I am ready to see things change for the bet terment of this country and given the chance I think Obama can show us that change.” Perry Mayor Jim Worrall said that regardless of who was chosen President of the United States for the next four years, they had “the responsibility for bringing our nation back to the sta bility it once had has to do See OBAMA, page 10A Front Porch "Where neighbors meet" A look.back 50 years ago: Warner Robins beats Perry 57-54 in basketball. Boot Hunt, Eddie Livingston and Terry Griffin account for 34 of the Panthers’ points. The Demons are led by Larry Norman’s 21. 30 years ago: After debating for several minutes on whether or not to lease a $51,000 gar bage truck, the County Commissioners just cut to the chase and buy it. 10 years ago The Pilot Club of Perry announces Saturday, November 8, 2008 County sets record for election turnout Editor's note: The num bers given here are from the Houston County Board of Elections are still unofficial. By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Journal Staff Writer More than 56,000 Houston County voters participated in Tuesday’s general elec tion, with many voting in advance. According to Elections Superintendent Joanne Shipes, it was the largest number of voters in the county’s history. With 78.12 percent voter turnout, Houston County held onto its reputation as a Republican stronghold, but Democratic voting was high The store, located at 275 Perry Parkway, at the parkway’s intersection with Houston Lake Road. The new Publix which is similar in size and layout to the Publix at the intersection of Lake Joy Rd. and Hwy. 96, is the anchor store for a it will hold a fashion show and dessert event. In other news, Chris Wentzel is named the club’s sweetheart. Sources: The Daily Sun, Houston Home Journal - Compiled by Krystal Riner Anniversary Nov. 0 ☆ Gail ajid Ronnie Greene ☆ Birthdays novl a ☆ Shanika Edwards ☆ •Cs LaJasmine Mercer Travious Thomas *Cr Nov. 8 ☆ Betty Gilbert iV I ■■ jUJUfj Ba M* I CT* . ' t in some pre cincts, and Democratic Congress man Jim Marshall was in the lead with Houston voters. K«y local races NUNN At the local level, incum bent Superior Court Judge George Nunn won by a land slide with 74.89 percent of the vote to 25 percent for challenger Bonnie M. Smith. This was a nonpartisan elec tion. Voters also gave Charles “Toby” Hill, incumbent Board of Education mem shopping center which also includes a strip of shops and a convenience store with gas pumps. The shops are not yet occupied. Publix, a privately-held company, has more than 900 grocery stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee. Sports Mary Riley wins inaugural county women’s champion ship; Wesfield playoff foot ball. More. her, a land slide vote in a non-par tisan elec tion, with 76.44 per- • cent to chal lenger Dan Murray’s 23.39 per cent. Buddy Harden, Republican candi date for Georgia House of Representatives, Dist. 147, won with 67.96 percent to Democrat Rob C. Gibb’s 32 percent. How did Houston County vote in regard to national leadership? McCain-Obama In the Presidential elec- NOV. 8 ☆ Edward James Rice ☆ Colossiaris Lane ☆ Nov. 8 ☆ Jeff Adams ■Cr Betty Seago ☆ Nov. 10 ☆ Gale Coker ☆ -ft Tr Jr. Dennis ☆ Novl 11 'Ct Roberta Lovett lsr B.J. Brown ☆ ☆ ☆ Lee Baugh •£? 1 > Toby Shannon Mullis ☆ E-mail birthdays to: hhj@evansnewspapers.com or donm@evansnewspapers.com. Mail to: 1210 Washington St., Perry 31069 www.hhjnews.com ml .ZL: ! tio n , Houston County went over all for Republican Sen. John McCain, with 59.63 percent of the vote to 39.39 per- HARDEN cent for Sen. Barack Obama, now President-elect. Landslide districts for McCain-Palin included the Quail Run district, which gave the Republican ticket over 80 percent of the vote and the Bonaire area which came close with 78 percent. Obama’s highest Houston See TURNOUT, page ioA Design team returning to Warner Bobins By DON MONCRIEF Journal Managing Editor It’s time to see if your hard work paid off. Well, yours and theirs. “Theirs” is that of the Urban Design Association out of Pittsburgh, a team of city and design consultants the city of Warner Robins hired (they get paid in cash, you get paid in having a better place to live) to pro vide a vision for Downtown Redevelopment. It becomes your hard work and theirs if you participat ed in any of the two pub lic workshops leading up to their return Thursday (or if you participate then). In the last meeting in June, the group provided a visual plan for that redevelopment then asked you, the citizen, to give them feedback. This third meeting, which is slated to run for 7-9 p.m. at the Civic Center is for them to provide you addi tional feedback on what they came up with based on your input. Then again they will ask for your help. “We need your feedback on the plan, as well as any further thoughts on land uses, open space, building See DESIGN, page SA Front Door "Always open" Brethren, if a man is over taken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear one another’s bur dens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 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