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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Volume 138, Number 91
Below the fold; wr city
Council approves ordinances
Inside; Christmas at the
Crossroads activities set
Front Porch
"Where neighbors meet
HHJ history
50 years ago:
Thirty-two members of
the Perry High School
band and three chaper
ones go to Athens to take
part in Band Day. Sixty
two other high schools
from around the state
attend the event.
30 years ago:
The Houston County
School system receives a
library book grant from the
taxable wages of social
security for the year.
Mike Gray of Perry joins
the law firm of Walker,
Clarke, McConnell,
Richardson and Hulbert.
He practiced law in Fort
Valley prior to.
10 years ago:
Perry Middle School
students see new class
room walls as the stu
dents move into the new
school located on Perry
Parkway.
Also, Christmas at the
Crossroads draws a large
crowd. The parade has a
large draw as well with
nearly 50 organizations
participating.
Sources: The Daily Sun and
Houston Home Journal
- Compiled by Krystal Riner
Birthdays
Dec. 1
Faye Jones
Darrell Patrick
Dec. 2
Fred Jackson
Rick Bishop
Joe Maguire
Nicole Tharpe
Dec. 8
Donna Vickery
Chris Postell
Dec. 4
Keri Sutton
Sandy Plunkett
Dec. 5
Jerry Horton
Rusty Cranford
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.
The Fro nt Door
"Always open"
You have made him to
have dominion over the
works of Your hands; You
have put all things under
his feet. All sheep and
oxen - even the beasts
of the field. The birds of
the air, and the fish of the
seas that pass through the
paths of the seas.
- Psalm 8:6-8
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin prepares to address the crowd during her visit Monday at the Georgia National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter. She was in town to to stump for Saxby Chambliss.
By KRrSTAL RINER
Journal Staff Writer
“Hunters for Saxby”
“Read my lipstick, vote
Saxby”
“Farmers for Saxby”
Those were some of the
signs held high in support of
State Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Monday at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds in
Perry.
More than 2,500 came to
show him their support for
the runoff election held on
Tuesday, but it wasn’t an
audience reserved just for
Adopt a family for Christmas
Project Giving offers 2 ways to help others
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Think you’ve seen hard
times?
There are always some
families who’ve seen worse,
and Toni Henson Slade can
tell you all about them.
She can tell you about
hard-working couples right
here in Middle Georgia who
aren’t sure where their next
mortgage or car payment is
coming from, because their
first priority has to be pay
ing the medical costs of a
desperately sick child.
She can tell you about fam
ilies barely making it after
a job loss - hearing their
children’s Christmas wishes
and knowing the money’s
just not there.
What makes this Warner
Robins wife and mom’s eyes
light up?
Talking about all the peo
ple who have helped others
in need through the founda
tion she started by herself
and runs with her husband,
who - as a pediatrician -
knows a lot about the dire
situations some families are
Wodnesdxiy, December 3, 2008
Food
Smart snacking with wal
nuts. Sutherland: Decadent
chocolate. Bledsoe:
Succulent baking. More.
him.
Perhaps even more popu
lar was the keynote speaker
for the rally, Alaska Gov.
and former Republican vice
presidential candidate Sarah
Palin.
Chambliss spoke to the
large crowd of people; he
started by saying that the
world is watching Georgia,
which Palin echoed in her
speech.
“We want to make sure we
have at least 41 republicans
in the United States Senate,”
said Chambliss.
The crowd loudly chant
in through no fault of their
own.
The foundation is called
“Project Giving” and it
offers, in Slade’s words, “two
bridges of hope.”
One is the Family
Christmas Adoption Project.
Toni Slade, now a stay-at
home mom, started this pro
gram on a small scale when
she was a music teacher in
the Houston County School
System, teaching in schools
in some of the county’s eco
nomically deprived areas.
She talked with other teach
ers about which families
were most in need, and then
sought businesses, organiza
tions, families and individu
als to adopt whole families
for Christmas giving.
This project has grown
through the years, and
you or your business
or club help simply
by calling Slade at 224-
HOPE or e-mailing her at
tonihensonslade@comsouth.
net.
You’ll get “wish lists”
for a family, and you have
the choice of delivering the
wrapped presents yourself,
ed, “Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!”
as Palin took the stage with
rock star fame. Palin spoke
about her ties to the “great
state of Georgia.”
She told a story of her son
graduating boot camp in Fort
Benning, and the memo
ries she has from here. She
also repeated the campaign
theme that Chambliss has
been hammering home since
he barely missed the 50 per
cent vote margin he needed
to beat Democrat Jim Martin
in the regular election.
“Make no mistake,” she
said, “Saxby will not be an
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Lance and Toni Slade seek to create bridges between
those who can give and those who are in need.
or having Project Giving do
it for you.
Slade still works through
the school system to find
families in need.
Sports
Lady Bears begin basket
ball without familiar No.
50. Westfield finishes run
ner up in football. More.
easy pick of a yes or no vote.
He votes his conscience, and
what is best for the state of
Georgia, and for America.”
Palin said that the
Republican party must be
rebuilt and the re-election
of Chambliss is part of that
process.
The crowd in turn chanted
“Saxby, Saxby!”
“Saxby, you betcha!” Palin
added.
Ken Kennedy, a Houston
County resident who attend
ed said, “I support Saxby for
re-election, I think our
See PALIN, page yA
The second mission of
the organization is the
Family Medical Advocate
Project, and it’s not about
See GIVING, page jA
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Man dies
in cycle
crash
Was attempting
‘wheelie’ and
lost control
Special to the Journal
The Houston County
Sheriffs Office Traffic
Division, according to a
release, is investigating a
fatal motor vehicle crash
which happened Monday
at approximtely 1:49 p.m.
According to the release,
the crash took place on
Dunbar Road between
Margaret Drive and Long
Street when a man identi
fied as Joshua Baker, 21
and of Warner Robins,
attempted to drive per
forming a “wheelie” on a
2002 Suzuki GSXR 600.
He was travelling east
bound on Dunbar at the
time.
The release stated that
once he set the motor
cycle down on the front
wheel, he lost control.
The motorcycle left the
roadway and he left the
motorcycle. Tragically, he
then struck a utility pole.
He was wearing a helmet
at the time of the crash
but it wasn’t enough. He
was pronounced dead at
the scene.
The crash is under
investigation by the
Sheriffs Office Traffic
Division.
WRCity
Council
approves
ordinances
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
“That’s the best kind.”
So said Warner Robins
City Councilman John
Williams in regard to an
ordinance the council
approved unanimously
Monday during its regular
meeting. The ordinance,
having its second read
ing which in turn cleared
the way for its approval,
was to bring the city in
compliance with recent
changes in state law.
And as a follow-up to
that, it gives the council
the opportunity to request
of the General Assembly
a 2 percent increase in
rates, explained Mayor
Donald Walker. And that,
said City Attorney Jim
Elliott could mean up to
eight cents on the dol
lar. In addition, money
raised, Elliott continued,
could be used - one of its
legal uses, he said - to
support a sports complex
or sporting facility.
“That’s just one
(option),” Walker said,
adding the city had three
sets of plans for hotels
and/or motels on its
desk right now, and also
See COUNCIL, page jA