Houston home journal. (Perry, GA) 2007-current, December 31, 2008, Image 1
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
Volume 138, Number 98
Below the fold: sheriff s
Office warns of paving offer
Inside: Perkins: "Ready or not,
here comes 2009'
Front Porch
Where neighbors greet
On our web
• Oxendine urges
fireworks safety for New
Year's celebration
• Legislators will again
decide what to do with
trauma care
HHJ history
50 years ago:
A deep freeze report
edly will cost the taxpay
ers of Georgia millions to
repair the roads. Houston
County is reportedly hit
heaviest in a 12-mile sec
tion of road between Perry
and Fort Valley. Dozens of
water meters burst leav
ing homeowners without
water for days.
30 years ago:
The HHJ announces
award-winning columnist
Joel Ferguson has been
named the newspapers
news editor. Also, the
Perry-Fort Valley airport
project gets help from the
FAA with monies totaling
$52,800.
10 years ago:
Computer hackers
strike a local internet ser
vice provider, but within
hours of it being report
ed to the Warner Robins
Police Department, it has
obtained a search warrant,
seized two computers and
begun interviewing sus
pects. Approximately 2,500
customers' accounts were
compromised, according
to the newspaper article.
Sources: The Daily Sun and
Houston Home Journal
- Compiled by Krystal Riner
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Sutherland: ‘Here’s to a
happy, healthy new year’.
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ENI/Gary Harmon
Brandy Wilson
Warner Robins resident
If you were President, what
would be your top priority for
2009? To put a stop to unem
ployment.
Name something you'd like
to accomplish personally in
2009? To be punctual.
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Lisa Willis
Perry resident
If you were President, what
would be your top priority for
2009? To stop sending our jobs
overseas.
Name something you'd like
to accomplish personally in
2009? To stop pulling out my
hair ... My daughter is turning
16.
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ENI/Gary Harmon
Liza Pierce
Perry resident
If you were President, what
would be your top priority for
2009? I would make sure our
financial institutions are stable
so our economy can level out.
Name something you'd like
to accomplish personally in
2009? I want to make a 4.0
both semesters in college.
• Sports
Westfield basketball teams
share different fates at
tourney. Bears, Eagles win
0T games. More.
ENI/Gary Harmon
Lola Frost
Warner Robins resident
If you were President, what
would be your top priority for
2009? An initiative to ease the
burden of the cost of end of
life care.
Name something you’d like
to accomplish personally in
2009? To show more apprecia
tion to my friends.
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TOP: Children take a
break from perform
ing to get their picture
taken. They were part
of St. Patricks Church
in Kathleen’s service on
Christmas eve. ABOVE:
Deacon Ralph McAtee
blesses Delia Allen dur
ing the communion por
tion of the service. LEFT:
Presents are handed out
to the children.
ENI/Gary Harmon
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Sarah Bacchus
Macon resident
If you were President, what
would be your top priority for
2009? To place a flat tax on
everything we buy and not
have our paychecks taxed.
Name something you'd like
to accomplish personally in
2009? Buy a home.
Paving the
path to
protection
Special to the Journal
According to a release from
the Houston County Sheriff’s
Office, it has received calls
from residents reporting
they are concerned about
unsolicited contacts from an
asphalt paving company, or
“companies”.
The residents, accord
ing to the release, have
“expressed concern after
being approached at their
homes when they have not
initiated such contact.”
According to the release,
in recent years, the Houston
County Sheriffs Office has
fielded “numerous” com
plaints involving similar
transactions. In most cases,
complainst by citizens, the
release reads, involve issues
of workmanship and/or irreg
ular pricing. Many of these
incidents involve elderly resi
dents in the community.
Representatives of these
companies will reportedly
usually contact a resident and
stat that they have asphalt
available which is left over
from another work site. The
representative will then offer
the citizens a reduced price
for resurfacing a driveway or
parking area. Later, the esti
mated price may increase or
the citizen may realize that
the work product is inferior
to normal standards.
The Houston County
Sheriffs Office reminds citi
zens to be wary of any unso
licited business calls to their
homes. Citizens are further
cautioned to proceed care
fully and examine all con
tracts and documents when
conducting such business.
Residents are advised
to contact their local law
enforcement agency if they
encounter any problems
when dealing with unsolic
ited business contacts.
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