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Drug Squad Funded
Illegal Drug Traffic
Operated By "Network"
By Joe Hiett
A Tuesday night discussion of illegal drug sales In
Houston County, and how to stop them, produced
confirmation of many points made by Ted Pender and
Giles Webb in last week's Home Journal An unlden
titled source who knows both men, and knows the drug
world, agreed to an "off the record” interview.
"There ore four or five men right here in Houston
County who can buy up to 20 pounds of marijuana. It
comes In from Arizona, Louisiana or port cities like
Savannah. Like Pender and Webb said last week, most
of It is sold before it is ordered," the source stated."-
There is definitely a network set up to push drug sales
here It Is very loosely organized, but exists never
theless. The big dealer never sells on the street and
keeps a low profile. That's why he is so hard to ap
prebend,” he added
Normal procedure, according to the man, is tor a 20
pound buyer to break his stuff down into pound lots,
and sell it quickly, within a half day. The pound buyer
further breaks the quantities down, into "nickel” ounce
bags.
"It's kind of tunny In away, because most time those
ounce bags are far from an ounce An ounce contains 28
grams, and those bags will have from 16 to 24 grams. So
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H.E. (Horace) Evans Jr., Gunn general manager, gives a few pointers on stacking
boxes to Gunn employee Krista Baker of Plant City, Fla. Miss Baker's job is to stack
the packing boxes on a conveyor belt that carries the boxes to the packing bin. The
Gunn Peach packing operation is experiencing a bumper crop this year.
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Pan*?,and her )bh is weighing boxes of peaches aftor they have been packed. Her job is
to make sure each box weighs out at the proper amount. From Miss Daniel's station,
the peaches go onto a conveyor belt into refrigerated trucks waiting to them to all
parts of the country.
the buyer sells short to the street," the source con
firmed. That "ounce" bag sells for about $20.00, ac
cording to today's market.
Asked for verification of other points made by Webb
and Pender, the man agreed that large amounts of
"buy" money are needed to "bust" the big dealers. He
told, without prompting, of the deal that Major Webb
described last week where Webb took personal savings
out of the bank to make a heroin buy. Then the man said
he had yet to read last week's HHJ article, and seemed
surprised the story had been told.
"You do have to go up the chain to get to the big man,
and it takes big money," said the source. Asked for an
opinion about the squad, the man said he figured at
least five drug squad investigators are needed, with NO
undercover agents.
Pressed for an explanation, the source said that
either the G. 8.1. or the federal Drug Enforcement
Administration will send in undercover agents and
provide buy money if contacted "Both require they be
included in the action, though."
Tuesday night about ten p m. the Houston County
Commission funded for 1976 77 their portion of the
squad, ending speculation that it might be disbanded.
But the commissioners indicated "a restructuring"
may well be forthcoming The county's allocation is
$13,400
Police Report
Police Nab Auto Theft
Suspect; Stolen In W.R.
The Perry Police
Saturday apprehended a
suspected auto thief, and
recovered a Ford
Maverick stolen Friday
from Moody Ford in
Warner Robins. Suspected
of stealing the auto was a
juvenile apprehended at
Big Indian Creek Bridge on
Carroll Boulevard.
Sergeant Ernest Carter
and Patrolman Charles
Lewis were involved in the
Heck Gets
State Board
Position
Glenn E. Heck, member
of the Houston County
Board of Education, was
recently installed as vice
president of the Georgia
School Boards Association
at the association's Annual
Planning Conference at
Unicoi Conference Center,
Helen, Ga.
GSBA is a voluntary
professional association
representing nearly all the
188 public school boards in
the state and rendering
informational and other
services to approximately
1,150 board members.
Heck, who has served on
the Houston board for five
years, was a director of
one of GSBA's 14 districts
prior to his election to the
vice presidency by the
Board of Directors to fill a
vacancy.
He is manager of Robins
Telecable, and received
his college degree from the
University of Redlands, in
California. He is First
Reader of the Christian
Science Society, and a
member of the Houston
County Library Board
Heck has served as
president of Warner
Robins Chamber of
Commerce, the Noon
Optimist Club, and the
Georgia Cable Television
Association, and district
chairman for the Boy
Scouts of America
He and his wife
Margaret have three
children.
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Question Raised Here
Who Owns Creekwood?
Who owns Creekwood
Recreation Park in Perry?
That seemingly easy to
resolve question took on a
new light Tuesday night
when the Houston County
Commission took steps
toward deeding its in
terests in the park to the
City of Perry.
The commissioners say
that they presently have
half interest in the
Recreation Park at Creek
wood, with the City of
Perry owning the other
half interest. But Tuesday
night the county board said
they wanted to "quit claim
deed" county interest to
the City of Perry.
The park was begun
several years ago as a joint
project between the county
and city, and presently
serves as one of the
recreation league's parks.
At a recent commission
meeting a city councilman
from Perry suggested the
City deed its half to the
county, but the county
appears to want to reverse
investigation which began
when the Maverick was
stopped for a suspected
DU I. The DUI suspect,
Willie C. King of Perry,
said he thought the car was
stolen.
King allegedly told the
police that he was asked to
drive the car by the
juvenile Friday night. He
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Near the beginning of
Tuesday night's meeting
the commissioners heard
their Chairman, Dr. V.W.
McEver, Jr. suggest the
county deed its half of the
park to the city, then "let
Perry apply for a 8.0. R.
(Bureau of Outdoor
Recreation) grant to
upgrade it."
Alton Tucker added,
"Many people don't seem
to realize the county owns
a half interest in the
Creekwood Park. Although
we built Centerville Park,
we own no interests
there." He further said
that the county had also
built two parks in Warner
Robins.
In a discussion with
county recreation director
Tommy Stalnaker about a
proposal by Centerville for
the county to continue
operating its park and
program, the board ot
commissioners rejected
the Centerville proposal
and built a list of their own.
allegedly told King the car
belonged to his mother.
The three suspects
(King, the juvenile, and a
passenger) were released
to the Warner Robins
police, and reportedly the
juvenile has been charged
with auto theft. King was
returned to Perry to face
the D.U.I. charges.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL THURS., JUNE 24, I*6,
Much of the county's
suggestion list was iden
tical to Centerville's ideas,
and included having the
county: manage the
program; register ap
plicants; provide all
"normal" athletic
equipment; and pay
referee fees tor other than
softball, baseball, and
football.
Centerville would: pay
and maintain all utilities;
operate the concession
stand; assign and upkeep
all practice fields; and pay
umpire fees for softball,
baseball, and football.
The Centerville proposal
called for the county to pay
all recreation department
Local Club
Sets Bike
Contest
Children between the
ages of six and twelve in
Perry have an opportunity
to win one of three
monetary prizes the Perry
Woman's Club will award
Saturday in its Bike
Centennial Contest, prior
to the parade scheduled for
six p.m.
Contestants are to dress
in Bicentennial costume,
with bikes decorated
suitably. The parade is
sponsored by the Perry
Merchants Association.
All contestants are to be
at Grant Plaza Shopping
Center and in line to ride in
the parade Saturday at
ternoon by 5:15 p.m. tor
judging. Decision of the
judges will be final.
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employees, including one U
now paid by the city. But
the county reworded that
clause so it would continue
as is now done.
The Centerville proposal
called for the city and
county to split 50-50 all
capital improvements over
S2OO cost, but the county
instead suggested that the
county agree to furnish
equipment and labor
where practical, with
Centerville to send im
provement requests in
May for the following
fiscal year.
The commissioners also
rejected a Centerville
recommendation to make
participant insurance
optional, after Stalnaker
said the policy is issued on
a group basis. The county
turned down the idea of
setting up a three-person
recreation advisory board.
A tew minutes later,
after the commissioners
had unanimously endorsed
their own proposal,
commissioner Steve Byrd
suggested sending the
same list of city-county
responsibilities to the City
of Perry. Byrd also
proposed the "quit claim
deed of Creekwood Park to
Perry".
An HHJ reporter asked
what would happen if
Perry refused to accept the
county's interests, and
county attorney Walker
Burke said he would have
to study the idea before
making a comment. In
general, a government can
give up its claim on
property with or without
acceptance, but if another
government refuses to
accept such deed, the
question is apparently
unclear.