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Wrestlers hit the mat
in Warner Robins
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Over the weekend,
wrestlers from all around
the state gathered at the
Warner Robins gym for
the Demon Duals meet.
Warner Robins, Perry
and Northside competed
in the annual event and
had several wrestlers
medaling.
See more on Page 3B
Sporting look back
2002 was a big year in
Houston County sports
on and off the field of
play.
The Houston Home
Journal looks back at the
10 biggest local sports
stories in a 2002 Review.
See B 1 for more
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New senator
Tolleson ready
for swearing in
By Charlotte Perkins
Staff Writer
A week from now, Ross
Tolleson will be a state senator
sitting in the same chamber
of government his grandfather
once sat in, dealing with some
tough issues as he represents
Georgia’s 18th District.
Tolleson, a partner in the
Macon investment firm of ÜBS
Paine Webber, is a Perry native
who made his first venture into
politics last year - winning the
Republican nomination with no
competition, and going on to
defeat incumbent Democratic
Sen. Michael Moore in the
November general election,
despite the fact that the 18th
district was drawn to have a
Democratic majority.
When Tolleson tossed his hat
into the ring last spring, the
state Senate was under
Democratic control, and one
pundit had quipped that
Republicans had “the influence
Perdue
appoints
new COO
From Staff Reports
ATLANTA - Governor-Elect
Sonny Perdue has recruited for
mer Bank of America executive
Jim Lientz to fill the newly cre
ated position of Chief
Operating Officer for the state.
“Jim Lientz is an outstanding
addition to our team,” Perdue
said. “State government should
be a customer-friendly, people
focused organization. Jim’s
experience in the private sector
will help translate that vision
into a reality, creating a new
organizational structure for our
state.”
The Chief Operating Officer
(COO) is charged with creating
a customer friendly, people-ori
ented state government
through the leadership, man
agement, and supervision of
state departments, agencies,
and their respective boards and
commissions.
A native of Savannah, Lientz
began his career in the finan
cial services industry in 1968,
following graduation from
Georgia Tech and two years of
service in the United States
Army. Lientz retired as
President of Bank of America’s
Mid-South Division in
December 2000, continuing his
career as Chairman of the
TriVeritas Group. He served as
Chairman of the Metropolitan
Atlanta Chamber in 2000 and
the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce in 1998. He and his
wife, Peggy, have three daugh
ters and reside in Atlanta.
“I appreciate the opportunity
that the governor-elect has
given me to assume the role of a
public servant,” Lientz said. “I
have dedicated my life to suc
cess in the private sector and I
, plan to continue striving for
results-oriented solutions in
this public role.”
of wallpaper” in the General
Assembly. All that has changed,
however, and Tolleson will enter
the Senate at a time of transi
tion: Republicans now hold the
majority vote, and with fellow
Houston Countian and
Republican Sonny Perdue, will
begin a four-year term as gover
nor.
“The state needs a true two
party system,” he said in a
recent interview. “It’s better for
everybody. Sonny knows about
that because he lived through
the suppression of ideas. You
need debate and you need to
hear the best ideas regardless of
party. I think it will be exciting
to see how we will be able to
build a coalition.”
Tolleson added that his
party’s leaders in the Senate are
committed to let some chairmen
of committees be Democrats.
Some issues the senator-elect
wants his constituents to be
Please see TOLLESON, page 10A
Schools to take part in MKBK6UNTS
Fifteen Middle Georgia
schools will participate in
MATHCOUNTS, the annual
nationwide math program for
middle school students.
The participating local
schools are: Westfield School,
Tabor Middle School and
Warner Robins Middle School.
Student “Mathletes” are cur
rently in training, using special
ly prepared coaching materials,
provided free of charge by the
MATHCOUNTS Foundation to
all middle schools across the
country.
In February, the Mathletes
will represent their school at
the local MATHCOUNTS com
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Three members of the Houston County Board of Education, including two who are starting
their first terms, were sworn in Friday morning by Probate Judge Janice Spires, at right The
members are, from left, Griff Clements, Fred Wilson, and Jim Boswell. Clements and
Boswell are now members. For more swearings-in, see page 7A.
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Senator-elect Ross Tolleson speaks to the Warner Robins
Chamber of Commerce.
petition, which is one of more
than 500 contests held annually.
Winners of the local competi
tion have the opportunity to
advance to the state competi
tion in Atlanta and then on to
the national competition. At all
levels, students can compete as
team members and individually
in written and oral matches.
Subjects include algebra, proba
bility, statistics and geometry.
Students win prizes such as tro
phies, scholarships, and prizes.
Betty Jean Jordan, the Middle
Georgia Chapter MATH
COUNTS chairman, said, “We
are delighted at the enthusiasm
we’ve received from our schools.
We hope our community will
show the same enthusiasm and
recognition for academic
achievement as it does for ath
letic achievement.”
The 2002 MATHCOUNTS
competition season attracted
more than 33,000 participants
from nearly 6,000 schools
nationwide, but over 500,000
students benefit from the use of
MATHCOUNTS materials in
their classrooms each year.
Sponsors aim to help improve
student interest and ability in
mathematics. They have target
ed middle school students, who
are at a crucial stage in sustain
ing and developing math skills.
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Daily Sun
to cease
publication
From Staff Reports
The Daily Sun, Warnet
Robins’ newspaper for over half
a century, will cease publication
on Feb. 1.
The announcement was made
last Thursday by The Macon
Telegraph. Like The Telegraph,
The Daily Sun is owned by
Knight Ridder, a California
based company which owns
over 30 newspapers nation
wide.
The Daily Sun was founded
in 1949 by Foy Evans, who
owned it until 1972. It began as
a weekly, and became a daily
newspaper in 1969. Evans sold
it to Roy H. Park, and in recent
years, it has been owned by
Park Acquistions, Media
General and Community
Newspaper Holdings. Knight
Ridder has owned the paper
since 1997.
Foy Evans was disheartened
by the news.
“I am shocked and saddened
to learn that a newspaper
which has been so much a part
of the growth of Warner Robins
and Houston County over the
past half century soon will be
only a memory,” he said. “Since
I spent the better part of my life
developing The Sun from a tiny
weekly newspaper into one of
Georgia’s best small-town daily
newspapers 30 years ago, I have
to admit that part of me dies
with the death of The Daily
Sun.”
Daniel F. Evans, owner and
editor of The Houston Home
Journal, echoed his father’s
sentiments.
“I hate to see it stop publica
tion, because I had always
hoped to get it back in the fam
ily one day, and it’s like seeing
the family farm cut up into a
subdivision.”
The news staffs of the
Telegraph’s Houston-Peach
bureau and The Daily Sun were
combined in early November,
with staff writers from both
papers covering local beats.
This led to the publication of
identical stories in the two
papers, with The Daily Sun
reprinting stories already pub
lished in The Telegraph.
The Telegraph will continue
to have a Houston County office
on Watson Boulevard in Warner
Robins. Daily Sun subscribers
will begin receiving The
Telegraph later this month.
Man slain
in WR home
From Staff Reports
A 22-year-old man is dead fol
lowing an incident in which
police say he was shot to death.
Details were sketchy at press
time, but authorities confirmed
that Tamarcus Jordan of 208
Suzanne Dr. died as a result of a
shooting.
They are investigating the
case as a homicide.
Police responded to the call
about 1:18 a.m.
A second person was present
at the residence when the
shooting took place, according
to reports.
That person was not injured.
Anyone with information
should contact Sgt. Chris Rooks
with the Warner Robins Police
Department Criminal
Investigation Division at 918-
2982 or 929-6911.