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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Bids opened for Tommie Hunt building
Perry businessmen
submit offers
By Emily Johnstone
HHJ Associate Editor
WARNER ROBINS - As hope
ful bidders for the Tommie S.
Hunt Courthouse Annex
watched Tuesday afternoon,
envelopes containing purchase
offers were opened.
Two Perry businessmen,
accountant Carey Baxter repre
senting the firm of Chambliss,
Sheppard, Roland and Baxter,
and architect Jim Mehserle,
owner of JMA Architecture,
submitted bids for the building.
Houston County Director of
Management Services Steve
Engle and Director of
Purchasing Barry Holland
opened bids in the boardroom of
the courthouse annex on Carl
Vinson Parkway.
Minutes later, Mehserle was
shaking Baxter’s hand and
offering congratulations for his
high bid of $151,000 - a mere
$389 more than Mehserle’s bid
of $150,611.
As a matter of fact, Holland
said that could be the closest
bidding ever on a county build
ing.
Final approval for the bids
will come at the next commis
sioner’s meeting July 15.
Commissioners must vote on
accepting the bid.
Meanwhile, a beaming Baxter
said he plans to move his office
into the 4,000-plus-square-foot
building located across the
street from the old courthouse
in downtown Perry.
He said his office will be
where the old tag office used to
be. The rest of the building will
be available for tenants, he said.
Holland said the original use
of the building was as a grocery
store. Later, it housed a furni-
'Phoods' high in trans-fatty acids
While most people can’t con
ceive fat is essential and most
are trying to decrease their fat
intake, in fact there are some
essential fats that you must
consume to be healthy, and I’m
not talking about chocolate!
However, there are good
forms of fat and bad forms that
cause many problems. Essential
fatty acids (EFAs) are long
chained unsaturated fats that
must be obtained from your
diet. The two main forms are
omega-6 and omega-3 fatty
acids, but they behave entirely
differently in your body.
Omega-3 fatty acids are high
in flaxseed and fish oils, and
play an important role in the
production of energy, anti
inflammation, anti-oxidants,
and provide the building blocks
for brain function. ,On the other
hand, omega-6 fatty acids are
pro-inflammatory derived from
grain-based foods like wheat
and corn, and excess consump
tion of omega-6 has been associ
ated with arthritis inflamma
tion, fibromyalgia, chronic
fatigue syndrome, to name just
JUANITA “TILLIE” JOHNSON
WARNER ROBINS - Juanita
“Tillie” Johnson, 57, of Warner
Robins died Monday, July 7,
2003. Funeral services will be
held at 2 p.m. Thursday July
10, 2003 (TODAY), at
Northside Baptist Church.
Burial will follow in Parkway
Memorial Gardens. The Rev.
Mark Gentry will officiate.
Johnson, a native of
Charleston, S.C., was the daughter of the late
Fritz L. Dantzler. She was a member of Northside
Baptist Church and was retired from Robins Air
Force Base.
Survivors include her mother, Juanita Dantzler
of Warner Robins; sisters, Nancy Shiver and
Regina Carpenter, both of Warner Robins; fiance,
Bob Mason of Warner Robins; and several nieces
and nephews.
The family received friends from 7-9 p.m.
Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Kids
Yule Love.
Heritage Memorial Funeral Home has charge
of arrangements.
MICHAEL K. LEWIS
WARNER ROBINS - Michael K.
Lewis, founder and chair emeritus of
the Make-A-Wish Foundation of
Greater Los Angeles passed away in
Marina del Rey, Calif., July 2, 2003.
He was born in Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 28, 1942,
to Milton and Lollie Lewis. He served in the U.S.
Air Force and was a businessman with varied
interests. Lewis worked for Ralph M. Parsons and
Jacobs Engineering Companies both here and
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HIIJ/Emily Johnstone
Bids for the Tommie S. Hunt Courthouse Annex on Jernigan
Street in Perry were opened Tuesday.
ture store and was eventually
purchased by the county to
house several county offices
including the tag office, the
public defender’s office and oth
ers.
It was put up for sale a few
weeks ago after commissioners
declared it surplus.
That came after commission
ers decided to sell or raze some
of their older buildings follow
ing the completion of the new
courthouse on Perry Parkway.
Engle said it was obvious both
Mehserle and Baxter put a lot of
thought into their bid offers.
Holland said over the past few
weeks he showed the building to
seven different individuals or
groups who represented Perry
businesses.
Baxter said he does not plan
to move the plaque on the front
of the building placed there
honoring Tommie S. Hunt, a
former court clerk who served
the county about four decades.
Houston County Sheriff
Dr. J. C. Smith, MA, DC
Good Health, Naturally
jcsmith@hom.net
While healthy diets have a 1:1
ration of omega-3 and omega-6
fatty acids, most Americans
have a 1:10 ratio due to their
over-consumption of grained
based foods like breads, potato
chips, cookies, beer, and pizza.
Not only are there a lot of calo
ries in these grain-based foods,
as the omega-6 fatty acids accu
mulate, the more inflammation
sets in, and you suddenly won
der why you’re overweight and
OBITUARIES
abroad in development of major engineering proj
ects. He recently owned a yacht brokerage busi
ness in Marina del Rey.
Lewis was a man gifted with vision who leaves
behind a legacy of kindness and generosity. A con
summate philanthropist, Lewis not only served
on the board of Make-A-Wish since its inception
but also served as national chairman.
Additionally he was serving on the board of direc
tors of The Viking Charities, The Catholic Big
Brothers and ArtsCorpsLA. He touched the lives
of many thousands of people.
Lewis is survived by his loving and devoted
wife, Caren; his children, Sean Lewis of
Tennessee, Shannon Lewis of Puerto Villarta,
Mexico, Mohra Johnson and her husband, Scott
of Austin, Texas, and Michael Kevin Lewis of
Culver City, Calif.; his grandchildren, Abigail and
Noa Johnson and Lollie Lewis; his brother,
Gerald Lewis of Tenerife, Canary Islands; and
stepchildren John and Michael Dempsey.
He was predeceased by his parents Milton and
Lollie Lewis, and his brother Thomas Lewis.
Services were held Tuesday, July 8, at the
Sacred Heart Chapel, Loyola Marymount
University Campus, Los Angeles, Calif. A local
graveside service will be held at noon Friday, July
11, 2003, in Bonaire City Cemetery in Bonaire.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that you send
donations in the name of Michael K. Lewis to
either of the following charities: Make-A-Wish
Foundation, 1875 Century Park East, Suite 1450,
Los Angeles, CA 90067; or The Viking Charities,
2899 Agoura Road, Suite 590, Westlake Village,
CA 91361.
Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign Online
Registry for the family. McCullough Funeral
Home has charge of arrangements.
Em
Cullen Talton remembers Hunt
as a “true public servant” who
would go beyond the call of duty
in his work.
“He was a prince of a fellow,”
Talton said. “He was a true
Southern gentleman, too.”
Today’s Houston County
Superior Court Clerk Carolyn
Sullivan worked with Hunt
from 1965 until his death in
1982.
“He was a great man,” she
said.
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HHJ Emily Johntttont*
A plaque on the front of the
building honors the former
county court clerk.
achy all the time.
Another problem with EFAs
occurs when heated, hydro
genated, or exposed to air which
causes the EFAs to transform
from the normal cis-form to
what’s called a trans-form,
interfering with many normal
metabolic functions by causing
the cell to become more rigid
and inflexible. In fact, trans
fatty acids are solid at body
temperature, not fluid like the
normal cis-fatty acids. Trans
fatty acids set the stage for
inflammation, heart disease,
autoimmune disorders, skin
problems, fatigue, dry scalp and
hair, and infections.
Sadly, the most common
source of trans-fatty acids
include French fries, chicken
nuggets, deep-fried fish, chips,
pastries, cookies, cakes and
margarine. Not only do fast
phoods cause obesity in chil
dren, as you can see, it leads to
larger health problems in adult
hood. The bottom line: No junk
phoods, and certainly no fried
phoods!
LOCAL
Smith sworn in as councilman
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Robert Smith is sworn in Tuesday night by Centerville City
Attorney Rebecca Tydings as the city’s new Post 4 council
man. Smith will replace former councilman Ronnie Brand,
who has resigned to run for mayor. He’s actually a former
councilman himself and was Centerville’s first fire chief and
city administrator. The city has set the qualifying dates for
the Mayor’s race as starting 8:30 a.m. Aug. 5 and ending at
4:30 p.m. Aug. 7. The qualifying fee is set at $144. Those
wishing to vote in the Sept. 16 special election must regis
ter by 5 p.m. Aug. 18.
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Worker killed in
job site accident
HOUSTON COUNTY - A
road construction worker was
killed Wednesday morning
while on the job site.
The death was still under
investigation at press time, but
initial reports indicate the man
died during an accident that
happened while he was putting
air in the tire of a Caterpillar
tractor just before 8 a.m.
Warner Robins Police Capt.
Walter Battie said the incident
took place near Mill Pond
Plantation off Houston Lake
Road where some major road
work is taking place.
Battie said it appears the
man was putting air into the
large tire when it blew up.
There were no other injuries,
Battie said.
The man’s name was not
released at press time, pending
notification of family members.
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