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©2003 American Profile Hometown Content Service
Houston Healthcare sets demolition date
By Jon Suggs
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Initial
construction work on Houston
Healthcare’s ambulatory sur
gery center will begin in early
August, the Houston County
Hospital Authority announced
Wednesday.
The authority received the go
ahead from the Georgia
Department of Community
Health last month, and plans
have been set for the first steps
necessary toward the construc
tion.
Work begins with the demoli
tion of several apartment build
ings on Gwen Drive, by
Superior Work, Inc. of Gray.
Five of the six buildings will
be razed, but first workers must
properly remove and dispose of
some asbestos materials, in
accordance with guidelines from
the Georgia Environmental
Protection Division.
Once cleared, the land will be
made into a parking lot for the
center, to be located at the near
HAZEL CANTRELL BALLEW
FORT VALLEY - Hazel C. Ballew, 75, passed
away on Wednesday, July 23, 2003. Services will
be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 25 (TODAY), in
the Chapel of McCullough Funeral Home, with
interment following in Perry Memorial Gardens.
Visitation was from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday at
McCullough Funeral Home. Flowers will be
accepted or donations may be made to the
American Cancer Society, EO. Box 1544, Warner
Robins, GA 31099.
Ballew was born in Lafayette. She was the
widow of John Oscar Ballew Jr., and had been a
homemaker. Her parents, John and Jessie
Cantrell, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include her son, Jay Ballew, Fort
Valley; brother-in-law, Robert Murphy Ballew,
Bonaire; four grandchildren and many great
grandchildren.
Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign Online
Registry for the family. McCullough Funeral
Home has charge of arrangements.
JAMES L. THOMPSON
CENTERVILLE - James L. Thompson, 89, died
Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at a local hospital.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 25
(TODAY) at Central Baptist Church, with
entombment following in Magnolia Park
Dalton 83 60 pt sunny
Dillard 78 57 pt sunny
Dublin 89 65 t-storm
Duluth 84 63 pt sunny
Gainesville 83 63 pt sunny
Helen 81 59 pt sunny
Lagrange 87 63 pt sunny
Macon 88 66 pt sunny
Marietta 84 65 pt sunny
Milledgeville 87 65 pt sunny
Houston 89 71 t-storm
Los Angeles 81 66 pt sunny
Miami 90 79 t-storm
Minneapolis 82 69 pt sunny
New York 83 68 t-storm
by intersection of Watson
Boulevard and Briarcliff Road.
Demolition will begin the
week of Aug. 4, and is expected
to be completed within 90 days.
Construction for the parking lot
is slated to follow in November
through January, with work on
the center itself scheduled to
commence shortly thereafter.
When complete, the $7.5 mil
lion, 15,850 square-foot center
will be composed of three gener
al operating rooms and two
endoscopy rooms, to be trans
ferred from the main hospital.
In other business, the author
ity:
• Approved a $240,400 bid
from Chris R. Sheridan and
Company to construct a new
computer room at Houston
Medical Center. (Construction
was budgeted at $265,000.)
• Approved a $118,165 bid
from Jones Automatic Sprinkler
Inc. of Americus, to install fire
sprinklers in Houston Medical
Center. The project is $13,165
over the original budgeted
amount, due to a decision to
OBITUARIES
Mausoleum. Visitation was from 6 until 8 p.m.
Thursday at McCullough Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Joy in the Journey,
Central Baptist Church, 1647 Watson Blvd.,
Warner Robins, GA 31093.
Born in Eastman, Thompson was the son of the
late Elihue Samuel and Mary Belle Thompson.
He was a resident of Warner Robins since 1942,
moving here from Telfair County where he had
farmed. In 1972 he retired from quality control at
Robins Air Force Base after 30 years in civil serv
ice. He was a Mason and member of Tyrian Lodge
111. A charter member of Central Baptist
Church, he served as deacon and was a member
of the Builders Sunday School Class.
Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Blanche
Thompson; daughters, Beverly Ann Thomas of
Laurel Springs, N.C., and Norma Grace Watson of
Centerville; brother, Lowell Edward Thompson of
Warner Robins; seven grandchildren, James R.
Watson of Byron, Charles R. Watson of Warner
Robins, Katherine Baggarly of Perry, Steven L.
Thomas of Greenville, S.C., Jim Thomas of Eden,
N.C., Dennis Thomas of Whitsett, N.C., and Greg
Thomas of Graham, N.C.; and 17 great-grandchil
dren.
Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign Online
Registry for the family. McCullough Funeral
Home has charge of arrangements.
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Perry 88 66 pt sunny
Rome 85 63 mst sunny
Savannah 84 72 t-storm
St. Simons Islandß4 74 t-storm
Statesboro 84 68 t-storm
Thomasville 84 69 t-storm
Valdosta 84 71 t-storm
Warner Robins 89 68 pt sunny
Waycross 85 71 t-storm
Phoenix 109 88 pt sunny
San Francisco 72 56 pt sunny
Seattle 74 53 pt sunny
St. Louis 84 68 mst sunny
Washington, DC 86 67 pt sunny
expand the project to install
sprinklers in all remaining
uncovered areas. (This is the
last step in a phased plan to
retrofit all older areas of the
hospital with sprinklers.) The
extra funds required will be
allocated from contingency and
savings on earlier, under-budget
projects.
• Approved a $27,247 bid
from Metro Waterproofing Inc.
of Atlanta, for minor preventive
maintenance to the radiology
expansion and the Houston
Heart Institute portions of
Houston Medical Center. (This
project was budgeted at
$53,500.)
• Announced the appoint
ment of the Rev. William
Anderson, of St. Christopher’s
Episcopal Church, as chaplain
at Perry Hospital.
• Approved a new three-year
contract for CEO Frank J.
Aaron Jr.
• Reported success in several
recent emergency preparedness
drills:
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
(To send in your event for the
Community Calendar, fax the
details to 988-1181, e-mail to
hhj@evansnewspapers.com or
mail to Houston Home Journal,
P.O. Box 1910, Perry, GA 81069.)
Today
• The Perry Downtown
Development Authority will
meet at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall.
• AARP Mature Driving
Program class will be held in
Perry July 24 and 25. These are
two day-four hour classes.
Attendance is required both
days. Daytime classes will be
from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Perry
Hospital Cafeteria. For class
information and registration call
Phil Baker at 922-4680.
• A special program of the
Warner Robins Pioneer Club
will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the
Flint Energies Building on
Elberta Road in Warner Robins.
The program will feature a pres
entation of the American Rosie
the Riveter national organiza
tion. This is a covered dish meet
ing. People are eligible for
Pioneer membership if they or
their family lived in the Warner
Robins area prior to 1955. For
information call Charles or
Sadie Holt at 922-6515.
Friday, July 25
• The Centerville Public
Library will hold a Book Sale
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• “Bombers B-52” will be
shown at 11 a.m. in the
Vistascope Theater at the
Museum of Aviation as part of
the Museum’s month-long patri
otic film festival.
Saturday, July 26
• A free car wash will be held
from 8 a.m. until noon at
Advanced Auto Parts, 1335 Ball
St., Perry, as a fundraiser for the
Perry Middle School cheerlead
ers. Donations are welcome.
• Warner Robins High School
Woman indicted in driver's stabbing
WARNER ROBINS A
Warner Robins woman accused
of stabbing a taxi driver to
death was indicted in Twiggs
County Superior Court this
week.
Latarsha Fuller, 27, was
indicted on charges of murder,
armed robbery, arson in the sec
ond degree and false imprison
ment by a grand jury.
- Twenty-three of 25 depart
ments scored 100 percent dur
ing fire drills. (The other two
scored 97 percent.)
- A simulated infant abduc
tion drill resulted in the “abduc
tor” being stopped before leav
ing the building. Present policy
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CARWASH
This Saturday, July 26th
8-12 Noon
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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Varsity Cheerleaders will have a
car wash at Advance Auto Parts
in Warner Robins, located in the
old Wal-Mart Plaza, from 8 a.m.
until 2 p.m.
• The Perry Farmers Market
will be held from 8 a.m. until
noon at 912 Commerce St.,
Perry.
• “Bombers B-52” will be
shown at 11 a.m. in the
Vistascope Theater at the
Museum of Aviation as part of
the Museum’s month-long patri
otic film festival.
• The Centerville Public
Library will hold a Book Sale
from 12:30 to 6 p.m.
• Central Georgia Soccer
Association is holding registra
tion for the Fall 2003 season
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Galleria Mall in Centerville
(near the Cinemas).
Sunday, July 27
• “Twelve O’Clock High” will
be shown at 11 a.m. in the
Vistascope Theater at the
Museum of Aviation as part of
the Museum’s month-long patri
otic film festival.
Monday, July 28
• “Twelve O’Clock High” will
be shown at 11 a.m. in the
Vistascope Theater at the
Museum of Aviation as part of
the Museum’s month-long patri
otic film festival.
• The Houston County Board
of Education wall meet at 6:30
p.m. at the board office, 1100
Main St., Perry.
Tuesday, July 29
• “Twelve O'Clock High” will
be shown at 11 a.m. in the
Vistascope Theater at the
Museum of Aviation as part of
the Museum's month-long patri
otic film festival.
The charges stem from the
death of Mary Singletary, a cab
driver with a Warner Robins
taxi company, June 18.
Authorities allege that Fuller
had Singletary take her to
Twiggs County, where she was
stabbed multiple times. The
cab was then set on fire in a
rural part of the county.
Emily Johnstone
and response plan were deemed
effective.
-Two emergency power gen
erators were tested. One ran
without incident; the other
experienced a fuel switch fail
ure. It was repaired and suc
cessfully retested.