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WEDNESDAY October 1, 2003 Volume 134, Number 179 Award-Winning Newspaper 2003 Better Newspaper Contest 'i ■ -*v State names Dodson top professional Warner Robins Recreation Director James Dodson recently won the Distinguished Professional Award at the district level. This past week he was notified that he had won the same award at the state competition. Sports, page 1B Old recipes and new for apples From that earliest temptation until the dis covery that they’re packed with antioxidants, apples have had a way of holding their own as a popular favorite. And no wonder apples are beloved. They can be eaten raw with known benefits to dental health. They can be dried, crushed for cider, sim mered into sauce or but ter, covered with taffy or baked in a pie. Food&Style, page 6A John W. “Bo” Dempsey Jr Mary K. Ellis Georgia Nelson Jan Moody Standard Obits, page 5A CLASSIFIED 5B COMICS 4B CROSSWORD 4B LIFESTYLE 6A OBITUARIES 5A OPINION 4A SCHOOL NEWS . . .8A TV LISTINGS 4B WEATHER 2A PERIODICAL 1u11,11,,,, II,,1! I,||, |„| 1 * Georgia Newspaper Project MAIN LIBRARY UGA ATHENS GA 30602 3-DIGIT 306 Serving Houston County Since 1870 (7sT( ) i iinustntt Mame A Gita ,jj ourtutl LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville Man killed In WR shooting Police working to identify victim By Emily Johnstone HHJ Associate Editor WARNER ROBINS - At press time, police were working to identi fy a man killed by multiple gunshot wounds Monday night. 1 . ■. - ■ ■■■ ' . . ... ' : a/SR Jpjl k 1 ' 4 jS W J pi ...if f§ .1 ■£ ._J A .1 i j&m §£, AM Hk ftr life'r w ‘ ~ \'Mset fPr - ■. m y trnmi Hr HHJ Heather Fasciocco Gov. Sonny Perdue and his wife, Mary, were the guests of honor at Middle Georgia Technical College’s Fourth Annual Giving Campaign Kickoff. The campaign raised over SIOO,OOO last year, and supporters hope to exceed or match that figure this year. Houston CRCT scores up again this year County scores higher than state averages By Luci Joullian HHJ Staff Writer HOUSTON COUNTY - Houston County students performed well this year compared to their state peers in the Criterion- Referenced Competency Test (CRCT), a test that measures students’ under standing of basic curricu lum. In most cases, Houston students tested better than Houston OB units to be consolidated Local Hospice asks for space; Houston Healthcare weighing options By Jon Suggs HHJ Staff Writer PERRY - Citing declining birth numbers at its Perry Hospital, obstetrics ward, the Hospital Authority of Houston County announced plans Monday to close the ward and consolidate servic www.hhjnews.com According to Warner Robins Police Capt. Brett Evans, the man is in his 20s. He was shot outside a residence on North Fifth Street about 9:25 p.m. Evans said the initial call went out last year. The latest round of stan dardized testing scores was released this week by the Georgia Department of Education. Fourth-, sixth- and eighth grade students were tested last spring. This is the fourth year that the CRCT has been given. Each student is given a grade of “does not meet standard,” “meets stan es at Houston Medical Center in Warner Robins. Through the first six months of the current fiscal year, 66 births have been recorded, compared to 127 through the same point last year, according to Houston Healthcare Complex utiliza tion reports. Meanwhile, to police as “shots fired in the area.” When police arrived on the scene, they found the man on the ground. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, Evans said. Tuesday morning, police were working to confirm the young man’s identity and an autopsy was under way by Dr. James Whitaker. Evans said he could not comment dard,” or “exceeds stan dard” (with the latter two categories regarded as pass ing scores) in subject areas including reading, mathe matics and language arts. Houston County students surpassed state score aver ages in all of these subject areas, scoring highest in the area of reading. The test is becoming an important benchmark in See CRCT, page 5A births at the Women’s Center at Houston Medical Center have increased over the same period - 832 this year, compared to 784 last year. Houston Healthcare says the decline can be traced back further: The ward averaged 22 births per Perdue urges giving to MGTC Edenfield ‘an extraordinary college president,’ says DTAE commissioner Ken Breeden By Heather Fasciocco HHJ Staff Writer WARNER ROBINS - In the face of looming state budget costs, Middle Georgia Technical College held its Fourth Annual Giving Campaign Kickoff on Monday with special guests Gov. Sonny Perdue and First Lady Mary Perdue. The governor noted that while MGTC relies largely on the state for its budget, “state funding ain’t what it used to be.” For this— reason, the MGTC Foundation hopes to raise more than it did last year - SIOO,OOO, said Mike Long, chairman of the Foundation Board of Trustees. “The school’s impact has an ability to recruit industry to Houston County,” he said. “There has been a decrease in revenue especially, with a trickle-down effect from 9- 11. This campaign will sup plement what we haven’t had in the past.” Board members will con tact residents and leaders within the Middle Georgia 2003 Houston County CRCT Scores Percentage of ‘Meets’ or ‘Exceeds Standards’ compared to 2002 scores Regular All Students, Program System/State (2002 figures in parentheses) 4th Grade Reading 92 (88) ' 87/80 (82/79) Eng/LA 91 (87) 84/78 (81/77) Math 89 (81) 82/74 (75/66) 6th Grade Reading 90 (88) 85/82 (83/80) Eng/LA 81 (75) 72/68 (70/66) Math 85 (83) 77/70 (77/69) Bth Grade Reading 89(91) 82/81 (86/80) Eng/LA 88 (85) 80/75 (78/72) Math 85 (86) 78/66 (80/65) Source: Houston County Board of Education month in 2000 and is down to an average of 11 births per month so far this year, according to a Houston Healthcare news release. Through the same period, Houston Healthcare has been attempting to boost its Perry obstetrics ward. In a prepared statement, an Evans Family Newspaper 50$ 111111 l TWO SECTIONS *l4 PAGES on motive or how many perpetrators police may be looking for in relation to the shooting. The killing marks the fourth in Warner Robins this year. Anyone with information is asked to contact Lt. Bobby Brantley at Warner Robins Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 929-6912. hb §i - BILLY EDENFIELD community for donations throughout the year. Long and other MGTC supporters praised the gov ernor for his leadership role, along with former state Sen. Sonny Watson and state Rep. Larry Walker, in secur ing funding for MGTC’s new campus on Cohen Walker Drive. “(Perdue) was very instru mental with this facility,” Long said. “He understands See PERDUE, page 3A Carl Hammock, chairman of the authority, explained the effort put into the ward. “Over the years, we have expended a great deal of resources not only in the renovation of the facility and in providing state-of the-art equipment, but also See 08, page 5A