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HHJ Emily Johnstone
Houston County District Attorney Kelly Burke (right) thanks 9-year-old Montrellice
Williams for his part in helping clinch a case against carjackers.
9-year-old honored for finding gun
By Emily Johnstone
HHJ Associate Editor
PERRY - Nine-year-old
Montrellice Williams wants
to be a policeman when he
grows up.
And if his actions after
finding a felon’s gun hidden
in his backyard are any indi
cation, he will make a good
officer.
Houston County District
Attorney Kelly Burke pre
sented Williams with a
plaque Monday afternoon
recognizing his help in a
case involving carjackers
who stole a vehicle at gun
point earlier this year.
A few months after the
incident, Williams was play
ing in his back yard in Fort
Valley when he found a gun
hidden in the stump of a
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ABOVE: Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Burrow (center) were pre
sented the Home of the
Month Award for
September by Keep
Warner Robins Beautiful
(KWRB). Also pictured are
KWRB members Terry
Duernberger and Cheryl
Taylor.
RIGHT: Sonic Drive-In was
recognized by Keep
Warner Robins Beautiful
(KWRB) with the Business
of the Month Award for
September. Holding the
plaque (center) is Manager
Michelle Donahoe with
KWRB members (from left)
Jack Steed, Arthur Head,
Carolyn Watson, and Terry
Duernberger.
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tree ... a real gun.
Williams said Monday
when he saw the gun, his
first thought was “robbery.”
He called to his mother,
Wykersita, who said she
quickly held out the bottom
of her shirt for her son to
drop the weapon into and
called her mother, Carolyn.
Carolyn then called police.
It did not take long for the
responding deputy, Patrick
Sondron with the Peach
County Sheriffs Office, to
make a connection between
Williams’ find and the car
jacking incident that had
happened in Houston
County a couple of months
before.
One of the weapons used
had not been recovered. And
Sondronjust happened to be
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one of the deputies who
found two of the perpetra
tors hiding in woods near
the Williams’ home.
Also found in the hole in
the tree was a cell phone
and car keys which one of
the suspects had hurriedly
hidden, Burke said.
Burke praised young
Williams’ actions while say
ing “he is a fortunate young
man not to have pulled the
trigger” of the gun, causing
injury.
The youngster’s find
helped “seal the deal” on the
case, Burke said.
Williams received his
award, along with some fair
tickets, at a booth sponsored
by the district attorney’s
office at the Georgia
National Fair.
Carter, Perdue to lead
forum on racial reconciliation
By The Associated Press
ATLANTA - Former
President Jimmy Carter and
Gov. Sonny Perdue will lead
a forum on racial reconcilia
tion that will center on the
civil rights era and
Georgia’s emergence in the
New South.
Carter, Perdue, two uni
versity professors and a
moderator will initiate the
discussion on race, and then
questions will be taken from
some 350 audience members
next week at the Carter
Center.
About 150 of the quests
will be invited, and the other
200 will be selected by lot
tery. A spokesman for the
governor’s office said the
Oct. 15 forum would be
announced formally on
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Houston County Firefighter David Bostick enjoys cooler air outside a residence near
the intersection of Houston Lake and Mt. Zion roads after battling a kitchen fire about
noon Monday. Houston County Fire Chief Jimmy Williams said the fire started on a
stovetop. The home suffered extensive fire damage in the kitchen and heavy smoke
damage in the rest of the house. There were no injuries reported. Stations 2,5, and 7
responded to the scene.
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Tuesday.
Perdue, who like Carter
grew up on a Georgia farm
in the Jim Crow South,
broached the idea of “racial
healing” during the last leg
islative session because of
tensions over Confederate
symbolism and the state
flag.
Carter, who has estab
lished an international rep
utation as a peacemaker, is
known for racial moderation
in his own life and for his
religious convictions.
State Rep. Tyrone Brooks,
D-Atlanta, president of the
Georgia Association of Black
Elected Officials, called the
forum “an effort for the gov
ernor to repair the damage
he has done to his image in
the flag fight.”
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2003
During his campaign last
year, Perdue pledged to
allow Georgians to select a
state flag during a referen
dum. His predecessor,
Democratic Gov. Roy
Barnes, had been instru
mental in passing the 2001
revision of the state banner
that substantially reduced
the size of the Confederate
battle emblem that had
dominated the flag since
1956.
During the legislative ses
sion, Perdue supported the
state’s current compromise
flag, which does not include
the racially divisive Rebel
cross. In March, voters will
decide between that new
banner and the so-called
Barnes flag.
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