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WEEKEND October 18-20, 2003 Volume 134, Number 192 Award-Winning Newspaper 2003 Better Newspaper Contest ' $ S ■ HLI rjK V. 4;,. WF** ft Westfield wins in a squeaker A couple of big plays made all the difference for the Hornets in their Region opener at home against Southland. Area prep football coverage, page 1B mi-Ls-Jm Wtin--i Middle school football finals Rumble’s seventh graders had a cake-walk. Tabor and Northside’s eighth-graders went to the wire in the final round of the middle school playoffs held Thursday at Bonaire Middle School. Sports, page 3B Lewis biographer speaks at PHS A chance meeting led Murray M. Silver Jr. to pen “Great Balls of Fire,” a biography of rock pio neer Jerry Lee Lewis. Silver shared his story with Perry High juniors Friday. Local, page 5A Wood Arnold Callaway Harold Robert Griggers Lawrence Rogers Jr. Eldon Donald Wilson Obits, page 6A CLASSIFIED 6B COMICS 4B CROSSWORD 4B LIFESTYLE 8A OBITUARIES 6A OPINION 4A SCHOOL MENUS . .5B SHELTER PETS . . .5B TV LISTINGS 4B WEATHER 2A PERIODICAL 9 r-i « m -il i tn, oo •iWjbx 2QQ D vV BROOKS DR ATHENS GA 30602-5016 3-GfOtT vk/d Serving Houston County Since 1870 !3Cousiixm pfome K (LJije A)xmvx\m LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville 100 killed since May 1 U.S. combat deaths pass century mark in postwar Iraq By Hamza Hendawi Associated Press Writer KARBALA. Iraq - U.S. combat deaths since the end of major fighting passed the 100 mark Friday after a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol con fronted gunmen outside the headquarters of a Shiite Muslim cleric, triggering clashes in which three Americans and 10 Iraqis were killed, including two Iraqi policemen. Another American soldier was killed and two were w'ounded by a roadside bomb near Baghdad, and nine U.S. troops were wounded in a roadside bombing'in the northern city of Mosul. The four deaths made it the deadliest day for American soldiers in Iraq since Sept. 18, when three soldiers were killed in an ambush. With the latest deaths, the number of U.S. soldiers who have died by hostile fire since President Bush declared an end to major combat May 1 has climbed to 101. During a visit Friday to U.S. troops in Tikrit, Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Metz, com mander of the Army’s 3rd Corps, told reporters American troops would be in Iraq for another troop rotation or even two. At cur rent pace of a turnover of troops every year, that could mean U.S. forces would be in Iraq until 2006. The bloody battle in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Karbala, about 50 miles southwest of Baghdad, took place over a 12-hour period. It underscores the dangers of trying to disarm militias maintained by Shiite clerics who wield considerable influence in Iraq’s largest religious group. The U.S.-led See IRAQ, page 7A Lewis recognized for service to community * $ Vj Jj : -' R, ‘4’■ l » i,- JgM .....Jhl. -MBMHL i I" —I HHJ Pauline Lewis chats with Houston Home Journal Associate Editor Emily Johnstone, and Frances Worrall, wife of Perry’s mayor, Jim Worrall. w w w. It hjn e ws. com 8 -*■#. D A. M W 4M. ** ... mKk inl l* .!■ V A submitted Jennifer Dollar Isabelle Dollar, daughter of Jennifer and Billy Dollar of Warner Robins, poses among the pumpkins at the Perry United Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch. “Grandpumpkins” are Barth and Diane Cadenhead of Warner Robins, and Gene and Leonora Dykes of Byron. Last C-141 leaves Robins Air Force to retire venerable cargo airplanes in 2006 By Heather Fasciocco HHJ Staff Writer ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE - With a sway to the left and right, the C-141 Starlifter Tail No. 65-0248 rocked its wings signaling a final farewell Thursday to Robins Air Force Base in a special roll out ceremony. The U.S. Air Force will retire the C -141 fleet in 2006 after nearly 40 years since its introduction in the Air Force in 1964. Since its inception at Robins in 1972, C-141 System Program Office (SPO) employees have performed pro grammed depot maintenance on the aircraft 1,800 times. Known as the Starlifter to most and the “workhorse” to the Air Mobility Command, the aircraft is known for its ability to fulfill a capacity of airlift combat forces over long distances, deliver those force and their equip ment either by air, land or airdrop, and transport sick and wounded from hos tile areas to advance medical facilities. “Everyone can take immense pride in what has been accomplished with the Starlifter,” said Col. Frank Bruno, strategic airlift director. All of the nearly 300 workers in attendance were applauded for their enhancements on the aircraft. Some changes that have taken place on the C-141 include: The fuselage was Waiting for the Great Pumpkin Business and Professional Women honor their entry to statewide ‘Woman in History 2003’ competition By Charlotte Perkins HHJ Lifestyle Editor PERRY - Katie Pauline Lewis was honored on Thursday night as the first runner-up the Georgia Business and Professional Women’s “Woman in History 2003” competition. Lewis, who was the nomi nee of the Warner Robins BPW chapter, has lived in Houston County since 1942, when she moved here with her family and took a posi tion at Wellston Air Depot, which was to become Robins H P Uft v L I I H HEfey&v y \ i HHJ'Heather Fasciocco C-141 Systems Program Office workers chalked their autographs on the side of the last C-141 that underwent upgrade modifications at Robins Air Force Base. stretched more than 23 feet, in-flight refueling was added to create “B” model, weep hole modifications and center wing box repairs are considered the SPO’s finest hour, and a glass cock pit. The fleet along with No. 248 will be placed at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. There are currently 50 C-141 air craft in the fleet, while in previous years there was a high of 284 aircraft. Robins’ workers have averaged a For more on local churches offering pumpkins, see page 3A Air Force Base. She has served her country, her com munity and her church in a variety of leadership posi tions during the last six decades, and also became well known as lifestyle edi tor of The Perry Times and The Houston Times- Journal. Perry Mayor Jim Worrall proclaimed Oct. 16 “Katie Pauline Lewis Day” at a din ner held by the BPW at the First Baptist Church of Perry, Worrall commended Lewis an Evans Family Newspaper TWO SECTIONS • 20 PAGES workload of 60-70 programmed depot maintenance on an annual basis and have taken 92 flow (work) days off of their expected date of completion. Commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Maj. Gen. Donald Wetekam said 17 percent of aircraft put out two years ago were on time compared to this past year when 64 percent of aircraft put out were on time and many before scheduled com pletion date. See C-141, page 7A for her many contributions, but focused particularly on her role in arranging for lighted candles to illuminate the streets of downtown Perry each year at the Christmas at the Crossroads service. Also on the program were television personality Jackie Cooper, who served as mas ter of ceremonies; the Rev. Dan Ariail, pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, and former pastor of First Baptist Church of See LEWIS, page 7A 50c IliliilL