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SUNDAY
February 22,2004
Volume 135, Number 37
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Fistfight at the
county line
Dot Roughton (above)
represented Perry in a
bare-knuckles fight in
1937 that came to sym
bolize the heated sports
rivalry between Fort
Valley and Perry high
schools.
Guest writer Billy
Powell relates the tale as
he remembers it.
Sports, page 4B
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Damon Lopez (Feb. 22)
(Surprise your friends! Let
us know when their birthday
is, and we’ll put their name
in the paper that day. Just
send the name and date at
least a week in advance, and
we’ll do the rest. E-mail to
hhj@evanßnewspapers.com, or
mail them to us at the
address inside. No phone
calls, please. Many happy
returns!)
Area DEATHS
Billie B. Brock
Wilma Marshall Martin
Obits, page 7A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 6B
CLUB NEWS 10A
COMICS 5B
CROSSWORD 5B
LIFESTYLE 8A
OBITUARIES 7A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL MENUS . .7A
SCHOOL NEWS 6A,88
TV LISTINGS 5B
WEATHER 2A
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From staff reports
KATHLEEN - Martin Luther
King 111 will preach two services
at New Hope Church of God on
Sunday as part of the church’s
observance of Black History
Month. Services will be at 9 a.m.
and 11 a.m.
King, the elder son of noted
civil rights leader and Nobel
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Fifth-generation Houston County farmer Ralph Dorsett points out a detail in a painting
of the old “buggy house” on his Houston County farm. The painting was part of a show
featuring Houston County history. The building is thought to date from the late 1800 s.
The painting was done by artist Ellen Swafford, second from left. At left is Joan
Dorsett.
A night at the Museum
Art, music take
center stage at
first Jazz at Six
performance
From staff reports
The Museum of Aviation
Foundation spread its wings
a bit on Thursday evening,
offering an evening of jazz
and art as the opening ven
ture in its Jazz at Six series.
The music was provided
by the noted Middle Georgia
group, the Afro Jazztet. The
art - a show focusing on
Houston County history -
was hosted by the Fine Arts
Society. A cash bar was
open. Some danced or
checked out the art while
others just enjoyed the jazz.
Future events in the
series will be Gwen Hughes
on March 16 and the Monty
Cole Trio on April 22.
Society of Eagles members
are admitted free. Non
members pay $7. For more
information on this series,
call Bob Dubiel at (478) 923-
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Famed around Middle Georgia, the Afro Jazztet has performed at the Douglas Theatre,
the Crown Plaza, and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. On Thursday night they played
at the Museum of Aviation.
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Peace Prize winner, Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott
King, is an international human
rights advocate. In the late 1970 s
he was asked to represent
President Jimmy Carter in two
official delegations to promote
peace in foreign countries. Later,
in 1984, as a member of the board
of directors of the Martin Luther
Wilfred Stroud of the Afro Jazztet at the keyboard.
King Jr. Center for Nonviolent
Social Change, King 111 ventured
to five poverty and drought
stricken African nations on a fact
finding tour. The outcome of the
tour was the creation of the
Africa Initiative, a program devel
oped to end starvation in Africa.
He was also an advocate for the
freeing of Nelson Mandela in
South Africa, and continues to
speak around the world in sup
port of human rights.
New Hope Church of God is
located on Ga. 127, between
Houston Lake Road and Moody
Road, near Matt Arthur
Elementary School. The services
are open to all who would like to
attend.
Democrats
select Moore
Former state senator to
lead Houston County party
By Jon Suggs
HHJ Staff Writer
CENTERVILLE
Organizational business was
the order of the night as the
Houston County Democratic
Committee met Thursday.
Members of the executive
committee presented to the
full group a slate of five to
fill vacancies on that body.
Tina Simms, Bob Watson,
Tomieka Richard, Scottie
Neal and Gail Gallagher
were put forth and elected.
The first order of business
for the fully-constituted
committee was to select a
new chairman, and they
took little time in doing so.
Following the regular
meeting, the executives
chose Michael Moore,
Warner Robins attorney and
former state senator, to lead
the committee.
“I’m honored to be cho
sen,” Moore said. “We’re
going to work to keep the
party moving forward and
continue to grow the party.”
Moore pointed to getting
more involvement, especial
ly grassroots movement, as
important to the party’s suc
cess.
“That’s clearly the key to
success on the state level
and on up to the national
level,” Moore said.
Moore praised Jim
Pearsall, who stepped down
as chairman earlier this
year, citing health reasons.
“I do appreciate Jim and
the years he worked for this
party,” Moore said. “I’m
going to do everything I can
to continue to get out our
message, that we are a party
about working people, about
Hoy is home again
Local man enjoying new lease on life
By Robin Fesmire
HHJ Guest Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Stephen Hoy is home with
his new liver and doing well.
Readers will recall that
this former band director
fell victim to hepatitis C
from a blood transfusion
over 20 years ago. His condi
tion deteriorated rapidly
over the past year or two,
and he ultimately went into
an encephalopathic coma
resulting from ammonia in
his system that his liver was
no longer able to deal with.
In June of last year, Hoy
began the evaluation for
being placed on the trans
plant list. His name was offi
cially added to the list in
November but his qualified
status was deactivated with
in the next few weeks when
he developed a bacterial
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In other business, the full
committee:
• Reviewed the success of
the recent Faith and Family
Breakfast, which was
attended by 71 people,
including U.S. Rep. Jim
Marshall. Excess food was
donated to New Hope
Center.
• Discussed plans for a
retirement ceremony for
state Rep. Larry Walker, D-
Perry, to be held at the
Agricenter, the date depend
ent on Walker’s schedule.
■ Discussed plans for
panel discussion of presiden
tial candidates John Kerry
and John Edwards. A com
mittee was formed to organ
ize the panel.
• Reminded members that
early voting is available this
week. Any registered voter
can take advantage of this.
In Houston County, two
See DEMOCRATS, page 3A
infection.
As his symptoms wors
ened, he would visit the
transplant clinic at Emory
as a pre-transplant patient,
hoping that something could
be done to help him feel bet
ter.
“They were not unsympa
thetic, but they basically
told me that it went with the
territory,” he says. “You
watch what is happening,
deal with it, and live day to
day.”
Periods of incoherence
preceded a series of comas
that would result in death if
not for a liver transplant.
On Jan. 14, Hoy went into
a coma, and his parents and
brother flew in from
Pennsylvania to be with
him, knowing the gravity of
his condition. He was
revived from the coma.
See HOY, page 3A
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