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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Brand declines vote over sewer lines
By Lucl Joullian
HHJ Staff Writer
In a Tuesday night meet
ing of the Centerville City
Council, Mayor Ronnie
Brand announced that he
would not vote on the issue
of whether the city should
accept an over-$l million,
low-interest loan to extend
sewer lines.
The loan, which would be
administered by the Georgia
Environmental Facilities
Authority (GEFA), is ear
marked to extend sewer
lines over 11,000 feet from
Webb Street to Dunbar
Road - an extension that
could attract developers to
the area and, eventually,
provide the city with a larg
er tax base. The city has
already spent approximately
$37,000 on engineering
studies for the project - a
cost that could be absorbed
into the loan if the city
IWo charged with pot possession at school
NHS teacher resigns as result of police findings
By Luci Joullian
HHJ Staff Writer
Both a teacher and stu
dent were charged with
marijuana possession after a
routine drug sweep at
Northside High School
Tuesday morning. Officers
of the Warner Robins Police
Department, the Houston
County Sheriffs
Department and the Peach
County Sheriffs
Department conducted the
search, which included
Perry Arts Center development coming along
PERRY - As the Perry
Downtown Development
Authority and Uptown
Perry Partnership met
Tuesday evening, DDA
Director Tish Mims updated
the group on progress at the
Perry Arts Center under
development at the old
Courtney Hodges Armory.
The gymnasium has been
completely oainted, new
ceilings are in place in all
the offices and an inmate
work crew will arrive next
week to refurbish the floors.
“We’re doing great,” Mims
said.
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Several members of the Westfield*Beechwood*Baker Alumni Association present a
check to Brian Reed, outreach minister for the Perry Volunteer Outreach organization.
The alumni association donated money raised at the half-time shootout during their
recent alumni basketball games. Pictured are (from left) Le Ann Tuggle (Secretary),
Louis Shelton (President), Brian Reed, Usa Clark and Bob Ray.
Balvaunuca donates to area groups
Balvaunuca club mem
ber Brenda Duke pres
ents a check for SI,OOO
to Brian Reed, outreach
minister of Perry
Volunteer Outreach.
The Balvaunuca Club
recently donated over
$3,000 earned from their
Holiday Traditions tour
of homes and polnsettla
sales. Donations were
also given to Loaves
and Fishes, Perry Public
Library, Jim
Couch/Eagle Scout
community project,
Perry Primary adult lit
eracy program, and the
YMCA. The club spon
sors these two fundrais
ers annually and
donates profits back to
the community.
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chooses to take it. If the city
finalizes the loan, its first
payment - of SIB,OOO -
would be due in October
2005.
Brand, a real estate agent,
will abstain from voting
because some of his clients
have expressed interest in
purchasing or selling land
along the proposed sewer
line extension route - trans
actions that could be based
on whether the sewer line is
or isn’t put in place.
Asked whether this was
the first time that Brand’s
profession had caused a vot
ing conflict, City Attorney
Rebecca Tydings said, “Yes,
this was a big surprise to
me. Based on our city ordi
nances, he had to disclose
this.”
Tydings said she would
soon inform GEFA that
there may be a conflict of
approximately 400 automo
biles and 1800 lockers, with
the help of drug sniffing
dogs.
A 17-year-old student and
teacher Michael Deßruce,
53, of Dooling, were each
charged with possession of
less than an ounce of mari
juana after the drug was
found in each of their cars.
The two were booked into
the Warner Robins Police
Department and later bond
ed out. Deßruce resigned his
A group from Perry High
School has expressed inter
est in helping at the site on
weekends as a community
service project, Mims said.
In other business, the
authority:
• Discussed the need for
liability insurance on prop
erty the Uptown Perry
Partnership owns. Mims
agreed to get several quotes
from local insurers.
• Heard from Building
Official Steve Howard about
progress on planning for a
set of storefronts at the
intersection of Ball Street
Alumni donate to PVO
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interest. She also said that
she will talk with represen
tatives from the Georgia
Municipal Association
(GMA) to get guidance on
the issue.
The city has about six
more months to either
accept or reject the loan.
As for whether the conflict
could jeopardize the loan,
City Administrator John
Harley said, “All we know is
that we have to tell them
that there is a possible con
flict. They (GEFA) will make
the decision.”
“You always have to dis
close conflicts of interest,”
Tydings said. “They don’t
like conflicts of interest with
any project they are financ
ing - nobody does.”
Harley said that the coun
cil has not yet set a date on
when it will vote whether or
not to accept the loan.
teaching position immedi
ately.
Beth Burris, director of
community and school
affairs for the Houston
County Board of Education,
said that the random, unan
nounced drug searches are
conducted two to three
times per year at the coun
ty’s middle and high schools.
“It’s part of our intent to
have drug-free campuses,”
Burris said.
and Newnan Place, near
Badcock Home Furnishing
Center. Howard said his
office is working with the
developers to keep the outer
appearance of the renovated
building consistent with
downtown. The main tenant
is expected to be Video
Warehouse, which will occu
py about half of the 9,000-
square-foot space. The other
tenants are as yet unknown.
• Began reviewing budget
proposals for fiscal year
2005.
- Jon Suggs
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Neil Suggs, U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston and Brad Fink hold the check representing Kink’s
donation to the 21st Century Partnership
Fink donates to 21st Century Partnership
From staff reports
WARNER ROBINS - A
local businessman is show
ing his support for the com
munity by joining a growing
number of local businesses
making donations to the
21st Century Partnership
efforts to protect Robins Air
Force Base during the
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Jack West was recently named Shriner of the Year by the Peach County Shrine Club.
West (left) accepts the award from Marion A. Allen, Peach County Shrine Club Board
of Directors representative, as Margaret West looks on.
Spaghetti
supper at
Westside
on Friday
Special to the HHJ
WARNER ROBINS - The
Westside Elementary
School, 201 N. Pleasant Hill
Road, will host a family
style spaghetti supper
Friday at 6:30 p.m. The
meal is $5 for adults and $3
for children 12 and under.
The event honors Black
History Month and will
have local African-American
leaders as speakers, includ
ing Chief Deputy Sheriff
Willie Talton, and Tiena
Fletcher, who serves on the
board of the Georgia
Department of Human
Resources. Proceeds will go
to enhance the African-
American collection in the
school’s media center.
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Brad Fink, owner of
Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q,
contributed SIO,OOO recent
ly-
Fink said he and his wife
care about the area they
have chosen to raise their
family here - and they
believe it is important to
West named Shriner of Year
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Robins Air Force Base is a
large part of the community
and Fink said he recognizes
the impressive efforts of the
local group to show a united
support for the facility that
employs thousands.
Sonny’s has locations in
Middle Georgia - Warner
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