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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2004
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Construction delays have caused the new Goodwill Emporium in the Perry Market
Place to push its grand opening back to May 7.
GOODWILL
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Rich’s.
“It’s upscale retail,”
Vasquez said.
From personal donations,
only quality clothing is
resold. Other items are recy
cled or donated to third
world countries.
All of these efforts support
Goodwill’s job training
efforts.
From every dollar spent in
Goodwill, 87 cents goes on to
support these job-training
programs, Vasquez said.
Some learn retail sales,
inventory, supply and man
agement skills at Goodwill’s
INVASIONS
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door said he was having car
trouble.
The resident walked to his
bedroom to get a phone
when the offender went into
the house and pulled a gun,
Lancaster said.
The assailant threatened
to kill the victim if he was
not given money.
The victim was struck sev
eral times with the gun and
ended up receiving 12 stitch
BOARD —
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whom would be special edu
cation instructors. At
Wednesday’s meeting,
Busbee requested that 10
additional teachers be hired,
for a total of 50 for thp 2004-
2005 school year.
He said that since the first
request, his office has com
piled “very accurate data”
which justified the need for
10 more teachers. The new
positions would be made up
of f&ur gifted teachers, three
elementary teachers, one
JAIL
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Center just makes “good,
logical financial sense,” said
the chief in an interview this
week.
The chief has run into
some opposition for the part
of the plan that means there
will not be someone at the
department 24 hours a day.
Council member Phyllis
Bynum Grace said she is
concerned about citizens
looking for service during
the night and finding no one
there.
Though he voted in favor
of the change during recent
meeting, another council
member, Bobby Glover, also
expressed some concern
about the issue.
Potter has said there will
be a call box located outside
the facility for anyone who
may need help that will con
nect them with the county’s
Emergency
Communications (911)
Center.
The center will be able to
dispatch an officer to the
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stores. Others work in other
areas - Goodwill workers
daily clean one million
square feet of Robins Air
Force Base.
“We believe in giving a
hand up, not a handout,”
Vasquez said.
With strong support,
Goodwill Industries of
Middle Georgia continues to
grow, and other job training
opportunities become avail
able.
Through a new automo
bile donation program,
Goodwill accepts automo
biles in any shape - for
which donors may take a tax
es at a nearby hospital.
Dooly County Sheriff Van
Peavy reported a similar
incident occurred in his
county that same night.
The suspects were arrest
ed after being spotted by a
Pulaski County deputy
about 3:41 a.m. traveling
along Ga. 230 in a vehicle
that matched the descrip
tion of the vehicle used in
the incidents in Dooly and
Houston counties.
middle school teacher and
three ESOL teachers.
Busbee also asked to hire
four additional teachers if
the need arose.
The board approved the
new hires in light of the fact
that enrollment will be up
next year. Busbee said that
the county’s high schools,
especially, would see a crush
of enrollment. Next fall,
three of the county’s high
schools will have enroll
ments over 2,000 students.
police station, and with an
average police response time
in the city of Perry of three
minutes, there would not be
a long wait, Potter said.
And the fire department is
located right next door, con
nected to the police depart
ment by a large bay area for
the fire trucks, he noted.
There are always fire per
sonnel in that building and
they are trained in first
responder care for individu
als seeking medical assis
tance, Potter said.
The chief said that during
his talks with the sheriff, he
wanted to be sure the four
employees now working in
the Perry jail would still
have a job.
It was agreed they would
fill vacant positions at the
detention facility, Potter
said.
Another hurdle to over
come was the monitoring of
the Georgia Crime
Information Center infor
mation.
From 5 p.m. until the
deduction - and these are
used by students in mechan
ic job training programs and
later resold at auction.
The first auction raised
$40,000. Another will be
held Saturday, at 9 a.m. at
the new Goodwill Career
Campus in the old Sam’s
Club on Eisenhower
Parkway in Macon.
This facility is still being
completed, though the first
phase is nearly finished. An
emporium superstore, a dis
tribution center and book
store are already open, and
other aspects of this phase,
including the Job
When the deputy acted to
stop the vehicle, the driver
sped away, and two subjects,
later identified as Park and
English, jumped from the
vehicle during the chase.
The vehicle was stopped in
the area of Carmichael
Trailer Park.
Wynne and Howard were
in the car and taken into
custody.
Park was later arrested at
her home in Hartford.
Middle and high school enrolments
2003-2004 2004-2005
(predicted) •
Feagin Mill Middle School 1,018 979
Bonaire Middle School 1,021 1,060
Northside Middle School 706 753
Perry Middle School 905 847
Tabor Middle School 703 830
Rumble Middle School 591 588
Warner Robins Middle School 729 635
Houston County High School 2,126 2,309
Northside High School 1,634 2,052
Warner Robins High School 1,726 2,113
Perry High School 942 1,082
department reopens at 8
a.m., there would be no one
on scene to keep a constant
eye on information coming
from GCIC, a state crime
database in which records
are kept, among other
things, about subjects want
ed by various law enforce
ment agencies.
It was determined person
nel at the detention facility
could take over that duty by
the flip of a switch at the
Perry police station at clos
ing time.
System monitoring would
be transferred back to the
station the next morning.
Divisions that are running
out of room for storage for
items such as evidence have
already been eyeing the
soon-empty jail space.
The four-cell jail takes up
about one-fourth of the
building and can quickly be
utilized for much-needed
storage space, Potter said.
And while the extra space
is nice, the savingß for the
city by consolidating the jail
LOCAL
POTTER -
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uses planned development
to base their projections.
For example, a new retire
ment subdivision under con
struction is expected to
bring in a couple thousand
new residents.
Howard said that number
is derived by looking at a
number of expected lots and
multiplying that by the
number of expected resi
dents per household which
comes in at 1.5.
Other planned develop
ments are expected to bring
more people in the Perry
fold, also, said Howard.
For non-retirement devel
opments, the estimated
number of people per home
goes up to 2.5, he said.
Potter knows an increase
in population means more
Connection Technology
Center, are scheduled for
completion in April.
The new Perry store will
include a job planning kiosk
with free Internet access
and support.
Currently, such assistance
is available at the Goodwill
Job Connection in the
Emporium at 2209 Moody
Road in Warner Robins,
(478) 922-9192.
“I think it’s important for
people to understand the
good we’re doing through
their help,” Vasquez said.
All suspects are being held
in separate jail facilities in
the Middle Georgia area.
“Sheriff Lancaster and his
folks did a great job,”
Sendek said.
Anyone with information
relating to the case or the
whereabouts of English can
contact Sendek at 218-4790
or the Pulaski County
Sheriff’s Office at 783-1521
or 783-9255.
with county operations may
lead to having more officers
where they need to be,
Potter said ... on the streets.
Perry United Methodist Church
1002 Carroll Street
478-987-1852
work for his officers.
“I have to be good to those
officers,” he said.
Going to a 12-hour work
shift is one way to do that,
he added.
That would provide more
weekend time off and give
officers ample rest time to
better contend with their
stressful jobs, he said.
Splitting the city into five
patrol zones would also be
beneficial, he said.
Cities which have not
taken proactive approaches
to pending growth have
many times found them
selves struggling to catch
up, Potter said.
In the meantime, they
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Houston County is considering applying to the
Georgia Department of Community Affairs for a
Community Development Block Grant of up to
$500,000. These funds must be used to primarily
benefit low and moderate income persons.
The activities for which these funds may be used are
in the areas of housing, public facilities, and economic
development. More specific details regarding eligible
activities, plans to assist displaced persons (if any),
the estimated amount of funds proposed to be used
for activities to benefit low and moderate income
persons, and the rating system will be provided at a
public hearing which will be held at Bible Baptist
Church, Danna Drive, Warner Robins, GA 31088,
on March 8,2004, at 6:00 p.m.
The purpose of this hearing will be to obtain citizen
input into the development of the application and to
review progress on the previous CDBG grant (if app
licable). Persons with special needs relating to handi
capped accessibility or foreign language shall contact
Jacob Cox, Community Planner, at (478) 542-2115
prior to March 8,2004. This person can be located
at Houston County Commissioners’ Office, 200 Carl
Vinson Parkway, Warner Robins, GA, between the
hours of 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., on Monday - Friday
only, except holidays.
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must deal with rising crime
rates and rising taxes to try
while they try to gain con
trol of a situation not pre
pared for, he said.
Having worked in law
enforcement in Columbus in
the past - a community
which is still dealing with
growth issues - Potter said
he has experience in getting
ready for change.
“This is the best way to do
it,” he said.
The chief said he is work
ing on a proposal relating to
these and other changes for
the department to present
to the City Council in
March.
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