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SUNDAY
July 18, 2004
Volume 135, Number 141
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
Bank
robber
sought
By Ed Bania
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
The search for the man
who robbed CB&T Bank
of Middle Georgia at 1444
Watson Blvd. continued
Friday.
T h' e
Warner
Robins
Police
Depart
ment and
the FBI
have no
concrete
leads.
The
bank was
Police
composite
robbed of an undisclosed
amount of money around
11:30 a.m. Thursday. No
one was injured during
the robbery.
See ROBBER, page 6A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
July 18
Dan Callahan
Don Moncrief
Crystal Rich
July 19
Ashley Cruthirds
Kelsey Lyle
Lindsey Mears
Jason Niederkorn
Craig Patterson
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Many happy returns!)
Area DEATHS
Glenda Brett Delk
Lena Grace Johnson
Lamberth
Yvonne Stewart
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 5B
COMICS 5C
CROSSWORD 5C
LIFESTYLE 1C
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SAMPLE BALLOTS .. .9A
SCHOOL NEWS .. .4B
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 5C
WEATHER 2A
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry ; city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Itao square
off lor BOE
By Charlotte Perkins
HHJ Staff Writer
Burl Jimmerson and
Charles M. “Toby” Hill are
the candidates for Post 7 on
the Houston County Board
of Education. This is an at
large post and is voted on
countywide.
Advance voting is going on
now at the County Annex
building and the Board of
BOARD OF EDUCATION POST 7
Charles M. "Toby" Hill
Dr. Charles M. “Toby” Hill
believes that his educational
background and experience
will “bring some balance” to
the Houston County Board
of Education if he is elected.
“For the first time in
many years, we don’t have
an educator on the board,”
he noted.
However, that doesn’t
mean that he thinks that all
board members should be
educators. He said > that “At
one point there were too
many educators on the
board,” and that he believes
having different profession
al and educational back
grounds brings strength to
the team.
The strengths he would
bring include four years as a
supeririEendenFoF schools in
Burl Jimmerson
Burl Jimmerson wants to
bring some new ideas and
approaches to the Houston
County Board of Education,
among them an emphasis on
long-range planning, using
logistics to keep spending
reined in, and tapping
expert resources in the area.
Jimmerson, who is a pro
duction analyst at Robins
Air Force Base and a former
law enforcement officer, is
making his second bid for a
post on the board.
He holds an associate’s
degree in logistics from
Georgia Military College,
and a bachelor’s degree in
management from Georgia
College & University, where
he also earned a master’s in
logistics.
He would like to see the
Primary to decide GOP Senate candidate
By Ed Bania
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Houston
County residents will vote for
Senate candidates for District 26 in
the July 20 Republican primary.
After the 2000 Census, districts
throughout Georgia and the country
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Elections in Perry. Election
Day is Tuesday from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m.
Board of Education elec
tions are non-partisan and
the person winning on
Tuesday, July 20, will begin
a four-year term in January
2005. Board members make
S3OO per month for regular
meetings, with an additional
SSO for each called meeting.
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TOBY HILL
Crawford County, and near
ly two decades as leader of
Houston County’s vocation
al education effort. He
served as principal of
See HILL, page 7A
IF
BURL JIMMERSON
board working closely with
such agencies as the Georgia
Department of Labor, as
well as Georgia Tech and
the University of Georgia in
See JIMMERSON, page 7A
were redrawn and added to reflect
shifts in population numbers and
demographics.
District 26 includes Robins Air
Force Base and adjacent neighbor
hoods in the northeast corner of
Houston County, all of Twiggs, most
of Wilkinson and portions of Bibb
GEORGIA SEMTE DISTRICT 26
Dale Washburn
Dale Washburn, 53, believes there are
real economic challenges in the district that
have to be addressed, especially concerning
the city of Macon, and Twiggs and
Wilkinson counties.
He noted the growth of Warner Robins
and the shrinking population and problems
Macon is having.
“If something doesn’t change, Warner
Robins will be the dominant city in the
region,” he said. “If you want to see real
growth, drive down to Warner Robins.”
Washburn said Macon, currently a sec
ond-tier Georgia city alongside Columbus
and Savannah, will slip and join Rome and
Albany as a third-tier city.
See WASHBURN, page 7A
Blossoms by the bucketful
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Suzanne Brown picks flowers in the zinnia-bed at Farmer Brown’s near Marshallville.
It’s all part of a summer’s day trip we’ve planned for you.
Lifestyle, page 1C
The class of ’69
Reunion brings together Houston High’s final class
By Ed Bania
HHJ Staff Writer
HAYNESVILLE
Discipline and respect were
the order of the day at
Houston High School in the
19605. Memories and joy
were the order of the day at
Charley Thomas’ house in
Haynesville last Friday.
Classic Motown and soul
tunes flowed from the DJ’s
speakers as dancers
grooved to the beat. The
smell of fried fish and
County.
Houston County, along with oth
ers, has had explosive growth, rais
ing an obvious need for infrastruc
ture. Along with growth, residents
are concerned about the quality of
life in the county and keeping the
base in operation.
Greg Williams
Greg Williams, 49, said he knows what
issues are important to the voters in and
outside of the district. He travels the state
frequently, putting thousands of miles on
his car, and stops and talks to people in
urban and rural areas. He said property
owners complain about paying an “enor
mous” amount of tax.
“We are losing our farm land rapidly to
development and subdivisions.”
If elected, Williams would propose a one
percent state sales tax increase. He said that
would allow local governments to lower
property taxes.
“I believe there should be a 1 percent sales
tax statewide that all people would be
See WILLIAMS, page 7A
grilled chicken filled the air
and hungry mouths.
The occasion was the
first reunion of the
Houston High graduating
class of 1969. About 70 for
mer classmates from sever
al states, including
California, Connecticut,
Illinois, Massachusetts,
New York, North Carolina
and Pennsylvania, were on
hand for the festivities.
The group was the last
predominately black segre-
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gated class to graduate
before Houston County
integrated schools. Many
were taught mathematics
by Edward Dyson, later
principal at Northside High
School from 1980 to 2001.
Dyson said many
Houston High students
came from rural areas.
See REUNION, page 3A
Republican voters will choose one
of two candidates who will go on to
face incumbent Sen. Robert Brown,
D-Macon, in November. The two
GOP candidates are Greg Williams
and Dale Washburn, also from
Macon.
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GREG WILLIAMS