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SUNDAY
October |j>, 2004
Volume 135, Number 216
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
Inside TODAY
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Looking for love?
See Shelter Pets on
page 6C; it may just have
what you’re looking for!
In BRIEF
Need a ride to
vote?
The Democratic
Committee of Houston
County, the Pan-Hellenic
Council and others are
coordinating efforts to
offer Houston County
voters rides to the polls
on Tuesday. Voters can
call 328-1352 to request
rides.
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Oct. 31
Frances Michele Brown
Beth Leever
Charlotte Mau
Linda W. Partin
Marcus Vinson
Nov. 1
Annette Gentry
Clark Joiner
(Surprise your friends! Let us
know when their birthday or
anniversary is, and we'll put their
names 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@evansnewspapers.com. or
mail them to us at the address
inside. No phone calls, please.
Many happy returns!)
Area DEATHS
Edna H. Bryant
Wilma I. Capps
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 3D
COMICS 5C
CROSSWORD ... .5C
HOMETOWN 1D
LIFESTYLE 1C
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS .. .8A
SHELTER PETS .. .6C
TV LISTINGS 5C
WEATHER 2A
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city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Article 32 hearing held lor Sgt. Gladue
Man accused in murdenfor'hire scheme faces military justice
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
ROBINS AIR FORCE
BASE - A hearing was held
Thursday to determine the
merits of the case against
Staff Sgt. Matthew Wray
Gladue.
Gladue is charged with
conspiring to hire a hitman
to murder a witness in his
terroristic threats case
while he was in pretrial
detention at the Houston
County Jail. That previous
case stems from alleged
threats made against super
visors at the base, and
bringing a weapon onto the
base.
Col. Brent Evans presided
over the Article 32 of the
Uniform Code of Military
Justice hearing, and will
prepare a recommendation
report on whether the case
should go forward.
He denied an initial
motion by Gladue’s civilian
defense attorney Robert
Bergman for a continuance,
the attorney explained
“because the defendant is
not fully competent at this
time.”
Burke, Moore release
campaign finance reports
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - The candidates
for district attorney have
released their latest cam
paign disclosure reports.
Incumbent Kelly Burke
voluntarily released his
Wednesday. Challenger
Michael Moore was asked
for his that day and sent it
by late Wednesday, but he
noted it was not due until
Monday, Nov. 1.
Burke said he was releas
ing his report at this time
“because I believe voters are
entitled to know how the
candidates spent their
money and their sources of
funds came from.”
Burke said his opponent
has “historically not filed
his report until it was too
late for voters to see it
before they vote.”
“Two years ago, in his
campaign for state Senate,”
Burke said, “my opponent
did not disclose his connec-
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Houston County Sheriff’s deputies Cpl. Eric Barnett, Sgt. Chad Payne and Bandit pose
with Heather Leßarre and Meredeth Freeman. The girls raised $945 to buy a protective
vest for the four-legged deputy.
Bergman said the confine
ment since July 16 without
psychological help has
caused Gladue to suffer
from depression and a
diminished capacity to
understand the charges
against him and assist in his
own defense, as was predict
ed in his Sept. 3 sanity
review.
Evans questioned Gladue,
who did not responded ver
bally but only with “affirma
tive vertical nodding of the
head,” Evans said, each time
to the court reporter.
Eastern Circuit Trial
Counsel Capt. Matt Stoffel
said, “there’s a big differ
ence between cannot and
does not choose to partici
pate.”
He noted the sanity report
indicated Gladue might
become a danger to himself
or others - not that he’d
deteriorate to an incompe
tent state - and that it
should not prevent the case
from going forward.
Evans agreed and dis
missed the motion. It will be
included in writing as part
See GLADUE, page 7A
tions to trial
lawyers
throughout
the state
until it was
too late for
the voters
to judge
those con
tributions.”
Moore, in
h i s
response,
said he was
happy to
provide his
disclosure.
“I only
wish Mr.
Burke had
been as
forthcoming
with information we
requested under the Georgia
Open Records Act,” Moore
retorted.
Burke noted he had a very
successful month, and fund
raising is ongoing.
See REPORTS, page 6A
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Lisa Blocker serves peach cobbler at the Lane Packing
Company table during Taste of Perry Thursday evening
at Houston Lake Country Club.
Students raise money to buy vest for deputy dog
By JON SUGGS
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Most law enforcement offi
cers wear protective vests.
Thanks to the generosity
of two Perry Middle School
students, a member of the
Houston County Sheriffs
Office who was without one
is now covered.
It’s a nice one, too, with a
few features you don’t get in
the standard issue, like an
ice pack in the back and, of
course, holes for all four
legs.
This vest is definitely for a
different breed of officer.
Canine deputy Bandit is
now a protected pooch.
When eighth-graders
Heather Leßarre and
Meredeth Freeman heard he
was in need of a vest, they
began a fund-raising drive
to come up with the $945
needed to buy the special
an Evans Family Newspaper
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From staff reports
PERRY - The Perry
Area Chamber of
Commerce celebrated its
seventh annual Fall
Challenge Thursday with
a clay shoot, a golf tour
nament and a food
extravaganza.
The day began at
Henderson Village, where
some of Perry’s finest
firearm firers tested their
prowess at shooting
small, fast-moving clay
discs.
Mike Hamrick was the
top shooter in the men’s
category, with Ernie
Brown in second and
Mike Davis third. In the
women’s category Tracy
Saxon took top honors,
with Julie Evans second
and Kim Williams third.
The middle of the day
was for golf, and teams
competed in an 18-hole
four-person scramble on
the course at Houston
Lake Country Club.
See FOOD, page 6 A
vest.
They placed donation jars
in businesses around Perry
and also collected money
from classmates, teachers
and family.
It took about two months
to raise the money. When
the vest arrived, the girls
arranged to bring it to
Bandit at work Thursday.
He watched with curiosity
as his primary handler, Cpl.
Eric Barnett, opened the
box, then stood calmly as he
was fitted with the new gear.
Adorned in the latest fash
ion, Bandit frolicked with
the girls for awhile before
going out to show his new
look to the rest of the
Investigations Division.
Bandit, 5, has been with
the department nearly two
years. Before joining up, the
Sable Sheppard worked
Mexican border patrol.
See POOCH, page 6A