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THURSDAY
November 18, 2004
Volume 135, Number 227
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HH J Quiz
The Literary Quiz and
Bishop’s Bafflers, which
have been in “Charlotte’s
Web,” will now be found
on the second
Entertainment page each
Thursday, with the addi
tion of a new ‘Pop Quiz,’
which will deal with pop
ular music, movies and
television.
Entertainment, page 7 A
HoCo prepares
for Parkview
Houston County head
football coach Doug
Johnson said it would
take another effort from
the Bears like the one
that led to last weekend’s
44-26 victory over
Lovejoy in order to defeat
host Parkview in the two
teams’ Georgia High
School Association
AAAAA Elite Eight foot
ball matchup Friday.
Sports, page 1B
New column
begins today
Perry
Downtown
Manager
Tish Mims
shares sto
ries about
the quiet
folks who
don’t ask
for reim-
bursement in her first
personal column.
Entertainment, page 6A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Jessie Barrett
Steve Elkins
Becky Mills
Jan Nelson
Jennifer Rogers
Area DEATHS
Sandra Tidwell Deason
Hall
Paul Malham
Timothy E Quigley Jr.
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 5B
CLUB NEWS 6B
COMICS 4B
CROSSWORD 4B
ENTERTAINMENT .6A
LEGALS 1C
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
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9 LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Family members give tearful testimony
By JON SUGGS
HHJ Staff Writer
MACON - The Article 32 hearing
for a Robins Air Force Base airman
accused of killing two people contin
ued Tuesday, with emotional testi
mony from several family members
of the victims and the playing of a
911 call from one victim’s cell
phone.
Senior Airman Andrew Paul Witt
is charged with two counts of pre
meditated murder for the July 5
deaths of Senior Airman Andrew
Schliepsiek and his wife, Jamie, and
a count of attempted murder for the
severe wounding of Senior Airman
Publix opens doors to customers
Shoppers flock
to supermarket
at Lake Joy
Road, Ga. 96
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
There were bargains, free
samples and a - manager was
handing out flowers at
Wednesday’s grand opening
of the Publix at Paradise
Shoppes.
Wednesday was the first
day the store at Lake Joy
Road and Ga. 96 was open.
There was no soft opening -
“this is the whole shebang,”
said store manager Trent
Loseke.
Loseke was greeting cus
tomers as they came in,
handing out flowers, getting
carts and giving directions.
During the next three weeks
the store will continue the
grand opening with sales
and prizes.
The 39,000-square-foot
store includes a pharmacy,
bakery, deli and special serv
ices areas for produce meat
and seafood. Loseke said the
store has about 100 employ
ees.
See PUBLIX, page 3A
A new school rivalry
Good behavior
rewarded with
football game
BY TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
While some other Houston
County high schools are in
the Elite 8 competing for
state championships with
the Georgia High School
Association, some elemen
tary schools are getting an
early start on training foot
ball players.
Parkwood and Westside
elementary school princi
pals Steve Tesseniar and
Greg Peavy promised fifth
grade boys if they kept their
grades up and showed good
behavior, they would be
rewarded.
The reward came to
fruition on Tuesday as the
Parkwood Eagles and the
Westside Wildcats played
football, as fellow students
from both elementary
schools cheered them on.
Students on the sidelines
seemed as excited as the
football players as they
cheered for their class
mates.
Keynan Callum, a
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also played a 50-second 911 call
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(From left) Steve Tesseniar, Keynan Callum and Greg Peavy toss the pigskin. Both
principals promised their fifth-grade students that if they kept their grades up and
showed good behavior they would be rewarded with a football game.
Parkwood student, played
wide receiver for the
Eagles.
“My good behavior and
good grades are the reason I
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As the pretrial
evidence hearing
resumed, the gov
ernment continued
outlining its case
against Witt, pre
senting testimony
from two Houston
County 911 Center
dispatchers.
was able to play, but mainly
just to come out and just
have fun,” he said. “I cer
tainly hope we get to do this
again.”
’lf the Air Force allows this type of behavior
to go on, then there is no justice. There Is no
justice if this person is allowed to live.'
- James Bielenberg, father of Jamie Schliepsiek
cer in the hearing, warned audience
members that what they would hear
would be disturbing.
Several family members, of vic
tims and accused, left.
Jamie Schliepsiek’s mother,
Debbie, remained, sobbing as
recorded screams filled the court-
Another wide receiver
Willie Collier, also a
Parkwood student, said he
was also enjoying playing
See RIVALRY, page 8A
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room.
Maj. Vance Spath, chief circuit
trial counsel for the Air Force and
lead prosecutor of this case, asked
Communications Deputy Rita
Coleman to describe what she heard
during the call.
See HEARING, page 8A
Sears,
Kmart
to merge
By MEGAN REICHGOTT
Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO - Kmart is
acquiring Sears, one of the
most venerable names in
U.S. retailing, in a surprise
sll billion deal that will cre
ate the nation’s third
largest retailer.
The company being creat
ed by the combination
announced Wednesday
would be known as Sears
Holdings Corp., but it was
clearly orchestrated by
Kmart chairman and Sears
shareholder Edward
Lampert, who will lead a
new board that will be dom
inated by Kmart directors.
The company said it will
continue to operate the
Kmart and Sears stores
under their current names,
but some locations may
close or switch from one to
the other store.
Shares of both companies
surged on news of the deal.
Kmart Holding Corp. shares
climbed $17.38, or
See MERGE, page 3A
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