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WEDNESDAY
November 24, 2004
Volume 135, Number 231
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observance of
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Happy BIRTHDAY!
Nov. 24
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Nov. 25
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Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 6B
COMICS 4B
CROSSWORD 4B
HEARTH&HOME . .8A
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
POLICE BEAT 7A
SCHOOL NEWS .. .5B
7B
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
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Local housing permits up last month
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Permits for
new single-family homes were up
slightly in October.
For Warner Robins, Centerville,
Perry and unincorporated Houston
County combined, there were 106
single-family dwelling permits
issued. This is up from September’s
83, but still below this year’s high of
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Taking part in the recent Thanksgiving celebration at Westfield were (from left) Parker Lee, John Garrett Pearson,
Madelaine Kinnebrew, Tee Adams, Lucy Swearingen, Leyton Pinckney, Addison Lee, Camille Ayer, Dylan Johnson,
Foy Evans, Rosie Bentley, Meredith Greene and Zack York. With the children are teachers, Christy Wojohn and Holly
Kirkpatrick.
Related photos, page 3A
Westfield 4-K celebrates Thanksgiving
Special to the HHJ
PERRY - Thirteen little Indians cel
ebrated Thanksgiving last Friday
Medical practice complains about hospitals
Docs say they face uphill battle getting space in hospitals, certificate of need
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Houston Orthopaedic
Surgery & Sports Medicine
has reached an obstacle it
can’t overcome.
Eyes on the prize
Academy hopefuls seek out
Kingston nomination
By JON SUGGS
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - West
Point. The Naval Academy.
The Air Force Academy. The
Merchant Marine Academy.
Four distinguished learn
ing institutions that have a
few things in common.
They train officers for our
nation’s military.
They carry a long, proud
tradition.
They are hard to get into.
Students from Houston,
Liberty, Camden, Colquitt,
Lowndes, Chatham, Bryan
and Appling counties gath
ered in the council chambers
at Warner Robins City Hall
Monday to get a little help in
their quests to crack into
these academies.
U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston
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266 permits in June. Of those, 214
were in Warner Robins alone.
In October, Warner Robins had 46
permits for single-family dwellings,
up from the 31 in September. The
average value of the homes for
October was $129,666, up from the
September average of $113,920.
There were 28 permits for unin
corporated Houston County in
October, down from 33 in
morning at The Westfield Schools with
a musical program.
Each child made his costume and
Its surgeons can’t get
enough time at local hospi
tals to meet their increasing
demand.
“We directed business in
here (Houston County) and
we can’t get it done,” said
held his annual Academy
Day, where he and his
Military Service Board, com
posed of businessfolk,
retired military members
and other community lead
ers from throughout the dis
trict, conducted personal
interviews with the candi
dates.
The interviews are part of
the congressman’s selection
process, whereby he’ll pick a
few of these hopefuls to sup
port in their applications.
Kingston addressed the
group as a whole first,
though, and praised them
for their desire to serve
their country.
He warned them to expect
rough interviews.
“We don’t ask softball
See TRAINING, page 3A
September. The average value of the
homes was up, however, at $181,147
in October compared with $172,216
in September.
Single-family dwelling permits
jumped in Centerville to 17 from
four in September. The average
value of the homes was also up to
$170,405 in October, from $152,950
in September.
Permits in Perry remained the
Dr. Scott Malone. “We have
opened up at the Perry
Hospital (as well as Houston
Medical Center) but there’s
still not enough time.”
Malone said the practice is
having to take patients to
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U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston addresses a roomful of military academy nomination hopefuls.
High school seniors from across the Ist Congressional District gathered in Warner
Robins Monday to interview with the congressman and his selection board, each hop
ing to get a nod that could propel them to one of the nation’s officer-training institu
tions.
headband. A Thanksgiving feast was
served after the program for all the
children and parents.
Peach and Macon counties
to perform surgeries.
“Limiting of (operating)
rooms is limiting our busi
ness,” said Dr. Jeff Jarrett,
who grew up here in Warner
Robins. “Seventy percent of
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same at 15 in September and
October. The average value of the
homes was up in October to
$122,486 from $97,048 in July.
For the year so far, Warner Robins
has issued 805 permits for single
family dwellings, Centerville has
issued 129 permits, Perry has issued
96 permits and there were 385 in
the rest of the county.
See PERMITS, page 34
Lines
cleared
after train
derailment
ELKO - No roads were
blocked and no one was
injured in Monday’s train
derailment near the Dooly
County line.
Mikki Folds, Houston
County 911 operations coor
dinator, said “there were no
injuries, no hazardous mate
rials and no roads blocked."
Folds said Norfolk
Southern has its own inves
tigators and cleanup crews.
“They didn’t need us,”
Folds said.
Susan Terpay, spokes
woman for Norfolk
Southern, said Tuesday,
after crews worked through
the night, the track was to
reopen at 11 a.m. She said
the cause of the 5:45 a.m.
Monday derailment is still
under investigation.
“The investigation could
take several weeks,” Terpay
said.
The train, composed of
three locomotives and 62
rail cars, was en route to
Jacksonville, Fla. Terpay
said 30 of the cars derailed;
each was carrying finished
automobiles.
- Ray Lightner
our work is outpatient sur
gery.”
The private practice wants
to build its own surgical cen
ter but has to get approval
from the state - and a local
See DOCS, page 3A
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