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WEDNESDAY
December 15, 2004
Volume 135, Number 245
Award-Winning
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2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
Inside TODAY
FOP gives swing
to HODAC
The local Fraternal
Order of Police, Lodge
#9B, donated a $1,900
swing set to HODAC’s
Gateway Cottage on
Monday afternoon.
“It was about a 12-day
project,” said Houston
Sheriffs Sgt. Guy Fussell,
president of the local
chapter. “It came about
very quickly.”
Local, page 3A
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Hot drinks tor
cold nights
Cold nights are coming
and Christmas is right
around the corner, so we
present some hot drinks
that will have your guests
and your family singing
your praises.
Entertainment, page 7A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Gale Garrett
L’Andrea Hatch
Jackie Kilraine
Doris Wicks
(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
Lynne Marie Andrews
Prentiss Byron Hayes
Frank Carol Wright Jr.
Obits, page 6A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 5B
COMICS 4B
CROSSWORD ... .4B
HEARTH&HOME . .7A
OBITUARIES 6A
OPINION 4A
POLICE BEAT ... .6A
SCHOOL NEWS . . .6B
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
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Another big development coming
219-acre residential subdivision on Ga. 127 gets preliminary nod; offers pods in a PUD
By JON SUGGS
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Before the Planning
Commission Monday evening, devel
opers pitched the first phase of a
grand new housing development:
The Woodlands of Houston.
Although at 219.36 acres this is a
big project, it is a mere slice of the
SPLOST
funding
on the
rise
School projects
may benefit from
unexpected funds
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
SPLOST funds are higher
than projected, according to
Houston County Board of
Education ‘ "Comptroller
Steve Thublin.
What does this mean for
area schools?
It means more funding for
already-budgeted projects
such as: Bonaire
Elementary School class
room additions and renova
tion; Houston County High,
multipurpose and additions;
Lindsey Elementary addi
tions and renovation;
Morningside Elementary
addition and renovation;
Northside Middle addition;
David Perdue Primary;
Perry High multipurpose
and additions; Perry
Primary, minor renovations;
Tucker Elementary
See BOE, page 9A
Two dead after Russell Parkway wreck
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Two
' people were killed Monday
in a two-car wreck at the
intersection of Booth Road
and Russell Parkway.
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Warner Robins software firm Star Software Systems Corp. is undergoing renovation
and expansion of its offices at 610 Watson Blvd.
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more than 700 acres of farmland
and forest owned by Barrington
Hall Inc. on Ga. 127.
The 219-acre chunk, which the
group is asking be annexed into
Perry as a planned unit develop
ment (PUD), is just the first, south
ernmost part of the plan, said lead
developer Charlie McGlamry.
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Students from Shirley Hills Elementary School student council sponsored a school-wide donation drive to benefit
the Salvation Army and soldiers stationed in Iraq.
SHES students prepare
hundreds of care packages
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Students at
Shirley Hills Elementary School are
getting into the holiday spirit by giv
Warner Robins Police Maj.
John Wagner said the vic
tims in the 12:45 p.m. acci
dent were the driver and
passenger of a tan 1987
Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck
- Hubert Maddox, 87, and
McGlamry explained that this
project is “somewhat similar” to his
Eagle Springs development in
Centerville.
Geography allows a few differ
ences here, though. This will be a
bigger build, and plans call for
planted berms to buffer the houses,
rather than the brick walls of Eagle
ing to others.
The main hallways of the school are
filled with boxes, sure to bring happi
ness as far as the Middle East.
Students at the school have been
collecting for two endeavors, the
Francis Maddox, 84, both of
Warner Robins. Both were
taken by ambulance to
Houston Medical Center,
where they died as a result
of their injuries, Wagner
said.
Wagner said Hubert
Maddox, the driver of the
pickup truck, was traveling
south on Booth Road and
crossed Russell into the path
of Leonard D. Johnson.
Johnson was eastbound on
Local software
firm gets grant
From staff reports
WARNER ROBINS - Star
Software Systems Corp. has
been selected for a grant to
analyze satellite imagery.
The Small Business
Innovative Research
Program grant is from the
National Science
Foundation.
Star President and CEO
Tom Eaves said in a press
release “the program pro
vides funding for the first
two stages of the research
and development process -
feasibility and prototype
development.”
The grant is for Star to
study the feasibility of
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Springs.
The overall effect should be the
same on passersby, though - no
rooftops ought to be visible from
outside.
“We want people to ride through
and feel like it’s a natural area,”
McGlamry said.
See WOODLANDS, page 9A
Salvation Army and soldiers of the
357 Corps Support Battalion at Talil
Air Base in Iraq, both in need of sup
plies.
The collection effort, spearheaded
See STUDENTS, page 10A
Russell in a 2001 GMC
Yukon SLE.
Johnson was also injured
and taken to Houston
Medical Center, where he
was treated and released.
See WRECK, page 10A
developing an automated
tool for analyzing images
and assigning descriptive
keywords. Star will be work
ing in partnership with the
University of Louisiana at
Lafayette to investigate and
develop innovative extrac
tion and learning methods.
“At present, the predomi
nating means for describing
an image is to have someone
manually examining and
describing the image. This is
often a time-consuming
process,” explained Dr. Ryan
Benton of ULL. “Our goal is
to show that the tool can be
accurately and quickly
See STAR, page 10A