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THURSDAY
December 16, 2004
Volume 135, Number 246
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
In BRIEF
Missing
girl sought
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS-At
press time Wednesday,
police were searching for
Brittany Nicole Dennis,
15, of Warner Robins.
The girl was described
as a black female, 5 feet 4
inches tall, 130 pounds,
with long black hair, with
blonde highlights, pulled
into a ponytail. She was
last seen wearing blue
jeans, a white shirt, a
dark coat with a fur
trimmed hood and white
tennis shoes.
She was reported miss
ing by family on Terry
Kay Circle.
She was last seen at
9:07 a.m. near the Big
Lots on Watson
Boulevard, near Nelson
Drive. She may have been
seen at Cato near Home
See MISSING, page 3A
Happy BIRTHDAY?
Vera Mellette
Happy ANNIVE'^ARYI
Terry and Stephanie
Franks
Glynn and Mary
Grantham
James and Maxine
Stephens
(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
Henry Augustus (Gus)
Groves Jr.
Randy Matthews
Obits, page 8A
INDEX
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COMICS 4B
CROSSWORD ... ,4B
ENTERTAINMENT .6A
LEGALS 1C
OBITUARIES 8A
OPINION 4A
POLICE BEAT . . . .5A
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
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Reward issued for boy’s killer
$5,000 offered for information leading to arrest in 1986 slaying of Chuck Mauk
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Nearly two decades ago, 13-
year-old Chuck Mauk was
found shot dead down the
street from his home.
The murder remains
unsolved, and Houston
County Sheriff Cullen
Talton and Mauk’s mother
Kathy Miller announced a
$5,000 reward Wednesday,
being offered through the
Carole Sund/Carrington
Memorial Reward
Foundation for information
that leads to the arrest and
conviction of the person
responsible for the Feb. 17,
1986, murder.
“Hopefully, this new year
will bring closure for us,”
Miller said. “Sometimes
money speaks.”
Talton said “we’re hoping
this will bring someone for
ward to help us find who did
this. We haven’t forgot.”
Mauk, of 206 Burns Drive,
was found shot and killed
behind Roy and Rose’s
Restaurant, adjacent to
what was then known as
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This police drawing of a
suspect in Mauk’s slaying
was released Wednesday.
Centerville council to annex roads
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
CENTERVILLE - The City
Council voted during Tuesday
night’s work session to annex por
tions of the following roads into the
city: Houston Lake Road, Dunbar
Road and U.S. 41/Ga. 11.
The portions are where Houston
Lake intersects with the city limits
at Dunbar Road, extending about a
mile north to the intersection with
Wellston Circle; where Dunbar Road
intersects with the city limits at
Cost of Parkwood
construction may rise
Soil quality blamed for unexpected
overrun at elementary school
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Construction at
Parkwood Elementary
School, which is receiving a
12-classroom addition, has
incurred a cost overrun of
$38,941.25.
Dave McMahan, director
of facilities for the Houston
County Board of Education,
reported to board members
in their Tuesday meeting
that the additional costs are
due to the company having
to dig up unsuitable soil, dry
it and layer it at the site
before beginning construc
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Freedom Lanes (now Gold
Cup Bowling Center). He
was killed about 8:15 p.m.
by a gunshot to the back of
the neck. A passerby found
the boy lying face-down in a
pool of blood, beside his
bicycle about 10-15 feet
from the Burns Drive edge
of the parking lot behind the
restaurant.
“The bike was his most
prized possession,” Miller
said. “He built it himself
and would jump ramps. He
always wanted to be a fight
er pilot.”
His mother said “Chucky”
was into baseball, football -
all sports.
“He organized games in
the neighborhood,” she said.
The seventh-grader at
Warner Robins Junior High
School was the son of Miller
of Warner Robins and
Charles B. Mauk Sr. of
Mississippi, and lived with
mother and stepfather Peter
Miller in Warner Robins.
The Millers still live in the
area, “but have moved from
Burns Drive,” Kathy Miller
said.
Houston Lake Road and eastward
on Dunbar for about two miles to
the intersection of Heritage Drive;
where the center line of U.S. 41/Ga.
11 intersects the city limits at Old
Dunbar Road and almost two miles
north to Ga. 49.
Also at the work session:
• The City Council designated a
committee to present and discuss
issues of the Centerville Bagpipes
and Drums.
The two council members
appointed were Bob Smith and
Randall Wright.
tion, or purchase suitable
soil to be placed at the build
ing site.
Board member Griff
Clements said Parrish
Construction knew they
would come up against situ
ations such as this. He cited
Bonaire Middle School,
which had the same soil
problems during construc
tion.
Three board members
opposed the school system’s
taking on these additional
costs - Tom Walmer, Skip
Dawkins and Fred Wilson.
See BOE, page 3A
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Kathy Miller, mother of Chuck Mauk, talks during a press conference Wednesday
morning, with photos of her son in the background. Mauk’s 1986 murder has remained
unsolved, and a $5,000 reward has been issued to help bring the boy’s killer to justice.
According to investigators
at the time, the boy was last
seen at Giant Foods with
another teen at 8 p.m. that
evening. Wednesday, the
department released a com
posite sketch of a white
male, the driver of a white
vehicle, who was seen talk
ing with Mauk just prior to
the shooting.
The Carole
Sund/Carrington Memorial
Reward Foundation was
founded to help families
without economic means to
offer rewards for informa
tion in order to help law
• Harry Siemen of Keep
Centerville Beautiful presented
three items to the council, including
a request to share the profits of alu
minum cans collected by the
Centerville Fire Department with
the organization, the installation of
a Centerville welcome sign by Flash
Foods at Watson Boulevard and
Houston Lake Road, and a request
for sign installation at the Valle
Venado subdivision.
The council voted to address the
issue of the aluminum cans when
the city can purchase a can crusher.
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The Houston County Board of Education is eliminating paper at its monthly meetings.
Board members view the agenda and items pertaining to it on laptop computers, and
the information is projected for audience members to view. The information is also
available on the Web for the community to view.
enforcement officials locate
missing loved ones.
The foundation is addi
tionally committed to rais
ing public awareness about
missing persons and violent
crime in America.
Miller said she got in
touch with Nancy Grace of
Court TV who put her in
touch with the foundation
“and hopefully John Walsh”
(the host of “America’s Most
Wanted”).
Miller said Wednesday’s
press conference was just
the first step.
“Court TV wants to film a
an Evans Family Newspaper
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documentary here of the
case and run it on Court
TY” she said.
According to a statement
from Kim Peterson, execu
tive director of the founda
tion, the foundation’s
money has assisted in the
apprehension of 22 murder
suspects and one child
molester, and have helped
locate four missing persons.
Seven murders and the child
molester have been convict
ed or pleaded guilty as
charged.
“To date the foundation
See REWARD, page 3A
The city is currently using a can
crusher provided by the Augusta
Burn Center, which receives the
profit from the aluminum cans.
The council also agreed to provide
installation fees for the Centerville
welcome sign and said no to pur
chasing and installing a sign at the
Valle Venado subdivision.
•The Centerville Bagpipes and
Drums agreed to pay a bill present
ed by the band for $450 to cover the
stripping, repainting and lettering
on the van leased to them by the
city.