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THURSDAY December 30, 2004 Volume 135, Number 255 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest Inside TODAY - You have heard this boy's voice A California boy with Houston County ties is making a name for him self by lending his voice to background music on two hit movies out this Christmas. Entertainment, page 74 Regis makes sure show goes on Dick Clark will be missing for the first time, but that won’t stop this year’s “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve” (10 p.m. Friday, ABC). Entertainment, page 6A Kristin M. Lee (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 Opal Flossie Cheek Kelley Sherrie Lee Stripling Obits, page 5A INDEX CLASSIFIED 5B COMICS 4B CROSSWORD ... .4B LEGALS 1C LIFESTYLE 6A OBITUARIES 5A OPINION 4A SPORTS 1B TV LISTINGS 4B WEATHER 2A PERIODICAL jistMidK If.. 11. !.!!!», JI,„U >m<l>llial! \x££tjjki PiavSijSuict ijsu (Wain !_ifcrarv UWfV OF GEORGIA ATnOiS CjA 3wßf2e-wO£»2 3-OKSTT 395 Serving Houston County Since 1870 (Era jjmmtm 9 LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY \ city of Perry ; city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville F- ¥im TV f r &% - J HH»J Joe Sersey It’s that time of year, when athletic activities move indoors and victories are earned two and three points at a time. Christmas may be over, but holiday basketball tournaments aren’t. Houston County, Northside and Central Fellowship Christian Academy each competed in a holiday tourney this week. The Lady Bears finished runner-up in their venue, while the Eagles were just getting started Wednesday. Here, students from Central Fellowship compete against Dominion Christian in tournament action. The Lady Lancers won and were to compete in the finals Wednesday. More coverage, 1B Tuggle settles in on state board Perry woman sees service as another way to help community By JON SUGGS HHJ Staff Writer PERRY Le Ann Tuggle has added one more com mitment to her busy public service schedule. She recently accepted an appointment by Gov. Sonny Perdue to the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Practical Nurses. Tuggle, a supporter of the Bonaire native’s gubernato rial campaign, said she’d told him she would serve in any way that could help the community. When Perdue gave her the nod to become the con sumer member of the LPN board, Tuggle gladly accept ed. The board, which is presently composed of Tuggle, two registered nurses and four LPNs, meets regularly at the Secretary of State’s Macon office, where it sets policy and reviews disciplinary actions regarding the licensing of the state’s approximately 30,000 nurs es. For Tuggle, the three year appointment is just Return of the roundball one more chance to serve her community. She believes it is her God given responsibility to strive not only to be a part of the community but also to work to make that a bet ter place. That’s something she says she picked up from her father, who was a member of the Fort Valley City Council. That probably also had a lot to do with her choice to pursue a dual degree in political science and pre-law at Georgia College. Tuggle would later return for a teaching certification and a master’s degree in instruc tional technology. After several years of teaching in public middle schools in Fort Valley, Perry and Warner Robins, Tuggle has recently become more actively involved in commu nity affairs. This year she served as campaign manager for state Sen. Ross Tolleson, who won a sound victory in his 2004 re-election bid. She is chair of the Perry www.hhjnews.com w * V' 1 ' .1 . ' j' Beautification Commission and co-chair of the Westfield 30th Anniversary Committee. She is also active at her church, Perry United Methodist, where she teach es the seventh-grade Sunday school class and is a member of both the Sanctuary Choir and the HUS (We) Lon Thousands of kids receive gifts courtesy of Houston donors ByRAYUGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer WARNER ROBINS - The Houston County Chapter of Kids Yule Love served over 2,100 children in all of Houston County, according to local coordina tor Kaye Jackson. She said approximately SB,OOO in cash was collect ed in addition to the toys, “so we were able to shop for families whose tags were not pulled,” Jackson said. Kids Yule Love founder Centerville to annex roads By TERESA D. SOUTHERN HHJ Staff Writer CENTERVILLE Throughout 2004, the city of Centerville has annexed unincorporated islands into the city. This was done to provide fire and police protection, water and sewage services and to alleviate the confu sion between county police and fire serving these areas. ~T" The Houston County Board of Commissioners has informed Centerville that all streets must be annexed, though properties alongside the road already have been. These streets include Summerwind Place, Ashlund Drive, Westfield Drive, Sunshine Way, Misty Court, Rainbow Avenue, LE ANN TUGGLE Mission: Outreach Sunday School Class. What else is on tap for the future? “I think that’s about enough right now, but we’ll see,” she said. Le Ann is married to Rob Tuggle and the couple has a daughter, Kaki, 12, and a son, Tom, 10. THREE SECTIONS • 20 PAGES Joe Allen of Macon praised Jackson and her family for their efforts in her first year. He admitted there have been problems in the past in Houston County’s Kids Yule Love which she had to overcome, “but I’m proud of what she accom plished.” Volunteers from Kids Yule Love, Jackson’s daughters, picked up boxes as late as Christmas Day from Perry police and fire departments. Jackson said See KIDS, page 3A Sentry Oaks Drive, Windy Court, Hickory Hill Lane, Brantley Road, Calvin Court, Calvin Drive, Benjamin Road, Ginny Drive and Spring Valley Drive. The first reading of the notice to annex these streets was held during Tuesday night’s City Council work session. The second reading will be held Tuesday, at the council’s monthly meeting, followed by a vote. Also Tuesday, the Centerville City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance saying they will accept the responsibility of the ownership, control, care and maintenance of all annexed streets immedi ately. See C’VILLE, page 3A FAMA gains status AntPmeth group obtains nonprofit status By RAY UGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer CENTERVILLE Families Against Methamphetamine Abuse has been incorporated as a nonprofit organization, attorney Jim Rockefeller announced at a recent meet ing. “As far as the tax-exempt (status) goes,” Rockefeller said, “I think we just have to create the paperwork.” The nonprofit status is the first step for the group working toward an eventual goal of getting a residential treatment center here specifically for methamphet amine. The closest residen tial facility specifically for meth is Kick Start in Gainesville. HODAC and the Phoenix Center don’t provide meth specific services. “Methamphetamine addiction is not like other See FAMA, page 3A an Evans Family Newspaper 50c