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THURSDAY
January 13, 2005
Volume 135, Number 263
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PHS assistant
gets AD slot
Perry High School sub
mitted and the Houston
County Board of
Education approved
unanimously Tuesday for
Andy Scott to take over as
athletic director/football
coach.
Sports, page 1B
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'Coach Carter'
Samuel L. Jackson
plays a high-school bas
ketball coach with “spit,
fire, integrity and deter
mination” in the new
movie “Coach Carter.”
Entertainment, page 7A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Tommy Storey
Area DEATHS
None were reported for
today’s edition.
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 4B
COMICS 5A
CROSSWORD ... .5A
ENTERTAINMENT .6A
LEGALS 1C
OBITS NONE
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 2A
WEATHER 2A
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city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
AAR looks at Perry spec building
Law says defense contractor considering long-vacant facility for warehouse
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - AAR
Defense Systems is interested in the
Perry spec building, according to
Morgan Law, executive director of
Alleged moth 'cooker' at large after chase
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
BYRON - A man identi
fied as Christopher Nico, 39,
crashed a stolen car
Tuesday night while fleeing
police, and then took off
running.
Houston County Sheriffs
deputies had chased him up
Houston Lake Road where
he crashed the car in the
ditch at the intersection
with Ga. 49. He reportedly
got out and ran into a near
by field - and remains at
large and wanted by law
enforcement.
Officers from Centerville
Police, Peach County
Sheriffs Office and the
Georgia State Patrol assist
ed in the search, which
included use of the GSP hel
icopter. Deputies were
searching the Dunbar Road
area and the roadside along
Houston Lake Road near
Antebellum Court for evi
dence.
Sgt. Manny Quinones
called Nico a “cooker.” An
empty propane tank, paint
ed black, was found in the
trunk of the car.
Investigators believe the
tank was being used for the
transportation of anhydrous
ammonia, and had been
used for the manufacture of
methamphetamine.
Anhydrous ammonia is a
See COOKER, page 8A
Carpenter gets raise from school board
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Superintendent
Danny Carpenter’s contract for
superintendent was renewed by
unanimous vote until June,
2006 with a salary of $160,000.
Carpenter was named super
intendent in 2003, with a two
year contract, with a salary of
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May. Gen. Mike Collings, commander of the Warner
Robins Air Logistics Center, speaks to the Warner Robins
Rotary Club on Tuesday, discussing Air Force life in gen
eral and his in particular.
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the Houston County Development
Authority.
In a recent authority meeting,
Law said AAR has proposed two
five-year leases of $2.35 per square
foot for the first five years and $2.50
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Investigators search the suspect’s car, a stolen Honda, wearing breathing equipment as an empty tank - believed to
have contained anhydrous ammonia, an ingredient in the manufacture of methamphetamine - is found in the trunk.
$141,750 per year. Carpenter’s
new contract amounts to a raise
of $18,250 per year.
The motion for his contract
renewal was made by board
member Jim Boswell, and sec
onded by Fred Wilson. The vote
was greeted by a standing ova
tion from the audience.
“I look forward to doing the
per square foot for the second five
years.
“We had asked for $3 per square
foot,” on the 125,000 square-foot
building, Law said, “with $1.75 mil
lion build-out requirements.”
best I can for students, and I
look forward to continue accom
plishing our mission of produc
ing high-achieving students,”
Carpenter said.
In other business, the
Houston County Board of
Education voted to pay addi
tional costs of $38,941.25 at
Parkwood Elementary School,
WR'ALC commander touts base production level
By JON SUGGS
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - The
Warner Robins Rotary Club
got a little air Tuesday as
Maj. Gen. Mike Collings,
commander of the Warner
Robins Air Logistics Center,
addressed the group at its
regular lunch meeting.
Collings spoke mostly on
his third love, the Air Force,
but his speech was tempered
by his first loves of faith and
family.
He began with a little his
tory before bringing his
words around to the chal
lenges of today.
Barely more than 100
years have passed since the
Wright brothers first flew.
A lot can - and did - hap
pen in a century.
“I don’t think anyone
could have imagined air
with Chairman Pamela
Greenway and Vice Chairman
Griff Clements voting against
the measure.
Parkwood is receiving a 12-
classroom addition, and the sys
tem was promised a price of
$80.30 per square foot on a bun
dle of construction projects by
See BOARD, page 8A
power the way it is today,”
he said.
Collings recalled the for
mation of the Air Force in
the National Security Act of
1947, which laid the ground
work for the modem mili
tary.
It was only appropriate
that this be a service unto
itself, following the impact
of flight on World War 11.
From the Japanese aerial
attack at Pearl Harbor,
which brought the United
States into the war, to the
two atomic bombs dropped
by B-29s on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, which ended it,
air power was a major ele
ment of the conflict.
From securing the skies
before D-Day to bringing
supplies to Berlin during the
dawn of the cold war, flyers
showed war would never be
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Law said AAR was considering
using the facility for an aircraft
parts warehouse. The move would
bring 10-15 jobs from AAR’s Macon
site.
See SPEC, page 3A
waged the same way, with
out them.
As we successfully saw our
nation through that war, so
must we in the war we face
another now, Collings said.
Our fighters of that gener
ation lived up to their
responsibilities, and so must
our fighters of today, he
said.
Just as those of the 1940 s
faced their challenge and
became the Greatest
Generation, so must the
men and women who defend
us today rise to the occasion
against the great modern
challenge of terrorism,
Collings said.
The general firmly
believes the way to over
come is to continue to take
the fight to the terrorists,
though it comes at a cost.
See COLUNGS, page 3A
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