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THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2005
1210 Washington St.
P.O. Box 1910
Perry, GA 31069
(478) 987-1823
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Athens 69 45 rain
Atlanta 65 42 t-storm
Augusta 74 56 rain
Bainbridge 77 57 rain
Brunswick 72 61 pt sunny
Cartersville 67 42 t-storm
Chattanooga,TN 59 32 t-storm
Columbus 72 46 t-storm
Cordele 76 53 rain
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Boston 54 46 cloudy
Chicago 38 9 mixed
Dallas 56 34 sunny
Denver 43 21 mst sunny
©2005 American Profile Hometown Content Service
(To submit your event for the
Community Calendar, fax the
details to (478) 988-1181, e
mail to hhj@evansnewspa
pers.com or mail to Houston
Home Journal, P.O. Box 1910,
Perry, GA 31069.)
Today
• A representative from the
office of U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall
will be at the Welcome Center
on Main Street in Byron from
3-5 p.m. to hear information or
concerns from citizens. (478)
464-0255 or debbie.blanken
ship@mail.house.gov
• The Phoenix Center
Community Service Board will
meet at 6:30 p.m. at the
Phoenix Center, 700 MLK
Drive, Fort Valley. (478) 464-
5258.
Friday, Jan. 14
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly
(T.O.PS.) meets each Friday at
Faith Lutheran Church, 301 N.
Pleasant Hill Road, Warner
Robins. Bobbi, 922-6809; or
Virginia, 922-4680.
Saturday, Jan. 15
• The Museum of Aviation
Foundation and the Robins
Pacers Running Club will spon
sor the annual Marathon at 8
a.m. The event is a qualifier for
the Boston Marathon and other
marathons. It features a U.S.
Track and Field certified full
marathon course on Robins Air
Force Base, a half marathon
and a 5K walk/run. Trophies,
medallions and sweatshirts are
given out to winners in 14 dif
ferent age categories. Log on to
robinspacers.org for more
information. Mary Lynn
Harrison, (478) 923-6600, or
marylynn.harrison@museumo
faviation.org.
• The Rebound Center will
sponsor its first Community
Grant Workshop at 6 p.m. at
the Center, 1026 Ball St., Perry.
Participants will include profes
sional grant reviewer Robert
Cook; representatives from the
offices of state Sen. Ross
Tolleson, Rep. Willie Talton
and U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall;
and Pam Lightsey with the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in Macon.
988-0784.
• The Middle Georgia
Democratic Women’s Club will
meet at 9 a.m. at Chef Audrey’s
Bistro and Bakery, Margie
Fri
1/14
57/34
Partly cloudy. Highs
in the upper 50s and
lows in the mid 30s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:37 AM 5:52 PM
63/38
Mix of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
low 60s and lows in
the upper 30s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:37 AM 5:52 PM
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Dalton 65 39 t-storm
Dillard 67 40 rain
Dublin 75 55 rain
Duluth 65 40 t-storm
Gainesville 65 43 t-storm
Helen 67 42 rain
Lagrange 68 43 t-storm
Macon 72 47 rain
Marietta 65 39 t-storm
Milledgeville 72 47 rain
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Houston 63 36 mst sunny
Los Angeles 65 47 pt sunny
Miami 79 72 pt sunny
Minneapolis 7 -11 pt sunny
New York 62 50 cloudy
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Drive, Centerville.
• The Houston County
Democrats will meet at 10 a.m.
at Chef Audrey’s Bistro and
Bakery, Margie Drive,
Centerville.
• The Perry Animal Shelter
will be at the Periy Kroger for
the public to adopt dogs and
cats from the Perry shelter
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather
permitting.
• The Westfield* Beechwood*
Baker Alumni Association is
sponsoring a barbecue and bas
ketball games featuring alumni
from Beechwood, Baker and
The Westfield Schools at 5:30
p.m. in the Westfield Gym.
Game admission is $1; barbe
cue plates are $5 each. Call 987-
0547 to purchase BBQ tickets
in advance. Among those for
mer basketball stars scheduled
to appear are: Amanda Murph,
Stephanie Thompson, Rebecca
Dudley, Meghan Waites, Lauren
Byrd, Laura Posey , Laurie
Thompson Bridges, April
Horsting Pearson,Christi
Horsting Wheeless, Wendy
Walker Way, Dana Hancock
Carpenter, Dawn Daniel Jerles,
Deena Davidson Walton, Susan
Hiley Payne, Karen Cochran
Ray, Kathy Parham Young, Lon
Talton, Chris Kothe, Jimmy
Beeland, Jamey Watson, Jon
Pierce, Ben Smith, Bob Ray,
Chad Bailey, Jerry Drazney,
Reid Meyer, Michael Morris,
Rusty Lee, Mike Campbell, Ben
Hulbert, Steve Lane, Bob Allen,
Bill Amos, David Campbell,
Todd Walton, and Chip Davis.
Proceeds from the halftime
shootout will be donated to
Danny Bledsoe; barbecue pro
ceeds will benefit the debate
team.
Monday, Jan. 17
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Inc. will sponsor the eighth
annual Martin Luther King
Unity Breakfast at 9 a.m. at
The First Baptist Church
Garmon Street, New Beginning
Center, located at 210 Garmon
St., Warner Robins. Cost of the
program is $3, which includes
breakfast. Dress casual. The
speaker will be Georgia
Supreme Court Justice Robert
Benham, Appointed in 1989,
Benham was the first African-
American to serve on the
Georgia Supreme Court. He is
also the first African-American
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Partly cloudy. Highs
in the mid 50s and
lows in the mid 30s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:37 AM 5:53 PM
Mon
1/17
Sun
1/16
54/33
Partly cloudy. Highs
in the mid 50s and
lows in the low 30s.
Sunrise Sunset
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UV lades
Thu 1/13 2 Low
Fri 1/14 3 Moderate
Sat 1/15 4 Moderate
Sun 1/16 4 Moderate
Mon 1/17 4 Moderate
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number scale, with a higher UV Index
showing the need fornjealfiLSkin pro
tection 0 Mjat. 11
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Peachtree City 66 40 t-storm
Perry 75 50 rain
Rome 70 40 t-storm
Savannah 77 60 rain
St. Simons Island 72 61 pt sunny
Statesboro 78 61 rain
Thomasville 78 60 rain
Valdosta 77 61 cloudy
Warner Robins 74 49 rain
Waycross 78 59 cloudy
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Phoenix 63 43 mst sunny
San Francisco 56 44 pt sunny
Seattle 37 24 pt sunny
St. Louis 41 21 mixed
Washington, DC 67 50 cloudy
to serve as chief justice of the
Georgia Supreme Court (1995-
2001). During the program, a
special tribute will be held to
honor veterans and active duty
military servicemen. Ira L.
Foster, 953-3836; Brenda
Kirvin, 987-9935; or the church
phone, 923-2279. Proceeds
raised at the breakfast will ben
efit the Houston County
Branch NAACP The program is
open to the public.
Tuesday, Jan. 18
• Families Against
Methamphetamine Abuse
(FAMA) holds its monthly busi
ness meeting at 6 p.m. on the
third Tuesday of each month at
the Centerville Lions Club, 612
North Houston Lake Blvd.,
near the post office. 953-6955.
Thursday, Jan. 20
• Representatives from
Georgia Southwestern State
University will be on the
Middle Georgia College campus
in Cochran at 12:30 p.m. in
Dillard Hall Auditorium to
share information about the
baccalaureate nursing degree
to be offered on the MGC cam
pus starting this fall. The bach
elor of science in nursing will
be available through a combi
nation of online/distance educa
tion GSW nursing courses with
clinical experiences on or near
the campus. Eligible students
would have earned the associ
ate of science in nursing degree
and have passed the NCLEX
RN and hold a current nursing
license in Georgia. Interested
students should bring with
them an unofficial transcript of
all college work. Dr. Mary Ellen
Wilson, MGC vice-president of
academic affairs, (478) 934-
3019; or Dr. Joanne Jackson,
(478) 934-3109.
• The Central Region Mental
Health Developmental
Disabilities and Addictive
Diseases Planning Board meet
ing is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at
1022-B Hillcrest Parkway,
Dublin. The public is invited to
attend.
Friday, Jan. 21
• A blood drive will be held
from 3-7:45 p.m. at First
United Methodist Church of
Centerville, corner of Wilson
Drive and North Houston Lake
Boulevard, Centerville. 953-
3090 or 953-5397.
Chase nets suspect
three pages of charges
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Harold C. Ross, 27, 363
Hodge Road, Perry, was
cited for three pages’ worth
of charges for his driving on
Friday.
According to incident
reports, the northbound
driver was observed driving
on the fog line and fled as a
deputy initiated a traffic
stop at mile marker 132
along Interstate 75. Ross
reportedly got off the inter
state at Exit 135, passing
cars in an intersection,
going through a gas station,
several streets, a church lot,
a wall and Westwood Trailer
park before being stopped.
He was reportedly observed
throwing an empty beer bot
tle out along the way, and
caused pedestrians to run
out of his way in the trailer
park.
The deputy hit Ross’ vehi
cle to spin and stop it. The
suspect’s car hit a second
deputy’s car as the deputy
pulled in to stop him. Ross
then allegedly fled on foot
and was apprehended after
being pepper-sprayed by a
Perry officer. The suspect
was taken to jail, and the
damaged patrol car was
towed, as it was leaking
coolant.
Ross’ charges include duty
upon striking fixture (the
block wall), littering (for the
beer bottle), fleeing or
attempting to elude, open
container (beer bottle),
weaving/failure to maintain
lane, maximum speed limit
(125 mph in a 70 mph),
passing in intersection, driv
ing without insurance, stop
and yield sign violations
(after exiting the freeway),
seat belt violation, driving
too fast for conditions, reck
less driving, driving with
suspended or revoked
license, following too closely,
driving on wrong side of
road, hit and run, improper
stop, failure to use turn sig
nal, criminal damage to
property (the wall valued at
over $500), interference
with government property
(the patrol car), and misde
meanor obstruction of an
officer (for having to be pep
per-sprayed).
Not all of it
Dared Fluellen, 21, 101
Norman Drive, Warner
Robins, according to police
reports, brought some mari
juana to smoke with some
friends on Briarwood Drive.
Police made contact with
the vehicle they were in and
Fluellen and three others
exited the vehicle, along
with a cloud of smoke, which
reportedly smelled like
burned marijuana.
All in the car admitted to
smoking marijuana, with
one saying “there is not any
left since they smoked it
all.”
A search of the suspects
and interior of the car found
no weapons or drugs.
According to reports a large
quantity, about 1.5 ounces of
a green leafy substance was
found underneath the dri
ver’s side exterior of the car,
where the suspects had
walked.
All four were taken in,
where each reportedly said
the drugs were Fluellen’s,
including Fluellen.
According to police reports,
Fluellen brought it into the
car and passed it out for all
to smoke. He was charged
with possession of marijua
na with intent to distribute.
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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
POLICE
BEAT
The others were given crim
inal trespass warnings, per
the homeowner.
Disorderly conduct
A police officer stopped
Alfredo Ruiz Olan, 48, 123
Orchard Pass, Warner
Robins, on Sunday for driv
ing without his lights on at
7:51 p.m. on Watson
Boulevard. As the officer
approached the vehicle, the
driver took his foot off the
brake and hit the gas.
According to police reports,
after the third time the offi
cer reached inside the vehi
cle, put the car in park,
pulled the driver out of the
vehicle and placed him on
the ground. The driver sus
tained a scratch to his face
as result of his impact with
the concrete. A passerby
assisted the officer in plac
ing the suspect in the patrol
car. The driver was cited for
driving without headlights,
driving unlicensed and dis
orderly conduct-obstruction
of an officer.
OKI again
Larry Wayne Lafavor, 58,
Cochran, was arrested on
Saturday after being
stopped by Warner Robins
Police on Green Street for
improper lane usage. He
was cited for driving with
out insurance, DUI-alcohol,
habitual violator, driving
with a suspended license
(second time), and the
improper lane usage.
WRPD makes
drug arrests
Vidal “Tiger” Montanez
111, 22, Milledgeville, was
arrested on Sunday for pos
session of ecstasy and mari
juana by Warner Robins
Police on Johnson Road.
Brandon Gerard Walker,
17, 607 Pheasant Ridge
Drive, was arrested
Saturday for felony posses
sion of methamphetamine
by Warner Robins Police at
Madison Place and Madison
Walk.
Roderick Romero “Pimp”
Cochran, 23, 113 Oscar
Street, Warner Robins, was
arrested Friday for open
container, felony possession
of cocaine, possession of
marijuana-less than one
ounce, at Collins Avenue
and Brantley Road.
Stolen trailer
recovered
Tracey Dale Tharpe, 39,
320 Brantley Road, Lot #9,
was arrested Monday for
theft by receiving and use of
article with altered mark,
after deputies found a trail
er in his yard with vehicle
identification number
removed. The suspect said
he bought it from a man
known as “Shawn” for SSOO.
A secondary VIN was locat
ed after a call to the manu
facturer. The trailer was
reported stolen on
Christmas Day in Warner
Robins.
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