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SUNDAY
January 16, 2005
Volume 135, Number 266
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
In BRIEF
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CHRISTOPHER NICO
Wanted
Nico still at large
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Christopher Nico, 39, 608
Michelle Drive, Byron,
remained at large after
eluding custody following
a car chase Tuesday.
“We’ll put our hands on
him once he calms down,”
said Houston County
Sheriffs Sgt. Manny
Quinones. “He’s not like
a normal person.”
“He’ll do something
stupid,” Quinones said,
“and we’ll walk in on
him.”
Warrants have been
taken on Nico for the
See NICO, page 8A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Jan. 16
Dudley Christie
Patricia Dietsch
Jan. 17
Doretha Bennett
Jimmy Crofutt
Jimmie Carol Daniels
Rita H. Davey
Ron Grace
Elouise Simon
Steve Skipper
Area DEATHS
None were reported for
today's edition.
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Tolleson reappointed as chairman
Perry senator to continue leading Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Special to the HHJ
ATLANTA - State Sen. Ross
Tolleson has been reappointed
chairman of the Senate Natural
Resources and Environment
Committee by the Senate
Committee on Assignments.
The committee is made up of
President Pro Tempore Eric
Johnson (R-Savannah), Senate
Head
joins
Flint
board
Special to the HHJ
WARNER ROBINS -
Arthur Head, a native of
Warner Robins, has been
appointed to the Flint
Energies Board of Directors.
Head will replace Willie
Talton, who resigned the
board to serve in the
Georgia House of
Representatives.
Head is_the .jjwner of
Arthur Head Inc., a general
contractor firm specializing
in home repairs. He is famil
iar with Flint, serving until
his appointment to the
board as a member of the
Flint Energies Foundation
which distributes the mem
bers’ funds from Operation
Roundup. He is also a long
time member of Flint’s
nominating committee.
“Flint’s members in
Houston County will be
well-served by a man of Mr.
Head’s stature,” said Flint’s
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) Bob Ray. “The board
is happy that he accepted
the appointment to serve
out the remainder of Willie
Talton’s term.”
Head will stand for elec
tion during the regular Flint
election cycle in 2006.
A community leader, Head
was chairman of Keep
See HEAD, page xA
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Marshall reports from Afghanistan
Congressman also comes out in support of C-130 work remaining in Middle Georgia
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall is confi
dent about conditions in
Afghanistan and is proud of the
work being done there by U.S.
forces.
Marshall spoke with the press
Friday morning by telephone from
www.hhjnews.com
Majority Leader Bill Stephens
(R-Canton) and Lt. Gov. Mark
Taylor (D). The Natural
Resources Committee is consid
ered one of the most influential
committees in the Upper
Chamber, and has long been
important to the people of
Middle Georgia.
“Middle Georgia boasts thou
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Warner Robins dentist Dr. William Toler gets a taste of what it is like to sit in one of the patient chairs at his new
office on Watson Boulevard.
Hometown dentist
Daughter may join
practice after college
Article and photos by
Timothy Graham
WARNER ROBINS - Dr. William
Toler is moving his Watson Boulevard
dental practice, but not very far.
In fact, you could throw a dental
sponge from the front door of his old
office and hit his new one.
Toler will host a ribbon-cutting and
open house at the new 271 IB Watson
Blvd. office at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
Toler has been a dentist for 22
years. A true son of Middle Georgia,
he graduated from Warner Robins
High School and attended Mercer
University. He joined the U.S. Army
and served in Vietnam as a Cobra hel
icopter pilot. After he left the Army he
graduated from the Medical College of
Georgia in Augusta where he got his
DMD. After practicing for two years in
Augusta he opened his practice here.
See TOLER, page 3A
an airplane flying between Kabul,
Afghanistan, and Amman, Jordan.
“People could argue that were we
not involved in Iraq we would have
more resources available for
Afghanistan,” he said. “From what I
can tell, the mission there is going
very well and the progress being
made by the Afghanistan people and
sands of acres of undeveloped
land,” Tolleson said, “so the
Natural Resources Committee
is very important to the people
of my district. I am honored
that the Senate leadership has
again entrusted this important
committee assignment to me,
and it is my aim to see that we
act in the best interest of the
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Warner Robins dentist Dr. William Toler’s new office boasts five new
patient operatories.
their government is amazing.”
Marshall pointed out that more
than 8.5 million people turned out
for elections there recently.
“The people are yearning for an
opportunity to get freedom,”
Marshall said. “The war lords are
history and the Taliban is in disar
ray. It is difficult for the Taliban to
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people of our state.
“Georgia remains one of the
most beautiful parts of this
great country. I intend to see
that our timber, our greenspace,
and our wildlife, which are
important to the communities
in this area, continue to be pro
tected for our children and our
See TOLLESON, page 3A
survive in an environment where
the people are unfriendly to them.
The local people are working with
the authorities to turn in anyone
they feel is threatening their new
found freedom.”
Marshall said he talked with rep
resentatives from the Indiana
See MARSHALL, page 3A
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