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THURSDAY
January 20, 2005
Volume 135, Number 269
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
In BRIEF
Deadline Monday
for Surprise Party
WARNER ROBINS -
This year’s “Surprise
Party” for seniors, hosted
by Joyce Hutcherson,
Senior Service Center
director, will be at the
Wellston Center, starting
at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31,
and is $lO, including din
ner and entertainment.
Skip Holmes of WNNG
will be the DJ and the
Kappa Alpha Zeta high
school sorority will join in
the fun. The deadline for
making reservations is
Monday. Call (478) 929-
4711.
- From staff reports
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HHJ Lifestyle Writer
Laura Ingalls Gunn
reviews the Big Stone
Gap series of books.
Entertainment, page 6A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Tammy Crutchfield
Louise Lawson
Cari Patton
Lois Wainwright
(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 well 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
Annice L. Cox
Geneva B. Smith
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 5B
COMICS 4B
CROSSWORD 4B
ENTERTAINMENT .6A
LEGALS 1C
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
POLICE BEAT 5A
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
PERIODICAL
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Pipe manufacturer eyes Perry
Montezuma plant may relocate to city, bring 60-100 jobs to Houston
By JON SUGGS
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - The first fish may have
flopped, but the Houston County
Development Authority thinks its
has another on the line.
Morgan Law, executive director of
the authority, informed the Perry
City Council at its Tuesday night
meeting that there is another party
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deputy
whip
From staff reports
ATLANTA - Houston
County’s chief deputy sher
iff is now a deputy whip.
Majority Whip Barry
Fleming has tapped Rep.
Willie Talton, R-Warner
Robins, to serve as a deputy
whip in the Georgia House
of Representatives.
“Rep. Talton will be a
huge asset as the legislature
gets under way and we
begin to deal with the tough
issues facing Georgia,”
Fleming said. “I will look to
him to provide leadership
and to help determine the
leanings of the caucus on
critical issues.”
Reached for comment
Wednesday, Talton was elat
ed by the appointment.
“It is an honor to be con
sidered for such a position
as a freshman legislator,”
Talton said. “I am looking
forward to the challenge
and the opportunities in the
upcoming session.”
Talton has been named to
the Children and Youth,
Motor Vehicle, and
Education committees. He
said he asked for all three in
addition to the Public Safety
Committee, and is pleased
with the assignments.
Deputy whips will each be
assigned to track the
See TALTON, page 8A
REP. WILUE TALTON
WR sets mopatopium on Russell development
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - The Warner
Robins City Council has set a 120-
day moratorium on development
along the Russell Parkway exten
sion while a set of zoning rules is
being established.
The move came in Tuesday
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interested in the 20 acres of land
jointly owned by the city and the
authority in the Perry Industrial
Park.
Law said he’s been contacted by
representatives of Advanced
Drainage Systems Inc., which is con
sidering the site.
According to its Web site, ADS is
“the world’s largest manufacturer
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now, two weeks after New Year’s baby Brayden was born.
New Year’s baby
comes home
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
HAWKINSVILLE
Brayden Andrew
Mourning came home
Friday.
Brayden was the first
baby of the new year to be
born in Houston County,
born 11:26 a.m. Jan. 1. He
weighed 8 pounds, 12
ounces, but he had to go
to hospitals in Macon and
Atlanta as he swallowed
meconium and was on a
ventilator.
Brayden’s prognosis is
good now, said mom
Margaret Beth Mourning.
“They say he’ll be fine,
normal,” she said. “The
prayers worked.”
Everyone they knew
and people they didn’t
were praying for the
Mournings, the happy
mother said. Brayden is
Beth and Brian
Mourning’s third child.
“We’re done,” Beth
said. “He’s the last one.”
See BABY, page 8A
night’s meeting, shortly after coun
cil members approved the rezoning
of a 7.633-acre property at the inter
section of Russell Parkway, U.S. 41,
and Lakeview Road.
The property - the first to be
developed along the new Russell
extension - will be developed as
“upscale retail.”
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home.
ylene (HDPE) pipe.” The company
has 21 manufacturing plants and 28
distribution centers in the United
States and five plants in Mexico.
One of those plants is in
Montezuma, and that is the opera
tion ADS is considering moving to
Perry.
Law said the move would involve
60-100 employees.
Earlier this month, a deal with
In a related development, the
council approved on first reading a
new Russell Parkway Overlay
District Ordinance. The purpose of
the proposed ordinance would be to
“improve and enhance the aesthetic
qualities of development within the
arterial road corridor ....”
The proposed ordinance would:
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Leeds Building Products fell
through because the company want
ed changes to the contract.
Specifically, more time was request
ed than the 12 months allowed for
build-out. If Leeds had failed to
meet that deadline, the property
would have reverted at the original
sale price ($6,500/acre).
Leeds had also requested
See PERRY, page 3A
Two men
nabbed
after WR
manhunt
Carjacking,
attempted armed
robbery in parking
lot lead to arrests
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Police arrested and charged
two men in connection with
a carjacking at a North
Davis Drive liquor store and
an attempted armed rob
bery in the Wal-Mart park
ing lot after a chase and
search Tuesday night.
According to Warner
Robins Detective Scott
McSwain, the two suspects
robbed three men of their
truck at 3:43 p.m. on 514 N.
Davis Drive, JB’s Liquor
Store. A lookout was placed
on the truck - a green Ford
F-150 with ladders and
pipes.
“Last night at 7:05 p.m., a
female coming out of the
Wal-Mart was approached
while getting into her car by
a black male with a gun,”
McSwain said. “The suspect
asked for money, and when
the woman refused she was
stuck in the head with a
gun.”
He fled and was seen get
ting into the green truck,
according to police. The
woman refused treatment
on scene but later went to
the emergency room to seek
treatment for the head
injury, was treated and
released.
Police located and initiat
ed a traffic stop on the vehi
cle a short time later at the
intersection of Carl Vinson
Parkway and Golden Eagle
Trail. The two men fled the
scene on foot. A woman with
them was detained but later
released as police deter
mined she was not involved
in either incident.
The Georgia State Patrol
helicopter and tracking dogs
from Warner Robins Police
See MANHUNT, page 3A
• Establish a street planting yard
and/or amenity zone adjacent to the
corridor;
• Ensure that an interconnecting
sidewalk system is developed;
• Manage the location and inten
sity of development within the arte
rial road corridor and as well as
See WR COUNCIL, page 3A
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