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♦ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2005
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Perry. GA 31069
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Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
Wed
2/2
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49F. Winds ENE at 5
to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 80%.
Sunrise Sunset
7:28 AM 6:09 PM
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Albany 51 43 rain
Athens 44 34 rain
Atlanta 43 35 rain
Augusta 48 37 rain
Bainbridge 56 48 rain
Brunswick 55 48 rain
Carlersville 45 37 rain
Chattanooga,TN 48 37 cloudy
Columbus 51 41 rain
Cordele 50 43 rain
Notional Cities
Atlanta 43 35 rain
Boston 36 26 mst sunny
Chicago 36 24 cloudy
Dallas 44 37 rain
Denver 46 28 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
• TAC Tankers Association,
Middle Georgia Group, will
meet at 9 a.m. at the Cracker
Barrel, Watson Boulevard,
Warner Robins. Anyone serving
in Tactical Air Command aerial
tanker units (KB-29/KB-50) is
welcome. Gil Switzer, (478)
922-0701.
• Centerville Senior Care
meets 9 a.m. each Wednesday at
Centerville City Hall for exer
cise class featuring strength
and flexibility stretching led by
a certified instructor. All exer
cise participants must provide a
signed Physician Referral Form
from their doctor. 988-1813.
• Perry Senior Care meets
9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Rozar
Park for exercise class featur
ing strength and flexibility
stretching. PVO Bingo immedi
ately follows exercise. All exer
cise participants must provide a
signed Physician Referral Form
from their doctor. 988-1813.
Thursday, Feb. 3
• Warner Robins Senior Care
meets 9 a.m. each Thursday at
the Houston County YMCA
(comer of Ga. 96 and Moody
Road - 922-2566) for exercise
class featuring strength and
flexibility stretching led by a
certified instructor. All exercise
participants must provide a
signed Physician Referral Form
from their doctor. 988-1813.
• The Houston County Board
of Health will meet at noon in
the conference room of the
Houston County Health
Department, 98 Cohen Walker
Drive, Warner Robins.
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly
(T.O.ES.) meets each Thursday
in the Perry Hospital Medical
Library, 1120 Morningside
Drive, Perry. Weigh-in from 5-
5:30 p.m.; meeting from 5:30-6
p.m. Michelle Lee, 988-1813, or
Tara Poole, 988-1827.
• The Ocmulgee River Soil
and Water Conservation
District’s next regular monthly
meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at
the Houston County Ag. Center
in Perry.
Fri
2/4
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59/34
Mix of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
upper 50s and lows
in the mid 30s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:27 AM 6:IIPM
Thu
2/3
48/34
Morning clouds fol
lowed by afternoon
sun.
Sunrise Sunset
7:28 AM 6:10 PM
| City Hi LoCond. |
Dalton 46 37 rain
Dillard 47 32 rain
Dublin 50 38 rain
Duluth 42 33 rain
Gainesville 43 34 rain
Helen 45 35 rain
Lagrange 45 36 rain
Macon 47 38 rain
Marietta 43 34 rain
Milledgeville 48 35 rain
Houston 49 42 rain
Los Angeles 77 53 sunny
Miami 76 63 pt sunny
Minneapolis 37 27 pt sunny
New York 38 22 sunny
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Friday, Feb. 4
• Centerville Senior Care
meets 9 a.m. each Friday at
Centerville City Hall for exer
cise class featuring strength
and flexibility stretching led by
a certified instructor. All exer
cise participants must provide a
signed Physician Referral Form
from their doctor. 988-1813.
• Perry Senior Care meets 10
a.m. Friday at Rozar Park for
exercise class featuring
strength and flexibility stretch
ing. A healthy lunch ($5) and a
guest speaker targeting senior
adult mental, spiritual and/or
physical health are provided
after exercise. All exercise par
ticipants must provide a signed
Physician Referral Form from
their doctor. 988-1813.
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly
(T.O.ES.) meets each Friday at
Faith Lutheran Church, 301 N.
Pleasant Hill Road, Warner
Robins. Bobbi, 922-6809; or
Virginia, 922-4680.
• Filmmaker Spike Lee will
present “A Night with Spike” at
7 p.m. in the C.W. Pettigrew
Center at Fort Valley State
University as part of the 2004-
2005 John W. Davison Lecture
Series. Admission is free. (478)
825-6106.
Saturday, Feb. 5
• The Houston County
Republican Party will hold its
Mass Precinct Meeting at
Middle Georgia Technical
College, Student Activity
Center Building C, 80 Cohen
Walker Drive. Registration is
from 9-10 a.m.; doors will close
at 10 a.m. sharp. The meeting
will convene at 10 to elect dele
gates and alternates to the
Houston County Republican
County Convention on March
5. All Houston County resi
dents who are legally registered
to vote and believe in the prin
ciples of the Republican Party
are urged to participate.
• The Warner Robins
Alumnae Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. is
having its Annual Scholarship
Ball from 7 p.m. until 1 a.m. at
the Museum of Aviation. The
theme is OPERATION
D.E.L.TA (Delta Exemplifying
Leadership Through Activism).
Dress is formal, and a donation
of S3O is expected (all proceeds
benefit the chapter scholarship
fund). Entertainment will be
provided by Conquest Band.
www.warnerrobins-dst.org or
LOCAL
Sun
2/6
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67/47
Times of sun and
clouds. Highs in the
upper 60s and lows
in the upper 40s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:25 AM 6:13 PM
Sat
2/5
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64/38
Mostly sunny. Highs
in the mid 60s and
lows in the upper
30s.
Sunrise Sunset
7:26 AM 6:12 PM
Moon Phases
Full
Jan 25
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New
Feb 8
UV Index
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Wed 2/2
Thu 2/3
Fri 2/4
Sat 2/5
Sun 2/6
The UV Index is measured on a 0-11
number scale, with a higher UV Index
showing the need fororealerskin pro
tection. 0 H 11
Peachtree City 44 33 rain
Perry 49 40 rain
Rome 46 38 rain
Savannah 53 46 rain
St. Simons Islandss 48 rain
Statesboro 50 41 rain
Thomasville 57 49 rain
Valdosta 55 47 rain
Warner Robins 47 38 rain
Waycross 56 47 rain
Phoenix 66 46 sunny
San Francisco 63 45 sunny
Seattle 53 41 cloudy
St. Louis 40 27 sn shower
Washington, DC 41 26 sunny
Kenitra Burnette, (478) 714-
5521.
Sunday, Feb. 6
• A Super Bowl Party will be
held at the Warner Robins VFW
Memorial Post 6605. This event
is open to the public. Advance
tickets can be purchased at the
Post Home at 1011 Corder
Road. Each ticket is SIOO. This
allows the purchaser to bring
one guest and includes free
drinks, heavy finger foods, and
entry into four different draw
ings. At the end of the first, sec
ond and third quarters, there
will be drawings for SI,OOO.
And, at the end of the game
there will be a drawing for
$2,0)0. You don’t have to be
present at the drawings to win.
922-2154.
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Monday, Feb. 7
• Centerville Senior Care
meets 9 a.m. each Monday at
Centerville City Hall for exer
cise class featuring strength
and flexibility stretching led by
a certified instructor. All exer
cise participants must provide a
signed Physician Referral Form
from their doctor. 988-1813.
• Perry Senior Care meets 10
a.m. every Monday at Rozar
Park for exercise class featur
ing strength and flexibility
stretching. All exercise partici
pants must provide a signed
Physician Referral Form from
their doctor. 988-1813.
• The Houston Arts Alliance
will hold its seventh open
house, the Celebration of
Culture and the Arts. This free
event is sponsored by HAA and
the Museum of Aviation
Foundation and will be from 6-
8:30 p.m. in the Museum’s
Century of Flight Hangar.
Houston County singers,
dancers, theatrical performers,
wood carvers, sculptors, musi
cians, spinners and weavers,
painters, doll makers and many
others will be demonstrating
their crafts. Entertainment will
include the International City
Ballet, Rhythm Nation, Simple
Heritage, the Welch Sisters,
Calvary’s Way and many oth
ers. (478) 329-0299.
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly
(T.O.ES.) meets each Monday at
the Bonaire First Baptist
Church, 142 W. Ga. 96, Bonaire.
Weigh-in from 6-6:30 p.m.;
meeting 6:30-7 p.m. Heather,
922-1214, or Jeneal, 922-0384.
Man nabbed for
scrap metal theft
ByRAYUGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Jack Pounds, 40, 117 Fisher
St., Warner Robins, was arrest
ed at home Friday for a Jan. 14
incident in which he allegedly
broke into his part-time place
of employment. He is accused
of stealing various tools, weld
ing equipment, a case of Dawn
soap, a pressure washer, and
scrap metal valued at S4OO. He
was reportedly observed pry
ing the door open and told a
witness he didn’t want to wait
for owner to arrive because it
was cold. He was reportedly
seen leaving in a taxi cab. He
and the cabbie allegedly made
two trips to Thomas Recycling
with the scrap metal.
According to a report, Pounds
wouldn’t sign the receipt, but
the cabbie did.
Pounds reportedly got $276
for the scrap metal. He is
charged with burglary, misde
meanor theft by taking and
violation of Superior Court
probation for possession of
schedule 111, IV and V drugs.
The strippers did it?
A man reported his .357
Magnum handgun stolen on
Thursday. He reportedly said it
had been missing for some
time, but he thought he’d mis
placed it. According to an inci
dent report, “he now believes it
may have been stolen one
night when he had some strip
pers come to his residence.”
The gun had been entered in
the system as stolen.
Not-so-free estimate
Ginger Ferguson, 32, 223
Orchard Road, Perry, was
arrested Thursday and
charged with felony theft by
taking, and two counts of mis
demeanor not keeping drugs in
original container, after report
edly stealing items from a
home where her boyfriend was
giving an estimate for a job.
Ferguson allegedly removed
cash, jewelry and pills from the
home during two visits to the
bathroom. Victims noticed
items missing and called the
boyfriend, who returned with
Ferguson - who reportedly
dumped her purse out and
walked away. Ferguson was
found at the entrance to subdi
vision with more of the report
edly stolen items in her purse.
Persons) unknown
Person(s) unknown returned
two stolen U-Haul trailers
Friday to the Watson
Boulevard U-Haul. One was
stolen from Pascagoula, Miss.;
the other from Wausen, Ohio.
The trailers were discovered
during an inventory of the lot.
Person(s) unknown struck a
mailbox on Meadowridge Drive
and fled the scene, causing
about $75 damage.
Between Saturday and
Sunday, person(s) unknown
smashed the driver’s side win
dow out of a car parked at a
Watson Boulevard location.
Person(s) unknown also stole a
ladder from Watson Cable on
Saturday.
Not necessarily
person(s) unknown
Person(s) unknown - or
maybe the severe weather -
broke a large window at a
Watson Boulevard beauty sup
ply store on Friday or
Saturday.
Person(s) unknown, but pos
sibly the victim’s son, stole
three guns and some cash from
his unlocked truck and home.
Victim said dog didn't bark, so
he suspects his son. Neighbors
reportedly a saw white male
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and female in the area during
the time.
Person(s) unknown - but
possible the cleaning people
who were in the home unat
tended on Thursday - stole six
SIOO bills located behind a pic
ture frame in a Jennifer Lane
home.
Never mind
On Friday, a teacher report
ed her checks and cell phone
had not been stolen, just mis
placed and now found. The
phone was found in a student’s
desk, and the checks were on
the counter at home. Both
were reported stolen the previ
ous day from the school.
Going to jail anyway
Paul Thomas Yamell Jr., 24,
221-D Woodland Trail, Warner
Robins, was stopped for failure
to maintain lane at 2:17 a.m.
Saturday, on Watson
Boulevard at U.S 41. Yamell
reportedly admitted his license
was suspended, which was con
firmed by dispatch. He also
reportedly had an open war
rant from the Centerville
Police Department. According
to a police report, Yamell sub
mitted to an intox test but
refused a urine test, saying,
“he would not take the urine
test because he had been doing
crank and that he was going to
jail anyway.” He was charged
with failure to maintain lane,
driving on suspended license,
DUI-refusal, and theft by
receiving for reportedly having
a stolen tag on the car.
Cut the tires?
Sahg Verkale Craine, 31,
Atlanta, was arrested Saturday
and charged with criminal
damage to property. He was
reportedly seen near the vehi
cle as it was making a hissing
sound and ran when confront
ed by the vehicle’s owner.
Police found him nearby, stay
ing at the Hampton Inn. He
was arrested for cutting the
four tires of SUV Suspect
admitted to knowing the vic
tim but denied the damage.
Listen to the police
Don’t fight with your neigh
bors, especially when the police
are on scene. Police responded
to a domestic disturbance on
Ignico Drive on Saturday. The
woman advised the altercation
was only verbal. The com
plainant and several of her
guests said it sounded physical.
The male suspect became irri
tated and tried to start a verbal
argument with them. Officers
advised him “he didn’t need to
start any problems with his
neighbors.” He agreed and
went inside. As police were
concluding interviews the sus
pect exited the apartment and
reportedly “began screaming”
at the neighbors. The man was
then taken into custody and
cited for disorderly conduct
(creating a disturbance).
Who stole the car?
On Sunday, Paul Grafton,
41, Cochran, reported he
parked a tan 1974 Plymouth
along Ga. 247 as it ran of gas,
and when he returned the car
was gone. The vehicle’s owner
was contacted and told
deputies Grafton borrowed her
car last week and refused to
return it. Grafton was arrested
for theft by deception. The car
has not yet been located.