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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
INAUGURATION
From page 1A
Sen. Ross Tolleson and his
wife Sally.
“It was nice to be a part of
history,” Sally Tolleson said.
“We were grateful for the
opportunity to be there. We
got to meet people from all
over the United States, and
that was nice.”
It was the first time to
witness a presidential inau
guration for the Mitchems.
“My wife and I were talk
ing one night and we
thought it would be a good
experience to share with our
children,” said Phil
Mitchem. “It was an oppor
tunity for them to be a part
of history and not just read
about it in a book at school.”
Although Mitchem said he
and his wife are both
Republicans and Bush sup
porters, he said that did not
factor into the decision to go
to the capital.
“We decided to go before
the election,” he said.
Mitchem said he was sur
prised at how well his sons
seemed to enjoy the experi
ence.
“They both really enjoyed
it,” he said. “I don’t think
they realized before the sig
nificance of it but being
PILLOWCASES
From page 1A
“Pillowcases are cheap and
are a place for children to rest
their heads so they can heal,”
Sikes said.
The hospital recommends
that donated pillowcases be
new fabric, storebought or
homemade, but nothing with
buttons or anything a small
child could put in their
mouth. They should be unisex
and can be anything brightly
colored. They also recom
mend that the pillowcases not
be washed, because of many
children’s allergies to laundry
detergents.
Covering her desk at the
Perry Health Department are
pillowcases that have already
been donated from family and
friends.
The pillowcases range from
cartoon characters Dora the
Explorer, the Carebears and
Yu-gi-oh, just to name a few,
to a rainbow of colors for the
rest of the collection.
COP
From page 1A
stopped at the cemetery. It
included the Houston
County Sheriffs deputies
and troopers from the
Georgia State Patrol.
The passenger, Dawn
Renee Thomas, 33,
Prattville, Ala., was unin
jured and was taken into
custody. Thomas is being
held in the Houston County
Jail for extradition on
charges from the Stone
County, Miss., Sheriffs
Office.
Screws was wanted in
multiple states for thefts
and escape. Local charges
from the chase and shooting
may be forthcoming against
Vacant home
sustains fire damage
By Teresa D. Southern
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY- Perry Fire
Department responded to a
structure fire at 602
Courtney Hodges Blvd., at
12:46 a.m. Tuesday.
The fire was believed to
have begun in the common
room of the family dwelling.
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there and seeing everything
up close, I think it hit home
in their minds.”
Mitchem said he had to
apply for tickets ahead of
time and did not know they
would get to go until a week
before the event.
“We are not politically
connected or really political
ly active,” he said. “We had
to apply for our tickets
through Sen. Saxby
Chambliss just like everyone
else. We did not get the good
word until a week before the
inauguration so we could
not get airplane reserva
tions so that resulted in an
11-hour car trip.”
Mitchem said he enjoyed
the president’s inaugural
address.
“I share most of his
visions and beliefs,” he said.
“I saw a quote at the Korean
War Memorial that made me
think about what he said.
The quote read: ‘Freedom is
not free.’ We are living that
today in Iraq. Freedom
comes at a price. I believe
that what we are doing in
Iraq is right and the enemy
will not give in easily.”
Mitchem said that his old
est son’s break from school
to go to the event came at a
Terry Everett, public
defender of Houston County,
recently donated to Sikes’
cause.
Everett lost a child to can
cer and said she is very famil
iar with the fact patients
can’t bring things from home,
but pillowcases are allowed.
“It’s a great thing she’s
doing,” Everett said.
“Patients need a little bit of
home with them, and this is
an ideal thing to do and I’m
hoping others will donate to
this cause.”
Donations of pillowcases
can be made to Chris Sikes at
the Perry Health
Department, mailed to her at
203 Ross Hill Drive, Warner
Robins, GA 31088, or she can
be contacted at csikesrn@hot
mail.com or (478) 953-8107.
“Only 270 more to go,”
Sikes said cheerfully looking
at her recently gained sub
missions.
Thomas once the GBI inves
tigation is complete and
turned into the Houston
Circuit District Attorney’s
office.
That report will not be
completed for about two
weeks, the sheriff said,
‘until the autopsy results
are returned.”
The final report from the
Georgia Bureau of
Investigation, the Georgia
State Patrol and the
Houston County Sheriffs
Officer will be presented to
the Coroner’s Office and the
District Attorney’s Office
for review, in accordance
with standard procedures,
the sheriff said.
When Perry firefighters
arrived there were flames
exiting the front window,
the floor of the home was
charred, and furniture
received fire damage.
No one was present at the
home and it was believed to
be a vacant residence, but
utilities at the home were
still in service.
price.
“Jake has to give an oral
presentation to his high
school history classes as well
as at Kings Chapel
Elementary School,” he
said.
Mitchem said it was a
great experience for him
personally.
“I have always enjoyed fol
lowing history and reading
about it, but I have never
been an active participant,”
he said. “I saw the peaceful
transition of power as well
as all the protestors. It is
something I will never for
get.”
Sally Tolleson said the
main thing she remembers
about the inauguration was
the weather.
“It was really cold,” she
said. “And there was a lot of
security. We viewed it from
the rook of a building near
the Capitol, where we would
be a little more warm.”
“It was the first inaugura
tion for both of us,” she said.
“I thought the address was
especially inspiring and
right on target.
“I would like to go back,
but next time I just hope it
is a little warmer.”
POWER
From page 1A
faced by Flipt, was still
being repaired Tuesday,
but was expected to be
restored later in the day.
s.The rest of the outages
are mostly in Marion and
Talbot counties. Crews
were working on those
Tuesday. There are some
member homes damaged in
this area, too.
“Our cooperative was
fully prepared with crews
and materials for the ice
storm,” said Ty Diamond,
vice president of engineer
ing and operations at Flint
Energies. “Flint had pre
pared additional crews who
slept overnight in Warner
Robins and Fort Valley on
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storm.”
Because of the plan, no
shortages of repair materi
als, wire, transformers, or
equipment occurred,
Diamond added.
“But as the storm event
grew on Saturday, we called
additional crews from
around the state to help,”
he said. “Ultimately, men
from other Georgia EMCs
joined us: Sumter EMC,
Cobb EMC, Jackson EMC
and Colquitt EMC.”
Flint officials believed full
restoration would occur
Tuesday, except where
members’ homes were dam
aged.
Additional line crews
from Sumter EMC, Cobb
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EMC, Jackson EMC and
Colquitt EMC were assist
ing in the restoration
process Tuesday. Power in
the Columbus/Muscogee
County area has been
restored.
“We want to thank all of
our employees for the hard
work and long hours they
put in during this difficult
time,” said Marian Pearce,
manager of public relations
for Flint Energies. “We also
would like to thank our
members for their patience
during these trying times as
we worked to restore their
power.”
Pearce said that the elec
trical cooperatives across
the nation are like a broth
erhood, which pull together
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in times of need.
“Last year we sent crews
down to Florida to help out
during the hurricanes
there,” Pearce said.
“Whenever there is a need
we band together to help
each other out. We had
crews from North Carolina
come and help us out this
week along with the crews
from across Georgia.”
Flint Energies now esti
mates that complete power
restoration will not occur
until tonight. Members are
encouraged to call Flint’s
outage line again if they
think they are suffering an
individual outage.
Members should stay away
from downed power lines.
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