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THURSDAY
February 3, 2005
Volume 135, Number 279
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Talent abounds
Perry High student
Lindsey Wells won a sec
ond prize in the seventh
through ninth-grade divi
sion for her rendition of
“Presence of His Love” at
this weekend’s Perry
Kiwanis Talent Show.
Dozen of local kids strut
ted their stuff on stage
Saturday, despite icy
weather.
Entertainment, page 6A
Nappy BIRTHDAY!
Donny Webb
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Many happy returns!)
Area DEATH
Jean McDowell Cunha
Obit, page 5A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 5B
COMICS 4B
CROSSWORD 4B
ENTERTAINMENT .6A
LEGALS 1C
OBITUARY 5A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS .. .6B
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
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city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
County buys land, loses some to cities
Commissioners approve purchase of 365 acres near landfill to prevent encroachment
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Houston County is buy
ing 365 acres between the landfill
and Ga. 247 for SI,BOO an acre.
“It’s property we need to buy to
ensure there’s no encroachment by
development on our landfill,”
explained Houston County
JSTARS duo peaches troops on ground
By Tech. Sgt. MIKE DORSEY
379th Air Expeditionary
Wing Public Affairs
SOUTHWEST ASIA -
One is active duty, straight
out of technical training; the
other served on active duty
and is now in the Air
National Guard. One is
male, the other is female.
Yet despite their differ
ences on the surface, Tech.
Sgt. Thomas Bloomberg and
Airman Ist Class Emily
Leece, could not be any clos
er.
“We definitely watch each
other’s back,” Airman Leece
said.
As airborne operations
technicians aboard the E-8C
Joint STARS aircraft,
Bloomberg and Leece play a
large role on the aircraft’s
long-range, air-to-ground
mission.
A customized jetliner with
modified electronics sys
tems, the E-8C is a battle
management platform with
a primary mission of provid
ing theater ground and air
commanders with ground
surveillance to support
attack operations and tar
geting of enemy forces, offi
cials said.
The aircraft’s 24-foot
antenna has a field view of
more than 19,000 square
miles and can detect targets
as far out as 820,000 feet.
With its radar and computer
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Measure designed
to help residents
cleaning up after
weekend storm
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Citizens of Perry
may have suffered during
the past weekend’s ice
storm, but the city is offer
ing them a break to have
debris moved from their
property.
Perry City Council voted
unanimously to suspend the
city’s yard debris surcharge
for a total of three weeks.
Usually there is a S3O fee for
more than one load of yard
debris.
The city held its first read
ing of the Unified Animal
Control Ordinance.
Centerville, Perry and
Warner Robins are also
See PERRY, page 3A
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Commissioner Tom McMichael.
The purchase from Barrow &
Byrd Properties and Pine Timber
Wood Products is for the land only.
“A provision allows them to cut
the timber off over 10 years,”
McMichael said.
He explained the price was lower
because of that provision.
“We just need the land, not the
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Airman Ist Class Michelle Bresson works on an E-8C Joint STARS. She is an electrical and environmental systems
specialist with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at a forward-deployed location here from Robins Air Force Base.
technology, Bloomberg and
Leece help provide theater
commanders with data from
more than five miles above
Uncle Sam visits
clergy luncheon
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The Rev. Sam Lamback entertained as “Uncle Sam”
when the Warner Robins Civitan Club hosted its 37th
annual Clergy Appreciation Luncheon at the Ramada
Inn on Tuesday. For full coverage of the event, see
Friday’s “Family and Faith” section.
timber,” he said.
Commissioner Jay Walker asked
who would oversee the culling of the
timber.
Public Works Director Tommy
Stalnaker said the parties would
determine when it needs to be cut,
and he assured the board, “they
won’t come out and strip the land.”
The county’s immediate plans for
ground.
“Surveillance is a major
part of our mission, and it
begins with the air opera
tions technicians,” said
Bloomberg, who is part of a
team that locates troop and
vehicle movements on the
Decision on
Sunday sales
vote decried
Centerville council still weighing
merits of proposed referendum
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
CENTERVILLE - In its
last meeting, the City
Council voted not to hold a
referendum on whether to
allow Sunday alcohol sales
in city restaurants.
Council members Sherod
Wilson and Randall Wright
voted in favor of the refer
endum, and Cameron
Andrews and Bob Smith
voted against. Mayor
Ronnie Brand serving
broke the tie, voting against
the proposed referendum.
Tuesday night,
Centerville resident Marion
L. “Red” Froshour
addressed the council on
the subject, assaying he
feels he has been denied the
right to have a say.
“I have a problem with
not having a right to vote
on this issue,” Froshour
said. “It was not even pre
sented to us ... Citizens
have a right to have their
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the land are to add it to an existing
wildlife management area lease for
land surrounding the site with the
state Department of Natural
Resources.
The purchase price, about
$657,180, will be paid out of the
landfill enterprise fund, “not ad val
orem taxes,” McMichael said.
See COUNTY, page 3A
ground during convoy mis
sions in Iraq. “During our
mission, we directly support
See JSTARS, page 3A
say.”
Mayor Ronnie Brand said
he didn’t think the city has
seen the last of this issue.
“It’s like annexations,”
he said. “Some people are
happy about it, and some
are not. I understand that.
My thinking is that there
should be one day a week
families can go to a restau
rant and not be around
someone that's drinking. A
lot of people feel the same
way.
“I have to have a stand on
everything and I have to
stand on what I stand for,”
Brand said.
Also at the meeting:
• Fire Chief Larry
Sharpless was commended
for being selected for State
of Georgia Alternate so
National Volunteer Fire
Council.
• The council voted to
approve a countywide
Unified Animal Control
Ordinance.