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FRIDAY
March 4, 2005
Volume 135, Number 300
Award-Winning
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2004
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Cub Scouts visit
the state capitol
A group of Perry Cub
Scouts recently visited
the state capitol in
Atlanta to learn about
state government.
Highlights of their day
were meeting with both
Gov. Sonny Perdue and
Sen. Ross Tolleson, tour
ing the capitol and
attending a state senate
session.
Family&Faith, page 6A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
March 4
Robbie Minter
Morris Patton
March 5
Susie Britt Arnold
Ray Callahan
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Many happy returns!)
Area DEATH
Evelyn N. Fox
Obit, page 2A
INDEX
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COMICS 4B
CROSSWORD . ...4B
FAMILY&FAITH . . ,6A
MILITARY NEWS . .3A
OBITUARY 2A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS . . ,3A
TV LISTINGS 4B
WEATHER 2A
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
The drug ferry ?
Guard popped for bringing drugs into prison
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Perry Police have arrest
ed a prison guard from Dooly State
Prison who was allegedly taking
money to ferry drugs to prisoners.
Perry Police Capt. William Phelps
said Dooly Warden Bruce Chatman
contacted him and Det. Drew
Firefighters train for all circumstances
Perry emergency
personnel excel
in agility training
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Perry firefight
ers have been doing more
than putting out fires in the
area.
They have been doing
their physical training to
prepare themselves for any
situation that may arise in
the line of duty.
The state of Georgia man
dates that fire departments
perform the Semiannual
Fire Fighter Physical Agility
Test, which is physical
training exercises done each
year, and firefighters must
complete the exercises in an
allotted amount of time -
seven minutes, to be exact.
Fire Chief Freddy Howell,
said his department per
forms the training twice, to
have the advantage of per
forming in different envi
ronments.
“Firemen train in
February and August, for
two different climates,”
Howell said.
Perry Fire accepted the
challenge and did the state
one better, with each officer
See FIRE, page 5A
WR trail
to open
soon
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Phase 1 of the
Wellston Trail should be complete
soon.
Mayor Donald Walker said the first
phase of the “biggest recreation pro
posal the city has done in its history”
should be complete next week.
The recreation area began 11 years
ago when the city applied for a grant
for the greenspace project, Walker
said.
“UGA estimated the cost at $1 mil
lion, but because of donations of land,
it only cost the city $200,000 for the
greatest park the city’s ever had,” the
mayor said.
See TRAIL, page 5A
House budget brimming with GOP porh
By DICK PETTYS
AP Political Writer
ATLANTA - The biggest
budget of the 2005 legisla
tive session came out of the
Republican-controlled
House Appropriations
Committee Thursday, brim
ming with local projects for
lawmakers to brag about
when they return to their
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Dodson about the activity.
“We received information that he
(Eric Woods Blackshear, 28, 800
Leisure Lake Drive, Warner Robins)
was bringing drugs into the prison
for inmates,” Phelps said.
Blackshear allegedly gave out his
cell phone number to inmates,
telling them he could bring drugs in.
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Billy Gordon simulates the rescue drag with fireman Sean Haplin. This is one the exercises that is conducted during
the Semiannual Firefighter Physical Agility Test.
HIM Kay Lightner
Warner Robins Mayor Donald Walker thanks J. W. Young for his Eagle Scout
project at Town Centre Park. Young, a student at Central Fellowship
Christian Academy, has built four handicapped docks at the pond for fish
ing and is building benches and trashcan holders for the park.
hometowns next month.
Despite years of criticiz
ing Democrats for the same
type spending when that
party was in charge,
Republicans stuffed $3.5
million into the spending
plan for several dozen
small, local projects to
replace water lines, reno
vate parks, help finance
“The inmate would have to call a
family member and tell them to get
the drugs and money,” Phelps said.
He reportedly charged between
S3OO and S6OO. “He keeps the
money and delivers the drugs at the
inmate at Dooly State Prison,”
Phelps said.
Perry Police, in cooperation with
senior centers and buy
equipment for volunteer
fire departments.
In addition, the
Republican-crafted budget
adds s4l million in debt
financed construction proj
ects on college and techni
cal school campuses - initia
tives which are over and
above the projects recom
mended for funding by Gov.
Sonny Perdue.
Democrats, who con
trolled the House until this
year and chafed under
Republican criticism of
their spending on special
projects, were quick to wag
a finger.
“Obviously, they couldn’t
See BUDGET, page 5A
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the Perry Office of the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation, set up a
meeting with Blackshear at a local
business Wednesday morning.
Phelps said Blackshear drove up,
and the undercover GBI agent gave
Blackshear the drugs and money to
take back to the prison.
See FERRY, page SA
Senate
passes
Internet
spam bill
By DOUG GROSS
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - The Senate
approved an effort to crack
down on Internet “spam” e
mails Thursday, despite
complaints the plan would
do little to stem the flow of
junk computer messages.
The measure, backed by
Gov. Sonny Perdue, was
overwhelmingly approved,
50-3. But Democrats in the
Republican-dominated
chamber argued it won’t
have much impact.
“This is just for show,”
said Sen. David Adelman, D-
Decatur, who argued most
spam comes from outside
the state and, often, outside
the country. “I hate spam,
but let’s make it clear to the
people of Georgia than when
we pass this spam law, it’s
not going to reduce spam in
Georgia one iota.”
The Georgia Slam Spam
E-Mail Act would charge
spammers with a felony if
they send more than 10,000
false or misleading mes
sages in one day, generate
large amounts of money
from spam, or use minors to
See SPAM, page 5A