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TUESDAY
April 5, 2005
Volume 135, Number 322
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Russell bowlers
do well at tourney
Gold Cup on Russell
Parkway, currently closed
for renovation, had a last
hurrah before it reopens
in November.
Its junior-senior boys
and girls teams and its
bantam boys teams won
three of the four events
sponsored by the Young
American Bowling
Alliance at the Robins
Bowling Center Sunday
afternoon.
Sports, page 10A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Nicole Crofutt
Matthew Watkins Jr.
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know when their birthday or
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a week in advance, and we'll do
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Many happy returns!)
Area DEATHS
Robert “Bob” Ingram
Terry J. Kimberly
Jewel Hay Mcßae
Pansy Manice Miller
Willard Daniel Nelson
Brenda Ayers Sanders
Lois Mitchell Towler
Obits, page 5A
INDEX
BUSINESS 6A
CLASSIFIED 9A
COMICS 8A
CROSSWORD ... .8A
OBITUARIES 5A
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 10A
TV LISTINGS 8A
WEATHER 2A
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Perry official: City keeps gpowing
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
HHJ Contributing Writer
PERRY - The city’s growth con
tinues, even as construction in some
areas of Houston County seems to
be slowing.
Perry Building Inspector Steve
Howard told members of the Perry
Board of Realtors that the city has
issued a record 106 new permits
since July .
One factor: the annexation of
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Megan Smith, president and CEO of the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce, prepares to lay a leaf pattern next to
painted dogwood blossoms along Carroll Street in downtown Perry Sunday. The chamber is gearing up for the
17th annual Perry Dogwood Festival slated for Saturday and Sunday.
Analyst scorns pork in GOP budget
By DICK PETTYS
AP Political Writer
ATLANTA - Republicans in the
Georgia Legislature are doing better
than their Democratic predecessors in
restricting pork-barrel spending, but
still need to do more to curb the prac
tice, a conservative think-tank analyst
says.
Kathleen-Bonaire Relay group raises money
Yard sale nets SBOO for enthusiastic
group’s effort to combat cancer
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
BONAIRE - Shoppers
found a knick-knack treas
ure trove at a local charity
group’s yard sale Saturday.
Everything from potted
plants to a large, black dish
washer was on sale at the
weekend event, hosted by
the Bonaire-Kathleen “You
Are The Reason We Relay
For Life” Team. The group
raised more than SBOO for
the American Cancer
Society on Saturday, accord
ing to Earline Cole, who
helped organize the sale.
“I’m not as ambitious as
the others about coming up
with bake sales and other
things,” Cole said. “But J
enjoy this.
“It’s a lot of work, but a
lot of fun.”
The Relay team grew from
a small group of friends and
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propety.
Several years ago, following an act
passed by the Georgia legislature,
the city began annexing roads to
provide a framework for future
growth and annexation - and to
head off the southward march of
Warner Robins annexations that
inched closer to the county seat.
Howard’s office looks at numer
ous proposals for new subdivisions
that have requested annexation into
Dogwood days are upon us
The 2006 budget written by the first
GOP-led Legislature since
Reconstruction includes $3.5 million
to fund more than four dozen local
projects in the hometowns of various
legislators.
Kelly McCutchen, executive vice
president of the Georgia Public Policy
Foundation, said five of the largest
neighbors whose lives were
all impacted by cancer, a
deadly disease that claims
thousands of victims in the
United States every year.
Judy Coleman, who
helped bring the group
together, was diagnosed
with breast cancer in 1986
and again in 1995. Coleman
has been through
chemotherapy, radiation
treatments and surgery, but
she survived the disease and
is working to raise money to
help others do the same.
“I would like to see a cure
for cancer to stop the suffer
ing, and with God’s will
we’ll all reach that goal,”
she said.
The Kathleen-Bonaire
group was formed in
October, but Cole has been
raising money for cancer
research since the 19705.
See RELAY, page 3A
the city of Perry as developers seek
to tap into city services.
Last year Periy officials OK’d the
annexation of a total of 1,534 acres,
said Howard.
The over 20 subdivisions spring
ing up will increase the demand for
other services in the area, such as
doctors and restaurants, he said.
One such residential subdivision
going up near Matt Arthur
Elementary School will consist of
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Judy Coleman, who helped organize the Bonaire-Kathleen “You Are The Reason We
Relay For Life” team, sorts through a steak knife set with her husband, Billy, at the
group’s yard sale in Bonaire Saturday. The yard sale was organized to raise money for
the American Cancer Society.
projects, ranging from $250,000 to
$350,000, are for urban counties with
some of the highest per-capita
incomes in the state.
The rest are for $50,000 or less, and
McCutchen says it’s hard to believe
projects of that sort “would cause
undue financial strain on most local
See PORK, page 3A
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over 400 homes.
Many residents in that area will
find themselves residents of Perry
with a Kathleen mailing address.
That could raise issues when it
comes to drawing lines for elections,
he said.
“It is difficult to change postal dis
tricts,” said Howard.
Another large planned subdivision
is one in the works by developer
See PERRY, page 3A
Step out
fop a
smoke?
Smoking ban for
restaurants awaits
Perdue’s signature,
but governor has
‘concerns’ about
proposed Ga. law
By ED SHEARER
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - The days
when Georgians can walk
into a Waffle House or
Huddle House and smoke a
cigarette with their meal
appear to be numbered.
Thanks to a statewide
smoking ban approved by
Georgia lawmakers last
week, smokers may no
longer be able to take
advantage of a patchwork of
local smoking bans and sim
ply search for a nearby diner
where they can light up.
Instead, the statewide ban
would do away with smok
ing in family restaurants.
The bill would ban smoking
in most public businesses
but includes an exemption
for bars, restaurants that
serve only adults and small
businesses.
It’s set to go into effect
July 1 if it gets Gov. Sonny
Perdue’s signature.
However, the governor has
said he has some concerns
about the bill, in particular
that he doesn’t want gov
ernment to be “the end-all
See SMOKING, page 3A
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