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TUESDAY
April 19, 2005
Volume 135, Number 332
Award-Winning
Better Newspaper
Contest
Inside TODAY
Four score
Four different Demons
scored in Warner Robins’
4-1 victory over visiting
Luella in the first round
of the Region 3-AAAA
boys soccer playoffs.
Sports, page 10A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Tamara Carter
Jana Stewart Coatney
David Hilderbrand
Randy Hodge
Roland Leach
Vicki Slavik
Tyler Wright
(Surprise your friends! Let us
know when their birthday or
anniversary is, and we’ll put their
names in the paper that day. Just
send the name and date at least
a week in advance, and we'll do
the rest. E-mail to
hhj@evansnewspapers.com, or
mail them to us at the address
inside. No phone calls, please.
Many happy returns!)
Happy ANNIVERSARY!
Larry and Belinda
Bennett
Area DEATHS
Roland Biello
Richard “Dick” William
Hiltner
Lenora Grace Newton
Hodges Penn
Harold “Bill” W. Snook
Jr.
Richard A. Speaks
Robert G. Thompson
Obits, page 5A
INDEX
BUSINESS 6A
CLASSIFIED 9A
COMICS 8A
CROSSWORD 8A
OBITUARIES 5A
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 10A
TV LISTINGS 8A
WEATHER 2A
PERIODICAL
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Lee Ellis of Winter Haven, Fla., lets lan Gunn try out one of his handmade wooden toys Saturday at the Mossy Creek
Barnyard Festival.
More photos, page 3A
Should liquor laws apply to airlines?
By ERRIN HAINES
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - Georgia’s Supreme
Court was asked Monday to consid
er whether airlines can be held
responsible for passengers who get
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Warner Robins Police Det. Mark Wright etches the vehicle number
into the window of this Honda. It will help police identify the car if
stolen.
Reward offered
in weekend arson
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
Houston County Deputy
Fire Chief Bill Smith has
ruled a weekend fire on
Elberta Road as arson.
“I have some ideas on sus
pects, but nothing I can dis
close yet,” Smith said
Monday.
Smith said he’d be putting
reward posters in the area.
The reward from the Arson
Control Board is for up to
SIO,OOO for information
leading to the arrest and
conviction in the Saturday
afternoon fire at 2018
Elberta Road.
Smith said the fire was
Mossy Creek offers springtime fun
drunk on flights and then get into
accidents on the way home from the
airport.
Delta Air Lines argued the law -
which says that anyone serving alco
hol to someone who is noticeably
drunk can be sued if that person
started outside the divided
storefront building using
materials available on site.
It caused exterior damage to
the rear of the building,
most to the to B unit, was
being renovated, Smith said.
Only the C unit was occu
pied, by Westside Barber
Shop, which was not dam
aged, Smith said.
The A unit, formerly
Appian Way Pentecostal
Church, was vacant. Smith
said “it was to be rented to
start in May.”
Smith was the first on
scene after 2 p.m. Saturday.
Houston County Fire
Department stations 1,5, 6
and 7 responded to the fire,
Smith said.
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Fire officials suspect arson as the cause for the fire that damaged the rear of 2018
Elberta Road on Saturday.
hurts or kills someone else is for
land-based providers of liquor and is
impractical for an interstate compa
ny that already must comply with
stiff federal regulations.
“It’s not that Delta can serve alco
hol with impunity,” Delta attorney
WRPD hosts Auto
Theft Prevention Fair
ByRAYUGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Police were
checking car seats and handing out
goodie bags Saturday.
The Warner Robins Police
Department, along with partners
Safe Kids and the Child Fatality
Review Board held an Auto Theft
Prevention Fair in the parking lot at
Houston Mall. Certified technicians
were checking child safety seats, and
Safe Kids provided bags with rulers,
pencils, safety information crayons
and coloring books as well as gun-
ONE SECTION • 12 PAGES
C-17
work
up at
Robins
By LANORRIS ASKEW
WR-ALC Public Affairs
ROBINS AIR FORCE
BASE - According to Dave
Silva, a lot of hard work and
dedication has gone into
growing the C-17
Globemaster workload at
Robins, and this month’s
maintenance schedule
increase shows it has paid
off.
“We had what is called a
nose-to-tail schedule for two
aircraft at a time here at
Robins which meant we
always had two C-17s here,
and it’s been that way for
the past year,” The C-17
System Support
Management deputy chief
See C-17, page 2A
Richard North told the judges.
“Delta is cognizant of its obligations
and is governed extensively by the
FAA. We’re not asking for immuni
ty.”
The case stems from a March 29,
See DELTA, page SA
locks.
Officers checked to ensure the seats
were not under a recall and properly
installed them in participants’ cars.
During the inspection parents were
given instruction on proper installa
tion and some children took the
opportunity get out of the car and
draw with chalk on the pavement.
Safe Kids also was selling bicycle
helmets for $lO to raise money for the
program.
Officers were also providing vehicle
identification number (VIN) etching
See FAIR, page 3A
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