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TUESDAY
April 26, 2005
Volume 135, Number 337
Award-Winning
Better Newspaper
Contest
Inside TODAY
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Stealing home
Central Fellowship’s
Kyle Gordon takes a pitch
against Westfield March
31. The Lancers’ short
stop was involved in a car
crash in 2004 that com
pressed/fused eight of the
vertebrae in his back but
has since defied doctors’
expectations and been
able to return and play
sports.
Sports, page 9A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Elaine Walsh
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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!
Amber and Jeff Lamb
Area DEATHS
Orville Andrew Cerka
James Hugh Evans
Angelica Garcia
David Timothy Walden
Mildred Williams
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
BUSINESS 6A
CLASSIFIED 8A
COMICS 7 A
CROSSWORD 7A
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 9A
TV LISTINGS 7A
WEATHER 2A
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the Warner Robins Industry Now
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year in the state Senate.
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Marty Strohschein was one of many members of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church who
worked on the home of Mary Walker as a part of Rebuilding Together with Christmas
in April.
Pitching in to help
Volunteers make
repairs to homes
for elderly or
disabled citizens
Story and photos by
Teresa D. Southern
WARNER ROBINS -
Several homes - 35 to be
exact - were the focus of
Rebuilding Together with
Christmas in April’s work
day on Saturday.
Throughout the year the
organization has worked on
- and plans to continue
working on - about 60 more
homes.
Jerome Stephens, a mem
ber of the Rebuilding
Together board of directors,
said 650 people were out
working when the day
began after breakfast at
Warner Robins Recreation
Center.
He said usually about 700
volunteers sign up, but the
inclement weather may
have led to a low turnout.
Stephens said the crowd was
very enthusiastic, however.
The volunteers spread out
over the city to perform
much-needed work to hous
es belonging to elderly and
disabled residents who can
not afford to repair or
improve their homes.
At 102 Inverness Ave.,
Mary Cheney’s home and
See APRIL, page 3A
www.hhjnews.com
Staton proud of session
Freshman senator outlines accomplishments for WR group
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - State Sen.
Cecil Staton has been called the
most effective freshman senator, but
noted even he had colleagues walk
out on him on the Senate floor.
Staton served on five Senate com
mittees - transportation, science,
appropriations, higher education,
and veterans and military affairs -
and served as secretary on the last
two committees.
Staton told the Warner Robins
Industry Now Group recently he
was honored to sponsor two of the
governor’s bills in his first legisla
tive session.
One protects cell phone numbers
from being turned over to telemar-
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Steve Upton applies paint to the home of Frank Ray.
Upton was one of many members of St. Patrick Catholic
Church who participated in Rebuilding Together with
Christmas in April.
keters.
“The last thing I want to get is a
call from a telemarketers, especially
when it’s using up my minutes to do
it,” Staton said. “The bill allows for
people to have their number in a
directory if they want to.”
The second bill deals with spam.
“We’re all concerned about
unwanted e-mail,” Staton said. “I
hope the bill will bring it to a stop.”
He also discussed a bill on spy
ware, which he described as “a
growing problem” where third par
ties can trace where you go on the
Internet.
“Some are benign, so they can
market to you,” Staton said. “Some
of the negative consequences are it
can be used to get personal informa-
Peppy's Sutcliff
promoted at PD
Sergeant wounded in April 2004
shootout joins Detective Division
By REX GAMBILL
HHJ Managing Editor
PERRY - Almost a year
after he was shot while on
duty, patrol Sgt. Chris
Sutcliff was promoted to
detective sergeant at the
Perry Police Department.
The events of April 26,
2004, not only changed
Sutcliffs life - he is still
working to regain function
ality in his right hand - but
have now led to a turn in
his career.
In a Monday ceremony,
Perry Police Chief George
Potter promoted Sutcliff to
the sergeant’s position left
vacant when Det. Calvin
Proffitt was promoted to
lieutenant three weeks ago.
The promotion will leave
a field sergeant vacancy,
which Potter said would be
advertised.
“I think he’ll be an
anchor back there (in the
division),” the chief said.
“He is well thought of in
the community, and we’re
looking for bigger things
from him.
Sutcliff beat out four
other candidates for the
position, said Potter, who
only promotes from within.
Potter said all five under
went the department’s
“assessment center” - a
points-based process he
uses to determine the top
HHJ wins awards
in state contest
Two place in Ga. AP
Association competition
ATLANTA - The Houston Home
Journal received two awards in the 2004
Georgia Associated Press Association
News Contest.
Winners were honored Saturday at the
newspaper association’s annual banquet
at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel.
The group of daily newspapers in
Georgia that are members of the news
cooperative honored winners of the 2004
Georgia AP Association photo and
newswriting contest Saturday at the
Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel.
AP member newspaper editors in
California and Nevada judged the
Georgia newspapers’ entries in four
See CONTEST, page 12A
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tion.”
If passed, Staton said, the bill
would make it illegal for spyware to
be installed on your computer with
out your consent.
“Georgia would be only the second
state to have such a bill,” he said.
“California has one now.”
He told WRING he was also
pleased to sponsor two other bills
that became very controversial.
One was for health insurance. A
small business is always concerned
about offering health insurance,
Staton said.
Under the state mandate, he said,
employers are required to cover cer
tain things.
“Georgia has a lot of mandates,”
See STATON, page 12A
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candidate for promotion.
Th= process includes a 200-
question job knowledge
test; a personality invento
ry; a 200-point oral assess
ment in which the candi
dates explain how they
would respond to ten dif
ferent scenarios to a three
member panel of assessors
from outside the depart
ment (in this case, the
panel was made up of
investigators from the
Houston County Sheriff’s
Department and the
Warner Robins Police
Department, and one of the
Houston Circuit’s assistant
district attorneys); and a
100-point personal
See SUTCLIFF, page 12A
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