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May 6, 2005
Volume 135, Number 345
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
Inside TODAY
Bears advance
to quarterfinals
For the first time in its
soccer history, Houston
County
advanced
to the
quarterfi
nals in
soccer.
B y
defeating
East
Coweta
1-0 in the
second
EBY
round of the state
AAAAA Wednesday at
Tanner, the Bears quali
fied to host Lassiter
Saturday at Tanner.
Nels Eby gave Houston
County the goal it needed
when he followed his
shot, got the rebound and
put it back in.
Sports, page 13A
Mother's day also
lor stepmoms
Both
Mama and
stepmoth
er Olivia
are special
to HHJ
Columnist
Ti s h
Mims.
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Family&Faith, page 7A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
May 6
Ashley Brown
Tazha Moore
Josh Moore
May 7
Travis D. Nigro
Happy ANNIVERSARY
May 6
Chris and Stephanie
Henderson
Area DEATHS
Rose A. Staymate
Irene Jones Thomason
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 12A
COMICS 11A
CROSSWORD ...11A
LIFESTYLE 7A
NASCAR 16A
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS . .10A
SPORTS 14A
TV LISTINGS .. . .11A
WEATHER 2A
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city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
S3M earmarked for Perdue Farms
Perry industry likely to receive One Georgia grant; McGlamry land sale finalized
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Executive
Director Morgan Law told the
Houston County Development
Authority members Thursday that
Perdue Farms is close to receiving a
One Georgia Edge grant in the
amount of $3 million.
Law said that only three small
Chambliss:
Ga. bases
ready for
BRAC'OS
By DOUG GROSS
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - Georgia’s
military installations should
be well-positioned to sur
vive, and even expand, after
a round of government cuts
set to begin this month, U.S.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss said
Wednesday.
“I think we’re going to be
a beneficiary,” Chambliss, a
member of the Senate
Armed Services Committee,
said after speaking to the
Atlanta Press Glub. “I think
we’re going to be a net gain
er overall.”
By May 16, Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld
will submit a list of bases
that the Pentagon is recom
mending for closure. In the
fall, the Base Realignment
and Closure Commission
will consider those recom
mendations and deliver its
own revised list to the presi
dent, who must send it on to
Congress by Nov. 7.
Since the commission
began in the 1980 s, none of
Georgia’s 13 major installa
tions have been closed.
This time, experts expect
the state’s larger bases to be
safe, but say a handful of
smaller operations with few
personnel and limited mis
sions could be targeted.
Chambliss acknowledged
that some Georgia bases
could be on Rumsfeld’s list
this month.
“We had some last time;
we’re likely to have some
this time,” he said. “But
we’re prepared to defend
them.”
The Navy Supply Corps
School in Athens and Moody
Air Force Base in Valdosta
have been targeted in past
rounds of closings, but ulti
mately survived.
Chambliss noted that 12
of Georgia’s 13 installations
- all but King’s Bay, the
Navy’s largest nuclear sub
marine base on the east
See CHAMBLISS, page 13A
Accused meth-maker headed to court
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Christopher Allen Nico
was indicted Tuesday on charges
stemming from a January car chase
and flight from local law enforce
ment.
His address on the indictment was
4342 Vinson Ave., Macon. The
address from his April arrest by
Bibb County Sheriffs Office was
608 Michelle Drive, Byron, but his
present address is the Houston
County Detention Facility, Perry.
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hurdles stood in the way of dispens
ing the money. The authority took
care of one of those hurdles by pass
ing a resolution stating its support
of the grant. The two other hurdles
were letters of support from the
county and Authority Chairman
Larry Snellgrove.
Law reported that since Perdue
Farms purchased the former Cagle’s
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Perry Fire Chief Freddy Howell welcomes the faithful to the National Day of Prayer
event in front of Perry City Hall on Thursday, as Rick Parker, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Perry, looks on.
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Pastor Joe Senter of the Evergreen Family Fellowship welcomed participants to
the National Day of Prayer celebration at the Warner Robins City Council
Chambers on Thursday. Prayers were offered for peace in Jerusalem; the nation,
repentance, personal renewal and spiritual and moral awakening; the family;
churches and ministry organizations; youth; schools; race relations; the impris
oned and persecuted; military personnel; local, state and federal governments;
and cultural and social issues.
Grand jury indictments,
page 6A
The accused meth
maker remains in
the jail after being
apprehended April
21 in Bibb County
by the Bibb County
Sheriffs Office. He
was not charged
during the arrest,
See NICO, page 13A
chicken processing plant, the com
pany had invested more than $46
million in the facility and hired an
additional 600 workers. Law said
that 43 percent of the almost 1,900-
person workforce lives in Houston
County.
Law also announced that the
authority had finalized an agree
ment to sell approximately 139 acres
A time to pray
PERRY - A former Macon Police
officer has been indicted for
allegedly notifying a suspect he
was the target of a pending drug
raid around New Year’s Day, 2004.
Raymond Cross, 469 Mary Lou
Drive, Byron, was indicted
Tuesday by the Houston County
Grand Jury on charges of violation
of oath by a public officer and
obstruction of a law enforcement
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NICO
Former Macon cop indicted
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off U.S. 41 to Charlie McGlamry for
more than $2.5 million.
“This was a great investment on
our part,” said Snellgrove. “This
will give us some funds to work
with. We will be able to purchase
more land as well as have funds to
operate on.”
Law also said that the Macon
See AUTHORITY, page 13A
Chamber
pushes
show of
support
EDIMGIAFAD
encouraged as
symbol of solidarity
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS -
With the announcement of
military installations recom
mended for closure expected
next week, the Warner
Robins Area Chamber of
Commerce is going all out to
show that the community
stands squarely behind
Robins Air Force Base.
“In order to show our
community’s continuing
support for Robins Air Force
Base, we are asking all
Chamber members and
businesses to prominently
display the letters ‘EDIM
GIAFAD’ throughout the
week of May 9-13,” said
Chamber President Frank
Feild.
The letters stand for the
phrase “Every Day In
Middle Georgia Is Armed
Forces Appreciation Day.”
“We need to focus our
energies in a positive direc
tion and take stock in who
we are and where we are
at,” said Feild. “It would be
easy to take on a negative
mental attitude in a situa
tion like this. What we are
trying to get across is that
the sky will not fall because
we will not allow it to fall.
There is no need to fear the
unknown. We cannot take
the council of our fears. No
matter what happens we
will come out of it and do
well.”
Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld is expect
ed to make his recommenda
tion as part of the base
realignment and closure
(BRAG) no later than May
16.
See EDIMGIAFAD, page 13A
officer.
According to the indictment, on
or between Dec. 30, 2003, and Jan.
5, 2004, Cross is accused of violat
ing his oath as a Macon police offi
cer by obstructing Macon Police,
Perry Police and the Drug Task
Force officers during an investiga
tion by warning the target of the
pending investigation.
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