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TUESDAY
May 10, 2005
Volume 135, Number 347
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
Inside TODAY
New owners focus
on Landings' future
“We want to get the golf
course in the best shape it
can be,” said general
manager and head golf
pro Krag Woodyard.
Sports, page 11A
In BRIEF
Local man may
have drowned
PERRY - Perryan
Jeremy White’s death
appears to have been a
case of accidental drown
ing, according to Bibb
County Coroner Leon
Jones.
White, 24, was out
hunting hogs early
Saturday, Jones said.
“One of his dogs got in
trouble and he went in
the water,” the coroner
said.
His body was pulled
from the Ocmulgee River
in Bibb County around
4:30 p.m. Saturday after
searchers dragged the
river.
“I spoke with his moth
er,” Jones said. “He’s a
tough kid.”
Jones said Monday the
autopsy was under way,
but that the cause of
death “appears to be acci
dental drowning.”
- Ray Lightner
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Area DEATH
Mozelle Rape Lowe
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
BUSINESS 5A
CLASSIFIED . ... .10A
COMICS 9A
CROSSWORD ... .9A
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
TV LISTINGS 9A
WEATHER 2A
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Lake becoming a reality
Contract awarded for lake construction at state park planned in south Houston
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - State wildlife
officials are moving forward
with a plan to build a 108-
acre fishing lake between
U.S. 41 and Interstate 75
south of Perry.
The Georgia Department
of Natural Resources has
awarded a $3 million con
struction contract to
Specialized Services of
Dublin. The lake will be
built on the site of a state
park that officials have been
working to develop for
Houston County since the
19905.
Les Ager, who works for
the Georgia DNR’s Wildlife
Resources Division, said
that construction should
take from eight to 12
months.
“This type of construction
is dependent on the weath
er,” Ager said. “But if I was
going to bet on it, I’d proba
bly say about nine months.”
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HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Ground was bro
ken Monday morning at
Perry High School for reno
vations that will be complet
ed in fall 2006.
The construction for the
$8.4 million facility will be
done by Parrish
Construction and was
designed by JMA
Architecture.
“I was very excited from
the first time I saw the
plans,” said Danny
Carpenter, superintendent
of the Houston County
School System. “This is an
exciting time for Houston
County Schools and Perry,
Ga. I can’t wait to see it
completed.
PHS Principal Darryl
Prison
DSP hosts ceremony for active-duty, veteran personnel
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
UNADILLA - Dooly State
Prison isn’t a place where
one might expect people to
be honored for achieve
ments.
But this week the Georgia
Department of Corrections
facility took time out to rec
ognize and thank military
members on staff.
“Keep in mind the sacri
fices these people have made
and at the very least we can
honor them when we can
and do something to let
them know we’re here,” said
Warden Bruce Chatman.
“These people made sacri
fices so that we can enjoy
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Jim Mehserle of JMA Architecture shows plans for reno
vations of Perry High School to Houston County
Commission Chairman Ned Sanders.
Albritton said this has been
a two- to three-year process
that began before he became
principal at the high school.
He said the part he is most
looking forward to is the
identifiable front the plans
for the school include. He
said many people have a
hard time finding the
school’s front entrance.
Also included in the plans
are a second level that will
honors military employees
Ricardo Lance, a coun
selor at Dooly State Prison
said the Military
Recognition program was a
part of a statewide
Department of Corrections
Appreciation Week.
He said the program was
to honor and pay tribute to
those who served in the mil
itary and their families.
Currently, Dooly State
Prison has nine staff mem
bers deployed, and four who
are active military members
and many veterans.
Two members spoke of
their deployments to the
Middle East.
“It was rough but I had a
include science labs for
chemistry and biology class
es.
According to Albritton,
the school currently has
only one lab.
The project will also add
20 classrooms, a new
entrance and front lobby,
new kitchen, new media
center, new administration
offices and enlarge the cafe
teria.
job to do,” said Sgt. Gary
Clark of Perry. “I served 14
months and 20 days and I
just wanted to come home
and live life to the fullest.
I’m blessed to be back home
safe and sound to see my
family and friends.”
Clark was deployed in
September 2003 from
Albermarle, N.C., with the
227th Transportation
Company.
His company’s job was to
transport equipment and
supplies from Iraq to
Kuwait - cities that are
about 710 miles apart and a
15-hour trip one way.
“We were constantly mov
ing,” he said. “We made two
See PRISON, page 3A
Houston students
fare well in grad test
From staff reports
Georgia High School
Graduation Test scores are
in, and overall, Houston
County juniors scored
slightly better than juniors
from around the state.
Eleventh-grade students
were tested in the areas of
Language Arts,
Mathematics, Social
Studies and Science.
Statewide, 97 percent of
students passed the
Language Arts portion, 95
percent passed the Math
portion, 87 percent passed
the Social Studies portion,
and 71 percent passed the
science portion.
At Houston County High
School, 99 percent of stu
dents passed the Language
Arts portion, 98 percent
passed the Math portion,
94 percent passed the
Social Studies portion and
85 percent passed the sci
ence portion. Their scores
were slightly higher than
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the system average and the
average of other school sys
tems in the Middle Georgia
area.
At Northside High, 99
percent of students passed
the Language Arts portion,
99 percent passed the Math
portion, 89 percent passed
the Social Studies portion
and 72 percent passed the
Science portion.
At Perry High, 96 per
cent of students passed the
Language Arts portion, 92
percent passed the
Mathematics portion, 84
percent passed the Social
Studies portion, and 71
percent passed the Science
portion.
At Warner Robins High,
96 percent of students of
passed the Language Arts
portion, 96 percent passed
the Mathematics portion,
87 percent passed the
Social Studies portion and
75 percent passed the
See TEST, page 3A