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TUESDAY
May 17, 2005
Volume 135, Number 352
Award-Winning
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2004
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host first family
friendty Business
After Hours
Business, page 7A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Donald Godfrey
Linda Greer
Hunter Law
Happy ANNIVERSARY!.
Travis and Heather
Sorrow
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Many happy returns!)
Area DEATHS
Robert E. “Bob” Baer
John H. Bell Jr.
Anna M. Haberer
Charles Wolff
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
BUSINESS 7A
CLASSIFIED 11A
CLUB NEWS ... .12A
COMICS 10A
CROSSWORD ...10A
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS . .13A
SPORTS 14A
TV LISTINGS ... .10A
WEATHER 2A
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Talton thinking of retirement
Chief deputy may step down as lawman, but would stay on as lawmaker
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - In a recent meeting,
Rep. Willie Talton, R-Warner
Robins, told the Perry Kiwanis
Club that he is considering leav
ing his post as chief deputy of
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The survivors' walk began the relay with survivors of every age taking the first lap. They were joined by caregivers on the second lap, Kids Against
Cancer on the third and costumed contestants on the fourth lap.
Relay raises $234K ... so far
Some 1,500 participants turn out
to raise funds for cancer research
Story and photos
by Ray Lightner
PERRY - The second
United Houston County
Relay for Life raised
$234,392.58 for the
American Cancer Society -
so far.
Houston Relay Chairman
Bill Grabowski said that was
the total as of Saturday
morning, “but we’re not
done yet.”
Grabowski said he expects
more to come in, with some
companies providing match
ing funds by the deadline for
contributions on Aug. 31.
Last year, the first united
relay raised $260,000, and
Fire guts
home on
Elko Road
ByRAYUGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Herman
Duncan had an electrician
come out Thursday and tell
him “everything was
straight.”
Duncan’s Elko Road
home had a small fire May
6, which he’d put out by the
time firefighters got there.
That fire was caused by a
short-circuit in a fan.
according to firefighter
Jimmy Kersey, from
Houston County Station 4
in Henderson.
Kersey and fellow
Houston firefighters were
called back out to 2013 Elko
Road again Saturday to find
flames shooting out the
front door of the residence.
Kersey said the fire quick
ly went through the roof of
the mobile home, which
was destroyed by the
Saturday fire. Responding
firefighters could see smoke
from the fire in Perry and
as far north as Crestview
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the Houston County Sheriff’s
Department by the end of this
year.
“This is probably my last year
at the department,” he said.
Talton said he has not “offi
cially” decided when he will
this year’s goal is $276,000.
The American Cancer
Society’s Jennifer Luker
praised the Relay for raising
more than $200,000 and
coming a long way towards
the goal of $1.5 million for
the 12 area events over the
weekend.
The united Houston Relay
had some 84 teams from
local businesses, churches,
schools and Robins Air
Force Base, with about
1,500 participants. Teams
raised money not only with
pledges for the walk, but
fund-raisers from barbecues
to hat days, tip jars to food
sales at the Relay.
The Perry Georgia State
See RELAY, page 6A
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Houston County firefighters work to knock down flames Saturday in a home on Elko
Road. No one was home at the time the fire broke out.
Road where it intersects
with U.S. 41.
Houston County engines
31, 41 and 51, A-l Air Light
Support, Rescue Brush 5
and Tanker 53 were called
out for the fire. Because the
nearest hydrant was at Hay
Road, the tanker truck
filled the pumpers as they
emptied, left to refill and
returned. Perry Fire
Department R-l also
retire, but told the club that he
will continue serving the people
of his district in the Georgia leg
islature.
Talton was unopposed in his
bid to serve District 145 in the
Georgia House. During his
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Cancer survivor Barbara Conch was the torchbearer for the opening ceremonies at this
year’s Relay For Life. More photos, page 34
responded to fight the fire
and Perry Police provided
traffic control.
Perry Police Cpl. Ron
Brainard took two kittens
found covered in soot at the
scene to another officer for
transport to a veterinarian.
He and firefighters help
console resident Betty
Duncan, who briefly did not
know if her husband was in
the house. But husband
months in office, he has taken
bold, yet controversial stands
against the black caucus and its
opposition to the voter ID law,
which requires registered voters
to present proper identification
See TALTON, page 64
Herman Duncan had taken
family members to get
something to eat and was
not home when the fire
started.
The Duncans had lived
there with their daughter,
four grandchildren and his
brother-in-law for about
two and a half years. A
neighbor offered them any
help he could.
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Homeless
shelter
planned
for Perry
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Plans to build a
shelter for homeless women
south of Perry are moving
forward.
The Perry Planning
Commission has approved a
request from the city to
annex and rezone a 12-acre
tract along U.S. 41 South,
despite confusion over what
type of shelter would be
built on the property.
Planning Department
staff said they were told that
the new shelter was being
built to protect battered
women and their children.
Several commissioners
expressed concerns over
locating that type of shelter
so close to a major highway.
“When you’re dealing
See SHELTER, page 3A
TALTON