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WEDNESDAY
May 25, 2005
Volume 135, Number 358
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
In BRIEF
Gladue enters
guilty pleas
MACON - Right at
press time Tuesday, Staff
Sgt. Matthew Wray
Gladue entered guilty
pleas to a number of
charges as his court-mar
tial trial got under way in
the U.S. Federal
Courthouse in Macon.
Gladue is accused in a
murder-for-hire scheme
and is charged with crim
inal conspiracy to commit
murder, solicitation to
commit murder and
obstruction of justice. The
charges against him carry
a maximum penalty of life
imprisonment. “
See Thursday’s HHJ
for more on this breaking
story.
Inside TODAY
Georgia Beef Board
offers cooking class
PERRY - Whether it’s
steak on the grill, a roast
in the slowcooker, or a
quick pasta casserole,
beef is a perennial
favorite for family meals.
Hearth&Home, page 11A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Doug Cross
Gerry Nall
Denise Posey
Tahoni Robinson
Happy ANNIVERSARY!
Paul A. and Ruth Mary
Jarrett
(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!)
Area DEATHS
None were reported for
today’s edition.
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 10A
CLUB NEWS 5A
COMICS 9A
CROSSWORD 9A
HEARTH&HOME .11A
OBITUARIES .. NONE
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 12A
TV LISTINGS 9A
WEATHER 2A
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Houston gets $439,600 in grants
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HHJ Staff Writer
ATLANTA - The Houston County
Fire Department is getting two
grants totaling $439,600 through
the U.S. Department of Homeland
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On Monday, three
large oaks were cut
down as part of the
restoration project
at the former court
house building in
downtown Perry.
The old “Christmas
tree,” a magnolia
and a large dogwood
came down several
months ago. The
grounds are now
bare, and will be
landscaped, accord
ing to county work
ers at the site, with
smaller ornamental
trees.
HHJ/Charlotte Perkins
Miller warns of lapsing morality
In new book, statesman critical of social mores; also weighs in on BRAG recommendations
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - A prominent
Georgia statesman has a
cautionary message to share
about shifting morality in
this country - and he out
lines the problem in his new
book “A Deficit of Decency.”
Security Office of Domestic
Preparedness State Homeland
Security Program.
Gov. Sonny Perdue announced
that 151 local governments will
receive $21.38 million through the
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Former U.S. senator and
Georgia Gov. Zell Miller
made a brief stop in Perry
recently to sign copies of the
book and visit with support
ers at a local car dealership.
Miller, a Democrat who
garnered national attention
last year for his fiery speech
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at the Republican National
Convention, took time to
explore many of the themes
of his new book and weighed
in on the recently-released
BRAC recommendations
during an exclusive inter
view.
“I don’t think that the val
program.
“The program, part of a $1.66 bil
lion package announced last
December, is designed to fund first
responders and support state and
local resources necessary to prevent,
ues in Georgia have gone as
far or are changing as fast as
the other parts of the coun
try,” Miller said. “But
they’re changing more than
I would like to see.
“We’re getting away from
the old traditional values of
faith and family and duty
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respond and recover from acts of
terrorism and other disasters,”
Perdue said.
“Homeland security is one of the
most important responsibilities of
See HCFD, page 2A
Perry
Planning
tables
pequest
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - The Perry
Planning Commission
tabled a local developer’s
plans to build a 236-lot sub
division on an 89-acre pecan
orchard on Bear Branch
Road south of the Somerset
subdivision Monday night.
Developer Charles
McGlamry, who has also
worked on the development
of the Eagle Springs subdi
vision in Centerville, had
asked the commission to
approve annexing and
rezoning the land from a R
AG, residential-agricultural
district, to a PUD, planned
unit development, which
allows developers flexibility
to design a subdivision to
their own specifications,
allowing for different lot
and yard sizes.
But according to Perry
Community Planner Mike
Beecham, PUD restrictions
require developers to set
aside parcels of land within
the development for parks,
greenspaces, landscape
buffers, or recreational
areas, like playgrounds.
McGlamry’s submitted
plans did not include space
for this requirement, and
commissioners asked
McGlamry to resubmit his
plans.
Jim Langley, who lives
across the road from the
proposed subdivision, ques
tioned what type of develop
ment McGlamry had in
mind.
“I’m not going to stick my
head in the sand and say
there’s anything I can do
about a residential neigh
borhood coming in across
the street,” Langley said.
“All I am concerned about is
what type.”
McGlamry told the com
mission he was willing to
build buffers around the
subdivision and build and
maintain a fence to separate
the subdivision from its
neighbors. Commissioners
questioned who would
maintain the development’s
open spaces. McGlamry
See PLANNING, page 2A
and religion, and that’s
what this book is about.”
Miller said his new book,
which debuted at #9 on the
New York Times’ Bestseller
List, is a warning sign for
Americans.
“I want to say ‘Danger!
See MILLER, page 3A
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