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THURSDAY
May 26, 2005
Volume 135, Number 359
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Inside TODAY
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RAY HORNE
Horne on stage in
'The Fantasticks'
For many Houston
Countians, Ray Horne’s
name is synonymous with
theatre, especially when
it comes to bringing out
the talent in the young
people and searching for
excellence on stage.
That’s why Northside
High School’s Performing
Arts theatre is named in
his honor.
He retired a while back
as head of the school’s
drama department, but
he’s still working part
time at the school.
And this week, for a
change, he’s on stage.
Entertainment, page 8A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Mary Ludwig
Hunter Red
Chuck Skala
(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
Gonzalo “Butch” Garcia Jr.
Anna Kathleen Howard
Robert “Dub” Wright
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 7A
COMICS 6A
CROSSWORD .. . ,6A
ENTERTAINMENT .8A
LEGALS 4B
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS . .10A
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 6A
WEATHER 2A
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Rumble doors to close Friday
Many students, faculty headed to new Huntington Middle School this fall
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - Making the
transition from an Imp to a Hawk
isn’t easy.
Bert Rumble Middle School stu
dents and faculty are feeling the
weight of this statement as they pre
Home a 'total loss' after blaze
Cause unknown
as investigation
gets under way
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
WARNER ROBINS - A
Houston County family is
without a home after flames
consumed their house at
1102 Thornblade Drive
about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.
The cause of the fire is not
yet known and is pending
investigation, according to
Houston County Fire and
Houston County Sheriffs
departments who respond
ed.
Sgt. David Carrick with
the Houston County
Sheriffs office said the
investigation of the cause of
the fire will take a couple of
days.
He said no one was home
at the time, and the home
was a total loss. The blaze
took about an hour to put
out. Authorities closed the
entrance to the Willow sub
division off Ga. 96 while
firefighters worked to extin
guish the fire.
The owner of the home
was identified as Linda
Antonio of Warner Robins,
according to reports.
Museum gives update on capital campaign
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - Representatives
from the Museum of
Aviation spoke to members
of the Perry Chamber of
Commerce at a Wednesday
Johnson promoted at Perry PD
Former field training officer named sergeant in ceremony
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
PERRY - A Perry police
officer who earned one of
the department’s highest
honors for bravery was pro
moted this week at the
Perry Public Safety
Building.
Officer Jack Johnson,
whose quick thinking in
May 2002 saved two officers
from a suspect armed with
a knife, was promoted to
sergeant at a special cere
mony.
Johnson, the depart
ment’s field training officer,
said he will now serve as an
intermediate-level supervi
sor between officers and the
shift commander on duty.
“With a support group
like I have here,” Johnson
said, “I know I can’t fail.”
Johnson grew up in
Quitman, Miss., near the
Alabama state line.
See JOHNSON, page 5A
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pare to depart to another institution
of learning.
Bert Rumble students won’t be
returning to these halls in the fall.
Many will attend Huntington
Middle School, being constructed
along Wellborn Road.
Others will be rezoned to Warner
Robins, Feagin Mill and Bonaire
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Houston County firefighters work to douse the flames that consumed the residence at 1102 Thornblade Drive late
Tuesday afternoon.
breakfast in an effort to
gather support for a S3O mil
lion capital improvement
program.
Marilyn Ashmore, director
of the museum’s capital
campaign, told the chamber
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HHJ Mike George
Lt. Terry Stinson jokes with Sgt. Jack Johnson before Johnson’s promotion at the
Perry Public Safety Building. Johnson’s wife, Sherry, and son Jay lon, 2, sit nearby.
Johnson has served with the department since 1996.
middle schools.
Principal Gwendolyn Taylor not
only served as principal for seven
years at Rumble, but also began her
teaching career at the school as a
science teacher.
On July 5, the transition will be
made to Houston County’s newest
learning facility.
members that the museum
had already raised $5.7 mil
lion and hopes to have the
final total raised by 2010.
Ashmore said that the
museum is the second
largest air force museum in
the country, with 103 air
craft and missiles on display.
The museum also houses
the Georgia Aviation Hall of
Fame, which has 70
inductees; a Native
American exhibit; and the
an Evans Family Newspaper
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When Houston voters approved
the current special purpose local
option sales tax for school capital
improvements, it included construc
tion of Huntington Middle as an
$11.5 million project to relieve over
crowding in Houston middle
schools.
See RUMBLE, page 3A
We The People exhibit,
which is used to teach chil
dren how government
works.
The expansion would
allow the museum to triple
See BREAKFAST, page SA
Gladue
pleads
guilty
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
MACON - Staff Sgt.
Matthew Wray Gladue
pleaded - and was found -
guilty Tuesday afternoon of
almost all of the charges
against him.
As part of a plea agree
ment, Gladue waived his
right to all waivable
motions, in hope of getting a
lighter sentence.
Gladue pleaded guilty to
one charge of failure to obey
an order pot to bring a
firearm onto Robins Air
Force Base, and two charges
of communication of threats
to his immediate and
See GLADUE, page 5A