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THURSDAY June 2, 2005 Volume 135, Number 364 Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest inside TODAY 'mm Mr Koi time! The Middle Georgia Koi Society will be hosting its annual tour of ponds this Saturday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Entertainment, page 8A Black belts Sixth-degree black belt in Goju-Ryu Duane Vincent wanted to edu cate people about martial arts. Sports, page 1B Happy BIRTHDAY! Anthony Harris Mary Lee-Baer Neil Suggs (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 Elizabeth Boese Baltzell Jamie Leigh Boney Dorothy C. Clay Marjorie R. Luttrell Nathaniel “Nat” Miller Obits, page 2A INDEX CLASSIFIED 7 A COMICS 6A CROSSWORD . ...6A ENTERTAINMENT .8A LEGALS 4B OBITUARIES 2A OPINION 4A POLICE BEAT ... .5A SCHOOL NEWS .. .3A TV LISTINGS 6A WEATHER 2A PERIODICAL 6 * Georgia Newspaper Project Mam Library UNN OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 3Q6G2-OGG2 3-DIGIT 306 Serving Houston County Since 1870 Y f pJmtstfmt Motralf Qiixe dJmmtm LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville Perry lowers boom on fireworks City council issues 60-day moratorium on sale of sparklers, now legal in Ga. By MIKE GEORGE HHJ Staff Writer The Perry City Council has hand ed down a 60-day ban on the sale of all fireworks within city limits, including sparklers. Suspect caught after manhunt Sr Ml m : I I m ■■OH |pSB: HHJ Mike George Two Houston County Sheriff’s deputies search for a man who escaped into the woods along Fuller Road in south Houston County near the Pulaski County line. Agents from several county agencies participated in the manhunt, which ended in his capture Tuesday night High school rodeo rides into town State rodeo finals begin today By RAY UGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer The state high school rodeo finals begin today at Reaves Arena. The Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry is hosting the Matt Arthur ES team completes Odyssey Team places fourth in creative solving World Finals By TIMOTHY GRAHAM HHJ Staff Writer Not all of our children are being taught only to answer the questions at the end-of-the-year tests. Some are being taught to be imag inative and creative. Some of those have recently brought a tremendous honor back to Matt Arthur Elementary School in Kathleen. An Odyssey of the Mind team from Matt Arthur recently compet ed in the World Finals in Colorado, and came home with a fourth-place finish out of 41 teams from all over the world. The team from Matt Arthur consisted of Kasey Lunceford, Alisha Arora, Zack Kinsley, Mary-Ivey Pool, Chase Quimby, Benjamin Toland and Janie-Elyse Hanson. Their coaches were Diane and Michael Kinsley, and their faculty sponsor was Karen Harkins. The Matt Arthur team advanced to the finals with a win over 50 teams at the state level and 52 teams at the regional level. The task facing the Matt Arthur team at the world competition was to create a skit involving dream sequence featuring a monster. The monster must do at least five dis tinctive things, three of which are designated by the judges and two by See ODYSSEY, page 10A www.hhjnews.com The council voted unanimously to issue the moratorium at a budget session Tuesday after Perry Fire Chief Freddy Howell warned that a Florence, Ala.-based fireworks com pany, TNT Fireworks, planned to Georgia High School Rodeo Association finals through Sunday, with Wrangler Division performances beginning at 9 a.m. today with the first go-round. High School Rodeo Finals begin Friday with inter- J \a l V i Jmt V Tl if " 1 ; I ®- HHJ/Timothy Graham Members of the Matt Arthur Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind team were, standing from left, Mary-Ivey Pool, Alisha Arora, Janie-Elyse Hanson and Kasey Lunsford. Seated is Ben Toland and kneeling (from left) are Zack Kinsley and Chase Quimby. sell sparklers in the parking lot of the Perry Wal-Mart in association with a youth group from Faith Assembly of God in Warner Robins. In early May, the Georgia legisla ture loosened restrictions on the views, meetings, check-in, prior to the grand entrance at 8 p.m. with first go round, then slack to follow. Slack is the overflow of rodeo competitors who did not draw a slot in the main competition. Slack precedes Friday and Saturday night performances. Saturday’s events include Harrell apprehended in south Houston County swamp By RAY LIGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer Richard Shane Harrell was caught Tuesday night after a second day on the run from law enforcement. About 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, deputies caught him “in a grain field about 250 yards from where he ran in,” said Houston County Sheriffs Office Warrants Division Capt. Alan Everidge. Harrell, 28, of Hawkinsville, was apparent ly lying in a swampy area, trying to avoid detection from the heat sensors on the Georgia State Patrol heli copter, Everidge explained. The helicopter and track ing dogs were used in the the association picnic, sec ond go-round and conclude with Parent-Contestant Volleyball Game and Cowboy Prom Dance. Awards ceremonies are Sunday following a short go round at noon. The Georgia High School Rodeo Association is a statewide association of high an Evans Family Newspaper 500 TWO SECTIONS • 20 PAGES sale of sparklers, citing that the law was seldom enforced. Howell told . the council that companies like TNT are quickly moving to take advan tage of changes in state law. See FIREWORKS, page 10A ' i ■ijm RICHARD SHANE HARRELL search for Harrell, who faces numerous charges in See SUSPECT, page 10A school students, grades nine through 12, who participate in rodeos held throughout the state. While rodeo is not recog nized as a regular high school varsity sport, accord ing to the GHSRA Web site, no other athletic activity in history was ever developed See RODEO, page 10A