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TUESDAY
June 7, 2005
Volume 135, Number 367
Award-Winning
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2004
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Inside TODAY
Rain hampers game
Weather has played
havoc with Houston
County High School’s
baseball tournament.
Thursday’s games were
rained out and moved to
Monday. Several Friday
and Saturday games were
a washout also.
Sports, page 11A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Joe Hendrix
Kaleb Kushinka
Sharon Persons
(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
Carol Elizabeth Bethune
Doyle
Jim Eshleman
Lettie A. Hildebrand
Stacy Lynn Lower
McKinney
Tony McKinney
Charles Worthey
Obits, page 5A
INDEX
BUSINESS 6A
CLASSIFIED 10A
COMICS 9A
CROSSWORD . ...9A
OBITUARIES 5A
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 11A
TV LISTINGS 9A
WEATHER 2A
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Peppy moving ahead with fipewopks ban
Fire chief: This is about protecting the public’; city to consider ordinance tonight
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
The Perry City Council is moving
closer towards a citywide fireworks
ban on everything from cherry
bombs to the sparklers that are now
legal under state law.
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From left, Houston Circuit Assistant District James Balli, along with Perry Police Detectives Ken
Ezell and Brian Emmons escort a store employee to a parked squad car during a Friday raid at the
L&B Mini Food Mart on Sam Nunn Boulevard near 1-75 in Perry.
Haynesville couple killed in wreck
Trucker charged with vehicular homicide after allegedly failing to stop
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Milton Wayne Clark of
Tennessee has been charged
with two counts of vehicular
homicide in the death of a
Haynesville husband and
wife.
The last Starlifter
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
Paul Hibbitts, director of
the Museum of Aviation,
was on hand to receive the
museum’s newest addition -
an aircraft with special ties
to Robins Air Force Base.
The last C-141 aircraft -
tail number 65-0248 - to
have completed pro
grammed depot mainte
nance at Robins flew in
Friday afternoon from a
cross-country flight.
The aircraft had been
assigned to the 452nd Air
Mobility Wing at March Air
Reserve Base in California.
The C-141 aircraft has a
long history at Robins Air
Force Base.
It has been managed by
the Warner Robins Air
See C-141, page 5A
www.hhjnews.com
Perry City Attorney David Walker
said he will have an ordinance draft
ed for the city council to consider in
its regular meeting tonight. If the
ordinance is accepted, it will go
through a second reading later this
month before adoption.
According to Houston
County Sheriffs Cpl. Sean
Alexander, Clark is sched
uled to turn himself in to
authorities in Tennessee on
charges here in connection
with the 6 p.m. fatal wreck
Friday at Russell Parkway
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Maj. Bill Gorczynski of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base signs the last C-141, which
was delivered to Robins Air Force Base from March Air Reserve Base in California.
Gorczynski was one of the crewmembers who delivered the plane, which will be dis
played at the Museum of Aviation.
The ordinance comes on the heels
of a 60-day moratorium handed
down by the council May 31. Perry
Fire Chief Freddy Howell warned
the council that Florence, Ala.-based
TNT Fireworks planned to sell
sparklers in the parking lot of the
and U.S. 41.
Clark was traveling north
bound on U.S. 41, Alexander
said, failed to stop for the
red light, and T-boned a
1991 Chevy Camaro on the
passenger side.
The Camaro was traveling
BUSTD!
Perry PD cracks down
on illegal video poker
in convenience stores
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
The Perry Police Department seized four
video poker machines and took a clerk into cus
tody during a raid at a local convenience store
Friday afternoon.
Detective Ken Ezell said the department is
investigating several local convenience stores
suspected of handing out cash for video poker
winnings - a violation of state law.
Shortly after 2 p.m., squad cars blocked off
two entrances to the L&B Mini Food Mart,
known as the Perry Amoco, on Sam Nunn
Boulevard near 1-75. Customers were asked to
leave as detectives with the Perry PD, along
with Houston Circuit Assistant District
Attorney James Balli, moved into the store.
Ezell said police recovered marked bills they
used in an undercover operation earlier in the
week, and quickly took the clerk into custody.
Witnesses at a nearby vegetable and fruit
stand watched as police escorted the suspect -
who has not been charged and whose name has
not been released - to a squad car. Ezell and
Perry Detective Brian Emmons tried to console
the woman, who was sobbing as police carried
her towards the car.
Ezell said the department’s investigation
stemmed from complaints from area business
es and tips from police informants. Casino
gambling is illegal under Georgia law, but the
state’s laws only ban cash payouts. Gas sta
tions, grocery stores and other businesses that
hand out vouchers for merchandise can escape
See VIDEO, page 14A
east on Russell Parkway. It
was pushed through the
intersection and struck a
five-foot embankment on
the northeast corner.
The passenger, Tony
McKinney, 38, was pro
nounced dead on the scene,
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Perry Wal-Mart, in conjunction with
a youth group from Faith Assembly
of God in Warner Robins.
Earlier this year, the Georgia leg
islature loosened restrictions on the
sale of sparklers, citing that the law
See FIREWORKS, page 54
Alexander said.
The driver, Stacy Lynn
Lower McKinney, 35, died
Saturday at the Medical
Center of Central Georgia
from her injuries.
Funeral services for Tony
See WRECK, page 14A
Saying
goodbye
to BRMS
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
The halls are full of histo
ry at Bert Rumble Middle
School.
The portraits of former
principals, including name
sake Bert Rumble - the
principal of Warner Robins
High from 1945-1955 - and
the huge, full trophy case
were joined by teachers and
students Saturday to say
goodbye.
A shop teacher and his
wife (also a teacher) visited
the halls of the school they
taught at in the ’sos. A for
mer student from that time
came down from Macon and
See RUMBLE, page 14A