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THURSDAY
June 30, 2005
Volume 135, Number 384
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2005
Better Newspaper
Contest
In BRIEF
Southside Baptist to
host Freedom Fest
Southside Baptist
Church will host
“Freedom Fest 2005”
from 2 until 10:30 p.m.
today.
Planners of the event,
which will be held out
doors, are anticipating
that as many as 10,000
will be in attendance.
Christian music, fire
works and a “Kids Zone”
will be highlights of the
event, which is free.
Food will be sold.
The location will be
outdoors on the large
field adjacent to the
church, which is at 1040
S. Houston Lake Road,
Warner Robins.
- From staff reports
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Tommie Buck
Kaila Marie Hooks
Jackie Klein
Paula and Calvin
Middlebrooks
Area DEATHS
Donnie Ray Forehand
Margaret E Poole
Obits, page 2A
Correction
An article in Tuesday’s
edition of the Houston
Home Journal misidenti
fied the last woman from
Houston County to be
crowned Miss Georgia.
Miss Cobb County Kelly
Jerles, a Perry native,
was crowned Miss
Georgia in 1987. The
Houston Home Journal
regrets the error.
INDEX
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COMICS 7 A
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ENTERTAINMENT .9A
LEGALS 4B
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 1B
TV LISTINGS 7A
WEATHER 2A
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Radio stations may expand to Perry
Macon businessman Cecil Staton proposes to locate offices, studio downtown
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
Cecil Staton is considering open
ing a new business office and studio
in downtown Perry for two of his
radio stations.
Staton, who is also a Republican
state senator from Macon, said he
wants to open a new studio for live
broadcasts somewhere in Houston
County, but is still trying to decide
where to locate.
“Houston County is where the
growth is,” Staton said. “I could put
this in Warner Robins, but it could
be in Perry.
Marking
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Fourth
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Weekend events
planned to observe
Independence Day
From staff reports
Gear up for a weekend full
of activity.
There are a few activities
going on in Houston County
and surrounding areas that
will keep you and yours
occupied after you’ve fired
up the grill and eaten to
your heart’s content.
Celebrate our nation’s
freedom at one or both of
these local events:
•The Band of the U.S. Air
Force Reserve will perform
at the 22nd annual
Independence Day
Celebration Friday at the
McConnell-Talbert Stadium
on South Davis Drive in
Warner Robins.
The free concert will also
feature Warner Robins
native Bobbie Eakes, a soap
opera star and recording
artist, for a night of music,
fireworks and family fun.
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Former state Rep. Larry Walker gestures to a plaque honoring his lifelong friend, the
late Jerry Wilson, at a ceremony held at the Advanced Technology Development Center
in Warner Robins.
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“It is not guaranteed, but I am
exploring it.”
Staton told the Perry Downtown
Development Authority Tuesday
night that he is considering several
downtown locations for the studio,
including 926 Carroll St., 936
Carroll St. and 1025 Ball St.
Staton went to the DDA meeting
to see if the move was even possible.
He said he would need to build a 60-
to 80-foot radio tower to transmit a
signal to the company’s main broad
cast tower in Dooly County, and he
will need the DDA’s permission to
do it.
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Perry Area Chamber of Commerce Chairman Mike Jackson, Councilman Billy Jerles and other community leaders
break ground on the next phase of development at Houston Springs, a retirement community on Sam Nunn
Boulevard.
Houston Springs breaks new ground
‘Active adult’ retirement community to add three holes of golf, clubhouse
By TIM HOSKINS
HHJ Student Writer
Houston Springs broke
ground on its next phase of
development Wednesday at
a rainy-day ceremony
attended by Houston
If Staton decides to move to Perry,
the new studio could be used to
broadcast live interviews for 103.9,
an FM talk radio station, and 98.3,
an FM oldies station.
“I see it as an ideal location,”
Staton said. “We hope to bring some
more local programming.”
Staton told the board that he is
close to finalizing a deal to broad
cast Perry High School’s football
games this year through his sta
tions.
The DDA’s board members said
they wanted to bring a new station
to the downtown area, but need
Here they grow again
Springs residents and Perry
community leaders.
“We are honored to be
here today to be a part of
the development of
Houston Springs,” said
Perry Area Chamber of
Commerce Chairman Mike
Jackson.
Houston Springs is a
retirement community off
of Sam Nunn Boulevard
near Perry and is open to
those 55 and older.
For Jerry
Wilson honored at Advanced
Technology Development Center
Special to the HHJ
Georgia technology, busi
ness and civic leaders joined
together recently to honor
Jerry Wilson, the longtime
manager of the Advanced
Technology Development
Center (ATDC) program in
Warner Robins.
Wilson, of Perry, founded
the ATDC’s technology busi
ness incubator in Warner
Robins and managed the
Middle Georgia Technology
Development Center from
1991 until his death in 2003.
In the ceremony, those
who had worked with Jerry
recognized his vision, lead
ership and enthusiasm -
and honored him as a
“champion for entrepre
neurs.” Speakers included
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more information
on the exact size of
the tower and
where it will be
installed before
they give Staton
blanket permission.
“I personally just
like the downtown
area,” Staton said.
“If you’re going to
do community radio, it’s where you
need to be.”
DDA board member Davis Cosey
expressed concerns that a radio
See RADIO, page 3A
Currently, the community
contains 174 homes and a
nine-hole golf course. The
master plan calls for around
2,000 homes and a full 18-
hole course with clubhouse
See GROUND, page 3A
Mike Cassidy, president of
the Georgia Research
Alliance; former state Rep.
Larry Walker, who support
ed the program during his
time in the Georgia General
Assembly; James Calvin,
president of software com
pany Microcross; and Wayne
Hodges, director of the
ATDC and Georgia Tech’s
vice provost for Economic
Development and
Technology Ventures.
“Jerry just kept driving
forward and didn’t let any
body discourage him,”
recalled Cassidy, who was
general manager of the
ATDC when the Warner
Robins facility was
launched. “He had a
See WILSON, page 3A
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