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TUESDAY July 12, 2005 Volume 135, Number 392 Award-Winning Newspaper 2005 Better Newspaper Contest Inside TODAY r IIF ■ . \ Jh st I Cheer clinic Amanda Wilkins, top left, gets some guidance/assistance from Perry Middle School's Morgan Strickland while performing a stunt dur ing a cheerleading clinic held Saturday at the Perry Recreation Department. Sports, page 12A Happy BIRTHDAY! Barry Davis Doug Hayes (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 DEATH SSgt. Howard Frank Smith, USAF (Ret) Obit, page 2A INDEX BUSINESS 7 A CLASSIFIED 11A COMICS 10A CROSSWORD ...10A OBITUARY 2A OPINION 4A SPORTS 12A TV LISTINGS ... .10A WEATHER 2A PERIODICAL 5 Georgia newspaper Project Main Library LfNIV OF GEORGIA ATriEfiS GA 3C6G2-CCG2 ALL FOR ADC 301 July 12, 2005 Serving Houston County Since 1870 Y i iricmstatt ?!Cnmc |f dim djmmtm ™ LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY \ city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville Deputies nab three in kidnapping case Chase leads to arrest of man on 28 charges; two others arrested over weekend By MIKE GEORGE HHJ Staff Writer The Houston County Sheriffs Department arrested three suspects over the weekend in the case of a Warner Robins man who was kid napped from a Perry hotel June 30 and escaped his captors at Robins Air Force Base the same day. Sheriffs Sgt. Dave Carrick said that Clint Lee Parrish of Macon - who police believe was involved in Fresh produce, family fun Perry Farmers’ Market open every Saturday By TIMOTHY GRAHAM HHJ Staff Writer We husbands try to be as helpful to our wives as we can. If they ask for our help, we try our best to be as competent as possible. She says “The toilet is leaking!” We know the number of the plumber. She says “The light bulb blew!” We know the number of the electrician. But sometimes she asks for something that is altogether outside of our competence level. Then we kind of melt into a puddle of goo and have to ask for help from the gods. Friday night, I told Glenda that I had to go to the Perry Farmers’ Market the next morning and take some pictures, and asked if she wanted to go dong. “No,” she said, “I’m going to tour the yard sales, but you can pick something up for me.” See MARKET, page 3A School board to hold SPLOST vote Sept. 20 By TERESA D. SOUTHERN HHJ Staff Writer The Houston Board of Education officially set a special purpose local option sales tax referendum for Sept. 20, in a called meeting Friday. The proposed SPLOST will begin April 1, 2006, when the current 1-percent V w- jpn ~ - IVj* & rSr>&& " jfc gflA ■. x a- v;- >* ft-v- •■ • • ■**'“*"’ ';' ||||||j* \ '**<r^B^ 4 • / r ’~” . . - ' * . mi . ~~ * **>*. 'sPHft ife VK»H rak t* ■> - j£L~ pa-L;g r .lILr * ’a^Hn|s|ijßßߣ i wmsi&* m <& ■’ .' ta ~~~~ , l< v vjr •*** > w - - '* ***' , *r^' HHJTimothy Graham Warner Robins Police Capt. Lisa Angell sits on one of the outdated items of playground equipment at Memorial Park. She is leading a campaign to replace the equipment and renovate the park. www.hhjnews.com the kidnapping of 35-year-old Jeffrey Carroll - was taken into cus tody after a chase that began along Russell Parkway near Rusty Road shortly after 6 p.m. Friday. Carrick said he had received a tip that Parrish was in the area. When deputies moved to arrest Parrish, Carrick said, the suspect sped off, leading police along Russell Parkway to Ga. 247 South and along Ga. 96 to near the Waterford Golf <■*#>**- , ' ‘Ait'. lli * '■■ ■ Weir I I mat MWm* mM' miBII H If AMmlr Etgm SI f ' Mnlmlfr 1 * HHJ,Timothy Graham Elizabeth Newsome and Sara Satterfield look over canned goods at the Perry Farmers' Market on Saturday. Newsome was out in the heat despite being 99 years of age. school tax expires. It will last five years. Board member Skip Dawkins made a motion to accept and move forward with the SPLOST vote and board member Jim Boswell seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. With the 1-percent sales tax, the board hopes to acquire, construct and equip Club in Bonaire, where Parrish side swiped a car while trying to elude police and lost control of his vehicle, crashing into a ditch near a wooded area. Carrick said Parrish fled the scene on foot, but was apprehended minutes later. Police allege that Parrish was driving a stolen car and was driving under the influence. According to reports, Parrish was also arrested for possession of methampheta- two new elementary schools, two new middle schools and one new high school. If funds are available, one additional new elementary school will be built, and land for future schools and instructional and adminis trative technology will be purchased. Improvements and renovation of existing schools will also be done. Superintendent Danny Carpenter informed those present at the meeting of the continuing growth in the county. He said updated research estimates 18,200 additional housing units are to be built in the county. Stephen Thublin, assis tant superintendent for finance and business opera- Guardian Angell WRPD captain raising funds with events to improve playground By TIMOTHY GRAHAM HHJ Staff Writer Warner Robins Police Capt. Lisa Angell hopes that, with the help of a gen erous community, she can help rebuild the playground at Memorial Park off First Street. “The playground there is unsafe,” said Angell. “The equipment there is old and does not meet current safety standards. It also needs to be made handicapped-acces sible.” The playground serves both Housing Authority housing as well as Robins an Evans Family Newspaper 50c niaiini! 8 *55108*0 0001"" 4 ONE SECTION • 14 PAGES mine. He was booked on a total of 28 different charges for his part in the kidnapping and the chase that fol lowed Friday. Parrish was charged with aggressive driving, aggravated assault, aggravated assault of a police officer with a moving vehicle, kidnapping, theft by receiving stolen property/motor vehicle, theft by receiving stolen property/vehicle tag, armed robbery, fleeing or See KIDNAPPING, page 6A tion, spoke to the board about growth in districts that include Lake Joy, Matt Arthur and Bonaire elemen tary schools. “We have purchased prop erty in these areas to com bat growth,” Thublin said. Carpenter said Feagin Mill and Perry middle schools are currently at capacity. See SPLOST, page 5A Air Force Base housing. Angell decided to take on the task of renovating the playground after going through last year’s Warner Robins Leadership class sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. “We are just trying to get a nice, safe place for the chil dren to play,” said Angell. “We are looking for some thing that is really bright and tall and would allow the children to climb safely. The ball fields next to the play ground are used a lot and the people who use them See PLAYGROUND, page SA