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WEDNESDAY
July 20, 2005
Volume 135, Number 398
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Its official: Football
is here again
Sports, page 6A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Tricia Boyles
Ronnie Bryant
Sadie Holt
Samuel Privette
Todd Story
Cody Wetherington
Happy ANNIVERSARY!
Brady and Ashley
McConnell
(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!)
Brian J. Reed
Robert Thomas
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 10A
CLUB NEWS 3A
COMICS 9A
CROSSWORD ... .9A
HEARTH&HOME .11A
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
POLICE BEAT ... .5A
SPORTS 6A
TV LISTINGS 9A
WEATHER 2A
PERIODICAL
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WR council resolves zoning squabble
Wal-Mart road widening deal postponed; city engineer to make recommendation
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
The Warner Robins City Council
resolved an annexation issue to the
satisfaction of a group of Northlake
residents who opposed further
apartment developments in their
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Chris Sikes shows a few of the 1,900 pillowcases she has collected to be donated to
children’s hospitals locally and around the country as part of a project she calls
Sweet Dreams.
Pillowcase project a
resounding success
Woman has collected nearly 2,ooo*since project began
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
Take a look around Chris Sikes’
office at the Perry Health
Department. You will see files, cotton
swabs, a hazardous waste container,
alcohol, health posters and boxes of
pillowcases.
About six months ago, Sikes had
collected 30 pillowcases and was try
ing to reach a goal of 300 for them to
be donated to Egleston and other chil
dren’s hospitals in the future.
“Only 270 more to go,” she said
Unrest continues on Madrid Street
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
The situation on Madrid Street is
escalating.
A car fire is the latest in a string of
incidents at a Madrid Street resi
dence.
New director starts at Hospice
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Tim Poole comes to Hospice of
Houston County from the other end of
the spectrum: Save A Life, a crisis
pregnancy program in Macon.
“Life needs to be given dignity,”
Poole said, “whether at the beginning
or the end, it still deserves dignity and
respect.”
Poole began Monday as the director
of Hospice of Houston County, taking
over administrative duties from inter
im administrator and former board
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neighborhood.
The Warner Robins Planning
Commission had endorsed the
annexation of a 15.665-acre tract off
Northlake Drive at its current zon
ing designation of R-4. Although a
representative of the owner said the
cheerfully at the close of the January
interview.
Today she has collected over 1,900
pillowcases.
No, Sikes doesn’t have a need for
excessive bedding; she is collecting
the pillowcases for a project she calls
Sweet Dreams.
Her idea is child friendly pillowcas
es that will be placed in the admission
kits of newly diagnosed pediatric
oncology patients, or children diag
nosed with cancer.
See SIKES, page 12A
About 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Warner
Robins police were dispatched to
119 Madrid St., for a vehicle fire.
The victim told police he woke up to
discover his car, a 1995 Honda
Accord, on fire.
The inside of the car was com
chair Pauline Smith.
Smith, a former division chief for the
Southeast in computers at Robins Air
Force Base, assumed the duties when
the last director, Ginny Street,
resigned in November.
“We prayed and waited and prayed
some more,” said Smith. “Tim Poole
has a tremendous reputation, He came
from Save A Life to save us.”
Poole had been executive director
with Save A Life for two and a half
years, where he had been asked by his
predecessor to take over. Poole moved
property would be developed with
single-family homes, the residents
were afraid that apartments - which
are allowed under a R-4 zoning -
would be built.
The City Council solved the prob
lem be annexing the property with a
Student eating
habits targeted
School nutrition director hopes
to improve students’ diets
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
Houston students’ eating
habits won’t be the same
after Jeanine Hill, director
of school nutrition, imple
ments changes in food serv
ices.
At a board of education
work session Monday night,
Hill told board members
about several ways she
Williams to ran
for city council
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
John E Williams has
announced his candidacy for
the Warner Robins City
Council Post 6, formerly
held by the late Thomas
Simms.
The special election to fill
the seat will take place on
Sept. 20. Only Warner
Robins residents living
within the boundaries of
Post 6 will be allowed to vote
in the election.
Williams moved to Warner
Robins with his family from
Mississippi in 1944. He was
educated at Charles E.
Thomas Elementary, C.B.
Watson Elementary, Rumble
Junior High, and Warner
Robins High schools.
After completing high
school, Williams was
employed at Robins Air
Force Base in the Electronic
pletely burned. The engine compart
ment was not burned, according to
police. A fire department investiga
tor told police the burn pattern indi
cates the fire started inside the car.
The incident is being investigated as
arson.
to Macon from Gainesville five years
ago with his wife of 19 years, Connie,
and their seven children, for a church
planting of Atlanta Worship Center.
He started a consulting business
that assisted ministries and churches
with their business structure. “Save A
Life was one of my clients,” Poole said.
Poole has brings about nine years
management experience to the posi
tion. “I am excited about being here,”
he said. “I heard a lot of good things.
I’ve had friends with family serviced
See HOSPICE, page 12A
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zoning designation of R-3, which
requires single-family lots with a
frontage of at least 60 feet and a lot
size of 7,500 square feet.
“I have concerns over there being
more apartments there,” said Mayor
See COUNCIL, page 12A
plans to combat childhood
obesity.
“This is a real problem
throughout America, and we
need to implement these
things,” Hill said. “It’s
amazing what we can do. We
can work to provide the
most nutritious meal we can
to our children.”
Hill spoke of several
See NUTRITION, page 12A
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Navigation Repair Division
and later at the U.S. Post
Office, both at the
Commercial Circle location
and the former main post
office on North Davis Drive.
See WILLIAMS, page 3A
A car parked next to his was also
damaged on the passenger side due
to the heat of the fire. The victim
reportedly did not see anyone
around his vehicle, but has had a lot
of problems with people in his
See MADRID, page 12A
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