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WEDNESDAY July 20, 2005 Volume 135, Number 398 db Award-Winning Newspaper 2005 Belter Newspaper Contest Inside TODAY iff •<* r w ‘ i®kA» \ ! j- S» |p J -fljr fIF 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 1,111., .11 5 Georgia Newspaper Project Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 ALL FOR ADC 301 Serving Houston County Since 1870 Y fJHxrusttm (Site djrrurmu " LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry ; c/n of Warner Robins and city of Centerville 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 A MOUNTAIN OF PILLOWCASES t 11 . ■ : I i A\ 'ai V ; "f■ ' a : — // Ip HHJ Teresa D. Southern HHJ/Teresa D. Southern 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 www.hhjnews.com 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 ONE SECTION *l2 PAGES 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 |k f' M JOHN F. WILLIAMS 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 — - "> M I HH an Evans Family Newspaper 500 mm, TIM POOLE