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WEDNESDAY
August 3, 2005
Volume 135, Number 408
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Rosa Thomas has been
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can remember, starting
with the simple rice,
refried beans and tortillas
of her childhood.
Hearth&Home, page 12A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Phyllis Quirk
Robin Shierling
(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
Margaret L. Hambrick
Marian D. Walker
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 11A
COMICS 10A
CROSSWORD ...10A
HEARTH&HOME .12A
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
POLICE BEAT ... .5A
SCHOOL NEWS . .13A
SPORTS 7 A
TV LISTINGS ... .10A
WEATHER 2A
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city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
Wife,
mother,
educator,
leader
Marian Walker
touched many
Houston
County lives
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
Every strong community
is, like a home, built on a
solid foundation. Every time
that community loses part
of its foundation, it becomes
a little weaker. Younger and
less strong members must
fill the void and shoulder
bigger loads.
Warner Robins lost one of
its foundation stones
Sunday with the passing of
Marian Walker.
Walker came to Warner
Robins when it was little
more than dirt roads and an
army air force depot. Along
the way she was the wife of
one mayor who oversaw a
great period of growth, and
the mother of a second mid
wife to progress.
She was a teacher at
Warner Robins High School
and the first full-time coun
selor at Northside High.
One person whose life she
changed was Larry
Snellgrove.
“She was a wonderful lady
and an absolutely wonderful
southern lady,” Snellgrove
said. “She was my counselor
at Northside High School
and she was the reason I
have a college degree today.
“I had no intention of
going to college, but she told
See WALKER, page 14A
Citizens raise traffic safety concerns
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Concerns over the safety
of two county roads were
back before the county com
mission Tuesday.
At the last meeting, the
board of commissioners
heard about speeding on
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meeting of the Perry City Council’s Public Safety Oversight Committee Monday. Green lives in the
Oldfield section of Perry, where police clashed with neighbors July 2 in what police called unauthorized
block party.
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Lou Crouch poses on his Texas Chopper. Crouch is leaving his position as a vol
unteer at the 21st Century Partnership to work with the Centerville Police
Department, and in the meantime will travel to Canada to a Harley-Davidson Rally.
21 CP loses Lou
Longtime volunteer’s departure will leave a void
By TERESA D. SOUTHERN
HHJ Staff Writer
The 21st Century
Partnership, a Robins Air
Force Base support group
is usually synonymous
with the support they give
to our county’s number
one employer.
Elaine Drive and voted to
reduce the speed limit on
Hunt Road.
Elaine Drive resident
Michael Vicknair came
before the board again
Tuesday, asking for the
county to close the road. He
noted it had been a dead-end
They are known for
explaining the possible
impact of base realign
ment and closure to con
cerned Middle Georgia cit
izens, and making sure the
base remains a viable mili
tary installation.
street for 20 years and then
became a dead-end into pri
vate property, the Red Fox
Run trailer park.
With the Russell Parkway
extension opening and
bisecting the trailer park,
the street has become a cut
through.
But out of the limelight
is a man who voluntarily
gives his service to the
organization.
About 20 hours of serv
ice a week, to be exact.
Lou Crouch has worked
with the 21st Century
See LOU, page 14A
“We’re just asking it be
put back the way it was,”
said James Mosley, another
Elaine Drive resident.
Vicknair told the board
that before the road was
opened there were 220 cita
tions issued and 13 acci
dents.
Perry Police,
Oldfield residents
seek solution
Neighbors blame out>of
towners for party gone bad
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
City officials are working with a group
representing the Oldfield section of Perry,
a neighborhood where police say an unau
thorized block party grew out of control
July 2.
The Perry City Council called a special
meeting of the city’s public safety over
sight committee to sit down with Oldfield
leaders and work out a way to prevent the
same type of violence from erupting next
year.
Police said at least 1,500 people were
crowded along Oldfield Lane in Perry that
night. Shortly before 10:30 p.m., police
responded to a call of shots fired and found
a Perry teenager suffering from a gunshot
wound to the back and a collapsed lung.
See OLDFIELD, page 3A
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Poker
run
raises
$4,000
Funds being
accepted at
CB&T branches
for McClintic
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
“People don’t realize,
when someone is sick these
bikers will turn out,” said
Steve Wylie.
Wylie helped organized
last Saturday’s poker run to
help Mary McClintic.
About 112 bikers, includ
ing members of Rednecks on
Tour, gave sls to ride in the
70-mile run that started in
Perry and finished up with a
barbecue and auction in
Elko.
“There were a lot of differ
ent sponsors,” Wylie said,
including his own S&E Auto
Sales, Perry Furniture, My
Sisters’ Case, Dot Patterson,
Perry Pawn and many oth
ers, donating money and
items to be auctioned.
Prizes included rocking
chairs, front-end alignments
and a mini-chopper.
“The Wright boys served
up barbecue,” Wylie said,
down in Elko after the run.
“Everybody came out for a
day of fellowship.”
Wylie said they raised
about $4,000 for the poker
run and auction, with all the
money to help McClintic,
who is uninsured, to offset
See POKER, page 3A
“It has only increased
since then, and our children
are out there, with no side
walks, no cross streets to
put a stop sign,” he said.
He also noted the repeated
traffic offenders and numer
ous deal animals he finds in
See COMMISSION, page 3A