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WEDNESDAY
August 17, 2005
Volume 135, Number 418
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Inside TODAY
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Trying to keep a
straight 'lace'
Joshua Glover, 9, gets
fitted for shoulder pads
during the Warner
Robins Recreation
Department's football
uniform fitting day.
Sports, page 11A
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Gloria Doctor
Stan Durrance
Karen L. Morgan
Ronnie Nobles
Debra Willis
(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
Daniel Charles (Pharoah)
Fortney
Michael S. McCoy
SPC Christopher “Chris”
Vinson, US Army
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
CLASSIFIED 8A
COMICS 7A
CROSSWORD 7A
HEARTH&HOME .13A
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SPORTS 11A
TV LISTINGS 7A
WEATHER 2A
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
City yanks sign critical of mayor, police
Residents concerned about traffic safety
slapped with ‘selective’ code enforcement
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
Some Warner Robins
residents learned on
Monday that their right
to protest does not extend
to within 25 feet of the
centerline of their street.
On Sunday evening I
noticed that there were
several signs posted along
Arrowhead Drive in the
Shirley Hills subdivision
where I live. The signs
read: “Mayor Walker.
Police our streets.
Enforce speed limits and
stop signs. Growth is a
liability without safe
neighborhoods.”
I took a picture of one of
the signs Monday morn
ing and called the mayor’s
office and the police
department to get com
ments but neither Mayor
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Local officials cut the ribbon Tuesday for the dedication of the Houston County Government Building - the restored
old courthouse in Perry. Cutting the ribbon, from left are construction contractor Paul Hogan, architect Jim
Mehserle, Commission Chairman Ned Sanders, County Commissioner Jay Walker, Extension Services Agent Peggy
Bledsoe, County Commissioner Gail Robinson, County Commissioner Jay Walker, County Commissioner Larry
Thomson, County Commissioner Tom McMichael, U.S. Army Reserve Col. and Perry Police Capt. Bill Phelps and
U.S. Dist. Court Judge Willis B. Hunt Jr.
Old courthouse reopens
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
The building at 801 Main St. in
Perry has served the citizens of
Houston County for 55 years.
“Now it’s time to continue to serve
the citizens,” County Commission
Chairman Ned Sanders said of the
Summer Showdown
By WILLIAM JOHN HAGAN
HHJ Staff Writer
The boys of summer made
an appearance in Warner
Robins this week at the first
annual Summer Showdown
2005.
The car and truck show
drew enthusiasts from
throughout the South in a
testosterone showdown of
horsepower and custom
flair. Sixty-eight modified
cars and trucks competed in
categories such as Classic
Car, Classic Truck, Wild
SUY Wild Import, Wild
Domestic, and more.
The event was organized
in less than two months by
Jayson Barnes and the
members of the Simple
Design Car and Truck Club.
Donald Walker nor Chief
Brett Evans was in. So I
went around the neigh
borhood to talk to people
to find out what the signs
were about. The first per
son I talked to was Allen
Smith on Arrowhead.
“We have been having a
big problem with people
speeding and running the
stop sign at the intersec
tion of Arrowhead and
Todd Circle,” said Smith.
“We had a fatal accident
there two months ago.
People use Arrowhead as
a launching pad and some
of them do not know that
there is a stop sign there
or just do not care. I’ve
lived her since 1977 and
we have always had the
problem.
“Any day you can look
out and see people driving
Houston County Government
Building.
The renovated structure will house
the county Board of Elections,
Extension Services, Natural
Resources Conservation Services,
Farm Service Agency and the Houston
County Arts Alliance.
Working under such a tight
deadline wasn’t easy for
Barnes and his team of auto
motive enthusiasts. At a
recent competition in North
Carolina the members of
Simple Design distributed
500 flyers to attract atten
dees. Another member used
his job as a truck driver to
deliver hundreds of flyers to
automotive outlets through
out Dixie. Radio stations
and newspapers joined the
publicity bandwagon and
successfully spread the word
that Warner Robins was to
become home to a new gen
eration of car exhibitions.
The air was filled with the
rhythmic beats of D.J. Silk
as an eclectic mix of car
See SHOWDOWN, page 14A
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far in excess of the speed
limit. We called the city
and nothing has been
done. Either put in some
speed bumps or a sign
warning that there is a
stop sign coming up.”
Smith said a group of
residents in the area got
together to put the signs
in their yards to try to
spark the city into action.
The “ringleader” of the
protest was Steven Givler
who lives at the intersec
tion of Arrowhead and
Todd Circle.
“I have lived here more
than three years and until
I put posts up someone
would drive through my
front yard instead of stop
ping,” said Givler. “I
talked to Faye (Coulter) in
the mayor’s office more
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automotive class.
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Steven Givler kneels beside the two signs he put in his front yard
to publicize the danger of speeding and running stop signs on
his street.
“The investment of the people of
Houston County is for the people of
Houston County in the future,”
Sanders said.
The $2.6 million renovation is
almost complete and the renamed
building was dedicated Tuesday.
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41 Circle
request
denied
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
“There is a residential
quality to the area,”
Houston County Planning
and Zoning Commission
Chairman Bill Schwanebeck
said of the U.S. 41/41 Circle
area.
Danny Patel requested
rezoning for 3.66 acres at
the corner of U.S. 41 and 41
Circle from R-l (single fam
ily residential) to C-2 (gen
eral commercial) for a dry
cleaning shop, a beauty shop
and possibly a convenience
store.
Tim Andrews, county zon
ing director, said there is
some commercial activity in
the area both up and down
U.S. 41 and along 41 Circle,
with a bar and auto repair
shop to the south and the
nearest convenience store,
HiWay Haven to the north
at U.S. 41 and Ga. 96 in
Peach County. Andrews said
the area is mostly residen
tial, including the Lake
Lillian subdivision to the
east and new houses to the
south.
“Given that there is new
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