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TUESDAY
September 6, 2005
Volume 135, Number 182
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A Demons band leader
prepares to welcome the
team onto the field dur
ing the Friday night
game.
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Area DEATHS
Nancy Clemons
Hiram “Jim”. Joiner
Judson G. Smith Sr.
Obits, page 2A
INDEX
BUSINESS 6A
CLASSIFIED 9A
COMICS 8A
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Red Cross issues
urgent plea
Blood desperately needed in face
of Katrina’s destructive aftermath
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
Along with everything else
that is afflicting the people
of the devastated Gulf
Coast, there is a sever short
age of blood there.
“Summer is a traditional
period when blood supplies
are low due to people being
away on vacation,” said
Catherine Carchedi, execu
tive director of the Houston
County-Middle Georgia
Chapter of the American
Red Cross. “Hurricane
Katrina has just compound
ed that need for blood of all
types.”
The hurricane has cur
tailed blood drives in the
affected areas and blood
banks there were destroyed
by the storm.
“Hospital patients
throughout the Gulf Coast
area are still in need of
blood,” said Chris Hrouda,
vice president of the
Southeast Division of the
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Collecting supplies at the Warner Robins PetStnart are , from left f Susan Wynn of Noah's Wish , and Michelle
Swafford and Nicole Brown of HARPS .
Locals help Katrina's animal victims
HARPS, Noah’s Wish groups collect items to aid Louisiana animal rescue shelter
By TIMOTHY GRAHAM
HHJ Staff Writer
Houston County residents are
working hard to help the forgotten
victims of Hurricane Katrina: the
animals.
Maybe you have seen the heart
breaking scene of the young boy who
was forced to leave his pet dog behind
when he was rescued. Thousands of
pets have been left behind as their
owners scrambled to escape the rav
116th sends members to affected areas
Georgia Army and Air Nat’l Guard musters for Katrina relief operations
Special to the HHJ
The Georgia Army and
Air National Guard are
providing an estimated
1,500 soldiers and airmen
for relief operations associ
ated with the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina.
Georgia Guardsmen will
be mobilized from units
throughout Georgia
including the 116th Air
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American Red Cross. “The
Red Cross is counting on its
blood donors to help us meet
patient needs in our local
area as well as provide assis
tance to those in the storm’s
path.”
The Red Cross has already
sent blood ahead to hospi
tals in areas affected by the
storm in case impassable
roads made it difficult to dis
tribute blood supplies. The
Southern Region of the Red
Cross is also shipping blood
via courier to Birmingham,
Ala., because of problems
getting planes in and out of
the airport.
“We need to reach into our
hearts and give blood,” said
Carchedi. “We have several
blood drives scheduled here
in Houston County this
month and we urge local
people to get out and give
blood. The blood supply in
the Southern Region is at
critically low levels for most
See BLOOD, page 3 A
ages of the storm and something has
to be done to ensure that at least
some of them can be rescued.
The local HARPS (Homeless
Animal Rescue & Placement Service)
chapter has teamed with Noah’s
Wish to collect needed items for an
animal rescue shelter that has been
established in Slidell, La.
Some of the items gathered includ
ed: bottled water, canned food - both
dog and cat (open bags of dry food
Control Wing in Warner
Robins; 165th Airlift Wing
in Savannah; 78th Troop
Command in Decatur; and
the Joint Force
Headquarters at Dobbins
Air Reserve Base and
Oglethorpe Armory in
Atlanta.
Relief missions of the
Georgia National Guard
will include security, med
Perry FD takes delivery of Fire Pup robot
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Perry Fire Chief Freddy Howell focuses on the controls of a robotic fire safety dog
known as “Sparky the Fire Pup” from Robotronics Inc, a Utah-based company. The
robotic dog, which interacts with children and is designed to be a fire safety training
tool. The “Sparky the Fire Dog” remote-control robot can look around, wink and even
carry on conversations and play music as he “drives” his fire truck. The robot opens
and closes his mouth as he talks and can blink his eyes at children. The Perry Fire
Department used grants Flint Energies Foundation and the Georgia Firefighters
Bum Foundation to pay for the $9,000 robot.
ical, airlift, and support
operations.
The first Georgia
National Guard assets sent
to the affected area left last
Wednesday, when three
CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift
helicopters left Hunter
Army Airfield in Savannah
for Louisiana and
Mississippi. Additionally,
Georgia Army National
will attract rodents and pests and
will not keep), clean towels and
sheets, trash bags, paper towels,
paper plates/bowls, cat collars
(breakaway kind), dog collars and
leashes, collapsible wire crates, clay
litter, first aid kits for animals and
humans, hand sanitizer / antibacteri
al wipes, batteries (AA, AAA, C and
D) and flashlights.
Susan Wynn of Noah’s Wish said
See ANIMALS, page 3A
Guard UH-60 Black Hawk
helicopters and UH-1 Huey
helicopters are also cur
rently positioned in the
affected areas.
Missions will be based on
the needs identified by the
Louisiana National Guard
and the Mississippi
National Guard. The first
Georgia units were in place
on Saturday.
ONE SECTION • 12 PAGES
Perry
downtown
sponsors
banner
program
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
A local downtown develop
ment board is canvassing
Perry this month, selling ban
ners designed to attract visi
tors and bring added color to
city streets.
Perry Downtown Manager
Tish Mims said that the Perry
Downtown Development
Authority has been talking
about developing a banner
program since she first came
to the city in February 2003.
The program will be adminis
tered through the Uptown
Perry Partnership, the non
profit, fundraising arm of the
DDA.
Rob Tuggle, a member of
both boards, said sale of the
banners is already under way,
and the group hopes to sell at
least 40 banners this year.
“The Uptown Perry
Partnership is using this as a
fund-raiser,” Tuggle said “It’s
basically a way we can raise
money for other projects, and
make the city better.”
The 30-by-48-inch banners
are made from a marine-grade
canvas with a five-year war
ranty. The banners feature the
city’s downtown logo and will
also feature advertising for the
businesses that buy them. For
S4OO, businesses get two dou
ble-sided banners, one in terra
cotta and linen colors for the
summer season, and one in
bright red and white for the
winter season.
“When you leave the same
banner up for a long time, they
start to blend in to the back
ground,'” Tuggle said. “But
here you’re getting two that
you can change out.
“The solid colors really
stand out and people notice
them.”
See BANNERS, page 3A
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