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THURSDAY
April 13, 2006
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 72
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
In BRIEF
E-Cycling Day
on April 29
Keep Warner Robins
Beautiful and the
Houston County
Association for
Exceptional Citizens
(Happy Hour Service
Center) will host an E-
Cycling Day from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on Saturday,
April 29.
This event, coordinated
with Atlanta Recycling
Solutions, will give citi
zens an environmental
ly-safe way to dispose of
old computers, laptops,
VCRs, television set or
cell phones, all of which
contribute to high toxin
levels in landfills.
Many kinds of electron
ic items will be accepted.
Items which will not be
accepted are vacuum
cleaners, refrigerators,
washers, dryers, freez
ers, gas-powered equip
ment and non-electric
equipment.
For more information,
call Keep Warner Robins
Beautiful at (478) 929-
7258, or Happy Hour
Service Center at (478)
929-6622.
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Michael Bramb/ett
Steve Grissom
Jack Polk
Having a birthday or anniver
sary? We’ll put it right here.
Call Charlotte Perkins at (478)
987-1823, ext. 234, ore-mail
cperkins@evansnewspapers. com
Area DEATHS
Dorothy A. Cretors
Larry "Hobbit" Dossett
See OBITS, page 2A
INDEX
BUSINESS 5A
CLASSIFIED 9A
COMICS 8A
CROSSWORD.... 8A
HONOR ROLLS.. 17A
LEGALS 10A
OBITUARIES 2A
OPINION 4A
SCHOOL NEWS . . 6A
TV LISTINGS 8A
WEATHER 2A
PERIODICAL
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins, and city of Centerville
Hats are in the ring, with some surprises
Campaign 2006 gains new momentum with three announcements
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ News Editor
While there’s been plenty
of talk that Commissioner
H. Jay Walker 111 would be
making a bid for the House of
Representatives,Walker has
announced that he’s staying
put and seeking a seventh
term on the Houston County
Board of Commissioners.
Walker, a Warner Robins
native and attorney with
offices in Warner Robins and
Macon was first elected as a
commissioner in 1982. He
took one year off for a State
Senate bid.
He has been a strong sup
porter of infrastructure
and road development in
Houston County, and has
worked to improve the high
way system, get the new
State patrol headquarters
and library expansions built,
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Riley Sanders and Allison Westbrook study their fellow students ’ work at the Perry Arts Center show. The show,
which will continue through Friday, features Perry High School students ’ art work, and was coordinated by art
teacher Cathy Emery, and Downtown Development Authority Director Tish Mims, with cash prizes provided by
Mark Hamby to make the event even more memorable. See Page 3A for story and pictures.
Demonettes win Region 3-AAAA in tennis
By DON MONCRIEF
HHJ Sports Editor
One is Region 3-AAAA
tennis champion, one is run
ner-up.
Warner Robins’ girls fit
the bill for the first and the
boys the last.
Both played and won
their honors Tuesday in
McDonough. In those match
es, the Demons fell 3-1 to
Stockbridge and the girls
edged Central 3-2.
The latter was a match
that had not only the play
ers’ hearts racing but also
that of the Warner Robins
coaches.
“You can call the girls the
cardiac kids for two rea
sons,” said head coach David
Erpelding. “One, they never
gave up even when they got
down and two, they tried to
give coach (Luann) Causey
and me a heart attack.”
Monique Tobias made
things pretty simple for the
Demonettes. She won her
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Walker said his goals in
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match 6-3, 7-5. Ditto for the
No. 2 doubles team of Sagen
Woolery and Anna t Whaley.
They won their match 6-1,
6-1.
It was 2-all at that point,
Erpelding said, and it came
down to the number one dou
bles team of Emily Fowler
and Colby Wilkason.
They in turn lost the first
set 6-1 but then came back
to win the second 7-6.
That set up a tiebreaker,
which the duo from Warner
Robins won 6-4.
Only it wasn’t quite as
easy as it sounds.
“In the third set it was 5-
4,” Erpelding said, “and the
sixth game went to deuce.
And we got up and (then)
went back to deuce and
(then) they had the advan
tage and (then) we got it
back to deuce and (then) got
the advantage and finally
put it away for the match on
the final point.”
See DEMONETTES, page 18A
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Froehlich:
Fans can count
on Gretchen
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
Country music superstar Gretchen
Wilson is set to headline the Georgia
National Fair this October, and organizers
say fans can count on that.
Wilson, a Grammy Award-winning
country superstar known for her chart
topping hits “Redneck Woman” and “Here
for the Party,” was set to perform at last
year’s fair in a concert scheduled for
October 8, but cancelled her concert in
late September, little more than a week
before the show.
Michael Froehlich, executive director
of the Georgia National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter in Perry, argued that Wilson’s
fans shouldn’t expect the same this year.
“I can’t speak for her,” he said, “but
I’ve been in the fair business more than
27 years, and it’s only happened to me
once.”
Fair officials said Wilson cited medical
reasons at the time, but the show’s cancel
lation left the fairgrounds responsible for
refunding nearly 5,000 tickets, with costs
ranging from $35 to SSO each. Wilson’s
cancellation cost the fairgrounds more
than $16,000 in box office expenses and
various fees for online and credit card
sales.
The fairgrounds’ chief administrative
officer, Ron Goldsby, said in a meeting
late last year that the cancelled concert
may have cost the fair more than SBO,OOO.
More than 64 percent of the seats avail
able in Reaves Arena had been sold, and
the fairgrounds anticipated a sell-out. The
three remaining concerts in last year’s
See WILSON, page 18A
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the drivers license office in
Warner Robins, and to see
a Warner Robins perimeter
road connecting Ga. 96, U.S.
41, Ga. 247 and Dunbar
Road.
Walker will run as a
Republican.
In the meantime, one can
didate from Houston County
and one from Crawford
County have tossed their
hats into the ring and will
be seeking the House seat
(District 136) which is being
vacated by veteran legislator
Robert Ray.
Beth Perera, Democrat
Beth Perera of Centerville
has announced that she will
seek the Democratic nomi
nation for the District 136
seat.
“My desire to run for a
See HATS, page 18A