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TUESDAY
April 18, 2006
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 75
Award-Winning
Newspaper
2004
Better Newspaper
Contest
In BRIEF
Pink Ladies
Jewelry Sale
The Perry Hospital
Auxiliary Pink ladies will
hold their semi-annual
jewelry sale on Thursday,
from noon to 7 p.m. and
Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
in the Perry Hospital
library. On sale will be
necklaces, earrings, pins,
bracelets, rings, watch
es and much more. All
items are $5 and all funds
raised are used to pur
chase equipment for the
hospital such as wheel
chairs, heart monitors,
TVs and VCRs for patient
education. The Pink
Ladies have volunteered
over 150,000 hours in
the hospital and donat
ed thousands of dollars
worth of equipment back
to it.
WR City Council
mooting cancelled
Monday's regular
scheduled Warner Robins
City Council meeting was
cancelled at 10:50 a.m.
Monday morning due to
illness of the mayor and
mayor pro tem, accord
ing to City Clerk Carlyn
Robbins.
Monday's meeting has
not been rescheduled,
Robbins said, but there
is a possibility of a called
meeting before the next
regular scheduled meet
ing on May 1.
Happy BIRTHDAY!
Beverly Birdsong
Vicky Kirby
Se-nhyaßoberts
Terre Moody Walker
Happy ANNIVERSARY!
John and Beverly Birdsong
Having a birthday or anniver
sary? Well put it right here.
Call Charlotte Perkins at (478)
987-1823, ext. 234, or e-mail
cperkins@evansnewspapers. com
Area DEATHS
Stanley Preston
Johnson
See OBIT, page 2A
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TV LISTINGS ... . 10A
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Easter means Easter eggs, baskets and bunnies to the young-at-heart, but it also means that area churches have their biggest
attendance of the year as Christians observe their holiest day in celebration of the resurrection of Christ, in this picture, taken
just after noon on Sunday, worshippers are pouring out of Perry United Methodist Church.
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Feagin Mill Middle School proposing modified school
uniform with a ban on jeans, capris and baggy pants
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ News Editor
How should kids dress for school?
It’s a question that seldom arose for
earlier generations, but times have
changed.
In these days of half-falling-off
baggy pants, too-tight tops, too-short
skirts and bare midriffs, teachers and
administrators often have to be fashion
police, taking time away from the real
goal: education.
One middle school has apparently
had enough and is about to propose
modified school uniforms.
According to the agenda for today’s
Board of Education meeting, Paige
Reeves, Principal of Feagin Mill Middle
School, and her staff, are have come up
Thousands in Perry
for big dog show
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
Reaves Arena is often
filled with the roar of cheer
ing crowds. But Saturday,
the arena was filled with a
clamor of a different kind,
from hundreds of barking
dogs.
According to initial esti
mates, some 25,000 people
visited the Georgia National
Fairgrounds this week
end for the Peach Blossom
Cluster Dog Show, one of
the largest of its kind in the
Southeast. Lt. Col. Debby
Divich, deputy director of
military personnel with the
Air Force Reserve Command
at Robins Air Force Base,
brought several of her own
Turning out on Easter Sunday
in that shirt tail!
with a detailed plan and are presenting
it to the board for approval.
Their written proposal, released with
the Board’s agenda, notes that “a
stringent dress code presently exists at
Feagin Mill Middle School,” but many
students just aren’t abiding by it.
“Despite the consistent enforcement
of current dress code policies,” the
report states, “many students often
persist in wearing inappropriate cloth
ing or in wearing appropriate clothing
in an immodest or inappropriate man
ner.”
This in turn leads to distraction in
the classroom, plus time and effort on
the part of teachers and administra
tors.
So here’s the plan.
dogs to the fairgrounds
this weekend, competing
in agility contests that test
speed, jumping ability, and
a dog’s willingness to follow
direction. Over the eight
years she has competed at
the Peach Blossom Cluster,
the show’s reputation has
grown exponentially, attract
ing contestants from across
the country who move on
to compete in national and
international champion
ships. Between 350 and 400
dogs competed in agility
competitions alone.
“We have people here from
places like Texas, Florida,
Tennessee,” Divich said.
“Just walk around and look
See DOG SHOW, page 12A
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Caroline and Chris Bergwaii of Marietta, children of Major Craig Bergwaii and Kathy Bergwaii,
enjoy a dose encounter with a miniature canine at the Peach Blossom Cluster Dog Show on
Saturday. Caroline and Chris are the grandchildren of Kristina Simms of Perry.
Feagin Mill Middle School is propos
ing the adoption of a modified school
uniform policy.
The basic idea is to allow for some
individual choices while standardiz
ing the outfits the middle-schools can
wear.
Shirts may be either polo style or
dress shirts of a solid color. Any color
is acceptable.
They must be correctly sized and
tucked in securely. Brand name logos
will be allowed within a 1 V 2 inches
square size.
Pants and skirts must be khaki, blue
or black, with belt loops. Belts, either
black or brown, without decoration,
must be worn with these pants and
See UNIFORMS, page 12A
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30 years
for meth
traffickers
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Evan Santiago-Melsea,
47, and Jose Martinez-
Gloria, 35, were the lat
est meth traffickers to get
long prison sentences for
their part in a Robins West
meth ring.
Both men from Gwinnett
County were convicted
and sentenced Thursday
night for conspiracy to
traffic methamphetamine
over 400 grams follow
ing a four day trial last
week in Houston County
Superior Court. Judge Ed
Lukemire sentenced both
to 30 years, with Santiago-
Melesa to serve 22 years
and Martinez-Gloria to
serve 18 years in prison.
They were each indicted
on charges of conspiracy
to traffic in methamphet
amine over 400 grams (two
counts) and violation of
Georgia RICO Act by the
Houston County Grand
Jury on Nov. 8. That was
the second indictment for
them involving meth dis
tribution from 412 Robins
West. They and 27 oth
ers were arrested March
18 and indicted on meth
related charges on June
28.
Jose Martinez-Gloria
was arrested in March 2005
while delivering a pound
of methamphetamine to
Anthony Cebada, Hartwig
said, in the Riverside Drive
area of Bibb County. The
deal had been arranged
in Houton County and
the meth was headed to
Houston County,” accord
ing to Houston Assistant
District Attorney George
Hartwig 111.
Approximately $16,000
in cash and a pound
of meth was found in
Cebada’s vehicle, Hartwig
said.
Cebada previously plead
ed guilty to trafficking
methamphetamine and
conspiracy to traffic meth
back on Oct. 17, Hartwig
said.
Santiago-Melesa was
arrested in June, Hartwig
said, “after coming for
ward to claim $15,000 in
drug money that had been
seized in February 2005.”
Another participant,
Mario Espinoso-Torres,
41, Norcross, pleaded
guilty Nov. 15, 2005, to
conspiracy to traffic meth
amphetamine over 200
grams and violation of
the Georgia RICO Act and
was sentenced to 40 years
and ordered to serve 15 of
See METH, page 12A
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