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THURSDAY
May 4, 2006
I VOLUME 136, NUMBER 87
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Panthers win, Demons out
W Perry rallied to pick up a win
over Peach County in baseball, but
Warner Robins wasn't so lucky.
The Demons were eliminated from
the Region 3-AAAA tournament in
the deciding game of a three-game
series. In doing so, they also failed to
qualify for the state tournament.
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The magic of mushrooms
W Mushrooms are a familiar sight
on pizza
but those
type hardly
compare to
the newer,
jazzier top
pings making
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Ochlahatchee pool closed
B Just a reminder to all that
Ochlahatchee Pool will be closed
this summer.
Group to celebrate friendship
W Church Women United of great
er Warner Robins will celebrate its
annual May Friendship Day Friday.
It wil be held at 6 p.m. at
Westminster Presbyterian Church
located at 303 Mary Lane across from
Shirley Hills Elementary School.
Members and friends are invited
to come enjoy a covered dish salad
followed by an ecumenical program
of worship.
Next PRIDE class Saturdy
W Warner Robins Police will be
offering a free, two-hour program,
Georgia Teens Ride with PRIDE
Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the
Warner Robins campus of Macon
State College, 100 University
Drive.
PRIDE - parents reducing inci
dents of driver error was cre
ated by the Georgia Traffic Injury
Prevention Institute in an effort to
reduce the high number of crashes,
injuries and fatalities involving teen
drivers in the state.
To register for the class, contact
Grace Hodges at 929-7253 or 929-
7285.
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Perry merchant joins immigration protests
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
Small-town Perry seems
like an ocean away from the
immigration protests that
drew more than a million
supporters to the streets
Monday in cities like Atlanta,
New York and Los Angeles.
But on Carroll Street,
Laura Rodriguez posted a
tiny sign.on the door of her
Mexican grocery, and joined
a nationwide fight for immi
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Members of Houston County’s soccer team celebrate their state tournament win over Camden County Tuesday at
Tanner Field in Warner Robins. The victory put the team into the Elite 8. For more, see 18.
Books, books and more books
Friends of the Library to hold sale today
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ Assistant Editor
Looking for romance?
Longing for a mystery?
Wishing you knew more
about history, astronomy,
computer maintenance or
bread baking?
Whatever you like to read,
you're probably going to find
it at the Houston County
Friends of the Library Old
Book Sale, which starts
today.
Volunteers like Pam Yates,
FOL president, Georgette
Lipford, Dave Duran, Dawn
Allison, Jerri McGirr and
Thurlow Orr have been
working on the sale for near
ly a year.
They received a big break
when Bill Livingston let
them have an empty fitness
center space (near Big Lots)
to use as their collection cen
ter at no charge, because
there have been more than
45,000 donated books to
sort, price and pack into
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“We just want a chance
to work,” Rodriguez said.
“We hope that what we're
doing will give us the chance
to be legal workers in this
country.”
A native of Guadalajara,
Mexico, Rodriguez came to
the United States four years
ago. Prior to her move to the
U.S, she spent time work
ing at an electronics factory
in San Jose, Calif. in the
1980 s.
She planned to return to
neatly numbered boxes,
Today, the big job of mov
ing the books to the Georgia
Building at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds, where
the sale will take place, will
begin.
Christine Hoskins, who
has worked on publicity
for the sale and helped sort
books, too, says that the
selection includes “lots of
cookbooks, mysteries and
science fiction, and tons of
romances.”
Westerns will also be avail
able in abundance and there
are thousands of children’s
books to choose from.
Recent best sellers are
plentiful, as are old classics.
There’ll be a special sec
tion for Oprah’s selections,
and also a good collection of
books on the history of the
Civil War, as well as many
more books on military his
tory.
Home-schooling parents
See FRIENDS, page 8A
‘We just want a chance to work. We
hope that what we're doing will give us
the chance to be legal workers in this
country.’
- Perry store owner Laura Rodriguez
Mexico to work in her own
country, but quickly discov
ered she couldn’t afford it.
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Christine Hoskins, a member of the Houston County
Friends of the Library, looks through a set of encyclope
dias that will be available at a rock-bottom price at the
Old Book Sale. The sale will feature more than 45,000
books at prices as low as 25 cents.
California, I was making
more than sl2 an hour,”
she said. “I went to Tijuana
and applied for basically the
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pay me 25 cents an hour.”
One of seven children,
Rodriquez was the first
member of her family to
immigrate to the United
States, but said that four of
her brothers have now joined
her in the U.S. More than a
year ago, she found a home
in Perry’s small, yet growing
business community, open
ing up the Mexican Store on
Carroll Street downtown.
See JOINS, page 8A
WRPD officep
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
“Brad’s the man.”
So said Warner Robins
Police Chief Brett Evans
of Det. Brad Mules, the
\Officer of the Year. “If
you ever
need
some -
thing. He
is the go
to man.”
Evans
gara;
“it =~ was
very dif
ficult to
choose,
we had so many good can
didates.”
Mules was selected “the
best of the best for 2006,”
Evans said, “not just for
how he does his job, but
his dedication to it.”
Mules has finished his
associate’s degree, his
wife is also going to col
lege “and in the mean
time they managed to
have a couple of ‘youn
guns,”” Evans said.
Evans cited Mules’
clearance rate, which is
consistently high - at 73
percent in 2002, 88 per
cent in 2003, 77 percent
in 2004 and 81 percent in
2005. The national aver
age is about 20 percent
Evans said.
Mules also had the
highest number of arrests
every year from 2003 to
2005, Evans said, “and
leads the pack for 2006
with 200.”
Mules credits those
numbers to the work
of the responding offi
cers and the crime scene
investigators. “The job
that officers do on the
scene,” Mules said, “they
make our job easier.” ,
Mayor Donald Walker
refers to Mules as “Bad
Brad,” Evans explained.
“If you a bad guy and
Brad is on your case,
just come on in and turn
yourself in. He’s gonna
get you.”
Mules explained his
work ethic: “I'm gonna do
my job like they're gonna
move me out tomorrow.”
He also credited the
department. “There is no
doubt I work with the
best people I could ask
for. Everyday 1 talk to
people from other agen
cies. People always asked
about the Warner Robins
Police Department.
People want to come work
for us.” -
“l am truly hon
ored,” Mules said of
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