Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

FRIDAY May 12, 2006 l VOLUME 136, NUMBER 93 | OUR Get a groove on :/, B The inaugu ral “Wake Up Perry” Festival, 7 sponsored by Chick-fil-A, The 7 Awakening, Go Fish and 102.1 The Hookwill be held in downtown Perry this May 20. ~ Page 2A Hoping to see error of its ways M The Houston County baseball team hopes to overcome its dread ful 8-error effort against Valdosta last week as the Bears prepare to face Newton in the first round of the GHSA Class AAAAA state playoffs. - Page 1B WRPD seeks robbery suspects B Warner Robins Police are looking for two black male gunmen in con nection with the Wednesday night robbery of the Watson Bivd. Krystal. At 11:34 p.m., officers responded to 1638 Watson Bivd., concerning an armed robbery. Investigation revealed that two men entered the restaurant and demanded money from the register. Det. Art Curnutte said one man held two employees at gunpoint while the second forced the manager to relinquish an undisclosed amount of money from the safe. After receiving the money, the sus pects departed the restaurant on foot in an unknown direction. There were no injuries during the incident. Curnutte said the first suspect is described as a black man, 20 to 25 years old, 6-foot with a slender build. He was last seen wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and dark color pants. The second suspect is described as a black man, 18 to 21 years old, 5- foot-8 with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a gray, hooded sweatshirt and dark in color pants. Anyone with information concern ing the incident is encouraged to contact Curnutte at 918-2977 or 929-1170. - Ray Lightner Friday B Mary Morgan W Josh Stimus B Don Chapman W Cathy Arnold Coe B Thelma T. Rawls . Having a birthday or anniversary? Call Charlotte Perkins at 987- 1823, ext. 234, or e-mail her at cperkins@evansnewspapers.com. B Edward “Monk” Binion B Della Beatrice Roberts Butler M Jacob Wayne Parrish M Douglas P. “Papa” Robinson SRR ... Lo R WEATHER . ...... 3A SN .. .....4A FAMILY&FAITH ... 3B BERNES ... ... 1B LS. .. ..... 4B CLASSIFIEDS .... 5B PERIODICAL Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest - e E - e s - 4 k May 13, 2006 I.‘s* ERVING HOUSTON. COUNTY.SINCE 18705 e & Bt }g ».‘\-u*%‘ o e Y™?; o ol AR «Jg u:.aé o 4 - 4 (Ej l | CJ' JRMUEIOIT 23000 w I LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE From dog house to hig house By RAY LIGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer Marcus Antonio Valdez, 23, decid ed to just take a stroll Wednesday afternoon. The problem: He was part of a Dooly State Prison work detail at Peavy Park. Needless to say, he was in the dog house ... literally. That’s where he was found hiding when he was taken back into custody about 1:40 p.m. by Warner Robins police. Valdez was charged with escape and returned to Department of T T BB e = 1 pen g e i b oke A i TR g e S e g e o ; e S g - ‘ebt o g c. ol 4 . : S sAR e < BPEE A 2 T 4 ] o SRR R VA L O TP By o T ¥R S 3 e R gr TR AR A% ATy T g = A LR L e G > eOh . A Siloeme ! ‘ ' Sl ’ SOAREERE b & i ; LR e [ i ‘ L T i\ R SRS i il W LT eVA i, R AR | ».u.,v;f-: p e b b AL R . i T S e 30 P eeße 1 e & i 3“‘:«'@:s::4‘s?‘,"“,‘:’:":‘ .e Y L w’“‘“ b R - S A AR B S 4 0 e o e"L. i { e PR3io i N L p PRSI S 8 L P v i B T h o g o e | i SeEA L : i § i 1 By T Wy et L 9 Al L A 0 Bt T R e R L ik Fosy bl i i " 3 SUBEARE. ¥ BRI R B Gl e o ! i e K £ / ; : RR T o TEhe 2 il [*% F ) | BRpA TR N SR { Sl o : " 2 G ‘4”;5,-}:3;;;:;:,;_4’;;-‘;%@3’:‘2\ g ; W e e S eT e b AR R gy PR R R T AN | ) b :,‘ ] o X w;%&tg e | e T b sS A T IR Te R y | baadle - ' “‘.,1, 1 i ™ e " |LTWL ! o ® UL aßL2e)i ™ . o g 3 ] e il P i g H ¥ 3 S R Bt i 4.:¥ 2 5 2 = ] “ sk PN e o ® gl R L i 4 g AR et 3 gty g 9_‘?% Ry v.!‘i\fl’:‘ifl“.' iy LR E R | 4 : PR o S " Ter RN i -y S e ' B gt e o ), iR i L ks Ae R »il % . fp\. - ""m B g ét\t:} ‘&* A “r“f‘f'., eA il be e GO Y R T T R SR, g P B ey e %;3:&5 i $ i ~~§'§§ eRBIo gPI i )flffl 3§ “\g &iL E O R el T W B e Sy e . :BAT. N U W o s ate EEmRR R L 4 o 8 i G B ks S Y T T ALI T T R o Sn ¢ :‘ Y & bR R ‘ i G ¢‘; T g . 3 S o P il - L (.5":5 Pl I T b&1» B ,'*r i(3 sg R S ; YY'I ‘§*§ i S e e T e S R ofi. sl B AR S e )B e :{"“ SN Te T - el W G R ¥oo Dol TR ‘ eo B LR B e e e&5 ,‘fA goTR TAI ‘gg% TN ;‘E {'},‘s,‘ e » i o -..\»t’: T ‘M*\),Q{;\%L‘é?ffi,gj!‘\% e B e T Lo b T ; e S 8 o e Ne | S e g 5 S NEERR T L L e & TRy MY ¢ S R p;‘g;‘%;,xig“ fib S - . B, KLt Natds P B ek o e T e | 1L WL 1 \ ; s i eR T %g}?’ 2 S o pebetißEß | 6 5 f w e SSR \\&) !:,;_. issaey e§ K ? e S RV Tsße it e : ol o 08 1 L N ¢ foa o . Xl aaly * e s v‘;»;‘lfi e SRS i) Y i B S 5 i t@:*'v;(v* %“!}% FR el && e TGI SR e | Lo AT P e L e N A W o : Wi 3 bR L e i ; LR g e g o 3 T ; (ARG j o AT Eh i o ¥ T S b e oy ? 3 R E | LS ORI T e o Ly A o A i i AT e e 5 D o £X BQP 3 § g i W 8 ¥ o PG o e ’ '—:-.C& T i éz',;;%,ig 4 ‘ ‘ ;-%r y "‘ b N R Bioed: ATR g v‘g Y 5 PO SR e 2 «% R i 5 T 4 LRI S 0 ity Y b o A IR A L B B R £ o2t B i HHJ/Don Monerief Lindsey Elementary School students get wet while passing a soaked sponge during its annual Reading Counts water bash at the school Tuesday. The event was designed to reward students for meeting or exceeding read ing standards. T-birds, Gis on Wheels part of airshow From staff reports The 2006 Robins Air Show and Open House is this weekend. The United States Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the air show, per forming full demonstrations both days. Along with the F-16 Fighting Falcons of the Thunderbirds, the show also includes the Army’s Silver Wings jump team, an F-15 demonstration, F-117 Stealth Fighter, B-2 Stealth Bomber, C-5 and C-130 cargo aircraft, Ed Hamill flying the Air Force Reserve Biplane, Patty Wagstaff and Pat Davidson’s Jet Ambulance. The event will take place on the Robins flightline. “Our main goal this year is to highlight aircraft from several generations,” said Lt. Col. Manny Haldopoulos, air show director, in a base press release. “We’ll have multiple fight ers, bombers, and cargo air craft from the World War II and Korean era, mul tiple helicopters and other Vietnam-era aircraft, and, of course, the modern genera tion of tactical and strategic aircraft that defend our free doms around the globe.” LA LR e Corrections officials. He was not returned to Dooly State Prison, but was sent to the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. Things unfolded as fol lows: At 12:20 p.m., offi cers of the Warner Robins Police Department respond ed to the 700 block of Meadowridge Drive in refer- ence to a resident’s report of a male subject wearing what appeared to Splish, splash e g % oET 1T PT I e ”. e P gChS. To g o w."%f‘ ¢ g. B ; i b - e 4 i) '\ : . . eEE 7 " 3 sil il D £eR—2R »Ae i L g WY Ky B L, Aof T T % "‘:f ks bl i 4 iy W»(gL 057 b o s # 1 & Y . i ¥4 8 o|- SN ~. - Gl o 4 sl 3 Nil ) e 4 i 9 Pl } st s .WR ot # i L fik A : Y " o M’fi“mhwg’mf‘% R j - F A fi%""f\*“fi"(»‘ el e s eg S y. I P e R A&J;,lm;‘j,«’_‘l. g ‘(v‘( R P , 4 B -;:),:‘n:’ifl"»':"-""x‘%' b o L ARk “"‘ “‘"i \"@M e 2SR e, ity L it ol e j','.?‘-‘».‘“fié:_\". ?;‘Mf".@m ASR [y P i 15 J}‘fé%‘mf ;M‘ e Ly Pl se S e _ s R TSeTG ’% S : L e ‘;&:;:;t»fi;;;n#w“ e e e it DI L e e gSR P e ? b 1 e Sl ape iy L M T U R s pReE L RS SN ; i g P W ?‘f x,;* p T e i d;: i' 0 P T ":;‘;':‘;:t it % s P "(;-“1 Wb, Ly SA S A g X 3_ it ‘.;‘f " \»",x A A ans 3 b S i g O R G T R B ee R R R OG R RO T e i i D AN A reenactor stands next to a vintage WWII German jeep, which will be on display during the 2006 Robins Air show and Open House this weekend. A large collection of vin tage jeeps, trucks, armored vehicles, motorcycles, trail ers and “Humvees” will be on display at the Museum next to Robins Air Force Base as members of the Greater Georgia Military Vehicle Association, Inc., converge on the Museum for a two-day “Gls on Wheels” TR~y v i - 1 Tekey Lonls S B i g Y RN JRS 7 T L \ | L R i ® N 8 L ¥ fal o e, e N, P A 0 ol B e et 1 e AT N PRI b e il | AR B SO AN R AR B o B asat VALDEZ At 12:28 p.m., Officer Kirk Lowry spotted the suspect and a foot pur- Restored Military Vehicle Show. Restored military vehicles from all over the state of Georgia will line up next to the Museum’s vintage WWII aircraft and “don’t be sur prised if a tank rolls in,” said show organizer Chuck Herbert. Shuttle busses will be be a prison uniform walking in the area. According to radio reports the suspect was described as a Hispanic male wear ing white pants with a blue stripe and a white shirt with “prisoner” on the back. He was later described as not wearing the shirt, but hav ing a large tattoo on his back. available to take spectators to and from both shows. At the airshow, the Air Force’s newest aircraft, the F-22A Raptor, perform a fly-by. The B-2 Spirit and F-117A Nighthawk are also sched uled to fly over the base. The Thunderbirds will have two significant See SHOW, page 1C - TWO SECTIONS * 12 PAGES ] suit ensued onto Princeton Road from Meadowridge Drive. According to radio traffic, the suspect’s trail ended at a drainage ditch, which came out by a nearby daycare center on Elberta Road. Aperimeter, asexplained by Warner Robins Police Lt. Todd Edwards, was quickly established by assisting units from all divisions to include patrol, traffic, school resource, CID, IDC along with members of the Houston County Sheriff’'s Dept., See HOUSE, page 6A CANCEVANS FAMILY INEWSPAPER] SSSIOBIOOOOJIHtI Goines By RAY LIGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer Anthony Goines, 35, of 322 Bruce St., in Warner Robins, was sentenced to 20 years to serve 10 and banished from Houston County for hav ing guns (one stolen) and a lot of pot. He pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convict- ed felon, and one count of theft by receiving stolen property May 4 in Houston Superior Court. He also violated A GOINES his previous probation for the June 2000 conviction for purchase, possession, manufacture, distribution or sale of controlled sub stance or marijuana. His sentence also includ ed $5,000 in fines and fees, drug offender con ditions possess no fire arms, commit no crimes of theft or violence, con sume no illegal drugs or alcohol and banishment from Houston County and all contiguous counties. The charges stem from an April 21 incident, where members of the Warner Robins Police Department Criminal Investigation Division, with the assistance of the Houston County Juvenile Division, were investi gating a residential bur glary that occurred on Oklahoma Ave. Two pis tols were stolen in the burglary and information was received that the two pistols were at the the aforementioned residence on Bruce Street, explained Det. Brad Mules. During a search, contact was made with Goines who was found in posses sion of a backpack con taining a large amount of marijuana. The marijuana totaled 4.73 pounds, with a street value estimated at $3,000. : Mules said Goines was also located in a bed room where two firearms were found, a Maverick 12-gauge shotgun and a Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 revolver. There was also $7,230 in cash. See GOINES, page 6A