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WEEKEND
May 13, 2006
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 94
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IN BRIEF
Health fair
W There will be a migrant/
Hispanic health fair Thursday,
from 5-9:30 p.m., at
Friendship Baptist Church
located at 1322 Feagin
Mill Rd., in Warner Robins.
Officials will be offering medi
cal, dental and optometry ser
vices to all uninsured migrants
and local area Hispanics at
that time to include: checkups
and treatments for illness,
dental exams, fillings or
extractions as required, vision
checks. There will also be
educational lectures on AIDS,
STD's, TB, diabetes and
hypertension. According to a
release, all services are free.
Visit their Web site at www.
migranthealthfair.com for more
or call Yesmin Wilson, regis
tered nurse, at 952-6590.
BIRTHDAYS
Saturday
B Chemeka Jones
M Odessa Whiters
MW Larry Sayre
Sunday
W Charles Sorrows
Monday
B Tom Bethune
ANNIVERSARIES
Sunday
B Jim and Roseanne
Musgrove
Having a birthday or anniversa
ry? Call Charlotte Perkins at 987-
1823, ext. 234, or e-mail her at
cperkins@evansnewspapers.com.
DEATHS
B Loraine C. Morton
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CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
sunday drinking might be on tap
Centerville council to
discuss a referendum
By KIMBERLY CASSEL
PRITCHETT
HHJ Contributing Writer
Centerville residents may soon
have the option of deciding whether
or not local restaurants should be
able to sell alcohol by the drink on
Sundays.
Centerville Council is expected to
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Perry couple graduating
with honors, together
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
For the past few years,
Chris and Holly Arnold
haven’t had much time for
quiet moments together.
With a family of five chil
dren, two dogs, and a cat,
they never really had more
than a night a week for sim
ple things like watching a
movie together.
But today, Chris and Holly
are sharing something spe
cial, graduating with honors
from Mercer University in
Macon, together.
Chris, who earned a bache
lor’s degree in Middle Grades
Education, has already land
ed a job teaching Language
Arts at Bonaire Middle
School next year. Most of
his friends and co-workers
expected the one-time auto
mechanic to teach in his
field, and never knew he
enjoyed writing poetry and
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discuss the Sunday sale of alcohol
by the drink at the Tuesday coun
cil work session if all the members
are present, said Centerville Mayor
Harold M. Edwards Jr.
“People have stopped me and asked
me about it,” Edwards explained as
to why the topic is up for discussion.
“There are pros and cons to it.”
The topic of Sunday alcohol sales
by the drink and property tax
exemption for residents age 70 and
up were tabled by council at the
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short stories when he wasn’t
fixing engines.
Born and raised in Perry,
Chris spent a year at Georgia
Southern University, before
leaving the college and
returning home to work for
his father at Arnold’s Auto
Service. Chris said his family
has lived in Houston County
since 1925.
His wife, Holly, who grad
uates today but will finish
her course work by July,
hopes her degree in Human
Services will help bolster
See COUPLE, page 10A
Suiting up
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
apt. Nicole Malachowski is quick to point out
that women make up 20 percent of the U.S. Air
Force, emphasizing that women have been fly
ing as bomber and fighter pilots in combat missions
for the Air Force since the mid-19905.
But Malachowski is also flying into uncharted ter
ritory.
In November, she became the first female pilot to
fly with the Air Force Thunderbirds in their 53-year
history, flying as the right-wing pilot in the their
famous diamond formation.
“I am very proud that I've become a catalyst for
discussion,” she said. “I'm proud to be representing
‘that’ 20 percent of women who make up our Air
Force.”
Malachowski said that 16 other women are now
serving with the squadron in support roles, and
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out of an upstairs room inside their home on Duncan
Avenue in Perry. The couple is graduating with honors
from Mercer University today.
April 25 council meeting until all
members could be present.
“I understand how religious con
victions are about it ... some of
mine are ... but at the same time, I
don’t necessarily think I can impose
my beliefs on someone else,” said
Edwards. “My philosophy is to let
the citizens choose what they want
to do with a referendum that way
it’s fair to both sides of the registered
voters that live in Centerville.”
According to Howard Tyler, direc-
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tor of the Alcohol and Tobacco
Division for the Georgia Department
of Revenue, in Georgia, the sale of
alcohol at a convenient, grocery or
package store is illegal on Sunday;
however, he said a local jurisdiction
can allow the citizens to vote in a
referendum about the consumption
of alcohol on premises on Sunday.
Tyler explained that the referen
dum must be for “just restaurants
with at least 50 percent of their
See ALCOHOL, page 10A
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Greenwood
sentenced
for break-ins
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Michael P Greenwood,
30, of Macon, is going to
prison for 25 years, with
no chance of parole.
Greenwood was found
guilty Thursday of theft
by taking motor vehicles,
theft by receiving stolen
property (motor vehicle),
criminal damage to prop
erty in the second degree,
entering an automobile,
obstruc
tion of
an officer
(misde
meanor),
flee -
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attempt
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GREENWOQD
laneous traffic offenses
resulting from a vehicle
pursuit.
He was sentenced
Friday by Superior Court
Judge George Nunn to 34
years, 25 to serve.
“He was put a way
for a long time,” said
Cpl. James Williams
of the Houston County
Sheriff’s Office Criminal
Investigation Division.
“It’s a great relief that
it’s over,” Williams said,
“to give the victims peace
of mind that he’s behind
bars.”
These cases were
from a 2005 investiga
tion the Houston County
Sheriff’s Office Criminal
Investigation Division
had worked resulting
in response to a rash of
entering automobiles in
residential neighbor
hoods, said Williams.
Investigators tracked
more than 40 ‘enter
ing automobile” cases in
residential areas between
July and November 2005.
Allthe thefts were occur
ring during late-night
hours and early morning
hours. Electronics, lap
top computers and fire
arms -were taken from
a large number of these
incidents, Williams said.
The Sheriff’s Office put
together a detail unit
involving officers work
ing from 10 p.m. to 6
am. in the neighbor
hoods in plain clothes and
unmarked patrol vehicles
in attempt to stop the
thefts, Williams said.
On Nov. 6, 2005, depu
ties responded to the Lea
Glen area off of U.S. 341
outside of Perry in refer
ence to an entering auto
mobile in progress. Dep
uties arrived in the area
See ARREST, page 10A