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WEEKEND May 13, 2006 VOLUME 136, NUMBER 94 OUR Mean and green B Multi-purpose avacados add a Mexican twist to summer dishes - Page 5A T e ee i ! i R { S 3 % | " o 8. 7 £ k- T ¢ B - B/ S " oy o¥s i i e R il | b a i 1 g s B o % s e R IR 1%, 4 B 0 Sl i P ' £ % o 1 M W T T | T e ny— j e 1 No juicing B Wil Georgia follow New Jersey's lead and start testing student-ath letes for illegal substances? - Page 1B 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 INDEX A ... o2K WERIMER ....... 3A SRINION ........ 4A LIFESIYLE. ... ... BA SIS, a 0 1B C0M1C5......... 8B CLASSIFIEDS .... 6B PERIODICAL Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest %2 - U o SEsac 2 fl-oné > a:gggg & EésSE 588, B Bros g ism; g:rET%f;‘ 2.0 n . £ 8= - ¥ 1994 May 13, 2006 [ SERVING HoUuSTON CoUNTY. SINCE 1870 - LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, 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 X : ] }‘Q ] j - | & - :";; < \ | A | T o 2 _ . 8 = o il : iy 'y 5 o s L | A : e e ,Wm *’) 3 o ..&"‘gi{ : Air Force Capt. Nicole Malachowski, the Thunderbirds’ first female pilot, looks on while her crew chief, Staff Sgt. Harrison Southworth helps Perry senior Tabatha Bechman put on a G-suit on Friday. e G e o A G Al Initial f le pilot | famous Thunderbirds t . . t P I| . h 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 www.hhjnews.com 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 Eello ' | Nigilginloom a weekly series by Mike George 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 See PILOT, page 10A - i b eb O i PR o . 2 i I o e i i Rl Lo T e ,w\ % ! L e b R i ot gfi PR : S } W dawe Ay AU P i e T i S i ‘ S i) Wi AT W TR = St iA o e i:s 3 T R it -~ TR G o i B ? lfi"}*: s g Ry ol @ Lvß i R s s ' . - % o et e L S ; L 0 T 1) R ; o, L = A L gy | § ] i ¥ | fn. 9 B 4 Jidr ; g : / o S T N ) ’ A b s Chris and Holly Arnold sit inside the “dorm” they built 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- TWO SECTIONS * 14 PAGES 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 AN EVANS FAMILY NEWSPA 1'1«,‘1(! 8’55108'00001'"4 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 - ing and attempt ng to elude an offi cer and miscel- 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