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TUESDAY
May 16, 2006
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 95
OUR
Bears' roll to next round
m Houston County struggled
at home for two innings to
start its run in the GHSA
Class AAAAA state baseball
tournament Friday. The Bears
then cruised by Newton
County and into round two.
- Page 1B
Traffic light pushed to summer
® Perry's city leaders continue
to push back estimates on
when construction will begin
to bring a traffic light to the
intersection of Perimeter Road
and U.S. 41.
Although the project has
been approved by the
Georgia Department of
Transportation, city manager
Lee Gilmour said Monday
construction will probably not
begin on the project until the
mid- to late summer.
Gilmour said the county has
committed to helping the proj
ect along, but said the city
and county have not ham
mered out an agreement. For
almost a decade, city lead
ers worked to convince the
GDOT the Perimeter Road
intersection was both a has
sle for drivers and a danger.
Perry mayor Jim Worrall
originally estimated in the
fall work would begin in
December of last year.
The project is expected to
cost between $200,000 and
$250,000, but could cost less,
according to Gilmour.
The city is still working to
determine the county's role
in the project but the county
may help with the construc
tion of turning lanes along
Perimeter Road and with wid
ening part of U.S. 41.
Gilmour still estimates that
project will take at least 10
months to complete once
construction begins.
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ABOVE: A group of 4-K Matt Arthur students eye the school’s lunchroom food with suspicion before receiving their
meals Friday. BELOW: Matt Authur lunchroom worker Bonnie McCarthy prepares turkey wraps with low-fat cheese
and whole-wheat tortilla wraps. The staff is always looking for ways to offer “fun foods” with reduced fat and
sugar.
School lunchrooms going for lower
fat, lower sugar in student’s servings
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ Assistant editor
Blame it on television
watching and video games.
Blame it on a drive-through,
fast food lifestyle. Blame it
on too much fat and sugar in
home cooked meals.
Whatever the reason, the
worrisome facts just won’t
go away. Childhood obesity,
according to the American
Obesity Association, has
quadrupled in the last 25
years in this country.
The problem isn’t just
that chubby kids get teased
more. It’s that Type 2 dia
betes, once a pro}ll)fi)em that
came on in mid-life, is on
the rise among school age
children. Also kids who start
out with bad eating hab
its may well have shorter
lives. According to the AOA,
excess weight in childhood
and adolescence has been
found to predict overweight
Airport Road realignment may
not take flight as first thought
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
Officials at the Perry-
Houston County Airport
cheered after county vot
ers approved the renewal
of the local option sales tax
in March, but now say it
may take more than a year
before significant work can
begin on the realignment of
Airport Road.
Houston County’s Special
Purpose Loeal Option Sales
Tax, or SPLOST, is expect
ed to generate $l3O million
over six years.
County officials ear
marked $90,000 for the
Airport Road realignment,
designed to eliminate a
hairpin curve on the road
way and allow the airport to
install new equipment that
will help pilots land in bad
weather.
But Art MacDonald, chair
man of the Perry-Houston
County Airport Authority,
said Monday that money
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adults. Approximately 30
percent of children ages 6 to
11 are overweight, and 15.3
percent are obese. With ado
lescents, the statistics are
much the same.
Jeannine Hill, Houston
County’s Director of School
Nutrition, and her staff of
35 lunchroom managers
have been working hard to
find ways to get kids to eat
more healthful foods with
less sugar and fat, and the
Houston County Board of
Education is backing the
teams all the way.
They recently passed a
system-wide wellness poli
cy, which emphasizes both
good nutrition and exercise.
It will go into effect before
the beginning of the 2006-07
school term.
Here are some examples
of what the students can
expect:
See FOOD, page 6A
‘My understand
ing is that when
the county starts
collecting that tax
in the fall, that
other projects will
be funded before
ours.’
- Art MacDonald, Perry-
Houston County Airport
Authority chairman
might not be available for
the project for another
year.
“My understanding is
that when the county starts
collecting that tax in the
fall, that other projects will
be funded before ours,”
MacDonald said.
MacDonald said a new
route has been surveyed
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Engle said the $19.5
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only cover a portion of the
cost, and said county lead
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how much the state will set
aside for the project.
“We are using that $19.5
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The project is still in the
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A Benedictine player slides into third base under
the tag of Perry’s Robby Taylor during their GHSA
Class AAA state baseball tournament game Friday.
The Panthers shook off a 6-0 loss in the opener at
home to win the next two games to advance to the
second round of the tournament in Columbus on
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By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
There's nothing like
advertising.
At least as it pertained
in helping law enforce
ment officials nab Daniel
De Leon Moralez, 41, of
Bonaire.
He was arrested Friday
for the attempted kidnap
ping of a 14-year-old girl,
thanks, in part, to the
telephone number on the
side of his van.
On Thursday, Warner
Robins Police Department
officers received a report
of an attempted kidnap
ping. Three juveniles ages
9, 13 and 14 were return
ing from Lo’s Lo’s at 701
North Houston Road
when a Hispanic male
attempted to lure the 14-
year-old female into his
van by telling her he had
beer and asking if she
wanted to drink.
She declined and left
the area with the other
two juveniles.
The 13-year-old male
juvenile obtained the tag
number and described
the vehicle as a white
Astro van, with “Moralez
Drywall” painted on the
vehicle.
“One of the boys also
gave us the phone num
ber on the wvan,” said
Det. Karen Stokes of the
department’s Criminal
Investigation Division.
After repeated unsuc
cessful calls to the number
Thursday night, Stokes
said, “we called the num
ber Friday and set up a
meeting at Burger King to
get a drywall estimate.”
Officers were waiting
for Moralez at that loca
tion and took him into
custody there.
He is being held with
out bond on kidnapping
charge at the Houston
County Detention Center.
Anyone with further
information can con
tact Stokes or Det. Brad
Mules of the Criminal
Investigations Division at
929-6911.