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FRIDAY
May 19, 2006
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Out in two
M Despite their efforts,
Columbus proved too tough
for Perry in the AAA state
baseball playoffs Wednesday
in Columbus, sweeping and
eliminating the Panthers two
games to none. '
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Watch your money
M Perry Police are investigat
ing the passing of counter
feit SSO bills at local busi
nesses. For the full story, see
Saturday's Houston Home
Journal.
For a good cause
M The Houston County Relay for
Life will be held tonight at the
Georgia National Fairgrounds &
Agricenter, start
ing ats p.m. :
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through 8 a.m.
Saturday. MM
The Relay _
is the major
annual fund
raiser of the
American Cancer Society in
Houston County.
Thousands of luminaries will be
lighted in honor of those battling
the disease and in memory of
those who lost the battle.
Teams of walkers will stay on the
track from dusk to dawn.
Friday
.M Issac Minter
W Aimee Jones
W Sam Rodgers
Friday
B Nancy and Sandy
McLendon
Having a birthday or anniver
sary? Call Charlotte Perkins at
987-1823, ext. 234, or e-mail her
at cperkins@evansnewspapers.
com.
B In Wednesday's Houston
Home Journal, it was
reported students at Peaft
Stephens Elementary School
“purchased” books dur
ing the schools Reading Is
Fundamental program when
in fact the books were free
of charge, which is what the
RIF program is all about.
The American Associaton of
University Women earned
money to buy the new books
by having a used book sale
at the Houston Mall back in
October 2005.
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buggy, one of several types of buggies featured in the Big Perry Sale today and
Saturday at the Georgia National Fairgrounds. BOTTOM: Freeman Detweiler of
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Houston recognizes
county’s namesake
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
You might not know it,
but there’s a good reason
why Houston County isn’t
pronounced like the famous
city in Texas.
Houston County, found
ed in 1821 by a treaty with
the Creek Indians, was
named for John Houston,
a Georgia governor who
served as a delegate to the
Continental Congress and
was one of the founders of
the University of Georgia.
Representatives from
the Georgia Historical
Society, along with coun
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ty leaders, gathered out
side the Houston County
Government Building
Wednesday to dedicate a
new historical marker that
may give visitors a clear
er picture of the county’s
namesake. Houston was
born in Waynesboro in
1744. According to Dr. Todd
Groce, executive director
of the Georgia Historical
Society, Houston was the
first Georgia governor who
was actually born in the
state.
During his lifetime,
Houston’s name was
See HOUSTON, page 8A
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
HHJ Staff Writer
Worried about the high
price of gas?
If you’re willing to try
some real horsepower
instead, you can buy a
team of draft horses,
mules, ponies or donkeys
at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds today or
Saturday.
You can bid on a buggy,
too, or a vis-a-vis, or even
a surrey with a fringe on
the top.
Known simply as the
Big Perry Sale, and held
in the multi-purpose
livestock building near
Reaves Arena, the semi
annual auction is orga
nized by auctioneer Jim
Rhodes.
Just dropping by is like
taking a trip back in time.
Amish and Mennonite
carriage-builders are on
the scene with both new
and used horse-drawn
vehicles and there are also
antiques and collectibles
on sale, along with tack
and harness equipment.
While the horses and
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grow in Peach
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
It’s all about location.
Warner Robins City
Council, in its meet
ing Monday, annexed and
rezoned 80.5 acres along
Gunn Road in Peach County.
The land is adjacent to simi
lar sized parcels also owned
by Charles Sidney Jordan Jr.
near the county line and was
already zoned R-3 (7,500-foot
lot size) in Peach County.
The annexation and rezon
ing into Warner Robins also
stipulated that it be single
family detached housing. It
permits duplexes, multi-fam
ily and zero lot line develop
ments.
Another rezoning request,
also for R-3 and in Peach
County, has been tabled by
the council to let all sides
work out a compromise, pos
sibly R-2 (10,000-square-foot
lot size). This request was
for rezoning 9.38 acres along
Houser’s Mill Road from R
AG (residential agricultural)
Four face charges
for fake scripts
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Four were jailed Tuesday for trying to
pass fake prescriptions off at Eckerd’s.
James Keith Kendall of 105 Chisom
Court in Bonaire was arrested for obtain
ing or attempting to obtain prescrip
tion drugs. Three others were charged
for party to the crime of obtaining or
attempting to obtain prescription drugs.
Two of them, Martha Christine Hyde
and Randall Lewis Schofield, lived with
Kendall at the aforementioned location.
The fourth suspect Paul Van Dorn George
is from Macon.
All four remain in the Houston County
Detention Center without bond.
The arrest lead to a search warrant of
the house, where narcotics investigators
with the Houston County Sheriff’s Office
found: “a stolen motorcycle, all kinds of
prescription drugs and ’scripts forger
ies they had been practicing,” said Sgt.
Manny Quinones.
The prescription drugs included
hydrocodone, phentermine, Loritab and
Adderol, Quinones said.
A majority of the drugs seized were
at the house, he added, but a search
of George’s car reportedly turned up
two ounces of “ice” (crystal metham
phteamine) and scales, so he was also
charged with trafficking in methamphet
amine.
Schofield was also charged with a viola
tion of probation on an original charge
of theft by receiving stolen property.
Kendall was also charged with possession
of hydrocodone and drugs to be kept in
original container.
Hyde, once identified, was charged with
possession of hydrocodone and possession
of phentermine and drugs to be kept in
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Peach County resident
Larry Damron speaks out
against proposed rezon
ing between Houser’s Mill
Road and I-75.
to R-3.
Several area residents
spoke out with concerns
over the density and traffic
the new development would
bring.
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SCHOFIELD
Houston
County’s
Brad
Jackson cel
ebrates with
teammates
after hitting
a home run
in the Bears’
sweep of
Union Grove
in the GHSA
Class AAAAA
state tour
nament
Wednesday.
For more,
see page 18.