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TUESDAY
May 30, 2006
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 105
OUR
FRONT
PORCH
INSIDE
All-county honrs
■ The HHJ sports staff names the
county's best soccer players.
- Page 1B
IN BRIEF
Man assaulted Saturday
■ Ronald Dean Fordham
remains at the Medical cen
ter of Central Georgia in
critical condition, where he
was taken Saturday morn
ing because of injuries from
an apparent assault. A friend
found him Saturday morning
in his Bell Drive home with
head injuries related to an
assault, according to Warner
Robins Police.
Police responded to Bell
Drive, at 7:09 a.m., where
a friend of the 48-year-old
man told police he found
Fordham in his bedroom with
injuries related to an apparent
assault. Police ask anyone
with information about the
assault to contact the Warner
Robins Police Department
Criminal Investigations
Division at 929-6911 or the
Patrol Division at 929-1170.
- Ray Lightner
Two injured in Friday wreck
■ Tamie Marie Piotrowski
and a juvenile were injured
Friday night in a wreck near
the Piggly Wiggly on North
Houston Road.
They were taken to the
Medical Center of Central
Georgia by Houston EMS
following the accident. They
were passengers in a 1989
Buick Lasabre driven by
Calvin Johnson of Warner
Robins that reportedly pulled
into the path of a 2002 GMC
Envoy driven by Mary Snipes
of Butler.
Johnson was reportedly com
ing from the Piggly Wiggly
parking lot, going across
North Houston Road to
Houston Plaza when he
pulled into the path of the
Envoy. The incident remains
under investigation by Warner
Robins Police Department
Officers Tim Pippio and David
Hale and members of the
Traffic Division.
- Ray Lightner
BIRTHDAYS
Saturday
■ Michael Buck
Having a birthday or anniver
sary? Call Charlotte Perkins at
987-1823, ext. 234, ore-mail her
at cperkins(S>evansnewspapers.
com.
DEATHS
■ George C. Cannon Sr.
INDEX
LOCAL 2 A
WEATHER 3 A
OPINION 4 A
SPORTS 1 B
COMICS 4 B
CLASSIFIEDS .... 5 B
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
County mandates water use restrictions
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
As of Friday, outdoor water usage
was on the state’s odd/even outdoor
water schedule.
“We’re pumpin’ so much water
now, we have to,” said Houston
County Water System’s Grady
Trussed.
Trussed, OMI project manager,
said the extended period with no
rain and extensive outdoor watering
is causing water pressure problems
in areas served by county water.
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truck called a Buffalo in Iraq. Buffalos are used to find Improvised
Explosive Devices, or lED’s along convoy routes in Iraq.
Former Perryan wins major honor
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ Lifestyle Editor
Laura Whipple Neeld,
daughter of Eleanor Whipple
and the late Allen Whipple
of Perry, now lives in New
Jersey, but she has taken
her small town values and
her family’s faith and belief
in community service with
her.
She was recently hon
ored as Cape May County’s
Outstanding Woman of
2006.
According to the nomi
nating petition, “Laura is
an inspiration to those that
work with her and those that
are physically or emotionally
suffering. She always has a
A reason to fight
positive word and a winning
smile. This is all part of her
spiritual journey.”
In addition to being a
top producer in real estate,
Neeld is a former nurse and
a breast cancer survivor who
has endured chemotherapy,
radiation and numerous sur
geries, all the while caring
for her family and striving
for excellence in her job.
She has thrown her ener
gies into fund-raising for the
Susan G. Komen Foundation,
Crossing the Finish Line,
and other advocacy efforts
for cancer victims.
Here in Houston County,
she organized and funded
a “Think Pink” Day at the
www.hhjnews.com
Water is available, he said, but the
rate of usage does not allow storage
buildup to provide adequate water
pressure.
The odd/even schedule is based on
days of the week, not calendar dates
and does not allow any outdoor
watering on Fridays. For even-num
bered addresses, outdoor water use
is allowed on Monday, Wednesday
and Saturday and for odd numbered
addresses, outdoor use is permitted
on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
There are additional across the
board restrictions such as no out
door watering any day from 4 to 10
p.m. “We added that restriction.”
Trussell said, “it is not part of state
regulations.”
The restrictions apply to all
Houston County Water System cus
tomers, including those within city
limits who are billed by the respec
tive cities. “We’ve got about 10,000
customers in Warner Robins city
limits, Trussell said, and several
subdivision in Perry along Kings
Chappell and Gurr roads.
submitted
Church Home for the Aged,
where her mother now lives,
providing the staff with flow
ers and cake.
In her professional field,
she has been a member of
the Million Dollar Club sev
eral times and has earned
Circle of Excellence awards.
She received the 2004
Good Neighbor Award given
by the Cape May Board of
Realtors. This award was
based on her community
service, including her musi
cal programs for the elderly
in nursing homes and chil
dren in special services pro
grams.
Her battle against cancer
See AWARD, page 6A
Wood finishes Iraq
tour with 48th
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
William Wood
and his wife,
Kristie, can’t
explain why their black
lab, Molly, ran away
from their home in
Perry countless times
last year.
But with Kristie
student teaching at
Perry Middle School
and Willie thousands of
miles away in Iraq, they
have a theory.
“Molly was always
Willie’s dog,” Kristie
said. “I think she must
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Laura Whipple Neeld wins honors for her community ser
vice and her advocacy for breast cancer victims.
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City water customers in the three
cities were already been under the
odd/even restrictions. The State
Department of Natural Resources
adopted those standards in 2004.
The county restrictions are mana
datory and subject to enforcement.
First-time violators will be given a
warning. “Then, we’ll take it from
there, up to cut off of service,”
Trussell said.
For more information, contact
OMI Houston County Water at 987-
0462.
have been out searching
for him.”
A staff sergeant and
combat engineer with
the Georgia Army
National Guard’s 48th
Infantry Brigade,
William Wood was one
of the thousands of
Georgia guardsmen
who returned home this
spring after nearly a
year in Iraq.
Wood was part of
the Army National
Guard’s 648th Engineer
Battalion, spending part
of his tour at Camp
See WOOD, page 6A