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TUESDAY
June 6,2006
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 110
OUR
FRONT
PORCH
ON THE MOVE
Tune in Saturday
■ The HHJ Quiz does not
appear in today's paper. It
will resume with the correct
answers from last week’s quiz
in the new Lifestyle section
June 10, and continue on
Saturdays thereafter.
INSIDE
It's an honor
■ A complete list of Houston County
elementary schools' honor rolls and
honorable mentions.
- Pages 5 A-6 A
IN BRIEF
Rape charge
■ A Warner Robins man has
been charged with raping a
41-year-old woman Saturday
morning inside his Charles
Circle home.
According to Karen Stokes
with the Warner Robins
Police Department, Johnny
Lee Carter, 55, was arrested
Monday morning after Warner
Robins police obtained a
search warrant for his home.
According to Stokes, the
woman was fighting with
her boyfriend Saturday and
walked out of their apartment.
Carter invited the woman to
stay with him.
‘They weren’t in a relation
ship, but she had been at his
house before,” Stokes said.
Stokes said the two were
watching TV when Carter
forced himself on the woman,
allegedly trying to strangle
her. She was later treated at
the Houston Medical Center,
according to Stokes, for inju
ries to her eyes and cuts on
her legs.
Mike George
Policy discussion
■ A meeting of Informed
Citizens United, a public
policy issues discussion and
action group, will be held at
Fuddruckers at 133 Margie
Drive Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
Beauty awards
■ The Perry Beautification
Commission has chosen the
following homes for Yard of
the Month for June: Clay
Smith, 1208 Cater Circle
and Doyal Eaves, 206 N.
Hamptons Place.
BIRTHDAYS
Tuesday
■ Skyior Alexis Grimes
■ Malcom Davis
■ Jerry Willis
DEATHS
■ Alene Brown Davis
■ Kathryn J. Gabriel
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
Beach Boys to play Ga. National Fair
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
Officials at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds & Agricenter confirmed
Monday morning that The Beach
Boys are slated to return to the
Georgia National Fair this October.
According to a news release from the
fairgrounds, the concert is scheduled
to begin at 8 p.m. on Oct. 13, inside
Reaves Arena. Tickets are $25 for all
reserved seats and go on sale Aug. 26.
Director of Communications
Michele Treptow said the fairgrounds
has been working to book the band for
several months. The Beach Boys last
performed at the Georgia National
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247 after it turned over Tuesday. There was no further information available at presstime. See Wednesday’s Home
Journal for details.
Carter enjoying family after
tour in Iraq with the 48th
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
After roughly a year rebuilding Iraq
with the Georgia National Guard’s 48th
Infantry Brigade, Lt. Col. Scott Carter
finally has time to relax.
Carter spent roughly on in Iraq as the
civil affairs officer for the unit, working
to build support for the new Iraqi gov
ernment, sending Iraqis back to work
and restoring basic essential services,
like clean running water.
Carter helped pull together roughly sl7
million in public works projects in South
Baghdad and $1.7 million in projects
near Tallil Airbase southeast of the city.
Carter worked to bolster support for the
constitutional referendum that passed
in October, and the December national
elections in Iraq. He also worked with
local leaders to set up polling places in
the region.
“War is a lot more than just combat,”
Carter said. “My job was designed to
build as much support as possible for the
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Fair in 2001.
“It’s just a fun concert,” Treptow
said. “Everybody knows their
songs.”
Treptow said the addition of The
Beach Boys to this year’s lineup
of concerts will broaden the fair’s
appeal.
“Fairs, traditionally, and the Georgia
National Fair, in particular, have
always featured country music, but
with this concert, it’s nice to see some
thing with a broad-based appeal.
“It’s good ol’ pop music.”
Innovators of a distinctive beach
music style and sound that inspired
countless imitators, and helped
local government, and to restore some of
the essential services that have been lost
there.”
Before the October referendum,
Carter said the 48th was stationed at
Camp Stryker, adjacent to Baghdad
International Airport, patrolling Sunni
controlled areas. The brigade later moved
to Tallil Airbase southeast of Baghdad
near the city of Nasiriyah, a Shiite-con
trolled area.
“We were basically working to build up
the legitimacy of the new Iraqi govern
ment,” Carter said.
Carter was involved in more them 100
combat patrols in Iraq, and was involved
in numerous engagements, including two
Improvised Explosive Device, or IED,
attacks, and three small arms attacks.
The public works projects Carter helped
pull together included new roads, school
renovations, and deem water projects.
After studying industrial and systems
engineering at Georgia Tech, Carter was
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shaped the music of the 19605, The
Beach Boys are recognized for such
hits as “Surfin’ Safari,” “Surfer
Girl,” “Little Deuce Coupe,” “Fun,
Fun, Fun,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,”
and “Good Vibrations.” The band’s
seminal album in 1966, Pet Sounds,
is considered by many music critics
to be one of the greatest albums ever
made. “Pet Sounds” was ranked No.
2 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of
the 500 greatest albums of all time,
behind Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band by The Beatles.
The band still performs an average
of 150 shows every year. Mike Love,
a founding member of the band, is
Wind from his sails
■Bj
Windsor’s Dylan Mitchell Is caught in a rundown
between second and third by Northside players Sunday
at Northside. The teams were taking part in final day of
the HARD Ball tournament, hosted by Houston County,
and running Thursday until Sunday. For more, see 18.
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slated to perform with new members
of the group.
The Beach Boys join a lineup for
this year’s fair that includes Gretchen
Wilson on Oct. 7; Big & Rich with
special guest star Cowboy Troy Oct.
14; and the Country Gold Tour 2006
featuring Leroy Van Dyke and the
Auctioneers Oct. 15.
Fairgrounds officials are still work
ing to secure an act to perform on
their special “Sneak-A-Peek” night
Oct. 5.
For more information, con
tact the Reaves Arena Box Office
at 987-3247, or visit www.georgia
nationalfair.com.
Police
search
for jewel
thieves
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
Police in Perry are
searching for two suspects
in a weekend theft at a
downtown jewelry store.
Capt. Bill Phelps
with the Perry Police
Department said investi
gators are searching for
a man and a woman who
stole diamond rings, bead
ed necklaces and an unde
termined amount of unset
diamonds from Overton
Jewelers on Carroll
Street shortly after noon
Saturday. Phelps said the
two suspects both worked
to distract a clerk in the
store, moving quickly
behind the counter to
steal jewelry from a dis
play case.
Phelps said the clerk
noticed the items were
missing after the two
suspects had already left
the store. Police have no
idea where the man and
the woman headed after
leaving or what they were
driving. According to a
witness description, the
man is roughly 6-foot,
240-250 pounds and was
wearing a blue shirt, a
hat and either black or
blue jeans. The woman
is roughly 5-foot-6, 140-
160 pounds, with short
hair with large curls. At
the time, she was wear
ing a light-colored shirt
and carried a large purse.
Phelps said both suspects
are black.
Although no arrests
have been made, Phelps
said police are investigat
ing several leads in the
case.
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