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WEEKEND
June 10, 2006
VOLUME 136, NUMBER 114
OUR
FRONT
PORCH
INSIDE
Back in action
■ After |
a short
absence
from the
driving
scene,
not that
he left
the sport
gy
■
he was
just working behind the
scenes Elko native Walt
Brannen is poised to make
his return as a driver. He
has wrapped up a 10-race
deal in Busch and is a
top candidate for a full
time ride in the Craftsman
Truck Series.
- Page 1B
By popular demand
■ The Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra makes its way
back to Perry and will
perform on July 7 in the
Miller-Murphy-Howard
Building at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds &
Agricenter.
- Page 1C
IN BRIEF
Make a joyful noise
■ The New Hope Baptist
New Generation Youth
Choir will host their 13 th
anniversary on Sunday.
The choir is under the
direction of Larzarnia
Adkison, choir and youth
director. Assistant directors
are Shetanda Glover and
Duchess Hunter, minister
of music. In the band are
guitarist marvin Hill, bass
guitarist Christ Lewis and
drummer Kenneth Grace.
The Rev. Dennis Harden
is pastor of the church,
which is at 1014 W.F.
Ragin Dr., Perry.
BIRTHDAYS
Saturday
■ Don Dimsdale
■ Trey Evans
Sunday
■ Chantecia Harris
ANNIVERSARIES
Monday
■ Shelby and Thomas Arnold
Having a birthday or anniversa
ry? Call Charlotte Perkins at 987-
1823, ext. 234, or e-mail her at
cperkins@evansnewspapers. com.
DEATHS
■ Duane Stanley Rothe
INDEX
LOCAL 2 A
WEATHER 3 A
OPINION 4 A
SPORTS 1 B
COMICS 4 B
CLASSIFIEDS .. .6-7 B
LIFESTYLE 1C
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
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Fennell gets nod as
interim fire chief
By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
Perry public safety direc
tor George Potter revealed
Friday morning the city has
hired an interim Fire chief
to help find a permanent
deputy chief to oversee the
department.
Frank Fennell, a retired
assistant chief with the
Warner Robins Fire
Department, has been
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By MIKE GEORGE
HHJ Staff Writer
Garfield could be one
of the most recogniz
able cats in America.
The lovable orange tabby,
the brainchild of cartoonist
Jim Davis, now appears in
nearly 2,600 newspapers,
with an estimated 263
million readers on a daily
basis. According to the
Guinness Book of Records,
Garfield is the most widely
syndicated comic strip in
the world.
gations. On Friday, acting
Capt. Scott Dorman, who
was overseeing the depart
ment, resigned following an
internal investigation.
Fennell, who joined
the Warner Robins Fire
Department in 1975 and
was promoted to assistant
chief in 1982. After retir
ing in 1994, Fennell said
he stayed involved with the
department.
See CHIEF, page 5A
But the world-famous
feline has a connection in
Houston County.
Gay Nation, director of
sales for Paws, Inc., the
licensing and creative stu
dio behind Garfield’s world
wide marketing empire,
was born and raised in
Perry. Her parents, Harold
and Jean Nation, still live
on U.S. 41 South. Her two
sisters, Donna Watson and
Vickie Graham, still live in
Perry, and her brother,
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Lt. Joe Boone’s new badge at the Perry Public Safety
Building Friday morning.
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Governor, mayor
sign land swap deal
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Governor Sonny Perdue
and Mayor Donald Walked
inked a deal Friday Finaliz
ing a land swap between the
city and the state for land
adjacent to Robins Air Force
Base.
“It’s a good day when gov
ernment works at all levels
for the people,” Perdue said.
“People don’t care where
the needs are taken care
of, just that they are taken
care of.”
Perdue said, “this is an
accomplishment of a lot of
effort. It can be very tedious
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Plats of the pieces of land the state of Georgia and
the city of Warner Robins swapped during a ceremony
Friday.
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Perry’s second baseman waits on a throw as a Warner
Robins runner steals second during a Crossroads
Invitational Tournament game Thursday in Perry. The
tournament was slated to run through the weekend.
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when you have to cross
three levels of government.
Sometimes it is more diffi
cult to give something than
to buy it. That was the case
here.”
“The swap is a triple win
it helps our community,
it helps Robins Air Force
Base and the Department
of Defense and it helps
the state, protecting the
Ocmulgee River corridor.”
“It’s truly a histori
cal moment for Houston
County,” said Walker. “It’s
really big, there’s a lot of big
potential.”
See LAND, page 5A
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