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TUESDAY June 27, 2006 VOLUME 136, NUMBER 125 OUR FRONT PORCH INSIDE ■ The Houston Home Journal selects its All-Houston County boys track and field team and in Middle Georgia Baseball League action, the Nationals rally to beat the Red Sox. Page 1B IN BRIEF Planning for Peach meeting ■ The Comprehensive Planning Committee for Peach County will be hold ing two public forums, one Thursday and the other June 29, both starting at 6 p.m. Residents of Peach County, Byron, Fort Valley, and Warner Robins are invited to the meetings to give ideas about the joint County Comprehensive Plan. Hot dogs and drinks will be served. The Thursday forum will be held in the cafeteria of the Byron Municipal Complex on Moseley Road. The June 29 forum will be held in the Public Meeting Room at the Courthouse in Fort Valley. For more information on the Comprehensive Plan for Peach County, visit www. planpeach.com or email Lorraine Khoury, chairperson, at lkhoury@fortvalley.net; Rich Bennett, vice-chair at rich-bennett@peachcounty. net or Joan Hayes at byronbe tterhometown@alltel.net. WRPD officer completes OUI Instructor update ■ Traffic Officer Randy Evans of the Warner Robins Police pepartment com pleted the DU I Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor Update course taught by the Georgia Police Academy Division of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth. The course is designed to provide instructors of DUI detection and standardized field sobriety testing courses with the latest information on the topic. Funding for the program comes from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety and training is provided at no cost to local communities at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center. BIRTHDAYS ■ Richard Tibbetts ■ Debra Cralley ■ Nicolas Lawson ANNIVERSARIES ■ Adam and Sarah Hawk DEATHS ■ Sara Gilbert Tabor ■ Helen Smith INDEX LOCAL 2 A WEATHER 3A OPINION 4 A SPORTS 1 B COMICS 4B CLASSIFIEDS .... 5 B PERIODICAL Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest COOI 0 GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT Main Library UNIV OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-DIGIT 306 June 27 , 2006 Si k\ i\(, Hoi sto\ Cm vry Si \( i 1870 7 If i irlnnstini Jrl ouu' if (Lite .jjcnmtm LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville Man arrested for murder Pannell reportedly shot girlfriend in the head By RAY UGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer Richard Ivanhoe Pannell Jr. was charged Friday with the murder of his girlfriend. Panell, 25, reportedly shot her in the head and then took her to the hospital, where he was arrested, according to Det. Meredith Edwards of the Warner Robins Police Worker faces battery charge By RAY UGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer A Kipper’s bartender has been charged with aggra- vated bat tery after reportedly punching a patron out side of the bar. On Friday at 1:03 a.m., officers with the Warner 1 GONZALEZ Robins Police Department responded to Kipper’s Bar, 4025 Watson Blvd., in refer ence to an assault. Upon arrival, several witnesses stated Donald Hicks and Francisco Gonzalez had been involved in a fight out side the bar. Gonzalez is a bartender at Kipper’s. He went outside with the vic tim, according to Det. Brad Mules of the Warner Robins Police Department Criminal Investigation Division, but had the option of going back inside. The victim, Donald Hicks, 27, of Warner Robins was See WORKER, page 6A Brand named Unadilla manager By CHARLOTTE PERKINS HHJ Staff Writer Ronnie Brand is putting his years of experience in city government to good use. The former mayor of Centerville, who chose not to run for a second term, is now Unadilla’s City Manager. Brand, who took the position on June 1, said that he ft BRAND is finding that his 14 years as a city councilman and his term as mayor of Centerville, has given him a good back ground for his new job and an understanding of the elected officials’ point of view. “It gives me insight into the work,” he said. “I know what they’ve looking for.” Brand said that Unadilla’s form of government is dif ferent from Centerville’s See BRAND, page 6A WWW.HHJNEWS.COM Department Criminal Investigations Division. His girlfriend, Silecia Darlington, 21, died while en route to the Medical Center of Central Georgia from Houston Medical Center. 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Confederate soldiers honored with memorial monument By KIMBERLY CASSEL PRITCHETT HHJ Contributing Writer Despite temperatures pushing nearly 100 degrees, more than 100 people gathered Saturday at the Cliett family cemetery in Powersville for the unveil ing of a monument honor ing Confederate soldiers. The ceremony was the culmination of five Citizens speak against ‘helter skelter* growth at comprehensive plan forum HHJ,Hay Ughtner David Mills of Perry states his concerns about “helter skelter growth," as local officials listen in during a Community Planning Committee meeting held this past week. Detention Center without bond. On Friday, at 7:59 p.m., officers with the Warner Robins Police Department responded to a gun shot at Cedar Pointe Apartments, 135 Ignico Drive, Apt. 203- 8. Officers were later dis patched to Houston Medical Center in reference to a years of hard work from Warner Robins Lt. James T. Woodward Camp No. 1399 to find a home for the gran ite monument which has the quote, “Carved out of the endurance of granite, God created his masterpiece, the Confederate soldier,” a quote by Lillian Henderson, engraved on it. The monument also has bricks with the names female with a gunshot wound to the head. Pannell and Darlington were boyfriend and girl friend, Edwards said and lived together at the apart ment. Police ask anyone with information to contact the Warner Robins Police See MURDER, page 6A of Confederate soldiers engraved on them. Bricks can be purchased from the camp for $25 each and are a permanent part of the monument. People from around the state and from more than a half dozen SCV camps trav eled to Powersville for the ceremony. “It’s been quite a long journey,” said Commander w /:Vt\s Fwun V/ sr\n /{\ 50£ Hill 8""S510B , 0000i ,, "4 TWO SECTIONS • 12 PAGES '•-IHshj H Pannell Chris Pritchett of the Warner Robins Lt. James T. Woodward Camp No. 1399. “We’re very pleased to be here today. The camp is grateful for everything.” Pritchett told the crowd that three Civil War soldiers were known to be buried in the small cemetery located just off the Ga. 247 Conn., but as of Friday, another See HONOR, page 6A By RAY UGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer Growth seemed to be the concern of those who spoke at last week’s com prehensive plan forum - namely “helter skelter” growth. The Community Planning Committee was appointed by the elected officials of each of the involved communities, Chairman Rick Lowe said the volunteers were asked by the mayors and com missioners to serve on the steering committee. Including residents from Centerville, Perry, Warner Robins, and . Houston County, this group’s See FORUM, page 6A