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WEDNESDAY
June 28, 2006
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VOLUME 136, NUMBER 126
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FRONT
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IN BRIEF
Water restrictions eased
■ As of Tuesday, the 4 p.m. to
10 p.m. outdoor watering ban
has been lifted. It will remain
in place as long as the sys
tem can maintain water tank
levels, according to County
Director of Operations Tommy
Stalnaker.
The state odd/even
restrictions remain in place,
Stalnaker said, with outdoor
watering banned from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and all day Friday.
Even numbered address
es can water on Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday and
odd-numbered addresses can
water on Tuesday, Thursday
and Sunday.
The state water ban will be
strictly enforced by Houston
County, Stalnaker empha
sized.
Big-Bang-Boom set for July 1
■ The Georgia National
Fairgrounds & Agricenter will once
more celebrate the nation's inde
pendence with the largest fire
works display m Middle Georgia.
This year's Big*Bang*Boom will
be on July 1, with gates open
ing at 6 p.m.. and the fire
works display a 9:30 p.m.
There is no admission charge.
Music will be presented by
Platinum Pony, and conces
sion food will be available.
Those attending are urged to bring
blankets and lawn chairs. Picnic
food and coolers may be brought.
Coolers are subject to search.
Pets, glass containers, alcohol
are firearms are prohibited.
Sponsors are Catering by Cox,
Perry Area Convention & Visitors
Bureau, The Telegraph, #1 Country
99 WDEN, 13 WMAZ, Blue Green
Resorts, Georgia National
Fairgrounds & Agricenter
BIRTHDAYS
■ Debbie Borden
ANNIVERSARIES
■ Allen and Trish Hawk
■ Margaret and Walter
Watson
■ Mike and Tiffany Bailey
Having a birthday or anniversa
ry? Cal! Charlotte Perkins at 987-
1823, ext. 234, or e-mail her at
cperkins@evansnewspapers.com.
DEATHS
■ Theodore Leroy “Ted" Hanson,
Sr.
■ Ruby C. McWhorter
INDEX
LOCAL 2 A
WEATHER 3 A
OPINION 4 A
LIFESTYLE 1 B
SPORTS 6 A
COMICS 5 B
CLASSIFIEDS .... 9 B
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
city of Perry, city of Warner Robins and city of Centerville
County allowing some fireworks
Change in state law preempts and voids previous ban
By RAY UGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Houston County has
changed its fireworks ban
“to come in compliance
with state law,” explained
Commissioner Gail
Robinson.
“The state said we can’t
make it more restrictive
than state law,” Robinson
said.
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Patrol promotions announced
at Houston Sheriff’s Office
By RAY LIGHTNER
HHJ Staff Writer
Capt. Robert West now
heads the Patrol Division
at the Houston County
Sheriff’s Office.
“I like the challenges, day
to day operations are not the
same,” West said. “You learn
something new everyday.”
West has one son, a daugh
ter-in-law and a grandchild.
He began with the Sheriff’s
Office 18 years ago in Patrol.
He was promoted to corpo
ral Oct. 10, 1990, and made
sergeant Jan. 14, 1994.
He was promoted to lieu
tenant over the Detention
Center Feb. 26, 1999 and
transferred back to patrol
May 8, 2002. “I had to come
According to the new ordi
nance, you can have spar
klers as long as they don’t fly
or explode. Wire and wood
sparklers can have up to 100
grams of explosive mixture
per item. Other non-aerial
or non-explosive sparklers
can contain up to 75 grams
of chemical compound per
tube,
Also permitted are snake
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back to patrol,” West said,
after a couple of years at
the jail.
He was promoted to cap
tain May 23.
West replaces Maj. Ruben
McGhee in Patrol as McGhee
was promoted to and
administrator on the sher
iffs command staff replac
ing then-Col. Billy Rape,
who was in turn promoted
to chief deputy, replacing
Willie Talton, who retired.
A lot of his work is office
work, but West said he can
“go out to check on person
nel as I need to.
“The biggest objective is
working out problems with
people - dealing with com
plaints from the public and
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and glow worms, trick
noise makers such as paper
streamers, party poppers,
string poppers, snappers
and drop snaps, as long as
they contain less than .25
grains or less of explosive
mixture.
Cap guns, toy guns, toy
cannons, toy canes and
paper caps with an explosive
mixture less those .25 grains
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ Lifestyle Editor
When Rosa Hill
signed up at
Perry Volunteer
Outreach, hoping to get
some help with repairs for
a rotting roof, she never
expected her yard would
be filled with laughter and
chatter, as a group of teens
from three states took on
the task of making her mod
est single-wide safer and
more livable.
“I think the Lord sent
them,” she said of the “Soul
to-Soul” mission group,
deputies.”
He oversees 44 deputies
including eight in Traffic
divisions. There are nine
deputies on patrol per shift,
and four shifts of 12 hours
each. There are another
four deputies from Traffic
on each 12-hour shift. The
eight Traffic deputies work
two shifts.
Deputies are assigned for
one of four or five zones
and rotate around, West
said. Lt. Tommy Jackson
was promoted from sergeant
to replace West as Patrol
lieutenant on June 6., but
Monday was his first day on
the job. He was deployed for
two weeks in Hawaii with
See PATROL, page 5 A
per cap are permitted. Model
rockets and their engines,
as well as ammunition con
sumed by weapons used for
sporting and hunting are
not considered fireworks
and are not banned under
this ordinance, but blank
cartridges are.
Still banned are such
things as firecrackers, tor
pedoes, skyrockets, Roman
Candles, bombs and explo
sives of like constructions
including aerial and explod-
Left, young people
in the mission pro
gram hosted by
Perry Presbyterian
Church last week
came from church
es in Mississippi
and North Carolina.
Here, a group works
on the roof of Rosa
Hill’s home. Below,
Rosa Hill, who lives
in a single-wide just
off Gaines Road in
Perry, was happy
to have the repairs
done. She said,
“The Lord sent
them. ”
HHJ Charlotte Perkins
made up of young people
from three Presbyterian
churches.
In the meantime, despite
the scorching heat,, some
were scrambling on the roof,
putting down new shingles,
while others worked on
building a new front porch.
She hadn’t asked for that,
but once they arrived, they
saw the need and went to
work on it. “Soul-to-Soul”
brings 70 or more young
people together each sum
mer from Sandhill Church
in Southern Pines, N.C.,
See TEENS, page 5A
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Capt. Robert West and Lt. Tommy Jackson lead the Patrol
Division at the Houston County Sheriff’s Office.
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ing sparklers.
You also can’t buy them
here or bring them in from
anywhere else, like those
places along the highways in
Alabama and Florida.
It’s unlawful for anyone
or any firm to sell, offer for
sale, or use, explode, caused
to be exploded, manufac
ture or transport any fire
works within the county,
except for those recognized
by the state who are in the
See COUNTY, page 5A
Cox
Cable
arriving
in Perry
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
HHJ staff writer
Com South, watch out! Cox
Cable is coming from the
north.
Lynn C. Murphey, who
directs government and
community relations for
Cox Communications, told
the Perry City Council last
week the company has
learned that a number of
new mid-county housing
developments they hope to
serve have either recently
been annexed by Perry or
are under consideration for
annexation.
The company is asking
for a franchise agreement
similar to the one the city
already has with Com South,
but Murphey emphasized
the city does not plan to
“completely overbuild”
Com South, to compete to
serve the new areas being
developed and annexed into
Perry.
Murphey made her pitch
to the council during the
informal work session pre
ceding the regular meeting,
and initially ran into some
miscommunications when
she referred to the annexed
areas as being in “south”
Houston. She pointed out
that the general area Cox
wants to provide service for
is “south of 96 and west of
247.”
She also reminded the
council that Cox already has
agreements to provide some
cable within the Perry city
limits. Cox provides cable for
the Houston County Board
of Education, which has
offices and schools in Perry,
as well as to the Houston
Health Care facilities in
Perry, which include the
See CABLE, page 5A