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FRIDAY July 7, 2006 VOLUME f 36, NUMBER 132 OUR FRONT PORCH INSIDE Diamond action, more ■ The Red Sox' Ty Whitaker gave up six runs from the mound in Middle Georgia Baseball League action Wednesday, but then he made up for it by delivering an oppo site-field two-out singled that broke a 6-all deadlock between them and the White Sox, and the Red Sox then went on to win 10-7. In other news, the Georgia Military College Bulldogs will feature a couple of Northside players when football starts again this year. - Page IB IN BRIEF Food Classes ■ University of Georgia food scientists will share their knowl edge with food industry repre sentatives during an upcoming short course. The course, Meat and Poultry Marination, is set for July 18- 20. It will be presented by the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and will be held on the main UGA campus in Athens. The class is designed for ready-to-eat food industry per sonnel and will feature UGA faculty, Arthur Liang of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's food safe ty office and Jeff Kornacki of Kornacki Food Safety Associates. The registration deadline is today. For more information or to register, call Marian Wendinger at (706) 542-2574, e-mail her at marianw@uga.edu or visit the registration Web site at www.efsonline.uge.edu. - Stephanie Schupska, University of Georgia CORRECTION: In Wednesday’s Flouston Flome Journal, it was reported “Approximately 14 police offi cers from the Warner Robins Police Department ..." worked the Fourth of July celebration at McConnell-Talbert Stadium when it fact, that number was closer to “40." We apologize for the mistake. DEATHS ■ Frances Gillespie Orr ■ Jamie G. Land ■ Leland S. Kretsinger ■ Marlene Foreman Thomas INDEX LOCAL 2 A WEATHER 3 A OPINION 4 A CHURCH 6 A SPORTS 1 B COMICS 4 B CLASSIFIEDS .... 5 B PERIODICAL Award-Winning Newspaper 2004 Better Newspaper Contest COOI * GECRG4A NEWSPAPER PROJECT Man utora.y UNrv OF GEORGIA ATHENS GA 30602-0002 3-OIGIT 308 July 7, 2006 \Si:r\ i \(, Hot sms Cot \n Sixer: IS7O dine A)\mxxxm LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY, CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE Police arrest former student WRPD seeks three suspects By RAY UGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer A former student has been charged with the rob bery of a student on May 5 at Warner Robins High School. i—i wBBKBm ■ . .i * i •£*; •, M , .„;V v . ' Bence assumes command of 19th Air Refueling Group by Brian Shreve HHJ Staff Writer Col. Steve Bernard relin quished his title as the 19th Air Refueling Group com mander to Col. Christopher J. Bence in a ceremony held Wednesday at the Museum of Aviation’s Century of Flight Hangar. As Bernard’s successor, Bence assumes command of the Black Knights, the U.S. Air Force’s only stand alone tanker group, which is responsible for providing U.S. and allied combat air craft with immediate, in flight refueling worldwide. Bence, a California native, is a graduate of the National www. hhjnews. com mm hhhhhh Aramis Ke o n Jackson, 17, was arrest ed for the armed rob bery that occurred at the school on that day. Jackson of 1004 S. JACKSON Davis Drive, Warner Robins, was charged with Armed Robbery and transported to the Houston County Jail where he is currently being Walking through history War College in Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. and a highly decorated officer. “It feels wonderful,” said Bence. “Coming off a year of school, I thought I was going to go to a staff job, but to come back and lead the great people of the 19th and get back to the operations is a dream come true.” Bernard served as ARG commander for 18 months, assuming his post in December, 2004. Bernard began his career with the Air Force in 1980 and has more than 3,900 flying hours to his credit, including the operation of See CHANGE, page SA n held with out bond. According to Det. Brad Mules of the Warner Robins Police Depart ment Criminal RICE Investi gation Division, the victim identified Jackson after looking through pictures of suspects. “It was a long process of m 4T 1 v jIM »- I—— .w-r ■— - ■» ENlGary Harmon Col. Christopher Bence accepts the command from Major Gen. James Hawkins of the 19th Refueling Group at RAFB Wednesday. He will succeed Col. Steve Bernard who looks on. showing pictures,” Mules said. Jackson was a stu dent at the school in 2004, Mules said. “Jackson came in voluntarily, i HASLEM when advised by police that they wanted to talk about things with him,” Mules said. The details surrounding LEFT: Left, Pat Leahy stands with the B-29 exhibit. He was one of seven volunteers that participated in The Living History Day at the Museum of Aviation Thursday. BELOW: The entire group, from left, Melissa Bofto, Tony Larkin, Matthew Fullmer, Cindy Groves, Shelton Whitley, at Leahy and Chris Rogers. Each volunteer chose an exhibit to do research on and re-told the story of their exhibits. See page 5A for more pictures. ENI/Uary Harmon ax Evass Family Nhwsru'hß] 50< HIM 8"55i08 , 0000i ,, 4 TWO SECTIONS • 12 PAGES the case are as follows: On May 5, at 11:31 a.m., offi cers were dispatched to 401 S. Davis Drive (Warner Robins High School) in reference to an armed robbery. A student reported he was in a boy’s bathroom when See ARREST, page 5 A Man changes mind in murder case By RAY UGHTNER HHJ Staff Writer Richard Ivanhoe Pannell Jr. apparently changed his mind. He has filed a motion to withdraw his plea, explained Houston District Attorney Kelly Burke. Pannell, 25, pleaded guilty June 29 to the June 23 murder of his girlfriend who was shot once in the forehead. “It happens on occasion,” Burke said. “After they’re sentenced, they say ‘I did what?”’ His mother had that reac tion in court. On his way out of the courtroom, after being sentenced, Pannell told her: “I love you Ma.” She answered: “I love you son,” then asked, apparently in shock, “what just hap pened?” In the motion to withdraw, Burke said, Pannell claims he didn’t understand what he was doing when he plead ed guilty. Pannell pleaded guilty See MURDER, page 5A Perry group invites all to event Special to the HHJ The Perry Newcomer’s Crowd invites those who are new and old to Perry to get more acquainted with the town by joining them in an event each week. Here’s what they have on tap: - The first Sunday of each month, the group will meet at a local eatery to chat and eat. - On the second Monday, the meeting will take place at the Perry Library at 7 p.m. to discuss a book that everyone has read. - On the third Friday, the crowd will go to a movie in Warner Robins or a stage production at an area the ater with a discussion after ward. - On the fourth Saturday, the group will get together at an art museum or at an area music venue to eryoy the local arts. - Months with fifth week ends will offer a variety of See PERRY, page 5 A i HOWARD