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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
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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.
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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
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Jackson, 17,
was arrest
ed for the
armed rob
bery that
occurred at
the school
on that day.
Jackson
of 1004 S.
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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