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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Number 13-102-WBS Notice is hereby given that the Bibb County Board of Commissioners will receive sealed Qualification Statements in the Purchasing Department, Room 405 Courthouse, 601 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia, until 12:00 o’clock NOON at the time legally prevailing in Macon, Georgia on Thursday, August 9, 2012, for PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES in the design and construction of a New Animal Welfare Center. Submittals will be publicly opened and names of responding firms read aloud in the Bibb County Board of Commissioners Administrative Conference Room, on Thursday, August 9, 2012, starting at two o’clock p.m. Request for Qualification documents may be viewed and downloaded from the Georgia Procurement Registry website at http://ssl.doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/PR_index.jsp or the Bibb County website at http://www.co.bibb.ga.us/, or by calling the Purchasing Department, Room 405, Bibb County Courthouse, 601 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201 (phone: 478-621-6333 or fax: 478-621-5864) Submittals, consisting of one (1) original and six (6) copies, should be sealed in an opaque envelope and identified on the outside as “PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES: ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER” and delivered by hand or mailed to:
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Kipper’s Sports Bar Bahama Bob’s Jumpin’ Bean Coffee Shop The Hangar Rock Bottom Music Venue U Roll Smokes Watson Spirits & Tobacco Butler Brown Gallery Thai Pepper Oceans Nightclub Dragon Novelties Greek Village Restaurant WR Rec Department and Senior Center
BYRON: Peach Outlets; Music Masters Cow and Calf Gallery Georgia Bob’s Byron Cane River Vineyard Montana’s Capt Jacks Crab Shack BONAIRE: Cavern at Southland Station Bare Bulb Coffee Johnny’s Pizza Ignite Bar & Grill Metropolis
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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Gentle Yoga Classes - Learn stretching, relaxing, breathing techniques to improve flexibility and well-being. 9:30am at Lifepoint Church on Walker Road. Class is donation based and ideal for beginners of all ages. Please call Helen for details and times, 478-213-8968.
Mossy Creek Soap Making Classes Sat Jan 21- Liquid Soapmaking 10am-1pm and Sat Jan 28- Cold Processed Soapmaking 10am-1pm Spaces fill up fast and I have only 5 spots available per class. Contact Michelle Rhoades at 478-973-3190 to register, or go online to mossycreeksoap.com.
Photography Workshops - The offer insights and knowledge into that digital camera you just got for Christmas. Instructor Bonnie Gehling will be offering 4 pack classes and photoshop class in January. Call 478-956-6793 for times. Art Classes at the Cow and Calf Art Gallery, Peach Shops at Byron. Learn something new, get creative and meet others. Every Second Monday, 6-8pm, One Stroke Painting Class, 256-9015. Every Tuesday, 10am-12pm, Oils Class by Allan Carey, 953-2052. And every Friday 10am-2pm, Painting with Penny Sunderman, 825-9514.
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August 5 - 11 is National Farmers Market Week... Macon is lucky to have a daily state farmers market with regional produce, a weekly market on Mulberry Street every Wednesday from 47pm and a monthly market at WesSupport our local farmers.
Warner Robins High Presents “The Color Purple” Aug 3 -5 Bray, The Color Purple premiered at the Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta and opened on Broadway on Nov. 1, 2005. In 2006, it was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, to include Best Musical, Best Book and Best Original Score. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students. A buy-one-get-one free special is offered for all students to the Sunday matinee on Aug. 5. The Aug. 3 and 4 shows will begin at 7:00 p.m., and a Sunday matinee on Aug. 5 will begin at 3:00 p.m. Warner Robins High School is located at 401 South Davis Drive in Warner Robins. Steve Monday serves as principal. For more information, please contact Tammy Fisher, drama teacher and director, at 478-929-7877, ext. 51275, or Tamara.Fisher@hcbe.net.
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he Color Purple is an inspiring family saga that tells the unforgettable story of a woman who, through love, finds the strength to triumph over adversity and discover her unique voice in the world. This musical adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of this epic story. With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, The Color Purple is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love and a celebration of life. With a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen
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WARNER ROBINS HIGH SCHOOL BAND BENEFIT NIGHT GOLF TOURNAMENT 5:00 p.m. Scramble Start, $60/player, $240/foursome at The Landings Golf Club. Play 9 holes in the light, eat supper, then play 9 holes in the dark!!! (Glow equipment provided) Prizes!! Prizes!! Closest to the pin, longest drive, Hole-in-One prize --- Big screen TV with surround sound! Play in putting challenge! (additional charge) For more information and to register, please e-mail kurtzcindy@yahoo.com or call 478-955-2344. Registration deadline is Monday, Aug 13.
The Perry Players put on a great performance of “Guys & Dolls” from July 20-28. Joy Prentice Goodman took these photos of the community theatre production. Perry Players, 909 Main Street, Perry. 987-5354
Mike Ford wins $30,000 Raffle at Museum of Aviation Mike Ford, right, receives $30,000 from Museum of Aviation Foundation Executive Vice President June Lowe for winning the first prize in the Foundation Auction and Raffle held July 14. Mike is President and Chief Operating Officer of New Town Macon. Melanie Chandler of Byron won the $3,000 second prize and the Five Star Automotive Group won the $1,000 third prize. Middle Georgia businesses and individuals donated more than 430 items for the auction which was attended by more than 1,000 people. Proceeds from the auction and raffle benefit the Museum of Aviation.
Museum of Aviation Restoring One of its Largest Aircraft
One of the largest aircraft in the Museum of Aviation collection is getting some love and tender care. She’s been washed and will soon receive a new paint job. “Old Shakey,” as her 7th Logistics Support Squadron crew members affectionately called her, is a C-124C which once flew missions out of Robins Air Force in the 1960s. She’s also getting her “Pack Rats” patch repainted which the squadron proudly displayed on the side of the aircraft. That part of the restoration is being done by volunteer Rhonda Faircloth, the wife of Anthony Faircloth, one of the
Museum aircraft maintenance specialists. Not a professional painter or artist, Rhonda said “I’m doing it just to keep busy.” Her husband probably had something to do with it. The squadron “pack rat” was a drawing of Mighty Mouse carrying a log forming the shape of a “7” symbolizing the 7th Log which flew domestic and foreign humanitarian flights all over the world. Mighty Mouse was an animated short film character created in 1942 that had super powers including flight, super strength and invulnerability. Back in the 60s thousands of Pack Rat symbols blanketed Robins and any other base that the 7th Loggers landed at. It was their answer to the “Kilroy was Here” phrase of World War II. The restoration of the aircraft will take several months due to the size of the aircraft, the heat of the summer days and the limited number of Museum staff members and volunteers working on it. The plane first flew in 1952 and was the largest transport of its kind until the C-5 Galaxy came along. It could carry large combat vehicles, bulky pieces of construction equipment and even nuclear weapons. Large clamshell doors in the front nose of the aircraft opened up the entire bottom front quarter of the fuselage while personnel occupied the upper deck. The fourengine plane is huge, measuring almost 50 feet tall and 130 feet in length. The last time the aircraft was restored was in the year 2000, when a group of former 7th Loggers headed up by Museum volunteer Lovell Spackman raised $10,000 to have her painted.
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FALL GARDENING CLASS AT HOUSTON COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE 801 Main Street Suite 332 Perry, GA. Want to learn how to double your growing season? Enjoy eating fresh vegetables year round? Join Jeff Cook, County Agent from Taylor and Peach Counties, and explore preparing, planting and maintaining a Fall Garden. This class is for the homeowner who has a backyard garden producing food for his table. Cost: Cost of class is $10 per person. You must register and prepay before 5 PM on August 17. Phone: (478) 987-2028
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SUMMER LUAU AT THE CAVERN Join your friends and neighbors for a fun and entertaining night at The Cavern in Bonaire. The events kick off at 4pm with Bud promotions all night long. Sip on a cold one and enjoy a bikini contest, coconut contest, wet tshirt, waterslides and much more!
FVSU CAREER JOB FAIR 10am-2pm. Location: FVSU Student Amenities Building, Second Floor,(1005 State University Drive) The FVSU CAS/NHI Job Fair is a communiversity event that connects organizations from various sectors with highly competitive and professional job seekers from the community. The event is free and open to the public. Please contact Romelda Simmons, simmonsr@fvsu.edu to secure your spot as a business partner.
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WARNER ROBINS 2012 CHEERLEADING MINI-CAMP All children ages 4 to 13 (Pre-K to rising 8th graders) 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. $40.00 per Child. Lunch will be served. Each camper will receive a free month of membership at Middle Georgia Cheer Extreme in Macon. All participants will receive a WRHS Mini-Camp T-Shirt and will be invited to perform in the pre-game part of the Warner Robins High School vs. Douglas Co. game on Friday, September 21. For more information, please contact Head Coach Bethany Belknap at bethany.belknap@hcbe.net.
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August 5 - 11 is National Farmers Market Week... Macon is lucky to have a daily state farmers market with regional produce, a weekly market on Mulberry Street every Wednesday from 4-7pm and a monthly market at Wesleyan College every second Saturday of the month selling everything from fresh locally grown vegetables and herbs, grassfed beef, organic eggs and honey and locally made arts and crafts. Support our local farmers.
Sidewalk Stories Do you know of a section of sidewalk in College Hill that needs to be repaired? Nominate it to be rejuvenated by the Crossroads Writers group. They have received a Knight Neighborhood Challenge grant to replace damaged Corridor sidewalks with fresh, safe ones. You can also recommend a Maconrelated song lyric, poem or quote to be placed in the new sidewalks. Ready to suggest a sidewalk or quote? Just fill out the Nomination Form online at www.collegehillmacon.com. The deadline for nominations is August 13, with a public vote for finalists in September.
Fab’rik of Macon is teaming up with the Mentor’s Project of Bibb County for a Teen Shopping Spree. The trendy boutique is asking for its patrons to clean out their closets and donate them to the store, where for one day, Fab’rik will turn into a reshop boutique that teens involved in the Mentors Project can enjoy, without the pressure of pricetags.
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Simply drop off your clothing donations by Saturday, August 4th, or contact the store about volunteering, they are need in people to helpbuild the warehouse and sort the clothes. Fab’rik is located at 4420 Forsyth Road, Macon. (478)475-1800. Store hours Monday - Saturday 10-7, Sunday 1-5. For more information visit Freefabrik.org
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Gallery Art Stroll, First Friday, Aug 3 For August's First Friday, The 567 presents the opening reception of "Vintage & Modern: Photography by Debbie Ealer". Ealer's photography of nature and everyday objects will pull you in as it highlights the beauty in the small details of life. To capture these images, she uses photography techniques ranging from vintage film cameras and polaroids to modern digital cameras and the latest in photo-editing software. Come observe the subtle differences in these beautiful photos created through the range of photography technology. In addition to photos by Debbie Ealer, there will also be a few photos on display by her son, Chris Ealer. Debbie Ealer lives in Warner Robins. When she's not taking photos, she can be found writing poetry, studying English at Macon State College, working at her job as an office manager, or spending time with her two children. Chris Ealer lives with his wife in Perry. This exhibit will be on display August 3September 2. The gallery, and this event, are free and open to the public. The Macon Arts Gallery will present “Size Matters.” "Size Matters" will feature large-scale works by some of our most prolific and loved local artists. Eric O' Dell and Joe Adams will have work on display. Laura Dewberry Surace and Jeffery Surace will too. This exhibit is something that decorators, and those looking to redecorate, will not want to miss. Free event, 58 pm. Opening reception to feature complimentary wine and hor d’ouervres. 486 First Street.
Saturday, August 4, 6:00 PM Come on out to Juliette on the first Saturday of month. Pickin' on the porch at 6, live music inside at 8 with the Fillmores House Band. Admission free, but donations are welcome and needed. The Juliette Opry is located at Mccrackin Street in Juliette. 06 AUGUST 2012
Artist Studios Open House at the Contemporary Arts Exchange We are a group of 20 or so, eclectic artists that share a common interest. We all love to create art! We open our spaces on the first Friday of every month to the general public as an "open house" / informal exhibit. Free and Open to the Public 710pm. 590 Mulberry Street, upstairs.
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8.03 “FREE BIRDS AND NIGHT OWLS” MUSICAL WALKING TOUR The new tour by Rock Candy takes an hour and covers downtown landmarks like the Downtown Grill, the Dempsey Hotel, the Douglass Theatre, the Tic Toc Room, Capricorn Studio, Grant's Lounge and several more places that hold stories of Macon music history. This tour is a different, shorter route and cheaper than our regular "Rock n' Roll Stroll" that takes place every Saturday (and will continue to do so!). The tour will start just outside the Rookery on Cherry Street (look for the Rock Candy Tours sign!) and end at Grant's Lounge on Poplar. The "Free Birds and Night Owls" walking tour will be offered every Friday night through the summer. Cost is $10 per person. 9 p.m. on Fridays, For reservations call 478.955.5997 FIRST FRIDAY FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES AT THE GEORGIA CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Continuing to inspire children through hands on, interactive activities, the Georgia Children's Museum host family-friendly events every first Friday in downtown Macon. Parents, join your children as they enjoy an evening of learning. Free, 5:30pm-8:00pm. 382 Cherry Street
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8.04 GUIDED LAMAR TOUR AT OCMULGEE INDIAN MOUNDS Take a guided 4 mile round trip hike to see the Lamar mounds. A mound is the only spiral left in the United States. Please wear hiking boots, old clothes, and bring water and bug spray. Children under the age of 10 are not recommended. Meet at park visitor center. Free event, meet at 9am. 1207 Emery Highway, Macon. FRESH MUSICAL FESTIVAL W/ KEITH SWEAT AT MACON CENTREPLEX The Fresh Music Festival is a celebration of the best in R&B, Hip/Hop, Soul and Comedy. This year's festival features an absolutely outstanding lineup with some of today's hottest performers. Kick off your summer with a party! Tickets $45 and up. Call ticketmaster.
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MACON FILM GUILD SCREENING AT THE DOUGLASS THEATRE Showing “Bernie.” (US., Comedy, 104 minutes, Rated PG-13) Starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey. Bernie is a dark comedy about a relationship in a small East Texas town between a fussy, but beloved assistant funeral home director (Black) and the town's domineering grande dame (MacLaine). A triumph for Black and his director, Richard Linklater, both of whom straddle genres with competence, confidence and no shortage of charm." – New York Newsday Screenings are held the 2nd Sunday of each month at 2:00, 4:30 and 7:30 PM. $5. SECOND SUNDAY AT SUNSET Free community event 7pm – 9pm Washington Park, Macon. Join College Hill for an evening of free, live music in the beautiful outdoors of the Corridor. This month's event features KidSyc@ Brandywine, follwed by Floco Torres. Bring your friends, blankets and lawn chairs. Pack a picnic or purchase food and drinks on site. Please refrain from bringing tents or grills. *Note the time change to the evening, with September's event switching back to brunch
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8.24 PACKWAY HANDLE BAND AT COX CAPITOL THEATRE Doors at 8 p.m. / Show at 9 p.m. $10 General Admission. The famous Athens, which had once spawned the B-52s, REM, Widespread Panic, and countless other indie, pop and punk acts, was now the home to a competing minority of bluegrass players. The Packway Handle Band emerged from this small scene, finding national acclaim first as finalists at the Telluride bluegrass competition in 2002 and 2003, then taking 2nd place in 2004. Packway Handle Band has emerged at the national forefront of bands that use a gatheraround-the-mic style. Theirs is not a mission to preserve historical styles– it’s just how they do what they do the best. And what they do best is rooted in thought provoking songwriting, clever choice and arrangement of bluegrass traditionals, and totally unexpected (even totally inappropriate) covers, all delivered with a crackling energy.
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idney's Salon Series returns this fall! All salons include refreshments at 5:30 p.m. before the programs at 6 p.m. Free for Historic Macon members, $5 non-members, $3 students. For more information call 743-3851 for updates.
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Tuesday, August 14: Gena Knox Gena Knox's passion is immersing herself in locally grown foods and the Southern cooking, but making it a little more contemporary, sometimes a bit lighter, and almost always easy enough for every day. Tuesday, September 11: Carol Porter Carol is a recipe/cookbook columnist for The Telegraph. She selects a cookbook and then seeks her readers' help in selecting their favorite recipes from it by a vote in her bi-weekly poll. Carol cooks and writes about it all on her blog and in the newspaper. Tuesday, November 13: Nathalie Dupree Nathalie DupreeNathalie Dupree is the author of 10 cookbooks, selling over half a million copies, and host of more than 300 national and international cooking shows, which have aired since 1986 on PBS, the Food Network, and The Learning Channel. She has appeared on the Today Show and Good Morning America.
Prostates event, this festival showcases wonderful beers while this a grassroots campaign uses the universal language of beer to reach men with an important health message. Put on by the Rotary Club of downtown Macon, Main Street Macon and several of the downtown venues. You’ll be able to stroll to different downtown Macon locations and sample three beers at each location. Men 40 and over will be offered a free PSA blood test, a $75 dollar value.The drinks start flowing on Saturday, August 25 at 4:00 p.m. Tickets are
$17.50 and are available through Mercer ticket sales. You can purchase tickets by phone at 478-301-5470, in person at The Grand Opera House box office at 651 Mulberry Street. Tickets are $20 the day of the festival. All tickets are “will call” and will be available for pick up beginning at 3:00 p.m. in Third Street Park. ID will be checked at Will Call and at each venue.Help raise money for Prostate Cancer research while having fun at this great event. Cheers!
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what inspired him to follow his passions and how his business has changed over the last decade. What would you say fueled your desire to go into the comic book business? Oh, man. When I was a kid...around 8 years old I guess, I had this comic, the XMen. Issue 136. Well, Issue 137 just wasn’t available to me at that time or in my area and in that issue, Jean Grey, one of the primary characters, dies. Well, I didn’t know that! I had to wait another week until issue 138! I go to open it and the first thing I see on the splash page is Cyclops looking down into her grave. It was so frustrating! I never forgot that experience and I think it was, in large part, the inspiration behind me getting into the business. I didn’t want to miss anything!
MEET THE BOSS Mike McDaniel of Heroes & Villians Comic Shop Mike McDaniel is a Georgia boy, born and bred. In fact his alma mater is UGA and in his words “you cut me I bleed red and black”. His father owned a cabinet shop in Macon that was open from 1975 until recently but Mike always had different ideas about his future that diverged from pursuing the family business. While on outings or running errands with his family as a child, he had preoccupations and they largely centered around when and where he was going to get his next fix. Week by week he would wait for those slim, color-splashed pages to land on the spinner racks and, like so many of us, he would forever become a member of comic fandom. Now he runs a successful gaming and comic book shop at his new Southland Station location off of Russell Parkway in Warner Robins. I chatted with Mike about
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After 8 years at your old location down the road you finally decided to take the leap and expand to a new store. What prompted you to make the move? Well, I had been watching the location at Southland Station over the last five years but at the time the rents were just too high and I wasn’t sure I was ready to take that step. I really should have moved about three years ago but I just didn’t. I looked around and everything was just piling higher and higher...I asked myself, “Where did all of this stuff come from?!” Well, I lost my brother, who took over the cabinet shop after my dad retired, in a tragic motorcycle accident a little over a year ago and the family business was consolidated. I was grieving but I received an inheritance...and I started thinking, it’s now or never. There isn’t enough time and no one really knows what’s going to happen tomorrow. So I went for it. What are some of the events that Heroes and Villains hosts? We just had a free RPG day that was an all day thing. We do that one day a year. Pathfinder which is kind of an offshoot of Dungeons and Dragons is the third
Saturday of every month, we get some cosplay action sometimes. We have WarHammer tournaments now, which we could have never done at the old shop. Last week at our Magic tournament, which is held every Friday, we had 51 people show up to play! All of this is possible because we use the space we have more efficiently. Half of the shop is dedicated to gaming, the other half to comics. Customers can be comfortable browsing the comics while we host our tournaments and games and that makes for better business. Do you see a resurgence in the overall interest and consumption of comics now that it’s more on the pop culture radar? Kind of. See, I think it’s that nerd culture now is way more acceptable than when you and I were growing up and that’s probably because information spreads so much quicker and people are able to have access to comics in a broader way. Shows like Big Bang Theory and a few others give the culture more visibility and an element of humor that isn’t ya know, pointing and laughing. They may not read the comics or play the games but now their laughing with us, not at us. How would you ultimately like to see your business evolve? It’s growing so quickly already! I guess I just have to factor in expansion. Maybe someday down the road I can branch out to a second location or something. But right now I’m just enjoying the success of the last year! So I hear you have a WWII bunker for an office. Is that just a rumor or something I can visit? I sure do! I’m kind of a WWII buff. I’m just really interested in that period in history and find it fascinating. I even have an antique 1940’s model Underwood typewriter you are more than welcome to look at.
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Cozy Comfort in The British Pantry Eton Mess. Just saying it makes my mouth water. It is a layered confection of fluffy Devonshire cream, crumbled meringue cookies, and strawberries sweetened in sugar and their own perfect juices, and it is to die for!
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oing to the British Pantry is like going home for some folks. British expats go for the taste of the familar and for me personally, the environment harkens back to a time when things were both simpler and more gentile. Lacey Evans, nightlife writer for 11th Hour and formerly of Coventry, England says, “it’s exactly the way I remembered eating sausage rolls in my grandmother’s kitchen as a kid.” The experience is one of when parlors were used for chats and maybe a polite game of cards, ladies wore hats and gloves and men were gentlemen. Something about the Pantry feels like stepping a bit backwards in time and perhaps the answer to this lies in the delicate care taken in the preparation and presentation of the unique menu or perhaps it is the fine attention to detail. When one orders tea, it isn’t just a cuppa. It’s a service complete with elegant little pot and matching cup and saucer, a dish of sugar cubes and a pitcher of cream. Dainty tea sandwiches can be ordered to complete an afternoon tea service. What I like most about the Pantry is that it caters to the feeling of home. It isn’t stuffy; it’s comfortable, inviting. The conversation of owner Jan Francis, clipped with the accent of the British Isles, and her regular patrons and employees lends the environment a pleasant connection to the world of women and mothers. It reminds me of when the ladies in my family came together on Sundays and holidays to create feasts of magnificent proportions. Jan does the same thing daily and with aplomb. The Coronation Chicken is a curry dish and curry is the most popular dish in England. Shredded chicken spiced perfectly and topped with slivered almonds can be served alongside a salad or on a bun as a sandwich. The flavors compliment eachother beautifully. A personal favorite is a spinach and cheese souffle that is offset in the best way by a hint of dill. And as mentioned earlier, Britain’s own daughter loves the sausage roll, which is wrapped in a delicate puff pastry and can be served in
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Coventry fashion with “brown sauce” or alone. Each entree is served with a crisp salad or a choice of soup. Kids enjoy the currant “squash” drink, which is a sparkling combination of fruit syrup, sugar and water, similar to sodas but with an entirely different pop of flavor. I always get the spicy ginger beers, such as Old Jamaica or Idris Fiery. In addition to some wonderful dishes served in abundant proportions, The British Pantry is stocked to the gills with British ephemera. One can find all things of the Isles here, from tea cozies to kettles, London Underground notepads and keychains (I want) and an
huge selection of stock goods for cooking, not to mention teas. Nowhere else in the Mid State can one find the delicate Devonshire cream that is vital to my absolute favorite dish that the Pantry has to offer. Left is the Sausauge Roll with Eton Mess. a can of Tizer, the great British Just saying it pop! Right; Coronation chicken makes my mouth or chicken curry with cucumwater. It is a layered confection of ber salad. Above, the layered fluffy Devonshire confection, Eton Mess. Eton cream, crumbled mess is a traditional English meringue cookies, dessert consisting strawberand strawberries ries, pieces of meringue and sweetened in sugar cream, which is traditionally and their own perserved at Eton College's annu- fect juices, and it is to die for! For al cricket game. the gluten sensitive it is a Godsend. In a barren dessert wasteland, I am free to gorge on this deliciousness. I cannot overstate how satisfying that is and Jan creates each experience with authenticity and an expert hand. For more information on what The British Pantry has to offer visit the website at www.britishpantryga.com or call 478-953-4009. They are located at 100 N Houston Lake Blvd #U in Centerville, across from the Galleria Mall. RACHEL HELIE
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Bible Belt Tinker Nantucket has been dreaming of this for years. The truth of the matter is that the spirit of vaudeville lives in her blood. She is a born performer descended of born performers. Her grandfather, Samuel Harry Brooks, sang and dance in vaudeville and burlesque halls as a side performer in the 1930’s and if Tinker is any indicator of inherited talent, it must come on with a vengeance! Tinker is also known as Trichelle Hutton, a mild mannered alter ego who runs the Perry Belly Dance studio. She has been a dancer for over thirty years with an emphasis on the belly dancing discipline, which has taken her all over the world in an endeavor to perfect the form and gain a more thorough understanding of her craft. But Trich got bit by the burlesque bug and that took her on a whole new adventure as Tinker Nantucket. In the last two or three years, TInker has spent time getting to know burlesque intimately, which is after all the ideal way. In St. Louis she received private instruction from famous master instructor Lola Van Ella. What she learned is that burlesque embraces a fantastic array of body types and skill levels, and a range of acts equally vast. Taking this understanding home to Perry, Tinker had an epiphany. Using the skills she had learned over the years, she too could create a burlesque variety show! She decided to make it her personal mission to bring the wit, sexiness and hilarious satire of the burlesque tradition to the midstate and the midstate has responded by giving burlesque a warm welcome! “Early on I thought, okay, we’ll do 5 or 6 acts and that
will be that. No biggie and it’ll be fun! But now, it’s just turned into this gorgeous monster of a show!” After losing their first venue, Tinker was offered a new venue that was, in her words, practically handed to her. The Bible Belt Burlesque logo was done gratis. The support of local businesses and enthusiasts has been a little overwhelming to Tinker and if that wasn’t what was going to do the trick, the talent who has come on board would have. Trish Guinn, a comedian and MC from Ontario Improv in California but born out of Georgia immediately expressed interest in coming on board. She has performed her show, “The Trish Guinn Because I Said So Show” and has toured and performed all over the U.S., on the Tonight Show, Comedy Central, and the list goes on. Filling out the billing in the best possible way is the magnificent Talloolah Love, who is also teaching a burlesque workshop through the Perry Belly Dance studio called “The Textbook Tease” in which she will instruct beginners or the simply curious on burlesque basics, costuming, and then finish off with a catered lunch with “the sweetest T in the South”. Tinker says that she is fortunate that she doesn’t have to draw the stark distinctions between her life on the stage as Tinker Nantucket, and her life as a loving wife, mother, and business owner Trichelle Hutton. Some of the girls have to sign morality clauses in their jobs and so it is important that they keep their stage presence and their private lives very separate. However, the experience of burlesque is a reward in itself. The taboo surrounding the female form is slowly sloughing off and what you are finding is that each lady, in every shape, is her own diamond and diamonds are born to sparkle and shine. Blatant objectivism is not what drives burlesque, as it has driven other forms of erotic performance. The theatrical roots of burlesque can actually be found in Shakespeare and Chaucer, all the way back to the Greek classics. It implies parody in the theatrical sense and the comic silliness of its subject. In later traditions it was incorporated into the variety show format and cabarets. The point was to include bawdy humor with the female striptease and the most successful burlesque performers intertwine these elements with grace and an acceptance of the absurd. But burlesque has been known to be misunderstood. Tinker explained her anxieties about pitching her idea to HAA and introducing the midstate to Bible Belt Burlesque. I was so nervous! I didn’t know what to expect
because, you know, it is a bit racy and it does push the envelope a little bit. But burlesque is also about fun and humor. It’s an old-fashioned tease and it’s so different than anything else. It incorporates elements of theater and in that way it defies age and what beauty is. During their acts, our ladies get to own that stage, own their audience, and be empowered by the joy of their body. We have performers that range in age from 27 to mid forties and as your body changes after children and with time, sometimes you feel like a stranger in it. It’s hard to feel beautiful all the time without an exhausting effort. Burlesque, in my own experience has encouraged the acceptance of my body. The ladies who perform; they are doing this for themselves. They are daring themselves to be bold. To be funny. Burlesque itself incorporates a lot of satire. It’s tongue in cheek, and it’s our job to wink!” The performers, Lily Prawn, Lola (de)Luscious, Stony Blue, Reese, and Candy Cane Cleaver find support from what at first glance would seem the unlikeliest of places. “My husband is responsible for my stage name!” Tinker giggles. “He’s a Yankee and when he was on a hockey team they were picking out new names for themselves as sort of a lark. It was the name of the street they grew up on and the name of their first dog. So his dog was Tinker, and he grew up on a road called Nantucket. And what with all of the little jokes about the man from Nantucket, the name was perfect for me! He is so supportive and I am really lucky to have him encouraging me every step of the way and I know it!” The ladies of Bible Belt Burlesque have been practicing for this tightrope act tirelessly in the last several weeks and though largely accepted, there have been raised eyebrows here and there. It comes with the territory, in most cases, and being in the Bible Belt itself was a particular challenge. It’s a challenge that the performers, their families, and their community has chosen to accept and gladly! The variety show featuring Talloolah Love and the Ladies of Bible Belt Burlesque will be held on August 10, 733 Carroll Street in downtown Perry. doors open at 8:30, showtime at 9:00. Show is 18 and over only, ID check at the door. Tickets start at $5. To register for The Textbook Tease go online at www.biblebeltburlesque.com Local sponsors include Medittarranean Grill and The Costume Shop. RACHEL HELIE 11thHourOnline.com 13
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Friends Of Perry Animal Shelter have a plea on their website. It helped to pass the SPLOST (penny tax) in March of this year, with monies earmarked to upgrade the Perry Animal Shelter facilities.
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avis Cosey shows up. It’s just what he does. When the people in Perry want to get something done, he is ready to commit time and elbow grease to the things they need. This and his enthusiasm and kindness are more than likely the reasons he was recipient of the Sherrill Stafford Award for his contributions to the arts and community of Perry. The Sherrill Stafford award was created to honor the contribution of one of Perry’s great organizers and to recognize those in the Houston County community who continue to tirelessly volunteer their time and influence to help promote the arts and events in the city of Perry and surrounding towns. When Cosey was notified that he would be this year’s recipient he says that his first reaction was astonished surprise. “I didn’t really think I deserved an award for what I do. Not to say it isn’t a real honor to be recognized but it’s really easy to pitch in with a group that works as hard as the Houston Arts Alliance.” But Cosey makes himself available and that
makes all the difference. When HAA needed him, he was there. He helped with projects when the office moved. He participated in the conversion of the Armory Ballroom to a community arts center. “A core of volunteers in the community are the action people and out of the 100%, about 20% of those people show up every time. The thing about HAA that I’ve noticed over the years and me and my wife Diane have worked with them is that a much higher percentage of people are willing to show up and do the work and that makes a huge difference in what we accomplish. It’s why we have been such a success,” says Cosey. He jokes about how he and some of the other volunteers on the HAA thought of printing tee shirts up that stated simply “THEY”. “They” are always the ones who need to do something about the problems in the community or in the world. It’s never “I” or “we”...so we h year the numad this idea that we would go ahead and be “They”. Maybe sell ‘em at fundraisers and have a slogan or something...’be a they for a day’”, Cosey chuckles over this. “You have to admit it would make a good tee shirt!” The project that Cosey has undertaken that is closest to his heart is the Friends of Perry Animal Shelter, which he was instrumental in starting eight years ago. Last year, the shelter processed and adopted out over 413 animals and thisbers through June are looking great. Part of his emphasis in organizing the shelter and accommodating a budget that is always stretched by the seemingly insurmountable numbers of abandoned and neglected animals, he says, is the ability to compromise. “Compromise and common sense are an act of will. Sometimes we get caught up in labeling everything and we forget the importance of getting the work done. I’m responsible for these animals. They don’t get to say their piece and it’s my job to speak for them. I can’t
From FOPAS.org; Citizens of Perry and Houston County: Please support a new animal shelter to serve Perry and South Houston County. This upcoming SPLOST is our last chance for 6 more years to improve the conditions for homeless and lost animals. The existing shelter is antiquated and the infrastructure is much worse and more prone to the spread of disease than in Macon’s existing shelter. In the Perry building, open drains running though kennels are conduits of disease, the porous aged materials are not adequate for proper cleaning, and the kennel sizes are far too small for humane housing. Rodent and pest problems are unmanageable, there are gaping holes in the rotted ceiling and roof. All the humane care by Animal Control and volunteers cannot overcome the severe handicap of a worn out facility. This will be the third time citizens have made the request, spanning 2 SPLOSTs and 10 years. It may be our last chance for the needed improvement. Please call the Houston County Commission, They need to know you care: 478-542-211.
get caught up too much in the differences that people have because I need to be there for these animals.” It is apparent in the affection in his voice as he discusses particular hard luck cases that his heart is in this work. “The challenge I find in being a support to a municipal shelter is that we are trying to give all of these animals a shot, not just the cute ones. One day I took this ugly little dog out for a walk at the park. He was the funniest thing but so homely. I threw a stick for him to chase and he went off and fetched it. Brought it right back! Had a great time. He was having so much fun I thought it would be neat to get a video of this little guy and I put it up on YouTube. We do a Saturday adoption drive at PetSmart and because of that video this little dog had four people show up interested in adopting him!” Cosey would love to be able to eventually get a state level grant for the shelter that he hopes he could apply locally to fund a no cost/low cost spade and neuter program in the area to slow down the rate of intake at the shelter. “I want to show people a pathway to responsible pet ownership and give them the tools to work with. To educate and incorporate these animals into their lives in the healthiest, safest, and most loving way they can. But without slowing down this intake issue we can’t fix the problems.” Cosey has been working with the city on a design for a new shelter and perhaps those things that he wishes to see are not that far off in the future. When talking about the shelter, and his love for animals it is easy to see why HAA chose Mr. Cosey to receive the Sherrill Stafford Award. He is a generous person. By investing his time, work, and genuine interest and love for his community he earned it. For more information on the work that Friends of Perry Animal Shelter (FOPAS) does in the community visit them on Facebook. Metropolis
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MIDDLE GA’S LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAYS Karaoke Kipper’s Sports Bar
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Big Mike & Booty Papas APs Hidden Hideaway, 3pm outside on the deck Jazz Brunch The Rookery
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Mike Little Hud’s Clubhouse on 247 B Keith Williams Locos Deli & Pub Rob Walker & Eddie Stone Wild Wing Cafe
FRI 8/3 Warner Robins DJ Element The Cavern
DJ Walt - Famous Drink or Drown Night Kipper’s Sports Bar Karaoke Friends II Dash, Rip, Rock The Hummingbird
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First Friday Art Show f/t Mighty High Coup Roasted Cafe & Lounge Soulshine Club Live on Riverside Travis Bryant Wild Wing Cafe
SAT 8/4 Warner Robins Radio Cult Kipper’s Sports Grill Homeless Hill The Cavern
Session Road APs Hidden Hideaway
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Sugar Virus w/ Xray Vision Hud’s Clubhouse on 247 B Keith Williams The Hummingbird
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Fair Weather Pilot Club Live on Riverside Matt Pippen Band Wild Wing Cafe
SUN 8/5 Macon
Big Mike & Booty Papas APs Hidden Hideaway, 3pm Jazz Band - Brunch The Rookery
THUR 8/16 Warner Robins DJ Walt Kipper’s Sports Bar Ladies NightDJ Element The Cavern
FRI 8/17 Warner Robins
DJ Dance Party The Cavern
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B Keith Williams Locos Deli & Pub
Plethra Friends on the Hill
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Lefty Hathaway The Hummingbird
Warner Robins DJ Dance Party Kipper’s Sports Bar DJ Element The Cavern
The Outlet Friends on the Hill David Beale Bearfoot Tavern, 9-12 on patio
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Loose Dogs Billy’s Clubhouse
Dwight Raby The Hummingbird
Sterling Waite & the Cotton Ave. Hustlers Mellow Mushroom
DJ Walt Kipper’s Sports Bar Opposite Box Roasted Cafe & Lounge
Fresh Heat Club Live on Riverside Dr. Stoopgrass The Hummingbird
Deacons of Disaster Mellow Mushroom
SAT 8/18 Warner Robins tba The Cavern
Steve & Mike Kipper’s Sports Bar
England in 1819 Roasted Cafe & Lounge
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War Town Wild Wing Cafe
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Big Mike & Booty Papas Club Live on Riverside
Warner Robins Ransom Kippers Sports Bar
Boothill The Hummingbird
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Stereomonster The Hummingbird
A2Z Band Club Live on Riverside
Macon Beer Festival, 4p The Hummingbird
Warner Robins S.H.E.D. Friends on the Hill
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2 for Tues- buy 8 wings and get 8 free! $2 domestic drafts Wild Wing
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Trivia, $5.99 Pitchers JOHNNY’S PIZZERIA
Karaoke SHENANIGAN’S
Indoor Cornhole 7:30pm, Karaoke 9pm FRIENDS II Ladies Night - 2 for 1 Margaritas BAHAMA BOBS Karaoke KIPPER’S
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Country Fried Weds- $1.50 natty lites, $2 bud & bud LT drafts, $4 rodeo bombs and country fried chicken wings Wild Wing Cafe Everyday 4-7pm: $1 beers and $6 domestic pitchers $2 Beers All
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THURSDAYS
Ladies Night, Bottomless Wine THE CAVERN Texas Hold ‘Em 7:30pm Pool Tourney 8:30pm FRIENDS II Team Trivia - Karaoke THE HANGAR
The Rookery 11-1am: $2 Bud Lt bottles, $4.50 well doubles, and 2 for 1 Jager. Taco Rita Nite- $2 tacos, $3 margaritas, $6 Megaritas, $4 Irish Bombs, 2-4-1 Jager Bombs Wild Wing
Everyday 4-7pm: $1 beers and $6 domestic pitchers $2 Beers All day Everyday, Locos
FRIDAYS
Beer Pong - 8pm FRIENDS ON THE HILL $20 Drink or Drown THE CAVERN
Drink or Drown 9-CL KIPPER’S SPORTS GRILL
49¢ Draft beer, wings and $1.49 well drinks, WOW Wingery
Ladies night at OCEANS Nightclub, $3 shots!
Buy 1/Get 1 wells 8-until, Giveaways! AP’s Hideaway
Everyday, Miller Lite buckets just $12! Wild Wing
SATURDAYS
Soft Tip Dart Tourney 4pm/ sat night- DJ starting at 9pm FRIENDS ON THE HILL Karaoke SHENANIGAN’S
Everyday 4-7pm: $1 beers and $6 domestic pitchers $2 Beers All day Everyday, Locos
Military Appreciation Night at OCEANS - No cover until midnight
Game Day Specials: $3.25 Miller Lt & Coors Lt Stadium Cups Wild Wing Cafe
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Middle Georgia is lives! July 20th came to prove once again, our small town packs excitement and plenty of opportunites for fun. The Cavern, located off Hwy 96 and Moody Road, hosted an event call “Glow Fest.” The room was packed with fluorescent smeared bodies. wonder why anyone has to doubt this place. Residents of Warner Robins can do it just as good, if not better then anyone else. Kippers, located off Watson Boulevard, have stolen the number one place in my heart! Walking through the door, the hostess offered a deal of $10 admission as well as $20 wristband special for unlimited drinks. When you work out the costs of an average drink, you have to realize this is a steal. No single word can describe the atmosphere of Friday nights in Kippers. Although the bartenders were a blur, they were incredibly gracious and accommodating with every drink order I had. I’m convinced every dance floor in this wonderful area is filled every weekend. This time, I sadly could not join in. All the lovely dancers took the room! So go, get out there and enjoy life. Fun is at every corner in this town.
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estivities began at 8 pm and prizes were up for grabs for customers with the best glow paint in the place. DJ Element was spinning great music that kept me on the dance floor most of the night. What can I say? Even on assignment, I can’t resist a good song that has to be danced to. Not only do they offer great events during the weekend, The Cavern stays open with awesome drink specials all week long. One of my favorite bartenders by far was Jessie Pearce. She did not hesitate for a moment when I walked up to the bar. Catch her working every Tuesday and Thursday nights. Don’t forget to order a Tequila Sunrise for me! Any given night will guarantee a cure for boredom. The next spot was just as good as the one before. Again, I have to
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Mike Little played for Full Throttle before forming Chapter 13, one of the areas most rocking cover bands. He plays all the hits, and he plays them well. You can get up and dance or you can just sit and sing along. Either way it’s a good time.
Thursdays at 8pm, Wow Wingery
Tuesday night trivia with our own Jammin’ Rivalrys
Trivia with T-Bag at Loco’s every Wednesday, 8:30pm!
Every Wednesday at The Rookery, compete for $5,000 grand prize! 8pm
Mike Little from Chapter 13 @ Hud’s Clubhouse on 247
Rob Walker & Eddie Stone @ Wild Wing Cafe, Macon
Every Wednesday at The Bird, 7pm.
Ed and Rob perform classic rock, pop, and Americana hits on acoustic and electric guitars. They’ve played with the likes of Doc Holiday, Wet Willie and other Southern Rock Legends..
Poker Tournament every Mon & Wed 7 and 10pm, Kippers Sports Bar
FRIDAY, 8/3
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Dash, Rip Rock @ The Hummingbird, Macon
Radio Cult @ Kippers rock band.” The New York Times calls Dash Rip Rock “skillful musicians with a penchant for getting reliably wild….” No Depression raves that DRR’s recent albums prove that Dash is “one of the greatest bands working today” and Houston Press recently deemed Dash Rip Rock one of the “Top 10 Louisiana Bands of All Time.” In 2012 Dash Rip Rock was honored to be inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
SATURDAY, 8/4
Radio Cult @ Kipper’s Since 2005, Radio Cult has performed over 750 shows including conventions, casinos, weddings, fraternity parties, corporate events and festivals as well as in bars, concert halls and other music venues from their hometown of Atlanta, GA all the way to Los Angeles, CA and London, UK. The members of Radio Cult LOVE to play in a band and it shows. When the band has fun, the crowd has fun and with Radio Cult the crowd really has a blast
Dash, Rip, Rock @ The Hummingbird
Homeless Hill @ The Cavern Born in the blazing heat of a Deep South summer in 2009, the award winning band Homeless Hill quickly developed a local following that outstripped their expectations. While performing to live audiences with hook-driven originals and innovative covers that off-set their tight rock riffs, the guys, front man and songwriter Darin Curtis, drummer Danny Savage, and bassist Adam Crump collaborated to create “Set It On Fire”, their first full-length album, which has now reached the ears of thousands and innumerable people through airplay, iTunes, and live shows at venues and festivals throughout the Southeastern U.S. "Set It On Fire" has been described by newspapers as "11 tracks of gut-check rock n roll!"
FRIDAY, 8/10
The Outlet @ Friends on the Hill Classic rock hits from a band that really knows how to rock. Bring your dancing shoes!
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GENE KING
Interference with gov’t theft by shoplifting property, disorderly conduct, DUI
ROSTRON, LEWIS
speeding, driving with suspeneded license
INGRAM, TEMPER
criminal trespass
BROWN, ANDRE Simple battery, interfering with call for help
HOLMES, LARRY Poss of marijuana felony
18 AUGUST 2012
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n the months before their deaths, relatives say Mildred and Jewel Cleveland had struggled living in the same house with Mildred's grown son, Jason Howard. Jobless and socially withdrawn, Howard was a disturbed man who had been committed to a mental institution for schizophrenia following his arrest for robbing a bank. Although his mother thought that Howard could be rehabilitated and insisted that he live with them, relatives say her husband, Jewel, wasn't so sure. Police think that after killing and burying the Clevelands, Jason Howard continued to live in the house. He paid bills, cared for the family pets, and even took a trip to the family's vacation home. With the aid of cadaver dogs, Liberty County police found JASON HOWARD Arrested 4/13/2009 the bodies of Jewel and Mildred Cleveland wrapped in tarps and buried in a 4 Cts Felony Murder barn on June 15, 2004. An autopsy later confirmed that both had been shot in the head and that Mildred had been beaten first. In his own words from a November 1994 note, Howard explained: REYES, KENNETH ANDERSON, DERRICK “Let it be known that I, Jason M. Howard, can be extremely paranoid, therefore as a fugitive I Carrying concealed Speeding, poss. of will not only be carrying firearms but explosives as well...I'm not dangerous until I am crossed or cormarijuana, driving with weapon, poss.of nered, so stay away. Keep away and don't blame me for a dead tactical team.” firearm by convicted suspended license felon, poss. of marijuaFor the next several years, Howard would live in the woods in Macon, in a camp he constructed out of camouflage tarps and tents and everything else he could find. He was featured on America’s Most Wanted during those years, though he would elude arrest until 2009, when Macon Police found him breaking into a rental car. Some months later, a friend of the 11th Hour, and a cross country runner, came across Howard’s camp in the woods. In it three journals were found. What follows is a page of one of these journals, the first in a series of pages that look inside the head of a suspected killer.
STOUDERMIRE, SHENICIA
HARRELL, BRANDON
Harrassing telephone Poss of marijuana with calls intent to distribute
Deposit account fraud
MCGHEE, PAULRICIOUS
ANTHONY, RICHARD
LITTLE, WILBUR LEE
Battery, criminal trespass, cruetly to children (2 counts)
Violoation of parole, osbstruction, Poss schedule I-II
BAKER, JEROME False imprisonment, criminal damage to property, terroristic threats, public drunkenness
DILLARD, WALTER
GUERRA, CHRISTINA
THOMAS, JOSEPH Weaving, DUI of alcohol
CRABB, JOSHUA
Theft by taking, theft by deception
SCOTT, KAREN
DUI of alcohol, expired Poss of tools for commission of a crime, Poss of tag, speeding marijuana - felony
Disorderly conduct
EMORY, JUSTIN Loitering, obstruction of an officer
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