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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1993
Good
morning, Perry
Home Journal
HIGHLIGHTS
In Sympathy
The community's sympathy is
extended to the families of
those who recently died. They
include Willie L. Brown, Fort
Valley; S.T. Jackson, Warner
Robins; Elizabeth Ann Daniel
Hawkins, Eatonton; Leon
Alexander Hardin Jr., Perry,
please see page 8A
Of national interest
Representatives of the Perry
Area Chamber of Commerce
recenlty attended the
Washginton Fly-In hosted by
Third District Congressman
Mac Collins. For an account of
naional topics discussed,
please see page 3A
Crowning beauty
Former Perry resident and
Westfield Schools graduate
Crystal Borders was crowned
queen of the Houston County
Regional Youth Fair pageant
last weekend. For more infor
mation, pJease see page 2A
On the green
Houston Lake Country Club
has announced the dates for
its sixth invitational and Perry
Country Club reprts that Ed
Stokes was the big winner in
their Senior Men's Champion
ship last weekend, please see
stories on page 5A
INDEX
JOYCE COMPTON 4A^
JAN KERCE IB
BRIAN LAWSON 4A
DEATH NOTICES 8A
CLASSIFIED 6B
EDITORIALS 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 5B
BILL OVERTON 5A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 5A
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Residents
encouraged to
get flu vaccine
With the cooler weather already
setting in, residents in the county
are encouraged to have a flu vac
cine.
The county began giving the
vaccines Sept. 27 and the last day
vaccines will be available are Dec.
17. Since it takes approximately
one month for the vaccine to begin
working effectively, health officials
urge residents to get their shot now,
don't put it off.
In Perry the vaccine will be ad
ministered every Tuesday and
Thursday from 8:30 a.m. until 4
p.m. Oct. 4 through Dec. 17 at the
Houston County Health Depart
ment on Kings Chapel Road (987-
1717). Vaccines will also be avail
able at Andrew United Methodist
Church on Highway 127 ((328-
1111) Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 7:30
p.m.
■ The Houston Homeff
Journal
Agricenter prepares for fair
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The Agricenter is bracing for a
stampede of activity as arrivals
ranging from pretzel vendors to
roller coasters to llamas descend on
Perry in the final eight days preced
ing the October 8 opening of the
1993 Georgia National Fair.
A big top circus, many of the
midway rides, livestock, food ven
dors, exhibitors and entertainers are
all planning on setting up between
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Tammy Welliver straightens s#rne of the merchandise in her recently re-opened country store in
neighboring Elko. Named simply Elko General Store, the new facility bears a distinct resemblance
to the general stores of yesteryear and is the first such business to operate in Elko In several
years.
Elko store awakens past
Welliver fulfills dream , helps locals
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Donning turn of the century
fashion, Tammy Welliver sits in-a
rocking chair out front of her store.
She watches with great interest
as a pair of horses tied just a few
feet away munch happily on the
beautiful green carpeting beneath
their hooves. She smiles as she
hears the distant, but familiar
sounds of an approaching train.
And, she smiles again as she
returns a friendly hello to a passing
neighbor.
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Perry students Samantha Dunn, left, Sean Padgett and Courtney Bell were
presented awards at the Houston County 4-H Awards Banquet Tuesday night.
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today and Thursday, a pace that the
Agricenter staff has grown accus
tomed to.
"If you're in this business you
can't help but love this time of
year. Something that is unique to
it is a lot of things come together
quickly right before the opening.
Unlike an opening, say for a
grocery store, where they can open
without everything being totally
ready, we have to be up and running
the minute the gates open. This is
Though it may bear a striking
resemblance, this scene is not from
the turn of the century. It’s not a
movie set and it’s not a time warp.
It is, however, a real-life scene
which can be viewed daily from the
porch of the recently re-opened Elko
General Store located in the heart of
the nearby community of the same
name.
A big fan of days gone by and
one of Elko’s newest residents,
Welliver opened the store just a few
short months ago. For her, she says
it is like a fantasy; a dream. For the
my 18th fair and it’s still exciting,"
Georgia National Fairgrounds
Executive Director Michael
Froehlich said.
This will be the second Georgia
National Fair Froehlich has presided
over and his emphasis in the 51
weeks between fair's has been
selling the concept of a "state fair”
all over Georgia.
"When we finished last year we
decided to try and increase the fair's
visibility state-wide. We've
residents of Elko, it’s a lifesaver; a
much needed convenience.
“When I was a little girl, I al
ways dreamed of living like this; of
course, I liked the modem conve
niences, but I was oh so fascinated
with the lifestyles of those who
lived 100 years ago,” Welliver, a
35-year-old former Perry resident
and telephone company executive,
said in a special interview this
week. “This store was a chance to
re-create and actually live my dream
and to give my new neighbors
Please see STORE, page 8A
PERRY, GA.
doubled our advertising budget for
the Atlanta area, we've talked to
media in every comer of the state
and we've gotten numerous calls
from around Georgia by people who
are interested in visiting the fair for
the first time," Froehlich said.
In addition to the marketing cam
paign, Froehlich said he wanted to
ensure the work leading up to the
'93 fair would be organized to the
point where the last minute work
could be reduced to a minimum.
Parents are
ok with sex
ed. classes
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Based on the responses to a
September 17 letter sent out by
Houston County schools, it appears
parents of Perry school children are
largely in favor of sex education.
As part of new state law regulat
ing sex education, each public
school is required to receive parent
permission before allowing children
to participate in health/sex educa
tion classes.
The permission letter informs
parents of a state law requiring a
comprehensive health education
program to include sex educa
tion/ATDS education. In response,
the Houston County school board
set up a Sex Education Review
Committee, made up primarily of
non-teaching parents, last spring
to review all related material in the
new curriculum.
"The material we are using is
essentailly the same as we've done
in the past. There are a few points
that are expanded, but there is
nothing radical in this curriculum,"
School System Health, Drug and
Physical Education Coordinator
Frankie Ross said.
The letter goes on to say parents
are allowed to exclude their children
from the sex education portion if
they desire to. Sex education will
not begin until each parent in a
child's class has responded to the
letter.
On the back of each letter is in
formation regarding the specific ob
jectives for each grade level pertain
ing to the material.
Children whose parents do not
want them to participate in the
classes will be given an alternate
health class assignment and sent to
another location.
King's Chapel Counselor Rita
McDowell and other school offi
cial's have said they are happy to
have parents come by the schools
and review the curriculum.
"We want parents what we are do-
Perryans tops at
H.C. 4-H banquet
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
Three Perry students, Samantha
Dunn, Sean Padgett and Courtney
Bell, were presented with 4-H
awards Tuesday night at the The
Houston County 4-H Awards Ban
quet
Dunn was named Junior of the
Year and Bell was named Cloverleaf
of the Year. Padgett received a spe
cial award for being a member of
the 4-H Livestock Club, an Ani
mal Science Award. This award was
presented by County Agent Duren
Bell.
* Dunn is the daughter of Ron and
Janet Dunn and is a student at Perry
High School. The Dunn family was
also presented the 4-H Family of
the Year Award for Houston
County.
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"I wanted us to work on a sched
ule throughout the year which
would enable us to have everything
we could possibly have in place
ready, so that when the last minute
arrivals get here we can take care of
them without distraction. It's
worked well; as we're right on
schedule," Froehlich said.
The schedule has included upwards
of 50 maintenance workers handling
landscaping, clean-up, set up and
Please see FAIR, page 8A
ing with their children and we've
found that the parents with ques-
Please see ED., page 8A
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Whitney DeYampert
DeYampert
poster wins
state prize
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
It didn't take very long for this
school year to become memorable
for Tucker Elementary second grader
Whitney DeYampert
Whitney was recently announced
as the second grade winner of the
State-wide Fire Safety Poster con
test, sponsored by the Georgia
Insurance and Fire Safety
Commissioner's Office.
Whitney will join four other win
ners from grades 1-5 at the 1993
Excellence in Fire Safety Awards
Banquet next Wednesday in Atlanta,
where she will receive a plaque, a
ribbon and other prizes for her win
ning effort.
The winning posters were selected
based on message, creativity and
artistic ability.
Please see POSTER, page 8A
Bell is the daughter of Duren and
Cathy Bell and is a stqdent at Perry
Middle School.
Padgett is the son of Keith and
Cindy Padgett and is a student at
Perry High School.
"It is unusual for Perry students
to receive so many awards. We have
many Perry students active in 4-H
and they all represent the club
well," Extension Service and 4-H
counselor Christine Braski said.
Several other awards were pre
sented to 4-Hers in the county.
They include the Citizenship Award
which was presented to Northside
High School student Julian Harris.
Harris was also one of the three
students presented Georgia Key
Awards. The other two recipients
were Karen Ludwig, a student at
Please see 4-H, page 8A