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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993
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Here are just a few of the students from Perry Elementary that teamed up to send holiday greetings to American servicemen and
women still serving in Saudi Arabia. Pictured are: kindergartners Denver Turner, Jennifer Stewart and Brittany Vance; first
graders, Kyle Horne, Jeffrey Hathcock and Erica Wright; second graders, Tony Hill, Eydie Ekorikoh, Tasha Engram and Dustin
Waldrip; third graders, Lucas Flournoy and Meghan Calloway; fourth graders, Lindsey Dobbins, Tiffany Alford and Carina Sarria; and
fifth graders, Jessica Green, Jla Toomer and Amber Graham.
In the spirit of Christmas!
Elementary students prepare homemade gifts for soldiers in Saudi
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
It’s hard to have a merry
Christmas when the temperatures
outside are still hovering around the
100 degree mark.
And, it’s even harder when your
family is thousands of miles away.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly
what the thousands of American
soldiers who are still serving in
Saudi Arabia are facing this holiday
season.
That’s the bad news.
The good news is students at
Perry’s four elementary schools
have teamed up to try and make a
difference--to brighten the soldiers’
holidays with some good old fash
ioned cheer.
' For a little over a week, students
at Perry, Tucker, Kings Chapel and
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Home Journal
HIGHLIGHTS
In Sympathy
The community's sympathy is
extended to the families of
those who recently died. They
include Angel Michelle Evans,
Macon; John Dyson Wingfield,
Umatilla, Fla.; Lois M. Smith,
Chester. For more information,
please see page 2A
INDEX
JOYCE COMPTON 4A
JAN KERCE 2B
BETH JONES 1B
VETO F. ROLEY 4A
DEATH NOTICES 2A
CLASSIFIED 9A
EDITORIALS 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 4B
BILL OVERTON 6A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 6A
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Momingside elementary schools,
have been busy making home-made
Christmas cards and cookies to be
sent to Riyadh Air Base in Saudi
Arabia later this week.
“We have 91 boxes with two to
three dozen cookies in each as well
as hundreds and hundreds of letters
and cards to send” Perry Elementary
School Principal Patsy Hutto said
Monday as she pointed to a tower
ing stack of boxes lining the wall
outside of her office. ‘The students
and the parents here as well as those
at all the other schools in Perry
have really enjoyed doing this.”
According to Hutto, the idea
originated with the father of two of
her students-Master Sgt. Eric
Johnson. A Perry resident and
member of the 19th Air Refueling
Wing at Robins Air Force Base,
Mike Jackson named Kiwanis Man of the Year
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
With the Perry Kiwanis Annual
Ladies’ Night and a round of thun
derous applause as a backdrop,
Mike Jackson of Perry became the
1993 Kiwanis Man of the Year last
night at the New Perry Hotel.
With the presentation of the
award, Jackson, a long-time Kiwa
nian and the assistant vice president
at Perry’s CB & T Bank, became
the 49th person to receive the pres
tigious title for outstanding com
munity and club service.
His name was added to a very il
lustrious list made up of past Man
of the Year recipients such as Sen.
Sam Nunn, Perry Mayor James E.
Worrall, the Rev. Jim Shipley,
Rep. Larry Walker, E.P. Staples
and last year’s winner, Dr. Felix
Smith, just to name a few.
A native of Lake Blackshear,
Ga., Jackson has resided in Perry
since 1976 and has been very active
in many community programs such
as the Future Farmers of America,
the Houston County 4-H and the
Perry Beautification Commission.
He has also been active in the
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce,
the Houston County 2000 Com
mission, the American Cancer So
ciety, the local YMCA fundraising
campaign and the Houston County
Community Housing Resource
Board.
Additionally, he is a member of
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Johnson, himself, served two stints
in Saudi Arabia, once during Desert
Storm and again this year.
He just returned to the states in
October and says there are between
5,000 and 7,500 American service
men and women still there working
12 to 14 hour days in an effort to
support and protect the no-fly zones
of Operation Southern Watch.
“Because we’re not in the news
any more, many people just don’t
realize we’re still there and that
we’re doing many of the same
things we were doing when we were
in the news,” Master Sgt. Johnson
said Monday when he visited Perry
Elementary to pick up the goodies.
“Saudi Arabia is still Saudi Ara
bia and many of our guys simply
feel like no one outside of their
immediate families really know
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Several Kiwanians were honored at the club’s annual Ladies Night last night. From left to right
are: Mike Jackson, 1993 Kiwanis Man of the Year; Bill Hafley, recipient of the Kiwanis Community
Service Award; Marlon Brown, honored for his many years of devoted service to the Kiwanis; and
Cohen Walker, honored for his many years of distinguished service to the club and community.
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the Leadership Perry’s Class of
1987 and has held neatly every
office in the local Kiwanis
organization including that of board
member, president and secretary. He
they’re there. That’s why I con
tacted Mrs. Hutto and she, in turn,
contacted the other schools to see if
they might like to do something
like this.”
According to Johnson, the boxes
are scheduled to fly out of Robins
Air Force Base on a 135 tanker later
this week. Once they arrive in
Saudi Arabia, they will most likely
be set up in front of the base dining
area to be enjoyed by all those sta
tioned there.
“You can’t even explain what it
feels like to know that people here
remember and care about you,”
Johnson said, adding that a choco
late chip cookie made by the
Pakistani cooks on base just can’t
come close to those sent from
home. “It means more than you
could ever imagine.”
has also served as chairman for
numerous club committees.
Following the Man of the Year
presentation, several other special
awards were presented.
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Allegations of
harassment
heard by city
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
Perry resident and business
owner Dale Grim made a public
complaint against City Manager
Marion Hay during Perry City
Council's regular work session
Tuesday, Dec. 14.
Grim, who owns Dale's House
of Styles on Northside Drive, stated
"I have been harassed by Marion
Hay."
He continued by saying that Hay
and other members of council ex
pressed an interest in buying his
property when they were consider
ing expanding Perry City Hall.
He alleged that Hay had
"threatened” to condemn his build
ing, padlock the door to his busi
ness and "said he would box me
in."
A specific complaint Grim
brought before the council con
cerned the city's alleged lack of care
for their property adjacent to Grim's
property. Grim claims weeds may
have been allowed to grow un
sightly as a personal attack and
added that only after four months of
complaining did the city finally
take care of the problem.
"The city owns property on three
sides of me now" Grim said. ”1
want to be assured 1 won't be intim
idated anymore.
"I've been in this location a long
time and paid a lot of city taxes in
that time,” he said.
No decision was made public at
the meeting concerning Grim's ac-
Board tables decision on
changing grading system
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Education tabled a decision on The
Middle School Grading
Committee’s report on grading at
the board's regular meeting,
Tuesday, Dec. 14.
The proposal that drew the most
fire from board members was a rec
ommendation that students receive a
minimum grade of 50 for six week
and semester grades.
Board member Shirley S. Low
ery Ed Causey stated their concern
In a presentation to Cohen
Walker, current club president Earl
Cheek told a standing room only
crowd of Walker’s 55 years of
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cusations, but the matter was dis
cussed in an executive session.
During the regular session of
Perry City Council, guests from
Perry High School's Student
Council announced their contribu
tion of SSOO to the
OAC/Recreation Center and pre
sented OAC Director Carol Baxter a
VCR the group purchased with
funds raised from a car wash.
Advisor Lynn Asbury said the
Student Council and a sociol
ogy/psychology class at the school
chose the OAC as a community
project. They decided to raise the
funds for anew VCR when they
learned the OAC's current VCR
would not rewind.
Representing the Student
Council were President William
Sundquist, Secretary Shiranda
Mims and Treasurer Patrick
Williams.
Also concerning the facility,
council awarded a contract to con
struct the center to Dire and
Fordham Inc. of Milledgeville for
$1.79 million. Work will begin as
soon as the company is given no
tice to proceed.
Councilman Buddy Roper stated
that $130,000 still had to be raised
for the center to be paid for.
Roper also recommended the
council apply for the SIO,OOO local
development grant on behalf of the
Perry Players. The grant will be
given to the group by the Georgia
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with the recommendation saying it
may not be fair to the students.
When asked to justify the com
mittee's recommendation, commit
tee member Frank Brown replied
that it was made to give students
who, for one reason or another, did
not do the work a chance to recover.
Family trouble, emotional
trouble or other problems could be
the cause according to Brown.
Even though some members of
the board had reservations, other
members supported the committee's
work.
Board member Dave Davidson
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Causey hands
in resignation
from HCBOE
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
Ed Causey tendered his resigna
tion from the Houston County
Board of Education during its regu
lar meeting Tuesday, Dec. 14. The
resignation will become effective
on Dec. 16.
Causey leaves the post after
serving three of the four years of
his term. The Board of Education
will appoint someone to fill the
remainder of the term.
Causey's resignation from the
board comes because he is moving
out of the geographical limits of
his district, Post 2. Post 2 roughly
covers areas north of Watson
Boulevard from Centerville to the
Bibb County line.
Causey said he was leaving the
board with an ambivalent feeling.
"I am at once filled with both regret
and relief," he wrote. "Regret for all
the plans and hopes I now lay aside
and relief from the inherent ac
countability of this position."
Board of Education Chairman
Zell Blackmon said that the board
would begin accepting resumes
from people interested in filling
Causey's seat immediately. The
only requirement for the seat is that
the person must live in the district