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MIDWEEK EDITION 250 Perry & Houston County's Official Legal Organ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1994 BOE channel to air on Perry cable By Veto F. Roley Staff Writer The Houston County Board of Education will soon have their own channel on Perry cable television. During its regular meeting Tues day night, Feb. 1, the Perry City Council approved a request from Bill Mitchell, president and general man ager of United Cable Company, to delete W.S.B. television from At lanta and replace it with a channel operated by the board of education. The board of education channel will air on cable channel six, which was occupied by W.S.B. television. Councilman Buddy Roper, who introduced the measure, said the move was caused by F.C.C. regula tions which were going to force Peachstate Cable to black out 'Pow-wow' shares heritage K % f . J m * jPPI im m* § M- lIWBBg 1 fife/ R \ • W&iMmEmKiwmiW a MMJMMMMMM Native American dancers will highlight this weekend’s Perry Indian Festival and Pow Wow at the Georgia Agricenter. Frito-Lay expansion bonds await green light from panel By VETO F. ROLEY Staff Writer Bonds for the Frito-Lay expan sion arc on schedule, Mike Long, attorney for the Houston County Development Authority, told the authority during their regular meet ing Thursday, Jan. 27. Frito-Lay announced a major ex pansion in October for its Kathleen production facility, adding anew chip line and close to 100 positions Decision on airport still weeks away By Veto F. Roley Staff Writer Members of the Perry City Council and the Houston County Board of Commissioners held a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 1, to discuss the future of the Perry-Fort Valley Airport Authority. The Perry-Fort Valley received several blows in 1993 as Peach County and Fort Valley indicated their desire to leave the authority. With the withdrawal of Peach County and Fort Valley, only Perry and Houston County are left as members. Houston County Commission Chairman Sherrill Stafford told the council and commission that there was an "urgency"' in the meeting. Since Fort Valley and Peach County were put on the airport authority by v The Houston Home! Journal W.S.B. television at certain times of the day. He said the board of educa tion channel would be used to in form parents of various events in the school system. In other business before the coun cil, the council agreed to increase the initial deductible for city workers from S2OO to S3OO. The maximum deductible was also increased from SI,OOO to $2,000. Janice Williams told the council that raising the deductible would help the city avoid raising insurance rates in the future. "It (the de ductible) makes people think twice before going to the doctor," she told the council in pre-council. "That’s part of the problem now." "The alternative (to increasing the deductibles) is increasing the premi at a cost of $26 million. The ex pansion will be financed through the sale of bonds issued by the au thority to the company. Long told the authority the doc uments for the bonds would be ready by Feb. 3, asking the author ity to call a special meeting on that day to approve the bonds. Tim Martin, executive director of the authority, showed authority members copies of several forms the Legislature, they can only be taken off the authority by the Legis lature. Stafford told the combined governing bodies that something needed to be decided soon since the legislature would only be in session for two more months. County Commissioner H. Jay Walker, a former legislator, told the group that it would take legislation changing the makeup of the airport authority a minimum of six days to get passed by the Legislature. County Commissioner Larry Snellgrove said the only members of the new authority should be residents of either Houston County or Perry. However, Ralph Dorsett, chair man of the Perry-Fort Valley Airport Authority, said the authority wanted members kept on the board who Please see Airport, page 5A PERRY, GEORGIA'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1870--FOR COVERAGE OF YOUR EVENTS CALL 987-1823 ~_—————————————————————— ———-——————————————————— —————A 2 SECTIONS—I 4 PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULARS urns," said Mayor Jim Worrall in pre-council. Rosie Marks approached the council to see if the council would agree to lower the price for a busi ness license for a "palm reading, psychic, fortune telling" business. Currently, the city license for such a business is $605 a day, or a little over $220,000 a year. Marks said she was being forced out of Fort Valley, where she cur rently has a business, because of the arsenic poisoning in the city. ”1 have to move," she said. "Perry is the only place I can go." Marks said her license fee in Fort Valley was $225 a year, down from SSOO a year when she first opened Please see City, page 5A BY BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer If you think a Pow Wow is just a bunch of folks sitting around smoking a peace pipe, you better think again. Or, better yet, go out to the Ge orgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter this weekend and see for yourself. For the first time ever. Rolling Thunder Enterprises of Jasper, will be presenting an authentic Pow Wow and Indian Festival right here in Perry. Official hours for the event are 4 p.m.-lO p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m.-lO p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sunday. “In the old days, all Pow Wows were off limits to spectators, but this weekend we wish to share our heritage and cultures with the public,” said Chipa Wolf, executive director of Rolling Thunder Enterprises. “We, as Native Americans, want very much to play a role in the growth of America rather than just being an entry in the history books. This festival is just one of the many cultural activities and educational programs our corporation does in working toward that goal.” In addition to demonstrations of many primitive skills such as hide tanning, flint chipping and bead working, there will also be plenty of authentic Indian foods, basket Please see Pow Wow, page 5A that will be used to obtain informa tion about sites and buildings throughout the county. Martin said the forms would be available at the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce, the Warner Robins Chamber of Commerce and the au thority office. Anyone who knows of a site or building that can be ecoonomically developed is urged to complete a form. In other business before the au w ■ ~”1 WmSfk'p.' JH f * ... A •HP! I M ■ v % ' ■ BL' | 1 a, i A ■■ Mm# y m. Perry Elementary Social Science Fair winners Perry Elementary social science students recently held a fair, showing the knowledge gained from research projects. Winners were (kneeling, l<r) Kelly Etheridge, Cory Emerson, Roderick Thomas, Josh Crockett, Vashtl Craine, (standing) Erik Shlpes, Coby Willard, Courtney Thrift, Matt Brantley and Vivian Siu. , "v -Wm jy£Pi j ' .-J ■Ui, Wm, c ' ipn***& IBK > ( j J * ILgm \ MM Playground perspective , , , (HHJ phto by Brenda Thompson) Jeff Parsons, a fourth grader at Mornlngside Elementary School, enjoys the sunshine while playing on the school’s playground eulpment. Looking on are fourth grader Titus Billings and kindergartner Kaitlln Ellis. Mall opening due in Nov. Centerville Mayor Matt Keene told the Houston County Development Authority at its regular melting Thursday, Jan. 27, that contractors for the Galleria Mall in Centerville said the new mall would be open by Novem ber, 1994. "It will be the biggest retail operation between Macon and Tallahassee (F1.)," said Keene, quoting from the Atlanta Constitution. "They are look ing to get most of their business not from the north (toward Macon), but to the south." The new mall will be anchored by Sears, J.C. Penny and Belks. Sears and Belks will be moving from the Houston Mall. "The two major stores are moving anyway because they need the space," said Steve Byrd, chair man of the authority. thority, members approved the con cept of having monthly developer dinners. The dinners would be ar ranged so authority members and community leaders could meet with five or six developers each month, said Martin. "This is still a people business," said Martin, who added that many people thought economic develop ment was prospect driven. "That's not always the case," he said. "They PFRRV ftA 306 12/01/99 GEORGIA NEWSPAPER PROJECT 11. fifl MAIN L!BRfIRV ATHENS GA30602 ■ , iuui iiuiiieiuwn newspaper since 1870 • still want that comradery, that sense of friendship." The authority also requested that Long develop a lease for a model airplane club that is using land at the Perry Industrial Park as a run way. Martin noted that the club had made numerous improvements to the land they were using. "They understand that when we sell the land," said Martin, "they 124TH YEAR—VOLUME 10 m ■ Good morning, Perry In Sympathy The community’s sympathy Is ex tended to the families of those who recently died. They include:Martha Btaut McConnell. For more infor mation please see Page 2A. Inside JOYCE COMPTON 4A DEATH NOTICES 2A CLASSIFIED SA EDITORIALS 4A LESAL NOTICES 3J3 LOCAL CALENDAR 2A BILL OVERTON SA NEWS .QE-REQ.QRD 3A _ VETO ROLEY 4A_ Health group offering free cancer tests By VETO F. ROLEY Staff Writer Starting Feb. 1, 1994, underin sured and uninsured women in Houston County will be able to re ceive free mammograms from the Houston County Health Depart ment. According to Bill Carter, director of physical health at the Health De partment, the program is targeting women 50 years and older who have never had a mammogram. To qualify for the program, a woman needs to be 50 years or older, one year from her last mam mogram and underinsured or unin sured. However, Dianne Banister, nurse manager for the health de partment, said that there were sev eral exceptions to the qualifications that allowed most women who where uninsured or underinsured and who needed a mammogram to get one. "Any woman who is at least 50 years of age, who is not getting regular mammograms because of the cost should call her county health department," said Banister. Once a determination was made of eligibility, the woman can pick up a certificate at the health depart ment for the free mammogram. In Please see Cancer, page 5A will be out of a home. They also understand that we will be indem nify." % Marion Hay, city manager for the City of Perry which co-owns the industrial park with the author ity, suggested that the authority get the agreement in a lease, saying that a lease could save the city and authority public relations problems should the land be sold four-to-five years down the road. Tech school offers advice Middle Georgia Technical Institute will be hosting a career planning workshop on Wednesday, February 9, 1994. The workshop, fittingly called "Directions," is designed to assist high school students, students of MGT, and the general public. The workshop will feature a wide variety of participants and displays from around the Middle Georgia area. "Directions" will be divided into two sessions, a morning and an afternoon. The morning session will take place from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and is deovted to high school juniors and seniors. The afternoon session, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. will be devoted to both MGT students and the general public.