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WEEKEND
EDITION
250
Perry & Houston County's
Official Legal Organ
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1994
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Good
morning, Perry
In Sympathy
The community's sympathy is ex
tended to the families of those who
recently died. They include:Walter
Lewis Dennard, Perry. For more
information please see Page 3A.
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CHURCH NEWS 2A
WOODS'N WATER 6A
CALENDAR 3A
Young farmers
preparing for
annual hog show
The Houston County Young
Farmers Association is making
plans to hold its 18th annual
Houston County Market Hog Show
on Saturday, Feb. 19, 1994 at the
Georgia National Fairgrounds and
Ag Center. According to advisor,
Tim Lewis, this year's show will
feature approximately 35 FFA and
4-H members ranging from 9 to 18
years of age showing 70-75 hogs in
late November and early December
from local hog producers.
Members learn about feeds and
feeding, showmanship (handling the
animal), swine breeds, and personal
responsibility regarding finances,
etc.
The public is invited to attend
the show, which begins at 2 p.m.
An auction immediately following
the show (at approximately 4:30
p.m.) will be held, during which
local businesses and individuals are
encouraged to bid on their favorite
hog. For more information, call
Tim Lewis at Perry High School at
988-6312.
Board excited about new
channel for local system
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Wrltar
The Houston County Board of
Education will soon be going on-air
according to Tony Hinnant, county
school superintendent.
Billy Mitchell, president of
Pcachstate Cable, said the BOE
channel will appear on cable channel
six, which is currently occupied by
Atlanta's WSB television. He said it
was unclear at this time if WSB
would go completely off the air.
WGXA television in Macon has
applied to Peachstate Cable for Syn
dex protection, which wili force the
cable system to black out WSB
when the same network program
ming appears at the same time on
both channels.
Hallin seeks authority to
conduct reduction in force
Facing a situation where the
Warner Robins Air Logistics
Center has a small number of
employees with skills excess to
mission needs, Maj. Gen. William
P. Hallin, center commander,
announced today in a message to all
employees that he has requested
authority to conduct a reduction in
force (RIF).
Hallin estimated that the RIF
will affect less than 100 employees
who have not been placed in
suitable positions. To minimize
the impact of the RIF, Hallin has
also requested authority to issue
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Pow Wow!
(HHJ photo by Brenda Thompson)
Westfield third graders Blalre Sexton and Shane Sherrill were among the hundreds of Perry
students that attended the first day of this weekend’s Perry Indian Festival and Pow Wow at the
Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter Friday. Here, the two pose with Matt Adkins and
Bobbie Orr, two members of the Plainsman Singers, one of the many entertainlment groups
performing at the gathering. The festival and pow wow continues through Sunday.
"The cable operator may not
broadcast duplicate programming if
the local television station requests
it not to do so," said Mitchell,
adding that the channel will be
blacked out at least 12-to-15 hours a
day.
"Channels are very valuable to
us," said Mitchell. He said the deci
sion is between eliminating WSB
completely and giving that channel
to the BOE channel, or showing the
BOE channel during those times
WSB is blacked out
Even though WSB will at least
be blacked out some of the viewing
day, Mitchell said the cable system
is not going to cut rates, adding that
Please see CHANNEL, page 8A
incentives to employees to retire or
resign.
If approved, employees who
leave positions that could be used
to place the excess employees could
be paid a separation bonus not to
exceed a maximum of $25,000.
Due to the limited size of the
RIF, bonuses could only be paid to
the number of employees affected
less than 100. Approval of the
incentive must be granted by the
Department of Defense.
Hallin also requested approval
for early retirement for employees
Please see RIF, page 8A
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Is that ice?
Yep, that is Ice on the tree pictured here, but, not to
worry . . . Perry hasn’t had a winter storm this week.
Somebody’s obviously just having a slight sprinkler
problem. This photo was snapped Friday morning at the
entrance to the new Spring Creek Subdivision on Highway
41 In Perry.
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Police continue
investigation of
Wed. shooting
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
Police are waiting to question the
victim of a Wednesday morning
shooting.
According to initial reports from
John Layton Smith, 28, of 1311
Parkway Drive, Perry, three males
in a vehicle approached his vehicle
at the intersection of W.F. Ragin
Drive and Courtney Hodges
Boulevard at 2 a.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 2, and one of the males opened
fire.
Smith was shot in the face and
New radar will identify
severe weather earlier
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
Although tornado season is once
again upon us, local residents will
be more informed of upcoming bad
weather thanks to NEXRAD.
What's NEXRAD? It's a state-of
the-art, $2.5 million radar system
that can identify a tornado up to 30
minutes in advance.
The system is comprised of three
components, one of which is lo
cated at Robins Air Force Base.
According to a base release the
"next generation Doppler radar"
gives information on air motion or
velocity of a cloud. Previously, the
base could not issue a warning until
a tornado had been sited on the
ground.
The accompanying components
for the RAFB radar are located in
Jeffersonville. The system will
cover 250 miles around the base.
The new weather station will not
be an authorized warning agency for
the public, but NEXRAD will be
used by the National Weather
Service to issue weather warnings.
Data from the new radar system
will be transferred by telephone
Perry High announces
contestants for pageant
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Once upon a time in a not so far
away place, 20 young ladies began
having dreams of shimmering tiaras
and beautiful roses.
Next Friday night one of them
will fulfill that dream as the Perry
High School Theatre Club hosts
the 1994 Miss Perry High School
Pageant. Show time is 7 p.m. in
the Perry High School Theatre.
Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at
the door. Pageant theme: Children’s
Bedtime Stories.
“We decided last year that we
wanted this pageant to be an enter
taining evening for everybody—even
those who may not actually know
someone in the pageant,” said Lisa
Pryor, who along with Perry High
drama teacher Chris Gillespie, is
coordinating this year’s pageant.
“We think we’ve achieved that and
are confident that everyone who
attends will be positively amazed at
the amount of talent we have here
at Perry High School.”
Emcees for the pageant will be
Jackie Cooper of Perry and Paulette
Winters of Macon. All four judges,
although not yet announced, will be
from the Middle Georgia area and
will judge the girls in a variety of
areas with an emphasis on
scholarship, school and community
involvement, interview and talent.
The winner will be crowned by
1993 Miss Perry High School
Wendi Hammock and will receive a
college scholarship, a horse and car
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back. Police were called by Perry
Hospital at 2:15 a.m. Smith drove
himself to the hospital.
Smith was transported to
Crawford-Long Hospital in Atlanta
and was expected to be released over
the weekend.
"Because of the nature of his
wounds, we only received a brief
statement before he (Smith) was
transported to Atlanta. By Monday
we expect to conduct a more inten
sive interview," Perry Police Chief
Frank Simons said.
lines to the NWS office in Atlanta.
According to Capt. Harold Elkins,
weather flight commander at
RAFB, the level of detail available
due to NEXRAD will allow fore
casters to see outflow boundaries
from thunderstorms, circulations
Please see RADAR, page 8A
Miller proclaims
Severe Weather
Week Feb. 21-25
Governor Zell Miller has issued
a proclamation designating
February 21-25 as Severe Weather
Awareness Week in Georgia.
"Each year, Georgians are faced
with the threat of severe weather,
and I am sure that the memories of
the tornadoes of 1993 and the
blizzard of the century are still
painfully vivid for many of us,"
Governor Miller said.
During the past 16 years, at least
109 deaths in Georgia have been
caused by heavy snowstorms and
blizzards, lightning, flash floods,
_ Please see WEATHER, page 8A
riage ride to the school’s ju
nior/senior prom this April and a
beauty make-over from David’s
Hair Salon in Perry as well as the
traditional tiara, trophy, sash and
roses.
In addition to crowning Miss
Perry High School, judges will also
reward chosen contestants with a
variety of awards including Best In
terview, Best Evening Wear, Best
Talent, Highest Grade Point Aver
age, Best Application, Best Talent
Competition Costume and Best
Opening Number Costume. Con
testants will vote on the Miss
Congeniality Award.
Pryor added that she expects this
year’s opening number to be a real
crowd pleaser. Reflecting the
pageant’s theme, all contestants
will be portraying their favorite
"bedtime story” characters and will
be dressed in costumes they de
signed themselves. Each will also
have the opportunity to explain
why they chose the character they
represent during a judged interview
session following the number. The
entire pageant is expected to last
two to two and a half hours.
Contestants vying for Miss
Perry High School 1994 are:
•Senior Amy Carlton, the 17-
year-old daughter of Richard P. and
Mary Lou Carlton of Perry.
Sponsored by the Hope Club,
Amy’s talent will be a monologue
performance.
Please see PAGEANT, page 3A