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Volume 137, Number 202
Snow Day
Perry makes
plans for a
white Christmas
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Stuff Writer
If it doesn’t rain, it’s going
to snow in Perry today.
At least, it's going to
snow behind the Perry Fire
Department, and. thanks
to the Downtown Perry
Merchants, children of all
ages can put on their mit
tens, bring sleds, toboggans
or whatever they can find
with a slick bottom and head
for the hilt that slopes down
to Ball Street.
T hat's where the Adel Ice
Company, which special
izes in snow-making, will
have made enough snow for
everybody to enjoy a white
' Christmas - even if it’s just
for a little while.
Word on how they work
this wonder is a trade secret,
but what’s
known is that
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cold stuff will
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Georgia. The
snow will then be
blown all over the hill and will
be ready for snowball fights,
HCBOE recognized for disabilities efforts
Special to the Journal
The Houston County Board of Education, according to a release, was hon
ored for its efforts to improve the academic performance of students with
disabilities. The Georgia Department of Education presented certificates
to systems that had made advancements in the area of special education.
Systems were honored at the Georgia Council for Administrators of Special
Education fall conference held in Athens in November.
“This success was made possible by the diligent efforts of many people,”
said Superintendent David Carpenter, “to include our regular and special
education teachers, administrators, students, parents and community
stakeholders. Congratulations on this accomplishment!”
Using data from the 2006-2007 school year, the school system received a
See EFFORTS, page 10A
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Main Library
University of Georgia
ATHENS GA 30602
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Dec. 15,2007
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SPORTS- Hi
SWIMMING: Northside hosts invitational; Bears hosting
one today; WR squads finish third. Also, HoCo swimmer
signs scholarship with the Cumberlands. BASKETBALL:
Results/stories and photos from this week's action. More.
LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
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What: Snow!
When: 3-5 p.m.
today
Where: Behind
the Perry Fire
Department
snowman building, snow "
making and sliding by
3 pTn
Kate Lewis of the Lighting
Store, who has coordinated
the Snow Day planning for
the Downtown Merchants
as part of Christmas at the
Crossroads, says that if it
rains, the snow day will have
to be rescheduled.
Lewis said that the Perry
-High School football team
and Perry firefighters will
be on hand to help with the
event, which will be from 3
p.m. to 5 p.m. today.
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BIRTHDAYS
Dec. 16
Leon Walker
isl Johnny Webb
Noelda Walker
*8 Rick Davis
Connor Holt (Happy
15th!)
Dec. 16
Randy Mullis
■ Rhonda Duggan
■ Aniyah Parrish
Greg Holt
Dec. 17
■ Charlie Shimp
/ Dec. 18
Linda Fesmire
E-mail birthdays to:
hhj@evansnewspapers.
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donm@evansnewspapers.
com. Mail to: 1210
Washington St., Perry
31069 attn: Don Moncrief.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
This week in HHJ history:
50 years ago:
Prospects for a tri-county health program between Houston, Macon and Peach counties, which reportedly looked
"bright" up until this week, are described as “doomed" now. That term came when the Peach County grand jury failed
to recommended establishment of the unit. The jury instead recommended Peach County keep its then-current sys
tem, which reportedly was “one county nurse”.
In the “good news" department it is reported after much “humming and hawing, hemming and stitching, the new
Perry High School cheerleader uniforms were ready for action. Their first appearance, according to the newspaper
article, was in the “rain and mud" of the Perry-Cochran football game. (Then they could add “washing" to those
descriptive verbs.) And did you know: Much like the popular “crocs’ of today they had shoes with holes in them in
1947? The only difference was these, the “Knapp Aerotred Shoes for men and women", only had three holes (on the
side) versus holes all over like today’s.
30 years ago:
Despite a quorum and final contracts being in dispute, the Perry-Fort Valley Airport Authority votes to accept the
airport’s expansion project as complete. According to the newspaper, the vote to accept was so the FAA could get it
off their books. They then voted to apply for cost over-run funds from the DOT based on percentages from the origi
nal contract. What does Christmas mean to children in 1977? “Christmas means Jesus was born and it’s his birthday
and parents and family get together." - Andrea Langston, 6. “Christmas means Rub-a-Dub dolly, and Santa Claus
and candy and angels." - Candice Longino, 5.
20 years ago:
Opening arguments are slated to be heard in Houston Superior Court in a suit brought against the school board and
others" bv the Houston County Taxpayers Association to hold school taxes within provisions of the county tax cap.
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From Red Ryder to Western Flyer
Memories of a spedal holiday
Compiled by CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Did you ever hear Santa on
the radio? Did you ever get a
Red Ryder BB Gun or wind up
with melted chocolate in your
Christmas stocking? Was there
one Christmas you’ll never for
get? We asked a number of peo
ple for their favorite childhood
Christmas memories, and if you
haven’t caught the Christmas
spirit yet, just keep reading.
Some of these are Perry mem-
Contributors
0 Foy Evans
D Mayor Jim Worrall
0 Commissioner
Larry Thomson
0 Billy Powell
0 Olivia Stachorek
□ JalooZelonis
□ NetdaTawse
D Nancy Braswell
0 Jillinda Falen
0 Bill Harrison
Sheriff’s Office receives SI39K
U.S. Attorney Wood awards money - department’s cut of ‘O3 arrest
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
Max Wood wanted to talk about
the “good old days.”
Not Sheriff Cullen Talton. He
wanted to talk about the here
and now. That’s because the
here and now meant a check
in the amount of $139,849.39,
presented to the department by
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Christmas trees decorated by volunteers from the Susan
G. Komen for the Cure Foundation on display at Perry
Hospital. Results and pics from the Jingle Jog; Happy
- and healthy - holiday eating and more.
Simpler times
Foy Evans
We looked
forward to
Christmas
because this was
the only time of
year that we had
oranges, tanger
ines and nuts. I
usually received
a small toy under
the Christmas
tree. Often it
was homemade.
I was thrilled
to get that.
Christmas was a
time we looked
forward to, but
ories and
some are
from child
hoods spent
in distant
places.
The mem
ories range
from the
1920 s to the
19705.
not because we expected a lot of
toys or gifts.
A Flexy Flier
Jim Worrall
When I was a child, Santa
always came on Christmas Eve
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the U.S. attorney for the Middle
District of Georgia in a ceremo
ny Thursday in Warner Robins.
And, oh by the way, Wood’s “good
old days” comment was really
just an ice-breaker about how
he used to be able to present
an “actual” check. “Today, with
electronic transfer and all that,”
he said (earlier in the conversa
tion he talked about his recent
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after all the chil
dren had gone
to bed. Much to
our amazement
on Christmas
morning, there
was a complete
ly decorated
Christmas tree
and a Christmas
village beneath
the tree com
plete with two
operating model
train sets. World
War II was at
its peak and we
were limited
as to what we
could ask Santa
■i usu
ally received a
small toy under
the Christmas
tree. Often it
was home
made. I was
thrilled to get
that.”
- Foy Evans
to bring us for Christmas as
supplies of toys were extremely
limited. I recall asking for my
first wrist watch and a Flexible
Flyer. A “Flexy Flier” was a
sled on wheels. Santa was good
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return from Iraq - his sixth visit
in all). “It’s all done that way so
they’ve just come up with this (a
couldn’t-miss-it-if-you-tried sized
version) for visual effect.”
The money, he added, had
already been deposited - that
echoed by Talton.
With any luck, it will be the
gift that keeps on giving.
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"Santa was
good to me
that year in
that I not only
received a
Mickey Mouse
wrist watch
but the Flexible
Flyer.”
- Jim Worrall
From left,
Sheriff Cullen
Talton and
County
Commission
Chairman
Ned Sanders
accept a
check from
U.S. Attorney
for the Middle
District of
Georgia Max
Wood, the
department’s
share of
money that
was recov
ered during
an arrest fol
lowing a traf
fic stop.
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' Quote me on that ...
“Why are we trying to hurt
farmers who only wish to provide
a decent living for their families?.
The costs of farm operations in
Georgia are tremendous, and it
would be absolutely destructive
to enact this.arbitrary cap."
- U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson,
R-Ga., on an effort by the sen
ate to lower farm payment
limits