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Volume 138, Number 43
The
FRONT DOOR
"Always open "
“And God said, Let the earth
bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, and the fruit tree yielding
fruit after his kind, whose seed is
in itself, upon the earth: and it was
so.”
- Genesis 1:11
FRONTPORCH
"Where neighbors meet" '
HHJ history
50 years ago:
Feb's Poultry Farm and
Establishment opens on Houston
Lake Road. Owned by Charkes I.
Feb, the plant will, according to the
newspaper report, “‘custom-clean'
300 chickens an hour,” and “for
the public who can either furnish
their own chicken(s) or purchase
it/them from Feb.”
30 years ago:’
The Perry City Council approves
$2,000 to hire an architect to
design plans for the Perry Library.
Also, the council votes to submit
a request for a $500,000 federal
grant to buy 19 acres of land and
build a recreation park containing
three baseball fields, two tennis
courts and a gymnasium.
In other news, Councilman
Draper Watson, with intern Jan
Hicks a Warner Robins High
School graduate and Wesleyan
University freshman at the time,
begins the task of trying to iden
tify persons buried in unmarked
graves in Evergreen Cemetery.
10 years ago:
Cicadas, the type that only
comes out every 13 years - we
also have one locally that shows up
every year - makes their presence
known in the local community. We
should seem them again in about
three years.
- Compiled by Don Moncrief
Birthdays
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LEGAL ORGAN FOR HOUSTON COUNTY,
CITY 7 OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
‘Rhyme against Crime ’
The contest with a message, a prize package to match
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
This is the resurrection
Compelling our minds in
new directions
Far away from gun play,
gang banging, ivith pistols
flexing
Knowledge is the most
powerful weapon known to
man
So if you use the one in
your head
You won’t need one in
Perry remembers the fallen
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
“Why did they die?” Dr. David L.
Carter, a retired lieutenant colonel
and Air Force Chaplain, asked on
Monday at the Memorial Day cer
emony in Perry. “Some people don’t
care, some don't remember, some
don't know why.”
He was speaking of the soldiers
of all wars - the more than 25,000
Journal Charlotte Perkins
Don Norris, a veteran of World
War II who was in one of the first
waves of Allied forces on Omaha
Beach on D-Day, salutes during
the playing of Taps at the Perry
Memorial Day ceremony. Norris,
a past Sixth District Commander
of the American Legion, has orga
nized the ceremony in Perry since
1992, and was thanked by Mayor
Jim Worrall for his service.
City of Perry looking for ways to conserve fuel, water
Speeders to help pay for rising fuel costs
By CHARLOTTE
PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Speeders are about to
start helping to pay for.
Perry’s rising fuel costs. A
10 percent add-on has been
approved by Judge Herb
Wells for speeding fines,
according to Perry’s Public
Safety Director George
Potter.
Also if you see a Perry
police car with the motor
turned off, instead of idling,
"Why did they die? Some people don't care, some don't remember, some don't know why."
- Retired Lt. Col. and Air Force Chaplain Dr. David L. Carter
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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The crowd at Perry’s Memorial Day Service were among those across the nation who took time to honor
those who have died in the nation’s wars.
soldiers who died in the American
Revolution, the 600,000 or more who
died in the Civil War, the 100,000
or more who died in World War I,
the more than 400,000 in World 11,
over 30,000 in Korea over 58,000 in
Vietnam, over 400 in Afghanistan
and over 4,000 in Iraq.
Carter urged the crowd to remem
or the windows rolled down
to reduce the use of air con
ditioning, it’s all part of an
effort to conserve fuel as
prices skyrocket. They’ll
also be driving under the
speed limit to conserve fuel,
unless, of course, there’s
somebody who needs to be
caught.
Potter told the City
Council at last week’s work
session that the police force
would soon be testing a
loaned hybrid car to com
pare the fuel consumption
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"We will be showcasing and highlighting
those individuals in our community who
are doing the right things versus some
of the lyrics we hear out there today,
which are not necessarily doing that."
- Macon Region Crime Stoppers Board Chairman Warren Selby
James Maxwell also known and the absence of strong
as “Sonny Spoon”. language (i.e. curse words).
Note the strong message That’s a portion of what
ber and honor those who served
their country and died on the bat
tle field, those who survived only
to die later from their injuries, and
those who made it home safely.
At the event, the Perry High
School R.O.T.C. presented the colors
and Angela Ford sang the National
Anthem. The Rev. Billy Key gave
against the Crown Victoria’s
that have been their stan
dard vehicles. He said that
that they are looking at the
possibility of purchasing
two hybrids and “a couple
of motorcycles” next year.
Potter’s presentation to
the council was not the only
one that had to do with sav
ing money on fuel
Bob Taylor, the City’s
Maintenance Supervisor,
got a very positive response
from council for his pre
sentation on using waste
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vegetable oil to operate his
department’s equipment.
Taylor has built a small
refinery to process ordinary
used cooking oil for use as
an alternate fuel in diesel
operated equipment, such
as tractors and lawn mow
ers.
“The only problem is that
it smells like French fries!,”
he said.
Taylor hopes to set up
a program by which used
cooking oil from local res
taurants and even private
homes can be dropped off
for re-use to run the city’s
maintenance equipment.
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the group - a partnership
between Macon Regional
Crimestoppers, the U.S.
Attorney’s Office, Project
Safe Neighborhoods, the
Macon Police Department,
Bibb County Sheriffs
Office, Starcadia and 100
Black Men of Macon, are
looking for as they hold
the “Rhyme Against Crime
Contest.”
“(This) gives young people
with talent the opportunity
See CONTEST, page 8A
the opening prayer, and Mayor Jim
Worrall gave the welcome.
Members of the American Legion
and VFW Auxiliaries placed a
wreath on an soldier’s grave, and
music was provided by Josh Drew,
Joyce Fisher, Sam Fisher and Max
Moore, with the Rev; Thad Haygood
giving the closing prayer.
One suggestion was that
the city offer a “green seal”
for local restaurants partici
pating in the program.
The city also has concerns
about water conservation,
and is doing a 30 day audit to
make sure that a minimum
of water is lost in process
ing. Ronnie Jones, Director
of Public Works, recom
mended that the city adopt
a policy that would show
the state’s Environmental
Protection Division that it
is “conserving, not wast
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Jones recommended
See CONSERVE, page jA
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