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BELOW THE FOLD: Fair attendance down; Couple hold their own anti-litter campaign
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CITY OF PERRY, CITY OF WARNER ROBINS AND CITY OF CENTERVILLE
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Chuck Herbert from Kathleen points out detail on a Boss Hawg bike to his sons Harrison and Will during the Car
and Bike Show held Saturday at the Museum of Aviation. For more, see 16C.
Fair attendance down 8.1 percent
Weather, school schedules have impact
Special to the Journal
It wasn’t just the economy that
affected fairgoers this year. The
unfavorable weather also helped
dampen overall attendance,
according to Ransom S. Moore,
executive director.
This year’s attendance of
407,136 was down 8.1 percent
compared to last year’s record
crowd of 443,351.
This marked the 19th year
of the state sponsored Georgia
National Fair in Perry.
However, “Attendance numbers
are not a true reflection on the
success of the fair,” Moore said.
“Success is measured by happy
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School
Superheroes, villians at
Westfield; Math, pizza and fun
at Parkwood; WRHS supports
McAfee foundation. More.
Red, white and flew
fairgoers, satisfied vendors, and
winning exhibitors.”
Two sold-out concerts, Jason
Aldean/ Luke Bryan and
Sugarland/Zac Brown Band, filled
Reaves Arena with more than
8,000 people in attendance per
show.
"Attendance numbers are not a true reflection
on the success of the fair. Success is measured
by happy fairgoers, satisfied vendors and
winning exhibitors."
- Executive Director Ransom S. Moore
Front Porch
"Where neighbors meet"
A look back
50 years ago:
Certificates for cash awards
totaling $6,365 are presented to
36 Robins Air Force Base civilian
employees for outstanding perfor
mance, special acts of service, and
worthwhile suggestions adopted at
the base.
30 years ago:
Perry has an anti-litter campaign;
pick up Perry week and curbside
garbage collection.
All of these activities are
designed to make it a community
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Three single-day attendance
records were also set: Oct. 2,
Friday and Sunday.
The first four days of the fair
showed attendance was up by
about four percent, but then the
rain set in.
“Attendance was also affected
by school schedules and a fed
eral holiday,” Moore said. “Last
See FAIR, page ioA
effort to clean up and beautify the
city.
10 years ago
Members of the Perry High
School Pride of the Crossroads
Marching Band pick up several
honors during the Phoenix City
Invitational Marching Contest. The
band wins second place among the
class AAA schools.
The color guard scores first place
among five other groups.
Sources: The Daily Sun, HHJ
- Compiled by Krystal Rlner
Anniversary
Oct. 16
Sports
Lady Hornet softball
team sweeps way to
Final 4 berth; preps for
FPD.
After 76 years ...
WR man returns
to Pennsylvania to
pay hospital bill
Special to the Journal
It took Paul Jarrett 76
years to pay a hospital bill.
On Oct. 9, after years of
procrastinating and vow
ing to settle the debt, the
Renovo, Pa., native finally
made good on it.
Jarrett, 84, stopped off
at Williamsport Hospital,
to hand over SIO,OOO to
Susquehanna Health admin
istrators, even though the
outstanding bill was for just
S3OO.
“It was a balance due on
surgical and hospital ser
vices provided to me when
I had tetanus,” said Jarrett,
who now makes his home in
Warner Robins.
As a child of the Depression,
Jarrett believed in settling
his debts. But, when he
needed hospital services in
1932, it was the height of the
Great Depression and money
was tight for his family.
Jarrett eventually left
home, experienced World
War 11, the Korean War and
other conflicts while settling
into a 30-year Air Force
career.
In the 19405, his mother
Cleaning up Gaines Drive
Couple hold their own anti-litter campaign
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
When it comes to solving prob
lems, Becky and Walton Wood don’t
waste time.
That’s why they were walking
along a stretch of Gaines Drive in
Perry one day last week, bending
over frequently, and kneeling down
at times, picking up everything
from lottery tickets to beer bottles.
It started at a Perry City Council
work session when they heard a
complaint about the litter that has
been building up for months near
the intersection of Courtney Hodges
Blvd. and Gaines Drive.
Before the meeting was over the
it l Torrie and Robbie Minter
Birthdays
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Oct. 10
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1210 Washington St., Perry 31069 attn:
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prom
ise that
he’d
some
day pay
the bill.
In the
mean
time,
Jarrett
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ried and
raised a family and the years
rolled by. His military career
ended and he went to work
buying airplanes for the gov
ernment.
Eventually he moved ■to
Harrisburg, Pa., and occa
sionally made trips north to
his hometown of Renovo.
It would have been easy,
he said, to travel up Route
15, stop off in Williamsport,
Pa., and pay off that long
standing debt. But somehow,
he always bypassed the city.
“We would take Route 44 at
Allenwood to Jersey Shore,”
he said with a smile.
More years passed, and
Jarrett moved to Georgia.
See BILL, page ioA
Woods, both of whom are retired
and are active in protecting local
waterways, had volunteered to do
the clean up themselves.
And they did. They donned pro
tective gloves, got their industrial
strength plastic bags and parked
by the Circle 9 convenience store,
which had a fair amount of litter on
its own grounds.
“Here’s a fan belt,” Walton Wood
said with a laugh as he bent over
to clear out a pile of garbage that
had accumulated under a tree. “We
found a lady’s high heel shoe, too.”
Beer bottles were in
plentiful supply.
See CAMPAIGN, page $A
Poor
"Always open"
“I am the true vine,
and My Father is the
vinedresser.
“Every branch in
Me that does not bear
fruit He takes away;
and every branch that
bears fruit He prunes,
that it may bear more
fruit.
“You are already
clean because of the
word which I have
spoken to you.”
- John 15 1-3
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