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Street talk . This week Carlson Corp. was declared
in default of their contract to build the Georgia Agricenter
after numerous delays and other problems. We asked peo
ple, what do you think about the action and about the
delays?
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Liz Taylor: "I really haven't
thought much about it. I'm
hoping they will hurry and
get If finished though."
Polly DeLoach: "It bothers
me very much. I can't un
derstand why they've let him
keep working on it after all
the delays."
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Shirley Smith: "It hasn’t
really bothered me. It's just
one of those things that
happens."
Olin Hubert,
from P-4A
encounter an inordinate number of
drivers who love to stroll along at
or below the speed limit in the left
lane.
I try never to pass on the right,
if I can help it. 1 flash my lights
politely as a signal to move over,
but as often as not they act like
they never heard that slower traffic
is supposed to use the right lane.
Maybe we need more signs to that
effect.
Many of them, I'm sure, feel
that if they're going the speed limit,
that's fast enough. There’s no need
to move over, since no one should
be passing them, anyway.
The truth is, though, that ex
pressway traffic is usually going to
move along a little faster than the
speed limit, and that, by blocking
the flow, you're slowing everybody
down and encouraging many of the
bad driving habits I've mentioned.
The solution, of course, is for
everybody to be considerate of ev
erybody else.
The various safely councils have
come up with rules for determining
a safe distance between you and the
car in front of you, but I think
piost drivers can judge a safe dis
tance without a formula.
You can feel it, if you just go to
the trouble of being aware of the
other cars on the road.
. And not just the car in front of
you. A good driver will look up
ahead and start preparing to slow
down well ahead of lime.
* It's all a matter of using your
eyes and ears, a little common
Sense and thoughtfulness.
And don't be in such a hurry.
Now you know
The state of Georgia was read
mitted to the Union in 1870.
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Sandy Odom: "I haven't
thought about it. I'm not
really sure exactly what the
Agricenter Is all about
anyway."
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Ed Thompson: "I feel like
they have been more than
lenient with the contractor,
if what I read is true."
Larry Green: "With all the
delays that have been
caused by the company
doing the work, the company
should have been made to
reimburse the state."
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'We Salute:' Perry host Larry Miller
is now 'Colonel Miller' of Kentucky
By MELISSA CRADDOCK
Staff Writer
When a weary traveler arrives at
the Perry Holiday Inn, he is greeted
with a warm smile and a tip of the
hat from Security Supervisor Larry
Miller.
"The owner here commented on
that one time," Miller said. "He
told me, 'That's from the old
school."’
And so is Miller.
He does things the old fashioned
way— he carries bags, opens car
doors and treats the tourists, who
come to Perry year after year, like
old friends. He’s one of the many
reasons people come back to Perry.
One couple drove a hundred
miles out of their way one time to
just say "Hello" to the 25-year
Perry resident.
Days' Inn General Manager Bill
Westbrook, who is often called the
best tourism promoter in Perry,
gives the same honor to Miller, his
friend next door. "He takes first
place in my mind cverytime,"
Westbrook said.
The two top Perry promoters
figured out recently that together
they have taken over 4,000 visitors
on tours of Perry.
But, local residents aren't the
only ones who think highly of
Miller. Last month, he was desig
nated a commissioned Kentucky
Colonel by the governor of that
state.
The honor was the result of
Miller's regular day-to-day routine
of being friendly to Perry visitors.
A group of 30 Kentucky
Colonels and their wives stopped
over in Perry on their way to the
Kentucky Derby this spring. The
group was led by Ky. Col. Si
Wills, owner of Wills Travel As
sociates in Naples, Fla. Wills
regularly sends lour buses to Perry,
and Miller is always there to greet
them with a smile, his usual tip of
the hat and sometimes a grand tour
of Perry.
"That evening, the owner of the
tour came up to me and said, 'I
want to commend you for selling
Perry to the tourists,"' Miller said.
"I want to do something for
you," Wills said. "I want to make
you a Kentucky Colonel."
"He's worthy of it," said Wills,
who recommended Miller for the
Local students receive degrees
Among the 300 students receiv
ing degrees during the spring
graduation exercises at Macon Col
lege this month were 95 Houston
County residents.
Local graduates included: Regina
M. Campbell of Kathleen, Carol
Click Chapman of Perry, David
Reed Crumley of Bonaire, John
Kevin Fonner of Bonaire, Mollie
D. Foster of Perry, Charles Dou
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Holiday Inn Security Supervisor Larry Miller
...He greets people with warm smile, tip of the hat
commission. "He seemed to be one
nice guy, and a very upstanding
gentleman."
"Being friendly to tourists does
pay off," Miller said proudly.
Although his main shift is from
4to 7 p.m. the peak lime for
the arrival of tourists Miller also
comes out in plain clothes early in
the morning to greet the tourists.
He carries their bags down to the
bus or car, and has been known to
bestow the "Heavy Hernia Award"
upon the traveler with the heaviest
bags.
Miller's philosophy on tourism
is: If you're nice to tourists, they'll
tell other people about it. And be
ing nice particularly to the senior
citizens, who make up about 75
percent of the hotel's occupancy, is
key to Miller's plan. "Repeat busi
ness means that we did it right," he
said.
It also means Perry did it right,
because lodgers buy gas, eat and
shop in Perry. And, Miller pro
motes the town as a package. "I
preach the whole town, not only
Holiday Inn," he said.
glas Muse of Perry, Daniel W.
Peachey, Margaret L. Redmond of
Perry, Ruby L. Satterfield of
Bonaire, Terri Lynn Shclnutt of
Kathleen, Johnny W. Shelton of
Bonaire, James Michael Stewart of
Perry, Linda H. Strecker of Bonaire,
Katherine M. Walker of Perry,
Scott Randall While of Perry, An
nette M. Williams of Bonaire, Jef
frey P. Willingham of Bonaire and
Linda Thomas Wright of Bonaire.
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Miller moved to Perry when the
helicopters were transferred from
Middletown Air Force Base to
Robins Air Force Base. The Penn
sylvania native has been retired
from the civil service for about 11
years now.
He and his wife Miriam have
three daughters, Sandra, Linda and
Cindy. Miller stays active in the
community by promoting Perry
during the Slay and See Georgia
Shows. He also has been active in
the Perry Shrine Club, the Kiwanis
Club, the Lions Club, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars and the American
Legion.
Miller has worked with United
Way fund drives, and served for 14
years on the Perry Housing
Authority after being appointed by
then Mayor Richard Ray.
"Anything you do for charily, do
it UK) percent or not at all," Miller
said quoting his dad's golden rule.
For Miller, that rule applies to
everything especially his job.
So cvcrytimc he tips his hat and
smiles a cheery "Hello," he's giving
the 100 percent his dad talked
about.
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