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f The Houston Home m Journal HHbI I •If * Moss Outstanding Rotarian Jimmy Harrell was named the Most Outstanding Rotarian 1988-89 at the club's annual Ladles' Night at the Houston Lake Country Club. Harrell also received the club's 14-year Perfect Attendance Award for his faithful membership to Perry's club. He received the award from 1988-89 President Horatio Cabasares. , *?; <'f %fc a Passing the Gavel The Rotary Club's new President Snyder Chapman stands with outgoing President Horatio Cabasares and Dr. Cabasares’ award for serving for the past year. At the club’s end of the year function, members were honored for perfect attendance and outstanding club service. The late Dr. A. G. Hendrix was posthumously honored with the Distinguished Service Award, which will be in the form of a memorial at Perry Hospital. "He was Perry, itself," said Dr. Cabasares. WW II pilot reunion plans are taking off By OLIN HUBERT Staff Writer Work is under way on a reunion of World War II bomber crews at the Perry-Fort Valley Airport October 20 and 21. The airport authority Monday night heard preliminary reports from staff personnel involved in the project, which has been dubbed Operation Camelot. Authority member Dennis Her bert outlined possibilities for enter tainment at the reunion, as well as ideas for excursions for crew mem bers' spouses, such as trips to Camellia Gardens or Callaway Gar dens. Frank Smisson, chief organizer of the event, suggested an air race to Callaway and back. In addition to entertainment, Smisson said awards would be pre sented in such categories as oldest aircraft arriving at the reunion, one coming from farthest away, fastest, slowest, etc. Dr. Willis Webb reported on lo gistical concerns that will have to be addressed, including traffic, parking, gas and oil, transportation to motels, food and rest facilities. Smisson said the Air Force Mu seum in Dayton, Ohio, would sup ply a computer readout of bomber groups, and that each would be contacted to determine expected at tendance. He said Troy Sallicr, in charge of history, is writing letters to each group, requesting that they submit a war story accompanied by pictures to be featured at Lite reunion. He said Brig. Gen. Robert Lee Scott Jr. would be asked to act as task force commander for the pro ject, and that a command post would be set up at the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB. "We want to time it so it will complement the Robins open house," Smisson said. "I think we'll work hand in glove with them." The open house at Robins will be the same weekend as the re union. Several members of the author ity and reunion staff will be attend I PERRY. GEORGIA'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1870-FQR COVERAGE OF YOUR EVENTS. CALL 987-1823 T ing the Experimental Aircraft Association Annual Fly-in in Oshkosh, Wise., July 28 through August 3, and the feasibility of having a booth to publicize the re union was discussed. It was generally agreed that it would be too difficult to man a booth, but Webb said promotional materials could be distributed at the various area headquarters at the show. Webb said about a quarter of a million usually attend the fly-in. Smisson said he would ask Danny Evans to publish a special edition of The Aviation Times for distribution at the fly-in. Smisson reported that Jimmy Yancey would be in charge of secu rity at the reunion, and that Eric Newsom would handle industry and trade participation. "We're a little behind," Smisson said. "Things go kind of slow when you're working with volunteers, but I think it will all come together." In other business, Herbert said the Houston County Commission had agreed to sign the contract with the Georgia Department of Trans portation for construction of a 500- foot safety at the south end of the runway. He said representatives of the airport authority, the construction company, the DOT and the Federal Aviation Administration would meet for a pre-construction hearing in July. The authority referred to its at torney a request from Dr. Luther Vance that he be allowed to sublet a portion of his hangar to Murv Bel son, of Coastal Planes Airways Inc., for performance of aircraft maintenance. Any sublease would require the consent of the authority. Authority member Bob McClendon voiced his reservations about entering into such an ar rangement without a clear legal un derstanding. Vance was asked to have his at torney draw up the necessary papers so that authority members and at torney Skect Hulbcrt could review them. Three injured during wreck By J.J. COOPER And OLIN HUBERT Staff Writer* Three Perry residents arc in in tensive care at the Medical Center of Central Georgia after a two-car collision on Houston Lake Road near Langston Road Monday after noon. Ladonna J. Womack, 28, of 751 N. Houston Road, was travelling cast on Houston Lake with her son Corey Bass, 8, when she lost con trol of her vehicle, attempted to correct, and pulled into the path of Wilson Moody, 70, of 1105 Kingston Road, according to Cpl. Charlene Giles of the Houston County Sheriffs Department. Bass and Moody were listed in serious condition Tuesday after noon, while Mrs. Womack was listed in stable condition. Moody, driving west on Hous ton Lake about 2 p.m. in a Ford Escort when impact occurred, struck Mrs. Womack's Volkswagen Jctta on the driver's side, Giles said. Kiwanians get updated on Frito Lay By MELISSA CRADDOCK Staff Writer Bob Blais, plant manager for Frito Lay, gave the Perry Kiwanis Club an update on progress at the facility after its first 15 months of operation. During the club's meeting at the New Perry Hotel Tuesday, Blais, a Kiwanian, said that the snack food manufacturer's success in Perry is largely due to the quality of work force found in the area. He reported a very low employee turnover rate, particularly for a new plant, and a growing, developing managerial staff. The Perry plant now employs 323 people here and will produce about 35 million pounds of corn and potato products this year. In addition to winning corporate awards for leadership and material handling, the local plant was hon ored by the Minority Business Council in Atlanta for its efforts in minority business development. And because of strong employee support, the plant won three awards in the 1989 Walk America cam paign and won the United Way Gold Award for corporate and employee contributions. "We arc sincerely proud to be a part of this community," he said. Blais said that a full-time re search engineer will be studying the potential for growing potatoes in Georgia, which could be used in potato chip manufacturing. The study will be conducted with the help of the extension service. Blais said that the plant has a commitment to the community and will do all it can to grow potatoes in Georgia. But, he asked for patience, explaining that the process would be a long one. In other club news: •The Kiwanis Scholarship Fund, in honor of the late Wendell Whipple, stands at over S3OOO. Contributions are still being accepted by fund Chairman Cohen Walker. Checks should be made payable to the Kiwanis Scholarship Fund. •The newsprint station on Main Street for the Happy Hour Workshop is reported to be doing well. The Workshop picks up an estimated 10 tons a week with its Tuesday and Friday collections. ML jm ■Hr Bob Blais ...giving Frito Lay update Second front News & features about Perry & South Houston County Traffic had to be rerouted for over an hour. Off-duty Perry fireman Wayne Hall came on the scene shortly after the accident, and attempted to render what aid he could. Hall said Bass had lost con sciousness, had a weak pulse and was bleeding about the head. "I wanted to put him in my car and lake him to the hospital right then," Hall said. "It's an awful feel ing when there's nothing you can do." Hall said an ambulance arrived about 15 minutes after the colli sion. He said Mrs. Womack had gaso line on her, and that Moody was suffering great pain in the chest area. "I was afraid he was going to have a heart attack," Hall said. Giles said no charges have yet been filed, as the Sheriffs Depart ment has been unable to talk with either driver. ■*■ '»fivj(< , fc jy/v?’ ** il ' ' • rSpyipt ■ -fe- - »«*'■"«»" w»fryr i *I^HHB Ij*. JK • S' Seated: Thelma McCoy, Larry Wood, Lossie Glover, Joyce Compton, Hazel Jackson ...And members Doug Boss and Mayor Jim Worrall, standing, all met Monday Committee organizes to deal with the problems of ’Our Kids ’ By MELISSA CRADDOCK Staff Writer During their first organized meeting, the "Project Our Kids" committee outlined their goals to try to help Perry children and teenagers deal with drugs, depres sion, relationships and other prob lems. "Our one concern is the chil dren," said project organizer Joyce Compton, "all of the children." Comprised of community and church leaders and educators, the group is working towards three goals: establishing a volunteer manned hotline to help young peo ple to confidentially deal with rela tionships with friends, family and school as well as the problems of alcohol and other drugs; providing peer-tutors for academic needs; pre venting youth depression which may lead to drug abuse, dropping out of school, crime or suicide. "So many kids today have a poor self-image," said Mayor Jim Wor rall, who helped the group apply for the SSOOO "Local High Risk Youth Grant" from the Georgia Depart ment of Human Resources. "If they get more confident, they are less likely to rely on artificial stimu lus." The grant, if approved, will be used for maintaining the hotline, paying tutors, training volunteers and community recognition of tu tors and students during the school year. One of the projects that the committee members discussed was the peer tutor program, which will initially be for students between the fifth and ninth grades, during the years "kids begin to lose their foot Garbage fee increase starts July 1 Effective July 1, 1989, residential garbage rates will be increased from $6.75 to $8.50. During a called City Council meeting Tuesday night, council members approved the ordinance raising garbage fees to account for the cost of dumping in the county landfill after the city closes its sanitary landfill. THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989 Fireman clear the road of debris after Monday's accident ...The wreck sent all three involved to the hospital ing socially and academically." This will be a one-on-one matching of students who need help with an older "peer tutor" from high school to meet regularly and help with academics and other problems. Mrs. Compton said, "A little bit of help (early on) can make a big difference." The committee mem bers agreed that those were good target grades, but help was also needed in earlier and later grade lev els. Math and reading will be the main areas for tutoring, because teachers agree that problems in other subjects are often attributed to deficiencies in those areas. Training for the tutors and other volunteers will initially be done by the Houston County Drug Action Council (HODAC), and eventually by committee members. The com mittee will be looking for volunteer help, contributions, meeting places for tutors, and transportation from members of the community to ac complish the goals of the project. One suggestion for the peer tutor program made by committee mem ber Thelma McCoy was to gel the parents of the child being tutored to take responsibility for their own child. "We need to make the parent commit, gel their confidence and let them know we care about their child," she said. Some of the other educators agreed that getting back to the old system of home visitation by teachers would be a good idea to give the program a solid base at home. That program will include regu lar social functions and special recognition for tutors and students. "It's important just to show them That increase will not affect those who have been accepted for the city's garbage fee exemption program for elderly and handicapped residents. Only the 99 people who have applied for exemption will not have to pay the fee. Those deemed exempt by the city will have to re apply every year for the status. you care," said committee member Larry Wood of the extra things they can do to make the program work. The Project Our Kids committee members are Mrs. Compton, Mayor Worrall, Wood, Mrs. Mc- Coy, Lossie Glover, Hazel Jackson, Doug Boss, Nelson Granadc, Jim Moody, Margaret Hill, Sandy Smith and Sherry While. The committee's next meeting will be at 1 p.m., Monday, July 10 at the Houston County Annex on Main Street. Around town V J Clubs and organizations The Perry Exchange Club will meet at 12 p.m. at the Holiday Inn June 29. Government meetings The Houston County Board of Education will have a special called meeting Wednesday, June 28, at 6 p.m. at the Warner Robins board office. The Houston Hospital Authority will meet at 7;30 p.m. at the Houston Medical Center. Events and Happenings The Perry United Methodist Church will have their Vacation Bible School June 26-30 at the church. For more information, call 987-1852. Community News Houston Speech School will offer a preschool class for the hearing impaired beginning June 19 and ending July 31. For further in formation, please contact the school at 923-1787 or 922-2895. The Houston Extension Service 4-H group will have a class called "For the Love of Horses" July 13. The limit is 30 and registration ends June 30. It is a free class. 3A