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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5,1989--119th YEAR, NO. 53,3 SECTIONS, 22 PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULARS
Ray calling for amendment
making flag burning illegal
Congressman Richard Ray of
Perry is a co-sponsor of House
Joint Resolution 337, which calls
for a constitutional amendment to
ban the burning of the American
flag.
In a statement, Ray said; "I be
lieve the burning of the American
flag is wrong, and I support efforts
to make this act illegal. I believe a
constitutional amendment will en
sure that the flag is protected from
such desecration.
Ray said he would continue to
continue to support also an
amendment that Senators Bidcn,
Gorton and Hatch offered to
restructure the federal law so that it
will be illegal to mutilate, deface.
Horse show
to benefit
Perry OAC
By MELISSA CRADDOCK
Staff Writer
Perry will have its first walking
horse show this year Saturday, July
29 at Crcckwood Park.
Billed as the Peach Blossom
Charity Horse Show, the event will
benefit the Perry Chapter of the
Older Americans Council.
Show Chairman Terry Etheridge
of Forsyth met with OAC Director
Betty Raines Monday to discuss
plans for the show.
The event, managed by Show
time Enterprises, will include 26
classes of walking horses including
walking horse juvenile (ages 11 and
under) to walking stallings and
geldings to the walking horse
championship. Cash prizes and rib
bons will be given to the top five
in each categories.
All of the proceeds, minus
Showtime Enterprises' $3500 fee,
will go to the OAC.
Etheridge said he was optimistic
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Thought for the day
"I tried to give back to my coun
try all the good things my coun
try gave me.”— The last Allen
P. Whipple, Perry, Ga.
Local death notices
Fred Spradley, 69—William
Arling Bivens. Death notices
appear on Page 3A
Index
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DEATHS 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
ENTERTAINMENT 4C
LEGAL NOTICES 8A
LIFESTYLE 1C
SOCIAL NEWS 6A
SPORTS IB
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Perryans are encouraged to recycle, not throw out reusable items
By MELISSA CRADDOCK
Staff Writer
With the required closing of the city landfill, the opening of the new dry
trash landfill and increased sanitation fees, the City of Perry is looking for
ways to reduce the amount of garbage buried each year in the Houston
County landfill.
Bill Haflcy, in charge of the landfill transition, is asking residents to
use Perry's recycling centers so that the city will have less garbage to pick
up and pay to bury.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has reported that as of
1988,45 percent of the existing landfills in the state had only one year of
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burn, display on the floor or
ground, or trample on the flag.
That amendment has been passed
by the Senate and sent to the
House.
Ray said, "I believe these mea
sures will reinstate the respect the
American people have for this hon
ored symbol."
If the Senate amendment passes
both Houses of Congress and is
signed by President Bush, it will
become law in a much shorter pe
riod of lime than that required by
the process of amending the
Constitution.
"However, if for any reason this
legislation becomes stalled, I will
urge my colleagues to pass a Con-
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Jared Gibson, Ashley Nable and April
Kelly, all 3-years-old, honor Old Glory
outside the Christian Learning Center
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P&G Industries Cellulose donated
two new pieces of recreational equip
ment, a zebra and a duck, which have
been Installed at the city's Barbara Cal
houn Park on Tucker Road. Shown at
Rep. Richard Ray
stitulional amendment necessary to
outlaw the horrible practice of
desecrating the the nation's flag,"
Ray added.
America's future leaders
P&G Donates New Equipment
permitted capacity remaining, and another 26 percent had no more than four
years of remaining capacity.
Because Perry's landfill is one of those which has reached capacity, the
city will now be charged by the pound to dump in the county landfill.
Haflcy and other city officials arc now trying to encourage local residents
to recycle reusable commodities to reduce the fees and the amount of
garbage buried.
He is asking residents to use Perry's recycling centers.
Newspapers can be disposed of 24 hours a day at the drive up dumpsters
at the point of Main and Houston Lake Drive. The Happy Hour Workshop
collects paper from the site Tuesday and Friday, sorts and bales it and sells
Hospital Authority approves $131,405
for orthopedic and cardiac equipment
By OLIN HUBERT
Staff Writer
The Houston County Hospital
Authority June 28 approved
$131,405 in expenditures for capital
equipment at Perry Hospital.
$6,510 of the approved amount
is for an already-budgeted infant
warmer, while the rest is for
equipment associated with the ex
pansion project at the hospital, ac
cording to Hospital Administrator
Steve Johnson.
The largest purchase will be a
$65,000 cardiac monitor system,
used to supply continuous
information on patients’ vital signs
and other data.
Johnson said all four monitors
In Perry. They are just beginning to
learn lessons in patriotism and know
some parts of the Pledge of Allegiance.
the park are Perry Mayor Jim Worrall,
Acting Public Works Superintendent
Hugh Sharp, Recreation Commission
Chairman Joe Andrews and P&G Public
Affairs Manager Cliff Woods.
MIDWEEK EDITION-250
in the intensive care unit will be
replaced and upgraded. Since the
existing monitors are still func
tional, they will be available for
use elsewhere in the hospital, he
said.
$44,545 will go for the purchase
of equipment for the use of Dr.
Derrick Phillips, an orthopedic
surgeon who is joining the hospital
staff.
The hospital currently has no
orthopedic surgeon, although
Phillips has consulting privileges.
Once the hospital acquires the
needed equipment, he will be ele
vated to active staff status, Johnson
said.
Another $15,350 will go for
Carlson will
stay on site
at Agricenter
By MELISSA CRADDOCK
Staff Writer
Although the Carlson Corpora
tion was ruled in default of its con
tract to build the Georgia Agricen
ter, it will continue as general con
tractor on the project, according to
Bill Roberts of the Georgia State
Financing and Investment Com
mission.
Roberts, the director of the con
struction division, said that repre
sentatives from Carlson's bonding
company Seaboard Surety told him
they would stick with the general
contracting firm until completion
of the project.
The announcement came a few
days before the end of the bonding
company's 25-day period to decide
how to handle the default. Carlson
was ruled in default on Friday, June
9, because of numerous delays and
poor workmanship.
The project is still expected to
be completed before its official
grand opening set for February
1990.
Roberts said he feels confident
with the decision. "We want to get
it finished as quickly as possible,"
he said. Roberts said he thought
changing to another company
would slow down progress on the
site.
"We'd like to waste as little lime
as possible," he said. Seaboard is
expected to meet with the GSFIC
in a few days. They will gel to
gether in a few days to discuss a list
of priorities for the project and a
new completion date, Roberts said.
Johnny Webb, director of public
relations for the Georgia Agriccnter,
said he wasn’t surprised with the
announcement. "We will be pleased
with whatever the surety company
does as long as it gets the Agricen
ler built correctly and in a timely
fashion."
Webb said that Carlson has been
working on the job since the default
announcement, but that there
haven't been any notable changes.
"Maybe now that it's resolved, we'll
see some favorable progress," he
said.
it to Packaging Corporation of America. Proceeds go to help educate the
mentally retarded.
The dumpsters were donated by Dot Roughton and the Perry Kiwanis
Club monitors the site.
But other rccyclablcs can be turned into cash if taken to one of the two
recycling businesses in Perry.
Wrights Recycling at 922 Bess Sued, a block off of Courtney Hodges
Boulevard, and Sparks Recycling on Jcmigan in the old Thompson ware
house take in recyclable materials and pay by the pound.
Wrights Recycling pays for scrap, copper, brass, radiators, stainless
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furniture and other accessories for
the lobby and intensive care unit.
Johnson reported that the expan
sion project is approaching the half
way point in completion, and that
the project manager has informed
him it is a few days ahead of sched
ule and under budget.
Also at the June 28 meeting, the
authority approved $134,685 in
capital equipment requests for
Houston Medical Center.
Authority members voted to
write off $357,536 in bad debts and
$64,746 for indigent care at both
hospitals during May 1989.
The authority agreed not to meet
in July.
Stephen S. Engle
...new personnel director
Engle fills
county post
By OLIN HUBERT
Staff Writer
Stephen S. Engle, the new
county personnel director and direc
tor of grants and resources, attended
his first county commission meet
ing in his new capacity June 27.
Engle replaces John Gay, who
held both positions until he left
May 31 to open his own insurance
agency.
Engle, 32, is a native of Char
lotte, N.C. He comes to Houston
County from Dublin, where he was
assistant city manager.
Engle said his wife Robin would
work for the Houston County
schools as a speech therapist.
They have two boys, Matt,6,
and Geoffrey, 4.
Engle lived in Houston County
between 1983 and 1985, commut
ing to work each day in Dublin.
He was formerly a management
assistant with the Middle Georgia
Area Planning and Development
Commission, in which capacity he
handled personnel work, adminis
tered grants and carried out a num
ber of regional community devel
opment projects.