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f The Houston Home f I Journal Perry, Georgia's Hometown Newspaper & Houston County's Legal Organ Since 1870-A Park Newspaper 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 Continued on Page 7A 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 CLASSIFIED SB DEATHS 3A EDITORIALS 4A ENTERTAINMENT 4C LEGAL NOTICES 8A LIFESTYLE 1C SOCIAL NEWS 6A SPORTS IB Judged by the GPA as Ga.'s # 1 newspaper for general exelence. 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 [ “ “ ; PERRY, GEORGIA'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1870-FQR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF YOUR NEWS EVENTS CALL 987-1823 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- iiiiiii wwisi > J Jared Gibson, Ashley Nable and April Kelly, all 3-years-old, honor Old Glory outside the Christian Learning Center i *** .SOL v -- 0 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 Continued on Page 7A 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.