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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11,199 120TH YEAR, NO. 28« 3 SECTIONS, 22 PAGES PLUS SALES CIRCULARS • PERRY & HOUSTON COUNTY'S LEGAL ORGAN MIDWEEK EDITION -25 C
Brewery:
'Serious talking'
with Coors reps
provides glimmer
By JAN HAMPTON
Staff Wrltar
Representatives from Coors and
the G. Heileman Brewing Co. met
last week for some "serious talk
ing" according to Houston County
development director Dick Ulm.
Ulm told members of the county
development commission at a
Tuesday meeting, Heileman and
Coors representatives toured the
Perry brewery and the Continental
Can plant.
"They parked their jets side by
side at the Perry airport. Then they
toured the facilities," Ulm said. "I
have the impression they're really
getting into some serious talking.
All we can do is sit back and be
hopeful."
Ulm said six other developers
have toured Houston County during
the past six weeks.
"We've been generating activity.
I just don't know when or how long
before it pays off," Ulm said.
Steve Byrd, Walt Whiting and
Bill Hafley were appointed to the
budget committee.
Fly-ins set
for Friday
By TOREY JOLLEY
Staff Writer
Congressman Richard Ray will
host a Third District Airport Fly-
Around on April 20.
Perry Airport will not be on the
agenda of airports to visit because it
was toured last year. However the
Perry-Ft.Valley Airport Authority
will attend the delegation's breakfast
meeting in Macon.
"We try to vary the airports
visited year to year," said James B.
Hendricks, press agent for Ray.
Touring with Ray will be Sam
Austin, manager of the Atlanta
Airports District Office with the
See RAY, Page 7A
Ad slogans
leave C&VB
board cold
By TOREY JOLLEY
Staff Wrltar
Convention and Visitors Bureau
members discussed the need for a
new slogan to entice tourists to
stop in Perry in their regular
meeting Tuesday at City Hall.
Among the slogans presented by
Cal Duke and Associates, an
advertising consulting company
from Americus, were Passionately
yours. Perry, Georgia', which
included red lips in a kiss.
The company also suggested
'Discover Perry's Pleasures'.
However, the committee did not
approve either slogan.
James Pleydell-Bouverie.
committee chairman, said, "To be
most effective you must be different
to catch their eyes.”
Fay Riddles, director of the
C&VB, explained the logo design
is projected to cost $2,600 to
$2,900, with printing projected at
approximately $3,400.
The committee also discussed
financing of their new building.
Terry Watson, member of the
committee, commented, "I talked
with an investment banker out of
Atlanta about the building and its
financing. He said he thought there
was a real possibility if the city
would pledge X amount of the
hotel/motel tax to retire the debt,
that he could put together a single
municipal bond of $450,000. He
said he probably could get it rated.
Then the interest rate would be 6
percent, not 7.5-8 percenL And the
See CSVB, Page 7A
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Send in the clowns
There's no such thing as a parade without clowns, and
Saturday's Dogwood Festival procession was no exception.
These Shrlners came ail the way from Macon to share the fun.
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Colorful balloons competed for festival visitors' dollars with
the tantalizing aromasof candy, pork rinds, cooklesand good
old-fashioned grilled hamburgers Saturday.
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colorful look at Saturday's
Dogwood Festival finale.
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Lowest school bidder
just under sll million
By ANDREA SELLERS
Staff Writer
Houston County Board members
received copies of the bids for the
new high school at their regularly
scheduled meeting on Tuesday in
Perry.
During the Superintendent's re
port, Dr. Harold Chapman passed
out the list of bids. Chapman said
that the architect was looking over
the bids and that they were not
ready to recommend a contractor
yet.
Wright Associates from Colum
bus had the low bid for
$10,789,000 with 150 days to
complete non-essential buildings.
Williams Construction from
Columbus bid $10,800,000 with
540 days to complete non-essential
buildings.
McDevitt and Street out of Ma-
Glover lobbies rec board in effort
to reverse city's park decision
By JAN HAMPTON
Staff Writer
Perry councilman Bobby Glover
says the city may end up with too
many parks to support financially.
Glover voiced his concern to
members of the recreation commis
sion Tuesday.
"Let's say we build a recreation
complex and then the county gives
or leases Rozar (o us," Glover said.
"We could find ourselves in a
financial bind. We will have our
funds tied up in the complex but
still have a commitment to Rozar."
"I think we need to ask ques
tions about where we stand," he
said. "We need to look at Rozar,
Creekwood and Ochlahatchcc before
we make a final decision."
Glover urged recreation members
to visit the 20 acre site on which
the proposed recreation complex
may be built.
Deputy charged with theft:
grand jury passes on felony
Sheriff is mum on Joiner's job status
Houston County Sheriffs Capt.
Glenn Terry Joiner was indicted on
a misdemeanor charge of theft by
taking April 9. However, the grand
jury did not indict the officer on a
related felony count.
Joiner was charged with
unlawfully appropriating an AR-15
Colt semiautomatic rifle that had
been in the custody of the Dooly
County Sheriffs Department.
The indictment stated Joiner was
in legal possession of the weapon
as part of his duties with the
sheriffs department. However, he
misappropriated the weapon when
he sold the gun to Charles Holt, an
Perdue to
seek seat
By TOREY JOLLEY
Staff Writer
Before a standing room only
crowd in the board room of the
Houston County Annex in Warner
Robins, Sonny Perdue, a member
of the Houston County Planning
and Zoning Board, said, "I believe
that deep within every person is the
desire to reach out beyond himself,
his family, his business and his
own personal interests to try and
make a difference. To leave more
than you take. After careful and
prayerful deliberation with my
See PERDUE, Page 7A
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Architect
isn't ready
to recommend
contractor yet
con bid $10,931,000 with 30 days
to complete non-essential build
ings.
ACC Construction out of Au
gusta bid $11,118,000 with 600
days to complete non-essential
buildings.
Williams and Associates of Ma
con id $11,220,000 with 580 days
to complete non-essential build
ings.
"I thought that property was just
too valuable for the city to use for a
park," Glover said. "That was my
thinking."
"We can't neglect the parks we
already have," commission member
Sonny Heard said. "We need to
Perry area deaths
Edith Lorene Jones, 78, Fort Valley: Eva Mildred Holder, 77,
Eastman; Mary Lyons, Perry; L.C. Durham, 58, Macon, For
complete memorial details, see Page 3A of today's Home
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SHERIFFS REPORT 3A ANDREA SELLERS 4A
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officer in the Perry sheriffs
department, for $350.
Joiner said, "I would like to
point out that (the charge) is a
misdemeanor, but beyond that I
can't comment."
In Georgia, theft by taking is
considered a felony when the value
of the stolen item is worth SSOO or
more.
Houston Sheriff Cullen Talton
could not be reached for comment
on how the indictment affects
Joiner's employment with the
department Joiner has been allowed
to remain on duty since the
City's Golden Isles
work right on schedule
By JAN HAMPTON
Staff Writer
Progress on the Golden Isles
promenade is moving swiftly ac
cording to Perry building
inspector Steve Howard.
'The sewer and curbing work
have gone well," he said. "And
the water line is being set down
this week."
Howard told members of the
planning and zoning commission
Monday he expects to issue the
Crackerbarrel restaurant a
building permit this week.
The promenade, a section of
Non-essential buildings are those
that are not needed for school to
begin in Fall of 1991.
These include the auditorium, the
gym and the fine arts building.
Zell Blackmon asked if the board
was bound to lake the smallest bid.
Chapman told him that they
weren't, but that they would have to
pay anything over the lowest bid.
A group of concerned parents
from Warner Robins attended the
meeting to voice their displeasure
with the zoning for the new ele
mentary school.
Parents from the Northlake and
Greenbriar subdivisions had been
told by the principal from Elbcrta
Elementary School that their chil
dren would attend the new school.
The parents were also upset by
See BIDS, Page 7A
make our decision carefully. What
ever we decide will affect 100 many
people to do a sloppy job."
Commission members agreed to
tour the proposed recreation com
plex site and then meet with the
mayor and city council.
beginning of the investigation,
which started in December.
A lawyer with the state
Prosecuting Attorney's Council was
called in to handle the case, said Ed
Lukemire, Houston's district
attorney.
Lukemire explained the PAC
attorney presented the evidence to
the grand jury and will handle the
case when it goes to State Court.
Lukemire added the PAC attorney
was called in to avoid an appearance
of conflict of interest since the
district attorney's office is currently
working on other cases in
conjunction with Joiner.
land off of Interstate 75 and
joining Highway 46 South, is
attracting a high density of
growth.
"With the new Agriccnter near
by and the new welcome and
visitors center in the works, the
promenade is a boom area,"
Howard said.
Howard said a new hotel and
restaurant is expected to be built
on the promenade.
"Zeb's Zip In has been
demolished and a new expanded
market will take its place,” he
said.