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Earth
Day
1990
Environmental concerns
drive worldwide activity
By ANDREA SELLERS
Staff Writer
Today, 500 students and faculty
at Perry Middle School will take
home a tree to plant in honor of
Earth Day 1990.
The trees will be supplied by the
Georgia Forestry Commission who
will also teach the students how to
plant and care for the seedlings.
All of this, and more, is occur
ring as Americans across the nation
recognize the earth and its environ
ment.
Perry Middle School is just one
group who will receive trees. The
Georgia Forestry Commission
hopes that by 1992, 2 million trees
will be planted in Georgia as a part
of Global ReLeaf.
Perry Middle School students arc
not just planting trees. They are
making a conscious effort to look
at their habits and change them.
Some Perry Middle School stu
dents have adopted a highway. Four
limes a year they will meet to clean
up that section of Georgia's high
ways.
The highway will be designated
by the Department of Transporta
tion and will be the responsibility
of Perry Middle School.
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Adopt-a-highway
Perry Middle School students have adopted a stretch
of highway to keep clean. Four times during the year
the students will clean up their piece of highway
designated by the Department of Transportation.
Howard: Zoning regulates 'healthy' growth
By JAN HAMPTON
Staff Writer
Perry's zoning classifications
help regulate growth in a "healthy"
way according to building inspector
Steve Howard.
The seven classifications help
city planners decide where busi
nesses and homes should be located
to avoid unhappy conflicts.
"Uncontrolled growth means a
house might be located next to a
large factory," Howard said. "That
isn't a happy situation for either the
factory or home owner."
R-l is the most restrictive resi-
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Plant a tree
Perry Middle School students pose with one of the seedlings they will be given
as part of Earth Day activities. The students are from left, Benji Beasley, Amy
Ellison, Latosha Askew and Catherine Blount. The trees were donated by the
Georgia Forestry Commission.
dential zone. Dwellings in the R-l
zone must meet strict guidelines
and specifications.
"What it comes down to is every
thing must be evaluated and con
form to the zoning standards,"
Howard said. "R-l has rigid guide
lines with very little room for
adaptation."
A R-2 zone allows for single
dwelling homes while a R-3 zone
allows for both single family and
multi-dwelling homes.
The C-l zone is used for some
commercial purposes.
"C-l has gotten a lot of public
ity lately," Howard said. "On prop
Some of the students and teachers who will help are
from left, Allatfa Maddox, Kellie Wright, Tarvfsh
Felton, Robert Bowers, Carolyn Summerville and
Ludell Dinkins.
uncontrolled growth means a house might be located next to a factory.
That isn't a happy situation for either the factor or homeowner."
-Steve Howard
City of Perry
erty zoned C-l a person can sell
automobiles, mobile homes and
recreational vehicles. Also many
other types of businesses can be
located on C-l."
The C-2 and C-3 zones are
mainly used for agricultural pur
poses.
The M-l and M-2 zones are set
aside for factories.
"A person cannot have a single
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family home in an M-l zone,"
Howard said. "This guarantees that
a family dwelling and a factory
won't be 100 close for comfort."
Before purchasing a tract of land,
a visit to the building commis
sioner's office could be a wise idea.
"We have maps at our office
which show how the city is zoned,"
Howard said. "Some limes people
will buy land with a certain use in
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City will plan
new complex
By JAN HAMPTON
Staff Writer
The Perry city council set its
sights on building a new municipal
complex at Tuesday's meeting; a
project which may lake five years
to complete.
"I think we need to look into the
possibility of building a new mu
nicipal complex," Councilman
Ralph Gentry said. "Perry is grow
ing and we arc running out of space
at city hall. There may come a lime
when the police department will
need this entire (present city hall)
building."
Journal's Cooper takes
coveted Golden Eagle
By MARK D. SAMUELS
Managing Editor
Houston Home Journal sports
writer J.J, Cooper has earned a cov
eted Golden Eagle from the Macon
Telegraph and News.
The Macon publication awards
thirteen Golden Eagles each year to
middle Georgia's top high school sen
iors in categories including art, math,
science and English literature.
Cooper captured the lop journal
ism prize, which encompassed twenty
three schools covering fifteen coun
ties.
He will be graduated this spring
from Westfield Schools, where he
was nominated by principal Malcolm
Moseley and counselor William
Rogers.
Cooper, who has covered Westfield
sports for the Home Journal since
September 1986, received the award
in a ceremony held Tuesday night at
the Grand Opera House in Macon.
Visitor bureau beefing up;
No. 2 staffer being sought
By TOREY JOLLEY
Staff Writer
Wanted: an administrative
assistant for Perry's new
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
According to Bill Westbrook,
chairman for the personnel
committee, said "We're really ready
for this person to go to work for us
within the next two months.
Everything is mushrooming with
the visitor bureau and we excited."
The bureau is inviting
applications for the position of
administrative assistant to the
director.
The position requires experience
in the travel industry and/or
convention and visitors bureaus, as
well as meeting planning or related
work, including experience in
administration, sales, marketing or
public relations. Managerial
abilities, communication skills, and
the ability to work with diverse
constituencies will be necessary.
Westbrook said, "The board has
expressed a lot of opinions. The
consensus is it should be a person
mind. Then they gel upset when
they discover the land isn't zoned
the way they want it to be. It's al
ways good to know how property is
zoned and what the zoning code
means. Thai's what we're here for."
People who are unsatisfied with
their zoning classification can peti
tion the Perry planning and zoning
commission for a change.
"Those who do this need to tell
us what they plan to use the prop
erty for and why they would like it
re-zoned," Howard said. "We care
fully evaluate the request then make
a recommendation to the city coun
cil. We do our best to be fair."
"We're not talking about making
immediate plans," Mayor James
Worrall said, "This is something
that might happen maybe five years
down the road. We need to think
ahead."
A long range planning
committee was selected by Worrall
to study options for the municipal
complex. Those chosen to serve
arc: Ralph Gentry, Gary Bishop,
Jimmy Faircloth, Marion Hay,
Lewis Meeks, Jim Hendrix, Bobby
Glover, Derry Watson and Worrall.
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J.J. Cooper
"I’m thrilled to receive this award
-- I really didn't expect it," Cooper
said.
" J ust to be nominated was an honor
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already heavily involved in the
community."
Westbrook said "two or three
persons, who applied for the
director's position, have expressed
an interest in this position;"
however, applications arc being
excepted until May 15.
Perry area deaths
Mattie Maude Wright, Perry; Noah
Bonner, Bonaire; Susie Lowe,
Macon; May A. Barker, West Co
lumbia, S.C.; Robert L. Ander
son, Warner Robins; James F.
Dennard Sr., Rochelle.
For memorial arrangements, see
Page 3A of today's Home Journal.
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