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WEEKEND
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Perry & Houston County's
offical Legal Organ
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1991
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Deaths
Patricia Thomas, Pearle
Edwards. For a complete
listing, please see page 3A.
Have a good day
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Perry High game
cancelled
Because of the inclement
weather, the Perry High vs.
Sumter County basketball
game scheduled for Friday
was cancelled. For a story,
please see 18.
Read about Marion
Marion Hay keeps things
moving smoothly in Perry.
He wears many hats as city
manager. For an interesting
feature on him see We
Salute on page SA.
Cool Shades
The Perry Exchange club is
planning to raise some
funds and promote a
patriotic spirit too. For a story
please see page 3A.
Remember the
Westfield Auction
It takes place today at 7:30
p.m. at Westfield School.
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DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
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SHERIFF'S REPORT 2A
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
WE SALUTE 5A
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'Music, mood' survey
takes science fair win
By Carol Wooley
Staff Writer
Jessica Brewer is the first place
winner in the Houston County
Science Fair. Her project, "How
does music affect mood and
thought?" will be entered in the
Georgia State Science and
Engineering Fair at the University
of Georgia April 11,12 and 13.
She researched her project by
having twenty subjects listen to
various types of music and report
their feelings before, during and
after listening. The subjects
consisted of ten boys and ten girls,
fourteen from the honors class and
six from SB.
Many subjects said they felt like
getting up and doing something
active after the fast music, or going
to sleep or singing a very slow
song after the instrumental music.
One subject said "I think about
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Heavy snow squalls usher in Arctic Blast
No weather damage reported; temperatures dip near single digets locally
A few weeks ago Mother Nature dumped
record amounts of rainfall on Perry.
This Friday, she was at it again. But this
time the precipitation came in the form of
snow.
Perryans awoke Friday morning to find a
light blanket of the frosty, white stuff on
their lawns and car windshields. ‘
Houston County Schools were closed.
High winds, which accompanied the snow,
caused some trees to fall on power lines.
Appointed
School job
is opposed
School chief says
plan isn't wanted
By ALAN WILLIS
Staff Writer
Governor Zell Miller recently
announced that he would propose a
Constitutional Amendment to re
quire all school systems to go to an
elected school board which would
appoint its superintendent.
The move was expected to delight
teachers, but superintendents reacted
differently. Houston County’s Su
perintendent, Dr. Harold Chapman,
was one person the idea did not de
light.
"I have a problem reconciling
Governor Miller's proposal that lo
cal systems be obligated to go to an
appointed superintendent,” said
Chapman.
Chapman pointed out "he
[Miller] has spent so much press
space saying he would move the
decision making to the local gov
ernment, especially in education."
He added "I don’t think the Gover
nor is being consistent."
Stressing his point that "I'm not
dealing with the merits of an elected
versus appointed superintendent,"
Chapman said "the issue is 'does
the local system have the option."
He pointed out that if citizens in a
system do not like the way their
system operates "they have the op
tion to change it."
Houston County residents have
three times had that option as re
cently as 1988. In fact, Chapman
pointed out that "Houston County
voters have had it [appointed
superintendents] proposed to them
three times.” He added, "all three
times residents decisively said they
wanted elected superintendents."
Chapman pointed out that Miller
believes having an appointed
superintendent will allow school
boards to look outside their system
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band class and playing with the
brass instruments" while this type
music was playing.
An interesting response to Regga
music (from the Caribbean) came
from a subject who felt like putting
on a Bikini and running on the
beach.
It took Brewer two forty-five
minute sessions to do her survey
and about a week, working every
day and night to put her project
together. She made graphs for each
subject and the reactions to the
different types of music.
The projects were judged on
originality, definition of purpose,
planning, presentation of data and
accuracy of conclusions. Other
considerations were evidence of |
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However, officials at Georgia Power said the
damage was minor.
"It didn't take us long at all to get power
restored," Hamc Brinkley, a Georgia Power
employee said. "It was just a matter of
removing some fallen trees."
City officials said the weather caused some
confusion but no serious problems.
"Snow is so rare here. People get excited
and nervous. That's when the fun begins."
According to several employees at gas
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Trucks carrying the first materials for the Georgia Production Plant of Northrop are unloaded at
Hammock- Machine Welding where they will be readied for use at the plant.
First Northrop equipment arrives
By ALAN WILLIS
Staff Writer
Since Northrop announced the
start-up of its Georgia Production
Site last month, Perry residents
have eagerly awaited the arrival of
the first trucks.
Those trucks arrived Friday
Morning at 8:30, delivering storage
racks and woikbenches.
According to John Sundquist, the
"first sub assemblies will begin in
mid-March." He pointed out every
Thompson Road has been reopened
By MIKE PRINCIPATO
Staff Writer
Houston County's Public Works
Department has announced Thomp
son Rd. near Northrop is now
opened to two-way traffic.
Public Works Director Tommy
k Stalnaker made the official an
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Jessica Brewer won the Houston County Science Fair with her project on how music affects
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stations on Sam Nunn Boulevard, business
was brisk Friday.
"Local people don't want to get stranded
without gas, at least that's what they're
telling us," Brenda Payne, an employee at
the Shell station said. "Then we’ve seen a lot
of bewildered people from Florida on their
way north toward Atlanta. They pull in here,
gas up, and head back to Florida."
According to officials at the Weather
thing is "on schedule."
Sundquist noted that, in his
opinion, "this day is more impor
tant than the day we made the an
nouncement." He pointed out that
Friday marked "the first delivery
here in Perry... and getting the fac
tory up and running."
The first delivery is not an iso
lated evenL "Trucks are on the road
now," said Sundquist, "they are
leaving almost daily."
nouncement Thursday, February
14th.
"The road is open. However, we
are advising extreme caution,” said
Stalnaker.
According to Stalnaker, county
workers will be paving the stretch
of road near Northrop for the next
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Before the equipment could be
used at Northrop, much of it was
taken to Hammock Machinery
Welding where it will be readied for
production.
Northrop, still far from filling all
jobs, has 20 experienced assem
blers, hired from the local area, who
will begin assembling the first
parts on March 4. Sundquist
pointed out that about 50 persons
have been identified for positions,
leaving well over 400 left to fill.
two weeks.
The road has been closed since
February 2nd due to water damage
caused by heavy rains in Houston
County the first of the month.
Area residents had become con
cerned about the time factor of the
necessary repairs.
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Center in Macon, Perryans should brace for
bitter cold weather for the coming days.
Temperatures are expected to hit the teens
during night time and rise into the 30s
during the day.
"We expect this cold snap to last until the
middle of next week," Mike Bolder at the
weather center said. "We advise citizens to
wrap up their pipes and leave their water
facets dripping."
Three steps
to a new
post office
Officals discuss
ideas and plans
By ALAN WILLIS
Staff Writer
Tom Coe of the United States
Post Office came with Congress
man Richard Ray to discuss Perry’s
need for a new Post Office
Coe outlined the three steps that
Perry need to take to alleviate its
current congestion at the Post Of
fice.
First, Coe noted, the city "needs
to address the street and parking
problem." Coe said the next step
would be to "see if there is a suit
able location for a contract station."
The third and final step would be to
"find a piece of land that really
makes sense and build a post of
fice."
Coe's suggestions came out of an
hour long meeting he, Ray, and
» several Perry community leaders
1 had Friday afternoon.
According to Ray, Perry is on
schedule to have a new Post Office
by October of 1995. However, the
priority list used to decide where
new stations are needed is annually
revised. Perry could move up or
down on the list.
Mayor Jim Worrall expressed the
prime concern of the City as traffic
congestion. Ray pointed out that
the issue was addressed with a sub
station. However, Ray admitted "I
couldn't find it."
Thomas McKelroy, Perry's
Postmaster, noted the station was
operated for almost 2 years for the
price of $15,000 per year. "The to
tal revenues from the station were
$5,600," said McKelroy. "We did
everything we knew how to do...it
was a bad location."
Norman Adamson, Macon’s
Postmaster who oversees the sec
tion which includes Perry, noted
"trying to get people to buy into a
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City could
play host to
athletes
By MIKE PRINCIPATO
Staff Writer
Perry may host a visit by
Olympic competitors, according to
Georgia National Fairgrounds and
Agricenier Public Affairs Director
John Webb.
A presentation of site dimen
sional requirements for Olympic
Equestrian events was presented to
the Agricenter Board of Directors
during their regularly scheduled
monthly meeting,, held this month
in Atlanta.
State Representative Larry
Walker was on hand to make the
presentation to Board members.
According to Webb, the Perry fa
cility is much to small to qualify as
a host location. However, Fair-
Please see Agricenter, Page 8A