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MIDWEEK
EDITION
250
Perry & Houston County's
Official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,1992
Katherine Wilson Wall,
Eatonton; Ruby Cannon, Ma
con; Ruby Richards Joiner,
Vienna; Joey Smith, Eastman;
Gladys Mitchell McClurg Lee,
Perry. For details, please see
page 3A.
HOME JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS
We salute Sharon
Meese
Comfort Inn housekeeping su
pervisor Sharon Meese went
above and beyond the call of
duty to help a family visiting
Perry. The story is on page 6A.
Westfield hires new
coach
Joby Boydstone has been se
lected as Westfield's head
football coach and athletic di
rector this week. The story is
on page 7A.
FFA will can food
The FFA cannery behind PHS
is in full swing for the summer.
For dates and times please see
page 10 A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
PEGGY BLEDSOE 1B
CALENDAR 5A
CLASSIFIED 6B
EDITORIALS 4A
ENTERTAINMENT 9A
HOME & GARDEN 2B
JIM KERCE 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 4B
TIM LEWIS J 2B
LIFESTYLE" " IB
BRIGETTE HAMILTON 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 7A
COSBY WOODRUFF 7A
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Saturday
stand-off
ends quietly
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
After a one and a half hour
stand-off Saturday evening Houston
County Sheriffs convinced Mack
Felder to surrender after he had fired
shots over a public highway, re
fused a deputy's request to drop his
gun and barricaded himself inside of
his house at 122 Old Vienna Road
near Henderson.
According to Captain Ruben
McGee of the Houston County Sh
eriffs Department, the confrontation
started when Felder allegedly fired
two shots from his porch over Old
Vienna Road.
The sheriffs office was notified
and a car was dispatched to the
scene. Deputy John Eubank arrived
Please see ENDS, page 12A
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■ The Houston Home!
Journal
County may face lawsuit from residents
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
Houston County Commissioners
agreed Tuesday night after a lengthy
discussion that a lawsuit involving
the county would not be necessary
until July 31 over a zoning issue
■that has been discussed seriously
since a November 1991 meeting.
Clifton Mills, of Thomas Court
(off of Houston Lake Road near
Highway 96), came before the
commissioners to testify that four
special sessions designed by the
county commissioners to handle a
zoning ordinance has failed to com
plete the squabble between Thomas
Court residents and the county
commission.
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Brownie Troop 348 presented a puppet show to the Summer Reading Club at the Perry Public
Library Tuesday. The theme of the puppet show was “Girl Scouts Care for the Earth”. Pictured
are Linda Eddins, the troop leader, left, Adrienne Tucker, Amanda Hamsley, Jessica Layfield, Amy
Harris, Cathryn Eddins, Jenna Lewis and Gamble Lewis.
‘Catch the Reading Express’
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
Perry’s local pubic library has a
special program going on this
summer for children ages two and
up. The Summer Reading Club
not only gives children something
to do, but also expands their
interests through what they choose
to read.
The theme for this summer’s
reading club is “Catch the Reading
Express” and it encourages children
to do so through several different
programs. To accommodate the
younger pre-school students, there
UGA president visits Perry
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
“The challenges we face are not all
that different from the state,” Dr.
Charles B. Knapp, president of the
University of Georgia, said to the
Perry Kiwanis Club Tuesday fol
lowing a short reception held at the
Houston County Agriculture Build
ing to meet with alumni, parents
and friends of the university.
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Thomas Mason, also of Thomas
Court, told commissioners late last
year that he has an agriculture zon
ing permit. Mason was not present
at the meeting last night.
According to Mills, the neighbor
hood in which he, Mason and 12
other households are in is a residen
tial zone.
Mills informed commissioners
last year that Mason’s property in
cludes fuel trucks, trash and back
hoes which arc designed for an in
dustrial park and should not be left
in a residential area.
He added that Mason has kept the
equipment open in he claims a resi
dential area for five years without
any resolve over lhat time.
are programs on Tuesdays and
Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m.
that involve music and games as
well as stories and picture books.
For even younger children there is a
program on Wednesdays at 11 a.m.
where the children will focus on
picture books and songs. These
children must be accompanied by an
adult.
Tuesday at 10 a.m., Brownie
Troop 348 presented a puppet show
that promoted their 80th anniver
sary theme “Girl Scouts Care for
the Earth”. The puppet show fea
tured animal puppets teaching the
The reception was scheduled in
Knapp’s honor for 11:30 a.m. at
the Houston County Cooperative
Extension Service of The Univer
sity of Georgia, held in the newly
renovated meeting hall on Carroll
Street.
Duren Bell, director of the Hous
ton County Agriculture Extension
Service, said the hosts for the recep
tion were both Cohen Walker and
“A lawsuit could mess up every
thing at this point. Sometimes
what is the legal thing to do isn’t
always the right thing to do,”
Commissioner Archie Thompson
said.
Thompson explained that a law
suit would obligate the commis
sioners to use tax dollars and that a
settlement out of court would be
the best option due to binding legal
settlements.
According to Mills, Mason has
agricultural and industrial equip
ment, plus “dead batteries” in close
access causing potential hazards to
residcnLs in the area.
“He should move it. That is the
right thing to do but that may not
children how to care for the earth.
Tuesday afternoons at 2:30 p.m.
are marked for the older children.
Last Tuesday this group was treated
to a special guest, Barbara Hicks, a
storyteller from Macon. Hicks is a
sixth grade teacher who knows
Becky Yeatman from Word Weavers
Club in Macon.
“In my sixth grade class this
year we studied ancient Greek
mythology, so I chose a story deal
ing with that,” Hicks explained.
Some of the other stories that
Hicks chose for her program is a
Please see EXPRESS, page 12A
Earl Cheek.
Along with Knapp on his Perry
visit was Wayne Jordan, director of
the University of Georgia Coopera
tive Extension Service.
“The university and the state are
tightly woven together. The state
won’t reach its potential unless the
university does,” Knapp said.
Knapp added the university has the
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be the legal thing,” Thompson said.
Thompson added that he would
confront Mason to try to end the
problem and bring a recommenda
tion back to the commissioners be
cause Chairman Sherrill Stafford
felt he was the least acquaintance to
Mason than other commissioners
present. Commissioner Houston
Porter was not present last night.
Commissioners agreed to allow
Thompson to contact Mason and
reach a recommendation of action
for the commissioners to lake.
County Attorney Mike Long told
Mills the commissioners will have
to weight the expenditures of a law
suit.
“They have a decision to take
Council questions
police relations
with community
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry City Councilman Bobby
Glover criticized the Perry Police
Department Tuesday night during
the city council’s prc-mccting work
session.
Referring to the need for the
proposed bi—racial committee to
have an impact on city thinking,
Glover said, "We need something to
come out of this committee. The
way the police department is han
dling situations that come up needs
to be talked about by the commit
tee. The police need to use more of
a common sense approach, regard
less of what the book says."
Mayor James Worrall said that a
fishing event planned for July 18 at
Rozar Park would be a first step in
addressing the area of citizen's get
ting to know the police department.
The event will include fishing, a
cookout and other activities. Mem
bers of the police and fire depart
ments and city officials will host
the event.
"At the community meeting that
we had and again when we met with
the ministers, the thing that they
said over and over again was, 'We
don't know the police officers. We
need to get to know them as peo
ple.' This fishing day is the first
step in that process," Worrall said.
Glover said it wasn't that sim
ple.
"If a man is not allowed to talk
to the police when he is pulled
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Fishing derby a success
This father and son fishing team enjoyed the fresh air
at the Agricenter lake Saturday during the Kiwanls
Club’s Fishing Derby. According to Kiwanis member
Earl Lewis over 50 children ranging in ages from two to
15 attended taking home plenty of catfish.
Congratulations to the club and the event’s organizer
Bobby Tuggle.
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whether to spend public funds for a
court trial,” Long said.
Long explained that Mason was
given a deadline for May l then for
June 1 and now for July 31.
He said the deadline would be
made of a petition in equity.
“Going to the courts is something
of The last resort. If they tell me to
do that 1 will," Long said.
Long has represented Mason be
fore but he said his attorney/clicnt
relationship has not b en active in a
long time.
“You (commissioners) should
proceed to enforce your own obliga
tions,” Mills said. “I have kept
this in good faith and promises but
Please see FACE, page 12A
over, if the police don't allow a
man to open his mouth, then some
thing needs to change. We need a
common sense approach," he said.
Councilman Charles Lewis said
he thought some officers were out
of touch with the community.
"A lot of officers arc not re
sponding to the public. They drive
by with the windows up, the air
conditioning on, wearing their sun
glasses. They need to recognize and
know the community. To be on
the street with them," Lewis said.
City Manager Marion Hay said
that sometime the personal ap
proach backfires.
"We had an officer recently who
got out of his car and played bas
ketball with some kids. Then, we
had people call and say, 'Why isn’t
that sorry officer doing his job.’ A
friendly approach causes comment
too," Hay said.
In other business:
•The council will hold a special
meeting Friday morning at 8 a.m.
to give a second reading to die sani
tation rates increase ordinance. The
city budget cannot go into effect
without the rate increase anti the or
dinance has to be read twice.
• Starting July 1 all lull-time
city employees will receive a three
percent cost of living increase,
since the council approved the City
Position Classification Schedule
and the Personnel Authorization
Schedule.
Please see COUNCIL, page 12A