Newspaper Page Text
MIDWEEK
EDITION
250
Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, July 1,1992
Deaths
Edward LaGerte Key, Griffin;
Orene H. Lamb, Pineview;
Aulton Charles Patterson Sr.,
Perry; Willie Milton Ragin,
Henderson. Fordetails, please
see page 3A.
HOME JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Post 3 wins 14-4 over
Post 577
The Macon American Legion
Post 3 Pirates, which contains
several Perry players scored a
big win this week. The story is
on page7A.
Market survey to be
mailed
The Perry Area Chamber of
Commerce will call on citizens’
views soon. Fordetails, please
see page SA.
Tim Lewis to leave
Perry High
PHS FFA Director bids fare
well to his alma mater. The
story is on page 11 A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS ~ 5A
PEGGYBLEDSOE 1B
CALENDAR 5A
CLASSIFIED 12A
EDITORIALS 4A
ENTERTAINMENT 9A
HOME & GARDEN 2B
KELLIE ROWDEN 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 4B
LIFESTYLE 1B
EMERY WARNOCK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 7A
COSBY WOODRUFF 7A
MISS YOUR PAPER?
We hope not, but if your carrier
should err, please call early.
987-1823
Our circulation department is
open to help.
TO SUBSCRIBE, CALL:
987-1823, OR 987-5203
READ IT, THEN RECYCLE!
This newspaper is __
printed, in part, on re
cycled paper and is re
cydable. For locations . A
of recycling stations, call ,'jL
987-1823 "Rif"
Home Journal
will be closed
Friday July 3
The offices at The Houston
Home Journal will be closed Fri
day, July 3, in observance of the
July 4 holiday weekend.
Office hours Wednesday and
Thursday are'from 8:30 a.m. until
5:30 p.m.
The deadline for the Saturday
July 4 edition is Thursday at noon.
GSP cautions
July 4 motorists
A sudden increase in multiple
death traffic accidents in the last 30
days has prompted the State Patrol
issue a higher than normal predic
tion for the for the upcoming July
4 holiday period. Georgia Public
Safety Commissioner Colonel
Ronald L. Bowman said a review of
Please see GSP, page 11A
PERRY, GEORGIA'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1870-FQR COVERAGE OF YOUR EVENTS, CALL 987-1823~
■ The Houston Home!
Journal
, Police investigate weekend vandalisms
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
An unidentified number of
youths cut a destructive path
through parts of Elko Road, Bonner
Drive, Courtney Hodges Boulevard
and Lucille Avenue throwing rocks
1 and pieces of concrete through win
dows at the New Perry Nursing
Home, several vehicles, a private
residence and at least two stores late
Saturday night and early Sunday
v'A «*>**■ '
V AJM^ ! fßk*. ...ad yJj|pHfl
a jSPkW 3k
y- iv.
Kv * ' a' '"■^^l^B
# i H|- yaky? : l 9
«f
■ ■ -A''
'"^pV
Ir -
;V p 9
wT .. , I
■l ; |- . fIMHBMM
|Hft M so'^"
( HHJ photo by Amy McDaniel)
Students participating in Sara Muse’s “Fundamentals of Art” class practice drawing a still life.
Pictured is Adam Wilder, front, Kyle Harold, Lane Coffee and Rebecca Carter.
Students enjoy summer class
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
Summer means a lot of different
things to different people. Some
-J students will go on vacation, some
will go to school and some will
work. Thirty one students, how
ever, have decided to do something
to stretch their imaginations and
ability by participating in an art
course at Westfield Schools called
t
; Genesis House has open arms
1 By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
f In an effort to bring the message
of Christ's love to people who may
need it most, Greater Word of De
liverance Ministries has opened the
Genesis House for recovering alco
holics, homeless men and troubled
youths on 913 Cathy Circle.
) Pastor Milton Wynn of the min-
I istry. located on Highway 41
North, said the house is part of a
i broad vision to provide housing,
: education, spiritual training and
1 opportunity to people who have no
f place to go and no sense of hope.
\ "Genesis is the beginning and
fsdfsdfdf
morning.
The Perry Police Department re
sponded to at least nine complaints
over the weekend and Monday deal
ing with smashed windows and
broken mailboxes.
Police Captain Jim Hardy said a
number of arrests will be made in
the coming days.
"We have an unidentified number
of people involved. Some witness
“The Fundamentals of Art” taught
by Sara Muse.
The six-week course is held on
Mondays and Wednesdays. The
students have been split into two
separate classes according to age.
The younger children are ages seven
to nine while the older children are
ages nine to 15.
Each class starts with the basics
of art and gradually progresses to
that is what we are doing. We
started a ministry in the streets
about a year ago. We would pro
vide food and talk to the brothers
and sisters about Christ. What we
discovered were a lot of people who
were willing to make a change in
lifestyle, who wanted to work, who
were willing to commit to God
through Christ, but who were un
able to get started because they
didn't have a place to live, some
where to take a shower, or anybody
who was willing to help them,"
Wynn said.
Please see OPEN, page 11A
accounts said seven to 10 youths
were involved and we have some
reports of a higher number. We
have other investigative work to
finish but we will be making ar
rests," Hardy said.
Hardy was uncertain of the num
ber, but said there were juveniles
involved in the window smashing
episodes.
Among the damage was a
harder techniques. The course in
cludes use and maintenance of
brushes and different brush strokes.
The children are also being taught
about texture, the five basic shapes,
color, value, perspectives, composi
tion, line and balance.
Another aspect of art the children
are learning is history. They are
studying great artists and their
Please see ENJOY, page 11A
j||Bp^
'
Jn |H
Wm
m H
■
Pastor Milton Wynn
fsfdfsf
122ND YEAR~-VOLuBIeS3
smashed bedroom window on Bon
ner Drive, a fist-sized piece of con
crete thrown through a window of
the New Perry Nursing Home, an
empty camper parked on Courtney
Hodges Boulevard had three win
dows smashed by large rocks, two
vehicles parked on Bonner Drive
suffered broken windows and body
damage, a car parked on Gordy
Street suffered a broken window and
' "[,,, ||| wfrlft! ~' v V> V -ii||j.tf^; l >o. n | l v l *
V I^^
t&P«x¥«Sx{< fr:^V^^ii^s*i : ,».w>- v fe
- - -\m VaiSl
f
- .^ :^■^^^ | : | ' : ';if^^^-^^llß^Bll
After a fire early Saturday morning, this is all that remains of
the smoke pit at Kimberly Barbeque on Sam Nunn Blvd. The fire
destroyed the pit's surrounding frame and caused an estimated
SI,BOO worth of damage.
Pit blazes Sat. at
Kimberly Barbeque
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
A fire at Kimberly Barbeque on
Sam Nunn Boulevard early Saturday
morning destroyed the frame struc
ture surrounding the restaurant's
smokehouse and caused an esti
mated SI,BOO worth of damage be
fore Perry fire fighters were able to
control the blaze.
The fire started in the barbeque
pit behind the restaurant and burned
down the walls surrounding the pit,
damaged some of the pit's brick
frame and burned a portion of fence
adjacent to the structure. No one
was injured in the fire.
rS3tVT ■ liil
<§: |f 'f
i
Lt. Colonel John Crowe shakes the hand of James Earhart while
presenting him with a certificate from the Air Force Academy.
I James Earhart receives
Air Force scholarship
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
James Erik Earhart, the 1992
valedictorian of Perry High School
has a lot to look forward to. Not
only has he been awarded a full
one-year scholarship to the United
damage to the driver door, the va
cant City Seafood building on Car
roll Boulevard had two windows
smashed, Village Shop on Valley
Drive suffered three broken win
dow's and two mailboxes on Elko
Road were broken off of their posts.
On Sunday night, a man driving
down Lucille Avenue reported a
bottle being thrown against his
Please see POLICE, page 11A
Kimberly Barbeque Cook Ceaser
Gorinan said he had gone back to
the restaurant at approximately one
a.m Saturday to make sure the fire
in the pit was at a safe level. Gor
man's wife Hattie owns and oper
ates the restaurant.
"We had been cooking about 16
hours Friday and I knew the pit was
hot. We left the building at around
11 p.m. Friday and I went back at
one to check and see if the fire level
was normal. It was. I went home
and then 1 got a call about an hour
later saying the pit had burned
down " Gorman said.
Please see BLAZES, page 11A
States Air Force Academy, but he
is preparing to leave for his destina
tion of Colorado Springs at the end
of July. Students in the preparatory
five-year program will start basic
training on July 29.
Please see EARHART, page 11A