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WEEKEND
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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
SATURDAY, JULY 4,1992
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HIGHLIGHTS
Hale withdraws from
race
County commission post 3
candidate withdrew from the
race Wednesday. The story is
on page 2A.
Nash named to CB&T
board
Jack Nash, owner of Sports
Center's parts and service di
vision, has been named to the
Board of Directors of CB&T
Bank of Middle Georgia. The
story is on page 3A.
PCC to hold July Fourth
events
Perry Country Club has sev
eral activities planned to cel
ebrate Independence Day. For
details, please see page 18.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
BRIAN LAWSON 4A
CALENDAR 5A
CLASSIFIED 4B
EDITORIALS 4A
PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
SPORTS JIB
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
STREET TALK 4A
JOHN TRUSSELL 2B
BOBBY TUGGLE 2B
COSBY WOODRUFF 1B
WOODS 'N WATER 2B
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Chapman, Hinnant square off for supt. post July 21
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
The upcoming primary elections
on July 21 have not only become
an up-front issue for local politics,
but it also has many citizens won
dering exactly what each candidate
is basing his campaign on.
One of the more closely watched
races is that for School
Superintendent for Houston
County. The two candidates are Dr.
Harold Chapman and Tony
Hinnant.
Chapman, the incumbent, is
seeking a second term for several
reasons, one of which is what he
feels is his proven leadership.
“I have four years of proven
leadership and Houston County has
an outstanding record of accom
plishments during those four years.
I’m proud to have been the superin
tendent to provide the leadership to
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City plans
fishing
rodeo
Event to be held at
Rozar Park July 18
for area youths
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
As part of an effort to address
concerns raised in two community
meetings over the need to have
more personal contact between po
lice officers and the community,
a fishing rodeo hosted by the Perry
Police and Fire deparunents will be
held Saturday July 18 from 8 a.m.
until noon at Rozar Park.
The event is open to any child
16 and under. The morning will in
clude fishing in both of Rozar
Creek’s stocked ponds and a bar
beque lunch will be served when the
fishing is done.
Perry Police Chief Frank Si
mons highlighted the reasons be
hind the event.
"The police department is spon
soring the fishing rodeo for the
youth of Perry. We arc trying to
reach kids in the community, give
them a positive introduction to our
officers and provide a service at the
same time. We hope through these
kinds of opportunities we can have
a better line of communication
throughout our community and
especially to the young people.
Every officer not on duty will be
involved to some extent. The
coordination of the event involves
the city council, the mayor's office,
the city manager, the recreation
department and the police and fire
departments," he said.
Rozar Park's ponds are stocked
with approximately 11,000 fish.
The upper pond is devoted ex
clusively to catfish and the lower
pond holds blue gill, bass and
shellcrackers. The ponds have been
stocked by the Georgia Department
of Natural Resources Fish and
Game Division. Approximately
$2,000 worth of fish food has been
donated to the park by Flint River
Mills, through Joe Speed, owner of
the Karstcn Denson Hardware store
in Macon. No rods and reels will
be allowed in the rodeo. If there are
children who do not have cane poles
they will be provided with one.
Mayor Jim Worrall has been
working with the Perry Ministerial
Association in spreading the word
about the rodeo to church youth
groups.
"This gives us an opportunity to
open up lines of communication
with our young people. They arc
the future of our community. If we
can get them fishing together, play
ing together and working together,
then we can get them to talk and
live together," Worrall said.
"We're looking forward to it.
We acquired the lakes for Perry citi
zens and members of south Hous
ton County so they would have a
facility available to fish. Some
time after the event we will be
opening the facility to the public
under certain rules to be developed
Please see RODEO, page 6A
help the schools make those
achievements,” Chapman said.
Aside from his experience as su
perintendent, Chapman has 23 years
of education experience. After his
15 years of classroom teaching, he
served as assistant principal at
Tabor Elemenlary and then as prin
cipal at Northside Middle School.
Chapman’s other leadership roles
are a combination of professional
and community positions. Among
the several he is involved in, he is
currently the president of the Middle
Georgia School Superintendent
Association, and on the boards of
directors in both Warner Robins and
Perry’s chambers of commerce.
Chapman, who was bom in Ben
Hill County, attended high school
in Macon, and then attended Mercer
University. It was after receiving
his Bachelor’s degree that he began
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The Fourth of July weekend is a time for family and
friends to gather and celebrate the freedoms we hold
as Americans. Several events have been planned in
Perry. Although this weekend is a time for fun, it is
also a time to make safety a high priority. The state
highways and interstates will be busy. The Georgia
State Patrol urges drivers to use extreme caution while
travelling this weekend.
Agricenter hosts
youth barrel racing
event this weekend
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
Coming to the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agriccnter for the
Fourth of July weekend is the 1992
All American Youth Barrel Race.
The largest barrel racing champi
onship for kids and youth in the
world was started three years ago by
two brothers, Talmadgc and Mike
Green.
Not only will there be a total es
timated $75,000 in prizes for youth
contestants, but ESPN will be at
the Agricenter to broadcast the fi
nals which will begin at 7 p.m.
Saturday.
ESPN will air the barrel races
later this summer, between two
weeks and a month from Saturday’s
final races.
“It’s going to help us out a lot by
televising the event,” Talmadge
Green said.
We plan to stay in Perry as an an
nual event every Fourth of July
weekend. This being our first year
here, I’m real pleased everyone with
his career in Houston County.
Chapman’s education also includes
a Masters degree from Florida State
University and a doctorate degree
from the University of Georgia.
Chapman is not only experi
enced in the Houston County
school system from a teacher’s
perspective, but he has a daughter
who recently graduated from the
school system with honors.
When asked what he could pro
vide to the school system that
others may not be able to,
Chapman responded that his ac
complishments speak for them
selves.
“I’ve proven what I can do to
provide leadership to the school
system. I’ve never owed any alle
giance to any particular school or
special interest group. I also have
the education and variety of experi
the show is satisfied with the facil
ity,” Green added.
Dale Rcdckcr, agriculture manager
of the Agricenter, explained he is
impressed with the quality of the
show and believes the show will
become a major event that will con
tinuously grow.
Green explained that the economic
impact of the All American Youth
Barrel Race will bring Perry “quite
a bit of revenue,” close to $40,000
in one weekend.
Green is a rancher who lives in
Locust Grove. He formed the barrel
races in Georgia for youth and also
spends his time teaching clinics at
schools across the United States.
He is the first rider to win over
$600,000 in Barrel Futurity history
and has an estimated winning of
non-monetary awards of over $1
million.
Green explained barrel racing is
good for those kids who may not be
physically able to play other sports
because of the nature of the game.
Please see EVENT, page 6A
ence in the classroom and as
superintendent,” Chapman said.
Tony Hinnant, the opposing
candidate for the position also feels
he has plenty to offer Houston
County schools. Hinnant does,
however, feel that some change is
needed to make the system more
educationally effective.
“I think there needs to be a new
direction with more communication
from the superintendent’s office to
the system, board of education and
the taxpayers,” Hinnant said. '
Hinnant has 24 years of teaching
and education administrative experi
ence. Currently he is the principal
at Warner Robins High School and
has been for the past 10 years.
Before that he was a classroom
teacher for two years and an
assistant principal for 12 years.
Hinnant, who moved to Perry in
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Wendy’s Hamburger restaurant is tentatively scheduled for a
July 13 opening. Seventy personnel have been hired so far and
are currently training In Warner Robins and Peachtre City.
Wendy’s expected
to open this month
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
Sam Nunn Boulevard will have a
brand new addition to its dense
population of fast food restaurants.
Wendy’s Han urgers is currently
adding the finishing touches to its
brand new franchise store in Perry.
The tentative date for Wendy’s
grand opening is July 13.
“That’s not a promise, but that’s
the date we’re shooting for,” Steve
• Adams, area supervisor, said.
The company responsible for
Wendy’s construction is Venture
Construction out of Atlanta and the
owner is Phil Donaldson from
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After a Wednesday night fire, this is all that remains of an
abandoned house at 938 Elko Road. Officials are currently
investigating the fire's "suspicious origin."
Fire fighters busy
after Wed. storm
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry fire fighters were called to
a fire of suspicious origins
Wednesday night at 938 Elko Road
according to fire chief Gary Hamlin.
The fire consumed the back right
section of a vacant house and spread
to the attic and other rooms where
it caused additional damage.
"We worked with the police de
partment collecting evidence to de
termine the cause of the fire. The
police department now has the evi
dence and they arc continuing the
Harold Chapman
1962 is a 1963 graduate of Perry
High School. Beyond high school,
he has a Bachelor of science degree
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Savannah. Craig Oplingcr will be
the general manager of the store.
Oplingcr has had 10 years of
Wendy’s cxpci icnce.
Two features of this Wendy’s
restaurant is the modified Super Bar
with a Mexican and salad bar, and
what is called the “central grill
store” design. In this design, the
main grill of the restaurant is in the
middle of the store instead of the
back like other typical Wendy’s.
“This is not your typical
Wendy’s restaurant, but it eventu
ally will be,” Adams said.
According to Adams, all new
Please see WENDY’S, page 6A
investigation," Hamlin said.
Perry Police Captain Jim Hardy
said, "We have reasons to be suspi
cious about the fire's origins and are
pursuing an investigation as to
those origins."
The fire department was en route
to the scene at 9:28 p.m. and stayed
on the sight approximately two
hours.
"We had some initial problems
once we arrived. So it took us a
couple of minutes to get water on
Please see BUSY, page 6A
Tony Hinnant
in business education from Georgia
Southwestern University and a
Please see POST, page 6A