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MIDWEEK
EDITION
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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, July 8,1992
Deaths
Frank Webb, Perry; Leahman
Bradley StanleySr.,Perry;Ben
Sutton, Perry. For details,
please see page 3A.
HOME JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Perry native addresses
Kiwanis Club
Georgia DNR official Lonice
Barrett discussed the possibil
ity of a state park in the Middle
Georgia area. For details,
please see page 3A.
Fowler holds fund
raiser at HCH
Senator Wyche Fowler an
swered audience questions at
a fund raiser in Houston County
Tuesday. The story is on page
7A.
Recreation dept,
announces fall
sport signups
Perry Recreation Department
has announced the dates for
soccer, cheerleading and
football signups. The story is
on page BA.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
PEGGY BLEDSOE IB
CALENDAR sa
CLASSIFIED 8B
EDITORIALS 4A
ENTERTAINMENT 7A
HOME & GARDEN 2B
JIMKERCE 4 A
LEGAL NOTICES 5B
LIFESTYLE 1B
BRIAN LAWSON 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 8A
COSBY WOODRUFF 8A
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GSP, local law
enforcement
stay busy during
holiday weekenc
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The Georgia State Patrol had t
busy Fourth of July weekenc
issuing 74 citations in Perry and t
total of 381 in Houston County.
State Patrol Communication:
Officer J.G. Talbot said the numbe
of citations from July 2-5 was uj
from the last few years.
According to the Perry Polici
Department, who processes the cita
tions within the city limits, th<
bulk of the charges were for speed
ing and seat belt violations.
Perry had five driving under thi
influence arrests over the holida;
weekend.
Georgia State Patrol Radio Op
Please see GSP, page 10
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Journal
City sells spec building at industrial park
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry City Council approved the
sale of the speculative building at
the Perry Industrial Park for
$60,000 to HAG Steel Contractors
Inc., at their regular Tuesday meet
ing.
HAG Steel is based in Cowan,
Indiana and company officials said
they arc hoping the building will be
usable by September. The
Roadside vendors offer fresh summer produce
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
Summer is the long awaited sea
son for many reasons. One of these
reasons is all of the fresh produce
that’s finally available. The places
where these fruits and vegetables
can be obtained are numerous, but
the road-side stands that are scat
tered throughout Perry and regions
beyond may be some of the best
places for some of the best summer
has to offer.
When buying fruit from these
produce stands, the sweet aroma of
the peaches, tomatoes and many
other fruits and vegetables is so
thick that it almost makes one
drool.
For those Perry residents who
frequent Houston Lake Road,
Well’s Produce Stand has a wide va
riety of fresh produce to choose
from. Billy Wells is the owner and
employs his mother-in-law Inc/.
Flowers, and Russell Shamley.
Wells gels his produce from a
local farmer and the Cordelc
Farmers Market. According to
Flowers, the price of the produce
depends on the rate at the market
and what produce is hitting its peak
season. That is why Wells prices
are quoted as, for example,
“Watermelons arc two dollars and
up.”
The produce Wells has to offer
are tomatoes, peaches, melons,
corn, peas, butterbeans and boiled
peanuts. The stand has been opened
since late April and is going to try
to stay open year round. This has
been their fourth year of business.
Sam Nunn Boulevard is an ex
tremely popular area for these
stands to open up. According to
Faye Schollcnbcrger, co-owncr of a
County officials receive pay
increase from ‘93 general fund
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
Houston County Commissioners
approved the fiscal year 1993 gen
eral fund budget in the amount of
$16,840,496 in their regular ses
sion Tuesday.
The budget includes a pay increase
for elected and appointed officials of
$220,586 of the general fund and a
three percent cost of living increase
for classified employees including
$7,610.40 for the Water fund,
$15,065.60 for the E-911 fund and
$5,387.20 for the Landfill fund.
The Water fund budget is
$2,032,936, the E-911 fund budget
is $1,41,358 and the Landfill bud
get is $833,873.
The budget also includes new po
Arrests made in vandalism case
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The Perry Police Department ar
rested six Perry men Thursday in
connection with a June 27 vandal
ism spree that resulted in a number
of broken windows and smashed
mailboxes.
The damage included rocks and
concrete thrown through car win
dows, a bedroom window, the New
Perry Nursing Home and other shop
windows.
Police Captain Jim Hardy said
the men were arrested largely as a
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company does both steel fabrication
and on-sitc erection of the
materials. The facility is expected
to employ 20-40 people and
Whaley said local workers will be
used. Final details of the contract
will be worked out between
attorneys for the company and City
Attorney David Walker over the
next few weeks.
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Trisha Nelson packs peaches into their baskets in which they are sold. Nelson and her sister-in-law Faye Schollenberger run a
produce stand on Sam Nunn Boulevard near the Interstate 75 intersection.
stand near the Interstate 75 intersec
tion, it has a lot to do with the
tourists traveling along the inter
sition and re-classification costs and
regular operating, maintenance and
capitol costs.
J. Shcrill Stafford, chairman of
the commission, explained that the
budget process was a long project
and the county department heads
should be complimented for their
contributions to the process.
Larry Snellgrove said the county
is able to do things it hasn’t been
able to do in a long time.
“We have seriously watched our
spending,” Snellgrove said.
“If we continue to go in this direc
tion, we will only benefit,” he
added.
Snellgrove also explained the
county kept a hiring freeze in affect
result of excellent work by Investi
gator Bill Phelps.
"We solved these things through
very good investigative work and a
heck of a lot of perseverance on
Bill's part," Hardy said.
Twenty eight warrants, applying
to the six suspects were issued
Thursday. The charges include
criminal damage to property,
trespassing, destruction of
mailboxes, minors in possession
of alcohol and one count of
furnishing alcohol to persons under
HAG said, "Wc were looking for a
southern presence and Perry is a
wonderful, clean community. Our
work is seasonal and wc hope to be
working in the building come fall."
Councilman Buddy Roper
worked with HAG Representative
Billy Fryer, a long-time friend of
Roper's, in persuading the company
to come to Perry.
"Two years ago Billy and l drove
state.
“Most of the tourists going to
Florida or up North will stop by to
and only hired one position which
is able to pay for itself.
“We placed a hiring freeze. Only
one position was given and that po
sition is paying for itself,” he said.
“Frugality has been here on this
board,” Houston Porter said.
‘“Houston has one of the lowest
millage rates anywhere in the state.
This shows that someone is mind
ing the store. With the chairman
there all the time... our citizens
need to know that wc are taking
care of them all of the time,” Porter
added.
“I commend Stafford,” Charlie
Stewart said.
“The budget process has been
Please see COUNTY, page 6A
21. Five of the six suspects are
under 21.
Among those arrested were
Joseph Stokes, 17, who was
charged with two counts of
destruction to mailboxes, three
counts of criminal trespassing,
three counts of criminal damage to
property, violation of a conditional
bond and minor in possession of
alcohol. Lewis Thomas and A1
Sutton, both 17, were each charged
with three counts of criminal
Please see ARRESTS, page 10A
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out to the park and I showed him
the building. They have been look
ing around the area for awhile and
recently informed me they were in
terested. 1 directed them to Marion
Hay and the deal was put together.
They are a strong company and
we're glad to have them in Perry,"
Roper said.
According to City Manager Mar
ion Hay, the city had been advised
buy crates of peaches to take
home,” Schollcnbcrger explained.
Schollcnbcrger runs the stand
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Fire gutted the home of Annie Pearl Lester on
Houston Street early Tuesday morning.
Police suspect arson as
cause of Tuesday fire
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry Fire Department was dis
patched to 1319 Houston Street at
4:16 a.m. Tuesday to control a
blaze that police officials later
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by several industry experts to tear
down the building because it was
hurling the industrial park's ability
to attract tenants.
"This has been one eyesore that
has been a detriment but that is
now a thing of the past. Jobs will
be created and the property will pro
duce tax revenue. The sale should
enhance our ability to sell parts of
Please see CITY, page 6A
with her sister-in-law, Trisha
Nelson. They have been open since
Please see VENDORS, page 10A
called arson.
Police Captain Jim Hardy said
an arrest in the case was imminent.
"It was arson. We're preparing a
Please see ARSON, page 10A