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Frank Webb
Frank Perry, 57, died July 2, 1992, in a local hospital. Funeral services
were held at 11:00 a.m. on July 4, in the chapel of Dixon-Vaughn
Funeral Home. The Revs. Olin Hamlin and Harold Brinson officiated and
burial followed in the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. A native of
Telfair County, Mr. Webb had recently returned after living in Perry for
46 years. He was a motor grade operator, a member of the Perry United
Methodist Church and had served in the Air Force. Survivors include his
mother, Glennie B. Webb of Mcßae; a sister, Glois Speigner of Dothan
Ala.; a brother, Erskine Webb of Hilliard, FI.; 5 nephews. Dixon-
Vaughn Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
Leahman Bradley Stanley, Sr.
PERRY - Leahman Bradley Stanley, Sr., 48, of 1025 Country Club
Road died July 2 in an Atlanta hospital. Born in Durham, N.C., he lived
in Perry for the past 14 years and was the son of the late Alton E.
Stanley. He was an employee benefits specialist for Life of the South
Insurance Co. He was a graduate of Bervard Junior College in Brevard,
N.C., and Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, where he played
baseball and basketball. He played in the Minnesota Twins organization
for three years and had coached high school basketball in Adel and in
Perry. He was a former employee of the Kellwood Co. and the Sports
Center in Perry and was a former marketing manager for the Pabst
Brewing Co. He was a member of Perry United Methodist Church and the
Perry Country Club and was a former member of the board of directors of
the country club. Survivors; wife, Julie Johnson Stanley of Perry;
children, Amy Nicole Stanley and Leahman Bradley Stanley Jr., both of
Perry; mother, Luretha Pulley Stanley of Durham; brothers, Jack Stanley,
Charles Stanley and Ray Stanley, all of Durham. Services: 2 p.m. on
July 5 in Perry United Methodist Church. Burial: Perry Memorial
Gardens. The Rev. Jim McClendon officiated. Donations may be made to
the Leukemia Society of America, Georgia Chapter, 1447 Peachtree Sir.,
N.E., Suite 601, Atlanta.
Ben Sutton
PERRY - Ben Sutton, 72, of 313 Floyd Street, died July 7, 1992 at a
local hospital. He was a knife and grinder foreman at Tolleson Lumber
Co. and had resided in Perry for the past 41 years. Survivors: wife,
Margaret Harpe Sutton of Perry; daughter, Marie Brown of Unadilla; son,
B. Jerome Sutton of Perry; brother, 0.8. Sutton of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.;
sisters; Margaret Miley of Hahira, Ga., and Earlcne Allen of Valdosta;
four grandchildren. Pallbearers were Lawrence Cook, Earnest Smith, Edgar
Smith, Paschal Mann, Homer Knight and Billy Marshall. Services: July
8, 1992 at 11:00 a.m. at Memorial Heights Baptist Church. Elder Gordon
Buchanan officiating. Burial: Perry Memorial Gardens in Perry. Watson-
Hunt Funeral Home in Perry has charge of arrangements.
Kistler tells Rotarians
Medusa’s future plans
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
In an attempt to give Medusa
Cement Company a more competi
tive edge, it’s pushing for new
technology as its hopeful boost to
business.
Dick Kistler, plant manager of
Medusa Cement in Clinchfield, told
Perry Rotary Club members Mon
day the use of burning hazardous
waste fuels would help the com
pany become more competitive in
the cement marketplace.
Kistler said to ensure the commu
nity that it would be safe from haz
ardous waste, Medusa is encourag
ing a Citizen’s Advisory Commit
tee.
He also claimed the transportation
of incoming fuel will be planned in
advance to inform local safety offi
cials. Additionally, fire officials
will be familiar with the project and
receive necessary emergency man
agement training.
He explained the citizens of the
community and the local area will
be permitted to inspect the facility
and observe all aspects of the alter
nate fuel project.
As it stands, Medusa uses coal and
tires as its sources of energy to
burn in the kilns.
“We want to replace some coal
with the hazardous waste-derived
liquid fuel,” Kistler said.
“We are trying to gel a fuel permit
to bum waste fuels,” he added.
Medusa is currently waiting under
legal matters to have the federal
EPA and the state EPD allow the
use of waste-derived fuel.
“This is an on-going process, a
combination of the feds and the
state. There are new laws and a lot
of communication necessary. We’re
in the middle of the process... we’re
not in the driver’s seat,” Kistler
said.
Contents of waste-derived liquid
fuel includes paints and paint thin
ners, automotive fluids, cleaning
solvents, printing inks and com
pression fluids.
“If we were able to save on these
costs, it will help us,” Kistler said.
Kistler explained the waste fuel is
an alternate fuel project that is
needed for the company to be com
petitive and to help preserve jobs
and benefits for Houston County’s
economy as well as solving envi
ronmental problems.
“Most of the hazardous waste be
ing produced in the state is shipped
out of state,” Kistler said, explain
ing that landfills are being phased
out.
Georgia’s total annual cement
usage is 3 million tons while only
1.1 million tons are produced in
Georgia and 1.9 million tons of
cement are imported from other
states.
Kistler explained that Medusa’s
competitors are “beating” them on
their own turf because their costs
are lower and they already use Waste
fuels.
The reason why it is called a
“hazardous waste” is because the
U.S. EPA says anything that joins
the characteristics of ignitible, cor
rosive, reactive and toxic are con
sidered hazardous.
Kistler noted that if gasoline were
spilled it would be considered a haz
ardous waste and if coal were
thrown away it would also be clas
sified as a hazardous waste.
The present fuel mix at Medusa is
89 percent coal and 11 percent tires.
A proposed mix of fuel if waste
derived liquid fuel were added would
drop coal to 64 percent and add
waste fuel at 25 percent, while tires
would remain at 11 percent.
Although Medusa began at the
Clinchfield site in 1925, the com
pany will be celebrating its 100th
anniversary this August.
June had
14 traffic
accidents
The Georgia State Patrol at Perry
announced today that 14 traffic ac
cidents in Houston County were in
vestigated during the month of June.
These accidents resulted in 11 inju
ries and no deaths.
In the area of enforcement by Post
15, Sergeant First Class K. W.
Hancock said his officers had made
482 arrests and issued 296 warnings
during the month.
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Lonice Barrett
Parks offer
something
for all
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
“The best known secrets in the
state are its parks,” Lonice Barrett,
director of Parks, Recreation and
Historic Sites Division Georgia De
partment of Natural Resources, said
to Perry Kiwanis Club members at
their regular meeting Tuesday.
Barrett added that the 57,000 acres
of Georgia’s parks arc designed with
diversity for people.
He explained the stale is currently
working on getting a slate park at
50 miles from every Georgian.
“We are determined that people
don’t like to drive,” he said. He
added that means there will proba
bly be more parks in the future.
“There is a need for a state park in
this area and we need to improve
the quality of service,” Barrett
added.
State Rep. Larry Walker said the
local Houston County area needs a
state park.
“I am very interested in a state fa
cility in this area. We think we are
devoid of a state park and we arc
very interested in getting one,” he
said.
“There are 58 sites under active
conversation at the present time. I
pledge to you we will continue
those efforts to consider this area,”
Barrett said.
The county commissioners re
cently approved a resolution in fa
vor of making a 15,857 acre track
of land near Kathleen and Bonaire as
a possible future state park.
Under Gov. Zell Miller’s Preser
vation 2000 program, the state
plans to buy 100,000 acres to turn
into state parks, natural areas, pub
lic fishing areas, wildlife manage
ment areas, greenways and other
recreational land.
Currently, Procter & Gamble
leases the wildlife land in south
Houston County to the state but it
plans to sell its 200,000 acres. This
means the state would have to buy
the total 200,000 acres, which is
very unlikely.
“There are five keys to be consid
ered in the state park system and
that is the Preservation 2000 pro
gram, quality service, expanded
marketing, repair and maintenance
and volunteers,” Barrett said.
“With 16 million people visiting
Georgia’s parks a year, we work for
you. I take pride in being a public
servant,” he said.
“We are constantly looking at
ways to combine industry, state and
federal governments,” he added.
Barrett said the state has 14 his
toric sites and a healthy abundance
of wildlife which includes some 22
bald eagle nests in Georgia.
“We are making a lot of progress
in the wildlife management and
maintenance of the parks. We want
to give the private sector an oppor-
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Marketing committee approved
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
Perry/Fort Valley Airport Author
ity members approved the forma
tion of a marketing committee
which would concentrate on general
advertisement projects during their
regular meeting Monday.
The authority also received
$20,000 from the Houston County
Commission. Commissioner
Charlie Stewart presented the check.
Frank Smisson made the recom
mendation for a marketing commit
tee. Authority members appointed
Smisson and non-authority member
Max Zcigler.
“We are just beginning to get
commitments from local corpora
tions for our localizer project,”
Smisson said.
The localizer project is a state
supported program to enhance the
landing system of the airport.
Smisson pointed out that Phillips
66 and Hampton Inn were positive
in helping in the project, but he
added that the Agricenter, along
with several others, were unable to
be financially supportive of the lo
calizer project because of a trend to
save revenues.
“We’ve done all of the paper work
First aid kits great
idea for traveling
No matter where your travels take
you, one of the essentials you need to
carry with you, besides a toothbrush,
is a first aid kit. You never know
what’s around the corner or over the
horizon, so it's advisable to be pre
pared. Pharmacists at Revco suggest
the following items for an all-pur
pose first-aid kit, all of which arc
availiblc on your local drugstore
shelves:
• Adhesive bandages in a variety of
sizes.
• Gauze and medical tape.
• An clastic bandage for muscle
spasms or minor sprains.
■ Antiscpticcrcam.ointmcntor spray
for cuts, burns, scrapes and insect
bites.
• An antihislaminc medication for
allergic reactions.
• Aspirin, ibuprofen or acetamino
phen for minor aches and pains.
Summer vacation can be a fun filled,
enjoyable time. This summer, when
you arc packing your suitcases, re
member to throw in these health tips
for a trip that everyone will choose to
remember.
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1,150 drug stores in nine contiguous
eastern states, and fills more than 46
million prescriptions annually.
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Herbert, chairman of the authority,
said.
“July 1, the state starts their new
year... hopefully we’ll hear some
thing about that shortly,” he added.
Stewart presented the county
money to the authority in place of
Sherrill Stafford, chairman of the
county commission.
“I’m glad I am able to do this for
the authority,” Stewart said.
The county’s contribution will be
added to a group of funds drawing
interest but will be specifically used
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Authority members also discussed
measures to take in accordance with
handicapped accessibilities for the
airport facilities.
“Wc ought to have a facility we
are proud of,” Tony Scllicr said.
“This is a moral obligation we
have,” he added. Authority members
agreed that the increasing growth of
the airport will dictate it being ac
cessible for the entire public.
The authority decided that the
badirooms inside the main building
be renovated to meet handicapped
requirements first.
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