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,-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1992
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“It’s important to establish a net
work with people in government
and all over the state,” he said.
“I want to be a part of the leader
ship team that’s trying to sell
Houston County to the world,”
Walker said.
“Arthur is a very fine person, but
the difference is in education, expe
rience and vision, which really sets
me apart,” he said.
Walker is presently an attorney
and small businessman and is a
former Houston County public
school teacher. He is a U.S. Army
veteran. He has served in the Geor
gia General Assembly for one term
and has previously been chairman
and board member of the Houston
County Commission.
He and his wife, Mary, have one
son, Charles Jay “C.J.,” age 11.
McCollister, a Louisiana native,
said he would not have a special al
legiance to anybody once elected.
He said he ran for the chairman
position of the Houston County
Commission two years ago.
“I ran a successful campaign then
and won one of the two primaries,”
he said.
“In this race, I want to help build
the local Republican party,” he
added.
“The cost of government has got
ten too high. We need to cut out
things and consolidate services. I’d
like to have the area code enforce
ment and the walcr/scwage services
to be consolidated,” McCollister
said.
“I come from a city of about
20,000 people. Today it has a pop
ulation of a half a million. The
government there went from a city
to a consolidated county. They
saved millions of dollars and we can
too,” he said.
“I’d like to see the county con
nected from north to south for max
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its transportation system,” he said.
“We’ve got to have a master plan
county-wide in recycling.
Milledgeville has proven the curb
side recycling system works. It’s
got to be looked at more, and i’d be
willing as a county commissioner
to look at it more closely,” McCol
lister said.
“1 congratulate the Republican
member of the county commission,
Archie Thompson, for standing up
and voting against the budget. I
would be free to take stands. I have
no allegiance to anyone. 1 agree
with the tax cap. We need to look
at some way we can jointly look at
how much taxes we are placing on
people,” he said.
“We also need to attract more di
versity in the area and not just de
pend on the Air Force base. We
need to broaden our manufacturing
base. With the defense cuts, we
cannot continue to stay as we are,”
he said.
McCollister and his wife, Renee,
have one daughter, age 11. He is a
family counselor at Magnolia Park
Cemetary in Warner Robins and
Glenn Haven Memorial Park in
Macon. He is a graduate of LSU
and is president of the local ACTS
network board.
Results,
from 1A
quickly.
“Since we were first approached
by the Perry chamber about doing
this, we’ve been excited about the
opportunity to serve and be in
volved in our community in such a
special way,” Mitchell said.
Vote, from 1A
ficient way to tabulate votes of this
nature.
Three of the most controversial
races for voters to look forward to
are those of Houston County's su
perintendent of schools and the
Commissioner positions in posts
four and five. In the superintendent
race Tony Hinnant is challenging
incumbent Harold Chapman. The
two democratic candidates running
for post four commissioner are
Arthur Head and Jay Walker. The
Republican candidate is Tracy H.
McCollister Jr. Post five places
Calvin S. Maye against incumbent
Charlie Stewart.
“The outcomes should prove to
be very interesting,” Shipes said.
Currently there are 38,709 regis
Cool, from 1A
Sullivan Electric located at 1207
Houston Lake Road has also found
itself very busy. Not only are they
receiving a lot of calls, but have
been receiving a lot of concerned
inquiries from people who think
their air conditioners are broken be
cause of the little cooling relief it
seems to be emitting.
“These and most air conditioning
units arc designed to deal with a
maximum of 95 degrees. With a
heat index of 110 degrees, three out
of four are simply doing all they
can do,” owner Kevin Sullivan ex
plained.
Sullivan also reported that some
of the older units have been having
problems and have legitimately
been breaking down because of
overtaxed fuses.
Despite the problem of overuse
in the units, Sullivan recommends
for people to just leave them on.
“If people turn them off, turning
them back on will just make them
tered voters in Houston County.
Each voter will have received a
voter identification card that
contains information concerning
each voter’s correct voting districts
and voting locations.
Although there have been some
mix-ups concerning districting for
certain addresses, the Board of Elec
tions staff is ready to receive any
questions and to change any
problems.
The expected turnout, according
to Shipes, is approximately 52 per
cent, but as Shipes explained, “It’s
anybody's guess.”
Some of the best suggested
times to venture towards the polls
are early in the morning instead of
the more popular lunch and pre
dinner hours.
work harder,” Sullivan said.
Due to the heat wave, Sullivan
has been working 80 hour weeks.
Farmers Furniture's Manager
Joel Faulkner reports the store is
close to running out of units, but is
expecting more shortly.
“Starting the first of last week
it’s been noticeable busier. It just
hasn’t been this hot before,”
Faulkner said.
K-Mart on Sam Nunn Boulevard
has also reported an increase in
sales for fans. They also reported
that customers seem to be taking
much more time than usual because
they are so reluctant to go back out
in the heat.
So, Pcrryans, stay inside as
much as possible and take every
precaution not to overwork air con
ditioning units. The consequences
of doing that could not only cost a
bundle on the next electric bill, but
it could also create problems with
the unit’s performance.
Health, from 1A
Mental Health, called upon the
board to support the non-profit or
ganization’s efforts in securing sur
plus accrual. Board members tabled
a decision until the August meet
ing.
“We want to petition the board for
money to be used in accrual for
surplus,” Hawes said.
“Houston Mental Health needs a
source of money and we need to
build up a positive cash flow. The
housing would be used for service
of mental health clients in adequate
housing around town,” he said.
“Our objective is to provide ser
vices for clients to put people back
to work. This money would keep
growing. A dollar in and a dollar
out. This would be going into
housing for clients,” Hawes said.
Hawes explained the program is
under a federal audit and has already
passed the state audit.
“We ought to put this on the
agenda for next month. We cannot
make a commitment at this time,”
Sherrill Stafford, chairman of the
board, said.
Board members also received in
formation from Bert Tilton, envi
ronmental health specialist, asking
the board to consider a new grading
system for county food inspections.
Chamber,
from 1 A-
is expected to bring $750,000 of
revenue into the community.
Williams announced the Allied
Gas Co. has joined the chamber. A
ribbon cutting for the company will
be held July 27.
Bobby Arcos reported Wendy's
appears to be doing very good busi
ness and is expected to join the
chamber as well.
“We have to get tough laws at
whatever cost. If this system is
used, they will want to fix whatever
it is immediately,” Tilton said.
The system, which is used in
South Carolina, posts the grade in
large, bold print.
“I’d like to see the enforcement
policy where we have some teeth. If
they don’t want to post the grade,
then we need to have something
(legal document) showing we can
take action,” he said.
Members discussed meeting with
Mike Long, board attorney, on le
gal advice for board food inspection
policy.
Perot,
from 1A
had the right message," Hall said.
Politicians from both parties are
actively courting the large number
of active, organized Perot support
ers. Ogletree said Perot's decision
has pushed her toward the
Democrats.
"I'll go Democrat. They have
Gore who is an environmentalist,
and they have more women running
for office. I think a large number
of the people we talked to will vote
Democrat because they are tired of
Bush. He's way out in left field and
the reason they signed up with us is
because they are frustrated and
believed Perot had the right to run,"
Ogletree said.
Hall isn't sure who he will vote
for.
"I've never voted before. But I
knew the country had bad problems,
things like the huge debt. I started
looking at the candidates and didn't
like any of them. Perot is a good
man. I was worried about him
self-destructing and he did," Hall
said.