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Jo.seph L. "Joske" Meens
THOMASVILLE - Joseph L. Meens, 37, died July 18, 1992. Mr.
Meens, a native of Holland died from injuries incurred in an auto accident
in Thomasvillc, Ga. He was a graduate of Perry High School and the
University of Georgia. He also attended Ga. Tech. He had lived in
Thomasville for about 6 months moving from Atlanta. He was a
volunteer worker for the American Diabetes Association, and was
employed as a Pharmacist at Revco Drug Co. Survivors: mother, Anna
Konsten Reumkens of Holland; father Peter Meens of Perry; sister Miekc
Pistone of Penn Valley, PA.; brothers, Johannes Meens of Leesburg, Ga.,
and Frans Meens of Perry. Services were held at 11:00 A.M. July 21 at
the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Perry. Burial will be private. Father
Richard Morrow officiated. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests
contributions to the American Diabetes Association, Ga. Affiliate, 3783
Presidential Parkway, Suite 102, Atlanta, GA 30340 or the Perry
Hospital, Morningside Dr., Perry, Ga. 31069. The family will be at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frans Meens, 105 Surrey Place, Perry. Watson-
Hunt Funeral Home in Perry had charge of arrangements.
Goldie Justice Woodard
PERRY - Goldie Justice Woodard, 84, died July 20,1992. Mrs. Woodard,
a resident of Perry for 53 years, was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors: daughter, Mary Langley of Denver, Colorado; sister, Fronia
Osborne of Creston, North Carolina; sister, Bernice Rutherford of Perry,
Georgia; sister, Alice Holley of Perry, Georgia; sister, Toots Williams of
Perry, Georgia; brother, Virgil JusticeofLcHigh, Florida; Three grandchildren;
One great-grandchild. Services will be held at Watson-Hunt Chapel, July 24,
1992 at 11:00 A.M. Burial will take place July 24, 1992 in the Evergreen
Cemetary, Perry, Georgia. Visitation will be 7 to 8:30 P.M. Thursday, July
23, at Watson Hunt Funeral Home.
Ga. parks now include
geographic interpreters
It's summertime is Georgia, and
the Georgia Department of Natural
Resources has designed special in
terpretive program that will allow
families to take full advantage of
the state parks and historic sites
this season. Through Labor Day,
more than half of the sites will staff
a seasonal interpreter, an expert
who is familiar with each location's
unique landforms, plants, and ani
mal life. An addition to the year
round interpretive rangers and staff
at the sites, this individual will'
plan hands-on activities for all age
groups that take advantage of what
each site has to offer - the guide
"interprets" what's exciting about
the location and what makes it fun.
The interpretive program, is in
its seventeenth year of operation
and offers a professional staff of 30
seasonal interpreters located
throughout the state. These talented
individuals have been trained to of
fer families a fun, educational, and
more in-depth alternative to the typ
ical visit. The activities they have
planned for the summer will appeal
to all ages and have been designed
with both fun and education in
mind - there will be lectures with
live snakes, botany hikes that high
light the variety of plants in Geor
gia, history talks about the sites,
evening campfires, music, story
telling, and more.
DNR chief naturalist, Chuck
Gregory, explains that the back
grounds of the seasonal interpreters
are about as diverse as the activities
they have planned for the summer.
"Some are college students, with
majors ranging from education to
botany, some are retired school
principals or teachers on summer
vacation, and some are mothers or
retired corporate executives. They
are chosen for their expertise and in
terest in the outdoors, and for their
outgoing personalities and energetic
commitment to teaching others,"
said Gregory. "While the seasonal
interpreters are on site only for the
summer, their involvement is by
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no means a 'vacation.' They work
40 hour weeks as staff members and
usually plan about 17 programs per
week."
Susan Moore, who works as the
seasonal interpreter for George T.
Bagby Stale Park, in Fort Gaines is
a biology teacher at Early County
High School from September to
May. This summer she has chosen
to take her teaching skills outdoors
for her first season as am inter
preter. She has spent her first week
on the job planning activities rang
ing from a stargazing program for
Astronomy Week to a watermelon -
eating contest on the 4th of July.
Susan views the program as an ex
tension of her teaching job where
both park visitors and her students
will benefit from her experience.
“I bring my teaching into this
job, but I also bring this job into
my teaching," explains Moore. Os
course, Moore admits she will ben
efit from the program, as well as
with her exposure to event planning
and the hands-on work with various
plants and animals.
The Georgia State Parks and His
toric Sites' seasonal interpreter pro
gram allows each park more flexi
bility in planning fun events and
activities with the entire family in
mind. All of the events are an
nounced two weeks prior to the day
they are held, so families should
contact the individual sites to ob
tain more information about these
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Also available from the Depart
ment of Natural Resources is a
comprehensive guide to special
events and activities taking place at
all parks and historic sites through
out the state. Call 404/656-3530
for a copy of the 1992 Special
Events Brochure.
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Perry to issue new municipal revenues
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The City of Perry will be
issuing new municipal revenue
bonds in August which are expected
to raise SI. 7 million for
construction of water and sewer
lines around the North Perry
Bypass.
The city is currently faced with a
debt service of approximately
$3,826,143 from a bond issued in
1977 and several loans from the
Georgia Environmental Facilities
Authority that were used for various
city projects.
W.E. Barfield Jr., a C.P.A. with
the firm McNair, McLcmorc,
Middlcbrooks and Co., who docs
auditing work for the City was
contacted by City Manager Marion
Hay to determine the amount of
debt the City Water and Sewerage
system could service without
increasing user fees.
"In this case, there is a twofold
advantage in issuing the bond.
Interest rates are at a 30 year low,
this allows the city to refinance its
existing debt and it allows them to
fund the proposed improvements
with a minimal increase in costs,"
Barfield said.
With the issuing of the new
$5,750,000 bond at a lower inter
est rate, the city will pay off its
current debt service on the 1977
bond and to the GEFA. The
leftover funds will allow the city
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to raise the capital for the work
around the bypass while increasing
Perry's debt service roughly
$11,140 per year.
Hay said issuing the bond
makes sense for a number of
reasons.
"The city is able to pay off its
current debt and generate $1.7 mil
lion in revenue at a cost of only
$11,140 per year. We will be
making only one payment per year
instead of of two or more which
gives us more time to generate in
terest on the money. And we are
able to build an infrastructure of
water and sewer lines around the
North Perry Bypass which will give
us a head start on the growth
expected in dial area,” Hay said.
City Attorney David Walker will
work with Stephens Inc. of Little
Rock, Arkansas in issuing the
bonds. The bonds will be sold on
the bond market with an average
coupon rate of approximately 6.2
percent interest. The bonds will
range from 30 days to 20 years in
length.
Purchase of the bonds is guaran
teed by Stephens, Inc. Citizens and
Southern Trust Co. of Atlanta will
be the paying agent on the 1977
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bonds, which includes the
collecting the mature coupons and
destroying the returned bonds. The
city is required to set aside enough
money on it's debt service to cover
all interest fees until the last bond
is retired which could be 1997.
The GEFA loan money that the
city will be paying back was used
for eight projects dating from 1985
to 1990. The projects included wa
ter and sewer for the Agricenter, a
new deep water well for the city,
expansion of the the waste water
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treatment plant, expansion of the
water plant, water and sewer lines
to the Northrop facility and sewer
work for Thompson Road.
Hay will be meeting with mem
bers of the City Council’s public
works committee in the coming
week to determine the best way to
proceed on the bypass work. Hay
said they will be considering a four
stage approach to the project where
contractors would bid on various
phases of the job as well as offering
the job out on one large bid.
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