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Davidson elected to BOE
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
The Post 7 Board of Education
primary race ended Tuesday night
with the challenger Dave Davidson
overthrowing incumbent Billy
Edenfield. The total votes in
Houston County gave Davidson
7,935 and Edenfield 5,770. The
votes accumulated from the town of
Perry favored Davidson with 1,085
votes compared to Edenfield’s 686.
Edenfield has been the chairman
of the board for the past six years.
He has recently retired from the
tuxedo and dry-cleaning business.
One of the main reasons he ran for
re-election was because he felt he
had extra time to devote to his posi
tion.
“I felt like I had more time to
devote, but the people have spoken.
It’s a sign of the public’s mood,
they want something and someone
new,” Edenfield said.
Although somewhat disap
pointed, Edenfield feels that
Davidson will fill the position
nicely and has the utmost confi
dence in his abilities.
“1 wish Dave Davidson the best
of luck and I think he’s a fine
young man,” Edenfield said.
Davidson, qn the other hand, is
very excited about his new position
and a bit apprehensive.
“I’m excited about the awesome
responsibility, but at the same time
a little bit nervous. Getting elected
is one thing but proving worthy is
another thing,” Davidson said.
Although in some cases, elec
tions may be more of a popularity
contest, Davidson feels that this
was not the case for this particular
race.
“I have the utmost respect for
Edenfield. He has served the board
Walker wins post 4 primary
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Following his victory in the
Democratic Primary for Post 4 of
the County Commission Jay
Walker is beginning to focus his
message for the general election on
the November 3 where he believes
the decisive issue will be, "Who
can best serve Houston County?"
Walker outlined some of the ar
eas he would address as a county
commissioner.
"I would like to see an improved
transportation system. A bypass
around the Perry Industrial Park,
Houston Lake Road expanded to
four lanes from Carl Vinson Park
way to Perry, the extension of Carl
Vinson Parkway into Bibb County,
paving all the roads in Houston
County and extension of Russell
Parkway to Interstate 75 where an
additional exit can be built," Walker
said.
He also stressed the importance
of unified county and regional
efforts to attract industry to the
area.
"I know what is needed in Mid
dle Georgia. We need to look to
ward more regional planning for
growth and industry attraction. I
believe one of my roles on the
commission will be to sell Hous
ton County to the world. I've
worked on industrial, regional and
economic development committees,
and I was part of the team that
helped bring Frito Lay and
Northrop to Houston County. So I
have experience in this area and a
strong interest in seeing the county
continue to diversify economically.
There is talk about a second large
Moore given
language
award
Joseph M. Moore of Perry was
awarded the L.P. Irvin Foreign
Language Award for his outstanding
achievements in the study of Ger
man language and literature. Moore,
a 1992 graduate of Mercer Univer
sity, has been admitted as a graduate
teaching assistant in the department
of German languages and literature
at the University of Michigan.
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of education well for the past 12
i years and lam very impressed. 1
t never thought of him as r an oppo
i nent and never felt like I was run
' ning solely against him,” Davidson
i commented.
i When asked what sort of changes
- he would like to see implemented
within the position, Davidson ex
| plained that his job was more of a
reactionary position than anything
1 else.
■ “It’s not like everything needs to
be re-adjusted as soon as 1 take
over the position. So much of it
involves reaction to items such as
new schools and zoning problems,”
Davidson said.
One thing he did mention he
1 would like to see changed is to seek
input from all interested parties be
■ fore implementing any new projects
or programs. He feels that people
should know beforehand what is go
ing on.
“I can’t promise that we’ll do
what some people would like us to
do, but I would still like their input
before we take action,” Davidson
said.
To prepare for January, when he
will formally take over as chair
man, Davidson will be attending
the monthly meetings of the board
to “get up to speed” on some of the
topics. He will also be meeting
with interested parties and other
board members individually to fa
miliarize himself and them with his
new position.
“Some of the board members
may have been concerned that I was
disenchanted with the board, but
I’m still approaching this from a
positive point of view and I hope
that they will see that,” Davidson
said.
airport in the state and I would ac
tively take part in trying to bring
that airport to this area, and I will
be involved in the effort to find a
new campus for Middle Georgia
Technical College. It is one of the
finest institutions in the state and it
will continue to provide the county
and industry with a highly skilled
work force. We have the
infrastructure to bring a lot of
high-tech industry to the area and
we need to promote that," Walker
Walker defeated Arthur Head,
9,013 votes to 5,726, in the Tues
day night primary.
"We had a lot of friends and sup
porters from all over the county
who really worked hard on this
campaign. It was a very intense
primary but a low key one. I
expect we will take a higher profile
for the general election than we did
in the primary," Walker said.
Walker called Head, "an excellent
candidate and a friend."
Head said he appreciated the op
portunity to run for the county
commission seat.
"We ran a fair campaign. It was
educational for my family, and we
met and made a lot of friends. We
gave him a run for his money and
made him do a lot of running
around the last three weeks of the
campaign. If I had it to do over
again, \ vouldn't do anything differ
ently. I have spoken to Mr. Walker
two or three times since the race.
He is r. fine fellow and I wish him
well," Head said.
Head will continue to be in
volved .n the neighborhood watch
program and will attend commis
sion meetings.
"With the support I have gotten,
I will continue to work with the
commission on getting things
taken care of that need to be taken
care of. We need the cities to work
more closely together on long
range planning, improving com-
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Dave Davidson
Davidson said that he would like
to sec subtle changes within the
board. This may involve re-focus
ing and taking some of the contro
versy and emotions out of the deci
sion-making.
“We need to take some of the
personalities out of the board.
Because there were so many
personal feelings, sometimes the
decision-making was affected,”
Davidson explained.
When asked why he felt he was
victorious over Edenfield, Davidson
felt he voters were restless and in
the mood for a change of pace.
“The mood of the election w as
there needed to be a change in the
air,” Davidson said.
All in all, he is quite excited
about the upcoming months and
years beyond when he will be serv
ing as chairman of the board, but
for now the apprehension will
linger until he gets into the swing
of things.
“I will do my best to not fail or
disappoint those who supported me
and believed in me,” Davidson said.
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Jay Walker
munication with the various inspec
tion departments and consolidating
efforts where consolidation is pos
sible," Head said. said.
Before being elected a state rep
resentative in 1990, Walker severed
on the county commission from
1982-1990. Walker said the expe
rience he gained from his term in
the legislature should make him a
more effective commissioner.
"We have one of the greatest del
egations in the state representing
Houston County and that relation
ship will continue. I know how
the legislature appropriates money,
I know how to present a plan and I
feel very comfortable calling the
Governor or the Department of
Transportation Commissioner.
Working on the state level has pro
vided additional perspective on how
county government can best
function," Walker said.
Walker said the major difference
between himself and Tracie McCol
listcr, his opponent in the fall, is
their philosopies.
"I think I am more people ori
ented. 1 am more inclined toward
government providing services for
people. The government is an in
stitution to serve the people, that’s
why it exists," Walker said.
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Calvin Maye
Calvin Maye
chosen for
post 5 seat
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
After several months of political
campaigning, candidates for the
Houston County Commission post
5 position heard the choice of the
voters at the polls July 21,
Calvin Maye, owner of Wellsion
Pawn, won the Democratic primary
and the commissioner position in a
healthy electorate margin. This is
Maye’s first elected position.
Maye won by 2,471 votes over
Charlie Stewart, county commis
sioner since 1987. Maye received
8,449 votes to Stewart’s 5,978
votes.
“1 didn’t expect it to be that much
of a margin. I was told earlier that
the race would be closer than that,”
Maye said.
“We had a real strong working
crew and we worked hard. 1 think
there was also the anti-incumbent
feelings with people from the start.
We worked hard going into the
race,” he said.
Maye said he is preoccupied with
studying the county services and
getting a chance to look at the is
sues before making an informed de
cision.
“I’d like to sec the local govern
ments work closer together. I would
like to see some consolidation. The
main thing is to work with the fel
low commissioners to make in
formed decisions and to work
within the tax cap,” he said.
“1 didn’t run against Charlie. I
heard all throughout the campaign
that people wanted new leadership,”
Maye said.
Maye said he was quoted earlier in
other newspapers saying he was not
familiar with the county building
codes.
“1 haven’t even studied building
codes. 1 will listen to the people of
Houston County and make in
formed decisions,” Maye said.
Maye explained he will be in fa
vor of county consolidated services.
“If it saves money and where it is
possible, at some point we will
need to have more consolidated ser
vices,” he said.
“But 1 don’t know how close we
are to a central water authority or
other consolidation. I know there
are turf protection issues, but 1 will
listen,” Maye said.
“I really want to work with the
people of Houston County.”
Stewart said he didn’t realize the
incumbent factor was as great a fac
tor it turned out to be.
“I didn’t realize the actual frustra
tion. I knew it existed on the federal
and state levels but not on the local
level,” Stewart said. “If I had, I
wouldn’t have spent that money.
“Ninety percent of the campaign
money was from my own personal
money and my family,” he said.
“Again, I realize die angry level of
the voters at the federal and state
levels. 1 am frustrated with the in
cumbents from the president on
down,” he said.
“The real factor was the people
didn’t know either candidate,” Stew-
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will host the Gold Crown
Horse Show, which is free to the public.
Agricenter to host fourth
Gold Kist horse show
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
If it has anything to do with
horses, you can bet your boots it’s
going to be happening right here in
Perry at the Agriccnter.
Coming to the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agriccnter next
weekend will be the Fourth Annual
Gold Kist Triple Crown Horse
Show.
The event will draw more than
1,000 entries to the Agriccnter.
Shows will be held July 31, Au
gust 1 and 2. This will be the sec
ond year held the show has been
held at die Agriccnter.
“Last year’s show had 1,000 en
tries, making it one of the largest
shows in the Southeast and in the
top one-third of the Palomino and
Buckskin shows in the country,”
Jim Gibby, equine specialist of
Gold Kist, said.
“Expectations are high for this
year’s show. We are expecting to
attract even more of the outstand
ing, top-point horses in each breed
to the Reeves Arena,” Gibby said.
Johnny Webb, deputy director of
the Agriccnter, said the show will
at least be as large as last year and
quality is what this show has.
“There will be between 5,000 and
6,000 people here next weekend.
This is a good quality show. It rep
resents entries from a large area,”
Webb said.
“This is a large show and very
well organized. There will be no
charge. Often limes people get dis
couraged from coming to a show
that is free because the quality may
not be as good. This is good qual
ity,” he said.
Gold Kist Triple Crown gets its
name from three organizations
which sanction the corporately
sponsored event.
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Gold Kist runs two sepuu»«.
shows. This one is sanctioned by
three equestrian associations on the
Palomino, Buckskin and Quarter
horses.
The show is sanctioned by the
American Quarter Horse Associa
tion through the Georgia Quarter
Horse Association, the Palomino
Horse Breeders Association through
the Peach State Palomino Associa
lion and die International Buckskin
Horse Association through the
Deep South Buckskin Association.
“Anybody with a horse is wel
come to come. There arc people
who have come to this from Okla
homa and Michigan in the past. It
isn’t restrictive to people from the
Southeast,” Carla Harvel, corporate
communications officer, said.
Harvel explained there will be dif
ferent types of riding including Bar
rel racing and also events where one
walks in front of the horse, holding
the reins.
Awards will be presented to all
first place winners and circuit
awards will be presented on Sunday
to all division winners. PHBA and
IBHA classes will be double-judged
on Saturday and Sunday.
A Gold Kist store will be set up
at the arena to provide participants
with equine supplies.
Shows will be held in the Covered
Horse Arena, Horse Barn and
Reaves Arena.
AQHA classes will start at 8 a.nt.
each day and PHBA and IBHA
classes will begin at 9 a.m. daily.
The show is free and open to the
public.
For more information, conutct the
Agriccnter at 987-2774, or for more
information on the show or to
make stall reservations, contact Jim
Gibby at (404) 393-5549.
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