Newspaper Page Text
MIDWEEK
EDITION
25$
Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, August 5,1992
Deaths
Jimmie Ruth Oliver, Perry;
Harold "Buddy" Wilson, Perry;
Carly Alyssa Smith, Fort Val
ley; Martha Ansley Cooper,
Perry. For details, please see
page 3A.
HOME JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Ochlahatchee All-Star
game results
The Blue team beat the Red
team in the 10-12 year old All-
Star game Friday night that
ended Ochlahatchee's summer
baseball season. The story is
on page 7A.
Medusa forms
citizens group
In an effort to stay in touch with
the community, Medusa Ce
ment Co. has formed a citizen's
advisory committee. The story
is on page 12A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
PEGGY BLEDSOE 1B
CALENDAR 5A
CLASSIFIED 10A
EDITORIALS 4A
ENTERTAINMENT 9A
HOME & GARDEN 2B
BRIAN LAWSON 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 4B
LIFESTYLE 1B
EMERY WARNOCK 4A
POUCE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 7A
COSBY WOODRUFF ' 7A
MISS YOUR PAPER?
We hope not, but if your carrier
should err, please call early.
987-1823
Our circulation department is
open to help.
TO SUBSCRIBE, CALL:
987-1823, OR 987-5203
READ IT, THEN RECYCLE!
This newspaper is
printed, in part, on re
cycled paper and is re- ’p
cydable. For locations
ol recycling stations. call
987-1823
Police arrest
Carswell for
July 1 arson
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry Police Department arrested
Willie Carswell, 28, of Perry Sat
urday and charged him with arson in
connection with a July 1 fire at an
abandoned house at 938 Elko Road.
Perry Police Captain Jim Hardy
said, "The arrest was made from in
formation we received from wit
nesses and physical evidence found
at the scene. We are not sure of a
motive but we're fairly confident
he's the one we've been looking for.
He has not made a confession and I
don't expect a plea in the case."
On the day after the fire, police
described the blaze as having begun
of suspicious origin. Based on the
point where the fire started and ma
terials left at the scene police began
conducting the arson investigation.
Please see ARSON, page 11A
PERRY. GEORGIA S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1870-FQR COVERAGE OF YOUR EVENTS, CALL 987-1823
■ The Houston Home!
Journal
EPD rules force city to buy equipment
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Faced with the decision to hire
another city employee, pay signifi
cant overtime costs or purchase new
equipment, Perry City Council
voted Tuesday night to spend SIS,
951 on a new Natural Pollution
Discharge Elimination System that
measures the amount of treated
waste that goes into public waters.
The decision was forced by new
Environmental Protection Division
Volunteens spend summer helping others
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry Hospital estimates the stu
dents who form their summer vol
unteer program known as
"Voluntccn" have already worked
over 1,000 man hours with another
week left in the program.
The Voluntccn program has 20
participants ranging from students
entering ninth grade to two who
will be attending college in the fall.
The hospital sent out the appli
cations for the program to the local
high schools in April. Interviews
were conducted in early June and
the selected studcnLs began working
around June 15. The program ends
in the middle of August.
No student is allowed to work
more than 20 hours a week and they
arc never scheduled to work before 8
a.m. or after 8 p.m.
Natalie Nipper, personnel coor
dinator for Perry Hospital and the
supervisor for Volunteen, said the
students have been a tremendous
help to the hospital.
"They are a huge asset. They
perform tasks ranging from helping
the nurses on the floor, working in
the nursery, transporting patients,
distributing food trays and many
other tasks that help the nurses and
they do administrative work includ
ing copying, filing and gathering
and sorting the mail," Nipper said.
Veronica Getter, a two year par
ticipant in the program who will be
attending Payne College in the fall,
talked about why she devoted a
large part of her summer to work
ing in a hospital.
"I'm interested in the medical
field and I have learned a great deal
since 1 began working here. I've
been able to observe three or four
deliveries and I'm interested in pos
sibly becoming and obstetrician. It
has been a great experience for me.
It has broadened my career experi
ence and I've really enjoyed it. The
hospital is like a family. I decided
Airport authority considers
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
Perry/Fort Valley Airport Author
ity members approved the purchase
of a jet starting unit at a cost not to
exceed $2,500. Authority members
are also considering purchasing a
new T-hanger and having a skydiv
ing program at the airport.
The approval for a power unit was
made in a long term effort to in
crease corporate jet traffic flow for
the airport.
County adopts subdivision regulations
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
Houston County Commissioners
approved three county subdivision
regulations during their regular ses
sion Tuesday.
Commissioners agreed to continue
the current policy concerning
county clearing of rights-of-way and
entrance signs to new developed
sub-divisions.
Current right-of-way policy is not
written and so developers have sub
sequently taken the liberty to cut or
save trees as they’ve chosen.
“We should continue with that
policy. We feel there should be an
2 SECTIONS —18 PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULARS
mandates that require three days of
24 hour water sampling per week.
Perry had challenged the new re
quirement in late June but was
turned down. The previous mandate
required eight hours of testing three
days a week.
“This will pay for itself in a
year. It’s more cost effective than
hiring a new employee to do the
sampling or requiring an employee
to work three 15 hour days in a
~ ' '% M iT,
■ **r ~jCTfjßj >
k*WT * >/Jl
K • Jf v *■ W -TTriT-TTwr
■(»** T|r *ly&jK» - v . - V j£jKmF ll
l"* ' *W '<
L> w><4 d
I b jJB \ J
SHI 1 I 1 f § M §»■ m } }ii £ Hit b
fp » I' J p I M /M
■ bsm|Bß *1 ■s» 'VI <9B \ wF ™Br |Mr w w
l f f ■ 1 ’*■ » p%f. ..fly* « JESSPST $
"■•• ST.-/ j.m /**■.*£?■< i. y rrV> • i^.* .• v^- . ’.~-j.-
iS*• '■ /V . * * * , ; * i
(HHJ photo by Amy McDaniel)
Some of the members of the Perry Hospital Volunteen program. The 20 students who particpated in this year’s program provide a
number of services for the hospital, ranging from patient care to administration. The teens have worked over 1,000 hours since June.
the experience was more important
than money," she said.
Shawn Kellum, who according
to Nipper docs such a good job that
the nurses fight over having him as
their volunteer, hopes to be in the
program again next year.
"1 love the atmosphere, everyone
is really friendly. I’ve learned a lot
about the medical field and that ex
perience will be valuable later on as
Members agreed the purchase of
such a device would allow the air
port the opportunity to also in
crease its cash flow.
“If it (starting unit) is in there,
they (corporations) don’t hesitate to
land here,” Frank Smisson said.
A starting unit approved by the
authority has a maximum of 1,500
amperage that is hooked up to an
airplane engine that has been left on
and cannot start on its own.
exception for special instances but
we feel we should not permit trees
in rights-of-way,” Sherrill Stafford,
chairman of the commission, said.
Commissioners agreed to allow
the Planning and Zoning Board Au
thority to hear appeals to future
cases concerning special attention
for trees.
Ty Diamond, representative of
Flint Electric, told commissioners
the utility companies urge the re
moval of all trees in rights-of -way.
“We all have the same concerns.
We support the present practice of
the county in this important issue.
week,” City Manager Marion Hay
told the council.
The sampling equipment will be
purchased from American Sigma
Co. of Medina, New York.
It is estimated by Perry Water
Superintendent Danny Walker that
it will be a month before the sys
tem is in place.
“If we order in the next few days,
the company said it will take two
to three weeks to ship it and then it
I consider going into medicine pro
fessionally. I love working here,"
Kellum said.
The program has 17 students
from Perry High School and three
from Westfield.
Shandan Hill, a rising senior at
Perry High School, said the pro
gram has helped her mature.
"I wanted to gain a sense of re
sponsibility. This helps me get
“If we had to pay three times as
much, we would still need it. We
exclude traffic without it,” Smisson
said, referring that Macon Munici
pal Airport takes traffic which could
land in Perry.
“If the authority owns it, a fee can
be established for it to be used,”
Judy Hall said.
Authority members agreed the
unit would be capable of being used
for many types of airplanes and not
From a safely and maintenance
stand point, trees are a hazard,” Di
amond said.
“The roots to trees will be cut try
ing to gel to the cables. That will
kill the tree and it will then have to
be removed. We have spent about
$1 million in one year because of
trees being in or near the rights-of
way,” he said.
Bob Cooper, developer of Mill
Pond Plantation subdivision, called
for special attention to a 75 year old
tree which is 27 inches from a
right-of-way.
“We too are concerned about
306 ' “ —*' or ' Q «'—(c)l992l
GA 30602
will take us two to three days to in
stall it,” Walker said.
In other business:
•The council approved the rec
ommendations of the Chamber of
Commerce for nominations to the
Perry Economic Development
Commission. The commission
will be composed of six members
of the city council and the six men
nominated by the chamber. The
nominees were then selected by
ready for a real job. I enjoyed
working with medical records and I
caught on to it quickly. I look
forward to coming to work each
time," she said.
Julie and Judith White, a set of
twins who are entering the tenth
grade at Perry High School, said the
staff at the hospital has been help
ful.
"A lot of the nurses can't wait to
new purchases
only for jet aircraft.
Authority members also discussed
measures to talk about getting a
new T-hanger. Members agreed the
estimated cost would be about 5125
a month for 14 years.
The T-hanger would be enclosed
with separate compartments.
“The question is: Where would we
get the money,” Tony Sellier asked,
which was the general attitude of
the authority.
safety. We only ask for considera
tion for exception on a 75 year old
tree,” Cooper said.
Houston Porter was in favor of
special attention to developers by
saying it is “only marginal to grant
an exception.”
County attorney Mike Long called
to the attention of the commission
ers to allow the planning authority
to hear the appeals and to continue
with the present system of order,
which has allowed certain cases of
trees to be protected policy that re
quires clearing.
Current policy states that no sign
122ND YEAR—VOLUME 63
council members to lx; approved by
their districts, as required in the or
dinance governing the commission.
The members are
Lxwis Meeks and Wayne Ragin for
district one; Tom Daniel and Skip
Dawkins for district 2; Draper
Watson and Tom Baird for district
three. Tec Tolleson was approved
as an ex officio member and the
chamber asked that L.an y Walker be
Please see RULES, page 11A
teach us new things, they are usu
ally very friendly," Julie said.
Judith and Julie are occasionally
a source of confusion for the staff
according to Nipper.
"There have been times when
one of the twins will have learned
how to do something and the next
day the other twin will work that
area. When she doesn't know how
Please see SPEND, page 11A
Commissioner Charlie Stewart
said the authority could consider
getting the four governments,
Houston, Peach, Perry and Fort
Valley to co-sign an agreement to
help fund the project.
After discussions, authority mem
bers agreed to approach four area
banks to agree in a loan program
for the possible money making
venture.
Please see NEW, page 11A
structure shall be placed upon any
street, road or any highway right-of
way within the unincorporated areas
of Houston County. However, sub
division entrance signs invariably
encroach upon street rights-of-way.
“Everyone has agreed to retain the
entrance sign policy in the current
process,” Stafford said.
“I’d like to see the surveyor give
the information to the planning and
zoning board where a sign is visible
and can be seen from the road. Then
it should be passed on to the code
enforcement officer,” Larry Snell-
Please see ADOPTS, page 11A