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MIDWEEK
EDITION
250
Perry & Houston County’s
official Legal Organ
f WEDNESDAY, August 12,1992
Deaths
Adam Haugabrook, Perry;
Daniel Coates, Kathleen. For
details, please see page 3A.
HOME JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS
School sports practices
are in full swing
Sports editor Cosby Woodruff
visited the various football and
softball practices at the two high
schools this week. For more
details, please see page 7A.
Faircrackers will
meet at Agricenter
The Georgia National
Faircrackers are meeting and
looking for new volunteers to
help support the Agricenter.
The story is on page SA.
ARS to play at Riley's
Georgia band Atlanta Rhythm
Section will perform in Perry at
Riley's Friday night. The story
is on page2A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
PEGGY BLEDSOE ____ 1B
CALENDAR _ _______ 5A
CLASSIFIED 8B
EDITORIALS 4A
ENTERTAINMENT 6A
HOME & GARDEN 2B
BRIAN LAWSON 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 4B
LIFESTYLE * 1B
EMERY WARNOCK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 7A
COSBY WOODRUFF 7A
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BOE hears
complaint from
parents of Perry
student, discuss
new school year
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Education met Tuesday for their
regular monthly meeting to discuss
items pertaining to the quickly ap
proaching school year. Also dis
cussed in the meeting were some
grievances from angry parents per
taining to the last school year.
Ron and Janet Dunn, a Perry
couple, approached the board to cite
a complaint against a teacher at
Momingside Elementary who, they
felt, had wrongfully harassed their
son, Christopher Allen Dunn.
During the course of the past
school year, their son had brought
Please see BOE, page 13A
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.MGTI will move to Highway 96
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
On August 6, the State Board of
Technical and Adult Education ap
proved the acquisition of a 73-acre
site for the re-location of Middle
Georgia Tech. The current campus
is located on Cordcr Road in Warner
Robins. The new campus will be
located at the junction of Highway
96 and Houston Lake Road.
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Lewis Wade hangs on to the strut of a Cessna 127 for one last picture as he prepares to skydive from 5,000 feet to the ground at
Perry/Fort Vally Airport. Wade, a former army sergeant is attempting to establish a skydiving school based at the airport.
Skydiving class may be available soon
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Lewis Wade is planning to start
a school for that section of the
population that doesn't think it is
crazy to jump out of an airplane
that can safely land on its own.
Skydiving, the act of leaping out
of an airplane and releasing a
parachute to break the fall is what
Wade had been doing for 16 years in
the Army. Now that he is retired
from the service, the Warner
Robins resident is hoping to start a
skydiving school based at the
Perry/Fort Valley Airport.
"When I was still in the Army 1
used to go out to places and watch
the instructors teaching people how
to skydive. I went out to the air
port the first time to see if I could
make a jump. They gave me per
mission and over a period of weeks
I began addressing the paperwork
for starting a skydiving school.
I've been introduced to the airport
authority and I still have to meet
with their attorney, but things look
promising," Wade said.
The basic course is expected to
cost $135. That would include two
days of instruction, equipment and
one static line jump. After the ini
tial course, each jump would cost
$45 with equipment provided. A
static line jump is where the chute
opens as the skydiver leaves the
plane. After five static line jumps,
if the student has progressed suffi
ciently, the school will teach free
fall technique.
Wade served in the 82nd Air
borne Division, worked in the Spe
cial Operations Command at Fort
Bragg, North Carolina and served in
the joint special operations com
mand center outside of Stuttgart,
Germany. Wade fought in Greneda,
served in Hawaii and finished his
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According to Sherrill Stafford,
chairman of the county commis
sioners for Houston County, the ac
tual amount of land purchased to
taled 200 acres.
“We are acting as a purchasing
agent who will, in turn, sell 73
acres to the tech school,” Stafford
explained.
The remaining acres arc being
"I'll work all day and feel
burned out, but then I can
get up in a plane and it really
relaxes my mind and body,"
Wade said.
tour of duty at Fort Bcnning. His
entire career was connected to
airborne work, as a soldier and
instructor.
Wade's chief instructor at the
school will be SSG David Ro
driguez who has 17 years of skydiv
ing experience. Rodriguez was a
member of the elite Army parachute
team, the "Golden Knights." He
will be retiring from the Army
September 1, after serving 20 years,
having made 3,680 parachute jumps
and finishing with an instructor rat
ing of jumpmaster. Rodriguez has
been a jumpmaster for the Army
Rangers for several years training
elite troops on proper technique. He
has performed in shows all over the
world with Lhe Air Force Blue An
gels, the Navy Thundcrbirds and at
events like the Pan American
Games.
Skydiving licenses are deter
mined by the number of jumps
made, various skill movements dur
ing free fall and additional advanced
training. Wade is currently a B li
cense holder which is an intermedi
ate license, Rodriguez is a D license
holder due to his greater experience.
"Skydiving is different, the first
thing you have to learn how to do
is control your fear. I was scared
when I started, but I've come to
love it. It's like therapy for me. I
work all day and feel burned out,
but then I can get up in a plane and
it really relaxes my mind and
body," Wade said.
Wade has had numerous adven-
hcld aside for future county needs,
although nothing is currently
planned.
“An example of a possible pro
ject for this land is the construction
of a family insurance services build
ing. It’s these type of things we
may plan on in the future,” Stafford
said.
The new campus, for which con
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As he makes his descent, Lewis Wade battles the wind and controls
his high performance parachute by pulling levers located above his
shoulders. Wade is able to control his chute while going 120 mph.
tures while skydiving ranging from
unexpected jumps into the ocean,
landing in the middle of a polo
match and unexpectedly dropping in
on a backyard barbeque.
"They handed me a beer and
asked me how 1 wanted my steak
cooked," Wade laughed.
According to Wade, he is already
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struction will begin in fiscal year
1993, will be a rather large one.
The entire facility will consist of
180,000 square feet. Special em
phasis will be placed on expansion
in the aerospace and medical related
technologies.
“We will be emphasizing pro
grams which we cannot satisfy the
demand for at this time,” Billy G.
receiving inquiries from people in
terested in learning how to skydive.
After having made over 300 free fall
jumps and 250 military static line
jumps, Wade is ready to pass along
what he has learned and transfer his
enthusiasm for the sport to others.
"The school will give me an op-
Please see CLASS, page 14A
Edenficld, president of Middle
Georgia Tech, said.
“We thank the county
commissioners and development
authority for their effons in the site
search and negotiations to obtain
this property. Also, without the
total support and leadership of the
members of the General Assembly
Please see MOVE, page 14A
Incumbents
defeated in
run-offs
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
In a political year marked by
upheaval and unpredictable finishes
the one pattern that has emerged is
the apparent undesirability of in
cumbent candidates to Houston
County voters.
Incumbents Charles Hatcher,
who was forced into a run -off for
the Democratic slot and was seek
ing a seventh term representing the
second U.S. congressional district,
A1 Scott, who finished the uncx
pired term of Joe Tanner and there
fore bore the (I) stigma next to his
name, and John Sognicr, die current
appeals court judge, all went down
to resounding defeats in the county.
Hatcher was beaten by Sanford
Bishop, 864 to 358 county-wide,
and in Perry 170 to 95. In a race
marked by numerous commercials
and heated exchanges between the
two camps, Bishop's margin of vic
tory is a signal of the disenchant
ment Hatcher has engendered. The
check cashing scandal, the new dis
, trict and the endorsement of Bishop
from other former democratic candi
dates in the second district appear to
be the differences signalling
Please see RUN-OFFS, page 13A
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Tony Hinnant
Hinnant outlines
some priorities
he sees for the
school system
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
The result of the recent local
primary elections left many incum
bents out of office. The Houston
County Superintendent of Schools
race was no exception. Dr. Harold
Chapman Jr. was upset by chal
lenger Tony Hinnant. Hinnant, as
a result, is quite excited about his
new position and is ready to gel his
ideas and changes implemented.
Hinnant, the current principal of
Warner Robins High School has
accumulated 24 years of experience
there. He began as a business edu
cation instructor for two years, then
rose to assistant principal for 12
years and then became principal.
He has remained in that position for
5 the past 10 years.
5 Because of his experience in
Warner Robins, Hinnant feels he
has a lot to offer the county as su
perintendent.
“I’ve had invaluable experience
at Warner Robins. It’s the largest
high school in the county and being
able to manage that is a real asset.
I’ve been exposed to similar prob
lems that all of the schools face,”
Hinnant explained.
Please see HINNANT, page 14A