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WEEKEND
EDITION
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Perry & Houston County’s
official Legal Organ
1 SATURDAY, AUGUST 15,1992
Deaths
Taylor Renee James, Fort Val
ley; James L. Brown, Mcßae.
For details, please see page
3A.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Perry Players need
community’s help
I n an effort to improve the qual
ity of their performances, the
Perry Players are seeking do
nations from Perryansto pur
chase a new building. The story
is on page 2A.
Peak selected as AHA
delegate
The American Hospital Associa
has named Perry Hospital Ad
ministrator Jim Peak as a new
delegate to their board. The
story is on page 3A.
Panthers head out to
football camp
The Perry Panthers will leave
for Middle Georgia College
Monday for football camp. For
more details, please see page
18.
“INDEX-
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
BRIGETTE HAMILTON 4A
CALENDAR 5A
CLASSIFIED 4B
DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
SPORTS JB
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
STREET TALK 4A
JOHN TRUSSELL 2B
BOBBY TUGGLE 2B
COSBY WOODRUFF 1B
WOODS 'N WATER 2B
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Perry Players
will present
’Noises Off’
Middle Georgia audiences will be
in for a treat as the Perry Players
present the fast-paced British farce,
"Noises Off’, Sept. 4-5 and 10-12
at the Perry High Auditorium.
The cast is comprised of Perry
Players regulars Cathy Stanley,
Richard Smith and D. Shawn
Kitrell, who also directs. John
Murphy, Ricky Christie, Diane
Lunceford, Wendy Lee, Marilea
Butler and Blake Ramey round out
the cast.
The show is done in typical
British fashion with a twist - cast
members not only take on the per
sona of their characters, but also
that of the characters, but also that
of the character they presently in
the play "Nothing On", that is the
subject "Noises Off".
"Noises Off' provides entertain-
Please see PLAYERS, page 6A
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.Marketplace to open in the fall
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry Marketplace is nearing
completion with an expected fixture
date, the time when the stores begin
putting up shelves, of September
14 for K-Mart and September 21
for Kroger.
According to Rick Schmieden,
project superintendent for Stewart
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The Perry High School band was jazzed up during their week at band camp. Their.effort here "
guarantees some real entertainment during half-time at football games. Pictured are Holly
Moody, bottom left, Christy Chancy, Matt Hoover, Robert Bowers and Mark Strandburg. Top row,
left, Daniel Strandburg, Jason Loudermilk, Carrie Lanier, Elizabeth Brewer, Shawn Kellum, Kellie
Wright, Rico Simon and Rhonda Boyd.
PHS band begins preparation
for the upcoming school year
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
The members of the Perry High
School band arc busy polishing up
their instruments, learning the for
mations and cleaning up their rou
tines all in preparation for the first
half-time show at Perry High's first
football game. From the looks of
the progress hiking place, the show
promises to be not only well-re
hearsed, but also highly entertain
Agricenter builds trams for 1992 fair
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
Could this be Six Flags or even
Disney World?
The Georgia National Fair is
growing so much that Agricenter
officials have decided it needs not
only one, but two trams to shuttle
fairgoers from the growing parking
lots to the fair.
Michael Froehlich, executive di
rector of the Agricenter, gave au
thority members a tour of the facili
ties and fairgrounds Wednesday fol
lowing the authority’s meeting.
“We are expanding our number of
patrons on the grounds,” Froehlich
said, explaining the Agricenter be
gan earlier this summer construct
ing two trams to make it more
convenient for people to get inside
the gates from the tremendous out
lay of parking areas.
“These two trams were built and
designed by the staff. They got this
design from seeing ideas in Florida
at the Florida State Fair,” Johnny
Webb, deputy director of the Agri
center, said.
Webb explained the trams were
built by the staff members “over
the past two months, off and on.
“The smaller one was built in
about two to three weeks,” he
added.
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and Perry Co. Incorporated of Birm
ingham, Alabama, the project is
moving along despite the rain de
lays.
"We expect the facility to open
around Thanksgiving. The schedule
is tight with the bad weather but we
should make it. Currently they're
finishing the ceiling grades in
ing.
Rick Scarle, the current band di
rector, has been leading 62 students
through a week long camp that ran
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. The
students also met on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings.
Scarle has been the director for
the past four years and has seen the
band mature from one made of pri
marily freshman and sophomores to
“They (the trams) were a lot less
than what it would have cost to go
out and buy one commercially
made,” Webb said.
A specific amount of money used
* to build the trams was not available
by agriccnter officials.
He claimed the two different sizes
of the trams will add “much diver
sity for the fair. We may even find
other uses for them besides the fair.
The large one is probably too big
to be used inside the fair.”
The tram, which authority mem
bers toured the fairgrounds in, was
the largest which has bench seating
on the sides and an island bench in
the middle. Both trams are pulled
by a tractor.
“This will even give the tram a
wagon effect at the fair,” Webb
said.
He explained the staff members
have built numerous additions to
the fairgrounds in its three years of
its existence.
“We see the talents of our staff
and what they are capable of doing
in the administration,” Webb said.
“Our staff has built picnic tables,
park benches, display tables and
other ground equipment. If it needs
to be done, somebody on our staff
Please see TRAMS, page 6A
Kroger, putting in the siding and
doing some tile work. On K-Mart
they’re about to start putting in the
ceiling grades and they will likely
have the power turned on next
week. After that most of what is
left is painting and tile work. The
painting won’t be done until the
power is turned on in both stores.
the present one consisting of 15
freshman with the rest being upper
classman “veteran” members.
“This is going great. It’s the
best I’ve seen them. There are a lot
of positive attitudes and they are
working really hard. They are way
ahead of where they have been in
the past,” Scarle said.
According to Scarle, the first
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Following the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority meeting, members took time out
before an executive session to catch a ride on one of the trams that will be used for the
fair. Johnny Webb ushers in authority members, State Sen. Sonny Perdue and the media.
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Kroger should have the power on
September l," Schmieden said
In addition to the two large
stores, the marketplace will boast
15, 20' x 60' retail shops, a Cato
clothing store, Shoe City, Chic
Fil-A and negotiations arc continu
ing over bringing in a BC Moore
junior department store.
Jordan joins Perry
medical community
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Dr. Quincy Jordan is the newest
addition to the Perry medical com
munity and lie likes the idea of
treating his patients to what he
calls, "old fashioned medicine"
which involves taking the time to
get to know his patients on a
warm, personal level.
Jordan was born and raised in At
lanta and attended college at Morris
Brown. He received his MD from
Mcharry Medical College in
Nashville, Tennessee the same
school Dr. Luther Vance his new
partner attended.
"I'm looking forward to making
Perry my home. I'm building an of
fice upstairs and it looks like the
kind of place I want to raise my
children in. I'm interested in getting
involved in the community, partic
ularly in with kids," Jor
dan said.
Ag authority begins
promotions for fair
By EMERY WARNOCK
Staff Writer
~ Georgia Agricultural Exposition
Authority members discussed mea
sures to promote a broader region of
ticket sales for the Georgia National
Fair during their regular session
Wednesday.
Authority members also discussed
holding the stale Democratic Con
vention at the Agricenter in two
years and making a renewed effort
to get Olympic or pre-Olympic
equestrian events on-site in four
years.
“We need to promote the fair
more. This facility and fair is a hot
entertainment package and we need
to let folks know. We may need to
look at some different arrange
ments,” authority member Foster
Rhtxles said.
As it exists, the Agriccnter is
only using the coliseum ticket out
let in Macon as its island ticket
outlet to promote the Georgia Na-
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Inside of Kroger, workers have
completed the tiling around the deli
and seafood sections, the remaining
floor tile will be laid in the coming
weeks.
Among the tasks still ahead are
completion of the retail stores, pos
sibly constructing the BC Moore,
Please*see OPEN, page 6A
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Dr. Quincy Jordan
Perry Hospital Administrative
Director Jim Peak said Jordan will
provide a new look to the Perry
medical community.
"We think Dr. Jordan will be an
excellent addition to the medical
stal l at Perry Hospital. The fellow
ship he completed in sports
medicine brings an added dimension
to the health care delivery system in
Perry," Peak said.
Please see JOINS, page 6A
tional Fair.
Members agreed an additional
ticket outlet or an 800 telephone
number for the Agriccnter would be
necessary to advertise the fair and to
help sell tickets.
Harvey How/.e, fiscal director of
the Agricenter, said placing a ticket
outlet in the south part of the state
would be costly.
“Any ticket outlets south of us,
which is in question, would be ex
pensive. We have only worked
through the Agriccnter and the coli
seum,” Howze said.
“In the past, we’ve had ticket
orders placed on the switchboard
here at die Agriccnter,” he said.
He explained the Agricenter has
tried to build a strong financial base
during previous operations and is
now beginning to be a self operat
ing facility.
“We should try to get an 800
Please see BEGINS, page 6A