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WEEKEND
EDITION
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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22,1992
Deaths
Sally H. Ligon, Warner Robins;
Louvenia Edwards, Moncks
Corner, S.C.; Sarah Kohr,
Warner Robins; Solomon S.
Wallace, Perry. For details,
please see page 3A.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Hornets play preseason
scrimmage Thursday
Turnovers and penalties
doomed the Westfield Hornets
in their first preseason scrim
mage game against the
Riverview Vikings. The story is
on page 18.
Perry Players gear up
for next show
Perry Players are practicing
hard to be ready forthe Sept. 9
opening of their next perfor
mance, a play entitled "Noises
Off. The story is on page 6A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
BRIAN LAWSON 4A
CALENDAR 5A
CLASSIFIED 4B
DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
SPORTS 1B
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
STREET TALK 4A
JOHN TRUSSELL 2B
BOBBY TUGGLE 2B
COSBY WOODRUFF 1B
WOODS 'N WATER 2B
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City is
replacing
sewer line
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
A $237,196 city project to re
place an approximately 50 year old
sewer line that runs from Big Indian
Creek Bridge underneath W.F. Ra
gin Drive north to Perimeter Road
where it will tic in to an existing
main began July 29 and is expected
to be completed in November.
Utilities Superintendent Harold
Deal said the project will improve
Perry's waste water treatment effi
ciency.
"We are putting in a sewer main
that is 15 inches in diameter which
will provide more capacity. The
old line was subject to leaks at var
ious points in its structure and this
should clear up those problems.
Also, heavy rains were creating an
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School's in!
Everyone involved said the first
day of the new year went well
By KELLIE ROWDEN
Staff Writer
The streets will seem a bit quieter
now. Households will seem a little
more peaceful. Gone are the days
of summer vacation as children all
over south Houston County return
to school.
While some may have gone
grudgingly and there may have been
as few instances of tears and snif
fles, students for the most part
seemed quite content and even ex
cited to return to classes.
Not only were the students anx
ious about beginning a new year,
but the teachers and administrators
also seemed more than happy about
returning.
“We’ve had a great day so far,”
Kings Chapel Principal Kim
Schoening said. “So far, we have
them all here and hopefully we’ll
gel them all home,’ she added jok
ingly.
Kings Chapel has 508 students
enrolled this year.
Kings Chapels business sponsors,
Frito-Lay and the Perry branch of
Trust Company Bank gave all of
the school's employees small gift
baskem as a welcome back gift.
Schoening reported only one inci
dent of crying during the whole day
and a few sni flics. Logan Kemper, a
brand new kindergartner was cer
tainly far from being sad. Instead,
she seemed to be having the lime of
her life.
“I like art class and I think I’m
coloring right now,” Kemper said.
She also reported kindergarten to
be a lot easier than she thought it
would be.
Morningside Elementary also re
ported having a good day. Van
Rowell, principal, described the day
as being “smooth, but busy.” The
classes have been receiving tours of
the building in order to find their
way around as well as to see all of
the re-decorating that has taken
place.
The hallways, for example, have
newly painted street lines to en
courage everyone to walk on the
right side of the hallways. Other
decorations include stenciling on
Hospital
offers free
screenings
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Perry Hospital conducted a free
blood pressure screening in front of
K-Mart Thursday afternoon and
were able to test over 100 people
for high blood pressure.
The screening was the third con
ducted by the hospital this summer
as part of an effort to address health
issues before they turn into serious
problems. Hospital Administrative
Director Jim Peak has frequently re
ferred to the importance of preventi
tive medicine as a means of reduc
ing medical cosls.
"We had a tremendous response
throughout the summer and espe
cially at K-Mart. We were able to
catch 22 individuals who had ele
vated blood pressure, provide them
with literature and recommend, a
visit to their doctor. We had sev
eral people who were on blood
pressure medication and were aware
that they had high blood pressure
and we found a number of people
who had no idea they were at risk,"
said Marti Marchant, marketing
director for Perry Hospital.
The hospital has checked the
blood pressure for 205 Perry resi
dents. Os the 205 who were tested
at Piggly Wiggly, CB&T Bank and
K-Mart, 23 percent are currently
suffering from high blood pressure.
According to Marchant, a reading
that is 140 over 90 is considered
high. If not treated, high blood
pressure if not treated can lead to
heart atttacks, strokes and other
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the walls and a new teachers’
lounge.
Morningside has 321 students en
rolled this year, which is a bit more
than had been anticipated. Out of
the 321, there was only one inci
dent of crying.
“It’s a big step for some of these
kids, so that’s okay,” Rowell said.
Another new feature at
Morningside is the brand new third
grade teacher that began working
Thursday. Angie Westbrook de
scribed the past two days as being a
mad rush, but a lot of fun.
“When 1 found out I had the job, a
lot of teachers helped me out deco
rating the room and it really looks
great,” Westbrook said.
Patsy Hutto, principal at Perry
Elementary, feels that the first day
for her school was amazingly calm.
“The teachers have told me that
it’s the calmest beginning of a year
that they remember,” Hutto said.
Perry Elementary has 377 students
enrolled and out of that many stu
dents, not even one child was in
tears the entire day.
“Not even any of the kindergart
ner’s moms,” Hutto said incredu
lously.
The teachers at Perry Elementary
showed up early the first morning
to stand posted at different ends of
the halls and to give directions to
all incoming parents and students.
This, Hutto feels, helped a lot with
what might have been a very
confusing morning.
Tucker Elementary also found the
day to go quite smoothly. The
children were, of course very happy
with the newly installed playground
equipment bought by the Parent
Teacher Committee last spring.
“This is the smoothest day I’ve
seen since I’ve been principal,”
Paul Hartman said.
Hartman felt the teachers avoided a
lot of confusion by holding
kindergarten orientation the
previous night.
“It cut down on a lot of confusion
and really was the life saver of the
day,” Harunan said.
Despite two students getting off
the busses at the wrong schools,
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medical problems.
"The program is designed to make
people aware of their blood pressure
level and if it is high to provide
them with information that will
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Morningside Elementary kindergarten teacher Joy Moneypenny helps Andre Thomas
with writing his name on the first day of school.
Perry Middle School also had a very
smooth first day back. Gay
Nelson, instruction coordinator,
commented this was the first year
that middle school had students
entering the sixth grade from all of
the surrounding elementary schools.
“Quite a lew parents showed up
this morning which is really very
unusual,” Nelson said.
Despite the orientation program
help them regulate it," Marchant
said.
Perry Hospital plans to conduct
additional screenings in September
and possibly October.
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held the night before, teachers were
stationed at all corners and entrances
to help out with directions.
Rhett Parker, an eighth grader, re
ported that he was quite happy to be
back.
“It’s great, but the classes have
been so short today!” Parker said.
Perry Middle School held home
room over longer which, in turn,
shortened the classes for the day.
Welcome Center
marks first year
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Fay Riddles told the Perry Con
vention and Visitors Bureau Au
thority, July was the busiest month
ever for the Welcome Center, with
a total of 2,254 visitors.
The Welcome Center has been
open one year as of August 1 and
11,676 guests have passed through
the doors over that period of time.
"The biggest difference has been
the two billboards located near
Hamby Pontiac and near the
Thompson Road exit. The signs
have really helped increase traffic
through the Welcome Center," Rid
dles said.
According to Riddles, the author
ity's relationship with the Georgia
Agricenter has improved tremen
dously due to the presence of new
Agricenter Executive Director Mike
Froehlich.
"Mike is very marketing and pro
motions oriented. He is interested
in bringing larger groups and shows
out to the facility. He has included
our convention kits in his promo
tional packages and our profile in
working with the Agriccnter has
risen considerably. These groups
tend to stay for longer periods of
time and the economic lift they
would give to the community arc
borne out by figures compiled by
the Agricenter," Riddles said.
According to those Agriccnter fig
ures, since its opening in June
1990 the Agricentcr has had nearly
a million visitors. The figure in
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Perry High School experienced a
slight growth in its student popu
lation since last year. This year
there arc 893 students at die school,
which is 30 more than were present
last year.
“This has been a great day. We’ve
had the normal problems like kids
not knowing where the classes are,
but they were all in their home-
Please see SCHOOL, page 8A
eludes 760,000 visitors to the fair
over two years, and 240,000 visi
tors lor other events. Os the
240,000 roughly one fourth stay
overnight. Os that remaining
60,000 most stay two nights. For
the fair 25,000 visitors have stayed
over night. With the 60,000 stay
ing two nights and the fair people
averaging one night, the total
comes to 145,000 people spending
S9O a day for a total of
$13,050,000.
The Welcome Center will be rep
resented with a booth at the fair and
the authority is looking for inter
ested volunteers to man the booth.
When the Olympic Flag tour be
gins in Savannah, Perry will be
represented in the tourism tent.
During the flag's visit to Macon the
authority will send Chairman Wal
ter Lewis and authority member
Davis Cosey to attend a seminar
explaining how to get involved in
working for the 1996 Olympics.
Riddles also told authority mem
bers that to host a team prior to
the Olympics or to serve as a
venue is prohibitively expensive.
"It is too early to tell, but it looks
like it is a very expensive proposi
tion. The venues have to be do
nated and motel rooms are booked
at cost. The biggest advantage is
not immediately financial but one
of prestige for the area," Riddles
said.
The Peach State Cutting Horse
Association has been meeting with
Please see MARKS, page 8A