Newspaper Page Text
MIDWEEK
EDITION
250
Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, September 9,1992
Deaths
John D. Woodward, Perry. For
details, please see page 3A.
HOME JOURNAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Lasseter wins PCC
club title again
Al Lasseter defended his PCC
club golf title in a tournament
that fell short due to rain this
weekend. For more details,
please see page 7A.
We Salute Argene
Claxton
Perry High teacher Argene
Claxton was named runner up
at the county's Teacher of the
Year Award Banquet recently.
Please see page IQA.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
PEGGY BLEDSOE 1B
CALENDAR 5A
CLASSIFIED 6B
EDITORIALS 4A
ENTERTAINMENT 6 A
BRIGETTE 4A
TIM LEWIS IB
LEGAL NOTICES 3B
LIFESTYLE 1B
GUEST COLUMN 4A
POLICE 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 pari, on re
cycled paper and is re
cyclable. For locations T&C'-aftijffl
ofrecyclingstations.call
987-1823
Sfl mk
M iJJP
Cristina Monroe
Monroe
joins HHJ
newsroom
Cristina Monroe is the new pho
tographer/reporter for The Houston
Home Journal.
Monroe, a Perry High School
Class of 1988 graduate, is glad to
be home after recently graduating
from Berry College in Rome, GA
with a Bachelor of Arts in
Communication.
“I’m happy to be in place where
people know what I’m talking
about when I say ‘Henderson’,”
Monroe said.
Please see JOINS, page 11A
PERRY, GEORGIA'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1870-FQR COVERAGE OF YOUR EVENTS, CALL 987-1823 |
■ The Houston Homev
Journal
City approves more construction
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
With an eye toward the future,
Perry City Council approved initial
plans for a new Perry city hall and a
$1 million community and recre
ation center at a work session Tues
day.
The city hall plans had been under
consideration for several months.
The council's Administration and
Finance Committee, chaired by
Ralph Gentry and including Bobby
Glover and Charles Lewis, met
with Dale Grim Aug. 31 to discuss
a purchase price for Grim's barber
- w m Jjflafc? jHhwr f§ m fK I H
■L \ / '-v Bb I • p| fa
■ Know i m ||| • ji ; -. ■«1
I V I I wgk> I Mi;
■ I NoVwm* ■ I B I
V W ()n I A
P \Sk % t WM .. ■
U vtll f. ' jBSSHKjIWBiKIfiBMBB
Baft' * jSMpft «*-4n H
J t 1(1 k "dl /B
eb | jp ' H
-v- H& m, i|P|hl|bb ■■ -
Ik'wß Hf ,»
(HHJ photo by Amy McDaniel)
Perry Players present ' Noises Off'
The Perry Players will begin their performance of "Noises Off", a British comedy, tonight at 8 p.m. at the Perry
High School auditorium. The play, directed by D. Shawn Kitrell, will be performed until Sept. 12. Cast members
Include Ricky Christie, front left, Diane Lunceford, Wendy Lee, John Murphy, Marllea Butler, back left, Richard
Smith and Blake Ramey. Not pictured: Cathy Stanley.
Agricenter will host lamb show Saturday
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The Agricenter will give kids and
their lambs a chance to strut their
stuff when they host the first ever
Farm Credit Lamb Classic Saturday
September 12. The show starts at
noon in the New South Arena and
admission is free.
The event was put together by
Houston County Agent Duren Bell.
The event is open to 4-H and FFA
members and pre-club age children
who have owned their lambs since
July 15,1992. There will also be a
special showmanship class for pre
school youngsters which will in
clude participants as young as 18
months old.
Bell encouraged the Perry 4-H and
FFA groups to begin working with
lambs three years ago. Bell has re
portedly been interested in putting
on a lamb show in Perry for over a
year.
"Duren deserves a lot of credit.
He has done all the work in putting
this show together and we are look
ing forward to a good event. Work
ing with the animals teaches the
students about the livestock indus
try and it helps them learn respon
sibility. They have to take care of
the animals when they don't feel
like it and the animals depend on
them for food, water and exercise,"
2 SECTIONS—-18 PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULAR!
shop located on Northside Drive.
Following their meeting with
Grim, the committee recommended
the city seek an alternative city hall
plan.
The design the council has asked
the architectural firm of Dunwoody,
Bccland and Henderson to provide a
site plan for calls for a new city
hall to be constructed in the area be
tween the current city hall and the
Perry Library.
The administrative, utilities and
engineering personnel will re-locate
to the new building. The current
Perry High School FFA Advisor
Argene Claxton said.
Perry has several lamb owners
with an age range from first grade
to juniors in high school.
"The Houston County Livestock
Team, which includes 4-H and
FFA members, have had lambs for
three years now. We have a total of
23 lambs owned by members and
we're really looking forward to hav
ing a show in Perry," Chellc Den
ton, whose children show lambs
state-wide, said.
Denton’s two sons, Matthew, 7,
and Dusty, 6, have had their larnbs
since May. The lambs were bred in
Perry by Dave Schultz. Dusty's
lamb Sheba and Matthew's lamb
Chita were both bom in February.
"They're fun," Matthew said.
"1 was surprised at their pet
choice, but delighted," Denton said.
"We invite the public to come out
and support these youngsters.
Working with animals provides a
excellent education opportunity for
the kids. It helps build character,
teaches responsibility and develops
leadership skills," Dale Redeker,
agriculture manager at the Agricen
ter, said.
"The kids work very hard with the
animals they have to feed them,
groom them and they have to walk
city hall will be used by the police
and fire departments. The recreation
office, which is currently housed in
a trailer, will be located in the pro
posed community center.
'I think this design is the best one
for our situation. We can address
the library parking concerns, expand
the area for the public safety de
partments and build a first class fa
cility in the available space," Gen
try said.
The council also voted to approve
a site plan and detailed cost esti
mates for a new recreation and
, v , : %Jk 'Wm - ; x; - "^KV
S» pf t
i®§i *K t i ' *>.
m "-^ssj? - jpiiiiF vfc
J;|' < jlk: / ,<ai^^iiof
Pictured are Dusty Denton with his lamb Sheba, left, Katie Claxton and Matthew
Denton with his lamb Chita. All three will all show lambs at the Agricenter this
weekend.
the lambs at least a mile every day.
I would much rather have them out
doing something with animals than
PE Ft Ft Y, GA.
community center located at Rozar
Park. The center would provide a
facility for the Older Americans
Council, a large community room
with a stage, a craft room, a gym
nasium, a kitchen and office and
meeting space for the recreation de
partment.
Construction costs on the project
were estimated between $ 1-51.1
million dollars by the architectural
firm of Piedmont, Olsen Hensley
based in Atlanta.
Architect Joe Wright highlighted
some of the details of the facility.
being idle thinking about ways to
be destructive," Denton laughed,
the show is expected to draw
122ND YEAR—VOLUME 73 \
'The building has separate en
trances for the various users and the
kitchen can be utilized by the OAC
and by people using the community
and craft rooms. The gymnasium
will have retractable bleachers,
men’s and women's locker rooms
and the lobby area will have vend
ing machines and counter space for
recreation equipment check out,"
Wright said.
The city has currently set aside
approximately $253,000 for the
building. That includes SIOO,OOO
Please see MORE, page 12A
County will hold
public hearing
about tax hike
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The Houston County Commis
sion will hold a public hearing
Sept. 15 to discuss a property lax
increase allowed under the existing
tax cap.
A new state law designed to pro
tect citizens from arbitrary property
tax increases has forced the com
missioners to hold the meeting
even though the proposed 5.72 per
cent increase falls under previous
guidelines established with the tax
cap.
The millage rate in Houston
County for 1991 was 9.14 mills,
the proposed increase would raise
the millage rate to 9.69 mills. A
mill is defined as one part to a
thousand. For every S1,0(X) worth
of property, an owner would be ex-
Please see HIKE, page 2A
BOE decides to
wait before
raising taxes
By Teressa Ulin
Park News Services
With a $630,00 shortfall in the
1992-93 budget, the Houston
County Board of Education voted
unanimously Tuesday to wait two
weeks to decide whether to raise
taxes or cut expenditures.
School board officials had crafted a
$67.3 million “bare bones” budget
in June based on a 7 percent in
crease in the county’s 1992 tax di
gest. Slower than expected growth
resulted in an increase of 2 percent,
giving in the school system the
budget deficit, according to
comptroller Annette White.
The board had the option of rais
ing the current millage rate of 13
mills by at least six-tenths of a
mill, cutting line items or waiting
Please see WAIT, page 2A
150-200 lambs and is open to par
ticipants from 40 counties.
Please see LAMB, page 11A