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WEEKEND
EDITION
250
Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
| SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10,1992
Board offers annex to city forsl
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Education sent a letter to Perry City
Council Sept. 16 offering to sell
the Perry Annex to the city for sl.
The letter contains several condi
tions, one being the city has 60
days to respond to the offer, which
have prompted city officials to plan
a council work session in early
HAG Steel
closes deal
with city
Company signs deed to spec
building at industrial park
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
It became official Thursday, Indi
ana based HAG Steel will be the
first resident of The Perry Indus
trial Park.
The closing of the $60,000 spec
building sale took place Oct. 8 at
City Hall. The sale was first an
nounced by Councilman Buddy
Roper at the July 7 City Council
meeting. Following the an
nouncement, attorney Herb Wells
who represented the company,
worked with city officials to final
ize the deal.
HAG Steel is owned by KDR En
terprises and the company is plan
ning to establish a steel fabrication
facility. Company executives de
clined to say how many jobs would
be created through the new Perry fa
cility but local workers were praised
by company President Kenny
Ashcraft.
"We do a lot of business in
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina
and Kentucky. The move here al
lows us to be closer to our cus
tomers. We have used people from
here in the past and they seem to
want to work. There is a lot of
room to grow at the facility and I
Missing woman is
found, gone again
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Teresa L. Baker who had been
reported missing Sept. 23, after
leaving Gabby's Diner in Perry was
found in Lizclla Oct. 3. Baker has
subsequently disappeared again, and
Perry Police are looking for her in
connection with a theft by
conversion charge.
"There was no abduction. She left
Gabby's with over SSOO to make a
bank deposit and did not return to
the establishment. She was located
after being involved in an automo
bile accident early Saturday morn
ing. She was a passenger in the car
involved in the accident. Bibb
County Sheriffs arc continuing
their investigation into that
Racing robber nabbed
by police for two thefts
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Laverne Robinson, 30, of Perry
sprinted her way into two counts of
robbery by sudden snatching last
weekend.
Robinson was arrested by Perry
Police Wednesday after being identi
fied by her two victims.
The first incident took place Fri
day afternoon on Courtney Hodges
Boulevard when J.W. Sutton, 38,
of Perry reportedly withdrew a wad
of money from his pocket to give
some of it to a friend standing
nearby. Robinson made a dash for
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Mayor Jim Worrall has been lob
bying local civic groups and busi
ness leaders for over a year to ask
the school board to give the build
ing to the city. Worrall has said
the building could be used for a cul
tural center featuring art and music
classes, a recreation facility and po
tential storage area and office space
sec a lot of potential here. We
know there arc plenty of qualified
workers in the area and we will be
looking for welders, pipe filters and
painters primarily,” Ashcraft said.
Acting City Attorney Larry
Walker noted the importance of the
sale.
"I think it is particularly signifi
cant. This is our first tenant in the
industrial park and it has been a
long time coming. I am glad to see
it begin to move. There are some
exciting things happening out at
Northrop and I think we may see
more people moving into the Indus
trial Park in the coming months,"
Walker said.
Following a 1979 request by the
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce
the park was purchased by the City
and the Houston County Develop
ment Authority Oct. 22, 1980.
The total cost for the park was
$508,320 for the 254.16 acres.
The spec building was completed
December 1981. In 1982, an ac
cess road into the park was con
structed.
Ronald Whaley, vice-president of
HAG Steel, said the company plans
Please see DEAL, page 5A
incident. We had sent out regional
information requests to area law en
forcement agencies and through the
National Crime Information Center
computer, Bibb County Sheriffs
were able to identify her as the
missing woman," Perry Police De
tective Mike Pheil said.
Btikcr was reportedly taken to Ma
con Medical Center for treatment of
minor injuries stemming from the
accident.
"We had no pick up order with the
Bibb County Sheriffs so she was
released from the hospital and taken
home by her parents," Pheil said.
Baker failed to deposit the money
she departed with on Sept. 23 and
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the two men, plucked $93 from
Suttoni hand and ran off. Sutton
reportedly suffers from a bad knee
and was unable to give chase.
Saturday evening truck driver
Bobby Joe Kerby, 28, of Weather
ford, Texas was approached by
Robinson in the Perry Marketplace
parking lot.
Robinson reportedly asked Kerby
for a cigarette and as he was light
ing it, she proceeded to steal his
wallet. Kerby later realized his wal
let had been stolen and he contacted
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2 SECTIONS—IO PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULARS
for county employees faced with
space problems at the Perry Court
house. The mayor had been criti
cal of the school board's apparent
unwillingness to restore the build
ing and had mentioned the annex
issue as one which had caused him
to consider a run for school superin
tendent.
The annex is currently being used
by the school board as a media stor
age center.
"We arc pleased that they have
made an offer. We arc now moving
on and have something concrete,
(HHJ photo by Eric Zellars)
Braves Day held at Morningside Elementary
Students at Morningside Elementary wore their Braves clothing to school Friday in recognition of the team's
success in the playoffs. Planned during the day were softball games and students watched highlights of Braves
games during the season while they enjoyed a traditional "American" lunch of hotdogs and apple pie. Pictured
are the school's Students of the Week for Oct. 2. Scott Kinnas made the tomahawk in the background which
will become a permanent decoration in the lunchroom.
Deaths
David P. Godfrey, Warner Rob
ins; Velma Ruth Evans Scott,
Dublin; Alton Lee Rainey,
Perry; James R. Ray, Lake
wood, N.J. For details, please
see page 3A.
- INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A
BRIAN LAWSON 4A
CALENDAR 3A
CLASSIFIED 4B
DEATH NOTICES 3A
JACKIE COOPER 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
SPORTS IB
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
STREET TALK 4A
JOHN TRUSSELL 2B
BOBBY TUGGLE 2B
COSBY WOODRUFF 1B
WOODS 'N WATER 2B
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Our circulation department is
open from 8-10 a.m. to help.
but we are definitely coming back
with a counter-offer," Worrall said.
School Superintendent Harold
Chapman commended Worrall's in
terest in the building and said the
decision to return the building to
the city was appropriate given the
building's history.
"We appreciate the city's interest
in the building and the school board
would love to see the annex turned
into a community resource. We
applaud the mayor's efforts to do
that and we arc offering him the ti
tle in response," Chapman said.
Supt. Chapman may leave job early
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Houston County School Superin
tendent Harold Chapman, who was
defeated by Tony Hinnant in the
July 21 election, could be moving
out of his Board of Education of
fice next week to accept a teaching
position at Fort Valley State Col
lege.
Chapman applied for and has been
offered an associate professor’s posi
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Let's go to the fair!
Sid Hinson, left, and Tripp Edwards, both from Macon, enjoy a ride across the
Agricenter lake on the day of the official opening of the Georgia National Fair. The
fair runs nine days and a local parade will be held this morning at 11 a.m. as part of
the fair's opening celebration.
PERRY, GA.
The conditions spelled out in the
letter include requiring the city to
re-roof the building within 12
months of the transaction, gives the
city 20 feet to die cast of and paral
lel to the building; grants the
school board 300 square feel of rent
free designated space; requires the
city to develop a plan of use for the
building for the public good within
a year, the plan is then to be sub
mitted to the school board for ap
proval; the board is to be allowed
to use the public space of the build
ing rent free; if at any time the city
tion teaching middle grade education
at FVSC.
Approval for Chapman's hiring is
in the hands of the state Board of
Regents who arc scheduled to meet
Tuesday. If approved, Chapman
could formally resign the superin
tendent's position as early as
Wednesday to begin his new job.
Chapman said he was advised by
friends in the education department
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decided it no longer wanted or
needed the building the deed would
be reverted back to the school
board; and the city is required to
complete restoration of the building
within five years.
"We were surprised by the terms.
1 had received verbal commitments
from some of the school board
members and we never discussed
these terms," Worrall said.
Among the areas of concern arc
the 20 feet of allocated space which
would eliminate parking for the
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at FVSC die position was available
and he filed a resume within the last
month. Following his application
for the job, Chapman notified
school board staff members and
Board Chairman Billy Edcnficld
about the possible move.
"I have always regarded myself as
a teacher first and foremost. There
fore I am extremely pleased to be
Please see EARLY, page 5A