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WEEKEND
EDITION
250
Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
I SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17,1992
City will unveil plans
for new recreation
building next week
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Mayor Jim Worrall has mailed
approximately 350 letters inviting
local and state civic leaders to attend
a meeting and cookout at Rozar
Park Thursday during which the
city's plans for a proposed recre
ation building will be unveiled.
The building will be located near
the lake at Rozar Park and will be
the host for a number of different
functions and groups. Included
among the design plans are space
for a gymnasium, room for the
Older Americans Council, a large
multi-purpose community meeting
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Lassiter crowned queen
Chalese Lassiter was crowned homecoming queen at halftime of Westfield's
game against Monroe Friday night. She was escored by her father Charles
Lassiter. She was crowned by 1991 queen Kaci Williamson.
PAL begins
Christmas
campaign
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
The idea of giving at Christmas
started with the babe in the manger
2,000 years ago and the tradition is
alive and well in Perry today.
PAL and Visions of Sugarplums,
a part of Christmas at the Cross
roads, are working together with the
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce
to help needy families in South
Houston County have a joyous
Christmas.
PAL, Perry Agape Love, has been
in Perry since the early 1970 s and
Visions of Sugarplums has taken
an active role at Christmas time for
the last four years.
The two groups work closely to
gether PAL handles collection of
non-perishable food and financial
contributions and Visions of Sug
arplums is set up to handle the col
lection of toys for children three
months to 12 years of age. Regis
tration for families in need of food
nearing Christmas will be held at
the old DFACS building on Wash
ington Street near City Hall and
next to Crossroads Bank. The dates
and times for the registration are
Nov. 19, from 2-6 p.m.; Nov. 20,
9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2-6 p.m.; and
Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Please see PAL, page 5A
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room, a craft room, a large kitchen,
office space for the recreation de
partment, locker rooms and separate
entrances for dual functions.
The city council approved a site
plan and a proposed floor plan and
the architects were directed to pro
ceed with final plans and specifica
tions at a Sept. 8 council work ses
sion. The architectural firm of
Hensley Schmidt Inc. of Atlanta
has done the design work.
"The purpose of the meeting is to
make sure the entire community is
behind this project. We want to ex
plain what we are proposing to do
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Hugh Sharp displays one the tomhawks he began
making this week.
Local Braves fan makes
tomahawks for a hobby
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
As the Braves slid around fate and
won the National League champi
onship, Hugh Sharp had a houseful
of waving tomahawks helping to
ensure the victory.
"During Saturday's game, my son
Chad said he wanted a tomahawk so
I told him 1 would make one. I've
got a small wood working shop and
Sunday I went out there and cut one
out. Before I realized it I had made
20 tomahawks. It took a couple of
hours to cut them all out, then we
painted them. The paint had to dry
so we pul on the trim Monday,"
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and why wc want to do it," Worrall
said.
The city has an estimated
$250,000 earmarked for construc
tion costs of the facility. Architect
Joe. Wright estimated the completed
building would cost SI million.
"There are four major reasons for
us to embark on this project. One,
for years and years there has been
concern that wc needed a centralized
place for youth activities, a rcc cen
ter which could serve the youth as
well as adults Two, there has been
a demand in recent years for a place
Please see UNVEILS, page 5A
Sharp, who is Perry's public works
superintendent said.
Sharp said he has been a Braves
supporter since 1968 and he used to
attend Braves games, even before I
-75 was completed.
"I used to fight that awful traffic
loop in McDonough to get to the
games. I haven't been to a game
this year, but I don’t miss one on
television," he said.
The tomahawks were a labor of
love for the Braves fan who enjoys
working with wood.
"I'm an avid wood worker and I
Please see HOBBY, page 5A
Deaths
Mattie Lord Darsey, Dudley;
William Oliver "Billy" O'Dell Jr.,
Prattville, Ala. For details,
please see page 3A.
INDEX ——
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A
BRIGETTE HAMILTON 4A
CALENDAR 3A ,
CLASSIFIED 4B
DEATH NOTICES 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 181
WOODS 'N WATER 2B
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Chairman of the Ocmulgee chapter of Ducks Unlimited Rob Tuggle, left, is joined by charter
members Tom Daniel, center, and Bobby Tuggle. The three are displaying some of the items
set to be auctioned off during their fund-raising banquet in mid-November.
Perry Ducks Unlimited
chapter will hold banquet
By BRIAN LAWSON
Staff Writer
Ducks Unlimited, a conservation
group dedicated to preserving wet
lands to provide nesting areas for
water fowl will be holding a fund
raising banquet in mid-November.
The event will be held at the
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Mossy Creek is this weekend
Bob Evans, "good luck" gnome carver, travels to Perry
from Virginia twice a year to sell his special gnomes at
the Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival. The dates for this
season's festival are this weekend, Saturday and
Sunday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Fairview Room at the Agricentcr, a
date for banquet has not been final
ized.
The banquet will feature an auc
tion, a prime rib dinner and open
bar, a raffle and membership in the
organization. The cost of the ban-
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quct is $45, S2O of which is applied
to membership costs and $25 for
dinner.
Among the items available* at the
auction will be hand carved decoys,
a shotgun and several prints includ-
Please see DUCKS, page 5A