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1 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1992
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Beautifying the community
Students in Tim Lewis' Greenhouse Management class planted pansies for the city as part of the FFA's
community service project Building Our American Communities. This is the fifth consecutive year Perry High has
been Involved with this project. Pictured are Cristie Dearmore, kneeling left, Fred Haslem, Ashley rincher, Ann
Keuper, Tim Lewis, O'Boe Evans, standing left, Shawn Dixon, Jake Stewart, Ashley Arnold, Jason Talton and
Russ Coffman.
P&Z considers changing
zonings to further growth
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Perry’s Planning and Zoning
Commission discussed how to re
write the local zoning laws so they
are more flexible and allow more
development in Perry during a
regular session Monday night.
David Shaw, a senior planner for
the Middle Georgia Regional De
velopment Center, attended the
meeting to make suggestions as to
how the committee might make
zoning changes.
Shaw told the committee, "It's
important to keep downtown Perry
viable and visible, and to make sure
people identify with Perry, not a
section of Perry."
He suggested the city might
want to consider a "cluster" form of
zoning. "A cluster is a residential
development where lot sizes are re
duced in proportion of property in
order to provide more open space in
remaining areas," he said.
Shaw said the committee needed
to determine what they want to see
happen in Perry and write down
some goals and guidance lines be
fore he could specifically suggest
any changes for the community.
The anticipated changes in the
zoning laws are due to a proposal
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School board extends city's deadline on annex deal
By MERRILYNN AIKEN
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Education jnet Tuesday and voted to
extend by 30 days the time in
which the City of Perry may re
spond to their proposal to purchase
the Perry Annex.
The City of Perry had been given
a November 15 deadline in which to
respond to the proposed purchase of
the annex. The city now has until
December 15 to decide if they wish
to purchase the annex. The Perry
Annex is a large brick building lo
cated next to Perry Elementary
School.
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change the guidelines for the R-l
zoning guidelines. Several home
owners near Perry Country Club
oppose the re-zoning because they
are afraid the value of their homes
will decrease.
"I don't sec this as a win-lose
situation with cither the developers
or the residents," Shaw said.
Bill Chamblcss, Perry building
inspector, said he thought the
cluster type of zoning might be a
possibility. "With a cluster, each
Brown appointed to P&Z board
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Perry Planning and Zoning
Commission welcomed newly
appointed member Robert Brown,
who was appointed by city council
to the commission Monday night.
Brown, who's previously served
on the commission, replaces Larry
Mosteller who resigned due to a job
transfer. Brown served five years
and resigned his position when he
moved out of the city limits.
"I'm glad to be back. It gives me
an opportunity to do a little some
The board also voted to provide
Superintendent Tony Hinnant with
a new automobile. They accepted a
low bid proposal on a vehicle from
Wayne Morris Ford in Perry. The
old vehicle, with over 110,000
miles on it, was declared a surplus
vehicle by the board and will be
used as a trade-in.
Mary Mantiply apprised the board
of the Ten-Year Self Study that is
taking place in each Houston
County school this year. The study
is part of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
process for continuing accreditation.
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committee."
Shaw said, "It gives developers a
chance to reduce lot sizes, and the
residents benefit."
Since the members were
unfamiliar with clusters,
Chambless said he'd send each
member a copy of a cluster example
this week.
Chip Shelton said, from a devel
oper's point of view, "I like the idea
of being able to come in and pre-
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thing good for the city," he said.
Brown added the job is much
more complicated than before.
"There have been some significant
changes. The city has taken more
area, and they have new activity
with the new shopping centers and
all that.
"It's going to be tougher than
before because the people arc more
aware."
He said the committee will be
"trying to get the zoning laws con-
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Mantiply explained that SACS is
the regional accreditation associa
tion for 11 southeastern slates.
An update on the construction of
the new elementary school being
built in Houston County was pre
sented by Bill Loudcrmilk. Loud
ermilk slated the construction was
going along smoothly and praised
the contractor. He estimated that 65
percent of the block work is up at
the site and the school should be
ready to open in the fall of 1993.
Loudermilk compared real versus
projected figures involved in con
struction of the school. The cost of
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INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A
PEGGY BLEDSOE 1B
CALENDAR 3A
CLASSIFIED 11A
JACKIE COOPER 12A
EDITORIALS 4 A
BRIGETTE HAMILTON 4A
TIM LEWIS 2B
LEGAL NOTICES 4B
LIFESTYLE 1B
MERRILYNN AIKEN 4A
POLICEREPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 7A
BRIAN LAWSON 7A
running water to the school was
projected to be $22,000: the actual
cost was $25,900. The projected
cost of a sewage system was
$25,000: the actual cost was ap
proximately $9,000. The cost of
floor coverings was projected to be
$90,000: the actual cost will run
between $43,000 and $46,000.
Loudermilk, citing these figures,
claimed it looked like there would
be a savings in the $50,000 range.
Loudermilk expressed concern
about a tentaive decision by the
county to expand a road by the
school to four lanes. He expressed
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Honoring those
who served our
country in wars
Veteran's Day service to be
held at gazebo at 11 a.m.
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Stalf Writer
The local American Legion will
honor veterans today at 11 a.m. at
the downtown gazebo in celebration
of Veterans Day.
Post 24 Commander Don Norris
along wills Mayor Jim Worrall de
cided to have a program that would
help Perry honor veterans.
"We started planning it in Au
gust," Norris said.
The program is the first of its
kind in Perry's history, Norris said.
"We hope to make it an annual
event," Norris said. ' We need to
show our appreciation for what vet
erans have done to keep our nation
free, and the ones who didn't come
Perry City Council holds
work session Tuesday
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Perry City Council held a work
session Tuesday to discuss
upcoming items on the city's
agenda.
City Manager Marion Hay asked
Dan Waites, a carolions specialist,
to attend the meeting to describe the
different types of carolions to the
council. A carollon is a combina
tion of several bells that are played
together to produce different tunes.
The council is thinking about pur
chasing one for the city which
would be placed on top of the clock
tower already donated to the city in
W.G. Mullins Jr.'s memory.
Waites said if Perry gets a carol
lon, "You will be it in Georgia."
He said the carollon would at
tract tourists which would produce
dollars for Perry.
Hay showed a drawing of the
proposed carollon to the council,
and they talked about the price of it.
"I don't have a price on it yet," Hay
said, but Waites said they are
expensive.
Opinions on county's
new voting system vary
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Local citizens who voted in last
week's election have mixed opin
ions about the new voting system.
Voter Ford Wilson Jr. said, "1
like the machines better. It seemed
to move faster. I had to go by my
voting place three times to be able
to stand in line and vote."
He also said there wasn't much
privacy, although it didn't matter
much to him.
Terry Sanders, a Perry voter,
agreed that the machines were more
private.
Despite these negative opinions
about the new' system, Danease
his hope that it would be completed
by the fall to avoid construction
around the school when it opens.
Mary Mantiply informed the board
of a new requirement in applying
for grants to build labs in schools.
Architectural drawings of the pro
posed labs must accompany appli
cations for grants. Such renderings,
Mantiply pointed out, would run
from $6,000 to SB,OOO. Board
member Eddie Causey theorized that
spending money on the drawings
were no guarantee a grant would be
awarded. The board moved to use
every method possible to avoid
back ihai made the supreme sacri
fice."
Rev. Jim Shipley, a veteran,
will speak on "the cost of freedom.”
He said, "It's a distinct honor to
honor our men and women who
have sacrificed for our country."
One of the other speakers, Chief
Master Sergeant Johnny Barton,
said he will speak on "the responsi
bilities and obligations of veterans
today."
He said, "We have a respon
sibility to carry out the unfinished
business ol those who have gone
before us."
Barton also said, "We need to
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fie suggested the council take
the proposal to the private sector of
the community and to churches and
ask them for their help to bring a
carollon to Perry.
The council discussed whether or
not IQ waive parade and procession
fees of SIOO. Hay said several lees
have been waived which has caused
the police department to pay over
time to the officers who help with
the parades otit of their own budget.
"I think the fee structure was put
there to oversee the manpower,"
Hay said.
Councilman James Moore said,
"If we waive the permit, then we
ought to charge (the parade spon
sors) for overtime." The council
was mixed as to what to do. They
decided to study the costs of the pa
rades and walk-a-thons before mak
ing any decision.
The council agreed to cut about
six feet off an island at Airport
Road to enable travelers to turn left
more easily.
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Sullivan, also a Perry voter, said, "I
didn't have any problem with it. It
only took me about 20 to 25 min
utes to get in and get out."
County Commission Chairman
Sherrill Stafford has heard mixed
responses such as these this past
week.
"They have been overall favor
able," Stafford said.
"Some calls have expressed con
cern because of waiting in line, and
they feel the new voting technique
is the problem. But that's simply
not the cause. It's because we had
the highest number people ever to
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architectural Ices, but in the event
of being unable to do so, to hire an
architect to apply for a gram. The
motion passed.
In other matters, to comply with a
new state law, the board voted to al
low principals to set aside space for
teachers to sit and dine separately
from students. They also voted to
award bids for carpeting and floor
ing at the new elementary school,
provided the companies were
bonded. Authority was granted to
look into the cost of a new food
service freezer for the Perry ware
house.