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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1992
Police continue to investigate weekend robbery
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
The search goes on as Perry Po
lice continue to look for two men
who robbed Trac Jewelers located at
1219 S. Main St. Saturday morn
Letter defining cable
price hikes in the mail
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Bill Mitchell, president of
Peachstate Cable Television, ad
dressed Perry City Council during
pre-council planning Tuesday to
alert them to a rate increase.
Effective Dec. 1, an eight to
nine percent increase will be im
plemented. “Letters will go to the
post office tomorrow,” Mitchell
said.
The letter Mitchell is sending to
cable subscribers explains the rate
increase along with a new billing
system. “The bills will look a lot
County raises business license fees
By TIM DALY
Park News Services
The Houston County
Commission Tuesday approved a
new set of business license fees
which will bring the county's fees
into line with the fees charged by
other Georgia counties.
Grocery store owners will sec a
large increase in the cost of the li
cense fees, while other business
owners will see varying increases
no no increase.
"We arc so low on business li
censes, it's ridiculous," said Steve
Engle, Houston County director of
management services.
Engle presented the proposed new
fees to the commission at its regu
larly scheduled meeting at the
Houston County Annex.
In the original proposal, the li
cense fees for grocery store owners
would have increased from their
present rate of sls to $55 to a new
rate of $45 to $1,200. However,
after several commissioners ex
pressed concern over the large in
crease, the new business license fee
was set at 545 to S6OO.
"You can't hit them (grocery store
owners) that hard in one year,"
Commissioner Larry Snellgrovc
said of the first proposal. "For a big
grocery store chain, it won't even
phase them. But I'm concerned
about the little businessman trying
to make it in the same system."
For grocery store owners, the
amount of their fee will depend on
how much stock the store has.
Deaths
Lillian Williford Agerton,
Tarrytown; Emily Smith,
Hawkinsville; Leslie Rudolph
Williams, Montezuma; Frances
Ingram Green, Perry. For de
tails, please see page 3A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 6A
PEGGY BLEDSOE IB
CALENDAR 3A
CLASSIFIED 9C
JACKIE COOPER 3C
EDITORIALS 4A
BRIGETTE HAMILTON 4A
TIM LEWIS 1B
LEGAL NOTICES 6C
LIFESTYLE 1B
GUEST COLUMN 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 1B
BRIAN LAWSON IB
BRIAN LAWSON
ing between 9:15 and 10:15.
Capt. Jim Hardy of the Perry
Police Department, said, “Two
workers were in the store when a
white man and black man came in
like telephone bills,” lie said.
Mitchell said the increase is due
to networks increasing their charge
for Peachstate to be able to carry
their stations.
During the council session, the
councilmen unanimously voted to
close School Street and gave it to
the Houston County Board of Edu
cation.
The closing of the street is con
tingent upon several factors such
as: the stipulation the street be re
opened should the school close,
Please see HIKES, page 8A
To determine the new license fees,
Engle studied the Ices charged by
other counties, the City of Warner
Robins and the City of Perry.
Engle said in most instances, the
county will now charge about half
the amount charged by Warner
Robins.
However, the county's license Ices
for the sale of alcoholic beverages
will now be the same as the Warner
Robins fee.
In other business:
•The county passed a resolution
authorizing the sale of 73 acres of
mid-county land to the Suite Board
of Technical and Adult Education at
the cost of S3,B(X) per acre. The
land will be used for the relocation
of the Middle Georgia Technical
Please see FEESS, page 8A
Kids
excel!
Vespidaettes to
perform in the
Macy's parade
The Varsity Vcspidacttc officers
from Westfield Schools will be
among 400 select NCA Superstar
participants to perform in Macy's
II 66th Thanksgiving Day parade.
I Macy's annual parade will be na-
I tionally-telcviscd on NBC at 9
I a.m. and will open with a produc-
I lion number featuring the NCA
I Superstar Dance Team.
The group will be performing to
I the theme "America on the Move"
I and will utilize props such as a
stagecoach, locomotive, model-T,
airplane and space shuttle.
The girls are officers of award-
Please see PARADE, page 8A
PHS nominees
for Gov. Honors
announced
Perry High School has announced
this year’s Governor’s Honors nom
inees. “We are proud they are
achieving academically as well as in
other areas,” stated Principal Phil
Smith.
Nominees will compete with
other students in the state to attend
a six-week summer instructional
program. The program, sponsored
by the Georgia State Department of
Education, is designed to provide
gifted and talented high school stu
dents with enriching and challeng
ing educational activities.
After official forms and paperwork
have been submitted, nominees par
ticipate in statesmanship screening
Please see NOMINEES, page 8A
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He said one of the men held a
gun on Gwen Pcavy, a sales associ
ate, and the other held a knife on
Jay Dcnnard, a co-owner, before
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in Grovama, Terrence Whitfield, top, Buddy Eastman and Kevin Whitfield are finishing up harvesting 441 acres
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Jason Loudermllk, Andy Bacon, Britt Barrett, front left and Carrie Lanier. Amanda
Malone, Jason Nelderkorn, Robert Bowers and Amber Fendley not pictured.
they tied them up and moved them
to the back.
Dcnnard said, “1 was seared.
When they told us to lay lace down,
I felt like we were going to die.
PERRY, GA.
You have emotions going ihrough
you like fear, anger and helpless
ness, I haven’t slept much since
then.”
He said for some reason he had
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taken the ring off his finger that his
parents had given him and put it in
his pocket. “When the robber was
going through my pockets to gel
Please see ROBBERY, page 8A
Rape prevention
class to begin in
Perry next year
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
The Houston Drug Action
Council will start a rape prevention
program in Perry during January,
which will be held at the local
Health Department.
Mia Shields, director of the pro
gram, said, "We want to let Perry
know we're here for them, and that
our services arc available to them."
Shields said she will stress two
simple points in her rape preven
tion class. "I will tell everyone to
trust their gut instinct, and to be
aware of their surroundings."
According to Shields, many
times women think they are "over
sensitive and emotional," and they
don’t trust their instincts.
She also said, "A lot of the time
the problem is that women think
we're going to show them a cure
all, and we can't.”
Shields said the program will
explain exactly what rape is and the
legal and medical processes which
occur after rape. The course will
also teach prevention methods us
ing a kuvaton, which is a defense
device. "We can't show them a kick
or something that's going to (cure
everything)."
The rape crisis center received 27
callouts during the last fiscal year,
which ended Sept. 30, Shields said.
A callout is when a rape victim
calls the center and asks for some
one to go to the hospital with
them, she said. The center receives
about seven or eight calls for each
callout, Shields said. That totals
more than 200 calls a year. "It's
here. There's quite a bit of rape go
ing on," she said.
In addition to teaching preven
tion techniques and educating Perry
citizens about rape, Shields wants
local people to know, "Someone
will go through it with them."
Shields said the center doesn't re
ceive many calls from Perry. "It's
Please see CLASS, page 8A