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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
| SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12,1992 ~
Basic cable rates lower than most
By J.J. COOPER
Staff Writer
An informal survey of cable rates
around the mid-state shows that
Perry's Pcachstatc Cable has the
lowest basic cable rates. But at the
same time PCTV's expanded pack
age rates are higher than that of
other cable services.
In a survey of six local cable sys
tems, Pcachstatc's basic package of
12 channels for 58.17 is the lowest
Students learn
holiday traditions
of other cultures
By J.J. COOPER
Staff Writer
On Thursday, Perry Middle
School sixth grader Warren Wilson
gave a demonstration on the
customs and Christmas traditions of
the Netherlands. Wilson, who was
clad in the traditional garb of
Sinterclaus, can be considered an
expert on Danish culture; he knows
about the lifestyle and the customs
of Danish people.
It wasn't that way two weeks
ago, when Wilson didn't even know
that the Netherlands celebrated
Christmas.
But as a part of Perry Middle
School’s Christmas Around the
World Program, Wilson was asked
to wear the Sinterclaus costume to
school Thursday. As he worked on
making the costume he learned
more and more about Danish
culture.
"Every day we siarted thinking of
different ways to make me look
more like Sinterclaus. It was pretty
fun," Wilson said.
Wilson's story is just one
example of what the Christmas
Around the World program has
done. The students have a chance to
learn about the world, but they
hardly notice they arc learning,
because they arc having too much
fun.
"They arc having a great time,"
sixth grade teacher Monica Wilson
said. "They never asked one time
'arc we getting a grade?' which is
very rare.”
Across the hall from the
Netherlands exhibit, Lossie
Glover's sixth grade class had a
chance to sample sushi and chicken
terriyaki in the "Christmas around
Japan" room. While down the hall,
other students sampled Mexican
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Workers unload the $1.2 million CAT Scan which
arrived Dec. 2.
CAT Scan arrives at Perry Hospital
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
As part of Perry Hospital’s es-
forts to expand their community
services, they recently added a
Computerized Axial Tomography,
better known as a CAT Scan.
The $1.2 million CAT Scan
arrived at Perry Hospital Dec. 2 ac-
cording to Marti Marchant, Perry
Hospital public relations director.
She said previously patients
had to be transported to Warner
Robins to undergo a CAT Scan. “It
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of any of the systems in the survey.
But Pcachstatc's expanded package
of 29 channels for 525.55 is about
$5 more expensive than comparable
packages of other systems.
The Houston Home Journal sur
veyed six cable systems from
around the mid-state including:
Storcr Cable-Amcricus, Valley
Cable-Fort Valley, Cox Cablc-
Warner Robins and Centerville,
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Monica Wilson, Cheryl Correll and sixth-grader Mickey Yansom (I to r) display Mexican clothes
and articles they brought to Thursday's Christmas Around the World program. The celebration on
Tuesday was a culmination of a two-week project that studied cultures from around the world.
cuisine in the Mexico room.
For the past two weeks, each
class has extensively researched the
Christmas customs and the culture
of a particular country. From Africa
to Sweden, from Israel to Mexico,
students have learned extensively
about the world.
was a real inconvenience to be
taken back and forth,” she said,
Perry Hospital Administrator
Jim Peak said, “It will improve the
access to healthcare for citizens of
Perry.”
Marchant said,“A CAT Scan is
a special kind of X-Ray that can
produce 3-D pictures of a cross sec
tion part of the body. CAT Scans
are able to detect some conditions
that conventional X-Rays cannot.
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Slorcr Cablc-Tiflon, Mid-State
Cablc-Hawkinsvillc, and Pcachstatc
Cable.
Basic cable packages ranged from
as little as $8.17 for Pcachstate
Cable (12 channels) to $23.65 for
Mid-State Cable (31 channels). The
price for expanded packages—which
ranged from 27 to 43 channels—av
eraged S2O. The low was Valley
Cable in Fort Valley, which offered
Students have learned about the
holidays, climate, population,
geography, history, language and
food of each country.
"This morning I had my classes
write a paragraph about what they
had learned in the past two weeks,"
sixth grade teacher Kelly Voss said.
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details, please see page SA.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A
J.J. COOIPER 4A
CALENDAR 3A
CLASSIFIED 4B
DEATH NOTICES 5A
EDITORIALS 4A
PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
SPORTS IB
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
STREET TALK 4A
JOHN TRUSSELL 2B
BOBBY TUGGLE 2B
BRIAN LAWSON IB
WOODS 'N WATER 2B
-27 channels for 516.95. Pcachstatc
was the most expensive, charging
$25.55 for 29 channels.
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall said
that a city survey found essentially
the same results.
"We found that communities got
a wider variety of service and the
cable service is a little more expen
sive," Worrall said.
But PCTV President Bill
"I was amazed at the amount of
facts they have learned.
"They have really enjoyed it.
They wish we could do this all of
the time."
The program is part of a
"thematic tcaching"conccpt. Under
Please see CULTURES, page 6A
Giving the gift of life
Glenn McGee, a Perry Hospital employee, has his blood taken by Connie
Adams of the American Red Cross. Perry Hospital sponsored a blood drive
Friday to help refurbish the blood supply. Blood donations are in a slump
according to Red Cross Head Nurse Nan Mitchell. “People are busy at
Christmas, and even though people get busy we still need blood," she said.
Blood types B and 0 negative are in serious demand.
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Mitchell said Perry's system is
cheaper than others because of less
expensive installation and additional
outlet costs.
"Folks ask us, 'why arc you more
expensive.' I haven't run into an in
stance yet when I took that cus
tomer's bill and compared it where
it hasn't been true that we are less
expensive," Mitchell said.
"If I take anyone's expanded pack-
lowa Test scores
School (grade) Reading* Math*
Kings Chapel (3rd) 48 57
Morningside (3rd) 64 65
Perry Elementary (3rd) 36 53
Tucker (3rd) 47 61
Kings Chapel (sth) 66 48
Morningside (sth) 54 45
Perry (sth) 48 42
Tucker (sth) 47 61
Perry Middle (Bth) 51 47
* Ranked in comparison to national averages
Results of national ITBS
test scores announced
Perry scores average, but down from last year
By J.J. COOPER
Staff Writer
Perry students finished right at
the national average in the lowa
Tests of Basic Skills, but most
classes saw their scores decline
when compared to last year.
Morningsidc Elementary saw the
largest decline, as fifth grade math
scores dropped 22 points to the
45th percentile when compared to
national scores.
Perry Elementary's third grade
also experienced a large decline, as
reading scores dropped 16 points to
the 36th percentile nationally.
age with a second or a third televi
sion, our comparable package w ill
be better. Our ancillary costs are the
lowest that l could find," he said.
A survey of installation costs
found that Cox Cable, which is of
fering a special discount, has the
cheapest rate —$9.95. Tifton has
the most expensive installation,
charging S4O to install into a wired
Please see RATES, page 6A
Overall, four of the six classes
saw their scores in both reading and
math drop. Perry Middle School's
eighth grade and Kings Chapel's
saw their reading scores improve
while their math scores dropped.
Perry High School 11th graders
finished above the national average
on the writing and science portions
of the TAP test, but they were be
low the national average on reading,
math and social studies.
Test scores for the curriculum
based assessment tests have also
Please see SCORES, page 6A