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i-THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1992
Perry viewpoint
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The Houston Home Journal
OFFICIAL ORGAN, CITY OF PERRY AND HOUSTON
COUNTY, GEORGIA, SINCE 1870
PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING
807 CARROLL ST., P.O. DRAWER M, PERRY, GA. 31069
TELEPHONE: (912) 987-1823
The Houston Home Journal (USPS 252-780) is published semi weekly for
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31069. Second Class Postage paid at Perry, Ga. POSTMASTER: Send
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ROY H. PARK, President A Chairman of the Board, Park Newspapers
JAMES B. KERCE
Editor & General Manager
BRIGETTE HAMILTON TERESA HAWK
Managing Editor Advertising Manager
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The meaning of 'No'
The number one killer of teens and young adults in the
United States is alcohol-related highway crashes. A young
American dies every three hours in an alcohol-related ve
hicular crash. That's almost nine teens per day, the starting
line-up of a baseball team.
The Officer of the Inspector General found that two
thirds of teenagers who drink, almost seven million youth,
buy their own alcohol. One of the report's conclusions is
that on the one hand parents and the public at large remain
indifferent when it comes to underage drinking. On the
other hand, youth are vulnerable to a barrage of messages
from many directions encouraging them to drink.
A generation has grown up surrounded by slogans on
buttons, bumper stickers, billboards and milk cartons, in
radio and television sports, urging them to "Just Say No."
Primarily, they've been admonished to "Just Say No to
Drugs." Among many youth who stay in school, use of
the so-called illicit drugs has declined, a very good thing
for everyone's health and safety. But "no" doesn't seem to
mean what it used to when it comes to alcohol. This is
especially important when it comes to drinking and driv
ing.
While we've been telling our children to just say no to
some drugs, we've also been telling them (and everyone
else) not to drink and drive. But here's where the word
"no" begins taking on shading and variations and ambigui
ties. In spite of the law, many adults tolerate, even con
done, adolescent drinking with the misguided rationaliza
tion, "at least they're not on drugs."
Particularly for young people, it may be easy to translate
anti-drinking driving themes into meaning that drinking,
even heady drinking is okay as long as you don't drive.
Youth, alcohol and driving is a recipe for tragedy wherever
it occurs. It’s time we made use of their awareness of anti
drinking and driving messages.
Parents, educators, community leaders and law en
forcement all need to deliver firm, clear messages about
compliance with the national 21 minimum drinking age.
Communities need to decide what they can do to make
clear that "no" means "NO” in no uncertain terms when it
comes to underage alcohol use.
A White House kiss
Just after all the hard charges of the 1992 presidential
campaign, Americans recently saw Hillary Clinton and
Barbara Bush embrace and kiss each other when Hillary
visited the White House for a look around.
No one expected Hillary to pull out a revolver and shoot
Mrs. Bush, nor for Mrs. Bush to lead her into an open ele
vator shaft. But the embracing and kissing underscores a
salient point about American political campaigns.
To many, all is fair in love and war-and political cam
paigning. After the election, it is as if none of the mud
tossed about really was serious, or even believed. That's
better than grudge-keeping and spiteful sabotage. It is in
the interest of an orderly transfer of power in this, the
world's greatest democracy.
It's a curious, fascinating feature of the political scene in
the U.S.-necessary, phony, useful.
Sludge dumping should be
everyone's concern
Dear Editor:
Mr. Stafford made the statement that we are getting the
players together. It's time to stop playing. This is serious
business. Maybe sludge has been dumped in Houston
County but that does not make it right. That is just what is
going on right now. It was done behind our backs, the deal
was kept quiet so people could not oppose. It is being
dumped now on Perfect Farm just East of Elko, Ga.
This material contains "Pathogens" and in my medical
dictionary "Pathogens" are a "Bacteria or Virus capable of
causing infection and disease." EPD will tell you it is okay.
Sure they will, they have a ticking time bomb on their
hands and have to get rid of it, so they changed the named
from hazardous waste to sludge so they could dump it on
farms and call it fertilizer.
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Perry Scrapbook
Perry Mayor James McKinley, right, is shown here receiving the Perry Kiwanis Club's
"Man of the Year" award in December of 1976. State Representative Larry Walker,
center, presented the award. At left is Kiwanis President Tom Holland and in the
foreground is guest speaker Ellis Swint, president of Southern Meat Co. of
Columbus.
STREET TALK: How do you feel about our troops being in?
'
Russell Walker
"I feel like it's the humani-
tarian thing to do. That's
what America stands for.”
Marvin Lester
"I think they're doing a
good deed. My question
is, what are they going to
do when they leave?"
Jesus, the Son of God, shall return
Christmas is the celebration of
the birth of the Son of God. In His
eternal purpose God was pleased to
choose and to ordain the Lord Jesus,
his only born son, to be the
mediator between Himself and
mankind.
For God so loved the world, that
He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believes in Him
should not perish, but have
everlasting life" (John 3:16).
For there is one God, and one
mediator also between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus, who
gave Himself as a ransom for all. .
. "(I I imothy 2:5-6a).
Jesus is the prophet, priest, and
king, the leader and savior of His
church.
He inherits everything from the
Father and judges the world.
Because He has fixed a day in
which he will judge the world in
righteousness through a Man whom
He has appointed, having furnished
proof to all men by raising Him
from the dead" (Acts 17:31).
God from eternity gave to Jesus
v Mggms. ..
Julie Whitehead
"I have compassion for
them, but I think we ought
to help people at home
first.”
Ed Linn
"I think it's a worthwhile
effort. I'm concerned it
may stretch out and be
more than short-term in-
volvement.”
Shipley I
■ m Ui Church pastor |
a people, bom of Him and to be by
Him in due time redeemed, called,
justified, sanctified and glorified.
But by His doing you are in
Christ Jesus, Who became to us
wisdom from God, and righteous
ness and sanctification, and re
demption" (1 Corinthians 1:30).
It pleased the Father for Jesus to
be perfect in His spiritual nature.
By being bom holy, harmless, un
defilcd and filled with grace and
truth, He would be thoroughly
equipped to execute the role of a
mediator and guarantor.
Though God the Father assigned
this role to God the Son, the Lord
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Elaine Stephens
"I think we have a moral
obligation to be there.”
John Waters
"Once Clinton is in office
he will use this unselfish
act of humanitarian aid to
ridicule conservative
Republicans once again.”
Jesus chose to fulfill it. To do so
He was born under the Old
Testament period of the law, which
He perfectly fulfilled during His
life.
To accomplish this Jesus en
dured the severest torture of soul
and the severest painful bodily suf
fering.
He was crucified. He died. He
was buried and remained dead, yet
His body did not decay. After three
days He rose alive from the dead.
He possessed the same body in
which He suffered and with which
He also ascended into heaven.
There He sits at the honorable
right hand interceding with His
Father. Jesus shall return to judge
all humanity and angels when this
lime and world end.
And they also said, "Men of
Galilee, why do you stand looking
into the sky? This Jesus, who has
been taken up from you into
heaven, will come in just the same
way as you have watched Him go
into heaven" (Acts 1:11).
♦
It's great to be
back in Perry
one more time
If life is a circle, I think this is
my third go-round.
When I left the Home Journal at
the end of the summer of 1991, I
was relatively sure that I had
worked at the paper for the last
time. I had enjoyed my five on and
off years at the paper, but I was
confident that I had seen my byline:
J.J. COOPER, HHJ Staff Writer
for the last time.
Throughout fall quarter up in
Athens, life was kind. The Bulldogs
are wrapping up a successful season
"Between the Hedges," and my
Pittsburgh Steelers have had a re
markably good year. But as
Christmas arrived and the fall quar
ter at UG A ended, I quickly realized
that I was desperately in need of
some Christmas cash.
So I'm back again for my third
tour of duty with the Home Journal
for the next month. I can already
say that it is great to be back.
I still get back to Perry every
month or so, but as I was arriving
back in town Wednesday, I realized
how quickly Perry changes. It
seems that in between trips home,
Perry adds another notch or two of
progress to its already hefty list of
accomplishments. The Kroger and
K-Mart shopping center appeared to
develop almost overnight, and with
the addition of Chick-Fil-A, Perry
once again can have the title of
king of fast-food restaurant cities
along the trip to Florida.
When I started work at the Home
Journal, the Agricenter was just a
distant possibility, now it seems
that the entire city has exploded in
every direction. Besides the
Agriccntcr, the Thompson Rd. exit
has been developed; Perry has added
a Welcome Center and the Perry
Bypass is under construction.
But with the growth there is still
one thing that bugs me. Why can't
we figure out a system to move
traffic efficiently at the intersection
of Sam Nunn Blvd. and Perimeter
Rd? (the Pizza Hut, Hardees, Kroger
intersection) Traffic is backing up
at a maddening and dangerous rate.
Before the Kroger shopping cen
ter, traffic was a problem at the in
tersection, now traffic seems to
back-up in all directions during
peak times.
When you throw in the fact that
several thousand travelers wander
Sam Nunn Blvd. aimlessly every
week, it is obvious that we have a
prescription for a Perry first—fre
quent traffic jams.
The travelers often pull into the
wrong turn lane, switch lanes
rapidly to turn or stop in the middle
of the road while they figure out
where they want to go.
I know that there arc more
pressing problems in Perry, but the
city has been studying fixing this
intersection for at least two years
now. I am hoping that we'll see
some results of these studies in the
near future.
But my only Christmas wish is a
red light for that intersection.
Maybe then I can get to the grocery
store without having to battle for
my survival.
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On a totally unrelated subject, the
Heisman trophy will be announced
on Saturday.
Being the true Bulldog fan that I
am, I hope that Georgia scatback
Garrison Hearst manages to surprise
the experts and claim Georgia's
third Heisman trophy.
But even more importantly, I just
hope that Miami quarterback Gino
Torctta doesn’t win it. Os course,
since he is from Miami, Torctta is
favored to win the award, but he is
only the fifth or sixth best player
on his team. Therefore it is obvious
that he is not the best player in the
country.
If someone besides Hearst is
going to win it, I hope it is San
Diego State running back Marshall
Faulk. Faulk seemed to have the
Heisman wrapped up before he
suffered a slew of late season
injuries. Faulk may have been the
best player in the nation both this
year and last year, he deserves the
trophy.