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nated the event.
• Maj. Gen. William P. Hallin be
came the 17th commander at
Robins Air Force Base and replaced
Maj. Gen. Richard F. Gillis.
• Perry City Council voted to spend
$15,951 on a new Natural Pollu
tion Discharge Elimination System
that measures the amount of treated
water that goes into public waters.
• Perry Police arrested Willie Car
swell, charging him with arson in
connection with a July 1 fire at an
abandoned house at 938 Elko Road.
• The Agricenter built two trams for
the 1992 Georgia National Fair as
they expected record turnouts for the
October fair.
• Perry City Council approved a
$237,196 city project to replace a
50 year old sewer line that runs
from Big Indian Creek Bridge un
derneath W.F. Ragin Drive north to
Perimeter Road that will tie into an
existing main.
September
• Vice President Dan Quayle visited
Perry while campaigning through
out Georgia.
• Houston County Commissioners
voted to purchase new voting
equipment for the whole county.
• The Medusa Corporation cele
brated their 100 year anniversary.
• Residents on Pinewood Court near
Ochlahatchee Park were besieged by
thousands of migrating black birds
prompting complaints about noise,
smell and concerns about public
health.
• Construction on the North Perry
Bypass began as workers cleared
about 77 acres of trees and shrubs.
• Perry City Council approved the
initial plans for a new Perry City
Hall and a $1 million Community
and Recreation Center.
• Raymond Parker, pastor of the
Living Waters Assembly in Perry,
and Derrell Etheridge of Perry were
indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s of
fice on charges of bank and mail
fraud. The charges were in connec
tion with the ownership and opera
tion of Sonshine Mobile Homes
Inc., based in Warner Robins.
• The County Commission asked
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Perry officials to pay a double fee
of $73, 979 for Perry’s 1991 emer
gency 911 use. City Manager Mar
ion Hay said the charges would
have to be reduced since they were
told to budget only $32,000 for the
service.
• Houston County Industrial Devel
opment Authority Chairman Walter
Whiting paid the bill for expenses
incurred by the authority during two
visits to Houston County by Con
gressman J. Roy Rowland during
August and September. Whiting
made the statement after The Hous
ton Home Journal sent a formal re
quest asking for an explanation.
• Perry Police searched for Teresa L.
Baker, a Warner Robins resident
who worked at Gabby’s Diner on
Sam Nunn Boulevard, who was re
ported missing.
• The Houston County Prison
Chapel opened at the Houston
County Detention Facility.
• Business man and active chamber
member Bobby Arcos, owner of
Family Footwear, died suddenly at
his home of an apparent heart at
tack.
• W.G. Mullins Jr., Perry down
town developer, died in a Macon
hospital after an extended illness.
• City leaders and businesses con
tributed to the purchase of a memo
rial clock in memory of W.G.
Mullins Jr.
October
• The city received an additional
51.9 million to be used for city wa
ter and sewer construction. The
funds were generated by the city’s
issuance of a $4,765,000 revenue
bond Sept. 15.
• The Agriccntcr kicked off the third
annual Georgia National Fair. Perry
celebrated the fair with parade
featuring Bobby Tuggle as parade
grand marshal and the 1996 official
summer Olympic mascot
“WHATIZIT.”
• The city approved a property tax
millage rate increase of 14.54 mills
for the year.
• Houston County Commission
awarded a contract of over 51.7 mil
lion to Peed Brothers Inc. of Butler
for construction improvements and
expansion of the county landfill.
• Perry Sergeant Doug Straka
injured his leg while setting off
fireworks at the Georgia National
Fair.
• The City made public its plans to
build a recreation and community
center at Rozar Park. City officials
asked industry officials to consider
financial support of the project. A
barbecue was held after the unveil
ing.
• Wanderlodgc owners from around
the country rolled into Perry for a
four day factory sponsored rally at
the Agriccntcr. Three hundred and
forty eight Wandcrlodgcs were in
Perry.
• The Houston County Board of
Education offered to sell the Perry
Annex to the City of Perry for SI if
they met certain restrictions. They
gave the city 60 days to decide,
their time to decide was extended,
and they haven’t yet.
• Police searched for Teresa Raker
who was reported missing in
September. Police declared she
wasn’t abducted, but stole SSOO
from Gabby’s Diner in Perry where
she worked.
• Dr. Harold Chapman resigned his
position as Superintendent of the
Houston County Board of Educa
tion early to take a position at Ft.
Valley State College.
November
• Houston County voters re-elected
Pres. George Bush and gave a
thumbs down to the Georgia lot
tery.
• Perry Mayor Jim Worrall had back
surgery at Emory University Hospi
tal in Atlanta. Doctors declared the
surgery a success.
• Perry Marketplace celebrated its
grand opening. Kmart and Kroger
were the first tenants to open their
doors at the shopping center.
• Paul Covcrdcll defeated Senator
Wyche Fowler for a senate position
in Houston County’s first general
election run off. The Board of Elec
tions ran out of ballots used in their
new voting system.
December
• Chick-fil A opened at Perry Mar
ketplace.
• Perry Mayor Jim Worrall returned
home to recuperate from his back
surgery. He returned to City Hall
during the last part of December to
case back into his role as mayor.
• Weyerhaeuser took over the Flint
River Proctor and Gamble plant and
employed the 500 workers who
worked there.
• Perry Police arrested two Houston
County residents for growing mari
juana. They confiscated the mari
juana plants worth $36,000.
• Perry Police arrested 12 for selling
crack cocaine during and illegal drug
sell roundup.
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that meeting Walker spoke about
setting up another meeting to an
swer some of the technical ques
tions that Word was unable to an
swer.
Walker has set up the meeting to
help the area officials learn more
about sludge dumping laws and
regulations and how the F.PI) regu
lations affect the dumping of sludge
in South Houston County.
Walker has previously spoken in
support of a bill that would give
county governments the authority
to restrict companies from bringing
sludge across county lines. The bill
came was proposed in the state
legislature last year, but it was
killed before it reached the house
floor. It is expected that the bill
will be reintroduced again this year.
South Houston County residents
appeared most angered by the fact
that Bibb County sludge was being
brought across county lines.
Presently county officials say the
county is powerless to do anything
about the dumping because it is
EPD regulated. The EPD grants
permits allowing the dumping.
It is unknown when the next
public meeting on sludge dumping
will be held. Walker was unavail
able for comment.
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1993
Shipley, from 4A
Jesus also remembered that if
stoning was used, the accuser was
required to throw the first stone. It
marked him. If the accuser was
proven wrong, he would himself
get stoned. It was the ultimate
penalty for perjury.
John 8:9 tells us that, "when
they heard it, they began to go out
one by one, beginning with the
older ones, and He was left alone,
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E-911 officials are satisfied with
their first year.
"So far it has been running along
pretty well," said Lee Stripling, E
-911 director. "Os everybody that has
had to call, 95 percent have been
pleased."
The system has had its troubles,
however. In July the system was
partly destroyed by lightning, but
because the system is part of a lease
purchase plan, the county was able
to replace the damaged equipment at
no cost.
Also, dispatchers had to learn
how to use the new computer aided
dispatch (CAD) system. Now, a
dispatcher can almost instantly send
all of the information about an
emergency to the responding officer
through a computer terminal,
"Oh, we've had our bugs," Holder
said. "We’ve had a lot of ups and
downs."
Citizens have also complained
about the 51.50 charge for the sys
tem.
" The people don’t realize that
these functions were going on sepa
rately before. It's true it is Si.so
but cities were paying $575,000
apiece before this," Stripling said.
According to Perry City Manager
Marion Hay, the city has also been
happy with the system.
"I don't understand the cost yet,
but the 911 system is doing what it
is set up to do,' Hay said.
Hay said the city is planning to
study the costs of the system in the
upcoming year. Perry has been
budgeted to pay $32,000 to help
pay for the system this year.
and the woman, where she had
been, in the midst."
As the accusers perhaps read the
Law written in the dust, as it had
once been written on tables of dust,
they were reminded and convicted of
their own sin, from the oldest to
the youngest.
Jesus was in effect saying,
"Just as God has had mercy on you
and allowed you to live, even with
your sin, so will you not extend
that same mercy to this poor sinner
and allow her to live?"
Straightening up, Jesus said to
her, "Woman, where arc they? Did
no one condemn you?"
And she said, "No one, Lord."
And Jesus said, "Neither do I con
demn you; go your way. From now
on sin no more."
The one person who had the
right to bring charges against this
woman was the sinless Son of God,
but He instead forgave her!
Unlike the God of the
Pharisees’, who condemns, the true
God takes pleasure in forgiving,
cleansing, and restoring.
However, remember, Jesus then
ordered her to "sin no more." In
order to be truly forgiven by God,
one has to be truly repentant and
show it by turning from his or her
sin.
That’s the message for this New
Year. The mercies of God arc new
every morning. The bandage of
God's forgiveness is always wide
enough to cover the wounds that
sin produces.
Cooper,
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over my head.
But this year is going to be dif
ferent. This year I am going to
slick to my diet. I am going to cat
15 calorie salads instead of lour
course dinners, and I will cat a cel
ery stick instead of a doughnut.
O-K so all of my idealistic ideas
will probably fall by the way-side
quickly, but that’s the great thing
about resolutions. I can just make
them again next year.
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