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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
[I WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6,1993
Despite protests, council oks re-zoning
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Despite opposition from Perry
residents to the re-zoning of 1206
Georgia Avc. from residential to
commercial property, Perry City
Council voted four to two to re
zone the property at their regular
Tuesday night meeting.
Beltistas to
hold annual
antique show
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
The Perry Bcltista Club is
sponsoring its 30th annual
“Antiques at the Crossroads” show
and sale to be held Feb. 3 and 4 at
the National Guard Armory in
Perry.
“It will be a beautiful show.
We’ll have silver, crystal, furniture
and something for everybody,”
Bcltista Club Member Pat Buicc
Please see BELTISTAS, page 10A
Girl Scout
cookie sale
Jan. 9-23
Girl Scouts throughout Middle
Georgia will be holding their an
nual cookie sale from Saturday,
Jan. 9 until Saturday, Jan. 23. Girl
Scouts will be taking orders for
cookies during this two week pe
riod.
Anyone interested in ordering
cookies who is not contacted please
call a Girl Scout or adult volunteer.
For the name of a cookie manager
in this area, call the Girl Scout
Center at (912)935-2221.
Lire!
Deaths
Fred Alton Hardy Sr., Perry;
Laura Mae Jolly Felder, Perry;
Albertis Frazier Wilson Jr.,
Georgetown, Fla. For details,
please see page 3A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A
CLASSIFIED 4B
JACKIE COOPER 7A
DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
BRIGETTE HAMILTON 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 2B
LIFESTYLE 1B
GUP
ESTCOLUMN 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 8A
BRIAN LAWSON 8A
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County pays $50,000 to pusue Hittson execution
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Houston County Commission
approved the allotment of $50,000
in the contingency fund to pay for
the state’s pursuance of the death
penalty in its case against Travis
Hittson Tuesday morning at the
county commission meeting.
County Commission Chair
man Sherrill Stafford said, “It’s
something you can’t plan for.”
He warned the commissioners
the county may have to pay another
$50,000 in the near future in an
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Willis Harrison, who lives at 1215
Georgia Ave., asked the council not
to approve Perry Planning and
Zoning Commission’s recom
mendation to re-zone the area. “1
feel like I’m against it. 1 feel like
once it is opened up others will
creep in,” Harrison said.
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King’s Chapel Elementary has a rare gem in secretary Gail Jones, affectionately
known to many as "Mother Jones". She says she’s looked forward to working every
day of her 21 years at the school because of the students.
Gail Jones is loved by many
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
For the last 21 years Gail Jones
has looked forward to waking up
and going to school to see her
“babies.”
“Babies” is what she calls all
520 children at King’s Chapel Ele
mentary School where she is the
school secretary. However, school
secretary may not be the appropriate
title for Jones. The word “mother”
best describes Jones, Principal Kim
other death penalty case. According
to Stafford, the state mandates the
county pay for the costs incurred
while pursuing the death penalty.
Hittson is one of two men
charged with the murder of a male
found dismembered in Bonaire last
summer.
The commissioners also ap
proved $1,650 be spent on a per
sonal computer with a CD-ROM
reader to enable the Superior Court
Clerk’s office to make use of a CD-
Rom subscription obtained by Ge
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Harrison told counilmcn he’s
concerned his property value will
decline it the area is commercial
ized. Two other area residents also
voiced their opposition to the re
zoning, but to no avail. The only
councilmen persuaded by the resi
dents’ remarks were Buddy Roper
Schoening said. “She’s everybody’s
mother including mine.”
Schoening said Jones makes it
her business to know who’s sick
like a mother would. Jones also has
a special way with kids with behav
ior problems. “They know Ms.
Jones will give them a reward if
they’re good during the day.
“She projects friendliness and
warmth. She’s the first person ev
erybody sees when they come to
orgia Representative Larry Walker
of Perry. This CD-ROM contains
the Georgia Constitution, Superior
Court cases from the mid 1940 s and
other legal information on Georgia
court cases. Houston County is the
only county clerk’s office in the
state to have this information.
Another $3,351.63 was ap
proved to add a glass front to the
tax office. Currently the office re
mains several degrees below the de
sired temperature due to the build
ing’s design.
and Charles Lewis.
Roper remarked that because the
residents cared enough to voice their
concerns and the owners of the
property didn’t go to the meeting,
he couldn’t vote for re-zoning.
Roper said, “I have to vote against
it because the citizens came out to
King’s Chapel which is great,”
Schoening said.
Jones said her favorite part about
her job is “the communication with
the children and the public.” She
also likes to get hugs from the
kids. “Being my size I gel hugs
from the knees up. Children are
special to me, and it seems like all
520 kids here are all mine.”
She said, “I’ve been here so long
Please see JONES, page 6A
The commission also approved
paying the bill for the voting bal
lots used during the Nov. 24
General Election Run-off.
The commissioners agreed to
begin public hearings concerning
the widening of Houston Lake Road
from Perry to Warner Robins.
Stafford also said steps need to be
taken to preclude future building on
what will be the required rights-of
way.
The meeting was the first for
Commissioner Calvin Maye and
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speak against it.”
Councilman Bobby Glover, who
voted to re-zone the property, said
he did so because,’’Number one, it’s
in an area surrounded by other
commercial property.”
He said he would prefer stipulation
be made in the re-zoning for the
Public is urged
to attend EPD
hearing at PHS
Houston County citizens arc en
couraged to attend the Georgia
Environmental Department hearing
at Perry High School Auditorium
concerning Medusa Cement
Company’s waste fuel plan. The
hcaring/mccting will be held
Thursday, Jan. 7 at 7 pan.
The hearing will be held first witii
recorded testimonies and deposi
tions. These presentations will give
B.C. Moore & Sons to
open store in Perry
Officials of B.C. Moore & Sons,
Inc. have announced plans to open a
department store in Perry early this
spring, hopefully before Easier, in
the Marketplace Shopping Center.
Moore’s of Perry will offer the
community a full-line department
store with a variety of merchandise
for the entire family and home.
Famous namebrands will include
Leslie Fay, 62 East, Duck Head,
Bugle Boy, Lee, Levi and
Shadowlinc. Also Haggar, Arrow,
Aigncr, Ocean Pacific, Jantzcn, Osh
Kosh, Corning, Cannon, Rccbok
and Nike products will be available.
Several of Moore’s exclusive pri-
vatc labels will also be offered in-
eluding Pebblcßrook, Number's
Up, Miss Becky and Croft.
Moore's is not a newcomer to
Georgia. The company's first
Georgia location was established in
Cordcle in 1948, and with the open-
ing of Perry, 23 stores will be lo-
catcd throughout the stale. In addi-
lion, the company has a warehouse
distribution center in Cordcle which
serves Moore's Georgia, Alabama
and Florida stores. Company head-
GSP says New Year's
traffic down overall
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
The number of citations issued
for driving under the influence dur
ing New Year’s weekend by the
Georgia State Patrol in Houston
County was “down overall,” accord
ing to Sgt. Ist Class Kenny Han
cock.
“Only six DUI arrests were
made in Houston County,” Han
cock said. Five of the DUI arrests
were made on New Year’s Eve
night.
A total of 324 “arrests” were
issued, and most of those were for
speeding, Hancock said. One hun
dred and six of those stopped for
speeding in Houston County were
Commissioner Jay Walker,
although Walker has previously
served as a commissioner and
commission chairman. It was also a
first for Commissioner Larry
Snellgrove as vice chairman for the
commission. Stafford nominated
Snellgrove, and the commission
unanimously approved the ap
pointment.
Snellgrove said, “I appreciate
the confidence my colleagues have
placed in me. I know we can’t make
everyone happy, but I truly believe
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property to be commercial for the
purpose of having a beauty shop
only, but he said that wasn’t
permitted due to local zoning laws.
The meeting marked the last for
Councilman Hcrvia Ingram as
Mayor Pro-Tern and the first for
Please see COUNCIL, page 10A
the public information about the
waste fuel plan and reasons some
people and groups oppose the plan.
After the recorded hearing, a com
munity meeting will be held at
which time citizens can give their
opinions, ask questions and com
municate with each other and offi
cials about the subject.
F.PD Director Harold Rehcis will
Please see HEARING, page 10A
quarters and an additional warehouse
distribution center to serve Moore’s
in the two Carolines tire located in
Chcraw, S.C.
"We are looking forward to this
opportunity to expand," said James
C. Crawford Jr., president and
chairman of the board of Moore's,
"Perry is an ideal location for us,
and we are most anxious to become
a part of this community."
The company recently celebrated
its 69th anniversary and the com
pany’s purpose remains the same as
when the first store opened in
1923—t0 offer guaranteed satisfac
lion with every purchase, courteous
competent service store-wide and
honest value in quality merchan
dise. The Moore organization has
not deviated from that idea, and by
following that principle, Moore's
has built a reputation that is pricc
less and a company that has pros
pered.
The Perry store is expected to mil
ploy 15-20 people and and store
manager will be named later. The
store's hours will be 9 a.m. until 9
p.m.
Georgia residents. Citations arc le
gally known as arrests, but the of
fender isn’t necessarily taken to jail.
The holiday weekend officially
began at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and
ended at midnight Sunday. “It
wasn’t quite as heavy as we ex
pected. It was heavier on Christmas
weekend. There was a good bit of
holiday traffic, but not as much as
we expected.”
Hancock said only 30 citations
were issued for not wearing a seal
belt, and only three were issued for
not properly restraining children
within Houston, Peach, Macon and
Pulaski counties. There were only
Please see GSP, page 10A
wc try to make decisions that are
best for the county.”
In oilier county business:
•Stafford asked the commis
sioners for their approval to seek a
cost-free opinion on the Perry An
nex building to find out if it’s
worth saving, and the commission
ers agreed.
•Stafford plans to request the
legislature amend the laws that
mandate the commission hold one
meeting a month in the Houston
Please see COUNTY, page 6A