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WEEKEND
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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
I SATURDAY. JANUARY 9,1993
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Above: Those in favor of Medusa's plan to burn hazardous waste handed out T
shirts. Below: Os course not everyone thinks the idea is a good one, made
obvious by the use of the same type shirt above.
Employees feel
management
kept them from
attending meeting
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
The battle for Medusa to obtain a
permit from the Georgia
Environmental Protection Division
continues, and what may be a
potential problem within Medusa
blossoms.
Perry Strectman, a maintenance
worker at Medusa, said he went to
his supervisor representing about
10 people who oppose burning haz
ardous waste and asked if they could
be off work Thursday night to go
the public meeting at Perry High
School Auditorium. He said they
were denied their request.
“It was obvious to us that ev
erybody that had formed their opin
ion against burning hazardous waste
was placed on the evening shift, and
when I asked to be off we were
denied.”
When asked if the workers would
normally work the second shift that
particular night since Medusa has a
rotating shift system, he said, “We
know what was going on, and it
didn’t just happen that way.
“I felt we should have been given
the opportunity to go. The biggest
thing is not being able to
Please see EMPLOYEES, page 5A
Finally!
Perry Hospital
delivers first
baby of 1993
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Seven days into the new year, a
“New Year’s Baby” came into the
world at Perry Hospital, which
broke the hospital’s record for the
latest New Year’s birth.
Nursery Nurse Manager Pat Dent
said, “This is the longest we’ve
ever had to wait in the history of
the hospital, which is unusual
because we average about 25 births
a month.”
She said Dr. W.E. Strickland
helped Angel Amerson give birth to
Amber Elizabeth Fair Thursday at
3:44 p.m.
Coel Fair, the father of the baby,
said they were surprised Amber was
the new year’s baby. “We figured
they had several babies by now."
Amerson said it was worth the
pain to get Amber, who weighs
eight pounds, five ounces.
Fair said he wanted a boy, but
he’s happy with his little girl.
“She’s beautiful. She’s got my
hands and feet.
“It’s realiv starting to dawn on
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Amber Elizabetn Fair was the first baby born at Perry Hospital in 1993. The Jan. 7
birth Is the latest in the history of the hospital. Amber's parents are Angel Amerson
and Coel Fair.
10 PAGES. PLUS SALES CIRCULARS
EPD hears from
both sides on
issue of burning
hazardous waste
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
More than 500 people, including
a Medusa P.R. campaign, city and
county leaders, concerned citizens
and leaders of environmental groups
such as the Sierra Club, Eco-
Action, Greenpeace and Citizens for
Responsible Environmental
Planning, gathered at Perry High
School Auditorium Thursday night
to participate in a meeting held by
Georgia’s Environmental Protection
Division for the purpose of
answering questions and listening
to comments pertaining to Medusa
Cement Company’s proposal to
hum hazardous waste.
EPD Director Harold Rchcis told
the crowd, “Medusa has prepared
their application (to burn hazardous
waste), and we’re in the process of
reviewing that now.”
Medusa’s proposal involves
burning 80,200 tons of hazardous
waste per year as a supplemental
fuel source at its Clinchficld plant,
which is 35,000 tons more than
was planned for the state incinerator
rejected in Taylor County. Medusa
will be the first cement plant in
Georgia to burn hazardous wastes
and one of 35 in the country if the
EPD grants the permit. Medusa
would be paid for disposing of
hazardous wastes and would save
money on coal costs if the permit
is granted.
Medusa launched a PR campaign
last year to gain local support by
printing T-shirts, forming a citizens
advisory council and producing
company newsletters.
Rchcis said the law requires
public information and participation
before the EPD can give or deny a
hazardous waste burning permit.
The EPD will continue to study
Medusa’s proposal and have another
hearing in six weeks before they
make a decision to give or deny the
permit, Rchcis said. Some lime
after the hearing EPD will make
their decision and have a 45-day
comment period for their decision.
After explaining the process to
the audience, Rchcis answered ques
tions randomly from the audience
concerning Medusa’s proposal.
Many questioned the safety of Me
dusa's proposed process, and Rchcis
answered “I don’t know” to a lot of
their questions. Rchcis told the au
dience EPD hadn’t had time to
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Elvis is here!
Elvis fans were finally given an opportunity to buy
yet another memorabilia item as the "King's" 58th
birthday anniversary was marked with the release of
the Elvis stamps. Perryan and Elvis fan DeEtte
Phillips bought two sheets of 40 stamps. "I'm not a
stamp collector, I don't care about stamps, just
Elvis," she said. The post office in Perry had
13,600 stamps at noon Friday and by closing time
had just over 3,500 left.
CVB will host
horse futurity at
Perry Agricenter
Celebrities scheduled to appear,
$50,000 in prizes to be awarded
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
The Georgia National Culling
Horse Futurity will begin a week of
competition Monday, Jan. 11 at the
Georgia National Fairgrounds and
Agriccnter.
More than 400 riders, owners and
trainers from throughout the United
States will compete for cash prizes
totaling more than $50,000.
The cutting horse is the “athlete
of the horse world,” Fay Riddles of
the Convention and Visitor’s
Bureau said.
The cutting horse futurity in
volves a horseman riding a horse
into a herd of cattle, showing the
horse a particular calf and leading it
out of the herd without disturbing
the herd within a certain time pe
riod.
On Jan. 16, the “Celebrity" cut
ting and championship finals will
be held. Among the celebrities at
tending and competing will be
county music singer Lynn Ander
son, actress Linda Blair, former
CHIPS star Larry Wilcox, country
singer Ray Kennedy, Highway
101 ’s Cactus Moser, former Pitts
burgh Steelcr Mel Blount and
former Braves Manager Dave Bris
tol. Other celebrities are expected to
participate according to Riddles.
“This is a wonderful opportunity
to have this coming to Perry during
January to add to the local
activities,” she said.
The CVB is expecting “several
thousand” people to attend the
events. “Between the horseshoe
pitching and cutting horse futurity,
it gives the whole family a whole
day of fun,” she said.
Monday die “Pre-Futurity” open
championship show will begin at 9
123RD YEAR—VOLUME 3 1
a.m. and continue Tuesday. The
four, five and six year old horses
will compete at 9 a.m. Wednesday
Please see HORSE, page 5A
Cmn
Deaths
Quincey Vernell Campbell,
Warner Robins; A.W. Welch,
Macon; Amelia Thomas, Perry.
For details, please see page
3A.
INDEX-
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A
ANISSA CLEMONS 4A
CALENDAR 3A
CLASSIFIED 4B
DEATH NOTiCES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
SPORTS 1B
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
STREET TALK 4A
JOHN TRUSSELL 2B
BOBBY TUGGLE 2B
BRIAN LAWSON 1B
WOODS 'N WATER 2B