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WEEKEND
EDITION
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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23,1993
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Deaths
Mike J. Caron, Macon; Helen
IngramCliett, Fort Valley; Sallie
Lee Eason, Perry; Willie James
Grider Jr., Unadilla;Ruel Webb,
Macon. Fordetails, please see
page 3A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
ANISSA CLEMONS 4A
CALENDAR 5A
CLASSIFIED 4B
DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
SPORTS JB
JIM SHIPLEY 4A
STREET TALK 4A
JOHN TRUSSELL 2B
BOBBY TUGGLE 2B
BRIAN LAWSON IB
WOODS ; N WATER 2B
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Board of Ed. to
hold re-zoning
hearing Jan. 26
The public is invited to a hearing
concerning the zoning of the
Houston County School System's
new elementary school. The hearing
will be in the auditorium of
Houston County High School at 7
p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26.
A zoning proposal based on the
recommendation of School
Superintendent Tony Hinnant and
his staff will be presented at the
meeting; however, the purpose of
the meeting is for public input. The
Houston County Board of
Education has not made any deci
sion at this time concerning the
zoning of the school.
Houston County High School is
located on Georgia 96 about one
half mile west of Houston Lake
Road.
State board will
hold meetings on
sex ed. report
The Georgia Board of Education
will hold two public hearings in
January on the report of its sex edu
cation advisory committee.
Interested citizens are invited to at
tend either hearing and to make
comments. The board will consider
all comments and opinions before
taking action on the report.
The first hearing will be held
from 2-9 p.m. Jan. 27 in the audi
torium of Peach County High
School in Fort Valley.
The second is scheduled Jan. 28
from 4-8 p.m. at Georgia Southern
University in the Southern Center
for Continuing Education.
Both hearings will be conducted
by Lewis Shurbutt, the state board’s
10th congressional district represen
tative and chairman of the Sex
Education Ad Hoc Committee.
Persons who wish to speak should
sign in at the site upon arrival. For
more information contact Caro
Feagin, Georgia Department of
Education (404)656-6262.
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Journal
Hill's family sue officer for $8 mil
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
A lawsuit was filed Thursday in
U.S. District Court against Perry
Police Officer John Hardage who
shot and killed Anthony Hill lasl
May.
The lawsuit was filed on bchall
of Hill's four children, naming their
three mothers, Latccia R. Hayward,
Angela D. Holmes and Vernell
Code, as plaintiffs.
Historic
dining!
New Perry Hotel
is featured in book
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
The New Perry Hotel has been
highlighted as a restaurant not to
miss when traveling through
Georgia by Marty Rowland Godbey
in Dining in Historic Georgia.
Godbcy's new book serves as a
guide to dining at historical restau
rants in Georgia and lists recipes for
which each restaurant is noted.
The hotel has been featured in
several books and articles, according
Part-owner and Operator Marsha
Haley, but added "the publicity
helps.
"People will come in here and
say 'I saw your restaurant in
Southern Living or The Miami
Herald."’
Haley hasn't met the author of
the new book featuring The New
Perry Hotel, but would like to. The
hotel has sold several copies of the
book since it came out recently. "If
people find out we have recipes in
the book, they'll buy it."
What makes The New Perry
Hotel a special place to eat? Haley
said, "I think it's the atmosphere
and the consistency of the food."
She said, "We've always had
these recipes. They've been here
forever."
Haley said the shredded yams,
pan-broiled chicken, lemon chess
pic and pecan pie are the restaurant's
top sellers. She's not sure where all
the recipes originated, but some of
them were gotten from Mildred
Warren's Art of Southern Cooking.
Sallie Williams, who's worked
in the kitchen for almost 39 years,
said people like to visit the hotel
because "The food is good, and it's
a friendly place."
Carter joins county health
department as coordinator
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Houston County Board of Health
Chairman Dr. David Harvey for
mally introduced Houston County’s
new physical health coordinator at
the board's regular meeting
Thursday night.
William P. Carter plunged into
his new job this week as the
Houston County Physical Health
Coordinator and is amazed at all the
services the Houston County Board
of Health has to offer.
"Just in three days I've become
aware of the diversity of the Health
C&VB elects officers, discuss horse futurity
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
The Perry Area Convention and
Visitors Bureau elected new officers
for 1993 at Thursday's monthly
meeting.
Walter Lewis was unanimously
elected chairman, as was Tom Peek
as vice chairman and Davis Cosey
as treasurer.
Welcome Center Director Fay
Tripp gave a promotion report on
the National Cutting Horse
Futurity held last week at the
Agricenter. She said, "We had 486
horses register in the tournament."
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Although Hardage is employed by the
City of Perry, the lawsuit didn't name
the city in the case according to Perry
City Attorney David Walker.
Houston County District
Attorney Ed Lukcmire, along with
the Georgia Bureau of
(HHJ photo by Eric Zellars)
Marsha Haley, part owner and operator of the New Perry Hotel, left, sits at a table with employees Sallie
Williams and Louise Lassetter. Several of the books Dining in Historic Georgia are on the table. The local
motel/restaurant is featured in the book due to its good cooking and historical significance.
Server Louise Lassctter agrees
friendjiness is a main attraction at
the hotel. "I think the food brings
Department, and so many people
depend on the Health Department,"
Carter said.
Making sure everyone at the
Health Department knows how im
portant everyone is that walks in
the door is important to Carter.
"We are a very important function.
"I'm excited because I'm able to
be in a service environment in
Houston County. If I'm successful,
I'll be able to make a difference," he
said.
Carter served in the United
States Air Force 26 years, followed
Since 486 horses registered, that
translates into more than 1,000
people traveling with the futurity.
Not all the numbers are ready, but
Tripp said she'd have them next
week.
"I think everybody I talked with
loved the facility," Tripp said.
The tournament has booked the
facility again for next year, but
they've extended their stay four
more days according to Tripp.
Authority member Dot
Roughton expressed concern that
not enough local people attended
Investigations, detcmiincd there was
"no criminal intent in crime,"
according to Lukemire.
the people in, and we try to make
them feel at home. We make a lot
of friends around here."
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the tournament. He reminded
everyone the bureau had invested
$20,000 in the tournament and
expressed concern they hadn't
received enough in return of the
investment.
Tripp said, "We made a five-year
long-term investment. You have to
build that up. We knew it was
going cost us money."
The bureau recovered about
SIO,OOO or more on their invest
ment Tripp said. "It's going to
grow every year."
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Hill died from a gunshot wound
fired by Hardage after the police
were called to Bonner Drive
Saturday, May 10, at 7 p.m. in
reference to a vandalism/domestic
dispute between Hill and his
girlfriend. Hill’s mother made the
call to local police.
According to reports, Hardage
fired after being physically assaulted
by Hill. RcporLs also stated Hardage
called for back-up but the shooting
Haley said she thinks owning
the hotel and operating it makes her
put more into it and helps her know
Local reps introduce
new sludge legislation
Bill would allow county governments
to deny requests to dump sludge
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Legislation that would allow
Houston County Commissioners to
decide if sludge can be applied to
any land in Houston County has
been introduced into the Georgia
House by representative Robert
Ray, Johnny Floyd, Larry Walker
and others.
House Bill number 228 stipu
lates not only that Houston County
Commissioners can decide to deny
the sludge disposal, they can also
charge fees to those dumping the
sludge. The fees would pay for a
third-party monitoring of the sludge
disposal site. The bill also provides
for public meetings and hearings
about proposed sludge disposal
sites, and for strict regulations and
penalties for not following the reg
ulations according to Walker.
The legislation will probably go
through changes as it proceeds
through the legislative process
Walker said.
"I must state that it is not going
to be easy to pass this legislation
in any form," Walker said.
If the bill passes the state House
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occurred before another police car
could arrive at the scene.
The case gained state-wide
coverage due to the timing and the
fact that Hill, a black man, was
shot by a white police officer. The
shooting occurred just days after
cities around the country began
returning to normal after riots were
incited by the Rodney King verdict
in L.A.
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what customers want. "There's a
man that comes in on Sundays for
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of Representatives, Senator Sonny
Perdue has agreed to handle the leg
islation in the Senate according to
Walker.
The bill is currently being stud
ied by the House Natural Resources
Committee and will be discussed
further when the legislators recon
vene Feb.l after their recess.
The legislation is in response to
South Houston County residents
demanding regulation to sludge cur
rently being applied to farms in the
area.
South Houston County resident
Jimmy Hanncr said, "I read the leg
islation, and I think it's the positive
approach to it.
"The first thing 1 like best is
that the people of the county have
to approve (dumping the sludge).
"The second thing is it calls for
monitoring and provides fees to
have someone pay for monitoring.
People getting rid of it would have
to pay for it instead of the county.
"The third thing I like is that
Larry said it would require
Please see REPS, page 6A