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MIDWEEK
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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
I WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1993
Sludge meetings
in Perry continue
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Antique show coming to Perry
Jennifer Dawson bought this beautiful Sheraton
mahogany linen press at the Beltista Club's
Antiques at the Crossroads show and sale last year.
The club’s show this year is Feb. 3-4 at the Perry
Armory.
Former Kmart building to
become sports complex
BY ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Local Accountant Edgar Barfield
confirmed a rumor Tuesday he and
eight other partners will open a
sports center where Kmart formerly
was located on Sam Nunn
Boulevard.
"Essentially we're going to
move two existing businesses
there, but we’re going to expand
them,” Barfield said.
Lawsuit claims Hardage
used excessive force
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
It could take up to four years be
fore the civil suit naming the
mothers of Anthony Hill's four
children as plaintiffs against Perry
Police Officer John Hardage is tried
according to Attorney Ken Lucas,
who is jointly representing the
plaintiffs.
Hill was killed on May 9 of last
year when Hardage shot him in the
chest. Hardage was called to Bonner
Drive in response to a report
concerning Hill’s tires being
slashed. Hill hit Hardage with a
folding chair and a bicycle before
Hardage fired his gun.
The $8 million lawsuit was filed
last week in the U.S. District Court
in Macon. The suit claims Hardage
"made no effort to investigate the
claims of Hill's car tires being
slashed."
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He said the .sports center will in
clude a relalfdivision, which will
sell hunting and boating
gear. Boats and motors will also be
sold, he said. Along with the retail
part, there will be a wholesale divi
sion that sells sporting goods to
businesses. A mail order division
will also be included at the sports
center, Barfield said. "The sports
Please see KMART, page 12A
The lawsuit contends Hill at
tempted to withdraw from an oral
confrontation, and Hardage refused
to let him retreat. It also alleges
Hill used the metal folding chair for
protection from Hardage's night
stick.
Hardage then allegedly knocked
the chair out of Hill's hand before
shooting Hill. The lawsuit
claims,"that the acts of Defendant
Hardage constitute an excessive use
of force...."
The plaintiffs are asking for $4
million in compensatory damages
and $4 million in punitive damages
despite Hardage being cleared by
Houston County District Attorney
Ed Lukemire after a GBI investiga
tion.
When asked if thought his case
would stand up in court, Lucas said,
Please see CLAIMS, page 12A
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By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
South Houston County residents
and county officials attended a
meeting Tuesday held by die Macon
Water Authority in conjunction
with the Georgia Water Pollution
Control Association in an effort to
"educate the public about
biosolids.”
Macon Water Authority's Don
Thompson said, "We wanted to gel
another viewpoint from a farmer
because Uiere's not much experience
with biosolids in Georgia."
Farmer Gary Wegner contends
there is a difference between
biosolids and sludge in that sludge
is more dense and biosolids arc
treated with biological processes by
treatment facilities.
Wegner, a Washington farmer
who uses biosolids, said, "Biosolids
is the best fertilizer for American
farmers."
Wegner was interrupted by
South Houston County sludge op
posers saying such as, "I don’t see
how people can over rule that we
want and dump that stuff."
Houston County Commission
Chairman Sherrill Stafford, who at
tended the meeting along with
Commissioner Calvin Mayc and
other officials of surrounding coun
ties, asked Wegner about the pro
cess enforced in Washington con
cerning permits. He said, "We do
have to have permits. In my stale
D lease see SLUDGE, page 12A
BOE hears from
citizens about
re-zoning issue
By TERESSA ULIN
Park News Services
County residents opportunity to
voice their opinions Tuesday about
a proposed school re-zoning plan
that could take some children out of
Kings Chapel Elementary School.
Approximately 30 people attended
a public hearing held by the
Houston County Board of
Education that allowed them to give
their feelings about whether they
wanted their children zoned into a
new elementary school currently
under construction on Highway 96.
Some families not included in the
re-zoning used the hearing to ask to
be zoned into the new school
scheduled to open next fall.
Under the plan submitted to the
school board last month, approxi
mately 36 Kings Chapel
Elementary students living in the
areas between Lake Joy, Houston
Lake and Hunt roads would be re
zoned to the new elementary school
next year. The re-zoning move
would drop Kings Chapel's enroll-
Please see HEARS, page 12A
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Don’t miss the show!
Kings Chapel Elementary student Julee Todd
practices singing "Achy Breaky Heart" for the Perry
school s upcoming second annual Variety Show to
be held at the school Friday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.
Twenty groups of one or more students will present
such acts as singing, dancing, lip synching,
comedy routines and more. Several local merchants
have donated prizes for the winners. Principal Kim
Shoening encourages all parents, friends and
families of the students to come and enjoy the
show.
HCDA will spend funds to attract industry
By TERESSA ULIN
Park News Services
A Houston County agency has
agreed to financially contribute to
the county's effort to attract new
industries to die area.
The Houston County
Development Authority voted
Tuesday to allot $5,000 from its
budget to help fund the county's
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participation in the Red Carpel
Tour, scheduled for the first week in
April.
The tour, which invites top
CEOs and corporation heads to
learn more about Georgia's eco
nomic communities, coincides with
the Master's golf tournament in
Augusta.
Deaths
Jerry L. Jones, Athens; Flo
rence Grittin Foust, Lithonia;
Larry Halligan, Marshallville;
Owens Hamilton McDonnell,
Ashburn; Ashley Ray Ursrey,
Perry; Helen IngramCliett, Fort
Valley; Jacquelyn Ellis Meeks,
Macon; John B. Worley, Perry.
For details, please see page
3A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS BA
PEGGY BLEDSOE 1B
CLASSIFIED 6B
CALENDAR EVENTS 5A
JACKIE COOPER 4B
DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS ~~4A
BRIGETTE HAMILTON 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 3B
LIFESTYLE 1B
TIM LEWIS 1B
GUEST COLUMN 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 9A
BRIAN LAWSON 9A
Watch out for
callers asking
for donations
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
The Perry Police Department has
unwillingly been included as part of
a fund-raising plan to raise money
for "WcTip National Police
CTimcLinc," Perry Police Chief
Frank Simons said.
Representatives of the organiza
tion are calling Perry citizens and
saying they are raising money for
the Perry Police Department.
Simons said, "We need to remind
our community they're not working
for the Perry Police Department.
"We arc not recommending or
encouraging anyone to contribute to
Please see CALLERS, page 12A
The 1993 tour will be based in
Macon with a Houston County
contingent operating a booth dis
playing local development opportu
nities. The county booth will in
corporate information about the
county as well as information from
the cities of Perry and Warner
Please see SPEND, page 12A
Two Perry High
students win'
county social
studies fair
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Two Perry High School students
won first place in the ninth and
tenth grade category of Houston
County's third annual Social
Studies Fair held Jan. 12-13, and
both arc scheduled to compete in
the Regional Fair in March.
First-place winners Amy Vest
and Britt Barrett, along with their
classmates were given an assign
ment by history teacher Ruth
Tarpley. Tarplcy told her students
to choose a topic of personal inter
est for their social studies project.
She chose five of those projects to
be entered in the fair. Although
there were several good projects,
Tarpley said, "1 Tell their's were
exceptional, and compared to others
in the county, they were
exceptional. The two were very
interested and motivated in their
Please see WIN, page 12A