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Perry & Houston County's
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1993
Council tables vote
to re-name street
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Perry City Council voted four to
one to table the recommendation to
re-name Elko Road in honor of
Martin Luther King Jr. after hearing
discussion from advocates who
want to name the North Perry By
pass after King at Tuesday night’s
Perry City Council meeting.
Council members Hervia Ingram,
Buddy Roper, Charles Lewis and
Bobby Glover voted to table a vote.
Councilman Ralph Gentry was the
only councilmcmber who opposed
delaying the vote.
Council has told citizens the plan
to re-name tire bypass is unrealistic
since the council has no authority
to name it after King because it is a
state-owned road.
Ingram told the crowd, “You have
placed a burden on the council and
caused it to be divided.”
Glover, who is also chairman of
the city’s Public Works Committee
which agreed to propose to council
Elko Road be named after King,
told opposing citizens, “It is very
unfair to put us in a position of
having just one alternative.”
He said, “(Citizens) said give us
(the North Perry Bypass) and noth
ing else. We can’t give them what
we don’t have.”
Glover said he would have had to
vote against naming the North
Perry Bypass in honor of King if it
had been voted on because the Pub
lic Works Committee made the de
cision to propose renaming Elko
Road. He said he has to do what the
committee suggests.
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INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS SA
CLASSIFIED 10A
CALENDAR EVENTS 6A
JACKIE COOPER 3B
DEATH NOTICES SA
EDITORIALS 4A
BRIGETTE HAMILTON _4A
LEGAL NOTICES 3B
GUEST COLUMN 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 7A
BRIAN LAWSON 7A
DAR luncheon will
be held Feb. 13
American History will be high
lighted when General Daniel
Stewart chapter. Daughters of the
American Revolution, hosts a lun
cheon at noon Saturday, Feb. 13, at
the New Perry Hotel.
According to Mrs. Dale Money,
chapter regent, guest speaker will
be Mrs. Jerido Ward, Georgia state
regent. DAR members joining in
the observance will be from chap
ters in Cordele, Rochelle, Fort
Valley, Hawkins ville,
Jeffersonville, Macon and Warner
Robins.
Reservations should be sent by
Monday, Feb. 8, to Mrs. Barbara
Langston, 1800 Ross Street in
Perry, 31069, telephone 987-1054.
Luncheon is $8.75. Hostesses for
the luncheon will be Mrs. Langston
and Mrs. Mabel Collins.
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Ingram said, “If in 20 years you
don’t see a street in Perry named in
honor of Dr. King, it won’t be be
cause of the council but because of
the people’s unwillingness to work
with us.”
Ingram asked the council to table
the issue “indefinitely.”
Robbin Jackson, a Perry resident
who wants the North Perry Bypass
MLK street re-naming turns
into a hot topic of interest
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Five Perry residents implored
Perry Public Works Committee to
recommend to Perry City Council
the North Perry Bypass be named in
honor of Martin Luther King Jr. in
stead of the committee’s two origi
nal recommendations of Houston
Lake Drive and Elko Road.
“We don’t want Elko Road. We
don’t want Houston Lake Drive.
We want the North Perry Bypass,
and if we can’t have that, we want
Sam Nunn Boulevard or Courtney
Hodges Boulevard,” Clarence Dixon
said at Monday afternoon’s meet
ing.
Councilman Ralph Gentry said,
“Truthfully 1 have some reserva
tions about it. I have had input
from many others.”
Councilman Charles Lewis said
he has received more calls about
this issue than he’s received about
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Beltista show begins today
Kitty Barfield of Elegant Designs is helping the
Beltista Club decorate the entrance to the National
Guard Armory for the club's annual Antiques at the
Crossroads Show and Sale today and tomorrow,
Feb. 3-4, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. Admission is $4
and all proceeds will be donated by the. club to local
charities.
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named in honor of King, said, “I
feel like I’ve walked into an expen
sive restaurant and ordered a steak
dinner and got a chicken dinner in
stead.”
Ingram explained to the standing
room-only crowd Elko Road will
soon be a “major thoroughfare” be
cause it will connect to the Golden
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all other issues combined during the
last year. Lewis explained to the
men many landowners donated the
land to be used for the North Perry
Bypass, and they should have a
voice in its naming.
City Manager Marion Hay re
minded the committee and the men
Perry City Council doesn’t have the
authority to name the North Perry
Bypass in honor of King because it
is a state road. He told the men they
were welcome to consult with the
state on the matter. The men asked
for the committee’s support in their
efforts to get the suite to name the
road in honor of King, and they
refused.
Lewis asked the men how they
felt about naming Crcckwood Drive
and Creekwood Park after King, and
they said they don’t like the idea.
Larry Holmes threatened Gentry
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Beauty
queen!
Miss Sr. WR, Ga.
will head to Tenn.
for national title
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Abandoned at a railroad station in
Indianapolis, Ind. at the age of one, |
Mary Jane Sanders has come a long I
way en route to become Ms. Senior I
Georgia.
Asa foster child all her life, I
Sanders said she never had the op
portunity to enter pageants during
her childhood, but she’s compensat
ing for it now in her 60s.
Her quest for Ms. Senior Georgia
began last year when her husband
George saw an ad in a newspaper
soliciting entrants to the Ms. Se
nior Warner Robins pageant.
“My husband thought I was |
attractive, and 1 talked it over with
my family and friends. They
thought it was a good idea,”
Sanders said.
After winning Ms. Senior Warner
Robins, Sanders competed in Ms.
Senior Georgia Jan. 17 in Atlanta
and won.
“I was surprised when I won Ms.
Senior Warner Robins, and I was
on cloud nine. Then when I won
Ms. Senior Georgia I felt like I had
died and gone to heaven," she said.
Sanders will compete for the title
of Ms. Senior America on May 18
at Opryland in Tennessee. As her
talent in the contest, Sanders will
perform a Tahitian and Hawaiian
dance as she has in the other two
pageants. Another aspect of the
competition includes a five-minute,
private interview with the judges
who rate contestants on their
philosophy of life Sanders said.
“My philosophy is pretty is as
pretty docs, and beauty is only skin
deep,” she said.
The platform on which Sanders
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Walker reveals plans for exit
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
If all goes according to plan,
there will be a direct-access exit to
the Georgia National Fairgrounds
and Agriccnter in about two years.
State Rep. Larry Walker said the
plan to construct an lntcrstate
-75/Hay Road Interchange is already
included in the suite’s program of
work and the interchange will hope
fully be a reality by 1995.
“I am very optimistic about this
County discusses jail problem
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Commissioners held a special dis
cussion session Tuesday morning
to explore possible solutions to the
problem with the current jail facili
ties in the county.
The commissioners have been
discussing the deficiencies in the
system since August without com
ing to any definite conclusions as
to how to solve the problem.
AgCenter is generating revenue
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
While the Georgia stale budget
has not allocated as many actual
dollars this year for the Georgia Na
tional Fairgounds and Agricenter,
the state is not actually decreasing
its funding for the center. The bud
getary figures reflect that the state
allotted $3.3 million in funds for
the center last year, while only
$2.28 million will be targeted for
the center this year.
State Rep. Larry Walker said the
reduction is hot a decrease in state
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America this May.
project,” Walker said. “This inter
change will go a long way toward
completing a bypass around Perry,
which has been needed for quite a
while.”
Walker commented that the addi
tion of the exit would be beneficial
to Perryans as well as the Fair
grounds and Agriccnter. The addi
tion of the interchange would help
alleviate traffic problems through
the city and would provide much
Tuesday’s session was designed
to allow the commissioners to hear
from members of the law enforce
ment community concerning the is
sue. All law departments of the
county were represented, with each
person asked to share his/her view
of how the problem can be solved.
Houston County has been man
dated by the state to work toward
correcting safety and fire code viola
tions in both Houston County
support for the Agricenter but is in
stead a sign that the Agricenter is
generating more of its own revenue.
“The figures do show that the
state budget is not directing as
much money to the Agricenter, but
that is because the center is more
able to be supported with self-gen
erated funds,” Walker explained.
“That’s state money out there that
runs the Ajriccnter and the more
the center can do on its own, the
less we have to do on a state level.”
Michael Frochlich, executive di-
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easier access to the Agriccnter from
the interstate.
“The people of Perry have been
very receptive to this project from
the beginning. In fact, I would es
timate that we have about 99 per
cent support to go ahead with the
project,” Walker said.
Fay Tripp, executive director of
the Perry Welcome Center, is en
thusiastic about the addition of the
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holding centers. While physical re
pairs could be made to the facilities,
the main problem comes with over
crowding of county facilities. Ac
cording to all who spoke at the ses
sion, the bottom line is that the
county needs anew jail.
“The.system is maxed out at this
point, and everyone is doing every
thing they can to alleviate the over
crowding problems,” said District
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rector of the Agriccntcr, said he
looks at the state figures as a
healthy sign that the center is on its
way toward becoming more self
sufficient and vital to the commu
nity. With the success of the center
comes economic growth and
tourism dollars for Perry and Hous
ton County, and the figures in
those areas continue to grow each
year.
“I like to think of the center as
an economic generator. The csli-
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