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WEEKEND EDITION 250 Perry & Houston County's official Legal Organ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1993 Costume design Hard work and effort go into making costumes for Perry Players By ANISSA CIEMONS Staff Writer Four more weeks and the curtain will rise as the Perry Players take the stage to perform the musical "Fiorello!" The cast spends most of their nights rehearsing their lines, sing ing their songs or tapping their dances. Though the parts range from women working in a dress fac tory to men playing poker, every cast member has to be dressed for their part, and that's Pat McCoy's job. McCoy received a degree in home economics, textiles and cloth ing during college. She sees her participation in "Fiorello!" as "a creative outlet." The musical is about the 12th production for which McCoy has prepared the costumes. McCoy's tedious task began after Director Carol Strandburg chose the cast and shared her vision of how the cast should look on stage. "I personally feel the costumes are very important, and I do a lot of re search. I think theater is very vi sual," Strandburg said. McCoy said after she and Strandburg get their ideas together they go through their clothing closet to see if there's anything they can use. "After that we hit the res cue missions and Salvation Army.” McCoy said-she has to measure all 38 of the cast members before she starts piecing together different garments to formulate the final cos- Miss PHS pageant to be held Feb. 13 It's never quiet for long in the Perry High School Theatre. Right now things are being geared up for the 1993 Miss Perry High Pageant which will be held Saturday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. This is the first year the pageant is being hosted by Chris Gillespie and the school's Thespian Troup. "We're very excited, to be in charge of things this year," Gillespie said. "We want our audi ence to really be entertained, so Deaths Hayward Edwin Allen Sr., But ler. For details, please see page 3A. INDEX AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A ROBIN BOOKER 4A CALENDAR 3A CLASSIFIED 4B_ DEATH NOTICES 3A EDITORIALS 4A PERRY SCRAPBOOK 4A POLICE REPORT 2A SPORTS IB JIM SHIPLEY 4A STREET TALK 4A JOHN TRUSSELL 2B BOBBY TUGGLE 2B BRIAN LAWSON IB WOODS 'N WATER 2B , ™g§ 1 j- vnKBBHL * fl VX- I H 4 ■' il W’ ; (HHJ photo by Eric Zellars) Three members of the Perry Players, Diane Scruggs, Grace Nottingham and Sally Stanley, model a small sample of the eloquent designs the cast will be wearing for their upcoming presentation "Fiorello!" Pat McCoy is designing around 100 costumes for this one play. tume. "We cannibalize clothes to a 1914 and* 1933, according to time span, "There are two sets of degree.” McCoy. clothing for almost everybody." The time period in which Strandburg said since there were In order to keep the complica- Fiorello takes place is between several fashion changes during that Please see COSTUME, page 6A we've tried to plan the pageant just like a high energy show." This year’s theme is "Vogue" and it promises to be a fast-paced night of glitter and glamour. Macon area performer Ms. Paulette Winters and movie critic Jackie Cooper will emcee an evening featuring 23 of Perry High's best. Each contestant has a sponsor, so almost every organization on the PHS campus, from sports to ser vice clubs to academic organiza Perry students injured during school field trip By ROBIN BOOKER Staff Writer Three Perry Middle School stu dents suffered minor injuries Wednesday as they returned from a field trip in Atlanta. Two students received stitches from their injuries, while one suffered from a bump on the head. The injuries occurred to the stu dents when three young males threw beer bottles at the school buses the students were in as they left Atlanta Wednesday afternoon. P&Z discusses re-zoning near Perry Country Club By ANISSA CLEMONS Staff Writer Perry Planning and Zoning Commission held a special meeting Monday night to get feedback from local developers and realtors on their proposed cluster development which was put together in response to a re-zoning request for land bor dering Perry Country Club. Realtor Donnie Free told Commission members the cluster proposal is part of a solution but not a total solution. He said it's not possible to build a $60,000 to SBO,OOO house in Perry because the zoning laws don't permit smaller PERRY/GEORGIA'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE TB7G-FOR COVERAGE OF YOUR EVENTS, CALL 987-1823 ■r r— y ,U ■ ■ ■— , I , , ■7.mh i~ ■ , ! ■ ■ _—■■■■ ■■ ■■■■ * ■— ff The Houston Homeff Journal 2 SECTIONS—IO PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULAR? tions, will be well represented. This in turn has seemed to insure a greater variety in the talent compe tition which will include singing, dancing, piano, guitar, poetry and original monologues. Interviews will be hosted earlier in the day at the Perry Welcome Center where six judges from around Middle Georgia will have a chance to talk with each contestant. Throughout this pageant, more im portance is being placed on things The bottles broke two windows in the rear of the bus, and the shattered glass cut one boy on the arm and another on the lip. “This was a very unfortunate thing that happened to our stu dents,” Principal Bobby Pennington said. “You never can tell when you send these kids out what may hap pen, but you certainly don’t expect anything like this.” Pennington said the incident was Please see INJURED, page 5A lot sizes. "We're sitting here with only 21.4 houses built last year," Free said. Perry Building Inspector Bill Chambless said, "We're not going to open the gates and let just any thing be built. We’re being progres sive, but we're being careful." Commission Chairman Martin Beeland told the developers to give their suggestions to the commis sion before Monday night. The commission will meet Monday night at 6 p.m. to further discuss the re-zoning. like interviews, application and in volvement in school and commu nity. The pageant itself will be held at the Perry High Theater Saturday, Feb. 13, starting at 7 p.m. All seats are $5. Contestants this year along with their sponsors are: Yteshia Scott-Varsity Cheerleaders Amy Mullin-Business Education Please see PHS, page 5A Pf || a S2& St .jflw aria " WBM Mi * \ . jjfl ■JmSSSk'- # ||§ BP I ' ■ 5%. I ■ (HHJ photo by Eric Zellars) Pageant winners Pictured above are winners of the 1993 Perry Mr. and Miss Valentine Pageant held at Perry High Thursday night, sponsored by the high school's Junior Varsity Cheerleaders. Pictured are Krystle Kennedy, third runner-up, front left; Heather McWhorter, fourth runner-up; Heather Kathcock, second runner-up, back left; Erica Wright, photogenic winner; Travis Moss, Little Mr. Valentine; Alya Wilson, Little Miss Valentine; and Lacey Cawthon, first runner-up. PERRY, GA. Kell wood Cos. forced to make some cutbacks By ROBIN BOOKER Staff Writer The recession is no respecter of persons or businesses, and Kell wood is one local business feeling the effects of a bad economy. The Perry company was forced to make cutbacks last week affecting at least 30 employees, with unconfirmed reports indicating more layoffs were made Friday. A reduction in orders and the shut-down of the Sears Catalogue Alltel will take over Perry phone service By ROBIN BOOKER Staff Writer In what is being called a prop erty swap by both parlies, Alltel Corporation and GTE signed a letter of intent Wednesday to trade tele phone service areas in Georgia. In cluded in the agreement are the 9,200 customers in Houston County who are currently served by GTE. - The exchange allows Alltel to exchange its 95,000 access lines in Indianna, Illinois and Michigan and "$440 million in cash for all of GTE’s Georgia operations. GTE serves approximately 285,000 tele phone lines in Georgia at this time. Nunn is featured speaker at COG annual meeting By ROBIN BOOKER Staff Writer The upcoming annual meeting of the Perry Area Chamber of Com merce is the talk of the town as Perryans anticipate hearing and see ing U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn Tuesday night, Feb. 9. Nunn, a native of Perry, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker for the meeting at the Georgia Living Center at the Agricenter at 7 p.m. “We anticipate one of the largest annual meetings in our history,” said Executive Director Peggie Williams. “We expect around 500 people to attend, and we are ex tremely proud and pleased to have Sen. Nunn on the program.” Please see NUNN, page 6A 123RD YEAR—VOLUME 11 division are primarily responsible for the cutbacks. While many of the employees were layed off, several others were given job openings on the first shift. Because so many workers were let go, the second shift at the company has been shut down. Kellwood hopes to recall some of the layed off workers at a future date. Local Kellwood officials refused to comment on the situtation. No definite decisions have been made at this time regarding em ployees of either company, but a statement by Alltel President Joe Ford said, “We will, wherever pos sible, pursue opportunities else where in the growth areas of the company for the employees affected by the consolidations. However, even with some attrition, it is ex pected that force reductions will be necessary.” A formal statement from GTE’s offices in Texas indicated the 975 persons currently employed by GTE in Georgia will become Alltel em- Please see SERVICE, page 5A m jr - '-lUi,; Sen. Sam Nunn