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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1993
County will help Perry obtain funds
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Commissioners voted unanimously
Tuesday night to make a joint re
quest with the City of Perry for a
$400,000 Community Develop
ment Block Grant to help fund
building of a recreation and senior
citizens facility.
The commission will act as a
pass-through agency for Perry, and
no financial requirement will be
made on the county for this project.
The total cost of the planned facil
ity to be built in Rozar Park is
$1.2 million.
The project currently has
$256,000 to its completion, which
morning, Perry
Deaths
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INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 5A
PEGGY BLEDSOE IB
CLASSIFIED 11A
CALENDAR EVENTS 5A
JACKIE COOPER 3B
DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
ANISSA CLEMONS 4A
LEGAL NOTICES ~ 3B
LIFESTYLE 1B
TIM LEWIS IB
GUEST COLUMN 4A
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 8A
BRIAN LAWSON 8A
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987-1823
Special Olympics
volunteers are
needed in March
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
With spring just around the
corner, volunteers with the local
Special Olympics chapter are gear
ing up for competition in. March
and need your help to make the
games a success.
The local games will be held in
Warner Robins on March 20. With
more than 150 athletes scheduled to
compete, volunteers are needed to
ensure a smooth day of competi
tion. Local volunteer Gary Burton
said about 40 more volunteers are
needed before the Summer Games.
“We have about 60 people lined
up to help, but we need so many
more,” he said. “People can help by
being timekeepers, huggers, award
presenters or just encouragers for
the athletes. We can’t do it without
the help of the volunteers.”
Special Olympians will compete
in a variety of sports, most of
which fall into the track and field
category. Burton said spending time
with the special athletes will give a
person a different perspective on
life.
“When I’m out there with these
athletes, I forget my problems ex
ist,” he said. “These people give
everything they do 100 percent ef
fort, and for many of them it takes
that effort to accomplish a task that
I may take for granted everyday.”
Burton is hoping to get more
Perryans involved in Special
Olympics this year. Anyone inter
ested in volunteering for the March
games can contact Burton at 987-
4408 during the day and 987-9939
at night.
PERRY, GEORGIA'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1870--FOR COVERAGE OF YOUR EVENTS, CALL 987-1823
■ The Houston Hornet
Journal
includes SIOO,OOO the city has
rolled forward, $65,000 raised from
the sale of the speculative building
at Perry Industrial Park, and SI,OOO
from Peachstate Cable. City plan
ners hope to get $30,000 from the
sale of the current Older American’s
Council building on Bradley Street.
While the lawsuit filed against
the commission by inmates of the
Houston County Jail was not
openly discussed, Chairman Sherrill
Stafford implored anyone with sug
gestions as to how to finance reno
vations at the jail to share their
thoughts with the commission.
“We are looking for solutions to
this problem, but we certainly wel-
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Wendi Hammock crowned
Miss Perry High Sat. night
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
And the winner is... Wendi
Hammock, Miss Perry High
School 1993.
After a full night of competition
with 22 other contestants, Ham
mock was named the winner of the
school’s pageant Saturday night and
will retain her title until Februaiy
of 1994. The pageant was filled
with song and dance, poetry, origi
nal monologues and other talent
presentations, but Hammock’s ren
dition of “I Will Always Love
Dogwood festival will have to break even
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Dogwood Festival coordinators
met Thursday afternoon to discuss
the status of plans for the Aprii 1-4
annual event
Chamber Executive Director
Peggie Williams stressed to the
dogwood committee the chamber
wants to "break even” financially as
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Su/f filed against county due to jail conditions
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
A lawsuit concerning conditions
at the Houston County Jail was
filed Feb. 11 in Houston County
Superior Court and names Sheriff
Cullen Talton and the Houston
County Commission as defendants.
The suit, filed by Warner Robins
come input into getting the prob
lem solved,” he said.
In other commission business:
You” wowed the crowd and helped
make her a pageant favorite.
While Hammock took first place
honors, runners-up, from first run
ner-up to fourth runner-up, were
Amanda Malone, Lisa Rackley,
Elizabeth Brewer and Amy Phelps.
Pageant organizers Lisa Pryor
and Chris Gillespie said the pageant
was a great success and more than
500 people attended.
“We were real pleased with the
turnout and with the performances
of the girls,” Pryor said. “We had a
the sponsor of the festival. She said
the festival didn't "break even" last
year, and the chamber will not con
tinue to sponsor the event if it con
tinues to operate in the negative.
She told committee members the
different events need to give money
to the chamber in advance to pay
for some of the advertising.
attorney Kenneth Lucas and Anita
Denley of Lucas and Associates,
cites the jail for not meeting safety
standards and for failing to provide
proper medical care for inmates.
While the suit is filed on behalf of
inmates Willie Marshall, Dan Gunn
111, Jody M. Johnson and Bobby
•The lawsuit filed by Kenneth
Lucas against the commission and
the Sheriff’s Department on Feb.
great variety of talent on stage Sat
urday night and feel that everything
turned out even better than we
hoped for.”
Gillespie, drama instructor at
Perry High, was the director of the
pageant and was proud of the suc
cess of the venture.
“This was the first pageant I
worked on, and I was very proud of
the hard work the girls put in and
the final product on pageant night,”
he said.
Williams said a lot of people are
reaping the benefits of the festival
without having to pay for advertis
ing and other costs.
Representatives of 99 WAYS
discussed advertising packages with
the coordinators along with the
possibility of a live remote broad
cast during the festival.
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Bozeman, the suit also lists “any
and all other persons similarly situ
ated” as plaintiffs.
The inmates named in the class
action suit are being housed in the
Houston County jail and its annex
and the Houston County Annex in
Please see SUIT, page 12A
11 was discussed in executive ses
sion but no formal action was
taken.
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City Council welcomed Mayor Jim Worrall, seated, back
to work at their meeting Tuesday night. Pictured with
Worrall are councilmen Charles Lewis and Hervia
Ingram, far left and right, James Moore, mayor pro-tern
and City Manager Marion Hay
Worrall returns to work at
Tuesday council meeting
By ANISSA CLEMONS
Staff Writer
Mayor Jim Worrall conducted
Perry City Council Tuesday for the
first time after an extended illness.
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Tickets are on sale for
Dogwood Ball
Balvaunuca Club member Elizabeth Flowers
displays a poster with Information about the
upcoming fifth annual Dogwood Ball to be held
Saturday, April 3, from 8 p.m. until midnight at the
Georgia Living Center at the Agricenter. Tickets are
>s2s per person and are available at the following
locations: Impressions, Jesup Furniture, Stanley
Discount Furniture, Perry Area Convention and
Visitors Bureau, Perry Area Chamber of Commerce,
Bank South and CB&T Bank of Middle Georgia.
Tickets are limited and there will be no reserved
seating. Dress Is black tie optional. For more
information, call the chamber at 987-1234 or
Impressions at 987-2255.
123RD YEAR—VOLUME 14
•A low bid of $220,675.99 was
accepted from Thomas Mason for
the Henson Road /Hayneville water
main project
•Approval was given for the
commission to continue to act as a
pass-through agency for the Juve
nile Court, which receives a
SIO,OOO grant for its Family Con
nection program. No financial
commitment is required on the part
of the commission for this venture.
•Commissioner Jay Walker was
appointed to serve on the Animal
Control Board. Walker will replace
Charlie Stewart
•Vanna Brown was appointed for
Please see HELP, page 12A
Worrall said, “I feel great being
back. It feels good just to be here or
anywhere besides the hospital..”
Please see RETURNS, page 12A