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MIDWEEK EDITION 25$ Perry & Houston County's 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 Walter L. McDowell. For de tails, please see page 3A. 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 MISS YOUR PAPER? We hope not, but if your carrier should err, please call early. 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- n wtLi amptoh JP Bil y .-: HU WK* JCr Mm . *JI ■ i • ' PsflnK •JB I-JR4 - Xt • jnHk * - -Hj JHH 9 4P r| m H" - HHrt mm, 4 m JSL i Mmm 1 HI 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 2 SECTIONS—IB PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULARS 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. PERRY, GA. A Park Community Newspaper—©l993 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. I H 1 m v : iiv.iop. > mmmMk ms&sA. Sms ySm h\ u M B l|i kjßff § Mm •*» •* §m k * <■ jn $ x: Ssfe« 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. * >K 1 - ■m t j JW. Irf -1 fIHHp |Bf 111: || 1 I i w’ 1 . <JCy » 1 s V , ' 1 3K I 1 i 1 j§ 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