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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10,1993
Dave Crockett named new principal
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Education approved a
recommendation Tuesday to name
Perry High Assistant Principal
Dave Crockett to the position of
principal at Kings Chapel next
year. The Kings Chapel position
will be opened when current
principal Kim Schoening assumes
the role of principal at the county's
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morning, Perry:
Deaths
Ruth Hardy Irby, Perry; John
Jack Riddles Sr., Perry; Angel
Nickole Lands, Perry. For de
tails, please see page 3A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A
CLASSIFIED 6B^
CALENDAR EVENTS 3A^
DEATH NOTICES 3A
EDITORIALS 4A
BRENDA THOMPSON 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 3B
TIM LEWIS IB
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 9A
BRIAN LAWSON 9A
Kiwanis
Club to
celebrate
55th year
The Perry Kiwanis Club will
celebrate its 55th anniversary with a
special evening March 23 at the
New Perry Hotel.
Dubbed Perry Kiwanis Charter
Night, festivities will begin at 7
p.m. with guests to include Mark
Smith of Atlanta, a past
International Kiwanis president;
Jim Pilcher of Atlanta, the current
Georgia Kiwanis district governor;
Richard Domingos of Macon, a
past Kiwanis district governor;
Harold Helms of Reynolds, the
current Kiwanis lieutenant gover
nor; and many other long time
friends of the local Kiwanis chapter.
Other special guests will in
clude: Reginald Trice of Macon, a
member of the Macon Kiwanis
Club that sponsored the Perry Ki
wanis and who was present at the
local club’s 1938 Charter Night;
Mr. Judson Green of Decatur, a
charter member of the Perry Kiwa
nis; Mrs. Willeen Hall, Perry host
for the Judson Greens; Reverend
Billy Key, former pastor of Perry
Please see CLUB, page 12A
Ladies to vie for Miss Westfield title
Friday night, March 19, at 7:30,
the Westfield Gym will resemble
the "Old West" as thirteen girls
from grades 9-11 will compete for
the title Miss Westfield 1993 and a
SISOO scholarship.
Trophies will be awarded to the
contestant with the highest aca
demic average, as well as to the in
terview, talent and evening gown
winners. The five girls with the
highest total points from the judges
for the first round will then com
pete for the coveted title. Miss
Westfield 1993 and a first and sec
ond runner-up will be named.
Emcee of the pageant for the
second year will be Mr. Jackie
Cooper. Intermission entertainment
will be provided by Miss Kim
Hilliard, a former Miss Warner
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new elementary school next year.
Additionally, the board voted to
approve the appointment of Betty
Bynum to the principal's position
at Thomas Elementary next year.
Tuesday's meeting was also the
opportunity for parents opposing
parts of the language arts
curriculum currently in use in
Houston County to make a formal
presentation to the board. George
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Coralyn, “Corky “ Gauger and one of her many Angora rabbits, Jenny Lynn, practice the art of
spinning . Gauger will hold a special spinning workshop at the upcoming Georgia Folk Festival.
Gauger will be at folk festival
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Angora sweaters and fishing
worms.
You wouldn’t think the two
could possibly be related. But for
local craftswoman, Coralyn
Robins, The Westfield Chorus, and
Mr. Cooper and Miss Cathy
Coleman, the reigning Miss Warner
Robins.
Contestants from the senior
class are: Ann Brannen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Brannen of
Perry, who will be singing a
Striesand, Minelli, McLaine
Medley and is sponsored by
Brannen Ford of Byron; Jill Home,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R.
Home of Roberta, who will be per
forming a jazz dance from "The
Whiz" and is sponsored by J and M
Farms; Chalese Lassiter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lassiter of
Perry, who will be performing a pi
ano solo from "The Entertainer” and
is sponsored by her parents; Heather
Wilder, daughter of Ms. Joyce
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Falldine spoke for the group in a
50-minute presentation that detailed
for the boardmembers exactly what
the concerns of the parents are.
"What we really need here is a
dialogue on this issue and not a
debate," Falldine said. "In a debate,
there is a loser, and if anyone loses
in this, it will be our children.”
Falldine repeatedly pointed out
the willingness and openness of the
“Corky” Gauger, one would have
never happened without the other.
It all started eight years ago
when Mrs. Gauger’s husband
couldn’t find a plump enough red
worm to suit his fishing needs and
Wilder and Mr. Bill Wilder of
Perry, who will perform a comical
monolog entitled "I Used to
Think", and is sponsored by Lane
Packing Company; Jennifer Nunn,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George F.
Nunn Jr. of Perry, who will be per
forming a piano solo "Prelude in
C# Minor" by Rachmaninoff, and
is sponsored by her parents.
Junior contestants are: Kelly
Coleman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Coleman of Perry, who will
be singing "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
and is sponsored by Carter
Enterprises; Kelli Harold, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Harold of
Perry, who will be singing and giv
ing the sign language interpretation
of "The Best of Friends" and is
Please see TITLE, page 12A
board to hear the concerns of the
group, but said he still felt there
was an area of disagreement that
needed to be resolved. Using
statistics and quotes from educators
familiar with the whole-language
concept of teaching reading,
Falldine expressed concern that no
statistical data seems to be available
to support teaching phonics
indirectly rather than in a
decided to begin raising his own.
“The book Mike used as a refer
ence said the ideal place to raise
them is under rabbit pens because
they love manure,” Mrs. Gauger
Please see GAUGER, page 8A
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systematic and direct approach.
"Our goal is to ensure that we
are producing readers who are
reading at their maximum
potential" Falldine said. "We have
done our homework, we have done
research, and our research indicates
we may have some deficiencies in
the way we teach beginning
reading."
Falldine stressed throughout the
Local police, GBI
conclude drug
investigation
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
A drug sting which started in
late January has resulted in the ar
rest of more than a dozen people,
Perry Police Chief Frank Simons
said Tuesday.
According to Simons, his de
partment has been involved in a
routine drug investigation with the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
New sex ed curriculum
to be delivered Thurs.
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
As of March 11, school systems
throughout Georgia will face reno
vations in their curricula used to
teach health and physical education,
and officials are hoping the changes
will be well received by parents and
educators alike.
The changes in the curriculum
have been the source of controversy
as parents have voiced concerns
about sexually explicit material
covered in the new objectives.
However, the new objectives to be
delivered to school systems on
Thursday address many of the con
cerns and add numerous new objec
tives to the current objectives being
taught in health and physical educa-
Bill will re-organize
delivery of health care
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
In spite of opposition from
many health care representatives
from Houston County, the Senate
passed a bill last week that will
provide for the re-organization of
the delivery of health care services
for the mental health, mental retar
dation and substance abuse fields.
Senate Bill 49 was passed by a
vote of 52-2, with State Sen.
Sonny Perdue being one of the
votes against the bill.
"There was such an outcry
against the bill in Houston County
that I couldn't in good conscience
vote for it," Perdue said. "I had to
go with what the people wanted,
but unfortunately, there was over-
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presentation that the group feels the
whole-language curriculum is a
good one but more attention needs
to be directed to teaching phonics in
the beginning stages of teaching
reading skills.
"The key issue here is how
phonics are being taught. In this
curriculum there seems to be a very
wide discretionary window that
Please see CROCKETT, page 5A
(GBI) for several weeks. The inves
tigation concluded Tuesday morning
with 17 charges and 13 arrests.
Most of the arrests were based
on individual sale cases whereby
drugs were sold to undercover
police agents, Simons said.
More information and a list of
those arrested will be available later
this week.
tion classes.
"This new curriculum will prob
ably be good overall for the sys
tem," said Houston County
Coordinator of Health, Drug and
Physical Education Frankie Ross.
"My concern is that teachers are go
ing to have a difficult time imple
menting all of these new objectives
in addition to what they already
have to teach."
A main source of conflict con
cerning the new curriculum was
parental fear that their children
would be submitted to explicit dis
cussions and lectures deiing with
sexual activity, the use of condoms
and alternative sexual orientation.
Please see NEW, page 12A
whelming support for the bill."
The bill came about as a result
of the Senate Bill 811
Commission, which was formed at
the request of the 1992 General
Assembly. The commission was
charged with developing a better
way for counties to deliver services
dealing in the areas of mental
health, mental retardation and sub
stance abuse. In January, the com
mission presented its plan for
changes in the delivery system,
with the main component for
change being the implementation of
regional boards across the state.
"Now that the bill has passed,
we are going to do our best to im-
Please see BILL, page 8A