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MIDWEEK EDITION 250 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 HP Good 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 ■The Houston Home* Journal 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 fflwißF I pi 1 • ■’'i' flv \ I W mgfip I . *,l ISL Wmt 5m XI . M 9Hhsr n ■ Wm ■' 'mm W m ; MLmaggßßm Smmm MiHrlM ft i ' wnHHI XHB| JStSSSSa ■M i vjrafef, HHflnJnnr if IftWik ~ HHHf Mi wmmiJShKEkm ■ ( HHJ photo by Brenda Thompson) 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 PERRY, GEORGIA'S .HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 187 Q-FOR COVERAGE OF YOUR EVENtS, CALL 987-1823 2 SECTIONS—IB PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULARS 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 m JHHHHHBjiI 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- 123RDYEAR—VOiPME20 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