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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1993
Parents will have say in sex ed courses
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
Amid the demand for better edu
cation concerning topics such as
teen pregnancy, AIDS and sexually
transmitted diseases, the state of
Georgia has approved anew health
and physical education curriculum
to be used throughout the state's
school systems. What this new cur
riculum means to Houston County
remains to be seen, but according to
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morning, Perry
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Melissa Beth Buttram, Warner
Robins; Irene Lane, Perry;
Henry Thomas, Perry; James
Pratt Bacon, Moultrie; Daniel
L. Jolley, Texas; Garland W.
Sumner, Ocilla. For details,
please see page 6A.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 6A
PEGGY BLEDSOE 1B
CLASSIFIED 5B
CALENDAR EVENTS 6A
JACKIE COOPER 6B
DEATH NOTICES 6A
EDITORIALS 4A
BRIGETTE HAMILTON 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 3B
TIM LEWIS IB
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A
SPORTS 8A
BRIAN LAWSON 8A
RAFB begins
PALS program to
ensure relations
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
While the relationship between
Robins Air Force Base and sur
rounding communities has always
been a good one, base officials are
going the extra mile to ensure the
continuation of that good relation
ship.
Maj. Gen. William P. Hallin
has implemented anew program,
Partners in Logistics, to help the
base maintain a strong bond with
community leaders. The PALS
program pairs community leaders
from throughout Middle Georgia
with leaders from various base or
ganizations.
"It is a tremendous honor to
have been chosen to participate in
this program," said Debbie Hart of
WPGA in Perry. "This is an oppor
tunity to directly involve the com
munity in the base operations and
give people a better understanding
of what goes on at the base."
The PALS program was created
to make the leaders of neighboring
communities more a part of the
center's operations. The leaders will
serve as counterparts to comman
ders or directors of a base organiza
tion for one year.
"The base has a tremendous im
pact on our community, and while
we all know the base is out there,
we don't really know much about
what actually takes place there on a
daily basis," said Arthur Loewen, a
Metropolitan Life Insurance repre
sentative from Perry. "This pro
gram will help community leaders
stay abreast of base operations and
enable us to keep our communities
more informed about the base and
its role in our communities."
During the year the partners are
together, PALS members will be
participating in a variety of base
events, including commander's
calls, center events, meetings and
office functions.
Coordinator of Health, Drug and
Physical Education Frankie Ross, a
great deal of change is on the hori
zon.
A main provision in the new
curriculum mandates the involve
ment of non-teaching parents on
committees designed to establish
guidelines for the implementation
of the new curriculum. Several new
objectives, including an emphasis
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Jennifer Gayle Nunn, center, was crowned Miss Westfield 1993 in the March 19 pageant held at the
school. Also pictured are second runner-up Heather Jo Wilder, left, and first runner-up Chalese
Alayne Lassiter, right. Thirteen girls vied for the title, with five girls being named finalists.
Nunn is crowned Miss Westfield
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
Featuring a Western theme and a
night filled with music, the Miss
Westfield 1993 Pageant was a rous
ing success March 19 with Jennifer
Gayle Nunn being crowned Miss
Westfield.
Nunn took top honors by win
ning the talent and interview por
Kiwanis Club celebrates 55 years
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
Celebrating 55 years of tradition
and influence in Perry, about 100
former and present Kiwanis Club
members met last night to high
light the club's past accomplish
ments.
Started in 1938, the Perry
Kiwanis Club has been an influen
tial fixture in Houston County for
many years. The club has produced
from its membership 10 city may
ors, state representatives and sena
tors and an U.S. senator.
Highlights of the night included
a historical slide show by Charles
Shelton and the presentation of
congratulatory letters to charter
member Francis Nunn from
President Bill Clinton, Senator
Sam Nunn and the Georgia House
of Representatives for being the
only charter member still active in
the club.
Kiwanis President Harry Small
challenged the club to continue its
precedence of making a difference in
Perry and producing leaders for the
community and state.
"The past 55 years have been
great, and we can look ahead to the
next 55 years being even bigger and
better for the club," he said.
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"...there are so many new objectives ...we
have to determine how the teachers can ef
fectively address these issues." -Frankie
Ross, coordinator of Health, Drug and
Physical Education.
on abstinence, have been added to
the current curriculum, which will
require educators to re-evaluate the
tions of the pageant. First runner
up was Chalese Alayne Lassiter and
second runner-up was Heather Jo
Wilder. Holly Ann Hartley and Ann
Elizabeth Brannen were also among
the top five finalists.
A large crowd turned out for the
14th annual pageant to cheer on
their favorite contestants. While the
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Francis Nunn, right, was honored at the Kiwanis Club's Charter
Night celebration last night. Pictured are Georgia Kiwanis Gov.
Jim Pilcher, left, and Kiwanis President Harry Small.
Bobby Tuggle, organizer of the
night's events, said looking back on
the past 55 years of the club shows
just what a force the Kiwanis Club
has been in Perry.
"If you look back through the
teaching of health courses.
"This curriculum addresses many
of the parents' concerns, but there
13 contestants wowed the crowd
with their talent presentations, Kim
Hilliard, Jackie Cooper, Cathy
Coleman and the Westfield Chorus
also provided entertainment
throughout the evening. Judges for
the festivities were Sandy Scaggs,
Tom Scaggs and Kim Hilliard.
years, the Kiwanis Club has had a
great deal of political influence, not
only in Perry, but throughout the
state as well," said Bobby Tuggle.
"Our clubs have produced a great
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are so many new objectives con
cerning AIDS and teen pregnancy
and related topics that we have to
determine how the teachers can ef
fectively address these issues," said
Ross.
Although Ross does not have
the curriculum in hand as yet, she
requested a list of involved parents
from each school's principal and is
working toward forming the re
Dogwood Festival
will be bigger and
better than ever
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
Despite rumors floating around
town, The Dogwood Festival is
alive and well, with a bigger and
better festival than ever scheduled
this year.
Peggie Williams, executive vice
president of the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce, said the
festival promises to be a big suc
cess this year. As the festival
grows, however, the cost of produc
ing a quality festival also grows.
With the help of the community
and local businesses, the festival
can continue to grow and become a
part of Perry's heritage
"It cost a lot of money to put
these events on, and if there is no
sponsor for an event, the chamber
picks up the tab," said Williams.
"If we can get more donations from
the community and chamber mem
bers, we may be able to break even
or perhaps have funds left over to
use as seed money for next year’s
festival."
Williams said one of the cham
Crockett is excited
about new position
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
This June Dave Crockett will
close one door in his life and step
through another. It is a journey he
anticipates with excitement, but
also one he knows will be full of
adjustment and change.
Crockett, assistant principal at
Perry High School, has been tagged
as the new principal at Kings
Chapel Elementary beginning next
year. The Kings Chapel position
became open when current Principal
Kim Schoening was named as the
county’s new elementary school
principal next year.
Although he has been involved
in high school education for a
number of years, Crockett began
his teaching career at Perry
Elementary School and looks for
ward to dealing with younger stu
dents again.
"I'm very excited about this op
portunity to work with the younger
children again," he said.
"Sometimes the younger students
have a lot more enthusiasm and are
more eager to leam, so I look for
ward to being in that environment
again."
Crockett is happy to get the op
portunity to serve as principal
Life without parole sentencing
passes Ga. Senate March 16
Governor Zell Miller has won
passage of anew exact sentencing
tool that means what it says: life
without parole. His legislation to
establish life without parole as a
sentencing alternative won final
passage in the Senate on March 16.
For the first time, Georgia judges
and juries will be able to sentence
someone to life in prison with no
chance for parole.
"We all know that life impris
onment doesn’t really mean life in
prison," Governor Miller said. "The
average amount of time spent by
defendants who are serving life
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quired committees. Each committee
is to be comprised of parents, edu
cators, representatives of the health
care field, and a male and female
high school student.
"I am tentatively planning to
ward having three separate commit
tees with five parents, three teach
ers, health care representatives and
the high school students," Ross
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ber's goals is to make the festival
more self-supporting by encourag
ing more community-wide respon
sibility in holding the festival.
"This is a win/win situation
when we make money because it
goes right back into the commu
nity," she said. "We are just trying
to spread the help across the board
so the same businesses won't con
tinue to be hit up for donations."
Williams said the festival will
continue to get better each year the
community becomes more involved
in the sponsorship of the activities.
While a lot of donations have been
received to help with this year's fes
tival, Williams said even more
support will be necessary in the fu
ture to ensure a quality festival.
"We certainly appreciate all the
support we have for this festival,
but we hope to get more involve
ment next year,” she said. "The bet
ter our festival, the larger our draw
will be, which ultimately means
more money coming back into the
community."
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Dave Crockett
within the Houston County School
System. A long-time resident of
Perry, Crockett anticipates working
with many students who may be
the children of former students.
"Perry is a great place to live and
teach, and I'm really glad to get this
type of opportunity here," he said.
"Once I get to Kings Chapel, I'll
just add my spice and flavor to an
already excellent program, and we'll
see what the future holds."
terms is only 11 to 13 years.
Justice demands better than this;
victims and their families deserve
better than this. That is why I
sponsored legislation to create life
with parole so when criminals are
sentenced to jail, they will stay
there and not be let back out to prey
on society."
To utilize this sentence, the judge
or jury would be required to find at
least one aggravating circumstance
such as the crime being the second
or subsequent capital offense, a
felony murder or a particularly atro-
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