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Perry & Houston County's
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7,1993 2 SECTIONS—2O PAGES, PLUS SALES CIRCULARS 123RD YEAR—VOLUME 28 j
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Riding the Dogwood Express Saturday were several children who came downtown with their parents to enjoy the
parade and Carroll Street Celebration held during the Fifth Annual Dogwood Festival. For more scenes of activi
ties held over the weekend, please see page 78.
Dogwood
fun for all
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
In a flurry of activity and a
whirlwind of events, the fifth an
nual Dogwood Festival has come
and gone. The task now left to
planners of the event is to evaluate
the success of the festival so an
even bigger and better festival can
be planned for next year.
Although the weather was not
cooperative on all fronts, clear skies
prevailed Saturday to allow a large
crowd to wander around downtown,
sampling the food, checking out the
craft vendors and enjoying a variety
of entertainment. A good-sized
group turned out Sunday for Family
Day at Rozar Park as well, even
though it did rain throughout the
afternoon.
"We had about 50 vendors from
around the Southeast, including lo
cal artisans as well," said Karen
Nikitopoulos, coordinator of the
street vendors. "We had a tremen
dous turnout and the vendors were
very pleased with the reception they
received in Perry."
Attendance at this year's festival
is thought to have been higher than
last year's, although final statistics
are not in on all events.
"We had great attendance at al
most all Dogwood events," said
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce
Executive Vice-President Peggie
Williams. "With the exception of
low turnout for the street dance
Friday night, I would say we had
better attendance at most events
than last year."
Plans are already in the making
for next year's festival, with high
hopes to improve even more on the
schedule of events.
Commissioners make another payment on trial
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Commissioners were forced
Tuesday to approve a $35,130
payment on the Travis Hittson
trial, bringing the total cost of the
trail so far to $100,130.
The funds for the trial come out
of the contingency fund, but the
commissioners have no choice in
approving payment for the court
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Dogwood Festival queens for 1993 are from left front - Little Miss Dogwood Jenison Cooper,
Junior Miss Dogwood Janna Leech; left back - Teen Miss Dogwood Danielle Kitrell, Miss
Dogwood Brandi Durst and Pre-Teen Miss Dogwood Katie Stephens.
costs.
"This comes under the heading
of being court mandated, as in we
have no choice in the matter," said
Commissioner Jay Walker.
The Board also voted to approve
a $2,500 donation to the Red
Carpet Tour as part of Houston
County's share in the project. This
is the first time in the past six
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The Red Carpet Tour will bring
• 65 business and industry dignitaries
to the Middle Georgia area to show
case the opportunities this part of
the state offers. Houston County's
total contribution to the tour will
be around SIO,OOO, with the
county's $2,500 included in that
figure.
‘ In other business, the commis
sioners:
•Approved a recommendation to
name April 11-17 National Public
Safety Telecommunicators Week.
•Voted to place signs in the
Perry Courthouse parking lot des
ignating those parking spaces as re
served for persons having court
house business during courthouse
hours.
Please see PAYMENT, page 12A
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Larry Walker
gives update on
1993 legislation
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
In spite of media reports that the
1993 session of the Georgia
General Assembly was unproduc
tive, Rep. Larry Walker told the
Perry Kiwanis Club the legislature
accomplished a great many feats,
many of which directly affect Perry
and Houston County.
"When we don't do everything
Atlanta wants, then we hear that we
had a bad session," said Walker.
"However, we passed a great deal of
legislation that will benefit the
state and this area, and I’m proud of
what we did accomplish."
Walker said the issue of whether
or not to change the state flag dom
Council presents
awards to Perryans
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Perry City Council performed
before a full house Tuesday evening
as the mayor and councilmen
presented resolutions to several
Perry residents.
The first resolution was pre
sented to L. Cohen Walker, a 56-
ycar resident of Perry and Houston
County.
The resolution thanked Walker
for his many contributions to the
city and county and cited his service
to the community as a former
school teacher, a 21-year stint as
chairman of the Houston County
Board of Education, an active leader
Churches plan Easter
services all week long
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
The Perry Ministerial Associa
tion and local churches are holding
a number of special services and
events in celebration of Easter this
year.
According to the Rev. A.C. Tru
luck, president of the local Ministe
rial Association, Holy Week ser
vices began Monday, April 5, and
will continue through Friday, April
9. Sponsored by the Ministerial
More thefts
occur at motels
during weekend
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Although they enjoyed a lull in
burglaries, occupants of local mo
tels fell victim to another kind of
thief this weekend.
Officers of the Perry Police De
partment were summoned to six
separate incidents of hubcap thefts
at four Perry motels early Saturday.
Total loss has been estimated at
$2,300.
The hubcap thefts follow a re
cent rash of burglaries which re
sulted in approximately $2,700 in
cash and property being stolen from
various local hotel/motel occu
pants. Both groups of crimes are
still under investigation by local
law enforcement.
“Because this is not the first
time we have had hubcaps stolen
from cars in hotel and motel park
ing lots, we are not sure if these
perpetrators are the same ones in
volved in last week’s burglaries,”
said Captain Steve Heaton of the
Perry Police Department. “We are
still running down leads on sus
pects in all the incidents.”
Perry motels plagued by the
weekend hubcap thefts were
Hampton Inn, Days Inn, Holiday
Inn and Quality Inn. All hubcaps
stolen were of the wire wheel
variety and were taken from three
Buick Lesabres, two Buick
Centurys and one Cadillac Dcville.
"In many ways Perry
is the envy of the
state because every
one sees our
progress and growth
and wishes they had
it." -Rep. Larry
Walker.
inated the session but that he does
not believe the governor could have
gotten a change passed if there had
been a vote.
"We took an unofficial tally
about half-way through the session
Please see UPDATE, page 12A
and member of Perry United
Methodist Church, a former
Kiwanis Club Man of The Year,
and a former 18 year trustee of the
Houston County Library Board.
A second resolution was pre
sented to relatives of a late Perry
couple—Mr. and Mrs. Avery Lee
recognizing the many contributions
of the well-known Perry husband
and wife duo.
The resolution cited Josephine
and Avery Lee for their active par
ticipation in community, church
and civic activities, their dedication
and unselfish contributions to make
Please see COUNCIL, page 12A
Association and held this year at
Perry United Methodist on Carroll
Street, the services are held from
12:05 p.m. until 12:35 p.m. A
light lunch costing $2.50 per per
son follows each service and is
served in the fellowship hall of the
church.
Guest speakers at the interde
nominational services include: Rev.
James Fennell of Perry Church of
God on Wednesday; Rev. John Wa
ters of Rehoboth Baptist Church on
Thursday; and Rev. Jeff Poole of
Kings Chapel Church of God on
Friday. Dr. John Yarbrough, pastor
of Perry’s First Baptist Church, and
the Rev. Willie King of Faith Bap
tist Church conducted the Monday
and Tuesday services, respectively.
The public is invited to any and
Please see EASTER, page 11A
Good
morning, Perry
Deaths
Irene P. McDonald, Perry;
James Blair King, Perry; Myrtle
Walton, Perry. For details,
please see page SA.
INDEX
PEGGY BLEDSOE IB
CLASSIFIED 8B
CALENDAR EVENTS 5A
JACKIE COOPER 2B
DEATH NOTICES 5A
EDITORIALS 4A
ROBIN BOOKER 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 4B
MICHAEL KINSLEY IB
POLICE REPORT 2A
REMEMBER WHEN 4A