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Perry & Houston County's
official Legal Organ
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1993
City seeks meeting with BOE on annex
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
After discussing the future of the
Perry Annex in closed session,
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall and
members of Perry City Council
heard the pleas of three local
residents to do whatever they could
to save the building from de
struction during a regularly sched
uled council meeting Tuesday
evening
Concerns over the possible de
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Pink Ladies recognized
Pink Ladies volunteers bring hours of joy and comfort to the hospital environment and goodwill to the community.
A group of these volunteers were honored at an appreciation banquet held Monday night for their many hours of
service. Pictured are Joan Christensen (5,500 hours), seated left; Lorraine Funk (4,500 hours), Ruth Richards
(1,000 hours), standing left; Aileene Chapman (2,000 hours), Dot Green (1,500 hours), Freida Greene (500
hours), Roselle Davidson (2,500 hours), Pansy Gordon and Ethel Edwards (3,500 hours). Not pictured are Joyce
Griffin (500 hours) and Molly Ragan (1,000 hours).
Perry Hospital employees honored
Service pins presented ' Tyson recognized
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
Perry Hospital department heads
and administrators honored their
employees last night with a banquet
and service pins in recognition of
dedicated service to the hospital.
Welcomed by Chairman of the
Hospital Authority Hal Cotton, the
employees were told how much
their hard work and dedication to
Perry Hospital is appreciated.
Cotton stressed the improvements
that have been made at the hospital
in recent years, but pointed out that
without the dedication of the work
ers, the hospital would not be a
success.
"These facilities came about by
the blood, sweat and tears of a lot
Exchange Club will collect donations
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
Anyone traveling through Perry
Saturday morning will more than
likely find themselves involved in a
road block, but since it's for a good
cause, the Perry Exchange Club
hopes the road block will not be a
problem for anyone.
For the past several years the
club has held a road block to collect
donations that will go toward the
prevention of child abuse. This is
the club's main project for the year,
and club members will be out in
teams from 8:30 a.m until 2:30
p.m. at the intersection of Highway
struction of the building by the
Houston County Board of Educa
tion came to light recently when
board chairman Zell
Blackmonconfirmed rumors that
making the annex property a part of
the Perry Elementary campus and
consequently tearing down the
building was indeed an option.
At the time of that confirma
tion, Blackmon also added that he
and the board realize that the Perry
of people. Each of you who have
played a part in the continued im
provement and success of Perry
Hospital deserve to be honored, and
I am honored to commend you for
your dedication," said Cotton.
Prior to the meal, the group was
entertained by part of the cast of the
Perry Players’ production of
"Fiorello!" The castmembers sang
"A Little Tin Box” for the crowd's
enjoyment.
Employees were recognized for
five, 10,15 and 20 years of service
at the hospital. Three employees
were also honored as retirees who
have dedicated 48 years of total ser
vice to the hospital.
The 23 employees honored last
41 and Houston Lake Road in front
of Stanley's Discount Furniture. In
addition to accepting donations, the
club will be handing out flyers with
information concerning the preven
tion of child abuse.
"We have a very bold goal this
year of $2,000, but this is such a
worthwhile project that we really
hope we can reach our goal. If just
one case of child abuse can be pre
vented, the whole project is worth
while," said Coordinator of Child
Abuse Prevention Projects Earl
Chamblee.
In addition to asking people for
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Annex, formerly Perry High School
and Perry Middle School, is a his
torical landmark, but also that pre
serving the building “must be cost
effective”.
Among the citizens voicing con
cerns during Tuesday’s meeting was
Joanne Ogletree, a former graduate
of the school. Saying that the
building is very dear to her, Ogle
tree said that she is currently con
tacting everyone in her 1946 gradu
night have given more than 200 to
tal years of service to the hospital.
Jim Peak, hospital administrator,
spoke highly of the way the staff
works together and makes the hos
pital run smoothly.
"You are all like a family here.
You pull together when you need to
and you make this hospital what it
is,” said Peak. "Your hard work and
ability to work amongst all the
changes and adjustments you have
in recent years have helped make
Perry Hospital one of the best facil
ities in the state, and I thank you
for your dedication."
Retiree Barbara Tyson was also
honored last night for 23 years ser-
Please sea HONORED, page 12A
donations Saturday, the Exchange
Club is also asking local busi
nesses to make donations. The club
gives most of the funds raised to
the Rainbow House here in
Houston County, but may also
support two other child abuse cen
ters in the state with some of the
money.
"We traditionally try to keep the
funds in the local area to support
our efforts to fight child abuse, but
there are other good programs that
we may support as well," said
Chamblee.
ating class to help back efforts to
save the building.
“A great many people in this
city are close to this building and
we would like it to stay with us and
not bulldozed,” Ogletree said.
Another concerned resident, Billy
Barrett, echoed Ogletree’s senti
ments.
“We don’t have an old court
house, because in 1940 someone
decided we needed something differ
Good
morning. Perry
Deaths
William Jesse Baker Sr. .Perry;
Clyde Lewis Andrew, Perry;
Lucy Mae Bickford, Perry. For
details, please see page SA.
HHJ adds columns
In an effort to improve commu
nity coverage, three new col
umnists have joined the staff.
Look for a brief introduction of
Dr. Gerald Brantley, Janice
Kerce and Joyce Compton and
their columns in the B section
of today's edition.
INDEX
AGRICENTER EVENTS 3A_
GERALD BRANTLEY 2B
JOYCE COMPTON IB
CLASSIFIED 11A
CALENDAR EVENTS 5A^
JANICE KERCE 3B
DEATH NOTICES 5A
EDITORIALS 4A
BRENDA THOMPSON 4A
LEGAL NOTICES 4B
TIM LEWIS 3B
POLICE REPORT 2A
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BRIAN LAWSON 8A
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ent. We can’t afford to lose this
landmark, too; we don’t have much
of old Perry left as it is,” Barrett
said.
In response to Ogletree and Bar
rett, Mayor Worrall informed those
present that council had decided in
closed session to arrange a meeting
between Perry City Council and the
board of education to discuss the
future of the Perry Annex as well as
some options to achieve that end.
State grant will upgrade
child and family services
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
Thanks to a $500,000 grant,
services to severely emotionally
disturbed children and adolescents in
Houston County will be upgraded
and improved in the coming year.
Director of Child and Family
Counseling Services Cindy
Mangum told the Houston County
Board of Health last week that the
grant will provide a means for
establishing a comprehensive pro
gram to meet the needs of severely
emotionally disturbed children and
adolescents. The additional funds for
the services will allow at least 25
new staff members to be hired as
well as new programs to be imple
mented.
"We are very excited about get
ting these funds. It's like a dream
come true to be able to put these
kinds of programs in place to meet
the needs of these kids," said
Mangum. "We are just looking
forward to being able to serve these
troubled kids more effectively."
The funding will provide com
munity-based mental health services
to help emotionally disturbed chil
dren stay in their own communities
by providing treatment alternatives
to hospitalization and residential
placement outside the community.
There are a total of six new pro
grams that will be established with
the grant money, all of which come
under the umbrella of the Child and
Family Counseling Services.
The six new services are outpa
tient services to provide diagnostic
assessment, counseling, family
support and education; intensive in
home crisis teams to provide aid to
families on the verge of having
their child placed out of home or
institutionalized; afternoon and day
treatment to help adolescents at
Conference center to be
built at Ga. Agricenter
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
The Georgia Agricultural Expo
sition Authority gave the final go
ahead Wednesday for anew confer
ence center to be constructed at the
Georgia National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter in Perry.
The 7,500 square foot building
has been under serious consideration
by the authority since last July. It
is designed to include individualized
areas called “breakout rooms” and is
expected to provide the Agricenter
with the flexibility it needs to draw
additional conferences and
conference-like events.
“Many conferences and meetings
require these breakout rooms for
smaller and/or simultaneous
Medusa opposition group to hold meeting
Citizens for a Safe Georgia, the
group spearheading the fight against
Medusa Cement Company being
permitted to bum hazardous waste,
will begin holding public meetings
on Thursday nights at the Houston
County Library in Perry.
The group will meet at 7 p.m.
each Thursday to discuss the pro
cess by which Medusa is attempt
ing to secure a permit from the
Environmental Protection Division
to burn hazardous waste in its
kilns. The concerned citizens arc
speaking out in the hope that the
EPD will not grant Medusa the
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“We’ve never actually discussed
this matter face to face with the en
tire school board,” Mayor Worrall
said. “We aren’t sure what our op
tions might be at this point.”
The mayor encouraged concerned
citizens to attend the proposed
meeting to express their views.
In other business, city council
members;
•Awarded a total of $1,231,555
Please see SEEKS, page 7A
high risk of hospitalization, long
term residential placement or transi
tion from residential treatment;
therapeutic foster care which serves
children with severe problems who
can be treated in a family environ
ment; respite care to provide relief
to clients in therapeutic foster care
and clients whose family need sup
port in keeping them at home; and
Please see GRANT, page 12A
County Board of
Health purchases
new insurance
By ROBIN BOOKER
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Health approved the purchase of li
ability insurance for Phoenix
Industries employees at their April
15 meeting.
The employees are currently paid
an additional 83 cents per hour as
part of a government requirement to
provide fringe benefits for sheltered
workshop employees. Because they
have not been getting insurance
with that money, the new insurance
contract with New York Life will
take that additional 83 cents and
provide insurance for the employees
beginning June 1. The contract will
include life insurance and dental in
surance.
The board also discussed the re
cent tuberculosis incident with the
Houston County jails and reported
that although there were 17 positive
skin tests for TB, no inmates or jail
employees have the active TB dis
ease. The county will provide the
inmates and employees who tested
Please see NEW, page 12A
meetings. Right now, we simpiy
don’t have enough room to meet
the demands,” said Michele
Trcptow, Agricenter Director of
Public Affairs. “This new facility
should help us attract additional
conferences and meetings of all
sizes.”
Initial design for the new facility
calls for four permanent rooms and
one larger room equipped with
collapsible walls to allow for cus
tomized sizing. IPG Architectural
Firm of Valdosta, a firm which was
involved wilh the initial design and
construction of the Agriccnicr, has
been hired to design the new siruc
ture.
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permit
"We think Medusa is already
mishandling the fuels it burns now,
so we certainly don't want them to
get a permit to bum anything else,"
said'Jimmy Williamson, a
spokesperson for the group. "We
want the public to be involved in
this process and hope interested par
ties will auend the meetings to sec
what our group is really all about."
Williamson said the group's
main thrust is wanting Medusa to
operate in a safe manner, no matter
what they are burning.
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