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Perry & Houston County's
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1994
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Bob Doane, a local airplane model enthusiast, will be among the more than 1,200 people expected to attend the Second Annual
Southeastern Model Show today at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter. Sponsored by the Georgia Model Alrcrafters
Association of Warner Robins and billed as one of the largest shows of Its kind In the southeast, the event runs from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
More than models!
Agricenter is site of model airplane show being held today
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Model planes.
Pardon the pun, bat this is one
hobby that’s really talcing off.
And, if you don’t believe it, just
take a ride out to the Georgia Na
tional Fairgrounds and Agricenter
where hundreds of model enthusi
asts and pilots are gathering today
for the Second Annual Southeastern
Model Show.
Sponsored by the Georgia Model
Aircrafters Association of Warner
Robins and billed as one of the
largest shows of its kind in the
southeastern United States, the sin
gle day event includes a huge swap
shop, trade show and outdoor flying
demonstrations featuring an array of
radio-controlled model planes from
single engines to an astounding B
-29 with a 20-foot wing span and
four engines.
In addition to airplanes, the
show will also feature all types of
other models and demonstrations
including remote-control cars and
boats and radio-controlled heli
copters. All events will be held in
side and outside of the McGill
Building from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Admission is $4 per person.
“It’s going to be a tremendous
show with an expected crowd of
Six Perry High students
selected as nominees
for Governor's Honors
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Education recognized some of the
best high school students in the
system with a continental breakfast
Friday, Jan. 28, honoring the Gov
ernor's Honors program nominees.
Six students from Perry High
School were nominated for Gover
nor’s Honors. Britt Barrett was
nominated in music, Michael Ray
Marks in visual arts, Jason
Niederkom in technology, Sean
Reynolds in theater, Kaneatra
Simmons in communicative arts
and Hillary Smith in science.
In order to make the state Gov
ernor's Honors program, which
lasts for six weeks, the students
must compete in interviews and au
ditions this weekend and next week
more than 1,200 people,” Bob
Doane, a local member of the host
club, said Thursday afternoon. “Fact
is, we’ve already outgrown the
smaller building we used last year
and are now renting one of the
largest buildings on the fair
grounds.”
While Doane said that there will
be plenty of other model hobbyists,
enthusiasts and dealers there, he
added that beginners and other inter
ested persons are most welcome and
will find plenty of people ready and
willing to answer any questions
they might have.
A 12-year Perry resident, Doane
says he has been actively involved
in model aircrafting since retiring as
an electronics technician at Robins
Air Force Base five years ago. He’s
built several planes and is actually
one of the organizers of a two-year
old model aircraft club in Perry, the
Perry R/C Flyers.
The club and its 15 members
meet frequently and fly their planes
at a field loaned to them by the city
and county industrial boards. Lo
cated in the Perry Industrial Park,
the field is an acre in size and has
been graded and planted with Ber
muda grass. Club members mow it
once a week giving it a golf-course
appearance. They welcome new
end. Charles Walker, a counselor at
Perry High School, said the Pan
thers usually sent one or two stu
dents each year to the state pro
gram.
Walker said the students were
nominated by department heads and
chosen by a committee made up of
department heads and faculty mem
bers at the high school.
"You are looking at young peo
ple who are extremely involved in
all aspects of school," said Phil
Smith, principal at Perry High
School. "They are involved in ev
erything, theater, band, student
council and other organizations of
that type."
"I consider it (Governor's
Honors) to be one of the biggest
honors a student can obtain," said
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members, interested spectators and,
of course, family. Doane’s own
son, 13-year-old Jeremiah is, in
fact, one of the field’s most frequent
visitors.
While talking about his hobby,
Doane’s eyes light up like a little
boy who has just received his very
first bike. And, although he says he
enjoys flying his planes, he admits
that his favorite part of the whole
scenario is the actual building of
the models. At present, he has two
completed crafts and is working on
a third, much larger one, a Tailmas
ter 150 with a 12 1/2-foot
wingspan. All total, he’s built
seven planes from start to finish,
with anywhere from 40 to 60 hours
of work invested in each.
As for cost, Doane says model
aircrafts are like any other hobby
you can put as little or as much as
you want into it.
“The average cost for a trainer
plane for a beginner is probably
around S3OO and that includes ev
erything you need from the radio to
the engine to the plane kit itself,”
Doane said as he flipped through
his favorite hobby catalog. “The
average plane body kit runs from
S6O to SBO, but, of course, depend
ing on what you want, you could
spend upwards of $1,500 or even
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The Houston County Board of Education honored the candidates for the Governor's Honors pro
gram Friday morning. Nominated from Perry High School are (l-r) Kaneatra Simmons, Sean
Reynolds, Perry Principal Phil Smith; Jason Niederkorn and Britt Barrett. Not pictured are
Hillary Smith and Michael Marks, who had to leave early for a math contest.
Walker. "You are considered the
best in an area by the local faculty,
and judged among the best on a
state level.”
"Their being here did not start
SI,BOO or more.”
And, what does it take to put to
gether one of these model planes?
“Well, you really don’t have to
be an engineer or mechanic to do,
but you do need to be good with
you hands,” Doane said. “Basically,
you start out with a big box of
balsa wood, plenty of glue and a
good set of plans. You have to have
lots of time and patience, but it’s a
lot of fun. And, if you’re not good
at building things, you can buy the
kits 90 percent completed.”
When asked about speed and alti
tude, Doane said that most trainer
planes fly at speeds between 60 and
80 miles per hour at altitudes of
300 or 400 feet. Other more
advanced or sports planes will fly
anywhere from 90 to 120 miles per
hour and are the ones most popular
for their rolls, flips and other mid
air stunts; keeping in mind, of
course, that the majority of what
the planes do depends almost
entirely on what their pilots
command them to do.
Doane added that most beginners
need to take 15 or so trips up with
an instructor or experienced flyer
before they’re ready to solo.
“It’s really harder than it looks.
The models work just like a real
Please see MODELS, page 3A
this year," said Tony Hinnant, ing young people,
school superintendent for Houston ’’Congratulations," Hinnant told
County. "It started back when they the nominated students, "and thank
were in diapers. These students have you for what you do for your
shown themselves to be outstand- school and Houston County."
PERRY, GA.
Hospital budget
for 1994-95 set
at sll.B million
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
Administrator Jim Peak pre
sented the Houston County Hospi
tal Authority its first look at die
Perry Hospital 1994-95 fiscal year
budget at the authority's regular
meeting Wednesday, Jan. 26..
For the 1994-95 fiscal year, Jim
Peak, chief administrator for Perry
Hospital, projected the hospital re
ceiving sll.B million in net rev
enue, including just under $11.6
million in net revenue from pa
tients. On the expense side, he pro
jected the hospital spending $11.77
million. The hospital fiscal year
begins on March 1 and ends on the
last day of February.
Peak said the numbers were not
written in stone since the hospital
authority got their first look at the
budget on Wednesday. "Everything
is contingent on the authority re
viewing the budget," he said. He
added that he could guaranty that the
authority would change some parts
of the budget.
"We present a very conservative
budget to the authority," said Peak.
He said the revenue expected in the
budget was the amount received by
Perry Hospital this year.
Peak told the authority that he
expects the hospital to have 9,224
patient days, 12,300 emergency
Petition to forbid new motel
construction given to CVB
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
Representatives from eight Perry
motels and the Dixie Motel in
Henderson presented the Perry Area
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Authority a petition Thursday, Jan.
27 requesting a law be passed to
prevent construction of any new
motels in Perry or additional rooms
to any existing motels.
The hoteliers asked the authority
to be their representative before the
City of Perry and present the fol
lowing petition:
"This petition requests the
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Authority to represent us before the
City of Perry in passing a binding
law not to permit any new
construction of new motels or
additional rooms for a period of
three years from the date the law is
enacted. As the owners/managers of
motels in Perry, we each believe
that the city does not need new
motels or additional rooms. The
only exception to this law would be
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room visits and 14,900 outpatient
visits in the new fiscal year. Outpa
tient visits are patients who were
referred to the hospital for lab work,
x-rays or other tests.
The authority also agreed to
write off just under $225,000 in bad
debts at Perry Hospital for Novem
ber and December, 1993. The hos
pital also accrued $42,790 in indi
gent care for November and Decem
ber.
Authority approves
rennovations for
Perry Hospital lobby
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
The Houston County Hospital
Authority approved a $68,000 pro
ject for improving the front lobby
of Perry Hospital during its regular
meeting Wednesday, Jan. 26.
The renovation project will more
than double the space of the lobby
from 500 square feet to over 1,100
square feet In addition to increasing
the area of the front lobby, the ren
ovation of the lobby will double
the storage space for the hospital's
Pink Ladies.
Please see LOBBY, page 3A
an eighty percent majority of us
agreeing in writing that anew
motel would not financially damage
the existing motels."
Representatives from Capri
Motel, Crossroads Motel,
Friendship Inn, Ho Jo Inn, Quality
Inn, Red Carpet Inn, Red Gable
Inn, Sandman Motel, Scottish Inn,
Thrift Courts and Dixie Motel
signed the petition.
Representatives from Comfort
Inn, Days Inn, Econo Lodge,
Fairfield Inn, Gateway Inn,
Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, New
Perry Hotel/Motel, Swan Motel and
Travelodge did not sign the peti
tion.
The CVB Authority's long range
planning committee will review the
Please see PETITION, page 3A
HP Good
morning, Perry
In Sympathy
The community’s sympathy is ex
tended to the families of those who
recently died. They include: Nettie
C. Hudson, Trfton; Robert B. Ander
son, Funston. For more informa
tion please see Page 2A.
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