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Perry & Houston County's
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1994
BOE channel to
air on Perry cable
By Veto F. Roley
Staff Writer
The Houston County Board of
Education will soon have their own
channel on Perry cable television.
During its regular meeting Tues
day night, Feb. 1, the Perry City
Council approved a request from Bill
Mitchell, president and general man
ager of United Cable Company, to
delete W.S.B. television from At
lanta and replace it with a channel
operated by the board of education.
The board of education channel will
air on cable channel six, which was
occupied by W.S.B. television.
Councilman Buddy Roper, who
introduced the measure, said the
move was caused by F.C.C. regula
tions which were going to force
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Indian Festival and Pow Wow at the Georgia Agricenter.
Frito-Lay expansion bonds await green light from panel
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
Bonds for the Frito-Lay expan
sion arc on schedule, Mike Long,
attorney for the Houston County
Development Authority, told the
authority during their regular meet
ing Thursday, Jan. 27.
Frito-Lay announced a major ex
pansion in October for its Kathleen
production facility, adding anew
chip line and close to 100 positions
Decision on airport
still weeks away
By Veto F. Roley
Staff Writer
Members of the Perry City
Council and the Houston County
Board of Commissioners held a
meeting Tuesday, Feb. 1, to discuss
the future of the Perry-Fort Valley
Airport Authority.
The Perry-Fort Valley received
several blows in 1993 as Peach
County and Fort Valley indicated
their desire to leave the authority.
With the withdrawal of Peach
County and Fort Valley, only Perry
and Houston County are left as
members.
Houston County Commission
Chairman Sherrill Stafford told the
council and commission that there
was an "urgency"' in the meeting.
Since Fort Valley and Peach County
were put on the airport authority by
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W.S.B. television at certain times of
the day. He said the board of educa
tion channel would be used to in
form parents of various events in the
school system.
In other business before the coun
cil, the council agreed to increase the
initial deductible for city workers
from S2OO to S3OO. The maximum
deductible was also increased from
SI,OOO to $2,000.
Janice Williams told the council
that raising the deductible would
help the city avoid raising insurance
rates in the future. "It (the de
ductible) makes people think twice
before going to the doctor," she told
the council in pre-council. "That’s
part of the problem now."
"The alternative (to increasing the
deductibles) is increasing the premi
at a cost of $26 million. The ex
pansion will be financed through
the sale of bonds issued by the au
thority to the company.
Long told the authority the doc
uments for the bonds would be
ready by Feb. 3, asking the author
ity to call a special meeting on that
day to approve the bonds.
Tim Martin, executive director
of the authority, showed authority
members copies of several forms
the Legislature, they can only be
taken off the authority by the Legis
lature. Stafford told the combined
governing bodies that something
needed to be decided soon since the
legislature would only be in session
for two more months.
County Commissioner H. Jay
Walker, a former legislator, told the
group that it would take legislation
changing the makeup of the airport
authority a minimum of six days to
get passed by the Legislature.
County Commissioner Larry
Snellgrove said the only members of
the new authority should be residents
of either Houston County or Perry.
However, Ralph Dorsett, chair
man of the Perry-Fort Valley Airport
Authority, said the authority wanted
members kept on the board who
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urns," said Mayor Jim Worrall in
pre-council.
Rosie Marks approached the
council to see if the council would
agree to lower the price for a busi
ness license for a "palm reading,
psychic, fortune telling" business.
Currently, the city license for such a
business is $605 a day, or a little
over $220,000 a year.
Marks said she was being forced
out of Fort Valley, where she cur
rently has a business, because of the
arsenic poisoning in the city. ”1 have
to move," she said. "Perry is the
only place I can go."
Marks said her license fee in Fort
Valley was $225 a year, down from
SSOO a year when she first opened
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BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
If you think a Pow Wow is just
a bunch of folks sitting around
smoking a peace pipe, you better
think again.
Or, better yet, go out to the Ge
orgia National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter this weekend and see for
yourself.
For the first time ever. Rolling
Thunder Enterprises of Jasper, will
be presenting an authentic Pow
Wow and Indian Festival right here
in Perry. Official hours for the
event are 4 p.m.-lO p.m. on Friday,
10 a.m.-lO p.m. on Saturday and
10 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sunday.
“In the old days, all Pow Wows
were off limits to spectators, but
this weekend we wish to share our
heritage and cultures with the
public,” said Chipa Wolf, executive
director of Rolling Thunder
Enterprises. “We, as Native
Americans, want very much to play
a role in the growth of America
rather than just being an entry in
the history books. This festival is
just one of the many cultural
activities and educational programs
our corporation does in working
toward that goal.”
In addition to demonstrations of
many primitive skills such as hide
tanning, flint chipping and bead
working, there will also be plenty
of authentic Indian foods, basket
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that will be used to obtain informa
tion about sites and buildings
throughout the county.
Martin said the forms would be
available at the Perry Area Chamber
of Commerce, the Warner Robins
Chamber of Commerce and the au
thority office. Anyone who knows
of a site or building that can be
ecoonomically developed is urged to
complete a form.
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Perry Elementary social science students recently held a fair, showing the knowledge gained from
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Jeff Parsons, a fourth grader at Mornlngside Elementary
School, enjoys the sunshine while playing on the school’s
playground eulpment. Looking on are fourth grader Titus
Billings and kindergartner Kaitlln Ellis.
Mall opening due in Nov.
Centerville Mayor Matt Keene told the Houston County Development
Authority at its regular melting Thursday, Jan. 27, that contractors for the
Galleria Mall in Centerville said the new mall would be open by Novem
ber, 1994.
"It will be the biggest retail operation between Macon and Tallahassee
(F1.)," said Keene, quoting from the Atlanta Constitution. "They are look
ing to get most of their business not from the north (toward Macon), but
to the south."
The new mall will be anchored by Sears, J.C. Penny and Belks. Sears
and Belks will be moving from the Houston Mall. "The two major stores
are moving anyway because they need the space," said Steve Byrd, chair
man of the authority.
thority, members approved the con
cept of having monthly developer
dinners. The dinners would be ar
ranged so authority members and
community leaders could meet with
five or six developers each month,
said Martin.
"This is still a people business,"
said Martin, who added that many
people thought economic develop
ment was prospect driven. "That's
not always the case," he said. "They
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still want that comradery, that sense
of friendship."
The authority also requested that
Long develop a lease for a model
airplane club that is using land at
the Perry Industrial Park as a run
way. Martin noted that the club had
made numerous improvements to
the land they were using.
"They understand that when we
sell the land," said Martin, "they
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Health group
offering free
cancer tests
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
Starting Feb. 1, 1994, underin
sured and uninsured women in
Houston County will be able to re
ceive free mammograms from the
Houston County Health Depart
ment.
According to Bill Carter, director
of physical health at the Health De
partment, the program is targeting
women 50 years and older who have
never had a mammogram.
To qualify for the program, a
woman needs to be 50 years or
older, one year from her last mam
mogram and underinsured or unin
sured. However, Dianne Banister,
nurse manager for the health de
partment, said that there were sev
eral exceptions to the qualifications
that allowed most women who
where uninsured or underinsured and
who needed a mammogram to get
one.
"Any woman who is at least 50
years of age, who is not getting
regular mammograms because of
the cost should call her county
health department," said Banister.
Once a determination was made
of eligibility, the woman can pick
up a certificate at the health depart
ment for the free mammogram. In
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will be out of a home. They also
understand that we will be indem
nify."
% Marion Hay, city manager for
the City of Perry which co-owns
the industrial park with the author
ity, suggested that the authority get
the agreement in a lease, saying
that a lease could save the city and
authority public relations problems
should the land be sold four-to-five
years down the road.
Tech school
offers advice
Middle Georgia Technical
Institute will be hosting a career
planning workshop on Wednesday,
February 9, 1994. The workshop,
fittingly called "Directions," is
designed to assist high school
students, students of MGT, and the
general public. The workshop will
feature a wide variety of participants
and displays from around the Middle
Georgia area.
"Directions" will be divided into
two sessions, a morning and an
afternoon. The morning session
will take place from 9 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. and is deovted to high
school juniors and seniors. The
afternoon session, from 1 p.m. to
3:30 p.m. will be devoted to both
MGT students and the general
public.