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Editorials A 4
Church News 3A
Obituaries 2A
Sports 7A
Around Town
Briefly...
4-H To Distribute Free
Dogwood Seedlings
Houston County 4-Hers will be
giving away Dogwood seedlings
today from 10 a.m. until noon at
the Perry KMart in the Perry
Marketplace on Sam Nunn
Boulevard.
The 4-Hers extend a special
thanks to Croom's Christmas Tree
Farm for donating the Dogwood
seedlings and encourage all area res
idents to come out, get a seedling
and plant a tree.
March Blood Drives To
Be Held At Perry Schools
With drastically reduced blood
collections, a great response is
needed from area blood donors.
Two blood drivers will be held
in Perry during the month of
March.
The first will be held at
Westfield High School, U.S.
Highway 41 South, Tuesday,
March 8 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
The second will be held at Perry
High School, North Avenue,
Friday, March 18 from 9 a.m. until
1 p.m.
Kiwanis Club Needs
Students'Art Work
The Kiwanis Club of Perry
plans to participate in the Georgia
Kiwanis Statewide Art Contest
again this year. The contest is
open to students in grades 6-12.
The art may take any form such as
painting, drawing, printmaking,
photography, ceramics, sculpture,
metal work, graphic design, mixed
media and crafts.
Entries in the contest will be due
March 19, 1994 from 10-12 noon
at the Perry Public Library, 1201
Washington St., Perry (across from
Bank South). They will be judged
the week of March 21-26.
The State finals will be held on
April 9th. Scholarship money will
be awarded to State winners in
grades 10-12. Please call Judy
Golden, contest chairperson at 987-
3050 if you have any questions.
Camellia Growers From
Perry To Attend Social
Perry area camellia growers have
been invited to join members of the
Middle Georgia Camellia Society at
a social hour and dinner to be held
Thursday evening, March 17.
The affair is scheduled for the
Officer's Club of Warner Robins
Air Force Base and Middle Georgia
President Sam Meyer says his
group would welcome any local
camellia enthusiast who would like
to attend.
The program for the evening
will feature Valdosta camellia
grower and nurseryman Hulyn
Smith who will discuss new trends
and practices in camellia growing.
Reservations are required and
local growers who care to attend
should call the office of Massee
Lane Camellia Gardens by Tuesday,
March 15, for more information and
reservations. The number is (912)
967-2358 in Fort Valley.
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Kiwanis Talent Show winners
pictured above Include Class
A, Shlranda Mims, left;
Class B, Katie Stephens;
and Class C, Rachel Lee
Elliott; all were vocalists,
but sang a variety of songs.
Pictured at right Is Tiffany
Giles Candler, dogger In the
Kiwanis Talent Show.
Pictured far right Is Ashley
Nicole Harrell, jazz dancer
In the Kiwanis Club’s Talent
Show.
This was the first year the
club has sponsored a talent
show, and members reported
they were extremely pleased
with the event’s success.
Kiwanis-Sponsored Show
Highlighted Young Talent
BY PAULINE LEWIS
Staff Writer
There's plenty of young talent in
the Perry area, as evidenced by the
participants' performances in the
First Perry Kiwanis Club Talent
Show 1994. Held Thursday night at
the Perry High School Auditorium,
it was directed by Elaine Stephens.
PHS faculty member.
WM AZ-TV's 6 a.m.
Anchorwoman, Tricia Keane
emceed the program.
Elbe Loudermilk had designed the
computerized method of judging (he
contestants, and the form on which
the ratings were given. Judges
were: Jj Johnson; Vicky Malone,
(filling in for a last-minute
cancellation); Mike Whiddon, Lula
Curry and Dr. Frank Bourne.
History Needed For New Georgia Guide
The New Georgia Guide, which
will be a book to celebrate
Georgia's historic roots and modem
treasures, is now being prepared.
The design should stimulate the
public's interest in visiting the
state's many cultural and natural
attractions. The Guide will be
available for the 1996 Olympic
Games. The most recent effort of
this nature was the American Guide
Series volume published in 1940.
Governor Zell Miller, the
Georgia Humanities Council, and
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The show was presented in three
categories: Class C included stu
dents in grades 1-6; Class B in
cluded students in grades 7-9; and
Class A included those in grades
10-12.
Winner and runner-up in each
class were:
Class C - Winner: 10-year old
Rachel Lee Elliott, singing "Rock
a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie
Melody" Runner-Up was Ronald
Ragin, singing "Imagine”.
Class B - Winner: Katie
Stephens, singing "Part of Your
World" from "The Little Mermaid".
Runner-Up was the Girls Trio
composed of Nikkia Norwood,
Rosalind Worthy and Shanicqua
Zeigler, singing "Understanding"
from "Escape".
private foundations are sponsoring
the Guide. The University of
Georgia Press is cooperating in its
preparation. The Guide will be a
lasting contribution to literature
about Georgia featuring essays on
the state and its regions.
Regional coordinators
representing nine areas of the state
will help gather information from
each region. Bernadette K. Loftin,
Professor of History Emerita,
Middle Georgia College, is
coordinating efforts for the Central
For News And Subscriptions Call 912-987-1823
Saturday, March 5, 1994
Georgia region in the following
counties: Atkinson, Baldwin, Ben
Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Coffee, Crisp,
Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel, Houston,
Irwin, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Jones,
Laurens, Montgomery, Peach,
Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen, Turner,
Twiggs, Wheeler, Wilcox, and
Wilkinson. She states: "Please
help in putting Central Georgia on
the map! Send any pertinent
information to me at P.O. Box
322, Cochran, Ga. 31014."
Class A - Winner: Shiranda
Mims, singing "The Prickle Pear
Bloom" from The "Robber
Bridegroom". Runner-Up was
Leissa Vallely, singing "On My
Own" from "Les Miserables".
Dr. Michael Drake, acting presi
dent of the Perry Kiwanis Club,
presented trophies to the winners
and runners-up.
There were many other excellent
acts; the judging must have been
difficult.
Kiwanis club members assisted in
several areas. Others serving were
FFA members and Argene Claxton,
faculty member in the PHS
Agriculture Department, other PHS
staff members, and PHS senior
William Sundquist.
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This flyer, composed by a group of concerned citizens,
Including city officials, realtors and chamber
representatives, announces a meeting to be held In order to
discuss the need for a new school In the srea.
Community
Support Needed
For School Effort
Perry residents are being
encouraged to show up and voice
their support for a new middle
school in Perry at a meeting on
March 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Welcome Center.
Organizers of the effort say it's
time to determine whether the
community wants such a facility in
the south end of the county.
"Citizens must become
involved. We have to get more
interested and more excited," siad
Chamber of Commerce Chairman
John Sundquist
Sundquist addressed a recent
Houston County Board of
Education meeting on the topic.
The Board voted to locate the next
two new middle schools on Feagin
Annual Dogwood Ball
Will Be Held April 30
The Balvaunuca Club is once
again hard at work preparing for the
6th Annual Dogwood Ball. In the
past, this event has been a
highlight of Perry's Annual
Dogwood Festival.
This year’s ball will be no
exception. The band featured will
be The Jesters.
According to club member,
Debbie Hart, "We are so excited
about the energy this band will be
bringing to the ball. The Jesters
have performed with a multitude of
hit recording artists including
Marvin Gaye, Patty Laßelle, The
Platters, and Jackie Wilson, among
others."
The band will feature hit songs
from the sixties era that are
classified as rhythm and blues,
soul, and beach music. They
combine a sound of full
instrumentation that includes
guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and
a five-piece horn and woodwind
section.
Perry, Georgia - 25 Cents
Mill Road and in Bonaire.
The Chamber, the city and the
Perry Board of Realtors have led the
push to have a new middle school
in the area.
They say the current middle
school is over-crowded and plans to
add temporary buildings on the site
is not the way to go.
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall says
involvement from the elementary
school community is vital.
Parents from Perry Elementary,
Momingside, Tucker and Kings
Chapel schools have all been
invited to attend the meeting.
Organizers say if public support
isn't shown, it might be time to
give up the effort for now.
The band combined with the
celestial theme chosen by the
decorating committee will create an
elegant and fun evening. In
addition to great music, there will
be heavy hors d'oeuvres and a engfi
bar provided. Dress for the evening
will be semi-formal.
The Balvaunuca Gub is a non
profit service club whose members
are dedicated to meeting the needs of
our community. The proceeds from
the Ball are distributed to many
worthwhile causes. In the past,
they were able to meet many of the
needs that were brought to their
attention such as providing a child
with the funds to attend Camp Can
Do.
A considerable donation was
made to the Safe House, as well as
the Rainbow House which focuses
on needs of abused children. Other
recipients have included the Perry
Ministerial Association, foster
children supported through the
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