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Houston Times-Joumat
Volume 124 No. 22
2 Section, 18 Pages
Inside I
Today |
Legal Ads 9A, 4B
Engagements 3A
Classifieds 3B
Editorials 4A
Calandar 5A
Obituaries 3A
Sports 6A
Around Town
Briefly...
Car Wash To Raise Funds
For PMS DARE Club
A car wash is being held
Saturday, March 19 to raise funds
for the Perry Middle School
D.A.R.E. Club.
The car wash will be held from
10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the
Motorsports Weekly building on
Courtney Hodges Boulevard (old
Perry Times building). Northrop's
barbecue team will sell sandwiches.
D.AJUE. Officer Bill Hathcock
said tickets can be purchased in
advance from Mrs. Nancy Lampley
at Perry Middle School but that
tickets are not required. Hathcock
also said that in case of rain, the car
wash will be re-scheduled.
Idaka Benefit Card, Game
Party To Be Held March 22
The Idaka Club is sponsoring a
Benefit Card and Game Party, Tues
day, March 22, 1994, from 7 p.m.
to 10 p.m. at the Perry Area Con
vention and Visitors Bureau.
There will be prizes and refresh
ments. Tickets are $7 per person
and are available at the Perry Li
brary, the Perry Bookstore, the
Travel Center or any member of the
Idaka Club. For more information,
call Gayle Borah at 987-5772.
bourn uentralFarm Credit
Holds Meeting In Pinehurst
South Central Farm Credit
conducted a poultry meeting in
Pinehurst on March 10,1994. The
purpose of this meeting was to
explain the way Farm Credit
operates and how it finances poultry
operations. A total of 60 people
attended this meeting.
South Central Farm Credit
Directors Dan Raines, Billy J.
Clary, Herbert E. Roney and J. E.
Jones attended this meeting,
showing their support for Farm
Credit and interest in the poultry
industry.
Anyone who would like to know
more about Farm Credit or has an
interest in becoming an independent
poultry grower, please contact the
following: Dudley Heath Branch
Manager in Perry 1-800-768-3276/
912-987-1434.
Exchange Strawberry
Pick-Up Is This Friday
The Exchange Club strawberries
will be in Perry this weekend.
Club member Carol Cox
announced this week that pre-sold
strawberries would be available for
pick-up Friday, March 18, from
noon to 6 p.m. at the former Mark
Powell Chrysler location across
from Perry Marketplace on Sam
Nunn Boulevard and W.F. Ragin
Drive. If there are any remaining
strawberries, the club will sell them
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday,
March 19.
So far, she said the Exchange
Club has sold over 250 flats of
strawberries.
'lt's A
Snap!'
Morningside
Students Take
Part In Contest
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Second graders at Morningside
Elementary are seeing the world a
little differently these days--through
the viewfinder of a camera.
Thanks to the Perry Kmart store,
the local students were chosen to
join a quarter of a million other
students nationwide in a national
photography project and contest
sponsored by Kmart Corporation
and Eastman Kodak Company.
Called “It’s A Snap! Using
Cameras in the Curriculum”, the
event is designed to teach the stu
dents about their environment and
the art of photography through the
use of cameras.
All materials needed for
participation have been provided by
the sponsoring companies and
include not only a Kodak Fun Time
single-use camera for each student,
but also a lesson manual and an
instructional videotape highlighting
key lessons and themes of the
project.
Specifically, each student’s as
signment is to take one dozen snap
shots-six that represent beauty in
the environment and six that illus
trate areas in heed Of improvement.
Upon completion, they are to take
their cameras to Kmart for free film
developing, courtesy of Kmart’s
photo processors.
Once their pictures have been
processed and printed, the
Morningside second graders will
turn in what they consider their two
best pictures, and, on April 22, the
school principal, a local Kmart rep
resentative and other community
and school officials will judge the
entries.
Three winners will be selected
and their photographs will then be
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The Pony High School Class of 1994 planted a pink dogwood In memory of students lost this year.
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dent, Mark Strandberg, senior class president, and Cindy Dawkins, senior class treasurer.
Tree Planted In Memory Of Classmates
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
The Perry High School Class of
1994 planted a pink dogwood tree
in front of the Perry High School
Auditorium Wednesday, March 9,
in memory of Perry High School
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Blake Rardln, a second grader at Perry’s Morningside
Elementary School, and 100 of hla peers an busy this month
snapping photos fora national contest sponsored by Kmart and
Kodak.
entered in a national contest which
will be judged May 13 by
nationally known photojournalist
Linda Solomon.
The winners as well as all other
local photographs will be
students who were killed during the
school year.
The 1993-94 school year has
seen the deaths of three Perry stu
dents: Rad Dorse tt, Gerald Sutton
and Valerie Parker. "We wanted the
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March March 16, 1994
prominently displayed at the Perry
Kmart on Sam Nunn Boulevard
beginning May 15 in celebration of
National Photography Month and
“Kids Week at Kmart”, according to
local store manager Harvey Boyd.
families to know that their lives
lived on," said Carmen Williams,
who created the idea of planting the
tree in honor of the three students.
"They created memories hoe."
Please see TREE, page 9A
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Register Now
For Dogwood
Race, Bake-Off
With the kick-off for the annual Dogwood Festival less than two weeks
away, those interested in entering the many events offered don't have much
time left. Two popular events are the 5K Run/Walk and the Bake-Off.
Be sure to look in the Saturday edition for entry forms needed to enter
most of the events as well as an article on Family Fun Day.
Dogwood Bake-Off
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
In an effort to add a little extra
spice to this year’s Dogwood Festi
val, organizers announced this week
that they are bringing back the ever
popular Dogwood Bake-Off.
The contest, not held last year
because of scheduling conflicts, is
slated for Saturday, April 2, at the
Perry Book Store in downtown
Perry.
“We are thrilled to be bringing
back this exciting part of our Dog
wood Festival,” Bake-Off
Coordinator Virgina Nadeau said
this week. “The Bake-Off has
always been a very popular event
and this year’s will be no
exception."
Nadeau adds that there is no
charge for participation and that all
entries must be in the office of the
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce
by March 30. Entry forms can be
picked up at the local chamber, the
Perry Book Store or the Houston
County Agricultural Extension
Building.
Judging will be held at 10: IS
a.m. the day of the contest and will
result in ribbons being awarded to
the first through third place winners
It's that time again... Perry
Hospital and PPG Industries will
sponsor the 5K Run/Walk during
the annual Perry Dogwood Festival
on Saturday, April 2 at 8 a.m.
The road race will begin in
downtown Perry at the comer of
Carroll and Ball streets. It will
proceed through the pleasant
residential areas of Ball and Duncan
sheets, Forest Avenue, and Tucker
Road. The runners will be able to
enjoy the beautiful signs of spring
along the course of the run.
This event is a part of the Run
& See Georgia Grand Prix Series,
which attracts runners from around
the state to participate in quality
running events such as this. Being
a part of the Grand Prix Series
should make the road race a
competitive atmosphere fra- those
competitive runners.
Last year the 5K Run/Walk was
a success with at least 130 runners
PALS Will Battle Illiteracy
With Community's Help
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Having made their presence in
Perry official with a special ribbon
putting ceremony raf* Friday, orga
nizers of Middle Georgia Technical
Institute’s new Perry Adult Learn
ing Center have drawn the battle
lines in their local fight against il
literacy.
Now, what they say they need is
plenty of community support to
strengthen their forces and to reach
their goal of making Perry one of
the first communities in Middle
Georgia to become an active mem
ber of the Certified Literate
Community Program, a state
certification program designed to
help participating communities
target and decrease its illiterate
populations in less than one decade.
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in several divisions and categories.
Two “Best of Show” awards-one
for cakes and one for pies-will also
be presented.
Following the contest, many
participants are expected to put their
entries on the market with proceeds
going to the Perry Area Chamber of
Commerce to help defray the cost
of the contest.
The following is a breakdown of
the divisions and categories to be
featured at this year’s contest:
Division A: Decorated Cakes
•With separate contests for both
the amateur and the professional
cake decorator, this division is
divided into two separate categories
-those cakes decorated with a
Dogwood Festival theme and those
decorated with a birthday theme.
Since judging will be on
appearance only, these cakes may
be made with real or Styrofoam
layers.
• Division B: Cakes
•This contest will be broken
down into four separate categories,
with each category being judged on
appearance, taste, texture and
aroma.
Please see BAKE-OFF, page 9A
5K Run/Walk
coming from Tifton to Atlanta to
compete in the race. The overall
male and female to compete in the
race was Lou Hartley of Tifton
finishing with a time of 16:29 and
Teresa Sowell of Perry finishing
the race with a time of 20:21.
Pre-registration for the road race
is $lO and it must be postmarked
by March 29 or runners can also
register on the day of the race for
sl2. T-Slirts will be guaranteed for
the first 150 entrants.
Awards will be given away to
the overall male and female and to
the overall male and female in the
Master's division, which is the 404-
age group. The top 3 finishers in
their respected categories will also
receive awards.
An Organizational/Perpetual
Trophy will also be awarded to the
organization with the greatest
number of race registrants. This is
Please see SK, page 9A
“With the opening of this new
center, we are taking yet another
step in 'our battle against illiteracy
in Middle Georgia, n said Billy
Edenfield, president of Middle
Georgia Tech, the organization
charged with coordinating the local
center. “Indeed, it is a massive un
dertaking, but with the commu
nity’s help, we are sure that we can
be successful.”
Among die services to be offered
at Perry’s new Adult Learning
Service, located at 1118 A Ball
Street, are courses and
individualized help in reading and
math as well as preparatory courses
for those wishing to take the GED
or high school equivalency exam.
Both full-time literacy instructors
Please see P4ispage 9A
