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Houston Times-Journal
Volume 124 No. 23
1 Section, 8 Pages
Inside I
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Legal Ads 8A
Classifieds 7 A
Editorials 4A
Calandar 3A
Obituaries 5A
Sports 6A
Outdoors 6A
Around Town
Briefly...
Good Morning Perry
Breakfast To Be Held
An industry update is the fea
tured program at the next Good
Morning Perry Breakfast to be held
Wednesday, March 23 from 7:30-
8:30 a.m. at the new conference
center at the Georgia Agricenter.
Updates will be presented from
representatives of Northrop, Frito
Lay, ALLTEL and the Houston
Times-Journal.
Provided for chamber members
every other month, there is no
charge for attendance but reserva
tions are required. Call 987-1234
by noon Tuesday, March 22 to con
firm attendance.
Local AARP Yard Sale
Coincides With Dogwood
Perry AARP Chapter 1744 will
be holding a yard sale/flea market
during Dogwood Festival days.
The sale will be held at the park
ing lot next to Stanley Furniture
store.
The chapter is also looking for
donations. Arrangements for pick
up can be made by calling Don
Norris (987-2901) or Walt
Rembisz (987-1908).
County Commission
Reschedules Meetings
Due to scheduling conflicts next
month, Houston County
Commissioners announced this
week that their next two meetings
have been changed.
The new April meeting dates are
as follows:
•April 12, 1994, 10 a.m. at
Perry City Hall.
•April 26, 1994, 7 p.m. at the
Houston County Annex in Warner
Robins.
The Commission will return to
its regular schedule of meeting the
first and third Tuesday of the month
in May.
Gladu And Swift Are
The STAR Students
From Perry Schools
By PAULINE LEWIS
Staff Writer
STAR students and teachers from
the high schools in Houston
County were honored at a special
ceremony March IS, 1994 in the
Flint EMC Building along Elberta
Road in Warner Robins.
Sponsored by the Warner Robins
and Perry chambers of commerce,
this recognition is for stu
dent/teacher achievement
Jennifer Ann Gladu was Perry
High School’s STAR Student;
James Henry Soles was her STAR
Teacher.
James Harold Swift was Westfield
School’s STAR Student; William
K. Gottwals was his STAR
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Hello, Spring!
Jade Gibbs, the four-year-old daughter of Greg and Diane Gibbs of Perry, gets ready to usher In
the Springtime with a handful of fresh-picked flowers. The first day of the new season Is actually
Sunday and the temperatures outside are supposed to be just right-the mid to high 70’s. Enjoy!
(Photo by Brenda Thompson)
Family Fun Day Will Be Kick-Off For Festival
By VETO F. HOLEY
Staff Wrltar
Before the out-of-town crowd ar
rives for Dogwood Days, the Perry
Area Chamber of Commerce will
sponsor a celebration for Perry resi
dents at Rozar Park.
Family Fun Day at Rozar Park,
March 27, will be an afternoon of
enjoyment, activities and games for
all ages, said Melodie Burrus of the
Perry Area Chamber of Commerce.
"We wanted to have something
real nice as a community day," said
Burrus of Family Fun Day. "It's
geared to the community, and has
something for everybody in the
family to have a good time. We
have something for every age
group."
Burrus said that over 3,000 peo
ple came to Rozar Park for Family
Teacher.
STAR Student for the county was
Brian Paul Gerkey of Warner
Robins High School; his STAR
Teacher was Dimas Diaz.
Other STAR students and STAR
teachers were:
Tara Leese Schlick, from Houston
County High School; her STAR
teacher was Sherin Hinnant
James Avery Lovett from
Northside High School; his STAR
teacher was Donna C. Havrilla.
Rusty Wood, Chairman-Elect of
the Perry Area Chamber of
Commerce, assisted by Peggie
Williams, President of the Perry
Chamber presented awards.
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Fun Day last year. "We expect
more than that this year," she said.
One reason Burrus said there
should be more people attending
was that the Chamber had added
more events this year than last.
The day will start at 1 p.m. with
coed softball and tennis tourna
ments. There is also a wild game
cook-off scheduled for 1 p.m.; but,
Burrus said that event could be
canceled for lack of participation.
Teams interested in participating
in the softball tournament need to
register at the Perry Area Chamber
of Commerce office at 1105 Wash
ington Street by March 25. Cost is
S6O per team, with each team being
required to bring one softball. The
tournament will be conducted ac
cording to American Softball Asso
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ciation Class "C" rules.
Burrus said that six teams had
signed up for the tournament so tar.
She said she was hoping for at least
10 teams to make up the tourna
ment bracket.
The tennis tournament will fea
ture five age groups, 12 and under,
14 and under, 16 and under, 35 and
under, and 36 and up, in three cate
gories, girls and boys, men and
women, and singles and doubles.
Registration fee for players 15-
years-old and over is $6. For play
ers under 15, the cost is $4. Final
day for registration is March 23.
Burrus said that registration for
the tennis tournament was slow,
but there were a lot of registration
forms for the tournament out She
said around 40 players should be in
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Citizen Group
Re-schedules
Public Meeting
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Managing Editor
A meeting previously scheduled
for Tuesday, March 22 at the
Agricenter by Concerned Citizens
for Perry Schools has been re
scheduled for Thursday, March 24 at
the Perry Middle School
gymnasium.
This meeting is being held to
provide further information to the
public concerning the recent con
troversy of school site locations.
The Houston County Board of
Education recently approved two
middle school sites north of
Highway 96. A group of residents
in the south end of the county are
County Required To Pay
For Utility Re-localtions
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Wrltar
Growth and anticipation of
growth in the county has Houston
County Commissioners once again
dipping into their contingency
funds.
During their regularly scheduled
meeting held Tuesday night in
Warner Robins, commissioners
voted to take $21399.85 out of the
county’s contingency fund to begin
paying the cost of re-locating
utility structures to make way for
construction of the new West Perry
Bypass.
The entire re-location project,
which was actually completed by
the toumamenL
At 1:30, children 10-and-under
will participate in an Easter Egg
hunt There will be over 1,000 eggs
and five prizes per age group. Age
groups are nine-and- 10-year old,
seven-and-eight-year-old, and six
and-under.
There is no pre-registration re
quired. However, children are re
quired to bring their own baskets.
At 2 p.m. the Perry Exchange
Club will feature a Kids Run for
Fun. Registration for the half-mile
event is $5, $6 the day of the race.
Also at 2 p.m., there will be a
horseshoe fun pitch. Participants
can sign up for the contest until the
time of the tournament. The tour
nament is free. There will be tro
phies and ribbons given out in adult
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opposed to these sites on the basis
of their impact on the over crowd
ing of Perry Middle (150 students
would attend one of the new
schools) and the students (travelling
to a school in the north end of the
county would take too much time
out of their day).
The group requested data used to
determine the school site selections,
but have not yet received the infor
mation from the school board.
Members of the board and
Superintendent Tony Hinnant have
been invited to attend this public
meeting, but their attendance has
not been confirmed.
Oglethorpe Power Corporation this
past November, boasts a price tag
of approximately $85,600 and is to
be paid in annual installments of
$21,399.85 over the next four
years. The first installment is due
to Oglethorpe Power by March 31.
All structures moved are owned
by Georgia Power Company, but
are located on county right-of-way,
making the county financially
responsible for their re-location.
“The most significant thing
about this is that it is so expen
sive,” Commission Chairman Sher
rill Stafford said following Tuesday
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and junior divisions.
Starting at 2:15 p.m. will be
Kid's Games. Games will included
sack races, egg races, tug-O-war,
water balloon toss, etc.
Burrus said that there was a $1
entry fee for the Kid's Games. She
added the entry fee allowed the child
to participate in all of the day's of
ferings. Registration will be the day
of the games.
There will be some games, such
as a three-legged sack race, that will
include parents. Burrus said that
parents could participate for free.
"It’s one (event) where parents
need to have their cameras," said
Burrus of Kid's Games. "There are
some really good silly shots.”
At 3 p.m., there will be a pet
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