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THEWS, GA -:060^ Page 2A Houston Times-Journal Volume 124 No. 23 1 Section, 8 Pages Inside I Today | 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 ■» psr 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. Official Organ For Houston County, City of Perry & State of Georgia 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 v.vW&y v.v-.vvaMiSftS-SX-■ «.\v v ijBKMjL if:.;, .aK Parry Hlgh'a STAR Studant Jennifer Gladu choaa Jamaa Hanry Solas aa har STAR Taachar. Also pictured, at back, ara Gladu’a paranta, Varnon and Judith Gladu. For News And Subscriptions Call 912-987-1823 Sports Page 5A Saturday, March 19, 1994 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 Classified Page 7A 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 - A' m w- *> m 1 i K Tl 9 Wm R JBiy| W . 9|Jpj Waatflald STAR Studant Jamaa Harold Swift choaa William K. Gottwals aa hla STAR Taachar. Perry, Georgia - 25 Cents 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 Please see COUNTY, page 8A 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 Please see KICK-OFF, page 8A