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D.A.R.E. Outing
Parry Police Chief Frank Simona recently hosted a cook-out
for local D.A.R.E. students at Rozar Park. After lunch, the
students played softball with local officers. Chief Simons
reported a good turn-out and said everyone enjoyed the
lunch and especially the softball game, from which these
photos were taken.
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Several of the Perry High VOCA students won region honors at a contest held at Warner
Robins High recently.
Perry High School Rates
Well At VOCA Competition
BY PAULINE LEWIS
Staff Writer
Perry High School had 15 stu
dents place first, second, or third at
the VOCA Region II contest held at
Warner Robins High School,
Saturday, Feb. 26,1994.
Twenty-eight members attended
and competed against 22 other
schools with the following results:
PHS VOCA Club was named a
Superior Club, represented by
Verlina Ziegler.
Pam Bramlett was elected State
Vice President for 1994-1995.
Jennifer Vandal was club photog
rapher.
State Treasurer, Patrick Williams,
presided over the awards ceremony
and helped award the trophies and
ribbons.
Other winners were:
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Stacy Pitzer, Agriculture, First
Place; Mack Freeman,
Construction, First Place; Jennifer
Giegerich, Tawanna Robinson,
Jason Mullis, Jarvis Peavy, Takelia
Radford and Torey Jackson,
Opening and Closing Ceremony,
Second Place.
Nichole Haynes, Culinary Arts,
Second Place; Melissa West,
Graphics, Second Place; Terrence
Walker, Woodworking, Second
Place; Brian Mourning, Health
Occupations, Second Place;
Melinda Howard, Horticulture,
Second Place; April Newsom,
Home Economics, Second Place.
Tori Foskey, Most Improved
Young Lady, Third Place; Stacie
Moore, Miscellaneous, Third Place;
Natasha Jones, Community
Project, Third Place; Jennifer
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987-2922
County Opens Landfill To Others’ Trash
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Wrltar
Although it took a rare tie-break
ing vote to get it done, three
neighboring counties are now being
extended an invitation to transport
and dump their household garbage
in Houston County.
A contract agreement, favorably
voted in by Commissioners Calvin
Maye and Archie Thompson during
a regular meeting of the Houston
County Commission Tuesday
evening in Warner Robins, is to be
offered to the governments of
Peach, Bleckley and Pulaski coun
ties and corresponding cities in the
next few days.
Commissioners Larry
Snellgrove and Jay Walker, both
citing concerns over the extra trash
reducing the life of the Houston
Conners Earn Certificate
For Coating Knowledge
Marie Conner and Joel Conner
from Conner's Home Decorating in
Perry have earned the title of
Certified Coatings Consultant,
designating them as experts in the
field of coatings.
The certification was awarded to
Conner's Home Decorating
employees on March 11, 1994,
after they passed a comprehensive
test covering customer relations,
coatings knowledge, product
application and decorating. The test
was given at the conclusion of a
Palmer, School Project, Third
Place; David Brown,
Transportation, Third Place; Brandi
Wilson, Job Interview, Third Place.
Georgia Toomer, Career Manual,
Fourth Place; Patrick Williams,
Public Speaking, Fourth Place;
Marrio Little, Keyboarding, Fifth
Place;
Makiba Hammock, Word
Processing, Honorable Mention;
and Coby Johnson, Math,
Honorable Mention.
First and second place winners are
eligible to attend the State
Convention, April 20-23, at
Epworth-by-the-Sea at St Simons
Island, for further competition.
Mr. Dicky Erwin, VOCA spon
sor, is proud of all contestants and
is looking forward to carrying 12
members to state convention.
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landfill from 40 to approximately
30 years, voted against the measure.
Commission Chairman J.
Sherrill Stafford cast the tie
breaking vote to push the contract
on through.
In making their favorable votes,
Stafford, Maye and Thompson
emphasized the importance of being
“neighborly and helping out
counties that have helped us many
times in the past”.
Like many other counties and
municipalities throughout Georgia,
the counties and cities being offered
this contract by Houston County do
not currently have landfills which
are state approved and which meet
new state and federal guidelines.
The landfills they do have are to be
shut down on April 8.
full-day seminar held in conjunction
with NDPA’s Southern Decorating
Products Association trade show
and convention in Atlanta, Ga. on
Feb. 13, 1994.
The test and seminar are based
on a coatings training package, the
Certified Coatings Consultant
Program, developed by the National
Decorating Products Association.
The program was developed to
provide professional advice and
instructions to help new
consultants better serve their
customers.
The seminar is being held
throughout the United States and
Canada over an eight-month period.
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Make Donation
To Adult Literacy
The Heartland of Georgia
Romance Writers donated a check
for SIOO to the Adult Literacy
Department of Middle Georgia
Technical Institute in Warner
Robins.
The money will be used in an
effort to increase public awareness
of the services offered by MGTs
Adult Literacy Department, which
has learning centers in Houston,
Peach, Pulaski, and Dooly
counties.
The centers offer classes in
reading, GED preparation, and
English as a second language.
Meet a few of
our forest friends.
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Wednesday, March 23,1994 Houston Times -Journal -
Combined, the entities are look
ing to dispose of approximately 70
to 100 tons of trash each day-a fig
ure Director of Public Works
Tommy Stalnaker says the local
landfill should have no problem
handling.
“Right now, we are processing
about 350 tons of solid waste per
day, but we can handle up to 500
tons per day with no problem,”
Stalnaker told commissioners,
adding that it takes the larger
amounts of waste to keep the
landfill operating in the black.
“When you get down to it, we
can actually use the additional
waste, because if we ever lose some
of our clients-say one of our larger
industries closes or even scales
down-we would still need at least
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250 tons of waste a day for the
landfill to pay for itself. The land
fill is an expensive operation to run
and, if it doesn’t pay for itself, it
will have to be paid for by the tax
payers or the gates shut,” Stalnaker
added.
With the additional trash, com
missioners also said that the con
tracts will mean a new source of
revenue for the county. Because of a
$4 per ton host fee to be charged to
the other counties and cities, an ex
tra $200,000 is expected to be added
into Houston County’s budget
annually.
Chairman Stafford emphasized
during the meeting that the
commission should earmark that
money for specific projects in the
near future.
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Some people think a mature
natural forest is the “only”
home for woodlands wildlife.
The fact is, a mature forest’s
dense overhead canopy
blocks sunlight and stunts food
growth below. That’s not what
a lot of animals are looking for.
For many animals, a vigorous,
fast-growing, well-managed
Weyerhaeuser forest makes a
fine home.
There’s low-lying vegetation
and protective cover for small
mammals. Plenty of food for
deer and other large animals.
Many birds, too, thrive on the
diverse menu of our forests.
All of which means the habitat
is good for furbearers and
other predators as well.
The way our skilled foresters
care for our forestlands, there
will always be plenty of trees—
and homes for a wide variety
of wildlife—in Weyerhaeuser’s
forests.
Across America. And right here
in Georgia, too.
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