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Houston Times-Journal
Volume 124 No. 28
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Editorials 4A
Calendar . 3A
Obituaries 2A
Sports 8A
Around town
briefly...
Times-Joumal switches
to total postal delivery
Beginning with the Saturday,
April 9 edition, all subscribers will
receive their copies of the Houston
Times-Joumal through postal ser
vice mail delivery.
"After combining the subscription
lists of The Houston Home Journal
and The Perry Times, our owners
decided that using the postal service
to deliver the newspapers would be
the most reliable way to guarantee
our subscribers receive their copies
of the Houston Times-Journal each
week," editor Brigette Loudermilk
said Tuesday, April 5.
Loudermilk also announced that
beginning this month South
Houston County will receive blan
ket coverage of The Shopper's
Extra, a free-distribution newspaper
printed by the Times-Journal.
Spring Carnival set at
Kings Chapel school
Kings Chapel announced this
week that a spring carnival spon
sored by the school’s PTC will be
held Saturday, April 16 from 10
a.m. until 2 p.m.
The carnival will be held on the
Kings Chapel campus and will in
clude Iray rides, pony rides, a raffle,
concessions, silent auction
(featuring beautiful gems donated
by a company), arts and crafts, cake
walk, dunking booth, cotton candy
and more.
The money raised from the carni
val will be used to buy equipment
for school including the new gym
nasium and for the playground.
Support this local school by
marking Saturday, April 16 on the
calendar. The day promises fun and
games for the entire family.
County Commission
reschedules meetings
Don’t forget there will be a
meeting of the Houston County
Commission next Tuesday, April
12.
The meeting, which under nor
mal schedules would have been held
this past Tuesday, was postponed
during the Commission’s last meet
ing in March.
It will be held at 10 a.m. at
Perry City Hall.
The second April meeting has
also been changed. Instead of April
19, this meeting will be held at 7
p.m. April 26 at the Houston
County Annex in Warner Robins.
Perry Players to hold
auditions April 24-25
The Perry Players will hold
auditions tot "Arsenic & Old Lace"
on Sunday, April 24 at 3 p.m. and
Monday, April 25 at 7 p.m. Both
sessions will be held at their new
theatre at 909 Main Street in Perry,
and everyone is welcome.
Show dates are June 10, 11, 12
and 16, 17 and 18. For scripts or
more information, call 987-5354.
Also, check your local video store
for the Frank Capra version with
Cary Grant
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next Friday at their facility on Courtney Hodges Blvd.
Perry Shriners to hold annual
barbecue on Friday, April 15
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Whether you’re panicking be
cause Uncle Sam is nipping at
your heels or celebrating because
he’s not, the Perry Shrine Club
is cooking up a tasty change of
pace this April 15.
Yes, indeed, Friday week
means much more than just the
much-dreaded federal income tax
filing deadline-it’s also the date
of the Shriner’s ever-popular
annual spring barbecue.
Chamber reports annual
Dogwood Festival a success
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Absolutely fabulous!
Those are the most accurately
descriptive words Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce President
Peggie Williams says she can find
to describe the results of this year’s
Sixth Annual Perry Dogwood Fes
tival which culminated Saturday
afternoon.
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more perfect day. The weather was
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Gary Hamlin, left, Rainbow Houaa Director Kathy Garnett and Ellen Strait from the Elberta
Open Campua Teen Parenting Program. Alao pictured are Rotarlane Eddie Wlleon, back, and
jonn Smalley.
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Official Organ For Houston County, City of Perry & State of Georgia
According to Perry Shriner
Robert D. Vance, his group has
ordered some 2,000 pounds of
ham for this year’s festivities.
Local Shriners will begin pit
cooking the meat at 6 a.m.
Thursday, April 14, and will
have the first batch ready for
pick up at 11:30 a.m. that Fri
day.
All cooking and pick up will
take place at the Shriner’s
facility located right next door to
great and so were the crowds,”
Williams said Monday. “Although
there is really no way to count die
people, I’d say we had between
5,000 and 6,000 people participat
ing in Saturday’s festivities.”
Of those enjoying the weekend’s
activities, Williams said that many
were local residents, but a number
were also from out-of-town. In fact,
she said, the majority of the people
she chatted with on early Saturday
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morning were either visitors
attending a Winnebago festival at
the Agricenter or interstate travelers
who just happened to stop in Perry
and were tipped off by all the
yellow bows in town.
In addition to larger crowds,
Williams also added that it seemed
like the visitors stuck around
longer.
“They just seemed to be
Please see DOGWOOD, page7A
the Sandman Motel at 402
Courtney Hodges Boulevard.
In addition to a generous
serving of barbecue, each plate
will include cole slaw, cookies,
chips, pickles and bread. Price
per plate is $4 and bulk is $5 per
pound.
Tickets can be purchased in
advance from any Shrine Club
member or at the drive-thru the
day of the evenL Event hours are
from 11:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.
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Tilton alerts
residents of
rabies cases
BY PAULINE LEWIS
Staff Writer
Lea Glenn is the latest area in
Houston County to repent a rabid
raccoon, according to Bert Tilton of
the county health department
On Saturday, March 26, a dog was
injured during a fight with a
raccoon in the back yard of a Lea
Glenn residence. Since the property
owner killed the raccoon and kept
it, Houston County Health
Department could get the animal
and test it for rabies.
The raccoon tested positive. The
dog, which was wounded, did not
have current shots and was
euthanized. A second dog involved
had shots that were current and it
has been quarantined.
Tilton reported another case in the
county occurred recently involving
a man from Centerville who was
bitten after picking up a "tame
looking" raccoon. The animal
escaped and the victim is currently
undergoing the painful treatment for
rabies.
In January of this year, Tilton
reported three pairs of pet dogs in
Houston Couhty had fights or
contact with rabid raccoons. Two of
the raccoons tested positive for
rabies and one was not tested.
He reported there has been seven
such incidents in the last 10
months. In those seven incidents,
three raccoons and one fox were
killed by pets and tested positive for
rabies. Two raccoons were found to
be negative for rabies and one
raccoon was not tested and is
assumed to be positive.
Rabies is a virus passed from
animal to animal or humans by
bites and is 100 percent fatal if not
treated before symptoms appear.
Health Department officials warn
that there is an epizootic (animal
epidemic) of rabies in the wild
animal population of Middle
Georgia. The epizootic of rabies in
the eastern United States is the
worst in recorded history.
The number of animals found
positive for rabies in Georgia has
doubled in the last two years and
the number of people treated with
rabies vaccine has increased by 75
percent in the same period.
Three people have been treated
with rabies vaccine in Houston
County in the past six months.
All warm blooded animals can get
rabies but the largest danger in
Georgia is from raccoons, foxes,
cats and dogs. Raccoons account
for 75 percent of all rabies in
Georgia, foxes for six percent and
cats and dogs for another six percent
with slightly more cats rabid than
dogs.
Tilton wants the public to be
aware of the dangers wild animals
pose. He encourages parents and
teachers to also educate .children
about these dangers.
Rabid animals may often appear
and act tame. In fact, some of them
will actually come up to people
like pets. Rabid animals do not
always act furious and vicious.
Raccoons and foxes that are seen
walking around in broad daylight
are likely rabid. Stay away from
them and contact your local animal
control office. Do not approach and
pet strange dogs and cats.
Keep garbage outside in tightly
lidded containers as open trash
attracts raccoons and foxes, dogs
and cats. Keep pet food inside for
the same reason. Do not feed pets
outside, especially ovemighL
Keep pets vaccinated against
rabies. Rabies vaccines must be
given to pets every year.
If a pet has contact with a rabid
animal »nd has no current rabies
Perry, Georgia ■> 25 Cents
vaccination, it must be euthanized
or strictly confined and quarantined
for six months. There are six dogs
in rabies quarantine in Houston
County at this time. Four pets that
tangled with rabid animals had to be
put to sleep last year.
If your pet has contact with a wild
animal or stray cat/dog, call
Environmental Health at (912) 542-
2102.
When hunting raccoons or foxes,
wear rubber gloves while handling
the dead animal, especially during
gutting or skinning operations.
Blood or saliva from the juiimal
may enter a cut or sore on the hand
and cause rabies.
Last, and most important of all, if
Please see RABIES, page 7A
On the
blotter:
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Looking through the incident re
ports at the Perry Police Depart
ment for the past week or so, it ap
pears that things have been pretty
quiet in the city. However a couple
of items did catch the eye of this
reporter.
Alleged attacker turns
up dead in parking lot
Turns out a local woman who
called the Perry Police Department
last Saturday night to report an as
sault didn’t really need police to
catch her alleged attacker at all.
For, just a few minutes after al
legedly striking the woman in the
face at her home on Sunshine Av
enue, Terry Thomas, 31, of Fort
Valley was found dead in the Piggly
Wiggly parking lot on Main Street.
Apparently, Thomas had a heart
attack while backing out of a park
ing place, striking another parked
car in the process. Police found him
at the scene and contacted emer
gency personnel. Attempts to re
vive him at the scene and later at
the Perry Hospital emergency room
were unsuccessful. No foul play is
suspected in the death.
“Although final results are pend
ing the autopsy reports, no foul
play is suspected,” said Bill Phelps,
the Perry detective leading the in
vestigation.
Phelps also added that investiga
tions have revealed that Thomas had
had some previous medical/heart
problems.
Easter eggs tossed in
baskets.. .and at cars
What do you do with your Easter
eggs after the hunting is over?
Well, while it may sometimes be a
pain to come up with a pleasant
mode of disposal, one thing is for
sure-throwing them at parked cars
isn’t the answer!
Regardless, that is exactly what
a resident on Windsor Road reported
several youths as doing around 9:50
p.m. Sunday nighL
Having called the Perry Police
Department, the resident told local
officers that she saw several youths
ride by in a small white car and
throw eggs at two parked vehicles
on Windsor. The owners of the ve
hicles were contacted, but the
amount of damage to die victimized
cars was unknown at the time the
police report was filed.
A case card has been issued and
Perry detectives are investigating
the incident