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Hangin’ out for child abuse prevention
Members of Perry Boy Scout Troop 216 will be out In full force this week distributing door hangers In observance of Child Abuse
Prevention Month. Providers of the hangers, theTfalhbow House Children’s Resource Center In Warner Robins, selected the troop to
get the word out In Perry. The hangers are supposed to be displayed throughout the month to let "your family, friends and commu
nity know that you are joining the fight against child abuse and neglect Troop 216 members pictured above are (hr) Michael
Howard, 10, of Henderson and Jonathan Steele, 9, of Elko. —Photo by Brenda Thompson
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Be sure to visit home
composting demo
BY PAUUNE LEWIS
Staff Writer
Mark Saturdays April 9 and April
16 on the calendar and bring the
family out to see the Home Com
posting Demonstration between 10
a.m. and noon at the City of Perry
demonstration site.
Located at the comer of James
Street, where Swift Street runs into
Houston Lake Road (across from
Robert Lumpkin's Shell station),
Tim Lewis of Perry High School's
Agriculture Department, will be in
charge along with Bill Hafley, City
Recycling Coordinator.
Members of Perry High School
FFA, Clean Community
Commission and other local com-
Please see COMPOST, page 9A
Perry Hospital turns spotlight on volunteers
With its 25th anniversary
celebration taking place this month,
Perry Hospital would like to
recognize key members of the
hospital family that are not often in
the spotlight-the volunteers.
The Pink Ladies, a volunteer
organization that formed shortly
before the hospital opened on April
2, 1969, are a vital part of the
hospital's day to day operations.
The Pink Ladies provide a wide
range of services to the hospital
including staffing the gift shop,
delivery of patient mail, flowers,
water and ice and numerous other
thoughful gestures to help patients
have a pleasant stay.
Mrs. Nina Harper has been
generously giving her time as a
Pink Lady for the past 25 years and
feels this service lends the hospital
support in many ways. "I think
that the Pink Ladies provide service
to the hospital, its patients and
their families," Mrs. Harper
explained. "We are available to
provide assistance and answer any
questions patients or their families
may have, and if we don't know the
answer, we'll certainly find it."
Mrs. Harper's late husband,
Smokey, was a former Perry
Hospital board member and was
instrumental in the hospital's
growth. Mrs. Harper works in the
hospital gift shop which has
recently been remodeled. The Pink
Ladies return all proceeds from the
shop to the hospital.
Joyce Griffin, who will be the
manager of the gift shop, feels that
the Pink Ladies give the hospital a
personal touch that the patients
really appreciate. "Patients often
smile when we come into their
room and say 'lt's nice to see a
smiling face’," Griffin added.
Another group of smiling faces
that grace the halls of Perry
Hospital is the Volunteens. this
volunteer group of high school
students works during the summer
learning all phases of hospital
operations.
Each Volunteen is carefully
interviewed and selected, just as in a
real job. Once they are selected,
each Volunteen sets » work
schedule anywhere from four to *>4
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hours per week, and rotates through
the different departments observing
and receiving hands on training.
Natalie Lollis, Personal
Coordinator at Perry Hospital, is in
charge of the Volunteens and is
thankful for their help. "We love
to have them," Lollis proclaimed.
They are always interested and
willing to learn, and they do a great
job."
Depending on their strengths and
interests, Volunteens assist in a
wide range of services, including
changing diapers in the nursery,
serving food, answering the phones
and supporting in other vital areas
of hospital operations. The
Volunteens also have the
opportunity to observe certain
medical procedures with patient
permission.
The Friends of the Hospital is
yet another organization that
continues to contribute to the
hospital's success. Dr. Horatio
Cabasares explained, "Friends of the
Hospital formed several years ago
by a group of community leaders
with a desire to see the hospital
flourish."
The group, which consists
primarily of community activitists
and Perry Hospital physicians,
represents the hospital in key issues
concerning the community. The
organization also plays an active
role in fundraising and recognition
Please see VOLUNTEERS, page 9A
—Jim Peak thanks community for support —
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Given the opportunity as a guest
speaker at the Perry Exchange Club
Thursday afternoon, Perry Hospital
Administrator Jim Peak thanked the
entire community for supporting
and keeping Perry’s local health
care complex alive and well over
the past 25 years.
“We owe a great deal of gratitude
to the entire community for where
our hospital is today,” Peak told
club members during their regular
weekly meeting. “Since opening
our doors on April 2, 1969, there
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Sports
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have been times when this hospital
could have closed it’s doors, but
Perry pulled together and now we
are celebrating our 25th anniver
sary.”
Speaking of the hospital’s 25th
anniversary. Peak also took the op
portunity Thursday to invite the en
tire community to join a big an
niversary celebration on the hospi
tal’s grounds Saturday, April 23.
Festivities, which will include
musical entertainment, a
performance by the Perry Players,
remarks by several hospital, city
Incidents of
rabies cases
continuing
BY PAULINE LEWIS
Staff Writer
Bert Tilton of the Houston
County Health Department,
reported Thursday that a rabid
raccoon was found fighting with
two immunized dogs at 1887 South
Houston Lake Road.
This case and another in Dooly
County have occurred since Tilton
reported to the Houston Times-
Joumal earlier in the week of an
increase in such cases.
Peach Blossom dog
show coming to Perry
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
They say every dog has its day,
but this year approximately 6,000
of the nation’s top canines will ac
tually have five of them at the
Peach Blossom Cluster Dog Show
at the Georgia National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter.
Slated for April 13-17, this
second annual event was this year
expanded an extra day and will host
and county leaders and a number of
childrens’ activities and games, get
under way at 1:30 p.m.
The day will culminate with a
3:30 p.m. ribbon cutting ceremony
for the hospital’s newly renovated
lobby and gift shop and special
hospital tours fra 1 those who wish
to participate.
On a related matter, Peak also
informed the local Exchangites that
Perry Hospital is now on the final
pb.;se of getting plans for a $4.5
million improvement project ap-
Pte*se see PEAK, page 9A
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Since the dogs have current
immunization shots, they will be
quarantined, under the new ruling,
for 45 days.
Another incident within the past
few days was just over the line in
Dooly County, involving a dog
chewing on a rabid bat, Tilton said.
On March 26, two dogs in the Lea
Glenn area fought with a rabid
raccoon. One dog did not have
Please see RABIES, page9A
a record 8,884 entries from five of
the states largest kennel clubs-the
Valdosta, Augusta, Atlanta and
Macon clubs as well as the
Combined Specially Clubs of
Atlanta.
More than 10,000 participants
and spectators are expected to attend
and seek lodging, food, gas and ne
cessities while in Perry for the
event and will, no doubt, make a
major economic impact on the area,
according to show creator and
chairwoman Lee Brown of the Ma
con Kennel Club.
“I think we’ve booked up every
hotel and motel in Perry,” Brown
said in a Thursday morning inter
view. “This show was a dream of
mine just five years ago, one many
Please see SHOW, page 9A
City has 'evolved'
since Agricenter
opening in 1990
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Traditionally, evolution has been
thought of a slow, very gradual
process taking thousands of years,
but, according to Michael Froehlich
of the Georgia National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter, Perry has experi
enced an evolution of its own in
just four short years.
“Since 1990 when the gates to
the Agricenter first swung open,
Perry has evolved from an
overnight stop-over to a true point
of destination,” Froehlich, the
Agricenter’s executive director, told
members of the Perry Exchange
Club during their regular weekly
meeting Thursday. “People are now
coming here for a reason, many of
them to visit the Agricenter and
participate in its many events.” .
In making his point, Froehlich
also pointed out that Perry and the
Agricenter have hosted more than 2
million event participants and visi
tors since the center debuted at the
start of the decade.
Please see FROEHLICH, page 9A
Jim Peak