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HHJLiV :.. J.orvrir\ i unxvunjx i « ATHt-NS, GA 30602 Page 3A Houston Times-Journal Volume 124 —No. 29 ... iy&L A| ®, •>'■' irf«nSi W^^s. JB^K \ -,-f%B'' Hz~~3 -ML -„ joEl *1 A. HI \ * ••'' jflv g£ ‘ CJ f / % ■# JB V i / i jf i 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 1 Section, 10 Pages I Inside I Today | Legal Ads 10A Church News 3A Classifieds 8A Editorials 4A Calendar 9A Obituaries 2A Sports 5A Around town briefly... Postal service begins delivery of newspaper Effective with today's edition of the Houston Times-Joumal, carrier delivery has been discontinued. Subscribers will now receive the newspaper by mail. Subscribers continuing to re ceive more than one copy of each edition are requested to contact Judy Hubert at 987-1823, with the labels from the newspapers handy when calling. 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 Official Organ For Houston County, City of Perry & State of Georgia 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 For News And Subscriptions Call 912-987-1823 Sports Page 5A Saturday, April 9, 1994 4 §IHBI mm mmmmaamm, *IHH I WmSl JUKSOf ■ - * '**■* 3 ,v 1 - H rjl 1 ' ’■'‘Sf M P J nk . Pa9t Pr9Bld9nt Roselle Davidson works In ths hospital’s gift shop. iBB ■* HPw . Pink Ladles Nina Harper and Rosalia Davidson aalllng baked goods to raise money. 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 Classified Page 7 A Perry, Georgia - 25 Cents 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