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Saturday, April 9,1994 Houston Times-Journal -
Calendar
of Events
The Masons of Houston
Lodge No. 35 F&AM, Perry
(Thomas Fast, secretary, 987-2376)
meets every second and fourth
Monday night of each month at the
Masonic Building, Jemigan Street
Meals are served at a nominal
charge beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Regular meetings begin at 7:30
p.m. All member Master Masons
and visiting brethren are welcomed.
Perry High Booster Club:
Meets every 2nd Monday of each
month at Perry High School at
7:30 p.m.
Houston Drug Action
Council (HODAC): A free
rape support group is now being
formed. The group will begin
meeting on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at
Houston Drug Action Council,
2762 Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins. (Next to Warner Robins
Supply) Those interested in attend
ing please call 953-5675.
American Legion, Robert D.
Collins Post 24 meets the first
Monday night of each month at the
County Ag Building at 733 Carroll
Street Meals are served beginning
at 7 p.m. All American Legion
members are urged to attend and
visiting Legionaries are welcome.
Support Group in the
Perry area for caregivers of
persons with Alzheimers idsease or
related disorders such as dementia
Parkinsons, Picks disease,
depression and others will meet
through April on Thursday
evenings at 7 p.m. in the Medical
Library of the Perry Hospital.
Their goal is to make a difference in
the lives of people with Alzheimers
and their families. A Forum is
scheduled for April 21 at 7 p.m.
hospital cafeteria. All who are
interested and concerned are
welcome to attend. Contact Eddie
at 987-4364 for more information.
Houston County Retired
Teachers: Every 2nd Wednesday
of the month at 11:30 a.m. at the
Holiday Inn in Warner Robins.
Perry Rotary Club meets
each Monday at noon at the New
Perry Hotel.
The Perry Evening
Optimist Club meets the first
and third Thursday of each month at
Denny’s.
Perry Exchange Club meets
each Thursday at Quincy's at noon.
The Perry Wilderness
Society meets at 6:30 p.m. on the
first Thursday of each month at the
Perry United Methodist Church lo
cated at 1001 Carroll Street in
Perry. Newcomers are welcome.
Tuesdays & Thursdays:
Step Aerobics from 6:30-8 p.m.
Sponsored by the Perry Recreation
Department. Saturdays from 9 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. at the Perry High
School Cafeteria. Deborah Hamlin,
ACE Certified Instructor. 10 weeks
is S3O. This is an on-going
program.
Children's Grief Support
Groups will begin the first week
in March for Children who have
lost a loved one to death. Groups
will meet according to ages from
Kindergarten and first grade through
teen years. These free groups will
meet for 6 weeks. Registration is
being accepted now. Call Emily
Dennis Hospice Bereavement
Services Coordinator for
information/registration at 922-
1777.
April 9: Voter
Registration Drive hosted by
the NAACP will be held Saturday,
April 9th from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
The drive will be held in Perry in
Warner Robins at Food Max, North
Houston Road.
April 10: Hospice of
Houston County will hold its
annual memorial service, Sunday,
April 10th at 3 p.m. at the All
Saints Episcopal Church. The
program includes a short message
by Fr. Paul Gerlock; special music
by Bronwyn Green and a candle
lighting ceremony. Following the
service Women's Aglow
Fellowship will host a reception in
PUBLIC HEARING
The City of Perry is considering a project to
rehabilitate existing sanitary sewers in the Tucker
Road area. The project will be funded in part
through a loan from the State Revolving Loan Fund
(SRF) administered by the Georgia Environmental
Protection Division. The City invites the public to a
hearing to be held at City Hall in Perry on Friday,
May 13, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. for the purpose of
entertaining comments and answering questions.
Construction plans for the project are available for
review at City Hall during normal business hours.
F. Marion Hay
City Manager
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the fellowship hall. Everyone in
our area who has lost a loved one to
death is invited to attend.
April 11: American Red
Cross Blood Drive will be held
at the Kellwood Company,
Kellwood Drive in Perry from 9
a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
April 12: Arthritis
Support Group will be held on
Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m. in the
Trust Company Bank Board Room,
1903 Watson Blvd. in Warner
Robins. The group will focus on
the use of massage therapy in the
treatment of arthritis. Meetings are
free and open to the public. For
further information call David
Kibler at 923-0280 (evenings).
April 12: Attention
Deficit Disorder Support
Group Meeting at Shirley Hills
Baptist Church, classroom 1, 615
Corder Road in Warner Robins.
Contact Judith Lilley at 922-2365.
April 20: Vendors Needed
for Downtown Picnic in the
Park Fort Valley Main Street is
gearing up for its Picnic in the Park
lunchtime concerts held in
Downtown Fort Valley. Food
vendors are needed to sell various
types of food and refreshments.
Dates for this years' events are
April 20, May 18, and June 10
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Booth space is free and open to all
individuals and organizations.
For more information call
Cyriline Cantrell at 825-0611 or
Fort Valley Main Street at 825-
5986.
April 23-24: Gum Swamp
Arts & Crafts Festival: Will
be held April 23-24, 1994 3 & 1/2
miles out Hwy 117 North of
Eastman. WDEN's own 'Rick
Knight' will be special guest on
April 23rd from 2-4 p.m.
Drawings both days for free gate
prizes. On the 23rd, Rick Knight
will have drawings for a 12 or 20
gauge shotgun and a SIOO gift cer
tificate. For more information con
tact Elouise Purvis, Route 5 Box
436 C, Eastman, Ga. 31023.
Agricenter
schedule
April 8-9: Georgia Polled
Hereford Spring Female Sale
& Workshop: Workshop: 4:30
p.m.-6 p.m., Friday. Sale: noon,
Saturday. Free admission to the
general public. For more
information call 912/568-7743.
April 9-10: Middle
Georgia Dressage Horse
Show 8 a.m., daily. Free
admission to the general public.
For additional information call
912/489-2752.
April 13-17: Peach
Blossom Cluster Dog Shows
9 a.m., daily. Free admission to
the general public. For more
information call 912/471-2767.
April 16: 1994 GCLP
Sale of Champions (Lamb
Sale) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free
admission to the general public.
For more information call 912/985-
1515.
Please Note items on this
calendar are subject to
change. Call 987-3247 to
confirm each event.
Volunteers,
from 1A
of persons exhibiting outstanding
service to the hospital.
With all of the support Perry
Hospital receives, it is no wonder it
has been caring and healing for 25
years.
Perry Hospital will acknowledge
its volunteers during National
Volunteer Week, April 17-23, and
invites everyone to participate in its
25 th anniversary celebration on the
grounds, Saturday, April 23 at 1:30
p.m. There will be food,
entertainment, giveaways and
activities for the children.
Froehlich,
from 1A
He also added that, with the
addition of the Agricenter’s new
convention and conference building
and a growing reputation of being
one of the best facilities around,
additional new and larger events and
their visitors will be flocking
through the Agricenter gates over
the coming years.
“Perry is definitely a host com
munity now and the gracious and
welcoming attitude of everyone here
is a primary factor in the fact that
our visitors continue to come back
year after year,” Froehlich said.
“Simple things such as a welcome
message on your business’ marquee
or the display of one of our new
posters announcing some of the
larger events can make a big dif
ference.”
The posters, the first batch of
which were distributed by the Agri
center staff this week, are also in
tended to boost public awareness of
upcoming events.
from 1A
current immunization shots and was
euthanized. The other dog was
quarantined.
A case at Centerville involved a
man getting bit by a tame-looking
rabid raccoon which got away and
the man is undergoing rabies
vaccine treatment.
In January of this year, Tilton
reported three pairs of pet dogs in
Houston Country had contact with
rabid raccoons in the County within
three weeks. He further reported that
there had been seven such incidents
in the last 10 months.
Rabies is a virus passed from
animals to animals or humans by
bites and is 100 percent fatal if not
treated before symptons 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,
dogs and cats. 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 warns that raccoons or
foxes seen walking around in the
daytime are suspect, because these
animals normally roam around at
night. Do not try to catch or
handle any strange animal no matter
how tame or cute it may appear.
Call 911 for Animal Control at
the Perry Police Department, or
542-2033 for other Houston
County areas. Tilton may be
reached at the Houston County
Health Department at 542-2102.
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1105 Main Street, Perry
April 10-13
Show, from 1A -
said couldn’t be done. But, it has
come true and is growing. In just
one year, we have increased from
7,500 to nearly 8,900 entries.”
An all breed show affiliated by
American Kennel Club, Inc., next
week’s Peach Blossom Cluster Dog
Show will feature pedigreed canines
of all sizes and varieties. From two
pound Chihuahuas to Great Danes
and Saint Bernards which tip the
scales at weights up to 100 pounds
or more, all will have their place
and will be competing for ribbons,
trophies and point standings to be
counted toward national competi
tions later this year.
Peak,
from 1A
proved.
If approved, contracts for the
construction of new, state-of-the-art
surgical facilities as well as six new
labor and delivery suites are ex
pected to go out in September or
October, with actual work begin
ning as early as the end of the year.
Compost,
from 1A
posters will be there to help answer
questions.
Home composting is catching on
around Georgia and other parts of
the country, especially where yard
trimmings have been banned from
landfills. Georgia plans to ban yard
trimmings after September 1996,
so we need to be learning how to do
home composting.
Elementary school students and
their parents are invited to come and
see how easy home composting can
be. It can be a family activity and
an excellent way to show how na
ture returns organic material back
to useful soil - a "black gold" hu
mus that is treasured by master gar
deners.
Thompson,
from 4A
from the darkness. “Jesus and
Emanual are watching you, be
ware!" “Who is that?" whispers the
burglar. “My name is Emanual, Je
sus and 1 are watching you!" comes
the reply. Suddenly in the flashlight
beam, the burglar catches a brightly
colored parrot. "Jesus and Emanual
are watching you!" screeches the
parrot. "Emanual, what Hind of a
stupid name is that for a parrot?"
asks the burglar. “Not half as stupid
as Jesus is for a Rottweiler," replies
the parrot.
•And, last, but not least, the
Question of the Month:
Q: What do you call parachuting
lawyers?
A: Skeet.
Columnist’s note: Hey, it’s me
again. Any references to real people
in our own little town of Perry,
Georgia are strictly coincidental.
For example, I really don’t think
those folks in Alabama actually
know our own local attorney,
“Skeet” Hulbert. Just a humorous
coincidence.
You are laughing aren’t you,
Skeet? Skeet?
$1.92 reward?
Sure hope you still get one call
from the local police station.
Judging starts at 9 a.m. every
day of the show and there is no
admission or parking charges for
the public.
In addition to the judging of the
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