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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 Page 9A 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. e As seen on "Good Morning America", "20/20". "Larry King, Live", and featured in PEOPLE Magazine and Billy Graham Crusades Nationwide 8 jbH b 9» h First Baptist Church 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. 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