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Volume 124 No. 30
2 Sections, 18 Pages I
Inside I
Todayl
Legal Ads 4B
Announcements 2B
Classifieds 7A
Editorials 4A
Calendar 3A
Letters 4A
Sports 6A
Around town
briefly...
Shriners annual bbq
will be held Friday
Don’t forget the Perry Shrine
Club’s annual spring barbecue this
Friday.
Club members will begin cook
ing up some 2000 pounds of ham
starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, with
plates to be ready for pick-up from
11:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Friday.
All pick-ups will be at the
club’s barbecue site located at 402
Courtney Hodges Boulevard, right
next door to the Sandman Motel.
Each plate will cost $4 and will
contain pit cooked barbecue, slaw,
cookies, chips, pickles and bread.
Barbecue can also be purchased sep
arately for $5 per poupd.
Tickets can be purchased in ad
vance from any Shrine Club mem
ber or at the site the day of the
event.
Look-A-Like Contest
To Benefit HODAC
Houston Drug Action Council
(HODAC) will hold a Pet/Owner
Look-A-Like Contest Saturday,
April 23. The fund raiser will be
held at the Houston Mall from 1-3
p.m. Besides Perry Mayor Pro Tem
Charles Lewis, other judges include
J. Sherrill Stafford, Houston
County Commission Chairman;
Centerville Mayor Matt Keene,
Dick Walden, president of the
Warner Robins Chamber of
Commerce; Henrietta Mclntyre, act
ing mayor of Warner Robins; Mike
Maze, weatherman for WMAZ
Channel 13; and Eric and Marie, Q
-106 radio morning team.
All proceeds raise are to benefit
HODAC's Rape Crisis Program of
Houston county.
Mosquito Season Is
Upon Us Once Again!
Public Works Superintendent re
minded citizens this week that
mosquito season is here and the city
is currently spraying between 6-9
p.m. at least every seven days.
"Although people like to walk
during this time, it's the most effec
tive time to spray for mosquitoes
because it's when they are most ac
tive," Sharp said.
Sharp is also asking residents to
control mosquito breeding by keep
ing yards and roadsides clear of any
container that can hold stagnant wa
ter-such as old tires, cans, buckets,
etc.
Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival will be held this weekend
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
While the weather may be un
predictable during these early days
of spring, there is one thing every
one can count on-the Mossy Creek
Barnyard Festival.
Just like clockwork, this well
known and well-attended arts and
crafts festival is scheduled to hap
pen this weekend, April 16 and 17,
at the famous Mossy Creek Bam
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Dogwood drawing winner announced!
Mary Flchter of Perry was the winner of the recent Dogwood Festival Merchant Drawing
sponsored by the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce and various area merchants. In the photo
above, Chamber President Peggie Williams, left, and Dogwood Festival Chairwoman Melodle
Burrus, right, present Mrs. Flchter and her husband, Harold, with a SI,OOO check.
Knox seeking Ga. governor's post
By BRIGETTE LOUDERMILK
Editor
Standing on a platform to provide
safe streets, good schools and lower
taxes, John Knox is seeking the
Republican nomination for the state
governor's 1995 election.
At Perry Rotary Club’s regular
meeting Monday, April 11, Knox
discussed his beliefs on government
and why he thinks he is the best
candidate for Governor of Georgia.
Claiming to be the only candidate
who can "beat Zell Miller in rural
Georgia", Knox believes
"aggressive leadership based on
solid conservative values can dra
matically improve our quality of
life."
Knox said government should be
there to help people and should
"trust you to act in your own best
interests.
"We’ve got to have a sense of ur
gency to make fundamental chang
es," which is something Knox said
Zell Miller is not willing to do.
Three areas he discussed included
crime, education and spending.
If elected governor, Knox prom
ised he would cut taxes by $1
billion during his first term. He
said he would cut $25 million of
"pork barrel" spending each year to
allow the tax cut. He believes that
Local health department offers free immunizations
Houston County Health
Department has joined a national
and state-wide effort to protect
preschool children from nine seri
ous childhood diseases.
Houston County will celebrate
by offering free immunizations for
all children 12 and under during
this week. Many local merchants
have donated prizes, coupons and
gift certificates to be given away
during National Immunization
Week at the Houston County
Health Department. Dates are April
25 - 29.
"Georgia law requires children to
be immunized by the time they
yard Festival grounds located near
Perry.
In addition to the typical and
not-so-typical displays of arts and
crafts, pioneer demonstrations and
entertainment now a tradition at
Mossy Creek, this 27th semi-an
nual fest will feature a number of
new crafters and entertainers from a
South Carolinian who builds rock
ing chairs before your very eyes to
the ever-popular Foxfire Bovs Band
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Official Organ For Houston County, City of Perry & State of Georgia
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John Knox addressed the Perry Rotary Club Monday, April 11 and
announced he Is Is seeking the Republican nomination tor the state
governor’s race In 1995.
instead of paying taxes for pork
projects, the money would be better
off in "your pocket" whether it is
spent locally, invested or saved.
Knox believes local control of ed
ucation is essential. He believes
enter school or day care, but par
ents need to know that it's better
to start earlier so preschool chil
dren will be protected too," says
Bill Carter, Administrator of the
Five good reasons to have updated immunizations
Houston County Health
Department lists the Top Five
Reasons To Have Your Child
Immunized:
5. It's the law! All children must
be up-to-date with immunizations
to enroll in day care centers,
which just recently represented At
lanta at the Olympic festivities
prior to the Winter Games in Nor
way.
Other newcomers to the festival
will include an Alabama native who
cuts personal silhouettes on the
spot; a Missouri woman who hand
makes whimsical jewelry out of
clay; a Colorado resident who
makes Victorian porcelain plaques
and ornaments; and a Kentucky man
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parents and teachers "best under
stand the needs of our children." He
said that money can be kept in the
classrooms by establishing local
control in schools, therefore, cut-
Please see KNOX, page9A
Houston County Health
Department "Every child should
get a series of vaccinations that
can begin at the age of two
months.. By two years of age
preschools or public/private sec
ondary schools.
4. You can protect your children
from measles, mumps, polio, te
tanus, hepatitis B. and other dan
gerous childhood diseases.
3. It's a great way to demonstrate
who demonstrates making blown
glass bead jewelry.
Returning favorites include
Cleater Meaders throwing folk pot
tery; Anthony Smith of Pennsylva
nia drawing caricatures; Ken Mc-
Manus of Montana hand-building
lodgepole furniture; Don Nedobeck
of Wisconsin with whimsical art
and children's books; Joy Dunlap
of Florida with handcrafted fishing
rods; and Perry’s own Ernie Mills
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Commission
votes to hire
new fire chief
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Wanted: One fire chief to be re
sponsible for all county fire and
rescue operations. Starting salary
$27,352 annually.
Houston Countians will likely
be seeing this or a similar adver
tisement in the classifieds of vari
ous area newspapers in coming days
as members of the county commis
sion voted Tuesday to create the
new position and to begin
immediately seeking candidates to
fill it.
Responsibility of the county’s
eight current volunteer fire depart
ments presently falls upon Bob
Smith, director of the Houston
County Emergency Management
Services. With creation of the new
position, fire services will simply
become a separate branch.
“I think it has come time in
Houston County to have a full-time
fire chief,” Commissioner Larry
Snellgrove said in introducing the
measure at Tuesday morning’s regu
lar commission meeting held at
Perry City Hall. “Bob and his de
partment have done an excellent
job, but it has become too much
for two people to-do. They need
help.”
According to Snellgrove, the
commission hopes to have the new
position filled in the coming weeks
with the successful candidate in
place by July 1.
Please see Chief, page 10A
School board hears
from Perry citizens
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
The Houston County School
Board should open bids for the new
middle schools in June, Houston
County School Board Chairman
Zell Blackmon said during the regu
lar meeting of the board Tuesday
afternoon.
The board has plans to build two
new middle schools, getting them
open in time for the 1994-95
school year. However, unless future
events change the board's decision,
your child should be fully pro
tected against diphtheria, mumps,
measles, pertusis (whooping
cough), polio, rubella, tetanus,
Hib (a form of meningitis) and
your love for your children.
Parents of immunized children are
50% happier, because they know
they have done a great thing.
2. It's fast, convenient - no long
lines.
Please see REASONS, page 9A
carving Georgia’s only working
duck decoys.
“All total, we have more than 30
demonstrating crafters providing a
picture of pioneer life more vividly
than history books,” festival coor
dinator Carolyn Chester said this
week. “These artists and artisans are
selected from the best in the nation
and are coming to us from 24 dif
ferent states.”
Entertainment for the weekend
Perry, Georgia - 25 Cents
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Archie Thompson
Thompson
won’t seek
re-election
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
Houston County Commissioner
Archie Thompson announced Tues
day that he will not be seeking a
second term.
A Kathleen resident and a phar
macist with business interests in
both Perry and Hawkinsville,
Thompson informed fellow com
missioners of his decision during
the group’s regular meeting held
Please see Thompson, pagelOA
neither of the two schools will be
built south of Highway 96.
The board will build one school
on the Ferguson property near
Bonaire off Highway 96, and the
other school on Feagin Mill Road.
Highway 96 is the traditional divid
ing line between North Houston
County and South Houston
County.
Citing overcrowding at Perry
Middle School, members of the
Concerned Citizens of Perry have
Please see School, page 10A
hepatitis B."
The national goal is to immu
nize at least 90 percent of all two
year-olds by the year 1996. In
Houston County, less than 70
percent are fully immunized.
"Immunization is the cheapest
and most effective way to help
keep kids healthy." says Dianne
Banister, Nurse Manager of
Houston County Health
Department
"We'll have the welcome mat
out at our two clinics April 25th
and 27-29, starting each morning
at 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m..
Please see FREE, page 9A
festivities will include many crowd
pleasers like Uncle Gus telling tall
tales and singing original songs;
the Blueberry Jam Trio with a pro
fessional harmonica player, Sharon
Hutto, a primitive artist cracking
the bull whip and inviting all to
join in her hillbilly hilarity; Bob
Evans carving gnomes and telling
humorous stories; mid Cliff Patton
and Skeeter drawing all into the
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