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Houston Tlmes-Journal
Official Organ For Houston County, City of Perry & State of Georgia
Volume 124 No. 36
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Around town
briefly...
Concerned citizens say
The fight has just begun!'
The public is urged to attend a
meeting of the Concerned Citizens
of Houston County to help secure a
new school in the south end of the
county.
The meeting will be held Monday,
May 9 at 7 p.m. at the Perry
Welcome Center.
According to the group, "The
fight has just begun and we need
your help!”
City alerts citizens to new
trash pick-up schedule
Due to a recent restraining order
issued by the state Environmental
Protection Division, the City of
Perry cap no longer place some
items in the Toomer Road Landfill
that have been allowed in the past.
Because of this, the city is ask
ing citizens to immediately start
separating materials that are placed
beside the street for pick-up.
The categories should be as fol
lows:
•Yard debris or tree trimmings.
•Construction and demolition
debris, such as wood and masonry
type items.
•Household disposable type
items such as furniture, mattresses,
box springs, plastics and small
metal items.
Please call City Hall (987-1911)
for Wednesday pick-ups of appli
ances such as washers, refrigerators
or stoves.
City fishing ponds will
open Sunday May 8
The city fishing ponds at Rozar
Park will open to the public
Sunday, May 8.
According to officials at the Perry
Recreation Department, a daily
permit to fish costs $3 and a yearly
permit may be purchased for $25.
In order to qualify for a permit,
each applicant must possess a cur
rent Georgia fishing license.
Although individuals under 16 and
over 65 years of age are exempt
from paying a permit fee, they
must possess a current state fishing
license.
One of the ponds at Rozar Park
contains catfish and the other con
tains bass and bream.
Walkers, contributors
needed to support OAC
Walkers and contributors are
needed for the Miles for Meals
Walkathon sponsored by the Older
Americans Council of Middle
Georgia.
Perry's OAC will hold their
walkathon in conjunction with the
Spring Fling for Seniors to be held
at Tattnall Square Park in Macon
Friday, May 20.
The purpose of the walkathon is
to raise funds that will be used to
expand the meals program provided
through 10 senior centers.
Senior Center Nutrition
Please see WALKATHON, page 9A
City of Perry named manager of airport
By VETO F. ROLEY
Staff Writer
Monday, May 2, saw a red letter
day in the history of the local air
port, as the Perry-Houston County
Airport Authority held their first
meeting.
Not only did the Perry-Houston
County Airport Authority have its
inaugural meeting, but the City of
Perry was named as the airport
manager. Currently, Register Avia
tion, the fixed based operator (FBO)
at the airport, provides the airport
manager.
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Perry High students will present "To Have and To Hold" at
the school May 12-14. The original production Is an
Ragin qualifies for post
2, county commission
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
To Ronald Wayne Ragin of
Perry, there really is no place like
home.
That’s why, although the pursuit
of a higher education and a success
ful career has moved him from state
to state during much of his young
adult life, he chose to come home
in 1990.
And, it’s also why, four years
later, he has decided to run for a seat
on the Houston County Commis
sion.
“Of all the places I have lived
over the years, none have been like
home to me; none have made me
feel the same sense of attachment
that I feel in Houston County,” said
Ragin, a 39-year-old Democrat and
Perry native who qualified last week
and is now in the race for the com-
County moves ahead with plans for water project
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
By giving a unanimous nod of
approval last week during their final
regular meeting of April, Houston
County Commissioners paved the
way for the construction of two
new wells and water treatment
facilities in the county.
After months of review and
study, commissioners voted Tues
day, April 26, to accept the low
bids for both county water projects,
one of which will supply the
Georgia Highway 96 area and one
which will serve the Henderson
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However, Perry will not take
over as the FBO, which provides
services at the airport such as fuel,
aircraft maintenance and flight train
ing. "They (Perry) will be the over
seeing agency for day-to-day opera
tions,” said Ralph Dorsett, chair
man of the authority.
Perry Mayor Jim Worrall said
the city would manage the airport
with current employees. He added
that the city had personnel on its
payroll with prior experience
managing airports either in the mil
PHS theatre department to present musical
mission’s Post 2 seat being vacated
by Archie Thompson.
“That’s the main reason I moved
back here and have gotten involved
in so many civic and community
organizations. Yes, I can remember
being a kid and my family having
neighbors that were always con
cerned over what happened to us; I
just want my children to continue
living in that same safe, open envi
ronment—an environment where
people are truly concerned about
each other.”
Ragin is one of six candidates
entered in the Post 2 race. Other
candidates include fellow Democrats
Billy Hunter of Bonaire and Ran
dolph Wynn of Warner Robins and
Republicans Nora Reese of Warner
Robins, James B. Carter of Kath
leen and John F. Wylam of Warner
Robins.
community.
Bids were received on April 12,
according to the commission, and
have since been reviewed by Tribble
and Richardson, Inc., the county’s
engineering firm.
Low bid for the Georgia High
way 96 project-a project aimed at
supplying water to the rapidly de
veloping area of Highway 96
around and near the recently built
Houston County High School-was
$402,737 and came from Rowe
Drilling Co, Inc.
The total project will include the
drilling of a deep well, the install
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itary or in other areas.
"It is not going to be a time
consuming job," said Worrall.
Worrall said the city was becom
ing the manager of the airport to
insure the authority received the
monies to which it was entitled.
Currently, there is a dispute be
tween Register Aviation and the au
thority over fees the authority says
is owed to the airport for hanger
rental and fuel sales.
"We want to make sure Perry
and Houston County get what they
expansion of a one-act production the school competed with
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for a local defense contractor, Ragin
was bom and reared in Perry. He is
meni of a permanent pump and mo
tor as well as a 1,500 gallons-per
minute water treatment facility,
commissioners said.
As for the Henderson project, the
low bid came from Greene’s Water
Wells, Inc. for $132,251 and will
include the drilling of a deep well
and the installation of a permanent
pump and motor as well as acces
sories to properly treat the water.
This project comes in response
to Henderson residents who have for
years had a problem with too much
iron in their water. The new well
and treatment facility being built by
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are entitled (in fees)," said Worrall.
"We haven't collected a penny this
year."
"We want to establish a frame
work where the airport can grow,"
said Dorsett, who said the airport
needed a manager separate from the
FBO to grow. "When someone new
comes in, we don't want to have to
go back to the drawing board."
The airport authority also set the
budget for the fiscal year starting
July 1. Of the tentative SBO,OOO
budget, $30,000 will go to Perry
Ronald Wayne Ragin
the son of Herman and Gloria
Ragin of Perry and is a 1972
Please see RAGIN, page 9A
the county is expected to take care
of that problem.
In other business, the commis
sion:
•Appointed Jim Rogers and
Leroy Claxton to serve as their rep
resentatives on the Pcrry-Houston
County Airport Authority. The new
authority was formed during the
1994 General Assembly and was
formerly known as the Perry-Fort
Valley Airport Authority.
•Voted to amend ah ordinance
making it illegal to feed, house or
encourage the feeding or housing of
Please see COUNTY, page 10A
Perry, Georgia -50 Cents
for serving as the airport manager.
The second largest expenditure ,
$12,440, goes to Georgia Power for
electricity. Perry will also receive
$12,230 for the purchase of jet fuel
and aviation gas for the fuel farm.
John Houser, treasurer for the
authority, noted that much of the
budget included in-kind work from
either the city or county. In-kind
work includes mowing the grass,
maintaining the runways or provid
ing management services.
Please see AIRPORT, page 10A
City sale raises
funds for center
at Rozar Park
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
When the auctioneer’s barking
and gavel banging subsided during a
recent city “yard” sale, the City of
Perry had yet another $4,513 to put
toward payment of the new Rozar
Park Community and Recreation
Center.
A periodic occurrence, the sale,
which was held in recent days at the
City Bam, featured a host of city
owned surplus equipment from old
trucks and other outdated apparatus
to unclaimed property collected by
the Perry Police Department,
according to City Manager Marion
Hay.
Actually, the sale netted some
$5,721 for the city; however, Hay
pointed out that nearly S6OO was
earmarked for the local police de
partment and their various crime
fighting programs and another
SSOO-plus went to pay for the auc
tioneer’s salary and sales taxes.
Please see SALE, page 9A
Congressional and
governor seats are
now up lor grabs
BY BRENDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
After a review of the qualifying
results from both the state Demo
cratic and Republican parties, it ap
pears that Houston County voters
will have few, if any, choices to
make in regards to the five state
senatorial and house seats up for re
election during the July 19 General
Primary Election as incumbents
were the only ones to qualify by
deadline Friday.
Voters will, however, have
plenty of choices to make in mak
ing their selection for state gover
nor and for the two United States
congressional seats now up for
grabs.
According to representatives of
both the Georgia Democratic and
Republican parties, incumbents
were the only qualifiers for the fol
lowing state level posts:
•State Senator, District 18: In
cumbent Sonny Perdue of Warner
Robins, a Democrat
•State House of Representatives,
District 128: Incumbent Robert
Ray of Fort Valley, a Democrat.
•State House of Representauves,
District 138: Incumbent Johnny
Floyd of Cordele, a Democrat.
•State House of Representatives,
District 139: Incumbent Roy
“Sonny” Watson of Warner Robins,
a Democrat.
•State House of Representatives,
District 141: Incumbent Larry
Walker of Perry, a Democrat
In the race for Georgia Governor,
there are five candidates who have
qualified to run on the Republican
ticket and four on the Democratic
ticket.
Those who have tossed their
campaign hats into the ring for this
seal are:
•Democrat and incumbent, Gov.
Zell Miller of Atlanta;
•Democrat Mark Tate of La-
Please see QUALIFYING, page 9A
