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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. Meais 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.
The Middle Ga.
Community Action Agency
is currently accepting applications
for Perry Head Start through May
27, 1994 for the 1994-95 school
term. All children must be three
(3) years of age on or before
September 1, 1994 and meet Head
Start eligibility requirements.
Parents with special needs children
are encouraged to apply. Pleast
contact Johnnie Green or Nettie
McKenzie at the Perry Head Start
Center at 988-4256 to learn all the
requirements for acceptance.
May 14; Poverty
Outreach will sell fish and
chicken plates for $3.50 each at the
rear of the Agriculture building.
All proceeds will go to help the
destitute.
May 14: Voter
Registration Drive will be held
from noon to 4 p.m. in the Perry
K-Mart Shopping Center on Sam
Nunn Blvd. and in Warner Robins
at Food Max on North Houston
Road sponsored by the NAACP.
For more information call the
president at 922-4721 or the
Houston County Board of
Elections.
To have an event listed
in the local calendar,
call 987-1823 and
ask for Melanie.
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Debbie Fowler, left, Exploratory Team Leader for Perry Middle School, accepts fhe
Macintosh LC 520 with built In CD ROM from East Gate's Piggly Wiggly Manager John
Clayton, right. Ed Mashburn, chairman of the receipt drive, was on hand for the
presentation. The school submitted $293,000 In receipts from Piggly Wiggly. The
computer will be used In instructional programs and housed with Explorer teachers at
the school.
Come join 'Project: Learn
MS' - it will benefit everyone
The Multiple Sclerosis
Association of America invites
junior and senior high school
students throughout the country to
participate in "Project: Learn MS",
a new essay program to promote
awareness, encourage education and
raise funds for MS sufferers and the
physically disabled.
Since May is MS Awareness
Month, students will write an essay
which answers three questions
about MS and the disabled. The
essays are due at MSAA
headquarters by May 12, 1994. A
panel of experts will judge the
essays on content, grammar and
style.
Students can win one of 10
scholarships. The top award is a
$7,500 scholarship. MSAA will
also award nine SI,OOO
scholarships.
Multiple Sclerosis is a
neurological disease which affects
over 300,000 Americans between
the ages of 20 and 40. MS
produces symptoms such as
paralysis, blindness, slurred speech,
tremors, fatigue and depression.
Currently, there is no cause, cure or
prevention for MS.
"During the next few years,
thousands will be diagnosed with
MS. Some may be these students,
SBHS earns superior
ratings at GMEA festival
The 70-member Southeast
Bulloch High School Concert Band
was one of only seven high-school
bands to earn straight superior
ratings in both performance and
sight reading at the Georgia Music
Educators Association's district
band festival. "Everyone was so
complimentary of our work," said
Annette Holloway, first-year
director of the school's band
program. "I attribute the band's
success to lots of hard work,
attention to detail, strong parental,
family and community support and
a strong belief that God is able to
perfect and complete that which we
begin in a harmonious and
supernatural manner."
Nickolas Moller, a percussionist
with the band, is the son of Paul E.
Claudia Moller of Statesboro and is
the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Hal
Croom of Perry.
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President John Hodson. "Through
Project Learn MS, students will
recognize the early signs of MS and
help support those they know who
may be afflicted," Hodson added.
Fifty percent of the essay will
consist of suggestions for society
to impact and improve the quality
of life for the physically
handicapped.
"Over 47 million Americans are
disabled," said Hodson. "Through
the American Disabilities Act,
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continued Hodson.
Project Learn MS will raise
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Classes for 3 and 4 year olds
For information call Mrs. Kay Bates, Director
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In addition to the scholarships,
all winners and their schools will
receive award plaques. The MSAA
will announce all winners on June
7, 1994 and include excerpts of the
winning essays in its national
publications. The MSAA will also
honor the top winner at its 25th
Anniversary Celebration this year.
For more information, ask your
local principal or call the MSAA at
1-800-833-4672.
Wednesday, May 4,1994 Houston Times -Journal -
Floyd recognized
for outstanding
youth leadership
Jean Floyd, Westfield Schools
teacher and coordinator for the
annual Washington Youth Tour
competition, has been selected by
the Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation to receive an all
expense-paid trip to Washington,
D.C., June 17-24. GRESCO
(Georgia Rural Electric Service
Corporation) and Southeastern Data
Cooperative sponsor two Georgia
teachers for the summer trip.
This trip recognizes Floyd's
outstanding youth leadership for the
annual oratorical competition
sponsored by locally Flint EMC.
Approximately 1,400 youth tour
participants from 38 states will
meet in Washington, D.C., for the
National Rural Electric Youth
Tour.
High school Juniors representing
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