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Ml I I 1! * i Cl ATHENS, GA 30602 Page 3A Houston Tlmes-Joumal Volume 124 No. 43 1 Section,B Pages Inside I Today | Calendar 2A Classifieds 7A Death Notices 2A Editorials 4A Ourdoors 6 A Sports 5A Rack Rates Will Be $52/yr Buy a Subscription For $25 + tax & Save $25.75 Development authority ends year in the black By VETO F. ROLEY Staff Writer With one month remaining in the 1993-94 fiscal year, the Hous ton County Development Authority should finish the year with a large surplus. With one month remaining in the fiscal year, the authority has a budget balance of just under $72,000, reported treasurer Tee Tolleson during the authority's reg ular meeting, Thursday, May 26. The fiscal year ends June 30. Please see SURPLUS, page 8A /||B| n: j t -iMm Brl. c.jL " ~ Gov. Zell Miller (left) and Middle Georgia Technical Institute President Billy Edenfleld proudly j pose in front of an architectural drawing showing the new MGTI campus following Thursday morning’s official groundbreaking ceremony. MGTI breaks ground at BY BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer Armed with gold-plated shovels, Gov. Zell Miller and a number of other state and local officials broke ground this week on the new $13.9 million Middle Georgia Technical Institute Campus to be located just off of Highway 96 and Houston Lake Road. More than 500 officials and lead ers from MGTI’s four counties of service-Houston, Peach, Pulaski and Dooly-were present for the Thursday morning ceremony. The new campus, which will in clude three separate buildings with enough space to serve at least twice the organization’s current enroll ment, will replace the school’s pre sent campus on Corder Road in Warner Robins. The additional space has been needed for years, according to an institute spokesman. “Right now, we have more than 700 students in our diploma pro grams and a long waiting list of additional students trying to get in every quarter,” said Russell Walker, MGTI Public Relations and Mar keting Specialist. “We just don’t have enough room for our students or our programs.” Walker added that the school is New location for June forum announced BY BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer The location for a June 4 politi cal forum coordinated by two Elko residents and featuring the candi dates running for the post two seat of the Houston County Commis sion has been changed from Welliver’s Carriage Shop in Elko to the Henderson Fire Station in Henderson. The event is to start at 10 a.m. According to organizers Ronald L. Cain and Tammy Welliver, the main purpose of next weekend’s fo rum is to allow residents of south Houston County the opportunity to meet and ask questions of the candi dates running for the county com mission seat being vacated by Archie Thompson. Moderator for the event will be ex-school teacher and long-time Elko resident Molly Moss. All Post 2 candidates-Republi can James Carter of Kathleen, Democrat Billy Hunter of Bonaire, Republican Nora Reese-Laughlin of Warner Robins, Democrat Ronald Wayne Ragin of Perry, Republican currently in the process of awarding construction contracts with actual construction on the new facilities expected to begin this July. Project completion is scheduled for July of 1996. Funding for the project is being derived from Georgia Lottery pro ceeds and is a part of a SIOO mil lion allotment approved by Gov. Miller and the Georgia State Legis lature for future technical school expansions throughout the state. Walker added that in addition to increasing the school’s classroom space to accommodate up to twice the institute’s current enrollment, City receives state grant BY BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer Gov. Zell Miller announced this week that the City of Perry has been approved for a grant of $12,500 to be used to help offset expenses of further recreational im provements at Rozar Park. The grant will be paired with a private donation of SB,(XX) to fund a major portion of the approximately $35,000 needed to construct two Official Organ For Houston County, City of Perry & State of Georgia John F. Wylam of Warner Robins and Democrat Randolph E. Wynn of Warner Robins-have all been invited to participate in the forum. Additionally, although he is running for a second term without opposition, Houston County Commission Chairman Sherrill Stafford has also indicated that he will attend the forum and be avail able for questions and comments from concerned citizens. All citizens of Houston County, particularly those in the south end of the county-from Hayneville and Grovania to Perry, Elko and Hcn derson-are encouraged to attend the event, Welliver said. Houston County’s General Primary Elections are scheduled for July 19. The Henderson Fire Department is located on Highway 41 South, approximately a half mile from the intersection of Highway 41 and Highway 26 in Henderson. For more information on the June 4 political forum, call Ronald Cain at 987-5215 or Tammy Welliver at 987-3400. Hwy 96 site the new, more spacious campus will also allow for additional pro grams. Diploma programs now offered at MGTI include health care courses such as nursing; automotive and aircraft structure tech; computer and information office technology; just *o name a few. A host of continuing education courses are also offered and a job placement office offers graduates free placement assistance. At present, MGTI has better than an 80 percent job placement rate. new picnic shelters at the local park, according to City Manager Marion Hay. The city is hoping to save the remainder of the funding needed by soliciting the help of city workers as well as other volunteer help from various citizens and civic clubs. The shelters were included in the original, overall site plan for the park, but until now could not be Please see GRANT, page 8A For News And Subscriptions Call 912-987-1823 Sports Page 5A Saturday, May 28, 1994 * # I it ** .SJISS : ' t., bkISBP t ' SB Judy Poss (right) pins a poppy on fellow VFW Ladies Auxiliary member Marge Daniel. Poss and Daniel, both of Perry, will be among those auxiliary members who will begin selling the traditional VFW Buddy Poppies at various locations in Perry this weekend. Poppy sale proceeds will benefit needy, disabled vets BY BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer As you go into the grocery store this weekend to get ready for your annual Memorial Day cookout, don’t pass up the chance to purchase one of those little red poppies from the ladies in the parking lot. For while it is perfectly fine to be excited about a day of fun with your family, it is also important to pause for a moment and remember the true meaning of the holiday-to remember the many men and women of our country who died to give us the freedoms we, as Americans, continue to enjoy today. According to Judy Poss and Marge Daniel of the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW 6126 in Perry, the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars Buddy Poppy Sale will be held locally May 27-June 4. Armed with baskets of the little red paper flowers, Poss, Daniel and other VFW Auxilaiary members will begin working the parking lots and areas surrounding several local businesses this Saturday. Locations will include the Perry Post Office, Kroger, K-Mart, Piggly Wiggly, just to name a few. Assembled by disabled veterans, the Buddy Poppy has been officially recognized and endorsed by fovcmmcntal leaders since 1922. Classified Page 7A The Buddy Poppy We cherish, too, the poppy red That grows on fields where valor led; It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heros never dies, But lends a lustre to the red of the flower that blooms above the dead in Flanders Fields. All proceeds from their sale are used exclusively for the benefit of disabled and needy veterans, and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans; the theme of the whole project being to “honor the dead by Program for Memorial Day service BY PAULINE LEWIS Staff Writer American Legion Post 24, Perry, Ga., will hold a Memorial Service at 11 ;00 a.m. May 30,1994, in Perry Memorial Gardens, U. S. 41 North, "Dedicated to the Memory of Our Comrades in ARMS Who Paid The Ultimate Sacrifice. May Their Names Live Forever In Our Hearts." The Program: Opening Message by Walter Rembisz; the Posting of Colors by Perry High School G oOf*9lß •* 50 Oooftg /'* helping the living”. All monies raised through the local project are deposited into the Perry VFW’s “relief fund” and are used to help veterans and veterans’ families right here in the area. ROTC; the "Star-Spangled Banner" by Lona Stone and the Opening Prayer by Tommy Wood. Mayor Jim Worrall will give the Welcome. Guest' Speaker is Colonel USAF (Retired) Leon Huffman. The Rev. Jim Shipley will give the closing prayer. Ben Parker will place flowers on the Veterans Grave. Taps will be played by the Perry High School Band after which the Perry High School ROTC will Please see PROGRAM, pageßA