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Houston Times-Journal Volume 124 No. 46 2 Sections, 18 Pages Inside Today Calendar 3A Classifieds 8A Death Notices 2A editorials 4A lifestyles IB Sports 7A Rack Rates Will Be $52/yr Buy a Subscription For $25 + tax & Save $25.75 round town iefly... mmunity blood drive p held at CB&T PAULINE LEWIS f Writer jry Rotary Club is sponsoring ■nmunity Blood Drive on June lorn 12 noon until 5:30 p.m. at It Bank. The goal is 102 I - one pint more than was do- I last year. U Gary Bishop at CB&T (987- I) for an appointment. He will mule eight people every 15 Ites so that donors will not la long wait. lors will receive juice and Ino's Pizza before leaving the lises. Business people can lule near their lunch period and I their lunch in the form of It on the house", lop says that there is a serious Ige of blood. Bishop and all lans encourage you to call for Ipointment now (987-1522) ve blood. center formulates peers bureau t task of finding a program pr for club and organizau'onal ligs became a lot easier today, phael A. Froehlich, Executive lor of the Georgia National bunds & Agricenter in Perry Inced the formulation of ar. Ized "speakers bureau" tc I program coordinators anc I seeking timely and lative programs, lehlich said a new slide lation has been developed to Ihe historical development of |5 million facility in Perry, loses and how it is making a le economic impact on the I Geogia. I Georgia National minds & Agricenter will enter Ih year of operation next land it will stage the fifth I Georgia National Fair, 17-16, 1994. )ne interested in scheduling er from the Fairgrounds & ter’s speakers bureau should 0-YUR_FAIR (800-987- ?y offers space for to hold yard sale JUNE LEWIS frlter y's Chrysler Plymouth Jeep Eagle, Inc., 100 Iffie ’erry, is proposing that all le organization that would articipate in Perry’s Largest Je may do so on the nice, isy space adjacent to the 5 Chrysler building - if a date can be established by table organizations. Set an e date on a Saturday and Pauline Lewis at the Times-Journal for public -823. ters of each charitable or n would be asked to bring is to that area and handle inization's sales. All pro uld stay with the charitable ion. Legals Page 3B - % '* mm ' \ ** County Commission Sherrill Stafford, left, talks with political forum organizer Ronald Cain on subjevts of concerns to county residents. Among topics discussed at the forum were sludge, unpaved roads and the need for water lines In certain areas of the county. Residents discuss concerns at Saturday political forum BY BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer Approximately 30 residents of south Houston County gave five county commission candidates pre sent at a political forum over the weekend plenty to think about as each continues to stump the area for votes. The three-hour forum, which was held from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday at the Henderson Volun teer Fire Department near Perry, was organized by concerned citizen Ronald Cain of Elko. Candidates vying for the county commission’s post two seat present were: Democrat Billy Hunter of Bonaire, Republican Nora Reese- Laughlin of Warner Robins, Democrat Ronald Wayne Ragin of Perry, Republican John F. Wylam of Warner Robins and Democrat Randy Wynn of Warner Robins. Republican candidate James B. Carter of Kathleen did not attend. In addition to the post two can didates, county commission chair man Sherrill Stafford of Center ville, who is running for a second unopposed term, was present to an swer questions and confront issues for the concerned voters. Aside from the obvious question of why each candidate wants to serve on the commission, an array Airport Authority looking to replace current FBO By VETO F. ROLEY Staff Writer The Perry-Houston County Air port Authority decided to move forward with plans to find a new fixed based operator (FBO) during its regular meeting Monday, June 6, despite objections from Lowell Register, owner of Register Avia tion. Register Aviation is the current FBO at the airport. An FBO pro vides services at airports such as flight training, fuel and mainte nance. Authority members have ex Official Organ For Houston County, City of Perry & State of Georgia of other on-going county issues, particularly those with more impact on the people in the southern ends of the county, were brought to the table during the forum. Concerns were candid and questions were tough. Topping the crowds’ concerns were issues such as: •The spreading of other counties’ unwanted sludge and questions of its safety. Several south Houston residents have been voicing their concerns over Bibb County being allowed to spread their sludge-the byproduct of treated solid waste-in areas in which they live for more than a year now. The residents, who say that on some days the smell is unbearable, are also concerned about their own safety as they say rain causes run-off onto their property. They fear the run-off may be contaminating their soil and water. •The existence of un-paved county roads. Of the dozens of miles of unpaved roads in the county, residents and candidates said they are aware that the majority of those are in the south end of the county. •The need and desire for county water lines to be extended into the southern portions of the county. •The fact that many people in south Houston County still live pressed concerns about payments they say are owed to the authority by Register Aviation, particularly over a three cent per gallon flow fee for fuel. As previously reported in the Times-Journal, the authority al leges that they have not received any money from the How fee. Perry Mayor Jim Worrall told the members of the authority that Register had accused him of "fighting a war with him on the front page of the local newspaper." Worrall said that Register was scheduled to appear before the meet For News And Subscriptions Call 912-987-1823 Sports Page 7 A Wednesday, June 8, 1994 ing, but had to attend a meeting with the Fox network in New Or leans. "I am convinced that there has been a breakdown in communica tions between the person who runs the day-to-day operations (Len Reg ister) and his daddy (Lowell Regis ter)," said Worrall. The authority appointed a three man committee consisting of au thority chairman Ralph Dorsett, au thority attorney Skip Hulbcrt and Worrall to meet with Lowell Regis ter about his concerns. five miles from a fire department and also lack the availability of county water lines. This, they say, causes them to be double penalized as they still pay the two mills of tax required for county fire protec tion, but are also are confronted with higher insurance rates because of their predicament. •Employment concerns, particu larly the view that, although new industries have located in Houston County to replace several which have closed in recent years-ie. Heileman Brewery and Continental Can-there are still many displaced workers in the county. Some in the audience alleged that the new com panies have hired only a handful of dislocated workers and said they just don’t understand why, especially since the county approved millions of dollars in infrastructure and other tax incentives to attract the new industries here. In nearly all cases, candidates ac knowledged and agreed with the problems and assured those present that, if elected, they would be there for them and would do whatever they could to help them get some answers and solutions. Each candidate also pledged equal representation for all Houston County residents-no matter which end of the county they live in. 'Arsenic and Old Lace' to be presented By PAULINE LEWIS Staff Writer Perry Players will present "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Perry Community Theatre, 909 Main Street, on the following dates and hours: at 8 p.m. on Friday, June 10; Saturday, June 11; Thursday, June 16; Friday, June 17; and Saturday, June 18. A Sunday matinee will be held June 12, 2:30 p.m. Reservations must be made by calling 987-5354. Prices are: $8 for adults, $5 for students, and $3 for children 12 and under. "Arsenic and Old Lace" was the first play the Perry Players ever presented and it was thought that it would be the first presented in their new home on Main Street, but the renovation progressed faster than County asked to abolish Freeport BY BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer During a busy meeting Tuesday morning at Perry City Hall, Hous ton County Commissioners were asked by the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce to rid the county of Freeport taxes, announced the selec tion of the county’s first fire chief and approved contracts on a new road which will serve Middle Geor gia Technical Institute’s new cam pus just north of Perry. Speaking on behalf of the Perry Chamber’s Existing Industry Committee and a number of loci industry representatives also present at the Tuesday meeting, committee On the blotter... Good Samaritan beaten and robbed 3Y BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer A Perry visitor’s Good Samari tan efforts turned sour this weekend as the person he tried to help beat and robbed him Sunday morning. According to detectives with the Perry Police Department, Henry Shellnutt, 74, of Fairman, Ga., was on his way to visit relatives in Perry around 8:30 a.m. Sunday Police issue warrants for car thief BY BRENDA THOMPSON Staff Writer Perry police are closing in on a local man who has been indicated in two separate car thefts which occurred last week. Warrants have been issued on the man, however, his name is being withheld until he is actually located and arrested. A State of Georgia parolee already on parole for similar criminal activities, police added that "It is the consensus of the au thority," said Dorsett, "to let by gones be by gones and press on. We need to forget what has hap pened in the past, and not try to solve all the problems we had in the contract." Register Aviation’s contract with the authority will end Sept. 10, 1994. Perry has recently agreed to take over management of the airport. The city will also provide fuel to the FBO. Dorsett said that the city could lease a fuel truck, if needed, Classified 'Page 8A Perry, Georgia - 50 Cents anticipated and it will be the third presentation in the Perry Community Theatre. To make your evening with the Perry Players especially enjoyable, new comfortable seats have been installed in time for this produc tion. Make your plans now to attend "Arsenic and Old Lace” so that you will be assured of seating. chairman Lynn Hoover pleaded with county commissioners to consider raising their current 40 percent Freeport tax exemption policy to 100 percent for industries located in the county. At present, the county is one of a very few left along the 1-75 corri dor south of Atlanta which charges such taxes to local manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and ware house operations who must keep raw materials, goods-in-process and/or finished goods destined for out-of-state shipment in their in ventories-a fact which Hoover says puts the county at a critical disad- Please see COUNTY, page 11A when he noticed a bicyclist stranded near the comer of Lect Drive and Marshallville Highway in Perry. Seeing that the man-described a black male-needed help, Shellnutt stopped his car and offered his assis tance. The man asked for a ride and Shellnutt obliged. Upon arriving at the man’s des- Please see VISITOR, page 11A the man is also a suspect in a rash of car break-ins which has plagued Perry since the first of April. In last week’s incidents, a truck was taken from a residence on Sherwood Drive sometime between 11 p.m. June 1 and 7 a.m. the next morning. During the same time period, a GMC van was also taken from a driveway on Pine Place. Neither vehicle was locked at the time of the thefts, both had the Please see THIEF, page 11A to provide fuel for planes at the air port in the absence of a FBO. "I think this (finding a FBO) should be the number one priority," said Dorsett. "If worse came to worse, we could run the airport on . an interim basis." The authority decided to run ads in Trading Planes, an industry pub lication, seeking companies inter ested in operating as an FBO at the airport. An FBO can provide all the services at an airport, or it could provide specialized services such as Ploasa sm FBO, paga 11 A