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July is busy
month for
gardeners
For gardeners, the month of July
can be a busy time.
From harvesting vegetables to
weeding and maintaining the flower
beds and the lawn, there is no
shortage of things to do. I have
complied, from The Home Garden
Handbook , by Southern Living, a
list of things you may want to con
sider during the last half of July.
•Want to plant a new lawn?
If so, there's still time to estab
lish new lawns of Bermuda, cen
tipede, Zoysia and St. Augustine
using seeds, sprigs or plugs.
•If your crape myrtles have
stopped blooming, you may be able
to stimulate them to bloom again
by adding superphosphate to the
soil around them. Use about half a
cup per foot of plant height. Work
into the soil and water in well.
•Give trees and shrubs an extra
boost now with an application of
fertilizer.
A July sidedressing gives plants
time to put on new growth that
will mature before fall's first cold
spell.
Apply two ounces of complete
fertilizer per 1000 square feet, or if
nitrogen is all that is needed, apply
our ounces of ammonium nitrate
per 100 square feet.
•To prolong the blooming of
crape myrtles during the summer,
remove the flower clusters as soon
as the petals shed, this will prevent
the formation of seed heads.
•Southern magnolias are erratic
in flowering. Young trees generally
do not produce flowers until they
are four years old, so don't be dis
appointed if yours did not bloom in
June.
•There's still time to root cut
tings of many ornamental trees
such as azalea, crape myrtle, abclia,
dogwood, camellia, etc.
•Layering is an easy way to
propagate many woody plants.
Fruit trees such as apple, pear,
peach, nectarine, plum and apricot
are easily propagated by this
method.
Ornamentals that respond well to
this method are rubber plant, dra
caena, dumbcanc, croton, magnolia,
holly, camellia and azalea.
•Discontinue the monthly feed
ing of azaleas and camellias after
July.
•With all this rain we have been
getting, it is especially important
to fertilize your annual flowers on a
regular basis.
Rainfall leaches nitrogen from
the soil, preventing continued
growth of new stems and leaves,
and thus flowers.
So, to keep your flowers bloom
ing, sidedress them with a complete
fertilizer at least once a month.
Youth baseball and softball parents tell of problems in Perry league
By VETO F. ROLEY
Sports Editor
Dozens of irate parents attended
the Perry Parks and Recreation ad
visory committee meeting to dis
cuss the shape of the youth baseball
program sponsored by the program.
The parents complaints fell
mainly along four lines: lack of
communication within the depart
ment and between the various recre
ation departments with whom the
Perry department played, lack of
equipment and old equipment, prob
lems with umpires and scorekeep
ers, lack of consistency with the
rules, and playing with Warner
Robins Recreation Department
teams.
The most serious concerns raised
by the parents were about playing
against Warner Robins teams, with
several parents complaining about
the rudeness of Warner Robins par
ents.
"At Warner Robins," said parent
Mimi Johnson, "they were cursing
our boys. And, the umpire told our
coach our boys ought to be more
aggressive."
One of the players for the Indi
ans, Carla, said that she would
rather play on the boy's baseball
team instead of playing softball in a
league that included games with
Warner Robins. "They cheat too
much," she said.
Another parent told Hamrick that
Warner Robins players had ran a
Perry team off the field with bats
after one game had been delayed.
Keppler controls Classic
By VETO F. ROLEY
Sports Editor
After 18 holes of play, Stephen Keppler of Suwanee
is making a run at repeating as champion of the Perry
Classic.
Last year's winner, Stephen completed the first round
of the Perry Classic five strokes in front of a second
place sextet, coming into the clubhouse with five under
66. Only 19 golfers were par or better on the Perry
Country Club course.
Peachtree City's Todd Ormsby is trying to show the
professionals in the Classic that they are not the only
ones who can chase the little white ball around the
course. He leads the amateurs in the tournament with a
two under 69, and is tied for second. Calhoun's Bob
Nance is the second ranked amateur, finishing the first
day one under par.
Also in second place, overall, with a 69 are
professionals Brian K. Hamric, Phil Taylor, Brian
Dixon, Louis Brown, Bill Robinson and Joe F. Turner.
Amateur golfer Joe Andrews is the leading local
golfer in the tournament, seven strokes behind Stephens
with a 73. He is tied for 30th with 13 other golfers.
The Perry Classic is not the only tournament being
played at Perry Country Club this past weekend. The
Classic week kicked off with a Saturday sponsor
member scramble, and a Sunday pro-am.
Mark Daniel, Jimmy Collins, Don Pund and Don
Chandler took first place in the Saturday scramble.
Robert Spainhour, Henry Miller, Carl Slocum and
Martin Beeland took second; while Mike Cain, Wayne
Miles, Alma Dayton and Trevor Aiken took third place.
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Stephen Keppler putts during the first round of the Perry Classic Monday.
Fall sports
registration
The Perry Recreation Depart
ment announced today the registra
tion dates for the Fall youth pro
grams.
Registration begins Monday,
July 18, for football, Cheerleading
and soccer. Football and Cheerlead
ing will be for children age 5-12,
while soccer will be for children age
Please see Parks, page 7A
Susan Crook, coach of the Indi
ans, said that her team, which fin
ished with 7-2 mark, should have
been declared the number one team
in Division I, since it had the best
record. However, she said the
Warner Robins Recreation Depart
ment refused to recognize the Indi
ans as the top team in the league.
Many of the parents said that
many of the problems could have
been avoided, particularly in Warner
Robins, if a staff member from the
Perry Parks and Recreation Depart
ment had been at the games, with
several parents saying that they had
not seen Parks and Recreation De
partment Director Ben Hamrick at
the games.
"The director should at least back
the program by trying to show up
at some of the games, especially
when there was only two teams
(girls' softball) out of Perry playing
in the Warner Robins tournament,"
wrote Indians' coaches Crook and
William Walton in a letter given to
Hamrick at the meeting. "The only
time I've seen Ben Hamrick, other
than at the office, was at the boys'
tryouts."
Communication between the
various recreation departments also
became an issue in the aftermath of
the Mite League tournament held
with teams from Millcdgcvillc.
Milledgcvillc, said Hamrick, was
supposed to send four teams of
players that did not make the all
star team to play each of the four
While Loyd Arthur (fifth hole), Jimmy Beeland
(ninth hole), James Faircloth (13th hole) and Bill El
more (15th hole) recorded excellent approach shots to
the holes, winning top honors for closest to the pin on
each hole, the best shot of the day belonged to Jason
Arthur, who accd the 18th hole.
Millie Smith had the longest drive for the ladies on
Saturday, teeing off from the seventh hole. John
Shaginaw teed off from the 10th hole for the mens'
longest drive.
The team of Jeff Baggett, Lyle Fineis, Henry Miller
and Lois Andrews took first place in the Sunday pro
am. Finishing behind them were Rodney Lamberth,
Denis Hanson, Jimmy Sheffield and Rodney Bridges,
Sr. Taking the show position were Charlie Moller,
Rodney Bridges Jr., Jim Thomson and J.D. Brown.
Terri Dicks had the longest drive for the women on
the number seven hole, while Robert Spainhour regis
tered the longest drive for the men, teeing off from the
number 10 hole.
Jim Birdsong (fifth hole), Jim Bohannon (ninth
hole), Dan Shelton (13th hole), Carl Pierce (15th hole)
and Denny Dicks (18th hole) had the won the closest
shots to the pin.
Among the professionals, Frank Hines had the best
day Sunday, completing the 18 course tournament in 70
strokes, winning 5262. Louis Brown and David Dixon
were two strokes back, winning $lB4 each for the
second place tie. Phil Taylor was fourth, with a 73, re
ceiving $126 for his efforts. A foursome of Jeff
Baggett, Chris Asbell, Mike Reynolds and Ed Everett
Please see Classic, page 7A
Park & Recreation Fail Registration Fees
Football - City: S2B (1 Child) $56 (2+ Children)
County: $42 (1 Child) SB4 <2+ Children)
Cheerleading -
City: $8 (1 Child) sl6 (2+ Children)
County: sl2 (1 Child) $24 (2+ Children)
Soccer: City: sl3 + 11.50 (1 Child)
$26 + 11.50 (2+ Children)
County: $19.50 + 11.50 (1 Child)
$39 + 11.50 (2+ Children)
regular Perry Parks and Recreation
Mite League teams in a post-season
tournament. The members of the
four Milledgeville teams were to
come from players other than the
top 60 players of the league, which
had almost 200 Mite players.
However, Milledgeville sent
down four all-star teams to play the
Perry teams. All four Perry teams
lost to the all-star teams.
Another problem faced by
coaches was the lack of rule books.
Even where there were rule books,
parents said that rules were often
changed just before the game.
Crook, who is a first year coach,
told Hamrick that the Perry recre
ation department did not have a
copy of the USSSA rulebook. The
USSSA is a governing body for
softball. "If the USSSA rules are
used," wrote Crook and Williams,
"there needs to be a book in the
recreation department for reference."
Another problem cited by the
parents was inept officiating.
"During the season," wrote
Crook, "the umpires asked us what
the rules were for our games."
Parents also complained about
the lack of equipment for the
leagues, with several parents saying
that many of the uniform pants
used by the players were too large,
too small, or too worn out.
"The program is not working,"
concluded Crook in her letter to
Hamrick. "It needs immediate atten
tion."
Houston Times-Joumal
Even Hamrick conceded that the
shape of the baseball and softball
program was "poor."
"Every bit of it falls on my
shoulders," said Hamrick, who
added that he would directly super
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Several parents of youth softball and baseball players meet with Ben Hamrick and
other members of the Perry Parks and Recreation Advisory Board outside of the of
fices of the Perry Parks and Recreation Department at Rozar Park Monday.
Page 6A
Wednesday, July 20,1994 "Houston Times-Journal
Georgia PGA
CB&T Bank of Middle Georgia Perry Classic
Periy Country Club
Perry Classic Scoring Summary- Through Round One
Place Name Out In Tbtai +A
Ist Stephen Keppler, Suwanee 35 31 66 -5
2nd Bill Spannuth, Stone Mtn. 35 84 39 *2
Paul Nolen, Savannah 36 S 3 69 >2
(a) Tbdd Ormsby, Peachtree City 34 35 69 -2
Ed everett, Albany 35 34 69 -2
David Dixon, Carrollton 36 33 69 -2
Drew Pittman, Jr., Statesboro 34 35 69 -2
Bth (a) Bob Nance, Calhoun 38 32 70 -1
Brian K. Hamric, Cordele 35 35 70 4
Phil Taylor, Atlanta 34 36 70 4
Brian Dixon, St. Simons 35 35 70 4
Louis Brown, Newnan 36 34 70 1
Bill Robinson, LeGrange 37 33 70 4
Joe F. Turner, Duluth 38 32 70 4
15th (a) Mark Lemons, Greensboro 38 33 71 E
Danny Elkins, Lawrenceville 35 36;...* 71 E
Craig Stevens, Powder Springs 37 34 71 E
Mark Anderson, Alpharetta 85 36 71 E
Gregg Wolkff, Metter 36 35 71 E
20th (a) Mike Pass, Peachtree City 37 35 72 +1
Louis C. McHughes, Cairo 37 35 72 +1
David Nelson, Clarkston 37 35 72 +1
Mike Gill, Savannah 35 37 72 +1
Chris Asbell, Duluth 38 34 72 +1
Mike Cook, St. Simons Is. 36 36 72 +1
Gregg D. Hemann, Augusta 36 86 72 +1
Randall Couch, Atlanta 40 32 72 +1
Peter T. Persons, Macon 37 35 72 +1
Mark Hirschey, Lithonia 35 37 72 +1
30th (a) Joe Andrews, Perry 36 27 73 +2
43rd (a) Jason Griffin, Perry 86 38 74 +8
(a) Jason Arthur, Perry 36 38 74 +8
57th Mike McCollum, Perry 39 36 75 +4
65th (a) Cater Pierce, Perry 38 38 76 +5
Bill Hobbs, Perry 39 37 76 +5
91st KragA-Woodyard, Bonaire 38 39 77 +6
llSthßryanK. Roberson, Perry 38 41 79 +8
Scot B. Carnley, Perry 38 41 79 +8
138th (a) Austin Abney, Perry 39 41 80 +9
Eddie Wilson, Perry 43 37 80 +9
149th (a) Bobby Harrison, Perry 43 38 81 +lO
152nd (a) John Shaginaw, Perry 40 42 82 +ll
166th (a) Otis Stocks, Perry 44 40 84 +l3
Horseshoe tourney on Sat.
By PAUL FELTY
Special to the HTJ
The Perry Horseshoe Pitchers Club (PHPC) will sponsor a Publicity
Tournament Saturday at the Perry Ag Center Horseshoe Courts. Pitching
will begin at 10 a.m.
"This is a ’just for fun’ tournament,” said Davis Cosey, PHPC
president. "Anyone interested in pitching horseshoes is invited to come out
and participate. They'll have some fun and meet our club members.”
There is no tournament entrance fee. The local club will award First,
second and third place trophies.
All entrants are to register by 9:30 a.m. when names will be drawn for
Please see Tourney, page 7A
vise all programs in the immediate
future. He also called on more par
ticipation in the program from par
ents, with parents serving on over
sight committees for each of the
sports.
"We have major league problems
that need to be solved," said Parks
and Recreation committee chairman
Tom Whitten.
However, some of the parents
Please see Problems, page 7A