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Insi Perry, Ga. this week Volume 125—N0. 73—16 Pages WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19,1994 50 CENTS Don't forget! Church offers flu shots The annual flu shot cam paign sponsored by Andrew UMC and the Houston County Health Department has a new twist this year—a chicken din ner with your shot. Members of the church are inviting everyone to come out to the church for a free chicken dinner tonight, Wed., Oct. 19, and get your annual flu shot. Supper will be served begin ning at 6:30 p.m. After supper those attending are urged to get their flu shot for a fee of $5. The church is located on Georgia Highway 127 between Houston Lake and Moody Road in Kathleen. Everyone is urged to attend and get a shot. News Elko Festival The town of Elko will hold its second annual rail festival Nov. 5. Page 2A. Veterans Column A Veterans information column is not new, says Nancy Hawk. But, it appears for the first time in the Times-Journal. Page 3A. Gospel Meeting The Perry Church of Christ will have a gospel meeting around the theme of the Bible has the answer starting Oct. 23 and lasting to Oct. 27 Page SA. Championship Form Terry Hatfield took three showhorses to a national horse show and came back with seven ribbons and one national title. Page 18. Long Employment In a time where employees change jobs like changing clothes, Columbus Green is different. He is retiring from Davis Oil Company after 48 years. Page 28. Sports Friday Night's Action Westfield lost a heartbreaker to Stratford, 17-14, in a rematich of the 1993 G.I.S.A. AAA state championship game. Perry's homecoming was disrupted by Dodge County 20-17. Page 6A. Youth Basketball The Perry Parks and Recre ation Department is taking ap plications for youth basketball starting Oct. 31. Page 6A Panthers In Playoffs? Despite losses to Dodge County and West Laurens, the Panthers are still very much in the Region 3AA playoff pic ture. Page 7A In Sympathy The community’s sympathy is extended to the families of those who recently died. They include: Alma Parker Gray, Erlene Williamson Bowen, Vir ginia Scott Hathaway, Eunice Stubbs Lee, Myrtle Louise Rowe Rawlins nd Issac Leroy Reynolds. See details page 2A. | Rewards come from living His word —sA Houston Times- Joupuol Day to honor industries in the Perry area The Perry Chamber of Commerce, Warner Robins Chamber of Commerce and the Houston County Development Authority are sponsoring a Industry Appreciation Day Oct. 25 at the Houston Lake Country Club. The day will start at 1 p.m. with a shotgun scramble. At 6 p.m. there will be a pig picking for area businesses. The golfers participat ing in the scramble will be fed at noon. Peggie Williams, president of the Perry Chamber of Commerce, said that there was no formal pro gram for the day. "It is a fun day,” she said. Williams said that companies that had not responded to the invita tions mailed to them needed to con tact the Development Authority ASAP if they planned to take part in the day. The number at the Development Authority is 953- 5407. Williams said the day was to ap preciate existing industries, which she said created 80 percent of new jobs in a community. The Perry area has some major employers, said Williams, includ ing Northrop, PPG, Tolleson Lumber and Kellwood. "We've got some very strong industries here," she said. Henderson well Residents of Henderson should be noticing better water with the completion of a new well for the community. Henderson residents have long complained about iron in their wa ter, saying it made washing clothes difficult and keeping things clean impossible. Houston County Commission Chairman Sherrill Stafford said that the new well should help alleviate the iron problem in Henderson's water supply. Stafford added that the new well will give the county a back up system in the Southwest part of the county, since the old well will still be in use. In the photo, Commissioner Larry Snellgrove takes a drink from the well, while Stafford waits for his turn. Over 15,000 visit festival The* organizers of Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival saw something unusual Saturday and Sunday—sun shine. It wasn't so much that the previ ous five days had featured rain and cloudy skies that led the organizers to fear rain; but, that Mossy Creek had seen a lot of rain in the past few years. "We know that we are certainly pleased with the sunshine," said Carolyn Carter, who said that over 15,000 people from 26 states at tended the festival. She noted that last year the festival went on under a "flood" of rain. Carter would not say if the at tendance was a record breaking crowd, adding that most of the fes tivals had to fight with rain. "But, it was better than it is when it was raining," she said. "Everything went smoothly," said Carter. Mossy Creek is a semi-annual event, with profits going back into the festival. The festival is a non profit event. The next festival will be in the Spring, April 22-23. Carter said the festival was moved from the third Saturday in April because of las ter. ;hurch news Official Legal Organ for Houston County, City of Perry and the State of Georgia | Local sports scene Perry, Westfield drop games Full local sports coverage appears on — 6 , 7A / Jr yfliij jm v 1 Ml v •*>- H |? Jk ii s lk |l| -mm 1 JSbct n Anderson crowned queen Perry's 1994 homecoming queen Felecia Anderson is escorted by her father James Anderson during halftime at the Perry—Dodge County homecoming game. A photo of the complete homecoming court is on page BA. mk PM •apfc; - J ftPf ■■ k I* . . Blfl v, ■ ft s ®* MkL * II *m • ;4;,. ; Over 15,000 came to Mossy Creek Saturday and Sunday to learn how things were done a century or so ago. Here a craftsman demonstrates a blacksmith's forge. Funding cuts could hurt library system By VETO F. ROLEY News Editor When the Warner Robins City Council voted to get out of the county library business, they threatened the entire library system, said Judy Golden, head librarian for the Houston County libraries. Warner Robins recently an nounced their intention to cut back on funding for the library 20 per cent a year until they were no longer supporting the system. However, state rule 160-6-2-.01 (2) f requires that local funding for the library be equal to the previous year's funding, or state and federal funding to a library will be cut off. What this means in practical terms is that the Houston County Library System not only stands to lose $172,000 in funding from Warner Robins, but over $300,000 in federal and state funds, making a potential shortfall of nearly $500,000. "The system will dissolve," said Golden if the library loses that much money, which is about Uiree quarters of the library's budget. Golden said that the system had no idea where it would make up the money being cut by Warner Robins, adding that "one of the other funding agencies" would have to make up the difference. There are Fair sets new record By VETO F. ROLEY News Editor Bad weather could not keep the Georgia National Fair from having a record-breaking week, said Michael Froehlich, executive direc tor of the fair. Despite low attendance Monday through Friday because of overcast and rainy skies, the crowds came back the last weekend, Saturday and Sunday, when the clouds broke, said Froehlich. "The last Saturday made up for four days of rain," he said. Froehlich said that over 314,000 people attended the fair, and increase of one-and-a-half percent over last year's attendance. He added that the number of entries and exhibitors also broke records. He added that people from all 159 Georgia coun ties and 30 states came to Perry to attend the Fair. "It tells us that word is spreading about us," said Froehlich. Valley Drive will be re-paved By VETO F. ROLEY News Editor Valley Road will be getting a new surface, according to Mayor Jim Worrall. Tommy Stalnaker, superinten dent of public works for Houston County, which will be the agency in charge of the project, said the road would be resurfaced from the Houston County line to Highway -341. A date for the start of construc tion has not been set, since the work can not begin until the state issues a work order. Stalnaker said Chase ends in wreck, arrest A high speed chase that started in Dooly County nearly ended in tragedy for a Mississippi man Sunday afternoon about 5 p.m. at the Thompson Road exit in Perry. Dooly County Sheriff Van Peavy said that two of his officers were on Interstate 75 Sunday look ing for a drunk driver when a BMW driven by Derrick Frezzell drove past their position at over "20 miles over the speed limit." Peavy said his officers gave pul suit, with the chase reaching speeds of 110 miles per hour. The chase ended when Frezzell crashed his ve hicle into a light pole and pine tree at the end of the Thompson Road Index to Features! Classified 8B Family 1B Legals 4B Letters 4A Pauline Lewis 1B four funding agencies for the library system: Perry, Centerville, Warner Robins and Houston County. Perry currently gives around $41,000 to the system, Houston County, $129,000, and Centerville, just under $13,000. "Houston County is not able to make up the difference," said Houston County Commission Chairman Sherrill Stafford Monday. "We do not have the financial abil ity." One of the reasons that Houston County is limited to what they can do is the tax cap, which limits the amount of revenue the county can raise in taxes. "The tax cap restricts what you have to spend," said Stafford. "You have to budget expenditures in the most efficient manner possible, and we are doing that now.” Stafford added that die county's limited budget was being taxed by housing excess prisoners outside the county. Already the county has used up the money budgeted for those expenses, and is dipping into the contingency to make up the ex tra expenditures. "There are no funds out there that we can shift to die library pro gram," said Stafford. Froehlich said it was still too early to gauge the total economic impact of the fair to Perry, saying the Final numbers were not in from the vendors, ticket sellers and such like. However, he said the impact was "tremendous," adding that the ride company alone purchased over $25,000 in fuel to keep their elec tric generators powered. The 8.8. C., which was in town to Film the fair, decided to stay a lit tle longer, said Froehlich. Also, over 80 Ohio fair managers took in the fair on Sunday, he said. While the fair is gone from the Fairways, that does not mean the Agricenter is quiet, said Froehlich. The Agricenter has three major events lined up for the next few weeks including the Wonder Lodge Rally in the Valley, which will bring several hundred R.V.s into town. The next major event at the Agricenter will be the rodeo in February. he expected such an order to come in the next two-to-three weeks, with construction starting one week after the order. Valley Road runs parallel to Highway 341, and has been used as a detour by traffic while the bridge between Perry and Fort Valley on Highway 341 is being repaired. Worrall said Valley Road was not intended to handle the U.S. Highway traffic, and was being de stroyed by the traffic. Valley Road is a simple gravel and tar road, said Worrall. exit. Frezzell was thrown from the car, which caught fire, and was taken to Perry Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries and released. Although Frezzell was not the drunk driver Dooly County officials were looking for, he was running from the law. Peavy said that his deputies ran Frezzell's license plates during the chase and found that he was wanted on a felony embezzle ment warrant in Mississippi. Frezzell is currently in jail, wait ing for Mississippi officials to file extradition papers. Deaths 2A Peggy Williams 4A Veto Roley 4A Sports 6A Editorials 4A