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Perry, Ga.
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Volume 125—N0. 76—14 Pages
WEijNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1994
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Election results
Governor:
Zell Miller 11,721
Guy Millner 11,509
Lt. Governor:
Pierre Howard 12,336
Nancy Schaefer 10,100
Walker L. Chandler 676
Secretary of State:
Max Cleland 15,771
Keith Mahoney 7,282
Attorney General:
Wesiey Dunn 8,458
Michael J. Bowers 14,323
Commissioner of Agriculture:
Tommy Irvin 16,461
Sharon Harris 5,668
Commissioner of Insurance:
Timßyles 10,749
John Oxendine 12,247
State School Superintendent:
Werner Rogers 10,706
Linda Schenko 12,096
Commissioner of Labor:
David Poythress 11,708
Richard Robinson 9,978
Public Service Commission:
Erteen Sizemore 9,542
David N. Baker 12,167
Dick James 759
Public Service Commission:
Robert A. Rowan 10,733
Stan Wise 11,649
U.S. Congress, 2nd District:
Stanford Bishop 2,821
John Clayton 1,705
U.S. Congress, Bth District:
Craig tifathis 6,435
Saxby Chambliss 11,911
County Commission, Post 2:
Wayne Ragin 9,837
Jim Carter 11,924
BOE, post 6:
Shirley Lowery 13,085
Randa Parker 3,397
Tom Whitten 3,799
Amendment 1:
Yes 17,235
No 4,293
Amendment 2:
Yes 18,447
No 3,632
Amendment 3:
Yes 9,837
No 11,927
Amendment 4:
Yes 13,818
No 7,321
Amendment 5:
Yes 14,163
No 7,742
Amendment 6:
Yes 15,521
No 6,829
Statewide Referendum 1:
Yes 18,245
No 3,526
Statewide Referendum 2:
Yes 11,273
No 10,316
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Houston Times -Journal
Carter and Lowery big winners in local races
By VETO F. ROLEY
News Editor
Jim Carter and Shirley Lowery
are the winners of the two local
contested races in 1994, an election
where 23,438, or 57.2 percent of
the county's registered voters, went
to the polls.
Carter, who survived a three man
Republican field, beat Democrat
Wayne Ragin for Post 2 on the
Houston County Board of Com
missioners. Early results suggested
a close race; but, Carter pulled
steadily away from Ragin on the
night, finishing with a tally of
11,924 (52.5 percent) votes to Ra-
Firm offers
to audit city
accounts
By VETO F. ROLEY
News Editor
Jim Whitford of P.A.C.E. in At
lanta made an interesting presenta
tion to the city council during its
work session Tuesday, Nov. 1.
Whitford told the city council
that his company was willing to
audit the city’s accounts to find ac
counts that were either past due or
underpaid for 50 percent of the re
covered money. He added that the
city would recover the fees paid to
his company quickly, telling the
council members to check out the
references that he provided of other
cities and counties that used his
services. He also said city workers
could sit in on the account audits.
Whitford told the council that he
had done a quick survey of the cable
franchise with Peachstate Cable.
According to his figures, he told the
council that the cable company
should be paying a franchise fee on
all income it produced. The fran
chise agreement between Peachstate
Cable and Perry calls for the cable
system to pay a three percent fran
chise fee.
The examination of the cable
system, said Whitford, showed that
the system should have 3,000-
3,300. He said the franchise fee paid
to the city by the system in fiscal
year 1994 indicated that the system
had an income of $450,000, or sl2
per customer per month.
Whitford told the council that
Peachstate Cable should produce
sl.l to $1.2 million in revenue,
based on the system's size and basic
rate.
However, Bill Mitchell, presi
dent of Peachstate Cable, disputed
Whitford's suggestion that the sys
tem might be underpaying the city
in franchise fees, noting that Whit
ford was trying to sell the council
on his company's worth. "We are
not talking about a small amount
of money," said Mitchell.
Mitchell said that the franchise
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Pawn shop hit
in $15,000 heist
Burglars broke into Pete Grif
fin's Shell station and pawnshop at
the corner of Courtney Hodges
Boulevard and Marshallville Road
sometime between Monday, Nov.
7, and Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Perry Police Chief Frank Si
mons said Tuesday that someone
had broken a plate glass window in
the back of Griffin's business. Si
mons said that several items, in
cluding jewelry and possibly some
firearms, had been taken from the
scene.
Simons said that it was too early
in the investigation to put a value
on the items taken. Griffin, how
ever, said that the material was
worth $15,000.
Simons added that the Perry Po
lice Department was still on the
scene Tuesday noon, collecting evi
dence in the case.
"We arc doing all that we can to
solve this one," said Simons.
celebration
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Local sports scene
gin's 10,796 votes.
In Post 6 of the Houston
County School Board, incumbent
Shirley Lowery won every precinct,
carrying a majority of the votes in
most precincts. Lowery won re
election with 13,085 votes (64.5
percent). Whitten was second with
3,799 votes, while Randa Parker
polled 3,397 votes.
Parker declared Tuesday night
that she would be running for Dis
trict 3, the South Houston County
seat on the BOE, next year.
Lowery joins Gary McClure and
Fred Wilson as winners in this
year's election. McClure ran unop
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Melissa Santos presents Georgia Governor Zell Miller a T-shirt during his stop at
Perry Middle School on Friday to check out their mentoring program.
School kids impressed with Gov.
By VETO F. ROLEY
N«ws Editor
"1 have never met a great person
before," said Shawn Key, echoing
the sentiments of many of his
classmates in the wake of Georgia
Governor Zell Miller's visit to
Perry Elementary Friday, Nov. 4.
Alex Zedlosdyn and Quincey
Stephens were impressed with
Miller's remarks about education,
particularly expanding the Hope
Scholarship program for both stu
dents and teachers.
'T like what he said about educa
tion," said Zedlosdyn. "He has a lot
of good stuff planned to help people
get an education."
"1 think he was meaning what he
said," said Stephens.
"I thought it was great that he
wanted to see us," said Ashonda
Jackson. "We are very honored,"
echoed Shamika Miller.
Dana Collier called the visit
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Disaster drill
Perry Hospital, Perry Fire Department and Perry Police Department participated in a
disaster drill last Thursday simulating a collapsed building. Here a "casualty" is
wheeled in the emergency room. The need for such drills was brought home later in
the day when a bazooka shell exploded at a South Georgia school.
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posed in District 2 and Wilson ran
without opposition in District 4.
Both McClure and Wilson serve
districts north of Highway 96,
while Lowery's victory came in an
at-large, county-wide vote.
Commission Chairman Sherrill
Stafford, State Senators Sonny Per
due and Sonny Watson and State
Representatives Johnny W. Floyd,
Larry Walker and Robert Ray all
ran unopposed, and will return to
their respective offices one more
time.
Carolyn "Sissi" Gann also ran
unopposed for Clerk of State Court,
as did Robert Turner for Solicitor of
"100 percent great," while Tracie
Jennings rated meeting Miller an
"11" on a scale of 1-10.
Miller won the vote of Maggie
Wise. "I voted for him in the
school election." she said:
And, in the school election,
Miller beat Republican Guy Mill
ner handily. Among grades 8-12,
Miller polled 3,690 votes in Hous
ton County schools to Millner's
1,957. The younger school children
(K-7) also gave Miller a resounding
vote of confidence, casting 5,313
votes for Miller and 3,203 votes for
Millner.
In other races, the older school
children (8-12) chose Pierre Howard
(2,757 votes) over Nancy Schaefer
(2,130) and Walker L. Chandler
(736) for lieutenant governor.
Max Cleland would have another
term as secretary of state, winning
3,380 to 2,186 over Keith Ma
honey.
State Court.
The county was almost evenly
split in die state governor's battle.
Zell Miller took die county, but by
only one percentage point and 212
votes, 11,721-11,509 over Guy
Millner. Statewide, Miller was
ahead of Millner at press time 52
percent to 48 percent.
As expected Sanford Bishop
easily won the county's vote of
U.S. Representative District 2. In
the county, he polled 2,821 votes
(62.3 percent), while John Clayton
polled only 1,705 votes. By press
time. Bishop had been declared the
winner of the race district-wide with
For attorney general, the stu
dents gave a close nod to Michael
Bowers over Wesley Dunn, electing
him by a vote of 2,814-2,792.
Tommy Irvin (3,046 votes) won
the Commissioner of Agriculture
race over Sharon Harris (2,412),
while Tim Ryles (3,511) buried
John Oxendine (2,038) for Com
missioner of Insurance.
The students gave Werner
Rogers a vote of confidence for
State School Superintendent, giv
ing him a 3,061-2,455 win over
Linda Schrenko.
David Poythress would return as
'Commissioner of Labor, beating
Richard Robinson 3,070-2,463,
while Bobby Rowan defeated Stan
Wise 3,068-2.411.
In the three-way race for Public
Service Commission, the students
gave David Barker (2,297 votes) a
slim 25 vote plurality over Earlene
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Index to Features
Classified 4B
Deaths 2A
Family 1B
Legals 5B
Letters 4A
70 percent of die vote.
Saxby Chambliss also polled
well within the county, taking
11,911 votes (64.9 percent) in die
Bth Congressional District race.
Democrat Craig Mathis won only
6,435 votes in the county. District
wide. Chambliss had 58 percent of
die vote, compared to Mathis' 42
percent of die vote with 30 percent
of the precincts reporting.
Of local interest. Amendment 6
giving local governments more
ability to regulate "Adult" night
clubs and Amendment 1 giving lo
cal governments the ability to enter
into regional alliances both passed.
Hospital's
Jim Peak
will leave
In a surprising move, Perry
Hospital Administrator Jim Peak
has resigned from Perry Hospital to
accept the executive director posi
tion of the Memorial Hospital and
Manor, a 185 bed hospital and nurs
ing home in Bainbridge, Ga.
Peak's resignation is effective
Dec. 10, 1994.
Peak joined Perry Hospital as
administrator in 1991, and has di
rected efforts to improve and expand
the facilities of the 45 bed Perry
Hospital. Included in the expan
sions are a new outpatient surgery
center, delivery' rooms and an ex
panded lobby.
"I have enjoyed working at Perry
Hospital, and consider the employ
ees, medical staff and Pink Ladies
Auxiliary to be exemplary in every
regard," said Peak.
"My family and I have truly en
joyed living in Perry, and have de
veloped many lasting friendships."
Peak also served as past presi
dent of the Perry High School
Boosters' Club, and was a frequent
visitor on the sideline of Panther
home football games.
An interim acting administrator
will be appointed when Peak leaves
until a new administrator is se
lected, said Houston County Hospi
tal Authority CEO Dr. Eugene
McDannald.
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Veterans slated
to observe day
Perry wili honor her veterans in
a traditional Veteran's Day cere
mony Friday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.
The ceremony will be moved
this year from its traditional site in
the Gazebo to the Perry National
Guard Armory on Macon Road.
"If it wasn't for veterans, we
might not be a free country," said
Don Norris, commander of Perry's
American Legion Post 24 and of
the American Legion Sixth Dis
trict. "After the war, people often
forget the veterans."
Norris said he was disturbed by
young people who did not observe
Veteran's Day. "We need to educate
our young people about veterans
and what they have done for the
country," he said.
"Veterans have put their life on
the line for their country and flag,"
said Norris, who added that Vet
eran’s Day was more important for
the country to remember the sacri-
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Veto Roley 4A
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