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Your opinion
Reader objects to material in library
Dear Editor:
Back in August, I requested that the County Commission investigate
the presence of two homosexual publications, "Southern Voice" a
newspaper, and "The Advocate", a magazine in the Perry Library's open
racks, noting that this filthy material was accessible to children. A few
days later the Daily Sun (August 4) reported "Library rearranges reading
area" with the misleading sub’heading, "Books about homosexual
lifestyles harder to reach". Moving them six feet away in the adult
section did not remove their accessibility to children—anyone visiting
the library can see that. I seriously doubt that the librarians will bar
children from this area.
Since practically no one else I know of joined in the protest against
this material in the library, 1 came to the conclusion there was nothing
else I could do. But now, in light of the present question over library
funding, 1 thought it would be a g(x>d idea to remind folks, especially
ptirents of this situation ;uid encourage them to investigate, and voice
their objections to potentially child-destroying material in reach of
young minds in the Perry Libniry.
Sincerely,
Phillip Itonine, Kathleen
Where's the Morning Gospel Train?
Dear Editor:
Please help me to find out why the "Morning Gospel Train" was
t.iken off WPGA A M on Sunday Morning. My family and 1 got up
to Deacon Robbin Jack son's gospel music each Sunday morning.
We were so disappointed yesterday (Sunday) when we turned the radio
on and there was no Deacon Jackson. I immediately called the station
but no one could give me any answers When I got to church, die
absence of Deacon Jackson was die concern of our church family.
Please try to help us by finding out what happened. 1 would really
appreciate ;uiy help you can give me.
Sincerely,
Annie \V. Campehell, Perry
(Editors note: According to WPGA, a new programming change on
the AM dial has recently taken place. Jackson's show was aired from
6-7:30 a.m. Gospel programming on the AM dial now begins at 7:30.)
Monthly reminders for vets
By Nancy Hawk
Special to the HTJ
Back again with some monthly
reminders, numbers and activities
going on tor veterans .aid their fam
ilies:
•According to the VFW statistics,
only 40 percent of eligible veterans
use VA medical care. We are all
aware of lots of reasons why. Still,
some veterans in the area need to
know how to obtain help Iron the
VA Hospital in Dublin, Ga.
Talking to Jett Roberts at the VA
facility in Dublin, this is how you
get in.
A new number 1-800-505-5229
is the first number you call to get
an appointment. At that number,
the counselor can tell you if you are
eligible. You should have a copy of
a DD2I4 which is your discharge
paper. If you do not have these dis
charge papers the counselor can ad
vise you how to get the paperwork.
A care coordinator will help you
in getting registered with the VA
facility. Under a system called Pri
mary Care, the veteran is assigned
to a team. The te;un doctor is the
same doctor you see on each visit
to the facility.
The 800 number can also assist
you in emergency care. Windal
Ziegler is the Regional Manager at
Dublin for Houston County.
There is a Post-traumatic Stress
Syndrome group which meets at the
hospital, but this Dublin group is
not officially f unded.
Linda Landry is handling the
Women's Veterans Support Group
in Atlanta at the VA Medical Cen
ter. Landry can be reached at
(404)347-7264.
•Gulf War Veterans-II.R. 4386 is
on board. This bill has been signed
by President Clinton. The focus of
lI.R. 4386 is in getting coinpensar
lion for veterans who served in the
Persian Gull area. II.R. 4386 also
carries additional coverage lor veter
ans no longer on active duly.
The Gulf War Veterans hotline is
(404)329-4659. This is at the At
lanta VA.
•A support network for families
of service members serving in the
Haiti operation has been activated.
Veteran's
corner
Nancy Hawk
This system, provided by the Amer
ican Ix'gion. can provide temporary
assistance for basic needs, as well
as medical grtuits. Call this Indiana
number, (317)630-1212, for more
information. This is also available
to Persian Gulf veterans and their
fiunilies.
•On the local level, the American
Legion Post 24 had its monthly
dinner and two guest speakers.
Spouses and members enjoyed a
good meal and plenty of catch-up
conversation. The first guest
speaker, Lynne Kemaghan of Geor
gia Health Decisions, delivered
some important information for
health consumers in Georgia. The
second speaker was Randa Parker,
candidate for the local schixil board.
Parker expressed many concerns
about education here in Houston
County.
The American Legion distributed
over 500 safety fliers for Halloween
to local schools.
For more American Legion in
formation call 987-2901.
•VFW Post 6126 completed a
very successful season at lire Geor
gia National Fair. Thanks to over
40 volunteers who staffed the booth
at various times.
The VFW Auxiliary is planning
a Christinas party for the post on
Dec. 16. At that time the auxiliary
will be giving away one of their
quilts.
For more information about
VFW 6126, call 987-2469.
•Thtutks to those who were able
to support the memorial services
for Veterans Day, Nov. II at the
Perry Armory. A ceremony was
conducted by the members ot VFW
6126 and American l egion Post
24. This is an impoiianl date to
share will) our young people. There
is no greater honor, nor stronger
commitment, than serving our
nation.
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THE 1 WHO
Rep. Larry Walker presents check to local airport for Phase Two
5 Years Ago
Dec. 6, 1989
James Moore and Jim Hendrix
sweep election for City Council
posts.
* * *
Perry Players is getting ready to
present the musical. How to
Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying" Carol Strandburg is
director; Lu Mellin is music direc
tor. Trish Fordham is choreogra
pher; Karen Barr is producer
* * *
Rep. Larry Walker presented a
550.000 check to the Perry-Fort
Valley Airport Authority, part of a
560.000 state grant, on Monday
night. The Authority is prepared to
go forward with Phase Two of ns
million dollar expenses, consisting
mainly of improvement to the ramp
area, including removal of the cur
rently used fuel locks.
* * *
Pitcher Leslie Walker named MVP
of PHS Lady Panther Softball team
at their banquet Tuesday at Quincy's
restaurant in Perry. Coach Joy
McNeil praised the team for team
and individual efforts.
* * *
Laura Langston and Kaci
Williamson of the Westfield Lady
Hornets provided Coach Rhonda
Griffin with a 39-16 victory over
her former alma mater - Monroe
Academy.
* * *
Cindy Griffin. PHS Lady
Government seems to view working Americans as money pots
Sometimes I feel that the Federal
Government views us working
Americans as pots of money
waiting to be raided to help finance
their pet social programs, rather
than viewing us as honest citizens
of this great nation through whose
hard work helps glue this country
together.
In 1948 the average American
family paid three percent of its
income to the federal government in
taxes. In 1994 that figure will rise
to 25 percent, or one-fourth right
off the top of what the average
American earns. And some folks
still think we are undertaxed!
When running for president, Bill
Clinton promised middle class
Americans a much needed lax cut.
Instead, in 1993 they got socked
with the hugest tax increase in
history, $262 billion over live
years. It is rather amazing that we
have allowed our tax burden to
grow so large over the past 25-30
ye;us without much protest.
Edwin Feulner, president of the
Heritage Foundation, recently
reported what Charles Rangel,
Democratic congressman from
Ihulem, said in a speech in New
York shortly before the election.
Rangel said dial racists had traded in
the while sheets and hoods of the
Ku Klux Klan for the black suits
and red lies of conservative
politicians. "They say let's cut
Remember
when?
News items from past issues
Pantherette. accepted the award for
Houston Home Journal Player of
the Year
* * »
Rep Larry Walker delivered a
$15,000 check to Mayor Jim
Worrall as the first installment of a
$230,000 grant for construction of
a road from the new PPG glassmak
ing plant on Valiev Drive to U. S
Hwy. 341 Only's3o,ooo of the
total will be in cash, with the bal
ance in paving supplies, mainly as
phalt
* * •
10 Years Ago
(Dec. 6, 1984)
Voters elect Lewis Meeks Mayor;
Hervia Ingram. Ralph Gentry and
Thomas Mayo to Council scats.
Ingram is the first black elected to
City Council.
* * *
"Reflections of a Golden Past" is a
50-year heritage for Perry's Garden
Club.
» * *
City's lone cinemas close after
five years in a tenuous business
climate. The Crossroads Cinemas
in Perry's Eastgate Shopping
Center has closed the doors, theatre
Bob I
Tribble I
* J
taxes."
So, from Rangel's viewpoint,
just because we work for a living
and believe the government takes
too much of our income in taxes,
then we tue put in the same mold as
the Grand Dragon! I hate to burst
his liberal bubble but most blacks I
know feel they are paying too imuiy
taxes also and would like to see
them cut.
Liberals line Rangel seem to
believe that minorities ;ue unable to
make it without welfare, food
stamps, subsidized housing and
many other government giveaway
programs. Even though more
whites depend on welfare than
blacks in numbers, if you raise an
eyebrow towards cutting taxes that
fund unnecessary giveaway
prognuns, then you are labeled a
racist. The thought never occurs
(hat over the years welfare has
harmed more people than it has
helped.
The fact is that Americans who
work simply cannot continue to
subsidize those who won't work.
Houston Times-Journal
co-owners Joe Davis and Fred
Klein, both of Perry, announced.
* « *
25 Years Ago
(Dec. 4, 1969)
Malcolm Reese wins Mayor's
post; James McKinley defeated
Connie Jones for City Council
post Councilman John Barton,
Councilman Frank Leonard and
Councilman Alton Hardy were un
opposed.
» « •
Sam Nunn and Morris Copeland
place first in the Championship
Flight and were winners in the
Member-Guest Tournament at
Houston Lake Country Club on
Nov. 2, golf pro Howard Smith
announced.
* * *
Perry Country Club directors
broke ground Saturday for a new 9-
hole golf course in an adjacent
field
* * •
Houston County Board of
Education looks at integration.
• * •
Yates Green named Kiwarns Man
of the Year
* * *
50 Years Ago
(Dec. 7, 1944)
Georgia farmers were called upon
this week by the State's agricul
tural leaders to make the largest
possible contribution to the
Nation's war effort in 1945 by pro
ducing large amounts of food, feed
Since the war on poverty began
thirty years ago, more than $5
trillion has been spent constructing
a welfare state that has had zero
impact on poverty. This country
must have true welfare reform and
head in another direction because
what is broke d<x;s need fixing.
Be assured that Americans are
generous people. They want those
The Bible for today
The Bible is a unique book. There
has never been nor ever shall be
another book written like it. It was
written over a period of
approximately 2000 years by about
40 different writers. Many of the
writers lived in different countries,
many years separated their lives and
they did not know the other writers
or even that there were others writing
about spiritual things. Yet, when
their wriltings came together as we
have them today, forming one book,
the message is as if only one writer
had written the whole book. That
could mean only one thing, the
message was from liie s;une author.
The Bible contiiins history, poetry
and prophecy. In its prophecies there
are messages of future events
hundreds of years before they
happened. Some of the writers even
named the pci sons who would be
involved in their iulfiitiia.nl even
and fibre, and livestock and live
stock products.
• « «
P H S. Basketball Spotlight by
G. Francis Nunn, "Turning back
the Monte/uma Indians last Friday
night by a score of 41-19. the
Perry Panthers gained their 10th
consecutive victory against no
losses for the season. Players were:
Bledsoe. Pierce, Skellie. Marshall.
Wilson. Norwood, Satterfield,
Cooper, Whipple. Etheridge.
Beavers and B Bledsoe.
• • •
Mrs. J. B Smith, wife of new
Methodist pastor, will be honored
with a tea by the Women's Society
of Christian Service, to be held
next Monday at 4 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. George C. Nunn
* * •
Conservation work must be re
ported to AAA office. Farmers in
Houston County who have carried
out conservation practices under the
1944 agricultural conservation pro
gram were urged by E. W. Traylor,
county administrative officer of the
AAA, to report practices as soon as
possible. The closing date for
reporting performance is Jan. 15.
Farmers who had completed all
practices for 1944 were urged to
report them by or before the
closing date "since funds will not
be available to pay producers
reporting after that date."
who are physically or menially not
able lo work to be cared for. They
want them to have plenty of f<x)d,
clothing and a roof over their heads.
But on the other hand, h;ird working
Americans are simply tired of ever
increasing taxes that go to subsidize
those who refuse to work. They
leel they are overtaxed and are
dein.uiding relief.
Rev. A.C. L
Truluck I
Houston Lake Baptist [
before they were bom. There still
remain many prophecies to be
fulfilled.
The Bible is a diffilcult book to
understand. Because of this, many
well-meaning people have attempted
to re-write it into simpler language.
The only problem with this has
been, in doing so, they have changed
the meaning and lost the message.
God inspired it to be wrilttcn .as a
difficult book to understand. In tact,
no one but God himself will
understand some of it until He
decides to revc;tl it to the generation