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she said.
“If it takes someone calling the
police to report violators to make it
work, then I will. I’ll be a
tattle=[tale. I will call the police
department and tell them when
someone who works in downtown is
parking on the street,’’Jackson said.
Mike Jackson, Nancy Jackson’s
husband, supported his wife’s sin-id,
but said the council needed to seek a
solution to the root of the problem
the scarcity off-street parking
near downtown.
“I appreciate the council looking
into his problem,” he said. “I hope
some kind of middle ground can be
reached. There are approximately
100 parking spaces involved in the
downtown area.
“I think for the viability of the
downtown, the city needs this ordi
nance and will look into purchasing
other parking areas,” Jackson said
“People like to park within sight of
the stores they plan to shop in. That’s
why malls are successful. No matter
where a person parks at a mall, he or
she can see the mall,” he said.
Monty Parnell, co-owner of
Middle Georgia Home Infusion at
the corner of Ball and Commerce
streets, suggested to the council that
th problem might be more of a one
street problem Carroll Street.
“Our street is more service ori
ented,” Parnell said. “Even during
the busiest part of the Christmas
shopping season, we had empty
parking spaces on our street.
“My wife and I both shop down
town and if we don’t find a parking
space on Carroll Street, we just go to
one of the other streets and usually
find a parking spot,” he said.
“It seems like parking is a prob
lem on Carroll Street and trying to
include other streets which don’t
have a lot of walk-in traffic is over
kill,” he said.
Barbara Jones, owner of Jones
Jewelers at 904 Carroll St., told the
council the problem was nothing
new.
“This has been a problem we’ve
been confronting in downtown for
years,” Jones aid. “It affects two
blocks on Carroll Street the most.”
Denise Sullivan, who works at
the Card Carousel Hallmark Shop at
902 Carroll St., told the council.
"We do need some kind of ordi
nance to keep employees from park
ing on the street.”
Ford Wilson, manager of First
Franklin Financial Corp., at 811
Carroll St., urged the council to do
something about the unrestricted
parking in spaces beside the
Houston County Courthouse.
“IF this ordinance passes, every
body will park in the courthouse
spaces,” Wilson said. “Those are the
only spaces my customers have
available I would like to see the city
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include those spaces in the two-hour
limit and do away with those all-day
parkers.”
Councilman Ralph Gentry pre
sented the proposed ordinance on
second reading, and recommended
that it be rejected and that the city
work with downtown business own
ers to come up with an acceptable,
and enforceable, ordinance. The
ordinance was turned down by a
unanimous vote.
Each councilman and the mayor
had heard from several businessmen
since the ordinance was first pro
posed two weeks ago.
Councilman Buddy Roper said
the ordinance, as presented, was
obviously now the answer to the
parking problem the city had hoped
it would be.
“This ordinance does not help
solve the problem,” Roper said.
“There are too many loop holes.
Carroll Street is the problem. We
need to come up with a better ordi
nance to solve the problem.
“There’s a lot better ordinance
coming,” he told the almost full
house audience at the meeting.
“You’ll get something you’ll like.”
Councilman Charles Lewis
thanked those who had called him
and those who came to the meeting
and then said, “I think we will defi
nitely come out with something bet
ter.”
Councilman James Moor said, “:I
don’t there there was enough
thought given to the ordinance on
first reading. Carroll Street is the big
problem and we need to work with
the police chief and others to come
up with a better ordinance.”
Councilman Bobby Glover said,
“We are committed to getting an
ordinance that will satisfy every
one.,”
The calls he received made
Councilman Hervia Ingram stop and
think about the ordinance. “The
problems made us thing about the
problems with the ordinance,” he
said. “We need to come up with
something which will be better for
everyone.”
Mayor Jim Worrall told the audi
ence the city was trying to find a
solution to the problem , but without
much success.
“The ordinance, as presented,
had too many loopholes. I and a
member of the county commission
have talked with the property own
ers who own vacant lots in the
downtown area and we've been told
they are not interested in selling.
“We have tried to find additional
off-street parking,” Worrall said.
"If the central business district
doesn't prosper, then the town won’t
prosper, “ the mayor said.
In other business, the council”
• Concurred with the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce on appoint-
ments to the Perry Economic
Development Commission. Named
were Draper Watson, Lewis Meeks,
Skip Dawkins, herman Ragin, Tom
Daniel and Trudie Warren. Daniel
and Watson were also reappointed to
the Perry Area Convention and
Visitors Bureau Authority.
• Approved policies and proce
dures for obtaining a Community
Development Block Grant for the
New Hope Area.
• Approved a contract for custo
dial service at the community center
to Tharpe Janitorial Service of
Kathleen in the amount of $5,760.
The contract will run through June.
• Awarded the contract for two
new police pursuit vehicles to Wayne
Morris Ford, the low bidder at
$31,832. The bid was $3,832 more
than the budgeted amount and the
fund were transferred from the con
tingency fund to cover the difference.
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shows and yard sales.
When the iced tea starts coming
off the production line in April, I
hope Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons,
the company that makes AriZona
drinks, will have a distributorship
set up in our area so I can try their
New York-owned, Georgia-made
AriZona-named beverages.
Birthday
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Journal , now known as the Times-
Journal, Jones Jewelers, the New
Perry Hotel, Penn-Dixie Cement
Co., now known as Medusa
Cement Co., Perry Loan and
Savings Bank, now known as the
Bank of Perry and Stanley
Furniture and Appliance Co.
Other still operating original
members included Tolleson Lumber
Co., Tolleson Supply Co., Gardner
Watson Funeral Home, now known
as Watson-Hunt Funeral Home, and
Dr. H E. Weems.
Three of the original 15 directors
of the chamber were present at the
celebration banquet. They received
recognition and thanks from the
organization for their work.
Honored were Gardner Watson,
Julian Cawthon and Mrs. Gladys
Culpepper.
Other original directors, now
deceased, were Stanley E. Smith
Jr., C°°P er Etheridge, W.E.
Beckham Sr„ C.E. Andrew, Mayo
Davis. S.A. Nunn Sr., Lewis
Harper, Charles P. Gray, Yates
Green, Hugh Lawson, Marion
Houser and C.E. McLendon.
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Dr. Veronique Desaulniers
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Buice
“If there’s an example of a
Good Samaritan in our community,
Pat Buice is it,” Williams said as
she presented the award. “She does
so many good things for so many
people, especially the chamber.
She has friends everywhere.”
Wood, in his first speech to the
chamber membership since taking
office, set two major goals for the
coming year, those of keeping
Robins Air Force Base open and
continuing economic development.
He said the appointment of Tom
Daniel of Perry as head of both the
local and the Middle Georgia mili
tary affairs committees was impor
tant to maintaining momentum in
the effort to keep Robins open.
Wood thanked the governments
of the three Houston County incor
porated cities and the county com
mission for installing the freeport
tax at the 100 percent level.
Wood said the freeport tax,
which removes manufacturers’
inventories from the tax digest,
was important for keeping eco
nomic development going in the
midstate area.
Wood also praised the commit
tee chairmen who will work with
him during the coming year, and
said they were prepared to take
roles of leadership.
In his final comments as chair
man of the chamber, 1994
Chamber Chairman John
Sundquist made several references
to volunteers who helped make the
year successful.
Sundquist singled out Lynn
Hoover, immediate past chairman
of the existing industries commit
tee, for his efforts in having the
freeport tax exemption adopted by
local governments. Hoover
received the Chairman’s Award as
Volunteer of the Year.
Sundquist cited the 18 ribbon
cuttings, two ground breakings, 47
new chamber members and 16
graduates of the Leadership Perry
as examples of the community
continuing to grow and develop.
He said the 1994 Dogwood
Festival, sponsored by the Perry
Chamber, was the most successful
ever.
Sundquist praised Williams,
along with fellow Chamber staff
members Kathy Powers and Cristie
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Dearmore, for their efforts in help
ing coordinate volunteers to com
plete chamber tasks.
He also thanked his wife and his
Hunt
the present law school classes are
females, he said.
Hunt, a Perryan. has been chief
justice of the Georgia Supreme
Court since March 1994. He is
expected to become a federal district
court judge in northern Georgia
within weeks.
He kidded Nunn about his judi
cial decisions, and about his fami
ly’s interest in attending Emory
University.
Nunn, a Houston County
Superior Court judge, introduced
Hunt, who was the first judge in the
Jaii
Commission member Larry
Snellgrove reminded the panel that
despite a cooperative agreement
with the other counties, Houston
County would still foot most of the
bill because of the population dif
ference.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF REPUBLICAN
MASS MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS
On Saturday, February 11, 1995 at 10:00 o’clock a.m.,
Republicans in each of the Precincts of Houston
County will convene at Rumble Jr. High School to
elect Delegates and Alternates to the Republican
County Convention which will be held on March 11,
1995 at 10:00 o’clock a.m. at Rumble Jr. High School,
303 S. Davis Drive, Warner Robins, Ga.
All legally registered voters of Houston County are urged
to participate in these Precinct Mass Meetings and
County Convention if they are residents of Houston
County and are registered to vote and believe in the
principles of the Republican Party and support its aims
and purposes.
For further information, please call
Annette B. Johnson, Chairman, at 987-9588.
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employer, the Northrop Grumman
Corp., for supporting him during his
year as chairman of the chamber. He
is the first person to hold that title.
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Houston County Circuit Court.
Before Nunn could take the podi
um, however, he was roasted by
Chamber Chairman Rusty Wood,
who introduced Nunn. Wood
recalled how “tight” Nunn was
when his father-in-law attempted to
negotiate with Nunn to buy a home
for Wood and his wife.
Nunn offered several jabs at Hunt
during the introduction, but said he
regretted the introduction had to end
because he knew Hunt would have
the last word.
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Commissioners also agreed to
not extend the freeze on outdoor
sign permits past Jan. 31, pending a
study on new regulations.
The panel will meet Jan. 31 at 10
a.m. at the Perry City Hall instead
of Feb. 7 because of a conflict.
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