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March 1,1995
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Exchange Club
offers berries
Members of the Perry
Exchange Club are preparing
for their annual strawberry
sale.
According to club member
Judy Hall, the berries will
arrive about mid-March,
orobablv March 17. The price
will remain at $lO per flat of
12 pints.
Fresh-picked and rushed
in from central Florida, these
berries are ready for immedi
ate enjoyment or they can be
frozen for later use. Hall said.
Tickets for the strawber
ries are now on sale by
Exchange Club members.
They can also be purchased at
PDQ Photo Shop, 1002 Ball
St.; W.D. Sullivan Co. 1432
Sam Nunn Blvd.; First
Family Financial at Perry
Marketplace; Advance Auto
Parts. Nunn Boulevard; Bank
South. Kroger location, ant at
die Perry Welcome Center at
the end of Hodges Boulevard.
Hall said the exact days
for arrival and pickup will be
announced in the Houston
Times-Joumal for the conve
nience of customers. The
berries will be delivered for
pick up to Advance Auto
Parts at the intersection of
Sam Nunn Boulevard and
Ball Street.
Some strawberries are
expected to be available for
purchase after arrival, but to
assure delivery, ticket* should
be purchased in advance, Hall
said.
Profits from the sale will
be used by local Exchange
Club members to support
charitable projects. The
national Exchange Club pro
ject is prevention of child
abuse.
For additional informa
tion, contact Hall at 987-
1538.
Restaurants are
inspected
Houston County Health
Department environmental
ists made several inspections
during the week of Feb. 20
24. At one restaurant, the
facility was found not in com
pliance with one of five key
areas and had to have imme
diate correction to the prob
lem.
Inspected were:
Bill’s 10-71, 736 Carroll
St., Perry, 100.
Comfort Inn mini kitchen,
95 S. Georgia 247, Warner
Robins, 99.
Holiday Inn Restaurant,
2024 Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins, 91.
Hdoliay Inn Fizz Lounge,
2024 Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins, 100.
K mart Eatery Express,
1355 Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry,
100.
McDonald’s, 1414 Sam
Nunn Blvd., Perry, 84.
Shoney’s, 1406 Sam Nunn
Blvd., Perry, 59, tempearture
control of foods or food
sources had to be repaired
immediately.
Subway, 1365 Sam Nunn
Blvd., Perry, 94.
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Houston Times-Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Robins not on Perry’s closure list
Optimism abounds about base not closing, final list due May 17
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
and Jj JOHNSON
Times-Journal Staff
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE Robins
Air Force Base has apparently dodged the first
bullet fired in the 1995 round of base closings
and realignments.
i A list of recommended closures released
Tuesday by Sec. of Defense William Perry
aijd Pentagon officials does not include the
base or the Warner Robins Air Logistics
Center.
After the announcement of closure and
realignment recommendations, Stephen
Davis, executive director of Warner Robins
Air Logistics Center, spoke about the expect
ed impact on Robins.
“The Department of Defense, based on
input from the Air Force, recommends that all
ALCs be realigned by consolidating work
load* ” he said
“None of the air logistics centers are rec
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FINDING THE PROBLEMS Chuck Scraggs lists items which are problems for downtown dur
ing a meeting Feb. 23 at the Houston County Agriculture Building.
Leadership seen as key to
better downtown Perry
By LARRY HITCHCOCK
News Editor
Chuck Scraggs, downtown development coordinator
for Georgia Power Co., didn’t pull any punches when he
gave his assessment of the Perry situation at a Feb. 23
meeting of the Downtown Development Authority and
the general public.
Although the turnout and views expressed shewed an
interest in what happens to downtown Perry, there is a
decided lack of leadership in efforts to improve the
downtown business district, he said.
Scraggs told the group of about 50 people, “There is
a lack of coordination in terms of leadership. You need
to work on leadership if downtown Perry is to survive
and improve.”
Scraggs then asked for volunteers for a committee to
work on problems and improvements in the downtown
area.
Those who volunteered included Rusty Wood, Neal
Reardon, City Manager Phil Clark, Mayor Jim Worrell,
Peggy Williams, Linda Bramblia, Jj Johnson, Lariy
Hitchcock, Judy Hall, Peggy Boswell and Lee Wittstein.
Former Perry mayor heads hospital authority
By LARRY HITCHCOCK
News Editor
WARNER ROBINS Former Perry
Mayor Barbara Calhoun will guide the
Hospital Authority of Houston County for the
next year.
Calhoun, who is beginning her fourth year
as a member of the Authority, will replace Hal
Cotton, who has served as chairman for the
past two years, on March 1.
“I accept the challenge,” Calhoun said. “I
am fortunate to have a board who strives to
provide the best health care for the residents of
Houston County.
“I have no personal or hidden agenda,” the
new chairman said.
Marian Nichols, a Warner Robins certified
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ommended for closure,” he added.
This could result in a reduction of 503
Warner Robins civilian and military jobs,
according to Davis.
The reduction would take place over a five
year period, beginning in 1996.
That list will go to members of the Defense
Base Closure and Realignment Commission
for review. The BRAC panel has through May
17 to make additional changes before com
pleting recommendations by July 1 to
President Bill Clinton and Congress.
Two years ago, Robins was not on the orig
inal list, but was added at the last moment,
along with three other ALCs. Members of the
1993 BRAC panel then voted not to close any
air depots.
News that the base might not be on the clo
sure list leaked as early as Saturday when the
New York Times published what was believed
to be an accurate list of Perrv’s recommenda
tions.
Scraggs also named members of the Downtown
Development Authority to the panel.
Williams was named chairman of the committee by
Scraggs.
Discussion of issues previously identified by the
Downtown Development Authority took up most of the
2'h -hour-long meeting.
Marketing and promotion were viewed as the most
pressing needs of the downtown business community.
In a poll of those at the meeting, coordination of efforts
among the chamber of commerce, the Convention and
Visitors Bureau and the Downtown Development
Authority topped the list with more marketing and pro
motion and development of more specialty shops in the
downtown area tied for second.
The issues discussed at the meeting included the Post
Office building and its future;traffic patterns on Carroll
Street; downtown parking; the mix of downtown busi
nesses (which included the need to develop more spe
cialty shops and the need for marketing and promotion);
(See DOWNTOWN, Page SA)
public accountant, was elected vice chairman.
He is serving his first term on the board.
Cotton said that during his tenure as chair
man, the board has tried to steer clear of
micro-managing the hospital; helped create a
better attitude in terms of patient care; and its
chief objective has been cost containment and
better service.
“Our physical facilities are excellent,”
Cotton said. “It has been my objective to pro
vide a balance between Houston Medical
Center and Perry Hospital.
“Keeping that balance may call for some
painful decisions in the months ahead,”
Cotton said.
Houston County Probate Judge Frances
Annis administered the oath of office to new
That list was confirmed Monday and offi
cially released Tuesday.
Locally, officials were excited but guarded
ly optimistic about the next three months.
Tom Daniel, chairman of the Middle
Georgia Military Affairs Committee said,
“Hallelujah! This is wonderful. A lot of hard
work has gone into this, obviously we think
we have the best logistics center in the Air
Force.
hat is off to Maj. Gen. William P.
Hallin, commander of the Air Logistics
Center, and all of his staff for making Team
Robins successful.”
Looking ahead, Daniel said he recognized
the fact the BRAC panel could add Robins or
all of the ALCs to the study list. He said the
community would remain on alert and “keep
our fingers crossed.”
Rusty Wood, chairman of the Perry Area
Chamber of Commerce, said, “This word is
the result of a lot of hard work by the partner
City renames
Elko Road for
Martin Luther
King Jr.
By LARRY HITCHCOCK
News Editor
Elko Road, from Hodges
Boulevard to the Perry city limits
has been renamed in honor of the
late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Perry City Council ended
almost four years of controversy
Feb. 21 by renaming Elko Road in
honor of King on a 5-1 vote, with
Councilman Buddy Roper voting
against the motion. Roper said he
would prefer honoring King in some
other way than renaming a street.
The action was taken after sever
al citizens spoke both for and
against renaming a city street for
King.
Snyder Chapman read into the
record a petition signed by 68 citi
zens opposed to changing the name
of existing streets. The petition
pointed out that it would be costly to
existing businesses to change
addresses on all their papers and
that city criteria for changing names
was inconsistent.
Beverly Abney spoke against the
renaming of historic streets because
of the expense involved and the sig
nificance some people place on the
traditional street names.
Larry Holmes, representing the
Houston County National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, urged the council to
honor King by renaming a major
street for him. Clarence Dixon
reminded the council that a request
to name the Perry Parkway for King
had been rejected.
The Rev. John Mclntosh, repre
senting the Southern Christian
Leadership Council, asked the coun
cil to proceed with honoring King.
board member Jimmy Faircloth executive
vice-president of Perry. Steve Rogers of
Warner Robins and Faircloth were appointed
to the authority to fill positions being vacated
by Carol Russell and Carl Beard, whose terms
end Feb. 28.
Rogers was out of town and will be sworn
in at a later date. -
Acting Perry Hospital Administrator
Nadine Weems told the board that plans for
the Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Post-par
tum expansion were being “scaled down” to
lower the project’s cost.
The architect had submitted one set of
plans, but the hospital staff had sent them back
with suggestions for “less brick and mortar.”
Weems also said Perry Hospital’s average
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ship of the community and Robins Air Force
Base.”
He, too spoke of concerns, and recognized
the possible realignment of assignments at
Robins.
“This status of not being on the BRAC list
is a result of great leadership in our communi
ty and work by Gen. Hallin and his staff,”
Wood continued.
“While we didn’t show up on the list, we
won’t let up one bit. We’ll take nothing for
granted,” he added.
County Commission Chairman J. Sherrill
Stafford said, “We are absolutely delighted.
Surely this reflects the kind of quality of
workforce and mission which Robins has.
“I felt we have a necessary mission at
Robins, and that we had the professional peo
ple to make it happen,” Stafford said.
He also noted that likely there would be
(See BRAC, Page SA)
daily patient load was down 11 percent in
January. She said the hospital had between
199 and 201 full-time employees. The
Houston Medical Center has 793.
She also told the board that an electrical
storm the weekend of Feb. 18-19 “knocked
out every computer at Perry Hospital” and two
multiplexers and eight terminals had to be
replaced.
“The company we deal with for computers
has agreed to replace them all without cost,”
she said.
Dr. Skip McDannald, the healthcare com
plex’s CEO, announced a “strategic planning
retreat” during the month of May. The exact
date will be announced later. It will be held at
the Agricenter in Perry.
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NEW NAME Elko Road to
the city limits has been
renamed for the late Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
Frances Worrall, wife of Mayor
Jim Worrall, was appointed to the
Houston County Library Board. She
recently retired as director of media
and library services for the Houston
County Board of Education.
While in that position, Mrs.
Worrall and the county media pro
gram were honored in 1987 and
1990 as the top media program in
the state.
Councilman Charles Lewis, who
made the appointment, said Mrs.
Worrall would bring experience to
the county’s library board and
should help provide leadership in
dealing with the problems that cur
rently face the county system.
Mrs. Worrall said she was hon
ored to be appointed to the board
and she looks forward to working
with the board as they consider
(Please see CITY, Page SA)