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Volume 125, No. 33
2 sections, 16 pages
Wednesday
Aug. 9,1995
50 Cents
At the
Crossroads
this week
One restaurant
fails inspection
Nine of the 10 restaurants
inspected by the Houston
County Environmental Health
specialists last week passed
inspection.
One restaurant, Mazzio’s
Pizza of 819 Russell Paikway
in Warner Robins, failed both
the temperature control of
foods and the storage of
cleaning products part of the
test and scored 51 on the final
exam.
When businesses fail a
portion of. the test, health
inspectors remain on the
premises until the problems
are corrected, according to
officials with the Houston
County Health Department.
Other restaurants and their
scores:
Arby’s, Russell Parkway,
Warner Robins, 97.
Kimberly’s Barbecue,
1328 Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry,
94. .
King Gyro, 2922 Watson
Blvd., Centerville, 97.
Krystal, 1415 Sam Nunn
Blvd., Perry, 98.
Santina’s Restaurant, 1819
Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins, 86.
Silver Dollar Saloon, 103
Gen. Courtney Hodges Blvd.,
Perry, 95.
Tio Taco, 2922 Watson
Blvd., Centerville, 97.
Waffle House, 102 Lect
Drive, Perry, 88.
Wendy’s, 2105 Moody
Road, Warner Robins, 96.
Corder Road
closed
WARNER ROBINS
Corder Road is closed to traf
fic through Aug. 25.
.Georgia Department of
Transportation officials said
the road is closed from
Watson Boulevard to
Pineview. The road closure is
due to relocation of Corder
Road. Traffic will be detoured
down Peacock Drive to
Watson Boulevard.
Bridges reopen
The two new bridges
across Mossy Creek at the
Houston-Peach county line
along Interstate 75 opened for
traffic about noon Aug. 7.
Work began on replacing
the bridges during January.
Two temporary bridges
installed for the construction
detour will be removed soon.
Need information
The state Senate and
House Reapportionment
Committees continue to seek
public comments and sugges
tions on plans to redraw the
boundaries of Georgia’s
Congressional and state leg
islative districts.
Individuals or groups who
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Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
School Board buys 30 acres in Perry
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
The Houston County Board of
Education has purchased 30 acres of
land just north of Perry with an eye
toward building a new school on the
site in the future.
BOE attorney Tom Daniel said
the land, located on the south side of
the Perry Parkway and just east of
U.S. 41, was bought for $5,000 an
acre from Northside Perry Limited.
The transaction was closed July
18.
The site has utility hook-ups'
already in place.
Daniel said the Board has a con
Times-Journal Photo by Emily Johnstone
BIBLE SCHOOL Young members of the Christ’s Sanctified Holy
Church participate iir« Bible study during the annual camp meeting at the
church headquarters off U.S. 41 North. The meeting continues through the
weekend.
From all over, church members
gather for annual meeting
Christ’s Sanctified Church members return 57th time
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
They have come from far and wide,
once again this year, doctors, engineers,
housekeepers, builders, developers, a
diverse group with a common denominator
of their devotion to their church mem
bers of the Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church
have come to Perry.
And welcome they are. With their
sunny smiles and warm personalities they
share a unique feeling of love and content
ment with the community.
This is the 57th annual camp meeting
held at the grounds located just north of
town on U.S. 41.
The meeting runs through Aug. 13.
Some 2,500 people have arrived for this
year’s gathering, fiiling the cabins and
trailers at the campground, and overflow
ing into area motels and hotels.
The Rev. Floyd Hagan of Raleigh, N.C.,
and treasurer for the denomination, has
attended every meeting held here since the
first one in 1939.
He explained in an interview Aug. 7
why church members decided a long time
ago to purchase land in Houston County to
establish a permanent meeting place.
‘‘Our leaders in the 1930 s realized it
was no longer convenient to get together
on an ad hoc basis. Most of our people
were traveling evangelists and meetings
Airport terminal to be named
By Jj JOHNSON '
Times-Journal Editor
Responding to a suggestion from Rep. larry
Walker, D-Perry, members of the Perry-Houston
County Airport Authority have agreed to name
the proposed terminal building at the airport in
honor of long-time Airport Authority member
John Houser.
The naming of the terminal was one of two
steps taken this week by the Authority to begin
the process of getting a new terminal at the facil
ity.
Earlier this year, Walker worked with other
legislators to obtain a SIOO,OOO line-item in the
Georgia state budget to support construction of a
new building at the airport.
A month ago, Houser, a contractor, showed
board members his suggestion for a terminal
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tract on another small tract of land in
Perry that adjoins land owned by the
Board.
No announcement of what type'
of school would be constructed on
the land was made. Several months
ago, several Perryans approached
the Board asking the panel to con
sider building a new middle school
in the community.
That appeal was made about the
time the Board decided to build two
middle schools in the northern third
of the county.
Meanwhile, some Houston
County students may soon be surf
ing the Internet, according to Keith
were held in different locations.”
Hagan said the leaders cited three spe
cific reasons for wanting a permanent loca
tion: a place to have the annual meeting, a
place to take care of the elderly of the
church and a place to bury their dead.
Georgia was picked as an ideal place
because of its central location.
The annual meeting is held in the camp
ground and the cemetery adjoins.
No matter what part of the country a
church member lives in, when he or she
passes away, the body is brought to the
cemeterv at the campgrounds for burial.
“We had 28 funerals this past year,” said
Hagan. His own parents are buried at the
cemetery, a photo placed on the headstone
showing two bright, smiling, attractive
people.
“Funerals from Delaware to Louisiana
are held here. This is like a national ceme
tery, like Arlington, to us,” he said.
The Church Home for the Aged is also
located on the property, which spans some
1,000 acres in Houston and Peach coun
ties.
Hagan noted that about 80 percent of
the Home’s residents are from the sur
rounding area, but many are members of
his denomination.
There is even an airport on the property,
(See CAMP, page SA)
building. The panel liked his idea and asked him
to continue with a plan for the terminal.
The facility will replace the existing building
which is too small and has a leaking roof.
The second step on the path to the new build
ing was taken Aug. 7 when members agreed to
apply to the state Department .of Transportation
for the SIOO,OOO grant from the state. -officio
member Dennis Herbert will submit the paper
work for the grant. Herbert has handled several
grant applications for the Authority in previous
years.
Houser, reporting ondiis first month as acting
manager of the airport, told Authority members
he had spent considerable time taking care of
minor problems during the month.
He also noted that a fuel truck recently deliv
ered was not repaired properly and predicted the
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Fun studies
Kids learn in summer IB
Barnett, director of instructional
technology.
Barnett told BOE members dur
ing their Aug. 8 meeting that, ...we
are finally getting on the Internet.”
Perry High School and Warner
Robins High will be hooking into
the system this year.
Daniel voiced some concerns
over safety controls for the comput
ers.
“We need to make sure the school
has a policy to attempt to prevent
such occurrences,” he said, referring
to students gaining access to unde
sirable material.
Barrett said a policy could be
adopted for teachers and students to
sign regarding the kinds of informa
tion access they might have.
“I think research and scholarly
aspects outweigh other negatives,”
he added. “The opportunities in
terms of research offers great poten
tial.”
He also noted that there “is a
computer lab in every school except
Momingside Elementary. We’re in
pretty good shape.”
Some $625,000 in lottery money
has been allocated for this year’s
funding of technology projects in
the school system.
That’s down from $1 million
Redistricting could affect Perry
By Jj JOHNSON
Times-Journal Editor
With the opening of a special session of the
Georgia General Assembly less than a week
away, state legislators are meeting frequently
to prepare for the main topic of the session,
redistricting.
The session, called by Gov. Zell Miller, is
to address changes mandated through a recent
U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the
11th Congressional District.
According to the court decision, race was
the main factor in determining the lines of that
district which stretches from suburban Atlanta
to Savannah.
Ga. Rep. Larry Walker, D-Perry, said Aug.
7, en route to Atlanta, he believes the legisla
tors will move quickly to address the matter.
There are two factors involved reaching
a districting plan which will suit the courts
and the U.S. Justice Department, and at the
same time addressing local issues.
Two U.S. House districts appear headed for
some changes, the 11th District, subject of the
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SIDEWALK A special brick sidewalk along the front of the old Perry High
School will honor community residents and help raise money for a county his
tory museum.
Time to buy sidewalk
memorial bricks extended
By Jj JOHNSON
Times-Journal Editor
There’s still time left to buy a brick which
will be part of a sidewalk in front of the
restored Perry High School building.
Sponsors, seeking to allow more participa
tion, have agreed to extend the deadline
through Sept. 10.
Committee chairs Janice Walker and
Bobbe Nelson agree response has been good.
Delays in completlbn of the restoration pro
for John Houser
vehicle would require extensive repairs to be ser
viceable.
Authority members also heard his report that
work on the new terminal building may not begin
quickly enough to prevent having to do roof
repairs on the existing building.
Board me; iber Dana Dickson reported he had
been in touch with a potential Fixed Base
Operator for the airport. He said the FBO candi
date had received a list of questions from the
Authority concerning matters of operation and
was in the process of providing answers to the
document.
Authority Chairman Leroy Claxton said he
understood an aerospace company now head
quartered in Albany was looking for an addition
al plant location and asked for help in contacting
the company about the Perry facility.
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Home of the Georgia National
Fair and Agricenter
received last year.
Superintendent Tony Hinnant
and assistant superintendent of
instruction Mary Mantiply will be
joining representatives from area
chambers of commerce Aug. 12 at
Marietta to make a presentation to
families moving to the area with the
Air National Guard unit which will
transfer from Dobbins Air Force
Base to Robins Air Force Base soon.
Daniel noted these families will
be moving “in phases” over the next
18 months and will probably
become permanent residents of the
area.
lawsuit, and the 2nd District, represented by
Sanford Bishop.
Part of Houston County is in Bishop’s dis
trict. Saxby Chambliss represents the remain
der of the county in the Bth District.
“I hope we can make some changes in the
Georgia House district lines to get Perry back
into one district,” Walker said.
One plan being studied by area legislators
would prevent any Houston County precincts
from being divided. District lines split several
precincts in the county.
The legislators face a deadline of*Aug. 22
to have a plan ready for a U.S. Federal District
Court to review.
“There are two lines of thought on that, and
I don’t know which one is correct. Some think
the court is trying to hurry us up, while others
think the court wants to do the redistricting
itself,” Walker said.
Early speculation had that the session
would last up to three weeks. Work begins
Aug. 14.
ject allow the additional time to sell com
memorative bricks for the sidewalk.
The bricks, selling at SSO each, are part of
a fund-raising project to support not only the
sidewalk but a historical room inside the
building.
The building, once the home of the Perry
Consolidated School, opened for the 1925
class year. High school students attended at
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Honored At Airport
