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INSIDE A guide to football; softball, band and cheerleading teams at Perry High School and The Westfield Schools Pages 1-6 C Volume 125, No. 35 3 Sections, 22 Pages Wednesday Aug. 23,1995 50 Cents At the Crossroads this week Hunting fever hits Agricenter Several thousand persons suffering with pre-season hunting fever are expected to invade the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter this weekend for the annual Buck-A-Rama show. The show opens Friday and continues through Sunday. For more informa tion call (404) 929-3350. The annual Perry PraiSing, a communitywide church musical and singing program, will be held at the New South Arena Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. At Reaves Arena Fairview Room Aug. 30 will be the Good Morning Perry meeting of the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce, fea turing speakers from three local industries. The 7:30 a.m. meeting will feature Dean Maly, plant manager of Frito-Lay; Kris McGee, plant manager of PPG Industries; and Jeff Clements, comptroller of H.A.G. Steel. Restaurant fails health check A Perry area restaurant failed the environmental health inspection .performed by the Houston County Health Department last week. According to officials, Chicken Palace of 626 Courtney Hodges Blvd. failed the temperature con trol of foods or food sources portion of the test and scored 79. When a restaurant fails one of four major areas of the inspection, operators are required to fix the problem before the inspector leaves the premises. Other restaurants and their scores: Angelina’s, 1500 San Nunn Blvd., Perry, 93. Angelina’s/Cherokee Rose Bar, 1500 Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry, 95. Food Plus, 1424 Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry, 98. Happy Store 433, 517 N. Perry Parkway, Perry, 91. Igloo Ice, 1001 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, 100. Krystal, 747 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, 99. Mrs. Winner’s Chicken, 825 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, 87. Northrop Cafeteria, 200 Thompson Road, Perry, 100. Perry Country Club Concession,, 1000 N. Davis Drive, Perry 100. Perry Recreation Department-Rozar Park, 1060 Keith Drive, Perry, 95. Rib Cage, 704 Carroll Blvd., Perry, 90. Tell Us The Houston Times- Journal wants to hear from you. Call (912) 987-1823 during business hours, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday througlt Friday. Fax us any time at (912)'988-1181. Visit our office at 807 Carroll Street *in historic downtown Perry. Reach us on the inter net or through E-mail ser vices at timesjrnl@aol.com. Houston Times- Journal City government back to committee system By EMILY JOHNS! ONE Times-Journal Staff Some members of Perry City Council seem to be in agreement with the mayor's short term solution to the problem of no city manager. Phil Clark resigned his position as city manager Aug. 15. A memo sent to department heads from Mayor Jim Worrall outlined a procedure which involves splitting council members into two committees to help deal with any problems department heads might face. “If there is a problem the department Fun in the shade ft •- r watifr .draBBHL Times-Journal Photo by Eric Zellars BEATING THE HEAT Taking a break from the heat with a game of checkers are Fred Hill (left) and Roy Woodard. Watching are Sam Watkins, Greg McCoy and Jeff Alexander. Riverwood, Middle Georgia Tech ink training agreement By EMILY JOHNSTONE Times-Journal Staff The arrival of new jobs at an international printing plant in Perry has taken a major step forward. Officials from Riverwood International Corp. and Middle Georgia Technical Institute signed an agree ment Aug. 22 that puts the wheels in motion to pro vide training services to employees of the new Riverwood plant in Perry. The services will be available through Georgia s Quick Start program, which was legislated in 1967 to provide job-specific, training at no cost to new or expanding companies. Billy G. Edenfield. president of MGTI, said the “overall objective for us and Riverwood will be to provide a trained work force for them." IT’S A DEAL Middle Georgia Technical Institute President Billy G. Edenfield (center) signs the document formalizing a Quick Start training program for employees of Riverwood. With Edenfield are Jackie Rohosky, assistant commissioner for economic development pro grams with the Georgia Department of Technical Education, and Douglas Leland, plant man ager for Riverwood Corp. Houston Lake dam step closer to reality By EMILY JOHNSTONE Times-Journal Editor Houston County commission ers have taken another step lor ward in securing land to rebuild the Houston Lake Dam and to construct a parking area at the lake which will provide public access to the lake. Celebrating 125 years of service to the citizens of Houston County Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia head will let the mayoi know, then he will refer it to me or the othei jlfi \ committee chairman." ■ said Jatpcs Moore, who w « J is heading up the cortv* ' ; 1 mittee dealing with A, administration and Km "'"‘'’ey finance. personnel. Ht recreation, cable TV. r and intergovernmental Worra|| allairs. Other members on this committee are Bobby Glover and This particular training program will be quite comprehensive." said Jim Newton, MGTI vice presi dent of Economic Development Programs and direc tor of the school’s Quick Start program. •‘We will first familiarize all employees with the entire manufacturing process, alter which we will provide \ cry specific technical training in each job area,” Newton said. rrainiup should be in place in the next month, according to plant manager Douglas Leland. “We 110 initially employed at the facility and arc plam ng to expand by 1999 to approximate ly 300 " The plant is scheduled to begin operation in March 1996 The plant will be located in the Perry Allied Business Park. Commission chairman Sherrill Stafford said a mutual agreement has been executed with the owners of the lake. Houston Lake, Inc., which will “transfer to die county the acreage necessary lor con struction of a dam and a public access area." Estimated construction costs Charles Lewis. One member of the other committee, which deals with police, fire, public works, gas. water, planning and zoning and utili ties. has long been an advocate of the com mittee system. "The mayor did away with committees a couple of years ago.” commented Gentry. “I was in support of the committees.. It gives council members an opportunity to be involved in certain aspects of city government.” Other members in Gentry’s group are Hervia Ingram, chairman, and Worrall. Moore explained that matters dealing Times-Journal Photo by Emily Johnstone for the darn iorne in at $1.5 mil lion Ninety percent of the cost will he paid by the federal govern ment and the other 10 percent will be taken care of by the state, according to Stafford. Die county will be responsible (See LAKE, Page SA) Perry election date set, Lewis to run Qualifying for races is Sept. 11-15 r From Staff Reports Incumbent Perry city councilman Charles Lewis plans to seek another term in office. City voting will be Nov. 7. In making the announcement, the Post 2, District 3 candidate said he felt like he needed to run again. Lewis was elected in 1990 to fill the unexpired term of the late Jim Hendrix. He was re-elected to that position in 1991. Since that time Perry council seats have changed to four years rather than the earlier two year terms. Even though the Perry city manager recently resigned, Lewis doesn’t see a lack of leadership at city hall. “There was a problem with the city manager. We have to make the best of that situation and go ahead.” he said. Lewis doesn’t feel there is an undue amount of dissension among members —"—"— "’""’BBFBP "" ® m t as | mim&J ’jfl" ; R -■ : |gp|: i~ ll ■'*ji rwmm - 4 " 1r 5' '■ f '* SB§jp2 k Times-Journal Photo By Emily Johnstone JILL MULLINS (L) AND STEFAN VAN DORSSER VISIT They visited each other’s country this summer Exchange student visits link Perry with Holland By EMILY JOHNSTONE Times-Journal Staff Two high school students from different countries spent two months this summer learning about each other’s cultures. Jill Mullins of Perry and Stefan van Dorsser of the Dutch province of Noord Braband participated in the Rotary Club’s Youth Exchange program. Mullins said she enjoyed her month of traveling the countryside of Holland. “They have an unusual way of traveling everywhere on train. Everything is very accessible,” she said. Part of her trip included sailing in northern Holland, camping, vis Index Classified 7B Church 7B Editorials A 4 Legal Ads 4B The Georgia National Fair Opens Oct. 6 with personnel or involving expenditures of 51.500 or more would be dealt with by the entire council. Worrall said the procedure to find a new city manager will begin sometime in the next week. Perry city council members approved accepting Clark's resignation with terms to continue Clark’s present salary until Dec. 31. or until he finds employment, whichev er comes first. The final vote on that matter was 3-2, with Ralph Gentry and Bobby Glover dis senting. “There was a problem with the city manager. We have to make the best of that situation and go ahead.” Charles Lewis, City Councilman of city council. “We get along. We need discussion, not necessarily disagreement. We need to use the democratic process to come up with the right decisions,” he said. Council is expected to give final approval to qualifying dates of Sept. 11-15 at their next meeting for Post 2, Districts 1. 2 and 3 currently held by Bobby Glover, James Moore and Lewis, respectively, and also the Post 1, District 3 position recently vacated by Buddy Roper. If needed, a run-off election will be held Nov. 21. iting amusement parks and visit ing government offices. “Everything is very old there. We visited some old cathedrals and a couple of castles,” Mullins said. She described her journey as “a really interesting experience. It was nice to be able to stay with a family. It was better than just a vacation.” The pair found botfj similarities and differences between their homelands. ■> While Holland does have shop ping malls, they are few and far between. “There are maybe three malls (See HOLLAND, Page SA) Obituaries A 2 Potpourri B 1 Sports A 6 JL