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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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