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Volume 125, No. 36
2 Sections, 20 Pages
Wednesday
Aug. 30,1995
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At the
Crossroads
this week
Chamber to meet
at Agricenter
Members of the Perry
Area Chamber of
Commerce were set to gath
er early Aug. 30 for their
monthly Early Bird
breafkast. The 7:30 a.m.
meeting was to be in the
Fairview Room.
Other activities at the
Agricenter this week include
the Federation of Saddle
Clubs Championship Sept.
2-4 and the Georgia State
Horseshoe Tournament
Sept. 2.
Additional information
about both activities is avail
able from the Agricenter at
987-3247.
Fringe area study
to be presented
Members of local gov
ernment and the public will
get a look at a fringe-area
study prepared for the city
during a 6 p.m. Aug. 31
meeting.
Bill Chambless, city
building inspector, said the
meeting will be held in the
Community Center at J.
Frank Rozar Park, 1060
Keith Drive.
“The study focuses on the
land immediately outside
the city limits of Perry,”
Chambless said.
The idea of the study is to
allow the city some input
into how the areas outside
the city will develop. This,
Chambless said. will
enhance those areas should
they ever petition to annex
into the city.
“Compatibility is impor
tant in land use decisions.
This will help keep the city
and the surrounding area
together in concept,” he
said.
While there are no direct
and immediate plans for
annexation, Chambless said
the study would help pre
pare those areas should they
decide to come into the
city.
Deaths predicted
ATLANTA State
Patrol statisticians say a
continued increase in vol
umes of traffic on the state’s
roadways is pushing predic
tions of highway accidents,
injuries and deaths to unex
pected high levels for the
upcoming Labor Day
Holiday period.
Georgia Public Safety
Commissioner Col. Sid
Miles said a review of trends
shows travel in the state up
by five percent this year,
part of a broader five year
trend showing similar
increases.
Consequently, the Patrol
says that 24 traffic deaths,
963 injuries and 1,943 acci
dents may occur.
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Leaders study plans for light show
Group to develop marketing plan, plan downtown entertainment for holidays
By Jj JOHNSON ’
Times-Journal Editor
Perry area business operators
spent more than an hour Aug. 29
discussing how to market Perry to
Wonderland of Light visitors.
Ronald R. Reaves and Tammy
T. Larson, consultants with the
University of Georgia Small
Business Development Center in
Warner Robins, led discussions
concerning how to take advantage
of the 40-night light show which
will open at the Georgia
Agricenter Nov. 20.
Larson encouraged the business
operators to develop a marketing
plan, to set economic and develop
ment goals for the project and to
look at both the present and the
future.
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BREAK TIME Bethany Logginsthe daughter of Randy and Melanie Loggis, takes a
break on a comfortable chair at Perry Elementary. School began in Houston County
public schools Aug. 25.
Schools at new record enrollment,
AC off at two elementary buildings
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Houston County School Superintendent Tony
Hinnant said Aug. 29 that this school year is off to
a good start, despite some major problems with
conditioning units at Momingside Elementary and
Northside Elementary.
“Parts of those buildings are not air condi
tioned right now,” he commented. “Fans are being
put into use. We expect to have the unit at
Momingside repaired this week and the one at
Northside Elementary by next week.”
Hinnant said recent cloudy weather has ffelped
keep temperatures from becoming unbearable for
the students.
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LEADERSHIP PERRY CLASS MEMBERS PREPARE TO GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAM
Ceremony was held at the Perry Holiday Inn in recognition of the Perry Area Chamber leadership graduates
Celebrating 125 years of service to the citizens of Houston County
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Larson
Based on ansvyers to questions
and discussion, Larson said the
goal for 1995 appears to be bring
ing visitors to the Agricenter
based light'show into Perry.
Goals merchants outlined
included additional store traffic,
additional sales opportunities, and
“Our numbers (students) are up considerably
this year,” he added, noting that enrollment stood
at 18,050 at the end of the last school year and is
currently coming in at 19,293.
He attributes part of this to the new Pre-K pro
gram and the “rest is from substantial growth. We
expect that to continue.”
The system acquired 33 new portable buildings
this to help with the increase in students.
Ffo&ring dates for attendance zones of the new
middle schools have been set. They will be Sept.
19 at Houston County High, Sept. 26 at Northside
High School and Oct. 3 at Warner Robins High
School.
The meetings will begin at 7 p.m.
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Jackson
Reaves
Jackson, faces, she said, is limited
time to develop for the 1995 sea
son.
The plan includes white-light
decorations on most of the down
town businesses, and along
Courtney Hodges and Sam Nunn
boulevards.
Several committees were
formed to prepare for the mall
concept marketing plan. A market
ing committee and a hospitality
committee were formed. The hos
pitality committee will work with
the community to develop enter
tainment for some evenings of the
promotion.
Jackson announced that 30 of
the 37 buildings along Carroll
Street stretching from the Times-
Journal building to the U.S. Post
Office have committed to partici
pate in the lighting of businesses. .
He said several merchants in
the area have agreed to extended
hours to promote business in the
area during the Wonderland of
Light show.
Reaves and Larson are arrang
a chance to
sell visitors
on future vis
its to the
community.
A problem
the group,
headed by
Perry Area
Chamber of
Commerce
volunteer
Mike
Council to get report
on drainage problems
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Perry City Council members
will soon be asked to look at a
study on the drainage situation in
the north end of town.
City building official Bill
Chambless said he hopes to obtain
grants for the $450,000 project,
which would include new boxed
culverts and a spillway flume near
the Perry Country Club in the
Northside area.
“I see this as the most critical
drainage problem in town,”
Chambless told members of a City
Council public works committee
Youth gets finger
caught in truck bed
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
When four-year old Seth Brown
decided to go poking around in the
back of a pick-up truck the
evening of Aug. 23, he poked a fin
ger into the wrong place.
Perry firefighter Earl Nelson
said his department received a call
about 7:41 p.m. indicating a child
had one of his fingers lodged in a
hole in a truck at a Duncan Street
address.
When he and fellow fireman
Robby Rowell arrived on the
scene, they found Brown sipping
on a soft drink and waiting for
someone to come along and free
him.
“His babysitter, who is the
owner of the truck, had tried liquid
soap, Vaseline, and baby oil but
nothing worked,” said Nelson.
Index
Classified 108
Church 6B
Editorials A 4
Legal Ads 7B
Home of the Georgia National
Fair and Agricenter
ing for workshops for retail
employees to better serve the pub
lic. The workshops will focus on
helping customers find the product
they want in Perry, no matter
which store is involved.
Jackson also announced that
Georgia Power Co., PCTV, Alltel
and the Davis Co. have agreed to
make bucket trucks available to
persons installing Christmas light
ing beginning Oct. 1.
These volunteer crews will
work on a first-come, first-served
basis and will be coordinated
through Peggie Williams at the
Perry Area Chamber. Persons
wishing to make reservations for
help in installing lighting can call
987-1234.
Aug. 23.
He cited expected development
north of Perry in the next few
years as a potential source of
drainage problems.
The target area for the work
would range from the Northside
Road area to around Houston Lake
Road.
Councilman Hervia Ingram
expressed concern about the
impact the work might have on
Tucker Road properties.
“If it’s not extended down
through Tucker, will we have trou
(See DRAINS, Page SA)
“The kid just looked at us and told
us, ‘My finger is stuck.’
“After he stuck his finger into
the hole which was located in the
bed of the truck’, it swelled and he
couldn’t pull it out,” Nelson said.
When the two firemen realized
what had to be done, they reached
into a rescue box and pulled out a
pair of wire cutters.
“He looked at us and said,
‘Please don’t cut my finger off,”’
remembered Nelson.
After 30 minutes of cutting and
chiseling around a bottom plate
near the swollen finger, Brown
was finally able to pull free.
“He had been.crying, but when
he got his finger out, the tears
dried up quickly,” said Nelson.
“I’m just glad it wasn’t in the
bumper or we would have had to
do major surgery to that truck.”
Leadership class
completes studies
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
The 1995 Leadership Perry
Class had a graduation service
Aug. 24 at the Holiday Inn in
Perry.
There were 18 members in this
year’s class.
Chairman of the group Paul J.
Hicks called the class “...out
standing. They molded them
selves into a team.”
Guest speaker Tom
McMichael, chairman of the
Warner Robins Area Chamber of
Commerce, said hejjkes to talk
about Houston County as a whole
“instead of Perry and Warner
Robins.
“I’m glad that Ga. 96 is melt
ing,” he added, referring to the
highway many have deemed to be
the “dividing line” between the
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(See CLASS, Page SA)
Obituaries A 2
Potpourri B 1
Sports A 6
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