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Volume 125, No. 38
2 Sections, 20 Pages
Wednesday
Sept 13,1995
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At the
Crossroads
this week
Busy schedule at
Agricenter
Several events are
planned during the next few
days at the Georgia
Agricenter.
The Agricenter Authority
meets at 1 p.m. Sept. 13 in
the board room of the
Reaves Arena.
The Georgia Quarter
House Association Futurity
will be held Sept. 14-17.
The Georgia Classic Fall
Quarter Horse Sale will be
held Sept. 15-16.
A major show, the
National Paso Fino Horse
Show, opens Sept. 19 for a
five-day run.
Chamber meets
Sept. 14
Members of the Perry
Area Chamber of
Commerce Board of
Directors will meet Sept. 14
at 4 p.m. at the Perry
Welcome Center.
According to Chamber
President Peggie Williams,
the group is meeting one
week early this month.
Cheerleaders
built floats for
dollars
Members of the Perry
High School varsity and
junior varsity cheerleading
squads will be preparing
root beer floats for dollars
this weekend.
The cheerleaders will be
at the Piggly Wiggly at
Eastgate Plaza Sept. 16 from
10 a.m.-2 p.m., preparing
the floats which are made
possible through the support
of A&W Root Beer and
Piggly Wiggly.
The 16-ounce floats will
be sold for $1 each, said
Jane Collier of Perry High
School. Proceeds will bene
fit the cheerleader program.
School board sets
zone hearings
The Houston County
Board of Education will hold
three public hearings for the
purpose of discussing future
school zones at the following
places, dates and times:
Tuesday, September 19,
1995 at Houston County High
School.
Tuesday, September 26,
1995 at Northside High
School.
Tuesday, October 3, 1995
at Warner Robins High
School.
The public is cordially
invited to attend. The meet
ings will begin at 7:00 p.m.
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Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State ol Georgia
Four men pay city
council qualifying fees
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
At the end of the second day
of qualifying for Perry city
council posts that are up for
grabs this year, four names
were on the list for the upcom
ing Nov. 7 election.
Bobby Glover, James Moore
and Charles Lewis, all incum
bents, paid the $126 fee for
their re-election efforts.
Billy Jerles has qualified to
seek to fill the unexpired term
of former council member
Buddy Roper, who recently
moved from the area.
Glover, Moore and Lewis
serve in District 1, Post 2;
District 2, Post 2 and District 3,
Times-Journal Photo by Emily Johnstone
GRANT MONEY The city of Perry has received notice
that approximately $500,000 in grant money will be heading
their way to assist in improvements for the Perry Allied
Business Park. With Worrall and former finance director
Janice Williams is city utilities superintendent Harold Deal.
The industrial park is located along Valley Drive Extension
near the western city limits.
City lands $500,000 grant
for utilities expansion
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
The City of Perry will be.
receiving a $500,000 grant from
the Georgia Economic
Development Authority aimed at
improving utilities at the Perry
Allied Business Park and along
the proposed Perry Parkway
which will extend from U.S. 341
to the Park.
“This will ultimately help any
one who develops off that park
way,” said city building official
Bill Chambless.
The improvements will include
a 12-inch water main totaling
11,500 linear feet with a price tag
of $161,000.
Some 2,700 linear feet of pipe
will be laid for natural gas. The
price of that is $33,750.
Also 22 feet of polyethylene
pipe is to be run to Riverwood
International. Projected cost of
that is $16,500.
Chambless said this will form a
“loop” that will increase capabili
ties at the Park.
“It’s tremendous what this
industry will do for Perry,” he
Williams leaving
chamber post
By Jj JOHNSON
Times-Journal Editor
Peggie Williams, executive
leader of the Perry Area Chamber
of Commerce for the past five
years, has announced her plans to
leave the job by Dec. 31.
Williams told members of the
Chamber Board of Directors of
her plans Sept. 7.
She said she has no specific
plans to announce at this time, but
that she will remain in Perry.
(See WILLIAMS, Page 9A)
Celebrating 125 years ol service to the citizens ol Houston County
Pump boys = Laughs
Play continues this week, see page 1B
Post 2, respectively.
Roper served in District 3,
Post 1.
Qualifying ends Sept. 15 at
4:30 p.m.
If a run-off is needed it will
be held Nov. 21.
Meanwhile, Martin Beeland,
who had earlier indicated he
would qualify for the District 3,
Post 1 seat on council, said late
Sept. 12 that he had changed
his mind.
“I feel I would like to remain
as the chairman of the city
Planning and Zoning
Commission. There is so much
facing the city with which I am
familiar and I want to stay in
this role,” Beeland said.
commented, referring to the
Riverwood plant scheduled to
begin operations early next year.
“This project will help improve
fire protection service as well as
opening up water services to both
sides of the park,” he added.
“For example, PPG was affect
ed by the flood when the bridge
below them was damaged. Their
gas was out. If we had another
feed source, they would not have
been without gas,” said the city
official.
Tribble & Richardson, a Macon
based firm, will be providing engi
neering services.
The Regional Development
Center in Macon will be adminis
tering the grant for the project that
comes to a projected figure of
SBOO,OOO.
According to Chambless, the
city is in the process of applying
for a ElPgrant which will make up
the $300,000 difference.
The EDA grant is from a state
and federal flood relief fund with
monies to be used to generate eco
nomic growth.
PEGGIE WILLIAMS
School board taxes to
remain the same for ’95
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Members of the Houston County School Board
approved a move to keep the millage rate set at 12.87
for 1995 during their regular meeting held in Perry
Sept. 12.
This rate reflects the reduction made possible by
the one percent local option sales tax and is the third
year in a row that figure has stood.
With the rate, a property owner of a $50,000 prop
erty would pay (without a homestead exemption)
$257.40 for school taxes this December. The owner
of a SIOO,OOO property would pay $514.80.
During the meeting, Mary Mantiply presented the
group with results of the 27th annual Phi Delta
Kappa Gallup Poll.
The poll is touted as a summary of findings that
are considered important regarding the public’s opin
ion of public school systems.
Some 1,311 adults voiced their opinions on the
nationwide survey which covers such topics as grad
ing the public schools, public and private school
choice, prayer and the teaching of U.S. history.
Board member Shirley Lowery expressed interest
in sending a copy of the poll to local legislators.
Some interest was shown in the possibility of con
ducting such a survey in Houston County in order to
get feedback from residents on how they feel about
City of Perry will also
hold line on ‘95 tax levy
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Perry City Council members
voted Sept. 5 to keep the millage
rate for FY96 at 14.54 mills.
This is the same as last year’s
rate.
For a property owner with a
$50,000 property, the cost will be
$290.80 for city taxes only, not
including county or school taxes.
For the owner of a property val
ued at SIOO,OOO, the cost will be
$581.60.
City Councilman James Moore
noted that digest figures show a
decrease of $88,393 and attributed
that to the Freeport exemption.
The Freeport exemption, adopt
ed this year, removes manufac
tures’ inventory from the tax
Froehlich: Sixth Georgia
National Fair 23 days away
By Jj JOHNSON
Times-Journal Editor
The sixth annual Georgia National Fair is just 23
days and Fairgrounds Executive Director Michael
Froehlich is getting excited about the Golden
Opportunity which awaits fairgoers this year.
Froehlich told Perry Rotarians Sept. 11 that the
theme of the fair this year is based on the Olympics
spirit, and that the fair will have a very international
flavor this year.
“We will fly the flags of 38 countries, honoring
visitors we’ve had from 38 nations,” Froehlich said.
The fair will be Oct. 6-15, with opening cere
monies at 4 p.m. Oct. 6.
Among the special acts which will remind visitors
of the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta
during 1996 will be a high dive act with world-class
Deadline for entering fair contests nears
By Jj JOHNSON
Times-Journal Editor
The number of days left to enter
exhibits and contests at the sixth
annual Georgia National Fair is
quickly moving to zero.
In fact, for livestock exhibits,
the deadline has already passed,
according to Michael Froehlich,
executive director of the Georgia
National Fairgrounds and
Agricente r.
Sept. '4 is the deadline for
remainin categories, including
most of t 1 e exhibits which will be
housed in the Georgia Living
Center.
This year, capitalizing on the
Olympics spirit, Fairgrounds offi-
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Legal Ads 5B
their school system.
Perry High School Principal Phil Smith told mem
bers “we’ve had a real good beginning this year. It’s
as quiet as I’ve seen in the last 10 years.”
Enrollment for Perry High stands at 969, up from
925 at this time last year.
Smith said more students are eating school lunch
es since the implementation of a new program which
gives kids a larger choice of foods.
“I know we’re spending more money on food, but
we are getting a better quality of food,” he said.
Also, in answer to where Perry High will be
placed for Georgia High School Association activi
ties next year, Smith answered, “Right now we stand
at the top end of AA. If we went into AAA, we would
be at the bottom end. I think we’re where we need to
be.”
Schools in Georgia are reevaluated every other
year and are grouped together in classifications 1-
AAAA based on enrollment. Larger schools are in
class AAAA, smaller schools in class A. Regions will
be realigned for the 1996-97 school year.
In other matters, members approved a request
from Perry First Baptist Church to utilize the fine arts
building at Perry High for services should they need
a place during the planned renovation at the church
this Fall.
digest. ]
He expects revenue from new
industry to help make up that loss.
“I don’t think we’re at the point
and time where we need to raise
millage,” he said during a recent
work session.
Councilman Bobby Glover
agreed, saying, “I hope we can
stay away from any increase.”
Also during the regular meet
ing council voted to approve an
agreement between the City and
the Georgia National Fair and
Agricenter to provide a place for
recreation department soccer
teams to play.
Lee Jones was discussed for the
Overview Recreation Commission
which is being activated by
Houston County Chairman
divers, and a gymnastics show, Froehlich said.
The circus which visits the fair each year, the
Royal Hanneford, is more a European-style than
American-style event, Froehlich said.
“The ‘royal’ in the name means the circus, which
has roots to England before the 17905, was per
(See FAIR, Page SA)
cials will award gold, silver and
bronze medallions instead of blue
ribbons in many categories of
competition, Froehlich said this
week.
Speaking to members of the
Perry Rotary Club Sept. 11,
Froehlich said two whittling con
tests will be held, one with wood,
the other with soap.
Another contest involves
preparing what could later be
called the world’s best recipe
using Spam brand prepared meat.
The company which manufactures
Spam is sponsoring the contest.
The Georgia winner will be
entered in an international contest.
Froehlich said there are
Home of the Georgia National Fair
and Agricenter
Sherrill Stafford.
Each governmental body has
been asked to appoint someone
not in office to discuss problems
faced by the added financial bur
den for recreation that cities have
been seeing since the county
pulled funding to those programs.
Mike Jackson was appointed to
the Perry Planning Commission.
He will fill the unexpired term of
Charles Shelton.
Council also filled the position
of city clerk by appointing Brenda
L. King as acting clerk. She is
stepping in until a replacement
can be found for former finance
director and city clerk Janice
Williams, who resigned recently.
Mike Froehlich dis
cusses new events at
the fair in a column on
page 4A.
expanded categories this year to
recognize the international flavor
of the 1995 fair which has a theme
of Golden Opportunity.
He showed Rotarians a sample
of an award which he won last
year (he was not allowed to collect
the premium money by fair rules).
Froehlich had assembled sever
al pictures of Smokey the Bear
with celebrities which .won
Froehlich a first place award.
“This year I am entering an
antique military uniform,” he said.
Among the contests are several
designed for first-timers, such as a
first-timers quilting contest.
(See ENTER, Page SA)
Obituaries A 2
Potpourri B 1
Sports A 6
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