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Volume 126, No. 13
4 Sections, 44 Pages
Wednesday
March 27, 1996
50 Cents
At the
Crossroads
this week
Time change is
coining April 7
Just a
reminder,
Georgia
will con
vert to
Eastern
Daylight
Time April
7 at 2 a.m.
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ing. The state will remain on
EDT through Oct. 26.
Breakfast meetings
This is the week for
breakfast meetings in
Houston County. The Perry
Area Chamber of
Commerce good morning
Perry breakfast was sched
uled for 7:30 a.m. today at
the Holiday Inn of Perry.
The Warner Robins Area
Chamber of Commerce
breakfast will be March 28
at 8 a.m. at the Holiday Inn,
2024 Watson Blvd. The pro
gram will feature members
of Houston County govern
ment.
N.AACP to meet
Members of the Houston
County chapter of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People will meet March 28
at 7 p.m. at the Warner
Robins CME Church, 200
Coleman Blvd. For informa
tion and agenda, call 987-
-2257.
Six restaurants are
inspected
Members of the Houston
County Environmental
Health Department inspect
ed six local restaurants as
part of their regular inspec
tion service.
El Sombrero Mexican
Restaurant, 2195 Watson
Blvd., Suite l, Warner
Robins, 87: There was a
problem with temperature
control of foods which was
corrected while the inspec
tor was present.
Northside High School,
Green Street, Warner
Robins, 98.
Olympia Skate Center,
622 Greenbriar Road,
Warner Robins, 93.
Tabor Middle School,
920 Green St., Warner
Robins, 92.
Tucker Elementary
School, Tucker Road, Perry,
86. There was a problem
with temperature control of
foods which was corrected
while the inspector was pre
sent.
Waffle House, 1501
Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins, 93.
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Houston limes-Journal
Thousands call Perry ‘home’ for a week
Family Motor Coach Association rally may reach 6,000 registered coaches this week
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WHAT A CROWD Thousands of motor coach operators braved a torrential rain March 25 to park their coaches across
most of the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter property at the edge of Perry. The winter convention was expect
ed to attract 6,000 or more coaches to the site. Former Houston Times-Journal partner and now airplane charter service
operator Danny F. Evans kept busy earlier this week providing flights such as the one during which this picture was taken.
New Perry Police Chief takes oath of office
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
The City of Perry gained a new
police chief last week but will be
losing two additional important
employees over the next few
weeks.
New Police Chief George
Potter took his oath of office dur
ing a council meeting March 19 at
the Perry Welcome Center. Potter,
who actually began his duties
March 18, was greeted by several
community leaders and towns
people during a reception which
followed the ceremony.
Meanwhile, building official
Bill Chambless, who has been
with the city for the past five
years, is leaving to take a planning
position with the city of Macon.
“It’s been five of the best years
of my life,” said Chambless
about his stay in Perry.
Chambless credited his fellow
workers with creating a “great
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SWEARING IN New Perry Police Chief George Potter (far left) was sworn in during the
March 19 meeting of the Perry City Council. Potter is the former head of the Bureau of
Investigative Services with the Columbus Police Department. Administering the oath is city
attorney David Walker (fourth from left).
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Editorials A 4
Legal Ads 9B
Home of the Georgia National
Fair and Agricenter
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
“Things are going great.
You’ve got thousands of very
happy people here,” said Mike
Froehlich, executive director of
the Georgia National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter of the Family
Motor Coach Association Winter
Convention being held at that
facility this week.
“Everybody is getting settled
in,” added Pam Kay, spokesman
for the FMCA March 25.
Kay said this could be the
group’s largest convention to date
with 6,000 or more motor coaches
registered to attend.
Final numbers were not in at
press time. Late arrivers were still
being registered and parked in
preparation for the FMCA conven
tion that is scheduled to run
through March 28.
Froehlich said the estimated
economic impact numbers from
the convention for the area could
go even higher than first anticipat
ed.
“It is amazing what the num
bers could be. They could be up to
S3O million for the area,” he said.
The bulk of the coaches began
arriving in the area the morning of
March 23.
Several hundred of the vehi
cles, some up to 40 feet long and
an estimated 60 percent nulling a
i^oirti,^'^n , i..fifii venire, ictt the
fairgrounds on Dunbar Road in
Warner Robins early March 24.
Soon after the convoy began
pulling out of the fairgrounds to
head toward Perry, authorities
began calling for help with crowd
control as some locals became irate
at having to wait on the convoy.
The motorhomers, however,
met with smiling faces and waves
when they came off 1-75 at Exit 42
as traffic controllers directed them
onto the Agricenter grounds.
This convoy was one of the
largest. When the first motor
coach pulled off the Exit 42 ramp
in Perry, the last motor coach in
the convoy was rolling onto 1-75
at the 247 Connector exit in
Warner Robins.
And, although the attendees
had to deal with rain the first cou
ple of days, they seemed to be
handling the situation well.
“Generally they tend to be
durable and resolute,” commented
Kay. '
Local businesses welcomed the
convention goers with banners and
greetings on their marquees.
Most of the activities are closed to
the public. However, the public is
invited to see a display of motor
coaches from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30
p.m. March 26,27 and 28. There will
be a $5 charge to view the coaches.
Parking is available by entering
the north gate off Larry Walker
Parkway.
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Times-Journal Photo by Eric Zellars
PARADE FOR THE
COACHES Members of
the Perry High School
Marching Band majorette
corps twirl their way across
the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter
March 25 during a parade
which was almost rained
out. The parade, with many,
many units of Family Motor
Coach Association groups
involved, proceeded through
the Fairgrounds during the
late afternoon. The march
served as a tune-up for the
band members who will
leave Perry March 28 to trav
el to Orlando, Fla. for a spe
cial appearance. More
parade pictures page BA,
more about the band, page
3A.
Obituaries A 2
Potpourri B 1
Motor Coaches. . . 8A
Sports A 6
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