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Alltel delivering new telephone directories in Perry area
From Staff and Community Reports
The 1996-97 ALLTEL Perry telephone directory is
currently being hand-delivered to more than 24,000
businesses and residences in Perry, Buena Vista,
Byromville, Ellaville, Ideal, Marshallville,
Montezuma-Oglethorpe, and Unadilla.
This year’s directory features a new cover design
a four-color phot and a listing of communities cov
ered in the directory, according to Skip Dawkins of
Perry, area manager for Alltel.
The book also contains both white and Yellow
Pages listings, emergency numbers, a human services
guide, local and long-distance calling information, a
nation-wide area code page, and a description of
ALLTEL’s custom calling services. Dawkins said.
“At ALLTEL, we know the importance of provid
ing excellent customer service, and delivering our
directories by hand is an excellent way to let our cus
tomers know we are thinking about what’s best for
them,” said Dawkins.
To find out more information about the delivery
schedule of the 1996-97 ALLTEL Perry telephone
directory, or to obtain additional copies, contact
ALLTEL’s Perry office at 987-1256.
County Board of Health meets May 30
The Houston County Board of Health will meet at
11:30 a.m. May 30, in the Executive Dining Room at
Houston Medical Center in Warner Robins.
Blood drive at CB&T June 4
The American Red Cross will be holding a blood
drive at the Perry CB&T Bank on Main Street June 4
from noon until 5 p.m.
Four charged with armed robbery
A total of four subjects, including two juveniles,
have been charged with an armed robbery which took
place at the Comfort Inn on Sam Nunn Boulevard
May 10.
According to Perry detective Heath Dykes, whose
sleuthing cracked the case, the two adults in the inci
dent were Josh Baldwin, 22, of 800 Perimeter Circle
and Shane Robert Gilbert, 19, of 103 Thrush Court.
According to Dykes, Baldwin and one juvenile
went in the establishment the night of May 10 and
demanded money from the desk clerk while the other
two waited in a truck that was parked in a nearby
parking lot.
Baldwin has also been charged with possession of
a firearm and knife during the commission of a crime,
as well as an entering auto incident which happened
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REMEMBERING THE DECEASED Ga. Sen. Sonny Perdue, D-Bonaire, speaks to a gath
ering of people at the Perry Memorial Gardens May 27. The service was designed to remem
ber those who have given their lives in service to the United States and recognized each
Memorial Day. The service was coordinated by local American Legion and VFW Post mem
bers.
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News in brief
that same night at Wayne Morris Ford.
An arrest has also been made in a robbery by force
that happened May 11. Dykes said Jermaine Lester,
21, of 914 Bess St. has been charged in that case.
City spraying for mosquitoes
Imagine you are taking a nice, leisurely walk
around the neighborhood after a long day on the job.
Or you might be out jogging to keep that body in
shape.
All of a sudden you hear a familiar sound. Maybe
you’re mistaken, you think. You slow down and listen
carefully. You’re not mistaken!
Where do you take cover? There’s nowhere to go
unless some soft-hearted person at a nearby residence
takes pity on you. And, that’s not likely because they
have probably heard the sound, too, and are closing
their doors and windows.
Pretty soon, you find yourself enveloped in a
white, smelly fog of Malithion as a pickup truck goes
by pulling a weird looking attachment that spews the
insecticide out. It is used by the city to control the
mosquito population.
Public Works Superintendent Hugh Sharp put
together a schedule for the Times-Journal to publish
informing citizens of the whereabouts of Malithion
application on certain dates.
“On Mondays, starting in the Tucker area at
approximately 6:30 p.m., we will complete all areas
east of Ball Street and east of Macon Road, finishing
about 9 p.m.,” he said. “On Tuesdays, we will start at
Perimeter Road at approximately 6:30 p.m., we will
complete all areas west of Ball Street and west of
Macon Road, finishing in the Holly Hills area
between 8:30 and 9 p,m.
“On days when we have rain late in the afternoon
we simply slip the schedule by one day,” he added.
Sharp said there will probably be some spraying
on Wednesdays later in the season around problem
areas, which will be based on past experiences and
the number of complaints from a particular area.
Library hosting summer reading club
The Perry Library annual Summer Reading Club is
open to preschoolers through teens. Children may
register for “Solar Summer” reading and activities
between June 1 and July 31. They have through Aug/
31 to complete their reading.
Younger children may have books read to them.
Small gifts, coupons and reading club certificates are
given at increments of five books or five hours up to
25.
On Tuesdays storytime is held for three age
groups: 10 a.m. for children between five and eight,
10:45 for two, three and four year olds. Two year olds
must be accompanied by an adult. Parents are wel
come at any storytime.
On Tuesday afternoons children nine and older
may come at 1:45 for book talks, read alouds, read
ers’ theatre and story videos.
“Solar Summer Specials” take place on
Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
Community guests provide most of these pro
grams. The first, on June 12, will be Bobby Tuggle
showing and telling about his American Indian arti
cles.
One June 19, Corky Gauger will bring her spin
ning wheel and angora rabbits. She raises the rabbits
for spinning yam.
A storyteller from Macon, a native of Perry,
Mahalia Walker, will share Brer Rabbit tales and
other stories on June 26.
There is no age limit on these programs, but par
ents need to read the program announcement at the
library each week and decide whether to bring their
children. The final special program will be by “One
Heart,” the musical storytelling duo Sam and Sallie
Worely who performed here last year.
A scholastic book fair will be offered June 17-27,
with proceeds going to purchase children’s books.
For more information, call 987-3050.
GBVs Holt is Kiwanis Speaker
During the May 21 meeting of the Perry Kiwanis
Club. Wayne Morris introduced guest speaker Angie
Holt, GBI Assistant Agent, who has been in the Perry
office for two years.
Holt spoke on some of the GBl’s role in the
upcoming Olympics.
The local GBI office is responsible for 10 counties,
from Crawford and Bibb in the north, to Irwin to the
south, Holt said.
Two hundred GBI agents are committed to the
Olympics, with the purpose to prepare for and pre
vent international terrorists. The Olympics activities
begin July 19. Housing, billeting, transportation, and
food must be readied for the GBI.
Holt said the trend in crimes in which law enforce
ment people will be called in to help solve or appre
hend the perpetrators are juvenile crime and crimes
against senior citizens. A large portion of the GBI
Hospital, Base Medical
Group to sign contract
Special to the Times-Journal
The Hospital Authority of
Houston County and the 78th
Medical Group will sign a partner
ship agreement May 29 in the 78th
Air Base Wing Conference Room
which will allow Air Force physi
cians to have admitting privileges at
the Houston Medical Center.
Under this arrangement, Air Force
physicians will be able to admit
Department of Defense beneficiaries
to Houston Medical Center—reliev
ing the need for inpatient space at the
base hospital.
As part of the overall strategy of
the base hospital expansion, shifting
inpatient care to Houston Medical
Center will create additional space in
the base hospital to accommodate
the patient population increase asso
ciated with the new missions moving
to Robins.
This partnership will expand the
services available to DoD beneficia
ries because Houston offers an
advanced newborn nursery, medical
and surgical intensive care units, and
other specialties and services not
available at the smaller base hospital,
said Col Mike Montalvo, hospital
commander.
“This is a unique and innovative
move for us,” Montalvo added. “We
are complying with the Air Force’s
move to an ambulatory or outpatient
focus, and we get to enhance the
overall healthcare services to our
patients. We are very excited about
it.”
“This is truly a win-win situation
for our community, Robins Air Force
Base and Houston Medical Center,”
said Barbara Calhoun, Hospital
Authority chairperson.
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work is in response to requests.
The GBI trains police who are to become instruc
tors in the D.A.R.E. program in the schools.
They also operate a crime lab and do forensic
research, in addition to security work, Holt said.
Edwards named county juvenile judge
Deborah Edwards has been appointed as the coun
ty juvenile court judge.
The position, formerly filled by two part-time
judges, Herb Wells and Jeff Grube, has been upgrad
ed to full-time status.
Edwards is presently a lawyer in Warner Robins.
Part of her practice includes representing the coun
ty Department of Family and Children Services.
She is married to Stephen Elkins. They have three
children, Rachel, Susannah and Maggie.
Edwards will begin her four year term as juvenile
judge on July 1.
Arrington honored at Perry Elementary
Shirley Arrington has been named Perry
Elementary’s Teacher of the Year.
She has 19 years of teaching experience with 17 of
those years in Houston County.
Arrington teaches first grade and represents the
first grade department on the school’s Leadership
Team.
She is the daughter of Horace Woodruff of Perry
and Frances Woodruff of Winston-Salem, N.C. and is
the granddaughter of Ida Bell Woodruff of Perry and
the late Truitt Woodruff of Perry.
She is a graduate of Perry High School and
received her undergraduate degree from the
University of Georgia. She received her master's
degree from Georgia Southwestern College and a
specialists degree from Mercer.
Arrington is the mother of three children, Shayne
Arrington of Cedartown, Tiffany Arrington Pelisser
of Andersonville and Lance Arrington of Perry.
She was nominated by her peers with the follow
ing paragraph: “Shirley loves children. I never cease
to be amazed at the patience and understanding she
has with her first graders. With the day-to-day prob
lems and frustrations, she somehow manages to
remain calm and organized. She has shown leader
ship ability this past year as she stepped in and took
over in Mrs. Law’s absence. She has also represented
us well on the science committee. Shirley continues
her education through staff development. She has a
deep concern for others. She really cares about her
family at Perry Elementary, the faculty and students.
She is worthy of the Teacher of the Year award.
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