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scratch for anew board office, but
Worrell, working with elected offi
cials in the community, urged the
school leadership to consider
restoring the building.
Worrell said he was pleased to
receive the award, but believed it
should be more correctly present
ed to a number of elected and vol
unteer leaders who helped in the
preservation effort.
He said Hickson was a good
friend of his before his death sev
eral years ago. “Anything named
for Seabie Hickson I’m proud to
have,” he said.
“I am pleased with the school
building project. Jt is my pride and
Froehlich
Agricenter exceeds $233 million.
If it were not for the Agricenter,
we would not realize this eco
nomic impact in our state.
One of our primary objectives
is to be “a showplace for youth and
agriculture.” Two major events
this year accomplish this objec
tive. They are the Georgia National
Livestock Show and Rodeo, which
includes the State 4-H and FFA
Livestock Show, and, of course,
the Georgia National Fair. Both
events are strong in education,
competition, and citizenship.
Our largest event of the year is the
Georgia National Fair. This year’s
Bth annual Fair will be held Oct. 3-
12. The Georgia National Fair con
tinues to highlight the best talents and
achievements of our citizens.
This past year, the Grand
Champion Junior Steer and the
Grand Champion market Lamb
came from Dooly County. The
Grand Champion Junior Market
Swine came from Mitchell
County and the Reserve Grand
Champion Junior Market Lamb
came from Tift County.
And we had Junior Heifer
Champions from Wilkes, Jackson,
Troup, Decatur, Bulloch, Ware,
Franklin, Gwinnett and Coweta
counties.
An FFA Mechanics Small
Projects Champion came from
Harris County, a 4-H Senior
Division Mini-booth champion
Scores
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joy,” Worrell said.
“I believe that the citizens of
the community also deserve the
award because Perry is such a spe
cial place,” Worrell continued.
“Someday, they need to give the
award to the entire community.”
Retiring Chamber Chairman
Andy Flowers presented the
Volunteer of the Year award to
Karen Nikitopoulos, who has
chaired the annual Dogwood
Festival committee for the past
two years, and who has served in
numerous capacities with both the
Dogwood Festival and the cham
ber during recent years.
Flowers praised Nikitopoulos
came from Tattnall County, the
Georgia National Fair 4-H Superior
County Award went to Dodge
County, the Horticulture
Sweepstakes winner came from
Sumter County, the Culinary
Sweepstakes winner came from
Monroe County, and we had Award
of Excellence winners in various
home and fine arts competitions
from Floyd, Cobb, Fulton, Dekalb,
Muscogee, Clay, Glynn, Liberty, and
Clarke counties to name a few. The
Georgia Fair is truly a statewide fair.
The data show increases in
most categories from attendance
to competitive entries. The overall
estimated attendance for the Fair
last year was 334,745, the largest
to date. And on the second
Saturday of the Fair, we ad a
record breaking daily attendance
of 76,483 people.
And something else we all can
be proud of is the number of stu
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for her hard work, and recalled
meeting a couple at the festival
who said they came to Perry to
display their arts and crafts
because of the excellent job which
Nikitopoulos does.
Flowers received a plaque as a
retiring chairman from incoming
chairman Rob Tuggle.
Keynote speaker for the
evening was Perry native Deborah
Roberts.
She recalled how she had
received so many opportunities in
Perry because of the community.
She attributed much of her success
to her sixth grade teacher, Dorothy
Hardy.
dents participating in our educa
tional field trips to the Fair. This
program has provided an excellent
opportunity for the Fair to intro
duce many urban students to agri
culture. Last year, 22,887 students
from throughout the state regis
tered for this educational program.
Last December at the
International Association of Fairs
and Expositions Convention, the
Georgia National Fair was interna
tionally recognized again when it
received three Outstanding
Agricultural Awards and a
Competitive Exhibits Display
Award. Since 1992, the Georgia
National Fair has garnered a total
of 14 international awards for its
competitive exhibits and agricul
tural and educational programs.
The International Association
of Fairs and Expositions repre
sents 3,200 fairs from throughout
the world. This speaks highly of
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“She encouraged me to learn to
speak clearly and write correctly,”
Roberts said.
A 1978 graduate of Perry High,
Roberts graduated during 1982
from Georgia Southern
University. She worked for televi
sion stations in the South before
landing a spot with NBC-TV
News.
She has been honored for her
work during the 1992 Summer
Olympics and the aftermath of the
Gulf War.
Roberts, who introduced her
parents to the crowd of about 300
persons, is associated with ABC
Television News.
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our Fair, our citizens and our state.
Last year’s Georgia National
Fair was also designated a Top
Twenty Event in the Southeast for
the month of October by the
Southeast Tourism Society.
And I would be remiss if I did
not remind you of the upcoming
Georgia National Livestock Show
and Rodeo that will be held Feb.
19-March 2. More than 3,000 4-H
and FFA students will gather to
show, learn and compete at this
annual livestock extravaganza.
The Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter is
doing well. Each year it continues
to improve We know it can do bet
ter and it will. We pledge our con
tinued efforts to provide people of
this state with a dollar or more
value for every dollar invested.
Thank you for your support and we
invite you to the Georgia National
Fairgrounds & Agricenter.
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Perdue
schools during the transition from
segregation, Hutcherson added.
And, “he built half the schools
that exist now, also the old Board
of Education building (on
Washington Street in Perry),” said
Hutcherson.
“He set the tone for this school
system,” agreed present superin
tendent Tony Hinnant. “He still
has a presence in this school sys
tem.
“Often I think about how he
would have handled a situation I
am confronted with,” added
Hinnant.
Ray Mims, who worked in the
Liquor
on a similar move for a liquor
license.
Commissioners approved the
low bid from Wayne Morris Ford
Jobs
Hoover said the company had
surveyed their employees. They
determined that if production
moved to Bibb County, it would
result in about half of the compa
ny workers having to drive a
greater distance to work.
Stafford said the company pays
more than $600,000 in city, county
and school property taxes to
Houston County Worrall said (he
company is worth a substantial
amount to Perry because it is a major
consumer of natural gas and water,
which the city sells to Northrop.
Some area economic develop
ment officials, speaking without
attribution, said they are continu
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athletic field at Perry Junior High
School for many years, remem
bers Perdue as a man “who had a
vision of how to set up” that
department at the school.
When the change came from
junior high to middle school and
the addition of extra grades, Perdue
was “more inclusive in the sports
program structure,” said Mims.
“He had a lot to do with that.”
Perdue was recipient of numer
ous awards and honors, including
having a school, Perdue
Elementary, named for him in 1993.
His funeral was held Feb. 3.
(See obituaries, page 2A)
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for the purchase of three 1996
Crown Victorias for the Sheriff’s
department. Cost is $18,592
each.
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ing their efforts to keep the
Northrop jobs in Houston County.
Last week, several of those
officials made a trip to Dallas,
Texas, where the Northrop
Commercial Aircraft Division is
headquartered.
Congressman Saxby
Chambliss, R-Georgia, said dur
ing the conference that the
Northrop officials had said they
would seek the contract, and if
they were successful in receiving
it, they would keep the 450 jobs in
the midstate
“They have been faithful to
their word, and we’re grateful,”
Chambliss said
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