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Volume 126, No. 16
2 Sections, 18 Pages
Wednesday
April 23,1997
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At the
Crossroads
this week
Dairy Show, Prom on tap
at Agricenter
A spring dairy show will
take place April 25-27 at the
Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter.
Also scheduled is the Perry
High School prom, to be
held April 26.
The Magnolia Arabian
Horse Show will be April
26-27.
Com dogs or fish
Here are menus for
Houston County public
schools for this week:
April 23 Com dog or
fish sticks with roll, maca
roni and cheese, one veg
etable, two fruits, Jell-O
with whipped topping.
April 24 Nachos with
cheese and beef or barbecue
with Texas toast or bun, two
vegetables, one fruit, fruit
cobbler.
April 25 Steak
nuggets with roll or grilled
cheese sandwich with soup
or chili, two vegetables, two
fruits, manager’s choice
dessert.
April 28 Chicken
nuggets with roll or hot ham
and cheese sandwich, two
vegetables, two fruits.
April 29 Hot dog or
hamburger steak with gravy
and roll, french fires, two
vegetables, two fruits.
April 30 Taco or
southern chicken with roll,
buttered rice, one vegetable,
two fruits, Jell-0 with
whipped topping.
Inspectors check public
kitchens
Here are scores from
recent inspections by the
Houston County
Environmental Health
Department: (none indicates
no discrepancies)
Bonaire Elementary
School, 100 Elm St.,
Bonaire 100 None
Casa Maria, 1855 Watson
Blvd, Warner Robins 100
None
China Moon 1442 Sam
Nunn Blvd., Perry 95 None
Church’s Chicken 501 N.
Davis Drive, Warner Robins
91 None
Cove Lounge 937 Corder
Road, Warner Robins 86
None
Domino’s Pizza 1113
Washington St., Perry 87,
problem with temperature
control of foods.
Elberta Center 400
Elberta Road, Warner
Robins 97 None
Happy China Restaurant
115-1 Russell Parkway,
Warner Robins 97 None
Hardee’s U.S. 341 N
Perimeter Road, Perry 80
problem with temperature
control of foods.
Jimbo’s 1700 Watson
Blvd., Warner Robins 92
None
(See FOOD, Page SA)
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Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Perry Police seek armed robber
Man allegedly held up AAA Pawn Shop April 16, had a gun
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Local authorities are searching for a subject
who allegedly held up AAA Pawn Shop oAIOI
Marshallville Highway April 16.
According to Perry Detective Capt. Mickey
Barfield, a white male walked into the business
about 7:35 p.m., “looked around, then left.”
Barfield said the subject returned a few min
utes later and requested change from the clerk.
When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the
CVB committee does not seek
reduction in hotel/motel tax
Some hotel operators had sought one-cent drop to
compensate for newly approved school board sales tax
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
The long range planning committee for the Perry
Area Convention and Visitors Bureau decided not to
recommend the Bureau petition Perry city council to
seek a reduction in the local hotel/motel tax during
an April 17 committee meeting.
Several local hoteliers attended a regular session
of the Bureau last month asking the group to consid
er petitioning council fur a decrease of one penny of
the hotel/motel tax charged at their establishments.
They are concerned that a one penny sales tax
increase recently-’ OK’d Tjy* voters for school con
struction that will go into effect beginning in July
could be detrimental to attracting travelers to their
establishments.
Hence, the request for a reduction of the current
six percent hotel/motel tax.
That, added to the present sales tax rate of five
percent brings the total now collected to 11 cents on
the dollar.
When the extra penny tax goes into effect July 1,
that rate will climb to 12 cents on the dollar for peo
ple staying at local lodgings.
Five members of the nine member authority are
hotel/motel operators.
However, members of the long range planning
committee of the Bureau, along with some city coun
cil members, do not think the hotel/motel rate should
be reduced at present.
“It would be foolish to ask to the City to reduce
our funding,” said long range planning committee
member A1 Pearson.
Fellow member Walter Lewis said the reduction
would have a negative impact on projects such as the
proposal to light the portion of Interstate 75 that runs
through the Perry city limits.
“We would not have enough money to fund that
project,” Lewis said.
Total hotel/motel monies received for FY96 came
After HCCI closes July 1
City to look
elsewhere for
inmate labor
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Perry City Manager Skip
Nalley told the Houston Times-
Journal four weeks ago that with
the closure of the Houston County
Correctional Institute, the city of
Perry might have to seek inmate
labor from other area prisons to
offset the loss of labor provided
the city public works from HCCI.
That apparently will come to
pass, possibly as soon as July, he
now says, if a contract with the
Dooly State Prison located in
Dooly County can be pulled
together.
A proposal has been made that
would allow the City to have a
crew of 10 inmates and a guard
for $29,204 a year.
That is up only slightly from
last year’s contract with HCCI of
approximately $28,000, noted
Perry Public Works Director Hugh
Sharp April 21.
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man then allegedly produced a handgun and
demanded all of the money in the register, then
grabbed it himself, said the captain.
“He then walked away from the scene,"
added Barfield.
The clerk was the only other person than the
perpetrator in the store at the time the armed
robbery took place. No one was injured in the
incident, Barfield said.
Law enforcement officials were notified and
quickly canvassed the area.
Members of the long range planning com
mittee of the Bureau, along with some city
council members, do not think the hotel/motel
rate should be reduced at present.
in at $329,463.85.
The CVB received 66.7 percent of that total, or
$219,752.39, while the city of Perry retained 33.3
percent, or $110,040.93 in its coffers.
Figuring in a one penny reduction would change
those numbers to $183,119.67 for the CVB to main
tain its operations of promoting the area, while the
city would receive $91,697.11.
Councilman Charles Lewis said it is his opinion
that if a reduction were to occur the “only reduction
should be from the CVB portion of it, not the City’s.”
Councilman Hervia Ingram said he does not think
reduction would be a good idea.
“If you do it for one group or business, you should
do it for a11...1’1l oppose that (the reduction request),”
Ingram said.
Another council member, Bobby Glover, said he
does not feel at the moment that a reduction would be
a good thing but that he intends to be open minded
and take a closer look at the issue.
Meanwhile, area hotel/motel operators are con
cerned that their businesses will suffer an adverse
effect once that extra penny sales tax kicks in. This
could cause people to travel on down the line, they
say, to another city with smaller tax numbers.
According to Jenny Andrew, executive director of
the CVB, hotel/motel tax numbers for some nearby
cities located along 1-75 are: Macon - six percent,
Valdosta - five percent and Tifton - two percent.
The next meeting of the CVB is set to begin at 4
p.m. April 24 at The Welcome Center located along
Courtney Hodges Boulevard.
Sharp asks that residents be
patient with yard trash pick-up
being done at a slower pace than
usual because of the temporary
loss of inmate labor.
He also reminds Perryans to
separate their yard and trash
waste. Metals and yard waste
must be in separate piles, he said.
Also, grass clippings are not
required to be bagged. Asa matter
of fact, he said, it is more desir
able that they not be bagged.
Clippings should be separated
from pine cones and limbs, Sharp
added.
At present, if a resident fails to
separate yard and trash waste
properly, a notice is left on the
door of the home that explains
what must be done to correct the
problem.
The notice also states that if the
city cannot remove the debris, the
resident is responsible for removal
within seven days.
Barn fire investigation continues
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
State and county investigators are continuing to
seek clues that might lead them to the cause of an
April 15 fire at a large storage shed located at the
intersection of Houston Lake Road and Sandefur
Road.
The middle-of-the-night blaze totally destroyed
the shed that Kelly Hammock said his father built in
the mid-19305.
Ownership of the shed changed hands a couple of
times until its present owners, Houston Lake Country
Club, began use of it to store lawn maintenance
equipment.
Nalley
Interest in Sam Nunn day
continues to grow in south Georgia
Special to the Times-Journal
From TV TV to Kingsland,
Hoboken to Vidalia and Uvalda to
Albany, Bainbridge to Plains the
resolutions are rolling in.
In preparation for the South
Georgia Salute to Sam Nunn on
May 1-2, Charles Tyson, City
Manager of Bainbridge sent out a
request to all cities, counties and
Chambers of Commerce in 61
counties to have their respective
bodies proclaim May 2 as Sam
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The robber is identified as being between
the ages of 19 and 20, about 5’5” in height and
weight approximately 125-130 pounds with
light brown hair.
He was last seen wearing a grey colored
golf type hat, grey two tone button up short
sleeve shirt with a collar and dark colored blue
jeans.
Anyone with information is requested to
contact the Perry Police Department at 988-
1166.
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CAPTIVATED Just as these young listeners are capti
vated by a story teller, thousands of visitors were cap
tured by the lure of Mossy Creek during the weekend of
April 19-20. For more pictures of the annual festival, turn
to page 38.
Nunn Day in their community and
South Georgia. All four Houston
County governments are included.
Tyson said, “The resolutions
are coming in at a brisk pace and I
expect we will have several hun
dred before the May 2 function at
Pebble Hill Plantation, site of the
barbecue and program for Nunn.”
For information on the 9th
Annual Meeting of the South
Georgia Chamber and the Nunn
Salute, call 912-228-1299.
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DRAWING OF SUSPECT
From Police Department
The April 15 fire was the second suspicious blaze
at the shed. Another fire, reported on April 1, did
“very little damage”, however, according to Houston
County Fire Chief Jimmy Williams.
Houston County Sheriff’s Investigator Sgt. Alan
Everidge said anyone who might have information
that could be helpful in solving this case can contact
him at the Sheriff’s Department at 542-2085.
A reward of up to SIO,OOO will be given for infor
mation leading to the arrest and conviction of the per
son or persons involved, he said.
To provide information to the Arson Hotline, call
1-800-282-5804.
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