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Volume 126, No. 17
2 Sections, 16 Pages
Wednesday
April 30, 1997
50 Cents
Pecans and campers
at Agricenter
Activities at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds and
Agricenter center around
pecans and motor homes
this week.
Members of the Georgia
Pecan Growers Association
will hold a meeting May 1.
Members of the
Southeast Area Family
Motor Coach Association
will have a rally at the
Fairgrounds May 1-3.
The Region 12 Arabian
Horse Show will run May ti
ll at the Agricenter.
Temperature control
remains a problem
Proper temperature con
trol of foods caused three
restaurants to not meet all
standards of the Houston
County Environmental
Health inspection last week.
Two other facilities did
not meet all standards for
different reasons.
At Family Mart, 515 N.
Houston Road, Warner
Robins, inspectors reported
a failure to control tempera
ture of foods. Hie score was
84.
At Hardee’s, 2829
Watson Blvd., Warner
Robins, inspectors reported
a failure to control tempera
ture of foods. The score was
92.
At Mrs. Winner’s
Chicken, 825 Russell
Parkway, Warner Robins,
inspectors reported a failure
to control temperature of
foods. The score was 85.
At Peachbelt Health
Care, 801 Elberta Road,
Warner Robins, inspectors
reported problems with
equipment. The score was
91.
At Westfield School
Football Concession, U.S.
41 S., Perry, inspectors
reported a problem with
storage of cleaning supplies.
The score was 90.
No discrepancies were
reported at the following
locations”
Bahama Bob’s, 700 Ga.
96, Bonaire, 97.
Dowdy Personal Care
Home, 127 S. Sixth St.,
Warner Robins, 88.
Miller Elementary
School, 101 Pine Valley
Drive, Warner Robins, 98.
Morningside Elementary
School, 1206 Morningside
Drive, Perry, 95.
My Father’s Place, 2507
Moody Road, Warner
Robins, 93.
Perry Elementary School,
906 School St., Perry, 99.
Perry Middle School,
1500 Sunshine Ave., Perry,
99.
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Houston Times-Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Two Penyans injured during Gaines Drive episode
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Perry detectives were digging
for clues the morning of April 29
in an attempt to understand what
spurred a double shooting the day
before in the Gaines Drive area.
According to police detective
Capt. Mickey Barfield, 18-year
old Travis Freeman and a 16-year
old juvenile, both of Perry, were
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A MATTER OF EXCELLENCE Faculty members at Perry Middle School crowd around
principal Bobby Pennington and the plaque which identifies Perry Middle as a Georgia
School of Excellence for 1997. The award was presented April 28 during a banquet at
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Georgia School of Excellence
By Jj JOHNSON
Times-Journal Editor
ATLANTA Perry Middle School was one of 25
Georgia public schools recognized April 28 for
excellence in academics.
Georgia State School Superintendent Linda
Schrenko presented awards at the Georgia World
Congress Center to principals of schools from every
congressional district in the state for their outstanding
work in academics and outreach into the community.
For Perry Middle School, this is the second time
the faculty and administration have been to Atlanta to
collect the award. The school was also named a
school of excellence during 1989.
School principal Bobby Pennington said the award
is presented based on an application completed by
school officials. Questions in the application seek
information about what makes the school special,
why the students are successful, and why they are
learning.
School instructional coordinator Gaye Nelson,
who did the compilation of the project in association
with faculty committees, said the project helped PMS
teachers to realize “how special, how excellent they
are.”
“Some of our people do not seek recognition,” she
said shortly after the banquet. “The entry represents
all academic discipline areas, and we have good pro
grams and teachers in all areas.”
According to Schrenko, Perry Middle School was
the pilot school for the middle school concept in
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shot during an incident at about
2:45 p.m.
Barfield said police received a
call in reference to a shooting at
the Gaines Drive, Stanley Street
area and upon arrival located the
two victims. The juvenile was run
ning along Gaines Drive toward
police. Freeman rushed into the
lobby area of a nearby nursing
home facility, then collapsed on
the floor.
The juvenile was found to have
been shot with what police believe
was a small caliber handgun in the
leg.
Freeman suffered from a
wound to the nose area and the
back.
Eighteen-year-old Levar
Solomon of a Marsha Drive
address was taken into custody as
Houston County. Middle schools utilize a team con
cept to prepare students in grades 6-8 for high school
experiences.
Schrenko pointed to a full range of exploratory
offerings as important for young students. Among the
offerings at PMS are drama, choral music, band,
computers, industrial technology, visual arts, foreign
languages and home economics.
The school, according to the application, has a full
range of academic classes and special classes for
those students who are gifted and those who have
learning disabilities.
“A strong guidance and counseling program is the
backbone of support for the students” at Perry
Middle, Schrenko told the crowd of more than 1,000
supporters of education.
“Classroom guidance, small groups and individual
counseling activities can be observed at any time,”
she added.
Perry Middle also has an active peer helpers group
which allows students to help other students. Some of
these peer helpers also work with students at Perry
Elementary School.
Of the award winners, Schrenko said it was evi
dent by the enthusiasm of those present and .rom
what she has seen at the various schools that commu
nity support is important to good schools.
“This is what teaching is all about,” she said.
“Teachers can make a difference.”
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a suspect in the incident a short
time later, said the captain.
Barfield said although details
are still somewhat sketchy, it is
believed the trio were in a 1984
Mercury Marquis at the time of the
shootings.
No motive has been determined
as yet, he added.
Freeman underwent surgery at
Perry Hospital and at press time
County opens bids
for Houston Lake
Dam replacement
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
WARNER ROBINS Nearly
three years after it was washed
away the dam at Houston Lake
Country Club may finally be near
ing the construction stage.
At a bid opening held April 29
at the county annex building in
Warner Robins, Jeff Powers, vice
president of the engineering firm
Walden, Ashworth & Associates,
said the three bids presented will
now be evaluated by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
After FEMA reaches a decision
of which company is awarded the
cdm&ct. tiUaSompany will have a
10-day period to mobilize the pro
ject, said Powers.
He hopes to bring the FEMA
decision before commissioners
within the next couple of weeks.
“The company will then have
300 days to complete the project,”
said Powers.
In response to a question by
Houston County Commission
Chairman J. Sherrill Stafford,
New license tag sales dates could
affect local government budgets
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
New changes in the Georgia
motor vehicle law regarding
license plates will be felt in local
budgets, according to Houston
County Commission Chairman J.
Sherrill Stafford.
The implementation of proce
dures that will have vehicle own
ers purchasing their license plates
within 30 days of their birthdates
will be felt during budget plan
ning for the county’s next fiscal
year.
In the past, tag purchases have
mostly taken place between
January and April of each year.
Now, there will be, at least for
one fiscal year, a time of adjust
ment because monies from pur
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Home of the Georgia National
Fair and Agricenter
was in intensive care listed with a
stable condition.
The juvenile is reportedly also
in stable condition.
Solomon was taken by ambu
lance from the Perry jail to the
hospital a few hours after being
taken into custody for treatment of
hyperventilation, said Barfield. He
was released and taken back to the
city jail a few hours later.
Powers said there will be a SSOO per
day penalty for each day the project
runs beyond the 300 day period.
Bids were received by:
Specialized Services Inc. of
Dublin in the amount of
$3,228,000; Cline Construction of
Columbus in the amount of
$2,497,852; and Reed Bros, of
Butler in the amount of
$4,540,519.18.
Powers said bid amounts were
somewhat higher than anticipated
because of the cost of a special
type of concrete that must be used
in the construction of the dam.
“We did not know the special
type cement would effect the
prices that much,” he said.
During the construction of the
new dam, there will be discussions
with the Department of Natural
Resources on issues such as the
best time period to refill the lake
with water, Powers added.
The dam was washed away by
flood waters early July 5, 1994,
after more than 11 inches of rain
fall in a 24-hour period.
chasers bom July through
December won’t be available until
the following budget year.
That will mean a loss of thou
sands of dollars for the FY9B bud
get, said Stafford.
Some $1.6 million is projected
to be collected from ad valorem
taxes (on the sale of vehicle tags)
this year, he said.
The Houston County Board of
Education is expecting to feel a
shortage of numbers in their bud
get, also, because of the new rules,
he said.
Another rule stipulates that all
license plates will remain with the
original owner upon sale or trans
fer of a vehicle.
In the past the tag remained on
the vehicle if sold or transferred.
Ground broken
for state
diversion center
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Another step of progress and
growth in Houston County took
place April 29 with the ground
breaking for a 30,000 sq. ft. pro
bation detention center.
The ceremony, held at the site
at the intersection of Kings
Chapel Road and the Perry
Parkway, is the result of several
years of local officials pushing
for the project to be located in
Perry.
State Rep. Larry Walker, D.-
Perry, said “this is another great
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