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Volume 126, No. 21
3 Sections, 26 Pages
Wednesday
May 28, 1997
50 Cents
At the
Crossroads
this week
Westfield graduation
is May 30, 8 p.m.
Graduation ceremonies
for Westfield seniors will be
held May 30 at 8 p.m. at the
school gymnatorium.
There are 28 graduating
Students this year, said head
master Michael Drake.
“This has been a really
food class,” he said. “They
have been very close to each
other as small classes tend to
be.”
Drake said he is proud
that the Class of ‘97 has
been a good role model for
younger students.
“They are a very good
group of leaders and have
provided younger children
with good examples,” he
said.
The Westfield Schools is
located along U.S. 41 south
of Perry.
Horses and Cycles at
Agricenter
The Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter
will play host to horses and
motorcycles this weekend.
Before then, however, a U.S.
Department of Agriculture
Rural Development agency
training program will take
place May 28-29.
May 30-June 1, Reeves
Arena will be turned into a
giant motocross track for
dirt motorcycle races.
Additionally, a Deep South
Arabian horse show will be
held May 31.
Members of the Warner
Robins Jaycees have sched
uled a craft show at the
Agricenter May 31-June 1.
Phoenix Board to
meet June 12
The Phoenix Center
Community Service Board
will meet at 6:30 p.m. on
June 12 at the Peach County
office, 503 North Camellia
Blvd., Fort Valley. The pub
lic is invited. For further
information please call 322-
4058, Warner Robins.
Assessors to attend
training update
A number of staff of The
Houston County Board of
Thx Assessors will be
attending the Georgia
Revenue Department annual
CAVEAT course May 27
and 28. The office of Ron
Grace, chief appraiser, locat
ed at the Houston County
Courthouse, will be open to
any property owners who
need assistance.
Blood drives set
Hear are blood drives to
be hosted by the Houston
(See BLOOD, Page SA)
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Hawk slows city traffic
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
He is just a young guy who maybe got bored with
the way things were going at home. Or maybe he was
out for an afternoon snack and took a wrong turn.
Whatever the reason, a young hawk found himself
standing in the turn lane along Houston Lake Road in
Warner Robins May 24.
The bird soon discovered that Houston Lake Road
on a Saturday afternoon is not always a nice place to
be. Especially with vehicles traveling by at what
seems like the speed of light.
And, with passersby rubbernecking to see this
unusual sight, the screech of tires on pavement as a
motorist would attempt avoidance of a rear end colli
sion, soon became a common sound.
B.J. and Dale Sweigart, a Warner Robins couple,
were traveling along the road just as the hawk made
Parker is Perrys
newest Eagle Scout
Ceremony conducted May
25 at First Baptist Church
By PAULINE LEWIS
Lifestyle Editor
Charles E. “Rhett” Parker Jr. is the
newest Eagle Scout in Perry.
The award was presented to Park May 25
during an Eagle Scout Court of Honor cere
mony at First Baptist Church. Parker is a
member of Troop 96, a part of the Big
Indian Creek District of the Central Georgia
Council.
Parker, bom June 22, 1979 in Waycross,
is the son of Charles and Patricia Parker. His
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Everette
Parker of Raleigh, N.C., Mr. and Mrs.
Robert D. Nesbitt of Madison, and J. O.
Rocker of Metter, and the late Bertha
Rocker.
Parker’s Trail to Eagle began when he
joined Cub Scout Pack 419 chartered by
Crossroads United Methodist Church. He
earned the Arrow of Light Award, Cub
Scouting’s highest award on May 5, 1990.
From Pack 419, Parker moved to Boy
Scout Troop 777, chartered by Perry United
Methodist Church. After one summer camp
and one eventful canoeing trip, he moved to
Troop 96, chartered by the Crossroads
United Methodist Church, where he was in
Rebel Patrol and held the positions of Patrol
Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader and
Senior Patrol Leader.
Parker now serves as a Junior Assistant
Scoutmaster.
During August 1993, Parker was induct
ed into the Order of the Arrow, Echeconnee
Lodge #358. He became a Brotherhood
Member of the Lodge in 1994.
For his Eagle Project, Parker helped plan
and landscape the back parking lot of First
Baptist Church, Perry, planting approxi
mately 25 crepe myrtles and more than
1,000 liriope plants.
Parker is a senior at Perry High School
and is active in the “Pride of the Crossroads
Band”, Prayer Club, Arrive Alive,
Wolenczak Computer Club, and the Drama
Program.
Parker is a member of First Baptist
Church, Perry, where he is a member of the
Youth Council, Youth Ensemble and the
Crosswalk Student Ministries.
In the fall, Parker will be attending The
(See PARKER, page SA)
Development Authority OKs sale of property to Trendline
By Jj JOHNSON
Times-Journal Editor
WARNER ROBINS Members of the
Houston County Development Authority
inspected their expanded office and voted to
sell about seven acres of property in Perry
during their May 22 meeting here.
Trendline Home Fashions, the successor
in interest of a 6.774 acre lease of land to
the former holder of the lease, Kellwood
Cos., asked to exercise an option to purchase
the property.
The land is located near the former
Kellwood-Trendline plant along Kellwood
Drive in Perry. The land, according to Rob
Tuggle, an attorney for Trendline, is not
occupied, but is adjacent to manufacturing
operations at the plant.
The company has about 30 employees
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Times-Journal photo by Eric Zellars
GOING TO SLEEP We have heard some say (jokingly, we hope) that they read the
Times-Journal just before bedtime so they can go to bed with nothing on tneir mind.
Apparently this young lady, Ashley Hutcheson, 4, found that if she lay down on the Times-
Journal sales rack, the effect was just as good. Happy naptime.
still on payroll, according to Tim Martin,
director of development for the
Development Authority. The company is
filling orders for tents for an unnamed mar
keting company, Martin said.
The property has been under option to
Kellwood and Trendline since Febrtfary
1977. The fee, as set then, was $2,500.
Members of the Authority unanimously
approved the sale of the property.
Before taking the motion, members of
the Authority and several guests inspected
the enlarged Authority office in the
Technology Park at Warner Robins.
The expansion provides for a small con
ference room, additional storage and recep
tion area. The changes were completed
about two weeks ago, Martin said.
In other matters, members of the
Servjftg Houston County since Pec. 1771870
his descent into the turn lane.
His actions startled them, so they made their way
to the side of the roadway, then searched for help
when they saw the bird’s dilemma.
Soon, the young bird was surrounded by police
vehicles with flashing lights and officers in uniform.
As the officers gathered round the bird, he looked
somewhat confused at this new turn of events, but
decided to stay put for the time being, much to every
one’s relief.
An officer radioed for a state game and fish
employee to come take a look.
“We live nearby,” said Dale Sweigart as she
watched the bird. “We didn’t know if he might be
hurt or just mad at the world.”
After about half an hour of waiting, the hawk
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Authority welcomed Flint Electric
Membership Cooperative Manager Joe
Cabe to the organization and accepted an
aerial photo of the Booth Road proposed
industrial park from Flint EMC official
Holmes Harrison.
Martin reported the Mercer engineering
facility which is under construction adjacent
to the Authority building at the Technology
Park, will be ready for occupancy by July 1.
The $3.2 million facility will be occupied
immediately, he said.
He also reported that Telemarketing
Concepts, the firm which opened just before
Christmas in the old Zayre location in
Warner Robins, has grown to 64 marketing
stations, and will add an additional 32 sta
tions June 5.
Martin reported a second serious visit
I Graduation ’97
A salute to Perry
and Westfield
Seniors
see section c
Timei-Journol Photo by Emily Johnstone
DNR RANGER LARRY ROSS WITH HAWK
Bird Rescued from Houston Lake Road landing last week
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Home of the Georgia National
Fair and Agricenter
New city fire
truck to get
home soon
Truck will no longer have to sit
under bridge during storms
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
It looks as if the new Pierce brand fire
truck’s days of hiding from bad weather
underneath the 1-75 overpass along Sam
Nunn Boulevard are
numbered.
Perry city council
members gave the go
ahead for the design and
construction of an addi
tion to the existing struc
ture that houses Perry
Fire Department vehi
cles during their May 20
meeting.
Councilman Charles
Lewis made the motion
for the approval of a change order in the
amount of $95,142 to the John Pitts
Company for the addition.
“Let’s go ahead and build a house for that
fire truck,” said Lewis.
Councilman James Moore seconded the
motion and it carried unanimously.
Another facility that will be receiving
something new is the Perry Library.
Council members approved up to
$14,000 to be transferred from contingency
funds to be used for replacing the carpet in
that facility.
Removal of the old carpet and furniture
will be taken care of by the county govern
ment, said Mayor Jim Worrall.
Also during the meeting, council members
decided to table a revision of a solid waste
ordinance dealing with mobile trash toters.
Councilman Billy Jerles said that the
revision could cause some inconvenience to
residents, such as receiving a ticket for not
removing the toter from the curbside when
they are out-of-town.
The revision stated that mobile toters
shall be placed at curbside no earlier than
4:00 p.m. the day before collection and
removed no later than 9:00 p.m. the day of
collection.
City Attorney David Walker was instruct
ed to prepare anew ordinance.
from an industrial prospect. The company!
has been shown locations at Perry andf
Warner Robins. Martin said he hopes for a
favorable decision from the company lateit
this year. The prospect will select from four
Georgia communities to locate a sl2 mil
lion plant which will employ 100 persons.
In other matters, Middle Georgia
Technical Institute President Billy
Edenfield reported the new campus at
Cohen Walker Drive will be turned over to
the school approximately Sept. 1, and that
the equipment for the building will be
installed after that date.
Skip McDannald, executive director of the
Houston Healthcare Complex, said a report
on indigent care in Houston County would be
presented at Perry Hospital at 5:30 ap.m. May
28 to government and medical leaders.
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Lewis