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committees again
Perry Mayor Jim Worrali
decides to use multiple
committees to address
city problems.
See page 4A
Volume 127,
Mo. 2
2 Sections,
lb Pages
Wednesday.
lan. 14, 1998
50 t ents
At the
Crossroads
This Week
Medieval Times
continues at Agricenter
A medieval Times josting
eveni continues through Jan
16 at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter
A clothing and home
accessories sale known as the
Fairfield Fxpo. is sei lor Jan
16-1 K
The annual Perr\ Area
Chamber of Commerce meet
mg will begin at 7 p m Jan
20 at the ( Jcorgia I .iving
Center
Chamber members will get
to greet
new presi
dent and
chief exec
utive olh
cer Chris
Kinnas
and say
goodbye
formally to
recent
CEO
Haley
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Cathy
Godbey Greene
Keynote speaker tor the
occasion will be S Cathy
Truetl. founder of the Chick
til-A chain ol restaurants
The 1998 recipient of the
Seahie Hickson award for
community service will he
announced during the
evening Current chairman
Rob Tuggle 111 will hand the
gavel over to Paul Hicks a>
part ot the program
Reservations tor the S2O
per piece tickets arc due Jan
14
Baked potato bar on
school lutich menu
Here are breaklast and
lunch menus for Houston
County publu schools tor this
week
Jan 14 Cheese croissant
or cereal and toast, fresh fruit
or (run juice Lunch Taco or
baked potato with chili and
cheese, roll, two vegetables,
two fruits
Jan — Chicken biscuit
or cereal and toast, tresh fruit
or fruit juice Lunch
Submarine sandwich or
Southern chicken with roll,
lettuce, tomato, pickle, two
vegetables, two fruits, manag
er's choice dessert
Jan lb Pancake with
sy rup or cereal and toast,
fresh fruit or fruit juice
Lunch Pizza or manager's
choice, two vegetables, two
fruits, baked dessert.
Jan 20 Martin Luther
King Jr holiday.
Jan 21-22 Teacher
inservice, student holidays.
Martin Luther King Jr.
day is Jan. 19
Martin Luther King Jr Day
will be observed in Houston
County Jan 19 Banks, most
civil service jobs and schools
will be closed tor the day The
Times-Journal will be open
At 8 a m Jan 19. members
ot the Warner Robins
Christian Methodist Hpiscope'
Church of Russell Parkway
will host a prayer breaklast in
honor of King
Restaurants inspected
Houston County
Environmental Health
Department inspectors visited
several restaurants in Houston
(See EOOI). Page SA)
Houston Times-Journal
Official l egal Organ for Houston C ounty, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
County to seek sales tax funds for courthouse
B\ K\lllA JOHNSTONK
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Houston County voters will be asked to
approve March 17 an one cent hike in local
sales tax to provide hinds tor a new court
house and jail
That was the unanimous decision ol the
Houston County Commission Jan i* as the
group approved a resolution asking the
chairman of the county Board ol Flections
to call an election tor a Special Focal
()pnon Sales Tax
I'he present sales tax rate in Houston
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SOME SWEARING GOING ON Perry
City Attorney David Walker stands before
three councilman that were sworn into
their respective post during a meeting of
Perry City Council Jan. 6. Pictured with
hands aloft are, left to right: Billy Jerles,
New Hope residents complain about
city work projects in their neighborhood
ID EMILY JOHNSTONE
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"This is really tearing up our cars over there
That is only one ot the problems residents ot the
N;w Hope area are experiencing with the work
being done in that neighborhood. Linda Lawton told
Perry City council members during their Jan 6
meeting
Phase I ot the New Hope Community
Development Block Grant is apparently still moving
at a snail's pace, according to those residents
For months, the roads, driveways, and ditches
have been in a less than desirable state, not only for
residents, but tor those traveling m the area.
Vehicles traveling along W.F Ragin Drive must
run an obstacle course where the road has been dug
up
The project, contracted by Steadham
Construction, was scheduled to be completed last
year.
The goal ot the project is to upgrade water.sewer
and drainage in that area
However, the City has already extended the dead
Council mayor appoint new city committees
Bv EMILY JOHNSTONE
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Perry Mayor and council mem
bers announced appointments to
various governing bodies during
their regular meeting Jan 6
Councilman James Moore was
chosen to serve as Mayor Pro-
Temporc for 199 K
Appointments coming from
councilman Phyllis Flowers
include: Boatd ol Adjustment and
Appeals Linda Daniels.
Beautification Commission
Sue Lumpkin and Elaine Griggs.
Perry Library Board Cassandra
K Cassey: Planning and Zoning
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County is six percent
The resolution proposes a SPI.OST ol
544 million to lurid the cost of acquisition,
construction and equipping ol a new court
house and jail in Houston County
The tax is similar to one passed a year
ago b\ voters to tund school construction
ll the sales tax receives approval ol the vot
ers the tax will be imposed on all sales m
Houston County lor a time period ol not
more than live years
ll the V 44 million is raised he tore the end
ol (hat time, the tax will automatically
Mayor Jim Worrall reports
his committee assignments.
See page 4A.
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Commission Patricia
Jefferson; Recreation
Commission Randolph Green;
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Hervia Ingram
Councilman Ralph Gentry
appointed the billowing: Board of
Adjustment and Appeals John
Houser; Beautification
Commission one vacancy,
(ieorge Thorpe. Perry Library
Board Anna Pritchett;
Serving Houston County Since Dec. 17, 1870
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returns
Houston county chapter
will host fund-raising
banquet Feb. 5
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Ralph Gantry and Phyllis Flowers. Voters
chose Flowers to replace Hervia Ingram,
who retired. Jerles and Gentry were both
unopposed in the municipal election held
last November.
line for completion twice
That is causing the City to look at possibly penal
izing the contractor lor the delay, said City Manager
Skip Nalley during a recent interview
Nalley said the quality ol the work being done by
the contractor is acceptable, but the time period it is
being done in is disappointing
What is really unfortunate is that we did not get
the project finished earlier when the weather was
belter." said Nalley.
Recent rams have delayed work in the area.
During the council meeting. Lawton said when
she has seen workers in the area, there would usual
ly be only two or three on the job
Visitors to the neighborhood are not too happy,
either, she said
"Even people who come to visit complain' about
conditions, added Lawton.
City Public Works Superintendent Hugh Sharp
told Lawton he believes the blame "goes right back
to the contractor."
(See CITY, Page SA»
Planning and Zoning Commission
Robert Brown; Recreation
Commission-Danny Redmond
District 3. Post I councilman
Billy Jerles appointments were
Board of Adjustment and Appeals
Harvey Voeltner;
Beautification Commission
Faye Harden and Barbara
Marshall; Perry Library Board
Carol Horton; Planning and
Zoning Commission Brian
Jones. Recreation Commission
George Collins; Convention and
Visitors Bureau Bipm Vashi
(See POSITIONS. Page 5Ai
cease
Houston County Commission Chairman
J Sherriil Stallord said he thinks the money
could be collected within a time period of
45 months Current sales tax revenues
equal about s>l I million per year per penny
ol lax
This action comes as a result ol a court
mandate order to county commissioners in
IWS to correct the present problem ol tail
space and courthouse storage space
The new courthouse will be built at an
undetermined location along the Perry
New elementary
school is named
for Matt Arthur
Bx RICK JOHNSTONE
Fun Tin 1 IWKS-Jot It'S!
It is not that often that a public
facility is named for someone
while that person is alive At the
Jan H meeting of the Houston
County Boafd of Education just
that was done
The under construction ele
mentary school located at the
intersection of Ga 127 and
Moody Road has been named for
longtime educator Malt Arthur
"We don't do this otten unless
someone really stood out.' said
board chairman Skip Talbert.
Arthur retired in the late 1980 s.
having served not only as school
superintendent but also as a
teacher coach, and principal in
his years with Houston County
In another action, the board
approved a request to have a sur
vey done to determine what level
of interest there would be for a
summer "enrichment program
for pre-K through fifth grades
Coordinator Beverly Adkins
said she wants to sec it parents
and teachers would participate in
such an effort
It there is an interest. I would
like to set up a pilot program for
the summer ot 1999." she said
Perry Elementary School is
among programs where the pilot
would likely be conducted
Adkins said a wide range of
activities in the academic, tine
arts, and other areas would be
included, with sessions to last for
three weeks
Board member Gary McLure
did express some concerns over
the reaction to such a program
Top Essays
Best of recent Perry area D.A.R.E.
graduates* essays are published.
See page 1B
Trendline equipment is
on the auction block
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Jih «nvi Stvf>
Are you in need of sewing
machines, air compressors,
fork lifts, or a die cutting line ’
Those items and more are
tin a list of things to be auc
tioned Jan 29 at the building
that formerly housed Trendline
Home Fashions located along
Kell wood Drive
Rosen Systems Inc has
announced they will be con
ducting the sale of items used
at the plant before its closure
last year
An Atlanta firm has
acquired the plant, bui has not
announced plans of the future
of the 300.000-square-foot
Parkway
I'he regional jail is proposed to be con
struction nearby
During a meeting ol the Regional Jail
Authority Jan 12. it was decided to make
that project one that Houston and Pulaski
counties would undertake together instead
ol going the route ol pnvati/ation
Houston County Sherd! Cullen Talton
made a motion lor the Authority to take on
the project, pointing out that estimates
(See TAX. Page SA»
from day-care providers in
Houston County
A change order in the amount
ot about $2,000 for work at the
new Perrv Middle School was
OK cd
f>esign plans tor the gvmnasi
um are involved in that change,
according to school building offi
cial Bill Louderrnilk. who said
state fire codes necessitated the
move
The board approved two policy
changes, one aimed at volunteers,
the other at bad check writers
All persons who volunteer to
take pan in school sponsored field
trips will now be required to
undergo security checks
"We have been doing that any
way but this just makes it pan of
our policy,' said assistant super
intendent for instruction Mary
Mantiply.
It will now cost anyone who
gives a sch«*ol a check that is
returned because ot insufficient
funds at least SIS with a larger
tee allowed it a bank charges that
school more.
Financial official Annette
While said principals wanted a
uniform policy to deal with the
matter.
Superintendent Tony Hinnanl
highlighted a couple ot areas he is
pleased with in a )ust released
statewide report card on schixils
for the 1996-97 schtxil year
He noted that the dropout rale
tor the county s students in grades
9-12 came in at 5 .3 percent, well
below the 10-plus percent
(See SCHOOLS, Page 5A>
building
Trendline Home Fashions
employed 2.35 textile workers
until closure was announced
Jan 21.1997
Trendline CEO Mark
Schlag told the Houston
Times-Joumal during an inter
view last month that a handful
of employees were working to
maintain the property until a
decision about what to do with
the facility could be reached
The facility was purchased
by Trendline Home Fashions
from the Kellwixxl Co., anoth
er textile company, about four
years ago
The auction is set to begin
at 11 a m
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