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Volume 127,
No. 23
2 Sections,
22 Pages
Wednesday,
June 10, 1998
50 Cents
At the
Crossroads
This Week
Children's theater
offered in Warner
Robins soon
Warner Robins Children's
Theater will be sponsoring
“Summer Shorts," an opportu
nity to learn acting. Activities
will include a workshop from
June 15 to 19, from 7 p.m.
until 9 p.m. followed by
optional biweekly rehearsals
and productions July 22 to 25.
The workshop leader is Kiana
Austin from Macon State
College. Registration fees are
S3O to non members, $25
members. For information and
registration call 922-3704.
The workshop will include
basic acting skills: how to read
a script, how to take on a role
in a play, how to move on
stage and how to most effec
tively use your voice. These
skills are taught by means of
theatrical games, interacting
with other young actors and
practicing with scripts. Thus
the workshop is both fun and
learning.
Participants may then take
part in a plat Plays will be
short children's classics such
as “Bille Goats Gruff," Hansel
and Gretel, “Chicken Little,”
and Aesop's Fables."
Biweekly rehearsals will fol
low the workshop so that the
participants can practice the
skills they learned during the
intensive week session. Plays
will be presented to the public
July 22 to 25 at Quail Run
Elementary.
Restaurants get
inspection by county
Here is the result of recent
Environmental Health
Department inspections.
Restaurants requiring
changes:
My Father's Place, 2507
Moody Road, Warner Robins.
85, problems with temperature
control of foods
Pizza Hut, 1344 Sam Nunn
Blvd., Perry, 81, problems
with storage of cleaning prod
ucts
PoMo’s House of
Barbeque, 2766 Watson Blvd.,
Centerville. 71, problems with
temperature control of food
Shoney’s, 1224 Russell
Parkway, Warner Robins, 54,
problems with employee
hygiene matters, problems
with temperature control of
foods
No major problems were
found at these locations:
China Palace. 306 Russell
Parkway, Warner Robins, 90
Comfort Inn/Mini Kitchen,
1602 Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry,
94
Krystal, 1415 Sam Nunn
Blvd., Perry 99
Pizza Hut, 1010 Russell
Parkway, Warner Robins, 88
Pizza Hut, 1406 Watson
Blvd., Warner Robins, 91
Pizza Hut Delivery, 115
Russell Parkway, Warne’r
Robins, 94
Thai Kitchen, 713 Watson
Blvd., Warner Robins, 91
Waffle House, 310 Russell
Parkway, Warner Robins, 95.
Houston rimes -Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Rumor nears fact: Super Wal-Mart is coming
If deal is completed, store will open behind old Grants-Kmart location next summer
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Timbs-Jouhnal Stait _
There may still be a few I’s to dot and
T's to cross, but plans for a Wal-Mart Super
Center in Perry are well under way.
According to Lynward Barrett, owner of
Landmark Realty, negotiations for the pur
chase of the site, located off Sam Nunn
Boulevard near 1-75, have been going on
for several months now, and the sale should
be closed in the near future
The property under negotiation includes
part of what is now known as the Sports
Center Shopping Center. Previous tenants
in that building have included Grant City
and Kmart
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CIRCLE OF LOVE Members of the Perry High School faculty form
the traditional Circle of Love around 1998 graduates during cere
Glover disappointed with future plans for old courthouse
By EMILV JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
One Perry city councilman has expressed
disappointment with a recent meeting held
regarding future use of the present Houston
County Courthouse.
Councilman Bobby Glover was one of
about 100 people in attendance at the June 2
meeting held at the courthouse at 800 Carroll
St. in downtown Perry.
Houston County commissioners said the
purpose of the meeting was to bring together
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STORMS STRIKE COMMUNITY High winds, hail and
rain struck the southern part of Houston County just after
7 p.m. June 5. The storm, which moved quickly through
the area from the west, left a path of destruction in its
a- Best in the Region
Perry Panthers named best
team in Region 3-AA after win
ning three region titles during
1997-98
See page 8A
In an interview June 9, Barrett and
Landmark Agent Keith Seamon satd they
have been working closely with Jacoby
Developers of Atlanta, a firm which pur
chases land and develops shopping centers,
which are then leased to businesses.
Richard Culpepper, president of Jacoby,
confirmed that representatives of Wal -Mart
have visited the site and approved it for a
151,000 square-foot Wal-Mart Super
Center, which will include a grocery store.
Additionally, there will be 30,000 square
feet of shops, and around 8(H) parking
spaces.
Barrett added the Wal-Mart store is
expected to generate $65 million per year in
people in the community for discussion about
what might occupy the existing courthouse
after the new building is constructed.
Construction is expected to begin on the
new facility in the next year or so.
During a June 3 work session of the Perry
city council, Glover said he is not happy that
he cannot be told exactly where the new cour
thouse will be built.
“I thought the sue was settled. Now, they
are telling me it is not settled." said Glover.
Glover also said that the City of Perry has
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monies June 5 at the Reeves Arena. Stories and more photos about
Perry and Westfield graduation ceremonies are on page 6A.
wake. In Elko, where these pictures were taken, a tree fell
on an automobile and another tree fell on a mobile home.
Electricity was off in many parts of the area for from min
utes to hours after the storm caused trees to fall on power
sales and that it will employ about 300 peo
ple.
Mayor Jim Worrall called the plan excit
ing.
"We re always excited about anew busi
ness," he said, “especially a business as
progressive and forward-looking as Wal-
Mart."
Merchants currently located at the site
face some major changes, since the strip
building that currently houses WD
Sullivan's, Antiques & Collectibles, China
Moon and other businesses, will Ik torn
down once the Wal-Mart center is con
structed However, Wanda Sullivan, owner
of W.D Sullivan’s, said that she feels thai
long been treated like a step-child by the coun
ty government
“That needs to change," he added
At the courthouse meeting, those in atten
dance listened to a briefing about the court
house and jail project.
Houston County Commission Chairman J
Sherrill Stafford said since both Pulaski and
Dooly counties have pulled their proposed
financial support for the new jail facility that
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Electric and steam gener-I . V:
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duction beside Frito-Lay '
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Times journil Photo by F./ic Zeilars
lines. There were no reports of injury or extensive dam
age to buildings in the area, although some communities
nearby reported significant damage because of the
storm.
the new Wal-Mart will be "good for Perry."
The new construction will be behind the
area where the present stores are located
Barrett said that plans have been made to
remodel the exterior of the Sports Center so
that it will blend in with the new shops.
The Wal-Mart center is expected to be
completed and open by late spring or early
summer of 1999, Barrett sard.
Jacoby considered building a shopping
center in Perry almost 10 years ago, but
later withdrew plans. That center would
have been located near the intersection of
Sam Nunn Boulevard with Ball and
Washington streets.
New Perry
Post Office
may be on
track again
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Jockwal Stmt
The prospects of having anew
post office in Perry before the
millennium now appear a bit
brighter.
According to reliable sources,
a local contractor is in the fore
front for obtaining the contract to
construct the facility.
Some local officials hope this
is true.
“1 hope a local contractor is
chosen for the job," said Perry
Mayor Jim Worrall June 9. “1
believe a local contractor would
have an good handle on things."
Ga. Rep. Larry Walker said he
also hopes construction on the
site will begin soon and a utiliz
ing a local contractor might be a
good idea
Post Office officials have
planned for some time to con
struct anew building in the 1400
block of Macon Road, between
the office of Dr Michael Kinsley
and Perry Village shopping cen
ter.
Walker, along with U.S. Sen
Max Cleland recently toured the
site, which was abandoned by
workers a year ago when the
Bison Corp., an Arkansas firm
contracted to do the job, appar
ently went belly-up and filed for
bankruptcy.
(See POST OFFICE, Page SA)
Time*-Journal Photoi by Eric Zdlari
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