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Disai Cheshire iiuem> uisappoinrea with city attitude toward flood relief. See page 2A Volume 127, No. 30 2 Sections, 16 Pages Wednesday, July 29, 1998 50 Cents At the Crossroads This Week Several events at Agricenter this week Several activities will take place at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter this weekend. The Southeast Alabama Kennel Club show will be held July 30. The Gold Kist Triple Crown Horse Show will take place July 30-Aug. 2 The Columbus Kennel Club will host a show July 31. Members of the Perry High School class of 1978 will have reunion events at the Fairgrounds July 31 and Aug. 1. Members of the Macon Kennel Club will have a show Aug. 1-2. Several kitchen inspections take place Members of the Houston County Environmental Health Department found discrepan cies at every location visited July 20-24.' Arby’s, 103 Russell Parkway. Warner Robins. 84. problems with employee hygiene matters Fa/.oli’s, 750 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, problems with temperature control of foods Northrop Cafeteria, 200 Thompson Road. Perry. 69, problems with employee hygiene matters, problems with temperature control of foods, problems with storage of cleaning products/ Pi/.iCa Hut, 1010 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, 89, problems with temperature control of foods Taco Bell. 1998 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins, 67. problems with temperature control of foods, problems with facility/cquipment prob lems Book examines Houston cemeteries BYRON An extensive listing of Houston County cemeteries has been pub lished by Omni Press of Macon. The book, “Cemeteries and Obituaries of Houston County, Georgia,” is based on newspaper accounts from area newspapers published from 1824-1912. According to Addie P. Howell of Centerville, the author, there are more than 9,000 names included in the 406-page book which includes information from about 60 cemeteries. Howell said each cemetery listed and surveyed has a brief description of its loca tion. Many of these older family cemeteries have already been destroyed since Howell surveyed them; there fore, leaving this book with the only written record of such. She said the book has been distributed to public libraries in Houston County and to the Genealogy Department of the Washington Memorial Library in Macon. For information about the book, contact Addie P. Howell at 319 Houston Lake Blvd.. Centerville, 31028. Houston runes- Journal Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia City recommends two courthouse sites to county By EMILY JOHNSTONE Times-Journai. Staff Two sites along the Perry Parkway have been chosen as number one choices by Perry Mayor Jim Worrall and several city council members as the possible site for the new Houston County courthouse and jail complex. During a work session July 27. the group pondered over maps of the area, looking for parcels of land they could suggest as choice spots This follows a recent request Irom the county to the city of Perry for input of site location. One spot chosen is located near the intersection of U.S. 41 and the Perry Parkway. When traveling west toward the interstate along the Parkway, this land is on the left just past the intersection There is | ... I :! EIV ag. AgmM I . 1 . mm 9 "" w PjWBHW| jog# jtfteL . m* m ‘ ’i&R M . I- Tkm* £-,*** i SiW ■'i i IHBIS' JP • ‘ tafcfeffiKfr r* vVa'.. .. * JSF ... HP, MB t r- f*• Vitii ~ ’jjfc' ■' - % -a-£r W‘.“ I "LmK* g .FT- vp'. V jg|, 4 , ' 1 j ‘ A IS’ jSr " 6 / Marching to Zion Faith Bible Fellowship members put ’94 flood behind them By EMILY JOHNSTONE ‘ 1 ■' Flash back to July 6, 1994 The tele phone at the King household began ringing. With the sound of rain drumming on the roof of the home, Elaine King picked up the phone and heard words that sent her running out into the downpour. A neighbor had called to tell her that the church her husband is pastor of, Faith Bible Fellowship located along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, was being flooded. The waters of Big Indian Creek had left its banks after two days of heavy rains. The Flood of 1994 had found another victim. Before she left, Elaine King took time to •- :-v **• ■ .. • . -a* I >*' •.4'> . ■HR. nr hK’Sw' |P * JMM| f *■ ♦?, * **%%ssfe. c^Mr • ..; '& ■ ;: ™MI RICKY WHEELER, PAUL COVERDELL (RIGHT) VISIT CoverdeH talked with area farmers during Monday visit The Poor Editor Columnist Bob Tribble offers an edi tor’s feelings from 1933. See page 4A an approximately 5-acre pond on the site. This would be a good location advised city building official Steve Howard because he believes U.S. 41 north of Perry will eventually become a “commercial cor ridor.” It was also pointed out that this property, which consists of about 40 acres, could accommodate both the courthouse and jail, with the jail being constructed behind the courthouse and “out ot sight " The jail facility would hack up to commercial prop erty instead ot residential property, said Howard. Councilman Ralph Gentry said he agreed this would he a good choice because he can envision U.S 41 easily being widened for heavier traffic flow in the future. call her husband, the Rev. Willie King, at his place of work at Robins Air Force Base. He soon left and began a long, circuitous route around flooded bridges and roads to gel back to Retry. Meanwhile, Elaine King and a number of persons in the community, who found them selves isolated on the north side of town because of flooding from the Creek, began working to salvage what they could from the small church. As the murky water swirled around their knees, they said they did not falter or become afraid. After all. they were working to tty to save a house of the 1-ord. Advance four years to July 26, 1998 'S't-fviitg Houston Coiffity Si Klee Dec. *7, I? 70 Coverdell visits drought-stricken farms By CHARLOTTE PERKINS TIMES-JomtNAL STAFF U.S. Senator Paul CoverdeH arrived at the Perry-Houston County Airport on Monday morning to tour middle Georgia’s drought-stricken farmlands, coming to a part of the country marked by parched corn stalks and failing cotton crops. A welcome rain followed late that same day, but for many local farmers the loss of crops and income can’t be reversed, even on irrigated fields. Ricky Wheeler. Houston County Extension Agent, said the losses will be heaviest for cotton, com and peanut farmers, and that “hay and pastures are in rough shape." “It’s a disaster year,” Grovania farmer Stewart Blood worth said, following the brief meeting at the Also, the property around the Thompson Road interchange would develop, said Gentry. Another spot council expressed interest in is acreage near the intersection of Houston Road and the Parkway. This property, located on the east side of the intersection, consists of about 30 acres, said Howard. Property that consists of some land being donated to the county, located on the west side of that intersection, would not be a good choice, said Perry Mayor Jim Worrall. "Some residents along Sparrow Drive, off Lake Joy Road do not want the region al jail” near their property, said Worrall The back of that proposed property is near a residential area off Lake Joy Road. Members of Faith Bible Fellowship Church arc gathered at the site where they worked to save their church. All that is left now is a grassy lot where their beloved church stood four years ago. The flood waters were not merciful; the church no longer stands. The hearts of these church members were not heavy. Their voices Filled the air with beautiful singing as they began walking along the street to the new church building just a few blocks away. “We are marching up to Zion, that beauti ful City of God,” they sang. After a few blocks, they reached their (See CHURCH, Page SA) airport with CoverdeH. “It reminds me of ’77. We’ve grown to expect a late summer drought, but this is the first time in my 30 years of farming that we’ve had a prolonged drought and heat from May through July.” It’s not just the lack of rain, he explained. It’s the fact that the high temperatures are heating up the soil. “Even under irrigation, the soil is too hot for the peanuts to survive," Bloodworth said. “We need a gener al rain to cool the earth.” “Every farmer who’s farming will stand a loss, whether he’s got one acre of a million acres,” added Daryl Culpepper. Bloodworth praised CoverdeH for his support of Georgia farmers, but said that “throwing loans" at the prob lem would come too late, and would Softball Tourney Ochlahatchee center hosting national softball tourney See page 4A Timet journal Muxo by Eric. GOR4G TO THE new ■ memotn of Faith Bibb Fellowship Church head up the hiS to fhetr new church t iiJ; -tf a* Duttamg <m wwrTin Luther Kina Jr. Drive. The old buitdiag, at the other end of the street, wes destroyed by the July 1994 flood. The church mem- Dcrs occupioa Tneir still under con struction new boSdmg July 26. Worrali said he also would “hate to see a jail and courthouse pul across from a day care center and the new apartments.” A proposed location on property the county owns near Kings Chapel Road would not be a good idea, said Howard, because of a natural gas transmission line that “cuts up that acreage " County commissioners arc expected to decide in the near future where the new courthouse and jail will he located along the Parkway Some comments, mostly from persons in the Warner Robins area, have been made about Perry possibly annexing property toward Ga 96 and locating the facilities further north, the courthouse must be locat ed within the city limits of the county seat. “We've told them no." said Worrall Christ’s Sanctified camp meeting opens Aug. 1 By EMILY JOHNSTONE TIMBS-JCHJKNAL StAff The end of summer means the beginning of a week-long time for fellowship and worship neat Perry for members of The Christ's Sanctified Holy Church The 60th annual camp meet ing for the church will start Aug I and last through Aug. 9 of this year, according to the Rev Floyd Hagan, treasurer of the denomi nation. The meeting is held at the campground located about five miles north of Perry along U S. 41. About 2,500 members arc expected to attend. “We’re a lot like a large fami ly or just one big congregation." said Hagan, who resides in Raleigh, N.C. “We have a lot of catching up to do each summer with learning names of new' babies and such Of course, our main focus is to grow in Christ and walk in the light of the Gospel.” Hagan said the 2,500 in atten dance represent most of the members of the denomination which has congregations in Maryland, Alabama. Mississippi. Florida. Georgia. South Carolina. North Carolina. Tennessee. Virginia and Delaware. Attendees mainly stay in cot tages and at residences located on the campgrounds Some will probably be slaying at hotels in Perry, he said. “About 15 or 20 houses have been added to the campground this year,” he added. One new building members will see is a $1.5 million dining (See CHRIST, Page SA) just mean that fanners would he paying back what they had lost. “It’s the American people who will feel the increased cost." he said, adding that American farmers need a support to pro- lect them from the extremes “I’m at these gathering to help farmers through what I’ve already been through,” he said. “Senator CoverdeH is very aware of our prob lems and has done an excellent job trying to secure our way ol life and protect the consumers’ interest.” Coverdcll’s trip concentrated on Dooly County A Home of the Georgia National l air and Agricenter Bloodworth