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Volume 127,
No. 42
2 Sections,
20 Pages
Wednesday,
Oct 14, 1998
50 Cents
At the
Crossroads
This Week,
Andrew UMC offering
flu shots, chicken meal
Andrew United , Methodist
Church .in conjunction with
the Houston County Health
Department, will offer flu
shots to the general public Oct.
14, from 6:30-8 p.m.
The church will provide a
free chicken dinner to all those
who come. There is a $5 fee
for the shot. For information or
directions to the church, which
is located in Kathleen, call
987-7934.
Arrive Alive class
forming in Perry
AARP is holding a 55
ALIVE Mature Driving Class
at the Perry Hospital dining
room Oct. 22 and 23. This is a
comprehensive class room
course. It is designed to up
grade the driving skills of 50
and older drivers. You must be
50 or older to take the course.
Those completing the course
arc eligible for a premium dis
count on their auto insurance.
Cost is $8 per person.
Afternoon classes are I
until 5 p.m.; evening classes
arc 6 until 10 p.m. at Perry
Hospital Dining Room.
Preregistration is required. To
register call 923-9771 or
Willie Kendrick at 825-1556.
Fried chicken on school
lunch menu
Here are menus for
Houston County public school
meals for this week.
All meals are served with
milk. Breakfast includes fresh
fruit or fruit juice each day.
Lunches include two hot veg
etables and four to six cold
fruit and vegetable choices
daily. Schools under renova
tion may have different menus.
Oct. 14 Breakfast:
Sausage biscuit or cereal and
toast; Lunch, Geoigia fried
chicken, choices of sweetheart
potato souffle or potato salad,
creamy cole slaw, new country
style turnip greens, farm house
com bread or tasty apple crisp.
Oct. 15 Breakfast:
Manager's choice or cereal and
toast; Lunch: Beef or chicken
qucsadillas. lettuce and tomato.
Spanish rice, salsa, pineapple
chunks, ice cream.
Oct. 16 Student Holiday
(Teacher In-service)
Oct. 19 Breakfast:
Manager's choice or cereal
and toast: Lunch: hamburger
or manager’s choice or PBJ
sandwich or baked potato with
hot toppings, peanut butler bar.
Oct. 20 Breakfast:
Sausage biscuit or cereal and
toast; Lunch: chicken sand
wich or spaghetti with Texas
toast or PBJ sandwich or sub
sandwich, chocolate cake.
(See FOOD, Page SA)
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Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Ninth Fair
opens with a
giant boom
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
The 1998 Georgia National
Fair began with a boom the
afternoon of Oct. 9, when a fusil
lade of fireworks sounded
through the air as scissors sliced
through the ribbon that was cut
to mark the beginning of the
state-operated Fair.
There was reminiscing of the
conception and birth of the
Georgia National Fairgrounds as
Ga. Rep. Bill Lee of Forest Park'
remembered the initial discus
sion of building the Agricenter in
the late 1980s.
“Larry (Walker) was a prime
mover in all of this,” said Lee.
“There w as teal doubt” about the
need for the facility, he added.
State leaders discussed how
the facility would function, the
cost, and whether the Agricenter
could one day become self-sup
porting, he added.
“The big press in Atlanta put
on the bad mouth” also, said
Lee.
Today, the Agricenter is
known as a showcase that is
(See OPENING, Page SA)
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HOMECOMING FOR THE PANTHERS Perry High School
will observe homecoming activities this week, including
the naming of anew Homecoming Queen during the
Mary Persons-Perry game Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. Members of
the court (standing, from left) include freshmen Teca
Askew ana GabrieTle Smith, sophomores Jessica Green,
Sixth, seventh graders face ITBS this spring
Middle school principals request additional skills test
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
T imes-Journal Staff
Sixth and seventh graders in Houston
County Schools can expect to be tested on
their basic skills this spring, following
Board of Education approval of a request by
middle school principals. The lowa Test of
Basic Skills will be used.
According to Betty Haseldean. schools
testing coordinator, principals of the coun
ty’s middle schools requested the testing
because they “believe they are handicapped
in planning instruction by having no test
data between sth and Bth grades.”
Board members Pat .Summers and
Shirley Lowery both raised questions about
the testing, wanting to know how the results
would be used.
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NEW COURT OF HONOR The new Court of Honor
located behind the Reaves Arena at the entrance of the
Multipurpose Livestock building, was site of the opening
ceremonies for the 1998 Georgia National Fair. Speaker
Rep. Bill Lee, D-Forest Park praised the facility for contri
butions to Georgia agriculture.
Lowery asked specifically if the informa
tion gained from the testing would benefit
individual students.
After discussion, the board agreed that
the ITBS will be used for at least one year.
After that time, the state is expected to
require Criterion Reference tests at the mid
dle school level.
“We can do the ITBS until we see if the
CRT flies," said Charles Holloway.
Superintendent of Schools.
The board also approved a set of
resources recommended by the Sex
Education Review Committee. These
include a video on child abuse, books on
AIDS, safe sex, sexual harassment, incest,
(See SCHOOL, Page SA)
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Jessica O'Rear and Marquinta Ragin, and juniors Vicki
Welling, Summer Saunders, Miranda Diebert, Bridget!
Harvey and Magdalyn Clorington. Candidates for the
queen title are seniors (seated) Laquinta Brown, Dana
Collier, Brandie Thomas, Jessica Edes and Kristy Thornton.
Fair attendance up
Weekend expected to draw more
with Kelly Jerles singing Saturday
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Start
“There is a certain crispness in
the air that denotes Fall is here
And, that is great for fairs!" said
Mike Froehlich. director of the
Georgia National Fair that is now
running through Oct. 18 at the
Georgia National Fairgrounds and
Agncentcr.
Attendance records so far show
that this appears to be a good year
for the Georgia National Fair,
with a record-breaking 73,921
people passing through the gates
Oct. 10. That surpasses a 1997
record-breaker for the first
Saturday of 1997. Those figures
from last year came in at 72,958.
With the lineup of entertain
ment and fair fun for the next
week. Froehlich expects the rest
of the 1998 Fair to be successful,
also.
“This could be one of the
biggest weekends ever,” he said.
On Oct. 16, singer Brian
McKnight will be performing at
the Reaves Arena. The next
night’s concert will feature
Alabama with an opening* act by
City to record work session discussions
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
Following a request from Perry City
Councilman Bobby Glover Oct. 6, coun
cil work sessions will be recorded on
tape. However, the group declined to OK
Glover’s request to tape record minutes
of the group’s executive sessions.
Glover has expressed concern over
whether or not minutes of city work ses
sions and executive sessions were being
properly recorded in the past.
During the Oct. 6 regular meeting,
Glover once again brought the matter
forward, saying, “any meeting where we
have a quorum has to be recorded."
Council member Billy Jerles said he
believes tape recording executive ses-
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sions would defeat "the purpose of an
executive session.”
During an executive session, council
may close the meeting to the public if
they can state the need to discuss person
nel matters or land acquisitions. Votes
may not be taken during an executive
session, only during sessions open to the
public.
Work or pre-council sessions are usu
ally held before council meetings in an
upstairs chamber of city hall. During
these sessions, among other things,
council discusses items they will be vot
ing on later in the evening during the reg
ular council meeting. All work sessions
(See CITY, Page SA)
Home of the Georgia
National Fair and
Agricenter
The fair in pictures ,
see pages 6-7A
Perry native Kelly Jerles
Kristensen
Kristensen. named Miss
Georgia 10 years ago, will be
making her first Perry performing
appearance in several years.
A senior citizen health fair is
set to be held Oct. 14 from noon
until 4 p.m. at the Reaves Arena.
The Royal Hanneford Circus
will continue acts under the big
top with shows at 4 p.m., 6 p.m.
and 8 p.m. weekdays and 2 p.m.
on Saturday.
Gates open at 8 a.m., exhibit
buildings at noon and midway
rides begin at 4 p.m.
Cost at the gate is $5 for adults,
children 10 and under are free.
There is no extra charge for
admission to the circus.
Perry Police Capt. Bill Phelps
requests local residents use the
(See RECORD, Page SA)
Oak Grove CME
dedicates new
building Oct. Tf
By EMILY - JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staft
“I’m overjoyed."
That is how the Rev. Rutha
Mae Jackson, pastor of Oak
Grove C.M.E. Church, said she
feels about the upcoming celebra
tion that will be part of a dedica
tion of the new church sanctuary
located along Elko Road.
The former sanctuary was
destroyed by a February 1997 fire
later determined to be at son
Three Perry men were found
guilty in that case.
Jackson said during a recent
interview that now she feels like
shaking the hands of those young
men.
They did it for evil, but every
step has been a blessing.” said
Jackson.
“The Devil make it for evil.
God made it for good." she
added.
After the fire, people from
around the community and nation
rallied around the small congre
gation to show support and offer
(See CHURCH, Page SA)
