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-' ' ■■III • ; :if c 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) m Contact the Times Journal Contact the Houston Times Journal: Voice (912) vo. '.122 Fax (912) 988-1181 email. time ijrn@hom.net Mail P.O Drawer M, Perry. 31069 Street 80" Carroll St, D erry, 31069 Houston Times -Journal 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) it s Panther Homecoming Time * • • & tirJlf Iff t T:i * - If.' I- ” • ,v ; --’ ••$< Ife E&JifjSiia* 1 - T -s Si mfeig . - n? If- UP W— — c a HHHEJJL- -Jflf and dm it 11 mm’, ißmP'> aflk JHI ■■t v, I>r ’ ti M' 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. mam f Mnccv rroialf thte [ Mossy GreeK inis 8 WW lil I Details, page li .•.< fl- Mill: t* 1 _ t Timas-Joumal Staff Photos 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) Serving I Imislon ( ouiil\ Sim v I )t*t. 17. 1)170 j jk 3 Yi if ' -•< $ g j ] v In MOM ■il /jLJH j Timas-Journal Photo by iri< Zatlars 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- Hornets win Westfield uses kicking game to ease past Brentwood 14-13. See page 5B 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)