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Volume 127,
No. 46
2 Sections,
20 Pages
Wednesday,
Nov. 18, 1998
50 Cents
At the
Crossroads
This Week
Beef and Cattle at the
Agricenter
The Nutrcna Feed-Georgia
Farm Credit Ringmaster
Junior Beef Show is for Nov.
20-22 at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter.
Also at the Agricenter this
weekend. Nov. 21-22. is the
Ponies of America Horse
Show.
Students get croissants
or cereal choice
Here are menus for
Houston County public
schools this week.
All meals arc 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.
Nov. 18: Breakfast: Cheese
croissant or cereal and toast:
Lunch: Com dog or grilled
cheese sandwich with fruit
yogurt or peanut butter and
jelly sandwich or baked pota
to with hot toppings; pineap
ple upside down cake.
Nov. 19: Breakfast:
Chicken biscuit or cereal and
toast: Lunch: Thanksgiving
Dinner.
Nov. 20: Breakfast:
Pancake with syrup or cereal
and toast: Lunch: Steak
nuggets with roll or BBQ on
bun or PBJ sandwich or man
ager's choice; banana pud
ding.
Nov. 23: Breakfast:
Manager’s choice or cereal
and toast: Lunch: Chicken
nuggets with roll or hot ham
and cheese sandwich or PBJ
sandwich or baked potato
with hot toppings; pudding
with toppings.
Nov. 24: Breakfast: Steak
biscuit or cereal and toast:
Lunch: Taco or fish nuggets
or sandwich; PBJ sandwich
or sub sandwich; Million
Dollar cookie.
Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving
Holiday
Nov. 30: Breakfast: French
toast or cereal and toast:
Lunch: Hamburger or
Manager’s choice or PBJ
sandwich or baked potato
with hot toppings; peanut but
ter bar.
Few discrepancies
reported by health unit
Health Inspections turn up
few problems with local
restaurants. Following are
the results of the inspections
that took place during the
week of Nov. 9-13.
Max’s Bar-B-Que. 102 S.
First St.. Warner Robins, 89
problems with temperature
control of foods or food
sources.
Subway. 1807 Watson
Blvd., Warner Robins, 100
Taco Bell. 419 North
Davis Drive. Warner Robins.
94
SunPointe i 600
S. Kimberly Drive, Warner
Robins. 100
All major discrepancies are
corrected before the health
inspector leaves the premises.
Houston rimes-Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
Home break-in leads to fatal shooting
Houston County Grand jury rules Northside Road homeowner acted in self defense
From Sto> Reports
A 17-year-old Perry an died of a gunshot
wound on the night of Nov. 14 after break
ing into a private home on Northside Road.
According to Perry Police Chief George
Potter, Larry Fo and. a l()th grader at Perry
High School, was shot by 69-year-old
Howard Voss, the homeowner
Voss and his wife both appeared before a
Houston County Grand Jury Nov. 17 to
explain the events leading up to the fatal
shooting. According to District Attorney
Kelly Burke, the Grand Jury ruled Voss was
defending himself and his wife when he
shot Ford. No charges were ever filed
against the Voss family.
State law
may slow
phone sales
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Times-Journal Staff
Tired of sales calls over the
telephone? Here’s something you
can do about it.
For a $5 charge, telephone
customers can put an end to
unwanted tcleffnaHcetmg . by hav
ing their names placed on the
Georgia Public Service
Commission’s “No Call’’ list.
The new service, made possi
ble by action in the 1998 session
of the General Assembly, goes
into effect Jan. I, 1999.
According to a spokesman for
the PSC, applications for the list
have been mailed out in phone
bills stale wide. Telephone con
sumers can also have their names
put on the list by calling a toll
free number. I-800-282-5813, or
by registering over the Internet:
www.psc.statc.ga.us.
Once the law' goes into effect,
telemarketers can be subjected to
a $2,000 fine for making calls to
those who are on the No Call list.
Georgians helping Central America flood victims
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Times-Journal StaiT
Area efforts are under way to
help the flood victims of Central
America.
The Perry Rotary Club has
donated SI,OOO to disaster relief
in Honduras, and will be collect
ing food this week to be sent
there. Items may be dropped off at
the Perry Public Safety Building.
Kroger is also helping with the
collection of food items. Foods
Project Agape Love plans registration this
weekend for those who want Christmas help
By ROB MEAD
Tmts-JotwnAt Staft
“Trying to carry out God’s will, to
help those in need, that is what the
Christmas spirit is all about” said
Alvalyn Pope a PAL Representative
regarding Project Agap6 Love.
Project Agapd Love is a community
effort at Christmas time to help south
Houston County residents up to the age
of 12 receive gifts and families canned
food. PAL has been working for the chil
dren in south Houston County since
1971.
Channel 13 WMAZ, Hamby
Automotive and Kroger will be hosting a
Can-A-Thon at the Kroger Supermarket
at the Perry Marketplace along Sam
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The tragic encounter began at about
10:40 p.m. Saturday when the Vosses were
asleep. Potter said Mrs. Voss was apparent
ly wakened by the sound of breaking glass
when Ford broke a den window and entered
the house. After she called to her husband
and got up to sec what had happened, she
saw the intruder and began to scream.
Howard Voss hurried to her aid. bringing
with him a loaded pistol he had never fired.
As his wife called the police, he located
Ford in the attached garage, pointed the pis
tol at him and told him to lie down. Potter
said.
Ford, who had already tried unsuccess
fully to open the automatic garage door.
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TAKING A BREAK Members of the Perry High
starting offense take a break after helping score
most needed are non-perishable
staples such as rice, dried beans,
dry milk, canned goods, sugar,
flour and oil.
The Mennonite Central
Committee is putting together
3,000 Hurricane Relief Kits,
according to Lloyd
Swartzentrubcr of Montezuma.
The kits are to include combs,
toothpaste, basic over-the-counter
medicines, toothbrushes, sanitary
napkins, bath towels and anti-bac
Registration for Project Agape
Love help this Christmas will take
place Friday and Saturday at the
Perry Public Library rom 9 a.m.-6
p.m.
Nunn Boulevard Dec 5 said Pope.
Tags with the names of children need
ing help will be on Gift Trees in both
Applebee’s and Quincy’s. Those wishing
to help a child this season are encouraged
to take one of these tags, buy a gift and
return the gift with the tag to the estab
lishment having the tree.
“You would be surprised at how many
people just visiting Perry stop to take a
Serving Houston County Since Dec. 17, 1870
reportedly did not cooperate, but picked up
a broom and rushed toward Howard Voss,
who shot him.
Ford then reportedly dove through the
garage window and ran toward his car.
which was parked along the street in front
of the Voss home. When he reached the car.
however. Ford collapsed. The bullet had
apparently entered his left side and struck
his heart
Both Potter and Burke reported that
Howard Voss said he did not believe at first
his shot had even hit Ford. Voss has poor
vision and had been in too much of a hurry
to put on his glasses.
Chuck Byrd, who lives across the street
Times-journal Photo by Eric Zellars
several first half touchdowns to take a 30-0 lead
over Bleckley. Details on page 6A.
tcrial soap.
The MCC will also include a
Spanish language Bible.
Those wishing to contribute to
this effort may call Lloyd or Viola
Swartzentrubcr at (912)472-7982.
A coalition of the Friendship
Baptist Brotherhood and World
Baptist Ministries in Peach.
Taylor. Sumter and Macon coun
ties is also planning a flight of
com. rice, sugar, oil and powdered
milk. The commodities will be
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sent by plane from Robins Air
Force Base on Nov. 19.
Volunteers in this effort also
seeking building materials and
have set up a warehouse in Butler
to store incoming donations.
In Marshallville. A M Bickley
Chemical. Inc., has bagged
90.000 pounds of com to be sent
to the flood victims. Those who
want to help with the Friendship
Baptist effort should contact
Gerald Abbott at (912) 862-5238.
tag from one of the Gift Trees and then
come back with a gift for one of the chil
dren" said Pope.
According to Pope registrations to
receive gifts from PAL will be accepted
in the Perry Public Library between the
hours of 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Nov 20 and
21.
Registrants will need to bring a Social
Security card for each recipient and a
recent utility bill for proof of residence.
For more information on Project
Agape Love contact the Perry Chamber
of Commerce at 987-1234 or call the
Crossroads United Methodist Church at
987-3721.
from the Vosses, was a witness at the Grand
Jury hearing. Byrd’s daughter was sitting
outside talking with a friend when the den
window was broken Hearing the sound,
she called her father, and when he came
outdoors, he heard the gunshot and the
sound of the garage window breaking and
saw Ford running toward his car.
Potter said at least three 911 calls were
made related to the incident. Ford was pro
nounced dead on arrival at the Perry
Hospital.
Potter also said that no evidence had
been found to indicate that any other person
was involved with Ford in the break-in.
Costly PSC
run-off election
is Nov. 24
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Times-Jocrnal Staff
On Nov. 24. voting precincts
will he open and staffed all over
Georgia at an estimated cost of
$500,000 for the purpose of
holding a run-off election to fill
one unexpired term on the
Georgia Public Service
Commission.
The run-off is being held
because the top vote-getter in the
Nov. 3 PSC contest, Lauren
“Bubba" McDonald, failed to get
50 percent of the votes plus one
vote.
Instead. McDonald got 49.6
percent of the vote statewide.
James H. Cole got 42.1 percent,
and James P. Kulslad got 8.3 per
cent.
The top two candidates,
McDonald and Cole, will be on
the Nov. 24 ballot.
According to a spokesperson
for the Georgia Secretary of
State's Office, a simple plurality
or the highest number of votes
regardless of percentage- is suffi
cient to win in regular elections,
but in special elections held to
fill unexpired terms (when an
office holder leaves office before
the term is over) the winning
candidate must have a majority .
Polling places for all 29
precincts in Houston County will
be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for
this election, and absentee ballots
will also be available.
PPG to close
doors for
good soon
By ROB MEAD
TiMEs-Jot'RNAL Staff
The PPG glass manufacturing
plant at 801 Valley Drive in Perry
is expected to close the doors for
good in 1999 according to Henry
Good, plant manager.
The last production date for
the plant was the end of August
though small jobs are still being
performed for major clients. The
building is being used primarily
as a warehouse until the stock is
gone.
CB Commercial Realty, an
Atlanta-based company, will be
marketing the 400,000 square
foot building on 185 acres.
Good said, “We think we can
complete our mission by the first
quarter of 1999 and will be able
to vacate the premises"
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