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At the
Crossroads
This Week
Santa Utters weUome
Someone ai your home
planning to write Santa this
year'.’ We'd be proud to pub
lish that letter so all the com
munity can enjoy it
Letters to Santa can be sent
through the Perry Post Office,
at the special letters mail box
in front of the post office, or
they can be delivered to the
newspaper office at 807
Carroll St.
The deadline for letters is
Dec. 19 so they can be for
warded on to the North Pole in
time for Christinas Eve
Share locations of
Christmas decorations
Someone in your neighbor
hood have a delightful
Christmas decoration? Proud
of your own yard? Tell the
Times-Journal. We will list
outstanding Christmas decora
tions for the next two weeks so
Perryans can drive by to see.
Call the paper at 987-1823
to give the address of displays
you enjoy.
Computer show coming
to Agricenter
A computer show will be
held at the Georgia National
Fairgrounds and Agricenter
Dec. 12-13.
Chicken biscuits on
school menu
Here are this week's ele
mentary school menus for
Houston County public
schools.
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.
Dec. 9 - Breakfast: Cheese
croissant or cereal and toast,
fresh fruit or fruit juice;
Lunch: Corn dog or grilled
cheese sandwich with soup or
chili; PBJ sandwich or baked
potato with hot toppings,
shortcake with fruit toppings.
Dec. 10 - Breakfast:
Chicken biscuit or cereal and
toast, fresh fruit or fruit juice;
Lunch; Nachos with cheese
and beef or pizza or PB.I sand
wich or sub sandwich, ginger
bread with lemon sauce.
Dec. 11 - Breakfast:
Pancake with syrup or cereal
and toast, fresh fruit or fruit
juice; Lunch: Steak nuggets
with roll or barbecue on bun or
PBJ sandwich, banana pud
ding.
Dec. 14 - Breakfast:
Manager’s choice or cereal
and toast; fresh fruit or fruit
juice; Lunch: Chicken nuggets
with roll or hot ham and
cheese sandwich, PBJ sand
wich or baked potato with hot
toppings, pudding with top
pings.
Dec. 15 - Breakfast: Steak
biscuit or cereal and toast,
fresh fruit or fruit juice;
Lunch: Taco or fish nuggets or
PBJ sandwich or sub sand
wich, million dollar cookie.
Dec. 16 - Breakfast:
Breakfast pizza or cereal and
toast, fresh fruit or fruit juice;
Lunch: Hot dogs or sloppy
joes or PBJ sandwich or baked
potato with hot toppings,
brownie.
Health inspectors dis
cover discrepancies
Health Inspectors make
several local slops for the
week of Nov. 30-Dec. 4.
Following arr a list of the
stops that were mauc OIIU the
discrepancies that were found.
Cherry Corner Express,
207-A Russell Parkway,
(See FOOD, Page 3A)
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Christmas in Perry mixes good news, bad news
The Good: Cagle will bring 500-plus The bad: Northrop affected by Boeing
jobs to community in year 2000 slow down, up to 500 could lose jobs
By ROB MEAD
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Cagle Inc., based in Atlanta, bought the
former Siroh brewery plant in Houston
County from the Stroh Brewing Co. of
Wisconsin Dec 4 said Doug Cagle. Chiet
Executive Officer of Cagle Inc.
The plant, on a 700-acre plot in
Kathleen along Ga. 247 Spur, will need to
be refitted to allow the processing ol chick
ens. Unofficial sources estimated it will
take up to a year before the plant will be
ready for operation.
Initially 500 job openings will \be filled,
one-third of which will be management
positions, said Steve Byrd, a member of the
Houston County Development Authority.
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ANTICIPATION A courthouse lawn crowd waits with
anticipation the Community Worship Service Dec. 6. The
county Christmas tree shines in the background.
Work on new Perry Post
Office begins next week
By ROB MEAD
Times-Journal Staff
Harvey Sergent project manager and
superintendent for the new Perry Post
Office, said early this week that con
struction would begin next week.
Sergent, who works for Postal
Services LLC, a Denver, Col., company,
has been on site for a few days preparing
for work to begin.
Some work will begin before next
week. Local surveyor Richard Jones will
be at the property to remark the building
location from when work look place
almost two years ago.
The plan is to still have a 15,467-
square-fool building, said Sergent.
“We arc looking into finding a local
architect rather than going to the one we
usually use in Arkansas" said Sergent
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
He was pleased that an idle plant would be
converted into a thriving industry for the
midstate. The brewery has been closed
more than two years
Over a three-year period the number of
jobs may rise to as many as 2.000 Cagle
has told some officials.
The sale is the culmination ol a six
month effort spearheaded by members ol
the Houston County Development
Authority and supported by area officials.
Members of Houston County
Development Authority, working with
Perry city officials, are assisting Cagle with
applications to the State of Georgia for
(See CAGLE. Page SA)
“If things go smoothly we expect to
break ground next week and complete
the project in less than nine months”
said Sergent.
Sergent, who was with the Bison Co.
when they started the project, left Bison
after he was issued $12,000 in bad
checks. Bison later went bankrupt and
left the project. Sergent said.
Steve Howard, Perry building inspec
tor, said permits for the construction
trailer, and clean-up equipment on site.
He said other permits have expired
and must be reissued before work begins.
Sergent said he plans to submit per
mit applications to the City of Perry to
keep things running smoothly but does
n't actually need them because the Post
Office construction is federally regulat
ed.
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By STACIE M. VU
Times-Joiirnal St ah
Officials ai the Perry* Northrop-
Grumman aircraft door assembly plant have
announced they will reduce their work
lorcc by AtH» starting in January IW9
Spokesperson Georgia Engle said the
company will first release 300 contract per
sonnel and will follow with 200 full-time
employees The reduction notices will be
issued beginning in January and will go
throughout the year The plant employs
close to ! ,000 people, including contractor
employees
A spokesman said Northrop-Grumman
management will give the employees to be
laid off a 60-day notice and no severance
Christmas at Crossroads weekend
events draw large, happy crowds
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Times-Journal Staff
Community and church
groups, volunteers and merchants
TfimTed up vtrtr the Terry*rra
.Chamber of Commerce and city
employees on Dec. 5-6 to start
the Christmas season oft right
With the help of balmy w eath
er, the opening festivities of the
annual Christmas ai the
Crossroads celebration attracted
big crowds starting with' a
turnout of well over 400 for the
Perry Kiwanis Club's pancake
breakfast.
According to Kiwanis
President Jo Crumpacker, busi
ness was steady for the
Kiwanians as they grilled
sausage links and flipped thou
sands of pancakes on their cus
tom made grill.
"Willie Tyson was in charge
and he deserves full credit,"
Crumpacker said.
While a final accounting is yet
to come. Crumpacker estimated
the Kiwanians cleared up to
$1,500 at the event, which was
held at the ag building on Carroll
Street. The proceeds will go to
D ARE.. P.A.L.. Read A Book
and Meals on Wheels.
The annual Christmas parade
attracted a big crowd, including
many who participated in win
dow shopping and browsing in
downtown shops both before and
after the parade
With 50 groups participating.
School Board to lease part of old MGTI
By STACIE M. VU
IlMIs Jul HSU Sun
Members of the Houston County Board
of Education may lease part of the former
Middle Georgia Technical Institute build
ing at 1311 Corder Road in Warner Robins.
If the Iniard goes through with the lease,
the school system will offer programs at the
facility, but details were not available at
press time.
Under the terms of the proposed agree
ment, the school system would lease
approximately 56,(XX) square feel of space
from the school. The term of the lease is
expected to start Jan. 1. 1999 and terminate
on June 30, 1999.
The lease wiil automatically renew for a
period of one year on July I, 1999. with the
option to renew annually through June 30,
2009, according to information provided
during the Dec. 8 meeting of the school
board.
The lease can be terminated at anytime if
HCBOE gives a 120-day notice. HCBOE
will be required to pay a 70 percent share
of utilities and maintenance costs according
the parade was longer than in pre
vious years It was organized by
the Ferry Area Chamber of
Commerce with help from Fire
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SHOESTRING HELP Perryan Payton Proffit, 2 1/2,
gets some help with a shoestring while waiting for Santa
Claus to pass by.
package Northrop-Grumman is offering a
job placement program to the employees
who arc to be laid off and those employees
that are laid off will be considered for other
Northrop openings as they arc available.
According to Houston County
Development Authority Director Tim
Martin, "The Asian economy is suffering a
little bit and a lot ol Asian countries arc nol
ordering as many airplanes as anticipated
Because of that, Boeing has ordered cut
backs of that company’s commercial con
struction force. The Perry Northrop
Grumman plant is an assembly plant for
many commercial aircraft doors through a
(See NORTHROP, Page SA)
Chief Gary Hamlin, and included
the Perry High School and
Houston County High School
(See WEEKEND, Page SA)
to the agreement
Also diseussed at the board meeting on
Dec. 8, was a request that employees of the
HCBOE be paid on Dec. 18, when
Christmas break starts for students and
teachers. It had been stated at the meeting
that there would be no need to vote for
early pay this month because Dec. 18. is the
last working day of the month due to the
holidays.
Middle School to move
By STACIE M. VU
TimciJmibiul Staw
Perry Middle School students will see
different walls starting Jan. 4, 1999, when
they move into their new building off Perry
Parkway.
The new Perry Middle School construc
tion is almost complete, lacking some
paving of the parking lot, and students wnU
receive a tour of the new school starting on
Dec. 15, with the 8(h graders.
The 7th grade students will lour the
(See MOVE. Puri 5A>,
