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At the IjPj/Sr Crossroads This Week /J&m Medieval comes to Fairgrounds The Medieval Times Jousting Event will be held at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter Jan. 29-30. Set for Jan. 29-31 is a bar rel racing competition. Several restaurants found in discrepancy Several Houston County restaurants were found m dis crepancy with environmental health standards during recent inspections. Restaurants are required to address discrepan cies immediately. Discrepancies were found at these locations: Church Home for the Aged, 2470 U.S. 41 N„ Fort Valley, 92, problems with stor age of cleaning products. Daisy’s Diner, 610 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, 80, problems with temperature control of foods and with stor age of cleaning products. Hong Kong Express, 2706- I Watson Blvd., Warner Robins, 87, problems with temperature control of foods. Houston County Jail Kitchen, 2015 Kings Chapel Road, Perry, 87, problems with storage of cleaning sup plies. Huddle House, 215 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, 55, problems with food handling techniques, temperature con trol of foods and with storage of cleaning supplies. Long John Silvers, 2000 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins, 84, problems with temperature control of foods. Owen’s Boarding House, 1-6 Young Ave., Warner Robins, 85, problems with temperature control of foods. Taco Bell, 1998 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins, 75, problems with temperature control of foods and with stor age of cleaning supplies. Whatapizza Cafe, 2706 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins, 67, problems with employee hygiene matters, temperature control of foods, equipment problems and stor age of cleaning supplies. Zaxby’s, 401 N. Davis Drive, Warner Robins, 82, problems with storage of cleaning supplies. No discrepancies were found at these locations: Burger King, 1000 St. Patrick St., Perry, 92. Burger King, 201 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, 80. Comfort Inn Mini Kitchen, 95 S. Ga. 247, Warner Robins, 99. Houston Lake Country Club, 2323 Ga. 127, Perry, 90. Houston Lake Country Club Lounge, 2323 Ga. 127, Perry, 93. McDonalds, 1879 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins, 86. Olympia Skate Center, 622 Greenbriar Road, Warner Robins, 85. Seoul House, 118 Manor Court, Warner Robins, 90. Safe driving course set Members of the American Association of Retired Persons are presenting a 55 Alive Mature Driving course sponsored by members of the Perry Hospital at the Perry Hospital Jan 28-,29. The driving course is eight hours long and is broken into two four hour segments, one segment on each of the two days. The driving course will cost S 8 per person. Benefits for those complet ing the course incL V eligi bility for a discount on their automobile insurance premi um. Football Awards Perry Panthers honored for spaßfMy Ml &B son during annual awards banquet "39 “ ™*lctures, details, page g Houston runes-Journal I. g'Avsjft-. _ JBml %.&.£(&!•. • * .-tH safe jjuJr* > 'C&. r A j"* : w •frwMKk &A B BR So mm ffP”* pm pfl p MAKING HIS POINT Newly named Seabie Hickson Award winner Foster Rhodes (right) makes a point after* receiving the Hickson Award during the annual Perry- Area Chamber of Jan. 21. Pat Buice (left) made Rhodes claims top honors during annual Perry Chamber banquet By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Times-lourna.l. Staff l Agribusiness leader Foster Khodes was honored for his “commitmenl to family, church and community” durilfc the 43rd annual meeting of the Perry AdSa Chamber of Commerce Jan. 20. Rhodes, owner of Walker-Rfc >des Tractor Co., was named the 1998 reci ient of the Seabie Hickson Award, which F & been pre sented annual by the chamber s ice 1978, Pat Buice, in making the j resentation, Chamber leadership for 1999 identified during annual banquet From Staff Reports f The following officers, direc tors and committee chairpersons will lead the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce during 1999. Officers Steve Rodgers, Chapman and Rodgers, chairman of the board; Paul Hicks, immediate past chairman; Doug Barnett, Chick-fil-A , chairman elect; Dave Cyr, Parrish Georgia, Perry schools earn uneven rankings against others Scores compare academic skills of local public school students with those in the county\ state and nation (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a two-part series on the 1997-98 Georgia Public Education Report Card. On Jan. 20, the Houston Times-Joumal reported on the ranking of the Houston County system. This week’s story deals with the report card as it deals with the schools in Perry.) By CHARLOTTE PERKINS TIMES-lOURNAL STAFF The recently-released 1997-98 Georgia Public Education Report Card showed tne Houston County public school system ranking in the top third in almost all cate gories of student achievement. However, rankings among the Perry Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia vice-chairman; Jay Jones, Nationsßank, treasurer; John Geiger, Geiger and Geiger, gen eral counsel. Directors One year - Larry Harvey of Larry Harvey, Ins.; Linda Easterly, Perry Hospital; Michael Froehlich, Georgia National Fairgrounds; George Potter, City of Perry. Two year - Paulette Tompkins, Perry Elementary; Paul Davis, schools were uneven. Perry High School Perry High School ranked 136th of 326 schools in the state on student scores on the Scholastic Assessment Test. Average scores on the S.A.T. at Perry were 475 on the ver bal test and 476 on the math test, for a composite score of 951. Tne S.A.T. is typically taken during the senior year as part of the admission require ment for most colleges. A perfect compos ite score is 1,600. The average for the four Houston County High Schools combined was 967. The national average is 1,011 and the state average is 961. commended Rhodes for his 11 years of ser vice on the Georgia Agricultural Exporition Authority, which oversees the Georgia National Fairground and Agriccnter. He was also recognized for his civic involvement, his state and national leader ship role in the farm equipment industry- and for his service to Perry United Methodist Church. Linda Easterly, Director of Nursing at the Perry Hospital, was also honored at the ban quet meeting, which was held in the Georgia the presentation. Others visible include (from left) Paul Hicks, Lucy Hicks, Gary Bishop and William Cummings. Rhodes is the 21 st winner of the Hickson Award. Weyerhaeuser; Mike Moore, Beavers and Moore; Donald Free, Coldwell Bankers Robbins and Free. Three year: Dr. Linda A. Hall, Fort Valley State University; Jim Mehserle , JMA Architecture; Wayne Morris, Wayne Morris Ford; Colton Sexton, Davis Company. Committee chairs Annual meeting, Pat Buice of Bridal Services; business devel The report also indicated that 53 2 per cent of PHS graduating seniors in 1998 were eligible for the HOPE scholarship, compared with 59.3 percent in the four high schools combined, and 59.5 percent statewide. Perry High students scored higher than both the system and the state in one cate gory — high school completion. Some 79.7 percent of the students enrolling in grade 9 during 1994 were in the graduating class of 1998. The system rate was 75.2 percent, and the state rate was 68.4 percent. Perry Middle School Perry Middle School ranked 176th of 414 Georgia schools, based on eighth I imes - Journal Photo by Jj Johnson National Fairground’s Georgia Living Center. Easterly was recognized as Volunteer of the Year by Paul Hicks, 1998 chairman of the chamber’s board of directors. Hicks E raised Easterly’s work as chairperson of the eadership Perry committee, noting the many volunteer hours she has given to mak ing that program a success. Before turning the gavel over to 1999 (See RHODES, Page SA) opment, Davis Cosey of Davis Company; education, Mary Jane Kinnas of Houston Healthcare Complex; governmental affairs, Rob Tuggle of Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle and Jerles; Leadership Perry, Linda Easterly, Perry Hospital; member services, Elizabeth Flowers, Impressions; military affairs, Paul Hicks, Northrop Grumman; long range planning, Dave Cyr, Parrish Georgia. .Horse Fair makes debut JKiarge crowd spends two attending seminars, ■nspecting vendor booths Rind watching horse compe ptition. jr see page 1B Frito Lay to add 150 jobs soon Company to consolidate Georgia work in Houston County From Staff Reports Frito-Lay is streamlining its nationwide operations, and rerry is one of the main beneficiaries - with 150 new production jobs expected to open at the local plant this spring. “We’re closing four of our older plants, including the one in Chamblee, and that will allow us to maximize our newest and best-performing plants. Perry just happens to be one of those,” said Frito-Lay spokeswoman Robbi Dietrich. Dietrich added that some new product lines will be added at the Perry plant, including Baked Chcetos, Funyuns and Fritos. The Perry plant currently makes Lay’s and Ruffles potato chips, Doritos, Tostitos and Basked Tostitos, Rold Gold pretzels and Baked Lay’s Potato Crisps. Interviews for the new jobs, which will be in technical and production areas, will be adver tised locally ir. the spring, Dietrich saia. While the news came as a sur prise to the public, Mayor Jim Worrall of Perry and Houston County’s Development Authority Director Tim Martin were both aware that some changes were in the making. “We’ve been watching while Frito-Lay did the research of its facilities, and we know that this plant has been looked on by the company as one of the more effi cient. We had heard talk about new hires, but we never realized that it would be 150 jobs," Worrall said. “We’re real happy for the plant and the local econ omy.” Martin said that he had been aware of possible changes “for several weeks now.” He noted that the Frito-Lay operation is a seasonal business es, hiring more people and pro ducing more of their products during the summer months. “There are 1,000 people out there now, and by summer it should be up to 1,300 - possibly even more with the additional workers,” Martin said. In a company statement issued Jan. 26, Steven S. Reinemund, Chairman and C.E.O. of Frito-Lay said that the (See POTATOES, Page 2A) graders’ scores on the lowa Test of Basic Skills, which is scored by percentiles on a nationwide comparative basis. A score in the 50th percentile or above is generally considered satisfactory. The composite iTBS score for eighth grade students at Perry Middle School was in the 52nd percentile. Houston County eighth graders systemwide were in the 57th percentile, and eighth graders statewide were in the 54th percentile. On the reading vocabulary test, local middle school students scored in the 40th percentile, as compared to 49th percentile system wide, and 45th statewide. (See SCHOOL, Page 3A)