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Volume 128, No. 8 2 Sections, 16 Pages Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1999 SO Cents NatiorurifU- 1 and AgriLenteiw I 1 » - 'W At the Crossroads This Week Kings Chapel plans Variety Show Kings Chapel Elementary School will sponsor a Variety Show Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Perry High School Auditorium. Acts include singing, danc ing, clogging and karate, and there will be a special surprise during the half-time, Sue Walton, Kings Chapel Elementary PTO president said. For more information, con tact Walton, Melissa Moeller, Kings Chapel Music Teacher, or Susan Shratt, Chairperson. Restaurants inspected Health Inspectors visited some of the local food service enterprises during the week of Feb. 15 - 19. Results from evaluations of the establish ments arc as follows: Centerville Elementary School 450 Houston Lake Road, Centerville, 95 Chick - fil - A 1363 Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry, 86 with a storage of cleaning products/toxic materials dis crepancy Dai - Ichi Japanese Restaurant 753 Russell Parkway, Warner Robins 92 Fincher’s Barbccue/Catering Inc. 519 N. Davis Drive, Warner Robins, 92 Garrett’s 10134 Hawkinsvillc Road, Warner Robins, 98 Gathering Place 536 N. Davis Drive, Warner robins, 94 J Sc C’s Hot Dog Hut Houston Mall, Warner Robins, 100 Jimbo’s 1700 Watson Blvd., Warner Robins, 70 with a temperature control of foods or food sources discrepancy Lighted Oak 10134 Hawkinsville Road, Warner - Robins, 93 with a Facility/Equipment problems discrepancy Margaritaville 2607 - A Moody Road Warner Robins, 95 McDonald’s 123 Russell Parkway, Warner - Robins, 90 Perdue Elementary School 856 Ga. 96, Warner Robins, 88 with a Temperature control of foods or food sources dis crepancy Perry Hospital Cafeteria 1122 Morningside Drive, Perry, 91 Snappers Lounge 2515 Moody Road, Warner Robins, 89 Tucker Elementary School 1300 Tucker Road, Perry 89 Walker - Fuller Catering Service 508 Arrowhead Trail, Warner Robins, 100 Westfield School Football Concession Ga. 41 South, Perry, 95 All major discrepancies are corrected before the health inspector leaves the premises. ftOU&iEtl Jii Contact the Houston Times- Joumal Contact the Houston Times- Journal: Voice (912) 987-1823 Fax (912)988-1181 email tin; ’'''•n@hom.net Mail P.O. Drav... 2.1, Perry, 31069 Street 807 Carroll St., Perry, 31069 > ■ ■ - Houston Times-Journal Board of Ed to hold meeting on rezoning school districts By STACIE M.VU Times-Iqurnai. Staff Houston County Board of Education members will meet Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss school attendance zoning issues. The meeting will take place at the Board of Education office located in Perry. Rezoning is needed because of growth in Houston County. The school system now has approxi mately 20,900 students attending IS? ' I Times Journal Photo by Jj Johnson FEBRUARY MADNESS - Hundreds of loyal Perry High basketball fans crammed the Eric P. Staples Gymnasium Feb,. 19 to show support of the Panthers. Perry hosted the first round of Plans announced for 1999 Dogwood Pageants From Staff Reports Plans are in full bloom for the 1999 Dogwood Pageants spon sored by the Perry High School cheerleaders. This year’s pageants will be held on March 19 and 20 at the P.H.S. auditorium, begin ning at 7:30 each evening. All cootpstants must live, work or attend school in Houston County. Divisions are as follows: Tiny Miss Dogwood, 4K-SK; Little Miss Dogwood, first and second grades; Junior Miss Perry Middle School student to play French horn in Georgia All-State Band Special to Times-Iqurnal Amanda Adams, an Bth grade student at Perry Middle School has been selected for the Georgia All-State Middle School Band. After completing the district level auditions, Adams passed the final auditions in Jonesboro. At the District Eleven auditions, she Georgia National Rodeo finals already sold out By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Times-louknal Staff Attention: all rodeo fans. There’s no time to waste. Tickets for the Feb. 27 finals at the 1999 Georgia National Rodeo have sold out, but tickets for Family Night, Feb. 25, and for the Friday Night, Feb. 26, pro gram were still available at press time. The event has “grown in popu larity over the years,’ said Micnael A. Froehlich, executive director of the Georgia National Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia school in Houston County. According to Beth Burris, spokesperson for the Houston County Board of Education, this is taking place at a time when the number of children attending public schools and the opening of new schools is on the rise. Matt Arthur Elementary School and Eagle Springs Elementary School will open in the fall, prompting the rezoning of the school district. Dogwood, th : rd, fourth and fifth grades; Pre-teen Miss Dogwood, sixth and seventh grade; Teen Miss Dogwood, eighth, ninth and tenth grades; Miss Dogwood, Uth grade through age 23. According to P.H.S. cheer leading sponsor, Christy Williamson, the entry fee for the Miss, Teen and Pre-teen division is 545. This includes the opening number T-shirt. The entry fee for the Tiny, was placed 2nd chair French Horn. However, in the statewide auditions, Adams was 4th chair overall. David Rice said “It is quite an honor to be selected to the All- State Band for Amanda is well as Perry Middle School. Amanda is one who literally stays after Fairgrounds and agricenter, where the rodeo has become a top annual event. • Now in its ninth year, the rodeo is combined with the Georgia National Livestock Show, which begins Feb. 24 and continues through March 7, fea turing a wide range of (arm ani mals - from llamas and meat goats to hogs, heifers and steers. The rodeo, sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, features cowboys and cowgirls from across the country H i’\ iii ‘ <>ii A * * ■»i Al> I)t-( . ! / lii'/ii | JV ' h Matt Arthur Elementary is located at the intersection of Moody Road and Ga. 127. Eagle Springs Elementary is located along U.S. 41 North about two miles north of the intersection of U.S. 41 and Ga. 247 Connector. The Middle Georgia Regional Development Center is helping with rezoning the school district. They are using enrollment records from 1991 to now to pro duce a projected enrollment for Georgia High School Association Class AA state basketball competition during the past week end. Results on pages 6-BA. Little and Junior division is 140. The fee for a second child in a family is S2O. The reigning Dogwood Queens will perform both nights of the pageants. The contestants will have a Meet and Greet tea on March 14 at the P.H.S. cafeteria. Applications arc now available at the Perry Chamber of Commerce, 987-1234, or from Nancy Whiddon, 987-3805 after 4 p.m. school everyday to practice. Her hard work really paid off.” She will now attend the All- State Clinic in Savannah, April 29th thru May 1. The band will rehearse for two days to prepare for their performance May 1, at the Savannah Civic Center. in a number of competitive events, including saddle bronc riding, bareback riding and steer vvresuing. Points earned at the Georgia National Rodeo qualify competitors to go on to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. For tickets to the evening rodeo events, call 988-6483. Admission is S 7 for adults and $6 for children, ages 2 to 12. Box seats are also available at higher prices. next year and for the next five years. The information also includes information on age, sex, race and trade levels, said Clara Erck, Economic Development Administration Spokesperson. Burris said, “It is anticipated that primarily elementary school students and some middle school students will be effected by the rezoning. High school students should not be effected.’’ City council takes action on annexation of roads By STACIE M. VU Times-Iqurnai Staff Members of the Perry City Council passed a resolution dur ing their Feb. 16 meeting to annex some surrounding roads into the city limits. The resolution must now go to the State Legislation to be intro duced to the General Assembly and decided upon. A public notice ad appears in this newspa per to make that legislation intro duction possible. The annexation of the roads is necessary to properly patrol some of the existing properties within the city limits, officials said. Annexation of the roads will dose the gaps so the police can get to city limits without having to cross out of their jurisdiction. “We want to pick up streets where city services are presently being provided and should have been picked up in the past, but were not, due to an oversight,” said Perry City Manager Skip By CHARLOTTE PERKINS Times-lournal Staff A week after the House of Representatives passed a sup plemental budget with funding for a number of Houston County projects, the Senate Appropriations Committee cut the bulk of that funding from the budget. Among the items cut were: VI 1.8 million for the pur chase of 445 acres of land to expand the Georgia National Fairgrounds; VII million for an education center for the Aviation Museum in Warner Robins; VS 2.5 million for a perma nent facility for Macon State College in Warner Robins. “It’s partisan politics," said Sen. Sonny Perdue, R-Bonaire, who backed the local projects. Perdue placed the blame squarely on the Senate Democratic leadership and newly-elected Lt. Governor Mark Tayl or. Perdue added that he expected the full Senate, which has a Democratic majority to vote along party lines on Wednesday and support the Appropriations Committee’s recommendations. Perdue apparently angered Black History Month Program gives local residents chance to learn more about his tory, reminisce about past. See page 1B Senate Appropriations Committee cuts Houston County projects from supplemental budget Approximately 1,100 to 1,200 students will be effected, Burris said. Overlay maps of present and proposed school zones will be on display at the Feb. 25 meeting. Other meetings will take place March 4, at Perdue Elementary School at 7 p.m., March 11 at the Board of Education office in Perry at 7 p.m., and at Centerville Elementary School March 18, at 7 p.m. Nalley. Most of the roads are being picked to join adjacent property that is already in the city limits. Roads on the list to be annexed are a portion of Airport Road, a portion of U.S. 341 and Ga. 7, a portion of Valley Drive, West rerry Parkway (Moss Oaks Road), Hicks Drive, a portion of Hay Road, a portion of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, a portion of Tucker Road, a portion of Hill Road, a portion of Ga. 11-U.S. 341, a portion of Kings Chapel Road, a portion of Gray Road, a portion of Ga. 127 to 247 then south to 247 Spur, a portion of Lake Joy Road, a portion of Ga. 11-U.S. 41 to Thompson Road, and a portion of Thompson Road. City Council members agreed now would be a good time to pro- Sise the resolution to the County elegation in hopes that the General Assembly would be able to vote on it during this session. Sen. Sonny Perdue some Democrats by switching parties last year, and Lt Governor Taylor said in a recent press conference that he considered Perdue “a special case.” However, Perdue is count ing on Rep. Larry Walker, D- Perry, to help get the Houston County items back in the bud get when it returns to House for a conference in which amendments may still be made. “I’m confident that the cuts will be restored once the bud get goes into conference," Perdue said. “I think we’ll pre vail with Larry Walker backing these items.” The supplemental budget provides funds for the current fiscal year, ending on June 30.