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' , *, j-' »■■ ■■■■■ ■.■ i——mi ■ '■' ■■ $ ■■ * ;.|P||PlipPHp ■ 38 HOSTS: From left, Jim Poss, Judy Poss, VFW Auxiliary President, Wayne Hagen, VFW Commander, Dick Dickens, candi date for State Adjutant in the VFW. Local VFW, Auxiliary honor civic leaders, law enforcement From Staff Reports The men and women of the VFW and Ladies Auxiliary, Post 6126, Perry, honored a number of local civic leaders and law APPRENTICES - Northrop Grumman is in its fifth year of participating in a youth apprentice ship program with Middle Georgia Tech and the Houston County School System. Employees who started out in the apprenticeship program include, from left, back row, David Anderson, Youth time at Northrop Grumman. Ten have received their AST diploma from Middle Georgia Tech. One has received his associate degree in applied sciences from Industry service to industry leaders such as McDonnell-Douglas, Boeing, Northrop-Grumman and Lucas Aerospace. Through Schmucker’s dedica tion to his customers and employees he has enabled DMS to experience long term stability and steady growth. This growth Hayley Greene named to CVB Authority From Staff Reports Haylev Greene has been named to the Perry Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Authority. The appointment was made at the April 20 meeting of the Perry City Council by Council member Charles Lewis. Greene, a former president of the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce who now works for Flint Electric Membership Corp. will fill the unex pired term of Scott Moseley. The council also approved a devel oper’s request to make the U.S. 41 entrance/exit to the Perrv Middle School a city street. City Manager Skip Nalley asked the council to consider the request made by Northside Perry Ltd. The developer will be responsible for upkeep of the 412 foot stretch of road for the next year. At the same meeting the council denied a request for an ingress and egress easement on City property sub mitted by Delta Equipment. Scott Free had asked for the easement on behalf of Delta, so that a short road on city property could be used during a construction process. Steve Howard, city building official, advised council that there were city pipes under the road and that the road might not hold up under heavy equipment. Council also refused a request from Ashley Pointe Town Homes for a res olution authorizing long-term proper ty tax reduction. Ashley Pointe offi cials are proposing a development of 132 town homes on St. Patrick’s Drive, St Christopher’s Episcopal Church 817-2180 enforcement officers at their April 22 “Loyalty Day” dinner meeting. The meeting was conducted by VFW commander Wayne Hagen Jason Williams, Chris Thompson, Kesley Richardson, Chris Moncrief, Keith Williams, Raymond Gonzalez, Stephen Foote; from left, front row: Valerie Williams, Phatema Whitehead, Belinda Feagin, Elizabeth Schaffer, Holly Williams, Kristy Clark. Middle Georgia College, and another has graduated from Georgia Military College with a degree in applied sciences. (Continued from page 1A) H has enabled DMS recently to complete a 16.5 million expan sion, which includes a new state of the art 51,000 square foot facil ity' in Perrv, Kinnas said. An aggressive plan to be complete ly ISO 9000 certified will enhance the company’s reputation further. DMS was the first Georgia but have not vet made a presentation to the council. Councilman Billy Jerles opposed the request for tax reduction, and Councilwoman Phyllis Bynum- Grace seconded Jerles’ motion to refuse IF YOU ARE TIRED OF MAKING MINIMUM WAGE AND YOU HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE OR GED CALL 912-738-9711 1' «§.*: - ■ w|Bb 8 I ■ > BWfe . ----- Special Photos HONORED GUESTS, including Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton, enjoyed dinner with the VFW and Auxiliary. and Auxiliary President Judy Poss. The program included a pre sentation by Susan Regan, President of the Georgia Chapter (Continued from page 1A) machine shop to receive the pres tigious Boeing Preferred Supplier Awarded in 1998, Kinnas said. Both companies were nomi nated for their honors by the Houston County Development Authority, Middle Georgia Technical Institute and the Perrv Area Chamber of Commerce. the request. The motion carried unani mously. The city declared surplus a number of city-owned items, which will be sold in a sealed bid auction on Mav 14. of MIA-POW. Among those invited to din ner, along with their spouses, were Michael Froehlich and Johnny Webb, Georgia National Fairgrounds; Perry Police Chief George Potter, Sgt. David Brack and Cpl. Bobby Mathis of the Georgia State Patrol Also Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton; Beautification coordinator Bill Hatley; CVB director Jenny Andrew; Chamber of Commerce president Chris Kinnas, Author Bobbe Nelson, and recreational coordinator Alton Ellis. Perry Fire Chief Gary Hamlin and Mayor Jim Worrall were invited but unable to attend. ~ . Davida, Owner Lana, ' y§N«r B ra ffa *** Sak)n 0 # Spring into Summer '99 in style 0“s 'V'*' 'mSm, 1 $ 1 in _ — ' Take A Closer Look. Our new GE Signa Profile OPEN MRI System makes Ofvmino MRI MRI an option for virtually everyone. While providing a whole new world MRI benefits are now available for patients who „ y-jsea&fc. 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