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Tolume 128, No. 18
2 Sections
20 Pages
Wednesday,
May 5,1999
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Library friends plan
book sale May 6-8
The Perry Friends of
the Library will hold the
old book sale on May 6.
7, and 8. The location
of the sale has been
changed since earlier
announcements were
made. It will be held at
the former location of
Big B pharmacy on
Macon Road. Thursday,
May 6. from noon until
7 p.m., Friday. May 7
from 9 a.m. until 6
p.m.. and Saturday.
May 8. from 9 a.m. until
noon.
“You name it. we've
got it - non-fiction, reg
ular fiction, children's
books, videos, paper
backs. magazines, all at
prices from 25 cents
and up,” said Nancy
Granger of the library
staff.
There are many
brand new books on
sale. All proceeds bene
fit the Perry Public
Library. For more
information, please call
987-3050.
Arabian Horse show
continues
The Region 12
Arabian Horse Show,
which began May 4.
continues through May
9 at the Georgia
National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter.
An estimated 2-3,000
visitors per day are
expected for this event,
Fairgrounds officials
said.
Letter carriers help
stamp out hunger
Letter carriers for the
U.S. Postal Service,
including employees of
the Perry Post Office,
are participating in a
Stamp out hunger day
May 8.
According to a
spokesman for the Perry
Post Office, letter carri
ers will pick up food
items such as canned
meats, soups, vegeta
bles, juice, pasta, cereal
and rice for distribution
to families in need.
The food donations
can be placed beside
mailboxes and will be
picked up during the
day May 8.
The project is spon
sored nationally by
members of the National
Association of Letter
Carriers.
Breakfast pizza on
menu for students
Here are the menus
for Houston County
Elementary Schools for
this week. Milk is
served with all meals.
See FOOD, Page 9A
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Contact the Houston Home
Journal:
Voice (912) 987-1823
Fax (912) 988-1181
email he"ir.irn@hom.net
Mail P.O: bn. V.
Perry, 31069
Street 807 Carroll St.,
Perry, 31069
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Houston Home Journal
Official Legal Organ for Houston County, the City of Perry and the State of Georgia
You’re right the name has changed
Houston Home Journal general manager Jj
Johnson announced today that the county’s oldest
newspaper and likely the oldest continuous busi
ness, has changed names.
Founded Dec. 17, 1870 as the Houston Home
Journal, the paper used that business name for 120
years before merging with The Perry Times in
February 1994 and adding the word “Times" to the
paper name.
“We have felt for some time that our readers and
advertisers would like to see us return to our her
itage. We decided it was time to return there, and
thus, the Home Journal is back in business,"
Johnson said.
He also outlined several other changes to the
newspaper which are covered in detail in his column
on page 4-A of this issue.
New ground
relay radio link
to benefit pilots
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Joukhal Staff
Pilots using the Perry
Houston County Airport
will soon benefit from the
installation of a relay sys
tem that makes radio com
munication possible while
an aircraft -is -still on- the
ground.
Airport Authority mem
bers. on receiving news of
a $9,000 state grant for
purchase of the ground
communication outlet,
voted at their May 3 meet
ing to add another $2,000
to $4,000 for the purchase
of the new radio equip
ment.
According to Authority
member David Morgan, the
improvement in the radio
system will enhance both
convenience and safety for
pilots using the airport.
“In bad weather, a pilot is
very busy before depart
ing.” Morgan said. “This
will allow him get radio
instructions from the
Macon airport before
departing."
With the current radio
system, pilots cannot com
municate by radio while
they are on the ground,
making it necessary for
them to be airborne before
getting flight instructions.
For that reason, Morgan
said, some pilots of corpo
rate planes have not been
able to use the airport
because of insurance
restrictions.
The authority also voted
on their budget requests
for the coming year. The
City of Perry will be asked
for $76,350, and the
Houston County
Commissioners will be
asked for an equal amount.
The budget is to cover
general operating expens
es, hangar loan payments
and matching funds for
runway overlay.
In other business, the
Authority:
• Agreed that in the
future no one will be
allowed to occupy a hangar
without having a lease;
• Heard a request from
Authority chairman Gary
Peavy that all members
report in advance if they
are unable to attend a
meeting so that meetings
without a quorum can be
avoided;
See AIRPORT, page 9A
The Old Reliable, Serving Houston County Since Dec. 17, 1870
Magnolias of steel visit Perry
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Home Journal Photo by Charlotte Perkins
THE CAST of "Steel Magnolias": Front: Kay Bailey
(Annelle), Director Joy Goodman, Wanda Goolsby
(Truvy); Center: Gale Weems (Ouizer), Rebecca Archer
(Shelby) Nelda Tawse (Clairee) Standing, back, Teresa
Mosley (M'Lin)
Steel Magnolias opens May 7
rnoM Staff Reports
The Perry Players’ pro
duction of “Steel
Magnolias" will open on
May 7.
Directed by Joy
Goodman and produced by
Rita Schubbe, the play is
set in Louisiana and deals
with the bonds between six
highly individual women as
they face life’s sorrows and
joys.
Steel Magnolias was pop
ular several years ago as a
book, play and movie.
In the cast are Rebecca
Archer as Shelby, Katy
Kindergarten, Pre-K registration opens
TO THE Home Jpmum.
Pre-kindergarten and
kindergarten registration
and screening for all
Houston County elemen
tary schools will be held the
week of May 10-14.
Pre-k registration is for
children who will be four
years old on or before Sept.
1, and kindergarten regis
tration is for children who
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Details, page 6AH
Cooperative government strategy
facing possible lack of cooperation
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Home Joukhal State
The time has come for
the four governing bodies in
Houston County to agree
on a cooperative strategy in
accordance with House Bill
489, but it remains to be
seen how much cooperation
there is going to be in get
ting the strategy in on
deadline.
The Houston County
Bailey as Annelle, Wanda
Goolsby as Truvy, Teresa
Mosley as M’Lynn, Nelda
Tawse as Clairee and Gale
Weems as Ouiser.
Play dates and times are
May 7. 8, 12,13, 14 and 15
at 8 p.m. and May 9 at 2:30
p.m.
For reservations call 987-
5354 between 10 a.m. and
3 p.m., Monday through
Saturday.
Perry Players is a non
profit community theater
located at 909 Main Street
in Perry.
will be five years of age on
or before Sept. 1.
Registration times are
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.* May
10, 11, 12 and May 14.
Registration will be from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 13.
Children should be reg
istered in their new school
zones. Eagle Springs
See SCHOOL, Page 9A
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Commissioners approved a
draft version of the
“Houston County Service
Delivery Strategy" at their
regular meeting May 4,
without incorporating sug
gestions proposed earlier by
Mayor Donald Walker of
Warner Robins.
Walker, who stated April
12 that he will not support
the service delivery strategy
unless it offers citizens
Detectives uses hard
work, investigation to
bring criminals to trial
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Hourrow Home Joukhal
For the most part, the
detectives in the Perry
Police Department work
steadily and quietly behind
the scenes, but their work
-iva triLttWfHß. in the process
of bringingtriminals to jus
tice.
According to Lt. Heath
Dykes, who heads the
detective division, in the
case of a felony such as a
shooting, stabbing, assault
or murder, the detective’s
job starts with securing of
the crime scene.
“It’s important not to
have evidence destroyed or
tampered with," Dykes
said. “A crime scene tells
the story of what hap
pened. and the fewer peo
ple who are in the area, the
better."
Every major crime scene
is videotaped and pho
tographed.
“You can tell a jury what
happened." Dykes
explains, “but seeing a pic
ture is different.”
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THE EVIDENCE ROOM Det. Ken Ezell and Lt. Heath
Dykes are shown in the high security evidence room
maintained by the Perry Police Department’s detective
division.
relief from "double taxa
tion." met with representa
tives of the County
Commission recently.
He asked specifically for
an independent auditor to
prepare a report on double
taxation, as well as asking
that the county take over
all costs for the library sys
tem, the economic develop -
See PLAN, Page 2A
ing for in a crime scene?
Just for starters physical
evidence such as weapons,
and trace evidence such as
blood, hair and fibers.
But collecting evidence is
just the starting point in a
carefully monitored
sequence of events leading
up to the use of that evi
dence in the courtroom.
Under the administra
tion of Police Chief George
Potter, the department has
developed an evidence
room which exceeds both
state and national stan
dards for organization,
identification of individual
pieces of evidence and
overall security.
From the time evidence
is first collected, through
its processing at the police
department and its storage
to await trial, officers and
detectives follow a strict
security system so strict,
in fact, that once evidence
is initially deposited in a
locked cabinet in the police
station, even the officer
See POLICE, Page 9A